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You run back and forth wherever you can see them on the course! It's the best sport 🙂.
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What if moments when our prayers seem hardest is when we're really wrestling God? What if moments we struggle for faith are a robust expression of faith? What if when we feel lowest, God is most impressed? Spurgeon asked Qs like this b/c spirituality is misshapen by assumptions.
If it's true that God displays his kindness in granting success, it's also true that God displays his kindness in withholding success. He knows better than we do what we can handle and what would destroy us.
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Join the team at Donna Chang to celebrate their very first Chinese New Year and welcome the year of the pig. Cheers to the year ahead of good fortune and revel in nothing less than great food, drinks and company. Bookings will be limited and are filling fast, to secure your seat contact their reservations team.
Celebrate Lunar New Year with a sumptuous banquet made to share at Fat Noodle. Enjoy a sumptuous banquet for two that includes caramelised pork belly with egg, chicken salad, sticky rice,<|fim_middle|>, delicious dumplings and sweet pandan brulee. There will be excitement around every corner with lion-dances, live entertainment, themed pop-up bars and more.
Experienced chef Tony Ching will show you the best places to eat and shop for authentic Asian food, coupled with some great cultural stories and insights. Each tour concludes with a meal plus take home a goodie bag valued more than $25.
Dumpling Day is about sharing in the wealth of culture and traditions that surround the humble dumpling. Experience dumplings from along the silk road, exploring how food and culture were transformed by trade and experience how ancient food cultures adapted with local ingredients. Book into the workshops and learn how to print and fold your own furushiki, how to make soup dumplings (Xiao long bao) or how to make your lunch boxes adorable with kawaii bento onigiri.
Feel like a night of laughs, food and beers? BrisAsia Festival and Focus Trivia and Comedy presents Crazy Funny Asians. The featured comics, will share their slightly twisted take on what it means to be BrisAsian in a post-truth, globalised world.
Join in on the fun at the Lunar New Year Raceday at Doomben Racecourse to celebrate the New Year in the Chinese calendar. With live racing on the track all day and a range of traditional festivities and entertainment to enjoy, this is one not to miss! There will be exciting traditional entertainment including Dancing Lions, Beijing opera and Mongolian dancers from the Australian Centre of Chinese Culture & Arts (ACCCA), as well as pop-up Asian Food Markets.
Sunnybank's New Year celebrations will once again finish with a bang, with a rooftop party and fireworks spectacular. Immerse yourself in all the colour and culture, with traditional lion dance, lantern making, live music, K-pop dancers, tea ceremonies, family games and calligraphy workshops.
Experience the revitalised Seven Hills Hub as it is transformed into an exotic bazaar. With Asian craft stalls, mouth-watering fresh food and stage performance during the afternoon. Wander through the food stalls and find some handmade treasures. | pickled vegetables, steamed rice, bitter melon with pork stuffed soup and two sesame balls with red bean paste. And as if that isn't enough, receive a FREE Lunar New Year Plush Pig with the purchase of a Lunar New Year Banquet.
Hosted under a sea of glowing red lanterns in the open-air Treasury Hotel courtyard, the event will feature a live cooking demonstration and meet and greet with celebrity chef Luke Nguyen of Red Lantern and Fat Noodle fame. Guests will enjoy a special edition Red Lotus cocktail on arrival and there will be an abundant hawker street food style menu including fragrant mini beef pho, fresh Vietnamese chicken salad, spicy steamed bao | 138 |
'We care a lot about the animals': Cheyenne Frontier Days offers pens for livestock displaced by Colorado fires
Empty animal pens sit in the snow Monday at Frontier Park in Cheyenne. Cheyenne Frontier Days has offered pen space to those who have displaced livestock as a result of the Marshall Fire over the past week that has affected portions of Colorado. (Briar Napier/Cap City News)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The total toll of Marshall Fire that's ravaged parts of Colorado over the past week may not be known for weeks.
But there's another cost to the tragedy for some, one that creates its own set of logistical nightmares when natural disaster comes calling: animal life.
Much like many areas of Wyoming, the fire's most-affected area of Boulder County, Colorado is a region filled with ranchers and farmers that make their living off of keeping and maintaining livestock. If that operation is severely altered — such as by a fire destroying a barn or ruining soil — it has an obvious and disastrous effect on some people's livelihoods.
That's where Cheyenne Frontier Days (CFD) stepped in to help their neighbors to the south, offering animal pen space beginning this past weekend to any farmer or rancher with displaced livestock as a result of the fires. CFD President and CEO Tom Hirsig said that no one had taken him up on the offer yet, but it still stands in case someone needs it.
"For us, it's kind of a no-brainer," Hirsig said. "We have all these empty pens. … When somebody is trying to find a place to put 200 heads of cattle, there's not lots of opportunities or places to put them. There's some fairground here and there [and] sale barns. But we just wanted to make that offer out there in case somebody's house burnt down and they had some animals and they had friends that were living in Cheyenne that they could stay with."
Hirsig said that at the moment, the CFD property could hold "a couple thousand" animals with ease. He noted that the CFD's livestock board had heard<|fim_middle|> bunch of pens sitting here and you know during the rodeo how many animals we can put in here," Hirsig said. "[If] somebody really needed something, it should be available to them."
Cheyenne Frontier Days has provided a phone number — 307-778-7263 — for any questions regarding space for displaced livestock due to the fire. | there were some issues with livestock displacement in the affected areas, which resulted in a widely-shared post on the Cheyenne Frontier Days' Facebook page.
An empty animal pen Monday at Frontier Park in Cheyenne. Cheyenne Frontier Days has offered pen space to those who have displaced livestock as a result of the Marshall Fire that has affected portions of Colorado over the past week. (Briar Napier/Cap City News)
In Boulder County's latest update shared Saturday, officials wrote in a news release that the fire was 62% contained and spread over 6,200 acres. The Boulder Daily Camera reported the same day that nearly 1,000 homes have been destroyed, mainly in the towns of Superior and Louisville, while two people are missing and feared dead.
Some residents in the affected areas are being allowed to return to their homes, while shelters are currently available for those who have lost or are unable to return to their homes. Hirsig said that in the CFD's livestock board's conversations with some affected in Colorado, he got a sense that "they felt like they had everything pretty well under control."
"People can always find refuge in the place to stay, but you know, animals sometimes get kind of left out," Hirsig said. "Especially like in fires or places where they get displaced and nobody knows where they are, we care a lot about that."
Louisville, for instance, is roughly 90 minutes south of Cheyenne, a drivable distance from home for someone suffering from livestock displacement. With so much space for animals left unused for large swaths of the year, it felt right for Cheyenne Frontier Days to act, Hirsig said.
"It's just kind of natural when you have a | 360 |
You may remember a previous blog post that recaptured my experience during the Rockwell Relay (now called Vision Relay), which consisted of a 4-man – 525 mile cycling race from Moab to St. George, Utah. The ride is beautiful and challenging (especially since it's a timed raced), but it is exhausting since it goes through the night. After the relay, I considered the lack of sleep, the added costs of registration, hotel, and a motor home (to crash in after each leg of the race), and had the idea to create my own ultimate ride. My cycling friends were enticed by the idea. I had always heard how pretty Lake Tahoe was, but had never been. So, I through the idea out to my cycling friends and they all immediately jumped on board. I got on Airbnb and found a beautiful cabin just outside of Truckee, CA in the Tahoe Donner area that slept up to 15 adults. We booked the cabin in November for a three day Lake Tahoe destination cycling trip the end of June.
After reading blogs and calling the local bike shops, we consciously planned our trip during the week – knowing that a ride around Lake Tahoe could be dangerous due to heavy weekend traffic. Our adventure began Thursday morning at 5:30 am. We loaded up and left Utah early, hoping to get to Tahoe by three o'clock p.m. so we could get a good ride in before dinner.
Shortly after arriving at the cabin, we left for Donner Pass, which is where the famous Donner Party took place. Along with the chilling events of history, there was an outstanding overlook of Donner Lake through the iconic Donner Summit Bridge on the Highway 40 Scenic Bypass. We rode around Donner Lake on the way back. The ride consisted of 23 miles with 2,300 ft of climbing.
After the ride we retreated back to the cabin to hot tub, barbecue and relax in nature's beauty to prepare for the next morning's ride around the lake.
The longest day of the Lake Tahoe destination ride took us along Highway 267 where<|fim_middle|>Great recap Kenny! Thanks for all you did to make it happen. So what do we do next?? | we climbed from Truckee up past North Star ski resort. We dropped down to Kings Beach where we started our 75 mile ride clockwise around Lake Tahoe. We then climbed back up Highway 267 northbound into Truckee. Fortunately, the vehicle traffic around the lake was light that day. We rode 108 miles and climbed 7,900 ft.
I was truly breath taken by the beauty of the blue water and white snow caps covering the mountains. The ride is a continuous up and down for 75 miles, but the views seem to make you forget how hard the ride is. We stopped at Crystal Bay and Emerald Bay to take pictures and soak in the unforgettable views.
The six of us who had mountain bikes took on the famous Flume Trail, which is a moderately difficult one way 14 mile ride. It is at 7000' to 8000' feet in elevation with over 1000' of climbing in the first 4 miles and 4.5 miles of single track. The top of the climb ends at Marlette Lake – a beautiful mountain lake surrounded by mountain pines. However, Tahoe got pounded with snow this year, so there was a 5 foot wall of snow between the trail and the lake. Fortunately, someone had shoveled a pass, so mountain bikers could ride around the lake and get on the Flume Trail. Cyclists choose this ride because it is truly one of the premier trails in the world. We took in the stunning views with hardly anyone else around.
The rest of the group rode in a triangle from Truckee to Lake Tahoe and back, which consisted of riding along the Truckee River. They even spotted a mama bear with her two cubs crossing the road.
After the Flume Trail, I was only 30 miles away from riding 300 miles for the week. So, we took some R&R time and got back on our bikes that evening. As the sun was going down, we cruised along the Truckee River and I accomplished my 300 miles. The ride along Truckee River was slightly down hill, so we averaged 25 mph back to Truckee.
We could have stayed closer to Lake Tahoe, but chose Tahoe Donner because it was close to Downtown Truckee, which was a huge advantage to the trip – it had less tourists, more cycling route options, and we could get really good food to fulfill our worked up appetites. There is pizza, burgers, tacos, and much more. You won't be disappointed!
The Lake Tahoe destination ride was an experience of a lifetime! Despite some tough climbs, not once did I feel like I was suffering because I was encapsulated by the beauty around me.
In the future, I hope to plan more destination rides. I am especially interested in Carmel, California, Whitefish, Montana and Glacier National Park, so stay tuned!
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The night of his last football game is still clear in his mind. The Montana sun had set, Absarokee's stadium lights shining down on the field. The night was beautiful, the atmosphere filled with the smell of fall<|fim_middle|>amural teams, their own children, and coaching. Plus, there's not hing like coming back to support your home team. | and tension of the game to come. As the game began, the crowds' roars increased as numbers were beginning to get higher on the scoreboard. He closed his eyes and pictured his steps, and how it felt to cross into the end zone for the fourth time that night. Every tackle, every play, every move and blow of the whistle could still be felt, heard, and envisioned, a shadow of a memory from a victorious game.
"There's something about playing under those lights that just feels awesome," current history teacher at GCDHS Bob Stephenson said. He says that he was "absolutely lucky, fortunate, and honored to play high school sports" and that they helped him gain confidence which made him more successful as both an athlete and person. Learning that he was part of something bigger was really important to him. As helping others become better made him feel almost better than just succeeding by himself.
Ending high school sports was difficult and sad at times for the first couple of years, but Stephenson eventually refocused on making a living. "All good things come to an end, and that's high school sports," he said. Although his priorities and motives changed, the memories from 37 years ago still hold fond and fast in his heart.
Stephenson's advice to high school athletes is to enjoy sports while they can. "Deep down you know it's going to come to an end." he said.
Sports are an important part of all our small town Montana communities. Here at GCDHS sports start early in life, most kids are in peewee basketball by the time they start kindergarten.
At high school football games, younger children throw a football around on the sidelines, and someone always brings a volleyball to pass around. In junior high, the reality of winning and losing in a competition starts sink in, and once you start high school, it has even greater meaning.
True time and dedication is needed to succeed in any sport, and high school athletes have to be willing to make many sacrifices to make themselves and their team better. Mrs. Beth credits her high school coaches for inspiring in her a tough work ethic that she hopes to pass on to future athletes and graduates. "I'm trying to make you better than your excuses," GCDHS head volleyball coach and business teacher Beth Lawrence said.
After putting so much time, love, and effort into sports in high school, it can be hard for it to end. Especially when you know you won't be playing in college. "It's very sad. It's something I looked forward to every year and I can't do that anymore. I love volleyball so much, and the thought of not playing competitively ever again is really sad, it's really emotional," senior Macy Fogle said.
"Sports has given me a sense of leadership, I can be a role model for the other kids." Macy has been very involved in sports since junior high. She started playing volleyball in sixth grade, and her freshman year, she became the basketball manager for both teams, and has been amazing in all her responsibilities. "I really am going to miss being manager. Being there to support the team, I'm the background person, I love taking care of everyone, and being part of the team. With volleyball, I'll miss the sport itself, when you hit the ball so hard no one can dig it up, or you get a dig, and everyone's cheering. I'm really going to miss the crowd. I don't want it to be over," Macy said through tears.
Although ending sports in high school and moving on to your adult life can be bittersweet, many former athletes still stay involved with sports through intr | 746 |
Posted By PA Breast Cancer Coalition on August 15th, 2011 at <|fim_middle|> the Home Run Heroes and the official Travel Sponsor for the Home Run Derby. Special thanks to Rep. Tina Davis, Rep. Karen Boback, Rep. Sue Helm, and Rep. Brandon Neuman for sending teams to compete at the Derby. Also, many thanks to Congressman Tim Murphy for stepping up and taking a swing in the Washington County event! | 8:57 am | 673 comments.
Golfers put on their pink to hit the links at the Eagle Rock Resort for the Eagle Rock Women's Golf "Swing Fore a Cure" Tournament on August 3. With a starting time of 8:30, golfers enjoyed a morning on the green before being treated to a luncheon following the tournament. What a wonderful way to mix a love of golf with the support of a good cause!
The PBCC traveled to Hazleton with information for the participants so that they would know how the PBCC works on behalf of breast cancer survivors and their families across Pennsylvania. Our gratitude and thanks to event organizer Judy Hall and all those who helped make the event such a tremendous success.
If you are planning a golf tournament or another event and would like to talk to someone about fundraising for the PBCC through your event, please email Sarah Lightman or call 800-377-8828 x107!
Posted By PA Breast Cancer Coalition on August 15th, 2011 at 8:56 am | 1214 comments.
KAMMCares is a California-based national organization dedicated to helping anyone going through treatment for breast cancer. KAMMCares places funds directly in the hands of patients. The money can be used for child care costs, groceries, and any other day-to-day expenses. To apply, you must currently be in treatment for breast cancer, and provide a description of yourself, your life and interests, and a recent photo.
The complete application process can be found at the KAMMCares website. KAMMCares also requires a letter from your doctor outlining information about the type of treatment you are receiving and the length of time you have been in treatment. The organization requires that this information be provided on your doctor's letterhead and signed by hand in ink by the doctor. KAMMCares will not accept photocopies or faxes.
More information about KAMMCares and the application process is here.
Posted By PA Breast Cancer Coalition on August 15th, 2011 at 8:55 am | 1737 comments.
Julie Rockey describes herself as a Type A personality, someone who is always on the go. Combine that with her love of organizing fun and interesting things to do and you get the Ta-Ta Trot, a fundraiser to benefit the PBCC! Julie was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2010. She was 30 years old at the time and went for a routine ob/gyn exam. She was just checking to be sure everything was fine to get pregnant; a breast cancer diagnosis was the last thing she expected that day.
Her doctor did a breast exam, sent Julie for a mammogram, and within a day she learned that she had breast cancer. Julie was very open about what she was going through and was able to create a large support system with work, family and friends.
While she was going through chemo a friend who was planning a 5K walk/run approached her with the idea, offering Julie the option to select the nonprofit to benefit from it. He also introduced her to Cheryl Delsite, a breast cancer survivor and long-time PBCC volunteer. It was important to Julie that the money raised through the event would be used locally to help women in Pennsylvania. After talking with Cheryl, Julie decided that the PBCC would be the best organization to receive the funds.
Ta-Ta Trot was held in Sunbury, PA on July 9th and drew an astounding 655 walkers & runners who raised over $14,000! Everyone in the community is excited for next year and the goal is to increase to 1,000 participants! All the proceeds from the event benefitted the PBCC in memory of Marie Lamey, R.N., a breast cancer nurse at Geisinger Health System, where Julie is Senior Director of Operations. Many of the volunteers were Geisinger employees who wanted to honor Marie with their participation, and Dr. Victor Vogel, Director of the Geisinger Cancer Institute, spoke at the opening ceremony.
Julie completed her breast cancer treatment in June. She tells other women that she thinks of breast cancer as a life sentence, not a death sentence. She has learned to level out and take a deep breath once in a while. She decided from the first day that she would not let it bring her down. Now, because of having had breast cancer, she has hundreds of friends that she didn't have before. And probably hundreds more next year after the Ta-Ta Trot!
Posted By PA Breast Cancer Coalition on August 15th, 2011 at 8:54 am | 177 comments.
In addition, as has been noted in earlier studies, women who took the drug were about 40% less likely to have recurrent breast cancer. This study will be published in an upcoming issue of the journal The Lancet. More information will also be available in the Fall 2011 issue of the PBCC's quarterly newsletter, FrontLine.
Posted By PA Breast Cancer Coalition on August 15th, 2011 at 8:53 am | 1045 comments.
Representative Todd Stephens and Fox Chase Cancer Center are joining forces to save lives by bringing the 'MammoVan' – a mobile mammography van – to Rep. Stephens' District Office in North Wales on August 19. Women 40 and older in need of an annual mammogram can call Rep. Stephens' office at 215-368-5165 to schedule an appointment.
Please note that appointments are required for this important screening, so please be sure to call 215-368-5165 to schedule ASAP.
Posted By PA Breast Cancer Coalition on August 15th, 2011 at 8:52 am | 1083 comments.
New this year is the 'Rookie of the Year' designation. This designation goes out to our youngest single batter whose turn at the plate brought tears to many eyes and pride to many hearts at Clipper Magazine Stadium in Lancaster. The honor of 2011 Rookie of the Year goes to 7-year-old Andrew Hackart, who stepped up to the plate in honor of his Grammie who is a breast cancer survivor.
For complete results from each stadium be sure to read each of the 11 stadium recaps on our blog. Be sure to visit our home run derby Hall of Fame to see a complete list of all the 2011 home run hitters!
Posted By PA Breast Cancer Coalition on August 15th, 2011 at 8:51 am | 264 comments.
October is just around the corner – which means the time to register for the PA Breast Cancer Coalition Conference is NOW! The conference is a perfect blend of education and inspiration for everyone who has been touched by breast cancer. Join us in honoring our 2011 Pink Ribbon Award Recipients Dr. Thomas G. Frazier and Mimi Barash Coppersmith, who have each championed the cause in different ways, at our exciting Pink Ribbon Luncheon.
With workshops covering topics from advocacy to treatment, there's certainly something for all to take away from the day-long conference. Whether you are a breast cancer survivor, a friend or family member, a health care provider, a community leader, or a concerned citizen – the PA Breast Cancer Coalition Conference is for you. Click here to see a complete list of the workshop sessions scheduled for this exciting day!
Posted By PA Breast Cancer Coalition on August 15th, 2011 at 8:50 am | 445 comments.
The PA House stepped up to the plate to Take a Swing Against Breast Cancer by passing House Resolution 282 – authored by Representative Garth Everett – in support of the Home Run Derby held in July in communities across Pennsylvania. In a unanimous vote, the House saluted the efforts of the Pennsylvania Association of Community Bankers and the PBCC in raising awareness and funds for the fight against breast cancer.
Representative Garth Everett not only stepped up to the plate for the PBCC in introducing the resolution – he literally went to bat in Williamsport and took a few swings in the Home Run Derby. He was not the only PA legislator to step up to the batter's box, however. Among those to take a turn at the plate were the Home Run Heroes – a trio of lawmakers who participated in the Harrisburg, York, and Lancaster events as part of their ongoing friendly hometown rivalry. Senator Mike Brubaker, Representative Scott Boyd and Representative Eugene DePasquale joined forces to become | 1,815 |
In 2014 I was fortunate to work with A Strange Object, a small press in Austin Texas, on Covered with Fur, their vision for an online literary magazine. I became involved during the later stages of the process, to help them with their final push, and was curious to know how the project had developed from inception. So I asked my collaborator Joe Costello, a usability specialist with a background in small press publishing, to flesh out the story.
In this guest post, Joe Costello speaks with Covered with Fur's nonfiction editor Jenn Shapland and fiction co-editor Marian Oman.
This project had several stages of development; what were they?
Jill Meyers, Callie Collins, Jenn Shapland, and I all worked together on the literary magazine American Short Fiction (ASF). ASF went "on hiatus" in 2012, at which point Callie and Jill started talking about founding their own small press. That's how A Strange Object was born.
They knew they wanted to publish print books, but they wanted to have a digital presence as well. I had been the web editor at ASF, so they asked me if I wanted to be involved in putting together an online fiction magazine for A Strange Object. Jenn had been involved at ASF too, so she came on board to edit nonfiction.
I had a lofty vision for the fiction side of things originally… I wanted to use the digital platform to showcase the behind-the-scenes process of fiction writing, and to publish not just final stories, but also relics of the creative process. My whole thing was just that writing and publishing both are so much more than a final product, but in fact leave all kinds of physical traces—notes, drafts, scribblings…ink, old printing presses, wood pulp—in the process. Even "digital publishing" exists in the material world, even though everyone likes to talk about it as though it's ephemeral. Nope —<|fim_middle|> limitations?
We had this conversation over and over throughout the process. Ultimately, it came down to questions about how we can accomplish what we want (i.e. consistently put out work in an immersive, well-designed form) within reason. And since a big priority for the magazine is paying our contributors, we made some sacrifices along the way. But I actually think it ended up better than what we originally imagined. Pared down, distilled. Marty was helpful in steering us toward what features we could afford and what we could approximate without breaking the bank.
As the site is up and running now, have there been any surprises?
Well, there was one time I accidentally brought the whole site down. Thank heavens for Marty's timely intervention! That was seriously alarming.
Otherwise, running the site has been remarkably smooth. My favorite surprises come from watching submissions come in, and finding and soliciting new work, which connects me to a whole new network of practicing writers and artists. And then we've been also able to find unexpected ways to use some of the features Marty built in. For example, the gallery function is giving us a great platform for the genre we're calling "Slash"—work that doesn't fit comfortably in a category. "The Material" is a series of slash pieces that combine images and text to excavate a fiction writer's process of creation—notes, drafts, inspirations. I've also used the gallery to create a hybrid art/photo essay with Lynne Maphies' "I Can't See the Arctic from Here." It started as an essay, but the focus was so visual and so steeped in artworks and landscapes that Jill suggested laying it out as a photo essay of sorts. I love the result.
CWF was a long time coming. We originally conceived of the site in August 2012, which means I originally read some of these pieces what feels like a lifetime ago. So, it's been lovely to be resurprised by them, to see them reincarnated online, and to read them with fresh eyes after all this time.
Returning to the statement about "making space," do you feel that technology offers writers new bounds?
Definitely. But I think that's true of any technology, any publishing platform, even any writing utensil. I love that CWF is bringing process to publication, documenting a writer's progress from the early stages of insight to the crafting and revising of a piece. Others, Genius for example, are also exploring this on the web, albeit in a more interactive way. We're going for immersion over interaction.
And I think there's a sense of being able to take certain risks, certain chances with web publishing that you might not see in print. But I do want to resist the binary between web and print, and to suggest that the two media are both constantly in flux and being redefined.
To be honest, I'm a bit boggled by this debate about "the future of publishing," as though change is somehow at odds with or new to making art. I feel like good writing is good writing—whether it's on a papyrus or a screen.
Do you see physical and virtual publication as increasingly codependent?
Codependent doesn't feel like the right word, but coevolving might. Is that a word? A Strange Object publishes print books and an online magazine. More and more of literary culture takes place online—on review websites, on social media like Twitter and Goodreads—even if the readers or reviewers never touch an e-book. And for CWF's part, we've found print publications to be inspiring for our design, while looking for ways to take advantage of some of the distinct features and qualities of digital publication.
I guess it's about having more choices. I don't think you have to publish digitally today—though it certainly would be weird if, say, The New York Times didn't have a digital component. But there are plenty of print-only or web-only publishers, and plenty who do both. And that's great! | there are keyboards, servers, cables. I saw a digital magazine as a vehicle for poking at that boundary between process and product, for whatever that's worth. We've incorporated that idea into the site by publishing a sub-series called "The Material" where we feature supplemental materials related to the writing process that went into the stories we've published.
Anyway, that was the idea. And it stayed an idea for a long time, as we had no technical expertise to implement them. Eventually Jenn started learning something about web development and different website/content platforms, so she started building the site herself. By that time, I was in grad school and had started working for Marty Spellerberg part-time on the side. So, it was a natural thing to ask Marty if he could help get the site to a fully implemented/realized form.
Wireframes for Covered with Fur, by Marian Oman.
At the Covered with Fur about page, I'm curious about the statement "We believe in subtraction, in lingering, in making space." What were the early conversations about the vision of A Strange Object's weekly digital magazine?
We also knew that for our own sakes, and to be consistent with the non-overwhelming plan for the mag, we didn't want to put out six new pieces a week, or a new piece every day (though originally we'd thought of it that way). It was kind of a revelation when Jill suggested at one of our meetings "What if we just had FICTION and NOT?" And I love it, because it emphasizes and calls attention to the simplicity, the ease of the magazine. We're not going to publish more than you can read and digest—perhaps even revisit—in a week, which eases up on the pressure of constant influx of new material, new articles, what I see as the more more more quality of the web.
I feel like this stems from our collective sense that all the things that make reading and writing powerful—i.e., beauty, wonder, curiosity—these are all things one has to make space for. We live in a too-much world—too much information, too much to do. As publishers/editors, I think we all feel like it's part of our job to create the space—by publishing work that surprises or delights; by presenting it in a (hopefully) aesthetically arresting way—that empowers people to have those little moments of magic.
The design evolved a lot during the process. Will you please elaborate a bit on the original designs?
As I recall, we drew inspiration for the homepage in the original wireframes from a previous version of Triple Canopy's website. We also used Pitchfork's cover stories for ideas about layout for individual stories. We worked with Justin Cox at Public School to build them.
We spent a long time choosing a readable webfont, getting the line spacing exactly right, giving the pages actual margins. White space is invaluable. And we also keep readers in mind by drawing their attention to the individual lines of a piece with print-derived elements, like pull quotes and drop-caps.
Original mockups for Covered with Fur, by Justin Cox.
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Neighbouring the Rockhampton Racecourse and the Townsville Racecourse, the Mackay Racecourse sits on the North Queensland capital at the outskirts, about 5 minutes drive from Rockhampton. The track, whose other name is Ooralea racecourse, is run by the Mackay turf club. The racecourse lies in a city that's a tourism hub with remarkable features of tourist interest such as the Great Barrier Reef and the Whitsundays<|fim_middle|> Black Memorial Handicap that covers 1500 metres, the Lightning handicap (1500 metres) and the Mackay Newmarket Handicap that is run over 1250 meters.
The circumference of the Mackay Racecourse is 1600 metres while its home stretch is 310 metres. The 18 metre wide track that is circular in shape has four starting points: 1050m, 1250m, 1500m and 1800m. The Mackay Racecourse is an always turning track with some level of toughness away from the rails.
Mackay hosts no black type races. | .
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Diana Haddad, pop icon and singer, visits Emirates Hospital- Jumeirah
Dubai, United Arab Emirates-Monday, February 12th 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]
Diana Haddad, a television personality and one of the most popular pop singers in the Arab World, visited Emirates Hospital, a subsidiary of Emirates Healthcare. She was welcomed by Michael Brenden Davis, COO of NMC Healthcare, Dr Yehia El Gabbani, Hospital Director of Emirates Hospital and Dr Maan Jamal, Medical Director of Emirates Hospital, as well as doctors, nurses and support staff.
Haddad brightened the day of patients by signing autographs and then took a tour of the state-of-the-art facilities, which included: obstetrics, paediatrics, neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), special care baby unit (SCBU), a radiology department, and the emergency department.
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"We are overjoyed that Diana Haddad took the time to visit Emirates Hospital. Her being here in person, signing pictures, offering hugs and handshakes, brings positive energy and enthusiasm to the people that need it most. It was remarkable seeing all the smiles everywhere she went," said Dr Yehia El Gabbani, Hospital Director, Emirates Hospital. "Emirates Hospital Jumeirah makes sure that every patient receives the hands-on, individual attention that they deserve, and the visit by Diana Haddad is our way of giving back to our patients."
Located on Jumeirah Beach Road, alongside the Dubai Canal, Emirates Hospital Jumeirah is a shining example of progress in the healthcare ecosystem. The 100-bed hospital covers 140,000 square feet with 45 consultation rooms in all and 29 inpatient rooms that face the sea. It features one royal suite and three VIP suites that will also overlook the Arabian Gulf and the Dubai Canal. We provide 24/7 emergency care with eight beds along with a four-bed High Dependency Unit. The hospital has four Intensive Care beds, four Critical Care beds, six day-care beds and 18 recovery rooms.
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GRAPEVINE — On a stopover at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on his way back to Afghanistan, Sgt. Scott Greer nestled into a comfortable chair, opened "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" and began reading aloud.
As he read each line, a recorder in the book captured his voice for his 8-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son to listen to while he's away. When he finished, a USO volunteer popped the book into a package to try to get it to his home in West Richland, Wash., in time for Christmas.
Greer made the recording as part of the San Diego, Calif.-based United Through Reading's military program, which gives parents the chance to record themselves reading a book to their children while they are deployed.
Various organizations donate books to the effort so they can be sent along with a DVD of the parent reading the book. This winter, Illinois-based Publications International Ltd. donated about 5,000 books for the cause.
Greer, who recorded himself reading another book before he left home and has given his son a bear containing his recorded voice, says those things help when the kids are having a hard time because of his absence.
"They've got something to remind them of Dad," said Greer after recording his voice on the Christmas book in an area of the airport run by USO volunteers that's located just off a<|fim_middle|> Robinson, volunteer coordinator at the USO at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, which is located in Grapevine, midway between Dallas and Fort Worth.
Cara Kisby said that her husband, Maj. Doug Kisby, recorded himself reading "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" at the USO at the Baltimore airport before he was deployed to Afghanistan last month.
The book has proved to be a big hit with their 3-year-old, the youngest of their five children.
"She takes it everywhere: to the grocery store, the park. It's been a really nice thing for her to have, to have daddy's voice with her," said Kisby, of Woodbridge, Va., who said it was the third time her husband was deployed over Christmas.
She said even her oldest, an 11-year-old, will sit down and read the book with the 3-year-old.
"I think even for me, to hear his voice reading it to them, it kind of brings a calming atmosphere into the home," she said.
Before leaving for Iraq this week, Staff Sgt. Justin Conway, based at Kansas' Fort Riley, sat down at the Dallas airport's USO to down to read "Guess How Much I Miss You" for his 7-year-old daughter and 1-year-old son.
On his last deployment, he'd also done a DVD of himself reading another book, which became a fast favorite to his daughter.
"She watched it every day for about two months," he said. | busy terminal and features colorful children's decorations and walls lined with books.
Sally Ann Zoll, chief executive of United Through Reading, said the nonprofit, founded in 1989, started reaching out to military families during the first Gulf War but that it's been in the last few years that they've seen the most growth. Since the program started they've served more than 1 million, including the service members who read the books and the family members who received them. This year alone, they've served about 300,000.
Zoll says that not only do families bond through reading, but it also helps the child in school.
"There's a ton of research that tells us that reading aloud to a child is the most important indicator of success once they get to school," she said.
United Through Reading offers recording sites at about 130 military commands, about half of which are Navy ships, and at about 80 USO centers around the word.
The recordable books are being offered at about 10 sites this winter, including on two Navy ships.
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<|fim_middle|>69. | To address the root of the problem, it is important to "reconnect the river" and restore the natural processes that initially built the delta. Controlled sediment diversions offer a unique opportunity to strategically reestablish hydrologic flows, carry land-building sediments, nourish marshes, and sustain land. When utilized along with marsh creation and the full suite of protection and restoration projects, this integrated systems approach can combat the grave land loss that threatens our coast.
The concept of river diversions is not a new one. We have several other river diversions constructed and operated throughout the state. Caernarvon and Davis Pond were designed and constructed to control salt water intrusion by delivering freshwater into the estuaries. In addition, the Morganza and Bonnet Carre spillways have been built to provide a relief valve to the Mississippi River levees during river flooding events.
While freshwater diversions were not designed to build or maintain land, land growth has occurred at several of these sites. The images below show land growth over time at the outfall areas of Davis Pond and Wax Lake.
The Mid-Barataria and Mid-Breton diversions will be different. Their primary objective will be to capture and divert sediment from the river and deposit it into the basins to build and maintain land.
The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion structure will be located in Plaquemines Parish, LA, along the west bank of the Mississippi River, just north of the town of Ironton and south of the Phillips 66 Alliance Refinery near Mississippi River Mile 61.
The Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion structure will be located in Plaquemines Parish, LA north of the Mid-Barataria location on the east bank of the Mississippi River, near Wills Point approximately at Mississippi River Mile | 366 |
Uma oração subordinada, na gramática, é aquela que exerce uma função sintática em relação a uma outra oração, chamada oração principal e que pede complemento ou é uma oração que tem uma certa dependência de sentido em relação a oração principal.
Exemplo:
Aguardo que você chegue.
Nessa frase há duas orações: "Aguardo" e "que você chegue". Como a oração "que você chegue" está completando o sentido do verbo transitivo direto "aguardo", portanto, esta oração exerce função sintática de objeto direto, sendo assim uma oração subordinada substantiva objetiva direta.
Dependendo da função sintática que exercem, as orações subordinadas podem ser classificadas em: substantivas, adjetivas ou adverbiais.
Orações subordinadas substantivas
São aquelas que agem dentro dos substantivos (subjetiva, objetiva direta, objetiva indireta, apositiva, completiva nominal e predicativa), iniciam sempre por conjunções integrantes (ex: que, se, etc.). Uma oração subordinada substantiva pode ser:
Subjetiva
Constitui a função de sujeito do verbo da oração principal.
É provável que ele chegue ainda hoje. (o que é provável?) (que ele chegue ainda hoje.)
É necessário que você vá à escola.
Uma vez que apresentam-se desenvolvidas, também podem iniciar-se pelos indefinidos quem qual e quando ou advérbios, em interrogações indiretas. Podemos substituir a oração subordinada substantiva pelo pronome "isso", como apresentado abaixo:É necessário isso.Isso é necessário.Pode ser também quando a oração principal inicia-se com verbo de ligação.
Objetiva Direta
Exercem função de objeto direto (complemento sem preposição).Desejo que todos venham. (quem deseja, deseja algo ou alguma coisa)
Predicativa
Exerce função de predicativo, sempre a partir de um verbo de ligação, qualificando o sujeito.
O problema é que não temos tempo.
Objetiva Indireta
É aquela que exerce a função de objeto indireto em relação ao verbo da oração principal. Nesse caso, o verbo da oração principal é transitivo indireto e a conjunção subordinativa vem precedida de preposição, expressa ou não. Vem introduzida pelas conjunções subordinativas integrantes que — se. É objetiva indireta porque no período simples possui função de objeto indireto. Exercem função de objeto indireto (possui uma preposição obrigatória, que vem depois de um verbo, sendo frequente a elipse da preposição).Necessitamos de que todos nos ajudem. (quem necessita, necessita de algo, de alguma coisa ou de alguém)
Completiva Nominal
Exercem função de complemento nominal de um substantivo, adjetivo ou advérbio da oração principal, são regidas de preposição.
Tenho necessidade de que ele ganhe a vaga.
Estou esperançoso de que ele ganhe a vaga.
Torço favoravelmente a que ele ganhe a vaga.
Apositiva
Exercem função de aposto.Desejo-te uma coisa: muita sorte.Não precisa ter necessariamente dois pontos (:) ou ponto e vírgula (;) ou uma vírgula (,).
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Reduzidas
As orações subordinadas adjetivas reduzidas podem ter o verbo no infinitivo, no gerúndio ou no particípio.
Vi a menina a correr.
O artista, filmando nervosamente, ficou calado. (O artista, que filmava nervosamente, ficou calado.)
Li trinta e quatro livros censurados pelo governo brasileiro. (Li trinta e quatro livros que foram censurados pelo governo brasileiro.)
Orações subordinadas adverbiais
São introduzidas por conjunção subordinativa (exceto a conjunção integrante) e funcionam como adjunto adverbial da oração principal.
Causais
Exprimem a causa do fato que ocorreu na oração principal. Iniciadas, principalmente.
Foram dormir porque estava chovendo.
A menina chorou porque apanhou da mãe.
Principais conjunções: porque, visto que, já que, uma vez que, como, porquanto, na medida em que.
Comparativas
Estabelece uma comparação entre os fatos presentes nas duas orações.
Essa mulher fala como um papagaio.
Esse homem come como um boi.
Principais conjunções: como, mais... (do) que, menos... (do) que, tão... quanto/como, tanto... quanto/como, assim como, bem como, qual (precedido de tal).
Concessivas
Indica uma concessão ou permissão entre as orações.
Embora chova, vou à praia.
Principais conjunções: embora, conquanto, ainda que, mesmo que, mesmo quando, apesar de que, se bem que, por mais que, por menos que, por muito que, por pouco que, por melhor que, por pior que, nem que, malgrado, não obstante, inobstante, em que pese, ainda quando
Condicionais
Expressa uma condição.
Se chover, não irei à praia.
Principais conjunções: se, salvo se, desde que, exceto se, caso, desde que, contanto que, sem que, a menos que, a não ser que, uma vez que.
Conformativas
Expressam um acordo ou conformidade.
Segundo informou a meteorologia, amanhã será um dia ensolarado.
Principais conjunções: conforme, segundo, consoante, como, de acordo com
Consecutivas
Traduzem a consequência ou o efeito do que se declara na oração principal.
Falei tanto, que fiquei rouco.
Principais conjunções: que (precedida de tal, tão, tanto, tamanho), de forma que, de modo que, de sorte que, de maneira que
Finais
Exprimem finalidade ou objetivo.
Todos estudam para que possam passar no vestibular.
Principais conjunções: para que, a fim de que, que, porque (= para que).
Temporais
Indicam circunstância de tempo.
Logo que chegou, sentou-se no sofá.
Principais conjunções: quando, enquanto, antes que, logo que, assim que, desde que, depois que, sempre que, até que, mal
Proporcionais
Expressa proporção entre as orações.
O trânsito piorava à medida que a chuva aumentava.
Principais conjunções: à medida que, quanto mais/menos... mais/menos, à proporção que, ao passo que, tanto mais/menos... mais/menos
Orações subordinadas reduzidas
As orações subordinadas podem aparecer sob a forma de orações reduzidas, que apresentam as seguintes características:
Verbo em uma das formas nominais (Gerúndio, Particípio ou Infinitivo);
Não são introduzidas por conectivos (Conjunções Subordinativas ou Pronomes Relativos).
Reduzida de Infinitivo
Meu desejo era viajar para a Grécia.
Nota: É incorreto, segundo a gramática normativa, a construção de Oração Subordinada Substantiva Objetiva Direta: "Deixe eu passar", porque neste caso (ou em casos similares) não deve ser utilizado o pronome pessoal do caso reto "eu", porque ele não pode ser usado como objeto direto de uma oração, com os verbos deixar, mandar e fazer (auxiliares causativos), ver, ouvir, sentir e perceber (auxiliares sensitivos), assim sendo, a correta construção oracional é "Deixe-me passar". É o único caso em que o pronome oblíquo átono funciona como sujeito.
Reduzida de Gerúndio Encontrei as crianças brincando de bombeiro no jardim Reduzida de Particípio Apresentado o resultado, todos discordarão. Observações
O sujeito das orações reduzidas de Infinitivo. Isto ocorre no Infinitivo Flexionado ou Pessoal, porque as orações reduzidas de Infinitivo Impessoal com os pronomes oblíquos átonos exercendo a função de sujeito.Mandei-o sair.Complemento de verbo ou nome na forma de oração reduzida de infinitivo, não deve ser contraído com a preposição de. O sujeito pode ter complemento, mas segundo a norma culta, não pode ser complemento, pois o objeto pode vir preposicionado, mas o sujeito não.A maneira de ele trabalhar é insatisfatória. ()A maneira dele trabalhar é insatisfatória. ()
Os pronomes pessoais oblíquos mim e ti não devem ser usados como sujeito das orações reduzidas de infinitivo flexionado ou pessoal. No lugar deles, devem ser usados os pronomes pessoais retos eu e tu.Pediram para eu fazer isto. ()Pediram para mim' fazer isto. ()
Os pronomes pessoais retos eu e tu não devem vir precedidos de preposição, funcionando como complemento verbal (objeto direto e indireto), complemento nominal, agente da passiva, adjunto (adnominal ou adverbial) ou sujeito de uma oração reduzida (sujeito acusativo). No lugar deles, devem ser usados os pronomes pessoais oblíquos mim e ti.
Não há segredos entre eu e você.
Não há segredos entre mim e você.
Chegaram duas encomendas para tu.
Chegaram duas encomendas para ti.
Os pronomes se, si e consigo só podem ser usados como reflexivos ou recíprocos, portanto, só podem ser usados na voz reflexiva ou na voz reflexiva recíproca, logo, não podem substituir o pronome você.
Espere-me, por gentileza, que irei consigo.
Espere-me, por gentileza, que irei com você.
Bibliografia
Bechara, Evanildo. Moderna gramática portuguesa; São Paulo. Editora Lucerna; 2001. 37ª edição.
Cunha, Celso, Cintra, Lindley e Eduardo Dourado Nova Gramática do Português Contemporâneo; São Paulo. Editora Nova Fronteira; 2011. 2ª edição, 31ª reimpressão.
Rosenthal, Marcelo. Gramática para concursos; São Paulo. Editora Campus; 3ª edição ISBN:9788535234251
Gramática de Reflexão; Pag 98, cap 13 ( o ronaldo tambem faz lição )
Willian Roberto Cereja, Thereza Cochar Magalhães. Português Linguagens; São Paulo. Editora Atual: 2013. 6ª edição.
Sintaxe | trocadas por isso, disso ou nisso'.Precisamos de que você faça a cena com a atriz. Igual a precisamos disso. (disso: completiva nominal ou objetiva indireta)Quero que venha para a guerra. Igual a quero isso. (isso: subjetiva, objetiva direta, predicativa)Fiquei pensando que valia a pena. Igual a fiquei pensando nisso. (nisso: completiva nominal ou objetiva indireta).
Orações subordinadas adjetivas
Oração subordinada adjetiva é aquela que se encaixa na oração principal, funcionando como adjunto adnominal.
As orações subordinadas adjetivas classificam-se em explicativas, restritivas e reduzidas.
Na maioria das vezes, para poder diferenciar as orações subordinadas adjetivas, substitua o pronome que por o(a) qual ou os(as) quais, ademais as orações subordinadas adjetivas vêm sempre introduzidas através de pronomes relativos.Há coisas que nos comovem. (coisas é antecedente)
Explicativas
Generalizam ou universalizam o significado do antecedente, sem modificar seu significado. Podem ser retiradas da oração sem nenhum prejuízo ao sentido. Separam-se da oração principal por vírgulas, travessões ou parênteses.
Os livros de Machado de Assis, que eu li, são muito bons.
Fala-se dos livros de Machado de Assis em sua totalidade, sem exceção. Implica-se que o falante leu todos eles.
Restritivas
Restringem, delimitam ou particularizam o significado do antecedente. São indispensáveis ao sentido. Não se separam da oração principal por vírgulas nem por travessões ou parênteses.
Os livros de Machado de Assis que eu li são muito bons.
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Hi, there are many people asking around the forums for asking for a Destroyer guide, so I thought I might try and make one. This is my first guide, and I only have in-game experience with one build of destroyer, so please, correct me or give me extra information The purpose of this guide is not about telling you how to use all your skill points step by step, but the different ways a Destroyer can be built.
Destroyers are Human. You can't be a Destroyer without being human. Maybe I might add a bit about elf DD fighters later on, but now, I know nothing about elves.
Almost every Destroyer picks a two handed weapon. Why? Because nearly all Destroyer skills are for two handed weapons only. So using one handed weapons is a way of hybridizing I do not recommend at all.
Axe: Axe Mortality increases critical rate and critical damage, which are very useful for Destroyers, especially if Gladiator is inluded in your job path.
Sword: This is either for Sword Rapidity, a sword passive that increases attack speed , or for the use of certain skills. HOWEVER. Some skills that are stated as sword-only in the skill calculator, can<|fim_middle|> you're getting no Heavy Armor Expertise at all.
From here, I'll only list the most important skills. You should be able to make out the rest by yourself now.
– Finding an AoE party may sound stupid with your only lvl 1 AoE skills, but if you'll compare to a lot of other AoE players, you still have great damage. So, if you can find a tank and some other damage dealers, you can gain good xp at mini-bosses.
– If you can find a Destroyer who's willing to party you, you can make good xp doing repeatable quests by killing off monsters one by one. | be used with axes and maces as well, like Swordstorm, Spirit Sword, Sonic Boom and Spirit Aid.
Mace: Almost never chosen by Destroyers. This is a way to hybridize your character a bit, offering crit rate or attack speed for a bit more of that hard-needed defense.
Full STR: Most chosen, increases your damage and critical damage.
Full VIT: Hybridizing for HP and Defense.
Full DEX Chosen as a way to hybridize, for the evasion, crit rate and increasement of minimum damage. However, the evasion you gain from going DEX is not useful for PvP. You can't tank with it as well, because for every extra monster you are tanking, your evasion decreases.
Mixed stats: At own risk Many players say having mixed stats is not good for your build. You can mix stats however by adding those stats to your armor using the enchant system.
This is the most discussed part of your build. Be careful when choosing this.
Jobs between () are the ones that offer a noticeable amount of damage for defensive skills.
Jobs in bold are part of the 'pure' Destroyer path.
This path gains no extra defensive skills.
This path is getting it's Destroyer skills at the 6th job, so, very late in the game.
To end our path choices; one great comment by Legend considering job path choice, and all other choices you have to make.
gm_Legend wrote: In the end, remember, it all comes down to what you enjoy most. Don't let anyone else tell you what you should be, if you don't want to go that route; it's simply good to understand what you have to work with.
In this part, I'm going to tell you a bit about your skills. I'm not going to tell you which ones to add first, or even which ones you should add. I'm just giving comments on your possible skills. I'll just list the skills I think are useful for you. Skills in italics are only a possibility, which you should take if you want to and have the skill points for it. And it's not because a class is not on this list, you should not consider it!
– Burning rage: at destroyer, this will give you 20% more attack. It's worth offering 20 HP regen for it.
– Light Armor Expertise(def passive): only if you're reskilling at the job before you get Heavy Armor Expertise, or if | 510 |
Bam Margera
When we first heard that Bam Margera was going on tour with his band, Fuckface Unstoppable, we thought "How cool would it be if we could interview Bam for the site?" That was immediately followed by "There's no way someone as big as him would agree to do an interview with us".
But that didn't stop us, and thanks to Bam's very gracious publicist, we were set up for entry to the show, and…. SURPRISE!… the opportunity to interview Bam too!
Having followed Bam's career for years, it was an honor to know that he was willing to take time out of his day to answer a few questions for us. Two things<|fim_middle|> it once it finally went to press. One of the things that stood out to me the most was an 8×10 promo from one of the Jackass movies, with everyone's signatures on it – a relic from the past.
The rest of the evening was spent with friends, old and brand new. Professional photographer, and friend to Emo At Heart, Jeremy Saffer was there (to do a photo-shoot with Bam actually), and to support his friends in Run For Your Guns, an up-and-coming band from Western Massachusetts. When you first meet Madeline, their singer, you would never guess that someone as pleasant as her would be the vocalist of a metalcore band. She may look like a starlet, but she sings like her hair is on fire. It just goes to show you that you can't just a book by its cover. You'll definitely be hearing more about them in the near future, including an interview right here on EAH. Another band we became acquainted with that night was Cometa, a "dance metal" band from Connecticut. All of their members were very friendly and came up to introduce themselves and chat for a while. They're also on our list for an interview and album review.
When it came time for Bam's set, we weren't exactly sure what to expect other than the fact that there was a mix of original and cover material (including Turbonegro and Bloodhound Gang), and the antics he "warned" us about in the interview. I must admit, I didn't expect it to be as good as it was. I grew up on gritty punk and hardcore so there will always be a softspot for that kind of music in my heart. One of the highlights of the set was the band's cover of the Turbonegro tune "All My Friends Are Dead". We'd also like to extend a special shout-out to Nikki for being super friendly and awesome, and for taking some on-stage photos for us during the set. I hope we can stay in touch with her and the rest of the crew we met that night. Next tour, if Bam has a date near us again we will definitely be making the trip out to say hello and support the band. – Envy
[Video interview done by Envy & J.]
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6 years ago in Interviews by Envy | immediately came to mind: he was either going to be really chill, OR he was going to be a complete douchebag asshole. Press and fans alike have reported their varied instances of meeting Bam.
Deep down I knew that everything was going to be ok, but that didn't mean I wasn't going to be super nervous when it came time for the interview. We kept it short and sweet, focusing mostly on the music, his band, and what's to be expected on this tour. The night before the show Bam had actually posted on Facebook that he had finished putting together the content for his next book, so we made sure to ask him about that as well.
When it came time for the interview Bam was as down to earth as can be and, while intimidating at first, everything went very smoothly. After the interview was over, Bam brought out the huge binder with all the content for his new book in it, sat down next to us and plopped it in my lap so that we could look through it. I have his previous book (Serious As Dog Dirt) and enjoy all the photos that were inside so I knew that this one was going to be equally as awesome. From a fan's perspective, it was such an amazing experience to be sitting there, with Bam, going through a book of so many memories. I flipped through the pages cautiously, afraid to get my fingerprints on anything. I could have spent hours flipping through the soon-to-be book, but I didn't want to completely spoil | 305 |
The title of the lecture was: "Political Development of European Integration", in which Mr. Franco addressed many crucial topics regarding the European Union such as, reasons for integration, mechanism for integration and actors of the integrative process. The main idea of the lecture was to illustrate the numerous treaties which led to the creation of the European Union and to present the economic and political integration of the EU which is currently facing many challenges. The main question posed in this lecture was: Is European integration to be explained by vision or by necessity? Mr. Franco then illustrated the political and economical status of Europe post World War II, and stated that integration was used as a means to overcome the trauma that befell Europe after World War II. After World War II Europe sought to reestablish democracy and moral values, as well as promoting political and economic cooperation so as to<|fim_middle|> The political integration of the EU is constituted of justice, home affairs, external policy, in addition to security and defense policies.
Mr. Franco likewise stressed European citizenship with reference to the charter of fundamental rights, which is coherent with International Human Rights conventions, and which deals with universal values of human dignity. It also incorporates fundamental social and economic rights. Mr. Franco ended the lecture by addressing the various challenges the EU faces such as overcoming the democratic deficit, crisis of the Euro-Zone, insufficient convergence of socio-political models, diversity of socio-political models, the "social contract" between member states based on historical differences, lack of political union and absence of fiscal union. | avoid another devastating war. And that's when the idea for establishing the European Union came forth.
Mr. Franco went on to describe the many institutions that emerged in Europe post World War II such as the Council of Europe, the European Coal and Steel Community, the West European Union, and the European Economic Community. He also presented an overview of the history of treaties which resulted in the foundation of the EU, particularly the Treaty of Rome (1957) which contains an open-ended, long term ambition. The aims of the Treaty of Rome are: the establishment of a common market, free movement of persons and cargo, services, capital etc. Mr. Franco illustrated the dialects of integration including: the actors, mechanisms, economic integration, political integration and European citizenship. The economic integration of the EU revolves around the harmonization of economic legislation, stabilization of exchange rates, and the need for stronger coordination of economic (and social) policies. | 189 |
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Prince: The Top 100!
Imran Mirza 05:05 Prince
I fear I may have taken my fandom to irretrievable heights. There may literally be no way back.
So I've taken on the ominous task of listening to every single thing Prince has ever released - being a fairly devoted fan anyway, there really wasn't a whole lot I hadn't already heard - and then ranked the top 100. In order. Songs from the list below span 35 albums over 5 decades. Yes, if you're wondering, this did take a really, really long time.
I did impose some rules though:
Firstly, no bootlegs. Seems fair that they not be included as I imagine there's a substantial amount I've yet to hear and there's really no way to catch up on everything that's floating around out there.
Secondly, no remixes. Again, it multiplies the options significantly plus the original/released versions are mostly what's official.
Finally, no live stuff. I'd still be listening to songs if we included all the live versions of released songs, which mostly fall into bootleg territory again, so best to draw the line there.
As I say, I may have in fact gone too far with this one, and there may be no way back... I just hope anyone reading this will be brave enough to come with me...
100. 'Art Official Cage'
Art Official Age, 2014; Warner Bros/NPG Records
"U've come a long way"
99. 'Northside'
The Slaughterhouse, 2004; NPG Records
"Never U mind what U find in the state of Ur mind"
98. 'New Position'
Parade, 1986; Warner Bros Records
"Let's go fishin' in the river, the river of life"
97. 'Space'
Come, 1994; Warner Bros Records
"I painted Ur face upon my ceiling, I stare at it all the time"
96. 'I Will'
Chaos and Disorder, 1996; Warner Bros Records
"Face up 2 the truth and just grow"
95. 'I Wonder U'
"Ur on the mind"
94. 'Johnny' (performed by The New Power Generation)
Goldn###a, 1993; NPG Records
"I'm only fantasizing 'cause Ur love is tantalizing"
93. 'Do Me, Baby'
Controversy, 1981; Warner Bros Records
"Bring out what's been in me for far too long"
92. 'Mr Goodnight'
Planet Earth, 2007; NPG Records/Columbia Records
"Tell me which dress U chose so I can put on my matching suit"
91. 'Joint 2 Joint'
Emancipation, 1996; NPG Records/EMI Records
"Oh great, now U think U're my soulmate"
90. '4ever'
Lotusflow3r, 2009; NPG Records
"Eternity is just one kiss away"
89. 'Sleep Around'
"Baby let me read her journal, or should I say, she turned around and it was gone"
88. 'When You Were Mine'
Dirty Mind, 1980; Warner Bros Records
"U were kinda sorta my best friend"
87. 'The Good Life' (performed by The New Power Generation)
Exodus, 1995; NPG Records
"He had all the honeys, the kind from the magazines; Small waist, big-right, biggest ones U've ever seen"
86. 'Call My Name'
Musicology, 2004; Columbia Records/NPG Records
"The land of the free, somebody lied"
85. 'I Love U, but I Don't Trust U Anymore'
Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic, 1999; NPG Records/Arista Records
"I could tell from the moment U walked in the room; That it wasn't Ur dress U had on, that wasn't Ur perfume"
84. 'Extralovable Reloaded'
Standalone single, 2013; NPG Records
"U got a dozen little sexy tricks; That a dozen scenes in this US won't even allow"
83. 'Another Lonely Christmas'
The Hits/The B-Sides, 1993 (originally recorded, 1984); Warner Bros Records
"Ur father said it was pneumonia, Ur mother said it was stress; But the doctor said U were dead, And I say it's senseless"
82. 'Come'
"If U had a chance 2 see the future would U try?"
81. 'Get On The Boat'
3121, 2006; NPG Records/Universal Records
"Everything in darkness must come out into the light"
80. '2morrow'
Crystal Ball, 1998; NPG Records
"With undergarments thrown, the seed can be sown"
79. 'In Love'
For You, 1978; Warner Bros Records
"It's so hard to get U baby when U never come around"
78. 'Letitgo'
"Never was a good seat at any of this man's shows"
77. 'Gett Off'
Diamonds and Pearls, 1991; Warner Bros Records
"There's a rumor goin' all round that u ain't been gettin' served"
76. 'Chocolate Box' (featuring Q-Tip)
MPLSound, 2009; NPG Records
"She want the b-o-x-a-chocolate everyday"
75. 'Into The Light'
"In a light too bright to behold, Is a truth more shiny than gold"
74. 'When We're Dancing Close and Slow'
Prince, 1979; Warner Bros Records
"I feel Ur warm embrace, the softness of Ur face"
73. 'Guitar'
"I love U baby, But not like I love this guitar"
72. 'Insatiable'
"U're nastier than I thought, it's just 2:45"
71. 'Anotherloverholenyohead'
"U need another lover like U need a hole in yo head"
70. 'Good Love'
"I'll have another glass of U, this time on the rocks"
69. 'Style'
"Style is hailing a cab, Then U know, giving them the finger when they pass Ur ass"
68. 'Crucial'
"Every little thing from A to Z"
67. 'I Feel For You'
"Baby, baby, when I look at U"
66. '2 Nigs United 4 West Compton'
The Black Album, 1994; Warner Bros Records
"I want U 2 meet some friends of mine... No, no, U'll like them, they're musicians"
65. 'Colonized Mind'
"But without God, it's just the blind leading the blind"
64. 'Dreaming About U'
"When I'm alone in my room, I can't stop dreaming about U"
63. 'Chelsea Rogers' (featuring Shelby J)
"A model... Used to be a role model"
62. 'Crimson and Clover'
"I don't hardly know her, but I think I could love her"
61. 'The Dance'
"It's just not fair"
60. 'One Nite Alone...'
One Nite Alone..., 2002; NPG Records
"I know it's better if we make it up as we go"
59. '(There'll Never B) Another Like Me'
"Change the names to protect the guilty"
58. 'Bob George'
"Prince... That skinny muthaf####r with the high voice?"
57. 'Return Of The Bump Squad' (performed by The New Power Generation)
"Nothing can save U unless his name is God"
56. 'Emale'
"The king takes the pawn"
55. 'The Dream Factory'
"I can't live up to the picture that they paint"
54. 'She Loves Me For Me'
The Rainbow Children, 2001; NPG Records/Redline Entertainment
"I could write another 300 melodies, to<|fim_middle|>ulates those emotions incredibly well: "So here I sit in my lonely room, Lookin' for my sunshine; But all I've got is two cigarettes, And this broken heart of mine"
The imagery is perfect. It's said a picture paints a thousand words but this verse paints a thousand pictures.
7. 'Joy in Repetition'
"He like to frequent this club down up on 36th, Pimps and thangs like 2 hang outside and cuss for kicks"
I love the above opening line. Listen to disc 3 of 'One Nite Alone...Live!' ('It Ain't Over') and hear the whole audience sing the words in unison. So cool. While this list celebrates some excellent Prince songwriting, this song is a fine example of his composing - the guitar on this record is mesmerizing. I read that this was one of the left-off tracks from 'Sign O The Times' and it's such a shame. This would have made a great album, like... really great!
6. 'Pretty Man' [Extended Version]
"Don't hate me cos I'm beautiful"
I cheated. Potentially anyway. I know I kicked this list off by saying "no remixes" but I'm thinking an "extended mix" with an additional 73 seconds of Maceo Parker playing sax means no one could hold that against me? Prince doing JB-style funk doesn't seem to make anyone as happy as me - like he does with 'The Work, pt.1' (#23 on this list) - he does it so frickin well. With 'Pretty Man' though, it's more than the funk of the track I click with, it's the undeniable swagger of lyrics like "Don't hate me cos I'm beautiful", "In the early morning when I'm feeling nice, I walk by the mirror and kiss it twice" and "I write a cheque and the bank bounce".
5. 'The Ballad of Dorothy Parker'
"Dorothy was a waitress on the promenade, She worked the night shift"
When considering the idea of compiling this list, I once joked that nearly half of the top 20 would be made up of tracks from 'Sign O' The Times'. As it goes, 7 songs from this album are included here and that's only because I was being super strict. This part is subjective (as is this entire list obviously) but, to me, Sign O' The Times is the definitive Prince album... and it's down to songs like this.
4. 'When Doves Cry'
Purple Rain', 1984; Warner Bros Records
"How can U just leave me standing? Alone in a world that's so cold"
I wish I could say that Prince's music played a huge part of my early years and that his albums were the soundtrack of my youth, but unfortunately they weren't. My first Prince album was New Power Soul, which I bought discounted on tape probably in the very early 00s, and it's the years that followed that saw me delve deeper into his music. I was obviously fully aware of Prince growing up as everybody was with tracks like '1999', 'Raspberry Beret', 'Little Red Corvette' and 'When Doves Cry'. Now this song growing up I knew and it may very well rank among the first songs I fell truly in love with. I knew the words, the instrumental portions of the song and I had seen the video so many times: the split mirrored screen, the bath tub shots, that ruffled shirt I still promise myself I'll buy one day!
I have glorious memories of Prince playing the opening few seconds of this during his second encore at the O2 (13th September 2007). The crowd went nuts which prompted him to stop the song, stand away from the keyboards and yell "Y'all don't know that song!".
Famously, this also ranks as one of Prince's songs featuring no bass at all - not his only one though (another popular example being 'Sign O the Times'). Could people tell that? Has anyone ever listened to this song and instantly realised there was no bass without having been told beforehand? I could have listened to this song a hundred times and never noticed. Not sure if that makes me a musical moron for not detecting it, or Prince a musical genius for masking it.
Pretty sure it's both!
3. 'If I Was Your Girlfriend'
"Would U run to me if somebody hurt U even if that somebody was me?"
These are the type of songs that really made Prince 'Prince'. There are a very small handful of artists who could get away with subject matter like this, and any that could nowadays, would undoubtedly cite Prince as being a huge influence. It's bold, it's brave and it features Prince striving for a level of intimacy that's deliciously creepy. "Deliciously creepy" is my all-encompassing term to address people that find the song hugely romantic and those that find it straddling the line into controlling or stalker-like bahaviour.
2. 'I Hate You'
"Did U do to Ur other man the same things that U did to me?"
This song is usually the first one I throw at people who mindlessly claim Prince's best music was relegated to the 1980s. This epic track transitions through three movements: from the first 'hate'-filled verse, to the courtroom exchange to the admission he still loves her after all. The pantheon of soul music has delivered some incredible songs about cheating: D'Angelo's 'S--t, D--n, Mother F----r' naturally comes to mind, as does Shirley Murdock's 'As We Lay' and 'Just Be Good to Me' by The SOS Band, but few of them really explore that genuine hatred; hatred that becomes spiteful and malicious, again dabbling in that "deliciously creepy" territory that so easily brings that emotion back to love by the song's conclusion.
1. 'Purple Rain'
"I never meant to cause U any sorrow, I never meant to cause U any pain"
What do you think? In honesty, a part of me is a bit disappointed that 'Purple Rain' made it to #1. I just feel like it's a predictable pick but, thinking about it, there's a reason it usually tops Prince lists. It's the definitive Prince song: Rolling Stone ranked it #143 on their 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list (hmm, bit low if you ask me), Q Magazine placed it #40 on their 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks list (really, only 40?), and Pitchfork named it best song of the 1980s (only of the 80s :)).
Clocking in at nearly 9 minutes long, there isn't a wasted second - if you don't know what song you're listening to in the first three seconds, then something is very wrong. From the unmistakable guitar opening to the dreamy string-enriched outro, every second in between is glorious. Billboard called the song an "epic psych-gospel ballad"... I like that, let's go with that.
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Jamey Boelhower 17 February 2016 at 05:47
First, I commend you for tackling this list. I am a Prince fan and enjoyed reading the list. Just for fun though I am going to disagree with a few songs. "Space" and "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" need to higher in the list. :) I can't totally disagree with "Purple Rain" as number one. But I bet you noticed how each album reflected his growth a ideas for that time in his life. Hard to judge work / artist that covers decades. Well done.
rdhull 20 February 2016 at 11:35
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53. 'Future Soul Song'
20ten, 2010; NPG Records
"This is the future soul song"
52. 'Beautiful, Loved and Blessed' (featuring Tamar)
"I'm better than the day before"
51. 'The Word'
"Get up, come on, let's do something"
50. 'The Most Beautiful Girl in the World'
The Gold Experience, 1995; Warner Bros Records
"It's plain 2 see U're the reason that God made a girl"
49. 'D.M.S.R.'
1999, 1982; Warner Bros Records
"Jamie Starr's a thief"
48. 'Beautiful Strange'
Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic, 2001; NPG Records
"Strangely Beautiful"
47. '1+1+1 is 3'
"How many y'all just came to dance?"
46. 'My Computer'
"Welcome, U've got mail"
45. 'Uptown'
"Uptown, that's where I wanna be"
44. 'It's Gonna Be Lonely'
"It'd take forever to get U off my mind"
43. 'Starfish and Coffee'
Sign O' The Times, 1987; Warner Bros Records
"Starfish and coffee, maple syrup and jam, butterscotch clouds, a tangerine and a side order of ham"
42. 'Acknowledge Me'
"U need a friend much more than a lover"
41. 'Musicology'
"Old school joint for the true funk soldiers"
40. 'Way Back Home'
"I never wanted a typical life"
39. '3121'
"Hey mommy, it's loco right?"
38. 'Cloreen Baconskin'
"That's a nice coat, Alfred; How much U pay 4 that? That much, huh? Yeah, I like it; U're glad I like it, huh?"
37. 'All The Critics Love U in New York'
"It's time 4 jazz 2 die"
36. 'Right Back Here in My Arms'
"I don't wanna do U no harm, I just want U right back here in my arms"
35. 'Love'
"Love is whatever U want it to be"
34. 'The Holy River'
"And the voice inside said 2night the truth will be told"
33. 'Just As Long As We're Together'
"I'll get the music, baby, U bring the wine"
32. 'Shhh'
"Sex is not all I think about, It's just all I think about U"
31. 'My Love is Forever'
"U're the wind and the rain, U've got a river that takes away my pain"
30. 'Underneath The Cream'
The Chocolate Invasion, 2004; NPG Records
"Pretend I am U and teach me without shame"
29. 'Lady Cab Driver'
"This - Yeah, that's 4 me, that's who that 1's 4"
28. 'Sign O' The Times'
"In September my cousin tried reefer 4 the very first time, Now he's doing horse... it's June"
27. 'Another Love' (performed with Third Eye Girl)
Plectrumelectrum, 2014; Warner Bros/NPG Records
"If U don't like it round here, find another another love"
26. 'Come On' (performed as New Power Generation)
Newpower Soul, 1998; NPG Records
"Or could it be Ur girlfriend who never ever been straight; When I ask U "Are U hungry?", U say U already ate"
25. 'Last Heart'
"Baby, this heart wasn't made too break"
24. 'The One' (performed as New Power Generation)
"If U're lookin' for the man that will walk away from responsibility, I ain't the one"
23. 'The Work, pt.1'
"I see a false picture of myself, another one of U"
22. 'Slow Love'
"Love's in Ur eyes, Eyes never lie"
21. 'We Can Funk' (featuring George Clinton)
Graffiti Bridge, 1990; Warner Bros Records
"I'm testing positive 4 the funk, I'll gladly pee in anybody's cup"
20. 'A Million Days'
"Ur the perfect picture of what love should look like, And I want to be Ur frame"
19. 'Somebody's Somebody'
"I need 2 feel someone beside me, I cannot be alone no more"
18. 'I Wanna Be Your Lover'
"I wanna turn U on, turn U out, all night long make U shout"
17. 'Something in the Water (Does Not Compute)'
"U think U're special, well so do I; Why do special women make me cry?"
16. 'F.U.N.K.'
Download-only single, 2007; NPG Digital
"Gossip again? Ho hum; Listen to my drum"
15. 'It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night'
"Tonight there's no tomorrow"
14. 'Wasted Kisses' (performed as New Power Generation)
"Overdue, that's how I described the hour"
13. 'Groovy Potential'
Standalone single, 2013 (subsequently released on HITNRUN Phase Two); NPG Records
"U better get up, So we can get down"
12. 'And God Created Woman'
Love Symbol Album, 1992; Warner Bros Records
"Temptation sweet and so much"
11. 'It'
"In a bed, on the stairs, anywhere, all right"
10. 'Black Sweat'
"U can act hard if U want, This groove will make U sweet"
One of my dream musical collaborations (as previously discussed here), is Prince creating music with Pharrell and Chad of The Neptunes. The Neptunes have openly declared themselves to be disciples of the Purple Majesty with influences apparent throughout many of their productions, and aside from their remix to Prince's 'The Greatest Romance Ever Sold', there's never been an official collaboration. If there was one though... I'm pretty sure it could've sounded something like this.
9. 'I Would Die 4 U'
Purple Rain, 1984; Warner Bros Records
"I'm not a woman, I'm not a man; I am something that U'll never understand"
If the rules of this list permitted, the 10min 22secs remix would comfortably have found a place here as well as the album mix. One of the standouts from Purple Rain, 'I Would Die 4 U' is an explosive disco-funk driven number for a relatively short length of 2min 49secs. What more can be said? Sometimes a hot record is just a hot record.
8. '17 Days'
"U've been gone 17 days, 17 long nights"
It's very much the simplicity of this song that I've always resonated with. Almost everyone can relate to having their heart broken and this song artic | 1,548 |
The grand ceremony of the 5th Golden Mouse Internet Marketing was held in Beijing on April, 25th. Frank Shan, Vice President of hdtMEDIA, was invited to give a speech on "What is DSP".
DSP (Demand-Side Platform) is a system which allows the buyer to manage the data of inventory dealings and account numbers of multiple digital ad exchanges through a single interface. Like pay-search, DSP allows users to continuously optimize ads in accordance with designated key performance indices. It allows all demand-sides to realize systemic procurement through which accurate and effective group arrival is ensured. According to Shan, both DSP and RTB have become the bywords for the industry, yet DSP is merely one link of the whole digital ad eco-system. The concept is nothing new: digital exchanges for programmatic buying appeared in the USA as early as in 2005; Google released DoubleCick Ad Exchange in 2009; the whole eco-chain had not been built up until the emergence of large-scale programmatic dealings in the industry.
Why do advertisers and marketing personnel use DSP? According to Frank, the current exciting changes in the industry, i.e. the media purchase and the decision-making process, were participated in by people and now are supported by a system, which indicates the change in the dealing mode. The change from ads to marketing reduces the media dealing intensity; the integration of technology and big data renders possible the individual dealings exposed by ads. On the other hand, programmatic<|fim_middle|> do DSP? Frank describes DSP as a system, not a medium; DSP is merely the carrier of the latter. For example, the content of a program is Ad Network; the circumstance where the TV programs are presented is Ad Serving; the content collected by the STB (set-top box) is DSP. Whether Ad Network can do DSP depends on where it stands, the demand side or the supply side. When DSP is done by the former, the TV remote control better be put in the hands of the real demand-side agencies and advertisers for which the platform is supposed to serve. Frank emphasizes that the openness Of DSP is very important. It is critical to provide a direct and transparent platform on which advertisers can reach all media having the intent of buying and freely make every media launching decision. The true point of DSP lies in that advertisers can participate in the buying process by way of Self through technology.
hdtDXP, a digital ads exchange of hdtMEDIA, has taken the lead in realizing the match with Google cinema ads, which indicates that domestic DSP has come into the field of cinema ads. And hdtDXP has become the first DSP that supports multiple channels of ads launching, including the Internet, mobile Internet and videos.
Frank Shan, Vice President of hdtMEDIA, was giving an excellent speech. | buying brings group buying, i.e. RTB (Real Time Bidding). This subversive media buying has brought subversive effects, greater, faster, better and cheaper. Media buying decisions can be made quickly through a platform reaching mass media, and money wasted in large-scale procurement can be avoided by carefully selecting media and specifying the dealing mode of every exposure.
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Functional Mgmt Vs Project Mgmt
Colorado Technical University Functional Management vs. Project Management Essay 1 Dr. Don G. Schley, PMP Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for PM 600 CSHA1 PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESSES IN ORGANIZATIONS By Rick Adams; 09B2994493 Colorado Springs, Colorado July 2009 Functional Management vs. Project Management To understand the differences between functional management and project management, it helps to have a foundational knowledge of the two types of management. This knowledge includes historical information, organizational structure, and the functions/goals of each of the management types. In 1916, Henri Fayol proposed the following five functions of management (Fayol, 2009, para. 6): • To forecast and plan • To organize • To command • To co-ordinate • To control Functional Organizations Functional organizations follow Fayol's five functions of management using a top-down hierarchal organization. Functional organizations operate well to develop, produce and sustain products and services which exist over long periods of time. Examples of products which exist over long periods of time are large industrial products; cars, boats, airplanes. The basic design and construction of these products remain the same over many years. There may be cosmetic differences in color, body style and other inconsequential items, but overall, the basic design remain the same. Soft product types can also fit into a long term production environment. Examples of soft products are accounting products; payroll and tax services fall into this category. Functional organizations focus on the functions, or departments within an organization. In addition, functional organizations are hierarchal in nature. In other words, power flows from the top to the bottom of the organization within a
Production and Cost: Prosthetics
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Ratio Analysis Memo
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Decision Support Systems vs. Managetment Information Systems
Management information systems are used by both upper level and mid-level management, in contrast to decision support systems. Decision support systems are used by all management levels, and the data it uses is<|fim_middle|> that project managers' report to within their functional unit is called a functional manager. Most functional managers are specialists in their departments, they are highly skilled, more analytical in approach and they are administratively responsible for deciding how something is done, what are the resources needed to complete it and who is doing it. This is the most common type of organizational management as in this type of organization each employee has only one type of manager and that makes the chain of command simple.
Activity Based Costing
Activity based costing (ABC) on the other hand does not just rely on cost of materials for production or service but rather, also, on issues like overhead costs caused by certain activities, charges on overhead to outputs due to driving rates and the established overhead cost pools (Atrill & McLaney, pp 136-140). The drivers of the ABC to managers is involved in the various support activities involved in the production process of service or product ,the cost attributed to each support service and the factors that cause a change in the support activity. (Atrill & McLaney, pp.138) ABC can be applied in a manufacturing service sector like Atrill & McLaney (pp. 138, 2009) explained by establishing an overhead cost pool for each of the laborers activities. This will include the cost of running the factories like rent, heating and lighting, salaries and benefits of employees, cost of inventories, stores and the direct labour rate charged overhead
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Introduction to MRP Material requirements planning (MRP) is a production planning and inventory control system used to manage manufacturing processes. Most MRP systems are software-based, while it is possible to conduct MRP by hand as well. Objectives of MRP An MRP system is intended to simultaneously meet three objectives: • Ensure materials are available for production and products are available for delivery to customers. • Maintain the lowest possible material and product levels in store • Plan manufacturing activities, delivery schedules and purchasing activities. MRP is a tool to deal with these problems.
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Winter in Japan: Historic mountain retreatswhere to next?
Home / Blog / Winter<|fim_middle|> thatched roofs.
If you're lucky, you might even catch a team of locals thatching one of the cottages (although why they were doing this mid-winter I'm not too certain).
Takayama. Our accommodation in Takayama was in a very luxurious Ryokan called Honjin Hiranoya. My room overlooked the Old Town and two onsen across the street. Kaiseki dinner and breakfast were served in a private dining room with foot well.
Shirakawa-Go. We stayed in a traditional family inn known as a "Minshuku" called Minshuku Furusato. We were treated to a delicious home-cooked Kaiseki dinner and equally enormous breakfast.
The writer was a guest of the Japan National Tourism Organisation.
Next Article Japan in Winter – oh yeah, the skiing's pretty good too.
Terrific, I'd only read about people skiing in Japan in winter so learning more of the culture is great as whenever we do go, I'd definitely be keen to explore more than just the snowlfields.
Wait till you try the food Seana! | in Japan: history, culture and snow.
In part two of my Winter in Japan series, I explore the historic Japanese mountain retreats of Takayama, an ancient centre of power during the Edo period, and Shirakawa-Go, the afore-mentioned fairytale village, hidden high in the mountains.
Riverside in the centre of historic town of Takayama, the cobbled streets are lined with old private residences – some over 400 years old. You can explore them by rickshaw, or if you're game (or foolish) like us, head out early in the morning in yukata and sandals to wander the quiet streets before the town wakes up.
The morning markets, which open at about 7am each day, are a short stroll from our ryokan. These markets were established in the Edo period – so somewhere between 1603 and 1868, during Shogunate rule, and are located right outside the Shogun Government House.
The Government House or Jinya is also well worth exploring.
The centre of rule over the Hida region during the Edo period and through the Meiji Reformation, it was still used by local government in some capacity until 1969.
The displays inside show you how life was lived 400-500 years ago, including various Samurai instruments of torture (below) and a selection of haikus written by the ruling lord. The serrated board and stone blocks look particularly horrible. Prisoners were made to kneel on this board while the stone blocks were stacked on their shoulders.
Later in the day the streets wake up and reveal sake breweries and miso factories where you can be taken on a little tour, find out how these delights are made and sample a few in the process.
The adjoining sake bars provide steamers in which to warm your sake and a selection of sake glasses to choose from.
The speciality here is red miso, which has a slightly stronger taste, and when we visit, the factory is in full swing, offering samples and busily packaging and shipping large boxes of miso to unknown destinations.
There are also a number of beautiful temples to explore, each with a significant story to tell. This little idol is the protector of children. He's nestled in the trunk of a 1200-year old Gingko tree, a national monument.
Legend has it that snow will fall when the leaves of the Gingko fell so it is cherished by local residents as a national monument.
Across town you can visit a permanent display of festival floats at the Takayama Matsui Yatai Kaikan. These incredibly ornate floats go on parade twice a year to celebrate the melting snow and coming of Spring as well as the cooling winds of Autumn.
You can get a taste of what life what like in a Hida farming village hundreds of years ago at Hida Folk Village in Takayama (a bit like the Japanese version of Old Sydney Town) but to get the full experience you need to visit the World Heritage site of Shirakawa-Go.
This ancient village was literally lost (and preserved) in time, hidden deep in the mountains, it was opened up to the world like a legendary Shangri-La when tunnels were built through the mountains for easier access.
Here you can stay in a traditional 'gassho-zukuri-style' thatched guest house.
On the night we stayed it was minus six degrees and snowing outside, and although the walls are made of rice paper we are kept toasty warm sitting by the central wood stove in the dining room over dinner and drinking a saké or two to sustain us through the night.
In the winter evenings some of these picturesque cottages are lit up in the evening, making the whole little valley look like a Christmas card illustration and they're just as beautiful to wander through during the day.
The little village can get quite busy during the day, with day-trippers coming from nearby Takayama, so be sure to book somewhere for lunch before you get carried away exploring the thatched cottages and gift shops.
Day trippers are brought by the coach load, and to save congestion on the little streets of Shirakawa-Go, they park across the wide river, and visitors cross into the village over a rope bridge.
Traditional Japanese agriculture crops (like rice or buckwheat) are hard to grow this high in the mountains, and while residents kept small fields for their own food it was not enough for trade. The main trade was in silk and nitre. Silkworms were nurtured and silk spun in the large spaces under the | 950 |
العربيةΕλληνικάEnglishespañ<|fim_middle|>iles (Carolina Avilés y Obrero vda. de Galang in the traditional Filipino naming system), known by her friends as "Carol" and by her family and relatives as "Carling", passed away on February 29th, 2016, at 5:05 AM at the Trillium Health Centre (formerly The Mississauga Hospital). She has lived a full and long life of 95 years. She is survived by her four children, Rogelio (Roger), Carmelita (Lita) Buenaventura, Magdalena (Baby) Embuscado, Thelma (Emy) Caguin and Edgardo Jr. (Eddie Boy), seventeen grandchildren, twenty-two great-grandchildren, and youngest brother Ángel. Her husband Edgardo Sr. (Carding) passed away in 1999. Her daughter Erlinda died in infancy and her other daughter Milagros (Mila) Coronado in 2014.
Carolina was a long time resident of Mississauga since she immigrated to Canada in the late 1970s. She also lived in Brampton (Ontario) for about fifteen years. She was an active member of the Filipino-Canadian Seniors Association of Peel Region and the Silver Lining Filipino-Canadian Seniors Association of Peel during her early senior years until her early 80s. Carol was a lively, sociable and very active lady. She loved singing and dancing. She would always sing at family as well as senior events and parties, and lead people in line dancing, her most favourite dance of all. She was also a talented seamstress and cook. She made hundreds of beautiful dresses in her lifetime. Her family and friends would never forget the delicious food she made.
Her family had always been her number one priority and she is dearly missed by all of them. She has now joined her beloved husband Carding and her two daughters Mila and Erlinda in heaven.
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With over 300 days of sunshine a year, it's no wonder that Austin, Texas is full of outdoor attractions. Austinites take full advantage of the year-round warm weather in ATX with outdoor activities like hiking, rock climbing, and water sports. Austin is known for the vast green spaces that many other cities lack, including parks, natural springs, and hiking trails to keep Austinites active.
Within the Austin city limits and into Texas hill country, there are so many opportunities to enjoy the outdoors. Here is an essential guide to some of the most popular outdoor activities in Austin.
The Greenbelt is popular for many outdoor activities including rock climbing, bird watching, hiking, mountain biking, swimming, and more. Hikers and joggers will enjoy the nearly 13 miles of scenic trails surrounded by lush greenery.
For a more challenging physical test, there are limestone cliffs for rock climbing. When there is enough rainfall, small waterfalls emerge, filling the creeks and making for excellent swimming holes. Daring visitors take to cliff jumping, too.
Zilker Park in the heart of downtown Austin is a hub for outdoor activities. From the park, you can see scenic views of the Austin skyline and Lady Bird Lake.
Zilker Park is right next to the bustling city, and yet 351 acres of nature are at your disposal, including trails, natural springs, botanical gardens, and more. Perhaps the coolest attraction of the park is Barton Springs Pool, a three-acre wide natural spring-fed pool that<|fim_middle|> East Austin is a prime location close to downtown and one of Austin's most iconic streets, 6th Street. 6th Street is a live music hotspot and thriving nightlife scene.
This haven is perfect for families, groups of friends, or business travelers. The space is meticulously designed with chic furnishings, a workspace, and spacious rooms.
The kitchen is fully stocked with everything needed for a home cooked meal. All of the comforts of home are generously provided including linens, towels, a Keurig, a washer and dryer, and more. Guests have full access to a convenient 24-hour virtual concierge to meet all of their needs. A stay at a Domio accommodation means staying in a getaway that feels like home but with the consistency and confidence of a hotel stay.
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Once called Town Lake, Lady Bird Lake is a reservoir on the Colorado River in the urban setting of the city. Swimming, stand-up paddleboarding, and canoeing are just a few of the activities that the lake provides.
Some of the best views in the city are from the lake, which is adjacent to the downtown area. The Congress Avenue Bridge can be seen from the lake, as well as the Ann and Roy Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail, which is a 10-mile loop trail around the lake.
Just a short 40-minute drive from Austin is Hamilton Pool, a pristine nature preserve with a grotto, creeks, canyons, and a 50-foot waterfall.
The pools are surrounded by native grasses, wildflowers, juniper, and even rare plant species. Bird watching is popular here because of the diversity of the plants and the naturally untouched setting.
This unique destination near Austin offers a day in nature and plenty of things to do including swimming, hiking, and picnicking. Be sure to make a reservation to enter the preserve and note that a small cash fee is required upon entering.
McKinney Falls State Park is a peaceful spot for taking in the natural beauty of Onion Creek and the surrounding woods, just 13 miles from the state capitol. Small waterfalls flow off of limestone ledges and create pools for swimming or fishing.
There are tons of possibilities for things to do here. The state park offers camping including a total of 81 camping sites with water and electric hookups and six new remodeled cabins. Outdoor activities to do at the park include mountain biking, hiking, and picnicking.
The highest point in Austin is Mount Bonnell, which rises to 775 feet, offering stunning urban views. This spot has been a popular destination since the 1850s. Climbing up Mount Bonnell might sound intimidating, but it's really more of a tourist attraction rather than an extensive workout.
After a short hike up Mount Bonnell, visitors will be received with views of Austin, Lake Austin, and the surrounding areas. The thrilling scenery makes for an adventurous date, an exhilarating outdoor activity for nature lovers, or simply a stunning photo opportunity.
Serene waters, swimming holes, boating, hiking trails, and more are found in abundance in Austin. Austinites spend as much time outdoors as possible, and tourists can't help but to come and enjoy the al fresco dining options, acres of parks, naturally beautiful scenery, and outdoor festivals. The parks, lakes, camping, and other activities help to make Austin one of the most active and fittest cities in the country.
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Google Webmaster Tools Renamed Google Search Console
May 20, 2015 at 3:02 am PST By Jennifer Slegg
Google Webmaster Tools is being renamed Google Search Console according to a post made on the Google Webmaster Central blog.
It turns out that the traditional idea of the "webmaster" reflects only some of you. We have all kinds of Webmaster Tools fans: hobbyists, small business owners, SEO experts, marketers, programmers, designers, app developers, and, of course, webmasters as well. What you all share is a desire to make your work available online, and to make it findable through Google Search. So, to make sure that our product includes everyone who cares about Search, we've decided to rebrand Google Webmaster Tools as Google Search Console.
We have seen the scope of Google Webmaster Tools evolve over the years and it has certainly expanded well beyond the role of merely helping webmasters, so making a name change does make a lot of sense and will appeal to many of those who might not have felt "webmaster" was their specific role.
Google has also expanded their offerings into many search-specific areas, such as with hreflang support and app indexing, along with their associated diagnostic tools and resources within Google Webmaster Tools.
Google first launched a portal with advice for webmasters back in 2001. It was then revamped in 2006 as Google Webmaster Central, which is why you sometimes hear industry old timers still refer to it as that name. This is also where the name "Webmaster Tools" began, as Google introduced diagnostic and usability tools to assist webmasters in "Statistics, diagnostics and management of Google's crawling and indexing of your website, including Sitemap submission and reporting."
The name<|fim_middle|> Tools until it officially became the name. But this is the first significant name change we have seen.
There has been a lot of expansion with the tools and help offered, most recently with the addition of Search Analytics, and the upcoming Search Analytics API. We have also seen it go through some changes as well outside of the tools it offers. Members of the team have been more visible at conferences and the introduction of the Google Webmaster Office Hours Hangouts with John Mueller have been very popular, especially after Matt Cutts' leave of absence meant the webmaster help videos stopped being created.
I think this is a great name change to more accurately convey what Google Webmaster Tools does. They plan to roll out the branding for Google Search Console in the coming weeks. The URL for the new Search Console will remain the same. The name Search Console is already live in Google Webmaster Tools accounts.
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Death Note Vol. 5
Written by A. H. on 04 May 2009
Distributor Manga Entertainment • Certificate 12 • Price £19.99
Since covering the fourth volume of Death Note a few months back I've been on tenterhooks waiting for this final two-disc volume of the series to drop through my letterbox, more than a little eager to see the climax of Light Yagami's efforts to create a world shaped in his image and whether his wits and cunning will bring him to his ultimate goal or abject failure.
While the general pace and style of the series is well established by this point, there are still yet more cats to be set amongst the pigeons as Sidoh, another Shinigami, appears to retrieve his Death Note, while Light's megalomania leads him to make a massive sacrifice as he attempts to retrieve that same notebook lost to Mello, while defeating this potential successor to L in the process. All of this plays out against a backdrop of a world where Kira is more revered (or should that read terrifying?) than ever before by the general populous, springing forth TV shows in his honour while even the President of the United States publicly announces his acceptance of Kira's reign.
These scenarios soon lead us into the final act of this thrilling drama, which in many ways is a return to those classic earlier episodes, as Light finds himself facing off against Near in a battle of wits and<|fim_middle|>uvre one another in this life and death game of chess.
Certainly, these closing episodes of Death Note know what the viewers of this series love and expect by this juncture and they provide it in spades, thrilling in those occasionally implausible but always fascinating twists, turns and surprises which are the hallmark of this show. I've commented previously that the loss of the quick-witted conflict between Light and L was a bit of a blow of sorts to the show, but thankfully the climax to the series comes close to recreating this as Near works to ensnare and prove Light's guilt - He may not be quite as enigmatic and compelling to watch as his predecessor, but he does enough to make for some fascinating encounters.
Of course, even the best of series can be spoiled by a poor ending, and doubtless some will like Death Note's finale better than others; personally, I have to commend its teasing ramping up of dramatic tension, and the satisfaction of reaching a solid conclusion does more than enough to make up for some arguably out of character moments over those last two episodes.
If you've watched the first four volumes of Death Note on DVD, then you'd have to be insane not to want the final volume to finish off this most fascinating of tales so this review is no doubt preaching to the converted anyway. Putting that to one side however, this closing volume of the series is as technically accomplished as we've come to expect from Manga Entertainment's releases, coupled with a pretty impressive selection of additional content. There's a reason why Death Note has become the sensation it is, spanning anime, manga and live action movie forms, and from watching the compelling climax to this gripping series, it's easy to figure out what those reasons are.
English and Japanese 2.0 audio with English subtitles, production art galleries, English voice actor interviews and recording sessions, English voice actor audio commentaries for episodes thirty and thirty-seven.
A fittingly crowd-pleasing finale to the series, full of the quick-witted twists and turns that we've come to know and love.
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Submissions on Verdins
On 9 August 2009 By Dr ManhattanIn Uncategorized
Edit: This later post on Verdins includes a crude breakdown of the sorts of cases where mitigation has been found and others where it hasn't.
Perhaps the starkest demonstration of the point the court was trying to make about mental imprairment not being an automatic form of mitigation is Freeman v The Queen [2011] VSCA 214. Whatever you think of the merits of his mental impairment defence at trial, I don't think anyone could try to argue that Freeman was thinking rationally when he threw his daughter from the Westgate Bridge. Maxwell P refused him leave to appeal his sentence, effectively affirming the 32-year non-parole period.
The Court of Appeal handed down R v White [2009] VSCA 177 last Thursday.
Amongst other things, the judgment emphasises that when an accused is represented by counsel and relies on a diagnosed mental or psychiatric condition as mitigation, specific submissions should be made, either on how the offending was influenced by that state of mind or how it would tend to make a proposed sentence more onerous on the accused. This was a point previously made by the Court of Appeal in R v Zander [2009] VSCA 10.
To simply tender evidence of a diagnosis and rely on that alone as being mitigatory places no obligation on the sentencing court to impose a lenient penalty. Some connection between the diagnosis and mitigation must be established to fall within the considerations in the leading authorities of Tsiaris and Verdins.
R v Tsiaris
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In R v Tsiaris [1996] VR 398, the Victorian Court of Appeal identified six ways serious mental illness not amounting to insanity could be relevant to sentence [at 400]:
First, it may reduce the moral culpability of the offence, as distinct from the prisoner's legal responsibility. Where that is so, it affects the punishment that is just in all the circumstances and denunciation of the type of conduct in which the offender engaged is less likely to be a relevant sentencing objective.
Second, the prisoner's illness may have a bearing on the kind of sentence that is imposed and the conditions in which it should be served.
Third, a prisoner suffering from serious psychiatric illness is not an appropriate vehicle for general deterrence, whether or not the illness played a part in the commission of the offence. The illness may have supervened since that time.
Fourth, specific deterrence may be more difficult to achieve and is often not worth pursuing as such.
[Fifth], psychiatric illness may mean that a given sentence will weigh more heavily on the prisoner than it would on a person in normal health.
[Also] Where there is a serious risk of imprisonment having a significant adverse effect on the offender's mental health, this will be a factor tending to mitigate punishment.
In R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102, the Court of Appeal considered that the reference to the serious psychiatric illness in Tsiaris was being misapplied.
Maxwell P, Buchanan and Vincent JJA in their combined decision in Verdins:
[5] The sentencing considerations identified in R v Tsiaras are not – and were not intended to be – applicable only to cases of "serious psychiatric illness." One or more of those considerations may be applicable in any case where the offender is shown to have been suffering at the time of the offence (and/or to be suffering at the time of sentencing) from a mental disorder or abnormality or an impairment of mental function, whether or not the condition in question would properly be described as a (serious) mental illness.
[8] The sentencing court should not have to concern itself with how a particular condition is to be classified. Difficulties of definition and classification in this field are notorious. There may be differences of expert opinion and diagnosis in relation to the offender. It may be that no specific condition can be identified. What matters is what the evidence shows about the nature, extent and effect of the mental impairment experienced by the offender at the relevant time.
In Verdins, the Court of Appeal discouraged the categorisation of a case as either invoking the principles in Tsiaris or<|fim_middle|> the County Court to a total period of imprisonment of two years and three months (with a minimum of a year to be served) for offences of criminal damage, threat to cause serious injury and serious injury with a knife.
The appellant had pled guilty but contested the account put by the prosecution. After evidence was led of the disputed allegations the sentencing court accepted the Crown's version of events.
In mitigation, counsel relied on reports from a psychiatrist and a psychologist that diagnosed the appellant with a borderline personality disorder. A Forensicare report was ordered. This concluded an absence of any mental illness. The sentencing judge referred to the three reports in sentencing and concluded that the appellant suffered from no mental illness. The considerations of Tsiaris weren't raised by counsel, despite the specific comments of Nettle and Dodds-Streeton JJA in R v Zander [2009] VSCA 10.
On the appeal, it was argued that the diagnosis of a borderline personality disorder was worthy of some mitigation of penalty, in the exercise of sentencing discretion.
[16] On behalf of the respondent it was submitted that none of the material which was relevant to the psychological and psychiatric condition of the appellant linked the diagnosed conditions to the commission of the offences, or highlighted difficulties which would arise in the serving of any sentence as a result of those conditions. It was submitted that, where a person in the position of the appellant is represented by counsel, the sentencing judge is not required to consider any effect of the psychological condition of that person where there has been no attempt to link the psychological condition to a relevant sentencing factor. To support this submission, counsel for the respondent relied on the comments of Nettle JA in R v Zander, where his Honour noted:
Contrary to submissions advanced by counsel on behalf of the appellant, where a prisoner is represented by counsel, a sentencing judge is not ordinarily required to consider any possible effects of psychological or psychiatric disability other than those expressly relied on by counsel. Generally speaking, therefore, it is ordinarily not the duty of a sentencing judge to scour evidence and other material in order to identify not so identified psychological or psychiatric disability which may go in mitigation of penalty.
[17] With respect, I agree with the submission on behalf of the respondent. The sentencing judge referred to the report of the treating psychiatrist in his conclusions during the course of the reasons for sentence. No submission was made on behalf of the appellant seeking to specifically link the appellant's diagnosed condition to the offending, therefore, the evidence regarding his condition is simply part of the background. In addition, the opinion expressed in the Forensicare report, which the sentencing judge quoted, seems to me to be consistent with the treating psychiatrist's report.
A complementary view comes out of the High Court's decision in Fardon v The Attorney-General (Qld) (2004) 223 CLR 575, where Gleeson CJ said,
As was pointed out in Engert, people suffering from mental disorders frequently come into collision with the criminal justice system, and discretionary sentencing decisions must take into account a number of sometimes competing considerations, including the protection of society. The law is a normative science, and many of its rules and principles are based upon assumptions about volition that would not necessarily be accepted as accurate by psychiatrists. In United States v Chandler, Chief Judge Haynsworth said:
The criminal law exists for the protection of society. Without undue harm to the interests of the society it protects, it can exclude from its moral judgments those whose powers of intellect or will are so far impaired that they have no substantial control of their conduct. It can afford, too, elimination of the last vestiges of the notion of punishment for punishment's sake and a further implementation of the principles of rehabilitation, deterrence and, wherever necessary, the ultimate isolation from society of those individuals who have no capacity for the adjustments necessary to conform their conduct as active members of a free society to the requirements of the law. The law may not serve its purpose, however, should it embrace the doctrines of determinism. Should the law extend its rule of immunity from its sanctions to all those persons for whose deviant conduct there may be some psychiatric explanation, the processes of the law would break down and society would be forced to find other substitutes for its protection. The law must proceed upon the assumption that man, generally, has a qualified freedom of will, and that any individual who has a substantial capacity for choice should be subject to its sanctions. At least, we must proceed upon that assumption until there have been devised more symmetrical solutions to the many faceted problems of society's treatment of persons charged with commission of crimes.
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Nice site, very informative. I like to read this.,it is very helpful in my part for my criminal law studies.
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I like the reply you did above. It is so true. As a real person I'd just like to say I really DO like your site. Aside from AustLII there is not a lot of good information on law available for free on the web. Do you think Verdins needs to be established to a legal standard or an evidentiary one? I have read the case but it does not really say either way. Martin "The Martian" Stubberfield
15 June 2010 at 11:52 PM Reply
Martin Stubberfield
I like the reply you did above. It is so true. As a real person I'd just like to say I really DO like your site. Aside from AustLII there is not a lot of good information on law available for free on the web. Do you think Verdins needs to be established to a legal standard or an evidentiary one? I have read the case but it does not really say either way. Martin \"The Martian\" Stubberfield
Thanks Martin.Under the Evidence Act 2008 there's no requirement for the rules of evidence to apply in a sentencing hearing at all, unless under s 4 a party requests it or the court thinks it's necessary.If the rules of evidence are applied, s 141 provides that the prosecution must prove matters beyond reasonable doubt, and the defence must prove matters on the balance of probabilities. That accords with the existing common law position in R v Storey [1998] 1 VR 359.It's true there's no express reference in Verdins to the standard of proof, though when discussing Vo's case (which was argued at the same time) the Court did refer to counsel's argument that his client's mental state ought to have been accepted as mitigating on the balance of probabilities. Subsequent decisions also seem to adopt this as the test, as does the WA case of Wheeler v The Queen (No 2) [2010] WASCA 105 which states it categorically.I have also heard it suggested that the appropriate test might be Briginshaw. This is an interesting idea but I've never heard any authority cited in favour of it (and could be contrary to s 141 in certain situations).
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→ Contents | not invoking them. (Not surprisingly, parallels can be drawn between this approach and the comments of Maxwell P in Wyley about the application of R v Mills to youthful offenders, also discussed here recently). Instead, the Court found the correct approach was to approach each case on its own facts, weighing each of the considerations accordingly.
[13] Where a diagnostic label is applied to an offender, as usually occurs in reports from psychiatrists and psychologists, this should be treated as the beginning, not the end, of the enquiry. As we have sought to emphasise, the sentencing court needs to direct its attention to how the particular condition (is likely to have) affected the mental functioning of the particular offender in the particular circumstances – that is, at the time of the offending or in the lead-up to it – or is likely to affect him/her in the future.
An example of the Court applying this principle is the later decision of R v Grossi. There, an assertion of gambling addiction did not attract mitigation because the causal connection between state of mind and offending wasn't sufficiently strong.
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I'm home, I'm mostly rested, quite well-fed, and finally….. content.
Working for a startup has a huge potential for being fun, exciting, challenging, and rewarding. My job stopped being all those things about a month ago. A move to some really<|fim_middle|>ish). love you! | nice new office space masked a bit of the discontent – but the shiny/happy illusion was again fading.
I'm glad that the company decided to let everyone go and shut down before they couldn't pay anyone the hours and severance we were entitled to. There are far too many startups and flakey execs who would've let us show up to a locked door and a "too bad so sad" note in a month. I do have to respect my current employers for that.
As much as I'll miss some of the work that I did, and many of the people I worked with, some things I will definitely NOT miss are the fact that this job taught me the meanings of the words "tension headache" and "migraine headache" as well as the pavlovian fear response that the ringing of my cell phone evoked. I've actually changed my ring tone – I hope that helps.
All in all, it wasn't exactly the plan I had in mind – but things always happen for a reason, and I've always landed on my feet. Now it's just a matter of when. In the meantime, I've got a little more time for me right now, time which was sorely lacking before, and I'm enjoying it.
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Proposals from the European Commission will refresh the common agricultural policy, providing strengthened support for farmers and rural areas in the years to come.
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The European Commission's proposals for the future of the CAP aim to make the EU's agricultural policy more responsive to current and future challenges, while continuing to support the active needs of European farmers.
By setting out a more intuitive and innovative policy, the Commission aims to ensure that the CAP can continue to provide strong support for European farming, enabling prosperous rural areas and the production of high-quality food for years to come.
The Commission's proposals
Better targeting for a fairer deal
Higher green ambitions
Farmers at the heart of Europe's society
A new way of working
Boosting innovation
A strong budget
On 1 June 2018, the European Commission presented legislative proposals on the common agricultural policy (CAP) for the period 2021-27. Due to ongoing negotiations between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, the provisional start date of the proposed CAP reform has been pushed back to 1 January 2023.
Following the allocation of CAP funding for 2021-27 from the EU's long-term budget, a transitional regulation has been agreed for the years 2021 and 2022. The transitional regulation will extend most of the CAP rules that were in place during the 2014-20 period, while also including new elements to encompass stronger green ambitions and ensure a smooth transition to the future CAP framework, as set out in the Commission's proposals.
The Commission's proposals aim to foster a sustainable and competitive agricultural sector that can contribute significantly to the European Green Deal, especially with regard to the farm to fork strategy and biodiversity strategy. In particular, the proposals focus on:
securing a fair deal and a stable economic future for farmers;
setting higher ambitions for environmental and climate action;
safeguarding agriculture's position at the heart of Europe's society.
In order to achieve these broad goals, the Commission has set out nine specific objectives:
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To ensure stability and predictability, income support will remain an essential part of the CAP. As a part of this, basic payments will continue to be based on the farm's size in hectares. However, the future CAP must prioritise small and medium-sized farms and encourage young farmers to join the profession.
This is why the Commission proposes:
a higher level of support per hectare for small and medium-sized farms;
to reduce the share of direct payments received above €60,000 per farm and to limit payments at €100,000 per farm, with a view to ensure a fairer distribution of payments;
a minimum of 2% of direct support payments allocated to each EU country set aside for young farmers, complemented by financial support under rural development and measures facilitating access to land and land transfers;
EU countries having to ensure that only genuine farmers receive support.
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Farmers play a key role in tackling climate change, protecting the environment and preserving landscapes and biodiversity. The European Commission aims to facilitate the role of farmers by ensuring that the CAP will:
contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as sustainable energy;
foster sustainable development and efficient management of natural resources such as water, soil and air;
contribute to the protection of biodiversity, enhance ecosystem services and preserve habitats and landscapes.
A new green architecture
In its proposals, the Commission sets out a new green architecture for the CAP, featuring strengthened mandatory requirements and increased funding opportunities for green farming. Amongst the measures foreseen in the proposals are:
the preservation of soils through requirements to protect carbon-rich wetlands and practice crop rotation;
an obligatory nutrient management tool, designed to help farmers improve water quality and reduce ammonia and nitrous oxide levels on their farms;
a new stream of funding from the CAP's direct payments budget for "eco-schemes", which will support and incentivise farmers to undertake agricultural practices beneficial for the climate, biodiversity, and the environment.
Through such measures, the CAP will place agriculture at the heart of the European Green Deal, as well as the EU's ambitious biodiversity and farm to fork strategies.
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Farmers are at the heart of Europe's rural communities, providing vital public goods. The future CAP proposes to develop, support and invest in our rural communities, by:
helping new generations of farmers to join the profession, through encouraging knowledge transfer from one generation to the next and improving access to land for young farmers;
promoting employment, growth, social inclusion and local development in rural areas, including bio-economy and sustainable forestry;
improving the response of EU agriculture to societal demands on food and health, including safe, nutritious and sustainable food, food waste, as well as animal welfare;
providing continued support for rural communities through the smart villages initiative and community-led local developments under the LEADER programme.
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The European Commission proposes to simplify and modernise how the CAP works, shifting the emphasis from rules and compliance towards results and performance.
An updated EU-wide framework
The framework of the policy will be based upon nine specific objectives, focusing on the social, economic, and environmental goals of the CAP.
In order to achieve these objectives, the Commission will provide a toolbox of broad policy measures, which EU countries can shape around their own needs and capabilities.
The Commission will also provide a common set of result indicators as part of a new performance, monitoring and evaluation framework, which will be used to assess the progress of EU countries in reaching the CAP objectives.
Each EU country will draw up their own CAP strategic plan, setting out how they will direct CAP funding towards specific targets and how these targets will contribute to the overall EU objectives.
When drawing up their plans, each country will liaise with the Commission, hold consultations with experts and stakeholders, and undertake an extensive SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis of their specific needs.
All strategic plans will be submitted to the European Commission for evaluation and approval before they are implemented. Additionally, EU countries will submit an annual performance report to show progress towards the targets that have been set.
Benefits of the new way of working
A more effective delivery model
The new approach combines detailed planning and clear objectives with workable measures and comprehensive monitoring to ensure that results can be achieved.
Greater flexibility
In the future CAP, EU countries will have greater freedom to shape rules and funding allocations around the needs of their farmers and rural communities, as long as they are in line with EU standards and objectives.
Streamlined administration
Countries shall submit only one strategic plan, covering income support, sectorial strategies, and rural development, allowing for a smoother execution and less of an administrative burden.
Stronger environmental protection
When presenting their strategic plans, countries will be obliged to demonstrate a higher environmental ambition than at present. The new way of working will allow countries to turn EU-wide standards and objectives into actions that are relevant to the reality on the ground.
CAP specific objectives by country
How the future CAP will contribute to the EU Green Deal
Knowledge and innovation are essential for a smart, resilient and sustainable agricultural sector. The CAP of the future will both encourage increased investment in research and innovation and enable farmers and rural communities to benefit from it.
Therefore, it is essential to build stronger agricultural knowledge and innovation systems (AKIS) to boost initiation and development of innovation projects, to disseminate their results and to use them as widely as possible. Including national AKIS strategies in CAP strategic plans will incentivise the structuring and organisation of the national innovation ecosystem. Ensuring that well-functioning AKIS exist throughout the EU avoids duplication of efforts, saves costs, increases the impact of EU and national/regional funding and speeds up innovation.
Successful AKIS strategies include four main group of actions:
enhancing knowledge flows and strengthening links between research and practice;
strengthening all farm advisory services and fostering their interconnection within the AKIS;
enhancing cross-thematic and cross-border interactive innovation;
supporting the digital transition in agriculture.
The European Commission has proposed to set aside €10 billion from the Horizon Europe programme for research and innovation in food, agriculture, rural development and the bioeconomy. The agricultural European innovation partnership (EIP-AGRI) will continue to pool funding sources from Horizon Europe and rural development to foster competitive and sustainable farming and forestry.
Building stronger agricultural knowledge and innovation systems
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Following the adoption of the long-term budget of the EU for 2021-27 the future CAP will be supported by robust funding.
€387 billion
in CAP funding
The CAP's European agricultural guarantee fund (EAGF) has been set at €291.1 billion (in current prices), while its European agricultural fund for rural development (EAFRD), including the Next Generation EU funding, will amount to €95.5 billion.
Up to €8 billion
from Next Generation EU
Next Generation EU will reinforce the budget of the EAFRD by €8 billion to help rural areas make the structural changes necessary to achieve the goals of the European Green Deal and digital transition.
transfer between income support and rural development
In order to allow EU countries to better adapt the policy to their farming sectors' priorities, they will have the option to transfer up to 25% of their CAP allocations between income support and rural development. EU countries can apply additional flexibilities for certain specific purposes, such as supporting environment and climate objectives, supporting young farmers and in the case of countries with below-average direct payments.
EU budget for the future
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Commission publishes list of potential eco-schemes
Part of the CAP reform, eco-schemes aim to encourage the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices
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Financial instruments to play key role in transition towards sustainable food systems
At the EU conference on financial instruments, discussions will focus on agriculture's financial needs and their role in the green transition.
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Financial needs of farmers and agri-food companies are significant
The European Commission published country-specific reports on the financial needs of agriculture and the agri-food sector.
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The CAP reform's compatibility with the Green Deal's ambition
Based on the links between the CAP reform and the Green Deal, the Commission considers that the CAP reform is compatible with the new green ambitions.
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The Commission has produced a series of briefs on the nine specific objectives of the future CAP, setting out the main facts and policy relevance of each objective.
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Die Nikolauskirche steht im Ortsteil Köckritz der Gemeinde Harth-Pöllnitz im Landkreis Greiz in Thüringen. Sie gehört zur Kirchengemeinde Weida im Kirchenkreis Gera der Evangelischen Kirche in Mitteldeutschland.
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Die Kirche der Ortsteile Köckeritz<|fim_middle|>pitze statt.
Am 22. Juli 1910 stürmte ein Unwetter über das Dorf hinweg. Das Dach des Gutes wurde mit so einer Wucht an den Kirchturm geweht, dass er am Glockenstuhl brach und in die Tiefe stürzte. Der Neuaufbau konnte über die Landesbrandkasse finanziert werden.
Am 6. Juli 1965 erfolgte wieder eine Neueindeckung des Kirchturms und die Wetterfahne wurde durch ein Kreuz ersetzt.
Am 15. November 1970 fand eine Glockenweihe statt. Ein neues Geläut der Gießerei Schilling und Söhne wurde eingeweiht. Nach zwei Jahren Bauzeit im Innenraum wurde das Gotteshaus zum Erntedankfest am 3. Oktober 1976 wieder eingeweiht.
Später wurde eine Fußboden- und Deckenheizung eingebaut. Mit der Modernisierung erfolgte auch der behindertengerechter Bau. 1998 begann die Außensanierung.
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Kockritz | -Köfeln wurde erstmals 1333 urkundlich erwähnt. In der Zeit vor der Reformation wurden die Bürger der Orte vom Kloster Mildenfurth betreut. Ab 1527 wurde die Kapelle zur Pfarrkirche ernannt. Von 1740 bis 1748 wurde die ehemalige Kapelle des Gutes in ihrer heutigen Gestalt als Kirche gebaut.
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Graduation is a time for celebration, but it can also be a time of confusion. Many students leave college without the slightest clue of what to do next. It's important for students to prepare for life after college. I myself am graduating this spring with a bachelors in Mass Communications, along with a minor in Homeland Security. Here's a few steps that I have been using to help me prepare for graduation this semester that can also help you out in the future.
For starters, keep a close relationship with your advisor. If there are any questions that you need answered, your advisor is there to guide and direct you to get things accomplished.
Each school has a career services office. This office helps you to find part-time work, internships and volunteer opportunities while you are a student. They also help you to prepare your resume, cover letter, and portfolio for your first job in your field.
Pick and choose a person that you look up to and trust. A mentor would be perfect to have because he/she has already taken the route and experienced the obstacles that you are seeking to overcome<|fim_middle|> opportunities pass you.
Higgins is graduating from Georgia State University with a bachelors in Economics and a minor in Computer Information. "In preparation for graduating this spring, I have been under a lot of pressure", said Higgins. "The heavy work load of last minute materials can be overwhelming, how- ever, I had to remain sane and keep a positive mind after dealing with cramming ambiguous information as well thinking about life after college. In all I have to say I'm on the right track because I'm blessed to have a job lined up after graduation at SunTrust bank as a Database Manager", Higgins stated. | .
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Finally, it's so important to finish strong your last semester in college. Think of all the hard work you put in and the tears you shed on your journey to graduating. You don't want to disappoint your friends and family because you slacked in one class that would keep you from graduating. Hard work pays off and just because you completed college doesn't mean you have to stop there. It's so much more out there to explore, so don't let these | 101 |
Here is something I learned today: Deer beds are beautiful<|fim_middle|> from their gentle heat. Smell the plants, prickly and pungent, green and growing. Go to sleep. Dream of the herd, prancing away without you. Oh, deer.
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Here's another thing: Deer travel and live in herds. They're social animals—to an extent. While the bucks are off… doing whatever it is bucks do, the lady-deers come together. The female deers and their little dappled fawns bed down together in large groups, while the bucks only hang out in groups of three to five (they are constantly fighting for dominance, which weakens the herd dynamic, kind of like when you go out with a few guys and they start playing darts and the night quickly dissolves into puffed chests and hurt feelings).
Hunters often track deer based on the imprints they leave when they lie down to rest. They create oval-shaped indents on the ground, crumpled swirls of grass. In the winter, their body heat melts the snow beneath, so if you see a few round melty spots, that's probably a deer bed.
Photographer Katherine Wolkoff has created a series called "Deer Beds," and I'm absolutely in love. To capture these images, she followed deer around Block Island, stopping where they did and training her camera on their nocturnal nests. The photographs (above) are strangely intimate and human. Touching and wild. Sweet and subtle. Imagine stumbling on a one of these deer beds in the wild grass. Lie down, it's still warm | 277 |
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Part of the landscape: Forest Service wilderness manager celebrates 50 years of protecting Tahoe
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Don Lane visits the cabin at Nevada Beach which was his home for over 40 years. / Photo: Claire McArthur
On a bluebird fall day, Don Lane greets me at the entrance of Nevada Beach in a Smokey Bear button down shirt with his characteristic big smile and infectious positivity. The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Recreation Supervisor and Desolation Wilderness Manager is here to show me where his 50-year tenure with the agency all began.
As we approach a small cabin near the guard station for the recreation site, Lane tells me this was his home for over 40 years, until<|fim_middle|>!" exclaimed Lane. "Leaning and continuously blown by the wind but still standing."
We say our goodbyes and walk in separate directions down the beach, but not without Lane turning and shouting one last tidbit of history about the pavilion I was approaching. Because for Don Lane, to know is to care.
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© 2021 TahoeMagazine | moving just last year to a private residence nearby due to the cabin's advancing years. It's where he spent his first night as an employee of the Forest Service in 1971 when he started as a summer ranger at this very beach while still an undergraduate student at the University of Nevada, Reno. In 1978, it became his full-time residence.
"Over time you sleep on the beach. You live with the seasons. When the fall would come you keep an eye out for the eagles that fly by and look at you and flap on, or they'd set up on a limb on your office window and stare at you for the longest time," recalled Lane. "You'd have the bears wander through here back and forth like they were tourists. And during the summer time, it was a flow of humanity, drawn to the area for its naturalness, its beauty."
After several summers assigned at Nevada Beach, Lane worked as a fire patrolman and a wilderness ranger, both in the rugged Meiss Country south of Lake Tahoe and in Desolation Wilderness.
Don Lane started at the U.S. Forest Service as a summer ranger at Nevada Beach while still an undergrad student. / Photo: Claire McArthur
"I was suddenly alone for 10-14 day tours high in the backcountry isolated in a little tent with my only contact as a two-way radio," said Lane. "My job every day was to put my backpack on, grab my shovel and wander the forest to try and talk to the public to make sure they were safe, they knew where they were going, and the land was being protected."
Sometimes he would go days without seeing anyone, but he kept himself entertained by documenting what he saw in a notebook, reading and writing stories.
"You adjust to a different lifestyle. It also gave me the chance to hike anywhere I wanted. I woke up and looked out my tent and would say, 'OK, I'm going to go to this lake today or follow this trail or go up that mountain pass,'" continued Lane. "It was a wild choice, but it also changed your reality as a human being. Instead of waking up and dealing with the chaos of humanity – cars and noise and record players and PA systems – all you could hear was the birds chirping or maybe a hoot from an owl or a coyote. It was a whole different world to exist in."
Don Lane gives a historical presentation to a crowd at Eagle Falls in 2005. / Photo: Provided
After a few years of calling the backcountry home, Lane was promoted to Desolation Wilderness Manger, where he managed other rangers and worked to keep the mandate of the Wilderness Act in the 63,960 acres of federally protected land that calls for "an area where the earth and it's community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain."
"One of the reasons that I've been here so long is that it's been a gift to me to be a part of managing those resources – to be able to look at Mount Tallac and say, 'I'm the ranger responsible for you. To know that you are part of that landscape.'" said Lane. "It's not just a job. It's not just a nine-to-five, complete these tasks and responsibilities and go home. That is your home. You reach into your heart and say, 'I'll do my best.'"
Lane leads with his heart. It's a part of himself he refers to often when he talks of what's captivated him about his work with the Forest Service and the Tahoe Basin, as well as the beauty of wild lands across the globe.
"I've been to Africa, India, China, Japan, the Galapagos, New Zealand, Europe, Canada, Alaska and Thailand," he explained. "I hiked along the Great Wall. I trekked through the Himalayas. I spent a month on the Serengeti looking at wild animals looking back at me. I climbed Kilimanjaro. I've done enough things to know what a special place the world is. Regardless of any cultural debates or political challenges, the world is a complex and wondrous gift to humanity."
To know Don Lane is to know Lake Tahoe. In one breath, he can recite a quote from Mark Twain describing his first glimpse of the lake before explaining enthusiastically, near poetically, the history of how the Wilderness Act came to protect precious lands across the United States. He will speak frankly about the challenges facing these lands such as overuse, litter, graffiti, fire; but remain unwaveringly positive about his ability to continue mentoring rangers and volunteers and educating the public about treating the natural world with care.
For 23 years, Lane spent thousands of hours of his own time researching the history of the lake to produce five stories a week, for free, for a radio program, which he would eventually compile into two books. He hoped a better understanding of Lake Tahoe would enrich people's experiences here and inspire them to continue caring for it.
"There's an old saying that wilderness had to be scarce before it was valued," said Lane. "If something isn't understood, it's not valued. If it's not valued, it's not loved. If it's not loved, it's not protected. And if it's not protected, it is lost."
Underneath a towering, atilt Jeffrey pine that has called Tahoe home for hundreds of years, Lane and I sit at a picnic table looking out at the lake. "Look at this tree | 1,144 |
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Sean Paul, Lady Saw Makes Billboard's 100 Greatest Songs Of 2002
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Sean Paul's "Gimme The Light" and Lady Saw and No Doubt's "Underneath It All" Makes Billboard's 100 Greatest Songs of 2002 list.
Her dancehall days may be behind her, but Minister Marion Hall is still receiving accolades for her time as Lady Saw. There's no doubt that she was one of the predominant women in the genre in the 90s and 2000s, so much so that many of her fans still hope for her to make some sort of dancehall comeback.
It's no wonder she was once the unmistakable Queen of Dancehall, especially so after she became the first woman in dancehall to be certified as a triple-platinum and a Grammy Award<|fim_middle|>Article Source: urbanislandz.com
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As a testament to the type of dominance she once exerted, the reggae-pop track "Underneath it All", a single by popular US band No Doubt, featuring dancehall legend Lady Saw, has been ranked number 39 on Billboard magazine's 100 Greatest Songs of 2002.
The track was produced by the hardworking duo Sly Dunbar and the late Robbie Shakespeare. Dunbar spoke with the Jamaica Observer about the news and expressed joy that he was able to be part of the production team that created the unique sound that made the track popular.
He also shared that the song was written by No Doubt's lead singer Gwen Stefanie along with David Stewart, who was a member of the well-known 1980s British pop duo Eurythmics. He added that it was released in July 2002 as the third single from No Doubt's fourth studio album Rock Steady.
For him, including Lady Saw in the production was an easy choice since he was already a fan. According to him, so was Robbie, and they had all worked together on numerous projects. The amazing piece of information that he shared, however, was that "she came to One Pop studio and did her vocal right there. It was a great vocal performance in one take."
Following its release, "Underneath It All" made it all the way to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, which incidentally is No Doubt's highest placement to date on that particular chart. It did enjoy some success on the Rhythmic Top 40 as well, where it got to No. 38.
The track definitely did decent numbers in the US, probably due to that market receiving it as an exotic entry because of the heavy influence of the reggae beat being used by the pop band. It hit No. 1 on Mainstream Top 40, as well as No. 2 on Adult Top 40.
It even scored some movement on the Adult Contemporary charts at No. 27, and it hit No. 18 in the United Kingdom. The song's success continued, and as it steadily sold records, it was certified gold for sales of more than 500,000 copies in the United States. The song was also featured in various charts worldwide, including in countries like Switzerland, Sweden, Romania, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Ireland, Germany, France, Canada, Belgium, Australia, and Austria.
As the song's success grew, it would gain the musicians some more recognition at the 46th Grammy Awards on February 8, 2004. The track was awarded the Grammy for the Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
It's still a favorite of pop and reggae lovers, and Dunbar believes this is due to the overall production and that the song itself was simply a great song. Everything came together for this one, including finding just the right melody and Gwen's vocal performance, he continued.
"A great song is a great song," Dunbar said.
Sean Paul, Pharrell Williams, Lady Saw, Beenie Man | @ministermarionhall IG
In the top ten on the list was Sean Paul's "Gimme The Light," which came in at No. 9. 2002 was also a big year for Sean Paul and a big year for dancehall music, with "Gimme The Light" leading the way for a big international breakout for the genre. Although Sean Paul had previously recorded hits, "Gimme The Light" is widely regarded as his international breakout single.
However talented she was once was in the dancehall genre, Minister Marion Hall, better known as Lady Saw, remains committed to her path of Christianity, which she undertook in 2015.
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Alexander Realty is committed to improving the quality of life and self-sufficiency in the St. Charles area and surrounding communities. The firm's licensees and staff consistently educate buyers and sellers issues important to their housing concerns, including affordable housing and sustainable homeownership, while making available all the full-service options Alexander Realty provides through their educational programs for people of all ages and economic status.
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Tiger Woods narrowly missed lifting his first trophy since 2013 at the Valspar Championship, losing to Paul Casey by just one stroke.
This was despite Woods' crazy 44-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole on Sunday that put him in contention.
But victory was not to be for the 14 major winner and holder of 79 trophies.
He ended up tied for second, along with Patrick Reed, CBS Sports reported.
Casey, who had not won on PGA Tour since 2009 carded 5-under 66 in the final round to finish at 10 under on the week.
Casey played the last 15 holes in 6 under to grab his first victory since the 2009 Shell Houston Open. He had to wait until the last minute for confirmation<|fim_middle|> his best finish on the PGA Tour in 1,659 days. | , though. Woods missed a 38-foot birdie on the 72nd hole, and Casey took the trophy from the clubhouse.
It might not have been the outcome most people watching and attending were hoping to see, but Casey was certainly emotional and delighted by the victory.
"Tiger made it look easy for such a long time, and it's not," Casey told Steve Sands of NBC.
For Woods though, there was something to cheer in his coming up second as it was | 98 |
Mike Hankwitz - MCSHOF Induct<|fim_middle|>2), season (521) and game (42). "He was a good perimeter shooter and he was a good leaper, too. He could dunk," said Central coach Duane Ingraham. He earned all-state honors in football and basketball and also won four letters in track and field, qualifying for state and setting a school record in the high hurdles as a senior. At the University of Michigan, Hankwitz played linebacker and tight end and kicked on the nationally-ranked 1968 and 1969 teams. As a senior, he played in every game for the Wolverines, including a victory over then top-ranked Ohio State. That year, the Wolverines shared the Big Ten title and went to the Rose Bowl. | ee - 2005
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Alamance County musicians are a close-knit bunch. So when word got out that Elon University's senior sound and video specialist Bryan Baker was looking for musicians to record a CD to benefit a charitable organization, he found 20 artists willing to sit down in a recording studio and make art happen.
As a part of a service sabbatical, Baker contacted these artists and and put the CD, "Make Art Happen," together with other members of the Elon community including professors and students.
Service sabbaticals are offered to staff only, not faculty, through Project Pericles. Staff members are able to take up to a month off to work on a charity or service project that will benefit the community.
Five years ago, Baker did a similar project with Christmas music, recruiting local musicians to cover traditional songs. The proceeds, nearly $30,000 from more than 6,000 copies sold, have gone to Christmas Cheer of Alamance County, a charitable organization that provides local families with gifts<|fim_middle|> applications of entrepreneurship class worked on marketing and selling the CD.
Baker is an Alamance native, with the exception of a stint in Tennessee for college and working as a recording engineer in Nashville. He said it was easy to fall back into the local music scene.
The cause of arts education and extracurriculars in schools is close to Baker's heart. He played in a jazz band in high school and recalls budget cuts taking some of that away.
The CD was promoted and released at a free concert outside Company Shops Market in downtown Burlington Nov. 11. Too Far Gone Band and Josh Lambert Band, performed, beginning at 8:30 p.m. The cold weather prevented a huge turnout, but many people from the community, as well as students and professors, came by to support the album.
Jean Hartley from Leasburg, camped out in a folding chair to listen to the music. Throughout Too Far Gone Band's show, she held on to Cheyenne, the drummer's dog. | for the holidays.
Of the 20 songs on the CD, 16 are original works by the musicians. It features local acts like Too Far Gone and Josh Lambert Band, as well as Elon University staff and professors, such as music professor Jon Metzger.
Elon students and faculty are assisting in the production of the CD. Associate professor of entrepreneurship Barth Strempek's | 78 |
Engineers and technicians at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California have been conducting initial electrical tests of the Jason-3 spacecraft this week in preparation for the August launch. The tests have been going well and will be followed by Propulsion system leak checks beginning Monday.
A 747 transport aircraft carrying the Jason-3 spacecraft touched down at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California today at 10:34 a.m. PDT, concluding a journey from the Thales Alenia Space manufacturing facility in France.
The spacecraft is being taken to the SpaceX payload processing facility located at Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex 4 East, where it will be readied for liftoff August 8 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the French Space Agency and for Europe's EUMETSAT. Data from Jason-3 will provide meteorologists and scientists with information about oceans that forecasters need to better predict severe weather and devastating hurricanes before they arrive onshore.
The latest in a series of ocean-watching satellites will soon begin final preparations to take its place in Earth orbit. Jason-3 will measure wave heights, including the peaks and valleys across the surface of the world's oceans. These ocean surface topography measurements will help scientists better understand circulation patterns and observe changes in sea level.
The 1,100-pound spacecraft is the fourth in a series of joint U.S. and European missions designed to monitor long-term sea level rise and provide vital information to forecasters. The program began in 1992 with the launch of TOPEX/Poseidon<|fim_middle|> wave heights and wind speeds every 9.9 days. Its suite of instruments will produce highly accurate measurements to within at least 1.3 inches. | , and continued with Jason-1 in 2001 and OSTM/Jason-2 in 2008.
Jason-3 will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The satellite will repeat the orbital track taken by its predecessors, measuring | 61 |
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Maputo is located on the west side of Maputo Bay, near the Estuário do Espírito Santo where the rivers Tembe, Umbeluzi, Matola and Infulene drain. The bay is 95 kilometres (59 miles) long and 30 kilometres (19 miles) wide. At the extreme east of the city and bay is the island of Inhaca.
The total area covered by the municipality of Maputo is 346 square kilometres (134 sq mi) and borders the city of Matola northeast and east, the districts of Marracuene to the north; Boane in the east and Matutuíne at the south all of which are part of Maputo Province. The city is 120 km (75 miles) from the South African border at Ressano Garcia and 80 km (50 miles) from the border with Swaziland near the town of Namaacha.
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Situated on the Indian Ocean, Maputo is particularly vulnerable to climate impacts such as cyclones, flooding and sea level rise. Poverty and inequality, which are concentrated in the overpopulated bairros, further exacerbate climate change vulnerabilities in the city. | ,184. Cotton, sugar, chromite, sisal, copra, and hardwood are the chief exports. The city manufactures cement, pottery, furniture, shoes, and rubber | 38 |
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On admission clients will be assessed and a person-centred care plan will be developed. The therapeutic programme incorporates Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Reality Therapy, One to One and Group Therapy sessions, 12 steps Model of Care, Meditation and Self-Awareness. Holistic therapy of Reiki, Aromatherapy and Reflexology is also offered.
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Lake Michigan water level expected to plateau
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DETROIT — For the first time in months, Lake Michigan's water level is forecast to plateau, reports WOOD<|fim_middle|> inches.
Lake Superior, which has dropped an inch over the past month, is expected to remain steady over the next month. | TV-8.
The weekly forecast released Friday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers predicts Lake Michigan's water level to remain steady over the next month. It's largely due to warmer and drier weather across the Great Lakes region.
"This last week, temperatures throughout the Great Lakes Basin climbed towards above average values for this time of year," the Army Corps forecast said. "Some minor rainfall was experienced last week, but in general dry weather returned to the region. Expect drier than average conditions to continue through the weekend."
Lake Michigan has been near record high levels since May. It is up three inches over the past month and currently just an inch below the all-time July record set in 1986.
Other Great Lakes are finally starting to fall from record levels. Lake Erie is projected to drop five inches over the next month, while Lake Ontario is forecast to fall 10 | 180 |
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Fresh<|fim_middle|> leader at Freshwaters Princeton. | waters Umc is a two campus ministry; we strive to offer the fresh living waters of Christ through real relationships, refreshment for life. We are not perfect, but we strive to follow the One who is perfect - Jesus Christ -- who is Our Way, Our Truth, Our Life! We may not be "big" but we have a BIG heart and we would love to invite you to experience Christ with us.
A traditional Sunday service set in a beautiful historical church building in the heart of Princeton. Enjoy classic hymnal singing accompanied by piano in a calm, quiet, and welcoming atmosphere. Following the service, connect with others over coffee and treats in the fellowship hall.
A contemporary Sunday service where you can sing along with a full praise band. Enjoy the toe-tapping music as you listen to these talented musicians. After the service, connect with others over coffee and treats.
Pastor Kevin delivers sermons with enthusiasm and a sense of humor. His love for Jesus, the Bible, history, his family, and community is apparent and welcoming. Come and meet him, he will greet you at the door on Sunday!
Bernie opens the Sunday service in Princeton, and Gloria plays the piano during services. They are campus leaders at Freshwaters Princeton.
Jenna Jenson opens the Sunday service in Zimmerman and sings in the band. She is a campus leader at Freshwaters Zimmerman.
Beth is the Director of Children's Ministry at Freshwaters UMC. If you have questions or would like to help out with Sunday School, summer VBS, the Children's Christmas Program, or other children's events, feel free to get in touch with her.
Sawyer is the Worship Leader at our Zimmerman campus. He is truly a gifted singer & musician, who has a passion for music.
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A new, extended, updated version of Write-the-Room.
This is a great way to review the Life of Jesus!
These can also be used for<|fim_middle|>. I cut each lesson review out and tape it to the back of each visual (if using as visuals to sit at the table). With mostly boys this year, I won't be using this as Write-the-Room!
This is the original Life of Jesus Write-the-Room.
Last year I used this set to review the Life of Paul as Write-the-Room and the kids really enjoyed it.
Click here to see Life of Moses.
Click here to see Moses & the 10 Plagues. | posters for class or bulletin boards.
Once the posters are printed (they will last longer if printed on cardstock and laminated), post the posters around the room. I mix the order up so they can find the next one. Attach the student's worksheet to a clipboard and let them write or draw simple, one word answers. As you move around the room, you are writing the answers on the worksheet. So, it is called Write-the-Room.
These can also be held as a visual while students sit at the table and write their answers in the correct spaces.
**These are intended for a basic review. And not everything we know about Jesus is included. Your class time can determine how much depth you want to cover. These can be divided into more than one class also.
The student answer sheet has one word in each block to correspond with each poster. The posters are not numbered so you can add or delete as needed. These are the lessons we studied when I taught Life of Jesus this year and this is what I used for review.
I also included a list of the teacher basic points to review | 223 |
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Glitz & Grammys: The Best & Worst Dressed Celebs at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards
By Samantha Olson and Nicole Rumman • UCF Contributors • Style February 11, 2019 at 11:00am
The 61st Annual Grammy Awards aired on Sunday, February 10 and were hosted by 15-time Grammy recipient Alicia Keys. The awards show is one of the most anticipated events of the year as music artists are recognized by the Recording Academy for their contributions to the industry. As one of the most exclusive events in the music industry, attendees make sure to go all out with their attire and plan ahead of time. That being said, the celebs at the Grammys decided to bring their best (or their worst) at this year's ceremony. Call the fashion police, because here are our picks for each category!
Worst Dressed
1. Joy Villa
This isn't the first time the 27-year-old singer has made a political statement on the red carpet. In 2017, she wore a "Make America Great Again" dress and in 2018, she wore a pro-life gown, both of which were equally as provocative as this ensemble. For this year's awards, she wore a dress inspired by President Trump's desire to "build the wall," with white brick and barbed wire detailing.
2. Tierra Whack
This look is, as some would say, wack. Not only was the coat floor length, but it consisted of multicolored feathers on top of an extremely busy gown. To top it all off, the rapper donned a mixture of pink, yellow and orange eyeshadow.
3. Sibley Scoles
The on-air correspondant for Access Online arrived at the red carpet in a Steven Khalil midi dress. The baroque style neckline mixed with metallic lace and a black statement waist design was not the best combination.
4. Ashlee Simpson
Singer-songwriter Ashlee Simpson Ross arrived at the red carpet in a Georges Chakra jumpsuit. The idea and style of a beaded sparkly jumpsuit have been seen on the runway a few times this past season. However, the addition of feathers on the torso as well as on the long sleeves took the attention away from the beading and glitz of the jumpsuit.
5. Andrea Echeverry
Andrea Echeverry of the Colombian rock band Aterciopelados was obviously inspired by the golden gramophone award. However, it's a bit too much. Maybe her goal was to win an award for being the worst dressed. In this case, congratulations!
6. Leon Bridges
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Nicole Rumman (UCF '21)
Nicole is currently a junior at UCF working towards a B.A. in Human Communication. Besides writing articles and managing the Her Campus social media, Nicole loves to practice violin, watch an unhealthy amount of La La Land or organize her Vogue magazine collection. One day she hopes to attend the Met Ball, the Oscars and Paris Fashion Week. A few of her favorite things are, fresh flowers, foamy cappucinos, writing in her planner with cute pens and Christmas time.
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2. Hey Upper East Siders, 'Gossip Girl' is Officially Getting a Reboot | was definitely inspired by the wild, wild West, especially in the sense that it's a bit wild. It kind of looks like a third grader scribbled on an expensive velour suit, and for that reason, it made our worst dressed list.
1. Bebe Rexha
After her designer debacle, Best New Artist nominee Bebe Rexha really came to slay and show the designers that refused to dress her size 8 figure what they were missing. Dressed in a deep red Monsoori tulle gown and Guiseppe Zanotti shoes, Bebe stole the show and looked beautiful.
2. Shawn Mendes
Although Shawn Mendes can wear a paper bag and look incredible, he dressed in a classic blue suit paired with a black button-down dress shirt and Chelsea boots for the Grammys red carpet. The shirt is popped a little open for a classic casanova vibe.
The now nine-time Grammy winner and leading actress in "A Star is Born" sparkled and shined on the red carpet. Her Celine gown was paired with Tiffany & Co. jewelry and matching silver platforms.
4. Anna Kendrick
Anna Kendrick attended the awards as a presenter but stole the show in her Ralph & Russo blush feathered mini dress. The strapless mini dress fit her perfectly and the high ponytail brought it all together to form a beautiful, elegant and seamless look.
5. Tracee Ellis Ross
Daughter of legendary singer Diana Ross, Tracee arrived at the red carpet in a green Ralph & Russo power pantsuit. The jeweled snake belt paired with emerald earrings and extremely long hair made her outfit into a full-on vibe.
6. Dua Lipa
Dua brought complete silver ice queen vibes to the red carpet. Her long train and sparkles definitely made a statement. Not only was her glamour effortless, but timeless too. The train was so glamorous she needed a whole assistant just to hold it for her as she met up with fellow nominees on the red carpet.
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Samantha Olson (UCF '21)
Samantha Olson is a junior at the University of Central Florida serving as senior editor for HCUCF. She is majoring in journalism and working toward a minor in creative writing and a certificate in editing and publishing. When Sam isn't admiring city life and art museums, she's probably live-tweeting awards shows or bathing her cheekbones in highlighter. Her greatest dream is to | 538 |
Energy industry veteran Jouni Keronen believes that the spread of good practices will help the world solve the climate crisis. In his view, we need not only networks but also concrete projects – actions. This insight led to the establishment of the Smart & Clean Foundation.
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In order for air quality to be improved, it first has to be understood. | 013, Jouni Keronen was feverishly contemplating how he could get business leaders interested in climate change. Keronen had been working in the energy and IT sectors for a long time and had come to the conclusion that leaders often see climate issues as a risk or an obligation, and therefore do not tackle them with enough vigour.
"I had an aha moment as I was giving a lecture on solar energy at the Lappeenranta University of Technology. The international students on the course were presenting ideas on promoting carbon neutrality in their own countries, and I realised how comprehensively climate change changes societies. Reforming transport, energy production and food systems creates huge business opportunities", Keronen recounts.
Keronen's insight has since led to many projects that aim to make Finland into a pioneer in climate change mitigation. First, the Climate Leadership Council, now called the Coalition (CLC), was created. It is an association that develops business solutions for mitigating climate change. Keronen is the association's executive director.
"But it's not enough to simply have a network. St1's main owner Mika Anttonen reminded me that a concrete project would help bring about real change. I had been admiring the South Korean island of Jeju, which aims to become the world's first carbon neutral island. I wanted something equally comprehensive in Finland and this idea began to form into the concept that led to the Smart & Clean Foundation. The foundation became a counterpart to the Jeju Island: it aims to make the Helsinki Region into the best testbed for smart and cleantech solutions", Keronen explains.
Keronen has always been interested in seeing the big picture.
These days, Keronen often presents good Finnish practices to influential leaders. There is global interest in the activities of both the CLC and Smart & Clean.
"I'm delighted to be presenting Smart & Clean's operating model all over the world. It's such a great concept that all urban areas could make use of it", Keronen says.
However, according to Keronen, sometimes good practices spread painfully slowly. He would hope for change right now so that the goals of the Paris Agreement can be achieved.
Mervi Maatela, who is one of the producers of Tubecon, a media educator and teacher, thinks that YouTube can | 475 |
Inhabit Your Home showcases how we as neighbors can share our homeownership experiences.<|fim_middle|> Real Estate as a creative practice–matching home seekers with homes, and the artistry of negotiations and service. I am delighted to be involved in the project of Inhabit Your Home. | No matter it's size, style, or age, to most of us home is a precious space where we live and love in comfort. The art and design found within is a unique reflection of the personalities who inhabit it. And while our giddy infatuation with home may wane when we realize we need to repair the leaky faucet for the 10th time, it's where we write our stories. It is our intent to give you a platform to learn, to peek inside, to inspire.
Every home and family that lives in it has their story. Those stories are measured in more than the many trends that graced a home's walls over the decades – they are measured in the craftsmanship and happy little secrets that only a well-loved house can reveal, the conversations shared around the dinner table, and the pride we feel in our homes and community.
My day (and weekend) job as a REALTOR®-Salesperson for Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Maplewood, NJ, gives me a unique opportunity to peek inside homes. Whether a it's a sparkling or still-in-the-rough kind of diamond – all are dream worthy.
Jenny is the owner of Studio Nuovo, a NJ-based architecture and interior design studio. She specializes in residential design and is known for creating warm, modern spaces that reflect the life and style of the people who live in them.
Jenny was born in Sweden and spent her childhood summers in Scandinavia, which had a profound influence on her design aesthetic. She loves to travel and is constantly inspired by seeing new places and ways of living. As an adult, she spent five years living and working in London, which broadened and further shaped her approach to design.
Now back Stateside, Jenny lives in Mendham, NJ with her husband, three children, one dog, 13 chickens, and a pair of very noisy ducks.
It's an intense feeling I get when I'm invited to photograph a space –a feeling of excitement, curiosity and fascination to see how people live, what they like to eat, and how they play. Textiles, colors and natural elements within a space are what excite me the most. And if there is good food there, too, that is a bonus!
Growing up in Littleton, Colorado, I spent a lot of time outdoors exploring nature, skiing and hiking in the Rocky Mountains and gardening in my mother's backyard. My love for photography began very early, mostly capturing the passions of people around me – family and friends eating, playing and living everyday life. My career as a interior and lifestyle photographer in NYC began 20 years ago. My clients include Ralph Lauren Home, House Beautiful, Pottery Barn, among other national and international magazines.
When I'm not working or photographing nature, I'm either looking for textiles to sew on or collecting seeds for my garden. But most likely I'm is leading my son's cub scout meeting or making dinner.
Having grown up in 1970's Brownstone Brooklyn as the only child of a mother who was a writer and a father who was a designer, both valuing the arts above all else, aesthetic preferences and creative interests have driven my life.My foundations are as a dancer and a painter. Professionally I have managed art galleries and worked in publishing for an arts quarterly. Maintaining my relationship with movement through yoga, I've been teaching classes and trainings since 1999 in Brooklyn, NYC and most recently to the communities of Maplewood and South Orange, NJ where I've lived since 2011 with my two sons (artists in their own right!) and my husband who is an exceptional creator of food, design, music, objects, paintings and humor.
I obtained my Real Estate License after moving to SOMA and now practice at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. I was inspired by the housing stock and the opportunity to assist people with the city-to-suburb transfer. I approach my work in | 809 |
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The Risk Management and Insurance group at the University of Calgary was among the first schools to develop a for-credit travel class that regularly takes students on a study program to London and Bermuda. With this offering we have led other areas in the business school in internationalizing our curriculum. Alumni of the program currently work on four continents.
Excellent scholarships are offered to support students who concentrate in risk management and insurance. Our graduates regularly complete their degrees having obtained experience working in the industry, whether through Haskayne's formal co-op education program or through other internships or part-time employment. An active student group, the Association of Risk Management and Insurance, provides leadership opportunities and active networking with the Haskayne alumni and the risk management and insurance business communities.
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1 pound chicken wings (approx 12 full wings) washed and dried.
There are many ways to cook chicken wings, the method here is the simplest but you will lose out a bit on the abraded skin that helps the sauce stick. In this recipe I don't add anything to my wings before cooking them. Kosher chicken is a little salty, flour can stick to the pan and burn, cayenne doesn't really help, black pepper burns. Let them cook and then sauce them appropriately.
Cut each wing at the joint to separate the drumstick from the wing. Arrange the wings on a sheet pan and bake at 375 using convection mode if possible.
Check the wings after 20 minutes. If they move easily turn them over, if they still stick wait another 5 minutes and then turn them over.
Bake for another 10 - 15 minutes until the skin is golden and crispy.
During the last ten minutes of cooking melt margarine in a saucepan on medium heat. Make sure the saucepan or pot is large enough to accommodate the wings. Add 1/2 cup of hot sauce. Add vinegar.
Prepare a slurry of corn starch mixed with cold water. Stir it well.
When the hot sauce and margarine are melted and the wings are ready raise the sauce up to medium high and get it up to a gentle boil. Add half the slurry and bring the sauce back up to a boil. If it has thick<|fim_middle|>alo Wings are traditionally accompanied by a bleu cheese dip - the dairy fat helps cool off the spice-assaulted mouth.
I made a soy based dip using 'Sour Supreme' by Tofutti.
Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and keep cool until serving. | ened up go ahead and add the wings, coating and stirring. For a thicker sauce add more of the slurry and again wait for the sauce to regain the boil and thicken. Test the seasoning and add more hot sauce, or vinegar as desired.
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Adjustable refractive index of titania-alumina thin films prepared from soluble precursor powders
Triethanolamine was used as complexing agent to prepare soluble titania and alumina precursor powders from the respective metal alkoxides. Long-term stable coating solutions were obtained by dissolving varying ratios of these precursors in mixtures of ethanol and polyethylene glycol (PEG 200); the refractive index of the resulting films could be adjusted between 1.48 and 2.37. Thickness, refractive index and porosity were characterized as a function of annealing temperature. For an intermediate treatment temperature of 300 °C, partial liquefaction of the film material was observed. X-ray diffraction experiments reveal that the crystallization of TiO2 is effectively suppressed by the presence of alumina precursor material. The titania and alumina precursor powders were successfully used as index-matched binder material of<|fim_middle|>. Such films may be used for light harvesting in thin film solar cells or the outcoupling of light from LEDs or OLEDs.
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The Oakmark Global Select Fund returned 1% for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, outperforming the MSCI World Index, which was flat for the quarter. The Fund has returned an average of 8% per year since its inception in October 2006, outperforming the MSCI World Index's annualized gain of 5% over the same period.
The largest contributor to performance for the quarter was Amazon (U.S.), which returned 17%. Investors reacted positively to Amazon's first quarter results, which included new disclosures about the company's cloud computing segment. Investors had generally expected that high-growth segment, Amazon Web Services (AWS), to post a loss, but instead the company surprised<|fim_middle|> result, we defensively hedged a portion of the Fund's currency exposure. Approximately 27% of the Swiss franc exposure was hedged at quarter end.
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Samsung Electronics, South Korea's top electronics company and world leader in semiconductor manufacturing, was the quarter's top detractor, declining 12%. Investors reacted negatively to news that initial sales of the new Galaxy S6 smartphone failed to meet consensus expectations. Although we believe it is still too early to judge the success of the product, management's targets for the Galaxy S6 are in line with our expectations. It's important to point out that while Samsung's consumer electronics division (TVs and smart phones) is most visible to consumers, we don't see it as the company's main value driver. In our view, that driver is its semiconductors business in which Samsung is a principal leader and holds significant competitive advantages. All three of the company's semiconductor businesses (DRAM, NAND and System LSI) are going from strength to strength. With its dominant position in semiconductors, strong balance sheet and low valuation, Samsung Electronics offers compelling long-term potential in our view.
We did not add or remove any names from the Fund during the quarter. Geographically, 42% of the Fund's holdings were invested in U.S.-domiciled companies as of quarter-end while approximately 48% were allocated to equities in Europe, 5% in Japan and 5% in South Korea.
Global currencies were relatively stable during the quarter, but we continue to believe some currencies are overvalued. As a | 422 |
I am a father of four and I appreciate a good Christmas picture book, something that explains the meaning of Christ's coming, in ways which are accessible and vivid for my children. And of course, cultural sensitivity is important too. There are too many Jesus books where Jesus, Mary and Joseph appear in Northern European guise, instead of as olive-skinned Mediterarian Jews. That Baby in the Manger by Anne Neuberger discusses how one Catholic parish wrestled with how Jesus appeared in their annual Christmas crèche and how they expressed the message that Christ came for one and all.
Anne Neuberger, the author, is a religious educator and children's author who has produced teaching resources on Catholic customs and kids' books on saints, notably Saint Francis & His Feathered Friends (Tau Publishing, 2013), and Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Lily of the Mohawks (Novalis, 2013). That Baby in the Manger is illustrated by Chloe Pitkoff, a Brooklyn artist and student at Davidson College.
The story begins with first graders from the parish school visiting the church during Advent to look at the Christmas crèche. Mr. Gonzalez sits in the pew, watching and listening as the students discuss how Jesus is missing, not yet placed in the crèche, and the ways the Jesus used in the church crèche has blond curls and blue eyes. Father Prak explains to the children that the real Jesus probably had dark hair and eyes and that their statues are just there to help them reimagine Jesus in the stable.
Mr. Gonzalez remembers a similar discussion with his daughter when she was a little girl. He goes home after the children leave, and digs out his daughter's old doll, swaddles it and returns to the church and lays it in the manger, offering it as a more accurate proxy for baby Jesus. On Christmas Day the church is full. The first-grader each came to Mass lovingly carrying their own dolls, with a wild diversity of shapes and sizes. They sang Away in a Manger and each placed their doll near the manger.
I'm a fan of John Ortberg. I've listened to his sermons on the Menlo Park Church podcast and read several of his books. He is called, with affection, Dallas-for-Dummies for his ability to translate the writings of his late mentor Dallas Willard into the language of the people. Your Magnificent Chooser is a short children's book designed to help kids understand how to make good choices.
This is not a children's story but a poem designed to teach kids. He explores the things we choose, what bad choices look like, and how God wants us to choose for ourselves. Illustrations by Robert Dunn personify (or creaturefy?) our Choosers as a furry balloon following us everywhere and into every situation. We learn, "a Chooser is a thing/ That is not just for you,/ Because everyone else/ Has their own Chooser too" (17). Ortberg helps children use their Choosers to love others, use Chooser often and use it to make good choices (just like Jesus would).
Three of my kids are at an age where they appreciate this book (ages 6, 7.5, and nine). We've had several discussions since I first read it, on our Choosers and the importance of choosing wisely. They enjoyed it and got them talking. That strikes me as a good book.
I've tried to instill in my own kids the importance of good choices. I let them choose things (and sometimes suffer the consequences of poor choices) because I want them to learn to choose and choose wisely. Ultimately, I want them to choose Jesus. We talk often about what good choices are and the options available to them. Ortberg<|fim_middle|> I found it wedged underneath the couch.
However my three-year-old happily had me read it to her when I pulled it out. I personally enjoyed this and loved how much my kids liked the stickers. What fun. | 's book provides a means to deepen and extend the conversation, towards the mundane and the sacred.
This book didn't grab me the way some of our picture books do, but the kids really liked it. As a parent concerned that our kids learn to make good choices, a book like this provides language to help kids think about, visualize and understand what good choices are. Therefore, I give this book four stars.
Note: I received this book from Tyndale Books in exchange for my honest review.
When I opened up the David Sticker Book with my daughter she was initially disturbed. Here was a book where people, animals, and various objects weren't properly colored (while the rest of the book was). I showed her the stickers at the back of the book intended to fill in the blanks in the story. For the next several minutes she was consumed by finding the right sticker for the right blank. Some were easy for her (people in the foreground objects, etc), but there were also butterflies and birds that blended into the background. All and all, completing the pictures was a fun experience. When we were done, we read the story of David which included his anointing, his fight with Goliath, his serenading of Saul and Saul trying to kill him. The book itself covers 1 Sam 16-19 but the last page reveals a glimpse of David as King.
This book is listed as being for children "3 & up." I did the stickers with my five year old. My three-year-old may have done it, my five year old was better at it (all the stickers are in the right place). My three-year-old wasn't too disturbed by the fact that I didn't read it for her. What I was more interested in was would either of them find this book interesting when the stickers were all placed? I think that Karen Williamson and Amanda Enright did a good job making the Biblical story accessible for children. However the novelty did wear off a little. When I was looking for this book to post my review | 417 |
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I have been using "Word of the Day" for several years and love its results in my classroom!
I have loved having both the definition and the word on the board under our "Word of the Day" sign, available as a freebie HERE.
One of the ways I wanted to strengthen the use of these words throughout the year was to try and have the kids keep a record of each word and have its meaning, a sentence, and more in easy reach. This way, they could use these words in their writing, for vocabulary study, to help deepen their familiarity with content words, and more!
I searched high & low and decided that the Vocabulary Journal by my friend Jen at The Teacher's Cauldron fit all of these needs in a very third-grade friendly way!
Click the pic to find this great resource in Jen's TpT Shop!
Every day at the end of Morning Meeting, I will introduce our Word of the Day along with a gesture to go with the definition. We use it throughout the morning and at the beginning of Writer's Workshop, I will have them start by copying<|fim_middle|> weekend!
WOW..I'm just heading back into work full time after having sub for the first two weeks after double knee replacement surgery. This is going to be awesome! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the "Word of the Day" sign. I have my students do Word of the Day, too. Each day, I write a new word on the whiteboard. Students are then asked to write down the definition and create a sentence with their new word. On Fridays, we have Fun Friday. I will ask students questions that pertain to their WOTD; questions may vary from true/false to multiple choice. The group with the highest points receives a small prize.
Thanks for embedding the video! I now have a fun new strategy to try this week!
Thanks for the video and showing how you use word of the day in your class - it is giving me loads to think about!
Love this idea!! I am pinning and using!!
What a great post! Thanks for sharing that video. It really makes me think about my transitions and how I might modify them. | the WOTD into their Vocabulary Journals.
I always model this with my own journal on the projector, so students can use my example sentence and copy it, or they can get creative and make up their own. There is also a Table of Contents at the beginning to keep the words organized.
I have loved working on these and can't wait for the kids to be able to use this fantastic resource all year long!
Do you use Word of the Day for your transitions? How's it going?
They have been so much fun and so kid-friendly! Cannot thank you enough for such a cute idea :) Have a great weekend!!
This is a fantastic idea! I will be using it with our Wordly Wise words.
Wow! What a great video that was! I really liked her transition ideas. I'm currently using the Utah First Text Talk Lessons along with Jen Jones' Vocabulary Word Sets. But, taking a content word from science or social studies and incorporating it as the Word of the Day is a fantastic idea. Thanks for a great post!
Thanks so much, Joan! Our WOTD on Friday was "hemisphere" since we are starting our mapping unit and it was so new to them the day before. I *love* seeing them gain confidence with those tricky content words!
This is a great idea. I like how students have the examples close at hand. The reference is bound to be more meaningful because it is student-created. My partner and I have been talking about ways to reorganize some of our resources (including vocabulary). This looks like a great option.
Thank you, and have a great | 326 |
Gish or Great Gish (Kamkata-vari: Giṣ/Gaviṣ, Kati: Giwīṣ, Gyīṣ, Waigali: Giwiš, Prasun: Gīṣ) was the most popular god of Nuristani mythology and received the greatest amount of attention among the Siah-Posh Nuristani of Bashgul. Every village of Bashgul had one or more shrines dedicated to him. In the Nuristani pantheon, Gish ranked next to Moni who was said to be the chief prophet of Imra. Both Moni and Gish were created by Imra by his breath.
Gish was the war-god. Countless bulls and billy goats were sacrificed each year to him and the drums were beaten in his honor for fifteen continuous days, every spring, by the Nuristani slaves.
Etymology
According to Richard Strand, in his Nuristâni Etymological Lexicon, it is related to the Sanskrit word gavíṣ/gaviṣá "desire for cows; eager", an epithet of Indra (with which he is functionally equivalent), in turn from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gawHíšHs, with a later shift in meaning to "war".
Cognates of Kamkata-vari giṣ/gaviṣ include Ashkun gavīṣ and Waigali geṣ. The presence of a retroflex ṣ indicates that the name was borrowed from Sanskrit.
Mythology
Giwish was born of his mother who was pregnant with him for eighteen months before breaking out of her navel. According to Čanlū of Urtsun, Gish/Giz's mothers was Outhiz (also known as Utr). Imra had ordered the unwed Outhiz to be pregnant. While Outhiz was pregnant with Giz, they would have conversations with each other, and when Outhiz was eighteen months pregnant she asked Giz to come out and be born but Giz refused. Then Outhiz planted a walnut tree with eighteen branches that grew as tall as the sky. She told Giz to come out and see this magnificent tree, hearing which Giz burst out of his mothers navel. Sitting in a chair, he sewed her stomach back up with a steel needle and used a medicine to regenerate her. Outh<|fim_middle|> Giz used to feed his army. Once the army was fed, they attacked Sami. During the war, Giz struck his spear to a rock to transform it into a mountain, blocking the enemy from chasing them. When they reached the Bashgal river, Giz told his army to sacrifice a hornless bull, upon which a bridge appeared. When the exhausted army reached a plain, Giz struck his spear into the ground, causing sweet roots to grow. Eventually Sami and his followers will killed and his wealth plundered. After the way, Giz became known as "Laymoch". One day he went to Parun and bellowed like a bullock, he then bellowed at a pasture in Poroidur, and finally on Atser ridge. Since then he was never seen amonst the people.
Ibbetson records that some say Gish's earthly name was Yazid. He also mentions that Gish is stated to have killed Ali, Hasan and Husain and nearly every famous Muslim known to the Kāfirs.
Gish's consort was Sanjü, daughter of the god Sanu. Sanu was a Muslim who tried to convert the Kafirs to Islam, but was killed by Gish who proceeded to play polo with his head.
In popular culture
In John Updike's 1965 short story "God Speaks" (collected in "Museums and Women") Gish Imra is the name of one of the protagonists, the son of the assassinated leader of a Central Asian state called Nuristan.
See also
Indra
Susanoo-no-Mikoto
References
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Asian gods
Indo-European deities
War gods | iz now seeing that the walnut tree's branches had bent over, used iron pillars to hold them up. The tree eventually produced 720 maunds of walnuts, which along with other foods | 40 |
I am just one month away from my due date and this week I am working on getting my hospital bag ready and wrapping up any loose ends to be best prepared for when baby arrives.
I made a receiving blanket with a beautiful<|fim_middle|> your family! | blue seersucker on one side and a soft flannel on the other side. It is such an easy DIY and I documented the steps to took to make this super simple DIY. Then I could not stop myself and made a second one with this fishbone embroidered seersucker.
I started with one yard of this seersucker fabric and this flannel fabric. The flannel is a shirting fabric. It is so soft and thick enough to be perfect for the blanket.
Step 1: I folded the fabric selvage to selvage, chopped it off along the fold and used one piece, and then trimmed down the edges to make sure it was a rectable with straight edges. I cut the seersucker fabric first using its lines as a guide. Then I used the seersucker as a template to cut out the flannel.
Step 3: I turned the blacket right sides out, gave the blanket a good overall press, neatly tucking in the seam allowance on the 4 inch opening.
Step 4: I topstitched with a decorative stitch. In the process, I closed up the 4-inch opening. I have to tell you that my domestic machine does not get a lot of use, but I have a makeshift studio set up in my closet at the moment. It's hard to get into my studio these days, which is in the basemement.. so my brother machine is getting lots of attention!
Love the top stitching.. so cute!
I tested out a few decorative stitches before deciding on this one!
That is it for my latest DIY! The royal blue thread was already in my machine from this other sewing project I just completed a few days ago, my maternity dress for family pictures.... so that worked out perfectly. I am really digging all shades of blue lately.
I hope that you enjoyed reading this little DIY project of mine. I am going to attempt one more project, a robe/ duster before the baby arrives! I have the most beautiful emerald green damask fabric picked out for that! I'll be working on that fairly soon.
Vatsla, I think you're the most glamorous pregnant woman I've ever seen! Best wishes for you and your little one.
What sweet blankets. Best wishes to you and | 461 |
IRELAND<|fim_middle|> a Waldorf teacher since 1985 and has taught English as a foreign language since 1991. | is a land famous for its natural scenic beauty, green fields and clean environment. It has a special quality that continues to attract and fascinate all who visit it. The warmth and friendliness of the Irish people is renowned, which is ideal for students wishing to improve their English speaking.
COUNTY CLARE is famous for its friendly people, its traditional music, the Cliffs of Moher and The Burren. It is a wonderful experience to walk along Clare's rocky coast-line with the waves of the Atlantic Ocean pounding on the shore, looking out to the Aran Islands eight miles off-shore and, with luck, a beautiful sunset to finish the day. For some visitors to Clare it is the wonderful landscape that is so extraordinary; for others it is meeting people who love to enjoy life. Everyone agrees there is something special about County Clare!
Clare English Language School is spectacularly situated amongst rolling green hills on the western shore of Lough Derg , the largest lake of the River Shannon. See map. Please note that CELS uses Raheen Wood Steiner School premises for its 3-Week Summer Course for Teenagers. It is located on the R463 near Tuamgraney.
Clare English Language School has a close connection to Raheen Wood Steiner School. Its premises are used for the 3-Week Summer Courses and money from the courses directly benefits Raheen Wood. Its location is on the edge of the ancient oak forest of Raheen Wood.
Alan Williamson B.A., M.A., TEFL has been | 317 |
Movie costumes and copyrights
Dear Rich: I have a question. I'm a seamstress and like to make movie replica costumes. Is it illegal for me to provide an offer such as "Sweeney Todd replica costume" or "Satine from Moulin Rouge replica costume". If your costume replica looks exactly like the movie version, could the costume<|fim_middle|> advertising. That would probably not be an issue in the examples you provided since Sweeney Todd and Moulin Rouge are both public domain stories. To be safe under trademark principles, avoid any advertising statements that imply endorsement or an official connection with characters or films. Disclaimers, though not always effective -- for example "Not affiliated with Paramount Pictures" -- may help as well. Good luck in your costume business and best wishes for a happy new year from the Dear Rich Staff!
The Dear Rich Staff at 9:25 AM | designer of that film win a claim of infringement?I'm so glad you asked. The short answers to your questions are "No," and "No." As you may remember from a previous post, it is illegal to sell unauthorized character costumes such as Mickey Mouse or Barney. But there's a subtle difference between that and duplicating a costume worn by a character in a movie. Although characters have an identity, persona, and other expressive elements, clothing, by itself, is considered a useful article, unprotectable under copyright (a principle that's proven a major irritant for clothing designers). In a 1989 case, a court of appeals refused to protect costume designs even though the company had registered its costumes as "soft sculptures" with the Copyright Office. Other decisions reinforced the rule that costumes are not protectable. There may be instances where a movie company that owns a series such as Indiana Jones could complain that your costume sale -- for example, hat, jacket and whip -- could violate trademark laws if you used the name of the character in your | 213 |
Choosing to live at Wright College & Village has been the best decision that I have made since deciding to come to the University of New England. Wright truly has become a home away from home for me. The people that live here I consider as family now and not just friends. Wright is so inclusive and is the very definition of living at your own pace. Residents can opt-in to Inter-college events, parties, trips away and academic study nights. There is no pressure to do anything here at Wright. The definition of independent living at your own pace is Wright College & Village. I have made so many new friends from the country and around the world that I will have for my entire life. I hope to see you here soon!
Social activities organised by Wright College & Village Residents Association range from 'relaxed' to 'more energetic' events. There's sure to be something in the social calendar for you to<|fim_middle|> students to the new academic year.
Valedictory and Awards Night is held at the end of each year to recognise academic excellence and for contributions to the Village both culturally and in the sporting field.
No matter what your level of sporting experience or expertise, there are many sporting opportunities available to residents.
The men's and women's inter-college sporting competitions are held throughout the year — there's is a sport and position for everyone, whether it's your first experience or if you are a expert.
At wright Village, we have access to our own beach volleyball court where you can organise a group for a friendly game, and a cycle path running adjacent to the village, from the UNE campus to Armidale CBD.
Following the re-opening of Wright College, the "Redmen" Wright Rugby team was reformed in 2016.
Wright College & Village encourage residents to participate in the numerous cultural activities offered by the college, residential system and University throughout the year.
Celebrating the international flavours of our community, Wright College & Wright Village marks significant international events within social calendar. Residents enjoy the opportunity to perform and shine on stage, while audiences are dazzled by original performances.
As a Wright College & Village resident, you are part of one of the largest and most diverse in-built communities at UNE. Residents of the College system, and Wright College & Village in particular, hail from across Australia, and around the world.
"Living at Wright Village and College also offers many inclusive activities like inter-collegiate sports (against other colleges) and social activities. Both Village and College include an overall common room, which is a great place to study or watch TV, relax or party, meet new people and overall, enjoy the college life style.
It's now my second year and I feel as if Wright Village and College is a new home with great, friendly people who are always there to help out and have fun."
All residents are supported by teams of dedicated student leaders and staff who provide academic assistance, personal support, and opportunities for cultural, sporting and social activities. The Residents' Association Committee, Resident Fellows, and Academic Support Team are here to help you with every aspect of uni life.
Wright has "Mentor Monday" and other Academic Workshops are organised throughout the year to assist you with applying for internships, work placements, or jobs after you complete your degree. We help connect you to the abundant opportunities UNE has to offer our students. | enjoy, with opportunities to develop new friendships.
The Wright College & Village Residents Association works actively to develop a social program that caters to every taste. The Association is made up of student leaders who are residents of the College and Village.
The annual Wright College & Village Ball is a themed formal dinner held over 2 days. This is the biggest event of the year.
We also celebrate our legacy, traditions, and the achievements of our residents with a series of formal dinners during the year.
Commencement Dinner is a chance to welcome | 107 |
Penn Badgley And Domino Kirke Welcome Their First Child Together
Congrats to this couple!
September 23, 2020 May 17, 2021 by Claire Gillespie
Another celebrity baby has arrived! Domino Kirke and actor Penn Badgley welcomed a baby boy last month. It's the couple's first child together.
Kirke confirmed the news on Instagram on September 20. Alongside a photo outline of her placenta, Kirke wrote, "His heart shaped home." She added the hashtag #40dayspostpartum, which means she gave birth on August 11.
Kirke, a singer and licensed doula, also shared a cute pic of the newborn sleeping beside herself, her husband and their pet dog to her Instagram Stories. New father Badgley is best known for his roles in "Gossip Girl" and "You."
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Kirke<|fim_middle|> I had no community," she wrote. "I dove in blissfully unaware about birth and its mysteries. Now, with 10 years worth of experience to pull from, I treasure my birth community and the knowledge I have. You're already teaching us how to stay in the day in a way we've never had to, little one. Thank you."
In an interview with Us Weekly in October 2019, Kirke revealed how good a stepdad Badgley is to Cassius.
"He doesn't have to be 'dad' so he can have more fun with him," she said. "It's really nice. The stepparent thing is definitely unchartered territory for me cause I didn't grow up with one, but … he takes care of him really well."
Kirke and Badgley met in 2014 and married in February 2017 in a small courthouse wedding attended by Kirke's family. The ceremony included her younger sisters, actors Jemima Kirke ("Girls") and Lola Kirke ("Gone Girl").
Congrats to the couple!
Categories Celebrities & Pop Culture, Entertainment, News | has been open about her pregnancy journey after experiencing two consecutive miscarriages.
"Pregnancy after loss is a whole other thing. After two miscarriages in a row, we were ready to call it," Kirke wrote on Instagram in February. "I stopped trusting my body and started to accept the fact that I was done. As a birth attendant, I've seen and heard it all. It takes everything I've got to detach lovingly from the losses I've been present for and be in my own experience."
Kirke also referenced being pregnant with her 11-year-old son, Cassius Riley, from a previous relationship with musician Morgan O'Kane.
"When I was pregnant at 25, I knew nothing. | 147 |
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Dan + Shay Are Celebrating Their 8th Anniversary As a Duo (Which Is Way More Than 10,000 Hours, BTW)
The Pair Shares What They've Learned and How They've Changed Since 2012
by Alison Bonaguro 12/29/2020
we met 8 years<|fim_middle|>,000 hours longer than "10,000 Hours," their recent No. 1 Grammy-nominated collaboration with Justin Bieber.)
As legend has it, Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney originally met in Nashville at a house party at Smyers' home and hit it off immediately. And in a recent radio interview, they talked about where it all began with Where It All Began.
"That album was just a collection of demos. We had met, we were writing two or three songs a day," Smyers recalls of the music they'd made on his laptop. And when they asked their record label when they could start making their debut album, they said, "What do you mean? Your album's done."
Their debut single "19 You + Me" was released in October 2013, less than a year after they met.
The duo also opened up about how the slow pace of the pandemic has allowed them both to take a good, long look at their eight years of successes. "When you're in it, it's really hard to slow down because you're keeping your head down and working really hard," Mooney explained. "So after Dan and I had quarantined for what felt like two years, we talked for three hours about how cool it is that we get to do music with a best friend."
"This year, all these milestones sink in a little bit more," Smyers added. "Eight years. It's been crazy to look back and see all the fans sharing memories. And I think that in itself is the gift.
"We feel like we're just getting started."
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— Dan + Shay (@DanAndShay) December 7, 2020
Earlier this month, Dan + Shay shared on Twitter that they'd met eight years ago that day (Dec. 7). They added a loudly crying face emoji, which said so much about how grateful they feel about having been together as a duo for so long. (About 54 | 81 |
ACO inaugurates it's hydrogen station in Le Mans
Pierre Fillon, President of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) inaugurated the Hydrogen station, located opposite the legendary 24-hour circuit.
ACO supports the hydrogen sector. There is for example the MissionH24 which must see a hydrogen prototype line up at the 24 hours of Le Mans<|fim_middle|>ensian Automobile Manufacturing and Repair Company) Bussinova buses from the city of Le Mans, but it will be open to cars, then, later (when there are many more) to trucks hydrogen for example.
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FG to shut down third mainland bridge | 2024. In this context, the inauguration of the first hydrogen station in Le Mans seems natural.
It was done in the presence of Stéphane Le Foll, Mayor of Le Mans, Dominique Le Mener, President of the Departmental Council of Sarthe, Christelle Morance, President of the Pays de la Loire Region and Philippe Callejon, Director of Mobilities and News Energies of Total Marketing France.
Hydrogen is visibly supported by local players, but also ACO's long-standing partner: Total. The oil tanker, sorry, the energy specialist is also involved in the adventure of the hydrogen prototype.
This station should initially supply the H2 SAFRA (Albig | 146 |
August means heading back to school and the winding down of summer, but there are plenty of reasons to get outside in South Carolina. From rodeos to fairs, boiled peanuts to tomatoes - summer fun isn't over yet.
Here's a perfect solution to cooling off on a famously hot Columbia night. Brew at the Zoo offers the chance to wander through Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, sample a wide variety of cold beer and listen to live music. You must be 21 to enter, and tickets should be purchased in advance.
Calf roping, steer wrestling and bull riding are all part of the show at the 48th annual Ed Brown's Championship Rodeo. Gates open at 5 p.m. each day, with the rodeo starting at 8 p.m. Along with the serious competition, there is plenty of fun with rodeo clowns, live bands and trick riders. There's even a calf scramble for the kids. Get your tickets in advance or at the gate.
This is a day for celebrating one of the South's greatest treasures, the Heirloom Tomato. The Palmetto Tasty Tomato Festival honors those in the Midlands who grow the tomatoes, those who sell them and obviously - those who enjoy eating them! Come experience inevitable tomato goodness at an event that is, according to Southern Living, one of the "Best in the South!"
One of the country's oldest public parks - Mineral Spring Park in Williamston - is the home of the annual Spring Water Festival. The mineral spring was discovered on<|fim_middle|> host of children's activities. There's even a 4-H petting zoo and a giant scale model airplane fly-in. The Friday night kick-off event features live music, food trucks and a beer garden.
The Upper South Carolina State Fair opens Aug. 30 and runs through Sept. 9 at the Greenville Pickens Speedway in Easley. The midway offers all the fair food you could want, along with rides, shows and carnival games. Don't miss the pig racing and the demolition derby. It's a good warm-up for the South Carolina State Fair in Columbia Oct. 10-21. | the property in 1842, and the land was later turned over to the small Anderson County town for a park. The spring still bubbles on the site, and the annual festival celebrates the town and the park with live music, food, games and a car show.
The final Saturday in August brings a chance to celebrate the season in style at Summerfest. The festival in historic York includes a craft fair, food court, classic car show, three stages of musical entertainment and a | 98 |
Government Relations and Advocacy
Apple Expands its Undermining of Publishers and App Developers; New Actions Will Reduce Diversity of Content, Products and Services, Burden Consumers
WASHINGTON (June 24, 2020) - Apple made several announcements at its developers conference this week that expand the company's policies that threaten the economic health of publishers and app developers. These initiatives could significantly impact the online advertising industry and the content, products, and services it supports. The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A's) look forward to learning more details to understand the full impact of the announced changes but, at first glance, Apple's actions appear to continue a damaging pattern that began with its Safari web browser and will now extend to its mobile app ecosystem.
"Apple's ongoing changes to its Safari web browser under the banner of privacy have reduced revenue for website publishers, limiting their ability to invest in content and innovation," said Dan Jaffe, Group Executive Vice President of Government Relations for ANA. "This week's announcements will similarly harm publishers and developers of mobile apps as personalization, measurement, and other fundamental capabilities that marketers require to reach consumers cease to function.
"Advertising revenue funds vital news gathering and reporting and supports the development of innovative products and services," said Alison Pepper, Executive Vice President of Government Relations for 4A's. "Cutting off this critical income stream for mobile app publishers and developers will hurt an already struggling news industry and countless small businesses and developers who will be forced to find new sources of revenue to fund their operations in order to survive. Apple's actions would further entrench its own power at the expense of app developers, publishers, and others who<|fim_middle|> more than 160,000 employees, and its Washington office advocates for policies that best support a thriving advertising industry. The 4A's Foundation fuels a robust diversity pipeline of talent for its members and the marketing and media industry, fostering the next generation of leaders.
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"ANA and the 4A's support efforts to protect consumer data from abuse or misuse while preserving the benefits that come from the responsible use of data. We believe that enacting a comprehensive federal law consistent with the framework proposed by the Privacy for America coalition is the best way to make progress on this issue," said Jaffe. "These issues have broad societal implications that are best debated by Congress or developed in cooperation with others in the industry rather than unilaterally imposed by a single large company."
ABOUT THE ANA: The ANA (Association of National Advertisers)'s mission is to drive growth for marketing professionals, for brands and businesses, and for the industry. Growth is foundational for all participants in the ecosystem. The ANA seeks to align those interests by leveraging the 12-point ANA Growth Agenda, which has been endorsed and embraced by the ANA Board of Directors and the Global CMO Growth Council. The ANA's membership consists of nearly 1,700 domestic and international companies, including more than 1,000 client-side marketers and nonprofit fundraisers and close to 600 marketing solutions providers (data science and technology companies, ad agencies, publishers, media companies, suppliers, and vendors). Collectively, ANA member companies represent 20,000 brands, engage 50,000 industry professionals, and invest more than $400 billion in marketing and advertising annually.
ABOUT THE 4A's: The 4A's helps empower our members to drive commerce, spark connections, and shape culture through infinite creativity. We are dedicated to, and vested in, our members' success, just as they are dedicated to helping brands create, distribute, and measure effective and insightful advertising and marketing. With a focus on advocacy, talent, and the value of creativity and technology and their impact on driving business growth and powerful cultural change, we provide community, leadership, guidance, and best-in-class training that enable agencies to innovate, evolve, and grow. The 4A's was established in 1917 to promote, advance, and defend the interests of our member agencies, their employees, and the industry at large. More than 100 years later, we continue to support the evolving needs of our community. Today, the organization serves 600+ member agencies across 1,200 offices, which help direct more than 85% of total U.S. advertising spend. 4A's Benefits division insures | 521 |
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NASA Space Telescope Discovers 10 Monster Black Holes
By Elizabeth Howell 10 September 2013
This optical color image of galaxies is seen overlaidwith<|fim_middle|> these big black holes, other measurements (such as mass) come from agency observatories including the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and Spitzer Space Telescope.
The research appeared Aug. 20 in the Astrophysical Journal.
Follow Elizabeth Howell @howellspace, or SPACE.com @Spacedotcom. We're also on Facebookand Google+. Original article on SPACE.com. | X-ray data (magenta) from NASA's black hole-hunting NuSTAR space telescope. The arrow points to magenta blobs indicating giant, supermassive black holes discovered by the space telescope.
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A powerful NASA space telescope has found not one, but 10 monster black holes lurking in the hearts of distant galaxies — the first major finds for the X-ray space observatory, scientists say.
The discoveries, which scientists say occurred "serendipitously," were made as astronomers reviewed images from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), an X-ray space telescope designed specifically to hunt black holes.
"We were looking at known targets and spotted the black holes in the background of the images," David Alexander, a professor with Durham University's physics department, said in a statement.
Then the team confirmed what they saw with observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton satellite, which also can look at low-energy light.
The 10 black holes discovered are just the beginning of hundreds of expected finds, the scientists added. With every supermassive black hole catalogued, scientists are hoping to better understand the population.
Surrounded by galaxies
According to NASA, discovering the supermassive black holes were a key piece of a puzzle first uncovered in 1962. Astronomers found a glow of X-rays in the background of the universe, but didn't know where the glow came from.
Today, scientists know the glow (also called the cosmic X-ray background) comes from very distant supermassive black holes, some of which are as large as 17 billion times the mass of the sun. But how these black holes form is still under investigation.
"Our early results show that the more distant supermassive black holes are encased in bigger galaxies," stated Daniel Stern, a co-author of the study and the project scientist for NuSTAR at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "This is to be expected. Back when the universe was younger, there was a lot more action with bigger galaxies colliding, merging and growing."
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Rosler challenges his side to 'go again' at Walsall
Head<|fim_middle|> to do before Bobby Grant's late goal.
"I was delighted with the way we played in the first half [against Bolton]," said Rosler.
"In many ways, I was pleased with what we showed against Bolton. We need to get the details right on set pieces and it's a lesson for me and for my team.
"I think that you can't go on a run like we did being mentally weak. A lot of people will hope that we are now. We want to win games, and if it's not enough to win then we want to do enough to get a draw." | coach looks ahead to trip to Banks's Stadium
Uwe Rosler has challenged his side to 'go again' on Tuesday night against Walsall.
Rosler's side suffered their first defeat in 19 games at home to Bolton Wanderers on Saturday, but travel to the Banks's Stadium to face the in-form Saddlers.
The hosts have a strong home record, one that Town's head coach is wary of.
"They have won six straight games at home and on the verge of the playoffs," said Rosler.
"They are a very, very strong team. They play in a different makeup to Bolton but also play three at the back, so we'll see what happens.
"We will be strong and will go again and aim to get a result – will it be a win, will it be a draw we will see."
Despite the 4-2 score line against Bolton at Highbury, Town were arguably the better side in the first half and left themselves too much | 198 |
Your fabulous furry friend can't just sleep in a boring old dog bed! Let them nap in style in this easy DIY ombré pet teepee! Break out some s'mores for you and some doggie treats for your pup cause you're about to go glamping in your own living room. Who says pet-friendly decor can't be chic?
Step 1: First thing's first; we have to cut our fabric into the correct shape for a tee pee. Start by folding the whole piece of canvas in half. Take a tape measure and place one end on the folded corner of the fabric. Extend the tape measure to 48 inches. Keeping one end of the tape measure on the folded corner, mark 48 inches away from that corner in a semi circle, every 6 inches or so. This will mark the bottom of the tee pee. Do the same thing with the tape measure showing three inches. This will be the top! Join the pencil marks together to create your pattern, then cut along the lines.
Step 2: Next, we're going to dye our fabric. Fill one bowl with cold water, keep one bowl empty, and fill the third bowl with 1 cup hot water and about half your bottle of liquid dye.
Step 3: Add the dye mixture to your large container with some cold water<|fim_middle|>8 inches of fabric to each other, leaving the bottom flaps open for Fido to walk inside.
And there you have it! A chic alternative to a dog bed that will have your pup even more excited to take a nap! If that's even possible. Show us how you pamper your pets @BeMakeful! | . Dunk the entire piece of canvas in, keeping track of where the top is. Once you've immersed the whole canvas, pull out the top third and place it in your waiting bowl of cold water. Continue this process every 10-mins or so, moving the top to the empty bowl, the middle to the cold water, and so on. Set aside to dry keeping in mind there's dye on the fabric so don't set it anywhere that could stain like a rug or indoor flooring.
Step 4: While our fabric is dyeing and drying, we're gonna build the base for our tee pee! Tie the end of the twine on the end of one of your dowel rods, about 2 inches down. Wrap the twine around the first 2 dowel rods about 10 times. Then wrap the twine about 10 times between the two joined rods, creating a kind of criss-cross effect. Do the same with the remaining two rods, except wrap the twine an inch or two lower on the second pair.
Step 5: Set it up! Spread the dowel rods with the twine that is lower first, then add the second set on top. Take one more large bit of twine and wrap around all 4 rods, weaving back and forth, creating the top of your teepee! Be sure to tie securely.
Step 6: Finally, wrap your dry fabric around the top of the teepee like a shawl with the small opening on top. Use fabric adhesive or hot glue to secure the top 6- | 322 |
Cross-training involves full-body exercises that are constantly varied and performed at relatively high intensity. This type of workout is very different from weight-lifting exercises, or running; it involves quick changes in both movement and tempo. During a cross-training workout, therefore, it would be wise to use cross-training shoes that can provide support for lateral movements, weight-lifting and for running. Recently the market has exploded with a large variety of cross-training shoes, and it can be difficult to figure out which model might best fit your needs. Here are some guidelines and tips to help you find a suitable pair.
To help you determine which shoe is best for you, here is a selection of some the better current models, their important features and prices.
The CrossFit Nano is built to provide solid grounding and stability during weight training exercises. It is considered one of the best shoes for the CrossFit athlete. Comparatively, they lend the best support for endurance movements during a workout.
The CrossFit Nano features a denser IMEVA Midsole, a solid, wider Carbon Rubber Outsole, and a durable toe cap (DuraGrip). They are solidly built, and thus durable. However, breaking them in takes little time.
Many cross-training athletes prefer a lightweight shoe. This model represents just that, with a "no-sew exoskeleton" that results in ultimate lightness as well as breathability. Its so-called Flywire technology further reduces the weight and adds better range of movement.
It features a Lunarlon cushioning 30% lighter than the previous model and an outsole made of solid rubber.
The Micro G Defend is a shoe that is not just stylish, but comfortable and supple. It is also lightweight, while giving good support and traction. Its uppers are made of HeatGear® Fabric that are breathable and absorb sweat well. The footbed is made of 4D Foam™ and the midsole is of Micro G® material. Because of its comfort, it is useful for cross-training as well as regular gym workouts.
A striking shoe, the adiPure Barefoot Trainer is known for being extremely comfortable. With its anatomically rounded outsole and individual toes, it offers its wearer a comfortable barefoot feeling. The "Stretch Textile Upper" gives excellent support and protection for your arches and heel. Both midsole and outsole are adiPURE® Tooled.
The Free Haven 3.0 Shield is an excellent choice for a gym workout. Nike has created an optimum fit for the foot by making uppers with laser-perforated skin that has "adaptive fit technology." The material is water resistant. The ankle and heel area are supportive while padded for support. The shoes feature a dual-density midsole, a mid-foot wrap-up, and Nike Free™ Flex Grooves.
Nike's Free Trainer 3.0 is possibly one of the most lightweight and comfortable shoes on the market. The sidewall wrap-up design provides a great fit. Because they have good traction and give good support, they are well-suited for pavement running, endurance workouts or strength training. As it is water resistant, the shoes can be used in wet or winter weather.
This shoe is perfect for high-impact and for those with specific needs. The shoe is comfortable even when moving fast. The midsole of the GEL 500TR is extremely flexible and lightweight, and the front and heels feature special Asics gel pads that absorb impact when running. The sock liner of the GEL 500TR is removable, and can easily be replaced with an orthopedic liner.
This is the top model of Ryka's XT series, and is intended primarily for use in fitness workouts and off-court sports. They feature uppers that are leather, synthetic and air mesh in a cross-training sneaker style, textile lining, and a removable Ortholite cushioning insole. Extremely comfortable, lightweight, breathable, and durable, these shoes make an excellent choice for any kind of workout.
The Minimus 20v2 is one the best women's cross-training shoes. This is because provide excellent support to the arches and the inner sole area, and are comfortable to wear. Their synthetic mesh upper is breathable, and they are very lightweight. The interior of the uppers is seamless, thus ensuring zero abrasion during workouts. The outsole is made of durable Vibram. They are best suited for cross-training, gym and cardio workouts.
The women's Avi-Finesse is an excellent choice for doing cardio workouts. The sole has flex groves for cushioning and includes a FOM Lite Midsole and a Dura-Ryd® Outsole. With a Cantilever® Cushioning System, these shoes provide great<|fim_middle|> option. For warm, sweaty conditions, mesh would be a better option, as it would allow your feet to breathe better.
Have your feet measured professionally to ensure getting the correct size.
When selecting the size of your cross-training shoe, be sure that while standing, there is about an extra ¼ inch of space between the end of your toe and the tip of the shoe on the inside.
While you are in the store, put the shoe on and walk or jog around with them on to see how they fit and how comfortably they feel while in motion. | arch support. There is also weight reduction at the heel for improved cardio workouts.
Outsoles. A good cross-training shoe will provide good general support but also stability during diagonal or lateral movements; this is achieved through wide, multi-purpose outsoles. These also serve to stabilize feet that tend to roll inward or outward during walking or running.
Midsoles. The middle section of the sole of a good cross-training shoe should have a low profile. This is because the overall cushioning of the shoe is made with a relatively moderate amount of durable, dense material, which is mainly at the heel and toe. These qualities enhance the stability of cross-training shoes.
Uppers. Quality cross-training shoes will have breathable, durable uppers. These are often made of synthetic mesh that is both lightweight and breathable. Many shoes have leather uppers to provide more ankle support, while some uppers have a combination of leather and mesh. Be sure the shoe provides a good lacing system to keep your feet secure during lateral movements.
To help you narrow down your choices and choose a shoe that might best suit your needs, here are a few basic tips.
If your workouts involve a great deal of lateral movements, more so than front-back ones (such as running on a treadmill), look for cross-trainers that feature wider and thicker outsoles. These provide stability and help maintain balance during lateral movements.
What material you would like for the uppers is a matter of taste, fit and comfort. They can be made of either synthetic mesh or of leather (or the equivalent). For greater ankle support, leather would be a better | 321 |
FilmOn.com partners with the entire US Broadcast & Cable TV Universe to stream FilmOn Content to traditional and online Pay Per View Markets.
FilmOn.TV is the first virtual Cable TV Network that delivers high definition live television channels in the USA over the internet. FilmOn has joined forces with the entire Broadcast & Cable Universe in the United States to bring FilmOn.TV live PPV Events to 150 Million Cable Homes in the United States, including In Demand, Avail, Directv and Dish Networks.
Panasonic's enhanced cloud-based internet service VIERA Connect is set to add several new applications to further add to its appeal and expand its IPTV services. VIERA Connect allows users to enjoy a range of other services, such as sports, health & fitness activities, interactive games, and a variety of other contents in addition to the standard movies and television programmes on a high-quality large-screen TV through the simple operation of a remote control.
One of the new free services available is the award-winning BBC News app - bringing up-to-the-minute news via video and text from the corporation's news channel and website to living room TV screens. Navigated by the remote control, viewers can access a full range of trusted news content 24 hours a day.
HickoryTech has launched CloverLeaf's AppDaily TV apps solution. CloverLeaf's AppDaily includes an app store, a personalized quick-access dashboard, a full suite of over 40 localized news and information apps, and CloverLeaf's DashDaily community publishing apps.
With AppDaily, providers of IPTV and other managed television services have an easy-to-launch comprehensive solution for offering a complete app solution to their video subscribers. AppDaily is available on major television platforms, and reflects CloverLeaf Digital's continuing commitment to providing independent service providers with the interactive services they need to compete in a changing market.
XOS Digital announces the launch of two new college sports apps on Boxee's popular Internet TV platform, making the company the first to bring college sports to the software. This service will create a cutting edge on-demand college sports platform fans to watch current and classic content on-demand.
The XOS Digital apps on Boxee will stream the largest collection of current and classic content available. Fans are now able to play, pause and replay their favorite moments from some of the most watched games and documentaries in history. By going to SECOnDemand.com and XOSSports.com to sign up for "My Library", fans will have access to a content library and the ability to purchase premium content on Boxee.
Online Video and Internet TV Services: Global Outlook examines the worldwide IP video entertainment space, focusing on diverse business factors, including consumer online video habits and consumption patterns; innovative delivery and monetization models; and shifting roles for existing and emerging industry players. The report also offers industry recommendations and forecasts for online streaming video revenues over the next five years.
UTStarcom announced the commercial launch of its Internet TV platform in North America through its majority-owned subsidiary, iTV Media Inc., formerly known as Stage Smart Limited. The platform provides Chinese language content targeting the Chinese-speaking population located in North America.
"Our Internet TV platform will serve a growing demand for Chinese language television content from the overseas Chinese-speaking population," said UTStarcom CEO Jack Lu. "Our platform utilizes Internet-related broadcasting technology to stream high-quality content to homes in North America. Subscribers will not only be able to enjoy rich Chinese language content, but also various value-added interactive services like distance-learning, gaming and e-commerce. Moreover, the launch of the Internet TV platform in North America will open up additional revenue opportunities for our operational support service business, which will be able to generate revenue by providing support services to subscribers of the Internet TV platform."
The internet TV advertising industry is set to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 42% from 2011 to 2016, increasing in value from $54 million to $311 million according to Frost & Sullivan's latest report on the Australian Online Video Market, written in association with media and technology company, The Video Network.
This massive growth outlook follows an explosion in online video streaming in Australia, which grew 550% from less than 2 billion videos in 2007 to 11 billion in 2011, primarily driven by cheaper bandwidth, greater choice of online content and higher data caps. On an individual basis, Australians are now watching around 10.2 hours of online video per month and are quickly catching up to US and UK consumers who watch 17.3 and 17 hours of online video per month respectively.
FilmOn.com has signed a deal with IMG Media Ltd to license Premier League Archive programming for FilmOn's Internet TV soccer channel, Football Anytime.
The Barclays Premier League is the world's most popular league and FilmOn.com has licensed both classic matches and specially produced archive programming. Football Anytime will feature the best of Premier League Archive football including footage involving Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Newcastle United and Manchester City.
FilmOn.com has created the world's first premium linear TV soccer channel for the Internet, Football Anytime, whilst the free FilmOn iPad/iPod Player is still scoring big in the European iTunes Charts.
FilmOn.com has licensed content from leading football match producers like the Premiership and the<|fim_middle|> that the Espial TV Browser is now powering a wide range of consumer devices including Smart TVs, set-top boxes and digital media players. The Espial TV Browser is now commercially shipping in more than 25 languages across the world. To support this global reach, the Espial TV Browser has been optimized to support more than two dozen languages as well as the most popular search, news, video, photo, social and sports sites in dozens of countries.
Savtira announces the Savtira Cloud Commerce platform will include internet TV channels. Savtira selected Vivicast Media as the company's content aggregator for subscription-based internet channels.
Savtira's Software-as-a-Service Cloud Commerce solution covers both digital and physical goods, using e-commerce to sell everything from downloadable entertainment programs to consumer electronics. All Savtira eStores are branded and custom-tailored for Savtira clients so that no two eStores are alike. The new arrangement with Vivicast allows Savtira to deliver a suite of subscription linear channels to multiple user devices like tablets and smartphones. Vivicast has distribution rights to networks ranging from full-time 3D, music, professional sports and unique lifestyle channels to varied and robust packages of international programming.
BBC Worldwide has released their new global BBC iPlayer iPad app, which allows video on demand subscribers to stream and to download shows for offline viewing for when they can't access Wi-Fi connectivity. The new subscription service, launching first in Western Europe, delivers programming to viewers in 11 markets. The global version of the BBC iPlayer app launched today is the start of a pilot phase for the service.
Applications have dominated the news in the smartphone and tablet worlds for some time but with the advent of "smart TVs" consumers are now rapidly adopting online TV applications that are integrated into their connected TVs with . A new In-Stat research survey estimates that over 60% of these connected households will use a TV app at least once per week. | Football Association, IMG and other premium content providers. Football Anytime will feature the best of Club and International football from soccer's oldest institutions.
Hurricane Irene has come and gone and the Live US Open Tennis Championship will officially be getting underway as scheduled on Monday, August 29 from the The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The event along with Wimbledon, French Open, and the Australian Open are what they call "Grand Slam" Tournaments, and considered to be the four most prestigious events of the year in tennis.
LiveTennisChannel will be providing Internet TV coverage in which fans can Watch US Open Tennis Online and follow favorite players from now until September 11. The website has covered all major tournaments and will enable enthusiasts to enjoy US Open Tennis 2011 live.
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At an early age this Californian surfer had a passion for traveling the world. Darren Coté took on the adventurous challenged of a fashion model and spent<|fim_middle|> too often turn people off from coming to church. | his 20's living in Paris, Milan, Munich, Tokyo, New York and Miami. Amid all the crazy ups and downs of living the dream one day and looking for a job the next he became very aware of his need for God. "I saw all that the world had to offer and it was empty," he adds. Through a difficult season in life, Darren made a commitment to live for Jesus Christ and the true adventure began.
After pastoring for 15 years, Darren Coté continues his passion for biblical teaching and serving the under-resourced global church as the president of Gospel Light Worldwide. Darren and his wife, Christine also lead a Christian humanitarian nonprofit organization that cares for orphans amid the AIDS pandemic in Africa (AfricanOrphanOutreach.org). He earned degrees in theology and business and has a passion to break down the glossy religious pretenses that | 177 |
Various Artists – Grannittin | Esc.rec.
Original Grannittin by Robert Witt. Many thanks to all artists involved!
Robert Witt graduated in 2005 at the art academy in Kampen (NL<|fim_middle|> as recorded by Robert Witt. | ) where he started cutting up short sound fragments and using them in installations. After that Robert did some live performances in which he manipulates live input. The input source varies from knitting grannies to sounds emited by 'ordinary' surroundings. Robert samples just about anything he finds interesting, such as his own voice, plastic bags, clicks and tics, things out of movies, dutch pirateradio and contemporary music. All this gets fused together in sound collages where the samples become short manipulated fragments. Recognition and amazement are key elements here. The sounds invoke images like an abstract movie soundtrack without the movie.
Grannittin is originally a live performance by Robert Witt, in collaboration with 'Mevrouw de Vries', an art project initiated by visual artist Anne Reijse, in which all kinds of every day objects are knitted in real size, mostly by elderly women. The live performance consists out of the live manipulation of sounds emited from contact microphones attached to the knitting needles of the knitting ladies present at the opening of a 'Mevrouw de Vries' exhibition.
Grannittin is a double cd-r release in a unique package, handmade with recycled knitted fabrics. The two discs contain a registration of the Grannittin live performance in art gallery Het Langhuis in Zwolle (NL), plus a broad variety of remixes by different artists, made with the original raw audio samples of knitting needles, | 294 |
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South London Film Festival attracts some big star names
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By Alice Neil<|fim_middle|> film festival is celebrating South London's community of creatives and film makers.
The South London Film Festival is set to premier next Sunday at 7pm and will showcase some of the best short films made this year.
The festival is open to filmmakers from both the UK and abroad with South London residents able to apply for a discounted submission fee.
The festival also aims to support new talent especially up and coming students. To help students enter they offer a non-profit "free to submit" category for students and schools.
It has already attracted the attention of international film makers such as Julie Pacino daughter of American actor and film maker Al Pacino.
The South London Film Festival
The awards for honourable mention have already been announced.
Winners include Lewisham council and IAmLewisham who have worked together on their short film #ITSMORETHANAMONTH which celebrates the achievements and memories of the borough's black communities.
The rest of the winners will be announced at a live virtual awards ceremony where all winners from the 11 different categories will have their work screened.
The official teaser trailer for the awards ceremony was released on December 5 and included big names such as rap artist Stormzy and actors Larry Lamb and Jasmine Jobson to name a few.
The festival received over 600 submissions across all of the categories including best experimental short best documentary short and best Covid-19 inspired short.
Founder Kyriakos Georgiou said: "It has been a busy year with so many changes to life which have impacted the lives businesses and hearts of many.
"Even during hard times we have relied on creativity to get us through inspire and encourage us more than ever.
"We want to bring together and celebrate filmmakers and films from around the world.
Founder Kyriakos Georgiou – The South London Film Festival
"This year we have a Covid-19 inspired short film festival category to showcase incredible talent and voice a theme we can all relate to.
The winner of Best Covid-19 Inspired Short will have their film included in an upcoming feature film Pandemic Diaries.
The festival has worked with their partners to offer unique rewards and prizes that support the careers of their film makers.
They hope to encourage creativity and inspire a new generation of film makers and are dedicated to supporting the future of the industry.
The winner of best student film will be invited to have an informal 1-to-1 meeting with a professional film producer who will answer questions and give them guidance on the next stages of their career.
Other prizes include a year's membership with partners Catford Mews £1000 to spend on courses with partners Raindance Film Festival (London) and a year's free Subscription of Red Giant Complete.
All Winners will receive a 1 Year subscription to Backstage Casting an award certificate and a personal video review of their film by festival hosts and judges.
They will also have their film showcased on The South London Film Festival website and promoted on their social media platforms.
In the run up to the awards ceremony the festival will be uploading a series of regular live streams with artists local businesses and other creatives.
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Poet Kevin Gallagher: Poet of the Loom and the Lash
with Doug Holder
LOOM is concerned with the history of our divided country, a violent division preceding civil war and by now embedded in our cultural landscape. The non-sentimental poems are cool, clear and literal. They are narrated by white Americans who position themselves in relation to "slave power" and cotton as "lords of the loom" and "lords of the lash". Boston is central to the story, and the cities of Lawrence and Lowell. It's a valuable collection, as it puts the focus back on the white male where the distortion of vision begins and is occasionally resolved.
—Fanny Howe, winner of the Ruth Lily Poetry Prize and National Book Award Finalist
I spoke with Kevin Gallagher about his new book of poetry "Loom" on my Somerville Community Access TV show " Poet to Poet: Writer to Writer." Kevin who has roots in Somerville, Mass., was a founding editor of COMPOST magazine, and currently publishes spoKe magazine. He is a professor of Global Development at Boston University.
Doug Holder: Were you spurred on by the context of the times, Black Lives Matter, etc... to write these poems?
KG: Yeah. 100%. But I didn't want to rage about it directly. I didn't want to resort to sloganeering. I was really inspired by the writings of Charles Olsen, Seamus Heaney and others. They were confronted with different issues—but they didn't want to go at it directly—so they went to history. I thought this was the best way was to write about Boston merchants, and industrialists, and how they helped to empower slavery.
DH: I was reading a review of a new collection of letters of T.S. Eliot. Eliot commented about "Boston Society." He basically wrote that Boston society was very insular—they cared about their own—not others. It seems that in your book the abolitionist North was really interested in cash by cotton to increase their own coffers...the immorality of slave labor be damned.
KG: Charles Sumner branded the North as upholding the unholy alliance between the Boston mercantile class and the Southern cotton interests. Guys like Francis Cabot Lowell, and others of "society" were culprits in slave labor. Their insatiable need for cotton kept slavery going.
DH: But Amos A. Lawrence, a textile manufacturer, had an epiphany—didn't he?
KG: It happened when he witnessed the plight of Anthony Burn—a slave. Burns was from Virginia-- and escaped to the North. Under the Fugitive Slave Act, if a Southern slave owner, etc... captured him—they could bring him back. Burns was captured—abolitionists stood outside the courthouse in Boston demanding his release. They even killed an Irish cop Ultimately they failed and Burns was marched through the streets of Boston by the Southern Cavalry -- back to slavery and the South. Amos A. Lawrence wrote that was the moment he decided he would become a dyed -in- the- wool abolitionist. One of my poems was inspired by this. I used many journals and letters from folks who were involved in all this .I really tried to get inside people's heads.
DH: Where did you get the subtitle " Lords of the Lash and the Loom?"
KG: Of course Charles Sumner dubbed this unholy alliance between the gentry in the South and North, as such.
Dh; Did Francis Cabot Lowell steal the plans for the Power Loom from the British?
KG: Yes-- this Lowell—related to Amy Lowell, and Robert Lowell—was tarnished forever by his theft. It seems that Lowell was importing textiles from the U.K. but he realized he could make more money if he had the Power Loom in New England. He memorized the plans to the Loom-- much to the chagrin of the British who gave him a look at the new machine, when he was visiting there. Paul Moody ( Moody St. in Waltham is named after him) set up the original factory in Waltham—he recreated the Power Loom.
DH: You were a founding editor of COMPOST magazine in the early 90s. Now you edit s spoKe magazine. How did this new venture come about?
KG: Well I wanted to do another magazine. I was doing editing for the online magazine JACKET—so I kept in the thick of things. I have great resources at Boston University where I teach. I had a lot of help from students from Christopher Rick's Editorial Institute, and elsewher. The theme of sPoKe is much like COMPOST. It is an American-based international magazine. We have a wide variety of local poets, ancient Chinese poetry, etc... Ben Mazer is going to doing a translation of new Romanian poets in the next issue.
The Blood of '76
Amos A. Lawrence, 1854
Three years ago I offered my support
to protect U.S. Marshals from the mob.
This time I prefer to see the court
razed than see this man's newfound freedom robbed.
They marched him down State Street in procession.
Cavalry, artillery, and cannon.
U.S. troops before him and behind him.
He held his head up and marched like a man.
The windows on houses were filled with faces,
though the streets and alleys had all been cleared.
We thought Boston the safest of places,
that here freedom could never disappear.
We cannot stand that this was not a crime.
I have to tell you that it is high time.
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The Sunday Poet: Bridget Galway
Bridget Galway
Bridget Seley- Galway is an artist/poet. Her art has graced several covers of Ibbetson Press, and Bagels with the Bards, as well as Doug Holder's, "Eating Grief at 3AM", and Molly Lynn Watts', "On the Wings of Song- A Journey into the Civil Rights Era." Her poetry was published from 2001-2002 in Provincetown<|fim_middle|> say: "…the dwindling of social solidarity from its high point just after World War II."
All these perspectives have at least a grain of truth. But Cockburn's answer cuts deepest: "…a counterattack by the rich against the social reforms of the 1930s." Class warfare is not the only kind of social conflict, or always and everywhere the most important kind. But it is the most intractable and invisible kind, and Cockburn was one of the few American journalists who never lost sight of it or failed to rub it in.
When Scialabba retired from his day job at Harvard, John Summers, the editor of the Baffler, organized a Festschrift where George was celebrated by the likes of Noam Chomsky, Barbara Ehrenreich, Thomas Frank and others because he is also an American writer who has never lost sight of it or failed to rub it in. If you want more details about his reputation you might check out this profile from the New Yorker:
:http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-private-intellectual.
or this one from the Nation: https://www.thenation.com/article/hear-hear-george-scialabba/. And you might also want to check out the other three collections of his work,
that have been published by Pressed Wafer. (What Are Intellectuals Good For? – 2009, The Modern Predicament – 2011, and For the Republic – 2013)
– by Wendell Smith.
Labels: Doug Holder, Low Dishonest Decades by George Scialabba, Wendell Smith
Poet Kevin Gallagher: Poet of the Loom and the Las...
Gifts from Samarkand By Ed Meek : Review of Twent...
Interview with Poet Martha Collins: Author of "Adm...
Somerville Poet Bert Stern to Receive the Ibbetson...
Poetry Matters, A Collection of Essays. R. Ritzema...
Poet Fred Marchant is awarded his own day by The C... | Magazine's Poetry Corner, 2011-12 Popt Art Magazine, 2009-2014, 2009-2016, Bagel with the Bards, Ibbetson Press #34, 39, and in 2016 Poetry Porch online poetry journal. Her art has been exhibited throughout New England. She was arts editor/curator for Wilderness House Literary Review 2009-2012. In 1990 she co-founded/ directed El Arco Iris, free youth arts center in Holyoke, and in 2014 procured funding to established and facilitated Youth Arts Arise, a free after school program at Arts at the Armory in Somerville. Ma.
New York Tompkins Square 1980
He disappears between worn out buildings,
Where darken corners supply a needles relief.
He wears me from this moment to a knot.
In my usual taciturn,
Benched under the grand Oak Tree.
Again I feel its reproach,
Rising up from its roots.
Once it was valued for its beauty.
Now it shades the broken and wretched,
Garbage tossed and blown.
Still innocent
Molded from this familiar circumstance of
Loving a poet whose damage comes first.
This is the slipknot of my childhood:
A frayed strand woven by hip conversations,
About books and revolution.
The brilliant guided me.
Some drunks and junkies,
Tolerated and adored.
I harbored by their words,
Tossed and turned in their shifting currents,
Loss and gain,
A constant anticipation of better
Scathed again in the waiting.
He emerges,
Moves towards me
In slow stride,
This lion to his den,
Pulls me to him,
Dips me into a kiss.
I am collected,
As the flower
Archived in a glass paperweight
That settles on his words.
"You know Geeta,
These are great old buildings.
if I just had some money,
I could get a nice space,
Make it fine and write."
Scribble in my notebook over unfinished poems,
Advertised phone numbers
"Renting Option to Buy"
In this want I am
Adopted undone!
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Gifts from Samarkand By Ed Meek : Review of Twenty-One Ghazals translated by Dennis Daly
Gifts from Samarkand
By Ed Meek
Twenty-One Ghazals by Alisher Navoiy
Translated from Uzbek by Dennis Daly
Cervena Barva Press. $18.00
Poet and translator Dennis Daly combines beautiful middle-eastern illustrations with twenty-one ghazals from a well-known Afghani poet of the 15th century, Alisher Navoiy. Navoiy wrote when the Timurid Empire, begun by Tamerlane, was in control of central Asia including Iran, Afghanistan, India, Southern Russia, and Mesopotamia. Like Chaucer, he is known for combining formal and informal language, in this case, Persian and local dialect. Ghazals are written in metered couplets with refrains; they focus on romance and unrequited love.
For a couple of thousand years, people turned to poetry to express their love. Today, love and romance are areas that still seem to fascinate us. Despite the lamentations of the young that romance has died, we seem to long for it more than ever. Today popular music, movies and television, and Hallmark cards are where people usually find their romance fix, yet poetry remains the best vehicle for the expression of ineffable emotions.
Combining the poems with the images of 15th Century illustrations adds to the reading of Navoiy's poetry. Navoiy included illustrations in his original books, perhaps because poetry has a close affinity with painting. Take this line: "Sunsets sear across the sky, touch the earth with fire."
In many ways, poetry is closer to painting and photography than to other written forms with its emphasis on imagery and metaphor. At the same time, ghazals have a post-modern element to them. At the end of each poem, the writer brings himself in. "Navoiy, Navoiy, pour out a glass of wine./The sadness of lovers fill up the night." As for unrequited love: "Isolation robs me of all true happiness." Therefore, Navoiy advises us: "Take this lesson, avoid the cruelty of love." Yet he won't take his own advice. "But in the feast of life, we intone love's joys."
Put Twenty-One Ghazals on your list of books to buy this year, or order a copy as a romantic gift for the love, or unrequited love, in your life.
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Interview with Poet Martha Collins: Author of "Admit One..." a lyrical exploration of scientific racism
Martha Collins
With Doug Holder.
Martha Collins is the author, most recently, of Admit One: An American Scrapbook (Pittsburgh, 2016), Day Unto Day (Milkweed, 2014), White Papers (Pitt Poetry Series, 2012), and Blue Front (Graywolf, 2006), a book-length poem based on a lynching her father witnessed when he was five years old. Collins has also published four earlier collections of poems, three books of co-translations from the Vietnamese, and two chapbooks . I spoke with Martha Collins on my Somerville Community Access TV show "Poet to Poet: Writer to Writer" about her new poetry collection "Admit One..." that deals with the scientific racism of the early twentieth century, including the Eugenics Movement.
Doug Holder: You use as your starting point the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904. Why?
Martha Collins: Because it was the starting point. (Laugh) I was thinking of it because it was a family story. My mother's mother went to it when she was pregnant with my mother. My mom talked about it—although not from direct experience. I knew about the story for years. I heard about how the fair illuminated for its audience the wonderful scientific progress that was made at that time—the fake marble palaces, the splendor of it—but I also heard about the human exhibits. There were over 3,000 humans who were exhibited—Native Americans, Filipinos, Japanese, backwater African tribes, on display in their natural habitat. The "civilized" people could view them at a safe remove.
DH: Define scientific racism.
MC: It is a distortion of Darwinism. It became an even greater distortion as things moved to the Eugenics Movement. It is the belief that we ("civilized people") evolved, and we are quite different (or superior) to primitive people, and it was "our" responsibility to foster the most "fit" human beings, and let the others not survive.
DH: This sounds like Nazi Germany.
MC: The interactions of Nazis and Eugenicist were many. Madison Grant was a major figure in this movement, with his book " The Passing of the Great Race." Hitler owned the book and claimed it was his bible. The Eugenics Movement was very popular at the time of the World Fair. Eugenics courses were taught at over 300 colleges. People from the North-- Nordic countries were considered the best of the white race, all others were inferior. There was a huge amount of anti-immigration sentiment, advocacy for the sterilization of "unfit" people, etc...
DH: Poet Kevin Gallagher—the author of the poetry collection—Loom--wrote about how the Boston elite—empowered slavery for their piece of the cotton trade. He told me he did a lot of research. A lot was from primary sources. Your poetry collection "Blue Front"dealt with the plight of the black man. How much research did you do?
MC: In "Blue Front" research became essential. This book was spurred on by my late father who witnessed a lynching. I had to do a lot of documentary work. I used the internet—and many other sources.
DH: Do you feel that " Admit One.." is even more important in the context of our times?
MC: I believe we have to understand our history, so we won't repeat it. We need to remember.
Alien, Part Three
Then Madison Grant met with Congressman Albert Johnson
again to devise a formula for the 1924 Immigration Act,
which was based on the earlier census of 1890 (when there
were fewer immigrants from eastern and southern Europe),
thus reducing to 12% the influx of Jews, Italians, etc., from
a pre-World War annual million to (as it turned out) 20,000.
Seven eugenicists testified, including Harry Laughlin,
who in 200 pages of testimony cited analyzed Army IQ tests
with Nordics on top, Jews on the bottom, and said the formula
would favor Nordics over non-essential members of the community.
Grant, too ill to testify, wrote that the scientific and just formula
would keep out lower types who could displace native Americans
and wrote an article targeting immigrants as criminal insane
while the Saturday Evening Post and NY Times argued for passage.
Suddenly, said an opposing congressman, a new word made its way
into the English language—Nordic, Nordic—everywhere you turned.
But the Eugenicists lobbied congress members, bombarding
them with letters telegrams telephone calls —and after a long
debate on a clause excluding the Japanese (which led a Japanese
publicist to predict eventual collision on the Pacific), the bill passed.
-- From Admit One /Martha Collins
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Somerville Poet Bert Stern to Receive the Ibbetson Street Press Lifetime Achievement Award in April 2017.
Poet Bert Stern
Somerville poet Bert Stern has been selected to be the next recipient of the Ibbetson Street Press Lifetime Achievement Award. The award has been presented to such literary figures as Robert Pinsky, Frank Bidart, Afaa Michael Weaver, Harris Gardner , Gloria Mindock, Robert K. Johnson, Louisa Solano, David Godine, Sam Cornish, Jack Powers, to name a few... The award will be presented during Poetry Month at a meeting of the Somerville Bagel Bards at the Au Bon Pain in Davis Square.
Born in Buffalo in 1930, Bert Stern is Milligan Professor of English Emeritus at Wabash College He taught at the University of Thessaloniki from 1965-67 as Fulbright Professor of English and at Peking University as an exchange professor in 1984-5. Stern published a pioneer study of Wallace Stevens in 1965 (Wallace Stevens, Art of Uncertainty, University of Michigan). He has published two poetry collections, ISilk & the Ragpicker's Grandson (Red Dust, NYC, 1998) and Steerage Ibbetson Street, Somerville, MA, 2008). His essays and poems have appeared in journals including Southern Review, Columbia Teacher's College Record, Sewanee Review, The American Poetry Review, Poetry, and more than a dozen anthologies. Stern co-founded and co-edited Off the Grid Press. Now retired, he continues to serve as advisor.
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Poetry Matters, A Collection of Essays. R. Ritzema, Ed.
Poetry Matters, A Collection of Essays. R. Ritzema, Ed. Presa Press. 110 pages.
ISBN 978-0-9965026-3-413.95. April 2017
Can We Talk About Poetry?
Does poetry matter? Apparently some people don't think so. Others do. The New York Times did a "Room for Debate" a couple of years ago asking this question of seven poets who each, in a couple of paragraphs, answer in the affirmative. There was an influential essay that appeared in The Atlantic Monthly way back in 1991 called "Can Poetry Matter?" In it, Dana Gioia discussed the way that poetry had, on the one hand, developed through burgeoning MFA programs and published books, but on the other hand, wasn't really read by most of us. So this is a question that has been around for a while. Robert Pinsky made an attempt to confront this issue with the "Favorite Poem Project" when he was Poet Laureate of the U.S. He traveled around the country recording ordinary Americans reading and reciting their favorite poems. Although this seemed like a good idea to promote poetry, listening to ordinary Americans recite favorite poems was not exactly inspiring.
For about thirty years I taught English. I taught in colleges and in high schools. At the college level, the number of English majors kept shrinking over those years. Luckily, we discovered that students still needed to learn how to write so we focused on Composition. Now pretty much everyone has to take Composition. Poetry is optional. Yet Creative Writing as an elective remains popular and MFA Programs are growing and thriving.
Teaching high school I was surprised to learn that a number of my colleagues didn't teach poetry or creative writing. There were state tests to prepare for. "What do you do with poetry, anyway?" one colleague complained. Getting students to read and analyze poetry isn't easy, but in my experience they love writing it. Maybe this is partly due to their somewhat misguided impression that it is just a way to express your emotions and no can criticize the way you feel. But there has also developed over the past thirty or so years a respect for rhymes and raps and spoken word—an appreciation of wordsmiths. Students, it turns out, enjoy wordplay, clever turns of phrase and heartfelt expression. So poetry does apparently matter.
Roseanne Ritzema, publisher and editor of Presa Press seems to think so. She has put together a collection of essays called Poetry Matters. It's a slim volume of thirteen essays by half a dozen poets and publishers of independent poetry. In Poetry Matters, the essays are by Hugh Fox, John Amen, Erix Greinke, Harry Smith, Kirby Congdon and Richard Kostelanetz. These are not formal essays. They are more like conversations with the reader about what poetry is, what elements it must contain, the role poetry plays. There has existed, for as long as higher education has been around, a division in poetry and probably in other arts as well between academics and those outside of academia. Being on the inside has numerous advantages for writers in terms of publication, reviews and of course, making a living teaching writing. But what happens when we have hundreds of MFA programs? Schools of poetry are developed and that results in poetry being aimed at a rather narrow audience that speaks a certain insider language. When these academic poets become poetry editors, poetry becomes incestuous. Anyone who submits poetry to magazines will see some variation of the following in most guidelines for submission. "Read our magazine so you'll know what we like before submitting." The implication is: don't send us anything original! The problem can be seen and heard in how readers respond to the poems that regularly appear in The New Yorker, The Atlantic and Poetry Magazine. They seldom understand them and they don't often like them.
The poets and publishers in Poetry Matters understand this division. They are writing from the outside. They identify with poets like Whitman, Ginsberg, Bukowski, Bly, Lifshin and, although they don't mention her, Eileen Myles. They want the gatekeepers on the inside to open the gates. The best essay in the anthology is by John Amen, the Vice-President of New York Quarterly, the editor of Pedestal Magazine and an established poet and editor. Amen says, "What keeps me engaged in the editorial process…is encountering an example of unconsidered excellence." As writers, this is all we can hope for in an editor. Poet and publisher Eric Greinke argues for a poetic community that is more inclusive. "If poetry is the highest form of art, as Plato stated, then why aren't our poets sanctioned with the same artistic freedom as the presumably lower arts." In other words, if Picasso can experiment with so many different forms and styles, why can't poets? In "Eight Attributes of Poetry" Harry Smith, poet publisher and literary activist, attempt a definition of poetry by elucidating what he sees as its elements: symbolism, metaphor, prophecy, music, play, experience, emotion and design." Frost, of course, claimed poetry must move from "delight to wisdom" but wisdom seems in short supply today. Poetry can also be thought of as a mix of metaphor, music and meaning. The best poets, to my way of thinking, combine all three.
In a recent interview in The Paris Review, Ben Lerner talks about a problem he sees as endemic to poetry.
The main demand associated with lyric poetry is that an individual poet can or must produce both a song that's irreducibly individual—it's the expression of their specific humanity, because it's this intense, internal experience—and that is also shareable by everyone, because it can be intelligible to all social persons, so it can unite a community in its difference. And that demand… is impossible.
Well, it wasn't impossible for Yeats or Frost or Whitman, but it does seem more difficult today.
Still, when a loved one dies or when we are confronted by momentous events like the recent election, people reach for poems. My friend Steve Wood called me up to talk the day after the election and he started off referring to "The Second Coming." "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold…the best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity." I mentioned Auden's line: "We must love one another or die." For poetry to matter, it must be able to fulfill those kinds of needs. There must be great poems we can reach for when we want to respond to death or to calamity or change. It's obvious that journalism and our media cannot play that role. Social media, addictive as it may be, leaves us unfulfilled.
If you write poetry it is a pleasure to read writing about poetry by other people who love poetry. You might not always be on the same page with them but hearing their point of view is still a pleasure. Apparently, poetry does still matter. I do wish it were a little more significant and that it mattered a little more.
Labels: A Collection of Essays. R. Ritzema, Ed. Doug Holder, Poetry Matters
Poet Fred Marchant is awarded his own day by The City of Boston..
The City of Boston proclaimed Dec 24, 2016 Fred Marchant Day. Click on picture to enlarge.
Labels: Boston, Doug Holder, Fred Marchant, Poet
On Broad Sound: Poems by Rusty Barnes
On Broad Sound: Poems by Rusty Barnes. ( Nixes Mate Books)
Review by Doug Holder
I have read a lot of Revere-inspired writing from the likes of poets Kevin Carey, Jennifer Martelli, the novelist Roland Merullo and such. Revere Beach, Mass. is no Provincetown. It does not have artists and poets living in close proximity, it lacks the unhindered night sky and sunsets, and the ripple of wind-swept sand on pristine beaches. Revere is sort of the ne'er-do-well cousin. Even in spite of gentrification it is still the home of dive bars, old world Italian bakeries, unapologetic greasy spoons, drug dealers, immigrants, nocturnal, preening young men on the make on the boulevard, and the bronze old men offering their torsos under a baking, summer sun.
I always tell my Creative Writing students at Endicott College to populate their poetry with a lot of "things" and the "ideas" will flow from this. And in Rusty Barnes new collection of poetry, "On Broad Sound" there is no shortage of "things" and these "things" make so much more than a generic, down-at-the heels seaside city.
In the poem "The Shipwrecked Bar" Barnes populates the poem with telling trappings that shed some light on the patrons of this dive, and their hardscrabble life. Especially arresting is a "draped-eyed girl" who leaves the bar alone to the walk the beach and perhaps seek her form of transcendence from her sorry life,
"and it's all about the draped-eyed girl
leaving the bar alone and walking
on the beach searching for stray kelp,
seeing a stray mutt,
and finding some toy she left behind,
or something burning in the night mist,
something only she can know about,
something the world doesn't want her to have."
Although he hails from the hinterlands of Appalachia, Barnes is a consummate urban poet. One of his poems is situated on the Blue Line, where "an old man asleep nearly topples in place," and "the Latina lovelies exit/ the train/in high heels and tight jeans..." Barnes, not afraid to show his self- loathing continues, " and I feel like a horny fool for noticing them, /not much older than my daughter, I immediately curse myself sad... afraid that, like my urges, someday/it will have its way: swallow me whole."
I was also touched by his poem about the late poet John Wieners 'The Poet John Wieners." I met Wieners a few times shortly before he collapsed in front of Mass. General Hospital, never to be revived. He looked like the vaudevillian Professor Irwin Corey—a shambles of a man, wild hair-- newspapers springing out from the pockets of his threadbare blazer. As a budding poet, Barnes noticed him at the Harvard Gardens Restaurant reciting poetry and just took him for another crazy stumble-bum reading drunken verse. But years after the fact he realized how callow his judgment actually was...and in Weiners he finds a true poet.
Barnes is a poet who knows solitude, loneliness, and the joy and ache of love. He is enamored with food, a pleasure and a weakness—and knows how food can define the texture of our lives. This is a book to read on a subway, in a hash house, on a bench overlooking the ocean at Revere Beach—simply put—it is a book to be savored and read.
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Said Not Said by Fred Marchant
Said Not Said by Fred Marchant (GRAYWOLF PRESS 2017)—Release Date: May 2, 2017
Fred Marchant, the author of the poetry collections, "The Looking House" and "Full Moon Boat" among other titles, has released a new collection "Said Not Said" from the Graywolf Press. As the title asserts "Said Not Said"—much is said in this life, but there is even more unsaid—so much subtext, so much nuance, so much subtlety, but Marchant does his part to the fill the void with his new book of evocative verse.
Since I have worked at McLean Hospital for over 34 years, and struggled with the "black dogs" of depression myself-- I was drawn to the poems of Marchant's late sister— a woman who suffered from mental illness. In his poem "The Unacceptable," Marchant focuses on her strange cough, and how something as banal as this spurt of air, can signal the turmoil within. Marchant captures this beautifully. I have noticed the abnormalities, the tics, the repetitive body movements, that infest the psychiatric ward. This rings so true:
How do you write about a cough?
How to hint at the sound of it?
A cough that was odd, not from a cold, or something else you catch.
I think now it was the sound of what was eating away my sister's mind.
I first heard it at our grandfather's funeral Mass.
I was seven and thought she should just quit it, stop bothering me, and
everyone."
"Body Body" is a brutally honest poem about facing our aging bodies, and ourselves. I am sure every man or woman over age 60 can look at themselves and wonder about all the baggage, both physically and mentally they have acquired over the years. I could imagine a modern day Falstaff, in a more sober moment, perhaps waking at 3AM in a cold sweat-- during his dark night of the soul—speak similar words. Marchant speaks to his carcass:
"old trading buddy, fat winter sleeping bag I carry with me
into my dreams, you my ne'er do well pardner on a mule
crossing the desert, old guy who keeps asking for a swig,
who soaks the sheets with worry, turns on me regularly,
remains hard to fathom, easy to ignore, impossible to trust,
years since we met, when first I cut in, and asked for a kiss."
And one must not forget that Marchant is a translator as well, and in this translation "The Peach"—well nothing is lost in translation. Marchant, who co-translated this Vietnamese poem, renders a peach, half-eaten by a bat, as a wonderful metaphor of the close habitation of sorrow and happiness. A peach is never just a peach in Marchant's and the poet Vo Que's closely observed world.
This just a mere sample of Marchant's work in this collection. He also writes wonderfully about Vietnam, the Middle East, olive trees, and the sufferings in the lives of people. David Ferry, noted translator and poet said of Marchant's work "… the noble generosity of feeling that has characterized his work, (is) here more impressively than before."
Amen. Highly Recommended.
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Low Dishonest Decades by George Scialabba
Low Dishonest Decades
Copyright © 2016 by George Scialabba
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I hope Low Dishonest Decades, with its demonstration that sane political discourse is still possible, will improve your morale as it has mine in these weeks following Trump's election. Cambridge's George Scialabba is a writer who has mastered that discourse and, now that he has retired from his position as a building manager for Harvard's Center for Government and International Studies, he should have more time to help us think of ways out of our predicament.
Low Dishonest Decades is a collection of 20 book reviews and a few essays; they examine our political, international, economic and ethical plight in lucid prose, and appeared over the last three decades in some 11 periodicals from our Boston Phoenix to the Village Voice and the Nation. His ability to make the arguments of his subjects compact and portable meant that by reading Low Dishonest Decades I gained familiarity with a literature I would otherwise miss, given my preference for fiction and poetry.
The collection opens with a short section containing four reviews called "The Long View." The first "Democracy Proof" is a review of How Democratic Is the American Constitution by Robert Dahl, which makes Trump's election seem an inevitable result of the anti-democratic biases of this document that we have been taught to worship. The concluding review of this section is of three books by Morris Berman (The Twilight of American Culture, Dark Ages America: The Final Phase of Empire and Why America Failed: The Roots of Imperial Decline) ends with this praise:
There is something immensely refreshing, even cathartic, about Berman's refusal to hold out any hope of avoiding our civilization's demise. And our reaction goes some way toward proving his point: we are so sick of hucksters, of authors trying – like everyone else on all sides at all times in this pervasively hustling culture – to sell us something, that it is a relief to encounter someone who isn't, who has no designs on our money or votes or hopes, who simply has looked into the depths, into our bleak future, and is compelled to describe it, as Cassandra was. No doubt his efforts will meet with as much success as hers.
While this grim ending to Scialabba's opening section does pose the question "Why continue?" we may take comfort from the fact that, for all of its individual terror, death is the engine that drives all evolution. Our democracy may be failing us but that does not mean that democracy has failed. And in the reviews of the middle section, "Politics," Scialabba makes clear we have a responsibility to learn the lessons of those failings to guide the modes of our governance so that democracy will continue to evolve. And that is one, if not the most important, function of Low Dishonest Decades.
The reviews of this second section, which have titles such as "Do Ideas Matter?" "Where Did Our Wealth Go?" and "The Sorry State of the Union," are divided between critiques of domestic and foreign policies. In "What Is American Foreign Policy About?" he summarizes those critiques:
Business is not a monolith, of course; sometimes businesses have competing interests. But there is a large area of shared interests, of all things businesses favor. They all want week labor unions or none; they all want lower taxes, especially on the rich; they all want weak or no environmental or consumer safety or occupational safety regulations; they all want no restrictions on foreign investment or resource ownership or capital flows; they all want a minimum of social spending, so that the population will be as insecure as possible; and they all want a political system that can be controlled by money, which is to say controlled by them. This is what they want for the United States, and for most of American history, they'd gotten it, except when they bankrupted the country with the Great Depression and there were a few reforms, called the New Deal. But business never accepted the New Deal. They fought back, in the 1980 they won and now they have all the above once again.
And that's what they want for the rest of the world: no organized labor, low taxes, weak regulation, no restrictions on investment or lending, no social safety net, and no popular sovereignty, that is, no real democracy. To make the world as much like this as possible: that's the purpose of American foreign policy.
And in "What Is to Be Done?" a review of eight books I think he answers the question of that title well:
To put it non-metaphorically: if we want a durably decent society, we have to improve the quality of political discussion. Yes, we will always need to address people's hearts and imaginations. But in the long run, their ability to think, to see through right-wing (and left-wing) bullshit, is even more important. If voters had even a slightly enhanced tolerance for position papers and policy proposals, the influence of Rush Limbaugh, Karl Rove, Jerry Falwell, and other right-wing liars, morons, and demagogues would be vastly diminished. Isn't that a worthwhile goal?
In 2007, when he continued with this question, "How to accomplish [that worthwhile goal]?" Scialabba answered, "I don't know." And then he put his tongue in his cheek with this proposal: "Perhaps population exchanges between blue and red states. …Perhaps secular liberals should go to church and distribute copies of the Nation to their fellow church goers." Then he took his tongue out to conclude the review: "But what's possible is up to us. The main lesson of the right-wing ascendancy is simply: never give up. As Yeats pointed out: 'The best lack all conviction, while the worst/are full of passionate intensity.' The best had better get – and stay – off their asses." If that was true eight years ago how much more so today, and fortunately Low Dishonest Decades provides some of the mental exercise we need to rehabilitate the quads and hamstrings of our convictions so we might get off our asses and back on our feet. And Scialabba almost always manages to provide that exercise without ad hominem comments; "other right-wing liars, morons, and demagogues" is the only time in the volume that I recall him weakening an argument by yielding to that temptation.
By the third section "Intellectuals" I was enjoying some satisfaction of my need of food for thought and one essay "A Rake among Radicals" made me feel I would like to read some Alexander Cockburn for desert, because Scialabba's essay praising him made Cockburn's writing and personality seem as attractive as his ideas. This extended quote from the beginning of that essay demonstrates Scialabba's lucidity and range of thought and his ability to comprehend and summarize the thought of others.
On Christmas Eve 2010, Alexander Cockburn began a short column for his newsletter Counterpunch in this fashion: "The prime constant factor in American politics across the last six decades has been …" Let us pause for a moment to conjecture how commentators of diverse political complexion might have completed that sentence. The exercise might give us some sense of Cockburn's place in the culture of late-twentieth-/early-twenty-first-century journalism.
A Tea Partier might say: "… the ever-increasing tyranny of Federal bureaucracies." A paleoconservative might say: "… the expulsion of God from the public square." A neoconservative might say: "… the weakening of American resolve in the global decline of American power." A neoliberal might say: "… increasing recognition that markets work better than government intervention." A feminist or gay activist might say: "…the gradual extension of equal rights." A civil libertarian might say: "… the gradual erosion of civil liberties." An environmentalist might say: "…a blind emphasis on economic growth at all costs." A social Democrat might | 7,202 |
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Karsten Hansen, CEO of DK Technologies in Herlev, Denmark, sees the need<|fim_middle|> a problem.
Harris Broadcast Communications is highlighting Videotek test and measurement enhancements and new products at the IBC 2012 convention in Amsterdam.
We all know how fast this industry is changing, especially the technology.
With 4K solidly here and 8K on the horizon, test gear capable of 12 Gbps data rates is now on the table.
In the conclusion of this tutorial, DK-Technologies CEO Karsten Hansen explains how to achieve accurate and consistent loudness measurement. | for a significant changeover in the test, measurement and monitoring equipment needed to maintain HD quality.
It isn't enough simply to give broadcasters the tools to monitor and interrogate an HD signal; they also should have a means to make modifications to the HD datastream when needed. According to Hansen, that's especially true when it comes to metadata, 5.1 surround-sound information and closed-captioning that are part of the HD signal.
This week, Hansen discusses the test, measurement and monitoring challenges of HD and his company's approach in an audio podcast.
Today's broadcast environment requires simple, multi-level, multi-layer test and measurement tools to maintain continuity and quality of service.
It doesn't really matter where you are in the chain—acquisition, aggregation, production, post, distribution, broadcast, or streaming—when things are not right, it's | 173 |
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Explore Britain's surviving Art Deco landmarks
Architecture I by Tish Wrigley
A celebration of luxury, glamour and modernity
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The Art Deco movement is laid bare in the latest tome by architectural historian Elain Harwood, who goes inside of the UK's best surviving designs.
Art Deco Britain delves into the movement, which began in the 1920s in response to post-WW1 prosperity and as a celebration of luxury, glamour and modernity. Its popularity in the UK aligned with the leisure boom, explaining the number of hotels, cinemas, leisure centres and theatres that were built in the style.
San Remo Towers in Bournemouth by architect Hector O Hamilton (1936-38). Photography: Elain Harwood (c) 2019
St Christopher in Liverpool by architect Bernard Miller (1930-32). Photography: Elain Harwood (c) 2019
Carreras Cigarette Factory or Greater London House in London, by architects M E Collins, O H Collins & A G Porri (1926-28). Photography: Elain Harwood (c) 2019
Cambridge University Library by architect Giles Gilbert Scott (1934). Photography: Elain Harwood
Art Deco Britain is out now via Pavilion Books
Nearly a century on, Harwood says, 'I thought it was time to go back to the roots of the interwar period and show why so many of its buildings are so good.'
The book demonstrates the scope of the Art Deco movement and its pioneering architects, who built everything from private homes to factories, from churches to office buildings, from cafés to cinemas.
Wolverton House in Essex by architects Thomas Tait and Frederick McManus (1927). Photography: Elain Harwood (c) 2019
'What I love is that there was something for everyone,' says Harwood. 'From the very grand, luxurious designs of Claridges and the Park Lane Hotel, to simple cafés and shop fronts. I particularly love the cinemas – from the mad Gothic of the Tooting Granada to the smooth lines of the Apollo, Ardwick and Odeon cinemas across the country. Anyone could go to the pictures for a few pence, and enjoy warmth and luxury for a few hours.'
St Olaf's House, Hay's Wharf in London designed by architect Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel, (1930-32). Photography: Elain Harwood (c) 2019
As well as a celebration, the book is also a warning against complacency. Many of these historic buildings have fallen into disrepair and are threatened with demolition. 'Young enthusiasts are more likely to be campaigning for brutalism and even post-modernism,' says Harwood, 'but support for Art Deco is as widespread as that for buildings of earlier periods; it has come of age.'
Art Deco Britain by Elain Harwood is out now published by Pavilion Books
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I'm reading another great book called "The Long Tail" by Chris Anderson. I've linked to his blog here. The book describes how businesses have changed with the advent of new technology. This technology gives customers access to the things they really want as opposed to what makes sense for large retailers like Walmart to carry.
Anderson uses the example of Netflix and Amazon. These companies aren't constrained to only carry titles that are the most popular since there is no brick and mortar overhead. Instead, they can carry literally hundreds of thousands of titles. Even though the consumer may only purchase 100-200 of these "less popular" titles, the sum of these, the "<|fim_middle|> terms (i.e. Atlanta auto insurance or motorcycle insurance) follows this same pattern. If you're good at finding the 1000s of search terms which make up the long tail, the conversion tends to be higher and the completion lower. | long tail" makes up a huge percentage of the business.
This shift has literally changed the music, publishing and movie industry.
How does this relate to insurance SEO? Well, as you can imagine, the distribution of search | 44 |
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A Delicate Balance for At-Risk Students
by Joel Hoffmann September 9, 2013 March 15, 2022
At a San Diego County Board of Education meeting in May, Daniel Lopez stood nervously at the podium, unsure how to explain in only one minute that Tracy Thompson, a former principal in the county's Juvenile Court and Community Schools system, had changed his life.
"There's been a lot of stuff in my life that's just gone wrong," said Lopez, a student in the JCCS Metro independent study<|fim_middle|> meet yearly progress goals. States enforce local agencies' progress on those goals.
In California, local educational agencies must undergo program improvement if they miss the yearly progress goals for two straight years. In 2012, the county entered the third year of program improvement, which required the state to impose one or more federal sanctions. The state opted for the sanction that required the county to develop a new curriculum and beef up professional development for staff.
County analysts found that parts of JCCS were working. But they recommended a greater focus on academic instruction, professional development and internal progress assessment.
After reviewing the reports, Ward said he was not confident that then-JCCS Executive Director Mary Glover and her team could bring the organization out of program improvement and put it back on track to meet state standards. He has brought Stacy Spector on board as executive director. Glover is no longer employed by the Office of Education, according to a spokesperson.
Ward said the district had done its best to place removed JCCS principals in new positions within the county that are a good fit for their skill sets.
Thompson and Miyasaki both still work for the County Office of Education. Miyasaki is a coordinator for an occupational-training program and Thompson is coordinator of a gang-violence prevention program.
"I have no regrets," Ward said. "We had to take it up a few levels, and I didn't feel I had the staff to do it."
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Joel Hoffmann
Joel Hoffmann was formerly an investigative reporter for Voice of San Diego, focusing on county government, the San Diego Unified School District and the... More by Joel Hoffmann | program, who has known Thompson for five years. "When I was 8 years old, my mother died in a home invasion where they shot and killed her. Him and all of the staff at Metro, they've just helped me greatly to cope with all this and to see that education is the best goal for me — that education is really going to be where I shine."
Lopez was one of 17 speakers at the meeting who defended principals who had lost their jobs in a massive County Office of Education shakeup.
For more than an hour, the county school board considered the costs and benefits of reorganization. The exchanges between critics and county officials became heated at times, but at the heart of the debate was a crucial question about how to prepare at-risk students for success after high school.
School board member Gregg Robinson expressed concern about the county's decision not to ask JCCS leadership-position candidates directly about how they would meet students' unique social and emotional needs.
Each year, JCCS serves 12,000 students from around San Diego County who have struggled in a standard school setting. Some are court-ordered to attend schools affiliated with juvenile-detention facilities. Others attend specialized community schools, including ones that educate teenage mothers and homeless youth.
County officials defended the reorganization process. The county has since completed the reorganization, but it is too early to tell how the changes will affect student attendance and academic performance over the long run.
Pete McNamara, a teacher in the Metro independent study program who has spent 30 years working for the county, told VOSD the transition has been disorganized, and he said the county made a mistake in not keeping Thompson on as principal at Metro. McNamara was one of 10 panelists to participate in the process to interview JCCS principal candidates.
"Our style was working," he said. "Our students were graduating."
By restructuring the JCCS division and strengthening the curriculum — including a switch from a system with one executive director, one senior director and eight principals to one with an executive director, two senior directors and five principals — county Office of Education administrators said they would best position students to thrive.
"Every report that we have received, all the data we have … reflect the need for instructional changes," Randolph Ward, the county's superintendent, said at the May board meeting. "We cannot maintain the status quo."
Critics agreed that high academic standards were important, but worried any reorganization would threaten the fragile balance that has kept at-risk students in school and out of trouble.
"I'm thankful that you support my students' successes, but I feel like decisions are being made without taking my unique population of students into consideration," said Natalie Priester, a teacher at San Pasqual Academy who works with foster youth, at the May meeting.
Priester, who served on an interview panel for new JCCS principals, said many of her students had suffered abuse and needed stability in their lives after years of being shuffled through the foster-care system.
Priester argued that the county should have retained Suzanne Miyasaki, San Pasqual's principal before the reorganization.
So far, the county's efforts are in line with recommendations made in January by the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team, a group of outside consultants the district asked to analyze JCCS's management and finances.
Among the consultants' key findings was an "excessive" emphasis on supporting students' emotional needs over academic instruction at JCCS. That was one of the major points Ward raised at the May school board meeting in response to criticisms that the county was pushing out beloved principals.
The consultants also found that a lower-than-expected attendance rate in the community schools was costing JCCS more than $750,000 in yearly revenues, and the staffing level was 45.7 percent higher than comparable county systems.
The consultants acknowledged "enormous pressures" on programs like JCCS because the state had transferred the burden of caring for "California's most serious juvenile offenders" to counties without providing adequate funding over the last decade.
"Decreases in juvenile court school enrollments can take place suddenly, and can place serious short-term pressures on the budget," they wrote. "County community schools statewide have also experienced decreased enrollments for each of the past three years. Maintaining the integrity of these budgets requires great focus and efficiency."
The consultants recommended that the district cut as many as 39 support-staff positions — a projected cost savings of $2.2 million — and revamp efforts to boost revenue by increasing attendance in the community schools.
In March, the County Office of Education completed its own internal assessment of JCCS, which focused on changes necessitated by the state Department of Education placing the county in a process called program improvement.
If a local educational agency receives Title I funds — federal grants for agencies and schools with a high concentration of students from low-income households — it must consistently | 1,005 |
Adorably Delicious Pies, Cakes, Puddings and much more
Kris Holechek Peters
Ulysses Press
_**In loving memory of Mary Troyan (1907–2013) and Victoria Mikelonis (1910–2004)**_
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter 1:
No-Bake Treats
Peanut Butter Cream Cups
Raw Pecan Pie
Banana Cream Pie Crunch Cups
Ice Cream Cake Cups
Raw-berry Cream Pie
Chocolate Vanilla Puddin' Cups
Banana Split Bites
Salty Crunchy Almond Cheesecake
Grasshopper Pies
Chapter 2:
Cakelettes
Basic Chocolate Cake
Over the Rainbow Cakes
Cream-Filled Carrot Cakes
Almond Joy Pudding Cakes
Berry Banana Trifle
Strawberry Shortcakes
Boston Cream Cakes
Spotted Dick
Marble Cakes with Hot Fudge
Lemon Pudding Cakes
Rustic Rhubarb Cakes
Tiramisu
Elvis in a Jar
Apricot Almond Cake
S'mores in a Jar
Chapter 3:
Pie and Friends
Flaky Pastry Crust
Strawberry Rhubarb Pies
Cherry Crumble Pie
Lemon Meringue Pie
Peach Melba Cobbler
Apple Crisp Cups
Whole Plum Pie
Key Lime Pie
Chocolate Blueberry Crumble
Chapter 4:
Pastry
Lemon Blueberry Scone Domes
Chocolate Babka Blossoms
Raspberry Matcha Muffins
Snickerdoodle Pull-Aparts
Date and Walnut Bread
Coffee Cakes
Zucchini Apple Bread
Chapter 5:
Odds and Ends
Anise Donuts with Orange Cream
Raspberry Brownie Bombs
Pumpkin Crème Brûlée
Classic Cheesecake Cups
Baked Pineapple Pudding
Cinnamon Raisin Bagel Pudding
Raspberry Clafouti
Chapter 6:
Treats for Two
Basic Vanilla Cake for Two
Chocolate Cake for Two
Blueberry Breakfast Muffins for Two
PB Banana Cake for Two
Double the Pleasure Cookie Jar
Chapter 7:
Mixes
Brownie Mix
Cranberry Quick Bread Mix
Cherry Almond Scone Mix
Cowgirl Cookies Mix
Orange Creamsicle Cookie Mix
Chapter 8:
Jam on It!
Apple Pie Butter
Plum-berry Jam
Strawberry Rhubarb Jam
Orange and Apricot Marmalade
Vanilla Bing Jam
Chapter 9:
Toppings and Fillings
Buttercream Frosting
Custard Sauce
Creamy Custard
Chocolate Ganache
Hot Fudge Sauce
Coconut Whipped Cream
Cream Cheese Filling
Orange Cream Filling
Berry Sauce
Peanut Butter Filling
Raspberry Cream
Meringue Topping
Conversions
Index
About the Author
INTRODUCTION
Canning jars give me warm fuzzies. My great-grandmothers both canned, and their annual harvest was highly coveted in my family. As our family grew, it could sometimes get ugly in the competition to get a jar of Grandma M's pickled beets or Grandma T's pears. Canning jars are little vessels filled with love, love that keeps on giving as the jars are cycled through, year after year, batch after batch, making their way from home to home.
The great thing about the jars is their versatility. They certainly house canned items, but they are also the perfect receptacles for items you want to take on the go. I love using my favorite wide-mouth pint jar to tote along a breakfast smoothie or some iced coffee on my trek to work. A little 4-ounce jar is perfect for taking hummus for a snack, and an 8-ounce jar can carry yogurt and granola for breakfast. The uses go on and on.
But by far the most glorious use of the canning jar is for my most favorite of foods—dessert. The jars' portability makes them incredibly convenient, and a perfect, single-serving treat is a beautiful thing to present to loved ones. Even if you just want portion control, it's hard to not smile when cracking the top crust on a petite pie or scooping out a creamy mouthful of mousse. Whether you're serving a half-dozen to a table of dinner guests or presenting a sweet little jar to a coworker, each one truly does feel like a gift.
What makes these treats especially wonderful is that rather than buying some specialty dessert receptacle, the beloved canning jar can be repurposed in dozens of different ways between treats (however, it's not advised to have too much time between treats; it makes the jars quite sad and lonely).
This book is a product of my love affair with canning jar sweets, which began long ago when I first made the connection that the very same jars I submerged in my water-bath canner could also function in the oven. Amazing! It turned my baking world upside down and since then, nary a canning jar can be found in my house that doesn't contain an unexpected morsel of goodness within its glass walls.
So hold onto your jars, grab a spatula, and surprise your loved ones with some cute and resourceful treats that are sure to make them smile and say, "Nom!"
KNOW YOUR JARS
Canning jars come in an array of shapes and sizes, but for the purposes of baking, smaller is better. You can assemble a nice variety by looking at your current stash and then picking up extra jars at thrift shops and estate sales, and by rooting around through your mother's possessions (oh wait, that might just be me). If you're starting from scratch, look in the baking section of your local grocery store or in your local hardware store. Canning jars are remarkably easy to come across.
**SIZING:** The smaller jars typically come in 4-ounce, 8-ounce (half-pint), and 16-ounce (pint) sizes. You will see all three used in this book, but mostly the 4- and 8-ounce varieties. For the 8-ounce size, a variety of the shorter, fatter jars and the taller, skinnier jars will provide more versatility.
**MOUTH OPENING:** There are two standard mouth sizes for jars: standard and wide-mouthed. This difference will apply particularly when deciding what type of treat you're making. If you'll be taking the treat out of the jar to serve it, you'll want a straight-sided jar. Otherwise, a jar with the mouth narrower than its body will work.
**LIDS AND RIMS:** Depending on what kind of treat you're making, you might want to cap it up. Lids can be reused when using jars for basic things like treats, but if you are using them to actually can—to seal and store food—always use new lids. They can be purchased for next to nothing and can be found at practically any grocery store (check in the baking section or by food storage products). Additionally, local hardware stores (like Ace) typically have impressive selections of canning goods. Rims can be reused indefinitely, as long as they are in good shape and aren't rusty.
_A note on jar safety:_ When baking, be sure that you are using a proper canning jar; reusing jars from commercial food doesn't guarantee they are oven-safe. Additionally, always check for chips and cracks before baking. Be wary of baking in antique jars, as glass was tempered differently in the past; typically these are the kinds that have a blue tint and visible air bubbles in the glass. They are better suited for dry mixes and other kinds of non-heated gifts.
THE PANTRY
Here are the recommended ingredients for a well-stocked kitchen, as well as notes on ingredients I mention throughout the book:
**UNBLEACHED ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR:** This is standard white flour, sans the chemicals. You won't notice a difference, I promise.
**EVAPORATED CANE SUGAR:** This is simply regular sugar but unbleached. It is fine like granulated sugar, but it's golden rather than the sickly white color we are more accustomed to seeing. Sometimes it's labeled as "evaporated cane juice" or just "organic sugar."
**MILD VEGETABLE OIL:** This means a basic type of oil, something that has little to no flavor, such as canola, vegetable, or grapeseed oil.
**MILD VINEGAR:** I recommend regular distilled white vinegar or apple cider vinegar. White balsamic can work in a pinch, but I'd recommend against regular balsamic or anything flavored.
**NON-DAIRY MILK OF CHOICE:** Where noted, I have recommended specific types of milks for a reason, but otherwise, I test with a variety of kinds to make sure that the recipes are flexible enough to work with whatever you prefer to use.
**NON-DAIRY MARGARINE:** Look for brands like Earth Balance or Spectrum. Cheap vegetable margarines in the grocery store tend to have trace dairy products in them, in addition to being made with strange hydrogenated oil blends. Plus, most aren't suitable for baking.
**NATURAL PEANUT BUTTER:** Natural peanut butter has a more prominent flavor and is what is called for in this book. If you have peanut butter with added sugar, you may wish to reduce the overall sugar content of a recipe by a couple of teaspoons to ensure your treat is not too sweet.
**SEMISWEET CHOCOLATE CHIPS:** While some semisweet chips have dairy in them, many brands don't and you can find chips labeled as "vegan" at many health food stores.
VEGAN BAKING: WHAT THE WHAT?
Vegan baking might seem like an insurmountable challenge, but I assure you, it's easy and delicious. You won't miss those eggs or dairy a bit, I promise.
**EGGS:** Eggs provide moisture, leavening, texture, and binding for baked goods. While that sounds like a tall order, replacing them in traditional recipes is much easier than you'd anticipate. When looking to veganize a favorite recipe, look no further than the chart below:
**DAIRY:** Dairy is so easy to work around, it's silly. Long gone are the days of chalky soy milk. Now you can replace milk with loads of alternatives: almond, hemp, rice, hazelnut, sunflower seed, coconut milk, and on and on. There are also great alternatives to butter, including some tasty vegetable oil–based spreads and coconut oil. Several companies make great alternatives for yogurt and thicker creamers.
CHAPTER 1
No-Bake Treats
Sometimes you just can't turn on the oven. It's too hot, it's too sticky. Or, sometimes the oven is on the fritz. Either way, the dessert shall go on!
PEANUT BUTTER CREAM CUPS
**These lovely no-bake cups come together quickly with basic ingredients and can be made well in advance. The creamy peanut butter custard gives way to a rich chocolate bottom. They are creamy and decadent without being overly rich—perfect with a cup of coffee or tea.**
INGREDIENTS
1/4 cup non-dairy semisweet chocolate chips
1 teaspoon non-dairy margarine or coconut oil (see note)
3 tablespoons non-dairy milk of choice
1 (12.3-ounce) package silken tofu
1/3 cup natural creamy peanut butter
1/2 to 1/3 cup sifted powdered sugar, to taste
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
non-dairy semisweet chocolate chips and/or salted peanuts, for garnish (optional)
**Makes 6 cream cups**
DIRECTIONS
Set out six 4-ounce canning jars. In a small microwave-safe bowl, melt the chocolate chips, margarine or coconut oil, and milk in the microwave in 10 second increments, stirring every 15 seconds, until smooth. Divide the chocolate mixture among the jars, coating the bottoms (about 1 tablespoon per jar).
In a food processor or blender, combine the tofu and peanut butter, scraping the sides down as needed, until smooth. Add the powdered sugar and vanilla, starting with 1/2 cup sugar and adding more until you reach your desired sweetness.
Divide the peanut butter mousse among the jars (about 1/3 cup per jar). If desired, top with additional chocolate chips or peanuts to garnish, then screw on the lids. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving. These keep in the fridge for up to 4 days.
**NOTE:** If you use the coconut oil, the chocolate will get firmer in the fridge the longer it chills. If you want it to soften, just let the pudding come to room temperature for a few minutes before serving.
RAW PECAN PIE
**Raw pecan pie was one of the first raw desserts I ever had. I was scared of raw food and thought I hated pecan pie, but this instantly became one of my favorite desserts. Raw desserts are very rich, so it doesn't hurt to share...or at least pace yourself.**
INGREDIENTS
**CRUST:**
1 cup chopped raw walnuts
1/2 cup chopped raw pecans
3/4 cup chopped pitted dates
sprinkle of salt
**FILLING:**
1-1/2 cups raw halved cashews
1 cup chopped raw pecans
1/2 cup chopped pitted dates
2 tablespoons to 1/4 cup water
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
sprinkle of freshly grated nutmeg
whole raw pecans, for garnish (optional)
**Makes 6 pies**
DIRECTIONS
To make the crust, combine all the ingredients in a food processor and pulse until the dough comes together in a thick ball, scraping down the sides as needed. Divide the crust mixture among six 4-ounce canning jars and press to cover the bottoms and up the sides to about 1/2 inch under the rim.
For the filling, briefly soak the cashews, pecans, and pitted dates in water to soften, about 15 minutes. Reserving 1/4 cup of the water, drain and place the cashews, pecans, and dates in the bowl of a food processor. Blend, adding the reserved water as needed, 1 tablespoon at a time, until creamy and spreadable. Add the cinnamon and nutmeg, and pulse to combine.
Divide and spread the filling among the prepared jars. Top with whole pecans, if using. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.
BANANA CREAM PIE CRUNCH CUPS
**These pies are so simple and perfect for a hot day: the "crust" goes on top and is actually a granola that you make on the stovetop and then sprinkle over the creamy banana filling. The granola features crunchy almonds and a kiss of maple, making this treat simply sublime.**
INGREDIENTS
2 large, ripe bananas, divided
2 recipes Creamy Custard (page 15)
**MAPLE GRANOLA CRUNCH:**
4 tablespoons non-dairy margarine or coconut oil
3 tablespoons maple syrup
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon maple extract
2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats (not quick-cooking)
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
sprinkle of salt
**Makes 6 pie cups**
DIRECTIONS
Mash one of the bananas. Make the Creamy Custard recipe, mixing in the mashed banana at the end. Refrigerate to chill. Reserve other banana.
To make the maple granola, in a large skillet, melt the margarine or coconut oil over medium heat. Add the maple syrup, brown sugar, vanilla, and maple extract. Incorporate the oats and cinnamon and stir to coat. Stirring often, cook the oat mixture until the liquid is absorbed, the oats begin to toast a little, and the granola turns a golden brown, about 10 minutes. Add the walnuts and sprinkle of salt, and stir to combine.
Remove the granola from the heat and let it cool. Slice the remaining banana into 1/4-inch coins.
To assemble the cups, use 6 half-pint canning jars. Fill each jar about 1/3 of the way full with the banana cream, then add a layer of banana slices. Fill the jars with more banana cream to about 3/4 inch below the rim. Top each jar with a scoop of the maple granola crunch and garnish with the remaining banana slices.
ICE CREAM CAKE CUPS
**Petite, personal-sized ice cream cakes, à la the classic one we all grew up with, are a hit with kids and adults alike.**
INGREDIENTS
1 recipe Chocolate Ganache (page 16)
1 pint (2 cups) non-dairy chocolate ice cream
6 crushed chocolate sandwich cookies
1 pint (2 cups) non-dairy vanilla ice cream
1/2 recipe Coconut Whipped Cream (page 16)
**Makes 6 cake cups**
DIRECTIONS
Cool the Chocolate Ganache until it's warm but still spreadable. Let the chocolate ice cream sit out at room temperature until easily scoopable. Set out 6 half-pint canning jars. Scoop 1/3 cup of chocolate ice cream into the bottom of each jar, packing it down well with the back of a spoon. Sprinkle one crushed cookie into each jar.
Spread the ganache among the jars and smooth over top of the cookie crumbles. Refrigerate the jars for about 30 minutes, until the ganache is slightly firmed up. While they are in the fridge, let the vanilla ice cream soften. Once the ganache is firm to the touch (it might still be a little tacky; that's fine), top each jar with 1/3 cup of the vanilla ice cream. Pack it down. You can either spread the Coconut Cream on top of the ice cream, as a frosting, or you can pipe it out with a pastry bag to decorate.
Freeze the ice cream cups for at least 3 hours before serving.
RAW-BERRY CREAM PIE
**Oh boy, oh boy. Creamy cashews. Mellow, sweet dates. Bright, juicy strawberries. You will be the most popular person at the potluck when you present your friends with these little jars of happiness.**
INGREDIENTS
**CRUST:**
2 cups chopped raw walnuts
3/4 cup chopped pitted dates
sprinkle of salt
**FILLING:**
2 cups raw cashews
1/2 cup chopped pitted dates
2 tablespoons to 1/4 cup water
1/4 vanilla bean, scraped
2 cups hulled, halved fresh strawberries
**Makes 6 pies**
DIRECTIONS
To make the crust, combine all the ingredients in a food processor and pulse until the dough comes together in a thick ball, scraping down the sides as needed. Divide the crust mixture among six 4-ounce canning jars and press to cover the bottoms and up the sides of the jars to about 1/2 inch under the rim.
For the filling, briefly soak the cashews and pitted dates in water to soften, about 15 minutes. Reserving 1/4 cup of the water, drain and place the cashews, dates, and scraped vanilla bean seeds in the bowl of a food processor. Blend, adding the reserved water as needed, 1 tablespoon at a time, until creamy and spreadable.
Fill each jar with strawberries, reserving 1 berry half per jar for garnish, if desired. Top with filling and smooth to fill each prepared jar. Garnish with the remaining strawberries, if using.
CHOCOLATE VANILLA PUDDIN' CUPS
**Classic pudding cups are a must-have. Whether you like your pudding warm or cold, these little cups are sure to delight everyone. Soy or hemp milk will help make a richer pudding, but other non-dairy milks work fine in this recipe.**
INGREDIENTS
**VANILLA PUDDING:**
1/3 cup evaporated cane sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
2 cups non-dairy milk of choice
1 tablespoon non-dairy margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
**CHOCOLATE PUDDING:**
1/3 cup evaporated cane sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons unsweetened baking cocoa, sifted
2 cups non-dairy milk of choice
1/4 cup non-dairy semisweet chocolate chips
1 tablespoon non-dairy margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
**Makes 6 puddin' cups**
DIRECTIONS
To make the vanilla pudding, in a large saucepan, combine the sugar and cornstarch, and whisk until there are no large lumps. Whisk in the milk until combined and cook over medium-high heat, whisking constantly, until the mixture begins to bubble, 7 to 10 minutes. Lower the heat and cook until the pudding is thick and coats the back of a spoon, about 5 more minutes. Remove from the heat and mix in the margarine and vanilla, whisking until combined. Let the pudding cool for about 20 minutes, whisking every few minutes to keep a skin from forming.
To make the chocolate pudding, in a large saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch, and cocoa powder, and whisk until there are no large lumps. Whisk in the milk until combined and cook over medium-high heat, whisking constantly, until the mixture begins to bubble, 7 to 10 minutes. Lower the heat and cook until the pudding is thick and coats the back of a spoon, about 5 more minutes. Remove from the heat and mix in the chocolate chips, margarine, and vanilla extract, whisking until combined. Let the pudding cool for about 20 minutes, whisking every few minutes to keep a skin from forming.
To make the pudding cups, use a large spoon to layer six 4-ounce canning jars with pudding roughly 2 tablespoons at a time, alternating layers of vanilla and chocolate. Gently rock the jars to help the layers settle. If you're anti–pudding skin, you can press waxed paper or plastic wrap against the top layer of pudding in each jar to keep a skin from forming. Pudding can be enjoyed warm, or refrigerate for at least 2 hours if you prefer a cold pudding cup.
BANANA SPLIT BITES
**This take on the classic banana split is the perfect answer to the question "What's for dessert?" when nothing was planned. A well-stocked pantry will have most everything needed for this lazy summer treat.**
INGREDIENTS
1 recipe Chocolate Ganache (page 20)
2 ripe bananas
1 recipe Creamy Custard (page 20)
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons strawberry jam
2 tablespoons salted halved peanuts (optional)
6 maraschino cherries (optional)
**Makes 6 bites**
DIRECTIONS
Set out six 4-ounce canning jars. Divide the ganache in half, and divide one half among the bottoms of each jar.
Slice the bananas into 1/4-inch coins. Divide one of the bananas among the jars. Divide half of the custard among the jars. Repeat one more banana and custard layer. Top with 1 tablespoon of jam on top of each jar and then divide the remaining ganache on top.
Sprinkle peanuts over top of the ganache and crown it with a cherry, if desired.
SALTY CRUNCHY ALMOND CHEESECAKE
**Salty/sweet is a popular flavor combination these days, and who can blame anyone for seeking it out? This no-bake treat is the perfect combination of crunchy, salty pretzels, a thin layer of chocolate, and creamy, almond-scented cheesecake.**
INGREDIENTS
3 cups crumbled salted pretzels
1 recipe Chocolate Ganache (page 21)
1 (12.3-ounce) package silken tofu
1 (8-ounce) package non-dairy cream cheese
2/3 cup evaporated cane sugar
1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
1/2 to 1 teaspoon almond extract
almond slivers or chocolate-covered pretzels, for garnish
**Makes 6 cheesecakes**
DIRECTIONS
Divide the pretzels among 6 half-pint canning jars. Divide the ganache and drizzle over the top of the pretzel layers. Do your best to make an even layer, as this will create a barrier and help keep the pretzels crunchy. Refrigerate the jars.
In a food processor, place the tofu, cream cheese, sugar, cornstarch, and almond extract and process to combine. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed until the mixture is creamy and uniform. Taste and add more almond extract as needed, depending on strength. If you're not serving the cheesecakes the same day, keep in mind that the extract will intensify as they sit.
Divide the almond cream among the jars, cover, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving. Garnish with almonds or chocolate-covered pretzels before serving.
GRASSHOPPER PIES
**Chocolate and mint are such a lovely pairing, and this no-bake treat is a perfect way to indulge. And as I always say, never miss an opportunity to beat on something with your rolling pin.**
INGREDIENTS
12 crushed chocolate sandwich cookies
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon non-dairy margarine, melted
1 (12.3-ounce) container silken tofu
1 (8-ounce) container non-dairy cream cheese
2/3 to 3/4 cup evaporated cane sugar
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1/2 to 3/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
green food coloring (optional)
**Makes 6 pies**
DIRECTIONS
In a medium bowl, combine the crushed sandwich cookies and the melted margarine, stirring until combined. Divide it evenly among six 4-ounce canning jars. You can either press it into one thick bottom layer or press it down evenly on the bottom and halfway up the sides of the jars. Refrigerate.
In a food processor, place the tofu, cream cheese, ⅔ cup sugar, cornstarch, and 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract, and process to combine. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed until the mixture is creamy and uniform. Taste and adjust the sweetness and peppermint as needed (remember that the peppermint flavor will get more intense as it chills). Add a couple of drops of green food coloring, if using, and mix well.
Remove the cookie crusts from the fridge and evenly spoon the peppermint cream over the top of each crust. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving to allow the cream to set and the flavors to meld.
CHAPTER 2
Cakelettes
If you were to pit these jar-encased cakelettes up against regular old cupcakes in the Octagon, rest assured that these tasty morsels would emerge the victor. Your days are numbered, cupcakes.
BASIC CHOCOLATE CAKE
**This is the little black dress of cakes. It takes a strange duck to turn down moist, tender chocolate cake and rest assured, this cake has never been stood up. Serve it with a healthy schmear of Chocolate Buttercream Frosting or some lovely Berry Sauce or, if you're feeling decadent, a little of both.**
INGREDIENTS
11/3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa, sifted
2/3 cup evaporated cane sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup non-dairy milk of choice
1/4 cup non-dairy semisweet chocolate chips
1/3 cup mild vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Chocolate Buttercream Frosting (page 26) or Berry Sauce (page 26), to serve
**Makes 6 cakes**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease six 4-ounce canning jars and place them on a rimmed baking sheet.
In a small bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a large bowl, combine the milk and chocolate chips. Microwave in 15-second increments, stirring after each one, until the chocolate has melted and you can whisk them together. Add the oil and the vanilla to the chocolate mixture and whisk. Add the dry ingredients to the wet in two batches, whisking until just combined.
Bake for 16 to 19 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into a cake comes out clean. Let the cakes cool on a cooling rack. Wait until completely cool before frosting with buttercream or topping with berry sauce.
OVER THE RAINBOW CAKES
**For a quick snack, these can be baked in a tall half-pint jar, topped with a lovely vanilla buttercream, screwed with a lid, and packed into a lunchbox or bag to nosh at Pride.**
**There are natural food coloring drops available. Just be aware that the colors are much more subdued thanconventional varieties and will yield a lovely pastel rainbow.**
INGREDIENTS
11/3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
3/4 cup evaporated cane sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup non-dairy milk of choice
1/3 cup mild vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon mild vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
food coloring in several colors
1 recipe Buttercream Frosting (page 27)
**Makes 6 cakes**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F. If you want lots of frosting on the cakes, lightly grease 6 extra-tall half-pint canning jars; if going for more of a cupcake look, use six 4-ounce canning jars. Set the jars on a rimmed baking sheet.
In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a large bowl, whisk together the milk, oil, vinegar, and vanilla. Add the dry ingredients to the wet in two batches, whisking until just combined.
Divide the batter among 5 small bowls (about 1/2 cup per bowl) and add a couple of drops of food coloring to each bowl to make your desired colors. Spoon 1 full tablespoon of each color into each canning jar, layering them one on top of each other. Remember our old friend from art class, ROY G BIV, if you need help remembering which order the colors go in.
Bake for 18 to 22 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. If there are moist crumbs, that is fine. Once the cakes are completely cool, pipe the buttercream on top.
CREAM-FILLED CARROT CAKES
**A spin on the traditional carrot cake, these moist, spiced cakes are bursting with cream filling for a truly delicious surprise. You can get creative with how to top them—an additional dollop of filling, some nuts, or try your hand at some fancy carrot flowers.**
INGREDIENTS
11/3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup mild vegetable oil
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup non-dairy milk of choice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup finely shredded carrots
2 tablespoons chopped walnuts
2 tablespoons raisins
1 recipe Cream Cheese Filling (page 28)
**Makes six 4-ounce cakes or 3 half-pint cakes**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease six 4-ounce canning jars or 3 half-pint jars.
In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. In a larger bowl, cream together the sugar and vegetable oil with an electric mixer. Add the applesauce, milk, and vanilla, and mix until combined. Add the dry ingredients to the wet in two batches, until just mixed. Then add the carrots, walnuts, and raisins, gently mixing to combine.
Divide the batter among the jars, filling ⅔ of the way full. Bake for 16 to 20 minutes for the 4-ounce jars or 22 to 26 minutes for the half-pints, until a toothpick inserted into a cake comes out clean. Let the cakes cool on a wire rack.
While the cakes are cooling, prepare the Cream Cheese Filling. Once cooled, fit a pastry bag with a large star or other open tip and fill with the filling. Pushing it down into the center of each cakelette, gently apply pressure, piping the cake full of cream until you see the cake slightly rise from the pressure. You can feel free to pipe in the filling in multiple spots, to ensure you reach maximum cream-filling capacity. Wipe off any oozing custard with a clean paper towel. You can top the cakes in a variety of ways, from adding a dollop of cream filling on top to decorating with additional nuts and raisins.
ALMOND JOY PUDDING CAKES
**Uh, hello. A moist and tender chocolate cake sits atop creamy chocolate pudding, rich with coconut and chunks of almonds. Decadent? Absolutely. Simple? No doubt. You've had a long day, you deserve a luscious treat. Indulge...**
INGREDIENTS
**CAKE:**
3/4 cup shredded sweetened coconut
3/4 cup chopped almonds
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa, sifted
1/2 cup evaporated cane sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
1/2 cup non-dairy milk of choice
1 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup non-dairy semisweet chocolate chips
**TOPPING:**
1/3 cup evaporated cane sugar
3 tablespoons unsweetened baking cocoa
1 cup boiling water
**Makes 6 cakes**
DIRECTIONS
To make the cake, preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 6 half-pint canning jars and place on a rimmed baking sheet. Divide the shredded coconut and almonds among the jars, placing 3 tablespoons of each in the bottom of each jar.
In a small bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, sugar, baking powder, and salt. In a large bowl, whisk together the coconut oil, milk, almond extract, and vanilla extract. In two batches, combine the dry ingredients with the wet until just combined. Fold in the chocolate chips.
For the topping, stir together the sugar and cocoa in a small bowl until well combined
Spread 1/3 cup of batter into the bottom of each jar. Sprinkle 1 heaping tablespoon of the sugar-cocoa mixture on top of each jar, then spoon 3 tablespoons of the boiling water on top of each one. It will look muddy, but trust the process.
Bake for 16 to 20 minutes, until the cake rises to the top and the pudding bubbles around the edges. The cake should seem to float, and a toothpick inserted into a cake should still come out very wet. Let cool 15 minutes on a wire rack before serving.
BERRY BANANA TRIFLE
**This trifle recipe is light and delicious, perfect for picnics or outdoor events. Assemble them, screw on the lids, and toss them in a cooler—you'll be the most popular kid in town when you present your guests with these lovely, light, and refreshing treats. This recipe utilizes a creamy vanilla custard, cubed moist and tenderbanana cake, and whatever berries you please.**
INGREDIENTS
1-1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup neutral-tasting oil
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup mashed banana (about 2 bananas)
1/3 cup non-dairy milk of choice
1 recipe Creamy Custard (page 30)
2 cups assorted berries, large ones halved
**Makes 6 trifles**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease an 8 × 8-inch square pan.
In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a large bowl, whisk together the oil and sugar until creamy. Add bananas and milk and mix. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and whisk until just combined.
Spread into the prepared pan and bake for 32 to 38 minutes, until golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool in the pan on a wire rack for 30 minutes. Run a knife around the edge to loosen the bread, and turn out of the pan to let finish cooling on a rack. Once cooled, cut into 3/4-inch cubes.
While the bread is baking, make the custard and allow it to cool. Using 6 half-pint canning jars, layer the banana cake, custard, and berries, starting with one layer of cake cubes, then custard, then berries, and repeat.
Refrigerate until ready to serve.
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKES
**What's better than strawberry shortcake? Strawberries, cake, and coconut cream, nestled together in a portable jar, that's what.**
INGREDIENTS
1-1/3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons evaporated cane sugar, divided
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup non-dairy milk of choice
1/2 teaspoon mild vinegar
1/3 cup mild vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups chopped fresh strawberries
1 recipe Coconut Whipped Cream (page 31)
**Makes 6 cakes**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 6 tall, skinny half-pint canning jars and place them on a rimmed baking sheet.
In a small bowl, combine the flour, ⅔ cup of the sugar, and the baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a large bowl, whisk together the milk and vinegar. Add the oil and the vanilla and whisk. Add the dry ingredients to the wet in two batches, whisking until just combined.
Fill each jar 1/4 of the way full with batter. Bake for 17 to 20 minutes, or until golden and a toothpick inserted into a jar comes out clean. While the cakes are baking, combine the chopped strawberries and remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar in a large bowl. Cover and refrigerate. Prepare the Coconut Whipped Cream and refrigerate.
Let the cakes cool on a wire rack. Just before serving, carefully run a butter knife around the edge of each cake and carefully pull it out of the jar. Cut in half, horizontally. Place the bottom piece of the cake back in the jar. Spoon in 2 tablespoons of strawberries and a large dollop of the whipped cream. Top with the second half of the cake and add another layer of berries and cream. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
BOSTON CREAM CAKES
**These simple little cakes are subdued and elegant. A thick, rich ganache gives way to moist yellow cake and a luscious cream filling. Big kids and little kids alike will clamor for more.**
INGREDIENTS
11/3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
3/4 cup evaporated cane sugar
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup non-dairy milk of choice
1/3 cup mild vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon mild vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 recipe Creamy Custard (page 32)
1 recipe Chocolate Ganache (page 32)
**Makes 6 cakes**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease six 4-ounce canning jars.
In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a large bowl, whisk together the milk, oil, vinegar, and vanilla. Add the dry ingredients to the wet in two batches, whisking until just combined.
Place the jars on a rimmed baking sheet and bake for 16 to 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into a cake comes out clean. If there are moist crumbs, that is fine. Let the cakes cool completely on a wire rack.
While the cakes are baking, prepare the Creamy Custard and let it cool. Once the cakes and custard are cooled, prepare the Chocolate Ganache.
Fit a pastry bag with a large star or other open tip with the Creamy Custard. Pushing it down into the center of each cakelette, gently apply pressure, piping the cake full of cream until you see the cake slightly rise from the pressure. You can feel free to pipe in the filling in multiple spots to ensure you reach maximum cream-filling capacity. Wipe off any oozing custard with a clean paper towel.
Gently spread ganache over the filled cupcakes. Serve immediately or store covered, in the fridge. Let the cakes sit at room temperature for 15 minutes before serving.
SPOTTED DICK
**The British classic "pudding" is the original cake in a jar. Traditionally it's steamed, but this baked treatment yields a tender cake that's not too shabby for a Yank (and a vegan one, at that!).**
INGREDIENTS
1-1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 cup evaporated cane sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup non-dairy milk of choice, warmed
1/4 cup brown rice syrup or dark agave nectar
3 tablespoons mild vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup raisins
1 recipe Custard Sauce (page 33)
**Makes 4 or 8 cakes**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven 350°F. Lightly grease eight 4-ounce canning jars or 6 half-pint jars and place on a rimmed baking sheet.
In a small bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. In a large bowl, whisk together the milk, brown rice syrup or agave, oil, and vanilla. Incorporate the dry ingredients in batches, until just combined. Gently incorporate the raisins.
Fill each jar ⅔ of the way with the batter. Bake for 17 to 20 minutes for small jars or 23 to 27 minutes for large jars. Let the jars cool on a wire rack for at least 20 minutes before serving.
To serve, run a knife around the edge of the cake to loosen it. Invert onto a plate and top with Custard Sauce.
MARBLE CAKES WITH HOT FUDGE
**Chocolate and vanilla lovers of the world unite! This cake is moist and flavorful, and the swirl is so pretty. Topped with a little hot fudge, it's simply out of this world.**
INGREDIENTS
11/3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon evaporated cane sugar, divided
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1-1/4 cups non-dairy milk of choice, divided
1/2 teaspoon mild vinegar
1/3 cup mild vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 tablespoons unsweetened baking cocoa, sifted
2 tablespoons grated or shaved chocolate
1 recipe Hot Fudge Sauce (page 34)
**Makes 6 cakes**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease six 4-ounce canning jars and place on a rimmed baking sheet.
In a small bowl, combine the flour, 2/3 cup of the sugar, and the baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a large bowl, combine 1 cup of the milk and the vinegar. Whisk in the vegetable oil and vanilla. In a third bowl, combine the cocoa with the remaining 1 tablespoon sugar. Whisk to break up any clumps. Add the remaining 1/4 cup milk and the grated or shaved chocolate and stir to create a chocolaty paste.
Combine the flour mixture with the milk and vinegar mixture in two batches, mixing until just combined. Roughly divide the batter, mixing half into the bowl with the chocolate paste. Stir until just incorporated.
Spoon alternating tablespoons of vanilla and chocolate batter into the prepared jars, filling ⅔ of the way full. Draw a butter knife through the batter several times to swirl the flavors together.
Bake for 16 to 19 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Let the cakes cool on a cooling rack for at least 20 minutes before serving with Hot Fudge Sauce.
LEMON PUDDING CAKES
**This is a recipe that can cause you to think, "Uh, oh." Before it goes into the oven, its fate appears dubious, but the oven gods work their magic. The moist cake floats to the top while the tangy pudding sinks to the bottom— kitchen chemistry at its finest. For saucier cakes, reduce the cooking time by 2 minutes.**
INGREDIENTS
**PUDDING:**
1/4 cup evaporated cane sugar
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (from 1 large lemon or 2 small lemons)
3/4 cup hot water
**CAKE:**
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1/3 cup evaporated cane sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup non-dairy milk of choice
2 tablespoons mild vegetable oil
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
**Makes 6 cakes**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease six 4-ounce canning jars and place on a large rimmed baking sheet.
Begin by prepping the pudding ingredients. In a small bowl, mix together the sugar and lemon zest. Set aside. In a small stockpot, combine the lemon juice and water and bring to a boil. Once boiling, turn off the heat, but leave the pot on the burner.
To make the cake, combine the flour, cane sugar, and baking powder in a small bowl. In a larger bowl, whisk together the milk, vegetable oil, lemon zest, and vanilla to combine. Add the dry ingredients to the wet in two batches and mix until just combined.
Fill each of the jars halfway with the cake batter. Top the batter with 1-1/2 teaspoons of the sugar-zest mixture. Pour 3 tablespoons of the water–lemon juice mixture on top of each jar. DO NOT COMBINE. It will look scary, but trust me.
Bake the cakes for 14 to 16 minutes, until the cake has risen and is golden and the lemon pudding is bubbling underneath and around the edges. Let the cakes cool on a wire rack for at least 15 minutes before serving.
RUSTIC RHUBARB CAKES
**Studded within these little cakes, rhubarb shines all on its own. Simple and elegant, without being too sweet, the crunch of sugar on top gives way to tender cake with tart rhubarb goodness.**
INGREDIENTS
1-1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 cup quick-cooking oats
2/3 cup evaporated cane sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup non-dairy milk of choice
1/2 teaspoon mild vinegar
1/4 cup mild vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped rhubarb, in 1/2-inch chunks
coarse sugar, for sprinkling
**Makes 4 or 8 cakes**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease eight 4-ounce canning jars or 4 half-pint canning jars. Place the jars on a rimmed baking sheet.
In a small bowl, combine the flour, oats, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. In a large bowl, whisk the milk, vinegar, oil, and vanilla to combine. Add the dry ingredients to the wet in two batches, mixing until just combined. Gently fold in the rhubarb.
Fill each jar ⅔ of the way full with batter. Sprinkle the tops of each cake with a little of the coarse sugar.
Bake for 23 to 26 minutes for large jars and 16 to 20 for smaller jars, until they are golden and a toothpick inserted into a cake comes out clean.
TIRAMISU
**Tender cake, moist with coffee and topped with a creamy counterpart is the best way to end a meal. These cakes need to be prepared ahead of time and chilled, so it's the perfect recipe to put together early in the day so your post-dinner prep is minimal.**
INGREDIENTS
11/3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
3/4 cup evaporated cane sugar
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup non-dairy milk of choice
1/3 cup mild vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon mild vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 recipe Creamy Custard (page 37)
1/4 cup strong brewed coffee
2 tablespoons unsweetened baking cocoa powder, sifted
**Makes 6 cakes**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease six 4-ounce canning jars. Place the jars on a rimmed baking sheet.
In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a large bowl, whisk together the milk, oil, vinegar, and vanilla. Add the dry ingredients to the wet in two batches, mixing until just combined. Fill each jar halfway with batter.
Bake for 16 to 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into a cake comes out clean. If there are moist crumbs, that is fine. Let the cakes cool on a wire rack most of the way.
While the cakes are baking, prepare the Creamy Custard and let it cool. Prepare the coffee and set aside.
Pour 2 teaspoons of the coffee over each cake, distributing as evenly as possible. Whisk up the Creamy Custard to blend any lumps. Divide the cream over the top of each cake, smoothing the tops. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.
Right before serving, dust each jar with 1 teaspoon of cocoa powder on top.
ELVIS IN A JAR
**The peanut butter–banana combo needs no explanation. It's no wonder that it was a favorite of the King's. Add some chocolate and now we're really talking.**
INGREDIENTS
1-1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup mild vegetable oil
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup mashed banana (about 2 bananas)
1/3 cup non-dairy milk of choice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 recipe Peanut Butter Filling (page 38)
1 recipe Chocolate Ganache (page 38)
salted whole or halved peanuts, for garnish (optional)
**Makes 6 cakes**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease and flour six 4-ounce canning jars. Place on a rimmed baking sheet and set aside.
In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a larger bowl, whisk the oil and sugar until creamy. Add the banana, milk, and vanilla, and whisk well. Add the dry ingredients to the wet in two batches, whisking until just mixed.
Divide the batter evenly among the jars, filling just over halfway. Bake for 14 to 17 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into a cake comes out clean. Let cool completely on a rack.
While the cakes are baking, make the Peanut Butter Filling and let cool in the fridge.
Just before assembling, make the Chocolate Ganache and set aside. Fill a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip with the Peanut Butter Filling. Insert the tip into the top of each banana cake, gently piping until you see the cake gently rise and resist. Remove the tip and repeat with each cake.
If you have extra filling, I sometimes like to spread a healthy schmear on top of each cake and smooth it out. Then divide the ganache among the jars and gently smooth over top of the peanut butter–filled cakes. Garnish with peanuts, if desired.
APRICOT ALMOND CAKE
**Fragrant apricot jam soaks into the bottom of a tender almond cake, creating an elegant grown-up treat; it's so tasty that you will feel good about hiding in the kitchen to chow down on a second helping.**
INGREDIENTS
1 cup apricot jam
1-1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1/3 cup almond meal
2/3 cup evaporated cane sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup non-dairy milk of choice
1/2 teaspoon mild vinegar
3 tablespoons mild vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup chopped almonds
**Makes 4 or 8 cakes**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease eight 4-ounce canning jars or 4 half-pint canning jars. Place the jars on a rimmed baking sheet and divide the apricot jam between the prepared jars.
In a small bowl, combine the flour, almond meal, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. In a large bowl, whisk together the milk, vinegar, oil, and vanilla. Add the dry ingredients to the wet in two batches, whisking until just combined.
Fill each jar ⅔ of the way full. Gently smooth the batter and top with a sprinkle of the chopped almonds.
Bake for 23 to 26 minutes for large jars and 16 to 20 minutes for smaller jars, until the cakes are golden and a toothpick inserted in the center of a cake comes out clean of batter (there might be some apricot jam; that's fine).
Let cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes before serving.
S'MORES IN A JAR
**These s'mores are a riff on the classic: graham cracker–flavored cake covered in a layer of creamy chocolate ganache and then topped with vegan marshmallows, lightly broiled to brown them. There are several companies that make vegan marshmallows, and you should be able to find them at your local health food store or online.**
INGREDIENTS
11/3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2/3 cup evaporated cane sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup non-dairy milk of choice
1/4 cup mild vegetable oil
2 tablespoons maple syrup or agave nectar
1 tablespoon molasses
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 recipe Chocolate Ganache (page 40)
1 cup vegan marshmallows (see note)
**Makes 6 cakes**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 6 half-pint canning jars. Wide-mouth jars work best for these. Set the jars on a rimmed baking sheet.
In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a large bowl, whisk together the milk, oil, maple syrup or agave, molasses, and vanilla. Add the dry ingredients to the wet in two batches, whisking until just combined.
Fill each prepared jar 1/2 full of batter and bake for 18 to 22 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into a cake comes out clean. If there are moist crumbs, that is fine. Let the cakes cool on a cooling rack. While the cakes are cooling, prepare the Chocolate Ganache.
Spread ganache over tops of the cooled cakes (it's fine if they are still warm). At this point, you can reserve the cakes for serving later or proceed. These cakes are best served warm and gooey, but you can always reheat them from room temp by either toasting them in the oven at 350°F for 2 to 3 minutes or microwaving for 45 seconds to 1 minute. If you microwave them, remember to remove the lid and ring!
Right before serving, preheat the oven's broiler to high. Divide the marshmallows and sprinkle them on top of each jar. Place the jars under the broiler, with at least 1 inch of space, for 30 seconds to 1 minute, until the marshmallows are lightly browned.
**NOTE:** The two leading vegan marshmallow companies make fairly large marshmallows. If you would like smaller pieces to top your jars, cut the marshmallows with a sharp knife, then dust the exposed edges with powdered sugar to keep them from sticking.
CHAPTER 3
Pie and Friends
Pie isn't just a food: it's a lifestyle. You have your pie days, sure, but other days are better suited for a crisp or a cobbler. And then there are those crumble occasions. Never fear, you're covered.
FLAKY PASTRY CRUST
**This pastry crust is all you could ever ask for—tender and moist, it browns nicely and results in a flaky crust that will make your granny jealous. If you use a food processor to pull it together, you'll be the big winner because then it's completely effortless.**
INGREDIENTS
1-1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon evaporated cane sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons (1 stick) cold non-dairy margarine, cut into chunks
1 to 2 tablespoons cold water
**Makes 6 to 8 mini pie crusts**
DIRECTIONS
In a bowl or food processor, combine the flour, sugar, and salt. Using a pastry blender or strong fork, work in the cold margarine until it resembles a coarse meal; if using the processor, add the margarine and pulse to form a coarse meal. Add just enough water to make the dough come together. Flatten it into a disk, wrap it in plastic wrap or waxed paper, and then refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, or up to 3 days.
STRAWBERRY RHUBARB PIES
**Strawberry and rhubarb are such a heavenly pairing—tangy and sweet, they create a perfect filling underneath a flaky, buttery crust.**
INGREDIENTS
1 pound rhubarb, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 pound fresh strawberries, hulled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
3/4 cup evaporated cane sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
2 recipes Flaky Pastry Crust (page 43)
non-dairy ice cream, to serve
**Makes 6 pies**
DIRECTIONS
In a large bowl, combine the rhubarb and strawberries. In a small bowl, whisk together the sugar and cornstarch. Sprinkle the sugar mixture over the fruit and toss to coat. Let sit for 30 minutes, mixing occasionally.
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Set out six 4-ounce canning jars on a rimmed baking sheet. Remove the Flaky Pastry Crust from the fridge and divide a little unevenly, about a 1/3 and 2/3 split. Return the smaller piece to the fridge. Divide the large piece into 6 balls. On a floured surface, roll out each ball to about 6 inches in diameter. Place one crust inside each of the jars and flatten across the bottom and up the sides, until it reaches the top and comes over the edge just a little bit. Refrigerate the jars for about 10 minutes.
Take out the remaining crust and divide into 6 even pieces and roll out on a floured surface, making pie crust tops about 4 inches in diameter, or about 1 inch wider than the tops of your jars. Cut a little vent hole in the middle with a knife or a small cookie cutter.
Remove the jars from the fridge and divide the strawberry-rhubarb mixture among the jars, filling them rather full, as the filling will shrink once baked. Top each jar with one of the pie tops and pinch the dough to seal with the bottom crust. You might need a little water to get the crust to stick.
Bake for 23 to 28 minutes, until the crusts are golden and the filling is bubbling from the vent.
Let the pies cool on a rack for at least 1 hour before serving. The filling needs to set or it will be rather soupy when you dig into it.
Serve à la mode with your favorite non-dairy ice cream.
CHERRY CRUMBLE PIE
**These sweet little pies are flexible: top them with the crumble or opt to use the pie crust scraps to make darling little lattice tops. Either way, they will be adorable and delicious. You aren't limited to cherries, of course—this recipe will be tasty with berries as well.**
INGREDIENTS
**PIES:**
1/4 cup evaporated cane sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
2 cups pitted cherries (fresh or frozen), coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 recipe Flaky Pastry Crust (page 45)
**CRUMBLE TOPPING:**
2 tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon oats (quick-cooking or old-fashioned)
1 tablespoon evaporated cane sugar
1 tablespoon cold non-dairy margarine
**Makes 6 pies**
DIRECTIONS
Set aside six 4-ounce canning jars.
Starting with the pie filling, combine the sugar and cornstarch in the bottom of a medium saucepan. Over medium heat, whisk until combined. Add the cherries and water and cook, stirring often, until the sugar mixture is dissolved and the filling starts to thicken and coats the back of a spoon. Remove from the heat and stir in the lemon juice. Let the filling cool.
Meanwhile, make the crumble topping by combining the flour, oats, and sugar in a bowl. Mix in the margarine by hand, moving quickly to keep from melting the margarine, until it makes a coarse meal. Refrigerate until ready to use.
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Remove the crust from the fridge and divide into 6 equally sized pieces. Gently roll out the disks on a floured surface until they are 5 to 6 inches across. Press the dough into each jar, creating a 1/4-inch-thick crust that covers the bottoms and comes all the way up the sides of the jar. Be sure to work quickly so you don't get the dough too warm. If that happens, just finish putting the crust in the jars and then chill them for 15 minutes before proceeding. If you have remaining crust, you can roll it out and cut it into 1/8-inch strips to create lattice tops for some of the pies. Otherwise, discard any leftover crust.
Place the jars on a rimmed baking sheet and fill each crust just to the top with pie filling and either top with the crumble or with pie crust. Bake for 23 to 28 minutes, until the topping is golden. Let the pies cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes before serving.
LEMON MERINGUE PIE
**Who doesn't love tangy lemon meringue pie? It's a summer barbecue classic!**
INGREDIENTS
1 recipe Flaky Pastry Crust (page 46)
2/3 cup evaporated cane sugar
2 teaspoons unbleached all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons cornstarch
pinch of salt
3/4 cup water
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
1 recipe Meringue Topping (page 46)
**Makes 6 pies**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Place six 4-ounce canning jars on a rimmed baking sheet. Divide the pie crust among the jars and press down firmly into the bottom of each jar, creating a thick, solid layer of crust. Poke with a fork to create some air holes.
Bake for 9 to 12 minutes, until golden and puffy. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack.
While the crusts are cooling, prepare the filling. In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar, flour, cornstarch, and salt. Whisk in the water. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Reduce the heat to low and whisk until thickened, approximately 5 minutes. Add the lemon zest and juice, and whisk to combine. Continue whisking until bubbling in the center, then continue to bubble for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and pour into a heatproof bowl. Let sit, stirring occasionally, until fairly cool.
Pour the lemon filling into each jar, filling to 1/2 inch from the top. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours (preferably overnight) before serving.
Top with each pie with a dollop of the Meringue Topping. If you would like, place the pies under the broiler on low heat, keeping an eye and not exceeding 30 seconds so your meringue doesn't melt. Serve immediately.
PEACH MELBA COBBLER
**Peach melba is a superb flavor combination. Sweet, juicy peaches and tart raspberries work together like best friends to actually taste like summer. Add tender cobbler topping and it's just plain heavenly.**
INGREDIENTS
4 to 5 large peaches, cored and chopped into 1/2-inch pieces (about 4 cups)
2 cups fresh raspberries
1/2 cup evaporated cane sugar, divided
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons non-dairy margarine, melted
3/4 cup non-dairy milk of choice
**Makes 6 cobblers**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Lightly grease 6 half-pint jars. Place the jars on a rimmed baking sheet.
In a large bowl, combine the peach slices, raspberries, and 1/4 cup of the sugar. In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add the margarine and milk and gently mix until just combined.
Divide the peach mixture between the 6 jars. Top each jar with about 1/3 cup of cobbler topping, filling each to about 1/2 inch under the rim.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the cobbler has risen and is golden and the peaches and raspberries are bubbling. A knife inserted in each jar should yield tender peaches, the cobbler topping should be tender, and the knife should come out clean of batter (there might be fruit juices, though).
Let the cobblers cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes before serving.
APPLE CRISP CUPS
**Apple crisp is a classic treat and most of the ingredients are usually around your house, so it's quick to throw together when your sweet tooth announces itself. For a twist on the classic, swap out pears for the apples and ground ginger for the cinnamon.**
INGREDIENTS
4 to 5 large, sweet apples, peeled, cored, and sliced into 1/2-inch pieces (about 5 cups)
1/3 cup plus 1/4 cup evaporated cane sugar, divided
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 cup oats (quick-cooking or old-fashioned)
4 tablespoons (1/4 cup) cold non-dairy margarine
**Makes 6 crisps**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 6 half-pint jars.
In a large bowl, combine the apple slices, 1/4 cup of the sugar, and the cinnamon and lemon juice. Toss to combine.
In a small bowl, combine the flour, remaining 1/3 cup sugar, and oats. Using a pastry cutter or the back of a fork, work in the margarine until it becomes a coarse meal.
Fill each jar with apple slices. Pack them well, as the apples will shrink during baking. Pack the top of each jar with the oat mixture. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until the topping is golden and the apples are tender when pierced with a knife.
Let the crisps cool on a cooling rack for 20 minutes before serving. If not serving immediately, cover and store in the fridge, and warm them up right before serving.
WHOLE PLUM PIE
**This is one of those recipes that reminds you that all that matters in life is good ingredients. You don't need to get overly fancy to make something that will absolutely rock your taste buds.**
INGREDIENTS
6 small, ripe plums
2 tablespoons evaporated cane sugar
2 recipes Flaky Pastry Crust (page 51)
Makes 6 pies DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Place six 4-ounce canning jars on a rimmed baking sheet.
Score each plum into quarters, just to pull out the pit. Sprinkle the cut sides of each plum with 1 teaspoon of sugar.
Divide the pastry dough into 6 roughly equal balls. On a floured surface, roll out each ball until it's 5 to 6 inches across. Take a plum and place it in the center of a ball of dough, keeping it together so it looks like a whole plum. Wrap the pastry dough up and around the plum, gathering the dough at the top. Leave a little air vent in the pastry, and then place the dough-covered plum into a jar. Repeat with the remaining plums. If you have any scraps or extra bits of dough, you can get creative and add some shapes or cutouts to the exposed parts of the pies.
Bake the pies for 20 to 25 minutes, until the crust is golden and the plum juices are starting to bubble out of the air hole. Allow the pies to cool on a wire rack for 1 hour before serving.
KEY LIME PIE
**Creamy, luscious key lime pie is nothing short of heavenly. You can use regular limes, but if key limes are available, they are always worth it.**
INGREDIENTS
1 cup raw cashews
1 recipe Flaky Pastry Crust (page 52)
2/3 cup evaporated cane sugar
2 teaspoons unbleached all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons cornstarch
pinch of salt
3/4 cup water
1 teaspoon grated lime zest
1/3 cup key lime juice
Coconut Whipped Cream (page 52), to serve
**Makes 6 pies**
DIRECTIONS
Soak the cashews in a bowl with enough water to cover for 1 hour.
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Place six 4-ounce canning jars on a rimmed baking sheet. Divide the pie crust among the jars and press down firmly into the bottom of each jar, creating a thick, solid layer of crust. Poke with a fork to create some air holes.
Bake for 9 to 12 minutes, until golden and puffy. Remove from the oven and let cool.
While the crusts are cooling, prepare the filling. In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar, flour, cornstarch, and salt. Whisk in the water. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Reduce the heat to low and whisk until thickened, approximately 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and pour into the bowl of a blender or food processor. Drain the cashews well and add to the bowl. Mix until the nuts are processed and the filling is creamy, stopping to scrape down the sides as needed. Return to the saucepan over medium-low heat, add the lime zest and juice, and whisk to combine. Continue whisking until bubbling in the center, another 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and transfer to a heatproof bowl. Let sit, stirring occasionally, until fairly cooled.
Pour the lime filling into each jar, filling to 1/2 inch from the top. Refrigerate the pies for at least 3 hours (preferably overnight), before serving. Top with a dollop of Coconut Whipped Cream just before serving.
CHOCOLATE BLUEBERRY CRUMBLE
**No one ever turns their nose up at blueberry crumble, but add a little chocolate and a hint of balsamic tang and you've turned Grandma's staple into haute cuisine. It's incredible warm, with a little scoop of vanilla ice cream on top, but the leftovers also hold their own. I've never been a fan of cold pizza for breakfast, but a chilled jar of this crumble with coffee is simply sublime.**
INGREDIENTS
**CRUMBLE TOPPING:**
1/2 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1/4 cup quick-cooking oats
1/4 cup evaporated cane sugar
4 tablespoons (1/4 cup) cold non-dairy margarine
**FILLING:**
1/4 cup evaporated cane sugar
1 tablespoon unsweetened baking cocoa, sifted
2 tablespoons shaved chocolate
1 pint (2 cups) fresh blueberries
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
**Makes 6 crumbles**
DIRECTIONS
For the crumble topping, combine the flour, oats, and sugar in a small bowl. Stir to combine, then cut in the cold margarine using a pastry blender or the back of a strong fork. Blend until it comes together as loose crumbs. Refrigerate until ready to use.
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease six 4-ounce canning jars. Place the jars on a rimmed baking sheet.
To make the filling, stir together the sugar, cocoa, and shaved chocolate in a large bowl to combine. Toss the blueberries in the mixture. Whisk together the balsamic and vanilla, and sprinkle it over the blueberry mixture. Gently toss to combine.
Divide the blueberry mixture among the jars. There will be some of the dry mixture that sinks to the bottom of your mixing bowl; sprinkle it over the tops of the berries. Retrieve the crumble topping from the fridge and sprinkle over the top of each jar evenly, gently pressing it down.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until the topping is golden and the blueberry mixture is bubbling around the edges. Let cool on a rack for 10 minutes before serving.
CHAPTER 4
Pastry
Here we find treats more understated in sweetness but bursting with just as much flavor. These bites work equally well in bookending a good meal as they do paired with your morning cup of joe.
LEMON BLUEBERRY SCONE DOMES
**These lovely little scones have a bright citrus taste and a mild sweetness that's perfect paired with a cup of tea. I recommend using Meyer lemons for optimal flavor. Since lemons and blueberries are very summery, in the winter try mixing it up by replacing the lemon with orange and the blueberries with chocolate chips.**
INGREDIENTS
3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 cup rolled oats (old-fashioned or quick-cooking)
3 tablespoons evaporated cane sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons cold non-dairy margarine
grated zest and juice of 1 lemon (preferably Meyer)
1/3 cup non-dairy milk of choice
1/2 cup fresh blueberries
Makes 6 scones DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F and lightly grease six 4-ounce canning jars. Place the jars on a rimmed baking sheet.
In a medium bowl, combine the flour, oats, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Using a pastry blender or the back of a fork, blend in the cold margarine until it resembles a coarse meal. In a small bowl, combine the lemon zest, lemon juice, and milk, then add the liquid to the dry meal and mix until just combined. Add the blueberries and gently combine.
Fill each canning jar to just under the rim. Bake for 17 to 23 minutes or until the scones are risen and golden. Let cool on a rack for 15 minutes before serving.
CHOCOLATE BABKA BLOSSOMS
**These tender little babkas are both tasty and eye-catching, making for a perfect snack with tea or as a sweet brunch treat. This recipe makes 6 large babkas or 12 small, ensuring that no one has to go without. Soy or hemp milks are best here.**
INGREDIENTS
**DOUGH:**
2/3 cup warm non-dairy milk of choice
1 (1/4-ounce) packet active dry yeast
1/4 cup evaporated cane sugar, divided
4 tablespoons (1/4 cup) non-dairy margarine, melted
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, plus additional for dusting
**FILLING:**
3 tablespoons evaporated cane sugar
3 tablespoons unsweetened baking cocoa, sifted
3/4 cup chopped non-dairy semisweet chocolate
3 tablespoons non-dairy margarine, melted
1/4 cup chopped almonds
**Makes 6 or 12 babkas**
DIRECTIONS
To make the cake, place the milk, yeast, and 2 tablespoons of the sugar in a large bowl and let the yeast proof (become foamy) for about 5 minutes. Add the remaining sugar and melted margarine, and whisk. In a medium bowl, mix the salt with the flour and begin to incorporate into the milk mixture, 1/2 cup at a time, until a soft dough comes together. Gently knead the dough on a floured surface until it is smooth and elastic, 5 to 7 minutes. Place it back in the bowl, cover with a dish towel, and let it rise until doubled in size, about 1-1/2 hours.
Around the time the dough has risen, make the filling. Mix together the sugar, cocoa powder, and chocolate, and stir in the melted margarine to make a sort of chunky chocolate paste. Add the almonds and stir well. Set aside.
Lightly grease twelve 4-ounce canning jars or 6 half-pint jars.
Lightly flour a work surface. Punch down the dough and turn out onto the surface. Roll out the dough into an approximately 9 × 13-inch rectangle. Spread the chocolate mixture over the dough, leaving a 1/2-inch border around the edge. The way you will roll it will depend on if you are making 12 small babkas or 6 larger ones. If you are making 12 small ones, start on the long edge and roll, making it a long, skinny roll. If you are making the larger rolls, roll it from the shorter edge, making a fatter roll.
For 12 small babkas, cut the dough in half. Cut each of those halves in half. Now divide each of the 4 segments into 3 slices. Place each roll into a prepared 4-ounce jar.
For 6 large babkas, cut the roll in half. Cut each of those halves into 3 slices and place each one into a lightly greased half-pint jar.
Place the jars on a rimmed baking sheet and cover with a dish towel. Allow the rolls to rise until they are about 1-1/2 times the size they were when you started, about 45 minutes. Preheat the oven to 375°F and bake for 18 to 23 minutes for the small babkas or 23 to 27 minutes for the large ones, until golden and "blooming" in the jars.
Let cool on a wire rack for at least 20 minutes before serving.
RASPBERRY MATCHA MUFFINS
**Matcha is a green tea powder that adds a lovely flavor and green hue to everything it touches. These tender muffins are punctuated with bursts of tart raspberries for a delightful combination. Matcha powder can be very pricey by the jar or box, so check to see if your store offers teas in bulk; it's much more economical for smaller amounts.**
INGREDIENTS
1-1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2/3 cup evaporated cane sugar
1 tablespoon matcha powder
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup non-dairy milk of choice
1/2 teaspoon mild vinegar
1/4 cup mild vegetable oil
1 cup fresh raspberries
coarse sugar, for sprinkling
**Makes 4 or 8 muffins**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 4 half-pint or eight 4-ounce canning jars. Place the jars on a rimmed baking sheet.
In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, matcha, baking powder, and salt. In a large bowl, combine the milk, vinegar, and oil. Add the dry ingredients to the wet in two batches, mixing until just combined. Gently fold in the raspberries.
Fill each jar 2/3 of the way full with batter. Sprinkle the tops of each muffin with a little of the coarse sugar.
Bake for 23 to 26 minutes for large muffins and 16 to 20 for smaller muffins, until they are a darker green and a toothpick inserted in the middle of a muffin comes out clean. Let cool for at least 20 minutes before serving.
SNICKERDOODLE PULL-APARTS
**I love a good breakfast pastry. We name them as such so we can excuse having dessert upon waking. These adorable, individual pull-aparts bring a classic cookie to the table and they look absolutely charming. You can even prep them overnight, so they're fresh and yeasty the next morning. Soy or hemp milks are best for this recipe.**
INGREDIENTS
1/3 cup warm non-dairy milk of choice
1 (1/4-ounce) packet active dry yeast
1/2 cup evaporated cane sugar, divided
6 tablespoons non-dairy margarine, melted, divided
1/3 teaspoon salt
2-1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, plus additional for dusting
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
**Makes 6 pull-aparts**
DIRECTIONS
In a large bowl, place the milk, yeast, and 2 tablespoons of the sugar and let the yeast proof (become foamy) for about 5 minutes. Add 2 more tablespoons sugar and 4 tablespoons of the melted margarine and whisk. In a small bowl, mix the salt with the flour and begin to incorporate into the milk mixture, in two parts, until a soft dough comes together. Gently knead the dough on a floured surface until it is smooth and elastic, 5 to 7 minutes. Place it back in the bowl, cover with a dish towel, and let it rise until doubled in size, about 1-1/2 hours.
Combine the remaining 1/4 cup sugar and the cinnamon in a small bowl and set aside. Lightly grease 6 half-pint canning jars and set on a rimmed baking sheet.
Lightly flour a work surface. Punch down the dough and turn out onto the surface. Roll out the dough into an approximately 10 × 12-inch rectangle. Brush the top with the remaining 2 tablespoons melted margarine, then sprinkle the cinnamon-sugar mixture evenly over the top of the pastry. Using a pizza cutter or a sharp knife, cut the dough into 2-inch squares, creating 30 squares of dough. Stack them on top of each other, 5 slices high, to create 6 stacks of 5 slices. Carefully tip the stacks sideways and slide them into each prepared jar, like you are filing the slices of dough.
Cover with a towel and let them rise until doubled, about 45 minutes. Conversely, if you are making these the night before, cover with a dish towel and place in the fridge. Be sure to remove them from the fridge 1 hour before baking the next morning.
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Bake the pull-aparts for 23 to 27 minutes, until lightly browned and they are risen and are poking out of the jar tops. Let cool on a wire rack for at least 20 minutes before serving.
**NOTE:** You can make an optional glaze to drizzle over the top of the finished rolls by combining 1 tablespoon non-dairy milk with 1/3 to 1/2 cup powdered cane sugar. Whisk to combine and adjust to your preferred level of sweetness and thickness, then drizzle over the top of the pastries after they have slightly cooled.
DATE AND WALNUT BREAD
**Busting out your pint-sized canning jars will ensure you end up with two tender, moist loaves of bread, lightly sweetened and speckled with delicious chunks of dates and nuts. Plus, you can serve your friends and family round slices of bread—how fun is that?!**
INGREDIENTS
1-1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1/3 cup evaporated cane sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon or cardamom
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup non-dairy milk of choice
1/2 teaspoon mild vinegar
3 tablespoons mild vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup chopped pitted dates
1/3 cup chopped walnuts
**Makes two 1-pint loaves**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Lightly grease two 1-pint canning jars and place on a rimmed baking sheet.
In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon or cardamom, and salt. In a large bowl, combine the milk and vinegar. Whisk in the vegetable oil and vanilla. In two batches, incorporate the dry ingredients into the wet until just mixed. Gently fold in the dates and walnuts.
Divide the batter between the 2 prepared jars. Bake for 27 to 32 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into a loaf comes out clean and the loaves are golden brown.
COFFEE CAKES
**I can think of no better way to earn the affections of your coworkers than to gift them with lovely little jars of coffee cake. When the work is piling up, a little sumthin' sumthin' with their morning coffee is sure to save a week on the brink.**
INGREDIENTS
**TOPPING:**
1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons evaporated cane sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
dash of freshly grated nutmeg
4 tablespoons (1/4 cup) melted non-dairy margarine
2/3 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
**CAKE:**
1-1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2/3 cup evaporated cane sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup non-dairy milk of choice
1/2 teaspoon mild vinegar
3 tablespoons mild vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
**Makes 4 or 8 cakes**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 4 half-pint or eight 4-ounce canning jars. Place the jars on a rimmed baking sheet.
To make the topping, combine the sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a small bowl. Add the melted margarine and stir until creamy. Use a pastry blender or the back of a strong fork to work in the flour until combined and it looks and feels like wet sand. Refrigerate.
For the cake, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a small bowl. In a large bowl, whisk together the milk, vinegar, oil, and vanilla. Add the dry ingredients to the wet in two batches, mixing until just combined.
Fill each jar ⅔ of the way full. Retrieve the topping from the fridge and divide the crumble among the jars, pressing it down lightly. Bake for 25 to 28 minutes for large cakes and 18 to 23 for smaller cakes, until they are golden and a toothpick inserted in the middle of a cake comes out clean.
Let cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes before serving.
ZUCCHINI APPLE BREAD
**Zucchini bread is always a winner and a great way to absorb an abundance of the little green squash we all find ourselves with in the summer. But the addition of dried apples, toothsome and intensely flavored, perks up this classic. If you'd like, raisins can easily sub for the apples, or you can take it in a totally different direction with chopped dates or dried cranberries. This is a flexible recipe.**
INGREDIENTS
1-1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 cup quick-cooking oats
3/4 cup evaporated cane sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon salt
3/4 plus 2 tablespoons non-dairy milk of choice
1/2 teaspoon mild vinegar
1/3 cup mild vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup shredded zucchini
3/4 cup chopped dried apples
**Makes three 1-pint loaves**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease three 1-pint jars. Place the jars on a rimmed baking sheet.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, oats, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. In a large bowl, whisk together the milk, vinegar, oil, and vanilla. Incorporate the dry ingredients into the wet in batches, until just combined. Gently fold in the zucchini and dried apple chunks until just incorporated.
Fill each jar 3/4 full and bake for 28 to 35 minutes, or until golden and a toothpick inserted into a loaf comes out clean. Let the bread cool on a rack before serving.
CHAPTER 5
Odds and Ends
"Odds and Ends" is a nice catchall for the moist crumbs and sweet bites that defy categorization. Kicking and screaming, we force them into this category where they learn to live peacefully and to respect their culinary diversity.
ANISE DONUTS WITH ORANGE CREAM
**Anise is a favorite old-world flavor of mine. It transports me to my grandma's kitchen, where I would eat anise cookies while she gossiped in Polish on the phone with her friends. As an adult, I encountered the French gibassier, an anise donut of sorts, speckled with candied orange, and was delighted to see my beloved, underrepresented anise in a pastry. This is my own twist on that, a tender baked donut, piped with a creamy orange filling. Soy or hemp milks are best for this recipe, as they have higher fat contents than some other non-dairy milks.**
INGREDIENTS
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons evaporated cane sugar, divided
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground anise seed or 1/4 teaspoon anise extract
1/2 cup non-dairy milk of choice
1/2 teaspoon mild vinegar
1/4 cup non-dairy margarine, melted
1 recipe Orange Cream Filling (page 68)
**Makes 6 donuts**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease and flour six 4-ounce canning jars. Place on rimmed baking sheet and set aside.
In a small bowl, combine the flour, 1/2 cup of the sugar, and the baking powder, salt, and anise seed (if using extract, reserve). Whisk to combine. In a larger bowl, whisk the milk and vinegar to combine. Whisk in the margarine and anise extract, if using. In two batches, incorporate the wet ingredients into the dry until just mixed.
Divide the batter evenly among the jars. Bake for 14 to 17 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Let them cool completely on a rack.
While the donuts are baking, prepare the Orange Cream and refrigerate. Once the donuts are cooled, spoon the cold Orange Cream into a pastry bag fitted with a large tip. Insert the tip into the middle of each donut and gently pump the filling inside, watching until they gently rise. Remove the tip before rupturing the donut and repeat. Top each donut with 1 teaspoon of the reserved sugar to coat the top.
RASPBERRY BROWNIE BOMBS
**Rich, fudgy brownies topped with tangy raspberry cream. If you find yourself sleep-eating these at 3 a.m.—sprawled out in your kitchen, pajamas askew, lit by the fridge door you left ajar in haste— don't say I didn't warn you!**
INGREDIENTS
3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 cup evaporated cane sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa, sifted
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup non-dairy margarine, melted
1/3 cup non-dairy milk of choice, at room temperature
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup non-dairy semisweet chocolate chips
1 recipe Raspberry Cream (page 69)
1/2 cup fresh raspberries
**Makes 6 brownie bombs**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Lightly grease six 4-ounce canning jars and place on a rimmed baking sheet.
In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, and salt. In a large bowl, whisk together the melted margarine, milk, and vanilla. In two batches, combine the wet ingredients with the dry. Add the chocolate chips and stir until combined.
Divide the batter and fill each jar 1/3 full, smoothing the batter to level it out. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, until the brownies are puffy and a toothpick inserted into a brownie comes out with moist crumbs, but not batter. Let cool completely on a cooling rack.
While the brownies are cooking, prepare the Raspberry Cream.
To serve, divide the fresh raspberries among the jars and place them on top of the brownies, in the center. Top each one with a large dollop of Raspberry Cream.
PUMPKIN CRÈME BRÛLÉE
**Creamy, spiced pumpkin with a crisp sugar crust is as elegant as it is comforting.**
INGREDIENTS
3/4 cup non-dairy milk of choice
1/2 cup raw cashews
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons evaporated cane sugar, divided
1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin purée (not pumpkin pie mix)
1/4 cup maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon salt
**Makes 6 crème brûlées**
DIRECTIONS
Set aside six 4-ounce canning jars
In a small bowl, combine the milk and cashews. Let them soak for about 30 minutes. Place the milk and cashews in a food processor or blender container. Purée until creamy. Add 1/2 cup of the sugar and the remaining ingredients, and blend until creamy, scraping down the sides as needed, about 2 minutes.
Pour the pumpkin mixture into a saucepan over medium heat, stirring often, until it begins to bubble and thicken, about 5 minutes. Fill each jar to just under the brim, leaving about 1/4 inch of space. Refrigerate the jars until ready the serve.
Just before serving, sprinkle 1 tablespoon of the remaining sugar over the top of each jar. There are two options for brûléeing the desserts: using a propane brûlée torch or by broiling the tops of the desserts. If using a torch, follow the manufacturer's instructions. If broiling, place the jars on a rimmed baking sheet and turn the broiler on high. Place the jars under the broiler, with about 2 inches of space between the jars and the element. Keeping a watchful eye (the sugar burns quickly), heat the jars until the sugar caramelizes and becomes brown, 30 seconds to 2 minutes, depending on the heat intensity.
**NOTE:** Don't feel like messing with the brûlée part of crème brûlée? This recipe is just as delicious as a lovely custard. Dollop some Coconut Whipped Cream (page 71) on top and call it good.
CLASSIC CHEESECAKE CUPS
**A cup of rich, creamy cheesecake. Cheesecake you can put a lid on and whip out anywhere you'd please. It's almost indecent.**
INGREDIENTS
**CRUST:**
1/2 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1/3 cup evaporated cane sugar
1/2 cup oats (quick-cooking or old-fashioned)
3 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon cold non-dairy margarine or coconut oil
**CHEESECAKE:**
1 (12.3-ounce) package silken tofu
1 (8-ounce) package non-dairy cream cheese
1/2 cup evaporated cane sugar
2 tablespoons maple syrup or agave nectar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
fresh fruit or preserves, for topping
**Makes 6 cakes**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Lightly grease six 4-ounce canning jars. Place the jars in a baking pan with tall sides that are at least 3/4 as high as the canning jars.
In a small bowl, prepare the crust. Combine the flour, sugar, and oats. Cut in the margarine or coconut oil using a pastry blender or the back of a fork. Divide the crust among the jars and press it into the bottoms.
Put a pot of water on the stove and bring it to a boil. While the water is heating, place the cheesecake ingredients in a food processor or a blender. Process until smooth, scraping down the sides as needed, about 2 minutes. Pour the filling into the jars, filling up to 1/2 inch from the top of each jar. Carefully pour the boiling water into the pan around the jars, being careful that the water doesn't go into the jars. Fill the pan so the water comes halfway up the sides of the jars.
Carefully place the pan in the oven and bake for 17 to 20 minutes, until the cheesecakes are golden on top but are still jiggly. Remove from the pan and cool completely on a rack. Refrigerate the cooled cheesecakes for at least 1 hour. Top with jam or fruit just before serving.
BAKED PINEAPPLE PUDDING
**This pudding has a rich, creamy texture, punctuated with pineapple tang. It's comfort food at its finest, like the promise of sun on a cold winter's day.**
INGREDIENTS
2/3 cup vanilla or plain non-dairy yogurt
1/3 cup evaporated cane sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple with juice
2 tablespoons mild vegetable oil
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
**Makes 6 puddings**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease six 4-ounce canning jars. Place the jars in a baking pan with tall sides that are at least 3/4 as high as the canning jars. Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil on the stovetop.
In a large bowl, whisk together the yogurt, sugar, and cornstarch until creamy. Incorporate the pineapple, vegetable oil, lemon juice, and vanilla. Whisk until combined.
Pour the filling into the jars, filling up to 1/2 inch from the top of each jar. Carefully pour the water into the pan around the jars, being careful that it doesn't go into the jars. Fill the pan so the water comes halfway up the sides of the jars.
Bake for 14 to 16 minutes, until the edges of the puddings are set, but the middles are still jiggly. Let them cool for 15 minutes before removing from the water bath. Let cool on a wire rack an additional 15 minutes before serving.
CINNAMON RAISIN BAGEL PUDDING
**I'm notoriously bad for buying more bagels than I can eat before they become unpleasantly hard and chewy. Thankfully, I love bread pudding, so this recipe allows me to use up those extra bagels in a most delicious way. These are lovely served with Custard Sauce (page 77) drizzled on top.**
INGREDIENTS
2/3 cup evaporated cane sugar, divided
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon cornstarch
2 cups non-dairy milk of choice
2 tablespoons maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups cubed cinnamon raisin bagels, in 1-inch cubes (about 5 large bagels)
**Makes 6 puddings**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease six 4-ounce canning jars. Place the jars on a rimmed baking sheet.
In a small bowl, combine 3 tablespoons of sugar and the cinnamon. Coat the inside of the jars with a thin layer of the cinnamon-sugar. Set the extra cinnamon-sugar aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together 1/3 cup of the sugar and the cornstarch until any clumps are broken up. Add the milk, maple syrup, and vanilla, and whisk to combine. Stir in the bagel chunks until they are well coated with the milk mixture. Let sit for 5 minutes.
Divide the bagel mixture among the prepared jars, filling them to the top. Sprinkle the remaining cinnamon-sugar on top of each jar. Bake for 17 to 22 minutes, until golden brown and the sides of the jars look a little bubbly.
Let cool on a rack for at least 20 minutes before serving. These are great fresh out of the oven, but make an excellent leftover breakfast as well.
RASPBERRY CLAFOUTI
**I consider a clafouti the card I hold in my back pocket. It comes together from virtually nothing and can be made in a flash. It's sweet enough to be a tasty dessert, but not so much that it can't hold its own at a brunch.**
INGREDIENTS
1/2 (12.3-ounce) package silken tofu
1/4 cup evaporated cane sugar
1/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour or brown rice flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup non-dairy milk of choice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup fresh raspberries (can use frozen, but lightly thaw before using)
**Makes 6 clafoutis**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Lightly grease six 4-ounce canning jars. Set them on a rimmed baking sheet and set aside.
In a food processor, process silken tofu and sugar until smooth. Add the flour, baking powder, salt, and half of the milk. Process until smooth. Add the remaining milk and the vanilla, and process until incorporated.
Pour the batter evenly among the prepared jars and sprinkle raspberries evenly on top. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, until the edges are set and middle is still a little jiggly. Let cool on cooling rack at least 20 minutes before serving. Best served warm. Store leftover clafoutis covered in the fridge.
CHAPTER 6
Treats for Two
We don't always need a whole cake or two dozen cookies. We don't always have time to mess with it and to get it together. In those moments, these treats for two come to the rescue, providing emergency (portion-controlled) dessert relief.
BASIC VANILLA CAKE FOR TWO
**Sometimes you just need to bring it back to the basics.**
INGREDIENTS
3 tablespoons evaporated cane sugar
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon mild vegetable oil
3 tablespoons non-dairy milk of choice mixed with 1/8 teaspoon mild vinegar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
sprinkle of salt
Topping of your choice: jam, Hot Fudge Sauce (page 81), a scoop of ice cream...
**Makes 2 cakes**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease and flour 2 half-pint canning jars and place on a rimmed baking sheet.
In a small bowl, combine the sugar and oil and whisk until well combined. Add the milk (mixed with vinegar) and the vanilla extract, and whisk until smooth. Add the flour, baking soda, and salt, and whisk until just combined.
Divide between the 2 prepared jars and bake for 10 to 14 minutes, until golden and a toothpick inserted into the center of a cake comes out clean.
Let cool for at least 20 minutes before crowning with a topping and serving.
CHOCOLATE CAKE FOR TWO
**Chocolate cake is an open canvas with endless topping options. Whatever you have lying around, it will be perfect here.**
INGREDIENTS
1/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons evaporated cane<|fim_middle|>Makes 4 half-pint jars**
DIRECTIONS
Prepare your canning jars, if canning in a hot water bath. Otherwise, prepare freezer jam jars and set aside.
Peel and chop up all of the apples. You can also opt to peel them, roughly chop them, and then toss in the food processor to break them down a bit more. Place the apples in a large stockpot along with the sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg, and mix well. Cook the apple mixture over medium heat until the juices are boiling and the apples become very soft and begin to break down, stirring often, 25 to 30 minutes.
Process the apple mixture in a food mill, food processor, or blender in batches until it is creamy and smooth. Return to the pot, lower heat a bit, and add the vanilla. You may wish to add more sugar (do so 1/4 cup at a time) or more spices, to taste. Be mindful that the spices will intensify after canning. Cook down until the mixture is thick and sticks well to a spatula or spoon, about 10 to 15 minutes more.
Can according to manufacturer's directions in a hot water bath for 10 minutes. Remove the jars and let cool completely. Let the apple butter set for 24 hours before using.
PLUM-BERRY JAM
**Sweet plums and juicy berries give this jam a certain je ne sais quoi. Actually, the ingredients are below, so you do know what, but the complex flavor they create together will leave your friends and family guessing.**
INGREDIENTS
2 cups fresh plums, pitted and chopped
2 cups fresh blackberries
2 cups fresh blueberries
2-2/3 cups evaporated cane sugar, divided
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon powdered pectin
**Makes 4 half-pint jars**
DIRECTIONS
Prepare your canning jars, if canning in a hot water bath. Otherwise, prepare freezer jam jars and set aside.
Combine the plums, blackberries, and blueberries in the bottom of a large stockpot. Add 2 cups of the sugar and the lemon juice, and cook over medium heat, stirring often. Once it comes to a simmer, gently crush up the fruit with a potato masher to your desired consistency. Remember that this is jam and not jelly, so chunks are acceptable.
Once the jam comes to a boil, combine the remaining 2/3 cup sugar with the pectin, and stir to break up any clumps. Add to the jam and stir well to combine. Lower the heat to medium and let the jam bubble and burp for 15 to 20 minutes, stirring continuously, until it begins to thicken.
Once the jam is thick and passes the "Gel Test" (see below), can according to the manufacturer's directions. Let it set up for at least 24 hours before using.
**GEL TEST:** The most important part of canning is to make sure your jam has a nice gel to it, ensuring it will be smooth and spreadable upon cooling. Check the gel of jam by placing a teaspoon of jam on a plate and putting it in the freezer for 1 minute. Push against the edge of the jam, and if it wrinkles up from the pressure of your finger, it is ready. It should actually slightly wrinkle, not smear. If not, let it cook for 3-minute intervals, checking the gel after each interval.
STRAWBERRY RHUBARB JAM
**This jam screams "spring is here!" One bite and you'll agree, even if your grass isn't quite there yet.**
INGREDIENTS
1-1/2 pounds strawberries, hulled and chopped
1 pound rhubarb, chopped (add 1 more stalk if you want a bit more tang)
2 cups evaporated cane sugar
2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon lemon juice
2 tablespoons powdered pectin
**Makes 4 half-pint jars**
DIRECTIONS
Prepare your canning jars, if canning in a hot water bath. Otherwise, prepare freezer jam jars and set aside.
Combine the strawberries, rhubarb, and sugar in a large bowl and let macerate for 1 hour. Transfer the mixture to a large stockpot, add the lemon juice and pectin, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat, about 20 minutes. Once boiling, mash with a potato masher until chunky. Lower the heat slightly and stir frequently, cooking until slightly reduced and thickened, 10 to 15 minutes.
Once the jam is thick and passes the "Gel Test" (page 97), can according to the manufacturer's directions. Let the jam set up for 24 hours before using.
ORANGE AND APRICOT MARMALADE
**The thing about marmalade is that it's tasty but can be unbearably bitter. The thing about apricot jam is that it's tasty but can be unbearably sweet. The two combine into a lovely spread that gives you the best of both worlds. Navel oranges are fine here, but Valencia make it something really special.**
INGREDIENTS
4 large Valencia oranges
juice of 1 lemon
3 fresh apricots, pitted and chopped (skins left on)
1/4 cup chopped dried apricots
4 cups water
2 cups evaporated cane sugar
**Makes 4 half-pint jars**
DIRECTIONS
Prepare your canning jars, if canning in a hot water bath. Otherwise, prepare freezer jam jars and set aside.
Wash the oranges and cut off the hard ends, then cut half of the skin off of each orange, down to the flesh, and discard. Leave the remaining half of the skin on the oranges and slice into rounds as thin as you can make them. Then, roughly chop them and put in the bottom of a large stockpot. Add the remaining ingredients to the pot. Bring to a simmer and cook, with the lid off, for about 45 minutes. At this point, test the taste to make sure it's sweet enough for you. It should have some tang, but it should be pleasant. If needed, add another 1/4 cup sugar.
Increase the heat to medium-high and bring to a boil. Cook for 10 more minutes, stirring constantly. Place a spoonful of the marmalade on a cold plate and chill in the freezer for 1 minute. It won't really wrinkle, but you should be able to tilt the plate around and the jam should stay thick and not be runny.
Can according to the manufacturer's directions. Let it set up for at least 24 hours before using.
VANILLA BING JAM
**Cherries with vanilla feels quite decadent. If you don't already own a cherry pitter, I'd recommend getting one. It makes quick work of preparing the cherries, and having such an esoteric kitchen gadget earns you serious street cred. A food processor makes chopping the cherries easy as pie (or jam).**
INGREDIENTS
4 pounds pitted Bing cherries (weighed after pitting), chopped
juice of 1 medium lemon
2 cups evaporated cane sugar
1 (1.75-ounce) box powdered pectin
2 large vanilla beans
**Makes 4 half-pint jars**
DIRECTIONS
Prepare your canning jars, if canning in a hot water bath. Otherwise, prepare freezer jam jars and set aside.
Place the chopped cherries in the bottom of a large stockpot. Add the lemon juice. Cook over medium heat for 10 to 15 minutes, until the cherries begin to break down and release a lot of juice.
In a small bowl, combine sugar with the pectin and add to the cherries after the initial cook time. Combine well, stirring often, and bring to a low boil. Bring the mixture to a boil, and continue cooking until it begins to thicken, 15 to 20 minutes. Slice open the vanilla beans and scrape the seeds into the jam.
Once the jam is thick and passes the "Gel Test" (page 100), can according to the manufacturer's directions. Let the jam set up for at least 24 hours before using.
CHAPTER 9
Toppings and Fillings
Frostings and custards and sauces and drizzles, creamy piped fillings and hot fudge–doused vittles, berries and chocolate and nut butter creams, these are a few of my favorite things!
BUTTERCREAM FROSTING
**This frosting is creamy, simple, and classic. You can pipe it on top of pretty much anything and make it that much more delicious. For chocolate buttercream, simply add 3 tablespoons unsweetened baking cocoa, sifted, with the powdered sugar.**
INGREDIENTS
3/4 cup non-dairy margarine, at room temperature
1-1/2 to 2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 to 2 tablespoons non-dairy milk of choice (optional)
**Makes about 1 cup**
DIRECTIONS
In a large bowl, cream the margarine until smooth. Add 1-1/2 cups powdered sugar, adding up to 1/2 cup more to achieve the desired sweetness. Blend in the vanilla and as little of the milk, if using, as needed to make the frosting creamy and easy to spread.
Use the frosting immediately or store in the fridge for future use. If refrigerated, let it sit at room temperature for 20 minutes and stir well before using.
CUSTARD SAUCE
**This sauce is so simple and classic, you'll be pouring it on everything.**
INGREDIENTS
3 tablespoons evaporated cane sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 cup non-dairy milk of choice
1 tablespoon non-dairy margarine
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
**Makes 1 generous cup**
DIRECTIONS
In a small saucepan, whisk together the sugar and cornstarch until there are no clumps. Slowly incorporate the milk and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until it comes to a light boil. Reduce the heat and cook, whisking continuously, until the sauce begins to thicken and coats the back of a spoon, about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and whisk in the margarine and vanilla until smooth. Let cool for at least 20 minutes before serving.
CREAMY CUSTARD
**This tasty custard is incredibly versatile, which is exactly why it's utilized in a handful of different recipes. It's very creamy, lightly sweet, and goes with pretty much any treat. Soy or hemp milks are best for this recipe, as they have higher fat contents than some other non-dairy milks.**
INGREDIENTS
1-1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 cup evaporated cane sugar
1-1/2 cups non-dairy milk of choice
1 tablespoon non-dairy margarine
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 (12.3-ounce) package silken tofu
**Makes about 2 cups**
DIRECTIONS
Whisk together the cornstarch and sugar in the bottom of a saucepan. Whisk in the milk and cook, whisking often, over medium-high heat, until it starts to bubble. Lower heat to medium-low and continue whisking until it begins to thicken and coats the back of a spoon. Remove from the heat, add the margarine and vanilla, and whisk to combine.
In a food processor or blender, blend the silken tofu until creamy. Carefully add the hot vanilla mixture to the tofu and blend until smooth, scraping down the sides as needed. Transfer to a heatproof bowl and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
CHOCOLATE GANACHE
**This all-purpose spread doesn't need much of an introduction. It is fast and flexible—it's creamy, spreadable chocolate! I do offer this one note: I cannot take responsibility for any feuds which may arise over who gets to lick the bowl.**
INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup non-dairy chocolate chips or other chopped non-dairy chocolate
1 tablespoon non-dairy margarine or coconut oil
2 tablespoons non-dairy milk of choice
**Makes 1/2 cup**
DIRECTIONS
To make it in the microwave: Combine all of the ingredients in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high power in 10-second increments, stirring between each one, until the chocolate is melted and you can incorporate the other ingredients. It's important to stir even if it doesn't look like it needs it—chocolate burns easily.
To make it on the stovetop: In a double boiler or a heatproof bowl suspended over a pot with about 2 inches of simmering water in it, over medium heat, combine all of the ingredients and stir constantly until smooth. Be mindful that there is space between the bowl and the water; you want the hot steam to do the melting.
HOT FUDGE SAUCE
**You will undoubtedly find yourself pouring this sauce on everything. Don't worry, it's our little secret. Soy or hemp milks are best for this recipe, as they have higher fat contents than some other non-dairy milks.**
INGREDIENTS
3 tablespoons unsweetened baking cocoa
1/4 cup brown evaporated cane sugar
2 tablespoons maple syrup or agave nectar
1/3 cup non-dairy milk of choice
1/2 cup non-dairy semisweet chocolate chips, divided
1 tablespoon non-dairy margarine or coconut oil
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
scant sprinkle of salt
**Makes about 1 cup**
DIRECTIONS
In a small saucepan, combine the cocoa and brown sugar, whisking to break up any clumps. Add the maple syrup or agave and milk, and cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until smooth and it begins to bubble. Add the chocolate chips and whisk to combine, reducing the heat to low. Once the chocolate chips are melted and incorporated, remove from the heat and stir in the margarine, vanilla, and salt. Combine well, then transfer to a heatproof container (a half-pint canning jar works great). Let cool for at least 20 minutes before using.
Fudge sauce should be refrigerated and will keep for 2 weeks in a covered container.
COCONUT WHIPPED CREAM
**This coconut whipped cream is deceptively simple and will change your life. Be sure that you use good old canned coconut milk, rather than the boxed coconut milk beverage, so the fat content is correct.**
INGREDIENTS
1 (14-ounce) can coconut milk (not low-fat)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 to 1/2 cup powdered sugar, sifted
**Makes 2 cups**
DIRECTIONS
Refrigerate the coconut milk for at least 3 hours, overnight if possible. Open the can and scoop out only the hard, white coconut cream, leaving the watery part in the can. Place the coconut cream in a large bowl. Add the vanilla and 1/4 cup powdered sugar. Using a stand mixer or electric hand mixer, whip the cream until fluffy. Add more powdered sugar, if necessary, to your desired sweetness.
Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before using. Store the coconut cream covered, in the fridge, for up to 4 days.
CREAM CHEESE FILLING
**This filling is delicious and creamy. You'll want to pipe it into everything you can get your hands on.**
INGREDIENTS
4 ounces non-dairy cream cheese
2 tablespoons non-dairy margarine, at room temperature
3/4 to 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
**Makes a generous 1/2 cup**
DIRECTIONS
In a large bowl using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat together the cream cheese and margarine until combined. Add the powdered sugar, 1/4 cup at a time, until the filling reaches your desired sweetness. Add the vanilla. Refrigerate the filling for 20 minutes before using, for best results.
ORANGE CREAM FILLING
**This filling can find its way into lots of tasty places, including but not limited to cakes, donuts, and brownies, or just let loose and plop it on top of some pancakes! Soy or hemp milks are best for this recipe, as they have higher fat contents than some other non-dairy milks.**
INGREDIENTS
1-1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 cup evaporated cane sugar
1 cup non-dairy milk of choice
1/4 cup fresh orange juice
2 teaspoons grated orange zest
1 tablespoon non-dairy margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 (12.3-ounce) package silken tofu
**Makes 1 generous cup**
DIRECTIONS
Whisk together the cornstarch and sugar in the bottom of a saucepan. Whisk in the milk and cook, whisking often, over medium-high heat, until it starts to bubble. Lower the heat to medium-low and continue whisking until it begins to thicken and coats the back of a spoon. Remove from the heat and add the orange juice, zest, margarine, and vanilla, and whisk to combine.
In a food processor or blender, blend the silken tofu until creamy. Carefully add the hot orange mixture to the tofu and blend until smooth, scraping down the sides as needed. Transfer to a heatproof bowl and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
BERRY SAUCE
**Simple, sweet, and saucy. Just the way it should be.**
INGREDIENTS
4 cups fresh assorted berries (chopped strawberries, blueberries, chopped blackberries, raspberries)
1/4 to 1/3 cup evaporated cane sugar
2 tablespoons water
1/4 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
**Makes about 3/4 cup**
DIRECTIONS
In a large saucepan, combine the berries, 1/4 cup sugar, water, and lemon juice. Whisk well and then bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring often. Lower the heat to a simmer. The berries should begin to burst and it will become very saucy. You can use the back of a large spoon or a potato masher to break up any large chunks of berries. If you aren't a fan of seeds, you can also push the sauce through a fine-mesh strainer to remove many of the seeds.
Cook for an additional 3 to 5 minutes, until the sauce begins to thicken a bit. Taste for sweetness and add sugar, if necessary. Let the sauce cool before using.
PEANUT BUTTER FILLING
**Nom. Nom. Nom.**
INGREDIENTS
4 ounces non-dairy cream cheese, at room temperature
1/3 cup natural creamy peanut butter
2 tablespoons non-dairy margarine, at room temperature
1/2 to 1 cup sifted powdered sugar, to taste
sprinkle of salt (optional, if using unsalted peanut butter)
**Makes about 1 cup**
DIRECTIONS
In a medium bowl, use an electric hand mixer to combine the cream cheese, peanut butter, and margarine until smooth. Add the powdered sugar, starting with 1/2 cup and increasing the amount depending on the desired sweetness. Add the salt, if using. Mix until creamy.
Store the filling in the fridge until using. Refrigeration might make it thicker, but a strong stir should make it nice and smooth.
RASPBERRY CREAM
**Open mouth. Insert spoon of Raspberry Cream. Smile. Repeat. Making a double batch is never a bad idea.**
INGREDIENTS
1/2 (12.3-ounce) container silken tofu
1/2 cup frozen raspberries, thawed, with juices
1/4 cup evaporated cane sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
**Makes 1 heaping cup**
DIRECTIONS
Combine the tofu, frozen raspberries, sugar, and vanilla in a food processor or blender, and purée until smooth and creamy, scraping down the bowl as needed. Spoon the cream into a container and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
MERINGUE TOPPING
**This vegan meringue recipe would not exist had Miyoko Schinner not stretched the bounds of flaxseed goo further than one could ever dream possible. While this recipe may seem a little out there, rest assured that it will transform before your eyes from gelatinous goo to whipped and frothy meringue like magic. Before you feel too much like Harry Potter, do take note that this recipe takes a bit of prep work and you should wait towhip it up until right before serving. But what wouldn't you do to achieve the holy grail: vegan meringue!**
INGREDIENTS
1/3 cup flaxseed, golden or brown, 1 tablespoon of it ground
2 cups water
1 teaspoon agave nectar or maple syrup
1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
2 to 4 tablespoons powdered sugar, sifted
**Makes 2 cups**
DIRECTIONS
In a saucepan, combine the flaxseed and water. You want just a little of it ground to help increase the goo factor. Consequently, there might be some minor flecks of flax in your meringue, but it's a small price to pay. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium-high heat, then lower the heat to low and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes, until it gets really gooey and the mixture reduces by about half. Add the agave or maple syrup and stir to combine.
Pass the goo through a fine-mesh sieve or strainer to remove the seeds. You should have about 1/3 to 3/4 cup of goo. Cool in a bowl and then transfer to the fridge, covered. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour, or up to 1 day.
While the goo is chilling, take a large bowl (not plastic—use metal or glass) and the beaters from your hand mixer and place in the freezer to chill. Alternatively, place the bowl and whisk beater from a stand mixer in the freezer. When ready to whip it up, transfer the goo to the cold bowl. Whip on high for 4 to 5 minutes, until it transforms from transparent goo into a luscious white froth. Once you've achieved soft peaks, add the cream of tartar and a little powdered sugar, starting with 1 tablespoon and increasing until the peaks become stiffer and hold their shape.
Spoon or pipe the meringue onto to the tops of your Lemon Meringue Pies (page 115) and serve immediately.
**NOTE:** The meringue whips up best when cold—the colder the better (short of being frozen). If possible, let the goo rest in the fridge for a couple of hours before preparing.
CONVERSIONS
COMMON EQUIVALENTS
**1 gallon = 4 quarts = 8 pints = 16 cups =128 fluid ounces = 3.8 liters**
**1 quart = 2 pints = 4 cups = 32 ounces = .95 liter**
**1 pint = 2 cups = 16 ounces = 480 ml**
**1 cup = 8 ounces = 240 ml**
**1/4 cup = 4 tablespoons = 12 teaspoons = 2 ounces = 60 ml**
**1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons = 1/2 fluid ounce = 15 ml**
TEMPERATURE CONVERSIONS
**FAHRENHEIT (°F)** | **CELSIUS (°C)**
---|---
**200°F** | **95°C**
**225°F** | **110°C**
**250°F** | **120°C**
**275°F** | **135°C**
**300°F** | **150°C**
**325°F** | **165°C**
**350°F** | **175°C**
**375°F** | **190°C**
**400°F** | **200°C**
**425°F** | **220°C**
**450°F** | **230°C**
**475°F** | **245°C**
VOLUME CONVERSIONS
**U.S.** | **U.S. EQUIVALENT** | **METRIC**
---|---|---
**1 tablespoon** | **1/2 fluid ounce** | **15 milliliters**
**1 tablespoon** | **2 fluid ounces** | **60 milliliters**
**1 cup** | **3 fluid ounces** | **90 milliliters**
**1 pint** | **4 fluid ounces** | **120 milliliters**
**1 quart** | **5 fluid ounces** | **150 milliliters**
**1 liter** | **6 fluid ounces** | **180 milliliters**
**1 ounce (dry)** | **8 fluid ounces** | **240 milliliters**
**1 pound** | **16 fluid ounces** | **480 milliliters**
WEIGHT
**U.S.** | **METRIC**
---|---
**1/2 ounce** | **15 grams**
**1/2 ounce** | **30 grams**
**1/2 ounce** | **60 grams**
**1/4 pound** | **115 grams**
**1/3 pound** | **150 grams**
**1/2 pound** | **225 grams**
**3/4 pound** | **350 grams**
**1 pound** | **450 grams**
INDEX
**A**
Almond Joy Pudding Cakes,
Almond meal,
Almond slivers,
Almonds, , , 59–60,
Alternative ingredients, 3–4
Anise Donuts with Orange Cream,
Apple Crisp Cups,
Apple Pie Butter,
Apples, ,
dried,
Applesauce,
Apricot Almond Cake,
Apricot jam,
Apricots,
**B**
Bagels, cinnamon raisin,
Baked Pineapple Pudding,
Baking cocoa, , , , , , , 59–60, , ,
Banana Cream Pie Crunch Cups,
Banana Split Bites,
Bananas, , , , ,
Basic Chocolate Cake,
Basic Vanilla Cake for Two,
Berries, , . _See also specific berries_
Berry Banana Trifle,
Berry Sauce,
as ingredient,
Bing cherries,
Blackberries, ,
Blueberries, , , , ,
Blueberry Breakfast Muffins for Two,
Boston Cream Cakes,
Breads, , ,
Brownie Mix,
Brownies, ,
Buttercream Frosting,
as ingredient,
**C**
Cakes and cakelettes, 20–41, , , ,
Canning jars and lids, 1–2
safety issues,
Carrots,
Cashews, , , ,
Cheesecake crusts,
Cheesecake Cups, Classic,
Cheesecakes, ,
Cherries, ,
Bing,
Cherry Almond Scone Mix,
Cherry Almond Scones,
Cherry Crumble Pie,
Chocolate, ,
semisweet, 59–60
Chocolate Babka Blossoms, 59–60
Chocolate Blueberry Crumble,
Chocolate Buttercream Frosting,
as ingredient,
Chocolate Cake, Basic,
Chocolate Cake for Two,
Chocolate chips, , , , , , , , , , ,
recommended,
white,
Chocolate Ganache,
as ingredient, , , , ,
Chocolate Pudding,
Chocolate sandwich cookies, as ingredient, ,
Chocolate Vanilla Puddin' Cups,
Cinnamon Raisin Bagel Pudding,
Clafouti,
Classic Cheesecake Cups,
Cobbler,
Coconut, sweetened,
Coconut milk, canned,
Coconut Whipped Cream,
as ingredient, , , , ,
Coffee, brewed,
Coffee Cakes,
Conversions,
Cookie mixes, ,
Cookies, 62–63, , ,
Cowgirl Cookies,
Cowgirl Cookies Mix,
Cranberries, dried,
Cranberry Quick Bread,
Cranberry Quick Bread Mix,
Cream cheese, non-dairy, , , , ,
Cream Cheese Filling,
as ingredient,
Cream-Filled Carrot Cakes,
Cream fillings. _See_ Toppings and fillings
Creamy Custard,
as ingredient, , , , ,
Crème Brulée, Pumpkin,
Crumble Topping, ,
Crusts
cheesecake,
pie, , , ,
Custard,
Custard Sauce,
as ingredient,
**D**
Dairy products, alternatives,
Date and Walnut Bread,
Dates, , ,
Donuts, Anise,
Double the Pleasure Cookie Jar,
**E**
Eggs, alternatives,
Elvis in a Jar,
Equipment, 1–2
**F**
Fillings and toppings, , , 105–17
Flaky Pastry Crust,
as ingredient, , , , ,
Flaxseed,
Flour, recommended,
Food coloring, natural,
Freezer jam jars,
Frosting,
Fruit, for topping,
Fruit preserves, for topping,
**G**
Gel test,
Grasshopper Pies,
**H**
Hemp milk, , , , , , ,
Hot Fudge Sauce,
as ingredient, ,
**I**
Ice cream, non-dairy, ,
Ice Cream Cake Cups,
Ingredients
alternatives, 3–4
recommended, 2–3
**J**
Jam jars,
Jams, 97–104
Jars, canning. _See_ Canning jars
**K**
Key Lime Pie,
**L**
Lemon Blueberry Scone Domes,
Lemon juice/zest, , , , , , , , , , , ,
Lemon Meringue Pie,
Lemon Pudding Cakes,
Lemons, Meyer, juice/zest,
Lids, jar,
Lime juice/zest,
**M**
Maple Granola Crunch,
Marble Cakes with Hot Fudge,
Margarine, recommended,
Marmalade,
Marshmallows, vegan,
Matcha powder,
Measurement conversions,
Meringue Topping,
as ingredient,
Meyer lemon juice/zest,
Milks, recommended, ,
Mixes, 90–96
Muffins, ,
**N**
No-bake treats, 5–19
**O**
Oats, old-fashioned, , , , ,
Oats, quick-cooking, , , , , , , , , ,
Orange and Apricot Marmalade,
Orange Cream Filling,
as ingredient,
Orange Creamsicle Cookie Mix,
Orange Creamsicle Cookies,
Orange juice/zest, ,
Oranges, Valencia,
Over the Rainbow Cakes,
**P**
Pastries, 56–69
PB Banana Cake for Two,
Peach Melba Cobbler,
Peaches,
Peanut butter, , , ,
recommended,
Peanut Butter Banana Cake for Two,
Peanut Butter Cream Cups,
Peanut Butter Filling,
as ingredient,
Peanuts,
Pecans, ,
Pectin, , ,
Pie crusts, , , ,
Pies, , , , , 42–55
Pineapple, crushed,
Plum-berry Jam,
Plums, ,
Pretzels,
Puddings, 79–80. _See also_ No-bake treats
Pumpkin Crème Brûlée,
Pumpkin puree, canned,
**Q**
Quick bread mix,
**R**
Raisins, ,
Raspberries
fresh, , , , ,
frozen, ,
Raspberry Brownie Bombs,
Raspberry Clafouti,
Raspberry Cream,
as ingredient,
Raspberry Matcha Muffins,
Raw Pecan Pie,
Raw-berry Cream Pie,
Rhubarb, , ,
Rims, jar,
Rustic Rhubarb Cakes,
**S**
S'mores in a Jar,
Salty Crunchy Almond Cheesecake,
Scone mix,
Scones, ,
Silken tofu. _See_ Tofu
Snickerdoodle Pull-Aparts, 62–63
Soy milk, , , , , , ,
Spotted Dick,
Strawberries, fresh, , , , ,
Strawberry jam,
Strawberry Rhubarb Jam,
Strawberry Rhubarb Pies,
Strawberry Shortcakes,
Sugar, recommended,
**T**
Tiramisu,
Tofu, , , , , , , ,
Toppings and fillings, , , 105–17
Two-person treats, 83–89
**V**
Valencia oranges,
Vanilla beans, ,
Vanilla Bing Jam,
Vanilla Cake for Two, Basic,
Vanilla Pudding,
Vegan baking, 3–4
Vegan Brownies,
Vegetable oil, recommended,
Vinegar, recommended,
**W**
Walnuts, , , , , ,
Whole Plum Pie,
**Y**
Yeast, 59–60, 62–63
Yogurt,
**Z**
Zucchini,
Zucchini Apple Bread,
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
**KRIS HOLECHEK PETERS** is a vegan baker, blogger, and lover of all things delicious (especially if they involve chocolate and peanut butter). She is the author of _The 100 Best Vegan Baking Recipes, Have Your Cake and Vegan Too,_ and _The I Love Trader Joe's Vegetarian Cookbook,_ and is also the writer of www.nomnomnomblog.com. She lives with her cats in the Midwest, where she practices lots of yoga and hoards Bundt pans.
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2-1/2 tablespoons unsweetened baking cocoa powder, sifted
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon non-dairy milk of choice
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon mild vegetable oil
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon chopped non-dairy semisweet chocolate chips
Topping of your choice: jam, a dollop of Coconut Cream (page 82), fresh fruit...
**Makes 2 cakes**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease and flour 2 half-pint canning jars and place on a rimmed baking sheet.
In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, and baking soda. Make a small well in the middle of the dry mixture and add the milk, oil, and vanilla. Mix until just combined then gently add the chocolate chips.
Divide between the 2 prepared jars and bake for 10 to 14 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into a cake comes out clean. Let cool on a wire rack for at least 20 minutes before topping and serving.
BLUEBERRY BREAKFAST MUFFINS FOR TWO
**Here's a tasty breakfast on the go. Just screw on the lid and you're out the door with a fresh blueberry muffin at your side.**
INGREDIENTS
1/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons quick-cooking oats
2 teaspoons evaporated cane sugar
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
sprinkle of salt
1/4 cup non-dairy milk of choice mixed with 1/8 teaspoon mild vinegar
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon mild vegetable oil
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons fresh blueberries
**Makes 2 muffins**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease and flour 2 half-pint canning jars and place on a rimmed baking sheet.
In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, oats, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt. Make a well in the middle and add the milk (mixed with vinegar), oil, and vanilla. Stir until just combined and gently fold in the blueberries.
Divide the batter between the 2 jars and bake for 15 to 19 minutes, until golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Let cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes before serving.
PB BANANA CAKE FOR TWO
**Need dessert? Have a lonely banana sitting around? Here's your answer.**
INGREDIENTS
1/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons evaporated cane sugar
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
3 tablespoons natural creamy peanut butter
1/4 cup non-dairy milk of choice
2 tablespoons mild vegetable oil
1 large banana, half mashed, half sliced into half moons
**Makes 2 cakes**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 2 half-pint canning jars and set on a rimmed baking sheet.
In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, and baking powder. In another bowl, combine the peanut butter, milk, and oil and stir until creamy. Mix in the mashed half of the banana. In two batches, add the dry ingredients to the wet until just mixed. Gently fold in the banana slices.
Divide the batter between the 2 jars and bake for 12 to 16 minutes, until golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out free of batter (it might be moist from the bananas; that's okay).
Let the cakes cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes before serving.
DOUBLE THE PLEASURE COOKIE JAR
**A dozen cookies can be too much of a temptation, so avoid succumbing to the inevitable with these tasty jars, bursting with just enough to satisfy your inner Cookie Monster.**
INGREDIENTS
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon non-dairy margarine, melted
3 tablespoons packed brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon baking powder
sprinkle of salt
3 tablespoons non-dairy semisweet chocolate chips
non-dairy ice cream, for topping (optional)
**Makes 2 cookies**
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease two 4-ounce canning jars and set on a rimmed baking sheet.
In a small bowl, stir together the melted margarine, brown sugar, and vanilla until creamy. Add the flour, baking powder, and salt and mix until combined. Add the chocolate chips.
Divide between the 2 prepared jars and press down into the bottom firmly. Bake for 6 to 10 minutes, until golden and the edges are set. Let cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes before topping with a healthy scoop of ice cream and devouring.
CHAPTER 7
Mixes
If you can't surprise someone with the finished product, you can still gift a lovely jar filled with a dry mix. Doll it up with a ribbon and the instructions for sealing the deal and you can still feel good that you're baking for your loved ones.
BROWNIE MIX
**You know those moments when you're out of, like, everything and desperately wish you had enough flour to scrape together a treat, but going to the store just isn't going to happen? Finding this jar of brownie mix in the cupboard will save the day when your loved ones find themselves stuck, treatless and in sweatpants.**
INGREDIENTS
1-1/2 cups evaporated cane juice
1 cup unsweetened baking cocoa, sifted
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup non-dairy semisweet chocolate chips
**Makes 16 large, fudgy brownies**
DIRECTIONS
Combine the sugar and baking cocoa in the bottom of a 1-quart canning jar. Swirl to combine, then press down with the back of a spoon. Wipe down the sides of the jar so the cocoa dust doesn't obscure the other ingredients. Layer the remaining ingredients as listed. Gently tap the jar between layers to settle. Top with lid and a tag with directions:
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VEGAN BROWNIES
**Makes 16 large, fudgy brownies**
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease and flour an 8 × 8-inch pan or line with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, empty out the jar contents and mix well. In a smaller bowl, combine the following:
2/3 cup non-dairy milk of choice
1/2 cup mild vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon mild vinegar
Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients and add the wet, mixing until just combined. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until the edges are set and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with your desired level of fudginess.
Let cool on a cooling rack for at least 1 hour before cutting and serving.
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CRANBERRY QUICK BREAD MIX
**Cranberry quick bread is a cold weather necessity.**
INGREDIENTS
1-1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup evaporated cane sugar
1 cup quick-cooking oats
1/3 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
1/2 cup dried cranberries
**Makes 1 loaf, about 12 slices**
DIRECTIONS
Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in the bottom of a 1-quart canning jar. Swirl to combine, then press down with the back of a spoon. Layer the remaining ingredients as listed. You can adjust the amount of nuts and cranberries to fill the jar. Gently tap the jar between layers to settle. Top with lid and a tag with directions:
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CRANBERRY QUICK BREAD
**Makes 1 loaf, about 12 slices**
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Lightly grease a standard 9 × 5-inch loaf pan. Pour out the jar contents into a large bowl and stir to combine.
In a separate bowl, stir together:
1¼ cups non-dairy milk of choice
⅓ cup mild vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon mild vinegar
Create a well in the dry ingredients and add the wet ingredients. Mix until just combined. Spread the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let the bread cool completely on a rack.
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CHERRY ALMOND SCONE MIX
**Scones tend to be overlooked in the baking-mix world, but they are great for filling those pint-sized jars and provide a perfect breakfast for your loved ones.**
INGREDIENTS
1-1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup evaporated cane sugar
1/3 cup dried cherries
1/4 cup sliced almonds
**Makes 8 scones**
DIRECTIONS
Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt in the bottom of a 1-pint canning jar. Swirl to combine, then press down with the back of a spoon. Layer the remaining ingredients as listed. Gently tap the jar between layers to settle. Top with lid and a tag with directions:
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CHERRY ALMOND SCONES
**Makes 8 scones**
Preheat the oven to 400°F. Lightly grease an 8-inch round pan. Empty the contents of this jar into a bowl. Cut ¼ cup of cold non-dairy margarine into the flour mixture, until it becomes a crumbly meal.
In a small bowl, combine ½ cup plus 2 teaspoons non-dairy milk of choice with ½ teaspoon mild vinegar. Stir to combine and then add to the dry meal, mixing just until a nice dough comes together. Spread into the prepared pan and gently score the scones into 8 wedges.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until golden and a toothpick inserted into a scone comes out clean. Let the scones cool on a cooling rack for at least 20 minutes before serving.
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COWGIRL COOKIES MIX
**These cookies have everything you need: peanuts, chocolate, and oatmeal.**
INGREDIENTS
1-1/3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup evaporated cane sugar
1 cup quick-cooking oats
3/4 cup non-dairy semisweet chocolate chips
1/3 to 1/4 cup halved roasted peanuts
**Makes 2 dozen cookies**
DIRECTIONS
Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in the bottom of a 1-quart canning jar. Swirl to mix. Press down with the back of a spoon to settle, then top with the sugar and oats, in 2 distinct layers. You can gently rap the jar on a table to help settle the layers. Top with the chocolate chips and peanuts to fill the jar. Top with lid and a tag with directions:
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COWGIRL COOKIES
**Makes 2 dozen cookies**
Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Pour the jar contents into a large bowl and stir to combine.
In a smaller bowl, stir together:
¾ cup non-dairy margarine, melted
½ cup creamy, natural peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Create a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the peanut butter mixture, and mix to combine. You might need to use a strong spatula or just use your hands.
Scoop out cookie dough into large tablespoon balls onto the prepared cookie sheet. Flatten slightly and arrange 1 inch apart. Bake for about 10 minutes, until lightly browned and the edges are set. Let the cookies cool on the cookie sheet for 15 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
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ORANGE CREAMSICLE COOKIE MIX
**Orange and vanilla like nothing before. This particular mix looks lovely if you layer 1 cup of flour, then the sugar, then the remaining flour for some contrast.**
INGREDIENTS
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup evaporated cane sugar
1/2 cup non-dairy white chocolate chips
**Makes 2 dozen cookies**
DIRECTIONS
Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in the bottom of a 1-quart canning jar. Swirl to mix. Press down with the back of a spoon to settle, then top with the sugar, then the chocolate chips. You can gently rap the jar on a table to help settle the layers. Top with lid and a tag with directions:
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ORANGE CREAMSICLE COOKIES
**Makes 2 dozen cookies**
Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Pour the jar contents into a large bowl and stir to combine.
Create a well in the center of the dry ingredient bowl and add:
1 cup non-dairy margarine, melted and cooled
zest of 1 orange
¼ cup fresh orange juice
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Mix to combine. You might need to use a strong spatula or just use your hands.
Scoop out the cookie dough into large tablespoon-size balls onto the prepared cookie sheet. Flatten slightly and arrange 1 inch apart. Bake for about 8 minutes, until lightly browned and the edges are set. Let the cookies cool on the cookie sheet for 15 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
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CHAPTER 8
Jam on It!
Hot water bath canning can seem overwhelming, but it just requires some advance prep work. Be sure to have everything set out and read through the recipe completely first and you'll be just fine. If you're still uncertain about the water bath, though, you can always make freezer jam, which is very simple. You can find freezer jam jars in the same area of the store where the glass canning jars are stocked.
APPLE PIE BUTTER
**Richly spiced, creamy apple pie butter makes everything better. Spread it on bread or scones or biscuits. Add a dollop to some smoked tofu with dinner. Seriously, it's got your back.**
INGREDIENTS
4 pounds apples, assorted varieties
2-1/2 cups dark evaporated cane sugar
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
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Tulle is a clean fabric that looks like nice netting. It comes in a variety of colors, so you can find one that fits perfectly with your room's décor. Decorating with tulle on a canopy bed adds a whimsical, romantic touch to the room, reminiscent of a saga-like environment. Use one or all of the methods of tulle decoration to create a custom canopy bed fit for a princess.
Create tulle curtains that hang along the length of the canopy. Measure the height from the floor up to the cherry bar, as well as the length to determine the size of the fabric that you need. Cut two pieces of fabric for each side. Attach curtain clips to canopy rods and cut tulle into place. Drag the curtains to either side or close them, depending on your wishes. Make a blanket drapery that goes along the top of the platform canopy bed. Cut long, thin pieces of tulle and weave pieces in and out in a long pattern around the bars. Repeat the process with different colors of tulle for a fuller, more colorful effect.
Tie a tulle roast on every poster of canopy bed for a simplified decorative touch. Cover entire posters from top to bottom in tulle bands for a larger effect. Alternative colors or use the same color throughout. Create a<|fim_middle|> look for one that looks good from both sides. Many drapery fabrics have no "right" side. | drapery from the tulle to create a clean cover for a four-poster bed. Obtain measurements of the length and width of the sunroof frame and cut a piece of tulle that is – at minimum – several meters larger. Create another four strips of tulle to offer a way to secure big puzzle pieces in place. Place the garment cloth on top of the roof rack and secure by collecting excess fabric around each poster and tie a rosette around it from a fabric strip.
Use the drill to create two holes in the ceiling for the cup hooks that will hold the chain for the second curtain rod. Put the drywall anchors into the holes and screw the hooks in. Remove the end of the remaining curtain rod and push the rod to the end link for both pieces of the chain. Replace the end piece and hang the curtain rod from the cup hooks using the chain. Edges unfinished edges of the fabric. Wrap the fabric over curtain bars, which drapes in the middle. When choosing a fabric, | 205 |
Moderate Rebels – The Sound of Security
Posted: 3 January 2018 in Albums
Tags: Album Review, Apache Beat<|fim_middle|> structures, evolve, build, or 'go' anywhere. The effect is simply cumulative. And that's only amplified over the album's duration: dipping in's fine, but it's best played as a whole, and better still, on repeat for a full afternoon, to achieve optimal enjoyment and appreciation.
Moderate Rebels are by no means one-trick ponies, though, and there is more to The Sound of Security than calculated monotony and the ploughing of sonic furrows that dig into the psyche by virtue of sheer tenacity.
There are pieces which work spacious atmospherics, with sputtering vintage drum machines bursting through elongated e-bow drones and rippling piano. Elsewhere, the laid-back and loose 'Waiting for the Water to Clear', and the slacker country of 'I'm Feeling the Deep State' showcase a more indie, Pavement-y vibe.
But mostly, it's about plugging away, chugging and thumping. The reverb. The repetition. And the repetition. And not to forget the repetition. There is no such thing as too much of a good thing.
Inertia – Dream Machine
Gintas K – Acousma Light | , krautrock, Moderate Rebels, Neu!, Pavement, Punk, Repetition, The Fall, The Sound of Security
Everyday Life Recordings – 8th December 2017
They're described as 'motorik-punk outsiders'. Something about those three words grabbed me. Individually, they're words I read several times a day in reference to bands being thrust in y direction for a critical appraisal. The world of music PR and criticism – not that many critics seem to be especially critical these days – is awash with cliché. And cliché begets cliché: no-one's interested in inventing the next big thing: it's far safer all round to recreate the last big thing in an infinite loop of regression. Punk never died, it just got diluted and turned into guitar-pop for teens too sappy to handle anything heavy. But when did the Krautrock revival begin? When The Fall emerged with their Can-influenced repetitious racket in the second half of the 70s, acts like PiL and Joy Division may have cited leading exponents Can and Kraftwerk as a touchstone, but few really embraced the now-ubiquitous 'Apache beat' innovated by Neu! And it is ubiquitous, and has been for some years now.
Still, few punk bands of any strain incorporate relentless, repetitive 4/4 rhythms in an overtly Krautrock way. Moderate Rebels, however, have really made this their signature (if you'll pardon the pun). Not that they're 'punk' in the sense it's commonly perceived, nor in any of its contemporary revisions: Moderate Rebels have very much taken the spirit of The Fall as their template, and having set the template, they work the absolute fuck out of it over the course of the thirteen tracks on this, their debut album.
There's certainly something Fall circa Bend Sinister or Frenz Experiment about the chugging 'Extraordinary' with its drawling, monotone an almost off-key multiple vocals, repetitious lyrics and endlessly looping chord sequence and beat. It should be as tedious as hell, but the longer it stretches out, the more it drags you in, and it's a killer earworm. The only criticism is that it simply isn't long enough. It's a trick they repeat on a number of occasions, with guitars that jangle and scrape at skewed angles over strolling basslines and pulsing synths. And all the while, the rhythms hold steady, mid-tempo, stomping along with minimal fills. These aren't songs that follow verse / chorus | 530 |
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Allan Gotthelf passes on
Boydstun replied to intellectualammo's topic in Miscellaneous Topics
Allan Gotthelf (December 30, 1942 – August 30, 2013) Fond memories of Allan, with highest esteem and appreciation. His written works,* and the younger generation of scholars he assisted, will continue to expand my understanding. From the festschrift for him, Being, Nature, and Life in Aristotle (2010): From his Preface to Teleology, First Principles, and Scientificå Method in Aristotle's Biology (2012):
Who was Nikola Tesla?
Boydstun replied to Axiomatic's topic in Engineering & Technology
. Teslamania
Definition of Mysticism
Boydstun replied to StrictlyLogical's topic in Metaphysics and Epistemology
SL, I have written some about mysticism here at Objectivism Online. I know you don't have time to dig into this work at this time, but I thought you might like to have the links here in this thread for future easy reference. Mysticism – Kant and Rand Reason / Intuition / Feeling Concerning your ruminations so far, I'm inclined to keep reification of abstractions as an error that enters into mysticism at times, but enters in non-mystical error as well. A certain feeling of tremendous luminance and simplicity seems to be a necessary element of mysticism. Also, a sense of an external supersensible intelligent presence seems pretty common to it. -S
An Objectivist Phoenix: the re-birth of the IOS
Boydstun replied to JerryB's topic in Events & Announcements
Garshasp, Irfan Khawaja is known to me personally. He is a highly trained professional philosopher, as is his associate Carrie-Ann Biondi. Irfan contributed a paper to Metaethics, Egoism, and Virtue (2011), edited by Allan Gotthelf and James Lennox. I have some comments on that paper here. Another paper of Irfan Khawaja "A Perfectionist-Egoist Theory of the Good" appeared in my journal Objectivity in 1997 and is available online in V2N5. The two seminars Khawaja and Biondi have designed look excellent: Fall 2013 Spring 2014
Objectivist semnars
Objectivism and academia
Objectivism as a movement
Ideological disputes
The language, neurology, and DNA of music
Boydstun replied to musenji's topic in Music
. There is an informative review essay by Roger Scruton on modern theories of music hinged to generative grammar as well as to geometry in Reason Papers (Oct. 2012) online here.
Why Does Music Feel So Good? National Geographic Music's Delight Science News 5/18/13
Are Rand and Peikoff right about materialism?
Boydstun replied to secondhander's topic in Metaphysics and Epistemology
RW, No. Michael Stuart Kelly does not at all appear to be any such thing. You are writing about and to real persons with the real names and personal identities they have shared, and with real families who love them. Stephen
RW, No. I did not mean light in that sense. I meant light as in optics, a purely physical science, a very old one. In the nineteenth century, electromagnetism was comprehended sufficiently well that physicists were able to discover that light in the physical sense was electromagnetic radiation. This is a matter of physical identity. I can still remember the day over four decades ago when my physics professor demonstrated on the blackboard at the end of a long derivation that a ratio of a certain electrical and a certain magnetic property of the vacuum equals exactly the velocity of electromagnetic waves propagating in vacuum. The electrical and the magnetic characteristics of the vacuum are measurable to high accuracy, more and more as we go along, and from that we can calculate the velocity of electromagnetic propagation in vacuum. The velocity of light is measurable to high accuracy, higher and higher as we go along. The equality of the velocity of light with the computed velocity of the propagation of electromagnetic waves has been demonstrated by measurement of the velocity of light and measurement of the electrical and the magnetic characteristics of the vacuum. That is why one knows today that light---physical light absorbed by the retina, which signals receipt along the optic nerve to the thalmus---is electromagnetic radiation. In my coolness example, I was indeed referring to our subjective sensation. The conjectured neuronal processes to which some, including I, expect it is non-eliminatively identical has not yet been discovered so far as I know, at least not with the kind of specificity we need for confirming identity. As Eiuol surmised, I did deliberately chose feature instead of attribute. That was only to skirt the tendency of many to think of a simple property for example of an attribute. Many typically think of sonar as a feature of the the bat and color as a property of the bat. Me too. By feature I meant that sort of more complex attribute. My first philosophy professor was a Thomist, so like you, I do use attribute for both simple ones (properties) and more complex ones (features). Consciousness is a feature of some animals. Rand assumed it a feature of even insects (ITOE). Today, the neuroscientist Christoff Koch (an associate of Robert Efron, who was an associate of Ayn Rand and wrote an essay about reductionism for her journal) still thinks of them as having that feature, but that has become a minority view in the profession. I think the dominate view is that without cerebral cortex, there is no consciousness. That is not to say subcortical structures and their processes connected to cortex are not required for consciousness. Stephen
Plas, in #12 I did not say the phrase I meant. I meant and should have said non-eliminative physicalism. By non-eliminative physicalism, a non-eliminative reductionism, I mean only the general form as was accomplished when light was identified with electromagnetic radiation. It was learned that light was electromagnetic waves of a certain frequency range. Yet light did not then cease to be light, or become some sort of prior delusion now dispelled. Similarly, we know that there are sensors in the skin that register the rate of heat flow out the surface into the environs. We feel that as coolness. My idea is only that if we someday fully understand the brain processing that culminates in the feeling of coolness from activation of the sensor, coolness will not have ceased to be coolness, or become some sort of delusion then dispelled. Stephen
. History of Materialism (1866 – 3 volumes) Friedrich Albert Lange Eliminative Materialism RW, I don't know if you have read Atlas Shrugged, but therein Rand criticizes the materialisms of Marx and of Skinner under her label "mystics of muscle," and she tries to compose a unified relationship of body and mind, affirming each. Rand, and I too, would go for your integration-but-not-dissolving of mind and matter. Mind is a feature of living brain in Rand's view, as are all other forms of consciousness lower than mind. I am a non-reductive physicalist, and this may be consistent with Rand's view of mind and matter (mind, brain, and physical world).* I think true the Union theory of mind and brain set forth by Ted Honderich,* though I think his inference of determinism from it is unsound.
Reduction of Mathematical Induction
Boydstun replied to Vik's topic in Physics and Mathematics
Vic, I would say that concepts logically presupposed by measurement methods are not analyzable in terms of the omission of measurements. How far concepts of measurement, including geometry, require a form of mathematical induction would be good to look into. I know that in my practical measurements, I'm not presuming the principle of mathematical induction. The point of contact with mathematical induction would be in measurement theory, with conceptual analysis of measurement, such as in Foundations of Measurement.* To pull away the logical and mathematical presuppositions of measurement theory leaves a great deal of substance to Rand's proposal. That all other concepts are in principle analyzable in terms of measurement-omission, even if only ordinal measurement (or ordered geometry) in some cases, is a very substantial claim about the nature of those remaining universal concepts. John, Thank you for sharing your achievement. Are some results provable only by mathematical induction? Is there some sort of proof or disproof of that conjecture. Even if there is no such proof, I'd be interested to know simply if there are results<|fim_middle|> make discoveries in them, not unconstrained fancies, notwithstanding the contrary sayings of the formalist tradition (with Hilbert's more grandiose moments of text scooped up and paraded by nominalists). On the usage of science, that was only to keep very present the distinction between our empirical science and the mathematical in the science. I have no problem with people continuing to refer to mathematical science. I'll keep to mathematical discipline. Partly that is also for personal sentimental memories of a stage of my life thirty-plus years ago. There is no real confusion of what one is referring to in either case. By the way, you might like to follow my developing serial essay, Truth in Geometry Part 1 – Aristotle Part 2 – Locke and Leibniz Part 3 – Kant, Precritical Part 4 – Kant, Critical (forthcoming) There will be an additional part or two bringing the history up to the present and drawing final conclusions on the nature of truth in geometry (all of them).
The DIM Hypothesis - by Leonard Peikoff
Boydstun replied to softwareNerd's topic in Nonfiction
. Chapter 5 of DIM is on literature. Finally read it. It is splendid. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Kant and integration, note.
To some extent, Rand continued to use the label and concept science in the old ways. My first philosophy professor (1967) was a Thomist, and in his course, we heard of not only the sciences we freshmen were familiar with from high school—biology, chemistry, and physics—but of the sciences of logic, mathematics, metaphysics, ethics, esthetics, and theology. Yes, the science of theology. That was a very general conception to which the label science was being applied, namely, to any organized, systematic body of rational knowledge (rational, as opposed to mystically revealed). You can find Rand speaking of the science of mathematics, and perhaps some people still talk that way today. Near the end of Rand's life, I was in graduate school in physics at the University of Chicago. From some of my professors, I learned to make a sharp distinction between science and mathematics. So to this day, I always say the discipline of mathematics, not the science of mathematics. Geometry was one of the great sciences, in the broad sense of the term, achieved by the Greeks. It was quite possibly the greatest one, and surely in the ensuing centuries, educated people were more likely to have worked through some of the splendor of Euclid, than to have gotten far into Greek astronomy, optics, harmonics, or biology. Mathematics has continued its advance of light and power in modern times, but because of the new methods of empirical science perfected in the age of Newton and beyond, which has revolutionized our insight and power, and because those methods are in sharp contrast to our method of pure mathematics, it is natural to want to seal that hard-won distinction by keeping the species name science for modern physics et al. and some other species name such as formal deductive discipline for mathematics. When Rand spoke of the science of ethics, she could easily mean it in that general old sense of an organized, systematic body of rational knowledge, as when she would speak of the science of mathematics. But in the case of her own ethical system, she meant more than that, drawing attention to its basis, at least in part, in facts evident in the science of biology. I include the qualification in part because her ethics also depended on psychological claims, not only biological ones. It is the stronger, modern sense of the science of biology (which had its work advancing big-time in the nineteenth century before and independently of evolutionary theory,* to which it later would be integrated) that is parent to the strong sense in which Rand saw her ethics as scientifically founded. Jean-Marie Guyau (1885) viewed his ethical system also in that way. His conception of life was somewhat different from Rand's, and this yielded a not wholly egoistic system, though a thoroughly individualistic one.* ^ Quite a few contemporary ethical theories try for a biological basis: a, b, c
Sam Harris' The Moral Landscape (2010) has received a substantial review from a Randian perspective by Ari Armstrong in the Winter 2012 issue of The Objective Standard.* (Cf.)* "Sam Harris's Failure to Formulate a Scientific Morality" —Harris's Hedonism —Harris's Utilitarianism —Harris's Dearth of Reasons —Utilitarianism's Totalitarian Implications —The Individualist Alternative
Greetings and Hello. :)
Boydstun replied to niapri's topic in Introductions and Personal Notes
Niapri, Congratulations and welcome to this online circle. I gather there is an Objectivist group at your school, where you might find people nice to find. But you have big finds indeed in the written word. Best wishes. Stephen
True, Original, Important
Boydstun replied to Boydstun's topic in Questions about Objectivism
Another idea on Marc's list (#6), though he is unsure it was original with Rand, is the idea "The primary choice is the choice to focus." So far as I know, the only prior expression of this idea, or very nearly this idea, was from William James in The Principles of Psychology (1890).* He writes "To sustain a representation, to think, is, in short, the only moral act" (II 566). "Effort of attention is thus the essential phenomenon of will. Every reader must know by his own experience that this is so, for every reader must have felt some fiery passion's grasp" (562). James goes on to illustrate his points persuasively, in detail. Here are some more of his conclusions: It seems likely that Rand was familiar with James' thought on will, as windowed above. The Dover edition of James' book (to which my page citations refer) came out in 1950. The treatise was widely known and available, indeed it was and is a modern classic. It is implausible that Rand's associate, Nathaniel Branden, a college student of psychology, did not become familiar with James' The Principles of Psychology. The greatest difference between James and Rand on what she called the choice to focus lies in her join of this psychology to the thoroughgoing circumstance that reason is man's basic means of survival. The choice to think, in the intended sense, becomes the choice to live, thence to live as a human animal. The volitional character of a human consciousness, required for his survival, is then justifiably called out in a fresh basic conception and definition of human nature: rational animal or suicidal animal. This nexus is so far as I know original. It is important, true, and a lovely integration. | that have only been proven using mathematical induction so far as you know. –Stephen
Kelley vs. Mackey Debate on Selfishness (and my take)
Boydstun replied to Dante's topic in Ethics
Thanks, Chris, for the intriguing thinking in #5. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'd like to lodge in this thread for future reference a couple of remarks of Leibniz, written in 1693 and in 1700. They are from Prefaces he wrote for collections of medieval state documents.
atlas society
Objectivist Mechanical Engineers
Boydstun replied to Halsey17's topic in Engineering & Technology
. Microbattery Advance
Clarification of a point in The Objective Ethics
Boydstun replied to tjfields's topic in Questions about Objectivism
. Morally right or morally wrong means to me only: which should be chosen in certain kinds of situations with certain sorts of consequences. I believe I mentioned, by link, that I am not an ethical egoist. However, I think Rand was right to say that choices affecting the course of your own life are within what should be called moral choices. She takes humans, rightly so, to be not only animals who live over a span, but who choose to some extent what sort of life they might win. That is, they not only have life, but are capable to some extent of making a life and a character. I think, beyond Rand, that the core context of moral choices is effect on persons, more specifically, as Nozick puts the nerve of it, moral responsiveness is responsiveness to value-seeking selves as value-seeking selves (1981). Selves are centers of human lives and both form the compass of what I would call moral choices of which thing to do.
. TJ, concerning #53, would you exclude as outside the realm of logic and reason the opportunities for enhancing your struggle for existence and your enjoyment of existence by doing what you can to help the washed-ashore man survive? I gather from #40, that bringing facts into a decision about what course to choose is automatically unreasonable in your view. "The fact that a man must consume nutrients in order to live . . . is neither good nor evil, it just is." Is there any way in which you think such a fact provides guidance about what you ought to do. Come along now. You are not a blank on such issues. You have positive values to share. Again, person-to-person. Help us out. Just say No to prosecution. Would you say that pleasure and absence of hurt are good reasons for selecting certain actions and not others? Would you say they are causes of such selections, but not reasons for such selections?
. TJ, I mentioned this to you already in #35. I'll try a second time, but then leave you alone on it. The word meaning what you mean should be spelled principle, not principal. The latter is a different word, with a different meaning. --S
TJ, If justice is treating people as the kinds of beings they are, and they are ends in themselves in the human way, justice would include treating them as ends in themselves. At least that would be the just thing prima facie. Sacrifice of others and exploitation of others in the negative senses of those concepts would be inconsistent with treating them as ends in themselves, wouldn't you think? Treating gasoline as water would be a performative inconsistency; that is the kind of inconsistency relevant to ethical theory. Do you think Rand's arguments for the virtue of justice are wanting? I am still learning and developing my views on some aspects of ethical theory as well (e.g. a, b, c). I'd like to mention for everyone a couple of papers pertinent to the issues TJ has raised, essays now online: Human Rights as Game Strategies SB A Perfectionist-Egoist Theory of the Good Irfan Khawaja
. What do you think, TJ? Care to share your views of the truth about self-interest and the rights of others? Like if you were talking to persons, not prosecuting or beating someone up. (Note: principle, not principal.)
This thread is an excellent discussion. TJ, Beyond the ways in which each individual organism of a species and indeed the species itself exists as a dynamic end in itself, wouldn't the reason that individual people ought to be treated by others as ends in themselves be because their intelligence and psyche is organized towards being an individual dynamic whole? That would be Rand's stress on the circumstance that only individual minds can think, and from there comes the way individuals of our species and indeed the species itself can continue their organic end-in-itself existence. There is at least one place where Rand wrote "Only man is an end in himself." That was in an Introduction written for a 25th anniversary edition of The Fountainhead. From the context, I gather that Rand was not here denying the end-in-itself character as it occurs in other living beings. The contrast class was something else here. The full paragraph is: "But neither politics nor ethics nor philosophy is an end in itself, neither in life nor in literature. Only Man is an end in himself." By the way, the statement "Man is an end in himself" was apparently a common saying, at least among literati, a long time before Rand. In his 1853 work The Aesthetic Relations of Art to Reality, Nicholas Chernyshevsky wrote: "Artistic form does not save a work of art from contempt or from a pitying smile if, by the importance of its idea, the work cannot answer the question: Was it worth the trouble? A useless thing has no right to respect. "Man is an end in himself"; but the things man makes must have their end in the satisfaction of man's needs and not in themselves."* The point I note here is how the author put our subject proposition in quotes, indicating that it was a common current saying that man is an end in himself.
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Berlin, May 6 (IANS) German football club Cologne have moved into the top six after beating resilient Werder Bremen 4-3 in the opener of the Bundesliga's 32nd round.
The "Billy Goats" ended Werder Bremen's three-game winning streak as Anthony Modeste provided two goals to smooth the way for the 11th victory of the season on Friday, reports Xinhua news agency.
Cologne ensured a bright start into the clash as Modeste broke the deadlock, as Bremen were unable to clear the ball following a corner allowing the striker to slot home the opener from close range in the 13th minute.
The hosts continued with their offensively minded performance and rewarded themselves after Leonardo Bittencourt headed home Lukas Kluetner to double the lead at the half-hour mark.
Bremen regrouped and showed a vital sign as Fin Bartels finished off Zlatko Junuzovic's though ball to reduce the arrears from the edge of the box.
The "Green-Whites" gained momentum and restored<|fim_middle|>2-2 equaliser in the 40th minute.
Despite Bremen's six-minute comeback Cologne responded with the 3-2 lead before the break when Modeste's through ball allowed Simon Zoller to lob the ball over onrushing Bremen goalie Felix Wiedwald in the 44th minute.
After the restart, the hosts started where they left off as Modeste utilised a misplaced clearance to extend the lead to 4-2 from inside the box, two minutes into the second half.
However, Bremen stood firm and reduced the arrears again after Serge Gnarby volleyed home Bartel's cross to the far post in the 62nd minute. The visitors pressed for the equaliser but Cologne were able protect their lead to the end.
With the win, Cologne jumped onto the 6th place, which would ensure them a berth in UEFA Europa League while Bremen slipped to the 7th place with two rounds to spare.
On Saturday, newly promoted champions Bayern Munich host last-placed Darmstadt, Dortmund host third placed Hoffenheim, Monchengladbach see Augsburg, Ingolstadt encounter Bayer Leverkusen, Eintracht Frankfurt meet Wolfsburg and Hertha Berlin see runner up Leipzig.
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Science and cocktail lovers, buckle your seatbelts. After a three-year hiatus, Science World's most popular fundraising event is making a grand return. 'Science of Cocktails' brings the best of the beverage and dining scenes to Science World, and gives them a special twist. Every fundraiser, the iconic dome transforms into a giant laboratory, offering guests the chance to sample delicious, scientifically-designed drinks and eats made by some of the city's best bartenders and chefs.
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Leo Babauta, the owner of Zen Habits, a hugely successful blog, was kind enough to join me on my radio show today ... listen to the entire audio clip or download it here (or scroll down on the right side bar of this blog to the audio player) ... and although we had some technical difficulties at the beginning, the show then went on brilliantly.
I don't want to rehash what was said ... except this: at one point I asked Leo the following question: would it be fair to say that one of the things that has happened through your blog, and by being so frank about your own work with yourself in your posts on the blog, you actually grew to some extent by virtue of using the blog - and your many readers' commentaries - as a sort of sounding board, a mirror, that in turn allowed you to see yourself more clearly, even allowed you to recognize things that perhaps without this feedback of both the posts as you wrote them and the commentaries as you received them, you might not have recognized?
He essentially concurred, and added (very humbly) that he felt he had gained much from the wisdom of his readers<|fim_middle|> works with others, in whatever guise, and academic background is not a prerequisite. In my own practice it is so often the case that I gain at least as much as my clients from our interaction although I'm the one that gets paid and I have often been amazed at the mirror image that is being offered to me as my clients recount their own travails, inner and outer.
However, in order for this to work, the ego has to be left on a back burner - or forgotten about altogether. We are all divine, and we are all one, but we are not God as we face those who come to us with questions. | and their questions and commentaries, because frequently he had needed to do a great deal of soul-searching in order to answer questions they were asking of him.
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Sam was one of 7000 pupils from across the UK who took part in the 2017 Cambridge Chemistry Challenge. His outstanding result places him among the top 60 students and a recipient of the much-coveted Roentgenium Award. In recognition of his achievement Sam was invited to a residential Chemistry camp at the University of Cambridge over the summer. He says he is delighted to have performed so well:
It was a tough examination and I had no<|fim_middle|>ptazine. Sam is one of only 60 junior chemists to be awarded the Roentgenium which is a phenomenal achievement.
This is the second time in the past five years that a Hampton Chemist has scored in the top 1% of the Cambridge Chemistry Challenge.
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Hampton's Head of Chemistry Mr David Schofield warmly congratulated Sam:
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<|fim_middle|> | Marking 15 years of diplomatic relations between Monaco and Russia
The government of Monaco has sent a message to Russia acknowledging 15 years of diplomatic relations and committing to further strengthen ties in the years ahead.
To mark the 15th anniversary this month, Monaco's Minister of External Relations and Cooperation Laurent Anselmi addressed a message to Sergeï Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, commending the "relations of trust and friendship which unite these two countries."
"Since 11th July 2006, intense and constructive cooperation as well as numerous exchanges in the economic, scientific and environmental fields have emerged, thanks to the constant impetus of the Heads of State of the two countries," said the government in a statement. "A desire to continue strengthening this cooperation has been expressed, in particular through cultural diplomacy, a vector of peace and rapprochement between peoples."
The government added that despite the difficulties caused by the international health situation, this celebration is an opportunity for Monaco to reaffirm its intention to work to deepen the ties forged over the past 15 years. | 226 |
Q: How to use Mathematica to simplify this kind of trig sum? $$
S=\sum_{k=0}^{10}\sin\left(\frac{(2+4k)\pi}{23}\right)
=\sum<|fim_middle|>)], {k, 0, 10}] - Tan[Pi/23]/2 // Simplify
I have tried some functions like Simplify,TrigFactor,TrigToExp. But I am not sure how to guide Mathematica to the final answer.
And similarly, how do I simplify
Sum[Sin[(-1)^k*Pi/23*(2 + 4*k)], {k, 0, 10}]
which I got as $-\frac{1}{2} \tan\left( \frac{2\pi}{23} \right)$.
A: One way is:
Sum[Sin[Pi/23*(2 + 4*k)], {k, 0, n}] /. n -> 10 // Simplify
(* 1/2 Tan[\[Pi]/23] *)
| _{k=0}^{10}e^\left(i\frac{(2+4k)\pi}{23}\right)
=e^{i\frac{2\pi}{23}}\sum_{k=0}^{10}e^{i\frac{4k\pi}{23}}
=e^{iu}\sum_{k=0}^{10}\left(e^{2iu}\right)^k
$$
For example, I did this by hand, and got an answer as $\frac{1}{2} \tan\left( \frac{\pi}{23} \right)$
But how do I use Mathematica to check?
Sum[Sin[Pi/23*(2 + 4*k)], {k, 0, 10}]
Sum[Sin[Pi/23*(2 + 4*k | 179 |
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It is hard to quit a habit as addictive as smoking, but sometimes a good dose of reality can give you the motivation you need. The statistics regarding the success, or should we say lack of success, of people who have tried to quit smoking are shocking.
Don't fall in with the multitudes who try to quit but end up disappointing themselves and those who care about them. These stats may even spark your competitive side! Learn why smokers fail to quit and what you can do to avoid being one of them.
Sadly, this means that for every two smokers you see, you can safely predict that one will die of a smoking related illness before their time.
Action on Smoking and Health reports that although over a third of all smokers make at least one attempt to quit smoking in a given year, only 2-3% actually succeed.
Surveys consistently find that most smokers want to quit, but continue not to do so, not because they don't want to, but because their addiction prevents them from stopping. In fact, 70% of smokers say they want to stop but still smoke.
Why can't you just quit?
The nicotine in cigarettes is what makes them so addictive. Upon inhalation it begins to alter mood and concentration-related neurotransmitters, creating the sensation that smokers find enjoyable.
The cravings normally diminish over time, and you can modify your behaviour to try to avoid certain triggers. Remember- not being able to quit on your own does not make you weak. It simply means that your body is dependent on the nicotine and that you may need to try nicotine replacement therapy or another medical solution to help you achieve your goal.
In other words, going cold turkey could be too difficult. There are things you can do to kick start the quitting process and make it easier on your mind and body.
When it comes to stopping smoking the biggest hurdle to get over is the cravings. The idea is to stop the physical and mental desire for a cigarette from becoming so overpowering that you give in.
The medication Champix, or varenicline, has been shown to double quitters' success rates. Taken for 12 weeks, it is more effective than nicotine replacement or Bupro<|fim_middle|> have abated before they even smoke, and if they do smoke it is not as satisfying as it once was.
Arming yourself with knowledge is a good way to help you quit smoking for good. Once you have an understanding of why people tend to fall off the wagon you can take steps to avoid doing the same.
The NHS offers comprehensive information and advice on how to cope with cravings, and as mentioned you can consider using Champix as well. Committing to certain behavioural changes and beginning a course of medication makes a good base for someone who really wants to quit smoking for good.
Posted on June 1, 2015 by Dr Tony Steele in Stop smoking. | prion. Champix is available by prescription only. It works by not only mimicking the action of nicotine in the body but blocking its effect.
When a person taking Champix smokes a cigarette they no longer feel the pleasurable effects of the nicotine. It is as though their cravings | 58 |
Lemon, the wonder fruit. There are endless uses for<|fim_middle|> shaped face. There was only a very subtle lemon scent when I opened it up, but quite scentless otherwise.
The instructions say to leave it on for 20-30 minutes, so I kept it on for the full 30 minutes. I didn't really feel any sensations except for my face feeling cold.
When I took it off I just patted in the extra moisture into my face and neck. My face looked quite clean and moisturised and appeared less red than normal. I have pretty sensitive skin so I'm quite impressed by that.
I'm pleased with the results and am looking to trying the 'Tea Tree I'm Real, Mask Sheet, Skin Soothing' by TONYMOLY next. | this oddly shaped yellow fruit. Here it makes a cameo in this TONYMOLY Korean sheet mask, promising to brighten dull skin.
This was my first time using a Korean product and second time using a sheet mask. My friend pointed it out to me while we were in Myer (Bourke Street, Melbourne). She said 'I love Tony's masks', and I said 'Tony's?', and she said 'Tony Moly. I like to imagine that someone called Tony actually owns this brand."
In Myer they are selling 1x sheet mask for $3, and my friend said she bought hers online in a pack, and they were about $1 per mask. I wanted to try it when I got home so I just bought it.
The sheet mask went on my face quite easily and had little cuts all around the edges, which would allow it to fit comfortably over any | 181 |
Staten Island film producer, action movie star, settle out of court on $60M suit
Updated: Mar. 21, 2019, 10:58 p<|fim_middle|> to support my application for a presidential pardon in the future," he said.
As for his film career, Nasso said, "I look forward to the future and producing great movies, and I wish Steven success in his endeavors."
--Contributed by Stephanie Slepian | .m. | Published: Jan. 07, 2008, 5:30 p.m.
By Staten Island Advance
Staten Island Advance photo
Staten Island's Julius Nasso, right, and actor Steven Seagal have settled out of court on a $60 million lawsuit.
A six-year legal battle between Staten Island filmmaker Julius Nasso and action movie actor Steven Seagal was put to rest last Monday, when the two agreed to settle out of court and Nasso agreed to drop his $60-million suit against Seagal for an alleged breach of contract.
"This civil case was about vindication and getting my reputation back," Nasso told the Advance this morning. "I am relieved after six years of civil litigation that Steven and I have cleared up our misunderstandings, reached an amicable resolution and settled our differences."Both Nasso and Seagal declined to comment on the the monetary details, but Nasso said "I got a lot more than I expected. I am very pleased." A report in today's Los Angeles Times said Nasso will drop the lawsuit in exchange for $500,000 from Seagal.
Nasso, an Eltingville resident, began a partnership with Seagal in the 1990s and the two rolled out blockbuster action hits like "On Deadly Ground" and "Under Siege 2" over a decade-long span. Seagal even lived next door to Nasso for a brief time in the 1990s.
But in 2000, when their exclusive production deal at Warner Bros. ended, the two apparently had a falling out. In March of 2002 Nasso hit Seagal with a $60 million suit, alleging that the actor had backed out of an agreement to continue to develop, produce and market movies with Nasso. Seagal has denied the existence of any contractual agreement between the two.
Three months later Nasso was arrested at his home on charges conspiring to extort Seagal. He plead guilty and was sentenced in August 2003 to one year in federal prison in Elkton, Ohio. He served his time and was released.
More important than the money, Nasso said, is a letter signed by Seagal and addressed to the Office of the Pardon Attorney, Department of Justice. According to Nasso, the letter reads: "I am writing this letter to indicate that I have no objection to and would support the application (when it is timely) of Julius R. Nasso for a Presidential pardon."
Nasso hopes that simple sentence will someday clear his record completely.
"It speaks volumes that [Steven] has agreed | 546 |
Aussie Mac Zone – Episode 041 – Show Notes
by Jayson Walmsley | posted in: Show Notes | 0
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Episode: 041
Title: a view into the future
Hosts: Glenn Goodman, Michael Seamons, Jayson Walmsley
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www.aussietechheads.com.au/host<|fim_middle|> Like the iPad Air, a new Retina mini could gain an A8 processor and Touch ID, but Kuo believes it will retain the same form factor. He also suggests that the older iPad mini with Retina display could be sold at a lower cost.
– 12.9-inch iPad Pro: Kuo believes that Apple is indeed working on a 12.9-inch iPad, but he does not expect it to be launched in 2014.
– 12-inch MacBook Air: As rumored, Apple is believed to be preparing an ultrathin MacBook Air that incorporates a touchpad without buttons and functions without a fan. It is also expected to include a higher-resolution display.
– iMac: A lower-priced iMac is believed to be on the horizon, which Kuo says could help boost iMac shipments by up to 23 percent. It could be Apple's first product launch of the year.
– Apple TV: Apple is not expected to launch a full television set this year, but an upgraded set top box with an App Store and motion control technology is expected.
While Kuo's predictions do include many rumors that have previously surfaced over the past several months from a variety of sources, his roadmap gives a solid overview of what we might expect from Apple in 2014. We've also broken out several of his predictions into individual posts that can be found here: iWatch, iPad, iPhone 6, MacBook Air. | ing
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Apple's 2014 Product Roadmap: New iWatch, iPhones, iPads, Apple TV, and MacBooks Coming
Apple is set to release a slew of new products during the third quarter of 2014 according to KGI securities analyst Ming Chi Kuo, who often provides reliable information on Apple's product lineup.In a 2014 product roadmap, Kuo suggests Apple will introduce its first new product of the year, a lower-cost iMac, during the second quarter. Soon after, during the third quarter, Kuo predicts Apple will introduce an upgraded iPad Air and iPad mini, followed by an iWatch in two separate sizes, and a 4.7-inch iPhone.
An upgraded Apple TV set-top box will come somewhat later, as will the rumored 12-inch ultra slim MacBook and upgraded Retina MacBook Pros. Later, in the fourth quarter, Apple will introduce the 5.5-inch iPhone, which is said to be delayed due to issues with in-cell display technology. Along with his roadmap, Kuo also gives specific information on each of Apple's upcoming products.
– iWatch: Kuo believes the iWatch will ship during the end of the third quarter, offering biometric functionality, integration with the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and a "fashionable appearance." As has been previously suggested, he predicts the device will come in two sizes, with a 1.3-inch and 1.5-inch flexible AMOLED display. It will also include a sapphire cover lens, biometric recognition, an NFC chip, wireless charging, a 200 to 250 mAh battery, and a slim and light design. Kuo also believes that Apple will offer the iWatch at multiple price points, with the most expensive version costing upwards of $1,000.
– iPhone 6: Supporting previous iPhone 6 rumors, Kuo believes the device will come in two sizes: 4.7 and 5.5-inches, with resolutions of 1334×750 (326ppi) and 1920 x 1080 (401 ppi), respectively. Both models will come with an A8 processor, 1GB of RAM, LTPS display panels, optical image stabilization, and Touch ID. Kuo points to a 10 to 20 percent narrower bezel, a 6.5–7.0mm thickness, metal casings, and NFC integration. Mass shipments of the 4.7-inch version are expected in September, with the 5.5-inch version shipping later. Kuo suggests that only the 64GB 5.5-inch version will use sapphire displays.
– iPad Air 2: The second-generation iPad Air is expected to adopt Touch ID, an A8 processor, and an improved camera with a resolution of eight megapixels. Kuo believes the second iPad Air could come earlier in the year than the previous iPad Air, which was released in October.
– iPad mini with Retina Display: | 692 |
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