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Transcript: President Obama's comments about jobs, skill training in North Fayette
President Barack Obama visited the Community College of Allegheny County West Hills Center with Vice President Joe Biden on April 16, 2014. The White House provided this transcript of the president's remarks.
Hello, Allegheny County! (Applause.) Joe and I decided it was time for a guys' trip. (Laughter.) Actually, Michelle and Jill wanted us out the house. (Laughter.) So we decided to take a little road trip. And we are thrilled to be back here with a lot of good friends and folks who are doing terrific work every single day.
We brought with us some people who are doing some important work, trying to make sure that we're building on the kind of success that we're seeing here -- first of all, Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker is here. Give Penny a big round of applause. (Applause.) We've got a great friend and an outstanding Senator -- Bob Casey in the house. (Applause.) Congressman Mike Doyle is here. (Applause.) One of the biggest Steelers fans we've got. (Laughter.) We've got County Executive Rich Fitzgerald here in the house. (Applause.) Outstanding Mayor of Pittsburgh, Bill Peduto is here. (Applause.) And your college president, Quintin Bullock is here. (Applause.)
And of course, all of you are here. (Applause.) Yeah! Yeah! (Laughter.) Now, we're here because CCAC is an outstanding model of the kind of job-driven training we're trying to encourage all across the country. And Joe and I just spent some time checking out the machines and motors that are being used here to train folks in mechatronics. Now, I have to say that before I came here I didn't know there was such a thing as mechatronics. (Laughter.) Sounds like something that Godzilla would be fighting. (Laughter.) It turns out it has to do with engineering, how stuff works. And we saw firsthand everything that you are doing to train more workers for new jobs and better jobs -- jobs companies need to keep growing.
And what we want to do is we want to replicate your model across the country. You're doing something right that is making a difference in people's lives -- (applause) -- and we want to spread the word. (Applause.) So that's why we're here today in Allegheny County, because I'm taking some new action to expand this kind of job-driven training to all 50 states.
And Joe talked a little bit about why we have to do this -- because in today's economy, it's never been more important to make sure that our folks are trained for the jobs that are there -- and for the jobs of the future.
Now, we've spent the past five and a half years fighting back from the worst economic crisis in our lifetimes. The good news is our economy is growing again, our businesses are creating jobs. We've created nearly 9 million jobs over the past four years. We've cut our deficits by more than half. Our manufacturing sector that used to be losing jobs, just hemorrhaging jobs, is now adding jobs for the first time since the 1990s. (Applause.) The first time since the 1990s. High school dropout rates are going down. College attendance rates and graduation rates are going up. Our troops are coming home. (Applause.) We're seeing an energy boom all across the country. And more than 7.5 million people have been able to sign up for health care, many for the very first time, through the Affordable Care Act. (Applause.) And 7.5 million people, by the way, is about the number that it would take to fill up Heinz Field 115 times.
So there are a lot of good trends that are taking place. And a lot of that has to do with the great work that our outstanding Vice President is doing. (Applause.) It has to do with the great work that folks like Mike and Bob and Rich are doing, and your outstanding Mayor in Pittsburgh and all he's doing to help transform the economy there.
But here's the challenge -- and a lot of folks here know it. A lot of people don't feel that progress in their own lives yet. So the stock market is doing great. Corporate profits are soaring. Folks at the very, very top are doing better than ever. But too many Americans, if they're lucky enough to have a job, are working harder and harder just to get by, much less to get ahead. For too many middle-class Americans, it feels as if the same trends that have been going on for decades are continuing. You're working hard, but wages flat-line, incomes flat-line, cost of everything else going up.
So we've got to reverse those trends. We've got to make sure that we have an economy that's not just growing from the top down -- because it doesn't really grow when it's just from the top down. We've got to have an economy where it grows from the middle class out, and from the bottom up, and everybody has a chance. (Applause.)
That's the idea of America -- if you work hard, you can get ahead. That's the promise at the heart of this country. If you're responsible, you're willing to put in some sweat, you can get ahead. You may not be fabulously wealthy, but you can support a family; you can buy a home; make sure your kids are doing good and they can go to college; have something left over for retirement; have health care you can count on; maybe take a vacation once in a while -- (laughter) -- just the basics and knowing that you're part of a community that is growing for everybody, not just some.
Restoring that idea is the defining issue of our time. And so the truth is -- Joe and I, we were talking about this the other day -- we sometimes sound like a broken record because we've been talking about this for six, seven, eight years, ever since we've been in public office. But it's more urgent than ever now that we move forward. And we know what to do.
We're pushing a four-part opportunity agenda. And the first part is more good jobs paying good wages -- manufacturing jobs, construction jobs, jobs in energy, jobs in innovation, jobs in infrastructure, rebuilding our roads and our bridges -- putting people back to work. There's a lot more we could be doing.
Number two, we've got to train more Americans with the skills to fill the jobs that are there, just like you do here at CCAC. Number three, we've got to guarantee every young American a world-class education. And number four, when people do have a job, we've got to make sure that job pays a decent wage and that you have savings you can retire on and health care you can count on. (Applause.)
These are the things we've got to be doing. You know it; I know it. That's what would put our unemployment rate down faster. It would pull our wages up faster. It's what we could do to create more jobs and economic security for a lot of families that have been reaching for it for years. And every single person you send to Washington should be focused on that issue. That's what America needs right now.
Today, the reason we came here is to focus on that second part of that agenda -- training Americans with the skills that they need for the good jobs that are going to be here today and tomorrow.
Around here, you know better than most how in recent decades the economy hasn't always worked for middle-class families. You saw outsourcing. There was a time when finding a good job in manufacturing wasn't all that hard. If you were willing to work, you could go to the local factory, maybe the factory your dad was working in, and say, I'm ready to go, and they'd sign you up.
And over time, the economy changed, part of it because of globalization, some of it because of new technologies. And you've seen, sometimes painfully, where technology shutters factories and ships jobs overseas, and even makes some jobs obsolete.
But you know what, we're not going to reverse all those trends. We can't stop technology. And you've got a global economy now where we've got to compete. We live in a 21st century global economy. Jobs know no borders, and companies are able to seek out the best-educated, most highly-skilled workers wherever they live. And that's where the good jobs and the good pay and the good benefits is going to be.
Other countries know this. Countries like Germany, China, India -- they're working every day to out-educate our kids so they can out-compete our businesses. And each year, frankly, it shows that they're making more progress than we are. We're still ahead, we've still got the best cards, but they're making some good decisions. We've got to make those same decisions.
And when it comes to training our workers, not all of today's good jobs require a four-year college degree, but I promise you, there's not a job out there that's going to pay a lot if you don't have some sort of specialized training. So our best bet is keeping ahead in the skills race.
And you see what happens when we put effort into making sure workers have new skills -- the education that's required for this 21st century economy. At a time when traditional manufacturing is back on the rise, Pittsburgh is seeing new factories manufacturing new technologies across the board. And I know you're County Executive and your Mayor and steel workers --everybody is -- we're focused on bringing jobs back. And the good news is they're coming back. The problem is we're having trouble filling some of those jobs.
I mean, there's been great progress in this area. You've earned a great nickname -- "Roboburgh" -- because you've got high-tech plants and workplaces that are adding jobs faster than workers can fill them. That's a good problem to have. But we've got a lot of Americans who are still looking for work or underemployed and not getting paid enough. That's where what you do here is making a difference.
America has got a choice to make. We can do nothing -- which is the strategy that some folks in Washington seem to have -- or we can do what we've always done best: We pull together; we fight back; and we win. (Applause.) That's what we do best.
So earlier this year, I asked Joe to work with Penny Pritzker and Tom Perez, our Labor Secretary, to lead an across-the-board reform of all of our federal training programs to make sure they've got one clear mission: Train Americans with the skills employers need. Not something that looks good on paper, but doesn't give you a job; find out what are the jobs that need to be filled and make sure folks are being trained and matched to those good jobs.
We've got to move away from what our Labor Secretary, Tom Perez, calls a "train and pray" approach. We train them and we pray that they can get a job. (Laughter.) Because the problem there is students, when they go to a community college, they go to a four-year university, they're taking out debt. They're straining their budgets. We got to make sure that it pays off for them. So we need to take a job-driven approach. And that's what you've done here in Allegheny County. That's what you're doing here. (Applause.)
So we're rewarding high schools that redesign their curriculums to help students gain ready-to-work skills even earlier because there's no reason why you got to wait for college. Our high schools could be providing more relevant education and making kids more job-ready. (Applause.)
We are supporting partnerships between employers and local governments and nonprofits to help unemployed workers who've been sidelined for too long, help them get the skills that they need, help to connect them to the jobs that require those skills. We're working with a bipartisan coalition of governors and mayors across the country to make job training partnerships a reality for more Americans.
But we could be doing a lot more. And I've asked Congress to invest in serious programs that connect ready-to-work Americans with ready-to-be-filled jobs. (Applause.) And in fairness, Mike Doyle, he's supportive of that and Bob Casey is supportive of it. But, unfortunately, there are some other folks in Washington that haven't acted yet. They haven't been getting the job done so far. And Americans can't afford to wait.
So today, I'm taking two significant actions that don't require Congress -- (applause) -- that don't require Congress. First, we've asked more community colleges to do what you've done here at Allegheny, and that is to figure out what skills local employers are looking for, and then partner with them to help design the curriculums and to prepare the students for those jobs. We want a seamless progression from community college programs to industry-recognized credentials and credit towards a college degree.
And today I'm announcing that we're going to award nearly $500 million to those institutions who are doing it best in all 50 states -- using existing money to create opportunity for hardworking folks like you. (Applause.) That's good.
Second -- and this is related -- we're launching a $100 million competition for what we're calling American Apprenticeship Grants. Now, these are awards that are going to expand the kinds of apprenticeships that help young people and experienced workers get on a path towards advancement, towards better jobs, better pay, a trajectory upwards in their careers.
And apprenticeships are a way to link more Americans to jobs in some of our in-demand fields, like IT and health care. They let you earn while you learn. And sometimes it makes -- it's possible for them to also create college credits on the job, even as you're pursuing a degree or a better job.
Right now, nearly nine out of 10 apprentices -- folks who are in apprenticeships, they get hired when they're finished -- which makes sense, right? You get an apprenticeship; you're there, you're learning on the job. People see that you're serious about working. So nine out of 10 folks, once they get an apprenticeship, they get hired. And by the way, they make an average of $50,000.
So we're streamlining efforts by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Labor to help veterans access their GI Bill benefits for apprenticeships. Businesses, unions, community colleges, nonprofits -- we're getting them to work with us as well. The UAW is joining with the Big Three and John Deere and others to add nearly 2,000 apprentices. Some of the biggest manufacturers are partnering with community colleges in North Carolina and Texas and California on high-skill training programs.
And now we want to work with national industry associations to help partnerships like these take root all across the country -- so that anybody, in any city, any state, can earn the training they need to get the good jobs of tomorrow. So the bottom line is if you're willing to put in the work to get a job or earn a promotion in today's economy, America's job-training system should give you every possible chance.
And you're doing it here. When we took that tour, we saw young people and some not-so-young people -- I won't say who. I don't want to offend. (Laughter.) But these are folks who -- many of them were in a job right now, but they saw that it was a dead-end and they wanted to make sure that they could get a better job. Some of them were just getting started. But either way, their investment and their effort was being rewarded.
One person we met is a gentleman named Tim Wright. He was showing us some of the computer systems that folks are working on. Now, Tim worked as a shift laborer for 13 years, loading rail cars, moving equipment, working nights, working weekends. And he always had his eye on moving into industrial maintenance so he could repair and oversee the factory's equipment, but he couldn't pass the skills test. I love this about Tim. He did not give up. He didn't say, well, I guess I can't get to my dream. Instead he started on this mechatronics training at CCAC.
So he'd squeeze in classes whenever he could, while he was still working his shifts. And after six months of hard work, he graduated as an industry-certified mechatronics technician. He re-took the test. He passed the test. (Applause.) Today, Tim is doing what he set out to do. (Applause.) So today he's working on a factory floor, making sure the machines do what they're supposed to do. He earns more money, he works better hours. He has more time to spend with his family.
And I want to read what Tim said here about this. He said, "That extra training made all the difference in the world. Those were the skills I needed to get to the next level."
So I couldn't be prouder of Tim. Those are the victories -- they don't get a lot of publicity. Tim's name won't be in the papers -- although now it may be because I just talked about him. (Laughter.) But that's what America is all about, each of us working to try to move forward. And by each of us moving forward, we all move forward. And then, we reach back and we help other folks.
Companies that are represented here today -- like Alle-Kiski and Schroeder and Aerotech -- they're helping. They want to help even more of their workers to take their skills to the next level, whether it's through a community college partnership like Tim's, or working with organizations like New Century Careers here in southwestern Pennsylvania. (Applause.) More workers getting apprenticeships. We know it works. And if it worked for folks like Tim and some of the men and women who are standing behind me here today, who took the initiative to upgrade their skills and stay ahead of the jobs curve and prepare themselves for a new job or a better job, then it can work all across the country.
We want that for every American. Everybody who works hard and takes responsibility deserves a chance to get ahead. That is what this country is built on. That's what the moment requires. That's what Congress should be working on. (Applause.) That's what Joe is working on. That's what I'm working on. That's what you're working on. And if we keep on working, we're going to move forward.
Thank you, everybody. God bless you. God bless America. (Applause.)


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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Junior Cadougan scored 18 points -- including a buzzer-beating, tying 3-pointer at the end of regulation -- to lead Marquette to a 82-76 overtime win over Connecticut Tuesday night in the Big East Conference opener for both teams.
Davante Gardner added 18 points off the bench for the Golden Eagles (10-3). Vander Blue scored 13 points as Marquette won its 17th in a row at home.
Shabazz Napier tied his career high with 29 points and had eight rebounds for Connecticut (10-3, 0-1). Ryan Boatright added 16 for the Huskies.
Cadougan's 3-pointer was the Golden Eagles' first of the night after missing their first 14 from behind the arc.
The game was the first for Connecticut coach Kevin Ollie since he received a five-year, nearly $7 million contract extension on Saturday. Marquette was without head coach Buzz Williams, serving a one-game suspension for NCAA recruiting rules violations announced in August. Assistant Brad Autry filled in.

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Taliban conflicted over how to disrupt elections
- Taliban claimed responsibility for killing an election official in September
- Elections come at same time as annual opium poppy harvest
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WASHINGTON – Taliban militants plan to disrupt upcoming presidential elections but are struggling with how to achieve that without alienating the majority of people who want to vote, coalition officials say.
"They're really having a hard time figuring out how is it they can intimidate the public without driving the public away," said Marine Maj. Gen. Joseph Osterman, a top coalition operations officer in Kabul. "The momentum of society is working against them.
"What they tend to do is try and put in an intimidation campaign ahead of time," he said.
Taliban leaders are worried about tactics that would further erode public support.
"If they do something that is completely unpopular then they would pay a price," said Said Jawad, a former Afghan ambassador to the United States.
Elections are scheduled for April 5, 2014.
The security will be handled almost entirely by Afghan police and soldiers. U.S. and coalition forces are increasingly in a support role in Afghanistan.
It will be possible to secure most of the polling places because they will be in large towns and city, which are relatively secure, Jawad said. Remote areas have fewer voters but are more vulnerable to disruption by militants or criminals.
"The ability of the Taliban to disrupt the election is limited," Jawad said.
Militants will probably attempt to use tactics they hope will create a sense of disorder without alienating the public.
In September, the Taliban claimed responsibility for killing an Afghan election official, a move that government officials interpreted as an opening move in a larger campaign to skew the elections. Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned the killing, saying that "an inclusive election will be held in this country, and the enemy's plots against that will fail, and nothing will remain to the Taliban except denigration and disgrace."
Militants may also attempt to launch attacks that will divert government forces from protecting voters.
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Christmas Colombian Bunuelos How-2 Guide
December 19, 2006 in christmas, Colombian Food, cooking, deep fry, dessert, How-2
Last year I did a quickie post on Colombian bunuelos but I did not do the How-2 Guide or give a recipe. I will do that now.
Colombian Bunuelos
- 2 C white fresh farmers cheese, finely ground or crumbled with fork
- 2 C Colombian "Bunuelina" mix
- 2 eggs
- milk to moisten
- canola oil for deep frying
Mix all ingredients (except oil) in a bowl.
Heat the oil to very warm (you can stick your finger in it but not very long). Gently drop the balls into the oil and then turn up the heat. The balls will linger at the bottom of the pot until the oil heats up. They will turn themselves as they come up "for air." Fry until light brown. Remove to a drained surface to cool.
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If you're looking for a fun night out on the town in Weston, Florida, you're going to have to search high and low. Thanks to a new city ordinance, nightclubs, dance halls, and skating rinks have been banned for eternity. Surely you've heard of the evil that roller skating invites? Yeah. Fortunately, school dances will still be allowed, and kids can also go hang out at the YMCA—not exactly a dance club, but it will do in a pinch!
So why the anti-party stance? Well, these types of businesses attract large crowds and cause traffic, noise, and crime problems. Fair enough, but isn't giving people nowhere to do anything fun going to cause its own problems when people get bored and start to stir up trouble? We shall see, but in the meantime if residents of the city get truly desperate, they can go to nearby Davie or Pembroke Pines to bust a move or get their slow skate on.
Weston bans nightclubs, dance halls and skating rinks [Sun Sentinel]
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The only files that are in the repository are those that cannot be derived from others. For instance, Java™ source files would be in the repository, but not Java™ class files.
The following sections cover some of the more common CVS tasks that you would use for STEM development. For more information:
Accessing the STEM Source Code Repository with CVS
All elements of the Eclipse STEM project are available for anonymous read-only access to the development CVS repository.
- Anonymous CVS Connection Information
- Host: dev.eclipse.org
- Repository Path: /cvsroot/technology
- User: anonymous
- Password: leave blank
- Connection Type: pserver
To import the STEM plugin projects from CVS using the Eclipse import function, you can follow these steps:
- Startup Eclipse with c:\stem as the workspace.
- select file->import
- select CVS->Projects from CVS->next
- fill in the resulting panel with the Repository connection information above.
- select next
- select Use existing module
- Find org.eclipse.ohf from the resulting list.
- expand org.eclipse.ohf -> plugins
- select all of the org.eclipse.ohf.stem.* projects
- select finish
The optional STEM projects are:
- org.eclipse.ohf.stem.data
- org.eclipse.ohf.stem.sample
- org.eclipse.ohf.stem.utility
- org.eclipse.ohf.stem.tests.*
The org.eclipse.ohf.stem.ui.reports requires the Eclipse BIRT product and can be left out if you don't have BIRT installed.
The rest of the org.eclipse.ohf.stem.* projects are required.
At this point, all of the selected projects will be checked out and then built. It should result with no errors and usually 2 warnings. The remaining warnings about missing files will be resolved in the subsequent steps when the disease scenario is built. You can now continue with the instructions for running the STEM application. [1]
The repository is also available for browsing here.
How do I send someone a patch?
If you have modified a project that you checked out from CVS, you may want to send those changes to someone else. This often occurs when you do not have commit rights, but want to send the changes to someone who does. To create a patch file:
- Select the changed project in the Navigator or other view.
- Context Menu->Team->Create Patch...
- Select a location for the patch.
- Use E-mail or other delivery method to send the patch to someone else.
- If the patch is associated with a Bugzilla item, it is a good idea to append to the Bugzilla item with the patch as an attachment.
Note that Create patch can be run with multiple projects selected.
How do I apply a patch that someone sent me?
To apply a patch, such as one generated in the previous step, do the following:
- Select the changed project in the Navigator or other view.
- Context Menu->Compare With->Patch...
- Fill in the location of the patch file
- Click Next. A summary of changed files will appear.
- Click Finish. The changes are now merged into the workspace.
- Context Menu->Team->Synchronize.
- After testing the patch, if you have commit access, you may then commit the changes into the repository.
Committer access to CVS
Developers with commit rights have individual user ids and passwords in the Eclipse project development repository. As a committer you can use SSH (Secure SHell) to connect to the CVS repository as follows. Go to a Repository View and add a new CVS repository location. When asked for the repository location enter the following:
|Repository Paths
|(your committer user id, supplied by the webmaster)
|(your committer password)
|Connection Type
Once your information is authenticated, you can browse the repository and add projects to your workspace. If you do some changes that you'd like to contribute, after testing and ensuring that you have followed the contribution guidelines, you are free to release your changes to the repository. Of course, you can only release changes to projects for which you have commit rights. The current list of committers for OHF can be found here.
Note that you can use the SSH protocol and your Eclipse user id to access projects for which you are not a committer but you will not be able to release changes.
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The 170 person event will be held on March 5th at 7 pm in Ogilvy PR's DC offices. Pete Cashmore, Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins (who is speaking at the Politics Online Conference), Adam Ostrow, and myself will all be in attendance. We still have several sponsorship opportunities available, so please contact me immediately if you are interested.
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Bollywood's khiladi Akshay Kumar shot a grand entry scene for his forthcoming movie Boss. He stands atop a tilted Mercedes car, which is seen moving on just two wheels.
The specially designed bright golden coloured Mercedes was imported from Europe to Bangkok and was modified according to the need of the stunts. It was Akshay's idea to stand on the tilted car.
A source close to the production team says Akshay was pleasantly surprised to see the car and he loved it.
"Usually it is the action driver who balances the car on two wheels, but Akshay wanted to take this stunt further by standing on the car while the car was balancing on two wheels. Only someone with his vast experience of action and stunts could have pulled this off," said the source.
Directed by Anthony D'Souza, Boss also stars Aditi Rao Hydari, Shiv Pandit and Mithun Chakraborty. Co-produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, Cape Of Good Films and Ashwin Varde Productions, the film is releasing on October 16.


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THE SHOP IS STILL OPEN but not for browsing!
Thank you for your continued support during these testing times, and for your patience as we sort and deliver your orders. We understand how books are a comfort, a means of escape and a way of making teaching at home fun in these difficult times. Thank you for staying at home, staying safe, protecting our communities and NHS Wales. For the time being, please continue to take care and stay at home!
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RENO, Nev. - A fresh blanket of snow is bringing back skiers and snowboarders to Sierra Nevada ski resorts after a slow, dry start to the season.
Resort operators said that while more snow is needed before they can finally swing into full operation, the storm spanning Wednesday to Friday allowed them to open more terrain.
On Lake Tahoe's south shore, 15 more trails opened at Heavenly Mountain Resort over a three-day period ending Saturday after the storm dropped up to 2 feet of snow there. Some 40 of 97 trails and 24 of 29 lifts now are in operation at the resort.
"This weather system brought a welcome boost to our snow base, along with the temperatures that will allow us to continue making snow ourselves," Pete Sonntag, vice-president and chief operating officer at Heavenly, said in a statement.
To the north of Tahoe, Squaw Valley opened four more lifts after the storm left up to 10 inches of snow there. Half of its 30 lifts and 32 of its 170 trails now are open.
"The new openings provide access to some of Squaw's most popular terrain," spokeswoman Melissa Brouse said in a statement.
Resort officials put a positive spin on the meagre snowpack, noting February and March are usually the most important months for snowfall.
On Friday, the Tahoe Basin's snowpack was 25 per cent of normal. The recent storm, the first significant one at Tahoe in nearly two months, generally boosted the snowpack by 5 to 10 per cent across the region.
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i have never been a carpet person, i much prefer an expanse of empty floor than having rugs lying all over the place (especially loose carpets on a floor that already has wall-to-wall carpeting… something i will never understand.) slowly though i have come to the realisation that it might just be because i have never come across carpets i actually like.
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If you can picture ethereal, sketched fairies in your mind, then you have insight into what Marco Santini of IONStudio was creating with the Jeremy Laing models' hair for his Mercedes Benz Fashion Week presentation.
First, Santini wet hair with Davines DEDE Conditioner to condition and strengthen the hair without leaving it heavy. He then dried the hair and separated it into two sections. Backcombing by the nape of the neck, Santini used an old fashioned sewing needle and some elastic string to weave the hair together to create an organic ponytail. Lastly Santini applied Davines For Wizards No. 4 Glossy Modeling Putty, a paste that creates texture and separation with natural movement, to the hair to finish the look.


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We've designed the "Cordwainer Corner Sofa" to be the ultimate in comfort, with it's deep filled base cushions supported on a hand-tied coil sprung base; you rarely experience comfort like this in a sofa.
We've designed the "Cordwainer Corner Sofa" to be the ultimate in comfort, with it's deep filled base cushions supported on a hand-tied coil sprung base; you rarely experience comfort like this in a sofa.
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We've designed the "Cordwainer Corner Sofa" to be the ultimate in comfort, with it's deep filled base cushions supported on a hand-tied coil sprung base; you rarely experience comfort like this in a sofa.
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We offer two cushion infills on all our sofas and occasional chairs.
Our fibre infill consists of a central reflex foam core enveloped in a deep layer of industry-leading fibre filling. This gives a soft and supportive sit and a more relaxed look. Fibre infills do require regular plumping, a quick plumping after use plus a full plumping once a month.
Our foam infill consists of a deep layer of reflex foam, wrapped in a shallow layer of soft fibre resulting in slightly firmer sit and a much neater look. Our foam infill also needs very little maintenance, just a straighten up every 2-3 months.
There are four finishes available on all of our upholstery ranges; A light, mid, dark and black finish.
In most cases, the Dark finish works well with the majority of leather and fabric colours. However, the Light and Mid finishes are particularly good with our Willow leather and other lighter colour materials.
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President Barack Obama, trying to win support for his tax and spending proposals, said he will take questions on Twitter at 11 am PST today about the fiscal cliff.
"Good to see lots of folks on twitter speaking out on extending middle class tax cuts. I'll answer some Qs on that at 2ET. Ask w/ #My2k -bo," the president said in a tweet sent out from the official White House Twitter account at about 12:30 p.m. Mr. Obama signs his tweets with his initials, BO.


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A LEED project for 2011-2012
The project is conducted in collaboration with the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS) and the Directorate for Education (EDU) and is a key output within the OECD Skills Strategy
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The project aims at providing OECD Members with a statistical tool for better understanding the relationship between skills, mobility and job quality at the local level.
In order for policy makers to raise skills and invest in human resources in the context of the knowledge economy, it is important that they better understand how the balance between the supply and demand of skills varies between local economies. Even if localities invest in the supply of skills through improving educational attainment, local employers do not always use skills effectively, leading to a labour market dominated by poor quality jobs.
Such situations can lead to high mobility as skilled people seek better quality jobs elsewhere. By providing a better understanding of how the skills context differs between different local economies, this output will help policy makers to fine-tune their policies so that they better reflect the challenges facing local labour markets.
The statistical tool will highlight how different sub-regions compare when it comes to the overall balance between the supply and demand for skills locally.
Which local economies are in low-skilled equilibrium?
Where there are problems of skills surplus?
Which local economies are facing skills gaps?
By looking at additional factors, such as employment rates and mobility, the research will explore the impact of a mismatch between supply and demand on local economies.
As part of its 2009-10 Programme of Work, LEED has piloted a new statistical diagnostic tool in three countries (Canada, Italy and the United Kingdom) to better understand the balance between skills supply and demand at sub-regional level.
In 2011-12 this tool will be applied in a broad set of countries, drawing on available data at TL3 level (i.e. populations of roughly 800 000 or below) to produce composite indicators of supply and demand.
Data will be collected for a number of indicators including qualification levels, productivity, occupational structure, wages, unemployment and migration at sub-regional level and analysed by the Secretariat.
Countries are invited to participate in the activity. They can provide the Secretariat with relevant data to be analysed against the statistical diagnostic tool in their country and/or support the effort overall.
An interim report to the OECD Ministerial in 2011 as part of the OECD Skills Strategy.
Final report analysing the relationship between the supply and demand of skills at the local level (TL3) in selected countries and the implications for policy development, as part of the OECD Skills Strategy.
Mapping of skills demand and supply by sector and local labour markets using comparative benchmarks for each country participating.
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If you could have one – and only one – bike, the CruX Elite EVO might just be the choice.
2014 Specialized CruX Elite EVO Rival Disc, MSRP $3,200.
Back in the late 1990s, Specialized was a true value leader. It was tough to find more bike for the money than a Specialized, particularly the Stumpjumper and S-Works line of mountain bikes.
Over the past few years, though, Specialized has gotten a little overzealous with going up-market, becoming one of the first bike manufacturers to sell a mountain bike with a $10,000 price tag. However, with the recent release of the 2014 Specialized CruX Elite EVO Rival Disc, Specialized has refocused its efforts on offering standout value. For $3,200, the CruX Elite EVO is like having four bikes in one.
The CruX Elite EVO is certainly a looker.
At first glance all I could think of was the famous line in Spinal Tap when Nigel Tufnel evaluated their Smell the Glove album cover. "How much more black could this be? And the answer is…none. None more black." If being murdered out is your style, then the black components, matte black frameset and black wheels on the CruX EVO don't disappoint. Even the cranks are black.
Highlights of this build include a full carbon fiber frameset and seatpost, (recalled) SRAM hydraulic disc brakes with Double Tap Rival 10-speed shifting, room for 40c knobby tires, and a svelte 18-pound weight when you swap on better wheels and tires. More impressively, the CruX Elite EVO is a bike that can do everything including going off the front in a weeknight training crit, blasting through mud bogs in a local cyclocross race, racing gravel laden double centuries, and even ripping a little mellow singletrack.
How much more black could it be? None. None more black.
Developed specifically for the burgeoning "gravel grinder" subset of racing – combining long road races with dirt and gravel country roads – the Specialized CruX Elite EVO is engineered to provide fast, aerodynamic and comfortable performance for dirt-based endurance races like the Dirty Kanza 200. Two-time winner Dan Hughes piloted a standard Specialized CruX cyclocross bike for back-to-back victories in 2012 and 2013, making small tweaks to the bike including more compact gearing. Specialized essentially took Hughes' setup and adapted it into what is now the CruX Elite EVO – the bike pro rider Rebecca Rusch piloted to a Dirty Kanza 200 victory in 2013.
Sporting a funky looking FACT CG-R carbon seatpost, 50-34 compact front chainrings, an 11-28 cogset, SRAM hydraulic disc brakes and more relaxed "American style" cyclocross geometry with a lower bottom bracket, the CruX Elite EVO is tailor made for long days in the saddle. And with generous amounts of clearance around both the fork and the bridgeless chainstay/bottom bracket junction, the CruX Elite EVO can handle up to 40c tires. The fork can accommodate an even bigger tire.
The CG-R carbon post sucked up bumpy roads, making for an incredibly smooth ride.
The FACT CG-R seatpost incorporates Zertz vibration damping, and when paired to the FACT carbon frame, the CruX Elite EVO is incredibly comfortable even on the most miserably bumpy and chunked-out roads. For enhanced stiffness and lightning fast acceleration, the CruX Elite EVO sports a burly tapered head tube with tapered FACT carbon disc fork and an oversized BB30 bottom bracket.
A perfectly flat top tube makes for painless shouldering.
A particularly nice feature on all Specialized CruX frames is the flat and wide top tube underside which makes shouldering the CruX an absolute pleasure, eliminating the shoulder soreness that can be caused by thinner, rounder top tubes.
The SRAM hydro disc brakes transformed the performance of the CruX Elite EVO. Now we just need to get the recall replacements.
For me, the highlight of the CruX Elite EVO's performance came with the SRAM S full hydraulic disc brake system. Yes, this is the system that was recalled by SRAM in early December due to seals that could potentially fail in sub-zero conditions. Although I experienced a little bit of braking sponginess during a two-mile dirt and snow descent in 15 degree temperatures, the SRAM hydraulic disc brakes have otherwise been flawless over more than 1,000 miles of riding during the test period. Once you ride hydraulic discs on the road and dirt, going back to cantilevers or calipers is like going back to drum brakes on your car after having four-wheel discs.
The CruX Elite EVO is a fully capable trail rig.
The hydraulic discs combined with a set of 40c knobby tires set up tubeless opens up a whole new world of off-road discovery for the CruX Elite EVO. Depending on your mountain bike chops, the CruX Elite EVO can be piloted to hang with most hardtail cross-country mountain bikes. Braking control and modulation is remarkable, and the ability to run as low as 35 psi on the trail means stable traction and comfort even over rocky terrain. Although they look a bit oversized at first, the giant SRAM brake hoods that house the hydraulic master cylinder are very ergonomic, making for multiple comfortable hand positions.
Of course we don't recommend that anyone ignores a recall warnings. If you happen to have a set of SRAM road hydros, better to go through the recall process (get your free replacement mechanical disc brakes), and get excited about SRAM's version 2.0 hydraulic disc brakes that are slated for release in the spring. Here is all the information you need.
There are also a couple other notes to make with the CruX Elite EVO. First, although the internal cable routing is very clean and aesthetically pleasing, internal cable routing for a hydraulic disc brake can make for headaches and potential system re-bleeding anytime the rear brake needs to be removed from the frame. I'm a big fan of form follows function, so I'd prefer having an externally mounted rear disc cable.
Internally routed rear disc cable looks clean but complicates removal matters.
The Axis 2.0 wheelset that comes standard on the CruX Elite EVO is durable and fully murdered out in black, but they're rather portly with non-tubeless, 38c Specialized Trigger tires, pushing the CruX EVO to 21 pounds. This is no problem a little extra money can't fix, because if you're going to use the CruX Elite EVO for multiple purposes, you're going to need an extra set of wheels anyway.
I threw a set of Stan's NoTubes Alpha 340s on with 25c tires for road duty, bringing the weight down to a very reasonable 18 pounds. Figure another pound extra for a relatively lightweight yet durable off-road tubeless setup, and you have a 19-pound bike that can hang across an incredibly wide range of terrain.
At first the tiny 25c road tires look odd given how much clearance the CruX Elite EVO offers, but the upside is the range of tires size options on the CruX Elite EVO is amazing. Riding a road bike with 28c or 30c slicks inspires so much more cornering confidence at high speeds – something you can't do on a traditional road bike with brake calipers.
Versatility is paramount with the CruX Elite EVO.
So who is this bike for? It's probably better to ask who isn't this bike for. This bike isn't made for the hardcore road or crit racer. They'd be better served with a traditional, race-specific road bike.
But for anyone who wants the speed of a road bike, the masochistic fun of a cyclocross bike, the mild trail riding capability of a mountain bike and the more relaxed "American style" 'cross geometry for all-day gravel grinder comfort and high speed stability, the Specialized CruX Elite Evo Rival Disc is a great choice.
All seasons and all conditions versatility are what the CruX Elite EVO is about.
For $3,200 and the price of an extra wheelset, you are essentially getting four bikes in one: road, cyclocross, fully rigid mountain and gravel grinder. The CruX Elite EVO is the ultimate quiver killer, and the worst part about getting one is seeing all the dust that will collect on your other bikes when they're demoted to garage rafter duty.
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Amazing UFO Videos From 2 Weeks Ago!
Are we alone? I don't think anyone really knows that answer to that question. On January 28th a couple of amateur videographers think they have pretty solid evidence that we are not alone. Watch the 2 videos of the same event from different locations below.


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Simple twists make for big flavor in this recipe: a little spice in the roasted vegetables, lentil instead of chickpea hummus, and tangy pomegranate molasses to top everything off. What to buy: Pomegranate molasses is a sour, syrupy liquid that adds a tart note to this recipe.... Read More
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Post subject: Prolonged time without eating = anorexic lookin aspect?
Well i actually enjoyed the prolonged time spent without eating (30 days), fact is i used to weight 48 kgs ( 105 lbs), and looked anorexic to others, this is not a problem for me, i dont give a f### about my physical aspect...fact is im tired of people bothering day by day because of the uncommon aspect...aint there any way to keep going without eating but with a " decent " body to others eyes?? sigh...i sometimes wonder if jericho sunfire actually aint eating at all or if he just achieved inedia but eats for pleasure...else omg how can one build matter without eating?
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Have you tried weight lifting?
When I fast I can lift twice as much as most men around me, no matter how skinny I am.
If you read about the saints/yogis in the Himalayas, they are tiny as hell but can go around lifting huge rocks and boulders.
Sometimes they eat when offered food with love from citizens in villages.
I have read much about them.
I guess it depends if you want to regularly be seen in society, try weight lifting. If you are going to live more of a hermit, who cares?
I also keep thinking I'm done with this plane, but no matter how long I fast for, I'm kinda thinkin I'm still going to be in this body. Maybe I'll live in a mountain and help people remotely for a while. Who knows.
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Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 8:50 am
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I definitely dont care about being seen in society, fact is, i " have to ". Im still attending school, im too young and dont have enough money to move somewhere as you did...also im not even sure that's what i want...seems nothing about this physical plane looks interesting to me anymore...guess only time will tell but meh, every second passing feels heavy like a huge rock right on my head...wow me so stupid, it's just a monster living in my mind and being fed by my thinking...but i still am feeding it by just thinking about that lol
well i'll find a solution...btw how you doing with the temperature? your body will just match any temperature, even the most extreme one? you have no problems with that? bless and love <3
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Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 9:51 am
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What I had read in Jasmuheens latest version of
Living on Light
is, that you should build up muscles for not being to skinny.
So this is according to Pranachild & Jericho Sunfire...
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Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 7:49 am
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It costed me a one way plane ticket of almost two hundred dollars to "move" to Hawaii with my backpack. I have since hitch hiked and live for free/work exchange and have actually made money here doing odd jobs. It's really easy. But yeah, I mean, with this whole inedia path, I don't want to even participate at all, even HERE. I am not really a social person anymore. I like silence and solitude. The weather is great which is why I'm glad I'm here, and you can stay very far from cities, which I couldn't really get away from concrete in California. And yes, when I do long fasting, I adapt to the temperature outside. I walked out in the mountains with no clothes all night one time in freezing temperature, snow, etc. I felt no thing.
Kuddos to you, brother, being in school and all. I mean, is school even interesting? And is it easier to concentrate/study when off food?
How is your family reacting to this? Hope you are well.
Cheers <3
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Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 8:24 pm
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School is SAD, enough said." Learn as much bullshit as you can so you can enjoy your enslavery society based on illusion and ignorance once out!" ...my parents of course cant stand the fact i want to quit and move to any tropical environment as you did my dear...ecuador, thailand, madagascar, vietnam. or i dont know..doesnt matter, anything like that. Lol im stupid because i know it is me feeding these bad thoughts in my mind by just keeping thinkin...but it is so obsessing...im getting into fights with my family everyday they are obsessed by greed and material stuff and of course wont understand my will. I dont have the same moral they have: family is an artificial convention, i will not say that i hate them but i find their attitude very cruel, i just cant get enough
and also im getting weaker day by day, physically and mentally...my mind cant extend all this crap anymore, at least not as it used to when i was a non eater, it's been bit long since i came back eating and that drains energy and makes me weaker day by day, i dont enjoy eating sex or stuff like that but i do so cause after like even less than 2 days of dry fasting i just dont wanna know a f### about society anymore...fact is i still am here, and, at least in my opinion, solitude,fasting and no speakin doesnt match in an artificial/social environment....Im glad you're doing what you enjoy most my dear, i love silent fasting in nature too...and yeah, speakin aint my thing too when i fast, even using computer and devices gives me " pain"...bah...bless and love <3
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Joined: 11 Jan 2005
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Location: Paris
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 5:47 pm
Post subject: Has anyone seen... *insert list here* ?
I'm always searching for odd new things to try out, and of course, whenever I find a recipe, I also find myself lacking something..
so, has anyone (in Paris, or orderable to Paris on the net) seen:
Tapioca Pearls
Baking Soda/Baking Powder/Tartar
Frozen Strawberries (Those, I'm hoping I can simply find on a trip to Carrefour or Picard..)
Graham Crackers/Cream Cheese (or anything else cheesecake related that doesn't come in the form of a powder.. I've tried the boxed sets, but I'm not *incredibly* pleased with them..)
Cheddar (findable at Casino, but I'm not always able to get there, if anyone knows any alternative places more in the way, perhaps.)
Cake Frosting/Mixes/Toppings (you know the kind, Sara Lee Strawberries in a can or chocolate frosting in a can, ready to whip out and finish a cake in less than a minute..)
and really anything else that you'd find in an American kitchen that may perhaps be lacking in a French one. I've never really *needed* to use Crisco, but I'm sure I could find uses for that, as well (shortening.)
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Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 7:07 pm
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Thanksgiving in the Marais seems to have a lot of what you're looking for.
Not that I'd
, mind you, I just followed some links from C'est moi qui l'ai fait!
The blogger, Pascale, is une jeune française who has also experimented with cheesecake. Here are her results.
I see she has come up with a good substitute for graham crackers. Graham crackers really aren't anything special though. I think the concept of a graham cracker crust was simply that using dry, tasty crumbs enabled the cook to take a shortcut. Since that time, at least here, people use all kinds of simple cookie crumbs. An interesting variation I recently heard about and look forward to trying was Italian biscotti.
Pascale suggests a French alternative for cream cheese. Another possibility is to make some. I put plain yogurt in a paper coffee filter in a basket I reserve for this purpose. I suspend this all over an empty bowl in my fridge. After it seems to stop draining, I place a weight on the top and press out what additional liquid I can. When it's firm, it's cream cheese.
I think Pascale (or is it clotilde?) also has a blog entry on Parisian stores that carry American grocery items. Here is the link I could find to Pascale's list of stores that carry English items.
There might be some good equivalents there too.
I wonder about the cheddar though. Wouldn't that be reasonably available around France as a British EU item?
Bonne chance!
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Location: Paris
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:15 pm
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thx for all the links, you've definitely done your homework! I'll have to check out the suggestion of Pascale(?), "Nature à tartiner".. I've been looking around for different things that ressemble cream cheese, and have actually found that a lot of European countries have Philly cream cheese.. just not France. If I ever take a day trip, I'll have to bring back a backpack full
Saint Moret is simply.. too salty(for cheesecake purposes, anyhow.). I'll have to try to make my own cream cheese, though.. that could really come in handy!
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Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 9:31 pm
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You're very welcome!
I just remembered I had read those blog entries somewhere so I just had to backtrack a bit and pull out the links.
I hope you'll be able to bake up something wonderful!
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 12:48 pm
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Some of the food items you're asking about may be ordered from
They used to carry American goods, but now only British. Shipping these items is rather expensive, so you need to be pretty motivated.
My fellow Americans like to use crisco in pie crusts, although for the life of me I can't understand why, it's absolutely tasteless, and using all butter is so much better. Two good uses for crisco are 1) frying chicken - much less greasy 2) greasing cake pans - butter contains a lot of water which evaporates during cooking, leaving exposed places for the batter to stick.
Shortening has no water, and so doesn't have this problem. As most bakeware is no-stick these days, I'm not sure how important this is.
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 2:32 pm
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Third use for Crisco, my mom used it to remove the gum from my hair when I was a child.
"It's watery....and yet there's a smack of ham."
"It's hot ham water."
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Location: a Dutchie in HongKong
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 4:05 pm
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Third use for Crisco, my mom used it to remove the gum from my hair when I was a child.
peanutbutter works well to remove gum as well, from hair or other places... strange, but true. The answer on how to remove the grease stain later was not given...
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Location: France
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 4:50 pm
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At Ikea Epicerie they sell Digestive Biscuits (I don't think they're the real brand, though. Those you can find at Lafayette Gourmet). They are very much like Graham Crackers and perfect for a cheesecake crust: they're quite dry and flavorful and they're not as spicy as Speculoos, or as tough and buttery as any industrial sablé or petit beurre.
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Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 3:45 pm
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Two good uses for crisco are 1) frying chicken - much less greasy 2) greasing cake pans -
For greasing cake pans, I use lecithin and oil. Much better overall for you as well as your pans.
For a substitute crust I have used Speculaas which is a Flemish ginger biscuit/cookie. They're one of my favorite baked treats and perfect for crumbling to crust.
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Joined: 29 Sep 2004
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Location: Paris, France
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 6:56 pm
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Hi, I'm an American, living in Paris, AND a friend of Pascale's. She had told me about the Nature a la Tartiner at Leader Price. After finding the real thing at Thanksgiving and The Real McCoy, for 4.50 euros, I decided to give her suggestion a try. It works so well!!! And cost something like 1.10 euros, Leader Price also has a cookie that works great for the crust, called Gallette au Beurre. The ambiance of the place is sad, but after you fill your "caddy" with so many things that you can buy elsewhere, for so much less, you feel happy!
Tapioca Pearls - I have found them at the marche dans le rue/the farmer's markets on the streets and Le Grande Epicerie de Paris. Actually I think you can find all of your requests at Le Grande Epicerie de Paris.
There was an entire thread about Baking Soda/Baking Powder/Tartar on this forum a while ago, you should check it out.
Frozen everything at Picard, and fabulous quality!
Real cheddar at my Monoprix. I specify my Monoprix, because they are not all the same. Mine? 334 rue de Vaugirard, 75015.
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Joined: 10 Mar 2005
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Location: Oakland, CA
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:06 am
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A great resource for American baking ingredients is King Arthur Flour. I called to make sure you can ship to France and they assured me you can.
The website is
Browse the on-line catalog for your baking needs and then call them.
For orders shipping outside the U.S., you can not order from the website.
Call 802-299-2240 and ask for the catalog order line. (I'm not sure if the 800 number will work outside the US, but you can try it - 800-827-6836.)
They are based in Vermont, which is Eastern Time.
King Arthur's products are very high quality, much better than Betty Crocker and Sara Lee.
As to the cream cheese issue, you need something like Philly cream cheese. Anything too "natural" (without stablizers and the like) won't set up right for a traditional New York style cheese cake. You can get something of the same consistency by draining plain yogurt and making your own yogurt cheese. This will work okay, but you might have to adjust the sugar to compensate for the yogurt's tartness.
If you need a recipe for graham crackers for the crust, let me know and I'll send you one. Or browse King Arthur's recipe files and see if they have something you can use. I think a British whole meal biscuit would work fine.
Good luck
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Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 8:18 am
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Dear Creampuff- that is such great news. I had no idea that King Arthur would ship to France. A friend in L.A. just introduced me to the catalog, and I thought that I just had to dream, but no!
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Location: Paris
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 12:56 pm
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Good morning!
Alisa has the info down pat. I was going to say exactly the same thing as she has already said.
Speculoos are really delicious used as a cheesecake base. If you think they are a bit spicey you could mix them half and half with the butter biscuits and then you would get a tasty base that is not too spicey. Personally I love them and eat the cheescake mixture off the top and then eat the biscuit base... don't know why I bother putting them together sometimes...
Nature a tartiner is the closet thing to philly cheese that I have found.
Did you mean hard cheddar cheese or the really soft (fake) kraft cheddar cheese? If you want hard cheddar or aged cheddar taste, ask for "agee" as in aged at the fromagerie (my accents are not working so can't put the circonflex on the "a" and the acute accent on the first "e" - sorry). Cheeses like comte or cantal are close. If you ask your fromageur really nicely they will give you a tiny sliver to taste before you decide and buy.
If you want the really soft cheddar there is a cheese made for children which comes in little pale brown semicircular containers about the size of a walnut. They are in a pack of a dozen or so. Can't remember the name of it though sorry. But you can buy them in the supermarket, ie franprix monoprix, G20, 8ahuit etc.
Try the real mccoy and thanksgiving first though, before spending extra money on mail order. We got caught out and had to pay customs duty on something we ordered, which was not nice. Can make your order very very expensive
If you cannot feel your arteries hardening, eat more cheese. If you can, drink more red wine. Diet is just "die" with a "t" on the end. Exercise is walking into the kitchen.
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Hard, orange, cheddar cheese, comes from England, but is mild, just like the stuff you can buy in the US, is what I purchase at the Fromagerie at "my" Monoprix. You can buy the entire brick, or they will cut off as much as you like. This is the thing for melting in a quesadilla, on a hamburger, whatever!
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