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Christmas cake, when to start?
Hi everyone
I have decided to try and attempt to make a xmas cake this year, never done it b4 but I love backing and all things xmas lol.
My question is when do I start as I know it takes a lot longer then 'normal' cakes and also is it expensive? I would like to try and make 2 as got a few family party's around the week b4 xmas day.
Any help or tips most welcome x
Thanks x
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Hi Karen
I've got a Christmas baking thread I started a few days ago, you might find it useful:
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Hiya.I normally bake my Xmas cake at the end of October,wrap it in baking paper and keep in a cake tin or box.Make sure you feed it with Brandy or Sherry every couple of weeks then it will be really moist when you finally eat it.I have been making the same one for a few years out of my recipe book but im going to try a new recipe that i got online.Just google Christmas Cake recipes and loads will come up.HTH.
22-08-11, 13:56 #4
Hi - I also make our Christmas cake at the end of October - usually over the halloween weekend - not sure when this started but I've done it as a sort of tradtion now for years - halloween and christmas cake bake weekend. Then wrap and feed it up to a week or week n' 1/2 before Christmas and then everyone helps to ice and decorate it. Great fun.


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The New York Yankees playoff roster reads as one from a mid-2000s All Star Game would. Somehow, some way, both Kerry Wood and Lance Berkman landed on the 2010 New York Yankees, and while those two players aren't nearly as good as they once were, they've each made their impacts felt during the first two games of the American League Division Series.
For Berkman, coming to the Bronx hasn't been easy. A Texas man with Rice University in his blood, Berkman spent 12 years and played 1592 games for the Astros. At age 34, his health is failing him, but he can still hit right-handers. The Yankees picked him up in a salary dump for Mark Melancon, and while Berkman moved from the bottom of the NL Central to the top of the AL East, he was hesitant about the trade. He didn't want to leave Texas and had no idea what New York held for him.
His regular season stint in New York wasn't a booming success. In limited duty, he hit .255/.358/.349, and he didn't power his one home run over the fence until his 32nd game in pinstripes. Yankee fans grew to despise Berkman when he made some fielding flubs in Tampa Bay and later hit A-Rod on the shin with a line drive during batting practice. Berkman's two months on the Yanks resembled something out of the Murphy's Law Handbook to Baseball.
Yet, with four at-bats on Thursday, Lance put the bad will behind him. He went 2 for 4 with a double and a home run and two runs batted in. His fifth inning home run put the Yanks up 2-1, and his seventh inning double put the Yanks on top for good as Jorge Posada scored from first. A week ago, Lance was an after-thought. Today, we love him.
With Lance's bat providing the offensive thunder, Kerry Wood's once-golden right arm has given the Yanks a solid set-up option in front of Mariano Rivera. We all know the Kerry Wood story — 20 strike outs at age 21, an arm injury, some good years a starter, overuse, more injuries, a move to the bullpen. After burning out in Chicago, Wood found success in the pen, but he seemed to flounder in Cleveland.
Dealing with some minor injuries, Wood's first 23 appearances this year were less than impressive. As the trade deadline rolled around, Kerry was 1-4 with a 6.30 ERA, but he had 18 strike outs in 20 innings. Yankee scouts liked what they saw, and for cash, the Yanks got Kerry.
Since arriving in the Bronx, Wood has been revelation. He walks too many guys — 6.2 per 9 innings in 26 innings — but he's striking out over 10 per 9 IP. His ERA in the Bronx was, with a little bit of luck, a minuscule 0.69. He's inherited the role left, with little confidence, to Joba Chamberlain, and he came through in a big spot on Thursday. With the Yanks up 4-2, the Twins sent up J.J. Hardy, Denard Span and Orlando Hudson in the 8th. To strike out Hardy, Wood threw a literal knee-buckling breaking pitch. Span grounded back to Wood, and Hudson struck out on pure heat.
Wood and Berkman are the ideal deadline pick-ups for the Yanks. They're veteran players with playoff experience and success who were toiling away on bad teams. For dollars, the Yanks could augment their roster and build up a bullpen and a bench. That's how Brian Cashman, with the Yanks' deep pockets at his disposal, should run his team.
The future for these two current playoff heroes remains hazy. Lance Berkman says he wants to play everyday next year. "I don't like to platoon," he said. "If I was the manager I would platoon me because I've been so bad righthanded this year. But I don't think that's a permanent problem. I like to play every day. The DH role is great but I also like to play the field. I feel like I've got something to offer still defensively."
Kerry Wood's deal features a club option for $11 million in 2011. That's closer money, and unless Mariano Rivera unexpectedly retires, Wood will seek employment elsewhere. He has the mentality for the 9th inning and indications are that he wants to close. He and Berkman will be just a pair of rent-a-Yankees.
The Yankees certainly know that Wood and Berkman probably won't return. They know that these two key cogs are fleeting, and they're going to ride them for all they can. Girardi will give Wood the ball for the 8th, and he'll let Berkman take his hacks against right-handers. Bring in the mercenaries with money, push them for the playoffs, and ride their coattails to victory. So far, it's a winning formula.
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Thanks guys! (And you're welcome to stick around next year if you'd like.)
Not Berkman, though. Both sides agree he won't be back.
I'm happy that I was wrong about being unimpressed when the Wood trade went down.
I wish the Yanks were playing a day game. I'm ready now!
so what is going on with Joba, anyway? where does he fit in the postseason? will we see him at all?
Better question: Do we WANT to see him at all?
Trust me we will see Joba at some point. Girardi will continue to go with Wood until either he fails, or he needs a day off.
He shan't need a day off in the playoffs.
we will see him tonight when Hughes only goes 6. Joba and Logan will team for the 7th and Wood will pitch the 8th.
If your starter is going to go 7, might as well go right to Woodmo.
There was a huge Berkman fan contingent sitting near me at one of the Rangers games in Texas last month. Every time Lance came to the plate, the whole row erupted with "Puma" and "Fat Elvis" chants.
Apparently, it was a group of Astros fans that had driven up to Arlington from Houston (a pretty significant trip) just to see Berkman. They had no particular affection for the Yankees, but it was hard not to like them based on their unconditional love for Berkman. It's easy to see why he was/is such a popular guy in Houston, and I'm really glad Cashman made the move for him.
"That's closer money, and unless Mariano Rivera unexpectedly retires, Wood will seek employment elsewhere."
I hope that if Mo retires, that we go after Soriano. If Wood wants to close next year, there is no room for him on this team anyway. Wood>Mo or Wood>Soriano would be sick, but $11m is about $7m more than ideal. Mo should be back next year though, with DRob setting it up.
Soriano is going to get a 3 year deal from someone in the $8-10M range. And will cost your 1st rounder.
So…GOD FORBID…if Mo were to retire, there *is* a very strong argument for just picking up Wood's option.
I actually have a plan for the Yankees to balance the Yankees budget while RECREATING THE DYNASTY THE YANKEES HAD BACK IN THE 50′S.
First resign Jeter & than back load $10M from Jeter & renegotiate A-Rod's contract to back load another $10M their. You now have $20M plus the $7M for Vazquez & the $5M for Johnson. Thats $32M available.
Step 1.) Sign Cliff Lee to put behing CC giving us two true twin Aces
2.) Resign Woodas the 8th inning man
3.) Put a package together that includes Joba, Nova, Romaine to Florida for Josh Johnson,
4.)Bring Montero up to be the DH
5.) Sign Soriano to eventually replace Mo.
Are starters become CC, Lee, Johnson, Hughes, Petite, Put AJ in the pen to straighten him & let him combine with wood on the right side to throw it 98MPH & nasty.
Value of team jumps from $1.5B to $2B.
Ok, so Josh Johnson could be had for Joba, Nova, "Romaine?"
You do realize this not a video game, right? Add Montero to that package, and the Marlins probably still hang up.
Also you want to spend ~$20mm a year on Wood and Soriano for the bullpen? Seriousy?
Also renegotiating contracts in the MLB is damn near impossible because of the MLBPA. Yes, I do realize it's happened before, but they were extremely special circumstances or buyouts.
Sanity FTW.
Not to pile on, but that Josh Johnson trade proposal is nutso. Appreciate the enthusiasm and effort, but that trade is completely unrealistic.
Yankee fans grew to despise Berkman??? Must have missed that one.
I can't understand how someone can intelligently dismiss such a
great career and come to that conclusion based on a mere 39 at bats
and one bad defensive performance. That would be the epitome of short sightedness. I also don't totally buy the notion that Berkman is not as good as he once was. His '08 and '09 numbers were still very good.
His performance this year can be written of to injury or the weariness of playing for one of the worst teams in baseball. There still may very well be some great years ahead (especially with a contending team)
for Lance Berkman.
/saw the word "ride" and a picture of wood'd
"He has the mentality for the 9th inning and indications are that he wants to close."
Mentality for the 9th inning ? But any pitcher can close that's just ridiculous.
Wood has not exactly excelled as a closer in his 2 1/2 years as a closer with the Cubs and the Indians. I have strong doubts that he will receive offers above 6 or 7 million as a closer for 2011.
Two things:
1) Kerry Wood DID excel in 2008 with the Cubs.
2) Brandon Lyon is getting paid $5 million per year for three years. Something tells me Kerry can get more than 1-2 million above that.
Whoa whoa whoa, you can't cite any middle reliever signed by Ed Wade as precedent. No other GM functions like that.
Yes you are right. He was pretty good in '08, but his year and a half in Cleveland was pretty poor. What he gets next year may depend on his performance over the next couple of weeks.
The Marlins team payroll is at $55M & is in the top 5 cheapest payrolls. Translation – team is cheap & makes the Rays look like the Yankees.
Josh Johnson is their Ace & has anoher 3 more yrs left on the contract he signed this winter at $10M per. I say the right package will make the Marlins have to consider to pull the trigger & dump their Ace. My package woud start with Joba, Nova, Montero & Miranda.
For the deal breaker I throw in Girardi.
Now you're just having fun with us. Throwing in Girardi? To the Marlins? The same club that he got sh*t-canned from because of a rift with the owner?
I love your gusto if you are serious, but I think other teams could, and would, top that offer in a second.
I would never trade all of that for Josh Johnson (injuries), and it would be stupid to trade Josh Johnson for that (value)
I really don't think Yankees fans understand what they have in Lance Berkman. Berkman is hands down one of the most dangerous hitters in baseball. The guy had an off year, mainly because of injuries and the fact the he played for one of the worst teams in baseball. He's 34, he's got at least 3 years of big time numbers left in him. The whole time that he's been doing this silly platooning/DH thing I've been telling people – "Wait until the playoffs." The guy is clutch. Enjoy him while you've got him.
Hey Vin are you telling me another decade of World Series visits by the Bombers won't increase their value by $500M? If so than you have no idea what your talking about.
There's a reply button for this.
Gonzo…the Girardi thing was a joke.
But why not get creative and take that core of players & meybe trade to Piittsburgh or KC for their rookies & prospects & than packageit together to the Marlins.
I got it, I thought so. I agree, in a previous thread, I said kick the tires on the Greinke's of the world. Throw the Killer B's and Montero around and see what happens. I just think Josh Johnson would need a hefty, hefty haul.
Why wouldn't the Cards throw in Rasmus, Shelby Miller and otehrs to get Josh Johnson?
1B is locked up or yrs with Teixara there.
Unless Berkman wants to DH, he is not going to play a position.
ok got some time to kill before the Rays Rangers game so lets have some fun with this.
Lets say the yanks land Lee & than put a package together for Johnson, Imagine this rotation & Pen:
CC, Lee, Johnson, Petitte, AJ
Sign Soriano
Put Hughes back in the BP.
Closers – Mo / Soriano (reminisant of Sparky & Goose)
8th inning – Hughes, Wood, D-Rob
Long Men – Ace, Mosley, Sanchez, Logan,
You can go ahead and quit while you're behind anytime now.
We should trade Montero, Nova, Cevelli, Pena, and 2 of the 3 Bs (your choice!) for Straburg, Bryce Harper, the rights to Adam Dunn, Ryan Zimmerman (can he play SS?????) and the U.S. Capitol Building.
I only do that if you throw in the U.S. Treasury, so we can print $ to complete all these ridiculous deals proposed above..and if need be we can sweeten the deal by including the 8th floor of the Empire State Building..but that's it.


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moreRead-i-cide n: The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools. Reading is dying in our schools. Educators are familiar with many of the factors that have contributed to the decline—poverty, second-language issues, and the ever-expanding choices of electronic entertainment. In this provocative new book, Kelly Gallagher suggests, however, that it is time to recognize a new and significant contributor to the death of reading: our schools. In Readicide, Kelly argues that American schools are actively (though unwittingly) furthering the decline of reading. Specifically, he contends that the standard instructional practices used in most schools are killing reading by: valuing the development of test-takers over the development of lifelong readers; mandating breadth over depth in instruction; requiring students to read difficult texts without proper instructional support; insisting that students focus solely on academic texts; drowning great books with sticky notes, double-entry journals, and marginalia; ignoring the importance of developing recreational reading; and losing sight of authentic instruction in the shadow of political pressures. Kelly doesn't settle for only identifying the problems. Readicide provides teachers, literacy coaches, and administrators with specific steps to reverse the downward spiral in reading—steps that will help prevent the loss of another generation of readers. less
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Can the "Peanut Butter & Pickle" Sandwich Make it to the Mainstream?
From the NYT in an article titled, "Peanut Butter Takes On an Unlikely Best Friend":
LIKE Krazy and Ignatz, Carville and Matalin, Cupid and Psyche or Alison Krauss and Robert Plant, the peanut butter and pickle sandwich is one of those unlikely pairings that shouldn't work, but does.
The PB&P has been a minority enthusiasm in America for generations, lingering just under the radar. The sandwiches appeared on lunch-counter menus during the Great Depression and in extension-service cookbooks in the 1930s and '40s in recipes that generally called for a few spoonfuls of pickle relish. A lot of people's grandmothers used to eat them.
These days, they're a cult item. Kinsey Millhone, the fictional private investigator in Sue Grafton's alphabet series of mysteries, is probably America's best-known devotee.
Below that, there's a consistent but low-level Internet buzz about the combination, just as there is about the other unlikely things people like to marry with peanut butter and place between bread slices: mayonnaise, olives, thick onion slices (this was Hemingway's favorite sandwich), horseradish, bacon, Marmite (in England) and Vegemite (in Australia), to name but a few.
Read the whole thing for yourself here: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/din...
What is this "comeback"? ;-)
I've been eating PB&P for since high school, and that was a LONG time ago. Laura Scutter Crunchy, and Claussen Kosher Dills.
Now I'm hungry, and no food available for at least an hour and a half!
eta:Peanut butter and kimchee is good too...
I was once asked if I had ever had a banana sandwich. I said of course because I thought this person meant peanut butter and banana. Not so! Apparently, banana and mayonnaise has a following in the south. Can anyone attest to this? I keep meaning to try it but haven't yet!
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Banana salad - a leaf of iceberg lettuce (as an under-layer for the banana), a banana sliced in two and placed cut-side down on the plate, a dollop of Miracle whip, sprinkled with chopped peanuts and a maraschino cherry.
I loved them as a kid, but wouldn't touch one with a ten-foot pole now!
My grandmother ate peanut butter and pickle sandwiches, but she never convinced me to try one.
Peanut butter and cheddar is a throwback to lunches with the neighbor kids. I also like peanut butter and pesto. Reminders me of flavors in Thai food.
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NHL, Union Have Contact, But No Talks Scheduled
Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin, right, and Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby skate during the NHL Winter Classic outdoor game.
By IRA PODELL, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — With a lockout drawing ever closer, the NHL and the players' union are in touch with each other after a day of internal meetings.
But no new negotiating sessions are scheduled for Friday, one day before Commissioner Gary Bettman has said he will lock out the players. This would be the NHL's fourth work stoppage since 1992.
[PHOTOS: When Sports and Politics Collide]
On Thursday night, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly spoke to special counsel Steve Fehr, the brother of union executive director Donald Fehr. They did not, however, discuss a possible return to the bargaining table.
The contract expires at midnight EDT on Saturday. Bettman has said the season won't start without a new deal. Training camps are to open Sept. 21, and the season is to begin Oct. 11.
"We have been clear that the collective bargaining agreement, upon its expiration, needs to have a successful agreement for us to move forward," Bettman said Thursday. "The league is not in a position, not willing to move forward with another season under the status quo."
The players turned out in force just a few blocks away at another midtown Manhattan hotel. Solidarity was evident, but optimism wasn't. The last labor stoppage caused the cancellation of the entire 2004-05 season, a lockout that ended only when players accepted a salary cap and a 24 percent rollback of salaries.
"Right now it's not looking great," said Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby, who was just 17 when the last lockout ended, "but things can change pretty quickly."
Following lockouts last year by basketball and football owners, Bettman says hockey management is determined to come away with economic gains, even if it forces another work stoppage.
"Two other leagues — the NBA and the NFL — their players have recognized that in these economic times there is a need to retrench," Bettman said after a two-hour owners' meeting Thursday.
Damage from another lockout will occur almost immediately, and there is no telling how jilted fans and sponsors will react to another shutdown, especially if it lasts well into the fall and winter.
"One of the questions that needs to be asked is, if indeed they lock out, if indeed they do do that, (whether) that is reasonably calculated to make a deal more likely or less likely?" Donald Fehr said Thursday. "I think you can figure out the answer."
Management's latest offer has a short shelf life. Once the lockout begins, Bettman says the economic damage would cause owners to offer players a less beneficial deal.
Players currently receive 57 percent of hockey-related revenue, and the owners want to bring that number down as far as perhaps 47 percent — which is an increase from their original offer of 43 percent. The union offered a deal based on actual dollars, seeking a guarantee of the $1.8 billion players received last season.
"The fact is, we believe that 57 percent of HRR is too much," Bettman said. "Even a brief lockout will cost more in terms of lost salary and wages than what we're proposing to do to make a deal that we think we need to make."
The current contract was agreed to in 2005, and Bob Goodenow resigned as union head two weeks later. After stints by Ted Saskin and Paul Kelly, the union in 2010 turned to Fehr, who led baseball players through three work stoppages in the 1980s and '90s.
Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller said Fehr is doing a far better job communicating with members than leadership did in the last lockout. The 30 league owners are prohibited by NHL bylaws from publicly commenting about negotiations.
"I doubt that all the owners are as well informed as all the players," Miller said. "I don't know if that's going to get me in trouble or not. I just feel like it's kind of whatever they are told by Gary. I guess it's a little bit like politics. ... You have this whole thing where I'm sure they feel like a lot of what we're saying is spin."
Players struck in April 1992, causing 30 games to be postponed.
This would be the third lockout under Bettman. The 1994-95 lockout ended after 103 days and the cancellation of 468 games. The most recent lockout was finally settled in July 2005 — 301 days into the work stoppage and a month after the league would usually have awarded the Stanley Cup.


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Merci Concept Store // Paris.
19th November
And so we arrive to the final post about my recent trip to Paris for the Design Week. Today I'd like to tell you about my visit to Merci, a wonderful concept store in Le Marais. Chances are you've already seen a million photos from Merci, particularly of the iconic red Fiat in the courtyard which you can probably recognise in a heart beat even if you've never been there. There is definitely no shortage of crazy love and articles written about this retail gem. In fact, if you've ever consulted to any kind of Paris design guide, it is more than likely Merci was top of the list of places to visit. And there is a number of very good reason for this…
Comme des Garçons "White Drama", Cristóbal Balenciaga "Fashion Collector" & PGL by Pigalle // Les Docs, Paris.
12th November
Rei Kawakubo, the designer behind avant-garde Japanese fashion label Comme des Garçons, created an intriguing exhibition of her spring/summer 2012 collection titled "White Drama". The exhibition showcased monochrome pieces from the collection, which magnified the four stages of life – birth, marriage, death, and transcendence. Kawakubo conceptualised the installation design and styled it in the same way as they appeared in her runway show – in giant clear plastic bubbles…
Around Paris During The Design Week // 2012.
6th November
I was going through some of my Paris photos the other day, and I realised there were still a few gems I never got to tell you about. So I decided to bundle them all together in a post which is mostly related to Paris Design Week, but also the awesomeness of Paris in general (as a couple of the things I am sharing with you here are not related to the design week). Due to a huge amount of images which I always have such a hard time culling, I will bring you a couple of other posts focussing on different topics. So here goes…
Travel & Design Events | 2011 Archive.
28th December
01 | Zona Tortona – Moroso, Neoreal Wonder, Foscarini, E15, Dedon, Design Junction, Moooi, Tom Dixon | MILAN 2011. 02 | Salone del Mobile | MILAN 2011. 03 | Baccarat Highlights | MILAN 2011. 04 | Bisazza, InterfaceFLOR, Established & Sons, Cassina, Cappellini, Poltrona Frau | MILAN 2011. 05 | Talking Textiles: An Initiative Curated by Lidewij Edelkoort | MILAN 2011. 06 | 'This Way' by Design Academy Eindhoven | MILAN 2011. 07 | Brera Highlights – Moroso, Missoni, Boffi, Nodus, Hermès, Fritz Hansen, Paola Lenti, Agape, Seletti | MILAN 2011. 08 | Spazio Rossana Orlandi | MILAN 2011. 09 | Rotor: Ex Limbo Installation at Fondazione Prada | MILAN 2011…
Barcelona Travel Guide | Places To Shop.
8th November
Well, well, well… I must admit that am both excited and a little bit sad to welcome you to this Travel Tuesday and the fifth and final post in the Barcelona Travel Guide Series.
Like they say – all good things must come to an end, but before I get all emotional and shi… I mean stuff, let me just tell you about a few excellent places where you can spend you hard earned cash (or display restraint unknown to myself, and enjoy a good dose of window shopping, although that's never as much fun, right?!)
One thing to keep in mind when planning your day is that shop hours are approximately 10am – 1:30pm and 4:30pm to 7:30pm Mon – Fri (and Sat mostly am). And when I say approximately, I mean very approximately, as you need to give or take an hour to …
Barcelona Travel Guide | Places To Eat & Drink.
1st November
¡Hola Y'all! Welcome back to Travel Tuesday and this fourth post in the Barcelona Travel Guide Series specially curated for you by yellowtrace. Hooray! Are you ready to hear about some fantastic places to eat and booze up in the fine city of Barcelona? Yes? Perfect – you've come to the right place. Let me just start this post by saying that the food in Barcelona (and Spain in general) is extremely awesome. And I mean extremely extreme awesomeness, freshness and deliciousness. You are pretty much guaranteed to have an excellent meal just about anywhere you eat.
Most restaurants offer Menu del Dia (Menu of the Day) which typically includes an entree (soup or salad), main course with a side dish and dessert – all for one price. Menu del Dia is the most economical way to eat in Spain, and a great …


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Given the frequency of price changes, the real effects of a monetary shock are smaller if adjusting firms are disproportionately likely to be ones with prices set before the shock. We show that, for a given frequency of price changes, this selection effect provides a complete characterization of the distribution of price durations in time-dependent sticky-price models. We find that: 1) Selection is stronger and real effects of monetary shocks are smaller if the hazard function of price adjustment is more strongly increasing; 2) Selection is weaker and real effects are larger if there is sectoral heterogeneity in price stickiness; 3) Selection is stronger and real effects are smaller if the durations of price spells are less variable. We also show that 4) If monetary shocks affect primarily the level of nominal aggregate demand, the mean and variance of price durations are sufficient statistics for the real effects of such shocks.
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East Sacramento Preservation Helps Postpone Tree Destruction
Sierra Curtis Park Neighborhood Association Heritage Trees Update
The trees get a reprieve. Friday's hearing (1/21/2011) is postponed, thanks to Councilmember Jay Schenirer who arranged a meeting among the stake holders. East Sacramento Preservation and many others around the city weighed in on the SCNA issue. Read the entire story here.
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East Sacramento Preservation Supports Sierra Curtis Park Neighborhood Association
Our neighbors to the south are battling to save the last 57 of the original 357 trees in the Curtis Park rail yard. Some of these last trees are more than 100 years old. Developers must respect the neighborhoods. Old growth trees are part of our heritage and character and can be incorporated into new development. Read the whole story in The Sacramento Press. Support Sierra Curtis Park Neighborhood Association by attending the City Hall Hearing, call the city to ask that the permit request be denied and contact SCNA for more information.
The City Hall Permit Hearing
Friday, January 21, 2011
8:30am, Old City Hall.
Michael Bledsoe, Chair, SCNA Neighborhood Concerns Committee, (916) 402-7066
Patrick Soluri, President, Sierra Curtis Neighborhood Association, (916) 455-7300
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Well, today marks eight days until election day. Unlike candidates in East Ramapo, Clarkstown and Nyack, I will forego the yard sign nonsense that is little more than clutter. Getting my message out over putting a sign in the neighbor's yard is much more important to me, and I want to thank Patch for offering me the chance to blog and answer your questions here.
Last Monday was the candidates' forun at the Middle School.
I know that I aquitted myself well last Monday, with the only common constructive critisism from people there regarding my verbiage towards Simon Properties and the Nanuet Mall situation. I am passionate about the situation, so I will offer no regrets on what I said, but of course, the way I say it might be a little 'rough around the edges'. I accept that and will continue to be an advocate for restoring the mall to it's place as a great alternative to the Palisades Center. I do feel that the mall hasn't been forthright with our elected officials, nor have they done enough positive pressuring of Simon to make them want to do anything to make the mall better. I will wait and see what becomes of their current 'plan', as I don't trust these people any further than I can throw them.
My other point in the forum was the addition of a Director of Development/Alumni Relations. I know now more than ever that by having such a person in place, with their salary being on a commission basis, that money and material can be raised for the school district. The Nanuet Schools Education Foundation (www.nsef.org) has been a total bust, and their web site has not been updated in three years. The Nyack Education Foundation rasied over $150,000 in one night in March. As well, no one in the district has asked any computer manufacturer to donate computers for the elementary schools (which are sorely outdated and in need of replacement). NYC has a deal with Apple where Apple provides new computers every year at no cost. Nanuet should try to obtain the same type of deal, and Apple surely has the resources to do it (and others will be glad to fill in the void if they say 'no').
I made a Freedom of Information Act Request for a listing of donations of money, materials and grants received by the Nanuet School District since 2007-2008 school year. The results of this are bad, with only $23,664 in monetary donations and approximately $12,000 in material donations in the last four years. But wait, it gets worse. Of the $23,664 dollars in cash, more than two-thirds of that are from 'passive' donations (where the school district justs sits and has the money come in, i.e. the Target credit card program and money from graduated classes that must by law close their books and give the money back to the district) and from non- and quasi-governmental grants which should have been included in the grant listings. This years total of 'active' donations is $21. Yes, you read that correctly, $21. It is inconceiveable to me to have such a lack of wanting funds from the private sector occuring in our school district.
I will have more to say tomorrow about the bus schedule changes and their implications. Wednesday will include academic endeavors, Thursday will be about infrastructure and Friday will be the overall budget and Pfizer implications. Of course, I welcome your comments, questions and critisisms, as I want to work for you, the taxpayer, and as an advocate for continuing educational excellence here in Nanuet.


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Q. We have a question regarding spousal Social Security payments. My wife's Social Security payments will be based upon my Social Security since this will yield a higher payment. I took my Social Security at age 62. Regarding my wife's SS payment, her best alternative will be to collect half of my Social Security. These questions relate to her applying for SS at 62 vs. 66:
• Does she get half of my current SS payment at 62? Is her payment penalized for early election?
• Does she get half of my current SS payment at 66?
• Does she get half of my full (at 66) SS payment at 62? Is her payment penalized for early election?
• Does she get half of my full (at 66) SS payment at 66?
• Is there any benefit if she waits until 70?
We have tried to find an answer to this on the SS website, but we're not sure we understand the explanations. This information is important to us as we decide when it is best for my wife to start receiving her SS payments.
A. I'll provide some guidance but suggest you meet with an adviser to review your benefit amounts and other information that may factor into your decision.
The age a person begins Social Security payments is very important and will impact your benefits for the rest of your life, and if married, perhaps those of your spouse as well. Factors that should be considered include but are not limited to: anticipated life expectancy, need for income, planned earned income, income from other sources, time value of money and concern about running out of money in your lifetime. If married, the life expectancy of the spouse, disparities in age, which of you is the higher wage earner and concern of running out of money in your joint lifetimes also need to be considered.
A person's primary insurance amount (PIA) is key when determining the age to start receiving benefits and the impact this will have on current and future monthly benefits. The PIA is the amount a person would receive when they apply for Social Security at their full retirement age.
Full retirement age (FRA) for those born in years 1943-54 is 66. When you took your benefit early at 62, you received a benefit 25 percent lower than if you had waited to 66. The actuaries have worked the numbers so if you live until 82 you will receive the same amount of total benefits as if you had waited until 66. If you die prior to 82, you were smart to begin benefits early. You would have been smarter to wait until FRA the longer you live beyond this gender-neutral life expectancy projected by the actuaries. When annual cost of living adjustments are taken into account, this "break even" age is reduced to around 76.
If taking benefits early allows you to either invest this money or leave other funds untouched, and your rate of return is 4 percent or more, the break-even age is somewhere between 76 and 82.
As you have indicated, spouses who have little or no lifetime earnings record can receive benefits based on their spouse's work history. Your wife will receive any benefit based on her work record, and if that is less than her spousal benefit, an amount will be added to bring the total up to the spousal benefit. Spousal benefits do not earn delayed credits so she would not gain anything by waiting until after her FRA to apply.
If your wife applies for her spousal benefit at her FRA, her benefit will be 50 percent of your PIA. If she applies at 62 she will receive 35 percent of your PIA. If she applies between the ages of 62 and 66, the percentage will be prorated. If you die before your wife, she will receive 100 percent of your benefit or her own, whichever is higher.
Holly Nicholson is a certified financial planner in Raleigh. She cannot answer every question. Reach her at askholly.com or P.O. Box 99466, Raleigh, NC 27624


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Oklahoma City Energy FC went ten games into their inaugural season without a single tie. Over the weekend, they got two of them.
A 2-2 result against Wilmington Hammerheads on Friday was followed up by a 1-1 draw away to Charlotte Eagles on Saturday. The results leave them ninth in the USL PRO table with 11 points from 12 games.
Coming off their first win at home the previous Saturday, Energy FC took the game to Wilmington in the first half of that game. The Hammerheads recovered, however, to take a 1-0 lead on the stroke of halftime.
Philip Lund equalized for OKC just five minutes into the second half. Wilmington struck back through Tom Parratt before second-half substitute Kyle Greig scored his fourth goal of the season for Energy FC in the 78th minute.
Goalkeeper Jon Kempin made four of his five saves in the second half, keeping Energy FC close enough to get a point from the encounter.
Similar heroics from Smir Badr in goal helped OKC to a draw with Charlotte. This time it was the visitors who took the lead through Edmond-native Steven Perry in the 33rd minute.
Energy FC held that lead through halftime, but three minutes later the Eagles struck back. Wells Thompson equalized in the 48th minute. Despite outshooting Energy FC 16-6 for the game, Charlotte could not find a winner.
Energy FC returns home on Saturday when they'll face Sacramento Republic at 7 p.m. It's the start of a six-game home stand for OKC.


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