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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope this is just random gossip or a ploy for her to get a bigger paycheck. I love Homeland. This is from the National Enquirer, but they also blew the lid off the John Edwards story, so you cannot discount them simply because they are a gossip magazine......
Big shocker for Homeland fans Claire Danes is secretly planning to leave the show after next season to be a full-time mom! Even though series execs doubled her salary, Claire wants to stay home with her first child, Cyrus Michael Christopher Dancy, who was born Dec. 17, sources say.
Claire has finally discovered the one thing she loves more than acting being a mom! an insider close to Homeland told The Enquirer. Before Cyrus was born, Claire would never have thought about giving up her role on Homeland because she thought shes be able to juggle her job with being a mom. But now she doesnt want to leave her son.
Claire and Hugh have agreed that hell continue working on Hannibal [Dancys new NBS show], as well as other acting jobs, if she decided to follow through with her plans to leave Homeland.
After executives learned Claire might walk, they doubled her salary to $220,000 an episode as an inducement to stay for the upcoming season.
Despite the pay raise, Claire is having regrets about signing on for another season its very likely the execs will eventually offer Claire another huge pay raise if shell agree to stay for Season 4, but shes still leaning towards leaving. Now that shes a mom, shes come to realize that the time with her son is invaluable. Besides that, shes one of the hottest tickets in Hollywood these days. She knows that she can go back to acting any time she wants.


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A Russian ship carrying helicopters and missiles for Syria was stopped off Scotland after its insurance was canceled at the request of London, the insurer said.
The Russian cargo ship MV Alaed -- believed to be carrying Mi25 helicopters and munitions -- was temporarily stopped near the Hebrides archipelago off Scotland's west coast after it evaded authorities near the Dutch coast, security sources told the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph.
"We were made aware of the allegations that the Alaed was carrying munitions destined for Syria," the British marine insurer Standard Club said in a statement. "We have already informed the ship owner that their insurance cover ceased automatically in view of the nature of the voyage."
British security officials said they told Standard Club that providing insurance to the shipment was likely to be a breach of European Union sanctions against the Syrian regime.
They said they were continuing to monitor the ship, which has been the subject of a fierce war of words between Washington and Moscow after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last week alleged it was adding to the arsenal of weaponry available for Syria President Bashar Assad to use against rebellious Syrian towns.
"We have various ways of keeping track of this ship and that is what we are doing," a source told the Telegraph.
Large Mi-25 helicopter gunships and attack helicopters, first used by the Soviet air force in 1972, were sometimes called "flying tanks" by Soviet pilots, but are more commonly nicknamed "Crocodiles" due to the helicopter's camouflage scheme and "Glass" because of the flat glass plates that surround the cockpit.
The MV Alaed allegedly picked up the helicopters from the Russian port of Kaliningrad, bordering NATO and EU members Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea.
U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday called for an end to the bloodshed in Syria and expressed support for a political transition in the strife-ridden country.
"We are united in the belief that the Syrian people should have the opportunity to independently and democratically choose their own future," Obama and Putin said in a joint statement released after a two-hour meeting on the sidelines of the Group of 20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico.


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A 53-year-old man has been arrested in connection to a bank robbery Tuesday morning in Roanoke.
Michael Byers has been charged with robbery.
Investigators say Byers walked into the Freedom First Credit Union on Williamson Road around 9 a.m. and handed a teller a note demanding money.
Byers took the money and left the bank, police say.
Officers learned that the suspect may have been in the 4800 block of Valley View Boulevard. They found a man matching the suspect's description, but he was wearing different clothing. Police believe that Byers changed his clothes after the robbery.
No weapon was displayed during the robbery.
The Roanoke Police Department is investigating a bank robbery that happened Tuesday morning.
Investigators say the Freedom First Credit Union on Williamson Road was robbed a few minutes after 9 a.m. Tuesday.
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The long trusted jailbreak tool redsn0w has been updated again to fix iBooks issues. The iPhone Dev-Team, and particularly planetbeing this time, have issued the update which addresses an issue some have been having with DRM and iBooks.
redsn0w version b5 incorporates yet another fix for iBooks, this time involving DRM. @planetbeing wrote a utility called "crazeles" that overcomes jailbreak detection by iBooks that would cause about 10% of images to show incorrectly. This fix is similar to the "hunnypot" fix that @comex wrote for the 4.x jailbreak. As usual, you can choose to install the fix either by re-running redsn0w over your existing jailbreak (de-select Cydia if you do that), or by installing the corona package from Cydia (it's the same set of files no matter which way you choose).
In related news Corona, the Cydia tweak that allows your tethered jailbreak to be untethered, has also been updated to fix this issue. If you have installed the Cydia tweak you will see an update in Cydia for the tweak (if you haven't already).
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BGE: Prepare for Outages
The utility says heavy rain and wind in the next few days may lead to outages in central Maryland.
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) is warning customers in the central Maryland area to prepare for weather-related outages as an approaching weather system is forecasting heavy rain Thursday night coupled with high winds Friday and Saturday. In a statement issued by spokesperson Rachael Lighty Thursday morning, the utility said it was "proactively preparing" for outages, and directed customers to online tools for "enhanced customer service" tools. "BGE continues to monitor the forecast high wind and heavy rain, which is expected to begin with rain on Thursday afternoon," Jeannette Mills, vice president and chief customer officer for BGE said in the statement. "This expected weather brings the potential of trees falling onto power …
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According to a tweet from TSN's Bob McKenzie, the other teams on the list include the Toronto Maple Leafs, the New York Rangers, the Edmonton Oilers and the Vancouver Canucks.
While Schultz can't sign with a new team until the market officially opens on July 1, the belief is he will make a decision at some point over the weekend.
- As I mentioned on this site yesterday, Sens defenceman Matt Carkner has indeed turned down an offer and appears poised to test the free agent market. According to Bruce Garrioch, the offer from the Senators was for one year.
- Pierre Dorion mentioned that if PA Parenteau was to hit the market, he is a player the Sens might be interested in, assuming the price was right. Parenteau is from the area and is coming off a couple solid seasons (53 pts, 67pts) with the Islanders.


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The Placement Testing program is administered by Towson University's Academic Achievement Center. Beginning in March 2013, all admitted freshmen with SAT scores less than 500 in Reading and/or Math and who also have ACT scores less than 21 in Reading and/or Math are required to take a diagnostic placement test in these areas. Transfer students with fewer than 30 credits are also required to demonstrate competence in the basic skills of reading and mathematics by taking a diagnostic placement test, unless they are exempt from placement testing. Students who do not attain the required minimum placement test scores must enroll in refresher courses to enhance these basic skills.
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Developers plan townhouse row in Cobble Hill
Wednesday July 25, 2012
A pair of developers is planning to renovate four historic townhouses, built before the Civil War, and to build from the ground up five more — all on a single Cobble Hill block, The Real Deal has learned. The project, which has yet to win approval from the Landmarks Preservation Commission, is a joint venture between 184 Kent developer JMH Development and Madison Estates. Morris Adjmi is the project's architect.
The townhouses will be situated at 118–123 Congress Street. Currently, there are two properties at the site: one comprised of the four townhouses, which were previously adjoined but will be separated into single-family residences, and the other a building constructed in the late 1970s, said Madison Estates' president and owner, Gerard Longo, who also developed the Fairchild, at 55 Vestry Street, the Pearline at 414 Washington Street at Laight Street and, with Adjmi, 408 Greenwich Street — all in the Tribeca North Historic District. Prior to the March 1 sale of the properties, both buildings there were owned by the Brooklyn Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church, and the townhouses were used as a church rectory. JMH and Madison together purchased the Cobble Hill properties for $6.6 million, public records show.
The developers will be renovating townhouses with an eye toward accuracy. They have vowed not to use materials that weren't used at the time of construction, more than 150 years ago. The other building will be razed to accommodate five new single-family townhouses with features similar to their older neighbors in the Cobble Hill Historic District. Longo said it's hard to put a monetary estimate on all the work, but the townhouses' designs, appliances and amenities will all be top-of-the-line. He expects that sales of the properties will bring in $27 to $30 million.
"Our aim is … creating a new blockscape that embraces the past and looks to the future," Adjmi told The Real Deal in an email. JMH did not respond to a request for comment.
Longo estimates that these four-story townhouses will sell for between $2.5 and $3 million each. Almost all of them will have at least four bedrooms and three full bathrooms at minimum. Square footage will span roughly 3,000 to 3,500, and each residence will have private outdoor space in the form of backyards and terraces. Some units will have unobstructed views of the city skyline, he said.
The firms hope to break ground in the fall and estimate a rough 12-month completion.
Streeteasy.com data shows townhouses in Cobble Hill have sold from anywhere between $899,000 and $6.5 million over the past six years.
"It may cause some inconvenience," Longo said of the construction and restoration. "We'll be respectful to the neighbors."
The plan passed through the landmarks committee of Brooklyn Community Board 6 in late June, as Brownstoner first reported. A community board spokesperson confirmed that the committee had seen the plan, supported it 10–1 and recommended approval with seven conditions, including window realignment and changes to the stoop designing more appropriate material to build stoops than metal.
"These are important details that, if the applicant takes our committee's conditions to heart, will help them blend their buildings into the Cobble Hill Historic District in a more harmonious design," Craig Hammerman, district manager of Community Board 6, said.
Now the decision rests with the Landmarks Preservation Commission. As opposed to the community board, which is an advisory body, LPC has the power to issue permits for work.
Preliminary discussions have begun with the LPC, Longo said, and an LPC spokesperson confirmed. The tentative date for the first public hearing is Aug. 14, when the commission could vote to approve, modify, deny, take no action or ask for revisions.
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Source: The Real Deal
How to Buy a Wreck … Five rules for fixer-uppers.
Sunday July 01, 2012
How to Buy a Wreck …
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Source: New York Magazine
Strength in Brooklyn Housing Market
Thursday December 01, 2011
Proving that the economy is truly defined locally as well as nationally there are many weak housing markets. This however does not seem to be the case for Brooklyn. According to Joseph Baglio, managing partner at the long established brokerage Madison Estates, "We have certainly seen the ups and downs in activity but overall the Brooklyn market has been very active. In the third quarter the Brooklyn market has shown an increase in the median price of approximately 14%, a decrease in inventory of almost 6% and an increase in sold properties of almost 4%. These statistics provided by the BNYMLS only give further credibility to the strong consumer confidence in this market said Mr. Baglio".
Madison Estates has taken very aggressive steps in providing transparency to the consumer. The belief is the more information the consumer has, the better equip they will be to make a sound financial decision and ultimately allow more people to become homeowners. On their website, MadisonEstates.com you can find over 4000 homes in Brooklyn for sale as well as an abundance of statistics and tools to assist a prospective buyer.
It seems as though Brooklyn's transportation infrastructure, close proximity to Manhattan and vast array of different style homes adds to its appeal, said Mitchell Feldman, Sales Director at Madison Estates. Assisting first time buyers is a daily occurrence for us. And we give special attention, walking buyers through every step of the process said Mr. Feldman. Madison Estates offers some unique options when purchasing a home, specifically the Home Buyers Warranty. This can protect purchasers for the first year of homeownership of major unforeseen breakdowns. Also on site, NYS Registered Mortgage Brokers can help guide purchasers through what can sometimes be a complicated mortgage process. As we know over the last several years the mortgage industry has gone through a major overhaul. From being far too lenient in its underwriting practices and ultimately causing the economic downturn to now being very strict and almost making a mortgage seem unobtainable. However there are many options available for qualified buyers. The key term is "qualified". For those purchasers there are options and currently, historic low interest rates. In many cases 4% for a 30 year fixed rate mortgage. It is highly suggested that purchasers be pre-qualified either by a mortgage banker or mortgage broker prior to starting their search. Having realistic expectations on what you can afford will certainly make the process easier. It is also suggested that purchasers speak to their accounting professional as to the potential tax write off available to homeowners.
Madison Estates is a great place to start your search for your new home. Established in 1953 they have a unique perception of the Brooklyn market. With thousands of transactions over many years of business, you are certain to find the Real Estate professional to bring about a successful result. With over 75 sales associates, two locations and a long running track record of satisfied homeowners.
When selling your home Madison Estates offers one of the most in depth marketing strategies available. It not only combines old word, proven methods but also the latest technology. After placing your home for sales with Madison Estates your property will be immediately placed on the BNYMLS and Online Residential to be exposed to thousands of Real Estate professionals working in the Brooklyn market. Your home is also placed on over 100 major Real Estate related websites for maximum exposure to potential purchasers. Among these sites are Realtor.com, StreetEasy.com, OLR.com, and BNYMLS.com. Additionally your home will be the subject of a photo shoot, video profile, and numerous e-blasts. Marketing is only one aspect in achieving the sale of your home. It is truly the Real Estate professional who will achieve a satisfactory result. At Madison Estates its Sales Associates have a legal and ethical obligation to their clients which they take very seriously.
Although it may seem to some that these economic times do not offer the best opportunity for homeownership, on the contrary. This is absolutely one of the best opportunities in a generation combining historic low interest rates with discounted home prices in a community that has strong appreciation potential. Keep in mind that you are purchasing not just a property or a house but truly a home that will offer years of enjoyment. Brooklyn, with its rich history, great schools, museums, parks, outstanding shopping and easy accessibility stands out as one of the most desirable locations to live in the nation. With 2.5 million residents and growing, Brooklyn is the obvious choice.
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Shoring Up The Neighborhood in Bay Ridge
Saturday October 29, 2011
Bay Ridge, a vibrant residential neighborhood hugging the Narrows waterway in southwest Brooklyn, has been home over the past century to waves of immigrants settling in New York City, including Scandinavians, Greeks, Italians and, more recently, Middle Easterners.
In recent years, the area has seen a different kind of newcomer, as it became a haven for those priced out of more expensive Brooklyn neighborhoods such as Park Slope and Cobble Hill. Bay Ridge's family-friendly reputation, views of the water and the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, large stock of detached private homes and convenient commute to Manhattan via the R train or express bus have drawn large numbers of residents seeking a high quality of life at a lower price point.
"The more that people have learned about Bay Ridge, the more they've been coming and taking interest," says Diane Henning, a vice president and associate broker at the Corcoran Group, who lives in Bay Ridge. "I tend to think we're the best-hidden secret in real estate."
The diverse yet tightknit neighborhood offers busy shopping strips, landmarked houses and a lively bar and restaurant scene. Its waterfront green spaces, Shore Road and Owl's Head parks, are bustling in warm weather with ball fields, sports leagues, concerts and movie nights; and the bicycle path along the Belt Parkway offers an easy ride to Coney Island or the beach. Two new elementary school buildings, for P.S. 264 and P.S. 331, are under construction, an effort to ease overcrowding in the existing schools.
"The more that people have learned about Bay Ridge, the more they've been coming and taking interest," says Diane Henning, a vice president and associate broker at the Corcoran Group, who lives in Bay Ridge. "I tend to think we're the best-hidden secret in real estate."
The diverse yet tightknit neighborhood offers busy shopping strips, landmarked houses and a lively bar and restaurant scene. Its waterfront green spaces, Shore Road and Owl's Head parks, are bustling in warm weather with ball fields, sports leagues, concerts and movie nights; and the bicycle path along the Belt Parkway offers an easy ride to Coney Island or the beach. Two new elementary school buildings, for P.S. 264 and P.S. 331, are under construction, an effort to ease overcrowding in the existing schools.
Relatively few condominiums are available, brokers say. Pier Pointe, a 22-unit condominium building converted from a rental building, came on the market in July 2010 after a financing delay in 2008, and is now 70% sold, says the broker, Joseph Baglio, of Madison Estates. Many of the buyers in that building are moving from northern Brooklyn, he says, drawn both by the relatively lower prices and the surroundings.
"You have the close proximity to Manhattan, close to all subways, an excellent school district, shopping, nightlife," Mr. Baglio says. "It pretty much has everything you want."
Parks: Owl's Head Park, a 24-acre green space near the water, features views of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and Manhattan skyline, basketball courts, a playground and spray pool, dog run and the Millennium Skate Park. Shore Road Park, a 58-acre waterfront stretch which runs the length of the neighborhood, includes the four-acre Narrows Botanical Gardens and Vinland Playground.
Schools: Bay Ridge is part of District 20, where 88.6% of students were proficient or above on state math exams in 2009, compared with 70.6% in 2006; and 75% were proficient or above in English Language Arts in 2009, compared with 62.6% four years earlier.
Local public schools include P.S. 185, an elementary school with 822 students which received a "C" grade from the city on its 2010-2011 progress report, and P.S./I.S. 104, with 1,251 students in kindergarten through eighth grade, which received a "B." Fort Hamilton High School, with an enrollment of 4,353 students, received a "B" from the city and had a 70.3% four-year graduation rate in the 2010-2011 school year.
Local private schools include Xaverian High School, a Roman Catholic boys school with about 1,400 students, and Fontbonne Hall Academy, a Catholic girls high school with about 540 students. The Poly Prep Country Day School's main campus encompasses 25 acres in neighboring Dyker Heights. Bay Ridge Preparatory School enrolls about 375 students in kindergarten through 12th grade.
Shopping: Stores ranging from large national chains to longstanding independents line Third and Fifth avenues, as well as 86th Street. They include Nordic Delicacies, a 24-year-old shop specializing in Scandinavian goods, and the BookMark Shoppe, an independent bookstore, both on Third Avenue. Century 21, the large discount-clothing store, has a branch on 86th Street, as does T.J. Maxx, which recently opened at Fifth Avenue. Mall shopping is available nearby in Staten Island.
Restaurants: Dining options, many of which are clustered on Third Avenue, include several varieties of ethnic restaurants, both casual and upscale. Italian choices include Vesuvio Restaurant and Pizzeria, and Areo, both on Third Avenue.
Middle Eastern spots include Tanoreen Restaurant, on Third, and Bab Al Yemen, on Bay Ridge Avenue. Skinflints, a pub-style restaurant and bar, is on Fifth Avenue.
Entertainment: The neighborhood has a vibrant nightlife scene along Third and Fifth avenues, and local bars include the Pour House of Bay Ridge and the Blue Zoo Lounge, a nightclub. In the summer, outdoor concerts take place in Shore Road Park. The Narrows Community Theater, on Third Avenue, has been producing shows for 40 years.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Caravanning makes a comeback
Friday July 01, 2011
On a warm Saturday last month, apartment-seekers who followed signs for an open house at 915 President Street in Park Slope were surprised to find not one, but two units for sale in the building.
The listing agents, Prudential Douglas Elliman's Immacolata Giocoli and Joseph Baglio of the Brooklyn firm Madison Estates, had teamed up to market the two airy studios on the first floor of the prewar co-op, which are each priced at around $250,000. They directed visitors to each other's listings, and pointed out that the apartments can be combined.
At first, it may seem counterintuitive for rival brokers -- who are, after all, competing for the same pool of buyers -- to work together in this way. But Baglio said he views the co-open house as "double-exposure" for his listings.
"We are definitely making more deals this way," he added.
This kind of teamwork is called "caravanning," according to MLB Kaye International Realty associate broker Fern Kamins, and it's been making a comeback. The idea behind caravanning is that brokers from different firms join forces to market their inventory to clients looking for similar properties in the same neighborhoods. It ranges from casual situations, like double open houses, to organized tours featuring up to seven or eight properties in the same area. The tours often feature lunch or dinner options, and even themes: Brokers said one 2010 open house tour even required participants to dress up for Halloween.
Caravanning, big in the 1980s and 1990s as a result of huge co-op inventory, went out of fashion during the housing bubble of the mid-2000s, when brokers didn't need much help selling properties. Some even kept their listings as private as possible, hoping for a direct sale, brokers said.
Since the downturn, however, the practice has been revived, with brokers increasingly warming up to co-brokering in hopes of getting the most exposure possible for their listings. It can also serve as a helpful strategy for properties that have been hanging around on the market for a while -- as many in today's market have.
"It's cyclical," said Kamins, who often opts to include her listings in caravan tours. "It goes with the market. When the market is bad, everybody wants everybody else to see their listings."
Vickey Barron, a managing director at the brokerage Core, said she regularly organizes tours by seeking out apartments similar to her own listings, then reaching out to other brokers to get their cooperation. Her recent projects have included tours of West Village townhouses and two-bedroom prewar apartments in Carnegie Hill.
The practice "should have never died," said Barron, who added that she sees many more sales through caravanning than through traditional open houses.
Convenience for brokers is another advantage of caravanning. Diane Saatchi, a senior vice president at Hamptons brokerage Saunders and Associates, said she organized a 36-property tour of modern Hamptons houses last month to help brokers familiarize themselves with the many homes on the market. "Ever since everything went online, the region that we work in seems to have grown," Saatchi said. "In the old days, we would just cover East Hampton; now you need to be aware of what's on the market more generally."
Dan Tubb, director of sales at Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group, organizes open-house tours a few times a year. One recent tour involved Battery Park City properties, such as Riverhouse at Two River Terrace and One Rector Park at 333 Rector Street. "I think the game in the last five years has definitely been to embrace the brokerage community across the board," Tubb observed. "It does not improve sales to hold anything back."
Sellers are also pushing for more openness about inventory in the market, Kamins said, putting pressure on their brokers to get the most possible exposure for their property. With so few buyers out there, she observed, sellers get extremely anxious. If the property doesn't sell, she said, "who are they going to blame but the brokers?"
Source: The Real Deal
Housing Hot Again
Wednesday October 13, 2010
Home sales shoot up 18% in city, total sales prices climb 26% , to $8.36B.
New York's housing sales sizzled over the summer, renewing hope that the hobbled real estate market is on the mend, a new report shows.
Source: Daily News
Mike + the Mechanics front mans loft for rent
Tuesday October 12, 2010
Other listings to hit the market are a full-floor apartment in the Century for $15.5 million and the Ridgewood Masonic Temple in Bushwick for $1 million
Source: The Real Deal
Less Than $300,000? Here?
Monday September 27, 2010
Less Than $300,000? Here?
Yes, starter apartments have their trade-offs. But don't rule out prime neighborhoods before you look.
Source: New York Magazine
Tri Star
Wednesday June 23, 2010
Starlet/divorced mom Kate Hudson is still on her apartment hunt. But unlike last year, the actress is now searching on her own — without Alex Rodriguez.
She recently checked out the penthouse duplex at the Fairchild condo building at 55 Vestry St. in north TriBeCa. But she might have some competition for the $6.95 million, three-bedroom, 2,664-square-foot unit. Grammy Award-winning singer/divorced dad Usher also just came by for a look. The apartment has 3,000 square feet of outdoor space with two terraces.
Celebs with homes in the area include Gwyneth Paltrow, Justin Timberlake and Meryl Streep.
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FAIRFIELD COUNTY — A webinar on how to respond to the 2012 Economic Census will be held at 1 p.m. Jan. 24. Businesses have until Feb. 12 to respond to the census. Visit business.census.gov/webinar for more information.
Nearly four million businesses are required by law to complete the census, the U.S. Government's official five-year measure of American business and the economy. Americans who own businesses, who have retirement savings or who take out mortgages on a home are affected by this census.
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Frozen Chunky Monkey "Cupcakes" with a Fudgy "Frosting"
I am all about bite-sized treats. There is built-in portion control (theoretically speaking of course!)…then there's the "cute factor", and in my opinion, they are more fun to eat.
Though if I'm being honest, I always have more than one. However, with healthier ingredients I feel it's OK to have that extra serving After all, I am getting an extra boost of fiber from flaxseed meal and oats, protein from the powder and nut butter and the healthy dose of fats keep me full.
These frozen chunky monkey "cupcakes" were adapted from my carob covered coconut protein bars on a whim when I was in the mood for something sweet yet filling and needed a little protein boost. They hit the spot and I made several batches – some with and without the "frosting", which can be eaten sans-"cupcake" guilt-free as well
That's a win-win situation in my book!
Frozen Chunky Monkey "Cupcakes" with a Fudgy Nana "Frosting"
Gluten-free, Grain-free option, Vegan Option, Dairy-free, Nut-free Option
Bottom Layer
1/2 cup natural almond butter or peanut butter (can sub sunflower seed butter for nut-free), room temperature
2 Tbsp coconut oil, melted
3 Tbsp honey, agave or brown rice syrup or to taste* (could probably sub banana or soaked dates but haven't tried this)
1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
100 grams good tasting vanilla protein powder of choice (I tested this with Jay robb's whey protein, was 3 scoops)**
3 Tbsp flaxseed meal
2-3 Tbsp oat flour, oat bran (for grain-free, sub more flaxseed meal or use almond or peanut flour)
pinch of sea salt (eliminate if using salted nut butter)
For the Fudgy "Frosting"
2 small ripe bananas, sliced and frozen
1/2 Tbsp honey or agave (omit for less sweet…I was going for frosting)
2-3 Tbsp raw cacao powder or cocoa powder to taste*** (could sub carob powder for caffeine free)
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
pinch of sea salt, optional but enhances the flavor
For garnish
Chopped walnuts, mini chocolate chips or cacao nibs (use chips or nibs for nut-free)
For the bottom layer
1. Line a mini muffin pan with plastic wrap or use a silicone mini muffin pan (my preference) and set aside.
2. In the bowl of a food processor, combine nut butter, oil, sweetener and extract. Process until smooth.
3. Add in remaining ingredients (protein powder through sea salt). Pulse until combined and well incorporated. If the mixture looks too wet, add a bit more flour to reach a cake batter consistency (the bottom layer will firm up when refrigerated though).
4. Spoon into 12 individual mini muffin cups and refrigerate until firm (I left the cups overnight, but you also freeze the cups for an hour or so before finishing them with "frosting" layer if using).
For the Frosting
1. While the bottom layer is hardening, prepare the topping. Pulse all ingredients in the bowl of a food processor until smooth and well combined.
2. Spoon into a piping bag or a plastic freezer bag (this is to make the swirl on top). Place back in freezer for 15 minutes to let harden a bit.
3. Cut a small hole in the freezer bag and pipe onto prepared "cupcake" bottoms. Garnish with walnuts/chips/nibs and enjoy!
Best kept in freezer or frozen banana "frosting" will get goopy and melty. You may have extra frosting leftover depending on how much you pipe…you can freeze the rest and eat them frozen chocolate-nana ice cream cubes!
*My protein powder is sweetened so if you choose a powder that is unsweetened, feel free to add more sweetener to liking. If you want to keep the sugars low, adding a bit of stevia to taste is always an option but you may need more oil or nut butter to make up for the lacking moisture.
**If you would like to eliminate the protein powder, increase the oat bran/flour or almond or peanut flour
***Add cocoa/cacao powder to taste. If you prefer a lighter chocolate taste, use less…for a more intense chocolate taste use more. I used more because I like the deeper chocolate flavor.
Classic Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
I've been whipping up omelets, salads and skillet dishes for quick meals these days. Every now and again though, I get the urge (and have the time) to make a more labor-intensive dish…you know the one you can taste the effort and love you put into it?
This is one of those meals. I made these cabbage rolls during our last Spring snow storm when I was craving comfort food and these hit the spot!
For April I was assigned to Sarah's Fantastical Sharing of Recipes blog for the Secret Recipe Club…and I couldn't decide what to make! My goodness, Sarah has an extensive list of dishes that I kept scrolling through to choose from. I have her family's original Tamale Balls and Guy Fieri's Cherry Cobbler Pizza on my to-make list but when I saw her Classic Cabbage Rolls, I was sold. Besides the cabbage, I had all of the ingredients already on-hand and needed a little "me time" in the kitchen.
I made a few slight changes by finely dicing my onions, using a large head of cabbage instead of medium and used crushed tomatoes instead of diced since that's what I hand in the pantry. I also used brown rice, unsweetened ketchup, coconut sugar for the sweetener and I added 1/2 cup finely chopped mushrooms because I needed to use them up in the fridge. Since I used already salted tomatoes, I opted to reduce the salt to 1 teaspoon and increase the black pepper by a smidgen.
Delicious results!
Classic Stuffed Cabbage Rolls (lightly adapted from Fantastical Sharing of Recipes)
Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Grain-free option, Egg-free, Nut-free, Soy-free
- 1 large head cabbage
- 1 1/2 cups finely diced onion, divided
- 1 Tbsp. butter, ghee, olive oil, coconut oil, Earth Balance (use oil or Earth Balance for dairy free)
- 2 (14.5 oz) cans organic crushed tomatoes with basil (or Italian diced tomatoes)
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 Tbsp coconut palm sugar or other sweetener
- 1 tsp sea salt, divided
- 1 cup cooked brown rice or quinoa (for grain-free, increase mushrooms)
- 1/4 cup ketchup (I used unsweetened ketchup)
- 2 Tbsp gluten free Worcestershire sauce (I used Lea and Perrins brand)
- 1/4 to 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup fresh mushrooms, finely chopped (optional)
- 1 lb. ground beef, bison or turkey (if using turkey use lean not extra lean)
- 1/4 lb. Italian sausage (I used chicken sausage)
- 1/2 cup V8 juice, optional (I didn't use)
- In a Dutch oven, cook cabbage in boiling water for 10 minutes or until outer leaves are tender. Drain and rinse in cold water; drain. Remove eight large outer leaves (refrigerate remaining cabbage for another use) and set aside.
- Meanwhile in a large saucepan, saute 1 cup onion in butter/oil until tender. Add the tomatoes, garlic, sweetener and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine the rice, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, pepper and remaining onion and salt. Crumble beef and sausage over mixture, add in mushrooms and mix well.
- Remove thick vein from cabbage leaves for easier rolling. Place about 1/2 cup meat mixture on each leaf; fold in sides. Starting at an unfolded edge, roll up leaf to completely enclose filling. Place seam side down in a skillet. Top with the sauce.
- Cover and cook over medium-low heat for 1 hour. Add V8 juice if desired. Reduce heat to low; cook 20 minutes longer or until rolls are heated through and a thermometer inserted in the filling reads 160°.
Yield: 4 servings (8 rolls)
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Soft Banana Bread Cookies (Vegan, Grain-free)
I love buying a large bunch of bananas. I only eat but one or two in its fresh form, so when they reach the "ugly" stage and are a little too mushy and sweet for eating, I have a good excuse to bake.
Not only are these soft, cake-like cookies grain-free and vegan, they are sweetened only with fruit — you guessed it, bananas! Instead of baking an entire loaf of banana bread, I opted for built-in portion control in the form on cookies Soft, muffin-like cookies that are reminiscent of the popular quick bread most of know and love. I added chopped walnuts and a handful of golden raisins for some texture, but feel free to swap out your favorite add-ins such as chocolate chips, pecans, dried cherries or even chopped candied ginger for a different twist.
With a short list of ingredients and a snap to prepare, you can feel good about these treats…and even eat them for breakfast
Soft Banana Bread Cookies (Vegan, Grain-free)
Gluten-free, Vegan, Egg-free, Dairy-free, Peanut-free, Grain-free, Quick
2 1/2 cups almond flour or almond meal
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon (can add a pinch of other spices like nutmeg for a different twist too!)
1/4 -1/2 tsp sea salt
2 ripe large bananas or 3 small, mashed
1/4 cup creamy almond butter (or other nut butter)
1 Tbsp pure vanilla extract
1/4 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
1/4 raisins (I used golden raisins) or other dried fruit or mini chocolate chips/cacao nibs, optional
1. Line a baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. In a medium bowl, combine dry ingredients (almond flour through salt)>
3. In a separate bowl, mash together the banana, nut butter and vanilla.
4. Stir in dry ingredients until a dough forms.
5. Using a tablespoon (I oiled mine so the batter didn't stick), scoop dough into rounded tablespoons on prepared baking sheet (or oil your hands well and rolls into balls if preferred but the dough is sticky!).
6. Bake for 12-14 minutes or until cookies are lightly golden brown on top. Remove from oven and let cool completely (be patient) before removing from baking sheet, otherwise they will fall apart Enjoy!
Yields 28-30 cookies
French Dip Sandwich with Au Jus (Slow Cooker – SRC)
I don't eat much red meat. While I love a good steak on occasion, I typically opt for a seafood, veggie or poultry dish when cooking at home. Boy, that might change after making this fuss-free recipe!
I adapted this dish from The Spiffy Cookie's recipe for a slow cooker French dip sandwich. I was assigned Erin's delicious blog this month for the Secret Recipe Club and could not choose what I wanted to make! I was salivating just looking through her recipes with many calling my name like her Reese's Oatmeal breakfast cookie and Guiltless Avocado Alfredo with Spicy Chicken.
I've already started a list of must-makes from her archives but in the end, I selected a dish that forced me to dust off my crockpot that I hadn't used in ages and get outside my comfort zone with my protein choice– the French dip.
I adapted the recipe slightly by using London broil in place of chuck roast, rubbed the meat with onion powder and a pinch of dried rosemary and then seared the meat prior to adding to the slow cooker to add a little color. I also used a combo of coconut aminos and gluten free tamari in place of the soy sauce and omitted the Worcestershire sauce as I didn't have any on hand. Since I love mushrooms and will find any excuse to include them in a recipe, I sauteed a few for an added bonus to my sandwich.
Not only did I break out my crockpot, I made my own homemade grain-free rolls to serve with this oh-so-tender meat (recipe to come)! Topped with melted cheese, sautéed mushrooms and onions, this French dip sandwich was one tasty, flavorful bite! Plus, the leftovers are yummy in a beef and veggie soup or on top of salad greens
French Dip Sandwich with Au Jus (Slow Cooker) (adapted from The Spiffy Cookie)
3 tsp oil, Earth Balance or butter, divided (use oil or Earth Balance for dairy free)
1 medium yellow onion
1 cup low sodium beef broth/stock
1/4 cup gluten free soy sauce, tamari, Braggs or coconut aminos (I used 3 Tbsp coconut aminos and 1 Tbsp tamari)
1/2 cup water
1/4 tsp onion powder
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 Tbsp creole mustard
~3lb London Broil (or chuck roast)
pinch of dried rosemary, optional
sea salt & pepper
2-3 cups sliced mushrooms
6-8 gluten free sandwich rolls, split
6-8 slices of provolone or swiss cheese (can use a dairy free cheese or omit if needed)
- Slice the onion into ~1/4-inch rounds. Keeping the rounds intact, place them in the bottom of the crockpot.
- Sprinkled the meat with salt, pepper and onion powder. Heat a large saute pan over medium-high heat and add 2 tsp oil/butter. Sear the meat on all sides until golden brown to seal in the juices and give the meat a little color.
- Add beef broth, soy sauce/tamari/ aminos, mustard, rosemary and garlic to the crockpot.
- Place meat on top of the onions.
- Cook on low 6-7 hours until beef is fall-apart tender.
- Shred meat with a fork or transfer the roast to a cutting board and thinly slice.
- Remove the onions and set aside. I strain the juice into a large "defatter" measuring cup and get rid of the oil that collects on top (I .
- Return the roast, juice, and onions to the crockpot for up to an hour before serving (I usually switch it to "Keep Warm" so it doesn't continue cooking).
- While meat is on "warm", heat a medium saute pan with remaining 1 tsp of oil/butter. Add mushrooms and cook until golden brown, stirring often. Season with salt and pepper is desired.
- Heat the broiler. Place the split sandwich rolls on a lined baking sheet and toast for 1 minute or just until the bread begins to brown.
- Remove the tops from the pan. Lay the beef on the bottom of the rolls and top with mushrooms and cheese.
- Return to the oven just until cheese is melted. Top with onions and sandwich halves and serve with small bowls of au jus, Enjoy!


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I absolutely love this faucet. I like that it is easy to adjust the temperature, with just one handle. I also really appreciate that it doesn't show water beads like chrome ones do, so it stays looking clean longer. the pullout feature is great, and retracts nicely too. Overall, very happy!
We love this faucet. It has styling you would expect to get from a high end model. The pull down sprayer retracts easily and is powerful.
Very happy with this faucet.Easy to install,very versatile and good pressure.I like it much better than previous pull out faucet.Happy over all with my purchase.
This upgrade to our kitchen helped bring the look together. The faucet is awesome, it can change from spray to stream & the pull down feature makes it so much easier to clean bg pots. I highly recommend getting the matching drains to complete the look.
The hoses on the underside used to attach the faucet to the house water supplies were way too short. They were only 4-5 inches long and the plumber said they are usually about 18 inches long. Also, it was not possible to attach one of the other elements to what it needed to be attached to without an adapter. It took the plumber 2 trips to the **** and 4 hours to install the faucet. I've used this plumber before and he is quite competent. I've bought many other plumbing fixtures from you before and this one was the first disappointment, but it was bad enough to make me wary of your products in the future. It should have been stated in the product information on your listing that it was a non-standard product and the variances described.
this faucet look really nice and has only been in for 3 days and have not had any problems with it.
Faucet works great and looks great as well. Installation was easy.
My plumber was highly impressed with this faucet. It looks great - I love it!
The Faucet looksgreat and works great. The price was good. Install directions were marginal.
After pricing hundreds of rubbed bronze kitchen faucets locally, and finding them ridiculously priced, I decided to try my luck online. Well what can I say... You get what you pay for. I rely strongly on reviews from others as to the quality of an item. In this case, I cannot understand what people saw in this product. I have bought 5 pull down faucets for the various homes I have lived in, and none of them have had this poor of a build quality. The parts are cheap, the hose that connects the bell is too short, and not even your standard kitchen hose connection. The faucet arm rattles in the socket, and is made of such light material that I could actually crush it in one hand. I should have spent an extra $100 dollars for something with better build quality. I could have found a nice Moen or Price/Pfister at Overstock for a cheaper price than Home Depot, Loews or my local plumbing supply store. I'm not sure if it's the Kraus line, or just this model, but from now on I will find the faucet I like locally and then buy it online.
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Rubber Soul
Rubber Soul was another album for Christmas – released on 3rd December, 1965 just two weeks after final mixing had taken place. Following the release of their previous album The Beatles had undertaken a momentous tour of the USA and Canada including a record breaking appearance at New York's famous Shea Stadium.
Following a deserved holiday, the guys returned to the studios in mid October, not only to record the album but also a new single – their first double A-side featuring "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Out"
The album consisted of eleven songs by John and Paul, two by George and another with the unique writing credit of Lennon-McCartney-Starkey. The inclusion of a sitar on the song Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) also illustrated George's growing interest in Indian music and culture.
Rubber Soul was also the last Beatles album for which Norman Smith manned the control desk. He took his leave after six albums and eleven singles going on to produce Pink Floyd and later still to enjoy success as 'Hurricane' Smith.
The front cover photograph of Rubber Soul was again taken by Robert Freeman but the way the faces appear slightly distorted on the sleeve was a result on a happy accident while the image was being projected. It is also interesting to note that the group's name is absent from the front of the sleeve.
The album spent nine weeks at the album chart summit in the UK during a healthy 43 chart stay.
In the US Rubber Soul was released but despite the fact that sleeve looked similar to its UK counterpart, the track listing was different. Of the twelve tracks released on the American album only ten were common to the UK version. 'I've Just Seen A Face' and 'It's Only Love' from side two of the British Help! album replaced four tracks which the US would save for a future release titled "Yesterday....And Today". The US "Rubber Soul" album reached # 1 in early January 1966 and stayed there for six weeks during an initial chart run of 51 weeks.
NME, Friday, June 18, 1965
Congratulations from all NME readers on the honour bestowed on you by the Queen, who saw fit to make you Members of the British Empire for your unprecedented achievement in the history of world show business and winning for Britain the interest of millions of teenagers all over the world.
The Prime Minister, the member of Parliament for Huyton, Liverpool, recommended you for this honour. And as you admitted on television, you were sent the forms to fill in six weeks ago to sat if you wanted an honour.
We're glad you accepted it. This means that your teenage fans, who made you, can share in the honour. And these days, when teenagers seem only to get bad publicity, how pleasant to have something good happen.
- Name
- Rubber Soul
- Type
- studio
- Artist
- The Beatles
- Released
- 3 December 1965
- Recorded
- 1965, Abbey Road Studios, London, United Kingdom
- Genre
- Folk rock, pop rock
- Length
- 35:50
- Label
- Parlophone, Capitol, EMI
- Producer
- George Martin
- Reviews
- Allmusic Rated 5/5 link (UK) Allmusic Rated 4.5/5 link (US) Blender Rated 5/5 link Q Rated 5/4 link Rolling Stone Rated 5/5 2004
Rubber Soul is the sixth UK studio album and the eleventh US release by the British rock band The Beatles. Released in December 1965, and produced by George Martin, Rubber Soul was recorded in just over four weeks to make the Christmas market. Showcasing a sound influenced by the folk rock of The Byrds and Bob Dylan, the album was seen as a major artistic achievement for the band, attaining widespread critical and commercial success, with reviewers taking note of The Beatles' developing musical vision. McCartney claims to have conceived the album's title after overhearing a black musician's de scription of Mick Jagger's singing style as "plastic soul". Lennon confirmed this in a 1970 interview with Rolling Stone, stating, "That was Paul's title... meaning English soul. Just a pun."Wenner, Jann S. Lennon Remembers: The Full Rolling Stone Interviews from 1970. Da Capo Press; New edition (October 2000). McCartney said a similar phrase, "Plastic soul, man. Plastic soul...", at the end of "I'm Down" take 1, on Anthology 2.
Byrds and Bob Dylan. The album also saw the Beatles broadening rock n' roll's instrumental resources, most notably on "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)". Although both the Yardbirds and the Kinks had used Indian influences in their music, this track is generally credited as being the first pop recording to use an actual sitar, an Indian stringed instrument, and "Norwegian Wood" sparked a musical craze for the sound of the novel instrument in the mid-1960s. The song is now acknowledged as one of the cornerstones of what is now usually called "world music" and it was a major landmark in the trend towards incorporating non-Western musical influences into Western popular music. George Harrison had recently been introduced to Indian classical music and the sitar by David Crosby of the Byrds. Harrison soon became fanatically interested in the genre and began taking sitar lessons from renowned Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar. A broadening use of percussive arrangements, led by Ringo Starr's backbeats and frequently augmented by maracas and tambourine, can also be heard throughout the album, showcased in tracks such as "Wait" and "Think for Yourself." Perhaps Ringo's most unusual percussion source on the album, which was revealed by him to Barry Tashian of The Remains in the book "Ticket To Ride", is created by his tapping a pack of matches with his finger. This "tapping" sound can be heard in the background of "I'm Looking Through You". Recording innovations were also made during the recording of the album—for instance, the keyboard solo in "In My Life" sounds like a harpsichord, but was actually played on a piano. George Martin found he could not match the tempo of the song while playing in this baroque style, so he tried recording with the tape running at half-speed. When played back at normal speed during the mixdown, the sped-up sound gave the illusion of a harpsichord. Other production innovations included the use of electronic sound processing on many instruments, notably the heavily compressed and equalised piano sound on John Lennon's "The Word"; this distinctive effect soon became extremely popular in the genre of psychedelic music. Also on Rubber Soul, the Beatles were seen heading into psychedelic rock. They introduced a genuine sitar on "Norwegian Wood," and on the "The Word," they voiced the drug-influenced peace-and-love sentiments that would color many psychedelic lyrics. Allmusic British Psychedelic Richie Unterberger The song "Wait" was initially recorded for, and then left off, the album Help!. The reason the song was released on Rubber Soul was that the album was one song short, and with the Christmas deadline looming, the Beatles chose to release "Wait" instead of recording a new composition.
monophonic mix. According to Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn, the group, producer George Martin, and the Abbey Road engineers devoted most of their time and attention to the mono mixdowns, and the band were usually all present throughout these sessions and actively participated in them. Even with their landmark Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band LP, the stereo mixdowns were considered less important than the mono version and were completed in far less time than the mono mixdown. While the stereo version of the original release of Rubber Soul was similar to that of their earliest albums, featuring mainly vocals on the right channel and instruments on the left, it was not produced in the same manner. The early albums were recorded on twin-track tape, and they were intended only for production of monaural records, so they kept vocals and instruments separated allowing the two parts to later be mixed in proper proportion. By this time, however, the Beatles were recording on four-track tape, which allowed a stereo master to be produced with vocals in the centre and instruments on both sides, as evidenced in their prior albums Beatles for Sale and Help!. But Martin was looking for a way to easily produce a stereo album which sounded good on a monaural record player. In what he admits was some experimentation, he mixed down the four-track master tape to stereo with vocals on the right, instruments on the left, and nothing in the middle. After completing the album and the accompanying single "We Can Work It Out" and "Day Tripper", the Beatles were exhausted from years of virtually non-stop recording, touring, and film work. They subsequently took a three-month break during the first part of 1966, and used this free time exploring new directions that would colour their subsequent musical work. These became immediately apparent in the next album, Revolver.
US release
Rubber Soul, the ninth Capitol Records album and eleventh official U.S. release (ST-2442), came out in the United States three days after the British release, and began its 59-week long chart run on Christmas Day. It topped the charts for six weeks from 8 January 1966, before dropping back. The album sold 1.2 million copies within nine days of its release, and to date has sold over six million copies in America. Like other pre-Sgt. Pepper Beatles albums, Rubber Soul differed markedly in its US and UK configurations; indeed, through peculiarities of sequencing, the US Rubber Soul was deliberately reconfigured to appear a "folk rock" album to angle the Beatles into that emerging and lucrative American genre during 1965, thanks to the addition of "I've Just Seen a Face" and "It's Only Love" (leftovers from the UK Help!) and the deletion of some of the more upbeat tracks ("Drive My Car", "Nowhere Man", "If I Needed Someone", and "What Goes On"). The tracks missing on the US version would later surface on the Yesterday and Today collection. The track variation resulted in a shorter album length, clocking in at 29:59. In addition, the stereo mix sent to the US from England has what are commonly called "false starts" at the beginning of "I'm Looking Through You." The track is also slightly shorter at the end. The false starts are on every American stereo copy of the album from 1965 to 1990 and are also on the CD boxed set, The Capitol Albums Vol. 2. The US version of "The Word" is also recognizably different because it has John's double-tracking vocals, extra falsetto harmonies on the left channel and fades a little longer. Also on the USA Mono LP of this album, the mono version of "Michelle" is different because it has louder percussion and fades a little longer. The Canadian LP shares the false start on "I'm Looking Through You."
ferdinlennon98 on 12th Apr 13:
"my song favorite is in my life next drive my car ¡the best song's!"
George Harrison's Wife on 8th Apr 13:
"The only word to describe this album is perfection."
TMIBFITW on 7th Apr 13:
"Ah the Beatles growing up in songwriting, they really wanted to advance their career."
OfriA on 17th Jan 13:
"Love this album! Many say its when they really start to develop their music!! Nowhere man was the first song John wrote that wasn't about a girl ;)"
young beatles fan on 8th Jan 13:
"I just bought this album. Best purchase EVER!"
Miss_McCartney on 5th Jan 13:
"Piece of art..."
McLennon Starrison on 1st Jan 13:
"This album is just.......AMAZING!
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OmarLennon on 14th Dec 12:
"I love this Album...reallyyy loooooveee it!!"
JohnLego on 11th Nov 12:
"Ranking Rubber Soul.
In My Life
Nowhere Man
I'm Looking Through You
The Word
Norwegian Wood
Think For Yourself
You Won't See Me
If I Needed Someone
Drive My Car
What Goes ON
Run For Your Life" -
paulw456 on 28th Oct 12:
"Listening to this now and realising it must be The Beatles best album the range of music is incredible with the writing reaching new heights"
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Cemetery planter update. Because of the threat of frost on Friday and Saturday nights, we will not be taking the boxes to the cemetery before Memorial Day. We will keep them protected in our greenhouse until it is safe to deliver them, hopefully early next week.
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Uncle of Amanda Cummings, Staten Island teen hit by bus, slams cyber smear campaign as 'cowardly'
It's worse than bullying. That's what a relative of Amanda Diane Cummings had to say about the scores of profane comments and images members of a cybergroup posted to a Facebook tribute page set up in memory of the 15-year-old, who police believe committed suicide by stepping in front of a city bus.
"We set up memorials, they bash the memorials," Keith Cummings, Amanda's uncle, said as he arrived at A. Azzara Funeral Home in South Beach for her wake this afternoon. "It's not bullying, it's cowardly. You want to bully, you show yourself."
The posts — which included photos and messages mocking the teen's death — began flooding into the page after a call-to-arms posted onto the "/b/" forum of 4chan.org, a Web site that's home to the Internet's most noxious hackers and cyberbullies. A similar appeal to make light of the tragedy was issued on the self-proclaimed comedy site, 9gag.com.
Miss Cummings was carrying a suicide note, police say, when she jumped in front of a city bus on Hylan Blvd. on Dec. 27. She died six days later, on Monday. Family members attribute her death in part to years of bullying at the hands of her peers and classmates, compounded by a break-up with an older teen.
Jersey Shore's Angelina to join VH1's "Couples Therapy"
The show, which puts lovers through 21 days of intensive therapy, is set to premiere in the spring of 2012 and will also feature DMX and Tashera Simmons, Linda Hogan and Charlie Hill, Kasey Kahl and Vienna Girardi, and Reichen Lehmkuhl and Rodiney Santiago.
Man dresses as Christmas Tree to make a bold statement.
That's no Christmas tree! It's Staten Island artist Scott LoBaido dressed as one. He's in the Staten island Ferry terminal in St. George, protesting the NYDOT decision to ban all holiday decorations from the terminal.
Wagner's basketball upset of No. 15 Pitt represents a major milestone for program
Wagner College received a vote in the Associated Press Top 25 poll on Sunday.
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Staten Island's Golden's Deli to close New Springville restaurant
Golden's Deli closed on Monday after a 30-year run when its lease ended. The New Springville eatery became a borough institution for its kosher fare (notably its matzo-ball soup) and a subway car parked in the middle of the main dining room.
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