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New Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has already made good on one of his campaign promises. When he was on Good Day LA while campaigning for mayor, he promised that if he were elected, he'd come back to appear on the show. Well today (Thursday) he did just that. We had a good ten minutes or so to grill the mayor on his vision for the city and how he would meet the myriad challenges facing Los Angeles. While ten minutes is a virtual eternity on television, it is certainly not nearly enough time to adequately discuss all the issues facing the City of Angels. In fact, it's barely enough time to scratch the surface. Such is the nature of television. Not to mention, sometimes what is said on TV is forgotten right after it airs. That's just one of the reasons why the written word, especially on the Internet, is so critical. It's there in black and white forever. And that brings me to the point of this piece.
Mayor Garcetti made a plethora of promises when he was running for office in a race that saw multiple candidates spend upwards of $30 million, mostly on broadcast advertising ripping one another to shreds. The intent of today's blog is simply to put into print some of the mayor's biggest campaign pledges so that we can revisit them at a later date to see how many of them he fulfills and how well.
Garcetti campaigned and won largely on a platform that promised to bring more jobs to LA, fix the city's crumbling roads, improve educational opportunities, hold the city's 37 department heads accountable for their work, getting rid of those who underperform and negotiate with powerful city employee unions to get rising worker pension and health care costs under control.
Los Angeles has a $7.7 billion budget that is on very shaky ground. Expenses are expected to outpace revenues in the future unless certain municipal costs are cut or additional sources or revenue are found. Overall unemployment in LA County is hovering right around ten percent. That's lower than it was but still much too high.
All too often politicians will promise whatever they need to promise and say whatever they need to say to get elected. Many times the promises they make go unfulfilled, either because they couldn't or wouldn't follow through. Los Angeles is a great city with equally great challenges ahead. I wish Mayor Garcetti well. I want him to succeed. But it is incumbent on all LA residents and the media to hold him accountable just as he has promised to do with those under his supervision.
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Read, Write and Type
Fun, easy-to-follow program helps children learn to read and type with a strong phonics approach, then allows them to apply those skills with activities that involve writing. Try this when you have time for your child to do a lesson or two each day -- maybe over the summer -- as the program builds to different levels and "awards."
Similar to the more expensive, profesionally administered Fast ForWord program, Earobics uses research on auditory processing to help children hear the difference between phonemes and apply that ability to reading. The games are fast and fun, and the program is available in various levels from pre-K through adult.
Kidspiration and Inspiration
Kidspiration, for grades K-5, and Inspiration, for older students, provide dynamic graphic organizers to help students develop their thoughts and write with ease. The younger version uses mostly pictures, and in both cases the information organized on the screen is automatically translated into written words on a page. The Web site offers a free download you can play with before buying.
Ultimate Writing
An easy, uncluttered word processing and drawing program. Writing prompts are offered, but if those are too difficult for your child, he or she will still have fun writing stories or letters or lists, and adding "stickers" and scribbles to illustrated backgrounds.
A+ Math
A Web game rather than software, this is the simplest of math activities, perfectly suited to kids who need drilling in basic skills without a lot of flash. Just specify the skill to target and the size of the numbers involved, and the program will put one problem after another on the screen. Kids type in an answer and push a button to see if they were right.
Mind Reading
Photos of facial expressions are the basic material for these games, which help kids recognize emotions. Designed for children and adults on the autism spectrum, it can also be useful for kids with language problems who may have trouble understanding how facial expressions can shade the meaning of words and be an important part of communication.
The speech, language and learning disabilities catalog offers a number of software games for children with autism and PDD, to help with such concepts as associations, categories and yes/no questions.

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The Vitra Design Museum is one of the world's leading museums in the field of design. It presents a changing programme of exhibitions and events on topics of design and architecture. Guided tours of exhibitions and architectural tours of the Vitra Campus are also available to visitors, as well as a café and museum shop.
In the main building of the Vitra Design Museum, which was designed by Frank Gehry, two major temporary exhibitions are presented each year. Smaller exhibitions and experimental projects are shown simultaneously in the Vitra Design Museum Gallery. More information about current exhibitions is found below.


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3.5/5 rDev -3.8%
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4/5 rDev +9.9%
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4.7/5 rDev +29.1%
This beer was recommended to me by one of my customers.
I ordered it and when the bottle arrived I was surprised by the label (old school).
The color and taste were very good! I have since recommended this beer to all of my beer drinking friends.
I have taken the next step and also purchased this beer to have in my refrigerator at home.
I have also tried several of their other Organic beers as was not disappointed!
02-28-2014 21:20:11 | More by stuarthyde
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4/5 rDev +9.9%
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4.51/5 rDev +23.9%
Samuel Smith Organic Pale Ale has a very thick, frothy, cream-colored head, a hazy, bubbly, amber appearance, and heavy lacing left behind. The aroma is sweet, malty, bready, and a touch sour. Taste is of those elements, with a wonderful, straight-forward hop bitterness (no pine or grapefruit with this beer). Mouthfeel is medium and soft, and Samuel Smith Organic Pale Ale finishes semi-dry, rich, smooth, and refreshing. This is a wonderful beer, and I strongly recommend it!
11-30-2013 00:47:56 | More by RonaldTheriot
United Kingdom (England)
3.45/5 rDev -5.2%
550ml Bottle: BBD Jul 14, poured into an over sized UK pint sleeve on 17th Nov 13.
Nice orange amber body, clear and clean, on top a full off-white foaming head.
Malty nose, bread dough and dry biscuits though, not sweet or molasses style. Some fruit esters in the aroma too.
The taste was also malt led, the malts however were semi-sweet compared to the smell and there is a caramel feel to the biscuit flavour. Those fruit esters are in the taste, giving the beer an extra dimension within the taste. The hops were very under-stated although there is a mild hop finish.
The body hides the alcohol nicely and this is an easy going beer which I really enjoyed.
11-17-2013 15:21:25 | More by BlackHaddock
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2.75/5 rDev -24.5%
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4.75/5 rDev +30.5%
07-09-2014 03:12:15 | More by ArchaeoFiero_TheDelorean
3.43/5 rDev -5.8%
Poured from a 12 oz bottle
A - Dark orange/ambar color with a decent off-white head. Not that much retention and/or lacing
S - Toasted malts with caramel touches. There's a scents from citrusy hops, and an earthy presence, but not so prominent as the malts
T - Mostly toasted sweet malts. The hops are there to balance the malts, but they're mostlu present at the dry, bitter finish.
M - Medium body and medium carbonatation. Creamy but not that smooth texture
O - Not an spectacular beer, in the sense that none of its ingredients really stand out, but it's an nice balanced ale. Maybe I wouldn't choose it if others are available, but i wouldn't mind drinking it again
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3.75/5 rDev +3%
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3.75/5 rDev +3%
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South Carolina
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4.5/5 rDev +23.6%
12-30-2013 22:37:28 | More by bubseymour
4.41/5 rDev +21.2%
Color- nutty light brown. Medium but thick head.
Aroma-sweet and nutty.
Taste- Very malt forward, a gentle giant. Starts malty, rich and buttered toast. Then, it mellows and finishes with a lingering grainy perfection. An excellent brew which reminds me of a holiday in the UK. This malt forward pale ale is not an IPA but may be a good transitional brew for those wishing to acquaint themselves with ESBs and IPAs, a stepping-stone to hoppier cousins.
The 5.00% ABV makes this a great session beer.
Poured from 550 ml bottle into a Liefmans Goudenband glass (my preferred all purpose beer tasting glass). Tasted on 2/14/14.
05-19-2014 16:18:27 | More by utfiero
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3/5 rDev -17.6%
12-30-2013 01:38:28 | More by His_Royal_Hoppiness
3.53/5 rDev -3%
A gift from Uncle Roy
Amber with a persistent head for an English Pale. Multiple foam rings like a rugby shirt. Smell is very malt forward with biscuit mix and dough being the primary aroma. Some earthy hops in the background. Wheat bread malt flavor with the more earthy hop balance in back. Mild orange marmalade. Surprisingly, and appreciated, prickly mouthfeel for this usually flat English style.
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Rhode Island
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American Indian Journalism Institute
June 2-21, 2002, at the University of South Dakota at Vermillion
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The institute is a concentrated academic program teaching the basics of journalism in a university-approved, four-credit course called "Journalism Theory and Practice."
The program is open to students enrolled in college who have completed their freshman year. Applicants also should be able to provide proof of tribal enrollment or lineage. For the 2002 program, 28 students from 20 tribes were selected. Coming from 16 states and a Canadian province, they represented 24 colleges.
Students will concentrate for one week each on reporting, editing and photography, and will help publish a newspaper. Weekly field trips will introduce students to other aspects of journalism, such as political reporting and sports writing. Faculty and guest presenters will include professional journalists who are Native American.
The institute will take place at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion. Each student will have a single room in a dormitory. Meals will be provided on campus.
American Indian students do not consider journalism in large numbers, in part because their schools lack newspapers and journalism classes, the most common route to journalism careers. The American Indian Journalism Institute pays for students to learn about journalism and to consider it as a career. Follow-up programs for institute graduates include possible paid internships at daily newspapers, further schooling and eventual job placement.
The institute is directed by Jack Marsh, director of the Freedom Forum Neuharth Center at the University of South Dakota. Ray Chavez, chair of the journalism department at the University of South Dakota, will oversee the institute's faculty.
The program is run and funded by the Freedom Forum Neuharth Center, which will pay all costs including tuition, fees, room and board. Students who successfully complete the program will receive four semester hours of college credit and a $500 scholarship/stipend.
For further information, contact Jack Marsh, director of the Freedom Forum Neuharth Center, at 605/677-6315.
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Oregon Ducks fans, cross your fingers and hope there's no jinx because quarterback sensation Marcus Mariota landed on the cover of Sports Illustrated this week.
Mariota's cover is one of six regional covers across the U.S.
Sports Illustrated also features No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Stanford, No. 3 Texas A&M, No. 4 Ohio State and No. 6 South Carolina on its covers. The magazine ranks the Ducks as the No. 5 team in the country.
It's not the first time the Ducks have graced the cover of the most recognized sports magazine in the country. There's some bad history, but the Ducks broke a string of bad luck last year:
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The Forks Township Board of Supervisors has been informed that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which handles national disasters, will pay the township $12,663 for damage it suffered during Tropical Storm Irene.
Finance Director Jim Farley said he recently received the check from FEMA that will be used to offset expenses incurred by the storm, which ripped through the East Coast last August.
The township incurred $18,000 worth of damage from Tropical Storm Irene, Farley said.
"For recovery, the amount we're getting back is pretty decent," he said.
Irene wreaked havoc for Forks and Palmer townships, the Lehigh Valley and the East Coast, but the damage wasn't as significant as predicted.
Still, for Forks, roads were flooded and closed around Zucksville and Newlins Mill roads. The Bushkill Creek overflowed as well.
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CBS Sports Network will begin airing coverage of the U.S. Open this year.
Live outer court U.S. Open matches will air on CBS Sports Network over Labor Day weekend, according to Sports Business Journal. CBS Sports Network coverage will compliment — not replace — U.S. Open coverage on the CBS broadcast network.
The move brings the total number of television networks carrying the two-week tournament to four: CBS, CBS Sports Network, ESPN and The Tennis Channel.
The addition of CBS Sports Network points toward a possible trend in national tennis coverage. The U.S. Open will be the second tournament to have simultaneous coverage on two television networks. Earlier this month, ESPN and ESPN2 aired concurrent coverage of Wimbledon, with the former carrying Centre Court matches, and the latter airing matches on other courts.
CBS Sports Network will also carry the U.S. Open qualifying rounds from August 21-24.
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A - Your fairly typical diner, but a little nicer.
S - Service is always friendly, but nothing extraordinary.
S - Great selection for a diner. They only have a few taps, but they are usually good selections.
F - One of the best breakfast places in the city, with probably the best hash. I've only been a couple of times for dinner and the food was solid, but not spectacular.
V - Good value for what you get.
Overall, a good place to stop in for breakfast, but not my first choice for food and dinner choices in the city.
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I really like this place. It should be noted that they only have a handful of beers on tap and bottle, but I give them the nod for good selection because they are excellent choices. I am in the beer business myself, and really like the fact that they had Brooklyn Sorachi Ace and have Avery Maharaja when its in season. These are not easy beers to sell, so I appreciate the fact that they try to have good beer, not just what will move. They had an Avery Dinner and one of the beers... lets just say I couldnt get it from my rep and I dig that about them. It is open 24 hours a day, (of course they cant sell beer all that time) and has great food, breakfast lunch and dinner. (I usually go breakfast, their bourbon maple syrup is fantastic.) Go check this place out if you want a good beer with good food, or either one alone.
01-09-2011 01:57:55 | More by SSW117
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Was here for the Avery beer dinner, 24 Jul 2010.
All Avery beers at the dinner (imagine that). Beers that night included White Rascal, Depuceleuse, IPA, Maharaja, and Mephaddict. The five courses were good for the most part, the best being the duck confit and the worst being the sausage stuffed squid (unanimous on both counts at our table of four).
Other beers that I saw on tap that night included Real Ale XIV, a couple of Live Oaks and some (512). They had five or six taps total and several bottles to choose from.
A little pricey for the dinner ($55 per plate) but their regular menu seemed a bit less.
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Houston, TX (Sports Network) - Seattle Mariners pitching prospect Taijuan Walker will make his major league debut on Friday when he starts against the Houston Astros.
Walker, who turned 21 two weeks ago, has not been officially added to the 25- man roster. The Mariners will need to make a corresponding roster move.
The 6-foot-4 right-hander was the Mariners' first pick in the 2010 MLB Draft, as a supplemental first-round selection (43rd overall). He is considered as one of the top prospects in baseball, having played in the past two All-Star Futures Games and is listed on MLB.com as the No. 1 Mariners prospect and No. 4 overall prospect.
Walker has started 25 games for Double-A Jackson and Triple-A Tacoma this season, posting a 9-10 record with a 2.93 ERA and 160 strikeouts over 141 1/3 innings.
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Purdue offers 2014 Alec Brennan
We have been on him for afew months NBA.COM Adam Zagoria says we offered over the weekend . I confirmed we did offer . He has several offers including Harvard,Northwestern,Georgetown,Stanford and the whole Ivy league . My research says we have a great shot at him his coach says Purdue and Iowa st . Are at the top as of now . Watch out for Duke however .


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Holiday Rice Pudding
- 4 cups milk
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar, divided
- 1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
- 1/2 cup long-grain rice (not converted)
- 3 tablespoons pear brandy (eau-de-vie) or white rum, divided
- 1/2 cup dried, sweetened cranberries or dried blueberries
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1 cup heavy or whipping cream, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 2 tablespoons confectioners sugar
- 2 tablespoons diced candied orange peel
- Candied orange peel strips, for garnish
1. Bring milk, 1/4 cup of the granulated sugar and vanilla bean just to boil in large saucepan over medium-high heat; stir in rice. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 40 minutes or until rice is tender.
2. Meanwhile, stir cranberries and 2 tablespoons of the pear brandy together in small bowl. Set aside.
3. Whisk eggs yolks, 1/2 cup of the cream and remaining 1/4 cup granulated sugar in bowl. Stir into rice mixture. Bring to boil; cook, stirring constantly, 2 minutes. Remove vanilla bean and discard. Transfer rice mixture to large bowl; stir in lemon peel. Cool completely.
4. Drain cranberries; discard excess liquid. Beat remaining 1/2 cup cream and confectioners sugar with electric mixer until stiff. Fold whipped cream mixture, cranberries, candied orange peel and remaining pear brandy into rice mixture. Transfer to serving bowl. Garnish with additional candied peel, if desired. Makes 8 servings.
Make Ahead Tip
- Prepare rice pudding. Cover and refrigerate up to 24 hours.
Nutrition Facts
- Servings Per Recipe 8
- cal.(kcal)355,
- Fat, total(g)17,
- chol.(mg)111,
- sat. fat(g)10,
- carb.(g)43,
- pro.(g)6,
- sodium(mg)74,
- Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet


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The Finnish/Swedish drama Heart of a Lion, directed by Dome Karuskoski (Lapland Odyssey), will Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this September as part of its Contemporary World Cinema program.
Lion, described as a "redemption story about the seemingly irredeemable" in the Festival's website, centers around Teppo (Peter Franzen) a racist and leader of a skinhead gang, who, after discovering that the woman he falls for has a son (Yusufa Sidibeh) who is of African descent, finds himself challenging his own values and loyalties for the desire of love and a family.
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Set against the rise of far-right, ultranationalist groups in Europe, Dome Karukoski's Heart of a Lion is a redemption story about the seemingly irredeemable: the leader of a ramshackle gang of racist skinheads who finds his prejudices and misplaced loyalties challenged by his desire for love and a family. While loitering in a café one day, Teppo (Peter Franzén) hits it off with the waitress, Sari (Laura Birn, one of Finland's most versatile young actors); he goes home with her, only to be abruptly, inexplicably tossed out in the morning.
But Teppo refuses to give up, returning the next day, and soon meets Sari's son Rhamu, who, it turns out, is of partly African heritage. When Sari falls ill, Teppo agrees to look after Rhamu, struggling with his own bigotry while hiding his relationship with the boy from his fellow skinheads. That is until his violence-prone brother Harri shows up, and Teppo is forced to make some life-changing decisions. Heart of a Lion is as socially conscious as a Stanley Kramer film, but instead of preaching, Karukoski stresses empathy, suspense, and a discomfiting sense of humour. (Karukoski's last film was the raucous hoser comedy Lapland Odyssey.)
Rarely do you get to see a scene as awkwardly hilarious as Teppo's attempt to make dinner for Harri, Rhamu, and Rhamu's confrontational father. Nor do you see something quite as terrifying as the gang's violent raid on a makeshift refugee camp. It's all held together by a fine, energetic performance by Franzén, who oscillates in a heartbeat from slapstick comic to brute, and the young Yusufa Sidibeh, perfect as a boy whose experience has taught him to be far too suspicious for his age. At the heart of it all is Karukoski's conviction that it's our connections with others that make us what we are — for better or worse.
Watch the teaser clip below, in which Teppo meets his girlfriend's son Rhamu, and offers him a banana.
L. Michael Gipson | September 3, 2013 7:31 AM
I couldn't watch this. I'd spend the whole movie worrying about the damage done to the kid and even after the redemption be conjuring up scenarios where the kid was collateral damage in the protagonist's educational journey of racial self-enlightenment. Miss me with this one. LOL.
Monique a Williams | September 2, 2013 11:18 PM
Very interested in seeing this.
lauren | August 31, 2013 10:36 AM
What's more curious to me is how a woman with a biracial child falls for a skinhead?
FactChecker | August 30, 2013 11:46 PM
fascinating ... relevant ... and timely. I'm intrigued.
tombs | August 30, 2013 1:25 PM
Very interesting premise


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Forecasts for rising mortgage rates in 2013 may have been too little, too late. Mortgage rates jumped today to their highest levels in months, according to a flurry of
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Special HARP-, HAMP-like programs reaching rural America
You could call these special refinance and mortgage modification programs from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) "HARP and HAMP For The Boonies" - if you consider "boonies"
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When the investigation is finished, it will be turned over to SLED and a lawyers grievance agency for any action they deem appropriate, solicitors office spokeswoman Nicole Holland said Tuesday.
Moak, who is based in Kershaw County and was assistant solicitor for 12 years, resigned Dec. 10 as a result of Johnsons investigation, according to a release Tuesday by Johnsons office.
Allegations about Moak that led to his resignation involve his alleged intervention in the DUI case of a friend, first to deliver her to the Kershaw County jail and secondly, to request a lowered bond for her, according to Johnson.
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This is the second preview podcast of the week 14 contest between the Detroit Lions and the Minnesota Vikings. In this edition the Two Bro's talk about the matchup between the Lions offense and the Vikings defense. Topics that are discussed are whether the Lions can stop the Vikings pass rush, is Jared Allen a moron, and the spotty play the the Vikings defensive back seven.
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I've just bought the fantastic E70, which supposedly should be a genuine SIP VoIP phone with WLAN support.
To my horror, I have discovered that it does not support the use of a STUN proxy. Will this be fixed anytime soon?
I've just bought the fantastic E70, which supposedly should be a genuine SIP VoIP phone with WLAN support.
To my horror, I have discovered that it does not support the use of a STUN proxy. Will this be fixed anytime soon?
This isn't the right forum for end user support questions. You need to go to http://www.nokia.com/support and submit a request there. However I doubt that they will comment on missing featrues, only accept it as a suggestion.
I did of course post a support request, before I posted in this forum. The reply was even worse. My request was:
"How do I set the phone to use a STUN proxy?"
The reply was in the line of:
"Go to settings. We cannot help with specific network settings."
I later found out, that the phone does not support STUN. I then called the Nokia help line, who recommended me to go to this forum to get the attention from Nokia.
As I see it: Creating a VoIP phone without the possibility to use a STUN proxy is a major bummer. It would be like creating web support but without DNS, or something like that. Yes it would work in theory, but...
If this is out of the forum scope, then what is the purpose of this forum, apart from praising Nokia...?
I'm sorry if you got bad information from the phone support. There is a forum for end user issues
http://discussions.nokia.co.uk/discussions/ they may help you but it is in England and VoIP is totally different in the USA than in England (USA phones do not allow VoIP)
Perhaps because you had technical knowledge they thought you were a programmer and sent you here. I know that I don't know squat about serial tunneling Bottom line is without knowing who or where you are, I can't really direct your question or solutions to anyone. If you want to send me an e-mail with your location and where, how you got the phone, I will try to help you. BUT it really is nothing I deal with so I may not be of any help.
Again, this is an end user not a deveoper question.
Ok, I get it. Thanks, Ron! :-)
Can any one help me regarding E70 SIP setting actually i tried so many SIP setting on nokia e70 but it failed with "registration failure" message and i search other forums and come to know that nokia E70 is not supportive of SIP calls is it true if not then tell me how could i make configuration on it and get successful registration.
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By the way, can you explain in what way you are an 'outlier', because just saying 'outlier' doesn't really say anything at all except that you aren't in the mainstream.
Well, for one, I didn't go to high school. For two, I had about a 4th grade math level before entering college last fall. For three, I keep a keen eye on pedagogical techniques. I discuss it with both the educators and those being educated. But mostly, my point was simply that I am relatively unique in my learning style. I do not learn from books very well. I'm not a very visual learner either. Now, either you must accept that I have a very keen intuitive grasp on physics, or that it is entirely unnecessary to know how to do all that gobbeldygook during middle school, because I'm doing quite well in my intro physics class without it.
Believe me, I understand your mentality. It's typical of the modern take on education. Drill it into them young, drill it into them again, drill it into them when they go to college, and maybe, just maybe, once they get a job they remember some part of chapter 2. I just think there are better ways of going about it.


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August 7, 2008
Toward Saddleback
Over at God-O-Meter, Dan Gilgoff has a nice dissection of Barack Obama's short pre-Saddleback "on Faith" essay for Time, showing how well calculated it is to appeal to evangelicals. I agree that it hits a lot of evangelical buttons, though not, perhaps, the most important one. It says nothing about his personal born-again experience--something he has written and talked about elsewhere. Perhaps that would remind people too much of that pesky Trinity church he used to belong to. Or perhaps it would strike non-evangelicals as, well, just a little too evangelical. And then there's this remark: "The next President will have to lead Americans of all religious and secular backgrounds and will navigate a range of tough values issues." The evangelicals Dan thinks Obama is directing his appeal to don't tend to regard the values issues as in themselves tough, but rather see the tough part as actually treading the straight and narrow. So I think we should at least entertain the possibility that this is what Obama actually believes.
As for John McCain, his essay sticks almost exclusively to a vision of faith as something that sustains a person in extremis. He tells the story he always tells about the Christian guard who loosened his bonds when he was a prisoner of war, and throws in one about his father praying for him at the time. There's a short paragraph about caring for the least among us (with a little pro-life pitch), but it's sandwiched in, in a kind of obligatory way. Then he returns to the importance of religion in the "dark" and "solitary" places. I'm inclined to think that that's the real deal when it comes to McCain and religion, and why shouldn't it be? Being a prisoner of war seems to have been the defining experience of his life. That the McCain faith has real resonance for many people I don't doubt. But it's far from the guiding of one's choices in daily affairs that tends to be what Americans are looking for when they seek to know how a candidate's faith will inform his conduct in office. The contrast with Obama couldn't be greater.
(This article is cross-posted from Spiritual Politics.)
Obama should read his Bible along a few of you who think you know what you are talking about. Being pro choice and pro gay is is direct opposition to God's desogn for mankind. The fact that Christians who get their traiing out of this web sight and the main stream press belive God is god, doesn't change that fact that He is GOd and looks at the gay lifestyle as an abomination. Just because American and much of the world now believes its the right thing to do, doesn't mean its right and won't keep them from a well deserved judgment.
Here go again. What does God actually say.
God says"Do not judge anybody for i alone know everything about them and you do not.
We need a president who says the Truth and not tries to appeal to our "Americans"s, "biased" believes and tell us to stop believing the people that just talk about our Guns and abortion. Tell us to spend less be and less materialistic and not complain about the price of Gas and look at other countries of the World. Jesus did not just come for Americans but for all people in this World be we American we think are the chosen people.


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Warm & Cozy House, Sleeps 4-8, Great Location in Albrightsville
- bedrooms 3
- baths 2½
- sleeps 8
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Located in the gated community of Indian Mountain Lakes,
Albrightsville PA, this new construction house, finished in December
of 2007, is very nice and
spacious. This house is within 12 minutes in walking distance of the
lake. This community contains 5
lakes. Three are swimming lakes complete with lifeguards, and
two fishing lakes.
This house includes 3 Bedrooms and 2½ Baths. The first floor
provides a kitchen, living
room with brand new furniture, a pullout queen size sofa bed, 50"
cable TV, and DVD. In
addition, a 7-foot pool table and a gas fire place. Sliding glass
doors open to a deck, complete
with new outdoor furniture and a gas grill, to make delicious
You will have full access to all amenities available within the
community as the season allows, with
the 8 badges that come with the property. This is all offered at no
additional cost to you. In
addition to the lakes, the amenities include 2 swimming pools, 1
children's pool (all of which have
lifeguards stationed), basketball and tennis courts.
The house is within a 20-minute drive to four major ski resorts, Jack
Frost & Big Boulder are about
15 minutes and Camel Back and Blue Mountain are about a 20-minute
drive. You also have access to
horseback riding and Skirmish paintball, which is about a 2-minute
drive from the development.
Bedroom Layout
Master Bedroom has 1 Queen Bed
Bedroom 1 has 1 Queen Bed
Bedroom 2 has 2 Twin Beds
Living Room has 1 Queen Pullout
Pillows, blankets, and mattress protectors are provided.
Must supply own bed linens and towels.
Check-in is 4 PM. Check-out is Noon
No Smoking and No Pets
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house rental amenities
Central air conditioning, full kitchen with a microwave, dishwasher,
refrigerator, cooking utensils
provided washer, dryer, and gas grill with propane also included. Two
televisions that are hooked up
to cable, internet, board games, pool table.
activities and attractions in Albrightsville Poconos
Gambling, Hiking, Biking, Golf, Tennis, Basketball, Horseshoes,
Miniature Golf, Fishing, Hunting,
Wildlife Viewing, Horseback Riding, Paint Ball, Camel Beach Water
Park, Outlet Shopping,
Restaurants, Cinemas, Sightseeing, Swimming, Downhill Skiing, Cross
Country Skiing, Snowmobiling.
Just minutes away from major ski resorts - Camelback,
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Vacation Rental Rates
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Winter/ Summer (Dec- Mar, Jun-Aug) $525 $725
Spring/ Fall (Apr-May, Sep-Nov) $450 $550
New Year's Eve $1,500 $1,250
Martin Luther King Day $600
Columbus Day $600
Presidents Day $750
Easter $500
Memorial Day $700
4th of July $700
Labor Day $700
Thanksgiving $675
Christmas Week $725
Race Weekend $725
Additional night is an extra $50
Cleaning Fee $100
$300 Refundable Security Deposit Required.
25 Years/Older to rent, please no prom groups.
Until confirmed rates are subject to change.
Minimum stay is 2 nights regular and 3 nights on the Holidays.
Yuriy Beyzyk 215-519-3978
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Rob Ryan will be the next defensive coordinator of the Cowboys, according to multiple sources. He inherits a unit that ranked 23rd last season under Wade Phillips, who was fired as Dallas' head coach and defensive play-caller on Nov. 9.
Ryan has been an NFL coach for 12 seasons, including seven as a coordinator (five with the Raiders and the last two years with the Browns). He is the twin brother of Jets head coach Rex Ryan and the son of former Eagles and Cardinals head coach Buddy Ryan.
The Cowboys have an elite outside linebacker in DeMarcus Ware and several other top players, but failed to jell this season, resulting in multiple blowout losses in the middle of the season. Ryan's unit with the Browns ranked 22nd in 2010, but Cleveland's unit had far less talent than the coach will work with in Dallas.
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Ryan is a well-respected coach, and this is a good move for the Cowboys and new head coach Jason Garrett. Dallas should be a more aggressive team under their new coordinator, who loves to bring pressure with blitzes.


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Man Crush of the Week: Joe Flacco
Earlier this year Joe Flacco described how he had to think of himself as the best quarterback in the league or else what was the point of playing. This drew a bunch of laughs from every human being who realized he was in fact not the best quarterback, even if in theory his thought process was correct.
Flacco has a history of never being able to win the big game, as someone who could never lead the team to a Super Bowl. And make no mistake, Flacco certainly has flaws, namely the ability to accurately complete passes.
But what Flacco does have is a crazy arm and the ability to throw the ball very far. And when the Ravens were facing off against the favored Broncos, led by America's favorite pizza pitchman, it turned out having that big arm was very important.
The Broncos were winning going into the last 30 seconds of the game. Which is when Flacco decided to throw a 70-yard touchdown to Jacoby Jones to tie the game up. It was the most shocking thing to happen for at least a day this week.
Sure, Flacco on the game basically by playing the Madden 'Hail Mary' play to perfection. But it was a huge, shocking win for him, and won that probably kept Ray Lewis from murdering him for at least one more week.
Douchebag of the Week: Manti Te'o
I fully expected to write about Lance Armstrong this week. I mean, what could be douchier than Lance Armstrong and his long-awaited confession to Oprah, no less.
Oh right, lying about your fake dead girlfriend which gained you more press than anything else you've done in your career.
And that's what Manti Te'o did. In this completely amazing report by Deadspin, it becomes clear that his girlfriend, the one who he would fall asleep talking to every night, the one who told him to play through her death, the one who he described as beautiful after meeting her at Stanford, apparently never existed.
This story is possibly the most shocking/amazing/hilarious thing to happen to sports since Nancy Kerrigan. I stayed up last night way too late as updates kept coming in. In the way people get obsessed with Kennedy assassination theories, I've become obsessed with fake girlfriend conspiracy theories. And after a teary Notre Dame AD press conference, only more questions arose.
And it basically comes down to this. Either Te'o was in on the story thw hole time, using it to help his Heisman case and draft stock, making him a very devious but complete douchebag. Or he was actually tricked and did love this girlfriend who he admitted he had never met and only ever talked to on the phone an perpetuated the lie by making up all sorts of details and telling these to national press outlets at his benefit, making him the most feeble-minded person in the world.
So either way, Manti Te'o went from being a great character guy and a true leader to being either a douchey D.B. Cooper or a 75-yeard old woman who just gave $10,000 to a random person on the internet.
And there are way too many questions for him left. How do you draft this guy in the first round now? How does he ever even show his face in public?
But honestly, I've enjoyed how ridiculous this whole this is so much I'm having a hard time getting mad at Te'o. So really the moral of this story is if you are going to be a terrible person/really stupid, at least be creative about it.
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NEW YORK (AP) - The first day of the holiday shopping season will be the last full day of post-Superstorm Sandy gasoline rationing in New York City.
The odd-even license plate system is set to end at 6 a.m. Saturday. Mayor Michael Bloomberg issued a news release Friday confirming the restriction would expire.
He says more than 85 percent of gas stations in the city are now running, compared to 25 percent two weeks ago.
Under the rules, any given car can be gassed up every other day.
The system went into effect in the city Nov. 9, after damage to gas stations and fuel distribution networks led to hourslong lines and fuel shortages.
Similar rationing has ended in New Jersey and on Long Island.
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HATTIESBURG, Miss. - If you are looking for a new pet, you might want to stop by the Hub City Humane Society Saturday. They are giving away some of their shelter animals at no cost.
"We're having our first 'No Pay Dog Day,'" said Virginia Cheatham, manager of the Hub City Humane Society.
That means, anyone who is approved can come by and adopt a pet for free.
"Generous donors can have donated money to offset the adoption fees of these pets," she said.
The Hub City Humane Society has taken in about 1,000 pets since they've opened earlier this year.
"All of ours are fully vetted," she said.
Cheatham said they encourage adoption.
"There are millions all over the country that don't find homes, so it's very important to think about adopting a pet from a shelter instead of buying one," she said. "They leave with a new friend and a dog finds a home."
The Hub City Humane Society is located at 95 Jackson Rd in Hattiesburg. The event will last from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday.
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Last Saturday, a group of hikers were led through John Boyd Thacher State Park on a walk filled with history lessons given by Tim Albright.
Last Saturday, Tim Albright led a group of hikers through John Boyd Thacher State Park. Along their journey, Albright taught the group about the history of the area, from millions of years ago to the present.
The New Scotland History Museum, located in the Wyman Osterhout Community Center, off of Route 85 in New Salem, is documenting the nearby Thacher Park's century of history.
NEW SCOTLAND —John Boyd Thacher State Park will get $3.8 million for its new visitors' center, the governor's office announced on Tuesday. The Helderberg park is to receive almost half of $8.7 million allocated to Capital Region parks.
A 44-year-old East Greenbush man fell to his death while illegally scaling the rock face at the John Boyd Thacher State Park on Sept. 13.
EAST GREENBUSH— Ronald Gene Czajkowski a religious and creative family man, died on Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, from injuries sustained from a fall at Thacher Park. He was 44.
The first hearing on Thacher's inaugural master plan elicited kudos and concerns, the most troubling from a geologist who said building a visitors' center close to the edge of the escarpment is unwise.
Invasive species can be found throughout Thacher Park and Thompsons Lake, but education campaigns and volunteers have helped to stem their impact on biodiversity.
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The bill, introduced by Reps. Heather Bishoff, D-Blacklick, and Michael Henne, R-Clayton, is a broader approach topreviously introduced House Bill 411, which would require most private school police forces to make their records public. The second bill would apply to all private police forces in the state.
"Our contention is that if you have been delegated the authority to make arrests as a public officer would, then you should have to abide by the rules that a public officer does," Bishoff said.
HB 411, introduced last month by Rep. Bill Patmon, D-Cleveland, would only apply to private colleges and universities' police if they have an agreement with local law enforcement to patrol off-campus, although Patmon said his original intention was for it to apply to all private forces.
"My intent is to make sure that not just hospitals and colleges, but anybody that hires a private police force — in fact, if we certify it as a government — should have public records," Patmon said. "Once the state hands over that license to you and you become involved in policing either on campus or off, it's the same thing to me."


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The twins are in second grade this year, which in the Catholic faith means First Reconciliation and First Eucharist (Communion). It also means the first time we've feared a sacrament.
If you've met the boys, you are well aware of how…… how should I put this?…. of how ENERGETIC they can be. And they reserve a special kind of energy for strangers, the ones who think they can't comprehend or understand. If you've met the boys and spent any time with them, you are well aware of their limitations, of their unwillingness to listen at times, of their unique level of "let me just see what I can do" view of life. Wrap all of that into a nice little package of total boy and visualize containing it in a small room with a priest for confession…. Or in a mass to receive communion. Yeah, I couldn't imagine, either.
We've worked hard to teach the boys right from wrong, but it is finite. It has to be re-taught for each situation or environment. In order to be taught, it has to be observed and redirected appropriately as it happens, otherwise it's not cemented in their brains. Take Nick for example: He's like a shark when people come over circling for their phones. I can leave my phone out all day and he'll leave it alone, but I spent LONG hours hiding and waiting for him to reach for and/or touch the phone to jump out and make my "angry" face while telling him, "NO TOUCH!" This rule doesn't apply to anyone else's phones even, though they are the same color and type. And it certainly doesn't apply if he doesn't get caught.
The idea of confession is not a function the boys are capable of. They will occasionally "tattle" on someone, but it's a learned behavior rather than an end to a particular need. Expecting them to admit something they've done wrong or incorrectly is impossible. The concept of sin is foreign to them. Teaching these two how to confess to a sin in a room with a priest was turning into a foreign backpacking trip complete with granola bars and hostel stays for me.
At the boys' First Reconciliation interviews, where they ask the child to explain sin and what the confession process is all about, my two precious, adorable boys tried to run out of the rooms. They refused to sit in the chairs, talked their nonsense chatter and acted like complete hooligans. I sat in the hallway between the two rooms and tired to hold back the tears. At the other end of the hall were the parents whose children held their workbooks (Matt liked to look at the pictures, Nick could care less) and answered the interview questions. They were also the parents who questioned me with their glances, probably wondering how I could let the boys act the way they were acting.
The interviewers were strangers to the boys, so they pulled out their biggest tricks. They didn't understand why we were at church on a non-mass, non-CCE class day. Their ADHD meds had long worn off. And I felt helpless.
Enter our angel – the eduction director at our church.
She politely pulled me into Nick's room and quietly chatted with the interviewer before turning to me.
"The boys are incapable of understanding sin." I replied that I knew this and braced myself for the bad news, because all I could think was that if you are unable to comprehend sin, then you can't have First Reconciliation, much less First Eucharist. How was I going to explain to Matt every Sunday that he couldn't participate in communion with the rest of us? We had developed a silent argument where he started begging to hold his hands out and I singed, "No. Cross your arms." Every. Single. Sunday. Mass.
"Because they are incapable of understanding sin, there's no need for confession." My heart stopped.
"They can't reason, so they can't commit mortal sin. They are saints, Carey." I dropped to my knees and began sobbing – out of exhaustion, relief and just a need for a good cry.
Fast forward to this past weekend and the boys' First Eucharist after several months of prep classes. We have practiced for several weeks and they had it down. They've even practiced with one another using crackers, Cheerios, whatever was round and resembled a communion wafer. Their outfits included ties – a favorite for Matt. They were seated at the front of the church, pews 1 & 2 and the entire family sat with them. Both had impeccable behavior for the hour long ceremony and both were quite pleased with themselves afterwards.
I cried – out of exhaustion, out of relief and because I was just so darn proud! Proud of these two boys, proud of us as a family and proud of our church community for embracing our boys.
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Mental Mondays #12
This mental and oral starter is a quick way to display a range of calculations.
Like our other mental and oral starter ideas this is easy to adapt to suit the needs and abilities of a range of children.
The idea here consists of a coloured number grid and a series of questions. We have attached a PowerPoint file with a selection of grids.
You display one such gird, like this:
...and challenge the children to respond to the questions as quickly as possible.
The main feature here, of course, is the flexibility. Using the coloured cells as indicators it is easy to create one-off questions. In the example presentation we stuck to addition and multiplication, but there is no end to the complexities that you (or the children) can generate.
The PowerPoint includes seven 'template' slides starting with numbers which total 10, and moving on to pairs of numbers which give a product of 24.
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Switching gears again, this was a lovely dinner. It was a very attractive presentation and wonderfully flavorful It was also pretty quick and makes a great weeknight meal.
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Smoked Salmon Napoleon
And now for something different… an appetizer. Looks pretty good, too, doesn't it? I assure you, it is, but you need to try it for yourself. :) Continue reading
Szechuan Chile-Sesame Seasoned Salmon on a bed of Spring Greens with Thai Vinaigrette
This is another delightful salad for the beautiful weather we've been having. Quick and easy – a perfect weeknight meal. Continue reading
Salmon Roulade with Cilantro Citrus Pesto on Mango Corn Salsa
What a lovely meal!! I got the inspiration for this dish from Vicki Bensinger at In-Home Culinary Classes, although we have modified it considerably. The dish just looked sooo good I couldn't resist giving it a try. This is a real show stopper that will impress any dinner guest, not to mention your family.
Cedar Plank Salmon with Orange & Pomegranate Salsa Accompanied with Grilled Asparagus and Balsamic Vinaigrette
Well, temps in DFW are back in the 80s again. It's so hard to get in a Fall mood when it's 88 F outside. Now, granted it's better than 100 F but let's be realistic. It is November after all. I have all these soups, stews and braises I want to cook but the weather just isn't cooperating. So, it's grilling time. We broke out the cedar planks and did some salmon with a wonderful light salsa and those gorgeous homegrown pomegranates. To accompany the meal we grilled some gorgeous asparagus I found at the market. Pretty good dinner even if I say so myself. ;) Continue reading
Salmon Pasta
So much food and so little time to post of late. Work, life and projects have been interfering with food blogging of late but such is life. Nonetheless, we always have time for food and this was a flavorful weeknight meal.
Herb Crusted Salmon with Garlic Roasted Asparagus
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"Why are you standing by and watching our daughter, Veronica, be held against our will? Why have you been so slow to recover a child who's being illegally held against our wishes and the court's?" Melanie Capobianco said crying Monday morning.
The Capobiancos are begging to bring Veronica back to Charleston, stating they know exactly how difficult it is to say goodbye, which is why they wanted Brown's cooperation in the first place.
"When they came and removed her from our home there was no transition plan, no process to protect our sweet baby from the emotional trauma of being taken from her parents and the only home she's ever known since birth. She's simply here one moment and gone the next," Matt Capobianco recalled from New Years Eve of 2011. That night the roles were reversed, the Capobiancos had been court ordered to give Veronica to her birth father because of the Indian Child Welfare Act. Last week Matt said he did what the courts demanded then and it was the hardest thing he's ever had to do.
Since that night, the Capobiancos fought at every court level, winning their case at the Supreme Court of the United States. Yet, when a Charleston judge ordered a gradual transition to return the child to the adoptive couple, Dusten Brown did not show and authorities issued a warrant for his arrest.
Monday morning Brown turned himself in to Sequoyah Sheriff's Office in Oklahoma. He was given a $10,000 bond and left jail less than an hour later.
Charleston County Sheriff's deputies said they are still working with Oklahoma law enforcement to locate the child. The Nowata County Sheriff spoke with News 2 via telephone Monday afternoon when he said he doesn't follow South Carolina laws and he would consider taking a child out of Oklahoma to be kidnapping.
Matt Capobianco, who is normally shy to make bold statements to the media, firmly said that enough is enough.
"No more delays, no more excuses, our daughter has been kidnapped and I expect the situation to be treated as such... If this doesn't happen I will be boarding a flight to Oklahoma today and I'm coming to get my daughter. I expect her bag to be packed and that she will be ready and waiting to come home," Matt said. "Veronica, stinker, daddy's coming."
Oklahoma authorities and the Cherokee Nation will not submit, saying Veronica still has rights under Oklahoma and tribal law that have not yet been exhausted.
Brown was not in a tribal hearing which was scheduled for Monday morning but the Cherokee Nation tells our Tulsa affiliate, KJRH, they are rescheduling.
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It has taken me YEARS to find this recipe. I have tried many homemade mac and cheese recipes over the years in my quest to find THE recipe. I have tried simply winging it, I've tried stove-top, baked, and crock-pot recipes. Yet none of them would convert my mac-and-cheese loving son to the homemade variety. Always, when he requested macaroni and cheese for a meal, he would add a qualifier. You know, the shells and cheese, Mom. Meaning his favorite macaroni and cheese not only was from a box, it was the kind made with Velveeta- the cheese that is not that different from plastic. Every once in a while I would buy the blue box to make a quick lunch for the kids, and while they ate it, they never really cheered or got excited about mac and cheese. Honestly, I would take dehydrated powdered cheese over plastic cheese sauce, but neither one was really a good option…
In my quest last year to remove as much fake stuff from our diet as possible, I stopped buying the occasional box of shells and cheese, but somewhere along the line I decided it would make a fine side dish for whatever I made that day. So I bought some and brought it home. Several hours later I had some very serious and awful digestive issues, and I very clearly knew that it was a direct result of that non-food hitting my system, and I swore never to buy it again. And more importantly, to never feed it to my kids again. I began in earnest to hunt down recipes, but just wasn't finding something I hadn't already tried!
I did manage to narrow down that Zander was not a fan of baked mac and cheese. While that will forever be my favorite, as I love the crispy toppings, the crispy toppings did not work for my buddy. He wanted creamy and extra cheesy. Surely this was possible?
Turns out it is definitely possible. Andy was gone one evening for dinner, and the kids requested macaroni and cheese. I don't even remember what we had with it, but I do recall sitting down at the computer, determined to find THE recipe that would rock our mac-n-cheese world. I spent quite a bit of time on different recipe sites looking at recipe after recipe, trying to determine what would qualify it as perfect homemade macaroni and cheese? And then I saw a picture. I saw macaroni literally drowning in cheese sauce, and I knew at that moment that I had met a contender. Allrecipes came to my rescue with a recipe created by Pam Anderson- I've actually made recipes from her before, and they turned out pretty good. I read the recipe, and then I read a ton of reviews to see what other people changed, and decided this was the one. Even better? I had everything on hand.
I followed the recipe for Creamy Macaroni and Cheese pretty closely. For the first time making it, I decided I did not need servings for ten people, and opted to cut the recipe in half. The only real change I made was that I did not use the amount of Dijon mustard called for- I cut that in half again, using just one teaspoon of Dijon mustard. It was the perfect amount. It added a discernible tang, but you could not identify where it came from. The recipe came together quickly enough- I had the sauce made before the macaroni was finished boiling up, and I knew I had a winner if it would maintain its creamy texture.
I loved the magic that using Parmesan and Sharp Cheddar together did- I did use Sharp Cheddar cheese instead of the Extra Sharp called for, as that's what I have on hand. Plus, here in Wisconsin, extra sharp is pretty sharp, I wanted a kid-friendly mac and cheese. It was cheesy, but not heavy in the least. The evaporated milk kept it creamy without separating at all, and overall, it was the kind of macaroni and cheese that you keep going back for another bite, because you cannot believe how good it is. I found that the half batch was the perfect amount for our family, so that is the recipe I'm going to share at the bottom. As a side dish, this would make about six generous servings. As a main dish, maybe closer to four.
I made this again a week later when Andy was home. This time I added 3/4 of a pound of macaroni to the sauce, and interestingly, I found that it was better with the original 1/2 a pound of pasta. Specifically, as a leftover. My kids actually ate leftovers! This macaroni and cheese, re-heated in a microwave made a perfect lunch from leftovers, and the extra cheesy sauce is what made it work so well. So if you're planning to eat it all, you can use a little more than the 1/2 pound of pasta if you'd like. Actually, if you prefer a less saucy mac and cheese, by all means, make a full pound of pasta for this amount of sauce. But as written, it's spectacular the day you made it, and it's great as a leftover. Now if I can only find some large enough thermoses for the kids, this would be the perfect meal for them to take on the road with them.
I have no picture, as I didn't really think this was a mind-blowing recipe until I made it for the second time and Zander gobbled it down. I believe I have finally succeeded in beating out that neon orange plastic cheese product.
Creamy Macaroni and Cheese1 teaspoon salt 1/2 pound elbow, shell or other bite sized pasta shape 1 (12 fl. ounce)can evaporated milk 1/2 cup chicken broth 1 1/2 tablespoons butter 2 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon prepared Dijon mustard 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese freshly ground black pepper to taste 1/2 pound grated sharp or extra-sharp cheddar cheese
Bring 2 quarts water to a boil in a large pot. Add salt and pasta, cooking according to package directions until al-dente. Drain.
Meanwhile, heat the evaporated milk and chicken broth together until hot and steamy- do not boil. Use a microwave or a small sauce pan.
Melt the butter in an empty pot over medium heat. Whisk in the flour until fully combined, and then whisk in the hot milk mixture. Continue whisking over the heat until the mixture is thick and bubbly- roughly 3-5 minutes, depending on how your heat is. Whisk in the mustard, black pepper and Parmesan cheese. Once fully combined, turn off the heat and stir in the cheddar until fully melted and combined.
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reviews for: listing #19407 - Panama City Beach, Florida Townhome rental
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- baths 2
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- community Grand Lagoon
- sleeps 10
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Well stocked home
Review submitted: February 4, 2010 Date of arrival: April 4, 2009
My son and I along with two other Mom's and their kids rented the Spanish Key the week of March 21-28th.
We found the house wonderfully decorated, and very clean and well kept. The kitchen was the best supplied kitchen any of us had ever rented before, even having a crock-pot on hand...
The house, though not ocean-front, was a short stroll to a perfect section of sugar sand beach... Even during spring break, this part of the beach was not crowded at all...
The Overman's were quick to answer all the emails we sent with questions about our stay. They provide a comfortable pleasant home for a great time in Panama City...
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Spacious Home!
Review submitted: February 4, 2010 Date of arrival: September 5, 2009
My family and I had a great vacation at the Spanish Key Home. Each of us were impressed with the size of the home. Each room was very spacious and fully stocked. The pool at the home was great and relaxing and the walk to the beach was very short and easy. I would recommend the home to anyone.
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Helpful votes: 7 / 7
Fabulous Family Vacation Home
Review submitted: February 4, 2010 Date of arrival: August 8, 2009
Our family stayed at Spanish Key the week of 8/1/9
and we truly enjoyed our stay, The house was
tastefully decorated and comfortable - with "toys"
everywhere for our kids to enjoy. It was great that
our kids had their space and we had ours. The
owners were thoughtful enough to provide games
and books for us to enjoy...thank you - I love the
left behind book the best, The gas grill was a
special treat, large enough for brisket (yummm).
Great upper deck we fell asleep on night listening
to the waves roll in from the beach which was just
steps away. This was our first vacation home rental
and we don't think we will ever utilize a hotel again.
Thank you Overmans your hospitality was
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Spring Break....Great Location!
Review submitted: February 4, 2010 Date of arrival: April 11, 2009
I just want to say Thank you for allowing us to stay in your beautiful home! This was a great Spring Break for our family. We had 6 total with us and there was more than enough room. The proximety to the beach was outstanding! The sunsets from the third floor were awesome and my kids loved the pool. We had a very relaxing visit with all the amenities of home. We would definetely stay again! Everything was so close we really got to enjoy all that PCB had to offer. The Overmans were great hosts and I am sure we will be doing business again.
Jessica Woodruff, Biloxi, Mississippi
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Go Ask Gab: Oscar Fashion Round-Up
February 28, 2011 at 11:09 am , by Gabrielle Porcaro
I think most people are in agreement that this year's award show was pretty boring. (Reading funny tweets is about the only thing that got me through the night.) Was it the hosts? One who appeared high and didn't seem to want to be there, and the other one who was way too enthusiastic and exited? The bad writing? The strange homages to great movies of the past? Or was it the dull fashion choices? I'm not going to bore you all over again so here's my short and sweet sum up:
Cate Blanchett: She was my favorite although her dress got a mixed reaction. (Someone on Twitter said her dress looked like an old chair). Whether you cared for the Givenchy Haute Couture gown or not, Cate makes interesting fashion choices and no matter what she wears she always looks amazing.
Hailee Steinfeld: Finally a 14-year old that dresses like a 14-year old should!
Jennifer Lawrence: She was basically wearing a gown version of a Baywatch swimsuit. You can't go wrong with minimal and sexy.
Natalie Portman: I have no real opinion on the Rodarte dress (our Fashion Editor Sue thought it was bridesmaid-esque) but I loved LOVED the earrings. Can somebody pick those up at Tiffany for me please?! Thanks!
Gwyneth Paltrow: The Calvin Klein gold column dress was one of my favorites and definitely better than the dress she wore to perform in. (Why didn't she just wear that jumpsuit she wore to sing with Cee-Lo at the Grammys?!)
Helen Mirren: Age appropriate and looking fine as always!
Hilary Swank and Halle Berry: They take the "If it ain't broke" approach but I am so bored of seeing them in the same style dress. Lame!
Michelle Williams: I thought she looked adorable. Loved the Chanel gown but I prefer it when she takes risks. A white short-sleeve skin-hugging dress is too safe.
Amy Adams: Her blue sparkly gown looked better on stage then it did on the red carpet. Her necklace choice was wrong.
Mila Kunis: The look was gorgeous. I loved the bottom of the Elie Saab Haute Couture dress but all my attention goes to the boobs and the lace detail. To me they looked like pasties, which I guess in a way they were.
Scarlett Johanasson: I wasn't quite digging the dress at first. It did grow on me but I do not like the boob region. Above it, yes. Below it, yes. But the middle see-through section — not so much!
Jennifer Hudson: While I'm on the topic of boobs… Ladies just because you have a slamming body doesn't mean you need to show your lady parts off. It wasn't working for her.
So what did you think about this year's Oscar fashion?
Categories: Fashion | Tags: celebrities, go ask gab, Oscar fashion, Oscars | 4 Comments
4 Responses to "Go Ask Gab: Oscar Fashion Round-Up"
Written on March 2, 2011 at 5:37 pm, by Louise Ozolins
Love your take on the Red Carpet fashions.
Unfortunately for me; I didn't watch 1 minute of OSCAR.
Fortunately for me; I have your professional opinion to rely on.
Thank you!
Written on March 21, 2011 at 1:10 pm, by Alan N.
totally agree with you on jHud! keep it classy
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