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Back in the day, my Ma and Da God rest their souls and their likes will never be seen with us again used to warn me about many things during the Sunday Mass. Among the most important was not to interrupt the crazy old ladies who liked to say the Rosary at the top of their lungs. I found this very distracting. (I imagine the priest did, too. Hell, the cop directing traffic two blocks away could hear these biddies, God forgive my sin against charity.) Anyway, I took that to heart, and I wouldn't have done it anyway. Those women scared the Galatians out of me.
I thought of them today while reading Maureen Dowd's latest psychosexual account of how we're electing a president this year. I will tiptoe prayerfully past all the references to ramrods and so forth, God forgive my sin against chastity. Instead, I would like to focus on this one passage:
Every election has the same narrative: Can the strong father protect the house from invaders? That question is burning now that intelligence sources are warning that Iranians might be coming to strike on U.S. soil. And, this time, were also asking: Can the strong father save the house itself from going into foreclosure?
Can I ask a question? Do you know anyone who thinks this way? Do you know any living, breathing sentient human over the age of Fetus who looks at potential presidents as auditioning for the role of "the strong father"? In my lifetime, we've had 11 presidents. I have not looked at any of them as a "the strong father." Nixon? Carter? Either Bush? Do we honestly live in a country made of Legos? Is this woman out of her mind, or am I?
Hush, I hear my mother saying, don't disturb the loud old lady. She speaks to God in her own way, But, I think, does she have to drag the rest of us into the conversation, God forgive my sin against charity.
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When I saw the Merry Metallics set, my eyes lit up like a Christmas Tree (no pun intended).
Here are the colors again...
Lame Entertain You is a shimmery copper with silver flecks. It looks like copper foil on my fingers.
Red-E And Waiting is a metallic red with gold and red shimmers. This color is absolutely gorgeous. The shimmers are very subtle in this shade compared to the other 3. You can see it upon really close inspection in the sun.
Tarnished Silver is a gunmetal grey with silver foil. Although it looks slightly blue in the image below, it is a true gunmetal on the nail.
Plum Puddin' is a light plum with multi-color shimmers that are highly visible on the nail.
In bright sunlight:
Each shade glides on effortlessly without streaking or clumping. Red-E And Waiting is the most opaque so I can easily get away with just using 1 coat. All the other shades require 2 coats for full opacity.
I really like how Lame Entertain You looks in different lighting. It can be both soft and hard depending on different angles.
Bottom Line: Grab these before they run out! This is a gorgeous set with great pigmentation and a reasonable price. I highly recommend checking it out from your local Neiman Marcus counters. My favorite shades from this set are...all of them!
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney believes that if he wins Michigan in the Presidential election, he will become President. Romney is currently in Michigan with his wife, Anne, campaigning.
"If I am lucky enough to be elected president, I'll be the first president in American history to have been born in Michigan, " he told crowd at Bavarian Inn Lodge.
Although Romney was the governor of Massachusetts, he was born in Michigan and raised in the Detroit suburbs. His father, George Romney, ran a car company and was also the governor of Michigan. George Romney failed to win the Republican presidential nomination in 1968.
President Barack Obama won Michigan in 2008 so it is certainly very ambitious of Romney to even attempt to make it a focal point of his campaign. Because Michigan has a strong Democratic base, Romney will have to explain his opposition to federal support for GM and Chrysler.


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For many baby boomers, yours truly included, the Mary Tyler Moore Show's depiction of an independent single woman making it on her own in Minneapolis was inspirational in more ways than one.
Sure, it was a great introduction to office politics, even if we cringed at the fact that Mary was the only one to address her TV boss as "Mr. Grant" instead of Lou. But the show, which aired from 1970-1977, also portrayed the Minnesota metropolis as an endearing co-star - assuming you didn't mind wearing a coat nine months of the year.
I visited the city for the first time earlier this month, and while I enjoyed touring the world-class Walker Art Center, Guthrie Theater and hip Northeast arts district, I couldn't resist a Mary detour. I drove past her apartment in the Victorian house that was used for exterior establishing shots (the Minneapolis tourist office still gets people asking for the address), and paused at the corner of 7th and Nicollet Mall to admire a bronze TV Land statue that shows Mary triumphantly tossing her hat into the air.
She can have a town and make it after all? You betcha.
Of course, Minneapolis isn't the only TV setting that continues to draw tourists decades after the show in question has been relegated to reruns.
As I discovered for a story on the 50th anniversary of the Andy Griffith Show, Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, N.C. - alter ego for Sheriff Andy's Mayberry - has morphed from a down-on-its-luck manufacturing burg to Nostalgia Central for devoted fans. Never mind the fact that the series was filmed on a Hollywood backlot: Andy addicts can get a trim at Floyd's City Barber Shop, order a pork chop sandwich at Snappy Lunch and even spend the night in Griffith's childhood home, now run as a B&B by the local Hampton Inn.
Many of those acolytes continue driving a few hours north to Schuyler, Va., the Blue Ridge Mountains hamlet where The Waltons creator Earl Hammer grew up. The Walton's Mountain Museum charges $7 a head for a glimpse of John-Boy's recreated bedroom, Ike Godsey's general store and the family's kitchen and living room - and claims to have drawn as many as 90,000 visitors a year from all 50 states and 20 countries.
In Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood, the Cheers bar (originally known as the Bull & Finch Pub) may not know your name, but it knows that Sam, Diane and the rest of the crew can still draw a crowd - and help sell Giant Norm Burgers for $16.95 a pop.
About 25 miles north of Dallas, Plano, Tex. continues to rope 'em in to Southfork. The self-described "world's most famous ranch" was used for exterior scenes on the long-running soap Dallas.
Southfork's comparatively dinky pool and pedestrian surroundings may have come as a bit of a shock to fans of the 1980s series, but the home of the big hair, big hat, big egos Ewing clan is back in the limelight, thanks to a new TNT remake with original stars Larry Hagman, Linda Gray, Charlene Tilton, Steve Kanaly and Patrick Duffy.
And if you loved the warm and fuzzy familial setting but a pilgrimage to Walnut Grove, Minn. or other sites associated with the Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House on the Prairie series doesn't shake your wagon, there's a margarita-fueled option: a Little House on the Prairie reunion cruise aboard the Carnival Splendor. The week-long, Mexican Riviera cruise sails from Long Beach, Calif. on Nov. 13 with such original cast members as Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Dean Butler (Almonzo Wilder), and Lindsey and Sidney Greenbush (Carrie Ingalls).
Aficionados will experience Arngrim's one-woman show, Confessions of a Prairie Bitch, and Butler's presentation of Laura Ingalls Legacy - and get answers to such enduring mysteries as why Michael Landon didn't wear underwear.
So, readers, what am I missing? Sound off on other vintage TV settings that are worthy of a detour.


text: 5 An Excellent Ghost StoryDigitalCritic | 21/10/2012 | See all DigitalCritic's reviews (18)As with all films of this genre, the scare effect is greatest the first time you see it. While this is still the case for The Woman in Black, I have to admit that it does possess an eerie and creepy quality that continues to linger on subsequent viewings.Daniel Radcliffe and Ciaran Hinds both give commanding performances and commit to their roles in this adaptation of Susan Hills 1983 novel of the same name. Radcliffe plays Arthur Kipps, a young Victorian-era lawyer with a small child. The passing of his Wife in childbirth four years earlier has left Kipps haunted with sorrow and unable to execute his duties to his employers satisfaction. On a last chance job, he is sent from London to settle the estate affairs of a deceased client. The old house is set in the English countryside on the outskirts of a small village and the townsfolk are typically superstitious and unwelcoming. However they have good reason, the village children have been dying at an alarming rate and a mysterious black figure has been seen in the grounds of the old house.Hinds plays Sam Daily, one of the less superstitious neighbours in the village. He and Kipps strike up a friendship on the train journey in, and he tries to help Kipps in solving the mystery. Daily and his wife, played by Janet McTeer, have also lost a son of their own under rather strange circumstances. The Childs death has left Daily heart-broken and his Wife suffering with a mental illness.There are some of the usual scare tactics in this film but they are done really well while some very clever new one crop up here and there. There are numerous scenes where I felt chills running down my spine. The whole film is very dark and adds to the creepy feel and impending nightmare that approaches. I found the film enjoyably scary throughout. Please remember that this was adapted from a novel, and what works well in a book does not always work well on screen, so if you have read the book, be prepared for some changes.Because of his past acting history in the most successful film franchise ever, it will be hard for most viewers not to see Daniel Radcliff as Harry Potter. I admit to feeling the same when he is on screen but after ten or twenty minutes you soon forget his previous role and the character he is really portraying emerges. A few more decent films and I think the shadow of Potter will fade.Being a new film freshly transferred to Blu-ray, the image is sharp and without blemish, the sound is presented in 5.1 DTS and standard Stereo. The film runs for ninety five minutes and if you enjoy clever ghost stories like The Ring, then you will enjoy this.Highly recommended for a good fright.


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I worked at adidas Group full-time (more than an year)
Good product and merchandise meant good uniforms. Training program was good and the environment of our actual working team was excellent. Managers made other employees feel valued and the store manager valued the team leads as well. Small working environment was appreciated.
Salary for Management level was not great. Started at $11. Managers have been there 4 years only at 11.09. All our team leads changes in the year and half I was there. Salary was a main reason. Full time is only scheduled for 30 hours per week. Would have prefered the advertised full time job to actually be full time and 40 hours per week.
Higher salary would lead to managers staying in the position longer. Turnoiver of management was very high.
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The lack of career advancement on the spartanburg campus but as a whole and if able to travel/relocate, excellent opportunities.Advice to ManagementAdvice
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Do others make you feel bad for being healthy or caring about your health? Do you find friends or family members encouraging you to be unhealthy with them or making annoyed faces when you choose not to eat something at events? Do you ever find yourself trying to cover up your healthy choices because it's "not the norm." Are you sick of having to justify your food and environment choices?????????
I've been ridiculed for the way I eat for the past 10 years (at least). I've come to ignore it most of the time, but there are still instances where I find myself "eating something anyway" or not sharing my true opinion, because I don't want people to think I'm a food snob or judging them for their personal choices.
Do I occasionally over-indulge? Of course. Do I ALWAYS follow my own "food rules?" No. Do I go out to eat and sometimes say, "what the hell," absolutely…but do I mostly eat healthy; YES!
I AM pretty anal about what I eat and what I choose to feed my family; I eat 90-95% organic, I opt for pastured or grass-fed meats and animal products, I'm a sucker for locally grown produce, I get anxiety when I don't have fruits and veggies available 24/7 (and go out and buy some immediately if I don't), I refuse to buy or eat anything that contains GMO's, non-organic soy, HFCS, artificial flavors/natural flavors/artificial sweeteners, etc…, this is only because I want to feed my family as optimally as I can. I shouldn't be ridiculed or judged for it…because I'm not judging you!
What frustrates me, is that I used to watch what I would say around certain people and pretend like I'm not as "anal" around others because I knew what I chose to eat is not the norm. I didn't want THEM judging ME for making the health decisions I do; strange as that sounds.
Can anyone else relate?
The point of this post is not to make myself sound like a superior eater…I am NOT believe me. My point is to simply let you know that whatever healthy choices you choose to make or change in your current lifestyle, you should own them!! Be PROUD of making such positive changes because it's impacting your health in a HUGE way! Whatever other people think, WHO CARES! YOU know what you are doing is the right choice for YOU!! If those surrounding you give you grief, then deep down they are probably just feeling jealous that they haven't made those choices for themselves. It's wrong of people to make YOU feel poorly for doing something positive for YOUR health!!
Don't you agree!??
QUESTION: Has anyone else ever felt judged for making healthy choices? What was your experience? Do you judge others? Why?


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Just to let people know, I've had a life of hell with the Scottish people and they still won't leave me alone. They are the worst people out and have got no life at all, they are mad trainspotters who talk alot of shit about people and won't keep themselves to themselves. They are really bad bullies and bad people, their some of the dirtiest evil people I've heard of in my life and their a bunch of fannies who need to get a life.
That Braveheart movie was alot of shit, don't believe any of that, they are nasty bastards that stalk people, talk alot of shit about them and tell lies about them, the cheeky bastards, they have no pride at all nevermind personal pride. I've never had any freedom for most of my life because of nasty, abusive Scottish people who talk alot of shit, they are really dirty people. I'm making websites about them soon anyway and telling the whole world what their actually like and the truth about them, nobody believe that Braveheart movie.
I've not even got a life because of these Scottish bastards, I don't even have an apartment atm because of them, I wanted to go to college/university last year and this year and I couldn't go because of the constant stalking and harassment off the Scottish gobshites. I don't believe anybody invaded their country because they are creepy bastards who stalk people and won't keep themselves to themselves, I've never had any freedom for the past 10 years because of these nasty people. They talk about freedom in that Braveheart movie but it's alot of shit and you don't get any freedom, that movie should be called the shitey bastards because the Scottish people are full of shite, more shit comes out their mouth than comes out their arse.
So the rumours/lies they are spreading about my pussy are not true, the Scottish people are saying that I have a big minging clitoris and big minging pussy, and I don't, I've got a perfect designer vagina and a perfect small clitoris, it's a small bit big but that's what you want, you don't want no clitoris. I do live webcam shows nearly every day atm on adultwork.com and you'll see that I have a perfect pussy if you book a show. The Scottish gobshites who are a pain in the arse just continue to tell lies and boast about bullying me all the time, they keep saying that I have no personal pride and a big minging clitoris, anyway it's not true and I have the nicest clitoris and pussy in the world and my clitoris is a perfect size.
I have alot of pride and personal pride and at least I don't talk shit or tell lies and they'll never be as good as me the Scottish bastards, I have alot of personal pride and I diet every day and I'm slim, I would go to the gym for hours every day if I could but I've been moving around so much because of the shitey bastards from Scotland lol and I've not been able to get to the gym. That's what they are like anyway those Scottish people, their stinking of shit and people should watch for them lol. Yeah, some Scottish people are nice people but I think most of them are just shitty bastards with no pride nevermind personal pride*
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I remember when we had to schlep our laptop up to the RV park's office and plug in to their phone line in order to use dial-up to get online. Then came Wi-Fi. You could browse the Internet from the comfort of your RV. We even got a Datastorm Satellite dish that gave us high-speed Internet *wherever* we were parked – in the middle of the desert, or in the most remote national forest. What luxury that was. We live fulltime in our motorhome and we need to work to make our living. Our work is primarily on our website so it's important that we be able to connect wherever we are.
Now with cellular datacards, or tethered cell phones, we can be connected to high-speed Internet while driving down the road! How wonderful right?
I won't do it. I'm a geek, but I have my limits. It's one of my guilty pleasures to be a passenger in our RV and simply enjoy the ride while my husband does the driving. This is a time when I have permission to *not* work. I enjoy watching the scenery and daydreaming about oh so many things.
I refuse to give that up. How about you?
p.s. it does (unfortunately) work great – I have succumbed to the dark side once in a while when I needed to answer some emails, or had a deadline for some other web work. I was glad to be able to get my work done without sacrificing our planned destination. I just hope I don't need to do it too often.


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AC/DC are the single greatest gift Australia has ever given the world. This past weekend, Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band played Melbourne's Aami Park, and he paid his host country tribute by playing a triumphantly bar-rocking cover AC/DC's immortal "Highway To Hell." Special guest Eddie Vedder and Tom Morello both helped out. Watch a fan-made video below.
Somehow, Bruce's voice is sounding even more wizened than Brian Johnson's lately. I didn't even know that was possible.
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R. W. Wilmot
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R. W. Wilmot, a steam tug built in 1898 by the Globe Iron Works, Cleveland, Ohio, was acquired 4 January 1918 from the River & Ocean Towing Co., Wilmington, Del., and placed in service 26 January 1918, Lt. J. Hansen, USNRF, in command.
Designated for distant service, R. W. Wilmot served with the 5th Squadron, Patrol Force, in the mid-Atlantic-southern New England area until 9 March. On the 17th she steamed east and following her arrival in France, was placed out of service and transferred to that country's government on 4 April 1918.


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Skylark Hatcheries in India Chooses for Hubbard F15 Grand Parents
Picture (from right to left): Mr. Jagbir Singh, Managing Director of Skylark Group, awards Mr. Kapil Manwal, Technical manager of Hubbard, for his excellent contribution to the North zone Broiler Breeders Association meeting in India held in September 2009.
India Hubbard is very pleased to announce that Skylark Hatcheries has decided to move to Grand Parent stock level by the beginning of 2010. Based on its very good results in the field, Skylark will use the Hubbard F15 Grand Parents for this new operation.
Mr. Jagbir Singh, MD of Skylark Hatcheries Pvt. Ltd., was the first believer in the potential of the Hubbard F15 for the Indian market when they placed the first Hubbard F15 parent stock flocks in 2003. During a recent meeting of the North zone Broiler Breeders Association in India, Mr. Singh explained how the Hubbard F15 contributes to the efficiency and profitability of his company.
The Hubbard F15 breeder female is a mini-type breeder and is well recognised for its feed-saving characteristic: it can save up to 120 grams of breeder feed per chick (or 14.5 kg of feed per breeder female). With the ongoing increase in feed cost in India, it is with no doubt a key factor in the profitability of a breeder operation. A recent economic analysis for the Indian market shows that the Hubbard F15 breeder can save about 1.60 INR per chick against the cost of a chick produced by a standard breeder. This equates to 2,240,000 INR (48,500 USD) for every 10,000 breeder females placed. This figure, together with the good balanced breeder and broiler performances, explains why the response from the Indian market is so good. Since the launch of the Hubbard F15 about 6 years ago, many poultry companies around the world have started to use it with great success.
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»Student Life
» How do I join?
Membership requirements and processes vary among Elmhurst's fraternities and sororities. Most chapters hold recruitment and intake events during the fall semester.
You must be in good academic standing with the college in order to join a fraternity or sorority. Each chapter will inform you of their specific GPA requirements.
Recruitment and Intake Information
Fraternities and sororities conduct recruitment and intake events, activities, and informational sessions at various times throughout the year. The recruitment process is either chapter or council coordinated depending on which organization you are interested in joining.
Interfraternity Council
Interfraternity Council Fraternity Recruitment is September 14-19, 2009. Participating chapters will include Alpha Sigma Phi and Lambda Chi Alpha.
For more Information Contact: Elizabeth Choporis (630) 617-5994
Panhellenic Council
Panhellenic Formal Recruitment is October 2-5, 2008. During formal recruitment all interested students will visit and meet women from our two Panhellenic sororities. The process is based on mutual selection where the interested students choose which chapters they are interested in joining, while the Panhellenic chapters follow the same process.
Registration is required for Panhellenic Formal Recruitment. Please contact Elizabeth Choporis (630) 617-5994 for more information.
Important Formal Recruitment Dates:
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This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word shenandoah
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a river flowing NE from N Virginia to the Potomac at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. ab. 200 mi. (322 km) long.
Shenandoah is an American country music group founded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 1984 by Marty Raybon, Ralph Ezell, Stan Thorn, Jim Seales, and Mike McGuire. Thorn and Ezell left the band in the mid-1990s, with Rocky Thacker taking over on bass guitar; Keyboardist Stan Munsey joined the line up in 1995. The band split up in 1997 after Raybon left. Seals, Munsey and McGuire reformed the band in 2000 with lead singer Brent Lamb, who was in turn replaced by Curtis Wright and then by Jimmy Yeary. Ezell rejoined in the early 2000s, and after his 2007 death, he was replaced by Mike Folsom. Shenandoah has released nine studio albums, of which two have been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. The band has also charted twenty-six singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including the Number One hits "The Church on Cumberland Road," "Sunday in the South" and "Two Dozen Roses" from 1989, "Next to You, Next to Me" from 1990, and "If Bubba Can Dance" from 1994. The late 1994-early 1995 single "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart," which featured guest vocals from Alison Krauss, won both artists a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
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Use(d) Debian? Check your keys!
If you run any kind of server, especially Debian or Ubuntu, or grant users access to your server, you might want to read the Debian Security Advisory DSA-1571-1 or Ubuntu's Security Notice USN-612-1 for CVE-2008-0166, and check your encryption keys:
It is strongly recommended that all cryptographic key material which has
been generated by OpenSSL versions starting with 0.9.8c-1 on Debian
systems is recreated from scratch. Furthermore, all DSA keys ever used
on affected Debian systems for signing or authentication purposes should
be considered compromised; the Digital Signature Algorithm relies on a
secret random value used during signature generation.
The first vulnerable version, 0.9.8c-1, was uploaded to the unstable
distribution on 2006-09-17, and has since propagated to the testing and
current stable (etch) distributions. The old stable distribution
(sarge) is not affected.
Affected keys include SSH keys, OpenVPN keys, DNSSEC keys, and key
material for use in X.509 certificates and session keys used in SSL/TLS
connections. Keys generated with GnuPG or GNUTLS are not affected,
This vulnerability is caused by a patch shipped in Debian, Ubuntu, and other derivatives. Gentoo's OpenSSL version is not affected, but everyone should check user-provided public keys (such as OpenSSH's authorized_keys) using the Debian/OpenSSL Weak Key Detector.
Update: Ben Laurie of OpenSSL is making a point that Vendors Are Bad For Security, which I would not follow in that general form. What I have to grant him: Mechanisms of peer review must be employed properly and patches discussed with upstream. If you follow this philosophy, Vendors Are Good For Security.


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April 22 - The board of directors of Salt Lake City-based Zions Bancorp. (NASDAQ: ZION) has declared a regular quarterly dividend on its outstanding common stock of 4 cents per common share, an increase from the previous dividend of 1 cent per common share. The dividend is payable May 30, 2013, to shareholders of record on May 23, 2013. The board of directors also declared the regular quarterly cash dividends on the company's various perpetual preferred shares. The cash dividends on the series A, C, F and G shares are payable on June 15, 2013, to shareholders of record on June 1, 2013.
Zions Bancorp. is one of the nation's premier financial services companies, consisting of a collection of eight great banks in select western U.S. markets with combined total assets exceeding $50 billion. Zions operates its banking businesses under local management teams and community identities in 10 western and southwestern states: Amegy Bank of Texas, California Bank & Trust, National Bank of Arizona, Nevada State Bank, The Commerce Bank of Oregon, The Commerce Bank of Washington, Vectra Bank Colorado (and New Mexico), and Zions First National Bank (Utah and Idaho). The company is a national leader in Small Business Administration lending and public finance advisory services, and received 13 "Excellence" awards by Greenwich Associates for the 2012 survey. In addition, Zions is included in the S&P 500 and NASDAQ Financial 100 indices. Investor information and links to subsidiary banks can be accessed at www.zionsbancorporation.com.


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THOMAS CRAPPER & Co. Ltd. - Plumber, Entrepreneur & By Royal Appointment.
Thomas Crapper, 1836-1910; Sanitary Pioneer. Manufacturer, supplier and installer of sanitary goods (bathroom fittings, W.C.s etc.) plumbing and drainage. Improver and promoter of the 'Water Waste Preventer' (the syphon fitted in British cisterns); promoted plumbed-in bathroom fittings and brought them 'out of the closet'; inventor and patentee; Sanitary Engineer and supplier of goods to kings, princes, the nobility and gentry; founded Thomas Crapper & Co. in 1861; successful entrepreneur, self-publicist, Mason and member of the Royal Horticultural Society.
Thomas Crapper was born in Waterside, a hamlet near the Yorkshire town of Thorne, in 1836. The exact date is unknown but it is thought he was born in September. His family were of modest means although his father, Charles, was a steamboat captain. When he was around 14 years of age he was apprenticed to a Master Plumber in Chelsea, London. After serving this apprenticeship and working for three years as a 'journeyman plumber', in 1861 he set up his own company at Robert Street, Chelsea.
Subsequently in 1866 he moved the expanding business to the Marlboro' Works, in nearby Marlborough Road. (Much later the name of the street was changed to become part of Draycott Avenue, as the General Post Office complained there were too many roads in the capital named after the war hero, the Duke of Marlborough).
Mr. Crapper took a partner, Robert Marr Wharam (pronounced 'Wareham') who brought financial and accounting skills to the enterprise and together they built a sizeable firm with an ever-greater reputation.
Thomas Crapper.
Of course, such royal approval helped business greatly and Crapper fittings were rightly considered the finest of the time. Many commissions were received for sanitaryware for all manner of buildings, both grand and not so grand. The list includes Park House, where (much later!) Princess Diana was born and even Westminster Abbey. Victorian Crapper goods are still doing reliable service in private and public buildings all over Great Britain and abroad. The manhole covers of Westminster Abbey (inscribed 'T. Crapper & Co., Sanitary Engineers') are popular with tourists for wax-crayon rubbings as mementoes of their visit! Some Crapper W.C.s were recently discovered as far away as New Zealand. We are contacted regularly by people who have antique Crapper wares in their homes and we are pleased to assist with spare parts and restoration when required.
However, the company mainly prospered because of their famed quality, attention to detail and service. Every item was checked and tested before it left the works and only the best apprenticed engineers were employed. From the earliest days a repairs workshop was installed next to the foundry. The company could hardly conceal their glee when regularly asked to repair broken sanitaryware produced by less-fastidious competitors. It is doubtful that any other firm offered such a service.
All the hard work paid off and Mr. Crapper enjoyed the fruits of his labours and acquiredthe trappings of wealth: property, land and chattels. He and his elder brother, George (who helped him when he first established the business) drank in the Finborough Arms, in Kensington. Regularly, they would begin the working day in the tavern with a bottle of champagne - a tradition the current managing director would dearly love to revive, but his staff would not stand for it.


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You might want to check out www.ecolechocolat.com they have an online course that specifically addresses a business plan for a chocolate based business. Their online and hands on courses are really quite good.
As a successful entrepreneur who has taken an internet company public, built and sold a furniture manufacturing company, and now own a very successful chocolate company, I can tell you that without knowing really who the people are who have given you advice in this forum, I agree with it. They have provided you some good advice.
I would like to add the following:
1. Business is about PROFIT - not emotion, passion, ego, or unicorns and rainbows. It is about making money, period. End of story. This understanding MUST be the foundation of your small business, as it will dictate what you do and don't do to generate profit. 80% of start-up business owners FAIL (NO PROFIT) in the first 24 months because they don't take this seriously. 90% of the remaining 20% will fail before the end of 5 years, largely because the business owner feels they have to do everything and burns out.
2. Track your time. Time is money, and if you had the money to burn you'd pay someone to do exactly what you are doing now - planning to build your business. Your time should be billed to your company - just as a consultant's time would be if you were rich and paying them to do it for you.
3. Work Backwards. Decide what you want to sell, and then write down EVERYTHING you need in order to make what you want to sell including pricing, suppliers, etc. Budgets are blown by purchasing gadgets that are "cool" to have, but unneccessary in making profit. When you are profitable, buy the cool stuff.
4. The most important spreadsheet for your business is a cashflow analysis - kind of like an expense statement, but shows when the cash comes in, and goes out. It can be the same as an expense statement IF you decide to not carry receivables. In my stores, people pay 100% in full when they order, REGARDLESS of the size of the order. I'm not in business to finance the purchase of a perishable discretionary product, nor am in the debt collection business. My staff have taken orders for as much as $15,000 from a single client, and everyone is fine with paying up front BEFORE the product is made.
Deciding what you want to sell, and then calculating the cost of equipment and supplies to get your product on the shelves, and doing your expense projections, will give you a very good understanding of your start-up costs, and ongoing needs as far as sales and so forth. You will quickly find that your overhead (your wage, rent, utilities, phone, internet connection, etc) will require you to sell a lot more product than you thought. Be prepared for a few very "slim" months when you first open.
There's lots more, but I hope this helps with your planning.
Well Jennifer.....you'll certainly have to make a lot of noise! Not being privy to your personal situation, I would be inclined to suggest a few:
Take samples and literature to every high end hair salon within 10 miles. A salon with 4 stylists will speak with at least 60 people each day from everywhere in the community. Just be clear that you're looking to get your name out.
Reach out to the 10 most visible and active non-profits in your community and offer them silent auction gifts for their fundraising events...again, be clear with them about your intention and be sure to provide you OWN easel-backed display and business cards.
Find a freelance PR person in your area who has solid contacts within the local media and have them send press releases to each of them every 3 months or so. There must be a hook though----why is your release topical or of interest to the reader?
And finally, put good money into the design and production of your interior and exterior signage...everything counts!
Oooops, one more thing; hire someone to do your social media...a good person will keep at you to provide them with details on what you're doing and for whom. Post consistently and pay Facebook to boost your posts----it works!
Feel free to contact me if you ever want to chat.
I tend to agree and disagree with Marc on some of these points:
Hair Salons: Great idea. Cross Promote! Each stylist for the most part is her own business person, and rents a chair. Offer her some kind of incentive for suggesting her customers come in and purchase from you. The incentive can also be chocolate.
Non Profits: Don't reach out to them. Trust me, THEY will find you. In fact, ALL of them will find you and ask for donations. Owning a chocolate company paints a target on your back for every "worthy cause" on the planet to approach you for free stuff. In fact if you are in a bigger city, you will eventually get pissed off at the number of them that come out of the woodwork with their hands out and the promise of "promoting" you at their event. I tried it several ways, and nobody at these events cares where the chocolate comes from. They just want to eat, drink and be merry, and in fact, the single person who wins the gift basket you painstakingly made... well.... That's a VERY expensive way to win over ONE SINGLE customer.
PR. I agree. Find a hook and let local foodies, food critics, and media people know about it. They are always looking for an interesting story.
Money and Signage.... That's a nebulous one. I'm of the opinion that if you spend your time and money on flavour, and not fancy signage you will do way better in the long run. Think about this for a second: What is your absolute favourite restaurant in the world - the one that you go back to time and time again? It's probably a little hole in the wall that serves your dinner on waxed paper, and NOT the fancy pretentous million dollar monstrosity in the middle of downtown, that charges you $20 for a glass of house wine. If you do your job right, and make fabulous confections you could write in crayon on your window "Best Damned Chocolate in the World" then challenge people to find out for themselves. They'll come in, and if they like it, they'll come back time and time again. YOU become their comfort food.
Social Media.... It should only be PART of your marketing strategy. I know a thing or two about internet marketing. Yes, social media spreads the word. However it is real bad for the most important part of the marketing process: "Call to Action." I have had great success with sites like Groupon, LivingSocial and so forth. Once you get past the shock of just what you are getting out of the deal they offer, and calculate how much return business you will get from the deal, it makes very good sense for this kind of business. I also agree that keeping your FB page up to date and fresh is very important. It doesn't have to be anything serious. For example this morning I covered my face with corn starch, held a bowl up to it full of fresh marshmallows we use for our confections, took a picture, and wrote in the caption "Got a little carried away testing my fresh marmallows this morning. OMG they are good! I hate my job." We're getting tons of likes, and it's light and fun.
Hope that helps.
Disagreeing makes for great discourse and I'm all for it! I have a Chocolatier client who has an "intense dislike" for nonprofits because of having been through exactly what you describe. And while that has not been my personal experience, your position has merit.
In my case, I donated an "in home chocolate tasting for 20" (valued at $400) and it turned into a $1500 25th anniversary event for 40 complete with local congressman and community leaders in attendance. It worked well for me and that's why I suggested to make it clear why one is making the donation. It may have helped that I was present during the auction and offered to dress as an Aztec warrior if the bidding when to $1000....thankfully, it only went for face value :)
I believe that everything comes down to very clear communication....clear expectations and questioning for understanding. Having served on boards of nonprofits ("community benefit organizations" is the emerging moniker), I have made connections with some of my region's most influential leaders.
You're right. Clear communication IS crucial. Events are a great way to donate to non profits, and we do exactly that. In the past 5 years I have hosted over 400 events in our store called "Choklat Snobbery 101", and usually donate the proceeds of one event per month to a non profit. Essentially, they sell the tickets ($40 each), and keep 100% of the proceeds. I host the event, and get 2 hours of dedicated time from each person who attends. At the end of the night, each person has hopefully become a customer.
Also, from a marketing perspective, chocolate and wine events are fabulous ways to generate customers. We just ran a groupon promotion for our events, and sold over 2,000 tickets just for the Calgary store alone! This has my team hosting one every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evening for the next several months. Booking is now being taken for January events, and at the end of the night, almost everyone buys product as well.
This one promotion that I had to pay nothing up front for, will generate over $100,000 in sales just by itself over the next 12 months, and create tremendous word of mouth.
The events are a great "handshake" for a chocolate business and a non profit. In both cases, each party wins every time.
As a business owner with only four years under my belt, how do you get businesses like Whole Foods, Williams Sonoma and Marmaxx to pay you when they send a P.O.? I am insanely curious as the best I can get out of any of them is a 3%NET10 or 15. Most are NET 30-90. I think we could all learn a lesson from you?
Here's your answer: "Look sir. You are buying a perishable product that must either be restocked or discarded long before the "net 30/60/90" you are offering. If you feel this is a good product for your stores, I'll be happy to sell it to you based on a PO, and subject to payment in full being available on or before delivery. I can send your payables department an invoice as soon as we get the PO. I'm simply not prepared to go down the road of doing battle with your accounting department if they decide to give the product back after it doesn't sell, thereby dishonoring our sales agreement. We made it on good faith. It's up to you to sell it before its shelf life comes to an end."
If they can't agree to your terms, don't sell to them. Too many people get all excited and giddy when a Big Box retailer comes knocking on their door. They see dollar signs in their eyes and forget that business is about profit and cashflow. Sometimes doing business with a Big Box retailer is a really bad thing for a small business. I personally know of one chocolatier who went out of business because of a single bad deal with Costco - a deal that had them dishonor their HUGE PO and return almost 20 pallets of crappy chocolate truffle THEY asked for against the advice of the chocolatier.
Sometimes it's perfectly OK to walk away from a business deal.
Hi Jennifer;
Essentially what "net 30" means is that you deliver the product on day one, and then get paid 30 days after the product is delivered. Some companies pay 60 and 90 days after they receive the product (90 is very rare).
3% Net 10, essentially means that the purchaser gets a 3% discount off the invoice if paying within 10 days of getting the product instead of the standard 30 days.
Hope that helps.
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Ouch to many w words. Grimmie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Samarrah bint Annaan" <samarrah_bint_annaan at yahoo.com> To: "Barony of Namron" <namron at ansteorra.org> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 10:42 AM Subject: Re: [Namron] Attempt # approaching infinite RE: Topic II request for alliteration assistance... Beloved Pookilator, It has been a worisome and wearying weekend working with witless and wheedling siblings to wrap up their weatherbeaten and worthwile treasures for warehouseing and, with that, I have worn out any welcoming use of any "W"uhs that would wonderfully wow you as whelpish wording in response to your "wequest". Be vewwy qwiet. I'm hunting wabbits. Whooo hoo hooo.... Wearily waning and wimping out, "Samawa" --- Lord Pooky <lord_pooky at hotmail.com> wrote: > This is attempt #2 to type this to the list without > accidentally hitting > delete.... Oh Sigh.... > > I will share many of MY thoughts in one post so are > easier to delete. > > I am having no luck. The fates are conspiring hard > against ME. This'll be > the third attempt. Maybe I should recognize and > refrain. > > MY apologies for ware-ing upon your deleting finger > The only way all of us > will get this and get thru this is if I do multiple > posts. Maybe if I hurry > I won't invoke the Wrath of the fates. I'll hurry. > > Topic I : Oh Officer where art thou? > > > When a meeting is cancelled due to snow, > shouldn't an officer be present > >at site to inform those that do not have instant > access to the information > >of Cancellation? Did not happen at the dec meeting > that was cancelled. > > * Pooky is Minister of Children and is considered an > Officer. > > >If Pookie had not been there at least 5 cars of > people that I saw ,in the 5 > >minutes I waited for answer, would not have known > the meeting was > >cancelled. > > > > Topic II: > > >All this useless information!!! No one has yet to > answer what it > >takes to get a whelp whipped to a welp with the > whip of a paddle. > >ARRGGHH > > > >Carry on > > > >Sæmundr > > * Oh this ain't gonna be easy. <Deep breath> > > While we wonder why we would whip a whelp to whelps > with a whip or words, we > would also wonder why one would want whelpage into > Wolfstar. > Would we while aWay our work with wicked wantonness > or would we wish to wax > our work with willingness? > ( I'm frazzled help ME out here Samarah your better > at this then I am. I've > misplaced the other 17 stanzas) > Ahem! Moving on. > > Topic III : Information dispersal > > Hmm.. I am now armed with a populace list. Which is > to say .... nope I am to > tired to be cute. Start over. > > I'd be willing to call and receive calls to exchange > and disperse > information. I'm pretty well known in The Barony of > Namron and I bet I can > get answers to ... nope I here you thinking up silly > questions already. > > If you need to know something I bet I the person who > knows it, knows ME. > 405-206-1227 > Radai I'll put ya on speed dial gimmy your number > and I'll keep you plugged > in. Everybody else can call too. Only 9 other > coveted touch access buttons > available on MY Magic communication sporran > vibrating button thingy. > > Topic IV : Teaching Kids... > > I'd Like to humbly thank Lady Dagmar Kind and Caring > wife of Syr Owen for > being THE person to confirm her willingness to teach > the children something. > { Thank You } > > I will be putting the Full Force of The Pooky behind > this teaching kids > something medieval. Teaching? NPO? I hope it's in > our charter or mission > statement somewhere. > > As to the rest of you, prepare to be inculcated. > > Topic V : Children / Drugs / No sense of hope /// > parenting... > > There is not enough ink in this magic box to allow > ME to share MY thoughts > on this subject. > > Since M'lady and M'Dorm Mothers Post I have had a > song going thru MY head. > > I'll type a lyric of it " We can cha-ange the world > " > > Topic VI : A place to meet > > Since day one I have'nt taken part in this message > stream. I thought on day > one that the time I would spend typing could be > better spent making phone > calls to solve the problem. I have not made any > phone calls. But I will make > two phone calls in penance* for this paragraph. > > ( *wink at junior flunky applesauce) > > Topic VII : > > Nope the rest is lost to the wind, sands of time, > and the will of the fates. > It's easy to think it once and egg freeken zoss ting > to recreate it 3.5 > times. > > Topic VIII : Official Word / Worded Officially > > I have faith ( HA! LMxO ) never mind. > > I have faith if something is an Official Word to be > delivered in whatever > medium, the person dispersing the information will > be kind to their Pooky > and preface it by letting ME know it's official. > > Topic IX : Things Kid-ish like stickers > > Thank you and hugs and handshakes to Samarah and > Radai ( too tired to page > thru and check spelling ); Thank you for the offer > of kid's stuff! > > I have plenty of storage space in The Realm of the > Pook. If anyone has > anything that could be construed or misconstrued as > kid's craft crud I'll be > happy to come by and relieve it from your lives. > Once more, less Pookish : IF YOU HAVE KID'S CRAFT > LIKE ITEMS OR IDEAS I WANT > THEM. > > Topic X : As Always > > Let ME know how I can help. > > Unconditional Love for the Barony of Namron and a > select number of it's > members, > (That's funny, I don't care who you are!) > > GITTERDONE! > Pook > > P.s. See you at Northkeep's Demo tommorow, huh? > > > Do your shopping and make your DREAM at Poppa > Pookie's Plentifully > Pleasurable emPorium!!! > Get your education at Poppa Pookie's University of > Empathy and Learning > Center of Loving Thought!!! > Our Motto: "THE~DREAM is the Value of The~Love" > > Send Click Pop * > > > _______________________________________________ > Namron mailing list > Namron at ansteorra.org > http://www.ansteorra.org/mailman/listinfo/namron >

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Spirit be with you in every stream, headland, ridge and law,

each sea and land, each moor and meadow, lying down and rising up,

in the trough of the waves or on the crest of the billow.

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No matter how much we try to forget it, we'll always remember high school. The tension, the confusion, the wanting to fit in, the falling through TV sets and battling monsters with our empowered darkest emotions, our most pivotal moments playing out in anime cutscenes. Good times. At least, that's how we choose to remember grades 10 to 12. The sad reality of our teen years pales in comparison to the wonderfully morose vision of high school in Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4.
As part of a long-running Japanese RPG series, Persona 4 has a built-in cult audience, but don't think that means it's hard to understand. Although it's primarily a dungeon-crawler, what really sets Persona 4 apart from the pack is everything that happens outside of the dungeon. As a new kid in the quaint little town of Inaba, you make some friends and find out about the Midnight Channel, a TV show that only comes on at 12:00 AM on a rainy night when your set is off. Somehow, it's connected to this other world that only you and your friends can enter, but only after school (you need to pay attention to your studies). The game really builds the setting well, with a slow pace and a lot of well-written dialogue, much of it spoken.
The other world is pretty disturbing, especially when compared to the small town in the "real" world. You enter it through a big TV in the electronics department of Junes department store (which looks suspiciously like Wal-Mart and is equally wicked in its destruction of small businesses). The strange dimension's hub world looks like an empty TV-show set, and from there you go to the dungeons. Each of those are filled with off-putting monsters and are shaped by the twisted fantasy of the person held captive within.
When you do explore that other world, the game's battle system plays like most turn-based RPG systems, with a four-character party fighting the monsters that fill its path. You battle using your Personas, deeply buried parts of your characters that they gradually come to accept, thus gaining strengths that range from confidence to shooting lightning. The random encounters are fairly deep, with twists such as surprise extra enemies, hidden weaknesses, and penalties like losing turns. That goes a long way toward making the game's backbone - dungeon exploring - feel exciting instead of tired.
While in school, meanwhile, making friends, earning money and studying are just as important as fighting the bad guys. Where other RPG's might have you finding the ingredients to make a magic potion as a side quest, P4 tasks you with joining the Drama Club, getting a part-time job or eating spicy curry to raise your stats, all of which play out through short dialogue exchanges. It really makes your mostly impassive character feel like part of the world, and it's great to see the game reward you for doing more than blasting straight through the main quest. On top of that, there's a ton of stuff to unlock and collect - like weapons, new Personas and tarot cards - and that gives you an incentive to keep playing even after you've finished the huge storyline.
That's also the only real drawback of P4: there's too much to do, and you're given so much information at the start that it can all be a little daunting. Explanations on how a Persona works, the importance of personal connections, collecting and fusing Persona cards and lots of lesser exposition are constantly thrown at you for the first five hours or so, making you think you'll never get a handle on it. Fortunately (or unfortunately, for those without much time), you'll have a while to get used to it; Persona 4 is exceptionally long, easily clocking in at 50-plus hours.
Graphically, P4 is a very good-looking PS2 game. It understands its limitations very well, and its unique art design works within them. Full of lush colors, fully animated cutscenes and a catchy soundtrack, it's got some very stylish touches. If you don't want a heaping pile of Japanese culture, or don't like an odd or off-putting story, then maybe you should stay away. Otherwise, Persona 4 is a superb (if long) RPG, and probably the last great PS2 game.
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frosty banana and peanut butter chocolate pie
That up there, that is a chocolate pie. Not only that, but it's also a healthy chocolate pie. It has no added sugar, a whole grain crust and the filling is made up of a metric crapload of bananas. It's the dessert equivalent of eating grilled chicken and broccoli if chicken and broccoli were incredibly delicious and decadent. This pie is how you do clean desserts.
But, the motivation for this pie comes from a much darker, sugar- and fat-filled place. And that place is sea salt caramel gelato.
I picked this stuff up on a whim at a local specialty grocery store last weekend. As I was putting away the rest of my haul into the fridge, I twisted open the jar and just snuck a taste. Fireworks went off. Angels sang. Colors were brighter. My world was officially a better place. This was the most amazing, delicious and incredible frozen dessert I'd ever had. Before I knew it, I was wrist deep in the pint scraping every last morsel of creamy, salted goodness off the bottom. Totally satisfied with my decision to make a lunch of gelato, I turned the container over and, after a little sugar-fueled number-crunching, realized that I'd inhaled 960 calories and 44 grams of fat worth of deliciousness.
In that moment I realized that I really need to work on my healthy dessert recipe repertoire.
You see, there was something so appealing and comforting about that gelato. Something that I think a lot of my cleaned-up dessert recipes are missing. Sure, they satisfy the sweet tooth, but they don't satisfy the need for pure, decadent, sugary bliss. I'm talking about the kind of culinary satisfaction that can only come from a hot fudge brownie sundae or a slice of your favorite cheesecake or your Mom's famous cherry pie. Now, I'm not opposed to sometimes making a lunch out of THE BEST GELATO EVER, because my general food philosophy is "everything in moderation, including moderation" but this time was inspiration to up the game on my everyday desserts.
So I headed to the kitchen, determined to create a recipe that was both healthy and totally decadent, and this pie was born.
Now, I'm not going to say it's quite as satisfying as that gelato (seriously folks, if you can find some, go buy it), but it's pretty darn good. The decadence of it all hinges on the quality and sweetness of your bananas. Make sure to use perfectly ripe and firm bananas—preferably the ones that have just started to spot. I hate eating ripe bananas—I like mine with a bit of green—but you really need the extra sugars to make this pie what it is. And that's totally delicious.
Let's chat a bit about the crust. This past Fall, I became a pie-crust making rockstar. I mastered the art of a buttery, flaky crust and I was pretty proud of that accomplishment! This crust is not that crust. This crust is somewhere between a graham cracker crust and a regular crust. Not flaky, but dense, but with an interesting crunch and flavor thanks to the added unsalted peanuts. I really loved this crust, mostly because it was such an interesting change of pace! I'd imagine it'd be fabulous in a fruit pie because the filling would soak into the crust and make for an amazing treat. Feel free to test this guy out with all your favorite pie recipes and let me know how you like the different texture and taste.
In the end, I'm really, very happy to add this beautiful, healthy recipe to my dessert repertoire. I think it'd be a really nice healthy treat for a summer day (maybe side-by-side with my yogurt pops on 4th of July). But even with all the yumminess of this pie, I still definitely put a small (tiny, really) scoop of gelato on top when I ate it. I just can't quit you, gelato. I just can't quit you…
Frosty Banana and Peanut Butter Chocolate Pie
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Makes: 1 pie
Adapted from: The Best of Clean Eating 2
For the Crust
- 1 1/4 cup whole wheat bread flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- Pinch kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup unsalted peanuts
- 1/3 cup nonfat milk
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon safflower or canola oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the Filling
- 3 large, ripe bananas (about 1-1/2 pound)
- 1/4 cup honey (optional, only add if bananas aren't ripe)
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1 cup light coconut milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup natural peanut butter
For the Topping
- 1/2 cup unsalted peanuts, chopped
- 1 ounce dark chocolate, chopped
For the Crust
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- In the bowl of a food processor, combine flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and peanuts. Pulse until mixed thoroughly and peanuts are well-chopped.
- In a spouted measuring cup, combine milk, egg yolk, oil, vinegar and vanilla. With the processor running on low, slowly stream the liquid into the dry ingredients. Process until combined and crumbly.
- Turn out mixture onto a floured surface and form into a mound, then into a flat disc. Roll out using a rolling pin until crust is about 12″ in diameter. Transfer crust to an ungreased pie pan, trim crust to about 1″ from edge. Fold under and pinch, creating a fluted edge. Poke bottom of crust with fork to create steam vents.
- Bake in preheated oven for 18-20 minutes or until edges and center are just golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool completely before filling.
For the Filling and Topping
- In a blender, combine all filling ingredients and blend on high until very smooth. Be sure to check for banana chunks before stopping. Pour filling into pre-baked crust. Top pie with chocolate and peanut topping. Cover tightly in plastic wrap and freeze for 2-3 hours or until filling is solid and cold. If frozen for longer than that, let rest on the counter for at least 30 minutes to soften before cutting and serving.
What's your favorite healthy/clean dessert recipe?
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Oh, man. I need this pie in my life!
Looks delicious! I have a new favorite dessert – cheesecake mousse. It's made with cottage cheese, pudding mix, and gelatin. It sounds weird, but it's actually really good. I also really like protein pancakes for a healthier dessert. It really feels like dessert when I put raspberry sauce on them.
Sounds & looks yummy. Can you suggest a gluten-free flour to use in the crust?
Girl…I can't seem to get enough of you this week. You are my gelato!
Ha! I saw this while in San Francisco a few weeks ago and could kick myself for not trying it! Huge kudos for trying to make something equally as satisfying. Can't wait to give them both a try
*dies* I want a big slice of THAT pie! <3
My boyfriend is nuts about the gelato! We shared some of the chocolate kind once and the whole thing was seriously gone in about TWO SECONDS hahaha
This, is impressive! I love the ingredients list, definitely something I would make And it looks delicious. I wish my hubby liked chocolate But I'm assuming since it's frozen I could just leave it in the freezer and take it out slice by slice. I'm curious why you used bread flour for the crust though? Yours looks great, I'm just wondering if you think a lighter pastry flour would be OK in it's place?
Hey coming out of lurking status here, ha! I've been following your blog/spark(my username is runswitrun) for quite a while. Anyway, thought I should be somewhat social–eh? Best thing I've eaten this week would be my first green monster shake. Decided to finally try it out after seeing it everywhere and really enjoyed it! Handful of spinach, coconut milk, 1 banana some chia seeds and a scoop of chocolate protein powder. YUM!
hahahaha oops finally commented and I did it on the wrong post. damn I'm good.
Sounds almost exactly like a recipe from Clean Eating Magazine from the summer. Like, almost the exact same pie.
I first clicked on this on FoodGawker expecting to find yet another uberly unhealthy recipe. I was estatic to find out my assumtions were wrong! I cannot wait to try this!! Thanks for sharing
Yum! This is a scrumptious looking pie. I'm such a huge fan of all hear flavors. I'm definitely going to have to try this.
Oh my lord!Think I just died and went to heaven! This has to me my dream combo:D
ommmgg i love anything sea salt and caramel. i need that gelato and i need your pie, too!
I just made this for my sisters birthday..the filling was great, then again how can you go wrong with peanut butter bananas and chocolate? I froze it overnight and let it thaw for about 4 hours and the texture was perfect! The crust left a little to be desired for us but I may have overcooked it a bit. I think it could be good with a pretzel crust but I had trouble finding a healthier recipe for a pretzel crust. I love the clean ingredients..thank you for the recipe!
This was delicious!! Thanks so much for the recipe I eat an truly ridiculous amount of pb/banana, so this was perfect.
can i sub the coconut milk with dairy milk instead if i'm not a vegan ?


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What made it happen? What makes one give up the cushy life and pick the spiky-pointed one? I don't think it's any romantic love for risk. Entrepreneurs aren't wild risk-lovers. I think we're calculated risk-takers. In a perverse sort of a way, it might be in the genes.
I do believe all humans are different, DNA-wise at least, at the core. (If not, then forensic sciences are in bit of a jam.) And I believe that for every individual mental make-up, there's a particular job that's particularly perfectly suited. Some people are just born to be Bank Officer, Grade 4. Some others to be one-down right-handed batsman. And if these people are lucky, they get the jobs that are right for them. They don't ever have to go through the trouble of being an entrepreneur.
The rest of us just can't find a job that suits us. And we really don't like 'adjusting'. So we make a job for ourselves. Where we like our bosses; ourselves, the business; our own, the working hours; whenever we feel like, and the location; wherever we are. We don't do it to take a risk – we do it to be safe. And the world calls us entrepreneurs, heroes of some sort. But really, we're just folks who didn't find a job that suited us well enough.
Now watch the resource video my rule book for startups
Today, the best way to establish your brand among big-hitter rivals is to make it remark-worthy and generate conversations free of charge. See how Red Bull took on big-ad-buying Coke and Pepsi with a product that sold at a higher price for a smaller pack size and built it to a billion-dollar brand with little advertising? The new axiom, call it Mahesh's Law, is this: your marketing IQ is inversely proportional to your marketing budget. Here is your to do list for zero budget marketing:
- Start on your brand by answering a simple question: Are you remark-worthy? When someone talks about your offering, is there a 10-second sound bite that is "re-tweetable" on Twitter? If not, go back to basics and craft a simple, clear hook that that sets you apart. Like: Google helps you find stuff better, Harley owners are a cult, Starbucks is a great place to be, Red Bull lets you party harder.
- Now apply a single test: Do a Google search on your brand to see whether every element of the resulting page can support this position. Among the results will be your Web site, news items about you, other Web users who mention you, blogs about you, tweets about you, videos starring you and such. Now work to own the presence in each of these elements.
- Start with the Web site. If it's got corporate gobbledygook and you don't go back a second time, users won't either. Make it something worth talking about and worth returning to. Find a Web firm that understands your brand, and not a tech firm. Or do it yourself if you're starting out.
- Then audit every mention of you. Google alerts alone won't do it, but it's a start. See who's saying what. Then intervene in conversations and respond to complaints, visibly, with your own Twitter account or some other way of interacting. It's important that on-lookers see your response to a complaint in the open so they know that you can take care of theirs too, if they ever have one. This is where your real brand is built.
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- Journalists today take more stories from what's blogged and tweeted about than they take from publicists. Connect with them directly. They'll respect you for it. Become a "source."
You're not burdened with the necessity of paying a big ad firm to do cookie-cutter work. You have the advantage of not having any money. So you'll probably end up ahead.
Attached video I discuss changing marketing landscape and how it's creating a level playing field for big and small alike.
But change is necessary. And it does occur. The Church told Galileo to be reasonable and let the world continue to believe that the sun went around the earth. He refused to be reasonable, and that is why today man is able to fly into space and plant flags on the moon.
Is it an aspirin or a vitamin? Innovation leads to progress, and innovation comes from being unreasonable. The initial response to an innovation often depends on its nature. Does your innovation solve problems or give pleasure? Usually people are more ready to pay for a new kind of aspirin than for a new vitamin, even though in the long term a well-marketed vitamin could make more money than an aspirin. Solve a real problem with your innovation, and people will be more than willing to buy it.
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Present a relatively deadpan face to the world. But do all you can to make your own workplace a dream place to work at. Make it a people magnet.
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