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HP reported net income of $US1.85 billion ($US0.75 a share) for its quarter ending January 31, down from $US2.13 billion ($US0.80 a share) in the previous quarter.
The company's cornerstone divisions recorded a profit downturn, with earnings in its PC business down 31%, and its PC business down 3.2%.
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Summer camps are a great way of making friends outside one's school. Some of them are a learning experience, for example rock climbing. The students get to learn about different types of rocks not to mention life experiences that one can never be taught in school or by mum and dad. There are things that you probably didn't know about rock climbing as part of the boot camp in NYC.
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Who said summer camps in NYC are just about fun and making friends. Summer camps that also include rock climbing also have health benefits. Rock climbing is an exercise by itself because the kids get to involve their muscles when holding on to their ropes, ascending and descending the rocks.
You find that by the time some of these kids come back from the camps, they have lost a little weight. They would not have lost this weight had they not gone for the camp. Again, rock climbing engages one's mind and it helps the kids when it comes to problem solving techniques.
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Summer camps in NYC can be a pain in the neck for the campers but it turns out to be a good thing for the parents because the children get to learn discipline. It might be the hard way but at times, it doesn't matter how the discipline was instilled. Children are taught how to keep time and be tidy and neat at all times. Clumsiness is also done away with and any parent would do anything to have his or her children learn all these things without a fuss.
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Rock climbing can be a painstakingly hard task to accomplish in summer camps in NYC. However, parents should not worry because even in the midst of all the pain and misery, there is still some fun to be derived from it and you find that some children do not even become homesick. There is a lot of fun and so much to learn that children do not even notice time elapse.
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You probably didn't know that once kids check in for the summer camps in NYC their phones are kept away by the camp masters. This is one way to help them in making friends and concentrating on the rock climbing and the rest of the activities in the summer camp. Phones are notorious in making people appear as snobs. They tend to concentrate so much on the phones and they drift in a world of their own, thus shutting out the other people. You will notice that once the kids come back from the camps, they are able to engage well in whatever conversations.
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Hello Everyone!
I am getting married in the Fall, October, and really want to take my fiancé on a cruise! Preferably on one of the newest ships. Does anyone have tips on best place or price to book at least a 7 night cruise to the Bahamas or Caribbean? Also any other helpful tips about how other users have done it for their honeymoons would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks!! |
DCL makes pricing easy. ALL TAs and sites must sell DCL cruises at the same price. This is also the price you'll see on the DCL site.
If you want a 7 night cruise on a new ship, this would be the Fantasy out of Port Canaveral, which departs on Saturdays. I would recommend a TA who has attended the training Disney gives and has personally been on the ship. There are many agencies that give an on board credit (real money you can spend on board) or other perk as a "thanks for booking with us" gift. There are lots of good agencies with well trained, experienced agents. In my community, I have not found these people at local agencies or offices, but experience in your community may vary. Don't deal with someone who hasn't been on the ships themselves or who doesn't meet your needs in terms of communication, hours, etc. |
my wife and I were married this past September and took our honeymoon in October on the fantasy eastern caribbean (the hurricane sandy cruise but we survived just fine :) )
if you have any questions let me know. We booked through small world vacations, but our next one we are doing costco. |
My husband and I also honeymooned with DCL, in 2009 on the Magic. We spent 3 days in WDW before the cruise, then took a Western Caribbean for 7 days out of Port Canaveral. It was incredible, and we're now on cruise #3 because we loved that first trip so much!
I agree with using a travel agent, who will not be able to discount the cruise but will offer you on-board credit and/or a gift for booking with them. There are many here who can make recommendations if you need one. It doesn't cost you anything, and it's nice to have a pro to help get you set up if you need it. Would love to give you any information you need about what a honeymoon with DCL is like! We had a fabulous time. |
Also, what surprises/gifts, if any, does DCL give for honeymooners? Thanks again!! |
There is also so much fun, romantic, adult-oriented stuff to do on the cruises that you'll feel special no matter what. I would highly, highly recommend doing brunch and/or dinner at Palo, and (if you're on the Fantasy) trying Remy as well...it's an unforgettable meal experience. Our special romantic splurge was a couple's massage on Castaway Cay in a private massage cabana overlooking the ocean at Serenity Bay. NOTHING like getting a massage while hearing the gentle waves rolling in and feeling the sea breeze on your back! It's an expense we probably won't ever indulge in again, but it was so worth it for our honeymoon. If it's up your alley, the various alcohol tastings (they have a billion) are also fun and educational. I would definitely recommend some time in WDW before your honeymoon if you can afford the time and added expense, and I would recommend doing the parks before the cruise. The cruise is so relaxing compared to the parks (especially when we traveled, in mid/late August!) - it made for a perfect change of pace. 3 days was really a great amount of time to get a flavor for the parks...as adults who tend to take Disney a little commando-like, we were able to fit a few things in at all the parks in within that time frame. We did get park hopper passes so we could specifically accomplish this. We really only spent two full days in the parks; on our first day, we flew out early, spent some time in Downtown Disney, and then kicked off the trip with dinner at the California Grill during the Wishes fireworks (so fun, and super-romantic!). DH had not been to Disney since childhood, and I promised him that he'd catch the bug on our honeymoon...which he definitely did! We were obviously not able to do anything and everything, but we did hit the major highlight rides everywhere and fit in a few good meals. |
A TA can book both portions for you. Costco offers a costco gift card for booking with them...no onboard credit from them. Of course, you can still get a Disney Visa onboard credit and an online booking credit if your TA uses the on line system. |
Thanks for helping to clarify! |
Once you have your reservation number, sign up for the Disney Honeymoon Registry. That was our only registry and the first night we were onboard I went to have Guest Services apply the card to our account, thinking it was the $800 I had seen on the website a few days before the wedding. When she asked me if I really wanted to apply the entire amount I asked her how much she was talking about... it was over $2500! We didn't think about money the entire cruise... drank as much as we wanted, bought whatever we wanted, did the expensive excursions we didn't think we could do; I even bought art in the gallery! And we had money left over that got refunded to the gift card, so I had to hold on to that thing for over a year until we cruised again for DD's birthday! (The gift card would have worked in the Parks, too, but we wanted to save it for the onboard expenses the following year.)
Onboard we got a special dessert from our servers and our stateroom host left Just Married buttons on our bed. We wore Disney bride and groom t-shirts and ears to the port for embarkation and the characters made a big fuss over us when it was our turn during greetings. Minnie in particular insisted on looking at my ring every time she saw me, LOL. Also, no matter what else you do, budget for the Couples Spa Villa. It was AMAZING. |
Does anyone know if DCL gives any perks for anniversaries? I wished I would have thought about doing a cruise for my honeymoon...
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The New York Times served up another of those paeans to the victorious financial speculators on Sunday. This one glorifies a 38-year old Boaz Weinstein of Saba Capital. He is one of the people who early on recognized that something was going on with the credit default swaps market in the City of London. The NYT wants you to know that they are the winners and you are the losers.
The article has all the tropes of the genre. Weinstein wears the finery of Battle, as if flinging other people's money around were the equivalent of standing up to IEDs or T-72 battle tanks. He is a member of a wolfpack, he "fanned the flames" of a trading mistake, he has a "preternatural appetite for risk and a take-no-prisoners style". The "battle lines were drawn". The JPMorgan Chase London Whale doubled down on his error, trying to scare off those who would profit, but Weinstein's side "hits back in force" and in numbers.
All this warrior mentality comes in a hyper-smart package: he's a philosophy major, a chess champion, a card-counter, a poker player, he picks up things faster than other people, and his mind is several steps ahead of other people.
He has the toys to go with all those smarts: he is buying a $24 million flat in New York, he drives a Maserati he won in a poker game, and he made more than $90 million last year. And he loves his mother, and he is a PR dream:
Now Mr. Weinstein is practically a featured attraction on Wall Street. He attends galas and charity events, and is sought out to speak at big events. Pictures of him clasping a drink at last night's party appear with regularity on business Web sites.
I missed one of the tropes: "Mr. Weinstein is married to Tali Farhadian Weinstein, a rising lawyer in the Justice Department." According to the wedding announcement in the NYT:
The bride, 35, is a lawyer with the United States Department of Justice. She was until June a counsel to the attorney general of the United States in Washington. From 2004 to 2006, she was a law clerk to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of the Supreme Court. The bride graduated from Yale, from which she also received a law degree. She received a master's in Oriental Studies from Oxford University in England, where she was a Rhodes Scholar.
That job in the Department of Justice was as one of Holder's assistants. She's now an assistant US Attorney in Brooklyn. And don't you be hating her, like that nasty New York Post rag. She is one of the Obama 7, the lawyers who worked on Guantanamo cases and were subsequently hired into the Justice Department.
There are lots of copyrighted pictures of these people, including this one, which somehow seems perfect.
But you know, there are always nay-sayers. I, for example, think he is a parasite and a drain on society. Sure he made a bunch of money, but what did he produce? No jobs, no products, nothing to export, nothing to make life better for anyone else. The money disappeared from the shareholders of JPMorgan Chase and reappeared in the pockets of Weinstein and the rich people who invested in his $5.5 billion hedge fund. Why exactly should I admire a gambler? Do I want my children to live that useless life?
Maybe Mr. and Mrs. Weinstein can share their view on securities law enforcement with us. Something along the lines of greedy and immoral, but not criminal, and certainly not glorious.


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Maybe the Washington Post has discovered that Firedoglake is on its case about the "5 myths" feature, after four articles (the most recent here) have pointed out that the series itself has a mythic quality.
I say that because today's entry, "Five myths about Iraq," shows a marked development in the conception. The straw men that no one believes any more, if anyone ever did, are gone, as are the subtle distortions of what people actually believe that are easier to shoot down and the true statements that are only made to look false by shoddy reasoning. Instead, we get five statements this time that are actually believed by significant numbers of people, and that for the most part are actually false. There are still elephants in the room, which I'll get to, but for the moment I'll give DC's paper of record its due.
And in honor of the occasion the paper has brought in a heavy hitter to write the article: Rajiv Chandrasekaran, who was actually on the ground in the theater of operations and who has written an award-winning book about it. That is to say, his resume is star-studded all the way back to editor of the school paper at Stanford. (He is also now a big shot at WaPo itself, senior correspondent and associate editor, if anyone cares about that aspect.)
In his introduction Chandrasekaran explains that, no, the myths of which we speak are not about possession of WMD or Mission Accomplished within weeks of the invasion, but a set of beliefs of our own time, the 2010s, that need discussion. Here they are:
1. The troop surge succeeded.
That is, the 20,000 or so extra troops that were sent to Iraq in 2007 succeeded. The issue is certainly topical since in January Sen. McCain, who does think the surge succeeded, attacked then-nominee for Defense Secretary Hagel over it, wondering if the latter had rethought his opposition to the surge at the time. Of course whether or not it succeeded depends on your view of its purpose. According to Chandrasekaran this was twofold: "tamp down the bloody sectarian civil war and forge a political compromise among the three principal groups in Iraqi society," and that characterization pretty much agrees with the Wikipedia article on the subject. In those terms our author asserts that the tamping down was only successful because of the confluence of other factors, such as the decision by key Sunni leaders to oppose al-Qaeda, whereas the attempt to forge a compromise simply failed.
From what I know that all sounds right, notwithstanding McCain's view.
2. Iraq today is relatively peaceful.
I suspect Americans think this because the MSM are not reporting the violence that does occur. (Iraq is not sexy any more when the drones are in play elsewhere.) But our author gives a total of 30 deaths from various sectarian attacks over a three day period ending last Monday. Enough said.
3. Iraq is a democracy.
In practice, Nouri al-Maliki is in the process of consolidating his dictatorship, as Chandrasekaran details.
4. Iraq is in Iran's pocket.
As our author details, Iran has a lot of influence, but by no means controls Maliki.
5. The Americans have all left.
Here the answer is that there are 220 military personnel serving as liaison to the Iraqi army, "legions of private security contractors," and an unknown number of CIA operatives, which will increase as a result of the civil war in neighboring Syria.
What is left out of Chandrasekaran's account here is the reason there are not more troops after the expiration of the status of forces agreement at the end of 2011: Maliki would not agree to now-President Obama's demand to give them immunity from the Iraqi justice system. That is to say, we did not simply get out of there in the goodness of our hearts. That can serve as an introduction to two elephants in the room.
Elephant #1
It is disingenuous to speak as if the myths used to justify the original invasion of Iraq are no longer of importance in reflecting on the event on its 10th anniversary. The fact is that the US government (with the UK's) at best cherry-picked intelligence estimates about WMD in Iraq, and relied upon a popular sense that any anti-US Arab country shared responsibility for 9/11, to justify implementing a previously developed key policy objective: removing Saddam Hussein from power (as formulated by the Project for the New American Century, some of whose key members were also key members of the Bush II administration).
In short, the war was an unmitigated disaster from start to finish, and today's article only touches on the latter aspect. But of course the reason WaPo does not want to talk about this is that, while it was not as Gung Ho at the beginning as was, say, CBS News (or NYT with the infamous Judith Miller), neither was its coverage good journalism, as a former "ombudsman" points out. All of which means that the paper has learned no real lessons from the affair.
Elephant #2
It is easy enough for WaPo to debunk the war in the limited fashion involved today, because it was Bush's war. Obama is a different story. He came in swinging in 2009, to announce that the real action was in Afghanistan, although the original reason for going there had long since vanished with the dispersal of al-Qaeda all over MENA, and is now having trouble getting out so that he can apply all of our country's energy to chasing it with drones in that larger area, and thereby getting even more of the world to hate us.
But the paper cannot effectively deal with this, first, because it is predisposed to Obama (hence myth #5′s downplaying of why there are not more troops still in Iraq), and second and more importantly, because it has not really learned anything from the disaster of which it speaks.
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The 45th edition of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) will be the first in nine years without current artistic director Rutger Wolfson at the helm. Much has been said of Wolfson's tenure as the head of one of the world's biggest public film festivals, and not much of it—recently at least—has been positive. Having missed 2014's festival period due to illness, he announced in December last year that the 44th edition would be his last.
The problems with IFFR are many, and to suggest that Wolfson is solely to blame for a declining reputation as a hotbed for high-quality leftfield cinema is merely mean-spirited. Still, it's an open secret these days, among press delegates at least, that IFFR has become something of a bloated balloon in the last decade—one whose expanding size each year means that its large team of programmers has to operate increasingly on an "any old film will do" policy. For now, one hopes that Wolfson's successor has the strength in character to realize that size matters, and that when quality control is no guarantee, smaller can indeed be better.
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Addressing the Soviet Union's ongoing misadventure in Afghanistan midway through the season-three premiere of The Americans, Arkady Ivanovich (Lev Gorn), the KGB's rezident in Washington, urges his comrades to consider the United States yet another front in the conflict. "They're fighting this war from here," he says of the Americans, "and so should we." Seeping into every nook and cranny of both global politics and private life, the Cold War's red-hot proxy fights have long defined FX's superb spy game, but as with Arkady's intimation of a growing battle, "EST Men" stakes out new terrain. Establishing the contours of a narrative that threatens to dissolve the familial bonds that Philip and Elizabeth Jennings (Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell) have worked so hard to forge, tonight's episode of The Americans brings the series closer to home than ever before.
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I got this as a gift and I LOVE this. I'm not quite sure what the scent is, but it's totally pleasant. The lotion it's self is very smooth, easily absorbed, and moisturizing. I would definitely repurchase, even with the steep price.
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Great product. I got a free sample of it at the mall and I have to say; I not that impressed. Moisturization? Great. It is amazing and really moisturizers my hand really well. However, my hand cream from bath and works has 2 fl. oz. and does just the same job for five bucks. Plus, it smells so much better than that sickly sweet baby powder scent. I don't know if its just me, but I hate the scent of the hand creme. Overall, I think it's a great product but I will not be purchasing.
I have really dry hands, and this stuff is great. It moisturises deeply, and the effects last. This leads to my hands looking younger and more healthy. It smells lovely, and sinks in quickly, leaving no greasy feeling - it's ok to touch papers etc. straight away without leaving a mark. I've repurchased twice now.
The pricing is currently £21 for 150ml, £8 for 30ml.
My only gripe is the packaging - yeah it looks great and retro, I love that it's not plastic, but it's heavy and sharp and the cap is awkward to remove/replace.
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Love love love!!
My boyfriend's mum gave me a tube of this a while back and it is amazing!
It's actually gotten me into L'Occitane and hand creams in general.
It's super rich and creamy and feels absolutely amazing. The scent is subtle but really nice and to top it off, it leaves my hands feeling a lot smoother.
The packaging is kind of old-school but in a good way and it's small enough to just keep in your handbag.
The only minor downside is that it does leave your hands a bit greasy straight after use. Having said that, it's a hand cream so that comes with the deal. And at any rate, the greasiness isn't sticky and it gets absorbed pretty quickly anyway.
I got the 75ml tube of this as part of a gift set which included the foot cream (which I've yet to use) but I wanted to use the hand cream straight away as someone had recommended it to me.
This is a nice, rich hand cream which leaves my hands feeling well moisturised and soft, especially in my dry office at work and after doing the washing up at home. You only need a pea sized amount, meaning the tube lasts for ages and as it's metal it's fairly easy to manipulate to get every last drop out (although you have to be pretty brutal with it when it's getting towards the end). It does have a slight scent to it, but as other reviewers have mentioned it's quite light and not at all offensive to the nostrils, so definitely one you can apply repeatedly throughout the day without getting fed up of smelling it.
Other than the price (8.00GBP for 30ml or 19.00GBP for 100ml) I can't think of any real negatives to this hand cream. I wouldn't necessarily bill it as a HG product but I would definitely consider repurchasing it in the future.
I have the 30 ml tube ($12 AUD) which is a nice size to keep in my hand bag. Whenever my hands are feeling dry I just use about a pea size amount and instantly feel more comfortable and moisturised. I don't find there to be any tackiness or residue left behind which is another reason why I like using it when I'm out and about.
There is a very light smell to this, similar to baby powder perhaps? Regardless, it's very subtle and non-offensive so I can go about my day without any strong, lingering fragrance.
I can't really think of a negative about this product. But is this hand cream an absolute must-have? Not necessarily, there are probably other creams out there which could do just as good of a job at moisturising dry hands. However, I've actually used up and repurchased several tubes of these so yes, I definitely recommend this if you don't mind spending a bit more money on hand cream (150 ml costs $39 AUD). It has certainly helped to soften and smooth out some dry lines on my hands.
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This is my HG handcream for night and even day. It seems heavy and greasy when you put it on but it soaks in fast as long as you only rub in a pea size amount. My picky brother in law grabbed it out of my handbag and even gave it a try. It doesn't have an offending smell either which makes it unisex friendly. The packaging needs help though, it's very vintage with the metal tube (but I guess that makes it more environmentally friendly).
Been using this hand cream for the past year. My hands are very dry, to the point of crackng during winter weather. This is by far the most hydrating (good staying power) hand cream I have used. The cream is thick, but a little goes a long way and some massaging will do the trick. It has a soothing powdery scent, which I prefer over strong chemical ones.
It is pricey but th packaging makes it easy to squeeze out everything though.
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Everyone raves about this product and i was lucky enough to receive the 150ml as a gift! I was quite disappointed with it though, i found it was pretty greasy and took quite a while to soak in so i had to sit around and not do much with my hands til it had completely soaked in, also i can't say it dramatically changed my dry hands/fingers so i probably wouldnt purchase it again also its pretty pricey for a hand cream.
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A nice rich hand cream. The original scent is the only scent I like. The others are overwhelming.


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I am sorry to hear about your allergy. I would freak out. I am not satisfied unless I have a chunk of meat with my meal. I use Sevin dust in my yard. I buy a 25 lb bag. Then apply it with a small push type fertilizer spreader. I never have ticks at all. I apply Sevin in the same method to areas where I walk a lot. If you don't have pets spectracide makes a pelletized product you can apply to your yard for less. Spectracide claims it is safe for pets and children after watering. My dog had a reaction to spectracide after several rains. She will dig up and eat white grubs. I had to keep her on a leash for two months to prevent her from eating the grubs. In turn, I went back to sevin dust which has never created a vet bill. Always wear a dust mask when applying pesticides. Dust masks are cheap. Get a new one every 30 minutes or so until you are finished applying the pesticide.
Tluke; I'm sorry to hear this. And thanks for sharing. I too have never heard of such a thing! Anyway, you didn't work your way to the top of the food chain to eat vegetables. It sounds like you'll be getting protein more from poultry, fish, soy, beans, wheat, and personally I'd throw in the occasional roasted tick! Not the end of the world. Hey, wait aminute, isn't hog "the other white meat"? Actually, what's the first white meat!?
OMG Tluker! That's some story. Who knew!!! Well, it sounds like you're on an upward trajectory. Congratulations and thank goodness. More power to ya and the family!
This is bad shi-te, DEET is the only way to go if you live in an area that has these lone star ticks. At this point, prevention is the only cure, but it is rare to develop this allergy.http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/11/21/165633003/rare-meat-allergy-caused-by-tick-bites-may-be-on-the-rise
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Thanks for the heads up! I really hope you get better!!!!! Fwiw... If you have a bug out location, consider free ranging some chickens on your land. Here in the Maine boonies a lot if people have chickens (and I recently learned, guinea hens) because they wipe out ticks in your yard.
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Here's an interesting article on gluten, and another reason to use heirloom varieties of everything. http://io9.com/5968164/why-you-should-probably-stop-eating-wheat


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You don't have to spend a lot of money to get good, quality cookware that will perform well time and time again (I know I don't). But if you want to spend a lot – and I mean a lot – than the new diamond encrusted potfrom the German cookware maker, Fissler, just might be what you're looking for. Their newest premium saucepan uses almost 1 ... Read More »
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Individual Pie Slice Pan
Baking desserts in single-serving portions is nothing new. Cupcake pans, ramekins, tartlet dishes and other miniature pans, for instance, all produce small desserts. The new Individual Pie Slice Pan from Baker's Catalogue does, too. The idea behind the pan is twofold. First, the pan makes it easy for those people/families who don't need a whole pie at a time to enjoy a slice at a time without ... Read More »
Rolling out pie crust is easy
When you need to roll out a pie crust – or any type of dough – the single most important thing to have is a flat surface. A marble slab is often the first choice of serious pie bakers because the stone does not retain heat and the dough you are working will remain cool, with its butter unmelted, as you work. I use a large ... Read More »
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Raise your (virtual) hand if you often find yourself wishing your kitchen could look as elegant or as fun as the ones on TV. Who wouldn't love a state-of-the-art kitchen outfitted with shiny stainless steel, or finished with flush wood panels that hide the appliances with the rest of the cabinets? And whether you like Rachael Ray or not, you have to admit that the ... Read More »
Weirdest kitchen gadgets
The best way to outfit your kitchen is to go for well-made, versatile utensils that will work well in a variety of situations. For instance, you might choose a pair of large kitchen tongs that can be used to turn over a roast, pluck artichokes from a pan of boiling water or to flip meat and veggies over on the grill. But human creativity is ... Read More »
Pre-measured baking liners
I almost always use either parchment paper or a nonstick silicone silpat to line my baking sheets. It's a snap to pull off a sheet and lay it on the pan, and it always saves me time on cleanup on top of preventing cookies, etc. from sticking. When it comes to other pans – loaf pans, cake pans, pie plates – I don't always bother ... Read More »
Portable ice cream sundae bar
Even though it is one of the most refreshing, most satisfying things you can eat in the summer, ice cream is not a very portable food. It melts too quickly in the heat and, unless you're dishing it out in your kitchen and carrying each bowl outside to the yard/deck/patio, it just isn't going to make it very far. If you do want to try ... Read More »
Giant Cupcake Pan
There are a few standard cupcake sizes, most often known simply as "mini," "standard" and "king." The precise amount that each size will hold may vary a bit from manufacturer to manufacturer, but the sizes are pretty consistent. Minis are about half the size of standard muffins and king size – sometimes known as jumbo size – are about twice the size. When jumbo cupcakes just ... Read More »


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Davies stays grounded after Forest win
Nottingham Forest manager Billy Davies refused to get carried away by his team's 2-0 victory over high-flying Cardiff.Goals from Lewis McGugan and substitute Dexter Blackstock earned Forest the three points that lifted them into the play-off places.But after a steady start to the campaign, Davies said his men must maintain their form after extending their run without defeat to four outings.Davies said: "It was a very good three points but that's all it is as we are still in November. There is a long way to go and we have done nothing yet. I am not too excited at the moment as we have to wait until the end of the season for the big picture."The triumph in Wales was marred by a late injury to Blackstock, who was was carried off the pitch after a collision with Cardiff midfielder Seyi Olofinjana.Davies added: "It looks as though Dexter Blackstock has cruciate ligament damage which is very disappointing for the lad and for the club."
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