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NYC Rising: Winners Announced!
Diverse group of five great artists rises to the top of artist development program sponsored by SESAC, Brooklyn Industries, ReverbNation & The MuseBox – indy rock, hip-hop, singer/songwriters, and more!
Three showcases to take place: FREE SHOW Tomorrow September 29th at Pianos, October 13th at Brooklyn Industries in Union Square, October 19th CMJ showcase at Webster Hall
Winners have been announced for the 2011 NYC Rising Musician Scholarship program. Sponsored by SESAC, Brooklyn Industries, ReverbNation & The MuseBox, the competition features up and coming tri-state area artists and their music. A panel of judges narrowed the list from over 800 submissions to a list of 16 finalists, and then the public had their say. The votes are in, and five NYC area artists have been chosen for the chance of a lifetime —
Headless Horseman (Brooklyn, NY) http://www.headlesshorseman.bandcamp.com
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Little Devil (Warren, NJ) http://www.facebook.com/littledevilband
Little Devil, an indie pop-rock band from Warren, NJ has already made their mark on NYC with shows at Webster Hall, The Bowery Electric, and Angels & Kings. Though the band has only been around since September 2010, they have already shared the stage with Dub-Step artist Rusko, The Damned Things, and Cash Cash.
MaG (New York, NY) http://mrmag.bandcamp.com
MaG has been dubbed "the future of NYC hip-hop" by famed producer Buckwild. Born and raised in the Bronx, MaG has appeared on several mixes by Chaundon, Rich London, DJ Denox, and DJ Wristpect. Along with features on allhiphop.com, hiphopgame.com, and vinylmeltdown.com, MaG was nominated for URB.com's Next 1000.
Tayisha Busay (Brooklyn, NY) http://www.tayishabusay.com
Brooklyn's own Tayisha Busay is an electro-dance band comprised of Tessa G, Ariel Sims, and Brandon Lalavek. The spandex clad trio are entirely self-produced with their unique songs and performances composed of synthesizers, drum beats and synchronized choreography aimed to please the indie-rocker and club-goer alike.
The winning acts will be receiving a series of valuable services, discounts and resources, designed to help propel them to the next level. From booking and music distribution to marketing and promotion, the winners of NYC Rising will be provided access to a powerful network of resources necessary for independent acts to navigate the 21-century music industry.
You can catch these winning acts at three following showcases:
Thursday September 29th
158 Ludlow St
8 pm
(NOTE: Headless Horseman not available for this showcase)
(NOTE: Headless Horseman not available for this showcase)
Thursday October 13th
Brooklyn Industries Store
801 Broadway, Manhattan
Wednesday October 19th
CMJ showcase
Marlin Room at Webster Hall.


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- 1/8 teaspoon(s) cayenne pepper
- 3.00 tablespoon(s) mixed chopped fresh herbs (such as parsley, chives, and chervil)
- cup(s) (2 ounces) grated sharp cheddar
- 5.00 large eggs
- 1/4 cup(s) heavy cream
- 1/4 cup(s) whole milk
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
- 2.00 slice(s) bacon, cut crosswise into 1/4-inch pieces
- 1.00 pita, split horizontally into 2 rounds
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees. In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, cream, milk, cayenne, herbs, and half the cheese. Season with salt and pepper.
- In a small ovenproof nonstick or cast-iron skillet, cook bacon over medium, stirring occasionally, until crisp, 7 minutes. Transfer bacon to egg mixture and pour all but 1 teaspoon fat into a small bowl. Add 1 pita round to skillet and cook until toasted and golden, 3 minutes, flipping halfway through; transfer to a plate. Repeat with more reserved fat and remaining pita half; leave pita in skillet, cut side up.
- Add egg mixture and cook over medium, gently stirring, 30 seconds. Top egg mixture with other pita half, cut side down; transfer to the oven and bake 8 minutes. Sprinkle evenly with remaining cheese, then bake until frittata is puffed and golden, about 8 minutes. Let sit 3 minutes, then cut into wedges and serve warm.
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Below are the historical top rates by year, starting in 1919. (Because the rich always have various loopholes, these rates would mostly affect those who literally spend millions of dollars a year on themselves.) Which tax rate do you think is best? I inflation adjusted the right hand column of the following table: Top US Marginal Income Tax Rates, 1913--2003 (TruthAndPolitics.org) using this source: The Inflation Calculator I like Ike
No offense Patters but kind of a dumb thread...spending is the issue. Forbes 400: September 2007, Total Net Worth = $1.54 trillion • This would run the US government for just six (6) months in the coming fiscal year. • If we raised the tax rate for all those taxpayers currently in the 35% tax bracket to 100%, • the US would raise $450 billion and this would keep the government running for 56 days in the coming fiscal year. This was from 2007 when the Forbes 400 had alot more money(before the crash). Lets raise the very rich to 100% and run the government for 56 days. Great idea! Oh by the way, we spend alot more now than we did in 2007 so it wouldn't even run the government for 56 days. Spending is the issue. You can not tax the rich enough if you spend like idiots.
Atom, I'm raising an entirely different issue. That said, I think your point warrants a thread of its own.
Taxing anyone at 90% is just plain idiotic. It's like saying "No one deserves to make $X!" and that Mr Patters just isn't true. In the US of A, we deserve to make as much as we're willing to sacrifice to get there. So what Ike basically said is that people don't need to make any more than $2.8MM per year. That smells of an underlying distaste for very wealthy people. I think wealthy people are as likeable & loveable as middle-class and poor people...who wouldn't feel that way? So Patters, do you think there should be limits on how much people can make? Because if we taxed anything over $2.8MM at 90%, you can bet people would make every effort NOT to make over that amount. If we had this tax you propose and I made over $2.8MM, I'd donate the money I made in excess of this amount to people I wanted to have it just to avoid giving it to the gov't.
PR, the government spends its revenue and who is best positioned to profit off that? The more liquid assets they have, the more ability they have to profit and a high marginal rate on earned income provides them with a hefty incentive to reinvest. on the other hand, if they absolutely must have that $50 million yacht, then a high marginal rates means it will cost them a bundle; they will have to, in effect return, some of that tax payer revenue that got as profits on their investments to the tax payer.
Just my personal opinion Patters, but I think you're one of those people who thinks everyone deserves the same...and they don't. No matter how much liquid assets one has to "reinvest", at some point they'll want to use some of that money for themselves. Call it what you like, but you're supporting income limits...plain & simple. Mainstreamers will never accept that. The FAR left has to realize that they'll never be mainstream....just as the far right needs to do the same.
I don't think everybody deserves the same, needs the same, or even wants the same, but it's expensive to a run a country and people have to make sacrifices. I think it makes more sense for the very rich to lose out on some luxuries than for the poor and middle class to lose out on better education, health care, and so on. If a flat tax provided enough revenue to run a world-class country, I'd be all for it.
I think the answers lie somewhere between my and your opinion. Of course you can't decide what the gov't needs to provide until you know how much we have to spend. Somehow our gov't seems to have forgotten that simple truth. Stop fighting wars would be the perfect place to start. I'm sure we can agree upon that.
I'm more of a reactionary guy. I'll say what's on my mind at the moment which may or may not be influenced by my mood. Over time, I begin to intellectualize topics and typically come back from whatever emotion-driven comment I made. A personal flaw of mine....
I don't think there's any permanent correct number. The right policy ought to be about collecting the money the nation needs with the least amount of suffering all around. I think that changes as the economy changes. I think its silly to assume some entrepreneur who's happy working 90 hours a week at a 25% tax rate will turn lazy if you tax him 35% or even 65% Its his nature to work 90 hours a week, tax policy won't change that and it won't stop him from getting rich either. I also think its silly to assume that tax rates affect exactly how much risk people are willing to take. I think some guy with a pile of money to invest looks more at the economy in general than he looks at tax advantages. If the economy says its a risky time no tax incentives will help. As a general rule I'd say the rich ought to bear their highest burden when times are tough and the poor/middle class ought to bear their lightest. When times are good that should flip around; but the exact, specific percentages and exactly what's a good economy vs a bad one is something for the egg heads to figure out.
I suffer from the same affliction. I'm also real good at typing out responses to posts and then just deleting them and saying f it. As for taxes. As little as necessary to run the country. I'm of the opinion the entire tax code needs to be thrown out. It's a mess. Simplify the code and come out with something fair for everyone. We all live here and must all contribute as able.
I think it's silly that you think it's silly that people don't look at tax rates when deciding how and where to invest their money. If someone is making enough money that their marginal tax rate is 91%, and they are looking at a 91% tax of their capital gains, then they have absolutely zero incentive whatsoever to invest. The government isn't going to subsidize 91% of their losses. Too much risk for virtually no real chance at real gains. Patters is making the same stupid mistake we see constantly from the left. These people believe - and I mean honestly believe - that they can raise taxes to oppressive rates such as 91% and it won't alter anyone's behavior.
Don't put words into my mouth. Of course, tax policy alters behavior. It's one of many tools nations use to create a national identity, something that liberals and conservatives all share. And, FYI, the table only refers to earned income, that's why I stated, "Because the rich always have various loopholes, these rates would mostly affect those who literally spend millions of dollars a year on themselves."
I certainly think the top marginal rate should at the very least approach 50% -- note, I said "at the very least." I also think the 35% bracket we have at 373K should increase a percentage point or two, and that a further percentage point across the board is absolutely fine with me. I also think once again, some here need to "get" what the top rate is. It's not what you pay on all your money. If it kicks in at 373K, it's what you pay on dollar 373,001. A lower rate applies up to that point. Finally, although it's vastly unpopular, I think that both the Bush regime's giveaways and nationalizations (AIG, Fanny, Freddy,) and the less expensive auto sector rescues under Obama, were necessary. I believe the $787B stimulus package was necessary. And -- contrary to what the Pres is about to say tomorrow night -- I believe more stimulus spending would be the better move right now than a lurch toward fiscal conservativism. I say this advisedly. I do not like deficit spending. I do not like perverse inventives and high taxation, particularly for their own sake. In my own personal life, if I've got 10 K in debt I'm damn well paying 1K per month over the interest charges for most of a year and making it go away. But that ain't what we're looking at folks. We're looking at revenue -- the equivalent of our national paycheck -- virtually disappearing, while expenses shoot through the roof. And note: these expenses -- the non-war related bits, anyway -- are the outgrowth of the economic crisis of 08. We have them, and if we are smart, we'll have more of them (but we're about to be dumb.) Because those expenses are the cost of making the damn paycheck come in, i.e., to have the employment to bring revenue closer to normal. That also means individuals would be going back to work, which after all is the goal in the first place. I know the dum-dums here love to characterize me as loving taxes, and loving spending, and blah blah blah blah. I also know the current popular mood. Finally, I also also see the need for fiscal discipline, but that can't simply be a "spending only" solution. To begin with we seem to have declared our "security" spending to be non-discretionary, and that's in addition to the 2/3 of the budget we already don't appropriate in spending bills (the trust funds.) That leaves us screaming bloody murder about what? The 1/8th of the pie that we actually consider "discretionary." You know, "everything else": Highways, demonstration projects, research grants, unemployment benefits, etc. etc. etc. All of it. 1/8th. How can you even start to talk about spending without including social security (means testing, anybody?) or the military? And how can you look at a country in its current state, and pretend there should never, ever, be higher taxes, given that we're at a historical low, that we pay lower taxes than comparable economies, and that we can't get from point A to point B through spending cuts alone? Finally, how the hell do people run around making these facile arguments as if we have not been footing the bill for one major and one minor war since 2001, and as if 2008 had never happened? PFnV
They wouldn't make every effort NOT to make over that amount. They'd just take the amount they already have (which we're assuming is in the millions as it is, maybe even billions) and leave the country. Jobs would go from bad to worse. There's a very good reason why you don't overtax the rich.
The current rates are somewhat stupid and with all the deductions are basically worthless.... i The only hope of equity is some type of flat tax or tax based on consumption, not only would it level the playing field.. also eliminate the whole IRS... taxes could be done an a half page sheet of paper... The reality is that this government and the previous governments have a spending problem.. this endless war in the mideast, often overlooked, has put a tremendous drain on our economy..
If the best you have is to alter what I say and then attempt to criticize it then go away and start a friggin' blog already.


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Published Thursday 24/11/2011 (updated) 29/11/2011 12:58
Salam Fayyad addresses a news conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah
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OSLO (Reuters) -- The Palestinian Authority is "fast approaching the point of being completely incapacitated" by Israel's refusal to hand over tax revenues belonging to the authority, Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said Thursday.
Israel's freeze on the taxes and fees it collects for the Palestinian Authority at borders has deprived the government of two-thirds of its normal revenue since Nov. 1, making it hard to pay salaries and fix infrastructure, Fayyad said.
"This is our money," he said. "It has nothing to do with donor assistance or anything like that."
He spoke at a press conference alongside Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere, who demanded an end to the policy that Israel imposed a day after the UN cultural agency UNESCO granted full membership to the Palestinians.
"It amounts to waterboarding an economy," Stoere said, "because you almost kill it while allowing a small amount of air to come in."
Israel has called the withholding of funds "temporary" and complained the Palestinians were unwilling to open direct peace talks, while Palestinian leaders have said they would talk only if Israel halts settlement activity in areas it occupies.
Fayyad said the frozen funds amount to some $100 million per month, or two-thirds of the Palestinian Authority's revenue stream excluding international aid.
He spoke shortly after President Mahmoud Abbas met in Cairo with exiled Hamas leader Khalid Mashaal to push implementation of a reconciliation deal between their parties.
Fayyad reiterated that he was willing to step down if it would help heal divisions between the rival factions and pave the way for presidential and parliamentary elections. Hamas has rejected him as head of a joint government.
24/11/2011 19:17
UNESCO and UN should help with money, Hamas can also ask Iran for more money for their body Abbas.
2 ) Mitri I. Musleh / Canada
24/11/2011 19:36
Israel's leaders should give peace a chance. They can start by not black mailing the Palestinian Authority, but by providing positive reinforcements to what would lead to a real peace and security to both the Palestinians and the Israelis.
3 ) Mark of Lewiston / USA
24/11/2011 19:47
Some tough choices are ahead, and they will steer what Israel does.who gets laid off first, docs or teachers, nurses or cops. The Legislative Council should be devising a new, replacement tax structure that bypasses Israel as the collection agent as the VAT is repealed. Negotiations with Egypt should intensify.
4 ) Mark of Lewiston / USA
24/11/2011 20:07
Repeal the VAT. Make it illegal. Use a sales tax. More paperwork, but just slightly. But a move like that stops PA money from being held hostage. Israeli sanity will not break out soon.
5 ) Yehuda Solomon / Israel
24/11/2011 21:55
Yes, yes, and Y-E-E-E-E-S-S-S !!! ... Fayyad is RIGHT !!! This money freeze crap is already backfiring on us like hell. It doesn't matter IF THE ENTIRE U.N. recognizes a fully-established (second) Palestinian nation west of the Jordan River. NOTHING is changing as far as we're concerned and it's the Palestinians who are SUFFERING. This policy of ours is probably only going to be reversed if somebody physically pounds some sense into our PM (and no, I'm NOT advocating violence, (continued)
6 ) Tony B? / ME
24/11/2011 21:57
Tax collection was a part of the Oslo agreement. The PA broke Oslo when they continued to incite Jew hatred on their TV channel and in schools. They broke Oslo again when they started the BDS campaign. You can't expect Israelis to collect taxes while you try to damage their economy. Now the PA has joined forces with Hamas, Israel's enemy, not peace partner! You don't collect taxes for your enemies, you silly boys! Get a reality check, or get your Norwegian friend to buy you an aqualung.
7 ) Yehuda Solomon / Israel
24/11/2011 22:04
just forcefully EXPRESSING the insanity of our PM in this matter). I have a hunch this is going to be resolved and resolved soon. Nobody in their right mind wants Palestinian money held hostage because of a U.N. agency's role in recognizing a (second) "Palestinian" nation, despite any future diplomatic or political consequences. It's so dumb it's pathetic. The money transfers WILL be resumed and resumed SOON.
8 ) Tibi / Tubas
25/11/2011 00:47
Abbas and Mashaal have "agreed to work as partners", and Mashaal's government is NOT close to breakdown due to taxes, so maybe the PA should actually have a real breakdown, particularly since they are never going to follow the Road Map, or restart the peace process, and create a Palestinian state anyway !!!!!
9 ) Rob / USA
25/11/2011 02:03
The PA broke the Road Map and Oslo by going to the UN, and when you break agreements there are consequences.Not only that ,but a chunk of that money goes to Hamas. But I have some ideas: 1) Get Abbas and Fatah to use the $1.5 B Palestine Investment Fund for the people that it was intended for. 2) Steal less, and make Sufa Arafat live on less than $100K per month 3) Cut back on $$ for 'security forces', no one is going to attack Palestine. Make concessions to Israel, make peace.
10 ) southparkbear / usa
25/11/2011 06:00
are they too big to fail?
11 ) Johnny / Canada
25/11/2011 08:03
Tony B is absolutely right. The Palestinians can't break the Oslo accords and still expect Israel to keep them. If the Palestinians need a greater revenue stream, the PA should start collecting its own tax's-- they will have to if Palestine ever becomes a country, so they might as well practice.
12 ) Nour / Palestine
25/11/2011 08:22
I pray for some positive outcome in all of this...namely the cessation of so-called security collaboration with the Apartheid colonist entity.
13 ) Mel / USA
25/11/2011 16:58
Of course...all factional leaders &technocrats could dip into their own Swiss,Tel Aviv,Cayman,UAE bank accounts,& take out a few 100 million of their own tax shekel-free PILLAGE,to feed the hungry oppressed masses they claim 2 represent,on both sides of the ethnic apartheid wall?They've had decades of lucrative blood-money,including Israeli/US Zionists who've sucked money illegally from USA &Israeli citizens 4 their political/ideological "crusade".Israel feeds on foreign HOSTS too, lest we 4GET?
14 ) Mel / USA
25/11/2011 17:12
Cont: So,how's about the USGovt,EU/UK etc,stop all ILLEGAL checks/weapons,science/education subsidies,to militarist,occupying Israel 1st & remind Zionism how it ALSO survives,to this day,on FOREIGN welfare,subsidies,tax-free,'gifts',free LOOT,from bigger foreign HOSTS? It's high time parasitic Zionism went & paid its OWN way too.But then,parasites CAN'T can they?Or,do Israeli's choose to ignore this sensitive truism still? Positivism is good,but focus on reality is essential.For USA too!
15 ) @ Nour #12 / Tobias
25/11/2011 22:30
Amazing, but true: You & Zionist have "common-ground": - Zionists too are praying for the exact same thing, the "cessation of so-called security collaboration," since [1] the "collaboration" has both passively allowed, and [2] even actively participated (during the Intifada) in the abducting, killing, & murdering of Israelis !!!!!
16 ) Business / Israel
26/11/2011 00:00
@#12: yes please quit security "cooperation". Then we can end this charade. The only security we have is from tzahal and the fence, not from your absurd security forces. I am tired of the whining. No we shall not finance a war against us and neither shall the next president of the USA I am guessing. Get your money from your Arab friends or china- see how fast they pay. Of course you could try work but from the looks of the neighborhood culture, that seems unlikely.
17 ) Rob / USA
26/11/2011 01:09
*chuckle* Israel is an important US ally who contributes far more than the aid they receive in facilities use, training and intel, high tech contributions to joint weapons projects and the cost of defending NATO's soft underbelly and the Eastern Mediterranean. Plus, they spend 80% of US aid in America. Conservative estimates are that 'cutting off all aid to Israel' would cost the US between $10 and $15 billion. Plus, unlike the Pals, they never supported Saddam or danced in the streets on 9/11
18 ) Tobias / USA
26/11/2011 22:40
Fayyad and some NYC stores have something in common, They both lie to draw in customers, where the "PA is close to breakdown after tax block", and some NYC stores have had "Going Out Of Business" signs posted for decades, to make the tourist think there are actually bargains inside on merchandise !!!
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In the end, what drove me nuts about Font Explorer was that its "family groupings" were only the style-linked groupings. No more than four members to a family. So a mega-family like Kepler would show up as 40+ families in Font Explorer, but I could show it as just one in Suitcase Fusion.
So Font Explorer was just too unwieldy for me, based on that. I switched back to Suitcase Fusion. I may occasionally miss some FEX features, but at least I am not going crazy every single day.
in the end, what drove me nuts about Font Explorer was that its "family groupings" were only the style-linked groupings.
That's just an optional view mode. Of course you can group all styles from a family under its font family name.
I tend to agree that the interface is too messy.
I tend to agree that the interface is too messy.
You can configure everything — really everything. If you like it more simple, set it this way.
That's just an optional view mode. Of course you can group all styles from a family under its font family name.
Well I must be doing something wrong because when choosing family grouping instead of style linking many font families are not properly grouped. For exemple :
Avenir {Avenir Roman, Avenir Oblique},
Avenir Black {Avenir Black},
Avenir Black Oblique {Avenir Black Oblique},
Avenir Book {Avenir Book Roman, Avenir Book Oblique},
Yes, that's what I saw as well. But I've uninstalled it since, so perhaps I was missing something.
Note however that if the font producer doesn't set up the fonts correctly, the font management app can't really work around that. I have certainly seen fonts from some foundries that did not behave well in this regard, in any font manager.
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The Great Delta Bear Affair was first observed in 2002 on the 100th anniversary of President Theodore Roosevelt's famous bear hunt in Sharkey County, Mississippi which led to the creation of the Teddy Bear. This year's theme is "Baby Bear Blues." The festival will be held on Saturday, October 23, 2010 on the grounds of the Sharkey County courthouse in Rolling Fork. Events will begin at 7:30 a.m. and conclude with fireworks just after dark. Rolling Fork is located on Highway 61 approximately 40 miles south of Leland and 40 miles north of Vicksburg.
The festival also highlights our state's bountiful natural resources and commemorates Roosevelt's famous 1902 bear hunt. President Roosevelt and his savvy guide, Holt Collier, tromped through the woods of Sharkey County in search of bears. They found one, and the rest, as they say, is history. The Great Delta Bear Affair is one of the most unique festivals in the Delta.
Many people attend the annual festival each fall and enjoy many free seminars, special events and other various entertainments. At the Sharkey-Issaquena Library there will be storytelling with Doris Jones at 10:30 followed by a live snake presentation with Terry Vandeventer at 11:30 and then a seminar on black bear research at 1:30 with Stephanie Simek. Other events this year include a 5K Run/Walk at 8:00 a.m., a Teddy Bear Fun Run for ages 5 to 12 at 9:00 a.m. and the ever popular chainsaw woodcarving demonstrations throughout the day by Dayton Scoggins.
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I have extreme regular periods and have been through hell with it! I was on b.c. for 5 years and have been off for 1 year now. The doctor says that my body was just freaking out b/c of the withdrawl but the progesterone therapy that did work, has now failed and I am bleeding irregular again. I have been trying for 1 year to conceive and I obviously have had no luck. I am saddened and maddened by all of this. I, at this point, think we will just stop trying for a while and go back on b.c. I'm just wondering if anyone has "by chance" gotten pregnant with irregular periods or what anyone has done in this situation. Thanks!
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A college degree is supposed to signify mastery of a discipline, but testing firms see a window of opportunity for measures of college learning to help graduates in the job market, reports Inside Higher Ed.
. . . skills assessments are related to potential higher education "disruptions" like competency-based education or even digital badging. They offer portable ways for students to show what they know and what they can do. And in this case, they're verified by testing giants.
"This is how competencies could become the currency of the land instead of the credit hour," said Michelle Rhee-Weise, a senior research fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, a think tank with a focus on education and health care.
(Rhee-Weise is no relation to the ex-D.C. schools chief.)
The Collegiate Learning Assessment is being upgraded this year to include a work readiness component and more student-level data.
The Educational Testing Service (ETS) introduced two new electronic certificates for student learning, reports Inside Higher Ed. ACT Inc. offers WorkKeys skills assessment.
Americans spend over $460 billion on higher education every year, but what are college students learning? The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is trying to develop the Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO) to assess college students' learning, reports Ed Week. The AHELO would be a "direct evaluation of student performance at the global level…across diverse cultures, languages and different types of institutions."
4-year degree isn't the only path to success
Too many Americans believe a young person who doesn't earn a bachelor's degree is a "second-class citizen," says Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican. "Let's quit preaching to them that their only path to success is a four-year degree."
Vocational certificates are growing in popularity, especially those that require a semester or two of community college. "The certificate is a good choice for the low-middle of the high-school graduation class," said Stephen Rose, a Georgetown professor.
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Federal college aid overwhelmingly goes to students pursuing degrees, while many seeking vocational certificates don't qualify for aid. Taxpayers should support people who want to learn high-demand job skills — computer techs and nurse's aides — not people who want to spend four years studying Shakespeare, argues a workforce researcher.
Students who earn credits for competency, not just "seat time," will be eligible for federal student aid, if their college's competency-based program is approved by accreditors.
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Many have lost hope they can get ahead through hard work, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer.
"It's striking how severe young people's problems are," said Carl Van Horn, coauthor of the study and the director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers. "These are folks at the beginning of their work lives already feeling very pessimistic about themselves."
Young high school graduates are competing for low-level jobs with college graduates who can't find work that requires a degree, notes the Inquirer.
Employers typically seek more highly educated people, not because they have greater skills but because they are believed to be better workers, since they showed up for college courses and completed them, workforce experts say.
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This season Georgia Aquarium is partnering with 'Christmas on Peachtree,' the largest indoor Christmas festival in the Southeast. Just a few blocks from the Aquarium at 200 Peachtree, the historic former downtown Macy's building, Christmas on Peachtree is a 70,000 square-foot mix of family festivities, food and shopping. Be dazzled by the stunning Symphony of Lights™ music and light show, let the kids play in the Cartoon Network Children's Adventure Area™ with life-size toy train, enjoy lunch and shop in the retail village. Make a day of it and save - purchase our combo ticket which offers admission to Georgia Aquarium and our own roster of holiday events, as well as Christmas on Peachtree! It's Atlanta's newest holiday happening – Christmas on Peachtree and Georgia Aquarium, together for the holidays.
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This will allow Hurt to work closely with Chief Alley until his departure date on June 28th so the transition is seamless.
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Published a year ago, this article from LeadingAge.org cites the version of LEED certification most communities seek: LEED for Health Care, a special category designed with licensed assisted living and nursing homes in mind.
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The update today from Nick was significantly easier to hear. Warmer temps, sunny skies, twisting roads, and Nick is like a new man.
It's amazing what 30 degrees does to your psyche. Had it been another cold morning, I probably wouldn't have emerged from my hotel in Huntington.
I hit the road kind of early, well not really early at all, with hopes of salvaging the delays from the previous day. Shooting up the ramp to I-64 towards Charleston, West Virginia, I pinned the throttle back hard lifting my front tire. The mountains of the Virginia's may not have the elevation of out west, but they make up for it with their steep grades. Those steep grades had apparently been taking a toll on my bike the previous day.
It felt like that horrible feeling when you're putting power down to the pedals and you switch gear, only to find your derailleur can't find the gear you've requested. That clunking, as the chain hops, skips, and does not hit home. Imagine that at 60mph trying to make 75 with a truck bearing down on you. It was not pleasant.
After 25 miles I finally convinced myself it wasn't going to work itself out. I pulled off the highway and searched "motorcycle" on my phone; desperate to find anything I could make sense of. "Mr. Holeshot" was the first search result Google pulled for me, this couldn't be a coincidence. I nursed the bike through winding back roads, I passed a sewage treatment plant and yet another coal power plant, and finally arrived at the garage of the shop.
The door shot open, and two incredibly welcoming gentlemen brought me into their shop. A quick look and it was easy to see the cause of the skipping, and what I had assumed, was a loose chain. The chain had stretched out so much that it was at the last adjustment point on the swingarm's tensioner. Ken, I assume he was the owner, refused to let me pay anything for the service so we shot the shit for awhile before I hit the road again.
It was just after noon when I made it back to the highway. I took a quick look at my directions, and realized I would be cutting it close to making it to NAHBS before they closed for the day. With that in mind, I decided that I was going to get some good shots and make up for the lack of photos from yesterday.
The Virginia's are beautiful. Huge meandering mounds of mountains are sprinkled with pastoral valleys, and industrial cities, following rivers and creeks South East. The highways are fast and curvy, fun on a bike. I ventured from the slab a number of times. I found gravel roads, dirt tracks, and eventually the Blue Ridge Parkway for a bit. It wasn't the day that I wanted, but it came out just fine.
Arriving in Charlotte, I realized that my watch was still on Central Time, and I was nearly an hour late for the Chris King hosted party at Uptown Bikes. Exhausted I said my hellos and took some snaps before retiring to my glorious room in the Westin, NAHBS' host hotel.
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I signed up for PatternReview.com today (check out my profile!). Like it's name implies it is a site where you can share finished projects of patterns and post reviews. Great idea, right? I like it because you can search for specific patterns which is difficult to do on BurdaStyle and you can see different versions of the same pattern in one place but already there are so many parts about this site that I dislike.
The user interface is weak (did I ever mention I work for a website? yeah, I take things like this seriously). There's way too much text crowding the pages. After I signed up I never could find a link to post a review. I had to find a link from the help page and bookmarked it. Also, anytime I try to post anything it makes me re-log in over and over again. The ads are text not photos so sometimes I think I'm going to a content page but then I figure out it is an ad. Lame.
And then there's the review itself - I can only post 1 picture. Lame. And then that picture isn't even displayed in the window with the review. Lame.
Also searching for patterns is tedius and it is not clearly marked where you actually go to read the review. What do I click on?? Lame.
Anyone else use Pattern Review and have this many complaints? I do love that it has a very vibrant and active community and there is always something new to see but the site itself needs a major overhaul. I only posted two reviews and I'm already annoyed.
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Oh so helpful when I'm at the fabric store or I'm looking at suggested fabrics for patterns online and I want to know what jacquard is. Especially good if you're only moderately familiar with fabrics like I am and tend to stick to the same kinds over and over again and want to branch out. And it's only $1.99. Definitely worth the money in my book. Anyone else have this app?
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Hi Dixie, I've been enjoying your blog for a while now - I like your style! I have the same issue with Pattern Review. The concept is great but the whole design is just so awful I can't bear to use it. I do look up patterns on it sometimes but haven't posted anything myself as it's just so horrible to use!!
Fingers crossed they can get it together and give it an overhaul.It's an awful website. I discovered burdastyle first and then, despite reading about it on blogs, avoided patternreview for a long time. Eventually I realized that the actual pattern reviews are extremely helpful! You're so right about it being unclear where one should even click to read a review.
ReplyDeleteIt is a confusing website, I thought it was just me and my computer illiteracy. It is worth all the frustration though for the info you can get from that website. I was having a problem fitting some pants so I posted it on one of their pages and I had so many people offer solutions within the hour. So my consensus is that it is a pain but worth it.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you, I signed up for patternreview too just so I could see what others thought of patterns, but the website it terrible so I've never even tried to do more with it. I think they have an older demographic of sewers who just put up with it, while Burdastyle has a younger more internet savvy demographic so the interface matters more.
ReplyDeleteI really love PR. The hardest thing to find is "write a review". After years on the site I now know it is found this way:
My Account, My Reviews (under Frequently Used Links), Add Review (under Pattern Reviews written by you:).
Yup, it takes that much effort. That aside, it is worth it. I love finding out what alterations to make on a pattern before starting. It's my first muslin. lolI really like the idea of the website, and I use the reviews a lot, but the site is not user friendly. I have never uploaded a review, simply because I haven't found out how to! Also I don't like that you need to upload a pattern picture, one for each pattern would be enough and the reviews can go from there.
There's so much that can be done with the website to make it excellent!I am so glad to see that I am not alone in my perspective of Pattern Review! When I started out in sewing I believe Pattern Review was the first real sewing site I visited and my first initial thoughts were: "Why is it so hard to search? Pages so busy? Bad photos? Bad layout?" And I still think of it that way to date.
Pattern Review is the best site to find information on specific patterns, but alas, it is like searching through your attic trying to find an old heirloom amongst an array of disorder.
I do hope they will revamp their site soon!
http://www.artandneedlework.blogspot.comWow, thanks for all the response everyone. Another thing I can't figure out is why I can click on some pictures in reviews and why some other ones are unlinked thumbnails. Weird.
I'm also trying to find a way for my project picture to link to my flickr page rather than just the image. Since you can only have one project picture I'd like it to go to my flickr page so people can then see the other related pictures instead of only one.
I have a lot of work to do to understand this site!


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Smoky "BLT"
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Even vegetarians can indulge in this decadent "BLT" — Rogue River Smokey Blue cheese, romaine lettuce, beefsteak tomatoes, and rosemary mayonnaise give this sandwich its sophisticated flavor.
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Calories | 470 |
Total Fat | 24g |
Saturated Fat | -- |
Cholesterol | 35mg |
Sodium | 1000mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 44g |
Dietary Fiber | 6g |
Sugars | -- |
Protein | 19g |
Calcium | -- |
Serves: 4
Yields: 4 sandwiches
Total Time: 10 min
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- 4 tablespoon(s) Rosemary Mayonnaise, (see directions)
- 8 slice(s) country-style bread
- 5 ounce(s) Rogue River Smokey Blue cheese
- 1/4 head(s) romaine lettuce
- 2 large beefsteak tomatoes, cut into 8 slices
- Prepare Rosemary Mayonnaise and spread on bread. Slice cheese into 1/3-inch-thick pieces and divide among 4 slices of bread. Layer with lettuce and tomato and top with remaining bread slices. Slice in half and serve or wrap and chill for up to 3 hours.
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I woke up at 10am on Sunday and found this post on the Southie Boy Facebook Page
"the southie movies are getting fuckign annoying man go back to hollywood. all you fools dont realise thsese camrbidge yuppies are making money off of your stories. stop supporting south boston movies unless then done by SOUTH BOSTON PEOPLE not faggots from cambridge and california"
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PS: You're a true credit to the neighborhood. Really fixing that reputation."
He took his post down rather quickly after that…Then came Monday night…
**This is an excerpt from my Graduate Thesis Production Book. At this point I was able to reflect of the pre-production, production, and post-production stages of this project, which began in my senior year of high school.**
When I first started graduate school my Auntie Anne told me that it was more about navigating through the system than completing projects and assignments. Now that I am on the "payment due" side of the student loan system, I have one caveat to argue with dear old Auntie Anne. While graduate school does have a fair amount of hurdles, if you have a compelling thesis, it is more of a practice of wading through the one thing that everyone holds so dear: their own opinion. Since I posted my first "test thesis" on YouTube in December of 2010, I have received attention from Boston.com, WGBH Radio, WRKO's Howie Carr (allegedly), and National Public Radio.
**This was my experience with obtaining rights for my film. While this will probably be very dry for the average reader (of a documentary filmmaker's website…) I hope this is helpful to new filmmakers who are looking to get their projects ready for distribution.**
When I started Grad School, my Business of Modern Media professor told us, "You need a piece of paper for every shot, sound, and image you use in your film." This piece of paper, of course, is a written agreement between the filmmaker and the copyright holder stating that you have permission to include his or her work in your project.
I always wondered: Who do I contact for rights to things? What do I tell them? How much do things cost? There are so many variables to obtaining rights and clearances. It is unfair to expect anyone to give you a step by step process. Nope, the only way to navigate this extremely important phase of film producing is to do it the same way you navigated through high school: Awkwardly, anxious, and with a bit of disdain towards authority.
Luckily for me, my film is mostly based on my family, so I was able to use a lot of old family photos and 8mm footage. However, with my project being an historical documentary, there was no way for me to skirt around images that ran across the front pages of newspapers and defined the forced busing era. When all was said and done I needed the rights to three types of footages: still images, music, and news footage.
Coming to terms with delegating…
I was interviewed by Boston.com yesterday. Check it out here. Thank you to the inspiring amount of email from those who lived during the time. I will be responding to all of you.
Also, thank you to those who commented on the article's comment page. Whether you agree or disagree with this project, we are starting to talk about issues of race, class, and culture – and that is the true goal.
Boston is famous for the ability of its people to enter into lively and intellectual debate, so bring it on, people!
PS: The debate is more fun over a couple of beers, so meet me at Murphy's!
Here is a rough cut of my work in progress. This semester has been a whirlwind of personal and professional accomplishments, and the fruits of my labor are being received very well.
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Su Friedrich came out with this avant garde film, chronicling the story of a girl and the issues with her father as she got older. It is black and white, narrated by a little girl, and quite ambiguous as to whether this is self-reflexive or not.
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The way Friedrich created this film really gives me a place to start off (much like Man on Wire) to see how I could marry the world of narrative and documentary. I haven't really ironed it out, but there's something about thinking back to those old days in film school where I was given 5 film chits for 16mm film of my choosing and being told to make a movie. I miss the creative parts, not the long hours, but I don't want to leave that aspect of my work out.


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Don't pay too much attention to the emission abatement targets coming out of Cancun at the end of the week. They may not mean what they say.
When Australia's climate change Minister Greg Combet joins the high level round of talks that kick off this week, one of his key briefs will be to play his part in one the biggest negotiating stings since the Kyoto Protocol numbers were agreed to in 1997.
He will not be alone. While then environment minister Robert Hill had the element of surprise when he pulled one of the great negotiating coups by getting avoided land clearing included in Australia's Kyoto numbers, Combet will enjoy an air of complicity: Other rich nations are looking to employ similar accounting gymnastics – if you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.
This is no secret. The UN Environment Program issued a detailed report last week that said accounting rorts from "hot air" from eastern Europe and land use rules could add up to more than two billion tonnes by 2020. The EU has complained they could undermine the entirety of their emission reductions since 1990.
A study by Simon Terry, the executive director of the New Zealand Sustainability Council, goes further. Terry says that by adding in aviation and shipping – which are not accounted for under the Copenhagen Accord – the pledges may turn out to produce an increase in global emissions of 3 per cent from 1990 levels, rather than an advertised fall of up to 18 per cent.
This compares to IPCC estimates that if nations were serious about producing a 2°C target, they would need to cut emissions by 25 to 40 per cent. "The implications of the nature and scale of the loopholes is extraordinary," Terry says. "It shows they are not serious about meeting conditions required to avoid dangerous climate change." Greenpeace campaigner Paul Winn agrees. "It's all about meeting targets."
One of the key negotiating points for Combet will be to protect the so-called Australia clause – article 3.7 in the Kyoto Protocol – which gave Australia an effective mandate to increase its emissions by 28 per cent through to 2012 (something it has had no problem achieving) and ensure it carries over into the second commitment period.
Retaining this clause will add to considerably to the Labor government's ability to either meet its 5 per cent unconditional target, or even be more ambitious. Some say this and other loopholes being sought by Australia could account for up to one third of the emission reductions required for a 25 per cent target.
To help achieve this, Australia will not rock the boat over the issue of "hot air", the estimated 1.3 billion surplus credits created by the huge overestimation of economic growth in Russia, Ukraine and other eastern Europe countries.
Australia – along with New Zealand, Canada, Russia, Norway and several well-treed EU countries – is also at the heart of highly contentious negotiations on land use and forestry in a mechanism called LuLuCF. This seeks to define accounting rules for complex issues such as forest and rangeland management, droughts and bushfires.
But the controversy here stems from proposed "reference baselines," which allow a country to set its own forestry targets and then claim credits for doing less. UNEP estimates such "lenient" accounting in LuLuCF alone could undermine the Copenhagen pledges by up to 800 million tonnes of CO2e.
Poor countries have been outraged, but the opposition of some has been muted by suggestions that a similar loophole could be afforded the REDD+ mechanism, which applies to forests in developing countries. The opposition of groups such as AOSIS (the Association of Small Island States) – which is fighting for a 1.5°C target – has been fractured by reported promises to invest in carbon capture and storage in some nations if CCS is included in the Clean Development Mechanism.
It seems that in the spirit of "compromise" and a "balanced outcome" that is the ambition of the Cancun talks, deals are being struck everywhere. The justification for this is that if agreement on several building blocks can be achieved, then the process can stay alive, hopefully with greater integrity in the future.
Green groups are trying desperately to limit the damage through intensive lobbying of negotiators, but there is a fall back position. Under the insistence of the UN – which clearly recognises the problem – the texts to be negotiated in the coming week by ministers will allow for a review of the Copenhagen pledges between 2013 and 2015.
This is significant. If retained, it will allow the review to not just take into account the latest science that will roll out from the IPCCC during that time, but also what UNEP describes as "gigatonne gap" – the difference between what the parties have aimed for (2°C) and agreed to do (3-5°C) and the impact of hot air and LuLuCF – heading towards 6°C and 7°C. There is also an agreement to consider aiming for a target below 2°C.
The priority, however, is the need to obtain an agreement to continue meeting – hence the importance of a "positive" Cancun outcome.
Hot air and land use
Simon Terry says that one of the problems dealing with complex issues such as LuLuCF is that so very few people – and only a handful of negotiators – fully understand them. Forest industry lobbyists – who understand enough to know they can potentially make windfall gains for the industry – are thick on the ground in Cancun.
"If countries are allowed to not only cherry pick which land use activities they will account for beyond forestry, but also set their own baseline for forestry accounting, it provides far too much scope for parties to game their accounts to mop up excess fossil fuel emissions," he says. So much so, Terry says, that the emission reductions achieved from fossil fuels could simply be overwhelmed.
The final agreements on hot air and land use are yet to be agreed upon, but Terry says that rather than the 12-18 per cent range touted by the Copenhagen Accord, the end result could be 3 per cent at best, or even a 3 per cent rise.
This cherry picking includes the failure to recognise the emissions generated by draining peatlands for crops or other uses. The Wilderness Society estimates that this accounts for 500 million tonnes of emissions each year in rich nations alone, none of which is accounted for. A further 800 million comes from draining peatlands in developing countries, some so that biofuels crops can be grown so that credits can be generated when they are used in developed nations.
Other perverse outcomes are the use of wood pellets as a replacement for coal in power utilities, which is happening a lot in the UK because of soaring coal prices. Even though wood emits about as much as coal, companies are getting credits for using a "carbon neutral" fuel. The problem is, the neutrality is not occurring because the liability of chopping down the trees is not being accounted for.
The CDM mechanism is also under scrutiny. Many green groups are not satisfied over the apparent "resolution" of the controversy over credits issued for HFCs used in refrigeration plants. Having suspended the issuing of such credits while investigating claims that the rules were being gamed, the UN promptly allowed the credits to go ahead even after concluding that some of the activities might have been dodgy.
The CDM now looks like extending to carbon capture and storage, partly as bait to win over the recalcitrant Saudis, who are reluctant to agree to anything that might result in less oil consumption. Oil and gas companies have a particular interest in this, which may explain their strong presence here, as new rules being developed could allow them to claim credits for reinjecting CO2 to assist in the recovery of oil and gas reserves – an activity they already undertake.
It could mean that LNG tankers that return empty from Asian destinations may instead bring back millions of tonnes of CO2 from China and Japan to sequester in depleted gas basins, generating huge credits to the LNG industry. But that may also mean they have less claim for compensation under an Australian carbon price.
Two by two
Mexico, meanwhile, is being careful to avoid the mistakes of last year and has promised no hidden text and an open process as the talks head into the final week. COP 16 president Patricia Espinosa abandoned the usual practice of closing the venue on Sunday by convening a special plenary session to outline how she expected to avoid the disastrous result of Copenhagen, which was produced behind closed doors by only a handful of countries. "There is no hidden text and no secret negotiations," she said.
Ministers from developed and developing countries have been paired to help resolve outstanding differences before the high level talks on Tuesday. Combet, at his first climate change talks, is working with his counterpart from Bangladesh to work through finance (still tricky over who gets to run the funds), technology (crucial to China) and capacity building. The key issues of mitigation and transparency have been handed to New Zealand and Indonesia. Brazil and the UK are looking after Kyoto Protocol issues, including article 3.7.
Party, party, party
Once the texts were presented and the first week of negotiations came to an end, it was time to party. The Mexicans hosted some 60 ministers at a lavish (there is no other type) dinner at the Moon Palace, while BiNGOs (business types) retreated to various functions scattered across some of the more salubrious venues on the hotel strip, and the NGOs crammed in huge numbers into Señor Frog's, a party venue of some repute – even for Cancun.
The basic idea is to drink as much tequila as you possibly can, dance, and take the water slide from the back of the main bar, over the dancefloor, past the balcony, and into the lagoon. Then hope that somebody will save you. Some Australian types were set to attack this task with considerable gusto and aim for the 5am closing time, until an advisory came just before midnight from an office-bound flunky that Combet would give them an audience at 10am the next morning. Recovery plans were hastily implemented, but even the water costs $3 a glass.
Fossil of the Day
Saudi Arabia returned to the podium as Fossil of the Day on Friday for complaining about the number of representatives from "civil society", which it said were a distraction to the talks. "Is there a pressing need to spend time with engaging these people," its representatives are said to have argued. Saudi Arabia has also been pleading a special needs case, which some countries suspect may lead to claims of compensation if climate change policies result in the consumption of less oil.
The UNFCCC is also wary of the NGOs, and their habit of upping the ante with their protests in the final week of negotiations. So on Friday, the UN declared that NGOs now had to give 48 hours notice of a protest instead of 24. NGOs complained that was hardly conducive to spontaneity and their ability to respond to the issues of the day.
*Giles Parkinson will be filing daily from COP16 in Cancun for the duration of the conference. To read the previous dispatch, click here.


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Chocolate-Cherry Coffee Cake
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A moist sour-cream coffee cake with a cinnamon-chocolate streusel. This is delicious made a day ahead, or make a week ahead, cool completely, and freeze.
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Calories | 335 |
Total Fat | 13g |
Saturated Fat | 2g |
Cholesterol | 49mg |
Sodium | 370mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 49g |
Dietary Fiber | -- |
Sugars | -- |
Protein | 5g |
Calcium | -- |
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Serves: 16
Yields: 16
Total Time: 1 hr 40 min
Cook Time: 1 hr 10 min
Oven Temp: 325
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- 1.5 cup(s) semisweet chocolate, mini pieces
- 1 tablespoon(s) unsweetened cocoa
- 2 teaspoon(s) ground cinnamon
- 1.667 cup(s) sugar
- 3/4 cup(s) (1 1/2 sticks) margarine or butter, softened
- 3 cup(s) all-purpose flour
- 1.5 teaspoon(s) baking soda
- 1.5 teaspoon(s) baking powder
- 2 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
- i container(s) (16-ounce) light sour cream
- 3 large eggs
- 2/3 cup(s) dried cherries
- Confectioners' sugar for garnish
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour 10-inch Bundt pan. In small bowl, combine chocolate mini pieces, cocoa, cinnamon, and 1/3 cup sugar; set aside.
- In large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat margarine or butter and 1 1/3 cups sugar until blended. Increase speed to medium; beat 2 minutes, occasionally scraping bowl.
- Reduce speed to low; add flour, baking soda, baking powder, vanilla extract, salt, sour cream, and eggs; beat until well mixed. Increase speed to medium; beat 2 minutes, occasionally scraping bowl. Stir in dried cherries.
- Spread one-third of batter in Bundt pan; sprinkle with half the chocolate mixture. Top with half the remaining batter; sprinkle with remaining chocolate mixture. Spread remaining batter on top.
- Bake coffee cake 1 hour and 10 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Invert cake onto wire rack to cool completely.
- If you like, sift confectioners' sugar over cake before serving.
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