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Pork Cake
Posted 26 October 2004 - 07:14 PM
Every year for Christmas, she had an aunt who used to make a Pork Cake as a version of fruitcake. She doesn't have too many details about the cake, other than this: she's not really sure how the pork got into the cake (other than it wasn't in large, obvious chunks). It was a light-colored fruitcake, with candied fruits, and no obvious taste of liquor. (Personally, I think the concept of cake, pork, dried apples & whiskey might necessitate a little deviation from that memory).
I posted about this in the Fruit Cake thread, but it landed there with a dull thud. I think y'all are the ones who understand that "Pork" and "Cake" are not mutually exclusive terms.
I've done a bit of internet searching, and Pork Cake looks to be a heritage recipe in the South (and Midwest), but the recipes are pretty vague, specifically regarding the pork. Most recipes say "salt pork" or "fat pork", either ground or chopped fine, either saying "very fat" or "no lean". Inevitably the pork is covered with some boiling water, and then mixed with the other ingredients. Sometimes it is drained, sometimes it isn't. Sometimes the instructions say to let the pork/water combo sit and cool. All the recipes are damn old and not specific enough for this inexperienced Pork Cake baker. Even more confusing... some recipes just use "ground pork sausage" without the boiling water step.
Otherwise the recipes appear to be standard fruitcake recipes, maybe with coffee or whiskey, and various chopped candied/dried fruits. This makes me wonder if I can take a good white fruitcake recipe and replace the butter/fat with the ground fat pork/water combo.
There's a teasing mention of a Pork Cake in the Resurrect This Cake thread here, but no one appeared to be up to the challenge. I, friends, am willing to experiment. Thoughts?
Posted 26 October 2004 - 07:32 PM
Posted 27 October 2004 - 07:50 AM
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Posted 28 October 2004 - 08:55 AM
Since I am not sure exactly what I am supposed to be making, I think I am going to try a couple of varieties to see what happens...
- Chopped pork fat/boiling water method, similar to the recipe posted by AmbrosiaFood, adding a few more candied/dried fruits and, er, maybe just a wee bit of whiskey.
- Pork sausage method
- A regular old white fruitcake as emergency backup
Since this could expand the horizons of pork fat cooking everywhere...I'll post results of the Great Pork Cake Experiment!
Posted 30 October 2004 - 03:50 AM
AmbrosiaFood, yes, that looks like most of the recipes I found online. You said your grandmother made something similar...did you like it?
Since I am not sure exactly what I am supposed to be making, I think I am going to try a couple of varieties to see what happens...
- Chopped pork fat/boiling water method, similar to the recipe posted by AmbrosiaFood, adding a few more candied/dried fruits and, er, maybe just a wee bit of whiskey.
- Pork sausage method
- A regular old white fruitcake as emergency backup
Since this could expand the horizons of pork fat cooking everywhere...I'll post results of the Great Pork Cake Experiment!
Yes, I liked my grandma's pork cake a lot! Her cookbooks [with her handwritten notes inside], are in storage, so that is why I had to do a online search.
I will be interested in hearing how your cake experiment turns out!
Posted 30 October 2004 - 03:45 PM
We can't find a recipe amongst our fairly extensive resources with the minced pork fat.
I do have to say that it sounds really good. After all, mince meat had suet in the traditional preparation. I can imagine that the pork fat melting during baking would impart a fabulous texture. I will have to try this.
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Posted 30 October 2004 - 04:33 PM
Here is the recipe for pork mincemeat cake from my aunt. I spent over an hour on the phone with her while she dictated the recipe. I typed it out then called her back and went over it line by line to make sure I have it exactly as it should be. Should I also post it on the fruitcake thread?
Meemaw's Pork Mincemeat Christmas cake.
Pork Mincemeat 1 1/2 pounds (prepare at least a week ahead)
See below for recipe.
currants or sultanas 15 oz
chopped pecans 2 cups
vanilla 1 Tablespoon
rum or brandy 1/4 cup (or a mixture of the two)
butter melted 1/2 cup
brown sugar 2 cups
eggs, separated 3 extra large
baking soda 1 1/2 teaspoons
water 1/4 cup
cake or pastry flour 3 cups
1. Preheat oven to 275°. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan (can use bundt pan)
2. in a large bowl, combine mincemeat, currants or sultanas, nuts, vanilla and liquor - set aside
3. In a large mixer bowl, combine butter, sugar and egg yolks: beat well. Combine baking soda and water, add to mixture.
4. Sift flour over mincemeat mixture, stir to mix well.
Combine contents of both bowls; mix well. (Batter will be stiff)
5. In small bowl of mixer, beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Fold into batter.
6. Spoon batter into prepared pan. Bake at 275° for 2 to 2 1/2 hours, or until done. (Cake will pull away from sides of pan)
7. cool slightly, remove from pan. Cool completely and wrap to store.
(Wrap in cheesecloth - *spritz with rum, brandy, flavored brandy or flavored liquor - then wrap in plastic wrap or aluminum foil) Place in cake tin.
Cake keeps very well.
* I keep a small spritzer bottle in the kitchen just for liquor - the alcohol will evaporate rapidly from cooked foods and will evaporate in about 3 days when used on baked goods like this cake - for people like me who have an allergy to alcohol.
This method uses much less alcohol than pouring it on the cake and there is less chance of having soggy lumps saturated with liquor.
There is a commercial rum and brandy mix that is usually only available during the holidays. With the addition of vanilla - about 1 teaspoon to 1 cup of the liquor, this gives a very nice flavor to this type of cake.
Cherry Heering or Peter Heering the cherry liquer is also an excellent flavoring for fruit cakes.
MeeMaw's Pork Mincemeat
1 pound lean cooked pork cut into strips
1/3 pound pork fat cut into strips
1 pound dried apples cut into pieces
1 pound Sultanas or golden raisins
1 pound mixed peel
1/2 pound citron
1/2 pound dried pineapple
1/2 pound blanched almonds
zest and juice of one large orange
zest and juice of two lemons
zest and juice of one grapefruit
1 teaspoon cinnamon, freshly ground
1 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly ground
1 teaspoon allspice, freshly ground
1/2 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
1 teaspoon kosher salt
2/3 cup sweet sherry
1/2 cup brandy
1/2 cup rum
Gather the first 8 ingredients on a tray or platter.
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
Using a food grinder with the coarsest blade, alternate ingredients as you put them through the grinder so they are combined in a Dutch oven or roasting pan large enough to hold everything.
After grinding, mix well with your hands.
Add the next 8 ingredients, cover tightly and cook for 2 hours.
Remove from oven.
Place a metal colander in a large pan, line with cheesecloth and spoon the mixture into the colander.
Stir gently, turning the mixture over to drain away most of the liquid fat.
Return the mixture to the cooking pot.
Add the sherry, brandy and rum, stir well.
Cook over low heat, stirring constantly for about 20 to 30 minutes.
Ladle into sterilized jars, cover tightly and store in a cool place for one week prior to use.
Once opened, store in refrigerator.
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Posted 30 October 2004 - 06:07 PM
I picked up dried fruits at the store today and will be making fresh candied peel tonight. Will stop at the butcher tomorrow for some pork & pork fat... actually I asked at the grocery store today (wishful thinking), and got a blank stare: "you want what?" Yeah, you heard me. Pork fat. <sigh>
I think MeeMaw's recipe is the closest to what I am looking for, I'll post pictures of how it looks during the process! I'm also going to try one of the chopped fat/boiling water recipes, if only because I want to see how it turns out.
I'm thinking that maybe Applejack might be a good liquor to use as well? I've been hankering to use some after the Applejack thread popped up in the Fine Spirits forum.
Posted 30 October 2004 - 06:25 PM
The amount of alcohol is critical as that is the preservative that keeps the stuff from spoiling or getting moldy.
My aunt said that she used Galliano one year when she had a bottle that someone had given her and she had no other use for it (doesn't drink anything except an occasional Ezra Brooks bourbon and water).
She said that she often uses "whatever is handy" meaning that if someone leaves a bottle of something at her home after a party, she feels free to appropriate it for her baking. That is, anything but scotch. She says that it may be sacrilege to some but the smell of it always reminds her of her husband's old boots. (He was a petroleum engineer.)
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Posted 31 October 2004 - 01:02 AM
The mincemeat recipe looks very much like a traditional Xmas mincemeat, except without the sugar, and with pork instead of beef. I wonder if that is beacuse that was all that was locally available?
Mincemeat recipies with fruit and meat in turn can be traced back to medieval times. It was usually used as a pie or tart filling or to stuff apples. I wonder if there is the equivalent.
The cake recipe may in turn relate to European puddings with meat or mincemeat, such as Xmas pudding,or the Scottish Black Bun.
Is there the porky equivalent of other sorts of suet puddings? Roly Poly, Spotted Dick, Ssssex Pond, etc?
Posted 31 October 2004 - 05:41 PM
This morning I found my pork fat at the local carnicerias – they were much more helpful than the local chain grocery, although unfortunately my Spanish knowledge does not extend to "pork back fat", so we were all gesturing at our backs while saying "pork" and "lard". It worked.
The only change I made was to add white figs to the dried fruits, but keeping the total weight of dried fruit the same. Here's everything all chopped and ready to be ground (with pork & pork fat front & center):
This was my first foray into meat (well, anything) grinding, and damn is it fun! Was it wrong that I kept singing "the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out" while the standing mixer was grinding away? It is Halloween, after all. I've got to find more recipes where I get to grind stuff. [/end brief juvenile foray]
Anyway, here's everything all ground up and ready to be put in the oven:
2 hours later, here's the mincemeat out of the oven:
It smelled and tasted ***phenomenal***. (I ate a bit.) There was no obvious "pork" flavor, but it was rich and fruity.
There was really no liquid fat to drain off the mincemeat, it had the consistency of a very moist stuffing. I didn't worry too much, since I don't have a problem with a little extra pork fat. I moved on to cooking the mincemeat with the liquor… here I substituted Applejack and rum (Appleton, heh). Jarred it up, and it is now resting peacefully for the next week:
I'm hoping there might be a little extra mincemeat in addition to the 1.5 lbs that the recipe calls for, because this, added to a little cornbread or similar, would be a spectacular stuffing for turkey.
Next weekend, the actual cake.
Posted 31 October 2004 - 06:17 PM
2 hours later, here's the mincemeat out of the oven:
It smelled and tasted ***phenomenal***. (I ate a bit.) There was no obvious "pork" flavor, but it was rich and fruity.
Next weekend, the actual cake.
My aunt said that one of the "problems" of making this stuff was that if Meemaw (and now her) turns her back after the roasting, some of it would "disappear" and she would catch one of her sons tucking into a leftover biscuit with a bit too much gusto.
This is a reduced size recipe. Meemaw made 8 quarts in a batch and usually made two or three batches. My aunt cut it down when she began making it 40 or 50 years ago. She hasn't made it for several years but our discussion has reminded her just how good it was and she is going to make a batch this week.
She said her husband liked it layered in between layers of "Johnnycake" or sweetened cornbread.
She would make 4 or 5 thin layers of sweetened cornbread, with buttered brown paper on the top during baking so it wouldn't form a crust. After putting the cake together with the mincemeat in between the layers, she would drizzle "raisin wine" on it. Which is simply sherry in which raisins (or other dried fruits) have been soaking for some time.
She would then wrap it tightly in muslin with more of the liquid drizzled over it and then in "tin" foil. However she would store it in the ice box, usually hidden behind the vegetables to keep the boys out of it.
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Posted 31 October 2004 - 06:18 PM
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Posted 01 November 2004 - 07:34 PM
The Pork Mincemeat Cake Experiment began last night with a fresh batch of candied orange and lemon peel. I added a bit of triple sec to the sugar syrup for some extra kick.
This was my first foray into meat (well, anything) grinding, and damn is it fun! Was it wrong that I kept singing "the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out" while the standing mixer was grinding away? It is Halloween, after all. I've got to find more recipes where I get to grind stuff. [/end brief juvenile foray]
I'm hoping there might be a little extra mincemeat in addition to the 1.5 lbs that the recipe calls for, because this, added to a little cornbread or similar, would be a spectacular stuffing for turkey.
Next weekend, the actual cake.
There IS something about grinding things that look one way and have them look totally different when they come out of the grinder.
I love making pimento cheese, alternating mild cheddar and the canned large pimentos or sweet peppers from the middle eastern store.
The mincemeat mixture would be good in stuffing. It is also good in fried pies or little tarts. I also seem to remember that Meemaw made a side dish with this mincemeat and chestnuts.
Since I didn't spend as much time at their house as I did with my other grandparents, my memories are not as sharp.
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Posted 02 November 2004 - 01:40 PM
To borrow Emeril's phrase, pork fat rules.
Posted 03 November 2004 - 12:58 PM
I may bring any extra mincemeat to Thankgiving and do a little stuffing experimentation exercise. It's still sitting there, looking tasty, and I am trying to keep from eating it all before I make the cake.
To borrow Emeril's phrase, pork fat rules.
You could probably make another batch, after all, there is "another" holiday in a month!!!
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Posted 06 November 2004 - 04:55 PM
and noted that there were several English christmas recipes represented, including one for mince meat, the real thing, containing beef.
This one appears to be fairly simple, fewer ingredients and fewer steps than the one I have so I am posting it for those who may not want to use pork.
Mincemeat recipe.
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Posted 07 November 2004 - 06:43 AM
I'd appreciate it if you would post the pork mincemeat cake on the cakes thread - here in Japan, beef suet is hard to find, and beef is either dubious or ruinously expensive. I will most certainly be trying this recipe out!
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Posted 07 November 2004 - 08:19 AM
First step is the batter. I'm pleased to report that there is probably 3-4 times as much mincemeat in Andie's recipe than you need for the cake, so there's plenty left over for stuffing experimentation and, well, just general snacking. I added chopped dried apples, dried pineapple, and sultanas in the final batter, and used Applejack again as the liquor.
All I have to say is that MeeMaw must have had a mean right arm, because stirring the flour into the mincemeat requires muscle power. "Batter will be stiff" is an understatement! Heh. Anyway, after adding the brown sugar-egg mixture, the flavors in the mincemeat came out even more.
I had enough batter to make myself a little mini-loaf too – because the cake is a gift, I need quality control, don't I? Just to make sure it's a good gift?
After 2 hours of smelling wonderful, the cake was done…
This is a picture of the interior of the half-eaten mini-loaf. Sorry that it isn't in the best focus, but let's just say by the time I realized the focus problem, the mini-loaf was <ahem> gone. It was ***delicious***… by far one of the best tasting fruit cakes I have ever had. Snaps to MeeMaw!
I'm clearly going to need to start rendering my own lard, because pork fat is just a whole 'nother flavor dimension. Next up I am going to make another of the recipe types, wherein you chop the pork fat and pour boiling water over it. The dried fruit is soaking now.
Thanks for your family recipe, Andie! I'll let you know how my family likes it in a few weeks.
Posted 07 November 2004 - 09:41 AM
That "In Mama's Kitchen" site is wonderful! I've often thought that the best memorial I could make to my mother is to organize her recipes and pass the old favorites on to those who would like them. There's a good 100 years of recipes to go through, just gotta get them out of storage when I go back to NZ next.
I'd appreciate it if you would post the pork mincemeat cake on the cakes thread - here in Japan, beef suet is hard to find, and beef is either dubious or ruinously expensive. I will most certainly be trying this recipe out!
It is post #8 in this thread. I can post it on the fruitcake thread if necessary. However I believe Viva has already cross linked it.
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Posted 07 November 2004 - 09:50 AM
She did have strong arms. Even though by the time I knew her, they had had a washing machine for several years, the bedding always was washed or boiled, in a big tub in the back yard and Meemaw would work that tub full of sheets with a long handled paddle.
She wasn't a very big woman but tough. She would go out to the woodshed and split wood for the wood stove if the "boys" weren't moving fast enough for her.
I either use my hands (gloves, of course) or use the Danish whisk I got from King Arthur Flour a few years back. It is perfect for cutting through stiff dough.
I always wear gloves because invariably, as soon as I get my hands in a mess of something, the phone will ring. This way I just strip off a glove and answer. Clean hand = clean phone.
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Posted 07 November 2004 - 09:52 AM
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Posted 09 November 2004 - 01:02 PM
Andie, thanks for posting the recipe -- a bow to Meemaw and your aunt as well. Thannks to all the recipe/pics and discussion I'm now thinking the mincemeat would be ideal in my cornbread dressing for T-Day.
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Posted 09 November 2004 - 01:40 PM
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Posted 09 November 2004 - 03:01 PM
¾ pound very fat pork, chopped
1 cup sherry (I used rum)
¼ cup light molasses
1 cup light brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon cloves
½ teaspoon allspice
4 cups sifted flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
¼ cup chopped orange peel
¼ cup chopped lemon peel
½ cup seeded raisins
½ cup currants
½ cup walnuts
4 eggs
(I used a different combination of dried fruits ... cherries, pears, etc)
Pour boiling water over pork and let stand 10 minutes. (The water kind of half-cooked the pork - it turned opaque instead of pink, and the fat softened. Here's what it looked like whilst standing)
Drain and chop by hand. (I chopped to about ⅛-inch)
Mix with liquor, spices, molasses, and sugar.
Sift flour, salt, and baking soda together, add fruits and nuts, and stir well. Add to pork fat mixture & stir to mix. Add eggs & stir to mix. Pour into a greased loaf pan. (I used a Bundt pan & another mini-loaf… here's the batter before baking…)
Bake at 350 for 2 hours. (My cake only needed 90 minutes in a Bundt pan)
And here's a shot of the mini-loaf & interior:
The chunks in the cake that look like pork? They're pork. I diced to about ⅛ inch after the boiling water step, but you could still see 'em and taste 'em.
I must say that it did not have the complexity of flavor that came from the mincemeat recipe, and it was *a lot* heavier... kinda sat in my stomach like a rock. MeeMaw's recipe, I think, distributes the fat and meat throughout the dough better for moistness and flavor. The little pork chunks were interesting, but may put some people off.
The MeeMaw cake will definitely be my gift cake.
I'm glad to see folks interested in this! Crescat Pork Fat, Vita Excolatur: "May the use of pork fat grow from more to more, and so be human life enriched"
Posted 03 December 2004 - 09:07 PM
We put it on the T-Day dessert buffet, not bothering to note that it contained meat (no one attending has any aversions to pork) - half the cake was gone by the end of the night without the slightest suspicion. I also gave her the jar of mincemeat, which was difficult to part with.
Posted 03 December 2004 - 10:41 PM
Just wanted to let y'all know that MeeMaw's Pork Cake went over famously - a call was even made to Grandma in Texas, who requested the recipe. That's an accolade!
We put it on the T-Day dessert buffet, not bothering to note that it contained meat (no one attending has any aversions to pork) - half the cake was gone by the end of the night without the slightest suspicion. I also gave her the jar of mincemeat, which was difficult to part with.
You are a kind soul, viva!
I used the basic idea for the pork mincemeat, but changed some ingredients as my purpose was to use it for dressing and cornbread sticks. It turned out to be a most successful experiment. Notably, I did not use any of the candied fruits such as citron, but did use dried apples and golden raisins, then some dried pears in place of the candied fruits -- the pears are so close to candied anyway. Also I used bourbon in my version (mostly because I left it up to my mr to pick up rum or bourbon, whichever he preferred because other than the small amount to go in the mincemeat he'd be the one drinking it ). Oh, yes, yes, and one large yellow sweet onion, which replaced some weight of the candied fruit. And I added a good bit of sage which is really delicious and gave it an earthy smokiness. Other than that I followed right along. It is a definite keeper for future cornbread dressings and special cornbread sticks and wedgies.
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In an ideal world, itÂ's best to offset the volume of wide-legged jeans with a tucked-in top and a belt. YouÂ'll still look like you have a waist and wonÂ't look sloppy. This is important, as one of the pitfalls of an untucked top is the overall thickening effect it has on your figure. A perfect example of what to wear with these pants can be seen on Meredith Melling Burke, VogueÂ's Senior Market Editor and one of our personal icons (above, far right). The slightly loose top she selected is flattering on any body. The rest of her outfit is easy genius as wellÂ--we love the bright, fitted cardigan and open-toe pumps.
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(NBC) -- It wasn't until women started having routine mammograms that Doctors were able to spot it: A type of breast cancer called Ductal Carcinoma in SITU, often called stage zero breast cancer.
"It's a precancer, or the last step before invasive cancer develops," said M.D. Oncologist Banu Arun of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Patients usually undergo a Lumpectomy to get rid of the cancerous tissue, and then Doctors depend on the tumor size, a woman's menopause status and other factors to determine if she needs radiation to kill any remaining Cancer cells.
A test called Oncotype DX goes deeper, giving Doctors invaluable information about the tumor itself.
Using the tissue taken during the Lumpectomy, Doctors analyze the tumor's genes and plug that information into a mathematical model that gives women a score.
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Oncotype DX has been used in women with more advanced stages of Cancer for seven years.
Since then the test became available the use of Chemotherapy in women has dropped twenty percent.
Dr. Arun hopes for similar results in women with Ductal Carcinoma in SITU.
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LeGarie was a key cog for the Pats this weekend, as he scored three goals on Friday night and two more on Saturday night, leading Pilgrim to a 2-0 weekend. The Pats were winless, but are now back in the thick of things in Division II with a 2-4 record.
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The Utah Housing Corporation recently announced that the agency will offer $35 million in mortgage funds at a low 6.09 percent interest rate to assist qualifying low- to moderate-income families purchase homes.
In addition to the below-market 30-year fixed rate mortgage monies, UHC will provide financing for all down payment and closing costs needed to purchase homes.
The corporation estimated that 225 lower-income families at locations across Utah will be able to purchase homes with the assistance offered by the program.
The low interest rate under the UHC home buying program is expected to save the typical lower income household in Utah as much as $17,000 in payments during the life of the loan, pointed out the agency.
Providing the money for the down payment and closing costs, that run about $8,500 on a typical modest home, allows families to overcome the biggest obstacle in buying a home - the inability to put away enough savings to pay closing costs, according to UHC.
"Helping families in their pursuit of homeownership is the central objective of the Utah Housing Corporation," explained William Erickson, president of UHC. "Whenever we are able to move a family from an apartment into a home, it frees up that affordable apartment unit for the next family. With the shortage of affordable housing in Utah, this process is crucial to make more housing available."
Because of UHC's programs, among others, Erickson indicated that nearly 73 percent of Utah households own homes, as compared to the national average of only 68.4 percent.
The percentage makes Utah's homeownership one of the highest of any state in the nation, noted the state agency.
"Homeownership provides stability for families and for the community. It also provides the greatest opportunity for lower-income households to build equity and provide economic security for their future," said Erickson.
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BUFFALO, NY - Despite increased awareness, more than 15 people are killed, and more than 1,200 people are injured in distracted driving accidents each day in America, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In Monroe County, the Sheriff's Department is trying a new initiative to cut down on the problem, but it requires drivers to "tattle" on their fellow motorists.
Still, Erie County's Sheriff thinks enough of it, that he'd like to try it here.
If you have spent any time on the road, you have no doubt seen someone paying more attention to their phone than their driving.
However, outside of muttering to yourself that you wish there was a cop around, there has not been much for concerned motorists to do.
Monroe County Sheriff Patrick O'Flynn wants motorists to report incidents of distracted driving, by visiting his department's website and filling out a form detailing the type of distracted driving witnessed, the location, a description of the driver, their car and their license plate number.
No one will be issued a ticket, because the infraction would have had to occur in the presence of a deputy.
But the owner of the vehicle reported to have been involved in distracted driving will get a letter from O'Flynn.
"It's a gentle reminder to people, when they get a note from the Sheriff's office in the mail, that says you were observed and it's a dangerous behavior, and that they really shouldn't be doing it," said O'Flynn.
"I like it," said Erie County Sheriff Timothy Howard. "I'd love to see us do the same thing. It sounds like a great program... and we'll be in contact with his office about replicating it here."
Howard said he could see the program making a difference as long as people didn't try to write a plate number and vehicle description down while they were driving, because then they themselves would be engaged in distracted driving.
"I'm sure that neither Sheriff O'Flynn nor I would encourage them to do something dangerous. Some people have better memories than others but I know I can remember a plate number long enough to find a safe place and a safe time to write it down unless you get interrupted by something else," he said.
Howard also believes a letter sent to the owner of a vehicle could especially dissuade younger people from engaging in distracted driving, especially if their mother or father who might be the actual owner of a vehicle got to the mailbox first
"Or, if it's one spouse that opens it... they may confront the other spouse and say 'hey you better watch it because someone is watching for you'."
With a chance that the most habitual distracted drivers will eventually get reported by someone, Howard believes the 50 cents spent to mail them a letter advising them to change their behavior is well worth it. Even if it makes them change that behavior for only a day or two, it could be enough time to save a life.
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Instrumental data describing large-scale surface temperature changes are only available for roughly the past 150 years. Estimates of surface temperature changes further back in time must therefore make use of the few long available instrumental records or historical documents and natural archives or 'climate proxy' indicators, such as tree rings, corals, ice cores and lake sediments, and historical documents to reconstruct patterns of past surface temperature change. Due to the paucity of data in the Southern Hemisphere, recent studies have emphasized the reconstruction of Northern Hemisphere (NH) mean, rather than global mean temperatures over roughly the past 1000 years.
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The simulations all show that it is not possible to explain the anomalous late 20th century warmth without including the contribution from anthropogenic forcing factors, and, in particular, modern greenhouse gas concentration increases. A healthy, vigorous debate can be found in the legitimate peer-reviewed climate research literature with regard to the precise details of empirically and model-based estimates of climate changes in past centuries, and it remains a challenge to reduce the substantial uncertainties that currently exist. Despite current uncertainties, it nonetheless remains a widespread view among paleoclimate researchers that late 20th century hemispheric-scale warmth is anomalous in a long-term (at least millennial) context, and that anthropogenic factors likely play an important role in explaining the anomalous recent warmth.
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"Today the tempo increased a bit, the coaching picked up a little bit. It's getting closer to that time," said first-year coach Jay Thomas, beginning his seventh season as a head collegiate coach. "Obviously it's always important but at this point, every minute, every second is very crucial.
"We try not to spend any more time than necessary on the field, because we want fresh legs. We have 21 jam-packed periods with something going, and the guys are getting really good at making that transition from period to period with good hustle. We're getting our conditioning in practice and don't have to do a bunch after practice," he said.
While the Demons' day was done shortly after 5:30, the coaching staff was reconvening Tuesday night to hone in on setting the depth chart and the 67-man travel squad from the 95 players whose final practice of preseason camp will be Wednesday afternoon at 3:30.
"We'll take a long look at all of our guys who we think can help us in a ballgame, who are ready mentally and physically, and that means a lot of our young ones. Some are on the bubble who have really improved, a bunch of them, and they've made our decisions a lot more difficult," said Thomas. "More often than not, experience tends to make the difference."
Those not on the travel squad or on the bubble will see their roles change, especially after the team stages a mock game Thursday evening at 6 in Turpin Stadium.
"We'll have guys who will be on a developmental squad and they'll begin to simulate Missouri State as we get into the weekend and into next week," said Thomas, who will give the players Friday off before beginning game-week work on Saturday.
Tuesday's session included a concentration on special teams.
"Punt protection was very good today, the technique of punt returns is coming around nicely, and so is our work on kickoff returns is getting a lot sharper. Our kick coverage team is rounding into form. Our hands team for onside kicks is settling in," said Thomas. "We're spending quality time on special teams."
With the last preseason camp practice looming, the new coach couldn't contain his pride at the progress his team has shown.
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LibraLabRat wrote:SpisBoy wrote:Personally, I don't like guns. I see no reason for anyone to have a gun. When I think of people who want guns, I think of vigilante trigger-happy rednecks. Also I have never understood people who enjoy shooting things. I think gun rights are sort of outdated.
However, I understand that even though other people have different ideas than me, they have rights I should respect. Therefore, it should be legal to own guns as long as people have to get a permit and prove their responsibility.
Do you have to "prove your responsibility" to own a car? Not really, or there would not be about a hundred times more people getting killed from car accidents every year than from guns.
Gun crimes are committed by criminals. So the solution is better crime control, not more gun control.
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As for the statement that guns should be as hard to get as cars, I'm curious as to the number of people killed by guns vs. cars. I'd only be willing to agree with that if its much higher for guns.
dukes wrote:That's a good question, but I'd like to ask it a bit differently.
What is the number of people killed by motorists who actually have a legitimate purpose for using a car, compared to the number of people killed by gun users who actually have a legitimate purpose for using a gun?
Capellini wrote:But the sole purpose of a car is not to kill someone. A car is a tool, a gun is a weapon.
Capellini wrote:Emotional blather my ass. A gun is designed to shoot someone. That is its job. I can kill someone with a hammer, but that is not what it's designed to do. Hammers are for driving nails, cars are for personal transportation, and guns are for shooting people. Anything that's SOLE PURPOSE is to HARM another HUMAN BEING should have a HIGHER DEGREE of regulation than something that's SOLE PURPOSE is something OTHER than HARMING another HUMAN BEING.
If that isn't obvious, we don't agree on the basic value of human life.
Capellini wrote: we don't agree on the basic value of human life.
LibraLabRat wrote:A gun is a tool. It is made of metal, and wood. It has a purpose. I can kill someone very easily with a claw hammer, or a brick, or a sharpened stick.....
PyreDruid wrote:And in the country, I'd rather see the goverment spend money to stop the criminals from getting them, then stopping regular people.
anon1mat0 wrote:Beyond liking or not firearms, isn't the purpose of the amendment to have a way to succesfully defend the population from tyranny be it internal or external?
Even in guerrilla warfare, and as an example, aren't IEDs in Irak the more successful weapon of the insurgency? If I want to do something about an Abrahams tank isn't a AK-47 as useful as spit? Or against an armored chopper (if I had to face an UH chopper I might try something like throwing an steel mesh to the tail rottor, for example)? Does this means that people should have large amount of explosives or heat seeking rockets for such an event?
IMO, conventional weapons are relatively easy to counteract, the improvised ones OTOH seem to be far more effective for that purpose.
In the end all those techniques are useful if the enemy has some respect for civilian populations if not there is no use against cluster bombs.
I guess what I want to say is that you may keep your guns if that makes you happy but in the event of the kind of war the amendment was written for, training and communications are waaaaay more important.
And luck, lots of it.
Capellini wrote:Anyone who wants to shoot a wild boar with a handgun is an idiot.
Please, treat me like an idiot, and tell me what other rational purpose a gun has other than shooting something? And, keep in mind, I already said anyone who wants to shoot a wild boar (or a deer, a wolf, a pheasant, a quail) with a handgun is an idiot. Handguns are for shooting people.
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GOUVERNEUR What was supposed to be a day in the park Saturday turned out to be an arts and craft show at St. James Catholic School.
The 24th annual Arts in the Park to raise money for the public library was held indoors this year, due to rainy weather.
A majority of the 32 artists and craft vendors were set up in the schools gym, while others lined the hallways.
Roxann M. Finley has been organizing Arts in the Park for 10 years. She said that although they always try to have it in the park, in the past 10 years, theyve had to use the school three times.
There are a lot of valuable things here and a lot of hard work by all these artists and crafters, she said. It would be a shame to have it in the park, have them set up and then have a downpour. Its a shame that today had to be nasty, but better safe than sorry.
From hand-sewn, knitted or crocheted hat and mitten sets to watercolor paintings, handmade jewelry and wood-carved bowls, the room was full of local talent and library supporters.
Ethel I. Newconde, Richville, had a table set up in the gym with a colorful spread of winter hats, gloves and mittens, just in time for the changing season. She said shes been knitting and crocheting for nearly 70 years and shows off her work each year at Arts in the Park.
Its nice when they have it in the park, but its nice to be inside on a day like today, she said.
Shay L. Dygert, Gouverneur, had her oil paintings and watercolors of animals and portraits on display. She said that as it was her first year attending Arts in the Park, many people expressed interest in her work.
The show is put on by the Friends of the Library, a group of community members who volunteer with events and fundraisers for the Gouverneur Public Library.
Not only does this support the library, but it supports local crafters, artists and vendors said Linda B. Adams, director of the Library. So, its really a group effort.
Ms. Finley, who is on the librarys board of trustees, said that this event is one of the biggest Friends of the Library fundraisers of the year and usually brings in about $1,800.
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First: I love Dungeon Command and have played about a million games since my store got our demo copies in, and I'm really looking forward to running the game day demos. Thanks for the awesome work.
Ok, a bunch of rules questions!
1. Cowering says it prevents all damage and "any other effects". Does this include the "damage can't be prevented" effect on Piercing Strike? Basically, can I cower if my opponent uses Piercing Strike (or some future "damage can't be prevented" effect)?
2. I initially assumed, due to my MTG background, that only Immediate actions and similar creature abilities could be added to a non-empty stack (ie, as a response). But looking over the rules, it seems like that isn't the case, and that I could also add Minor actions (taken "at any time during its activation") or maybe even standards or moves to an ongoing stack. Obviously all the other requirements need to be met, like it being that creature's activation and so forth, but in general, what actions can I take as part of an ongoing stack?
The situation that brought this one up: I'm activating my Drider and put Faerie Fire on my opponent's Dwarf Cleric, which resolves. Then I tap the Drider and play Shadowy Ambush, attempting to hit the Dwarf for a lethal 60. My opponent reasonably responds by using the Cleric's ability, targeting Faerie Fire to attempt to reduce the damage by 10. Can I respond with Quick Jab? Similarly, could I have used Quick Jab first and responded with a standard action attack to a similar attempt? If I attack an opponent and they respond with a potentially lethal Riposte, could I use my move for the turn to move out of melee range, or use Into The Fray to escape?
3. When do priority stops actually happen in Dungeon Command? For example, is there an equivalent of the end step priority window in Magic? The rulebook is pretty clear that you can respond to all discrete actions during the activation phase, but what about other phases? It seems like triggers can happen any time (like the Shadow Stalker power on the Shadow Mastiff that's used as the rulebook's example) but can you add immediate abilities to the stack then?
Again, the situation that caused the question: My opponent has an injured creature. During her Deploy phase, she places a Dwarf Cleric adjacent to the injured creature. Is there a priority stop in the Deploy phase such that she can activate the Cleric, so that she can untap it in her Cleanup phase?
That's it for now. Sorry the questions are a bit techincal, we're old Magic hands so we tend to have that kind of approach. Thanks again for the awesome game!


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In his typically excellent weekly power rankings over at NYMag.com, Seth Rosenthal notes the somewhat alarming importance Rasheed Wallace's play has taken on over the season's first 13 games:
Sheed is ever the mixed bag, particularly on offense. One night, he makes three-pointers in rhythm and posts up for a few of those signature fading turn-arounds. The next, he bricks threes from a standstill and tosses up careless shots from the block. There's a pretty fine line between the two Sheeds, too, and it's a little scary how much his play can affect the Knicks on a given night.
Expected to just serve as a veteran presence on the bench, Wallace has averaged nearly 16 minutes a game in the early going, and has become a regular part of the rotation, clearly surpassing "Whatever Happened to Marcus Camby" in the process.
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Instead, Rasheed has not only been a regular, as Seth notes, his performance has had a somewhat alarming impact on whether the team wins or loses. Which isn't to say he's been bad, Wallace has been easily one of the season's most pleasant surprises, but along with his inconsistency, one has to wonder how long he's really expected to keep this up. This is someone who has been out of the league for the last two years.
There's no doubt that as this season has progressed, Wallace's role has evolved from lovable 12th man to valuable member of the rotation, and while to date, it's worked out better than anyone could have hoped, it definitely makes me a little nervous going forward. Though his defense and rebounding were solid, Sheed's 2-11 from the field in the loss to Brooklyn was a big part of the team's sputtering offense in the game.
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Watertown International Airport is close to 20,000 enplanements for the year, with more than 40,000 passengers taking off or landing at the Jefferson County managed facility.
The number of enplanements was 18,500 heading into December.
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Goodwill abounds in the airport during the holiday season, but it will take more than that to accommodate the growing business if trends continue in the same direction.
Airport manager James L. Lawrence Jr. said the airport has a few New Years resolutions for 2013, including expanding the parking lot, constructing a new hangar and business center and taking advantage of newly laid fiber-optic and municipal water lines.
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The 1000 Islands International Tourism Council, which is partially funded with bed-tax revenue from local hotels, assists with some aspects of the airports marketing campaign.
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To meet the current demand, increasing flights or expanding the routes offered by the airport is a constant discussion as the numbers grow, Mr. Lawrence said.
Much of the expansion at the airport has been funded by state and federal money, including a recent grant of $222,627.36 from the Federal Aviation Administration to complete the taxiway rehabilitation. This money has improved the physical plant and attracted airlines such as American Eagle, which receives $3 million annually on a two-year contract through a federal Essential Air Service grant.
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A phishing scam asking for banking account information over the phone is hitting Utahns, including many here in Price.
A local individual, who wished to remain anonymous, said she received a call Friday morning. The automated voice on the other line told her it was Wells Fargo Bank calling to notify that her bank account was compromised.
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Corey Smith returns to the Santa Cruz Village dorm at CSU Channel Islands as it reopens Sunday afternoon in Camarillo.
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