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Chocolate fondant
Nutrition and extra info
- Can be frozen uncooked
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal581
- fat40g
- saturates21g
- carbs52g
- sugars30g
- fibre0g
- protein9g
- salt0.55g
- 50g melted butter, for brushing
Butter is made when lactic-acid producing bacteria are added to cream and churned to make an…
- cocoa powder, for dusting
- 200g good-quality dark chocolate, chopped into small pieces
- 200g butter, in small pieces
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- 200g golden caster sugar
- 4 egg and 4 yolks
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition, packed with protein and a…
- 200g plain flour
- Caramel sauce (see 'Goes well with') and vanilla ice cream or orange sorbet, to serve
The sun-dried seed pod of a type of climbing orchid, vanilla has an inimitable soft, sweet…
First get your moulds ready. Using upward strokes, heavily brush the melted butter all over the inside of the pudding mould. Place the mould in the fridge or freezer. Brush more melted butter over the chilled butter, then add a good spoonful of cocoa powder into the mould. Tip the mould so the powder completely coats the butter. Tap any excess cocoa back into the jar, then repeat with 1 the next mould.
Place a bowl over a pan of barely simmering water, then slowly melt the chocolate and butter together. Remove bowl from the heat and stir until smooth. Leave to cool for about 10 mins.
In a separate bowl whisk the eggs and yolks together with the sugar until thick and pale and the whisk leaves a trail; use an electric whisk if you want. Sift the flour into the eggs, then beat together.
Pour the melted chocolate into the egg mixture in thirds, beating well between each addition, until all the chocolate is added and the mixture is completely combined to a loose cake batter.
Tip the fondant batter into a jug, then evenly divide between the moulds. The fondants can now be frozen for up to a month and cooked from frozen. Chill for at least 20 mins or up to the night before. To bake from frozen, simply carry on as stated, adding 5 mins more to the cooking time.
Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Place the fondants on a baking tray, then cook for 10-12 mins until the tops have formed a crust and they are starting to come away from the sides of their moulds. Remove from the oven, then leave to sit for 1 min before turning out.
Loosen the fondants by moving the tops very gently so they come away from the sides, easing them out of the moulds. Tip each fondant slightly onto your hand so you know it has come away, then tip back into the mould ready to plate up.
Starting from the middle of each plate, squeeze a spiral of caramel sauce – do all the plates you need before you go on to the next stage.
Sit a fondant in the middle of each plate. Using a large spoon dipped in hot water, scoop a 'quenelle' of ice cream.
Carefully place the ice cream on top of the fondant, then serve immediately. Repeat with the rest of the fondants.
9 puddings for 8 guests
If you are making the fondants for a dinner party I would advise you cook one extra as an 'insurance policy' that you can test for doneness. If everything goes according to plan I'm sure there will be no shortage of guests wanting second helpings.
Once you have mastered the fondants it's very easy to adapt their flavour. For a boozy version add a generous splash of Baileys to the melted chocolate. You can also make a chocolate and orange version by adding the finely grated zest of 1 large orange and an optional splash of orange liqueur.
Tins or ramekins?
As we make the fondants in such great volumes in my restaurants we use disposable 150ml aluminium muffin tins, but ramekins work just as well. The cooking times I have given here are for ramekins but if you want to use the muffin tins then 10 mins in the oven will be fine.
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I absolutely love this recipe. I use 150ml aluminium dariole moulds and follow the recipe exactly and it comes out perfectly every time. I find that, once the melted chocolate has been incorporated, it is important to quickly divide the mixture between the moulds before it starts to thicken too much. It takes 10 minutes in my oven at 180C fan. The fondants turn out of the moulds really easily, heaven on a plate!
This was a very easy recipe to follow. However, under instruction number 5 where it says "Tip the fondant batter into a jug, then evenly divide between the moulds". There was nothing to tip because the batter could only be scooped, and not poured because it was not as liquid as described. Despite this, the results were perfect with the gooey center. My family loved it.
I made these last night as a last minute pudding … they were SO easy and quick to make and the end result was heaven on a plate. There were only four of us so I halved the recipe which made 5. I cooked them in metal dariole moulds at 200C/fan for just under 12 minutes and they were perfect. Never have I successfully made these puddings before - so this recipe really works. Very impressed with the double butter/cocoa dusting idea - which made them literally fall out of the moulds. Last time I attempted Chocolate Fondants the first few came out and collapsed and the last ones were rock solid! I will definitely make these again, and probably keep a batch in the freezer for emergencies!
I 've been making this recipe for years now. The secret is in the baking: you really need to keep an eye on them, literally. As soon as they are no longer runny on top, they need to come out. I made them once and in the mix I added chocolate liquor and another time I added coffee liquor. Delicious! I guess you can add orange or mint liquor if you want them with a twist!

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I toed the line with no expectations. It was really hard for me to form time goals for this race because while my training was good after NYC marathon, I just wasn't sure it was enough time to drop another huge PR. I resolved to listen to my body, be smart and see how things unfolded.
Leading up to the race, my runs felt ok, but not great. My cold/sickness seemed to be outbound as I had given it to Nathan, but my energy was still a bit off. I was tired but couldn't manage to sleep in or take naps. Even as I warmed up for the race, running laps around of the exposition halls in the convention center, I couldn't really tell where I was at. I didn't feel zippy but I also didn't feel lethargic.
It was amazing to be surrounded by so many incredible athletes. And though the air was thick with tension and nerves, I felt really calm all race morning. Before the race, I set myself up with my headphones and waited to be called to the start. When we were finally called to the start, I took several deep breathes and remembered to take in every single moment.
Outside we had a huge staging area to warm up in. There were lots of fans surrounding the gates and I could hear the crowds beyond in starting area getting charged. The men were started and before I could form another thought, we were jogging up to the line to begin the 2012 Olympic Trials.
I was surrounded by the best of best in American marathoning. I had been having a hard time believing that I belonged there. Yes, I qualified but I still felt on the outside. I wasn't seen by others or even by myself as a marathoner, I was an ultrarunner. A stranger in a strange land. Standing there on the line though, I knew that labels didn't matter and any dog can have its day. I wasn't there just to be there, I was there to run my ass off and that is all that mattered.
We were set at the line. The pause before the start. I stopped the world for a moment. I stopped my brain. I held the moment. Snapped it in my mind and became completely present. It is a moment to be savored, it is a moment in which I felt completely prepared for the 26.2 mile journey ahead of me.
The gun went off and the crowd pressed forward. We went out incredibly slow and the huge pack of women made it hard to get into stride. I just let myself be carried along with the crowd, unconcerned about the initial miles pace. I knew a few runners with 2:35 time goals and I positioned myself just behind them. We ran nearly the slowest split of my entire race (6:18) but dropped the pace easily over the next mile (5:52) to stretch out the group. My legs felt good as we finished up the first 2.2 loop through downtown and made our first pace through the finish line. We headed back through the downtown and out onto the big 8 mile loop.
I was slightly behind the 20 person deep 2:35-ish pace group, but they weren't pulling away so after a few miles of being slightly (25-30 feet back) behind the group, I gassed it a bit to join the group and benefit from the drafting. It really is a huge energy savings to run in a group like that. Not only does it block the wind, but it takes your mind off of regulating your own pace. I looked around the group several times and felt like I wasn't working harder than anyone else to maintain the low 5:50s we were clicking off. I wasn't breathing hard and my legs felt good. I was taking in my water and starting taking in 1/3 of a GU each time I got one of my bottles after mile 8.
We worked our way around the loop and I soaked up each stride, each cheer, each time someone recognized me and screamed my name or cheered "Go Fast Foodie!!!!". It was so cool. A few people would drop out of the group and others would join, but a decent sized pack was still together as we completed our first loop. I hit the 10 mile mark in 59:29, which is by far a 10 mile PR.
Before the race, I toyed with the idea of not wearing a watch. After the first loop I decided that, just like my gloves and sleeves, I was going to toss my watch. I had purposefully worn a simple watch that I wasn't attached to, so as I headed out for my second loop, I tossed it to the crowd and decided to continue to run by feel.
The group got smaller and smaller as we headed towards the half way mark. I kept taking my water and GU, but noticed that my stomach would become quite unsettled each time I would take a gel. I made sure that I only took a small nip and backed off the pace a bit each time I took one in. I maintained the mid 5:50s through the halfway mark, cruising through just under 1:18 (another huge PR).
I never bonked, I never felt really bad. My stomach did flip flops a few times and my energy was not 100% even from the start (from being sick), but I couldn't have asked for a better race. At mile 23, I started working my pace down back into the low 6s. I started reeling women back in and focused on whomever was right in front of me. I didn't want to get caught so I just kept pressing towards the next target. Coming back into the downtown I saw Mike Spinnler (race director of JFK 50 and friend), he had been cheering all day on course (which was hugely appreciated!) and he informed me that the next lady in front of me was 4 time Olympian Colleen De Reuck. And I was going to try and catch her.
With less than 2 miles to go, the emotions of the experience were starting to catch up with me. I told myself not to cry, that it didn't make breathing easier. I just pressed as hard as I could to try and catch Colleen. She was a good bit ahead of me, so I had my work cut out from me (I nearly caught her, but she got me by 3 seconds!). I floated towards Discovery Green and the mile 26 sign. I was flying.
I hit the mile 26 marker and couldn't stop the tears or the huge cheesy grin on my face. I beared down as hard as I could, trying to leave it all out there and rounded the final turn to the finish line. I pushed as hard as I could, arm swinging, feet flying.
I crossed the finish line in 2:38:55, 36th overall and a huge PR on the biggest stage there is other than the Olympics themselves. For a moment, I felt exhausted, but then just like NYC marathon, the feeling passed and I did a little happy dance saying "first ultrarunner!!!". There were many other women who had just come in and many of them looked like they were about to pass out and die. One of the volunteers remarked that I didn't even look tired and I said "well, I am use to running another marathon plus 10 more miles usually". I made my way out of the finishing area and was reunited with Nathan before being ushered back into the convention center. I cried when I saw him, the whole experience, the accomplishment washing over me. I was so blessed to have Nathan, my mom, Sarah and Steven there to support me. They made the experience so special for me.


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I could care less whether Lee is here or not. When guys put Lee in a big 3 category (DontForgetDerekHarper) you fail to realize that he will not have the same production. Lee is the #1 option on a horrible team so he gets plenty of touches, minutes and rebounding opportunities.
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Iowa kite festival canceled over ice safety peril
Published On: Feb 12 2013 08:51:44 AM CST
Safety concerns about ice at the downtown Seawall in Clear Lake have forced cancellation of the Color the Wind Kite Festival.
Festival founder Larry Day says the ice conditions are "just not safe, and it's going to get worse" before Saturday's scheduled event.
The first Color the Wind festival was held at Clear Lake State Park in February 2002, and the 2009 festival was held at McIntosh Woods State Park. Day says he and his wife, Kay, decided not to move the event again and that it needs to be downtown in front of the Seawall.
Day says he hopes to hold the event next year.
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Professor of English
Peter Coviello has been at Bowdoin College since 1998, where he specializes in nineteenth-century American literature and queer studies, and where he has served as Chair of the departments of English, Africana Studies, and Gay and Lesbian Studies. He is the editor of Walt Whitman's Memoranda During the War, and author of Intimacy in America: Dreams of Affiliation in Antebellum Literature, and of Tomorrow's Parties: Sex and the Untimely in Nineteenth-Century America. Since 2011 he has been a member of the editorial board at American Literature. His work has appeared in PMLA, ELH, Raritan, American Literature, GLQ, and MLQ as well as in venues like Frieze and The Believer.
Tomorrow's Parties: Sex and the Untimely in Nineteenth-Century American Literature (New York, NYU Press, 2013)
Intimacy in America: Dreams of Affiliation in Antebellum Literature (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2005).
Editor, Memoranda During the War by Walt Whitman (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004).
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DD is 12 weeks today. 100% tongue-tie picked up day 3, operated day 4. shoulder dystocia - severe bruising, sorted with 3 weeks intensive chiropractic. reflux quite severe up to 10 weeks treated with gaviscon, and constant upright. 20% loss of body wt in first week, regained birth wt by 3.5 weeks old. gaining well since. exclusively breast fed throughout.
thank you for reading! that's our history. Now, the last 4 days DD has been crying and beating me in frustration, seems like breasts are taking a v long time to let down, they also feel empty. after feeding she cries, and has to be entertained constantly to get her to forget about the boob and her apparent hunger. Almost flat refusal to feed from the right, and will only feed from right if sneakily switched from left side mid let-down, and held as if feeding from the left.
it has been hot here, and yesterday i felt pretty run-down. but on the whole i have been resting and devoting myself to breast feeding in every way. i have been careful to keep drinking enough, and have just bought some fenugreek seeds so have had 2 cups of tea with the seeds. i don't take caffine at all - ever.
I read another post about a single-stream - and that is how my breasts are - I didn't realise that there was supposed to be more than one stream! also it's never a stream - more of a drip drip, but the left side does usually let down quickly as I see DD gulping to keep up.
I refuse to consider ff!
Please help, DD currently screaming in frustration and beating me...
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I need recommendations on possible software packages our dev team can use for project management.
We are 3 developers in our team and would like to use a software package to stream line our project management.
What we need the software to do:
- Show the project name
- Show milestones
- Show total time spent
- Do reporting in a nice graph format
That's the core functionality we require.
We have dailly 10-min meetings to discuss progress on projects.
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Thanks teambox looks like what we after, I will have a look.
if you want an online solution: basecamp or activecollab
for an offline solution: ms project should suffice
I've used basecamp for years, and basecamp next is due for release this year...
Thanks mate, will check it out.
We currently trying out http://collabtive.o-dyn.de
It all depends on your development methodology...
For agile approaches check out:
- Pivotal http://www.pivotaltracker.com/
- Redmine http://www.redmine.org/


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Preliminary State Budget Outlook for 2003-05
( From Budget Information Packet handed out at the Faculty Retreat 2002)
September Revenue Forecast: $22.7 billion
2003-05 Budget: $24.7 billion
2001-03 Ending Fund Balance $ 364 million
Gap of $2 billion between the amount of revenue expected (based on September forecast) and preliminary expenditure estimates (assuming COLA Salary Increases.) There is an additional $400 million gap of revenue in the Health Services Account that needs to be addressed.
State's revenues are declining due to:
- Loss of 50,700 nonagricultural jobs since last year (mostly Boeing)
- Tax reduction measures approved by legislature beginning in 1995
- Voter approved initiatives (I-659 reduced significantly funds received from car tabs, I-728 provides earmarked funds for K-12 for class size, I-732 provides cost of living increases to K-12 teachers, I-747 limits property tax increases)
Major expenditure increases are in areas of:
- Health care costs per person have grown 2.5 time average inflation
- Caseload for state services have grown – taking care of elderly and disabled population, more people in prisons due to changes in sentencing policies, and increased health care services for poor.
The complete budget outlook will not be clear until:
- The changes in Legislative make-up following elections (November)
- The effect of ballot initiatives can be assessed (November-December).
- The state's revenue and caseload forecasts are updated (February-March)
- The legislature establishes the final budget (April-June)
Last Year's Budget Had a Similar Challenge:
Before the 2002 Supplemental Budget the gap between revenues and expenditures was $1.5 billion due to similar problems as listed above. The legislature addressed that gap by:
- Adding new revenues $858 million (securitizing tobacco funds, spending reserve funds, transferring funds, and some new revenue). Many of these strategies relied on one-time money which will not be available during the next legislative session.
- Making reductions to state government programs $685 million (major cuts included: human services cut by $208 million, K-12 cut by $92 million, employer pension rates reduced saving $63 million, higher education cut by $54 million, no second year cost of living raise for state employees cut $50 million)


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LSI Hardware is Now Off Vendor Support ======================================== The hardware vendor support contract for the LSI hardware has expired. Existing LSI hardware can no longer be repaired under contract or warranty. If a hardware failure occurs, all or part of the LSI infrastructure may cease to operate. All compute hardware still under vendor support is being migrated to the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center (ARSC) pacman.arsc.edu system located on the UAF campus. All storage hardware will continue to support existing LSI file share services and the LSI compute portal. However, all data is "AT RISK" of being lost in the event of a catastrophic hardware failure. All backup policies will continue to be honored until a hardware failure occurs. Users are strongly encouraged to maintain a backup of their information and data in case of a catastrophic failure.
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LSI Login Node, Anyu, Retired ======================================== The compute node "anyu.inbre.alaska.edu" is retired. During the last maintenance update, the hardware failed to boot properly. There are insufficient replacement parts to safely maintain the node for supporting user activity. User data which resided on "anyu" is available upon request.
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LSI Compute Portal Migration ======================================== The LSI Compute Portal available at https://biotech.inbre.alaska.edu/portal will begin its migration to a new host in 2014. Following the January 2014 scheduled LSI System downtime, a clone of the LSI Compute Portal will be available at https://biotech.arsc.edu. This clone will enable bioinformatics users to submit jobs to the ARSC pacman system hosting LSI compute hardware and a 128 core bioinformatics node with 2 TB of RAM. Jobs submitted to the LSI Compute Portal will run on the LSI hardware via the "bio" queue in pacman's batch scheduling environment. The original LSI Compute Portal (https://biotech.inbre.alaska.edu/portal) will remain in operation through December 2014 and will continue to submit jobs to the remaining LSI compute hardware which will remain separate from the ARSC pacman system.
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LSI "tuxedo" System to be Retired ======================================== During the May 2014 UAF Fire Alarm and Safety Test Downtime, the "tuxedo.inbre.alaska.edu" LSI login cluster will be retired. Replacing the service provided by the tuxedo login cluster will be "pacman.arsc.edu", the Penguin Computing Cluster hosted by the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center on the UAF campus. The pacman system is a 2816 core system offering both interactive logins and batch job submissions from the cluster itself and the LSI Compute Portal. The pacman system supports long runtime batch jobs and a 128 core node with 2 TB of RAM for bioinformatics applications. For information on how to access pacman and the 128 core node dedicated to the use of bioinformatics applications, please contact ARSC User Support at email@example.com.


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History of the Peace Corps in Burkina Faso
|History of the Peace Corps
|Since 1960, when then Senator John F. Kennedy challenged students at the University of Michigan to serve their country in the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries, more than 182,000 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in 138 countries all over the globe.
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The Peace Corps entered Burkina Faso, then called Upper Volta, in 1967 and operated there uninterrupted for 20 years. Major projects included forestry extension, young farmer education, small enterprise development, secondary education (math, science, and English language), water well construction, agricultural and environmental extension, arts and crafts, basketball coaching, and parks development. In June 1986, the government of Burkina Faso asked the Peace Corps to cease sending Volunteers because the Peace Corps' programs no longer coincided with Burkina Faso's development goals. The 30 Volunteers in the country completed their service in 1987. In 1995, 19 trainees arrived in Burkina Faso as part of a newly established health project. One year later, the Peace Corps established a secondary education project in response to the government's urgent request for teachers. In 2003, in response to government initiatives and articulated local needs, a small enterprise development project began with 15 trainees. A girls' education project started in 2005. Currently, nearly 90 Volunteers work throughout the country, primarily in rural areas. Approximately 1,500 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in Burkina Faso to date.
History and Future of Peace Corps Programming in Burkina Faso
Peace Corps/Burkina Faso currently works in the areas of health, small enterprise development, secondary education, and girls' education and empowerment.
Health Volunteers are assigned to the Ministry of Health and work in small rural communities at Health and Social Promotion Centers (Centres de Santé et de Promotion Sociale) that provide treatment and preventive services to the inhabitants of five to 10 surrounding villages. Health Volunteers' primary responsibilities are to assist in the establishment, training, and operation of a health management committee (comité de gestion) and to assist in a community health needs assessment. In addition, they help plan, conduct, and evaluate health promotion programs to address priority problems in the community.
Volunteers working in the secondary education sector are assigned to the Ministry of Higher Education to work in underserved middle and high schools as math and science teachers. Teachers in Burkina Faso typically have large classes, sometimes with more than 100 students, and are expected to teach up to 25 hours per week. In addition to classroom work, education Volunteers work in secondary projects during school breaks, in collaboration with their communities and schools. One of the most popular of these secondary projects is running camps that focus on promoting girls' education and empowerment.
In 2003, Peace Corps/Burkina Faso, in collaboration with the Ministries of Commerce and Tourism, initiated a small enterprise development project. Volunteers work with entrepreneurs, cooperatives, and organizations to improve business practices associated with agribusiness, artisans' businesses, and microcredit institutions.
In 2005 Peace Corps/Burkina Faso introduced a girls' education and empowerment project. Volunteers in this project work with schools and communities to promote formal and informal education for girls. They help communities understand the importance of educating girls and work to develop and implement strategies to increase their chances of success in school. This may include girls' clubs, training in life skills, mentoring activities, etc.
All Peace Corps Volunteers in Burkina Faso, whether working in health, small enterprise development, or education, are involved in HIV/AIDS education.
HIV/AIDS is definitely present in Burkina Faso but it is not one of the countries most affected. However, the AIDS pandemic strikes across all social strata in many Peace Corps countries. The loss of teachers has crippled education systems, while illness and disability drains family income and forces governments and donors to redirect limited resources from other priorities. The fear and uncertainty AIDS causes has led to increased domestic violence and stigmatizing of people living with HIV/AIDS, isolating them from friends and family and cutting them off from economic opportunities. As a Peace Corps Volunteer, you will confront these issues on a very personal level. It is important to be aware of the high emotional toll that disease, death, and violence can have on Volunteers. As you strive to integrate into your community, you will develop relationships with local people who might die during your service. Because of the AIDS pandemic, some Volunteers will be regularly meeting with HIV-positive people and working with training staff, office staff, and host family members living with AIDS. Volunteers need to prepare themselves to embrace these relationships in a sensitive and positive manner. Likewise, malaria and malnutrition, motor vehicle accidents and other unintentional injuries, domestic violence and corporal punishment are problems a Volunteer may confront. You will need to anticipate these situations and utilize supportive resources available throughout your training and service to maintain your own emotional strength so that you can continue to be of service to your community.


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There's no place like home, as the old saying goes, and that goes doubly for celebrities.
Sure, we might be proud of our white picket fence, two-car garage, mud room and central air, but does your house have it's own 50-seat theater? How about a few holes of golf ... in your backyard? Or jet runway in place of your driveway?
And who among us can boast about having a man-made lake stocked with rare fish just behind the house? Well, Oprah can. The 42 acres she calls home in Santa Barbara, Calif., include just such a lake, along with a 23,000 square foot mansion featuring six bedrooms, 14 bathrooms, 10 fireplaces, a home theater and a quarter-mile long driveway paved with hand-laid sandstone bricks.
And you thought your "honey do" list was long.
But Oprah's mansion doesn't even make our list of the five most lavish celebrity pads. Face it, in some ways celebrities might be just like you or me, but not when it comes to their very sweet home sweet homes.
Up first, what is the deal with this home?!
No. 5: Jerry Seinfeld - East Hampton, New York
We all know the housing market has tanked over the last few years, but you have to expect Jerry Seinfeld's house is still worth a pretty penny.
After all, the comedian bought the lavish East Hampton, N.Y., estate from Billy Joel for a then-record $32 million in 2000. And what did the "master of his domain" get for that price tag? Quite a bit actually.
The home, described in previous real estate listings as a "magnificent Tudor-style waterfront manor," sits on 14 acres of rolling lawns. It actually is three separate buildings adding up to a total of 24 rooms, including 13 bathrooms (although only eight of them are full baths).
Then there are the 13 fireplaces, a gym, indoor and outdoor pools, tennis court, bowling alley, guest cottage, music room, yada yada yada, and a wine cellar. Whew! Quite a bit to fit into one home, not that there's anything wrong with that.
Oh, and the annual taxes on the House of Seinfeld? Around $210,000. Get out!
Our next celebrity mansion is one "fresh" house ...
No. 4: Will and Jada Pinkett Smith - Calabasas, California
What kind of home is fit for a box office king like Will Smith? Well, a castle of course.
Known as Calabasas Castle, Will and Jada Smith's sweeping home near California's Santa Monica Mountains has its own lake, basketball court, tennis court and a pair of private par three golf holes in the backyard.
The $20 million estate is so lavish and spectacular that the family, including budding movie stars Willow, 10, and Jaden, 13, star of the 2010 remake of "The Karate Kid," had to wait out the seven years it took to build the mansion before they could move in in 2004.
The wait caused Will Smith to once crack, "The problem is that you build your dream home, but then you're seven years older so it's the house you used to want real bad!" Man, more money more problems indeed.
It had to be especially frightening for the family when they were temporarily forced from the home in 2005 when a brushfire threatened to destroy the property and several other houses in the area. Thankfully, the "Fresh Prince's" house was spared.
Our next mansion is lavish enough for a pop diva, fitting since it's owned by one ...
No. 3: Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon - Beverly Hills, California
You may think your house is pretty cool, but does it have a name? The palatial Beverly Hills property owned by Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon does.


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Living longer poses problems for people unable to keep up with rising housing costs
By Rebecca Kuzins 04/23/2014
The lack of affordable housing in Pasadena, a situation that has recently worsened due to severe reductions in funding, is expected to have particularly serious implications for the area's aging baby boomers.
Many seniors, especially those who are on fixed incomes, do not have enough money to afford the area's high-cost apartments and other rental housing. In addition, the unusually large number of baby boomers who are now entering their 60s, and the fact that many elderly people are living longer than before, will only intensify the affordable housing shortage.
"The majority of seniors in LA County do not have enough income to sustain a modest rental lifestyle assuming [they are in] good health," said William K. Huang, the city's housing director. "We do know the health of all seniors will deteriorate eventually; [that's] not a pretty picture for our seniors. Most are not prepared for retirement and will likely outlive their financial resources by a long shot."
As evidence for his remarks, Huang cites the California Elder Economic Security Index, published by the Insight Center for Community Economic Development, an Oakland-based advocacy group that seeks to bring low-income people out of poverty. The index measured the minimum income needed in 2011 to cover the basic living expenses for a retired person 65 years or older in each of the state's 58 counties and in the city of Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles County index, which includes the Pasadena area, estimates that rent for a one-bedroom apartment was about $1,137 a month in 2011. When rent was combined with the average costs of food, health care, transportation and other expenses, basic expenses for seniors were $2,030 a month, or $24,360 a year.
Based on these calculations, the index report concludes: "Seniors — no matter what their source of income — often struggle to make ends meet in Los Angeles County. Neither the median Social Security payment nor the maximum Supplemental Security Income payment is enough to cover seniors' basic needs."
While some seniors qualify for financial aid because their incomes are at or below the federal poverty guidelines (FPG) — $11,670 for individuals to $40,090 for a family of eight — seniors with higher incomes are not eligible for these programs. "The problem is that the FPG is the same dollar amount across the country and does not reflect today's cost of living," the index report states. "Thousands of economically insecure seniors fall through the cracks of our public systems with too much income to qualify for help, but not enough to get by."
The city of Pasadena has 1,128 affordable rental units for seniors in 13 projects, according to Jim Wong, a senior project manager for the city's Housing and Career Services Department.
Although Huang says his department does not know how many affordable housing units are needed for seniors, "we know we need a lot more based on the fact Pasadena is rapidly aging, most seniors are struggling financially, and Pasadena rents are high and increasing."
But while the demand for affordable housing for seniors is expected to climb, the supply has been drastically reduced due to recent cutbacks in federal, state and city funding. For example, in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009 (FY 2009), Wong says the city received about $1.172 million in HOME grants from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); that amount declined to $555,314 for the current FY 2014. A city requirement that developers building 10 or more housing units set aside 15 percent of those units for people with low or medium incomes generated about $1.373 million in FY 2009, compared with only $108,531 of these inclusionary funds in the current year.
Another massive blow to low-income senior housing was dealt in 2011, when state legislators and Gov. Jerry Brown eliminated the Pasadena Redevelopment Agency and more than 400 similar county and city organizations that traditionally provided funds for affordable housing. Since the break-up, redevelopment financing has significantly shrunk. Pasadena obtained about $2.926 million in FY 2009, compared to $291,512 in FY 2014, according to Wong.
Affordable housing advocates hoped passage of SB 1220 during the 2011-12 California legislative session would offset the decrease in governing funding. The bill would have imposed a $75 fee on the recordation of each real estate document in order to permanently finance a trust fund, which would support the construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of housing for low- and moderate-income households. But the bill died in 2012 after it fell short of obtaining the 27 votes needed for adoption by the California Senate.
Proponents of affordable housing are now rallying behind a similar measure, SB 391, the California Homes and Jobs Act of 2013. Among other provisions, this bill once again seeks to impose a $75 recordation fee, which proponents maintain will generate an estimated $500 million in state "seed money" each year for affordable housing. The state Senate adopted the measure by a vote of 27-21 last May, and the bill must now be approved by the state Assembly.
Holly Benson, board president of the Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing, says low-income housing proponents are also backing Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg's recently announced proposal to direct 20 percent of cap-and-trade energy conservation funds to the development of affordable homes near public transit.
Benson is also vice president, housing and development, of Abode Communities, a nonprofit Los Angeles-based developer of affordable multifamily housing, Abode developed Hudson Oaks, a senior housing project located on Hudson Avenue adjacent to Washington Park in Pasadena.
The $17 million apartment project was completed in March 2012 and contains 44 one-bedroom units for seniors and a manager's unit. The building's 53 residents are aged 62 or older and have median annual incomes that are at or below 30 percent of HUD's area median income for Los Angeles County, or $17,130 for one person and $19,560 for two people.
The city of Pasadena is also working with San Francisco-based Bridge Housing to develop Heritage Square, another low-income senior housing project, to be located on Fair Oaks Avenue between Orange Grove Boulevard and Painter Street. The project will have 70 apartments for seniors aged 62 or older who earn at or below 30 and 60 percent of area median income.
Bridge spokesperson Lyn Hikida says the project has been submitted to the California Tax Allocation Committee to enable Bridge to receive a 9 percent low-income housing tax credit. "We are hopeful that Heritage Square will receive an allocation in June 2014, and with that, would expect to close financing and commence construction within 180 days of the allocation," she says. Leasing, she adds, is expected to begin around November 2015.
While these two projects provide some senior housing relief, Huang acknowledges a lot more is needed. "About 10,000 persons in the US turn 65 every day," he says. "The boomers are becoming seniors and living longer. But the resources are not there to meet the whole need. Unfortunately, many seniors will live, and are living out their lives in poverty."
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Last month we looked at the various options that are available to developers who want to write Palm OS applications using Java. This month we begin looking deeper into the solutions we profiled, and we begin with Waba, an open source, Java-like language. If you know Java, you know the syntax of Waba.
Let's begin with the user interface classes, since very few programs on a PDA are usable without a user interface. I'll look at data persistence next month.
Most of the classes for GUI building are contained in the waba.ui
package. The inheritance hierarchy of these classes is much like
Java's AWT. All of them of course extend
waba.ui.Control. I would encourage you to consult the
JavaDoc for the
waba.ui package for particulars about the
static data members and the methods for performing common tasks such
like placing a control, making it visible, etc. The following classes
extend the
Button -- a CommandButton
Check -- a Checkbox control
Container -- ancestor for other controls (similar to an AWT Panel, or a Swing Jpanel).
Edit -- a text entry and edit control (similar to a TextField).
Label -- a label control.
MainWindow -- the main entry point to a user interface based application. All GUI apps must have one.
Radio -- a radio button
TabPanel -- a TabBar is a container for tabs.
As the ancestor of these classes,
Control contains
methods for event handling and painting of controls. Let's look at an
example of a simple Waba application that would prompt the user for
some information; in this case, a name to lookup in a contact
The code for this class is
import waba.ui.*;
public class ContactManager extends MainWindow
Edit edit;
Label label;
Button button;
public ContactManager()
setTitle("Contact Manager");
label = new Label("Enter name to search for:");
label.setRect(5, 65, 110, 15);
Edit edit = new Edit();
edit.setRect(55, 80, 60, 15);
button = new Button("Find");
button.setRect(65, 110, 30, 15);
public void onEvent(Event event)
if (event.type == ControlEvent.PRESSED)
if (event.target == button)
// lookup contact in Catalog...
First we import the
waba.ui package, since all of the
user interface classes are located there. This class extends
MainWindow. Every Waba application that has a user interface must
extend MainWindow. Next we declare the variables we will need: an
Edit, a Label, and a Button. In the constructor we call setTitle and
setBorder, then initiate each of the GUI components. Notice that we
also use absolute placement of the controls. This is a difference
between Waba and Java. There is no concept of a layout manager. We
pass in the x and y coordinates, plus the width and height of the
control. The control is then dropped at that screen location.
Another nice feature of Waba is a mimic of the Palm keyboard. When you place the cursor in the Edit and tap the section of the Palm silkscreen where the ABC/123 are placed, the keyboard displays:
Finally, the event handling occurs in the onEvent method, in a two-fold fashion. First, the event object itself is queried to determine the type of event. In this case we want to know if it's a PRESSED event. (Other types include FOCUS_IN, FOCUS_OUT, TIMER, and WINDOW_CLOSED). These are all defined in the ControlEvent class, which extends event. If the event matches the type we are looking for, then we want to determine the object that fired the event, referred to as the target. In our ContactManager application, we only want to respond to button presses. So if the user tapping the button fired the event, then we would execute the code to look up the name in the Catalog.
Other methods that are defined in the MainWindow class which could be useful are onStart and onExit. The onStart method might contain initialization code. It is called after the constructor finishes. The onExit method is called just prior to the application exiting, so any necessary cleanup such as writing unsaved data may be performed there.
To compile a Waba class file into a
prc file, which is
executable under the Palm OS, you need to call two programs that come
with Waba, warp and exegen. Both of these are found in the bin
directory under the
<waba_install> directory. The
warp utility creates a
WRP file and a
file. The
WRP file is of no use to a Palm device, but
recall that Waba also runs on Windows CE, which is what the
WRP file is for. Warp will generate a default creatorID
for the
PDB file, but this can be overridden with the
/c option, allowing you to specify a creator ID. The
creator ID is a four-byte identifier that is used by the Palm OS to
tie together applications and data. If you distribute an application
commercially, it is a good idea to have a unique creatorID, so that
your application and data do not inadvertently clash with some other
application on the device. You can register a creatorID on the PalmOS
web site.
Thus the following command would create a
pdb file
from our ContactManager class.
warp c /c cnTc ContactManager *.class
The first
c tells warp to create the
file. The other flag is l, which will list the contents of the PDB
file. The
/c will set cnTc to be the creatorID associated
with this
PDB file. At least one byte of a creator ID
must be uppercase. The next parameter is what the
file should be called -- in this case, ContactManager. Finally, the
necessary class files should also be included in the
file. Our ContactManager application has only one class, so it is not
important that we have specified the wildcard. However if the app had
many classes, this syntax would add them all to the
The Exegen utility is the other program that must be run against
your application in order to ready it for Palm OS execution. This
creates a
PRC file, which will provide the Palm OS with
its entry point into your application. Exegen's command line
parameters look like
Exegen [options] exefile main-window-class warpfile [warpfile2...]
Thus for our ContactManager application, we would run
Exegen ContactManager ContactManager ContactManager
This would specify that the name of the
PRC file
should be called
ContactManager, our class that extends
waba.ui.MainWindow class is called ContactManager,
and the warp file, which contains our class file(s) is called
ContactManager. As you see, you need to run the warp
utility prior to running Exegen.
After this completes, you will then have a
PDB and a
PRC file, which you can alternately download to the Palm
device itself, or to the Palm OS Emulator (POSE). POSE is a
recommended utility for aiding the compile-edit-run cycle. It is far
less trouble to run your app in the emulator than to do so in the
Of course before you can run this on either, you need to download
the Waba VM itself. Download both the
waba.prc and
waba.pdb files
The other options that can be specified with
are listed below:
|Assign height of application's main window
|Assign PalmOS PRC icon (e.g.
/i sample.bmp)
|Assign size of class heap (e.g.
/l 10000)
|Assign size of object heap (e.g.
/m 20000)
|Full path to directory containing warp file under WindowsCE
|Assign size of stack (e.g.
/s 2000)
|Assign size of native stack (e.g.
/t 50)
|Assign width of application's main window
As you can see, there are several flags allowing you to optimize memory usage in your application. It has been my experience that some of these can make a profound difference. For example, without enough class heap size, the Keyboard will not display, but rather throws an exception.
Altering our earlier exegen command, then, we might run it as
exegen /q /i icon.bmp /t 1000 /s 2000 /m 65500 /l 40000
This allows us to set some memory allocations for the VM to make our class run more efficiently. It would be wise to experiment with different values here to find what is optimal for your application. This will depend on how many classes you have, and how many objects you initiate at one time. In device programming such as this, it is always a good idea to be stingy with the number of objects you create.
We have discussed some of the basic, essential classes in the waba.ui package. You can certainly guess the uses of checkboxes and radio buttons. These are standard AWT classes as well, and their functionality in Waba is no different. However, there are a couple of classes that you would not encounter in other implementations of Java for the Palm.
MessageBox is a class which opens a modal window
within another window. From the name you can probably ascertain its
uses. It should be noted that
MessageBox is part of
SuperWaba (by Guilherme Campos Hazan), mentioned in last month's
article. You can also create a message box with a number of
buttons on it, such as Yes/No/Cancel. The
getPressedButtonIndex() will tell you which of the three
buttons the user pressed.
The Tab Control allows you to add tabs to a window, thus increasing your screen real estate. For example, if we were to enhance our contact manager to be a kind of tool for sales force personnel to use in tracking prospects as well as current customers, our application might look like this:
The code for our newly enhanced version follows:
import waba.ui.*;
public class ContactManager extends MainWindow
TabPanel tabpanel;
Contacts contacts;
public void onStart()
String tabs[] = new String[]{"Contacts","Prospects"};
tabpanel = new TabPanel(tabs);
tabpanel.setRect(0, 15, this.width, this.height);
contacts = new Contacts();
public void onEvent(Event event)
if (event.type == ControlEvent.PRESSED && event.target == tabpanel)
if (tabpanel.getActiveTab() == 0)
;// save contact information
; // prospect information.
class Contacts extends Container
Label lblName = new Label("Name");
Edit edtName = new Edit();
Label lblAddr = new Label("Address");
Edit edtAddr = new Edit();
Label lblEmail = new Label("email");
Edit edtEmail = new Edit();
Button button = new Button ("OK");
public Contacts()
button.setRect(10,90, 30,12);
Note that we have broken out some of the interface into a separate
Contacts.java. This will be placed inside the
first tab. Setting up the tab interface is fairly easy. We declare a
TabPanel (again, part of SuperWaba), and set its
boundaries, initiate the
Contacts object and set its
bounds, then add the
Contacts object to the
TabPanel. Finally, we add the
TabPanel to
the main window.
The other difference is in the event handling code. We need to
determine which tab we are dealing with using the
getaActiveTab() method. After that, we can proceed with
the processing to add a contact or, alternately, add a prospect.
This gives us a good idea how to set up a user interface in Waba. You should also look at the API documentation for examples of those classes undiscussed in this article. For further information on Waba, please consult the following links.
Matthew E. Ferris is President, Chicagoland Java User Group, a Sun Certified Java Programmer, and a contributing Author for Professional Java Server Programming, Wrox Press.
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#209436 - 02/06/13 10:37 AM Funeral Notice
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/23/08
Posts: 8541
Loc: Land of the Flat Water
Funeral Notice
It is with the saddest heart that I must pass on the following
The Pillsbury Doughboy dies yesterday of a yeast infection and
trauma complications from repeated pokes in the belly. He was 71.
Doughboy was buried in a lightly greased coffin.
Dozens of celebrities turned out to pay their respects,
including Mrs. Butterworth, Hungry Jack, the California Raisins,
Betty Crocker, the Hostess Twinkies and Captain Crunch.
The gravesite was piled high with flours. Aunt Jemima delivered
the eulogy and lovingly described Doughboy as a man who never
knew how much he was kneaded. Doughboy rose quickly in show
business, but his later life was filled with turnovers. He was
not considered a very smart cookie, wasting much of his dough on
half-baked schemes. Despite being a little flakey at times he
was still a crusty old man and was considered a roll model for
Doughboy is survived by his wife Play Dough, two children, John
Dough and Jane Dough, plus they have one in the oven. He is
also survived by his elderly dad, Pop Tart.
The funeral was held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes._________________________
----please, draw me a sheep----
#209439 - 02/06/13 05:36 PM Re: Funeral Notice [Re: LukeJavan8]
old hand
Registered: 12/18/06
Posts: 956
Loc: Auckland, New Zealand
He's toast.
#209440 - 02/06/13 06:25 PM Re: Funeral Notice [Re: LukeJavan8]
old hand
Registered: 05/10/10
Posts: 954
Loc: Alaska
Buried in his loafers, no doubt. Popular, though frequently panned.
#209442 - 02/06/13 08:48 PM Re: Funeral Notice [Re: LukeJavan8]
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/24/02
Posts: 7210
Loc: Vermont
I heard he had a Do Nut resuscitate order._________________________
formerly known as etaoin...
#209443 - 02/06/13 10:39 PM Re: Funeral Notice [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
Registered: 06/05/10
Posts: 1554
Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi
Poor Doughboy, he can't win. If in Heaven he will only be half-baked, and if in Hell he will likely be overdone.
#209448 - 02/07/13 11:23 AM Re: Funeral Notice [Re: jenny jenny]
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/23/08
Posts: 8541
Loc: Land of the Flat Water
All your replies are really terrific. I needed a good laugh._________________________
----please, draw me a sheep----
#209480 - 02/09/13 03:23 PM Re: Funeral Notice [Re: LukeJavan8]
old hand
Registered: 11/13/11
Posts: 1075
Loc: Lancaster, UK
Although Doughboy was not quite so well known in Europe, a memorial service was held in Madeira to commemorate his colourful life. It was attended by a number of fans, including Mr Kipling, Mother Pride and ( it is rumoured) the Bakewell Tart! although the lady concerned may just have been a piece of local cheesecake just there to sponge of the fans at the meal that followed.
The officiating cleric gave an eulogy based on Leviticus 24:5 which went down very well. He also mention that Doughboys schemes had frequently been knocked down and declared to be bloomers, but he had often been proved and had risen nicely afterwards.
The food at the wake was rather disappointing, as the steak was a bit hard to choux._________________________
I'm immortal until proven otherwise
#209484 - 02/09/13 08:02 PM Re: Funeral Notice [Re: Rhubarb Commando]
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/23/08
Posts: 8541
Loc: Land of the Flat Water
Lovely, simply, Rhuby.
ten cakes, or whatever, two ephahs apiece.
Edited by LukeJavan8 (02/09/13 08:07 PM)_________________________
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#209485 - 02/09/13 08:05 PM Re: Funeral Notice [Re: LukeJavan8]
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/23/08
Posts: 8541
Loc: Land of the Flat Water
Reminds me of another years ago when Alka Seltzer stopped
using its icon "Speedy".(although he is back again, I see)
Speedy Alka Seltzer has committed suicide. Unfortunately his
body could not be found; He simply jumped into a glass of
water and immediately effervesced. He did, however, leave
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FarmVille For Dummies
288 pages
February 2011
With more than 80 million active players since the game?s release in 2009, there seems no end to the growing popularity of FarmVille. Whether accessed through the Facebook application or from the game?s Web site, this application is a worldwide phenomenon. Yet, there has been no beginner guide that offers an introduction to newcomers and updates to experienced players?until now. FarmVille For Dummies is aimed at getting novices acquainted with FarmVille rules and regulations, while more savvy players can sharpen their skills and find out how to stay up to date on the latest FarmVille features. You?ll discover how to download the app, create a farmer avatar, and establish your first farm. Then you?ll progress to finding neighbors, purchasing farm cash and coins, shopping at the market, and more.
- Serves as an ideal introductory guide to the wildly popular online game of FarmVille
- Walks you through downloading the app either via Facebook, Yahoo!, or your mobile device
- Details how to find neighbors and interact with them, purchase farm cash and coins, shop at the market, and choose a profession
- Highlights ways to earn ribbons, construct buildings, and become a co-op farmer
- Helps you deal with technical issues
- Author is the founder and creator of the largest FarmVille fan site
You can bet the farm that FarmVille For Dummies will help you take your gaming skills to the next level!
Table of Contents
Part I: Basic Farming.
Chapter 1: Welcome to FarmVille.
Chapter 2: Getting Set Up to Play.
Chapter 3: Getting Around in FarmVille and Starting Your Farm.
Chapter 4: Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Part II: Seeking Your FarmVille Fortune.
Chapter 5: For the Love of Virtual Money.
Chapter 6: Agricultural Economics 101: Mastering the FarmVille Market.
Chapter 7: The Farmers Market.
Part III: Expanding Your Reach.
Chapter 8: Reaching New FarmVille Levels.
Chapter 9: Adding Storage Facilities and Animal Shelters.
Chapter 10: Looking for Special Items and Events.
Part IV: Embracing FarmVille Fame and Community.
Chapter 11: Earning Achievements.
Chapter 12: Let's Cooperate: Co-op Farming.
Part V: Staying Safe and Up-to-Date on FarmVille.
Chapter 13: Staying Secure and Finding Support.
Chapter 14: Technical Matters: Troubleshooting and Game Enhancements.
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 15: Ten Farming Personalities.
Chapter 16: The Ten Most Wanted FarmVille Items.
Chapter 17: Ten Go-to Crops.
Author Information
Kyle Orland is a contributing news editor for the premiere game development community Gamasutra.com and a freelance game journalist.
Press Release
Connect with Wiley Publicity
With over 80 million active users, FarmVille is a real-time farm simulation game developed by Zynga, available as an application on Facebook, as well as on FarmVille.com, Yahoo, and iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android. Plus, future platforms are in the works. In a nutshell, FarmVille is a worldwide phenomenon in social gaming and everyone is jumping in. For those that are having trouble getting started or are still sitting on the sidelines, there's a new beginner's guide that offers an introduction and gives updates to experienced players. FarmVille For Dummies (Wiley; ISBN: 9781118016961; February 2011; $19.99) is aimed at getting novices acquainted with FarmVille rules and regulations, while helping more savvy players sharpen their skills and find out how to stay up to date on the latest FarmVille features.
Presented in full color, this guide takes players through every stage of the game, from setting up a FarmVille account and meeting virtual neighbors, to earning Coins & Cash and learning how to care for livestock. FarmVille for Dummies reveals the nuances of the game, and helps new players "level up" quickly and unlock new game features. This book will help any user take their gaming skills to the next level. Additional coverage includes:
- How to find neighbors and interact with them, purchase farm cash and coins, shop at the market, and choose a profession
- Ways to earn ribbons, construct buildings, and become a co-op farmer
- Dealing with technical issues
- Visiting the Farmer's Market, learning to use bushels, starting crafting, and earning Farm Coins from crafted goods
- FarmVille etiquette tips
- Shortcuts to a speedy harvesting
- How to become a blue-ribbon farmer
- Tips for avoiding scams and staying safe while playing
With over 150 million books in print and 900+ topics, For Dummies is the world's bestselling reference series. FarmVille For Dummies give readers all the information they need to jump in and join the addictive fun of FarmVille. With helpful tips on setting up and must-have directions for gameplay, this guide makes the FarmVille experience fun, safe, and easy.
For Dummies®
With near universal name recognition, more than 150 million books in print, and more than 1,300 topics, For Dummies is the world's bestselling reference series. With loyal customers around the globe, For Dummies enriches people's lives by making knowledge accessible in a fun and easy way. Described by the New York Times as "more than a publishing phenomenon, but a sign of the times," For Dummies span every section of the bookstore, covering everything from health to history, music to math, self-help to Spanish language, technology to travel, and more. The Dummies brand has expanded into new products and categories with language audio sets; and an extensive licensed product line, including art sets, craft kits, GPS navigation, fitness and hobby DVDs and more. For more information, visit Dummies.com. For Dummies is a branded imprint of Wiley.
Angela Morales (Houston, TX), aka FarmGoddess, is the creator and primary writer/editor at FarmVilleFreak.com. The site provides user-oriented coverage from a player's perspective that focuses on FarmVille news, tips, in-game updates, and glitches. It is the largest FarmVille fan site to date and has been mentioned in articles in The New York Times, MSNBC.com, CNET.com, and InsideSocialGames.com.
Kyle Orland (Washington DC) is a Contributing News Editor for premiere game development community Gamasutra.com and a blogger for AOL's Games.com. He also writes regular, stream-of-consciousness impressions of the first hour of various games at his blog, Games for Lunch (http://gamesforlunch.blogspot.com). He's been quoted as a videogame expert in The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, G4 TV and TheStreet.com, among others. He is the author of Wii For Dummies.


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TCL > February 2013 Issue > News From CBA Sections, Committees, Local and Specialty Bars, and More
Bar News is a monthly compilation of news from the Colorado Bar Association, including sections and committees, administration, and local and specialty bar associations. It also includes notices of activities—past, present, and future—from local and national law-related organizations and groups. Please send information and photos to CBA legal editor Susie Klein at email@example.com.
Seniors Get in the Holiday Spirit
at Annual Luncheon
The Seniors Committee of the Denver Bar Association (DBA) hosted its annual holiday luncheon on December 6 at the CBA offices. The occasion is always a spirit-filled opportunity for members aged "65 and better" to catch up with one another while celebrating the holiday season.
Colorado Courts Celebrate National Adoption Day
In celebration of National Adoption Day, judges and magistrates throughout Colorado finalized the adoption of more than 150 foster children from November 14 to November 19. Below is a sampling of the Adoption Day events that took place throughout the state.
National Adoption Day is celebrated every year in November to raise awareness of the more than 100,000 children in foster care across the country waiting to find permanent, loving families. Since 2000, more than 40,000 children have had their adoptions finalized on National Adoption Day as a result of the cooperative work of courts, judges, attorneys, adoption professionals, child welfare agencies, advocates, and adoptive parents.
CBA Solo and Small Firm Section Hosts
Annual Holiday Networking Event
On December 3, nearly 100 solo and small firm attorneys attended the CBA Solo and Small Firm Section's annual holiday networking luncheon at the Warwick Hotel in Denver. In addition to catching up with colleagues and making new acquaintances, guests entered their names for the chance to win a number of door prizes, ranging from discounts on books to Amazon gift cards.
CTLA Donates More than
$107,000 to DU Law in 2012
In December, the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA) presented a check for $52,133 to the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (DU Law) to establish a scholarship in memory of Daniel W. Patterson, left, who passed away in September 2012. The donation, along with another for $55,000 in January 2012, brought CTLA's annual contribution to DU Law to approximately $107,000.
Patterson earned his law degree from DU Law in 1982. He worked at a number of firms in Denver, primarily specializing in insurance and bad faith. He also specialized as a mediator for Conflict Resolution Services. Over the years, Patterson served on the CTLA Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and Lobby Council. He was President of the CTLA from 2008 to 2009, during which time he helped pass legislation that imposed penalties on insurance companies for unreasonable conduct. He lectured at both DU Law and the University of Colorado School of Law, and was a faculty member of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. He received the Ethics and Professionalism Award from the Colorado Defense Lawyers Association in 2001, and received the CTLA's Kenneth Norman Kripke Lifetime Achievement Award in May 2012.
Highlights From the
El Paso County Bar Association
On December 7, the El Paso County Bar Association (EPCBA) held its annual Family Law Conference at the Antlers Hotel in Downtown Colorado Springs. The all-day event was sponsored by the EPCBA Family Law Section and featured a series of workshops throughout the day (photo below), as well as an awards presentation recognizing members for outstanding contribution.
The EPCBA New Lawyers Section hosted its annual holiday party on December 12 at Southside Johnny's in downtown Colorado Springs (photos below). The event was well attended by both new and established lawyers.
Denver Office of McKenna Long & Aldridge
Partners With Local Nonprofits to Support
Education and the Community
The law firm of McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP sponsored the Denver Urban Debate League's (DUDL) Free Speech Tournament, which took place from November 30 to December 1 at Martin Luther King, Jr. Early College in Denver. The Denver office of the international law firm donated $5,000 to support the tournament. In addition, firm attorney Amy Siadak volunteered as a judge in the competition, and David Fine, a partner in the Denver office, spoke to participants. This is the first year the firm has supported the DUDL's annual tournament.
A month earlier, the law firm had partnered with Rebuilding Together Metro Denver to renovate the home of a local senior. The project coincided with National Make a Difference Day, Saturday, October 27. The team of builders comprised attorneys, paralegals, and other staff members, and was led by attorney Tim Odil, who serves as Vice Chair of the Rebuilding Together Metro Denver Board. This was the twelfth consecutive year a team from the Denver office partnered with the local nonprofit. The firm also contributed financial support for the project.
Southwest Colorado Bar Association
and Durango Herald Partner
for "On the Law" Column
In 2012, the Southwest Colorado Bar Association once again partnered with local newspaper The Durango Herald to present a monthly op-ed column called "On the Law." The column focuses on legal issues of import to community members and is written by attorney members of the local bar association. The articles published in 2012 are listed below.
Articles can be found at www.durangoherald.com by searching under the author's name or article title.


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Mine site nearly fixed after cleanupNovember 30,2012
STRAFFORD A decade-long effort to clean up a 206-year-old copper mine in the Vermont town of Strafford is nearing an end and community members now have to decide what to do with the area that was once the Elizabeth Mine.
Where there was once an area that was colored a sickly orange there is now a grassy expanse
The Environmental Protection Agencys Ed Hathaway, who has overseen the Superfund cleanup of the property, says workers have finished sealing 45-acres of metallic tailings beneath a plastic cap that has been covered with topsoil.
The Valley News reported that the plastic prevents water and oxygen from reaching the metals. Federal officials will continue to monitor the site for several more years. After that, the state will assume responsibility.MORE IN Vermont NewsMONTPELIER Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. Full StoryVermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell plans to join the U.S. Full StoryAs Rutland prepares to welcome Syrian refugees to its community, some are continuing to voice... Full Story
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I just want to share my night weaning story.
Emma is going to be 17 months old in a few weeks. The past 2 weeks we have been putting her in her bed in the room that she shares with her sister. We only did it for a trail basis and for hubby and I to spend some time together .
Well, she slept all night long in her bed, in her room, all the way at the other end of the house! And when I mean all night, she woke up at 8am the next morning.
This is our routine now. Bath, nurse for a few minutes, brush teeth, hugs and kisses, book, prayer, and I pat her back for a little bit.
I honestly can not believe how easy it was. I thought she would never sleep through the night. I guess she was ready. It's a bitter sweet moment.
I'm posting this for all of those who think there is no end in sight. And this phase will to pass along before you know it.
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By Chris Schmaedeke: Freedom New Mexico
With the new year approaching one thing is certain — resolutions will be made, and broken.
Among the more popular goals: Quit smoking, manage debt and maybe even get a better job. But the big one seems to be losing weight.
"People try to get back in shape and lose some weight," said OC Cleare, owner of Bodies in Motion in Clovis.
Cleare says every year at this time, business goes up. People work out a lot right away. But they begin to fade as the year moves on.
"Of the all the people who join after the new year, about two percent actually stay," Cleare said.
Bodies in Motion and Gym X in Clovis each offer personal trainers. Trainers can help people stay on track and get into the shape they want.
"It is hard for people who just come to the gym alone," Cleare said. "It really is up to the individual."
Eating healthier goes hand-and-hand with working out. Dieting can present a struggle but there are resources to help stick with the plan.
Home Economist Connie Moyers teaches classes for the Roosevelt County Extension office to help people stick with a better diet and become more healthy. She specializes in helping families with healthy meal options.
"Usually around the new year we get more people thinking about those types of things," Moyers said.
Moyers is teaching a diabetic cooking class in the spring and a class on eating foods to make eyes healthier.
"Spinach and good vegetables are the main ones," Moyers said. "Anything will vitamin K in it."
Moyers is also teaching a class at the upcoming New Mexico Ag Expo in Portales in February on making quick and easy, but healthy dinners.
"That is open to everybody so people can come check it out," Moyers said.


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Sunday, 31 December 2006
2007 Marc de Montalembert grant for a Cultural Project in the Mediterranean - Deadline for submission
Every year the Marc de Montalembert Foundation offers a grant of 7,000 Euros to enable the implementation of projects furthering the knowledge ...
Friday, 15 December 2006
National meeting for follow-up on Periodic Reporting
Following the decisions taken by the World Heritage Committee at its 30th session in Vilnius July 2006, a follow-up meeting on National level in ...
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5th Expert Working Group for the Preservation of the Bamiyan Valley
This technical meeting is the fifth gathering of international experts and Afghan officials to report on the recent on-site works implemented in ...
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South East European Focal Point Meeting
World Heritage of Southeast Europe: Co-operation in the management of cultural sites and lanscapes. A follow-up to the Periodic Reporting ...
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Conservation Workshop for Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park (Vietnam) and Hin Namon National Conservation Area (Lao PDR)
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre (WHC), the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and UNESCO Office in Hanoi, are jointly organizing a High-Level ...
07-Dec-2006 - 08-Dec-2006
ICCROM Seminar on "World Heritage and Contemporary Architecture and Development: Management of the Historic Urban Landscape in the Baltic Countries"
Theme I "Importance and competitiveness of new development"Theme II "Preservation and continuity of urban landscape"Theme III ...
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Periodic Report follow-up meting for the Canadian World Heritage Network
The meeting - organized with and fully sponsored by Canadian national authorities - was attended by 90 site managers, representatives of Parks ...
05-Dec-2006 - 09-Dec-2006
HERITY International Conference: 'Quality in Cultural Heritage Management: Assessment Models and Methods'
The goal of the Conference is the exchange of experience on internal and external evaluation instruments for the management of Cultural Heritage ...
04-Dec-2006 - 07-Dec-2006
From Space to Place: 2nd Int'l Conf. on Remote Sensing in Archaeology
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Third Edition of the Euromed Heritage Journalistic Award
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ICOMOS Germany conference: UNESCO World Cultural Heritage in Germany - perspectives in Preventive Conservation and Preservation
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Third Periodic Reporting reflection meeting
The World Heritage Committee decided at its 30th session (Vilnius, 2006) to suspend for two years the commencement of the next cycle of Periodic ...
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Reflection Year on World Heritage Periodic Reporting, Third Meeting
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First meeting of the working group on the simplification of the Periodic Reporting questionnaire and the setting-up of indicators
At its 30th session (Vilnius, 2006), and within the framework of the Reflection Year on the Periodic Reporting exercise, the World Heritage ...
Wednesday, 1 November 2006
Melina Mercouri International Prize Deadline
Nominations for the prize have to be at UNESCO by 1 November 2006.
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Call for papers: World Heritage - International and Pacific Perspectives
7th International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific in Visby, SwedenAugust 20-25, 2007Call for papers deadline: May 1, 2007Heritage and ...
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The e-volution of Information Technology in Cultural Heritage, October 30 – November 4, 2006
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25-Oct-2006 - 28-Oct-2006
Denkmal, European Professional Event for Monument Maintenance and Restoration, and Urban Renewal
Denkmal is the largest European event for monument maintenance and restoration, and urban renewal. It is the only salon to approach these themes ...
23-Oct-2006 - 24-Oct-2006
West European Focal Points Meeting
This meeting aimed to favour the exchange of viewpoints and ideas among the focal points of Western European countries about the follow-up of the ...
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International Training Course on Risk Management of Cultural Heritage
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'Survivor: Caramoan - Fans vs. Favorites' - Begins February 13!
Just when I finally got the image of Phillip Shepherd's pink briefs scraped off my burned retinas – they're making a comeback. Yes, Survivor (and Phillip) will return February 13 for its 26th season, as Survivor: Caramoan — Fans vs Favorites.
Blessedly, the delightful Malcolm Freberg, fourth place in last season's Survivor, will be another of the Favorites. Apparently, he was on his way back to the island just two and a half weeks after placing fourth on Survivor: Philippines.
But it's not all good news; John Cochran, the despicable and detested screw up from Survivor: South Pacific is back, along with former team mate and (hopefully) reformed Brandon Hantz.
The show scratched a little deeper for the rest of its favorites. Amongst those chosen were Dawn Meehan (South Pacific), Erik Reichenbach (Micronesia), Andrea Boehlke (Redemption Island), Francesca Hogi (Redemption Island), Corinne Kaplan (Gabon), and Brenda Lowe (Nicaragua).
There are 10 new Fans battling the favorites. Jeff Probst promises fun, evacuations, and an island romance, and I'm holding him to it. Last season was terrific and the show will be hard pressed to surpass viewers' expectations.
I'll be watching, and waiting for Jeff's trademark blue shirts – and Phillip's pink bloomers – on Wednesday, February 13th on CBS. See you there!


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African missions cautiously approve Zimbabwe voteAP Photo
Zimbabwes main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said Thursday the election is null and void due to alleged violations in the voting process.
HARARE, Zimbabwe Zimbabwes elections received cautious approval Friday from two African observer missions despite allegations by the main challenger to President Robert Mugabe and a local monitoring group that the vote was heavily rigged.
The African Union said it had some grave and serious concerns, and regional monitors from southern Africa said that while Wednesdays vote was peaceful it was too early to pronounce it fair.
Olusegun Obasanjo, head of the African Union mission, said his monitors noted some apparent irregularities but that they did not constitute evidence of systematic tampering. Mugabes supporters have rejected allegations of rigging and claimed victory. Wednesdays contentious vote has created fresh uncertainty in a country long afflicted by division and economic turmoil.
Yes, the election is free, Obasanjo said. He described the vote as credible unless any evidence to the contrary emerges, and asked election authorities to investigate reports that tens of thousands of eligible voters were turned away. Another poll monitoring group in Zimbabwe said as many as 1 million of the more than 6 million eligible voters were prevented from casting ballots.
If 25 percent were not allowed, then, yes, the election is fatally flawed, said Obasanjo, a former Nigerian president. His mission has 70 observers.
The head of the observer mission for the Southern African Development Community, a regional body, described the election Wednesday as very free and very peaceful, but noted that there were some violations and a full analysis was still under way. It was too early to describe the vote as fair, he said
The question of fairness is broad and you cannot answer it within one day, said Bernard Membe, who is also Tanzanias foreign minister. And so be sure that within 30 days, through our main report, the question of fairness may come.
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Mugabes main opponent in the presidential vote, has declared the election null and void.
Mugabes ZANU-PF party said Friday that poll returns showed that 3.9 million voters cast their ballots on Wednesday. That 61 percent turnout was higher than in an uncontested referendum on a new constitution in March where no disputed voters lists were used and only national citizens identity documents were needed.
By later Friday, official results announced by the election commission showed Mugabes ZANU-PF capturing 70 of the 210 parliament seats and Tsvangirais party winning 38 seats so far.
Full results on the presidential and parliament votes have been promised by Monday.
Mugabes Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa said Friday his party was headed for an unprecedented landslide.
If anyone is dissatisfied, the courts are there. I invite Tsvangirai to go to court if he has any grounds to justify what he has been saying, Chinamasa told reporters.
Under the law, seven days were set aside for legal challenges, with another two days for rulings to be made and then the swearing in of a new government takes place.
Obasanjo said voting itself was peaceful but the observers noted incidences that could have been avoided and even tended to have breached the law.
Independent election monitors have alleged many people were unable to vote because of disorganized voters lists and a chaotic program to register electors on those lists in the run-up to polling day.
Obasanjo said some apparent irregularities were made in error largely after funding for the vote was late in coming from the nations depleted state coffers.
I have never seen an election that is perfect, he said. The process continues and we have to limit our comments.
Aisha Abdullahi, the African Unions commissioner for political affairs, said observers reported that Zimbabwe had made improvements in the conduct of elections since the last violent and disputed elections in 2008 that led regional leaders to forge a shaky coalition between Mugabe and Tsvangirai, the former opposition leader.
But she said they expressed grave concerns over voters lists this time that were not made available in time for inspection and verification by voters, contesting parties and candidates. Public scrutiny of the voters roll was of vital strategic importance to verify the accuracy of the contents and establish correct numbers of eligible electors, she said.
She said the electoral commission printed 8.7 million ballot papers for 6.4 million voters, or 35 percent above the number of registered voters against the international standard of 5 to 10 percent.
Observers said a significant number of ballot booklets had missing ballot papers and papers without serial numbers.
They also expressed great concern over the high numbers of voters turned away. The late publicity on the location of voting stations just 48 hours before stations opened contributed also to voters who failed to cast ballots because they were not at correct polling sites.
Abdullahi said observers reported a high number of disabled, elderly or other assisted voters being helped to cast their ballots by polling officers who may have influenced them against their free will. In some outlying stations, one-quarter of voters were helped this way.
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