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"My family always loves it when I make this wonderful dessert," writes Joanie Fuson of McCordsville, Indiana. "Old-fashioned strudel was too fattening and time-consuming, but this revised classic is just as good. It's best served warm from the oven."
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- 1/3 cup raisins
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 3 cups coarsely chopped peeled apples
- 1/3 cup plus 2 teaspoons sugar, divided
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 8 sheets phyllo dough (14 inches x 9 inches)
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- In a microwave-save bowl, combine the raisins, water and almond extract. Microwave, uncovered, on high for 1-1/2 minutes, let stand for 5 minutes. Drain. Add the apples, 1/3 cup sugar, flour and cinnamon; toss to coat. Set aside.
- Place 1 sheet of phyllo dough on a work surface. Combine butter and oil; set aside 2 teaspoons. Lightly brush some of the remaining butter mixture over phyllo dough. Keep remaining phyllo dough covered with plastic wrap and a damp towel to avoid drying out. Layer with 7 more sheets of phyllo, brushing each layer with some of the butter mixture. Spread apple mixture over phyllo to within 2 in. of one long side. Fold the short edges over filling. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting from the long side where the apple filling is 2 in. from edge.
- Place seam side down on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. With a sharp knife, cut diagonal slits into top of strudel. Brush with reserved butter mixture. Sprinkle with remaining sugar. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until golden. Yield: 4 servings.
Originally published as Apple Strudel in Light & Tasty February/March 2005, p48
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"easy and so delicious, this apple strudel is a dessert I make a lot. If I'm being honest, it's also one of my favorite breakfast items. Also good as a late night snack. If you can't tell, it's really delicious anytime of the day. I make a simple vanilla sauce to go with it and it's like a touch of Bavaria."
Reviewed Mar. 23, 2014
"Big hit at brunch. This was my first experiment with phyllo so I didn't mess with the sugar and use "fake" sugar. I will next time, now that I have more experience with the dough."
Reviewed Mar. 12, 2011
"This is a staple in my house. Everyone loves it and can't believe it's light."
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"This recipe is almost as yummy as my grandma's authentic apple strudel without the hard work and heaps of calories!"


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HOUSTON - A driver who crashed his car into the roof of a house then flipped over and landed upside down on the roof of a neighboring home has been charged, investigators said.
Harris County Precinct 5 deputy constables said Carlos Benjamin Larranaga, 23, has been charged with driving while intoxicated and unlawful carrying of a weapon.
Detectives said Larranaga was speeding south on Addicks Satsuma Road failed to make a curve, drove through a field, hit an embankment and went airborne on Feb. 24.
"Used that to go airborne to strike the first house. It inverted and somersaulted, landed on the roof upside down," said Assistant Chief John Laine with Harris County Sheriff's Department.
Emergency crews rescued Larranaga and transported him to a hospital. Detectives said Larranaga's blood-alcohol level was .13. The legal limit in Texas is .08.
Investigators said a crane was needed to remove the car from the roof of the second house.
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Collated from Rhythm Magazine's gruelling review process, buyers' guides and MusicRadar's own best-of-the-best drum round ups: 10 best drum kits, 10 best snare drums and the 7 best cymbals your money can buy.
We'll kick-off with the best high-end electronic drum kit: Roland TD-20K…
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"The King of the Mountain – fearsomely expensive but ridiculously capable, every drummer should try a TD-20K at least once in their lives. Wonderfully ergonomic, fabulous to play and with almost infi nite tweakability, it's no surprise that the TD-20K is the pro's choice, from Omar Hakim to DragonForce's Dave Mackintosh." (Via: Buyers' guide: high-end electronic drum kits)
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"Obsessively designed for maximum shell vibration, the Starclassic has wafer thin shells (just 5mm six-ply toms) and the badge is a stencil, not some heavy lump of metal. Even the air holes are maple, not metal. Then there's a stupendous range of shell options encompassing no less than five different depths. Now available in Birch/Bubinga finish." (Via: Buyers' guide: professional drum kits)
"Combining the bubinga with birch makes for an interesting blend of characteristics that brings out the best of each wood. Another solid pro-level kit from a brand firing on all four cylinders." (Via: Tama Starclassic Performer Bubinga/Birch Kit review)
"This is a top notch kit that you would expect to sound great, and it doesn't disappoint. The toms are richly melodic, the snare cranks it out and the kick thunders. The newly streamlined Star-Cast mounts are also a definite improvement." (Via: Tama Starclassic Bubinga Kit review)
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"This kit represents a giant step forward in drum manufacture. Over the years DW has become a brand synonymous with innovation and the X Shell technology is a radical piece of drum making. More importantly, it works, delivering results that really justify the hype." (Via: DW Collector's Series X Shell kit review)
"It's a pity the quilted maple was three quarters obscured by black stripes, and the rail tom mount is chunky but fussily inconvenient. The biggest downer, though, is the price - you're talking four grand for a four-piece shell pack. Still, this is a typically fine DW kit and the trump card is the sound, which is undeniably a blast." (Via: DW Rally Stripe Graphics Line Collector's Kit review)
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"All of the cymbals here work across various dynamic boundaries and though they have clearly been designed with the needs of jazzers in mind, they should appeal to a broad range of drummers. Musical players from pretty much any genre would be advised to take a listen." (Via Zildjian K Constantinople Cymbals review)
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"Brady's enviable reputation is based on the use of Australian desert hardwoods, which are harder than the familiar maple and birch of Western drums. Jarrah is Brady's most popular and versatile choice, with good balance of attack, body, warmth and depth. The 10 plies are, unlike anyone else's, all laid horizontally." (Via Buyers' guide: high-priced wood snare drums)
"Those exclusive native Australasian desert timbers are simply too gorgeous to resist. They produce bright, sensitive and focused sounds whichever you choose but we liked the warm Jarrah block and ply drums best. They are all quite magnificent, however." (Via Brady handmade snares review)
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Anyone tried yoga?
Say Yes to Yoga.
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Anyone tried yoga?
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http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Cancerinfor … apies.aspx
Interesting from the above link -
"Some people who have cancer find that yoga helps them cope with their illness and feel better generally. A recent study found that people who followed a four-week yoga course after they completed their cancer treatment had fewer problems sleeping and felt less fatigued."
Yoga benefits are vast. Definately helped through the grieving process. Relief of stress and overall uplifting can be obtained. Highly recommended.
Thanks for that Karen!
Karen....why don't you embellish a bit more on the benefits of yoga? You are somewhat of an expert on the subject. Always wonderful to hear from you. Perhaps we will have another chance to meet up again soon.
I love yoga but can't return till hernia surgery is completely healed.
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Marion I hope our paths cross again very soon. Always so wonderful to connect with you.
To add to what I previously wrote on Yoga....when practicing you must be in the moment...right here, right now so the mind does not have a chance to wander around feeling a wee bit sorry for itself. Yoga is the union of mind, body and spirit. The physical benefits of keeping you flexible helps in many ways. Always have a sensation of peace, calm after a practice. Certainly worth giving a try - absolutely nothing to loose.
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There are many adventures in life that come with some risk. Sky diving, zip lining, travel to some foreign countries and race car driving come to mind. Yet, there is one adventure that is not only risk free, but ultimately can be a huge eye opener, and that is food. Short of eating a poisonous mushroom or Japanese Fugu (the puffer fish, which only a few sushi chefs in the world are licensed to prepare because it is highly toxic and potentially fatal if incorrectly prepared), eating food has no risk. The worst thing that could happen is that you don't like something, but the potential reward of discovering something new and delicious to eat far outweighs that risk.
Jeff and I find this to be the most wonderful kind of adventure. In fact, the first thing either of us does when we are planning an evening out or a future trip somewhere is to research the food and restaurants we want to try. We both live by the motto that there is no such thing as bad food, just bad preparation of a food and therefore it is always worth giving something a second or third go around. We always say, taste first, ask later. Often one's perceptions get in the way of the potential enjoyment of a new food because of a bad past experience or preconceived notions. What you don't know can't hurt you sounds cliché, but it sure does work when it comes to food.
Sure, I draw the line at a few things; for example, domesticated animals are a taboo food to me, but by and large, I will try anything. Hey, maybe elephant grubs are tasty? How would I know since I never had one before, right? Next time I am in Papua, New Guinea, I'll be sure to remember that. I'm sure there are some cultures that would view moldy cow's milk as pretty gross too, but blue cheese can be a revelation in the right context. Don't knock it until you try it.
Ultimately an individual's food preferences are a product of their culture, which is why I find gastroanthropology so intriguing. One's life experience has much to do with what one will or will not try when it comes to foods, but the greater cultural history of a group of people is perhaps even more important in terms of how one approaches food. A specific culture's history of food is inseparable from factors ranging from religious observances to diffusion from other cultures that have conquered the land to the ecological individuality of a specific place. All these factors can create a fairly homogeneous approach to food among a group of people who grew up in the same place. Yet individual preferences may still exist — these being largely attributable to individual genetic variation, including things like how many taste buds are on your tongue. I will now get off my cultural anthropologist soap box.
That being said, the world is becoming a smaller and smaller place thanks to the Internet, television and social networking. What once was a world of isolated cultures is now a global community where food patterns are rapidly adapting and becoming more and more integrated. Hardly a country in the world doesn't have a McDonald's or a Subway — a fact about which I will reserve judgment for another time. So it is no coincidence that more and more people are defining themselves as "foodies," and more and more people seek out the unique opportunity of trying new foods as a means of exploring not only the world, but the limits and/or endless boundaries of their individual palates.
When I teach a cooking class or am planning menus here at the inn, I have to walk the fine line between presenting foods that are recognizable yet will present our guests with the opportunity to discover new flavors. The fact that I use largely locally-grown foods helps me achieve that. Yet, it always amazes me when I hear a guest say something to the effect of, "That was delicious. I never would have ordered it if I had seen it on a menu, but I loved it!" I wonder how many amazing foods some have missed out on tasting because they were afraid to try. So give food a chance. Step out of your comfort zone. You never know what amazing thing you may discover that will change your life.
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Did you know that meerkats have nictitating membranes (an extra, transparent eyelid), like birds?
One of the many reasons that Moolmanshoek Game Reserve in the Free State is an award-winning tourist destination is because of the personal attention guests receive from the Nel family throughout their stay.
Founded by Willie and Miemie Nel, this award-winning private game reserve in the eastern Free State is the Nel family's realised dream. As a longstanding conservation steward, Willie Nel recognised the rich natural offerings of their 3,500-hectare property and developed it into a conservation area and natural heritage site.
To sustain their dream the Nel family strives to ensure that everyone who visits experiences more than they expected and receives the highest level of hospitality from the family-run team.
The reserve nestles in the Moolmanshoek valley in a horseshoe formed by the Witteberg Mountains that feed several mountain streams. This water-blessed valley is rich in plains game, including springbok, zebra, black wildebeest, blesbok and ostrich. It also features 230 bird species.
Hiking, horse trails, fishing, and San (also known as 'Bushman') paintings are all on offer. For the horse riders, South African boerperde ('farmer's horses') and endurance Arabs are bred at Moolmanshoek. Horse safaris are managed by Willie and Miemie's son, Wiesman, for groups of between two and 15 riders, and these are accompanied by a well-trained guide.
Horse and hiking trails offer a range of views and the must-see San paintings, one of which features a warrior.
Moolmanshoek also offers a meerkat experience, where guests can get close to wild meerkats that are habituated to humans. For the anglers, there are black bass and carp dams or you can flyfish in the natural springs.
The lodge is built from the eastern Free State's characteristic sandstone, with 15 en-suite bedrooms, including fireplaces or Queen Ann stoves. The lodge has an honesty bar, library and sunroom are part of the lodge. Meals are of a high standard, enhanced by 'fresh from the farm' products and flavours such as figs and pomegranates.
At Moolmanshoek, they call their cooking 'boere cuisine' ('farmers' cuisine') because it features typical South African dishes such as pumpkin fritters and leg of lamb.
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From Gauteng (Johannesburg): Take the N1 to Kroonstad. Look for the R76 towards Senekal, following the Steynsrus/Bethlehem signs. At Steynsrus, turn right towards Senekal. Drive through Senekal on the N5 towards Bethlehem. About 5km after Senekal turn right on the R70 to Ficksburg/Rosendal. Exactly 10km past Rosendal turn left on a gravel road. Continue for 7,5 km till you see the Moolmanshoek gate on the left.
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A FOURTH man has been found guilty of being part of a gang which held up a cash truck carrying £435,000 at a service station near Alvechurch.
A jury at Worcester Crown Court decided 38-year-old Leon Brown, of Willersley Gardens, Birmingham, was part of the gang who ambushed a driver and hijacked the mobile cashpoint truck.
It was on its way from Oxfordshire to the V Festival in Staffordshire on August 15 last year when the robbers struck at the Hopwood Service Station on the M42 as the driver stopped for lunch.
They were wearing ski masks and hoods and forced terrified driver Ian Dewsbury into a black Audi while one of the gang took his keys and drove the truck. They then drove through Alvechurch before making a rendezvous with the truck in a field near Alvechurch railway station and ordering
Mr Dewsbury to help them get to the cassettes of £20 notes.
They loaded the cash into the boot of the Audi and locked him in the back of the truck , the court heard. He escaped and and called police who followed the gang in a helicopter. The helicopter crew recorded them stopping in Birmingham and running off in different directions. Police found clothing with Brown's DNA discarded in a bin along with clothes worn by the other robbers. He was stopped nearby shortly afterwards and arrested later.
He told police he had been at his mother's restaurant in Birmingham and had then been out jogging when the robbery took place.
The jury was told Brown, who pleaded not guilty to a robbery charge, had previous convictions for similar offences. He was found guilty by a majority verdict.
Three other men pleaded guilty earlier and will be sentenced with Brown in the next 28 days. A fifth man has not been found.


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In one case, a celebrated and cerebral former media mogul, who has served 29 months of a 78-month sentence in a Florida correctional institute, and who has been out on appeal for nine months, is being sent back to jail for another eight to 12 months.
And in another case, a celebrated and brilliant economist and politician, has been charged with the sexual assault of a New York hotel maid in what initially appeared to be a straight-forward conviction for the state.
Whatever your particular opinion of the guilt, innocence or conduct of Conrad Black, the media mogul in question, and Dominique Strauss-Kahn, or DSK as he is known, the French economist, who until his recent legal problems was the head of the International Monetary Fund, it is difficult to dispute that both men (admittedly more for Black than DSK) have been the targets of powerful U.S. district attorneys and their prosecutors have been intent as much on showing that no one is above the law as they have been in seeking justice.
In November 2005, the Illinois district attorney charged Black with eight counts of criminal fraud for allegedly absconding with $600 million in his capacity as the CEO of the media conglomerate Hollinger International, Inc. A few months later, additional charges were laid for racketeering, money laundering and obstruction of justice. Prosecutors in Chicago claimed that they had a solid case to send Black to jail for the rest of his life.
Instead, after a lengthy trial a jury convicted Black of only three counts of mail fraud and the obstruction of justice charge for removing boxes from his Toronto office. In July 2007, Black was sentenced to 78 months in prison. Since then, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out two of the fraud charges because of an incorrect and unfair interpretation of the federal government's "honest services" law, under which he was originally convicted.
The case of DSK is less complicated. A notorious womanizer, Strauss-Kahn, who is married, is alleged to have attacked and raped a housekeeper who was tending to his suite at New York's Sofitel Hotel. DSK did not deny that he had sex with the maid, but claimed it was consensual. Nonetheless, he was charged with sexual assault in mid-May.
Now, six weeks later, the New York City district attorney and his team of prosecutors have conceded that the housekeeper lied to the Grand Jury; that after the alleged attack she continued to do her housecleaning duties before she later that day reported the incident to the hotel manager; and that she was probably plotting with her boyfriend, a convicted drug dealer, to extort money from Strauss-Kahn. Reluctantly, prosecutors are reconsidering the case, since the likelihood of a conviction appears remote.
If you review the comments and actions of the prosecutors in both cases, it is hard not to think of Jack McCoy, the self-righteous assistant district attorney played for many years by Sam Waterston on the television show Law and Order. Waterston, as annoying as he was, captured the intense desire of real-life American prosecutors to secure convictions at nearly any cost. In some episodes, it was almost facts and fairness be damned as long as the alleged perpetrator went to jail -- and the conviction of a wealthy businessman or politician was all the sweeter.
That high-and-mighty approach is not entirely fictional and has been a feature of the American legal system for more than a century.
While laws and courts in the U.S. evolved from its British heritage, Americans moved quicker than the British did to make prosecution a public process rather than leaving it the hands of private individuals.
States also closely guarded their rights, so that prosecutors became tied to the interests of their local governments. Then in the 1820s, in an era of popular democracy, some states began electing their district attorneys; today only four states and the District of Columbia do not.
The idea was to make the DAs answerable directly to the people, yet owing to the nature of the work, that had its own particular challenges.
One issue, though, did become clear: DAs who wanted to keep on being elected had to show the people that criminals were punished and justice was done.
The DAs and their appointed prosecutors, with seemingly unlimited resources at their disposal, decided when to press charges, what charges to make against an individual, what evidence to disclose to the defence (although since the early 1960s, U.S. Supreme Court rulings have sided with the defendant for full disclosure as part of the due process of law), and most importantly, when to drop charges against an accused. Angela J. Davis, a professor of law at American University in Washington, D.C., was a public defender for the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia for 12 years.
"It was then that I learned of the formidable power and vast discretion of prosecutors," she has written. "During my years at PDS, I noticed that prosecutors held almost all of the cards, and that they seemed to deal them as they saw fit. Although some saw themselves as ministers of justice and measured their decisions carefully, very few were humbled by the power they held. Most wanted to win every case and winning meant getting a conviction."
It is a great historical irony that the U.S., a country which was built on checks and balances and a rejection, even fear, of too much power falling into the hands of any one person, should now have a legal system where a district attorney and his small army of prosecutors are fairly invincible.
As a consequence, Davis adds, "prosecutors, unlike judges, parole boards, and even other entities within the executive branch such as police, presidents and governors, have escaped the kind of scrutiny and accountability that we demand of public officials in a democratic society."
Beyond pleading not guilty to the sexual assault charge, Strauss-Kahn has not said anything else publicly about his case. There is speculation in the French press, however, that his political career is not done yet.
The erudite Black, meanwhile, has not stopped writing -- he has a new book out about his case in the fall -- or speaking about the unjust and vindictive treatment he believes he has received. And, apart from appeasing Chicago prosecutors, there does not seem to be much point in having Black, 66 and not in the best of health, return to jail until March or April 2012. Illinois Judge Amy St. Eve, herself a former prosecutor, no doubt felt she had no choice but to punish Black a bit more.
It has been difficult for Black, "a notoriously emphatic champion of America for decades," as he calls himself, to concede that the U.S., as only he could put it, is "a prosecutocracy amok in a carceral state."
Indeed, as of 2009, 7.2 million people, or three per cent of the U.S. adult population, were in jail, on parole or on probation.
If that's not an example of a "Frankenstein Monster," as Black deems it, then what is?
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Bit of a brief flying visit to catch up and fish with Carlos and George near Pamplona and then Aitor and Alejandro in Asturias. Followed by a trip to Reading to try the new ONEs.
Bit of a brief flying visit to catch up and fish with Carlos and George near Pamplona and then Aitor and Alejandro in Asturias. Followed by a trip to Reading to try the new ONEs.
Today Carlos and I initially started fishing for some trout in a local stream, however Carlos had to quit because he was too warm in his waders and so we went to another water. We'll call it Mystery River X, not necessarily because it's a mystery, but because Carlos didn't tell me its name (he may have forgotten it). It was once a great trout fishery, many years ago. It's not really a trout fishery any longer however. Now it's a carp and barbel fishery. And I like carp and barbel – in fact I love carp and barbel. I've only caught maybe half a dozen barbel on fly – in my life – and around 100 carp. So it's all pretty new to me.
Nice to get into some fish. I started trying to nymph them with a bunch of different pattens, from scuds to shrimps – nada de nada. I flung some dries at them – also nada. Then I chucked out a streamer. First cast a follow from a carp, second cast hooked into a good barbel (I didn't even know barbel took streamers!). I lost that fish eventually but that's partly because I was messing around with my camera.
Later I took a cruising barbel under my rod tip – on the streamer – and then three carp in quick succession in a quiet backwater – also on the streamer (using Christian Kuchelmeister's streamers from the EFTTEX) . These carp had to be teased and two took the streamer while speeding up and the third on a pause (I'd run out of room). Fantastic! Carp AND barbel on fly blow me away: sight fishing, it's not easy, the follows, the takes and of course the fights! Both species fight hard! So much so that I fell in. Gotta blame someone and Carlos was upstream.
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It's Never to Late to Say Something
Dear Engaged Bystander: 50 years later, the impact of a bystander to child sexual abuse could not be more profound. Imagine finally making the decision to talk about incest with your elderly aunt - only to find that she is willing to listen, acknowledge your reality and loving say "I am happy to hear you know it was not your fault."
This week, I had the chance to spend some time with a wonderful friend and colleague, Donna Jenson. Donna has written and performs a one woman play, "What She Knows: One Woman's Way Through Incest", based on her life as an incest survivor and what she has done to make her life worth living. It is a powerful play that she ties to an open conversation with her audience.
She shared with me an amazing bystander story and conversation with her 80 year old Aunt Mable. As background to this story, Donna has let me share with you that she was sexually abused by her father from the age of seven to the age of twelve. Although she has been an incredible activist for women and for survivors for decades, it took her until the age of 45 to come out to her family as a survivor of child sexual abuse. Many in her family refused to believe it. Others recognized that something was not right.
Joan: What did that mean to you, that some of your family recognized what was going for you at that time?
One of my aunts told me something I hadn't known. Early on in my life (I was maybe 3) my maternal grandmother knew something was very wrong - she noticed I trembled whenever my father entered a room. She tried to talk to my mom about it. My mother told my aunt, "If she makes me choose between him and the family, I'll choose him." And my grandmother remained silent.
I still wonder what would have happened to my life if their world had been surrounded by the idea of helping whole families, offenders included, rather than either putting up with them or throwing them away?
Joan: Now that it is 20 years later, what is it like for you to be in touch with your Aunt?
I love having contact with my family and especially my Aunt now that my grandmother is gone. My Aunt Mable writes to me every Christmas and now even stays in touch through email and texting. In January of last year, I told her about my play and what it was about. Her immediate response was, "I would love to read it." I did not send it to her because, even after all of these years, I was afraid that I would lose her too..."
When I said I was coming to visit, she sent me a text that said, "So glad you are coming to visit. By the way, I am still waiting for a copy of your play." I took a deep breath, wrote back and sent the play and my website. Two days later, I got a note that said "Just to let you know received the narrative. Have read it many times - trying to absorb it. Letter will follow." I felt my stomach cringe, and even after all of these years, I got nervous about what her reaction might be.
Then I got another note that made all of the difference in the world. "I liked it. It is written well and serves the purpose for why it was written... I am happy you can say 'it wasn't my fault' because my dear it was not your fault. Thank you for sending it to me. Love you."
Joan: How did you respond to her? How did it make you feel?
I wrote back to tell her that she is the best Aunt a girl could ever hope for. And her message, which I still have saved on my cell phone, makes me cry. It is like a little piece of grace. No matter how much hard work I do, there is a little pool of muck that remains - that is not fully drained. But when someone that close to the situation validates what I have done. It is the grandest, purest of affirmations, especially when most of the rest of my family can't deal with this.
Joan: What would you say to other families that might have a sense that something is not quite right?
You can make a difference -- just by being there. My Aunt Mable was one of the people I felt safe with. She has let me know that she knew something was not right. She was aware of the alcoholism and recognized what a tyrant my father was, even if she was not aware of the depth of the sexual abuse. Aunt Mable would always find ways to have special time with me, bounce me on her knee and sing silly songs together. In reality, when she came to visit I was safe. On her visits, she would sleep in my room and on those nights, nothing happened to me.
These moments of safety and this special attention is part of the foundation that allowed me to build my healthy life today. My Aunt, my grandmother, my husband, my daughter, my grandson, Cole and the people, friends, I call my family of choice are all a part of this foundation. And for those who struggle with what to say, please know that her affirmations 50 years later of what was not right in my childhood is healing for me. And yes for me the only word to describe it is a form of grace.
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COLUMBUS, Ga. – The Saint Leo men's golf team currently sits in a tie for 13th place after the Lions posted a two-round 303-296—599 at the Cougar Invitational contested at the Country Club of Columbus in Georgia on Monday.
The Lions were led by Joey Savoie (75-70—145) whose 1-over-par day has him tied for 26th on the first day of competition. Following Savoie is Austin Grey as he posted a two-round 75-75—150 that was matched by teammate Trevor Joseph as both are tied for 43rd.
Casey Bannon's 78-76-154 qualified as the fourth counting card for the Lions with his two-round 64th place result. Phil Horowicz rounded out the Saint Leo scoring with a 36-hole 78-86—164.
Tournament host Columbus State is in the lead for the team title entering the final round Tuesday, with a 13-under par 563, while West Florida and Lee University are 12 and 13 strokes behind the Cougars respectively. The Lions are only seven strokes out of 10th place.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A potential year-end strike deadline that would have idled 14,500 longshoremen along the Gulf Coast and up the East Coast -- including 1,200 in Jacksonville -- was pushed back 30 days on Friday when the International Longshoremen's Association and United State Maritime Alliance agreed to extend their contract negotiations.
Shipments of products as varied as flat-screen TVs, sneakers and snow shovels shipped as containerized freight could sit idle at sea or get rerouted if a wide-ranging work stoppage takes place
"We welcome today's news that a contract extension has been reached. However, we continue to urge both parties to remain at the negotiating table until a long-term contract agreement is finalized," said Matthew Shay of the National Retail Federation.
The deadline for an agreement was Saturday night and a strike would have brought a halt all moving of containerized freight on and off about 60 ships a week in Florida.
Gov. Rick Scott's office said cargo-related activity currently generates more than 550,000 direct and indirect jobs in Florida, and contributes approximately $66 billion in economic value to the economy.
"The livelihood of thousands of Florida families lies in the balance," Scott told port executives in a conference call on Thursday. "Florida's largest ports could be shut down. This is an issue of not just Florida importance, but of national importance."
Negotiations on wages, health care and shipping container royalties have been ongoing since March. The most recent contract expired in October, but the parties agreed to a 90 day extension that ended Saturday at midnight.
Friday's agreement extends those talks until midnight Jan. 27.
The biggest impact would be to the New York-New Jersey ports, which handled shipments valued at $208 billion last year. The strike would affect 15 ports that move 100 million tons of goods each year, or about 40 percent of the nation's containerized cargo traffic. Losing them to a shutdown, even for a few days, could cost the economy billions of dollars.
Last week the ILA sent a memo to its local chapters last week urging them to prepare for a strike. On Dec. 21, Scott sent a letter to Obama, asking him to invoke the Taft-Hartley Act to prevent a strike.
Jacksonville Port Authority's Chief Operating Officer Chris Kauffmann said that while not all of Jacksonville's port tenants use ILA labor, a strike would have a tremendous impact on both the import and export supply chain and affect thousands of jobs in Northeast Florida.
"We are definably concerned about the disruption to business that potentially could happen here, and hope to avoid it altogether," Kauffmann said.
Paul Anderson, who just left JaxPort to become executive director of Tampa's port, said "it's really important for the people in our country and our state to recognize that a strike this Saturday combined with ongoing negotiations between President Obama and Congress could be a 1-2 combination knockout punch for our nation's economy."
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Lead Line — April 2005
By Richard Thiel
Maintenance Problem
|Who wants to rebed a fitting when you could be out boating?
It's been a long, tough winter. Whether you were forced to contend with blizzards, ice storms, torrential rain, hurricane-force winds, or some evil combination thereof, chances are you didn't get much time on your boat, unless you happen to be a king-crab fisherman. Even now there are plenty of boaters who are still skating on backyard ponds and chipping ice off their windshields every morning. For them and a lot of us, it's still too soon to actually venture out on the water, but not to plan that first trip. And it's definitely not too soon to start getting the boat ready for the time when the water around us finally reverts to its liquid state.
"Getting the boat ready" is, of course, euphemistic for spring launch, a part of maintenance. My friend Phil says you can divide all boaters into two categories: those who own boats in spite of maintenance, and those who own boats because of it. Most of you, being sensible and logical, probably fall into the first category. You might enjoy puttering around on your boat every now and again, but when it comes to any sizable or dirty task, you call the boatyard. Who wants to rebed a fitting on a beautiful spring day when you could be boating?
The second group is not quite so well adjusted. They like to strip bottom paint, wax hulls, and change oil. You've probably got a few of these souls at your marina. They spend so much time working on their boat, you pity them. The unvarnished truth is, though, they aren't happy unless they have a project. In fact, they've got a list of things to do, the length of which never changes—as soon as they've managed to cross one job off, they've added a couple more.
This disease is pervasive and affects a wide range of boaters. In this issue's "At Sea," our own Capt. Bill Pike writes about how difficult it is for him to sell his boat Scrumpy Vixen. He waxes poetic about all the wonderful experiences he's had aboard her, including "those…plentiful hours spent on…bottom paint, waxing topsides, replacing engine filters and fluids, sanding and varnishing the louvered companionway door." Now there's a guy with a maintenance fixation.
Truth be told, I guess I have to admit that I have one, too. My own boat, Ava T., is coming up on her 20th birthday, so as you can imagine, she offers all sorts of maintenance possibilities. But she's also in great shape, and she'd be perfectly fine if I didn't do a thing to her all summer long. But I love to tinker with Ava T. almost as much as I love to run her. In fact, I underwent a major withdrawal this winter when it got so cold and nasty, I couldn't work on her interior, even with her shrink wrap and a sizable space heater.
But I'm fine now. Really. I'm back at work on Ava T., and just like that guy down the dock from me, I've assembled a whole list of things I'm planning on doing to her this year. And yes, that includes actually running her.
This article originally appeared in the March 2005 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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MARLBOROUGH skipper Nathan Morgan insists his side will focus on the job in hand despite the looming spectre of a trip to the home of English rugby.
The Common side travel to Chipping Norton tomorrow (2pm) to contest the Southern Counties Senior Vase Final – victory in which would leave them just a win away from a trip to Twickenham.
Marlborough reached what are effectively the national vase quarter finals by beating Melksham to win the Dorset & Wilts Vase late last year, then easing past Hungerford at a regional stage.
Victory this weekend would send them to a last-four clash against either Devon's Teignmouth or Gloucestershire's Drybrook with the prize of a final against the winner of the south east and London region at stake.
Morgan said: "The guys have been aware of what we have been going into ever since we beat Melksham to win that final.
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"Everything is getting a bit more serious now and the coaches are on at us a lot more.
"From a Marlborough point of view it's really good for the club. There is a lot more structure at senior levels of the club and we've had a good season so far.'' Norton are currently second in the Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier Division and could feature hooker Tom Phillips – a former Marlborough player – among their ranks.
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Excellent piece of furniture worth the cost and then some. Heavy, solid wood, comes not just fully assembled but assembled flawlessly, does not wobble, squeak, etc. We also bought the matching Caney Creek rectangular island, also by Bradley Brand. Together they have doubled our counter/prep/serving space in our open kitchen. The island's butcher block top does require some sanding when delivered followed by a rub down with mineral oil. The mineral oil will need to then be reapplied periodically (for me every two or three months, or whenever the wood starts to look dry) to preserve the life of the piece. We purchased the black finish on the bottom version and if I had any complaints at all it would only be that the black area appears to have been done with spray paint, and the color could be more even if you look at it closely. But that is an easy fix, hardly noticeable, and hard to resent given the overall value and quality for the cost. Overall this is a solid 5 star product and I would recommend it to anyone.Read More
Pretty nice. Fits the spot. Use it everyday to extend kitchen counter.Read More
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No, this does not have a drawer.
"Is the top centered over the bottom?"
Hi mcpatty97, yes, this is centered over the bottom, the dimensions are: 30 inches long x 24 inches wide x 36 inches high. Thanks for your interest, hope this helps!
"How thick is the butcher block top"
Approximately 1 1/2-2 inches
"How much weight can this hold ..."
The manufacturer reports that this island has not been weight tested, although it is very sturdy due to the mortise-and-tenon joinery employed in its manufacture.
I estimate the top will hold from 500lbs to several thousand pounds. The shelf will hold about 200lbs, but I would not recommend exceeding 100lbs (based on a 2X safety factor). I hope this information helps.
"Is assembly required?"
No, assembly is not required.
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Fresh take on Broadway hit
'A Chorus Line' explores the tribulations and motivations of those who seek success on stage
Published: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at 6:01 a.m.
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Some bite their nails. Others tap their toes. Still others cross and recross their legs until the moment their name is called.
For many who share dreams of fame and prestige, the audition is a nerve-wracking, heart-wrenching process standing between the dreamers and their goals.
The longtime Broadway hit "A Chorus Line" explores the tribulations and motivations of those who seek success on the stage, and it opens at the Gainesville Community Playhouse on Friday.
Susan Christophy, who directs "A Chorus Line," says though the time-honored hits like "I Hope I Get It" remain intact, this production will include original choreography and a fresh take on the characters.
"You have to honor the original. It's a gem all in its own," she says. "But we're doing it from a nostalgic eye. We're looking back at 1975. And we've allowed the actors to develop the characters."
Gainesville native Rikki Baynard, 19, plays Cassie, the oldest character in the cast, who experienced a period of success but saw it followed by a slump. Baynard says her character is passionate and driven but not bitter.
"She appeals to a lot of different age groups," Baynard says. "She knows what desperation feels like. She'll go to the end of the world to do what she loves and be happy at the end of the day. Even me as a 19-year-old, I know what it's like to not have any other options. Being an actor — that's what I was put on the earth to do."
Baynard attends The Circle in the Square Theatre School on Broadway studying musical theater. She says this production holds special importance for her, as she has been performing in musicals on stage since she was 11.
"How can you not try to audition for this? It's such an iconic show," she says.
Christophy says she approached the preparation process for her actors with an almost religious manner. First she showed them "Every Little Step," the 2008 documentary of the Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line."
"Whenever I think of theater, I think of 'A Chorus Line,' " she says. "The glamour of the costumes, the songs, the choreography. People have fond memories of the original. We had to approach this with a bit of reverence."
Christophy says the production's message is one of strength, determination and holding onto one's individuality.
"This production is unique in that it looks at the actors themselves and the process they go through to create art. The heartbreak of the audition is such an integral part of the theater. We forget that the people on stage have their own lives they're bringing with them, and that affects who they are on stage. Every person is special and original, even if they're not the star."
She says she hopes audiences leave feeling inspired and motivated to do what they love.
"Don't let anyone tell you that you should do anything else."
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True Wisdom Described In The Qur'an
How is Thoughtlessness Defined In The Qur'an?
As we have been explaining since the beginning of this book, wisdom is earned by a person abiding entirely by his conscience, choosing to live his life in a way that pleases Allah and is in accordance with the Qur'an, and as a result reaching perfection of thought and conduct. Also, it is comprehending the reason for his being and Allah's infinite power.
People who are not aware of these things are thoughtless. Most people never imagine that the personalities they see on television, their neighbours, university graduates, or successful businessmen can be thoughtless. However, being thoughtless means leading a life of ignorance, and because of this leading a miserable and difficult life, when they can live a life by the teachings of the Qur'an, which guides people to the best way of living both in this world and the Hereafter. So it is possible for a person to meet many thoughtless people around him.
In the Qur'an, Allah draws attention to the mistake people make with regard to worldly life and ignorance, and calls upon them to reflect on this and learn from it:
The life of the world is nothing but a game and a diversion. The Hereafter is better for those who guard against evil. So will you not use your reason? (Surat al-An'am: 32)
Anything you have been given is only the enjoyment of the life of this world and its finery. What is with Allah's reward is better and longer lasting. So will you not use your reason? (Surat al-Qasas: 60)
We have sent down to you a Book containing your admonishment. So will you not use your reason? (Surat al-Anbiya': 10)
… Have they not travelled in the land and seen the final fate of those before them? The abode of the Hereafter is better for those who guard against evil. So will you not use your reason? (Surah Yusuf: 109)
Even after the reminders in the Qur'an, such individuals as do not wish to comprehend the reality of this world and the Hereafter are those who do not use their reason, as the Qur'an mentions. Allah tells us of how these people figure in His eyes:
The worst of beasts in Allah's sight are the deaf and dumb who do not use their reason. (Surat al-Anfal: 22)
What is of true importance is that such people do not have the ability to differentiate between wisdom and thoughtlessness; they cannot see the situation they are in. So they think that wise people are thoughtless, and thoughtless people like themselves are wise. Because they do not fear Allah or concede the slightest possibility of having to account for the things they have done in this world, they assume that the path they are following is the right one. The Qur'an gives an example of their false mentality:
When they are told, "Believe in the way that others believe", they say, "What! Are we to believe in the way that fools believe?" No indeed! They are the fools, but they do not know it. (Surat al-Baqara: 13)
As clarified in the above verse, a thoughtless person thinking he is wise and not admitting any possibility of being in the wrong is the result of being thoughtless. Such people as do not possess any real perception are defined as blind and deaf in the Qur'an, even though they have no physical deficiencies. It is because these people cannot properly comprehend reality in general, nor can they grasp the realities they see and hear. For example, they cannot see Allah's greatness by looking at the perfect creation in the universe. Even if they do see it, they pretend not to have seen it, as they are thoughtless and do not listen to the voice of their conscience. Or they do not hear those who call them to the right path and explain to them the teachings of the Qur'an. Actually, they do hear them physically, but they go on living their lives heedlessly as if they had never listened to them. The situation they are in is explained in the Qur'an as:
Among them there are some who listen to you. But can you make the deaf hear incapable as they are of understanding? Among them there are some who look at you. But can you guide the blind, bereft as they are of sight? Allah does not wrong people in any way; rather it is people who wrong themselves. On the day We gather them together—when it will seem as if they had tarried no more than an hour of a single day—they will recognize one another. Those who denied the meeting with Allah and did not follow the right path will be lost. (Surah Yunus: 42-45)
As can be understood from all these explanations in the Qur'an, by detaching people from their humanness, a lack of wisdom makes people unable to comprehend and see and hear realities. This is explained in other verses:
We created many of the jinn and mankind for Hell. They have hearts they do not understand with. They have eyes they do not see with. They have ears they do not hear with. Such people are like cattle. No, they are even further astray! They are the unaware. (Surat al-A'raf: 179)
The unbelievers are like beasts, which, call out to them as one may cannot hear anything but a cry and a call. Deaf, dumb and blind, they understand nothing. (Surat al-Baqara: 171)
The reason why in the following pages we will be mentioning things that fog the mind is to warn people against the dangers of a lack of understanding. Because one who fails to rid himself of wrongful things that block his mind will experience great losses in this world and the Hereafter. Allah points out that those who lack understanding will remember their worldly life in the Hereafter with regret and say:
If only we had really listened and understood, we would not now have been the heirs of Hell. (Surat al-Mulk: 10)


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5. The Rebirth of Windows on Phones
Microsoft has been making phones running on a mobile version of Windows for a long time, much longer than Apple has been making phones, but Microsoft has never made much of a splash, and once the iPhone came out, Windows-based phones were toast. Microsoft tore up its plans and started all over again with Windows Phone. Version 7 was released about two years ago and 7.5 the next year.
The new Windows Phone version 8 attempts to redefine, as does Windows 8 on tablets, the app landscape. Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 share a substantial code base, and therefore the programming differences between Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 are small, compared (for example) to the differences between a Mac program and an iOS program. The idea is that developers writing Windows 8 software, of which you can expect many, will find it appealing to write a Windows Phone 8 app.
In the meantime, the best of the Windows Phone 8 phones, such the Nokia Lumia 920, have gotten glowing reviews from users. Consequently, this has helped Nokia sales to bounce back. The once-dominant company had been ignominiously dying off as the market rejected its smartphone strategy and its feature (not smart) phones stopped selling. Then Nokia took money from Microsoft and hitched its wagon to the Windows Phone 8 engine.
The new Nokia phones are relatively new on the market, but all the major carriers have them, so it's possible that within a few months Windows Phone and Nokia will be major players on the phone market.
6. 4G Phones In, Unlimited Data Plans Out
A year ago we were just beginning to see phones arrive claiming to support 4G mobile data connections. Now almost everything does. AT&T even decided to re-brand HSPA+, which is its network standard for the iPhone 4S and other popular phones, as 4G. But most new phones we see now support LTE, a high-speed mobile data standard.
Carriers are pushing 4G and data-hogging services in order to get you to use more data. At the same time, they couldn't very well just let you have better service and not pay for it, so AT&T and Verizon have stopped writing new unlimited data contracts. They are pushing customers into shared family plans, in which you pay a flat amount per month for each device you have on the network, and all those devices share a data allotment that you buy separately.
For families that are already heavy users this may turn out to be a better deal than buying a series of plans for each device, even if they are unlimited. But many customers will end up paying more and not using up their data allotment. If you still have an unlimited data plan you're grandfathered in, but if you upgrade your device you have to change plans.
T-Mobile and Sprint still sell unlimited data plans.
7. The Downfall and Possible Rebirth of RIM
How the mighty have fallen. As 2012 ends, the bleeding of RIM market share has slowed, largely because the Canadian company, known for its once-dominant Blackberry, doesn't have much blood left. Blackberries still a big presence abroad, especially in developing countries, but in the U.S. they are a minor player.
The company's hopes for revival rest on BlackBerry 10, a new version of the operating system and new phones to run it. Unconfirmed reports place the release date for these products at the end of January, 2013.
Can RIM recover and, once again, be a major player? It's possible that BB10 will make everyone go "wow, I've got to get one of those." All kinds of things are possible. Perhaps the main goal of a successful BB10 launch will be to give the company leverage in an effort to sell itself to a company that can do better with the BlackBerry portfolio.
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So. This is the sister blog to cookbook addict, my original blog. I have decided to split it in two, one in French and the other in English, which makes my blogging activities slightly less schizophrenic and easier to oversee, especially for readers. At least, I hope so. Most of you will get here because you already know me in my cyber life, so there is no need to explain that I am not a native speaker of the English language, nor have I grown up in Britain or wherever else the Queen rules or used to rule. Nope. I am a Parisian-born food lover with a strong attachment to all things in English, be they cookbooks, peanut butter cups or digestive biscuits. And I live in a small country they call Luxembourg, but really, it's the crossroads between Belgium, Germany and France, where all things converge. But don't tell them I said that. It's a lovely place;-)
Let me show you my kitchen first...
Now you may wonder why I have named this blog "The cookbook geek". Let me just copy/paste the following, which was my answer to the question "What do you expect from a cookbook?"
"Ideally, it should have pics, but I have some without any that I like browsing anyway. When it comes to the pics, they should be sexy, "food porn" pics that make you long to eat the food. I also pay attention to the quality of the paper, the colours, etc. And of course, last but not least, I have to be inspired by the contents. I don't want to have another cookbook with the same old recipes recycled once more. Now I have also come to love books that tell stories about the food and dishes, or the writer.
On the whole, the cookbooks usually made me aspire to the lifestyle they present, iykwim...
I sound like a total cookbook geek..."
Monday, September 24, 2007
3 comments:
- Anna said...
woooo Hoooooo, you don't know how happy I am that you've started a blog in English!! :-)
My French is abysmal, so while I really wanted to participate on your other blog, all I could do is guess, and guess badly probably at what you were saying! LOL
Anna xx
- 2:32 pm
- Kelly-Jane said...
I'm so happy to hear about this blog too!
I could work out what your dishes were, as my food French is good
(! haha) but the main text I was not very good at.
Looking forward to reading more.
- 10:34 am
- julie said...
Thanks, ladies, I hoep you'll enjoy it here:-)
- 9:13 pm
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Does Google know something about Apple's stock that the rest of us don't?
For at least a brief period this week, when users typed in "sell" in the search bar on Google Finance, Google automatically directed them to the page for Apple's stock, as pointed out in several blogs and a thread on Reddit over the weekend.
Google, for its part, said the result was due to its algorithm rather than any concerted effort to undermine Apple's stock.
"This isn't deliberate," the company told Search Engine Land in a statement. "Our algorithms seem to be keying off of the words 'sell' and "sells" in the description of this very popular stock symbol. We're working on how to adjust things so it doesn't happen anymore."
It appears that Google has since tweaked its algorithm so that now, when users search for "sell" on Google Finance, it brings up a list of stocks, including Selestra, whose ticker is SELL. Apple isn't anywhere to be found.
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Some Christina Aguilera Pics We Weren't Supposed to See
Candid, racy, sexy, semi-nude, midgets in rodeo outfits, [Other Google keywords here] photos of Christina Aguilera circa her "Not Myself Tonight" video shoot in April 2010 were leaked online today. Based on that time-line, I'm going to assume these were sent to her then-manstress Matthew Rutler who did exactly what you're not supposed to do with these things: Knock someone up.
What? Did you think I was going to say, "not leak them online?" Because that's just crazy talk. In fact, I question his manhood for waiting this long. That's like being afraid to pump gas in your car. How do you think this thing runs? Groupon? Get outta here.
UPDATE: In a revealing move, Christina's people have actually confirmed the photos are her, and that she was the target of a hacker. Because if there's anything hackers love, it's conveniently distributing photos of a now-pregnant woman to remind people she used to be thin. Damn their villainy!


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Dodgy materials, danger of choking, brakes may fail: product recalls can mean headlines for all the wrong reasons.
While admitting that something you sold wasn't up-to-scratch is rarely a good look, image-savvy companies are turning to social media to help disseminate information, dispel rumours and mitigate damage to their corporate image.
A decade ago, a recall meant a combination of mainstream media advertisements, hastily printed notices at the supermarket check-out and a mass mail-out to the customer database.
Fast-forward to 2012 and Facebook and Twitter have emerged as key tools for identifying and informing customers who've bought products that have later flunked the quality test.
Aon crisis manager Ian Davidson said their usefulness was two-fold. An insurance broker specialising in risk management, Aon has provided recall support to dozens of companies in the food and beverage sector whose products have been subjected to contamination or tampering.
With its facility to disseminate information instantly, Twitter can be used to fire details of a recall into the community, Davidson said.
Once customers have been alerted to the problem, both Twitter and Facebook can be deployed to provide fast follow-up information to those affected – collectively and individually.
All to the good, as far as the company's image is concerned, Davidson believes.
"You look like a good corporate citizen," he said.
"[Social media] allows you to get the message out there as quickly as possible and look clear and transparent in the process. And it shows you as willing to offer a fix."
It can also eliminate some of the donkey work that was an inescapable part of the recall process in the past.
Previously, dedicated helplines could provide the same set of responses to the same anxious questions thousands of times, as customers heard the news and raced to the phone, said James Griffin, a director of social media consultancy SR7.
Putting the answers on Facebook and providing direct follow-up to customers who requested further information was more efficient, Griffin said, and could help dispel inaccurate rumours and negative sentiments before they went viral.
"There can be a lot of emotion around product recalls – monitoring the conversation can be a useful way for the company to know when to provide input and to correct misconceptions," Griffin said.
"They can be actively involved in saying what the issue is."
Companies that fail to do this are playing Russian roulette with their brand says Stacey Tomasoni, general manager of Datacom, a vendor which provides ICT support to companies in crisis.
Left to chat among themselves in cyberspace without education or moderation, customers were capable of reaching "quite scary" conclusions, particularly if the recalled item posed health and safety risks, Tomasoni said.
"You need to defuse the situation so people are reassured and won't want to take it further," she said.
Some companies still made the mistake of treating social media as a static channel of communication – a signboard rather than a two-way electronic broadcast – and did not use it to provide real-time information and support, Tomasoni said.
There were 422 recalls in the 2012 financial year, resulting in the return of more than 2.5 million items, according the Australian Competition and Consumer Authority, which oversees the process.
Of those, 174 were generated by the car, boat and bicycle sectors, 32 concerned health and beauty products and 69 were food and grocery related.
The regulator itself has made social media an integral part of its communication process.
It's been broadcasting details of recalls via Twitter since May 2010 and has had a product safety Facebook page, which is updated daily, since December 2011.
An ACCC spokesperson said the agency encouraged suppliers to use a range of communication strategies, including social media, to maximise consumer awareness and participation in the recall.


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Why should you tune in to the new season of Unique Sweets tonight at 10:30pm ET on Cooking Channel? Because there are restaurants, bakeries, boutiques and candy stores in this country making desserts that will blow your mind (case in point below).
Geographical and insulin limitations prevent us from trying all the shockingly tantalizing treats featured on the show, but just looking at them is enough to get us salivating. Here are five desserts, with recipes, to get you to sugar rush over to your DVR and program in Unique Sweets, every Sunday at 10:30pm ET.
Peanut Butter Fudge Pie from San Francisco's Z Cioccolato
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Live Apple Pie from Portland's Divine Pie
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The US annual budget deficit is on track to reach $US1 trillion ($A947.82 billion) for a fifth straight year, though government revenue jumped last month as people paid some taxes early to avoid higher rates in 2013.
The Treasury Department says the federal deficit grew just $US260 million ($A246.43 million) in December. But for the first three months of the budget year, the deficit is now $292 billion.
In December, tax revenue rose 12 per cent to $US270 billion. Spending fell 17 per cent to nearly the same amount.
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Cook beans per directions. Heat oils in a heavy skillet, saute garlic, onion, and peppers 2 minutes. Add half the beans and all remaining ingredients. Saute 5 minutes. Mash the beans with a fork or potato masher to form a thick puree. Add remaining beans and slowly add enough bean cooking water to desired consistency - not to thick or thin. Cook 7 to 10 minutes until hot, stirring frequently.
Per serving - 95 calories, 3 gram fat (24% calories from fat), 4 gram protein, 15 gram carbohydrate, 6 gram fiber, 0 milligram cholesterol, 170 milligram sodium