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What Lengths Have You Gone To Delivering A Cake?
Decorating By cookiemom51 Updated 17 Jun 2011 , 3:48am by platinumlady
Another thread here got me to thinking how far we will go to make sure a customer gets their cake. Chest pains put me in the hospital overnight once when I had a big cupcake order due. The cupcakes were baked and frozen, but I had to call a decorator friend from my hospital bed to finish and deliver the order. Do you have a similar story to share? What would it take for you to not deliver on a cake?
Did you have a heart attack, or was it a stress reaction?
I hope you are doing better now.
-Debbie B.
Oh gosh...I've delivered under some pretty crappy circumstances. I guess the most uncomfortable was straight after having my wisdom teeth pulled, with zero pain killers so I wouldn't be too groggy to deliver the cake. The all time worst was when we had two dogs die, in a just horrible way - it happened really early in the morning, and I had a ton of orders, with one major delivery. I was in that 'ugly cry' mode where your whole face is distorted, hiccups, snot bubbles - the whole bit. (my dogs were my absolute babies) Anyway, I delivered the cakes, and of course had to wait around forever bs'ing with the client, and caterer. I did tell them what was up, because honestly I could not hold it together. Very bad day. Cakes were good, just a bad day.
OMgsh, I once told a couple that knew my boyfriend that I would do a free cake for them for their small (30 guest wedding). My boyfriend broke up with me the day before the cake was due. So I had to make it with the hyperventilating, snot bubbles, and hiccups, then BRING IT TO HIM, THE EX-BOYFRIEND I WAS HEARTBROKEN OVER, and while I was there, getting out of the car, his date showed up, who happened to be the girl my brother was crushing on! I just brought it up stairs and gave it to him with tears in my eyes....They later got married...
I actually have a couple more, I'll do separate posts, I need to get dinner warmed over..LEFTOVERS! lol
No heart attack, Deb, thanks for asking. It was just a bunch of stress catching up with me.
No heart attack, Deb, thanks for asking. It was just a bunch of stress catching up with me.
Thank goodness!
I drove 2 1/2 hours to deliver a birthday cake once. I also went 36 hours with no sleep for my first wedding cake. Of course I know the pros do both of these often. LOL!
No heart attack, Deb, thanks for asking. It was just a bunch of stress catching up with me.
Thank goodness!
I drove 2 1/2 hours to deliver a birthday cake once. I also went 36 hours with no sleep for my first wedding cake. Of course I know the pros do both of these often. LOL!
I have had to rent a van when my air conditioner went out in my van. After tax and insurance and gas and the fee and all that, I had to shell out $35 MORE than what I charged for delivery!
I went 3 nights IN A ROW with no sleep the first night, 4 hours the second night, and 2 hours the third. I was wired from lack of sleep on the 4th night, and just laid here with my eyes shut, listening to my DH snore, lol! I finally got into the Bailey's Irish Cream, and fell asleep on the couch with the glass in my hand. When I woke up, 6 hours later, it was still upright!
When my sister died a few years ago, I asked the family if it was POSSIBLE to have the viewing on Thurs and the funeral on Friday, that would REALLY help me out because I had a small wedding (catering and cake) on Saturday. How awful that I wanted to work my sister's funeral around my catering schedule!
We were able to do it that way, but I did have someone on stand-by to handle the whole wedding if it was needed.
I had a little wedding cake due, but broke my right hand (I'm right handed). My hand was in a cast so I had to hire someone to bace and decorate the cake. I had to take the flowers off a dummy display cake, as that was the design she wanted. (I did tell here I would have to do that). After paying the other decorator I didn't make a dime off the order.
Oh my, did this ? bring back memories
One time early in my decorating career I was asked to deliver a cake to a campground overlooking Bass Lake. I was told it was a 'short walk' from the parking area to the location..........yeah, about 1/2 mile over running streams, rocks, and thru the forest! Then there was just an OLD picnic table w/no one around to accept the cake. That memory is starting to fade.....
Another time the reception was at an outdoor venue. The bride's father had made a special table to display the cake on - individual tiers in stair=step fashion. Instead of bringing the table to me he gave it to the caterer who forgot to bring it to the venue. I had to wait more than 3 hrs while they sent someone back to town for it.
I gave birth 6 weeks early to my daughter. I was working for a bakery at the time and an older bride ordered her cake there and made me PROMISE that I would be the ONLY one doing her cake.
So, you guessed it, out my little one popped, they wisked her off to the NICU, and in between feedings I rushed over to the bakery, decorated the cake, rushed back to the hospital and fed her. And it wasn't even my bakery.
I delivered a cake in a hurricane one time. I hate delivering cakes.
I gave birth 6 weeks early to my daughter. I was working for a bakery at the time and an older bride ordered her cake there and made me PROMISE that I would be the ONLY one doing her cake.
So, you guessed it, out my little one popped, they wisked her off to the NICU, and in between feedings I rushed over to the bakery, decorated the cake, rushed back to the hospital and fed her. And it wasn't even my bakery.
I can totally see that! You poor thing!
One time I borrowed an SUV from my FIL to deliver the stupid Wilton castle cake with the plastic columns because I needed air conditioning to keep the icing firm. Well, I found out after my husband brought it home, the air wasn't working, but he had already cleaned it out and my van was trashed, so I took it anyway. Well, the delivery was 35 miles away, and about mile 20, the damn thing started shaking like a maraca! It was horrible, but lasted about 3 seconds. I was scared, but kept going, and it did it again 5 miles later, for 5 seconds. Then again 5 miles later, but this time it did it for 20 or 30 seconds, and it was VIOLENT! This lady drove past me and she was looking at me like this So I know it was really bad, and the hubcap came off and rolled behind me. I was crying, but I slowed down a bit and it stopped.
I get to the park, and pull over before I get to the picnic area and the damn hatch back wouldn't open. So I had to climb over the seat to look at it, and of course the damn thing is in pieces! I had my "kit" thank the Lord, and repaired it best as I could, leaning over the seat, sweating, and crying!
I was 25 minutes late, but the cake looked 95%, which was GREAT, considering...
I drove the baked layers, frosting ingredients, and the flower sprays I had premade from my house to my in-laws 5 hours away, for my SIL's wedding. Half the back of my van was cake and other stuff I needed to decorate! We got there and I spent the next 2 days assembling the thing amid people busy setting the church up, my nursing baby, a wedding, family members panicked I wouldn't finish, a stressed bride, and my poor husband going crazy keeping the kids out of the way and waiting on me to get to a point where I could stop and nurse the baby.
Totally worth it, the cake looked great. But I swore I'd never bring a cake that far again! (Unless my sister gets married... LOL!)
I've had one day where cakes weren't delivered, and learned from that that I'm not invincible, and I need to have a better back up plan. My child had a medical emergency, and let me tell you, I was totally unprepared for that situation. (Me getting sick, no problem. My child, totally different story!) DH was out of town on business, and there isn't family where I live, save my father who lives with me. Large tiered cakes and complex cakes stayed in the walk-in while my father and oldest son delivered dessert and cookie orders, and cakes that were two tiers and under. Foolishly, I believed I'd be able to leave the hospital long enough to deliver the larger cakes, but that wasn't the case here.
But since we're talking about what we've done to GET the cakes delivered.... I had to have knee surgery back in January. Luckily this was planned, so I know I'd need help for a few weeks with carrying/deliveries, and flew my best friend up from Austin to be with me for that time. Right after I sent her back home, I tore another ligament and had to have surgery again--one a weekend I had THREE weddings (nevermind the other cakes.) Since I couldn't fly my BFF back up in time, I pulled my 15 yr old niece who has her learners permit to do the driving, rented a motorized wheel chair, and away we went.
I've also driven cakes as far as 8 hours with the AC on HIGH and me wrapped up in a jacket, not a fun way to travel I must say.
Delivered one cake in an ice storm.. got to venu.. no one there...went in set up cake and left..found later only people who came were the imediatefamily and bridal party. But the cake made it!!
Delivered cake on the hotest summer day.. no one at the venu,.found owner goes home for a nap every afternoon. sat and waited 3hrs moving to find shade as the sun moved. Called him but He wouldnt come back earlier.
Delivered one cake engine on my car quit. Called for help but sat and watched my BC frosting melt and my flowers drop. one by one then two by two. until calvary got there. I was such a wreck Bride met me at hall door.. and was very understanding.. refused to take any money back.. and even ask if we wanted to stay and eat with them and relax before we headed home.. I was just crying and thanked her. told her no that was fine...but she insisted and had her dad seat us.. She was so wonderful. don't get many like that.
Delivered one cake 2 hrs away and venu was so small couldn't move and they had people sitting in the yard.. table for cake was only 30 in round for huge cake with 2 fountians and 4 sets of stairs and bridges.. bride mad when cake wasn't what she wanted. It was, just most was in the kitchen because they didn't have a table to fit the cake. Worst part was all my equipment was never returned.. nope neither hall or bride no one fessed up where it went. I started to charge security deposits after that.
M-Wilford, I did the out of town thing last weekend for a relative, and I too have made the never again vow. This was a fancy schmancy three day event, with a million events, and group site-seeing...which i missed all of, holed up in a strangers kitchen making cake, with the bride's, father's mom hovering over me. My husband called about every other minute to remind me that he hates when I agree to do family cakes. (I still got paid, regular price) the whole thing was so annoying, but the cake did get done - and was then hauled up two flights of stairs (it was in a huge restored train station) by me, because no one else 'was comfortable moving a tier cake'. It's so difficult packing for out of town work. You forget how much stuff you need - we really were like 90% cake stuff, 10% clothes.
I've delivered cakes in blizzards and floods before (the last one was fun, glad that my car apparently floats). Last weekend my car started driving really rough in the middle of a delivery and I had to deliver, limp home, and use my husband's sedan to deliver the other two cakes for that day. When my mother died a few years ago I flew back and forth between here and there to make and deliver a couple of wedding cakes while she was in the hospital and in hospice care.
I've never NOT delivered a cake, but I'm sure the situation could arise, I just can't think of something that would prevent me from delivering other than me personally being in traction. And even then I'd find someone else who could do it for me.
I once drove a cake from Houston to Wichita Falls for a wedding. It was the end of June so it was HOT in Texas and that drive is about 9 hours. I had the AC on high, but the fondant on one tier fell off in the back. Fortunately I had time to do a patch job before the wedding started, and it was for my dad. The cakes were my gift to them so they didn't really care that it wasn't perfect.
I was due to deliver a wedding cake and there was a tornao that was o n the ground between me and the venue. I called the venue and updated them about it and explained I would be a little later than planned.
Got cake loaded up and set out for delivery when the tornado sirens went off again! Looked around and didn't see anything threatening so I continued to the venue, walked across water holes and hilly grass while trying to keep the cake dry. Set up the cake as the wedding was finishing up and left.
Got back and discovered the sirens were actually going off because there was another tornado on the ground 1/4 mile from where I had been driving.
UGH the things we do to deliver a cake
Delivered a 4 tier wedding cake, while 7 months pregnant, driving up winding mountain roads (actually had to BACK down the mountain because my van didn't have enough traction to make it up the rest of the way and I kept sliding backward) and WALK it up the steep mountain about a MILE while it was snowing (that crappy wet, sticky snow) and I was wearing heels (2"). Not fun. I cried walking all the way back down, the baby flipped onto my bladder and I wet myself - not that you could tell because I was soaking wet from the snow/slush.
The snow came suddenly (it was Feb. 29 in southern California) about 10 minutes before I got there and came down HARD. But the cake made it.
I'd have called someone, but there was absolutely NO cell phone reception, and the houses on the road were all vacation houses/cabins and nobody was in them.
delivered 3 tier cake 61.45 km or 38.18 miles away, dh driving on a not so well paved road..had to wait almost an hour for venue to set up table..had to go back home immediately to catch a flight..but eventually missed the flight & had to rebook flight at the same price of the cake i just delivered..arrgh.. ...but the good part was dh's family was shouldering the christmas trip, so we got refunded
on another occasion, was working on a cake while i had tummy cramps..when i couldn't take it any longer, i asked dh to take me to the ER for some pain reliever..as soon as the pain went away, i was back in the kitchen again..whew!
Delivered a 4 tier wedding cake, while 7 months pregnant, driving up winding mountain roads (actually had to BACK down the mountain because my van didn't have enough traction to make it up the rest of the way and I kept sliding backward) and WALK it up the steep mountain about a MILE while it was snowing (that crappy wet, sticky snow) and I was wearing heels (2"). Not fun. I cried walking all the way back down, the baby flipped onto my bladder and I wet myself - not that you could tell because I was soaking wet from the snow/slush.
The snow came suddenly (it was Feb. 29 in southern California) about 10 minutes before I got there and came down HARD. But the cake made it.
I'd have called someone, but there was absolutely NO cell phone reception, and the houses on the road were all vacation houses/cabins and nobody was in them.
OMg, this breaks my heart!
Honest to goodness, I cannot think of another group of service providers who would go through what you all have to deliver a cake. I am just full of admiration for my fellow cakers! Or are we all nuts? lol
I also had to deliver in a flood. I drove to the venue in POURING rain and found out that it was down a steep hill, and right next to the river (Which reminds me of another time, lol!) so close it had a deck that extended out over the river. I drove back and forth, trying to see if there was another way down there, or somewhere to park so I could walk it down the hill.
I finally just gritted my teeth and drove/slid down the hill, squealing the whole time, lol. The cake survived, but to get it into the venue I had to drive over several rivulets and I got as close to the door as I could, but then had to tromp through another literal stream. Water went up past my ankles and it was still POURING. So I had the FOB help me with holding an umbrella, but the cake still got soaked. It was buttercream with teal cornelli lace and Orange stenciling, (which sounds awful but was pretty.) The colors were running down the sides, so I had to dab with viva as best as I could.
I'll add a pic of it.
Well, I was pregnant during my externship from Culinary School for the Holidays in the commissary pastry shop at Colonial Williamsburg. My "plug" came out on December 31 the last day of work and the day before I came home. All my books said that labor would soon follow. My doctor thought everything was fine, no signs of labor, I came home and made not one, but two wedding cakes and 100 dozen wedding cookies in 3 days. The big cake and cookies was for my husband's youngest sister, so everything HAD to be big and wonderful. So, I got a 5 day rest after that marathon before my bouncing baby came. I have always told her she should have experience because she was with me all the way!!
I did my brother's wedding cake, then put it in the trunk of the car (before we had a mini-van) and drove it 400+ miles to Ohio. Arrived perfect and even the "I'm on a diet" ladies had two or THREE pieces.
While I was having my "kidney stone episode" there wasn't anyone at work to do the cakes. I couldn't afford to take off work. Another girl helped me with the breads (I couldn't lift over 5 pounds) so we pulled up a stool and I learned how to decorate and ice cakes while sitting down! Drink lots of water girls!!!! You DON'T want to go through that! In the beginning when I was on the heavier pain killers they told me I was quite silly and giggled at about everything. I plowed through the cakes though.
Let me see... some of my faves...
Delivered a wedding and grooms cake 7+ hours away (for my nephew, I would never deliver like that otherwise. Unless there was some serious cash involved!) in the heat. SUPER HOT, white knuckling the whole way, worried that cake would melt or something. Ended up working out fine. But of course since it was my nephew, I did all that for free... Ugh!
Another of my faves... again, heat of summer. An hour away for a new client. Reception was at a swanky nice club, but what they didn't tell me was that it was in the middle of a state park (ie: impossible to find) and the roads were rutted gravel with about a 60 degree incline every 100 feet. What a nightmare! By the time I went back and forth looking for it, over all these ruts and hills... the cake sure did fall over. Fortunately it fell on it's back so the icing flowers weren't damaged, just a little bunged up icing in back that I was mostly able to smooth. The couple was so amazing, they apologized to ME for not telling me about the conditions of the area. They were the nicest people I've met in a long time and have ordered from me since then. Alls well that ends well, right?
Oh, during the "kidney stone episode" I had a big four tier stacked cake. Since I had been off for the surgery I forgot to tell anyone to pick up dowel rods to stake the cake. I couldn't lift so I had the grandson of the owner help carry it into the car. I didn't center stake the cake, but it was well doweled. He had never seen a stacked cake as it is carried and went ON AND ON about how that cake was going to fall. Well, I followed him to the car and he kept carrying on, but when the cake was in the car he said "Look" and I turned and he was SHAKING the cake. I just about sh*t myself. I yelled for him to stop but I just don't think he got it. I hate other people carrying my cakes. But the cake didn't move, even with that abuse.
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..........there are only two people qualified to carry a wedding cake. The person who made it, and the person who paid for it. They are the only ones to understand it's worth!!!
I delivered a cake to a river boat that was three tiny tiers, with a single column in the middle. it was wobbly because I had the column jammed through the bottom tiers and a skewer through the top, holding it through the column. There was a wind storm and the river was choppy so while I was walking across the gangplank thingy, it was going up and down, and up and down. And the wind was about to blow me over, and trying to sweep the cake out of my hands. It was hinged on both sides to keep from breaking, but the boat was going up and down, so when I got to the boat, I had to let go of one side of the cake to open the door. I gripped it to me, and accidentally stuck my boob in it. But it made it in one piece, and I re-piped the back.
I'll add a pic of that one too.
woke up with evidence of losing a LOT of blood (fibroid problems) at about 5 am and told my husband I needed to go to the emergency room....he said, let's go....I said, gotta wait till 10 am until the venue opens and bleeding had pretty much stopped .....delivered cake at 10 am , drove to the emergency room, walked from the parking lot.....turned out I had about 1/3 of the blood in my body than I should have had......doctor told me I was lucky I woke up at all that day....asked if I was tired....my response.... "It's wedding season and I do cakes....I'm always tired."...ended up needing a few units of blood and the next week having hysterectomy......


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Fairhope - Trees will be picked up during regular scheduled trash days through February 22nd. Mulch created from those trees will be available at no cost to residents on Arbor Day (Feb. 27) from 9:00 a.m. until noon at the Public Works Warehouse located at 555 S. Section Street. If you have questions, call 251-990-0192.
Gardendale - Natural Christmas trees are picked up curbside and are chipped by the city as part of their normal landscaping and yard debris removal service. Mulch generated goes to Gardendale city landscaping.
Homewood - From December 26th through January 9th, natural, decoration-free Christmas trees can be brought to the corner parking lot between Dale and Grace Street from 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. Thanks to the Homewood Garden Club, the trees will be recycled and the mulch will be used for pathways at Homewood City Schools' Community Garden. There will also be a drop off location at the Homewood Public Library. Trees will also be picked up curbside the first two Wednesday mornings in January, but will not be recycled.
Hoover - Christmas trees are picked up curbside and are chipped by the city as part of their normal landscaping and yard debris removal service on regularly scheduled pickup days. There will also be a drop-off site on Municipal Lane, across from the Lake House. Signs will be posted on Municipal Lane after Christmas.
Huntsville - Natural Christmas trees can be dropped off at the Huntsville Botanical Gardens Leaf Mulch pile (East of the main entrance), December 26th through January 15th. The trees will be mulched and used around the Garden throughout the year. Trees left on the side of the road will be picked up by the city's sanitation department during regular trash collection.
Mobile - Keep Mobile Beautiful will be collecting decoration-free, natural Christmas trees December 26th through January 13th. Trees may be delivered anytime to the locations listed below, however volunteers will provide assistance with unloading from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sundays. Trees will be mulched for use by area gardeners. Flocked trees will not be accepted. For questions, please contact Keep Mobile Beautiful at 251-208-6029.
· Parkway Plaza: 2655 Dauphin Island Parkway
· Belle Foods: 2501 Government Boulevard
· Wildwood Place: 4055 Cottage Hill Rd
· Regency Center Belle Foods: Airport at University
· Westwood Plaza: Airport at Schillinger
· Park Forest Center: Moffet at Forest Hill Drive
· Clover Leaf Plaza: Tillman's Corner
Montgomery - Along with the Montgomery Clean City Commission and the Alabama Department of Conservation, the City of Montgomery will recycle natural, decoration-free Christmas trees by either mulching or sinking them into public fishing lakes to form fish habitats. Trees will be accepted on December 31st, 9 a.m. to 3:00 p.m, at the Saturday Trash Pickup Points (listed below). Trees put out by the road will not be recycled. For more information, please call the Montgomery Clean City Commission at 334-625-2175.
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· Cramton Bowl
· Crump Elementary
· Dannelly Elementary
· Goodwyn Jr. High
· Halcyon Elementary
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· Morningview Elementary
· Sheridan Heights Community Center
· Southlawn Middle School
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Mountain Brook - The Mountain Brook Tree Commission and the Birmingham Zoo partner for this annual event. Residents are encouraged to drop off natural Christmas trees free of decorations at the zoo's picnic area next to the parking lot during normal business hours, December 26th through January 6th. The trees will be turned into mulch for use at the zoo. Curbside trees will not be recycled.
Prattville - Natural Christmas trees can be dropped at the Recycling Center located at 122 Ridgewood Road (across from Mac Gray Park) on December 6th from 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. All trees must be free of lights, ornaments, tinsel, and other decorations. The trees will be mulched and used in landscaping throughout Prattville. If you are unable to drop off your tree at the Recycling Center, please place it at the curb on your normal Residential Yard Trash collection day and Sanitation will collect it for recycling.
Shelby County - County citizens can drop off their trees for recycling on December 26th through January 3rd at the following locations:
· Pelham City Park (off US 31/ US 119 in Pelham)
· Ray Building (off Alabama 70 in Columbiana)
· Chelsea City Hall
· Heardmont Park on U.S. 119
· Propst Alabaster LLC (formerly Colonial Properties Alabaster, at the end of the AmStar Theater parking lot)
All drop areas are located in parking lots and designated with orange traffic cones and signs.
Tuscaloosa - From December 26th through January 10th natural Christmas trees, natural garland, and wreaths free of decorations and ornaments can be dropped off at the Environmental Services Department at 3440 Kauloosa Avenue.
Vestavia - Decoration free, natural Christmas trees can be dropped off at Scout Square (The Christmas Tree Lot) right off of Highway 31 in Vestavia. Donated trees are used as fish habitats in the lakes on the properties of Alabama Power.
Reusing Your Old Christmas Tree at Home:
· The most obvious form of recycling your old Christmas tree is to chip it up into mulch to used in your landscaping. Chippers can be rented from most hardware stores, but they do require special skills and often liability insurance to operate. Please do not consider this option if you have no or limited prior experience operating a wood chipper.
· Retired Christmas trees make great bird habitats in back yards. Secure the trunk of the tree about one foot down into the soil or use a tree stand and decorate the tree with bird seed, nuts, and old fruit. During the rest of the winter your retire Christmas tree will become a songbird's paradise.
· Old wreaths also make a excellent bird house. Just hang your retired wreaths on trees and you'll soon see that nesting birds have made them their new homes.
· If you happen to have a lake on your property or you have friends or family that do, old Christmas trees make excellent fish spawning habitats. Simply using a natural string or cord (Something like hemp cord works great!) tie your Christmas tree to a large rock or brick and dump it into the lake deep enough so that they entire tree is submerged.
· Christmas tree branches and old wreaths make the perfect seasonal accent to floral arrangements, flower pots, and winter landscaping.
· Consider using needles for pine-scented potpourri.
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· Retired Christmas trees can always be cut into firewood. Let the wood cure and dry for one year, so next Christmas you can heat your home with this year's Christmas tree. When drying the wood make sure that the wood is elevated and not touching the ground to prevent rot.
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I got this recipe from Paula's Cooking on Food Network. We made them yesterday for the Forth of July, and I had to print out recipes for everyone as they were leaving!!! Even the beef eaters liked these!
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I made these according to the recipe. They were not very good. My hubby didn't care for them either. Just the combination of garlic and tuna didn't taste good. The pimento and horseradish were undetectable as far as flavor goes. I did, however, make them again eliminating the pimento, garlic, and horseradish. I did add 1/2 tsp salt. Now, they were really good with a piece of American cheese
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- 2 (6 ounce) cans solid white tuna, drained
- 1⁄2 cup breadcrumbs
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1⁄2 cup finely chopped onion
- 1⁄2 cup finely chopped celery
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- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
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Spot fat loss does : Ot occur naturally. By losing weight in general a certain amt will probably be abdominal fat. However, we don't get to chose what area of the body the fat is lost from. Eat healthfully ; be physically active. Calories burned must > calories consumed. To tighten ab's do crunches, reverse crunches, exercise ball crunches, pelvic thrusts, lying leg raises, side bridge ; "bicycling" exercise on back. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
What's the best exercise to get rid of stomach fat&get a toned stomach&what foods should I avoid if I want to lose the stomach fat and tone up?
Spot fat loss does: not occur naturally. By losing weight in general some may be abdominal fat. But, we don't get to choose what area of body fat is lost from. Eat healthy & be physically active. Calories burned must > those consumed. Tighten ab's: crunches, reverse crunches, exercise ball crunches, pelvic thrusts, lying leg raises, side bridge & "bicycling" exercise on back. Do regular aerobic exercise. ...Read more
Best exercise to burn abdominal fat and to lose weight in general ? And what is the best sport machine to have it at home?As i don't have a nearby gem
Elliptical: A good quality elliptical from precor will give you both an upper and lower body workout with minimal stress to your knees and back. ...Read more
How to know what exercises reduce stomach fat?
Here's the deal....: Unfortunately you can't specifically get rid of abdominal fat by spot reducing. If you lose weight a portion of that weight loss will reduce abdominal fat. Additionally, core toning exercises will help you stand more erect & improve your appearance. To lose weight keep up your physical activity and ensure that calories burned exceed calories consumed. Weight training can help build muscle which. ...Read more
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What is a good exercise to reduce my stomach fat?
3 things to do: First is obviously a balanced diet. Second--to gain muscle, you must do weight-bearing exercise/lifting/squatting etc... Third: fat around the waistline is tough to trim, so ab crunches/twists (kick-boxing is incredibly effective but tough to do). Slow, persistent/commitment is needed to build a well-balanced/healthy body. U are doing it for yourself, so take the time and do it well. Good luck. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Hello, what's the best way to loose abdominal fat?
Diet and exercise: The best way is to start monitoring your calorie intake and purposely decrease your daily calorie intake till you start losing weight. Calorie counters can be found online. You will probably find that around 1000 calories a day may be ideal for you losing about 1lb a week. You will feel hungry and uncomfortable at first but this means you are doing good job. It will pass. Sit ups, aerobics. ...Read more
What are some exercise to reduce lower abdominal fat?
Belly fat: You cannot preferentially lose fat from one specific area of the body (naturally). However, overall weight loss will contribute to loss over different body areas. Exercise can be used to firm, tone and sculpt. ...Read more
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Cardio Mix: You can not target the abdomen specifically for weight loss - if you have adipose tissue to lose (not everyone does), then consider an increase in cardio and a balanced diet. However, do not always do the same exercise or you will increase your risks for stress injuries. Mix things up with walking, running, biking, swimming, or circuit training. Ultimately you need to burn more than you consume. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
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How to Write a Press Release Introduction That Leaves a Lasting Impression
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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
"It was a dark and stormy night."
A great piece of fiction only needs one line to set the tone of a story. Similarly, press releases need a great introduction to engage readers.
Because anyone can publish anything online, your audience must quickly decide whether or not your content is credible, meaningful, and relevant to them.
Our downloadable guide to crafting press releases that drive earned media shows how to plan a compelling press release strategy. Once you develop this strategy, you need to employ the same considerations in executing a compelling final product.
If you've persuaded your audience to read past your headline (which should include a trigger, keyword, adjective, and promise), the introduction is where you must seal the deal to keep them reading.
When writing a press release to promote your company's news or marketing content, follow these tips to create a strong introduction that will hook the reader and give you the edge on discoverability.
1. Get to the point. The introduction, or lead paragraph, is your chance to tell the 10-second version of your story. You'll have the remainder of your news release to expand on the salient points.
2. Don't force the writing process. When do you write your introduction? Before you write the story or after? If you're struggling with your introduction, try writing your introduction last. Tell the story and then tie it together with your introduction. Otherwise, if you have an irresistible idea for your intro, write it and lay out the rest of the release in order.
3. Focus on the why. Tried and true practices of answering the five Ws (who, what, where, when, and why) in a news release are still solid practice. Lead with the why. You have a very short window to get the reader's attention. Why does this story matter to them? Start with the why, then move on to the how and the what (where and when).
4. Know your audience's informational needs. Do they need background? Are they more interested in context? Or would they prefer an emotionally moving story? Remember, you made your audience a promise in your headline. Deliver on that promise and they'll keep reading.
5. Set the scene for your call to action. Include a call to action in the first 300 words of your press release (which carries on far beyond your lead, but is still an important element). The call to action tells the reader what you want them to do next: go here, download, share, click. Once you identify what that next step will be, make sure your introduction establishes an immediate and related connection between your press release's purpose and audience. That way, readers will be motivated to take the next step when they reach your call to action.
With everyone battling for attention, earned media is more difficult to get.
However, if your press release is easy to read, clearly states the why, and gives readers a reason to keep reading, you will get greater visibility for your brand and for your message. For journalists and other influencers, you're giving them a clean story in a format that's easy to repurpose.
Download Five Keys to Crafting Press Releases that Drive Earned Media for more press release writing and distribution tips.
Author Catherine Spicer is a manager of customer content services with more than 20 years' experience counseling brands on their content. She also authors Beyond PR's long-running Grammar Hammer series. Follow Cathy on Twitter @cathyspicer and tweet her your #grammargripes.
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Thanks your coach and share a Press Release writing tips.Thru your contribution and passion to all audience and viewers for me this is my big achievement as a follower through your tips to shared.
I completely agree with you, as a public relations professional it is crucial that you know how to write press releases. Not only do press releases deliver big news to a large target audience, but press releases can also capture a significant amount of media attention. Although I don't have a lot of experience writing press releases, I understand the basics of writing a solid press release. When writing a press release, I have to keep in mind that I need to prove to my audience that my content is credible, meaningful and relevant to them. I thought that this article was very helpful and insightful. I particularly enjoyed your "call to action" step, telling the audience exactly what they should do next. Next time I am writing a press release I will keep these five steps in mind to make sure I am getting to the point, creating credible content, capturing the audience's attention, know my audience's informational needs, and offering a call to action.
You missed the most important component. Not only should the press release contain at least two contacts with phone, cell and email info – those two or more designees should be AVAILABLE in the 24-36 hours following release. I can't tell you how many times I would have loved to cover a story but encounter voicemails and autoresponded emails.
This is well written, I'm going to use in as the basis for training material at work. Writing a press release is harder than I thought it would be, this would have helped me four years ago when I tried writing my first one. Do you have anything on distributing press releases?
Hi, Nathan! We're glad you found this helpful. Regarding press release distribution, we offer a number of resources. Here are a few to get you started:
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Functional Skills Specialist - Leicester and East Midlands region
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CMD Recruitment Ltd is supporting a National Training Provider to recruit a functional skills / skills for life trainer .
The caseloads of approximately 40 learners are drawn from the key sectors in which the provider offers apprenticeships . The foremost focus is on the learners with additional learning support needs, their progress and their timely achievement.
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This provider uses e-portfolio to manage the learner journey remotely, which creates a robust tracking system and you will be provided with all the tools for you to be successful.
You will work remotely but you won't be on your own as you will form part of a regional learner achievement team .
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monarchy; the royal oui
I am walking the dog. Is it my dog? She was. Or is. (Can anyone lay claim to owning a pet? How could this lovely, loyal friend be deemed a possession?) We are walking in Burnet Park, Syracuse, where we have walked dozens, probably hundreds, of times. It is daytime. We now walk this route less frequently in the Time of Estrangement. October sunlight. An ample, warm breeze. We are walking up the driveway, an incline, toward the golf course clubhouse, toward O'Leary Drive, where, soon, in December, the jangling bells and clipclop hooves of steaming horses will carry Christmas-celebrating families. Riding on the wind, I am arrested. (Not the dog; she keeps going, only halted by squirrels, who are busy and in abundance.) I am gasped by the sight of one monarch butterfly riding the wind, I see it glide and loop for maybe less than 3 seconds. Then gone. Not seen. A vision in broad daylight. Monarch. From the Greek, one who rules alone. Ruling the field of vision, ruling my heart and its beats. A sacramental sign. A sign of what, you ask? Of is-ness. That. Suchness. Yes.
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These are the photographs, all the photographs, beginning to end, all the friends, all the family and all the warm and wonderful things that went into making Kelly and Mike's New Years eve Wedding so very wonderful to be at.
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I'm a Wedding and Portrait photographer, I travel all over the Central part of the Eastern Seaboard with my clients for the best images and a wonderful experience. I am in awe daily of the people I'm in the presence of. They open their lives to me on a special day and I help document the best of the moments with candid photojournalism and discreet, fun and interesting posing.
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Hi. Just dropping in quickly to post this card I made last week before I'm too late. I made it for the Addicted to CAS Challenge #114 - White on White.
I used the MFT Hugs die yet again, and Lawn Fawn stitched rectangles to make my background.
I am also entering it in the Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes.
I hope you have a great week!
Addicted to CAS challenge - White on White
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Happy Birthday!
18 June 2017
I love using gold on cards, so I had to play along with the latest challenge by Scrapbook Boutique.
I used the Golden Garden stamp set by Altenew, but instead of stamping the second layer with a different colour ink, I gold heat embossed it instead. I like how it turned out, it's not perfect but that's ok.
I am also going to put my card in the latest Seize the Birthday challenge.
Thanks for stopping by :)
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Well I'm finally back with a blog post, it has been a long time....
Well I'm finally back with a blog post, it has been a long time....
I have still been making the odd card, but life just got so busy that is was really hard to find some spare time.
I've decided to start making a few changes, so that I can spend some quality time with the family, plus get back into this hobby I love.
I've made a card that was inspired by two challenges, the CAS on Sunday - use a repetition image, and Less is More - shimmer.
I used the butterfly die from Concord & 9th for my repetition background, and the My Favorite Things Hugs die which I die cut from paper I had sponged some distress oxide inks onto. I added some Spectrum Noir sparkle pen to the Hugs die for some shimmer although it's hard to see in the photo, along with some Pretty Pink Posh sequins to finish it off.
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Manchester United offered Edinson Cavani?
Manchester United are linked with another top striker as the transfer window draws closer and closer to being shut.
Following Wednesday's rumours that the Red Devils are set to launch a huge bid for Everton marksman Romelu Lukaku, Louis van Gaal's outfit are being linked with another top forward.
The agent of Edinson Cavani has contacted Manchester United over signing the £50m-rated Paris St-Germain striker also wanted by Arsenal, according to the Daily Star.
The paper also say that Cavani's current manager, Laurent Blanc, is close to signing a contract extension with Paris St-Germain which will shatter any hope of Manchester United replacing van Gaal with their ex-defender.
Former Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic could be set for a surprise return to English football with a move to Aston Villa. The Serbian is out of contract after leaving Inter Milan and Villa boss Remi Garde wants his experience to bolster his side's fight against the drop.
The Daily Mail claim that Liverpool have rejected a Swansea enquiry for former midfielder Joe Allen, who opened the scoring in the Reds' 3-0 FA Cup replay win over Exeter on Wednesday night.
Alexandre Pato is close to joining Chelsea, with the Barclays Premier League club closing in on an £8million deal for the Corinthians striker. The Daily Express report that talks are ongoing for the 26-year-old, with an initial loan deal still an option.
Arsenal are primed to splash the cash on Switzerland international Granit Xhaka, according to the Daily Star. The Borussia Monchengladbach forward is expected to cost the Gunners up to £37million in the summer.
Finally, the daily Saido Berahino update. The wantaway West Brom striker is thought to prefer a move to Tottenham, though the Daily Mirror report that the Baggies would prefer to sell him to Newcastle in a £15million deal.


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I was wondering if anyone's had experience trying to use a mobile broadband card on a laptop that's attached to a domain.
I just purchased a Novatel USB760 broadband card from Verizon for a staff member who has a laptop as her office computer. The driver and software for the card installed correctly, it activated, and it will connect with a valid IP address, Gateway, and DNS servers. However, when she tries to browse the internet she get Page Cannot be Displayed errors. It won't even resolve yahoo's IP address when I try to ping.
After hours of troubleshooting it, I found out that it has something to do with the domain. When I change it to a standalone workstation, the broadband works great. As soon as I put it back on the domain, it starts failing again. I made sure that the LAN was disabled when we were connected to the domain, so that's not the issue.
VZW said since their card is connecting, it's a microsoft problem.
I'll take any thoughts on the subject.
Jan 8, 2010 at 3:03 UTC
are you forcing a proxy policy that is still in place but unavaliable on the mobile card?
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Jan 7, 2010 at 4:03 UTC
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Jan 7, 2010 at 5:12 UTC
What operating system are you running? The networking options can be pretty different depending on what you are running.
Typically the networking priority will force the network adapter that is connected to the domain to be the preferred method of communication unless specified otherwise.
Check your Advanced Settings under your Network Connections and see what priority each device is set to.
Let me know what else you see and we will try and get this figured out.
Jan 7, 2010 at 9:40 UTC
ZenPan Technology Solutions, LLC is an IT service provider.
Just curious - are you using ISA 2004 or 2006 on your domain?
Jan 8, 2010 at 3:03 UTC
are you forcing a proxy policy that is still in place but unavaliable on the mobile card?
Jan 8, 2010 at 8:00 UTC
I agree with Mark - it sounds like a Group Policy issue - the fact that is disappears when you disconnct the machine from the domain Inicates it is a computer policy as opposed tp a user policy - one way to check would be to have the machine on the domain but then log on as the the machines local user. Then it is a case of checking your group policies for Porxy settings.
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Jan 8, 2010 at 10:28 UTC
Hi guys. Thanks for all the feedback.
Jan 8, 2010 at 2:53 UTC
If I don't reply to further comments, it's because I'll be on vacation for a week starting tonight. Didn't want anyone to think I wasn't grateful if they posted anything new.
Thanks again!
Jan 11, 2010 at 2:39 UTC
Ok another thought and this was what hapend here a couple of months ago. DHCP from the service provider worked just fine but the DNS servers were useless. After I manually configured the DNS servers to open DNS everything worked fine. It was a bit of a fiddle to do but I eventually found the settings in the dongle software. This might or might not work for you but it has to be worth a try.
Jan 19, 2010 at 9:26 UTC
Apparently, it just took a nice, long vacation to come back at this with a fresh set of eyes. Mark, you ended up having it right in the first place, I just wasn't looking through all the different GPs. I finally found it assigned to the DNS settings for the computers in that specific branch.
I was checking into the DNS settings in the DHCP service, as per your last suggestion, and when I used the NS Lookup diagnostic, it was still searching for the local DNS servers.
Thanks, everyone, for your help. Without your support I would have given up on this.
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One normally wouldn't associate hi-tech with director KS Ravikumar's movies. He usually focusses on story, screen play and punchlines to make a big star cast movie especially if it has superstar Rajinikanth in the lead.
Remember his Padayappa with Rajinikanth was a blockbuster as it was a combination of a good commercial story and superstar's charisma. However Ravikumar's next film with Rajinikanth Lingaa, is leaving nothing to chance and is going hi-tech.
Lingaa will be the first movie to use the Phantom Flex 4k high speed camera in India. The camera will be used to shoot an epic stunt sequence. Also, team Lingaa has signed the famous Hollywood Stunt Coordinator Lee Whittaker who has earlier worked in Arrambam and Vishwaroopam.
Lingaa team is currently busy shooting in Hyderabad's Ramoji Film City. Dir KS Ravikumar has planned to complete the shoot in the next two months. The unit of Lingaa will fly abroad to shoot songs later.


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Watch Conversation: 'Caravaggio: a Life Sacred and Profane' on PBS. See more from PBS NEWSHOUR.
Art Because I wanted to retain the purity of the daily December opinions, there are few things I've wanted to post but decided to wait until January. I'm actually writing this on the 3rd of December, the day you were no doubt shocked to discover I like reading The Guardian, Douglas Adams, Shakespeare and about Doctor Who. A lot.
Anyway, here's an interview Andrew Graham-Dixon gave to PBS about his Carravagio book, which is interesting not just because of the comparisons he makes with Shakespeare's speculative biography but also because of the rarety of seeing AGD as interviewee. PBS have also posted a transcipt here, something I wish the BBC could afford to do more often.


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At this point, I've completed my targeted twenty landscape paintings in five weeks. It's hard to believe that over a month of my summer break has passed - it literally has flown by, despite three of those weeks with me having a very persistent case of poison ivy, which is finally on it's way out. I could have chosen a relaxing summer over a productive one, but I don't feel as if spending X amount of hours each day working in my basement studio has been even remotely stressful. Challenging, and at times frustrating, difficult even, but not stressful.
I know I said, as of last week, that twenty-five paintings for the show would be my target, but perhaps I was being overly ambitious. I also decided to feature five drawings of trees I made last year, that I'll frame for the show, that I feel will tie in well with the nature theme. Still, even though I technically have a week off next week, I have a three-day professional development class to attend from Monday through Wednesday. This week I have to tie up some lose ends and run some errands and relax a little. So, the painting will be on hiatus, at least for a couple of weeks until I get myself situated with being back at school. Once the dust has settled, I'll get back to the easel, hoping to produce at least one or two paintings per week, most likely landscapes again.
Last week I tried a couple of things that were different for me, including working on two beach scenes based on recent photos I took from a trip to both Rehoboth and Bethany Beach in Delaware. Both days were very different, weather-wise, but both quite beautiful in their own way. I also painted my largest painting on canvas so far - based from another one of many photos I took from a hike to Crescent Rock, off the Appalachian Trail. Working that large wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be, as I've had more issues with much smaller canvases. Style-wise, it was probably the closest I've come to being under the "influence" of David Hockney's work, not that I tried, or even came close to what Hockney does. It's just the most abstracted of the bunch, as I've tried to avoid shooting for realism at all costs.
Again, I need to get these twenty pieces properly photographed, as well as add wire for hanging, and signed and labeled - a whole other beast. Thankfully, I still have a few weeks for that, however I'd prefer to get it done before I get back to school.


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