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At midday on July 2nd, it was the mid-point of the year 2012. Here at DiS we decided to take stock of the six months just gone, and attempt to offer you a little of the must-hear music from the year-so-far. Today, it is the turn of debut albums...
A debut album is an odd beast. For some, it's the result of six or seven years of hard work. For others, the slogging it out to find out who you are was done under a previous guise so this first release becomes a fresh start, with a new statement of intent. Whatever the gestation time frame, almost every debut album shares a similar aura of "...OVER-HERE, HI, I'M NEW HERE!" This isn't always shouted, it can often be a subtle message of 'here it is', from someone whose crafted something incredible and is pushing it out into the world like a closed-eyed kid with a science project.
Of course, in the current economic climate, just being able to get a record made (recorded-mixed-mastered-manufactured-marketed), whilst keeping the rent paid isn't easy. In fact, why bother? There's no mansion waiting at the end of it. You're probably not even going to find a label willing to release it. You should probably go work in a cafe or you could kickback on a Saturday morning, watch a bit of TV, instead of loading up your computer or car or maybe loading your lips with booze to get into the mood to write that symphony you know is simmering there, somewhere inside of you. Writing it, recording it and having it released is a herculean task (but rarely the destination when sitting down to write a song). Then getting anyone to notice it/you exist, is just as hard graft (perhaps even moreso). Some might say penning the songs is the easy part, finding people to care and to invest their time and money in you and your music, be that fans or fat-cats or fans that happen to run a label out of their bedroom, now that is the challenge (unless you're making the sort of thing people are actively looking for, but let's not get too pedantic).
Before a debut record flops onto critics doorsteps and appears in shops or iTunes digital racks, there have been all kinds of dark nights of the soul. Proper torments. Not to belittle it, but I don't just mean the - often horrific - experiences that lead people to becoming artists and musicians with a desire to express themselves in the first place. Like, there is the turmoil that comes with the compromises between indulgence and moments of accessibility, to ensure all of this isn't a complete waste of time (unless wasting time is number four on the manifesto, then that's cool, tick that off your list as done. Have a cookie.). The attempts to write a song that connects and brings it all into focus, that's a hard task, and one which many side-step. What if that track then makes the rest of your 'recorded works' seem terrible in comparison? ...Oh shit, doing this dittie was effortless, it just seemed to drop from the heavens and spewed out onto the spools of tape (yeah, I know, they were most probably using Pro Tools). I am a genius, therefore the world must hear my genius...
Then there were the debates with band members or loudly to themselves in the mirror about quitting dayjobs or swapping a week of 'holiday' for a week focussing on recording, mixing and maybe even uploading a track to the web. All them nights you didn't goto parties or cancelled a coffee with a friend. Those missed functions. The walking around in shoes with holes in because you've decided a new mic was far more important. There were the months of not knowing if it's ready, and the week after week of wondering if anyone cares. There was the procrastinating. The slamming of laptop lids and kicking of amps. And all those questions. Who will care? And why should they care? And do I even care anymore? There was the chasing for gigs, the logistics of playing a show, the rehearsals, the quest to find a car that could fit all the gear in... the duteous family member cajoled into helping out, who really enjoyed it, and can they come along next time? There was the reworking and reshaping and remodelling, and wondering what it is that isn't working... there were the attempts to find like-minded souls, whilst also seeming cool and aloof and not at all desperate because of what Thom Yorke said about ambition and ugliness. There was the blissful ignorance and the moments when the penny dropped. There were the nagging art-meets-commerce quandaries, the battles between presenting your music or persona in a manner that might attract the attention of a buck-toothed music industry that seems to have some secret language, and if only you could understand it, de-encrypt and translate it, you'd fondle it and change it and break it and you'd smash it and crush it... but can you do all that whilst not putting off your peers and those hipper-than-thou bloggers...?
The name, oh the name, why couldn't you just pick one and stick with it? There was the challenge to have that one song that might entice fans into your world and pave a golden path that gets rid of all these challenges. There was procrastination and jubilation and denial and emotions we'd rather not mention.... Not that a lot of people making the debut albums I love are thinking like that - well done for making it all seem some effortless! In fact, as a vague rule of thumb, musicians seem to get far more sullied by The Biz when it's all a bit real on albums two and three, and they've got fans to please and teams of mouths to feed. Debut albums can be bewildering beasts and none of them are ever the same. Their stories, their gestation period, their origins as humans, their reasons to be, it's endlessly fascinating and it is this that draws flies like me to the shit heap, lapping through it all until we find the golden goose. Find it we will, and we don't shut up about it, and you can see how happy we are because of that shit-eating grin.
For some, the debut album is a glorious misadventure that for a few weeks has a corner of the world listening to your screams of "HELLO WORLD, I AM HERE, I AM ALIVE". For others, this dazzling debut hasn't had the attention deserves, and is just the start of a long and interesting career. The six I've picked from the 1000s of debut albums released so far this year, are a bit of a mixed bunch. Some of them have such sadness in their grooves, it's a mystery how they mustered up the energy to get out of bed, let alone found the drive and the courage to capture it. Others sound like the work of mad people, whilst there are moments in almost all of these were it sounds so crafted that you'd think they had been making music for years... well, ok, admittedly some of them have been at it for a while, but in this world of new-new-new everyone's an overnight success, right? Right? Oh...
FOE Bad Dream Hotline
"Bad Dream Hotline is a gleeful shove in the back to anything of a devilish pop slant that may be planning to peek over the parapets into 2012. The gauntlet has been thrown down; even if it is most likely pink, glittery and streaked with blood and mascara." Read David Edwards' full review
POLIÇA Give You The Ghost
"...You can't go wrong with any band that has two drummers, really... Give You The Ghost is a breath of the freshest air... a battle between human and machine... Channy Cassell (yes, she was in Gayngs, and yes this is a heart-break record, written in the aftermath of her divorce, which would be remiss of any press release reading reviewer to omit) is what takes this record to places few manage to reach. Her voice hangs in the air, slightly obscured, swimming within a rainbow of modulated effects that are part auto-tune (yeah, you could insert a mention of Kanye's 808s, here, and an obligatory 'don't worry, it doesn't sound like Cher' remark, here), part otherworldly Cocteau Twin using an alien voice changer. Rather than sounding like a novelty sci-fi affectation or some Ellie Goulding-esque deformity, this distortion adds a layer of obstruction to understanding the words, and in doing so it coaxes your nearer, forcing you to pay full attention and become fully immersed... It's the interpretation of a human voice that elevates this record beyond a curious obscurist record and makes the simmering (but never boiling over) electronica truly shimmer.... you could denounce Give You The Ghost for its seemingly uber-hipster credentials, and slate it for being just another derivative detour to a land of post-Knife, post-Animal Collective, post-LCD, post-Daft Punk, post-Talking Heads, post-Kate Bush, post-Bowie, post-Roxy Music, post-Velvet Underground, post-[insert obscure prog-disco band obsessed with space travel] 'band', weaned on TLC, Aaliyah and Madonna. Yes, you could be put off by the perfect storm of hype, by Justin from Bon Iver being verbose about them, Jay-Z championing them, by the un-ending blog-love, broadsheet love, music mag love, decent-radio-station love...You'll soon start referring to this as 'undeniably brilliant' and describing it as being "like Fever Ray at the discotheque." Read Sean Adams' full review
KEATON HENSON Dear...
"Welcome Keaton Henson with a debut album of some of the most wonderful wallowing I've heard in quite some time. He surely owns a copy of Elliott Smith's Roman Candle, as his stripped to the bone sadder-than-sad songs come from a place of solitude and they will either anchor you or empathize with that shadow in your heart, as they reflect that utter bleakness you're maybe feeling right now. Then again, maybe you are a sadistic fucker like me and they'll lift you up. I mean, that whole Oberstism idea of 'the sound of loneliness making you feel happier' is true, isn't it?" - Sean Adams
BLONDES Blondes
"Much like The Field's illuminating From Here We Go Sublime or Luke Abbott's Holkham Drones, each track on this collection of the duos series of 12-inches released last year takes you on a different voyage, which isn't too dissimilar to the next or the last trip it took you on. And every minute of it puts a rapt grin above my chin. There's a awe-inducing majesty to the moments when all the subtly introduced parts coalesce and then ebb away but there's also a sense of feeling completely lost, as if every ounce of euphoria you just experienced is more of a fading dream than a 'song' or a 'composition' or whatever the hell you wanna call these 'pieces'. Pulling this record apart and picking out one track over another seems pointless (isn't everything?) and every second you're reading this, is another moment of your life you're not spending escaping and fully immersing yourself in the throbbing bosom of Blondes." - Read Sean Adams' full review
JOHN TALABOT fIN
"fIN as an album appears to be the requisite cross-over hit of the year, following in the footsteps of Caribou's Swim and Pantha Du Prince's Black Noise. James Holden, whose journey from techno's most recent hey-day in 2006 has followed a similar path to Talabot's, was once quoted as saying "genre music generally tends towards a bucket of effluent about a year after a journalist first puts a name to it", and it is this desire to avoid pigeon-holes which sets great artists apart from their peers." Read Alex Baker's full review
EIGHT AND A HALF Eight And a Half
Two former members of The Stills and one fella from Broken Social Scene, hauled up in a studio full of vintage synths and made a summer party album that's delightfully dark.


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With all due respect to those of you who actually care, and in consideration to those of you who are all about it, I present to you, with no further delay the Bi-Annual LORD DOOM's Create Your Own Adventure Building Challenge.
Now, come to grips with me for a minute, you may say, "Who is this "DOOM" dude? What the double stud bluff is he talking about?" Well the fact is, that dude is me, and I'm giving away some good stuff and I know I don't have no "pictures" to pr0ve it and no "t@l3nt" to make you beleive, just the word of LORD DOOM.
7 Custom Minifigs
Twice a Year.
Your Mission, Build your own adventure, 4 pictures, 4 captions No size or nuttin' limits just give me 4 pictures 4 captions anything you freaking want, (castle OR classic-castle OR fantasy related is mandatory) But honestly I don't care if it's not strictly that castley, freedom is key. I want to see some people really getting into their Lego's and building not for me, but for themselves. That's what gonna win this contest.
No fake blood. (Only your real blood or that of your slain victim's is allowed)
No Crownies. (I'm sick of seeing 'em everywhere I look. Build some new more interesting figs people.)
No Whining.
Post entries (or links to entries) in this thread.
1 Winner, Twice a year. 7 SWEET FIGS.
Challenge Ends June 1st 2008.
Winner will be selected by a panel of 1 judge. Me.
Entries will be judged on 3 basic principles,
1. Imagination
2. Creation
3. Presentation
I won't be playing favorites here. Anybody can enter! Only one can win!
Runner up will get a custom fig by DOOM too!
(EDIT - I've been working on your Prizes all day guys and here's what information I can give you so far, the 7 figure set is a band of adventures from the west. More prize info to come! Double EDIT - For the record guys I love the Crown Knights, I do that's why I'm accumulating them. I've just seen 'em so much y'know. Not trying to be a hater.)

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Log On and Eat With Eden Grinshpan | Interview
The Coolest Cooking Channel Host to Know
Clocking in at about six feet tall with the best biceps you've ever seen and a raspy, louder-than-life voice, Eden Grinshpan commands awe when she enters the room. But this beauty queen is no pushover in the food department. The girl knows how to put away some serious food — the DKA, for example — and she's doing something no one else in the food TV world is. On her new Cooking Channel show, Log On and Eat With Eden Grinshpan, she travels around the country meeting talented YouTube stars and food bloggers and dining at their favorite local eateries. Eden took some time to talk to us about her show and the most memorable things she's eaten.
POPSUGAR Food: Who came up with the Log On and Eat concept?
Eden Grinshpan: It was a collaboration of so many different people, but the concept started because of my love for going online, reading reviews, and seeing what's hot in the cities that I'm traveling to. It started off as that, and then it kind of grew into this whole platform of meeting these YouTube and Twitter stars and bringing them to television.
PS: Who finds the YouTubers and bloggers?
EG: We have a whole team. All of our producers are on top of it. I'm also on top of it, because I'm very much online and connecting with different bloggers. It's a joint effort. Also, it's through connections we meet when we're out.
Keep reading for more Eden.
PS: Why is it important to pay attention to bloggers and YouTubers?
EG: These online food personalities are so important, because they're just like you and me. They're not TV stars or major chefs. They are passionate about food, about specific foods, and they want to express that and share that with so many people. It's really important to see what people are doing out there, and I always get the best recommendations from the locals, from the people that are living and breathing that city. It's a really important way to know what's happening and to be present within the now.
PS: Who has been the most entertaining person you've met?
EG: I loved meeting with Davey Wavey. He's absolutely fabulous! I want to take him home with me. No, seriously, we completely connected. I love his outlook on life. His real goal is just to spread self-acceptance. He uses working out, funny things, and eating cool stuff as kind of a way to spread the word. But the underlying message is self-acceptance and just being proud.
PS: What has been your favorite city to visit?
EG: I love LA. There's a great food scene. I also love Austin, TX. There's such a flair to it. The people that live there are quirky, cool, and superoutgoing. They're really on top of the food scene as well. I always feel like I'm being introduced to something new in the culinary field when I'm there.
PS: What was the most surprising thing you've eaten while on the show?
EG: I'm a huge fan of hole-in-the-wall eateries. We actually got to go to this Caribbean spot in Crown Heights (Brooklyn) called Gloria's, and we chowed down on chicken roti that was amazing. We also had the opportunity to go to Plan Check in LA, where they have the best burger! I swear, he's modernized the American classic cheeseburger, and it's fantastic. Oh, and another place in LA, called Egg Slut. When I was told we were going there, I was like, "Is that appropriate?" But this is the beauty of this industry — there's a term now for people who are so obsessed with eggs that they're called "egg sluts." The food was great, and they do know how to cook them eggs.
PS: How has the reception been for the show so far?
EG: So far people are really getting excited about it. It's a new concept. It's very modern and fresh. It's a really neat way to incorporate online aspects with television and just raise awareness of what's going on, on the web.


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MEMPHIS, TENN. (Updated Feb. 23, 4:05 p.m. ET) — A technology licensing firm has filed a lawsuit against nine plastic film producers – including some of the industry's biggest names - claiming that they are violating a patent on stretch cling film.
Multilayer Stretch Cling Film Holdings Inc. filed six lawsuits against those nine firms on Feb. 10 in U.S. District Court in
The nine firms named in the lawsuit are Alpha Industries Inc., Berry Plastics Corp., Inteplast Group Ltd., AmTopp Corp., Malpack Ltd., Alliance Plastics LLC, Intertape Polymer Group Inc., AEP Industries Inc. and Sigma Stretch Film.
AmTopp is a unit of Inteplast. Alpha and Sigma both are owned by Sigma Plastics Group.
Multilayer is seeking unspecified past damages, as well as forward licensing fees from those nine firms, according to attorney Melissa Hunter Smith. Hunter Smith is with the Nashville, Tenn.-based law firm of Stites & Harbison PLLC, which is representing Multilayer.
If the defendant firms don't agree to license the patent technology, Multilayer will seek permanent injunctions preventing them from making film based on the patent, Hunter Smith said in a Feb. 22 phone interview.
"We're not sure how much film has been made using this technology, but we believe it's a lot," she added.
Paragon Films Inc. already has agreed to license the technology. The patent covers stretch cling films of seven or more layers. The patented films claim to be stronger and more versatile than previous films, and also claim to provide economic and environmental benefits because they can be made at a lower cost per square foot.
Officials with Sigma in
No court dates have been set in the case. In 2010, Multilayer and Stites & Harbison won a similar lawsuit against Pinnacle Films Inc. That suit resulted in a settlement of more than $2 million, which was paid by Pinnacle's bankruptcy estate. The firm filed for bankruptcy shortly before the case was to go to trial. Inteplast – one of the firms named in the new lawsuits - bought Pinnacle's assets as part of that bankruptcy.
Manuli had acquired the patent in 2007 when it bought Quintec Films Group. Quintec originally had filed the suit against Pinnacle in 2006. Manuli recently stopped film production at its North American plant in
The suits are the first patent infringement cases filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee since its selection for the federal Patent Pilot Program. That program is designed to enhance expertise in patent cases among


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21-Point Invention Evaluation Checklist
How do you go about evaluating whether or not consumers will support your idea? You need to take into account complex variables, including the most unpredictable variable of them all: human behavior. This variable turned bell bottoms, Mood Rings and Hula Hoops into huge successes.
This task isn't easy (or consistent), but honestly evaluating your product against general, industry, market and product criteria will help determine whether it has a good chance of success.
General Criteria
Is your idea legal?
What is its environmental impact?
Is it safe?
Is it high quality?
Will it have wide social acceptance?
Will it have any negative impact?
Industry Criteria
Who is your competition?
Does your product require the assistance of existing products?
Is there just one product or a line of products?
Will pricing be competitive?
Market Criteria
Does your idea fit into a trend?
Is there a need for it?
Is it seasonal?
Is it a fad, or does it have long-term value?
Who will buy it?
Does it need instructions?
Product Criteria
How much will it cost to get your idea to market?
Does it require service or maintenance?
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|Gallagher Premiership
|Saracens (23) 44
|Tries: Maitland, Spencer, Williams, Tompkins 3 Cons: Farrell 4 Pens: Farrell 2
|Gloucester (7) 19
|Tries: Morgan, Dreyer, Ludlow Cons: Twelvetrees 2 Pens:
Nick Tompkins' second-half hat-trick helped Saracens cruise past Gloucester 44-19 and keep up their hopes of a second domestic and European double.
Ben Morgan's second-minute try was cancelled out by scores from Sean Maitland, Ben Spencer and Liam Williams as Owen Farrell kicked eight points in an engrossing first half.
Replacement Tompkins' treble came in the first 16 minutes after the break.
Ruan Dreyer and Lewis Ludlow got consolation tries for Gloucester.
Victory set up a final date at Twickenham next Saturday against old foes Exeter, who Saracens beat to lift the Premiership crown in both 2016 and 2018.
Gloucester looked like they could upset the form book as Morgan went over after a superb six-pass move that included a lovely reverse ball by Mark Atkinson to open up a hole in the Saracens defence.
But Mark McCall's side showed why they are Europe's best as they strangled Gloucester's ambitions and pressurised them with high balls and front-foot defence.
They hit back within two minutes as Maitland gathered Farrell's grubber kick, after Williams acrobatically kept the ball alive from the kick-off, before Spencer crossed after a brilliant 40-metre break and dummy by Maro Itoje.
Gloucester's first half was summed up by two moments in the final 10 minutes – first Charlie Sharples' pass after a lovely backs move was intercepted by Alex Goode when the Cherry and Whites had an overlap, and then Alex Lozowski snaffled a high kick and fed Sarries' Wales and British and Irish Lions star Williams, who coasted into the corner.
First-half replacement Tompkins' first score was a 40-metre dash a minute after the restart, while his second came at the end of some slick inter-passing from his team-mates and his third was from a metre out after Goode was held up on the Gloucester line.
Front-row replacement Dreyer got one try back after a lovely dummy opened up a gap under the posts while Ludlow ran in from distance following a cute Billy Twelvetrees offload.
But Saracens were not troubled as they made a fifth Premiership final in six years.
Farrell wins battle with Cipriani
The pre-match hype centred on the contest between arguably the best two fly-halves in the country as double Player of the Year Cipriani faced up against England's first-choice Owen Farrell.
Saracens' defence did not allow Gloucester the opportunities to get the ball into Cipriani's hands and show his talent, while Farrell was key to his side's first try.
Although the Saracens man did miss a number of kickable penalties, barring injury you would expect Farrell to be the one of the first men on the plane to Japan for the World Cup.
Whether Cipriani's performance has persuaded Eddie Jones that he should join him is still in the balance.
Saracens sweat over Barritt
Saracens' only concern from the victory was seeing skipper Brad Barritt limp off after 27 minutes.
The former England centre appeared to have a hamstring problem and would seem a major doubt for next week's showpiece at Twickenham.
However, his replacement Tompkins proved a more than able deputy as his tries snuffed out any hope of a Cherry and Whites comeback.
"It's devastating to lose Brad and it's very unlikely he'll be able to play in the final," said Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall. "Given what he's given the team this year, that feels very sad.
"Nick has had a phenomenal game. He's been involved in every Premiership and European game this season. He's been one of the players who has risen this year."
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall:
"I feel quite funny because the scoreline does them [Gloucester] a disservice. We need to be better against whoever we play at Twickenham next weekend.
"It's almost perfect because we've won comfortably and scored some good tries, but still have a frustrated changing room.
"If we want to get the result we want [in the final], then we need to be better. The players understand that.
"For 10 minutes before half-time and 10 minutes after, we took advantage of some crucial turnovers. Our ability to recover the ball from kicks was outstanding.
"But there were other parts of the game we weren't too happy with, so there are enough things for us to fix."
Saracens: Goode; Williams, Lozowski, Barrett (capt), Maitland; Farrell, Spencer; Barrington, George, Koch, Skelton, Kruis, Itoje, Wray, B Vunipola.
Replacements: Gray, Adams-Hale, Judge, Isiekwe, Rhodes, Wigglesworth, Tompkins, Strettle.
Gloucester: Woodward; Sharples, Twelvetrees, Atkinson, Marshall; Cipriani, Heinz (capt); Hohneck, Marais, Balmain, Slater, Mostert, Ackermann, Kriel, Morgan.
Replacements: Sherry, Rapava Ruskin, Dreyer, Savage, Ludlow, Polledri, Vellacott, Purdy.
Referee: Luke Pearce.
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A bold lip is hands down the easiest way to take your makeup from so-so to supreme; but with all the flaking and feathering and faltering that comes with a lot of lipsticks out there, it's enough to make you give up the whole practice. Before you do, swipe on some Bite Beauty Cashmere Lip Cream ($28). This minimiracle in a tube provides high-pigmented color without all the issues that come along with it. Hydration, silky-smooth application, and matte color are all in the palm of your hand thanks to Bite's mix of butters, oils, and waxes. Each piece of the puzzle dries down at different times, so the color literally works to stay on your lips all day. So instead of constant reapplying, you're left with a gorgeous hue hour after hour. And just like that, your bold-lip obsession can live on.


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"Creating a cultural icon out of someone who goes, 'I'm stupid, isn't it cute?' makes me want to throw daggers. I want to say to them, 'My grandma did not fight for what she fought for just so you can start telling women it's fun to be stupid. Saying that to young women, little girls, my daughter? It's not OK'."
~Reese Witherspoon
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1.5 oz Vodka
1.5 oz Pink vodka-fruit fusion liqueur
Splash Triple-Sec
1 oz Cranberry Juice
Pink (or any color)bunny shaped marshmallow, sugar covered candy
Fill a martini shaker about half way with ice. (This recipe yields one drink).
Add the following ingredients to the shaker: 1.5 oz Vodka, 1.5 oz Pink vodka-fruit fusion liqueur, splash of Triple-Sec, and 1 oz Cranberry Juice. Shake for 30 seconds.
Pour the drink (no ice) into a martini glass. Garnish this cocktail with one pink bunny shaped marshmallow, sugar covered candy by placing a small slit on the bottom of the candy and placing it on the rim of the glass (so the bunny is standing up). Enjoy!
Jellybean Martini
* 8 oz Vodka
* 8 oz Gin
* 8 oz Bacardi® White Rum
* 8 - 16 oz Raspberry Juice
* 30 oz Lemonade
Blending Instructions:
* Use 1 bottle of each spirit
* Put all the spirits in the freezer - 10 to -20 Centigrade
* Use 1 liter of raspberry juice, if you can't get raspberry juice you can use grenadine
* Take care with the quantity, grenadine is a cordial so use a lot less
* Add to the above 2 liters of good quality lemonade, you can add more but do not drown it
* Lots of ice and some garnish to look nice
.Cadbury Creme Egg Martini
4 oz. Grey Goose Vanilla Vodka,
2 oz. Crème De Cacao,
2 oz. White Chocolate Liqueur
Splash Cream
Drop of yellow food coloring
If you are somehow able to find or make your own dark chocolate martini glasses then by all means put the rest of the world to shame with your awesomeness. Otherwise just rim a couple of martini glasses with cocoa powder or chocolate shavings. Pour the vodka, crème de cacao, and white chocolate liqueur into a cocktail shaker over ice and shake until very cold. Strain into 2 martini glasses then top with a very shallow float of cream and for the finishing touch, squeeze a drop of yellow food coloring in the center for the yolk. If you are so inclined a bunny peep on a stir stick makes a nice garnish.
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Saturday, March 27, 2010
~The Price of Beauty
After she became the subject of tabloid fodder last year, following a series of unflattering pictures circulating the Web, Jessica Simpson sought out to develop a television show that proved beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. The result? The Price of Beauty. I for one am glad to see her getting more real in her looks. Maybe this will stop a Dukes of Hazards 2 movie from coming out. :)
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~While You Were Sleeping...Bonus Week-End
After all the comments on my last quote I thought I would bring you a bonus movie this week-end. Jennifer & I love it:)
While You Were Sleeping is a 1995 romantic comedy film directed by Jon Turteltaub and written by Daniel G. Sullivan and Frederic Lebow. It stars Sandra Bullock as a Chicago railroad clerk and Bill Pullman as the brother of a man whose life she saves, along with Peter Gallagher as the brother who is saved, and Peter Boyle, Glynis Johns, Micole Mercurio, and Jack Warden as members of the brothers' family.
Enjoy with "While You Were Sipping Strawberry Cheesecake Smoothie"
* 1 Servings
* Prep 10 min
* 1/4 cup boiling water
* 2 tablespoons sugar
* 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
* 3 ounces cream cheese
* 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
* 2 cups frozen strawberries
Top this
Garnish with crushed graham crackers.
1.Using a blender, mix the boiling water, sugar and lemon peel until the sugar is dissolved, about 15 seconds. Add the cream cheese and vanilla and blend until smooth. Add the frozen strawberries and blend on high speed until slushy, about 30 seconds.
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~Sandra Bullock Quote
"Falling in love-you should go with it, regardless of whether or not your heart gets smashed. You'll be a better person."
~Sandra Bullock
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Friday, March 26, 2010
~Jennifer Love Hewitt Quote
"I'm a hopeless romantic. It's disgusting. It really is. I've seen 'While You Were Sleeping', like, twenty times, and I still believe in the whole Prince Charming thing."
~Jennifer Love Hewitt
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Thursday, March 25, 2010
~Sabrina Wedding
We have seen Martha Stewart do the "Breakfast At Tiffany's" theme wedding now I bring you the " Sabrina" themed wedding.
Black And White Martini Recipe
3 oz. Stolichnaya Vanilla Vodka (Or any other vanilla flavored vodka)
1 oz. Creme de Cacao
Mixing Instruction
Pour the Stoli vanilla vodka and creme de cacao into a cocktail shaker half-filled with cracked ice. Shake well, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with black and white licorice candy, and serve.
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~One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest...Week-End
Great movie this week-end. A true classic...Now heeerrrreeesss Jjjjaaacckk
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975)
McMurphy thinks he can get out of doing work while in prison by pretending to be mad. His plan backfires when he is sent to a mental asylum. He tries to liven the place up a bit by playing card games and basketball with his fellow inmates, but the head nurse is after him at every turn.
Plus enjoy some..."One Flew Over The Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs"...
4 Cups Golden Grahams cereal
4 Cups Cocoa Puffs cereal
1 Cup mini semi sweet chocolate chips
10.5 ounce bag mini marshmallows
3 Cups mini marshmallows
½ stick (¼ Cup) butter or margarine
No stick cooking spray
13x9 inch pan
1: In a large bowl combine cereals, mini chocolate chips and 3 cups mini marshmallows. Set aside.
2: Spray a 13x9 inch pan with cooking spray or grease well with butter.
3: In another large bowl microwave the butter on high for 45 seconds or until completely melted.
4: Add 10.5 ounces marshmallows to the melted butter and toss to coat.
5: Microwave the marshmallow and butter mixture on high for 45 seconds. Remove and stir until well blended. Return to microwave for another 45 seconds until marshmallows are fully melted.
6: Add cereal mixture from step 1 into the melted marshmallow and mix to combine well.
7: Turn mixture into the greased pan and press firmly to spread mixture to the corners of the pan.
8: Cool completely before cutting into squares to serve. Wrap tightly to store.
Makes 24 servings.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010
~Divine Chocolate
>Divine Chocolate is today a leading Fair Trade brand in the UK and a pioneer in the world of socially responsible enterprise. The success of Divine means that farmers have a secure source of Fair Trade income that continues to grow year on year. Kuapa Kokoo has invested its Fair Trade income in building schools, sinking wells for clean drinking water to villages, providing mobile medical clinics for farmers in remote growing regions, and fostering women's income generation projects to help women earn additional income for their families when the cocoa season is over. The farmers' ownership stake in Divine Chocolate means that Kuapa Kokoo has a meaningful input into decisions about how Divine is produced and sold. In addition, Kuapa Kokoo receives a share in the profits from their ownership shares and in 2007 celebrated the first distribution of dividends from Divine in the UK. To further its mission and further increase benefits for cocoa farmers, Divine Chocolate launched a US company to expand into $13 billion American market. In 2006, Divine Chocolate Inc opened in Washington DC to bring fantastic Fair Trade chocolate to US consumers. The farmers of Kuapa Kokoo own one-third of Divine Chocolate in the US. Additional investment is provided by Divine Chocolate Ltd. in the UK, Lutheran World Relief, Oikocredit, and SERRV International.
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Ok confession time I watch The Bachelor & Bacherlorette. One of my all time favorites was Meredith Phillips. I personally was glad she didn't end up with Bob. I think he turned into a jerk once he got thin. But, anyway she has out her own cookbook called "Datenight." Make sure to check it out...
Frosted Black-and-Cream
Use espresso, root beer, or cream soda in place of the Guinness for this innovative ice cream float. Top with crushed biscotti or cookies.
yields: 2 Drinks
Chill 2 tall beer or shake glasses for 10 minutes in the freezer. Sprinkle the turbinado sugar in a saucer. Moisten the rim of each glass and dip in the turbinado to coat. Place 2 scoops of ice cream in each glass and fill with the chilled beer. Serve immediately with a long spoon and a straw.
2 tablespoons turbinado sugar
4 scoops vanilla ice cream
1 (16-ounce) can Guinness
or other stout beer, chilled
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Saturday, March 20, 2010
~What's In A Name?
I was recently asked"why peonies? Well here is the story of my Grandmother. When I was a little girl my Grandmother would take care of me during the day while my Mom worked. She lived in a log cabin that once belonged to my Great Grandmother. In the late morning she would wash her long white hair & go sit under a canopy of trees. It was always about 10 degrees cooler under there. So she loved to sit in her old green & white chair napping the morning away.Letting the cool breeze dry her hair. All around us was my Great Grandmothers garden. Old fashion roses, paper whites, sweet-peas, lilacs, lilies...& so on. Down one side of the garden was along stretch of peonies. I remember the smell of them drawing me to them. I would beg Grandma to let me pick them. I wanted them around me all day. She would tell me no saying that it would bring ants into the house. But, still I would beg for for them. One day she looked at me & said " you know you remind me of the pink peonies. They are soft, feminine, romantic & mysterious. Not like a rose which is also lovely but, can be too formal & stuffy. People see a rose and just see beauty never thinking that it comes with a price of the thorns. Peonies are more friendlier. That is how you appear to the world. But, you also have a second flower. We all do & yours is The Lily of the Valley. A small sweet flower that blooms only during your birthday in May. This flower is more fragile & delicate. This is the part of you that only a few special people get to see. This flower can be almost shy hiding under a bush but, when you find it it's magical. A white light in a dark place. This is the hopefulness you have inside you. These are your flowers. When you see them know that they bloom for only you."
Now you know my story...So what is your secret flowers?
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Friday, March 19, 2010
~How To Walk in Heels
My friend's daughter & I were walking through the store yesterday. She points to this poor awkward young woman trying to walk in heels. She looked in pain & couldn't keep up walking with her co-worker. My young friend smiles at me knowing she will never have that problem. Only last year her Mother asked me to help her daughter learn how to walk in heels. Never having really worn them herself. My Mother taught me at a young age. Since then I have taught my best friend & countless other. Funny enough I don't wear than much myself but, when I do I have no fear. So here is what my Mom taught me. No Fears Ladies!
How to Walk in Heels...
* Start small. If you've never walked in high heels before, don't start out learning with 5 inch stilettos . Try something smaller, like a 2 inch heel kitty heel or wedge to get used to the feeling. You can always work your way up to those stilettos.
* Walk toe heel. Don't put your whole foot down at once,I call that "The Clydesdale Stomp". Your legs should be straight and your knees together. But, let your body go natural. Stiffen up your whole body and you will look like you are in pain.
*Body straight, stand tall. Shoulders back. Try the old walk with a book on your head. This works!It gives you balance & a nice straight line.
* Walk in a straight line. Find a line on the floor & practice. This will keep you from looking like Bambi on the ice.
Walking in heels in a learned skill. It doesn't come natural for anyone. So give it plenty of practice before your big night out.
Strawberry Foot Exfoliant
By Pioneer Thinking
Mix together 8 strawberries with 2 tablespoons of olive oil (or safflower oil) and 1 teaspoon of kosher salt.
Add 1/2 teaspoon of finely chopped almonds.
Make a paste with the ingredients but don't over blend it since the strawberries contain so much water it will make it too liquidy. Massage it all into your feet, rinse off and dry.
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
~If A Song Could Get Me You
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~ America Ferrera Quote
"It`s so reassuring to have a woman heroine who triumphs with more than just what she has on the outside... who has more to offer the world than just a pretty picture. To me, the tragedy about this whole image-obsessed society is that young girls get so caught up in just achieving that they forget to realize that they have so much more to offer the world."
~ America Ferrera
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~Real Women Have Curves ...Week-end
This week-end I am posting a favorite of mine. Talk about girl power. This movie has it. Sadly I couldn't put the video up on here this time. But, I did put the link up for you to watch the whole thing online. So make sure to check it out!" Real Women Have Curves" (2002)
This is the story of Ana, a first generation Mexican-American teenager on the verge of becoming a woman. She lives in the predominately Latino community of East Los Angeles. Freshly graduated from high school, Ana receives a full scholarship to Columbia University. Her very traditional, old-world parents feel that now is the time for Ana to help provide for the family, not the time for college. Torn between her mainstream ambitions and her cultural heritage she agrees to work with her mother at her sister's downtown LA sewing factory. Over the summer she learns to admire the hardworking team of women who teach her solidarity and teamwork. Still at odds with what her mother expects of her, Ana realizes that leaving home to continue her education is essential to finding her place proudly in the world as an American and Chicana.
Enjoy with "Real Woman Eat Raspberry Chocolate Chimichangas "...
Prep: 15 min., Freeze: 20 min., Fry: 18 min. To save time, assemble the chimichangas up to one week ahead. Place in a zip-top plastic freezer bag, and store in the freezer.
Yield: Makes 6 servings
* 6 (1.55-oz.) milk chocolate candy bars
* 6 (10-inch) burrito-size flour tortillas
* Vegetable oil
* Raspberry Sauce
* Vanilla ice cream
* Garnishes: shaved chocolate, mint sprigs
1. Place 1 candy bar just below center of 1 tortilla. Fold bottom of tortilla up and over candy bar just until partially covered. Fold left and right sides of tortilla over; roll up, and place, seam side down, on a baking sheet. Repeat procedure with remaining candy bars and tortillas. Freeze 20 minutes.
2. Pour oil to depth of 1 inch into a large skillet; heat to 375°. Place 2 tortillas, seam sides down, in hot oil, gently pressing with tongs for a few seconds to seal. Fry tortillas 2 to 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Repeat procedure with remaining tortillas. Drain on paper towels. Serve with Raspberry Sauce and vanilla ice cream. Garnish, if desired.
Southern Living, FEBRUARY 2007
Raspberry Sauce~
* 1 (10-oz.) package frozen raspberries, thawed
* 1/2 cup sugar
* 3 tablespoons lemon juice
* 1 tablespoon orange liqueur (optional)
* 1 teaspoon cornstarch
1. Combine first 3 ingredients and, if desired, orange liqueur, in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes or just until raspberry mixture starts to thicken. Remove from heat, and let cool completely.
2. Press raspberry mixture through a wire-mesh strainer into a small saucepan, using the back of a spoon to squeeze out juice. Discard pulp and seeds. Whisk in 1 tsp. cornstarch. Bring to a boil, and cook 1 to 2 minutes or until thickened. Store in refrigerator up to 3 days.
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My home state of New Jersey is home to two affiliated minor league franchises, the Double A Eastern League Trenton Thunder, a New York Yankee affiliate, and the Low A South Atlantic League Lakewood Blue Claws, a Philadelphia Phillies affiliate. The Trenton home field is about 40 minutes away, while the Lakewood field is a mere 15 minutes away. I also get to see the short season Staten Island Yankees, the short season Yankee affiliate.
So I get a great opportunity to see three different levels of professional baseball, and two of the local major league teams for me. The Phillies actually play closer to my Jersey Shore home than either of the two New York teams.
I do like to see guys on more than one occasion before I assess their talent, especially here in the northeast, where early weather (usually rainy and cold) can cause slow starts by many players who are not used to such terrible weather*.
*One of the reasons Mike Trout wasn't drafted higher than 27th in 2009 was because he played in New Jersey, which typically doesn't get the same game opportunities of kids in Florida, Texas and California. Trout had scouts at his games, but during his senior year, the rainy weather was especially bad, and had canceled opportunities for many scouts to see Trout play. Can't really draft what you don't get to see.
However, I did see a couple games played by Trenton, when they hosted the Cleveland Indians Double-A affiliate Akron Aeros, and the Richmond Flying Squirrels, a San Francisco Giants affiliate, and will give my early reports. Since I am a Yankee fan, I generally follow the Yankee minor league teams closely and have seen games from every one of their affiliates.
Let me first get the analysis of the Akron team out of the way: I did not see anyone on this roster that will have an impact for the Cleveland Indians major league franchise. No one. Not anyone in their lineup, not even a single reliever. Chien-Hsiu Chen did not play in the game I saw, but has mostly DH'd this season. I saw a bunch of mid-range type players, with some who might become major leaguers, but few which warrant much conversation. One, a very large first baseman named Jesus Aguilar, has shown power in the past but he does not possess a good build and is brutal around first base.
Unless the Indians sign a bunch of quality free agents who perform, they could be bad for quite awhile. A handful of garbage they received in trades for CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee didn't help their system.
The Richmond team had a couple of interesting players, former top picks. Joe Panik, a former 2011 first round pick, is similar to current Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford as he is a quality fielder who will never hit for any type of power. Panik was converted to second base this season and showed an ability to put the bat on the ball with two opposite field singles. He kept his hands tight on both hits, basically pushing the ball out to left field. These were hits more reminiscent of dead ball era game than the power game of today. While he does have strike zone discipline, he is similar to many of these "work the count" guys who take way too many hittable pitches over the middle of the plate. His second at bat saw Panik take two (very hittable) pitches down the middle, getting behind 0-2 before working the count even then pushing that first base hit.
The Giants 2011 second round pick, catcher Andrew Susac, showed good pitch recognition, never once flinching on off speed pitches out of the zone. He walked three times, and was especially impressive laying off several two strike sliders from one of the hard throwing Yankee relievers. I wasn't a big fan of his pre-swing hand movements, and his tendency to pull his front shoulder out too early which forces his arms to cast out from his body. But those are easily correctable faults a decent hitting coach should be able to fix in the cage.
Behind the plate Susac receives the ball well and has good footwork when throwing. Who knows what the Giants will do with Buster Posey a few years from now (maybe move him to 1B?) which could all depend on how well Susac develops.
The Yankees Double A squad is full of top prospects, with three of their top 11 at this level, all of which are on the offensive side. There are also boatloads of bullpen arms, many who can bring the heat.
First, the offense.
Austin is ranked by MLB.com as the third ranked Yankee prospect, behind Gary Sanchez and Mason Williams, both who are a level below. Austin is not very patient at the plate (he often is a first pitch swinger), but does draw his share of free passes as he has a pretty good idea of the strike zone. However, he sometimes expands the zone early in the count, especially on the first pitch. While I love first pitch hitters, especially with runners in scoring position, it is usually better to swing at pitches in your zone in 0-0 counts.
Austin has a wait and be quick approach, allowing the ball to get deep before unleashing quick hands directly to the ball. In one at bat, Austin belted a line drive single up the middle on a 1-2 change up, waiting for the outside corner pitch to get there before he attacked. He also pulls his hands in pretty well on inside heat, often getting the barrel on the ball.
He never appears off balance whether swinging the bat or taking pitches. In one at bat versus a submariner, Austin calmy fouled off two tough breaking pitches before working an eight pitch walk.
Austin didn't have many opportunities in the field, but he appears to have strong instincts, often adjusting his pre-pitch positioning due to the count.
It is these factors which will propel Austin up the ladder to the majors. Although he has started slow this season with the average and power numbers, these should improve due to Austin's quality approach.
I had seen Heathcott a couple seasons ago in Charleston, and he was raw, showing great speed, good outfield range and strong throwing arm, but lacked refinement. I heard quite a few great things from his Arizona Fall League appearance, and was looking to see Heathcott improve on his quality 2012 season.
Man, was I severely disappointed.
Heathcott was often off balance when swinging (vs. a LH starter), mainly all upper body, and using nothing from his lower half. This caused him to move over his front side several times and end up swinging one handed. His swing was very reminiscent of current Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner, another hitter who rarely uses his lower half.
Heathcott showed his tremendous speed in forcing the shortstop into an error on a routine ground ball, and putting down a great bunt to the first baseman for a single. Bunting is an important part of Slade's game, even from his time in Charleston.
With Heathcott's injury history it is very apparent the Yankees want him healthy all season. On one play a shallow fly ball was hit to center and Slade rushed in, then slowed to let the ball fall just in front of him. A clean hit for sure, but I was thinking the old 110% effort Slade would have dove for that ball. It is very clear to me the Yankees have spoken to Heathcott about not going all out on outfield plays.
I was disappointed that Heathcott has such a terrible swing at this point of his 2013 season, a season which has such high promise. It is time for the Thunder hitting coach to get some extra cage time with Heathcott to change his overall mechanics to use his lower half (that is where power is derived) and stay back.
Flores is a tweener guy who shows very good hitting skills, great strike zone discipline, but doesn't project for me as having much future power.
He takes an inordinate amount of pitches, early and late in the count, ahead and behind, many just off the plate even with two strikes. Flores just doesn't swing at bad pitches or good pitchers pitches, which is very important. He has a great line drive stroke and quick bat, but no loft where home runs will come. He is adequate in the outfield, and has shown the ability to play each of the outfield positions. This versatility, plate discipline lends Flores as a fourth outfielder type, but if he gets to the major leagues, working with Kevin Long could help Flores in the power department and boost his potential.
Speaking of power, Kyle Roller has immense power. The over sized, but compact left handed hitter is mostly pull oriented, often pulling off the ball and letting his hands get away from his body. Roller has a slight drop to his hands and sometimes gets over his front side, bringing his hands along for that ride. However, on one swing Roller kept his hands in and belted a very high and long home run, which had tremendous back spin – a true major league blast. If Roller can get his swing a little more compact, and stay back more consistently, he could do major damage with a short right field porch.
He was smoother than I expected around the first base bag, shifting his feet well and showing the ability to throw to second base, but he lacks range and wouldn't be a long term, full time defensive option.
A very solid hitter who consistently puts the bat on the ball and can work the ball from line to line. But Segedin could be had inside and I don't project much home run power with his type of swing. He also rotates too much, pulling up and out on the ball, and can roll the ball over too much.
He is also very shaky on defense, both with a consistent glove and ability to make a quality throw.
There has been lots of talk about the possibility Medchill has resurrected his prospect status with a hot start including four home runs.
Stop the talk, please. Medchill still has a long swing which causes him to come around the ball far too often. During the Richmond game I saw, I was sitting behind a Flying Squirrel starting pitcher keeping a chart. On one pitch Medchill swung and fouled off a pitch. I said to the pitcher, "You can get this guy inside all day long with that swing." He replied, "You see that too?" NEXT PITCH on inside corner splintered Medchill's bat for a weak ground ball to second base.
Medchill can connect on mistakes over the plate once in a while, but at higher levels when pitchers can locate much better, his power will be non-existent, but the strikeouts will still be there.
Burawa was flat out filthy the first time I saw him. Fastball was between 94-96 and he hit 97 six times. Everything was down in the zone, and the fastball and slider was getting quite a few swings and misses. He was also able to back door his slider for called strikes.
His arm gets up high pretty early and he throws slightly across his body, with his foot plant off by a couple inches in his direct line to the plate. I would try and clean up his mechanics a bit.
However, the second time I saw him, Burawa was all over the place. The velocity once again was there, but the command was not. His slider was also flat, and could use some tightening and consistency. Major league hitters will slap around that pitch when flat. It seemed Burawa could "get comfortable" with the fastball and lose the zone with a lack of concentration.
Another power arm in Trenton, Kahnle has a smooth delivery with a solid fastball sitting 94-96. He located very well, even his slider, peppering the low outside corner to RHH. Control has always been an issue, but he had command and control in this one inning. However, there have been a couple games this season where he makes Daniel Cabrera look like Greg Maddux.
When he locates his pitches, Kahnle is virtually unhittable as his fastball and slider grade even higher.


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Leafy Sea Dragon, Phycodurus Eques
Exhibits at the Monterey Bay AquariumThe stunning one-million-gallon Outer Bay exhibit is home to the largest community of open-ocean animals to be found in any aquarium. Giant bluefin tuna power their way through the water. Hammerhead sharks circle inches away. Sea turtles cruise lazily by.The Outer Bay also features the largest permanent collection of jellyfish species in the United States. Egg-yolk jellies and sea nettles drift gently in ten-foot-long exhibits beautifully lit to accentuate the jellies' delicate beauty. Comb jellies pulse with rainbow bands of light as they swim.In the past, a wonderful exhibit of Jelly Fish and most recently The Secret Life of Seahorses; always something exciting to see at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.Read More


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Cooking Light The Complete Quick Cook's Roasted Cauliflower, Chickpeas, and Olives
The following recipe is from the January 18 edition of our weekly recipe newsletter. To receive this newsletter in your inbox, sign up here!
In Cooking Light The Complete Quick Cook authors Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough ask their readers to embrace high heat when thinking about quick cooking. And It makes perfect sense when you think about it since higher heat equals faster cooking.
Why you should make this: Roasting cauliflower at high heat gives it a wonderful meaty texture as well as crispy browned bits that make it irresistible even to the cauliflower averse.
For this Roasted Cauliflower, Chickpeas, and Olives the oven is cranked up to a scorching 450°, a temperature that browns the cauliflower florets to a golden crisp, roasts the roughly chopped garlic giving at a mellow spice, and renders the olives and chickpeas crunchy-chewy all in about 22 minutes. It's one of those fantastically simple sides that can be tossed together in a manner of minutes but once it comes out of the oven is filled with wonderfully complex tastes and textures.
Adapted from Cooking Light The Complete Quick Cook by Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough. Copyright © 2011. Published by Oxmoor House. Available wherever books are sold. All Rights Reserved
- Yield:6 servings
- Active time: 10 minutes
- Total time:30 minutes
- 5 1/2 cups cauliflower florets (about 1 pound)
- 10 green Spanish olives, halved and pitted
- 8 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
- 1 (15-ounce) can chickpeas (garbanzo beans), rinsed and drained
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 3 tablespoons fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
Preheat oven to 450°F.
Combine first 4 ingredients in a shallow roasting pan. Drizzle with oil; sprinkle with pepper. Toss well to coat. Bake at 450° for 22 minutes or until cauliflower is browned and crisp-tender, stirring after 10 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley.
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The European Court of Human Rights (constituted under the Council of Europe) released a decision on January 29, 2013 concerning discrimination against Roma citizens in Hungary. The case is HORVÁTH AND KISS v. HUNGARY 11146/11 . The two complainants had been been improperly placed in special education schools designed for mentally disabled / special needs students on the basis of their ethnic origin. The European Roma Rights Centre were active in representing the complainants.
The ruling falls at a time when Canada is putting up major barriers to Roma migration. Despite voluminous indications of differential treatment and xenophobia, the Canadian Government, and in particular, Minister of Immigration et al, Jason Kenney has been making strides in depicting Hungary as a safe democratic country. In particular, and in a bizarre move, Kenney has been setting up billboards in Hungary, telling Roma people that if they come to Canada, they will be deported. Here is the sign below. We hope that Canada will take note of the recent Human Rights decision from Europe. The recent demonization of the Roma community has come on the heels of xenophobic remarks made by long-time Conservative Party activist Ezra Levant on Sun TV.


text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Seoul Animal Shelter??? Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Seoul Animal Shelter??? Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Discussion Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message gajackson1Joined: 27 Jan 2003Location: Casa Chil, Sungai Besar, Sultanate of Brunei Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2003 3:52 pm Post subject: Seoul Animal Shelter??? Hi, I am in need of assistance here . . . I am in need of a GOOD animal shelter in Seoul. I would prefer an adoption-type place. NOT someplace that a dog would end up being whacked or sold to a 'dog farm' to become gae-go-gi or bo-shin-tang. It is a longer story, but I do not have time to write it out just now. Anyone have an idea or suggestion??? Regards, Glen ~~~~~~~~ OK, the story (in case anyone needs a reason to help). I work out at the same gym pretty much every day. I like going early, so I can get in and get out before business picks up. In december, a dog showed up at the gym entrance. Cute thing, a very small mixed breed. Not a puppy, but not an adult. Pretty friendly, and with a collar (but no tags). Within about a week, many of us were used to her being there. She was a little friendly/inquisitive, but skittish, too. I figured she just belonged to someone at the gym, who left her outside while going inside, and picked her up on the way home. Within another week, the weather took a nasty, snowy turn for the worse. One day, a box showed up at the outside of the gym, and I realized she must be a stray. The restaurant in the gym was providing her food and water, but then someone removed the box. For 3 days, I would show up in the morning, and see her curled up in a ball in the snow. I could tell, from the weather and her lethargy, she probably wouldn't make it another night. Sooooooooo . . . I took her in. At first, she was very humble, and still shy. Housebroken, even if alone for 8 hours! Got her fed & cleaned up. Talked w/ ReedTea, & we decided to put up a sign (neither of us really wanted to keep a dog for a long term, for the reasons discussed by others in other threads), but no one claimed her. Over the winter break, I went to Texas, but RT took care of her. Then, she comes back to my apt. She gets sick, and get her de-wormed. RT & I took a weekend away (boarded here), and she gets really sick - I was afraid it was distemper, so we had tests done (expensive!), but she turned out ok. So, it seemed like we have a dog, right??? We are both 'dog people,' so while unplanned, it was ok. :/ But now that she is healthy, her personality has asserted itself . . . While someone is with her, she is fine. But left alone for any amount of time . . . She is not a crier, like most dogs left alone. She is a DESTROYER. Started with my cell phone; has progressed to my ADSL line, clothing, my new satin sheets, etc. Garbage has to be locked in the bathroom; it is not safe in the kitchen. We tried putting her on the balcony, and she started chewing up big chunks of the linoleum (sp?). As cute and personable as she is with us and people, the pros don't outweigh the cons. (Also, she is a longer-haired, HUGE shedder. My cleaning bills for comforters, carpets, etc. have skyrocketed, and it's aggravating RT's allergies, as well as just generally making the place a lot harder to clean). After 2 months now of trying to discipline/change her, we are giving up. We aren't formally offering her up on this board, just because of the problems mentioned. We think she would be good for a family, where she had pretty constant attention (and she is VERY active/playful), or on a farm setting, where she had room to run, but would still be treated well. I didn't save her just so that someone else would neglect or abuse her!!! So . . . if ANYONE knows of a good solution here (again, we are looking for a good shelter), please reply here, pm or e-m me. Thanks. Sorry for tying up the space; as soon as we get it resolved, I'll delete the post. Regards, GlenLast edited by gajackson1 on Wed Apr 02, 2003 6:29 pm; edited 1 time in total Back to top denzJoined: 15 Jan 2003Location: soapland. alternatively - the school of rock! Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2003 6:28 pm Post subject: yesh well girl of denz said try here: http://www.foranimal.or.kr/main_total.htm or http://koreananimals.or.kr/ (english site is here: http://www.koreananimals.org/shelter.htm) denz Back to top gajackson1Joined: 27 Jan 2003Location: Casa Chil, Sungai Besar, Sultanate of Brunei Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2003 6:37 pm Post subject: Thanx, Boyo ~ like with you, we are basically good people in a difficult spot. Things will work themselves out just fine. Too much dharma stored up! Peace, G. Back to top Dazed and ConfusedJoined: 10 Jan 2003 Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2003 2:17 pm Post subject: For the chewing problem try mixing pepper powder and water and rubbing it on the cables of the computer, tv, and anything else you don't want destroyed. Also provide her with some rawhide chews. These will keep her busy and give a good outlet for her chewing desires. All young dogs are prone to chewing. However, my parents have a lab that 12 years old and he still goes after anything he can get ahold of. Try Zyzzfer (sp?) he/she is looking for an animal. Have you considered KAPS? they are in Taegu. Also put a word in with your local vet. They might know someone looking for a dog. Or post on the site of one of the Dog Cafes. All in Korean though . Back to top gajackson1Joined: 27 Jan 2003Location: Casa Chil, Sungai Besar, Sultanate of Brunei Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2003 5:22 am Post subject: D&C ~ Thanx for the advice. I have done the peppre routine (tobasco), but it is not practical for things such as bedding, clothes, walls, etc. We keep her in a goodly supply of rawhide (which she enjoys), but when left alone, it is like she is taking frustration out (leave ME alone?!?!?!? Why, give me that comforter!) KAPS is here in Seoul; that place is a nobly sinking ship. I wanted to grab 5-6 dogs and take them OUT of there (you can see pics at their site in the link D gave me). She is cute to us, but being a 'sheit-dog,' most people don't want one like her. And I worry about dumping her on someone unsuspecting, and what they would do to her. Dog Cafe??? Errr - I am guessing/hoping you mean a website, and not a restaurant! Thanx & regards, Glen Back to top Dazed and ConfusedJoined: 10 Jan 2003 Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2003 9:55 pm Post subject: It's an actual Cafe where pet owners can take thier dogs with them. They have dogs of that belong to the cafe inside that roam around and beg food and attention . There's one in Seoul and one outside of Seoul. Sorry I don't remember the name. Certianly I would not recommend a restaurant serving dogs for consumption. good luck in finding this girl a home. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Discussion Forum All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Forums:----------------FAQJob-related Discussion ForumGeneral Discussion ForumOff-Topic ForumTravel ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumBuy/Sell/Trade Forum You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. 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The account @mytoaster is an actual toaster that has over 2,000 followers and is on one simple mission: send a tweet notifying when it's "toasting" and another tweet when it's "done toasting"
Its founder Hans Scharler launched the account in 2008 and is the co-founder of the brains behind the tweeting object, a device called an ioBridge module.
The toaster has a switch that flips every time the appliance begins and finishes toasting. The switch is linked to an ioBridge module, which connects the toaster to the internet, giving it its tweeting capability, according to TIME magazine.
Scharler has also used the technology in a pool control system and a wireless pet feeder that allows pet owners to refill a doggie bowl from their mobile devices.
The tweeting toaster is part of a larger idea dubbed the "internet of things," or rather a world in which objects communicate with people (and vice versa) to improve the everyday routine.
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Bradford, Marianne, J. B. Earp, D. S. Showalter, and P. F. Williams. 2017. "Corporate Sustainability Reporting and Stakeholder Concerns: Is There a Disconnect?". Accounting Horizons. 31 (1): 83-102.
The authors have attempted to highlight the vast research opportunities in the CSR report assurance context. This is a crucial area where auditors and auditing research can help develop a tipping point where it may be to a company's advantage to engage in appropriate CSR behavior and to document this behavior in a report that will receive the rigorous scrutiny of quality assurance providers.
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The findings of this study provide evidence on the benefits of assurance of CSR reports in enhancing credibility. Practice indicates that around the world about 50% of organisations have their stand-alone CSR reports independently assured, and that about 50% of these are assured by members of the accounting profession. This research shows that financial analysts in the U.K., U.S. and Australia will perceive an enhanced credibility of these reports when they are independently assured. However, the evidence also indicates that such benefits are context-specific. Assurance will add more credibility to CSR reports for companies that are facing more significant CSR issues. With regards choice of assurance provider, financial analysts in Australia and U.K. perceive improved credibility associated with independent assurance whether or not the assurer came from the accounting profession. In the U.S. it was only assurance from professional accountants that leads to significantly higher perceived CSR report credibility. This will have implications for organisations in their decision to assure and choice of assurance provider. From the assurance firm's perspective, in countries where CSR assurance is commonly provided by both accounting profession and other providers outside of the profession, accounting firms may wish to more clearly articulate the benefits of their assurance services compared with those from other assurance providers.
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The focus on the insights of audit committee members and senior accountants concerning the role of internal auditors in their work in areas of sustainability reporting, allows the authors to inform the broader internal audit literature on the role of internal auditors as a corporate governance resource. The interviewees indicated that the internal audit teams were already multidisciplinary and that this would increase in the future. Insights from these senior practitioners also inform potential research questions in audit judgment and decision-making (JDM) research.
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Peters, G. F., & Romi, A. M. 2015. The Association between Sustainability Governance Characteristics and the Assurance of Corporate Sustainability Reports. Auditing: A Journal Of Practice & Theory 34 (1): 163-198.
This study contributes to understanding the interaction between strategy information and ESG information on investment decisions, and provides support for the argument that investors can benefit from the enhanced connections between strategy and ESG information that form the underlying basis of Integrated Reporting. Importantly, the results document that investors' perception of strategic relevance is a driver of their investment decisions. This study suggests that nonprofessional investors' responses to sustainability disclosure are affected by the strategic relevance of the reported information. The assurance affects investment decisions by increasing the perceived importance of the sustainability information suggests that assurance has a signaling effect, and highlights the importance of making independent assurance public to investors.
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This study provides support for the expansion of CSR assurance services, the disclosures of benchmarked CSR investment levels, and the potential investor assessments of such information when integrated with governance information. If investors concerned about "greenwashing" in the presence of pay-for-CSR-performance can reasonably rely upon these CSR disclosure factors, they may become less skeptical about using this type of nonfinancial information in their investment decisions. This in turn may lead firms to attract and retain those managers who are willing to substantively invest in CSR activities, signal the firm's CSR commitment level, and ultimately add to the firm's long-term value.
Brown-Liburd, H., & Zamora, V. L. 2015. The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Assurance in Investors' Judgments When Managerial Pay is Explicitly Tied to CSR Performance. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory 34 (1): 75-96.
The results indicate that many companies that currently issue unassured CSR reports could economically benefit from obtaining CSRA through a reduction in their cost-of-capital and also benefit from reductions in analyst forecast errors and dispersion. As such, CSRA providers, especially accounting firms, need to improve their communication to convey these benefits to prospective clients. The capital markets appear to discount and not value CSRA when it is likely being used for impression management/greenwashing. Thus, the more important public policy issue is how to curb instances of CSRA being used for impression management/greenwashing purposes. For example, public policy makers may want to consider the merits of regulating CSRA providers where there are severe consequences for not identifying inaccurate, incomplete, or misleading CSR reporting.
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Draghi: ECB looking at new tools for growth
With the economy shrinking and unemployment rising, the head of the European Central Bank said it was looking at new measures to stimulate growth if the hoped-for recovery doesn't start soon.
Mario Draghi said Thursday the bank was considering a range of actions to boost lending to companies and reinvigorate the ailing euro region's economy, which has been in recession for a little over a year.
Draghi said the ECB had an "extensive" conversation at its monthly policy meeting about lowering its benchmark interest rate and other ways of jump-starting the region's economy. The eurozone has been weighed down by towering government debt and austerity measures aimed at fixing the problem.
The ECB decided to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.75 percent, where it has stood since July 2012.
Analysts took Draghi's remarks, made at the ECB's monthly news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, as sign that the bank had moved closer to another rate cut or other stimulus measures if there is any sign that the recovery predicted by the bank for the second half of the year is delayed.
Draghi's remarks were "a strong hint they could act very soon," said Christian Schulz at Berenberg Bank in London.
The ECB head was expanding on comments made last month, when he said the bank was "actively reflecting" on new nonstandard measures. This time he said the bank was now "looking at various instruments, various tools."
Draghi didn't say what the ECB is considering to kick-start the economy of the 17 European Union countries that use the euro. Analysts say, however, the bank is mostly likely looking at ways to encourage lending to midsize companies so they can expand and hire.
One way to encourage such lending would be to allow banks to bundle the small business loans they make into securities, which they could use as collateral to get cash loans from the ECB - money they could then lend again.
Another possibility could be allowing banks to have ECB credit for periods longer than the current 3-month maximum - as the bank has already done several times. In late 2011, and again in early 2012, the ECB issued just over 1 trillion euros in low-interest, three-year loans to banks. The measure did help stabilize the eurozone's banks but did not stimulate much new lending to companies.
Draghi said any new approach "wasn't an obvious action" and that the bank was "thinking 360 degrees" on new tactics.
The eurozone is stuck in recession and the ECB says it will shrink 0.5 percent this year, though it predicts a gradual recovery later in 2013.
The ECB president stuck to his forecast for a recovery, but said it was "subject to downside risk." Weak economic indicators suggest that the currency union's economy shrank in the first quarter for the sixth quarter in a row.
"We will assess all incoming data and we stand ready to act," Draghi said.
The ECB would consider the experience of other countries but do what was best-suited to Europe's institutions, Draghi added. His remarks came hours after the Bank of Japan announced a massive expansion of its efforts to increase the supply of money in the economy.
The Bank of Japan, Bank of England and the U.S. Federal Reserve have all bought bonds as a way of pumping new money into the economies. This technique, called quantitative easing, can boost growth at the risk of inflation down the road.
Instead, the ECB has focused on how to transmit its low rates throughout the eurozone. The problem is that banks in countries with troubled financial system are not passing on these rates to customers and companies.
In the eurozone, 80 percent of company financing comes from banks - as opposed to selling bonds, the more common source of financing in the U.S.
"Good availability of credit at affordable cost is essential to the eurozone economy," said Marie Diron, senior economic adviser to Ernst & Young.
Analysts say it would be hard for the ECB to follow other central banks and do quantitative easing through bond purchases. Such a move would likely face resistance from the eurozone's largest economy, Germany, which has a strong aversion to measures that might risk inflation or excessively support government finances. It would also raise the difficult question of which country's bonds to buy - an issue faced only by the ECB as a multinational central bank.
However, analyst Michael Schubert at Commerzbank predicted the ECB would hold off any further action, especially if the recovery comes through. "Since we think a stabilization is more likely, we stick to our forecast of no further ECB action in coming quarters," he said.


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