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In the drama, Seo Ye-Ji's character who is a children book's author, features children's troublesome experiences in her books. They are all about a younger boy who's haunted by nightmares of the terrifying and traumatizing experiences that he has had thus far.
These are physical copies of the 5 novels from the highly reputable K-Drama series starring Kim Soo-hyun and Seo Ye-ji, 'It's Okay to Not be Okay'.
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Author : Cho Yong
Language : Korean
It is Okay to Not be Okay 1:
Number of Pages: 560
Dimensions : 145 x 210 mm
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Dimensions : 145 x 210 mm
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Size: 280 x 218mm
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Size: 280 x 218mm
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Dimensions : 230 x 210mm
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Dimensions : 240 x 250 x 15mm
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SEATTLE – For a city accustomed to losing not just games, but teams, the Seattle Seahawks' dominant Super Bowl win provided a long overdue catharsis, buoying the spirits of a fan base that hasn't always had much to cheer about.
Fans poured into the Seahawks team store on Monday at CenturyLink Field to buy championship T-shirts and hats, parents made plans to pull their kids out of school for Wednesday's parade, and staff at The Seattle Times donned aprons to help hawk some of the extra 106,000 copies printed with "Champs!" emblazoned on the front page.
"I spent a little bit of money this morning, but it's priceless," said Julie Keim, who bought 11 shirts at $28 apiece and 11 hats at $35 apiece for the staff at her maritime-training school in the north Seattle suburb of Edmonds. "There's so many players to be proud of on this team."
The Seahawks returned Monday evening to Sea-Tac Airport, with players exiting the plane to cheers.
The Seahawks' 43-8 manhandling of the Denver Broncos on Sunday gave the city its first major men's sports championship since the SuperSonics won the NBA title in 1979 — and helped erase some of the lingering bitterness over the Sonics' 2008 departure for Oklahoma City, where the team became the Thunder.
In fact, before Sunday, Seattle's two major professional championships were in sports in which the city no longer competes — hockey and basketball. The Seattle Metropolitans won the 1917 Stanley Cup before folding in 1924.
Unlike fans of some other championship-starved teams — say, the Chicago Cubs or the pre-2004 Boston Red Sox — Seahawks faithful haven't had the Bulls, Celtics, Blackhawks or Bruins to cheer for.
Fans launched fireworks, blared horns and partied across the city as the final seconds of the Super Bowl ticked away. The celebration lasted into the night.
"I can't make you understand what this means to me!" shouted lifelong Seattleite John Caro, who, with his wife Corina, both 59, whooped their way down Lake City Way in North Seattle and high-fived passersby. "We have waited so freakin' long for this!"
Thousands of people packed the city's oldest neighborhood, Pioneer Square, and the Fire Department reported about a half-dozen bonfires around the city, mostly involving couches and mattresses burned in streets.
The biggest blaze was near the University of Washington, where one person was arrested for investigation of reckless burning. Two shootings also were reported but the injuries weren't life-threatening.
The celebration, however, was mostly harmless, even though there were about a half-dozen arrests Sunday night, and police dispersed the Pioneer Square crowd after some revelers began smashing windows and throwing bottles at officers.
Videos of fans waiting politely for a light to change before crossing a street spread quickly on the Internet, demonstrating that one doesn't jaywalk in Seattle, even amid a Super Bowl celebration.
Seattle's sports history has been mostly sad. Aside from the SuperSonics' relocation after 41 years, baseball's Mariners — who started playing in 1977, seven years after the Pilots moved to Milwaukee — have been woeful, losing 101 games in 2008 and 2010, and 91 last year.
But there have been bright spots.
The Seahawks made it to the Super Bowl in 2005, where they lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers amid complaints about the officiating that Seattle fans continue to voice.
In 1994, the SuperSonics had the best record in the NBA during the regular season then became the first No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 8 seed in the opening round of the playoffs. Two years later, the Sonics couldn't overcome the 72-win Bulls in the NBA finals.
The Mariners made the playoffs with a feel-good, late-season run in 1995, before losing to the New York Yankees. And in 2001, the home team tied a major league record with 116 regular-season wins but had no answer for the Yankees in the postseason.
There were the championships of the WNBA's Seattle Storm in 2004 and 2010. Suggestions that the Seahawks' win was the city's first championship overall since 1979 struck a nerve among some in the city, including Storm President Karen Bryant, who wondered about the reports on Twitter even as the Storm congratulated the Seahawks on the win.
But even Keim, a Storm fan who welcomed their championships, said the Seahawks win resonated more. She reserved a 56-passenger bus to take all of the staff and students at her maritime school, Compass Courses, and some friends, to the upcoming parade, which is slated to cover a route of about 2 miles through downtown before ending a CenturyLink Field.
"I hope it's just crazy," she said. "Just being in a crowd where people have so much love for the team is going to be exciting."

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I've come to a conclusion: one can't bake too many apple cakes – especially now that they're in season here in Brazil and the prices are really good. :)
Don't be scared by the three different steps in this recipe: they're all simple and I'm sure you'll love the result – the crunchy pecans go beautifully well with the soft apple bits. Yum!
Apple pecan coffee cake with cinnamon sugar topping
slightly adapted from The All-American Dessert Book
1 cup (110g) pecans, coarsely chopped
2 ½ tablespoons packed light brown sugar
1 tablespoon corn syrup
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, slightly softened
3 ½ cups peeled, cored and diced (1/3in) flavorful apples – I used Gala
1/3 cup (58g) packed light brown sugar
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 cups (420g) all purpose flour
1 ¼ teaspoons baking powder
generous ½ teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks/226g) unsalted butter, slightly softened
2 cups (400g) granulated sugar
3 large eggs
2/3 cup (174g) plain yogurt
2 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F. Butter a 22x32cm (9x13in) baking pan*.
Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil.
In a medium bowl, stir together the pecans, brown sugar, corn syrup and butter until the pecans are coated. Spread the pecan mixture on the foil liked sheet and toast, stirring occasionally, for 9 to 14 minutes or until nicely browned. Let cool completely then chop into ¼ in bits – the pecans will keep, stored airtight, at room temperature for several days.
In a large bowl thoroughly stir together the apples, brown sugar and cinnamon. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt into a small bowl and set aside.
In a large bowl with a mixer on medium speed, beat the butter and granulated sugar until lightened and fluffy, about 2 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat until well blended, about 2 minutes. On low speed, beat in half the dry ingredients just until thoroughly incorporated, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Add the yogurt and vanilla, beating just until evenly incorporated. Beating on low, add the remaining dry ingredients, then beat in medium speed until evenly blended – batter will be stiff.
Spoon half the batter into the pan, spreading it evenly to the edges with a buttered palette knife, the layer will be thin. Using a slotted spoon and shaking off any excess juice, distribute the apple mixture over the batter. Sprinkle with the pecans then spoon the remaining batter over the apples and pecans, spreading it to the edges – the batter will seem skimpy. Mix the topping ingredients in a small bowl and sprinkle over the cake.
Bake for 45-55 minutes or until the top is well browned and a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let cool completely – I dusted the cake with a little icing sugar to make it look nicer. :)
The cake will keep, stored airtight in a cool place, for up to 2 days, or refrigerated for 2-3 days or longer – let it come to room temperature before serving.
* I halved the recipe above and used a 20cm (8in) round cake pan, with a removable bottom; I lined the bottom of the pan with baking paper and buttered the paper as well to make unmolding easier
Serves 12
Monday, June 7, 2010
Apple pecan coffee cake with cinnamon sugar topping
29 comments:
- Anh said...
so true about baking with apples! ;)
- June 07, 2010
- pam said...
Beautiful and delicious, as usual!
- June 07, 2010
- Abby said...
Apples and pecans - so Southern of you! Ha. Beautiful! That topping is calling my name!
- June 07, 2010
- WendyinKK said...
I love anything with apples
- June 07, 2010
- Katie said...
The name alone had me frooling, but the photos - WOW. I couldn't agree more that one can never have too many apple cakes
- June 07, 2010
- Suelle said...
This sounds really interesting, especially the treatment of the nuts, and as usual, your photograph is beautiful!
- June 07, 2010
- Valen said...
This cake looks heavenly with that filling and topping! Yum
- June 07, 2010
- Valérie I♥Cakes said...
This cake looks delicious and there is nothing simpler and more crowd-pleasing than apple cake, especially with cinnamon !
- June 08, 2010
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
I agree that you can't make too many apple cakes there are so many delicious choices:D
- June 08, 2010
- M. said...
there can never be too many apple cakes baked :)
I love apple and pecan combination, looks super yummy :) - June 08, 2010
- Patty said...
What a lovely autumn cake. I live in the tropics right now and apples are an imported luxury that I crave all the time. Thank you for sharing this delicious cake - enjoy the bounty!
- June 08, 2010
- lauren said...
What a great recipe! I love your blog, and thanks for visiting ours ;)
- June 08, 2010
- DaniBrava said...
I just made the milk chocolate cookies you made earlier! Mine came out significantly more "cracked" on the surface than yours but oh-my-goodness they're goooood! What great recipe :)
Love the blog! - June 08, 2010
- Patricia Scarpin said...
Anh, aren't apples wonderful? :)
Pam, thank you, sweetie!
Abby, you are right! I'm all the way here in Brazil, using an American Dessert cookbook. :)
Thank you, darling!
Wendy, me too! :)
Katie, thank you, dearie! I'm so glad you like the photo! :)
Suelle, thank you! The sort of praliné made with the pecans is delicious.
Valen, thank you! I almost ate all the filling before making the cake. :)
Valérie, apples and cinnamon are great together, indeed. Thank you, sweetie!
Bellini Valli, thank you! :)
M., thank you! I'm so glad you like it!
Patty, we're lucky to have good apples here, both Brazilian and Argentinian.
Thank you, darling!
Lauren, I LOVE your blog! Love, love, love! :)
Thank you for stopping by!
Dani, that is wonderful news! I'm so glad the recipe worked out for you - tks for letting me know!
xx - June 09, 2010
- eatme_delicious said...
Mmm this looks so soft and delicious. I love apples in cakes. And especially the way they've been layered into this cake.
- June 17, 2010
- Chef Dennis Littley said...
I love pecans, and this cake looks too good....i can see it now my wife will have one slice and I will eat the whole thing!
- June 26, 2010
- Patricia Scarpin said...
Hi, sweetie! I love baking with apples too - and here the pecans add such a nice texture.
Thank you!
Chef Dennis, thank you for stopping by! Hope you give it a go - especially for your wife. :) - June 29, 2010
- Angela said...
Buonissima Io amo la Cannella
- April 01, 2011
Tried this recipe, it came out very delicious, liked apple pecan combination. Thank you for sharing.
- June 17, 2012
- Patricia Scarpin said...
Hi Poonam, I'm so glad the recipe worked out for you - thank YOU for letting me know!
- June 19, 2012
I made this today for Father's Day since I know my dad loves his apples. I hadn't baked in a while but this was easy to make and the long process was a treat amidst exam procrastination.
It was delicious! For me, the apple juices combined a little with the batter to make a lovely custard and the buttery crust was divine.
I love your website and I come here to get all of my baking recipes! (There are so many - Where else do I need look?)
Thanks for the continually wholesome cake recipes, I can't wait to try my next one. - September 01, 2013
- Patricia Scarpin said...
Hey, Katherine!
It was such a joy to receive your comment, thank you!
I'm so glad to hear the cake was a success, thank YOU for letting me know how it turned out!
You are far too kind. <3
xx - September 02, 2013
I made this delicious apple cake and took it to work today. It got rave reviews and was considered to be even better than apple pie. Thank you Patricia! I just love your blog.
- April 09, 2014
I did not mean to be anonymous in my comment- I checked the wrong box. My name is Heather and I live in Brooklyn, NY.
- April 09, 2014
- Patricia Scarpin said...
Dear Heather, I'm so glad to hear you liked the recipe! And the blog! <3
Thank you for your kind words, they mean a lot to me!
xx - April 10, 2014
- Patricia Scarpin said...
Dear Heather, I'm so glad to hear you liked the recipe! And the blog! <3
Thank you for your kind words, they mean a lot to me!
xx - April 10, 2014
Hi Patricia,
I made this cake yesterday and it came out so delicious. Tender cake, moist flavorful apples, crunchy nutty pecans; what's not to love. When I saw that you start by making candy to put in the middle of the cake I knew I had to bake it. I don't have an 8" cake pan with a removable bottom so I used an 8" springform pan. It worked very well.
My husband who favors apple desserts thought it was wonderful.
Thank you so very much for sharing all these delicious recipes and for photographing them so compellingly. You're the best!
Ellen - October 26, 2016
- Marljong said...
Delightful apple cake! Soft crumb with silkiness from the apples and crunchy, yet gentle texture of the pecans take it up a notch! So yummy anytime of day or event! Thanks for sharing!
- May 29, 2017
- Patricia Scarpin said...
Marljong, I am so happy you like it! Thank you so much for letting me know! xx
- May 30, 2017


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Awesome DIY Planters
The cold month of February is the time to start seeds, and to start preparing planters for your container plants. Building cute and functional planters is a way to make the best of chilly days spent indoors. Whether you are planting annuals in a window box, or vegetables in a vertical garden, there are so many awesome ways to make cheap, environmentally friendly planters that don't require you to be a professional carpenter in order to make them.
For totally low budget planters, think old two liter soda bottles or plastic milk jugs. Large plastic bottles or jugs can simply be washed thoroughly and cut in half. Drill holes in the bottom for drainage, and fill with potting soil. This is a super cheap DIY planter solution, although it is not perhaps the most aesthetically pleasing. An advantage to it is that it's easy to hang upcycled plastic bottle or jug planters from railings. Urban gardeners, who only have access to a fire escape, can utilize the outer and inner sides of their fire escape raiings by affixing these planters at alternating heights, to essentially make a vertical garden.
Pickle buckets are awesome as DIY planters. Grocery stores and restaurants receive bulk pickles in four or five gallon buckets. Sometimes they return them to the distributor, but sometimes they throw the pickle buckets out. When in doubt as to whether a stack of pickle buckets behind a store or cafe is waiting to be picked up by the garbage collector or the distributor, do the right thing and ask the store's manager. When you are sure that the pickle buckets are destined for the dump or the recycling facility, then grab a few and use them as planters. You can make self-watering planters from pickle buckets, or you can drill drainage holes into the bottoms. You can grow quite a lot of food in a pickle bucket.
Large cans are another awesome free DIY planter idea. While small supermarket-sized vegetable cans don't have enough room for a plant with a substantial root ball to grow, industrial sized cans are a sure bet. Check the garbage (dumpster diving!) of cafes. If you are on friendly terms with your office cafeteria workers, or your local barista, or the waitress at your local diner, don't be afraid to ask them for large cans from the kitchen. They very well might be able to locate a few that are headed to the garbage. Poke drainage holes into the bottom of the can with a hammer and a nail. Smaller cans are great for starting seedlings or small transplants in.
Not everyone has one of these hanging around, but they're perfect containers for a garden. Large troughs or barrels give you plenty of room to plant bigger crops. Scour yard sales and local flea markets for plastic, wood, or galvanized metal tubs. Planting in troughs is an excellent way to grow pounds of food in a tiny garden.
You can also make a hanging planter from an old tire. If you're handy, do as blogger Pamela, a DIY painter in Schenectady, from Pink Hammers and Sippy Cups did. The project involves cleaning, cutting, and painting an old tire. The result is a sturdy planter that looks a bit like a flower. It can be suspended as a hanging planter, or it can be placed on the ground.
What's your favorite way to make your own planters? Have you figured out an amazing and awesome, cheap DIY planter solution. Please tell us in the comments!
Chaya Kurtz writes for Networx.com.
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McDowell is on pace to graduate with a 3.26 GPA in Religious Studies and a minor in Economics. He was named to the CAA all-academic first team in 2011 after receiving second-team honors in 2010.
As a junior, McDowell was named the winner of the Dean Ehlers Leadership Award, which is the highest honor given to a CAA basketball student-athlete. The distinction, which has been presented to the deserving men's and women's basketball player since 1995, is named after former James Madison athletic director Dean Ehlers, who was a founding member of the conference. The award is given to the student-athlete who "embodies the highest standards of leadership, integrity and sportsmanship in conjunction with his academic athletic achievement." A player who W&M coach Tony Shaver calls the best leader he has ever coached in 35 years, McDowell was voted a team captain by his teammates in both 2010-11 and 2011-12. As a junior last season, he was also voted the team MVP by his teammates. He is also leader in the campus community both academically and athletically. McDowell is one of the select students at W&M to serve as a President's aide as a member of the W&M President's Council. McDowell was selected as a men's basketball delegate to the W&M's Student-Athlete Advisory Council. Each of the last two years he has served as the service chair and is the vice president this year. McDowell is the President of the Tribe Fellowship student organization on campus and works with Evan Muro, the College Minister to students from the Williamsburg Community Chapel.
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Thai-Style Honey Peanut Chicken
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...This is a quick meal that's perfect for a weeknight dinner. While it may not light your fire, it will quench your hunger and leave folks at your table happy to have tried and survived something new. I chose this version of peanut chicken because it's easy, inexpensive and all the ingredients needed to prepare it can be found in your neighborhood grocery store. I've made very minor changes to the original recipe that was, as nearly as I can tell, first posted by spygirl, at The Tasty Kitchen. Pam Anderson and her daughters, who together blog at Three Many Cooks, have included a tutorial that you might also enjoy. I don't marinate the chicken and I've increased the amount of peanut butter that's used to make it. I've also used chicken thighs because I think they stay moister than breasts which can dry and toughen quickly. This is not a dish that will appeal to younger children. The heat from the chili paste and curry powder will lead to locked-lip syndrome despite the fact that it is very mild. You can, by the by, eliminate the sriracha. I think it would be a mistake because it adds wonderful flavor to the chicken, but it's done all the time. I like to serve this with cilantro or scallion rice. It can be table ready in 30 minutes and that makes it great weeknight fare. Here's the recipe.
Thai-Style Honey Peanut Chicken...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite inspired by a recipe originally developed by spygirl
1/2 cups soy sauce
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 teaspoons minced garlic
3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
1 teaspoon curry powder
2 teaspoons Sriracha or other Asian-style hot chili sauce
6 to 8 boneless skinless chicken thighs, each cut into 4 chunks
1) Add soy sauce, honey, lime juice, garlic, peanut butter, curry powder and sriracha to a large skillet. Bring to a simmer, stirring until mixture is smooth.
2) Add chicken, turning to coat all sides with sauce. Cook chicken in simmering liquid for 8 to 10 minutes, or until chicken is done. Transfer to a bowl.
3) Boil liquid in pan until it begins to thicken and syrup bubbles form. Return chicken to pan, turning to coat pieces in sauce. Transfer to a serving platter. Garnish with chopped peanuts and cilantro if desired. Serve with steamed rice. Yield: 4 servings.
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54 comments :
- SKIP TO MALOU said...
This dish makes me think that it's very similar to a chicken satay. I like dishes with peanut flavor...this I could easily try because the ingredients are staples in my pantry.
thanks Mary!
Malou - March 23, 2011 at 3:09 AM
- muppy said...
This looks really yummy!
- March 23, 2011 at 3:35 AM
- Priya Suresh said...
Slurp, truly addictive dish..yummm!
- March 23, 2011 at 4:26 AM
- Unknown said...
Yep, copied it already! Thanks for another mid week meal idea! Luckily my teenagers love hot, spicy food
- March 23, 2011 at 4:51 AM
- Jayanthy Kumaran said...
yyummmmmmmmmm....looks perfect..
Tasty Appetite - March 23, 2011 at 4:52 AM
- Ana Rita Marreiros said...
Hi Mary,
And another perfect dish ....It looks wonderfull!
I'm glad you liked the yesterday post at my blog... - March 23, 2011 at 5:30 AM
- FOODESSA said...
Asian dishes, are what I crave most when seeking out an eatery when I find myself wanting a break from my kitchen.
Now, with a recipe like this one Mary...you lured me back into the lab ;o)
The honey, soy sauce and PB are what attracted my taste buds on this one. I shall limit the chili sauce to a bare minumum...and it'll be a dish I will make for sure ;o)
Ciao for now,
Claudia - March 23, 2011 at 6:08 AM
- Tanna said...
Mary, I think this will go on the table tonight!! Thank you so much. Blessings ~ Tanna
- March 23, 2011 at 7:27 AM
- Unknown said...
I think it might light my fire! What a wonderful recipe!
- March 23, 2011 at 7:37 AM
- Rita said...
We love Tai food and this recipe sounds and looks perfect. Great photo Mary!
Rita - March 23, 2011 at 8:17 AM
- Cooking Creation said...
I'm always looking for yummy meals for busy week nights. This one will definitely be added in to the mix! I'll have to leave out the chili sauce for my little one, though. Thank you! :)
- March 23, 2011 at 8:21 AM
- Carol @ There's Always Thyme to Cook said...
This one is so up my alley! Looks fantastic! Love all those flavors.
- March 23, 2011 at 8:38 AM
- StephenC said...
I'm inspired to try this using a Cornish game hen, split down the backbone and flattened. (I just happen to have one in my fridge even as we speak.)
- March 23, 2011 at 8:41 AM
- Suman Singh said...
Looks really delicious!
Thanks for the recipe. - March 23, 2011 at 8:54 AM
- Clint said...
Looks very uniquely different. This is a peanut dish I could love.
- March 23, 2011 at 9:07 AM
- Unknown said...
Eliminate the Sriracha? We don't know those words in this house :) Wow, Mary, this looks incredible..I love all these flavors together. Can't wait to try this.
- March 23, 2011 at 9:09 AM
- Harika baratam said...
Really new dish. It is yummy and creative too.
- March 23, 2011 at 9:13 AM
- Elaine said...
My family really enjoys Thai food and this recipe looks like a really good one to try at home. Plus, I think I have all the ingredients except for the chili sauce.
- March 23, 2011 at 9:15 AM
- Katerina said...
This dish has all the right ingredients to become a hit in my family even my picky son would eat this gladly!
- March 23, 2011 at 9:48 AM
- Candace said...
I can only imagine how wonderful this tastes! We love sriracha and anything peanut'y. :)
Thanks Mary! - March 23, 2011 at 10:04 AM
- Reshmi Mahesh said...
Delicious recipe and your pics are superb...
- March 23, 2011 at 10:14 AM
- Unknown said...
I agree - a mistake to leave out the sriracha FOR SURE! I call it red gold!!!!
I love all the flavors and the crunch from the peanuts in the dish! I would take a HUGE helping for sure! Thanks Mary! :) - March 23, 2011 at 10:47 AM
- Barbara Bakes said...
Love all the flavors in this recipe and how quick it comes together. Thanks for the link love!
- March 23, 2011 at 11:46 AM
- lena said...
i never had this before but this sounds really good with peanut sauce.
- March 23, 2011 at 11:58 AM
- Virginia said...
Oh dear, I'm going to get into trouble here! :) My daughter has done some catering etc. I am sending this to her asap!
Thanks for stopping by my blog and your nice comments Mary!
V - March 23, 2011 at 12:10 PM
- Flourchild said...
Im always looking for some new fun recipes..Im so glad you visited my blog so I can explore yours!!!
I love the sound of this dish! It looks amazing!
Thank you for your kind words on my blog! - March 23, 2011 at 12:13 PM
- Kiran @ KiranTarun.com said...
Love Thai food! A must try recipe, thanks for sharing :) You must be a great peanut butter fan - it looks like a staple ingredient here :D
- March 23, 2011 at 12:23 PM
- My Knick Knacks said...
Mary... I can see you love asian food :) this is a nice thai style chicken...yummy !
- March 23, 2011 at 12:23 PM
- PeggyR said...
Another tastey sounding recipe!
- March 23, 2011 at 12:39 PM
- Stéphanie said...
So yummy !
And thank you so much for your adorable comment ! - March 23, 2011 at 12:40 PM
- Awayofmind Bakery House said...
This is interesting, it sounds delicious to have peanut and chicken!
- March 23, 2011 at 12:45 PM
- Joanne said...
Given my intense love of all things peanut butter and Thai, there is no doubt that I need this in my life. With full force spices!
- March 23, 2011 at 12:55 PM
- Ginny Hartzler said...
May not appeal to children, but I bet our Anne Marie would love it. She is Chinese,and loves most Chinese food!! It is her favorite.
- March 23, 2011 at 12:56 PM
- tata | bonitafood said...
I can imagine that it tastes really good from the spice combination used ^^
- March 23, 2011 at 1:10 PM
- That Girl said...
I'm seeing all these beautiful Asian dishes today, and its really making me regret my Italian inspired lunch I brought.
- March 23, 2011 at 1:13 PM
- MP said...
Dear Mary,
Thank you for your lovely comment on my blog! I really do appreciate it!
This chicken sounds fantastic by the way. I have never tried chicken and peanut butter, but all the flavors in this dish has caught my interest! It looks scrumptious.
Tammy - March 23, 2011 at 1:15 PM
- Gen said...
Thank you so much for the very nice comment on my blog and I hope to hear from you soon!
I like your peanut recipes, I'll come back soon ^^ - March 23, 2011 at 1:19 PM
- Big Dude said...
I've just got to try one of these dishes made with peanut butter.
- March 23, 2011 at 1:37 PM
- Barbara said...
Love those Thai flavors, Mary. And the dish is very photogenic on the dark plate...making the chicken look even richer.
- March 23, 2011 at 2:24 PM
- Julia @ DimpleArts said...
This dish does seem to be very simple to make. Something to keep in mind for our weeknight dinners:) Thank you for sharing!
- March 23, 2011 at 2:59 PM
I'm definitely making this when I buy chicken later this week! Great recipe and post!
- March 23, 2011 at 3:35 PM
- Angie's Recipes said...
I love dishes prepared with peanut butter. This looks fabulous.
- March 23, 2011 at 4:11 PM
- pigpigscorner said...
Love all the ingredients in this, bookmarked!
- March 23, 2011 at 4:40 PM
- Wendy Irene said...
I have never tried Sriracha, but I love hot spice so it has really intrigued me! This meal looks wonderful!
- March 23, 2011 at 4:59 PM
- David said...
Mary, I'm not much into healthy eating...although I should be. The Thai-Style Honey Peanut Chicken looks and sounds great...lots of satisfying flavors going on! I'd be very happy with this meal. Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
- March 23, 2011 at 5:11 PM
- Catherine said...
Dear Mary, I love making up my own Asian style food...this sounds great. It is so much healthier than take-out and besides, who can afford take-out. I know I would love this meal...Blessings, Catherine xox
- March 23, 2011 at 5:56 PM
- bikim said...
gorgeous photos!
happy night, :)
Rosa - March 23, 2011 at 6:28 PM
- Ryan said...
This sounds wonderful and has so many of my favorite ingredients- lime, sriracha, peanut butter. Great idea for a weeknight dish! Yum!
- March 23, 2011 at 10:30 PM
- Sprinzette @ Ginger and Almonds said...
Oooh, delish. Just what I could eat right now.
- March 24, 2011 at 2:27 PM
- The Food Hound said...
Love all these flavors!! It's a lot like satay, one of my faves!!
- March 24, 2011 at 8:42 PM
- Julie said...
I love this kind of chicken and what's better than a 30 minute dinner!
- March 24, 2011 at 9:42 PM
- High Plains Drifters said...
Looks like something that should take much longer to prepare. Like you said, a great weeknight dinner dish. Cheers!
- March 26, 2011 at 2:07 PM
- My Little Space said...
Ooo...this sounds simply amazing. Going to try this out soon. Real soon! Thanks for sharing it.
Kristy - March 29, 2011 at 7:46 AM
- Elaine said...
Hi, Mary. I made this tonight for dinner and we enjoyed it so much. My daughter really loved it and my husband added some spicy salsa that a friend of ours made and he was one happy camper. I am also going to send the recipe to my son because I know he will enjoy making this while at school. Thank you!
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How Microsoft can save Xbox games for Windows Phone: Part 5
Xbox for Windows Phone is a key selling point for gamers, but the implementation leaves much to be desired. This editorial series has covered a lot of ground so far, including the need for streamlining the Xbox Live certification process, Microsoft's failure to appreciate the importance of Xbox to Windows Phone, the need for multiplatform game engine support, and the need for better PR and a download code system.
This week we tackle software and online features that Xbox Windows Phone badly needs.
Gamers must be able to back up and restore their save data.
Xbox 360 save data can be copied, retained, and restored. Why not Windows Phone too?
Remember how the inability to back up and redownload delisted games undermines users' ownership of their games? Much like that, Windows Phone gives users absolutely no way to back up or restore their games' save data. If you switch phones or even just delete a game for space, your save file will be completely inaccessible on the new device or after redownloading the game. It's like that data never belonged to you.
The lack of save file exporting is problematic with all games, but especially Xbox Live ones. Some games are just really long – I've put 70 hours into Final Fantasy and still haven't quite completed it. Other games require excessive grinding for their Achievements: Carcassonne, Angry Birds Space, and Flight Control Rocket are all fine games but immense time sinks for Achievement hunters. Some players just don't want to make that time commitment when they can't be assured of retaining their save files through thick and thin.
This can be easily fixed by creating a partition on the phone's storage for game save data and then requiring all new games to store their saves in that partition. Deleting a game would not delete its data within the partition. Instead, users would be able to manually browse, delete, and copy this data at will - just as they can on the Xbox 360 and many other platforms. Being able to copy save data could potentially lead to the unscrupulous unlocking of Achievements, but tying the data to the owner's Gamertag (as with Xbox 360) would prevent such cheating.
Update: My Samsung Focus died, causing me to lose that 70+ hour Final Fantasy save forever. How frustrating.
Cloud saving should be mandatory in all Xbox games.
Skulls of the Shogun's cloud support is an exception rather than the rule.
You likely wouldn't know it from looking at the Xbox Windows Phone game lineup, but the platform already has a good solution that allows users to access their data from any device: cloud saving. Storing a copy of the user's local save data on the cloud and then restoring that copy when local data can't be found easily solves the problem of save file volatility. A handful of games already use cloud saving: the Game Room titles, Full House Poker, Gun Bros (poorly), Wordament, AlphaJax, and Skulls of the Shogun. I might've missed a few, but that's approximately nine games out of a lineup over 150 titles strong.
Cloud saving has actually been available to Windows Phone developers since 2011. The Build Conference in 2011 and 2012 had sessions called Title Managed Storage dedicated to teaching developers about Xbox Live's cloud features. Every Xbox game, whether on Xbox 360, Windows Phone, PC, or even (argh) iOS has access to both a read-only storage area (good for quickly changing variables without going through a title update) and per-user area for saving players' data.
Taking advantage of that per-user data is actually very little work for developers, so why don't more Xbox Windows Phone games do just that? It can only be one of two things: developers either don't know they have cloud access or they don't realize that save data retention is a serious problem on Windows Phone. Either way, Microsoft can solve the problem by simply making cloud save support a requirement for developers instead of an option. Games already undergoing certification would need to be exempted, but over time a cloud save mandate would greatly benefit all mobile Xbox gamers.
Xbox games need global leaderboards.
I've got Windows Phone friends, but people who don't would see a blank Leaderboard in games like Zuma's Revenge.
A leaderboard is a score chart, much like you'd see between play sessions in an actual arcade game. The appeal of Xbox Live's online leaderboards is that gamers can compare their performance against other players on a worldwide scale. Every decent online leaderboard also allows results to be filtered to show only scores belonging to the user's friends.
When a player first buys a Windows Phone device, starts up an Xbox Live game, and looks at the in-game leaderboard, he or she is likely to see a completely blank leaderboard. That doesn't mean nobody else plays that game. Instead, it reveals a huge problem with leaderboards in Xbox Windows Phone games: they're friends-only.
When developing the Xbox Live APIs (application programming interfaces) for Windows Phone, Microsoft apparently plum forgot to create an API for global leaderboards. There is literally no way for game developers to provide an all-encompassing leaderboard within the Xbox Windows Phone system. Okay, there are actually a handful of exceptions: the Game Room titles, Full House Poker, Toy Soldiers: Boot Camp, and Wordament all have global leaderboards because they connect to special servers that are accessible from all platforms.
But other games don't get that special server access, and so their leaderboards are restricted to users' friends lists. If you don't have any Windows Phone Xbox Live friends or none of those friends own a particular game, you won't have anyone to compare your scores and progress with. A global leaderboard API would be easy to create (they already exist on Xbox 360 after all). Microsoft needs to prepare one and make it mandatory, just like it is with Xbox 360 games. Only then will Xbox-enabled leaderboards actually become useful to all Windows Phone gamers.
Xbox Live messaging lags inexplicably behind the Xbox 360.
Without a doubt, the Xbox 360 offers the most advanced peer-to-peer messaging system of any home console. Its cross-game voice chat has yet to be rivaled by Sony, though that could change with the Playstation 4. Advanced as the 360's party chat and messaging systems are, Windows Phone sadly doesn't compare.
Outside of a game, the Games hub and Xbox Live Extras app both allow users to send and receive text messages to other Xbox Live users, whether they own a console or a phone. That's good, but Windows Phone inexplicably can't record or even listen to voice messages – many 360 owners' preferred form of messaging. Considering the abilities of a smartphone include voice recording and downloading audio files, there really is no excuse for voice messages not to be supported.
A few more outside-of-game quibbles: Windows Phone users should be able to toggle push notifications for incoming Xbox Live messages. Sending and receiving Xbox Live text messages should be almost as fast as SMS text messaging; the current interface is slow and cumbersome. A live tile that displays the number of unread messages (and subsequent integration with the notification center we all hope for) also makes perfect sense.
Xbox Windows Phone needs universal in-game chat and messaging.
AlphaJax allows players to chat with each other. Carcassonne does not.
Considering the scarcity of RAM in some Windows Phones as well as data usage concerns, it's probably too much to ask for cross-game voice chat like the 360 enjoys. But that doesn't mean players shouldn't be able to communicate with friends from within a game.
Consider the handful of Windows Phone games with some form of online multiplayer: Battleship, Pool Pro Online, Carcassonne, Wordament (sort of), AlphaJax, and Skulls of the Shogun. Of those titles, only Pool Pro Online and AlphaJax have an in-game messaging system. If you want to communicate with another player while engaged in one of the other games, you'll have to use Fast App Switching to enter the Games Hub, send the message, and resume your game. Even then, the recipient won't be notified in-game that he or she has a message. A setup so cumbersome simply kills the social aspect of online gaming.
There are two ways to tackle this problem. Microsoft could simply require developers of games with online multiplayer to incorporate a chat interface of some sort. That should be obvious to any game maker, but it also takes some effort on their part. To ease things, Microsoft could at least provide universal chat and messaging APIs – whatever it takes to maintain a standard without scaring off developers.
Requiring in-game chat support is a good start, but it doesn't solve the problem of communicating with someone who is playing a different game. So let's take the in-game chat API idea a little further and create a cross-game messenger that users can access from within any Xbox Windows Phone title. Basically, this messenger would act like a slimmed-down version of the Guide button on an Xbox 360 controller. Just let users send messages and check their messages from within any Xbox game, and all of a sudden you hardly even need a game-specific chat interface.
Admittedly, Windows Phone lacks an Xbox-specific button. But Microsoft could either make a long press of the Home button activate the messenger or simply require developers to add it as an option to their games' pause menus. Either way, Windows Phone would be much closer to replicating the console's sublime Xbox Live social features.
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All those online features and we still haven't covered the need for better online play. Come back next week, habitually cool readers, when we'll tackle that subject and more.
If you enjoyed this article, please comment on it and tweet it to everyone who would benefit from it. These problems won't change until the right decision-makers realize their importance. Let's do our best to make a difference together!
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While Vika is looking up, Petra is really only looking ahead. (Getty)
Armchair commentary always takes a hit on a weekend because, quite simply, you spend a lot less time in the armchair. So without further ado, here is a wrap of the final weekend in Istanbul which offered up a new tournament champion, some quality tennis, and plenty of juicy plot-lines entering 2012.
Player of the year: Petra Kvitova's absorbing three-set win over Victoria Azarenka in the final went a long way to cementing her — unofficially at least — as the player of the year in 2011. With the four Slams being split between four players and a pervading sense of parity (or instability) throughout the tour, Kvitova's resounding win at the prestigious event elevated her above all other candidates. Although Caro matched her haul of six titles, the Czech's Wimbledon and WTA Championship titles were much more significant than anything Wozniacki achieved. Add to this her sparkling 19-0 indoor record, titles on all four surfaces and her rise from no. 34 to no. 2 and you see a player with a compelling case for POTY honors.
A new era? The weekend's results caused a significant shift in the upper echelons of the WTA rankings, with Kvitova and Azarenka leap-frogging Maria Sharapova into second and third place respectively. For all the talk of veterans flourishing on tour — which remains true at Grand Slam level at least — the top trio are the youngest players in the Top 10. With Wozniacki and Kvitova just 21 and Azarenka just a year older, they have many more years ahead of them, and with the players possessing contrasting styles, the stage could be set for a compelling three-pronged rivalry into the future. Trivalry? We sort of dig this trio.
Inflated ranking: How on earth was Vera Zvonareva ranked no. 2 as recently as the US Open? The Russian, who now sits at no. 7, finished the round-robin stage with a mediocre 1-2 record. Somehow she qualifyied for the semifinals thanks to a count-back technicality, but it was there that she was comprehensively outplayed by Vika on Saturday, a player she had won six of her last nine matches against. With the emotional, mentally-fragile Vera of old resurfacing in Istanbul, the chances of her repeating her major final appearances of 2010 and re-ascending the rankings ladder in 2012 seem increasingly slim.
Tight battles: While it may not have been the best quality tennis ever staged, the championships produced some resounding battles that thrilled the fans in Istanbul. In the round robin stage, Zvonareva and Wozniacki fought out a tough three-set match on the second night of the event, and the next day, Zvonareva again found herself in a three-set fight, blowing a 5-3 final set lead and match points to hand Agniezska Radwanksa a 1-6, 6-2, 7-5 win that featured several rallies worthy of the highlight reel. The final weekend was no different: Kvitova came through roller-coaster affairs against Sam Stosur in the semis and Vika in the final, defeating both in dramatic three-set contests.
Success story: More than 13,000 spectators reportedly packed into the Sinan Erdem Dome for the final, continuing a run of impressive crowds that attended each session. The support for the championships in Turkey was one of the bigger stories of the week and was pleasantly surprising given the event's prior flops in Los Angeles, Madrid and Doha. With a state-of the-art venue, knowledgeable and enthusiastic crowds and an atmosphere the players relished, the unofficial "fifth major" has had some of its former glory restored and appears to be in good hands for the next two years in Istanbul.
So what's next? The stories and results from this year's championships have left us with many tantalising questions heading into the 2012 season. Will the young brigade of Kvitova, Azarenka, Wozniacki and Radwanska continue to flourish when the established greats — Serena, Kim, Venus and Maria — return to the tour fresh and healthy? More specifically, how will Kvitova's impressive game stack up against a fully-fit Serena or Clijsters? Will Azarenka continue her steady improvement and eventually capture a major title? Will Li Na rediscover her confidence in time for the Australian circuit, where she's defending a truckload of points? Will Wozniacki continue to cling to her no. 1 ranking or will she be usurped by bolder, more aggressive shotmakers? Will more decisive action finally be taken on the grunting issue, in the face of increasing complaints and media coverage? And will the WTA unearth a dominant player to bring stability to an erratic, unpredictable tour? Stay tuned …
Matt Trollope began covering tennis in 2008, a natural extension of his childhood obsession for the game that included hitting for countless hours against his bedroom wall and self-producing and editing a fictitious tennis magazine. Based in Melbourne, he has covered four Australian Opens and one Wimbledon championship, and his tennis writing has featured in Australian Tennis Magazine, the Australian Open Official Program, and Alpha Magazine.


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The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment aid fell sharply last week as a temporary spike caused by Superstorm Sandy has faded. Weekly applications have fallen back to a level consistent with modest hiring.
The Labor Department said Thursday that applications dropped 25,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 370,000.
Unemployment aid applications spiked a month ago after Sandy shuttered businesses in the Northeast. Applications jumped to 451,000 in the week ended Nov. 10. People can claim unemployment benefits if their workplaces are forced to close and they aren't paid.
Some analysts were encouraged by how quickly applications have returned to pre-storm levels. Pierre Ellis, an economist at Decision Economics, said the rapid drop suggests companies are quickly re-hiring workers displaced by the storm. Rebuilding and repair efforts could also be creating jobs, he said.
The report is "a positive development for the labor market, which appears to be recovering from the temporary effects of Sandy more rapidly than originally anticipated," Joseph LaVorgna, an economist at Deutsche Bank, said in a note to clients.
The early impact of Sandy can still be seen in the four-week average. It rose to 408,000 last week.
Before the storm hit on Oct. 29, applications had fluctuated this year between 360,000 and 390,000. They topped 400,000 for most of last year. That has coincided with only modest declines in the unemployment rate.
Restore Medical Solutions, a local startup that went through the inaugural season of accelerator program ZeroTo510, has closed on its Series A funding round by raising $2.5 million.
The investors are Innova and MB Ventures, with Innova taking the lead.
Restore, which was launched by Shawn Flynn and Ryan Ramkhelawan, has invented a modular surgical tray and method that increases speed and efficacy in reprocessing sterile surgical instruments.
"Memphis has been very good to us and has a tremendous amount of resources, which everyone throughout the community and the country needs to know about," said Restore president Flynn in an email to The Daily News. "Memphians should be proud to know that the leaders of this state, both private and public, are taking a proactive stance in job creation and economic development.
"BioWorks, Launch Tennessee and Seed Hatchery are just a few examples of entities that are available for the public to utilize to incubate their ideas, which will directly impact growth and opportunity. We are just one of many success stories that will come as a result of these coordinated efforts."
A new concept called the Two Way Diner is under way for the Cooper-Young district, in the space that was once the Two Way Inn restaurant.
A $150,500 building permit application was recently filed with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement for a renovation and addition to the existing building at 752 S. Cooper St., owned by Charlie Ryan of Central Cooper Gateway Inc.
Gilluly and Associates LLC is listed as the contractor.
Memphis-based creative agency Sullivan Branding has added three new members to its team. Mary Cashiola has joined the agency as corporate communications manager, Becky Hensley as account director and Fran Moore as production manager.
Cashiola will write internal and employee communications for clients. She joins Sullivan Branding with 12 years of experience in the field, including her time with Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr.'s office as communications manager and with The Memphis Flyer as senior editor.
Hensey will provide oversight to client strategies and internal team management for hospitality, tourism and banking clients. Before joining Sullivan Branding, she managed accounts at GS&F and the Buntin Group in Nashville. Hensley has worked with accounts in the hospitality, financial, restaurant and retail industries for 12 years.
Moore will use her experience with vendor management, quality control and pricing negotiation to guide each step of the production process. She brings 22 years of practice in financial, casino and service industries, with past work at Harland Clarke, Mailnet Services Inc. and Vector Graphics.
Healthcare Trust of America Inc., a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Real Estate Investment Trust, has completed a lighting retrofit equipped with Memphis-based Green Ballast Inc.'s patented daylight harvesting fluorescent light ballasts for a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical tenant in Lenox Office Park, a seven-building, 72-acre office park in the 385 office submarket.
Green Ballast's ballast is a direct replacement for the existing "standard ballast" and adjusts power consumption for each lighting fixture, while measuring and harvesting available daylight to calculate and provide only the amount of needed electricity for proper lighting.
Green Ballast in November announced commercial real estate developer Belz Enterprises is installing vapor tight fluorescent fixtures with Green Ballast's light ballasts in a Downtown structured parking garage facility.
The price of oil is dropping after the European Central Bank predicted a bleak year ahead for the region's economy but stopped short of offering new measures to boost growth.
Benchmark oil fell $1.80, or 2 percent, on Thursday to $86.08 per barrel in New York. Brent crude, used to price international varieties of oil, fell $1.87 to $106.94 per barrel in London.
The ECB left its key interest rate unchanged at a record low, and the bank cut its 2013 economic forecast for the region to negative from positive.
The 17 countries that use the euro currency are in a recession after a massive debt crisis followed by government spending cuts and tax hikes that have hurt growth.
At the pump, the average retail price of gasoline was flat at a national average of $3.38 per gallon, according to AAA, Wright Express and the Oil Price Information Service. That's nearly 11 cents more than a year ago.
The Memphis City Council dropped a resolution Tuesday, Dec. 4, that would have advanced a Vance Avenue renovation plan by the Vance Avenue Collaborative to protect Foote Homes against future demolition.
The rival plan to one being developed by Mayor A C Wharton Jr.'s administration that could include the demolition of Foote Homes, the last of the city's large public housing developments, was to be sent to the Land Use Control Board for consideration under the resolution.
But council attorney Allan Wade advised council members they couldn't take the action at least until the Memphis Housing Authority acts on an urban renewal plan. The MHA plan will be for the much larger area including Foote Homes that the city wants to redevelop under the 20-year Heritage Trails plan.
The larger plan has drawn questions from other redevelopment agencies within the area, but not because of the controversy over the future of Foote Homes. Agencies like the Downtown Memphis Commission have said they want to know more about Wharton administration plans to make the larger area a tax increment financing zone to capture property tax revenue for the redevelopment costs.
Such revenues are an integral part of tax breaks and incentives including payments-in-lieu-of-taxes that some of the redevelopment agencies use to leverage private investment within their smaller areas or zones.
Meanwhile, the council approved a rezoning on 37.1 acres of land on the northwest corner of New Frayser Boulevard and New Allen Road for the expansion of the Nike Northridge plant in Frayser.
Event management company LEO Events has hired David Kenyon and Kevin Underwood as senior vice president-production and senior vice president, respectively. They will operate out of LEO's new Nashville office.
Kenyon and Underwood were formerly with the Nashville office of TBA Global LLC, a New York City-based Top 5 agency for corporate and private events, with nine offices globally.
Kenyon spent 13 years at TBA's Nashville office, overseeing production for hundreds of events annually for the company, including the annual Walmart shareholders' meeting and distributors' conferences for Exxon Mobil.
Underwood spent more than 20 years managing TBA's Nashville office. He has worked with a variety of corporate and nonprofit clients, as well as private artists from Beyoncé to the Rolling Stones.
LEO Events formed in August following the merger of Memphis-based Destination King, founded by Cindy and Kevin Brewer in 2002, and Quiddity Entertainment, started by Kent Underwood in Chattanooga in 2006.
Al Lyons has been tapped to serve as the interim CEO of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.
He'll serve in the position until a CEO search that's now in progress is completed.
In addition to formerly working with the Bodine Co. as chief financial officer and president, Lyons has been involved as leader in arts organizations including the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, where he served as interim director from 2007 to 2008 and was president of the board of trustees in 2010 and 2011.
His other community involvements include current board membership for the Levitt Shell, the Riverfront Development Corp., the Collierville Chamber of Commerce and several others.
U.S. workers were more productive this summer than initially thought, while costing their companies less.
The Labor Department said Wednesday that productivity grew at an annual rate of 2.9 percent from July through September. That's the fastest pace in two years and higher than the initial estimate of 1.9 percent. Labor costs dropped at a rate of 1.9 percent, more than the 0.1 percent dip initially estimated.
Productivity was revised higher because economic growth was faster in the third quarter than first estimated, while hours worked were unchanged. Productivity is the amount of output per hour of work.
The report suggests companies are finding ways to squeeze more out of their existing workers. While that's a good sign for corporate profits, it can be discouraging for people who want a job.
Still, the trend in productivity has been fairly weak. It has grown only 1.7 percent compared with a year ago. That's half the average growth that companies saw in 2009 and 2010, shortly after many laid off workers to cut costs during the Great Recession. And it's below the long-run growth of 2.2 percent a year dating back to 1947.
U.S. service companies grew at a slightly faster pace in November because sales and new orders rose, a good sign for the economy.
The Institute for Supply Management said Wednesday that its index of non-manufacturing activity rose to 54.7 from 54.2 in October. Any reading above 50 indicates expansion. November's figure is above the 12-month average of 54.4.
The report measures growth in a broad range of businesses from retail and construction companies to health care and financial services firms. The industries covered employ about 90 percent of the work force.
A measure of employment fell to the lowest level since July but still showed companies added workers last month.
One reason for the decline was that Superstorm Sandy forced many businesses to close in November, economists noted.
And some companies may be postponing hiring because of worries over the "fiscal cliff." That's the name for automatic tax increases and spending cuts that are scheduled for early next year, unless the White House and Congress can negotiate a deal that averts them.
"For many businesses, hiring plans are on hold until the New Year, when – we expect – the fiscal cliff will be resolved," Paul Edelstein, an economist at IHS Global Economics, said in a note to clients.
Other economists said the small increase in the services index points to underlying strength in the economy.
Memphis sales and marketing firm RedRover Co. was one of 10 Pro Bono award recipients at a recent recognition event in Downtown Memphis as part of Celebrate Pro Bono Month in October.
The event was held by the Memphis Bar Association's Access to Justice Committee, the Community Legal Center and Memphis Area Legal Services Inc. to honor their outstanding volunteers.
RedRover has volunteered to help with several Memphis Area Legal Services projects throughout the year, including a video campaign to raise awareness of the need for more pro bono legal services and private donations. RedRover Co. designed the 2012 "We're All In" campaign to put a face to the legal aid Memphis Area Legal Services provides to those in need and to encourage the community to contribute.
Shelby County Commissioners approved Monday, Dec. 3, the purchase of 33.6 acres of land in the Frank C. Pidgeon Industrial Park by Carolyn Hardy for the Hardy Investment Trust.
Hardy intends to open a business to store and stage modular containers on the land. She is paying $12,000 an acre for the land or a total of $403,980.
The Memphis-Shelby County Port Commission and the City Council approved the sale of the land earlier.
The commission approved the purchase with no discussion on an 11-0 vote.
In other action, the commission approved $2 million in additional funding to the Shelby County Sheriff's Office for school resource officers in what are now Memphis City Schools. The funding allows the sheriff's department to put commissioned law enforcement officers in the city schools next school year when the county's two public school systems merge. The Memphis Police Department now provides those officers to city schools but is to stop with the merger.
The commission also approved an agreement for the Shelby County Trustee's office to collect taxes for Lakeland, which recently implemented its property tax.
A "wage theft" ordinance was approved on the second of three readings. Commissioner Steve Mulroy said he intends to amend the ordinance before third and final reading, which would push a final vote into the first commission meeting in January.
And the commission appointed Quran Folsom as the commission's chief administrator. Folsom is a senior executive assistant at Memphis City Schools who begins her job in January.
Memphis Catholic Bishop J. Terry Steib has named Janet Donato as the new superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Memphis.
Donato had been serving as interim superintendent after Mary McDonald left to form an education consulting firm and write more about education reform.
Donato served most recently as associate superintendent of the parochial school system. She helped develop the evaluation process used across the state for the professional licensing of teachers in Catholic schools in Tennessee.
And she led the team that secured AdvancEd accreditation for the system, making it only the second Catholic school system in the country to earn it.
Donato has also been a teacher and principal during her 34 years as an educator in Memphis Catholic Schools.
The school system has 28 schools in Memphis and West Tennessee that serve 8,300 students from pre-kindergarten through the 12th grade.
Steib selected Donato after a search committee recommended her.
Financial Federal's Commercial/Multifamily Division has arranged financing for five new major projects in markets throughout the Southeast.
The projects are a $6.6 million, 332-unit project in Memphis; a $17.5 million, 350-unit project in Knoxville; a $21.8 million, 413-unit student housing facility at University of North Carolina Wilmington, in Wilmington, N.C.; a $24.7 million, 172-unit student housing facility at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas; and a $5.6 million, 72-unit student housing facility at University of Mississippi in Oxford.
These closings follow the bank's recent announcement it financed five office developments in Memphis and Jackson, Miss. Total fundings in 2012 for the Commercial/Multifamily division will exceed $200 million on properties in Texas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama and Georgia.
Financial Federal's Commercial/Multifamily Division services more than $1 billion in commercial loans with properties across the U.S.
Ken Moody, director of community relations for Central Defense Security, has been chosen by Hutchison School to serve on its diversity steering committee as a parent committee member.
Moody will serve a one-year term on the committee, which is responsible for working with the Hutchison administration to generate ideas to strengthen parent engagement and develop recruitment strategies to reach multicultural families.
Moody has been affiliated with Hutchison for 13 years as a parent of three students. He also chaired the school's first Tastes of Hutchison Food Festival, which celebrated the multicultural background of Hutchison families and featured different cuisines from around the world.
Wunderlich Securities Inc. has acquired three wealth management branches from Sanders Morris Harris Group Inc., which is getting out of the retail branch office business.
As a result of the deal, 35 people will join Wunderlich including 27 financial advisers with more than $800 million in assets under administration.
The deal is expected to close Dec. 14, and Wunderlich after that will have 25 offices in 15 states.
Wunderlich, based in Memphis, was established in 1996.
Executives of Memphis-based Pinnacle Airlines Corp. have recessed contract talks with the Air Line Pilots Association as the company anticipates Delta Air Lines will begin its move away from 50-seat jets "sometime next year."
The information was in a Thursday, Nov. 29, letter from Pinnacle CEO John Spanjers to employees.
Spanjers said Delta executives gave a time for the phase out of the smaller jets to Spanjers in its latest update to the carrier on its plans.
Pinnacle is seeking wage and other concessions from union pilots "to create a competitive cost structure, avoid liquidation and successfully emerge from bankruptcy."
The regional air carrier filed for bankruptcy reorganization in April, but its original plan was scrapped when Delta negotiated an agreement in June with its pilots that permits it to phase out 50-seat jets used for regional flights faster than anticipated.
Delta is moving to jets with more capacity as they and other carriers find the smaller jets more expensive to operate given higher jet fuel prices.
Pinnacle's plan depends on its relationship and contract as a regional carrier for Delta remaining. And the 50-seat jets in the Pinnacle fleet put it at a disadvantage to compete for the Delta business.
"While Pinnacle and ALPA have continued to negotiate toward a consensual agreement, we are taking a few days away from the table to assess the impact of the anticipated fleet plan changes and what is needed for Pinnacle to survive," Spanjers said in the letter that was released Friday, Nov. 30.