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Next Wednesday, April 24, is the final entry deadline for The 2013 American Business Awards, the top business awards competition in the USA, and we thought it would be helpful for communications professionals if we provided some tips for winning advertising awards. (If you haven't already downloaded your entry kit, you can request an entry kit here and you will receive it right away.)
1. Review the categories. We have several corporate awards categories including app awards categories, live event awards categories, video awards categories, website awards categories, corporate literature awards categories, PR awards categories, and marketing awards categories, among others that may be of interest to communications professionals. 2. Review past winner's entries. 2012 ABA Gold winners include Bloomberg Law, Carlisle & Gallagher Consulting Group, Fazoli's Italian Restaurants, Ford Motor Company, HubSpot, iolo technologies, Northwestern Mutual, SquareTrade, and Vemma Nutrition Company, among others. You can see the complete list of 2012 Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie® Award winners here. 3. Pick who you would like to recognize and what for. There are hundreds of categories to choose from as well as awards for individuals, teams, and departments. Click here to see the entire list of categories. 4. Contact us! We want to help you highlight your organization's achievements. Contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com and we'll help direct you to categories that are right for your organization. How will your highlight your organization in the 2013 ABAs?
The final entry deadline for the 2012 Stevie® Awards for Women in Business, the world's premier business awards for women executives, entrepreneurs, and the organizations they run, is quickly approaching on September 28. (If you haven't already done so, you can request your entry kit here.)
To help make the most of your advertising awards entries, we suggest the following:
Winners of the 2012 competition will be celebrated at the ninth annual awards banquet on November 9 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York.
Looking for more ways to highlight your advertising success? We have several marketing awards and PR awards that may be of interest to advertising professionals.
The entry deadline for The 2012 International Business Awards, the world's premier business awards competition is 16 May. All individuals and organizations worldwide may submit nominations to The International Business Awards. If you haven't already done so, you can request your entry kit here.
Here are four tips for winning advertising awards in the 2012 IBAs:
1. Review our communications awards. There are a number of other IBA categories that should be of interest to advertising professionals, including many of the annual report awards and other literature categories, website awards categories, app awards categories, video awards categories, and live event awards categories.
2. Pick who you would like to recognize and what for. There are hundreds of categories to choose from as well as awards for individuals, teams, and departments. Click here to see the entire list of categories.
3. Read 2011 IBA winning entries. The 8th Annual International Business Awards were presented in October 2011 in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. You can read 2011 winning entries here.
4. Contact us. We want to help you highlight your organization's achievements. Contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com and we'll help direct you to advertising award categories that are right for your organization.
The entry deadline for The 2012 American Business Awards, the premier business awards program in the U.S.A., is quickly approaching on Wednesday, April 25 and we thought it would be helpful for communications professionals if we provided some tips for winning advertising awards. (If you haven't already downloaded your entry kit, you can request an entry kit here and you will receive it right away.)
1. Review the categories. We have several corporate awards categories including app awards categories, live event awards categories, video awards categories, website awards categories, corporate literature awards categories, PR awards categories, and marketing awards categories, among others that may be of interest to communications professionals. 2. Review past winner's entries. Our 2011 ABA winners in the above categories include IDEXX Laboratories, CME Group, XPLANE, Sun Life Financial Inc., Wellesley Hills, MA: One of the Best Kept Secrets of World War II, and Dawson + Murray + Teague Communications, among others. See all 2011 ABA winners here. 3. Pick who you would like to recognize and what for. There are hundreds of categories to choose from as well as awards for individuals, teams, and departments. Click here to see the entire list of categories. 4. Watch our video, How to Enter The 2012 American Business Awards. Get step-by-step instruction on how to submit your 2012 entries. 5. Contact us! We want to help you highlight your organization's achievements. Contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com and we'll help direct you to categories that are right for your organization. How will your highlight your organization in the 2012 ABAs?
Showcase your organization's excellence in brochure or annual report design by applying to one of The American Business Awards Corporate Literature Categories. (Request your entry kit for the 2012 ABA awards and it will be emailed to you right away. The early-bird entry deadline is December 14.) Let us help you make the most out of your ABA submission with these helpful hints:
If you wish to submit your publication offline for review by the judges, you must first submit your entry online. Then, print out a copy of your entry and mail it with one (1) copy of the publication or series of publications to: The Stevie Awards, 10560 Main Street, Suite 215, Fairfax, VA 22030.
Which type of business-related literature will you be submitting on behalf of your organization?
Womenkind, a New York City-based marketing & communications company, won the Stevie Award for Best Advertising Campaign of the Year in the 2010 Stevie Awards for Women in Business. (Entries for the 2011 awards are now open.) Here we look at the aims and achievements of their print ad campaign for Citigroup's Women & Co. website.
Women & Co., a service of Citibank, has always known that accomplished women are in search of honest and insightful information to guide their financial choices. Prior to teaming up with marketing and communications firm Womenkind, however, Women & Co.'s brand awareness was low, and the target audience did not fully comprehend the benefits of membership.
Extensive Research
Before embarking on creative development, Womenkind helped craft a distinct brand identity that would resonate with its target. The creative team began with an exhaustive category analysis to familiarize itself with financial education, assessing Women & Co.'s strengths and weaknesses and those of its competitors.
After analyzing what was available for women seeking financial education, Womenkind conducted extensive research to reveal attitudes, preferences, and insights from women. The company uncovered facts, statistics, testimonials, and opinions regarding women's wants and preferences in the field of financial education using an exclusive panel of "Muses" (a handpicked, dynamic, female influencer group) and Womenkind's ongoing proprietary research database, WomIntuitionSM. In addition, Womenkind conducted qualitative and quantitative research with Women & Co.'s target audience to identify demographics, psychographics, needs, and wants.
Through these research outlets it was clear that the needs of a successful campaign would be:
- to establish the need for Women & Co. by educating the target audience on their distinct financial realities in a positive, empowering light; and
- to demonstrate understanding of the target audience's specific challenges by conveying the multifaceted nature of their lives, including financial roles and responsibilities, in an authentic and relevant manner.
Fully Integrated Campaign
Based on these insights Womenkind created the "Women of Women & Co.," a fully integrated campaign including print, digital, and rich interactive media that portrayed the collective economic power of real women based on the experiences of 33 members of Women & Co.
Inspiring Stories in Print
Womenkind arranged a photo shoot of group images for the four print spread advertisements. During the shoot Womenkind interviewed many of the "models" - the real Women & Co. members - about their stories, financial lives, and relationships with Women & Co.
The centerpiece of the campaign was the inspiring and personal financial stories of these real women. It presented their unique financial goals and experiences in a cohesive and engaging narrative. The group portraits displayed the range in age and ethnicity of this diverse community of intellectually and financially curious women.
Key to the campaign were clever headlines based on featured members' real stories that brought women's financial realities to life with a light-handed wit; body copy in a warm, conversational style that demonstrated how Women & Co. could help women plan for these realities; and lastly, artful group portraits which displayed the interconnectedness of the Women & Co. community.
The print campaign launched in February 2010 with four consecutive spreads in New York Magazine's Spring Fashion issue, and continued with spreads in the New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, and O, The Oprah Magazine (with a corresponding microsite on Oprah.com). The campaign ran through May 2010 and was continued in the Fall of 2010.
Recognizable Digital Images
The online banner portions of the campaign used the same recognizable images and personalities of the successful print campaign. Banners included a group photo that zoomed in on individual members as text appeared, and a mosaic of photos that highlighted individual members as text appeared. All banners had a call to action that led the user to the campaign landing page on the client's website. For the rich media, mosaic was used, with the option of selecting a member and viewing clips from her original interview.
Womenkind wanted their digital campaign for Women & Co. to be more than just a digital version of the print campaign. Instead, they wanted to recognized the potential to dive deeper into the women's experiences and hear their stories, thereby supporting and deepening the original print campaign.
Womenking seamlessly connected the the original print campaign with a full interactive experience by using Rich Media Flash technology. The Rich Media video banners streamed in for each woman and activated with a slight rollover, prompting more engagement that was trackable not only by what videos were watched but also by how much time was spent truly engaging with the banners and the women themselves.
The campaign highlighted the financial stories of real members, the distinct financial realities that women face, and offered an invitation to visit womenandco.com.
The digital campaign ran from March through May 2010, consisting of flash and Rich Media video banners running on AOL, Oprah, Glam, iVillage, SELF, Women's Health, WowOwow, Yahoo, and YuMe.
Objectives Achieved
The "Women of Women & Co." campaign cultivated Women & Co./Citigroup brand loyalty by introducing its target audience to the website's unique platform of a sophisticated community, elucidating member benefits, and encouraging enrollment.
"Our strategy was to dramatize the financial realities of real women in the real world," said Womenkind President Kristi Faulkner. "Receiving recognition from the judges of The Stevie Awards for Women In Business was affirmation that our campaign struck a nerve."
As a result, visits to womenandco.com doubled, and the banner click-through rates were double the industry standard. Awareness of Women & Co. greatly improved, evidenced in numerous financial and advertising industry blogs and press mentions. Additionally, Women & Co. members have demonstrated a more thorough understanding of how membership enhances their financial savvy and helps them connect with a network of like-minded women.
About Kristi Faulkner:
Kristi Faulkner is President of Womenkind, a modern marketing communications company in New York that connects women to brands, to companies, and to each other. She has proven expertise in marketing to women, and is an entrepreneur, marketing strategist, keynote speaker, and seminar leader who can help other organizations realize and tap into the powerful wisdom of women.
A seasoned creative director with world-class branding experience honed at the top advertising agencies in New York, Kristi began her career in the creative department at BBDO and quickly moved up the ladder, crafting campaigns for blue-chip clients at major ad agencies such as Young & Rubicam, Hill Holliday, DDB Needham, Ammirati Puris Lintas, and Grey. Her diverse portfolio of clients includes Pepsi, Toshiba, Rolling Rock, Budget Rent A Car, Bank One, Chase, Citibank, Gillette for Women, and Bacardi. In 2008, Kristi cofounded Womenkind, a communications company that provides research, strategy, innovation and creative services to companies and brands that want to better understand, attract, and engage women.
About Womenkind: Womenkind is a marketing and communications company built by women to engage women the way women really want to be engaged. The company brings together more than 100 years of combined experience in helping companies successfully connect with the world's most powerful consumer: women. Womenkind expertly translates truth gleaned from its proprietary discovery process into innovative insight-to-execution solutions for clients who want to understand and motivate women.
Womenkind recently created a new website and a blog at Womenkind.net. You can sign up here for their white paper entitled "How She Roles: A study on how understanding her roles, identities, and priorities improves messaging."
About Women & Co. Women & Co., a service of Citibank, is a vehicle from Citibank for insightful women to build their financial knowledge, bolster their confidence, and create financial strategies that will help them achieve their goals. Through access to education, resources, and a community of financially minded women, Women & Co. is Where Wisdom, Wealth and Women Meet.sm
What do you think of this ad campaign?
We've eliminated the advertising awards and creative awards categories for The 2011 American Business Awards. But don't fret, we've created many new Marketing Campaign of the Year categories, and advertising campaigns or campaign elements may be entered in any of these categories, as part of your overall marketing campaign submission.
The big difference in 2011, though, is that you'll now be able to submit an essay or case of up to 500 words about the genesis, development, execution, and results of your campaign. In the past you had to do all that in up to 100 words.
Here are the new marketing categories (the letter/number combinations are in internal category codes). You'll note that a few of the Specialty Campaign categories are advertising-specific:
Marketing Campaign of the Year - Industry CategoriesE01. AccountingE02. Advertising, Marketing, & Public RelationsE03. Aerospace & DefenseE04. Automotive & Transport EquipmentE05. BankingE06. Business ServicesE07. ChemicalsE08. Computer HardwareE09. Computer SoftwareE10. Computer ServicesE11. ConglomeratesE12. Consumer Products - DurablesE13. Consumer Products - Non-DurablesE14. Diversified ServicesE15. ElectronicsE16. EnergyE17. Financial ServicesE18. Food & BeverageE19. Health Products & ServicesE20. Hospitality & LeisureE21. InsuranceE22. LegalE23. ManufacturingE24. Materials & ConstructionE25. MediaE26. Metals & MiningE27. Non-Profit OrganizationsE28. Real EstateE29. RetailE30. PharmaceuticalsE31. TelecommunicationsE32. TransportationE33. Utilities
Marketing Campaign of the Year - Specialty CategoriesE35. Business-to-Business Advertising Campaign of the YearE36. Business-to-Business Marketing Campaign of the YearE37. Consumer Advertising Campaign of the YearE38. Consumer Marketing Campaign of the YearE39. Mobile Marketing Campaign of the YearE40. Online Marketing Campaign of the YearE41. Retail/Merchandising Marketing Campaign of the YearE42. Small-Budget Marketing Campaign of the Year: Open to campaigns launched since January 1 2010 whose entire budget was/is less than $3 millionE43. Viral Marketing Campaign of the Year
Other marketing/advertising categories include:
Marketing Professional CategoriesE50. Marketing or Advertising Agency of the YearE51. Marketing Department of the YearE52. Marketing Team of the YearE53. Marketing Executive of the YearE54. Marketing Professional of the Year (for non-executive marketing professionals). There's no entry fee for this category.
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Hi, does anyone have any drawings on how @ where the power steering brackets bolt on .Its a 68 coupe 289 ci.Thanks.Dave.
the power steering bracket for a 68 is a big aluminum device.. fits on a stud.. but there is a spacer about 1/2 inch thick that goes on the long stud before it..
you can see the spacer behind the bracket in the upper and lower pictures...i saw the stud.. bracket to pump bolts and the spacer available new online someplace..i have not looked for the bracket between the power steering pump and the water pump..i am taking that you are looking for how that bracket fits...if you cannot figure this out from the images.. i can go out and snap a few pictures of the ps pump mounting on my 70 ranchero. 302.. post if you want that.. i will be away sat most of the day..
First off ....thank you.I didnt know that a bracket also went to the water pump.Dave.
Hi again, I also have another bracket that is is for adjustment? Does that fit in behind the pump.Thanks.Dave.
the adjustment bracket.. as i recall... Goes behind the bracket between the pump and the water pump... the lower bolt hole... so the lower bolt on the pump through the bracket..bolt.. square pump bracket.. lower bracket.. water pump..
Thanks wayne
PS where are you located
usually at my computer typing furiously away.. when i look out the window.. i can see a big old real estate sales sign on a hill nearby.. says.. Hardlyweird..
saw this.. might help.. i think this is off a slightly later version.. as it has a bolt for the steering pump bracket mount.. not the stud that is probably found with yours... don't forget the aluminum bracket used a spacer behind it on the stud that was about half an inch thick.. its visible on the bottom of the three images.. the boss 302 install pic.


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We stayed in the woodland lodges for a week over the Easter break. They are finished and furnished to an excellent standard and we were very comfortable. The staff at the resort were all very friendly and efficient and made us feel totally at home. The spa is excellent and the outdoor hot tubs are an experience in our balmy... More
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A Masai Mother and Child – Kenya
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beautiful image Mike. love the feel and mood of mother's love.
Thanks, Eyal – good to hear from you again. – Mike
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Such meaningful contrast between the tender love and the parched mud surrounding. Well done.
i agree, this is well done, self explanatory
How lovely! A beautiful capture!
Such a sweet moment.
Great capture.
absolutely stunning shot.. the woman and the baby.. just beautiful!
Beautiful image Mike. love the feel and mood of mother's love.
Instant Fav!!
Very tender. Bond between mother and child very strong and the colours are so striking. I was born in Kenya and lived there till I was eight so I had an instant connection. Pulled at heartstrings. I love your work.
Exquisite capture! Where exactly in Kenya was this taken??
I was in Kenya for only 10 days in 1988 and it seems like yesterday.. it was by far the most incredible trip of my life.. I took 29 rolls of film with two cameras (wide angle and zoom lenses)..around my neck!!


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The diminutive fly-half was nigh on unstoppable in the second-half having spent the first 40 minutes on the bench as West Wales ran out 33-19 winners.
The East had led 7-5 at the break with centre Owen Williams also championing his Six Nations cause by crossing for a score - Joseff Griffin converting.
Kirby Myhill notched a try to keep the West in touch at half-time before the Morgan show settled the tie after the interval.
At 5ft 5in and weighing just 8st 11lb Morgan had a hand in the score of the game when he dashed through a gap before freeing Nathan Brooks to cross.
Morgan added the conversion for Brooks' try and repeated the trick when replacement hooker Sam Parry crossed for the West's third score.
The East kept within touching distance though a Tom Williams try, converted by namesake Lewis. But fittingly Morgan had the final say with a solo try which began in his own 22.


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Scandal Recap 2.17: "Snake In The Garden"
By Kendra James
Fatherhood was the theme of the night on this week's episode. Fitz is horrible at it; Hollis wouldn't know his own daughter's ear from a clay prop; Quinn's dad is having a birthday; Cyrus is most definitely not being cheated on by the co-father of his child, no matter how poorly he's phrasing it. It's just another week on Scandal.
The episode opens with Cyrus pulling information on Olivia's Creepy Army Beau (Jake) who is, in Cy's eyes, just Fitz's Creepy Army Beau. He's vocal in his protests that Fitz is obviously cheating on him in the information-sharing and confidant reports. Despite understanding that Cyrus is a jealous and cunning lover I have to wonder, with Fitz in the condition he's in, why they all continue to care. This would have been the chance to gracefully unhitch your star from this drunken wagon, Cy. Fitz is, by the way, still drinking when we meet up with him and Creepy Army Beau in the next scene. If the writers attempt to drive this drinking thing home any harder, we're going to end the season with a whiskey-fueled nuclear launch.
While Fitz drinks, David Rosen's home is being burglarized as he walks through the front door. Instead of turning around and walking the other way while calling the cops, David chooses to throw himself to the floor with gusto where… I guess no one's going to see him? It didn't seem like most logical idea, but he does get to Liv's eventually where he somehow falls asleep to the dulcet tones of the entire group of Gladiators yelling above him. (No, really–I don't know how he slept through that.) This coincides with the further development of Quinn's career as some deranged version of a Sober Companion to Huck. They get back to business only after some midday stalking, as one does, and Quinn's offer to help Huck find a new family to watch/get murdered.
"Business' for HuckleberryQuinn also includes noticing that the CIA director (remember, he may or may not be a mole) is headed straight for Olivia's apartment. As usual, Huck wastes a few minutes allowing Quinn to figure out what he knew five minutes before. The visit by the director is quick, but leaves Olivia shaken in Huck's protective presence. Of course, she recovers quickly enough to don her whites for work the next day.
Work brings the return of Foghorn Leghorn (Hollis) and his ex-wife, with whom he has eight children–one of whom has supposedly been kidnapped. Proving just how lightly he's taking the situation, Hollis calls Olivia instead of Liam Neeson and, thus, we have our Case of the Week–Taken Pt. 3. It's all fun and games and made up words (I swear I heard "Conjitate" come out of his mouth) until the kidnapped girl's ear is delivered to the office.
But there came a point between the kidnapped girl and David Rosen's disheveled track suit that really got Twitter buzzing last night: Mellie, Fitz, and their mysterious teenage children who are forever off at boarding school. Bellamy Young provides the performance of the season as Mellie spends the entire episode attempting to block up Fitz's time so that he won't be around when the children come back to visit that weekend. Seen through Fitz's eyes (and likely some of the audience's as well), it seems like a selfish attempt to keep him from their children. But, when Mellie schools him later on–honestly, she reads this man 'till she's practically out of breath–it turns out their kids don't want to come home because not only does Fitz stink like a corner liquor store, he's ,changed. He's not their father anymore. He's not a good person. He's selfish. He's mean. It's not like this is news to anyone who's been watching the show with at least half an eye open but, oh, is it good to hear it come out of someone's mouth. And to hear it from Mellie, knowing that she's spent the entire episode attempting to spare him from that truth, makes it all the better.
Personally, I don't think Olivia needs to be in a committed relationship for this show to work, especially given that the main focus of the show should be on the Olivia/Fitz/Mellie/Cyrus dynamic. That said, I wouldn't hate if the next man who crossed her path is not only someone who she can trust–and isn't, you know, married–but someone who's as dynamic, successful, and strong-willed as she is. Edison wasn't a bad guy, but everyone could see that wasn't a compatible relationship. It's a two-way street, of course; for all the flaws in the men she's found, Liv also has a habit of using people to get what she wants and becoming affronted when they question her judgment. That doesn't always make for the best relationships. But, romantic entanglements aren't what's keeping this show going and thank God for that, because I can't back 'Olitz" until a certain member of that equation takes a long, hard look at himself. The tentative wavering of a hand over a glass of whiskey doesn't fix almost a year of alcoholism.
The episode seems to wrap up neatly (Mellie gets her soliloquy; they find Foghorn's daughter; Liv and Cyrus rather endearingly rain-check and wine date) until it pulls a Shonda in those last thirty seconds and we find out that the CIA Director's committed suicide.
Yikes! Was he the mole? Is this all a huge cover up? Is Fitz involved? How does Creepy Army Beau play into this? Was his old Black friend Olivia's father? You know someone out there was thinking it. I guess I'm tuning back in for the next episode to find out.
With you on that: no romance for Olivia, at least with men, since her taste / judgment in men for that position is, as she herself is the first to say, really bad. Really, REALLY bad.
In the first episode we saw Jake meet with Fitz, he said 'we've moved from photos to video surveillance' and it was under Fitz's orders.
http://profiles.google.com/ruthieoo Ruthie O
Ah yes, thank you. I forgot that season. I'm relieved: I can go back to hating Fitz and all he stands for!
Agree with you about Jeff Perry. He is an awesome actor!
http://twitter.com/simo134 Simon S
Who's the actor in the white blouse on the right?
Thanks for this post. I found the fatherhood theme this week… interesting. I am curious as to what message Shonda Rhimes is trying to get across with this one. I could have done without whole brining Hollis back for more ruthless shenanigans. I am much more interested in how this episode pushed Fitz's story line forward. I've never liked Milly (of course) but there was something refreshing about seeing her being right for once, no? I was a little thrown by this episode. The theme was clearly fatherhood, but is there an underling message about motherhood? Who is really playing out the mother role on the show? Anyone? I can't think of anyone. Is that saying something women in politics, business, or with careers in general? I could be reading too much into it. As always, I am excited for next week!
http://www.facebook.com/jaihenry1 Jai Henry
Kerry Washington
I think Jake is Navy not Army…and you are right on with the recap, love me some Hollis though, he and his accent cracks me up.
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Barbra Ward explains how Zamzows can help add color to your world with the Treasure Valley's best selection of plants and flowers
Wow, it's been a long Spring! I do believe the Treasure Valley has hit her peak time for planting. Yes , it's time to "Color Your World"! The neighborhood Zamzows are overflowing with all your favorite kinds and colors of 4"Premium Annuals and Accent plants . These are now being offered at a discounted price. They have been selected with you in mind.
To begin with, every location has an in-store expert who will assist you in choosing the best plants, soils, and containers to fill your needs. All of these plants are selected to compliment each other in color, water, and light needs. There is a plant to suit most any taste and area. The colors and smells you get bombarded with when entering our Greenhouses will have you "Smiling"! The rich color and smell of the trailing petunias to the lingering fragrance of Nemesia and the bold colors of trailing Verbena.
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November 19, 2010
Most people are talking about preparing turkeys for the Thanksgiving meal, but LilSis is right that this Vegan Sis isn't one of them.
It's been 17 years since I feasted on anything that had a face or parents, and Thanksgiving is definitely not an exception. In fact, I think it's an opportunity to celebrate the real meaning of the day, and it doesn't have to revolve around a dead bird.
Instead of eating a turkey, how about adopting a turkey? For just $30, you can sponsor a turkey through Farm Sanctuary, the nation's leading farm animal protection organization.
"Save a life this Thanksgiving, and join me in starting a new tradition by adopting a turkey instead of eating one through Farm Sanctuary's Adopt-A-Turkey Project." – Ellen DeGeneres, Farm Sanctuary's 2010 Adopt-A-Turkey Project spokesperson
Your contribution will go toward the care of animals at the organization's New York or California facilities, and in return you get a color photo of your adopted bird buddy and fun info about him or her.
Plus you get the satisfaction of knowing you did something that honors life, and that if they could, these birds would express their thankfulness to you for that.
How about giving turkey sponsorships to your friends to celebrate your gratitude this Thanksgiving? We're always trying to think of something different and thoughtful to give to those people on our Christmas list who have everything. Do they have an adopted turkey? Probably not!
If you decide to celebrate turkeys this year, you'll be in good company! On Wednesday, Farm Sanctuary submitted a petition with close to 14,000 signatures to President Obama, urging the White House to send the two turkeys who will be pardoned in a ceremony next week to their world-class shelter in Watkins Glen, New York. The petition asserts that the shelter is uniquely equipped to provide the expert care necessary for the health, comfort and longevity of these birds.
Want to learn more about celebrating a compassionate Thanksgiving? Here are a few links to get you started:
Top 10 Reasons Not to Eat Turkeys
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"Music teacher, student, and violinist Joey Molinaro offers two progressive recordings on one piece of wax that summarize his comprehensive approach to acoustic folk music, classical execution, and hardcore punk aesthetics. Previously a member of Indiana-based experimental/orchestral punk ensemble BASILICA, Molinaro offers two extensive pieces on The Inalienable Dreamless and We LP, released by his own Inverted Music Company (featuring, if you choose, optional download, CD-R, and published scores along with your vinyl!).
Both sides are marked by a furious approach to the violin that is dissonant, crowded, dynamic, soaring, and virtuosic, although the release as a whole is colored by the different environmental surroundings and accompaniment on each piece. The first, "The Inalienable Dreamless," is an acoustic violin and "foot percussion" recording, paced only by Molinaro's playing and the air of the room and his own breathing, stomping, etc. The second, "We," is a collaboration with guitarist Derek Johnson, featuring accompaniment along the lines of a hardcore/progressive metal group.
"The Inalienable Dreamless" is marked by 17 brief, individual movements, often separated by little more than a pause and a breath of air from Molinaro. The immediacy of the stomping and ferocious playing is inescapable, and the listener is effectively trapped by the unexpected turns and dynamic twists of this side. Stopping and starting, shifting rhythms constantly, alternating between completely competent runs and shrieking dissonance, with playing that suggests one or one hundred violins at various moments, Molinaro executes the spirit and function of hardcore punk and Appalachian folk throughout. Unpredictable stomping and eclectic percussion sometimes drown out the strings or provide complete rhythmic counterbalance to the lead lines, and the changes in pace of the percussion compliments the manic changes of the violin. Terrorizing, mesmerizing, claustrophobic, I felt like a hostage.
Electric instrumentation and an entirely different percussion aesthetic follow Molinaro's playing on the second side, with mostly crunchy, dynamic distorted guitar of Derek Johnson providing the main accompaniment. The shifts in rhythm are still there, only now they have a full accompaniment to develop the twists and turns, which is a little easier on the listener's imagination (but also less captivating). Still, Molinaro's playing is ever-dynamic, and the instrumentation completely drops out at points, playing off of an exaggerated loud/soft start/stop arrangement. An effective piece of progressive hardcore, Molinaro's greatest victory is exploiting the attitude of hardcore and exploding its pretenses and prejudices to classical proficiency.
I've said it for other releases this year, and I'm sure I'll say it again, you flat-out have to hear this one to believe it. As much as I tried to capture it in writing, the sheer joy and terror and captivity and claustrophobia of "The Indealienable Dreamless" completely transcends my descriptions. That Molinaro contrasts that piece with "We" shows that executing the violence, creativity, and rhythmic disparity of the hardcore aesthetic through purely acoustic instrumentation sometimes trumps the actual thing."-Inverted Music Company


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Friday, October 19, 2007
back home.
Apparently one of the Trolls waited outside for nearly an hour for us to finish and come out so she could speak with me about some organizational details before she gave up. Whoops. =)
Unfortunately I was without internet for most of the last three days, but I'm back home where the bandwidth runs deep and wide. Yeehaw.
Tomorrow is a plasma hacking day, so I went through the bug reports this evening. Had to close one wishlist item asking for Google Gadget support. Sadly, their EULA is too restrictive to ship anything that uses their Google Desktop APIs. Google can be so friendly to Free software at times and completely bonkers at others. This is far too often the bane of companies as they grow: the culture is not consistent. Oh well... I'm not overly fond of supporting N different kinds of widgets anyways. Why?
For one it'll increase the overhead as we support N different APIs and ways to load things. More importantly, though, these gadgets will always be second class citizens. They won't know about form factors, they won't use engines, etc.. They just won't be As Good(tm). Meantime, they'll blunt the paint enough to discourage people from writing more real plasma widgets. *shrug*
One of the bug reports kind of bugged me, though, as it was a legitimate request but framed in usability punditry. I prefer it when people just state their case clearly and from a first-person perspective versus try and convince me through constructed arguments.
At least the people were nice, though. Way too often these days I'm seeing people who seem to feel I need to put with their crap. To those people I suggest either trading things I need or want with me as an incentive for me to pretend to be Ok with the crap or be nice or go away. I really don't particularly care which of the three happens (though I probably prefer the second option), but the assumption I care enough about whingers to deal with them is probably not particularly valid. ;) It's no lie that part of why I do this stuff is because it's enjoyable. Take that enjoyability away and watch how little I pay attention to what you care about.
Tomorrow is "make the new toolbox work and look nice" day, because I'd really like that wrapped up and it's sort of fun to play with.
Right now I'm off for a good night's sleep ... I had a brief nap before waking up to eat my first decent meal of the day and catch up with some communications, but I'm tired again.
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- Javier said...
It's good being home, ain't it?
Congratz on the progress so far, Beta 3 is great! The project keeps looking better and better every time. Too bad the oxygen style's still using the white color scheem though, the light-gold one on Pinhero's blog looks so much better, and the contrast is great!
Enjoy your sleep, and don't let the annoying people get to you (specially all of those that whine about the beta's usability) - 19/10/07 07:11
I noticed the new toolbox is on the upper right corner, isn't that maybe conflicting with the expose effect when you throw your mouse in the upper right corner?
keep up the good work
ps when will there be a screencast :p ? - 19/10/07 07:37
Eat, sleep and take rest.
And remember, we are waiting for the webcast. - 19/10/07 09:25
- Ramsees said...
"It's no lie that part of why I do this stuff is because it's enjoyable."
Thne I guess you wouln't mind to give us the money you get from TrollTEch every month. =). - 19/10/07 16:15
kde4/plasma rocks :D
- 19/10/07 19:54
- Aaron J. Seigo said...
@Ramsees: "Thne I guess you wouln't mind to give us the money you get from TrollTEch every month."
for the record: i make less doing this than i would if i took a job in the proprietary world. i'm not doing it for the money, if that's your thought.
the reason i make these sacrifices is because it aligns with my non-monetary goals in life.
others benefit by having people such as myself able to spend the time on these things we wouldn't otherwise have.
i'm really tired of the job thing coming up over and over again as if it somehow matters other than as an enabler. i'd appreciate being recognized for the nobler motives involved here. - 19/10/07 20:49
- Blue Lightning said...
Aaron - just ignore ramsees, you know how he likes to be argumentative. He's done it before in comments on this very blog.
The reason you do all this comes through clearly time and again in your blog postings. I think much of KDE would not be what it is today without your drive and enthusiasm.
Thanks, and keep up the great work :) - 20/10/07 03:43


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Trophy Fish - The fun fishing game for bored fishermen
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ACD Islamabad Declaration No. 6
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of 26 Member Countries…reaffirm the commitment to:
No. VI: Resolve to ensure the provision of easily accessible and expanded educational opportunities for the peoples of Asia with the proposal for the establishment of an Asia e-University (AeU) which will be an instrument for greater Asia-wide cooperation in closing the digital divide and spearheading e-Education efforts to meet future challenges, for the benefit of the region.
(6th April 2005, Islamabad, Pakistan)
ACD DOHA Declaration No 1.5
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of 28 Member Countries…reaffirm the commitment to:
No.1.5: We agree to support the successful implementation of Asia e-University (AeU) as an instrument for human capacity building, closing the digital divide, increasing higher education accessibility, and spearheading e-Education efforts for the benefit of all members countries.
(24th May 2006, Doha, Qatar)
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School of Education and Cognitive Science
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It takes a 5,000km journey to Australia to chance upon a former housemate from Johor Baru
I BELIEVE in miracles. I pray constantly for miracles. I experienced one of many in my life in Perth recently. I was on board a Captain Cook cruise to Freemantle (or Freo as the locals fondly call it), drinking in the beautiful scenery on the Swan River and snapping away at the pretty scenes of white yachts and riverside homes. Imagine, Perth has the highest number of yachts per capita in the world. What a life!
Having a hunky Aussie — Ryan Zaknich of Two Feet And A Heartbeat, which runs insightful walking tours of the city — to show me the streets of Perth made the outing even more enchanting. He is a mine of information and I enjoyed listening to his stories.
Suddenly, I heard a familiar voice calling my name. Instantly, I recognised that voice. It was Suzanne from my days in Johor Baru when our paths often crossed in the course of our work. I still remember vividly the mad capers the three of us — Suzanne, Mae and I — had during those hazy days of our early careers, in an unfamiliar town.
Indeed, I still recall that time with fondness as it was my first opportunity living away from home. I had always fancied having housemates and joining in the balik kampung rush during festive occasions. It would be so very exciting or at least that was what I thought then.
However, after frantically trying to get home in time for Christmas one time and the all-important Chinese New Year reunion dinner the next, I realised how misguided my fancies were.
After a couple of years, I came back to KL as I could not get used to the pace and cost of living in JB. Food is expensive (no thanks to our neighbours across the Causeway with their strong dollar), the roads are narrow and mum's nutritious soups not forthcoming when I needed them most.
The three of us parted ways and we went down separate career paths. We did keep in touch for a while but as time passed, Suzanne moved on and we lost touch, each busy with our own work and forming new bonds.
Mae eventually married and settled down in JB. She has a teenaged son now.
Yes, we still keep in touch and meet whenever she comes to KL for the Chinese New Year reunion dinner with her family.
We often wondered what has happened to Suzanne.
A month ago, while I was in Penang, where she hails from, I asked myself: "Suzanne, where are you?".
So you can imagine the thrill and shock to be reconnecting with a long-lost friend 5,000km Down Under! It seems she is now working in Shah Alam and lives in Klang. Will wonders never cease?
I couldn't help but text Mae immediately to tell her of my "great discovery" in Oz. I have always found this vast continent magical, anyway.
We are now arranging to meet for a reunion lunch in KL — once we can agree on a mutually convenient date.


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Comments about Avanti 9.9 Cu. Ft. Top Freezer Refrigerator - White:
I bought this fridge NEW 2 years ago, after 2 months it stopped cooling, took 3 weeks for repairman to come in NYC, then 2 more weeks for a part to come. Then 5 months later it died again took 2 weeks for repairman to come and say it could not be repaired, I then waited 2 more weeks for the new fridge to be delivered. I have had new fridge for 14 months and it has stopped cooling, I'm going today to buy a new fridge rather then deal with Avanti. I'm glad I bought a GE college sized fridge the first time my Avanti apartment sized died. I will NEVER deal with Avanti again. I went through 2 of these fridges in under 18 months, I am a single guy who works 6 days a week... not excessive wear and tear on Fridge
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Delivery by PC Richards was next day for a 3rd floor walk up no problems. The original warranty through AVANTI is useless, they take months to get things working again after days on the phone calling them repeatedly and getting the run around. I had to call main office in Florida (no 800 number) to get repairs even scheduled. the replacement fridge had to be shipped from Florida headquarters they could not have one delivered from PC Richards, it had to come from their repair person on Long Island when he received it.
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I bought this fridge to use as a 2nd frige to store extra groceries. The size is perfect as I keep it in my garage.
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As I posted separately, I recently became a proud owner of an E99 F350 dually. I had some injector (or what i thought) issues so I bought AE to diagnose.
AE came in today, I fired it right up and ran the injector buzz test. All injectors buzzed and they all sounded very much the same, but test came back with P1298 IDM Failure. Then I ran the KOEO test and got 3 codes back: P0230 - Fuel Pump Primary Circuit P1298 - Injector Drive Module Failure P1690 - Wastegate Solenoid Circuit I do know the previous owner put in an aftermarket fuel pump so i suspect that is where P0230 is coming from. The other two I am more concerned about. The P1690, seems like this would also be unrelated to the IDM, but I'm going to track this one down first just to make sure. I think this is easily remedied as the solenoids are cheap even if i have to replace one. I think P1298 explains my suspected injector issue so I'm looking at replacing the IDM. As I understand it that is one thing they switched from the E99 to 99.5. I see these on ebay for relatively reasonable money. Does it make sense to go to a 120V over the 110V IDM? That is, can I expect better injector compatibility with a 120V one? Will I run into any issues? |
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FAYETTEVILLE - Staff Sgt. David C. Wherley, 40, of Fayetteville, died in his residence on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013.
A memorial Mass will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, in St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 315 N. Constitution Ave., New Freedom, Pa., with the Rev. Fr. Sylvan Capitani, officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. There will be no viewing. The Geiple Funeral Home, Inc, 53 Main Street in Glen Rock, Pa. is assisting with the arrangements.
David was born on Dec. 29, 1972, in Lowndes, Ga., a son of the late retired Gen. David F. and Ann Strine Wherley.
He served as a Golden Knight in the U.S. Army Parachute Team, which he was a Gold Team demonstrator, free fall videographer, tandem coordinator and media coordinator. Wherley made more than 7,500 parachute jumps, while serving more than 12 years.
Staff Sgt. Wherley's awards and decorations include the Army Commendation Medals (2), Army Achievement Medals (3), Army Superior Unit Awards (3), Army Good Conduct Medals (4), National Defense Service Medal, Iraqi Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon (2), Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Expert Infantry Badge, Military Free Fall Parachutist Badge, and the Parachutist Badge.
He is survived by his sister, Elizabeth Wherley Regan; niece, Evann Regan; nephew, David Regan, all of Charlotte; grandfather, Harold "Chap" Strine of McSherrystown, Pa; numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
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By Patrick Kevin Day As far as monster flicks go, zombie movies are like snowflakes -- no two are the same. Frankenstein movies are inevitably about the dangers of technology run amok, vampire movies are almost always about sex, and you can't make a werewolf movie without saying something about the duality of a man's nature. But zombies can be whatever the filmmakers want them to be. Commentary on class inequality? Zombies can do that. Commentary on the shallowness of the modern lifestyle? Yup, yup, zombies can do that too. And zombies can even work on our behalf, demonstrating just how brain-dead some teenagers can be (and taking care of them in ways we never would). With the eerie "Walking Dead" back on AMC for a fourth season, it's a good chance to examine the many ways zombies have been used to point out the flaws, foibles and quirks in our society. |
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July 28, 2009
Cherry Hazelnut Loaf Cake
[Cake Cerise Noisette]
I had lunch with my friends Pascale and Caroline a couple of weeks ago, and afterward we followed Caroline back to her apartment so she could share samples of a quirky ingredient she'd just laid her hands on: hazelnut flour.
I had initially thought she was referring to finely ground hazelnuts (hazelnut meal or poudre de noisettes), but no: this is made by grinding hazelnuts finely, yes, but also removing the oil they contain, until you're left with a delicate powder, light brown in color and supernally fragrant.
I walked home with the little package pulsing with possibilities in my purse, and halfway up the hill I had decided what I wanted to do with it: I bought sweet cherries at the produce stall around the corner, and baked this rustic cherry and hazelnut loaf cake. Nutty, moist, and dotted with soft morsels of cherry, it did not last for long on the kitchen counter.
I elaborated on the basic formula for sweet loaf cakes that Florence laid out on her blog: it incorporates a portion of sourdough starter into the batter, and it is one of those recipes that starter bread bakers yearn for, as we are always looking for ways to use up the extra starter that the keeping of a healthy colony produces. You do not need starter to make this cake, though; the two options are outlined in the recipe below.
The hazelnut "flour" I mentioned above is made by a French manufacturer of stone-ground nut oils that once had the idea to give a second life to the round cake of pressed nut meat that remains after the oil has been completely drawn out of it. This byproduct was formerly sold to serve as cattle feed or fish bait (!) but they realized it was perhaps a case of de la confiture pour les cochons (literally, "jam for pigs," the French version of "pearls for swine") the day one of their clients asked if he could buy it for his own cooking needs.
They are only selling this flour to professionals for now (my friend Caroline obtained it through a chef friend of hers), so I can't give a source for it at this time, but if you ever stumble upon something similar, you have a recipe in which to use it. And if you're unable to find it, regular ground hazelnuts will work just as nicely, as will chestnut flour if you have some lying around.
In passing, let me share a simple tip regarding the melting of butter for baking recipes: instead of zapping it in the microwave oven (I no longer have one), I place the required amount of butter in the baking pan I'm going to use (or in an ovenproof ramekin if it's a pan with a removable bottom), and place it in the preheating oven. After two or three minutes (I set a timer so I don't forget) the butter is almost completely melted, and will continue to melt from the residual heat. I set the pan or ramekin aside for the butter to cool slightly, then pour it into the batter as needed, and use a pastry brush to spread the remaining traces of butter around the bottom and sides of the pan to grease it. And that, ladies and gentlemen, was my time-and-energy-saving tip of the day.
Cherry Hazelnut Loaf Cake
- 125 grams (1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons) unrefined cane sugar
- 3 eggs, at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 80 grams (6 tablespoons) butter, melted (if you use semi-salted like I do, omit the salt below)
- 60 ml (1/4 cup) plain yogurt or buttermilk *
- 200 grams (7 ounces, about 1 2/3 cups) flour *
- 100 grams (1 cup) hazelnut flour or finely ground hazelnuts (see note below to make your own)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- a pinch salt
- 350 grams (12 ounces, about 2 1/2 cups) sweet cherries, pitted (please wear an apron when you pit cherries, it is a murderously messy task; you can also use frozen cherries, no need to thaw them)
* If you want to use up some of your 100% starter (see post on natural starter bread to see what that means), use 120 grams (4 1/4 ounces) of it: omit the yogurt, use only 140 grams (5 ounces) flour, and add the starter in place of the yogurt in the instructions below.
Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F) and grease a loaf pan (mine is 9x26 cm or 3 1/2-by-10 1/4-inch). You can line it with parchment paper instead if you prefer.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the sugar, eggs, and vanilla until frothy. Add the melted butter and the yogurt (or the starter, if using) and whisk again. (If using yogurt/buttermilk, the mixture may look curdled at this point; it's nothing to worry about.)
In another mixing bowl, combine the flour, ground hazelnuts, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, and stir with a whisk to remove any lump. Add the cherries and toss to coat.
Pour the flour/cherry mixture into the wet ingredients, and fold in gently with a spatula until no trace of flour remains. The batter will be thick and lumpy; don't overwork it. Pour into the prepared loaf pan, level the surface, and put into the oven to bake.
Bake at 200°C (400°F) for 15 minutes, then lower the heat to 180°C (360°F) and bake for another 30 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Transfer to a rack to cool for 15-20 minutes before unmolding; run a knife along the sides to loosen the cake first. Let cool completely on the rack.
Note: Hazelnut meal (finely ground hazelnuts) is a common baking ingredient in France, and is available from most supermarkets. To make your own, you'll need a food processor or blender: combine 100 grams (3/4 cup) whole hazelnuts with 2 tablespoons of the sugar that's called for in the recipe, and process in short pulses (it will be scary loud but that's okay) until finely ground.
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Cooking/baking time: 45 min
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How wonderful! I've been dying to try Hazelnut flour but I simply can't find it. I'm gonna get on the case as I've been nurturing my own starter and would love to use it on something other than bread!
Katie xox
I always take note when you post a cake recipe as your cakes are generally exactly the kind of cake I love - delicate with a lovely crumb and not fancy or iced.
It seems you are saying ground hazelnuts would work. I know when I make linzertorte or Marcella's carrot cake - both of which call for ground almonds - I leave the skins on the almonds, which give the baked goods a lovely color.
What do you think one should do when substituting ground hazelnuts in this recipe?
Hello - for US based readers, I just found a link to this flour (and they specifically say that it is not hazelnut meal, but the de-oiled nut flour).
Victoria - I think either blanched or non-blanched hazelnuts would work here, but if the hazelnuts you find still have their skin on, I wouldn't bother removing it. Like you, I like the color/rusticity of flavor that the papery skins lend (and I hate peeling hazelnuts! ;).
Writergrl - Fantastic, thanks for the link. It looks like that French producer isn't the only one to think this byproduct worthy of humans!
Gorgeous looking cake. I love both hazelnuts and cherries, but never thought of putting them together.
The hazelnut flour looks quite amazing. When I can afford it, I will definitely be ordering that online!
What a beautiful loaf cake! I'm intrigued by the hazelnut flour, but it sounds like I'll have to be satisfied with ground hazelnuts for now. Great butter tip!
sunday is my day to try new recipes--and it can't come soon enough, this one sounds pitch perfect! thank you thank you thank you! =D
Super! I have a freezer full of cherries from this year's bumper harvest, and it looks as though the hazelnuts in the orchard are going to do me proud later in the year too. Hazelnuts go with so many things and I love them sprinkled on salad, with mature goat cheese, in nutloaf and best of all in cakes.
Your photos are always beautiful and appetizing, but this one impressed me as the most wonderful yet. I am already having a good day, but your photo and recipe are like the icing on the (un-iced, as I prefer) cake. Well, I can't mess with idioms on this website, even if I am not a big frosting fan! Writergrl, thank you for the link. This looks like one recipe I am willing to go to extra work to get right. I am pretty excited to try it, especially as I live in a major cherry-growing area-- i.e. Wisconsin, USA.
Clotilde - that cake sounds great/ For somereason, I associate cherry and hazelnut with winter baked goods (and have had some skinned hazlenuts in my freezer since winter that I could grind for this cake!) which is odd because cherries are by no means a winter crop. Your cake looks beautifully, evenly, studded with the cherries. You certainly got a nice shot of that clean slice.
And you are inspiring me with your bread baking!
Hi Clotilde!
We've just discovered a new plum tree in our garden : after 10 years of sleep, it's given us all at once 12 kgs of small, mirabelle like (though less fragrant and sugary) little plums!
As I brought back nice organic shelled hazelnuts from Switzerland recently (and I've already prepared 15 jars of plum jam!), I'll try to grind the hazelnuts and bake that sweet cake (the one with sourdough starter, of course) replacing your cherries by my plums.
Thanks for the idea :-)
As others have already stated this looks amazing, but what I am especially impressed by is how you got your cherries suspended through the cake.
Last time I made a cherry loaf cake all the cherries ended up at the bottom - any tips?
Another tasty look recipe, thanks!
Lauren - A few months ago I read a tip (I forget where) that said you needed to toss the fruit with *all* of the dry ingredients, not just a few tablespoons of flour, to prevent them from sinking. That's what I did here, and although I don't clearly understand why it would make a difference, it looks like it did! :)
This looks really tasty. I imagine it would work equally well with the almond flour I have stored in my fridge if not quite as fragrant. Yum!
I thought I'd exhausted my cherry options with clafoutis, pie, and sorbet this summer. But it looks like I still have this cherry hazelnut loaf to bake! Thank you, Clotilde.
We are deep into plums right now (and thanks for the wonderful plum walnut cream recipe on your Website), but have set this aside for post-plum season. Readers who live near Trader Joe's will be able to find hazelnut meal at Trader Joe's. -- Dot
I have 1 1/2 lb of fresh sweet cherries and a bag of Trader Joe hazelnut meal so I can try this cake.
Yes, I know where my cherry pitter is too!
What a great summer recipes! I've never tried cooking with plums before so I'm excited to give it a go!
This is so gorgeous. I love you the cherries are suspended in the loaf. Perhaps because it was a bit thicker form the hazelnut flour?
I don't love hazelnuts, so do you think I could substitute another nut powder? Pecan or almond?
Clotilde, I love your writing, even when it's not about a food or recipe that I like. It keeps me reading. I also love the French food expressions.
Not one of the other posters mentioned it, but that was a very good ecological tip. So many gourmet cooks are wasteful in their use of resources. Your tip enhances an environmentally conscious life. So, why did you get rid of your microwave oven?
Hannah - We used to have a combo oven that was both a convection and a microwave oven -- our kitchen is tiny so 2-in-1 seemed like a good idea -- but the convection mode didn't work very well and eventually died, so I bought a regular oven to replace it, and we decided to learn to live without a microwave. We mostly used it to reheat coffee and leftovers, so we don't really miss it.
Great recipe.
I love the color in the cherries!
Very nice.
Clotilde, In lieu of hazelnuts, can one fine-grind almonds, pecans or English walnuts (which I have on hand)? Or does their oil content differ significantly enough to require altering the recipe?
MMMMMMMMMM,....what a lovely & tasty looking cake!!
Yummie yum!
Love the melting butter tip - brilliant. Currently following some of your recommendations for Paris Clotilde and they have all been spot on so far.
thanks for the information about the difference between hazelnut meal and hazelnut flour - I have never had it explained before - this cake looks wonderful - I love cherries in anything
I adore the flavor of hazelnuts in recipes. I am very interested to try the hazelnut flour.
Great tip for keeping fruit from sinking, too!
How perfect! I had a surplus of cherries that I was trying to find a recipe for and on my weekly visit to Chocolate and Zucchini I see this! Must be fate... :) Anyway, I tried the recipe last night, but didn't have any hazelnuts, so used almonds instead. Turned out wonderful (although I can't wait to try it with hazelnuts.) I am already thinking about different fruit/nut combos that might work well here.
Clotilde, your recipes always turn out so great. Thanks!
I can't wait to try the new flour! This recipe looks great. Thanks!
so interesting. will have to try it. it must be an intense flavor.
I couldn't wait til Sunday to try this, I was just too excited... Holy cow that's great cake!!! Only difference was I used dried cherries bc I was a bit afraid of the mess of pitting fresh ones. The baked hazelnuts are sheer heaven. Together they are sublime. Now the challenge is not eating it all before company comes tomorrow. Another fantastic recipe. I
I found hazelnut meal at Whole Foods and baked this cake over the weekend. It's cherry season so this is a great recipe to use them. Usually, I tinker with recipes, but this time I followed the directions and the cake turned out exactly like the photo. It's delicious any time of the day. Thank you Clothilde!
I was making a vegan paella the other night and I didn't have any cashew nuts so I used hazelnuts instead.
It worked out really well. Thanks for another delicious sounding recipe with hazelnuts! I'll try this loaf cake over the weekend!
Hello! I'm sorry if this is terribly off-topic. I'm just wondering--I'm living in Paris for a few months--I'm at a loss to find good quality tomatoes that aren't coeur de pigeon! And even those are hard to rustle up sometimes (getting to the Rue des Batignolles market early has been the only way I've had any success). My favourite, usually very reliable vegetable stall at the Bastille market even gave me watery, mealy Roma specimens. I KNOW that in all of Paris there can't be a dearth of decent tomatoes. I am willing to travel pretty much anywhere (currently living next to the Buttes-Chaumont).
More on topic...now I know what to do with all our leftover hazelnuts! :) Thanks!
I have just made a batch of muffins using this recipe as a guide and scoffed two with a glass of milk. Thank you for a sweet, moist and absolutely delicious recipe. By the way, I made some alterations: I used ground almonds and blueberries instead of hazelnuts and cherries. I also made them in muffin cases - that way I get more crusty top per bite. :)
for us-based people - king arthur flour sells roasted and unroasted hazelnut flour on their website. i did a google search and turned up other online stores selling it too.
This is a fantastic recipe! I made a loaf this weekend and it's already nearly gone!
I found Hazelnut flour at Whole Foods, but it looked like Hazelnut meal and was a bit expensive. So, I ended up putting some regular hazelnuts in the food processor and they came out better looking that the hazelnut meal from Whole foods. And I think it adds to the texture.
I was thinking that in the winter, this would be good with cranberries in it. Do you think that fresh cranberries would work, or would you need to cook them down a little first with some extra sugar?
Milla - Thanks for the tip!
Marti and Katie - So glad the recipe turned out to your liking, thanks for reporting back!
Katie - Fresh cranberries would certainly work here. I wouldn't cook them down, but I would probably up the amount of sugar in the batter just a touch, because cranberries are less sweet than cherries.
What a beautiful loaf cake. Quick breads and summer fruit - how perfect! The photograph is stunning. Amazing color.
Hi! I really would love to make this recipe, but because I can only have honey or maple syrup as sweetener, could I substitute that? You have much more experience than me in baking so I thought perhaps you might have a suggestion as to how I would adjust the liquids in this case?
Thank you!
Ari - I've never tried it with a "liquid" sweetener, but would suggest you try it with 1/2 cup (120 ml) honey or maple syrup. I wouldn't worry about compensating for the liquid for this amount and in this sort of cake. It might take a couple of minutes more to bake, but that's about it. Will you let us know how it turns out?


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I have a BBL scheduled on January 6th in Miami, FL. I honestly have never had surgery before in my life. I am a little nervous because I don't know how the whole anesthetic thing works...I'm frighten of extreme pain! I don't want to feel anything...but the thought of finally having an ass is like yes!!!!
My family came from the continent Africa. I'm sure everyone is aware of the fact that the majority of the continent is well known for their "over sized asses". Well, that's not the case for everyone. My mom, my sisters, my aunts, my grandma, and my dad side of the family. Now, I'm so confused, what happened to me??? lol how did I get skipped in the mist of all of this...me out of all the family members.
My butt is so flat!!! Like it's literally aligned with my back. Dresses look disgusting on me...especially form fitting dresses....I have to find pants that are tight on my thighs (the only pants that would make my ass a little bigger) just to avoid sagging because with an ass like mine, yes you will be sagging from your original size jeans. I need this to change!! I'm thick girl with a flat ass!!! not a good combination....I'm tired of family members making fun of me (although it is hilarious)
I blame sitting when I was in grade school....the teacher somehow always made us sit on the floor and it was hard. I got used to it and BAM!!!! No ass lol...I hope it goes well and hopefully will be satisfied with my results. Spending so much money on it but hopefully it's all worth it.
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I am sooo happy for you, your results are great! Can't wait to see how it looks after a month/two months! I think that $4999 sounds like a really reasonable price, especially since you got the garments and massages etc etc. I really REALLY want to have BBL done on me, but I'm still not sure where I should go (I live in Sweden) or which doctor should perform it on me... Would you recommend dr. Salama?
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