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PC(USA) Disability Inclusion Sunday 2015
Better Together: Transformed by God's Variety of Gifts
Whether your congregation or worshiping community celebrates Disability Inclusion Sunday on June 14, 2015, the date designated in the Presbyterian calendar, or at some other time (or times), Presbyterians for Disability Concerns (PDC), one of the ten networks of the Presbyterian Health, Education and Welfare Association (PHEWA) urges you to take advantage of our many resources.
This year, PDC, in collaboration with the Office of the General Assembly and the five human resources departments of the PC(USA), is excited to make available, "Better Together: Transformed by God's Variety of Gifts." This resource, commissioned by action of the 219th General Assembly, has been created for use in almost any context where human beings gather. It includes powerful personal testimonies and strategies for inclusion in every setting, from worship and Christian education to places of employment. Read more
Men in the Mirror: Constructing and Applying a Christ-centered Masculinity to Interpersonal Relationships
A new 13 session CURRICULUM for use in addressing violence against women and girls
What does it mean to be a mature healthy man? In every society, males of all ages hear and internalize a variety of messages about the definition of, and "appropriate" expression of their masculinity. Some of these messages have very positive impacts on the development and sense of identity of males. Other internalized messages have destructive implications for a man's well being and those with whom he shares relationships. Internalized messages of identity left unexamined, often create deeply engrained patterns of relationship problems that men struggle with throughout their lives. The lack of a strong forum within the Christian Church designed to encourage men to explore together those qualities, values and practices which make for positive male relationship skills, actually contributes in its absence to the breakdown of healthy dynamics within families and towards significant others. By studying the dynamics exhibited in Jesus' relationships with a variety of others in his lifetime, this new 13 session curriculum entitled, "Men in the Mirror; Constructing and Applying a Christ-centered Masculinity to Interpersonal Relationships, sets out to explore and address the values that impact men's relationships giving them the opportunity to critique their own relationship skills and grow in their discipleship to Jesus Christ. This valuable resource was developed by the Rev. Dr. Kevin E. Frederick, Moderator of Presbyterians Against Domestic Violence Network (PADVN), a ministry network of the Presbyterian Health, Education & Welfare Association (PHEWA). Kevin serves as Pastor to the Waldensian Presbyterian Church of Valdese, North Carolina.
Read the story behind the curriculum
2014 Children's Sabbath Weekend: "Precious in God's Sight; Answering the Call to Cherish and Protect Every Child"
OCTOBER 17-19, 2014 (With follow-up throughout the year)
PHEWA's Presbyterian Child Advocacy Network (PCAN) encourages you to join ecumenical and interfaith partners in celebrating the Children's Defense Fund's (CDF) 23rd annual National Observance of Children's Sabbaths, October 17-19, 2014. Download the free Children's Sabbath resources developed by the Rev. Shannon Daley-Harris, CDF Religious Affairs Advisor and member of our PCAN Leadership Team.
Marian Wright Edelman, CDF President, writes, "This year the Children's Sabbath is focusing on assuring every child a Strong Start in life through quality nurturing early childhood development 0-8… " "In this Children's Sabbath resource manual, you will find all that you and your place of worship need to plan for the Children's Sabbath weekend and ways to build for continuing involvement in the year that follows."
"We can begin to fulfill the dream by ensuring that all children have what they need to develop to their
God-given potential through nurturing early childhood development at home through home visiting, quality child care and Head Start, and in universal pre-kindergarten and kindergarten. High quality early childhood development and learning opportunities effectively help get children ready for and to succeed in school and in life, and provide a substantial economic return to society… " "Most importantly, investing in children is planting for the future. Fulfilling our moral responsibilities to the next generation is priceless."
Disability Access/Inclusion Sunday 2014
June 22, 2014
PHEWA's Presbyterians for Disability Concerns (PDC) network has developed our annual resource packet to help in observing this day- on June 22nd or whenever works best in the life of your worshiping community. With our 2014 theme, The Seasons of Life in the Family of Faith: Resources for Worship and Inclusion, we challenge congregations and worshiping communities to become authentic circles of inclusion for persons with disabilities in all stages of life. Sometimes it takes courage to invite others into our circles, or we may not know how to be more genuinely welcoming. Our prayer is that these PDC resources will help you to think through the challenges and take the risk of being more inclusive.
Samual Dewitt Proctor Institute for Child Advocacy Ministry
Join clergy, seminarians, Christian educators, young adult leaders and other faith-based advocates for children at CDF Haley Farm in Clinton, Tennessee, for five days of spiritual renewal, networking, movement building workshops, and continuing education about the urgent needs of children at the 20th annual Proctor Institute for Child Advocacy Ministry.
"What better place to renew our spirits, refocus our vision, and strengthen the movement for children than CDF's Haley Farm? Once home to the late Roots author Alex Haley, CDF Haley Farm is the spiritual home of the children's movement. You will feel the spirit of this special place as soon as you enter the gates and take in the gentle green fields dotted with rustic buildings and graced by the Langston Hughes Library and the Riggio-Lynch Interfaith Chapel designed by Maya Lin. On the porch of the Lodge, pull up a rocking chair bearing the name of one of the many heroes of the Civil Rights Movement, and get to know other participants who share your passion for justice.
Whether it is your first visit or one of many, you will be greeted with the words, 'Welcome Home,' and we trust that you will find in this place a sense of home and family among kindred spirits who, like you, won't quit until we end the violence of guns and child poverty and realize God's vision of bringing joy and justice to the lives of all of our children." See more
The Rev. Shannon Daley-Harris serves as Proctor Institute Director and Senior Religious Affairs Advisor for the Children's Defense Fund. Shannon also serves in the leadership of PHEWA's Presbyterian Child Advocacy Network (PCAN).
Health Awareness and Day of Prayer for Healing and Wholeness
PHEWA's Presbyterian Health Network (PHN) offers resources to assist in observing Health Awareness and Day of Prayer for Healing and Wholeness. Our 2014 focus is on living with depression and the valuable role of the faith community. This emphasis can be observed at any time/times in the life of your worshiping community, throughout the year. It is our hope and prayer that, beyond observation of a Health Awareness Sunday, we will all work together to ensure a place for everyone at the Lord's Table where the gifts of all God's people are valued, supported, and affirmed.
Presbyterian Criminal Justice Sunday, 2014
PHEWA's Presbyterian Criminal Justice Network (PCJN) members offer these worship resources in observation of Presbyterian Criminal Justice Sunday. This year, according to the Presbyterian Planning Calendar, Presbyterian Criminal Justice Sunday falls on January 26. Whether you observe Criminal Justice Sunday on this designated date or set a different time that works better for your congregation or worshiping community, we hope that you find this material to be useful. It is also our hope and prayer that, beyond observation of Criminal Justice Sunday, we will all work together to ensure a place for everyone at the Lord's Table where the gifts of all God's people are valued and affirmed.
In her 2009 Reflection for Criminal Justice Sunday, one of the founding members of PHEWA's Presbyterian Criminal Justice Network (PCJN), our beloved Annie Rawlings (1957-2013), shared this prophetic word which may be helpful to you as you plan your own observance of Presbyterian Criminal Justice Sunday, and consider ongoing programming and actions throughout the year, toward reform of this country's criminal justice system:
"… And I hope we can all draw on the best of our theological understanding, and the best strengths gleaned from whatever suffering any of us has endured, to remember that within the human family the question of how we stay family after we have hurt each other is one of the principal challenges of community. There are people in prison who have caused harm – sometimes deadly harm. We have ALL hurt someone. We have hurt each other through exclusion. We have hurt each other through scapegoating. We have hurt each other through a tolerance for poverty around the world and close to home. We have hurt each other through any number of things we have done or not done. The need for confession is upon us ALL. The need for reconciliation is before us ALL. We must not let people in prison become the "demonized other" upon whom we project the shadows of our own impulses towards violence of greater or lesser degree. We instead must connect with the humanity of people in prison, and who have been in prison, from that place in each of us that wants to be part of the whole, that wants to feel worthy, that wants a chance, that longs to experience the dignity associated with being a child of God, and longs to have that dignity affirmed by others." (Full text of Annie Rawlings' Reflection is available at:http://presweldevotional.blogspot.com/2009/02/reflection-for-criminal-justice-sunday.html)
Presbyterian Criminal Justice Sunday Resource: Download
The Power of Presence
The Rev. Caitlin Werth, member of PHEWA's Presbyterian Criminal Justice Network (PCJN) and one of the organizers of our January 24-25, 2014 Ecumenical Gathering Event, PLACE-MAKING, writes powerful reflections on ministry, with call to action, in her November 4, 2013 article "The Power of Presence," in Unbound; An Interactive Journal of Christian Social Justice. Caitlin serves as the director of the HOPE Pre-Release Program at Allegheny County Jail, an inter-faith, rehabilitative, re-entry program for men and women who want to restore their relationship with their God, rebuild their lives, and reconcile to their community.
Excerpt from "The Power of Presence":
She, like many others, had asked me about her case. Her rights as a parent were in danger of being terminated, and she wanted to get into a housing program before her approaching hearing. I explained to her that I am not a social worker and offered to connect her to one, but I felt compelled to look into her case as well. Like many others who work in a jail full of people eager to find their way out, I am frequently approached with these requests.
I found out that she would not be cleared to get into any alternative housing program, as there were warrants out for her arrest in other counties. I debated how to (or even whether I should) share this information with her. Later that day, I went to her housing pod to speak with her again and pass on the message.
Download the 2013 World AIDS Day Worship, Awareness, and Advocacy Resources
'Getting to Zero'
December 1, 2013 marks World AIDS Day (WAD), a day of awareness and action in the struggle to eradicate HIV and AIDS. World AIDS Day brings together people from around the world to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS and to demonstrate international solidarity. The day is an opportunity to spread awareness about the status of the pandemic and to encourage progress in HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment, and care.
In every congregation and worshiping community, there are those sitting in the pews waiting for HIV and AIDS to be addressed from the pulpit and discussed in adult education. They are listening for words of recognition, understanding, comfort and healing, hoping to hear that their church stands with them and will walk the journey beside them. The Presbyterian AIDS Network (PAN), a network of the Presbyterian Health, Education and Welfare Association (PHEWA) offers these worship, awareness, and advocacy resources to encourage your observance of World AIDS Day and to assist you in planning worship around HIV and AIDS emphases throughout the year.
2013 Worship, Awareness, and Advocacy Resources
2012 packet
2011 packet
Celebrate Caregiver Sunday
November 10, 2013
Rest for your soul...
PHEWA's Presbyterian Health Network (PHN) offers annual resources for recognizing and celebrating those who Offer Care. The Presbyterian Planning Calendar designates November 10, 2013 as Caregiver Sunday, but this can be done at any time in the life of your congregation or worshiping community. More than 65 million people, 29% of the U.S. population, provide care for a chronically ill, disabled, or aged family member or friend during any given year. The responsibilities and challenges of caring for a loved one can cause significant stress to the family caregiver. The Church is in a unique position to pray for and offer practical help to caregivers through a variety of means to share hope, care, and provide rest for the soul. We offer these resources, and those from previous years, to guide you in this ministry.
2013 Children's Sabbath Weekend: "Beating Swords Into Plowshares: Ending the Violence of Guns and Child Poverty"
The shocking shooting of more than a dozen people in Washington, D.C.'s Navy Yard has again transfixed our nation in horror, shining a spotlight on gun violence. Still in the shadows outside that spotlight, are the dozen children and teens who were killed by guns over the preceding two days…and the dozen children and teens who will lose their lives to guns in the two days that follow the shooting. And it goes on and on.
We can do better to protect children, not guns. On the weekend of October 18-20, hundreds of places of worship spanning the religious spectrum all across the country will be participating in the 22nd annual National Observance of Children's Sabbaths celebration. Download the free Children's Sabbath resources provided by The Children's Defense Fund for help in observing The Children's Sabbath. Together, we can focus attention on the violence of guns and poverty that are harming the children God has entrusted to our care and galvanize faithful, sustained action to end it so that finally, in the words of Micah, "no one shall make them afraid."
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
our 2013 packet theme is 'stories of hope and restoration'
When domestic violence occurs, hope and restoration are never easily attained. Sometimes they are decades in the making, especially if the victim or survivor of domestic violence and her family have no community of support to assist them on their long journey. This is precisely where the Church should be. As Christ's agent of hope, we are charged to be "a light, shining in the darkness," to those whose hope has been thwarted and do not know where to turn.
This annual packet for Observing Domestic Violence Awareness, developed by PHEWA's Presbyterians Against Domestic Violence Network (PADVN), includes resources that faith communities might find useful in worship, in your own work with victims and survivors of domestic violence, and in educating congregational members on how to be effective agents of hope, that may empower others toward restoration (and in doing so, be restored, themselves). We hope that you will use these resources in the month of October and throughout the year, working to Break The Silence around domestic violence.
PHEWA Ministry Report, Mid-Year 2013
PHEWA shares with you a summary of our work in the first six months of 2013, and how our ministry aligns with goals set by the Presbyterian Mission Agency. The scope, depth, and breadth of this work is pretty amazing, considering that it is carried out by volunteers; volunteers with tremendous expertise, doing transformational ministry on behalf of, and in the name of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Well done, good and faithful servants!
Disability Access/Inclusion Sunday 2013
Before and Beyond the Benediction: Inclusion of People of All Abilities
June 23, 2013 is designated on the Presbyterian Planning Calendar as Disability Inclusion Sunday. PHEWA's Presbyterians for Disability Concerns (PDC) has developed our annual Worship & Awareness Resource Packet to help in observing this day- on June 23 or whenever works best in the life of your worshiping community. This year's theme, Before and Beyond the Benediction: Inclusion of People of All Abilities, reaches to the very heart of our mission: full inclusion of all "beloved children of God." We are excited to share with you some stories of the amazing gifts that worshiping communities in our Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) have nurtured through caring and creative ministries of inclusion. PDC members believe that every Sunday – and every day between Sundays – should be a day for including all members of the body of Christ in the life of the community, and we dedicate these resources toward that reality. For the first time, in addition to our full packet, we offer a "scaled down" version, perhaps for those observing this emphasis for the first time? We will be grateful to hear, via the Response Form in this packet, if you found these resources helpful and how they were used by you. Find more information
PCAN's Shannon Daley-Harris writing in the Huffington Post
The Rev. Shannon Daley-Harris, Religious Affairs Director of The Children's Defense Fund & member of PHEWA's Presbyterian Child Advocacy Network (PCAN) Leadership Team, challenges us with a prophetic call to action in "The Right to Bear Dreams: It's Time to End the Nightmare of Child Gun Deaths" and theological reflection in "God's Call Is to Seek Change, Not Comfort, to Keep Our Children Safe."
Celebrate Caregiver Sunday
PHEWA's Presbyterian Health Network (PHN) has developed resources for your congregation as you recognize Caregiver Sunday. While Caregiver Sunday was listed on the Presbyterian Planning Calendar for November 11, 2012, we encourage you to consider a Caregiver emphasis throughout the year.
Our current theme is "Shelter from the Storm" with a focus on helping family caregivers plan for evacuation events. These resources were released just as Superstorm Sandy was poised to strike the east coast of the U.S.A. Preparedness is key, and these resources can help to serve toward that preparedness for us all.
2012 Caregiver Sunday packet
PHEWA Ministry Awards Celebration at the 220th General Assembly
A capacity crowd of over one hundred gathered on Monday, July 2nd, in the accessible gymnasium of the historic downtown Smithfield United Church of Christ in Pittsburgh, PA to honor individual Presbyterians and congregations who call their faith into action through exemplary outreach ministries. In PHEWA tradition, hot and cold hors d'oeuvres were served at this dinnertime gathering, to keep ticket costs low.
It was a privilege to be able to recognize and celebrate those involved in ministries that are making a real difference, as the work seems never ending, short-term results are rarely apparent, and work on the margins can be lonely and isolating. These are the individuals and congregations that help to remind us of God's call to love kindness and to do justice. You are now part of the PHEWA family of connectedness, and we give thanks for you!
PHEWA and the 220th General Assembly (2012), Pittsburgh, PA
You can be proud of the good work done by your fellow PHEWA members and friends at the 220th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania* June 30 - July 7, 2012. (Click here to read Assembly in Brief). Although this Assembly did not move forward with divestment or marriage equality, substantial progress was made in a number of areas that directly impact PHEWA concerns.
In addition to PHEWA's inspiring awards reception and PARO luncheon, PHEWA sponsored two new and very successful events. A well attended "Occupy Movement, the Faith Witness Luncheon/Discussion," was facilitated by PHEWA representative to the Presbyterian Mission Agency (formerly GAMC) Bob Brashear whose own New York City church, West-Park Presbyterian, (include that web link, please) has been deeply involved in the development of a faith response to the Occupy Movement. PHEWA members work hard at General Assemblies, so took an opportunity for some well-earned relaxation and fellowship on the evening of July 4th to celebrate our nation's birthday. Forty PHEWA folks piled into the "PHEWA party bus" and proceeded up Mt. Washington, to the Urban Mountain Gathering Place, established by PHEWA President, the Rev. Bebb Stone during her tenure as pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Mt. Washington. The perch from Mt. Washington made Pittsburgh's fireworks all that much more spectacular. Good food, good friendship, and time to relax and enjoy the stunning views were appreciated by all.
People, Not Profit: Presbyterians Form Criminal Justice Network
By Patrick David Heery
Last Thursday, March 1, 2012, Presbyterians all across the country hand-delivered letters to their governors, saying no to private prisons: not in our state, not anywhere. Forty-eight governors in total received letters faxed, emailed, and delivered. It was the first act of the newly formed Presbyterian Criminal Justice Network, based squarely on General Assembly policy. And it was in direct response to the "corrections investment initiative" from Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) seeking to purchase state-owned correctional facilities. To ensure profitability, the states would need to commit to privatizing their prisons for 20 years and guarantee a 90% prisoner occupancy rate. So much for rehabilitation and ending recidivism.
Find resources for observing Criminal Justice Sunday
In 2010, the General Assembly voted to reinstate observance of "Criminal Justice Sunday" in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), as well as approving some funding "to support a broad convocation of interested individuals, to be called by PHEWA, to consider and propose the creation of a Presbyterian Health, Education, and Welfare Association (PHEWA) network on criminal justice for education and advocacy ministries…"
The resources available here grow out of the ministry of a Presbyterian lay pastor, and former PHEWA board member, who has worked with incarcerated women in Tulsa, Oklahoma for the past eleven years.
While the Presbyterian Planning Calendar designates January 29 as Criminal Justice Sunday in 2012, additional resources will be identified and added throughout the year in the hope that congregations will designate a Sunday of their own choosing to emphasize criminal justice issues in the context of worship.
For more information or to share your own ideas, contact the Rev. Trina Zelle, PHEWA National Organizer/Executive Director.
2012 General Assembly action On Instructing Mission Responsibility Through Investment (MRTI) to Study and Report Corporate Practices of Health Insurance Companies and Possible Divestment of Same
Serving as Overture Advocate from the Mid-Kentucky Presbytery for this item of business was a labor of love and justice for the Rev. Dr. Johanna W.H.van Wijk-Bos, as you will read in her report on this action of the General Assembly. Read more to access web link to the action and for Johanna's moving and powerful "Advocacy Statement," delivered to the Health Issues Committee of the 220th General Assembly (2012).
A crisis in ministry
by The Rev. Doug Mitchell
Associate Pastor for Faith in Action
Westminster Presbyterian Church
MINNEAPOLIS — Frequently in our church ministry, members and staff come into contact with people who have problems that go beyond their capacity to respond with caring and effectiveness. It is always our desire to respond to those who need our help with the utmost compassion, but on occasion we are faced with situations that are beyond our personal expertise. The Presbyterian Health, Education and Welfare Association (PHEWA) provides the link between presbyteries, congregations, ministers and others with specialized, professional expertise at no cost to those asking for assistance. For more than 50 years, the PHEWA umbrella of networks has helped congregations and the church at large learn how to offer an inclusive welcome. They provide assistance in developing strategies for effective responses to a wide variety of needs encountered in the practice of ministry, both in the congregation and in the surrounding community.
Giving opportunity to support the PHEWA National Organizer/Executive Director staff position
staff position
Here is the number you will need to designate monies from individuals, churches, presbyteries, and/or synods to support this critical lead organizer position for the PHEWA justice ministry networks around the country. Our sincere thanks for your continued and faithful support.
E052108 - PHEWA Faith-Based Community Organizer Position
Please consider yourself personally and respectfully requested to organize any of the Presbyterian communities where you serve to set aside some of their budgeted mission money for this purpose.
To make a gift to the PHEWA ECO account by check, note E052108 PHEWA and mail it to:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
P.O. Box 643700
Pittsburgh, PA 15264-3700
The Rev. Trina Zelle called to serve as the new National Organizer for the Presbyterian Health, Education and Welfare Association (PHEWA)
By the Rev. Bebb Stone
President of PHEWA
LOUISVILLE — The Rev. Trina Zelle has accepted the newly-formed position of National Organizer for the Presbyterian Health, Education and Welfare Association (PHEWA), a ministry of Compassion, Peace, and Justice Ministry, General Assembly Mission Council (GAMC), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Rev. Zelle writes, "I am excited at the prospect of collaboration with experienced and committed leadership in strengthening and expanding this incredible organization."
Responding to the Word
Celebrate the witness of PHEWA's 2011 John Park Lee Award and Rodney T. Martin Award recipients.
2011 John Park Lee Award
2011 Rodney T. Martin Award
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Elkin students were honored Monday at the monthly Board of Education meeting.
Several prize winners and notable student achievements were presented to the board and public audience before the regularly scheduled business took place.
Elkin High School Principal Joel Hoyle presented a certificate to Career and Technical Education teacher Chaise Swisher for his service and involvement to the students and school. He summarized Swisher's character by quoting a student who told Hoyle "he (Swisher) cares about us both in class and outside of class."
Elkin Elementary School art teacher Bill Land recognized third grader Kayla Van and her rendering of Vincent Van Gogh's "Wheat field with Cypress."
Elkin Elementary Principal Tom Caton read a poem entitled "Snow" by Vincent Cianchetta. Vincent was unable to attend, and Caton received the certificate in his absence. Caton is a North Carolina State University fan, and by losing a bet he was forced to wear a UNC shirt to the meeting due to the Wolfpack loss to Carolina in men's basketball last weekend.
Principal Pam Colbert of Elkin Middle School presented two outstanding groups. Eighth grader Matt Martir-Tullock is this year's Spelling Bee Champion, and the Elkin Beta Club brought back several awards from the State convention this year. Griffin Wheeler won 3rd place for Art in addition to the Multi-Media 3rd place winners Kenya Easter, Harrison Hall, Ryan Russell, and Reagan Parks. The theme for this year's Beta Club competition was "the Heart of Beta Club." This was Elkin's first year competing at the State competition, said Colbert.
Following the student portion of the evening Dr. Randy Bledsoe and Chair of the Board of Education Foley Norman gave a review of the annual Board Retreat held Feb. 22 and 23. Commissioner James Freeman said this year's retreat was the best Elkin City Schools has had since he came to the board.
Dr. Bledsoe addressed minor changes in the schools' policy. Policy 6220, the policy on the Operation of Student Food Services, was amended so as not to be read in a way that made the school system appear to be taking food away from students who could not pay. Prior to this wording update the policy appeared to read that students who could not pay would not be allowed meals.
Bledsoe said that the wording was misleading and that efforts were being made to help children receive meals, not to take them away.
Bledsoe then noted the changes in policy 6420, which authorizes the school superintendent to enter into contracts with the board. This policy allows the superintendent the power to enter into contracts or approve change orders less than or equal to $15,000. These have to be approved by the board and in certain contexts must be viewed by the town attorney. Wording was changed to make sure "fiscal accountability and reporting" were upheld, said Bledsoe.
Policy 7130, concerning Licensure/ Renewal Credit for teachers, has been changed, with a test code number being altered. The policy has not been changed for the adoption of "Race to the Top" over "No Child Left Behind," but he expected that change would be coming soon.
Allison Moxley gave an update on the Personnel Projections and Human Resources department for 2012-2013. Reviewing this year's flu vaccinations, Moxley said the Oct. 1 clinic at the Middle and High Schools vaccinated 10 students and 21 students, respectively. At a Oct. 12 clinic at the Elementary School 46 students were vaccinated. D-Rex hosted the clinics.
Moxley told the board that reports of this year's vaccine effectiveness was bleak, with 27 percent of those vaccinated being unaffected.
Moxley also reported that the school system is making efforts to insure every employee is properly vaccinated for Hepatitis B. Those at most risk are custodians, bus drivers, lunchroom employees, and others in positions to be infected easily.
Substitute teacher applications will be accepted begin in April. Those interested will begin orientation in August for the 2013-2014 school year. As of this year, there are 60 teachers on the list to contact if needed.
Jan Zachary updated the board on the need for a new contract with the town auditor. Dixon Hughes Goodman, the auditing company used by the town for this year, was awarded a new contract for the upcoming year unanimously by the board. Zachary said the company was very helpful to work with and was available for comment or question any time the school system had a concern.
During budget updates, the board was told the Phase II and III of the school renovations were now complete and the project came in under budget. Zachary said the board allowed the school system to put the remainder toward the next steps in construction, the process of making the school up-to-date according to the Americans with Disabilities Act by putting in handicap-accessible features and ramps.
Calendar development for the 2013-2014 school year was tabled until the March monthly meeting.
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Votes are in, and the winners of The Tribune's Virtual Halloween Costume Contest have been decided.
Andrew Watson of North Wilkesboro is the winner in the "Funniest" category, sponsored by Precision Customs. Watson went as a Blue Crayon for Halloween with the caption of his picture being, "Not the sharpest crayon."
Eric Welborn of Austin submitted a picture of his daughter, Sophie Welborn, dressed as "Sophie the good witch," which won first place in the "Cutest" category, sponsored by U.S. Cellular.
Soyworks sponsored "Most original," which went to Tiana Sanders, of State Road. Tiana's mother, Amy, submitted a picture of her daughter dressed as a "Little Ladybug."
There was also a winner in the "Scariest" category, which was not sponsored by a business. Craig Cox, of Boonville, was the winner.


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COLUMBIA The South Carolina agency that maintains the taxpayer records accessed by an international hacker wants help paying for expenses related to the breach.
The Greenville News reported Tuesday that the Department of Revenue is asking the state Budget and Control Board for a $20 million loan.
The request is part of an agenda for a meeting that panel is holding today. Documents dont show a breakdown for the request, but a spokesman for Gov. Nikki Haley said the loan would include money toward the states $12 million contract with Experian for credit monitoring.
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Besides for the health (and possible chometz) problems involved with smoking, is it possible to define smoking, in this day and age, as a davar hashaveh lechol nefesh, a universally imbibed pleasure, which would make it permissible on Yomtov? Is it something that is determined by the locale? By the world?
As you've said, first of all you should never be smoking. Secondly, you have no idea what they're putting in those cigarettes so you shouldn't use them on Pesach.
As far as davar hashaveh lechol nefesh: the Talmud says you can cook fresh food on YomTov because freshly-cooked food is something universally appreciated. The Talmud then says that mugmar, some form of post-meal incense, is an acquired taste of the upper-class and not something universally appreciated; it doesn't pass the bar and therefore can't be done on YomTov.
I'd seen an article on the question of smoking a few years back, I believe in J. Halacha & Contemporary Society.
The simple argument would be that if "high class, acquired-taste" incense isn't universal enough, why should cigarettes be?! Non-smokers find them utterly noxious!
In earlier times, when smoking was believed to be non-harmful and perhaps even healthy, there were different views. One argument was: "any smoker would tell you it's shaveh l'chol nefesh", which to me is an addict's reasoning if I've ever heard any. Another was: "smoking helps you digest your food better, and good digestion is universally appreciated" -- again, today we know it doesn't help you digest your food better (though if you're addicted and it calms you down, the calmness may aid your digestion; but it's certainly no better than the Talmud's case of mugmar.)
Rabbi Hershel Schachter recalled giving a shiur about yomtov and someone asked him about smoking cigars, he said it was prohibited based on the above. People smiled as a prestigious rabbi of yesteryear in that community used to hand out cigars on yomtov; all I can say is that people used to think some very different things about smoking than what we know today.
The best thing to do, by far, is just not smoke at all, ever!


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It has been a little more than a year since the 2012 Republican primary, eight months since the election, and six months since the new edition of Berkeley County Council began. And, finally, the election of the District 3 county council seat is officially over.
Ken Gunn still won.
Last week, the South Carolina Supreme Court dismissed former councilman Bob Call's final appeal in the lawsuit over the June 2012 election Call lost to Gunn, thus officially closing the curtain on the primary election that is now more than a year old.
In the year since his victory over Call, Gunn has remained tightlipped over the outcome, the lawsuit and his political opponent. None of that has changed following the South Carolina Supreme Court's dismissal.
"The bottom line is simple," Gunn said. "There was an election. He lost by 16 percent of the vote. And now he thinks he's a victim."
Call spent the remainder of 2012 orchestrating a lawsuit challenging his primary loss, insinuating many times that the election wasn't over. Yet Call lost in the lawsuit trial, and every subsequent appeal leading to the state supreme court, where the former District 3 councilman vowed he would take his case.
After losing the primary, Call waited nearly three months before filing his lawsuit that included Gunn, then Berkeley County Republican Party Chairman Tim Callanan, the Berkeley County Republican Party, the Berkeley County Election Commission and the South Carolina Election Commission, a lawsuit that was dismissed in court and either dismissed or thrown out in each of the appeals courts leading all the way to the State Supreme Court.
"For one I'm glad it's finally over," said Callanan after receiving a letter from the state supreme court notifying him of his decision. "Berkeley County spent 10,000 dollars in attorney's fees for this lawsuit.
"Add to that the personal cost to Mr. Gunn and I, the Berkeley County Republican Party, the Berkeley County Election Commission and the South Carolina Election Commission, (and) that figure could easily be tripled."
Call's lawsuit stemmed from his claim that Gunn was late in filing his candidacy paperwork and did not file his paperwork properly, particularly his statement of economic interest, a political loophole the state legislature has since rectified.
Circuit Court Judge J.C. Nicholson told Gunn during the Aug. 17, 2012 trial that "filing your paperwork three hours late is not going to get you disqualified as a candidate for office."
Nicholson added in a worst case scenario filing late might warrant a fine, but "attempting to file on time is as good as filing on time."
Gunn and Callanan presented evidence showing Gunn did indeed file his paperwork correctly and on time, which satisfied Judge Nicholson who then dismissed Call's lawsuit.
"The losers in the lawsuit," Callanan said, "… Bob Call lost, Ken Gunn lost, I lost, the Berkeley County Republican Party lost, the Berkeley County and the South Carolina Election Commissions all lost. The only ones to win in this were the attorneys. It's a shame, really."
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Sunday, March 27, 2011
Something reminded me this week of the Palazzo Te in Mantua, Italy. The thought suddenly appeared and hung there, suspended in the haziness of time, nagging at me, tugging at my curiosity. I don't know what made me think of our long ago visit to this stunning monument, husband and I accompanied by our then two very young boys, but it popped into my head and stayed there, begging to be thought of, analyzed, written about. Built and painted between 1532 and 1535 for Federico II Ganzaga, Marquess of Mantua, this building, although rather staid and regal on the outside, is a tour de force of artistry and imagination once one walks through the doors, a remarkable, impressive array of frescos room to room, wall to wall, floor to ceiling, spilling out into one's visual path and tripping up our expectations. The artists, Benedetto Pagni and Rinaldo Montovano, created something that will last for a long, long time, something imprinted in the minds and memories of so many thousands, not to be easily lost or forgotten, a feat desired by so many.
I remember very little of the city itself, Mantova, Mantua, as long ago as the visit was, but the memory of La Sala dei Giganti, the Room of Giants, within this grand Palazzo, is imprinted in my mind as if it was yesterday. It was a lovely day, sunny yet comfortably cool, and the wide-open space of the approach to the majestic palace was comforting in its grandeur and airiness. Upon entering the Sala dei Giganti, one is struck by the silence and coolness of the room. I have images in my head of columns and beautiful mosaic floors. Eyes glancing up and scanning the walls, straining up towards the ceiling and my breath was swept from my body; Giants and Grotesques tumbled from the walls, out of the skies wreaking havoc and fury among the ruins left trailing in their wake. Pushing, shoving, the room seemed to vibrate under their cries, the crumbling of pillars, the avalanche of rocks and the humans scrambling out of their paths in desperation and fear. The artists had depicted, captured, the struggle between the god Jupiter and the Giants of Ovid who attempted to scale Olympus and claim Jupiter's throne. Above us, in the center of the magnificent ceiling, Jupiter emerges from the light, powerful yet calm, admired by those encircling him, exuding the power that will vanquish the Giants.
But what stunned me more than the incredible artwork, the imagination and energy of the artists who gave us such an impressive, universal creation, was the graffiti scrawled around the room. Names and dates etched into the walls, tourists and students from all over Europe, from as early as the 16 and 1700s! Four and five hundred years have passed since some young traveler, student, tourist dared scratch his name into the beauty of these walls, and for what? Posterity or simply a good joke? Whether the one or the other, each name left behind, still embedded in the stone and in these paintings, leaves a trace of some living person, each one leaving their mark for years, generations, quite possibly an eternity. Such a small gesture left behind, surely forgotten as they returned home as easily and as quickly as all of the other tiny, ephemeral details of a voyage usually do. Try as I might to understand and visualize the lives of each one, to grab on to something that will give me a peek into what they were thinking, living, doing that day is futile. But it is this that fascinates me, imagining the lives of the long gone and what remains of their existence.
And fascinated by all of this I am. Visits to museums invariably find me pressed up against glass showcases containing bits of jewelry or forks and spoons, mirrors or drinking glasses. I hang back as we stroll through rooms of furniture, arranged just as it was in the time of this King or Queen or simple schoolmarm or factory worker. I breathe in as my gaze shifts around the room and I try so hard to picture those who once lived among these relics, wonder what they thought and did everyday. Yet what for sure does remain except these few scattered objects?
How do we leave our mark? Today is my man's birthday and we ponder over the rest of our lives, what to do, where to go and we wonder if indeed there is a way to leave a mark somewhere, somehow. Life is fleeting and what remains? A few photographs scattered across the tabletop or tucked into the brittle, yellowing pages of an album? A favorite piece of jewelry handed down across the generations, the story behind this loving token fading away over time? A box full of hand-written recipe cards or a tattered old teddy bear, what will we leave behind? Or maybe a book or a building with our name on it, the fruit of years of our labor, or some recorded act of heroism, still there after we are long gone, begging an unknown public to hold onto our soul and keep it alive? But, after all, do we really need to leave something of ourselves on this earth once we are no longer here, or is it simply selfish, this desire to remain? Or is our time on earth just our own to enjoy, do as we please during this short stay?
Life is fleeting; the sound of voices and laughter, the image of faces fading quickly into time, blown away on the wind with the passage of the years and what is left? A token object held dear, a hand-written letter, our children and our name. Maybe we should try and find some old building somewhere and scratch our names into the stone or wood followed by the date in the hopes that the impression will be found many long years later by some unknown tourists following in our steps, treading the same floors. And these visitors may stop, hesitate, glance quickly around to make sure that they are unwatched as they reach out and brush their fingers over the indentations. And they'll smile and try and stir up the images of those others, wonder about the sound of their voices, make up a story about their lives before they step back and wander off.
This March 2011 Daring Bakers' challenge was selected by myself and my friend Ria of Ria's Collection and we chose a recipe left to me by my own dear father, a Yeast Meringue Coffee Cake. Luscious and light, this is some scrumptious Coffee Cake, the meringue filling melting into the brioche type cake and adding a moistness and delicate sweetness that is utterly perfect. I made two versions: on one I scattered the meringue with chocolate chips and chopped pecans before rolling it up and baking, the original recipe of the challenge. The second I made, halving the dough recipe, had an apple-cinnamon filling, the fruit cooked first in butter and brown sugar, then tossing in a dash of cinnamon and some finely grated orange zest. I blended some more zest along with some cardamom and nutmeg into the dough then drizzled the finished coffee cake with an orange glaze. Apples, as anyone who follows my blog knows, are my husband's favorite addition to any dessert. I have made him Apple Spice Cake for his birthday, the Apple Flognarde that he requested himself and the Cranberry-Apple Wreath for the holidays that he absolutely adored! He simply loves my apple pies. So when I can bring apples into his life and make him happy, know that I will. And since it is his birthday, the apples have it!
I would like to send these fabulous yeast coffee cakes to Susan of Wild Yeast and her perfect weekly yeast baking event Yeastspotting!
Makes 2 round coffee cakes
For the dough:
4 cups (600 g) flour
¼ cup (50 g) sugar
¾ tsp salt
1 package ( 2 ¼ tsps, 7 g) active dried yeast
¾ cup (180 ml) milk
¼ cup (75 ml) water
½ cup (115 g) unsalted butter softened to room temperature
2 large eggs at room temperature
For the filling:
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
2 Tbs sugar
¼ tsp ground cinnamon
1 cup (150 g) semisweet chocolate chips or coarsely chopped chocolate
For the meringue:
3 large egg whites at room temperature
¼ tsp salt
½ tsp vanilla
½ cup(100 g) sugar
Egg wash: 1 beaten egg, optional
Cocoa powder and confectioner's sugar (powdered/icing sugar) for dusting cakes
Prepare the dough:
In a large bowl, combine 1 ½ cups (230 g) of the flour, the sugar, salt and yeast.
In a saucepan, combine the milk, water and butter and heat over medium heat until warm the butter is just melted.
With an electric mixer on low speed, gradually add the warm liquid to the flour/yeast mixture, beating until well blended. Increase mixer speed to medium and beat 2 minutes. Add the eggs and 1 cup (150 g) flour and beat for 2 more minutes.
Using a wooden spoon, stir in enough of the remaining flour to make a stiff dough. Turn out onto a floured surface (use any of the 4 cups of flour remaining) and knead the dough for 8 to 10 minutes until the dough is soft, smooth, sexy and elastic, keeping the work surface floured.
Place the dough in a lightly greased (I use vegetable oil) bowl, turning to coat all sides. Cover (I cover the bowl with plastic wrap and a kitchen towel) and let rise until double in bulk, 30 – 60 minutes. The rising time will depend on the type of yeast you use.
In a small bowl, combine the cinnamon and sugar for the filling. You can add the chopped nuts to this if you like, but I find it easier to sprinkle on both the nuts and the chocolate separately.
Once the dough has doubled, make the meringue:
In a clean mixer bowl – I use a plastic bowl so the egg whites adhere to the side (they slip on glass) and you don't end up with liquid remaining in the bottom – beat the eggs whites with the salt, first on low speed for 30 seconds, then increase to high and continue beating until foamy. Add the vanilla then start adding the ½ cup sugar, a tablespoon at a time as you beat, until very stiff, glossy peaks form.
Make the Coffee Cakes:
Line 2 cooking sheets with parchment paper.
Punch down the dough and divide in half. On a lightly floured surface, working one piece of the dough at a time, roll out the dough into a 20 x 10-inch (about 51 x 25 ½ cm) rectangle. Spread half of the meringue evenly over the rectangle up to about 1/2-inch (3/4 cm) from the edges. Sprinkle half of the cinnamon-sugar evenly over the meringue followed by half the chopped nuts and half of the chocolate chips/chopped chocolate.
Now, roll up the dough jelly-roll style, from the long side. Pinch the seam closed. Very carefully transfer the filled log to one of the lined cookie sheets, seam side down. Bring the ends of the log around and seal the ends together, forming a ring (I tucked one end into the other and pinched to seal).
Using kitchen scissors, make cuts along the outside edge at 1-inch (2 ½ cm) intervals. I made them rather shallow and realized that the next time I can make the cuts much deeper.
Repeat with the remaining dough, meringue and fillings.
Cover the 2 coffee cakes with plastic wrap and allow them to rise again for 30 to 60 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C).
Brush the tops of the coffee cakes with the egg wash. Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes until risen and golden brown.
Remove from the oven and slide the parchment paper off the cookie sheets onto the table. Very gently loosen the coffee cakes from the paper with a large spatula and slide the cakes off onto cooling racks. Allow to cool.
Just before serving, dust the tops of the coffee cakes with both cocoa powder and confectioner's sugar. These are best eaten fresh, the same day or the next day.
RESULTS: Beautiful to put together and gorgeous out of the oven, the cake was brioche-like without being sweet and the meringue miraculously melted into the dough leaving behind just a hint of sweetness. Don't scrimp on either the chopped nuts or chocolate as the crunch and the flavors are the focal point of this tender, moist, outrageously delicious coffee cake.
For the APPLE ORANGE MERINGUE COFFEE CAKE
I made one coffee cake for these quantities, but can easily be used for two.
Add to the dough:
Finely grated zest of one orange
1/2 tsp ground cardamom
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
2 Tbs (30 g) unsalted butter
6 Tbs brown sugar
3 - 5 medium sized apples*, peeled, cored and sliced
1 tsp finely grated orange zest
1 tsp finely grated lemon zest
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp ground cardamom
1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
*use pie apples that will hold their shape even after cooking, slightly tangy, sweet tasty apples. I've used Jubilee as well as Golden for pies, and thought they hold their shape and are the perfect texture when baked, they are somewhat bland in flavor to me. I use Reines des Reinettes in France which cook down the same as Goldens but have much more flavor, sweet and just tart enough. Use 5 apples for 2 cakes, 3 – 5 for one depending on how much filling you want. Know that since the filling is rather moist, the inside of the cake won't be as fluffy as for the chocolate-pecan version.
Melt the butter in a large, heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Add the brown sugar and cook, stirring, until you have a thick, grainy sauce, about 1 minute. Add the apple slices, tossing until all the slices are pretty much coated with the sugar-butter. Cook until the apples are tender and the sauce has been reduced to a glaze, about 7 minutes. Mix in the grated zests and the spices and toss until the apples are evenly coated. Cool the filling at least 30 minutes or up to 3 hours.
1 cup powdered sugar
1 1/2 to 2 Tbs fresh-squeezed orange juice
Once the coffee cake has cooled, mix the powdered sugar with 1 1/2 to 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice. Stir until well blended and a thick glaze forms. Drizzle over the cake.
73 comments:
- Peter M said...
Yeah baby...er I mean Jamie...another delicious yeast cake. All you daring bakers got me mondo-hingry this morning!
- March 27, 2011 at 6:52 AM
- Mardi @eatlivetravelwrite said...
JP's a lucky man. I wish mine had worked out but you know me and yeast... I will just have to live vicariously through your and your beautiful creations.
- March 27, 2011 at 6:57 AM
- bunkycooks said...
What a beautiful coffee cake! It is a perfect way to celebrate your hubby's birthday! This makes me want to go make another King cake, although I love the apple orange version for something different. Very nice DB Challenge. :)
- March 27, 2011 at 6:57 AM
- Miriam said...
This is such a beautiful cake I MUST try it... and apple... OMG.
- March 27, 2011 at 7:02 AM
- Asha @ FSK said...
Hey Jamie.. this would have been a lovely cake, i know.. my attempt turned into an amusing disaster but gonna make it again, and get it right :D
And, Happy Birthday to JP! :)
- March 27, 2011 at 7:24 AM
- Shulie said...
This daring baker challenge makes me go gaga over all th eyeast doughs. Would have been perfecct for breakfast today. Yum!
- March 27, 2011 at 7:31 AM
- zorra said...
Jamie, this was one of my favorite DB challenges! I love your apple version. I will make it soon, as my man loves apples, too. Happy Birthday to your man!:-)
- March 27, 2011 at 7:42 AM
- Priya said...
Beautiful coffee cake, simply irresistible..
- March 27, 2011 at 7:47 AM
- Simona said...
Mantova is a beautiful city and Palazzo Te is a remarkable work of art. I don't think it's possible not to have feelings rushing through us when standing in those stately rooms decorated with such intention and intensity of purpose. I remember also the feeling of having just come back from a different world when we stepped outside again. Thank you for bringing back this memory of a city that is in my heart.
And thank you for a great challenge. It was fun and very rewarding.
- March 27, 2011 at 7:59 AM
- Aparna said...
Birthday wishes to your husband Jamie, and I share his partiality for all bakes apple! :)
Thank you so much for sharing this recipe and introducing me to a yeasted dough with meringue in it. Your coffe cake looks beautiful.
- March 27, 2011 at 8:03 AM
- Poires au Chocolat said...
Lovely post. I nearly tried an apple and cinnamon version, glad it worked!
Thanks again for being a great host and to your Dad for such a delicious recipe.
- March 27, 2011 at 8:20 AM
- Deeba PAB said...
Ahahaha Petaaaaaah distracted me and I forgot my words!! Loved the challenge this month, was so much fun as I knew it would be! Happy birthday to Mr Man. Miss talking to you of late because of my silly net connection. Thanks a million for cohosting the challenge...I knew it would be wonderful!! xo
- March 27, 2011 at 8:25 AM
- Mamatkamal said...
This is such a lovely sweet cake and it looks delicious!
- March 27, 2011 at 8:30 AM
- Rosaleda (Maria Begoña) said...
I am delighted to have accepted the challenge that you have proposed.
I sign your proposal filled with apples ... should be great.
That you have good week
- March 27, 2011 at 8:54 AM
- Pavithra said...
Happy Birthday to ur Man Jamie.. absolutely lovely challenge.. Thanks for sharing it. Yours looks stunning with absolutely delicious filling. Awesome !!!
- March 27, 2011 at 9:25 AM
- PriyaVaasu said...
It was a joyful experience baking this!!! Looks amazing!!!!
- March 27, 2011 at 9:44 AM
- Laura said...
I loved this challenge! Thank you so much.
Waiting for the saffron version to come out of the oven so I can finish up the post.
Have a great day!
- March 27, 2011 at 9:50 AM
- natalia said...
Dear Jamie, I have such memories of Palazzo Te it's such a special place ! Happy birthday to your husband ! I really wish to thank you for the wonderful recipe you shared with us ! You see your father will be remembered by lots of grateful bakers !!! Ciao !
- March 27, 2011 at 9:58 AM
- Jeanne said...
Thank you for a beautiful reflection on life and coffee cake! This recipe was a joy to create in my kitchen. I love your apple cinnamon version.
- March 27, 2011 at 10:05 AM
- Now Serving said...
Oh My that looks SO SO delicious, sinful and edible!
- March 27, 2011 at 10:16 AM
- Rosa's Yummy Yums said...
A very beautiful post! This fresco is stunning and so impressive.
Like you I love to visit museums and try to imagine how people lived in the past or how their life was when they still possessed those objects...
Happy Birthday to your hubby!
I believe we have to enjoy life to the maximum and not stress too much about leaving a mark, otherwise we'll forget to live. Life is too short to waste it on endless ponderings!
- March 27, 2011 at 10:37 AM
- alice said...
I love the sound of the apple and orange combination. What a great birthday cake this must have made too!
- March 27, 2011 at 1:38 PM
- Alpineberry Mary said...
Thanks for sharing such a lovely recipe for this month's DB challenge. The recipe is a keeper!
- March 27, 2011 at 1:45 PM
- Suzler said...
This was a fantastic recipe! Utterly delicious. Thank you. :)
- March 27, 2011 at 2:22 PM
- Please Do Not Feed The Animals. said...
Thanks for the challenge - really enjoyed it.
The story of you finding the recipe is brilliant.
And, what a great post. More cerebral than my usual thoughts when looking through blogs of gooey chocolate things to satisfy my cravings!
- March 27, 2011 at 3:22 PM
- Lana said...
Those cakes look so light and ethereal. Reminds me of the Snow Queen story:)
I wish your husband a happy birthday! I assume he knows that he is a lucky man:)
- March 27, 2011 at 3:27 PM
- Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella said...
Darling Jamie I hope you'll forgive the fact that I couldn't participate in this month's DB despite really wanting to. I really ran out of time this month! Every post that I've read has raved about this meringue coffee bread so I know I'll no doubt make it on my own sometime in the future!
- March 27, 2011 at 4:23 PM
- LittleRed said...
I just wanted to stop by to say thanks for hosting such a wonderfully successful challenge! Great recipe! Thanks for sharing:)
- March 27, 2011 at 4:47 PM
- Jenni said...
What a beautiful post to go along with your beautiful coffee cakes!
- March 27, 2011 at 6:17 PM
- Ruth H. said...
Thank you so much for sharing this amazing recipe with us!! I loved this coffee cake, and made it a lot of times over this month! Your apple/orange/cinnamon variation sounds amazing, and your husband is a very lucky man!
- March 27, 2011 at 6:33 PM
- Sally - My Custard Pie said...
I agree with Rosa....
Beautiful, beautiful pics and the apple version is calling out to me to make it.
- March 27, 2011 at 10:27 PM
- Sheena said...
Jamie, thanks so much for hosting this month's challenge, I loved seeing all the creative fillings everyone came up with. You're chocolate and nuts filling sounds just perfect :)
- March 27, 2011 at 10:34 PM
- chef_d said...
Thank you for hosting this month's challenge! I love the flavors you made especially the Apple Orange Cinnamon, sounds heavenly!
- March 27, 2011 at 11:00 PM
Happy Birthday and many happy returns to JP!!! As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
To this extent, you and JP have both succeeded. Live each day to the fullest and with no regrets. Your love and friendship and 2 wonderful sons are what you'll leave in this world(and some awesome recipes and stories). xoxo
- March 28, 2011 at 2:01 AM
- Renata said...
Jamie, thank you for hosting this amazing challenge! The meringue filling a yeasted cake is something I had never heard about, and I loved it! Happy birthday to your husband!
- March 28, 2011 at 2:07 AM
- shaz said...
Happy Birthday to your man Jamie. I loved this challenge very much, thank you! (And you're not advocating graffiti now are you ;P Just kidding).
- March 28, 2011 at 3:34 AM
- Lisa said...
Jamie..one of the best Daring Bakers challenges ever because you provided me with the best, most versatile dough 'ever'. Tonight I'm making a savory version with a bunch of leftover cheeses in my fridge, roasted peppers, chicken and spinach. I'm giddy! You have no idea how many times I wanted to leave you a comment raving about the dough prior to reveal day lol.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, for a great recipe. And to think I was initially worried due to my experience with dry yeasted coffee cakes..lol
- March 28, 2011 at 4:35 AM
- Barbara Bakes said...
Lately I too have been realizing just how fleeting life is. Guess we need to enjoy more coffee cake! I would love you apple version too. Thanks for a great challenge recipe!
- March 28, 2011 at 4:57 AM
- Chef Lana said...
Your coffee cake so reminds me of spring. It would be perfect for an Easter morning brunch. Beautiful!
- March 28, 2011 at 5:30 AM
- Nuts about food said...
When I started reading this post I was reminded of my school trip so many years ago to visit Palazzo Te. Right nearby I tasted my first Ferrero Rocher chocolate. Funny I would remember that...Then I nodded in agreement about your fascination with history and how people lived in the past. The minutiae of their everyday life. And why is past graffiti so interesting and thought provoking, when modern day graffiti is just maddening and disrespectful to art? By the end of the post I felt melancholy, a tiny speck of sand in the immensity of time. Who will remember us? What meaning will our lives have, our efforts? Thank you for all these feelings condensed into one post. Hope your husband had a lovely birthday, you made a lovely cake.
- March 28, 2011 at 5:46 AM
- Joy, The Herbed Kitchen said...
I am usually such a chocolate fanatic but your Apple Orange cake has me practically licking the screen. I'm trying to behave myself with the baked goods but my all-time weakness is coffee cake and you have done a splendid job.
By the way, delightful story about Mantua. I remember walking through the Vatican and staring up at the scroll work near the ceiling, these beautiful and intricate vines with leaves and flowers that somehow managed to look like a sculpture. With a knowing glance the guide casually remarked, "Beautiful, aren't they? But they are nothing... painted by students."
- March 28, 2011 at 6:05 AM
- Minu said...
Beautiful Coffee Cake.
I loved making it.
Thank You
- March 28, 2011 at 6:12 AM
- Katerina said...
Regarding your thoughts, I guess is our need not to be forgotten, to be remembered that urges us to try and leave our marks in this life. The ancient Greeks called it "Easterofimia". I think it is our need to know that the people after us will keep us in their hearts. This is s beautiful cake and this is something your father gave you so as to remember him and you do remember him by making it!
- March 28, 2011 at 6:26 AM
- juliana said...
lovely cake, and a graet challenge to make! thanks for hosting!
- March 28, 2011 at 6:35 AM
- tasteofbeirut said...
This is the kind of pastry I would love to start my day with! Your hubby is one lucky man.
- March 28, 2011 at 7:32 AM
- RamblingTart said...
I strongly identify with the thoughts in your heart these days, Jamie. With such great changes in my life, the uprooting of myself from all that is familiar, starting a new life on the other side of the world, all this has me thinking, analyzing, evaluating: what is a good life? A well-lived life? A life to be proud of? A dear friend told me: just create a space for yourself, a space that makes you happy. I like that. :-)
- March 28, 2011 at 12:16 PM
- Lael said...
Ah... Palazzo Te, I love it and during the summer we are so close. Perhaps we can visit again this summer? Maybe we can meet you there? Mantua has wonderful food, I especially like the filled pasta and, of course, the mostarda!
Please wish JP a very happy birthday from your "virtual" friends :) Our family enjoyes apples too.
- March 28, 2011 at 12:49 PM
- The Betz Family said...
Thanks for the great recipe! I made this for my husband's birthday as well, so happy birthday to your man! Both of your fillings look delicious. Nice job on the challenge!
- March 28, 2011 at 1:20 PM
- Bobbie said...
Hi Jamie, I wanted to stop by and introduce myself, I am Bobbie of bobbiesbakingblog.com. When my daughter found out this month challenge was yeast dough we were elated. Thank you for a wonderful and fun challenge.
- March 28, 2011 at 3:53 PM
- Lexi said...
That looks absolutely scrumtious. I think this will be going on my list of need to make!
- March 28, 2011 at 4:28 PM
- Jess said...
This is beautiful, I love the way you plated it!
- March 28, 2011 at 6:55 PM
- Ago said...
jamie nice to meet you!!! Thank you to you, Ria and your Dad for this gorgeous recipe! One of the better brioche I've ever tasted! :-D
- March 29, 2011 at 1:00 AM
- Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen said...
Wishing your husband a very happy birthday! I would love to know what was going through those people's heads when they left their initials there. Maybe they wanted to be a part of something great and to live on in that greatness? Or was it just an act of defiance and self-assertion? I would love to visit one day and see this great work in person it looks spectacular.
- March 29, 2011 at 1:07 AM
- Lick My Spoon said...
Happy birthday to the other half Jamie. I love cookign /baking recipes taht ave been passed down from parents and grandparents and this cake looks great. Never heard of a yeasted cake before :)
- March 29, 2011 at 3:38 AM
- Urvashee@Dessarts said...
This was a fun challenge. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe with us. Apples and cinnamonare one of my favorite combos too! I bet that cake was delicious.
- March 29, 2011 at 9:41 AM
- A Canadian Foodie said...
Which one did you like best? I liked the sound of the apple one the best, but the look of the sliced chocolate one... That's when you know you have really found a winning recipe. When you take it and translate it into something you would love even more!
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- March 29, 2011 at 2:13 PM
- UFRV said...
Thank you for the great recipe you shared with us and thank you also for the challenge, it was so much fun.
Ah, life does fly by, so we better take advantage of every single day that goes by and make it worth it :-) Hope you and your husband enjoyed the day and enjoy every single day of what's yet to come!
- March 29, 2011 at 3:12 PM
- Elra's cooking and baking said...
Happy Birthday to your husband Jamie!
Your coffee cakes sound marvelous. Love the one with apple :)
- March 29, 2011 at 3:50 PM
- 5 Star Foodie said...
Beautiful! I love both the chocolate chip pecan and the apple orange fillings!
- March 29, 2011 at 7:57 PM
- Christy said...
I vote for the Apple meringue; it looks so appealing :)
- March 30, 2011 at 2:40 AM
- LadyMacaron20ten said...
Italy is breathtaking and so is your lovely coffee cake.
- March 30, 2011 at 5:27 AM
- sweetakery said...
Thank you for the great recipe you shared with us, it was so much fun.
Beautiful! I love both the chocolate chip pecan and the apple orange fillings! =)
- March 30, 2011 at 2:19 PM
- Monique said...
This is so mouth watering!
Since you love French food I thought you might be interested in an amazing culinary tour to France throughout the Loire Valley.
There is one coming up in June, it is truly an incredible tour.
- March 30, 2011 at 4:28 PM
- thedaintyapron said...
This looks incredibly delicious! Thanks for commenting on mine =)
- March 31, 2011 at 11:29 AM
- Deborah said...
I've just stumbled on your blog and can't wait to try out some of your recipes!
Having just moved about six weeks ago from 15km south of Paris to 15km north of the middle of nowhere in west Africa, your blog is making me a little 'home'-sick.
- March 31, 2011 at 12:04 PM
- Ilke said...
Just posted my challenge. I wanted to come over and say "Thank You"! I enjoyed making it and eating it! :)
- March 31, 2011 at 8:32 PM
- ©EpicureanPiranha said...
Oh.My. What a delicious looking pastry this is! Such delicate layers of feather light yumminess (is that a word?!) ...well, all that's missing is for the web to provide a button that enables the reader to instantly metamorphose what we see into the real thing :-)
I'm so glad I stopped by for a little visit. I also had a peak at your beautiful, elegant, pink macaron in your previous post ~ such gorgeous photography and styling! (I have the same cake pedestal by the way, in a vintage blue glass).
Congratulations on such a delicious blog, Jamie! Have a great weekend :-)
~ marie, the ©EpicureanPiranha ... enjoying life in tasty bites!
- April 1, 2011 at 12:57 PM
- Sonia said...
Hi there, the coffee cake for db is looking so delightful and wud love to give a shot to ur version soon...thnks !
- April 4, 2011 at 2:47 PM
- cream chargers said...
how about garnishing it at the top with whip cream
- April 5, 2011 at 1:47 AM
- kellypea said...
You write so beautifully -- and such great things to talk about, places you've visited. Lovely. Thanks so much for hosting this challenge. It's the magic one that has got me back to Daring Bakerdom after a Year's absence. Much appreciated!
- April 5, 2011 at 5:56 AM
- Mary said...
Thank you so much for a great challenge this month! I will be making this again and again.
- April 5, 2011 at 7:17 PM
- cream canisters said...
wow!! it looks so delicious
- April 11, 2011 at 12:13 AM
- asiangrrl said...
Happy late birthday to your man. That cake looks wonderful. For my next birthday, I request a yummy chocolate wheat-free, dairy-free cake, plz. kthxbai.
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Just so I have this straight - AT&T charges like crazy for data but with unlimited talk and text. They are now trying to take voice communication over data now? Why give unlimited talk? And honestly - I dont recall the last time I thought to myself as I was talking to someone - "Man, I wish this conversation was in HD".
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Speaking at the VentureBeat Mobile Summit, AT&T senior VP Kris Rinne once again said wideband audio, also known as HD Voice, would be coming to the network sometime in 2013. Ina Fried at AllThingsD reports:
Speaking on Monday, AT&T senior VP Kris Rinne said that the carrier will roll out its own support for the technology later this year, as it begins to route voice calling over its LTE network. "HD Voice is part of our voice over LTE strategy."
HD Voice requires both handset support and network support. The iPhone 5 is compatible with HD Voice, but so far that's restricted to only a few, mainly European carriers. AT&T's HD Voice isn't the same technology those European carriers have implemented, however, it's using Voice over LTE (VoLTE).
Current LTE networks are data-only, leaving voice on their traditional, separate channels. With VoLTE everything is data, and voice becomes Voice over IP (VoIP). Switching to VoLTE provides for a simpler, more efficient, and hopefully better quality service for everyone.
Back in January, Sascha Segan reported that HD Voice could be coming to AT&T as soon as August 2013, and wrote about how it sounded in PCMag:
I tried AT&T's HD Voice demo, and it's really striking. Background noise just drops out. The bustle of noises in a coffee shop? Gone. Airport PA announcements? Zapped. Even in a quiet room, voices become much, much richer; I won't sound like a nasal Gollum any more. It's really lovely, and I dare say it's an unusually good version of HD Voice even as HD Voice goes. But I've seen this demo a bunch of times before. I've seen this demo for two years. Someone needs to actually launch the service.
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AT&T once again says HD Voice, VoLTE coming later this year
It may seem insignificant for you but some people like myself hate talking on the cell phone because the call quality is garbled and choppy. I've worked around airplanes for years and any background noise and garbled sounds make it hard for me to hear. That is why I will never cancel my house phone. I've never seen a cell phone that has call quality that can compare to the landline.
It would be good to use this technology while stuck in a busy airport and trying to do a conference call for business.
T-mobile has had HD Voice for a while and the new iPhone 5 will support it.
We are long overdue for HD voice in my opinion. Even just for land lines. That's the edge land lines could have had over cellular, in my opinion.
HD voice will be welcomed with open arms. I am so tired of conference calls and everyone sounding scratchy and muffled. This is ancient technology. Everything on our phones are in HD EXCEPT the actual phone part!
VoLTE will be shit. Sorry. Not worth it at this time. Unless it was drastically improved upon. VoLTE drains your battery twice as fast. Which mean we will never see it on an iPhone because those pricks never give us a phone with a battery size over 1500. Only phones like Droid Razr Maxx or custom phones with bigger batteries can handle this. It will simply drain your battery too damn fast. Battery technology has to improve before we use this.
Then again I could be wrong. Swore I saw a study about VoLTE on iMore way back...
I just wonder how much are they going to charge for this service? It sounds like a great service, but I'm afraid to hear what it will cost.
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You know that feeling you get after eating a little too much when you literally feel bad about how much you ate? I believe comedian Louis C.K. put it this way: "the meal isn't over when I'm full, the meal is over when I hate myself."
That's kinda how I'm coming out of this Winter Olympics. Oooooh, I'm full. Early morning curling. Midday cross country in the office. Nightly recaps of ice dancing? Catching up on hockey while packing the kids lunch? Streaming bobsleigh on the PC? I probably watched, at minimum, 4 hours of Sochi sporting action a day. How I managed to keep pace at work, I don't know. I probably didn't.
So why do I get the feeling that I was the only one?
This past Wednesday, there were some phenomenal hockey games played. The Americans beat the Czech Republic 5-2 to advance to the semis, Canada put up 57 shots on Latvia, but only won 2-1. Not to mention, the host Russians, the team for whom Vladimir Putin brought the Olympics to Sochi in the first place, got bumped off by Finland 3-1.
Yet the headlines around the sports media revolved around Richie Incognito's meltdown-turned-apology, Ray Rice doing very, very, very bad things, LeBron James offering words of advice to Tony Romo, and Oklahoma football players self-reporting to the NCAA because they had seconds at a luncheon.
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Okay, I'm not stupid: I understand that there's multiple forces at work here: college basketball is still in full force. The NBA held it's All-Star Game. Pitchers and catchers are reporting. Anything NFL immediately grabs the top spot on any headline. The probability of a major sports outlet promoting a story for which it has a contract is pretty sky high. On top of all that, people who are locked in to watching the tape-delay broadcast are being just as mindful of spoilers as the Breaking Bad crowd was during the final season.
But I can't help but feel that despite the Americans once again sitting at the top of the medal board, it doesn't feel like it's getting the coverage it should. Moments popped here and there: TJ Oshie beating Russia in the shootout had people buzzing for about a day, but no love for Erin Hamlin, the first ever American medalist in the Luge? How about Elana Meyers, Lauryn Williams, Jamie Greubel, or Aja Evans, who make of 2 of the three US Women's Bobsleigh teams, winning silver and bronze? (Heard lots about Lolo Jones being on a bobsled team, that one finished 11th. Turns out celebrity doesn't add weight to the sleigh.) Snowboarding? You'd think that because Shaun White didn't medal, that it was a disaster, but it turns out we owned it. Even moreso with freestyle skiing.
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