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It didn't take long for me to realize that living with my girlfriend might require a slight adjustment period—we were still packing my stuff for the move to her place. I was lugging yet another heavy box through the kitchen on my way downstairs to the van, sweat streaming from my face, when Kirsten looked up from the cutting board she was carefully wrapping in newspaper.
"Oooh!" she sighed, spotting a snow globe we picked up during our first vacation together. "Remember where we bought this?"
I'm dying, she's dawdling. Maybe, just maybe, I started to think, Kirsten and I are not a single soul split betwixt two bodies.
Shacking up is a good way to save on rent and get lovin' without scheduling an appointment. But there's more to moving in than sex and money. "You're agreeing to share your lives, not just your living space," says Marshall Miller, proprietor of unmarried.org and coauthor of Unmarried to Each Other: The Essential Guide to Living Together as an Unmarried Couple. "When a couple agree to move in together, they're often at a high point of feeling good about one another. But cohabitation quickly gets to the nitty-gritty of life."
Come to grips with these seven revelations before you move in together and maybe the relationship will outlast the lease.
Your Relationship Will Change
Now that you're "domestic partners," things are going to be different around here, mister. Effective immediately. "Cohabitation," says Miller, "is a lot like turning the TV to your favorite channel—and then leaving it on 24-7. You're bound to see some stuff you don't like so much."
For one thing, your beloved won't always look as hot as she used to when you picked her up on a Saturday night. Yes, that gorgeous lady is still in there somewhere, but now you'll have to get acquainted with the stinky chick who just came home from the gym, and the testy woman who's too preoccupied with the Weiner account to succumb to your frisky antics. Know this and accept it before going in.
Your Sex Life Will Change
Not every night will end with the two of you naked, sticky, and sweaty. "When you live apart, you make time for sex—any minute you can get your hands on each other, you do," says Logan Levkoff, a sexologist and advice columnist. "But when you're around one another all the time, the frequency of sexual activity may taper off.
"The solution," Levkoff says, "is still making time for intimacy but changing your expectations. Realize that you can be intimate without having intercourse."
This means you'll need to accept the transition from hardware to software: less bonking, more spooning.
Gentlemen, Start Your Swiffers
Divvying up domestic chores is one of the first things a cohabiting couple needs to discuss. Forget equality. "Everything doesn't have to be fifty-fifty," says Andrew Cherlin, Ph.D., author of The Deinstitutionalization of American Marriage and Public and Private Families: An Introduction. "If one of you works 50 hours a week and the other 25, there's nothing wrong with the less busy person taking on more of the housework."
Reduce the tension and tedium by volunteering for housework that doesn't drive you crazy. My buddy Josh hates washing silverware, but unlike most people, he doesn't mind scrubbing pots and pans. So after dinner he tackles the heavy metal while his wife merrily tends to the flatware. Compromises like this make a relationship work.
Love is Annoying
It's inevitable: Now that you're living together, you're gradually going to discover each other's irritating habits. She makes a weird noise while she sleeps; you fart with abandon.
"One way to soften the blow is to try living together for a spell before you actually move in," Levkoff advises. "Just make sure it's a normal, mundane week so you'll get a real feel for what the morning rush is like, what the dishwashing situation is like."
The key, no matter how long you've been living together: When confronted with one of those fingernails-on-the-chalkboard-of-life moments, don't let it slide. But resist the urge to bite her head off.
Wynne Whitman, coauthor of Shacking Up, prefers a gentler, more constructive approach. "Instead of yelling, 'Why the hell do you always leave your briefcase on the floor?' try saying, 'It makes me very happy when you put your briefcase away.' This phrasing makes your roomie think she's doing you a favor, and it doesn't seem like a chore."
You're Not Engaged—Yet
There is a subtext to this move. According to the Annual Review of Sociology, about 75 percent of cohabiting couples say they plan to marry their partners. Additionally, 55 percent of marriages today are preceded by cohabitation.
But not every couple who live together are destined to walk down the aisle together. "We interviewed a woman who assumed that moving in with her boyfriend was an engagement," Whitman recalls. "But she never actually spoke to her boyfriend about it. When she found out he didn't want to marry her, she was heartbroken."
Like it or not, when you move in with your girlfriend, you're sending a message: "I'm ready to settle down." Unless you've made it clear that living together is not a formal engagement, she's likely to think there's a diamond ring in her immediate future.
Your Problems are Wedlocked
Live-in couples have to deal with many of the same issues spouses do. One of the thorniest is keeping the relationship fresh. Because you're no longer dating, it's crucial that you maintain the relationship's fun factor. For starters, don't become too reliant on one another.
"It's really important not to put all your eggs in one basket," says Whitman. "Often, people make the mistake of giving up all their other relationships just because they're living with someone. You need to spend time apart to appreciate the time you spend together."
Live and Learn—Together
You may discover, as I did, that your girlfriend's good qualities more than make up for her uselessness as a mover. Or you may find that her insistence on replacing the toilet-paper roll so it feeds from the bottom is too much for you to take. Either way, you're in this together. Find a way to get over, through, or around every obstacle and your relationship may evolve into something even more wonderful than convenient sex.
"There's a misconception that people who cohabit never want to get married," says Whitman. "I disagree. I think, on the contrary, they want to make sure they have only one marriage. They want to make sure this is the right person before they commit."
And before they have to lug all those boxes back down 13 flights of stairs.


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It seems that every toy company and baby book on the market is encouraging you to get your child learning earlier and earlier. It might seem a little counter-intuitive to let your pretend play-loving toddler sit down with a book of flash cards, and you would be right. It is a young child's job to play all day. Of course, that doesn't mean that he or she can't learn a little in the process. The trick is to find a good selection of learning toys that encourage play and teach a few basic skills along the way.
Toys for the youngest members of the family should focus on developing motor skills, since those are typically the first skills to develop. Encourage hand-eye coordination with learning toys like mobiles and play gyms, then move on to walkers and ride-ons for the toddler crowd. These children will love to learn concepts like object permanence through peek-a-boo books and games. As they approach pre-school age, they can learn about household duties from mom and dad as they play along with toy tools, kitchen sets and other family toys that help them learn about cooking, cleaning and home repair or maintenance. Young children may also enjoy interactive dolls and stuffed animals that say their names and sing alphabet and counting songs.
Educational board games are another great way to institute learning along with a lot of fun. Regular board games teach counting, colors and social skills and children wait to take a turn. However, some games rely on children to practice math skills or recite reading lessons in order to beat the game. While flash card drills can be intimidating, board games are a fun way to practice the things children learn every day. Even dominoes can teach math skills, but you can buy domino sets that do more than help your children learn numbers; they can match up math equations with answers to build a winning train.
Electronic learning toys are among the most popular style of learning toys for school age kids. Small tablets and gaming systems from companies like LeapFrog and Kurio toys encourage a multimedia approach to learning. Your children can download games and applications that teach any number of subjects, from math and science to reading and writing to creativity and social skills. The games are fairly inexpensive and can provide hours of game play that is educational and age appropriate.
Of course, many children learn the most through good old-fashioned play time, which is why a fully stocked toy box is the perfect way to help your children practice language and social skills. Building blocks and rail sets stimulate creativity, while interactive dolls like Baby Alive dolls give kids an outlet for their nurturing side. Kmart has all of the perfect learning toys you need to get your child outperforming the rest of the class. Check out our large selection of educational toys and take one home today without breaking the bank.

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You Got Your Titanfall in My Minecraft
This Titanfall-inspired mini-game in Minecraft has us saying, "Standby for Ironfall!"
YouTuber BrenyBeast has uploaded a gameplay video of a mini-game in Minecraft called Ironfall. This mini-game was inspired by the first-person shooter with mechs, Titanfall, and is a fairly faithful recreation of the game. It seems as if Minecraft is just slowly assimilating all aspects of the real world and making blocky forms of them.
The stage we see in the video is a recreation of the "Rise" map in Titanfall and is very accurate to the source material. Players run around as "Pilots" and can call in their Titans after a while. In Ironfall, the mechanical, bipedal tanks known as Titans are replaced with Iron Golems, which act as serviceable mechs in the Minecraft world. The objective is for you team to reach a score of 100 and bury the opposition.
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She also is going to be saving me a lot of trouble when it comes to the death of my cat.
|Alan Wilder in his younger,
more handsome days.
Ally is definitely on death's door (incidentally, the title of a nice Depeche Mode song). I haven't had her checked out because she hates the vet with a passion rivaled only by the heat of a thousand white hot suns. Last time she went, several years ago, she went crazy and bit the crap out of my hand--tore a chunk as I recall--and had to be sedated.
Taking her to the vet when it comes time to put her down is not what I want for her last moments on earth, no matter how annoying she is.
|Ally in plumper times. She's about
half the size now. :(
I'm going somewhere with all this, I really am.
Last week, Roni Loren posted about the "rules" some bloggers have about supporting one another. You know, you'll comment on my blog only if I comment on yours, that kind of thing. She mentioned how silly it was, and I happen to agree. I wanted to show you with my story above how making connections out of your fellow writers and bloggers can touch your life in unexpected ways. Quite apart from providing critiques that will most assuredly rocket me to fame and fortune as a NYT bestselling author, KLM has unwittingly solved a pressing cat issue through her connections.
|I don't want to eat your cat,
I want to eat you.
I'm glad I didn't just play the game of reciprocity-on-demand. It'll make for a much better eventual passing for Ally.
How about you? Have you engaged in meaningful bloggy connections, or have you gotten mired in the quid pro quo game? You don't have to feel bad if you did. Just know there are wonderful things to be had when you let those games go and....connect.


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Happy 105th day in the Gregorian calendar (you were curious, I know)! And more importantly, happy birthday to both Emma Thompson (52) and Emma Watson (21, which is no big deal in the UK). Double the birthday girls, so you get double the drinks while you toast these fine ladies. And oh, hey, double the brits. So have yourself some clotted cream, which is actually quite good.
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Crème Glacée (Sweet Cream Glacé)
This is a basic frozen custard. La crème glacée, c'est délicieux!
Yields: 42 cups whole milk
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1/3 cup maple syrup
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp cinnamon powder
4 egg yolks
2 oz superfine sugar
1/2 cup powdered sugar, optional
In a saucepan, bring the milk, cinnamon and maple syrup to a boil. Immediately remove from the heat as soon as it starts boiling.
In a bowl, beat the egg yolks with the sugar using a hand mixer until the color is a pale yellow for about 3 to 5 minutes. Add a ladel-full of the milk mixture to the eggs to prevent the eggs from curdling, whisk constantly. Add another ladel-full of the milk mixture. Bring all the liquid back to the saucepan.
Using another bigger saucepan filled with simmering water, create a double boiler for the egg mixture. Heat the custard at a low temperature. Keep stirring with a wooden spoon until liquid thickens. The liquid should be able to coat the back of a spoon. Remove from the heat and immediately add the cream. Transfer to a bowl, add the vanilla extract. Strain the custard through a fine-mesh sieve into a big pitcher. Let it cool down.
Add powdered sugar if not sweet enough. Remember, the ice cream custard should be slightly sweeter to your taste because it will taste less sweet when it's frozen.
Transfer to the refrigerator for at least 3 hours when it reaches room temperature . Your custard should be as cold as possible before you put it in the machine.
Pour into your ice cream maker canister. Fill up two-thirds of it as the ice cream will expand and let the machine do its magic. The consistency will be firm but still soft-serve; transfer the ice cream into an airtight container in the freezer to harden for at least 2 hours.
Remove from the freezer at least 5 to 10 minutes prior to serving for a softer product. Scoop the ice cream into a bowl, drizzle with the caramel au beurre salé and garnish with mint leaves.
The sprig of mint in the picture above is one of the first sprouts this season in my husband's herb garden. The herbs start growing back and the flowers bloom again in mid-January - you gotta love California!
The custard can be made the day before and rest in the refrigerator overnight.
I prefer using superfine sugar. It's is a fine-grained sugar and it dissolves much quicker than the regular one.
For the double boiler, I like to add a little kitchen towel underneath the egg-mixture filled saucepan. The saucepan won't jiggle and there won't be any splatter of water in the custard.Published By: on January 19, 2009.


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Adding to news that its extremely triumphant single "Don't You Worry Child" had moved up a spot to No. 6 on the Hot 100, Swedish House Mafia on Wednesday announced details of its upcoming two-night stand at Los Angeles State Historic Park.
The Stockholm-based DJ trio -- Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso -- will headline the so-called Masquerade Motel on March 8 and 9, part of a world tour the group says will be its final go-around before retiring (and then reuniting, no doubt, five years from now at Coachella).
For the March 8 show, Swedish House Mafia is to headline a main-stage bill that also features fellow Swedes Alesso and Otto Knows; Nero and Sub Focus will appear on a second stage. On March 9, the lineup will swell with the addition of Zedd, who following work last year with Justin Bieber is reportedly producing Lady Gaga's upcoming "ARTPOP" album.
Prior to its L.A. dates, the group is scheduled to play a string of mega gigs in New York, including a March 1 stop at Madison Square Garden with the great Armand Van Helden. And after checking out of the Masquerade Motel, Swedish House Mafia is due in Miami, where it will open and close the annual Ultra Music Festival.


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January 08, 2007
LOS ANGELES - Real estate has long been considered an "alternative asset" among portfolio managers. Tagged by the industry as "illiquid" and thus undesirable, it's been sorely underutilized to date. But the landscape is changing and new opportunities to optimize asset allocation have appeared on the horizon, say leading scholars at the Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate.
Recent research out of the Ziman Center examines asset allocation and the significance of liquidity in fund management. Results reveal that an "illiquid asset, such as real estate, actually can be a viable asset class despite popular thinking by pension funds and insurance companies.
"These institutions have very little money invested in real estate, which seems strange to us as economists," says Professor Steve Cauley who explored the topic with Ziman Center Director Eduardo Schwartz and Andrey Pavlov (Ph.D. '99). "They perceive of it as a highly illiquid asset. What we decided to explore is, "How much illiquidity can your portfolio afford?"
More than fund managers initially realized, according to the study that emphasizes the relationship between fund contributions, distribution of benefits and asset allocation. The team explicitly incorporated the "illiquidity" of real estate investments in asset allocation decisions. And they explored, through the use of a numerical model, the optimal asset allocation for a defined benefits pension fund.
Liquid Hunch
It became very clear that you could have a great deal more illiquidity - and not just that you could - but that it would be optimal if you did," Cauley says of pension fund management. He emphasizes the interconnectedness and relational aspect of assets under one umbrella. "The key is to realize that the relevant measure of liquidity as an asset, such as real estate, is not its liquidity in isolation but its contribution to the "liquidity" of an entire portfolio."
Real estate responds to different types of economic conditions than other asset classes, Cauley points out. Inflation is bad for stocks and bonds, for example, but may not be so bad for real estate. And all assets don't go up and down together; they have different rates of return. Even within the real estate class, liquidity varies, depending on the size and type of asset, the location and market conditions.
The research suggests that fund managers would be wise to transform their thinking from a focus on asset liquidity to portfolio liquidity. The study contends that a portfolio can be very liquid even with substantial investments in illiquid assets.
"Allocations to real estate in excess of 15 percent appear to be desirable for a wide range of cases," Cauley says of recent findings.
While the bulk of research has focused on pension funds to date, the Ziman Center will turn its attention to life insurance and casualty companies. Cauley is confident that the group's thesis will bear out in this case, as well, even though liquidity is top of mind in that arena.
"Let's assume you're an insurance company and 50 percent of your portfolio is in U.S. Government Treasury securities that can instantly be turned into cash," Cauley says. "The other is in assets that you can't unlock for 10 years. If the largest claim you can have on an insurance policy represents 10 percent of your portfolio, that illiquidity doesn't matter very much."
Cauley says the team's main goal is to get institutions to think about asset allocation in a new way - for their own benefit and that of their constituents.
"If companies manage their funds better it should ultimately benefit the consumer," he says. "The ideal would be that consumers contribute less in the future - or even contribute the same - but get more benefits as a result."
About the Ziman Center
The Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate, a joint center of the UCLA Anderson School of Management and the UCLA School of Law, was formed with a mandate to create and administer UCLA's activities surrounding the topic of real estate.
About UCLA Anderson School of Management
UCLA Anderson School of Management is ranked among the top-tier business schools in the world building the next generation of leaders for institutions across the globe. A faculty ranked #1 in "intellectual capital" by Businessweek and renowned for their research and teaching, highly selective admissions, successful alumni and world-class facilities combine to provide an extraordinary learning environment.
The mission of UCLA Anderson School of Management is to be a global leader in advancing management thought and practice through education, research and service. Established in 1935, UCLA Anderson provides management education to more than 1,600 students enrolled in MBA, Executive MBA, Fully-Employed MBA and doctoral programs, and more than 2,000 executives and managers enrolled annually in executive education programs. UCLA Anderson alumni number more than 35,000 graduates around the world dedicated to continued networking, professional development and educational activities.


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Funny Fold
by Scott Kim
This tiny puzzle was described by
Martin Gardner.
If you cut some large capital letter of the English alphabet from a
sheet of paper and give it a single fold you will get something like
that shown above. What letter is it, if it's known that this is not
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Hipshot's new single string bass bridge assembly, the Triple Lock-Down, offers several unique features. Individual placement of each bridge allows for perfect side-to-side string and length spacing. (Perfect for staggered fan-fret bridge applications.) Two loading options means you can pass each string either through the body (directly through the coupling bolt) or through the quick release topload dropslot. Through-body string loading gives a percussive, punchy attack while the topload option results in a more traditional tone. Plus, you can mix and match options on the same instrument to access a full spectrum of sound. Hipshots patented through-bolt attachment actually compresses the bridge against the wood, making this bridge an integral part of your bass guitar. The result? The truest tones possible! Individual bridge components virtually eliminate string cross-talk (excellent for piezo/midi applications coming soon) while the maximum coupling enhances bite and sustain. This exciting new bridge, featured as standard equipment on select Peavey and Veillette Basses, is now available from Hipshot Products Inc.,
A few notes on Hipshot Triple Lockdowns:
A few notes on Hipshot Triple Lockdowns:
- The small removable 'black block' string height adjustment saddle can come with two different sizes of string notches (large and small), but the size of every other component of the bridge remains exactly the same.
- Large Notch - Recommended for A, E, B, Etc.
- Small Notch - Recommended for D, G, C, Etc.
- The stock 'string tubes' of this bridge are appropriate for bodies close to 1-3/4" thickness, shorter string tubes for thinner basses close to 1-1/2" thickness available upon request.
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I have 2 projects Niche: -First niche " Organic Products" PLR Books will be sale on my Facebook page,Google, Amazon,ebay, youtube and LinkdIn and those platforms have to be created. -Second niche: "Law of Attraction books" PLR books will be sale on my Facebook page,Google, Amazon,ebay,youtube,and LinkdIn and those platforms have to be created.
I need a PLR product rebranded and a sales funnell built for it. The sales funnell will include squeez page, AR series, payment buttons etc.
...for creating the whole funnel. Items required: - Product idea and Product creation for Front End product (PLR or from scratch) - Creating the Bait/Lead Magnet for squeeze page - Creating the funnel: Squeeze Page - Bridge Page - FE sales page - OTO1 - OTO2 - OTO 3 - Creating email sequence for my Solo Ad subscribers * Working on Clickfunnels is preferr...
Hello, I have a website with Wordpress already installed. I need you to install Thrive Theme for me. Then, install WP Import and do a bulk import of a bunch of text files. After this, we'll check the progress and decide if we are happy with the results and may do more importing of content. I'm looking for someone who is skilled with Wordpress and has experience with Thrive Themes and...
I have purchased the rights to a plr ebook. Id like to have a new ecover made for it I wan tto turn the attached image into something more exciting. Same text, but different colors and different models. Must be PDF format
I need someone to rebrand some PLR content. I'll need you to supply the content for me. Topics/keywords for the PLR Ebooks will include the following Mindset Psychology of fighters Training for martial arts Training for self defence Self defence mindset Karate Boxing and Muay Thai Martial arts weapons Kenpo Famous martial artists Why martial arts
Hi! I have an ebook that was created from PLR articles and I need to rewrite it. The book should go through the Copyscape Plagiarism Checker. My budget for this work is 20$
I just need to rewrite a plr book on 29 pages and approx 5000 words
Hello, How are you today? Please this project is about going to some PLR websites to download 2,000 ebooks and enter their details like ebook title, price, category, ebook cover file name, ebook pdf file name, number of pages, etc. You will enter their details in a CSV file so that I can upload the CSV and the files to my wordpress woocommerce website
Very interesting project that with sensitive details (totally unsaturated market I intend to kee...sign NDA to move on with the process. Have the content, mind map, wireframe, even custom wp tempelete basically set up. Need those properly set-up to be able to sell as a PLR style business in a box so that others can implement it after purchasing it.
We have hundreds of books that we made in 2015, sales were poor, it is on [log masuk untuk melihat URL] products/ amazon webstore, these are not PLR articles. We are looking for test on couple of 1-10 books at amazon, Either way ranking or blogging whatever need good advices here
...We are planning to get articles every month if we like your style. So this can be an ongoing project. All articles must be 100% original content, NO spinning, NO copying, NO PLR. Instructions: 400-700+ words. Maximum Researched Facts, Provide high value to our readers. Must have relevant images. The images must be royalty free or legally usable. Articles
1, I am putting up a private label right (PLR) online shop,i need a software or plugin that will enable my customers to checkout in Ghanaian currency 2, I want a designed private label right(PLR) online shop,checkout in my own currency,integrated with social media's, autoresponder and analytics, where my client will download the product and pay in
You will have the post by scheduled 90 articles for 90 days for 2 blogs. total 90x2=180 articles. tot...for 2 blogs. total 90x2=180 articles. total daily 1 article with the related image. On my wordpress blog. You will use a related image from google. I will send you ready PLR articles. I will give spinner tools to spin article before posting.
...large in size (same as computer paper) and between 100-120 pages in length. Your job would be to completely create the interior of the books, I can create the cover. You can use PLR, MMR, original content, or anything that is royalty free. Our school has many more projects that need to be done so if we like you we will hire you for the other ones as
I have a PLR article that was written in broken english and I need it to be re-written/corrected to be in proper english, like an American would write. (subject matter is "forex trading"). ALSO, a lot of it is redundant and that would have to be corrected as well. I need this done like NOW.
...plagiarism. We are NOT looking for people who just string together an incoherent rambling mess of keywords. We are not looking for someone to just harvest existing poorly written PLR from the web. We are seeking quality - original exclusive content. Topics to write about will be negotiated between your interest and what topics i have to offer....
...need best pitch design with players from four images.(Can give any names to players) b. Fans (People watching match) image should be there (Design Requirement) c. "Foot Plr" Text should be displayed at bottom goal post (Foot Pls image - Bottom goal post) d. Goal post should have netted ones (Goal Post Image) e. "PSA " Text should be displayed
We need a coder who can build a copy of the website [log masuk untuk melihat URL] and have all it's current products added to our database (this is completely legal free for a certain amount of pruducts and all of them if a membership fee is paid). Also, indigitalworks adds products regularly and we want to be able to add them to our listings in an as easy way as possible. We want to have...
I have purchased white label rights to Viking PLR I would like to rebrand this to Bizomedia Marketing There are 22 products in the white label I am thinking I would just have the one background instead of 22 however in the background incorporate the facebook logo for Facebook ads and Instagram Logo for instagram ads etc see uploaded files I will
Out of THOSE PLR products I need to have somebody built me a or my website- also, have 2-3 domain names we can use Landing page -Autoresponder Series- add affiliate links from Clickbank or Jvzoo I will post 2 sales letters of the PLR Products on here if you can do it get back to me. [log masuk untuk melihat URL] https://internetslayers
Out of THOSE PLR products I need to have somebody built me a or my website- also, have 2-3 domain names we can use Landing page -Autoresponder Series- add affiliate links from Clickbank or Jvzoo I will post 2 sales letters of the PLR Products on here if you can do it get back to me. [log masuk untuk melihat URL] https://internetslayers
Plr SELLER SAYS THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO DO, 12 Page Credit Repair Report to Giveaway Squeeze Page 7 Part Autoresponder Series MP3 Audio Recording of Giveaway Report Credit Repair Cover Images Simply copy and paste the messages into your Autoresponder service and start giving away your report. It is so important to start building your list, don't
I have a PLR management product that I need to make sales. My product has previously made a generous 3k/m by affiliates on JVZoo and Warrior plus. I need an expert who is capable of replicating these results for me. I am happy to discuss a commission for each sale that i receive! Please only reply if you think you can replicate this for me! Thank
I have many PLR e-Books 50 70 pages each in my possession and I want to publish them under my name on Kindle,Amazon,warrior plus and JVZoo etc. Need a VA for a sample work to edit ,replace pictures and transform it in to a new format . He should check for libel and plagiarism. I can guide as what is to be done,but he/she should know how to do ? Regards
...pages I already created. 5: Graphics can be changed to improve design but the written content and loggo should remain the same. 6: Will you optimize the page for conversions and sales and make sure it loads fast? 7: All existing email opt in form codes will still be there? Thanks for your time. These are the URLS required change: https://imfreegifts
We need someone who can rewrite content for e-books. We bought PLR books but we need to rewrite the content so we can publish them and provide them to our clients. Applicant must be very good in copywriting and a prior experience will be a great advantage.
...build 1 or more websites Need either a Word press site I got & add PLR items to it or build a completely new site ( have 3 or 4 names )-don't how it will work -- I guess I also will need to add articles to it ( I think I know how to do that ) might need an opt-in page or landing page - you need to explain it to me, set up my auto responder-so that
I'm uploading a piece of PLR about online yoga. I need you to rewrite and condense the 4000 words down to 1500 - 1800 words. Give it personality and write as though you were speaking directly to the reader. Make it personable and easy to read but informative. This blog post will point the reader to an affiliate product - Yoga Download. Please
I'm looking for someone who can set up my members area, sales funnel with upsells and downsells, set up autoresponder and payment processor I have got a content pack with PLR which I need help to format into my sales funnel, email series, social media pages and marketing I have a domain name but not yet purchased it
We need a coder who can build a copy of the website [log masuk untuk melihat URL] and have all it's current products added to our database (this is completely legal free for a certain amount of pruducts and all of them if a membership fee is paid). Also, indigitalworks adds products regularly and we want to be able to add them to our listings in an as easy way as possible. We want to have...
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... This is a full PLR product sales system that should be easily be duplicable for all our customers... (easily uploaded to their hosting) So they can also sell to their customers. Here's the explanations a) This is a one time download. b) not secured. c) payment processor paypal. We need a fully functional sales funnel, including
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...Mark: I have a couple questions 1) I have purchased a couple PLR ebook packages and I'm going to be editing them and then remarketing them. I have a website being launched December 1, 2017 and already have my own ebooks being marketed but need to figure out how to set up the PLR packages (as part of my domain? In my store but linked to a subdomain
I'm currently looking for a developer that can upgrade the design of a plr software that I've bought. The software in itself is an article creator. After you answer several questions it spits out a text article. If possible I was wondering if it would be able to add the feature to insert images as well. Looking forward to your reply.
A ghost- writer that can produce a book/program teaching Spanish quickly to English speakers and focused on a particular niche career space. 75 pages are completed. I wil...focused on a particular niche career space. 75 pages are completed. I will provide the niche and materials specific to it. The 75 pages are general course learning received as PLR
A tradução de ebook PLR do inglês/americano para o Português do Brasil. O assunto é Tratamento da Psoríase e Artrite Psoriática. O assunto é de mais ou menos 10.000 palavras e o tradutor deve dar sentido as frases quando traduzidas, não simplesmente a tradução literal do google. Não precisa traduzir capa e ...
Hi! I have a PLR Product called PLR MANAGER PRO V2. I just need someone to contact new affiliates on Warrior+, JVZoo or any other way that you can find. It's important to build rapport with new affiliates and we will maintain relationships with new or existing affiliates between us. We need to communicate effectively without spamming to gain quality
I need some help with finding some leads. I am looking for "targeted leads" for PLR, MRR, RR, Unrestricted PLR, Video, eBooks, etc. that people want to purchase. I'd like a minimum of 1,000 leads to start with and for the best price.
I need personal stories about ice fishing, hunting, archery, and fly fishing. And reviews on equipment for those sports. Also PLR articles about them. 300-1000 words.
...[log masuk untuk melihat URL] the sub title will be " A 6 figure formula to turn digital trash into digital gold" The site will be showing people how to take a poor Private Label Rights, (PLR) product and turn it into something that can be resold for a lot more money. The dictionary definition of Alchemy is "the medieval forerunner of chemistry, concerned with the
I need 5 500 word PLR articles rewritten that will be supplied that will pass Copyscape. Ongoing work for the right person up to 2000 articles.
The Website is a customer PLR - Private Label Rights Website Built Totally on Coding. Can this be changed/updated to allow me to and different articles, ads and content in the dashboard/front of the Word Press Website In 5 days of time. Budget is 5500rs


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by Allyson Vaughan
The Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania will soon be hosting some larger-than-life creepy crawly visitors. The Big Bug exhibition, featuring statues of everyday bugs that have been magnified to extraordinary sizes, is coming to make a temporary home in Philadelphia.
I was lucky enough to be able to talk to the man behind the beautifully crafted bugs: artist David Rogers of Long Island, N. Y. Rogers began his work with larger than life statues in the late 1980s, using saplings from trees to create "rustic works," as he called them. From there, his work began to take shape in the image of a dinosaur.
Rogers then moved on to create fourteen individual bugs for a series he called "Big Bugs." Using different types of hardwood, as well as plywood and steel, Rogers was able to bring 14 everyday creatures to outrageous sizes. His collection includes a series of ants, a praying mantis and a spider perched on a web, to name just a few.
When asked about his monumental monstrosities, Rogers said, "Individually they can tell the story."
Rogers has complete faith in his creations that they can make an impact on their viewers to take notice of something that can sometimes be taken for granted. It was obvious that Rogers is passionate about his work, as he changes and redesigns his pieces if he is unhappy with them. He said his bugs were constantly a work-in-progress, and he is always looking to improve each piece.
Rogers constructed his creatures with no abstraction and used a subject material that is easy for the public to fully embrace and understand.
When asked how people have reacted to his creations, Rogers laughed and said, "You know, I've heard about people who don't like going in the shower and seeing a spider, but people have enjoyed them." These playful and easily recognizable statues are an awe-inspiring experience for people of all ages.
Rogers will be bringing his bugs to Philadelphia in late March to begin the installation, and the actual Big Bug exhibit will be opening at the Morris Arboretum on April 1. The bugs will be residing in Philadelphia until August 31, and then they will buzz off to another venue.
The grand opening will be on April 6, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Guests are encouraged to dress as bugs for a parade around the garden. Bug-inspired music, crafts, activities, and even a Big Bug inspired scavenger hunt map, will all be available to enjoy by visitors. To make the day even more special, experts from the Academy of Natural Sciences will be bringing a variety of bugs (maybe a tarantula or a scorpion!) and some fascinating mounted specimens.
Be sure to stop by the Morris Arboretum to have a summer experience filled with Big Bugs and big fun! For more information and more details on other events and classes that are to come, please visit: www.morrisarboretum.org


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AP Interview: Lebanon FM warns over Syria strike
BEIRUT (AP) — International punitive strikes against Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime without a United Nations mandate will pose a "serious threat" to the security and stability across the Middle East, Lebanon's foreign minister said Thursday.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Adnan Mansour warned that a Western military strike would escalate tensions in Lebanon and may dramatically increase the number of Syrian refugees.
Lebanon is a tiny country that shares a porous border with Syria, and has seen cross-border shelling, sectarian clashes and car bombings in recent months related to the civil war raging next door.
There are concerns that U.S. military action in Syria may trigger another wave of refugees fleeing across the border into Lebanon — the country of 4.5 million already is already host to nearly 1 million Syrian refugees — and trigger violence across the country.
"A limited or extended military strike by one or more countries against Syria is a serious threat to the security and stability of the region," said Mansour, who is seen as sympathetic to the Assad regime.
"Any military action against any country, particularly an Arab state, which is not rooted in international legitimacy and the (U.N.) Security Council, is a direct aggression against this state," he added.
Lebanon is sharply divided between supporters and opponents of Assad's regime and is split along sectarian lines. Two powerful car bombings in predominantly Shiite areas controlled by the pro-Assad militant group Hezbollah, followed by deadly car bombings earlier this month in the northern city of Tripoli, a Sunni stronghold, have fueled sectarian tensions in the country, pushing the country to the brink of war itself.
There are also fears that a U.S. strike against Assad would trigger Hezbollah retaliation against U.S. ally Israel, potentially drawing in the Jewish State into a wider conflict.
He warned that Lebanon, in particular, would be affected.
"Such an operation will have negative repercussions on Lebanon's security and stability, as well as from the social and humanitarian perspective," he added.
Mansour said there can be no alternative to end Syria's 2 ½ year civil war other than a political solution, adding that a military strike will "complicate" matters.
"We have the experience of Afghanistan and Iraq,′ he said. "Iraq is still suffering from the chaos and instability and lack of security," he said.
Mansour rejected accusations that the Syrian regime was behind the Aug. 21 purported chemical weapons attack near Damascus, that killed hundreds of people, saying there had to be an investigation before accusations are leveled.
"The regime cannot be accused in advance," he said. He added that blaming Syria quickly before an investigation concludes gives the impression of an intent to frame the Syrian government to provide a cover for a military operation.


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Patriot Top Fueler M122400R EFI Controller 2014 to 2016 FL Touring Models, Race Tuner
State-of-the-Art Fuel Injection Management:
Harley-Davidson's® come from the factory with very lean air fuel mixtures. Adding a high performance exhaust like the Patriot Defender creates an even leaner mixture due to the increased efficiency of the exhaust. It is therefore highly recommended that a fuel injection controller be added to make the bike run cooler and take advantage of the available power increases.
Patriot's new Top Fueler is a state of the art, patented, fuel injection management system. Using load based technology, the Top Fueler works with your Harley-Davidson® ECU to maintain proper fuel/air mixture for optimum power and efficiency. The Top Fuelers come with a base map preloaded for a Plug and Play type installation with easy to use buttons to make any changes to compensate for individual performance parts or riding styles.
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Designed and manufactured with OEM style and quality connectors, the Top Fueler installs in your Harley® without splicing or modifying your existing wiring or factory components. Installation generally takes less than one hour and the Top Fueler is designed with a fail-safe mode that most brands do not have; should the Top Fueler ever fail, it will revert to the factory stock settings instead of leaving you stranded on the side of the road.
Available in two versions; Race and California Legal. The race version is for those hitting the race track or who live in areas not requiring Emissions compliance or testing and may never be used in California or states that have adopted California type regulations. The California legal version does not modify the fuel delivery at idle and the steady cruise conditions that are used for emissions testing. It is legal for road use under C.A.R.B. E.O. #D-57-20.
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All Patriot Top Fueler's are guaranteed, to the original purchaser, to be free of defects in materials and workmanship for two years. If your Top Fueler should fail, your bike will continue to run with all original Harley-Davidson fuel settings return to original. This feature allows you to continue to ride your bike, although with a decrease in power and possibly hotter running. We don't recommend riding a bike with aftermarket engine or exhaust modifications without a fully functioning Top Fueler for any longer than absolutely necessary to prevent possible engine damage. This warranty covers the replacement or repair of the product only and does not cover the cost of removal and installation. Should a part become defective it should be returned to the original selling retailer and must be accompanied with the sales receipt. If there is no retailer in your area, call the factory for a return authorization and return your part prepaid to the factory for inspection. Patriot reserves the right to replace or repair the alleged defective part at our discretion and return the part freight collect.
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Fairfield Prep denied perfect season with loss in LL final
UNCASVILLE -- It was supposed to be their year.
A season after falling in the Class LL final to Hillhouse, Fairfield Prep was returning the core of its runner-up team, including Providence-bound center Paschal Chukwu.
The Jesuits ran through the SCC unbeaten, won the conference title and was rolling through the Class LL playoffs with their closest game an 18-point win over Greenwich in the semifinals.
It looked like the Jesuits were just going to keep rolling in Saturday's Class LL championship, taking an 18-point lead at halftime against Central, punctuated by an alley-oop from Thomas Nolan to Chukwu as time expired in the second quarter.
Then Central came out in the third quarter in a 2-2-1 press, causing 11 Jesuits' turnovers in the third quarter, and it all came crashing down from there as the Hilltoppers rallied for a 76-73 win.
Central's press was so good it erased the 18-point deficit as the Hilltoppers took a 57-56 advantage into the third quarter.
Prep coach Leo Redgate said his team was prepared for the press, but just did not take care of the ball in the third quarter.
"They had no choice but to come out with a reckless abandon, which they did," Redgate said. "We know how to break the pressure, it's not that. We just had too many turnovers and we didn't attack the basket. Just give Central credit, they took the fight to us in the second half."
The Hilltoppers were able to limit Chukwu's touches in the second half when Prep was able to set up a half-court offense once the press was employed.
Chukwu finished with a triple double, recording 21 points, 17 rebounds and 12 blocks with 17 of his 21 points coming in the first half.
Even after Central took the lead, Prep answered, matching baskets with the Hilltoppers until the final moments when Tyler Ancrum stole the ball and was fouled, making both foul shots to put the game on ice.
The Jesuits will now lose the core of a team that as freshmen lost in the LL final to St. Joseph and lost last year to Hillhouse, leaving them as a team that won a lot, but did not win it all.
Redgate had nothing but praise for the players on his team.
"I love them," Redgate said. "They worked very, very hard and we were absolutely prepared for tonight. When the going got tough, we made some careless mistakes and turned the ball over. You can't do that and let a team like that back into the game."
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THE COTTAGE is a new British horror film from writer-director Paul Andrew Williams, who had a critical and commercial hit in 2006 with LONDON TO BRIGHTON.
Backstory: after trying for three years to get THE COTTAGE made, PAW approached producer Rachel Robey and offered her the script of LTB, provided she got the budget (£65,000) very swiftly — he was sick of waiting.
They shot the thing with private investments, then got completion money from The Film Council's Paul Trijbits (Richard Stanley's bête noir) and had a festival hit on their hands.
I haven't seen the result, but Fiona has and was very complimentary — she expected to hate it, as it's that kind of low-budget "gritty realism" much in fashion in the UK and especially Scotland, seemingly because nobody has any idea what else cinema can be. But it also has a gripping narrative hook, and is a thriller and sort-of road movie. Fiona saw the thing at the Edinburgh Film Fest in 2006, where she attended one of the big parties and saw Rachel R being spanked by Brian DePalma (he tried to get her to sit on his lap, she refused, and received swift bottom-related justice from de palm of DePalma). Fiona relayed this gossip to me that night, and I was glibly recounting it to a friend the next day when I realised to my embarrassment that the subject of the story was sitting behind me. But Rachel is a very good sport.
After scoring with his feature debut, PAW suddenly had no trouble finding support for THE COTTAGE — The Isle of Man paid him to come to their benighted land mass to shoot it, and The Film Council stumped up a considerably greater sum. Yet Williams has sounded rather muted when "promoting" his resulting dream project in interviews.
The film is a mess. Two incompetent kidnappers (Andy "my precious" Serkis and Reece Shearsmith of TV comedy troupe The League of Gentlemen) come to the titular cottage with sweary hostage Jennifer Ellison. It's immediately clear that the film is madly off-target. Jokey credits that fly in from all directions for no damn reason (and without any of the wit of Leone's ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST titling) and 10th generation Danny Elfman rip-off music (LOUD! HEAD-ACHY!) give way to mismatched performances from the annoying and unsympathetic characters. Serkis and Ellison are relatively naturalistic, but Shearsmith is shrill and "comedic", which might be more appropriate to the kind of film this is, but stands out as unconnected to the other players, and is rather tiring on the ears and nerves. Inexplicably, the two kidnappers are brothers, sharing a house since childhood, but Serkis is cockney and Shearsmith clearly from Hull. Similarly, Ellison is Scouse but her step-brother, who's in on the caper, is a soft southern bastard and amusingly middle-class to boot. Played by Steve O'Donnell, he's the only funny one, with his constant mild air of failure although he's party to all the "these characters are unbelievably stupid" stuff, which is a major part of the film's massive irritation factor.
Plot holes… so many, and so glaring. Starting with the title — it's called THE COTTAGE, and there is a cottage fairly prominent in it, but the centre of terror proves to be a farmhouse. Ellison's gangster dad is forever on his way to wreak mayhem, but never turns up — a stab at Waiting For Godot? (Fiona's diligant research turns up the fact that Stephen Berkoff cameos in this role after the end credits — somebody was optimisitc enough to hope the audience would stick around). The farmhouse's occupants have some kind of backstory that's hinted at in diaries, photos and news clippings, but it never makes sense or adds up to anything evocative. A bog-standard TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE set-up is all we really get. The role of farmer's wife wastes the excellent Scottish actress Katy Murphy, so maybe there was more material originally. Another lacuna involves the brothers and an incident in a greenhouse from their past — referred to several times, never elucidated, and never acquiring any resonance from being kept mysterious. One character has a moth-phobia. Of course he's confronted by masses of moths at one point, but the effect is a big "so what"? He isn't destroyed by his fear, he doesn't triumph over it, he just leaves the room.
Subjecting the characters to their worst nightmares is what the film is all about, I suppose. But it's all so unimaginative — they get bones broken, bits lopped off, other bits impaled, they eventually die. It's like a literal execution of brain-dead "script guru" Dov SS Simmons' dictum, "send seven characters into a house and chop them up." Not very enlightening. The complete lack of character sympathy negates suspense and helps kill laughter too. PAW tries to find some compassion for the central duo about ten minutes from the end, by which time it's an exercise in pointlessness on a par with the rest of the film. Everybody in the story is a stereotype and they behave accordingly, with only the tiniest amount of development permitted, and no surprises anywhere. Inexplicably, the kidnap victim is portrayed as the most unpleasant of them all, in keeping with a pervasive tone of misogyny that's completely unexamined by the script and direction.
A proper film.
It's not FROM DUSK TILL DAWN — the music and overacting tip us off to the intended genre shift before the story's even started. It's not EVIL DEAD II — the violence is graphic and unpleasant, rather than cartoony and funny. It's actually worse than CREEP, which was also full of plot holes and lacked any kind of explanation, but took itself seriously, which at least allowed for a small amount of dramatic tension.
What we have is a combination of the two genres beloved of The Film Council, genres it has consistently failed to master — the gorefest and the mockney gangster romp. Everybody got sick of the latter about eight years ago, with only SEXY BEAST winning any friends since, through its sheer demented originality. Suturing a brainless crime comedy onto a mindless splatter film does NOT make anything new or different or interesting.
I can't work out what's gone wrong with PAW — my best guess is that, having made LONDON TO BRIGHTON he actually found a style and tone that suited him better than his intended "crowd-pleaser". Given the opportunity to make the film he'd hoped for, he found suddenly that it held no interest for him, was shallow and devoid of humanity compared to what he'd found himself capable of. He couldn't bring the depth and passion of LONDON TO BRIGHTON to it because the whole idea lacked any weight or relevance to the real world (the inbred serial killers inhabit a yokel village an hour outside of modern London), was just a compendium of horror clichés put together with no love for the genre or affection for the characters. It would be torture porn only it lacks any actual sadistic relish, which in the context of this deadening mishmash would actually constitute a redeeming feature. And it's flatly made in a joyless televisual style that confirms again the serious lack of visual literacy in the UK film industry.
I don't LIKE using Shadowplay to be mean about films. I want British genre films to be made with love and to deliver pleasure to people who care about cinema. I can even just about tolerate something that's mean-spirited and nasty if it shows a love of CINEMA.
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Next time I have vacation I need to specifically plan some runs with other people in advance, to make sure I actually go! My vacation habits are terrible, mainly sitting around at home, which I must love to do, since I do it so much when I can get away with it! I was also really sick one day again this week, probably due to all the weird (although vegan) food I was eating at weird times, etc., along with not eating healthy food.
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Ethiopia (Amharic: ኢትዮጵያ) is a landlocked state in the Horn peninsula of Africa, officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, it is the second most populous nation in Africa.
- Contrary to western myth, the elevated central plateau which covers half of Ethiopia 's surface area that supports the large majority population is quite possibly the most extensive contiguous area of fertile land in the eastern side of Africa.
- Philip Briggs, in Ethiopa (2006), p. xi
- Obscured by the media-refracted glare of the surrounding deserts, Ethiopia feels like the archetypal forgotten land.
Ethiopia confounds every expectation. You arrive expecting a vast featureless desert and instead find yourself overwhelmed by majestic landscapes and climatic abundance. You expect a land which has been ravaged to the point of ruin by years of civil war, and instead you find close to the best civil amenities in Africa and almost no obvious signs that a war ever took place. You arrive expecting to see human degradation and abject poverty, and instead find yourself immersed in a culture besotted which itself and its history, and marked by a sense of unforced pride that is positively infectious.
Ethiopia is a true revelation. It is the most welcoming, enjoyable and uplifting country I have ever visited.
- Philip Briggs, in Ethiopa (2006), p. xii
- I, Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, am here today to claim that justice which is due to my people, and the assistance promised to it eight months ago, when fifty nations asserted that aggression had been committed in violation of international treaties.
There is no precedent for a Head of State himself speaking in this assembly. But there is also no precedent for a people being victim of such injustice and being at present threatened by abandonment to its aggressor.
- Haile Selassie, addressing the League of Nations on the Abyssinia Crisis and Second Italo-Abyssinian War in Geneva, Switzerland (30 June 1936)
- Take care not to spoil the good name of Ethiopia by acts which are worthy of the enemy. We shall see that our enemies are disarmed and sent out the same way they came. As Saint George who killed the dragon is the Patron Saint of our army as well as of our allies, let us unite with our allies in everlasting friendship and amity in order to be able to stand against the godless and cruel dragon which has newly risen and which is oppressing mankind.
- Haile Selassie, in a victory address in Addis Ababa (5 May 1941), as translated in My Life and Ethiopia's Progress, Vol. 2, (1999), p. 165
- May it be taken as Divine significance, that, as We mark the passing of the Nazi Reich, in America at San Francisco, delegates from all United Nations, among whose number Ethiopia stands, are now met together for their long-planned conference to lay foundations for an international pact to banish war and to maintain World Peace. Our Churches pray for the successful triumph of this conference. Without success in this, the Victory, We celebrate today, the suffering that We have all endured will be of no avail.
- I knew that the English regarded themselves as civilised, but it seemed to me that in many ways Ethiopia was a far more civilised place.
- Dr. Catherine Hamlin, in The Hospital by the River : A Story Of Hope (2001)
- Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
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- Samuel Johnson, in The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759), Ch. 1
- Ethiopia has always held a special place in my own imagination and the prospect of visiting attracted me more strongly than a trip to France, England and America combined. I felt I would be visiting my own genesis, unearthing the roots of what made me an African. Meeting the emperor himself would be like shaking hands with history.
- Nelson Mandela, on a 1961 conference held in Ethiopia, as quoted in Rivonia Unmasked (1965) by Strydom Lautz, p. 108; also in Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Nelson Mandela : An Ecological Study (2002), by J. C. Buthelezi, p. 172
- In this country, some aristocratic families automatically categorize persons with dark skin, thick lips, and kinky hair as "Barias" [Amharic for slave]... let it be clear to everybody that I shall soon make these ignoramuses stoop and grind corn!
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Paris was on Amalie Roberts's mind when she designed the cozy wine bar Kir in Portland, OR. "My intention was to create a space where the ambience, food, and wine can transport you to another place altogether," she says.
As their numbers have swelled across America, the best wine bars distinguish themselves by offering this kind of special atmosphere—alluring, but not too snobby—along with wine lists notable for their breadth or an intriguing regional specialty, such as Spain's Basque region. They share an emphasis on artisanal, pair-able foods and have sommeliers who know their stuff. Visiting a wine bar like Kir is a way to travel vicariously, while others encourage you to sample the local bounty.
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San Francisco's Hidden Vine, for instance, takes advantage of its location near one of the world's most celebrated wine-producing regions, highlighting homegrown Cabernets as well as produce from the city's Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. That kind of loyalty appeals to Jon Blechman, the manager of New York's Lelabar.
"We're not trying to be a slice of Italy, Spain, or France," says Blechman. "We want to be rooted in the neighborhood, which allows us to be ourselves." A sleek wraparound counter with bar stools dominates the interior, encouraging casual conversation among West Village residents and others lured here. The small-plates selection is sourced from Murray's, New York's most iconic cheese shop.
But a top wine bar doesn't require such a locavore creed or a proximity to vineyards; it can flourish even in the desert. Take Kazbar in Scottsdale, AZ, which puts a worldly spin on vino, with pages and pages listing nearly 2,000 varieties from more than 35 countries, including Croatia and Lebanon.
L.A.'s Bar Covell, on the other hand, takes a minimalist approach: it doesn't even have a menu. "You know when you're told an item is sold out? That doesn't happen here," quips Covell's wine director, Matthew Kaner. He makes a policy of changing the by-the-glass wines daily and the bottle selection three to five times a week, so instead of flipping through a menu, you rely on the servers to share what's available that given evening—eliminating that chance of disappointment.
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A celebration of berries part II: "Black" Blueberry Bagels
I had a bunch of fresh blueberries in the fridge and a bag of KA Sir Lancelot high-gluten flour that had been sitting in the pantry for too long, so naturally, I decided to try making blueberry bagels. There were a few considerations beforehand:
-would the blueberry flavor be concentrated enough from just fresh blueberries?
-would I be able to knead whole berries into the dough, or would I have to find some other method of incorporation?
-how should I adapt my usual go-to bagel formula?
On the first point, I decided I would go ahead with the experiment and find out by tasting the product. Regarding the second point, in all my online research, I'd never seen a blueberry bagel with fresh whole berries kneaded in (they would probably explode and leave a mess), which led me to the decision that I would cook the berries down into a sauce, puree the sauce, and strain it to yield a smooth liquid, which I would use to replace part of the liquid in the formula. Below on the left is the blueberry sauce after cooking. On the right is the strained blueberry puree diluted with water (how much water? see below).
Finally, to my third initial question: how to adapt the formula to account for solid matter in the blueberry puree? First, I decided to use SAF Gold label osmotolerant yeast instead of regular instant yeast in case the amount of sugar in the puree was too high.
I use Peter Reinhart's bagel formula in the bread baker's apprentice, which is about 57% hydration. Not knowing what percentage of the blueberry puree was water, I wasn't sure how to adjust the amount of liquid, so I played it by ear. I just estimated that there would have to be 2 extra ounces of water than the formula calls for to compensate for the blueberry. I planned to adjust the flour later, if necessary, depending on how the dough felt.
All the liquid in the BBA formula is incorporated in the sponge step, which yielded a lovely, lumpy, purple batter:
The sponge was allowed to ferment until doubled in bulk, which took about 4 hours.
Once the other ingredients were incorporated, it seemed like the dough wasn't stiff enough, so I ended up adding another 2 ounces of high gluten flour. In my bagel experiences in the past, too slack a dough caused the bagels to become floppy in the boiling step. This brought the calculated hydration level to about 59%, but given how the dough felt, it was probably slightly lower. Here is what the dough looked like:
This brought the calculated hydration level to about 59%, but given how the dough felt, it was probably slightly lower. The final recipe was as follows (adapted from p.119 of Peter Reinhart's Bread Baker's Apprentice)
1 tsp instant yeast
18 oz unbleached high gluten flour
22 oz total of blueberry puree and water (use all the puree and add enough water to bring it up to the total)
1/2 tsp osmotolerant yeast
19 oz unbleached high gluten flour
0.7 oz salt
1 Tbsp barley malt syrup
Immediately after kneading to the windowpane stage, as Mr. Reinhart instructs, I divided the dough into 4 oz pieces and shaped them into rounds. The rounds were allowed to rest for 10 minutes. Afterward, I rolled each one out into a flat somewhat rectangular sheet and rolled them up tightly into logs.
After another ten minutes of resting under damp paper towels (the dough dried up on the surface very quickly without them), I extended the logs into long snakes, looped them around my fingers, and rolled the overlapping ends to seal the bagel into the "O" shape. I found that for the best result, the overlapping area should span at least the width of your four fingers. I had to supplement this rolling method with some pinching to seal the ends securely.
Then came an overnight retardation in the fridge. In the morning, the bagels had puffed up slightly, but not dramatically:
I preheated the oven to 450 instead of 500 as instructed in the book to account for the extra sugar content in the dough. Next I prepared a boiling solution consisting of:
8 cups of water
2 Tbsp baking soda
1 Tbsp barley malt syrup
Once the solution came up to a gentle boil (more than a simmer but less than a rolling, witches' brew boil) I popped the bagels in for 2 minutes per side. I should have expected this, but I was surprised to find that some chemical reaction between the baking soda solution and the blueberries caused the purple bagels to turn almost black! Below you can see the contrast between the boiled bagels and the unboiled ones. I was hoping that the baking soda was indeed the reason behind the color change, and that the inside would stay pleasantly purple.
After baking for about 15 minutes, with a couple rotations of the sheet pans for evenness of browning, they came out dark greyish purplish brownish black (maybe there's a name for this shade in the Sherwin-Williams catalogue?). When I sliced them open, I was relieved to find that the lovely purple color had not disappeared entirely. The crusts actually provided a nice contrast to the interior color.
Back to the first initial question: was there enough blueberry flavor? I wouldn't say the flavor was overtly of blueberry. The dough had a gentle sweetness and a definite blueberry fragrance, but the sensation of the fruit was mostly olfactory. After savoring a bite for a little bit, the blueberry begins to come through. The floral nature of the fruit complements the malt flavor of the bagel nicely. They're delicious with some fruity cream cheese. The crust color was at first discouraging, but now I kind of like the idea of slicing one open to find a bright surprise on the inside.