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July's Producer Profile: Geni’s Raw Vegan Foods

Published On: Jul 17 2012 05:11:20 PM EDT
Geniel Fife

Geniel Fife lives with her husband in South Burlington, VT. They began eating a raw, vegan diet 12+ years ago.

They believe in the power of raw vegan living, in part because of my experience eating the typical American diet. Geniel grew up on a farm and we ate the typical diet full of meat, potatoes, dairy, etc. From her 20’s on, she gained some extra weight even though I ate what she thought was ‘sensibly’. She fought a variety of ailments including hypoglycemia, heart arrhythmia, yeast infections and acid reflux. As she grew older, she noticed that many of my friends and family were being diagnosed with cancer, diabetes, suffered strokes and other serious diseases. In turn, she tried a number of diets to improve my own health and lose weight – without much success.

In 1999 she attended the School of Natural Healing and learned the art of healing using herbs and live foods. It was there that Geniel became a vegan. Geniel immediately lost 20 pounds, had a clearer mind, experienced increased energy and overcame the aforementioned ailments. Her became a vegan soon after and has since lost 60+ pounds and stabilized his blood pressure.

As she learned more about nutrition and the raw vegan diet, she sought to master the art of preparing the food she was now eating. Geniel apprenticed at the New York City gourmet raw food restaurant, Quintessence, and took chef classes from Jenny Cornbleet at the Living Light Culinary Arts Institute. She learned how to make healthy raw foods that are satisfying and delicious, and am now creating my own raw food recipes and products.

Sh truly is ‘raw for life’ – not only for the duration but for the full benefits that come with this diet. You can prepare and enjoy full, satisfying meals that are tasty and full of nutrition, with no more effort or cost than you currently expend to your present diet. It truly will change your life as well.

About Geni’s Raw Vegan Foods
My assistants and I take great joy in teaching nutritional food preparation classes, where the students learn to incorporate raw foods into their diets. It is very satisfying to see their health improve and see enthusiasm come back into their lives. It is my greatest desire to help people discover what I discovered – eating a raw vegan diet can profoundly affect a person’s vitality and well being.

Geniel offers classes throughout the year which include:

  • Exploring a Raw Vegan Diet
  • Detoxification
  • Using Raw and Living Foods
  • Holiday Food Survival

About Our Products
The nutritional value of all grains and nuts are enhanced by sprouting. Therefore, we soak all sproutable grains and nuts then, at the optimal stage, we combine them with other ingredients to make our line of delicious products. They are then dehydrated at 105 degrees or less, which captures all of the live enzymes and vital nutrients and gives them shelf life needed until they are in your hands.

Some of the products they offer include:

  • Gingered Pumpkin Seeds
  • Maple Slivered Almonds
  • Sprouted Buckwheat Granola : Cinnamon Raisin or Orange Pecan
  • Dulse Seaweed Munchies
  • Assorted Crackers
  • Cashew Crème Cheese
  • Trail Mix

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Christophe Roussel Paris Macarons

Christophe Roussel Macarons at Montmartre Paris

Did you really think I’d tasted enough macarons in Paris after the last post? Admittedly, I make my own macarons at home but when I’m asked regularly which macarons I prefer in Paris, I should be able to help you out. That’s a sign of a macaronivore. There are so many pastry shops that sell macarons, it’s difficult to get around them all. I’ll leave that to you but I can’t let you come to Paris – or go to Montmartre and Sacré-Coeur – without stopping in for macarons and chocolate at Christophe Roussel. It should be part of every guide’s spiel on the petit train in the area to mention this too.

I first tasted Christophe Roussel’s macarons at the Paris Salon du Chocolat in October last year. What was particularly impressive was that each macaron was half dipped in Valrohna’s Guanaja chocolate (70% cacao.) What’s more, I appreciated his main store was in La Baule in France but only recently discovered that he’d opened up a new boutique in rue Tardieu in the 18th, just a few macaron feet away from Montmartre’s steps and the queue to the Fenicular Cable.

Stepping in to this snazzy boutique that was once another souvenir shop, I could see something going on backstage for all to see: Christophe Roussel, the pastry chef in person, placing the final touches to his giant raspberry and lime-basil-raspberry macarons. Adding spots of intense raspberry compôte, he finished off with his unique supplier’s stock of Tulameen bionic raspberries. Who wants another Eiffel Tower lighter or pencil sharpener from a touristy souvenir shop when you can feast your eyes and go up to Montmartre tasting this?

This fourth boutique opened last year and together with his talented aroma-professional-tasting wife, Julie, they have a real creative duo here as the shop’s name implies, ‘Christophe Roussel duo créatif avec Julie‘. Can you imagine waltzing in to such a classy pâtisserie, being able to chat away with the creative genius couple as they offer tasting samples to curious tourists, lured in by the macaron sign and Marie-Antoinette style dress in the window?  I can tell you that in Paris, there are not many boutiques like this that give everyone such a friendly welcome!

While relishing in a tasting of the lemony cheesecake and passion-tarragon macarons (with the passion lingering on the palate for a full couple of minutes, followed by the hint of tarragon), I couldn’t choose. Do you have problems making decisions too?  So I ended up buying one of each. That way I could share them with the family. They deserve it, I guess. Go for the marron-cassis (chestnut-blackcurrant), raspberry, passion-tarragon, cheesecake, chocolate-banana, coffee and caramel-ginger.

As Christophe was adding a chocolate-raspberry creation to his pastry line-up, I had my eye on his Religieuse. I love how he does a retake on the normal classic of 2 choux buns: he adds a third and I’ve often seen his wacky versions including a macaron shell with a gigantic raspberry on top, presenting a magnificent mitre look.

I take my hat off to the salted caramel Religieuse, with the bottom sablé pastry hiding its gem of ginger. This crafty combination also works well in his caramel macaron just like it, using salt from the Guérande (also another boutique there.) Incidentally, they don’t give fancy titles to their pastries: just helpful descriptions. No wonder they chose the mango dome with passion and citronella for their wedding: that did it for me since the flavours were sublime but the whole experience was so light. Then there’s the Mango compôte with caramel cream, ginger jelly and Indian vanilla. My only complaint? I needed just one spoon so that nobody else could get at it.

Now this is what I call class: choose from the gourmet chocolate bars – an ‘Electro’Choc’ – have it packaged individually, and indulge at the top of the Montmartre steps. Sounds a good program? That Tiramisu one is a great pick-me-up, and orange-speculoos (cinnamon.)

On the right are one of his Buttes de Montmartre (Montmartre mounds). Coated ivory chocolates with a oh-so-fruity peach jelly inside. He also has one that fizzes in the mouth.

For the romantics, you must try his kisses – they’re nothing like the Hershey ones. These are flamboyant lips!  Creation obviously reigns in the family, as Julie’s brother fashioned this chocolate bar, housing different varieties of tablets.

So before you race up these steps up to Sacré-Coeur, take a breather of chocolate and macarons then head up that hill. He’s also near the Eiffel Tower (10 rue de Champ de Mars) so you have the same sweet program of what to do when in Paris.

Then perhaps a kiss or two at the top?

Related Posts:

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Fête du Macaron – Macaron Day in Paris 2012

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  1. ASSEL
    ASSEL says:

    Dear Jill! Is it possible to get the information about equipment for making French macaroons. I need the automatic divider. Thanks a lot

    • Jill
      Jill says:

      I’m afraid I’m not the right person to ask for professional machinery for macaron-making on a large scale. The book is aimed at home bakers like myself with a good recipe that works in a non-professional kitchen. Why don’t you contact Christophe, or other professional bakers in the field?

  2. Samantha St.Germain (now Cohen)
    Samantha St.Germain (now Cohen) says:

    Once again, Jill, your chocolate tour was our favorite part of visiting Paris! Noah and I went by Pierre Herme’s twice more last week. We tried the Infiniment Vanille tart and my goodness! That was the most delicious morsel I’ve ever tasted! Thank you for the recommendation.
    Today I attempted to make macarons for the first time using a recipe from David Lebovitz. They came out tasting delicious, but looking very unmacaron-like. I think my batter was too thick and my oven temp too high. I guess I’ll just have to practice some more!

    • Jill
      Jill says:

      Great to hear from you, Sam, and glad you enjoyed the walk. I’m sure your macs were fabulous. Let me know how you get on next time!

    • Jill
      Jill says:

      Amy, see: you run and bake your sweet things. I bake my sweet things, then run around Paris eating more sweet things. Don’t be jealous. I’m needing to calm down, as I’m forming a muffin around the belt.

  3. Jerome in Glasgow
    Jerome in Glasgow says:

    Merci Jill! Super post comme d’hab!
    J’espère qu’ils ne seront pas fermés quand on doit venir en juillet! :-)

    • Jill
      Jill says:

      Merci beaucoup. I’d love to come and say hello, especially as Antoine & I used to live around the corner for 5 years in another life before the children were born. I have fond memories of your quartier. A bientôt!

  4. Nami | Just One Cookbook
    Nami | Just One Cookbook says:

    Um… looking at the last picture I got confused because the night view of the buildings is somewhere in Tokyo downtown, then I realized that’s just a wallpaper or some sort?? Very trendy shop. I definitely want to try Religieuse. It’s a pretty and elegant tower indeed. The jelly in chocolate sounds very sophisticated too. Are macarons for French people like cupcakes for Americans? Do you bring these treats mainly to visit someone or give as a gift (of course for yourself, too)?

    • Jill
      Jill says:

      Hehe. Thought it would confuse you and yes, it’s jazzy wallpaper. Isn’t it incredible? I think macarons are not just for the French now – but yes, they’re ideal as gifts since the packaging is also pretty special, Nami.

    • Jill
      Jill says:

      It is a dream palace where you’re treated like royalty. Consider yourself Jilled for that last comment though, Gerry.

  5. Tina@flourtrader
    Tina@flourtrader says:

    These places really look to be all class and talent! They have that magical aura about them. Being magical is something that Disney claims, but I would say for a foodie these places are it.
    Delicious and amazing treats, I envy the day you must have had. Thanks for sharing this!

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  2. […] know, I know. I’m desperate for macarons again after tasting some yesterday at Christophe Roussel’s Chocolate Bar. I don’t eat macarons all the time so now and again, I crave them; like some crazy, mad, […]

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Forrester’s 2012 State of Consumers and Technology Report came out this week, highlighting that nearly one-fifth of US consumers now own a tablet. In the US, 19 percent of consumers own at least one tablet, Engadget reported, which is about twice the percentage who said the same in 2011.

But while tablet ownership is up, the percentage of US adults that access the Internet at least once a month has stabilized at 79 percent. However, those consumers that do go online are more likely to do so on a daily basis. According to TechCrunch, Forrester found that 84 percent of US online adults use the Internet daily.

So who are the 21 percent of consumers who don’t go online, not even once a month? Naturally, it is older consumers. According to Forrester, “Gen Y” consumers are most likely to use their smartphone to go online, and the younger “Gen Z” consumers use the Internet wherever—more than 80 percent access the Internet outside the home.

However, consumers over the age of 67 are the slowest to adapt to new technology, though according to Forrester, 64 percent purchased a product or service online in the past three months. Also, about 20 percent of consumers ages 56 to 66 use mobile Internet regularly.

While the older consumers have larger hurdles to overcome when it comes to technology usage, the Forrester report shows the growth in various forms of digital tools, including tablets, digital cameras, connected TVs, and mobile Internet, have helped bridge that gap.


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From Andy Jefferson <a...@datanucleus.org>
Subject Re: TCK tests : QueryCancel
Date Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:29:05 GMT
Hi Michael,

> I added a Thread.sleep(1000) to the main thread in order to give the
> other thread a chance to start the query before the main thread cancels
> it. Could you please give it a try?

Giving something a second to get started seems excessive, I know Derby is slow
but ... ;-)
I tried with a value more like 80 or 100 (millis) and managed **on occasions**
to get a JDOQueryInterruptedException (and pass the test). Other times the
cancel still got in first. I also added a query.compile() before starting the
threads hence less for the query execute to do before starting, but still
intermittent. The intermittency will also be affected by the machine being
used, hence the number is arbitrary. The query execution time (in the
datastore) is anywhere between 60ms and 2ms on my machine.

Depends what the cancel is allowing cancel over; to be consistent with the
timeout I assume it is cancel the datastore operation (as opposed to the whole
query execute process ... compile, generate PreparedStatement, populate
parameter values, execute in the datastore, return results), and so
DataNucleus only starts the execution in a separate thread and maintains the
handle on that thread for cancellation purposes. If this execution thread is
either not yet created, or is now finished then the test will fail, always.

Shouldn't the test also take into account if the query does actually return
the results before the cancel can be called ?

DataNucleus (http://www.datanucleus.org)

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Subject: Re: RaidFrame poor performance
To: Jochen Keil <>
From: Greg Oster <>
List: current-users
Date: 01/20/2005 09:08:02
Jochen Keil writes:
> Hi.
> Daniel Carosone wrote:
> > To resolve this, if you can, add a fifth disk and choose your stripe
> > size and filesystem block size carefully so the filesystem blocks
> > exactly map to a full stripe write.  Otherwise, you'd be much better
> > off with stripe+mirror over the four disks.
> My setup is quite similar to Mihai's. The differences are that it has
> one channel for every disk and i'm using 200gb disks.
> I'm satisfied with my performance (~11mb/s on random write) but after
> your email i was wondering if there could be some optimisation.
> At the moment i'm doing a benchmark on my 4 disk R5 setup and later i
> will do so on a 3 disk R5. What i'm wondering about is your comment
> about matching stripe size and file system block size.
> Default FS block size is 16kb for partitions above 1024MB. I'm using
> this R5 Layout:
>   START layout
>             # sectPerSU SUsPerParityUnit SUsPerReconUnit RAID_level
>             32 1 1 5
> I learned that 32 blocks equal to 16KB. As far as i can see my block
> size matches my stripe size so this is the optimum.

No.  In this case, with "4 data disks", a full stripe will hold
4*32=128 blocks (64K) of data.  (That "32" is per-component.)

So a block size of 64K will probably perform the best with this

Greg Oster


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Subject: bin/33551: strings(1) crashes on user-supplied input
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From: None <>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 05/25/2006 02:15:04
>Number:         33551
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       strings(1) crashes on user-supplied input
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu May 25 02:15:04 +0000 2006
>Originator:     Daniel Carosone
>Release:        NetBSD 3.99.19
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Architecture: i386
Machine: i386

The strings utility is susceptible to a denial-of-service because it
fails to properly handle unexpected user-supplied input.

This issue allows attackers to crash the affected utility.  This may
aid attackers by making analysis of binary files more difficult.

SO is tracking this issue as #7482, in case the severity becomes
worse; for example if the issue turns out allow code injection for a
tool an administrator might run.

This is real - on 3.0 (x86) at least.

Please be aware that the fix in CVS is _different_ from the patch in the
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Re: Getting started pkgsrc with Linux

--On Montag, August 09, 2010 07:57:59 +0000 Thomas Mueller <> wrote:
Another concern is that pkgsrc would not cover the whole system, in that
it, like the FreeBSD ports collection, would not include the base system.
But with Linux, or at least some distributions, everything is part of a
package, including the vital things like util-linux-ng, coreutils, gcc
and more.  So how would pkgsrc under Linux build these vital parts?

If you want to avoid using outdated programs from the base linux install, there are the PREFER_NATIVE/PREFER_PKGSRC options you can set in /etc/mk.conf, see

I usually prefer the pkgsrc versions, with the notable exception of linux-pam, which is quite old and often kept me from logging in using security/openssh. So I force using native pam with these settings:

PREFER.linux-pam= native
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serial console versus wscons

Whilst looking at something else, I came across a problem with wscons and a
serial console - we crash in sys/dev/sun/kbd.c:kbd_input_console() when we
call callout_reset(), because we never called callout_init(). To reproduce
this, boot up a serial console on a machine with a framebuffer, start then
stop X, and press a key on the real keyboard.

The crash happens because we call kbd_input() with k->k_wsenabled=0.  When
we called kbd_input() previously (and the other kbd routines) k->k_wsenabled
was 1, so we followed the wscons path.  Now, k->k_wsenabled has been set to
0 because stopping X closes wskbd in sys/dev/wscons/wskbd:wskbdclose() and
that calls wskbd_enable(foo, 0) and then wssunkbd_enable(foo, 0).

We don't get the crash when the framebuffer/keyboard is console because when
we call wskbd_enable() there, sc->sc_base.me_dispdv != NULL, so we return
instead of calling wssunkbd_enable().

A quick fix seems to never unset k->k_wsenabled once it has been set in the
attach routines.  However, I'm not 100% sure why we change that after attach
time.  (I haven't checked what the setting of sc->sc_base.me_dispdv means.)

PS.  I tried this with a cgsix, but the behaviour should be the same on all
framebuffers.  I also think port-sparc is affected too, as this is in the
common sun keyboard code.

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From: Thomas Klausner <>
List: source-changes
Date: 09/26/2003 21:09:13
Module Name:	src
Committed By:	wiz
Date:		Fri Sep 26 21:09:13 UTC 2003

Modified Files:
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Subject: Re: Use of libtool in pkgs (correction)
To: Hubert Feyrer <>
From: Perry E. Metzger <>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 07/17/1998 10:54:53
Hubert Feyrer writes:
> On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Jim Bernard wrote:
> >   Why not keep the master copy of Packages.txt in the cvs tree and have the
> > web copy automatically updated from it?
> That's what's been done all the time, our web-stuff works this way; It's
> just not in the src repository (htdocs, instead).
> The problem I had (have) with moving Packages.txt into pkgsrc's root dir
> is that we're about to clutter this a bit, but as people don't seem to
> mind it... (i'm waiting for someone to move over packages.7 there, too...)

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[SciPy-user] assign to diagonal values?

Mclean Edwards mcleane@math.ubc...
Thu Jan 31 02:00:51 CST 2008

To make up for my earlier response, I have coded a small timer routine
that generates a 1000x1000 uniformly random matrix with values between 0
and 1 (using cvxopt), then tests the code suggested 10 000 times each
with randomly generated diagonal vectors.

I have a slow system, but the averaged results are:

0.8 seconds to run David's striding code (in place modification)

6 seconds to run Anne's code

18 seconds to run a for-loop

This is an impressive speed up.

For smaller matrices (100x100) there is still one order of magnitude
between for-next loops and the suggested setdiag.

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The Pride sophomores wanted their final home games of the season to end on a high note, and they did. In game one, Freshman Craig Koehler made his third start of the season. Control issues and sloppy defense gave the Blazers three runs in the first off Koehler, and all of those runs came on one hit. That would be an important stat, because for the rest of the game, that number stayed at one. Koehler settled down and started throwing up zeros on the scoreboard, giving his team a chance to come back. Offensively, the Tartan hitters couldn't get anything going in the first four innings. Finally in the fifth, Joe Ford put the Pride on the board with an RBI single to left that scored Mike Maddle. Sinclair also scored a run in the sixth off the bat of Darwin Argumedo, who hit his first career homerun to left. Koehler finished his day after six very good innings, and Ryan Carter pitched a scoreless seventh as the Pride still trailed 3-2. With one out, Mike Maddle got things started after being hit on the foot. Corey Johnson entered the game as a pinch runner and was on the move as Joe Ford laced a ball into the right centerfield gap. Ford slid into third for the triple and Johnson scored, tying the game at three. After an intentional walk to Austin Downing, the Blazer pitcher never got back into the groove as he walked Kyle Vander Ark and Daniel Holtzman to end the game.

Final Score: #7 Sinclair 4 Vincennes 3
WP: Ryan Carter (1-1) IP BB
Offensive Leaders: Joe Ford 2-4 RS 3B 2RBIs, Drew Williams 1-2 2B, Darwin Argumedo 1-2 BB HR (1)

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Offensive Leaders: Joe Ford 2-4 RS 2RBIs, Kyle Vander Ark 2-3 RS BB RBI, Darwin Argumedo 2-4 RS 2B, Matt Sullivan 2-2 RS SAC 2B 2RBIs

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Are Sun 'n Fun's Attendance Numbers 'Fudged?'

Although it's been no secret to attendees (and many vendors), it's escaped the local rah-rah crowd in and near Sun 'n Fun's host city of Lakeland (FL): the numbers the Fly-In puts out are, um... optimistic.

Now, nobody's really worried that the egoes of the SnF POWERFUL BOARD are being massaged by the incredible numbers they regularly spew -- in and of themselves, they're just numbers. What is getting under the skin of so many of the faithful -- what else could explain the acceptance? -- is that Sun 'n Fun profits from its high, self-reported, unaudited attendance figures.

Last year, we expressed open incredulity at SnF's claims, on these pages; but the locals in politics in Lakeland and surrounding Polk County refused to examine their own pet project. Heck -- we like big airshow attendance! We like big fly-in attendance -- we're aviation press, ferpetesake. What we don't like is being treated like idiots.

Last week, even The Lakeland Ledger, an unabashed cheerleader for the biggest thing in Lakeland, raised an eyebrow. Reporter Rick Rousos did a lot of homework, examining, among other things, SnF's 2001 tax filings. He noted, "Sun 'n Fun claimed an 'estimated attendance' of 645,000 for its weeklong fly-in in April 2001. But Sun 'n Fun's tax and internal records show the attendance was less than 250,000. Of that number, 86,515 actually paid to get in..."

Rousos was liberal in his estimates (and told ANN yesterday that he, "gave them every benefit of the doubt") of how many could actually have shown up. For instance, he counted seven days' attendance for each of several identified groups -- volunteers (4000) and campers (12,000) were even counted separately, although it is well-known that a lot of the volunteers are camping. He counted 503 exhibitors six times (each gets six passes), then seven times (seven days), and then added a 65% fudge factor, giving SnF "35,000" exhibitor-person-days. He counted the 1100 VIPs twice. All this "rounding up" still gave him a figure of 242,000 for the show's attendance, about 400,000 shy of the organization's official report.

Uh, oops...

Sun 'n Fun profits from its high numbers, though -- and that means somebody could be getting fleeced. Rousos dug around a little more, and saw that SnF had raked in some $326,000 in Polk County Tourist Development Fund dollars since 1995 (and ANN believes that it has found even more money), based on its attendance figures. If we're understanding The Ledger correctly, that smells like fraud, and it's criminal. Additionally, SnF has been telling its legion of vendors that the attendance numbers are huge, when they're apparently not. That, too smells -- and the very people from whom we buy, are being overcharged for their exposure at the show.

Rousos couldn't get anyone from SnF to tell him just how the numbers were conjured up. John Burton, who has run the show since 1999, told Rousos that, even though the show is seven days long, he counts attendance for ten days. Why? Because "There are a lot of people setting up for the event." Yeah -- ever try to "attend" three days early?

Burton has met a bit of resistance from some of the County's board. One, who runs a year-around attraction nearby, said flat out that SnF's numbers weren't credible.

Others don't care so much. One Lakeland commissioner, apparently content that SnF is getting public money based on questionable numbers, told The Ledger's reporter, "So what?" Another city commissioner, when told of Rousos's findings, said, "...the (lowered) numers don't surprise me." ...and these are the folks who watch over tax dollars!

It's not like that, everywhere... take Oshkosh:

Although we at ANN have also been openly skeptical of Oshkosh's numbers, we've always cut the big airshow some slack. For one thing, while the estimates may look a little high to us, they're not ridiculous. Secondly, Oshkosh doesn't get public money based on attendance, as SnF does (despite their denials, under oath before a Federal judge).

We talked with EAA President, Tom Poberezny (right), by cell phone, between flights yesterday. He shed light on the way the big show puts its attendance figures together. "Our numbers," he said, "are based on a number of things -- registrations, volunteer numbers, vendors -- we bring all those together," and the organization sees where the figure falls out. The EAA's process is at least semi-scientific, with realism as a goal: "It's not based on putting our finger up in the wind... It's based on trying get a real number," he told us.

He explained, "'750,000 attendance' doesn't mean 750,000 different people -- our attendance is about 200,000 different individuals." Even though there are a lot of ways to count, it's important to be realistic, Poberezny said: "Somebody might come through the gate ten times in a given day. We don't count 'attendance' that way. Of course, a lot of people do stay for multiple days." That's a legitimate count. As the Prez said, "We think we're in the ballpark."

There's another difference that's worth noting: while Sun 'n Fun regularly gets tax money, the Oshkosh fly-in and convention do not. That removes the Wisconson folks's motivation to fudge the numbers. "We don't depend on outside funding; our attendance numbers aren't tied into any public funding," Tom assured us. He continued, in order to be precise: "We do not receive any public funding, relative to the convention; there is the typical FAA funding that goes to the airport -- we, and all tenants, benefits from those improvements." Of course.

Vendors are Miffed...

One longtime and key player, designer and business owner who has been attending SnF since Florida was a colony, wrote us: "The information you gave us regarding 'padding' the Sun 'n Fun attendance count is exactly what we, as exhibitors, have said for years. I know of several companies who have pulled out of this year's event because they just didn't see the 'crowds' that Sun-N-Fun claimed. Notably absent this year will be the Lopresti mod people, Kitfox... and probably others."

Another well-respected and long-time exhibitor (who finally has decided to not come, after more than a decade's heavy presence) told us, "I think the attendance issue hits the mark as to why S&F is not a 'buying' show."

Some vendors (past and present) have told ANN that they are about to seek civil damages, based on the airshow's apparent attendance-figure-fudging; and some others have also said that they may seek criminal prosecution.

At some point, provided the public-funding issues are not swept away by the Lakeland/Polk County Old Boy's Club, we could conceivably see fines, or even indictments against those who are accepting funds under such questionable circumstances.

At the very least, those trustees of our tax money, in government, should have to answer for their sloppy acceptance of the SnF attendance figures (not to mention MANY other statements of dubious veracity...).

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Architecture by: Auroville Earth Institute
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Built-up area:
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Plot size: 7796 m2
Location: Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India
Climatic Zone:
Tropical zone
Actual Occupancy:
25 inhabitants in 17 apartments
Appropriate architecture design
  • Prevailing wind direction was used to orient the building to have enough draft in the humid climate of Auroville.
  • Double height spaces were used in bigger units to allow for air and light movement in the house.
  • The natural slope on the site was utilized in designing services to minimize labor and cost of trench digging.
  • Existing vegetation on site was respected.

Environmentally sound materials

  • Earth as the primary building material: stabilized rammed earth foundations, compressed stabilized earth blocks for walls, vaults and domes, stabilized earth plaster for walls exposed to rain and sun and stabilized earth mortar.
  • Arches, vaults and dome construction is a skill based process that eliminates the use of reinforced concrete cement slabs and rammed earth foundations eliminate the need for concrete footings.
  • Precast ferrocement elements to save on steel and cement: ferrocement roofing channels, precast sills and planters, precast gutters for springer beams.
  • Employing the local skilled labor for doors, windows and other finishes over buying readymade items with high embodied energy.
  • The wood used for doors and windows came from trees destroyed after the 2004 tsunami.

Renewable energy sources

  • An Earth Cooling Tunnel was built. A fan pushes hot air in a pipe which runs about 5 m deep and 35 m underground: first 15 m long at the bottom of the rainwater harvesting tank and then 20 meter in the ground. The system cools the air by heat exchange which is blown into residential units.

Water management

  • Roof rainwater is harvested in an underground water tank and reused for gardening and to cool the air for the Earth Cooling Tunnel.
  • Surface rainwater is harvested in a percolation pit in order to recharge the water table.

Earth management

  • The soil dug from the rainwater harvesting tank was used to make stabilized earth blocks for the building.
The Auroville Earth Institute links the ancestral tradition of raw earth architecture with the modern technology of stabilized earth.
Stabilized raw earth can be used as a building material from foundations to roof.
Building with earth is an efficient way to use local resources, revive the local skills and the building tradition. The role of the architect is also essential in this process as he should be at the service of the society and its people. The architect should not be only a designer but also a builder and he should be able to build with people so as to give them the means to build their own habitat themselves.
Types of services offered. (Architecture, Structural, Services, Project Management, Contracting, Green Rating Facilitation, Energy Performance Simulation, Energy Audit…)
Architectural consultancy: the architect team of the Auroville Earth Institute can design and prepare detailed plans for anyone wishing to build their house using Compressed Stabilised Earth Blocks (CSEB). The Auroville Earth Institute is an architecture firm that manages projects from the conception stage to their construction. The institute has received 2 international prizes and 11 Indian prizes.
Training: The Auroville Earth Institute regularly organizes two weeks long training courses. They are open to all engineers, architects, technicians, masons and students who wish to learn how to produce and build with Compressed Stabilized Earth Blocks (CSEB) and other earth techniques. Specialized training courses in the analysis and construction of arches, vaults and domes are also offered. These construction techniques are an alternative to the use of reinforced concrete.
Research: Since the very onset the Auroville Earth Institute has conducted researches on various stabilised earth technologies and developed composite techniques made of CSEB and reinforced cement concrete. Since 1995, the Institute has developed a construction technique for disaster resistance with hollow interlocking CSEB. This technology has been approved by 3 governments.
Technology transfer: the Institute is frequently called upon to conduct consultancies to disseminate earth architecture and technologies. Our team worked in 32 countries all over the world.
Soil testing: we provide soil testing for those interested in building with earth.
Block testing: test of blocks with a compression test machine. Both dry compressive strength and wet compressive strength are available. By following a strict procedure we are able to give reliable results.
CSEB order: production of Compressed Stabilized Earth Blocks (CSEB) for the Auroville area.
Auram equipment: A wide range of earth construction equipment has been researched and developed and is sold today worldwide. This equipment is manufactured by the workshop Aureka.
Actual Energy Performance Index in: data not available
Percentage of A/C and non A/C regularly occupied spaces: No AC
Owner / User Testimony: None
Awards / Green Rating / Energy : Data not available yet
Architecture by: Auroville Earth Institute
Structural Design by: Auroville Earth Institute
Services Design by: Auroville Earth Institute
Project management: Auroville Earth Institute
Contractor: Auroville Earth Institute
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Realization architects: Satprem Maïni, Meera Prajati, Susan Georges, Tesia Walsky, Neelakshi Joshi

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Well summer is here and it is time to stash love winter boots and shoes into storage. Your poor feet have been hibernated in those stuffy shoes for months and now it is time to unleash them into the wilds of summer! Which shoes are you going to be pulling out of summer storage to wear? Do you know which shoes from last season are still in style this season? I never know which shoes to keep and which shoes to pitch, so I decided to find some help. Here are the top five summer shoe must haves according to the fashion experts:

  1. Ballerina Flats: I love this shoe because they can go from the beach to a night out quite easily. With so many different materials and patterns, you can get a pair for just about every mood!
  2. Wedges: You cannot go through a summer without the obligatory wedge! These look just as great with a cute summer dress as they do with a nice pair of shorts and a sheer summer top.
  3. Clogs: I absolutely love clogs and have several different styles in my closet. When I was in nursing school, I did not wear anything but my clogs because they are so darn comfortable.
  4. Sandals: If I had to guess, most everyone reading this post has got a handful of sandals in their closet. What is hot this season is the gladiator style, metallic hues and flip flops with charms.
  5. Sneakers: Who does not have an affection for a classic pair of sneakers? These versatile shoes are great for the beach, riding a bike, chasing the kids in the park and just about anything else you can think of. One of my favorite shoe companies that sells a darn good sneaker is ANI (As Nature Intended).

Summer Shoe Must Haves

My kids and I spend a lot of time outside, either in the yard or at the local park. I love being outside in the fresh air and running and chasing each other. The kids laughter seems to just hand in the air like a sweet perfume or something! While I am on my weight loss journey, I have been walking for exercise. Since I tore two ligaments in my foot last Thanksgiving, that is the only exercise I have been able to handle. The park has a great walking trail, so I love to have the kids with me while we walk after dinner. The most comfortable pair of sneakers I have worn for walking are those I was sent from ANI.

All of the shoes from ANI are as vegan and eco-friendly as they are so comfortable. The canvas is 100% organic and they use recycled packaging. With the shoes from ANI, they have made a shoe that is more like being barefoot. They have found that most shoes are made for the foot to conform to. With the shoes from ANI, their shoes conform to your feet and are more like being barefoot. With shoes that are made for barefooting (as nature intended), you get a more natural fit. This enables your feet to be in a more natural position and therefore you are walking in a more natural state. I absolutely love these shoes and I know you would as well! You can purchase the shoes in 8 different colors from their website for $64.99.

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    June 23, 2013 at 10:27 pm —

    the white/white

  2. caitlin
    June 23, 2013 at 10:32 pm —

    ani originals, white/white. :)

  3. June 23, 2013 at 10:33 pm —

    I like the all black ones, My husband would love these!

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    June 23, 2013 at 10:58 pm —

    the ani original-white

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FO...Stansfield 16 socks in STR

All first pair of socks in Blue Moon Fiber Arts' Socks That Rock. The colourway is Scottish Highlands and it's their medium weight yarn, which is quite thick, I must say. I knit them on a size 2 needle and it knit to 8 sts/inch. I'm sure they will be quite warm. The pattern is from More Sensational Knitted Socks and is Stansfield 16. It's a basket weave that was simple to memorise. I have about 26 grams of yarn left over and I'm considering adding some form of border at the top of the cuff. I made this a bit on the short side as I didn't know if I'd have enough to finish both socks. Given that I wear a size 10 shoe, I'm always worried about that. Yes, I know, I could knit them toe up, but I'm not overly fond of that technique.

The socks-in-progress are in Lorna's Laces Shepard Sock in a colourway called "Cornucopia", which is available from the nicest enabler on eBay, emtnestr. I'm about to cast on the second sock and am using a size 1 needle. The pattern is a simple garter rib. I hope to have the second sock done by tomorrow...we'll see!

I'm starting to appreciate patterns that are quite simple and allow the yarn to be the centre of attention. For more intricate patterns I'll stick to solids, especially after the Country Girl socks I made (see post below). These socks took 4 days to complete.

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Hi Mari,

Love the socks - I've been looking at that Scottish Highland color. I also wear a size 10. One thing about it when knitting socks for DH (size 11) it doesn't seem that bad. Both my MIL and SIL are also size 10, and if I make myself socks that don't quite fit as snug as I would like, then no problem with giving them as gifts. Glad to see you had time to post. Have you found any interesting new shawl patterns?

Mari said...

Hi Sherilan!

I absolutely love that colour! Next time, though, I'll order the lightweight yarn, I think. I knit these on size 2 needles and cast on 64 stitches. They aren't too loose, but they are on the bulky side. No matter...they'll be great with clogs!

As for shawl patterns, why yes, now that you mention it, I have a couple new patterns! I bought Evelyn Clark's new Angel shawl (from Fiber Trends) and I bought a book of shawl patterns from Dale of Norway. I'll be back to shawl knitting in a couple weeks, after I finish up some of the sock projects that have been waiting far too long!


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Sixty members attended the reunion of the James and Maggie Summervill family July 14 at Marion Community Center.

Among them were Cleo Summervill, Mike Summervill, and Evelyn Jones, Chanute; Robin, Colin, Claire, and Grant Totten, Gresham, Ore.; Glen and Lea Summervill and Pam and Marc Summerville, Wichita.

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Young Che Guevara: ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’ (2004 movie)

The Motorcycle Diaries (movie, 2004):  Rodrigo de la Serna and Gael García Bernal push a Norton motorcycle

The Motorcycle Diaries is a 2004 Spanish-language buddy film about two guys from Argentina on a leaky Norton motorcycle taking a road trip through much of South America in 1952. One of the guys is the young Ernesto Guevara (a.k.a Che Guevara), who would go on to become an iconic Marxist revolutionary immortalized on Che T-shirts (read the book: Che: The Diaries of Ernesto Che Guevara), and a close comrade of Fidel Castro.

This movie received a good amount of critical acclaim, and I procrastinated in seeing it, afraid that it would be too political or too heavy.

It is neither. It is a visually-attractive, atmospheric piece that flits from anecdote to anecdote and gradually runs out of gas. There are a number of enjoyable scenes — some humorous, others serious — that ultimately don’t lead to anything more specific than an overall tone of wistful compassion.

Rodrigo de la Serna and Gael García Bernal in The Motorcycle Diaries (movie, 2004)

The guys (pictured above, left and right: Rodrigo de la Serna as biochemist Alberto Granado and Gael García Bernal as medical student Guevara) are good-looking and charming. Their best moments are the funny ones, and there are brief flashes of the subtly ironic sense of humor that tickles Spanish-inflected writing from Don Quijote to Carlos Castaneda to The Milagro Beanfield War. De la Serna’s lusty appetites serve as a nice foil for Bernal’s virtuous introspection, and it would be interesting to see these two in a movie that developed these characters. Here, the fun is tempered somewhat by oppressed people and a couple of weeks of volunteer work at a leper colony. Also, the asthmatic young Guevara is stricken several times by frightening attacks.

This is the second film by Walter Salles that I have seen, having previously enjoyed Central Station. Eric Gautier’s cinematography is very stylish, and the movie’s music is particularly intriguing (the song “Al otro lado del río” won an Oscar).

Watching The Motorcycle Diaries was not unenjoyable, but when it was finished, it was lacking meat. As a Che Guevara biography, it offered little insight. Little was learned about South America or leprosy or motorcycles — just some nice-looking scenes and interesting faces set to good music.

I seriously got a lot more out of Alton Brown’s motorcycle odyssey, Feasting on Asphalt.

I’m giving this one an ambivalent 3 out of 5 stars at Netflix.

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With less than two weeks before the Reds start Spring Training, outfielder Jonny Gomes seemed far from assured of being signed.

Since last week when it was learned the two sides were talking about a Minor League contract, there has been little movement.

“Nothing recently,” Reds general manager Walt Jocketty said on Friday night. “We may re-evaluate where we’re at with our roster and with the number of people we have going [to Spring Training].”

If the Reds do not end up signing Gomes, they will not try to pursue another outfielder as a Plan B.

“We’ll either do something with him or stay with what we have until we get to camp and see how it shakes out,” Jocketty said. “There’s no real deadline. We’re playing it by ear. I don’t think there’s pressure one way or the other to get it done.”

There is still a vacancy in left field that will need filling this spring. Chris Dickerson, Laynce Nix, Wladimir Balentien, Chris Heisey and Todd Frazier are among the candidates.

Mark (or anyone)…aren’t people reading too much into this? I think it’s just what Walt says it is. The Reds have a minor league deal on the table for Jonny that is available to him at any time (maybe up until ST)…they will not be offering him a major league deal. Jonny meanwhile (or his agents, actually) are hoping and looking for a last minute major league deal from someone…but they know the minor league deal is there from the Reds. If a big league deal happens at the last minute, they’ll take it…if not, Jonny will sign the minor league deal with the Reds and report to spring training.

Stinks for a Gomes fan (like me)…was hoping someone would give him a real chance after last season’s modest success. Oh well, he’ll just have to show ’em again!

Mark, Redleg nation may be over reacting just a tad about the lack of Gomes. He is a slugger and a great team guy as Hal has indicated many times. But perhaps Jocketty sees that Gomes is too 1 dimensional- he’s good against left-handed fastballs. Any type of curveball throws him off. I’m not saying he is unable to learn to hit them etc, but I think his potential may be smaller than say Dickerson or Franscico has. Ask yourself if no one else (other than the Cubs) were really considering Gomes why should the Reds? All that said, I want him in camp with the chance to earn his spot on the team again.

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NASA's Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image using its Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on Sol 161
This picture is a thumbnail version of a larger image, video frame, or onboard focus merge product from the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) aboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity. MAHLI is located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm. MAHLI took the larger parent image on January 18, 2013, Sol 161 of the Mars Science Laboratory Mission, at 13:26:14 UTC.

MAHLI thumbnails are approximately 8 times smaller than the original, parent image. Because the amount of data that Curiosity can send back to Earth each day is limited, small versions of MAHLI's images are sent as soon as possible after a new picture is acquired or produced. The larger image is returned on a prioritized basis, sometimes right away, but often not for several days, weeks, or months. Some images are never returned. Typically, in these cases, an image was acquired to determine autofocus or was intended to be focus-merged onboard the instrument.

When MAHLI obtained the parent picture, the focus motor count position was 14588. This number indicates the internal position of the MAHLI lens at the time the camera acquired the image (or, for focus merge products, it is the position of the first image merged). This count also tells whether the dust cover was open or closed. Values between 0 and 6000 mean the dust cover was closed; values between 12500 and 16000 occur when the cover is open. For close-up images, the motor count can, in some cases, be used to estimate the distance between the MAHLI lens and target. For example, in-focus images obtained with the dust cover open for which the lens was 2.5 cm from the target have a motor count near 15270. If the lens is 5 cm from the target, the motor count is near 14360; if 7 cm, 13980; 10 cm, 13635; 15 cm, 13325; 20 cm, 13155; 25 cm, 13050; 30 cm, 12970.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

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NOTE:  Maryland State government offices will be closed on the following Service Reduction Day:

·          Friday, May 22, 2015

Please understand that this Service Reduction Day will affect service delivery.  Processing of Child Care Subsidy applications and payments will be delayed, as well as Credentialing and Licensing determinations.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

NEW!  Maryland Child Care Mapping Tool. This is an online GIS application developed primarily to help parents in need of child care services locate those services in relation to their homes or to local public schools. The user can set a search radius, select the type and schedule of care desired, and filter the results according to providers' quality rating levels. Search results display as "pins" on a map and can be printed out as text with or without the display map.

About the Office of Child Care

The Office of Child Care (OCC) is responsible for licensing and inspecting all child care centers and family child care providers in Maryland. The Office of Child Care (OCC) also administers Maryland's subsidized child care program for working families and administers the state’s Child Care Credentialing System.

Visit OCC's online child care licensing inspection results site – www.CheckCCMD.org!  The site offers detailed compliance findings from child care licensing inspections conducted since January 2011.  The site may also be used to find licensed child care programs and providers, and to link to a wide range of information about early care and education in Maryland.

If you would like information about OCC's:

·       Licensing Branch, click HERE

·       Credentialing Branch, click HERE

·       NEW!  Maryland EXCELS Branch, click HERE

·      Child Care Subsidy Branch, click HERE

for the Division of Early Childhood Development's Child Health Issues portal page.
This page provides child health-related information
and Internet links for parents, child care providers
and other early childhood programs, and the general community. Visit this page for updates on preventing
the spread of the flu (including the H1N1 influenza virus).

Click Here
to access the Maryland Sex
     Offenders Registry
, which is
    maintained by the Maryland Department of
    Public Safety and Correctional Services.  In
    addition to providing detailed offender
    information, the site carries "amber alerts" for
    abducted children and an information/resource
    section for parents and educators on
    preventing and combating youth gangs.

Click Here for the Maryland Judiciary Case

    Search service, which provides free public
   access to the Maryland District Court and
   Circuit Court Case Management System.
   District Court criminal, civil, and traffic case
   records and Circuit Court criminal and civil case
   records are available.  The amount of historical
   data may vary by jurisdiction.

Click Here to download the Office of Child Care's

   new "Playground and Water Safety

    Guidelines" for child care and early education

or, if you would like to explore a variety of Internet sites containing a wide range of child care-related information of particular interest to parents and child care providers, click HERE.

NOTICE to Child Care Facility Operators and Family Child Care Providers:

Maryland law requires all child care facilities and family child care providers to have a written emergency preparedness plan. The plan must cover emergency situations that require evacuation, sheltering in place, or other protection of children, such as in the event of fire, natural disasters, or other threatening situations that may pose a health or safety hazard to all children in care, including those with disabilities. For more information regarding this law, click here.

For information on obtaining training to create the plan, click here to visit the Project Security Blanket website. This training is offered through the Chesapeake Child Care Resource Center and is funded by the Maryland State Department of Education. Training is available statewide and online.

NOTICE to Child Care License/Registration and Employment Applicants - Commercial LiveScan fingerprinting services are now available.

Private agencies ("commercial fingerprinting services") are authorized by COMAR 12.15.05 to submit fingerprints directly to the Maryland Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record checks. Electronic fingerprint applications produce fast, reliable background check results. At present, there are several private agencies certified by Maryland CJIS to provide LiveScan fingerprint services. They offer services at a variety of locations around the state. Click here for a list of these agencies and information about their services.

Have questions or need more information?   Call us at 1-877-605-1539.

Contact Information

Liz Kelley
, Director, Office of Child Care
Division of Early Childhood Development
Maryland State Department of Education
200 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Email: liz.kelley@msde.state.md.us

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The State Superintendent of Schools, Lillian M. Lowery, Ed.D., directs the State Department of Education and executes the policies and enforces the regulations adopted by the State Board of Education.

The State Superintendent also chairs the Interagency Committee on School Construction and is a member of several boards and commissions, including:

  • Maryland State Board of Education
  • Governor's Executive Council
  • Children’s Cabinet
  • State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care
  • Coordinating Council for Juvenile Services Educational Programs
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  • Maryland Partnership for Children in Nature
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  • Governor’s Workforce Investment Board
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  • Maryland Longitudinal Data System Governing Board – Ex officio member

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