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11. Infantryman

Chicago, Illinois
October, 1918

Heat from the tea radiated into Elizabeth’s palms as she turned the porcelain cup carefully in her hands. October was coming on cold. The Sun-Times thought this was good—they hoped that somehow it would slow the transmission of the influenza.

Elizabeth had her doubts.

She looked up. Theresa had been a mere acquaintance from the Ladies’ Aid society at the church. But that was before Edward Senior and Theresa’s Michael had been taken by the influenza only two days apart. Like Elizabeth, Theresa’s children were nearly grown, and like Edward Junior, Theresa’s son had a perverse desire to be at war.

Except that Charles was old enough to enlist, and therefore, already overseas.

“I was thinking about Charles,” Elizabeth muttered. “You know Edward Junior wants to be at war.”

Her friend nodded. “I recall you saying that—he went down to enlist, didn’t he? Was caught by one of the teachers from the Latin school?”

She nodded. “If it weren’t for the fact that keeping him alive is what I’m aiming to do, I would have killed that boy.”

They both chuckled but quickly fell silent again.

“Edward wanted Junior to go to war,” Elizabeth muttered at last. “Sometimes I think…well, is it silly to feel like Edward wouldn’t be gone if I’d done what he wanted?”

Her friend smiled sadly, reaching across the table to take Elizabeth’s hand. “I think the same thing. I lay awake at night making faces at God. Asking him if I go back and change things, if I do a little bit more of the things Michael wanted. Maybe if I let him buy that Chevrolet, or if we’d taken the train to the shore in Michigan, like he always wanted to do in the summer. The air in the car or the air at the shore would’ve made him stronger, maybe.”

Elizabeth smiled a little smile.

“I know. Doesn’t make an ounce of sense.”

She shook her head.

“But neither does sending Junior off to war. Your heart would break, Beth. Mine does, and I still have Janice here with her babies. If Junior goes over to the war, you won’t have anyone.”

It was true. Although, to be honest, the subject of the war hadn’t come up once in the two weeks since Edward’s passing. It was as if Junior’s every desire had evaporated. He didn’t play the piano; he rarely went out with his friends. There was a single package of Lucky Strikes on his bureau, that, as far as she could tell, was not being depleted. He had been reading Dickens and Doyle, but these novels were now upended on his nightstand.

Three weeks ago, any report from overseas was a chance for Junior to stare wistfully at the radio, and proclaim loudly what he would do differently if only he were allowed to go fight.

But now these proclamations were gone. He almost never turned the radio on.

As if she were reading her mind, Theresa asked, “How is Edward Junior?”

Elizabeth shrugged. There had been no funeral, for people were forbidden to congregate. And no burial, either. As the doctor had predicted, there were no undertakers willing to handle the body. When she’d come home from the hospital that day, Junior had been sitting at the piano, practicing her favorite Chopin nocturnes. He allowed her to run her hands through his hair while he played. When she started to cry, he simply rose from the piano bench and held her. He didn’t need to ask what had happened.

In the days since, they hadn’t spoken of it. Like his father, Edward Junior was a stoic. He spoke of assuming the management of the family’s bank accounts without ever once referring to why this would be necessary. He sent a letter off to the keeper of the grounds at their church to find out what it would cost to order a headstone. He took to carrying his father’s pocket watch and lighter, and the way he resembled Senior with his lopsided trousers caused tears to well in Elizabeth’s eyes every time.

It was only at night, when the house was dark and all was still, that she heard the wet, quavering breaths echo down the hall as her child sobbed.

“He does as well as might be expected,” she said. “He’s a good boy.”

Her friend nodded sadly. “I don’t even know if Charles has received the telegram yet. I don’t know if I’ll even get a letter from him when he does…they say the French and English troops are marching on the German front. Don’t know if our boys will be sent with them.”

The news lately had been encouraging, if one ignored the death toll. Germany was receding—the line in France was supposed to be able to be breached by the Allies.

“Is it cruel of me,” she said to Theresa, “that I hope for an end to the war not to end the war, but to keep Junior from enlisting?”

Her friend gave her a sorrowful look, and Elizabeth realized at once she was thinking about her own son. Charles had attended Latin school with Junior. He was a few years older, a few inches taller, and a good bit larger, too. Although she wouldn’t admit it to Theresa, she had an easier time imagining Charles there, with the drab uniform and tin hat. But she couldn’t imagine her own child in that dress. The hands, which were so skilled before a piano keyboard, holding a gun instead?

Her friend stared at her.

“I’m sorry,” Elizabeth mumbled. “That was quite rude of me to say.”

Theresa shook her head. “I understand, Beth. I don’t want Charles over there, either.” She reached across the table and squeezed Elizabeth’s hand. “And I’ll pray with you that the war ends before Edward can go.”

The women sat in silence awhile, spoons clinking against china as each stirred her tea.

The knock was so aggressive that Elizabeth, who was taking a sip when it came, slopped tea down the front of her dress. It started to spread, a strange, light reddish brown over her breasts. She muttered a string of excuses to Theresa and stood from the table.

The boy on the stoop was blond and mousy, his eyes wide behind his thick glasses. She recognized him as one of Junior’s classmates.

“Mrs. Masen? I’m Eugene. Eugene McElhinny..”

Eugene’s face was flushed, and she realized a moment later, dripping with sweat. He appeared to have run to her doorstep—from where, she didn’t know. She nodded for him to go on.

Later, she would wonder what she’d been expecting. Whether she’d been thinking that there would only be a brief announcement, perhaps an invitation for Junior to go out with his friends—never mind that he had been out with them for the better part of the afternoon. But she wasn’t expecting the three words that Eugene spoke:

“It’s Edward, ma’am.”

Edward? She had barely begun to form the question, “I’m sorry?” when she looked over Eugene’s shoulder and saw the others, nearly halfway down the street.

They were large boys, two of the backers or whatever they were called from the Latin school football team. She’d forgotten their names, but Edward spent time with them often, smoking Lucky Strikes and pilfering whatever bathtub gin they could get their hands on. It was a frigid day, and both boys were dressed in thick coats, their scarves flapping in the wind—one end behind their necks, tassels flying, and one end whipping the face of the boy who hung between them.

This third boy’s feet moved of their own accord, but only barely so, and he’d slung an arm over each of the other boys’ shoulders to keep himself upright. His face was hidden, but even in the faint light that was all of the setting sun hidden behind the clouds, she could see the reddish hair shining.

Elizabeth ran before she was even conscious of commanding herself to, and she nearly tripped and fell as she flew off the concrete porch stairs. She screamed to him, crying out his name over and over. “Edward” and “Junior” and even “Teddy,” the nickname they’d tried to give him but which he’d refused since the age of four.

She nearly slammed into the boys carrying him. His hands slid from their shoulders and clasped around her neck instead, his face finding its way into her shoulder so that she could feel his hair, dampened with sweat. His body was unnaturally hot against hers. Edward had rarely been ill as a child, but when he had, he’d had the tendency to run high fevers and to suffer for days. Of course, then he had been small enough that even she had been able to lift him and pull his fevered body to her own. Now, it was all she could do to keep him upright as he stumbled forward.

At once, she began running her hands through hair already sticky with sweat, mumbling her child’s name over and over. He collapsed against her, his head falling heavy against her breasts for the first time in at least a decade.

Her mind began to race. How long did he have? Senior had expired in only two days. There were stories of dozens who’d been stricken in the morning and died in the afternoon.

Edward’s breath was hot and wet against her neck. He was panting as though he’d run several miles, when instead he was barely able to stand. Where would she take him? The hospitals were closed to new admissions. And how would she even get him there, with him barely able to stand? They didn’t have an automobile, and even if they had, she wouldn’t have known how to drive it.

She spun halfway, her shoulders twisting as she kept her arms firmly around Edward.

Theresa stood behind her, her eyes wet. “Do you need help getting him inside the house?”

Elizabeth nodded, her eyes flooding. Theresa and Elizabeth took the place of the two large boys and Edward’s body sagged between them as they turned back to the house.

“Thank you,” she managed, as the boys began to walk away. Their steps were quick; and no wonder. It had been an heroic enough action simply to bring Edward home; she understood that now they wished to put as much distance between themselves and a so obviously-infected person.

One of the boys tipped his hat to her, and Eugene said, “You’re welcome, Mrs. Masen.” He looked nervously from her to Edward and back, and mumbled, “I hope he gets better.”

Absently, still looking at Edward, Elizabeth nodded to Eugene.

“Thank you,” she muttered, trying not to acknowledge the content of what Eugene had just offered.

Because they both knew the odds.

Edward shuffled slowly between the two women as they progressed back to the house. When they managed to make it inside, they helped Edward onto the couch in the sitting room. He groaned, throwing one lanky arm over his head.

“Edward,” she murmured. “Edward, I’m going to help you. Mama will help you. I’m going to go get a cold rag.”

Theresa, however, had beaten her to it. She thrust the dripping cloth into Elizabeth’s hands—it felt as though it had been put in the cold box, and perhaps it had. She laid it on Edward’s brow, and he trembled.

What was she going to do? Edward had been responsible for helping to get Senior to the hospital. She had no way of getting him there—if they would even take him.

“Mother,” he managed a moment later, his lips shaking as though he’d just come in from a snowstorm. “The doctors.”

He drew a shaky breath and then broke into a coughing fit.

At once, Elizabeth propped his back up, as she had done so many times when he’d been ill as a child. Her hands remembered the feel of the spindly body before them, the way he’d been so skinny that she could feel every bump of his spine. That wasn’t the case any longer. Her son was still slender, but his body had filled out. The once thin back was now covered with strong muscle that contracted violently with each cough.

“It’s all right, sweetheart,” she murmured. “I’ll take care of you.”

His head shook furiously. “I need—a doctor,” he managed.

It was the same thing his father had said. And in the same, authoritative manner.

Theresa looked over Elizabeth’s shoulders at them both.

“Let me go on,” she murmured. “I’ll get Janice’s Michael. They have a new Ford, did I tell you that?”

Elizabeth shook her head, temporarily bewildered. A car? She hadn’t mentioned it earlier, but it was odd to mention it now. “That’s nice,” she heard herself say.

“Beth, He’ll come back. We’ll come back. We’ll come back with the car. And we’ll take Junior to the infirmary.”

The tears came so quickly she didn’t have a moment to try to stifle them. Her breath escaped her in a shudder.

“Oh, Theresa, thank you,” she managed. “Thank you…”

Her friend shook her head, and Elizabeth suddenly found her hand squeezed in a firm grasp.

“We can’t lose our boys, Beth,” Theresa murmured. “We’ve lost our men—we won’t lose our boys.”
The front door clicked behind her as she left, and suddenly, the house was still.

When Junior had been a baby, Edward had arrived home one day with a box. A clock kit, to assemble a grandfather clock. It was a nightmare, keeping the baby out of the parts, and Elizabeth lived three weeks in fear that he would crawl to the work area, shove a gear into his eager mouth, and choke to his death. So it had been to her great relief when Edward finally declared the clock complete, and she could freely let their baby crawl throughout the house again.

It had remained the centerpiece in their parlor for all the intervening years. She had measured Junior against it in her mind—just after his first birthday, when he toddled past, barely able to see the pendulum, his tenth birthday, when he’d reached the chimes, his fifteenth, when he’d stood level with the dial.

We’ve lost our men, Theresa had said. We won’t lose our boys.

Settling in with her arms firmly around her son, Elizabeth listened to the steady tick and prayed her friend was right.

The radio in one corner of the armory crackled. It was one of the few rallying points in the place—the flu patients, or at least, those who were able, would crowd around it to hear updates on the war. At any given time, the bodies around the radio might be as many as three deep, and the doctors and nurses would have to gently urge patients back to bed.

This was what Carlisle was doing now, half-carrying, half-dragging a man whose eyes were red and whose fingernail beds were already turning a violent shade of purplish-blue. He caught the slightest bit of the broadcast as he took the man’s arm. The gravelly voice reported that there was to be an offensive against the Hindenburg line—all the Allied forces would begin trying to breach the German offensive in northeastern France.

The war was becoming harder and harder to fight. Farmers recruited into the armies in France and Britain had left food shortages for the wives and children left at home, to say nothing of the food for the soldiers themselves. As the death toll rose, there were fewer regiments available to refresh the exhausted men in the trenches, and although Wilson sent thousands of U.S. boys there every day, the reinforcements were nowhere near enough.

It was a fitting duality, Carlisle thought as he placed a firm hand on his patient’s shoulder and pushed him onto the cot. In France, they fought a war against a physical enemy, who pressed closer and closer in on the country. Men died, more men came to their aid, only to be ripped apart by rifle fire and to drown in the gas. In the chaos that was Chicago, it felt as though a German offensive pressed itself against the windows of the armories and hospitals, claiming life after life as it rolled forward toward some ill-defined goal. And as in Europe, the reinforcements for the front line of this war grew more depleted by the day.

Carlisle was working two positions now, sneaking from one to the other at the change of the light, escaping only every fourth day or so to feed. The armory had no windows and so he could work here during the day, moving from bedside to bedside as he carefully monitored the patients. There were over two hundred of them, in neat rows of cots with a single sheet and blanket apiece.

It seemed they ran out of these every few hours. Some new patient would arrive and be relegated to a cot or even the floor without so much as a bed sheet to cover him. The nurses who volunteered their time boiled the sheets as quickly as possible when new patients left—either because they had become well, or, more often, when they were transferred to the hospital. And every now and again they would lose one or two, patients who slipped away before anyone could notice. This was the saddest, because it was their job to look out for these people, the ones who were so sick they needed to be admitted to the hospitals at once. But they couldn’t do it. There weren’t enough eyes, enough hands. The humans were exhausted.

And though there was no physical reason for this to be the case, Carlisle felt exhausted, too.

He looked down. He’d nearly forgotten about the man he had just ushered away from the radio. The man’s lungs were already crackling—not so much that a human would hear without a good stethoscope, but to Carlisle the sound was deafening.

“Doctor, how much longer do I have?”

Carlisle’s eyes closed. He wouldn’t lie—he couldn’t lie, not when so many patients came in and out. He envied the human doctors with their fallible memories, the way they wouldn’t remember the patients they’d lost the week before.

Carlisle remembered them all.

Three hundred and forty-seven, mostly at the hospital, but a dozen and a half here as well, in the two weeks he’d worked here. The woman who had already been widowed and who left five young children with their aunt. The father of four, his body ruined by bathtub gin long before the influenza set in; he hadn’t lasted a day. The young man intent on making it to New York to make his fortune in the stock exchange. He’d come from Iowa, and his mother didn’t even know he was in Chicago. Carlisle had been the one to send the telegram.

And then there were the children. Carlisle claimed to detest children, if anyone asked. This was his excuse for treating them as little as he could. The truth was he couldn’t bear their loss. Losing a human who was old, who had children and grandchildren, who had lived a full life and was happy with his lot, that was one thing. It was almost beautiful, in its own way, and Carlisle could recognize in the peaceful eyes the way he himself would have preferred to leave his life. With younger adults, it was harder, but still there was some redemption—they had lived a while, many had families, they had lived past the age to which Carlisle had lived as a human.

But with children, there was nothing to hold. They hadn’t finished school. They’d never experienced a world which was not run by their parents. They didn’t know what it was to fall in love, or hold a job, or feel as though they contributed to the world themselves. When they died, it was the worst kind of loss, and it was liable to knock Carlisle off-kilter for days.

Here, however, it was utterly unavoidable. For all his supernatural strength and senses, he might as well have been the Angel of Death.

“Doctor? How much longer?”

Carlisle brought himself back to the present and looked down at the patient under his hands. He realized at once that he did not know his patient’s name; he would need to look this up so that he could transfer the man to one of the hospital lists. But there was not a great deal which could be done.

“I’m not sure,” he heard himself whisper. “Not long. Is there anything I can do for you?”

“No,” the man sighed. “Not really.” He rolled away from Carlisle, staring at the seemingly endless rows of cots. His own creaked as he settled himself in, curling into a fetal position beneath the thin blanket.

Carlisle nodded. But as he moved away, he muttered, “I’m sorry” in a voice too low for human ears.

He made his way toward the doors of the armory, straightening blankets and taking inventory of patients as he passed. The nurses tried to keep track of everyone they could, but even clipboards at the ready, they couldn’t keep track of everything. Bed 45 was lying in his own vomit; Carlisle mopped this with a dry rag and promised to return to clean further. Bed 82 had given his blanket to his daughter, Bed 84, and now lay shivering despite the humid air. Bed 107 looked badly in need of hydration.

Making his to-do list, Carlisle reached the end of the rows of cots just as the armory door swung open and a man staggered inside.

This wasn’t uncommon. The influenza weakened even the strongest grown men; they often barely managed to stumble their way in the door. But what made this one different was that this man staggered under the weight of a body; a boy, Carlisle realized at once, his heart sinking. For even though the body in the man’s arms was lanky and tall, it was clearly that of quite a young man. His long, pale arms wrapped loosely around the man’s neck, feet with untied shoes dangled. His head was turned into the man’s collarbone so that all Carlisle could see was a shock of reddish hair.

A shock of reddish hair he recognized.

“Oh no,” he muttered. “Oh, no, no, no.”

It had been what, two weeks? At once, the woman’s face swam before him, the way her eyes had filled with tears as their hands met, the transfer of a few personal effects. The way she’d stood before him, resolute in her need to move forward, already thinking about her son. Her insistence that she would manage to have her husband buried properly.

But she didn’t look that way today. She stood, a little bit behind the man carrying her son, her expression no longer resolute. Those odd green eyes darted from the boy, to the man holding him, to the rows upon rows of influenza patients, and then, finally, to Carlisle.

He heard her gasp from the other side of the room.

Over the centuries, Carlisle had become accustomed to moving at the speed of his human compatriots. It had even come to the point that to do so no longer felt unnatural—his gait was preternaturally smooth, to be sure, but other than that, there was little to reveal that he was out of the ordinary.

Today, however, he cursed the need to move so slowly. He wanted nothing more than to dash across the infirmary, yank the boy into his arms, and lay him on one of the cots. It took only a few seconds for him to stride across the floor, but it might as well have been a year, he was so anxious.

The man began to speak at once. “My friend’s son has fallen ill,” he explained. “This was the closest infirmary.”

Carlisle was already nodding, his eyes fixed not on the boy, but on his mother. She stared at him, the green eyes neither tear-filled nor resolute, not as they had been the last time he’d seen her. Instead, today they were full of questions. He wondered, briefly, if she was feeling the same things he was—wondering what it meant that fate would throw them together twice, in such different places. It was rare, in a city like this, and that was one reason Carlisle enjoyed practicing here. The anonymity protected him, meant that even if a single person suspected he was more than who he pretended to be, it was unlikely he or she would ever encounter him again. No accusations would be leveled, and he would be free simply to disappear.

Not so this time.

The woman was shorter than he by perhaps six or seven inches. But she seemed even smaller tonight, as she stared imploringly up at him.

“Save him,” she said.

Carlisle winced. Hadn’t this been what had gotten him into so much trouble the first time? Pity, anger, his own feelings of helplessness. All these had led him to a promise he’d been utterly incapable of keeping.

He couldn’t do that again.

“I can’t,” he heard himself say. “Mrs. Masen, I can’t—”

Save him,” she repeated, and this time the voice and the eyes were harder. The resolute woman he’d met outside the men’s ward had returned.

“I have faith in you.”

Faith? What was there to have faith in? Overseas, the war raged, the country’s young men came sailing back across the Atlantic in coffins instead of cabins. And at home the war was no better, nor was it any less deadly. And he had already failed this woman once.

But hadn’t he been called to duty? Wasn’t that exactly the point? Working two jobs, nearly nonstop, trying to save as many lives as he could manage? It was a different front line, but Carlisle stood on it, nonetheless.

Elizabeth Masen’s eerie green eyes still stared up at him, and some part of him found himself nodding.

“I’ll do my best,” he whispered. “That’s what I can offer. My best.”

“Your best will do,” she answered.

Reaching to the man, Carlisle pulled the boy into his own arms, taking care to feign a stagger as the weight was transferred. His skin seared; a high fever had already settled in. He groaned, his heavy head finding its way onto Carlisle’s bicep.

That day at Cook County replayed in Carlisle’s mind, the way Elizabeth had nodded first to her husband and then to her son, linking their names. He turned away from the mother and began scouting for an empty cot as he addressed the boy.

“Edward? I’m Dr. Cullen, and I’m going to take care of you.”

§ 2 Responses to 11. Infantryman"

  • foufymaus says:

    Oh my word.
    This chapter brought me to tears. Just the thought of young Edward grieving the loss of his father. The fact that he stopped doing the things that made him a young man, just primed my tear ducts to activate. LOL Then you hit me with the imagery of young Edward with his father’s pocket watch and lighter. *sniffle* Yea, i admit it i cried.

    The heartache of Elizabeth as she heard her only son cry at night. Wow, you definitely can see the stoic vampire in training here. I can see the parallel between this young Edward to the one in New Moon and the rest of the series.

    I like the fact that it also foreshadows how almost overprotective he is toward his mother. Edward in that era would have had to take on responsibilities way beyond his years. The fact that he willingly took over the family finances and at the same time his his own grief spoke to the fact that this is a trait that is also brought forth in the books. You see it as early as the blood incident during Biology class. He too was feeling like he had to take care of Bella, even as he was hiding the fact that he was a vampire.

    As always AWESOME update. Truly could be considered part of canon. The emotional tone and reactions of each character is spot on! I loved it.

    Thanks for the update.

  • Tina says:

    I think the thing that is hardest about this chapter is that Elizabeth thought she could protect her son – and all the while she was trying to protect him from the wrong thing. It’s heartbreaking to think about how much she wanted to help him when he got sick, how she begged Carlisle to help him.

    The image of the friend carrying Edward into the ‘clinic’, and the fact that Carlisle thought of him as a child, brings to light the fact that Edward wasn’t an adult yet. And he never will be. He will forever be a teen, all gangly legs and arms, and never quite filling out completely. And prone to teenage behavior.

    As always, you make me think about these characters in a different light.

    Thank you!

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Thursday, June 3, 2010

Mayne Stage announces Preview Series, June 3-12

Mayne Stage (1328 W. Morse Ave., Chicago; 773-381-4554) opens its doors to the public with a Preview Series beginning Thursday, June 3, running through Saturday, June 12. The line-up of talent for the series reflects the diverse entertainment planned for the room which includes jazz, blues, pop, classical and cabaret as well as comedy, theatrical and family programs.

The first artists to appear at Mayne Stage are Chicago cabaret performers Beckie Menzie and Tom Michael, Joan Curto, Paul Marinaro and Sue Conway with their musical evening, appropriately titled, The Best is Yet to Come. Showtime is 8 p.m. and the tickets are specially priced for this preview event at $10 for all seats.

The Preview Series includes Blues artist and singer-songwriter Jan James band in advance of the release of her newest CD, Ring Around the Moon. This high-energy evening of music is Friday, June 4 at 8 p.m. All tickets are specially priced at $10.

On Saturday, June 5 psychic entertainer Ross Johnson comes to Mayne Stage and, “… he knows what you’re thinking.” Joining Johnson for this unique evening of entertainment is Chicago vocalist Greta Pope. Showtime is 8 p.m. and tickets are $15.

The Jeannie Tanner Quartet brings jazz to Mayne Stage with special guest The Sandra Antongiorgi Trio on Friday, June 11. The music begins at 8 p.m. and tickets are $10.

Closing out the Preview Series on Saturday, June 12 is Liz Mandeville - Singer, Songwriter, Speaker, Shimmy Shaker & Red Hot Mama! With her "cut to the bone", original, Roots-inspired songs and sassy onstage patter, Liz injects any audience with an instant shot of fun. Joining Liz Mandeville & the Blue Points featuring Will Crosby are special guests Tail Dragger, Peter Struijk and Lance Cameron. The show begins at 8 p.m. and tickets are $10.

Following this preview series, Mayne Stage welcomes the TBS Presents a “Very Funny” Festival: Just for Laughs June 17 – 20. Official show times can be found at

A complete list of scheduled shows, additional information and tickets are available at Please note that all shows are subject to change.

July’s scheduled performers include vocalist Ann Hampton Callaway July 2 and 3, Ron Hawking July 8-10, TJ & Dave on Friday, July 16, Beckie Menzie and Tom Michael’s That 60’s Show, on July 23, Mike Toomey’s TV& Me with special guest Ana Belaval from WGN-TV on Saturday, July 24. Additional shows are being announced weekly.

The beautiful 299-seat venue is unique in its flexibility and versatility. Mayne Stage offers attractive cabaret and theater style seating, comfortable booths on the mezzanine level as well as balcony seating – all with excellent sightlines. With its state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems, nine-foot Steinway piano and intimate feel, Mayne Stage is an exceptional venue for a wide range of performance styles. Comfortable, beautifully lit, full-service bars on the main level and the mezzanine level complete the experience.

Mayne Stage has been designed as a unique, memorable space for both public performances and private events. The bar areas on both levels outside the main theater room are perfect for private receptions before and after performances. The flexibility of the seating area in the main room allows clients to customize the space for a myriad of events, from meetings to award celebrations, to themed social events, fundraisers and large personal celebrations and parties.

About Mayne Stage
Mayne Stage is located at 1328 W. Morse Ave. in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood. The new Mayne Stage showcases the hottest local and national musical acts, theatrical performances, comedy troupes and more. It is the ideal location for a variety of private events. For more information, or to see a list of upcoming shows, please call (773) 381-4554 or visit

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Friday, January 11, 2013

River North Business Association Winter Soiree January 16

You thought there was nothing left to celebrate? Join the River North Business Association at its Winter Soiree post-holiday party, 6-9 p.m. January 16 at John Barleycorn, 149 W. Kinzie St. in River North. The cost is $50. Register on-line at the River North Business Association website.

The new River North John Barleycorn opens its second floor to RNBA with plenty of food, drinks and fun including door prizes, music and goodies galore.
RNBA is partnering with the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago to help ensure that critically ill and injured children feel special every day of the year. Bring a new, unwrapped toy to the Soiree and exchange it for an extra door prize ticket for additional chances to win the prize you want. As patients come and go year round, there is always a need for toys, so please donate if you can.
Want to make it a night? The Holiday Inn Mart Plaza has a block of rooms priced at $79 so you can stay just steps from the event. Register by calling (312) 529-1112 and asking for the River North Business Association Winter Soiree rate. Rooms are limited so book today!

 Thanks to John Barleycorn and Preferred Sponsor
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European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said on Thursday that it is up to Greece to decide whether to tap the bond market again, but it should be better to do so as part of an overall bailout strategy, Reuters says.

Draghi also noted that Greece has made substantial progress in reforms.

The Greek government has hired six banks to arrange its first bond sale since being frozen out of financial markets due to the economic crisis that led the country to three rescue programs since 2010.

Greece’s return to markets is seen by European creditors — the ECB, European Commission and the European Stability Mechanism — as a step towards exiting its bailout program.

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Dec 19, 2017|Source: Financial Post

The Canadian Real Estate Association has cut its home sales forecast for next year due to the impact of tighter mortgage regulations that come into effect New Year’s Day, which are expected to rein in spending for some buyers.

CREA said in an updated projection Thursday the banking regulator’s revised mortgage underwriting guidelines, which include a stress test for uninsured mortgages, will reduce sales activity across the country, particularly in and around Toronto and Vancouver.

The association now forecasts a 5.3 per cent drop in national sales to 486,600 units next year. That new estimate shaves about 8,500 sales from its previous 2018 forecast.

The national home price is expected to slip by 1.4 per cent in 2018 to $503,100.

“With some homebuyers likely advancing their purchase decision before the new rules come into effect next year, the ’pull-forward’ of these sales may come at the expense of sales in the first half of 2018,” CREA said in a statement.

“Meanwhile, other potential homebuyers are anticipated to stay on the sidelines as they save up a larger down payment before purchasing and contributing to a modest improvement in sales activity in the second half of 2018.”

In November, the number of homes sold through its Multiple Listing Service rose by 3.9 per cent compared with October, led by a 16 per cent sales spike in the Greater Toronto Area.

Sales were up 2.6 per cent from last November, marking the first year-over-year increase since March. That helped send the national home price up 2.9 per cent, year-over-year, to $504,000.

The number of newly listed homes rose 3.5 per cent in November, which reflected a large increase in new supply across the GTA.

In October, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions announced the final version of its revised guidelines, called B-20. The new rules, which come into effect on Jan. 1, require would-be homebuyers to prove they can still service their uninsured mortgage at a qualifying rate of the greater of the contractual mortgage rate plus two percentage points or the five-year benchmark rate published by the Bank of Canada.

CREA argues the new guidelines make it tougher for potential buyers with more than a 20 per cent down payment to qualify for a mortgage. These low-ratio mortgages comprise the vast majority of Canadian mortgage originations, it added.

The association also narrowed its forecast for national sales activity this year. It expects sales to decline four per cent to 513,900 units in 2017 due to weak activity in Ontario, after the province in April announced measures such as a foreign buyers tax to cool the market.

However, the association expects the national average price of a home to rise this year to $510,400, up 4.2 per cent compared to 2016.

While November sales activity in the Greater Toronto Area was down significantly compared to a year earlier, other large markets posted annual gains, including Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa and Montreal.

BMO economist Robert Kavcic noted that the adjustment in the Toronto market is ongoing.

“But strong underlying supply-demand fundamentals should prove supportive next year once the remaining froth gets worked off,” he wrote in a note to clients.

“In all likelihood, Bank of Canada rate hikes and the coming rule changes from OSFI should keep the froth from returning. Elsewhere, look for continued strength in Ottawa and Montreal, stability in Alberta, and an ongoing supply-demand struggle in Vancouver.”

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ISO Certification 9001:2015 is an international standard that defines the minimum requirements for a company’s Quality Management System (QMS). Griffin’s QMS is comprised of a number of inter-related processes that help to institute and control our Quality Policy. These processes are also instrumental in achieving our Quality objectives. Through these processes and our Quality Policy, Griffin has achieved a strong level of consistency which ultimately results in high levels of customer satisfaction and compliance to the International Standard.

During coating the following methods, forms and tools are used to determine critical dimensions, thickness’, adhesion, curing and batch consistencies.

  1. Griffin form QC001.rev.1.1 to be obtained and filled out with client name, purchase order or packing slip number. Powder manufacturer, paint code and batch number are to be recorded.
  2. Metal chip to be obtained and run with job in question. This enables us to retain a representation of the coating to be run and obtained for future reference and current testing in event a destructive test is required. If further testing is required a sample of product will be required from the client.
  3. At intervals during the job the foreman is to physically and non-destructively check film thickness on parts using Defelsko Positector conforming with ASTM – B499 and record findings on form QC001.rev.1.1. An average film thickness will be recorded along with the high and low finding.
  4. Technical data sheets and sample chips will be maintained by the Q.C. attendant and referenced for relevant information, i.e. film thickness. Our shop standard is 1.5 to 4 mil film thickness, ranging because of the job shop nature of our business and wide range of powders being used.
  5. If a curing issue is reported or inconsistency recorded in powder texture a check of temperature visually via digital gauge and then by BYK laser temperature gauge to determine rate of cure versus temperature and line speed cross referenced with technical data sheet. This procedure will foreman and production manager.
  6. Should an adhesion issue be reported, the Q.C.001.rev 1.1 form will be retrieved from the file with the chip. The data will be analyzed for any possible anomaly and destructively tested via ASTM D3359 conforming cross hatching tool supplied by BYK Gardner Instruments.
  7. Gloss differences are to be checked visually and reported should the variance be outside a 5° difference.


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Lavinia Greenlaw was born in London, where she still lives. She teaches at Goldsmiths College, University of London. She has published three collections of poetry: Night Photograph (1993), A World Where News Travelled Slowly (1997) and Minsk (2003). Her first novel, Mary George of Allnorthover, was published in 2001 and has appeared in the Netherlands, the United States, Germany and France, where it won the Prix du Premier Roman. A second novel, An Irresponsible Age, was published in 2006. She also collaborated with the photographic artist Garry Fabian Miller on Thoughts of a Night Sea (2003).

She wrote the libretto for Ian Wilson’s chamber opera Hamelin, premiered in 2003 and they are currently working on a second opera. Her other work for music includes Slow passage, low prospect, a song cycle for the composer Richard Baker, commissioned by the Aldeburgh Festival; and a series of poems, Winter Finding, for Ian Wilson’s symphonic work of the same name.

Her awards include an Arts Council of England Writer’s Award, Switzerland’s Spycher-Leuk Literaturpreis and a three-year fellowship from the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA). She was the British Council Fellow in Writing at Amherst College in 1995, and has held residencies with the Science Museum, the Royal Festival Hall and the Royal Society of Medicine. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

She has written drama and adaptations for BBC radio, and has made documentaries on the Arctic, the Baltic, the idea of mountains, the darkest place in England, and the solstices and equinoxes. She has also written essays on poetry and science, Bob Dylan and delay, and seventeenth-century wonder.

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Born in Toronto, Canadian writer Lisa Robertson lived in Vancouver for twenty-three years, where she was a member of The Kootenay School of Writing, and Artspeak Gallery. Her books of poetry include Debbie: An Epic (nominated for the Governor Generals Award for Poetry in 1998), The Weather (New Star Books, Canada/Reality Street Editions, UK) and Rousseau’s Boat (Nomados), which was recently awarded the bp Nichol chapbook award. She writes essays and collaborative texts for the visual arts, and these have been collected in the book Occasional Works and Seven Walks from the Office for Soft Architecture (Clear Cut Press). In 1999, she was awarded the Judith E Wilson Visiting Fellowship in Poetry by the University of Cambridge, in Spring 2003 was visiting poet/lecturer at University of California at San Diego, and in Fall 2006 will be writer-in-residence at University of California, Berkeley. As well, she has taught at Capilano College, Dartington College, American University of Paris, and at Naropa’s Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. Her essays and reviews on poetry have appeared in The Globe and Mail, Stand, American Book Review, The Stranger, and St Marks Poetry Project Newsletter. She now lives in France.

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Eliot Weinberger books of literary writings include Works on Paper, Outside Stories, Written Reaction, Karmic Traces and The Stars. His political articles are collected in 9/12, What I Heard About Iraq, and What Happened Here: Bush Chronicles. His work regularly appears in translation and has been published in some thirty languages.

The author of a study of Chinese poetry translation, 19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei, he is the translator of Unlock by the exiled poet Bei Dao, and the editor of The New Directions Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry.

He is the editor of the anthologies American Poetry Since 1950: Innovators & Outsiders and the forthcoming World Beat. His many translations of the work of Octavio Paz include the Collected Poems 1957-1987, In Light of India, and Sunstone. Among his other translations are Vicente Huidobro’s Altazor, Xavier Villaurrutia’s Nostalgia for Death, and Jorge Luis Borges’ Seven Nights. His edition of Borges’ Selected Non-Fictions received the National Book Critics Circle prize for criticism in 2000.

In 1992, he was the first recipient of the PEN/Kolovakos Award for his promotion of Hispanic literature in the U.S.; in 2000, he became the only American literary writer to be awarded the Order of the Aztec Eagle by the government of Mexico. He is a curator of the Berlin International Literature Festival and he is prominently featured in the Visitor’s Key to Iceland. At the recent PEN World Voices Festival, he was presented as a “post-national writer.” He lives in New York City.

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Fighting Obesity

Overweight and Blood Pressure - Lowering the Levels

Fighting Obesity Effectively

Weight Loss Pounds For The Obese

Top 20 Health & Fitness Myths

Overweight and Blood Pressure

                                      Lowering the Levels

Being overweight is always equated with different health complications. In view of this fact, it is important that you should get your blood pressure taken at the very least 2 years in order to prevent further complications. Complications related to high blood pressure includes damage to blood vessels, risk of heart disease, increasing the risk of heart attack, kidney failure and even stroke.

Testing your blood pressure only takes a few minutes. Your doctor will be able treat you as soon as you are diagnosed. Furthermore, you will also be given some helpful advice on lifestyle changes that you can follow. The following are helpful advices to help you deal with high blood pressure not only when you are overweight.

Quit Smoking

Smoking while being overweight means you are doubling the risk of developing health related issues therefore it is important that you try to quit smoking. For some people, this is easier said than done but when you want to maintain a healthy lifestyle you should put a stop on this unhealthy habit. What happens when you smoke? Your heart rate will increase as a result to the temporary increase in the blood pressure brought about by the constriction of your blood vessels. If you quit smoking, you will reverse the effects of smoking in your system.

Weight Loss

Keeping your blood pressure checked regularly can be achieved through losing weight and leading an active lifestyle. Too much fat engulfing your heart will result to doubling the work load that your heart is currently facing. You will increase the risk of developing heart attack and stroke in the process. In this view alone, you will find that losing weight can help you increase the overall health of your circulatory system.

Alcohol Moderation

It is important that you limit the amount of alcohol that you are consuming. Alcohol consumption significantly increases blood pressure especially in people with the predisposing factors. Alcohol moderation should be practiced so that you will help your blood vessels function well thus delivering adequate amount of blood within your system. If you cannot totally quit drinking, then it is important that you moderate your intake to not more than 1 glass.

Reduce Salt Intake

The larger is your salt intake, the higher is your blood pressure. You will retain water along with salt intake. When your body retain too much water, it follows that your circulation will become overloaded with fluid. Your body will compensate this too much water by regulating the circulation thereby increasing your blood pressure. You can reverse this by reducing your salt intake. This is the reason why doctors sometimes prescribe low salt-low fat diet to their patients.

Reduce Stress

Stress is probably the most active aspect of our lives and it is one of the major causes of increased blood pressure especially when we allow it to affect us. Dealing with stress will help you achieve a well-balanced lifestyle. You should not let it build up inside you. You should develop some hobbies that will become an outlet where you can pour off daily stresses. Yoga, meditation and deep breathing exercises can help you relieve the stress from your system as well.

Follow Doctor’s Advice

The reason why other people with high blood pressure continue to suffer from the condition is because they are non-compliant to the doctor’s recommendation. It is important that you drink your medications on time and follow through with every last bit of advice that your doctor tells you. Doing so would help you increase your life span or perhaps even lead quality life ahead.

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If you are trying for weight loss, you should read this article. Some people need to lose a few pounds.  But more and more Americans and those from the Western Societies are in the categories known as obese and morbidly obese.  These people need to lose more than a few lbs.  They need to lose pounds/kilos.

Some people have been able to have a significant weight loss through diet and exercise. This is made popular by television shows such as The Biggest Loser.

These kinds of people are able to change their attitude and lifestyle for life. They realize that they’re not on a temporary diet.  To lose weight, they must change how they view their body and the food they eat.

This means they change the types and quantity of food they buy. They change the types of meals they eat.  They change the size of the meals they eat.  They change the frequency of the meals they eat.

And, they begin to exercise. Because they may be unable to do vigorous activity, they may have to start slowly.  But, morbidly obese people should choose to exercise at least 30 minutes a day in whatever form is possible.  As they develop strength and endurance, they should kick this up to 60 to 90 minutes.

But some people feel they cannot change their habits on their own. The weight loss is not realistic to these people with just diet and exercise.  That is why Bariatric Surgery has become so popular in the last few years.

With this procedure, also known as Gastric Bypass, the stomach is made significantly smaller and the food bypasses part of the small intestine. People who have undergone this surgery find that they feel full with very small portions of food.

In a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (the most common kind), the stomach is made smaller by creating a small pouch at the top of the stomach using surgical staples or a plastic band. The smaller stomach is connected directly to the middle portion of the small intestine bypassing the rest of the stomach and the upper portion of the small intestine.

Gastric bypass surgeries may cause what is known as the “dumping syndrome.” This happens when food moves too rapidly through the stomach and intestines. Symptoms include nausea, weakness, sweating, faintness, and sometimes diarrhea shortly after eating. These symptoms are much more severe when the person has eaten highly refined, high-calorie foods, especially sweets.

There are a number of weight loss conditions that have to be met before a doctor can perform Gastric bypass. For instance, the person has to have been obese for at least 5 years.  He or she cannot have an ongoing problem with alcohol or have untreated depression.  Most candidates are between 18 and 65 years old.

Most people who have gastric bypass surgery quickly begin to lose weight. They tend to continue to lose weight for up to 12 months. One study showed that most patients will lose about one-third of their original body weight in 1 to 4 years.  However, if the recommended diet is not followed properly, the patient can begin to stretch their stomach and weight may be regained.

Strict lifestyle changes and gastric bypass surgery

are two options for quick weight loss pounds.

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Top 20 Health & Fitness Myths

When it comes to fitness it’s often hard to sort the fact from fiction. It seems that everyone these days has an opinion and everyone is a self-appointed fitness expert. There is quite a bit of hype about health and wellness, a lot of which comes from marketing campaigns that aim to sell us something easy, the magic pill, or the latest and greatest product that will make us well.

The truth is that there is a lot of misinformation in the world of health, and since being armed with accurate information is half the battle, today we will show you the Top 20 Health & Fitness Myths.

Here are just a few that are totally wrong:

If I work out I can eat whatever I want

The more you sweat, the more fat you burn

Sleep has nothing to do with weight management

To lose fat and weight, you should not eat fat

High protein diets are essential for fat loss

 Carbohydrates make you fat

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The Team and I wish that this page has been of some help for you in your search for healthier and fitter you and/or your family!

Three steps you might follow:

First: To continue your search we recommend that you carry on to our next page concerning Obesity at >>

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Is Overeating an Addiction?

Tips For Extreme Obese

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Second: Return to the Obesity Introduction Page to possibly choose a different subject about this disease >>

Third: Have a look at our main site to check out some of our other series concerning other health issues >>

The Team and I thank you for checking out this page and wish you a long and healthier life.

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  • Customer background
    The Kellogg bakery in Wyoming/Michigan making snack bars wanted to reduce scrap waste on the cooling tunnels.
  • Application
    On a 165 ft (50 m) dual-flow air recirculation cooling tunnel system, the raw material was sticking to the belt. This meant the bakery had to scrape the belt and use a steam cleaner to prevent build-up of the raw product on the belt. This constant scraping and cleaning significantly reduced the life of the belt. They also were having problems with inconsistent snack bar weights. When the raw material did not release from the belt, this caused voids in the bottom of the bar. When the bars were enrobed in chocolate, more chocolate had to be used on the bottom to fill the voids.
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Habasit switched the Kellogg bakery to its Cleanline product range. This allowed good thermal conductivity to chill the bars and provided the release of the raw material that was missing with the previous competitor’s belt. Because the product was no longer sticking to the belt, the bakery was able to stop the extreme cleaning and change the metal scraper to a neoprene rubber scraper to remove oil only from the belt.

The change to Habasit Cleanline reduced scrap of raw product from 6,000 lb (2720 kg = 2.7 ton) per month to 1,000 lb (450 kg) per month. Water usage was also reduced because they no longer had to steam clean the belt. This Habasit Cleanline type provided a consistent bottom to the snack bars, so the chocolate usage was also reduced because they were no voids to fill on the bottom of the bars. Over a year, Habasit was able to save this Kellogg bakery $72,798.00 in waste reduction.


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I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you for the support which you provided our group not only on Sarah’s wedding day last Saturday 13th September 2014, but throughout the journey as well.

We really appreciated your exquisite workmanship; your calm professionalism; your attention to detail and your gentle good humour. We were all absolutely delighted with the finished result as you captured our styling of sophisticated yet natural glamour and elegance perfectly.

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January 18, 2010

2010 Golden Globes Fashion
Pastel Pretties

The light dresses ruled the evening. I have several favorites in this group.

Drew's dress would be great without the extra frou frou.
Christina Auguilera? I like her haircut. That's it.
I don't know what Jenna Fischer was thinking.
Jennifer Garner rocked it. The dress, hair and jewels are perfect.
Jillian Michaels looks so cute all glammed up.
Nicole Kidman bores me.
I don't like redheads in pale dresses. Most of the time, it doesn't work.
I love Emily Blunt's dress, but she could have brushed her hair.
Jennifer Morrison should thank her stylist. She looks great.
I give Jessica Lange props for working it in an age appropriate dress.
Kristen Bell and Kate Hudson wore white. I don't know why.
Anna Kendrick looks like she borrowed her grandma's dress.

Top to Bottom: Drew Barrymore, Christina Auguilera, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jenna Fischer, Jennifer Garner, Toni Collette, Jillian Michaels, Nicole Kidman, Christina Hendricks, Emily Blunt, Jennifer Morrison, Jessica Lange, Kristen Bell, Kate Hudson, Chloe Sevigny, Anna Kendrick

Salt said...

Nice platforms, Kate.
I want to punch Chloe Sevigny in the face, but that's nothing new.

Dezzy Lou Where Are You said...

Chloe Sevigny really gets under my skin and I have no idea why- I kinda just want to punch her square in the face (and Im a HUGE fan of Big Love).

A Real Housewife said...

i agree w/ dez on Chloe. can't stand her. and seriously, what the eff christina aguilera?!

Karen said...

Chloe's dress was hideous. Worse than Jenna Fischer's.


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Beautiful setting for this grand open foyer colonial in thornbury hunt. Situated on a corner lot backing to woodlands, you'll find this well appointed home. Features include hardwood flooring throughout the living areas, ceramic tile bathrooms, cathedral and 9' ceilings and an oversized side load two car garage. The first floor has truly open rooms for easy living. This kitchen is open to both the formal dining room and breakfast area along with the family room. The family room features a stately stone gas fireplace with raised hearth and live edge barn beam mantle. Upstairs there is a supersized owner's suite with sitting area, walk-in closet and spacious owner's bath with ceramic floors, shower with bench seat, soak tub with ceramic surround and double bowl vanities. Along with the owner's suite there are three generous bedrooms, a hall bath and laundry area. Outside you'll find stone accents, a full front porch and composite deck off the rear.
Property Type:   Single Family Home
Bedrooms:   4
Baths:   2.50
Living Space:   2,783 SqFt
Lot Size:   28,322.71 SqFt Lot
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Year Built:   2018
Style:   Colonial
Neighborhood:   Penn
Subdivision:   Thornbury Hunt
MLS#:   1002086506
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Former President Benigno Aquino III believes that amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV should not be voided, as it represented the honor of the state.

Aquino on Tuesday warned that such a move could affect the trustworthiness of the government when dealing with other groups.

"Baka wala nang maniwala sa amnesty," Aquino said in a report by Mariz Umali on State of the Nation with Jessica Soho.

"Parang honor na ng estado 'yan eh. Ipinagkaloob na sa inyo. Ang kapalit noon ay mananahimik na kayo," he added.

Trillanes and the other Magdalo soldiers were able to avail of amnesty by virtue of Proclamation 75, issued in November 2010 by Aquino. They filed their amnesty application before the Department of National Defense on January 5, 2011.

Aquino maintains that the amnesty is valid.

He made the position in response to President Rodrigo Duterte's Proclamation 572 which states that the amnesty extended to the mutineers was void from the start because he did not comply with the "minimum requirements to qualify under the amnesty proclamation."

But Aquino said that application for amnesty meant that there was admission on the part of Trillanes of guilt.

"When you apply for amnesty, nag-apply ka kasi you were there, you participated in those acts, you were part of that and therefore you are applying for amnesty," said Aquino, who questioned why Trillanes, a staunch critic of Duterte, was being singled out.

"Kung si Trillanes may crime at ang ibang kasama niya equally charged, kung void ang amnesty kay Trillanes, void din ba sa lahat?"

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Strawberry Banana Biscoff Muffins

It`s strawberry season! I`m definitely one of those people who love fruits in their desserts. Muffins are considered breakfast food, but since it`s sweet and baked, I often eat them as a dessert as well. To me, muffins are quick breads, like banana bread, in individual serving sizes. Haha. Sure, they`re not as dense and the texture is different to loaf breads, but since they`re usually quick and easy to make, I enjoy baking them often.

The strawberry and banana combo is a popular favorite. I love the combination myself, so I wanted to combine the same flavors in muffin form. I also, always "happen to have" (read: I always make SURE I have) Biscoff spread in my pantry...I so knew it`ll be a great addition to the strawberry and banana combo flavor.

With that idea in mind, these muffins were born. Completely delicious and wonderful for a morning breakfast or for a snack randomly during the day...I mean, why the heck not, right? They have the Biscoff and banana flavor with strawberry bites scattered throughout. I love them and think you will, too. :)

Strawberry Banana Biscoff Muffins
Hearts In My Oven Original | Yields: 12 regular + 1 mini muffin | Level: Easy | Total Time: 35 minutes
§  1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
§  1/4 cup sugar
§  1/4 cup light brown sugar
§  1/3 cup old fashioned oats
§  1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
§  1/2 tsp salt
§  1 tablespoon baking powder
§  1/2 cup yogurt
§  1/4 cup biscoff spread
§  1 well-ripe banana, mashed
§  3 tablespoons milk
§  1 large egg
§  1 teaspoon vanilla extract
§  1/2 cup diced strawberries
Materials Needed:
-          Standard size/mini muffin pan(s)
-          Cupcake liners
-          1 rubber spatula
-          2 whisks
-          1 cookie scoop (optional)
-          cutting board
-          knife
-          1 butter knife
-          cooling rack

1.      Preheat oven to 400°F.
2.      In large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, oats, cinnamon, salt, and baking powder until combined.
3.      In a medium bowl, whisk together yogurt, biscoff, banana, milk, egg, vanilla, and strawberries.
4.      Add wet ingredients (yogurt, banana, etc) to dry ingredients (flour, sugar, etc). Mix with rubber spatula--less than 20 seconds! Careful, not to overmix!
5.      Scoop batter into muffin tins.
6.      Put in oven and drop oven temperature to 350°F and bake for 18-22 minutes, or until tops are golden brown.
7.      Allow to cool on cooling rack.
8.      Serve with sliced strawberries on top, if desired!


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Archive for October, 2010

Gonzalez Byass – but not sherry

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

Gonzalez Byass, famous for their fine sherries, have assembled an impressive portfolio of wine estates from other parts of Spain. Here are notes on wines from three of them.

The Gonzales family bought top quality Cava producer, Vilarnau in 1982. The wines are very good indeed – as they ought to be at prices well above the average for Cava.

Vilarnau Brut Nature (rrp £9.99). A blend of Macabeo, Parellada and Chardonnay, with 24 months age and just 3 g/l sugar: fine and yeasty with considerable complexity on the nose, fresh and dry in the mouth with a bready finish.

Vilarnau Brut (rrp £9.99) – a similar blend but a dosage of 10 g/l and 12 months aging: more floral and fruity, and though still yeasty, it has a soft, slightly earthy flavour.

Vilarnau Gran Reserva Brut Vintage 2006 (rrp £16.99) – the same three grapes, with 26 months aging and again, just 3 g/l sugar: lovely and delicate, creamy and long with almost peachy fruit.

Vilarnau Demi-Sec (rrp £9.99) – a blens of Parellada and Macabeo with 30 g/l dosage is a big wine with lemon curd-like fruit, soft and slightly earthy.

Vilarnau Brut Rosado (rrp £9.99) – a blend of Trepat and Pinot Noir, aged for 12 months is extremely attractive – a big, full-bodied, soft fizz with abundant flavours of red fruit.

Albert de Vilarnau Chardonnay Brut Nature (rrp £25) includes a fair dollop of Pinot Noir and is aged for 36 months. Big and fruity, it’s stylish and buttery, with good freshness, length and minerality.

Albert de Vilarnau Barrel Fermented Chardonnay (rrp £25) includes some Macabeo and Parellada. Very big and rich, with lemony fruit, it’s powerful, complex, slightly earthy and nuanced by creamy oak.

Vinas de Vero, the Somontano winery bought in 2008, has been a pioneer in this exciting region in the Pyrenean foothills.  There is a wide range of grape varieties and of wines, but I was especially struck by two:

La Miranda de Secastilla Garnacha Blanca 2009 (rrp £9.99) is big and spicy, with peachy fruit and a soft, fruity flavour with a a mineral finish.

Secastilla Old Vines Garnacha 2005 (rrp 19.99) is a real discovery. It is complex and long with  great depth of spicy red and black fruit aromas, with very ripe juicy red fruit in the mouth. I like it very much.

Bodegas Beronia, founded in 1973 became  part of the Gonzalez portfolio since 1982. I recently tasted and much enjoyed their rosado and was keen to try other wines in an extensive an innovative range of Rioja. I also hope that they will soon prove a little easier to find.

Beronia Viura 2009 (rrp £7.99). A fresh, clean, quite soft but appley dry white, with a spicy finish.

Beronia Crianza 2007 (rrp £8.99). Nicely done – balanced with plenty of juicy, plummy fruit and good integration of oak.

Beronia Reserva 2005 (rrp£12.99). Good freshness – an elegant wine, with plummy, slightly raisined fruit.

Beronia Reserva 2005 (rrp£12.99). Quite eveloved and spicy, richer, softer and more chocolatey than the 05.

Beronia Colleccion Viura Frementado in Barrica 2007 (rrp £10.99) – 5 months in oak. Rich, buttery dry white, with crisper acidity than the simple 09 – a surprise.

Beronia Colleccion Graciano 2007 (rrp £12.49). Quite vinous and chunky; big and grippy with plummy fruit. A bit rustic.  A bit of a disappointment.

Beronia Colleccion Tempranillo Elaboracion Especial 2008 (rrp £10.99). Utterly true to the variety, with spicy, plummy fruit and though soft, quite chewy.

Beronia Colleccion Mazuelo Reserva 2004 (rrp £17.99). Open and rich, with lots of raisiny fruit – powerful, strong, herby and a little earthy.

Beronia IIIAC 2004 (rrp £65) 15 months in French, Hungarian and US oak, a blend of Tempranillo, Graciano and Mazuelo. Deep and spicy wih plummy fruit – huge in the mouth, oaky, soft, and I couldn’t help feeling a tiny bit stewed.

The most remarkable wines from Bodegas Beronia are their Gran Reservas – a style that is far less popular than it used to be, but when as done as well as it under the skillful guidance of Matias Calleja, who treated us to a brilliant master class/tasting with vintages of Gran Reserva from 2001 back to 1973. I’ll report on this separately, soon – probably in The Journal.

A gem from Chile

Thursday, October 7th, 2010

I’ve had the pleasure of tasting De Martino El Léon, single vineyard Carignan 2006 three times now over the past four or five months. Each time it has impressed me enormously. It has a a huge spicy smell of black cherry with a hint of herbs and a deep, chewy, hugely satisfying flavour of damsons, black cherries, with the rich fruit lifted by juicy acidity and rounded off by firm, ripe tannins.

It was made in the Maule Valley, quite near the coast, from unirrigated vines planted after the catastrophic earthquake of 1939  in an attempt to rebuild the economy by providing the local growers with something more interesting than Pais. The full story was told by Chilean journalist Eduardo Brethauer at a seminar for members of the Circle of Wine Writers in London in May. Unfortunately these vines all but forgotten until in 1995 the quality of the fruit was spotted by a  local winery. There are now around fourteen Maule wineries producing high-end Carignan. It is, I think, one of the most exciting flavours to have come out of Chile in recent years, and a fascinating counterpoint to the elegance of some of the wines emerging from the newer cool climate sites.

Until recently the wines have been hard to find, but this gem is now available in Marks and Spencer at just £10.99 – a gift.


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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Bourbon Even for Dessert

I have been making sugar cookies since before I can remember. This was always a tradition in my family for Christmas. Lately I have been making them for various holidays including Easter and my husband's birthday. Apparently, these are quite addictive. My husband's family will literally eat 10 cookies at a time or more in one sitting.

For my husband's bourbon themed birthday I made cookies in the shape of Maker's Mark bottles with a cookie cutter I bought at the Maker's Mark gift shop. Maker's Mark has the most beautiful distillery in all of Kentucky! They are know for their distinctive red wax which covers the neck of all of their bottles. I was fortunate enough to watch as they applied the wax coating on bottles during our trip to Kentucky.

Here is a picture of the sugar cookies. I used red sugar sprinkles to "represent" the trade mark red wax. The rest of the cookie is decorated with a traditional sugar cinnamon blend. While these are not made with bourbon, they do contain bourbon vanilla extract!

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