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Black Diamonds

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The conventional properties nearly connected with precious stones are activity, enthusiasm, and vitality. … It is trusted that wearing gems containing a jewel will center the energies of the valuable gemstone through the gem. The emblematic importance of the black color is authority and power.

Black diamonds contrast from conventional precious stones in shading, creation and structure. The crystalline structure of dark precious stones is polycrystalline. The significance is that it comprises of numerous little grains of different sized and molded crystals. Clear precious stones are normally comprised of one single expansive ceaseless gem.

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Celebrate the classic brilliance of round-cut diamonds featured on the 10k White Gold Round 7-Stone Ring.

Resting atop a smooth, square-shaped white gold band is an impeccable display of seven round diamonds. The diamonds sit in a shared prong setting which showcases their timeless cut from all sides.

The diamonds featured in this band hold 1/4 cttw, feature near colorless stones and I3 ranked clarity. The tried and true beauty of this seven stone ring makes a wonderful gift as a wedding band, anniversary present, or to just show your love.

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This hand-selected assortment features an array of diamond, gemstone, and precious metal designs that receive a quality inspection, including from Amazon’s staff graduate gemologist, to ensure they meet Amazon’s high standards. All diamonds featured in the Amazon Curated Collection are certified by our suppliers to be conflict free, and IGI, GIA, or AGS certifications are provided on white diamonds of .75 carats or larger on all stud earrings, rings, and pendant necklaces.

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This handmade quartz pendant is unique. When you wear it, it promotes beauty, health, good luck, and healing. It is a great gift for your best friend, significant other, or anyone who enjoys handmade fine jewelry.

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Quartz Uses and Purposes – Overview

Quartz precious stone is esteemed for its piezoelectric and pyroelectric properties, by which it can change mechanical weight or warmth into electromagnetic vitality, and the other way around. Its capacity to center, increase, store and change vitality is utilized all through the innovation world in ultrasound gadgets, watches, amplifiers, radio transmitters and recipients, memory contributes PCs and other electronic hardware.

Similar properties of vitality enhancement, programmability and memory additionally clarify Quartz the most adaptable and multidimensional stone in the mineral kingdom for recuperating, reflection, extension of cognizance, correspondence with guides, past-life pulled in, adoration or thriving, or for all intents and purposes any reason. Be that as it may, with this power comes obligation. To profit by Rock Crystal’s favors, one must feel in agreement with it and merit its endowments. Purpose other than for good definitely brings hurt back on oneself.

Clear Quartz is amazing for increasing the energies of different stones or to upgrade gatherings of stones, and is perfect for gridding. It is the ideal base material for wands, staffs, formats, and so forth., and clear precious stone circles have for quite some time been utilized for gem gazing.

For continuous individual vitality, convey Clear Quartz as a tumblestone or touch as required for a moment lift. Add Quartz gems to shower water, or influence a remedy to toast or sprinkle on beat focuses by dousing Clear Quartz precious stones in water from first light to late morning. In the working environment, use as a channel against pessimism and to change basic words.  Crystals are proficient help stones for specialists, beauticians, specialists and healers, creators, performers, and the individuals who work in media.

Clear Quartz delivers a power field of recuperating negative particles while clearing the surroundings of positive particles, securing the air. It scatters friction based electricity, and counteracts the unsafe impacts of radiation and radioactivity.

Clear Quartz conveys quality and lucidity to the keenness, supporting fixation and memory maintenance, and sifting through diversions. Its entrancing quality is helpful for rest, helping one to comprehend the messages and lessons passed on amid the fantasy state. It is likewise a regarded stone for death, incorporated into many societies in memorial service ceremonies and put in tombs, urns, and mausoleums.

As a vitality saver, Clear Quartz appended to the fuel line in an auto is presumed to decrease fuel utilization.

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Energy Medicine for Women was awarded the prestigious 2009 Nautilus Gold Award in the Health, Healing & Energy Medicine category.

A women’s guide to using energy medicine to promote and maintain optimal physical and mental well-being.

For more than three decades, Donna Eden has been teaching people to understand the body as an energy system, to recognize their aches and pains as signals of energy imbalance, and to reclaim their natural healing capabilities. In this long-awaited new book, Eden speaks directly to women, showing them how they can work with energy to tackle the specific health challenges they face.

Hormonal health is essential to a woman’s well-being, and in this groundbreaking book Eden reveals that a woman can manage her hormones by managing her energies. In fact, energy medicine is effective in treating a host of health issues. From PMS to menopause, from high blood pressure to depression, it offers solutions to women’s health issues that traditional medicine often fails to provide. In Energy Medicine for Women, Eden shows women how they can work with energy to strengthen their immune, circulatory, lymphatic, and respiratory systems to promote health, vitality, and inner peace. Blending a compassionate voice with a profound grasp of how the female body functions as an energy system, Eden presents what is sure to become a classic book on the subject of women’s health.

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Eden (Energy Medicine) conducts workshops and lectures on the ancient practice of healing the body via its own energy systems. The first two chapters of her latest book serve as a primer, introducing nine basic energy systems, including the chakras, the meridians and the aura. Eden explains how keeping these energy systems balanced and flowing can help prevent illness, promote well-being and aid the body in self-healing. She also notes that while energy healing has been labeled an alternative method, its influence and importance has been increasingly recognized by research scientists and mainstream physicians. Eden then delves into a fascinating chapter-by-chapter discussion of health issues of interest to women, ranging from hormones, menstruation, sexuality, pregnancy and fertility to menopause and weight management, with accompanying energy exercises related to each topic. Included are tips to relieve PMS symptoms and hot flashes, techniques that get sexual energy flowing and a variety of movements designed to maintain overall energy balance. Proponents of energy work will no doubt welcome Eden’s new book, and open-minded readers unfamiliar with the concept of energy medicine may be lured by methods that are noninvasive, free of charge and freely available at one’s own fingertips. (Aug.)
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Hoarding crystals…

Can you really have too many crystals?

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Ever? I personally don’t think so…  I love rocks and crystals.  There is something uplifting and exhilarating about them, each and every one of them.  There are the quartz crystals, and the amethyst  crystals, and the citrine crystals, and the …

And not all pretty rocks are  crystals either.  There are some gorgeous agates and jasper’s and jade’s.

Each one has it’s own unique properties and qualities.  Stones and crystals are made up of certain common materials, yet enough variables  to make each of them different.  Take, for example the differences between the smooth cool bird’s egg blue of the turquoise and the deep northern sky blue of the lapis stones above.  Each one is unique in it’s own way and who can say one is more beautiful than the other?  Of coarse there are different uses for each of these stones, although each is considered a semi precious stone and both are often used in jewelry making.  So what are the differences, you ask?Natural Hexagonal Pile Gemstone Crystal Pendant Necklace, Stainless Steel Chain, Unisex, Power Healing Chakra

“Turquoise is perhaps the oldest stone in man’s history, the talisman of kings, shamans, and warriors. It is a stone of protection, strong and opaque, yet soothing to the touch, healing to the eye, as if carved from an azure heaven and slipped to earth” according to the crystal-encyclopedia.

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The turquoise is the symbol of friendship. It also brings peace to the home. This stone is a very personal and meaningful stone to one who wears it. Turquoise takes on the characteristics of the owner. Turquoise carries great wisdom of basic truth within it, while the meaning of the color turquoise is open communication and clarity of thought.

Lapis, on the other hand, is formally called:Lapis Lazuli Massage Wand  Healing Wand Reiki Charged 3.5 in

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  1. a bright blue metamorphic rock consisting largely of lazurite, used for decoration and in jewelry.
      • a bright blue pigment formerly made by crushing this, being the original ultramarine.
      • the color ultramarine.

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        • Lapis Lazuli is a stone of protection that can help ward off psychic attacks.
        • Lapis releases tension and anxiety, augments strength, vitality, virility, mental clarity and illumination.
        • It enhances psychic abilities and communication with Higher Self and Spirit Guides.
        • Smooth polished stone charged by a Reiki Master
        • Measures approximately 3 1/2 inches in length

    Lapis Lazuli or lapis for short, is a deep blue semi-precious stone prized since antiquity for its intense color.

    Lapis Lazuli is a standout amongst the most looked for stones being used since man’s history started. Its profound, divine blue remains the image of sovereignty and honor, divine beings and force, soul and vision. It is a general image of knowledge and truth.

    In antiquated times Lapis Lazuli was most profoundly respected in light of its lovely shading and the important ultramarine color dye got from it. Its name originates from the Latin lapis, “stone,” and the Persian lazhuward, “blue.” It is rock framed by various minerals, for the most part Lazurite, Sodalite, Calcite and Pyrite, and is a rich medium to illustrious blue with gold specks (pyrites). Lower-grade Lapis is lighter blue with more white than gold bits, and is some of the time called denim Lapis.

    Both of these beautiful blue stones are used in raising your vibration and energy healing work.  They add to your comfort and peace by wearing them or using them in healing practices.  You just can’t have too many healing stones and crystals.  The more you have the better you feel!  Place them around you home and office to enhance the  feelings you want to increase.

    If you need help raising your energy level, level of vibration, wealth, or to become more balanced and happy, contact us at “Energy Healing Stone Therapy” for more information, or join our mailing list for ongoing, upcoming events and classes.

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President Gotabaya’s Military Rule In North And East Of Sri Lanka

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Kumarathasan Rasingam

Tamils in Sri Lanka especially in the North and East are now living between the devil and deep sea. Heavy presence of the military [to the ratio of one soldier to every four civilians 1: 4] and on the other side they are scared of the Covid-19.

The President is determined to hold the election on August 05, 2020 without taking into consideration the voices of the opposition parties requesting to postpone the elections. The government is now under financial crisis and the coast of living is increasing day by day due to the recession prevailing around the world due to Covid-19. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is determined to hold the election as early as possible as he and his party expect two third majority in parliament to repeal the 19th Amendment so that the president will have more powers than the Parliament with executive powers to dissolve the parliament.

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The role of research and development in achieving excellence in construction

Kulatunga, Udayangani, Amaratunga, Dilanthi and Haigh, Richard (2006) The role of research and development in achieving excellence in construction. In: CIB W89 International Conference on Building Education and Research (BEAR), 12th April 2006, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.. (Unpublished)

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Even though the contribution of the UK construction industry towards the economy
and society is significant, many studies have shown that the industry is behind its
optimal performance. One of the main reasons behind the under performance of the
industry is being recognised as insufficient research and development (R&D)
activities and innovation. Construction industry faces various challenges due to the
changing market needs of the customers, health and safety issues, growing concern on
sustainable work practices, government regulations etc. In order to face these
challenges while raising the profile of the construction industry, it is essential to
invent new ways to deliver the construction output in an economically, socially, and
environmentally acceptable manner. In this regard R&D is a key factor behind the
development of effective and efficient construction processes, new materials, advance
technologies, new procurement routes, and managerial structures. Further, successful
implementations of R&D activities create the opportunity for the construction
organisations to be competitive in the global market. Hence, R&D plays a significant
role by focusing and directing the construction industry towards achieving its
excellence. Accordingly, this paper presents a literature synthesis on the role of R&D
in achieving excellence in construction. Further, how the Performance Measurement
could enhance the construction R&D activities are also discussed.

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A hypothesis of brain-to-brain coupling in interactive new media art and games using brain-computer interfaces

Zioga, Polina, Chapman, Paul, Ma, Minhua and Pollick, Frank (2015) A hypothesis of brain-to-brain coupling in interactive new media art and games using brain-computer interfaces. In: Serious Games: Proceedings of the Joint International Conference on Serious Games (JCSG 2015). Lecture Notes in Computer Science (9090). Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 103-113. ISBN 978-3-319-19125-6

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Interactive new media art and games belong to distinctive fields, but nevertheless share common grounds, tools, methodologies, challenges, and goals, such as the use of applications and devices for engaging multiple participants and players, and more recently electroencephalography (EEG)-based brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). At the same time, an increasing number of new neuroscientific studies explore the phenomenon of brain-to-brain coupling, the dynamics and processes of the interaction and synchronisation between multiple subjects and their brain activity. In this context, we discuss interactive works of new media art, computer and serious games that involve the interaction of the brain-activity, and hypothetically brain-to-brain coupling, between multiple performer/s, spectator/s, or participants/players. We also present Enheduanna – A Manifesto of Falling (2015), a new live brain-computer cinema performance, with the use of an experimental passive multi-brain BCI system under development. The aim is to explore brain-to-brain coupling between performer/s and spectator/s as means of controlling the audio-visual creative outputs.

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Let’s stop feeding the risk monster: towards a social model of ‘child protection’

Featherstone, Brid, Gupta, Anna, Morris, Kate and Warner, Joanne (2016) Let’s stop feeding the risk monster: towards a social model of ‘child protection’. Families, Relationships and Societies. ISSN 2046-7443

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This article explores how the child protection system currently operates in England. It analyses how policy and practice has developed, and articulates the need for an alternative approach. It draws from the social model as applied in the fields of disability and mental health, to begin to sketch out more hopeful and progressive possibilities for children, families and communities. The social model specifically draws attention to the economic, environmental and cultural barriers faced by people with differing levels of (dis)ability, but has not been used to think about ‘child protection’, an area of work in England that is dominated by a focus on risk and risk aversion. This area has paid limited attention to the barriers to ensuring children and young people are cared for safely within families and communities, and the social determinants of much of the harms they experience have not been recognised because of the focus on individualised risk factors.

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Speculation: a political economy of technologies of imagination

Bear, Laura (2020) Speculation: a political economy of technologies of imagination. Economy and Society, 49 (1). 1 - 15. ISSN 0308-5147

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This introduction explores how to build a critical analysis of post-crisis capitalism by moving beyond Marx, Foucault and Callon's approaches. This is crucially important because powerful technocratic institutions and the discipline of economics are attempting to regain legitimacy by adopting theories that mirror performativity, discursive, narrative and network concepts within the social sciences. To combat this we need to forge a new approach that returns our attention to questions of accumulation and inequality. It is with this in view that the articles in the special issue use the concept of speculation and explore it in real estate markets, infrastructure financing, oil and gold trading, ethical finance and gambling. Overall speculation is understood to be future-oriented affective, physical and intellectual labour that aims to accumulate capital for various ends. Control of the means of speculation is governed by the distribution of contracts and credit in society. And crucially the amount of surplus value extracted depends on calculations of risk based on the imagination of social differences. Social evaluations are at the core of the technologies of imagination used in speculation. Speculation is akin to practices of divination or magic because it aims to reveal a hidden order of human and non-human ethical powers that explain the past, present and future and make it possible to act. Importantly this means that racial, gendered, national and other imaginings of the social permeate acts of speculation. From our perspective, we can write a critical and post-colonial account of capitalism that addresses inequalities of race and nation scandalously omitted from Marx, Foucault and Callon's accounts of ‘the economic’.

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Types of uncertainty

Bradley, Richard and Drechsler, Mareile (2013) Types of uncertainty. Erkenntnis, 79 (6). pp. 1225-1248. ISSN 0165-0106

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We distinguish three qualitatively different types of uncertainty-ethical, option and state space uncertainty-that are distinct from state uncertainty, the empirical uncertainty that is typically measured by a probability function on states of the world. Ethical uncertainty arises if the agent cannot assign precise utilities to consequences. Option uncertainty arises when the agent does not know what precise consequence an act has at every state. Finally, state space uncertainty exists when the agent is unsure how to construct an exhaustive state space. These types of uncertainty are characterised along three dimensions-nature, object and severity-and the relationship between them is examined. We conclude that these different forms of uncertainty cannot be reduced to empirical uncertainty about the state of the world without inducing an increase in its severity.

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Choice behaviour of housing attributes: theory and measurement

Zinas, Bako Zachariah and Mohd. Jusan, Mahmud (2010) Choice behaviour of housing attributes: theory and measurement. Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies (ajE-Bs), 1 (2). pp. 1-18. ISSN 1394-0384

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Preferences and choices in a society are constant dynamic operations, made based on the behavioural dynamism of people. In this cosmic dynamism, they keep shifting from one stage to another, within the same cosmic space. Housing preferences and choices, like any other life interests, therefore operate within this framework. Unlike merchandized products brands, housing brands are hardly known, probably because of the heterogeneous nature of the housing product - the house. However, very little is known about the relevant housing attributes (refer to page 7). Housing preferences and choices operate within the framework of preferences and choices for housing attributes. In any preference and choice activity, there are underlying motivations that make it possible for an individual to choose from available alternatives within a given product field. This paper examines and outlines the methodological and theoretical framework of housing preferences and choices, based on the theory of means-end chain (MEC). Previous MEC applications in the field of architecture and urban design have been very useful and successful. The paper attempts to explore from literature the possibility of extending the previous methods and their applicability in design process. In dealing with user preference for housing, there is a need for research for a development of a technological tool to identify user needs and preference, and the kind of decision support that is required to identify these needs.

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Face Detection & Recognition System

Face Detection & Recognition System:-

ESSI’s Face Detection & Recognition System is an application  for automatically identifying or verifying a person from a digital image or a video frame.One of the ways to do this is by comparing selected  facial features from the image and a facial database.This is a perfect way to empower web and desktop applications with face-based user authentication, automatic face recognition, and identification.
It is typically used in security systems and can be compared to other biometrics such as fingerprint or Iris recognition systems.Facial recognition use characteristics of the face to identify an individual.

Application & Uses:-

•   This software can be used by law enforcement agencies , who use the system to capture random faces in

•   Time tracking: To keep track of employees time and attendance.
•   Real-time biometric authentication systems allowing the user to log in by simply looking into a webcam. Enables

    touch less, non-intrusive biometric authentication.
•   Automatic red-eye removal tools empowered with facial feature recognition.
•   For enhancing security through identifying criminals, terrorist or other illegitimate personalities in crowd through

    face recognition and detection.

Key Features

•  This system is a desktop solutions  for systems or organization where precise and reliable face identification is

•  The system can work with entire face or facial features, supports face recognition in still images and real-time video

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Detection of Geometric Transformations in Copy-Move Forgery of Digital Images

Shandilya, Meenal (2015) Detection of Geometric Transformations in Copy-Move Forgery of Digital Images. MTech thesis.

Digital Forensics is a branch of forensic science which is related to cyber crime. It basically involves the detection, recovery and investigation of material found in digital devices. Digital images and videos plays most important role in digital forensics. They are the prime evidences of any crime scene. So the fidelity of the image is important. Digital images can be easily manipulated and edited with the help of image processing tools. Copy-move Forgery is the most primitive form of cyber attack on digital images. In Copy-move forgery a part of image (region) itself is copied and pasted into another part of the same image. The intension behind this type of attack is to “add” or “disappear” some objects from the image. Hence to break the fidelity of the image and fool the viewer. Copy-move attack is more prevalent in images having uniform texture or patterns, for e.g. sand, grass, water etc. In this thesis exact block matching is used as a detection technique. This technique is based on block matching, for these the whole image is divided into number of block and then the matching process is applied. Sometimes the copied region is processed before pasted i.e. some geometric transformations is applied on the pasted region. The transformations like scaling, rotation etc. It is not possible for human eyes to detect such kind of forgeries. Whenever forgery is done in this manner the common techniques like block matching, exhaustive search, auto-correlation and robust match etc. are not able to detect the forgery having geometric transformations. So that for identification of forged region we need some technique which are based on local features and also invariant to transformations. In this thesis SIFT is used for forgery detection. SIFT stands for Scale Invariant Feature Transform, this gives local feature points which are invariant to scales. The key points helps to find the duplicated region with different matching algorithms

Item Type:Thesis (MTech)
Uncontrolled Keywords:Block Matching, Copy-Move Forgery, Cyber Security, Digital Forensics, Digital Image Forgery, Euclidean Distance, Exact Block Matching, Geometric Transformations, Region Duplication
Subjects:Engineering and Technology > Computer and Information Science > Image Processing
Divisions: Engineering and Technology > Department of Computer Science
ID Code:7590
Deposited By:Mr. Sanat Kumar Behera
Deposited On:18 Sep 2016 17:47
Last Modified:18 Sep 2016 17:47
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Managers are in the focus of each and every change approach. What is different in D&I: The topic has complex links to strategic management, operational leadership and personal role modeling.

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The Office of Global Engagement and International Student and Scholar Services invite students to participate in a candid round-table discussion about education systems around the world. Elementary and secondary schools are different in different countries – how do those differences affect students at Drexel who come from different places? How do expectations (of teachers, parents, peers, etc.) differ in different countries? International students and domestic students are invited to share their own stories by serving on the panel - interested students can contact Sandra Petri at scp57@drexel.edu.

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Alright guys, I really did the best that I could but I just could not put off baking with pumpkin any longer.  As you may know, fall is my absolute favorite season and this year I have been worse than ever, just pining for fall since the second week in June – I’m not kidding.  I remember seeing variations on pumpkin blondies all over food blogs last fall and somehow I never got around to making them.  Naturally, I’ve been thinking about them all summer – hence my making them in mid-August on a 90 degree day.  A warm one of these with a scoop of homemade vanilla ice cream…I can at least pretend it’s fall, right?

I suppose these bars are not a traditional blondie because they are not made with brown sugar, but you could easily make that substitution if you so desire and I think they would be great that way.  They still have a great warm flavor, reminiscent of caramel, so I think they fit best in the blondie category regardless.  The texture is slightly more fluffy than you may expect from a bar cookie, but I attribute that to the pumpkin as nearly all baked goods I have made with pumpkin turn out deliciously soft and puffy.  Now, I used only white chocolate chips this time around but let me just say that I absolutely insist that you mix in some butterscotch chips when you try this recipe!  I honestly don’t know how I could have overlooked such an obvious and awesome mix-in, but I thought of it about 3 minutes before they came out of the oven.  Doh!  If you are the nutty dessert type, I bet some toasted pecans or walnuts would be good too.

  • Yield 1 9x13 inch pan

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tbsp. pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp. baking soda
¾ tsp. salt
16 tbsp. unsalted butter, at room temperature
1¼ cups granulated sugar (or brown sugar)
1 large egg
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup pumpkin puree
1 cup white chocolate chips
1 cup butterscotch chips
½ cup chopped, toasted nuts (optional)

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    Preheat the oven to 350° F.  Line a 9×13-inch baking dish with foil.  In a medium bowl, combine the flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt.  Stir together and set aside.

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    In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the butter and sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.  Beat in the egg and vanilla until well combined.  Mix in the pumpkin puree.  With the mixer on low speed add the dry ingredients and mix just until incorporated.  Fold in the white chocolate and butterscotch chips (and nuts, if using) with a rubber spatula.

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    Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan.  Bake until the edges begin to pull away from the sides of the pan and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with just a few crumbs, about 35-40 minutes.  Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let cool completely before cutting.

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    To serve, lift the cake from the pan using the foil and transfer to a cutting board.  Peel off the foil and using a sharp knife, cut into 24 squares.


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Whoopie pies are cute as can be and make a wonderful few-bite dessert.  You know what makes them even better?  Filling them with my favorite (rich, smooth, beloved) vanilla pastry cream.  There isn’t much I can resist when this pastry cream is involved and these sweet little treats are no exception.  I first saw the idea for Boston cream whoopie pies on a blog ages ago.  While the picture looked appealing, the recipe was a somewhat odd vegan version that called for all sorts of ingredients I don’t keep on hand and didn’t sound as good as they looked.  I have been hemming and hawing over the idea ever since, trying to think of the best way to accomplish these when wouldn’t you know, a different version popped up in another blog and took care of it for me.  Problem solved!  A vanilla cake cookie topped with ganache and filled with pastry cream – perfect.

These are just as easy as any other whoopie pie, though it is best to make the pastry cream one day in advance so everything will be ready to assemble once the cookies are baked.  One of my favorite things about this recipe?  You’ll have left over pastry cream for…you know, eating with a spoon.  (Shhh, don’t tell.)

  • Yield about 32 sandwich cookies

For the pastry cream:
2 cups half-and-half
½ cup sugar, divided
Pinch salt
5 large egg yolks
3 tbsp. cornstarch
4 tbsp. cold unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces
1½ tsp. vanilla extract

For the cookies:
8 tbsp. unsalted butter, at room temperature
¾ cup sugar
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2¼ cups all-purpose flour
1½ tsp. baking powder
¾ tsp. salt
½ cup milk

For the ganache:
2 oz. bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
¼ cup heavy cream

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    To make the pastry cream, heat the half-and-half, 6 tablespoons of the sugar, and the salt in a saucepan over medium-high heat until simmering, stirring occasionally to dissolve the sugar.  Meanwhile, combine the egg yolks and remaining 2 tablespoons sugar in a medium bowl and whisk until the sugar has begun to dissolve and the mixture is creamy, about 15 seconds.  Whisk in the cornstarch until combined and the mixture is pale yellow and thick, about 30 seconds.

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    When the half-and-half mixture has reached a simmer, slowly add it to the egg yolk mixture to temper, whisking constantly.  Return the mixture to the saucepan, scraping the bowl with a rubber spatula.  Return the mixture to a simmer over medium heat, whisking constantly, until a few bubbles burst on the surface and the mixture is thickened and glossy, about 30 seconds.  Off the heat, whisk in the butter and vanilla.  Strain the pastry cream through a  fine mesh sieve set over a medium bowl.  Press plastic wrap directly on the surface to prevent a skin from forming and refrigerate until cold and set, at least 3 hours and up to 2 days.

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    To make the cookies, preheat the oven to 375˚ F.  Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.  Fit a pastry bag with a wide round tip (I used Ateco 809).  Combine the butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.  Blend in the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.  Blend in the vanilla.  In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking powder, and salt; whisk to combine.  With the mixer on low speed, add the dry ingredients to the bowl, alternating with with the milk, and beating each addition just until incorporated.

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    Transfer the batter to the piping bag.  Pipe 1½-2 inch circles onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing an inch or two apart.  Bake 8-10 minutes, until the cookies are set (they should not brown.)  Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.  Repeat with any remaining batter as necessary.

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    Once all the cookies have cooled, match them up in pairs by size.  To make the ganache, place the chopped chocolate into a small heatproof bowl.  Bring the heavy cream to a simmer in a small saucepan.  Pour the cream over the chocolate and let sit for 1-2 minutes.  Whisk in small circular motions until the chocolate is completely blended and the ganache is smooth.  Dip the rounded side of one cookie of each pair into the ganache and coat with an even layer.  Return to the cooling rack, flat side down, and let the ganache set before proceeding.

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    Transfer the pastry cream another piping bag fitted with a smaller plain round tip.  Pipe a dollop of pastry cream onto the flat side of the plain cookie of each pair.  Press the flat side of the other cookie to the pastry cream, sandwiching the two together.  Keep refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 2 days.