Thursday, October 25, 2012

crockpots on sale at Freddy's through october - Forum and ...

This is the full, original recipe; here?s the link: http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=108&sid=659480
1 lb hamburger
1 lb Italian link sausage
2-24oz jars of Classico Spicy Tomato & Basil Pasta Sauce
1 small jar Kalamata Olives in Cabernet Wine (or black olives)
1 small onion
16 oz ricotta cheese
2 lb block mozzarella cheese
1 egg
1 lb package lasagna noodles (probably won't use all)
1. saute sausage, slice into thin pieces.
2. brown hamburger with diced onion
3. combine sauce with sausage/burger/sliced olives and simmer for 20- 30 minutes
4. mix ricotta with the egg
5. slice mozzarella into medium thin pieces
6. cook noodles for a few minutes until they're just pliable-don't over cook!
7. layer crockpot in this order: sauce-noodles-ricotta/egg-mozzarella, then repeat-liberally overlapping noodles
8. leave yourself a quarter inch or so of room at the top, as it may expand a little while cooking
9. cook on low for 6-8 hrs, and enjoy!

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Below is MY version; in my 4.5qt crock it made a nice, tall dish. I had a stash of no-boil noodles, and they were so easy to use I'll probably use them in the future. I cut the above recipe in half because I didn't want a zillion servings. Plus I wanted something close to a traditional thickness, not something that filled the crock most (or all) of the way. Although, a full crock would be great for a potluck.

Slow Cooker Lasagne About 6 servings
8oz no-boil lasagna noodles* (if you use traditional parboiled noodles, reduce red wine to 1/2c or omit it altogether)
1lb ground pork
1 24oz jar of your favorite pasta sauce - Classico works well
1 small can of sliced black olives, drained (1/4 to 1/2c, or to taste)
1 1/2c chopped onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
1c red wine (optional, but if you use no-boil noodles and want to avoid the alcohol, substitute 1c water)
12oz cottage cheese or ricotta
1lb mozzarella cheese, sliced or shredded
1 whole egg
If desired, spray crockpot with non-stick pan spray or vegetable oil; set aside. In a large saut? pan or Dutch oven, brown sausage over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; saut? until onion becomes translucent. Add pasta sauce, black olives, and wine or H2O; simmer gently for 20-30 mins. Remove from heat.

Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk egg with cottage cheese; set aside.

Add enough sauce to just cover the bottom of crockpot. Add a layer of lasagna noodles, breaking them to fit, filling in the corners as best you can. Add approx. half of the cottage chz and egg mixture, then about half of the sliced or shredded cheese, then approx. half of remaining sauce. Add another layer of noodles and c/c mixture, a layer of sauce, then top with remaining cheese. If you screw up the layers, don't worry, it usually turns out just fine.
Cook on low for 6-8hrs.

*8oz of no-boil lasagne noodles require about 1 cup of liquid be added to the dish; I use wine but water will work, too.

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Rome bans eating in tourist areas

ABOVE: This guy is totally breaking the law (Photo, Bonnie Bloge/Flickr.com)

If the guys I play bocce with are any indication, eating and sitting around are two of Italy?s national pastimes ? just don?t do it in Rome.

A city which prizes it?s culinary culture and a laid-back way of life has banned eating at public monuments like the Spanish Steps, the Pantheon and the?Colosseum?according to the New York Times:

?[The] measure outlaws eating and drinking in areas of ?particular historic, artistic, architectonic and cultural value? in Rome?s center, to better protect the city?s monuments, which include landmarks?Fines range all the way up to $650 for culinary recidivists.?

Romans have probably noshed at the Spanish Steps since they were built in 1717 and at least one politician, Angelo Bonelli is leading the charge against the new ban:

?Rome has passed any number of bans during the past five years, against prostitutes, homeless people and men taking their shirts off in parks to sunbathe, Mr. Bonelli noted, often to little effect. ?You can?t govern with bans,? he said of Mayor Alemanno. ?It?s a sign of his inability to control the city.?

Many Romans agree. One recent Saturday, a few hundred protesters gathered in a flash mob on the steps leading to City Hall, chomping on pizza and panini as police officers registered the offenders. ?Panino is not a crime,? one attendee wrote on his Facebook page.?

Read the full story here.

ABOVE: This guy is totally breaking the law (Photo, Bonnie Bloge/Flickr.com) If the guys I play bocce with are any indication, eating and sitting around are two of Italy?s national pastimes ? just don?t do it in Rome. A city which prizes it?s c?

Source: http://blog.chron.com/hottopics/2012/10/rome-bans-eating-in-tourist-areas/

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Samsung sees 10 percent growth in PC sales

(AP) ? Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it expects 10 percent growth in PC sales by volume this year as it bets on new PCs that are hybrids of laptops and tablets to lift sluggish PC demand.

Samsung's PC team chief said the company hopes the ATIV series of laptops and tablets, which are powered by a new version of Microsoft's Windows operating system, would help lift its sales at a difficult time for the PC industry.

"We expect a 10 percent annual growth by volume and 25 percent growth by sales this year as we increase shipments and introduce premium products," Samsung's Executive Vice President Nam Seong-woo said at a media briefing.

Samsung is among the many global PC makers hoping that Windows 8 will help them lure back consumers who have flocked to smartphones and tablets.

Research firms have scaled back their forecasts for annual PC sales because of the weak global economy, which is pressuring corporate spending, and heightened competition from makers of smartphones and tablet PCs. IHS iSuppli said worldwide PC shipments will post the first decline in 11 years in 2012.

In addition to other Windows 8 products by Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard and Sony, Samsung's ATIV series also faces competition from Samsung's own Galaxy series of smartphones and tablets that fueled Samsung's rise as the world's top-selling manufacturer of mobile devices.

Samsung tried to remain upbeat about the PC market.

"Some say it is the post-PC era. But it is the new era for PCs that is emerging," Nam said. "Smart PCs should be seen as one of the mobile devices."

Powered by Windows 8, the ATIV Smart PCs support touch-based features such as tapping and swiping the 11.6-inch screen to start programs. It comes with a detachable keyboard and Samsung added a digital pen and note-taking software to attract tablet PC buyers.

Samsung is starting sales of the ATIV Smart PCs later this week when other Windows 8 devices will go on sale globally.

Associated Press

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

International Entertainment News: Hollywood Film Awards launches ...

Hollywood Film Awards launches the awards season and honors excellence in the art of filmmaking

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For a 16th consecutive year, the Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards continue their mandate of bridging the gap between emerging filmmakers and the film industry, as well as recognizing excellence in established Hollywood, both in front of and behind the camera.

This year should be no different. Special honors went to Richard Gere for career achievement; Bradley Cooper for actor; Marion Cotillard for actress; Robert De Niro for supporting actor; Amy Adams for supporting actress; Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman and the cast of "Argo;" John Hawkes for breakout performance; David O. Russell for director; Dustin Hoffman for breakthrough director; Quentin Tarantino for the screenwriter award; Judd Apatow for comedy; Quvenzhane Wallis for the New Hollywood Award; Samantha Barks, Bella Heathcote, Tom Holland, John Magaro, Ezra Miller, and Kelly Reilly with the Spotlight Awards; Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner for producers; Wally Pfister for cinematographer; Dylan Tichenor for editor; Sarah Greenwood for production designer; Peter Ramsey with "Rise of the Guardians" for animation; and Jeff White with "The Avengers" for visual effects.

Celebrities and Hollywood notables who attended the Hollywood Awards included Eddy Hartenstein, Los Angeles Times Publisher and Tribune Company CEO, Diablo Cody, Chris Evans, Tom Ford, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Hillcoat, Helen Hunt, Melissa Leo, Ray Liotta, Tony Mendez, Christopher Nolan, Edward Norton, Seth Rogen, Eric Roth, Susan Sarandon, Amanda Seyfried, Adam Shankman, and Kerry Washington, among others.

"We are very proud to be the first stop of the awards season. In the last nine years, a total of 85 Oscar nominations and 32 Oscars were given to the honorees of the Hollywood Film Awards," said Festival and Awards Founder, Carlos de Abreu.

The gala awards presentation was hosted by Nancy O'Dell of "Entertainment Tonight" and attendees were treated to the music of Johnny Crawford and his Orchestra.

The winners of the festival's film competition were announced Sunday night, October 21, at the "Hollywood Discovery Awards" Presentation Ceremony at ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood. This year's winners were: "Garbage" by Phil Volken - Best Feature Film; "Bound by Flesh" by Leslie Zemeckis - Best Documentary; "Crescendo" by Alonso Alvarez Barreda - Best Short Film; "Cadaver" by Jonah D. Ansell - Best Animation Film; "Les Miserables" by Erin Wyatt - Best Trailer.

ABOUT THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
The Los Angeles Times is the largest metropolitan daily newspaper in the country, with a daily readership of 1.6 million and 2.7 million on Sunday, more than 16 million unique latimes.com visitors monthly and a combined print and online local weekly audience of 4.4 million. The Pulitzer Prize-winning Times has been covering Southern California for more than 130 years.

The Los Angeles Times Media Group (LATMG) businesses and affiliates include the Los Angeles Times, The Envelope, Times Community News and Hoy Los Angeles and reach approximately 5.2 million or 39% of all adults in the Southern California marketplace. LATMG also owns and operates California Community News, as well as Tribune Direct's west coast division and is part of Tribune Company, one of the country's leading media companies with businesses in publishing, the Internet and broadcasting. Additional information is available at http://latimes.com/aboutus.

ABOUT THE HOLLYWOOD FILM AWARDS
The Hollywood Film Awards were created to honor excellence in the art of filmmaking, both in front of and behind the camera, and launch the awards season. The criteria are: recipients are selected to be honored for their body of work and/or a film(s) that is to be released between January 1 and December 31 by an advisory team. In addition, for the recipients of our "film awards craft categories" (aside from evaluating their body of work), our Advisory team takes into consideration the recommendation of their guilds/societies. Last year alone, our recipients received 12 nominations and 5 Oscars. In the last 9 years, a total of 85 Oscar nominations and 32 Oscars were given to our honorees.

The Hollywood Film Awards are presented in conjunction with Presenting Sponsor the Los Angeles Times, Premier sponsors ArcLight Cinemas and Hollywoodnews.com, exclusive Regional Print Media sponsor Los Angeles Confidential and trade Media sponsors the Hollywood Reporter and Variety. Special support is provided by American Cinema Editors, A.C.E., American Society of Cinematographers, A.S.C., The Art Directors Guild, A.D.G., The Casting Society of America, CSA, Celebrity Services, Costume Designers Guild, CDG, Columbia Pictures, Creative Artists Agency, DreamWorks SKG, Entertainment Tonight, Focus Features, Fox Searchlight, ICM, ILM, Motion Picture Editors Guild, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros., The Weinstein Company, WME. Getty Image is the Official Photography Agency.

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EU to mull plan to bring non-euro states into bank union

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries will examine a plan this week to allow the ECB to supervise banks in states outside the euro zone alongside those within the currency area, according to an EU document that lays down limits on the central bank's role.

Last week, EU leaders agreed to build a new system of supervision led by the European Central Bank, as a step towards a banking union where chiefly euro zone countries would jointly back problem lenders, in a move to underpin the currency.

But the plan has sparked concerns among the 10 countries in the wider European Union that do not use the euro that they will be indirectly affected by the ECB's new supervisory powers and put at a disadvantage, whether they join the scheme or not.

For the framework to become reality, diplomats must first find a way to accommodate countries outside the euro zone, such as Sweden or Denmark, who may want to join the scheme.

On Tuesday, EU officials circulated a document outlining one way to break the impasse, by establishing a supervisory board within the ECB, a body that would play a role in supervising lenders and where non-euro zone members would have a vote.

"This helps square the circle for non-euro countries," said one EU official. "It is an effort to find equal treatment."

In the draft legislation obtained by Reuters, officials make clear that the final say is with the ECB although it must explain itself if it rejects a decision by the supervisory body.

"The ECB will take all the key decisions," said a second EU official.

This may worry a country outside the euro zone such as Hungary, which wants equal representation if it is to sign up. Granting this is legally difficult, however, because the central bank answers only to the 17 members of the euro zone.

As a concession to those worried that the ECB's new remit will be too wide, the document fences off the central bank's powers from those of each country's agencies.

It says national supervisors should "carry out regular operational tasks" in monitoring banks, while the ECB focuses its efforts on systemic banks and those lenders which have been bailed out. Again, ultimate authority would rest with the ECB.

The banking union would have three major steps: the ECB takes over monitoring euro zone banks and others that sign up; a single fund is created to close down and settle the debts of failed banks; and a comprehensive scheme to protect savers' deposits is established.

The new supervision should pave the way for the new euro zone rescue fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), to directly inject capital into struggling banks, such as those in Ireland.

Britain and all other members of the European Union must give the green light to the banking union before it can go ahead, an approval that could be delayed or withheld if their concerns are not addressed.

The close ties between some troubled governments and the banks they supervise, and on which they also rely to buy their debt, have dragged both ever deeper into crisis.

A banking union would break this link by making the policing of banks supranational and establishing central schemes paid into collectively to cover the costs of closing failed lenders and protecting savers' deposits.

(Editing by Hugh Lawson)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/eu-mull-plan-bring-non-euro-states-bank-183822321--finance.html

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Shining City, a Haunting Irish Ghost Story by Conor McPherson ...

Shining City, a Haunting Irish Ghost Story by Conor McPherson

Burning Coal Theatre Company will present Conor McPherson?s Shining City November 1 ? 18, 2012.? Performances are Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 2 pm at the Murphey School, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh, NC. ?Tickets are $20 or $15 for students, seniors and active military, or $10 on Thursday nights.? Friday, November 2nd is our Gala (free food!) and Sunday, November 4 is Pay What You Can Day.? Reservations are available at 919-834-4001 or by visiting www.burningcoal.org.? WARNING:? Strong language and mature themes.

And click here to read an extraordinary article about SHINING CITY by The New York Times? Ben Brantley, hot off the presses.

ABOUT SHINING CITY

Ian was in the seminary, but left following a crises of faith.? After graduating from college, he has opened a psychotherapy practice in a recently gentrified section of Dublin.? His first client, John, runs a small business.? He brings a terrifying story with him.? He also brings something more, a haunting tale that will alter both men?s lives forever, and force them to lift the veil of self-deception and acknowledge who and what they really are.

Shining City, a Haunting Irish Ghost Story by Conor McPherson

Conor McPherson

ABOUT CONOR MCPHERSON

Conor McPherson is a playwright and screenwriter from Dublin, Ireland.? He is the author of The Weir, The Seafarer, St. Nicholas (all of which Burning Coal has produced in the last fifteen years), along with Rum & Vodka, The Bicycle Thief, Port Authority and the recent The Veil (Royal National Theatre, London).

James Anderson of Raleigh will play Ian.? James recently appeared at Burning Coal in Brigadoon.? Other Burning Coal work includes Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, along with Man of La Mancha, The Shape of the Table and The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer.? He understudied the title role in Richard III at NYC?s Pearl Theatre.? John Allore of Chapel Hill will play John.? Allore recently appeared at Burning Coal in Enron, Jude the Obscure, Parts 1 & 2 and Blue. He appeared in PlayMakers Repertory Company?s Henriad.? Laura Tratnik of Asheville, NC will play Neama. Laura is originally from Berlin, Germany.? She was a member of the legendary Berliner Ensemble and the Schaub?hne. ?She has worked with Robert Wilson, Katie Mitchell and others. Nic Carter of Raleigh rounds out the cast.? Nic understudied several roles in Burning Coal?s recent Jude the Obscure, Parts 1 & 2.

For further information about Shining City or Burning Coal Theatre Company, please contact Managing Director Simmie Kastner at 919.834.4001 or visit us online at www.burningcoal.org.

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