Mustard-Glazed Corned Beef with Baby Vegetables in Golden Ale Broth

An excellent crock pot recipe for St. Patrick’s Day or any day for that matter.  We found the original recipe years ago in a Sunset magazine article highlighting crock pot recipes.  We have added our touches to it over the years, but always look forward to March when the corned beef shows up in the market.  We usually buy three, use one and one half immediately and freeze the other one and a half for later in the year.   

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There's Still Time to Contribute to an IRA for 2012

Victoria Trigg reminds us that taxpayers have until their tax return due date (not including extensions) to contribute up to $5,000 to an IRA for 2012 ($6,000 if they are age 50 by December 31, 2012). For most taxpayers, the contribution deadline for 2012 is April 15, 2013.   

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Trends and Innovations: Best Inventions of 2012 Indoor Clouds

That’s not Photoshop. The Dutch artist Berndnaut Smilde has developed a way to create a small, perfect white cloud in the middle of a room. It requires meticulous planning: the temperature, humidity and lighting all have to be just so. Once everything is ready, Smilde summons the cloud out of the air using a fog machine. It lasts only moments, but the effect is dramatic and strangely moving. It evokes both the surrealism of Magritte and the classical beauty of the old masters while reminding us of the ephemerality of art and nature.  (Article courtesy of time.com)

Understanding Sequestration

Automatic sequestration cuts are effective March 1, 2013. From 2013 through 2021, sequestration is scheduled to cut a total of $1.2 trillion, split evenly between defense and domestic programs. In 2013, the cuts will total $85 billion.  
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