Maine Restaurant Week 2012 ? ?The Signature Event? Cocktail ...

Maine Restaurant Week (March 1-10) kicked off this year?s festivities with The Signature Event, a competition / showcase of desserts and cocktails from participating establishments. ?Guests were given bead necklaces of different colors, and voted for their favorite dessert, cocktail, and table arrangement by placing beads of the correct color around the restaurant employees who were working the table.

In addition to this method of voting, 3 judges ? (?John Gertsen?of?No. 9 Park in Boston ? master barman and expert on the history of cocktails, ?Portland?s John Meyers ? regarded as the best bartender in the state and also a cocktail historian, and Shannon Bryan, blogger and content producer at MaineTodayMedia) had the tough task of tasting every drink and making their choice.

Chillwave music thumped lightly in the background as the Portland Harbor Hotel?s function rooms began filling to capacity. Beads began accumulating on the necks of the chefs and restaurant employees working different tables, and things quickly became overwhelming ? Do I try the habanero-infused margarita from Zapoteca first, or the dessert from Standard Baking Co. that I hear is giving people instant orgasms? Ahhh! Choices!

Somehow, I maintained my composure and had one (or ten) of most everything I photographed. The flavors, creativity, and enthusiasm of the participants was amazing. I was reminded once again how lucky I am to live in an area with such a vibrant culinary scene. Enjoy the photos, and be sure to look into Maine Restaurant Week on Facebook to stay up to date on the fixed-price menu specials running for the next 10 days.

Zapoteca's Table

East End Cupcakes - Chocolate Cupcake with Sea Salted Caramel Buttercream

Great Lost Bear's "Bloodlust"

The Great Lost Bear's table setup

The Pastel Imposible from Walter's

Amaretto Chocolate Torts from David's Restaurant

MRW Sponsor Double Cross Vodka

Drinks from the Corner Room & David's

The Dessert Winner - The Standard Baking Co.'s "Gateau Noisette"

Carrot Cake Parfait from The Frog and Turtle

Rackin' up those beads

These were AMAZING

Chef David Turin of David's and David's 388 - his back must be hurting!

David's Cocktail table setup

Hors d' oeuvres from Natalie's in Camden

The crew from Academe Brasserie in Kennebunk - Their cocktail, "Put Up Your Dukes" , along with their carnival-barker style demeanor, attracted crowds all night

The Salt Exchange's take on a dark and stormy, "The Devil's Gale"

Walter's crew putting the finishing touches on the Pastel Imposible

"Conundrum #1" - Natalie's

Bam Bam Bakery

Judge's Choice Best Cocktail - Conundrum #1, from Natalie's in Camden

Eve's at the Garden presented this Strawberry Basil Mojito

Pastries from Whole Foods

"The Golden Sun" from Local 188

Representatives from the Azure Cafe, People's Choice Cocktail winners

People's Choice cocktail - Fresh Basil Gimlet from Azure Cafe

Zapoteca's Watermelon Habanero Margarita - Truly amazing, and my personal favorite.

The Zapoteca Team

The Judges' Table

The Judges' Table

The Judges' Table

The Salt Exchange's Table

Keep these spicy margaritas flowing!

Maine Restaurant Week's Jim Britt announcing the winners

Time to count the beads!

Enthusiastic Cocktail Enthusiasts.......The Judges.

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Source: http://pjbphotographic.com/2012/03/02/maine-restaurant-week-2012-the-signature-event-cocktail-dessert-competition/

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HTC One X hits the FCC bound for AT&T

What's thin, pale and sexy as hell? If you answered Twiggy you're close, but wrong. The answer we were looking for is the AT&T version of the HTC One X, which appears to have just swung through the FCC. There's not much to reveal here that we didn't already know. The phone is capable of connecting to AT&T's HSPA+ and GSM networks thanks to the 850MHz and 1900MHz radios, but it'll also be riding along on LTE bands 4 and 17 for some 4G action. The documents also offers radiation levels for the dual-channel 802.11n and Bluetooth radios, as well as provide us with a model number: PJ83100. The final clue to its identity was buried in one of the forms that revealed the phone is running version 4.0.3 of an unidentified firmware -- we'd say it's safe to assume that's in reference to the particular edition of Ice Cream Sandwich on board. If you're a fan of charts, graphs and numbers, hit up the source link.

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Look for Spyware Removal Software for Computer

Published by witter | March 1, 2012 | | 1

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Obama seeks to shore up support in New Hampshire

President Barack Obama hosts a dinner for members of the U.S. military who served in Iraq in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb., 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

President Barack Obama hosts a dinner for members of the U.S. military who served in Iraq in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb., 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama is turning his political sights on New Hampshire, the small but strategically important general election battleground where his campaign hopes to shore up voter support.

Though Obama easily carried New Hampshire in 2008, the president and his surrogates have paid particular political attention to the state in recent months.

Obama is expected to promote his efforts to boost domestic energy production in a speech Thursday in Nashua, N.H. The trip marks the president's second visit to the state in about three months. Vice President Joe Biden has been a frequent visitor to New Hampshire, and first lady Michelle Obama held a conference call with campaign volunteers in the state Wednesday.

In Nashua, Obama was planning to renew his call for Congress to end some $4 billion in annual subsidies for oil and gas companies, aides reported. Obama has said these breaks are unwarranted at a time of burgeoning profits and rising domestic production.

Though New Hampshire offers only four electoral votes in the November election, Democrats have been eying the state warily following its sharp shift to the right in the 2010 midterm elections.

Further fueling concerns for Democrats are GOP front-runner Mitt Romney's personal ties to New Hampshire. Romney served as governor of neighboring Massachusetts, owns a vacation home in New Hampshire and scored an overwhelming victory in the state's Republican primary in January.

However, a poll conducted in New Hampshire in early February showed Obama beating Romney by 10 percentage points in a hypothetical matchup. Other GOP presidential candidates also trailed Obama in the WMUR Granite State poll. It gave Obama an 8-point advantage over Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who is a favorite in libertarian-leaning New Hampshire, and an advantage of more than 20 points over both Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum.

Dante Scala, a political scientist at the University of New Hampshire, said that with the state's economy on solid footing compared with national trends and the president boosting his presence in the state, some New Hampshire Democrats are starting to feel more confident about their prospects in November.

"There probably was concern among Democrats that maybe New Hampshire is not part of the president's re-election plan," he said. "Now things have kind of reverted back to form in a hurry."

Following his remarks in New Hampshire, Obama planned to travel to New York for four campaign fundraisers.

Associated Press

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Q&A on the ECB's emergency bank loans (AP)

[unable to retrieve full-text content]AP - The European Central Bank issued its second raft of three-year, low-interest emergency loans to the financial sector, handing out euro529.5 billion ($712 billion) to 800 banks on Wednesday.

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