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Publications – Subsidiary Series
In the case of all publications in the Subsidary Series, the intention is to introduce the relevant text to a non-specialist readership in a way calculated to make the content more accessible and also to convey an application of its status and significance within its particular genre, literary, historical, etc.
Additionally, in the case of texts already published by the Society, the intention of the Subsidiary Series (published in conjunction with the Main series of texts) is to take the opportunity of a reprint to update the original introduction by noting the main developments in the field since the original publication. In such circumstances, these publications are included as additional introductory material. They are also published independently with a view to making them available to interested readers who may not necessarily wish to acquire the reprint of the relevant text.
SS 1. John Carey, A New Introduction to Lebor Gabála Érenn. The Book of the Taking of Ireland, Edited and Translated by R. A. Stewart Macalister, D.Litt.
22pp. 1993. ISBN 1 870 16680 9
The greater part of this new introduction chronicles and places in context the extensive body of scholarship that has accumulated about the nature, sources, and textual history of Lebor Gabála Érenn , including the critical contribution of R.A. S. Macalister's five-volume edition of the text for the Society (Main Series 34-35, 38-39, 44). John Carey, who lectures in the Department of Early and Medieval Irish at UCC, also presents his own expert and stimulating opinions of the text, based on a study that stretches back to the beginnings of his scholarly career.
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 2. Joep Leerssen, The Contention of the Bards (Iomarbhágh na bhFileadh) and its place in Irish Political and Literary History
72 pp. 1994. ISBN 1 870 16681 7
Joep Leerssen, Professor of European Studies at the University of Amsterdam , has made a significant contribution to the study of Irish literature in the seventeenth century. Here, in a detailed literary historical analysis, he presents the poems comprising the Contention of the Bards, originally edited for the Society by Lambert McKenna (Main Series 20-21), as much more than a final display of bardic erudition and eloquence. He views the Contention as a unique registration of an ancient tradition coming to terms with the disintegration of both its social raison d'être and its cultural Weltanschauung.
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 3. Erich Poppe, A New Introduction to Imtheachta Aeniasa: The Irish Aeneid - the Classical Epic from an Irish Perspective
40 pp. 1995. ISBN 1 870 166 82 5.
In this reappraisal of Imtheachta Aeniasa, originally edited for the Society by George Calder (Main Series 3), Professor Erich Poppe of the University of Marburg argues that the Irish version of the Aeneid was perceived as a historical narrative rather than as a literary epic or mere entertainment. In forming his judgement, he discusses the literary style of the Irish adaptation and examines its characteristics in the context of the wider vernacular narrative tradition. He concludes that Imtheachta Aeniasa can tell its modern readers much about the mentality and interests of its medieval audience.
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 4. Joseph Falaky Nagy, A New Introduction to Buile Suibhne (The Frenzy of Suibhne) being The Adventures of Suibhne Geilt: A Middle Irish Romance
32 pp. 1996. ISBN 1 870 16683 3.
As is well known, the adventures of Suibhne Geilt (the madman), which were edited for the Society by J. G. O'Keeffe (Main Series 12), have inspired such modern writers as Flann O'Brien and Seamus Heaney. In his illuminating new introduction to the tale, Professor Joseph Nagy of the University of California, Los Angeles, takes Suibhne to represent a poet 'robbed of his identity, his autonomy, and his freedom from the tyranny of words'. Taking account throughout of previous scholarship on the subject, Professor Nagy examines Suibhne's remarkable story as that of a poet vacillating 'between power and powerlessness'.
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 5. Pádraig Ó Riain, The Making of a Saint: Finbarr of Cork 600-1200
152 pp. 1997. ISBN 1 870 16684 1.
This volume was published as a companion volume of Beatha Bharra (Main Series 57), which was edited for the Society by Professor Ó Riain of University College Cork. Beginning with an account of the spread of the cult of St Finbarr countrywide from its probable place of origin in the North of Ireland, the author traces the history of the church and diocese of Cork down to about 1200, when the local bishop commissioned the earliest known Life of the saint. The historical circumstances that gave rise to the production of this Life, and of those that followed it, are then discussed in detail. Although spurious in almost every respect, the veracity of the biography composed for the saint remained in the main unchallenged until Professor Ó Riain re-examined it.
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 6. Diarmuid Ó Murchadha, The Annals of Tigernach: Index of Names
ix + 222 pp. 1997. ISBN 1 870 16685 X.
This volume, which was prepared by Dr Diarmuid Ó Murchadha of the Locus Project in University College Cork, is unusual in that it does not relate to a previous publication by the Society. Instead, it responds to a long felt need to make more accessible to historians and other users one of the most important of the early annals of Ireland, which were originally published by Whitely Stokes in the journal Revue Celtique, vols 16-18, and reprinted by Llanerch Publishers in 1993. By providing complete indexes to Stokes's edition, Dr Ó Murchadha, who is an authority on Irish family and placenames, rendered a signal service to Irish scholarship.
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 7. Joseph Falaky Nagy, A New Introduction to Two Irish Arthurian Romances
18 pp. 1998. ISBN 1 870 166 86 8.
As Professor Joseph Nagy of the University of California, Los Angeles, points out, the two stories edited by R. A. S. Macalister for the Society (Main Series 10) are, like the romantic tales to which they belong, 'the product of confluence and mutual reinforcement between the native and foreign sources available to the author-storyteller'. Professor Nagy's new introduction is accompanied by an appendix edited from a critical review by T. F. O'Rahilly of the original edition, which does much to remedy the all too evident deficiencies of Macalister's editorial policies.
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 8. Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, A New Introduction to Giolla na Fhiugha (The Lad of the Ferule) and Eachtra Cloinne Rígh na h-Ioruaidhe (The Adventures of the King of Norway)
32 pp. 1998. ISBN 1 870 16687 6.
The inaugural volume of the Main Series was edited by the Society's first President, Douglas Hyde (Main Series 1). This new introduction, provided by Dr Máire Ní Mhaonaigh of the University of Cambridge in 1998 to mark the centenary of the foundation of the Society, includes a full discussion of the thematic structure, style, and manuscript tradition of both tales. Describing the tales as 'significant' in their own right, Dr Ní Mhaonaigh shows them to be two very different examples of 'Romantic' tales.
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 9. Pádraig Ó Riain, ed., Irish Texts Society: The First Hundred Years
142 pp. 1998. ISBN 1 870 16688 4.
With the founding of the Irish Texts Society in 1898 began, as the late Professor Brian Ó Cuív stated, 'an enterprise in Irish textual editing and publication whose achievements are unparalleled'. This volume, edited by Professor Pádraig Ó Riain of University College Cork, brings together a series of papers designed to examine the achievements of the Society and to trace in outline the history of its first hundred years. In addition to the editor, Drs Pádraigín Riggs, Neil Buttimer, and Kevin Murray of University College Cork; Professor Ellis Evans of the University of Oxford; and Professor Ó Cuív contributed to this very appropriate memorial to a remarkable achievement.
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 10. Pádraig Ó Riain, ed., Fled Bricrenn: Reassessments (Seminar series)
114 pp. 2000. ISBN 1 870 16689 2.
This volume represents the proceedings of the inaugural annual seminar of the Society, held in conjunction with the Departments of Irish at UCC. The papers collected here, which were contributed by Petra Hellmuth, Nicholas Jacobs, John T. Koch, the late Proinsias Mac Cana, and Bernhard Maier, provide much needed reassessments of this very important tale of the Ulster Cycle, which was originally edited for the Society by George Henderson (Main Series 2). The tale is perhaps best known for two of its motifs, the 'Hero's Portion' and 'the Champion's Bargain', and both of these are reassessed here.
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 11. Pádraigín Riggs, ed., Dáibhí Ó Bruadair: His Historical and Literary Context
119 pp. 2001 ISBN 1 870 16690 6.
This publication focuses on the three-volume edition of Ó Bruadair's poems edited for the Society by John C. Mac Erlean (Main Series 11, Main Series 13, Main Series 18). Along with the poetry of Pádraigín Haicéad and the prose text Pairlement Chloinne Tomáis, the works of this major poet are said to reflect the chaos that engulfed Gaelic Ireland in the seventeenth century. The six contributors to the volume, Liam Irwin, Bernadette Cunningham and Raymond Gillespie, Breandán Ó Conchúir, Liam P Ó Murchú and Margo Griffin-Wilson, represent a mix of historians and literary scholars. As pointed out by the editor, Pádraigín Riggs, their stimulating contributions serve to redress the long, and undeserved, neglect of Ó Bruadair's work.
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 12. Pádraig Ó Riain, ed., Beatha Aodha Ruaidh: The Life of Red Hugh O'Donnell, Historical and Literary Contexts (Seminar series)
164 pp. 2002 . ISBN 1 870166 91 4
The two-volume edition of the Life of Aodh Ruadh by Lughaidh Ó Cléirigh, which was prepared for the Society by Paul Walsh (Main Series 42, Main Series 45) was chosen for discussion at the Society's annual seminar in 2001, held in conjunction with the Departments of Irish at University College Cork. One aim of the seminar was to mark the four-hundreth anniversary of the Battle of Kinsale. Another was to reopen debate on the historical quality and linguistic and literary nature of Ó Cléirigh's text, and the several contributions to the seminar, published in this volume, by Hiram Morgan, Mícheál Mac Craith, Damian Mac Manus, Marc Caball, Nollaig Ó Muraíle and Pádraig A. Breatnach, bear eloquent and innovative witness to its value as a source.
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 13. John Carey, ed., Duanaire Finn: Reassessments
xi + 123 pp. 2003. ISBN 1 870166 92 2.
By way of introduction to his contribution to this volume, Professor Joseph Nagy of the University of California, Los Angeles, paid tribute to the the introductions by Eoin MacNeill and Gerard Murphy to their three-volume edition of Duanaire Finn for the Society (Main Series 7, Main Series 28, Main Series 43), which have remained 'some of the most valuable and provocative readings of Fenian literature'. He and the other contributors, John Carey, who also edited the volume, Donald E. Meek, the late Máirtín Ó Briain, and Ruairí Ó hUiginn provide an insightful reevaluation of the collection of poems known as Duanaire Finn . Originally brought together by Captain Somhairle MacDomhnaill in Belgium in the early seventeenth century, the poems are reexamined here as to their dating, their Scottish connexions, and their treatment by MacNeill and Murphy. The foreword to the volume, by Pádraig Ó Riain, describes how Duanaire Finn survived and was brought through the press, often against the background of a 'clash of arms'.
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 14. Liam P. Ó Murchú, ed., Cinnelae Amhlaoibh Uí Shúileabháin: Reassessments (Seminar Series)
124 pp. 2004 ISBN 1 870166 93 0.
The four-volume edition of the early nineteenth-century diary kept by Amhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin of the town of Callan in Co. Kilkenny was originally edited for the Society by Michael McGrath (Main Series 30-33). The collection of papers in the present volume, edited by Liam P. Ó Murchú, reflects a recent renewal of interest in Amhlaoibh's diary, stimulated by the work of such scholars as Proinsias Ó Drisceoil and Breandán Ó Madagáin. Both of these are among the contributors, who also include Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh, Cathal Ó hÁinle, and Neil Buttimer. This volume should stimulate further interest in the writings of a man described by Neil Buttimer as 'an innovative, committed and prolific penman'.
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 15. Breandán Ó Buachalla, Dánta Aodhagáin Uí Rathaille: Reassessments
64 pp. 2004 ISBN 1 870166 94 9.
This new introduction to the Poems of Aodhagán Ó Rathaile, originally edited for the Society by P. S. Dinneen and Tadhg O'Donoughue (Main Series 3) was prepared by Professor Breandán Ó Buachalla of the University of Notre-Dame. As he has shown most recently in his major work Aisling Ghéar: na Stíobhartaigh agus an tAos Léinn 1603-1788, Professor Ó Buachalla is a leading authority on Irish poetry of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. His reassessment of these poems, which is accompanied by an edition of three poems not included in the Main Series volume, represents another significant contribution to the modern reception of the oeuvre of this very important poet.
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 16. Pádraigín Riggs, Dinneen and the Dictionary: 1904-2004 (Seminar series)
xv + 123pp. 2005 ISBN 1 870166 98 1
The sixth annual seminar, organised jointly by the Irish Texts Society and the Departments of Irish at University College Cork, was designed to mark the centenary of the publication of the first edition of Dinneen's Dictionary® in 1904. The proceedings, edited here by Dr Pádraigín Riggs, focus on Dinneen the scholar, priest and language activist, as well as on the Dictionary, which is still the most popular book of its kind. The contributions to the volume, by Diarmuid Breathnach, Mícheál Briody, Breandán Ó Madagáin, Seán Ua Súilleabháin, Máirtín Ó Murchú, and Úna Uí Bheirn, represent the first reassessment of Dinneen and his work since the publication in 1958 of An Duinníneach by Proinsias Ó Conluain and Donncha Ó Céileachair. The introduction to the volume by Pádraig Ó Riain discusses Dinneen's often turbulent relationship with Council of the Irish Texts Society.
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 17. Kevin Murray, ed., Translations from Classical Literature: Imtheachta Aeniasa and Stair Ercuil ocus a Bás (Seminar series)
290 pp. 2006 ISBN 1 870166 72 1.
The proceedings of the seventh annual seminar, organised jointly by the Irish Texts Society and the Combined Departments of Irish at University College Cork, contains contributions reconsidering two medieval Irish texts forming volumes 6 and 38 of the Society's Main Series, adaptations respectively of the Aeneid and legend of Hercules. In addition, they survey such issues as the medieval Irish tradition of translating and adapting classical texts and modern theory and practice and medieval translation. The contributions to the seminar – by Fiona Cox, Diana Luft, Gearóid MacEoin, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh and Erich Poppe – situate the texts in their medieval context as translations, consider how they are illuminated by modern critical theory, and supplement and update the scholarship of the original editors.
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 18. Liam P. Ó Murchú, ed., Amhráin Chearbhalláin / The Poems of Carolan: Reassessments (Seminar Series)
ix + 100 pp. 2007 ISBN 1 870166 76 8
The Society's edition of the Poems of Carolan (Volume 17 of its main series) is now supplemented by a reassessment of the author and his work that brings together articles by some of the most eminent experts on the Irish harping tradition and on Irish culture in the eighteenth century. The composer's music is reassessed here by Nicholas Carolan and Emily Cullen; the cultural background to his compositions is examined by Joep Leerssen; his verse is studied by Lesa Ní Mhunghaile, and the editor of his poems or songs, Tomás Ó Máille, is re-evalued by Ruairí Ó hUiginn. While deepening our appreciation of the influences on Carolan, these reassessments will no doubt also encourage others to take an interest in the man and his work.
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 19. Pádraig Ó Riain, ed., Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa Ar Éirinn: Reassessments (Seminar series)
ix + 120 pp 2008 ISBN 1 870166 77 9
The proceedings of the ninth annual seminar of the Irish Texts Society held in conjunction with the Combined Departments of Irish at University College Cork on the 10th November 2007. The subject was the History of Ireland by Geoffrey Keating (Seathrún Céitinn), better known as Foras Feasa ar Éirinn, which was edited for the Society in four volumes (4, 8, 9 & 15 of the Main Series) by David Comyn and Patrick S. Dinneen.
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 20. John Carey, ed., Lebor Gabála Érenn: Textual History and Pseudohistory
xi +114 pp 2009 ISBN 1 870 166 78 2
The twentieth volume of the Subsidiary Series is devoted to the largest, and perhaps longest running, multi-volume edition in the Society's Main Series. Previously consisting of five volumes, published between 1938 and 1956, a sixth volume has been added to Macalister's edition of Lebor Gabála Érenn in 2009. John Carey already placed the Society and scholars in his debt by providing a New Introduction to Lebor Gabála Érenn in 1993, the inaugural volume of the Subsidiary Series. The five contributors to the present volume, who include the editor, cover an impressive range of ground, from the earliest manuscript version of the text to the latest. Also covered are several hitherto unexamined sources.
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 21. Pádraigín Riggs, ed., Tadhg Dall Ó hUiginn: His Historical and Literary Context (Seminar series)
ix + 156 pp 2010 ISBN 1 870 166 79 5
The proceedings of the eleventh annual seminar of the Irish Texts Society held in conjunction with the Combined Departments of Irish at University College Cork in November 2009, which had as its theme 'The Bardic Poems of Tadhg Dall Ó hUiginn (1550-1591)' the title of Volumes 22 and 23 in the ITS Main Series.
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 22. Donna Thornton and Kevin Murray, eds., Bibliography of Publications on Irish Placenames
xviii + 298 pp. ISBN 1 870 166 69 8
This Bibliography was compiled as a by-product of the work of the Locus Project, an ongoing collaboration, based in the Department of Early and Medieval Irish, University College Cork. The Locus project, in association with the Irish Texts Society, is currently publishing a new fascicular Historical Dictionary of Gaelic Placenames to replace Fr Edmund Hogan's Onomasticon Goedelicum (Dublin, 1910). During the process of excerpting from texts unknown to Fr Hogan or not yet available in printed editions at the time of the Onomasticon, record was also made of numerous articles on various aspects of placename study. These are noted at the end of the relevant entries in the Dictionary, but some years ago it was decided that those references should also be made available to researchers in a separate volume. This has now been brought to completion. In total, the Bibliography contains nearly 3,000 items with up to 8,000 entries in the index.
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 23. Kevin Murray and Pádraig Ó Riain, eds., Edmund Hogan's Onomasticon Goedelicum: Reconsiderations (Seminar series)
xii + 180 pp ISBN 1 870 166 68 X
The proceedings of the twelfth annual seminar of the Irish Texts Society held in conjunction with the Combined Departments of Irish at University College Cork in November 2010. The seminar was held to celebrate the centenary of the publication of Fr Edmund Hogan's monumental Onomasticon Goedelicum and focuses, inter alia , on the centrality of the Onomasticon as a scholarly tool to Gaelic placename scholarship in Scotland and Ireland.
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 24. Liam P. Ó Murchú, ed., Caithréim Thoirdhealbhaigh: Reassessments (Seminar series)
ix + 113 pp ISBN 1 870 166 67 6
The proceedings of the thirteenth annual seminar of the Irish Texts Society held in conjunction with the Combined Departments of Irish at University College Cork in November 2011, which had as its theme Caithréim Thoirdhealbhaigh 'The Triumphs of Turlough', the title of Volumes 26 (text) and 27 (translation) in the ITS Main Series.
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 25. Kevin Murray, ed., Lebor na Cert: Reassessments (Seminar series)
vii + 126 pp. ISBN 1 870 166 74 4
The proceedings of the fourteenth annual seminar of the Irish Texts Society held in conjunction with the Combined Departments of Irish at University College Cork in November 2012, which had as its theme Lebor na Cert 'The Book of Rights', the title of Volume 46 in the ITS Main Series.
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 26. John Carey, ed., Buile Suibhne: Perspectives and Reassessments (Seminar series)
xiii + 232 pp. ISBN 978-0-9575661-2-5
The proceedings of the fifteenth annual seminar of the Irish Texts Society held in conjunction with the Combined Departments of Irish at University College Cork in November 2013, which had as its theme Buile Suibhne 'The Adventures of Suibhne Geilt', the title of Volume 12 in the ITS Main Series.
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 27. Pádraig Ó Riain (ed.), The Poems of Blathmac Son of Cu Brettan: Reassessments
x + 201pp. ISBN 978-0-9575661-4-9
The proceedings of the sixteenth annual seminar of the Irish Texts Society held in conjunction with the Combined Departments of Irish at University College Cork in November 2014
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 28. Liam P. Ó Murchú (ed.), Rosa Anglica: Reassessments
The proceedings of the seventeenth annual seminar of the Irish Texts Society held in conjunction with the Combined Departments of Irish at University College Cork in November 2015 which had as its theme Rosa Anglica seu Rosa Medicinae Johannis Anglici: An Early Modern Irish Translation of Part of John of Gaddesden's Text Book of Medieval Medicine, the title of Volume 25 in the ITS Main Series
Price: €21 (members €14)
SS 29. John Carey (ed.), The Matter of Britain in Medieval Ireland: Reassessments
ix + 144pp. ISBN: 978-1-9998047-0-1
The proceedings of the eighteenth annual seminar of the Irish Texts Society held in conjunction with the Combined Departments of Irish at University College Cork in November 2016.
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SS 30. Kevin Murray (ed.), Tóruigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne: Reassessments
192pp. ISBN: 978-1-9998047-3-2
The proceedings of the nineteenth annual seminar of the Irish Texts Society held in conjunction with the Combined Departments of Irish at University College Cork in November 2017.
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Tips for BUYERS of Real Estate
10 Steps to Prepare for Homeownership
1. Decide how much home you can afford. Generally, you can afford a home equal in value to between two and three times your gross income.
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3. Scout out new listings yourself. Look at Internet sites, newspaper ads, and drive by the neighborhood frequently. Maybe you'll see a brand-new "for sale" sign before anyone else.
4. Be ready to make a decision. Spend lots of time in advance deciding what you must have so you won't be unsure when you have the chance to make an offer.
5. Bid competitively. You may not want to start out offering the absolute highest price you can afford, but don't try to go too low to get a deal. In a tight market, you'll lose out.
6. Keep contingencies to a minimum. Restrictions such as needing to sell your home before you move or wanting to delay the closing until a certain date can make your offer unappealing. In a tight market, you'll probably be able to sell your house rapidly. Or talk to your lender about getting a bridge loan to cover both mortgages for a short period.
7. Don't get caught in a buying frenzy. Just because there's competition doesn't mean you should just buy anything. And even though you want to make your offer attractive, don't neglect inspections that help ensure that your house is sound.
1. A real estate transaction is complicated. In most cases, buying or selling a home requires disclosure forms, inspection reports, mortgage documents, insurance policies, deeds, and multi-page government-mandated settlement statements. A knowledgeable guide through this complexity can help you avoid delays or costly mistakes.
2. Selling or buying a home is time consuming. Even in a strong market, homes in our area stay on the market for an average of ____ days. And it usually takes another 60 days or so for the transaction to close after an offer is accepted.
3. Real estate has its own language. If you don't know a CMA from a PUD, you can understand why it's important to work with someone who speaks that language.
4. REALTORS® have done it before. Most people buy and sell only a few homes in a lifetime, usually with quite a few years in between each purchase. And even if you've done it before, laws and regulations change. That's why having an expert on your side is critical.
5. REALTORS® provide objectivity. Since a home often symbolizes family, rest, and security, not just four walls and roof, homeselling or buying is often a very emotional undertaking. And for most people, a home is the biggest purchase they'll ever make. Having a concerned, but objective, third party helps you keep focused on both the business and emotional issues most important to you.
REALTORS® are members of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®, a trade organization of more than 1 million members nationwide. REALTORS® subscribe to a stringent code of ethics that helps guarantee the highest level of service and integrity.


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Travel between two of Vietnam's most charming destinations from the fading colonial chic of Hanoi to the attractive riverside merchant town of Hoi An with a night spent cruising the jade waters of Halong Bay & time spent exploring the royal citadel of imperial Hue, all in just 8 days.
Return airport/hotel transfers
– 5 nights 4* hotel & special class hotel accommodation
– 1 night on-board a deluxe junk boat (private cabin)
– 1 night on-board an overnight sleeper train (basic, 4 berth cabin)
– Breakfast daily, selected lunches & dinners
– Halong Bay Junk boat cruise – opt to swim, kayak and explore caves
– A bicycle ride to Tra Que village & cooking demonstration
– Guided sightseeing – Hanoi, Halong Bay, Hue and Hoi An
– All relevant transfer & transportation in private modern air-conditioned vehicles
– Assistance of a Vietnamese tour guide
– Visa approval letter (excl. stamping fee required upon arrival)
Tel: +27 72 262 3587
Home - Vietnam's most charming destinations


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As we rode, I made up songs, none of which I can remember now, 35 years later. But they were stories those songs, my first writing, maybe. The way I took the journey of highways and laid it into language. A girl with her blanket imitating the Jack Kerouac I she didn't know.
I was 27. I had a Uniball Vision Elite pen tucked into my hand, and I was writing as fast as I could on the second floor of Guilford Hall at Case Western Reserve. Ted Gup, my writing professor, was sharing why he loved Tracy Kidder, and I couldn't capture the language of his vision fast enough. The words were whipping by me like electric poles. I was on fire, and I didn't know why.
Weeks later, when I stood at Prof. Gup's door to talk about my PhD applications, he said, "Andi, I wonder if you might want to consider an MFA instead." He laid out the benefits – two years instead of five, lower cost – and then he said, "Maybe you're a writer."
He wrote, in an analysis of my work that semester, that I had "a bohemian sensibility and a unique voice, and that the largest danger to her work is that she will begin to parrot herself."
It felt like he wrote a love letter to my soul.
I was 35. I had an MFA diploma tucked into a trunk in my house, and I was writing as fast as I could to get the 35 end comments onto composition papers. My office was filled with a papers – compare/contrast essays, drafts of short stories, business reports complete with pie charts. I was suffocating in my office without windows.
Weeks later, I sat in a brew pub with three of my dear friends, my colleagues in the English department, and I was telling them I was going to be resigning in one year. I had worked 10 years to become a full-time professor, and I was going to leave after 3 years. I cried as we talked, and they – good friends – thought I was sad about leaving teaching.
I still miss my friends – my heart aches with the journey away from them.
I am 41. I have my hair tucked into a bun, and I'm wearing my father's old sweatshirt as I type out these words at our dining room table. I am looking out the window, but I can't see our goats. Our two hound dogs are on the couch near the woodstove. My life is filled with farming and with words.
These days, I take the journey of words and lay them out in books, stories of enslaved people and the strength of their lives. I write novels where teenage girls save history, and I read books for clients who ache to have their stories reach the world. I'm still a girl writing the journey – maybe more Wendell Berry and Alice Walker than Kerouac now. I try not to parrot my own voice.
My window is stationary most days, but out the door, I can see the power line that ties our farm to the road, the path that carries my words into the world.
Andi Cumbo-Floyd is a writer, editor, and farmer who lives on God's Whisper Farm at the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains with her husband, 6 goats, 22 chickens, 4 dogs, and 4 cats. Her books include Steele Secrets, The Slaves Have Names, and Writing Day In and Day Out. You can connect with her at her website, Andilit.com
Photos: Top by Chris Lawton via Unsplash
Steele Secrets available at Amazon


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The land allotted from 2002 onwards had not been utilised for up to September 2016, said the report. In five cases listed in the report, the land had either been barren or construction had not been completed.
The land had been allotted in Nashik, Kolhapur and Thane.
These were among the findings in a CAG audit of 114 cases of land allotment for educational purposes in 5 districts.
The audit also found that in 42 cases in four districts, the lease period of land allotted for a playground to educational institutes had expired. The expiry period ranged between June 1966 and August 2016. However, the lessees had not applied for a renewal nor had the government taken the land back.
The audit also found eight cases where land had been allotted to educational institutes without executing a lease agreement.
This was not only against government policy, but resulted in the non-realisation of revenue worth Rs 14.76 lakh in the form of stamp duty and registration fees, said the report prepared by the CAG.


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Welcome to the Library Pages!To find a book or e-book in our library, click below:
Click on "Research Tools By Subject" to learn about amazing subscription databases that bring you straight to the information you need for all your assignments.
Click on "Research Tools By Name" to get directly to a database when you know which one you need.If you can't find a book in our library, try theBergen County Cooperative Library System, which has millions of books, videos, ebooks and audiobooks from dozens of libraries!
For help using any of these resources, see Ms. Goldberg in the library.


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Biotech stocks in San Diego and across the country dropped Monday, continuing a monthlong downward movement that has interrupted what was previously a bull market.
The Nasdaq Biotechnology Index closed Monday at 2,499.44, down 77.77 points — or just more than 3 percent. That's a drop of 12.5 percent since Feb. 25, when the index closed at 2,854.26. However, the gauge of 121 drugmakers is still up 5 percent since the year began and nearly 55 percent during the past 12 months.
Receptos was one of the biggest local losers among major biotech companies in the San Diego area, falling 9.3 percent to close at $42.42. That loss dropped its market value below $1 billion.
Zogenix fell just over 7 percent to close at $3.02, and Orexigen fell nearly 6 percent to close at $6.96.
Some members of Congress and certain advocacy groups have recently criticized Zogenix over its marketing of a new opioid drug, Zohydro, that does not include abuse-deterrent technology. But for most other local biotechs, there was no easily identifiable factor behind their stock-price decline.
Slide in stock price of local biotechnology companies on Monday:
*Orexigen: -6%
*Receptos: -9.3 %
*Zogenix: -7.1%
A general concern across the biotech sector is that a backlash has developed against the high price of some biotech drugs, such as Gilead Sciences' new medication for hepatitis C, Sovaldi, which the Food and Drug Administration approved in December. That drug's $84,000 treatment cost, or about $1,000 a pill, has been greeted with outrage. Foster City-based Gilead said the price is justified because Sovaldi cures the great majority of infections — and ultimately saves money when compared with other treatments.
The protests against Sovaldi are "political grandstanding" and part of a negotiating process, said John McCamant, editor of the Berkeley-based Medical Technology Stock Letter. Gilead needs to provide more information to justify the price of Sovaldi, and the company will probably do so in the next few weeks.
As a biotech investor, McCamant said, he sees the falling prices of the past few weeks as a potential opportunity to buy Gilead stock.
"The fundamentals remain intact," McCamant said. "One of the most interesting things about this drug is that it will be the biggest launch of a new drug in history. It's on track to exceed Lipitor," which has been a blockbuster statin medication.
McCamant said Sovaldi's earnings potential was a "double-edged sword."
"Whether you and I like it, it's Gilead's responsibility to their shareholders for a price they feel they can get a real return on," he said.
But Jonathan Krinsky, a technical analyst studying biotech charts at MKM Partners, said the outlook for biotech stocks in the immediate future is negative.
A "fairly sizable correction over the next few months" is possible for the Nasdaq Biotech ETF, a security tied to biotech stock prices, Krinsky said.
Bloomberg News contributed to this report.
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See. Talk. Listen.
They'll Know You're Paying Attention!
Out doing daily chores, at work or out for the evening keep a watchful eye on the children anytime from anywhere.Live video monitor ensure their safe and sound!
- Check-in on babysitters and see if the children are being taken care of properly and are not being mistreated. See, talk and listen give the sitter instructions!
- Check-in on the baby in the crib with your cell phone at home or on-the-go Sometimes all a crying baby needs is to hear the calming sound of your voice!
- Built-in 24/7 video recorder, day and night vision so you'll never miss a thing!
- Family members, grandparents can also check-in video monitor talk and listen with the same level of caring and closeness.Even if they live cross the country!
- Wi-Fi cameras that set-up in minutes via an App with no computer required.
- Portable you can move the cameras from room to room, simply plug them in! Sometimes all your baby needs is to hear the calm sound of your voice, it can soothe a fussy baby back to sleep!


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How to Schedule an Appointment
Instructions for Scheduling an Exam Appointment in Register Blast
All Gulf Coast State College and Florida State University/Panama City students must schedule an appointment in Register Blast at least 72 hours before their requested testing date(s) and time(s). Non-Gulf Coast State College students who have requested proctoring services must also schedule appointments in Register Blast at least 72 hours before their requested testing date(s) and time(s).
Note: The testing center at Gulf Coast State College requires ALL students to schedule testing appointments through Register Blast 72-business hours in advance.
You must schedule your exam appointments so that you can complete your exam prior to the Testing Center's closing times (See Hours of Operation)
To schedule an appointment in Register Blast:
- Go to Register Blast.
- Click on the link that describes the type of student you are:
- E-Learning—a Gulf Coast State College student enrolled in an online Gulf Coast State College course
- SAR—a Gulf Coast State College student who receives support from Student Accessibility Resources
- FSU—a Florida State University student
- Non-GCSC—a non-Gulf Coast State College or non-Florida State University/Panama City student who has requested proctoring services
- Special Circumstances—a Gulf Coast State College student taking a make-up exam, an exam usually given in class, or an exam outside an exam's testing window (you must have your instructor's written permission to test outside an exam's testing window)
- CJBAT-Florida Department of Law Enforcement Criminal Justice exam.
- PERT- Post Secondary education readiness test (College placement)
- CLEP- College Level Examination Program
- A calendar will appear. Click on the date and time you would like to schedule your exam appointment.
- If you are scheduling appointments for more than one exam, click on "Add additional exam" and repeat steps 4 and 5.
- After adding all of your exams to your cart, complete all requested fields on the "Exam Summary" page for each exam you are scheduling.
- If your exam does not require a fee, click "Register." If your exam requires a fee, complete the "Billing Information" fields and then click "Register."
- Once you have clicked "Register," your email confirmation receipt will appear. Save this email until after you come in for the appointment.


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14 years ago today, on January 31, 2000, an Alaska Airlines MD-83 crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Point Mugu, California. All 88 passengers and crew aboard were killed.
Disasters—natural or man-made— have the potential to terminate hundreds or even thousands of lives in an instant. These kinds of events may or may not strike with warning. Air crash disasters very often occur following a rapid sequence of events, usually involving a mechanical malfunction or communication failure which have severely disabled a craft's ability to recover or sustain propulsion to continue. This terrible time, possibly just minutes, is about all the on-board crew and passengers have in the way of a warning.
Victims of air crashes are typically very badly injured, often more so by the intense fire and heat, than the trauma of the crash's final impact. Unfortunately, recovery of the victims' remains is a slow process, due to verification on multiple levels to ensure accurate identification of each person.
These sudden deaths are especially difficult for the families who survive the losses. The grief process is complicated by intense shock, disbelief, and complete lack of anticipation or preparation for the possibility of such an event. Further difficulty arises when there is no possibility of viewing the body, which is important in beginning the grief process, in accepting that the death is real. People who must mourn the loss of a loved one through a sudden and traumatic death are encouraged to seek counseling from well-qualified grief counselors.
©C.S. Thompson, 2013-14.


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jcogswell needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 116 designs submitted by 22 freelance designers.
WORK like an Athlete
To Be Determined
Business Coaching for Leadership, Team Performance, Personal Fitness and Adventure
I have used collegiate font in the past. It should be sporty or athletic. BOLD.
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I was editing my LinkedIn profile. I've it in 2 languages: English (main) and Italian (secondary) but every time I edit a section in any language they keep overwriting themselves.
Tag Archives: LinkedIn
VeloCV: Rebuilding ground up
So, after the last couple of weeks I had to take a deep breath, a project I was really believing in was killed so… Continue reading
LinkedIn API change: worst business decision I've ever seen
I'm working in the IT since 15 years, I've been entrepreneur and CTO and freelance, I've seen a lot of good and bad decisions in these years, this is probably the worst ever, take a seat and enjoy the ride. Continue reading
The rise and fall on my newborn startup
As a freelance developer I use my résumé almost daily, it's my main tool to get new jobs. I also have other websites, like:
- a personal "commercial website", which is more or less just my CV plus a few other things
- a tech blog
- some websites for some of my personal/open source/commercial projects
Obviously I have a LinkedIn profile, which is also a very important tool for my job. Continue reading
Probably the best WordPress LinkedIn profile plugin :-)
A few weeks ago I was working on my Italian professional website and I wanted to use my LinkedIn profile as the website's home page, I tried some of the existing WordPress LinkedIn plugins but none of them was working (they use a bunch of complex regex that are really easy to break, if LinkedIn changes its pages a little bit all of them won't work, and that was the case) so I started to write my own LinkedIn resume plugin.
I used a different approach using DOM parsing and I think that will be absolutely bulletproof :)
It also outputs raw parts of LinkedIn HTML so it's much easier to style and we're sure that it will include every future feature LinkedIn may add (also without my intervention), I think that's a great plus.
Release 1.3 it's available right now and the plugin (available under GPL license) is right there for you to download and use for free.
Check it out!


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Posts tagged 'gluten free fast food'
Gluten Free Me…
and super size me while you're at it! Unless you are aware that McD's fries are NOT technically gluten free according the their own website. 😦 I have been informed however that the celiac foundation tested them and found them to be within the limit to be considered gluten free.
On other business…
Summer is officially over since Sunday marked the last day of the fair!
I can still smell the kettle corn cooking. I've still got chicken poo stuck to my boots. Thing 1 still has artificial freckles on his face, the kind you get from falling off the sheep in Mutton Bustin' and yet it is time to get back to reality. Time to eat meals from my own table and time to blog again lest the blog police shut me down.
Every year I cling to the last morsels of the fair just like Templeton in Charlotte's Web. I love the fair; bad food, creative crafts, huge pumpkins and the rodeo! "The bulls and the blood, the dust and the mud!" Gotta love it.
What do you eat when you are on the go?
Thinking back on the fair and the mirage that was summer I wondered if it might be helpful to compile some of the fast food orders I make over and over and over again.
When you have to eat gluten free you tend to avoid fast food like mothers across the nation avoid having to change dirty diapers on the primitive floor of the fair bathroom where there is no warm water, no soap and likely no towels when you are down to your last wet wipe! None the less when the occasion arises most every mother will just get the job done.
Here is my "menu" for those times when fast food is inevitable.
- yogurt parfait (NO oatmeal)
- salad (NO croutons and NO chicken- not even the grilled one!)
- fruit and walnut salad (DON'T eat the candies walnuts the second ingredient is wheat)
- 100% beef patties (NOT the Angus patty)
- McRib Pork Patty.
The salad dressings do not contain gluten ingredients. All but one are soy free. The Italian dressing is the only one that does not contain milk.
I usually order a yogurt parfait and fries but I just read on the McDonald's website that the number 2 ingredient is a vegetable oil which includes Natural Beef flavor in which one of the ingredients is hydrolyzed wheat. And all this time I though fries were gluten free! WAAAAAA!
I rarely order a plain meat patty because the chances that somebody puts a bun on accidentally then yanks it off and sticks the patty in a boat (crumbs and all) is something I don't like to gamble on.
Wendy's is my favorite. In my town it is the best fast food bet if I don't want to get sick, though I have had the occasional cross contamination issues that go along with chancing it "out on the range"! Truly only 1 in 100. That's pretty good.
- grilled chicken patty
- 100% beef patty
- potatoes
- gogurts
- fries (I think but can't verify online right now)
- salads (minus croutons, NOT including the Asian salad-or just leave off the noodles)
- most of the dressings are without wheat (be aware that soy sauce has wheat so stay away from Asian dressings/marinades)
I usually order one of their wonderful salads.
A chicken patty with my favorite dressing to dip, a sour cream and chive potato and a big swig of good ol' Dr. Pepper!
- The low carb $6 burger-
- fries
There is still hope for french fry eaters (unless you are allergic to soy). I had stopped eating Carl's fries when they changed to the "fresh cut" version because I noticed the breading and assumed it was wheat. I actually spit a couple out in a panic and threw three boxes of fries away on that assumption. Browsing their website I found that the "breading" is actually rice flour so it appears that french fries are still in my future! Don't eat the zuccini or crisscut fries though.
Since they have the low carb option Carl's will make any of their sandwiches on lettuce! They even have real lettuce! The chicken (even grilled chicken) is not okay the marinade contains soy sauce.
View the complete Carl's ingredients list here.
I hope this helps. Here are some other fast food chains and restaurants I've left off since I don't have much experience with them, our little town doesn't offer a lot of options! 🙂
Please visit Linda's new and improved "What Can I Eat That's Gluten Free" and don't forget to check out the other great recipes this week!
Thanks for Summer Two for One Special
Have you ever been in a deep cave or a long tunnel? I've been in both.
We have old mines in a town not too far from where I grew up that tell a story of the dreams of many ambitious families who hoped to build fortunes by sending there strong men into the dark day after day. There are countless numbers who didn't make it out of mines like this one.
I've also traveled through what is thought to be the worlds longest underwater tunnel on the Trans Tokyo Bay Highway in Japan though it is traveled by millions I thought I might not make it out!
If you have ever experienced it you will understand the feeling of awe in the blinding reality at the "end of the tunnel" or at the top of the long climb out of that dark cave. First, it's the realization that you were holding your breath and you breathe in the air as if before you had been unable to inhale.
Next its like the world is new as you experience the sun on your face and the many many colors of nature around you. How could you forget in those short moments what beauty awaited you?
Emerging from winter this year has been like that for me. I grew up here in the North so I'm no stranger to hard winters and I'm also quite fond of the clean blanket that is tossed out over all who tarry giving familiar surroundings a sort of ethereal curiosity. None-the-less, this was an exceptionally long hard winter, both by natural purposes and emotionally, physically etc.
I've never been happier to welcome Spring. It seems to me that the earth was just as ready and practically lept over the normal events of Spring and has puddle stomped it's way into Summer in a matter of a few short weeks.
The sun is shining, the garden is planted and I'm so thankful for summer!
Hubby says I'm "dripping with detail"! I'll take that as a compliment.
Finally getting to it.
Here is my "Thanks for Summer Two for One Special":
Veggie Tray Lunch:
What you will need:
- various yummy veggies
- cheese (if desired)
- dressing or hummus for dipping
I reused a disposable tray and lid I had from somewhere, it was perfect. To note, DO NOT cut up the sweet pepper in advance it flavors everything in a 2 foot radius. It just so happens that's almost the entire frig.
I filled this tray each morning and gave the kids free rein to eat from it at will. It really helped curb the munchies and even took place of lunch one day this week.
My Thinglets had their reservations but when I sliced the sweet pepper and gave each a nice thin "shoestring pepper fry" they were pleasantly surprised. They were also quite sure that tomatoes were not on the approved list until I sliced a few in half and had them try without the shock of that spurt of juice when you bite into it whole. You guessed it, no complaints!
The veggies and cheese were such a hit I went one step further.
Summer Pasta Salad:
What you will need:
- BroccoliGF noodles (16oz)- No that's not a typo I did a little research and though Tinkyada calls this it's Fussilli Pasta it appears to be truly the Broccoli Pasta shape. Read the link it's quite a kick!
- chicken if desired (this is delicious as another use for the bbq chicken left-overs)
- various veggies
- parmesan cheese (if desired)
- garlic
- olive oil
If I can do it you can do it (Recipe):
If you've made the veggie tray or have vegetables on hand this dish is a cinch to whip up.
As soon as I got the The Bubba and Pee Wee down for their naps I boiled up the noodles. The key is to make the noodles according to package directions and allow time to chill before your own clan is pounding down the door for dinner. I like to rinse and pat dry before serving or chilling GF pastas.
Just before the door came crashing in (not really but you'd be surprised) I prepared my veggies.
I used 2 chicken thighs, 2 dozen cherry tomatoes (some cut in half for the Thinglets), 3-4sm sweet peppers sliced in strips, 1/4 cup parmesan cheese and 1 heaping tablespoon of minced garlic.
All you have to do now is drizzle in a little olive oil (just enough to coat the noodles and get the cheese to stick), toss in the vegetables and chicken then pour a glass of lemonade, put up your feet and soak in the sun!
This has been another recipe for the "What's for Dinner Wednesday Blog Carnival" Hosted by the Gluten Free Homemaker. Thanks for stopping and check out more great ideas here.
Not yo' nacho!
I hope I'm not breaking more rules! You know those blog police are always out to get me. At any rate I'm going to use a previous post for my first ever Friday Foodie Fix over at The Whole Gang. I've been wanting to participate in the fun since meeting Diane during What's for Dinner Wednesday's but between the rock incident, making green smoothies a fashion statement and playing in my garden I just couldn't find the time. Finally things are settling in and with the help of my cooking hubby we've come up with a recipe that fits the bill! P.s It is not against the rules to use a previous post, in fact you can even use more that one post. Whew, I'm off the hook.
I don't go to town often and when I do I usually rush home thinking to myself, "I'm never doing that again!" It's not that I live outside of a terribly busy town, it's actually quite quaint. It's not that I can't find the things that I need or want. It's mostly my darling two year old who at this point in his young life is determined to make shopping a chore.
The Bubba, bless his little pink cheeks is bound and determined to live life on the edge. Literally, I mean the edge of almost everything. I often find him dangling off the edge of the counter, belaying off of the big boys' bunk bed or my personal favorite, attempting the back flip out of the child seat (belt and all) of my shopping cart.
Because of his shopping antics I hate to go to town!
My grandmother, bless her heart, went shopping with me the other day and sat in the car so I could make some quick stops and not have to set up a carabiner for the shopping cart experience.
I asked her "If you had the money and didn't have to think practically what one thing would you have done on a regular basis?"
I suspected I knew the answer since we often think alike and I have a definite number one.
I was right, we would both hire a personal chef! It's not that I completely hate to cook (though I'm not great at it) it is a matter of shopping, being responsible for the health and safety (ha ha) of those eating and cleaning up the mess. If I could school the kids, play in the garden and even organize and clean the house without the worry of "What's for Dinner" I think I'd have it made! I might pop into the kitchen now and again and I would certainly continue to experiment with baking each time I got a hankerin' but I wouldn't be the "Queen of the Kitchen". Grandma and I would gladly relinquish that to anyone else!
My husband got wind of this plan and he mentioned, "Hon, I really don't mind cooking, in fact I think it's kinda fun and, no offense, but I'm a much better shopper!"
Yipee! No way! My husband wants to be the "Queen of the Kitchen"! Am I a horrible housewife for letting my husband do the cooking?
You be the judge.
This is what we had for dinner that very night, and in the time it takes to say…
Not yo' Nacho a $7.00 family meal (serves 6)
Do I really have to go there? (Shopping List):
Note: I've been instructed to revise a couple things
- 1 bag chips ($3)
- 1/2 lb cheese ($2)
- 6-8 med. mushrooms (.50)
- cilantro (.50)
- 1 avocado ($1)
- bell pepper (use a sliver from left overs 🙂 pennies)
- 1/4 red onion (pennies)
- garlic (pennies)
- dollop of sour cream (pennies)
- olive oil vegetable oil (pennies)
- butter
If I can do it, you can do it. Oh wait, I didn't! (Recipe):
Grate 1/2lb cheese.
Heat 1 Tbsp olive vegetable oil in a medium saucepan over med/low heat
Add 2 garlic cloves (minced), 6-8 sliced mushrooms and 2Tbsp butter, heat allowing to slow cook for 5-7min. Also in this step add the red onion and 1/4 sliced bell pepper (pretty much left over's nachos, whatever's handy in the frig and sounds good). After the 5-7 min simmer add 2 Tbsp butter and continue to simmer 3 more minutes.
In the meantime melt grated cheese over chips in the microwave or in a toaster oven.
Top the nachos with saute' mushroom mixture
Garnish with avacado slices, sour cream and cilantro
Previously this week:
This has been another recipe for the "What's for Dinner Wednesday Blog Carnival" Hosted by the Gluten Free Homemaker. Thanks for stopping and check out more great ideas here.
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Unraveling the Mystery of Eggs (Recipe 2.a) – Kid Scrambled
I'm going to give you two options for making scrambled eggs, the first I'm ashamed I even know and I'm not going to guess if there are any nutrients left afterward. It's MICROWAVE! Seriously sad that eggs can be scrambled in the microwave but that little diddy is a necessary evil in our household. I spent an entire winter in a camp trailer and I learned to bake everything either in the microwave or on top of a wood stove.
Except the time I burned my eyelashes off trying to bake gluten free brownies (pregnancy craving) but that's another story all together! You will all have to pray that I remember my brownie recipe and then I'll have to tell that story. I lost that recipe somewhere between the fog of baby number 4 (a girl-hence the fog-lol) and finding out that Wal Mart, another necessary evil, stopped carrying my favorite yogurt. I don't even LIKE yogurt – it was well disguised!
I hear you!
"Weren't we on the subject of eggs Goof?"
And yes, you are right on with the eggs.
Often I have those sort of days when the butter dish gets broken and my husband thinks a plate will do just fine until one of the barn cats gets in the house and I am in the middle of bathing my darling Thinglets so I don't notice when a whole stick of butter gets licked to smithereens. When I realize what happened I plop down another stick of butter, after shooing the cat outside and scramble (see I'm getting there) to get everyone dressed but realize there are no clean pants for any of the kids so I quickly toss in a load of laundry while The Bubba slips on a pair of over sized boots and lets himself out onto the front deck (I had no idea he could reach the handle yet) in just a pair of boots and a diaper (in 35 degree weather and a sciff of fresh snow) when the dog rushes in, straight for the kitchen (I swear the cat started the search and destroy mission) and lops up a second stick of butter before you can say "Boys, where's your BROTHER?"
Sooo, after all that Thing 1, Thing 2 and The Bubba are back inside but still half dressed and everyone is getting hungry. I finally sit down with a cup of coffee and wonder, how many moms across the country have gone fetal (like I'm about to do) on their living room floors at this very moment. Feeling sorry for myself I stare into the swirl of cream and breathe in the steamy goodness and am just about to sink back in the chair for a couple sips when my stomach growls and I realize all we had this morning is cereal; nothing with protein, no hearty, stick to your stomach, feed your brain protein! This is the kind of day that screams for microwave eggs! I don't even get time to drink the coffee and Pee-wee is crying so I pick her up slump back in my rocker and commission the oldest, Thing 1, to make us all eggs.
Scrambled Eggs in the Microwave – Kid friendly
- 1-2 eggs cracked into a microwave safe coffee mug
- a splash (approx 2 Tablespoons) of milk or water
- whisk with a fork
- Microwave for 2 min. (if you have a small mug the eggs may try to escape over the top)
It seems to be that 1 min. per egg is the ticket but I've never tried more than 2 at a time.
If you are not horified by my suggesting it, you may try these in a pinch. If the thought wierds you out I hope you got a good laugh!
Restaurants with gluten free options
If you are willing to risk the possibility of cross contamination here are some restaurant chains that have made an attempt to offer gluten-free options, because you can't always pack a sack lunch. Don't be a goof, always ask before you order and don't be embarrased to let the waiter and/or chef know how important it is to get your order right.
First some quick tips:
French Fries are often lightly breaded, seasoned and fried in a vat with other gluten products so don't assume they are ok.
Fried rice is often made with a slight amount of soy sauce in the vat to keep it from sticking together – always ask.
Soups, sauces, maranades and salad dressing are easy items to ask to read a label on.
- Arby's http://www.arbys.com
- Carl's Jr. http://carlsjr.com
- Chick-fil-A http://chic-fil-a.com
- Chili's http://chilis.com (download allergy info under "menu" before you go)
- Claim Jumper http://claimjumper.com
- Cold Stone http://www.coldstonecreamery.com
- In N Out Burger http://in-n-out.com
- Jack in the Box http://jackinthebox.com
- Mimi's Cafe http://mimiscafe.com
- Old Spaghetti Factory http://www.osf.com
- Outback Steakhouse http://www.outbacksteakhouse.com
- P F Changs http://www.pfchangs.com
- Red Robin http://redrobin.com
- Wendy's http://www.wendys.com
- Winger's Grill and Bar http://www.wingers.info


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The best time to visit Cambodia depends on the heat, rainfall and number of tourists. Most travelers visit Cambodia from November to March. If you prefer to dodge the crowds and go when prices are lower, the best time to visit Cambodia is from May to early October.
Cambodia is warm year-round with temperatures rarely dipping below 68°F (20°C), wherever you go. Seasons are broken into wet and dry season. Wet season, from May to October, is usually marked by a brief downpour in the afternoon. This rarely affects travel plans and still includes many hours of bright sunshine. It is known locally as green season as the countryside springs to life. Travel in the dry season, from November to March, is marked by hot dry days.
Dry season temperatures, from November to April, range from a 68°F (20°C) minimum to highs in the 80s (high 20s), with maximums reaching 95°F (35°C) in March. Humidity remains around 74% and rainfall is minimal so roads can be a little dusty, while the leafy areas around the temples are easier to traverse. This is a busy time of year to travel, so some sites and temples can be crowded.
April and May are hot with humidity around 85%, and it is not uncommon for temperatures to reach above 100°F (38°C). The green season from May to October is the best time for seeing full moats around the temples of Angkor, dramatic skies and verdant rice-paddies. Minimum temperatures are around 75°F (24°C) and maximums start to drop from May and stay around 90°F (32°C) for the rest of the season. Rain is tropical in Cambodia with refreshing afternoon downpours.
Tonle Sap Lake – South East Asia's largest – fills during the green season and, while touring is possible year-round, water levels can affect which parts of the lake you may visit. The best time to go is between July and December.
Battambang has the same wet and dry seasons as nearby Siem Reap. If planning on traveling by unpaved roads, avoid September and October as heavy rains can cause delays.
Cambodia's capital is warm year-round with tropical rains from May to October, and hotter, drier days from November to April. In the green season from May to October, temperatures range from lows of 71°F (22°C) to highs of 93°F (34°C) in May. From November to April lows rise to 77°F (25°C) with highs around the low 90s (low to mid 30s), and rainfall peaks during September and October. The best time to go is November to February when temperatures and rainfall are lowest.
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The Oric-1 improved somewhat over the Spectrum with a different keyboard design replacing the Spectrum's renowned "dead flesh" one. In addition the Oric had a true sound chip, the programmable GI 8912, and two graphical modes handled by a semi-custom ASIC (ULA) which also managed the interface between the processor and memory. The two modes were a LORES text only mode (though the character set could be redefined to produce graphics) with 28 rows of 40 characters and a HIRES mode with 200 rows of 240 pixels above three lines of text. Like the Spectrum, the Oric-1 suffered from attribute clash—albeit to a lesser degree in HIRES mode, when a single row of pixels could be coloured differently from the one below in contrast to the Spectrum, which applied foreground and background color in 8 x 8 pixel blocks. As it was meant for the home market, it had a built in television RF modulator as well as RGB output and was meant to work with a basic audio tape recorder to save and load data. Error-checking of recorded programs was bugged, frequently causing user-created programs to fail when loaded back in. A nice feature was an almost standard (except for the connector) Centronics printer interface.
According to the Oric World website, about 160,000 Oric-1s were sold in the UK in 1983 with another 50,000 sold in France (where it was the top-selling machine that year). Although not the 350,000 predicted, it was enough for Oric International to be bought out by Edenspring and given £4m in funding.
In 1983 the first communications software for both the Oric 1 and Oric Atmos were produced (Oricoms and Atcoms). This software, written by John Henry Patrick Rushton and accompanying manual (Written by Trevor F Shaw) - both of Telford, Shropshire - utilised the 6522 ACIA (Asynchronous Communications Interface Adaptor which served as a I/O port controller for the 6502 family of microprocessors). This software (the first of its type for the Oric series of computers and indeed one of the early pioneers of home computer communications) enabled the Oric 1 and Atmos to communicate with Prestel (a fore-runner of the Internet-which used Ceefax style graphics), with Bulletin Boards and facilitated the transfer of files from one Oric/Atmos to another, via the public telephone system. The transfer speeds being either 300 or 1200 baud (this could occur at both full and half duplex). John H P Rushton was later - in the spring of 1984- to produce the first (for the Oric 1 and Atmos) 'true' high resolution Computer Aided Design utilities (C.A.D.) known as Oricad and Atcad respectively.
On the 13th October, 1983 the factory of Kenure Plastics in Berkshire, where the Oric-1 was manufactured, burnt to the ground. The factory was rebuilt, minus a considerable stock of bits (including 15,000 old ROMs) that went to make up the Oric-1. In the meantime production was said to have restarted within 24 hours in a new factory; And just a day later, a neighbouring warehouse went up in flames. Police were said at the time to suspect that the arsonist got the wrong place first time round. It was about this time, too, that Tansoft upped sticks and moved to co-exist with Oric Research at the Techno Park, Cambridge.


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Before you even ask me.
No shade, but if you were looking for a certain name to pop up in this blog, keep it moving. You obviously have not noticed my focus moved on years ago.
I noticed someone clicked on a post from 2012 on a topic that shall remain nameless because it's no longer an interest or research focus. Last night I scrubbed my blog nice and clean and today I completed the process–my focus should be obvious–my writing, Digital Humanities, Afrofuturism, intersectional feminism, African Diaspora, World cultures, Black men and Black women, Black sexualities, Black Lives Matter. Notice I did not mention celebrity culture, and that's for a reason, not the least of which the toxicity of celebrity culture is currently dismantling our democracy. I'm sick of celebrities, and I say fuck celebrities and their narcissism. Fuck Trump and Kanye/Kardasians.
I still kick it with my Irish brothers and sisters, yes, but I've been on the Afrofuturism path for some years now, and quite frankly, I wasted some precious years on an ultimately useless and empty project focused on a vapid, empty, has-been celebrity, and as in anything else in life you learn from your mistakes and move on, nothing to see.
Time is too short to waste on vapid, empty research projects. Now go back and read my poetry, or go read one of my stories. I've got more coming, people, and May is still early. 24 more days, and I'm just getting started.
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September 9th and 10th in Boston. Learn all about podcasting and videoblogging. Meet others. It's not your regular conference. This time the attendees take charge, and it's free.
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A life in the vanguard
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Peter Brook will celebrate his 86th birthday in March with a Barbican production. The most original of theatrical titans tells Michael Coveney why the time for banging the drum is over Read more
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Peter Brook bids farewell to Paris theatre
© The Observer – Sunday 2 january 2011 – Vanessa Thorpe.
For lovers of Parisian theatre, the first days of 2011 have a slightly melancholy edge. On New Year's Eve the hugely influential English director Peter Brook finally ended his 36-year tenure at the experimental Bouffes du Nord theatre in the French capital.
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I have always felt Boardwalk Empire teeter and totter between embracing and subverting cliches and neatness. And usually, to my disappointment, it fails to escape them. To my great disappointment, it failed to do so for its final scene last night. For the unexpected ending in Season 2, the bleak torment of the Season 4 conclusion, we have had invocations of the dead lesbians stereotype, self-flagellating pious man, repeated use of brother-betraying-brother retreading pre-existing ground, Gyp Rossetti, and in this season, adherence to the everyone-must-die-in-a-tragedy (almost) and history-must-repeat-itself in a way that is too clean.
It felt like the writers were set on making a few things happen, so that characters whose paths had seemed far more muddled and unsettled ended up being picked up and dropped onto wide, well-defined roads for the sake of having unresolved and unconfusing endings. I was very disappointed to see that Tommy Darmody was Tommy Darmody, and that Nucky Thompson gets shot in the same exact place that Nucky shot Jimmy in. Killed my suspense of disbelief, and soured my taste on what I thought was actually the best season so far, despite all the characters needing to be killed off and seeking death against the current of their character (only "earned" death I felt was for Michael Shannon's Nelson Van Alden).
I prefer fiction closer to life, with ambiguous, uncertain endings. What fun lies in finality?