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Let's talk winning tickets, shall we? First, my dear human random number generator, B., picked Brandy from Nutmeg Nanny to receive Nicole's The Baking Bites Cookbook. Congrats! Send me a quick email and I'll pass the info along. Now on to this cake…
I know I am going to jinx it. I just know it. Maybe if I whisper it very softly: It finally feels like Fall around here. Mostly in the wee hours of the morning when I can finally feel a chill in the air and a dry breeze through the marsh. Actually, not having a free day on the schedule until April means that the season has indeed changed. Drastic times call for drastic measures and I often turn the comfort of my mom's apple cake during the Fall and holiday season. The one cake that earned her the affectionate name of Maman Tupp and the one we know as "Gateau Aux Pommes Tupp".
I am pretty sure that most French people reading are familiar with the "Gateau aux Pommes 5-4-3-2-1" that the brand Tupperware® introduced during home demonstrations of their products. A very simple, very unassuming and particularly delicious appple cake, soft and moist all the way through. It was especially known for its creamy butter and sugar topping forming a tempting thin crust while baking. For years, I thought that was my favorite part of the cake. Now I know. Two slices with some creme fraiche is my favorite part!
When you are 5 or 6, saying that you would like the "Gateau 5-4-3-2-1" for "gouter" (4pm snack) is not only long but it does sound silly. However, it made it very easy to start baking with mom at an early age since the recipe went something like "5 spoons of flour, 4 spoons of sugar, 3 spoons of milk"…and so on. One bowl, one spoon, dry before wet, one apple, whip it all and bake.
We made it so often in my family that it became much easier for everyone to call it the "Gateau Aux Pommes Tupp" (Tupp Apple Cake) and over the years to make it even shorter with a simple "Gateau Tupp". See, it works so much better to beg mom for it this way. This simple gateau became the one we would gather around during tea time on a cold and rainy day, the one that made any bad school day be forgotten in a few whisks of sugar. It solved a few arguments and mended broken hearts too.
Yes, my mom was a Tupperware® lady back in the 80s. She never played the sales game, but she loved to host parties for friends getting in the biz. That was her thing, the hosting. And the baking, the cooking, and passing around trays of items made with the brand's products. Let's face it mom, you also loved getting new stuff for the kitchen. To this day she is still very well stocked in containers, molds and measuring instruments of all sorts from the big T company.
It was very fortunate that my parents in law dropped off a basket full of apples from a recent visit to an orchard in North Carolina and I made a big dent in it baking a few of these cakes. In the end, the cakes are nothing like the original recipe. I made ours a tad less sweet and gluten free which is perfect here to keep the cakes moist, thus not following the original "5-4-3-2-1" formula. Then, there was the matter of the spoon measure called for in the original version. I don't own such an instrument but I figured that since the company was American, a large spoon such as the one mom used had to be close to 1/4 cup. Yes, in this cake, precision to the gram has very little importance and that's just what I need when swamped.
Now, if you'll excuse me, it's time for my daily slice…Or mini cake.
Mom's Tupp Apple Cake:
Notes: if you do not intend to make a gluten free cake, replace all the gluten free flours (rice, tapioca, sorghum) with 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour.
The cake bakes in two separate times: first for 10 minutes, the remove it from the oven to add the cream topping and bake for an additional 20 minutes.
I added cardamom just because it reminds me even more of my mom but you can skip that part or add cinnamon instead.
For the cake:
1/2 cup (80gr) sweet brown rice flour
1/4 cup (30gr) tapioca flour
1/2 cup (65gr) sorghum flour
1/2 cup (100gr) sugar
1 teaspoon ground cardamom
pinch of salt
1 teaspoon (5gr) baking powder
3/4 cup (190ml) whole milk
1/3 cup (80ml) oil
1 egg
2 apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced (I like Granny Smith but any kind will do here)
For the topping:
5 1/2 tablespoons(80gr) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup (100gr) sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Prepare the cake:
Preheat the oven to 350F. Spray or butter the inside of a 9-inch round baking pan or several 3 to 4-inch baking pans if you want smaller cakes. Place them on a baking sheet and set aside.
In large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cardamom, salt and baking powder. Reserve. In another large bowl, whisk together the milk, oil and egg until just blended.
Slowly pour the liquids over the dry ingredients, whisking well to make sure that everything is well incorporated, about 40 to 50 strokes.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan(s) and arrange the apple slices on top in a circular pattern.
Prepare the topping:
In a medium bowl, whisk together the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add the egg and the vanilla extract and whisk until smooth. Reserve
Bake the cake(s) in the oven for 10 minutes. Remove the cake(s) from the oven and spread the creamy butter topping over the top(s). Bake an additional 20 minutes or until a skewer inserted near the center comes out clean.


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You know, as we sit here following the A's-Twins game, in honor of Buck Showalter and his Seinfeld cameo, what's your favorite Seinfeld sports-related plotline, character, funny line, etc. ever? (Paul Katcher did a column for Page 3 about it. Here's the link.)
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- With your parent's help, choose a relative or a family acquaintance you can interview in person, by telephone, or by e-mail or letter. Record the information you collect so you do not forget it.
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- Name three types of genealogical resources and explain how these resources can help you chart your family tree.
- Obtain at least one genealogical document that supports an event that is or can be recorded on your pedigree chart or family group record. The document could be found at home or at a government office, religious organization, archive, or library.
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Rebecca Hall, a veteran of films like Vicky Cristina Barcelona and The Town, is the star of the new surveillance-state thriller Closed Circuit, playing an English barrister charged with monitoring top-secret, closed-to-the-public evidence hearings involving a terrorist bombing.
One wrinkle — aside from the complete perfidy of nearly all institutions concerned, and the fact that this film's barristers and reporters are equally at risk of not reaching the end of the story alive — is that another barrister on the case, appointed to represent the defendant in his public trial, is her former lover. And they're barred by arcane British terrorism-trial procedure from communicating with each other — rules that might have been written by Shakespeare himself to set up more complicated possibilities.
"I think you'll find that these procedures have only come into play in light of recent events," Hall says slyly, when NPR's Robert Siegel jokingly poses the question. "Since they generally pertain to trials relating to national security, it's only a recent occurrence. Otherwise, I think we'd all have been up in arms a little bit earlier."
Hall joins All Things Considered to talk about researching her character, working with her father — a noted Shakespearean director — and learning from her mother, an equally celebrated opera singer.
Interview Highlights
On barristers as analytical, hyperverbal communicators
"Not wanting to make vast, sweeping generalizations, but I think on the whole they tend to be people who exist in their heads, and are very analytical. I didn't meet a single barrister or lawyer while I was researching the film that didn't speak in complete, full, very well-thought-out, precise sentences. And I thought that was fascinating, being generally a sort of bumbling, inarticulate mess myself.
"[It's] definitely interesting dramatically — when you're playing a character who has all of that facility in their professional life, and has no capacity to express their own emotions. So there's an irony there."
On her mother, the Michigan-born opera singer Maria Ewing
"She truly has always been and always will be an inspiration to me. Part of her skill as an artist is that not only did she — does she — have an extraordinary singing voice that sort of came from nowhere, with very little training, but she also was a very great actress. And I grew up watching her; I think she was performing one of her most well-known productions, Salome — which my father directed, actually — from when I was about 5 until I was about 14."
On seeing that famously controversial interpretation of Salome
"I don't think I was nearly sophisticated enough to realize it was unusual. I think you just sort of accept things when you're that age, don't you? I think I realized in hindsight that it was rather brave and brilliant of her — and as she argued at the time, far less vulgar — to wear nothing than to wear a little something."
On leaving Cambridge to work with her father, director Peter Hall
"Of course it was tough. That was sort of the point of doing it. It was one of those moments that I thought would define how I behaved for the rest of my life — if I could sort of buck a trajectory, and not be the sort of person who had this very linear journey of good grades at school, and then a degree from Cambridge to tell everyone that I was smart.
"There was some sort of rebellious instinct in me, to not have that, and to make a bold decision, so that I knew I could make bold decisions for the rest of my life. Not to have anything to fall back on, I think, was the logic."
On being dubbed an "indie girl" by the UK's Independent newspaper, and going mainstream
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On working in a genre defined by fear and paranoia, and steering clear of over-the-top
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On whether there's risk, with recent national security leaks, in suggesting that Closed Circuit's fictions closely resemble fact
"I wouldn't entirely agree with you there. I think it's any responsible art form's duty to help us think about how we live. And if we were to not tackle these issues in narratives, in stories, we wouldn't necessarily see the dangers and the problems, and be able to think about them."
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Hiroki Kuroda (5-7, 3.98) vs. Kevin Correia (1-5, 5.71).
COMMENTS: While the Dodgers were sweeping the Nationals to move back to .500 for the first time since May, the Giants were playing like Lassie up north against the Diamondbacks, politely obliging the Snakes by rolling over and playing dead, allowing Arizona a sweep of its own (the Giants wouldn't want to be rude hosts, would they?). The Dodgers remain one game back of first-place Arizona. So you know what this means, right? We've all seen this movie before:
- Lassie becomes Cujo and the archaic Giants open an inexplicable can of fountain of youth whup-ass;
- Joe Torre benches Andre Ethier for Andruw Jones just because Ethier's hair is out of place;
- Mark Sweeney starts in leadoff;
- The mercurial Kuroda follows up his last two shaky starts with another two-innings-and-out performance;
- Nomar gets a hangnail and has to sit after the third inning;
- Chan Ho Park serves up BP on the mound in the sixth;
- Frank McCourt on a whim raises parking rates to $20 for a "rivalry" game, exacerbated further when the Dodgers Shuttle breaks down on Figueroa;
- Levy runs out of Dodger Dogs by the fifth inning;
- Rick Monday scares the hell out of the pre-game show paratroopers by stealing their flag parachutes soon after they land;
- the hat shuffle selects the missing "hat #4" just for the hell of it, leading to rampant rioting in the left field pavilion;
- Nancy Bea Hefley's organ keys get stuck on a dissonant chord after her coke spills on the keyboard, and attempts to drown out the sound with the ever-present Tag Team "Whoomp, There It Is!" short the sound system;
- Vin Scully finally says, "That's it, I can't take these stupid lineups any more" and walks out of his own press booth mid-inning.
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ILLINOIS: McDonald's Corp has shut down a website intended to provide employees with work and life guidance after it generated negative publicity for the fast-food company.
December 27, 2013
ILLINOIS: McDonald's Corp has shut down a website intended to provide employees with work and life guidance after it generated negative publicity for the fast-food company.
The McResource program has been criticized for creating unrealistic budgets and offering advice that was out of touch with its workers' pay. The website, which was run by an outside company, also reportedly discouraged workers from eating fast food.
McDonald's, based in Oak Brook, Illinois, said Thursday that it is having its vendor take down the website.
"Between links to irrelevant or outdated information, along with outside groups taking elements out of context, this created unwarranted scrutiny and inappropriate commentary," the company said in a statement.
Earlier this year, media and labor groups criticized the website for content including sample budgets for employees that were based on holding two jobs and included no costs for heating, as well as suggestions on what to tip a personal fitness trainer or au pair.
One critic, the "Low Pay is Not Okay'' campaign, was one of the groups behind strikes and rallies by fast-food workers and labor organizers earlier this month that demanded better pay. While efforts vary by state, organizers are hoping to build public support to raise the federal minimum wage of $7.25, or about $15,000 a year for full-time work.
And in an embarrassing moment for McDonald's, the world's largest hamburger chain, CNBC reported last week that the McResource website discouraged eating fast food as part of its tips for healthy living.
While it has shut down the website, McDonald's said it plans to continue an internal telephone help line through which the majority of its employees access its work-life help resources.
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March is prime freshwater fishing season for many species of fish, because bass and bream are getting geared up to hit the shallows. During spring, sunfish such as bass and bluegill move close to shore to find suitable spawning habitat. Shallow areas (ideally 2 to 6 feet deep) with sandy or firm soils and nearby vegetation tend to attract sunfish. Often the same areas are used year after year, because sunfish do best when they construct beds in sheltered areas without too much current and away from prevailing winds (often coves or the north shores of lakes).
Beds for both bass and bream are constructed by males, who protect the eggs after the females come for a conjugal visit. Bass typically spawn before bluegill, preferring water temperatures of about 60 to 65 degrees, whereas optimal temperatures for bluegill spawning are around 65 to 80 degrees. Redbreast sunfish, redear sunfish and crappie may also be in the shallows during this time, and normally, precede bluegill. Full and new moons generate additional activity.
Since bass and bream are especially susceptible during the spawn, an emphasis on quick and effective catch-and-release is appropriate for fish that cannot be legally harvested (due to size or bag limits). Don't keep fish that you intend to release out of the water longer than you can hold your breath, and release them as close to the capture point as possible.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) freshwater fisheries biologists annually compile information on some of the top fishing sites around the state for bass and bream (see MyFWC.com/Fishing and select "Freshwater," "Sites & Forecasts").
Additional lakes in your area with public boat ramp access can now be found on MyFWC.com/Boating, and many of these provide outstanding recreational angling as well. The new boat ramp finder is a great way to learn about new opportunities. For instance, you can type in a specific address, city and ZIP code, and a map will appear showing available ramps within a given radius.
The site lists nearly 1,000 public freshwater boat ramps. About a quarter of these ramps are owned and maintained by the FWC, primarily using your Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration funds (SFR). All of those ramps provide free access.
With so many ramps to document and the effects of weather and other variables to contend with, the website is an ongoing project. Consequently, the FWC cannot guarantee the completeness or accuracy of the information and suggests that you check with local resources to verify conditions prior to planning long trips. The FWC is constantly seeking user feedback to provide updates (including site photos) via email to email@example.com.
The FWC operates several boating-related grant programs, most using SFR funds. Those funds are collected for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, mostly from excise taxes on fishing tackle, import duties on yachts, and motorboat fuel taxes. In return, the USFWS provides grant funds to the states for fishery projects, boating access and aquatic education. The program is also known as the Dingell-Johnson or Wallop-Breaux Act, based on the congressional sponsors who augmented the 1937 program in 1950 and substantially enhanced it in 1984. Subsequent amendments further expanded the use of these funds: 1991, Coastal Wetlands; 1992, Clean Vessel Program; and 1998, Outreach/Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation, Boating Safety, and Boating Infrastructure Grants.
The SFR was created as a user-pays, user-benefits program to restore and better manage America's declining fishery resources and later to enhance safe recreational boating opportunities. The USFWS apportions funds based on a formula based primarily on land area and the number of paid license holders. Florida in 2010-11 received nearly $12 million of these funds to reinvest in recreational fishing and boating, which provide, respectively, $7.5 billion and 79,000 jobs, and $16.8 billion and 203,000 jobs in economic benefits to the state.
The bottom line is that SFR is behind a great deal of the sport fish management and research activities conducted in Florida. These funds also provide a three-to-one match for the FWC's major boating safety and access (ramps) programs. Without fishing license fees and these matching federal dollars, the fishing and boating opportunities here in the Fishing Capital of the World would be vastly reduced and fish populations depleted.
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Using a Circular Saw Like a Pro
In terms of versatility, the circular saw is king among power saws, but it's also jack of all trades, master of none. It can make rip cuts, crosscuts, notches, bevels, and miters in almost any size or type of material, but it generally can't promise a high degree of accuracy or repeatability. Pros rely on circular saws for fast framing cuts or to go where other saws can't, like when they're trimming decking that's already installed or notching out a stair stringer. If your home shop doesn't include a table saw, the circular saw also fills in for all rip cuts and bevels. The following tips cover several of the most common circular saw functions, whether it's the best tool for the job or not (because for some of us it's the only tool for the job).
Circular Saw Terminology
This is a very straightforward tool, so there isn't much to work out in terms of identifying parts and their functions. We just need to make it clear that here we're calling the big metal plate that rides along the wood the "base." Some people call it a foot; to others it's a table or a baseplate. Same thing. It's the part that you move up and down to adjust the cutting depth, or you tilt it side-to-side to adjust the blade angle.
Sighting Along the Blade
Now that we know what the base is, let's talk about the little notch (or notches) at the front edge of the base, there to help you align the blade with your cutting line as you push the saw through the cut. There are a few problems with this system:
- The notch often isn't precisely aligned with either side of the blade, so the actual cut isn't right where the notch is.
- The notch is a couple of inches in front of the blade, so if the saw is turned the slightest amount, the cut will be offset even further from the notch.
- The notch often can't accurately account for the kerf (the amount of material removed by the blade) because every blade has its own kerf width.
You can use the base notch to guide rough cuts, but for much better accuracy, watch the blade itself as it travels down the cutting line. If you're right-handed and have a standard sidewinder saw (blade on the right side of the motor, when viewed from the rear), watching the blade requires leaning over the saw a bit, and sometimes getting dust and chips in the face. That's why you always wear safety glasses. With a worm-drive saw (blade to the left of the motor), the blade is more visible from the left side during a cut, a clear advantage for righthanders. With either type, sometimes you have to watch the less-visible side of the blade, and you do this by looking, more or less, at the front of the blade or through the little space at the front of the motor. Don't forget those safety glasses.
Making Long, Straight Cuts
The most reliable way to make long rip cuts (with the wood grain) or crosscuts (across the grain) is by clamping a straightedge to your workpiece and having the saw base ride along the straightedge. Make a jig for this using a base piece of thin plywood or hardboard and fastening a straight board to the base. Then, run the saw down the jig with the saw base against the board, cutting off the plywood base a couple of inches from the board (depending on your saw design). To use the jig, set the plywood edge on your cutting line; that's where the saw will cut.
However, unless the guide board is dead straight and perfectly smooth, this kind of straightedge can produce imperfect cuts. So for any cuts up to about 50 inches, a 4-foot level is a better straightedge. This requires clamping your straightedge away from the cutting line at precisely the same distance between where the blade cuts and the side edge of the saw base, which can take a couple of test cuts to get it just right. A steel ruler or a machinist's rule helps with setup (and a lot of other marking tasks).
Using a Speed® Square
"Speed® Square" is actually a brand name, which is used as the standard term for the pouch-size right-triangle squares that have a flange (or lip) along one edge and are handy for marking 90° and 45° lines, as well as a full range of other angles (usually for rafter cuts). These squares also make great straightedge guides for circular saws, perfect for cutting studs and other smallish lumber to length. Simply mark your cutting line with the square, then position your saw at the line. Set the square on the board so the flange is tight up against its front or back edge (your preference) and slide the square over so it butts against the side of the saw base. Fine-tune the position of the saw and square, then hold the square firmly in place and make the cut, keeping the saw base riding along the edge of the square.
Guiding With a Pinch
For quick rip cuts that don't have to be perfect, there's no need to make a full-length chalk or pencil line. Instead, mark the width of the cut at the starting end of your workpiece, position the saw so the blade is on the line, then use your non-trigger hand to pinch the saw base between your thumb and forefinger, with the nail of your forefinger snug against the edge of the workpiece. As you push the saw through the cut, your nail rides along the wood's edge to keep it on track.
This is a classic trim carpenter's trick for making interior cutouts in paneling and other sheet material, such as rectangular holes for electrical outlets. It takes a little practice to perfect, but using it will clearly demonstrate to any onlookers that you've taken your tool skills to another level.
To make a plunge cut, retract the saw's safety guard, and position the front edge of the saw base on the workpiece, tilting the saw so the blade is above the cutting line but not touching the material. Start the saw and let it come to full speed, then slowly pivot it down so the blade cuts into the workpiece, much like a chop saw or miter saw. Keep your eye on both the front and back of the blade because it's cutting in both directions at once, making it easy to overcut. If the cut is long, pivot the saw all the way down so the base is flat on the work, then move the saw forward, as usual, to complete the cut. You can also go backward just a bit before going forward, but do this with extra caution.
At the end of the cut, carefully tilt the saw up again, pivoting on the front edge of the base as before, to retract the blade from the work. For short cuts, you'll usually keep the guard retracted and the saw running throughout each cut, but on long cuts, you can release the guard once the base is on the wood, and you can stop moving the saw at the end of the cut and release the trigger to let the blade wind down to a stop before pulling it out of the work, if desired.
SAFETY NOTE: Remember that circular saws force themselves backward (towards you!) during the cut. With the saw guard retracted, there's nothing between the spinning blade and anything in its path to the rear, so keep a firm grip on the saw and always stand to the side of the saw, especially during a plunge cut.
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Phil Schmidt writes for Networx.com.
Updated March 15, 2018.
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Headlines were circulating last week about how, as Slate put it, "almost everybody" is rooting for the San Francisco 49ers over the Baltimore Ravens in Sunday's Super Bowl. Of course, it turns out that what this actually meant was more like "substantially more than half of the area of the country is included within counties in which more people like the 49ers on Facebook than like the Ravens on Facebook."
In truth, many of us are probably undecided if we began the season as fans of some other team, or fans of baseball, Top Chef, or (shudder) reading books. If you find yourself in this position, where you have no particular rooting interest as between these two teams and would like to develop one in time for your Super Bowl party today, we are here to help.
Option 1: Root for or against Randy Moss.
Randy Moss is a very talented receiver who's been with quite a few teams and is currently with the 49ers. Last week, he called himself "the greatest receiver" who's ever played football, only to find himself on the receiving (har) end of sharp words from Jerry Rice, another famed receiver who would perhaps take issue with Moss on this point. (Furthermore, has Randy Moss ever finished near the top of the standings on Dancing With The Stars? No.) People who like Randy Moss tend to admire him enormously, while people who don't like him would point out that the "Controversy" section of his Wikipedia page contains the words "fully clothed mooning incident" alongside the more serious "dating violence allegations" and "lack of effort."
Option 2: Choose a mascot.
Hey, if you're going to be arbitrary, be really, really arbitrary. The Ravens have a raven, and his name is Poe. (Get it?) The 49ers have a freakishly excited, foam-headed miner named Sourdough Sam, who didn't listen when his foam-headed mother told him that if he insisted on pretending to be enthusiastic about everything, his face would freeze that way. In a broader sense, this also calls on you to choose between a team named after a poem and a team named after hard-working locals of yore.
Option 3: Pick Suit-Wearing Brother or Hat-Wearing Brother.
This year's Super Bowl pits two brothers against each other in the head-coaching department: Jim Harbaugh is the coach of the 49ers. John Harbaugh is the coach of the Ravens. At their joint press conference the other day, Jim went with the baseball-cap look. John went with the suit-wearing look. Are you more into casual wear? Or do you prefer to cut a fine figure in your professional attire?
Option 4: Decide how you feel about Sandra Bullock.
If you read The Blind Side or saw the movie (or chose not to see the movie), perhaps you know that it was about Michael Oher, who currently plays for the Ravens. Not only was it a Sandra Bullock movie, but she's reportedly coming to the game with Oher's family. So just be aware: If the Ravens win, it will probably make Sandra Bullock really happy. Make of that what you will.
Option 5: Be carried away by other people's enthusiasm.
There are many reasons, both serious and frivolous, to ignore the Super Bowl (or football, or sports). But the single best reason to go to a Super Bowl party is to enjoy the other people who are there. Now, I'm not claiming you're going to literally jump into anyone else's arms, but there's something to be said for, if you have no other particular rooting interest, rooting for the team that's more popular at the gathering where you find yourself. After all, if this guy had jumped into the arms of someone who didn't share his enthusiasm, he'd have broken something.
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"As they came to the gates Círdan the Shipwright came forth to greet them. Very tall he was, and his beard was long, and he was grey and old, save that his eyes were keen as stars; and he looked at them and bowed, and said 'All is now ready.'"
― The Lord of the Rings, The Grey Havens
Círdan (S, pron. [ˈkiːrdan]) was a Sinda, and Lord of the Falathrim during the First Age. He was one of the wisest and most foresighted of the Elves, and by the Second Age the oldest known elf in Middle-earth, to remain so throughout that age and the Third Age. He was also awarded Narya, one of the Three Rings, until he surrendered it to Gandalf. He was one of the last elves in Middle-earth, sailing West at last probably sometime in the Fourth Age.
The Quenya form of Círdan's name is Ciryatan (pron. [ˈkirʲatan]).
Early History
Círdan, born Nowë[3] (Q, pron. [ˈnowe]), was kin of both Elwë and Olwë, a lord in the host of the former. During the push westward, seeking to go to Valinor, Nowë and his followers kept going where most of his kin fell away throughout the journey. Despite Nowë's great eagerness to see the light of Valinor (his 'greatest desire'),[4] he loyally searched for Elwë upon his disappearance. Because of this the Teleri missed the first trip on Tol Eressëa to Valinor, on which went their close friends the Noldor and the Vanyar. They took for their king Olwë, and while waiting for Ulmo to return for them, Nowë headed the art of making and sailing ships, growing impatient. From this profession he took the name Círdan which means 'shipwright' in Sindarin. The Teleri also developed a great friendship with Ossë. At the same time, although most of the Teleri had given up, Círdan sought Elwë longer and harder than most of his kin, partly because of his love for him and his allegiance.
Because of this, Círdan came to the shores too late during the second embarking of Eressëa. He came to the sands to find them departed, and as he stood forlorn he saw far-off a glimmer of light upon Eressëa as it vanished into the West over Belegaer. Then he cried aloud:
"I will follow that light, alone if none will come with me, for the ship that I have been building is now almost ready."
― Círdan, Last Writings
But into his heart came a message from the Valar which warned him that his ship could not endure the voyage, nor would any ship for many years: 'Abide now that time, for when it comes then will your work be of utmost worth, and it will be remembered in song for many ages after.' Círdan answered 'I obey', and saw a vision of a ship.
Foundation and Return of the Noldor
Círdan therefore remained with those Teleri who had chosen to stay east of the Sea for love of Ossë, and became their lord. The folk became known as the Falathrim, 'people of the foaming shore', and dwelt in the Falas by the sea. There they built many ships, and the cities Eglarest and Brithombar, and found pearls which they sent to their overlord, King Thingol of Doriath, who was once Elwë.
When Belegurth broke forth in the First Battle of Beleriand in Y.T. 1497, Círdan was cut off and unable to come to Thingol's aid. Further, although Thingol conquered with the help of the Laiquendi, the Falathrim were driven to the very edge of the sea, where they were besieged for some months, until the Return of the Noldor, when Fëanor struck Morgoth from the north. The siege of the Falas was abandoned as the Orcs were ordered northward to help their master, where they were all destroyed by Celegorm. The Falas were saved.
Círdan attended the Mereth Aderthad with many of his people, where he swore oaths of friendship with the Noldor, and quite possibly met and befriended his later neighbors and friends Turgon and Finrod. Although Turgon eventually moved from Vinyamar to faraway Gondolin, Círdan's friendship with Finrod was lasting,[6] and Círdan became a close advisor to the Noldo. Círdan was, after all, a relative of his, being related (probably quite closely) to Olwë, Finrod's grandfather.
Early First Age
When the tales began spreading (sown by Belegurth) of the Kinslaying of Alqualondë, Círdan, being very wise even at that time, was greatly troubled, feeling that these rumors sprouted from great malice. Knowing the jealousy and dissention among the Noldor, he guessed that the malice was that of the kinslayers. Therefore he dutifully sent messages to his overlord Thingol, telling him all that he had heard. This resulted in the banishment of Quenya, and greater strife between the Sindar and the Noldor.
Círdan may have assisted in the Dagor Aglareb, but this is unknown. Nevertheless he did not take part in the Dagor Bragollach, as he was far away and not directly attacked, if even he had time to come to the aid of his allies. Nevertheless Círdan made up for his lack of participation in the Second Assault on Hithlum, coming to the timely aid of Fingon when he was most needed. They sailed up the Firth of Drengist, then struck the unsuspecting orcs from the west, giving victory to the elves.
After the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, many fugitives came for shelter in the Falas. The Falathrim mariners harassed the orcs in guerilla attacks from the sea. But it was only a matter of time before Morgoth attacked. Then came the disastrous Fall of the Falas. Though both Brithombar and Eglarest were strong, with mighty walls, both fell one at a time due to the impressive array of siege-masters Morgoth had in his train. The elves fought valiantly, but the walls were broken and most of the Falathrim killed or enslaved. Barad Nimras was cast down, and the Falas laid to waste. But Círdan and some of his followers escaped by sea, and he took with him Gil-galad, one of the last of the princes of the Noldor. They came to the Isle of Balar and founded a new kingdom, but kept a foothold at the Mouths of Sirion, keeping ships hidden in the reeds there, making a refuge for all who fled there.
Lord of Balar
Turgon, receiving the dreadful news, requested that Círdan send mariners to seek Valinor and the aid of the Valar. Círdan built seven swift ships, and sent them westward. None returned, save for only one mariner of the Gondolindrim. The way to the West was closed.
Eventually Círdan served as messenger, when Ulmo delivered him a message for Orodreth, warning of the doom of Nargothrond, and ordering him to shut his gates and cast down the bridge. The warning went unheeded, resulting of the Fall of Nargothrond.
After news came to Balar of the Fall of Gondolin, Gil-galad was proclaimed High King of the Noldor. Círdan soon after became a fast friend of the young half-elf Eärendil son of Tuor and Idril, who had grown up essentially under his shadow, and was apprenticed to him. Círdan aided Eärendil in building the ship Vingilot, giving him advice and help. Círdan doubtless remembered his vision, and this ship was indeed a fulfillment of it.
Círdan and Gil-galad came with their armies from the Isle of Balar too late to prevent the disastrous Third Kinslaying, when the Havens of Sirion were ambushed and many fell. But Eärendil was not there, rather on a voyage, and the Silmaril of Beren and Lúthien had been spirited away by Elwing his wife. Thus, wielding the Silmaril, Eärendil came to Valinor and found the forgiveness of the Valar.[9] From that time on, Círdan was given foresight surpassing that of any of the elves,[4] perhaps some special grace of the Valar for his deeds in this world-changing episode (like the return of Glorfindel, who also contributed significantly). After the War of Wrath, Círdan, heeding the bidding of the Valar long ago, once more obediently abstained from finding his heart's desire and going West, but with a small following remained in Middle-earth.
Second Age
The continents were shifted, but Círdan still took up his abode by the sea, in Harlindon with Celeborn and Galadriel.[10] Harlindon was located south of the Gulf of Lune, to the north of which was Forlindon, where Gil-galad and Elrond dwelt. There he welcomed the friendly and then-unfallen Númenóreans, making friends with Vëantur, chief of the mariners of Tar-Elendil, and later teaching Aldarion his grandson of ships (both management and construction) and seaside architecture,[11] doubtless being the foremost authority on both. At some point he moved to Mithlond.
Círdan advised against the creation of the Rings of Power when Annatar came, but, like Galadriel, his counsel went unheeded in the midst of the joy and enthusiasm of the Eregion-elves, and especially Celebrimbor. Nevertheless, when the Three Rings escaped the Sack of Eregion, Celebrimbor had appointed him to inherit one of them. He received Narya, the Ring of Fire.[12] Sauron, having revealed himself in the destruction of Eregion and empowered by the One Ring he had forged, invaded Eriador in the same blow. Nevertheless, though he killed many elves, he dared not attempt to take Mithlond or Lindon, feeling they were too strong and because they had the help of the Númenóreans. Indeed, they were his bane in that chapter of history, for the Númenóreans came and pushed him back beyond the Misty Mountains, ending the Dark Years.
Eventually there came the Fall of Númenor, when the great man-isle of Númenor was overturned and Aman removed from the circles of the world. But Elendil escaped with his sons to Middle-earth and founded the Two Kingdoms over a vast space of land, on both sides of the Misty Mountains.[13] This new kingdom of men profoundly impacted the lives of the elves of Lindon, as is seen in the War of the Last Alliance.
Círdan joined the alliance, and fought steadily beside his friends and comrades. Many fell there, including Gil-galad and Elendil. Yet again Círdan outlived those around him, and survived the battle. With Elrond he urged Isildur, Elendil's first-born, to throw the captured One Ring into Orodruin, where it would be unmade. But Isildur refused.
Third Age
The early years of the Third Age were, for Círdan and the elves, mostly a time to catch their breaths after the fall of Sauron in the War of the Alliance. For more than a thousand years they went undisturbed,[15] but at around T.A. 1050 a shadow began to lengthen. Though many deemed that Sauron was defeated forever, for the first time in many centuries some evil was stirring, and awake. It was at this time the Istari, sent by the Valar, came. Though the Blue Wizards and Glorfindel may have come earlier during the Second Age, and Círdan most probably greeted them in Mithlond, it is known for sure that he met Gandalf there. Círdan was one of the few of the Wise left; of the other ancient elves, only Celeborn, Galadriel, Glorfindel (who was resurrected), and Elrond remained. He was the most foresighted of all of them, and alone knew the true purpose of the Istari. He also saw deep into the future of Gandalf, and gave him Narya, his greatest possession and one of the most secret and sought-after treasures in the world.
"Take this ring, Master… for your labours will be heavy; but it will support you in the weariness that you have taken upon yourself. For this is the Ring of Fire, and with it you may rekindle hearts in a world that grows chill. But as for me, my heart is with the Sea, and I will dwell by the grey shores until the last ship sails. I will await you."
― Círdan, Appendix B
In T.A. 1409, Círdan aided King Araphor of Arnor in battle against Angmar during the Fall of Rhudaur, after Weathertop was burned. With Círdan's help, young Araphor drove the wraith's armies from Fornost and the North Downs.[16] The second time Círdan came to the aid of men was four and a half centuries later, in T.A. 1975, when Círdan sent a ship north to Forochel to rescue the lost Arnorian king Arvedui. The crew endured a perilous journey, but found Arvedui. Yet Arvedui rashly attempted to return that winter, and all aboard perished.[16] The next year Círdan mustered the elves to join with the Dúnedain in the victorious Battle of Fornost. Later Círdan took control of the abandoned Elendil Stone on Emyn Beraid, which could gaze into the lost west and was without link to the other palantíri.
Círdan was invited onto the White Council when it was formed in T.A. 2463 in response to the rise of the Necromancer, whose identity was at that point concealed. Throughout all the recorded history of the White Council, his actions go unrecorded. His role may have only been passive; as an advisor rather than a planner. At any rate, nothing more is mentioned of his actions until the War of the Ring in T.A. 3018 and later T.A. 3021. Galdor was his messenger to Rivendell, though for reasons unknown. It may be that he, too, felt the growing shadow, even as his friend Gandalf did. Sent by Círdan 'on errand', Galdor attended the Council of Elrond, speaking with authority on his lord's behalf.
The last mention of Círdan came with the end of the Third Age. When the Ringbearers came to Mithlond, Círdan greeted them before the gates. Although Gandalf, Galadriel, and Elrond passed west on the ship he had built for them, Círdan seems to have remained for a time. Eventually, however, he passed west on the last ship, fulfilling his heart's desire that had waited so long.
Characteristics and Impact
In the last years of the Third Age, Círdan appeared very old save for his eyes which 'were keen as stars', wearing a long beard. Likely, he had grown a beard since having reached his third cycle of life.
Círdan had a profound effect upon the course of Middle-earth history. He was a loyal servant and friend of Elwë, sacrificing his heart's desire in search of him.[4] This loyalty and sense of duty shows up numerous times over the course of history, including his second sacrifice in his submission to the Valar,[4] and his sending of troubling and potentially destructive rumors to his overlord Thingol. He was also the most foresighted of the elves, a gift from the Valar.[15][4] He conceivably saved Elven civilization with the founding of the havens at the Mouths of Sirion,[8] and with the fostering of both Gil-galad and Eärendil.[9] His precious gift of Narya to Gandalf was also timely and valuable.[15] He was clearly favored by Ulmo, seen by the number of messages passed through him.


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Listed below are some of the common issues encountered after installing a new theme or plugin for WordPress.
Stylesheet is Missing (.CSS) Error on my WordPress Theme Installation
This is a WordPress error message that is misleading and it actually means that either the wrong file is being uploaded or the theme files are packaged differently than expected, as some authors may have zipped it for you, others do not.
You may need to compress the theme files. This file is often called the name of the theme within the zip you have downloaded. This file will contain the header.php, .css (stylesheet). Right click this file and choose to compress, then upload only that file.
White screen after theme installation
There are many things that can generate the WordPress white screen error if a couple things are not addressed before installing a new theme or plugin.
Step 1: PHP Version
Make sure your PHP version is correct for your theme or plugin.
Step 2: Turn Off Your Plugins
There are a couple ways to do this.
- Method 1:
- Log in to your WordPress admin page.
- Deactivate your plugins one at a time until the white screen is gone and your site is up.
- Method 2:
- Log into your hosting provider's panel.
- Via the file manager, go to the wp-content folder.
- Rename the plugins folder by adding .off to the end of the folder name so that WordPress does not recognize the folder.
- Go back to your site and refresh the page. If your site is loading now then you will know that there was a conflict with one of the plugins. Enable one plugin at a time to see when you encounter the error again.