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It's not like it wasn't obvious already, but today's Metlife Survey of the American Teacher confirms that the nation's teachers are demoralized. How could it be otherwise, with pressure to build the Common Core plane while flying it and also facing new evaluation and accountability requirements?
I don't want to brush off any of these very real problems, but I do want to suggest that they are not the heart of the matter. Fundamentally, the problem educators face is freeing themselves from the skills stranglehold. It is preventing them from understanding the Common Core standards, preventing them from meeting their own goals as professionals, and preventing them from closing achievement gaps between poor and privileged students.
We see evidence of it everywhere, especially in the MetLife survey. Nine in ten teachers and principals say they are knowledgeable about the Common Core standards, and a majority of teachers say they are already using them a great deal. At the same time, teachers, especially in later grades, are not all that confident about the effect the Common Core will have. The report states (p. 65):
Middle school and high school principals and teachers are less likely than their elementary school counterparts to be very confident or confident that the Common Core will improve student achievement (principals: 73% vs. 85%; teachers: 61% vs. 76%). Middle school and high school teachers are less likely than elementary school teachers to be very confident or confident that the Common Core will better prepare students for college and the workforce (63% vs. 78%); principals' views on this do not differ significantly by school level.
At all levels, just "two in 10 principals or teachers indicate that they are very confident that the Common Core will have these effects." How can this be? Teachers could be feeling too downtrodden to have great confidence in anything, but I think the real answer is hidden in the report itself. There's a hint in the report's "From the Experts" box (p. 58):
The public education thought leaders interviewed as part of the survey development process … are concerned that some teachers and principals may be underestimating how large a shift in curriculum, teaching, and assessment may be required to implement the new standards fully.
- "In all but a handful of states around the country, there are new academic standards that are being implemented that will demand very fundamental changes in teaching and learning; very fundamental changes in the instructional practices that teachers use in the classroom. Teachers say they're aware of the standards and they like the standards; they're not much different than what they're doing now, which is generally not the case."
- "The rigor is simply much harder or much more demanding than most states have had in the past, so dealing with the real benchmark of where you are as a teacher and your performance and your mastery of these standards and how well your students are going to do is kind of a… I don't know whether the word is culture shock, when you start seeing the true benchmark as opposed to where you thought you were."
The fact that so many teachers (62%) say the teachers in their school are already using the Common Core standards a great deal shows that these "thought leaders" are correct: most educators remain unaware of the massive changes that fully implementing the new standards will require. But everyone has been talking about these changes for more than a year. Clearly, the message is not getting through.
It can't get through: The barrier erected by the skills stranglehold is far stronger than anyone realizes. Consider this, from the very beginning of the report's section on the Common Core (p. 53):
Middle and high school teachers indicate that the critical components of being college- and career-ready focus more on higher-order thinking and performance skills—such as problem-solving skills, critical-thinking skills and the ability to write clearly and persuasively—than on knowledge of challenging content.
Here we see the skills stranglehold in its purest form. Skills can't be more important than knowledge for college and career because without knowledge, there are no "higher-order thinking and performance skills." Skills depend on knowledge. If I don't know any physics, I can't think critically about physics. And, the more I know about physics, the more successful I will be in solving physics problems.
Lest you think I'm making too much of this one sentence about middle and high school teachers, let me take you back to the 2010 MetLife survey. On page 21, you'll see this:
And on page 22, you'll see this handy summary:
Teachers share remarkably similar views on the importance of these skills, abilities and knowledge areas regardless of grade level taught, years of experience, school characteristics or even subject area. English teachers are most likely to say the ability to write clearly and persuasively is absolutely essential or very important (99%), and 92% of math teachers also rate this ability as highly. While less than half (45%) of English teachers say that knowledge and ability in higher-level mathematics, such as trigonometry and calculus is absolutely essential or very important, math teachers themselves do not rate the necessity of higher-level mathematics much more highly (50%).
I'll let the executives off the hook for not knowing that the problem-solving and critical-thinking skills they are after depend on the knowledge that they (largely) dismiss. The teachers ought to know better. That just 11% think knowledge of higher-level science and math are essential for college and career readiness is appalling.
But I can't really blame them. Teachers have themselves been taught that skills are transferrable, independent of particular knowledge or mere facts. The skills stranglehold has been tightening its grip for nearly 100 years. Recently, educators' focus on skills—particularly so-called 21st century skills—and disparagement of knowledge got so bad that the National Research Council took up the issue, clarifying that skills and knowledge can't be separated, and then exploring how deepening content knowledge could lead to better skills:
In contrast to a view of 21st century skills as general skills that can be applied to a range of different tasks in various academic, civic, workplace, or family contexts, the committee views 21st century skills as dimensions of expertise that are specific to—and intertwined with—knowledge within a particular domain of content and performance. (p. 3)
Over a century of research on transfer has yielded little evidence that teaching can develop general cognitive competencies that are transferable to any new discipline, problem, or context, in or out of school. Nevertheless, it has identified features of instruction that are likely to substantially support deeper learning and development of 21st century competencies within a topic area or discipline. For example, we now know that transfer [within a discipline] is supported when learners understand the general principles underlying their original learning and the transfer situation or problem involves the same general principles—a finding reflected in the new Common Core State Standards…. (p. 8)
The necessary merger of deep content knowledge and higher-order skills is indeed reflected in the Common Core standards. But sadly, we have a long way to go for it to be reflected in most of our classrooms.


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When we'd finished being gobsmacked by the impressive landscaping and gardening efforts among the 80 gardens in the Bay of Plenty's Garden and Artfest, The Landscaper and I took time out to attend the birthday party of my niece's 1-year-old daughter.
In their backyard, notable for its almost complete lack of garden, I found something that sent me scurrying inside for scissors and a plastic bag.
It's probably well documented that I've never been a fan of manuka, but this one was something else.
"What's that called?" I demanded of my niece, who is unlikely even to be able to recognise a daisy.
"Don't know," she said cheerily, "but the tag's probably still on it."
The Landscaper found the tag, which identified the glorious mauve manuka as Leptospermum phoenix - my new best friend. Its big, dense, mauve flowers arrive in mid-spring and are said to last for ages. The plant grows to about 1.5m, can be kept bushy with regular haircuts, and is hardy in dry and cold conditions.
In the unlikely event that you find the same manuka, or some other colour that knocks your socks off, you can grow them from cuttings.
Choose new growth from the tip of the branch.
Look for twigs with soft reddish bark and multiple leaf terminals.
Cut them at a 45-degree angle about 10cm from the tip, and then slice a 5ml portion of bark from the end of the cutting to expose the vascular cambium. Keep the cuttings damp until you're ready to pot them.
Then dip them in rooting compound and plant them to about half their length in a sandy mix that has been pre-watered and drained for about half an hour.
Put them in your propagating box if you have one, or in a plastic bag to hold moisture and heat. Keep them moist but not wet, and warm but out of direct sunlight.
Should all 20 of our mauve manuka survive the propagation process and grow into real trees, I'll be looking for something useful to do with them. Fortunately, it seems they have many properties other than pleasing me and the bees with its extraordinary flowers.
The leaves can be combined with other plants - such as coprosma, kawkawa, hebe and ngaio - to use in vapour baths as a treatment for rheumatism.
Infusions of the bark have also been used to ease aches and pains - perfect for The Landscaper - and can have a sedative effect (perhaps not so perfect). And though I wouldn't recommend trying the following at home, it is documented that infusions are also useful for the treatment of dandruff and skin infections, while a poultice of pounded fruit can be used to treat flesh wounds, apparently drying them up and hastening healing.
A decoction of leaves taken internally is said to help urinary complaints and treat fever, while a decoction of bark may relieve constipation and diarrhoea (presumably not both at once), treat mouth, throat and eye infections, colic, inflamed breasts, scalds and burns.
Leptostopermum scoparium contains leptospermone, which is effective for treating parasitic worms, and is also an insesecticide. And then there's the honey, which contains high levels of the antibacterial compound methylglyoxal. Oils extracted from manuka leaves in some areas also have antibacterial and fungicidal properties. Quite the all-rounder, then.
If you're a little shamefaced that you've been using your manuka only for firewood, don't be. It burns beautifully, and makes a great barbecue.
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Not surprisingly, we didn't make it around all 88 of the gardens in the Bay of Plenty New Zealand Garden and Artfest. We didn't see the work of all 57 of the artists, either, but what we did see was enough to send us scurrying home with many new ideas.
1. We really liked this display of ceramic bathers. At first we thought it was a wall hanging, but the gardener has neatly clipped back the ivy to reveal a timber paling fence beneath, and used the foliage as a frame. Nifty.
2. Then we found the clever vege boxes - smart and good looking, and probably quite easy to achieve. Find a large, stainless steel bench - the sort of thing you occasionally see at a junk yard.
A butcher's bench would be ideal, but even a sink bench could be used. Construct simple, wooden boxes of uniform size, fill with soil and compost, and plant with veges. They look stylish and are easy to weed because they're at hand height. I see no reason why this could not be achieved by Saturday lunchtime.

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Supercenter proposed for Greenfield Avenue
New Berlin - During three hours of speakers giving opinions to the New Berlin Plan Commission about a Walmart supercenter proposed for 15205-15375 W. Greenfield Ave., not one person favored it.
There were at least four recurring themes. One was that traffic is already bad there while another focused on worry that the area already has flooding problems and adding a big store with a big parking lot has the potential of making things worse. And even though the nearest subdivisions are some distance away, many complained about the lights that would be on 24-hours a day seven days a week and the noise of cars and trucks going in and out. Increased crime also was brought up as a concern.
The Plan Commission held the hearing because Walmart needs a rezoning. It also needs a change in the city's land use plan. The Plan Commission will vote on whether to recommend the changes at its meeting on Monday.
The supercenter is proposed for land about a block east of Moorland Road where the zoning for all but the Charcoal Grill restaurant is for single-family homes. Walmart is ask ing for B-1 zoning for the entire 15-acre tract, including the restaurant which already has a different type of business zoning. The Charcoal Grill would be torn down as would a home that is set far back from the road.
While zoning is single-family, the city's comprehensive land use plan calls for some multifamily residential as well, except for the Charcoal Grill site.
Even so, business zoning is appropriate, given the city's plan to have business at the corner of Greenfield and Moorland Avenue and because Brookfield has a lot of commercial development just across the street, argued attorney Deborah Tomczyk, representing Walmart.
"This corridor is already a commercial corridor," Tomczyk said.
But all that was known only three years ago when New Berlin adopted the citywide comprehensive plan after two years of study with neighborhood meetings and surveys, pointed out Mary Hiebel.
"What's changed?" since the city decided on residential uses for nearly all that land only three years ago, she asked
Now the city has a development proposal that it needs to hash out, said Greg Kessler, director of community development.
Can't handle traffic
Traffic was a thorny issue, especially since Kessler confirmed that Greenfield and Moorland cannot take the Walmart traffic. But he said, Walmart officials are working with the state Department of Transportation to improve the intersection so that it would be able to take on more traffic.
While Walmart's traffic studies are not finished, the supercenter would add 5 percent to the traffic that's already there, Tomczyk said.
But when the total number of cars is in the thousands, 5 percent more is still a lot of cars, one neighbor said.
Not only that, the Walmart traffic studies may not take into account the additional traffic that would be generated by a hotel and waterpark already approved for that intersection, Kessler acknowledged. Neither does it focus on how streets farther away will be impacted. Sunnyslope Road, for example, is strangled already at rush hours, one woman said.
What should have been good news for those with flooding problems in the area was greeted with skepticism. Tomczyk said runoff during storms would actually be less with the store than it is right now with woods. That's because the plan is to hold rainwater below ground and release it after the storms into storm sewer under Greenfield Avenue and then west to Deer Creek.
However, it was unclear how big a storm that system could handle. Would it work well in a big storm where the runoff would be substantial from a big building and a big parking lot?
Some residents who live west of the site said they already have flooding problems and don't want to take the chance.
"We already have a lot of flooded basements," in the Brookridge condominiums west of the site, said Mary Kalling of Ridge Road.
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Lawyer-Assistance-Program Attorneys and the Practice of Therapeutic Jurisprudence
David B. Wexler
University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law; University of Puerto Rico - School of Law
November 22, 2011
Court Review, Vol. 47, p. 64, 2011
Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 11-25
This very brief essay urges LAP (lawyer assistance program) lawyers - those lawyers in long term recovery from alcohol and drug addiction, and those coping with depression and other mental illness - to expand their practices and pro bono opportunities to include work in therapeutic jurisprudence, especially in areas of criminal and juvenile justice (e.g., civil commitment, juvenile and misdemeanor cases, drug treatment court, dependency drug court, mental health court, community court).Typically, LAP volunteer lawyers participate as a support system for lawyers in active treatment for addiction and mental health problems. But an expansion of their activities to serve general population clients facing behavioral and legal crises makes considerable sense: After all, these LAP lawyers in long-term recovery possess a special strength (including important practical and relevant knowledge about the problems at hand) and, if they are comfortable talking about their personal stories, will likely also have enhanced credibility - with courts and with clients themselves.This type of client representation should also serve as an avenue for the lawyers to "give back" for their reclaimed lives and practices, and, if representation arrangements are made with public defender offices, may also make a slight dent in the crushing caseloads of those offices. The next steps should be to encourage LAP lawyer participation and for lawyers and courts to think creatively about how such legal representation may best be logistically launched.
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The pair won the gold medal the previous weekend at the season opening event in the
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On Saturday, they locked up a berth in the semifinal defeating Mark Lewis and Dany Wilson of Jamaica 21-17, 16-21, 15-9.
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The Lady Pirates won their third game of the season while the boys team got their first win of the season as both teams defeated Meridian last week in Green River. The girls won 46-33 and the boys followed with a 62-38 victory.
Brennan Bigelow led the team with 23 points including three 3-pointers as the Pirate team finally tasted victory this season. After losing seven straight games, Green River used a big first half to get the lead and then coasted to the win.
Green River outscored Meridian 12-3 in the opening quarter and followed that with 20-5 second quarter to lead 32-8 at the half. Each team then scored 12 points in the third quarter and 18 points in the final period.
Wayde Mecham and Tyson Johnson also finished in double figures in the game. Wayde scored 14 points while Tyson scored 10 points. Luis Mendoza scored 5 points, Jason Johnson scored 4 points, Holden Marshall scored 2 points and Marvin Arnold also scored 2 points.
The Lady Pirates opened the game with a good first quarter but then had to wait until the final period to finally grab the win. After leading 11-6 after one period, Meridian outscored the Pirate team 7-5 in the second period and 11-8 in the third period to tie the score 24-24 after three quarters. Finally in the closing quarter, Green River took control and won the period 22-9 to win the game.
Bailie Packer and Brandi Webster each scored 13 points. Crosby Hatt scored 8 points, Mecham added 6 points, Leah Swalberg scored 5 points and Tracy Engleman scored 1 point.
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here are two piece rings that bolt together around the pipe attachment after you remove the old metal ring.
: I just removed an old toilet in order to install a new toilet and I found that the old closet ring was completely rusted away.
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It's looking like this Saturday could be the first time we see David Booth in game action since March 16th.
Disclaimer: I've someway, somehow, managed to avoid getting involved in any capacity with all of this Bro Jake business on Team1040. Local sports talk radio really isn't my cup of tea anyways, so refraining from listening to a single second of that particular program hasn't been all that difficult. Heading into today all I knew about the radio station's newest personality is that nearly every single person on my timeline couldn't stand him, and that he sports a goofy moustache (from his awkward commercial with Travis Lulay).
That all changed on early Thursday morning, when I was forced to tune in to listen to what Mike Gillis had to say during his appearance on the program. At least he rewarded me with a few interesting tidbits. Read on past the jump for a transcript of the discussion.
When asked about last night's 4-1 loss to the Oilers, and the preseason in general:
"We purposely put a lot of young kids in the lineup in these first two games. We wanted to see how they'd respond. Training camp has been really tough here, with a lot of skating and a lot of hard work. It's preseason. You're experimenting with a lot of different things, and a lot of different line combinations, and a lot of kids, and sometimes you come up on the short end."
On the team adjusting, and buying into John Tortorella's new system:
"I'm not concerned at all. Our players are responding really well to tough practices, and the learning curve is steep at the start. But it begins with hard work, and being prepared to work hard. And we have that. So I'm not concerned one bit. We know we have a good team here and we're looking for success, and success will come through change."
On negotiations with the Sedins:
"It's going fine."
On David Booth's status, and the team's expectations for him this season:
"David has been cleared to play, so I think he's good to go. I expect him to play on Saturday. Our expectations are really high. He's a good player, and unfortunately he has had a rough go of it with injuries the past few years. We have high expectations for him, and he has high expectations for himself. We're just hopeful he can stay healthy and contribute."
On Roberto Luongo:
"Roberto is, as you know, a real professional. He takes a lot of pride in his work and his performance. I expect him to have a great season. He's motivated.. you know he always starts slowly as he gets a feel for it. But most goalies are like that. He has handled himself impeccably during what has been made a tough time, with people asking him the same questions over and over and over."
On early impressions of the young players at camp:
"I think they're doing really well. Bo Horvat and Hunter, they were 1st round picks. They've done well. Frankie Corrado and Zack Kassian have playing well. Brendan Gaunce has played well. We're moving in the right direction. We've had 2 years where we've had the luxury of picking in the top 10 since I've been here. It's tougher to select guys that will be ready to step in to play when you're picking in the mid 20's. We've traded away a lot of picks in our pursuit of the Stanley Cup, which you have to try and do if you want to have the best team possible heading into the playoffs. But we're happy with the kids we have here right now. We think they have great upside."
On the prospect of getting rid of the shootout:
"It would eventually get to 3-on-3. It would be 4 on 4, then 3 on 3. I like it. I like the games to be won while you're actually playing the game, as opposed to the shootout. There's a lot of fans that like the shootout, but there's also a lot of fans that would like to see a continued game."
On the Pacific Division:
"It'll be tough, but the league is getting much closer to a league of parity, with a very narrow band. I think coaching, determination and discipline will be the things that carry teams through. You'll have to start playing playoff hockey very early in these seasons in order to get into the playoffs. It'll be challenging, but it's a challenge we're looking forward to. With the new staff here.. everyone is excited. Everyone is excited about the energy. There's a lot of positive things happening."
On travel, and the schedule:
"We've had 5 years of experience with fatigue management now. We have a system that we're really confident in. It has a lot of data about the past 5 years, with how we've travelled and what the success rates are. We're very fortunate that we've worked with a very good group of guys. We have our own software in which we input the data about games travel, and what happens the week before and the week after, and we come out with a number. And if that number isn't above 90, we then adjust certain things the week before or the night before, to get that number above the 90 mark. We've had a lot of success on the road the past 5 years. We've had the best road record in the NHL for a couple years. I don't think the lockout year is all that indicative for getting a lot of good data from it. But we've applied those principles, and we're very confident that we'll be able to manage fatigue well this year and give ourselves a competitive advantage."
In case you'd like to listen to the interview for yourself, you can do so right here. My advice though, is that you don't subject yourself to it. I left out the awkward exchanges between the two parties which included: Bro Jake citing Gillis' appreciation of The Tragically Hip, referring to the Canucks' General Manager as a "big softie", and finally offering him some wine in an attempt to cooerce information out of him. The banter was truly cringe-worthy. Let's just say that I could live with the idea of never tuning in again. The things I do for you people.
Dear Canucks Army,
Please consider this page "exhibit A" as to why a curated, moderated comments section is generally a good idea.
Dear everyone else,
Please stop feeding the trolls.
September 19 2013, 10:49PM
Fatigue management, software. LMFAO. Gillis couldn't manage a salad bar.
The Canucks have no past, no present, and Gillis traded the future goalie away to NJ to keep an old leaky donkey. Things are looking bright indeed.
Funny thing. I ran your post through Google Translate and it came back as "I drink donkey spooge".
True story, you should check it out.
Fatigue management, software. LMFAO. Gillis couldn't manage a salad bar.
The Canucks have no past, no present, and Gillis traded the future goalie away to NJ to keep an old leaky donkey. Things are looking bright indeed.
(We hear that every day from NM00, so it's a boring troll. One bonus point for good grammar though.)
((No offense intended to NM00, I value the contrary opinion.))
September 19 2013, 07:52PM
Fatigue management, software. LMFAO. Gillis couldn't manage a salad bar.
The Canucks have no past, no present, and Gillis traded the future goalie away to NJ to keep an old leaky donkey. Things are looking bright indeed.
The feeling's mutual.If you have a opinion, than say it, if you have to fart, than blow it. Don't reply about my comment without one of your own. You hear it, but you can't accept it. So accept it, have your own opinion, or shut up.
I'm always willing to read a logical argument against Mike Gillis.
When you come up with one, please let me know.
And I'll edit it for you...
@Sarcasm Mode
Obvious troll is obvious.
Dear Canucks Army,
Please consider this page "exhibit A" as to why a curated, moderated comments section is generally a good idea.
Dear everyone else,
Please stop feeding the trolls.
Motioned seconded.
The feelings mutual, donkey brains. I saw Jack- Ass the movie. You're quite the star. You should check it out. PS. You;re trying too hard to keep your job with the Canucks. Won a cup yet? No, a coffee cup don't count. I'll be right and laughing at you and your hopeless team again come the end of this season.
Have you won a Cup yet? I am pretty sure I've never seen you on the ice playing for a Cup contender or carrying the Cup around etc.
Get a life, loser. We watch grown men play a game. It's entertainment. It's nice to see your team win but, at the end of the day, it doesn't really impact your life. Let me know if you need help removing your head out of your own ass...it seems quite stuck.
September 20 2013, 10:40AM
@Sarcasm Mode
I may not agree with some of NMOs opinions, but at least he is able to articulate one, and one that contains at least some semblance of substance. Someone with your obvious lack of intellect couldn't form an argument based outside of school yard insults and trolling another teams message board. Is it cold in your Mom's basement. Someone who uses 'LOL' regularly and decides that commas and punctuation are more of a suggestion than a necessity, shouldn't be commenting on other peoples abuse of the English language.
Of course, being that you are a Hawks fan, and I'm willing to bet one who jumped aboard the the shiny new red wagon just in time for their first Cup in 40 years, I guess we should consider forgiving your ignorance.
So how about you just hop back into that little wagon, and roll on back to Chicago. Oh wait, you have never even been to Chicago, have you son?
The irony was not lost on me :)
This guy might make me have to defend Gillis!
September 22 2013, 03:54AM
Do you tire of getting owned on the internet? Are your trolling attempts falling flat? Do you ever think to yourself, why do I fail at life so bad?
If you said yes to any of these questions (or all of them in your case) you probably live in your parents basement, and have never felt the loving embrace of a female (well there was that one time with your Mom but that doesnt really count does it?). But you can change your life. Step away from the computer, and embrace what little life you have left. Its passing you by son, like the short bus that forgot to pick you again. Get out there and live man, live! Smell the flowers Look at the stars Have that lump looked at Try not to get caught stocking that girl from Starbucks...
Picture what your real life could be, and get out there and fail in the real world. We know you have it in you. You're a professional.
And since you asked for it, and still have no idea what it actually means...
Enjoy. I win. You lose Again. Boom. Drops mic. Walks off stage left.
September 19 2013, 11:37PM
The feelings mutual, donkey brains. I saw Jack- Ass the movie. You're quite the star. You should check it out. PS. You;re trying too hard to keep your job with the Canucks. Won a cup yet? No, a coffee cup don't count. I'll be right and laughing at you and your hopeless team again come the end of this season.
Enjoy your milkshake.
The feeling's mutual.If you have a opinion, than say it, if you have to fart, than blow it. Don't reply about my comment without one of your own. You hear it, but you can't accept it. So accept it, have your own opinion, or shut up.
Awww, you're so adorable. Still 2/10, this time you get a bonus for persistence.
(I take back my earlier bonus point for grammar; I thought the mistakes in your first post were stylistic choices, but it turns out you're just bad at writing in English. No shame in that! We can all improve!)
Agreed! Stop feeding the trolls and those trolls should be ipbanned or something.
September 20 2013, 01:07PM
Have you won a Cup yet? I am pretty sure I've never seen you on the ice playing for a Cup contender or carrying the Cup around etc.
Get a life, loser. We watch grown men play a game. It's entertainment. It's nice to see your team win but, at the end of the day, it doesn't really impact your life. Let me know if you need help removing your head out of your own ass...it seems quite stuck.
This precisely! Perhaps for a tool like this their pathetic little world does revolve around a bunch of men playing a game. So when they win, he feels like he has done something of note with his life.
September 21 2013, 02:53PM
Same to you, angry fanboy. Keep proving me right just like how your crappy team will choke this year again. Delusional fanboys like yourself are the main reason why sites and forums on the net suck. You fanboys are everywhere, infesting every single corner of the net, calling other people trolls when kids like yourself are the reasons why every site is plagued with angry geeks who think they own everything and everyword said. LOL Keep it up, fanboy, and the net will die a death it deserves. Keep it up, Canuck fanboys.
I appreciate that you keep trying to humor the troll. It's a nice public service and probably keeps him out of whatever other trouble he might get into. I wonder if he's got huge flashcards scattered around his basement with "LOL" and "FANTARD" and "DELUSIONAL" written on them. It's so cute to see him so engaged with this one thread on one blog. I wonder why he picked it? I do like how his rage has turned to the Internet as well as Canucks fans -- I think he threatened to burn the whole thing down at one point, didn't he? Pure gold.
September 22 2013, 07:14PM
Pure delusion. Fantard sticking up for another fantard. Delusional fantards...a dime a dozen...no, a dime a millions on the net. Is there any site or forum where you fantards haven't infected? Nope.
September 19 2013, 11:08PM
The feeling's mutual.If you have a opinion, than say it, if you have to fart, than blow it. Don't reply about my comment without one of your own. You hear it, but you can't accept it. So accept it, have your own opinion, or shut up.
September 19 2013, 11:12PM
The feelings mutual, donkey brains. I saw Jack- Ass the movie. You're quite the star. You should check it out. PS. You;re trying too hard to keep your job with the Canucks. Won a cup yet? No, a coffee cup don't count. I'll be right and laughing at you and your hopeless team again come the end of this season.
September 20 2013, 12:43AM
LOL You too, make sure your bottle is warm before you drink it. Wouldn't want you to get baby mouth rash. LMFAO.
September 20 2013, 12:48AM
Thanks kid, Same to you... you get 2 brownie points for your fanboyism. Anything else, kid? Angry that your team hasn't won a thing in 4 decades. The Hawks have 2 cups in the last ten years. My advice is for you to study why the Hawks have so much more success than your Canucks. But no, you don't like that do you? You like Presidents Trophies. LOL.
September 20 2013, 12:53AM
Someone's angry their team suuuuuuuuccckkks. LOL I'm sure your poster of the twins in your room will make you feel better. Go go Sedins power of invisibility! LOL. No, brother, I will win us the cup by punching Marchand's glove with my face! LOL. Delusional wankers. LOL
September 20 2013, 01:46AM
Why would you need to edit? You already have bad grammar. LOL Fix your delusions before you talk about grammar, kid. Oh, and by the way, The Canucks aren't going to amount to anything this year as well. Reality hurts, doesn't it? Don;t hate the messenger, kid...hate your god awful team and their delusional fans. Oooo...that will hit a nerve.
September 20 2013, 01:48AM
A guy who is critical of the Canuck's failures is a troll while those who accept failure are...?
Amen to that. Especially not such a humorless troll.
September 20 2013, 03:51PM
I don't fancy hockey, I don't go around posing as a player and I don't rip ppl off by selling false hope and pipe dreams so I don't need no cup, loser. LOL. You watch losers play hockey, losers who have never won anything in over 40 years...and you still watch. Why? Because you enjoy cheering for losings, making excuses for losers. The only thing worse than the Canucks are its enablers, enablers like you. LOL. Let me know when you stop crying like a baby and wake up to smell the stench your team makes year after year. But oh no... you think it will be different this year. Based on what? Your delusions? 40 how many years? Give it up, loser. LOL
September 20 2013, 03:52PM
Get some help for your delusions, your team hasn't won squat in over 40 years. Keep counting, or do you know how to count?
September 20 2013, 03:58PM
LOL. Look at the ones who care about their little team with a bunch of grown losers playing hockey? lol I don;t even give a crap about hockey, and when I make a comment about your crappy team, you guys start crying like a bunch of babies. And I'm the one who's world revolves around hockey? LOL. Your team hasn't done a damn thing, and it's funny how you Canuck fanboys have such thin skin. Can't take criticism, won't see why your team sucks for half a decade. Oh noooo, your hope and delusions and thin skin will make your Sedins play like legends this post season. LOL. Based on what? 45 years of losing? HAHAHAHAHAAAAA!
September 20 2013, 03:59PM
Such a delusional fanboy.
September 20 2013, 04:01PM
No, the Seahawks SUCK as much as your Canucks.
September 20 2013, 04:14PM
What a surprise! A fanboy who wants someone else banned because he says your team sucks...which it does. Typical fanboys. Too stupid to see reality, too baby to take criticism.
September 20 2013, 04:18PM
What's more amazing is how you guys still cheer for a team that hasn't won anything for half a century. LOL
September 20 2013, 10:00PM
LOL, so much fanboy rage. I don't know what's more pathetic, your loser team or their delusional loser fans. LMFAO. Don't worry, the twins will bring you the cup this season. Why? Based on their failures, that's why. Oh but you angry fanboys already know that. LOL
September 21 2013, 12:43AM
LOl So delusional. LOL
September 21 2013, 02:30PM
@Sarcasm Mode
We don't even have to respond to you anymore. You are seriously just verbally jerking yourself off in hope that someone will watch. Not surprising that you seek such attention on a board occupied predominantly by faceless masculine figures. My sense tells me that your issues lie somewhere between cross dressing Daddy issues, and some deep rooted misogyny because your Mommy doesn't love you, or perhaps that women generally just think you're creepy. The more you type, the clearer the picture becomes. Please continue....
September 21 2013, 04:27PM
@Sarcasm Mode
Really? Thats it? That's all you got? I mean if you are going to be a troll, at least be good at it. Is there anything in life that you actually do well, I mean besides for disappointing your poor parents and not meeting a viable candidate to procreate with (thankfully). Man, I could do this all day just to watch you fail continuously. You're exposing yourself more than a pedophile on a playground, and you're just about as welcome. The only angry person here is you, and unless I'm mistaken, your rage is growing by the second as you get buried by the intellectually superior 'fanboys' on a hockey forum. How pathetic is that? We are not angry at you, we simply pity you.
September 21 2013, 04:30PM
Boom. Drops mic. Walks off stage left.
Gillis needs to go..Torts is a BIG mistake ...he has too big of an ego to be an effective coach. Shot blocking for everybody?,..great idea till your team is hurting. Sedins should be traded while they are worth something. This will be another sub par year for them.
September 21 2013, 11:55PM
Booot, takes a fart, thinks he;s cool. Guess what"? You aint cool. If you're going to be a fanboy, learn how to be one properly. You maggots are the reason why the net is now over run with delusional angry little wankers. And I pity you as well, kid. Pity you don;t have the brains to stop proving how right Iam. Keep it up kiddo, keep being an angry little delusional fantard. No surprise there. LOL. You little fantards think you won every single site don;t ya? LOl. Not on my terms, little kid. Bam, slap to your face. Go home to your momma, angry fantard. LOL
September 21 2013, 11:57PM
Wah wah wah wah, cries like a angry little fanbabie! googity goo, need milk, baby? LMAO
September 22 2013, 12:00AM
You make me laugh kid. Not only do you make fantard comments, you then make a comment as to what you think I would do. Drops mike? Walks off stage? DELUSIONAL as I said. Thanks for proving me right yet again, kid. Delusional Twat is so delusional he doesn't even know he's delusional. Case closed. Defendant is Delusional and a fantard.
September 22 2013, 01:42AM
Listen, kid, you are just a DELUSIONAL fanboy, kid. Thanks for proving me right fanboy. HAHAHA. LOL. Its fantard kids like you that ruinz the interntz you is so delusional HAHAHA LMAO. Kid! Yeah but thanks for proving me right HAHAHA
The above paragraph is made up of the entirety of Sarcasm Mode written vocabulary. If there is someone out there with the ability to actually translate 'idiot' for me, I would be incredibly grateful. I have a feeling there is a poignant message in there somewhere, that may very well enlighten the world.
September 22 2013, 02:44AM
And thanks for proving me right about you, fantard. LOL. Keep it coming I love it when angry fantards like yourself who infect the entire net prove me right again and again.What would the world of the internet be without you delusional fantards? LOL Wait, aren't you going to use that drops mike walks off stage shat? LMFAO. Delusional fantard as always.
September 22 2013, 04:36AM
LOL. Iam right again. Seeing as how I don't even bother reading your replies but you certainly love reading mine proves that you are indeed a fantard. LMFAO. Reply again and prove to me how right Iam again. Go ahead, fantard, show everyone here how right Iam about fantards like yourself who do nothing but infest the net.
Reply to me because I command you like a master and you are my doggie.
Wait, "Hawks" is Seahawks, right??
September 20 2013, 10:21AM
I think I'm starting to "get" you now. Well done! Should be an enjoyable season ;)
September 20 2013, 02:59PM
"Fix your delusions ... and by the way, The Canucks aren't going to amount to anything this year as well. Reality hurts, doesn't it? Don;t hate the messenger, kid...hate your god awful team and their delusional fans. "
Haha, that is amazing. I hope you got a laugh out of this.
@Sarcasm Mode
Aww, not fun having no-one respond to your idiotic trolling?
I know, I know, I shouldn't entertain this stupidity but I'm curious how quickly he'll respond and with how many inane responses.
September 22 2013, 11:15PM
I wouldnt say so much that I am humoring it as poking it with a pointy stick. I find it endless amusing to antagonize the mentally and intellectually weak, and watch as they bury themselves under their own stupidity while it thinks we are somehow affected by its blatherings.
Its fascinating to imagine just where something so pathetic might actually reside. Most likely in its Moms basement on a futon that has stains that resemble creamed corn. Does it drink its own tears to stay hydrated? I'm betting it pees sitting down. Imagine it sitting at its computer right now, staring at the words I have written, surrounded by sticky tissues, monster energy drinks and tiny female Warhammer figurines painted so they look naked, and it is just sooo mad, it will go through the process of writing exactly the same thing once again but just with the words in a different order.
Oh yeah, its a creepy as it sounds.


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He wanted it without much fanfare.
I wanted it because I wanted to make the muffins.
We both got what we wanted, just a little late. So we had Benedict for brunch. And we're happier for it.
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Muffins are cooked on a griddle, not baked. In order to achieve the perfectly round shape, you're going to need a round metal ring. I use tart rings (see picture above) but you can use round cookie cutters or a tuna can with the tops and bottoms removed. Otherwise, you can simply go for a more freeform muffin and scoop the batter directly onto the griddle without a ring hemming it in. Since the batter won't spread willy nilly, you'll be safe, just not perfectly round.
I like to add a touch of sourdough starter. It adds tang and a chew that I find utterly delightful. You don't have to, especially if you don't keep a starter. And if you don't keep a starter and you decide upon reading this that you want to make this recipe but only with sourdough, you'll have to wait a few weeks to get started.
3 cups flour
1 cup water
2 tablespoons (1 ounce) melted butter
½ cup milk
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
¼ cup sourdough starter (optional)
1 tablespoon yeast
1/3 cup warm (not hot) water
pinch sugar
•In a large bowl, combine 1 cup water, ½ cup milk, melted butter, sugar and salt.
•In a small bowl, stir together yeast, pinch sugar and warm water. Allow to dissolve and bloom, about five minutes.
•Stir the bloomed yeast into the large bowl with the water and milk. Add sourdough starter, if using.
•With a large wooden spoon, stir constantly as you slowly add the 3 cups flour. Stir vigorously until the mixture is smooth. The dough shouldn't be runny but will be rather loose and sticky.
•Cover and allow to rest for thirty minutes.
•Preheat a smooth griddle (or if you don't have one, a large skillet) over medium heat. Spray liberally with non-stick cooking spray and place tart rings (or tuna cans) on the griddle and spray the insides of the rings liberally as well.
•Using a large cookie scoop, scoop on large glob of batter into the ring (the batter should fill the ring no more than half way up). I use my fingers to push the batter to the very edge since it won't spread as easily as, say, a pancake batter. However, the batter will expand as it's grilling, so don't be overly concerned with filling up the entire ring.
•You can cover the grilling muffins with a lid (I use two pot lids to make sure they are all covered) but the batter does rise and will stick to the underside of the pot cover. If you have a deep and narrow hotel pan, this works beautifully but you can feel free to go topless. Grill for ten minutes over medium heat.
•Flip the muffins and grill for about 10 minutes more. Use tongs or a spatula for the flipping. (I find that the griddle oil starts to blacken at this point and if I'm feeling like a perfectionist, I'll remove the muffins from the griddle to a cooling rack and wipe the griddle down and respray to keep the side that gets cooked last from getting blackened).
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Looking back at the 8 years of blogging (and now social media - well, take that back 15 years to Usenet and enthusiast site days), there are a few things that become evident: nothing really changes, but everything changes.
One of the things that's become very obvious recently, though, is the death of transparency. Well, maybe dying or dead is a bit hyperbolic, but transparency is fast becoming a thing of the past as more and more people push their own agenda and conveniently ignore transparency for their own goals. You can see it on Twitter, on Facebook - especially Facebook groups - on Quora, and naturally on blog posts. It's a not-so-hidden agenda that comes out after 2 or 3 tweets, or an "innocent" question in a Facebook group or Quora that leads to a "miraculous" answer that is the person's own company or client.
Transparency used to be a big issue for bloggers. Well, at least for the public relations bloggers. One of the first bigger discussions of it came about because of character blogs. Many people, including Steve Rubel (whom I argued with about the issue) and Robert Scoble (who used to be a Moose) felt that character blogs were bad things. Character blogs weren't fully disclosed, they weren't honest or transparent. This mainly came about because of the launch of the Captain Morgan blog and the "controversy" it created.
(As a side-note, I would have linked to the discussion on Steve's blog ... but he's killed his original blogs. Beyond raising questions on the issues of dead links across the web, does the full deletion of a blog and its archives smack of the dismissal of transparency? Does it fit into my whole view of the death of transparency?)
As the years passed, it seems amusing that this would be an issue. We have characters on Twitter and Facebook and while we know that they are not real, we accept them as the entertainment they are and applaud brands for engaging their audiences - the right audiences - in any way you can reach them. Nobody would attack Jack In the Box as lacking transparency because it's understood that it's a brand talking to its fans, engaging on Facebook or Twitter.
Me? I looked at the situation with meh, and that we (the PR bloggers and other early bloggers) weren't the audience, but it was for college students (of legal drinking age, naturally). And did they care about transparency when it came to a character? Not really, it was just something fun.
I was - and still am - hyper about transparency. Call it the egalitarian in me, or the Libra. Back in the day, too often I would see people tout articles on their blogs as "amazing" or "great insight" and then click through to see ... it was self promotion. My point-of-view then, and now, is that it's not hard to tag a blog post as self-promotion, or even a Tweet with #me or some hashtag. The question on transparency there then and now is if it's a great article because the person is in it, or would be a great article that they would have posted or Tweeted without the quote. My guess is the former ... hence my calls for transparency or honesty.
But this all seems quaint - as transparency disappears. I'm not talking about disclosure - the FTC holy grail - but transparency. Dare I say it, but does transparency not matter anymore? Is it - gasp - dead?! And while I think many people do care about transparency (well for others, not themselves), is it a low priority issue for us as we have, well, real life things to worry about (work, personal, love, etc). Transparency, in the scheme of things, is a small issue many of us don't have the time to process.
The world was much easier when it was just PR people that were concerned with this (it's not ironic that the Morgan blog was done by an ad firm - if memory serves). We could debate the issues in our academic way, and come to an agreement that while transparency is important, we all can do it in our own way (which never really works anyway).
And because we all had the background in PR, the transparency issue wasn't an issue that we took lightly - now we would accuse one another of not being transparent or disclosing things, but it was still pretty much above the board. As an aside, I know someone is going to comment that my view on transparency is in contradiction to my view on whisper campaigns - which isn't true. You don't need to be nontransparent to whisper - in fact, it's better to be upfront that this is for company X.
But yes, that is where public relations has always been above the board: we tend to be transparent with the public and press for our clients. We share news and information, and tell the story. As opposed to other marketing practices.
Lately, though, I am starting to see too many PR and SM people trying to be clever or subtle while fishing for information ... and doing it just to get a client mention or have others do work for them. Not very transparent. Or posting tweets about a client article ... with no disclosure it's about a client. Public relations is losing its center, forgetting it's the storyteller in the marketing mix - but with transparency - and is just becoming bullhorn with no thoughts in social media.
But this is also not surprising. With the flattening of social media - the barrier to entry is pretty much non-existent - we see many practitioners come from a background of anything (real estate, retail, unemployed with no discernible skills), and not really grasp the basics of marketing or public relations. Not fully understand the need for a fully transparent conversation but the view that "engaging" is all it is, no matter what tactics need to be taken. And with that, we get a lack of transparency but hits and mentions coming to the forefront in social media.
The death of transparency is one of the downsides of social media; it happens because no one speaks up anymore about the issues and the need for transparency, and happens because the general public might care, but doesn't have the time to obsess over the issues. But for too many in social media, it's about getting paid and that's it. No thought on transparency or anything else, just the ego.


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The images of the Aboriginal people of Victoria and Tasmania are among the most significant works in Dowling's oeuvre and the most potent for the modern viewer.
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Close to the metro, a great apartment in Eixample (Nàpols)
Спальные места6
Ванные комнаты2
Площадь82 м²
Этаж №(с лифтом)
- Кухня
- Лифт в здании
- Балкон/терраса
Краткое описание жилья
|Nàpols, 08025 Barcelona, Испания
|Тип жилья
|ID жилья
|Процент подтвержденных запросов брони
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• lift
• heating, air conditioning
• tv, dvd player, internet WiFi
• baby cot
• ceramic hob, oven, microwave, fridge, freezer, dishwasher, tumble dryer, washing-dryer machine
• toaster, coffee maker
Apartment located in the heart of Eixample district that is within only 15 m from the Great Sagrada Familia and really near to the Gaudí Avenue and the famous Sant Pau Hospital.
All kinds of services in the surrounding area: shops, supermarkets, restaurants, bars.
Good transport connections: 150 m away from the Metro station "Sagarda Familia" (L5/Blue Line) and within only 15 minutes by metro you can get to "Plaza Catalunya", "Paseo de Gracia" and "Ciutat Vella". Also, there are many bus stops in the surroundings.
82 m2 Apartment located on the first floor of an elevator-equipped building.
Huge living/dining-room with single sofa-bed
2 double bedrooms
1 bedroom with bunk beds
Kitchen fully equipped for 7 people
1 bathroom with bathtub
1 bathroom with shower
1 huge terrace (20m2) with furniture
The accommodation has a wooden floor. The apartment has been recently renovated and tastefully decorated with a charming ambient and comfortable furniture. Also, it is equipped with a heater and an air-conditioning device.
The accommodation has a wooden floor. The apartment has been recently renovated and tastefully decorated with a charming ambient and comfortable furniture. Also, it is equipped with a heater and an air-conditioning device.
Licence number: HUTB-002428
Правила ПроживанияIt is an essential condition for checking in to pay a deposit against damage (normally 150 euros), which shall be paid when you receive the keys of the apartment.
Cleaning fee: 50 euros (to pay at arrival)
Tourist tax at arrival: 0.72 Eur/person/night (to pay at arrival)
Arrival and departure times:
Check-in: 3 pm to 9 pm.
Check-out: Before 11 am.
Checking-in and checking-out times will be flexible and can be arranged provided there are not other bookings made prior or after your reservation.
The client must always inform of the approximate arrival time. If the client arrives between 9 pm and 12 am, he/she shall pay a 30 euros extra charge. Arrivals after 12 am and until 2 am shall have an additional extra charge of 50 euros.
|Цена за 2 гостей
|1625 руб. за одну ночь/ дополнительная ночь
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L'appartement était très bien, propre et correctement équipé. La grande terrasse est vraiment un plus. Situé à 5 minutes à pieds de Sagrada Familia et à 5 minutes du métro (Verdaguer ou Sagrada Familia), on n'est qu'à quelques stations des principaux lieux touristiques tout en étant au calme. Nous avons été bien accueilli par notre hôte avec quelques conseils sur la ville. Pas de mauvaise surprise !
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Very good apartment, ideally located in the Eixample center. Fully equipped on a top floor with balcony with the morning sun shining on it. After some starting problems the WIFI worked well.
the only unpleasant surprise was the outrageous commission WIMDU charged of approx. 75 Euros... That is almost 25 % of the price for the whole stay...
very good service at all, nice people! i can remmoned it!
Very nice stay in Barcelona, friendy organization. Children are welcome. Only drawbacks: slow Wifi, elevator can be heard in one bedroom.
Quick response, quick followup and when things went wrong - the upstairs neighbours bathroom sprung a leak - we were immediately offered a new apartement if we desired - great service.
Apartment was as advertised - very Central, but next to Las Ramblas is pushing it slightly. But it is easily within walking distance (10 min). Pl. Espanya is also not much further away, so it is very central.
Turn left out of the door and left at the corner and then walk down two blocks (along Parlament) and you're at Poble Sec metro along Avenida parallell. From there you can go anywhere quickly.
The apartment is mainly furnished with IKEA furniture, which are functional. There is an electrical oven and ceramic top in the kitchen, for us who are not used to gas. 3 bedrooms, a small but functional living room, a 20 m3 terrace - which probably is nice when it is a bit warmer, a small utility room with washing machine, vacuum cleaner, steam iron and ironing board etc. In addition to heaters, there are two heat pumps. Bear in mind this is a Spanish building, which is a bit - different - then what many are used too. All in all though, a really nice place to stay.
The only "bad things" to be said are:
- the spanish are loud and in the morning and evening you will discover that there is little sound proofing. However, it is not a problem as it follows a normal day rhythm and in the evening it stops around 22:00 and becomes quiet.
- The apartment is on the backside of the building and there is no view. Again it also means it is quieter than the frontside, which is preferrable in my case.
I'd go back there in a heartbeat for my next vacation.
The apartment was a highlight of my stay in Barcelona. Everything from booking to checking out was easy and stress free. The apartment is clean and comfortable, has a lovely private terrace and is in a great location for seeing all of Barcelona. We were lacking in some items in the kitchen (ie. cutting board) but were able to make-do. I would have assumed that things like salt and pepper, tea bags etc. would be there for use but everything had to be bought which wasn't ideal because we were only there for three nights and a lot got left behind. It was lovely to be able to buy fresh baguettes from the patisserie and visit the cheese shop all within a five minute walk. Highly recommended!
Practical apartment just 2 blocks from the Sagrada Familia. 3 separate bedrooms and 2 bathrooms served 6 persons well. The apartment had just 1 airconditionunit. It was placed in the livingroom. We had to keep the doors to the bedrooms open at night to avoid too hot temperatures.
Very comfortable flat!
we really enjoyed our stay and we loved the balcony!
Two rooms which are small but adequate.
good location-near to metro station.
Mi pareja y yo nos alojamos tres dias en el apartamento y la verdad que todo fantastico.
El apartamento espectacular, enorme y muy bien cuuidado, con una ubicación inmejorable. El trato muy amable y no te agobian para nada. La verdad que no nos pusieron ninguna pega por nada y nos dejaron hacer los tramites a nuestra manera
Para nosotros fue la estancia perfecta.
Repetiremos seguro!
Appartement très bien situé, proche de la sation de métro sagrada famila, sortie place gaudi, accès facile de la Gare. Tout le confort nécessaire, nous étions 4 et nous avions beaucoup de place 3 chambres. Très propre, ensoleillé. A recommander jusqu'à 5 personnes. très bon accueil à notre arrivée. Danièle
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This former A++ list celebrity singer should watch out for her daughter
. Yep, her daughter. It appears the daughter and our former A++ lister's boyfriend hooked up in the past week. Well, he is way closer to her age than the mom.
Is Madonna considered a celebrity singer?
I'd have her at permanent A+, though.ReplyCancel
Sorry to hear about PSH. He was one of my favorite characters in Almost Famous. Hollywood lost a great talent.ReplyCancel
We did this blind about a month ago when Madonna dropped the guy when she caught him bed with LourdesReplyCancel
agree Madonna and Lourdes, Madonna new boy toy is 22
and Lourdes is 17, and legal in NY.
So according to CDaN now, Madonnas guys must be hooking up with her to get to Lourdes. Thankfully Madonna isn't as proficient as she was when she was young and her bedroom door was a turnstyle. 🙁ReplyCancel
or Lourdes has some deep resentment against mommy for the strict upbringing and not letting her go on tour with her last summer because she was caught smoking
Payback's a bitch like mother like daughterReplyCancel
I imagine sex w Madge would be like ravishing a fossilised piece of jerky. There's not enough lube in the world.ReplyCancel
Lourdes, Miley has Madonnas attention for now. I have the feeling Madonna and Lourdes having been playing ' vamp the other's guy' for a while. No doubt mad Maddy has been fucking every guy lourdes has ever brought around.
Think postcards from the edge…:-D
Wasn't there a blind a couple weeks ago that alluded to Madonna not caring about her daughter getting some of her boyfriend?
@Rach: Yeah, Madonna's curtains are no longer roast beef, they are leather.
Speaking of which, I have seen leather sheets for sale on BDSM sites, anyone ever see leather curtains?ReplyCancel
Yuck. I heard Lady Gaga on Howard Stern talking about what a wash up wannabe she is.
What's funny is that he was laughing along.
Pot. Kettle.ReplyCancel
What does that mean. Which boyfriend got the boot. The French dancer.ReplyCancel
Was gaga talking about Madonna or herself??ReplyCancel
I hope Madge loses the grill when shes screwing, dont need that .ReplyCancel
Herself in 3 years..ReplyCancel
Could it be anyone else? Don't really believe it though.ReplyCancel
@Plokzy: Yep. SFWReplyCancel
Right Howard Stern is such a loser he just got feted by a ton of A list stars last Friday for his 60th Birthday at the Hammerstein Ballroom. Just like every other radio host. Like, um, oh yeah, NOBODY else.ReplyCancel
All Madonna's boyfriends are gay!ReplyCancel


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Bob,If you don't mind, I'd be interested in the weights of dough, sauce, cheese and any toppings that you end up using. Peter
I will be interested in getting any feedback from CDNpielover should he decide to try out some of the HRI frozen pizzas. One of the things he is likely to note is that the 12" frozen HRI pizzas are closer to 11 1/2" than 12". I also believe that the HRI frozen cheese pizzas and the pepperoni cheeses have the same amount of cheese but that the frozen HRI sausage pizza has less cheese than the other pizzas because the weight of the sausage is considerably more than the weight of pepperoni slices. So, to offset the added weight of the sausage, I believe they cut back on the amount of cheese for the sausage pizza. It is also possible that the weights of the HRI frozen pizzas are more than the boxes indicate. It is common practice in the frozen pizza business to make the frozen pizzas weigh more than stated on the packaging materials. The last thing they want is to have consumers protesting that they got pizzas that weighed less than was stated.
I don't know if a store-bought HRI pizza weighs more that one of their frozen counterparts, but I estimated that the costs (at my level) for a basic HRI clone cheese pizza is around $4. HRI uses a "natural" pepperoni that will be hard to find at retail so finding such a pepperoni is likely to increase the at-home cost of an HRI clone pepperoni pizza.
Peter,I will definitely report back my thoughts on the frozen HRI. I'm not sure what types my local Albertson's carries, but I will get a plain cheese if they have it. I can measure the diameter... would the mass be useful, considering it has been parcooked (with some water loss)? I do have access to good balances at work, and I wouldn't mind sacrificing a pizza to get some useful numbers. Would it help if I thawed and dissected the pizza to estimate dough and cheese weights (I can try and wipe off the sauce).
Peter, you mentioned that they may put less cheese on a sausage than a pepperoni or cheese. would it be useful to have weights from a pepperoni to check this hypothesis?
I may be off, but this recipe always hits an HRI taste for me! I am excited about trying another recipe though! it will be good to compare. I only ate at HRI a few times most of my experience has been with frozen 6inch ones that I used ro microwave! as a teen, and I still loved them!
maybe its the gumlayer I get with this recipe...hmmmmm.
Pix or it didn't happen.
Any comments,questions, suggestions....I'm all ears.
OK man...but you really should be careful with what you ask for. She was not a pretty site dude! I think my heavy hand with the "last topping" oregano shake had something to do with the grey look also besides the weird cheese blend...oh well. edit: pic #4 looks pretty good though I guess, you can see the crumb action.
Bob,Thanks for posting the pictures. Your HRI clone attempt looks very pleasing to my eyes. How did you bake that pizza? How would describe the crust texture when eaten and what texture does a real HRI pizza have?Norma
Thank you Norma, I think your Mom's oven is the same as mine if I remember. Anyway, it was in a cutter pan 450 degrees aprox. 18mins.Texture is hard to describe.. try to imagine a graham cracker that is hot but maybe just a little denser and a bit more oil in it yet still has some crunch to it. Sorry, but that's the best I can do Norma. I still have your address and while it's still cold out here in our little slice of the world I would gladly send you a small HRI frozen...my treat. Just check out the website and let me know what flavor you'd like to try. It's a fun pizza to eat and their sausage is really interesting. Definetly a once in a while special treat 'cause this baby is real rich. Jus PM me with your selection...it's time you tried this! Bob
Bob,My mom has a propane gas oven. Is that the kind you have? Thanks for telling me how many minutes you baked for at what temperature. I have a cutter pan at market. I appreciate you explaining to me what you think the texture is like. I also appreciate it very much that you would be willing to send me a small HRI frozen pizza. I dont know how cold it is in your area, but it is supposed to be going into the 50s in the next few days in my area. I am not sure how a frozen pizza would ship in that kind of temperature, especially if meat were added. I sure would like to try a HRI frozen pizza though. Thanks so much for your kind offer of a treat for me!I might try a HRI clone either at my home, or at my moms home this weekend, but dont bet on it. Norma
Norma,Yes, your Mom and I have the same oven dealeo...I knew I remembered it from some other bake situation we once talked about.I'm just a little South of you...was in the 40's today.Don't sweat the small stuff Norma...maybe you forgot that I recently told you about a "new and improved" shipping method I figured out. Now you jus step aside and Bob will handle this little lady...


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Once again the Super Rugby knock-out fixtures will be decided on the final day of the regular season. We take a look at the permutations.
Once again the Super Rugby knock-out fixtures are set to be decided by the final game on the final day of the regular season. We take a look at the possible permutations.
The play-off berths have already been decided – the Bulls, Chiefs, Brumbies, Crusaders, Red and Cheetahs having cemented their places – but the race for automatic semi-final qualification (the top two) and home play-offs (3rd and 4th) is still very much on.
The Bulls and Brumbies are guaranteed a spot in the top three having won their respective conferences but if the Crusaders bag a four-try win at home to the Hurricanes then the Chiefs will need to get at least one point from their trip to Auckland to face the Blues to secure the New Zealand conference.
Only the Cheetahs are not in contention for a home fixture – four points from their bye on the last weekend will take them provisionally above the Reds into fifth.
Current standings (with final fixture)
1 Bulls 63 (away to Stormers)
2 Chiefs 61 (away to Blues)
3 Brumbies 59 (away to Force)
4 Crusaders 56 (home to Hurricanes)
5 Reds 54 (away to Waratahs)
6 Cheetahs 50 (bye)
The top of the table will be decided by the final game of the regular season in Cape Town. The Bulls will arrive at Newlands knowing exactly what they need to secure a home semi-final and a potential final at Loftus. Frans Ludeke's men have more wins than the Brumbies, meaning a single bonus point would be enough to book a home semi-final even if Jake White's team win with a bonus point.
The equation is simple for the Chiefs, who play before both the Bulls and Brumbies: they must win at Eden Park to keep the Brumbies at bay for that all-important second spot. They need the Bulls to lose if they hope to host the final for a second consecutive year.
The Brumbies will expect to beat the Force, but need the results in Cape Town and/or Auckland to go their way to avoid having to play again next week (most likely against the Cheetahs).
Although the Crusaders can still top the Kiwi conference, they can't finish higher than second and need both the Chiefs and Brumbies to lose to sneak into the automatic semi-finals places. Five points against the Hurricanes is the target – that would put massive pressure on the Chiefs, who play 24 hours later.
The Reds can't win the Aussie conference. But if the Crusaders lose on Friday, Quade Cooper and co. will head to Sydney with a chance of gaining home ground advantage in the play-offs via victory over the Waratahs.
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By PATSY STODDARDEditor
Have any of you ever suffered from sleep deprivation? If so, I have deep sympathies for you. I have been suffering from this condition since that last week of August.
I thought I could endure for three weeks of getting up early for early morning drivers ed. They started out at 6 a.m. for a day and then decided they couldn't get enough hours in so they have the future drivers arrive at 5:30 a.m. now.
No, I am not a future driver, but I have a sophomore, who thinks he might drive some day so we have been trying to get him up and get him there and I help with car pooling them over. But, even on a day you don't drive them over you still have to be up to get them up and harrass them into getting ready.
I am not sure they are learning anything this early in the morning. The only hope I have that he might be listening and learning is the other day he told me I had pulled too far forward at the stop sign. I didn't stop even with the stop sign before proceeding forward. I am thankful, then he has learned one rule of driving. But, what about the 10 million other rules?
Getting up at 4 a.m. is like getting up in the middle of the night. It's just pure craziness. Then, I think well maybe this is good for him. Perhaps some day he will have a job where he has to get up that early to get to work. Maybe this is a preparation period for that future day.
I don't know, but I do know this is killing me. I am way too old for this 4 a.m. gig. I am not complaining, just bewildered by lack of sleep.
It doesn't work to try to go back to sleep after he leaves, once I'm up, then my brain, what's left of it, will kick on and I'll go through the things that need to be accomplished on this particular day and then I'm off and running.
Back in ancient times, when I was a youth they had drivers education during your sophomore year for one term along with health for two terms and a career options exploration class. Depending on when your birthday fell you would take it accordingly.
Being a February birthday kid, I remember taking it second term. We did our driving in the winter, which probably thrilled the drivers ed teacher. Brent Arnold back in the day was the lucky guy who took a car load of girls driving in the snow.
Well I hope to survive these three weeks, then the other day he broke the news to me that three weeks isn't quite enough it will continue on Monday and Tuesday of next week, too.
If you don't get your paper this week and it looks a little messy if you do, well you will know why; my sleep deprivation got the best of me and I snoozed through production day.


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