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Many people do not believe in the supernatural, "fortune tellers", or past lives, and some do not believe in fate while others accept some or all of these. I've personally known too many people with such experiences, including my own. Even before my experiences, I've always said that life is stranger than fiction, and it appears so!
On November 5, 1981 a friend dragged me off to visit Portland's famed psychic, Michael Thompson. I remember the date because it was my ex-friend Terry's birthday. The object of this visit was for Michael to tell me how or should I get Terry out of my life.
Michael was sitting at a little round table draped with a paisley print cloth (very gypsy looking), and in the middle of this table was an honest-to-goodness, real live crystal ball! I almost laughed.
As I sat down, he closed his eyes, and soon his chin dropped to his chest. After a few minutes I thought, "This joker has fallen asleep! The thought had barely passed through my mind when he said, "I am not sleeping. I am seeing things that concern me."
He then picked up a deck of cards and dealt out a row, studied them for a moment; still he had not looked at me. He picked up the cards, shuffled and dealt them again. He turned to look at the wall next to him and said, "You think you are divorced, but you are not. You have two Scorpios in your life, a husband and this boyfriend. Get rid of them both. It will take you several years but you must make a permanent break with both of them. Your husband thinks of you as his possession and will not easily relinquish this relationship. The boyfriend is one of your life teachers. He will always be in your life, but the relationship will change. Before that happens, there will be much happiness as well as tears. You will learn life lessons that you need in order to progress; the most important being self-introspection. From that you will grow to be a better person, but it will be a painful journey. You will help him with a major change in his life. This man will never be happy in this life, as he is not willing to learn his lessons. It is the same for your husband. These two men are not willing to make the changes necessary to achieve what they want in this life. You are willing to do what is necessary, but don't always know what that is. Your confusion comes from major issues involving your mother." (Now that, I already knew.)
"You should not travel in a car during the month of December." That was not good news for someone who made her living traveling in a car and whose busiest month was December.
"I do see you traveling south, next year about the fourth month. It has something to do with your parents."
I said, "Yes, they live in Ashland."
He replied, "Please don't tell me anything, I am here to tell you. No, it is not Ashland, it is further south, maybe California. Yes it is southern California and while it will be very difficult for you to make this trip, you must do it. The discomfort must be overlooked and you must go. I can't tell you why, only that it is important for you to go."
All this time he is staring at the wall with his eyes closed. Then he picked up the cards, shuffled, dealt and finally looked me in the eyes and said, "Someone with dark hair, very close to you will die." Again, he read my thoughts, "No it is not your mother. She has much to do before this life is over. I can tell that you do not want to know more. Just remember you must take this trip."
He turned to the wall again. "You have four sons. One will cause you much heartache. There will be an enforced break in your relationship but he will use this time to make major changes in his life and will do very well. You will then become closer. Another son who is musically gifted will go through much anguish over his career and his relationship with his father. He will have moderate success as a musician, but will be very successful in another field.
"You will meet a man who is tall, dark and handsome (Ha, all the fortune tellers say that!). He has something to do with the Army Corps of Engineers, but he is not in the Army. I see the Navy or Marines involved."
That didn't make a whole lot of sense to me, but none of this did. Michael stood without looking at me and said that's all I can tell you today." He turned, walked behind a curtain, and that was it.
The hair on my arms stood up, and it was the eeriest feeling I ever had. All the way home I concentrated on what he said and how he said it and immediately wrote down everything he told me and impressions of him as he spoke. I was going to remember all this and make sure Madeline knew that he didn't get anything right. After all, Val swore he had signed the divorce papers, and I was sure that Terry would come to his senses and act sane!
That evening I called son Mark in Salt Lake City, and asked him to find out if his father lied to me when he said he signed the divorce papers. When I think back to that moment, I can still hear Mark laughing. Well, that answered that question. We would just have to wait and see about the other things.
About a week later my brother Del called my sister and me to remind us that next year would mark our parents' 50th wedding anniversary and his and Kay's 25th. Did we think it would be a smart thing to start and planning something now? Also we should do it in Southern California because that is where friends and family were. We decided on April 4th. Oh boy, here was that trip to Southern California in the fourth month of next year. But surely it wouldn't be so difficult for me to get there. I had a new car; Brad and I could drive it or fly.
I wasn't thinking about Michael's dire prediction for December until Brad and I were sitting at a red light the week before Christmas. I looked up in time to see a car run the red light as a car with the right of way entered the intersection. The car that got hit spun around and stopped. The car that ran the red light picked up speed and headed right for us. It wiped out the driver's side of my car, bounced around the car behind us and wiped out the next car which was a brand new Cadillac being driven home from the dealer. She spun around that car and went up over the curb into a parking lot where she managed to destroy two parked cars. It wasn't until late in January that I learned that the lady who ran the red light was looking into the sun and thought she had the green. On impact with the first car, she hit her head and was unconscious as her foot got wedged on the gas pedal, which caused the speeding. I learned this when we both went to the same chiropractor, and he realized I was part of what she called, "a minor mishap!" We all thought it was a major disaster. Michael called it again!
The month of January went by and the body shop had still not received the new doors for my car. It seemed to be a problem with the factory in Japan, and no one could tell me when we would get the new body parts. The first of February found me at a charity auction where one of the items up for bid was the use of a 15-passenger van. Now I ask you, wasn't that the answer to my problem? We could get my sister and family, Brad and I, and our entire luggage with room to spare. Oh, we would have great fun all driving together to So Cal. Boy, was I going to outsmart that pessimist Michael. I plunked down my $200.00, which was the winning bid and gloated all day Sunday.
Monday morning found me sitting on my rear in my parking lot, where I stepped into a small hole and broke my foot. The doctor told me I picked the worst bone in a foot to break, and I would have to go to the hospital and have a pin put in it. I informed the doctor that when I broke my elbow years before, the pins worked their way out because the doctor said I was allergic to surgical steel. He assured me that people were not allergic to surgical steel.
Four cast changes because of swelling, and six weeks later, still no healing. They then determined I was allergic to the pin and they would remove it, and for sure I would have no walking cast. I was in a wheel chair for a month and panicked because it was getting close to the time to leave for California.
When I told the doctor what I had planned, he said absolutely not. Driving all that way was out of the question as the vibration would not be good. After I cried and threatened to jump off a bridge and leave a note to his wife naming him as my lover … he agreed to put a walker on my cast, but I would have to fly and have to have two seats so I could put my leg up. I could only get two seats as far as Fresno but figured that it wasn't so far from Fresno to Orange County, and he didn't have to know.
Well, my leg knew and that was the most miserable flight and week I have ever spent. Michael was right, it was the most difficult trip I ever made, but I still didn't know why I had to make it. I soon realized that it was just wonderful being with my family because it was the first time in years that Del, M.J., Judy, Mom, Dad and I were all together.
August of that year was one of the worst times of our lives. Judy died and then I knew why we all had to make that trip to California. She was the dark haired person close to me who would die.
I am not sure that it is a good thing to know about the future unless it is all good or you can do something to change the bad things.
About a year later, Mark took an extended vacation to Texas courtesy of the federal government. Some might call that a break in our relationship, but he did make a major life change. That was another one for Michael.
That just leaves tall, dark and handsome to be accounted for. An acquaintance that knew Terry said, "You must get him out of your life, and boy, do I have a great guy for you." He hounded me for about a month before I finally agreed to have dinner with this person. It was the first week of December; we were in the midst of a huge job redoing some models in a Palm Springs project. The other designer was an episodic drunk and chose that time to do his thing. That left me in charge of everything so I was not looking forward to the usual turmoil associated with a blind date.
Saturday night came, the doorbell rang, and when I opened the door ... there he was, six feet two, broad shoulders, narrow hips, black hair with a smattering of silver at the temples, bright blue eyes and a smile that could have sold toothpaste. That was the beginning of a great evening. We went to dinner and conversation was easy and good. He sold commercial insurance but didn't really like it. I asked how long he was doing a job he didn't like. "Only a year," he replied. "I retired as a major in the Marine Corps, but most of my 30 years I was attached to the Army Corps of Engineers."
The first thing I did when I got home was look in my journal and sure enough, that was exactly what Michael said. But he made no mention of the fact that tall, dark and handsome was going to quit his job in two weeks to live in an art colony in Mexico and paint.
This is the story of my psychic, and it is all true. Gathering the pictures of my parent's 50th anniversary party brought back these memories. When I look at the pictures of the party, I saw so many people who were dear to me and within a year or so they were dead. So yes, Michael was right when he said, "No matter what, you must go to California."
- Lee V., 2013
Lee is a member of the Woodstock Community Center writing class which encourages everyone to write childhood memories and family stories.


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Coal Industry Deploys Donations, Lobbying as Its Issues Gain Prominence
By MANUEL QUINONES of Greenwire
Published: October 13, 2011
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As legislation to limit U.S. EPA's power to regulate coal ash hits the House floor this week, environmental advocates see industry footprints all over the bill's language. They say millions of dollars spent in lobbying and campaign contributions have yielded another congressional proposal to block Obama administration environmental oversight -- and have allowed the industry to frame the debate.
"I think they have succeeded in turning the issue into a fight over recycling, whether recycling is good or bad," said Eric Schaeffer, director of the Environmental Integrity Project, in an interview. "Part of that is weight of money and numbers."
Environmentalists largely dismiss concerns that a hazardous designation for coal ash, one of EPA's proposals, would kill recycling efforts. Industry advocates say even the prospect of the label is already having an effect. As with other proposals, they say EPA is going too far with coal ash.
"I think the coal-fired sector is justifiably highly concerned about the rate, timing and content of EPA regulations," Scott Segal, an attorney at Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, said in an interview.
Coal mining and utility donations are pouring in ahead of next year's elections. Worried about job losses and the bottom line, coal boosters are rewarding or promoting those politicians standing up to fight what they call the president's "war on coal." And the bulk of the funding is going to Republicans.
Main warrior, top getter
One of those warriors is freshman Rep. David McKinley (R-W.Va.), sponsor of the bill (H.R. 2273 (pdf)) to prevent EPA from designating coal ash as hazardous. He has racked up more than $187,000 in mining related donations, including coal, more than any other federal candidate this election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
McKinley has also done well with utilities, having received roughly $46,000 in related donations, among the top getters.
"West Virginia jobs and every American's quality of life are at stake," McKinley said in a recent statement, "and I will strongly oppose any plan, Republican or Democrat, that makes war on fossil fuels and the working men and women whose families depend on the strength of these industries."
As a whole, the CRP says mining related interests have doled out more than $2.8 million to federal candidates this election cycle with top donors being Murray Energy Corp., the National Mining Association, Alpha Natural Resources Inc. and Arch Coal Co.
Other major coal mining recipients include House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.). Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who has been critical of the Obama administration's energy policies, especially with relation to coal, was one of the few Democrats on the list of industry favorites.
Alpha CEO Kevin Crutchfield, Federal Election Commission records show, has given recent donations to coal boosters like McKinley, former Sen. George Allen (R-Va.), who is attempting a political comeback, and Manchin. The NMA's COALPAC has this year shelled out $5,000 for Manchin, at least $3,500 to Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), and $2,000 for Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.).
Electric utilities as a whole have donated more than $5.9 million, including contributions from individuals connected to the power industry. Top contributors include the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Exelon Corp., Dominion Resources and American Electric Power Co. Inc. AEP, the nation's largest coal burner, doled out more than $246,000.
Utilities have been more generous to Democrats than coal mining interests, with significant donations to House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Assistant House Democratic Leader James Clyburn (D-S.C.) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee.
The top getters for this election cycle, however, have been Boehner with $162,000 and House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) with $104,000 in donations connected to electric utilities, the CRP reported.
Lobbying also strong
With numerous pieces of legislation and administration proposals that could affect electric generation and coal mining, industry has spent handsomely to stay in touch with policymakers. This year mining interests have spent $16.5 million in lobbying and electric utilities $74.8 million, according to the CRP.
The NMA reported spending $2.2 million in the first half of 2011, compared to $1.4 million spent in the same period last year, when Democrats still controlled both houses of Congress.
Some coal companies also spent more on lobbying. Consol Energy Inc. reported spending at least $1.97 million for the first two quarters of this year, compared to $1.7 million for the same period last year. January through June spending by Peabody Investments Corp., a unit of Peabody Energy Corp., went up from $2.4 million to $2.7 million.
Alpha, which recently bought Massey Energy Co., is on track to match or exceed last year's total lobbying expenditures, having spent $373,014 in the first six months of 2011.
Alpha said it focused its efforts on appropriations bills or continuing resolutions "that promote or dissuade investments in coal-fired plants or other coal-related infrastructure domestically or overseas" or affect regulatory efforts by U.S. EPA and the Interior Department.
The Edison Electric Institute has spent $6.9 million in lobbying so far this year, while AEP has spent $4.75 million. Both numbers are slightly lower compared to the groups' expenditures for the first two quarters of last year.
Disclosure documents show Edison lobbying on numerous pieces of legislation, many of them GOP attempts to roll back the Obama administration clean air agenda. AEP said it lobbied for, among numerous proposals, "Clean air legislation generally including draft legislation that hasn't been yet introduced."
"I would describe the sector as very active and very concerned," said Segal, who represents energy interests and directs the Electric Reliability Coordinating Council. "There are very fundamental questions raised by EPA regulations that deal directly with prospects for economic recovery for communities served by coal fired plants, reliability of electricity in those communities and the price paid by consumers."
Greens also in the game, barely
Interest groups favoring tougher standards have been crying foul over the onslaught of industry donations, meant to affect the political process.
Earlier this year, the Environmental Integrity Project identified McKinley, Upton and Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.), chairman of the Energy and Power subcommittee, among several magnets for electric and coal mining interests. In another report, Greenpeace listed 15 lawmakers, like Rep. Jason Altmire (D-Pa.) and presidential hopeful Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.), who the group says are fossil fuel boosters and top donation getters (E&E Daily, July 20).
"There's money everywhere in politics," the EIP's Schaeffer said. "I think there's been a surge on coal because of all the issues [in Congress] related to coal."
Environmental groups have donated, albeit nothing close to industry. The CRP said candidates have received more than $10,000 connected to the Sierra Club, more than $25,000 connection to the Natural Resources Defense Council and more than $93,000 connected to the League of Conservation Voters. The group Global Green USA has doled out more than $49,000.
Overall, environmental groups and affiliated individuals have donated almost $356,000 so far this year. While small compared to industry, environmental donations have been on the rise for the past several years.
When it comes to lobbying, the CRP says environmental groups have spent more than $8 million so far this year. The group lists Nature Conservancy, Environmental Defense, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund and Ocean Conservancy as the top spenders.
Some environmental advocacy organizations have boosted their spending. Earthjustice, which has been active on fighting the Republican-led coal ash bill, has spent more than $496,000 in lobbying so far this year, compared to $167,867 for the same period last year. The NRDC has increased spending from $263,500 for the first two quarters of 2010 to more than $300,000 so far this year.
Whether good for the environment or the economy, President Obama's regulatory agenda if nothing else has been a boon for K Street.
Copyright 2011 E&E Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

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Radio One Inc. (ROIAK) Jumps 5.88% on February 22Equities Staff Follow |
Radio One Inc. (ROIAK) was among the biggest gainers on the Russell 2000 for Monday February 22 as the stock popped 5.88% to $1.44, representing a gain of $0.08 per share. Some 6,700 shares traded hands on 46 trades, compared with an average daily volume of 33,973 shares out of a total float of 49.89 million. The stock opened at $1.46 and traded with an intraday range of $1.46 to $1.41.
After today's gains, Radio One Inc. reached a market cap of $71.84 million. Radio One Inc. has had a trading range between $4.22 and $1.12 over the last year, and it had a 50-day SMA of $1.51 and a 200-day SMA of $2.45.
Radio One Inc is an urban oriented, multi-media company. Its business is radio broadcasting franchise that is the radio broadcasting operation that targets African-American and urban listeners. It owns and operates approximately 55 broadcast stations.
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Tourism in the Arab World An Industry Perspective Edited by: Hamed Almuhrzi, Hafidh Alriyami, Noel Scott
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This book is the first to explore Arabic tourism from a business viewpoint, rather than taking a sociological, anthropological or political stance. It focuses on business planning, management and marketing destinations in the Arab World, which are topics crucial for industry stakeholders and which have previously been neglected in the tourism literature. The book examines similarities and differences in the emergence and development of the tourism industry in countries across the Arab world as well as its inbound and outbound travel flows. It analyses several different aspects of Arabic tourism including tourism policy, organisation and planning, tourism product development, destination marketing and consumer behaviour. This volume will be of interest to postgraduate students and researchers of tourism studies, business and Middle Eastern studies.
An insightful and much-needed textbook, a welcome gesture from an Arab perspective. It simply tackles the problems of demarcation between the Arab world and the rest of the Muslim world with narratives that open the eyes of outsiders to the wealth of tourism to be found within the Arab civilisation.- Yeganeh Morakabati, Bournemouth University, UK
In today's competitive and culturally diverse global village it is encouraging to see the first volume that explores tourism in the Arab world. This unique volume provides an interesting analysis of this multifaceted, complex and sometimes controversial subject. This is a timely volume that is a must-read for all involved in the tourism industry. It provides a comprehensive overview of emerging research agendas and perceptive insights into contemporary issues.- Yvette Reisinger, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait
An authoritative business-based resource book, penned by international authors in the know, the volume unveils covert tenets of the Arab tourism world whose development potentials are poorly understood, let alone sustainably realized. Insightfully pragmatic.- Jafar Jafari, University of Wisconsin-Stout, USA
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Noel Scott is Professor and Deputy Director at Griffith Institute for Tourism, Griffith University, Australia. His research interests are experience design, Arab tourism, Muslim tourism, destination marketing and management.


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Shortly after Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled a futuristic drone—designed to fly packages directly to your doorstep in 30 minutes—the reaction has been swift and furious on social media. Just a day after airing of the research project, known as Amazon Prime Air, on CBS' "60 Minutes," Twitter is full of drone chatter.
Comments range from "creepy" to "Just for the record, I'm 100 percent not on board with Amazon flying my packages in on drones like they're my sponsor in the goddamn 'Hunger Games,'" said another Tweeter. A common reaction: What the heck!?
But for all the passion, suspicion and ethical questions about unmanned aircraft and privacy, researchers have been working with drones in many fields—beyond retail—for years. Consumers already have been exposed to the iRobot vacuum cleaner. A more serious application has been unmanned aircraft used in modern warfare.
Now with the U.S. national airspace opening to unmanned aircraft by 2015, many small- to mid-sized manufacturers are preparing for more nonmilitary customers. They're creating smaller, affordable models for surveillance and public-safety use.
Click ahead to explore emerging trends in drones, robotic warfare and beyond. "We're just scratching the surface of this," P.W. Singer, author of "Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century," told CNBC last year.
By CNBC's Heesun Wee. Follow her on Twitter @heesunwee
Posted 2 Dec. 2013
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General Manager Subjected Teenage Carhop to Sexual Touching, Federal Agency Charged
DALLAS, Texas – A Sonic Drive-In in Grapevine, Texas, has agreed to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), for $31,000, the agency announced today. The EEOC's suit charged that SDI of Grapevine [2240 Hall Johnson Road], A Texas Partnership, subjected 17-year-old carhop Erin Schwarzbach to a sexually hostile work environment created by the general manager of the restaurant.
According to the EEOC, General Manager Shawn Sadler, who was in his mid-20s at that time, subjected Schwarzbach, an academic standout at Colleyille Heritage High School, to unwanted sexual conduct. The harassment by the manager included puckering his lips as if to give Schwarzbach a kiss and telling her how a woman should perform oral sex on a man. When Schwarzbach would ask Sadler to review her receipts so she could leave, he told her that he would do so in exchange for oral sex. Schwarzbach provided the EEOC with information that when she would bend down to put on her roller skates at the beginning a shift, the manager would grab her head and push it down in an attempt to simulate oral sex.
After Schwarzbach's mother reported the conduct to company officials, the EEOC said, defendant failed to conduct a proper investigation and did not appropriately discipline the manager, even though the company found that he had engaged in "harassing behavior."
Sexual harassment violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In October 2006, Ms. Schwarzbach filed a discrimination charge with the EEOC, initiating an investigation by the agency's Dallas District Office. The EEOC filed suit (Civil Action No. 3:08-CV-1606-L) in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement.
Under the settlement, besides the monetary award, SDI of Grapevine is enjoined from further discrimination on the basis of gender, including sexual harassment, and from retaliating in any way against person for reporting or complaining about discriminatory practices. Further, the company will take corrective measures for the next five years, including anti-harassment training and notice posting. The company will also place in the manager's personnel file a written notice stating that a young worker has alleged sexual harassment, including forced physical touching, and that any further complaints will be fully investigated according to defendant's procedures and, should there be evidence to support such claims, he shall be subject to immediate termination.
Schwarzbach, now a junior at the University of Texas, said, "Although the process to get where we are today was long and trying at times, the opportunity to stand up for myself -- and for other girls who have been or may be in the same situation -- made it worth my commitment to initiate change. And I hope I have set an example for other young women in the working world."
"Young workers are often vulnerable in part because of they are taught or accustomed to respect and obey persons in position of authority," said Robert A. Canino, regional attorney of the EEOC's Dallas District Office. "The other part of the equation is that high school-aged workers are typically unfamiliar with the laws that protect them. In this case, the young lady did the right thing by discussing her concerns and discomfort with her mother."
Devika Seth, senior trial attorney with the EEOC's Dallas office, said, "To have a high-level manager subject a teenage employee to such mistreatment has the potential to establish the acceptance of such behavior in the workplace. We hope this settlement shows that there will be accountability when such an abuse of power occurs. We are proud that Ms. Schwarzbach came forward and asserted her right to work in a harassment-free environment."
During Fiscal Year 2009, the EEOC and state and local fair employment practice agencies (FEPAs) received a combined total of 12,696 sexual harassment charge filings nationwide.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the agency is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Thursday, February 3, 2011
Dad's Birthday
We do think of our father, Russell Marion Blood, as a cowboy, but in truth, he lived on his aunt Elsie and uncle Dewey Riddle's ranch from the age of 16 until he married our mother. While the ranch was a working ranch, it profited from the rage of the Eastern dudes (and dudenes), from the East, who came to live the make-believe Western life for a short time. Dad always loved his Stetson hats, and one would last forever, being gradually demoted from a "town" hat to the hat he wore to irrigate, drive the tractor, etc., only traded for a straw hat in the middle of summer. The conch (the round piece above) is from his conch belt, which he wore proudly for many years. I think that when it disintegrated, the conchs were distributed to me and my siblings. Do you have yours? The bucking horse was made into a pin, which school teachers and others proudly wore. Later, they were transformed into refrigerator magnets. The picture of Mother and Dad and baby Louise to the right, shows Dad dressed in the well-worn, practical clothes of a ranch hand. We usually celebrated Dad's birthday with a cake and the table set appropriately. He would come in from milking and comment that it must be somebody's birthday because of the way the table was set.
Posted by Elizabeth at 10:44 AM
Labels: Birthdays, Russell M. Blood
2 comments:
- Ann said...
Thank you for the memory jog! I can hear the teasing now about it being someone's birthday. Sweet memories.
- February 3, 2011 at 2:58 PM
- Judy said...
Such an appropriate post for Dad's birthday. Even he thrived on attention directed at him.
- February 4, 2011 at 10:37 PM
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ST. PAUL - Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle appeared before the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, asking that his state get its share of money from a federal economic recovery package.
Minnesota House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher and Majority Leader Tony Sertich met privately with the state's congressional delegation in Washington and again in St. Paul with the same goal.
Wisconsin and Minnesota economies are hurting, so their leaders feel a need to pressure Congress to return their citizens more federal money than they receive now.
To the west, in North Dakota, the story is different. Policymakers there are concerned that the economy will affect them - although they now are considering sending rebates to residents - and want to get a fair shake from the economic package awaiting Senate action.
Another Upper Midwest state, South Dakota, is somewhere between the economic extremes, with one of its U.S. senators reporting feelings are mixed about an economic stimulus package.
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Traditionally, North Dakota receives one of the country's best returns on their federal tax dollars. South Dakota is not far behind.
The on-going discussion will feature leaders from states like Minnesota and Wisconsin lobbying for a better return on their federal taxes.
"Everyone that I spoke to is well aware that that needs to be a goal," Kelliher said after her recent Washington trip. "We continue to reinforce the message."
Ratings compiled by the national Tax Foundation show a wide range of return for tax money in the Upper Midwest.
North Dakota gets $1.68 back for every $1 it sends to Washington, the foundation reports. That is the sixth best return.
South Dakota is not far behind, with a $1.53 return. Wisconsin comes in 39th, getting 86 cents back. Minnesota ranks No. 46, receiving a 72-cent return.
New Mexico and Mississippi are the top two states, each getting more than twice as much money back as they send to the feds. New Hampshire, Connecticut, Nevada and New Jersey follow Minnesota, but not by much.
To a certain extent, that breakdown of federal aid follows through in the currently debated economic stimulus package.
Democratic U.S. Reps. Ron Kind of western Wisconsin and Tim Walz of southern Minnesota said existing funding formulas are being used to split up the $800 billion-plus in the economic package.
"This has not been a situation where individual states or members of Congress have come forward" to lobby for more, Kelliher said. "It has been discouraged for (anyone) getting larger piece of the pie."
Added U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.: "We are in the middle of an economic crisis and everyone is working together here."
However, Klobuchar added, formulas likely will be debated when the Senate takes up its economic package in coming days. "I think we will fight that out on the floor."
Whatever happens, Americans will not be united, she said. "We are going to make some tough decisions that people won't like."
Politicians on both sides of the issue are quick to point out that several reasons give states like North Dakota more money - military bases, large numbers of elderly citizens, lots of road miles compared to population, a large number of poor residents who need government assistance and senior members of Congress with have more pull than those with less seniority.
Pam Sharp, director of North Dakota's office of management and budget, added one more reason for her state getting an equal amount for the economic stimulus package: "Everyone in North Dakota pays the same federal taxes that everyone in every other state pays."
North Dakota is one of about five states with budget surpluses this year, but Sharp said it still could face problems.
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In North Dakota's case, Democratic Sens. Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan and Rep. Earl Pomeroy have been around a long time. The trio takes price in getting money for their state.
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Minnesota House Majority Leader Tony Sertich of Chisholm said the state's congressional members are doing well for their constituents.
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With U.S. Reps. Jim Oberstar leading the Transportation Committee and Collin Peterson the Agriculture Committee in Washington, Sertich said, Minnesotans need not worry about getting their fair share.
"You always want to do better, but there are a lot of factors and they cannot be changed overnight," Sertich said. "It's an on-going process."
Like North Dakota, Western Wisconsin is doing fairly well economically, Kind said.
"What we are focused on is that our residents are receiving fair treatment when it comes to funding formulas in Washington," the Democratic congressman said.
His district includes Wisconsin's fastest-growing county, where residents need less government help than elsewhere. That helps explain less government spending there. And then there is the fact that some states do a better job of spending for things such as health programs, Kind added.
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In South Dakota, U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson, a Democrat, said his state's opinions on the economic stimulus package are split.
South Dakota would not be helped immediately, Johnson said. "I don't know how you can call something stimulative when it takes years to happen."
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D., is of a split mind on the stimulus package.
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Shona Carter-Brooks married Johnathan Brooks in Ripley, Tenn., last weekend and the couple honored their one-month-old daughter, Aubrey, by strapping her to the dress train.
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1 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
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2 cups granulated sugar
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1 1/4 cups (10 fl. oz.) buttermilk
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1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon (optional)
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After brief introductions in the gift shop, Tony and Teresa set off to explore on their own while I got a more formal tour. The sounds of the highway faded as we moved away from the highway back along the Way of the Cross, stopping at each station to listen to Scripture and a reflection, to study the fine detail of the bronze statues. It really was an opportunity to step out of everyday life.
It was only a few hours later, fortified with ice cream, that we were headed back home. But pilgrimage need not be long to be effective.
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Ferrum (2-2, 1-0 USA South) tallied 327 yards rushing as a unit. Steven Harris dashed for 104 yards and a score on 17 carries. Marcus Mayo added 94 yards and a touchdown on 19 attempts. Gilbert and Lesine combined for 123 yards and a pair of scores.
Mayo was 7-for-16 via the air for 122 yards. His favorite targets were Gilbert (51 Yards) and Brubaker ( 40 Yards).
Lynwood Pickett paced Ferrum's defense with nine tackles that included 3.5 sacks and a pair of tackles for a loss of 15 yards.
Maryville (0-4, 0-1 USA South) finished the game with 21 yards of rushing. The Panthers also contained MC's passing attack to 80 total yards.
The Scots' Dakota Crews paced the defense with 11 total stops while Crowell added eight tackles to his interception.
The Scots will return to action next Saturday when they host Methodist University at 1:30 in MC's Lloyd L. Thornton Stadium.


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By Janet Anderson
When the Pennsylvania Ballet held its third open audition of 2012 on Saturday, Aug. 18, in its East Falls facility for its new School of Pennsylvania Ballet, the youngsters who showed up could not have been more poised. The girls who would be using pointe (toe shoes) wrapped their toes with cotton just like any full-fledged ballerina before pushing their sore feet into the pink satin slippers that are the very emblem of classical ballet. (Although it is a little uncomfortable, the cotton helps sore toes, just as it does for grown-up ballerinas.)
The young dancers included numerous boys as well as the wide-eyed little ballerinas in their leotards.The poise of these youngsters, both boys and girls, bodes well for their future as dancers. One young man told me he had spent a year with the Boulder Ballet in Colorado.
When I asked the children about their presence at the audition, their replies tended to run along the lines: "I just love doing this." "Why?" I asked. "Because I feel special." This tended to come from little girls.
When I talked with Bill DeGregory, the school's director and overseer of the auditions, he said he was "very pleased by the large turnout as a lot of would-be young dancers had been pulled from the schedule because the parents were not very excited about the East Falls studio." This was a needless concern as the ballet school will be in the company's new headquarters building on North Broad Street in January, 2013.
Of the 57 area children who applied to perform in this tryout for ballet school pupils, 14 were no-shows, and 21 were selected for the school by DeGregory and Arantxa Ochoa, both former principal dancers with the Pennsylvania Ballet. Of the 57, seven were from the Greater Chestnut Hill area. In two earlier auditions in April and June, 46 young people from our area auditioned.
Arantxa, who is originally from Spain, is retiring as a ballerina in October. Her final performance will be "Giselle," and then she will be in charge of children's training at the new school. She says she particularly likes to work with the children who find the dancing difficult. "There is nothing more satisfying," she said, "than to work with a child who's having difficulty and then to see their pride and joy when they get it right."
It has been 20 years since the Pennsylvania Ballet had its own school. This is a part of the ballet world that most people don't really understand. With your own school, a ballet company can train young dancers to use the body lines and lyricism that suits that particular troupe. If you know New York City Ballet and its repertoire of swift, linear and often downright terrifyingly angular movements and perilous balances, then you already know that every ballet company has its own physical presentation.
Because Pennsylvania Ballet is an off-shoot of the New York City Ballet, the Pennsylvania dancers are all well trained in the late George Balanchine's linear and technically challenging choreography. However, it is also the case that under artistic director Roy Kaiser (a resident of Erdenheim), the Pennsylvania Ballet also performs the more lyric choreography of Jerome Robbins (of "West Side Story" fame), among other styles. It is a blend of New York City angularity as well as movement suggesting emotion clarifying the story line if there is one. There is no right or wrong in these subtle but important technical details.
Ballet is not just a pretty tableau on stage of dancers using their bodies to tell stories or physically demonstrate emotion. However, most audiences relax and soak up the beauty of the movement, even if they can't really understand what makes this magical blend of movement and story so effective.
When the Pennsylvania Ballet's new headquarters building on Broad Street is completed this fall, its new school of dance will be an important part of the big troupe. Here will come the young dancers who fill out character ballets; think "Nutcracker" or the happy villagers in "La Fille Mal Garde."
The growth and sophistication of the Pennsylvania Ballet is a theatrical miracle for those of us who were around when the troupe practiced over at the Assurance Building on Kelly Drive using barres set up here and there in vacant offices. But it worked. When the company was too short on cash to support the troupe, Kaiser and company launched a local fundraiser called "Shut Up and Dance," and this also worked. Then came the financial drama when the coffers were empty, which led the company to put on an on-stage fundraiser that miraculously put almost a million dollars back into the company's pocket.
The company currently plans to construct the Louise Reed Center for Dance, a $17.5 million space for studios, offices and the new school, at 321 N. Broad St. on the Avenue of the Arts. For more information, visit www.paballet.org or call 215-551-2379 or 215-551-7000.


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Friday, May 25, 2007
Lotte Crunky
I've been looking at Crunky for a few years now. It's not the name that threw me, it just didn't seem that appealing. Why buy a Japanese or Korean cheap chocolate bar when we have plenty of them here in the States. But I knew I had to give it a try eventually.
Lotte is a huge company, based in both South Korea and Japan, so there are lots of places where you may see these bars in Asia.
Crunky Chocolate - Salted Caramel - the description on JBox said that this was a salted caramel bar. I was expecting, as the picture seems to have, some chocolate and some caramel. Instead it's some sort of a white chocolate bar with a salty and caramelized flavor. It also has the malted crunchies.
The wrapper isn't in English so I'm at a loss to read the rest of the description, but as far as I'm concerned, this is not chocolate. It doesn't taste like chocolate, it doesn't look like chocolate. It might be shaped like chocolate, but it's not. Perhaps it's off-white chocolate.
My feelings of betrayal aside ... it's nice, and I actually grew rather fond of the not-so-sweet taste. The slightly burnt flavor was also nice as were the crunchies with their malty hit. But the texture of the chocolate itself wasn't quite right. It wasn't creamy, it didn't melt in my mouth. It got soft, it was rather smooth, but it felt more fudgy than chocolatey.
Crunky Chocolate - my feelings for the first bar I tried were set aside for this experience. It looks rather traditional, like a Krackle or Nestle Crunch bar, but the chocolate is definitely lighter. It's certainly well packaged. The easy to open
box reveals a large flat bar (well, mine got a little bent in transit from Japan) wrapped in a light matte foil.
The chocolate is a little waxy, but very smooth. The flavor is more milky and perhaps a little burnt tasting as several people have mentioned to me. The quality is no better than Hershey's or Nestle's standard consumer fare, but perhaps a bit different. I liked the format of the bar, I've always found Crunch bars a little too flat, I want the crispies to be really surrounded (I rather prefer the Easter egg versions).
Neither of these set my world on fire. Every country has to have a crispy chocolate bar. I like the name, it has a good onomatopoeiaic sense to it. If I were in Japan or South Korea I would probably pick these up as a "safe" choice, but I don't know if I'd mail order them again. (But they could probably sucker me with some limited edition variety ... because I'm a sucker like that.)
POSTED BY Cybele AT 6:35 am
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Lotte Chew-Let - Pomegranate
It must be pomegranate day here on Candy Blog!
These Lotte chews were given to me by a co-worker of my husband's who just returned from South Korea. She brought me lots of goodies (some which I'll get to in the coming weeks). These were fascinating because they were pomegranate but also because they appear to be knock-offs of Morinaga's HiCHEW (or maybe progenitors ... I'm not sure of the history of these things).
The package is partially in English on one side and in Korean on the other. There's 2% of something in here, according to the English side ... I'm going to guess 2% real fruit juice.
The chews differ from HiCHEW in a couple of ways. First, the little rods are square, not rectangular.
Second, they're colored on the outside and white on the inside. HiCHEWS are colored on the inside and white on the outside.
There was no way to do a complete head to head since these were pomegranate flavored. The chews were a pleasant pink color. Soft and though chewy and yielding, not quite as latexy as the HiCHEW.
They were tangy and fragrant and reminded me of raspberry more than pomegranate. Pomegranates are naturally a rather dry flavor, but share a lot of similarities with raspberry. I still think I prefer the Citrus HiCHEW, but I'll keep my eyes open for other varieties of Chew-Lets at the Korean/Japanese grocers.
POSTED BY Cybele AT 9:45 am
Monday, February 19, 2007
Short & Sweet: Gums
I'm a little sick, just bronchitis, nothing to block my enjoyment of candy but I'm a little tired. I'm spending more time on the computer and just read an interesting article about some of the benefits of gum to help build memory or as a delivery method for supplements. (Link to LATimes.)
So I thought I'd profile a few gums today, just in short because, well, it's just gum.
I picked this Cool Cola Hubba Bubba up at Munchies here in Los Angeles. I rather enjoy cola flavor, though I rarely drink soda. This gum is from Israel and I can't tell you what the label says beyond the flavor.
The chew is soft like Hubba Bubba but has a really good rounded cola flavor, complete with a tangy lemon element and the spicy cola notes. The flavor doesn't last very long, but as it peters out it does taste a bit like old cinnamon gum, which isn't unpleasant at all. The bubble blowing is pretty good too. I can't say that the color is as appealing as regular pink bubble gum, but the size of the bubbles can be impressive. While I wasn't a huge fan of this, I really think it should be marketed in the US, it fills a gaping hole in the flavor range of our bubble gums.
(A little housekeeping note, I like to put on some lip balm before blowing bubbles to keep the gum from sticking to my lips.)
Rating: 6 out of 10
I bought this gum in a Family Guy tin with Stewie on the front last summer at Powell's Sweet Shoppe. It mostly bought it for the tin and this one was the least offensive of the Family Guy sayings there. (Not that I don't like Family Guy, but this is a family-friendly blog.)
The little gum pieces are as cute as can be, light orange and shiny. The flavor says it's orange, but I'd call it a juicyfruit plus orange. It's not very strong gum and not really that good. It sticks to my teeth (I have fillings) and doesn't last very long. But I liked the tin and will find something to stuff in there at some point when I bring myself to finish the gum that's probably all tacky and stuck to the bottom now.
Rating: 4 out of 10
Talk about your unimaginative names. Cafe Coffee Gum! Whee!
I picked this up because I was actually curious about the new Wrigley Kona Coffee gum, but I'm not gonna buy that, because it's got artificial sweeteners in it. So when I saw this, and that it had sugar, I figured it was destiny. And though I make fun of the name, the package design was rather pleasing.
It's not strongly flavored, but rather nice and mildly sweet coffee-flavored. The flavor doesn't last very long and when it peters out along with the sugar it's rather musty tasting. But swapping for another piece solves that problem. I can go through a pack of gum in a matter of an hour that way.
Rating: 4 out of 10
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Elite Aerated & Lotte Airs
Before CandyBlog came into my life, I was completely unaware of the wonders of flaked and aerated chocolate. How can this be? I'm the kid who seemed to have as much fun blowing bubbles into my chocolate milk as I did drinking it.
It seems that the UK does not have the corner on the market when it comes to bubbly chocolates, I've now discovered these from Israel and Japan:
Elite Aerated Bittersweet Chocolate: This is the first semi-sweet bar I've tried that's bubbly. I'm not even sure if Nestle or Cadbury make one anymore. This bar is large, about the size of a 100 gram one, but weighs only 85 grams. The pieces are oddly light in the hand and melt quickly on the tongue. The bubbles are very consistent and I think a little smaller overall than the ones in the Aero bars. Very sweet at first and with a nice sweet smell but perhaps a little too much fake vanilla to it. It's very buttery on the tongue, though with a little grain towards the end but a nice crisp finish. This bar is 48% cocoa solids.
Lotte Airs: This isn't a bar at all. Inside the box, after opening the plastic pouch you'll find a tray with little pieces. (12 in all.) Kind of like the Dars I tried before. The Airs bar is milk chocolate but what's really different about it is that there's also hazelnut paste in there. It gives the bar a wonderful nutty aroma that mixes well with the dairy milk taste that might make it a little too sticky otherwise. The bubbles in them are very small, which gives it less of an airy feeling on the tongue, but it still has a good cool sensation. I love that it's in pieces, which makes it easy to share. Also, the other aerated bars tend to be a little messy when you break off a piece. Lotte is so clever.
See these other reviews: Nestle Aero, Nestle Mint Aero and Cadbury Dairy Milk Bubbly.
POSTED BY Cybele AT 4:31 pm
Friday, August 12, 2005
No Time & Black Black
You may recall a while back I got an order from Japan of candies. The last thing I wanted to share with you that came in that box are the two gums from Lotte.
Name: No Time Gum
The first is No Time, which is a little gray, dusty cube of gum. It's got a light mint flavor and is advertised as a replacement for brushing your teeth when you have no time. Handy, eh?
There are quite a few "whitening" gums on the market in the States, most have baking soda in them, so they end up tasting rather salty and soapy. No Time does not have that burning mint flavor that some freshing gums have and though it says it has some sort of scrubbers in it, it's quite smooth. The chew is a little tough, the flavor slightly medicinal. I'm not a big gum chewer, and though I found this pleasant, it's not something I would seek.
Name: Black Black
Many Americans are familiar with Black Black - especially if you frequent truck stops or college campuses. Black Black may be the original caffienated gum. "Hi Technical - Excellent Taste and Flavor."
They come in the traditional foil wrapped stick. The color is not black, but rather dark. It looks like it should taste like licorice, like a large chewable sen sen. But, it's actually flavored quite differently. It tastes like cough drops. Hall's Menthol cough drops. I don't know if that helps with the caffiene delivery or not.
Though the taste isn't necessarily enticing, the charge is definitely there. I couldn't find any info on how much caffiene is in a stick, but I can tell you from experience that I had a terrible headache about two weeks ago. I tried aspirin, then ibuprofen and finally chewed a stick of black black ... whew, sweet relief. Of course I had trouble sleeping later that night (next time, I'll try the black black first!).
It's a good thing to keep in your arsenal. Much better than drinking caffienated drinks when driving, if you ask me, because you don't need as many bathroom breaks.
Ratings - No Time - 5 out of 10
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From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...If you've been searching for a new coffeecake to serve for breakfast on Thanksgiving or Christmas morning, this cake just might fill the bill. It's a bit more involved than some, but the cake, every crumb of it, is worth the effort. It has been a while since I featured a "makes my socks go up and down" recipe, but this definitely belongs in that category. This is special and the only problem I've encountered when I make it, is determining when it is fully baked. The cake has so much in it, that it is hard to determine when the batter in the center of the cake is actually done. I probably baked this longer than I should, but in order to assure a cake with a cooked center, I added extra time to the recommendation in the recipe below. The next time I make this I'm going to use a tube pan, which I think will eliminate any chance of over-baking the cake. Those of you who try this recipe will be pleased. I've moved the one I made for this post to the freezer for Thanksgiving weekend and I do hope you'll follow suit. Here's the recipe for a cake that is a perfect way to start a holiday breakfast.
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Chocolate-Pecan Coffeecake...from thekitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Midwest Living magazine
Coconut Pecan Topping
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup cold butter
3/4 cup semisweet chocolate pieces
1/2 cup flaked coconut
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt or 1/4 teaspoon table salt
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 (8-oz.) carton dairy sour cream
1) Grease and flour a 9-inch springform pan. Set aside.
2) To make Coconut Pecan Topping: In a large bowl combine flour, brown sugar and cinnamon. Cut in cold butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs; stir in semisweet chocolate pieces, coconut, and pecans. Set aside.
3) To make cake: In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Beat until well combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Alternately add flour and sour cream to butter mixture, beating on low speed after each addition just until combined.
4) Spread half of cake batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle with half of Coconut Pecan Topping. Spoon remaining cake batter in mounds over coconut mixture. Carefully spread to an even layer. Sprinkle with remaining Coconut Pecan Topping.
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