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Thursday, January 29, 2009
Orange and White Chocolate Mousse with Cocoa and Pistachio Tuiles
I hadn't made tuiles since I was at Culinary School, so I couldn't be happier about this month's Daring Bakers challenge! Tuiles can be a little tricky to make and they're all about timing. Once you take them out of the oven, you really have to act quickly as they will become too rigid to mold in a matter of seconds. I decided to make mine with a hint of cocoa (mostly for color) and sprinkled the sides of each circle of batter with chopped pistachios. I then rolled them into little cigars and served them alongside a orange white chocolate mousse.
This month's challenge was brought to us by Karen at Bake My Day! and Zorra aka Kochtopf at 1x umrühren bitteRecipe
Cocoa and Pistachio Tuiles
4 ounces unsalted butter, softened
4 ounces powdered sugar, sifted
1/2 cup egg whites, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 ounces all purpose flour, sifted
2 teaspoons of cocoa powder
A handful of pistachios, chopped
Cream the butter and powdered sugar together in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Add the egg whites and vanilla and beat until just coming together. Add the flour and cocoa to the butter mixture and mix until incorporated. Do not overmix. Use right away or store in the refrigerator, taking it out 30 minutes before you plan to use it.
Cut out two 4 inch round stencils in a piece of card stock paper and place them on a parchment lined baking sheet. Spread a little of the batter over the stencils, carefully lift the card stock paper, and bake 5-8 minutes at 350F until the edges are just starting to get crispy.
Shape the tuiles as soon as they come out of the over. Roll them and leave to set, sealed side down.
Orange and White Chocolate Mousse
4 large egg yolks
1/4 cup Grand Marnier
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 tablespoon grated orange zest
2 cups unsweetened whipped cream
1/2 cup melted white chocolate
Melt the white chocolate and set aside. In a stainless steel bowl set over a saucepan of boiling water, combine the egg yolks, Grand Marnier, sugar, and orange zest, and whisk to incorporate. Whisking constantly and removing from the heat from time to time, cook until the mixture has thickened and coats the back of a spoon into a sabayon, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and cool.
Fold the whipped cream into the cooled sabayon, then fold in the melted chocolate.
Leave to set in the fridge for at least 4 hours and serve. Enjoy!
24 comments:
- Noodlegirl said...
That looks so yummy!
- January 29, 2009 at 7:20 PM
- Cynthia said...
Exellent presentation as always.
- January 29, 2009 at 8:51 PM
- CookiePie said...
Such lovely, perfect tuiles, and that mousse sounds divine!
- January 29, 2009 at 9:16 PM
- Dana Treat said...
Yours are so lovely! I can almost taste the buttery goodness.
- January 29, 2009 at 9:20 PM
- Kaitlin said...
Yum those look so good. I love pistachios!
- January 29, 2009 at 10:29 PM
- Peter M said...
OK, food porn alert! Very elegant...brekkie in bed anyone?
- January 29, 2009 at 10:40 PM
- Deeba PAB said...
Delectable pairing & gorgeous tuiles. Chocolate & pistachios are a fabulous conbination. Your pictures are beautiful too!
- January 30, 2009 at 3:49 AM
Absolutely gorgeous, there's a serenity about the first picture. Lovely!
- January 30, 2009 at 5:37 AM
- pigpigscorner said...
Sounds like a great combination! Yum yum! Love your pictures.
- January 30, 2009 at 5:53 AM
Beautiful, lovely tuiles! Such a gorgeous presentation and photo too. I love the orange and white chocolate mousse pairing too!
- January 30, 2009 at 3:51 PM
This looks great! This is what I had hoped for ... next time!
- January 30, 2009 at 6:47 PM
- Unknown said...
Nice looking tuiles! That mousse sounds so good!
- January 30, 2009 at 10:58 PM
- MaryBeth said...
All I can say is YUMMO! This looks and sounds so darn good. Fabulous picture.
- January 30, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Sounds absolutely yummy! ;-)
- January 31, 2009 at 6:12 AM
- Rosa's Yummy Yums said...
A great combo! The tuiles look very pretty!
- January 31, 2009 at 8:49 AM
- Maggie said...
I love how delicate you got the tuiles and the pistachio on the edges.
- January 31, 2009 at 10:07 AM
- creampuff said...
Everything is always so very pretty here, Jen! Love the pistachios on the edges!
- January 31, 2009 at 12:29 PM
- tartasacher said...
Hello Chocolate savings:
Delicious recipe. Congratulations winner photographic event. Your foto is very, very wondefurl.
- February 1, 2009 at 6:33 AM
- Engineer Baker said...
I love the idea of rolling them in crushed pistachios - sounds delicious! And they're beautiful, as usual.
- February 1, 2009 at 11:17 AM
- vanillasugarblog said...
picture perfect
I would dip, then bite.
- February 1, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Beautiful photography, and your tuiles look perfect, too!
- February 1, 2009 at 8:16 PM
These are so pretty and delicate, I like the flavors you chose--the pistachios look great sprinkled on top!
- February 5, 2009 at 2:36 PM
Didn't make the tuiles but I made the mousse for guests last night.
Had a bit of a panic because the recipe doesn't say how/when to incorporate the cream and chocolate but worked it out for myself and served with mandarin segments 'marinated' in orange juice, lemon juice and sugar.
We all loved it! Thnk you very much!
- March 1, 2009 at 1:51 PM
- Chocolate Shavings said...
Anonymous: Thanks for pointing that out! I just added the instructions for the whipped cream and melted chocolate (they get folded in to the cooled sabayon).
I'm glad you liked the mousse!
- March 1, 2009 at 2:05 PM


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|Oracle® OLAP DML Reference
11g Release 2 (11.2)
Part Number E17122-05
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The GET function requests input from the current input stream. The input may be a single item of data, a dimension value, an analytic workspace object, or simply the next item in the input stream. The simplest form of the GET function requests a value of a certain data type.
GET also provides several arguments that verify the input.
Because GET is a function, it must be used in an OLAP DML command. It also may be used in an assignment statement to store the input in a variable for later use, or in a LIMIT command to set the status of a dimension. GET can be used in programs to request information necessary for the completion of the program.
Return Value
The return value depends on the input that you request, as described in the syntax.
GET({RAW TEXT|[NEW|VALID|POSLIST] input} -
[VERIFY condition-exp [IFNOT result-exp]])
where input is one of the following:
A text expression specifying the name of a dimension. When you specify dim-name, GET requests a value of this dimension as input and verifies that the input is a valid value of the dimension.
Specifies that GET should return the next item in the input stream exactly as it is entered. See "GET with RAW TEXT".
The NEW keyword with the dim-name argument causes GET to request a new value for the dimension. When requesting a dimension value with NEW, GET verifies that the input is not already a value of the dimension.
The VALID keyword with the dim-name argument causes GET to request either a new value or an existing value of the dimension. When requesting a dimension value with VALID, GET verifies that the input is either an existing dimension value or a valid new dimension value.
The POSLIST keyword with the dim-name argument causes GET to request a dimension value identified by its position in the dimension. When requesting a dimension value with POSLIST, GET verifies that the input is an existing position number in the dimension. See "GET with POSLIST".
Indicates that GET is requesting the name of an object in the current analytic workspace. When you specify NAME, GET verifies that the input is an object that exists in the current analytic workspace. The object name must not be enclosed in single quotes, and it must follow the rules for valid object names explained in the main DEFINE entry. GET automatically converts the object name to uppercase.
The NEW NAME keywords cause GET to request a name for a new analytic workspace object. When requesting an analytic workspace object name with NEW, GET verifies that the input is not already the name of an object in any attached analytic workspace (including
The VALID NAME keywords cause GET to request a name for an analytic workspace object. When requesting an analytic workspace object name with VALID, GET verifies that the input follows the rules for valid object names, even when there is no current analytic workspace and regardless of whether the name exists.
The POSLIST NAME keywords cause GET to request an analytic workspace object name identified by its position in the NAME dimension. When requesting an analytic workspace object name with POSLIST, GET verifies that the input is an existing position number in the NAME dimension.
Specifies the type of data being requested by GET which can be any of the Oracle OLAP data types: INTEGER, SHORTINTEGER, DECIMAL, SHORTDECIMAL, BOOLEAN, ID, TEXT, or DATE. GET accepts a value of
NA when requesting any data type.
With VERIFY, you can specify a Boolean condition that must be satisfied by the input to GET. The keyword VALUE may be used in condition-exp to test the input before any assignment is made. For example, when requesting a value of LSIZE, the Boolean condition might be as follows.
The IFNOT clause specifies a text expression to provide for occasions when the input does not satisfy condition-exp. For example, you might jump to an error-handling routine in your program. When you do not use IFNOT and an error occurs, GET produces an error message and then resumes waiting for input.
Usage Notes
Current Input Stream
Oracle OLAP obtains statements for processing from the current input stream. You can override your default input stream with an INFILE statement. INFILE causes Oracle OLAP to read input from a file. Each line of the infile must contain a single statement.
Input from INFILE
When the GET function is in an infile, Oracle OLAP considers the next line in the infile to be the input to GET. You must be sure you supply the expected input for GET in the line or lines following the statement that invokes the GET function.
For example, suppose your infile contains a line invoking a report program that calls GET to obtain the number of decimal places to use. The infile then continues with other statements. When you do not put the desired number of decimal places on the line following the program call, GET examines line after line in the infile looking for the expected numeric response, rather than executing those lines as statements. See "Using GET to Obtain Textual Value".
INTEGER Dimension Values
When GET requests a value of an INTEGER dimension, the input should usually be in the form of a dimension-value position number
Non-INTEGER Dimension Values
Non-integer dimension values must be entered in uppercase and enclosed in single quotes.
Entering Values for DWMQY Dimensions
Values of DAY, WEEK, MONTH, QUARTER, or YEAR dimensions may be entered in the format of the dimension's VNF (or in the format of the default VNF when the dimension does not have a VNF of its own) or as a date. See the VNF command for an explanation of how to enter values in a VNF format. See "Date-only Input Values" for an explanation the valid input styles for entering values as dates.
Whether you use the VNF format or specify the value as a date, you must specify only the date components that are relevant for this type of time dimension. For example, for a MONTH dimension, you must supply only the month and year.
TEXT or ID Values
TEXT and ID values provided as input to GET retain the case in which they were entered. You do not have to enclose TEXT and ID values in quotes unless they begin with single or double quotes, or contain embedded blanks or escape sequences, such as
\dnnn or
\n. (Remember to precede any single quote in the value with a backslash (
\') so Oracle OLAP interprets it literally.)
DATE-only Values
When GET requests a DATE value, you can provide the input in any of the valid styles for dates, as explained in "Date-only Input Values". Oracle OLAP uses the current value of the DATEORDER option to resolve any ambiguity in the DATE-only value.
Numeric Values
GET rounds a SHORTDECIMAL or DECIMAL value when converting it into an INTEGER value. When GET requests an INTEGER or SHORTINTEGER value and the input is a number beyond the range for that data type, GET produces an error message and resumes waiting for input.
GET with RAW TEXT
When GET requests RAW TEXT input and no input is provided, GET returns a null string (
''). For any type of information other than RAW TEXT, GET waits until input is provided.
GET with POSLIST
When you use the POSLIST keyword with the GET function, Oracle OLAP requires that you enter a position value to identify the dimension value rather than the dimension name. The syntax for the POSLIST keyword depends on whether you are using the GET function with either an assignment statement created using an assignment statement or the LIMIT command. When you want to set a variable equal to the result of a GET function, use the following syntax.
expression = GET(POSLIST dimension)
When you want to limit a dimension to a value returned by a GET function, you specify the POSLIST keyword twice, as shown in the following syntax.
LIMIT dimension TO POSLIST GET(POSLIST dimension)

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The 7 deadly hair sins
We take our hair for granted and day in, day out we see hair that has been badly treated. Here is our guide to the 7 deadly hair sins to avoid........
The scalp produces natural oils to keep our hair in the best condition so overwashing means those vital oils aren't getting to your hair. If you feel that you need to wash your hair daily due to your hair feeling too greasy it may be that you have brought it upon yourself as the more you wash, the more sebum (grease) your scalp will produce to try and rebalance the scalps natural pH level. Try and reduce the washing and wash every other day. You should after a couple of weeks begin to see your hair looking and feeling less greasy than before.
Found in most conditioners as it gives that beautiful shiny finish but found in higher quantities more so in "cheaper" supermarket products. Silicone smothers the hair and gives a false healthy feel to your hair and does not allow for natural oils to penetrate and nourish your hair. Switch to a salon brand and after a couple of weeks you will notice a difference. If your hair feels rough to begin with, that is because the silicone layer has been washed away. Bear with it.....
We occasionally see clients who come in with coconut/argan/Moroccan oil saturating their hair. Why would you do that? Would you walk anywhere out of your house with a face mask on? No, I don't think so. It is totally unnecessary. Use oil sparingly.
No, no, no.......just no. Don't do it. Hair is very elastic when wet and it will stretch and snap! Wet brushes are ok but traditional hairbrushes are a complete no no.
We didn't study for years to do what we do. Hairdressing is a skill. We don't stock 200+ different colour shades for no reason. Everyone has different hair so we pick colours to work with your hair type. A kit bought off the shelf is never going to end well, unless of course you want to look like a tiger with stripey, orange hair and a £200+ bill from the hairdressers to fix it. That's if it can be fixed. If it can't be fixed, you could always wear a hat 24/7. I mean hats are cool aren't they!
This in general has 3 possible outcomes-
Too short at the sides, so you snip a bit more in the middle and then oh dear you look like you did in your Year 5 school photo (never mind you can clip it back for 6 months)
You cut too close to your face and whoops, before you know it you've sliced a bit of your eyebrow as well. You tell yourself nobody will notice
One side is longer than the other. This is very common.
We offer free fringe trims so just pop in the salon!!
The most deadly of the hair sins. If you use a hairdryer then you must use a heat protector and if you use hot tools (irons, tongs etc) then you must use thermal protector. The 2 products are different so a heat protector won't necessarily protect from your irons. Ask us to show you next time you're in.
We love Head & Shoulders
We love Head & Shoulders!!
Head and Shoulders is one of our favourite products.
As hairdressers, the worst thing we can hear from a client is "I bought a box of hair dye from the supermarket and it's gone too dark."
Colouring your hair yourself can sometimes be cost effective but more often than not, it will end up costing you more in the long run trying to get it fixed if it goes wrong.
This is until we discovered the wonderful product that is Head and Shoulders.
Not only will it "remove visible flakes" it will also help remove visible hair colour.
Yes that's right, we recommend this to clients to REMOVE their colour!!! Head and shoulders is designed to remove flakes from the hair. It is an exfoliant and the shampoo unfortunately isn't intelligent enough to distinguish if its washing scalp or washing hair colour. It will exfoliate both!!
Another product we love (I hope you can tell we're being sarcastic now) is a good old 2 in 1 shampoo/conditioner. These claim to shampoo and condition your hair at the same time. To us as hairdressers this makes no sense at all. It makes as much sense as wall paint containing paint stripper. If we explain briefly to you how a shampoo works.......
The hair is made up of 3 layers. The medulla (not everyone has this and it is generally found in afro caribbean hair), the cortex (where the colour pigment is found) and the cuticle (which is the hairs' protective layer.)
Shampoo is designed to open the cuticle as it is negatively charge. The cleansing part of the shampoo then does its stuff, cleansing the dirt and product build up out. You then rinse the hair. If you do not use conditioner at this stage then this is why your hair feels rough (because the cuticle is still open. Conditioner is positively charged so will close the cuticle again. It smooths it leaving shiny and soft feeling. So if you use a 2 in 1 product, surely they are fighting against each other.....
So the moral of this story is to make sure that you buy professional products which are designed to work in conjunction with your hair colour. We have available Wella, System Professional and Sassoon products in our salon as we use Wella colours. The products have been developed to work with your colour not against it.
System Professional have created one of the best product ranges on the market that is deisgned for your specific hair type. Follow THIS LINK to discover your hair energy code and visit us in salon for your free samples*
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Wedding Hair
Wedding season is in full flow right now, so much so that we have put together a bridal hair team that specialise in wedding hair from the time you start planning ideas right through to the big day.
As a salon, we do not charge extra just because you are getting married as a lot of salons do. We charge for the time taken with you (currently £60 per stylist per hour). The average wedding trial will take 40 - 60 mins (£40-£60) and your hair on the day (depending on the style) will take about one hour.
So what do you need to bear in mind when planning your hair for your wedding? Here is a step by step timeline to help you achieve your dream hair
1 year before - If you are considering a dramatic colour change or change in length you will need to give your hairdresser as much notice as possible. For example if you have jet black hair right now and want to be platinum blonde then you are going to need to be paying a lot of visits to us to acheive the colour you want. Also if you are wanting to grow your hair, we can get you started on a regime with regular treatments and trims.
6 months before - Book in your wedding hair with us. We take bookings 6 months in advance.
13 weeks before - Hair colour appointment - make sure you have your highlights or colour done at this point to make sure that you are happy with the colour. This allows for us to make any tweaks on your next appointment to your colour. Make sure you have a nice trim as well and treat yourself to a luxury hair treatment. Also it is great time to have a wedding hair trial.
7 weeks before - Hair colour appointment, hair treatment and haircut. Discuss with your stylist any new ideas you have for your hairstyle for your big day.
4 weeks before - If you are getting married in a hot country and your hair is likely to go crazy in the humidity, then Nano Keratin is a great treatment to have as it will help smooth your hair and keep it under control
3 weeks before - Have an additional wedding trial if required. We will also look to see if you need a small haircut. We do not like to cut your hair the week before your wedding as blunt haircut lines don't hold as well in up-dos. This appointment also allows us to tweak any final ideas. Please bring your veil and any hair accessories with you (if you will be wearing them on the day)
1 week before - Your final hair colour, a luxury treatment but NO HAIRCUT!
The day before your wedding - Your hair will be at its best for styling if it is washed the day before your wedding. We ask that you only use shampoo and conditioner. Strictly NO TREATMENTS, NO STYLING PRODUCTS and naturally dry it or dry on a low heat setting. You must NOT use straightening irons for 2 weeks before your wedding day as this will help any damage repair itself.
On the day - we will come to you or you come to us. This day is all about YOU so relax and enjoy the experience!


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Office of the Secretary, National Invasive Species Council, Department of the Interior.
Request for Nominations for the Invasive Species Advisory Committee.
This is a republication of the notice published December 1, 2003 (68 FR 67202). It contains a correction to the date for nominations.
The U.S. Department of the Interior, on behalf of the interdepartmental National Invasive Species Council, proposes to appoint new members to the Invasive Species Advisory Committee (ISAC). The Secretary of the Interior, acting as administrative lead, is requesting nominations for qualified persons to serve as members of the ISAC.
Nominations must be received by January 15, 2004.
Nominations should be sent to Lori Williams, Executive Director, National Invasive Species Council (OS/SIO/NISC), 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240.Start Further Info
Kelsey Brantley, Program Analyst, at (202) 513-7243, fax: (202) 371-1751, or by e-mail at email@example.com Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental Information
Advisory Committee Scope and Objectives
The purpose and role of the ISAC are to provide advice to the Invasive Species Council (Council), as authorized by Executive Order 13112, on a broad array of issues including preventing the introduction of invasive species, providing for their control, and minimizing the economic, ecological, and human health impacts that invasive species cause. The Council is Co-chaired by the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce. The duty of the Council is to provide national leadership regarding invasive species issues. Pursuant to the Executive Order, the Council developed a National Invasive Species Management Plan. The Plan is available on the Web at http://www.invasivespecies.gov. The Council is responsible for effective implementation of the Plan. The Council coordinates Federal agency activities concerning invasive species; prepares, revises, and issues the National Invasive Species Management Plan; encourages planning and action at local, tribal, State, regional and ecosystem-based levels; develops recommendations for international cooperation in addressing invasive species; facilitates the development of a coordinated network to document, evaluate, and monitor impacts from invasive species; and facilitates establishment of an information-sharing system on invasive species that utilizes, to the greatest extent practicable, the Internet.
The role of ISAC is to maintain an intensive and regular dialogue regarding the aforementioned issues. ISAC provides advice in cooperation with stakeholders and existing organizations addressing invasive species. The ISAC meets up to four (4) times per year.
Terms for approximately half of the current members of the ISAC will expire in March 2004. Current members of the ISAC are eligible for reappointment. The Secretary of the Interior will appoint members to ISAC in consultation with the Secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce. The Secretary of Interior actively solicits new nominees to the ISAC. Members of ISAC should be Start Printed Page 70027knowledgeable in and represent one or more of the following communities of interests: weed science; fisheries science; rangeland management; forest science; entomology; nematology; plant pathology; veterinary medicine; the broad range of farming or agricultural practices; biodiversity issues; applicable laws and regulations relevant to invasive species policy; risk assessment; biological control of invasive species; public health/epidemiology; industry activities; international affairs or trade; tribal or state government interests; environmental education; ecosystem monitoring; natural resource database design and integration; and internet-based management of conservation issues.
Members should also have practical experience in one or more of the following areas: representing sectors of the national economy that are significantly threatened by biological invasions (e.g. agriculture, fisheries, public utilities, recreational users, tourism, etc.); representing sectors of the national economy whose routine operations may pose risks of new or expanded biological invasions (e.g. shipping, forestry, horticulture, aquaculture, pet trade, etc.); developing natural resource management plans on regional or ecosystem-level scales; addressing invasive species issues, including prevention, control and monitoring, in multiple ecosystems and on multiple scales; integrating science and the human dimension in order to create effective solutions to complex conservation issues including education, outreach, and public relations experts; coordinating diverse groups of stakeholders to resolve complex environmental issues and conflicts; and complying with NEPA and other federal requirements for public involvement in major conservation plans. Members will be selected in order to achieve a balanced representation of viewpoints, so to effectively address invasive species issues under consideration. No member may serve on the ISAC for more than three (3) consecutive terms. All terms will be limited to two (2) years in length.
Members of the ISAC and its subcommittees serve without pay. However, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services of the ISAC, members shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in the government service, as authorized by section 5703 of Title 5, United States Code.
Submitting Nominations
Nominations should be typed and should include the following:
1. A brief summary of no more than two (2) pages explaining the nominee's suitability to serve on the ISAC.
2. A resume or curriculum vitae.
3. At least two (2) Letters of reference.
Nominations should be sent no later than January 15, 2004, to Lori Williams, National Invasive Species Council (OS/SIO/NISC), 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240.
To ensure that recommendations of the ISAC take into account the needs of the diverse groups served, the Department of the Interior is actively soliciting nominations of qualified minorities, women, persons with disabilities and members of low income populations.Start Signature
Dated: December 9, 2003.
Lori C. Williams,
Executive Director, National Invasive Species Council.
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Truth, when it matches with what we want, think, or believe already, we love it. But, when it doesn't, we either hate it or ignore it, or both. We all grow up believing things we are told, to be correct, mostly. If we are told by our parents, teachers or Pastors that this or that is the truth most kids, if they have respect for these people tend to believe them. But you know, sometimes these people are simply incorrect. I remember my Mom saying on a couple of things that "the Bible says". I know that my Mom would never have told me these things if she didn't believe that they were so. But, she was wrong on a few things. I think that her Mom had told her when she was a young kid that "the Bible says". I believe that some of the things that are passed down from generation to generation are simply incorrect. Not that anyone intended to mislead, they were simply wrong.
When I was a young adult I decided that I didn't want to die and face my judgement before I had read through His word at least once. So, I did a somewhat quick read through the Bible just so I could say I had done it once. But, after I had finished reading through it I realized that these things my Mom had told me "the Bible says", I didn't remember seeing anywhere. So, I started rereading the scriptures more slowly and with pen and pad so that I could make notes. After completing time two, I realized that these things Mom had told me weren't correct, they just weren't there. I know that Mom wasn't lying to me, she was just wrong. We can grow old and comfortable with the stories of our youth's no matter who they were told by, or we can use our own brains to think a little. Parents, teachers, priests, they all have stories they had been told in there youth's, is it possible that on some items they were told wrong?
In this blog, I want to try and get people to think, to question some of their long held truths. Now, some of the things that most of us have been told have never made any sense to us. Of all of my studies of all the main religions, I have come to the though that the 7th Day Adventist beliefs are the closest to what I think is correct (I grew up in the Church of Christ). The thing that I have in disagreement with them the most is in there beliefs that the whole world was made by God in six days and that He rested on the seventh day. I'm sorry folks but this is stupidity, scriptural stupidity. This teaching by most all of the Christian/Jewish faiths is what has caused millions of people to quickly turn away from God's teachings because most anyone knows it's ignorance to believe that in six day God created everything. People right away say "what about the prehistoric creatures"? Churches tend to tell the public that science is lying that no such things ever existed, or they tell people things like, well, they lived and died on day one. Whew, no wonder so many people turn there back on the Bible so quickly. There are several places in scripture where we are told things like "My days are not your days", and how a human life is like the twinkling (blink) of the eye to Gods time. Even in the New Testament the Apostle Peter told the people that one of Gods days are like unto a thousand of our years. In other words, our days and Gods days don't match up. Think about it, even in our own orbits of the sun, the planets that are in this orbit with us have different amounts of time that make up their days.
You might ask a question like, well if there were prehistoric times then why didn't the writer's of the Bible just come out and explain these things? Think about it, we humans only started to understand about prehistoric times about 150 years ago when the first big bones were being found. We of our time think we are so smart yet we still have trouble understanding these basic realities, do we really think that if Moses had written of these times millions of years ago that he would have ever been understood at all? He mostly likely would have been laughed to scorn or he would have been stoned. I don't know the exact day per number of years ratio between our time and Gods time, maybe one of His days equals 10 mil of ours? The next subject matter we might want to consider is the actual age of this planet and the reasons why there are all these other planets, if they are all empty then why did God bother with creating them? Food for thought.


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The supporters of the proposal approved by the Council of State Tuesday to turn the Dorothea Dix property into a destination park for the City of Raleigh call the plan bold and visionary, a big idea.
And they are right. It is a bold and visionary move to protect and improve a valuable public resource, open space that can be enjoyed by all, not just private interests who might otherwise buy it and develop it for their own profit and personal gain.
It's a statement about these political times that the proposal, bold though it is, has prompted such a strong and bitter reaction from the politicians on the Right and the Tea Party groups that support them, all funded by the same ideological and well-heeled interests.
The most common description of the Council of State decision by the Right is "taxpayer betrayal," which is a tough one to understand since the land remains in public lands and will be leased to the City of Raleigh.
Taxpayers are not being betrayed at all. They are being protected. And so is the land.
The folks at Americans for Prosperity are the shock troops on the Right for the opposition and their director Dallas Woodhouse has made all sorts of bizarre claims in his role as right-wing quote machine for the media.
He has suggested that the land is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, presumably to suggest that it should be sold to the highest bidder, when the actual estimates have put the value at between 30 and 60 million dollars.
He has even questioned whether Gov. Bev Perdue is "fit for public office" because of her key role in putting the proposal together. Apparently Woodhouse can't bring himself to acknowledge that Perdue is still the governor of the state.
Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger blasted the decision to approve the lease of the Dix land to the City of Raleigh as "giving a valuable asset to a chosen few."
That doesn't make any sense either. Keeping the land in public hands makes it available to everybody. Selling it off gives it to the chosen few, the ones with the money to buy it, the same ones often that fund the campaigns of many of the politicians now pounding their chests.
Berger also pledged to explore ways to terminate the lease and got in the now tiresome shots at Perdue personally, sounding all the more like a desperate politician who knows his time in the limelight will soon be diminished after Gov-elect McCrory is sworn in and becomes the most powerful Republican in Raleigh.
Maybe most offensive was the claim by the right-wingers that the decision lets down not only taxpayers but people with a mental illness and their families.
Advocates for people with a mental illness are right when they point out that the original purpose of the land specified by the families who donated it was to help people who were mentally ill. But selling the land to a developer wouldn't really accomplish that.
It would simply raise one-time money that would be spent and then be gone. At least the park preserves the land.
Advocates do have a legitimate grievance with state leaders of both political parties. Services have been privatized and slashed in recent years and that came after many prior years of neglect.
But their argument is not with the folks trying to preserve the land as a park. It is with the lawmakers who refuse to adequately fund community services and with groups like Americans for Prosperity who continue to clamor for more cuts to Medicaid and other programs that help people with a mental illness.
The right-wing zealots and the politicians they support are not angry because they are worried about people with mental illness and their families.
They are furious because duly elected officials made a bold and visionary move to protect a key public asset for all of us and didn't cower in the face of the bitter Tea Party right.
Bold and visionary indeed.


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The Parliament of England cannot have on earth so strong pillars and pregnant supporters of all their were always told there is one golden rule: no hanky panky in theTardis.Robert Baillie
Do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.Mark Twain
The golden rule of gardening is to pay attention†to local conditions of weather and soil.Carol Williams
Here are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesnt give a damn what goes on in between.Sir Thomas Beecham
There is no golden rule of dating, except to make sure that it engages both of you; too many people go to a cinema for a first date and of course don't say a word, that's a bad thing!Steven Hill
The golden rule for every business man is this: ''Put yourself in your customer's place.'Orison Swett Marden
We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life.Edwin Markham
Submission to the experimental data is the golden rule that dominates any scientific discipline.Maurice Flix Charles Allais
These golden matters Of Gyges and his treasuries Are no concern of mine. Jealousy has no power over me, Nor do I envy a god his work, And I do not burn to rule. Such things have no Fascination for my eyes.Archilochus
A project like Pangea, which enables us to enter in to the situations of others, imaginatively, is fulfilling what the religions call the Golden Rule... going into one's own experience, and going into other's experience, and seeing the world from another perspective that's what we desperately need in our dangerously polarized world.Karen Armstrong
You can have the golden ruledo unto others as you would have others do unto you. But then you take it one step fartherwhere you just do good unto others, period. Just for the sake of it.Jennifer Beals


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We are writing in response to the front page article "Jury awards 6.8 million to family." We cannot imagine anything more painful than a death following what should be a routine surgery. Our hearts go out to the woman's family and friends. As the article states, the cause of her death remains unclear. A jury award does not mean that there was actually guilt or negligence.
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Leave it to Google to find another way to promote shopping online -- by creating its Trusted Stores Program.
The new program is Google's attempt to make "nervous" buyers calmer about parting with their credit card numbers on an anonymous site. From Tom Fallows, product manager for Google Shopping on the Official Google blog:
When shoppers see the Google Trusted Store badge, they know in a snap they're shopping with a reputable retailer and they can feel confident making an informed purchase. . . . This badge is only awarded to online stores that deliver a great overall experience, so even if you haven't shopped with this merchant before, you can easily tell if they are trustworthy, ship quickly and reliably, and offer exceptional customer service. If there's a problem with your purchase, we're here to help.
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Google said it will now act as mediator between merchant and consumer, including offering shoppers an opt-in $1,000 lifetime purchase protection plan for no charge.
What's interesting about the badge is that it's not just a symbol of honor, but gives stats on how long the merchant takes to ship its goods, its percentage of on-time shipping and rates its customer service. Businesses are granted grades based on how well it does these things, with an "A" meaning excellent.
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This fall, Ancestry.ca released the Ontario Marriage Registers by the Clergy database. It houses information on 12,000 marriages listed under the Registration Act of 1896.
Most of the marriages are by Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian ministers.
The ministers had to report the marriages within 30 days of when they took place.
There were pre-printed forms that the ministers had to fill out, and the spaces covered such items as name, age, residence, whether bachelor/spinster or widow/widower, occupation for the groom only, religious denomination, and names of parents.
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Can the Ice Wall in Game of Thrones Survive Science?
March 27, 2013
A massive wall of ice protects the Seven Kingdoms from the dangers of the wintry north in HBO's hit series Game of Thrones. But in the real world, an ice structure standing at half the height of the Empire State Building would face more problems from physics than any wildlings or White Walkers lurking in the lands Beyond the Wall.
The mighty Wall has little to fear from science in the medieval fantasy world of Game of Thrones — human hands got some help from magic to build the icy barrier up to its massive height of 700 feet across a distance of 300 miles. A similar touch of magic would be needed to keep the Wall standing in real life, scientists say. Otherwise gravity's irresistible force would eventually bring it down.
"Even at very cold temperatures, large ice masses deform under their own weight," said Dartmouth engineering professor Mary Albert, Executive Director of the U.S. Ice Drilling Program Office. "And over long time scales, ice flows, so it would not hold its original shape for thousands of years."
The idea for the fantastical fortification came to George R.R. Martin, author of the A Song of Ice and Fire books that inspired the HBO TV show, when he stood on Hadrian's Wall, which was built by the Roman Empire. Martin envisioned his much bigger Wall as a towering defensive structure that would dwarf real-life versions such as Hadrian's Wall (15 feet tall) and the Great Wall of China (30 feet tall).
Only Mother Nature has built real-life ice structures rivaling the Wall, such as the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets, which are several miles thick. Such ice structures formed over "hundreds of thousands of years of snow falling in very cold locations where there is not melt," Albert said.


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Friday night movie nights are universal, even including Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman's household.
During a recent sit-down with Cody Alan, Keith told Cody that they had just come off a total family party bender. "There was like 7 kids there and pizza, and it was crazy... A good kind of chaotic."
Keith continued to share that this has become a weekly family tradition.
"We have a thing every week called, 'Friday Night Movie Night' and the kids have pizza and choose a movie, and there's no school the next day, so they get to stay up a bit later."
Speaking of movies, Cody recently watched Kidman's film, 'Aquaman' in theaters. "It's so good! She is so perfect!
Keith agreed and shared a movie screening moment that couldn't be replicated. "When we went to see the premiere of that, Jason Maomao sat in front of us, and it was the greatest moment when he was like, duking it out with the bad guys and was winning. He just threw his fists in the air and screamed WHOOOO!" Keith laughed, "The whole theater erupted."
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Medical professor receives national award for chronic fatigue researchUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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The National CFIDS Foundation awarded Dr. Hokama its "2007 Outstanding Researcher Award" for his research, which was the first to discover ciguatoxin, a potent neurotoxin, in the blood of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients.
Since the announcement of his discovery at a 2002 medical conference in Japan, Dr. Hokama has secured an international blood permit so that millions of patients worldwide, who suffered with the disease, would have access to testing offered by the medical school. The test identified ciguatera toxin reactivity in the blood of over 95% of all those afflicted with CFIDS.
"Our Medical School is pleased to support Dr. Hokama's pioneering research, which has the potential to help millions suffering from the crippling effects of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome," said interim JABSOM Dean Gary Ostrander.
Dr. Hokama is a world expert in the area of fish toxins with hundreds of peer reviewed publications to his credit. Ciguatoxins are recognized as some of the most potent biological toxins known. The National CFIDS Foundation, Inc. was founded a decade ago with the primary goal of funding medical research to find a cause, expedite treatments and eventually a cure for the disease.


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Life does have a purpose
This is what Christian propaganda material tells us.
Among the many life forms that evolved on the earth, human beings have done rather well for themselves. We have truly acted as the vice-regents of the earth and utilized most of earth's resources for ourselves. The purpose of every common man is to seek as much happiness as he can find. This couldn't be said to be the purpose of our lives. A few of us do go beyond personal happiness and lead a relatively more purposeful life, but this is again purely in the interest of the humans only. Mahatma Gandhi, George Washington, Edison and Einstein are all important to us, not to the universe.
If a creator god has created us with a purpose, then our existence should be important to the universe. Leave aside the universe, are we relevant to at least the earth? How much difference would it make to earth if we were not existing here? Are we more important to the earth than the earthworms? The universe is full of wasted material and space. How much more relevant are we to the universe compared to the wasted material? Are we glorifying ourselves by saying that our life has a purpose?
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As for being relevant to the earth ...
I'm pretty sure that as far as the Earth is concerned, it would be better off without us, unless you count the vague possibility of us eventually spreading its biosphere to other planets. I guess you could look at it as reproduction on a planetary scale.
That's assuming we can manage colonization of other planets before we wipe ourselves out.
The basic properties of life is replication, metabolism, organic matter & brain. The brain calculates the difference between the estimated future and the required future, which is the actions that we should take (if possible). As individuals we define what our purpose or purposes can & will be. It is important to me that future technological advances in the sciences are essential to our survival. Colonization of other planets & space exploration should be one of those purposes.
We as atheists do not believe that god has created us with the purpose of replication. We are entirely the product of the nature on the earth, not even of the universe as a whole. The earth certainly hasn't produced us for replication, what then is the purpose of our existance in relation to earth or the universe?
Our existance is certainly very important to us in more than one respect. The universe does not recognise any one of them.
The meaning of life,the purpose if you will, is to live consistently and in harmony with Nature. As far as glorifying ourselves. that is a christian thing to do. We are relevant to the earth as temporary caretakers. We are more relevant to each other.
You find your own purpose in life. What gives you a sense of purpose? What most profoundly gives you a high excitement?
There's a poem by Stephen Crane:
The sole, purpose of the universe is to create stars, and everything else is a by-product -- including life. And as has been well said, the purpose of life is to create life, regardless of the lofty goals we set ourselves. Since we are really no different from other animals (we have to eat, drink, eliminate waste and are consumed by sex) it is vanity to think we are more "important" than the nematode or the worm or the bacterium. If they disappeared the soil would lose much of its fertility. If man disappeared, I can thnk of nothing catastrophic that would occur.
To argue that there is too much wasted space and material in the universe is a homocentric attitude that the universe was made for us. The universe is hostile to life. If the earth should lose its magetic polarity during a reversal, we will lose our atmosphere and get fried by radiation - or a direct hit by a large comet could destroy us. Life is short and very tenuous, and the universe wouldn't miss us.
Can you tell me the difference between a life without purpose and freedom? They both seem to be expressing the same thing only from different perspectives. Purpose requires obligation, obligation infers limitation, limitation constrains freedom.
Philip, I'm a nuts-and-bolts type and find philosophy too slippery and unconstrained, so this question may be more suitable for someone else.
On its face I could agree with your arguement, but, since I believe that every living thing has a purpose -- to stay alive -- our freedom is always constrained. So in that case are freedom is limited from the outset.
I hope that made some sense.
every living thing has a purpose -- to stay alive as an individual
and to reproduce to stay alive as a specie.
That's true, Amer. The reason I didn't include the preservation of the species is because it's a result of the second most poweful drive in the animal Kingdom -- sex -- and not a driver in itself.
Thats what species are doing, reproducing their copies. Sexually reproducing are doing it on one step higher level. Reproducing better copies. Coming to orignal discussion, it is a purpose in itself. Leave behind better generations, better earth and a better universe.
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