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Helen Keegan
Senior Lecturer (Interactive Media and Social Technologies)
After studying Linguistics and Phonetics at the University of Manchester and working as an interactive media designer, I joined the University of Salford in 1998 as a researcher in Acoustics and Audio Engineering developing multimedia simulations and computer-aided learning packages. I then moved into pedagogical and HCI research, which led to large-scale evaluations of E-Learning initiatives both within the university and for external clients. I have since led and participated in numerous research projects involving education and digital media (EPSRC, JISC, BBC, FP7, EU Socrates-Minerva and LLL) in capacities ranging from researcher to academic director.
My expertise lies in curriculum innovation and the development of new pedagogies through social and participatory media, particularly with respect to creativity and interdisciplinarity. I deliver a range of modules in CSE all of which are based on emerging technologies, digital identities and digital literacies – with a particular emphasis on acoustic and audio industries. My research focuses on digital cultures and identities, online communities, social technologies and the interplay between formal and informal learning. I deliver regular guest lectures, seminars and keynotes on digital cultures and educational innovation, both in the UK and overseas. As a multi-disciplinary practitioner, I work across media arts and the sciences, developing partnerships and creative approaches to learning and collaboration. I'm an executive board member of the Digital Cluster – a centre of excellence which combines and leads on high quality research, enterprise and teaching in the areas of informatics, digital media,
- Keynote (title tbc) 3rd MINA International Mobile Creativity and Mobile Innovation Symposium and Screening. Auckland, New Zealand, 20-22 Nov 2013.
- Open Lecture in Learning and Teaching (title tbc), University of Greenwich, 9th Oct 2013
- Keynote (title tbc) eAssessment Scotland, 23 Aug 2013
- Keynote (title tbc) The PLE Conference 2013 - Personal Learning Environments: Learning and Diversity in the Cities of the Future. Berlin/Melbourne. 10-12 July 2013.
- Keynote Open: Social: Mobile: Connected. Teaching and Learning Summer School. University of Salford, UK. 1-5 July 2013
- Invited Speaker Authentic Experiences, Risky Pedagogies? EdMedia World Conference on Educational Media and Technology. Victoria, BC, Canada, 24-28 June 2013
- Seminar Social Media for Employability and Engagement. University of South Wales, 9 May 2013
- Invited Speaker Collaborative filmmaking on mobile phones. Changing the Learning Landscape – Power in your pocket: the creative use of mobile technologies to enhance learning and teaching in the performing and visual arts, HEA Event hosted by the University of Salford. 26 April 2013.
I coordinate/deliver a range of modules which focus on emerging technologies and transdisciplinarity within CSE, at undergraduate and postgraduate level, including:
- Research in Emerging Technologies (MSc PSVT and MSc Audio Production)
- Social Media (MSc PSVT and MSc Audio Production)
- New Media, Metadata and Mining (MSc Media Management)
- Advanced Multimedia (BSc Level 3 Professional Sound and Video Technology)
- Social Technologies (BSc Level 2 Professional Sound and Video Technology)
I also give the occasional guest lecture to MSc students on the following modules:
- MSc Media Psychology
- Research Methods (MSc PSVT and MSc Audio Production)
- Defining the Digital (MA Social Media - MMP)
- Business Applications of Emerging Technologies (MSc Information Systems - SBS)
In 2008 I received FHEA recognition (Fellow of the Higher Education Academy). In July 2011 I was awarded the Vice Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award in recognition of "distinguished achievement in teaching and support of student learning at the University of Salford".
In July 2012 I was awarded/became a UK National Teaching Fellow (Higher Education Academy).
Research Interests
I am a member of the Information Systems, Organisation and Society Research Centre which is part of the Informatics Research Institute (IRIS). IRIS was rated 6*(A) as a result of the 2001 RAE making it one of the leading IS research groups in the UK. My research focuses on Technology, Society and Organisations, specifically within Higher Education and the AV industries. My research interests include:
- Mobile creativity and new paradigms for production using mobile devices
- Digital Identity, Online Presence, Social Networking
- Virtual communities, virtual ethnography
- Learning technologies and social software in education
- Virtual mobility and online communities of practice (specifically with regards to intercultural communication and online collaboration)
Qualifications and Memberships
· Executive, Salford Digital Cluster
· Executive, Centre for Digital Culture
- Advisory Board Member of the New Media Consortium's 2012 Horizon Report for Higher Education
- Advisory Board Member of the New Media Consortium's Horizon Project (UK, 2011)
- Judge for the European Medea Awards 2011
- Judge for the European Medea Awards 2010
- Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments (2010-2012)
- Editorial Advisory Board Member for 'Digital Identity and Social Media', (Eds. Warburton, S. & Hatzipanagos, S.), IGI Global - publication due 2011
- Book proposal reviewer for Routledge Publishing - 2010
- Member of the International Advisory Board for INTED2010 (International Technology, Education and Development Conference)
- Review Board Member: British Journal of Educational Technology
- Review Board Member: Interactive Learning Environments
- Review Board Member: Journal of the Association of Learning Technology
- Programme Committee Member for ALT-C 2009
- Programme Committee Member for ALT-C 2010
- Programme Committee Member for ALT-C 2011
- Academic Committee Member for The PLE Conference, July 2010
- Reviewer for ALT-J Learning and Teaching in Immersive Virtual Worlds Special Issue 2009
- Reviewer for European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2009
- Reviewer for International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2009
Keegan, H. (2012). Emerging Pedagogies in Media Education. In Fraser, P. (Ed.) A Manifesto for Media Education. Palgrave Macmillan.(Publication due 2013).
Keegan, H. (2012). Blurring Boundaries, Changing Minds. In Bilham, T. (Ed.) For the love of learning. Palgrave Macmillan. (Publication due 2013).
Cochrane, T. & Keegan, H. (2012). New Global Learning Cultures: Interdisciplinarity through Networked Technologies. Selected Papers of Internet Research.http://spir.aoir.org/index.php/spir/article/view/15 ISSN 2162-3317.
Keegan, H. & Bell, F. (2011) YouTube as a Repository: The Creative Practice of Students as Producers of Open Educational Resources. European Journal of Open and Distance Learning. http://www.eurodl.org/?p=special&sp=articles&article=456
Stephens, M., Hennefer, D. & Keegan, H. (2011) The Use of Blogs for Students on an International Placement. Journal of Nursing Education Vol.50 Issue 11.http://www.slackjournals.com/article.aspx?rid=89004
Costa, C & Keegan, H & Attwell, G. (2009). Cartoon Planet: micro-reflection through digital cartoons - a case study on teaching and learning with young people. Romanian Journal of Pedagogy , 7-9/2009, pp.112-128.
Keegan, H. & Fox, A. (Eds.). (2009) Mentoring for 21st Century Skills: It's All About The Learning. EU Education and Culture. ISBN 978-1905732791.
Keegan, H. & Lisewski, B. (2007/2009) Living, teaching and learning by social software: some emerging themes and practice issues, In Hatzipanagos, S. & Warburton, S. ed.Handbook of Research on Social Software and Developing Community Ontologies. IGI Publishing, IGI Global. ISBN 978-1605662084.
Keegan, H 2009, 'Preparing learners for a digital world', in: (ed.), Effective Practice in a Digital Age, 1st edition, JISC, Bristol, UK.
Keegan, H 2009 'Digital Identity, Communication and Collaboration through Web 2.0', in: (ed.), Effective Use of Social Software in UK Further and Higher Education to Support Student Learning and Engagement , 1st edition, JISC, Bristol, UK, pp.95-98.
Wheeler, S. & Keegan, H. (2007/2009). Imagined Worlds, Future Cultures. In: Wheeler, S. ed. Connected Minds, Emerging Cultures: The Rise of Cyberculture in Online Learning. Greenwich CT: Information Age Publishers. ISBN 978-1607520153.
Keegan, H., Valiuskeviciute, A. and Morrone, F. (2006) Developing a methodology to support mobility students using a web-based approach. In: Way, C., Soriano, G., Limon, C. and Amador, C. (eds.) Enhancing the Erasmus Experience: Papers on Student Mobility. Editorial Atrio ISBN: 978-84-96101-44-9
- Keynote (title tbc) eAssessment Scotland, 23 Aug 2013
- Keynote (title tbc) The PLE Conference 2013 - Personal Learning Environments: Learning and Diversity in the Cities of the Future. Berlin/Melbourne. 10-12 July 2013.
- Keynote Curriculum, Connections, Curiosity Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK, 19 March 2013
- Keynote Alternate Realities: Alternative Pedagogies University of Canberra, Australia, 17 March 2013
- Open Media Research Seminar alt.media : create to engage Coventry University, 25 Feb 2013
- Eduhack, London, 8th Nov 2012
- Keynote (title tbc) The Cage 12: The Big Escape. Stockholm, Sweden. 30 Oct 2012
- Keynote The Creative and The Curious: When Learners Roam Free The 7th EDEN Research Workshop 'Learners in the Driving Seat', KU Leuven, Belgium, 22-23 Oct 2012
- Conference Plenary Into the Wild: Embracing the Anarchy. UCISA Conference. Crewe Hall, UK, 10-12 July 2012
- Plenary Presentation (TED-style) Curiosity, Mystery, Intrigue and the Pedagogy of Deception. The NMC Perspective Series: Ideas that Matter, New Media Consortium Annual Conference, MIT, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 12-15 June 2012 - Available on iTunesU and also YouTube
- Gyro HSR, Stockholm, Sweden, 7 June 2012
- Spotlight Session Who is Rufi Franzen?. PELeCON 2012 - Plymouth eLearning Conference, UK, 18-20 April 2012
- Conference Keynote Creativity and Engagement through Social Media. UCISA Using Social Media for Training, MediaCityUK, 18th April 2012
- Panelist (alongside Allen Partridge, Gráinne Conole, Claudio Dondi and Tom Wambeke) Re-imagining sacred cows: what are the implications of social networking on media and learning? Media and Learning Conference, Brussels, 24-25th November 2011 www.media-and-learning.eu
- Conference Keynote Learning and Teaching in Networked Publics, SVEA Next Generation Learning Conference. Brussels, Belgium, 23 November 2011.
- Conference Keynote Identity, Community, and Serendipity: Crossing Boundaries. Career Management in the Digital Age. University of Salford, June 2011.
- Conference Keynote, Guerilla Productions for Very Small Screens: Transformations through Mobile Creativity. Mobile learning: Crossing boundaries in convergent environments, Bremen, Germany, 21st March 2011
- Masterclass, Birds Eye View Film Festival 2011, BFI Southbank, Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, 13th March 2011
- Research Seminar, "The Ethics of Internet Research", University of Bolton, 4th March 2011
- Conference Keynote, Media and Learning Ecosystems: Blurring Boundaries, Changing Minds. Media and Learning Conference, Brussels, 26th November 2010
- Mobile phones as creative devices: transformations and constraints. JISC CETIS Conference, Nottingham, 15th November 2010
- Identities in Social Media. Manchester Science Festival, 5th November 2010
- Tidying up my Digital Identity. BBC Global News, London, 19th April 2010.
- "Flickr: Getting the most from photo-sharing and social-networking accounts", EPSRC/KT-Equal Digital Identity Event, University of Reading, 16th April 2010.
- "The evolution of a personal professional identity", Digital Identity Seminar, Oxford Brookes University, 20 January 2010.
- "Social Technologies: Digital Identity: Curriculum (re)Design", Computing and Creative Games Staff Seminar, University of Bolton, 11 November 2009.
- "Online Reputation and Privacy: How much is too much when it comes to presenting your true 'self' online?" Opening plenary presenter at the 2000 EDUCAMP in Ilmenau, Germany, 17 April 2009.
- EDEN panel presentation 'Web 2.0 applications in Europe' for the Sloan Consortium Conference, University of Phoenix, Arizona, USA. 9 May, 2008.
- Final plenary session at the Plymouth e-Learning Conference, April 4 2008.
- Guest Speaker at the Bazaar conference, Utrecht, Netherlands, Dec 2007
- Guest Speaker at the Sputnic Seminar, EDEN conference, Naples, Italy, June 2007
- Guest Speaker at the Italian Socrates-Erasmus launch of the EU Lifelong Learning Programme, Salerno, Italy. January 2007
- Guest Speaker at the Virtual Mobility Forum, "The ESMOS Project: A Blended Approach to Mobility Support". Online Educa Berlin, November 2006
- Guest Speaker at the D. Tsenov Academy 70th anniversary conference, Bulgaria, November 2006
- Enhancing Participatory Culture: How to design international collaboration with social and mobile media? With Ilona Buchem and Mar Carmacho. Online Educa Berlin, Nov 28 2012.
- This Is Not A Module: Learning through Alternate Reality Gaming. Association for Internet Research Annual Conference (ir13), MediaCityUK, 20 Oct 2012
- New Global Learning Cultures: Interdisciplinarity through Networked Technologies. Association for Internet Research Annual Conference (ir13), MediaCityUK, 19 Oct 2012
- Blogs, Twitter and Openness: Serendipity and Opportunity versus The Tyranny of Authenticity. Online Educa Berlin, Nov 30-Dec 2 2011.
- Internet-mediated Urban Eccentrics. AoIR 12 (Association for Internet Research Conference), Seattle, US. October 10-13 2011.
- YouTube Culture and Mobile Films: Transformations through Networked Creativity. AoIR 12 (Association for Internet Research Conference), Seattle, US. October 10-13 2011.
- The Paradox of Openness: The High Costs of Giving Online. Symposium panel with Frances Bell, Josie Fraser and Richard Hall. ALT-C 2011 (The Assocation for Learning Technology Conference), Leeds, UK. Sept 2011.
- Bringing the Social into the Sciences: Blurring Media Boundaries, Education in a Changing Environment (ECE) Conference, University of Salford, UK, 6-8 July 2011
- Creativity and Engagement through Mobile Filmmaking, Education in a Changing Environment (ECE) Conference, University of Salford, UK, 6-8 July 2011
- Learner Innovation: Creative Collaboration On-the-Move and In-the-Cloud, Online Educa Berlin, December 2010.
- Google me, Bing you. Full day workshop (with Williams, S, Parslow, P., Lundqvist, K. and Nunney, B.) at Online Educa Berlin, November 30 2010.
- CMS Futures: The way ahead for Course Management Systems. (Roundtable with Kibby, M., Leaver, T., Hunsinger, J., Halavais, A. and Coopman, T. Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) conference, Internet Research 11.0 – Sustainability, Participation, Action . Gothenburg, Sweden, October 2010.
- Guerilla Narratives of Personal Media Creation, Public Media Sharing: A 21st Century Show and Tell, Association for Learning Technology conference. (Workshop with Frances Bell, Josie Fraser, James Clay). Nottingham, UK, September 2010.
- Keegan, H. (2010). Immersed in the digital: networked creativity through mobile content production. Association for Learning Technology conference. Nottingham, UK, September 2010.
- Keegan, H. & Bell, F. (2010) Multiple spaces and discontinuities as transformative tools. 3rd Digital Cultures Workshop, CUBE, Manchester. 1-2 July.
- Keegan, H. (2009). Formal to Informal - Education to Industry; easing the transition through Social Media. Online Educa Berlin. December 2009.
- Bell, F., Fraser, J., Keegan, H. and Clay, J. (2009). Distribute This: Online Identity, Presence and Practice. Workshop delivered at ALT-C 2009, Manchester, UK. 8-10 September 2009.
- Keegan, H. (2009). Social Media, Digital Literacy and Curriculum (re)Design. ALT-C 2009. Manchester, 8-10 September 2009.
- Keegan, H. and Costa, C. (2009). Online Learning Communities and Social Software: A Mentoring Approach to 21st Century Skills. Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN 2009). ISBN: 978-84-612-9802-0
- Costa, C. and Keegan, H. (2009). Cartoon Planet: Micro-reflection through digital cartoons - a case study on teaching and learning with young people. EDULEARN conference, Barcelona, July 2009.
- Keegan, H. (2009) Digital Identity, Digital Literacy. Higher Education Academy Annual Conference. Manchester, UK, July 2009.
- Keegan, H., Costa, C. and Fox, A. (2009) Community-based Mentoring and Innovating Through Web 2.0: Challenges and Tensions. EDEN Conference. Gdansk, Poland, June 2009.
- Keegan H. (2009) Public vs. Private: Conflict and Compromise in Converging Social Networks. 2nd Digital Cultures Workshop: Social Media Publics. Salford, UK, 2009.
- Keegan, H. (2008) "Design Principles and Learner Empowerment in the Exploration of the Digital Self". ALT-C 2008: Rethinking the Digital Divide. Leeds, UK, September 2008.
- Keegan H (with Wheeler S, Warburton S, Attwell G and White D) Mixed Reality in Second Life. Panel for the Joint Open and Working IFIP Conferences, ICT and Learning for the Net Generation. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 7-11 July 2008.
- Keegan, H. (2008) "Web 2.0 : Digital Identity, Communication and Collaboration Online". Learning Technologies Good Practice Event LTGPE 2008, University of Salford, June 18 2008.
- Keegan, H. (2008) "Flickr as a tool for fostering intercultural understanding: a case study of informal learning in an online community". Proceedings of the EDEN 2008 conference, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2008.
- Keegan H (with Wheeler S, Warburton S, Attwell G and White D) "No Life in Second Life? – exploring the potentials and pitfalls of Multi User Virtual Environments (MUVEs) in learning and teaching", Special Interest Panel, Online Educa Berlin, November 2007.
- Bell, F., Keegan, H. and Zaitseva, E. (2007) "Designing Virtual Student Mobility". ECE (Education in a Changing Environment) conference. University of Salford, September 2007.
- Bell, F., Keegan, H. and Costa, C. (2007) "Blog it, tag it and publish it: experience and critique Web 2.0 in 50 minutes" Workshop delivered at ECE (Education in a Changing Environment) Conference 2007, University of Salford.
- Bell, F., Keegan, H. and Fraser, J. (2007) "Web 2.0 Slam – 'Performing' Innovative Practice", Workshop delivered at ALT-C 2007, Nottingham, UK.
- Keegan, H. (2007) "Social Software for Virtual Mobility: An Online Community of Practice-based Learners". Proceedings of the EDEN 2007 conference, Naples, Italy, June 2007.
- Stephens, M. and Keegan, H. "Blogging, Action Learning and International Student Mobility". Royal College of Nursing International Conference. Dundee, Scotland. May 2007.
- Keegan, H. and Valiuskeviciute, A. (2006). "International Mobility: Cultural Variations in Learning Styles and Pedagogical Support". Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2006) pp 321-325. ISBN: 972-8924-22-4.
- Stephens, M. & Keegan, H. (2006). "Blogging and Clinical Placements". Article in the Nursing Times article. http://www.nursingtimes.net
- Keegan, H. (2006) "Virtual Mobility: Issues in cross-cultural learning and communication". Paper presented at ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN, November 2006.
- Keegan, H. (2006) "The ESMOS Project: A Blended Approach to Mobility Support". Guest speaker at the Virtual Mobility Forum, ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN, November 2006.
- Keegan, H. (2006) 'Blogging to enhance the support of international mobility students' in Learning Technology - IEEE Special edition (publication of IEEE Computer Society), Volume 8 Issue 4, ISSN 1438-0625, October 2006
- Keegan, H. and Procter, C.(2006) "Peer-to-peer communication between students to facilitate placements". Paper presented at ASET 2006, Birmingham, UK. 5-7 Sept 2006
- Keegan, H. (2006) "Enhancing Student Mobility through Online Support". Innovative Learning in Action Journal. Summer 2006.
- Keegan, H. (2006) "Weblogs as a support tool for international mobility students". ALT-C 2006: The Next Generation, Edinburgh, Scotland. 5-7 Sept 2006.
- Keegan, H., Griffiths, L., James, M. and Whittle, S. (2006) "The ESMOS project and an SMS pilot study with international exchange students". In A. Szucs and I. Bo (Eds.) E-Comptences for Life, Employment and Innovation. Proceedings of the EDEN 2006 Conference, Vienna, Austria. pp176-181
- Keegan, H., Valiuskeviciute, A. and Morrone, F. (2006) "Developing a methodology to support mobility students using a web-based approach". TEMCU – Enhancing the Erasmus Experience: Teaching in Today's Multicultural University. Granada, Spain. 16-17 March 2006.
- Keegan, H. "ESMOS: Enhancing Student Mobility through Online Support". ASET (Association for Sandwich Education and Training)., September 2005.
- Keegan, H. (2001) "Evaluation of a Learning System – and Learning to Evaluate. In Okamoto T., Hartley R., Kinshuk & Klus J. (Eds.) Advanced Learning Technology: Issues, Achievements and Challenges. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society (ISBN 0-7695-1013-2) pp 149-153.
- Keegan, H. (2001) "Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Acoustics CAL package". In Learning Across the Ages – looking back and looking forwards. Proceedings of CAL 2001 Conference, University of Warwick. pp 178-182.
- Keegan, H and Hill, H.J. (2000) "Developing a Computer-Aided Learning Package: Pedagogical Issues and Design Challenges". Proceedings from Engineering Education for the 21st Century, Sheffield Hallam University, UK, 17 – 20 April, 2000


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I've got lot's of errands to run tomorrow and Wednesday and the car is going to the garage to have a wheel bearing replaced so I'm trying to squeeze all the housework in today….hmph…I'd much rather be crafting. Anyhoo, enough waffle I was going to try and keep this post to the point.
There is a new challenge over at Critter Sketch Challenge Blog and this week it's a sketch.
I very nearly stuck to the sketch, I just used fancy dies cuts instead of circles and changed the position of the sentiment.
I've used an of Sugar Nellie Gorjuss Girl stamp and coloured her with ProMArkers and FlexMarkers onto Kraft Paper from Paperchase (the little white clouds were added with a white Polychromos pencil). The papers are all from the First Edition Spring Feast paper pad and I've embossed the green panel with a Cuttlebug Embossing Folder. The sentiment is from a Polkadoodles magazine freebie and has been stamped with Brilliance Graphite Blank ink. And lastly, just a few few bits of Washi Tape that were free with the current issue of Cardmaking and Papercraft Magazine.
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
- Craft Your Passion – Texture
- Ladybug Crafts Challenge – Birthday
- My Time to Craft - Gardening Gems
- Southern Girls Challenge - Get your girly on
- A Gem of a Challenge - Pink, Blue and Green (the dress is blue IRL, but the light wasn't great when I took the photo)
- One Stitch at a Time – Here come Summer
- Dream Valley – For a Special Lady
- By the Cute and Girly - Spring is all around
- Crafters Companion – Here Comes Summer
- Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog - Flower Power
Thanks for stopping by.

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Hummingbird Bakery Vanilla Cupcakes Recipe
For the Vanilla Cupcakes
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- a scant 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder (increase to 1 1/2 teaspoons for sea-level)
- a pinch of salt
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon of whole milk (decrease to 1/2 cup for sea-level)
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
For the Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
- 2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons whole milk
- a couple of drops of pure vanilla extract
- edible sprinkles for decoration
The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook's Vanilla Cupcakes Recipe
(Adapted for a high-altitude environment of approximately 5,000 ft)
- Preheat the oven to 375 (F); for sea-level, decrease the oven temperature to 325 (F).
- Put the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and butter in a freestanding electric mixer with a paddle attachment (or use a handheld whisk) and beat on slow speed until you get a sandy consistency and everything is combined.
- Gradually pour in half the milk and beat until the milk is just incorporated.
- Whisk the egg, vanilla, and remaining milk together in a separate bowl for a few seconds, and then pour into the flour mixture and continue beating until just incorporated.
- Scrape any unmixed ingredients from the side of the bowl with a rubber spatula and continue mixing for a couple more minutes until the batter is smooth. Do not overmix.
- Spoon the batter into the paper cases until two-thirds full and bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes, or until light golden and the cake bounces back when touched. A skewer inserted in the center of each cupcake should come out clean.
- Let the cupcakes cool slightly in the pan before turning out into a wire rack to cool completely.
- When the cupcakes are cold, spoon the vanilla frosting on top and decorate accordingly.
The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook's Vanilla Frosting Recipe
- Beat the powdered sugar and butter together in a freestanding electric mixer with a paddle attachment on medium-slow speed until the mixture comes together and is well mixed.
- Turn the mixer down to a slower speed.
- Combine the milk and vanilla in a separate bowl, then add to the butter mixture a couple of teaspoons at a time. Once the mixer has been incorporated, turn the mixer up to high speed.
- Continue beating for at least 5 minutes or until the frosting is light and fluffy.
- All spoon measurements are level and unsifted, unless otherwise specified. To level the ingredients, take the back of a knife and run it across the top of the measuring cup until the excess ingredients are scraped off.
- Liquid and dry measuring cups are different; please make sure you use the appropriate measuring cup for each ingredient.
- When creaming butter and sugar together, always make sure you keep creaming until the mixture is light and fluffy (this will usually take around 5 minutes). This helps the cupcakes rise nicely in the oven.
- After adding flour to the mixture, don't overbeat as this will overwork the flour and make the cake dense — simply beat or stir until the flour is just incorporated. In my opinion, making sure you don't overbeat the batter is one of the hardest parts about baking.
- Don't open your oven until at least the minimum time recommended has passed. Too much cold air coming from a frequently opened oven door causes irregular oven temperatures that affect the baking process.
- Specifically for the vanilla buttercream frosting: the longer the frosting is beaten, the fluffier and lighter it becomes.
- Add your extra decorations (e.g., sprinkles, nonpareils) immediately after you have frosted the cupcake; if you wait to decorate the cupcake, the frosting will harden and the decorations will not stay on the cake.


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Drink of the Week: The Moscow Mule
Summertime weather has kicked into high gear much earlier than usual in the greater Los Angeles area and it's hot as we write these words at Drink of the Week Central. So, it's as good a time as any to celebrate an appropriately cold and refreshing, and actually perfectly delightful, semi-classic cocktail that was invented in New York but popularized in what is now incorporated West Hollywood. Moreover, while the name of this drink might have once hinted at anti-capitalist subversion, this is one beverage with a history that any U.S. captain of industry or Russian oligarch can appreciate.
The Moscow Mule was developed by East-coast based Smirnoff manufacturer Heublein in the 1940s to help popularize vodka, then a poor seller in the U.S. market. The new drink hit it big, however, with the movie-star heavy clientele at the Cock 'n Bull pub on the Sunset Strip. The pub's owner, it turns out, also was the president of Cock 'n Bull Products, which manufactured the drink's other main ingredient, ginger beer. Since cocktails made with ginger beer or ginger ale were commonly called "bucks" or "mules" and Smirnoff was a Russian-derived vodka, the name must have been easy enough to invent.
Here's the recipe:
The Moscow Mule
2 ounces vodka
1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
1 spent lime wedge (garnish)
1 teaspoon superfine sugar
Approx. 3 ounces ginger beer
1 dash Angostura bitters
Dissolve sugar in lime juice, bitters, and vodka. Add plentiful ice to Tom Collins glass or large metal mug. Top off with ginger beer. Throw in one of the lime wedges you used to produce the lime juice. Stir with a bar spoon or swizzle stick and toast the Cock 'n Bull, which tragically closed down forever in 1987. (It's now a car dealership.)
The above recipe is actually our distillation of a number of recipes we found online. So, be aware that it's entirely okay to use an entire ounce of lime juice or up to three or four dashes of bitters, though that will add perhaps more piquancy than some might be prepared for while giving it the same pinkish hue as the picture we're using this week. (If you're big into bitters, Moscow mules have also been made with Fee Brothers' Whiskey Barrel Aged Bitters.) You can also use the minimum amount of lime juice and dispense with the sugar and bitters entirely. Still, when all was said and done, the version above produced a really well-balanced beverage that a drinking newbie can easily love and cocktail connoisseur can, at the very least, respect.
Ginger beer, by the way, is fairly similar to ginger ale, just a little bit, or a lot, heavier on the ginger, depending on the brand. We haven't tried it, but real cheapskates may consider experimenting with plain old Vernors or Canada Dry. Ginger beer can be more expensive than some brands of actual beer.
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And then (cue danger music)
The dog (who spends most of her time in the office) decided to chase the cat across the desk and corner him. They were just playing. The animals are fine. My calendar -- not so much. February and March don't exist. I have a ten month calendar--starting in April.
Which is how I ended up with two people scheduled for today, Leap Day. So I'm calling it a Leap Day Bonus. You are going along with me on this. Right? I said RIGHT?
So, for our first guest I am proud and pleased to introduce the lovely, talented (and possibly shizoid--just kidding folks, but she does have work with a number of pen names). JADE LEE. (Cue the applause).
Our second lovely guest is a friend from the convention circuit and a wonderful author of short fiction. She is also the voice of a redhead, from the apocalypse. Give a HUGE WARM WELCOME folks to RHONDA EUDALY!


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Monday, January 18
Basic Beef Stew Recipe: Meat and Potatoes Can Be Good Food, Mom
One day when I was a little girl watching my mom make dinner, I asked her why we weren't a "meat and potatoes" family. She said, "That's because we're Italian, and we eat good food."
I remember thinking, was meat and potatoes bad food? Would it make you sick? I suddenly felt sorry for all those kids at school whose moms cooked meat and potatoes. I secretly wished I could bring them home for dinner so they could have good food like my mom's eggplant parmigiana, escarole and beans, and macaroni with gravy and meatballs.
Other than the once-a-year New England boiled pot roast with potatoes and carrots, my mom never made meat and potatoes meals, and I don't either. The closest I get to making meat and potatoes is a burger and fries, which suits Jeff just fine since his mother also never made meat and potatoes.
Since I'm a food blogga and since this week is about as wintery as it's going to get in San Diego -- 50's and rain -- I have decided to post some belly-warming one-pot meals. Everyone should have a basic beef stew recipe because it's easy, inexpensive, and satisfying. It also tastes great with beer and sports, so the men in your life will love you for making it. Rich red wine and beef broth along with earthy thyme add depth of flavor to this simple beef stew that is chock-full of firm carrots and potatoes.
I guess I didn't need to feel sorry for those meat and potatoes kids at school after all.
Basic Beef Stew
Serves 6-8
Print recipe only here.
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 pounds top round or chuck steak, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1/4 cup all-purpose flour, seasoned with a little salt and pepper
1 large yellow onion, diced
1 1/2 cups red wine
3 cups beef broth
1 1/2 pounds potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
3 carrots, peeled and sliced
1/2 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
2 teaspoons fresh thyme or 1 teaspoon dried
salt and black pepper, to taste
1. In a large, deep pot, heat olive oil. Dredge meat in seasoned flour. Place in hot oil until browned, about 5 minutes (don't overcrowd meat or it'll steam). Transfer browned meat to a bowl. In same pot, add chopped onion and brown for 3-5 minutes. Deglaze the pot with the wine. (Pour wine in the hot pot and use a wooden spoon to scrape the brown bits from the bottom of the pot.) Add meat back to the pot. Cover the pot, and cook on low for 25-30 minutes. Add broth, potatoes, and carrots. Cook covered, on low heat until meat is very tender, about 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Add more broth if necessary. When meat is cooked, stir in herbs, salt, and pepper. Add fresh parsley before serving.
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Beef Tagine recipe at Real Epicurean
Chicken Stew with Sherry recipe at Thyme for Cooking
Paprika Pork Stew with Sour Cream recipe at The Naptime Chef
One Pot Chicken with Beans and Vegetables recipe at Kitchen Parade
29 comments:
- Lickedspoon said...
Your mum's comment made me laugh! Though your stew certainly looks like 'good food' to me, and a very welcome dinner for a chilly evening.
- January 18, 2010 at 7:52 AM
- Sean said...
What a fun story! We didn't grow up on meat and potatoes either (I'm Asian go figure) but I wouldn't mind eating what you grew up with!
- January 18, 2010 at 7:55 AM
- Maria said...
I don't eat meat, but my family does. I know they would love this hearty dish!
- January 18, 2010 at 9:30 AM
- kellypea said...
We had our share of meat & potatoes when I was growing up, but there were a lot of other things too like goolash, spaghetti, and macaroni & cheese. You know. All the stick to your ribs & fatten you up stuff. We were skinny little things. Let's hear it for our winter weather finally arrived. Yummy stew is perfect!
- January 18, 2010 at 9:33 AM
- Amber said...
Funny thing about families. My husband was definitely raised 'Meat and Potatoes'. He actually never ate pasta or rice once until he went to University! (Thank you, Northern England upbringing!) We love beef stew! I always swap out 1 cup of the broth for 1 cup of coffee. It adds another flavor of richness that you wouldn't expect.
- January 18, 2010 at 9:35 AM
- Christine said...
My mother always cooked with a meat main dish as the centerpiece, but she also grew her own vegetables, so the "potatoes" part was usually a combination of home grown veggies. So I guess I grew up with a foot in each pot! Love your stew, Susan.
- January 18, 2010 at 9:54 AM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
lickedspoon-It makes me laugh now too.
sean-I never complained!
maria-That's nice that you still cook for meat them.
kellypea-How did you stay such "skinny little things" with those foods? ;)
amber-Never ate pasta or rice? Whoa! That's hard to imagine for me. I love the idea of adding coffee. I'll have to try that.
christine-"A foot in each pot." I love that.
- January 18, 2010 at 10:03 AM
- Karen said...
It's nice to have at least one day, being in SD, that you can have this kind of meal :)
- January 18, 2010 at 10:04 AM
- T.W. Barritt at Culinary Types said...
If they're eating this recipe, those poor kids are well-cared for!
- January 18, 2010 at 10:35 AM
- Kevin said...
Susan, I often use beer in my stew, but when I use wine I use about 3/4 beef stock and 1/4 red wine. Then, just before serving I add a healthy splash of wine to the stew, this enables you to actually taste the wine as a separate ingredient and is way good.
- January 18, 2010 at 11:37 AM
- Rambling Tart said...
Aw, that's so funny. :-) I started out meat and potatoes (I'm Danish, after all ;-)) but I've since moved on to other cultures and absolutely love it. :-)
- January 18, 2010 at 12:45 PM
- Lydia (The Perfect Pantry) said...
My husband grew up in a meat-and-potatoes house, and I've learned to make a mean beef stew for him. I don't really eat it, but I love to make it, with lots of root vegetables like turnips and parsnips and rutabaga.
- January 18, 2010 at 1:05 PM
- MyKitchenInHalfCups said...
That's perfect! and it's obviously very good food ;-)
- January 18, 2010 at 1:05 PM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
This would be a very comforting dish Susan.
- January 18, 2010 at 1:21 PM
- Manggy said...
To be fair, I think if I was your mum I would have said the same thing-- except at our household, we actually make meat and potato stews every now and again (not made by me :). But I'm certain I wouldn't mind if it was this one, though :)
- January 18, 2010 at 1:47 PM
- Kelly said...
What a cute story!! And I loved Amber's idea of adding coffee...awesome tip!
- January 18, 2010 at 4:39 PM
- Gattina Cheung said...
hehe... you mom's cute, you were even cuter! Looking at this succulent stew, I realize that I was so deprived when I was a kid :D :D Have a wonderful new year!
- January 18, 2010 at 7:23 PM
- Tasty Eats At Home said...
My husband is definitely a meat-and-potatoes guy, and this is his kind of dish! I love stew, but only once a season or so - and I move on to other, lighter soups. But stew is an important part of winter! Sounds like San Diego is having more wintry weather than we are this week in Dallas - high will be 74 today!
- January 19, 2010 at 5:17 AM
- The Teacher Cooks said...
I love meat and potatoes!! Your beef stew looks so delicious. I am doing one in the next week using the pressure cooker!
- January 19, 2010 at 5:33 AM
- The Food Hunter said...
I totally love your mothers way of thinking. I grew up in a NON meat and potato house too.
- January 19, 2010 at 9:44 AM
- Anna said...
Hey, I feel like I know your mom because I've been eating her biscotti all week. She's right about stew, but I make it anyway. The family likes it and it smells good. That recipe looks like fun and I like that it calls for a cup and a half of red wine. I'm always looking for ways to use up half bottles that I liked but didn't love enough to finish.
- January 19, 2010 at 11:57 AM
- The Food Librarian said...
Yum! This looks great and perfect for this rainy weather! - mary
- January 19, 2010 at 1:19 PM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
karen-I want weather!
tw-That's awfully nice of you!
kevin-That's a great idea to add a splash at the end. I'll have to do that next time. Thanks, Kevin!
rambling tart-That's great that now you enjoy many different cuisines!
lydia-There is something relaxing about making a stew.
mark-You just made my mom smile, no doubt.
kelly-That was a great idea!
gattina-You're pretty cute, yourself. :)
tastyeatsathome-74? You'd better getting the fireplace crankin', girl!
teachercooks-I don't even own a pressure cooker!
foodhunter-Glad to hear it. :)
anna-You're eating her biscotti? Yay! That will really make her day! Even though it sounds like a lot of wine, it's not overpowering.
mary-It warms your belly really nicely.
- January 19, 2010 at 5:06 PM
- Abby said...
I love that! But I did of course grow up in a meat and potatoes (and bread) family. With a side of green beans.
What a perfect meal in a bowl!
- January 19, 2010 at 6:37 PM
- Peter M said...
Susan, this is a fab stew. The tougher cuts take longer but always more flavourful...wicked-awesome!
- January 20, 2010 at 5:03 AM
- Kelsey B. said...
thanks for the shout-out! Also, love your story and your stew. Growing up in Cooperstown NY (frigid winters!) we had lots of belly warming stews like this. My Dad was an M&P guy, but Mom was more for the Italian fare so our cuisine was 50/50. I have to say, I take after my mother. I do a steak frite now and then, but stick with pastas over the pot roast.
- January 21, 2010 at 11:24 AM
- The Duo Dishes said...
Rainy, rainy weather deserves hot beef stew. Perfect timing.
- January 21, 2010 at 10:56 PM
- Livin Local said...
Can I join your family?
- January 23, 2010 at 10:28 AM
- bFusion said...
I made this yesterday. It was hard to wait the necessary time to cook, but the wait was well worth it.
I actually dumped a cup of rice (and an extra cup of beef broth to compensate) in because I had it lying around. It turned it into a really delicious gumbo with the addition of cumin and some Tabasco.
This recipe is extremely versatile and I'm definitely going to keep it handy in case I need to feed a bunch of people on the cheap (less than $15!)
- February 5, 2010 at 8:12 AM


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So the Warlock twinking guide starts here, and you can follow through the various chapters.
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As with prior studies identifying bNAbs in people with HIV, the responses identified by Overbaugh's lab were of no benefit to the individuals they were sampled from. The bNAbs are not present at high enough titers to lead to control of HIV viral load or slowed disease progression in chronic infection. The study is nevertheless potentially important for preventive vaccine development, because if similar bNAbs could be induced by a vaccine they might well be able to prevent the acquisition of HIV infection (which involves exposure to a relatively small amount of virus). Similar confusion occurred with the prior studies reporting bNAb isolation, and it is clearly exacerbated by the adoption among vaccine researchers of the term "elite neutralizer" to describe the individuals bNAbs can be sampled from, which is easily mixed up with "elite controller," the designation given to a different subset of individuals with HIV who maintain undetectable viral loads in the absence of treatment.
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2012 Youth Ministry Forum
re:imagining youth ministry
Keynote Speaker: Andrew Root
"Youth Ministry and Identity in a Digital Age"
Andrew Root serves in the Olson Baalson chair as associate professor of youth and family ministry at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. Root earned his Ph.D. at Princeton Theological Seminary and has since worked in congregations, parachurch ministries, and social service programs.
He is the author of several books, including The Promise of Despair: The Way of the Cross as the Way of the Church (Abingdon, 2010), Children of Divorce: The Loss of Family as the Loss of Being (Baker Academic, 2010), and Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry: From a Strategy of Influence to a Theology of Incarnation (IVP, 2007). He lives in St. Paul with his wife Kara and their two children.
Breakout Session Presenters
Luke Vanderleest, Sioux Falls Christian High School Chaplain
Tanner Smith, First Reformed Church pastor in Sioux Center
Action and Reflection: A Practical Discipleship Model
This presentation focuses on the way Jesus lived, taught, and caught the hearts and minds of those who followed him. Also, how his teachings sparked a movement which became the church. We will be looking into the way people learn. And the way our minds work confirms what Jesus put into practice some 2,000 years ago; people learn best when they are immersed in an ongoing pattern of hearing, doing, and reflecting. In this breakout session, we'll unpack a simple and intuitive model of discipleship that is appropriate for all ages and doesn't require you to use anything other than the Bible, your brain, and the world around you.
Erik Leafblad, Youthfront
Can These Dry Bones Live? Sunday School, Confirmation, and the Missional Formation of the Church
Traditional forms of Christian education appear dry and lifeless. Picture kids sitting in a classroom, replete with felt boards and worksheet hand outs. This is the skeleton upon which theological formation often rests, and yet many churches still ask youth ministers to lead these kinds of programs. Can these dry bones live? Are they capable of sustaining the formation of theological and missional identity for young people? Can they achieve the kinds of educational ends toward which they are aimed? Instead of dismissing the format of such programs, this workshop will explore how to breathe new life into apparently dry and lifeless programs through integration into a missional, theological framework.
Sarah Mulder, Sioux Falls Christian High School art teacher
Creativity and culture
In this session we will discuss and examine the role creativity plays in our culture along with how we have responded to its characteristics. How has creativity changed in the past few decades? Have we as a society become more or less creative? How can we equip our children to appropriately interact with imagination, play, and the sense of wonder? Come with an open mind as we begin to explore how creativity has helped mold today's culture.
Neal De Roo, Dordt University philosophy professor
Fight the Powers that Be
In this workshop, we will explore how Paul's notion of "the powers" offers us a new paradigm for youth ministry: Engaging in a struggle against the deep-seated cultural forces that shape our youth in non-biblical ways during their most formative years. We will examine briefly what Paul meant by "the powers," and then begin to discern "the powers" in our current culture and how they manifest themselves in the products of popular culture (e.g., movies, music, clothing styles).
Mark Tazelaar, Dordt University philosophy professor
Parables and Stories: A New Kind of Chapel
Mike King and Kurt Ritema, Youthfront
Flourish: Curating Environments for Vibrant Faith Communities
How do we move from being programmers who do events and programs that tend to create mere connections with adolescents to youth workers who craft environments where young people inhabit transforming space and sustained Christian formation? We will consider situated learning theory in the context of youth ministry and faith communities. Serving as a curator requires deep theological reflection, an inclusive posture, along with the acquisition and development of skills to shape an environment of transformation where young people can thrive in their faith formation. Curating environments for flourishing faith communities involves careful attention and intentionality to not only the explicit realities but also the implicit dynamics that shape who we are as a community of believers.
Morgan Attema
Tim Keep, youth pastor
A Hopeful Approach to Youth Ministry
Students often live in a chaotic world - a world of struggle, confusion, and pain. However, rather than turning to Jesus Christ, to Christianity, or to the church, students narratives offered by their surrounding world and culture. In youth ministry, we must communicate a message of hope grounded in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. This hope is naturally forward-looking, but must and does have direct implications for our world right now. Because of this hope, we can find grace; we can see the sacred; we can move through the struggle, confusion, and pain.
Culture Is Not Optional
Holy Pizza: Eating Together and Other Ancient Practices
Some youth programs practice a bait-and-switch model that lures students in with diversionary entertainment like pizza and video games toward the ultimate end of getting them to swallow a moral code and win maximum conversion points. This session will offer a modest proposal for slow alternatives rooted in ancient practices that can help students cultivate justice, imagination, and mindfulness in themselves and their respective communities over time as they wrestle with their doubts and deepen their faith.


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I am a feminist because feminism is simply the belief that women should be treated as fairly as men, and there is no factual or rational reason to want the world to work any other way. I would be a feminist even if women all the world over were treated as fairly as men and there was nothing more to be done. Because feminism is the view that that is the way things should be, and thus the way we should endeavor to keep things going.
But in fact the world is not there yet. Certainly not in the so-called third world. But even here in the first world, we are still a long way from a just and reasonable society, not only in this issue but in many–from the way gays and lesbians and atheists and all other minorities must still fight bigotry at both the social and institutional level (yes, appallingly, even here in the U.S.), to the way we allow stupidity and dogma and emotion to block us from doing the right thing in every national domain, from prison reform to tax reform to the elimination of antiquated (and ultimately religious) "vice" crimes. If you see how wrong we as a society are in every other domain, you should not be surprised that we are still as wrong in the matter of embodying the ideals of feminism.
If you believe women deserve equal treatment under the law (as the 14th amendment requires) and if you believe women ought to be treated in business and culture and personal relations as individuals the same way men are, then you are a feminist. If you don't believe those things, you are a sexist. That people must be treated equally under the law stems from the same fact that they must be treated as individuals in every other domain: each person has their own assets and liabilities that often defy gender averages–for example, women may on average have lower upper body strength than men, but many individual women will be stronger than the average man just as many individual men will be weaker than the average woman, so the right standard to judge a person is by the abilities of the individual and not the averages of their sex, perceived or real. Even when differences are pervasive (e.g. many women can get pregnant, most men cannot), these have no bearing on most matters of evaluating a person's merit (such as strength, intelligence, emotional resilience) or legal status (in most cases whether a given tax or law applies to you should not be determined by whether you have a womb or a penis, or indeed even your intelligence or strength), and even when they do they are still reducible to matters of individual difference (many women cannot get pregnant, for a variety of different reasons, while many transsexual men can, thus no law can simply assume all women can get pregnant and no men can), or even individual differences don't matter (e.g. women should simply have the same right to divorce, vote, or own property as men, regardless of any differences, individual or otherwise, provided they are all legally competent adults).
None of the above should even have to be explained. Yet routinely I find it does. That measures how far we are from being a fully humanist society.
Besides the reasons to want this fairness (of treating people as the individuals they are rather than irrationally mapping on to them the perceptions and averages assigned to their gender) there is the fact of the harm that is done by defying or denying any effort to realize this fairness–in society, in our communities, in ourselves. Denying that this defiance or denial happens is the first pillar that ensures it frequently does. Especially since cognitive biases can be pernicious in being undetected even in oneself, if you don't even know to look for them and then compensate or correct for them; or worse, if you deny you even have to. It is easy to assimilate stereotypes and act and think in accordance with them without being aware that you are, or without being aware that it's irrational (but instead trying to rationalize it, by finding clever ways to convince yourself those stereotypes are more pervasively true than they really are).
A rational person is someone who cares about living a self-examined life in which they look for these kinds of biases not only in their society and community but in themselves, and then doing something to fix it. And a feminist is someone who does this in regard to not just overt, but latent sexism. Thus, since a rational person is someone who does this generally, all rational people will be feminists. Conversely, if you aren't a feminist, you aren't a fully rational person. This does not mean all solutions to any discovered problem are the right solutions or even good ideas at all, but one cannot find the right solutions, the good ideas, if you aren't even looking for them in the first place. And you won't really be looking very hard if you aren't passionate about the result. In other words, if you don't deeply care that your society and community be as wise and as just as it can be. Which entails deeply caring about sexism and its purge and defeat.
Religious prejudice comes in many levels, from religious supremacism (e.g. Christians are the master race deserving of full support from the government and atheists are barely human scum who deserve to have their rights taken away or even kicked out of the country) to unconscious religious bias (e.g. treating Christians with more favoritism than atheists, as when deciding to listen to them or befriend them or employ them or how much to pay them or whether to promote them or when blaming anything they do wrong on their "being an atheist" rather than finding the same reasons as when a Christian does something wrong, all without even realizing you're doing that). Prejudice against women comes in the same spectrum, and I have seen all points on that spectrum realized in the United States, the supposedly enlightened culture–and not just in the United States, but within the atheist movement as well. All the way from male supremacism (e.g. women are just inferior to men in nearly every way and government and business should simply recognize that and distribute rights, benefits, and privileges accordingly) to unconscious sexism (e.g. treating men with more favoritism than women, as when deciding to listen to them or befriend them or employ them or how much to pay them or whether to promote them or when blaming anything they do wrong on their "being a woman" rather than finding the same reasons as when a men does something wrong, all without even realizing you're doing that). I have seen it all, the whole spectrum, in my country and in the atheist community.
We should be doing something about it. We should be debating what's to be done. Not whether anything is to be done. Because rational and enlightened people identify problems in themselves and their communities and do what they can to fix them. Sexism is a problem. It would be a problem to prevent even if it didn't exist. But it certainly does exist, even in our supposedly advanced culture, even in our supposedly rational community. And I care about that.
That is why I am a feminist.


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As of September 29, 2010, the first canon appearance of the face of Boba Fett was published in Dark Horse's "The Force Unleashed Vol. 2" trade paperback. The comic coincides with the storyline of the upcoming "The Force Unleashed II" video game, but does not follow it. The writer of the game and previous comic, Hayden Blackman, is a Fett-fan favorite after writing the "Jango Fett: Open Seasons" comics back in 2003.
Though we had previously seen Fett's face in print in both Star Wars Insider issue #80 in "The History of the Mandalorians" article (later retconned to be an image of Spar) and a non-canon appearance in the "Empire Strikes Back Infinities" TPB. In both cases, obviously, Boba bears a striking resemblance to his father, Jango.
In this comic, Boba and a female bounty hunter named Xasha are seen in very casual attire, discussing their current financial states, before being contacted by Darth Vader with a job. The two set off immediately for Cato Neimoidia in search for the clone of Galen Marek.
Not only does Boba's involvement in the storyline bolster the Starkiller franchise with more of a "cult" following, but it also throws a wrench, yet again, in the Fett psyche. In the canon storylines, this would be several years after Boba's leaving Sintas Vel, and according to various previous texts, he had not been involved with any other women since Sintas. Leave it to Star Wars to mess up an existing storyline to make a buck. Join this discussion on our forums.
Regardless, the art looks terrific, and this comic coupled with Tom Taylor's "Blood Ties: A Tale of Jango And Boba Fett", fans are getting more reading material that has been absent for some time.
"Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2" has a release date of October 26, 2010 in the United States.


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Hi, I'm starting out running S&W for some friends & they've got enough money now that they might start wanting to buy some magic items.
Does anyone have a formula for the cost of items? I was thinking about something like 100gp/level of spell/charge. So a wand of invisibility with 5 charges would be 1000gp.
But I'm worried that if I set the formula too low, the players will be able to buy pretty powerful items at a cheap price.
Also, how do you handle having the players identify magic items. I know the spell isn't in B/X, but I couldn't find what level it is in AD&D 2nd ed. From a quick scan of ideas for B/X, the general consensus is that it should be very hard or expensive to have items identified.


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Okavango Delta: map of safari camps & lodges
This map shows the 30-or-so safari camps and lodges in the Okavango Delta. Read more about them by clicking the blue markers, and following the links in the bubbles to more details, or a closer view.
For a more pictorial map which is also interactive, showing the reserve boundaries, see:
► Okavango Delta reference map.
Things to see on this map of the Okavango Delta
The Okavango Delta covers a huge area; see the scale on the map (bottom-left) to appreciate this.
Look towards the north-west to see the Okavango River, and where it enters the Delta – between the dots marked as 'Sepupa Village' and 'Seronga Village'. You can then see the waters of the Okavango River fanning out, spreading across the sands of the Kalahari. Look very closely in certain areas, and you can even see evidence of the underlying faults in the rock which cause this!
Zoom in on the small town of Maun, marked by a black marker– the start for most safaris to the Okavango Delta. Note how the river there is constrained by a fault-line running from north-east to south-west. Zoom into the airstrip there – see all the small planes lined up which ferry people out to the camps and lodges in the Delta!
The smaller dots on the map's top-right corner are camps in the Kwando-Linyanti area; drag the map down to see more of this area.
Looking at the camp's locations, you'll see that all are dotted randomly around the Okavango Delta, with relatively few in the 'Panhandle' areas of the northern of the Delta. Zoom in, look closely, to see the mosaic of water and land environments anywhere in the Delta – which goes some way to explaining why safaris to the Okavango Delta as so varied.
Click onto any of the markers, and follow the links in the bubbles, for more detailed maps of the locations of the various bushcamps and safari lodges.
Navigating around this Okavango Delta map
Drag the sliding marker (over the left-side of the map) along the vertical scale to zoom the map in (+) and out (-), or click on the plus (+) and minus (-) buttons.
Move the mouse over the blue markers to see the name of safari camps and lodges.
Click on the blue markers for more information on camps and lodges.
Click on the links below for more detailed maps which show the safari camps and lodges in each area.
Brown pins indicate points of interest – in this case, some landmarks in Moremi Game Reserve.
Black pins show important villages and towns – including Maun.
Use the left-side menu at the top of this page to view other maps, or click on the links below.


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There's something so nostalgic about lake houses memories of hot summers spent by the , autumn getaways to see the rich . Lake houses are the de facto settings for big family gatherings, , and celebratory weekends. So shouldn't a lake house be a place that draws people in, wraps them up, and invites them to stay a while?
Over the years we've seen a variety of lake house decor some is stunning, some is serene, some functional, and some opulent. But no matter your style (or need) we've gathered more than a few tips and ideas for lake house decorating. Whether you want a fresh and sophisticated update, need to brighten up old ceilings, or want to create a rustic oasis, these lake house decorating ideas will help expertly blend the beauty of nature all around.


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Yes, this band is indeed awesome. Not that I'm biased or anything. Of course the fact that the band is made up of my brother, niece and two nephews doesn't influence my love for their music. Not at all, I swear (well…maybe just a bit). But it is true that I really think that anyone who digs roots music will find Daniel Dye & the Miller Road Band's live show to be just as awesome as I do. They are playing this Thursday, March 13th at the Rockport Community House, with proceeds to benefit the work of Rockport Festivals, the group that puts together the Rockport Farmers Market, HarvestFest and Motif No.1 Day in downtown Rockport.
The Coffeehouse will feature the delicious coffee of Brothers' Brew and give community members a chance to connect with the folks of Rockport Festivals. Opportunities to sign up to volunteer with the festivals and Farmers Market will be on hand, and we look forward to meeting up with our friends and neighbors and kicking off the spring after a long, cold, snowy winter.
Daniel Dye & the Miller Road Band are making a stop in Rockport on their Northeast mini-tour in support of their new album and feature a mix of original tunes in the style of indie-folk, Americana and roots music, playing everything from the fiddle, cello, viola, harmonica, mandolin, guitar, banjo to the melodica.
Please call me at 978-546-2861 or email firstname.lastname@example.com if you need any more information, and we'll see you Thursday in Rockport!


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[Kim] Fuck you motherfucker
[Big] You ain't shit anyway, fuck you
[Kim] You ain't shit, you fat motherfucker
[Big] Yeah, whatever whatever, you wasn't sayin' that when you was suckin' my dick
[Kim] You wasn't sayin that when you was eatin my pussy, you a nasty motherfucker
[Big] Check it, uhh
[Refrain 1: B.I.G.]
What do ya do when yo' bitch is untrue
Do you cut that hooker off and find someone new
I need another bitch (another bitch), in my life
[Notorious B.I.G.]
I know he don't treat you like I treat you
Time to explain your game is see-through
Sex is lethal, I ain't gon' lie
Means to get ya back, I ain't gon' try
Like this y'all, my girl sucked anotha nigga dick y'all
Light skinned with the chromed out six y'all
Thought they was creepin, took trips to V-A every third weekend
While you was sleepin', he hit you on the box
Sixty-nine code non-stop
Shoulda left ya then, but my heart said not
You knew too much, the relationship grew too much
You knew about the crack vials, means to be trialed
Where I hid dough under the bathroom tile
Waited for a while, thought you would be the right thing
Then things got frightening
Peep the scene, sorta like Sam Rothstein
Guess you Ginger, huh, go figure
Never thought you could be a gold-digger
Take my dough and spend with the next nigga
Asked my man Jigga, my ace boon coon
Told me cut the bitch off 'fore the shit balloon
Now I'm like Brandy, Sittin' in My Room
Pissy drunk listenin' to Stylistics tunes
Or the O'Jays, thinkin' bout the old days
My nigga's like, fuck that bitch, go play
Baller, when she beep you, don't call her
Guess who I seen, that freak bitch Paula
She was askin' bout ya whereabouts
Here's the digits, I know you can wear that out
Tear that out the frame, ya game so tight
We'll be all fucking tonight (I'm fucking you toniiight..)
Feel me?
[Refrain 2: Lil' Kim]
What do ya do when your man is untrue
Do you cut the sucker off and find someone new
I need another man, in my life
[Lil' Kim]
Member when you said you would die for me, shit
All of that was just lies to me
Motherfucker shoulda never said bye to me
Now you cry for me, like Jodeci
It's like that y'all, my nigga hit another bitch from the back y'all
Black nasty and mad fat y'all; shoulda seen the ho
Nigga pack your shit, you out the do', ohh
What about the fight in The Mirage
I seen ya Benz parked outside my sister's garage
Said it was your friend Rog, bullshit
I ain't gonna keep puttin' up wit the bullshit
And still I, never sweat these bitches
Q.B. hanged like plaques on the wall with your pictures
Scale them fishes, my love is concrete
Stashin' your heat in the passenger seat
Of the Nautica Jeep, we've been down for so long
Still a bitch like me tryin' to hold on
Teary eyed, damn a bitch steamin'
Girls steady screamin', Kim you need to leave him
When I testified in court
Couldn't think straight thinkin' bout the bitches I fought over you
Nigga have the shit you bought
And fuck you, movin' is my last resort
You see, nine outta ten niggas ain't shit
One outta five niggas suck a dick
You're mad at me, too bad she ain't as bad as me
Shoulda kept the freak bitch off my canapé
Now you see, ain't no pussy warm as mine
Long as mine, ain't no love as strong as this
When I sucked your dick, it's like smokin' a roach
Uhh, why go from first class to coach


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Zaun addresses allegations
DUNEDIN, Fla. — In Friday's addition of the National Post, Blue Jays catcher Gregg Zaun offered his explantation for being implicated in the Mitchell Report. A team spokesman said that the catcher wouldn't field any follow-up questions.
To read Zaun's account of the matter, you can read reporter John Lott's entire interview via e-mail on the paper's Web site. Zaun offered his side of the story involving his ties to Kirk Radomski and Luis Perez.
"I usually have a lot to say about things, but in this case, my breath was completely taken from me at that moment and I needed time to completely digest it all. I was rendered speechless."
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Y'know what?
I actually believe him.
I don't know if I believe him, but I am going to take a second look at the Mitchel Report to see the handwriting on the check.
Back to baseball just for a moment. I was just starting to buy into some of the early hype surrounding the up-coming season. However, when I look seriously at Detroit's roster, and when I consider the potential of the Devil Ray's roster, it sure makes the Jay's roster look anemic in comparison. We know that the Yanks and Red Sox will spend and continue to spend to keep up with these other talent-laden teams; but, it just does not bode well for the Jays. I am excited about our young pitchers, and even some of our position players, but these other teams remind me of the Blue Jays in 92 and 93. The talent is just outstanding. If I was a Detroit fan I would be very excited about the present. If I was a Rays fan, I would be happy about the present, but ecstatic about the future.
Zaun had an interview with Sportsnet, here's the last question and his answer:
Brad Fay: A lot has happened over the past few years that has soured baseball fans. I guess people want to know; have you ever used a substance on the banned list by MLB?
Gregg Zaun: Well I've never ever violated Major League Baseball's drug policy and I've never failed a drug test.
In other words: Yes I've used a banned substance but I stopped when it became against the rules.