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I remember watching The Sound of Music as a little girl on television right around Easter. Yep, that was back in the pre-historic days, the days before DVDs or even VHS. The one line that always stuck with me was when Maria says, "Where the Lord closes a door, somewhere He opens a window." This message of hope that captured me in the sincerity of Julie Andrews' voice is a message I often referred back to whenever I encountered what I thought was an opportunity lost—a door closing. It was a message that always proved to be true, where the Lord closed a door, somewhere He opened a window.
Then one day, another door closed and I headed back to my "Fraulein Maria words of comfort," and I waited, and I waited, and I waited and it seemed as though either God didn't know someone had shut the door, or He had forgotten how to open the window. So I waited, and as time passed, the lack of spotting an opening brought with it some discomfort, then some questioning, and then some down-right honest anxiety. Why wasn't Julie Andrews coming through for me this time? Was I destined to live in sadness and heartache?
Turns out, it wasn't the words of Julie Andrews I needed to rely on, it was the word of God, so I went there, and I found, "Have no anxiety about anything but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God" (Philippians 4:6). And I found, "For I know the plans I have or you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope" (Jeremiah 29:11). And I took comfort, but I still didn't see the window opening.
So what do you do when you don't see that streak of light breaking through the window to conquer the darkness? Easy, you praise God! What? Yep, you praise God. Salvation and Church history are riddled with stories of praise and thanksgiving during times of suffering and great trial. Job experienced life at its worst; David faced years of terror running from Saul; and St. Paul and Silas were beaten and thrown into prison, yet all responded by singing praise to God.
So, how do we give praise in times of suffering? Here are three simple ways:
- Just simply pray. Every time we pray we are communicating with our Father, we are talking to Him. What father doesn't want to hear from his children in their time of need? Communication draws us into a deeper relationship. Communication in times of heartache, draws our hearts closer. Isn't that what it's all about? Our hearts being one with God? In the words of St. Augustine, "My heart is restless, O God, until it rests in Thee." And, what father's eyes don't smile when he hears words of gratitude from the mouth of his child. So just talk to Him, talk to your Father, thank Him. If you can't come up with the words, reflect on Psalm 113 and "Praise the Lord." How wonderful to turn our thoughts from our suffering to boundless hope and trust in the Lord.
- Sing a song. Yes, I know for those of you who know my singing skills, you are thinking this is anything BUT pleasing to God; but get this, my praising Him isn't so much about Him as it is about me. I don't mean that selfishly, I mean that with great humility. God doesn't need my praise, but I need to praise Him to grow closer to Him. Through song, I can be taken away to another world to reflect on His great love and mercy. Since He didn't gift me with a singing voice, but He did gift me with an iPod, I find closing my eyes and listening to Laura Story's song, Blessings, always gives me hope and helps me know how great He is, or How Great He Art.
- Offer it up. I know, what does the mean? It took me a long time to "get" this one. For years I heard people say that, and as I prayed I'd "offer it up," but I never felt anything. It's almost like I was thinking once I said those words, suddenly, "poof" my pain would be gone. Then one day at Mass while praying after Communion and "offering up my pain," it hit my heart. I felt it. The pain wasn't gone, but something was added—a contentment came in knowing my pain could make a difference. Ahhh, redemptive suffering. I finally got it, and even when I didn't understand, but "offered it up," it still had meaning.
So, Fraulein Maria was right, "Where the Lord closes a door, somewhere He opens a window." That catch is, sometimes that window takes longer to open than we had hoped. It's up to us what we do while we wait. I say, do what you naturally do when you're waiting for something. Grab a good book, actually, grab the best book, grab the Bible, and listen to the words of your Father. Then, simply talk to Him. Put on some good music or sing a song of praise, because Our God is an Awesome God. And, above all, know that your suffering has meaning, and offer it up for another. (If you can't think of someone to offer it up for, you might want to do so for the person next to me when I'm waiting for my window to open and singing my songs of praise at the top of my lungs!)
Listen to Laura Story's, Blessings!
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Use the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 XML files Exchange2007.xml and Exchange2007Edge.xml with Windows Server 2003 SP1's Security Configuration Wizard to secure your Exchange environment.
When Microsoft originally created the Security Configuration Wizard (SCW) as part of Windows Server 2003 SP1, it was intended primarily as a utility for helping network administrators to secure Windows. Even so, the wizard benefited Exchange Server administrators, because Exchange depends on Windows. After all, if Windows isn't secure, then Exchange won't be secure either.
When Microsoft created Exchange Server 2007, the company included a couple of XML files that can be used to extend the SCW. These files let Exchange administrators use the SCW to secure Exchange, not just Windows. In this article, I'll show you how to install and configure the SCW, as well as how to use it to secure an Exchange server.
Installing the Security
Configuration Wizard
Because the SCW was initially introduced in Windows 2003 SP1, you must install SP1 or a subsequent service pack in order to install the wizard. However, simply applying a service pack doesn't install the SCW.
After the service pack is installed, start the Control Panel Add/Remove Programs applet. In the Add/Remove Programs dialog box, click Add/Remove Windows Components. You'll see a list of various Windows components. Scroll through the list until you find the Security Configuration Wizard option. Select the corresponding check box, and click Next. Windows will then begin copying the necessary files. Depending on how your server is set up, you might be prompted to insert your Windows installation CD-ROM. When the file copy process is done, click Finish to complete the installation.
Adapting the Security Configuration
Wizard for Exchange
After you install the SCW, you must adapt it for use with Exchange Server. To do so, insert your Exchange 2007 installation media and navigate to the Scripts folder.
Next, you need to locate the following two files: Exchange2007.xml and Exchange2007Edge.xml. You can use these two XML files to extend the SCW to support Exchange 2007. You must copy these files to the server's \%windir%\security\msscw\kbs folder.
The two XML files are security template files that are designed to make the SCW Exchange 2007–aware. The Exchange2007. xml file can be used for securing any Exchange 2007 server so long as it isn't hosting the Edge Transport server role. Microsoft created a completely separate XML file, Exchange 2007Edge.xml, to assist you in securing Edge Transport servers. As you probably know, an Edge Transport server operates at the network perimeter and therefore has very different security needs from that of Exchange 2007 servers hosting other roles—which is why Microsoft created two different XML files.
A benefit of the SCW is that it can be used to secure remote servers. I therefore suggest that you register both XML files with the SCW, so that you can use the wizard to secure any Exchange 2007 server. To use the SCW, you must be a member of the Exchange Server Administrators group and the local Administrators group for the target server.
You need to register the XML files before the SCW can use them. Registering the files is simple. To do so, open a command prompt window, and enter the following commands:
CD\Windows\SYSTEM32 SCWCMD Register /kbname:MSExchange / kbfile:%windir%\security\msscw\kbs Exchange2007.xml SCWCMD Register /kbname:MSExchangeEdge /kbfile:%windir%\security\msscw\kbs Exchange2007Edge.xml
Figure 1 shows the result of running these commands.
Securing Exchange Server 2007
Now that you've installed the SCW and registered the necessary XML files, it's time to use the wizard to secure an Exchange server. For the purposes of this article, I'll show you how to use the SCW to secure a regular Exchange server (not an Edge Transport server). If you need to secure an Edge Transport server, the procedure for doing so is very similar, aside from some obvious differences (e.g., not belonging to the Active Directory—AD—that the rest of Exchange belongs to).
To launch the SCW, select it from the server's Administrative Tools menu. The wizard's Welcome screen will open and will present you with several warnings.
The first warning explains that you can use the SCW to create a security policy that can be applied to any server on the network, and that the various servers and security settings that are applied will be based on your server's roles. However, you must keep in mind that the wizard doesn't actually configure a server to perform a certain role. Configuring a server's role is up to you. The SCW's job is to create a security policy that is appropriate for the server based on its roles.
Another issue that you need to be aware of is that the SCW doesn't automatically detect the server's roles. Instead, the wizard will ask you which roles the server is performing. If you answer the wizard's questions incorrectly, then the security policy might not be stringent enough, or it might be so strict that it prevents some necessary services or applications from running.Continue to page 2
One thing that the wizard does detect automatically is which inbound ports are in use. Therefore, it's important that any applications or services that listen for inbound traffic are running before you run the wizard.
To get started configuring the wizard, Click the Next button on the Welcome screen. You'll see a screen that asks if you want to create a new security policy, edit an existing security policy, apply an existing security policy, or roll back to the last security policy that was applied.
The option of rolling back to the last applied security policy can be a real lifesaver. If you happen to make a mistake and apply a security policy that is too restrictive, you can rerun the wizard and use the rollback option to return your server to normal. Although rolling back the security policy is no substitute for having a good backup, it's a nice option if you need it.
To configure the SCW initially, select the option to create a new security policy. After you click Next, you'll see a screen asking you which server you want to use as a baseline. The wizard will create a security policy based on the server's current settings, as well as on how you answer the wizard's various questions. After you create a baseline policy, you can apply the policy to the server that you used to create it, or you can apply the policy to any other server.
A minor issue that I noticed while writing this article is that if the server you're running the SCW on is running Windows 2003 SP1, then the wizard will insist that your target server also be running SP1—even if the target server is running SP2. Upgrading the server that the wizard is running on to SP2 seems to fix the problem.
Regardless of which server you choose to apply the policy to, you must have administrative permissions on the server. If the account that you're using doesn't have administrative privileges, you can click Specify User Account to provide an alternative set of credentials.
After you click Next, the SCW will process the security configuration database. When this process completes, click View Configuration Database to see all the server roles that the SCW is aware of. Although you can't make any selections on this screen, you should at least verify that the SCW is Exchange 2007– aware. If the various Exchange 2007 roles appear in the list, then you registered the two XML files correctly.
Close the list of supported server roles and click Next. The following screen will inform you that you're about to begin configuring the security policy based on the server's roles, and that specifying incorrect roles can cause the server to stop functioning. In light of this warning, I highly recommend that you create a full system backup of the server before you continue.
Click Next to see a list of the roles that are currently installed on the server. The wizard does its best to try to identify the Windows server roles that are currently installed. Still, you must work through the list and ensure that all the roles that are important for the server are selected. Take your time going through the list, because making a mistake might cause the server to not work correctly.
Click Next, and you'll see a list of the installed features. The basic concept behind this screen is that every Windows server also acts as a workstation in some capacity. The items in this list are the workstation components (called client features) that are currently installed. Again, go through the list carefully and make sure that the features you intend to use are selected before clicking Next.
At this point, the wizard will display the Administration and Other Options screen. This screen lists services and components that are related to performing administrative tasks on the server. Again, the wizard does a fairly good job of anticipating which of these services and components you'll need, but you need to go through the list yourself and make sure that all the necessary components and services are selected.
The next screen lists the additional services that were detected while processing the security configuration database. Typically all the additional services that were detected will be selected, as Figure 2 shows.
In some cases you might not want to select all the services that were detected. In such a case, you should quit the SCW, uninstall the unwanted software, and then work through the wizard again.
Because the SCW might occasionally not detect a service that's on the server, the wizard asks you to decide what you want to do if an unspecified service is detected. The wizard gives you two choices: You can disable the service, or you can allow the service to run as originally intended (by using the Do not change the startup mode of the service option).
Click Next to see a summary of all the services that have been detected. The summary displays the service's current startup mode and what the startup mode will be after the new policy takes effect. I recommend that you take some time to meticulously look through this list, to make sure there are no mistakes.
When you're satisfied with the changes that will be made, click Next to go to the wizard's Network Security screen. This screen informs you that the wizard is about to configure the Windows firewall based on the roles your server is hosting. The screen contains a check box that you can use to completely skip the network security configuration. Assuming that you want to secure the network, click Next.
You'll see a screen similar to the one in Figure 3. As you can see in the figure, the screen lists various ports and asks you which of the ports you want to open. Initially, all the ports appear to be selected. However, if you scroll through the list you'll see that some ports are not selected by default— especially ports related to Exchange Server. You'll need to examine each port individually and decide whether you need to enable the port.
Click Next to see a summary of the ports that were detected, as well as what the port status will be after the new security policy is in place. Ensure that everything in the list is correct, and click Next again.
You've now reached the wizard's Registry Settings section. This section lets you specify which protocols can be used to communicate with other computers.
Click Next to go to the SMB Security Signatures screen, which Figure 4 shows. As you can see in the figure, the registry is configured based on which check boxes you select. You must indicate whether the other computers on the network meet minimum OS requirements, as well as whether the server has sufficient processing power to digitally sign all file and print traffic. The first check box asks whether the other computers that the server communicates with meet certain OS requirements, which are listed below the check box. The second check box asks whether the machine has the necessary power to digitally sign file and print traffic. Selecting both check boxes enables Server Message Block (SMB) security signatures.
The next screen asks which methods the server uses to authenticate with remote computers. Typically, domain accounts are the sole authentication mechanism. However, you can specify that local accounts or file sharing passwords be used.
The screen that you see next will vary depending on the options you chose on the previous screen. Assuming that you selected the Domain Accounts option, you'll be asked to verify that all the domain controllers (DCs) are running Windows NT 4.0 with SP6A or a more recent OS. The screen also asks you to confirm that clocks are synchronized with the selected server's clock.
Click Next to go to the screen that displays a summary of the options you've chosen within the Registry Settings section. If all the settings seem to be correct, click Next to continue.
The wizard will now take you to the Audit Policy section. Clicking Next will display a screen that asks you to determine your audit policy. You have the option of not auditing anything, auditing successful activities, or auditing successful and unsuccessful activities. Make your selection and click Next to go to a summary screen that shows which events will be audited when the new policy takes place.
The wizard then takes you to the Save Security Policy section. Click Next again, and you'll be asked to provide a name and an optional description for the policy you're creating. The screen also contains a View Security Policy button that you can use to generate a report of all the security options you've selected. You can use this report to verify one last time that all the security settings are correct.
Click Next, and you'll see a screen asking if you'd like to apply the policy now or later. If you choose to apply the policy now, you'll need to reboot the server. After you make your selection, click Next followed by Finish to complete the wizard.
Harden Your Environment
Windows 2003 SP1's SCW was originally designed to help secure the Windows OS. But two Exchange 2007 files, Exchange2007 .xml and Exchange2007Edge.xml, let you extend the SCW to secure Exchange in addition to Windows. Installing and configuring the SCW and registering these XML files make the SCW Exchange 2007–aware and thus make your entire environment more robust.

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Omega-3 Madness: Fish Oil or Snake Oil
Stick with fish or fish oil for best heart-health benefits, says Nutrition Action
WASHINGTON—Omega-3 claims are popping up in everything from cereal to mayonnaise, but are those foods the panacea that marketers would have you believe? According to the cover story in the October issue of Nutrition Action Healthletter">Nutrition Action Healthletter, certain omega-3s may reduce the risk of heart disease and might even help protect against cancer, Alzheimer's, and vision problems. But many foods making claims have little or none of those omega-3s, and labels don't have to reveal how much or which omega-3 fat the foods contain.
DHA and EPA, the omega-3s found in salmon, trout, other fish, and algae, are linked to a lower risk of heart disease. Another omega-3, ALA, found in flaxseed and to a lesser extent, canola and soy, may not have the same benefits. But that doesn't stop companies from loading products with ALA and bragging about their omega-3 content.
"The good news is that omega-3s from fish oil can reduce the risk of heart attack, and the research is building on other health benefits," said Center for Science in the Public Interest senior nutritionist David Schardt. "But get your omega-3s from fatty fish like salmon, or take fish oil or algal oil capsules. Many foods with omega-3 claims have only or mostly ALA, which may not prevent anything."
CSPI says the Food and Drug Administration should require labels with omega-3 claims to disclose the amount and type of each omega-3 in the food. Until they do, consumers should be wary of generic omega-3 claims. Here are a few examples of tricky labeling:
• Breyer's Smart! Yogurt doesn't say that each serving has just 32 mg of DHA—as much as you'd get in three-quarters of a teaspoon of salmon. And Breyer's vague "boost your brain" claim needs no evidence.
• Silk Soymilk Plus Omega-3 DHA's label boasts that each cup of milk has "400 mg of beneficial Omega-3," but only the most diligent label readers will notice that the soy milk only contains 32 mg of DHA per serving—again, the amount in just a bite of salmon. The remaining omega-3s are ALA (which just about everyone gets enough of, thanks to soy and canola oil).
• Kashi Go Lean Crunch! Honey Almond Flax cereal advertises 500 mg of omega-3, but doesn't specify whether it's ALA, DHA or EPA. Unless the label promises EPA or DHA (and lists fish, fish oil or algal oil on the ingredient label), it's safe to assume that any omega-3 claim refers to ALA—especially when the product contains flax, soybean oil, or canola oil.
• Land O Lakes Omega-3 All-Natural Eggs' label states "Contains 350 mg of omega-3 fatty acids per serving." However, tests by an independent laboratory found that less than half of this omega-3 is DHA and EPA.
Schardt recommends eating fatty fish like salmon twice a week to average 500 to 1,000 mg a day of DHA plus EPA. (The American Heart Association recommends 1,000 mg a day of DHA plus EPA omega-3s for people with heart disease.) A six-ounce serving of Atlantic salmon has more than 3,000 mg of DHA and EPA, over 100 times what you'd get in a serving of DHA-fortified yogurt, milk, or soy milk.
"If your omega-3s are not from fish, algae, or fish oil, you're likely paying extra for snake oil," said Schardt.
For a review of the current research on the health benefits of omega-3s and more on omega-3 fortified products, see the full Nutrition Action article "Omega Medicine? Is fish oil good for what ails you?"
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Jenn is obsessed with cutting up fruit...don't ask. She made this lovely rainbow inspired fruit plate on Christmas day!
Caramelized Onion-Apple-Blueberry-Walnut Salad w/ Dijon Dressing
Handful of mixed greens
Caramelized onions
Cucumber, thinly sliced
1/2 an apple, chopped
Handful of blueberries
Handful of toasted walnuts
1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
Squeeze of lemon juice
1/2 tsp dijon mustard
Pinch of salt and pepper
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When I started writing this post, I thought it was my last post for this year's Project 52, and then I slowly realized that I may have missed my count by one.
And I did.
Sure, my count was off during 2010's Project 365, but hey, with 365 posts to handle, that was perfectly excusable. This year, I was blogging just a tad over once a week, but I still found myself mindless and careless enough to label week 42 as week 43. This is why my count was off by one for the rest of that time.
That being said, I'm really not too pleased about my blogging this year, because I know that while the quality of my writing has held steady or possibly improved, the amount of writing I do is a crying shame. Sure, I try my best to make sure I have a decent post once a week, but beyond that, I didn't really have much to offer. And I can't say it's because of my emotional state, seeing as whether I'm happy or depressed, the frequency of my updates didn't really make much of a difference.
I guess it helps that my writing is everywhere else on the internet, from the POC to the Freethinkers to the 8List and a bunch of other unattributed stuff. Still, I do feel like I've been neglecting my blog lately, and on my tenth year of doing it, no less. No, don't worry. I don't think this will be a moment for me to call quits on blogging altogether, seeing as I don't wanna hurt all four of my loyal readers.
But still, I guess this year, with all the things I've gone through, I've gone to do a lot of thinking. It just sucks that very little of that ended up on the blog. Whether it be my thoughts on things and people I've encountered, or it be about the RH Bill, or comedy, or even my still non-existent lovelife, I've given snippets of my thoughts on them here and there, but I haven't really tried to commit myself to anything altogether. I haven't really just gone out there and really written in a way that made me feel I've exhausted all my sentiments on the matter at that point.
It always feels I have so much more to say.
Then again, that may not necessarily be a bad thing now, is it? For all I know, I could simply be looking at it from the wrong perspective: that having so much more to say means I'm not being as diligent with my blogging. Maybe I'm becoming a bit more selective in writing, rather than lazy. If the reason for the lower frequency is that and not laziness, maybe what I need to do is to refine the selection process itself. Not every thought that crosses my mind needs to be committed to the interwebs, after all, especially not thoughts that could be very fleeting and just brought about by the spur of the moment, only to be quickly regretted afterwards.
This has been a good year, and I don't even know if I can make the proper traditional year-end things I always have done before. This is weird, when you consider how viral a lot of the things I've done has gotten, from the BaYo thing to the Cybercrime Law article. I never wrote mainly for the money, so this blog not being one designed for profit isn't the reason, either. If it were, then I should be writing on a weekly basis for the POC, at least. But I'm not.
I guess there's just so much I want to say, but also so much I feel is best left unsaid. When I'm too hurt, when I'm too happy, when I'm too anything but contemplative, I feel very suspicious of the words coming out of my keyboard, and I cut myself off at that point.
Nowadays, I also hate writing nothing but a wall of text without a picture somewhere in the mix to at least catch people's eyes as I write.
Have I caught them yet?
So I guess we'll see where we go from here. I'm just really at a point where I have no idea why I'm meandering like this, but I can't say I'm so unhappy, really. It's been a good year, I'm grateful, and I'm still alive.


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All families should strive to live healthy, active lives. To help guide parents, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) offers a collection of 8- to 14-minute interviews with pediatricians about nutrition, exercise and other related topics.
(Recorded July 2010)
Dr. Hassink is a pediatrician and director of the Nemours Obesity Initiative. She is chair of the Obesity Work Group of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the AAP Board of Directors.
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Dr. Bhatia is chair of the Committee on Nutrition of the American Academy of Pediatrics and chief, Division of Neonatology at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta.
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thanks to optimized management of calibration (in a life sciences plant in France)
Continuity is key for efficient pharmaceutical manufacturing. Unforeseen shutdowns may lead to drug shortages, which can have a significant impact on patient care and public health. In 2011, there was a drug shortage of nearly 300 drugs in the USA. Although the FDA is working on mitigating drug shortages, the numbers are decreasing slowly and the issue is still not resolved globally. With targeted manufacturing services, continuous manufacturing and drug availability can be ensured.
Too little maintenance can result in costly downtime. On the other hand, unnecessary maintenance leads to additional expenses. A risk-based maintenance strategy helps identify critical measuring points and balance the necessary effort and costs. Measuring points with higher criticality need more attention and effort regarding maintenance and calibration than those with less criticality. Sustainable service partnerships lead to improved plant performance and maximum value.
Installed base analysis as the foundation to define the focused maintenance regime and activities based on upfront identification of your critical assets
Long-term service contracts with a reliable, competent and global service partner
Calibration interval optimization to reduce costs and improve plant availability without compromising risk and compliance
Managed services which include frequent measurement and reporting of KPIs to identify possibilities for continuous improvement
Get full transparency of maintenance and calibration activities, efficiency and costs
Pharma manufacturing services should include more than emergency support. Of course, a reliable service partner is needed for quick diagnosis and prompt repair to minimize downtimes. For long-term support, it's important to have a service partner that offers global availability and in-depth knowledge about the stringent GMP regulations. With a partner like this, you can find the perfect maintenance and calibration strategy to keep plant availability high.
Instruments are crucial for reliable plant operation, but they are often not included in the maintenance plan. However, age and obsolescence may lead to reduced plant performance or uptime. With increasing complexity, it is a challenge to balance maintenance efforts. The installed base analysis provides key information to facilitate relevant decision making. It allows plant users to have transparency and provides insights on how to improve process availability and minimize downtime risks.
Measuring instruments have become more and more reliable, a fact not often reflected in the calibration interval specifications. This leads to inefficiency and increased risk caused by frequent manual interference. Dynamically determined calibration intervals are based on results of past calibration events and statistical methods. Typically, this results in extended intervals, while instrument failures can be predicted and reliability is increased.
Managing calibration is often challenging. Outsourcing calibration to a service partner transfers the complexity of managing different calibration providers and measuring technologies to one partner, a single point of contact for the plant. All hidden calibration costs become visible to enable significant cost improvements. Furthermore, work scheduling and calibration interval time is improved to generate a positive impact on plant availability.
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I've been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Lotte's Country Kitchen by Lotte Duncan. She is a lady after my own heart with her girly pink kitchen and love of glitter and sparkle, which is reminiscent of my own kitchen and love of all things glittery. Her book is beautifully illustrated with an array of wonderful recipes for every month of the year. I was drooling whilst reading and browsing the book and couldn't wait to get stuck in and decided the Banana Cake was a great one to start on, seeing as there is always a plentiful supply of ripe bananas in my fruit bowl.
Lotte describes this cake as the "very best banana cake in the whole wide world if not the universe and beyond" and I have to agree with her but my only disappointment was I didn't have any preserved stem ginger in syrup in the house, so my cake was lacking this. Apart from that this cake is full of flavour and gorgeously fluffy. I will definitely be making this again but next time I'll be sure to include the stem ginger!
Banana Cake
2 over-ripe bananas
juice of ½ lemon
110g/4oz butter, softened
110g/4oz soft brown sugar
2 large eggs, beaten
225g/8oz self-raising flour, sieved
50g/2oz sultanas
1 piece of preserved stem ginger in syrup, drained and finely chopped
½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp ground ginger
½ baking powder
Grease and line a 900g/2lb loaf tin.
Preheat the oven to 180oC/fan oven 160oC/gas mark 4.
Place the bananas and lemon juice in a medium mixing bowl, mash them together using a fork and set aside.
Cream the butter and sugar together in your mixer or with a wooden spoon until pale and fluffy. Add the eggs a little at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the mashed banana and beat well.
Using a metal spoon, gently fold in the flour, sultanas, ginger, spices and baking powder and turn the mixture into the loaf tin. Spread it out evenly and give the mixture a little tap to settle it down in the tin.
Bake for 35-45 minutes until golden brown and firm to the touch. Remove from the oven, leave to cool in the tin for 5 minutes and then turn out onto a wire rack.
Serve sliced and spread with lashings of softened creamy butter!
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My peonies are growing like weeds!
Here is a blurry picture that I took about a month ago of my peony plant just coming out of the ground.
This is a picture that I took today of the same plant.
This is the plant that has the white blooms and the pink blooms on it.
Last year it only had five blooms and this year it has six.
I planted this peony plant out by my garden on the new house's property.
So after we sell the house we are living in now, I will have at least one peony.
It's beautiful!
It has one more bloom on it getting ready to bust.
I am planting some perennials around the outside of the garden. One little plant at a time.
Are your peonies blooming yet?
More later…………………………..Sally
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"New Doctor, new era, and of course, new clothes. Monsters of the universe, the vacation is over--Capaldi is suited and booted and coming to get you!"
We couldn't have said it better ourselves, Steven Moffat.
Finally, "Who" fans, we've got the first look at the actual costume Peter Capaldi will wear when he finally takes his turn as the Doctor later this year, and it's a far cry from Matt Smith's adorably ragged hipster garb. Gone are the bowtie, the short pants, the tweed, and that trademark floppy hair. Instead, Peter Capaldi's Doctor (along with "Doctor Who" costume designer, Howard Burden) seems to have both visited an upscale department store and a tailor in the search for the perfect outfit.
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We're thinking perhaps showrunner Steven Moffat saw the success of the blue wool coat of another one of the famous characters he's currently the boss of, and we can already imagine that bright red lining whipping around magnificently as the Doctor rushes to save the day. Capaldi looks positively crisp in a stark white, fully buttoned dress shirt, dress pants, and a navy cardigan, like a TV businessman who has a mansion and three grown children who should all be doctors (or Doctors?).
FIRST LOOK: See the first official picture of Peter Capaldi as the Doctor
We're particularly intrigued by the shiny, wing-tip Doc Martens that complete the ensemble. Whether the heavy footwear is any indication of the new types of adventures this Doctor will be going on is yet to be seen.
Capaldi is also totally wearing a ring on his wedding ring finger, which makes sense given that he's married to multiple women, in multiple timelines, on multiple planets. But he is a 1,500 year old time traveler, so we might be able to forgive him.
What we really love about this photo, though, is Capaldi's stance and furrowed brow. He could be casting a Sabrina-style spell on us, pointing towards a Dalek angrily floating towards us, or, hopefully, he's beckoning towards his next time-traveling, adventure-having companion (spoiler alert: it's us).
"He's woven the future from the cloth of the past," said Capaldi about the ensemble, "Simple, stark, and back to basics. No frills, no scarf, no messing, just 100 percent Rebel Time Lord."
We cannot wait to see this costume in action. Literally. We already took our Tardis (they give those to all the TV reporters) to the future and watched the whole eighth season. It's really fantastic and that red really pops.
As for right now, filming for the eighth season is currently underway in Cardiff with Peter Capaldi and Jenna Louise Coleman, and will premiere on BBC America in late 2014.


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Looking for a star-worthy name for a baby girl? How about Harper?
Saturday Night Live star Bill Hader and his wife Maggie Carey welcomed their second daughter Saturday and named her Harper. Harper Hader (love the alliteration!) joins a elite group of celeb babies with the same first name. David and Victoria Beckham, Neil Patrick Harris, Tiffani Thiessen, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl and Lisa Marie Presley all have daughters named Harper.
This English name, of course, reminds us of To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee. It means harp player. (How sweet!) And it appears to becoming more popular. The name came in 54th in 2011 on the Social Security Administration's Top Baby Names List followed by Alexa and Makayla.
What do you think of the name Harper? What are your favorite baby names?
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import java.util.Scanner; import java.text.DecimalFormat; public class Proj3 { public static void main(String[] args) { Scanner kb = new Scanner(System.in); String strCustomerName; String strPhoneNumber; String strShippingCode; String strTaxCode; char cShippingCode; char cTaxCode; int iDiscountCode; int iNumberOfGadgets; int iNumberOfWidgets; DecimalFormat df1 = new DecimalFormat("###-####"); CustomerOrder order1 = new CustomerOrder(); System.out.print("What is the name of your customer? Must be four letters long, if it is not four letters long please add X's to the end to correct this"); strCustomerName = kb.nextLine(); order1.setCustomerName(strCustomerName); System.out.print("What is the phone number of the customer? Please input in the format ###-####:"); strPhoneNumber = kb.nextLine(); order1.setPhoneNum(strPhoneNumber); System.out.print("How many gadgets does your customer want to order?"); iNumberOfGadgets = kb.nextInt(); order1.setNumGadgets(iNumberOfGadgets); System.out.print("How many widgets does your customer want to order?"); iNumberOfWidgets = kb.nextInt(); order1.setNumWidgets(iNumberOfWidgets); System.out.print("What shipping option would your customer prefer?"); System.out.println("For overnight shipping: O or o. For priority shipping: P or p. For standard shipping, s or S."); strShippingCode = kb.nextLine(); cShippingCode = strShippingCode.charAt(0); order1.setShippingCode(cShippingCode); System.out.print("Which tax code would your customer prefer?"); System.out.println("For non taxable: N or n. For taxable: T or t."); strTaxCode = kb.nextLine(); cTaxCode = strTaxCode.charAt(0); order1.setTaxCode(cTaxCode); System.out.print("Which discount code would your customer prefer?"); System.out.println("For no discount: 0. For loyalty discount: 1. For employee discount: 2."); iDiscountCode = kb.nextInt(); order1.setDiscountCode(iDiscountCode); }//end of main }//end of Proj3
In class, we are calling private methods from a class. The shipping and tax codes have to be set to a character. I would appreciate help on how to convert a string to a character. Foe example, when asked which tax code the customer would prefer, if they choose N or n it would give non taxable, if they choose T or t, it would give taxable, otherwise it would give taxable. However, when it gets to line 44, where you have to input the shipping code, it crashes with the error "String index out of range: 0". Any help would be appreciate, thanks again.


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text: First, realize that nothing you can do will be enough.1 Sin is too serious, and God is too holy.2 Mercy cannot rob justice, so Jesus paid the full penalty of justice in your place upon the cross.3 Because of that payment, Jesus has authority to forgive all your sins.4 The word "repent" means to turn.5 You must turn from self-reliance which always results in failure and more sin, to trust in the finished work of Jesus to pay for everything. That will mean that no credit goes to you. All of it goes to Him.6 Choose this day to trust in the blood of His cross forever, and His promise of the forgiveness of sins is yours.7 No mistake you make, nor bishop, nor burning bosom can take away what the Most High God gives you by a promise. That promise depends upon Jesus, not upon you.8 Ironically, it is the "no strings" love of Jesus that will cause the most powerful works of gratitude to flow from you in response thereafter.9 The Most High God is offering you forgiveness as an undeserved gift.10 Do you have enough faith to say, "Yes," and mean it?11 If you do, the adventure begins!12


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Diana Diroy's ten minute film, What's A Girl Doing Here? goes behind the wheel with female cab drivers in New York City. There are 46,000 taxis in the city, and a mere 170 of them are driven by women. One driver, Elena Tenchikova, divulges that she once had a little girl in her cab who asked her mother, "What's a girl doing here?" The mother explained that Tenchikova as driving the taxi; the little girl argued, "but boys drive cabs." Tenchikova is a full-time student who drives three or four days a week — but the shifts are so long, a mere three days of work amounts to almost 40 hours of work. Meanwhile, she's getting a masters degree in urban policy and administration. Another driver, Shonna Valeska, is a photographer who finds driving a cab to be a "real learning experience."
According to Diroy, Tenchikova is still driving, but Valeska quit after ten months to focus on her photography (she most recently shot her fourth book cover for Ann Coulter). But Valeska hopes to make a documentary about the taxi industry someday.


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blossoms that pop up throughout town. So far I have seen bright
pinks, purples and dogwood trees. I especially love living in a new neighborhood,
because it is a fun surprise as to what dead trees will blossom into
beauties. Anyways, these photos were taken on my town's square (one
of my favorite places). The whole square is covered in these beautiful
cherry blossoms! The only bad thing is that it was still pretty chilly for spring.
Well I hope you all had a lovely weekend I am totally not looking forward
to going back to school tomorrow. Take me back to Austin, I am not
really for spring break to be over!
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Trying to get pregnant can be a stressful process, but a new movie turns it into comedy. I caught this trailer over the weekend and thought it was pretty hilarious. The_ Babymakers_, starring Paul Schneider and Olivia Munn, is about a couple, Tommy and Audrey, who are having problems conceiving. After seeing a fertility specialist, Tommy and Audrey learn that Paul has a low sperm count. Desperate and worried about his marriage, Tommy recruits his buddies to help him rob a sperm bank where he had donated in the past (to get money to buy Audrey an engagement ring). Of course, hilarity ensues.
TTC can be a serious and sometimes scary thing to go through, but it doesn't hurt to keep it light sometimes, right? It might be a good way to keep things positive. The movie comes out on August 3rd if you want to check it out.
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text: +JMBella 0 Posted January 5, 2006 (edited) Here it is. The next in the series of Lighthouse Geocoins. There will be a total of 300 coins minted. 100 Gold, 200 Bronze. They'll be trackable on GC.com and have the Lighthouse icon. Some slight changes this time but they will still be listed on ebay. Here's how it will work: FIRST: At 7:00 PM, I will post a link for the GOLD coins ONLY. You can purchase the Gold but ONLY PAY FOR THEM IF YOU ARE NOT BUYING BRONZE. If you plan on buying bronze also, wait... Once the Gold coins are sold out, I will post a link to the Bronze coins. Once you have made your purchases, you can pay for both coins at one time. This should eliminate over orders. It will also give everyone plenty of time to get the gold without having to worry about rushing to get bronze. Does that make sense? Questions? Comments? Here are the prices: Gold: $9.50 Bronze: $8.00 Shipping: $1.80 for orders inside US. $4.75 for orders overseas. Shipping discount: $1.80/$4.75 for 1 coin, .50 for each additional coin. We expect shipping to be around 6 - 8 weeks. Here's the rendering. The front will be 3D (not color). The back with be the same as the first Lighthouse coin with the AGA Logo. back of First Lighthouse coin: Icon: NOTE: 10 Gold and 20 Bronze coins are spoken for. Purchases will be limited to 2 gold coins and 5 bronze. Edited January 5, 2006 by JMBella Quote Share this post Link to post


text: Picked this little guy up about two weeks ago. He still had a pretty large yolk sac, and while it is not recommended that arowanas be bought that young, I was confident enough to get it. All they need at that age is delicate handling and pristine water. The photos below are from this morning and the sac is almost depleted as you can see. This is the perfect stage to train him onto eating prepared food as you have some time to play with. So far he has been eating like a champ. He's had his fill of pellets and cultured daphnia. I left quite a bit of the daphnia in the tank so he can feed throughout the day.


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SARASOTA, FLA. — Steve Johnson, as is his nature, isn't going away quietly in the fight for the fifth spot in the rotation.
Johnson, who has earned a reputation as a never-give-up battler, threw four scoreless innings to lead the Orioles to a victory over the Minnesota Twins, 7-1, Sunday at Ed Smith Stadium.
Johnson gave up three hits, one walk and hit a batter, but always made the pitch to get out of trouble. He threw 67 pitches, 40 of them for strikes.
"I was behind a lot of hitters, but I battled back. The slider was really good, helping me get back in some counts," said Johnson, who has allowed two earned runs in nine spring innings. "I wish I could have gotten ahead of a lot more batters, but I feel like I put up zeros and got out of a couple jams. I did my job."
Johnson, 25, is in a battle for the fifth starter's job along with Jake Arrieta, Brian Matusz, Zach Britton and Jair Jurrjens. Each has been pitching well, and Johnson admits that helps push him.
"It's a great competition. Everyone's done pretty well the last time out, so it is definitely a heated battle but it's a lot of fun going out there and competing," he said. "You're not only competing against the other team but you're competing against the other five, six, seven guys or however many we have going after the spot. So it's a lot of fun and it's just an honor to be in the running."
Matt Wieters hit his third homer of the spring, a two-run shot, and J.J. Hardy, a former Twin, hit his first home run of the exhibition season. It was just his second Grapefruit league hit.
Another former Twin, Lew Ford, had a two-run single, to put the game out of reach.
Johnson allowed just three hits, a walk and a hit batter and now has given up just two earned runs in nine spring innings.
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Bethesda Softworks has released new screens and information on the lastest expansion for Fallout 3, Point Lookout which was announced at E3. Point Lookout opens up a massive new area of the Wasteland – a, dark, murky swampland along the coast of Maryland. So hop on the ferry to the seaside town of Point Lookout, for the most mysterious and open-ended Fallout 3 DLC adventure yet.
The story of Point Lookout,:
Buy a ticket and hop onboard the Duchess Gambit, as Tobar the Ferryman takes you to the strange seaside town of Point Lookout. What secrets does the dilapidated boardwalk hold? Who lives in the sprawling mansion? Why is the Punga Fruit so important? And what horrors lie in the depths of the murky swamp?
Point Lookout is the most open-ended DLC yet, and allows you to explore a huge, swampy wasteland any way you'd like. A completely new quest line allows you uncover the town's hidden secrets and wield powerful new weapons like the Double-Barrel Shotgun against the swamp's dangerous, and deformed, denizens.
- Discover and explore an entire new area – the beachfront town of Point Lookout, with its decrepit boardwalk and surrounding swamplands loaded with adventure.
- Explore the chilling mystery that pervades this once sleepy town, with a new quest line and open-ended gameplay.
- Encounter unique new swamp denizens and weaponry that will test even the toughest characters.
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Check out the Team Diary. You can see the screens here.
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Pronunciation: (floor-EH-sents in SY-too HY-brih-dih-ZAY-shun)
A laboratory technique used to look at genes or chromosomes in cells and tissues. Pieces of DNA that contain a fluorescent dye are made in the laboratory and added to cells or tissues on a glass slide. When these pieces of DNA bind to specific genes or areas of chromosomes on the slide, they light up when viewed under a microscope with a special light. Also called FISH.
Source: NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
A technique used to identify the presence of specific chromosomes or chromosomal regions through hybridization (attachment) of fluorescently-labeled DNA probes to denatured chromosomal DNA. Examination through a microscope under fluorescent lighting detects the presence of the colored hybridized signal (and hence presence of the chromosome material) or absence of the hybridized signal (and hence absence of the chromosome material). Also called FISH.
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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and polish your crystal football. LET'S GO!
LIGHTS OUT – 10:00PM (FX) I think people like boxing movies and TV shows more than they like ACTUAL boxing, which makes it the inverse of pretty much every other sport. So if you didn't get enough fake boxing with "The Fighter," or "Million Dollar Baby," or "MVP: Chimp Boxer!" then you're in luck. Because FX's latest hourlong drama focuses on a punch-drunk boxer who's deeply in debt and is looking to come back to the ring to help get his family back in the black. Will there be punching? Oh, yes. There will be punching. ANTICIPATION: PUNCHY!
ONION SPORTSDOME – 10:30PM (Comedy Central) The Onion's new SportsCenter parody is not only Comedy Central's first real attempt at a sports version of "The Daily Show" (something so many have tried to get on the air only to fail), but it also marks the first ever TV series from the folks at The Onion. This should be all be terribly exciting, and yet the reviews seem to be quite tepid. I have a theory as to why The Onion's particular brand of humor doesn't work on TV, and it's this: When you watch a show like this, you want to know that there is some semblance of a real person delivering the jokes to you. You want to know they're regular people with opinions and likes and dislikes. But The Onion doesn't do that. It strips its on-camera people of any real personality and wraps them in so much irony that you feel like you're watching a robot deliver jokes. That's my two cents. Although if they have murder jokes, I'm there all the same. ANTICIPATION: FOR AREA SPORTS FANS!
TOSH.0 – 10:00PM (Comedy Central) For the season premiere, Daniel Tosh brings in the legendary Antoine Dodson for a Web Redemption. Antoine had straightened hair in the promos for this, and it was scarier than the actual intruder in his Alabama neighborhood. ANTICIPATION: THEY MOCKIN' ERRBODY UP IN HERE!
TEEN MOM 2 – 10:00PM (MTV) New season! Watch as four teenagers try and raise kids and fail. Included is one girl battling her own mother for custody of her child. You idiot. Your mom WANTS your baby and you're fighting it? FOOL! Let her do all the work and buy all the formula! Go to school! You just got a free ticket out of misery! ANTICIPATION: BABIES HAVING BABIES!
DIRTY JOBS – 9:00PM (Discovery) Mike heads to a distillery and watches molasses being turned into rum. Sweet, sweet rum. I must have you NOW. ANTICIPATION: ARRGGGGHHHH HANDS OFF ME RUM!
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London's Kelpe got a new toy and it's not to make beats on it: it's the GoPro camera that you might know from these near space videos. Mounted on his head, Kel filmed himself while performing two of his tracks at home.
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this is a discussion within the College Community Forum; Posted by Mike Strom August 04, 2007 Trent Mackey Jr., an All-State middle linebacker at Carencro, whose family formerly resided in Port Sulphur prior to Hurricane Katrina, became Tulane's sixth football commitment for 2008 on Saturday. Mackey, a 5-foot-10, 225-pound ...
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Carencro LB makes pledge to Tulane
Posted by Mike Strom
August 04, 2007
Trent Mackey Jr., an All-State middle linebacker at Carencro, whose family formerly resided in Port Sulphur prior to Hurricane Katrina, became Tulane's sixth football commitment for 2008 on Saturday. Mackey, a 5-foot-10, 225-pound tackling machine, accepted Coach Bob Toledo's offer to join the Green Wave over offers from Ole Miss, Louisiana-Lafayette and McNeese State.
"Tulane was the first to offer me and I feel like it's the place for me to go because of the academics," said Mackey, who is fully qualified academically with a 3.5 grade-point-average and a score of 20 on the ACT. "I can't play football the rest of my life. I'm looking forward to getting a job after my college career. If I go to the NFL, that's good, but you need something to fall back on."
Mackey is entering his third year as a starter at Carencro after he and his family were forced to evacuate and relocate to the Lafayette area due to Katrina. He was a two-year starter at defensive end at Port Sulphur as an eighth- and ninth-grader before moving to Carencro.
"It was pretty hard, it being my sophomore year," Mackey said of his family's sudden relocation. "But I was mentally strong enough to be able to deal with the situation more than a lot of (other) people did in dealing with school and sports. I think everything worked out for the best for me."
Mackey earned a starting role at linebacker for Carencro after just one week of practice with Coach Lance Guidry's Bears. Although Mackey's father, Trent Sr., continues to operate a trucking service that operates in south Plaquemines Parish, the Mackey family now resides in the Lafayette area.
Mackey was recruited by Tulane tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator Doug Lichtenberger and projects as an inside linebacker for the Green Wave.
Mackey recorded 161 tackles and 12 sacks as a junior in helping the Bears to a 7-3 record in the regular season and an advance to the Class 5A state quarterfinals. Carencro defeated Hahnville 35-14 and Destrehan 35-28 in successive weeks before falling to eventual state runner-up Sulphur 40-6.
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Bland Family Papers, MS 134, 1757-1860
Collection summary
Title:The Bland Papers
Creator: Bland Family
Call number: MS 134
Inclusive dates: 1757-1860
Bulk dates: 1758-1847
Extent: 5 boxes
Abstract: Summary: Large correspondence of Blands in England and VA;
letter from Theodorick Bland describing life in TN 1798-1801 and
notes on Alexander's CHANCERY PRACTICES; MS analysis of U.
S. Constitution (1463 pp.) and on other states (484 pp.); notes on
cases before superior court in Washington, TN, 1799-1801 (140 pp);
MS vol. catalogue of T. Bland's books, Annapolis, Aug. 1829; MS
vol. survey of organization of American institutions; MS vol. report
to John Q. Adams of commission to investigate affairs in South
American countries, 1818; notes on life in Chile and Argentina,
1818; ledger of Thomas Stockett Alexander, Bland's law partner
1849-60; ledger with Alexander's notes on various cases.
Administrative summary
Repository H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Historical Society
201 W. Monument St.
Baltimore, MD 21218
[email protected]
Access restrictions: Public use of Theodorick Bland's "Colonial History" restricted to
microfilm: Manuscripts Department microfilm MS 134.
Use restrictions: Permission to publish is required.
Provenance: Gift of Thomas H. Geither, Jr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Balliere, and
Dr. Henry J. Berkley in Feb. 1920 and on April 11, 1921
Accession number: 58438, 58619
Biographical Note
Theodorick Bland born in Dinwiddie County, Va., 1776. Bland was Chancellor of the State of
Maryland. Giles-General of Customs. Edward-Collector of Customs. Theodorick-Chancellor of
Customs. Bland and Alexander were partners in the practice of law.
Scope and Content
The Bland Papers consist of writings and correspondence by or related to Theodorick Bland.
The collection is contained in 5 boxes. Box 1: Political observations and notes on real estate, the
law and the constitutions of the United States. Box 2: contains an analysis of the Constitutions.
Box 3: Papers related to law cases, a will for John Gibson, the Ledger of Thomas Stockett
Alexander, Alexander's Chancery practice, and a sketch and Genealogy of Theodorick Bland.
Box 4: Correspondence between various members of the Bland family, as well as letters from
J.Q. Adams, James Monroe, and Andrew Jackson in relation to Bland's legal appointments. Box
5: Contains Bland's notes on his travels to South America and his report to J.Q. Adams in
relation to these travels. Notes on legal matters, including cases tried in Tennessee, a genealogy
for the Bland family, a catalog of books belonging to Theodorick Bland, notes on early
American history and colonial history are also contained in Box 5.


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DWTS Season 11 – The Great "Previous Dance Experience" Debate, Part I
Since the cast announcement, there's been a lot of talk about whether or not some of this season's cast members have an unfair advantage on the show due to having "previous dance experience". So I took it upon myself to do a little digging around to see just who out of our 12 celebs is no stranger to the dance floor…and guess what? All of them have done a little dancing before…well, at least a very loose definition of dancing 😉 So why don't we see how they all measure up, shall we? Let's begin with the stars with the more obvious experience: Brandy, Florence, Jennifer, & the Hoff. Watch and discuss…
First up, we have Brandy, who starred in a revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella back in 1997. Here's her big "dance number" – the song "Ten Minutes Ago", where she croons with Paolo Montalban while doing some Viennese waltzing:
As for any experience she may have garnered in her music video days, here's the most "dance-heavy" video of hers I could find – "Afrodisiac":
Courtney: Ok, the first video is some pretty basic Viennese waltzing – natural turn, reverse turn, underarm turn, repeat. And Brandy & Paolo suspiciously disappear when the extras begin the heavy duty spinning & lifting. I mean, as far as an advantage – it may save Maks 15 mintues of practice time explaining what the Viennese waltz is and what the basic movement is. But other than that…nah. As for her video (and I think this goes for all of her videos in general) – Brandy does a lot of grooving and a little bit of basic choreo, but she leaves the hard stuff to her backup dancers. She may be able to inject the "sexy factor" into her dances, but I don't think she's going to have an edge in terms of technical skill.
Marianya: I remember when I first saw Brandy and Paolo dance in Cinderella I promised myself that I would learn how to do that. And then when I went to do it, it was the most basic steps in the repertoire… talk about disappointment. Also in regards to music videos or shows, Brandy was big in the 90s, but the 90s weren't all that dance heavy for the female soloists… at least not until Britney Spears and Co. from the Mickey Mouse club took over the music world for a spell (turn of the millennium). So really in regards to prior dance experience, none… can she pick up choreo? Definitely, but that's something that most anyone could do… the mere fact that she's done choreo before just edges here out slightly…
Heidi: Who choreographed that Cinderella thing? Will they own up to it? 🙂 Yeah, not a ringer, but I do think she has more of an advantage due to her relative youth and physical conditioning.
The verdict: Her basic knowledge of choreo may give her a SLIGHT advantage, but we think she's going to have more of an edge from her young age & great body.
Now we're onto Florence Henderson, who did some serious disco grooving back when she was on The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (unless you want to sit through some serious cheese, I recommend starting at the 2:24 mark to see Flo shake her groove thing 😉 ):
Marianya: I was watching this at work and was shaking my head a few times… man everyone was all over the place, it's amazing. The steps are very basic that most anyone could pick up the choreo, I don't think this could transcend into ballroom dancing. Plus it's been a few decades for her… and she's not getting any younger.
Courtney: The hustle portion is hysterical – at some point, every single one of them messes up. Again, some pretty elementary "jazz hands" type dancing…which even Flo fouls up a few times. And this was quite a few years ago – I don't know that Flo is gonna be as lithe & nimble now as she was then.
Heidi: Didn't I also read that Florence was also a Broadway baby? Yup, I did. 🙂 I think, like Jennifer, that her age kind of equalizes any perceived benefit to having been in Oklahoma and South Pacific – but the advantage that doesn't go away is the comfort in front of a live audience and doing a live performance. See, I think everyone has an advantage of some sort – it's going to come down to who has the most.
The verdict: Her age will likely negate any edge she may have had from Broadway, but she may be more comfortable in front of a live audience than some of the other celebs…just don't ask her to do the Hustle. 😉
Here we have the celeb who has been accused of having the greatest amount of dance experience this season – Jennifer Grey. Now, due to the fine folks at Lionsgate Entertainment and their vigilant policing of any uploaded clips from Dirty Dancing, an embeddable copy of the famous "final dance" from the movie does not exist on the interwebs – so you can go watch it here.
Courtney: Ok, now while this iconic scene may be forever embedded in some folks' minds as "fantastic dancing", I think Marianya (and anyone else that has seen REAL mambo) will agree that this is pretty mediocre by most ballroom standards. Very stiff, very obviously choreographed. And again – quite a few years ago, and Jennifer has had some health problems since then, so even if she could remember these moves, there's no guarantee that she'd be able to execute them.
Heidi: Interesting note about this dance: I read or saw a show on Patrick Swayze and they said this was the first dance filmed and they could only do ONE take because Patrick was having…was it back issues?? There was not a lot of takes on this dance, if the thing I saw was correct. It's possible they were talking about "the lift" too. It's been a while. That said – I think that most people are blinded by the romance of the moment, and miss the amateurish dancing. It's a sweet movie – but it's not truly about dancing.
Marianya: It's funny when you see iconic dances in movies or television and you think "I wanna be able to do that" and when you actually start learning, it's a whole different ball of wax. Now, Jennifer has studied dance growing up, but that was how many decades ago? Sure, she could pick up choreography… decades ago, but again, so can most anyone else. I think Jennifer would be slightly ahead of the game in the ballroom dances due to her dance studies growing up, but in regards to the latin dances the most is probably the basics in mambo, but that's it… An edge? Not enough to win, but enough to score above average I'd say.
Courtney: Heidi, I'm glad you notice the amateurish dancing as well. I think it becomes especially obvious when you compare Patrick & Jennifer's version to Cheryl & Tony's version that they performed during season 2 – notice how much more fluid it looks when people who know how to actually dance mambo do it:
The verdict: She may have a slight advantage from her Dirty Dancing days, but that alone not going to be enough to take her all the way.
Last but not least, we've got David Hasselhoff. Now as one of the videos that Heidi posted earlier mentioned, David has a little bit of musical theater under his belt – he's been in the Las Vegas production of The Producers, was the lead in Jekyll & Hyde on Broadway back in 2000, and played Billy Flynn in the London production of Chicago for 3 months back in 2004. Now while I'd love to showcase him dancing in one of these productions, I cannot find any videos of him in The Producers or Chicago, and Jekyll & Hyde is not a very dance-heavy musical. However, I do have something even better – the Hoff getting funky in the 1976 film Revenge of the Cheerleaders:
Courtney: *hysterically laughing* Wow, those cheerleaders were loving them some Hoff! Ok, that aside, I'm sure the Hoff has some rhythm, and I think the musical theater background has helped – but then again, if my knowledge of musicals serves me, Billy Flynn & Roger DeBris (his role in The Producers) aren't known for being particularly difficult roles, dance-wise. Mainly a lot of jazz hands 😛 What I'm more concerned about – and I've said this before – is that the Hoff's mind may be a bit rusty. Seriously- sometimes I think he's got more than a few screws loose. So in spite of all this experience, I think he might have trouble remembering choreography (or even being able to pay attention when Kym is teaching it). What good is previous experience if you can't remember it to draw from?
Marianya: Oh heaven help me. If that is what the Hoff is capable of then I foresee another Jerry Springer in the works. I saw the Hoff in the Jekyll & Hyde musical and there was no dancing in there. In fact the other parts that he has done in musical theatre were minimal if any dancing. So I don't know if he could pick up choreo, ok he could pick up choreo but I don't believe that he could do anything with it like Donny Osmond. He'll ham it up, that's for sure… but I think the buck will stop there.
Heidi: Oh my lord. What more can I say about that? I think The Hoff is going to do well on the show, but I don't think it will be because of any perceived advantage.
The verdict: If he does well on the show, it sure as hell won't be due to his Broadway experience – or the sizzling moves we see here!
So there you go – some food for thought for those of you who think that some of these celebs have an unfair advantage. But what about the other celebs this season, you ask? Oh boy – just you wait for part II…because you guys are gonna be blown away by some of the hoofing the other celebs have done in the past 😉 Did you sense the sarcasm there?


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How do you make a good thing better?
Supersize it!
The girls enjoy doing Montessori mapwork projects regularly, but in order to get a little more context into the activity, I upgraded the size of our canvas:
Each kid still colors a map of her chosen area, but then I give her a poster-sized sheet of Strathmore drawing paper and a glue stick, and she gets to glue her map onto the poster, and then add on other images around it to provide context. Some of the images, like the Ancient Egypt labels that Willow's placing onto her mapwork of Egypt, are from printables that I've collected online here and there (remind me someday to show you my organized library of homeschool printables, stored on my external hard drive), other images are from my stash of cutter texts--old National Geographics, out-dated travel guidebooks, etc.--and some images the kiddo draws for herself, such as the Great Pyramid of Khufu that Will is putting onto her poster, sand brick by painstaking sand brick:
I also show the girls where their chosen area is on our globe, and I do expect them to remember it (Will more so than Sydney, obviously), and when the girls have finished their posters, we always hang them up in a prominent position in the living room for a while:
Will actually references her Egypt poster occasionally, since Ancient Egypt is one of her current areas of interest and so she's always playing some online game or other (always gotten to from my Little Pumpkinbear Links) in which she needs to know the sons of Horus or what was contained in which coptic jar or whatever. Even Syd, who can't yet pick out any of her locations on the globe independently, can tell you all kinds of things about which animals live in Africa, and Indiana, and South America.
So there you go.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Montessori Mapwork, Now Poster-Sized!
2 comments:
- Tina said...
Thanks for providing such great info and awesome links!
- August 19, 2011 at 4:15 PM
- julie said...
I don't think I've linked to that Teacher's Pet site before, but I LOVE it--it's got a lot of thematic decorative stuff, for kids who get really immersed in their chosen area of interest.
- August 20, 2011 at 5:32 PM
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Posts Tagged 'Holy Books'
On a Sunday morning I thought it timely to say a few words about the Creator and explain how I know, not simply believe, that there is a God. This question, plus the question concerning the existence of Heaven and Hell , become increasingly more important as we get older. Since I'm old enough to be dead and have one foot in the grave, I thought I would pay my respects to the Big Guy/Gal/Spirit.
However, since my Blog emphasizes "Independent Thought,' I decided to make the case for God with no references to any of the World's Religions or their Holy books. Here goes…
I have many religious beliefs, some of which may not fit into any one religion, but they are beliefs, not certainty. But I do know one thing for sure, that there is a God. He or she or it may be called by many different names but so what, it's trivial, though I acknowledge that some religions make a big deal of it.
How do I know there's a God? The unbelievable vastness, complexity and orderliness of the universe alone convinces me, but you may need more than that. I'll explain how I personally know that God exists. The following are my additional reasons, each one of which by itself doesn't make the case alone so one needs to consider them all taken together:
1. In the late 80's, 90's, and until about 2005 I lived on top of a 9000′ mountain in the Colorado Rockies with my wife and cat. I received a letter in the mail one Saturday requesting a donation of $500 to help the community pave the dirt road I lived on. I wanted to do my part, especially since my property values would increase a lot if the road were paved, but I couldn't afford it. So I continued opening up my other mail, one of which contained a check for $520 from some investment I had made. The amount and the timing were perfect but, of course, just a coincidence.
2. Ten years later, I made a monumental blunder with my checking account, and somehow found my checkbook $1,900 short. Two days later, in Monday's mail, there was a check for a little over $1900 from some investment, another perfect amount as well as perfect timing. Twice bailed out? Probably just another really lucky coincidence.
3. I took care of stray/homeless and even feral cats…with food, water, and medical care as part of the nationwide "Trap, Neuter, Return" program. One Saturday a homeless pitch-black and friendly "Bombay" cat, with a little stub of a tail (later I named him "Bobby-Tail" because of his bobbed tail) came by my yard with a bad foot, trying to walk but limping very badly. I brought him in and took him to my veterinarian, who found a cut on his foot and treated him. The cost was $91, which I paid but couldn't really afford right then. Two days later I received a check in the mail for just over $91 for some refund from something. The amount and timing was perfect! A third coincidence?
On these three occasions plus two more the amounts and timing were perfect. All times the money I needed was not for my personal use and was totally unexpected. I was amazed…and after some thought I became convinced that they weren't coincidences at all. However, a really frightening incident that was the "slam-dunk" for me concerning the existence of God, happened back in 1968 and 69. I even wrote a "first-person" article about it for Reader's Digest but it was not published. The weird but true tale follows:
4. I'll skip the preliminaries; afterall, the "Amazing Kreskin" has said that Quija boards only worked as a result of the unconscious mind that was actually moving the Ouija board pointer that spells out words as it goes from letter to letter and pauses between words. Easy enough to test…I had the two board users face aside so they couldn't see the board. As I asked it questions, the pointer continued to move and answer them until my girlfriend, Maria, became so frightened by Quija's answers, she refused to work the board anymore. Here's my exchanges with Quija lumped together:
"Quija, are you a man or a woman?" "SPIRIT"
"Quija, are you a good spirit or a bad spirit? "GOOD"
"Ouija, where do you get your power from?" "SATAN"
"Ouija, everyone knows that Satan is evil, therefore how can you be good? "GOODBYE"
"Ouija, when were you born?" "I AM"
"Ouija, why do you talk to people?" "PEOPLE NEED ME"
"Ouija, why do people need you?" "TO MAKE THEM SUFFER"
"Ouija, I feel very sorry for you, how can I help you?" "GIVE ME YOUR SOUL AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE ETERNAL POWERS OF EVIL"
I placed a set of Rosary beads onto the Quija board and asked: "Ouija, do you like me?" "YOU ARE THE ENEMY OF THE SPIRIT WHO CAN CAUSE SUFFERING BEYOND REALIZATION"
One year later I had a large brain tumor removed and was fighting for my life. Half of my face became paralyzed and numb as a result of the surgical removal of the tumor and my equilibrium and emotional state became really bad to the extent that my first wife, Maria, in a fit of rage at something stupid I had said/done, pushed me out of our apartment 5 weeks after my brain tumor surgery, and subsequently divorced me. Since then I've had another few dozen surgeries. I would say that I experienced "suffering beyond realization." With only 1/2 of my face working normally, deaf in my left ear, and unable to walk straight, I no longer fool around with Quija boards. The point of my story on Quija is that, if in fact evil really does exist, then it follows that a good spirit (God) also exists. You be the judge… (but I would not fool around with a Ouija Board since many cases of alleged possession started out with a Ouija Board).
I know in God from my aforementioned experiences as well as the vastness of the universe. I do have many more religious beliefs based on the world's religions' Holy Books. However, many of my beliefs I consider details; the main thing is that, for me, there is no question that God does indeed exist.


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Windows 8: Painful, incoherent - all words Microsoft doesn't want to hear
First steps with Windows 8 are usually painful and disempowering for users skilled with Windows 7 and earlier, and some things are worse than before even once you are used to it. The biggest issue is nothing specific, but rather a sense that the operating system is less coherent than before. The classic desktop user interface cannot really be dismissed as a legacy feature, because that is where all the applications we want to run live, making it inevitable that users will either live in the desktop and regard all the new Windows Runtime side as annoying clutter, or at best suffer jarring transitions when switching between the two.
By way of mitigation, the long list of things that users think are harder in Windows 8 dwindles to almost nothing after analysis. A right-click in the bottom left corner, or Windows key and X, shows an administrative menu that gets you to things like the Event Viewer or an administrative command prompt quicker than before.
Windows 8 apps: the real reason for upgrading, but still thin pickings
The Windows 7 list of recently opened documents is missing, but right-clicking on an application pinned to the taskbar usually shows one. Even the new Start Screen is not as bad as it first appears, with fast searching and new grouping options that with effort make it work as well or better than before.
Some things are annoying long-term though, like the power button that is hidden on Settings that is hidden on the Charms bar - the new right-hand menu with Search, Settings, Share and other options. Showing the Charms bar is awkward with mouse alone, especially on multi-monitor setups, since you have to move the mouse to the right or left corner of the screen without straying too far into the next display, though you can use the rightmost display to get around this.
The bottom line is that upgrading for desktop-only users is a mixed experience; there are real benefits, but getting to the point where you can enjoy them will not be worth it for everyone.
It is important not to lose sight of Microsoft's goal with Windows 7, which was to make a version of Windows that works well with touch and to establish a new app ecosystem based on the new platform and store. Currently there are about 3,000 apps in the online software shop, but real excellence is hard to find. That said, the experience of installing and removing apps via the store is a pleasure and far removed from the hassles of Windows Installer setups.
Here, then, are the real reasons for upgrading. One is to use Windows on a tablet, where the new version works far better than before even for desktop users. The other is to run new-style apps. Will there be many worth running? That is the question; but given the distribution that Windows 8 will get as the default operating system on new PCs and laptops, there probably will.
You can also expect the howls of dismay from users trying Windows 8 for the first time to quieten eventually as world+dog gets more used to Microsoft's latest effort.
Despite all that, immediately migrating an office of contented Windows 7 users quietly getting on with their work would be a courageous (that is, stupid) decision. The upgrade is worth it, if you can live with a little oddness, but not something to take on lightly while Windows 8 is still unfamiliar to most. ®


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Along with the pan juices, this stock flavors the gravy. Make and freeze it up to two weeks ahead.
- Yield
- Makes about 7 cups
- 4 1/2 pounds turkey wings, cut in half
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 large carrot, chopped
- 1 large celery stalk, chopped
- 6 fresh Italian parsley sprigs
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/4 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Arrange wings in large roasting pan. Roast until deep brown, turning once, about 2 hours total.
- Transfer wings to large bowl. Spoon 3 tablespoons turkey fat from roasting pan into large pot (reserve roasting pan). Add onion, carrot, and celery to pot. Sauté over medium-high heat until vegetables are golden, about 20 minutes. Add turkey wings to pot. Add 2 cups water to roasting pan; place over 2 burners and bring to boil, scraping up browned bits. Add liquid to pot. Add remaining ingredients and enough cold water to cover wings by 1 inch.
- Bring water to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer uncovered until stock is very flavorful and reduced to 7 1/2 to 8 cups, about 2 1/2 hours. Strain stock into large bowl. Cool 1 hour, then chill until cold, about 3 hours. DO AHEAD: Can be made 3 days ahead. Cover and keep chilled. (Can also be made and frozen 2 weeks ahead.) Spoon off fat from surface before using.