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Interview With…Pestilence
HE: Today's interview has us sitting down with Creeping Death himself, Pestilence. Good morning, Pestilence. How was your trip to Earth?
PEST: Good morning, Miss Ellis. Considering I had to get a bus transfer, it wasn't bad. Once you make the transdimensional leap from Purgatory to the mortal realm several times, it's old-hat. Little known fact: Purgatory started as a sort of safe zone for travel from Earth to and from either Heaven or Hell. It's a sort of pressurization chamber, like divers use.
HE: What confounds you most about mortals?
PEST: Body odor [makes face]. I have no idea how God managed to create Humans in his image yet chose to have them excrete smelly substances. And this is coming from me, the Bacteria and Virus King. Eew [shudders].
HE: Where is your favorite place to reap?
PEST: Tropical climates are by far the best for reaping within my domain. I mean really, I almost don't have to do anything except follow the molds and fungi around and pick up after them.
HE: If you were mortal, what job would you want to have?
PEST: Oh, I don't know. I'm not sure I could be mortal and sit in my own cloud of stench all day. In fact I need a shower now. But I'll be fair and answer your question. I guess perhaps a lab technician at the CDC. That or a postal worker.
HE: Has a mortal ever escaped you?
PEST: Yes and fiddlesticks! Those Humans are so goshdarned clever that sometimes I think they'd do a better job than I would at reaping a la Pestilence. Do you know why viruses mutate? [waits for answer]
HE: Oh, you're actually asking me [rolls eyes] – why do viruses mutate?
PEST: They mutate because I'm constantly having to make new strains to keep ahead of your best efforts to counter me.
HE: What's the most negative aspect of wearing a meat suit?
PEST: Body odor. I'm sorry, am I obsessive here? A little Freudy-Doidy? Haaa ha hah ha… ahem. But seriously, body odor. I also tend to be very disturbed by no-reason boners.
HE: Is it hard working for God?
PEST: I'd like to say yes, and I'd like to say no. The sad truth is, he tends to come up with awesome creations but then inserts middle managers between him and his creation when he finds it too difficult to manage. So for in-the-trenches marks of performance, I have to give him an 'F.' However, for his strategic vision, nobody beats him.
HE: Is Lucifer as bad as they say?
PEST: He's a doodie head. He does wear nice clothes though.
HE: What do you have to say about the Mayans?
PEST: I'd say they were pretty susceptible to infection just like everyone else.
HE: Your dream date is?
PEST: Hmm… so many to choose from. I think the day the Black Death started in Europe has to be number one, and the Spanish Flu thing there I did wasn't bad either…
What? Oh THAT kind of date… uhm, well… I've never been on a date [hangs head].
HE: Beatles or Elvis?
PEST: Oh, I'm sorry. Neither? Okay, truth is I love classical music. You Humans got that right. I like most of what your composers created, and I am particularly taken by the Baroque artists. Rock and roll sounds like… sweaty Humans.
HE: Favorite sports team?
PEST: I'm not really into sports so much. I like watching Kasparov play chess – now that is exciting!
HE: Where do you see yourself in five years?
PEST: Reaping, of course, but can I sort of qualify that? Okay. I want to be better at what I do in five years, you know. Like perhaps I'll make a better form of Ebola. It just kills me that after all that time and effort, that virus is only about 95% lethal. I think I can get it up into the high 98% range. Sometimes I secretly dream of creating some whole new type of pandemic… I mean, there's bacteria and there are viruses… what if there was a whole new thing out there. I have dreams too!
HE: What would mortals be most surprised to learn about you?
PEST: I like to collect stamps, and macramé.
Thanks for stopping by and visiting with the Reaper better known as Pestilence. Tune in tomorrow when we sit down with everyone's favorite Horseman, War. Stick around this weekend when we'll be sitting down to chat with some of the upper (and lower) members of the Office of Heavenly Affairs. Until then, stay well and avoid the Reaper!


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Apple CEO Steve Jobs revealed a souped up fourth generation iPhone Monday with multitasking abilities, a bigger battery and that lets users shoot and edit HD videos, among 100 new features.
"This is beyond a doubt one of the most precise and beautiful things we've ever made," Jobs said in his presentation -- a unveiling that featured a Wi-Fi snafu that flustered the Apple chief and prompted laughs from the audience and a call of "Verizon!" from one person in a obvious crack at AT&T's much maligned wireless service.
But when the iPhone 4 rolls out on June 24th in the U.S., will it live up to Jobs' hype and crush the competition? What about the device's implications, for say, your love life? Count on the blogosphere to weigh-in.
- "Apple has elevated the iPhone brand again and forestalled rivals' ability to claim parity," concludes ZD Net's Larry Dignan. Jobs made "many subtle references that indicated that the iPhone was a Mercedes or BMW and the other rivals had more common sedans," he writes. "Sure, there are plenty of tech specs to ponder, but Apple is selling a different vibe and a higher calling."
- Not so fast, argues Business Insider's Dan Frommer. While Frommer praises the iPhone's new display, camera and extended battery life, he doesn't expect the iPhone to halt Google's Android surge. "Steve Jobs made the iPhone better today, but he didn't make Android worse," he writes. Frommer cites "increasingly nifty" Android platform features like music streaming from your computer to phone and "Google calendar/mail sync stuff."
- Speaking of Android phones, the HTC Evo leads the pack, notes Wired's Priya Ganapati. "The Evo has one big advantage that Apple can't beat. It runs on Sprint's 4G network, while the iPhone is stuck on AT&T's 3G service," Ganapati writes. The Evo's Achilles heel: Sprint 4G is not available in major cities including San Francisco and New York.
- PC World's Daniel Ionescu offers a side-by-side comparison of the iPhone 4 with a handful of its strongest competitors in "an increasingly crowded and confusing smartphone market." "Several Google Android competitors launched every month, and Microsoft and BlackBerry playing catch-up with their own offerings," he writes.
- The new iPhone doesn't just threaten to steal business from other mobile phone companies, writes Nat Worden for The Wall Street Journal. Apple's iAd platform, which is being built into the iPhone 4, challenges old media too. "The rise of digital advertising already has weighed heavily on traditional media businesses--such as publishing, radio and television--and the nascent mobile market is expected to bring a new wave of upheaval as devices like Apple's iPhone and iPad proliferate," Worden writes.
- Over at tech blog Gizmodo, "relationship expert" Debby Herbenick breaks down seven ways the phone can affect your, ahem, sex life. Improved battery life and high-resolution "retina" display have their pros and cons, Herbenick writes. "There may be more pressure on you to stay on the phone and talk and talk and talk," she writes. And remember -- those sexy photos will now include blemishes and wrinkles. "FaceTime – the new iPhone video chat system – will be a game-changer in and of itself."

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DRHOOK- Deep breaths: Keep moving to avoid lung clots
"Scab" is such an interesting word. I remember the culture shock in third grade when we moved from the Big Apple to Nowhereland, Ohio– and the shock was more for them than us. They looked and talked to us like we were Martians. ("We come in peace, but if you aren't peaceful, I'm going to blow you head off.")
One of my neighbors skinned her knee and had a scab. Like a Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction, the scab spontaneously fell off. She said, "Yikes, my pit fell off." I asked, "What is pit?" She and her friends laughed, "You're the son of two doctors, and you don't know what a pit is?"
But then again, they called soda "pop" and college "unnecessary."
So what does a scab have to do with a blood clot in your lungs?
Platelets stop bleeding. The scab is made because platelets are like paramedics: first-responders to the accident site.
We want scabs on our skin so we don't bleed to death, the fear of hemophiliacs. Blood clots in the veins, though, can travel up to the lungs to cause a pulmonary embolism (PE). Unlike school PE where you get your blood flowing, a human PE will stop the blood flow to areas of the lung. No blood to lung = no oxygen exchange.
Take a deep breath. Diagnosing a PE is not easy, because there's no classic presentation for it. The main symptom is shortness of breath because the lung isn't getting the same amount of blood it did before. However, many sufferers do not get short of breath. Some only get winded with exertion, and they might blame it on being out of shape, fatigue, or their cell phone bill.
Less than half will feel like a knife is stabbing them– not in the back, but in the chest. Sharp or prickly pain depends on where the PE is. Increased heart rate and decreased blood pressure can really vary, but in a worst case scenario, a person can got into heart failure if the right ventricle can't pump blood through the lungs because of that big ole obstruction.
The majority of PEs come from blood clots in the deep veins of the pelvis and thighs. These clots tend to cause a leg to swell up, be a little warm and purple, and cause the leg to be tender. A Rockette with a deep vein clot (called thrombus) would stick out like an owl at a mouse picnic.
Other things can cause a PE, such as an air bubble and fat embolism. We all hear about murderers injecting air into a person's vein, but that's so Agatha Christy. Fat embolism occurs after a bone is broken, such as from trauma or surgery. That is one reason breaking a hip can be deadly.
Smokers are more at risk for a PE, as well as those who have high blood pressure, cancer, chronic heart disease, recent surgery, and history of deep-vein thrombus.
I keep saying it's important to stay active and keep moving. Well, blood clots can form in the leg after a traveler has been sitting a long time in an airplane or driving forever to see relatives.
Those most at risk of death from PE tend to have lung or cardiovascular disease. For many, another PE can occur again, so anticoagulation is vital treatment. Many folks have small PEs that are never diagnosed until they get short of breath just from walking across the room. All those PEs cause pulmonary hypertension.
I already have thin skin (though I moisturize as much as possible), but to have thin blood to treat a PE and prevent more would really tip me over. It would be the scabs– er, pits.
Dr. Hook cracks a joke or two, but he's a renowned physician with a local practice and an interesting website, drjohnhong.com. Email him with your questions.


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This page documents common bugs in Fedora 17 and, if available, fixes or workarounds for these problems. If you find your problem in this page, do not file a bug for it, unless otherwise instructed. Where appropriate, a reference to the current bug(s) in Bugzilla is included.
- 1 Release Notes
- 2 My bug is not listed
- 3 Installation issues
- 4 Hardware issues
- 5 Software issues
- 5.1 Some translations missing after DVD install of Fedora 17 Beta (KDE, LibreOffice, a few others)
- 5.2 GNOME fails to start due to gnome-settings-daemon crash if system date is earlier than 2012-02-01
- 5.3 DKMS broken due to executable being named dkms.old instead of dkms
- 5.4 Restarting libvirtd service (including updating libvirt package) kills running virtual machines
- 5.5 PackageKit sometimes locks yum too frequently and for too long
- 5.6 SELinux deny_ptrace flag on by default: will prevent gdb etc. from working
Release Notes
Read the F17 Beta release announcement and the Fedora 17 Beta Release Notes ***Official Fedora 17 release notes (Unavailable on 2012-04-19)*** for specific information about changes in Fedora 17 and other general information.
My bug is not listed
Not every bug is listed in this page, but Bugzilla should be a comprehensive database of known bugs. This page is a sampling of the bugs most commonly discussed on our mailing lists and forums.
To see if your bug has already been reported, you can search Bugzilla. If it has not yet been reported, we encourage you to do so to help improve Fedora for yourself and others. A guide to Bugs and feature requests has been prepared to assist you.
If you believe an already-reported bug report should be added to this page because it is commonly encountered, you can:
- Add it yourself, if you have wiki access. Please follow the style and guidelines explained in the comments in the page source.
- Or, add the CommonBugs keyword to the bug report. Someone from the QA team will then inspect the issue to determine whether the bug should be listed as a common bug. To expedite your request, please add a comment to the bug that includes
- a summary of the problem
- any known workarounds
- an assessment on the impact to Fedora users
For reference, you can query Bugzilla for bugs tagged CommonBugs:
- CommonBugs? (bugs with CommonBugs keyword, but do not yet have a link to this page)
- CommonBugs+(bugs with CommonBugs keyword and contain a link to this page)
Installation issues
Attempting to chainload after installing Fedora 17 Beta's bootloader to a partition fails
link to this item - Bugzilla: #804835
If you choose to install the Fedora 17 Beta bootloader to the first sector of a partition (rather than to the MBR) and then try to 'chainload' it from whatever bootloader is installed in the MBR, the system will likely hang at a screen saying only 'GRUB'. This seems to be caused by a bug in grub2 itself.
It has been discovered that this bug can be worked around, at least if the host bootloader is grub or grub2, by using a host bootloader entry which loads the core.img of Fedora 17's grub2 as if it were a kernel, rather than using the 'chainloader' statement. See this comment for an example entry.
We believe a fix for this bug is available from grub2 upstream, and we will provide an updated grub2 package soon.
Cannot resize NTFS partitions during Fedora 17 Beta installation
link to this item - Bugzilla: #810039
Due to a bug in the
lorax utility which creates the runtime environment for the Fedora installer - the libraries required by the 'ntfsresize' utility are deleted from the environment - it is not possible to resize NTFS partitions during installation of Fedora 17 Beta from the DVD or network installer images. You will get an error message if you try to do so.
The only way to 'work around' this issue is to do any needed NTFS partition resizing in some other environment - such as a live boot - prior to installing Fedora 17 Beta, or to install from a live image (NTFS resizing should work when running the installer from a live image). This issue will be resolved for the final release of Fedora 17.
Hardware issues
Systems hangs on X startup with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 adapter (affects installation)
link to this item - Bugzilla: #802026
It has been reported that a bug in the nouveau video driver causes systems with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 video adapter to hang as soon as the X graphical environment starts up. This issue also affects installation, so as soon as X is started, installation hangs.
This issue can be worked around by disabling hardware acceleration. To do this, pass the kernel parameter nouveau.noaccel=1. You can append kernel parameters at boot time - of a live image, DVD or network install image, or an installed system - by hitting the Tab key when the system reaches the bootloader menu, and typing in the desired additional parameter.
You can make the workaround 'permanent' on an installed system either by editing it into the
/boot/grub2/grub.cfg file, or by creating a file named
/etc/modprobe.d/noaccel.conf containing a single line reading:
options nouveau noaccel=1
Software issues
Some translations missing after DVD install of Fedora 17 Beta (KDE, LibreOffice, a few others)
link to this item - Bugzilla: #804216
Some packages in Fedora use the 'langpacks' system for translations, where translations are packaged separately from the main package. Due to changes in the package groups definitions, in Fedora 17 Beta, these 'langpacks' translation packages have been inadvertently omitted from the DVD image (in previous releases, they were present on the DVD). This means that if you do a DVD installation without enabling remote repositories, the translation packages will not be installed for any of these packages that are included in the initial installation. Translation packages will be included if you install the packages via yum or PackageKit later - the bug is only an issue at initial install time. System updates will not add the translation packages for any affected packages, however - if you are affected by this bug at installation time, you will have to install the translation packages manually with yum or PackageKit.
Packages known to use langpacks include the KDE desktop, LibreOffice, man-pages and hunspell. So if you do a default DVD installation and you use a non-English language, you will find translations are not installed for LibreOffice, hunspell (and so for anything which uses hunspell for spell checking), or man-pages (the man pages for several core commands are included in this compendium package). If you install KDE from the DVD, you will similarly find the translations missing.
To work around this bug at installation time when using the DVD, ensure you enable remote repositories when given the opportunity. If you have already been affected by the bug, you can manually install the appropriate translation packages with yum or PackageKit. For instance, if you use French and you wish to restore the KDE and LibreOffice translations, you would install the
libreoffice-langpack-fr and
kde-i18n-French packages.
This issue will be corrected for the final release - the langpacks will be included in the DVD.
GNOME fails to start due to gnome-settings-daemon crash if system date is earlier than 2012-02-01
link to this item - Bugzilla: #809707
A bug in gnome-settings-daemon, a core component of the GNOME desktop, causes it to crash if the system date is earlier than the 'starttime' specified in the configuration file for the active desktop background theme. The default Fedora 17 Beta background theme specifies a 'starttime' of 2012-02-01, so if the system date is earlier than this, gnome-settings-daemon will crash and GNOME will fail to start up correctly (it will display the 'Oh no! Something has gone wrong' error screen).
To work around this issue, correct the system date, or at least set it to something later than 2012-01-31.
An updated gnome-settings-daemon package has been submitted to the updates-testing repository for testing. Users experiencing this problem are encouraged to test this update and report to Bodhi whether it solves the problem. To test the update, run this command:
su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update gnome-settings-daemon'
(although it may be better to do a full update, as the update is part of a much bigger GNOME 3.4.1 update).
DKMS broken due to executable being named dkms.old instead of dkms
link to this item - Bugzilla: #790521
dkms package contains a very old post-install scriptlet which checks for
/sbin/dkms and renames it to
/sbin/dkms.old. This appears to have been intended to prevent an old copy of dkms in /sbin from overriding the Fedora-provided copy in /usr/sbin. However, with the /usr move feature in Fedora 17,
/sbin is a symlink to
/usr/sbin, and consequently the Fedora package itself effectively provides a copy of
/sbin/dkms - which its own script promptly renames. The upshot is that there is no 'dkms' executable after installation of Fedora 17's
dkms package, and so DKMS fails to work at all.
To work around this issue, manually rename
/usr/sbin/dkms.old to
/usr/sbin/dkms. You may have to do this after each update of the
dkms package, at least until this bug is fixed.
We will issue an update to resolve this bug shortly.
Restarting libvirtd service (including updating libvirt package) kills running virtual machines
link to this item - Bugzilla: #805942
It has long been the case that you can restart the libvirtd service without affecting running KVM virtual machines. This is often suggested as part of troubleshooting virtualization issues, and updating the
libvirt package usually restarts the service. However, a change in systemd means that, with the versions of
libvirt and
systemd included in Fedora 17 Beta, restarting the libvirtd service kills (i.e. uncleanly shuts down) all running virtual machines.
We strongly recommend that, if you are planning to run any virtual machines with Fedora 17 Beta as a host, you configure yum not to automatically update the
libvirt package (see the exclude keyword in
man yum.conf for details on doing this), and shut down all running virtual machines manually prior to restarting the libvirtd service manually, or updating the
libvirt package manually. It is, of course, not a good idea to use any pre-release version of Fedora as a host for important virtual machines: pre-release versions of Fedora should never be relied on for any kind of mission critical operation.
A systemd update which resolves this issue should be available quite soon.
PackageKit sometimes locks yum too frequently and for too long
link to this item - Bugzilla: #810530
Some testers have reported that, in Fedora 17 Beta, PackageKit background operations seems to hold the yum lock (preventing any manual use of yum or PackageKit) much more frequently, and for longer periods of time, than was the case in previous releases. There is currently no clear indication of why this is, or any known workaround; we are at the early stages of investigating the problem. It is noted here purely for information.
SELinux deny_ptrace flag on by default: will prevent gdb etc. from working
The SELinux deny_ptrace flag is enabled in Fedora 17 Beta. This will prevent applications that use the kernel ptrace(2) API - like gdb and strace, and other debugging utilities - from working: you will see an SELinux denial when trying to use them. To toggle the flag off (until reboot), so you can use a debugger, run
setsebool deny_ptrace 0 as root.


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Now that vacation is over and I'm back in work mode, I stopped by the Japanese market in my neighborhood, Midoriya, to check out the beauty products. While the cosmetics section is currently on the smaller side, I definitely found some things I needed.
I couldn't resist getting these Dolly Wink lashes- how adorable is this package? These are style #5 which will work for most of my creative projects because they are flirty, but still very natural. They might seem expensive because of the "import price", however you get two pairs in the box. It only made sense then to throw in a new eyelash curler, right? I did.
For myself, I picked up a lip balm by Shiseido called "Water in Lip" which, as expected from it's name, is very moisturizing. I also had to have the blotting sheets just because the outer package was purple, but inside was a happy surprise. The sheets are also purple and check out the "disco style" backdrop on the inner flap. Fabulous!
That's all I picked up today as it was just a "quickie", but I made sure to let them know that many makeup artists live in the area and how much we would appreciate it if they could stock some of those fancy Japanese q-tips and super cool 3D fake nails. Okay, so I was speaking about myself, but I don't think I'm alone here.
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Ed Lover's C'Mon Son Favorite Moments From The Year 2010! (Brian Pumper, Pinky, Kat Stacks, 50 Tyson, Lebron James, T.I, Antoine Dodson & More)
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A very short time from now, in a galaxy not very far away at all (this one), lived a person (you) with a future currently unfolding all around them. Today, we want to know what the not too distant future holds for you.
Tell us what you plan for your life to be like 10 years from now. Do you have a novel you're planning to have a written, a destination you're planning to have settled into, a career you're planning to have switched? Whatever it is, sketch it out for us (with either words, pictures, or both) in the comments below.
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I miss my side flash.
I'll bet you miss your Kodak videocamera too - and that floated...
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Carnegie Museum of Art acquires the Tennyson Vase
March 11, 2008
Carnegie Museum of Art has acquired the Tennyson Vase, 1867, a superbly crafted silver urn from the late 19th century, by British sculptor and designer Henry Hugh Armstead, and made by Hancocks and Sons, silversmiths to Queen Victoria.
The vase was exhibited at the 1867 World's Fair in Paris, and then at the 1873 World's Fair in Vienna. In 1887, it was chosen as the Ascot horse racing cup to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. At that time, a British royal coat of arms and the words "ASCOT/1887/JUBILEE CUP" became part of the object's decoration.
"The Tennyson Vase is one of those rare objects that has the ability to transform Carnegie Museum of Art's late 19th century art collection, already a well-known strength for the museum in both fine and decorative arts," says Jason Busch, the museum's Alan G. and Jane A. Lehman curator of decorative arts.
The Tennyson Vase will enhance the museum's 19th century decorative arts collection through its successful use of a technically complex and highly interpretive decoration on silver. No other silver object in the museum's collection demonstrates a comparable level of ornamental skill, achieved through a balanced mastery of casting, hammering, chasing, repoussé, and electro-plating.
Born in London in 1828, Mr. Armstead is best known for the quality of his craftsmanship and skillful ornamentation, as seen in his most famous sculpture, the Prince Albert memorial in London. The Tennyson Vase is considered one of his major accomplishments and will complement the Wells Cup (1772), by Daniel Smith and Robert Sharp, which is prominently featured in the recent reinstalled neoclassical gallery in the museum's Scaife Galleries.
The Tennyson Vase was named after the beloved poet Alfred Lord Tennyson, whose popular poems "Morte d'Arthur" and "Guinevere" inspired Armstead to adorn the handles of the vase with fully-sculpted figures of Queen Guinevere and Merlin, and to craft detailed scenes of the legendary battle of King Arthur on the sides.
"It was envisioned as homage to King Arthur and Arthurian legends, as well as to the imperial success of Queen Victoria, and her Consort, Prince Albert," says Busch. The vase is also ornamented by a fusion of medieval and Renaissance motifs such as dragons, angels, and stylized sunflowers that relate closely to designs in the museum's larger collection.


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Seattle: Via Tribunali, Neapolitan-Style Pizza
There are five Via Tribunali locations in Seattle, each of them VPN-certified. I don't know what the other four look like (though I get a bit of an idea looking at the VT website), but the one in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood, attached to the Crocodile, is dark, moody, and menacing, if only in a sort of pretend-menacing kind of way. In perhaps a nod to Mt. Vesuvius and the fire of the wood oven, there are ink-black and fiery-orange paintings of erupting volcanoes on the wall. The chandeliers hold glowing-red candelabra bulbs, their imitation flames flickering. Tall-back booths look more like Catholic confessionals than places to eat pizza. And rather than Italianate, the room almost has the feel of a Spanish mission. In a nutshell, if the Hotel California had a pizzeria attached for guests to eat at, this is what it would look like.
Do you see what I mean? Or am I talking out my ass yet again?
The Via Tribunali Margherita was a notch above Tutta Bella's, with a cornicione (end crust) that's nice and puffy, soft and crisp and chewy. Good char and "leopard spotting" on the crust, which had some salt and tang to it. The cheese was standard fresh mozz, not much to write home about in terms of flavor, so I don't know if the fact that it was applied sparingly was good or bad. (It also was largely unmelted.) The standard San Marzano tomato sauce was also a bit bland.
Via Tribunali at the Crocodile
2200 2nd Avenue, Seattle WA 98121 (at Blanchard Street; map) 206-441-4618; viatribunali.net
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Certified Sub Application
Substitute Teaching License (Application is below)
(Updated June 5, 2015)
- Must hold a bachelor's degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution of higher education.
- Valid for substitute teaching in all grades of the public schools, prekindergarten through grade 12.
- Note: Substitute licenses are valid for 5 years, and may be renewed if the individual passes an approved Illinois test of basic skills. An individual who has passed an IL test of basic skills will not be required to retake the test for subsequent renewals.
- Refer to our FAQ document for more information.
If I hold a valid professional educator license or educator license with stipulations, am I qualified to be a substitute teacher?
- If you hold a valid professional educator license or educator license with stipulations that required a bachelor's degree for issuance, you are qualified to be a substitute teacher. You do not need to hold a substitute teaching license.
To make application:
- Submit an application online in the Educator Licensure Information System (ELIS).
- A $100 fee will be assessed electronically when the application is submitted (please have a credit card available).
- Send an official* transcript showing an awarded bachelor's degree to the following address:
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*Note: To be official, transcripts must be submitted in the sealed envelope from the college or university or be sent directly by the institution. Transcripts received that are not in a sealed envelope from the university or sent directly from the university will be considered unofficial and cannot be used for evaluation purposes.
More questions? Please contact your Regional Office of Education.
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The original "Krishna Sweets " recipe calls for besan: Sugar : Ghee in the ratio 1:3:3.But to reduce the calorie value,I have took 1 cup besan,21/2 cups sugar and 2 1/4 cup ghee + 1/4 cup oil.Addition of oil,has not altered the taste.If u want to have only ghee,then go ahead and have 2 1/2 cups of ghee.The sweet has to be mixed thoroughly and continuously till the end,if not u will not be able to get a super soft ,melt in the mouth type of mysore pa.This is yet another easy and tasty sweet.Rohith and H thoroughly enjoyed the sweet.It vanished in hours.So gal,give it a try ,u will love it.Will update the step wise pictures later.Cannot take ,as I was busy mixing.
1.Besan Flour - 1 cup
2.Sugar - 2 1/2 cups
3.Ghee - 2 1/4 cup
4.Oil - 1/4 cup
5.Water - 1/2 cup
* Take a pan, dry roast the besan flour,untill nice aroma comes out.Keep it aside.
* Mix the besan with oil and keep it aside.We have mixed the oil,to avoid lumps while mixing.
* Now in the same pan,add sugar and water.
* Let it come to a boil.Now the sugar syrup will start bubbling.
* Take a small pinch and expand the syrup.It should form a single thread.
* This is the right consistancy.
* Slowly add the besan .Mix it while adding.
* From here onwards,dont stop mixing.Your hands shud be working till the end. I know its the toughest part.But the outcome is so perfect .
* Mean while heat the ghee ,slowly pour it to the mixture.
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Wednesday February 10 2010
The country's Anglicans yesterday added their voice against the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Like the Catholics before them, the Church of Uganda officially rejected the Bill.
They proposed that instead of the death penalty for gays who seduce boys - as the Bill put forward by Ndorwa West David Bahati demands – the law should be changed to ensure that vulnerable boys are properly protected.
Archbishop Luke Orombi, in his first public comments on the controversial Bill, however said they do not recognise homosexuality as "a human right".
"The Church of Uganda believes that homosexual practice is incompatible with the Scripture," the prelate said in a statement issued yesterday, citing a resolution of the 1998 Lambeth Conference in Britain.
He added: "At the same time, the Church of Uganda is committed at all levels to offer counseling, healing and prayer for people with homosexual disorientation, especially in our schools and other institutions of learning."
"The Church is a safe place for individuals, who are confused about their sexuality or struggling with sexual brokenness, to seek help and healing. As a Church; we affirm the necessity of appropriate amendments within the existing legislation..."
Mr Bahati, who tabled the Bill last year, yesterday insisted in comments to Christians and pastors fellowshipping at Christian Life Church in Bwaise, a city suburb, that he is not giving up.
"As a Member of Parliament, I have a constitutional right to move a Private Member's Bill and will not be shaken by any external forces because I have the support from within my country," he said, adding: "Many Ugandans are behind me and we have to fight this battle jointly."
However, the latest foray by Church of Uganda, which until last year played host and spiritual home for breakaway conformist American clerics/Anglicans disenchanted over acceptance of homosexuals in the Episcopal Church, deprives MP Bahati of the second biggest bloc after the Catholic Church here earlier raised objections to capital punishment embedded in the Bill.
According to Mr Bahati, the Bill seeks to legitimise marriage only as a union between a man and woman, penalise homosexuals, prohibit and or disown pro-gay treaties and freeze licensing of promoter organisations.
Some provisions of the Bill, including the death penalty for aggravated homosexuality, borderless jurisdiction and criminalisation of counseling of gays, have been criticised both locally and internationally, especially by human rights activists
US President Barack Obama, among other powerful western leaders, last week derided the Bill as "odious", two months after President Museveni urged Parliament to go slow on it due to associated foreign policy sensitivity.
Sanctions plea
Yesterday's statement sent to media houses by Church of Uganda's Communications Director Amanda Onapito, specifically suggests changes to Sections 128-147 that variously touch on sexual-related offences such as indecent assault, homosexuality and defilement to ensure "proportionality" in sanctions.
"The ideal situation would be one where necessary amendment is made to existing legislation to also enumerate other sexual offences such as lesbianism and bestiality," the statement, already endorsed by the House of Bishops, reads in part.
"This would not require a fresh Bill on homosexuality per se but rather an amendment to the existing provisions which would also change the title to something like: The Penal Code Unnatural Offences Amendment Bill."
The Anglican Communion has in recent years stood on the edge of division on the issue of gays in the congregation with liberals backing their accommodation while conservatives detest the practice as "sinful and unbiblical".
Church of Uganda has sided with the conformists, helping organise the 2008 Global Anglican Future Conference in Jerusalem after boycotting the Lambeth Conference in London over Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan William's perceived tolerance of gays.
Meanwhile, a man in Isingiro District in western Uganda was remanded in custody after being accused of sodomising a 13-year-old boy.
The prosecution told the court that the 27-year-old had waylaid the boy as he returned from grazing goats and threatened to stab him before forcing him into sex against "the order of nature".
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What's Your Favorite Accordance 10 Theme?
One of the new features of Accordance 10 is the ability to choose from a variety of text formatting "themes". Accordance has always offered an unparalleled level of control over the appearance of Bibles and books, but you had to tweak each option yourself and there was no way to preview the results in the Set Text Display dialog. With Accordance 10, not only can you preview the changes you make right in the dialog, but you can choose from more than a dozen predesigned "themes."
So what are your favorite themes? Are you using different ones for texts and tools or for different kinds of study? Have you narrowed it down to a couple you like but can't decide between?
Are there any you would never use? Are there any you generally like but have further customized in some way?
Are there other looks you think we should add?
Sound off in the comments and let us know your personal preferences.
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Stuart Kurtz
I like to put original language texts in a custom theme that is pretty close to "Vintage," but customized to de-emphasize the references.
The idea of themes is great, but it would be even greater if it was possible for users to create/edit their own themes. Accordance 10 feels like a jump forward in interface design, but it still not fully modern. A further step in this direction would be to use non-modal inspector palettes to replace modal dialogs here and elsewhere.
But the goal would be to let users set up (and even share) favorite themes, and then to be able to easily re-use them. That's really only possible with built-in themes now.
Darin Allen
I'm a fan of Spring Sky. I tweak this a bit by making the text slightly darker, and it looks great. i use this for my tools and the default theme for texts.
Brenton Bills
I second Stuart Kurtz's suggestion that some method be created for users to create and share themes. I don't think there hasn't been a time when, while talking with other Accordance users, I have asked what font and color combinations others are using. Finding a great theme really does make for a more enjoyable Accordance experience.
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The integrated window is definitely a move in the RIGHT DIRECTION and I thank you for that.
However, AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, I am still disappointed w/the UI interface: perfect examples of what would be exceedingly pleasing are Bare Bones' Yojimbo app &/or Chronos' SOHO Notes.
Updating the following would make Acc. and absolute pleasure to USE AND actually ENJOY: 3D looking Toolbar with 3D colored-icons, 3D Analysis charts and graphs (think iWork), 3D looking buttons (examples: Vs, Ch, Bk; Art; AA; L), Timeline app (horrible), 3D syntax trees, highlighters (in User Notes), and Diagrams (are you kidding!). You've started in the right direction but the UI interface work (for a modern Mac app) is indeed needing.
This is a great new feature. I'm using spring sky for texts and slate for tools.
I can't imagine ever using honey or elegance. Honey is hard to look at and elegance is hard to read.
I like Vintage theme. And monochrome buttons in the toolbar. A la Aperture style. Only some of them are too complicated, like Language, User Notes, User Tools, Timeline, Atlas. Too many small details in those icons. Could you please simplify them? But overall impression is very good. Reader mode alone is worth the upgrade! :-)
Chuck wrote: "I can't imagine ever using honey or elegance. Honey is hard to look at and elegance is hard to read."
I agree. Honey could have this background color: 48, 19 100. (HSB Slider mode). And Elegance could have Apple Chancery font. Still not the easiest to read, but better. Vintage theme with Georgia font, 20% line spacing is excellent theme.


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The Jenin refugee camp was established in 1953 on 0.42 square kilometers of land leased by the Jordanian government. The inhabitants mainly come from the Carmel region of Haifa. The camp's residents still have close relationships with relatives on the other side of the Green Line due to the short distance between Jenin and what is now called Israel; some villages from the 1948 occupied territories are clearly visible from the camp. A number of 16,000 refugees are registered in the camp.
The Freedom Theatre
has become the trademark for Jenin refugee camp. The theatre was established in 2006 by the film and stage maker Juliano Mer-Khamis, former Jenin chief of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades Zakaria Zubeidi, and two Swedish activists, Dror Feiler and Jonatan Stanczak. From the start the theatre was conceived as a place where young people could express their anger, frustration and trauma that resulted from the aftermath of the second Intifada. Over
40 percent of the camps' inhabitants
are under the age of 15 – which constitutes a large proportion of the community had grown up during the intense period of violence. Under the second Intifada the Jenin camp was one of the hotspots for armed resistance. The coalition of the armed wing associated with Fatah, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, were heavily present in the camp. During this time the Israelis kept using the rhetoric that stamped the Jenin refugee camp as a "terrorist camp" including all of its inhabitants, which justified all actions taken against them. 150 buildings were completely destroyed and many more not safe to live in. Approximately
435 families became homeless
. In April 2002 the Israeli army entered both Jenin city and Jenin camp, imposed a curfew, and declared them both as closed military zones, which prevented all access to and from the area. The intense fighting in the camp, which Israeli officials named Operation Defensive Shield, lasted for 10 days. The Israelis prevented ambulances, medical support and humanitarian workers from getting into the camp. The bloodshed caused at least 52 Palestinians lives and a lot more were injured, half of them civilians.
Brought up with a father in prison
Adnan Naghnaghiye, the location and stage manager for the Freedom Theatre, introduced his brother Mohammed's family, who live in the house behind the Freedom Theatre. Adnan explained that Mohammed has been in prison since March 25th 2003 and his wife Falasteen was left with no other choice but to raise their twin girls alone. "He was arrested because he was a member of Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades," Adnan explains. The twins are called Sara and Yara and are 11 years old. They are dressed completely alike and it is not only strangers that find it difficult to distinguish between them, but also their uncle Adnan seems to have given up. He introduces them as "one is Yara and one is Sara" with a smile. The girls are quite open to speak more about their family. Yara talks about how their uncles Usama and Ahmad were both killed by the Israeli soldiers. She continues to explain that uncle Ghassan has been in prison for 5 years and points at Adnan saying, "And you were in prison during Ramadan."
He was arrested because he was a member of Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades," Adnan explains.
Adnan clarifies that Usama was killed during a fight with the Israeli soldiers. Ahmad was killed when the Israeli Special Forces attempted to arrest Zakaria Zubeidi July 6th 2006 where he attended a funeral. The soldiers started shooting towards the civilians, and during this shooting they killed 16 year old Ahmad who was sitting in the mourning-tent. Adnan tells that they also killed four other civilians. It is clear that the girls are totally aware of the serious and intense situation in the camp, in spite of their young age. Despite this they are determined to live normal lives. When asked them about their hobbies, Sara replies: "I love to draw and also like to swim." "I like to listen to music," Yara adds. Sara would like to become a doctor when she grows old and Yara would like to play music. Suddenly the phone rings and the girls jump– it is their father. Adnan explains that ever since Mohammed was imprisoned he has declared that his girls should not lack anything, and therefore he asked Falasteen to give them a nice room. A carpenter has renovated the girls' room and they now have a television, computer, printer and Internet in their room. The girls say that they sometimes write letters to their father. The family's house has been the target for several raids by the Israeli soldiers. They always come during the night and leave the house in complete disarray and in total chaos. Furniture and personal belongings are thrown on the floor and broken, and once there was even dog excrement left on the floor.
A normal day in the Jenin camp
The normal routine the girls follow in their daily lives is to usually wake up at 6 am in the morning on school days. "We wake up and then we sometimes take a small look at our homework again, wash our faces and go in the kitchen and eat breakfast," says Yara. "For breakfast we have tea and bread, which we dip in olive oil and za'atar, then we go to school at 7 am and come back at 2 in the afternoon, where we then eat a sandwich," Sara continues. The girls are in 6th grade in one of the two schools that is run by UNRWA in the refugee camp. The school takes pupils from 4th to 9th grade. Yara explains that in their class there are 42 pupils in their class, all girls. After school the girls do their homework, and when they are done they are allowed to go out and play with the other children until the evening prayers. During the weekends they watch cartoons. "Our favorites are Finding Nemo, Tom and Jerry and a TV series that is called Sabaya [series about young women between the ages of 16-22 years]" Yara says. Saturdays are often used for social activities at the school. Life goes on for the two girls despite the absence of their father and the frequent Israeli raids they suffer under. They look forward to Eid, weddings, birthdays and other holidays. It is impressive to witness how life for the children in refugee camps is so normalized no matter how chaotic and horrible the past experiences have been. They live their childhood in the camps where high unemployment, overcrowded schools and extensive damages from the second Intifada marks a huge impact in their daily lives and yet they still manage to find joy and happiness in their lives, for it is simply a survival mechanism they depend on until they are granted the right of return to their original towns and villages.
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What kind of jobs are you talking about? Dantman (Talk) 07:00, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
Power to Block
Yes, someone who has Sysop status has the ability to do a number of things read Project:Jonin for what we're calling them here. It's not an odd thing, in fact the use of a block is a very common thing, because everyone can edit a MediaWiki system it means that people can just come along and vandalize pages, and sometimes users repeatedly come back to ruin the content in the wiki over and over so when someone repeats those actions a block is issued so they can no longer harm the site. I usualy go on a basis of 4 warnings, but I give higher increments based on level of vandalism. On that user I found 1 case of vandalism meaning it was a possible test, I bumped it up to 2 because I found another page which means it was obvious vandalism and not a test, and then I found a page in which large sections were vandalized which waranted 2 levels up, making 4, which is the last level of warning I use before a block. Blocking unruly users, deleting pages taged for deletion or deleting spam, protecting and unprotecting pages when needed, halting edit wars, creating rules based on community opinions and results of bad actions, are just a few of the tasks an administrator has to take on. In some cases, a good administrator is just what a wiki needs to turn from a onorganized mess with bad standards into a nice clean wiki with good full documentation. You should have seen The Gaiapedia back in August of 2006, the wiki was an absolute mess, now it managed to get a place up in the Wikia Spotlight in the last set. Dantman (Talk) 00:19, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Erm, LoneWolf 5. AnimeBot isn't a user. AnimeBot is one of the users my bot framework works on. User:AnimeBotSys is the same. And you mixes up, edit talk pages. That alerts the user. Dantman (Talk) 22:26, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
- Hehehe....Yeah....Spring Break is coming up and thus my brain has just kinda went on it's own vacation.LoneWolf 5 22:30, 2 March 2007 (UTC)LoneWolf 5
Problem with names
I just used what was already there. I only combined what was on the taijutsu page, with what was on the jutsu page about taijutsu, so that an include from taijutsu could be used as the sort intro on the jutsu page. Might Gai was already there, I just made it a link. Dantman (Talk) 17:18, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
- There's another thing you should read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:NeoChaosX/Naruto_names#Might_Guy_or_Maito_Gai.2C_which_is_it.3F Dantman (Talk) 17:27, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia pages
I made a nice guide at Project:How to copy from Wikipedia. Dantman (Talk) 03:06, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Jutsu Lists
See much easier. You added jutsus flawlessly. Just tell me when you 2 think you've finished adding jutsu to the lists and I'll run the bot to convert those lists to the ones that the readers see. Dantman(CGANI)(talk|CGANI) 01:12, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Greeting Team
I said I'd make one, and I've made one. You can now use {{subst:Welcome}} to welcome a new user. In fact, it'll be even better cause we can add extra stuff and change it around every now and then and just use that to go with whatever we need. ~Dantman(talk) current discussion Apr 28, 2007 @ 14:44 (UTC)
Good to see ya!
gez, you hadnt been on in forever! Random123 23:44, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
LoneWolf 5, can you look over Chidorasengan's Edits. From what it looks like he has moved some pages to the Japanese name. I do not know if his additions to the List pages (Which he did wrong and had them overridden by the bot) consisted partly of converting English to Japanese names. Can you look over what he has done and revert any changes he has made to convert English names to Japanese ones. ~Dantman(talk) current discussion Jun 15, 2007 @ 18:41 (UTC)
LoneWolf 5, don't bother with the comments on pages such as Forum talk:Index that don't seem to have anything relevant to them. Human beings don't do those, those pages are created by spambots trying to mess up a site. That message was made on multiple wiki across Wikia on the same page. If it's on a talkpage, and it doesn't seem to have exact relevance to the article in question. Basically anything saying Hi, I like your site, or Hi I stumbled across your site, or even some random comment on a new talkpage about US presidents is a comment added by a spambot. Just ignore them and I'll delete them when they show up. ~Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) current discussion Jun 29, 2007 @ 03:00 (UTC)
Haku dispute
Hello, LoneWolf 5. There's been a dispute going on over at Talk:Haku. Please don't add to it (It's not going to solve much), but I'd like to know what your opinion as a member of the community is on how disruptive that dispute is. Personally I think it's to much for one piece of information on a low appearing character in the series, especially when only one new editor thinks it's even remotely debatable. Feel free to direct any comments on it to my talkpage or to this section on your own. I'd like to know what the community feels about this debate in relation to the Narutopedia so I know how to act on it. ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) current discussion Dec 10, 2007 @ 01:53 (UTC)
- We could use your feedback on Talk:Haku#Trivia addition on how to improve the article. ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) current discussion Dec 10, 2007 @ 03:43 (UTC)


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The guys behind the 1998 comedy The Big Lewbowski are pushing back on requests to create a sequel.
"We don't see it yet," one of the brothers of the writing/directing duo, Ethan Coen, told MTV.
"That movie has more of an enduring fascination for other people than it does for us," his brother added.
Co-star John Turtorro has been pushing for the project, which would return bowling child molester Jesus Quintana to the big screen.
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I never thought I could get quite so excited over a household product, but HOT DAMN if my life hasn't changed since I started using shower caps in the kitchen.
It's just that when I see tupperware and its generic friends I am so often filled with doom. I loathe washing them out, and there is always one that's been in my fridge for forty days, containing a primeval curry. You see it when you open the fridge and reach way into the back in search of olives and maybe a thumb of half-frozen but still-good goat cheese. You see it and it sees you because by now it has grown eyes. But you can't stand the thought of cleaning out the tupps after dumping the curry, so you just plum leave it there. Know what I'm saying?
Eventually, like maybe every second month or so, you find such a terrifying tupps in the back and you are too frightened to open it. Because you fear if you do, the thing inside might just jump up and wave at you. And so, filled with guilt, you bypass all laws of recycling and conscience and economy, and you just sort of fling it into the trash. It's a small tupperware, you reassure yourself as the image of Al Gore on that scaffolding consulting the carbon chart hovers in your mind's eye. Bugger off, Al! I hardly ever do this! And you've got servants!
Enter shower caps. To clarify, I was remembering how my gran used to put these little shower cap dealios over bowls of leftover food. Literally they're just bits of elasticized plastic that you stretch over the top of a bowl. Then when it's time to clean out the fridge, you just pop off the shower cap, stick the bowl in the dishwasher, and all you have to clean is the cap. No ugly curry-stained tupps to detox. AND when you think about it, you're minimizing the number of dishes and lids you have to use, which is easier on you and the enviro. Because basically you're not decanting food from dish into tupperware, but rather, taking the original dish and covering it. As though with plastic wrap. Only the shower cap makes it easier because it's pre-sized to stretch and fit your bowl. And it's reusable. My gran used hers for, like, fifty years (no exaggeration) in true old-school thrifty style.
I mentioned all this to my aunt in South Africa and next thing you know I have some shower caps of my own (thanks, Nettie!). They fill me with joy. They take up very little room in my miniature kitchen, and they don't scare me when I open the fridge. Basically I'm here to tell you that life is worth living when you have shower caps for your kitchen. Ya know?
Because I am incredibly kind and selfless, I want to offer a lucky reader a freebie shower cap set. But I don't know how to find them in America. "Shower cap dish-covers" doesn't generate a good Google result. Anyone know where we can find some? I have yet to find a new favorite Dollar Store here in Crabcity, but I suspect when I do, I might get lucky.
On another note I worry that my freebie weekends have driven away loyal readers seeking content. Content is still here, friends. It's just masked by all the swag. But I still get a pithy weekly or twice weekly bit in. Like the piece about Mick Jagger. Or the one about Crabtot's greatest dream: to become a pregnant teenager. Or the one about Ikea. Hey, disgruntled readers, at least I don't have tip jar on my page. Yet.
Penultimately, to the readers who have written to ask me which Sweet Valley High novels I wrote, stay tuned. I will revisit my past life as a ghostwriter sometime in the next month. As well as revisit my other illustrious jobs:
phone sex operator motivational speaker, crack peddler medical supplies salesperson, and so forth. Peeps, there are so many things you can do with an MFA in Writing from one of the finest institutions in America. And I have done most of them. So come back, and let me inspire you and yours!
Last, I think no mommy blog can be complete without the requisite photo of its author from the 1980s. I too am about to capitulate, breaking my self-imposed no-pix-of-self-or-tot rule. I always thought the writing should do the talking. But I never said I wasn't a hypocrite, and boy do I have a gem for you. I don't know when I will reveal myself, but be assured I will be sporting a most peculiar hairstyle and a school uniform that smacks of South Africa in all its forward-thinking, ideology-smashing history. Cool bananas!
Also, pretty please if you want more Crabmommery, stop by the bloglet: recent posts include ruminating on my permanent state of wishful thinking, gabbing about the magical properties of oil cloth(that's a very deep post), dissing consistency, and discussing why I refuse to eat dinner with my 3-yr-old (ooh! That one got the Yahoo moms [where bloglet also appears] mighty peppery!).
Monday, June 9, 2008
I never thought I could get quite so excited over a household product, but HOT DAMN if my life hasn't changed since I started using shower caps in the kitchen.
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16 comments:
- THE WHITTINGTONS said...
i like the shower caps idea. i find myself in the same situation regularly. in fact, it's been awhile now... i probably need to check in on the current state of mold in my fridge. then again, what's another couple days...
- June 9, 2008 at 9:25 PM
- Daisy said...
I remember my grandmother using these "caps", too! No, I don't know where to get them or what they're called here in the U.S. If you find out, I'd love to try them.
- June 10, 2008 at 7:01 AM
- Fall From Grace said...
Oh! someone sells these things. In three sizes no less. ummm... Glad? Ziplock? someone. And they're colour-coded, wheeee!
Alas, I don't use them. I just stick a lid on the pot and put it in the fridge. When I run out of pots, I know it's time to excavate. And actually... there's some leftover turkey stew that I'm afraid to face. It was in the fridge since LAST Sunday, and I took it out this past Sunday and put it on the counter fully intended to get to it.
Erm... it's still sitting there. Be very afraid.
- June 10, 2008 at 8:33 AM
That is a great idea. I hate when you find old things in your fridge and they are repulsive. I have purposefully started buying clear bowls so that I can know what is in there. Way too many times I have a bowl of mac/cheese that gets overlooked until it is changing color. I'm gonna have to try the shower cap as I despise using saran wrap. Oh and they sell shower caps in our grocery store.
- June 10, 2008 at 9:12 AM
- Laura said...
Glad used to make the stretch cover lids, but alas, like all good things, this has come to an end. I think once consumers realized that they could use the free shower caps from hotels and that you could re-use them forever, the market for them dried up. You can sometimes find them in those close-out stores, like Big Lots, and you can find other brands on amazon.com.
- June 10, 2008 at 9:45 AM
- lace said...
Just googled reusable bowl covers and
found a set of 50 for 3.99 online at some site called Walter Drake. He apparently sells lots of must have items.
Those As Seen on TV products. Yup he sells those as well.
- June 10, 2008 at 4:44 PM
- Alexis said...
I can't wait to hear about the SVH books!
It's true about the MFA: not much you can do with one. Having an MA in English Lit from a fancy pants school is almost as bad. The most lit-related job I have had with mine was teaching freshman comp at a suburban community college.
I suppose you could just use the plastic shower caps in the hair care aisle, but I wonder if they are made of a particularly toxic-grade plastic?
- June 10, 2008 at 5:53 PM
I got my showercap things at Wal-Mart. I think I've seen them at Target, but I'm not sure. They are typically on endcaps and sometimes in the checkout aisles, rather than in the actual departments where one would look for such things.
- June 10, 2008 at 7:54 PM
- crabmommy said...
lace! this is astounding news! stay tuned for shower cap freebies in a future giveaway, moms, and be prepared to add another weapon to your arsenal as domestic warrior.
- June 10, 2008 at 8:54 PM
- Bix'Mom said...
I tried the GLAD covers for awhile, but due to laziness, thriftiness, and the desire to never clean/throw out another tupperware container, I have been using zip-bags for the past several years. Just dump your leftovers into the bag. If you eat it within the next few days--fantastic. If you don't ever get around to eating it--just toss the whole thing in the garbage. Soups, pastas, just about anything fits into a gallon-size baggie.
- June 10, 2008 at 9:06 PM
My mom has used shower caps to cover food since, well, ever since I can remember.
There is a bunch of old, scary food in my fridge right now. I have to face it tomorrow as we are running out of room.
- June 10, 2008 at 10:49 PM
I've never heard of those but they sound like a great idea. I too, have many science experiments growing in my fridge and they call out to me at night. I have started to use the zip lock bags more and more. Makes for easy clean up.
- June 11, 2008 at 3:46 AM
- Fall From Grace said...
Was it Gallagher...? George Carlin? who had a 'food' routine:
Could be meat, could be cake. It's MEATCAKE! Tell it to come back when it makes up its mind.
You see an empty plate in the back of the fridge - something ATE something else!
From the picky eater: Is there a picture of it in the cookbook? Bet it don't look like that!
Love that man.
- June 11, 2008 at 5:25 AM
- lace said...
here's the link to walter drake.
- June 11, 2008 at 2:22 PM
- Laura said...
I have so many shower caps, I dont know what to do with them all! I wish I could get you a few for a giveaway. I snag mine from hotels when we travel, which is often. Even my grandma has told me I have too many and to stop sending them to her. Can you believe? Great idea and use for them! I'm going to try it out.
- June 12, 2008 at 5:14 AM
I thought I was the only one who threw those things away - my husband doesn't even know. But, I put them in the recycle bin! Guilt-free.
- June 12, 2008 at 6:29 AM


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I debated with myself over writing this post. I don't really like being negative.
I asked a few friends if they would benefit from a post on what I have used, didn't like & why. The overwhelming consensus was that it would be very helpful. I tried to make this short and sweet. I pray it's sweet, but short it is not! Grab yourself a cup of tea, sit back and relax.
Here goes…
Again I have to state right up front that anytime you ask any homeschooler what curriculum they like & use… their first response to your inquiry should be what teaching method they use. Are they un-schoolers, of a classical bent, a scope & sequence proponent, using a school-at-home style or is there something else?
You also need to know the answers to the following questions: Are they Christians? Do they have a view of biblical discipleship and what is it? Are they creationists or evolutionists? How do they view the use of computers?
Some of this I touched on in a earlier post the curriculum I liked & why and will expand that here. You don't know me so just why should you read what I have to say about homeschool curriculum?
First, I am a Christian. In brief we believe in:
a) scripture alone is the standard (Psalm 119:18; Psalm 138:2; II Tim. 3:14-17);
b) all of life is to be lived for the glory of God (1CO 10:31; 1PE 4:11; REV 1:6; 2PE 3:1; EPH 3:21; REV 7:12; ROM 11:36);
c) I am saved by Jesus Christ's work alone (1TI 2:5-6; COL 1:13-18);
d) salvation is by faith through grace alone (Ephesians 1:3-8);
e) I am justified by faith alone (Galatians 3:6-11).
We believe the bible clearly states it is the father's role to teach and disciple his children. We do not believe that a decision between government or private school and homeschool is a morally neutral issue. It is through the day-to-day things that must be done in a home and the school work where we are able to train our son to be a diligent, industrious, cheerful worker ready to take his place in the world and take dominion over his part of it. Our goal is to prepare him for his role as a Christian man/husband/father in society and to accurately apply the bible to every situation he may encounter in his life.
All education is religious by nature as it answers the fundamental questions of who God is, how did we get here and why are we here? We will not leave that teaching up to anyone else, much less to some "government approved" person we know nothing about! We wouldn't turn our car over to a complete stranger why would we do that with our child, who is far more precious than our vehicle?
In my study of un-schooling I kept coming across the term "child lead learning". This is in direct opposition to what the bible tells me about the nature of a child and what God requires of me as a parent. All are filled with a sin nature from conception and 'the way he should go' will not be the direction he will naturally desire. It is my God-given duty to lead him there anyway. The only thing you don't have to teach a child is how to sin.
Train up a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 29:15
The rod and reproof give wisdom,
but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
Proverbs 22:6
A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
Proverbs 10:1
He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.
Proverbs 17:21
A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 17:25
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Matthew 12:34
What about the classical education stuff that is all the rage these days? I am not much for that either. It would be more accurate to call it Classical Humanism and in the classical sense that is one who studies "humanities", the classic Greek & Roman literature. The focus is on the academics and what material and/or social benefit can be attained thereby. Classical schooling recommends highly questionable materials all in the name of "good literature". But who deemed these "good"? Do they conform to Philippians 4:8?
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Philippians 4:8
Sadly most of the "classical humanism" recommended materials do not line up with scriptural principles. I know, I have read some of it in my 'government school career' and well before I was saved. There are just some thoughts and ideas that do not belong in a young, impressionable mind.
What about scope & sequence? Don't some curriculum come with those? Well, yes, some do include a scope & sequence or have it available if you want one. It is the application of the scope and sequence, believing that all children will know certain information at certain ages that is objectionable. The program of scope and sequence must be adapted to the individual child. Children are not automatons or need-some-assembly units on a conveyor belt all able to digest the same information at the same speed as each other and coming out the end of a 12 year program "educationally assembled". This is by its nature what the government school system must be to process all those 'units' out the end in an 'efficient' manner. This system cannot ever provide the necessary behavioral and moral training living and growing children need. In my homeschool, the last thing I want is to recreate the 'government school' at home!
Brand me as a heretic, but I do not believe that all teaching methodologies are scriptural.
"All things are lawful for me," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be enslaved by anything. I Corinthians 6:12
"All things are lawful," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful," but not all things build up. I Corinthians 10:23
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 12:2
Wow. Is there anything left?
Yes! The Trivium!!
Um… OK… what is that? In a nutshell it is Christian homeschooling in a classical style
Wait!! You just said that you didn't like the classical education so what gives?
This is limiting the meaning of classical to include only what is of good form and lasting value (classical), and which conforms to a Biblical standard within a Biblical worldview (Christian). The focus is taking out of all cultures and times what is redeemable for Christ. Not trying to baptize these cultures, in whole or in part, and call that "Christian". You can read more on what the Trivium is, and how to implement it in "Teaching the Trivium" by Harvey & Laurie Bluedorn.
All the questions mentioned above have been answered except one. My view of computers. Before you brand me an a neanderthal along with a heretic let me tell you I like computers for the tools they are. But my child-raising philosophy does not see much good in computers for young, developing children. That also includes television. I believe a child should have lots of one-on-one time with a real live, living and breathing human being along with lots of outdoor play. I do not believe that the one-on-one time should be child-centered and exclusively of an entertainment mindset. There is so much that needs accomplishing in a day that there is little time to spend all day "playing" with the children!
Children need to be included in all the things you do everyday. They can help fold the small things when you are folding laundry. They can load the clothes into the washer (get them a stool so they can reach)! They can switch the laundry from the washer to the dryer. Give them a spray bottle of water to help 'clean' the counters & mirrors in the bathroom. Have them pick up and put away their toys. Give them a small rag to dust the lower shelves, under the coffee table, and any other lower furniture pieces. Very young children can do SO MUCH MORE than what we think they can do! Even a 3-year-old can vacuum, at least the center areas! They can stir what's in the bowl, tear the lettuce, set the table and I could go on but I think you get the picture. Including your children in your chores gives them a sense of purpose and that they are contributing to the family.
With that, let us begin with what I have used and didn't like and why.
1. What have you used that you didn't like? Why?
A) The Well Trained Mind
Ms. Bauer's focus is strictly on the academics and the academic achievement brought by homeschooling. We are first and foremost interested in the character of our child above the academics. Less you think we don't do any academics, let me assure you we DO, and plenty of them. But our focus is on the character of the child through the academics, chores, etc.
In our previous church most of the homeschoolers were using Ms. Bauer's materials and couldn't sing its praises enough. So I bought a copy. After reading it completely I was less than impressed to say the least. It's all academics, page after page of academics. The how to and where to and why to… do the academics. The book is broken down into the three learning stages a child goes through, 1) the grammar, 2) the logic and 3) the rhetoric stages. In each of these three sections the "religious instruction" comprises a measly 3 pages. In the grammar stage there are no resources listed except to say 'see your religious community'. In the entire 810 pages (yes I kept my copy) there are 9 pages devoted to the most important area in the life of anyone – the knowledge of Jesus Christ and his need of a savior.
I was saddened to know that there are so many Christian homeschoolers using this material and taking her recommendations for what to teach and when. In the grammar stage she recommends materials to study the Greek gods, the Egyptian gods, the Olympus gods & goddesses, Shakespeare, Fairy stories of India & Ireland and that's just 1st grade!
The bible says, "Fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction." Proverbs 1:7 Our greatest desire is to teach and train Arrow to know and love the Lord God Almighty with all his heart and all his mind and all his soul and all his strength. "The Well Trained Mind" just didn't seem to be of any help in that essential area.
The other thing I highly disliked is her improper use of "her" as a non-gender specific, singular pronoun. It is perfectly acceptable, proper English usage to use "he", "him" and "his" as non-gender specific, singular pronouns. Not only is it acceptable, but was used for centuries! It is the communist/ feminist ideology that suddenly makes the usage of these non-gender specific, singular pronouns unacceptable! Don't get me started on the number gender agreement problems with using "they" as a singular pronoun. It is not now, nor will "they" ever be a singular pronoun! [off soap box]
[where's that paper bag…? breathe in… breathe out… breathe in… breathe out…]
B) Story of the World V1
by Susan Wise Bauer- very UN-biblical in worldview – I almost threw it against the wall in disgust…,
but returned it instead and got my valuable money refunded 😉
It characterizes 'early' man as an evolved, not very intelligent, hominid being. The blatantly UN-biblical view and anti-Christian tone were offensive.
I know when I read my bible, Adam was created as a highly functioning, intelligent man. He was immediately able to name all the animals and take instructions from the Lord. It is in chapter 4 where there is the mention of Jubal who is the father of those who play the lyre and pipe and Tubal-Cain who is the father of those who forge instruments of bronze and iron. You have to be pretty smart in order to teach someone else to play an instrument or forge bronze or iron implements. These people were also building cities and had livestock! Cities mean large numbers of people in close proximity. City dwelling makes a hunter/gatherer type of existence impossible. Noah also planted a vineyard right after the flood, so the knowledge of planting & harvesting grapes and making wine existed before the flood as well. I may have missed some things but all this tells me that early man was smart right from the start.
C) Hooked on Phonics – too juvenile for my older (then 13yr) learner, expensive,
D) Mystery of History; Vol I – not enough there, not able to easily substitute my own materials, first volume uses slang expressions (cool, etc.) which I found very irritating, the course is not yet completed (as of this writing), we would have had to switch to something else later anyway… I was looking for… something… more/else/different than this. I wanted meat to the study without bogging down in the details yet flexible enough for us to camp on any "detail" we felt we needed/wanted to study in more depth. This is biblical in it's treatment of history yet doesn't go far enough on that front for my tastes.
E) Making Math Meaningful – at one point Arrow just did not get a concept. We followed the instructions for coming back to that section later, which we did. Still he did not get the concept we were returning to. There were absolutely no additional resources to enable us to 'camp out' in that or any other section unless I wrote more pages. I had no interest in writing my own math curriculum… that's what I was buying one for! This taught addition and subtraction all together, which can make it confusing to a young student (which this is meant for…). If I was starting over with Arrow I wouldn't start with formal education as early as I did. We started him when he was 6 and a half. I would have spent more time on character issues, chores, reading aloud and making learning part of our daily lives. (two eggs plus two eggs makes how many eggs? while making cookies, etc.) I also know more about digit spans and would have spent more time on them!
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F) the Phonics Game – too expensive, I used this many years ago and the videos had the 'mom' dressed in tight spandex as she and her 'son' roller bladed around discussing 'phonics' (I would skip that part!) otherwise the card game is an excellent way to learn reading rules while playing & having fun!
G) Worldviews of the Western World 1 – I did use this for Peter Rabbit. After we pulled out of the government indoctrination center in 7th grade (1992). It is good, but with Tapestry of Grace, we learn the same thing (also as meaty as we desire) only in its historic context, it does not have the ability to be used with younger students at the same time (as Tapestry of Grace does), you actually read pagan materials (The Iliad, the Odyssey, The Aeneid & The Republic) though you do contrast them with the bible, but…
We choose this because we were brand new Christians, had limited biblical knowledge ourselves and Peter Rabbit was raised with no church background. We were interested in trying to build a biblical foundation in his learning. The biblical materials are excellent, meaty and worth having in your library. The discussions are excellent and the required essays are thought provoking. I loved the music and art portions where you can "see" & "hear" the effects of these pagan, anti-biblical philosophies on the culture.
I would recommend this with great caution. You know the bent of your student(s) best. If you think reading pagan material might foster or encourage a love for fantasy, mysticism, paganism, etc I would steer clear of this material. There is no way to use this without the reading of the pagan materials. And for some students, even contrasting the pagan materials with the very good biblical materials might just not be… enough. Just a caution.
G) Lifepacs from Alpha & Omega –
I did use some of these our very first year homeschooling 'Peter Rabbit' in the early 90's. I am not saying there is anything wrong with the content. I have not examined them for content issues. My problem is with them as workbooks. This is recreating the government school style in your home! Workbooks are relied upon by the government school teachers because they cannot possibly give individual attention to all 30 students in their classes! Workbooks are busy work. Maybe if I had lots of girls I would have a different view, but with boys… oh don't kill their love of learning by giving them tons of workbooks!
I pray this post is a blessing to you! What things have you used in your homeschool that you didn't like and why?
Blessings, ~Aunt Mae (aka ~Mrs. R)
Other posts that may be of interest to you:
Why We Attend the Christian Heritage Conference
Homeschool Curriculum – What I Use and Why I Use It
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Howdy boys and girls.
Just wanted to quickly bring a couple of posts that I did that you might be interested in to your attention.
While our buddy T, "The Focused Filmographer" was on vacation, he asked for people to write guest pieces so he would have content for the week. I was more than happy to oblige, but I had a little fun with it… since he was going to New York, I decided to reflect on "Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan". LOL. She's a real beaut, Clark.
I also made a contribution to "The LAMB Devours the Oscars", which is the Large Association of Movie Blogs' ongoing series devoted to covering all of the Oscar nominees. I drew the short straw and got "Best Short Documentary" and didn't have anything to offer. I didn't feel it was right to write on something I hadn't seen. Through the magic of twitter though, our buddy Dylan of Man I Love Films indicated he wouldn't mind if I took his spot. And so I wound up writing about one of the best films of the year, best picture nominee "The Tree of Life".
I'm glad that these posts wound up running relatively closely to each other… I think they provide a nice contrast to each other, and represent my varied interest in movies well. If you're looking for a good read, if you're a fan of either of these movies, or if you'd just like to show your support for me and/or the friends of FMR, I hope you'll check them out!


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Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kaistudio 2
World of Instruments: Klassiko Orchesterinstrumente
Workshop for Children Aged 6+, Teenagers and Adults
€ 5.00
A classical symphony orchestra is a very colourful bunch: in the back, the fat tuba; in the first row, the violins; in the corner, a splendidly polished harp. Each instrument has its own playing technique and its own unique sound. And because the hands-on approach is known to be more fun than mere listening, in the workshop »Klassiko Orchesterinstrumente«, all featured musical instruments can be tried out. Join the end-of-workshop jam to uncover whether all the contrasting musical families really do harmonise with one another.
Please note: every workshop participant requires a ticket, including accompanying persons.
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Located within the base section of the Elbphilharmonie building on floors 2 and 3 are the Kaistudios, home to the Elbphilharmonie's World of Instruments and extensive music education programme. The largest Kaistudio is the Elbphilharmonie's third concert hall – ideal for concerts, experimental music, seminars and workshops for up to 150 guests.
Getting to the Kaistudios
All visitors enter the building via the main entrance. The Kaistudio on floors 2 and 3 are not accessible via the Tube (long escalator), but rather using the stairs or group B lifts. Please follow the signs provided in the tunnel on right-hand side of the Tube. Admission is by concert ticket only.
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Multistorey car park »Speicherstadt«: Am Sandtorkai 6, 20457 Hamburg (722 parking spaces, approx. 750 m from the Elbphilharmonie)
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New admission times:
In a change from past custom, doors will now open 60 minutes before the start of the event. The foyer and concert hall will be opened at the same time.
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