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Sunday, January 30, 2011
Cooking and Me- A Love Story
Just a few short years ago, if I were asked to cook something, I would have probably stomped my foot and refused. My idea of cooking was heating up a Stouffer's Lasagna in the oven. I kept my silverware in the refrigerator because there was so much space.
I'm not exactly sure what changed, but I can think of some possibilities. I know that, before I had kids, my husband cooked. If there was cooking happening, it was by him. I cleaned the kitchen after. I hated cleaning up the kitchen, so I started occasionally doing the cooking.
Another issue was that when my son was born, I tried to put us on some sort of schedule. Before he was around, we just kind of ate "whenever". I wanted to insure that we ate by a certain time each night, so I cooked (reluctantly).
Somewhere along the way I started to enjoy it.
Now, I do my best to plan our meals weekly, and on the rare occasion when it's 5:00 and I have no idea what's for dinner, it drives me insane. (I usually have a shake, give my son a sandwich and some applesauce, and tell my husband to find something for himself..).
Anyway, I've discovered that I actually enjoy cooking, and have started moving away from recipes and "improvising" (a concept that was impossible for me a few years ago).
Here's what we ate last night:
It's Beef Broccoli Stir Fry. I started with a recipe, but it turned out, I didn't have a lot of the required items...
We had some leftover beef from the night before, so I needed to use it. I got 3 bags of frozen broccoli (could have probably done with 2), made some whole wheat spaghetti (which I always try to have on hand), and sauteed some onions and garlic. I cooked the broccoli in the microwave (!!!), added it to the stir fry with the beef (cut into pieces), and added some soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, and salt.
I probably won't win my own show on The Food Network, but it was pretty good.
Oh, and I cut up some carrots (of which we have an abundance) and cooked those in salt and olive oil.
Did I mention my primary goal is to make it easy?
So, I'll try to post recipes as I come up with them (although, it's hard for me to keep track of exact measurements as I go..).
Are any of you recovering cooking-phobics like me? Do you enjoy it, or is it just something you HAVE to do?
Until next time...
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Posted by Sarah Brown at 4:11 PM
Labels: Cooking
2 comments:
- brooke said...
That looks great!! I am not a cooking-phobic, recovering or otherwise, but I find that there are days when just the thought of making another meal leaves me comatose for an hour. Good for you for foraging ahead into uncharted territory!
- January 31, 2011 at 12:46 PM
- Sarah said...
Brooke, you definitely inspire me in this!
- January 31, 2011 at 2:29 PM
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Delaware State Police have arrested two juveniles in connection with multiple burglaries in the Cedar Creek Estates development of Lincoln.
On Tuesday, Feb. 6, at around 7:15 p.m., troopers were dispatched to a burglary complaint in the 20000 block of West Mayhew Drive in Cedar Creek Estates. During the reported burglary, forced entry was made and the residence was extensively ransacked. Multiple items were stolen, including electronics and purses. While troopers were investigating the incident, they were informed of two additional burglaries that occurred within the same development in which electronics and jewelry were also stolen.
Through investigative measures, troopers were able to identify two suspects, 14-year-old Dallas Mohler, of Lewes, and 14-year-old Jaliel Perry, of Lincoln. They were spotted walking in the Cedar Creek Estates development carrying backpacks and were detained.
Both backpacks contained stolen jewelry and other associated property from the reported burglaries. Consent was granted by Perry's grandmother to search the residence in which Perry resides; electronics and other suspected stolen property were found.
Mohler and Perry were each charged with three counts of the following: felony second-degree burglary, theft, criminal mischief and felony second-degree conspiracy. Both were committed to the Stevenson House Detention Center on $6,000 secured bond.
During the month of January 2018, Troop 7 units handled multiple complaints involving thefts from unsecured vehicles in the Lincoln (Cedar Creek Estates) and Lewes (Reserves at Lewes Landing) area. Both juveniles are suspects in these cases and the Property Crimes Unit will continue to investigate these complaints and exam the seized property. Anyone with information pertaining to these cases is asked to contact the Troop 4 Property Crimes Unit at 302-752-3800. Information may also be provided by calling Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333 or via the internet at http://www.delaware.crimestoppersweb.com.


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Rocco Cataldo Answers Five Questions
July 7, 2016 by Screenmag
In the latest installment of our popular feature, Rocco Cataldo, Director and Principal at Potenza Productions, answers Five Questions with SCREEN.
SCREEN: Can you cook? If so, what's your go-to dish?
CATALDO: I can cook, but because my time is limited in the kitchen. My go-to dish on the fly is Spaghetti aglio e olio (garlic and oil)!
SCREEN: What's your guilty pleasure TV?
CATALDO: Guilty pleasure TV is anything with Anthony Bourdain. Is that really guilty though?
SCREEN: What's your favorite place to spend a week? A weekend? Two weeks?
CATALDO: Anywhere with a beach! The sound of water crashing on the shore is one of the most relaxing and peaceful things I enjoy.
SCREEN: What's your favorite gadget?
CATALDO: I am going old school and say my iPad! HA!
SCREEN: What's your favorite American city? Foreign city?
CATALDO: Favorite American city? If not Chicago, San Francisco! Foreign City? Positano, Italy
SCREEN: What's your favorite holiday?
CATALDO: I have to say Thanksgiving! Friends, family and food! Brings out the good in people.


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Sarah, Myra, Amanda Jean and Cynthia to celebrate this sparkling finish.
Friday, December 30, 2016
Diamonds in the Snow
Sarah, Myra, Amanda Jean and Cynthia to celebrate this sparkling finish.
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Lovely diamonds! My small 'liberated' diamond quilt is almost done.ReplyDelete
Very pretty. I love the grey background. Looks great in the snow. Happy 2017! Can't wait to see what you come up with next year.ReplyDelete
It is so beautiful, Emily - and how lovely to have snow to show it off!!ReplyDelete
It looks just beautiful, Em, and I like the quilting.ReplyDelete
Love your quilt, very modern contrasts beautifully with the large polynesian swirl. Great flash of colors against the gray.ReplyDelete
Beautiful use of lovely triangle scraps!!ReplyDelete
What a great finish! I love the cheerful scrappiness of these diamonds, and your quilting is just right. You can't go wrong with a dotty black and white binding, either. Congratulations on such a cool quilt!ReplyDelete
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Gerry Grimstone, Chairman, Standard Life, talks to Sarbajeet K Sen on a host of issues relating to the insurance sector. Edinburgh-based Standard Life has a 26 per cent stake in HDFC Life.
Q. Standard Life has been associated with HDFC since the insurance sector was opened to private firms over 10 years ago. How has the sector grown, especially private companies, given that Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) continues its stranglehold?
A. The industry started very strongly. We came into the market just over 10 years ago with HDFC to create a fine business. At one point, LIC's market share dropped to 50 per cent. But, the various regulatory changes over the past two years have greatly benefitted LIC and its share is back to about 70 per cent, which is quite extraordinary.
Q. The trend should have been the other way round...
A. Yes, it should have been the other way round. Nobody minds competition, everybody likes competition. But it is important that you compete on a level playing field.
Q. Where do you think the problem lies? Is it regulatory issues or legal issues?
A. I think it is the various regulatory changes, particularly the regulator's pushback on Ulips (Unit-linked Insurance Policies) that helped LIC because private sector companies were strong in the Ulip market. I do applaud the work the regulator has done to improve things for customers. Anybody who has been in the business for a long time, like we have, knows customers are most important. So, customer safeguards are a good thing. But it is important for an industry like insurance to keep some balance. In fact, it is extraordinary that total insurance premiums in India fell last year and it is mainly because of the regulatory climate. I think this might be the only major country in the world where premiums have gone down. I don't think that is good for India because insurance is so important for investment in the economy.


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Amelia Atwater-Rhodes / YP FIC ATWATER Den of Shadows SeriesBy day, Risika sleeps in a shaded room in Concord, Massachusetts. By night, she hunts the streets of New York City. She is used to being alone. But someone is following Risika. He has left her a black rose, the same sort of rose that sealed her fate 300 years ago. Three hundred years ago she was human. Now she is a vampire, a powerful one, and her past has come back to torment her. In the Forests of the Night Shattered Mirror (Also available in ebook) Midnight Predator (Also available in ebook) Persistence of Memory Token of Darkness All Just Glass (Also available in ebook) Poison Tree Promises to Keep
Laura Bickle / YP FIC BICKLE The Hollowed Ones SeriesKatie is on the verge of her Rumspringa, the time in Amish life when teenagers can get a taste of the real world. But the real world comes to her in this dystopian tale with a philosophical bent. Rumors of massive unrest on the "Outside" abound. Something murderous is out there. Amish elders make a rule: No one goes outside, and no outsiders come in. But when Katie finds a gravely injured young man, she can't leave him to die. She smuggles him into her family's barn - at what cost to her community? The suspense of this vividly told, truly horrific thriller will keep the pages turning. The Hallowed Ones The Outside
Heather Brewer / YP FIC BREWER The Chronicles of Vladimir TodThirteen-year-old Vladimir Tod really hates junior high. Bullies harass him, the principal is dogging him, and the girl he likes prefers his best friend. Oh, and Vlad has a secret: His mother was human, but his father was a vampire. With no idea of the extent of his powers, Vlad struggles daily with his blood cravings and his enlarged fangs. When a substitute teacher begins to question him a little too closely, Vlad worries that his cover is about to be blown. But then he faces a much bigger problem: He's being hunted by a vampire killer. Eighth Grade Bites (Also available in audiobook) Ninth Grade Slays Tenth Grade Bleeds Eleventh Grade Burns Twelfth Grade Kills
Rachel Caine / YP FIC CAINE The Morganville Vampires SeriesMorganville is a small college town in the heart of Texas-not a place that exactly screams "hotbed of creatures of the night". But college freshman Claire Danvers is about to discover why, in Morganville, you should never, ever stay out after dark... The Morganville Vampires Volume I The Morganville Vampires Volume II The Morganville Vampires Volume III (Contains Lord of Misrule and Carpe Corpus) The Morganville Vampires Volume IV (Contains Fade Out and Kiss of Death) Ghost Town Bite Club (Also available in audiobook) Last Breath (Also available in audiobook) Black Dawn Bitter Blood Fall of Night
Jason Henderson / YP FIC HENDERSO Alex Van Helsing SeriesFourteen-year-old Alex has no idea that he's descended from the world's most famous vampire hunter, but that changes fast when he arrives at Glenarvon Academy and confronts two vampires in his first three days. Turns out Glenarvon isn't the only school near Lake Geneva. Hidden deep underground lies an ancient university for vampires called the Scholomance. And the deadly vampire clan lord known as Icemaker? You might say he's a visiting professor. When two of Alex's friends are kidnapped by Icemaker, it's up to Alex to infiltrate the Scholomance and get them back alive. Assisted by the Polidorium, a top-secret vampire-hunting organization with buried ties to the Van Helsings, Alex dodges zombies, bullets, and lots and lots of fangs on his way to thwarting Icemaker's plans and fulfilling his family destiny. Vampire Rising Voice of the Undead The Triumph of Death
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Julie Kagawa / YP FIC KAGAWA Blood of Eden SeriesAllison Sekemoto survives in the Fringe, the outermost circle of a vampire city. By day, she and her crew scavenge for food. By night, any one of them could be eaten. Some days, all that drives Allie is her hatred of them. The vampires who keep humans as blood cattle. Until the night Allie herself is attacked--and given the ultimate choice. Die...or become one of the monsters. Faced with her own mortality, Allie becomes what she despises most. To survive, she must learn the rules of being immortal, including the most important: go long enough without human blood, and you will go mad. The Immortal Rules (Also available in ebook) The Eternity Cure (Also available in ebook) The Forever Song (Also available in ebook)
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Why wear pants if you're going to poop them?? When it comes to that, we pooches are definitely ahead of the curve.
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If you wish Happy New Year to a dog, do you have to say it 7 times?
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The best reason to never get your driver's license.
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Well, it's raining cats and dogs here in Minneapolis. (Nice to see the cats actually doing something – albeit falling from the sky) I'm chillin' kennelside with nothing to do but chew an old knucklebone and miss the sun.
Ahh, sunshine. I love to stick my face in it! When the alphas get home from lunch, I give them the obligatory jump on the leg and then I'm out the door and into the sweet sweet rays of Mr. Samuel Sun. (Yes, the sun has a first name. And yes, it is Samuel)
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The MultiMedia Card Association (who?) has approved a new "global memory card standard" developed by a Taiwanese research institute—dubbed the miCard (Multiple Interface Card)—which will work with both USB and MMC slots.
Skepticism over new formats aside, the specs seem fairly impressive: initial transfer rate and storage will be around 480Mbit/sec and 8GB, respectively, with both improving over time. The expected maximum capacity? 2048GB. I can definitely get behind two terabytes in my pocket. (I'm also happy to see you.)
Twelve companies are already backing the new format:
A-Data Technology Inc., Asustek Computer Inc., BenQ Corp., Carry Computer Eng. Co., C-One Technology Corp., DBTel Inc., Power Digital Card Co. and RiChip Inc.
Of course, adoption by technical associations and corporations (and calling it a "global standard") doesn't necessarily mean consumers will also take up the new cards, but backwards compatibility with current standard ports, like USB, should help. What do you think? Do we really need yet another format taking up shelf space at Best Buy?
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While Blogging is not my social media of choice to use, I have enjoyed learning how to blog. I liked using the icons in the visual editor, these are great quick links. I liked how I could easily link my posts to my other social media accounts and those of my fellow classmates. It is fun to have followers and be acknowledged by likes and quoted.I have enjoyed reading and following my classmates journey in getting to know and use social media.
I have learned a great deal about the process of making a library website to a set of client specifications. I have learned about the important inclusions and criteria that library websites need through researching other websites.
Through the time I spent working with the Weebly site, I was able to become familiar with the elements that needed to be layered up for each page. By the end of the unit I was able to manipulate and use the basic elements to insert links, upload my own media content and embed social links to my website. I learnt to change the look of the website through use of font and colour and to listen to client feedback and apply changes.
I enjoyed using pinterest the most as it really is the modern day digital scrapbook of ideas. It is to me the most user friendly, finding and saving images and ideas is so easy.
Using Weebly was a great learning experience for me. I explored and became familiar with the different ways of integrating social media into a website. I made sure that the pages were easy to navigate, I included links to better illustrate and support my content. I was able to add facebook and twitter. I am happy with the result of my website, as it illustrates the resources of a small public school library, simple and direct.


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This beautiful home in the more established community of Pine Lakes is a combination of luxury and comfort. There are so many upgrades that it is hard to mention them all. The home is filled with decorative crown moulding, wood and tile floors, as well as granite and tile backsplash throughout. The dual fireplace in the living area and sunken formal dining room are a focal point as you enter the house. The formal dining room is an ideal setting for large family gatherings. The pressed tin ceiling provides a tastefully, unique touch to this lovely room. The bedrooms are large and spread out, providing privacy to family and guests. The master bedroom is spacious with a beautifully tiled bathroom, sunken sitting area, and walk-in closet. Afternoons can be enjoyed sitting by the outdoor pool and hot tub. This home is built in a U shape with views of the pool and oversized hot tub throughout. Family and guests can enjoy the pool house, which can also be a guest house, with it's own private bathroom and outdoor shower. Centrally located to great restaurants, shopping and entertainment, and within a walk to the beach and McLeod Park, this home is a must see!
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says drones would speed up delivery of online orders, but the technology is at least three or four years away
Next electric cars burn rubber, not just save gas
The success of Tesla points the way for automakers to make sexy electric performance cars.
Tech giants are countering government spying
Worried that fears of compromised data could hurt their business, the tech firms are in damage-control mode.
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The venerable newsweekly aims to speed up its digital metabolism while providing elegant analyses in print.
Pessimism plagues Mexico year after new leader arrives
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The actor, dead in a car crash at age 40, will be remembered for what he drove on film
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The Asian country is challenging U.S. industry's sizable lead.
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Like all Hyundai excavators, the HX160 L is known for operator comfort. Advantages include a roomy cabin, simple controls, excellent visibility, high-performance air conditioning and extra storage.Durable materials and extensive testing ensure long-term reliability. Longer maintenance intervals – and easy maintenance – minimise your time in the shop. Key maintenance area are easy to access, and grease points are centralise for easy maintenance.
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The air conditioning system on this machine contains the fluorinated greenhouse gas refrigerant HFC-134a (Global Warming Potential = 1430). The system contains 0.65 kg of refrigerant which has a CO2 equivalent of 0.9295 metric tonne.


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Doug Walker, the "Nostalgia Critic," is the creator, writer, and director of the web comedy series of the same name. He is known for his bitter and sarcastic rants and reviews of television shows from his childhood, as well as more recent shows. His signature look is iconic and simple to recreate.


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not planed. TV Show was canceled.
"TX" was an abbreviation for (transmission). This series only ran from September to December 1985 on Saturday mornings. This show had a little bit of everything thrown together such as pop news, cartoons, competitions and music videos. The best part of the show was a segment called KYBO (Knock Your Socks Off) which was a general knowledge quiz hosted by Steve Blacknell. The show was very short lived but the popularity of the KYBO portion of the show spawned its' own series.
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{ 9th February } coloured pencil
Even though the minimum 30 minutes still applied for this drawing yesterday I felt hurried as I squeezed it into my day. The rushed energy quite clear in my crazy lines and cutting, and perhaps her running stance. Funny how these things play out on a subconscious level. I'm not sure of her name but I think she might be channeling Ernie.


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MUSIC REVIEWS: Radiohead and Plants and Animals
It's not hard to cash in on the last greatest band in the world, and after Radiohead's surreptitious departure from Capitol Records, for its experiments in the Internet age – the label was bound to try.
The greatest hits catalogue comes in three very different packages. With the first, a single-disc collection, Capitol succeeded in repackaging some of the band's biggest hits into a record that lacks cohesion or much care for the artist's catalogue.
The individual tracks are incomparable, Selections from The Bends and OK Computer show how Radiohead pushed the limits of music in the late 90's and for a listener looking for a first taste of what made Radiohead great, the record opens the door.
However, it's the double-disc and record set, which includes more material from Kid A and Amnesiac that truly shows the full breadth and ambition of the band.
—Jonathan Shieber
Plants and Animals
Parc Avenue
Secret City Records
Montreal trio Plants and Animals play whimsical folk rock songs with titles like "Faerie Dance" and "Feedback in the Field." So it's not surprising that there's a pastoral slant to their musical musings. Lead singer Warren C. Spider has a reedy timbre to his voice that gives the band's airy tunes an immediate and authentic quality. It serves them well on joyous woodland romps like "Bye Bye Bye" and an exquisitely hushed song called "Early in the Morning." But if there's one song that brings all of the group's best elements into play, it has to be the chillingly lonesome "Sea Shanty" – a perfect hymn to the mysteries of the deep. The album finishes with an eastern flavored jam called "Guru" that closes things out on a high-spirited note.
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Success is something that simply evolves. The secret is hard work, consistency and patience and everyone's definition is different.
So, I went looking for quotes that better hit what I think the definition at least should be. If you love doing something, then like Nike's slogan, "Just do it". That couldn't be more simple and of all people Bob Dylan said it best:
"A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do."
Wishing all of you an outstanding close to the weekend. Hug your family and friends and just kick back and enjoy the day. Work will still be waiting for you tomorrow morning! For me, if you've got a smile on your face you're a success!
...and if you don't know who Bob Dylan is, please don't tell me! It ain't easy getting old! LOL


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Rónán says: "In the Seanad, I have challenged the Government for not drawing down EU funds allocated for infrastructural projects in the North West.
In the European parliament, I will fight for the funds we need.
I am committed to cutting the red tape around funds available from Europe for our area,
including the Cohesion Funds 2014-2020, the Globalisation Adjustment Fund, the Broadband Scheme 2014-2020, the Training And Up-skilling funds, the European Social Fund and the Microfinance and credit schemes.
With the new EU funding programme (2014-2020) the Government must prepare 'Partnership Contracts' agreed with the European Commission. It has been decided that Member States will commit to focusing on fewer investment priorities in line with these objectives. The package also harmonises the rules related to different funds, including rural development and maritime and fisheries, to increase the coherence of EU action.
An important question for our region and communities is what will constitute the new investment priorities? I will fight to ensure that the 'harmonisation' of funds does not lead to reductions for the North West.
I will work to make a 'one-stop-shop' available in every county in the region with information regarding EU funds available to assist each person.
There is too much red-tape around the money that is designated for our citizens and communities. A one-stop-shop would have the advice and expertise necessary to point people towards the fund that may assist them.
I will work to hold the Government accountable on how and where it spends EU funds. I highlighted the disgraceful failure last year of the Government to spend funds allocated for infrastructural projects in the North West.
I will work to ensure the funds available from Europe for infrastructure are targeted at the North West to create infrastructure for broadband and tourism.
I will work to ensure that the funds in the new European Social Fund are targeted to projects assisting vulnerable and elderly people to reduce rural poverty and isolation."


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I have a few projects I'm excited to post about soon, but wanted to take a minute to share some really neat things being done with tab maille. You may have seen chainmaille woven with tabs before, but John Andrews from Pop Top Paladin has come up with some really clever weaves.
One of my favorites is the version he calls "PopScale". He goes into detail on how to produce it here. It's not only made with can tabs, but with the inside cutout from the mouth opening of the can as well.
This is a sampler piece he created as a scarf with all kinds of different weave variations.
With many pics of projects and different variations of weave patterns, his site poptoppaladin.com is really worth a look. I look forward to seeing many new things that push the boundaries of can tabs from John!
Monday, February 16, 2015
PopScale and other Tab Maille from Pop Top Paladin
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I started by peeling a piece of packing box, added a slight coat of gesso on it.
Then I cut a piece of newspaper and sprayed it with crushed olive distress ink. I stamped numbers from the Numerical plate on the piece of box, the newspaper and on the bit of teared waterpaint paper.
The Open Road "travel" and cycle and journey quote are stamped on a bit of toilet paper roll.
The Gibson girl is stamped on a punched sheet of newspaper that I glued on a crushed bottlecap.
To embellish the paintbrush and tube of paint, I used a bit of plastic bag that I covered with alcohol ink and melted it with a heat gun.
I had a blast making this card for you, and I hope you like it,
Thanks for stopping by, I am really looking forward to reading your comments !
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Let's Talk about "Soft Skills"September 22, 2009 6:17 pm Uncategorized
Holly Barker, PLTW instructor, came by today with an article she was reading from Computerworld that had caught her attention. She wanted to discuss how the thoughts in the article could be incorporated into her lessons. What followed was one of the best 20 minute discussions I had been in for a while. In this post I will try to focus on the gist of our conversation.
The four "key gaps" listed in the Computerworld article, as seen by the CIOs (Chief Information Officers) were:
- an inadequate grip on business realities such as unrealistic expectations regarding entry salaries and the time commitment required in full-time work,
- a narrow world view
- poor relational and soft skills
- a lack of career focus
The time Holly and I had was spent talking about the first and third bullets. Generally we came to agree that at the high school level we could address the unrealistic expectations by
1. Being sure that we involved our students in field trips that toured businesses and industries that would afford them the opportunity to see and hear from those who were engaged in that business. On these trips we would ask the business/industry person to discuss entry level salaries, realistic expectations regarding work hours, education and continuing education required, "soft skills and hard skills" necessary for entry level employment. Realism would be the focus of the trip not idealism. We could discuss the idealism back in the classroom.
2. Being sure that our students are ready for Job Shadows or Internships and are given the opportunity to do just that. Our students need to see these activities as integral parts of their education. The insight gained will help ensure that they make good, realistic decisions about what they really want to pursue after high school.
3. Being sure that, when we give our students insight into the world of work, we make a definite distinction between what is offered at the beginning of a career and what they can expect later in that career. In addition, since most of our students will remain in Utah, we want to make sure that the Utah data is given first. References to other parts of the country may give a different picture.
As we began to talk about the other area, "soft skills," we found that we opened a large "can of worms." First, what are the "soft skills"? We were almost on the same page as we talked but realized that we could find more information by "binging" the concept. This new search engine leads us to a Soft Skills Quiz. Curiosity got the best of us and, before you knew it, we were thinking through the 24 questions in the quiz and marking our answers. At the end when we clicked and got our results, we were pleased to see that "We were well grounded…." If you would like to take this quiz, it is located at
From here Holly's and my minds went "wild." It was obvious to us that we needed to learn more about what our community, both business professionals and educators, felt were "soft skills." In order to do this we began to throw out questions that we felt could be asked of our WSD Advisory Committee members and our teachers. Needless to say, time ran out before we could devise a comprehensive plan to gather this information. Watch for a survey or questionnaire.
Remember the title of this post is Let's Talk about "Soft Skills." LET'S TALK!


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Wednesday, September 2, 2009
This is the first time I've made snickerdoodles (I know, a travesty!), and I could not get enough of them! I found that I loved them the best about 5-10 minutes after taking them out of the oven - they were warm, crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. And sooooooo delicious!
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2 cup shortening
2 large eggs
2 3/4 cups flour
2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 cup sugar
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
Heat oven to 400.
Beat 1 1/2 cups sugar, butter, shortening, and eggs in large bown with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt.
Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Mix 1/4 cup sugar and the cinnamon. Roll balls in cinnamon-sugar mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet (Zaylee helped me with this step. It was so cute to see her rolling handfuls of dough into balls and rolling them in the cinnamon sugar. She actually did a pretty good job of it! Thomas helped too. He climbed up onto the table and made sure that we didn't have too much dough. I guess he figured that since Zaylee and I were grabbing handfuls out of the bowl, he should be too!).
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
6 comments:
- Heidi said...
Snickerdoodles have always been a favorite of mine. I made snickerdoodle blossoms a while back and they were great. Just press a hershey's kiss into the center of the cookie when it comes out of the oven... it holds its shape, but when you take a bite the chocolate is all gooey! YUM
- September 2, 2009 at 1:08 PM
- Elizabeth said...
Yuuuuuuuuuuuummy! Now I'm going to have to go bake some snickerdoodles! Thanks for sharing the recipe :)
- September 2, 2009 at 1:10 PM
- joannabug said...
My grandma made these for me growing up--she still does.
Yum! And good memories. :-)
- September 2, 2009 at 2:35 PM
- Katy ~ said...
Love snickerdoodles! I only had them the first time a few years ago myself as I thought they would be too plain, but there's big taste and satisfaction in their simplicity. Tasty post!
- September 3, 2009 at 6:43 AM
- The American Homemaker said...
I really, really suck at making snickerdoodles.
- September 3, 2009 at 11:25 AM
- Rapunzel said...
ooh, guess what I'll be baking today? I'll post my results on my blog, thanks so much for another delicious recipe!
- September 4, 2009 at 8:51 AM


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Come and participate SENIKOME PENG HENG @First World Plaza till Sept 2017
Do you know there's an arts and cultural centre at Genting? Have you visited it before? Recently I just visited SENIKOME PENG HENG located on First World Plaza, Level 3. Let me tell you more about this. But before that entry fees is apply.
Introduction of east coast
Seni represents art and kome is from the local Pahang dialect, kami in malay languange. While Peng Heng is Pahang, the name stated in historical documents of the Ming Dynasty in the 1520's which refers to the East Coast regions namely Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan.
The East Coast Arts and Cultural Centre will highlight various traditional art forms specifically visual and performing arts from the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia from July to September. One highlight is Joget Gamelan a classical dance that originated in the courts of Riau and Lingga in the 17th century. While the next highlight is silk screen printing also known as serigraph or silk screening also comes to the fore at the centre in the coming months.
Our culture
Shadow Play or 'Wayang Kulit'
Quail Trap or 'Jebak Puyuh'
Malay Traditional clothes
Others culture showcasing include kris while traditional games include Hopscotch, kercang and draughts.
Traditional games
Mancala or 'Congkak'
Wau and Kite
If you're an art enthusiast, you may want to pay a visit to this centre in this two months where different art forms are showcased every weekend.
29-30 July 2017 - demo on Batik Canting, you'll get to witness the beauty of batik making a technique of hand dyeing fabrics by using wax as a dye repellent.
26-27 August 2017 - silk screen painting
31-1 September 2017 - water colour painting demo
2-3 September 2017 - Joget Gamelan, the main highlight
9-10 September 2017 - demo on sketching
16-17 September 2017 - pottery
22-24 September 2017 - weaving demo
This centre also aims to foster a creative environment where traditional artistry can flourish through immersive programmes such as the Wayang Kulit and Batik dipslay that're coming up. There is also an experiential area for various traditional games where you can participate in Congkak and Batu Seremban.
Our people
Retail Shop
Nasi Kerabu
Keropok Lekor and drinks
You can also enjoy the delicious traditional dishes at the centre and shop for your souvenir such as fine textiles and pewter ware items. There's also a Reading Corner at the centre and you also can join the guided tours that're held 3 times daily. Admission tickets are priced at RM 8 for adults (RM 7 for GRC members) and RM 6 for children (RM 5 for GRC members). There's also family package priced at RM 25 that allows entrance to 2 adults and 2 children. For more info, visit www.rwgenting.com . So what do you think of visiting SENIKOME too when you got the chance to visit Genting next time. For me as a Malaysian, some of the art and culture showcased really impressed me cause I don't really seen it before in our daily life. So why not just pay a visit especially those with family and children to gain some exposure others than the textbooks right?


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Foreword is something a reader usually skips, so I won't whine if it happens; by the way, I'd like to start talking about me.
As far as I can remember (I think I was 5 years old), I've always been fascinated by 2 big genres: japanese robots and Sword&Sorcery (meaning the coexistence of fighters and wizards, not only the literary genre close to Robert E. Howard).
During the 80s, I spent my childhood watching Arthurian Myth adaptations like Boorman's Excalibur or King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (by Toei Animation), or movies like Deodato's The Barbarians, Milius' Conan the Barbarian and Fleischer's Conan the Destroyer, Reiner's The Princess Bride, Coscarelli's The Beastmaster, the infamous D&D Animated Series and so on.
In few words, that was my childhood's Video Appendix N.
By the way, my first contact with fantasy gaming happened only in 1991, when my parents bought HeroQuest Board Game: that was a dream coming true, allowing me and my friends to play - although in a miniature game - fantasy characters in an imaginary world expanded by my teen mind.
The real turning point was in 1994, when I bought - with my savings - 1991's D&D Classic Black Boxed Set and I started roleplaying the world's most famous Tabletop RPG with my friends: we spent our summer adventuring in an imaginary dimension, with its own city and nations, having great fun.
Despite the rules covered character advancement up to level 5, we kept on playing using a customized advancement and our first set of House Rules: that was the first time I showed some intention to create my own set of rules.
My first attempt was Legend of Arkanya (1998, during high-school and with no Internet connection), an openly D&D-inspired game using the typical d100 resolution (roll under value) but applied on a d20 scale and with a limited amount of Hit Points (scaled by Size).
After LoA, I've tried for years to create a new set of rules, drawing inspiration from the different free game systems gathered around the Net or other mainstream games (GURPS, Rolemaster, Chaosium's d100, etc..) but every single project remained unfinished or covering only part of the entire game (either magic system or combat system).
Recently - also thanks to OGL and the so called Old School Renaissance Movement - I've decided to bring some old ideas back blending them with some new gaming concepts, in order to realize my own RPG Game and to make the DM's creative burden a lil lighter, sharing that burden with all the players.
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The fact is that the scarce resource they are mining is the radio spectrum, which can sell as calls and texts to a few thousand subscribers around each cell site. Since that spectrum supports only a few hundred iPhones, or a dozen dongles, it should come as no surprise that it's hard to profit from mobile data.
Glancing at the related content, it seems that Swedish vendor Ericsson forecasts an annual doubling of data traffic. Not perhaps such good news for their customers?


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Speaking of the the grad, congratulations to my Natalie today she won the vocal award and the Williams Cup at her school. She also successfully completed her voice audition and will be in the Music Therapy program at Nazareth College in the Fall, it has been a busy few weeks.
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Saturday, June 15th last listing day for June there will be more glass sets and enamel choices.
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I will combine orders so if you see something you want now and after this Saturdays listings I can send them together. Remember if combined orders total to $50 or over you get free shipping.
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Five years (to the day!) after Emily Shenk and Jason Flory first met, Emily awoke to a note from her boyfriend that was taped to the bathroom mirror and promised an adventure. "Little did she know, she was about to begin an eight-hour, 13-site scavenger hunt that I had set up all over the D.C. metro area," Jason says. She covered 35 miles worth of locations, all with special meaning to the couple: The bar where they met, the restaurant where they first dined, and even the apartment building in which they had once lived together. At the last stop, Emily found Jason on the steps of the Jefferson Memorial where he waited to join her on a bike ride to their favorite city spot, Hains Point. There, Jason popped the question and received a resounding, "Yes!"
In the end, it was their engagement that solidified their wedding plans. "Just a few weeks after we got engaged, we actually won a local radio contest for best proposal," Emily says. And the prize afforded them far more than just glory. "It had some D.C.-area vendors selected for us, including our venue, so we had to start planning around that." The bride and groom were originally nervous they wouldn't like the pre-selected locale — the Evergreen Country Club in Haymarket, Virginia — but their fears were quickly diminished once they saw the expansive outdoor ceremony space and beautiful interiors.
With their nerves eased and their excitement building, the couple set the date for May 15, 2015, and planned the soft and romantic party they'd envisioned and had Jillian Michelle Photography there to capture every dreamy moment.
Photo: [Jillian Michelle Photography](http://jillianmichellephoto.com/)
Emily and Jason invited 140 guests to join them for their wedding day. Their simple invitation suite got a special touch: "My mom is a professional calligrapher, among her many other talents, and she volunteered to address our blush pink envelopes in gold ink," Emily says. "She did them so beautifully and so quickly! We were thrilled with how they turned out." The suite matched the couple's overall color palette of gold and pink with pops of merlot.
Because many of their guests had to travel for the big day, Emily and Jason worked hard to make them feel appreciated. "One of the best comments we heard after our wedding was from a mentor of mine," the bride says. "She said she felt like we had a surprise waiting for our guests around every corner. I loved that she felt that way, because that's exactly what we wanted everyone to think."
Photo: [Jillian Michelle Photography](http://jillianmichellephoto.com/)
Emily admits that she had a tough time finding the right wedding dress. But the second she spotted her Enzoani gown, she knew she had found it. "As soon as I saw the movement of the dress while I was walking toward the mirror, I fell in love with it," explains Emily. "I immediately realized this was the view Jason would have when I first walked down the aisle. Something about the way the dress moved when I walked felt so romantic and just how I pictured that moment would be on our wedding day."
Emily paired her dress with gold and crystal pumps.
Photo: [Jillian Michelle Photography](http://jillianmichellephoto.com/)
The bride's blush and white bouquet was comprised of peonies, garden roses, ranunculus, Queen Anne's lace, lilacs, lisianthus, and roses, and featured touches of seeded eucalyptus. As a special accent, the couple's florist tucked a gold bracelet that Jason's father had given to his mother as anniversary gift in with the blooms.
Jason donned a charcoal gray tuxedo and pinned a larkspur, hypericum berry, and seeded eucalyptus boutonniere to his lapel.
Photo: [Jillian Michelle Photography](http://jillianmichellephoto.com/)
With all six of her bridesmaids living in different states, dress shopping proved difficult for Emily and her attendants. The solution? The bride took a few friends out on multiple shopping runs, and the women settled on one-shouldered merlot dresses that popped against the otherwise pastel color palette. Each 'maid carried a smaller version of Emily's bouquet, which was accented with a good-luck brooch that belonged to the bride's grandmother.
Jason's niece acted as the couple's flower girl, wearing an ivory dress and a floral crown of berries and petite roses.
Photo: [Jillian Michelle Photography](http://jillianmichellephoto.com/)
The groomsmen coordinated with Emily's bridesmaids' attire by wearing merlot-colored ties with their charcoal gray tuxedos. "They also wore pocket watches and tie clips, their gift from us," the bride says.
Photo: [Jillian Michelle Photography](http://jillianmichellephoto.com/)
At their outdoor ceremony, a petal-strewn aisle and an arch covered in curly willow, greenery, and cascading flowers created a romantic vibe. Emily walked the aisle with her father, then exchanged traditional vows with Jason. "We did write our own vows," Emily explains, "but we wanted them to be longer and very personal, so instead of saying them during the ceremony we wrote them in letters to each other, which we read individually before the ceremony."
After their first kiss, the new bride and groom found themselves overcome with emotion. "Immediately after the ceremony, we were alone with our parents and the bridal party," Emily says. "Everyone just burst into tears, even many of the guys! I think it was a combination of everyone's nerves calming down and the realization that we were actually married now. We all just lost it."
Photo: [Jillian Michelle Photography](http://jillianmichellephoto.com/)
Inside the country club, half of the round tables were decorated with large arrangements while the others featured tall, cylindrical centerpieces. Each contained a mixture of greens, roses, hydrangea, and Queen Anne's lace.
Photo: [Jillian Michelle Photography](http://jillianmichellephoto.com/)
The couple's white-iced wedding cake featured layers of vanilla-chocolate marble and butter rum. On top, the couple placed the cake topper Emily's parents used for their wedding.
Photo: [Jillian Michelle Photography](http://jillianmichellephoto.com/)
Emily and Jason took their first dance to Last Leaf's "OK Go," then joined guests outside for a surprise. "We had fireworks about an hour after sunset," Emily says. "The venue has a large wraparound patio that overlooks a golf course, and we all watched them from there."
The newlyweds enjoyed a seven-day honeymoon in Greece. Emily has this advice for brides-to-be: "Planning a wedding is very stressful, with so many logistics and emotions involved. When divvying up tasks, play to each other's strengths. Try as best you can to keep things in perspective and approach the engagement experience as just one of many adventures together. No matter how much you plan, little things will inevitably go wrong. While it's fun to aspire to the 'perfect' wedding day, what matters most is all the days that come after."
Venue & Catering: Evergreen Country Club || Bride's Wedding Dress: Enzoani || Veil: Bel Aire Bridal || Shoes: Badgley Mischka || Hair & Makeup: Makeup By Brooke || Bridesmaids' Dresses: Aria || Flower Girl Dress: Balance9 || Groom & Groomsmen Attire: Jos. A. Bank || Wedding Bands: Brilliant Earth || Florist: Flowers By Paulette || Invitations: By Invitation Only || Music: Chris Styles DJs || Cake: Occasional Cakes || Videographer: Creative Ideation || Photographer: Jillian Michelle Photography
Looking for more classic inspiration for your own big day? Then you'll love one couple's traditional bash in New York City, seen below.


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The C'est Magnifique Kits are selling out so quickly lately, but I wanted to give you just a peek at the March kit. Even though the kit is already sold out, the paper is still available in the store. It's a from a Canadian manufacturer, Magenta, and I really loved working with it. Here's a look at the paper:
I created this layout using a photo of my niece, Abby, sharing a kitty kiss.
I love these colors! I swiped a Tim Holtz distressed ink pad over the edges of the flower to add some color.
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How's it goin?
I awoke unusually early, as anyone who has ever shared a room with me attest, I am not a morning person. But on this morning I was full of energy. I woke up and had time for breakfast, and a cup of tea. And I even managed to get to school early. I turned up at 10:30am! Yeah. You read that right. 10:30 am. I was particularly proud of myself. Unfortunately the class didn't start until 11. The only other person waiting was the really annoying girl, I had a choice, I could either stand about here for half an hour waiting for the tutor and make small talk with this girl, or leave. I kept myself amused in the computer centre for half an hour then headed to back class.
Monday is work experience class, we are meant to be working on a C.V. and a cover letter for a potential job when we leave college. We had done this last year for another class, so I updated my address and did very little else. I then returned home to watch Top Gear and Dragons Den on Dave. Just another manic Monday.
Tuesday was yet another hectic day off. I watched Alan Partridge on DVD and ate some pizza.
Wednesday was back in the studio in the morning for yet more 1 on 1 interviews. Almost everyone has had a chance to direct now. Last week the teacher told us we can change up the script if we like and add in some of our own video footage. No one chose to do this.
Becca was volunteering that day as a hair model for the hair and beauty department, so she disappeared around 10am and returned an hour later looking like this.
She had to keep those curlers in for another 3 hours. I found this very funny! This didn't stop her from working though.
Here she is hard at work on the lighting desk. By hard at work, I mean sitting.
In the afternoon my production crew (Quick Productions) were filming Ian's 3 minute wonder up in the hair and beauty studio. This year we have to produce 3 short films. A 3 minute wonder, a pet hate and a "big" project. These can be on anything we want, factual of fictional. I am doing two factual and one drama. I think. Ian is doing his 3 minute wonder on make up for the movies. Filming for this was relatively simple. We took two camera's, positioned one on a static shot from a high angle and one on the dolly which I operated, so we could change up the shot with ease. Scott got put on lighting duty, a job he clearly enjoyed.
Here's a pic of Becca getting her make up applied.
Not being someone who uses make up on a daily basis, I was curious as to why it was so dark. Was she going to be Batman or something?
I did ask the woman applying the make up but she ignored me.
Ian in many ways is a genius, his is the first 3 minute wonder to be filmed in the class, and it was incredibly easy to film. Now comes the edit which will be a bit harder and the voice over. But once again Ian has made a good film in a quick and easy way. His film last year was very good and again was a short shoot which was not overly complicated. The man is a genius, whether or not he is an evil genius remains to be seen.
I don't want it to look like I'm taking it easy here. Far from it. I have a hell of a lot of work to do. And I do need to let my tutors know where I am. We can't just go in when we feel lie it. We missed class to film but we had to check in with our tutor first. I also arrived at this class early and found myself a tad bored while waiting to get in. So I made KP a hat.
I think she liked it.
After filming We returned to class to let our tutor know we were done and then headed off, but as I was leaving I noticed that there were post it notes all over the halls.
This was on the door at the bottom of the stairs.
And this was on the hand sanitise machine thing.
I did wonder if perhaps the college moral officer had posted these everywhere in order to lift our spirits. Then I remembered I spotted KP with a pack of post it notes earlier and it all started to make sense.
Friday was my turn to direct in the studio, and I was looking forward to it. I did rise to the challenge set down by our tutor, I changed the script for the interview. Instead of an interview about life at the college, I did a show called Book Look, the show where we take a look at a book.
This was of course a show all about my book!
Any excuse for a plug.
I think it went quite well. I enjoyed myself and that's all that really matters in the end. Things did not go exactly as planned but I was happy enough with the result, once I get a chance I'll get into the edit suite, jazz it up a bit and let all you wonderful people have a look.
The performance of the day however has to go to Stephen, who introduced us to "Wild Willie Whipass"
This was both hilarious and terrifying!
The director of this particular interview was incredibly nervous. Don't know why though, this was not an assessment, it was just a practice to get used to directing a multi camera environment and to get used to the equipment, who gives a shit if you fuck it up? I certainly didn't. She was perhaps right to be nervous, as she did do a bit of a balls up job of the thing, showing the guest when nothing was happening and camera shots that made no sense. But at the end of the day who cares. It's just a practice. Who gives a shit?
This was certainly the attitude when it came to the last interview of the day when the director, Scott, decided to go a little "off book." One of the camera men, invented a move called "the shark." This basically involves moving the camera round the back of the presenter and zooming in on the guest. During the interview Scott the director gave the command, "release the shark." It didn't pan out exactly as planned as you could see me in the back ground scratching my arse, but it was fun none the less.
And so ends another week in the re education of Andy G. Who knows what new and exciting challenges will await me next week, probably nothing particularly exciting, which will no doubt lead to an equally dull blog post this time next week.
That's All For Now
Until Next Time
Have A Nice
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Gav_Hill, on 05 January 2018 - 06:11 PM, said:
Cpt, you definitely CAN communicate with randoms. Often times it's difficult to get players to ACT on that though. THe willingness of randoms is key. I've had a few amazing battles with players who adopted a strategy suggested by one player, and responded to pings and tactical overview as if that one commander was the general.
It's rare, but god damn legendary when it happens and makes me excited for clanwars as it shows the games true potential.
It's just much harder when language barrier is a problem, don't take it the wrong way but if your talking in russian and I have no idea what the hell your saying I can't help you.
I can assure you that most of the time in chat i am writing in English although I am Greek .


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On This Date in History: Grover Cleveland was the only president to serve two non-consecutively terms as President of the United States. So, it is quite common for him to be listed as the 22nd and 24th President. In his first campaign, there was much mud-slinging between he and Republican James G. Blaine. The accusations against Blaine were pretty pedestrian. They claimed that he took bribes. Cleveland was accused of fathering a child with a woman to whom he was not married! In a world in which we are used to politicians making denials to claims against them, Cleveland took a novel approach. Guilty as charged. He acknowledged the legitimacy to the question and said that the child was indeed his. The American people seemed to shrug their shoulders and Cleveland was promptly elected. Goes to show, all you need to do is tell the truth! It's amazing how difficult it is for some politicians to try such a simple and winning formula. Interestingly, the mother named the baby boy, Oscar Folsom Cleveland.
Now, Cleveland was an attorney by trade and he had a partner in practice by the name of Oscar Folsom, which raises the question as to why the mother used both the law partner's names. Anyway, Folsom died in 1873 following an unfortunate carriage accident and left his old friend Grover to manage the estate. And manage he did! No, he didn't marry his good friend's wife…he married his daughter. Frances Clara Folsom was but 9 years old when her father died but Cleveland made sure that she and her mother's finances were in order. After Frances Clara graduated from Wells College, he proposed marriage. Frances was not one to make a rush decision so she took a trip to Europe to clear her mind. When she returned, no doubt some thought she had lost her mind because the on June 2, 1886, President Grover Cleveland became the first president to be married in the White House to Frances, who was 27 years his junior. I wonder if when she was growing up she called him "Uncle Grover."
They had several children, one of which was Ruth. The official story by the maker of the "Baby Ruth" candy bar was that it was named after the President's daughter. Somehow, a judge sided with the company in a lawsuit it brought against the makers of the "Babe Ruth Home Run Bar" saying the competitor's name too closely resembled "Baby Ruth." Trouble is, Ruth Cleveland died in 1904, the candy company wasn't in existance until 1916 and the "Baby Ruth" bar wasn't born until 1921…or about the time that a certain George Herman Ruth was beginning to make a name for himself. But, the makers stuck to the story and, to this day as far as I know, the estate of Babe Ruth has not gotten a dime from the makers of the bar.
So, let's jump ahead almost to the Cleveland's 10th wedding annivesary. President Cleveland was in his second term as President and was the defacto head of a Democrat Party. Now, at this time there were no real laws to limit or control immigration. Yet, anti-immigrant sentiment had run high in the nation throughout the 19th century. In Antebellum America there was even a political party called the American Party that had some cloudt and became known as the "Know Nothings" with a platform that took an exceptional view of Americans born in the country and opposed any "non-native" Americans. Well, by the late 19th Century, the Democrat Party had taken the lead in anti-immigrant sentiments. Hence, as head of that party, on this date in 1896 Cleveland ordered his cabinet secretaries to determine exactly how many foreigners worked in the federal government. Much like illegal immigrants today, late 19th Century immigrants from Europe were blamed for rising crime rates. Cleveland held these "aliens" responsible for bringing with them ideas like socialism and communism. Once he found out the identities of the culprits, he had them investigated for potential subversive behaviour. Cleveland maintained that it was his duty and the right of the government to "prevent the influx of elements hostile to its internal peace and security…even where there is not treaty stipulation on the subject." I'm just not sure how far back Cleveland took this. I mean, ultimately, everyone except for the Native Americans were immigrants at one point or another. If the investigators took it to the limit, then they'd have to investigate everyone in the government including the other investigators and the President himself!!
Today, we often hear of protestors who claim that governmental is unconstitutional or over-reaching. Many times, those bringing the charges are simply not well versed in Constitutional Law but, some times, the charges may hold merit. Either way, it would be wrong to assume it had never happened in American history. And it would be wrong to assume that the country would necessarily fall to pieces if the supposed un-Constitutional behavior of the government came about. Eventually, we seem to get things right. The pendulum of power has always swayed too and fro and as long as there are counterbalances amongst the people, the branches of government and the judicial system then things tend to work out in the end. The key to this democracy, in my view, is to maintain the balance of power between states, Congress, the executive and judiciary and to make certain that each part of government is by and for the people, not by and for those who would make themselves king or the would-be king makers.
Weather Bottom Line: Snow White and I had planned to take our niece, McKenna, to visit the animals at Henry's Ark today. My sister-in-law informed us "it's supposed to rain" on Tuesday. I told her nonsense. But, it's an example of how people perceive forecasts. I told you yesterday that I had seen forecasts of 50% chance of rain for Tuesday and 50% on Wednesday and then it changed to 40% on Tuesday and 60% on Wednesday. Either way, when someone sees 40% then most people assume its going to rain. The truth is, it has been my experience that the majority of people on TV don't even know what the rain chance means. They will usually say that a 40% chance of rain means that there will be "a 40% coverage of rain." That would be wrong. Officially what it means is that at the forecast site, in this case the airport, given the forecast conditions that there would be measurable rain in that rain gauge 40 out of 100 days of similar weather conditions. It has nothing to do with coverage nor with rain amounts. In order for it be to an issue of coverage, uou would have to have a rain gauge about every 100 feet in the area because one must be able to verify an hypothesis. Now, the last station I worked for was quite reasonable because no one lives at the airport. So, we modified the meaning to say that at any given point in our viewing area we were forecasting that there would be rain 40 out of 100 days.
When I forecast, I always took the public perception into account. I personally did not think it would rain on Tuesday but had noted that a couple of models wanted to throw out a few sprinkles. I figured that the best chance for rain would be after midnight and on Wednesday. So, I would have put a 20% or 30% chance of rain on Tuesday because when people see that, they think that it won't rain and I didn't much think that it would but would have allowed for perhaps an outside possibility. By elevating the rain chances to say 70% for late Tuesday night and Wednesday, that would indicate to people when the best chance for rain was and also play to the perception that 70% means to most people that it will indeed rain.
All of this is holding true. Our air is just so doggone dry that I don't see how the storms from the west will be able to hold together and by the time they get here, it will be after dark. On Wednesday, the storms will get going again but the best chance for them to really get rambunctious would be to our east when they are moving through the heating of the day. My guess is that we get rain in the first part of Wednesday and those storms become stronger as they head toward Lexington. However, should the initiation take place just to our west on say an outflow boundary left over from the Tuesday storms, then there would be the potential for some strong storms on Wednesday. So, I would say that its possible but not probable for strong storms in our region but that at least some shower or even thundershower activity will be in the region. After that, it gets hot heading into next weekend when it would appear that there may be another opportunity for strong storms.


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Steve Almond has had a major, earth shaking revelation. The former daddy blogger has realized that "nubile" "media sluts" are actually ZOMG sensitive human beings! Almond went through 4 decades of his life without realizing his jerk-off material had flesh and blood and feelings. But then, just as he was turning 40, his girlfriend gave him an ultimatum: propose to me or I'm gone. So he proposed! A week after that, the girlfriend announced she was pregnant. Six months later, Steve's now-wife gave birth to a baby girl, Josephine. And she's what made him see women Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton as more than the sum of their (naked) parts. It's because he realized they have fathers, too!
Here's Almond internal monologue from Men's Health: Best Life:"Hey, that's someone's daughter! I wonder how her dad feels about that picture in which her boobs are hanging out for the world to see? And I wonder if her dad's behavior in some way contributed to this boob hanging?" Look, I'm sure Michael Lohan was a crap father who didn't make Lindsay feel particularly good about herself. But could Almond get any more self-centered? There's a lot of reasons for a woman to wear a low-cut top beyond simply having daddy issues.
Here's more of Almond on his newfound knowledge:
What I've come to realize is that there are really two people inside me: the Dude Self and the Dad Self. The Dude Self has an evolutionary mandate. Namely, to get his DNA into all available fertile females. This is how I explain the compulsion toward media sluts, who, after all, sow the fantasy that women exist only for the carnal pleasure of men.
But then there's the Dad Self. The Dad Self has to worry about the survival of his wife and offspring. It might be said that his genetic material is heavily mortgaged. He regards women differently, especially if he has a daughter. Now he must think about the kind of world in which he'd like her to grow up, and especially how he'd like other males to treat her, which is to say not as a sexual chew toy, but with kindness and respect.
It's here that my old Dude Self and my brand-new Dad Self come to blows. Because as much as I want to check out Paris and Lindsay, I know I'm harming my daughter by doing so. For one thing, I'm sending her a very clear message: Daddy loves sluts. Be a slut and Daddy will love you. And if you don't believe that a 1-year-old picks up on messages, you've never seen my daughter in action. She is intensely focused on everything in her environment, especially whatever I happen to be looking at.
You know, you can look at, beat off to, and appreciate scantily-clad women without calling them "sluts", denigrating them, and blaming them for their own objectification. It's always guys like this who are most concerned about their daughters' virtue. Their reasoning is twofold: One, we know what assholes guys can be because we were assholes, and two, we don't believe women are bright enough to choose the right path for themselves.
The essay ends with this sentiment: "Josephine can do anything she likes with her life, so long as she asks herself first: Is this behavior worthy of the love I deserve? If she flouts this rule, the failure will have been her parents', not hers."
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Black magick works out to be the most beautiful thing in the life of a magickian despite it being given the tag of being black. Black magick is usually used to cast negative spells on individuals. The magick could ruin one�s life in the extreme case or it could even kill you. It also has some beneficial effects like it could drive away an illness or cure you of your disease.
All said and done, black magick remains a popular brand of magick among enthusiasts. A number of facts can be said to be associated with black magick. A few are:
1. Black magick is done usually to control the destiny and fate of an individual; it could be your own fate and destiny which could be changed by employing black magick. The practitioners of black magick usually associate it with negative effects. The practitioners of black magick must keep in mind that the evil that they try to influence on others would eventually act upon them. The magick eventually comes back with an equal or often with a stronger force.
2. The spell is the backbone of all magick. Spells are believed to have the potential to unlock the power behind the actual ritual involved in the transformation. The same holds true for black magick. Anyone with a bit of knowledge of voodoo could put a spell on a person, but it takes an expert in the art to pull off the spell. Black magick should be practiced with great care and precision.


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