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Whenever I walk to Suffern along the Erie track
I go by a poor old farmhouse with its shingles broken and black.
I suppose I've passed it a hundred times, but I always stop for a minute
And look at the house, the tragic house, the house with nobody in it.
I never have seen a haunted house, but I hear there are such things;
That they hold the talk of spirits, their mirth and sorrowings.
I know this house isn't haunted, and I wish it were, I do;
For it wouldn't be so lonely if it had a ghost or two.
This house on the road to Suffern needs a dozen panes of glass,
And somebody ought to weed the walk and take a scythe to the grass.
It needs new paint and shingles, and the vines should be trimmed and tied;
But what it needs the most of all is some people living inside.
If I had a lot of money and all my debts were paid
I'd put a gang of men to work with brush and saw and spade.
I'd buy that place and fix it up the way it used to be
And I'd find some people who wanted a home and give it to them free.
Now, a new house standing empty, with staring window and door,
Looks idle, perhaps, and foolish, like a hat on its block in the store.
But there's nothing mournful about it; it cannot be sad and lone
For the lack of something within it that it has never known.
But a house that has done what a house should do,
a house that has sheltered life,
That has put its loving wooden arms around a man and his wife,
A house that has echoed a baby's laugh and held up his stumbling feet,
Is the saddest sight, when it's left alone, that ever your eyes could meet.
So whenever I go to Suffern along the Erie track
I never go by the empty house without stopping and looking back,
Yet it hurts me to look at the crumbling roof and the shutters fallen apart,
For I can't help thinking the poor old house is a house with a broken heart.
The House With Nobody In It
Joyce Kilmer
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FSFE Local Group Zurich receives DINAcon Award
In 2019, the FSFE's local group Zurich has launched the "Learn like the pros" campaign. Goal of the campaign is to present solutions for the use of Free Software in education. Recently, the campaign was awarded the DINACon Award. On this behalf we interviewed the coordinators Ralf Hersel and Gian-Maria Daffré.
Unfortunately, non-Free Software is still increasingly used in the educational environment. Proprietary software however does not offer students and teachers the opportunity to study and adapt the functionality and principles of the software in use. In order to promote the digital maturity and sovereignty of the students as well as the teaching staff, Free Software should be consistently used in education instead. In order to get one step closer to this goal, the FSFE local group Zurich has picked up the topic with its own campaign called "Lernen wie die Profis" (German for "Learning like the pros"). The content of the campaign includes arguments and background information about the use of Free Software in the educational environment - combined with concrete solution and software proposals.
Recently the campaign won the DINAcon Special Award 2020. This is an award for the campaign, but also for the local engagement and commitment of the FSFE local group Zurich. We took this award as an opportunity to introduce the campaign through an interview with the local Zurich coordinators Ralf Hersel and Gian-Maria Daffré ('Giammi').
Ralf Hersel has been involved since 2015, when the Tuxeros group merged with FSFE's Zurich local group. Since 2020 he is the coordinator of the group.
Gian-Maria Daffré ('Giammi') has also been a member of the local group in Zurich since 2015, where he is vice-coordinator. Giammi is also coordinator of the Swiss team.
FSFE: 2020 is a year in which e-learning and remote digital learning has increased in use and distribution worldwide. Is this a development to be welcomed and to what extent have these developments influenced the individual digital sovereignty of students?
Ralf and Giammi: 'Welcomed' is probably the wrong word for the circumstances, which have been caused by the pandemic. We would rather see it as a necessity introduced by reality. E-learning already existed before, but not to the extent that we currently see. Due to the deferral from physical to digital space the significance of digital sovereignty has increased enormously. Both, students and teachers, are confronted with a situation for which they were not prepared; neither mentally nor technically.
"Our task is to help understand digital sovereignty as an essential criteria for self-determined decisions and to establish action accordingly."
The concept and meaning of 'digital sovereignty' is still far from being consciously adopted by those affected. Unfortunately, the popularity of proprietary applications like Zoom and Microsoft Teams just proves that. Our task is to help understand digital sovereignty as an essential criteria for self-determined decisions and to establish action accordingly.
In this light, the FSFE's Zurich local group has launched the campaign "Learning how the Professionals", "to promote the use of Free Software in schools and universities". What exactly does the concept of "Learning for the professionals" include?
The 'Learn like the pros' campaign has three goals:
- Inform about the importance of digital sovereignty at educational institutions.
- To show concrete solutions for the use of Free Software systems in education.
- Cite positive examples where schools and universities have taken up the challenge and successfully completed a transformation towards Free Software.
Is the campaign specifically tailored towards the Swiss audience or is the collected knowledge of universal validity?
At the FSFE local group Zurich we think both, locally and globally. The concrete alignments however depend on the target audience. For example, one of our campaigns, 'Freedomvote', is targeting the political process in Switzerland. Also our Participation in Swiss events - such as Informatiktage Zürich, Open Education Day, DINAcon or our training series 'Selfhosting' at DigiComp - focus on the Swiss market. The campaigns 'Fotobuch' and 'Lernen wie die Profis', and the news channel 'GNU/Linux.ch' however are targeting to the European, respectively German society.
"The team and all involved were convinced by the positive power of the of the name."
How did you come up with the campaign, was there an initial spark and how did the implementation work?
The idea of addressing educational institutions has been fermenting for some years now in our heads. Different ideas were discussed, tried out and discarded. An important milestone was CERN's decision to withdraw from Microsoft and to rely more on Free Software. This event gave Ralf the idea to develop a campaign and give it the name 'Learning like the pros' (#LwdP). We coordinated this in the team and all invovled were convinced by the positive power of the of the name. 'Learning like the pros' attracts the curios mind of research among female and male students. When professionals use Free Software, students will do alike.
The FSFE local group Zurich recently won the DINAcon award for campaign. What does this award mean for you and for the project?
Since there was only one nomination in the award category 'Open Education', we have been very pleased that DINAcon created a new category especially for us, the 'Special Award'. We are very happy about this award, because it is the first one ever and because it means that we have an appreciation and support which we can use as a reward for our work. It is a great motivation for the past and future efforts in this FSFE campaign.
Are there experiences and learnings you would like to share with others? Maybe with a view to other local groups of the FSFE who might plan a similar project?
There are many experiences and lessons that we can learn from this project. On the one hand, we got to know many like-minded initiatives, such as Digitalcourage's commitment to Free Software in schools. Especially with regard to the current developments in Baden-Württemberg, we were astonished by the commitment of civil society actors towards digital sovereignty in schools.
On the news portal GNU/Linux.ch, which is maintained by Ralf and Lioh, there were many helpful discussions and ideas on this topic. Besides the many positive experiences we can also draw a worrying conclusion from the FSFE campaign work. The metaphor of the few and tired Free Software developers, also applies to this project work.
Background: The FSFE local group Zurich exists since 2010. Current coordinators are Ralf Hersel with Gian-Maria Daffré as vice-coordinator. Prior to the "Learn like the pros" campaign presented in this article, the group has already launched the campaign Freedomvote. The group meets every second Thursday of the month. Usually at the digital agency Liip in Zurich, currently online via Big Blue Button. If you feel like joining the group now, just drop by.
If you don't live in Zurich and now feel like getting actively involved in a local FSFE group, then see if there is a group in your city. Or join our German language mailing list. And please support our association with a small donation.

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Photo Campaign: 'World of Diversity'12 March 2015 After the success of the ICV hosted International GreenVoice Photo Campaign over the last six years, ICV is delighted to announce the first International MigraLingua Photo Campaign on the team of 'World of Diversity', 'different yet the same'. This is an opportunity for photographers to promote and enhance their work while highlighting and honoring the differences in our diverse global society. Selected photographs will be displayed in different exhibition spaces in Geneva, Switzerland, and other key international cities. Send us your creative solutions and personal perspectives on human diversity, specifically: Theme: Diverse Global Society: we are all different yet still the same This call is an opportunity for photographers to advocate on any issue relating to the differences seen within our patchwork society and testify to photography's power to tell a multi-dimensional story from a local level to an international audience. This is your chance to exhibit your talents through creative photography to share with the world your perspective. Important Information:
Along with your photographs make sure to include your name, country of origin, title of your works and a short description. Send them with the subject line "Photos a World of Diversity" to migralingua [at] icvolunteers.org Whether you are a professional, amateur, or simply like to take photographs, we will evaluate your work based on relevance, originality and ability to communicate your visions. ICV's MigraLingua is a program for the linguistic accompaniment of migrants who have arrived in a country where they do not master the local language. By agreeing to participate in this campaign, ICVolunteers reserves the right to publish all photos received in our various communication tools and on the MigraLingua website. As always, we will credit the work of the photographer. To learn more about MigraLingua's ongoing work visit www.migralingua.org To learn more about ICV's previous Photo Campaigns visit www.greenvoice.info/activities Posted: 2015-3-12 Updated: 2015-9-11 |


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February of 2015 marks the 50th edition of the world-famous Super Bowl. This season's game will take place in Glendale, Arizona, home of the Arizona Cardinals (a team that appears to be a strong contender). How awesome would it be … Continued
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By American Farm Bureau Federation
President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney recently spelled out their positions on agriculture issues for the American Farm Bureau Federation. In a questionnaire, both candidates went into detail about their positions on energy, environmental regulations, farm labor and more.
Every four years, the American Farm Bureau Federation asks the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees to address the issues that concern farmers and ranchers most. This election, energy issues and farm policy are the driving forces in the candidate's responses.
"Our rural communities, farmers and ranchers can increase our energy independence and boost the transition to a clean energy economy," Obama responded. "Last year, rural America produced enough renewable fuels like ethanol and biodiesel to meet roughly 8 percent of our needs, helping us increase our energy independence to its highest level in 20 years…and the new Renewable Fuel Standard helped boost biodiesel production to nearly 1 billion gallons in 2011, supporting 39,000 jobs."
Romney, too, supports the RFS and other agriculture-derived energies.
"I have a vision for an America that is an energy superpower, rapidly increasing our own production and partnering with our allies, Canada and Mexico, to achieve energy independence on this continent by 2020," said Romney. "The increased production of biofuels plays an important part in my plan to achieve energy independence. In order to support increased market penetration and competition among energy sources, I am in favor of maintaining the Renewable Fuel Standard."
On farm policy, Obama said he understands the need for a strong farm safety net. "That's why I increased the availability of crop insurance and emergency disaster assistance to help over 590,000 farmers and ranchers keep their farms in business after natural disasters and crop loss," he said. "My administration expanded farm credit to help more than 100,000 farmers struggling during the financial crisis…and as farmers continue to go through hard times because of this drought, we are expanding access to low-interest loans, encouraging insurance companies to extend payment deadlines and opening new lands for livestock farmers to graze their herds."
Romney said he supports passage of a strong farm bill "that provides the appropriate risk management tools that will work for farmers and ranchers throughout the country." He also pointed out that his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), voted for drought relief – a bill which the Senate never took up.
When asked why farmers should vote for them, Obama said he is committed to strengthening rural America through growing products that the world wants to buy and restoring middle class values of hard work and play. He further said, "I am the only candidate that is committed to strengthening the farm safety net, strengthening rural economic growth and supporting rural investments in clean energy."
Romney said if he were elected, he would give farmers relief from hefty environmental regulations, as well as "a commonsense energy policy that develops our resources right here at home; a renewed focus on opening new markets; and a pro-growth tax policy that encourages investment and recognizes that death should not be a taxable event."
To view the full questionnaires and responses, click here.
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Trick or Treat Bags Using Elmer's #GlueNGlitter and Recyclables
My kids like to raid our recycling bin. They make the most imaginative things out of milk jugs, strawberry pints and toilet paper rolls. In fact, my five year old has been making his own Halloween costume from paper bags and tape. So, when #CollectiveBias sent out a challenge to make trick or treat bags with Elmer's Craft Bond Glue Spots and Elmer's Foam Board, I knew right where to head for supplies: Walmart AND the recycling bin! I hereby invite you to join me (and my escort) as we gather the supplies for this project.
- Paper grocery bag
- Newspapers (look for black and white with lots of text (fewer pictures)
- Elmer's Craft Bond Spray Adhesive
- Clear packing tape
- Elmer's Foam Board (White and Orange)
- Black posterboard
- Elmer's Craft Bond Glue Spots (pop-up medium)
- Elmer's Glue-All Multi-purpose Glue
- Scissors
- X-acto knife (with a new blade)
- Cutting board or surface
- Metal edged ruler
- Grommet and Grommet kit
- Hammer
- Sharpie pen
- Men's old t-shirt (rope or ribbon)
- Googley eyes
- Pom-poms
- Other craft supplies
- Large letter printed out on letter-sized paper (first initial of your child's name. I used Garamond Bold.)
Start by removing the handles from the paper grocery bag and then cuff the top of the bag by rolling it under two times.
Pick out two sheets of newspaper (I used the obituaries. Truly Halloweeny don't you think?!) and bring the paper bag and newspapers outside and spray them with spray adhesive.
It is important to wrap the paper bag with the newspapers as soon as possible for a maximum bond.
Wrap the bag neatly like a present with the newspaper. Use clear packing tape to tack any loose edges down. Also add a strip of packing tape to the inside of the bag cuff for extra support for the handle (should your child bring home pounds of candy!)
Take out your sharpie pen and draw lines in a spiderweb pattern on the bag.
Set the bag aside and collect the orange foam board, x-acto knife (with a fresh blade), pencil and the letter print out.
Set the letter on top of the foam board. I usually line the edge of the letter up with the edge of the foam board for less material waste.
Press firmly with the pencil as you trace around the letter. When you remove the print out you should see an indented outline.
Using the x-acto knife, cut out your letter shape. Use a metal ruler to cut straight lines. If your knife starts to tug and pull at the foam board, put a new blade in.
Clean up any ragged edges with the x-acto knife.
Use a few Elmer's Craft Bond glue spots to affix the Elmer's foam board letter to the bag.
To create a little spider, glue two pom-poms together with another glue spot. If you have black twisty-ties you are good to go aren't you special, you don't have to color them. (I only had white ties so I colored them with the black sharpie.) Wrap four twisty-ties around the middle to create the spider's eight legs.
Use another glue spot to glue the spider to the bag.
Print out a bat silhouette downloadable template and layer it on top of black poster board. Cut out a few bat silhouettes.
Use a glue spot on the center of each bat to glue them to the bag. Fold the bats wings up for more dimensional interest.
Add stickers (or pre-punched paint chip stars using Elmer's Glue-All multi-purpose glue) to the bag.
I incourage you to decorate your bag anyway you like. Bust out your craft supplies for inspiration.
If spiders and bats aren't your thing. How about spooks and spirits?
To add the handles, follow the directions on your grommet kit. 1. Punch a hole in the bag at the top of the bag using a hole punch. 2. Insert a long grommet through the hole. Lay a short grommet on top. 3. Hammer the grommets together using the metal rod tool that came with the grommet kit.
Cut off the sleeves from a t-shirt. Cut two 2.5 – 3″ wide strips. Then stretch the sleeve loop in opposite directions. This will make the shirt material roll.
After you have stretched and rolled the sleeve loops, cut them at the seam. Then thread each end through the grommets on the bag and tie a double knot on the inside of the bag.
Now gather up your little trick-or-treater and give him this unique candy collection bag! My sons' had the biggest smiles on their faces. Definitely worth the effort to make these bags.
This eency weency spider is my favorite!
Way more personalized than these generic plastic pumpkins, don't you think?!
Which one is your favorite? I can't decide, because I love them equally as much. Spook or Spider?
Eeeeeekkk, we can hardly wait for October 31st!
Disclosure: This project has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Elmer's #gluenglitter #CollectiveBias #CBias. The ideas and opinions shared in this post are purely my own from my own crazy creative head.


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7 Necessities before Sending Your Workforce Remote
7 Necessities before Sending Your Workforce Remote
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, many companies are considering work-from-home options to facilitate social-distancing and to keep their workforce healthy. However, it's not as simple as sending your employees home, firing up personal laptops, and getting to work. Here are seven things you need to have lined up in order to successfully deploy your remote workforce.
- Secure Remote Access: Employees should not have open access to everything on their work systems from their personal computers. This keeps company data protected. In order to be productive through this pandemic, however, employers will need to provide a secure connection utilizing VPN or remote access software. These solutions will mirror the employee's work desktop without housing all of the data on the individual's personal system, allowing them to seamlessly continue work.
- File Sharing Capabilities: While people will be working in isolation, they must still be able to collaborate. File sharing/group editing software will be critical to moving forward on creative or documentation projects through real-time editing, commenting, and versioning. Software like Dropbox for Business, Microsoft Teams/Sharepoint or Google Documents fill this need securely.
- Enterprise Level Antivirus: Basic home-level antivirus is not sufficient, particularly in secured industries. Extend your enterprise-level antivirus to home systems that will have access to your network in order to create an added layer of protection. You may also consider deploying firewalls on top of individual's home networks to create the same secure connection employees experience in your office.
- Video Conferencing: Meetings must go on while people work remotely; however, voice-only leaves much to be desired in terms of tone and context. We highly recommend putting in place video conferencing options. You can implement something as simple as Google Duo/FaceTime, or something more feature intensive, like Zoom or GoToMeeting.
- Messaging Software: You can't just spin your chair around to talk to your co-worker when working remote, yet it's not efficient to always pick up the phone. We recommend implementing a messaging software like Microsoft Teams or Slack to open communication channels and allow employees to continue to interact quickly and accurately. Utilizing these tools, you can set up one-on-one conversations or set up channels to facilitate team communication.
- Phone: A strong VoIP solution will allow employees to take their office phone numbers remotely on their cellphones without giving out their cellphone numbers. Office calls will transfer seamlessly to the employee's cellphones, voice mails will be sent via email, and the employee can dial-out using a phone application to maintain office functionality.
- Remote Access Policy: Prior to providing access to your employees, put in place a clear access policy that acknowledges that your company monitors whatever they do while connected. Employees should be encouraged to act as if they are on site even while working remotely and reminded that punishments for doing something illegal/against company policy will apply.
The COVID-19 situation is ever-changing. Schools across the nation have been closed and events have been cancelled. While it may make sense to keep your employees on-site for now, we believe it's important to have a plan should you need to close your physical offices. Getting these seven pieces of the puzzle in line will prepare you to take your workforce remote. For assistance implementing these things, contact us today.


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I'm still a student in high school (entering 10th grade), and I have yet to take an actual computer course in school. Everything I've done so far is through books. Those books have taught me concepts such as inheritance, but how does splitting a program into multiple classes help? The books never told me.
I'm asking this mainly because of a recent project. It's an arcade video game, sort of like a Flash game as some people have said (although I have no idea what a Flash game is). The thing is, it's only one class. It works perfectly fine (a little occasional lag however) with just one class. So, I'm just asking how splitting it into multiple classes would help it.
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A profile is a named logical grouping that may be activated
programmatically via ConfigurableEnvironment.setActiveProfiles(java.lang.String...)
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property, usually through JVM system properties, as an
environment variable, or for web applications as a Servlet context parameter in
The @Profile
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, including @Configuration
If a @Configuration
class is marked with @Profile
, all of the
methods and @Import
annotations associated with that class
will be bypassed unless one or more of the specified profiles are active. This is very
similar to the behavior in Spring XML: if the profile
attribute of the
element is supplied e.g., <beans profile="p1,p2">
, the
element will not be parsed unless profiles 'p1' and/or 'p2' have been
activated. Likewise, if a @Component
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profiles 'p1' and/or 'p2' have been activated.
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annotation is omitted, registration will occur, regardless
of which (if any) profiles are active.
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attribute of the
element may be used. See the documentation in
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Monday, November 2, 2009
Baked Potato Cassserole
With Thanksgiving approaching here in the US, I figured I'd get a little head start as to what I might be making for that day. I've been thinking about what I will be cooking up on that day. How many dishes, which one I'll have to make in advance, which I'll have to make first thing on the day of.
Rather than going to a traditional mashed potato, I figured I'd give a baked potato with a twist a try. It's similar to making mash potato except that it's filled with the baked potato goodness of sour cream, cheese, and onion (or green onion). Topped with more cheesy goodness on top. Must not forget about the butter, too. What you see before is what happens when mashed meets baked. Oh, you can add bacon, too. I would have put it in this, but i didn't have any left. I'll be sure to pile on the bacon bits on Thanksgiving.
Cheesy goodness with every bite. It looks like a mess in the casserole, but every single mouthful is worth it. I had it with some walnut salad.
Serves 2-3
Baked Potato Casserole
9 baby potatoes or 2 large russet potatoes (rinsed and peeled)
1 c shredded cheese (plus extra for topping)
2-3 Tbsp Sour Cream
1/2 medium sweet onion chopped or 2-3 green onion stalks chopped
1/4 c milk
2 Tbsp sour cream
1 Tbsp butter
salt and pepper
bacon bits (optional)
Boil the potatoes in a pot until tender. A knife should pierce through without hesitation.
Preheat your oven to 425˚F
Mash the potatoes with a masher ricer orr food processor.
In a large bowl, combine the mashed potatoes, onions, sour cream, cheese, milk, and butter. Mix well. Season with a little salt and pepper. Mix in the optional bacon bits as well.
Transfer the mixture into a lightly greased casserole. Bake for 25 minutes. Just before removing, top the casserole with some extra cheese and leave for another 2-3 minutes until the cheese is melted.
Serve warm.
23 comments:
- Andrea@WellnessNotes said...
Potatoes, cheese, sour cream... Sounds absolutely delicious!
- November 2, 2009 at 3:37 AM
- Heather S-G said...
Yum...I can just feel it in my belly!! But yes, more bacon! LOL :D
- November 2, 2009 at 3:49 AM
- Justin said...
interesting, my potato casseroles usually like chunkier or more firm... yours looks totally different, but yummy
- November 2, 2009 at 4:56 AM
- Tangled Noodle said...
Let's face it: Thanksgiving is all about the potato, not the turkey (at least, it is for me!) My mashed potatoes last night now seems downright anemic compared to the flavors of your casserole. Thank you for adding the salad - otherwise, I'd go into carb overload!
- November 2, 2009 at 5:03 AM
This would be a great Thanksgiving side dish! I like that you are using baked potato here.
- November 2, 2009 at 5:29 AM
- Maggie Ha said...
YUMMM!! Perfect for winter! I love the ooey gooey cheese :)
- November 2, 2009 at 5:49 AM
- tavolini said...
My mom makes something very similar to this, except she uses cream cheese. Very delicious! Makes me hungry for Thanksgiving :)
- November 2, 2009 at 6:44 AM
- Sippity Sup said...
I think you have just invented another T-Day classic. GREG
- November 2, 2009 at 7:20 AM
- Mary Bergfeld said...
This sounds kinda good! There is nothing but goodness in this recipe and it looks delicious.
- November 2, 2009 at 8:41 AM
- teresa said...
oh my gosh, it looks so creamy and delicious! i love this!
- November 2, 2009 at 10:34 AM
- Pam said...
This looks like heaven on a dish. Bookmarked.
- November 2, 2009 at 11:05 AM
- pigpigscorner said...
It looks so cheesy and creamy!! yum!!
- November 2, 2009 at 12:04 PM
- Nutmeg Nanny said...
Mmmmmmm delicious and creamy. Perfect for Thanksgiving!
- November 2, 2009 at 12:05 PM
- lisaiscooking said...
This sounds divine! I could enjoy a very big helping of these potatoes.
- November 2, 2009 at 1:50 PM
- KennyT said...
That's interesting, we don't celebrate Thanksgiving in HK.
- November 2, 2009 at 2:39 PM
- Jenn said...
Thanks everyone.
Tangled: I agree. Forget everything else. It's all about the mashed potato. I try to balance it out when I can. ;-D
Kenny: It's not too late to start you won Thanksgiving. - November 2, 2009 at 3:29 PM
- alecho said...
It got everything I like... potatoes... cheese... sour cream... and absolute yummy-ness.
- November 2, 2009 at 3:39 PM
- Fresh Local and Best said...
This looks very yummy!
- November 2, 2009 at 5:10 PM
- Jen @ My Kitchen Addiction said...
Sounds very, very tasty... I love baked potatoes, so I'm sure this will be a winner!
- November 2, 2009 at 6:10 PM
- Reeni said...
What a good idea! I love this! So comforting and so yummy!
- November 2, 2009 at 6:28 PM
- Unknown said...
ooooh...its like twice baked potatoes without the skin and having to fill all those skins. I put sliced green onion in mine :)
- November 2, 2009 at 10:00 PM
- theUngourmet said...
Oh my gosh, this looks so rich, cheesy and GOOD! I can't resist potatoes this way!
- November 3, 2009 at 10:38 AM
- Bread and Jam said...
The cold weather has set in here and all I am craving is comfort food so this casserole is calling my name. I have even taken left over spoonfuls of this and fried them into potato pancakes. SO good!
- November 4, 2009 at 7:47 AM


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"U.S. stocks opened higher Thursday as the Federal Reserve and four of the world's other major central banks agreed to make U.S. dollars more readily available in Europe's struggling financial system." " ... Early Thursday, investors welcomed the news that the Fed — along with the central banks of England, Switzerland, Japan and the euro zone — is coordinating a program to boost dollar liquidity in the region."
The markets are climbing in celebration that the central banks of the world are combining and coordinating their immense financial
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Investors are selling first and waiting for the facts later. Few can blame them given their experience in 2008-2009. Investors in the stock market sustained huge losses by naively believing that the financial sector and the government were in control of that crisis. This time around, no one believes anything they say. The problem is compounded by the fact that this financial crisis is located in Europe where different rules apply, where the political and financial systems are different and where even the time zones play a part. Wednesday's panicked selloff was largely a result of a front-page story in the Wall Street Journal that revealed that the Federal Reserve Bank is scrutinizing the
On Friday, the European Union announced a new $157 billion bailout plan for Greece. The scope of the plan went much further than most investors expected. It promised to finance all countries that need bailouts for as long as it takes for them to recover. There's more. I refer to the new plan as the "Full Monty" (see my column "Europe Goes the Full Monty") because it is the first time in the 18-month long crisis that European leaders were willing to draft a comprehensive approach to the financial crisis among the PIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain). The plan will be proactive in heading off any further financial contagion among its members while fencing in
Full Monty: "everything which is necessary, appropriate, or possible; 'the works.'"
A new rescue plan for Greece is being hammered out in Brussels today, Thursday. Although the details are yet to be released, it appears that the European Community is finally going for an overall plan that will do more than just Band-Aid over the debt crisis of southern Europe. Greece, of course, is the bad boy of that continent but Ireland, Portugal and even larger economies like Spain and Italy are being added to the list of troubled nations. Up until now, the EU has grudgingly
The European Community's solution to the Greek debt crisis has been an exercise in kicking the can down the road for well over two years. Unfortunately, this Greek Tragedy is now taking on the dimensions of a three-ring circus and taking the world's financial markets along with it. This week, the volatility in the stock markets was reminiscent of the bad old days of 2008-2009. The on-again, off-again status of Greece's promised next installment of last year's bailout package was the chief cause of concern. The money was promised to Greece, if it cut the country's deficit of $40 billion. So far that hasn't happened. The Greek population has taken to the streets once again to prevent the


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Due to some recent changes, and a few more issues reported and fixed, we decided to push out another beta.
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Cory Booker has rolled out an immigration agenda composed of changes he could make without relying on Congress, including a shift away from criminal prosecution of border crossings and a new mandate for migrant detention facilities to meet minimum standards.
Booker's immigration plan, unveiled Tuesday, is one of the most detailed among Democratic White House hopefuls. His proposal sets a different tone from former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke's immigration agenda by focusing entirely on executive orders that a future president could pursue without relying on a legislative deal that has proved elusive in recent years.
For instance, if elected, Booker would use his presidential powers to orient the Department of Homeland Security away from raids that target migrants at locations such as schools or churches while adding courthouses to that list, according to a summary released by the New Jersey senator's campaign. Booker also vows to end President Donald Trump's ban on travel to the U.S. by residents of certain majority-Muslim nations, the Trump administration's use of quotas in immigration courts and multiple other policy changes that Trump has used to reshape the nation's immigration policy.
Booker released his plan the day that liberal activists planned nationwide demonstrations calling for the closure of immigration detention facilities that some advocates and attorneys have decried as subjecting migrants to unsafe conditions . More than a half-dozen Democratic presidential candidates visited a South Florida detention center during their trips to Miami for last week's first primary debates, a show of force that helped draw sustained attention to conditions at the facilities.
Two of the candidates, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and former Housing Secretary Julián Castro, have called for the rollback of the statute that empowers the criminal prosecution of migrants who cross the border. Booker also favors an end to that provision of the law, which would require congressional action, and said on Tuesday that his administration would move federal prosecutors' focus away from charging migrants with criminal offenses unless they pose a threat to public safety.
Booker launched his 2020 campaign in February. He is polling in the single digits in the Democratic primary, trailing five or more rivals, but his campaign took heart in a strong performance at last week's first debates.
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Liz Dreyer earns an outstanding Collegiate Member Award for years of SWE leadership
Liz Dreyer works with Prof. Steve Rand to understand how a new interaction between light and matter can generate electricity.
ECE PhD student Liz Dreyer was awarded the Outstanding Collegiate Member award by the Society of Women Engineers, "for leadership and innovative efforts to grow SWE's presence on campus, particularly among graduate students, and for advancing the overall interests of women in STEM fields across the globe." Each year, the Society honors 10 collegiate members who have made an outstanding contribution to SWE, the engineering community, and their campus.
This award recognizes Liz's years of work for the graduate committee of the U-M section of SWE (GradSWE), where she served two years as the organization's co-director and one as its co-chair of activities. As of this summer, Liz transitioned into the society-wide position of SWE graduate member coordinator; in this position, she is the contact point for inquiring graduate students and new members, as well as the voice for grad students to the SWE board of directors.
Additionally, Liz served an active role in establishing an annual two-week residential leadership camp for 30 Liberian female undergraduate engineering students. At the Setting Up Collegiates for Careers in Engineering through Social Support (SUCCESS) camp, students at the University of Liberia received lessons on professional development, participated in group projects, and networked with other women engineers.
Liz traveled to Liberia with SWE in the early summer of 2015 to assess the needs of the students, and helped organize the first two camps in 2015 and 2016. She plans to serve as an advisor to the organizers in 2017 and focus more time on her degree.
In her research, Liz works with Prof. Steve Rand to understand how a new interaction between light and matter can generate electricity. Two of the group's most recent projects on the subject were published by the Optical Society of America (OSA). Liz contributed to the two-part publication, titled "Optical magnetization: Theory of induced optical magnetism." (Part one and part two.)
Liz is involved in a number of other activities on her campus and in her professional community. She was an integral part of U-M's task force for diversity, equity, and inclusion, serving on the graduate student and postdoctoral research fellow strategic planning subcommittee. She is also a founder of the joint student chapter of the OSA and the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), the Optics Society at the University of Michigan (OSUM).
She is active in the wider professional optics community, and spent much of 2015 organizing special events throughout the year to celebrate the UNESCO International Year of Light. In August of 2016, she traveled to the SPIE Optics and Photonics conference in San Diego, CA to report on her outreach work with this project. She presented three conference papers on the subject.
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- For adaptations of this character, see Lucy Pevensie (BBC) and Lucy Pevensie (Walden).
- "To the Glistening Eastern Sea, I give you Queen Lucy the Valiant."
- ―Aslan[src]
Lucy Pevensie, known as Queen Lucy the Valiant in Narnia (1932-1949), was the youngest of the four Pevensies children and was the first one to discover the World of Narnia.
She was crowned "Queen Lucy the Valiant" at Cair Paravel and reigned with her siblings for over a decade, after which she and her brothers and sister were sent back to England. She had two more adventures in Narnia, and when she eventually died in a train accident at the age of seventeen, she was transported to Aslan's Country.
Note: this section needs to be gone over and references to the books need to be added.
Lucy Pevensie was born in 1932, the youngest of four children. She grew up in London with her mother, father, elder brothers, Peter and Edmund, and her older sister Susan. In 1940, the Blitz of World War II began, and Lucy and her siblings were evacuated from London for their safety, taking up temporary residence in the country manor of an old man known as Professor Kirke.
Winter Revolution
- For more details on this topic, see Age of Winter.
While staying at the house of Professor Kirke, Lucy discovered a spare room containing a wardrobe. Upon entering the wardrobe, she soon found herself in a snowy wood, where she encountered a lamppost, and then a faun, who introduced himself as Mr. Tumnus. He explained to her that she had come into the magical realm of Narnia, and invited her to join him for tea.
During her stay at his home, he attempted to use an enchantment on her, which she shook off. At her insistence that she return home, he became distressed and admitted to her that he was in the service of an evil witch who had cast an eternal winter over Narnia and had commanded Tumnus to kidnap all humans in the land.
Horrified, Lucy pleaded for her freedom, and Mr. Tumnus mercifully relented, helping her back to the lamppost, and promising to tell no one of her visits. Lucy returned to England and attempted to tell her siblings about her adventure, only to be met with open disbelief. Unable to prove her story, she stopped speaking about it.
Days later, however, she succeeded in stumbling into Narnia again. After a visit to Mr. Tumnus, she was reassured that no one had found out of his saving her and that he was safe. Departing, she found her brother Edmund wandering in the woods, having followed her through the wardrobe. She later tried to tell Peter and Susan of their adventure, but Edmund refused to back her up, and instead mocked her baby-story, much to her distress.
Several days later, all four children together crossed the wardrobe into Narnia, prompting sincere apologies from Susan and Peter. Both were annoyed with Edmund and his dishonesty and agreed to go and see Mr. Tumnus. Upon arriving at his home, however, Lucy was horrified to find that he had been arrested by the Queen for helping her.
Peter and Susan reluctantly agreed to remain and help him in what way they could, after which all four children were led into the woods, where they were met by a talking beaver. The Beaver, who also opposed the witch-queen Jadis, told them that Tumnus had been arrested, and was being held at the White Witch's castle. He brought them to his home for dinner, and described the horrors that were likely being done to them, but offered hope, to calm Lucy, by telling them of the true king of Narnia, called Aslan. Aslan, he told them, had promised his people that four future kings and queens were coming, who would defeat the Witch. He promised also that when these four came, Aslan would come to Narnia as well, and the Long Winter of the Witch would end.
During their dinner, however, the Beavers and the Pevensies realized that Edmund had disappeared. Mr. Beaver lamented that Edmund must have gone to betray them to the Witch, and his siblings unhappily concluded that on his first visit to Narnia, he must have met with the Witch and been won over to her side by deception or magic. They immediately fled to meet Aslan and his army.
On their way, they met with Father Christmas, who greeted them as prince and princesses, and gave them each gift. For Lucy, a magical cordial that could heal any injury instantly, and a small dagger. After a long journey and escaping from the Witch's wolves, the five reached the Stone Table, the site of Aslan's camp. There, Aslan greeted the Pevensies as the future king and queens of Narnia and was very grave at the news of their brother's betrayal.
Lucy and Susan were sent away to rest, refresh themselves, and change into Narnian dresses. While alone, the sisters were attacked by Maugrim. Lucy and Susan climbed a tree, as Peter, Aslan, and many soldiers arrived to rescue them. Though the first wolf was slain by Peter, a second one escaped and was followed by several Narnian soldiers.
The next morning, the soldiers returned, bringing Edmund from the enemy's camp. Lucy welcomed him back and forgave him easily for his treachery. Later that day, however, Aslan received a visit from the White Witch, who called upon an ancient law that gave her a right to Edmund's blood.
Lucy waited in fear, as Aslan debated privately with the Witch, and was overjoyed when the Witch renounced her claim on Edmund's life. She was, however, one of the first to notice that afterward, Aslan had become very despondent. Later, the camp was moved from the Stone Table to the Fords of Beruna. Aslan's behavior affected Lucy so strongly that she and Susan were unable to sleep, so they snuck out of their pavilion, found Aslan leaving the camp, and decided to follow him.
He soon became aware of their presence but allowed them to walk with him, giving him comfort. Several times he stumbled or began to weep until at long last he stopped and ordered them to remain hidden. Both princesses did so, hiding in the bushes, and watched, as he proceeded up to the Stone Table itself, where they saw the Witch Witch and all her army gathered. The sisters witnessed Aslan give himself up to her, and wept, as they watched him tortured, mocked, and finally killed.
After the Witch's triumphant departure, both girls went to Aslan's body, and remained with him all night, weeping, and untying his bonds. Lucy and Susan decided to send Dryads the message of Aslan's death to the army. At dawn, both sisters were getting ready to leave, until they heard a loud cracking sound behind them, and turned to find the Stone Table broken in two, and Aslan's body gone. A moment later, both were overjoyed to find Aslan alive again by the power and law of the Deeper Magic.
The three celebrated, and Aslan bade both girls climb onto his back, and carried them with all speed to the White Witch's Castle. There, they found many victims and prisoners of the Witch, including Mr. Tumnus, who Lucy begged Aslan to help. Aslan did so, freeing each of them from their stone prison with his breath. He then led all of them to Beruna, to join the battle, in which Peter and the army were already engaged.
Upon arriving there, Lucy fought briefly, and then quickly rushed to the sidelines, where she found Edmund gravely wounded. Using her magic cordial, she healed him at once and then witnessed his knighting, after which she spent her time healing many of the wounded soldiers.
The next day, at the royal castle of Cair Paravel, Lucy and her siblings were crowned Narnia's new monarchs, thus fulfilling the ancient prophecy, and officially ending Jadis's reign. This took place in the spring of 1000 NT.
Golden Age of Narnia
- For more details on this topic, see Golden Age of Narnia.
The Pevensies' reign lasted fifteen years and was forever known as the Golden Age. Lucy grew up to become a sweet and beloved queen, dubbed Queen Lucy the Valiant by her people. She remained close friends with Mr. Tumnus.
Not only a lovely lady and an accomplished queen, but she was also a fierce warrior and a skilled archer. In 1014, Narnia's ally, Archenland, was under attack from Rabadash, a Calormene prince. She and her brother, King Edmund, rode with the Narnian army to wage battle for their defense. She was present during the trial of Prince Rabadash, and it was she who initially suggested the sentence that King Lune eventually settled on.
In 1015 NT, Mr. Tumnus brought news that the magical White Stag had returned to Narnia. Lucy and her siblings set out on a hunt, in the course of which they got lost in the woods. Stumbling through the woods, they found themselves in England again, back on the other side of the magic wardrobe.
The siblings discovered that due to magic, their fifteen years in Narnia had taken up no time at all in England, and they were again children in the Professor's house. They told only the professor of their adventure, and he, in turn, admitted that he too had once been to Narnia.
The children were slightly dismayed to be told that the wardrobe had sealed, and would no longer carry them between the worlds, but was hopeful when the professor told them that they would get back to Narnia again someday, though not by the wardrobe.
A year later, at the age of nine, Lucy set out for her first year at a girl's boarding school with Susan. While en route to school, all four children felt a peculiar tug, recognized as magic, and were within moments drawn out of Earth and back in Narnia.
War of Deliverance
The four arrived on a strange beach, next to a forest, on what they soon found, by exploring, to be an island. Having no way to get off the island and onto the nearby mainland, the four soon found the ruins of an old castle, where they chose to stay for the night. It was during the night that Susan found a gold chessman that they all realized was one of their own from their reign in Narnia.
After a debate, they concluded that they were in fact in a very changed Narnia, in the ruins of their old castle, Cair Paravel. To prove their hypothesis that time between the worlds was non-concurrent, the four uncovered their old Treasure Room.
From the chamber, Lucy retrieved her old magic gifts, and the four made themselves comfortable. The next morning, the siblings were near the channel that divided the island from the mainland, when they spotted two men in a boat, about to drown a dwarf. After a hasty rescue, Lucy cuts the dwarf's bounds with her dagger.
Though skeptical, he explained to them that 1300 years had passed in Narnia, setting the year at 2303. Narnia had been invaded by Telmarines a few hundred years ago, who had forced the Narnians to live in hiding and had caused the trees and rivers to fall into a deep sleep.
Recently, a Telmarine prince called Caspian had fled from his people and had agreed to free the Narnians if they made him king. He had, the dwarf explained, blown Susan's ancient horn, to summon help, sending out the dwarf as a scout to bring back whatever help came. The Pevensies readily agreed to help, proving their mettle in a series of tests. The dwarf, called Trumpkin, set out with them to meet Caspian. All five were forced to journey for some time, getting lost repeatedly due to the changes in topography.
After being foiled in their attempt to cross the River Rush, the five turned to retrace their steps, until Lucy looked across the river and spotted Aslan showing her the way. Though she was overjoyed, her siblings refused to believe her, and after a vote, chose to go down the river, to find a better crossing. Lucy reluctantly followed them.
After some time, they were again foiled, by running into a Telmarine outpost, and had to follow Lucy's original advice and turn around. Night fell, and they were forced to camp before they could go on. During the night, Lucy heard a voice calling her, and rose to walk through the nearby trees, which rose and began to dance. Eventually, Lucy emerged into a clearing, finding Aslan waiting for her.
After a joyful embrace, Lucy woke up in the morning, realizing it was only a dream. Lucy walked around the forest until she sees a minotaur and mistakes it as Aslan, Peter followed her and told her to stay quiet while he creeps to the minotaur until he's attacked by Caspian. Lucy stopped Peter and Caspian to find the surviving Narnians and Peter realizing who Caspian is. Caspian realizes Peter as High King when Susan, Edmund, and Trumpkin appears. When they reached Aslan's How, they came up with a plan to raid Miraz's Castle that night. Lucy did not agree and suggest they wait for Aslan but Peter grew impatient and the night raid plan proceeded.
After the night raid and many losses, Lucy healed Trumpkin. Lucy also helped Trumpkin kill Nikabrik when he, a hag and werewolf tried to resurrect the White Witch. With the Telmarines approaching, Peter sends Lucy and Susan to the forest to find Aslan. When the sisters were riding in the woods, Telmarines followed, so Susan decided to let Lucy go on alone while she stays and fight the soldiers. Later on, Lucy was in pursuit of a soldier when she saw a lion figure approaching and made the soldier run away. Lucy realized it was Aslan, who told her things never happen the same way twice when she asked why she couldn't come roaring in save them like before. Aslan woke up the Dancing Trees from their 1,300-year slumber.
Eventually, they reached the bridge of Beruna, which Aslan destroyed, with the help of the River God. With their escape route cut off, the Telmarine army surrendered, and Prince Caspian was brought forth to meet Aslan. Lucy witnessed his knighting and met and magically healed many soldiers in the Narnian army, including Reepicheep the High Mouse. In the aftermath, the four siblings were given rooms and amenities in Prince Caspian's castle.
A few days later, Aslan had a door set up in the meadow, summoning all the people to a meeting. There, he told the Telmarines that they were descended from seafarers from the world of Earth, and if they wished, he would send them back to that world through the door. Taking the lead, Peter and Susan explained to Lucy and Edmund that Aslan was sending them home as well. Lucy bade a tearful farewell to Narnia, and Aslan, and stepped through the door back into England.
In England again, Lucy spent her first year at boarding school and made several friends while there. In the summer of 1942, she and Edmund were sent to stay with their aunt and uncle while their parents went away on a trip. It was during this time that they, along with their cousin Eustace Scrubb, were brought back into Narnia through a painting.
Voyage on the Dawn Treader
The three landed in the sea and were quickly hoisted up onto a ship. Lucy was the first to come on board, and the first to recognize one of its occupants, their friend King Caspian.
He quickly introduced her to the ship, the Dawn Treader, its Narnian-Telmarine crew, and its purpose; to find seven missing lords of Narnia, and to explore the seas to the end of the world, in the hopes of finding a way to Aslan's Country.
Lucy was thereafter given Caspian's cabin to stay in and was permitted to wear his clothes. Her magic cordial and dagger, also on board the ship, was returned to her, which she used to cure Eustace of seasickness.
Shortly after their arrival, the Dawn Treader came into sight of the Lone Islands. Lucy wanted to walk on the island Felimath, which she remembered from her time as queen, and Caspian agreed, sending the ship on to the other side of the island while Lucy, Edmund, Caspian, Eustace walked. On the way, however, they were kidnapped by slave traders, and Lucy and Eustace were taken to the slave market with Edmund and Caspian threw in the dungeon.
The following morning, they were taken to Narrowhaven to be sold in a slave market. Lucy, being well-bred and hard-working, was purchased quickly, but freed almost instantly when Reepicheep and the crew arrived, announcing his kingship, and shut down the trade.
After three weeks, the Dawn Treader finally set out again and had several days of fine weather. It did not last, however, and soon a storm came up that lasted twelve days, causing damage to the ship, which required them to land on a strange island. Before they could even begin their repairs, Eustace went missing. A search party was sent out, but no sign of him was found, until the following morning when a dragon flew into the camp, landing on the beach between the crew and the ship. They were wary until Lucy saw that the dragon was crying, and offered to heal its wounded leg. Through a series of questions, Lucy and the others worked out that the dragon was a spellbound Eustace.
After the spell on Eustace was lifted, the ship sailed on until a few days later, when a Sea Serpent attacked, winding itself around the Dawn Treader, to crush it. The crew successfully escaped and sailed on to yet another strange island, where they decided to walk.
On the island, at the bottom of a nearby pool, was a statue that looked to be made of solid gold. They discovered that anything that touched the water in the pool was instantly turned to gold. Caspian, Edmund, and Lucy began to quarrel until they all spotted Aslan on a nearby hill. Realizing the island was heavily enchanted, they all returned to the ship.
The next island that the Dawn Treader came to was surprisingly modern. As the others headed inland along the path, Lucy stayed behind a moment and heard a strange thumping sound. Soon voices were talking, which Lucy realized belonged to invisible people planning to kidnap the Narnians while they were away from their ship. Lucy hurried to find Edmund and Caspian and told her story. Deciding to go back down to the boat, they found that these 'Dufflepuds' were not only un-intelligent but also lacking in courage. They requested that Lucy would perform a spell to make them visible, going into the house of magician they regarded as evil and refused to enter themselves. Lucy agreed if only to save her friends' lives.
Lucy did as the Duffers had instructed her, and found the magician's Book of Incantations. Leafing through it, she came upon a spell that was said to make her beautiful beyond a lot of mortals. About to utter it out of jealousy, and vanity, she was stopped when she looked back at the opening words of the spell and saw Aslan's face staring into hers. After passing over many more spells, she found the correct one and spoke it. Both Aslan and the magician, whom the Dufflepuds so feared, entered and greeted her. After meeting the magician, who was, in fact, a follower of Aslan, and spending some time on the island, the Dawn Treader again sailed east.
Twelve days passed by, until a mist appeared in the distance, growing into darkness hovering over the water. Although all were apprehensive, they rowed on until a man appeared in the water, and was quickly hauled on board. The stranger warned them to escape as quickly as they could, for the darkness harbored the island where dreams and nightmares came true. Instantly they began to frantically row their way back out, but after a while, they began to think that they were caught and would never escape. Lucy, who was positioned in the fighting-top, with a bow at the ready, whispered to Aslan, begging for his help, and a beam of light appeared in the dark. A bird came out of the beam, an albatross, which spoke to Lucy with Aslan's voice, and led them out of the dark.
In the following days, another island came into sight. On the island was set a long table prepared with a banquet such had never been seen. Three of the chairs at the table were filled, and in them sat three lords, all under an enchanted sleep. Lucy, Caspian, Edmund, Eustace, and Reepicheep sat at the table to spend the night. Early in the morning, they awoke to find a lady coming to the table. She told them of the three lords, and that the island was the beginning of the end of the world. Her father, the star Ramandu, told Caspian that to break the enchantment that held the lords asleep, he must sail to the end of the world and leave one person behind.
They set sail then onto the Last Sea, where they discovered sweet waters, Sea People, and the Sea of Lilies. It soon became clear that the Dawn Treader could sail no farther East, and Aslan came briefly to tell them that Reepicheep, Lucy, Edmund, and Eustace were to go to the World's End. There were sad goodbyes, and then they did as they were told.
When they came to a shore, Reepicheep took his boat on into Aslan's Country, while Lucy and the others made their way ashore. There was a lamb there, and as it spoke to them it changed to become the Lion himself, who told Lucy that she and Edmund would never come back to Narnia. Then Aslan kissed their foreheads, and they were back in Lucy's room in Eustace's house.
Afterward, Lucy grew up fairly normally, eventually becoming one of the self-titled Seven Friends of Narnia, those who had been to the world of Narnia by magic. In 1949, Lucy, Edmund, and Peter were having dinner with Eustace, Jill Pole, Polly Plummer, and Digory Kirke, reminiscing about their days in Narnia, when a Narnian-dressed figure appeared to them like a specter. The figure did not speak, even when Peter demanded as High King that it do so.
After the specter disappeared again, they all felt sure that something was dreadfully wrong in their beloved country, and they needed to find a way to get there on their own.
Remembering the Magic Rings that were capable of carrying humans from one world to another, the seven set up a plan to get young Jill and Eustace to Narnia. While the rings were retrieved, Lucy and the others got on a train to take Eustace and Jill to school, intending to use the rings on the way.
They never made it, though, as their train had crashed on the way, killing at least nine people. Lucy was among the casualties, having died instantly as a result of the crash.
Aslan had transported Lucy, along with Edmund, Peter, Digory, and Polly, to a great green field with fruit trees, and a door that led to nowhere, clothed in Narnian garb. Several people came in or out of the door, but most seemed unable to see the fields or Lucy and her companions. After some time, Eustace, and then Jill, came through the door, explaining that they had been to Narnia on the other side of the door. Once everything in Narnia had been straightened out, and many other Narnians had joined them, the Friends of Narnia stood by, as Aslan brought about the end of Old Narnia.
Aslan then gave a great roar and began to lead all the remaining Narnians. All ran after him in the field, realizing that this was not Narnia, but the real Narnia, and the afterlife of the world they had known. They all ran until they reached not Cair Paravel, but a bigger and better Cair Paravel, and met all of their old friends from all of their adventures in the Shadowlands, alive and better than ever before, as well as many people of whom they had only heard.
But Lucy was, as Aslan said, not quite so happy as he meant her to be. She explained that it was because they (the English Narnians) were so afraid of being sent back home again. It was then that Aslan explained that there had been a train accident back in England and that in their world, the children were all dead. This, the real Narnia, was Aslan's Country, and a Narnian equivalent of Heaven. Lucy was not going to be sent back but was permitted to live forever in the real Narnia.
Lucy was the most faithful and devout out of the four Pevensie siblings, which was the reason for her being capable of seeing Aslan when her siblings were unable to, and why she never stopped believing in Narnia. She is also a lover of animals, and therefore could easily become good friends with the many creatures of Narnia.
Lucy could be as brave and adventurous as her oldest brother, Peter, as evidenced by her once saying to Father Christmas that she believed she was brave enough to participate in battles. One of her most commendable virtues was her intense desire to help those in need, which explains the gift she received from Father Christmas: the magical cordial with which she uses to heal anyone that is either sick or injured. Another praiseworthy virtue of hers would be her kind and loving heart, which enabled her to forgive anyone who is truly repentant: though she was often teased by her older brother, Edmund, and was called "a liar" more than once by her siblings, she came to forgive them after they sincerely apologized for their errors.
However, as idealistic and childlike as Lucy is, she could be witty and even sarcastic at times. For instance, in Prince Caspian, she once said that girls "never keep a map in their head" "because our heads have something inside them". As she inevitably matured, she could also be insecure about her looks, as seen in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, when she was tempted to use a spell to become more beautiful than her older sister, Susan, and only came back to her senses through Aslan's intervention.
Lucy was afraid of insects. She preferred going barefoot over wearing shoes: when she and her siblings first appeared in Narnia during the War of Deliverance, she was the first to take off her shoes (and later, she was reluctant to put them back on), and when she sailed with Caspian to the end of the world, she contentedly went barefoot both on board ship and walking across the island of Felimath.
Lucy does tend to be overly compassionate, even toward evil ones, regardless of their vile deeds. For instance, while discussing what to do with the captive Rabadash, she regarded him simply as "foolish Rabadash", rather than the ruthless man he was - who sought to take her sister by force and ignited a war without provocation. She suggested to let him go free on the promise of fair dealing in the future. In The Last Battle, she felt sorry for the treacherous dwarves who maliciously killed the talking horses, and chided Eustace for calling them "swines". She never bothered to ask Eustace why he loathed them and even begged Aslan tearfully to do something for "those poor dwarfs" - which they were not.
- "But as for Lucy, she was always gay and golden-haired..."
- ―Narrative (chapter 17)[src]
- "...a fair-haired lady with a very merry face..."
- ―Narrative (chapter 12)[src]
Though not as beautiful as Susan, Lucy was still a beauty in her own right, with golden hair.
When she matured into adulthood as a Queen of Narnia, she always looked merry, her hair was as golden as ever, and she was so beautiful that many Princes desired her to be their Queen.
- Expert Markswoman: During her time in Narnia, Lucy trained herself to aim with good accuracy and hand eye coordination as she was able to toss her dagger into the target from far away distances. Then as she got older, she wielded her sister's bow and arrows to aim at a sea serpent directly in its left eye even over the the rain and tilt on the boat.
- Swordswoman: Lucy also possesses skills in sword fighting at an older age.
Lucy's Dagger: During the Winter Rebellion, Father Christmas gave Lucy a dagger for her to use as protection. However, after The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Lucy had to stop using it because it wasn't very useful in battle, after that it is unknown what happened to the Dagger.
Lucy's Cordial: During the Winter Rebellion, Father Christmas gave Lucy a diamond bottle filled with the juice of the fire flower, which can heal any injury. She had this with her throughout the whole series.
- Lucy was named and based after C. S. Lewis's goddaughter, Lucy Barfield, whom Lewis dedicates the first book to.
- Her name means of light born at dawn or daylight, maybe also shiny, or of light complexion; hence signaling her special connection with Aslan and loyalty to the light side.
- In the Broadway musical, the role was played by Julia Udine (The Phantom of the Opera).
- "Lucy of Narnia" is the nickname of a Catholic Saint, Lucy Brocadelli. Born in 1476 and died in 1544, St. Lucia (or "Lucy" in English) Brocadelli was actually from Narni or "Narnia" in Latin, an ancient town in Umbria. Like Lucy Pevensie, St. Lucy was a pious child, who is said to have received visions from an early age.
- Lucy's crown is decorated with lilies. This flower symbolizes beauty, hope, inner balance and decision making. But since these are white, it signifies purity, loyalty and power.
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We hear a lot at COM about the shifting media landscape. Every day, new technological advances are making it possible for us to produce and consume media in ways we never have before. Keeping up with technology is essential, but no matter what industry you're in, one thing is clear: telling a compelling story is at the core of everything we do. COM's newly re-launched MFA in Cinema and Media Production, spawned out of this philosophy, provides an advanced degree for students interested in taking film beyond its fundamentals and honing their storytelling skills.
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Prospective candidates for the program, which launches in Fall 2015, are required to come in with a baseline of both technical and storytelling skills. Whether they've learned it on their own or through an undergraduate film program, they must demonstrate they've already mastered the basics to apply to the films they'll work on during the course of their MFA. When accepted, students already know their designated film making role, whether it be director, producer, or cinematographer. This fall, three producers, three cinematographers, and six directors will join the crew. Before first semester, students are asked to pitch three film ideas, which are continually honed and vetted until arriving on one film concept that will be the focus for the duration of the program.
As the film landscape continuously changes, so do the types of films students will work on. "We're platform agnostic," Egleson says. "If you come in and say I want to make a web series – ten, 10-minute webisodes – you can do that. If you want to make a 30 minute film, that works. As long as you can convince us of the clarity of your vision we don't care what the platform is. That's the shift." If you're dead set on working towards a full length film, you might work on a section of it or a shorter version, says Egleson, which is how many full length features get their start.
The new Cinema and Media Production MFA will continue its adaptive response to the new world after the switchover from conventional film to digital media. "Once that happens, it becomes very apparent to everybody that the focus needs to shift to the ideas behind this stuff. It's very liberating," Egleson says. "It means we can now be a laboratory for visual storytelling."
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text: Music Falz, KCEE, Mayokun, Kaffy, Others, to Thrill Enthusiasts at First African Freestyle Football Championship in Lagos Published 6 years ago on September 4, 2018 By The Octopus News Admin Feet and Tricks International, organisers of the first ever African Football Freestyle Championship in Africa have assured participants, stakeholders and ardent followers of the sport, that the first ever Championship in Africa scheduled to hold on September 13th -15th, 2018 at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos will be one to remember for a long time. This according to the organisers will have all the trappings of a grand event as all that needs to make it one, has been put in place to ensure that all in attendance get utmost value for their time. The 2018 Africa Freestyle Football Championship which is being planned as a perfect fusion of freestyle football and entertainment will feature top musical, dance artists and world renowned freestylers. Top among musical and entertainment stars are FALZ De Bad Guy, KCEE, MAYORKUN, VANESSA M'DEE (from Tanzania), SLIMCASE, MR. REAL and the renowned world acclaimed dancer, KAFFY who will bring a lot of colour to the event with a performance that aptly depicts the beautiful culture of Nigeria, the host nation. Other performances include Xplicit and Dream Catchers. The event will be hosted both in English and French by DJ Shoddy and Mimmie, to ensure that French speaking audience are not left out. Speaking on the plans for the three-day event , the Chairman, Feet 'n' Tricks International, Valentine Ozigbo explained, that preparations have been put in top gear to ensure that the pioneer African Freestyle Football Championship meets all expectations and more. "I want to assure all, that no stone was left unturned to make it world-class and a very memorable one for all the lovers of the sport. Ozigbo noted that, being the pioneer edition, "Feet 'n' Tricks is determined to effectively etch the sports in the minds of football lovers and its stakeholders across Africa. To this end, we will be engaging African freestyle footballers, sports enthusiasts, sports officials and the general public with the sole aim of creating awareness about freestyle football, providing talented Africans a new platform to showcase their skills to the world and ultimately deepening love for the sport". According to Ozigbo, the qualifying rounds and Nigerian championship will hold on September 13th -14th, 2018 at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos. After the qualifying rounds, the best 16 male and 8 female freestyle athletes in Africa will emerge to battle it out at the grand finale on September 15, 2018 in a keenly contested competition that is expected to produce the first African male and female Freestyle Football Champions. "We are excited to pave a new direction for freestyle football in Africa," said Valentine Ozigbo, Chairman of Feet 'n' Tricks International. "Feet 'n' Tricks International, expects at least 120 freestylers from Africa to be represented at this Championship. We will work on the development of African freestyle talent and continually exploit all available resources to create more awareness for the sport and we are grateful to our sponsors and partners." He added Co-founder and Head of Partnerships for WFFA, Daniel Wood, expressed love for the energy and passion for freestyle football that can be found all over Africa, "We at the World Freestyle Football Association are so excited to see the best talents from all across Africa come together on one stage and compete for this title. Everyone will be competing for not only the prizes but for some world ranking points too with the winner, of course, putting themselves in a fantastic position to challenge the world's best. 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These Peppermint Crunch-Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies are holiday twist on a classic chocolate chip cookie with the addition of peppermint crunch.
Every year Christmas celebrating seems to start earlier and earlier.
This year at my local Walgreens there was Halloween candy on one side and Christmas on the other, in September.
Some people are sticklers about no Christmas stuff until after Thanksgiving, some not until December, and then there are those who get excited when the first Christmas song on the radio comes on.
Now some do go a little overboard.
There are my neighbors who put up Christmas lights in October.
Though I just really like to think of the lights as extra illumination to help with the Neighborhood Crime Watch, and not to think of them as Christmas lights until the end of November.
I think the reason why people rush into the holiday season and start wanting to decorate in August is because for most people the holidays are a happy time.
They want that recaptured.
And I guess the figure the quicker they start to celebrate it, the better. 🙂
My friend C doesn't really start getting into the holidays early.
However she does usually start thinking about what cookie she will make for cookie exchange.
She consults me every year as to what she will be making.
She likes simple, as she is not a big baker (and yet still my friend :P).
This year she said she wanted to do a chocolate chip cookie.
But make it more holiday-ish with peppermint or something.
So these Peppermint Crunch-Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies are what I cam up with.
No these aren't reinventing the wheel by any means.
But they are chocolate and mint and really, those are flavors you can't go wrong with.
So if you are annoyed by your neighbors and all there early Christmas decorating, just figure that they are trying to be in a better mood.
A happier neighbor makes for a happier neighborhood.
P.S. It's a great day to buy my cookbook Holy Sweet!
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Peppermint Crunch-Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ tsp. baking soda
- 1/8 tsp. salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 7 ounces milk chocolate chips
- 7 ounces Andes Peppermint Crunch Chips
- In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
- Using a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or in a bowl by hand), beat together the butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, and vanilla on medium speed just until smooth, about 2 minutes.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time until thoroughly incorporated, then stir in the flour mixture followed by the chocolate and peppermint chips.
- On a lightly floured work surface, divide the dough into quarters.
- Shape each quarter into a log about 9 inches long.
- Wrap the logs in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, preferably for 24 hours (do this part for real please).
- Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven; preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
- Slice the logs into disks ¾ inch thick and place the disks 3 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets.
- If the chips crumble out (and they will), simply push them back in, they reshape nicely.
- Bake, rotating the baking sheets midway through baking, until the cookies are very lightly browned in the centers, about 10 minutes.
- If you like soft chocolate chip cookies, as I do, err on the side of underbaking.
- Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets until firm enough to handle, then use a spatula to transfer them to a wire rack.
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