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Controversial filmmaker portrays magic of love
Published 4:00 am, Friday, April 16, 1999
THE MAVERICK risk-taker who made the Xian Film Studio
"cradle of the new Chinese cinema" is finally achieving international recognition in his own right as director of a spellbinding tale about an elderly street magician and the pint-sized heir to his secrets.
Wu Tianming's "King of Masks," which opens Friday at the Clay Theatre, spins the story of old Wang, a lonely street performer who despairs of adopting a grandson to call his own and learn his trade. Tradition insists that the art can only be passed on to a boy. When Wang finally finds a child, "Doggie," who begs to go with him, he is overjoyed. "Doggie" is a quick learner, but also shrewd enough to act like a boy - until nature betrays her. Wang's skills are admired by an elegant young actor named Master Liang, who plays women in Chinese opera. All three are part of the world of the outcast, a central theme of the film.
"They show how people who are rejected by society can come together in adversity and help each other," Wu said on a quick visit to San Francisco, along with his daughter Janet, a film student in Los Angeles, who interpreted. "I wanted to make this film because I fear that society is forgetting our Chinese traditions. Those traditions emphasized the value of morality and ethics, proper manners, a sense of honor and taking care of each other.
"With the current economic reforms in China, people only dream about getting wealthy, their eyes open with greed as they stare at money, and morality is worthless. Now, when billions of people are working hard, the country has gone from being "the nation of manners and propriety' to an economic battlefield. Through this story of an old man and a child in a world full of struggle and suffering, I wanted to express the importance of love."
Wu had been away from China for nearly five years before he was offered the opportunity to make his new film. In 1989, he was on a brief tour in the United States as a visiting scholar, sponsored by the Asia Society, when the Tiananmen Square massacre took place on June 4. True to his outspoken reputation, he criticized the government's armed attack against the students who had occupied the square in their demands for democracy.
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Warned that he would be in jeopardy if he returned to China, he spent the next few years teaching for short terms at New York University, the University of California, Davis and at the University of Southern California. He opened a video store in Los Angeles and was finally reunited with his actress wife, Mu Shu Lan, and daughter.
Wu, now 59, had been in plenty of hot water as the controversial head of the Xian film studio. He was appointed to the top post in 1983, after he won international attention for his first solo direction of
"River Without Buoys," about three raftsman during the Cultural Revolution. At that time, Xian was ranked last among Chinese studios in terms of the number of film copies sold for distribution. But under Wu's pragmatic support of kung fu epics and thrillers, in one year Xian rose to first place with box office hits.
At the same time, he began offering studio support to the so-called Fifth Generation of young directors who had gone through the Cultural Revolution and were determined to bring a fresh, innovative approach to Chinese cinema. Wu hired Zhang Yimou as co-cinematographer on his next film, "Old Well," which also starred Zhang in the role of an educated young man who sacrifices his love in order to help the people of his mountain village locate a source of water.
Both Wu and Zhang were attacked after the release of Zhang's prize-winning "Red Sorghum," based on a legend set in the late 1920s and early '30s about the tragicomic events in the life of a young bride whose arranged marriage with the leprous owner of a sorghum wine distillery is interrupted by a drunken but passionate rescuer.
Wu said "conservative bureaucrats" criticized both
"Old Well" and "Red Sorghum" as showing "the dark side of Chinese life." Letters published in the Chinese press attacked the directors as "rotten eggs of China" and declared that they have hired assassins to "get the heads of those dogs." When Wu talked about the experience here in 1988, he did so with a hearty sense of humor, but he didn't hesitate to criticize his main political enemy.
Wu had a brief return to his onetime career as an actor in 1993. He appeared in Wayne Wang's "The Joy Luck Club" (shot locally at the Filoli estate in Woodside), as a wealthy man who rapes a young widow and gives their baby son to his second wife. The experience only whetted his desire to go back to directing his own films in China, but he finally realized it would "be wiser not to shoot my mouth off."
He had wanted to be a director ever since he was mesmerized by Alexander Dovzhenko's "Poem of the Sea" (finished by his widow, Yulia Solntseva, in 1957). The first time the 17-year-old Wu saw it, he was confused, but he had spent his breakfast money to buy a ticket. Undaunted, he sold the new shoes his mother had made for him in order to buy two more tickets, and he sat in the freezing theater,
"tucking my feet under my butt," for two more shows. Eventually, he saw it 14 or 15 times. When he flunked out of high school, he applied for a job as an actor at the Xian studio "to get a foot into the industry," although he thought he was "too ugly" to be an actor.
Wu's return to China in 1994 was facilitated by a friend who recommended him to direct a script that had been purchased by the Shaw Brothers studio in Hong Kong. Two months after Wu went back to China, film bureau authorities assured him he could make films again, but no reports about his return were permitted in the press or on television. Although Wu found the original script "too commercial" to interest him, he hired Wei Minglung, the best screenwriter in Sichuan Province and a former theatrical actor, to rewrite it and change the character of Wang from an ordinary street performer to a master at changing faces, a particular folk art in Sichuan Province.
He had no problem in casting Zhu Zu as the grandfather. Not only was he an outstanding actor in the Beijing People's Artistic Theater, Wu said that Zhu really has "the same temperament of kindness, understanding and humor as the character he plays."
It was more difficult to find Doggie. He auditioned a hundred little girls, but "they were all spoiled city kids." He finally found Zhou Ren-ying, who had been abandoned by her parents when she was 3 and given to the Xian Acrobatic Troupe. She was sturdy enough to pass for a boy, could perform the required stunts and she somehow had the haunted look of a child who had suffered. After
"King" opened, she was reunited with her parents, who had been imprisoned on drug charges, and she appeared in another film.
"King of Masks" was passed by the censors without any changes, and Wu went on to direct two series for television. Meanwhile, "King" won China's Golden Rooster awards for Best Director, Best Co-production and Best Child Actor. Shown at 19 film festivals, including San Francisco's, it won approximately 37 awards. Although praised by the Chinese critics, Wu said the film was shown in only seven or eight cities, because the distributors thought it wasn't a money-maker, compared to American Films. Its biggest competitor was "Speed," starring Keanu Reeves, but eventually "King" was shown on television to an enthusiastic audience.
As for what the film finally represents to Wu, he likes to quote Master Liang's words to old Wang: "The world is a cold place, but we can bring warmth to it." <


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A pancake is a thin, flat cake prepared from a batter and cooked on a hot griddle or frying pan. Most pancakes are quick breads; some use a yeast-raised or fermented batter. Most pancakes are cooked one side on a griddle and flipped partway through to cook the other side. A crêpe is a very thin pancake cooked on one or both sides that is rolled and stuffed. Depending on the region, pancakes may be served at any time, with a variety of toppings or fillings including jam, fruit, syrup or meat.
The Middle English word Pancake, appears in an English culinary manuscript 1430.[1][2]
English pancakes have three key ingredients: plain flour, eggs, and milk. The batter is runny and forms a thin layer on the bottom of the frying pan when the pan is tilted. It may form some bubbles during cooking, which results in a pale pancake with dark spots where the bubbles were, but the pancake does not rise. English pancakes are similar to French crêpes, and Italian crespelle, but are not "lacy" in appearance. They may be eaten as a sweet dessert with the traditional topping of lemon juice and sugar, drizzled with golden syrup, or wrapped around savory stuffings and eaten as a main course. Yorkshire pudding is made from a similar recipe, but baked instead of fried. This batter rises because the air beaten into the batter expands, without the need for baking powder; the result is eaten as part of the traditional roast beef dinner.
Scotch pancakes are more like the American type and are served as such. In Scotland they are also referred to as drop scones or dropped scones.[3][4][5] They are made from flour, eggs, sugar, buttermilk or milk, salt, bicarbonate of soda and cream of tartar.[3][4][5] Smaller than American or English panackes at about 3.5 in / 9 cm in diameter, they are made by the traditional method of dropping batter onto a griddle (a girdle in Northumberland or in Scots). They can be served with jam and cream or just with butter. In Scotland pancakes are generally served at teatime.
Welsh pancakes (known as crempog, ffroes and other names) vary considerably. Some are very much like American pancakes, others may be made with yeast (called crempog furum or oatmeal (although this is also true of American pancakes) and some are like Scotch pancakes.[6][7]
Crumpets and pikelets are sometimes considered a variety of pancake.
American or Canadian pancakes (sometimes called hotcakes, griddlecakes, or flapjacks in the U.S.) are pancakes which contain a raising agent such as baking powder; proportions of eggs, flour, and milk or buttermilk create a thick batter. Many recipes remind the reader that the ingredients should be mixed until they are just combined, even if lumps remain, as the lumps will smoothen out during the cooking process.[8][9] Sugar and spices such as cinnamon, vanilla and nutmeg are added. The pancakes can be made sweet or savory by adding ingredients such as blueberries, strawberries, cheese, bacon, bananas, apples or chocolate chips to the batter. This batter is ladled or poured onto a hot surface, and spreads to form a circle about ¼ or ⅓ inch (1 cm) thick. The raising agent causes bubbles to rise to the uncooked side, when the pancake is flipped. These pancakes, very light in texture, are usually served at breakfast topped with maple syrup, butter, peanut butter, jelly, jam, fruit or honey. In the Southern United States, cane syrup and molasses have also been common toppings. Some pancake recipes call for yogurt to give the pancakes a semi-thick, relatively moist consistency.
Jonnycake (also spelled "johnnycake," johnny cake, and "journey cake") or Johnny Bread is a cornmeal flatbread that was an early American staple food, and is still eaten in the West Indies and Bermuda.[10] The modern johnnycake is stereotypically identified with today's Rhode Island foods, though jonnycakes are a cultural staple in all of the northern US.[11] A modern jonnycake is fried cornmeal gruel, which is made from yellow or white cornmeal mixed with salt and hot water or milk, and frequently lightly sweetened.
Yaniqueques or yanikeke are a Dominican Republic version of the jonnycake. They are a fried bread rather than a pancake and are a popular beach food.[12][13]
Sourdough was used by prospectors and pioneers to make sourdough pancakes without having to buy yeast. Prospectors would carry a pot of sourdough to make pancakes and bread as it could last indefinitely, needing only flour and water to replenish it.[14] Sourdough pancakes are now a particular speciality in Alaska.[15]
A flapjack is a thick small pancake, generally around 10 cm in diameter. Flapjacks are often served in a stack with syrup and butter, which can be accompanied by bacon. The terms pancake and flapjack are often confused and today in the US are nearly synonymous. The Oxford English Dictionary records the word flapjack as being used as early as the beginning of the 17th century, referring to a flat tart or pan-cake. Shakespeare pancakes in All's Well That Ends Well and to flap-jacks in Pericles, Prince of Tyre:[16]
The word elements: flap- meaning a tossed mixture and jack, an uncertain word suggesting a variety, imply any ingredients could be called a flapjack.
A silver dollar pancake refers to a pancake about two to three inches (5 to 7 cm) in diameter, or just a bit bigger than the pre-1979 silver dollar coins in the United States, for which they are named. It is usually made by frying a small spoonful of the same batter as any other pancake. One serving is usually five to ten silver dollar pancakes.
German Pancakes or Dutch baby pancakes served in American pancake houses are bowl-shaped. They are eaten with lemons and powdered sugar, jam, or caramelized apples, as well as fritters.
Mexican hotcakes are similar to US pancakes. Hotcakes are often made with cornmeal — as well as, or instead of wheat flour. Hotcakes are popular breakfast items at restaurants throughout the country, and are often sold by street vendors in cities and during the local celebrations of towns through the day; the vendors sell a single hotcake topped with different sauces such as condensed milk, fruit jam or a sweet goat milk spread called "cajeta."
In India the Pooda (sometimes called Cheela) is a pancake. They can be made either sweet or salty and are of different thicknesses in different places. They are made in a frying pan and are of a similar batter as their European counterparts.
Dosa and Uttapam could be said to be another Indian pancakes. They are prepared by fermenting rice batter and split skinned urad bean (black lentil) blended with water. What Punjabis call a Meetha Pooda which are a common breakfast food item in the Punjab. It is a sweet pancake which can be eaten with pickles and chutney. Most of the pithas in Assam are type of pancakes served on occasions such as Bihu.
In Malaysia and Singapore, a pancake-like snack known as Apom Balik (in Malay) or Ban Chian Kuih (面煎粿 in Chinese). The Chinese version is made with a filling, traditionally ground peanut with sugar, butter and additional condiments such as sweetened coconut or egg. Increasingly non-traditional condiments such as cheese, kaya (egg and coconut milk custard), blueberry or chocolate are used in variations. There are other variations, such as those made with soya bean milk replacing egg and water. The Malay version (Apom Balik) frequently has sweet corn and condensed milk as filling.
In the Philippines, pancakes or "hotcakes" are also served with syrup (maple or imitation corn syrup) margarine and sugar or condensed milk. They are served for breakfast, but there are roving street stalls that sell smaller hotcakes topped with margarine and sugar as an afternoon snack.
In Vietnamese cuisine there is a variety of traditional pancakes; these include bánh xèo and bánh khọt in southern Vietnam, and bánh căn and bánh khoái in central Vietnam.
In Nepal, the Newar have a savory rice pancake called chataamari cooked with meat or eggs on top.
The Indonesian pancake serabi is made from rice flour and coconut milk.
In Korea, pancakes include jeon, pajeon, bindaetteok, kimchijeon, and hotteok.
Banana pancakes are a menu item in Western-oriented backpackers' cafes in Asian countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, India, and China. This has elicited the term Banana Pancake Trail.
In Australia and New Zealand, small pancakes (about 75mm in diameter), known as pikelets are also eaten. They are traditionally served with jam and/or whipped cream, or solely with butter, at afternoon tea. However, they are also common at morning tea. They are made with milk, self-raising flour, eggs and a small amount of icing sugar.
In some circles in New Zealand, very thin, crêpe-like or UK pancake-like pancakes (around 20cm in diameter), are known as "flapjacks". This may refer to their thinness, making them more likely to "flap". They are traditionally served with butter, or butter and lemon, possibly something sweet, and then rolled up and eaten.
American style pancakes are also popular in Australasia. They are eaten for breakfast or as a dessert, with lemon juice and sugar, butter and maple syrup, stewed fruits such as strawberries and cream, ice cream or mascarpone.
French crêpes, popular in France, Canada, and Brazil (where they may be called pancakes or crêpes) are made from flour, milk, and eggs. They are thin and are usually served with a large amount of sweet or savory filling, ranging from fruit or ice cream, to seafood (in Brazil, most usually ground meat).
A Breton galette is a large thin pancake made of buckwheat flour, mostly associated with the regions of Normandy and Brittany in France. It is often cooked on one side only.
German pancakes are called Pfannkuchen (Pfanne and Kuchen meaning 'pan' and 'cake'). In some regions (Berlin, Brandenburg, Saxonia) pancakes are called Eierkuchen, as the term Pfannkuchen refers to Berliners there. In Swabia sliced pancake strips (Flädle) are often served in soup. A Berliner Pfannkuchen is not a pancake; it is a doughnut.
In the Netherlands and Flanders, pancakes are called pannenkoeken and eaten at dinnertime. Pancake restaurants are popular family restaurants and serve many varieties of sweet, savory, and stuffed pancakes. Pannekoeken are slightly thicker than crepes and usually quite large (12" or more) in diameter. The batter is egg-based and the fillings can include sliced apples, cheese, ham, bacon, candied ginger and many other ingredients — alone or in combination — as well as "stroop", a thick syrup. One classical Dutch filling is a combination of bacon and stroop.
Poffertjes are another Dutch pancake-type dish. They resemble American pancakes somewhat, but are sweeter, and much smaller. The technique used also varies; they are flipped repeatedly before a side is completely done, in order to attain a softer interior.
Scandinavian pancakes are similar to the French crêpes. They are served with jam and whipped cream or ice cream as a main dish with a variety of savory fillings. Traditional Swedish variations can be exotic. Beside the usual thin pancakes which resembles the French crêpes and are eaten on Thursdays with pea soup, the Swedish cuisine has plättar which resemble tiny English pancakes, and are fried several at a time in a special pan. Others resemble German pancakes but include fried pork in the batter; these are baked in the oven. Potato pancakes called raggmunk contain shredded raw potato, and may contain other vegetables (sometimes the pancake batter is omitted, producing rårakor). Raggmunk and rårakor are traditionally eaten with pork rinds and lingonberry jam. A special Swedish pancake is saffron pancake from Gotland, made with saffron and rice, baked in the oven. Norwegians like their pancakes with sugar or blueberry jam, and they are often served with hot soup. Norwegians eat a great deal of rice pudding or porridge - leftovers from this can be made into small pancakes called "lapper". An other special ``swedish pancake´´ is the äggakaka (eggcake), also called skånsk äggakaka (scanian eggcake),it is almost like an ordinary swedish pancake but it's a lot thicker and also a lot more difficult to make due to the risk of burning it. It's made in a fryingpan and is about 1½ to 2 inches thick and is served with lingonberries and bacon.
In Sweden and Finland, pancakes follow the pea soup traditionally eaten on Thursdays[citation needed].
In Austria, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia pancakes are called palatschinken, palačinka, and palacinka, respectively (plurals palatschinken, palačinky, palacinky). In Romania they are called clătită (plural clătite). In countries of former Yugoslavia (Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, and Bosnia) they are called palačinka (plural palačinke). In these languages, the word derives from Latin placenta, meaning cake. These pancakes are thin and filled with apricot, plum, lingonberry, strawberry or apple jam, chocolate sauce or hazelnut spread. Kaiserschmarrn is an Austrian pancake including raisins, almonds, apple jam or small pieces of apple, split into pieces and sprinkled with powdered sugar.
In Hungary, pancakes called palacsinta (also derived from Latin placenta) are made from flour, milk or soda water, sugar and eggs. Sweet wine is added to the batter. The filling is jam, sugared and ground walnuts or poppy seeds, sugared cottage cheese, sugared cocoa or cinnamon powder, but meat and mushroom fillings are also used. Gundel palacsinta is an Hungarian pancake, stuffed with walnuts, zest, raisins and rum, served in chocolate sauce. The dish is often flambéed. The Hungarian pancakes are served as a main dish or as a dessert.
In Poland, thin crêpe-style pancakes are called naleśniki (pronounced naleshniki). Like any crêpe or blintz, they can be served with a variety of savory or sweet fillings as a main dish or a dessert. Sweet fillings include fresh fruits (e.g. bilberries), jams, and soft white cheese with sugar. Savory fillings include fried vegetables, fried chicken, minced meat, and a variety of added ingredients such as potatoes, mushrooms, cabbage, or ham. The Polish pancake was adopted by the Russian and the Ukrainian cuisines, which call them nalesniki.[17]
In Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, pancakes may be breakfast food, appetizer, main course, or even dessert. Blintzes (Russian: блинчики blinchiki) are thin crepes made without yeast. Blini (Russian: блины) are thicker pancakes made from wheat or buckwheat flour, butter, eggs, and milk, with yeast added to the batter. Blini cooking has a long history in Russia, dating back to pagan traditions and feasts, which are reflected in today's "pancake week" celebrated in the winter before the Great Lent. Small thick pancakes made from yogurt or buttermilk based batter (without yeast) are called oladyi (оладьи) (diminutive: oladushki оладушки, further abbreviated as ladushki ладушки).
Pancakes in South Africa are similar to English pancakes. They are traditionally prepared by the Afrikaans community on gas stoves, and called pannekoek in Afrikaans, eaten on wet and cold days. Pannekoek are served with cinnamon-flavored sugar (and sometimes lemon juice); the sugar may be left to dissolve onto the pancake; if eaten immediately the pancake is crispy. It is a staple at Dutch Reformed Church fetes.[18] American-style "silver dollar" pancakes are eaten in South Africa, as "plaatkoekies" or "flapjacks".
In the US, Mexico and Canada, a franchised restaurant chain named International House of Pancakes (IHOP) has restaurants serving pancakes at all hours of the day. The Original Pancake House is another chain of pancake restaurants across the US, and Walker Brothers is a series of pancake houses in the Chicago area that developed as a franchised spin-off of The Original Pancake House.
The popularity of pancakes in Australia has spawned the Pancake Parlour and Pancakes on the Rocks franchised restaurants. In British Columbia and Alberta, the restaurant chain De Dutch serves Dutch- and Flemish-style pannenkoeken.
In Canada,[19] the United Kingdom,[20] Ireland,[21] and Australia,[22] pancakes are traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday, which is also known as "Pancake Day" and, particularly in Ireland, as "Pancake Tuesday". (Shrove Tuesday is better known in the United States, France and other countries as Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday). Historically, pancakes were made on Shrove Tuesday so that the last of the fatty and rich foods could be used up before Lent.
Charity and school events are organized on Pancake Day: in a "pancake race" each participant carries a pancake in a frying pan. All runners must toss their pancakes as they run and catch them in the frying pan. This event is said to have originated in Olney, England in 1444 when a housewife was still busy frying pancakes to eat before the Lenten fast when she heard the bells of St Peter and St Paul's Church calling her to the Shriving Service. Eager to get to church, she ran out of her house still holding the frying pan complete with pancake, and still wearing her apron and headscarf.[citation needed] Pancake Day is widely celebrated in Australia.
Every Shrove Tuesday since 1950 the towns of Olney[23] and Liberal, Kansas have competed in the International Pancake Race. Only local women may compete; they race, and their times are compared to determine the international winner. In Olney the main women's race is augmented by races for local schoolchildren and for men.
The Rehab UK Parliamentary Pancake Race takes place every Shrove Tuesday, with teams from the British lower house (the House of Commons), the upper house (the House of Lords), and the Fourth Estate, contending for the title of Parliamentary Pancake Race Champions. The fun relay race is to raise awareness of the work of the national brain injury charity, Rehab UK, and the needs of people with acquired brain injury. In 2009, the Lords won.[24]
The Calgary Stampede Breakfast is a regional tradition where local organizations put on "free pancake breakfasts" to residents and visitors to Calgary,Alberta during the Calgary Stampede and Exhibition every July. [25]
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Pancakes (also called "griddlecakes", "hot cakes" or "flapjacks") are a kind of bread made on a frying pan. They are baked in different ways, such as thin French crêpes or Vermont-style multigrain pancakes. Most pancakes are quick breads that use baking powder, although some are also made using a yeast-raised or fermented batter.
In many different places, pancakes are served as breakfast or as a dessert, and they are served with sweet sauces or toppings such as maple syrup, jam, or sugar. Pancakes are also served with savory (non-sweet) fillings and toppings such as meat.
American or Canadian pancakes contain a raising agent (something that makes the pancake get bigger while cooking), usually baking powder and eggs, flour and milk which make a thick batter. This batter is either spooned or poured onto a hot surface which is coated in cooking oil or melted butter. The batter spreads to make a cake about 1/4 or 1/3 inch (1 cm) thick. The raising agent makes bubbles rise to the uncooked side of the pancake, where now the pancake is ready to be flipped (turned over).
End the end, the pancakes are very light in texture and are often served at breakfast topped with maple syrup, butter, or fruit. Vermont pancakes usually have a secondary grain added to the wheat flour, either oatmeal or buckwheat flour. Both of these recipes need more baking powder to leaven. The texture is coarser, the flavor deeper, rather like toasted nuts.
Some pancakes served in restaurants are 3 to 4 pancakes of more or less 14 cm (5 inch) diameter. A smaller number may be ordered by asking for a "short stack". Restaurants usually serve 1 or 2 pancakes of more or less 25 cm (10 inches) diameter. A "silver dollar" pancake is the same as a pancake about 7 cm (3 inches) in diameter - these pancakes are usually served in groups of five or ten.
British pancakes have three main ingredients: white flour, eggs and milk. Some people also add melted butter to the batter. The batter is quite runny and makes a thin layer on the bottom of the frying pan when the pan is tipped to one side. It may form some colors during cooking, which result in a dark pancake with pale spots where the mix were, but the pancake does not rise.
These pancakes may be eaten sweet with the traditional topping of lemon juice and sugar, or wrapped around savoury stuffings and eaten as a main course. When baked instead of fried, this batter rises (even though it has no raising agents such as baking powder, it rises because the air beaten into the batter expands) and is known as Yorkshire pudding. British pancakes are similar to French crêpes, and Italian crespelle, but do not look "lacy".
However, in Scotland pancakes, known as Scotch pancakes or drop scones in the rest of Britain, are more like the American variation and are served as such (see below). Scotch pancakes often have sugar in the batter.
Scottish pancake and fruit crumpet. Pancakes similar to the North American pancake but smaller (usually about 3.5 in / 9 cm across) are known in the British Isles as Scotch pancakes or (after the traditional method of dropping batter onto a griddle) drop-scones, and in Australia and New Zealand as pikelets. They can be served with jam and cream or just with butter. In the U.S. these are known as "silver dollar pancakes" because each pancake is about the size of an old-style U.S. silver dollar (with Eisenhower on the face, no longer minted).
In Scotland, they are rarely served for breakfast, but are usually served for dessert. They are available plain, or as a fruit pancake with raisins baked in, and larger thinner crumpets are made from the same recipe by watering down the mix. The griddle is generally called a girdle in Scotland.
French crêpes, popular in France, the French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec, and Brazil (where they are usually called pancake, or only crêpe) are made from flour, milk, and a relatively large proportion of eggs (compared with other types of pancakes). Due to their thinness, they are usually served with a filling such as fruit or ice cream. Maple syrup or other sweetened sauces are sometimes served with crêpes. Crêpes are also served as a dinner meal, by filling them with seafood or other meats.
German pancakes often served in American pancake houses, are shaped like a bowl. They come in a variety of sizes, some quite large and nearly impossible for one person to finish. They are commonly eaten with lemons and powdered sugar, although jam is sometimes used as well. The pancakes eaten in Germany, however, are of the British variety. They are called Pfannkuchen, although in some areas (Berlin, Brandenburg, Saxonia) that is instead the local name for Berliner, a type of doughnut. Pancakes are called Eierkuchen (meaning "eggcake") there. In Swabia, cut pancakes (Flädle) are a traditional soup ingredient.
In Austria, pancakes are called Palatschinken, a word which comes from Latin "placenta" by way of Romanian, and are usually filled with apricot jam but are also known to have a pleasing taste filled with a chocolate sauce or hazel nut spread. Similar pancakes with similar names can be found throughout the former Austria-Hungary (today Austria, Bosnia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia), (see Palatschinken).
Scandinavian pancakes are similar to British pancakes. They are traditionally served with jam and/or ice cream or whipped cream, although they may also be served as a main dish with a variety of savoury fillings. Traditional Swedish variations can be somewhat exotic. Some resemble British pancakes with a tiny diameter; these are called plättar, and they are fried several at a time in a special pan.
Others are like German pancakes but include fried pork in the batter; these are cooked in an oven. There are also potato pancakes, called raggmunk. These contain shredded raw potato and, sometimes, other vegetables. If the actual pancake batter is left out, the fried cakes of grated potatoes are called rårakor. Both the last two kinds are eaten traditionally with pork rinds and/or lingonberry jam.
Vegan pancakes are not associated with any nationality, however they are a different and popular type of pancake. Vegan pancakes try to be like the American pancake by using direct substitues such as egg substitute and soy milk. However, some kinds use baking soda and occasionally a small amount of vinegar as raising agents.
In Malaysia and Singapore a pancake-like snack is made with a filling, usually cheese or kaya but occasionally bean paste, ground peanut, blueberry or custard. There are other interesting variations, such as those made with soya bean replacing some of the flour. More commonly seen are serabis, pancakes made with rice flour and coconut milk and smoothered with a sauce made from coconut milk and palm sugar (or brown sugar).
In Russia, Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine, blintz and blini are made from wheat or buckwheat flour, yeast, butter, eggs and milk. Blini come from the French crêpes which were introduced during before the time of the Soviet Union.
In Mexico they are generally called "hot cakes" rather than "pancakes". They are similar in style to pancakes served in the U.S. but are perhaps more likely to mix or replace wheat flour with corn. As well as being a popular breakfast at restaurants in all parts of the country, "hotcakes" are often sold on the streets of Mexico City and other cities and during the local celebrations of small towns at all hours of the day and night. These vendors sell a single cake topped with some kind of sweet sauce.
In Ethiopia, injera is made from a fermented sourdough batter of buckwheat or the more traditional teff. Unlike North American and European pancakes, the injera is not served with sweet sauces or sugar. Instead, it is served with meat sauce, vegetables, and cooked eggs.
In Hungary, palacsinta are made from flour, milk and soda water, sugar, and eggs. They are served as a main dish. They are also served as a dessert. However, this depends on the filling. Sweet wine can also be added to the batter. In Italy, cannelloni are made from pancake batter or noodle dough. They are then filled, covered with cheese, and baked.
In the Middle East, pita is made from flour and yeast.In India, dosa are made from rice flour and fried in a skillet. In Chinese cooking, green onion pancakes are the thin pancakes made with buckwheat flour and green onions, served with moo shu dishes. In Egypt, katief is made. In Venezuela, pancakes are topped with butter and white cheese.
In Japan, Dorayaki are a popular sweet consisting of bean paste sandwiched between two pancake-like patties of castella.
[[File:|thumb|left|Pancakes with strawberries and cream]] Most types of pancake, (but not the Breton galette), are cooked one side at a time and flipped (turned over) by the cook halfway through. Tossing a pancake well can be quite difficult, but good cooks become very good at it, tossing them high in the air.
North American pancakes can be made sweet or savoury by adding foods like blueberries, strawberries, cheese or bacon to the batter; bananas or chocolate chips are sometimes dipped in the batter too. British pancakes can be stuffed (put things in the middle) after cooking with a wide variety of sweet or savoury fillings. Both are often sweetened after cooking by pouring on syrup or sprinkling with powdered sugar.
In Canada and the United States, the pancake is usually a breakfast food made in a person's home. Pancakes are also served at restaurants and diners. One restaurant even specializes in pancakes; the International House of Pancakes has more than 1,000 restaurants.[1]
In Britain, pancakes are eaten as a dessert, or served savoury with a main meal. They are also traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday which is also known as "Pancake Day". (Shrove Tuesday is better known in the United States, France and other countries as Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday.) According to tradition, this used to be done in order to use up the last of the fat and rich foods before Lent which was a time when people did not eat rich foods. Charity or school events are often organised on Pancake Day.[2]
In the Netherlands pancakes are called pannekoeken and eaten at dinner. Pancake restaurants are popular family restaurants and serve many varieties of sweet, savoury, and stuffed pancakes. The Netherlands also has another kind of pancake called "poffertjes". Each poffertje is quite small. They are cooked on a large griddle with lots of holes for each poffertje. The cook pours the batter quickly into all the holes by pouring up and down the rows. When they are cooked,several poffertjes are put on a plate and sprinkled with icing sugar. There is often a poffertje stall at Dutch markets.
In Sweden and in Finland it is traditional to eat yellow pea soup followed by pancakes on Thursdays. A smaller pancake, often called a "silver dollar" pancake, is sometimes used to make hors d'oeuvres in place of crackers or other bread-like items.
Banana pancakes are a popular item in Western-oriented backpackers' cafes in many Asian countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, India, and China.
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Leanne Crow
Leanne Crow
|June 2, 1988[1]
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England
|Years active:
|46-30-38 in
|Bra/cup size:
|5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
|174 lb (79 kg)
|Body type:
|Eye color:
Long, Wavy
|Underarm hair:
|Topless, Bush, Full frontal
|Personal pages
Leanne Crow (born June 2, 1988 in Sunderland, England) is a British glamour model.
In April 2009 she vied to become The Sun Page 3 Idol, but failed to win. At that time her bust was a G cup. When she was 15, "my breasts grew overnight" from nothing to a C cup, and gradually kept on growing until she was measured at an F cup at age 17.[3]Over time her bust has grown, first to an HH cup, later to J, and as a result of her heavier breasts she has undergone a slight weight gain of 11lb. On 24th March 2011, in a YouTube Q & A session, Leanne stated that her breasts were currently at their largest ever size, and that she was now 34JJ; she said that her breasts went from a HH cup to a JJ in a little under four months.[4] In April 2013, it is almost certain that Leanne needs at least a K cup bra - she tweeted on 12th April 2013 that she was spilling out of her JJ cup bras.[2]
On April 2, 2010 she became the newest featured model at the busty glamour site PinupFiles. In September 2010 she appeared in her first photoshoot and video for DDF Busty, and also posed as an armed fighter for Actiongirls in a photoset titled "Busty Warrior." In March 2011 Score confirmed Leanne would be posing for them. Recognizing that they had just snared one of the most sought-after big-boob models in the world, Score titled her first photoset for them "Breast Royalty." In July 2011, Leanne indicated that she may shortly cease topless modelling to concentrate on lingerie and swimwear modelling. Fortunately she abandoned that idea, and it seems her output of topless photoshoots has increased. In July 2015 PinupFiles, and Leanne's personal site both mention her boobs are now 32M.
She currently resides in Malibu, California. She appeared as a guest star in The Eric Andre Show.
Partial Filmography
|Leanne's Stacked Summer
|Angela White, Charley Green, Leanne Crow, Maggie Green, Michelle Bond
|On Location: Puerto Vallarta
|Hitomi Tanaka, Jenna Valentine, Leanne Crow, Micky Bells, Natalie Fiore
If you like Leanne Crow, you may also like
- Kat Dennings - similar face and body
- Bea Flora - similar face and body
- Ewa Sonnet - similar face and body
- Karina Hart - similar face and body
- Karla James - similar face and body
- Luna Amor - dark-haired beauty with huge natural tits
- Rio Natsume - similar body
- Sarah Nicola Randall
- Rachel Aldana -similar face and body
- Demmy Blaze - similar face and body
- Satinee Capona
- Maggie Green - similar body
- September Carrino - similar body
- Cassandra Calogera - similar body
- Hitomi Tanaka - similar body
- Arianna Sinn - similar body
- Miss Voluptuis - similar body
- Charley Green
- Jaye Rose
Big tit movies / pictures of Leanne Crow
- Leanne Crow (official site)
- Leanne Crow webcam at Streamate
- Actiongirls Leanne Crow (babes & weapons movies & pictures, part of View Pornstars)
- DDF Busty Leanne Crow (big tit pictures & HD movies, part of DDF Prod)
- DDF Prod Leanne Crow (multi-site pass)
- PinupFiles Leanne Crow (pin-up pictures)
- Hot Legs and Feet Leanne Crow (leg sex pictures & HD movies, part of DDF Prod)
- Scoreland Leanne Crow (big tits pictures & movies)
- Topheavy Amateurs Leanne Crow (big tits movies & pictures)
- XX-Cel Leanne Crow (big tits movies & pics)
- Leanne Crow at pornhub.com
- ↑ Scoreland Blog
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Leanne Crow (12 April 2013). Tweet Number 322773974268387328. Twitter. Archived from the original on April 28, 2014. Retrieved on 25 September 2016. "I don't wanna order a K tho :( seems so big lol (although I am spilling out my JJs :s ) xx"
- ↑ "Living With Big Breasts – Busty Girl Interview"
- ↑ "Living With Big Breasts – Busty Girl Interview"
External links
- Snapchat: leannecrow88 (snapcode)
- Leanne Crow links at FreeOnes
- Leanne Crow profile at Lana's Big Boobs
- Leanne Crow at Big Boobs Hangout
- Leanne Crow at CandyCrib.com
- Leanne photos at Nuts
- Leanne Crow at Tits in Tops discussion thread
- Leanne Crow at Pimpy Porn
- Leanne Crow at ModelDb.net
- 1988 births
- June 2 birthdays
- Caucasian
- British
- M cup
- 34M bra
- Chubby
- Brunette
- YouTube
- Streamate models
- Webcam models
- Actiongirls models
- DDF Busty models
- DDF Prod Network models
- PinupFiles models
- Hot Legs and Feet models
- Score models
- Topheavy Amateurs models
- XX-Cel models
- Snapchat
- FreeOnes
- Lana's Big Boobs
- Pimpy Porn
- Nude models
- Daily Sport models
- Nuts models
- Page 3 girls


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I have recently discovered an interesting blog and while reading one of its posts I firmly believed Julio, the author, read my mind. I translated it with his help and with the help of Alex & Gillian Meldrum and here it is for you to read and enjoy.
When quoting for work, we seem to hear the same refrain – "expensive". Why?
When you take your car to the garage to be repaired, do you automatically question the cost and suggest that the mechanic's hourly rate is too high? Probably not. Yet we hear it routinely. Why should construction of a website be any different? Is there any real suggestion that the level of skill involved in creating websites is in any way less valuable than that of a mechanic? Or any other skilled trade or profession for that matter?
And even if your business model is geared to offer the client genuine value for the level of expertise provided, it's still the same complaint. Somehow, clients are able to find lower quotes and still think that this will deliver the same result ("their website") and therefore that we are "expensive". And they are not afraid to tell us this.
There are a number of reasons why this is happening. One of them is that the market is not yet ready to really understand what constitutes a 'good' website. There is a difference between being able to find what you need on the web (as a user) and understanding the architecture that the site needs to guide users to it. Many clients don't really understand what they need so they leap into the unknown and keep their fingers crossed. After all, when people are competing for your work, they will always tell you that they can deliver what you need – and they will usually tell you what you want to hear (as opposed to what you need to hear).
Let's think about this in a wider context. If you need a very good brain surgeon, how do you reach one? How would you choose one? You can't exactly look in Yellow Pages, under "good surgeons"! Other doctors would recommend one based on reputation and experience in their field. After all, most of us wouldn't know where to start with a list of criteria that makes a good brain surgeon. But what if you still had to choose from a shortlist? Where would you start? What if none of the candidates is suitable? How can YOU evaluate them, when THEY are the experts?
Inexperienced clients tend to rely either on mainly subjective criteria (such as the impression given by the salesman/developer and whether their face fits) or on a very common objective one: the price.
If the quotes for the "same job" are 6.000 Euros and 1.500 Euros respectively, what quote would you choose? The majority of clients would instinctively say "the 1500 Euros one".
But if you think about it for a moment, is it ever really possible to get more for less?
Clients are rightly wary, but if somebody offers a product for a fraction of the price, they somehow still believe that the final product will be essentially the same. But here's the crunch: all website are not equal. And if we continue the car analogy, if somebody offers you a brand new top of the range Mercedes for next to nothing, do you really think that it's a genuine bargain? Or do you suspect that there must be something amiss?
The truth is that, at the moment, websites seem to be bought much like apples at the supermarket. You can go to the budget supermarket, where they'll be cheaper, because you know there won't be much difference between them. Or if there is, it is probably so subtle that it is not really worth the effort of going to a different shop. After all, it's only apples.
But a website is not a kilogram of apples. It's not simple merchandise. A website is a custom development and the difference is always in the team working on it. The experience, knowledge, formation, seriousness and commitment of the team is key. The final product and its quality will be the fruit of this custom development and the results obtained from it will be directly proportional to this quality.
This is what the client needs to appreciate. If the product or the strategy of the client is not correctly established, or if the website is not usable, accessible from different platforms or if the code is not standard and semantic (and hence indexable by search engines) then they are wasting their money.
Suddenly the 1500 Euros "bargain" will be seen for what it is – a false economy. Perhaps the client will recognize that they have missed an opportunity to promote their business, to outshine their competition and to have a website that does what they need. Sooner or later they may need to develop a new website from scratch. This involves investing further time, energy and of course money.
Unfortunately, the majority of projects seem to fall into this category and that's why a lot of companies go through various websites, always looking for "the final version". Browsing a few random websites is enough to see how much wasted money and how many lost business opportunities there are.
Now that's what I call "expensive".
Other interesting posts can be found on Julios blogs: Stanque and Realidad Aparte. I strongly recommend those who understand Spanish language to take a look at Padres y empleadores. Clientes y usuarios.


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The leader of the group trying to defeat Maryland's same-sex marriage law on Wednesday downplayed the significance of comments made by a pastor at a recent town-hall meeting that gay rights activists have called "viciously anti-gay."
During the meeting, Robert J. Anderson of the Colonial Baptist Church in Randallstown, read from scripture as part of his argument against allowing gay unions.
"Those who practice such things are deserving of death," Anderson said, quoting from Romans, Chapter 1. He went on to argue that if Question 6 is not defeated on Nov. 6, "then we are approving those things that are worthy of death."
Derek McCoy, the executive director of the Maryland Marriage Alliance, the group leading opposition to Question 6, was sitting next to Anderson on the panel and didn't respond. On Wednesday, McCoy called the episode a "distraction" from the real debate.
Leaders of Marylanders for Marriage Equality had called upon McCoy, whose organization sponsored the event, to apologize and disavow Anderson's comments.
"Such rancid comments have absolutely no place in this debate," Sultan Shakir of Marylanders for Marriage Equality said in a statement sent to reporters Tuesday that included a video of the panel discussion.
On Wednesday, Shakir's group sent out a fundraising appeal from Irene Huskins, a police officer in Prince George's County, citing the episode.
"As a police captain here in Prince George's County, I protect and serve my community," Huskins said in the e-mail. "And I find these remarks horrifying."
McCoy responded Wednesday afternoon, issuing a statement that began: "Any attempt to imply that Dr. Anderson's reading of scripture was a call to harm gays and lesbians is false and serves as a distraction from the real issues of this campaign."
"From the beginning, we have been deeply committed to civility and honor the value of everyone's human rights," McCoy said. "We continue to deplore violence or bullying against any person and or group of people on either side of this issue. ... There are people of good will on both sides of this issue. ... Supporting traditional marriage does not make anyone anti-gay."
McCoy's group is seeking to repeal a law signed in March by Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) that would allow same-sex marriages in Maryland starting in January. The law was put on the ballot following a successful petition drive by McCoy's group.


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- Army Corps of Engineers hunting Red Foxes on Craney Island in Virginia. There's been a dramatic population increase and they're wreaking havoc on the waterfowl. A group of foxes can wipe out 40 to 50 nests in one night.
- The Whipstock Hill Preservation Society wins petition approval to protect 80 acres of wetlands near Vermont's state airport.
- Final Environmental Impact Statement for Wisconsin's Forward Wind Energy Center concludes that the impact on birds may be worse than originally thought.
- US Fish and Wildlife Service proposing changes to the use of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge in an attempt to protect the habitat and wildlife.
- Two Peregrine Falcons hatch at the State Capitol building in Lincoln, Nebraska. They're the first to hatch since officials began trying to get the species to nest there 14 years ago. The nest is only the second known active peregrine nest in the state's history. Check out their webcam.
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Toronto
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Car: BMW 540
Z4 and 540i on hwy7
saw z4, made sure it was 3.0. we rolled down to a light with 944 turbo, i took off slowly, then moduly floored my FWD VQ35 auto sedan. he was from behind and soon beside me, with momentum in place, by like 130 or so, he had 2 3cars, i jus let off, then the 944 turbo came flying by.
second race, we were all rolling like 2 3 cars away from each other, i didnt really bother, cuz both of them floored it before me and i was in wrong gear. the z4 had car in front of him and cut me off. they went thru the intersection with a COP on the sides, but i was surprised popo didnt give a crap and jus drove normally.
3rd race, surprised to see him coming back the way we raced like 10 15mins earlier. we finally catch a light. off the line i had about a car on him, barely brake torqued, as i heard him rev up a bit. by 130 140 or so, he was like half car behind me slowly creeping up, & let off.
4th race, some 3 series were in middle of us, i didnt know if z4 wanted to go, so i launched bit let off and floored it again, it was too late, he had like car and half on me. and this was going back to the east end, phucking cops, got bit nervous.
then raced 540 auto, i think the 97-99 ones, since the wheels didnt look like the new ones, with a girl and some d00d grinning. i got decent launch, had him all the way till 145 by half car, then he crept by and put half car on me at 150kph. he flip me the bird and left....
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Semites are a subgroup of Caucassoid. So yes, they are caucasian.
For anything non-medical, however, race doesn't matter in the slightest. And even for medical purposes, the differences are minimal. So why would we even care?
Admittedly, I love throwing it in white supremacist's faces every time... 'Hey, you know those really dark-skinned Indian people? Yeah, they're just as 'white' as you are.' It's hilarious.


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I'm off on holiday to the west of Ireland once again in a couple of weeks time, hoping to keep in touch with the tech world using my trusty old Acer Aspire One netbook running Ubuntu Netbook Edition. Yes I know it's old school – I don't have a 3G smartphone yet so I have to go this route. I use Google Reader as my RSS reader but this only works when you have an internet connection as it's an online reader. As I'll be away from public WiFi most of the time, I need to be able to update the feeds when and where I can and then browse them at my leisure offline. When travelled there 2 years ago, Google Gears was still supported so I could use this to read my feeds in Google Reader offline. But since then, Google has withdrawn Gears so I looked at the alternative they suggested in that post – Liferea (Linux Feed Reader), a desktop RSS aggregator for Linux.
No problems installing Liferea using
sudo apt-get install liferea
at the command line. To update Liferea with your Reader feeds, just click Subscriptions, New Source and select Google Reader from the dialog. Then enter your Google username and password. I have about 180 subscriptions in Reader and Liferea took about 20-30 minutes to read in all the feeds. And then I deleted the example feeds which weren't of any use to me.
I've installed version 1.6.3 but I get the impression Liferea is very much work in progress or else it doesn't play nicely with Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.10. It doesn't update feeds in alphabetical order although I note this had been added in later releases. Also there's no indication when it has stopped updating, other than the hard drive LED stops flashing. But apart from that, it seems to present my latest unread posts clearly in offline mode so it'll do the job I want on holiday. Doubtless I'll learn much more on how it works 'at the coal face'.
If you use WiFi, how do you browse your RSS feeds offline? Or is it time for me to get a smartphone? Or should I just switch off on holiday? Drop a comment below.


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Dulles Greenway fare hikes postponed
Toll Road Investors Partnership II, or TRIP II, filed an application with the State Corporation Commission for a fare increase on Dec. 30, 2013.
Four days later Del. David Ramadan (R-87th) filed a complaint with the SCC to have the application postponed.
According to a prepared statement from Del. Ramadan his request to continue the case until 30 days after the adjournment of the current Regular Session of the General Assembly was granted by the SCC.
The rate would have gone from $4.90 to $5.10.
"TRIP II's application to the SCC to further raise the currently disputed rates is a blatant disregard to the current investigation and an insult to the citizens of Loudoun County. I will continue this fight and use any and all tools available to me including invoking legislative privilege as I did in this case to ease the toll burden on my constituents," said Del. Ramadan in a prepared statement.
The Greenway is an easy punching bag for hack politicians. Area residents hate it, so pretend to do something about it.
Frank Wolf devoted the last decade of his career to it instead of actually working problems at the federal level. Ramadan has nothing else to show for his time in office, so he has also become a "Greenway fighter".
Refuse to use the toll road. Plan accordingly and save the 8.00 roundtrip cost or stop bitching.
Is there a reason this Ramadan guy keeps pushing to reduce the tolls? Is he up for re-election or something? I keep hearing his name associated with the toll prices, and wonder is there some other motive ? Maybe someone can explain?
The tolls are what they are. It should have not been a surprise to those that purchased homes near this road. If it was a surprise, I would work with a different real estate agent next time.
I do agree the tolls are high, but it is a private road.
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sorry ladies.....
but i have the best little guy in the world!!!
i had a dr's appoint this am at 9:30 so i left about 9ish & didn't get back till 11ish. when i left my mom & the kids were still asleep. well apparently my son woke up shortly after i left & decided to clean. granma & his sister slept to 10:30ish & he did it all on his own without coaxing. he made his & his sisters bed (she slept with granma last night) & my bed, he also picked up the floors in both rooms. he straightened up both bathroom sinks, cleaned the living room & playroom & organized their games in the hall closet. he also straightened up the kitchen table (it's being used as a desk at the moment so it's crowded with papers) & the counters. he had gotten his sister stool to help with things he couldn't reach on his own. oh, he also dusted some.
i was simple floored when my mom & duaghter told me all he had done. pretty much the only thing left to do cleaning wise is sweeping. did i mention my little guy will be 5 in a couple of weeks?
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That's a little guy who loves his momma. And from the sounds of it did a good job
That makes it even more awesome!
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he'll be 5 on 8/2.Quoting proudmommy690:
thats awesome!! how old is he?


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Modi can't endorse ghar wapsi till he gets Jashodaben home: Kamat
At a rally yesterday, the Congress leader said that if the PM could give Smriti Irani a plum posting and make Anandiben Patel Gujarat CM, he should have no problem giving his estranged wife her due
In an apparent dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders of right-wing outfits, Congress leader Gurudas Kamat said yesterday that the PM would endorse 'ghar wapsi' only after he brought his estranged wife, Jashodaben, home.
Gurudas Kamat and Jashodaben. File pics
The former Union minister added that doing so would also help if the PM wanted to lead by example in offering women respect and dignity. Addressing a gathering of workers at a protest rally in the city yesterday, Kamat said Modi would endorse the ghar wapsi movement only when he gave Jashodaben her long-pending due.
He added that if Modi could offer first-time MP Smriti Irani a plum ministry and make Anandiben Patel Gujarat's CM, then he should not have any problem with Jashodaben, whom he had declared as his wife in an election affidavit last year, getting her due.
When mid-day called Kamat, he confirmed these statements, but denied that he had any intention of humiliating the PM. "There is no reason for the media to misconstrue my statement. I merely said Modi should treat all women equally. And, Jashodaben is his legally-wedded wife, who deserves better treatment and facilities."
Kamat said Modi should at least provide Jashodaben a vehicle to move around in. "She (Jashodaben) travels in public transport. Can she not get a car from her husband?" BJP leader and state finance minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said Kamat's criticism was misleading. "These statements are not good for a democracy like ours. I pray that God grants Kamat some sense."


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Generally, we're not into childcare gadgets here. It's not that kids are cool — my kid is amazing — it's just that there generally isn't anything innovative or crunchy about 'em. Then Britax announces that its next high-end car seat is going to have side-deploying air bags and it throws our world up in a tussle. What else sweet gear have we missed in the toddle world? Anyway, the details on the car seat are slim right now, but apparently, the seat is only 1/2 bigger than the non-air bag model (that's the one I have for my boy) and the system works well. If more info flouts our way, we'll let you know. Oh, a video would be great….need to find a video of it in baby-saving action…
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