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THE government is considering feeding prisoners with elephant meat in a bid to improve their diet and keep the country's population of pachyderms in check.
"Things have improved and prisoners are getting three meals a day," deputy Justice Minister Obert Gutu told the weekly Zimbabwe Independent.
Plagued by cash shortages, prison authorities have been providing the country's 14,000 inmates with a diet of sadza/isitshwala, beans and cabbage.
"Since experts say there is an overpopulation of elephants in the country, why not get some of the elephants and give them to the prisoners as meat?" Gutu said.
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Randy Seaver's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun has us first figure out how old our great grandfather would be now if he had lived. Then divide that number by 4 to get our "roulette number." With this number, I find the ancestor with that number in my ahnentafel (ancestor) list. Then we are to write 3 facts we know about that person. Here's mine:
My great grandfather is George Warren Lancaster, born 19 Jan 1893. He would be 118 years old today if he still was living. Divide that age by 4 and I get 29.5. I'll round that to 29 making my "roulette number" 29. No. 29 in my ancestor list is Martha Jane Coor (1873-1942).
Here are 3 facts I know about Martha Jane "Doll" Coor:
1. Martha Jane was born 10 May 1873 in Crystal Springs, Copiah Co, Mississippi to James Madison Coor (1833-1890) and Melissa Ann Welch (1840-1976). She was the ninth child of ten and was only three years old when her mother died. Sometime between 1880 and 1890, the family moved to Erath Co, Texas. Her father died in 1890.
2. On 19 Mar 1892 she married William Carl "Cary" Lancaster (1873-1946). Cary & Doll had six children: George Warren, Willie Friend, Josephine Hazel, Margaret, Earl, and Pearl (the last two being twins).
3. Martha Jane died 15 Sep 1942 and is buried in the Upper Green's Creek Cemetery alongside her husband, who died four years later, 17 Dec 1946.
4. (bonus fact) My grandmother says she was called "Doll" because she was a beautiful woman.
One thing I realize as I write this is I do not really know much about Martha Jane. I will have to ask my grandmother for some more details. Such as what were her hobbies?
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Whenever you feel in need of a bit of whimsy in your life, head straight to the Sanderson Hotel in London where they literally have you 'tumble down the rabbit hole' into a world of fantasy for a few hours. Their Mad Hatter's tea is one of the most eccentric afternoon tea experiences you could imagine filled with theatricals, bespoke crockery, and a fantastical feast.
Set in the zen courtyard of this five-star Philippe Starck-designed hotel, the fun begins as you receive the menu, hidden inside a vintage book, and as you unravel the riddle around your napkin… A magical music box containing a ballerina dancing on top of the sugar will serenade your table to the sound of 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' as you slowly drift into this fantastical world they've created.
The whimsy continues with the custom designed crockery and tea service showing a variety of illustrations from clocks to birdcages and the Kings and Queens displayed on the teapots.
The first course to arrive are the sandwiches, honestly the least impressive part of meal, so take a quick bite of the Smoked Cumbrian ham with wholegrain mustard on sundried tomato bread, Cucumber and chive cream cheese on spinach bread, Cold smoked salmon and lemon butter on dark rye bread, and Egg mayonnaise with watercress and smoked sea salt on lemon bread before getting on with the sweet stuff, the real star of the show.
The highlight of any afternoon tea is the cake stand and this one does not disappoint. There are classic homemade savoury and sweet scones with herb butter and fruit preserves as well as light as air quiches on the first tray, though it's the little apothecary bottles you'll be reaching out for first. The tiny hand-written label spelling out 'Drink me' is enchanting, and so is the content as you sip through a mixture of passion fruit jelly and coconut panna cotta. You're almost expecting to shrink to 10-inches high after drinking the potion…but sadly nothing happens!
The top is adorned with 'strawberries and cream' homemade marshmallow mushrooms and carrot meringues served on a bed of pea shoots.
Next comes the cakes in the shape of 'Tick Tock' traditional Victoria sponge clock and a melting mango cheesecake coated in white chocolate by which time you'll be fully satiated…but don't miss the cute chocolate teacup filled with matcha green tea and white chocolate mousse and topped with a flower candy.
Initially launched in conjunction with Tim Burton's remake of Alice in Wonderland a few years ago, I'm glad this indulgent experience was such a hit that it stayed on and is now as popular as ever. I urge you to grab a few girlfriends now for a delightfully novel take on this most British of traditions.
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Coffee lovers looking for a different place to get a caffeine buzz in Juneau can now choose from something new, something old and something organic.
The Southeast Waffle Co., owned by 19-year-old Julie Patz, opened last week in the Squires Rest building in Auke Bay. Heritage Coffee, which has operated cafes in Juneau since 1977, opened a new cafe on Second Street on Monday. And in January, Eve Bejarano opened Made in the Shade, a coffee stand just outside Rainbow Foods that sells organic espresso drinks.
Patz, who graduated from Alyeska Central School in Juneau in 2002, spent three semesters as a business student at the University of Alaska Southeast before taking a semester off to put what she learned into action.
"I lived in UAS student housing and we were always up late, and there was never any place to go or anything to do," Patz said.
She worked for Java Jazz, a local coffee company, for four years, and she and her friends had a late-night tradition of making waffles, so last summer she wrote up a business plan for a waffle shop/cafe.
The cafe's menu is simple: espresso drinks using Last Frontier Roasters coffee and waffles made from variations of a recipe by Patz's mother. The cafe's hours are from 6 a.m. to midnight on weekdays, 9 a.m. to midnight Fridays, and noon to midnight Sundays.
"I just wanted it to be somewhere where anyone can come," Patz said. "Where college kids can come at night and fishermen from the harbor can get coffee in the morning."
Bejarano, who grew up in California but finally felt like she was home when she moved to Anchorage 27 years ago, began selling espresso at fairs around the state in 1993.
She visited Juneau last August to talk with David Ottoson, owner of Rainbow Foods, about opening a coffee stand in the Seapath Building, where Rainbow Foods relocated last summer.
"When I came to Juneau I felt like I was even more home than Anchorage," she said. So she returned to Anchorage, packed her Astoria espresso machine in her truck and moved here.
Bejarano decided to sell espresso drinks made with organic coffee and milk, although it increases her expenses considerably, she said.
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Heritage Coffee is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year with its Second Street Cafe and a remodeling of its other downtown cafe on Franklin Street, said Gretchen Garrett, vice president and director of marketing for the local coffee roaster.
The cafe will replace H-2 Go on Seward Street, a walk-in stand that was staffed by Aldwyn McCuistion, well known for his espresso drinks among employees of downtown businesses and in the State Office Building, Garrett said.
McCuistion will work at the new cafe with one other barista. The store will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
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The remodel of the Franklin Street cafe will resemble the design of the Second Street Cafe, Garrett said.
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UF eyes SEC wait-lifting
© St. Petersburg Times, published December 2, 2000
ATLANTA -- It's difficult to gauge today's hunger of the Florida Gators.
Win a rematch with Auburn in the SEC Championship Game and the Gators will hear, "Well, you oughta," the Gainesville guys having put a 38-7 hurt on the Tigers seven weeks ago.
But what happens if Steve Spurrier experiences a second straight Georgia Dome funk/flunk? Without question, across a vast and critical landscape, feisty rivals of the Gators and their controversial coach will unleash loud, nasty guffaws.
Becoming the best ... hard.
Staying up there ... harder.
Auburn has a bubbling vat of underdog motivation, like atoning for the Swamp slaughter of Oct. 14. There is raging desire to prove Tigers manhood to sassy Gators.
Nobody has difficulty getting revved to combat Spurrier and his soldiers, especially Southeastern Conference brethren, plus UF's now-dominant neighbor, Florida State.
This is SEC's highest court and the Gators are on trial. Today will define their 2000 season. Semisweet or somewhat bitter? If they again beat Auburn, it should be reason for a load of UF joy, winning a sixth league championship since S.O.S. became coach in 1990. Reaffirming the Gators as SEC lords. Stabilizing their national reputation.
To lose would be an ugly bruise. Jabar Gaffney, a Florida receiver just honored as America's best freshman player, said the Gators must take Auburn seriously, "Or we'll find ourselves going to the Outback Bowl or something."
Or something.
If the Gators mess up today, they fall to a 9-3 record, with back-to-back flops against defending national champ FSU and a suddenly gloating bunch of SEC-bossing Tigers, and Spurrier's frowning clan gets a two-hour New Year's journey from campus, going down I-75 to Tampa for what will be extensively embraced as an Outback consolation against Ohio State.
Better steaks than stakes.
Big-time college pressures can be semi-lethal. Unique challenges, with gobs of potential pitfalls, for football fellows who wear the colors of any school where true excellence is expected. Even at high-flying FSU. How quickly will critics frown if, say, the 'Noles take a heavy dip next season? I mean, they will be losing an extraordinary number of seniors in Tallahassee.
What if FSU goes 7-4 in 2001, failing for the first time to be ACC champion? Bobby Bowden will hear, "Has the old coach lost it?" While a 7-4 might trigger ticker-tape parades in Lexington, Nashville, Winston-Salem or Durham, you would hear some crank-the-hearses mentality if mighty Florida State produced the same numbers.
Gators understand.
Florida's seniors should be ring-ravenous today. Most of Spurrier's elders were signed just after Gainesville won a national championship in 1996 plus a fourth straight SEC trophy. But since, there have been no rings, except for the noises that echo in UF ears about going L-L-L against FSU and also taking a 34-7 whipping from Alabama in last year's SEC glory game.
"It's do or die for us," said Florida offensive tackle Mike Pearson. "We're not desperate but we are anxious. It's time to get some jewelry." This coming not from a senior but a sophomore.
Young men like Mike, as they mature over the next 60 years or so, will not enjoy living with a weak answer when asked, "Hey, weren't you on one of Steve Spurrier's championship squads?"
Even with their bombout in Tallahassee, these Gators should be viable for an A-minus grade this season, if they're rekindled as SEC kings with a 10-2 record, heading for a Sugar Bowl challenge that should be most invigorating.
Florida's detractors to the contrary, including an ambitious Auburn, millions of people would be made quite happy if the Gators handled the Tigers today.
South Carolina's upstart Gamecocks would celebrate, inheriting that chance in Raymond James Stadium to contest the Buckeyes. It would be preferred for Tampa, I would think, to get a giddy bunch from Columbia rather than wounded, less-than-gleeful Gators.
There also would be smiles from Sugar Bowl operatives, the New Orleans extravaganza landing revitalized Gators for a likely Jan. 2 pairing against a festering old UF rival, Miami (if Oklahoma wins the Big 12 championship).
Yeah, the 'Canes ...
Not only is UM second ranked in the nation, there could be double-dip Hurricanes motivation in the Sugar, the kids from Coral Gables feeling bamboozled out of the national championship game, plus knowing their university has been bypassed by Florida since 1987, following a history of 49 football meetings since 1938.
For just about everybody but the Auburn Tigers, and/or the most spirited of Spurrier enemies who never want to see him succeed, a win by the Gators today would be a good thing.
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Abby Wambach, Alex Morgan form impressive duo for US women
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DETROIT — Abby Wambach hopes to keep playing until the 2015 World Cup — a goal that suddenly looks a lot less daunting for the 32-year-old striker.
That's because Wambach — the second-leading scorer in U.S. women's national team history — now has plenty of help up front. With 28 goals in 2012, Alex Morgan has emerged as Wambach's ideal complement. Both are finalists for FIFA world player of the year, and these two standouts have put themselves in the record book alongside some of the most famous names in American soccer.
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French Flair Blue, White, Crystal
and Silver Tablescape Idea
This is a very simple, yet elegant silver tablescape theme which can easily be recreated at home. The centerpiece is a simple design of three crystal Christmas trees. I found an acrylic tree that look exactly like the ones in the photo, but is much more affordable than a crystal tree and you won't be able to tell the difference.
Each place setting begins with a Battenburg lace place mat, however, it will be just as fine to use a white or silver damask tablecloth instead of the placemats, if you prefer.
Each place setting is layers of china beginning with a glass charger plate as the base and next a beaded silver rim and cobalt blue dinner plate placed on top. They have then added layers of Lenox platinum rimmed china, crystal stemware, sterling silver napkin rings and sterling silver flatware.
Personally, I would use a beaded rim silver charger as the first layer of the setting, rather than the glass charger they used as I think silver always add more sparkle to the table and the glass in the photo looks a bit dull. I found an inexpensive Noritake cobalt blue dinnerware set with a platinum band which will do quite well with this arrangement.
To recreate the silver and French blue theme, I would layer the Noritake china with the Lenox china. Of course, any white or ivory dinnerware with a silver or platinum band would work equally as well for a budget conscious table setting.
As the finishing touch, they have added a few crystal tea light holders to the table, but I don't think it is enough candlelight. I always say, "You can never have too many candles." I would use more candles placed in sterling silver or crystal candle holders. Both would be even more amazing. If on a budget, silver mercury glass looks stunning in the candlelight at 1/4 of the cost of crystal and 1/8 of the cost of sterling silver.
It is important to keep in mind that any time a purchase of sterling silver, fine china, and fine crystal is made, it is an investment for future generations as these pieces will be passed down as family heirlooms. They are quality pieces that will last and last for years to come.
LED Christmas Tree Figurine
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I found the exact replica of the crystal trees featured in the photo above to replicate the tablescape center piece. I am amazed at how much these new acrylics imitate crystal with the way they catch and reflect the light adding sparkle to the table. I couldn't tell it was acrylic until I touched them to make sure. I like that it comes with a LED light inside the tree. The light makes the trees sparkle that much more.
LED Confetti Christmas Tree Table Top Figures
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LED Confetti Christmas Tree Table Top Figures Set of 2
Turkish Glass Silver Beaded Charger Plate
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Turkish Glass Silver Beaded Charger Plate
I think this glass charger plate is an elegant addition to recreating this tablescape! It has the same beaded rim design as the photo, and coordinates with the beaded napkin rings, but the silver beaded accent rim is NOT sterling silver.
This charger will, however, work beautifully as the 1st layer of a Silver Christmas tablescape place setting on any special occasion. The only issue that I can see is it has to be hand washed, which really isn't an issue for me, but might be for anyone acclimated to always using the dishwasher, especially if having to wash 24 dinner settings.
Something I have often done when planning a dinner party for a large group of people is to hire a kitchen service crew for the evening from a butler service. They will serve the meal courses, clear the table and clean the kitchen. This is an expense that is a huge time saver and worth the money to me. Often if a personal chef is hired to prepare the meal, the chef will have her own staff to serve and clean up.
Crestwood Cobalt Blue Platinum Rim Dinnerware
20-Piece Place Setting – Service for 4 by Noritake
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Crestwood Cobalt Blue Platinum Band Dinnerware
20-Piece Place Setting – Service for 4
This dinnerware set is an inexpensive set of white porcelain china dinnerware richly accented with a cobalt blue border and a wide, etched platinum band edging. I would use this set to capture the look of the French blue and silver tablescapes shown in the photos.
The cobalt blue in this setting will coordinate perfectly to achieve these elegant silver, blue and white Christmas table settings. The setting is a 5-piece place setting for a service of four. Use these plates layered with the Lenox Solitaire Fine Bone China featured below to achieve a beautiful platinum silver tablescape.
Lenox Solitaire Platinum-Banded Fine China Dinnerware
5-Piece Place Setting – Service for 1
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Lenox Solitaire Platinum-Banded Fine China Service for One
Lenox makes some of the most beautiful and affordable china in the world. The Solitaire pattern is simple, yet elegant, with its creamy ivory color and platinum banded rims. This is the china that was used in both of the French Blue Flair Silver Tablescapes.
I own this pattern myself and love how versatile it is. It can easily be mixed with any other china pattern for the stunning layered effects we see in our tablescapes, but it is also so elegant it will hold its own when placed on its own for any formal special occasion event.
My Grandmother handed down an 8 place setting set to me. I added all of the serving pieces and platters over the years and then passed the set down to my daughter. She is now adding more place settings as she often entertains large gatherings. This set has got to be over 70 years old as my Grandmother first got it sometime in the 1940′s and it is still just as beautiful today as if brand new.
The platinum bands do not chip off and the fine bone porcelain china still gleams. Owning Lenox China is an investment in heirlooms for future generations. As long as the china is taken care of properly it will withstand time because of the fine quality of the china.
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Sterling Beaded Napkin Ring
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Chantilly Sterling Silver 46-Piece Flatware
Place Setting Set – Service for 8 by Gorham
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Chantilly Sterling Silver 46-Piece Flatware
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Sterling silver flatware sets are heirlooms to be passed down for many future generations and this set is a great value in today's economy of the forever rising costs of precious metals. This set looks very similar to the sterling silver pattern I myself own and it is a gorgeous set.
Sterling silver flatware is always an investment in your heirs future and this set is at a very good price for sterling silver.
White Battenburg Lace Placemats – Set of 4
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Battenburg Lace Placemats – Set of 4
This set of Battenburg Lace Placemats are similar to the Battenburg Lace Placemats used in the top photo. Whoot! Only four come in the package, so if you want to get these, remember to get enough for the number of guest expected for dinner.
I like to get a count of 12 whenever I get placemats, but my daughter likes to get 16 at a time. She entertains on a larger scale because she married into a very large family. If you are on a budget and already have a white or silver tablecloth, it would be fine to use that instead of getting new placemats. If you want to recreate the French blue and silver tablescape in the above photo, then I would go with these placemats.
French Flair Blue, White and Silver
Christmas Tablescape
This French blue and silver tablescape is very similar to the first photo I featured from Houzz.com. In the first photo, they focused on crystal pieces for the tablescape and crystal Christmas trees for the centerpiece. In this photo, they have switched out the crystal and replaced it with silver Christmas trees and silver accessories. Silver birds have been added to the table decor with coordinating silver bird napkin rings, and the table is decorated with white glittered starburst and sprigs of silver glitter.
The Lenox platinum-banded china is used here again, but solely without a charger and without layering. This is a very simple, casual table with minimal sparkle. It uses the bold pattern of the place mats to make it pop. I would rather layer the table settings. I like to mix and match sets that I already have and I like using silver chargers.
For example, I have the Lenox Solitaire platinum set and use it often for special occasions mixed with other colors of china that I own. Sometimes it is layered with red or blue transferware, sometimes with white stoneware. I also have a set of green and ivory Manchester platinum edged china that is also layered with the ivory Lenox. Sometimes I use red or blue glass plates layered with the china. In my opinion, it adds more interest to the table.
In this setting, a tealight has been set in a white shabby chic scroll candle holder and placed at each place setting. As I mentioned before, it is just not enough candlelight for me. I would add taller candlesticks in sterling silver or silver mercury glass and add more votive candles or tealights at varying heights for added levels of light.
Seasons of Elegance 2-Pc Antique Silver Scroll
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Mercury Glass Trees with LED Lights Set – Set of 4
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Mercury Glass Trees with LED Lights Set – Set of 4
I love these silver mercury glass Christmas trees. I think they are a fabulous substitution and will look gorgeous used as the focal point of this tablescape. Personally, I would also add a silver or white santa with a sleigh and silver or white reindeer to make a fabulous winter scene replacement for the tablescapes focal point.
The navy blue placemats with the white scrolling sold out so I am replacing them with another blue and white design placemat set.
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Navy Blue & White Trellis Placemats – Set of 4
Sparkling Whites Glittered Starburst
Christmas Ornament
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Sparkling Whites Glittered Starburst Christmas Ornament
I would get about a dozen of these starbursts to decorate around the tablescape. Scatter some of these sparkling white starburst ornaments around the table to create a festive winter look while adding additional sparkle.
These ornaments are accented with glitter and can be used scattered randomly on the table, hung from the lighting fixture above the dining table, placed on the mantle and hung on the Christmas tree. A few could also be added to a centerpiece bowl filled with Christmas ornaments for a pretty accent. They come ready to hang so they can be placed anywhere you like.
Platinum Bird Swarovski Crystal Napkin Rings
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Platinum Bird Swarovski Crystal Napkin Rings – Set of 4
Songbird Bird on Tree Branch Metal Napkin Rings
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Songbird Bird on Tree Branch Metal Napkin Rings
I found this set of white silver metal songbird napkin rings to help recreate the French Flair Silver Christmas tablescape design. I like this design of the song bird perched on a tree branch, wrapping around the napkin. They are perfect for our holiday theme and at a very affordable price.
Platinum Plated Bird Salt & Pepper Shakers
with Blue Swarovski Crystal Eyes by L'Objet
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Platinum Plated Bird Salt & Pepper Shakers
Add several sets of these Platinum Plated Bird Salt & Pepper Shakers sets to the silver Christmas tablesape to coordinte with the siver bird napkin rings.
Ribbed Silver Mercury Glass Pillar Candle Holder
Set of 3
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Ribbed Silver Mercury Glass Pillar Candle Holder – Set of 3
Candles are not shown in either of the French blue and silver tablescape photos, but I believe in adding as many candles as possible to a Christmas tablescape. Candlelight brings a magical ambiance and a welcoming warmth to the room that your guest will appreciate.
I love this set of vintage style silver mercury glass candleholders and know just how exquisite they will look on our French blue and silver tablescapes! I would use white candles with these candle holders to coordinate perfectly.
All of the pieces from either tablescape can be mixed and match as they are basically the same table using a few different elements for a slight variation of the French blue, white and silver theme.
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Learning To Eat All Over Again
Micah February 03, 2011 Diet, Interviews 1 Comment
Marci Anderson is a Registered Dietitian and Nutrition Consultant in Cambridge Massachusetts. She had a lot of expert advice to share. You don't want to miss this interview. My recording of Marci's audio was having issues. I tried cleaning it up in post processing but it still isn't great. I'm still learning. I'm not giving up. Here is a brief summary of what to expect from the interview.
- You can eat anything … in moderation
- Learn techniques to overcome food addiction
- Food journal key to learning your habits and changing them
- Aristotle knew the key to health – BALANCE
- Portions Portions Portions
- Food is Fuel. Treat it like that
Marci Anderson RD
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Find Marci Online. She does offer consulting online or by phone if you have specific questions to ask about your diet.


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Is there a way to link my blog to facebook when using the wordpress app on my iPad? I will be traveling and would like to blog about my trip and share on fb. Thanks so much. Angelika
set up Publicize in advance on your Settings->Sharing page. Warning: all automated Post-to-Facebook thingies are downgraded by FB and don't show as frequently on your friends' news feeds. Manual posting works best.
Thank you for your response. I checked the settings on my wordpress app and I don't have a "sharing page. ". I guess I'll have to figure out how to post the link manually! Thanks again!
@angelika... If you are using the wordpress ipad app, you can access the Dashboard using the app. The resulting menu has just the icons, but the settings icon is the last one in the list. Are you able to open that? When I open that setting, I have 13 choices and sharing is one.
If yours just shows a partial list of settings, is it possible you are not the administrator?
Does your app need updating?
I was able to access the settings menu on the dashboard and am now connected to facebook! I never would have known to look under dashboard or that that icon was for settings - thank you so very, very much!!! Angelika
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It's been a while since I've written, and I could come up with every excuse in the book: I'm getting ready for an extensive Poor Man's Feast book signing tour in March and April (dates to come; I'm starting out west in some of my favorite spots in the world, and I hope to see many of you and have the chance to thank you for reading in person); my day job as an editor has gotten very busy; I'm writing a new book (more on that later; it's a bit surprising although not in a Fifty Shades way); I had the flu; Susan had the flu; now my mother has the flu. All of these excuses are valid, certainly. Still, I feel like my Life, cap L, has started to run amok, like it's a separate, stand-alone entity with a mind and Filofax all its own. This is what happens, I guess, when you don't pay attention to the immediate life, small L, that is your existence; instead, you get sucked into a vortex that keeps you spinning like a Dervish and struggling to keep your head above water until you pass out in bed each night and wake up the next morning to start all over again. Rinse, repeat.
I've been reading a lot lately about something called shenpa, which translates more or less to "attachment." Pema Chodron explains it more accurately as "getting hooked." It's a sticky feeling, she says; for me, it's that old familiar grind that I get in the pit of my stomach that churns and growls when someone says something mean or outrageous to me, even if I know deep down that it's their mishegas that's causing them to say it, as opposed to my own (and believe me, I have plenty). I want to fix them, or help them, or just make things right, dammit, and I lay awake nights, worrying, propelled by a kind of psychic adrenalin rush. Shenpa is an unspecific compulsion, and therefore can be relatable to anything; it's like not being able to scratch an itch, or not being able to refuse a drink if you're an alcoholic, or not being able to keep yourself from getting engaged and sucked-in. You take the bait, whatever that bait is, and you're off and running. Shenpa is a taxing, raging, unforgiving beast: it's the devil on your shoulder. It's like running a marathon while chained to a boulder. Forget about your day job — if you're stuck in a shenpa-driven cyclone, there aren't enough hours; there isn't enough energy coursing through your veins. Best to step off the track, to pause, to breathe.
I know when shenpa has me by the throat by the way I cook, and the way I interact with Susan. My brain goes elsewhere; I go through the motions. Standing at the stove, I get distracted by something; suddenly, I absolutely have to check my Facebook page, or my Twitter feed, or my email to make sure that that person I'm engaged with in a psycho-emotional digital drama hasn't responded, because then I have to respond. I'm making dinner for us, and those gorgeous pork chops (from the local spotted pig we had raised and slaughtered for us, and for which we had to purchase an expensive upright freezer) that are sitting in the blazingly hot, 1932 Griswold skillet we inherited from Sue's Aunt Ethel cook for a split second longer than they should because I wasn't present in either mind or body. Shoe leather. Very expensive, artisanal, locally-raised, hormone-free shoe leather. Susan has lit the candles and set the dinner table with our pearl-handled Laguiole steak knives, which can't even saw through the meat. She smiles and touches my hand and tells me it's really okay. Honoring the pig and all that? Yeah. I'd really like to, I think to myself, but I can't right now.
Shenpa, you crazy bastard, how are the kids?
Thirteen years ago this weekend, Susan and I went out on our first date; we found each other on-line and corresponded for three solid months before meeting, which contradicts Timothy Egan's assertion in his recent New York Times blog post, The Hoax of Digital Life, that on-line dating is "only the start of what led us down the road" of "commitment-free, surface-only living." We were both proceeding cautiously: my last serious relationship — with a highly conflicted physician — had ended disastrously ten years earlier. Susan's, also disastrous, had come to an end more recently. And while all of the people I met on line (unlike Manti Te'o's poor deleted girlfriend ) actually existed, they were not without their issues: one was married (to a man) with three children. Another chained her ancient Bichon to her radiator every night — just out of reach of her water bowl —to keep it from wandering around her apartment and peeing on her couch. Another was looking, she told me, for just a plutonic relationship. And then, there was Susan.
She was simultaneously shy and hilariously funny. She had a large dog — a Curly Coated Retriever named Macgillicuddy — with whom she shared her breakfast tea (lightly sweetened, with milk) and who, when she shook her head, would launch long strands of drool onto anything or anyone that happened to be nearby. Susan read Jane Kenyon and Donald Hall and M.F.K. Fisher, and kept an ancient, threadbare copy of Larousse Gastronomique on her nightstand. She had been a charter subscriber to Saveur, and remembered that Peggy Knickerbocker had written the article about the Old Stoves of North Beach. She loved stinky cheese, and simple food. She was in publishing, like me; we had mutual friends who never thought to introduce us. Eventually, we discovered that we had seen each other before — in 1986 — on a softball field (where else?) in Central Park, where my team (Avon Books) was being trounced by her team (Dell Books), and I had laughed at her because she was wearing bright red Sally Jesse Raphael glasses and matching knee braces.
It was a bitterly cold Saturday afternoon in 2000 when Susan and I finally met, at the Paley Center for Media in Manhattan; we sat through episode after episode of very early I Love Lucys — the ones with the Philip Morris ads — and had dinner that night at Titou, in Greenwich Village. Over cassoulet and duck confit and wine, we discovered our mutual fanaticism for roots music — we loved Hazel and Alice, and Emmylou Harris, and Ralph Stanley. She discovered that I hated beets; I learned that she hated cilantro although she adored Vietnamese food, which I found peculiar. And when we met the next morning for brunch at Christine's Polish Kitchen in the East Village, we sat for four hours over plates of kielbasa and pierogi and eggs.
I can tell you what she was wearing (dark blue cable knit sweater). I can tell you the exact color of her eyes (green). I can tell you that we developed a sort of tunnel vision that morning; we couldn't hear anything or anyone else around us, and when Svetlana, our nice Polish waitress with the white blonde braids asked us if we wanted more coffee, she had to repeat herself twelve times before we heard her. And I can tell you that when Susan noticed a tiny, quarter-inch long scar at the base of my right middle finger (the result of a freak accident when I was in sixth grade), I was done for.
Cooking for someone you love — planning what to make; shopping; standing in the kitchen and mincing and dicing and chopping with focus and undivided energy and attention — this is the very opposite of shenpa; it's a presence of life and brain and heart that nothing can disrupt — not Facebook, not Twitter, not email, not some weird psychic energy suck that threatens to ensnare your mind and refocus your attention on things that don't really exist. After that brunch, I knew that I wanted to cook for Susan and Susan alone, every day, and every night. I wanted to cook well, with love, and attention. And the following weekend, I did. I have, ever since.


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Some things I've heard and things I believe as baseball heads into the final one-fourth of the season:
There could be a fascinating debate in the front office this winter on Randy Winn's future, assuming he is not traded before then. I have heard some sentiment that he should be traded to make room for Nate Schierholtz, but I've also heard that the failed Daniel Ortmeier experiment has spooked some in the front office away from just handing a starting spot to a prospect.
Those of you who wish Tyler Walker would disappear might be interested to know that he is sure he will be nontendered as an arbitration-eligible player this winter. Question is, will the Giants try to sign him to a cheap deal before that, like they did last year? I haven't heard, but given how thin the Giants are at relief, I can't imagine they have ruled it out.
Clearly, Jose Castillo does not seem destined to be an impact player in the major-leagues. But he helped the Giants this year. You might think you can stick anybody at third base (or maybe a cardboard cutout of Brooks Robinson) and get more than the Giants got from Castillo this year, but that is unfair. The 820 innings he played there provided stability at a key infield position after Kevin Frandsen went down and Rich Aurilia was forced to play first base more because of Ortmeier's struggles. I disagree with anybody who says, over 4 1/2 months, that Justin Leone, Scott McClain or any prospect currently in the system could have done better.
Plus, Castillo busted his hump to try to stick with the Giants for more than a year. His attitude could not be questioned. Obviously, he was not the answer at third base, but he deserves credit for the work he did.
Another way to look at the obvious: In every game, every starting pitcher will make at least a few mistakes. Other offenses turn those mistakes into home runs. The Giants turn them into singles. No team can win consistently with that disparity, no matter how many doubles it hits or bases it steals.
People who argue that the save stat is meaningless and closers are overrated are just wrong. As bad as the Giants have been, imagine how demoralizing this season would have been without Brian Wilson's emergence. Still don't buy it? Ask a Dodgers or Mets fan how confident he is with Takashi Saito and Billy Wagner on the shelf.


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About the book (from the publisher):
Everything is Possible: Finding the Faith and Courage to Follow Your Dreams by Jen Bricker with Sheryl Berk (Baker Books, 2016)
Jen Bricker was born without legs. Shocked and uncertain they could care for her, her biological parents gave her up for adoption. In her loving adoptive home, there was just one simple rule: "Never say 'can't.'" And pretty soon, there was nothing this small but mighty powerhouse set her sights on that she couldn't conquer: roller-skating, volleyball, power tumbling, and spinning from silk ribbons thirty feet in the air.
Everything Is Possible is her incredible story–a story of God working out his plan for her life from before day one. Readers follow Jen from the challenges of growing up different to holding captive audiences numbering in the tens of thousands. Everything Is Possible shows readers what they can accomplish when they remove the words coincidence and limitation from their vocabulary. Filled with heart and spirit, as well as Jen's wit, wisdom, and no-holds-barred honesty, this inspiring true story points the way to purpose and joy. Foreword by Nick Vujicic.
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This book will encourage its readers. As a mother of a child with multiple special needs, I was particularly interested in reading it.
Each chapter includes the author describing something about herself or recalling an aspect of her life or an obstacle she overcome. Within each chapter, she features a brief note from someone important in her life who offers another perspective on Jen's personality. The chapters wrap up with a summary of the message the author hopes to convey to the reader.
The writing is simple, which makes it a fast, easy read. Quite a few cliches make appearances (like "cool as a cucumber" or "Energizer bunny") and, though this is a memoir, the writing tone sometimes seems a touch too self-praising, particularly in the early chapters. But, I think the intention is more to let Jen's energy and positive outlook bust through each page rather than be bragging. This book isn't meant to offer deep theological truths, but instead to share a story that might boost others.
"…the little choices we make–the small, the mundane, the minuscule ones–make the big ones possible." – p. 170
Her story shines of courage and perseverance, and she attests to the power positive attitude and growing faith has in everyone's life, especially in the special needs world.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana will have six home games on its 2014 football schedule including the conference opener against Big Ten newcomer Maryland.
The schedule released by the school Tuesday has Indiana opening its season Aug. 30 by hosting Indiana State. It's the third straight year the in-state teams will meet in the season opener at Memorial Stadium.
The Hoosiers only other non-conference home game is against North Texas on Oct. 4. In addition, the Hoosiers will host Big Ten rivals Michigan State, Penn State and Purdue, while visiting Iowa, Michigan, Rutgers and Ohio State.
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Can you document the month/year of birth? Perhaps if you provided names of siblings/Mother, it might help in this search; are you sure of the Name of this man?
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Biohazard Zone and Idea House
Sorry I haven't been posting for awhile. I've been under the weather and not terribly green (well to be honest, I've been looking very green at times, but not because of ecofriendliness). The number of trees that have died to keep me in tissue is probably equivalent to many old growth forests. And tossing those tissues into compost probably would have created a biohazard zone.
Yeah, It's been yucky. Well prior to my descent into muckiness, I was able to visit Sunset Magazine's Idea House 2007 that showcased a lot of new green technologies. Some of them were very cool, at least to me such as using an endless pool in the middle of the house as a heat sink to keep heat for the evening. Though me being a swimmer probably biased that as well.
Some other things that were very cool was a water collection system that cycled rainwater and grey water for re-use as irrigation. A combination of solar photovoltaics and passive solar that used Ultraviolet for energy was very hot. And the fact that the passive solar array used UV meant that even in San Francisco foggy days, heating still took place.
There is a lot of mainstreaming of these technologies before they can go into wide use at a lower cost. It's sad that to take advantage of these green technologies means being rich and hate to break it to the world. There are more non-rich than rich.
Regardless of the cost, it's good they exist. The Sunset house admission is $20, and is a donation. However, you can also volunteer through One Brick and see the house and it's companion apartment as an appreciation for volunteering.
*** Programming note: I'll be sans computer and network for a few days so posting will be sparse. I hope that you are able to get Martin Luther King Jr. day off. Recent political events show how distasteful politics is and trying to claim and assign ownership for change is really a silly thing. The important thing is we try to make change for the good, and that means the work of many in the capacities and powers they have been entrusted with. On Monday, we remember that as a country we widely held values that were unchangeable, and now those most of us view think those values now look ridiculous. Take a moment on Monday to rethink our assumptions, and remember that together we have the power to change the world.


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|500 coaches t Goshen Fairgrounds RV Rally,
we are here. Jerry hooking us up
|Walking path at Hickory Hollow RV
On our way there and returning we stopped overnight at a nice RV spot, where we have stopped before, Hickory Hollow in Utica Illinois off interstate I 80, a lovely peaceful spot with access for our rig, all hook ups, as well as wooded areas dandy for walking and hiking. I felt quite smug that I had avoided any mosquito bites with my wooded walks, until the next day when I had those tell tale red welts on my shoulders, I never felt nor saw them so I have decided these are the sneakiest mosquitoes I have ever encountered. We live in MN where the skeeter is the state bird! Very visible and we all know their presence while the buggers at Hickory are stealth biters.
This time we ate at a local Utical IL restaurant, Joy & Ed's, a 53 year old family run place...outstanding food everything is home made. I enjoyed the very best fried chicken there and that includes the delicacies in the south it was not greasy and simple with merely a dredging in flour I believe. I have some other photos and tales of the abandoned area nearby which I investigated this trip, but another time.
|Another road path at Hickory Hollow RV
|More IN Amish country near Goshen
Surprisingly I found a website for Lambrights..our GPS could not find it but we could easily in the back roads of the countryside....the place is Amish and while we had a nice visit with Verne, the Amish owner and the next day when we returned with a check for payment, because he does not do credit cards, as he said, without apology, he is old school. Although he was willing to wait for us to return home and mail him a check, it was an easy drive there and back through the countryside. We write so few checks that we really forgot to take along the check book. The next day was another sale for them as our friends from AZ, Gene &; Irmie also drove there for a look and purchased the same for their coach. Here is a lnk to a website with their information, http://issuu.com/shopach/docs/lcc-catalog Ours are the cream colored leather on page 17 of the catalog; I ordered the side computer table for mine but Jerry decided he did not need that. We shall see, he will likely wish he had later.
|Our friend Irmie, German, who lives in AZ with her
retired USArmy hubby Gene. She is
trying out the recliner style which we bought.
Another customer walking behind.
Our current ones are definitely for taller people and we have decided they are just not for us shorties, we feel like our heads are pushed forward at an uncomfortable angle when we lounge in them. We thought the vendor would be at the Rally but not so, and the others were not what we wanted so we drove the short distance to the site and our custom built order will be shipped to our home late July, custom dura leather. Jerry will have to install them himself as well as remove the two existing.
|Me with Lambrights windchimes
|Geoff & Marci out for breakfast
at Perkins last day of their visit.
|Jerry hooking up at Hickory Hollow RV
Jerry had his first cataract surgery Thursday and will have the 2nd eye done July 11, so it's busy here for me as I swing yet again into my Nurse Cratchitt or Ratchet mode, giving him eye drops 3 each, 5 minutes apart 4 times a day. Of all things he simply cannot put drops into his own eye and is the blinkingest with the upper lid; it is a challenging experience to go through and one alien to me as I used to wear contact lenses. Back then he could not understand how I could poke things into and out of my eyes because he is absolutely averse to anything nearing his eye. He has already noticed very improved vision in the right eye post surgery commenting on the brightness of colors and how he has an easier time reading while his cataracts were not that bad and could have waited under normal circumstances, he insisted they be fixed so he would be in best shape driving our big rig. .
We have been besieged with rain & wind storms and while I do love a good storm, enough already. We have been blessed not with the big trees down as has happened elsewhere and across the river in La Crosse. Of course this keeps us green and lush but just now the power blinked and I thought I might have lost some of this post. Fortunately not, so I best publish and get off here. Dinner tonite on the stove simmering is a pot of refrigerator soup--that's what I call the clean up, when it all goes into a soup-- some left over pork roast, a partial burger left over cooked into broth, tomatoes, fresh corn off the cob, shredded cabbage, kale, basil, onions, celery, peppers and whatever other tidbits are in the refrigerator including some cold pasta. I have been hungry for this and with the darkened skies and wet afternoon it will be a great evening meal. Not sure who will read this as I have been blog absent for awhile and likely that will continue. I have ideas but no time to sit and post...sigh, what happened, when I retired I was supposed to have all the time in the world, hah, surely you jest, time is too short...
Maybe the Amish are right, keep it simple you can't take it with you.
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Brides who have already planned the ceremony! Help!! I hadn't been asked ANYTHING about who we want to marry us, or what we want said, so I asked this in my last email to Victoria...
Do we need to talk about the ceremony itself and who will be performing this? We would like a minister for the symbolic ceremony (not a legal ceremony). When do we need to plan this?[Victoria Vazquez] yes , is a symbolic ceremony and the minister have your ceremony only if you have your own vows or something special for say is okay
Does anyone understand this answer?? I'm super anxious about the fact that I don't know the person who will be marrying us, and I don't know what will be said...ugh....and Victoria doesn't seem to recognize that I need a detailed list/writeup of EXACTLY what is going to be said.
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You may best recognize Steve Rannazzisi as Kevin MacArthur on The League, but he's actually also a stand-up comedian, and a damn good one at that. In the clip you see above, Rannazzisi tells the story of how he found his new drug dealer after moving to LA. The "humanimation" on this helps recreate that story and really adds to the bit as a whole.
Catch the stand-up special, Steve Rannazzisi: Manchild, on Saturday, November 16 when it premieres at 12am/11c on Comedy Central.
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Getting past the Gatekeeper
Here are a few ideas about getting past the Gatekeeper:
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- Letter of Introduction - send a letter to the prospect a few days ahead of time introducing your offer and letting him or her know you'll be following up with a phone call.


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The weeks and months of training have finally come to an end - and this morning at 8.30 a.m. hundreds of runners will take to the streets in the Walled City Marathon.
The weeks and months of training have finally come to an end - and today at 8.30 a.m. hundreds of runners will take to the streets in the Walled City Marathon.
Last minute preparations have been taking place all week with runners of all ages putting in a last final push for the event.
The forecast is expected to be good for the event which has attracted participants from across the globe.
To help the event go smoothly there are a number of traffic and travel restrictions.
Victoria Road between Craigavon Bridge and Newbuildings will be closed to all traffic from 7:30am to facilitate the start and early stages of the event. Buses will operate for race participants between the Foyleside East car park and the Everglades Hotel start line from 6:30am until 7:30 am when Victoria road closes to ALL traffic so please be at the bus stop no later than 7am (last bus 7:15am).
Limavady Road will also be reduced to one-way traffic city bound and traffic travelling towards Caw Roundabout will be diverted via Crescent Link. Pedestrians should note that the Peace Bridge will be closed from 10:00am to 1:30pm, so anyone going to the Carnival of Colours in St Columb's Park should avoid accessing via the Peace Bridge until after 1:30pm.
Other roads through the city could be restricted or down to one way traffic so please follow
advice from PSNI or Stewards as well as Traffic Diversion signs.
The city centre will be open for business as usual with only minor restrictions to traffic and on-street parking during the day.
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The major car parks at Foyleside and Quayside will be open all day as usual.
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The Cost Of Software Piracy
by Felix Richter, Statista.com
Despite all efforts by the industry to fight software piracy, the use of unlicensed software is still a widespread problem.
According to a recent report published by the Business Software Alliance, 39 percent of software installed on PCs around the world in 2015 was not properly licensed, costing the industry billions in lost revenues. In the United States alone, the commercial value of unlicensed software installed in 2015 amounts to $9 billion, with worldwide damages estimated to be five times as high. The rate of unlicensed software varies widely across different regions, as our chart illustrates. Unlawful use of software is particularly widespread in China, Russia and Indonesia.
Besides being illegal, using unlicensed software comes with another risk: the BSA found a strong correlation between unlicensed software and malware. According to BSA's analysis, those who use unlicensed PC software are significantly more likely to run into problems with malware at some point. This finding is particularly important to businesses trying to minimize vulnerability to cyberattacks. According to industry estimates, a successful cyberattack costs the affected organization $11 million on average, and that is not counting the potential reputational fallout should customer data be compromised.
This chart shows the commercial value of unlicensed software used in selected markets around the world.
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Posted by Mark AbramsWednesday, November 21, 2007
IRVINE, Calif. /PRNewsSpreader/ - MWW Group, an agency claiming to be one of the top ten PR firms in the U.S., today announced the promotion of Debby Vudhivadhana to account supervisor.
Debby, who joined the agency earlier this year, has "during her tenure become a key team leader on marquis accounts and has proven invaluable in attracting new business."
Mark Corbae, Senior Vice President of MWW actually said: "Debby has consistently shown the ability to adeptly align public relations strategy with client objectives. Her strong experience leading public relations campaigns for technology companies and her unsurpassed dedication to clients makes her invaluable to the team. We look forward to her continued contributions as a key part of the Irvine office."
Prior to joining the agency, Debby had been an AE at Integrity PR in California. Vudhivadhana got a BA in Communications from Cal State Fullerton.
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Posted by Amanda ChapelTuesday, October 30, 2007
First if I may, I'd like to take a moment to thank our many supporters and loyal fans. It's been overwhelming. Truly. I'm told that while I was away, we received just over 600 emails, letters and cards (637 to be exact). Two people sent flowers. :) I'm touched beyond words. Suffice to say that all of us here are all deeply deeply grateful.
With that in mind, management has asked that I reconsider. Thought is that maybe we acted rashly. Hmmm... I know I didn't. A return is not in the cards, I'm afraid. But the fact that others may think so surely means that I owe friends, colleagues, and our readers a more detailed explanation. Here it is in a nutshell: I believe with every ounce of my being that the PR business is being eaten by a 10-headed hydra. Frankly, I think the future of our business is questionable at best and certainly undignified.