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MIPS Technologies, a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital home, networking and mobile applications, has announced that Android 4.0.3, the latest release of the Android 4.0 platform also known as "Ice Cream Sandwich," is now available for the MIPS architecture.
The MIPS port was completed within 24 hours of being released by Google into open source on December 16. The Android 4.0.3 code for MIPS is available for download at http://developer.mips.com/.
In January, an Android 4.0.3 over-the air (OTA) update will be available at http://www.ainovo.com/ for existing MIPS-Based Android tablets from Ainol Electronics and will also be pre-installed on tablets that begin shipping as of that time.
In addition, the open source release of Android 4.0.3 from Google contains support for MIPS' LLVM technology. Over the past year, MIPS Technologies developed this technology based on its belief that the LLVM open source compiler infrastructure will continue to gain acceptance across the industry as a basis for application portability. Already, LLVM is an underpinning for key Android facilities such as the Renderscript applications programming interface (API). MIPS contributed its technology to the official Android source tree because of its strategic importance for application developers.
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Is Athena in Athens, her namesake city? If so, where and how does she live? Do today's Athenians "believe" in her? As a deity, historical figure, patroness? Under the guise of a honeymoon, I went to find out. I looked for her on the streets and in the people. I'm still not sure if I found her- maybe if you read between my lines you can tell me?
The fundamental confusion I had about ancient Greek civilization was with all those blurry, intersecting lines. Drama, philosophy, mythology and history all seem to intertwine, leaving one to wonder if a Cyclops is a real threat and if Helen of Troy existed. When people ask about the honeymoon, they don't ask me if I could feel the Acropolis while I slept (I could), they ask if I witnessed riots and unrest. Poor Greece. Poor because they suffer from a national reputation as lazy and economically challenged, rather than as descendants of an innovative and influential civilization. The blurry lines could not exist without so much that flourished. It's a lot to uphold while the world is calling you lazy.
On Adrianou Street in Athens, Aristotles Marouli sold me a beautiful leather bag. I asked him about Athena and he accessed his Greek pride which was not too far beneath the skin. "I am Greece. I am sorry." He said he was sorry not because he was sorry to be Greek, but because he was about to insult the European Union. The Sunday before our conversation, the vote had passed to stick with the Euro rather than return to the Drachma. "I am not Germany. I am sorry. They killed millions of people. And we? I am Greece." We spoke for a while about Greece's contributions, dating back thousands of years, and the relative youth of countries such as my own. So what do people see and feel when they look at images of Athena and the other Olympians? According to Aristotles, they can draw on these figures as a source of pride, much needed in this time of disregard.
On to the island of Naxos, and to Nicoletta, gregarious daughter of the family that runs Hotel Grotta. Mama makes pies (fig and kefalotiri!), Papa makes wine, and Nicoletta is a tourist's muse. On the grounds of lovely Grotta, you can park your ATV in the shadow of the Temple of Apollo, which like the Acropolis, you can feel in your sleep. As Chicagoans orient themselves to Lake Michigan, Naxians have the iconic ruin constantly on their radar, nodding in its cardinal direction instinctively in reference while indoors. I asked Nicoletta who her favorite deity was. "Mmmmm… Apollo. Yes, the music, but also, he was laid back. And Athena, she was smart, clever. Not Hera, she was jealous. Yes, sure Zeus was unfaithful (Naxian wink), but he is the father of all the gods. Ehhh… Athena was clever to plant the olive tree… yes, I love olives too… and they are good for so many things. Not Aphrodite– too passionate– I don't want all that passion. Not all the time. Just on special occasions (Naxian wink)."
But how do people regard the Olympians today? In a religious way, historical, cultural, or something else?
"It's for pride. Today many see us for our struggles. When we look back to Ancient history, we feel pride. (Head instinctively tilting toward the Temple of Apollo.) Religious, no. Greeks are generally Orthodox Christians. My parents' generation more-so than mine, which is more secular. You see my parents' generation dressing in black, attending church regularly, but ours is more relaxed."
But I've heard that there's a resurgence of polytheism. That some people do worship the Olympians as actual deities.
"You heard this? Where? Oh wait. There was something. A family in my son's kindergarten class. The young boy did not want to go to church, which we understood, that is common. But more than that he wanted his classmates to pray to the Olympian gods. The family was not from Naxos; they were from Athens."
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Hellenic Polytheistic Reconstructionism emerged in the 1990s, and in Greece is now institutionalized under the Supreme Council of Ethnikoi Hellenes. As fascinating as this is, I decided not to hijack my honeymoon and search for hellenic rituals. Instead I did some shallow Wikipedia research and found that "polytheistic reconstructionism is not a religion itself, but is the methodology for re-establishing a historical polytheistic (or pre-Christian) religion in the modern world". I imagine the kindergartner and his family practiced Hellenismos or Hellenism, a traditional polytheistic religion that revolves around the Greek Gods, focused on Athena and the other eleven Olympians. The Supreme Council's website has a comprehensive and bold FAQ section that holds no ambiguity. For example:
Some make fun of Ethnic Hellenic religion by referring to the wanton sexual practices of the Gods. How do you respond to this?
We simply pity them, because of the degenerate level of their boundless stupidity. Our Gods and Goddesses are not personalities, nor do they have a gender that would allow them to participate in physical practices necessary for mortals.
We Ethnikoi Hellenes, describe the Gods anthropomorphically simply because the High Theology contained within the Myths can be better appreciated when it is changed into a more comprehensible language, conforming to human measures. Every Myth hides within it one of many profound symbolisms. Mortals are invited to seek and research them according to their quality, which is dependent on their Understanding of the Cosmos and Education. It is not surprising therefore, that when vulgar people bring a Myth down to their base level they interpret it accordingly.
I must be one of these vulgar people, because while gazing at anatomically awesome statues, I did spend some time thinking about how in the versions of the myths I know, gods and mortals sometimes get it on. This happens in in a transcendent way in a book I picked up in Mykonos, the day before our ferry departed for the ancient island of Delos.
Have you ever read something that you're torn between recommending for a Pulitzer or for use as toilet paper? Morning on Delos by Giorgos Asimomitis is a true genre-buster, combination erotica/sci-fi/political op-ed. Its protagonist Zannis Elefterios is a hunky activist-scientist-time traveller, and poses a major threat to the neo-conservative movement in the United States. Thinly veiled as George W. Bush and the republican administration, the "Guidance Council" wishes to convert the United States to a theocracy. Made up of the Pastor-in-Chief, Secretary of Sacred, and the Crusader General, the Council is threatened by Zannis' team of scientists who have been traveling in time to solve historical anomalies. If they solve the eighth anomaly, the Council may be thwarted in their plan to replace democracy with theocracy.
Zannis' time travel is not physical, but rather a journey of his consciousness, aided by a psychotropic cocktail and Pallas, Zannis' love interest, who anchors him to the earthly dimension as he travels. Despite a mutual attraction and hours spent together in the lab, Zannis and Pallas do not initially act on their impulses. When Zannis travels to 454 BCE Delos to witness the anomalous destruction of the island, he is moved by the scene of two Delian children. The boy falls off a cliff and dies, despite the girl's attempt to save him. She lives, but is hours later raped by pirates. Zannis wants to travel back to this time and place to embody the boy, avoid his death, and save the girl from pirates. Before traveling back to Delos to rewrite history, Zannis and Pallas make love, a transcendent experience that makes him realize she is "not human in the ordinary sense". Once in Delos, in the form of the young boy, he runs into the goddess Athena, who he mistakes for Pallas. It turns out Pallas and Athena are co-workers, Shepherds who traverse time. Athena is before going into after, and Pallas is after coming into before. After providing him sexual enlightenment, Athena brings Zannis before the twelve Olympians. They straighten his form to ideal perfection, rearranging him in their image to the thirteenth Olympian, and sending him back to his own time. Zannis' sacrifices as a traveler result in the obstruction of the Christian Right's takeover of the United States. He allows his astral body to join essences with Pallas, and they become Shepherds together.
So who have we found so far?
A clever goddess who was worshiped by your ancestors, in which you feel pride.
A relic of an honorable tradition, that makes you truly Greek.
A free and independent entity, flowing unhindered through and around the material world.
A literary Shepherd of time, helping mortals fight just battles against theocracy.
How did I first know her? Like many, my first introduction to Greek myths was through the beautiful illustrated anthology by D'Aulaires.
What this version of the myth tells us:
She is the goddess of wisdom.
She was Zeus' favorite child, having sprung out of his head.
She was birthed wearing a robe and helmet, with grey eyes.
Nike was her companion, the spirit of victory.
Athena led armies, but only for just causes.
She was skilled at the loom and the potter's wheel, and demanded respect from her students. She turned the boastful Arachne into a spider in punishment for weaving an irreverent scene of Zeus and his many wives!
She competed with her uncle Poseidon for Athens, settling the dispute by giving a finer gift. Poseidon struck a cliff with his trident and made a spring. Athena planted an olive tree which gave the people food, oil, and wood. For this, she won Athens.
She ruled from the Acropolis with the wise owl on her shoulder, and the artful Athenians prospered.
The reason the olive tree was the best gift of all, is because it gave the Greeks self-reliance. This is still part of the modern Greek character. As a lazy honeymooner, I was welcomed on Athens and every island, but no desperation for my Euro or approval was displayed at any turn. In a difficult economy, the Greeks still have their olive tree, and they still have Athena. From the moment she sprung from her father's aching head, she's been guiding heroes from Odysseus to Perseus. If you agree that I found her, you can agree that she still guides the Greeks of today.

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i would so love ...a career on a super yacht...just look after everyone!..ive just looked after all my kids...6...from i was 16...believe in me!..cos i do!
I've dealt with hookers on charter sevreral times and in my experience, they've all been really nice. I feel kind of sorry for them. There has been a little undercurent amongst the crew of why are they on board, but nothing major...part of the job and some nice girls really.
Everything I've written is hypothetical. This forum was construed for a specific response and clearly the industry standard is, "what happens on the boat stays with the boat regardless of whether it is legal, moral or immoral".
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This is not a story about architects.
This is not a story about NFL players.
This is a story about 18 kids who traveled outside of their normal box, climbed into a new one, and proceeded to build their own.
Fam 1st Family Foundation, a nonprofit organization in Oakland, created by cousins and NFL pros, 49er quarterback Joshua Johnson, and Super Bowl Champion Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch, is built around a simple yet engaging framework: bridge athletics with academics. This mission is accomplished by hosting workshops, tutoring sessions, camps, bowling nights, barbeques, etc. for underprivileged youth in the Bay Area in order to empower and educate while simultaneously building self-esteem. But never before had they hosted an architecture camp.
When Cameron Toler, Assoc. AIA, learned Fam 1st was looking for someone with an architecture background to assist with building a youth center in Oakland, he immediately recognized a larger opportunity. What about an architecture camp? Toler suggested the idea as it seemed to fall in line with Fam 1st's mission. "At first I couldn't see the correlation," admitted Lynch, "but the more I thought about it and saw, thanks to [Cameron], how the two corresponded— I became excited." The basic concept—to host an event where kids delve into the world of architecture by designing their own youth center—made perfect sense. After all, these kids would be the target demographic who will populate and utilize the facility. Who better to design and understand what they want and need? The trick was then to figure out how to teach the fundamentals designing within a 4-day time span.
Toler recruited AIA East Bay president, Jeremiah Tolbert, AIA, and got to work on this very quandary (among others). For the next several months, the two met on evenings and convened on weekends to plan, organize, strategize. Even their regularly scheduled runs around Lake Merritt were spent discussing logistics. Basically, all free time was devoted to Architecture Camp 2014.
Thanks to over 6 months of preparation and an "epic volunteer power" (as Toler referred to the volunteer crew), eventually all fell into place and on Jun. 25, the first ever Fam. 1st Family Foundation Architecture Camp commenced in Wurster Hall, College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley. 9 boys and 9 girls between the ages of 11 and 14 were thrown in, and set to the task of creating their own youth centers—a place reflecting a determined, strong and resilient spirit.
These four days, however, were filled with more than architecture activities. Yes, the kids were all exposed to architecture vocabulary. They observed and sketched while taking in the jargon. Functionality. Sustainability. Praxis. Materiality. As they sketched, observed, listened, measured and cut, something in their minds began to transition, and a new mode of thought took over.
Days were filled with more than creating inspiration boards, completing 30-second sketch exercises, constructing 3-D models and measuring space and wind and weather and sunset effects. For example, the group took BART, many for the first time, from Oakland. Thursday afternoon was spent tossing a football around with Lynch and Johnson. (It's not every day a child gets to catch a tight spiral thrown by an NFL player, no matter what neighborhood they call home.) The group also received a back-stage tour of the California Memorial Stadium on UC Berkeley's campus—a field trip over which many adults from prominent communities would salivate.
All of these activities combined were in the hopes of making connections between the built world and the environment as well to the people served by the structure. "The skills I accrued through my childhood activities gave me the toolset I need to confidently pursue many things not just architecture. Our goal with the camp was just that – provide our young people with a set of skills which they can put into their toolbox. Hopefully someday they'll reach into that toolbox of skills, pull out what they need, and be able to build their dreams," said Toler.
"Design-thinking , the ability to communicate your ideas, problem solving—these are things that benefit us in life."
As for the toolbox, the architecture one includes many marketable and necessary skills. Tolbert remembers having one conversation with a girl in attendance who mentioned she wanted to be a writer and musician. So he began to talk with her about the rhythm within a building and how it is necessary for the harmony of the entire structure. "Design-thinking , the ability to communicate your ideas, problem solving—these are things that benefit us in life," said Tolbert. "It would be great if they all became architects, but if they could grow up and be good people who are consciously aware, then that would be better," he continued.
However, it could very well be that some do end up becoming architects. According to Lynch, "When I saw what they were doing it blew me away. In such a short amount of time they came up with incredible ideas. You know, we put kids in a box but when you take them out of that box they surprise you with how they blossom and bloom."
Blossom and bloom indeed. Some of the ideas were so impressive they will actually be implemented in the existing design scheme. Apparently, they were in their own zones, in their own Beast Modes.
(All photos courtesy of Jeremiah Tolbert, AIA)
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Discussion in 'NFL Draft' started by TitanJeff, Apr 28, 2012.
What about Gerhart from Arizona State as a center??
Yea his go around with Pacman didn't turn out so well, lets see if Janoris is any better.
Still seems to be some good players on the board that had 2-3 round grades, hopefully we can get a solid player ala Verner a couple years ago.
Dolphins didn't need him.
Yea... he's a lot like Bush
Ill take Boykin or Ben Jones in the 4th please
Scratch that....Ben Jones just a went to the Cows. Damn.
If Amano is our starting center I will run him over with my FedEx truck
Texans did that just to piss us off. They don't need a starting center.
Is anybody else seeing this random family?
Cousins is probably going to get pissed about that lol..
Exactly what we said in the chatroom, don't they still have Meyers??


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I am a fiction writer with a (mostly) completed novel, several novels in progress, dozens of short stories, a couple of screenplays, and a million sketches for future projects. I am also a marketing specialist who writes white papers, brochures, and websites, and an academic who drafts long articles, essays, and reviews. In short, I'm a person who uses advanced writing-software to help me craft and manage complex pieces of writing.
My brother, on the other hand, works as a manager in an advertising agency, which means most of his writing takes the form of email. But like so many other people in this world (about 80% in the U.S., according to the Jenkins Group), my brother wants to write a novel.
The question is whether the same piece of software works just as well for him as it does for me. Can Ulysses 2.0 help both beginning and advanced writers reach their final drafts? Let's take a look.
Ulyssess 2.0 belongs to a small category of writing apps that help writers manage the sometimes hundreds of documents that go into the development of a single, final draft. At the same time, it aims to help writers focus their attention on the content of the written work, rather than its form. It is both a robust project-management application and a minimalist, distraction-free editor.
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Before you read any further, you should know that I am a devoted user of Scrivener, an app that attempts to solve many of the same challenges as Ulysses. While I would like to remain unbiased in this review, my long and happy history with Scrivener ultimately colors my response. This is not a bad thing.
Project Management with Ulysses 2.0
When I begin my creative-writing classes every semester, I tell my students to abandon Microsoft Word for an application like Ulysses. Writing projects involve dozens (if not hundreds) of individual files, everything from character sketches to maps to timelines to notes, not to mention the various drafts that each document will go through.
Trying to manage all of those files and drafts via Word documents and file folders is unwieldy, and before you know it, you spend more time managing your system than you do drafting your text.
Ulysess aims to solve that issue by providing a single window into the depths of your writing project.
Projects & Documents
Each Ulysses file (.ulys) is a container for your entire project. It contains each of the documents that will go into the production of your final draft, from the words your readers will see to the notes and sketches you make along the way.
Each document, meanwhile, contains the content you want to include in your final piece and the notes you used to create it. You can think of each document as the piece of paper where you do your writing and the sticky notes you attach to it.
Document Metadata
Each document also has metadata associated with it. There's the usual character, word, paragraph, line, and page counts, and a time-stamp for when the document was last saved. There are also two customizable fields, one for Status and one for Label.
The Status field contains options such as "New," "Draft," "Revised," and "Final," but you can change those to whatever you want. The Status also assigns a color to each document, making it easy to scan through the Documents Browser for just those documents you want.
Like the Status field, the Label field can also be used however you want, and depending on the nature of your project, you'll probably want to change the options each time. A scholarly article might have Labels such as "Interview" or "Source Notes," while a piece of fiction might use "Chapter" or "Character Bio" for its Labels.
Filters, Groups, & Collections
Each document in your project can be added to a Filter, Group, or Collection to make it easy for you to manage a set of related documents. These are kind of like folders, but they're much more useful.
Filters are saved searches, similar to Smart Playlists in iTunes. You can create multiple conditions for each Filter, which means you can build a simple or complex filters to fit your needs.
The difference between Groups and Collections is subtle, but important. Both are like folders, but Collections are folders for your documents whereas Groups are folders for your Collections and Filters.
You can use these options to view your documents in more than one context. For example, a single document might exist in a Filter based on the Label for "Needs Revision," a Collection titled "Chapter 2," and a Group called "Antagonist Perspectives."
With Filters, Groups, and Collections, not to mention Labels and Status, it's easier than ever to manage your writing.
Comparing Ulysses' Project Management to Scrivener's
As I mentioned above, I'm a die-hard Scrivener user, so let's compare Scrivener's project-management features to Ulysses.
Text Documents Only: A Ulysses project can only contain text documents (including imports from Microsoft Word), but Scrivener lets you collect Web pages, PDFs, images, videos, and any other file you might wish (you can't edit most of these files in Scrivener, but you can store them there). Since many writing projects require more than just text documents, Scrivener seems the stronger app.
Text View Only: Along with collections, filters, and a document browser similar to Ulysses, Scrivener also includes storyboard and outline modes. The former allows you to view your project as a collection of index cards, which you can move around as if on a table in front of you. The latter lets you look at your project as an ordered outline, with various elements of each document (title, synopsis, label, status, etc.) relegated to its own column (like a spreadsheet). Again, since various stages of a project require seeing your documents in a different light, Scrivener seems to me the stronger app.
Writing with Ulysses 2.0
While the project-management features separate Ulysses from word processors such as Microsoft Word, the true test of any writing app must be whether it makes you want to write. Beautiful, subtle applications such as IA Writer and Ommwriter have raised the standard by making the act of writing on your computer as pleasurable as you can imagine. How does a robust app like Ulysses 2.0 stack up against its minimalist brethren?
Semantic Editing
Maybe the most confusing part of Ulysses 2.0 is its billing as a Semantic editor. If you have any familiarity with John Gruber's Markdown or with Microsoft Word's "Style" feature or with HTML and CSS, then you already understand Semantic editing. If not, then think of it like this: Semantic editing separates the look of your text from its meaning.
In a regular text-editor, you decide when you want some bit of text to be italic, and you set its formatting accordingly. But what does that italic text mean? Is it a note to yourself or is it a bit of text that you want your reader to emphasize? In a Semantic text editor, you set the meaning of the text and the look of it comes later.
The benefit of a Semantic text editor like Ulysses is that it forces you to concentrate on content, rather than distracting you with formatting. While it can take a while to get used to, and it looks kind of messy on the screen, a Semantic text editor such as Ulysses creates true, distraction-free writing.
Standard Writing Mode
The editor in Ulysses' Standard Mode takes up the center column in the app's three-column layout (see the "Overview" screenshot above). When editing in Standard Mode, you can view all the documents in your Browser, the active document's metadata in the Control Panel, and your Notes.
Using tabs, Ulysses also give you easy access to a variety of "open" documents. When a document has been changed but not saved, a little black dot appears next to its title in the tab bar.
You can also use a Split View for the active document to get two different views of the same document, helpful for when you want to view two sections of the same document that are pages and pages apart. Instead of scrolling back and forth, just enter Split View and see both sections at the same time.
Full-screen Writing Mode
As every writing app must do nowadays, Ulysses 2.0 offers a full-screen writing mode. Called "Console Mode," it's designed to resemble the console computers from back in the day.
When you enter Console Mode, you can't do anything else but write. You can't play with the notes of your document, adjust its Label or Status, open your Documents Browser, or anything else. Just you and your text and the act of writing.
Obviously, by hiding everything from view and preventing you from opening anything else, Console Mode helps you get in the zone; it would be nice, however, to have the option of seeing your notes if you want. Scrivener gives you this option, opening secondary files (notes, images, etc.) in a floating panel over your main text.
Customizable Fonts & Colors
Unlike some of the minimalist writing apps, Ulysses allows you to set up whatever fonts and colors you wish for the Standard and Console editors, the Browser (colors only), the Notes pane, the Preview pane, and for Printing. You can adjust these on a per-project basis, or save them as a Theme for use in future projects.
Exporting Your Final Draft
Because Ulysses is about the writing process (as opposed to the publication process), it includes plugins to export your final draft for publication. The preinstalled plugins include exporters for Plain Text, Rich Text, PDF, LaTeX, and Microsoft Word.
Each plugin includes various options. When you select "Export" from the application menu, the plugin takes over the last two columns of the app window, with each plugin giving you various options to set.
Currently, the only plugins available for Ulysses are the ones included on the install, but the download page of The Soulmen's website displays a ghosted item for Plugins, which makes me think there will be more plugins in the future.
Final Thoughts
I began this review by asking if Ulysses could serve both beginning and advanced writers. The answer is undoubtedly yes, but I have to add a qualifier due to the Semantic text editor. Many writers are not savvy with technology, and the concept of a Semantic text editor will seem a bit geeky to them. I know that instead of learning to write semantically, my brother would rather get going on his novel (of course, Ulysses can be used as a plain-text editor, with the Semantic aspect only showing its geeky head if my brother wants a bold or italic button).
Add on that Ulysses prevents the user from importing photos, PDFs, and the like, and I'd have to advise my brother to choose Scrivener instead.
Ulysses is a great product, but it's not the best there is.
Ulysses is a project-management app for writing projects, as well as a Semantic, distraction-free text editor.
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These writing tools are way overhyped. TextEdit is all you should ever need in any writing project.
People often ask what word processor they use. It doesn't fucking matter! I use TextEdit exclusively. Other people write in Microsoft Word and code in TextMate+ or some fancy web-based collaborative editor like EtherPad or Google Wave. WHATEVER. A feature-rich editor will NOT make you a better writer. Writing will make you a better writer. Writing, and editing, and publishing, and listening – really listening – to what people say about your writing. This is the golden age for writers. We have a worldwide communications and distribution network where you can publish anything you want in a browser and – if you can manage to get anybody's attention – get near-instant feedback. (Can you say WordPress?) Writers just 20 years ago would have killed for that kind of feedback loop. Killed! And yet you're asking me to use Ulysses and Scrivener for all that? Just fucking write in TextEdit, then publish, then write some more.
Clearly you've never had to organize a massive collaborative writing project with lots of research, accompanying images, and things other than the main body text. Sure you can write "everything" in TextEdit. Glad it works for you. But some people still need to organize everything else.
If you don't want to use a program that will help you with the organizational side of things, fine, but don't assume that everyone else should write like you.
Not sure why you're so worked up. I didn't see anything in this review that said writers had to choose Scrivener or Ulysses. Use whatever software works for you. However, since you appreciate the feedback loop, using the word "fucking" doesn't impress me with your creativity and it doesn't make your argument any stronger.
I tried Scrivener, I really tried. Then I found Ulysses.
I'm very visual and was really attracted to Scrivener, but in the end, I found it overwhelming. Further, some of the features I found appealing in Scrivener did not work the way I needed them to (corkboard). I tried very hard to like it, to use it well, particularly as everyone else seems to 'get it.'
I find the uncluttered, clean Ulysses a better place for me. I'm addicted to the tabs at the top. I tend to think/process in Twig (Tinderbox's little brother), then write in Ulysses (academic work).
It would be nice to know, given the different types of writing in your life, if you find different programs better for different needs, or if one, Scrivener, does them all for you equally well.
I keep looking at Scrivener, wondering what it is that I'm missing but the rest of the world seems to get….
p.s. it is separate, not seperate. ; )
Hi Deb,
You're right that Scrivener can seem a little overwhelming, and I'm glad you pointed that out. To my mind, though, Scrivener is an app that "grows" with you. As you come to develop more of a system for managing your writing, you'll start to say, "I wish I could do X.," but then, with a little of investigating, you'll realize that, "Hey, Scrivener already does X!"
With that being said, it's great that you found Ulysses and that it works just right for you. While I can't agree with the anger in the first reader's comment, I understand his point: the magic is not in the software, it's in the writer. If Ulysses helps you channel that magic more so than Scrivener, all the power to you!
Thanks for commenting…and for your eagle-eyed proofreading :-)
I used for Ulysses for my M.A. Thesis and loved it. I liked how I could make each document a chapter, and easily see the word count, and have another document open as a tab with refs., etc. I've tried those other types of apps which you can add PDFs and whatnot… bloat!! I used PDFs of course as references but stored them separately in folders. Ulysses was awesome. AND it easily handled Cyrillic and Arabic.
As an aside, it was irritating to keep reading about "Scrivener this" and "Scrivener that" when the title of the post indicated a review of Ulysses, not a comparison. Unless this article is edited to remove the Scrivener references the title should be changed to "Comparison of Ulysses' offerings with Scrivener"
One size does not fit all. I tried a bunch of writing programs but Scrivener worked the best for me. If you have a ton of research to do in order to complete your novel then Scrivener is clearly the best choice. No other program on the market has the capabilities to organize research data, including picture, music, video, and pdf files, etc., all in one place. It can be a bit overwhelming at first, because it's not linear, but with the video tutorials I was up and running in a few days. I could certainly have written my novel without Scrivener, but with the hoards of info I had to compile it would have taken me twice as long–no kidding. Here is one example. Let's say you are working on a chapter where you need to research boats and sailing because you need to thread those details through your chapter to win credibility with your reader. Well with scrivener, I can split the screen in half and have all of those statistics as to the boat that my protagonist will be sailing on the left side of my screen, and the chapter in which I am intending to weave those statistics into on the right side of my screen—or visa versa. And those stats or facts or whatever, that I wish to put up on the left side of my screen can be text, or video, or picture files, or music files etc.. The point is you don't have to go into another software to dig up all the stuff you have gathered for research it's all right there— right next to the chapter you're writing. And when you save your Scrivener file at the end of the day and back it up in dropbox or Spideroak or wherever, you only have to back up one file because not only are you backing up your Novel but also all of the data you have collected and placed inside your scrivener file for that novel. It's simply brilliant!


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The King-Chávez-Parks Future Faculty Fellowship Program
About the Fellowship
The purpose of the King-Chávez-Parks Future Faculty Fellowship Program is to increase the pool of traditionally underrepresented candidates pursuing faculty teaching careers in postsecondary education. Preference may not be given to applicants on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, gender, or national origin, however applications are encouraged from minorities, women, people with disabilities, and individuals from cultural, linguistic, geographic, and socio-economic backgrounds who would otherwise not adequately be represented in the graduate student and faculty populations.
The program was created by the Michigan State Legislature in 1986 as part of the larger King-Chávez-Parks Initiative designed to stem the downward spiral of college graduation rates for students underrepresented in postsecondary education. Future Faculty Fellows are eligible to pursue a master's or doctoral degree at the public universities in Michigan, and are obligated (by signed agreement) to remain in postsecondary faculty teaching or administration in a public or private, 2- or 4-year, in-state or out-of-state postsecondary institution for a minimum of three years equivalent full-time. A portion of this service obligation may be completed while a student earns his/her graduate degree. Fellows who do not fulfill the obligations of their fellowship agreement may be placed in Default, which results in their fellowship converting to a loan (referred to as a KCP Loan) that the Fellow repays to the State of Michigan. A Master's recipient may receive a maximum of $20,000 towards their degree and a doctoral student may receive a maximum of $35,000 towards their degree. Learn more about the KCP initiative through the State of Michigan.
Sample agreements for master's and doctoral students are available.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible, an applicant must:
- Be a US citizen.
- Be a Michigan resident (contact the Graduate School for questions).
- Be accepted into his or her Michigan Tech graduate program of choice.
- Be planning and able to teach or secure an administrative position in postsecondary education.
- Not have received another KCP Fellowship award for the same degree level (master's or doctorate).
- Not be in default status on any guaranteed student loan and/or a KCP fellowship.
Application Procedure
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. To receive full consideration for funding beginning in the summer or fall, applications must be received by March 1. Applications for funding beginning in Spring 2018 are due by 4pm on Tuesday, September 12, 2017.
A complete application will include:
- A 1-2 page statement of purpose written by the student as it applies to the KCP fellowship goals
- A current resume or curriculum vitae that includes positions held, fellowships received, current funding, and expected funding, if applicable
- A letter of support from the graduate program (chair, dean, program director, or advisor)
- the merit of the candidate.
- how the student will contribute to the diversity of the program.
- willingness to provide financial support to supplement the KCP funds
- the mentoring plan for the student.
Please submit complete applications to the Graduate School, attention Dr. Debra Charlesworth (a single PDF via e-mail to email@example.com is preferred). The review panel will also consider the candidate's application to Graduate School and current Michigan Tech transcript (if applicable).
Evaluation Criteria
Applications will be evaluated by a panel consisting of one faculty member from each college or school on the following criteria:
- Academic merit of the candidate.
- Ability of the candidate to conduct independent research.
- Level of commitment to pursuing a career in postsecondary education.
- Level of support from the graduate program.
A priority will be placed on first time students.
Prospective students should contact Jacque Smith with questions about Michigan Tech's programs and how to apply. Current and prospective students with questions about the KCP fellowship should contact Debra Charlesworth.


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Toys are our thing. We search far and wide to find the best in wooden toys, baby toys, toddler toys, ride on toys, puzzles, games … you get the picture. And, as a toy store, we have always carried plush, or as some people call them, stuffed animals. Often they are just that – stuffed animals. But, in a sea of stuffed teddy bears, puppy dogs and furry monkeys arose something so unique, so cute, and yet SO UGLY, we just had to have them. And, we have forever remained enamored of our soft, plush friends – Uglydolls!
Believe it or not, Uglydolls have been around since 2002, but have seen a recent rise in popularity, mostly spurned by winning the Specialty Toy of the Year award from the Toy Industry Association in 2006 and by a certain Miss Sasha carrying one to her first day of school in Washington DC last year. I have to admit, these dolls won me over when I saw my first life-size Uglydoll walking around Toy Fair years ago, and I still love to see them staring at me with their goofy faces in our retail store or warehouse!
Created as drawings on correspondence between two artists, David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim, Uglydolls quickly grew into a whole line of adorably ugly creatures that are not only cuddly, but fast friends to children and adults alike. With bright colors, unique faces and equally unique names and personalities, Uglydolls have become a popular mainstay in specialty stores nationwide. But, why are they so popular? I have a few hunches why …
Uglydolls are the perfect gift for any age – young ones love that they are a fun doll with which to cuddle, older children appreciate their hip design and "room décor presence," and adults are taken by their artistic appeal, quirky descriptions and "non-stuffed toy" look. It's not very often that you find adults purchasing dolls for themselves – I know I normally wouldn't consider it!
And, it's the non-stuffed doll design of the Uglydolls that make them perfect for kids that normally shy away from the traditional stuffed toys and plush. But don't think that those children that like classic stuffed toys will want to stay far away from Uglydolls – they love them just as much! And whether kids like them for their individual designs or their unique story lines and descriptions, we know they won't be able to stop with just one Uglydoll – they will need to create a whole Uglydoll family!
With a variety of sizes, colors, shapes and goofy and ugly designs, there is an Uglydoll to please just about anyone. And with new characters introduced every year, the ugliness of the Uglydoll line just keeps on spreading. So come on – everyone needs a little ugly in their life, don't you think?
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This morning, I made breakfast for both of us for the week. I saw this awesome idea on this blog: http://undressedskeleton.tumblr.com/Recipeindex. She has amazing, yummy, and healthy recipes. Anyway, we made our own healthy version of egg mcmuffins pretty much. I mixed eggs and bell peppers together, put them in a muffin pan, and stuck them in the oven. We also put turkey bacon on them and some cheese. We then stuck the whole thing into an indoor grill. It will be a nice easy breakfast to grab in the morning so I am excited and I actually cooked something that tasted good. I am becoming more and more domesticated every day ha ha.
I also FINALLY found my wedding shoes:
They are custom made, super comfortable, and gorgeous. I didn't think it was going to be possible to find. Of course, they doubled my budget again... but that seems to be the trend for wedding spending right now.
We also took the babies to the dog park today. Mickey was an absolute shit and went around growling at all the bigger dogs. Never close enough to do anything because he is a big baby, but he was making a ton of ruckus. Luckily, we met a really nice lady who was understanding of our dog. She had a beautiful older husky that was super gentle with him and put up with his nonsense until he calmed down. Towards the end he was chasing the big dogs and playing with them. Miss Laila was mellow as usual, but she was a lot more adventurous than usual and kept walking away from Kyle and I. Usually, she is pinned to my side so I thought that was good progress.
Anyway, my focus is on getting as strong as I can mentally and physically. I'm cutting out as much bad junk as I can and that will be including alcohol. It is so much easier to focus on my goals when I have a fully stocked gym that I can go to.
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After hard luck and heartbreak, Sunny finally finds a place to call home--in the middle of an Afghanistan war zone. There, the thirty-eight-year-old serves up her American hospitality to the expats who patronize her coffee shop, including a British journalist, a "danger pay" consultant, and a wealthy and well-connected woman. True to her name, Sunny also bonds with people whose language and landscape are unfamiliar to most Westerners, but whose hearts and souls are very much like our own: the maternal Halajan, who vividly recalls the days before the Taliban and now must hide a modern romance from her ultratraditional son; and Yazmina, a young Afghan villager with a secret that could put everyone's life in jeopardy. In this gorgeous first novel, New York Times bestselling author Deborah Rodriguez paints a stirring portrait of a faraway place where--even in the fog of political and social conflict--friendship, passion, and hope still exist.Originally published as A Cup of Friendship.
"Rodriguez paints a vivid picture of Afghan culture. . . . As if Maeve Binchy had written The Kite Runner."—Kirkus Reviews
"A superb debut novel . . . [Deborah] Rodriguez captures place and people wholeheartedly, unveiling the faces of Afghanistan's women through a wealth of memorable characters who light up the page."—Publishers Weekly
"[A] fast-paced winner of a novel . . . the work of a serious artist with great powers of description at her disposal."—The Kansas City Star
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Finally, some new info is released.
It has been confirmed by Sony that they are having a conference meeting on September 13th in Japan. The top executives of the Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. will answer the long awaited questions that many gamers have today. Some of the most important issues that the company will tackle at the conference is the DVD movie support and the modem play.
  It is already very obvious that Playstation 2 will support DVDs, that does not necessarily mean that it will allow us to watch DVD movies on our screens. The DVD drive must be accompanied by a special movie decoder that could convert digital information on the disk into video and sound signal. This additional hardware could increase the price of the system and it could be useless if you already own a DVD player. A good option for this matter is to have the decoder sold separately that could easily be plugged into a ready made port in the system. But it is for me to say and the rest to decide.
  With Dreamcast showing off its modem play capabilities, you can bet to see the same feature in PSX 2. Sony has enough time to make the modem play somehow better since they already know Sega's competing system.
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Arrival and Dismissal Information
Arrival/Dismissal Procedures for Brooks School
These procedures are designed with the anticipated traffic flow in mind. Procedures may be changed as the year progresses based on our experiences. Parking is limited in the area and the parking lot is for school staff only. Please be mindful of our neighbors and do not block their driveways. Do not park in the School Bus Drop Off Zone on Auburn Street before 9:00 AM or after 2:00 PM on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and 1:00 PM on Wednesday.
Students should not arrive prior to 8:15 AM, when outdoor supervision begins. Once students arrive they should go directly to their line; there is no playtime before school. Teachers bring the classes in at 8:30 AM. Students should be in their classrooms at 8:40 AM, the beginning of the school day.
Bus and School Van Students:
- Students will exit the bus or van under the supervision of school staff. Bus students line up by grade level at the Auburn Street entrance and van students with a classroom aide.
- At 8:30 staff will bring students into the school; other teachers will be in hallways and stairwells to direct Grade 2 to 5 students to their classrooms.
- Kindergarten and Grade 1 students will wait in line in the foyer in front of the office to meet their teacher or classroom aide and go with them to the classroom.
Walkers/drop offs:
- Mr. King, Mrs. Sherman- Hudson and Mrs. Feltch will meet their students outside at the doors to their classrooms. Mrs. Micieli will meet her students at the door between Mrs. Feltch and Mrs. Sherman-Hudson. K students may not enter through classroom doors after 8:40 AM.
- Grades 1-5 will line up in the play areas on the Allston Street side of the building by grade.
If you wish to use the school driveway for drop-off, for the safety of all students please note:
- The driveway is one-way: enter from Prescott St., exit onto Allston St., right turn only when exiting during arrival and dismissal times.
- You must wait to pull over to the curb to drop off your children, children should exit only on right-hand side of the vehicle to avoid traffic in the driving lane and go directly to line up with other students in their class.
- Do not park or exit your car in the drop off area. If you wish to bring your child to his/her line you must park on the street.
The driveway can get very crowded with cars waiting to drop off students; your cooperation in moving through the area in a courteous, prompt, and safe way is needed.
Drop off is only allowed at the lower level entrance on the Allston Street side of school. Please do not bring your child in or drop your child off at the Auburn Street entrance before 9:00 AM. The Auburn Street entrance is only for students that have arrived by bus.
Late Arrivals:
Students who arrive after 8:40 AM must check in at the main office before they go to class. Ring the doorbell to be let into the building. No one will be admitted through other doorways or kindergarten doors.
Inclement Weather:
In the case of rain, snow, or extremely cold weather students will not wait outside in the morning. Grade K will go into the cafeteria and grades 1 through 5 will go into the gymnasium.
The school day ends at 2:35 PM Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
Dismissal is at 1:30 PM on Wednesday, including the first day of school.
For the Safety of Our Students:
Parents, guardians, etc arriving for pick up are not to enter the school driveway while children are at recess and the orange cones are in place at the end of the driveway.
Bus Students:
- Teachers and other staff members will supervise bus students in the gym on the third floor. Students will line up by bus number. A Kindergarten aide brings K students to the gym.
Van Students
- Teachers or aides will bring the students out and assist them in boarding the van.
- The teachers dismiss K-3 students who are picked up or who walk home in the area of the main exit on Allston Street.
- The person meeting the child should identify himself or herself to the teacher. After the first full week of school, students in Grades 2-5 will be dismissed when they let the teacher know they have seen you. Kindergarten and Grade 1 students must always remain with the teacher until you or a designated person comes up to the teacher to greet them.
- If you are picking up in the driveway, please remember to stay in your car. Do not stop in the driving lane and allow your child to board the vehicle. Children should only enter the vehicle on the right side after you have pulled over to the curb.
- Students in Grades 4 and 5 will dismiss through the end door on Allston Street at the stairs. Please do not stop and block Allston Street to allow your child to board the vehicle. Children should only enter the vehicle after you have pulled over to the curb.
- If you stay to speak with a teacher, to enjoy the use the playground or to visit with friends, please do not park in the pick up area. The pick up area is the curb area from the staff entrance to the end of the driveway at Allston Street.
- Do not park in the area of the loading dock and dumpster. This area is for deliveries and custodian staff parking and should never be blocked by unattended vehicles.
A Reminder:
Parents/Guardians must notify the teacher in writing of any changes to the child's going home routine. Do not leave dismissal schedule changes on the teacher's voice mail or email.
This safety rule includes but is not limited to:
- Changes just for the day
- A child going home with anyone not designated on the Emergency Form
- A child using a different bus for a play date etc. or the same bus but a different stop
- Any permanent changes to your child's dismissal schedule. The office will update the Emergency Form with your permanent changes.
When a change is to occur, a note from the parent/guardian gives everyone, including your child, a clear message for the end of the school day and the teacher, the child, and in some cases, siblings and the bus line monitors, all have the correct information at dismissal.


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Vivani, Organic Dark Chocolate, Espresso, 3.5 oz (100 g) (Discontinued Item)
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Our finest quality mouth-watering chocolate has a high proportion of cocoa.
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Cocoa liquor*, raw cane sugar*, cocoa butter*, espresso café* (2%). Cocoa solids: 70% minimum.
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|Serving Size: 10 pieces (42 g)
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As an occasional sleep aid
Better than Orange Flavor
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I always buy DARK version of this chocolate. It was sold out this time, so I bought three of this and also orange flavored ones. I was expecting strong coffee flavor, which I don't care for much, but the grain of espresso was rather fun to crunch! I wanted more than 80% chocolate ratio..., so the rate I gave is 4. I will definitely keep buying this one. Thanks for your considerate ingredients!
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2 Fall Lovin' Recipes…
Tags: apples, fall, french toast, pumpkin, rice pudding
Good Sunday morning everybody! Thanks to all those who participated in the POM giveaway. Congrats to commenter #202, Bunny from Bunny's Warm Oven Blog who won the POM coupons by a random drawing. Congrats Bunny, email me with your mailing address so I can get your coupons out to you!
Phew, I felt like a new woman Saturday afternoon. I finally used up a gift card for a massage and facial I received last Christmas. I had to laugh after my massage was over because when I went in, I was picturing just a nice easy going gentle massage and what I got was some intense deep tissue deal, glutes and all (is that normal?! Totally akward!) I was literally cringing most of the time and waiting for it to be over. I don't know why I didn't say something, next time I'll know to say "I'd like the easy massage!". Now, my facial however, was a dream. I loved every minute of it and am going to try and talk my husband into letting me do it often. What a complete treat. Ok, yada yada, I could go on and on, but lets move on….
Up first is this fabulous fall lovin' Pumpkin Pie Rice Pudding I created for an upcoming 3-A-Day of dairy post. Now, you either love rice pudding or you hate it. I happen to absolutely LOVE it and this one is crazy good. Go on and treat yourself to a little rice pudding this holiday season. Top it with a little fresh whipped cream and you'll be even happier!
Spiced Pumpkin Pie Rice Pudding
3 Cups cooked jasmine rice
2 ½ Cups 2% milk
¾ Cup prepared pumpkin puree, such as Libby's
½ Cup granulated sugar
¼ Cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
3 inch cinnamon stick
1 fresh vanilla bean
1. Place cooked rice, milk, pumpkin, sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt and cinnamon stick into a medium dutch oven or heavy bottom pan over medium low heat. Stir to combine. Split vanilla bean in half length wise and scrape out the seeds with the back of the knife. Add seeds and split bean into rice mixture; stir to combine. Let rice simmer for 15-20 minutes or until thick and creamy. Before serving discard vanilla bean halves and cinnamon stick. Sprinkle tops of each bowl with brown sugar if desired.
6 servings
Caramel Apple Upside Down French Toast Bake
Next is this naughty brunch style French toast I put together. It is sweet and could be eaten as a dessert no problem. There's just something about warm spiced apples and French toast that just makes you feel so darn good. I had to pretend there were no calories in this one so I could enjoy every bite. If you don't have large ramekins, I'm assuming you could use a generously greased 7×11 inch baking dish. You'd have to have a large enough serving dish to flip it onto. Enjoy!!
Caramel Apple Upside Down French Toast Bake
½ Cup brown sugar
1 Tablespoon corn syrup
4 Tablespoons butter
5 medium apples, peeled and thinly sliced
3 eggs slightly beaten
½ Cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
¼ teaspoon salt
8 sliced cinnamon swirl bread
1. Place brown sugar, corn syrup and butter into a large skillet over medium heat. Stir until melted and just starting to bubble. Stir in apples and cook for 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low and set aside.
2. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, milk vanilla and salt until well combined. Spray 4 large 2 Cup capacity ramekins with nonstick cooking spray. Divide apple mixture evenly into ramekins then place 2 pieces of cinnamon bread over top, pressing gently. Pour egg mixture evenly over each ramekin. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Uncover each ramekin and bake in oven for 40-50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean from center of each. Remove from oven and let cool for 10 minutes. Carefully place your serving plate on top of ramekin and flip over so that apples are now on top. Serve warm.
4 Servings
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Both dishes look awesome! BTW, I have that same tablecloth! 🙂 I look forward to your chicken chili and cornbread!
P.S. I meant to say congrats to Bunny!
you might think Im odd but I really like the brutal kind of massage!!! I love rice pudding too- haven't had it in ages though!
Hey Jenny…thanks for more yummy recipes! And, I'm a professional massage therapist, so I can tell you that massage of the glutes is really important…they are some of your biggest and most used muscles! In fact, I'd complain if the massage therapist didn't work on them. As for the pressure, always speak up and just ask for a little less pressure…they won't be offended at all. They're just waiting on feedback from you.
Hope that helps!! Have a great day!
Congratulations Bunny!!! Enjoy that POM juice!
We LOVE rice pudding….I can't wait to try it with pumpkin-'tis the season after all.
And the upside down French toast…..4 words…there goes the diet!….then again….what diet????? 🙂
Great fall recipes!
Congrats to Bunny! She is on a roll!! Wow! Cute!
I don't know if I am a fan of rice pudding, but I pretty much adore anything flavored with pumpkin and since it is coming from you, I am sure I will love it. The french toast look amazing too!
I like the sound of a pumpkin pie rice pudding and those caramel apples look so good!
Thank You so much Jenny!!! I'm looking forward to trying the Pom Juice, we've never had it! I love rice pudding! This looks so good! And the french toast is to die for!! I love anythig APPLE!
I am the kind that LOVES rice pudding! And what a great idea to have pumpkin pie flavored one, that's like 2 desserts in one! Genious Jenny, genious! And I'm with you in thinking french toast has no calories, lol!
Congratz Bunny!
You know, I've never had rice pudding. Maybe I'll try this one as my first. 🙂
What wonderful recipes, Jenny. I especially like the rice pudding. It sounds really good.
definitely love rice pudding! and what if i want to make it with vanilla instead of a vanilla bean (i don't happen to have any laying around! 🙂 how much vanilla should i use??
Both these fall dishes look wonderful. I'm looking forward to your chili and cornbread recipes…I've been in a mood for those lately! 🙂
It might have felt brutal because you maybe so tense. I know once I get past the uneasy part my muscles finally ease up and then I'm ready for another hour!
Facials, I am so with you, I could have them every other day. Feels like my skin can breathe again. Glad you had fun.
I can't wait to try the caramel apples.
I love rice pudding too. I also love those extra hard massages! Feels like they actually work out all the kinks!
i absolutely love rice pudding! Thanks for posting a new variation on a great classic!
Love rice pudding. I can't say I ever had pumpkin rice pudding. Looking forward to trying this. Your apple dish looks great too!
Congrats to Bunny! Those massages hurt but you will feel great this week. Yummy desserts!
Jenny, these both look great! They are perdect fall treats…I can't decide which one I want to try first!
wow they both look delish nothing like warm rice pudding on a autumn night
That rice pudding looks fabulous – I'm a huge fan of rice pudding! And the apple french toast bake, oh my word! It looks heavenly.
Okay – what do I do if I can't get my hands on a vanilla bean???
Help! I'd really love to give the pudding a try.
Oh YUM! I am SO makin' those! (I'll likely be the only one eating them with MY picky boys – hubby, too! :o) – but no problem with that here!)
Be blessed…
…and congrats Bunny!
nice idea and very tasty it looks
I will try it
These both look yum-a-licious! I seriously want to try the pumpkin rice pudding right now. Also, we just had a recipe exchange (through emails) in our ward and this month's ingredient was pumpkin. They've already posted all the recipes, but I'm going to see if this one can be added. It's something new/different and sounds so good. Passing on your link to the recipe to lots of people! 😉
Also just recently made waffles with cooked apples on the top, but this upside down Apple French toast looks like it way out does my concoction!
I love the upside down French Apple bake! I hope you recovered from your massage!
What a beautiful dish! I'm glad you finally got to enjoy the massage & facial. Sorry that it was too rough, I hate that!
Which to choose!!! Both are so yummy!
looks wonderful! gotta love an "easy" massage, I'm not crazy about the deep tissue one's either.
Thanks for letting me off the hook -I think I'm one of those who hates rice pudding… But the FT bake looks amazing, such a great idea!
PS -didn't you get the memo that the glutes are the best part?? Hello?
Sad I missed the giveaway!
Both recipes look delicious. Rice pudding is one of my favorites.
I hate a deep massage – I like them nice and easy.
Hi Everyone,
Thanks for all of your great comments and especially to Kuckie for letting me know Glutes are part of the massage! I don't know what I was complaining about that's the one place that wasn't painful!
Ok, for those of you wondering about the vanilla bean. You can absolutely just add about 1 tablespoon of pure vanilla extract if you don't have the bean. Enjoy!!
Rice pudding was a Christmas treat at our house when I was growing up. It is such a great dessert b/c it can also be for breakfast the next morning. But with your french toast recipe, I'll have a hard time deciding which one to eat!!
The french toast looks fantastic! I love everything about it, ok maybe not the calories, but tis the season, right? 🙂
Your Caramel Apple Upside Down French Toast Bake sounds amazing. Another wonderful recipe!
I happen to love rice pudding AND pumpkin pie…and french toast…and apples ;). This post is a winner, so many tasty recipes!
both look delicious! i love rice pudding especially with a fall touch!
I'm tellin ya—you must be in my head. I just made pumpkin tapioca.
The rice pudding looks good too!
I love a good massage, I even like the hard ones
Oh, I have been wanting to try rice pudding, this one is going to make me try it!!!
Wow I don't know which one I would tuck into first!
I love the cinnamon stick leaning out of the rice pudding. 🙂
Oohh that cake looks finger lickin' delicious! Awesome that you got some relaxation time…I'm not sure if I would have liked the glute rub but i'm sure if felt good afterwards!
yummy Jenny they both look so good! those upside down french toast desserts are especially eye-catching…:)
Oh wow – both look fantastic!!!
Yuuuumy! These are perfect fall recipes. I love rice pudding, so I can't wait to try this one!
I'm in the love rice pudding column…looks delicious!
I love rice pudding, but I'm kinda scared to make it myself
Wow. Both of the dishes look fantastic. I am drooling just looking at the pumpkin rice pudding!!
Congrats to Bunny sorry I missed the giveaway. Jenny your recipes looks so yummy and comforting. I love rice pudding!


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