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A review of H.W. Brands' The Reckless Decade: America in the 1890s (1995, original) (2002, my copy)
(Rating 5 of 5)
The Restless Decade of H.W. Brands is a book that lives up to its name. Brands takes his readers for a trip although out America in the last decade of the nineteenth century. Brands presents a nation that is on the edge, with the end of century that began with President John Adams and finished with William McKinley; saw the nation grow from the Appalachian Mountains to the Pacific Ocean; split in half and fight; and the saw the end of slavery and the beginning of Jim Crow, the American people were unsure of where they were going. The American frontier was closing and the people were unsure of where in the world they as people belonged and what their national destiny was.
The book begins in what is had been the traditional American story which, in our history, was all too familiar. It was the story of settlers trying to stake their claim to the west by going out and trying to settle a plot of land. But this time honored tradition was coming to a rapid close and the way it was closing was odd. In the past, the government did not hand out land based on organized land races but that was how the frontier was closing in Oklahoma.
Another sign that the frontier had seen its last was the end of armed organized Indian resistance. The Massacre at Wounded Knee, which the events surrounding are very elegantly explained making it easy for the reader to understand the tragic end to the last ounce of Indian resistance and the mysterious ghost dance, ends a long bloody chapter of history dating back to the fifteenth century. With the closing of the frontier and the end of Indian resistance things were changing at a rapid pace.
(The Ghost Dance)
(Sitting Bull)
Brands makes his readers familiar with Frederick Jackson Turner, an academic who grew up on the frontier and who saw its closing as an inevitable disaster for the country. To Turner, the frontier is what had protected the Americans from the corruptions of monarchical Europe. With the frontier disappearing American democracy was going to be headed in a not-so-pleasant direction.
"The frontier had been the fountainhead of American democracy, Turner declared. With each stage in the march of settlement westward, Americans had been required to reinvent government, and this continual reinvention precluded the congealing of a political system in which power begot privilege and privilege monopolized power. 'The peculiarity of American institutions is the fact that they have been compelled to adapt themselves to the changes of an expanding people, to the changes involved in crossing a continent, in winning a wilderness, and in developing at each area of this progress, out of the primitive economic and political conditions of the frontier, the complexity of city life.' Where land was abundant and cheap, no one needed to kowtow to land lords or employers. Economic independence begot political independence; democracy was the child of the frontier, the natural consequence of free land." (p.23)
(Frederick Jackson Turner)
Brands does not stop at the vanishing frontier. He discusses the great industries that were rising up in this time period: oil, transportation, and steel. Brands describes the great industrialists that created these industries. These men were Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller and J.P. Morgan. Although they could be ruthless in their business dealings they were not all bad. Not only did they employ a great many people, but they also were very charitable with their wealth giving mass sums of money for good causes. It is interesting now in modern times where we have the government bailing out big business, back then J.P. Morgan single handily bailed out the Federal government saving it from default.
(J.P. Morgan, personally bailed out the Federal government)
However, the Industrial Age also produced cities that were a living hell for the inhabitants. Brands quotes from the journalist Jacob Riis who wrote about the condition for the poor and the destitute who were struggling to survive. In addition, the conditions of the cities powered the fuel of the political machines, some of whom had been around since the beginning of the nineteenth century or earlier. The most famous was Tammany Hall, founded by Aaron Burr in end of the previous century. In 1890s, Tammany milked the spoils system to feed itself power, but that was not all, it also provided a huge social need for a great deal of the oppressed.
"'Politics are impossible without the spoils,' Croker answered. 'It is all very well to argue that it ought not to be so. But we have to deal with men as they are and with things as they are. Consider the problem which every democratic system has to solve. Government, we say, of the people, by the people, and for the people. The aim is to interest as many of the citizens as possible in the work—which is not an easy work, and had many difficulties and disappointments—of governing the state or the city. Of course, in an ideal world every citizen would be so dominated by patriotic or civic motives that from sheers unselfish love of his fellow men he would speed nights and days in laboring for their good. If you lived in such a world inhabited by such men, I admit there could be no question but that we could and would dispense with the spoils system. But where is that world to be found? Certainly not in the United States, and most certainly not in New York.'" (p.108)
The Industrial Age created a new idea of employment and unemployment, now with most people working for wages the ability to survive on such wages and the conditions in which they had to work became major issues. Also since the interests large corporations were now very distant from their employees and moved with profits primarily in mind, workers' unions were necessary to get attention to their plight and gain the power to negotiate. Brands talks about both these power struggles and the rise of Eugene Debs.
(Eugene V. Debs)
"Arrests of other A.R.U. Leaders followed, making a continuation of the strike almost impossible. By its liberal—or rather, reactionary—use of the injunction, the government had rendered illegal many acts that formerly had been accepted part of the give and take of labor management relations. Simply by advocating that workers leave their jobs, union officials found themselves liable to criminal prosecution. Some unionist complained that it would have been more straightforward to outlaw strikes altogether—but that would have required approval of Congress, which despite the conservatism in the air wasn't willing to go quite so far. The Cleveland administrations approach had the advantage for conservatives of not requiring the assent of the people's representatives."(p.156)
Race relations took a turn for the worst in this period. With the end of Reconstruction in 1877 rights that African Americans had gained had been steadily chipped away. If the Supreme Court had done its duty when confronted with the problem in Plessy v. Ferguson things could have turned for the better. They did not and the mass injustice of this decision was elegantly stated in Justice Harlan's dissent* in which every word of it came true.
"Although Justice Brown spoke for the court, he didn't speak for all the justices. Associate Justice John Marshall Harlan vehemently disapproved of the court's decision and delivered a blistering rebuke to the majority in a vigorously phrased dissent. Where Brown had contended that the slavery issue was not germane to the Plessy case, Harlan declared that slavery was absolutely germane. The Thirteenth Amendment he said, 'not only struck down the institution of slavery as previously existing in the United States, but prevents the imposition of any burdens or disabilities that constitute badges of slavery or servitude.' To strengthen the Thirteenth Amendment, Congress and the people of the states had approved the Fourteenth Amendment; together, the two amendments 'removed the race line from our governmental systems.' Quoting an earlier decision involving the scope of the Fourteenth Amendment, Harlan explained that the Supreme Court declared 'that the law in the States shall be the same for the black as for the white; that all persons, whether colored or white, shall stand equal before the law of the States, and, in regard to the colored race, for whose protection the amendment was primarily designed, that no discrimination shall be made against them by law because of their color.'" (p.230)
(Associate Justice John Marshall Harlan)
In the African-American community two men competed in the market place of ideas for solutions to the problems facing black men and women for simply being black men and women. One was Booker T. Washington, a former slave, and was W.E.B. Du Bois, an African American intellectual.
(Booker T. Washington)
(W.E.B. Du Bois)
"The difference between the two men consisted chiefly in emphasis. For Washington, the training of the masses took priority. Like an army general gathering his infantry for attack, Washington intended to overwhelm the fortifications of the Jim Crow system by an assault across a broad front. For Du Bois, the education of the elite demanded initial attention. 'To attempt to establish any sort of system of common and industrial school training,' he said, 'without first (and I say first advisedly)--without first providing the higher training of the very best teachers, is simply throwing your money to the winds.' Du Bois envisioned the assault on the racial status quo as being spearheaded by commando units of the talented tenth. The commandos would breach the segregationist front by the force of their intelligent gifts of leadership, and they would thereby open the way for the rank and file to follow." (p.250)
Also the election of 1896 was a transformative election that would preview how elections were going to be run in the coming century. The issue of the day was money, and whether to have a gold standard or allow for duel metals with silver coined as well. Brands introduces William Harvey and his alter ego 'Coin' who rallies the populists with the cry of free silver leading to the eventual nomination of William Jennings Bryan. However, popular Bryan may have been, he was to lose to William McKinley, whose agent Mark Hanna was going to redefine the political landscape.
(William Jennings Byran, for free silver in 1896 and 1900)
(William McKinley, 25th President of the United States who triumphed for gold and over Spain)
"At the same time, Hanna enlarged the scale of operations of the political manager. In much the same way that the great industrialists secured their markets and broadened their supply bases by expanding into adjacent regions and eventually across the country, so did Hanna. Even as he guided McKinley to election in Ohio, Hanna traveled neighboring states with a message that if Ohio fell to the forces of radicalism, Pennsylvania and Illinois and other states might fall too. In this fashion he forged a network that eventually spanned that nation. The network united, in a more orderly and effective way than before, the financial resources of American big business with the political resources of the Republican Party. It came together in the 1890s partly because of the same kinds of economies of scale and other centralization forces that produced corporate consolidation under Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Morgan, but equally because of the decentralizing forces that were producing the Populist revolt, the great labor strikes of the decade, and the outcry for free silver. The industrial lords and their political allies felt the need to band together against the anarchic tendencies they saw abroad in the land. To achieve their vision of America's future, they had to beat down the forces that wanted to take America's future, they had to beat down the forces that wanted to take America backward into a mythical past."(p.266)
The world changed at an incredibly faced pace in the 1890s, H.W. Brands smooth narrative guides the reader on a journey to a world that is both very familiar at times and others unrecognizable. It is a book I highly recommend. The only real complaint I have is no visuals (photos, political cartoons, political election maps) which I think would have led to a richer experience.
*It is ironic that it was a former slaveholder who had the only sense of justice on that court.
{Video taken from the academy award winning movie Far and Away that was directed by Ron Howard, and the History channel documentary The Spanish-American War: Birth of a Superpower.}


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By Todd Cohen
Charities need to catch the tech wave.
With online donations to tsunami relief agencies already estimated to exceed $350 million, electronic charity clearly works.
Yet the flood of online giving was unleashed only by a huge disaster, and benefited mainly charities geared for web-based fundraising.
Overall, however, charity has failed to invest in technology.
With charities accounting for roughly $1 of every $20 in the U.S. economy, a growing menu of products and services has been developed to help the charitable world do business.
Those include not only web-based systems to handle donations, but software to help charities handle operations and accounting, track their impact, deliver services, raise money, make and manage grants and investments, collect and share knowledge, and communicate with donors, members and the public.
The commercial world has invested heavily in technology, and would sink without it.
But charities, hamstrung by narrow vision and short-sighted boards and funders, have gone begging for too long for the hardware, software and tech training they need to survive in a fiercely competitive and increasingly hard-hearted world.
Technology alone cannot fix what is wrong in society, but it can give charities a powerful tool to be more productive, effective and innovative.
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Headline reads, "Attorney: Mental Health Could Factor in Dog Killings." The story is out of Reno, Nevada. The man dismembered six—count them—six dogs. "Mental Illness Cases Swamp Criminal Justice System," the USA Today headline reads, describing a 2006 Justice Department study. When a person diagnosed with mental illness commits a crime, it's news. But when thousands of non-diagnosed people commit crimes, it's not.
I get it: a diagnosis lets everyone without a diagnosis "explain" violent crimes – lets them blame these actions on people who are unlike themselves, dangerous "mentally ill" people who should be incarcerated. And of course instead of care (not cure, care) it's easier to incarcerate folks (which usually makes them more, not less, mentally ill).
Why is it, I wonder, that only the people who commit mass murder (more than 4 people in one rampage) in the U.S. are lumped in with "the mentally ill"? Where are the domestic violence perpetrators? Or the common everyday maniacs who shoot down commercial airliners, blast each other to smithereens, lie in wait with pounds of plastic explosives strapped to their bodies? Who is served by withholding diagnostic labels from people—men (and women)—who beat or murder the people they say they love? Or by leaving out those whose life work it is to exterminate a people, a race, a country? Who does it help to distort the figures?
Not people who actually have a diagnosis ranging from everyday depression to the psychosis of grief or schizophrenia, I'll tell you that. These people are lumped in with the violent mentally ill, layering stigma on top of what may already be challenge. The stigma of "the other" – of being included in a category that only includes the most perverse perpetrators – drives people in need of connection underground, isolating them even further.
In fact, the people I know with a mental health diagnosis are more likely to be victim than perpetrator. For example, the people I work with who provide services to people who escape intimate partner violence know their clients are called "victims" and "survivors" and the people they run from are called "perpetrators"—and the clients are often the ones who get a diagnosis.
Not the perpetrators, who are spoken of with contempt, scorn and fury but without diagnoses, labels that stigmatize and separate. The perpetrator may go to work the next day as if nothing at all had happened, without a diagnosis, without the stigma, as if they had not just broken a child's arm as he shielded his mother; as if they had not snapped a kitten's neck in front of a little girl to show her what would happen if she talked to anyone about seeing her mom get beaten.
The terrible truth is that it is more common for people diagnosed with major mental illnesses to be vulnerable to assault and abuse than it is for these individuals to be prone to violence. Sadly, we spend a lot of time taking in what the media tell us about mental illness instead of looking at the research.
For example, and I'll say it again: the research—solid research—indicates that at most 17 percent of violent crimes are committed by people diagnosed with mental illness. That word "diagnosed" makes it easy to leave out the everyday maniac who belittles, berates, and beats his wife. The parent who slams their child against the wall, and many others. And, again, researchers Charlotte and Harriet Childress, showed that 98 percent of the mass murderers were men between the ages of 23 and 40 who, contrary to the stereotype of being "mentally ill", simply felt entitled to something they weren't getting like women or attention.
Maybe violence isn't the fault of the "the mentally ill." Maybe it's the "frustrated entitled" who think they aren't getting what they believe they deserve? This could certainly include people with diagnoses, and it would umbrella the disgruntled religious, the bullied, the people wrestling with loss of privilege, those oppressed who snap—a much larger umbrella than the inaccurate "mentally ill."
Unfortunately, if you say something loud enough and often enough, people start to believe without looking at the data. We have been told that the "mentally ill" are responsible for the worst violent crimes so often and so loudly that we have come to believe it.
Due to this belief, a diagnosis of mental illness essentially means—for many—invisibility when it comes to opinion, believability, and place. In fact, those diagnosed with mental illness are disallowed "normal" feelings of anger and rage – in a situation that evokes anger in "normal" people, the "mentally ill" are not allowed to feel this natural anger because something might happen.
Protesting doesn't do much good either, because the well-meaning and frightened caretakers decide that a mentally ill person's protests are a byproduct of the disease. And getting upset must be an indication of being off one's medication. Where is the right of a person diagnosed with mental illness to express natural, healthy anger? Where is their right to have this important emotion taken seriously? Is it any wonder the mentally ill snap a second time, sometimes more profoundly than the first? The box in which they are kept is so very small…


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DiarmaidBHK (1027) Lewisburg, Pennsylvania | April 26, 2012
Lots of dark brown wood, very high ceilings, flags of all the counties. Bit of a touristy vibe which is fitting since its 2 blocks from the dome. Not much beer wise. Lots of BMC or the Irish equivalent with just a couple of local crafts. The drink of choice seemed to be something called a Malibu punch bucket. Meh!
phaleslu (675) Cincinnati, Ohio | July 17, 2009
Pretty good bar in Downtown St. Louis on Washington. All the standard big Irish/English taps- Guinness, Bass, Harp, Smithwick's, Boddington, Carlsberg, and so forth. Decent bottle selection. All of it's a bit overpriced for St. Louis, but that's to be expected on Washington Ave. Crowded on weekends, usually with yuppie types but a good mix. Nice upstairs space if you want to get away from the crowd downstairs. Big, high-backed booths provide a little privacy for your group downstairs, though.
cellardoor (17) St. Louis, Missouri | February 25, 2008
Went there for some post dinner drinks and dessert. Enjoyed the wide selection of local crafts (Schlafly, O'fallon, and own conctracted draft) along side strong imports (Guinness, Derlium Tremens, Carlsberg). The wait staff could have been a little friendlier but the food was great. Their Dubliner Ale is contracted out and really should be replaced, maybe the recipe should be revisted. Their Guinness is the best I've had in town.


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Elderidge and Lauren went to law school together! They were good friends who hung out in a big group but it wasn't until after Lauren graduated from law school and was living at home until they started dating! Unfortunately, Elderidge and Lauren got jobs in different cities and endured dating long distance for 3 1/2 years!! Less than a year after Elderidge got a job in D.C. they were engaged!! 🙂 Their Wedding was as classy, sophisticated and as beautiful as they are! White decor with green and gold accents draped their Wedding tablescapes and their ceremony on the lawn at sunset was romantic and especially beautiful. It was such a joy capturing this day!
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While Games Radar might have been quite late with their preview, they are now officially beaten by Play.tm in terms of publishing content late. The gaming site managed to hold on to their Jay Wilson interview for almost 5 months, namely Games Convention Leipzig in August! Well, having said that, it's a quite interesting interview, and it's well worth a read. For one thing, Jay is answering a tiny bit more about the team exchange that took place when Blizzard North (mostly) left the company:
Almost six years. Although I've been working on it for almost three. In my team there are a few guys who have been involved the whole time, but the majority of the team has been involved for two to three years.
Is this in part because of the creative issues that had to be resolved earlier in the project?
Yeah. I think the first issue… I can't speak much about Blizzard North because its before my time, but one of the biggest issues was that because of the values of Blizzard in general its really hard to have an external creative group, separate from the core group. There's too much that's done; sound, cinematics and story – so much of its done at core Blizzard HQ that they learnt the lesson that all groups should be internal. That's the only way that all the philosophy gets passed on. That's the conclusion they came to when they tried to bring Blizzard North into the main HQ arena. I think they offered 46 of the 49 positions… to move down. It wasn't that they didn't want Blizzard North involved, it was that they said "you guys don't function well away from us". So a lot of the team came down.
Since then, we've had creative struggles… trying to find a game worthy of the Diablo 3 name.
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USA Today has released a new image of the suits for the upcoming The LEGO Ninjago Movie. As you can see above, the image shows Kai (Michael Pena), Nya (Abbi Jacobson), Jay (Kumail Nanjiani), Lloyd (Dave Franco), Zane (Zach Woods), and Cole (Fred Armisen) all donning new suits. You can also see the hairstyles are slightly different than in the animated series especially Cole who looks like he's sporting a man bun now.
We've also seen an image of Lord Garmardon (Justin Theroux) who was revealed a few days ago and Sensei Wu (Jackie Chan) from the animated short from last year. The only character we haven't seen yet is Olivia Munn's Koko.
Keep in mind that they're grown up now in The LEGO Ninjago Movie and are in high school. Also, the movie is not in the same universe as in the animated series either but in the same as The LEGO Movie. The LEGO Ninjago Movie is in theaters on September 22. So what do you guys think of the new suits?


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Members from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development toured St. Marys Thursday. On this statewide tour, they are assessing which communities need help and will come up with a plan on how to use $4.5 billion over the next 4 years. It's through the Restore Pennsylvania program, which would address blight, infrastructure, sewer and water and broadband issues in the state.


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Confusion over Andrew Demetriou's role at failed vocation group
A former senior executive at collapsed education company Acquire Learning has described his uncle, one-time AFL chief Andrew Demetriou, as an arm's length sounding board, a member of the senior management and executive chairman.
The role of Andrew Demetriou at Acquire was again put under the spotlight at public examinations by liquidators to the collapsed group in Melbourne on Wednesday when his nephew and company founder Tim Demetriou was questioned in the Supreme Court.
Liquidators are picking through the wreckage of the group that was one of the largest student brokers in the country and was making hundreds of millions of dollars a year thanks to a generous government grants scheme.
Liquidators are also investigating the $25 million in loans that was made by Acquire to its shareholders including loans to Andrew Demetriou and Tim Demetriou.
The former AFL chief has long denied being Acquire's executive chairman, instead saying he was executive chairman of an advisory board to the group.
Andrew Demetriou's role at the group is of key interest to liquidators. If he was acting as a director of the group he would carry more responsibility for the handling of its affairs.
The court heard that Andrew Demetriou billed Acquire for his $900,000 a year job at Acquire the night before it appointed administrators in May 2017. The invoice's details were not read in court.
Emails presented to the court show the advisory board was dismantled in July 2016 a day before the ACCC fined Acquire $4.5 million for misleading and deceptive conduct.
Tim Demetriou - who told the court he was currently working in a cafe and for his father's software buisness - was quizzed about his uncle's role at the company by barrister for liquidators Damien McAloon.
"He ultimately assumed the position of executive chairman of Acquire?" Mr McAloon asked.
"Yes," Tim Demetriou, who held various executive positions at Acquire, replied.
At other times he described Andrew Demetriou as an adviser and a sounding board and once as a member of the "senior management team".
In one exchange, Tim Demetriou was taken to a series of internal Acquire emails and reports and pressed on his uncle's role at the company and when that role ended.
"I'm not sure of the date when he ceased with us," Tim Demetriou said.
Mr McAloon then asked: "As best you can recall in 2016 what was his role?"
Tim Demetriou responded: "What was his role? … I guess to be a sounding board for us and give us advice along the way."
Mr McAloon shot back: "Well he sent in an invoice the night before administrators were appointed."
Mr McAloon then asked Tim Demetriou if his uncle Andrew Demetriou was being informed about key transactions.
"Some of them," he said. Tim Demetriou added: "I can't say whether we took his advice over other people's advice. The same way I would ask my dad for advice."
Again Mr McAloon shot back: "But he was being paid more than $900,000 a year. So he wasn't quite like your dad was he?
But he was being paid more than $900,000 a year. So he wasn't quite like your dad was he?Barrister for Cor Cordis liquidators Damien McAloon.
Tim Demetriou responded: "I'm not quite sure what you mean by that."
Asked if the company was paying some "serious money for some sort of service?", Tim Demetriou agreed this was the case.
Tim Demetriou was also quizzed over the $2.5 million in loans he received through his shareholding in a company that was a major investor in Acquire.
An email chain between several executives at Acquire including a finance officer Craig Douglas, Tim Demetriou and Acquire managing director John Wall appeared to show a lack of planning by Acquire when issuing the loans.
One email showed Mr Douglas saying there was enough free cash to issue a $1.75 million shareholder loan, to which Tim Demetriou replies: "Wow that is one mightly SHL [shareholder loan]. Love your work ...xoxoxoxox".
Mr Wall replied to the email: "Cmmmon (sic) I need it, I'm at a yearling sale."
After presenting the emails, Mr McAloon said: "What this suggests is that you're in the UK and Mr Wall is at a yearling sale. He says he needs the money because he's at the Magic Millions in Perth."
"It doesn't seem like a process where the directors are going through a detailed analysis of the working capital of the company."
Cmmmon I need it, I'm at a yearling sale.Acquire managing director John Wall in a 2016 email
Tim Demetriou said it was likely other conversations about the loan took place outside of that email exchange.
The hearings continue.
Sarah Danckert is a business reporter.


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Each bulb is usually used for each 2x2 feet of the waters surface so your a little over but these numbers are used as a minimum so you should be FINE.
cool I am anxious to set it up.....how should i set the fans inside?and how many and what size?
Hey Derik hows everything doing.
I heard your moving from a 150 to 40
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yeah..the landlord is giving me a hard time and we agreed for a 40 gallon..what an ass...i will deal with it the 40 for now and next year the 600 gallon......it just motivates me to build the house faster....
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cool I am anxious to set it up.....how should i set the fans inside?and how many and what size?
what do you guys think/
are these cool touch hoods not set up to except fans already Derik? I have not seen one of these close up or hands on so I can't offer advise on fan setup when using them. Maybe someone with hands on experience can chime in with useful info.
no i got the reflectors from PFO they are not like a canopie..their just normal refelectors with holes for the halides and to put some vhos......should i put the fansfacing each other at each end of the canopie?
You should have the fans pushing air out from the front to the back of the canopy this has worked best for me, some people like to have 1 sucking air in and one pushing it out, i tried this but i didn't like the results,
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Between the station and the hotel are a number of small cafes and there is a fruit stand outside the train station where we picked up fruit for breakfast. Most of Rome's attractions are located past the station from the hotel and took about half an hour to walk. In our opinion, this hotel is accessible to the main attractions by walking and is about 2.5 km.
Hotel Grounds
Our experience began as we walked off the street into the courtyard to the hotel and followed the signs to the service desk on the second floor. We were greeted by a sleepy looking clerk who we questioned just what he might be looking at on his computer. He was friendly enough and checked us in. We pulled ourselves and our bags into the smallest elevator that we had ever been on and went to our room.
The bedroom was actually a decent size with a small window that faced into an alley. The furniture was definitely dated but overall, this room looked like what we would expect at our given price point. The amenities were fine and the room was clean. The bed wasn't the most comfortable to sleep in but we were so exhausted on our stay that we could have slept anywhere (except the washroom).
The washroom was the most memorable experience for us at this hotel. It was tiny. I am a large man. I am 6'3" and fairly broad and while sitting on the toilet, my shoulders nearly touched both walls at once. I usually opened the door while using the sink to give me space. While using the shower I had to crouch significantly to get my head under the faucet, however, I could not bend over as I would hit my head on the wall. Honestly, I could touch all four walls while standing in the middle of the washroom. We found all of this kind of humorous, but if you are a larger person, this may not be the hotel for you.
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A game of penguin procreation
- 12 Nesting Stone tokens
- 20 Penguin tokens
- 90 Gentoo cards
- 20 Fish tokens
Hatch as many new penguins as you can.
1. Place six Snow cards in a Player Pile in front of each player. Any extra Snow cards will not be used.
2. Shuffle the rest of the Gentoo cards. Flip the top four face up in the center of the table. These are the Choice Cards.
3. Place the rest of the cards face down in a stack in the center of the table. This is the Draw Pile.
4. Place the Penguin Tokens next to the Draw Pile.
5. Each player flips their top three cards and places them in a row. These are the player's Cards In Play. They will all be Snow cards at the start.
6. Give each player three Nesting Stones.
7. Give each player five Fish Tokens. These are used to pay for Choice Cards.
8. The player who has been closest to the South Pole goes first.
Game Play:
Each player's turn has two phases:
Phase I: Common Area
1. Draw – flip the top card from the Draw Pile and add it to the Choice Cards in the center of the table. There should now be five cards there. If you run out of cards in the Draw Pile, shuffle the Discard Pile and use it as the new Draw Pile.
2. Choose – You may choose one of the Choice Cards to add to your hand. Take the Choice Card and add it to your Used Pile next to her Cards in Play. You may not use this card this turn, but it will come into play later when the Used Pile is shuffled and turned into the Player Pile. Some cards have a cost shown as fish icons on the card. If so, you must pay the required number of fish tokens to choose the card. Eggs - The player may only choose an Egg Card if he or she has the required number of Nesting Stones indicated on the card.
3. Discard – If there are more than four Choice Cards showing, pick one to discard. Move it to the Discard Pile.
Phase II: Personal Area
1. Flip – flip the top card of your Player Pile and add it to your Cards in Play. If you have no more cards in your Player Pile, shuffle your Used pile to use as your new Player Pile. When you do this, restore your fish tokens back up to five tokens.
2. Play – you may play any one of your Cards in Play. Choose a Card in Play, places it on the Discard Pile, and follows the instructions on the card. Hatching an Egg – you may hatch an egg only when you have both an Egg card and a Hatch card showing in your Cards in Play. Turn both of them in and collect a Penguin token. When you hatch an egg, you must give one of your nesting stones to another player. If you have no nesting stones, you can still hatch your egg.
3. Move to Used – If you cannot or choose not to play a card, then if you have more than three Cards in Play, choose one of them and move it to the Used pile.
After these two phases, play proceeds to the next player.
Winning the Game:
The first player to collect five penguin tokens wins the game.
· Snow – Cannot be played. You may move it to your Used pile if you have more than three Cards in Play.
· Egg – combine with Hatch to produce a penguin. Each Egg shows the nesting stones (3, 4, or 5) required to collect.
· Skua (1 fish) – discard any Egg currently visible on the table (Cards in Play, Choice Cards, or atop a player's Used Pile).
· Stone Thief (1 fish) – take a Nesting Stone from any other player.
· Good Nesting Site (1 fish) – reduces the number of nesting stones required to take an Egg by one. Discard when Egg is collected. Does not count as your played card. Limit one per Egg.
· Hatch (1 fish) – Use to collect a penguin. Requires an Egg in play.
· Leopard Seal (2 fish) – force another player to lose one penguin token.
· Vicious Peck (1 fish) – blocks a Stone Thief card; you play this card out-of-turn to keep from losing your stone.
· Confusing Blizzard – Reverse direction of play
· Gone Fishing – The next player loses a turn
· Thaw – if you have a Snow card in play, melt it. Discard both the Thaw and the Snow cards.


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The artist's background information
Baroque era describes the period between 1600 and 1750. It is derived from Portuguese word that whose meaning implies a pearl that is flawed or one that is irregular in shape. The term was used to imply strangeness, abnormality and extravagance, mainly in music. It is only recently the term has been used cover large scope of art (Lambert, 2004, p. 1-3).
Peter Paul Rubens was born in 1577 at Cologne during the times of saints Peter and Paul. He lived l between 1577 and 1640. He is one of the famous artists of Baroque period (Duiker and Spielvogel, 2009, p. 451). He fled to Germany with his family escaping religious persecution. At a very tender age, he went back to Flanders after which he was devoted to religion. He trained under local master artists. By 1598 He had become a master in arts.
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Since Flanders was under the influence of Spain by then, the State and the Catholic Church are the two entities that supported artists. Rubens benefited from this sponsorship and was trained for eight years. He studied renaissance art in Italy. He got regency appointment to become a court painter, and this way he improved massively on his art career. He owned a large studio at Antwerp. This studio is known to supply Europe with popular, noble paintings.
A part from being a master in Painting, Rubens also played a diplomatic role in the 17th century European politics. He became a diplomat who was highly regarded by the Spain and England kings. His physical attributes have been explained to be very charming and attractive. He is also explained to have had a tall stature with regular faced rosy cheeks, and sparkling eyes that were restrained (Magister, 2010).
The eye – catching aspects in the artist's work
His art work is known to have an exuberant Baroque style. It emphasizes movement, emotion, color and sensuality. An example is what is depicted in one of his works: The Horrors of War (Wright, 2007, p. 104). His memory lies in his counter-reformation altar – pieces, portraits, landscapes and history paintings with nobility. One of his famous paintings is "The history is the raising of the cross" a triptych, painted in 1609-1610.
His painting resembles the works of the artist Michelangelo (1475-1564). His art work expresses passion, outrageous technical skill and very inspirational. "The history is the raising of the cross" art piece portrays bravely strong, muscular bodies. It reveals immense power. It builds up dramatic tension with the happenings or rather scenes of the moment. Just like Caravaggio, his works greatly capture the figure of Jesus Christ.
Rubens' artistic skills have developed an effect on the viewers' eyes through the painting. From the painting on the left side, draws a high contrast lighting of Christ's body, and brings out the emotions just as those developed when a person reads a certain Bible verse. Finally, through the presence of the rope and figure, our attention is stil captured by Christ. The artistic talent of Rubens is stil revealed through his works throgh the paintings on each side of his figures.
The essay has effectively addressed the Baroque period works in light of what was done by Peter Paul Rubens. Generally, the works of Rubens are characterized by emotion, movement, color and sensuality. They evoke religious emotions and remind me of the many emotional instances that I have encountered in my life especially with respect to religious undertakings.
Duiker, W.J., and Spielvogel, J.J. (2009). World History: Volume 1. Boston: Wadsworth,
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Lambert, G. (2004). The return of the Baroque in modern culture. London: Continuum International Publishing Group.
Magister, S. (2010). Art Renewal Center: Web Gallery of Art. Retrieved on September 4, 2011 from
Wright, C. (2007). Listening to Western Music. NY: Cengage Learning. Retrieved on September 4, 2011 from


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This past week, Fox News' Tucker Carlson noticed something that the Democrats seem to have missed.
In their mad rush to undermine, upset, and unseat President Trump – they've begun to mimic the things about him that they say are the worst.
In the past others, like The Daily Wire's Ben Shapiro and journalist Benny Johnson, have noted Trump's ability to force the left to destroy itself, and Shapiro has even called it "his superpower." I'm not so sure that President Trump is doing it on purpose, but as Carlson and Shapiro point out, it does seem to be happening.
According to Johnson, here are some of the ways that the Left is destroying itself, thanks to Trump:
In my time covering him, I've seen one alarmingly special talent Trump holds: He utterly brute-forces his opponents (Democrats) to defend the indefensible – therefore exposing the darkest, closest held beliefs of the institutional Left.
Think about what we have learned about mainstream liberalism in the past few months:
• Socialism is good & we should try it
• Guns are bad and we should confiscate them
• It is permissible (and encouraged) to disrespect our National Anthem
• Hamas & Iran are the good guys
• The US military, cops & Israel are the bad guys
• Satanic, ultra-violent MS-13 gang members are just undocumented immigrants looking for a better life
• Redistribution of wealth should be fiscal policy
• Our healthcare system must be nationalized
• Violence is acceptable as long as it's against the people I disagree with
• Free speech is violence
• Free thought is dangerous
• Funding entitlements for illegal immigrants is more important than funding veteran services
• Tax cuts & bonuses for needy families are 'crumbs'
• There should be a maximum wage & a federally guaranteed income
Carlson recently highlighted another way that Trump has forced the Left out into the light – by exposing their crudeness and vulgarity.
Tucker Carlson: Ever notice how sometimes the biggest stories get the least coverage Something transformative happens that changes everything and nobody notices? Well, it's happened here.
For the last two years or so, the rest of us have watched as the Democratic Party has been utterly transformed into something totally different. What was once the stodgy headquarters of the center left establishment, the party of Harry Reid and Steny Hoyer and guys like that now looks like a scene out of off "Burning Man", so far without the nudity.
Starting on inauguration day, Democrats erupted in a primal scream and they have not yet stopped yelling. Everything changed once Trump got elected. Celebrities threatened to abandon this country, business leaders started behaving like political activists.
Candidates for office embraced positions so extreme that they had rejected them just months before. News reporters became rigid propagandists.
And then, weirdest of all, comedians lost their sense of humor. Here, for example, is deeply unfunny comedienne Samantha Bee lecturing America about Ivanka Trump last night. Watch.
Samantha Bee: You know, Ivanka, that's a beautiful photo of you and your child. But let me just say one mother to another, do something about your dad's immigration practices, you feckless (EXPLETIVE DELETED). He listens to you. Put on something tight and low cut and tell your father to (EXPLETIVE DELETED) stop it.
Tucker Carlson: A dumb person's political harangue masquerading as comedy.
Well, profoundly sad filmmaker Michael Moore proclaimed all what you just saw "brilliant." He called Samantha Bee a truth teller.
Comedian Billy Eichner wrote on Twitter, he thought Bee was being "generous." Tonight, Bee is receiving an award from the television academy for "leveraging the dynamic power of television" to inspire social change.
Well, Samantha Bee later apologized for that on Twitter assuming a tweet rates as an apology, but, doubtless, that's just temporary. She will likely be bragging about all of this at another award ceremony very soon.
Meanwhile, Kathy Griffin, who is probably the single unhappiest person in this country, used her appearance on a daytime show called "The View" to launch another political lecture.
When White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders responded to that, Griffin wrote a profane tweet attacking Sarah Sanders. Blah, blah, blah, blah. F-you, basically. Where did Kathy Griffin learn to talk like that?
Well, maybe from US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York who is now regularly using the F-word in her public appearances. Here is one.
Kirsten Gillibrand: So, what about President Trump? Has he kept any of these promises? No. (EXPLETIVE DELETED) no.
Fundamentally, if we are not helping people, we should go (EXPLETIVE DELETED) them.
Tucker Carlson: She is not the quickest of US senators. But even so, it says something broader about what's happening in the Democratic Party.
The left is arguing that Trump is radical. How have they responded? By becoming way more radical, by going completely off the edge.
They say Trump is vulgar. OK? So, now, they shout profanity on television and at campaign events. Amazingly, Trump has somehow convinced the Democratic Party to completely destroy itself. No one ever says that, but it may be the biggest change he has brought to this country. It's fascinating.
The views expressed in this opinion article are solely those of their author and are not necessarily either shared or endorsed by EagleRising.com


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JosieJo's Great Big Pair of Tips
The JosieJo Show 9
Greetings. This is The JosieJo Show and this is the deal. I play you two tracks from two different artists. I don't promise you'll like every track I play, but I like them I really want to share them. I don't spend my time on the internet servicing my need for kawaii by watching kitten videos, or even reading newspapers and informative articles to further my world knowledge. I honestly don't even do stuff that I requires my browsing history to be deleted. Not that I mind any of that. I just don't get chance. I'm too busy tracking down music old and new for stuff that is a little surprising or inspirational and often just good fun. I do this totally for my own pleasure, but The JosieJo Show allows me the chance to share it with you and that's just peachey. Neither of the choices in this show have deep, clever rhymes or poetic parlances, but they both tell stories with their sound and stir my soul unexpectedly.
My first choice is Moxie, MOXIE a young, beautiful five piece from Sligo in Ireland. The banjos, guitars, percussion and button accordions make for a joyful Irish sound, but woven into that are strains of blue grass, a little jazz and modern beats. Playing mostly in Ireland you might expect cheery folky types with beards, but these guys aren't. They are serious chaps with music that has life and soul. They clearly love life and they love music. They are currently in the throes of a pledging campaign through a fundit page which will hopefully fund their next album. It has just over another month to run and you can get involved at whatever level you like. The pledges are all in Euros and each one gives you special benefits. If you want to propose and can get to Sligo they even have level a that let's you pledge 750 Euros to have MOXIE play next to the Glencar waterfall as you pop the question. Pledge even more and the benefits get even more personal. Any donations are welcome and you'll be warm and fuzzy knowing that you've helped get the album made. Check out the fundit page for details and you can find links for that on their Facebook page or my page for The JosieJo Show.
Let's give you a taste of what they're trying to create. I was going to play "What Lies Behind the Wall" because it has this hypnotic, mesmeric beat that draws you in whilst intriguing you with it's side story. That was the track I asked for, but MOXIE sent me two tracks and I really fell for the second track "Elixir's Waltz". This is an instrumental track – no lyrics or rhymes to analyse or gush over, and yet the track seems to me to tell a story. It's like the narrative of a relationship. It starts hesitantly like trying to pluck up the courage for that first date and the arrested development of getting to know each other. Then it picks up with speed and passion developing into the feeling of throwing your hands out to the sides, your head back and spinning round as you look at the sky. Towards the end there is the rhythm of the familiar, but a side tone of passion. It reminds you that whilst things can always get routine, they can still surprise you. Give in to the inevitable tap of the feet as you listen to MOXIE and "Elixir's Waltz"
It's great that such young guys are honouring the traditional, but at the same time they're bringing their own freshness to it. If you liked that then check out Celtic Music Radio and the show Due North which is where I found MOXIE and is a show co-hosted by the great Robin Ap Clericus. Remember you have just over a month to help with their Fundit campaign.
The second track for this show is from Message To Bears the moniker of composer and multi- instrumentalist Jerome Alexander. Message to Bears' work is hushed vocals, soundscapes, piano, guitars almost used as voices, sampling and electronica. He has a real freedom to his music. I get the sense that he uses music to embody the fully formed thoughts of his mind and sensibility.
This track "Moonlight" is from his third album "Maps" and the album is a flow of emotion and landscape. It's sort of soaring mountains, big skies, rolling hills and the dramatic irony of weather mirroring emotion. "Moonlight" reminds me of a journey and it's a journey unresolved. It is like watching the landscape change and evolve as you sit on a train and watch it pass silently by the only true sounds the thoughts in your head. The track has the rhythm of movement. It is intense and soothing like the rocking of carriage or the lull of a night journey. Free your spirit Message to Bears and his beautifully chilling track "Moonlight"
That track "Moonlight" is from the new album "Maps" which is out on CD right now, but be warned that Message to Bears always has a very limited run on his physical copies. Hopefully early 2014 will see the release of that album on limited edition vinyl so if vinyl is your thing you can wait for that.
You can find links to the bands on my webpage www.josiejoshow.com and my Facebook page has lots of extra content. If you would like to contribute to the show in any way contact me email@example.com I'm particularly after outros for the show. So if you'd like to be a special part of the show record it into your voice memo app on your phone, tablet or computer and just pop it over to me as an email. I'll let you know what show it will appear on and I will be very happy. This week big thanks to the Mighty Bod for this week's payoff and big thanks to you for listening.


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Pinar Yesil, role model for young Australians
Pinar Yesil was born in Australia to Turkish parents before the family returned to their home country when she was seven or eight. The 28-year-old Paperbark Ward councillor defeated Yvonne Herring 7-4 in a vote early 2008 to become the first Muslim mayor of Dandenong..
"..As Mayor of the City of Greater Dandenong and as a young Turkish Muslim woman I believe I am a role model for young Australians.
Becoming Mayor at such a young age was a significant achievement.
I hope it acts as inspiration for other young people to achieve their dreams."
Australian-Turk Pinar Yesil was elected the City of Greater Dandenong's first Muslim Mayor in late 2008.


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As northeast coast residents brace for what many are predicting to be the biggest blizzard of all time, last-minute shoppers rushed grocery stores leaving empty shelves as they made preparations for a snow in of possibly epic proportions.
Tens of millions stand in the path of a massive blizzard expected to impact a 250-mile swath of the east coast, which some are anticipating will blanket parts of New England in up to three feet of snow.
Several major airports have canceled hundreds of flights, and Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy has ordered traffic off of roads starting at 9PM, also warning residents to expect rolling power outages.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has urged residents to stay home if possible, and yesterday New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio put out an urgent warning telling residents to "prepare for the worst."
"We are facing most likely one of the largest snowstorms in the history of this city," de Blasio stated. "New Yorkers should not underestimate this storm… Assume conditions will be unsafe."
"Make other plans. Change your plans now in advance of this storm. Even walking should be kept to a minimum."
Ill-prepared New Yorkers apparently heeded no lessons from the "Snowpocalypse" that hit the east coast last year, which left miles of motorists stranded on the highway and stirred Atlanta residents into a grocery-buying panic, despite only bringing about three inches of snow.
Here are some scenes out of New York, courtesy of Twitter:
@TamronHall getting ready for blizzard upper west side. Line at grocery store. pic.twitter.com/4MXUpXB1gM
— Harry Smith (@HarrySmith) January 26, 2015
@TamronHall getting ready for blizzard upper west side. Line at grocery store. pic.twitter.com/4MXUpXB1gM
— Harry Smith (@HarrySmith) January 26, 2015
Be warned: @foodcoop is at defcon 10 (in a groovy way). pic.twitter.com/DGoWdFqHst
— sugarpond (@sugarpond) January 25, 2015
The situation at the @foodcoop has now been elevated to defcon 11 (politely) forming a line down the block. pic.twitter.com/sDyFhvXzeB
— sugarpond (@sugarpond) January 25, 2015
Biggest snowstorm since 1996 = panic in park slope. Check out this line of ppl looking to get into @foodcoop pic.twitter.com/jfS82tFfC6
— kimlast (@kimlast) January 25, 2015
@foodcoop is at capacity making it the hottest club in the Slope pic.twitter.com/fwzsL3mopd
— Lauren Hudson (@blactivist) January 25, 2015
Annnnnnd there's a line of people wrapped around the corner waiting to get into Trader Joe's. pic.twitter.com/xMxlISBpw0
— Evan Dunn (@evndunn) January 26, 2015
This is the line to get into Trader Joe's on the Upper West Side, up Broadway and around the corner onto 72nd. pic.twitter.com/Lyc8c2RcnP
— Dominic Holden (@dominicholden) January 25, 2015
This is the line to get *in* to Trader Joe's on 21st and 6th in #NYC. #Snowmageddon2015 is causing 30 minute lines. pic.twitter.com/r5KrP0Cr9N
— John Fernandez (@jfernandez) January 25, 2015
This about sums up my trip to the grocery store today #Blizzard2015 #StockingUp #WCVB pic.twitter.com/yRVr95mWWm
— antoinette antonio (@antoinetteA) January 26, 2015
Line at Trader Joe's right now. I got in and out fast, though. pic.twitter.com/uk1UYUdMCh
— Terrell J. Starr (@Russian_Starr) January 26, 2015
So I'm thinking I should have gone to the grocery store yesterday! #blizzardof2015 @FoxFriendsFirst pic.twitter.com/DRzStlyaix
— Heather Childers (@HeatherChilders) January 26, 2015
Lines at Fairway on 86th out the door #PIXBLIZZARD #Blizzard2015 pic.twitter.com/Ez4xaIwUwd
— Mitch Merman (@MitchMerman) January 26, 2015
Line at @wholefoodsnyc right now is out of control #Snowmageddon2015 pic.twitter.com/vqCgvurAAY
— Katen (@k10manion) January 26, 2015
Wholefoods Bowery out of carts. It's a mad house in here. @evgrieve @LoDownNY #snowpocalypse pic.twitter.com/ImyR8pUOSJ
— Mercedes Sanchez (@BeChicMag) January 26, 2015
Pre-blizzard line at the #parkslope @foodcoop right now #coopocalypse pic.twitter.com/D7BMwXi6Km
— Marjorie Sweeney (@mmesand) January 26, 2015
The great pre-storm Kale Panic of '15. (Yes of course, this is the Gowanus Whole Foods) pic.twitter.com/OS50ntIatK
— Kat Kinsman (@kittenwithawhip) January 26, 2015
Despite the Department of Homeland Security's efforts to cast so-called "preppers" as conspiracy theorists, the Federal Emergency Management Agency actually encourages Americans to prepare for disasters by stocking up on a few days worth of essentials.
From Ready.gov:
Try to assemble your kit well in advance of an emergency. You may have to evacuate at a moment's notice and take essentials with you. You will probably not have time to search for the supplies you need or shop for them.
You may need to survive on your own after an emergency. This means having your own food, water and other supplies in sufficient quantity to last for at least 72 hours. Local officials and relief workers will be on the scene after a disaster but they cannot reach everyone immediately. You could get help in hours or it might take days.
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Today I made a visit to the local farmer's market. I have a horrible habit of buying whatever looks good and then not using it to its full potential. Today my weakness was fresh cucumbers.
I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a fan of pickled anything. Olives, eggs, peppers, you name it, and I will give you a polite "no thank you." It's the sour, vinegary bite that puts me off. But add a ton of sugar to the mix and I do a complete 180. I'll admit it--I have a horrible weakness for the sweet, tangy crunch of bread and butter pickles. But I'm the only one in the house that likes them so to break out the canning equipment for something only I will eat seems a little senseless.
And then I remembered--refrigerator pickles! An item found in every grandma's fridge come summertime. Quick, easy, and best of all, you get nearly instant gratification from them. And they last for a long time. Long enough for a single person to finish them all off.
To start, just pick up some lovely cucumbers from your local farmer's market. You can use store-bought, too, but I love the texture of the cucumber skin and they wax the ones in the store. There are 5 pictured here, but I used 8.
I washed them off first. They looked clean, but you never really know where they were beforehand, you know? It's a peace of mind kind of thing.
Cut them up into thick slices. I like a nice, thick chunk of pickle. Those floppy, flimsy things you buy at the store to put on burgers are not what we're making here.
Then thinly slice up some onion. I used red onion that I also picked up at the market, but any type of onion will work.
Pack the onion and cucumber slices loosely in mason jars. I think I might have packed them too loosely--after I added the solution, they shrank up and left quite a bit of room. But the amount of ingredients I had really made it so I would have a little too much for 2 jars and not quite enough for 3, once the vinegar solution was added. I went with 3 because I didn't want any waste.
Next is the vinegar solution. The recipe called for a cup of cider vinegar. I used 1/3 c. rice wine vinegar and 2/3 c. cider vinegar, just because the rice vinegar is a little more mild, and I also like the taste.
Measure it out and pour it into a sauce pan. (Do I have to mention to use a liquid measuring cup for liquid and a dry measuring cup for dry ingredients like flour and sugar? You'll get a fairly close measurement if you use them interchangably, but for things like baking you definitely need to use them correctly.
Measure it out and pour it into a sauce pan. (Do I have to mention to use a liquid measuring cup for liquid and a dry measuring cup for dry ingredients like flour and sugar? You'll get a fairly close measurement if you use them interchangably, but for things like baking you definitely need to use them correctly.
Add 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons of salt. I used kosher salt because that's what I had on hand.
Add 1/2 teaspoon of mustard seed. Mustard seed is (if you haven't guessed!) what they make the mustard you put on your ketchup out of.
Add 1/4 teaspoon of ground turmeric. Turmeric is used for color as well as its germ-fighting abilities.
Toss in some peppercorns. I didn't measure, just got a small pinch and threw 'em in, but I'd guess it's about 1/2 teaspoon. I'm using a blend of red, white, and black peppercorns, but just black would be okay, too.
Stir the mixture around and turn your stove on medium heat. When the mixture starts to boil, leave it alone for 5 minutes to make sure the sugar and salt are dissolved.
While the mixture is still hot, pour it over the top of the cucumbers and onions. Cap the jars and make sure they're definitely well capped before gently shaking the jars to evenly distribute the mixture. Nothing's worse than burning yourself with boiling vinegar and sugar.
And there you have it...three jars of homemade sweet refrigerator pickles! They should be ready to eat within 24 hours, and are good for several months in the fridge.
*Note: The recipe given above for the vinegar solution was actually doubled when I realized it didn't look like enough to distribute among the three jars. Recipe written out below is the doubled recipe.
* 8-10 fresh cucumbers (enough to fill 3 quart-sized Mason jars)
*1/2 onion
*1 1/3 cups apple cider vinegar
*2/3 cup rice wine vinegar
*3 tablespoons and 1 teaspoon salt
*1 teaspoon mustard seed
*1/2 teaspoon turmeric
*1 teaspoon whole peppercorns
Cut cucumbers into thick slices.
Thinly slice onion.
Loosely pack cucumbers and onion into Mason jars.
In a saucepan, combine vinegars, sugar, salt, mustard seed, turmeric, and peppercorns. Stir together and heat over medium heat until the mixture boils. Allow to boil 5 minutes.
Carefully pour hot mixture over the cucumbers and onions. Seal jars, gently shake to cover evenly, and stash in the fridge. Enjoy delicious pickles the next day!


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This is one of those meals that you just want to keep going back for more and more and more (and believe us, we did many times). This recipe is everything we love in one bowl: sweet potatoes (I swear we eat about 2 each a week), roasted garlic (our new obsession), parsley (our favorite herb), nutritional yeast (I don't think anyone could eat as much of this as we do), and almonds (we go through about 5 bags of slivered almonds a week…). So we hope you enjoy this and keep going back for more!
Makes: 2-3 servings
What You'll Need
For the Sweet Potato Noodles:
• 1 large sweet potato (you can use white or orange for this recipe)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3/4 cups water
To Make
Wash the sweet potato then cut off the ends. Spiralize using the noodle setting of your spiralizer. In a medium sized pan, add the olive oil and sweet potato and sauté for 5 minutes. Add the water and cover, steaming for 10-12 minutes. Make sure to stir every few minutes.
Note: if there is extra steaming water, gently pour it out of the pan.
For the Roasted Garlic Parsley Sauce
• 5 large cloves garlic
• 1/2 washed and coarsely chopped parsley
•1 1/2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1/4 teaspoon maple syrup
• 1/4 cup slivered almonds
• 3 tablespoons full fat greek yogurt
• a pinch of salt
To Make
Put all ingredients into a (small) food processor and blend until smooth. Set aside.
For the Vegan Parmesan:
- 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons roasted almonds
- 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon dried mushroom powder
To Make
Put all ingredients into a (small) food processor and blend until the consistency is like that of grated parmesan.
To assemble the entire dish, gently mix the noodles and sauce adding the parmesan as wanted. Then enjoy!
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brushing against
a concrete structure,
she came into his life.
Something has to give,
and it is always the sly wind
that will confidently sling itself
around the heavy,
dense and dumb obstacle,
then forever remain
where it was,
when, for a brief moment,
it must have felt
eternity pass it by.
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What: A case study evaluating California's CalCloud project by The National Association of State CIOs.
Why: NASCIO's assessment of CalCloud is a lessons learned, interview format with three of the top players in CalCloud's procurement and implementation. NASCIO asks the specifics of how well the process went and what they would do differently.
Overall, CalCloud's initiation seems to be a success, according to Neeraj Chauhan, who directed CalCloud's Infrastructure Project from bidding to purchasing to implementation. "Our cloud infrastructure environment provides a highly available, 100 percent virtual environment to customers through agile, cost-effective, innovative, reliable, and secure technology." And, said Chauhan, it meets the five most important cloud-computing characteristics: on-demand self-service, resource pooling, broad network access, rapid elasticity and measured service.
What Chauhan, California Chief Privacy Officer Jim Butler and Carlos Ramos, director of the state's Department of Technology emphasized as a lesson learned is to respect the reality that "communication is king" – especially between CIOs and CPOs. "Early and ongoing communication helps keep everyone on track and brings in two different and very valuable perspectives," Ramos said.
Chauhan also recommended making sure all involved are well educated on cloud technology from the get-go, explaining that everyone seemed to have a different understanding of the technology. "I would probably spend more time with internal OTech stakeholders in educating them on the benefits of service and also with the state legislature."
Next Up for CalCloud: The system is up, running and available. Now the state sees who will jump on the bandwagon.
Full Report: www.nascio.org
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