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Spanish tomato bread with jamón Serrano
Prep: 5 mins
These tasty tapas snacks are ready in just 5 minutes, the perfect accompaniment for a drinks party
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- 4 ripe tomatoes, chopped
A member of the nightshade family (along with aubergines, peppers and chillies), tomatoes are in…
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
- 3 tbsp olive oil
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- 20 slices of baguette
- 5-6 slices Serrano ham
Mix together the chopped tomatoes, garlic clove, olive oil, salt and pepper. Keep in the fridge until needed.
To serve, toast 20 slices of baguette. Spoon a little tomato topping on to each piece of toast. Tear 5-6 slices of jamón Serrano into pieces and put one piece on each slice of bread.
Recipe Tip
Shopping tipJamón serrano is a Spanish ham similar to prosciutto – which you could use instead, although it is a bit more expensive.
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17th Jul, 2014
Totally agree with Anirac's comment!!!! And in Spain the hem to be eaten in iberian ham not Serrano, it's something different one from the other. Check this for information about all types of Spanish ham: http://www.jamonarium.com/en/content/27-spanish-ham-pata-negra-bellota-serrano-iberico-iberian This way to rubber the tomato is tipical from Catalonia, and it's done with tosted sliced of bread and you can rubber before the tomato a little of garlic!!!! It's delicious but... with Iberian ham, not Serrano ham!
18th May, 2013
healthy food, here first toast the sliced of bread, after pass garlic in the toasted bread, and grate the tomatoes passing strainer just to take pulp of tomatoe, and not the water. Put on the top the spanish ham. The secret is election a good tomatoe (normally it´s easy to find in summer, is the season, also you can find all year), and spanish ham, possibly "iberian ham", do you can apreciatte foot it´s black no white.

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Power-plant plans on collision course with rural lifestyle
The light breeze spreads a cloud of yellow pollen from rows of scraggly jojoba bushes. As he bounces along in a pickup, Kerry Starr watches over workers preparing for the summer harvest.
Things are looking good at the farm outside Bouse, about an hour south of Lake Havasu City, which makes the news rippling through this remote desert area so troubling.
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Phoenix-area utility Salt River Project has identified the area as a near-perfect candidate for a large nuclear or natural-gas power plant to serve the electricity demands of its nearly 1 million customers. Officials don't anticipate needing additional power from such a plant for a decade or more, but they have begun planning for a project that could take years of permitting and construction.
SRP has begun offering Purcell Jojoba International and other property owners cash for their land. Few want to sell.
Building a nuclear plant could take a decade or more, while a natural-gas plant would be much quicker, but utility officials emphasize that they have neither determined what type of plant they want near Bouse nor set a timeline for when they would build it. They also could build a plant elsewhere before pursuing the Bouse project.
But Starr, the farmworkers and several dispersed residents in the desert area believe they are living on borrowed time because even if they hold out on SRP, they know the municipal utility, a subdivision of the state, can use its powers of eminent domain to take their land for market value.
"This farm is on the way up," said Starr, who manages the operation. "Then this SRP thing comes up, and it's so heartbreaking for the people working on this."
SRP has made offers on about a dozen neighboring properties, and three or four landowners have shown a willingness to sell, said Janeen Rohovit, SRP's liaison to rural counties.
"We are not in any kind of hurry with this project," Rohovit said. "It is so far into the future what we are looking at."
Rohovit couldn't estimate when the utility might close on those sales, and said SRP is not rushing to take any of the remaining properties through condemnation, although she acknowledged that is an option.
"We are not invoking those terms," she said. "We would pursue condemnation only as a last resort."
Condemnation is a court action that governments can use to take property they deem necessary for public use, including for power plants, although SRP more commonly uses the tactic as a last resort to build power lines. Defendants can appeal a condemnation in court.
The Purcell jojoba farm has millions of dollars invested in its plants, and it can't easily start over on a new site. The shrubs, which can grow to 10 feet, produce a special wax used in expensive cosmetics. They don't produce their waxy seeds for four years after being planted, and they continue to produce until they are 35 or so.
The farm is nearing 40 years old, and has planted several varieties over the years. It is just beginning to turn over some of the oldest plots with new saplings, while also starting to reap the profits from those planted just a few years ago.
Farm officials are debating whether to invest $1 million or more into the next round of new plantings, unsure if they will be around long enough to harvest their investment.
The only advice the utility has provided the farm is to proceed with business as usual.
SRP initially offered the Purcell farm $1.5 million for its 800 acres. The farm also operates on about 640 acres leased from the state, officials said.
"They are so far off of what this farm and what it produces is worth," Starr said. "They were about $18.5 million off."
Memories tied to land
Some residents prefer not to sell their land because of sentimental, not financial, reasons.
Patricia Stanphill, 69, bought dozens of acres outside Bouse 20 years ago to get away from the small business she runs in Yuma. She spent the first few years living in a tent, building a small home from wood salvaged from a Colorado snow fence.
An American flag waves over a sign reading "Pristine Ranch" near the entrance to the driveway.
Eventually, she bought a mobile home formerly used as a local schoolhouse and refurbished it. She has more work to do. "But I'm running out of steam," she said, rumbling along in a golf cart to show visitors the small circle of rocks she built as a chapel on the property.
Her father's ashes are kept in a jar amid the carefully aligned stones. Next to his are the ashes of her sister, neighbor, ex-husband and several friends.
"I built this chapel to get married in one day, then everybody started dying," she said. "It's where I want to die."
The $100,000 SRP offered doesn't come close to covering the sentimental value of the land, she said.
If SRP exercises its power of eminent domain, it will offer Stanphill market value for the property. She acknowledges she might not live to see that happen, but intends to leave the property to her six grandchildren, who visit frequently.
"The government shouldn't be able to come in and take it for the raw land," she said.
Other neighbors offer similar sentiments.
Mike Ferris of South Dakota bought about 10 acres across the highway from the Purcell farm. He comes in the winter just to get away from it all. He hasn't been contacted by SRP, but he is strongly opposed to any development in the area.
"My phone doesn't work when I come out here, and I love it," Ferris said. "We're in the sticks out here."
He said he's not interested in selling, and he's not interested in seeing the landscape change.
"I don't want to look across the road and see a nuclear tower or nuclear steam," Ferris said.
Perfect location
SRP officials said the Bouse area is ideal for a power plant because of its location, and the plentiful groundwater in the region has attracted unwanted attention in the past.
In 1986, Phoenix bought 14,000 acres in the region for $30 million with the intent of one day pumping the groundwater and transporting it to the city.
Arizona Public Service Co., the other major utility serving the Phoenix area, bought about 12,000 acres in the 1970s with plans to either bank water underground to use later or to build a power plant.
Phoenix sold its land in 2012. APS still owns its land, although it never attempted to store or transport its groundwater. The utility held on to the property because it was purchased at a low price but is not working with SRP on a power plant, APS spokesman Jim McDonald said.
The Central Arizona Project canal draws water from the Colorado River nearby and transports it to Phoenix and Tucson along the land SRP is eyeing.
SRP officials said they have no intent of taking water out of the region.
"We are not buying land in the Bouse area for the purpose of exporting water," Rohovit said.
"In the Bouse area, there is a lot of open land," she said. "We like the rural aspect, and oftentimes rural areas like the idea of us coming in with any type of future projects for the construction, jobs and future benefits."
However, a power plant likely would use water for cooling. "Water, that is definitely an attractive aspect of that (land)," said Tom Cooper, SRP's director of resource planning and development. "Anytime we are looking at new generation solar-thermal, gas or nuclear, water is one of the essential pieces you need to have. It is a good spot for that."
Power demand
Both SRP and APS said they expect the Arizona economy to grow enough that they eventually will need morelarge power plants to meet the demand, but that time is at least a decade away.
Once they get to that point, it's unclear what type of power plants they will construct, but both would like nuclear power to be an option. In the meantime, the utilities will build natural-gas power plants to meet the growing peak demand in summer. Sometime in the 2025 to 2030 time frame, they will be looking for so-called "baseload" power plants that run all day every day, not just in the hottest hours of summer.
"Given the current environment around coal, that wouldn't be on the list for new baseload resources given the new EPA regulations for new (coal) resources," Cooper said. "We would consider nuclear, natural gas, but in terms of ranking those, it really is going to depend on a couple other factors."
Nuclear power uses lots of water but has no carbon emissions contributing to climate change. Natural-gas prices can be volatile, but those plants can be built to use less water than coal and nuclear.
"My understanding is there is a sufficient resource there to support those resource types in terms of water," Cooper said.
SRP also has turned to geothermal and biomass power sources for baseload generation, and APS gets power from a solar-thermal plant near Gila Bend.
SRP has no plans for additional largesolar plants, but that could change in the next decade, Cooper said. The Bouse area would work for that, too.
"We look for the one (site) that gives the most flexibility, which gives you the ability to react quickly and economically," he said. "Then you are not pinned into one resource option."
When APS released a forecast in 2009, it included the potential to build a nuclear plant when demand dictated sometime in the 2020s. But Jim Wilde, APS director of resource planning, said the company's current plan doesn't even forecast for a baseload power need until about 2030, and nuclear is not being planned.
"There is no additional nuclear in our plan and no additional coal in our plans right now," he said. "To the degree that (coal) technologies can improve, and new coal can pass EPA's proposed regulations, we will evaluate that in time."
McDonald said APS would need strong public support to build more nuclear. "We will not be in the first wave (of new nuclear plants)," he said. "We will be after it has been proven that it can be built on time, on budget, and most importantly of all, that the American people want it."
The landowners near Bouse hope that day never comes, and they plan to fight if it does.
"This is just a quiet, simple way of living with nature and living with God," Stanphill said, standing on the porch of her wooden home and taking in an uninterrupted view of the mountains.
She hopes the landowners stick together to persuade SRP to look elsewhere. "If the farm sells, then us little people don't stand a chance," she said.


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The documentary "With Mind and Hand: 100 years of innovation" was produced in honor of the 100th anniversary of TalTech University. It depicts the most exciting and important events in the history of the university, talks about its people, and spirituality, and looks forward to the innovative futuure of the educational institution.
Dignified anniversary is a reason to look at the history of the University, Estonia, and the contribution to the world, turbulent developments of the University and to discuss the future.
Among others TalTech Rector Jaak Aaviksoo, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Hendrik Voll, director of Department of Materials and Environmental Technology Malle Krunks, Emeritus Professor of School of Engineering Karl Õiger and Director of Energy Technology Andres Siirde talk about their memories in the documentary.
Thanks to the colorful archive footage, photos and contemporary documentary footage, the film travels in time, creating parallels between the past, present and future.
TV premiere of the documentary was on September 16 in Cannel ETV. You can also view the movie here.
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Detroit Bankruptcy Ignites Pension Battles
Detroit's historic bankruptcy filing -- already thrown into turmoil by a Michigan court Friday -- has ignited a largely uncharted legal front in the closely watched battle between public employee unions and governments across the country struggling to meet costly pension obligations.
By Richard Simon and Abby Sewell
Detroit's historic bankruptcy filing -- already thrown into turmoil by a Michigan court Friday -- has ignited a largely uncharted legal front in the closely watched battle between public employee unions and governments across the country struggling to meet costly pension obligations.
In Detroit, city pension funds sued Republican Gov. Rick Snyder and the city's emergency manager, saying they could not use bankruptcy to reduce the pensions of about 30,000 current and retired workers to help ease the city's $18-billion debt. They contended that the pensions were protected by the state constitution.
The uncertainties ahead came into focus Friday when a state judge ruled in favor of the pension fund suits, saying that the bankruptcy filing the day before had violated the Michigan Constitution. The governor lacks the power to "diminish or impair pension benefits," according to the ruling by Ingham County Circuit Judge Rosemarie Aquilina.
The state attorney general's office filed an emergency appeal with the Michigan Court of Appeals late Friday.
The first salvo in the legal battle has public employee unions and pension funds, including CalPERS, on edge.
"All bets are off in bankruptcy," said Jack Dean of the Orange County-based PensionTsunami.com. "That's why the unions are so panicked. And CalPERS is panicked. Because they don't know what's going to happen."
In Sacramento, Amy Norris, a spokeswoman for CalPERS, formally known as the California Public Employees' Retirement System, said Friday, "We will be watching what happens in Detroit." So are the cities of Stockton and San Bernardino, which have also filed for bankruptcy protection.
Detroit unions cheered the court ruling.
"There is too much at stake to play political games with the hard-earned retirement security of Detroit's public workers," said Lee Saunders, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
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The Detroit unions said the city had failed to negotiate in good faith. And while pension fund officials contend the state constitution protects pensions, others argue that federal bankruptcy law trumps state law.
In addition, current and retired public employees could find themselves competing with municipal bondholders for payment.
"Bondholders have been pretty immune until now," said Richard Lehmann, president of Income Securities Advisors, a bond advisory and research firm in Miami Lakes, Fla. "The question here is what prevails -- the guarantee to bondholders or the guarantee to pensioners."
The Detroit battle comes after a number of governors have gone to war with unions to limit public employees' collective bargaining rights or to require government workers to pay more for healthcare and pensions to ease state fiscal woes.
In fiscal 2010, the gap nationwide between states' assets and their obligations for public-sector retirement benefits was $1.38 trillion, up nearly 9% from 2009, according to the most recent figures available from the Pew Charitable Trusts. Of that, $757 billion was for pension promises, and $627 billion was for retiree healthcare.
In Detroit the underfunded pension liability has been estimated to be $3.5 billion.
Experts say the Detroit battle could ultimately reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
"Detroit could be a step in destroying public pensions, though the law says you can't cut benefits," said John Logan, director of the labor studies program at San Francisco State University. "If they a find a way around that, it opens Pandora's box, and the battle on whether to dump bank loans or dump pensions may go all the way to the Supreme Court."
In California, CalPERS contends that its retirement system is "an arm of the state ... different than other creditors."
Still, CalPERS chief counsel Peter Mixon expressed concern in a recent interview that municipalities could "seize on a 'bankruptcy solution' if they felt like the state laws ... could be avoided."
Stockton has continued making its payments to CalPERS since filing for bankruptcy protection in June 2012, despite the objections of bond investors who argued that the city should have sought concessions from the pension fund beforehand.
San Bernardino stopped paying into CalPERS after it filed for bankruptcy protection in August, faced by a $46-million general fund deficit. The city started making its payments again this month, but still owes $14.2 million from last year, according to Norris. It remains unclear what the ultimate impact on the city's retirees will be.
Public employee pension funds have argued that cities should not be allowed to treat their pensioners like other creditors while in bankruptcy.
The courts have yet to decide the issue. San Bernardino is still trying to make its argument to the court that it is eligible for bankruptcy. In Stockton, the question of pensions will probably become a key piece of the proceedings as the city moves forward with its plan in September.
"Truth be told, we know nothing," said Karol Denniston, a San Francisco-based attorney who specializes in municipal bankruptcy. "We know that under bankruptcy code there's an ability to impair creditors, but whether or not that extends to pension obligations -- there is no answer."
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CalgaryHerald reports "Men walking about in Langley should be wary after a woman viciously kicked a man in the groin, causing him to lose a testicle. "I just want to know what her problem is," Anthony Clark, 22, told The Province Tuesday. "People like her shouldn't be on the streets." Clark was walking along 200th Avenue in the Brookswood area of Langley one afternoon in early September when he passed his assailant on the sidewalk. "I was looking down and then I took a passing glance and saw her walk up to me," he said. That's when the young woman inexplicably kicked him in the groin hard enough to send one of his testicles into his abdomen. Clark wasn't aware of the severity of his injury until later that night when he "noticed something was missing." He consulted his doctor and a specialist, both of whom believed his testicle could be brought down again in surgery. It wasn't until he woke up afterwards that he discovered the doctors were wrong — the force of the assault had caused his testicle to rupture. It had to be removed and will be replaced by a prosthetic before Christmas. "My doctors say I will still be able to have children," Clark said. "But at 22 that's not something I want a stranger, this woman, to decide." Embarrassed by the situation, Clark didn't go to the police until nearly four weeks after the attack. Constables have told him there have been three or four similar assaults on other men, Clark said. Langley RCMP said they would like to speak to other victims, although there have been no official reported incidents, spokeswoman Const. Holly Marks said. The suspect is described as a Caucasian woman, in her late teens or early 20s. She was between five foot five and five foot seven tall, and 130 pounds with a slim build, and brown hair"
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As Catholic institutions across the country sue the Obama administration over new health insurance rules, Baltimore's new archbishop is scheduled to speak in Washington this week at a conference focusing on "Rising Threats to American Religious Freedom."
Archbishop William E. Lori, who was installed this month as the 16th archbishop of Baltimore, said he would discuss "the roots of our own nation's tradition of respect for religious freedom" — including the roles of Marylanders John Carroll, the first archbishop of Baltimore, and his cousin Charles Carroll, the only Roman Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Lori chairs the committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops that was created to challenge new rules written by the Department of Health and Human Services that require employers — including Catholic schools, hospitals and charities — to give workers access to insurance that covers birth control.
He is scheduled to speak Thursday at the National Religious Freedom Conference, hosted by a conservative Washington think tank and described by organizers as "a diverse assembly of about 200 religious leaders, elected officials, and federal and state policy experts."
"I will certainly reference how the church's teaching on religious liberty and our nation's tradition of respect for religious liberty fit together very, well," Lori said. "And why it would be important not just for believers, but indeed for the common good of society, to make sure that we as a nation go out of our way to respect religious liberty and not allow it to be compromised — even when we're talking about religious teachings that might be unpopular or countercultural, or the religious views of a minority."
In federal lawsuits filed Monday, the University of Notre Dame, the Archdiocese of New York and other Catholic institutions said the new health insurance rules violate their constitutionally protected freedom of religion.
The Department of Health and Human Services, which is writing rules for the administration's health care overhaul, initially required employers to pay for coverage of contraception. After Catholics and others objected, the administration offered a modification that would require insurers to pay for the coverage.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has said the modification does not resolve its concerns. The administration says it is still discussing the rule with religious leaders.
The Archdiocese of Baltimore did not join in the lawsuits.
"In this time of transition, it's very difficult to do the preparatory work that's necessary to engage in that type of litigation," the new archbishop said. But he said he "applauded the courage and the generosity of the dioceses and health care institutions and universities … who have decided to file suit in order to protect our First Amendment rights."
Lori called it "a noble struggle."
"We are not defending religious liberty for any partisan purpose," he said. "Our struggles at the present time are not of our own choosing. The timing is certainly not of our own choosing. We're engaging in this because we simply want the freedom to continue our amazing works of charity and education – and they're massive – but to do them in a way that is faithful to the teachings that inspired them in the first place."
The think tank sponsoring the conference, the Ethics and Public Policy Center, will give Lori its 2012 American Religious Freedom Award for his "gracious-but-vigorous defense of religious liberty in the face of increasing hostility and legal and policy challenges."
As Catholic institutions across the country sue the Obama administration over new health insurance rules, Baltimore's new archbishop is scheduled to speak in Washington this week at a conference focusing on "Rising Threats to American Religious Freedom."


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It's Christmas, so I can't think of a better recipe to share than these delicious eggnog cookies. They are sweet, soft, and melt in your mouth after each bite. I used maple extract in my recipe, but if you prefer rum extract, go ahead and try it. Happy holidays!
Eggnog Cookies
adapted from Cooking Classy
makes about 30 cookies
2 1/4 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg, plus more for coating
1/2 tsp cinnamon
3/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar
2 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp maple extract
1/2 cup eggnog
1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
4 Tbsp eggnog
1/2 tsp maple extract
3 cups powdered sugar
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon and set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer with the paddle attachment, whip together the butter, sugar and brown sugar until pale and fluffy. Mix in the egg yolks one at a time, mixing until just combined. Mix in vanilla extract, maple extract and eggnog. With the mixer on low speed, add in dry ingredients a few batches at a time and mix until just combined.
Drop heaping tablespoons of dough onto parchment lined baking sheets- space cookies about 2 inches apart. Once I dropped the dough onto the baking sheets I gently rolled the dough into round balls and pressed down slightly.
Bake for 12-13 minutes. Cool on baking sheets several minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
For the frosting: In the bowl of an electric mixer with the paddle attachment, whip the butter until pale and fluffy. Add in the maple extract and eggnog and then the powdered sugar. You can add additional eggnog if you want to change the consistency and if you put in too much you can add a little more powdered sugar.
Using a spatula or knife, frost the cookies and then sprinkle with nutmeg.


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1787 – Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England with eleven ships full of convicts to establish a penal colony in Australia.
1846 – The United States declares war on Mexico. Mexico, claiming that the official boundary was the Nueces River, considered the advance of Taylor's army an act of aggression (which it was) and in April sent troops across the Rio Grande. Polk, in turn, declared the Mexican advance to be an invasion of U.S. soil, he asked Congress to declare war on Mexico, which they did.
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the war. The Rio Grande was made the southern boundary of Texas, and California and New Mexico were ceded to the United States. In return, the United States paid Mexico the sum of $15 million.
1917 – Ten year old Lúcia Santos and her younger cousins, siblings Jacinta and Francisco Marto report the first apparition of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal. She appeared for six consecutive months on the 13th of each month. According to Lúcia's account, the woman imparted sacred secrets to the children.
Two of the children died, Spanish Flu. Both children had their remains exhumed in 1935 and again in 1951. Jacinta's face was found incorrupt, fresh as a daisy; where as her brother's body had decomposed. Who decided to dig them up? We should do that again. That left Lucia as the only shitty secret keeper. The Vatican made her tell, therefore negating all of existence.
Nazi/Emperor Pope said of the third secret and final secret:
"A careful reading of the text of the so-called third 'secret' of Fatima ... will probably prove disappointing or surprising after all the speculation it has stirred. No great mystery is revealed; nor is the future unveiled."
I'm swayed more by, Father Malachi Martin, who wrote the 3rd was all about the satanic infiltration of the Catholic Church, and the approach of apocalyptic events. Dude, the Emperor is in charge!
1933 - Roger Zelazny, American author, is born.
1940 - Winston Churchill gave his first speech to the British Parliament:
I would say to the House as I said to those who have joined this government: I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering.
You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory. Victory at all costs — Victory in spite of all terror — Victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival.
1964 – Stephen Colbert, American comedian and actor, begotten by the father.
1994 – Johnny Carson makes his last television appearance on Late Show with David Letterman.


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Mother of newborn seriously injured in East Shoreham crash
A 23-year-old mother, driving with her newborn baby, was seriously hurt when her car was hit head-on by a car whose driver was high on drugs Tuesday in East Shoreham, police said.
The 3-week-old infant, taken to Stony Brook University Hospital along with the mother, "does not appear injured at this time," Suffolk County police said.
Denis Karachopan, 24, of Rocky Point, who police said was driving west on Route 25A, and whose 2000 BMW "crossed over" and struck the woman's 2008 Nissan, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of drugs.
Karachopan's arraignment information was not immediately available. A department spokeswoman said a call came in at 11:07 a.m. about an accident at Blackfoot Trail.
Eastbound Route 25A, which was closed between Miller Avenue and William Floyd Parkway, was reopened, the state Department of Transportation website said.
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Helen Ryan was honored at the Boys & Girls Club of Bluffton's Hope & Opportunity Luncheon for her professional achievements, her active service in the Bluffton community, and her direct support of the club.
More than 90 people attended the luncheon that raised more the $7,000 for the club's SMART Girls program.
Speakers included Mayor Lisa Sulka, last year's honoree, and president and CEO of the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry Denise Spencer.


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SAN FRANCISCO -- Club One has made personnel changes in its corporate health and fitness management division.
The San Francisco-based company announced this week that chairman of the board Robin Klaus, who took over as CEO for Jim Mizes in July, will continue to oversee Club One's corporate health and fitness channel.
Valerie Gordon and Cheryl Ridall will succeed Robyn VanDerLuit as vice president of corporate health and fitness at Club One. Also, Tom Nelson, vice president, will drive new business development for the company's corporate health and fitness management division and all partner management accounts.
"This strategic leadership transition is a result of our commitment to grow this channel and to our continued dedication to our clients," Klaus said in a statement. "Valerie Gordon and Cheryl Ridall are two exemplary business professionals with complementary expertise that further strengthens our position as the country's most experienced management team in corporate fitness and population health management."
Klaus added that VanDerLuit was a significant contributor to Club One's corporate fitness and wellness activities.
"We are deeply grateful to Robyn and wish her all the best in the successes that await her," he said.


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Blogger Harold Schellinx figured it out:
" [..] The covers of these two books, each of which in its own way deals with 'music and the brain', are basically the same (notwithstanding the fact that the one is a portrait of Oliver Sacks, and the other not-a-portrait of Henkjan Honing :-) Both prominently show a listener enjoying music played back through a set of headphones. Both listeners have put their right hand upon the very spot where the sounds originate. This is a common gesture, often made in an attempt to shield off possible 'alien' sounds coming in from the 'outside' and get even more 'inside' the music. And both listeners wear a very private smile: their eyes are closed, thus telling us that whatever is going on, it is going on inside their heads. The pictures show their retreat from all that is space, and thus quite forcefully underline that musical hearing (contrary to the hearing of a mere succession of acoustical events, that I like to call factual) is "the manifestation of time eventuating" (as Viktor Zuckerkandl nicely put it in his 1956 Sound and Symbol: Music and the External World.) [..]" HarS Soundblog (2010)
(See also: een kijkje in de keuken [Dutch])


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We all love TED, so check out this TEDxToronto video!
I really like this video, and I am intrigued by the idea of thinking as leadership as influencing one person. When I first saw this video, I thought about how this concept can be applied to development. Initially, I thought that it is just a way for people in the field to feel better about themselves and their work. But then I thought about my work with Zikomo Bags, and I realized that I can completely apply this idea. Zikomo Bags currently works with 11 women. But these 11 women have learned valuable sewing skills, and 2 of them are now teaching a course on sewing and tailoring. What can their students accomplish? These 11 women can now more easily afford to send their children to school. What can their children accomplish? The lollipops just keep getting passed along.
Leading with Lollipops really can work. It is also a great way to maintain hope and optimism in the often discouraging field of development.
Do you like the idea of leading with lollipops? Is it more effective for people working in the field of development, or for the people receiving development aid? Or is it just a "hokey" idea that is best left to Orientation Leaders?


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Study for the Brown Teapot
JOHN, Gwen (1876 - 1939)
© Estate of Gwen John 2002. All rights reserved DACS
Media: oil on canvas
Size: 32.4 x 24.8 cm
Acquired: 1976; Purchase
Accession Number: NMW A 204
One of four versions of the same composition dated about 1915-16. The foreground is unpainted, the middle-ground partly finished and the background substantially complete. This reveals the artist's later technique; first applying a thin undercoat, then blocking in principal motifs roughly and finally working up the surface in even strokes of dry paint. Working very methodically on several almost identical pictures, she completed half the painting while other areas were barely begun.


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I'm starting off by saying this happened NOT ON MY WATCH! I got a message from hubby last night on my cell. While I was working apparently my daughter- the oldest- kicked her foot through a window.
Ummmm, really?
Yes, REALLY! Not something I would joke about.
He had to take her to Urgent Care because she sliced 2 of her toes.
The Dr. wanted to stitch her up but she would have none of that. She was too scared, so he just glued the cuts and put tape over them. Because she didn't get stitched she can't walk on her foot for 5 days. GREAT!
So, now here we are, at home, with an extra kid. She is lovin' the life, though, I'm pretty sure. All she has done today is watch movies and snack.
She is hopping around when she feels like it, which I'm sure will eventually cause some other injury because she is my child and the family curse is still in full force. I do have to be grateful, though. Her injury could have been A LOT worse.
I'll have to let you know if the curse strikes again... Wait, it already did. How many of your kids have kicked their foot through a window?
I have to give a little info on this window. We have had all but 2 windows replaced in our house. Those have not been done because according to housing code we have to have well windows for those rooms and getting the concrete cut for that is more than what is in our checking account at any given moment. So, although the actual replacement windows were purchased over 3 years ago they are still sitting quietly in the office downstairs, not saying a word. I think they are hibernating. They could be dead for all I know. Really, they are just there. Of all windows for my daughter to kick she had to kick 1 (of the 2 not replaced yet) out of 18 windows in our house. What are the odds? Anyone good at math here? (That was not a rhetorical question, I'd really like to know the answer.
A side note, this morning at breakfast the oldest asked me if we could do some home-schooling while she is not at school this week. Well, I had a flashback to my Idaho trip that almost knocked me on the ground. We did do a little home-schooling-type-thingy while in Idaho because the kids missed a whole week of school. I know, I'm a great parent. You should already know that! Really all I did was go to the dollar store and get the kids some workbooks to do. I did help with some of the stuff, but basically let them have fun while I was playing with my sis and her darling baby! (remember the pics? She is darling, isn't she!?)
Okay, back to my story- so, after finishing a page in the workbook Oldest Child asked me if I would check her work. She was working on spelling and I noticed that one of the words she was using a capital S instead of the lowercase s. I asked her to tell me when we use a capital. She gave me a crusty look that would put all of your kids to shame. No, she didn't answer my question so I began to list the uses of capitalizing a word. Still nothing. Seriously, she was SOOOOOO mad. So, I decided that she didn't need help if she was going to be stubborn. I walked away.
Later I told my sis about it and how I am pretty sure Oldest Child does not like me. One moment we are buddy-buddy and the next moment she is trying to kill me with the crusty-look from helk (thanks for letting me borrow that word Crash!).
My sister, ever the peacekeeper in the family pulled Oldest Child aside later and talked to her about what happened. My sister asked why she was being mean to me. Oldest Child said, "My mom is not a good teacher."
WHAT! I taught that girl's preschool for 3 years. She did great and was totally prepared for school. She tells people all the time that she was special because mom taught her preschool. Now I have to pawn my kids off on a friend for preschool (well, I do pay her for it!). I don't really have the time or patience to do it right now. Remember how my house looks(like this and this)? And now she tells her aunt that I am NOT A GOOD TEACHER? What in the freakin' world. (yes, I just said freakin')
After talking for a bit Oldest Child restated her original thought with this..."My mom is not a good teacher...for me."
Like that is supposed to make me feel better.
Which pulls us back to the original story of her hurt foot. Did she honestly just ask me, the "not a good teacher" mom to homeschool her?
After I picked my jaw up off the ground I smiled and oh so politely walked away.
Theme song- First Cut Is The Deepest by Cat Stevens. I was debating which version of the song to put on (I also like the Sheryl Crow version) but I think I like this one the best. It's just classic! (Not to mention appropriate for the post.)
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Not Again!
I'm starting off by saying this happened NOT ON MY WATCH! I got a message from hubby last night on my cell. While I was working apparently my daughter- the oldest- kicked her foot through a window.
Friday, March 27, 2009
First Official Meeting
I'd like to call the meeting to order. Since I am the one in charge I will be the first to go...
Hi, my name is Julie and I suffer from NPS.
(everyone say, "Hello, Julie.")
Well, I first realized this shortly after my first daughter was born. I spent gobbs of time scrapbooking her every booger, poopie diaper and naptime poses. I know that doesn't sound like I was being neglectful, right? But really, I was doing most of the work while she was awake and I could have been playing with her, but I wasn't. I was at a table with my friend being all creative.
It has only gotten worse over the last almost 8 years. Currently my biggest issue is reading. I am a HUGE fan. Don't even get me started on the Twilight series (I know some of you hated them, but they were a great escape for me when I first found out about my cardiomyopathy and I needed to think/dream of good things like eternal love/life and dreamy kisses!). My newest author- love is for Marcia Lynn McClure. She is a fab-o author of clean romance. Who couldn't use a little (or a lot) fantasy time?
So, this is where we come to my being neglectful. I would rather sit and read a fabulous book than make lunch for my kids. Who needs to eat, right? Sure Bits, you can have that bowl full of graham crackers and marshmallows for lunch. It's healthy, right? (And then I wonder why she goes rabid on me. Hmmm! Not much to wonder there, I guess.)
Here are a few others of my favorites. They are really quick reads, but the problem is I don't do anything else when I want to just sit lazily and read!
My reading addiction has lead to another problem. I don't want to sleep. I want to just keep reading. I hate it when a fabulous book ends because I just want it to go forever.
Seriously, I get off of work at midnight. Home not too long after that, but then I don't go to sleep until 2 or so because I read to relax.Main problem there is, when the book is so good I don't relax. I totally get into it and then there is no sleeping. I keep telling myself "just one more chapter then I will put it down." But then the chapter ends and I am feeling all warm and fuzzy about the sexy main guy and I have to keep reading to see if/when he is going to kiss the beautiful main girl.
Lack of sleep = worsening of NPS. What do I do? Do I accept this shortcoming, embrace my reading obsession or do I swear off books for the rest of my life?
Any suggestions?
Thanks for listening.
Who would like to be next?
(Theme song- Who Needs Sleep by Bare Naked Ladies)
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Letter to all Utah Drivers
Lately I have been reading other blogs (big surprise, I know) and people have been writing letters to other people who need some serious knocking-upside-the-head. So I figured it is my turn.
Dear Utah Driver who totally cut me off when I had the green light,
I know that here in Utah you are allowed to have an open-pamphlet written test so you never really have to learn the real, safe driving laws. But where I come from (SoCal) we actually had to memorize the laws/rules of the road. So I am going to impart some of my memorized wisdom to you so that in the future I won't feel the need to give you some fowl gestures (yes, pun was intended- you know, the bird! Heehee!). Not that I have ever given anyone said gesture, but who knows. The next time I encounter your inconsiderate/unsafe driving I might now be able to control my hands.
Here is today's driving lesson!
41-6a-304. Obeying devices
(1) Except as otherwise directed by a peace officer or other authorized personnel under Section 41-6a-209 and except as provided under Section 41-6a-212 for authorized emergency vehicles, the operator of a vehicle shall obey the instructions of any traffic-control device placed or held in accordance with this chapter.
You ask for plain English. I will comply! You are to OBEY all traffic signals. Example. Yesterday when I had waited patiently at my red light to turn left I did not just go ahead and turn because I felt I was more important than all other drivers on the road. When my light did turn green I proceeded with caution. Now, since I had the GREEN light I know for sure that you had the RED light. Yes, I understand that you came to a full stop, but YOU DID NOT have the right to turn in front of my just because you think you are more important than me. I did not see a woman in labor sitting in your car. You weren't headed to the hospital for an emergency (I saw you turn into a quick mart immediately after). You didn't have any sirens wailing, no lights flashing to signal that you were of the police-type-person. No, you just pulled in front of me because you, like many other drivers never had to learn the rules of the road.
So, for future reference- DO NOT turn right when you see other cars using their right-of-way. Stop, wait your turn, then go. Not when you think it is your turn, but really, when it truly is your turn. Then maybe people will stop complaining about stupid Utah drivers.
Seriously Ticked-off California Driver!
PS Yes, you can get pulled over for a failure to yield, but since most Utah cops fall under the Utah drivers category I am not sure how often this happens.
Thank you for letting me get that off my chest.
Theme song- Fast Car by Tracy Chapman
From the brain of MakingChanges at 12:30 PM
Monday, March 23, 2009
Rabid Britin
To the normal eye she looks like a perfectly healthy 4 year old. But to her mom, she is Rabid Britin.
While in Idaho on vacation I was privied to witness the rabid come out in her. Well, maybe that isn't such a privilege. One night we went to the restaurant for dinner since my sis and I had been out most of the day running errands and chasing 8 kids. Fun for us. So, we did the cheater-thing and went out for dinner.
Britin CHOSE a grilled cheese sandwich for her dinner. Grilled cheese sandwich coming up! Note- this is one of her favorite things to eat. She LURVES cheese! So I was thinking she made a perfect selection. Dinner comes and she doesn't touch it. She is just enjoying the rootbeer (mommy usually doesn't let the chillins have soda). Finally, I took her soda away and said that she couldn't have anymore until she ate her sandwich and fries. WOW! Not the thing to say.
Some kind of chemical thing happened in her and she flipped out. LITERALLY! She slinked down off of the bench and onto the floor. I tried to grab her and she went at me with her legs, kicking like a crazy woman!
(Sorry for the major use of exclamation marks, but I really mean EVERYTHING! If you had been there you would totally understand!)
Finally I was able to grab her and drag her out from under the table. She was screaming and hitting and still trying to kick, although I had both of her legs and the kicking didn't really get to me. I sat her down (all the while she is still yelling). The patrons of the restaurant didn't know when they sat down to dinner that they were also going to get a show. And what a show it was!
I have NEVER seen Bits this crazy. That's the only way to describe how she was acting.
Back to my story- she wouldn't calm down so I took her to the bathroom, thankfully it was a single. On my way our waitress asked if everything was okay. Umm, does it look okay? "Sure, she is just having a cow, don't mind us."
I thought the bathroom was a good idea. Later I found out that it just echoed, making it possible for the WHOLE restaurant to hear what was going on instead of our small little corner. At this point my BIL (who is the manager) came out to the table and asked my sis if we were okay. NOPE, sure not.
In the bathroom all I could do was laugh. She had scraped up my neck (drawing blood even- good thing I am up to date on my tetnus shots). She was balling her hands up into fists and turning red. I laughed even harder when she screamed in a possessed-esque voice "THAT'S NOT FUNNY!" I said,"yes, it is." She kept repeating it until she came after me with her claws primed and ready for attack.
That was the point when I had to grab her and take her out to the car and get her strapped into her seatbelt. It was all about containment at that point. So, I told my sister I would be in the car. I felt bad leaving her with my other 3 (along with her 4) but there was nothing I could do. I had Bits slung over my shoulder, still kicking.
In the car it was a struggle to get her buckled in, but I was triumphant. The mom ALWAYS wins.
In the car she cried and screamed until she started to cough. The coughing turned into a fit and eventually she puked all over herself. Nice mother that I am handed her wipies (the mothers' miracle) and told her to clean it up herself. Not too long afterwards my sister came out with 7 kids trailing behind. All of them well-mannered (ya, they saw mom go crazy when Bits threw a fit. They didn't want any part of that!). Smart sis boxed up the dinner and brought it with her and when we got back to her place Bits had to sit down and eat the rest of her dinner while the rest of the kids got dessert.
Since then we have had occasional rabid moments.
Here is part of an article in the local paper about what happened.
"This incident does not indicate that the general public should fear [Britin], but it certainly does illustrate why it's a good idea to admire [Britin] from a distance and to not do anything to lure [her] close or to try and capture [her]," says Doug Messerly, DWR regional supervisor.
"Even animals that appear healthy will defend themselves when they're in contact with people. A bite or a scratch can cause infection or even transmit other diseases besides rabies."
The majority of rabies cases occur in wild animals, such as raccoons, skunks, bats, foxes and [Britins]. Domestic dogs, cats and cattle are also susceptible to the disease.
"In the United States, exposure to rabies is rare in humans, but it does occur from time to time, [as in Britin's case]. The numbers of human deaths in the United States associated with rabies is currently one or two a year, and death only occurs in people who fail to seek medical help until after the disease symptoms have started.
"[Luckily her mother was not infected from the heinous scratch to the neck.]
"If people observe any unusual or aggressive behavior in [Britin], they need to leave [her] alone and report the observation to local police and the Division of Wildlife Resources," Messerly says.
"It can be a big mistake for people to try to help what appears to be an animal in distress. Please leave [her] alone, and let wild [Britin] be wild."
(No, not really- please don't tell me you actually thought there was an article written about Britin. Actually this is a real article- I just changed it a little to fit my story. Heehee!)
Theme song for today- 17 Goin' on Crazy by Smashed Gladys.
While thinking about what to write I was talking to my sis who witnessed said occurance. I told her that when a man and woman get together they give off phermones that attract each other. When Britin and I get together I give off some hormone that makes her go rabid. I doubt there is a pill for this, but if any of you could find one, I would pay serious moola for it!
From the brain of MakingChanges at 9:51 PM
Just like Dad
I love my son. He says funny things, as I have told y'all! This weekend he was in the bathtub. Poor guy was in a bubble bath with his owies, so it didn't feel so good. This is not a result of my NPS. It is a result of asking his older sister to run the bathtub while I changed MMIT's nasty diaper. She was treating the kids to a bubble bath, not realizing that the soap might irritate the sores. He made the best of it, though. He was Santa first. Then he helped his sister to be Santa. Then he did this...
From the brain of MakingChanges at 12:57 PM
Recently I have noticed a seriously problem. It is something I suffer from and I know there are other moms and dads out there that suffer just like me. I'd like to offer some support for those of you who have contracted this debilitating disease.
NPS- Neglectful Parent Syndrome
Along with my BA (Bloggers Anonymous) group I will be holding a NPSA group to help all of you who need encouragement, support and acceptance.
I'd like to give a few examples to show you that you are not alone in your NPS. We need to all come together and offer a helping hand to each other. Together we might even recover (but I seriously doubt it).
Sorry some of them are out of focus, my camera doesn't like to get closeups of injuries. It must have a soft heart for my little ones!
disclaimer- I was actually at work when both of these injuries happened, so maybe it really is my hubby who has NPS.
Theme song for today- Collide by Howie Day.
Post note- Jacob fell of his scooter. Lesson learned- we bought his a new helmet (to encourage him to actually wear it). MMIT was pushed off a bike by UMM.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
My Way
So, I was on the phone with my sis who just started her own blog! YEAH! I was getting lunch ready for the little chillins and UMM didn't want the leftover spaghetti that I warmed up. She ONLY wanted juice. Um, no. You have to have F.O.O.D. in order to get juice. Sis heard me say this and she comment that sometimes she wants to tell her kids, "This isn't a restaurant. This isn't Burger King, you can't have it your way." I giggled and said, "This is Burger Queen. You can only have it MY WAY!" Had to share it with you.
Drum Roll Please. And now for the weiner... I mean winner of the nastola fridge contest.
I decided to be a little crazy and let there be 2 winners. YUP! Major surprise, I am doubling the winners. Using random.org (which btw is a fun website- I have OCD about #'s and I was fixated on putting random #'s in and letting it pick for me. This occupied me for about 10 minutes until I decided I needed to get this done and get going on my laundry- again! So I put in the real #'s and it spit out our winner. Sorry, soap is not included in the prize to clean off the computer generated spit that is now all over you.)
#1 winner- DARCY! YEAH! I have your address and will probably just bring your 2-pack prize to your house.
#2 winner- Val of the South! CONGRATS! I don't have your address, so I need you to send me your info- my email is julie dot youngblood at gmail dot com.
Again, here is what you have won! YEAH for you both!
Unfortunately no one was brave enough to actually enter the contest by posting their own gross refrigerators, which was a great disappointment to me, but maybe it just goes to show you my strength of character and that I feel totally comfortable with my grossness. Or, maybe I am the only one that is weird enough to think that others would like to view my filth. Or, maybe it could be that I secretly like to teach people, and this is just a small and simple gift I am giving to you... the perfect example of how NOT to be a homemaker. Ya, I think that's it.
I was trying to think of some fabulous TMI to share today so that I could have one of my long-time favorite songs be my theme for today. Couldn't come up with anything about Kisses that would fit in (or that I felt inspired to share). Then I remembered that not all music in movies fit perfectly. SO I am going off of some of the verses of the song...
Is it too much to ask
I want a comfortable bed that won't hurt my back
Food to fill me up
And warm clothes and all that stuff
Shouldn't I have this
Shouldn't I have this
Shouldn't I have all of this
Do I want too much
Am I going overboard to want that touch
I shout it out to the night
"Give me what I deserve, 'cause it's my right"
Shouldn't I have this (shouldn't I)
Shouldn't I have this (shouldn't I)
Shouldn't I have all of this,
Yes, that's the lyrics to Passionate Kisses by Mary Chapin Carpenter. LOVE IT! Thought it went well with the Burger Queen- "Have it MY WAY!"
From the brain of MakingChanges at 11:19 AM
Monday, March 16, 2009
Say that again
UMM is the funniest kid to walk the earth (and I'm not just saying that because I'm her mom). She really is!
Bits: "Daddy has a boy baby in his belly."
Mom: "No Sweetie, Daddies don't have babies in their bellies."
Bits: "Why is him's belly so big?"
Mom: "Ask your Dad that one!"
No, this is NOT a drawing of my hubby, it just made me giggle and I love adding pictures to my posts, as I'm sure all of you love to see pictures.
I'm sure if he had some input for this posting he would blame me. See, I heart goodies. I have to have snacks around. ALWAYS. That's how I was raised. Of course now that my metabolism isn't what it was before I had kids I struggle with my weight now, too. But snacking is a hard addiction to overcome. I go to the store and have to pick up snacks for the kids and some "mommy snacks." You all know what I am talking about. The snacks that only come out when the kids are not around. The more expensive chocolates that you just can't do without. Yup, those are the "mommy snacks."
So, since I buy the snacks and make monster sized meals (I learned to cook for my family growing up- 8 people), I snack on things constantly and I am gone most nights he would say it is my fault.
I understand we are both bored eaters. I understand I have a serious lack of self control when chocolate is in the house, but I blame that on myself. So, let's all just buck up and take responsibility. Repeat after me- "If I have no self control it is my own dang fault." I'm not just talking food. Genetically I am predisposed to being overweight. I have to accept that. Others have the same problem. I'm talking about a general lack of self control. I don't seem to listen when the little voice in my head says I've been blogging long enough. I don't listen when I tell myself that I need to put the book down and go to sleep because it is after 2am. I don't listen when I tell myself that I will only have a handful of Cadbury Mini Eggs (not the ones with the filling, just the milk chocolate with the hard shells. YUM!). Do you know what I mean? My intentions to have good self control are there, but I don't seem to know how to follow my own thoughts/advice.
Any advice you would like to give on this subject will probably be ignored, but you are welcome to put any on here that you would like. I'll just delete it if I don't like it or the little voice inside my head tells me to. See, I do listen to the voice sometimes.
Did this post follow anyone else's train of thought? I think my train got derailed as I was typing. Hopefully you aren't all sick from the rollercoaster ride.
Theme song- The Fast Food Song by the Fast Food Rockers.
REMINDER- There are only 2 more days to enter my gross fridge contest. If you are interested still here is the info. The winner will be announced on Wednesday. Good luck to y'all!
From the brain of MakingChanges at 12:17 PM
Saturday, March 14, 2009
After Hours
Okay, this is probably my last post about my trip, but I had to do it. There were pictures that I didn't add before because they really deserve their own space. So I am sweeping the dust off the mantle and putting these up front and center for all who enter my domain to see. What do we do when it is after hours, all rooms are taken and the kitchen is occupied by a man who requires silence to finish his talk? You find the one unoccuppied space in the house, which happens to be the bathroom.
Yup, we weren't ready to call it quits, knowing it was our last night together, so in true form for our family we had a game night. We tried to get hubby in on the action but to no avail, he would have none of that. Beside, really, where would we have fit him in? Even my bro had to occupy the tub to be comfy. Too bad that it was a little wet. Thankfully it wasn't wet after he sat in it, but now he had a different problem. His pants were wet. Oh well!
We laughed so hard, had a great time. Have you ever played True Colors? Not the newest version, which is sorta like the old one, but not as fun. I'm talking the original, honest to goodness True Colors. This is one great game. I would pay $$$ or maybe just some spare change to get he original. My sis has it so we were able to indulge in some down and dirty playing. And when I say dirty, I mean dirty!
Sorry, I warned you, didn't I? My bro is a little odd, I know. But, I think he is a keeper. If anyone knows a fabulous, single girl between the ages of 20 and 28 he is available. He has multiple talents like being able to name any movie star and what movies they have been in, quoting a movie or TV show after having seen it once and he is wicked awesome at golf. He is the go-to guy when you can't remember the name of a movie, just so you know.
The night was a total blast. Unfortunately the winner was my hubby. But wait, did I say he didn't play. Yup, that's right. He didn't even play and he won. That will teach us to play for him. We didn't want the game to go too fast so I played for myself and for hubby, Jeanne played for herself and her hubby and Dave played for himself and one of our other sisters. Man, I'm just too good for my own good. I should have thrown the game for Dalen, but I was too honest and good at guessing his mind. Or is that my mind? Whichever... he still won. Totally rude!
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You know you're a blogger if...
You know you are a blogger if
- you dream about blogging. (which happened last night and inspired this list)
- you are going about your day thinking of all of the things you want to blog about.
- you have ever said the phrase, "I am so blogging that."
- you take pictures just so you can blog them.
- you wake up in the morning and check your blog to see if there are any new comments.
- you check your blog before you shower.
- your house goes to pot because blogging is more important than cleaning. (see this post am this one)
- your kids tell you ideas for posting.
- you ask your hubby if he liked today's posting before you kiss him. (sad, but true)
- you try to convince everyone that blogging is the best invention ever.
- you have ever uttered the phrase, "do you blog?"
- you keep up with your NEIGHBORS by reading their blog.
And, to finish off this post I am finally going to post the pictures from my vaca. Enjoy!
Helping my BIL clean the attic at his restaurant- all of this was in there. Malia looking on at all the goods she can play with. What to attack first? HMM?
All of this was in the attic. Yes, we were sneezing and we all had dirty boogers for the rest of the day. TMI, I know, but I had to say it.
This is my favorite picture. She was showing me her dirty hands from cleaning the attic and somehow I snapped it as her eyes were crossed. HILARIOUS!
Having dinner when the restaurant was closed. The kids all had a great time. This was their treat for helping with the cleanup.
Me and my sis... we helped with the cleanup, too. I'll blame that and traveling on my sloppy garb, k?
Can you tell I was loving being around my sister and her daughter? Couldn't get enough pictures of them!
The littler kids were worn out before the mommies and the older kids were. Luckily my BIL was willing to sit with them while we played on the slides and in the wave pool.
Nasty picture of my and my whiteness, but I am with my girls having a great time. BTW- this was an indoor water park in Idaho. It was still too cold to be going outside in a bathing suit.
I know you are totally jealous of my whiteness. I had to show you all that my legs have not seen the light of day in so many years. Don't look too closely, I hadn't shaved in 2 days. Oops!
Check out the suit and bowtie. Isn't it the best. This is my little nephew that I could just squeeze the poop out of. He is a total doll!
This was the birthday/baptism boy. Holding his candle as we sang "Happy Birthday" since we couldn't light it in the church that we were using for the party and baptism.
Saying goodbye to my favorite girls. Notice the snow outside? Yes, it dumped on Idaho the day before and then again while we were driving home. Good times.
Although I hate being cold I love looking at the beauty of snow. Freshly fallen. As long as I don't have to drive in it (which I do have to) and don't have to go out in it (which I do have to) or feel the effects of the cold (yes, I do feel the cold) then I just think it is gorgeous. So looking at this picture is great. I took this one while driving, too.
Stopping for dinner on the way home. We thought we'd treat the kids to Fuddruckers, a place they have never been to where you get to build your own burger kind-of joint. I haven't been to a Fuddruckers since I was baptized at 8 years old and I remember it being cool. So I thought this was going to be fun. Not so much. I would have rather paid 1/10 of what we did and stopped at a McD's.
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Along Alderman Road near Scott Stadium, this group of fellows was carrying a big maroon banner bearing the fraternity initials of Phi Sigma Kappa. (Or was it Phi Kappa Psi? Or was it Phi Delta Theta?) There were lots of fraternity guys out and about on this rainy Saturday.
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Drinking the Bottom Shelf: Is $10 Exclusiv Vodka As Good as Grey Goose?
Will Gordon drinks his way through the bottom shelf of the liquor store...so you don't have to.
I got a flu shot the other day, even though I am a paragon of health and I have very little contact with the short and sneezy subset of humanity that spreads disease via finger paint snot art and sociopathic disregard for personal space. I'm not a kindergarten teacher, an emergency room nurse, or any other sort of virus magnet, but I still got flu-proofed the other day because Bottom Shelf research director Emily told me to, and I do what I'm told when all it requires is a 5-minute pit stop on the way to the ham store.
Even though I'm not likely to catch the flu and I try to limit my exposure to needles and bureaucracy, I didn't mind filling out a couple of forms and getting shot in the arm, because I try to do my part for herd immunity. And, like I said, Emily told me to, and I figured I should listen to her because she is definitely my wife and possibly a doctor.
I'm not entirely certain what Emily does all day. I know she works at a hospital, and she's not the janitor or the accountant, but I don't think she's a doctor—or at least not a doctor-doctor—either. She went to grad school for a hundred years and she wears those doctor sweatpants to work sometimes, which would seem to argue in favor of physician-hood, but then that doesn't explain why my Lexus is short a couple wheels and says Schwinn down the side. Beats me. All I know is she works at a hospital with her buddy Jessica.
Jessica went to our wedding, where she met our friend Alex. Emily and I usually aren't big on arranging romantic matches, because we're selfish and because most of our friends are either picky or undateable, but we thought Jessica and Alex might make a nice team because they both have the good sense to like us and liquor. They are now happily drinking together several nights a week. Jessica favors tequila, as do most honest women, while Alex is more of a Jameson kind of fellow. But he'll drink high-end vodka in his Red Bull from time to time, and he's from Russia, and this is a story about vodka, so let's take this opportunity to address Exclusiv, a newish wheat vodka from Moldova.
It turns out Moldova doesn't even border Russia (Romania and Ukraine), but I don't have any Moldovan friends and I do have a deadline, so we're sticking with the Alex theme here. Alex makes a good living but I'd still like to find him a cheaper substitute for his Grey Goose, because Jessica likes boats and yet for some reason does not own a boat. I'm not one to tell a man how to run his relationship, but I will note that I got a flu shot just to keep my wife happy, because sometimes you have to indulge your partner's desire for luxuries such as rudimentary walk-in health care and boats.
I'd never heard of Exclusiv until their publicist emailed me a couple weeks ago to announce that this up and coming import focuses on quality and value rather than flash and packaging, which allows Exclusiv to be "on par with competition like Grey Goose and Ketel One." She called Exclusiv one of the "highest quality vodkas on the market" and noted that it won Double Gold in the 2012 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Sounds like Jessica better start thinking of boat names, right?
Sadly, no. Exclusiv isn't bad, and it's certainly worth the $10, but when I tasted it blind next to Grey Goose (both are wheat-based), it was depressingly easy to tell the difference from the first whiff. Grey Goose smells like very little, with light pine and a hint of citrus astringency the only clues that it's not water. Exclusiv smells like cheap vodka: predominantly nail polish remover, albeit with an admittedly pleasant undercurrent of vanilla.
The good news for bargain-hunters and Moldovophiles is that the difference is less pronounced where it counts: Exclusiv's bark is worse than its bite, as the chemical notes are muted in the drinking. Exclusiv is eminently drinkable, and I will keep my free sample around for Bloody Marys and what not. It is not, however, "on par with competition like Grey Goose."


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I can't believe it – September is here! How many days to Christmas???????????? Anyway on with the podcast.
The first track I play is Nusa by Nusa on an album called – you've guessed it Nusa! I think this is one of the most orginial tracks of the last few years. Nusa are made up of Rory Campbell (pipes) and Malcolm Stitt (bouzouki, guitar) and on this album they featured DJ Extra. On this track DJ Extra takes one of Rory's favourite Tannahill Weavers LPs and uses it in a scratch kind of way (I don't know what this is called). It is an amazing sound though and makes for a very original recording. I don't think the band fulfilled their potential in the end but in many ways this music is still not to be beaten.
The next track is by Fiona MacKenzie from her Elevate CD. This is a lovely album full of great songs with lots of singable hooks. I think they were aiming more at the pop world with this CD and I hope they succeed. Fiona sang in the premier of my Music for a New Scottish Parliament way back in 1999. She made a lovely job of "And Freedom Be Our Guide" which was written by me and Aonghas MacNeacail. She couldn't make the next performance unfortunately which was recorded.
After this we play a new compilation CD by Aly Bain entitled The Best of Aly Bain. This is a lovely compilation although I would rather hear a new Aly Bain CD. I've alway's loved Aly's playing – his tone is my favourite fiddle tone especially on slow airs. I spent a bit of time with Aly over the years firstly on the TMSA Young Champions Tour way back in 1990. It was fun times and also included musicians Martyn Bennett, Scott Gardener, Bruce Lindsay and others. The accompanist was the legendary Violet Tulloch. He has also been very good to me over the years and in the ninties he let his manager Liz Wright try to get me gigs while he paid for the running of the office. It was also his influence that would have got me onto the Shetland Sessions and Transatlantic Sessions TV programmes.
Another compendium now from fiddler John McCusker. He has put together his last two CDs Yella Hoose and Goodnight Ginger onto one disk. Again like Aly's CD I would rather see something new but it is still great to listen to John's music. I play on both of these CDs and I smile when I remember the recording process. I'm very much a go for it kind of musician and never play the same thing twice but John kept giving me a row when I deviated or made a little mistake! John's been very busy this year touring with Mark Knofler all over the world. He's great fun and always makes me laugh!
Alyth McCormack's CD An Iomall was like Nusa a bit of landmark for me. She and Jim Sutherland (the producer) really modernised Gaelic music on this CD. I believe there was a second CD made for her recent support tour with The Chieftains in the USA but it as not been released over here yet. Alyth was the singer who took over from Fiona MacKenzie in my Parliament piece and did a fine job which you can hear on the CD.
We finish up with a track from a new album called Experience Scotland – a CD which is all about that. The company that made it licensed tracks from lots of different record labels including Foot Stompin and have come out with a very varied and interesting CD. I chose the track from Scottish Women singing Hey Donal. I've alway's loved this song and it brings back memories of Karine Polwart teaching it to kids at Tinto Summer School. The harmonies in this recording are brilliant.
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For some, Christmas memories center around a tree, presents and a large meal. For a Trivoli family, Christmas will now involve memories of two brothers playing football in Iraq.
For some, Christmas memories center around a tree, presents and a large meal. For a Trivoli family, Christmas will now involve memories of two brothers playing football in Iraq.
"What made it even more fun is that because we were on the same team, the opposite players would say 'I'm covering Williams,' and the other players would be confused and ask 'are you covering Sgt. Williams or Lt. Williams?'" said 1st. Lt. Trevor Williams, who along with his brother, Sgt. Josh Williams, deployed with 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division in October but were stationed in different parts of the country.
"We both thank God that he blessed us by being able to serve our country together at the same time and in the same place," said Trevor Williams, who like his brother, graduated from Farmington High School.
Christmas together, even though they were in the same brigade, was unlikely, but fate and another man's patriotism intervened.
A soldier in Trevor Williams' unit decided to reenlist, a ceremony that was to occur at Contingency Operating Base Speicher which is near the central Iraq city of Tikrit - and the base where Josh Williams just happened to be stationed.
Trevor's commander gave him a two-day pass, and the next thing you know, it's first and 10 on the 20. While at Speicher, the brothers took in a holiday brunch, which both admit wasn't as good as their mother's home cooking.
"Also, they were replaying the Bears' win over the Packers, so that was fun to watch again. It was great to watch a Bears win and have a nice meal with my brother on Christmas," said Trevor, an avid Bears fan.
Annette Williams, their mother, said the family - grandparents, wives and even their mom - got to see the two brothers on Web camera.
"Grandma and grandpa had sent them cigars, and they had them in their mouths," their mother said. "They were making faces, and it was so fun to be around about the table and see them.
"It made us feel good knowing that they were together."
Josh enlisted first, was previously deployed to Iraq and was mulling his future when his brother graduated from West Point in 2007 and got assigned to Hawaii. When given the chance to head out there as well, he jumped at the chance.
The brothers and their wives, Kimberly and Molly, spent about a week together in Maui before duty called.
Trevor said while he would rather be with his family, knowing that he's in Iraq to help the people there makes it worthwhile.
"I don't think there is a better gift to give than giving the Iraqi people the chance at a fully-functional democracy," he said. "It is amazing to me how well these people of all different ethnicities are working together with the ultimate goal of having a successful democracy.
"Although I miss my wife and family, helping out the people of Iraq to obtain their goal of democracy so that their children can have the same hopes and dreams that we grew up with make being here well worth it," Trevor added.
For Josh Williams, the holiday with his brother is cathartic. His last holiday was spent dodging enemy fire.
"There was a mortar round fired at our base and a large piece of shrapnel came straight through my tent and hit the ground right next to me," he said. "I had only been in Iraq at the time for about two weeks. Three days after that, I lost one of my good friends, Cpl. Aaron Forbes, in an IED attack."
"During my last tour here in Iraq I was shot at, blown up, and everything else that could happen. This time I have been here two months now, and I have not seen a shot fired toward us or by us," he said.
This Christmas has been great in comparison, Josh said.
"I am sitting next to my brother and surrounded by friends and people I consider to be family," he said.
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Investors sent Icahn Enterprises up 9% after a positive mention in Barron's. Also: Jack Otter and Sam Mamudi explain why Occidental Petroleum and Cliffs Natural Resources are moving higher.
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Hopefully, the Yahoo Experience in Arabic Won't Include a "Maktoooooo-ooob!" Yodel
Online ad spending in the Middle East is expected to increase between 35 and 45 percent this year. Little wonder then that Yahoo is entering the market there.
This morning, Yahoo said it is acquiring Maktoob.com, an Arabic online portal that boasts some 16 million users. Terms of the agreement weren't disclosed, but paidContent values it at between $75 million and $80 million.
"Access to information and communications tools can positively impact people's lives in many ways," Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz said in a statement, "and with the acquisition of Maktoob.com and our investment in the region, the Arab world will soon get a Yahoo experience in Arabic with relevant local language content, programming and services."
For Yahoo (YHOO), which is working to expand its international footprint, the move is an important one. While there are more than 320 million Arabic speakers worldwide, less than one percent of online content is in Arabic. The market is still in its early stages and it is already underserved. In other words, it represents a tremendous opportunity for local versions of Yahoo Search, Mail, Messenger and other properties.
"This deal is part of Yahoo!'s broader strategy to grow our international business, particularly in emerging markets," Keith Nilsson, Yahoo's Senior Vice President of Emerging Markets, said in a blog post. "In many countries, vast populations–and advertisers–are just starting to come online. The potential is tremendous. Yahoo! has a large and growing audience in these markets today, and our acquisition of Maktoob represents the kind of investment we're making to cater to the needs of these promising regions."


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