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"I've been using Hess Plumbing for years. The plumbers are honest, friendly, and always get the work done. They have installed a toilet and a garbage disposal in my home, and fixed several leaky faucets. They are reliable, arrive promptly, and do a great job. I would highly recommend them."
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"I called Hess Plumbers because our old hot water heater stopped working. Jack and Mike came out twice, once to see if it could be repaired, and again to do the replacement with a new unit. They were both very friendly and professional."
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"And once again my pipes backed up, happens about every 18 months. Yay. Not.
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Ryan Terrebonne braved the heat and temperamental weather in Eureka Springs last Thursday as he rode through the Ozarks to honor his two late grandfathers' fight against cancer.
On the longest annual charity bicycle ride in the world, the Texas 4000 team rolled through Eureka Springs just 20 days after departing from Austin, Texas, on its way to Anchorage, Alaska.
"The most challenging part is the really long rides day to day that are so mentally exhausting. My teammates keep me motivated, as well as all of the people that I know are supporting me back home," Terrebonne said. "This base of support inspires me the most, as well as those who have to put up a fight against cancer every day without choosing to have this come into their lives. I ride for those that cannot."
Terrebonne had never been to Eureka Springs but said his grandparents "talked about it a ton."
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Texas 4000 began 11 years ago when Chris Condit, a student at the University of Texas and a cancer survivor, sought a way to share a message of hope, knowledge and charity to those with cancer. Since then, Texas 4000 has sent more than 540 riders on their bicycles, traveling more than two million miles to honor those affected by cancer.
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The kids in Inspire the Fire are feeling happy.
At the end of March, a large group of Inspire the Fire members -- preteens and teens -- surprised people uptown by breaking into a choreographed dance (for about 4 minutes) to Pharrell Williams' song, "Happy."
Inspire the Fire is a local nonprofit that works with young people and the arts. Here's a video of the event -- looked fun!
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Antony Currie and Breakingviews columnists explain how tax-arbitrage merger deals may end up being all for nothing – and how deal-making could hit $4.5 trln next year.
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Most rice soups are made by boiling the rice in the broth, but I prefer to make it heartier by using arborio rice and cooking it similarly to a risotto. This means the soup gets a tiny bit of creaminess, almost like a cream of chicken soup but not as heavy and stodgy. As the name suggests, I like to use a good amount of garlic in my chicken soups, as it aids the healing properties (as Nigella would say, well that's the story I'm sticking to). If you want more vegetables, you could of course add corn kernals, finely chopped spinach or small broccoli and cauliflower florets. Sometimes the only negative with adding more vegetables is either that you need to keep the proportions consistent with the total vegetables listed, or you need to make a larger serving – i.e. add more stock.
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- 1 cup arborio rice
- 2 carrots, diced
- 2 sticks celery, diced
- A few sprigs of fresh thyme
- 1 bay leaf, fresh or dried
- 2 litres homemade chicken stock (mix this with up to 25% water if you need to)
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 1 cup shredded cooked chicken
- Salt and pepper to taste
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PORTLAND -- The Tri-City Americans stayed one step ahead of the rest of the U.S. Division on Tuesday night with a key win over the Portland Winterhawks.
Alex Pechurskiy finished with 52 saves and Brooks Macek had a pair of goals as the Americans improved to 8-1 against the Winterhawks with a 5-1 victory at the Rose Garden.
"It was a big win, there's no other way to describe it," said Americans coach Jim Hiller.
The Americans (45-18-1-2, 93 points) maintained their four-point lead over Everett (42-19-3-2, 89 points), which beat Kamloops on Tuesday. Both teams have six games remaining.
"It's getting close to the end, but we aren't going to get too far ahead of ourselves," Hiller said.
With the loss, Portland (40-24-2-1, 83 points) took itself out of the running for the U.S. Division title. The Winterhawks are 10 points behind the Americans with five games to play, but the Americans hold all the tie-breakers.
"They are a good team and they will always be dangerous," said Hiller, whose team returns to Portland on Saturday.
Portland opened the scoring at 19:13 of the first period with a power-play goal by Nino Niederreiter, but that would be all Pechurskiy would allow.
The Americans came out on fire in the second as Justin Feser scored 15 seconds into the action. Macek scored his first of the night less than 2 minutes later, and Jordan Messier gave Tri-City a 3-1 lead at 2:46 with his 20th goal of the season.
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Take the survey
Rappahannock County needs your participation in a survey identifying options to improve broadband in underserved areas of Rappahannock County. The upcoming needs assessment survey will be launched Sept. 15, helping the county identify specific areas of need and provide important data to be shared with telecommunication companies.
John Lesinski, chair of the county's broadband committee, says while parts of Rappahannock have broadband, many citizens have no service or else slow, unreliable, and inadequate reception to meet basic needs. Ironically, the things that draw people to Rappahannock — rolling hills, mountain vistas, bucolic solitude — are the same things that make it difficult to get reliable Internet.
Needless to say, there are many benefits to Internet access: safety, economic, and educational, to name a few. Washington resident Ashleigh Cannon Sharp, for example, told the committee she recently discovered the benefits of online health services. After noticing a circular rash on her leg, she took to the Internet and an online medical site, where she quickly met with a qualified doctor using video chat. The service took her insurance and the doctor was able to prescribe medication for Lyme disease.
"This online service allowed me to see a doctor without having to leave my business, find childcare for my daughter, and drive 30 miles. All residents can benefit from this same easy and immediate access to healthcare," Cannon Sharp notes.
Beginning Sept. 15, residents can access the survey online at www.RappBroadband.org or obtain a paper copy at the county library, schools, administrative offices, and many local businesses. The survey can also be completed at one of two upcoming town hall meetings to be held in September, time and date forthcoming.
Hidden figures
Tomorrow kicks-off the autumn season's first RAAC "Friday Movie Night," featuring the once Hidden Figures.
Three brilliant but little known African-American women at NASA — Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe) — serve as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn (Glen Powell) into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation's confidence, turned around the space race and galvanized the world.
Take note: showtime is a new time — 7 p.m. — at the Little Washington Theatre. In conjunction with the Friday movies, Tula's will offer a special fixed-price menu starting at 5 p.m.
Fine wines
Not one, not two, but three popular Rappahannock wineries — Narmada, Gray Ghost, and Magnolia Vineyards — won well-deserved medals at the Atlantic Seaboard Wine Competition.
Narmada won Best in Show, plus a silver. Gray Ghost won two silvers and six bronze. And Magnolia won a silver and a bronze. Wineries in 17 states submit wines to the competition.
Hello honey
Virginia is forecasting a "favorable" honey harvest this autumn. As the honey harvest ramps up in September, Virginia agriculture officials are encouraging honey lovers to take advantage of the season's impressive harvest by purchasing local honey at markets, festivals and other celebrations.
According to a recent survey, Virginia honey bee colonies have increased by 23 percent since last year. In 2016, Virginia honey production was valued at $1.1 million.
"Honey bee pollination is an important part of Virginia's agricultural industry," said state agriculture commissioner Sandy Adams. "An increase in honey bee colonies often means there are more bees to pollinate crops and the result of that pollination means more honey for the consumer."
Rappahannock homeowners are reminded they can help honey bee populations by providing flowering plants around their homes.
Find tranquility
Talented Remington artist Nancy Brittle will show her much-celebrated paintings at Middle Street Gallery in Sperryville from Sept. 15 through Oct. 22. There will be an opening reception at the gallery on Saturday, Sept. 16 from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m.
In her show, "Quiet Hours," Brittle offers more than a dozen paintings created from the rural views in and around her home. She draws inspiration from "family, friends, dogs and cats, flowers, and the familiar fields about our house," she says. "Often, my subjects are quietly pursuing a daily task or habit. The flower images are of flowers I grow and my sister arranges. They are part of the quiet beauty that enrich the hour."
In "The Morning Paper" (pictured here), the artist offers a view of a woman seated at her kitchen table reading a newspaper, warm morning light streaming in through an open window behind her and a vase of freshly cut garden flowers positioned in front. The painting has an impressionistic feel; the colors range from subtle to vivid but are never garish.
Brittle will discuss her methods and her works at an informal "artist talk" at the gallery on Sat. Oct. 14 from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. Middle Street Gallery is located above the Before & After Cafe at 31 Main St. in Sperryville. It is open from 10 a.m. until 5 pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Cambridge 'dream'
Rappahannock's stage will soon be taken over by young performers from Cambridge University. And you know what that means. To experience Shakespeare at its best, hurry and make reservations now for the Little Washington Theatre, Sunday, Sept. 10th, at 3 p.m.
One of Shakespeare's most-loved comedies, A Midsummer Night's Dream, will be performed by the talented troupe from Cambridge, who will be in Rappahannock for only appearance.
Established under the patronage of Dame Judi Dench in 2000, the actors, directors, designers and technicians travel up and down the Atlantic seaboard every September to bring a professional quality production of a Shakespeare play to audiences in the eastern United States.
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White House Candidates on Summer Spending Spree
Three of the leading presidential contenders spent more than they raised for their bids over the last three months, according to fundraising disclosure reports released yesterday, as candidates continued to shatter records in the race for the White House.
Democratic Sen. Barack Obama spent $21.5 million, while among Republicans former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney spent $21 million between July and September -- more than twice the amount he raised -- and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani spent $13 million.
Sen. Hillary Clinton spent more than $20 million, just less than she raised in the period, and finished with the most cash in reserve of any of the candidates for the frenetic run to the primaries.
While most candidates concentrated their spending in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission yesterday show Giuliani invested thousands of dollars opening campaign offices in places such as Fargo, North Dakota and Columbia, Missouri.
Giuliani's decision to spend there, as well as in Florida, New Jersey and Illinois -- all states that will emerge after the initial burst of primaries and caucuses in early January -- signals that he alone among the Republicans is laying the groundwork for a national primary strategy, campaign strategists said.
"It looks a lot like Rudy is banking on a breakout strategy, where he survives early losses and gets to the big states on January 29 and Super Tuesday," said Scott Reed, a former Bob Dole campaign strategist who is not attached to any presidential campaign this year.
Giuliani raised $11 million during the third quarter of 2007 -- more than his Republican counterparts -- and reached $13 million in spending without making a significant purchase of television advertising.
Romney, meanwhile, spent almost a third of his $21 million outlay on television and radio ads that have been saturating the airwaves in Iowa and New Hampshire. His $9 million in cash on hand almost matches the $8.5 million he loaned his campaign, marking another quarter in which the candidate essentially loaned himself out of debt. When asked about their pace of spending, Romney campaign officials have pointed to the significant hurdles the former governor faced as a relative unknown in a field of high-profile GOP contenders.
Romney had placed 10,893 television and radio ads through Oct. 10, according to the Neilsen Company. That total is higher than the combined ad buys of any two of the other candidates in either party.
"The fact that Gov. Romney when we announced was at 4 percent and was practically unknown outside of Utah and Massachusetts was a significant challenge, especially given the fact that we were placed into a fundraising environment that had us competing against candidates who had universal name recognition among Republican donors," said Kevin Madden, a Romney spokesman.
The latest financial reports, which cover campaign activity between July 1 and Sept. 30 and were due to the Federal Election Commission yesterday, show Giuliani continues to be best positioned to spend money in the run-up to the crucial early contests, although Romney's willingness to self-fund his bid remains a wildcard.
While Giuliani has $16 million in the bank, Romney has $9.2 million on hand and former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson has $7.1 million. Sen. John McCain reported finishing September with $3.5 million in the bank, but when factoring in $1.7 million in debts owed and $1.8 million in funds he can only use if he reaches the general election, McCain finished the third quarter $94,000 in the red. Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kansas) just $95,000, as he spent heavily in an unsuccessful attempt to win the Iowa straw poll.
Those figures were dwarfed by the amounts being banked by the leading Democrats. Obama has more than $32 million on hand and another $4 million he can spend if he is the Democratic nominee. Clinton has $35 million in her account for the primary and $15 million she can only use in the general election. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D), who has gained some traction in polls in Iowa and New Hampshire, reported more than $5 million cash on hand.
The quarterly financial reports offer an important look inside the gears of the campaigns as they move out of the quiet summer months and into one of the most active phases of the campaigns. Steve Elmendorf, a Democratic strategist who worked on Dick Gephardt's 2004 White House bid, said it is in the coming weeks that campaigns will start to dump money into television advertising and into organizational efforts that will in large measure determine the outcome of the early contests.
The reports also shed new light on the people who are donating money, and in some cases bundling checks, for the various campaigns.
This is the first FEC filing from Thompson's presidential campaign, for instance, and it shows among other things that Thompson has not yet become a major draw for the financial backers of President Bush. Only 19 of the 631 individuals previously identified as Pioneers or Rangers -- designations that George W. Bush's campaign gave to his top bundlers -- have joined the Thompson campaign.
William H. Strong, vice chairman at Morgan Stanley, is one of those who signed on with Thompson after seeing little in the initial Republican field that excited him. "There were many positive attributes of the other candidates, but trying to reach a decision about who I thought could best serve this country as president, I felt it would be Fred," Strong said.
Looking at both fundraising and spending numbers, the Thompson campaign appeared to be a far less active enterprise than the Giuliani campaign. Thompson, for instance, spent just over $430,000 on travel, while the Giuliani campaign spent more than $1 million.
Giuliani's spending was elevated at least in part because he traveled in style. He often stayed in luxury hotels, spending $2,010 at the Greenbrier Hotel in West Virginia, $4,034 at La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, Calif., and $5,370 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. He also spent more than $565,000 reimbursing various corporate supporters for private jet travel, and another $800,000 on charter jet travel.
"We have said, at the end of the day, looking at the total that we have, it shows we're running a very efficient and effective campaign and are very mindful of the donations that we receive," said Maria Comella, a Giuliani campaign spokeswoman.
One Giuliani bundler added yesterday he doesn't care how the former mayor is spending his money. "I don't give a damn whether he's staying at Motel 6 or Ritz Carlton," the bundler said. "What I care about is where he is in the polls."
--Matthew Mosk and Saran Cohen
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October 15, 2007; 9:35 PM ET
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why are you not reportin that that it Turns Out: Obama Still Found More Donors
When we got out first look at the third quarter estimates two weeks ago, it seemed that Sen. Hillary Clinton had attracted more new donors to her campaign than he did -- approximately 7,000 more.
But the final numbers give the edge to Obama in this category: he found 108,000 new donors and Clinton attracted 100,000.
That's 365,000 donors in all. 92.5% of all 550,000 donations Obama recieved have been for less than $250.00
That's campaign finance reform right there, isn't it?
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Southwestern's library system includes the A. Webb Roberts Library, the Kathryn Sullivan Bowld Music Library, the Counseling Center Collection, the World Mission Center Collection, Horner House's McDonald Library in Fort Worth. Southwestern's libraries also include the libraries of the Rosharon (Darrington Prison) and the Marshall Center of Theological Studies in San Antonio. There is also a small book collection at the off-campus site in Little Rock. The staff of 8 librarians, 3 full-time support persons, and 30 part-time workers provide personalized service while developing an expanding collection. The library collection has over one million items of all types. The libraries' Acquisition and Cataloging Departments add approximately 5,200 books a year. The library's SirsiDynix Symphony library management system and Knowledge Portal enables the library staff to manage the collection efficiently and allows users around the world to search more than 85% of the libraries' total holdings. Students may search for other materials using any of the several online databases provided by the seminary.
The A. Webb Roberts Library, opened in 1982, supports the curricula of Scarborough College, the School of Theology, the School of Church and Family Ministries, and the Roy Fish School of Evangelism and Missions. Almost 60 percent of the books in the general collection relate to theology, church history, and vocational ministry. Other subjects include philosophy, psychology, world religions, archaeology, general history, and Christian art and literature.
The Public Services staff offer instruction and other assistance in the use of the library and its resources, including the library catalog and electronic databases. Each year through arrangements with other libraries, the department requests and receives about 4,200 items for Southwestern students and faculty; they also loan almost 3,000 items to users at other libraries.
The Serials Department currently receives approximately 2,150 periodical titles supporting the seminary's curriculum along with a few general interest magazines and newspapers. Here, too, are kept Baptist state convention annuals, Baptist state newspapers, and the SBC annuals. Total periodical title holdings approach 8,500. The library's extensive microform collection provides primary source materials, including early British Baptist publications, older materials from Yale Divinity School's Day Mission collection, and microprint copies of extant books published in the United States through 1800.
The Charles D. Tandy Archaeological Museum, located on the first floor of Roberts Library, displays artifacts from Tel Batash in Israel (the biblical Timnah mentioned in Judges 14:1-5) and other biblical places and periods. It also serves as the archaeology lab for the seminary's Tandy Institute for Archaeology program.
The library's second floor has book shelving for Bibles, commentaries, and other sources for biblical study. The variety of seating arrangements permits several students to use the area at one time.
The J. T. and Zelma Luther Archives houses the seminary archives, original copies of all theses and dissertations completed for advanced degrees, and Special Collections. Among these collections are the Rare Book Collection, the Geoffrey and Beryl Breed Collection (British Baptist history), the William R. Estep Collection (Reformation and Anabaptist studies), the Lonnie Quillen Collection (Christianity in Africa), and historical and missionary artifacts. The Robert A. Baker Church History Room brings many of these collections together in place with study tables and carrels for advanced researchers.
The Audio-Visual Learning Center contains almost 49,000 non-print media, including video tapes, spoken audio tapes, CDs, DVDs, kits, transparencies, filmstrips, slides, and games. Equipment and space is provided to use these items.
The John and Cynthia Thomas Library Computer Learning Center, opened in 1997, provides students computers with high-speed Internet access, the latest Microsoft Office software, and assorted Bible study programs. Most students use the center to complete course related assignments. Students also have access throughout the library to the campus' student wireless network.
The John and Vida Cooper Faculty-Doctoral Study Area provides privacy and security for those engaged in sustained research. One hundred forty study carrels are available to doctoral students and others; faculty use one of the twenty-two study rooms.
The Library Writing Center provides individuals with personalized writing instruction and peer review.
The third level of A. Webb Roberts Library contains almost nine miles of shelving with space for more than one hundred thousand added volumes.
The Kathryn Sullivan Bowld Music Library is located in a three-level building annexed to the southeast side of Cowden Hall. It contains a carefully chosen, well-rounded collection of books, scores and octavos, as well as audio and video recordings. The collection emphasizes church music but contains a large selection of works from the great masters of the past to modern avant-garde and contemporary compositions. Among its resources are the complete works of major composers, scholarly anthologies, church music collections, and worship books. Approximately 400 music periodical titles provide current tools for research. Electronic resources are also available to both students and professors through commercial online databases and multimedia computer software. Because of the school's international connections, there is a significant representation of indigenous Christian music materials that include instruments, recordings, and scores.
The library owns an extensive hymnology collection, housed in the Robert S. Douglass Treasure Room. This room contains over 9,000 rare books, hymnals, and scores, including editions of early 17th- and 18th-century psalters such as the 1598 Sternhold and Hopkins The Whole Booke of Psalmes, shape-note tune books such as The Sacred Harp and The Southern Harmony, and gospel songbooks such as Bliss and Sankey's Gospel Hymns and Sacred Songs.
The Treasure Room of the music library also holds several important collections, most notably the George C. Stebbins Collection which contains over 1,100 items and includes hymnals, sacred songbooks, histories, biographies, and scrapbooks related to American and British hymnody dating from the mid-18th century to mid-20th century. The essence of this collection is gospel hymnody of the 19th century revival movements. The William J. Reynolds Collection has more than 1,500 titles, mostly hymnals from various denominations and nationalities and church music books. Bowld Library also holds the Eugene Maston Collection, an eclectic collection of more than 2,300 hymnals and sacred song books from the late Eugene Maston.
Two grants from the American Theological Library Association (ATLA) have allowed the library to digitize shape-note tune books and make digital recordings of different Southern Baptist worship services. Anyone may view these collections at the ATLA website.
Bowld Music Library contains over 23,000 recordings of works from the repertoire encountered in churches today. Patrons may listen to historic reel-to-reel recordings or more contemporary CDs of LifeWay publications. In addition, the collection includes numerous VHS and DVD recordings of operas, oratorios, composer interviews, and jazz documentaries that may be viewed in the media room. In addition to these resources, the library is able to offer Naxos Music Online to students within the music programs, providing a convenient method of study at home. Two computers with the latest version of Finale are available for student use on the relaxing and peaceful third floor of the library.
The Curriculum Center displays most of the current curriculum materials produced by LifeWay Christian Resources, other SBC agencies, and the WMU. The staff maintain files of other material about practical ministry issues. A computer in the lab gives students access to several Southern Baptist Convention websites. Located in Price Hall and funded by the School of Church and Family Ministries, any seminary student may browse or review this material.
Southwestern's Libraries have established some smaller specialized collections elsewhere on the Fort Worth campus and at some off-campus centers. These collections at San Antonio and Little Rock have major reference works and commentaries. Students enrolled at other locations use use the libraries at the host institutions or access Southwestern's libraries online. The Counseling Center collection has materials that support the Baptist Marriage and Family Counseling Center's programs. Books and video recordings in The World Mission Center collection support people group research and planning for short-term mission projects. The Horner House Library supports studies in the Women's Program.
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This weekend, in a domestic frenzy, I somehow decided to make a coconut cake completely from scratch. Including cracking and shredding the coconut. I think I blacked out and was temporarily possessed by the spirit of Martha Stewart. (Why can't she possess me to organize my kitchen cabinets or clean out the upstairs closet? Or better yet, transform my bedroom into an oasis of calm.) Actually, I think I was more of my inner-competitor. See, lately Hubby has been making these awesome chocolate chip cookies and brownies. (This is quite an achievement coming from the man who once boiled elbow macaroni for, like, an hour.) I saw this yummy looking coconut cake on the cover of an old Better Homes & Gardens magazine a friend gave me. I love coconut cake, and so as not to be outdone by Hubby's sudden interest in baking, I decided to give the recipe a whirl. At first, I wasn't going to go to the trouble of doing the coconut myself, but then Hubby said, "Yeah, but it would be so much fresher". Game on.
Let me tell you, cracking into a coconut and getting the good stuff out is no small feat. Hubby said we are screwed if we're ever stranded on an island because it is hell to get the white, fleshy coconut meat out. After finally prying all of the meat out & cleaning it, I optimistically mixed my little heart away on the cake and then the frosting from scratch. Of course, it couldn't be an ordinary frosting. Noooo, this recipe called for whipping egg whites just so, and also boiling a water/sugar syrup, and using a candy thermometer to get it to a certain temperature. I'm pretty sure I could be qualified as a chemist after all this nonsense. I obediently mixed the eggs and syrup mixture together as the recipe described, and waited for the obligatory "stiff peaks" to form. I painstakingly frosted all 3 layers of the cake, including using wax paper strips along the outside of the cake so I could remove it and have a "pristine" cake plate when I was done.
When it was finished, it was beautiful! Martha Stewart, eat your heart out. I snapped a few pictures on my cell phone (to be posted once I figure out how) and went about my business of cleaning up the kitchen and attended to some laundry while Hubby took an evening shower. When he was done, I was so happy to reveal all my hard work and dig into the yummy cake. Except something went wrong. I returned to my cake to find that the frosting had not set, and was oozing slowly down the sides of the cake, much like my mascara runs when I watch Steel Magnolias. Friggin' great. I smoothed the frosting back up the sides of the cake and we decided it would be much better off in the refrigerator to set. No problem.
Except that stupid damn frosting never set. By the next evening, the frosting had slid down and created a puddle around the bottom of the cake. Thankfully, it wasn't all completely gone, and still had enough substance and "goo" left to it to not melt completely away. And it DID taste awesome. However, instead of putting a little notch on my domestic goddess belt, I was sorely disappointed and, quite frankly, annoyed to have put that much trouble into something to not turn out right. *sigh* I guess that's just the way it goes in "Domesticville" when you decide to visit it only once every 6 months.
Then last night Hubby decides to fix some grouper, which is a rare find in these parts. He did his usual web recipe surfing and was very eager to try out his new recipe. Except he overcooked it. Ha! I felt kind of bad for him, because I obviously know how it feels and he was very disappointed. But my inner-competitor was just a tad bit gleeful. I better go find another new recipe before he does.


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no more sick girl!
this girl is no longer sick. well, sure, some people would start coughing discreetly if they caught me claiming that, but they're all friends of mine, so that's alright. ;)
it was soooooo lovely to see my students' faces light up on seeing *this* girl and not a sub-girl (or guy). it was also nice to have a guest speaker in my afternoon class, which meant i could get some prep work done and actually get paid for that (and playing scrabulous *g*).
this bug-free girl went to the poetry reading on friday - it was rather quiet, some of the usual suspects were missing. i rdead, but was not too happy with my performance. maybe because i was not sure about what to read, up until the last moment. and perhaps because my mind was elsewhere, at least part of the time. ;)
this single girl didn't have such a great saturday afternoon: decided to finally put all things wedding in a box - dress, bag, cards, etc - and had a bit of a breakdown. strange mood ensued. thanks again to the wonderfully wise, witty & lovely nicole for cheering up (and on). and to v. for making me laugh. repeatedly.
this smart girl finally beat david at scrabble ... and he sooo deserved this revenge of the most scrabulous woman!
this girl was positively bouncy today. spring in the air?
and this girl has the song of the day looped in her mind (does that make me loopy?) -
song of the day - with a nod to valerio: start wearing purple by gogol bordello.


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Saturday, May 16, 2009
How would you build a school today?
This is an article from Contemporary Issues in Tech and Teacher Education. If you get a chance to read this article I'd love to know what others think. Since this blog is primarily an opportunity for me to sort my ramblings and reflections though I'll give it a go.
One thing as a teacher that has advocated for technology in schools that I find exciting is the influx of cash dedicated to meeting the needs of today's digital citizens and 21st century learners. Granted the 21st century started 10 years ago, but the idea is sound and the effort is inspiring. I'm glad that more schools are getting labs and wireless access and SMART boards, video cameras and more to use in their instruction. I've seen the results in standardized tests from my class support this use and I know that the engagement level is tremendously high in classrooms where this is taking place. The artice starts off with this nugget,
"We have a unique opportunity in education today. Massive funds are pouring into the technology infrastructure of K-12 schools. It is estimated that $7 billion a year is being spent to equip schools with infrastructure, networking activities, and hardware.The investment of resources on this scale is comparable to the space program. The process of building this infrastructure is similar to launching a rocket in education. Now that we have launched that rocket, we must learn to fly. That may seem backwards, but it is often the ways things work"
What I am fearful though is that we've outpaced or jumped ahead of our own learning curve. We have technology and tecahers not knowing exactly how to use it. In a recent blog I wrote about Bob Marzano and his "ideal integration" model. We need training and sound instruction before we can expect success to come form this new method or delivery of pedagogy.
This is one of those posts that I hope to revisit over and over again, because there is so much here....
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Russia still targeting US political system, spies say
WASHINGTON — The nation's top intelligence chiefs were united Tuesday in declaring that Russia is continuing efforts to disrupt the US political system and is targeting the 2018 midterm election, following its successful operation to sow discord in the most recent presidential campaign.
Their assessment stands in contrast to President Trump, who has repeatedly voiced skepticism of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
At a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats, Democrats demanded to know what the intelligence community is doing to counter Russia's actions and whether Trump has given explicit directions to them to do so.
''We cannot confront this threat, which is a serious one, without a whole-of-government response when the leader of the government continues to deny that it exists,'' said independent Senator Angus King of Maine.
The disconnect between Trump and his most senior intelligence advisers has raised concerns that the US government will not be able to mount an effective plan to beat back Russian influence operations in the upcoming midterm election. And Daniel Coats, director of national intelligence, said there is ''no single agency in charge'' of blocking Russian meddling, an admission that drew the ire of Democrats.
''The fact that we don't have clarity about who's in charge means, I believe, we don't have a full plan,'' said Senator Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, the vice chairman of the committee, which is conducting an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
He also said social media companies, whose platforms have been fertile turf for Russian bots seeking to stoke divisions among Americans, have been ''slow to recognize the threat'' and that ''they've still got more work to do.''
Coats said that Russia will continue using propaganda, false personas, and social media to undermine elections.
''There should be no doubt that Russia perceives its past efforts'' to disrupt the 2016 presidential campaign ''as successful and views the 2018 midterm elections as a potential target for Russian influence operations,'' said Coats, the leader of the US government's 17 intelligence agencies.
His assessment was echoed by all five other intelligence agency heads present at the hearing, including CIA Director Mike Pompeo, who two weeks ago stated publicly that he had ''every expectation'' that Russia will try to influence the coming election.
The intelligence community's consensus on Russia's intentions led Senator Jack Reed, Democrat of Rhode Island, to press officials on whether Trump has directed them to take ''specific actions to confront and to blunt'' Russian interference activities.
FBI Director Christopher Wray said the bureau is undertaking ''a lot of specific activities'' to counter Russian meddling but was ''not specifically directed by the president.'' And Pompeo added that Trump ''has made very clear we have an obligation'' to make sure policy makers have a deep understanding of the Russia threat.
Coats also said the intelligence agencies ''pass on to the policy makers, including the president,'' relevant intelligence.
Reed pressed on his question: ''Passing on relevant intelligence is not actively disrupting the operations of an opponent. Do you agree?''
Coats said: ''We take all kinds of steps to disrupt Russian activities.''
Pompeo added: ''Senator Reed, we have a significant effort. I'm happy to talk about it in closed session.''
A visibly frustrated Reed responded: ''The simple question I've posed is, has the president directed the intelligence community in a coordinated effort, not merely to report but to actively stop this activity, and the answer seems to be that . . . the reporting is going on, as reporting [goes on] about every threat going into the United States.''
Earlier in the hearing, Pompeo said that the intelligence community has offensive ''capabilities'' to ''raise the costs to adversaries'' seeking to hack into election systems.
He took issue with King's suggestion that the US government has not taken actions to deter adversaries in cyberspace. ''Your statement that we have done nothing does not reflect the responses that, frankly, some of us at this table have engaged in — that the US government has engaged in — both during and before this administration,'' Pompeo said.
King, citing the nuclear doomsday movie ''Dr. Strangelove,'' said, ''deterrence doesn't work unless the other side knows'' about the weapon.
''It's true — it's important that the adversary knows,'' Pompeo said. ''It's not a requirement that the world know it.''
Asked whether the adversary knows about US actions, he said, ''I'd prefer to leave that for another forum.''
The intelligence chiefs also said that North Korea's presence at the Olympics in South Korea, which saw a historic visit by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister, had not changed the intelligence community's assessment that the regime is trying to build nuclear weapons to threaten its neighbors and the United States.
''The decision time is becoming ever closer in terms of how we respond'' to North Korea's weapons development, Coats said.
Pompeo said his agency has completed an analysis of how North Korea would respond to a US military strike, as well as what it would take to bring the regime to the negotiating table. He offered to describe that analysis only in a closed, classified session.
Pompeo also responded to reporting last week by The New York Times and the Intercept about an intelligence operation to retrieve classified National Security Agency information believed to have been stolen by Russia. The Times reported that US spies had been bilked out of $100,000, paid to a shadowy Russian who claimed to be able to deliver the secrets as well as compromising information about Trump.
Pompeo categorically denied that the intelligence agency had paid any such money, directly or indirectly. He claimed that the newspaper had been duped by the same person trying to sell the US government bogus information.
At the end of the hearing, committee chairman Richard Burr, Republican of North Carolina, said that the panel hoped to release publicly the findings of its Russia investigation ''before the primaries begin'' in March. Their probe includes a review of the intelligence community's January 2017 assessment on Russian interference, he said. That assessment concluded that the Russians wanted to help get Trump elected.


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Sony is going through some changes in its upper management with Kazuo Hirai stepping in as their new President and CEO. During a Q&A in Japan AV Watch reports that Hirai was not shy about pointing out that the Playstation Vita OS has more potential than just gaming, that it is in fact a mobile OS.
Av Watch also quoted Senior Vice President Yoshio Matsumoto saying, "if you're asking if we've made [the Vita OS] in a way that's expandable, so that it's possible to apply to smartphones and tablets on top of achieving the high responsiveness we need for gaming devices — it is possible," he did carry on to say "that doesn't mean that we're applying it to smartphones and tablets at this point in time, but it's been designed with expandability in mind."
Sony is not stranger to competing in the Android handset race as their Xperia line up is focused on gaming. However, the line up has not achieved the success the company would have hoped for with Sony Ericsson posting a €247 million loss (about $325 million) in 2011. If Sony were to look at bring the Vita OS to the handset market, we wonder how it would compare to Windows Phone with its tie into Xbox 360.


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March 21, 2008 – A central Ohio man has become the first person in the U.S., and only the 16th worldwide, to receive a heart implant called the CardioKinetix VPD Implant System designed to improve the heart's pumping action and help manage congestive heart failure symptoms.
The procedure was performed at The Ohio State University Medical Center. The center is dedicated to heart failure and interventional research and is one of five academic medical centers participating in an FDA-approved safety and feasibility trial called U.S. PARACHUTE Trial. The device, CardioKinetix VPD Implant System, has FDA Investigational Exemption (IDE) approval for investigational use only and was developed by CardioKinetix Inc., Redwood City, CA.
Congestive heart failure occurs when a patient's heart is not pumping blood efficiently, most often due to a weak heart muscle damaged by a prior heart attack. As part of a multicenter trial, the study device, which looks like a parachute turned inside out, is placed in the damaged portion of the pumping chamber of the heart and essentially partitions off the inefficient portion of the weakened heart chamber.
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The Las Vegas casino billionaire recently made international headlines after bumping into his painting by Pablo Picasso and putting a hole in it. How pointy must his elbows be to put a hole in the canvas?
He had recently agreed to sell the work for a record $139 million to fellow billionaire Steven Cohen. It would have become the highest price paid for a painting, but Wynn has chose to repair and keep his damaged Picasso painting.
Steve Wynn Damages Picasso Painting With His Elbow
"An aide to Steve Wynn announced that he will keep and restore the painting he accidentally damaged. Steve Wynn uses gestures with his hands while speaking and also has retinitis pigmentosa, so his peripheral vision is affected. There were other masterpieces in the room, one by Renoir ad another by Matisse, but they were not damaged." Art Daily


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This book reveals for the first time in nearly 200 years the details of Robert Stephenson's great Colombian adventure. It sets out the reasons behind his decision to abandon his father George, his friends and the management of the embryonic locomotive factory in Forth Street, Newcastle upon Tyne which bore his name and of which he was the Managing Director, for a speculative venture in South America in which he would be responsible for finding and extracting silver from mines first started during the Spanish occupation. The year was 1824 and he had yet to reach 21 years of age.
Robert did not return to England until 1827, but that event triggered a burst of creative energy and flair for a series of ground-breaking locomotive designs, starting with the 'Rocket' in 1829 for the competitive trials for the choice of engine for the Liverpool & Manchester Railway which his father had engineered and constructed in his absence.
The narrative uses many extracts from Robert's original letters to his boss Richard Illingworth, who was based in Bogotá, courtesy of the University of Indiana, whose Lilly Library holds the originals. They describe vividly the difficulties he encountered, the anxiety he felt about what was happening in England in his absence, the problems of managing some of the workmen all of whom were from Cornwall, the lack of materials, the regular bouts of illness, and the frustration with the Mining Company in London who questioned his judgements.
On the journey home he was shipwrecked and very nearly drowned.
The character of one of England's greatest mechanical and civil engineers cannot be fully understood without appreciating the impact his three years in Colombia had on him. In his lifetime he played down the trials and tribulations, but this new insight is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand how great men use adversity to advance their creative brilliance.
The book is illustrated with the water colour paintings of Charles Empson, who accompanied Robert as an interpreter and companion. His own anecdotes have been included as a counter-point to Robert's more formal correspondence.
Most of the mineworkers were from Cornwall, and there are many references to them, not always flattering. The book describes their circumstances in the 1820's and explains what attracted them to sign up for 3 years and embark on a voyage to a far-away country. Anyone who might have had Cornish ancestors in Colombia should read this.


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Members of the Tomhaggard Watercolour Group attached to the Women's Shed held an impressive exhibition of their work in the local community centre to coincide with the annual Novena church festival.
The group was established two years ago following a demonstration in the Women's Shed by the Murrintown-based artist Maria Murphy, who teaches classes to the members.
None of them had ever painted before but they came on artistically in leaps and bounds under Maria's tutelage.
'We were all brand new to it. Most of us had never painted before,' said Women's Shed chairperson Angela Byrne.
'In the Women's Shed we are trying to introduce activities to take people out of their comfort zone. Maria is a brilliant teacher. She brings people along and really brings out the best in everyone'.
The proof is in the standard of watercolour pictures painted by Breda Hayes, Angela Byrne, Carol Gray, Mairead Devereux, Jenny Walsh, Mary Doyle and John Toft, featuring scenes of well-known local landmarks and landscapes from around Ireland and abroad.
The exhibition was launched at a reception attended by Cllr. Jim Moore, chairperson of Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board (WWETB) supporter of the Women's Shed which was founded three years ago and has 35 members, He was joined by Cllrs Ger Carthy and Mick Roche in the unveiling a permanent mosaic by Women's Shed members in the community centre.
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A recent report by Capgemini found that 39% of the global population are still without a bank account. Of these unbanked, 15.6 million adults and 7.6 million children are in the USA.
Continuous efforts to increase the spread of cash alternatives are providing financial access in replacement of traditional accounts, yet recent statistics demonstrate the severity of the world's least financially served:
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A woman's visard mark – recently unearthed during the excavation of a Tudor building in England.
The quote is from The Anatomie of Abuses by Phillip Stubbes, published in 1583, in a passage criticising female fashion (p.80):
When they use to ride abrod they have invisories, or visors made of velvet, wherwith they cover all their faces, having holes made in them against their eyes, whereout they look. So that if a man, that knew not their guise before, should chaunce to meet one of them, hee would think hee met a monster or a devil, for face hee can see none, but two brode holes against her eyes with glasses in them. Thus they prophane the name of God, and live in all kinde of voluptuousnes and pleasure, wursse then ever did the hethen.
Stubbes is describing one of these masks. He admits the purpose of the mask is to protect a woman from, "the stelliferous beames of the glittering sun" (ie. sunburn!), but insists that purpose is harmful to the beauty of the soul. The author was a proto-Puritan, a sumptuary vigilante – did he have a point?
The term visard mask was first used in England about 1560 and was common up to 1700. A description from 1688 describes one, "which covers the whole face, having holes for the eyes, a case for the Nose, and a slit for the mouth, and to speak through; this kind of Mask is taken off and put on in a moment of time, being held in the Teeth by means of a round bead fastned on the in-side over against the mouth". How to speak while biting on a bead? Was the purpose to protect the face from sunlight, or to project an image of mysterious silence? And what did Stubbes mean by his description of, "two brode holes against her eyes with glasses in them"? Or rather, why were the eye-holes filled with glass? Good question.
Shakespeare cleverly referred to the "vizard" many time in Love's Labour's Lost (V ii), and throughout the plays – including a jest to the women in the audience who were breaking the law.
The law? The sumptuary laws, designed to regulate consumption of food and textiles but more honoured in the breach than the observance (another Shakespeare subtlety). Before Shakespeare the mighty Montaigne had written an essay on the policy, where he promotes a perverse influence for fashion (try the link for all his essays – a true pioneer).
The literary references are interesting, but I've strayed into areas beyond my understanding. Why did Shakespeare and Montaigne see delight where Stubbes found only misery? I'll leave it at that.
But if you ever see this monster …
p.s. Another purpose for the visard may have been to cover facial scarring from smallpox – see Poxy Tudors.


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