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CHAPTER ONE- The Ball that Could Change Everything
It is 1779, I am in the land of Britain, and I am a vampire. My name is Isabella Swan, but I only go by Bella. I am what my kind calls, "crazy" for my way of feeding, since unlike most vampires, my family and I eat only the blood of the animals living around our current area. I live with Carlisle and Esme, the best people I've ever met. I love them like my own parents, which makes sense because I'm technically only seventeen, though I am really 115 years old. I have never felt the feeling of true love, as I walk the world with my parents.
Carlisle is a doctor, but we frequent balls when he returns from his work. Money has never been an issue in our family, since Carlisle is given massive amounts of money for his work.
"Bella! Come into the dining area, we have a lovely surprise for you!" Esme's voice called from the bottom of the grand staircase. They continually were trying to push suitors into my life. From vampires to humans; everyone they thought that might sweep me off my feet never did. It felt like all of the time, I was putting gowns to meet with men that I never fell in love with. Most fell for me, that was obvious enough, some continued to write letters of affection, but I continued to ignore them, knowing I would only hurt them if I said I loved them back.
"Coming Esme!" I whisked down the marble staircase to see a muscular man standing five feet away from Carlisle and Esme.
"Hello, you must be Isabella Swan. I am Mr. Cullen, Emmett Cullen." He had a deep, rich voice, but I knew right then that we would never work.
"Hello Mr. Cullen, please, call me Bella." I said giving a small smile and shaking his hand. Vampire. His hand was warm against mine, but the kind that only other vampires felt. No blood pulsed through his veins.
I couldn't find that spark, he was easy to talk to, but he clearly was in love with another girl.
As we sat in the porch of my house, I asked him, "Who are you in love with?"
He suddenly became tense and full of regret. "Her name is Rosalie Lillian Hale, she is a beautiful human, but I cannot marry her." My pain and sympathy for him instantly rushed through me.
"Why not, is she of another class?" I asked worried.
"Yes, she is my maid, the most beautiful creature I have known, but alas, she is human and engaged to a clergyman. I have never told her my true feelings. I am sorry, but I cannot continue to talk about her, the pain is unbearable." His fist was clenched, covering part of his face.
"I am so sorry Emmett. But there must be someone there who is part of your family that helps you through this agony." He looked up at me.
"Yes, there is, my brother Edward Cullen." Edward, I quite liked the sound of that name, Mrs. Edward Cullen- no, I do not even know of him.
"I do believe he would be interested in meeting you." Emmett said with a smile.
"Will you tell me about Mr. Cullen?"
"He is a vampire like myself, but he is incredibly quick and agile. He is muscular, but he does not have the same build as me. He loves music, and the piano. And the rest, you will have to wait and see about. You should come to our next ball, you and your family. We are holding one next week in fact. You can meet my sister as well, Alice, and her fiancé Jasper." He smiled as he stood up.
"I need to get back as soon as time allows. But we shall hopefully meet very soon." Emmett gingerly took my gloved hand and kissed it. I smiled and waved goodbye as he sprinted into the forest off to his estate. I walked back into the house, and I saw Carlisle and Esme looking disappointed that I did not fall in love with a man.
"Do not look so disappointed, we were just invited to a ball by Emmett Cullen. You might have been onto something mother." And right then, I sprinted up the stairs to find a gown to wear to the ball that might change everything.
We arrived in a carriage with our footmen and driver, the night was clear and starry, and I could hear the chatter and bustling sounds of unassuming humans dancing with vampires and other humans.
"Are you ready Bella?" I heard Esme whisper to me in my ear as we walked into the grand estate. The castle was elegant and extravagant, swirls and columns decorated the wide and tall estate. The mere sight would have taken my breath away, if I had not seen the man standing next to Emmett at the front double doors.
I felt my pace quicken slightly in excitement. Esme held onto me tightly, trying to hold me back I presume.
"Hello Mr. Cullen, it's lovely to see you once again." I said to Emmett.
"The feeling is mutual Ms. Swan, you look so gorgeous. Please let me introduce you to my brother, the other Mr. Cullen. Edward, Bella Swan."
"Vous êtes donc enchanteur Miss Swan." (AN: You are so enchanting in French.) I would have blushed if I could.
"Would you care for a dance?" He asked with a smile. I bit my lip and nodded. Edward kissed my hand and lead me into a grand ballroom full of high class men and women. All eyes turned unto us as we started to whirl around gracefully, just gazing into each other's eyes, his a lovely golden color, the color of the sun. I couldn't see anyone else, I felt like my frozen heart could beat once more.
I took a good look at him, his smiling face, his messy, bronze hair, and his unbelievable face. We danced until the song ended, and I curtsied as he bowed. But right then, he took a light hold on my hand and walked me out onto the courtyard. He turned and looked deep into my eyes. His fingers lifted my face up to his lightly, and kissed my lips ever so gently.
"I am sorry. That was wrong of me." Edward said looking away.
"No, it was not. It was just right." I turned his head to face mine. Edward smiled, and so did I. Because I couldn't believe it, I was falling in love.
And then my dream came crashing down.
"Isabella, I cannot love you. I am engaged to another."
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Chapter Two- Last Kiss (Inspired by Taylor Swift's Song)
"What?" If I could have cried, I would have been sobbing.
"Bella, dearest, sweet Bella. Je t'aime de tout mon cœur. (AN: That means I love you with all of my heart in French.) You don't know how much it pains me to see you like this. Before I leave tomorrow, before I leave you my love, please dance with me, and know, that someday, I will see you again. And hold you in my arms once again, and I will kiss your sweet lips and smell your floral scent. I love you so much, too much in fact. I leave tomorrow to marry Tanya Fuelling. I'll hate myself all the while that I am not with you, but it's for the best. I will see you just as soon as I can. I am in an arranged marriage, Tanya will turn into a vampire and together we will live with the Volturi until we can leave. And I will find you once more my love." I looked at him with shock. I wasn't sure how to speak, so I wrapped my arms around his waist and held him close, memorizing him, so when I see him next, I would know it was him.
"I am in love with you Edward Anthony Mason Cullen; know that my cold, dead heart is with you, for all eternity." I told him as I looked up to see him lean down to kiss me. I leaned back to him as I grabbed his neck and kissed him, feeling the spark I'd been missing.
"You are so amazing Isabella," He said as he whispered and let a French accent through.
I curtsied, and turned to walk away from him, and then I felt his hand snaked around my waist and pulled me into a dance.
The swirling started up again, and I listened to the song he lightly hummed to me. Claire De Lune, I knew the melody like the back of my hand. I blocked out the noise of the ball going on inside of the ballroom, and only focused on Edward, holding him tightly in my arms.
She was the most beautiful creature I had ever laid eyes on. She was unreal. The way her glorious brunette hair flowed down her back and flew out as we danced, the way she stared at me with her golden eyes, the sweet voice that whispered my name, the way the rich blue ball gown almost touched the ground if not for her black high heels. The way she felt against me, the simple look of love that was clear upon her splendid face, the way it killed to watch her slip out of my arms, kiss my cheek, and the way it felt to watch her sneak into the shadows as if she were only a magnificent hallucination. And the whisper through the shadows, "Edward, you will always have my heart."
I feel to my knees and wanted to cry out to my beloved, to keep her in my arms, to kiss her face, to have her as mine.
I stayed silent as I crawled into the shadows of the very spot she vanished. I sat where I could inhale her scent and imagine her next to me. For her to be my betrothed, for me to marry Isabella. I needed her like I needed blood, I needed her more than blood, I needed her like humans need air the breath. And one day she shall be mine, and not a soul else's.
I ran from him as I slipped out of his melody. I could hear the crack of his knees as they hit the ground. I would see him soon. He would see me soon. The haunting word echoed in my mind over and over again. Soon. Edward didn't give a time, or date, just, soon.
I softly, like rose petals whispered, having the knowledge that he may hear, "Edward, you will always have my heart." I bounded around the corner and blew a gentle kiss, hoping he would keep me on his mind.
I walked slowly back into the ballroom as if nothing had happened. Carlisle and Esme stopped me as I entered, "Mr. Emmett Cullen wishes to speak with you dear." Esme said with an exalted smile.
"Where may he be?" I asked quietly looking down.
"In the parlor, make haste darling!" Esme whispered as they shooed me off to meet him.
I walked slowly at a reasonable human pace, and eventually found the charming little parlor. I knocked on the mahogany door almost silently and heard, "Please, do come in Bella."
I saw Emmett Cullen sitting on a floral davenport (AN: FYI, davenport means a couch or sofa :D.) with his thick hands folded, and his golden eyes tracing the rose pattern on the carpeted floorboards. He looked as though he did, or was about to do something he was going to regret immensely.
"Isabella, for the sake of both of our families spots on the high class social scene, would you marry me?" He asked me, as his swift feet moved and knelt down all in 2.34 seconds flat.
"Emmett, we could never love one another, you are hopelessly in love with Rosalie Hale, and well, I, am in love with your brother."
"Bella, this is not about the stupid ways of our pasts, we do not have to love one another, because I could never fall in love, maybe like my sister, but not anymore, this is about money. We can just be the dearest of friends. Am I being followed?" I nodded as he spoke.
"Exceptional, now, I do believe I have someone you need to become aquatinted with. My dear sister Mary Alice Cullen, but do call her Alice please, and her fiancé," He paused and coughed rather uncomfortably, "Jasper Whitlock Hale." Emmett pointed toward the door and I watched as a petite and pale girl danced her way into the room with a tall, serious man in her arm. Alice walked right up to me and curtsied with a large, mischievous smile plastered on her delicate face, as though I was missing some inside joke.
"Hello Bella, I am Alice Cullen, the sister of my dear brothers Emmett and Edward Cullen, do not worry though, your secret is safe with me." She smiled again and made a slight gesture to Emmett.
"It is a pleasure to meet you Alice," I curtsied as well, since any dignified person of that time would have. I felt very vexed as well, how could she have known...?
"How did you ever have known Alice...?" I asked her puzzled.
"I have the special ability to see into the future, and I saw Edward, well, I am sure you can use your imagination." She sent me a small smile, and continued to speak, "I can also see us as the dearest of friends Bella, I truly cannot wait for that day."
I smiled and Mr. Hale came up toward me and bowed as I curtsied. "Hello Isabella, you look beautiful. It is a pleasure to be of your acquaintance."
"The feeling is mutual Mr. Hale," I was stopped short as everyone's head turned to see the door open. There stood a human girl of the age of maybe 18, she was beautiful, golden hair, curled, a pale skin, deep blue eyes, but she was dressed in drab clothing, tan and white tattered dress and apron.
"Rosalie." Emmett said standing up immediately as she walked into the room.
"Mr. Cullen, I am sorry, I did not realize people were here, I will just be getting out of your way." She said quietly ashamed of herself.
"Do not apologize Rosalie, you look very pretty tonight Miss Hale..." Emmett said looking down.
"Thank you, I do need to get back to work, I am indeed incredibly sorry sir." She said ducking her face beneath her hair and ran out of the room. I realized they only saw each other when she walked into the room. It was heartbreaking to see their expressions as she parted the room.
"Alice, Jasper, would you please exit the room?" Emmett asked quietly.
"Of course dear brother, we will leave." Alice responded, grabbing hold of Jasper's arm and running them out of the room.
As soon as the door shut, I said, "Oh dear Emmett! I am so saddened by your tragic love."
"She will marry a man by the name of James Nomadic, they are human, and something I am not."
"But can you not change her?" I asked desperately.
"Yes, I can, but she will be in so much pain and she does not love me the way I love her."
"But yes she does Emmett! I can see the way she looks at you, and how you look dearly at her, which is why I cannot marry you Mr. Cullen."
"You are in love with my brother are you not?"
"Yes, I am."
"And I am in love with Rosalie Hale, which is why I need you to marry me; you and I shall be mourning over the loss of our lovers for all eternity. If we marry, the pain should not be so unbearable. So just marry me, please?"
I opened my mouth to say,
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"A lot of people might not pay attention to how fast they're going," Mayor David Hanks said. "We have a lot of kids walking in these streets."
Hanks said with the passage of the ordinance, Red Speed Illinois, the company that will install and maintain the cameras, can begin to study the village's intersections to determine where the cameras are most needed.
The move is not aimed at bringing in revenue to the cash-strapped village, Hanks said.
"The No. 1 reason (for the cameras) is to make our streets safer," he said. "When you drive and you see that sign out there, you make sure you slow down and stop when that light starts to turn yellow."
Hanks said there are areas in Sauk Village that have too many accidents, such as the intersection of Sauk Trail and Ill. 394 or Torrence Avenue and U.S. 30.
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I made this on a weeknight for guests. Very good. The sauce was used with pita chips and other crackers the next two nights. Easy and pretty with the bright red sauce.
Flank Steak with Romesco Sauce
Photo: Jonny Autry; Styling: Mary Clayton Carl
Romesco also works well as a sandwich spread, a sauce for grilled chicken, or a veggie and pita chip dip.
Yield: Serves 4 (serving size: 3 ounces steak and 1/4 cup sauce)
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 262
- Fat: 13g
- Saturated fat: 3.2g
- Monounsaturated fat: 6.5g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.4g
- Protein: 27.1g
- Carbohydrate: 7.8g
- Fiber: 1.5g
- Cholesterol: 37mg
- Iron: 2.5mg
- Sodium: 537mg
- Calcium: 53mg
- 2 tablespoons sliced almonds
- 2 (3/4-ounce) slices whole-grain bread, torn into 2-inch pieces
- 4 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh garlic
- 1/4 teaspoon Spanish smoked paprika
- 1 tablespoon sherry vinegar
- 1 (7-ounce) bottle roasted red bell peppers, drained
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
- 1 (1-pound) flank steak, trimmed
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- Cooking spray
- 1. Preheat broiler.
- 2. Arrange almonds and bread in a single layer on a baking sheet. Broil 1 minute or until lightly browned. Add almonds and bread to a food processor; process until coarsely ground. Heat olive oil, garlic, and paprika in a small skillet over medium heat; cook for 1 minute or until garlic begins to brown. Add garlic mixture, sherry vinegar, bell peppers, and 1/8 teaspoon salt to bread mixture; process until smooth.
- 3. Sprinkle steak evenly with remaining 3/8 teaspoon salt and black pepper. Place on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray; broil 5 minutes on each side or until desired degree of doneness. Let stand 5 minutes. Cut steak diagonally across grain into thin slices. Serve with sauce.
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- COOKING METHOD: Broil, Food Processor
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** Masha News and Articles! ** Vol. 2
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Press conference after R2:
October 3, 2012
Maria Sharapova
M. SHARAPOVA/S. Cirstea
6‑2, 6‑2
THE MODERATOR: Questions in Chinese, please.
Q. Compared with the first‑round match, it's very much easy for you to win today. What kind of adjustment did you make after first round? It's the first time for you to play with this opponent. What's your comments on her performance today?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: Yeah, I have never faced this opponent before. She has had good results, has beaten top players before, and she's one of the players that can come out and have a great day.
You know, she hits the ball really flat and hard. You know, I tried to, you know, play aggressive and play my game and maybe try and figure out her rhythm a little bit from the beginning, especially not playing with her before.
But, yeah, I was happy I played a shorter match than the first round.
THE MODERATOR: Questions in English.
Q. Which parts of your game pleased you the most today?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: I was just happy I took her time away today. I think she's someone that really likes to be aggressive and get the first shot, and, you know, hit it really hard, as she can. I think it was really important to try to take that away from her.
You know, I thought I served really well today, much better than the first round. Yeah, I got some free points off of that.
Q. You're playing Hercog next. Have you played her before?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: No.
Q. What do you know about her? What are you expecting?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: Yeah, I have never played against her. You know, I think she has a big game but also a different game, you know, hits a lot of slice off the backhand, you know, has a big forehand.
So, you know, it's also like coming into today's match, try to figure your opponent out from the beginning and maybe concentrate what you have to do and not so much about her, because you can get a little bit carried away thinking you've never faced her before, what it's going to be like.
I think it's just a matter of keeping that goal ahead of you and not thinking about it too much.
Q. Can you talk about how fun it is to be in business with your agent Max, which is actually sitting over there?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: How fun it is?
Q. Yeah.
MARIA SHARAPOVA: Oh, goodness. It's fun. It's also stressful sometimes. I get mad at him a lot of times. He gets mad at me. It's a good thing we don't see each other too often, just the right amount of time. It's like the perfect relationship. (Laughter.)
But, yeah, we have worked together for many years, and, you know, we kind of know what to expect from each other. We both work really hard at what we do. You know, it's been a fun partnership.
Q. If you want to give a brief introduction about Sugarpova to the Chinese fans, which flavor you will want them to know? Which flavor you like most?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: Well, my flavors have changed because I had a favorite, and now it's called Quirky. But I think I ate so much of it that I needed to change and I needed a new favorite.
So right now I would say my favorite is Spooky because it's Halloween soon. They're like spiders.
I told my agent yesterday, I said, I'm craving, you know‑ no offense to the Chinese food‑ but I'm really craving some Sugarpova yesterday. He told me if I had a good match he'd give me one, so he gave me my favorite after the match.
Q. (In Chinese) A lot of fans were waiting for you outside. Will those fans produce some influence to your practice? And you are the hot spot with Djokovic in China Open, so do you have a very good close watch on the performance of Djokovic because you are close friends privately?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: To be honest, I didn't even know he was in the tournament. (Laughter.)
It's funny. It's a women's and men's event, but I haven't actually seen ‑‑I don't spend too much time at the court, so I don't know what's going on half the time, who's playing and who's not. I just need to know when my match is.
The first question, it's been great to see that support. I mean, you're in the match, you're at practice, the fans are so enthusiastic. I think it's such a unique experience because they really appreciate what you do, and they're rooting for you and making these collages that probably take hours to make, and they're singing songs.
It's just‑‑ you know, I wasn't here last year, so it's nice to see that coming into this year.
Q. Recently you came out against grunting. That's a pretty big part of your game. How would you make...
MARIA SHARAPOVA: What have I done?
Q. You recently came out against grunting.
MARIA SHARAPOVA: Oh. I thought you said I did karate. (Laughter.)
Q.Well, do you do karate?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: No, that's why I was really surprised.
Q. So if the WTA does start enforcing a grunt limit, how would you make that change in your game?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: Well, they're not enforcing a grunt limit to the active players. They're enforcing it towards the younger generation that is starting tennis and educating the academies and coaches around the world, you know, to teach them certain breathing methods and techniques that will eventually become their habits and not something that you take away or change in a player that's been playing a certain way for many years.
Q. You just took part in a few games, but you won lots of games and you won the second place in WTA. Do you think this is a better way than took part in lots of games?
THE MODERATOR: Tournaments. You haven't played as many tournaments but you're still No. 2.
MARIA SHARAPOVA: I have had pretty much the same schedule over however many years. I think I'm one of the few players that don't play so many tournaments. Just physically and mentally I'm, you know, I'm not a player that can go out and play 26, 25 tournaments a year.
You know, I try to get ready for the bigger ones, and, you know, I think it's important to gear up for the ones that are meaningful to you and understand, you know, how ‑‑understand what your body responds to in terms of being healthy for those tournaments and giving yourself a break at the right times, having training blocks in between because that's really important to get your body ready.
Also, I'm not 16, 17 years old anymore. I'm in the middle of my career. You know, I don't see myself traveling for the amount of many weeks that some of the players do.
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When Not to Use Self-Clean on Your Oven
The self-cleaning feature on an oven is great. It uses high temperatures to burn off leftovers from baking, and can also make a mean pizza. But there's certain times you don't want to go near it. Like, hmmm... right now.
Although you might be in clean mode and getting ready to host and feed friends and family this Thanksgiving, resist the urge to run your oven's self-cleaning cycle. Since it makes use of seriously hot temperatures way outside of your oven's normal use, from 900°F to 1000°F, it's also the most likely time for the oven to break down.
Redditor and apparent appliance guru zjunk explains it this way:
Thanksgiving is almost here in the States. Having worked for a major appliance maker, I learned something interesting about ovens with a self cleaning feature. The self cleaning feature is the most abuse the oven goes through, with temperatures cranked up quite high to burn off the grime that accumulates inside. Because of that, it's the most frequent time for an electronic control panel or other sensitive part to fail.
What happens around the country every year on Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas is that millions of old folks have all of their kids and families coming home. Everybody's excited, there's going to be a big meal, etc. As part of the prep work, grandma self cleans the oven and then whole appliance dies because of a bad panel. Because a million other people in the country did the exact same thing, the parts aren't available and repair shops are all closed or over booked. Thanksgiving is ruined.
Dramatic? A little. (Thanksgiving is ruined!) But they make a great point.
While you're swiping every nook and cranny of the house with window cleaner and bleach wipes, leave the grime inside the oven alone until after the holidays, when repairmen are readily available and you're not relying on the oven to host 15 for dinner.
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"bleach swipes"? no thanks. water, vinegar and baking soda. that's it.
I've heard to NEVER use your oven's self cleaning option. It takes years off the oven's life! (from a Maytag repairman, I believe)
Better the oven than me!
This post brought to you by the state the last owners left my oven in. Never doing w/o self clean again.
You also don't want the weird smell in your house when people visit.
MANY years ago a neighbor had just finished her kitchen remodel. She was planning on a houseful for thanksgiving...all prepared in her NEW kitchen. She popped the turkey into her week old oven, turned it on and set the timer. She then went downstairs to do other holiday prep.
Yep, you got it. She had accidentally set the oven to self clean. Black smoke was billowing out the windows, bird was cremated, smoke everywhere on the whole first floor.
THAT is when you don't want to use Self-Clean on your oven!
I made the mistake of using my self-clean on a brand new oven after having a huge sugar spill bake on. Fortunately it wasn't anywhere near the holidays because my brand new appliance has a plastic latch and self-clean melted that sucker, making the oven DOA. Also fortunate because it was still under warranty. Repairman said it happens a lot and not to use self clean as everything would eventually bake off anyway (true), plus the replacement latch is also plastic. Only warranty I've ever extended, because I know I'm going to do it again, and again, and again. Just not around the holidays.
My mom used the self clean option the afternoon of a huge dinner party, not knowing that the oven locks itself until it has cooled down. Well our oven locked itself for good. My mom ended up using our next door neighbors oven to bake entire meal. Good neighbor got a nice bottle of wine as a thank you and the oven got a repair man.
Actually, this is exactly what happens when you use the self-clean setting on an oven you haven't self-cleaned before (or in a long time.)
Save yourself the hassle, get some bar keepers friend and some damp paper towels and don't risk ruining the holiday if you're thinking about using the self-cleaning setting between now and tomorrow!
My oven manual warns to move birds to another part of the house as they can be sensitive to the smoke that comes from the self cleaning oven. That should tell you something.
Right before closing on our current house the previous owners decided to use the self-clean feature on the oven - which locked it completely for days, until they paid to have it repaired. You can imagine I've never taken advantage of self-clean since.
The key information in this piece is the fact that the oven heats to 900-1000 degrees during self cleaning. Many kitchens are not equipped for such temperatures, such as my friend's...she ran the self cleaning feature which got so hot it ignited the microwave above the oven. She got out of her apartment in her nightgown with her cat in her arms, no time to get the cat carrier or get dressed. MORAL OF THE STORY: Don't use the self cleaning feature on your oven...please. Elbow grease is so much safer!
Does anyone have any product recommendations for cleaning the old-fashioned way?
Wow! I've always been skeptical of the self-cleaning feature on my oven and after reading the comments above, I'm even more dead-set against using it. Why does this feature even exist, if it's as clunky and potentially hazardous as people say? It strikes me as marketing b.s.
I've also read somewhere that you shouldn't use chemical oven cleaners in a "self-cleaning" oven. Not sure if that's true, but in any case, I avoid those and limit what I use inside my oven to one of the following, depending on the cleaning job:
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I've also gotten a lot better about cleaning the oven frequently, even when it looks clean but really isn't, mainly due to spatter from broiled hamburgers and the like. It's a revelation to wipe down the inner sides of a "clean" oven with a damp paper towel that quickly turns brown.
I have heard in the past that you were not supposed to use oven cleaning products on a self-clean oven. I believe this is out-dated information. I don't like using the self clean feature because it wastes energy, takes too long, and just seems really dangerous; so, I read all the labels on the chemical sprays (it was dirty, vinegar and baking soda wasn't gonna cut it) and bought one of the regular ones available at Canadian Tire for $8. You spray, close the door, leave it for an hour, then wipe everything down. Works perfectly, cleans effectively, and doesn't light my house on fire, bonus!
There is nothing wrong with using the self cleaning oven feature on an oven, use you're head people.
There is a lot of "I heard" on this topic here, if you're worried read the oven manual, if you've never performed a self clean, read the oven manual, and if you've got lots of cooking "goo" caked on the oven, read the oven manual on how to use your self cleaning feature effectively.
There are specific steps to take when cleaning an over (again refer to your manual) some ovens even have the steps on the oven itself. Most important is to make sure your seal around the oven door is undamaged. Also a little common sense goes a long way, like not having anything flammable near your oven, on top of the oven, etc.
If your oven has a self cleaning feature, guess what, it can handle it. Most people do idiotic things like leave items on the cook top when self cleaning (there is a vent there ya know, but again read the oven manual) or leave items IN the oven (racks are ok, but again read the oven manual)
Yes it does take a long time to self clean, and yes the fumes could harm birds (just like certain non stick can also harm bird, birds are very sensitive to fumes, ever heard of "canary in a coal mine"? ) and yes it does get hot! Open some windows take the time and do it before going to bed,right after dinner and with only a really dirty oven, you'll find that you'll have a nice grey ash once done and the oven will look like new (interior that is).
If the feature wasn't safe manufacturers would not put that on their device and i'm pretty certain all of these "hear say" and "rumors" are either human error or just that rumors.
a clean oven is a safe oven, not to mention efficient!
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Thank you, David! Everyone. Read. Your. Manual. Every oven is different. I make it a habit to read my manual every time I use the self-clean function because I don't trust my memory since it's usually months or a year in between each self-cleaning.
I am an Oven Cleaner Sheffield and have to say self-clean ovens are definitely not what there name "self clean" implies...
Even on Ovens where the self clean panels have done an ok job, remove these panels and 99% of the time you will find, thick, rock hard grease. Because of this I have to clean self-clean Ovens in the same way as conventional enamel only Ovens. Often the hard grease behind the self-clean panels is harder than you find on conventional ovens too, as the grease has been baking away behind the panels for many months, even years.
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Number 57, Sacrifice. Demyx wonders if he's going to lose his mind trying to save his hearing.
"It shouldn't hurt," he whispered to himself. "None of this should hurt...I shouldn't be able to feel it...but why can I? Why does it hurt?"
"Are you talking to me, to...the voices in your head?"
Demyx sighed heavily, taking a break from staring out the window to look down at Axel. "You might be happy to know that there aren't any voices in my head for me to talk to, and haven't been for some time."
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Demyx would really have preferred not to be there. He didn't have any business in Roxas's room, and he felt stupid hanging around with nothing to do, especially while Roxas himself was out of the room. But they didn't let him excuse himself and go; they always found some reason why he should stay that sounded valid at the time, even though he knew they really wanted to keep an eye on him because they thought he was shooting himself up with bizarre chemicals every time they had their backs turned. Which was insulting, humiliating, and demeaning, but the alternative was being completely alone. So he put up with this well-meaning ill-treatment, just for the sake of a little companionship. It was much easier than giving up music to save the rest of his hearing. Kingdom Hearts, he missed it so much...
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Eventually, he realized he was humming to himself.
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In the realm of Italian filmmaking, there are generally three big names that come up again and again in conversations about innovation, style, and universal appeal: Dario Argento, Mario Bava, and Lucio Fulci. Argento is still alive and making films, and Bava had a very successful career as a cinematographer before coming into his own as a visual director. But it is the staggering variety (and prolific career) of Lucio Fulci that is the focus of this week's column.
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Tenterfield Demographics
The median age of people living around "Rockdale" Back Creek Road, Tenterfield NSW 2372 is 48 with median monthly mortgage repayments of $1,148. The average household size within the Tenterfield area is 2.2, which is below the national average.
The Tenterfield area consists of 93% houses, 4% apartments & 3% other with the most common profession being Managers. Interestingly, the most recent CO2 data from Tenterfield in the New England - North West suggests that Tenterfield emits 16.65 tonnes of greenhouse pollution per person per year as compared to the national average of 20.3 tonnes per person per year.


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The Roomster made its first appearance as a design study at the International Motor Show (IAA - Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung) in Frankfurt in 2003. In the light of positive response of the specialist automotive media and many potential customers' demand, a decision was taken to develop the relevant production car. After less than two and a half years, Å koda is now introducing its new Å koda Roomster to the public in Geneva.
The Roomster car concept is unique with its variable interior and a young, fresh design. As usual, the Skoda Roomster impresses with an excellent value for money, a vast luggage compartment, a lot of storage space, and a flexible Varioflex rear seat facility.
The side lines reflect dynamics while large glass panes underline ample interior spaciousness. The customers can choose their ideal option out of three petrol engines and three diesel engines combined with a manual or automatic gearbox.
The new Skoda Roomster will make its first public appearance at the International Motor Show in Geneva on 28th February 2006.