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Flower Power! Peace Bronze Pendant Necklace on 18" Rolo Chain
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There is perhaps nothing as unassuming and yet as powerful as a flower. With their intoxicating perfume and astonishing colors, flowers have the power to seduce. A flowerÛªs pure delicate beauty is the glorious expression of sexuality in the plant world and represents the continuation of life. Flowers have the power to nourish, providing nectar for birds, bats and insects which in turn fertilize the flower. The fertilized flower becomes fruit, which provides nourishment to still more living things which in thanks carry off and sow the seeds of a new generation. Such a powerful symbol of purity, life, peace, and symbiosis, it is no coincidence that one of the most enduring images from the peace movement of the 1960Ûªs is that of a flower in the barrel of a rifle, a single flower with the power to inspire peace for generations.
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- 20% of From War to Peace profits are dedicated to peace and social justice organizations committed to transforming our world.
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- Our rolo chains are made from brass and plated with gold or silver. They contain no nickel and they are manufactured in the U.S.A.
- Pendant measures 1 1/8" in diameter and weighs 1 gram.
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From War to Peace is a green company. We recycle everything, making the old newly useful. Our Peace BronzeTM is made from exclusively recycled material. Even our silver and gold dipped pieces are created entirely from recycled metals. Our packaging is made from 100% recycled materials, our labels are printed with soy-based inks, and all plastics we use are biodegradable.
From War to Peace is a uniquely American company. The copper we use was originally mined in Montana, then used as the cabling that carried launch codes to Minuteman III Nuclear Missiles in the American midwest. Thanks to disarmament and recycling, that copper now helps launch peace in the 21st Century. All findings (chain, cord, hooks, etc.) we use are made in America.
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Chicken Thigh Kebabs with Chile-Yogurt Sauce
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By Lisa Burke
7/27/2011 (3 years ago)
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
Catholics, for the most part, are probably pretty familiar with the Feast of the Holy Family that is celebrated on the Sunday after Christmas, a day set aside to honor the Holy Family into which Jesus was born, a family that provides a model for families today, regardless of their specific composition. But in reality, there was an earlier Holy Family of Nazareth, the family into which Mary, the immaculately conceived Mother of God was born, the family of Ann, Joachim, and Mary.
By Lisa Burke
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
7/27/2011 (3 years ago)
Published in Christian Saints & Heroes
Keywords: Joachim and Anne, Holy Family, Mary, Jesus, Lisa Burke
HOBOKEN, N.J. (Catholic Online) - July 26th was, liturgically speaking, the feast of St. Ann and St. Joachim. Growing up it was a popular day to celebrate St. Ann with parish festivals and fireworks (the St. Ann feast in Hoboken, NJ is legendary). With a grandmother named Anne, it was also a day to give special thanks for her and to remember the ways in which she mirrored St. Ann(e).
Ten years ago when I relocated to the central part of New Jersey, I found myself at the Church of Saint Ann, the parish where I have since been a member. Each year the parish holds a preparatory novena for the feast that is a combination of the traditional novena and a parish renewal wherein a guest preacher - often a priest, not always - leads us in a series of reflections.
When my work scheduled allowed me greater involvement in the nuts and bolts of parish life, the Novena Committee was the first activity I officially joined. Since then, I have had the standing privilege of "authoring" the daily general intercessions for the nine days of the novena. Having the opportunity to pre-pray the readings and themes of the novena has provided an additional layer of engagement with the feast that we celebrate today.
Catholics, for the most part, are probably pretty familiar with the Feast of the Holy Family that is celebrated on the Sunday after Christmas, a day set aside to honor the Holy Family into which Jesus was born, a family that provides a model for families today, regardless of their specific composition. But in reality, there was an earlier Holy Family of Nazareth, the family into which Mary, the immaculately conceived Mother of God was born, the family of Ann, Joachim, and Mary.
While it is common to relate to Ann and Joachim as the grandparents of Jesus and the parents of Mary, I think it is beneficial today, particularly in an era where diversity in the composition of families is more prominent and (unfortunately) sometimes more contested, to consider the first Holy Family of Nazareth.
Much of what we believe about Ann and Joachim comes to us through tradition based upon the Protoevangelium (or Infancy Gospel) of St. James. (See for example) In our minds, we understand Ann and Joachim to be somewhat older, perhaps around the age of Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, who tradition holds was the first cousin of Ann (or at least that is what I recall learning). So here we have the first Holy Family of Ann, Joachim, and Mary.
To understand the family, it is important to understand Ann and Joachim as individuals, as a couple, and as parents. Faithful, prayerful, devout. These three powerful adjectives tell us a lot about them. Trusting, confident, and hopeful. These three adjectives tell us a lot as well, about our own vocational calls.
But let's think, too, about what we don't often focus on, the preoccupations, concerns, and worries they must have had as they raised Mary and as they grew older. Clearly faith and, yes, spirituality (although that would not have been a common term at that time) were essential components of their lives.
I can see them in my mind's eyes participating in the rituals and worship of the Jewish tradition on a regular basis. I can see them relying on the Scriptures of the Torah, and I can hear them engaging in the psalms as their way to connect with the Most Sacred G-d.
I can imagine them working daily and toiling to sustain a home where G-d was all and all lived for G-d and one another. I can see Ann and Joachim raising their daughter to be a woman who would be betrothed to a man of G-d. Could they ever have imagined that she in fact would be the Spouse of G-d and bear in her own body the Savior of the World?
In that way, Ann and Joachim are beautiful models for parents and caregivers today. They provide us with real life people who dealt with all the unknowns life has to offer and faced the uncertainties of life with trust, faith, confidence, hope, and surrender.
It's really impossible to appreciate fully the Holy Family (of the New Covenant) who we celebrate at Christmas without getting to know better the first Holy Family of Nazareth, and it's limited in meaning to honor the Holy Family of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus if we don't recognize the Holy Family of today, the families in which we find ourselves, whether they are blood families, spiritual families, religious families, or chosen families.
Join me in taking time to contemplate the family of Ann, Joachim, and Mary and what treasures of faith and wisdom that Holy Family offers me and you. Join me in considering how the Holy Family of Ann, Joachim, and Mary made possible - and in fact was essential to - the Holy Family of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus.
Join me in thanking God for the Holy Family of Today, the many Holy Families, I have encountered in my own life. Join me in lifting up in prayer the rich diversity of families who comprise the one human family where all are made in the image and likeness of God and all are invited to "Love one another as I have loved you."
The Feast of Saints Ann and Joachim, the First Holy Family of Nazareth, Teaches Us about our own vocation and the Lord's invitation to follow Him in this day when the world so desperately needs to hear and see the Good News.
A 40-something lifelong Catholic and product of Catholic K-12 education, Lisa Burke has an M.A. in Human Rights Studies from Columbia University. She is a native of New Jersey; having been born and raised in the Archdiocese of Newark, she currently resides in the Diocese of Trenton where she is a parishioner of the Church of Saint Ann, Lawrenceville. Lisa enjoys exploring and writing about politics, culture, faith, and the complex points where they intersect.
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Rest Of My Life by Ludacris featuring Usher and David Guetta, Music Lyrics and Video
Rest Of My Life is the third single from Ludarcis' upcoming eighth studio album "Ludaversal", which is scheduled for release on March 4, 2013 via Disturbing tha Peace and Def Jam Records. The song features R&B singer Usher and Usher and French DJ and producer David Guetta.
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Ludacris ft. Usher and David Guetta - Rest Of My Life Lyrics
[Intro: Usher]
If you live for somethin'
You're not alone my friend
So fill up your cup and lift your lighter
A toast to life
[Verse 1: Ludacris]
They say what don't kill me can make me stronger
So two drinks a night should help me live longer
I blow some smoke to give my lungs a test
Because why tip-toe through life to arrive safely at death
I'm on a journey yeah I'm on a roll
Sometimes I gotta close my eyes just to open my soul
And tonight is the night I gotta feeling I'm about to act a fool
So if you go fix some drinks me and Usher 'bout to break some rules
[Hook: Usher]
That's somewhere to go, but the world is moving slow
I was born for the fast life
I go for broke, a lesson I can't afford
But for what it's worth I'm ready to pay
For the rest of my life
For the rest of my life
[Break: Usher]
Na na hey, oh
Na na hey, oh
Na na hey, oh
Na na hey, for the rest of my life
[Verse 2: Ludacris]
If I got one life to live, I'mma party 'til I'm dead
What the hell is a life worth living if it's not on the edge
Trying to keep my balance, I'm twisted so just in case I fall
Written on my tombstone should say "Women, Weed, and Alcohol"
[Verse 3: Ludacris]
I'm stuck in this moment, freeze the hands of time
Cause I feel inner peace when I'm out of my mind
And you can call me crazy, but I like to roll the dice
So I'm willing to bet that I'mma be crazy for the rest of my life
[Outro: Usher]
For the rest of my life
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I heard you played FoM
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- There are two teams of 13 players with four reserves on the interchange bench. Each team can make a maximum of 12 changes involving any combination of players. Rugby League players have to be multi-skilled but some players do focus on roles within their teams including carrying the ball into the opposition line (forwards), attacking on the fringes (backs) and distributing the ball (hooker and half backs). All players work together in their team's defensive formation
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- Each team has the ball for six plays (or tackles). After a tackle, the ball carrier plays the ball back along the ground to a receiver standing behind directly behind them. After the six plays are completed the team in possession must handover the ball to the opposition. Most teams elect to kick at this point in order to gain as much ground as possible
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The sunshine, the vibrant colours, the happy people- that's what I like about summer! I found yet another little floral romper, did I mention I'm obsessed with them? With this hot desert weather I want to be nearly naked all the time and with EDC in town I found it to be the perfect outfit this weekend! Electric Daisy Carnival for those who don't know, is a music festival held in the Spring, Summer, and Fall months in the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico and the UK. but the one in Las Vegas is the world's largest electronic music festival.
Well hello Spring! I woke up to a very warm morning and that just means Summer is around the corner!! And I'm so ready for it, with a new haircut, flowy floral romper (#romperspleasestayinfashion!), cat eye sunnies and a gorgeous pink Ted Baker bag that Aneley gave me for my birthday a few years back. So... What's your Summer look-book?
Hello primavera! Feliz es como estoy con tanto calorcito mañanero! Lista para el verano con mi nuevo corte de pelo y romper de florecitas. Que tal tus planes de verano?
With my best friend's wedding approaching, my mind has been tainted Rose & Gold! I hope she doesn't mind me giving away the colour coding of the big day! I'm a bridesmaid and although very nervous to not disappoint, I am very happy there is only two more weeks to go!
Se casa mi mejor amiga, mi otra hermana! Y con todas las preparaciones de la boda, me he quedado con los colores rosa y oro en la cabeza. Aqui algunas cositas de toque romantico y que arranquen los nervios, que solo faltan dos semanas para el gran dia!
Gold open floor screen from Kathy Kuo Home; Paper parasol from Luna Bazaar; Lace underwear from Yasmine Eslami; Decorative porcelain from Fornasetti; Deer wall decor; Side tables by Aidan Gray
Too bad it isn't my birthday or any other extraordinary occasion! I'm keeping an eye on this beauty by Ileana Makri (which is currently sold out anyway, ha!).
No tengo justificación alguna para comprar esta pieza de Ileana Makri, pero en algun momento encontraré el pretexto perfecto para regalarme este ojito que me mira!
One thing I love is Oscar de La Renta's take on spring. Fresh, complicated yet harmonious. Bring on Dominican talent!
Para mi, sinonimo de La Primavera es Oscar de La Renta. Me cautiva su belleza complicada. Arriba el talento Dominicano!


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A wonderful engineering event occurred on March 20. This hands-on learning opportunity was supported by Pella, 3M, Cargill, Vermeer, John Deere, ISU, Iowa and UNI! This was a tremendously successful outreach to multiple communities. Hopefully, we have provided that extra spark for the young students attending to consider an engineering or technical career later in life and tangible resources for their parents to help support them.
The event statistics:
3 hours, 300+ people, 6 activities and a whole lot of fun!
115 students, 128 parents/chaperones, and 105 volunteers from Pella, 3M, Cargill, Vermeer, John Deere, ISU, Iowa and UNI
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Joint media release
10 June 2009
More than 300,000 hectares of the Northern Territory's fragile arid environment will be protected in Australia's 29th Indigenous Protected Area, the Angas Downs IPA, opening the way to new training and job opportunities.
Angas Downs belongs to its traditional owners, Anangu, on the lands located some 160 kilometres from Uluru. It is managed by Anangu of the Imanpa community.
Environment Minister Peter Garrett said the declaration of the Indigenous Protected Area provides wide benefits to the Imanpa community.
"I am pleased that Australian Government funding has already created five-full-tive Working on Country ranger jobs on Angas Downs. The Indigenous rangers are doing jobs they value and are important role models in their community.
"By declaring their lands an IPA, the traditional owners open the way to further training and jobs in environment conservation and cultural protection - work which benefits all Australians.
"Indigenous communities tell us the IPAs also bring better health, education and social cohesion. They are an important part of Closing the Gap of Indigenous disadvantage."
"I look forward to announcing further Caring for our Country funding for the Angas Downs IPA soon," Mr Garrett said.
Member for Lingiari, Warren Snowdon, said the hot, arid sand plains of the Angas Downs IPA have plants and animals belonging to a bioregion with little formal protection until now.
"Rare birds such as the painted snipe make use of nationally-important wetlands, while animals like the vulnerable mulgara, the fawn hopping-mouse and thorny devil all find a home here.
"Angas Downs is also of great historical and cultural value with many Anangu spiritual sites including waterholes, engravings and ceremonial sites. The IPA will protect these for generations to come," Mr Snowdon said.
Angas Downs Indigenous Protected Area will now become part of the National Reserve System - our nation's most secure way of protecting habitat for future generations. Indigenous Protected Areas across Australia protect more than 20 million hectares of habitat.
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Drowning in a Sea of Toys?
Los Angeles Times
We don't have any kids yet, so this isn't really a problem that we personally struggle with. But we're guessing some readers who are parents are dealing with toy overload, especially around the holidays. Are you drowning in a sea of your kids' toys?
We just read a great article in the LA Times that we're guessing most parent will find pretty interesting.
The article deals with the problem of toy overload and how to manage your children's ever-expanding collection of toys. Did you know that the average toy only costs $7.68? According to the article, many parents who try to limit the amount of toys that come into their chilren's lives find it to be a very difficult task. What about birthday parties? What about the holidays?
Read the whole article here.
How do you limit the amount of toys in your house?
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Yes! And it's ridiculous. We have tried to enlist the help of grandparents to no avail. My dad actually told me "That's not my problem. Get a bigger house." Lovely. So, for both of my daughters' birthdays, we made a "no gift" policy for their kid party. Family members were allowed to bring gifts to the family party. At first the girls were a bit bummed, but once the party rolled around, they didn't miss the gifts one bit. They were having a great time with their friends.
Christmas is a different story. The grandparents started shopping in October and they're on toy overload. My husband and I will buy one toy for each girl (plus one from Santa), because that seems reasonable.
We have a small home that does not have a playroom. We have managed to keep the toy overload somewhat contained by asking for museum memberships, books & art supplies for presents. When it comes to birthday parties, all of our friends are pretty understanding- they live in small homes, too! And we don't have 15 kids over for the parties, either. Once the toys have been played with for a year or so, they get sold to a consignment store or passed onto friends with smaller kids. We have a few exceptional toys (farm set, dollhouse, awesome toy cars, legos & blocks) that we keep b/c they get played with all the time.
It was hard the 1st couple of years for the grandparents b/c they really want to give toys. Thankfully, they do understand the situation! And one set has set up a 529 plan for each child.... a much better gift that will grow over time!
I'm always astonished at the number of toys kids have now. My older bros. & sisters thought our much younger sister and I were horribly spoiled because we had so many more than they did. And yet, compared to my young friends today, it was nothing. So...what's going to become of all these toys? Will there be special toy landfills?
I'm going out today to get (small) Xmas gifts for assorted great-nieces & nephews and this piece is giving me second thoughts....but $$ is so dull and I don't have enough to start funds and such for them.
We are fortunate enough to have a large playroom. we are also fortunate to have an older daughter who loves to play "donate it or sell it" (her name for purging her toys). Our younger daughter is another story. She wants to keep everything. Sometimes I purge when she's not home. Truthfully, though, my kids really do play with most of their toys. Right now they're in the playroom creating a huge village out of Polly Pockets, Barbies, Little Ponies, etc. They do this *a lot* and I feel like the toys are worth it as a result. I keep them in big colorful plastic bins (sold in the summer time for holding drinks at BBQ's, etc). That keeps things organized. There is a great book on this topic by children's author David Shannon called Too Many Toys. I bet all parents will be able to relate to it--especially when he chronicles the origins of the toys (from family, birthday parties, fast food restaurants, etc, etc...)
On Parenting Hacks there is a great post about Santa recycling toys. The kids leave toys they no longer need for Santa to take to other kids !
I love the Santa recycling idea!
We don't have any kids yet, but quite a few of our friends do, and some of them have a LOT of toys - my worry is that we'll end up getting a whole load of plastic handmedowns... Most of which I'll take straight to a charity shop, but I'd feel the need to "accept" the gifts, because otherwise they'd end up in landfill, not the charity shop, meaning I'll wind up with another thing to do. Anyhow - it'll all be well meaning, which is what really counts.
Grandparents won't be an issue - it's just my partner's parents, and my mother-in-law is a qualified seamstress and fantastic knitter (& cook), and I can never resist the gift of homemade goodies - everything she makes is gorgeous! :-)


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- maisonbistro Feb 22, 2009 10:27 AM
So, an article in this month's Gourmet has got my mouth salivating. Unfortunately, there were no recipes attached. I searched the web, but frankly who knows what recipes are good and which are crap. I eliminated the ones without yeast straight off, but then was left with many different versions - with sour cream, without it, with cream cheese - without. Does anyone have a recipe that has been passed down from your grandmas or other Czech relatives?
My favourite things in the world to eat/make are any pastry made with sweet, yeasty dough. I've done Pannetone (okay, I TRIED to make Pannetone - if you want to get technical), romanian cozonac, polish babkas, french brioche - well, you get the idea.
So, any old family recipes for fruit kolaches? Oh yeah, I must specify that the "pigs in a blanket" variety don't tempt me.
I may not be of much help, but I'll make a suggestion anyway. There are 3 Czech enclaves in the US of which am aware. They are Berwyn, IL, Des Moines, IA and parts of Texas. There may be more, but I do not of them. Surf the web for these places using keywords that include these areas. Meanwhile, I'll go downstairs and look to see if my Czech cookbook has anything of value. I assume your interested in cakes and not the small pastry known as kolacky.
Berwyn may have a few Czechs still living there, but the ethnicity has changed in the last 2 decades. There was a time when Bohemian was the franca lingua of the town.
re: ChiliDude
I looked in The Czechoslovak Cookbook by Joza Brizova published in 1965 by Crown Publishers, but what is labeled kolache are fruit or cheese pies. I do not speak the language, but my late mother was fluent in the language. Sorry that I was not of any help.
re: ChiliDude
Actually, it is the small pastries filled with either apricots or plums or poppy seeds. I didn't even know a cake was possible, but unless it's made of a yeasty bread dough - no thanks.
In the article, they mention the fruit ones (apricot, peach, plum) and the cheese ones. The recipes I have found on the web so far have the cheese in the dough, and not as a sweet filling plopped in the middle of what looks like a pillowy dough puff.
re: ChiliDude
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Dissolve a single (1/4 ounce) package of dry yeast in 14 cup of warm water. Stir and set aside.
Cream 2 tablespoons of unsalted butter with 2 tablespoons of Crisco and 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar and whip until fluffy. Set aside.
Mix 1 egg yolk with 1/3 cup whole milk thoroughly, then combine it with the creamed butter/Crisco/sugar mixture. Stir in 1 cup (4.6 ounces) of flour and the dissolved yeast to make smooth soft dough.
Rub a light film of melted butter inside a bowl, form the dough into a ball, place it into the bowl and cover with towel. Set aside and allow dough to rise until double in size.
Cover the bottom of a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Remove the dough from the bowl, flatten with the palms of your hands and use a pastry cutter to divide the dough into pieces just slightly smaller than a golf ball.
Place these pieces on the cookie sheet, spaced about an inch (or a little more) apart, cover with towel and set aside to rise once again until doubled in size.
Preheat your oven to 425 degrees.
Slightly flatten each of the dough balls and press your thumb into the center of each one. Press hard to make a deep impression but don't press so hard as to rupture the dough ball's bottom. Brush each of the Kolaches with a little melted butter and sprinkle lightly with sugar..
Fill each of the depressions with your choice of filling (chopped prunes, golden raisins, apricots, peaches, raspberries, finely chopped pistachios, chopped smoked almonds, or a savory filling if you prefer) and bake for about 10 – 12 minutes or until golden brown.
This should give you about a half dozen Kolaches. I keep the recipe small because I'm usually cooking for just the two of us, but you can adjust the ingredients if you need to feed a larger crowd.
re: maisonbistro
Thanks for catching that. When I'm working out of my head I often overlook those little details and without younger folks to catch my mistakes I'd be lost.
Is this the article?
Those fully enclosed buns, in Bohemian tradition anyway, are buchty- usually filled with poppyseed or prune filling. The open ones are the real koláče/kolaches, although those look like the Americanized versions you find in Texas, so what you're asking for (a more traditional straight from the Czech Republic recipe) might not look so much like those.
The Czechoslovak Cookbook by Joza Brizova will give you a good recipe for both kolaches and buchty- very, very similar to the ones my Czech grandmother made (I'm a 1st generation American and grew up in a thoroughly Czech household- we speak Czech and eat Czech food on a daily basis). My grandmother's recipe is a list of ingredients, untranslated and unconverted :).
Check out this thread: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/348882
And this recipe looks about right: http://na-zdravi.blogspot.com/2006/04...
However, remember that "Czech" food can be either Bohemian, Moravian or Slovak (or mixed, of course); the food can be very different in each region and kolaches will differ depending on which region you're talking about.
re: sfumato
I am polish, so I know firsthand about the regional varieties of one single food - I think it's pretty much the same in any country though. They used what they had!
It's not so much the picture that got me - it's the sweet yeasty dough. THAT gets me everytime. I'm a sucker for that. My favourite is probably Tsoureki - which is a greek Easter bread. YUMMMM.
I'm also familiar with that list of untranslated ingredients without instructions. My babcia had a cookbook full of them!!
re: maisonbistro
True! I just know how you can be looking for one thing, and if you get something different it's not quite the same, you know?
Oh, how funny- yep, I have my Babi's recipe book, too! And I know what you mean about that sweet, yeasty dough. SO good. Mmmm.
How about this? http://www.callertimes.com/2001/octob...
re: sfumato
Wow!! Great resource for this subject. For those who hope to translate grandma's recipe book: My attempts at that have been frustrating. Not that the language is difficult to translate, that's the easy part. It's that grandma used terms like "some" and other nondescript termst specify amounts of ingredients. All I can do guess how much "some" is. That can be pretty difficult. She also used an oven without a thermostat. I feel lucky if the recipe even offers a temperature recommendation (like ""hot oven" - how hot is "hot") but it's still good fun.
Also, re: the butter/Crisco ratio. I find that using the heavier shortening for half the required amount helps the dough hold up better; makes the Kolaches lighter. But you could use butter alone - your choice.
re: todao
I love the "cup" measures. I happen to know that my Babi used a very specific teacup for those cups, so who knows how much the amount REALLY is! Thankfully, both my parents are fabulous Czech cooks AND they also have her recipes and are helping me by racking their brains to remember what she did. :)
re: maisonbistro
My family made the Polish version (kolacz, etc.), which are just an unleavened pastry with cream cheese, flour, and butter filled with whatever and dusted with powdered sugar. Delicious.
re: sfumato
This thread inspired me to make the buchty from the Czechoslovak Cookbook by Joza Brizova, and my friends are currently devouring them in the kitchen. I highly recommend the soft yeast dough recipe there- it's worked for me every time.
re: sfumato
Would you be so kind as to paraphrase the recipe here for me, or if not, inviting me over next time you make them? altough it might be a bit of a trek for me since I'm in Montreal, Ca. LOL
re: maisonbistro
Sure, come over anytime! :)
In the meantime, this one is very similar proportion-wise:
My recipe also has a teaspoon each of vanilla extract and lemon zest, and the instructions have you proof the yeast in 2 tablespoons of warm water+sugar with a little flour sprinkled over; when that has sat for 10 min in a warm place, you just add all the other ingredients, stir with a wooden spoon to incorporate, and then put the dough on a floured board and knead until smooth.
We use butter, and keep it simple with just yeast, milk, sugar, flour, eggs, and salt. Whip up your your own fillings -- prune and poppy seed are old timey favorites. Pull off a round palm-sized disk of dough, add a heaping tablespoon of filling to the center, then pinch together two sizes to meet in the middle. Brush with melted butter and bake until golden (and sprinkle on icing sugar after it has baked if you like sweeter things).
I do not have the old tattered Czech cookbook handy, but there is a pretty familiar recipe on The Homesick Texan blog from March 2007. Please, enjoy.
re: mordacity
I would have to say to put them in after the first rising - if it is a dough that you punch down and raise a second time.
re: maisonbistro
Ok, so I'm now understanding that the kolaches that I grew up eating (and still have to have every time I'm visiting my parents!) in the Houston, TX area aren't necessarily true kolaches-- I'm talking the egg and cheese/bacon/huevos rancheros fillings that you find at places like the Kolache Factory and Shipley's Donuts. I've been on the hunt for a good recipe for these types for years, and now think I'll try some of these recipes and play and pray that it works! Is anyone else familiar with this style of what we call "kolache"? From my memory, I would say that the eggs/cheese/etc were scrambled together first and then placed in the dough-- but after which rising would you put that type of filling? After the first, like the sausages? This post has re-fueled my quest for finally creating kolaches all the way up here in Boston...
re: stay_classy
Howdy fellow Houstonian! I feel your pain. Every time I go back to Texas I bring up a dozen sausage-and-cheese to put in my freezer, but even doling them out they never last long. I'm planning to make my first attempt at kolaches sometime next week - I'll let you know how they turn out!
re: stay_classy
I would do them after the first rising. After the second rising, the dough would have a hard time rebounding I think.
Good luck on your funky klobasneks.
re: mordacity
Then you are looking for a klobasnek (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klobasnek)! For my sweet buns (buchty), I do two risings in a bowl, then form+fill the buns, and let them rise one more time for a few hours (depending on the weather and how fast they're rising) in the pan before baking. I use only sweet fillings, though, and I make the buchty recipe in the Czechoslovak Cookbook mentioned above (that particular recipe calls for the "soft yeast dough" in the cookbook, which is the dough I like best).
One more note: depending on how comfy you are with baking, you can always google "český koláč recept" (Czech kolach recipe) and then poke through the results until you see ones like this that are obviously recipes:
and then use the google page translator feature to get the recipe in English!
Note: "mak'= poppy seed- "makovy" is the adjective.
re: sfumato
Just like in polish!
Greetings from Chicago, the City of Kolachkys. They come in two basic varieties, yeast dough (which are like mini-sweet rolls) and non-yeast short dough (which are more like cookies). The yeast dough I have been using for more than fifty years is: Liquify 1 cake yeast with 1 tablespoon sugar. Add 1 egg, 2/3 milk at room temperature, and 1/2 tsp salt. Add 2 cups flour. Roll dough. Divide 6 tablespoons cold butter into 4 parts and dot dough with one-quarter of butter. Fold dough over, roll, and do this again until butter is used up. Let dough rise in refrigerator for up to a couple of days. Roll, cut out small circles, make an indentation in center of each, put some filling in the middle, paint with beaten egg and milk, let rise, and bake @ 350* for about 10 minutes. Dribble with powdered sugar icing. I usually quadruple this recipe. 2) Non-yeast dough: Popular in Chicago is Ice Cream Kolachky Dough: Cream 1 lb butter with 4 cups flour and 1 pint premium vanilla ice cream, melted so you can work it but still cold. Form into ball. Chill. Roll on floured board, cut into circles or squares, put filling in center (fold over the squares, don't fold over the circles). Bake at 350* for 10-12 minutes. Fillings: use the canned filling or raspberry or pineapple or apricot jam or prune butter (lekvar) or a cheese filling or sour cherries sweetened and thickened with cornstarch. Also: I have a cookbook put out by a local Czech church that has dozens of recipes for Slavic baking including many for kolachky, with and without cream cheese, egg yolks, whole eggs, etc. So post back if you want any more. Interesting trivia: in Chicago, kolachkys sold by bakeries tend to be the yeast kind and those sold by supermarkets tend to be the cookie kind. Don't know why.
Check photos of kolache on the following website:
Click on the photo for a larger image. All of them are made in Czech.
There are a few recipes for kolache on chow.com so you may want to know what they should look like originally.
As you can see that there are different kinds - small round ones or you can lay the dough on a big rectangular or round baking tin and cut the kolach into pieces when done.
The filling is basically up to you - poppy seeds, tvaroh (quark, curd cheese), povidla (plum jam), jam, fruit, crushed walnuts.
You can use several fillings in one kolach, check the a.m. photos for the design.
You can sprinkle them with thin slices of almonds or drobenka (streusel) - made from sugar, flour and butter.
Povidla - see
Tvaroh - see
Drobenka - see
There are a few photos of buchta, not kolache.
Kolache is dough with a filling on the top. Buchta has the filling inside and uses just a few kinds - the filling is usually povidla, tvaroh or poppy seeds.
Personally, I prefer more filling and less dough. My granddad used to make koleche with very thin dough. layer of tvaroh (quark) and lots of fruit with drobenka on the top, he used fruit that he grew in the garden - cherries, strawberries, red or black currant, apricots, gooseberries, blueberries (from forrest). The whole village adored his kolache. They looked like a small fruit pizza.
Saw this posting the other day- didn't answer until I looked through my recipe file(s) to find the card where I copied down my late mom's recipe- she was Czech! Please don't laugh at the lack of specifics...
1 1/2 c flour
1/2 t baking powder
1 c butter
8 oz cream cheese
1 T milk
1T sugar
1 egg yolk
Roll out. Cut out circles. Fill with Solo filling (prune, almond, apricot- whatever)
400 degrees, 10 min.
Please let me know how they turn out for you!
re: ochound
Thanks for the recipe, and God, I would never laugh at the lack of specifics - like I said, my babcia left us a recipe book with many ingredients, few instructions and personalized measuring tools (for instance: my milk glass, but only with the same amount of sugar as I pour milk) - so, unless you were with her when she drank her evening glass of milk, you'll never really know how much sugar she used.
I don't know if I'll try this, just because I am a yeast freak and I am looking for that "yeastiness" in the dough.
Thank you though for posting it.
re: maisonbistro
I thought I'd pass along my mom's kolache recipe - we're a Polish family. We fill ours with poppy seed and apricot Solo pie filling and I also get cherry jam from Door County, Wisconsin and use that. My recipe is a lot like Ochound's:
1 cup butter, softened
6 ounces cream cheese, softened
2.5 cups all-purpose flour
solo pie filling
1/4 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
Roll out to 1/8 of an inch, cut into squares, spoon in the filling and fold opposite ends together, forming a seal.
Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes. Cover liberally with powdered sugar (I put them in a big quart sized baggie that's filled with powdered sugar and shake gently).
I made hundreds of these last Christmas - they're so buttery and delicious!
re: amyatkendall
Your recipe looks like the one my late mother used. My wife of 49 years, who is of Italian heritage, now uses the same dough recipe. The Solo products were the ones that my mother used, and so did my wife when we lived in Berwyn. Other companies' fruit products are used here in the Mid-Atlantic states if Solo is not available.
re: ChiliDude
Oh, exactly about the Solo availability in the mid-Atlantic! I had a heck of a time finding it (I'm in Baltimore) so I had my mom send me several cans from Chicago :)
re: amyatkendall
You can get it online, in bulk, from amazon (as recommended by solo on their website)! If you want 12 cans of poppyseed filling, that is, which is totally fine by me.
re: ochound
That sounds like my grandmother's recipe! I'll have to try it and see if it is the same.


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Toxic Alliances: Relationships that Hinder Your Growth
- Thursday, April 30, 2009
In terms of pure definition, an alliance is an agreement, partnership, or connection. Stand those words next to toxic, and you have a dangerous alliance, a poisonous connection, or a deadly agreement. That understanding alone should be motivation enough to pull toxic influences from your life!
What this really means is that sometimes we must pull people from our lives. I do not say that flippantly. It can be difficult and painful to end a relationship. What is even worse is allowing a relationship—even a long-term one—to derail you, incapacitate you, or steal your credibility and your joy.
While we may not purposefully align or partner with toxic people, we do that when we passively accept or participate in their behavior. When we don't remove ourselves from the situation or confront the behavior, we endorse it by default. (This can be one of those "it's not what you say or do; it's what you don't say or do" scenarios.)
When you get right down to it, there are basically two groups of people in the world. In the first group are people who encourage and believe in you. They add something to you. When you leave their presence you feel better. You are more confident, more prepared, and equipped. These people export hope!
The second group I call vampire people, because they suck the life out of everything and everyone they touch! You can almost hear the giant vacuum fire up when they walk into a room. These people are absolutely miserable, they love company, and they are constantly recruiting members. (By the way, membership is not free. It will cost you more than you can imagine.)
In the workplace, toxic alliances are co-workers who constantly draw others into negative conversations. They are the ones who want to argue incessantly and debate trivial points. (They swat at gnats while elephants stomp all over them.) These people draw energy (and attention) from gossip, criticism, arguing, and whining. They terrorize meetings, projects, and teams. They aren't just connected to the rumor mill—they manage it!
You know the type; they are famous for throwing rocks to get everyone stirred up, innocently hiding their hands and standing back to watch the show. (At this point, faces and names may be flashing before your eyes!)
In our personal and professional lives, toxic people are colleagues, friends, and family members who criticize, attack, and divide. They are often masters of the dig. They don't really come right out and say things; they insinuate them and leave you wondering, "What did that mean?" They use sarcasm like a precision tool to push your buttons and enjoy holding up your weaknesses for the world to see. They twist the truth with amazing skill until it is unrecognizable. Quite often, toxic behavior crosses the line of integrity and becomes unethical behavior.
We don't pick our family, right? That is probably true for co-workers and colleagues as well. We don't always get to choose whom we work with or for. We do control how we interact with the people in our personal and professional lives. We control our boundaries and our scripts. We control access to our hot buttons!
Ask yourself these questions to see if you have a toxic relationship poisoning the soil of your heart:
- Is there anyone planting negative, critical beliefs into your life right now? When you are with this person, how do you feel?
- Is there a relationship in your life that is pulling you backward, blocking your growth, and undermining your progress? What is that costing you?
- Is there a relationship marked by broken trust, unresolved conflict, and destructive communication? How much of your strength are you giving to this?
- Is there someone in your life who compromises your boundaries or ethics? What impact is that having?
- Are there behaviors you are passively endorsing to avoid conflict? What do you risk with your silence?
Questions like these allow you to step back and assess the situation. At the same time, you will want to consider your role. How are you enabling or perpetuating the toxic pattern? And if you really want to do some soul searching, ask yourself this tough question: What is the payoff? What do you gain from this toxic relationship? (Or what will you give up if the situation improves?) You may be surprised by your answers here.
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His touchdown pass with 13 seconds left gave Florida State a 34-31 national championship win over Auburn, a dramatic example of Heisman winners excelling on the biggest college stage.
Since the 2003-04 season, seven Heisman winners have led teams into the national championship game, and four have won. Here's what happened during that decade in title games featuring that season's Heisman Trophy winner:
2011: Auburn quarterback Cam Newton shone similarly – if less dramatically – in leading the Tigers over Oregon 22-19. He passed for 265 yards and two touchdowns and also rushed for 64 yards.
2010: Alabama running back Mark Ingram rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns as the Tide beat Texas 37-21.
2007: Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith had one of the worst big-game performances, completing 4 of 14 passes for 35 yards and an interception in OSU's 41-14 loss to Florida.
2006: USC running back Reggie Bush (13 carries, 82 yards, one touchdown) wasn't bad in the Trojans' 41-38 Rose Bowl loss to Texas, he just wasn't enough.
2005: Quarterback Matt Leinart led USC over Oklahoma 55-19, throwing five touchdown passes in the Orange Bowl.
2004: Oklahoma quarterback Jason White was overmatched by LSU's defense, completing just 13 of 37 passes for 102 yards and two interceptions in a 21-14 Sugar Bowl loss.
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Below is our complete Arjen Lucassen news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Arjen Lucassen To Guest On Avantasia Album
Avantasia founder Tobias Sammet has announced the next guest on the band's upcoming CD will be Arjen A. Lucassen (Ayreon, ex-Vengeance). Sammet comments:
"To me he used to be what John D. Rockerduck is to Scrooge McDuck: An adamant long time rival; in our case when it comes to producing Rock Operas. Well, if you can't beat your enemy make him your ally! And so I opened the door and literally invited pestilence into my world, ha!
"Seriously, the truth is that the 'pestilence' I'm talking about is really one of the nicest, coolest and loveliest plagues I've ever come to know, an ambitious artist through and through and a real great guitar player. So, having just come back from a shopping tour in 2912 - where apparently he found himself a brand new pair of bad-ass pants & boots - he went into the studio to record some additional lead guitar for the forthcoming Avantasia album 'The Mystery Of Time:' Ayreon mastermind Arjen Anthony Lucassen."
In March 2013 the new Avantasia Rock Opera "The Mystery Of Time" will be released on CD and vinyl. The album is going to feature guest stars such as Biff Byford (Saxon), Michael Kiske (Unisonic, ex-Helloween), Bruce Kulick (ex-Kiss, ex-Meat Loaf), Russell Gilbrook (Uriah Heep), Arjen A. Lucassen (Ayreon, ex-Vengeance) and the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg. More musicians will be announced soon. More...
Arjen Lucassen Posts New Music Video
Multi-instrumentalist Arjen Lucassen has posted a new video for the track "Pink Beatles in a Purple Zeppelin," taken from his recently released concept solo album, "Lost In The New Real." The video was mainly shot where Arjen grew up, near the sea in Holland. Check out the video clip below.
In regards to the video, Arjen comments: "It's a very 'Dutch' clip, windmills and all! So you could say this clip goes back to my roots, also musically. It features many visual links (at least 10!) to the bands and albums that I grew up listening to. Peace, man!" More...
Arjen Lucassen Streaming Entire New Album
To prog-rock fans' delight, multi-instrumentalist Arjen Lucassen just released his new concept solo album, "Lost In The New Real," in North America. If you haven't heard Arjen's latest masterpiece, head over to Guitar World.com now for the exclusive album stream at this location.
The track listing for this epic concept album is as follows:
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1. The New Real
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6. Don't Switch Me Off
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9. Where Pigs Fly
10. Lost In The New Real
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Arjen Lucassen Reveals New Album Details
Multi-instrumentalist Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon) will be releasing his upcoming concept solo album, "Lost In The New Real" on May 8th in North America and April 23rd in Europe. Featuring artwork created by Arjen and designer Claudio Bergamin, plus an appearance by actor Rutger Hauer as the album's narrator, "Lost In The New Real" is a double-CD that tells the story of Mr. L, a 21st century man who was cryo-preserved at the moment of clinical death from a terminal disease.
The album begins as Mr. L is being revived at a point in the distant future, when technology has advanced enough to cure his disease. Mr. L finds himself in a world that has drastically changed -- to the point that the line between what's real and what's not is no longer clear.
To preview Arjen's "Lost In The New Real," check out an official teaser trailer below, which features samples of the album. The track listing is as follows:
Lost In The New Real (disc 1)
1. The New Real
2. Pink Beatles In A Purple Zeppelin
3. Parental Procreation Permit
4. When I'm A Hundred Sixty-Four
5. E-Police
6. Don't Switch Me Off
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Arjen Lucassen Reveals New Album Artwork
Multi-instrumentalist Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon) has prepared a new video in which he reveals the cover artwork of his upcoming concept solo album, "Lost In The New Real." Set to be released this Spring via InsideOut Music, this special double-CD features artwork created by Arjen and renowned designer Claudio Bergamin. Check out the video below.
Arjen is also proud to announce that actor Rutger Hauer will appear on "Lost In The New Real" as the album's narrator. "This is a dream come true," says Arjen. "Rutger is not only one of my favorite actors, he also starred in my all-time favorite sci-fi movie, Blade Runner." More...


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Polk County is strategically located in the center of the Florida peninsula, about equal distance from the east and west coast and half way between the Georgia-Florida border and the Southern tip of the peninsula. Polk lies on the Interstate-4 corridor, 25 miles east of Tampa and 35 miles southwest of Orlando. As the geographic center of Florida, it is estimated that more than 7.5 million people reside within a 100 mile radius of Polk County. This is one of the largest concentrations of population in the southeast.
"Imperial" Polk County was the nickname given to the county by a newspaper editor to recognize the county's prominence in agriculture, phosphate and cattle with the timber, turpentine and naval stores operations making strong contributions. In 1914, the county issued a $1.5 million bond to pave a number of roads. That bond issue was considerable for those days, and allowed for 9-foot-wide roads to start from Bartow to Mulberry, Lake Wales, Fort Meade, Winter Haven, Lakeland and Auburndale. According to historical reports, then-county commission clerk W.S. Wev had the idea of erecting an arch over every paved road at its entrance to Polk County, proclaiming that the motorist was about to enter "Imperial Polk County." The name has since remained.
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Bedford County had six local elections this year — three for board of supervisors and three for school board. All six were unopposed elections.
According to Angela Mayfield, the CASA advocate manager for the Bedford area, her office is being overwhelmed.
CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocate. These are volunteers who are appointed by the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court judge when cases involving children come before the court. They go to the home, spend time with children and prepare a report that will help the judge determine what's in the children's best interest.
The Bedford Regional Water Authority (BRWA) held what its director, Brian Key, promised is the first of several public information meetings on a proposed water line plan.
The plan calls for building a new water treatment plant on the site of the former Camp 24. It would draw 6 million gallons of water out of Smith Mountain Lake, with a potential of being expanded to produce up to 12 million gallons.
The Bedford Central Recreation Association has been legally incorporated and is now soliciting membership. This Association will oversee the rec program for the town of Bedford.
The Association was created as a result of Bedford's reversion from a city to a town. The county will eventually be taking over administration of the town's recreation program and creating the Association brings the town in line with how the other rec programs are run throughout the rest of the county.
"Sheriff Brown is a national leader in this area," Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli said, during a campaign stop in Bedford. Cuccinelli was referring to Sheriff Mike Brown's efforts to catch sexual predators who hunt children on the Internet.
Bedford Town Council will likely be moving its starting time for Tuesday council meetings from 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. until the end of the year, following a request by Mayor Bob Wandrei.
Wandrei made the request at last week's meeting, stating that he is taking a class in Lynchburg to learn to speak French in preparation for a trip with the Bedford International Alliance (BIA) next summer. A group from the organization will be traveling to France in June 2014 to join in the celebration of the 70th anniversary of D-Day.
Back in 2008, Liberty University (LU) received Ivy Lake—and the Ivy Creek Dam that created the lake—as a gift from the developer who built the subdivision around it.
Now, the Virginia Department of Conservation Resources (DCR) is telling the university that it must make a major improvement to the dam's spillway. The estimated cost of the improvement, which includes "armoring" the spillway with concrete, is $3 million.
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United States Senator Tim Kaine took a tour of the Center for Advanced Research and Engineering (CAER) in New London, Friday morning.
A text amendment that will allow commercial outdoor entertainment in an agricultural zone is on its way to the supervisors. The amendment is tailored so that it will only apply to the New London Airport, which also doubles as a drag strip.
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Most cases of medical malpractice involve a medical professional being negligent when treating a patient. In order to prove that a medical professional was negligent, a person must prove the following:
To find a medical professional negligent it has to be proven that their conduct fell below a certain accepted level of medical care. This precedent is set by other doctors who have similar experiences. Usually an expert witness has to be called in to corroborate the fact that a certain standard of care was not reached.
Your doctor can be held liable for medical malpractice if he prescribes a medication or medical device without fully reading the instructions or prescribing the wrong amount. If you suffer an injury from such actions, it is a case of medical malpractice. If a drug company fails to notify its consumers of potential side effects from taking its drugs, and they suffer from injuries, they may also be held liable for medical negligence. Most of the time it's a doctor's responsibility to use his medical knowledge to prescribe appropriate medications or medical devices for patients and warn them of any risks associated with them.
If there is a situation where a medical professional fails to obtain a patients "informed consent" in relation to a procedure or treatment, it can be construed as a form of negligence. Informed consent basically means that the medical professional is obligated to inform the patient of all benefits, risks, and alternative treatments. The doctor must also obtain the patients signature.
Doctors do not typically promise results from a procedure or treatment. If they do, and the results are not obtained, the doctor may be liable for breach of warranty. If this happens and a patient is not satisfied they may be able to take the medical professional to court for breach of warranty.
It isn't very easy to establish proof that a medical professional is guilty of malpractice. Proof requires considerable evidence as well as testimony from expert witnesses that can attest to the level of service which the medical professional offered. Medical malpractice can also be hard to prove because the medical professionals have written the reports that are being used against them.
Some medical professionals may set up their reports in a way that would make it hard to prove medical negligence. Fortunately, a plaintiff in a suit against a medical professional can induce a legal doctrine known as "res ipsa a loquitar" which allows him to show that a particular injury would not have occurred had the medical professional not been negligent.
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