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Tara gets a special offer from the joker...
"M-my files? No you couldn't have! Doctor Crane was supposed to burn them. He promised me he would!"
The Joker Smiled, "And you Believed him?! And I thought you were smart. Oh well, I've been wrong before," he said with a shrug.
"SHUT UP! I knew that guy was a snake. That creep was always lying. I tried to tell my dad but noo no one would ever listen to the girl with issues!" I seethed. The rage that had been building up was finally bubbling over. "My father thought that counseling was the best thing for my voices. He thought they were making me unhappy, but doesn't he see?! They're a part of me! They're my best friends, the only one's who have ever been there for me!" I cried.
"Ya I saw that in your files. It said you had about 4 alternate personalities. Is that who you were talking to in the police station?" Joker asked, he actually looked curious.
"Ya I was talking to a girl named Lyla, she was the first one to show up after my mother died."
"How did she die anyway?" the Joker asked. I didn't know if I should tell him or not. The more he knows about me the more leverage he has over me. But while I was thinking that Carmen, another personality, decided to take control. Carmen is very strait forward and blunt.
"Hi, I'm Carmen. I'm another personality. Her, or should I say our, mother died in a gun fight that broke out in the hotel/bar our father owned. Two idiots were arguing over a mafia deal and Skyler tried to step in. Mom went to pull him back and she got a stray bullet to the right temple. Skyler flew off the handle and killed both the men, served 'em right. Nothing but low down mafia scum.
"I see. Carmen how do you feel about killing?"
"Tara and I have no problem with it. The way we see it, everyone dies sometime when you kill them you're just bringing it around sooner. Lyla and Darrin are the peaceful ones and they hate anything to do with killing, Darrin's a girl by the way. Weird name, huh? And Tara's last personality is Victoria. She's a cold blooded psychopath. I pity anyone who pisses her off. She's Tara's defense system in a way, and if anyone one hurts her Victoria comes out, so watch yourself." With that Carmen receded and Tara came back.
"Whew. What did Carmen have to say?" I asked with a puzzled look on my face.
"She said that you don't have a problem with killing." The Joker said with a smile.
"And she's right. I don't."
"Then, I have a proposition for you. How would you like to work for me? It's either that or well, I won't go into details…"
I thought it over a minute then looked him square in the eye, "Fine, I'll work for you. But I have to tell you I don't kill anyone under the age of 6."
"And Why is that?" he asked with a haughty expression on his face.
"Because the way I see it they're still innocent. Once you reach that certain age where you know right and wrong and you knowingly choose wrong, you lose your innocence. But little kids only know good and bad, what their parents tell them, so they're innocent. I will not kill the embodiment of innocence." I said crossing my arms.
"Fair Enough. Welcome to the crew all five of you!" He said and threw his arm around my shoulders. "Let's go meet the rest of the House!"
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A man described as a family acquaintance is behind bars charged with capital murder in the death of a Texarkana 2-year-old.
Police say Dalton Slaten of Texarkana, Texas arrived at Wadley Hospital around 7 p.m. Friday with multiple injuries over his entire body. After initial treatment, the child was airlifted to Children's Hospital in LIttle Rock, where he was pronounced dead early Saturday morning.
Investigators say they've determined that the child had been in the custody of his babysitter in the 700 block of W. 26th Street in Texarkana, Texas since around 10 a.m. on Thursday.
Police say at some point between that time and 7 p.m., 32-year-old Jimmy Paul Mahone, took custody of the child. They say that in the early evening hours, the babysitter found the child crying while Mahone was holding him.
According to police, initial reports that the child had fallen from the porch proved to be false.
After being questioned by investigators, Mahone was arrested for capital murder. He was booked into the Bi-State Justice Center and is awaiting bond.
The child's body will be sent to Dallas for an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.
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No self-respecting blog would be without a comment on the Great Leadership Debate – or, as it slowly occurred to me to think about it, the most in-depth edition of Blind Date I've ever seen (if only Clegg had managed to come up with some decent puns, the analogy would be flawless). Gosh, it was quite exciting, wasn't it? The delightfully laboured (pun intended – see, Nick, that's how you do it!) descriptions of conversations with 'ordinary people' – do these people never gain an insight that's not derived from some chance encounter? – the sniping back and forth, the slightly shirty way they called each other by their first names, the way that I would now recognise Nick Clegg in the street, all of it.
However, I must issue a plea (in the unlikely event that any of our prospective leaders are reading this). What's with the party colour ties? Honestly, do you not think we know which party you belong to? Do you think that if a Tory wears a red tie we'll get really confused? Even Gordon's salmon number just looked as though he lacked conviction, rather than a statement of sartorial independence. I hereby pledge my vote to the first leader who wears a jauntily-patterned tie on TV, out of sheer frustration.


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Amarillo, Texas - Google invests 200 million dollars in a panhandle wind farm.
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The total amount of taxes being collected out of Oldham County will still be the same, but a lot of it will now be coming from the wind farm.
And in the panhandle we're going to see the wind stabilize energy prices.
Kenneth Starcher from the energy institute at WTAMU says, "that is, they're not going to have an increase in price over time from this wind farm, so they can count on it to offset any changes that may happen on natural gas or coal prices."
He says the more energy we are able to make, the more we can sell to bigger Texas cities, leading to major growth in our area.
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Garnet Hill's Paintbrush Flannel: In the Test Lab
Product: Paintbrush Flannel
Source: Garnet Hill
Price: On sale, $12-$70
Rating: Don't Recommend*
Nutshell Review:
While the set we received may actually be defective, we're sending them back and returning to our first love, vintage French linen.
Full Review:
We wish we could rave about our Paintbrush Flannel from Garnet Hill...
At first we were in heaven. Soft, cozy, wonderfully warm, the flannel sheet and duvet cover made it very easy to ignore the fact that it was freezing outside...
But then, over the weekend, we stripped our bed before heading off to the laundromat. And we found huge pills -- no, tumbleweeds of white cotton. There were so many that we had to pull out the vacuum, and we have a hunch our vacuum bag is now full. When we called Garnet Hill to ask if this was normal, and if just washing the flannel again would take care of the problem, the rep told us that she'd had similar calls from other customers. She said we may have received a defective set, but she'd recommend returning them, and not purchasing more of the same product.
(Update: We experienced flannel tumbleweeds after an additional laundering, prior to returning the bedding to Garnet Hill.)
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Wow, that's something if the Rep isn't even recommending it...
interesting - i've seen the ads for them on the right hand side of this page and wondered about them.
at least the copany handled the well
Garnet Hill used to be divine. Within the last year or so, it was bought by another company, which ruined the catalog and made it visually offensive. I was worried that the quality of the goods, previously exquisite (in fact, I'm sitting here in 8 year old Garnet Hill pajamas), had deteriorated, too, and it unfortunately sounds like it. So sad! Does anyone know of a good replacement for Garnet Hill - a place with great quality and beautiful things?! :(


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To celebrate the fact that I gained, now over, 2000 follwers I'm doing a give away, because you guys are awesome. I made so many good friends through tumblr, friends I will cherish for live and all of you are so talented and kind and just superb ♥♥♥ THANK YOU ♥♥♥
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- DVD Nightwatching with Martin Freeman (aka the penis movie, REGION 2)
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- Massive chocolate penis
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- Safeword (cinnamon flavoured) tea ~ a Cure for Boredom
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All items are new except for the Nightwatching DVD. I'll throw the John Watson UK ID tags in if they arrive before the deadline, if they ever arrive…. If not, then I'll safe them for next time.
- First place: Johnlock shirt, candy penis/sextoy of your choice and item* of your choice.
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Make an Entire Dinner With Girl Scout Cookies Using These 5 Recipes
It's hard to imagine that a Girl Scout cookie can be improved upon, but from the looks of these recipes, it may be true. Why just eat a sleeve of Thin Mints alone on the couch when you could be using those cookies to whip up some amazing Thin Mint popcorn you could share with your friends? Girl Scout cookies: bringing people together since whenever the Girl Scouts started. Fact is, there are a lot of Girl Scout cookie recipes, both sweet and savory, that you need to know about.
Everyone knows that you can down a box of Samoas and a quart of 2 percent milk like it's your job, but did you ever consider making a Samoa cake? It's possible. All you need is a bundt pan and a little determination to make this delicious dessert a reality.
But before you can dive into dessert, you've got to finish all of your dinner. This ingenious recipe actually uses the Girl Scouts' Lemon Chalet Creme cookies to add a zesty crunch to your fish dish. That's right. Fish dish.
As a side dish, try making stuffing using Dulce de Leche Girl Scout cookies. Butter, nuts, celery, onions, sweet bites of cookie -- sounds really delicious, and I'm being totally serious.
And as a palate cleanser, try making this popcorn recipe using Thin Mints. It's almost easier done than said.
Wash it all down with a milkshake made from any of the cream-filled Girl Scout cookie varieties and you won't be disappointed. Just blend away and enjoy.
Girl Scout cookies are already on sale in some areas, so check the website for when you can expect a friendly, cookie-promising knock at the door. And remember, order wisely. None of those weird-sounding "nutrifusion" cookies, OK?
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Oak Forest Mobile Home Park is a populated place located in Livingston Parish at latitude 30.389 and longitude -90.856.
The elevation is 13 feet. Oak Forest Mobile Home Park appears on the Walker U.S. Geological Survey Map. Livingston Parish is in the Central Time Zone (UTC -6 hours).
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BOSTON (Reuters) - Motor vehicle crash-related deaths, the leading killer of children, teens and young adults, cost an estimated $41 billion in medical and work loss expenses in a year, a study showed on Wednesday.
The study showed just 10 states bear nearly half of all the nation's crash-related death costs -- with totals in California, Texas and Florida each topping $3 billion in a year.
The other seven states with the highest costs are Georgia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, New York, Illinois, Ohio and Tennessee, according to the analysis of crash statistics by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
More than 30,000 people are killed each year in motor vehicle crashes in the United States, according to CDC data.
Such crashes are the leading cause of death for people ages 5 to 34, according to the CDC.
"By showing these costs, we can really highlight that these are younger people being killed and it results in a high loss of productivity to society," said Gwen Bergen, a behavioral scientist with CDC's Injury Center.
The study provides recommendations state by state for preventing crash-related deaths, such as tougher seat belt laws, graduated driver's license programs and mandatory child safety car seats for varying sizes and ages.
Also the CDC recommends a curfew for teen drivers and a limit to how many underage passengers can ride with a young driver.
Most states have some laws in place, but Bergen said no state is implementing all measures possible.
The health organization would also like to see more primary seat belt laws, which allow police to stop and ticket people for not buckling up. Under secondary laws, drivers must be pulled over for another violation.
According to the Governors Highway Safety Association, 31 states have primary laws and 18 states have secondary laws.
New Hampshire does not have a primary or secondary seat belt law for adults.
The CDC findings are based on 2005 data, the most recent year it said comprehensive statistics on costs were available.
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RAM2P, Research College of Nursing Assisting and Mentoring Minorities Program is a newly established program designed to provide support and guidance to minority nursing students at Research College of Nursing. The need for such a program is driven by recent literature and statistics on the lack of minorities in nursing. In 2001 the AACN released an issues bulletin encouraging institutions to increase their minority recruiting and retention programs (Gardner, 2004). Gardner explains that one factor contributing to the under representation of minority nurses is the high number of minority students who drop out of nursing school before graduation.
This program is designed to help minority students acclimate to Research College of Nursing and nursing education. Under the direction of the Director of Student Affairs and the Program Coordinator relationships will be facilitated between minority students, faculty and staff, alumni and minority nurses in the field. The goal is to facilitate academic and social success of minority students at Research College of Nursing and help them make connections that contribute to their success.
Participants in RAM2P are freshmen and sophomore nursing students who are matched with an upper class minority student and a minority nurse in the field creating a triad. Minority Nurse Mentors are solicited through the Greater Kansas City Black Nurses Association Mentor program, alumni working at Research Medical Center and other minority nurses who are self identified.
Once matches are made and triads are formed members of each triad are required to meet two times a semester in a face-to-face setting on their own time. The triad also communicates regularly through email, phone, text, etc. Members of the triad attend three major program events a year. These include the Match and Mingle Breakfast in the fall, the Spring semester kick off event and the closing event in May.
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Excellent. I made this--exactly as the recipe stated--for a women's luncheon at my home this week. Everyone loved it and commented on the fresh spring vegetables. I served leftovers to my husband for supper and he wants me to make it again.
Spring Salmon and Vegetable Salad
Photo: Becky Luigart-Stayner; Styling: Buffy Hargett
- 1/2 pound fresh asparagus
- 1 cup sugar snap peas
- 1 1/4 pounds skinless salmon fillets, cut into 2-inch chunks
- 1/2 teaspoon table salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 6 cups chopped romaine lettuce hearts
- 1/2 cup uncooked shelled fresh or frozen edamame, thawed
- 1/4 cup sliced radishes
- Creamy Herb Dressing
- 1. Preheat broiler with oven rack 6 inches from heat. Snap off tough ends of asparagus. Cut asparagus into 1-inch-long pieces, and cook with sugar snap peas in boiling salted water 2 to 3 minutes or until crisp-tender; drain. Plunge into ice water; drain.
- 2. Sprinkle salmon with salt and pepper; broil on a lightly greased rack in a broiler pan 3 to 4 minutes or to desired degree of doneness.
- 3. Arrange lettuce, edamame, radishes, asparagus mixture, and salmon on a serving plate. Drizzle with dressing.
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- CONVENIENCE: Quick/Easy, Family
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Fish
- COOKING METHOD: Broil
- OCCASION: Spring
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I'd never really been to CBGB. Before it closed last Sunday after a prolonged landlord dispute, I'd set foot inside fewer than five times. The soft spot the Bowery club occupied in my heart was an imagined onea piece of manufactured nostalgia that triggered an unnaturally strong memory for a place I barely knew. Because I was one year old when Television first played there in 1974 (an event Patti Smith cited as one of her favorite shows), and because I was only seven when Blondie headlined the club in the '80s, CBGB would always just be a place that belonged to other people but falsely felt like my own.
"I do not feel nostalgic," said Patti Smith at the Sunday press conference. "Nostalgic. Nostalgic. Nostalgic," she repeated, as if trying to assess whether that was the truth. She had entered the venue with a phalanx of photographers facing her as she tried to take her own final photo of the awning. "All these cameras," she said. "I can't believe all these cameras. Well, I have one, I'm no different." She pointed and clicked.
Whatever faded form it took in its final years, CB's contributed to the mythology of New York as the place where people come to find themselves. It represented a certain type of grittiness, one of the reasons that many outsiders think of New York as a place where inhabitants keep their middle fingers permanently raised. Handsome Dick Manitoba, whose seminal punk band the Dictators headlined that last Saturday night, said, "I remember the good old days when we could go to a punk club on the Bowery and get fucked up." It's a sentiment that is now truly past tense.
The club's 33 years proved what so many anti-nightlife lawmakers and community members don't seem to get: A nightclub isn't just some annoying necessary evil to be tolerateda place like this can have a real impact. There is no better example than CB's of a nightclub positively affecting art and culturewithout it, would the Ramones, Television, Blondie, and Talking Headshave been so important? But if you tried to open CBGB today, it would never happen. Neighborhood residents would bemoan adding another club in an already saturated area. Yuppies would complain about the noise and the smokers outside. Authorities would deny it a liquor license or a cabaret license or both. And then what?
You have to believe what Patti Smith said, or else you will lose all faith: "The new kids are going to have their own places. New places. They'll do what we didfind some shithole and play in it."
Walking the line outside on Sunday nightwrapping around the block and including both ticket holders and those without tickets who were hopelessly devoted all the sameI came across several people who had never set foot inside. A few said they'd been there from the beginning. And in both camps, many had arrived from out of town just for the occasion.
Two girls from Finland, standing in line even though they didn't have tickets and had no chance of finding some, just happened to be visiting the city and thought they'd try their luck. I came across another Finnish family, including two teenage brothers who with their blond curly hair and angelic faces were the aesthetic opposites of the Ramones, whose emblazoned T-shirts they wore. The brothers had come all the way from Finland specifically for this, but didn't have tickets either and would never see a place they wanted to remember so badly.
They could only imagine the memories others had. "I never went to my high school reunion," said Deborah Heller-Robischeau, who worked in the club in the '70s. "I don't care to. I never went to a college reunion, and I don't care to. This is my reunion. This is it. This is the end of my era. I have four or five friends here who all worked here in the '70s and '80s, who were all here when AC/DC would come here after playing the Garden and hop up onstage and play a set. And the Police came in, did the same thing. We were here when Richard Hell and the Voidoids would be here. Blondie and the Talking Heads. And the Ramones were constant. I saw all of this, yes. I saw this and more. I saw more legends. I can't explain. It was all really important."
I do not feel nostalgic.
On Saturday night I ended up crushed between two generations of womenone that had been around for the good ol' days, and two girls who looked to be barely 21. They'd waited since 5 p.m. to get a good spot near the stage to see Debbie Harryand Chris Stein, who gave several Blondie favorites the acoustic treatment. Blondie was perhaps my one real connection to the club: Parallel Lines was the first rock record I ever owned, given to me by my stepmother shortly after my mother died. But the day I got it I accidentally left it in the car. Because we lived in Las Vegas, the record melted and warped. I still have that damaged copy.


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I reread this part over and over. I put the letter down and then came back to the same paragraph five minutes later. At first, I couldn't figure out why it bothered me. I mean, in a way I didn't even know who this girl was, didn't connect with the letter at all. These were the decade-old musings of a child too young to vote!
It was that, in the 10 years after I'd begged myself to learn to treat myself with respect, I still hadn't done it. When my date told me about his wife, I nodded and thanked him (thanked him!) for his honesty, when I probably should have kicked him in the balls. Sort of like how I should have told my client to mind her own business and focus on improving her own body, not mine. My 17-year-old self suddenly seemed so much wiser than the self I was at 27, and I felt ashamed that after a whole decade I still hadn't figured out how to stand up for myself.
As soon as I had this thought, my next impulse was to prove that I was more self-assured—that I had changed. Well, to be honest, my very next impulse was to call my date and tell him how stupid he was, how amazing I was and exactly where to shove it. But I stopped myself: Years of dating had taught me the difference between getting revenge and seeming pathetic. Maybe I had changed a little.
Slowly, it became clear that even though the letter was only a few feet away, the space between us was really 10 years of a life that, like my cursive writing, was messy and unkempt but wholeheartedly mine. No, I wasn't where I thought I'd be when I wrote to myself at 17: I lived alone, single and childless (and not in a mansion); I was financially unstable; and I'd probably had too much to drink. But I knew that this was where I was meant to be: just as I am, with 10 years of perfectly imperfect moments behind me. Like dinner parties with my best girlfriends, lit by candles so you couldn't see the stains on the tablecloth, and finding holes in the seat of my yoga pants after a day of showing clients how to transform their bodies—while showing them my underwear.
And that night, the imperfect—OK, far from perfect—moments came with a lesson, one of those hit-you-over-the-head-write-it-down-and-send-it-to-yourself-10-years-from-now-so-you-don't-forget kind of lessons. The lesson that 10 years is an arbitrary number, and to have expectations about where you should be in your life at any particular time is soul suicide. That certain fears—of being alone or unsuccessful—might never go away, and that's OK, because they can be the very things that drive you forward. That happiness might be found quietly resting in a tiny shoebox of an apartment, where you realize that even though life might not be quite what you expected, it's still pretty great.
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Black New Year by Mugglechump
Rated: 1st-2nd Years [Reviews - 14]
Summary: New Year's Eve finds two of the Black sisters at the grave of the third. Submitted for the Redemption Challenge for Ravenclaw House
nice not really believe able but still really good
Only Hope by Sly Severus
Rated: Professors [Reviews - 10]
Summary: Alone in her family home, Bellatrix makes a decision. She feels that it is the only choice avaliable to her until she meets a mysterious man in the woods. A man who is willing to offer her something different.
nice although i didnt really think of bella as the weepy type but i still love it
Author's Response: I think everyone is the weepy type at one time or another. Thanks for the review. :D
"I Want To Go Home." by coolh5000
Rated: 1st-2nd Years [Reviews - 33]
Summary: "But I want to go home," whispered the girl. "I don't want to fight anymore"
DH p558
Not everyone who fought in the Battle of Hogwarts wanted to be there, and not everyone survived. This is the story of one of those people.
really good story=]
Author's Response: thanks! I\'m glad you liked it.
Dark Heiress by sevylicious
Rated: Professors [Reviews - 30]
Summary: They fear the dark. Not me. They call it evil. What is evil? They say it consumes, controls.. No one controls me.. Not anymore. They hate me. I don't care. I'll have my revenge yet. They don't understand. But I'll show them.. I'll show them all.. especially him...
Greatness lurks in the dark, one witch must embrace the darkness that is feared and loathed by many in order to rid the wizarding world of its ultimate evil and finally redeem the house of her forefathers. The past is not set in stone and things are never what they seem.
A journey filled with love, lust, lies, revenge and betrayal; desperate lovers, unrequited love and reunited soulmates. Dubious prophecies, dueling Marauders and uncovering deeply buried secrets. When the truth is revealed, the wizarding world will be rocked to its ancient magical foundation and every witch and wizard will question their once firmly-held beliefs... (SS/OFC)
great chapter can't wait till more!
Author's Response: Look out for the latest chapter, A new Beginning, which should be up as soon as it's approved by the mods. As always, thanks for the review.
another great chapter! please don't me wait that long again :)
Author's Response: Thnx for the review! :) I wish I could promise an early update but unfortunately my next chapter was corrupted so it needs to be redone. Will do my best to finish sooner..
yay the long anticipated chapter of dark heiress is up!! =]- I definetly love where the story is going keep up the great storytelling
Author's Response: Thanks for the review! I definitely will try to update faster and do my best to not disappoint you with the story. Pls keep reading and reviewing, it really makes my day;)
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Summary: Minerva McGonagall is captured by Death Eaters and taken to Voldemort, who plans to make an example of her as a way to retaliate for the recent victory of the Order at the Battle in the Department of Mysteries. Snape is forced to witness her suffering or risk his cover and his life to try to save her.
Dark Dilemma has been nominated for the Best Dark/Angsty Story Quicksilver Quill award. Thanks so much for the nomination!
this seems like a very interesting story, i wasnt sure at first but you do a really good job at incoorperating stuff from the book and adding a common connection from voldemort to mcgonagall, cant wait to read the rest :]
Author's Response: Thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying. I wanted to allude to the fact that they knew one another in school, while also keeping whatever transpired between them a mystery. It leaves open the possibility for a flashback fiction if I ever decide to do it. According to canon sources, she was one year above Riddle at Hogwarts.


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Dr. Charles S. Dedrick
District Superintendent, Capital Region BOCES
Charles S. Dedrick is the district
superintendent of Capital Region BOCES, the Board of Cooperative
Educational Services for Albany, Schenectady, Schoharie and southern
Saratoga counties. As district
superintendent, he is the chief executive officer of the educational
cooperative, which employs 1,200 and serves 23 component school
districts with approximately 85,000 K-12 students. In his duties,
Mr. Dedrick is responsible for the overall administration, operation
and financial planning of the organization.
Prior to being selected for that post in 2008, he served as Superintendent of the Cohoes City School District for nine years and as an adjunct faculty member at the College of Saint Rose in the School of Education for two years. Having climbed the education career ladder, Mr. Dedrick previously served as superintendent of schools and business manager of the Green Island Union Free Schools after starting his career as a social studies teacher.
Mr. Dedrick has a Doctorate of Education in Educational Leadership from Russell Sage Graduate School; master's degrees in Educational Administration and Policy Studies and in Developmental Reading from the State University at Albany; a bachelor's degree in Political Science from Excelsior College; and completed The Superintendents' Academy and Post-Graduate Superintendents' Academy through the New York State Council of School Superintendents.
He is a member of the New York State District Superintendents'
Testing, Reporting and Information Technology Committee, as well as
a faculty member of the New York State Council of School
Superintendents' Academy and was the recipient of the New York State
Council of School Superintendents' 2008 "Appreciation Award" for
service to the Council. He is also the recipient of the 2004
Character Education Award as the Outstanding School District
Administrator in the Capital Region.
Along with his wife, Martha, Mr. Dedrick has four children in high school and college.
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District Superintendent, Questar III
Over a distinguished career in public service spanning 35 years, Dr. James N. Baldwin has established a record of advocacy, innovation and accountability at the state, regional and local levels.
As district superintendent, Baldwin has been a strong advocate for students and an agent for school reform to better engage all students in a love for learning. He and the leadership team of Questar III have transformed the agency into a responsive and transparent organization. Questar III provides educational programs and services to students, their teachers and schools in Rensselaer, Columbia and Greene Counties as well as services to hundreds of school districts throughout the New York State.
He is a founder of Tech Valley High School, an innovative and nationally recognized joint venture of Questar III BOCES and Capital Region BOCES. The school is a model and catalyst for educational reform throughout the Tech Valley Region and beyond. Baldwin continues to lead efforts to highlight the importance of career technical education (CTE), science technology, engineering and math (STEM) and project based learning (PBL) as pathways to graduation, higher education and employment in Tech Valley.
Baldwin was selected by his colleagues to be the chair of New York's district superintendents, serving for two years. He was previously chair of the district superintendent's School Improvement Committee, chair of the Association of Educational Services Agencies (AESA) Federal Policy Committee and President-elect of AESA. He also served as chief of staff to New York's Commissioner of Education in 2010-11. He has successfully advocated for an expanded role for BOCES in school improvement and reform activities and as a vehicle for expanded intergovernmental cooperation. Baldwin has presented at a number of conferences and workshops and testified before legislative committees and executive task forces on issues of educational leadership, school reform and mandate relief for local school districts.
Previously he has served as New York State executive deputy secretary of state, associate counsel in the New York State Assembly, deputy corporation counsel for the City of Troy and school attorney and chief operating officer for Questar III BOCES. He was elected to the East Greenbush Board of Education for two terms. In his second term he was elected vice president of the board.
A graduate of Union College, Baldwin earned a Juris Doctor from Albany Law School and a Doctorate in Educational Administration from Columbia University Teachers College.
Born in Albany, he is a lifelong resident of the Capital Region. He currently resides with his wife Rebecca in North Greenbush where he has been active in various civic and community organizations. The Baldwins have three adult children and one grandchild.


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A Moment Like This
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I used the Pillsbury French loaf but I could not get it to make a 12.14 square! The pork mixture was fantastic, but we ended up making soft tacos with it because the French loaf didn't work out.
Party-Style Pork Empanada
Photo: Beth Dreiling Hontzas; Styling: Buffy Hargett
Yield: Makes 8 appetizer servings
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Bake Time: 22 Minutes
Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 251
- Calories from fat: 0.0%
- Fat: 7.3g
- Saturated fat: 1.8g
- Monounsaturated fat: 3.6g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.1g
- Protein: 14.4g
- Carbohydrate: 32.5g
- Fiber: 1.2g
- Cholesterol: 52.6mg
- Iron: 2mg
- Sodium: 473mg
- Calcium: 24mg
- 1/4 cup slivered or sliced almonds
- 3/4 pound pork tenderloin (about 1 small tenderloin)
- 1 (1.25-oz.) envelope picadillo seasoning
- 1/2 medium-size sweet onion, chopped
- 1 small red bell pepper, chopped
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 cup golden raisins
- 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1/4 cup light sour cream
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 (11-oz.) can refrigerated French bread dough
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- Vegetable cooking spray
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds (optional)
- Salsa
- Garnish: lime wedges
- 1. Heat almonds in a large nonstick skillet over medium-low heat, stirring often, 4 to 6 minutes or until toasted and fragrant.
- 2. Preheat oven to 375°. Cut pork into 1/2-inch cubes. Toss together pork and picadillo seasoning.
- 3. Sauté onion and pepper in hot oil in skillet over medium-high heat 5 minutes or until tender. Add pork mixture, and sauté 6 minutes or until browned. Stir in raisins and lime juice, and cook 30 seconds. Remove from heat. Stir in almonds, cilantro, sour cream, and pepper.
- 4. Unroll dough on a lightly floured surface. Gently stretch dough into a 14- x 12-inch rectangle. Spoon pork mixture onto dough, leaving a 1 1/2-inch border. Lightly brush edges of dough with egg, and roll up, starting at 1 long side and ending seam side down.
- 5. Carefully place dough, seam side down, on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Bring ends of roll together to form a ring, pinching edges together to seal. Lightly brush top and sides of dough with egg. Sprinkle with cumin seeds, if desired.
- 6. Bake at 375° for 18 to 22 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm with salsa. Garnish, if desired.
- Note: For testing purposes only, we used Nueva Cocina Picadillo Beef Seasoning and Pillsbury Refrigerated Crusty French Loaf.
- To make ahead, prepare recipe as directed through Step 5. Cover with lightly greased plastic wrap, and chill 2 hours. Proceed with recipe as directed.
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"When you look at America, you have to concede that we have failed. Most Americans today are worse off than they were fifteen years ago. A full-time worker in the US is worse off today than he or she was 44 years ago. That is astounding – half a century of stagnation. The economic system is not delivering. It does not matter whether a few people at the top benefitted tremendously – when the majority of citizens are not better off, the economic system is not working."
— Joseph Stiglitz: Politics Is at the Root of the Problem | The European
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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (1990)
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Historical Fiction, adventure, pirates, drama, Interest Level: Grade 3, GLE: 5, 2003.
Charlotte Doyle is prepared to voyage home to Rhode Island from her school in England, but she is not prepared for the turmoil she quickly finds herself in aboard her ship. The captain and mutinous crew are caught in a conflict that Charlotte is quickly pulled into. The voyage only becomes worse when she is put on trial for a murder.
I read this book when I was in elementary school. The highest reading group read it and I always listened to them talking about it, so I decided to read it. I never understood why I wasn't put in that reading group, especially after I enjoyed reading that book so much in fifth grade. I loved the book then and I still enjoyed reading it now. I actually noticed a theme while I was reading it that I had not noticed when I read it when I was younger: gender roles. The emphasis that is placed on Charlotte knowing her station and her place as a young girl was there for a reason, and when Charlotte ends up joining the crew, it is viewed as something that would never be done. One part of the book where this theme really stuck out was when Charlotte was on trial for murdering Mr. Hollybrass, the first mate. Captain Jaggery argues that her place on the crew is unnatural, while Charlotte calls it unusual: "'Is the way your dress unnatural?' 'Not for the work I do...' 'What work is that?' 'As a member of the crew.' 'Is being a crew member not unnatural for a girl?' "Unusual,' I insisted. 'Not unnatural.'" At this moment she recognizes that she has proved herself as a sailor and women are just as capable as men of doing manual labor on a ship. She knows what she can do and societal norms will not keep her from what she enjoys doing. Personally, I enjoy books that go against society's expectations, so finding this aspect in this book was a treat. I also liked how developed and strong the main character, Charlotte, is, and how she stands up for what she believes is right, even if it causes her to break the rules that she is supposed to follow. An example of when this happens is when she attempts to get Captain Jaggery to stop flogging Zachariah, who had been kind to her the moment she walked onto the Seahawk. One of the big ideas of this book is you never know how strong you are until it is your only option. This is exhibited when Charlotte finds out she will be travelling alone and she leaves her comfort zone and interacts with the crew and when she decides to join the crew and has to climb the tallest mast alone.
In my opinion, this is an excellent book. I liked that this book was written in first person point of view. Being written in first person point of view allowed the reader to really get to know the narrator, which in this book is Charlotte. This book is very descriptive and uses a lot of imagery, making it very easy to picture everything that happened in the book. For example, "It extended the full width of the Seahawk. And I found I could stand up in it with room to spare. The walls were richly paneled and hung with miniatures and pretty pastoral prints of dear England. On the back wall—stern of the ship—there was a row of windows, below which stood a handsome stuffed sofa. A desk with neatly stacked charts and nautical instruments in velvet boxes faced it on the starboard wall." I liked that the plot in this story was very suspenseful, and kept the reader interested. Each chapter ended with cliffhanger, begging the reader to read more. For example, chapter 6 ends like this… "I shrieked. The next moment the candle went out and I was plunged into utter darkness." The central message of this book is that Life is not a straight path, because the people you meet and the events that happen can change the direction you are going in. Charlotte was from a wealth family, and when she got to America her family was able to give her everything and anything she wanted. But after being home, she realized that it was not the life she wanted to live, and choose to go back and work on ship that brought her to America. The book ends with this quote, "A sailor chooses the wind that takes the ship from safe port... but winds have a mind of their own."
This book inspired me to write realistic stories about girl heroines, and the voyage at sea captured my imagination
Charlotte Doyle is traveling across the sea from England to America where she soon realizes the life abroad she's exposed to different cultures and rules
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As the iPhone becomes more and more popular to the world there is no doubt that jailbreaking the iphone has also gotten very popular. As a matter of fact jailbreaking the iphone has gotten so popular it has been featured on many reputable websites such as cnet.com, tuaw.com, and the list goes on. My point is that jailbreaking the iphone is allowing us the users to be able to do more than we could have imagined whether it be making our iphone a wireless router, to allowing us to make voip calls using skype and 3g unrestrictor.
Now that you know where jailbreaking the iphone is going we can speak of cydia and the business aspect of jailbreaking. For you the user jailbreaking is to get all of the goods but for developers it is like a gold mine with a lot of revenue potential. A year ago you had to purchase an application from cydia by downloading an app and paying the developer however he wanted you to pay whether it was through paypal or some other payment type. Now Saurik the creator of Cydia has created the Cydia Store which allows you to purchase a lot of great jailbroken apps all found in one section which you probably see every time you open the cydia app. The great thing about the cydia store is that you can pay using paypal or amazon payments and they go to saurik so your sure no foul play is involved as he is well known. Another great thing about this is that when you purchase an app you have to authenticate your iphone using your google email account or your facebook id. The authentication feature is great because this ties your purchases to your iphone, so lets say your iphone messes up and you have to restore it and lose your purchased applications. No need to worry because after your back into cydia and have authenticated yourself using your id you can re-download your purchased app for free as you have already paid for it.
Now lets speak of appsidy a new payment method for cydia, it seems fine as competition is always welcome. As of right now things are a little sketchy about this payment method, I have read around forums and done some research and people are having quite a few problems with purchases not going through but getting charged, to paying for an app and not being able to download it. Appsidy doesn't charge an extra 25 cent paypal fee for using paypal to buy something using their service which is great and i'm sure once Appsidy gets up and running smoothly payments will go through without a problem. It looks like the competition is starting to get tough for cydia now that there are quite a few different stores set up for jailbroken iPhone's such as rockapp and this new appsidy. Don't get too excited though because with this new payment method comes a flaw. Take a look at their license transfer policy and NO REFUND policy and this might turn you away. Also look below for jay freemans aka Saurik's thoughts on this new appsidy payment method which I got from http://iphone-enthusiast.blogspot.com
Jay Freeman Comments On Appsidy:
- Jay Freeman (saurik) said… / December 20, 2009 4:26 PM
- (For the record, Appsidy == Rock == IntelliBorn: they are all the same people operating under different names.)
For a user, Appsidy's "no refunds" policy is quite damning :(. Also, most of the people using PayPal are overseas, and the currency conversion costs drastically outweigh the current $0.25 fee I charge (which I've actually been working with my PayPal representative to fix).
If you are in the US I encourage you to use Amazon, which not only provides a mobile-formatted checkout process but also is integrated into Cydia in a way that lets me save your payment information in a manner similar to that claimed by Rock.
- Jay Freeman (saurik) said… / December 21, 2009 8:19 AM
- A) What I just explained is that the $0.25 is a drop in the bucket in comparison to the conversion costs, not that it /is/ somehow the conversion costs. I could do the math out for you on the Amazon micropayments vs. PayPal rates, but you can also do that and see that $0.25 is fair. The point is that I have never once gotten a complain regarding the $0.25 ;P. What I am working with PayPal on is figuring out how to determine what payments have to go through a micropayments account which which ones don't, in order to get similar rates.
(This price is also upfront to the user, which you claim it isn't: it is very obvious that this cost is applied before you even choose a purchasing agent.)
B) The Cydia Store license transfer system is automated for the first four devices. After that you need to talk to someone. That means that it is already better than the Rock license transfer system, even before you have to speak to someone. Also, as of two weeks ago, the mechanism was tweaked to mean that users probably never have to e-mail me no matter how many devices they want to get on their account, as there is now a time-weighted mechanism for handling the linkages.
C) As for Amazon Payments, anyone who has ever bought anything from Amazon has an Amazon account. In the US for online purchasers that is an insane percentage. If you actually look at the rates of usages of Amazon Payments vs. PayPal in Cydia you see about 45% of users happily using Amazon Payments.
D) I am fine with competition, and never stated otherwise. However, I will take this opportunity to say that competition should be handled in a way that is open, honest, and transparent. Even this person doesn't know who the players involved are here, and nearly all of your statements in this last followup are incorrect.


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Just when you think you've seen it all, and human behavior couldn't possibly break your heart any further, here comes a bride ... with her baby attached to the train of her dress. Yes, you read that right.
Shonda Carter-Brooks got married in Tennessee this weekend, and in photos of the Big Day, her 1-month-old daughter Aubrey appears in the train of her White by Vera Wang for David's Bridal wedding dress, which was reportedly altered with a "custom baby attachment." Of course, the image has gone viral -- mostly because people just can't believe their eyes. On what planet is doing something like this remotely okay?
Check out the image she posted to Facebook ...
In response to the utter shock and dismay her ludicrous actions spawned, Carter-Brooks took to Facebook (again) to defend herself, stating that the baby was "awake" and "well-secured" to the train. She elaborated:
The answer is we do what we want when we want as long as Jesus on our side everything worked out fine. So keep ya mouths running for it was just that Exclusive and Epic enough we made top blog way from small town Ripley, TN and the social media doing what they do, TALK!!!!
Eeek. As unique as some people's parenting -- or heck, bridal! -- styles may be, there's no argument that certain actions are just plain inappropriate. Seems safe to say that the majority of society agrees that babies are human beings, never to be used as accessories. Sure, infants are beautiful, adorable, lovely to look at, and tiny, too, but that doesn't make them primed to be used as decor! Furthermore, you can put your baby "on display" at a special event like this in a way that doesn't relegate the child to the same category as a flower, a button, or a sash!
More from The Stir: 'Crazy' Bride Walks Down the Aisle to Shockingly Raunchy Song (VIDEO)
Carter-Brooks could have easily carried her baby down the aisle, pushed her in a stroller, or placed her in a bassinet at the altar. There were so many alternatives to dragging her in the train like an object, but no ... What's even more horrifying is that she seems hell-bent on arguing that what she did was perfectly safe and respectable. The absolute outcry in response seems to prove otherwise.
What's your reaction to this mom's move?
Image via _dchris/Flickr & Mrs.Brooks2013/Facebook
Poor judgement at its finest! If she wanted her daughter to walk down the aisle with her, she could have carried her or maybe had her pushed in in a nice baby carriage. This was just plain ridiculous to do to a newborn.
Tht is so funny....I cannot stop laughing....the stupidity of some people....this is hysterical....
OMG!!! No i've seen it all!! Shame on you!!!! She should have been pushed in a carriage,,not dragged on the floor like a rag!!! BITCH!!


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2010 Subaru Legacy Touring Wagon (JDM) - Click above for a high-res image gallery
Subaru has unveiled the all-new Legacy in JDM form, and on paper, it pretty much looks the same as the U.S.-spec car. The 2.5- and 3.6-liter boxer engines you'll find underhood when the new Legacy arrives at your local Scooby store are now in the cars across the Pacific, replacing the 2.0-liter engines that motivated their predecessors. So, basically, not much new to see... unless you're a wagon lover. How come? Well, in Japan, drivers can still opt for the standard Legacy Touring Wagon (with purple paint, even!) in addition to the jacked-up Outback. Sadly, here in the U.S., if you want the added utility, the Outback remains your only option. You can check out the new Legacy wagon in the gallery below, but if you want to buy one, you're outta luck.
Gallery: 2010 Subaru Legacy Wagon B4 (JDM)
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Loved having Cole Swindell stop by the station to perform! Check out the PHOTOS here! Read More »
Loved having Cole Swindell stop by the station to perform! Check out the PHOTOS here! Read More »
We had the pleasure of having Dakota Bradley stop by the 92.3 WIL studio this afternoon. He's from St. Louis and is currently doing his radio tour across America. He brought one of the things he misses most about St. Louis, Imo's Pizza! He gave us a preview of a bunch of songs on his upcoming album. Wish him ... Read More »
Thomas Rhett came by the 92.3 WIL studio and threw a pizza party for some of our very lucky winners! Everyone enjoyed themselves and got a great show! CLICK HERE to see the photos! Read More »
Big THANK YOU to Jared Ashley for performing at Wild Country last night. We all had a great time! Check out the rest of the photos HERE! Read More »
In this week's episode of Webisode Wednesday, Lady Antebellum discusses the stories behind the songs on their new album Golden. Watch it here. Read More »
Kenny Chesney's new album Life on a Rock doesn't go on sale until April 30th, but Kenny is giving fans an opportunity to stream the 10 track album beginning today on iTunes. The disc will be streaming on iTunes until April 30, when 'Life on a Rock' is available for purchase on store shelves and online retailers. Read More »
Have you seen The Band Perry's video for their new single "Done"? Watch it here. Read More »
Hunter Hayes is set to world premiere his brand new single "I Want Crazy" at the 2013 Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday, April 7 at 8pm ET/PT on CBS. The song is his next single from his forthcoming Deluxe CD titled Hunter Hayes (Encore) due out June 18th. The Deluxe album "(ENCORE)" will feature seven new and ... Read More »
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Today I'm blogging about the @lacuisineparis Cafe Gourmand baking class we took in Paris! Blog link is in profile
My latest blog post is up! Today I'm talking about our Paris Context Travel walking tour through Montmartre.
Check it out here.
Today I'm blogging about our latest jaunt out to Niagara for the Small Batch Burn. Check it out!
Happy Birthday Minnie!
Happy Holidays! It's officially the holidays for me as Friday is my last day of work until next year (I love saying that ;) ) Anyways, what better way to celebrate then with friends and family. I'm excited to catch up on movies, books and more importantly sleep. I also have some exciting news to share about the evolution of The Twitter Book Club - so stay tuned!
In the spirit of the holidays I have compiled a list of my favorite bloggers' holiday posts!
It's that time of year! All of these items above I have been coveting for sometime now. So for those of you who are still searching for that special something I hope this list helps you out.
PS. Next year I will not be asking for any gifts but rather setting up a wish list for those less fortunate via OXFAM. Check it out! What could be better than spending $15 on a chicken and changing some one's life for the better?
1. Canon PowerShot Point & Shoot. I love my SLR but sometimes I don't feel like lugging it around on trips. This handy Canon point and shoot would do just the trick.
2. Goodies Gourmet Soaps Cupcake Soap & Bath Bomb. I love cupcakes and I love baths. I have been coveting these for sometime now, so I really hope they are in my stocking come Christmas morning. If not, Steph I will be putting in an order asap. ;)
3. Cuptakes iPhone cover I'm a big fan of the cuptakes wallpaper apps for iPhone. So when I found out they make covers I knew I would need one stat!
4. Cookbooks, enough said. 5 Ingredient Fix by Claire Robinson, Everyday Food Light & The Pioneer Woman Cooks by Ree Drummond
5. Swarovski Mickey Bracelet. As you know I am a HUGE Disney fan. I think this bracelet is the perfect match between grown-up jewellery with a youthful twist.
What's on your Christmas wish list?
I made this a couple years ago, as hostess gifts for when we were invited to dinner parties. It is too easy to make and the slow cooker allows for everything to cook in one pot! I love giving this to coworkers and friends — and I've never received a complaint - it's THAT good.
Slow Cooker Pear & Apple Butter
If there is one thing I like to read more than books it's magazines. You tell me, what's not to love? I anxiously await the delivery of a new issue each month. The four magazines above are my yearly staples, although I must admit that last year I didn't renew Martha Stewart Living because I got bored of the content and high end ingredients in the recipes. However, I did miss it - so I will be renewing my subscription this year.
What are your favorite magazines?
1. Real Simple is a wonderful magazine. I love the recipes, especially the tips and tricks that are sprinkled throughout.
2. Martha Stewart's Everyday Food. I LOVE this magazine. I cannot say enough good things about it. Every month it's chocked full of quick, easy and flavourful recipes. It's a must for any cook or food enthusiast.
3. Conde Nast Traveler. I love this magazines for all the obvious reasons. Although the articles and information are catered to someone who is probably more affluent than me, I do appreciate the travel writing articles and hotel recommendations.
4. Lastly, Martha Stewart Living. As mentioned previously I did have a subscription for a couple years but cancelled it last year because I felt that the recipes were too high end for me and ingredients that were inaccessible. I've realized that I do miss the craft articles as well as the home decor content, so I will be renewing it this year.
This month's Across The Cafe Table question from The Travel Belles is "If someone said you had to go visit another country for Christmas, where would you go and why?"
Of course, my first answer would be of course to opt out and kindly decline and choose spend it with my family. But say this person was like no, the fate of mankind rests in you spending Christmas abroad I would probably choose a beach somewhere warm and sunny. Specifically Turks & Caicos or maybe Jamaica. Let's admit it, the holidays can be stressful so what better way to rest and enjoy the season then a beach and an umbrella drink. It might be selfish, but sometimes we all just need to getaway from it all. So, my question for you is - Where would you go?
Check out other Belles' responses by heading on over to The Travel Belles!
It's that time of year, and of course just like Christmas is synonymous with presents and Santa Claus it is also synonymous in mind with baking. My mom has been making a variation of these fruit drop cookies for years. I always request a special batch for myself — they are THAT good. Just like the Peppermint Bark, these cookies also make a great gift for a friend and even better - a hostess gift. Try them today. These cookies will definitely bring out the Holiday spirit in any kitchen!
Source: Good Housekeeping
There's a new addition to my kitchen and I am extremely excited about it! I bought a doughnut pan. I know, I know you're probably thinking — big whoop, it's just a doughnut pan. BUT come on IT'S A DOUGHNUT PAN!!!! Anyways I was super excited to try out a couple recipes and boy, they did not disappoint. Luckily my awesome blogger friend Steph had a great recipe that she got from Jenna. That's the power of blogging and the internet in general. There is such a sense of community and helpfulness. I love my blogging friends. Anyways, the recipe below produced some of the best doughnuts I have ever had, so go out and buy your own doughnut pan! I smell a recipe swap in the future. Doughnut day anyone? Ok, OK I'll stop.
PS. Have a lovely weekend.
Glazed Cake Doughnuts - Makes 6
1 cup flour
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 Tbsp cold butter
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg
1 Tbsp milk
1/2 cup powdered sugar
Preheat oven to 350.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Cut the butter into small pieces and work it into the dry ingredients with your fingertips, until the mixture looks like sand. Set aside.
In a small bowl, mix together the buttermilk, vanilla and egg. Pour into the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Pipe into a greased doughnut pan using a pastry bag or plastic bag and bake for 15 minutes.
Let cool and mix together glaze ingredients. Drizzle glaze over doughnuts and top with rainbow sprinkles.
25 minutes
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It's that time of year! One of the things I love about the holidays is the time off of work and of course spending time with friends and family. I also really enjoy staying in and reading to my heart's content. Catching up with a good book is the perfect way to rest and relax after the hectic holiday season. I've compiled the list of books above to hopefully inspire your holiday reading. Next week I'll be sharing my favorite cookbooks of the year!
What are you currently reading?
1. Cocktails for three by Madeline Wickham. Did you know that before Sophie Kinsella wrote the uber popular Shopaholic series she also wrote a collection of chick-lit novels under the pen name Madeline Wickham? It's a fantastic read.
2. The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje. Michael wrote The English Patient. Enough said.
3. Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan. Esi won the prestgious Giller Prize award for this book about Jazz artists surviving during World War II
4. Rules Of Civility by Amor Towles. This book has been called "gatsby-esq" by several notable book reviewers. Seeing as The Great Gatsby is one of my favorite books, I am very excited to read this novel.
It's that time of year! And what better way to celebrate the Holiday season than baking! Over the next couple of weeks I will be featuring some Holiday baking ideas that are delicious, easy and can be the perfect gift to a loved one. First up is Peppermint Bark. Unlike most recipes, this one calls for Rice Krispies which add a unique crunch to the bark's sweet taste. These are great gifts, just put a couple in a clear bag and finish with a Holiday bow. Who says the Holidays have to be stressful? Stay tuned for more recipes and gifting ideas!
To crush candies: Place candy in a doubled resealable plastic bag (one inside the other); seal and wrap in a kitchen towel (to prevent candy from piercing the bag). Use a rolling pin or skillet to crush candy into tiny pieces. Pass through a large sieve to separate crushed candy from fine powder. (Save powder to stir into hot chocolate or sprinkle on ice cream.)
Source: Martha Stewart
Happy Monday friends! My latest post is up on The Travel Belles, so check it out! Today I'm writing about the enchanting villages of Mallorca, Spain. Seems like forever ago that we traveled there, even though it was May. It being December and all, I could really use a Spanish island getaway right about now. What about you? What are your upcoming travel plans?


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Robert Pattinson Moves Out….And On To Katy Perry?
Robert Pattinson packed up his belongings and moved out of Kristen Stewart's Los Feliz, California home, after the couple's recent split. Insiders said that it wasn't just Kristen's cheating scandal that caused issues in their relationship, revealing that Katy Perry was involved in their split. Hmmm…. Kristen and Robert had a nasty fight on Rob's …
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Which Packers Mom Did I Sit Behind At The Game?
I was lucky enough to get Indoor Club Seats for the Packers-Titans game on Sunday. It was hard not to notice which Packers' Mom was sitting in front of us. (In fact, the whole family was there, Mom, Dad, Aunt, Sister, Brother...)
Yup, Brian Bulaga's Mom!!
Nice bedazzeled jersey, huh?!?!
I asked her what Brian's favorite Christmas gift growing up was, she said, "It was probably a Madden video game." Go figure.
Also, I asked what his favorite Christmas food was, and she said, "We're Polish, so it was probably Pierogi...
Pierogi (Polish pronunciation: [pjɛˈrɔɡʲi]; also spelled perogi, pierogy, perogy, pierógi, pyrohy, pirogi, or pyrogy; juvenile diminutive form: Pierożki Polish pronunciation: [pjɛˈrɔʂki] also in use) are dumplings of unleavened dough – first boiled, then they are baked or fried usually in butter with onions – traditionally stuffed with potato filling, sauerkraut,ground meat, cheese, or fruit.
Merry Christmas!!