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I got some positive feedback from my discussion of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, so I thought I'd mention another book that really made me think. This is an old book - first published in 1985 - and where I got it is a mystery to me. It was just in our bookshelf and I picked it out to read. I think it could be a hanger-on from Uri's first bachelor's degree in English - seems like the kind of book they would read at Wesleyan.
This is one of the only books I've read twice. Seriously it is that good - it really blew my mind. The book is
The Handmaid's Tale (Everyman's Library)
The copy I have is older, probably out of print, but I'm sure it doesn't make a difference. This book has won awards and was adopted for film, stage and radio. It's classified as science fiction but the Author, Margaret Atwood, calls it speculative fiction.
You can learn more about the book in the Wikipedia article, but what I love about it is the themes it explores, especially those about women's rights. The book is one of the main works of dystopian literature from the 1980's; it describes a world where women can no longer own property or read and write, they can not move freely about. The protagonist is a handmaid - a woman who is only used for reproduction. The story is set in a post nuclear-war environment where fertility has plummeted so women who can bear children must be carefully controlled.
This book is chilling to read - the indignities of every day life for all women are cruel and unimaginable. I feel so thankful for all of my freedoms when I consider what the women in this story go through. This book is meant to take a jab at fundamentalist Christianity and what might happen if it the sect got carried away and got control of the government. There are many religious and biblical tones in the book. I guess one reason this book was easier for me to read is that I'm not religious, I'm not sure if people who are faithful Christians would find it more difficult to read.
This is definitely not light summer reading - but I think it's worth a go. It's interesting that it was one of the Top 100 Challenged Books on the ALA's website both from 1990 - 1999 and from 2000 - 2009. I'm thinking that the recent challenged book list is probably a great place to start for my own reading list! A quick scan listed quite a few of my favorites such as Harry Potter, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, The Stupids (seriously?), Fahrenheit 451 and more. I didn't know my taste was so controversial.


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**–In January of 2007, Alabama hired Nick Saban as its head football coach for $32 million over eight years.
**–After winning the BCS national championship in January of 2008, LSU football coach Les Miles has his contract redrawn to guarantee that he will be the highest paid football coach in the SEC. In 2008 Saban made $3.75 million. Miles contract called for him to make exactly $1,000 more. And that will remain the case during the life of Miles' five-year contract.
**–In 2009 Tennessee athletics director Mike Hamilton pulled out his checkbook to give new head coach Lane Kiffin the all-star staff that he wanted. That staff, beginning with the over $1 million for defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin, will collectively earn an unprecedented $3.325 million this season.
**–Alabama just announced raises for its football staff that will pay them a total of $2.685 million this season. That doesn't count Saban's compensation, which will be bumped up to $3.9 million this season.
**–Kentucky just made John Calipari the highest paid coach in college basketball history with an eight-year deal for nearly $4 million per season. Potential bonuses and perks actually push that figure towards $5 million. That's more than twice what the head football coach (Rich Brooks) at Kentucky makes.
**–Damon Evans, the athletics director at Georgia, is still trying to hire a men's basketball coach. But he made it clear that for the right guy he was willing to pay $2 million per season. Down in Jacksonville Hugh Durham is shaking his head thinking he was born too soon.
So what's going here? It's really nothing very complicated at all. The 12 SEC members, thanks to their friends at ESPN and CBS, will have a lot more money to spend in the future. Last summer the conference signed unprecedented 15-year contracts with each network. In the next 15 years those contracts will pump about $3 billion into the SEC.
It's clear now that the league is going to spend some of that money on acquiring and retaining the best coaches possible. This is nothing new for the SEC. There are just a lot more zeroes on the checks..
That's good news for the coaches who benefit. It's also good for the SEC institutions because it will be less likely that talented coaches will leave the conference because of money.
But it is a knife that cuts both ways. If schools have enough money to hire who they want, they also have enough money to fire at will without regard of the financial impact. If he doesn't win enough games, he's gone. Whereas football coaches used to have a five-year window to get a struggling program turned around, that window will be, at best, three until the school decides to move on. Last season Phillip Fulmer (Tennessee) and Tommy Tuberville (Auburn) were both nudged out the door after long runs at their respective schools. They will collect a combined $11 million for not coaching. Neither school blinked at the thought of paying out those dollars. It is simply a cost of doing business in the 21st century.
And when that kind of money is involved, the expectations are enormous and sometimes unrealistic. People rail about the injustice of paying millions to coach ball at a time when faculty is getting laid off at many colleges and universities. We'll certainly have another round of that with the Calipari numbers.
But you know what?
Everybody knows that going in. Everybody is grown up here. You take the money, you live with the expectations. You give the money, you enforce the expectations. Nobody gets dragged kicking and screaming into this business. My daddy once told me that "When the price of poker goes up, you don't complain. You either play or you fold." Kentucky proved this week that schools in the SEC, thanks to their success on the field and on the court, have the resources to play.
Rick Bragg, the Pulitzer Prize winning writer, now teaches at the University of Alabama. He coined what I believe is the single best description of SEC football I've ever heard when he said that every conference game is "like a knife fight in a ditch." He meant it affectionately.
When this kind of money is involved, the pressure gets ratcheted up on everybody. And it means that during every recruiting battle and every big conference game there will be helluva lot at stake.
I'm not saying that it's good or it's bad. It is what it is. But I am saying that next few years are going to be very, very interesting in this league.
April 2nd, 2009
8:32 am
what does coarch urban meyers make?
go gator
April 2nd, 2009
8:42 am
Dear Mr. CF–tell Evans I'll coach the basketball team for half what he's aiming to pay somebody else, and throw in girl's basketball for nothing. Let me know. Your pal, Leland
April 2nd, 2009
8:42 am
SEC basketball is more like a pillow fight in a spare bedroom.
But seriously, with the money involved these days, the non-profit/tax exempt status of college football needs to be reassessed.
April 2nd, 2009
8:49 am
Tony, how many more zeroes did the Atlanta Journal-Constitution put on your check to bring you back? Welcome back. Now how about some love to Georgia Southern every once in a while.
April 2nd, 2009
8:50 am
College football programs, like fish, rot from the head down. The best way, really the only way to stay on top is to recruit and retain the top coaches. Period.
another great article TB. go Rutgers!
April 2nd, 2009
8:53 am
Corrine Brown (D) FL—-On behalf of the embarrassed alumni of the University of Florida, please, please, please never again associate your political career in the U.S. House of Representatives with your alma mater, the University of Florida. While we Gator alumni appreciate your demonstrated loyalty to the University, quite simply, your inability to string two grammatically correct sentences back to back makes you an inappropriate spokesman for an institution of higher learning. Never fear though, Corrine, because other Gator alumni will step forward to speak on behalf of the University, well, at least after the overwhelming laughter dies down.
For the record, Rep. Brown holds two academic degrees from Florida A & M University (B.A. in Sociology, M.A. in Education), and an education specialist's degree from the University of Florida College of Education (Ed.S.). Rep. Brown represents the Third Congressional District of Florida, a northwest Florida minority-majority district created to satisfy the requirements of the Voting Rights Act.
April 2nd, 2009
8:55 am
He make more than Percy Harvey.
Go Gator.
April 2nd, 2009
8:56 am
sec football is the sports version of "my cuzzin is purtier than yore cuzzin." It is powderpuff football with tobacco stains. can you say overrated…i knew you could.
April 2nd, 2009
8:57 am
Spanky—-True, the SEC did not distinguish itself among Division I basketball teams during the 2008-2009 season. However, let's also keep in mind that an SEC team has won two of the last three championships . . . .
April 2nd, 2009
8:57 am
I hope no one believes anything in the new book about me and Michael Adams
April 2nd, 2009
9:05 am
Go Gator…
That is absolutely priceless. I am sure her degrees were "honorary"
April 2nd, 2009
9:08 am
Very good points Tony – this is all about supply and demand and with a fat paycheck, comes higher expectations. I've grown tired of the hypocrites out there that tell you that coaching a game doesn't make you entitled to a huge salary. That may be true if you're coaching your daughter's t-ball team and nobody outside of the players' parents come to watch but when you're responsible for a program which draws the interest of hundreds of thousands and generates many millions of dollars you deserve to be compensated as such with all the benefits and expectations that come with it. Can anyone other than a die-hard communist honestly say that if they were offered a $3 million salary, they wouldn't take it?
April 2nd, 2009
9:15 am
[...] Tony Barnhart of the AJC writes that when it comes to coaching dollars, the SEC is just getting started. [...]
April 2nd, 2009
9:21 am
[...] Tony Barnhart of the AJC writes that when it comes to coaching dollars, the SEC is just getting started. [...]
April 2nd, 2009
9:28 am
April 2nd, 2009
9:33 am
Representative Brown owes me a new keyboard.
April 2nd, 2009
9:35 am
our corches are the most money of all the conferences we play in.
one too tree fo five…..
gators dont take no jive.
April 2nd, 2009
9:44 am
The university of Florida is in troubled waters if they don't tell Ms Brown to go pull for the seminoles!!!
I am happy that the Kentucky Wildcats hired John Calipari as its new basketball coach. It will only make the SEC conference stronger and everybody else in the SEC will have to recruit better basketball players to stay even close to the wildcats. Atlanta Gator what do you think about Bama
hiring Grant as the new mens basketball coach!! GO BAMA ROLL TIDE!!
April 2nd, 2009
9:46 am
Bornhart you have your head so far up the collective butts of the SEC your writings are nothing but drivel. I understand we are in SEC country and maybe you are commissioned to write only about it but as sports go it is irrelevant. Broaden your scope. Trust me there are readers from other parts of the country (a LARGE number of us)that could careless.
April 2nd, 2009
9:49 am
Please ….no comments from readers that can't even spell DOG correctly!
April 2nd, 2009
9:52 am
yohon – if you could care less, why are you reading a college football blog on an Atlanta news website? You do realize that this is the internet and you could just as easily go read the Detroit Free Press or the San Francisco Chronicle or whatever other publication which panders to your specific interest. There is a LARGE number that do care about college football and the SEC in particular. They've demonstrated time and time agani that they're not only the preeminent football conference but the top overall sports conference which is why they draw so much attention. Go back to Tony's points about supply and demand, they apply to this blog as well.
April 2nd, 2009
9:54 am
gatorman – that's something given that that UF couldn't even correctly identify a crocodile over and alligator on their media guide.
April 2nd, 2009
9:54 am
So if U of F is making all this money I guess they are really going to make some money this year. 8 home games and 3 of those are against patsies CS T and FIU. Hope that schedule keeps you out of the MNC game IF you end up undefeated. If you lose any game with that schedule you wont be in the MNC game. Alabama's schedule isn't much better so i guess if you schedule 3 patsies a year you can pad your wins – pathetic!!
April 2nd, 2009
9:56 am
I've descended from the heavens to bring manna to all ye coaches who enter the SEC. I am 'The Tebow', I am your lord and savior, I will bring peace to the Earth.
Love thee, love thy home of Gainesville, love the magnificent jeans shorts and mullet hairstyles that are prominent amongst my followers, I mean "supporters".
Yes, thy Gayturd nation, I am Gayturd leader and do as I command – heel! I mean, HEAL!
April 2nd, 2009
9:59 am
Bamafan—-The University of Alabama's hiring of Anthony Grant was a great move. But for Billy Donovan's buyer's remorse, Grant would now be coaching the Gators not the Tide. When Grant was up for the Gainesville job, Coach Donovan fully endorsed Grant to be Donovan's replacement.
All in all, I would say the Tide did very well with the hire, and I do not understand why UGA did pursue Grant more aggressively . . . IMHO, UGA's possible hiring of the Mizzou hoops coach was a long shot at best. I guess we will know whether the Damon Evans and the search committee are geniuses or amateurs in the next 2 or 3 weeks.
I have too many bad memories of Florida's search to replace the Evil Genius in 2002 to take any pleasure in UGA's travails.
April 2nd, 2009
10:01 am
Tim Tebow—How about applying some of your purported healing powers to Rep. Corrine Brown's terminally broken grammar, syntax and enunciation? Then you could be a TRUE HERO to the Gator Nation!
April 2nd, 2009
10:05 am
bukhed dawg—-I made the same observation several weeks ago. Given the Gators' weak out-of-conference schedule, they have no room for error if they hope to repeat as BCS champions. One loss, and they're done.
April 2nd, 2009
10:06 am
…not for long. There are to many mid-majors struggling. They need some HOPE.
April 2nd, 2009
10:12 am
Man, I love the SEC.
April 2nd, 2009
10:17 am
Bukhead dawgs,
Care to revise your comment about Bama's patsy schedule since Va Tech will probably be in the top 10 or at least probably the top 15 to start the season? Incidentally, we opened last year with Clemson which at the top started out ranked 9th nationally and we open our newly expanded stadium next year with Penn State which finished 12-2 last year I believe and was in the top 10 practically the whole year and for several weeks was in the top 5.
April 2nd, 2009
10:22 am
[...] Barnhart of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution looks at all of the milestone coaching deals cut in the SEC since January 2007… and the list is pretty long.Now, with huge money set to [...]
April 2nd, 2009
10:26 am
Georgia goes from number one to about number twenty over the course of the season, but Richt proclaims the season a success. Adams throws money at Richt and his coaches who have done a poor job considering the talent level. In the meanwhile, Adams has cut faculty and his sponsor, Sonny the Stooge, has blocked pay raises for state teachers for two years. Things seem to be a little backward at UGA.
April 2nd, 2009
10:27 am
bukhed dawg, I can tell you're a leg humper since you can't count. UF does not have 8 home games. And we can't help it that UGA, UT and FSU suck to weaken our schedule.
April 2nd, 2009
10:28 am
And ZTroy could beat the Leg Humpers.
April 2nd, 2009
10:29 am
We always start these conversations off like it is back in the 30s and leather helmets are still being worn and slow small white guys from the fraternity houses are pretending to be football players. The coach was usually an ex player, too dumb to teach and too lazy to get a real job. Firing those guys was like firing the family maid after 40 years because you caught her drinking. We have romance their jobs because like a priest that was all they had. For every Knute Rochne there was a hundred flat nosed nobodies that were harmlessly living off the grace of the college or university that hired them. Now these guys instead of being hanger ons have turned this into a career a parent would be proud of. Some of the most successful have never walked onto a college field as a player and most were never any good that did, yet they make millions while the players go dry. Like Wall Street they hijacked your game.
April 2nd, 2009
10:30 am
Atlanta Gator,
Nice to see you on again. The midpoint of the college season is at hand with all the spring practices going on so we finally have something to talk about.
We're excited about the Grant hire for a number of reasons. And I'm certain Corrine Brown be happy with the coarching hire for obliveous reasons.
I think the blogger posting as Corrine Brown may just be someone pulling our collective legs. I find it difficult to believe that someone whose grammar is that bad could actually learn how to use a computer.
In reference to Florida's schedule I always give them a break as far as scheduling big time out of conference opponents due to the fact that they play FSU every year and lately had also picked up Miami a couple of times I believe.
But the college of Charleston game is a really bad deal. Its going to be utter humiliation for Charleston's young men and is going to make UF look like a bunch of bullies. I think it will be embarrassing for both schools since I think the score will certainly get into the 60s or 70s and could well eclipse 80 pts. A better opponent would have been someone like a sunbelt or conference usa member. Anyway, good to see you on again and in the words of Corrine Brown go gator.
April 2nd, 2009
10:31 am
bama12titles, kind of like when Bama plays the crappy Louisiana schools and beats them so badly
April 2nd, 2009
10:32 am
KYBulldog, If I were you, I would seriously rethink your blog handle . . . it may be sending a signal that you did not intend.
April 2nd, 2009
10:38 am
All of this money directed to a single conference by ESPN does create a bit of a competitive balance problem. Yeah, you can't buy a championship (especially when you are killing each other fraticidally all the time in conference play) but it makes the game a bit more like pro baseball and a bit less like an amateur undertaking. I don't like George Steinbrenner and am uneasy that the SEC is becoming a bit like his Yankees.
April 2nd, 2009
10:38 am
bama12*titles—-Likewise, sports fan.
I have heard, but have not been able to confirm, that Charleston Southern was a replacement for the University of South Florida. IMHO, if you must schedule a Division I-AA team, you should at least schedule a respectable one like Georgia Southern or Appalachian State . . . . Against Charleston Southern, if either first-string team plays more than a quarter, I will gladly join the chorus in flogging Urban Meyer for running up the score.
Regarding Corrine Brown . . . she be what she be. Yeah, go gator. LOL
April 2nd, 2009
10:42 am
Hey Jim Donnan you are correct lets see 7 home games and oh yeah the Georgia game in Jax – sorry thats not a home game now is it? Defend that schedule you D-A$$. Great slam on UGA Tenn and FSU. You know I actually pulled for FLA in the MNC but because of A$$holes like you I won't again. Are you wearing your JORTS??
Sat Sep 5 Charleston Southern Gainesville, FL TBA
Sat Sep 12 Troy Gainesville, FL TBA
Sat Sep 19 Tennessee Gainesville, FL TBA
Sat Sep 26 at Kentucky Lexington, KY TBA
Sat Oct 10 at LSU Baton Rouge, LA TBA
Sat Oct 17 Arkansas (HC) Gainesville, FL TBA
Sat Oct 24 at Mississippi State Starkville, MS TBA
Sat Oct 31 Georgia Jacksonville, FL TBA
Sat Nov 7 Vanderbilt Gainesville, FL TBA
Sat Nov 14 at South Carolina Columbia, SC TBA
Sat Nov 21 Florida International Gainesville, FL TBA
Sat Nov 28 Florida State Gainesville, FL TBA
April 2nd, 2009
10:42 am
GT you are correct in comparing this tendency to Wall Street. I guess ESPN putting its cash into the Bamas and Floridas of the world is not entirely dissimilar to a pension fund investing in CDOs issued by Bear Stears and Lehman Brothers. The result is entirely disproportionate and potentially corrupting. Oh wait, Bama and Florida are already pretty corrupt.
April 2nd, 2009
10:45 am
Jim Donnan,
Well, what can I say? Everyone has a bad day here and there and everyone seems to have at least 1 day day a season. Sometimes ya have 2 embarrassing days in 1 season. It would be kinda like loosing to Vandy and Kentucky in the same year if ya know what I mean. And I think ya do. Those crappy Louisiana schools we play are all 1A teams and not double AA teams. And they are from conferences that do in fact pull upsets over teams from BCS conferences.
Speaking of the really crappy teams from Louisiana there is one team Northwestern State that is a double AA team that took a 2 day bus ride to play an sec team. They were so broke they couldn't fly their 60 players to the sec site so they took that 2 day bus ride. I won't mention the sec team though I'm sure Jim Donnan knows it was.
April 2nd, 2009
11:03 am
Atlanta Gator,
That splains a lot if you had to replace a big east member like South Florida at the last moment and couldn't find a suitable replacement. I agree with you that there are a handful of double a opponent such as APP State and GA. Southern that would make for respectable opponents. The Citadel and Delaware are 2 other double A schools that I would deem worthy opponents.
Bukhead dawg,
The Jax game between the gators and dawgs still does not qualify as a home game for the gators. It is a neutral site and the fan base is supposed to be 50/50 as far as the ticket sales go but the bottom line is that this is not a home game for UF.
You still haven't splained your comment as to why you think Bama has such a patsy schedule when we will be facing a bcs conference champion like Va Tech who will most likely start out the season in the top 10 or at least the top 15.
I think we can all agree that every sec team generally tries to schedule a top tier name or at least a bcs conference foe in one of their out of conference games and then we all play the rest of our nonconference games against non bcs opponents like the sun belt or conference usa.
So I really don't want to hear any criticism from a dawg fan like yourself whose bigtime nonconference foe is generally weaker than Bama's big time out of conference foe. We played Clemson last year which was preseason number 9 while UGA played ASU which was either not in the top 25 at all preseason or barely in the top 25. And while Clemson wasn't as good as advertised the still went to a bowl and won while I believe ASU was not nearly as successful although I could be wrong.
This year our big opponent Va. Tech will most assuredly be ranked much higher starting out the season than your bcs opponent. And while we can't see into 2010 I can absolutely guarantee that Penn State is a bigger nonconference name than whoever UGA will play in 2010. Take a look at the schedules before you start criticizing other programs.
April 2nd, 2009
11:22 am
Charleston Southern was a last minute replacement, and it is a no win game for the Gators.
If they win by 60 it is running up the score, but if they do not people will wonder if they are worthy of #1.
April 2nd, 2009
11:27 am
bama12titles – I think that Northwestern state team you're referring to was a last minute replacement after we were canceled on by somebody much bigger (can't remember who off the top of my head) at the last minute. That happens sometimes.
April 2nd, 2009
11:32 am
Duly noted
April 2nd, 2009
11:34 am
Do you hate Tony so much because he knows when to use commas? Or, could you still "careless"?
April 2nd, 2009
11:36 am
Yes, we all agree that typical Yankee know it alls like Yohon can take their opinions elsewhere!
Go follow your Big 10 blog!!!
April 2nd, 2009
11:37 am
[...] Over the next 15 years the SEC will earn about $3 billion from its television deals, according to Mr. College Football. [...]


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3. Email Katt Brigham at MARPA with your package tracking information. This should include the date the package was shipped and the estimated date of arrival. You should also include the contents of your package so we know what to look for.
4. Confirm your package arrives in Tokyo. When you have confirmed arrival email Katt to let us know as well.
Remember it will take about a week for your shipment to clear customs upon arrival in Japan. It is therefore vital that you ship your literature in time to ensure arrival by September 23.
MARPA is excited to be able to offer this opportunity to its members. If you have any questions about shipping, please contact Katt at (202) 628-6777 or by email at email@example.com.
MARPA is pleased to announce that we will be at the 2013 Aerospace Industry Exhibition Tokyo, and you can be there too!
While this is a fantastic opportunity for making connections in the Japanese aerospace manufacturing market, we recognize that not ever member can afford to add this to their trade show agenda, so MARPA will be featuring literature from members at their booth. That's right – you can have your company literature included in the MARPA literature rack at ASET 2013 in Tokyo!
COST: Free to MARPA members (it is a membership benefit).
HOW BIG IS THIS CONFERENCE: The last conference was in 2011 (it is held every two years) and there were 23,373 visitors for the aerospace trade floor.
YOUR REQUIREMENTS: YOU are responsible for producing your company materials. YOU are responsible for shipping the materials to the convention center and for alerting us to look for it.
WHAT WE WILL DO: We will keep your literature in our literature rack or on our display table (depending on factors like size and volume of member response) and hand it out to interested conference-attendees.
HOW DO I GET STARTED: Contact Katt Brigham by calling or emailing the Association
The Aerospace Industry Exhibition Tokyo (ASET) is the only exhibition held in Tokyo dedicated to specialized aerospace technologies. In addition to the unique business opportunity, ASET also features programs and lectures from key industry figures, as well as business and social networking events.
MARPA will have an exhibit booth for the three day event, October 2-4, 2013, and MARPA President Jason Dickstein will give a keynote address discussing PMA and the advantages that it represents. This is an excellent opportunity to further raise industry awareness about the value and benefits of PMA and about MARPA itself.
ASET has asked for our help in getting the word out about this opportunity, as ASET is seeking PMA companies to join their PMA session. The PMA companies would be asked to introduce their business to the attendees and participate in a PMA panel. As inducement for participation, ASET is offering to provide exhibition booth space (three-day exhibition required) and potentially other inducements to PMA companies who are willing to present at the exhibition.
The city of Tokyo's event planning subsidiary specifically requested the presence of PMA manufacturers at ASET 2013. This is a great opportunity for our members to exhibit their products in front of a large audience in one of Asia's key business hubs. It is also a chance to further educate the aerospace community on the advantages of PMA.
If your company is interested in taking advantage of this opportunity, please contact ASET advisor Jay Kato via email at firstname.lastname@example.com. ASET 2013 runs October 2-4, so it is important to act quickly. MARPA hopes to see you there!
Today, EASA issued an updated agenda for the 2013 EASA / FAA International Aviation Safety Conference. The Conference is the annual meeting among EASA, FAA, TCCA and other regulators to discuss new paradigms in regulatory oversight. This meeting directly impacts the aviation industry, which is the subject of this regulatory oversight!
The updated agenda provides better guidance on what to expect from the 2013 meeting.
Sessions that will be interesting to member of the PMA manufacturing community will include:
MARPA will be there and will be reporting on the new directions proposed by the regulators.
Over the past few months, I have encountered a number of PMA exporters, and European PMA importers, who have asked for clear guidance on how to distinguish a "critical" PMA parts from a "non-critical" PMA part.
This is an important distinction because under the Bilateral Airworthiness Safety Agreement (BASA) that was signed between the United States and the European Union, there are three types of PMA parts that are accepted in the European Union (for installation on products certified or validated by EASA) without further showing. Those three "acceptable" situations, as described in the BASA Technical Implementation Procedures (TIP) are:
(1) The PMA part is not a "critical component"; or
(2) The PMA part conforms to design data obtained under a licensing agreement from the TC or STC holder according to 14 CFR §21.303; or
(3) The PMA holder is the holder of an EASA STC which incorporates the PMA part.
Thus, non-critical PMA parts are directly acceptable (and they should have text on their export 8130-3 tag that states "This PMA part is not a critical component"). So there is a significant advantage to having a clear understanding of when a PMA part is critical and when it is not critical.
This can be a little confusing if you don't know where to look. The FAA has used the term "criticality" to define different categories of parts for approval purposes, and to set differnt levels of FAA involvement in the approval process. The distinct use of the term means that we need to look in the right place for the definition of "critical" that applies to our export/import transactions.
For purposes of US exports of PMA parts that are imported into the European Union, the controlling guidance is found in the BASA's Technical Implementation Procedures for Airworthiness And Environmental Certification (BASA TIP). The definition of critical component for purposes of that document is found in Section 1.6(i) of the BASA TIP:
"Critical Component" means a part identified as critical by the design approval holder during the product type validation process, or otherwise by the exporting authority. Typically, such components include parts for which a replacement time, inspection interval, or related procedure is specified in the Airworthiness Limitations section or certification maintenance requirements of the manufacturer's maintenance manual or Instructions for Continued Airworthiness.
Don't fall for the temptation draw a semantic difference between a "critical component" and a "critical part." The PMA acceptance procedures found in section 2.8.2(a)(1) of the BASA TIP explicitly cross reference the definition in section 1.6(i).
In light of this definition found in the BASA TIP, the question of whether a PMA part is "critical" will be based on the decision of the FAA (the exporting authority) about whether it was critical at the time of approval.
The regulatory guidance for critical parts is found in the marking requirements discussion in section 45.15(c) of the FAA's regulations. That section makes it clear that an article is "critical" if it has a hard time specified in the Airworthiness Limitations section of the manual (instructions for continued airworthiness), like a life limit, then it is a critical part (or critical component).
Under normal circumstances, there are two methods for specifying such a limit on a PMA part. The first is during the FAA approval process (usually as an airworthiness limitation published in the instructions for continuous airworthiness), when the airworthiness limitation section associated with the part would be approved. The second is by an FAA airworthiness directive issued after initial approval in response to an identified safety issue.
Thus the best source for identifying whether a PMA article is "critical" is the PMA manufacturer, who should be able to tell customers whether there were any such hard times associated with the article as part of the approval process (or review of the PMA manufacturer's instructions for continuous airworthiness). If the FAA did not establish that the part was critical at the time of approval, and if they did not subsequently issue an airworthiness limit (such as through an airworthiness directive), then the part is not critical.
The U.S. Commerce Department will hold a webinar on November 29 to discuss the effect of European Evironmental Regulations on U.S. Aerospace companies.
The European Union has a regulation called the REACH regulation. REACH stands for Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation & restriction of CHemicals.
REACH imposes certain obligations on companies that manufacture certain chemicals in Europe, and on companies that import certain chemicals into Europe. Under REACH, the continued marketing of substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) requires an authorization. Businesses active in the aerospace marketplace use a number of substances that are being considered for SVHC classification, and unauthorized import into Europe of such substances could violate REACH.
For more information, see the notice on the Commerce Department website.
Need to meet with air carriers about your PMA parts? They will be at the 2012 MARPA Conference, and they will be looking for PMA solutions.
MARPA has 40 pre-registered air carrier representatives from 17 different air carriers attending the 2012 Annual Conference in Las Vegas:
For a complete look at the pre-registered attendees for the Conference, please be sure to check out our pre-registration list, which was published on September 22. This list is not complete, as we always have had a significant numbers of attendees who register in the lat week or at the door; but it does provide a reasonable look at the businesses that have already made a commitment to attend.
The MARPA 2012 Conference will be held in a month, on October 3-5, 2012 at the Renaissance Las Vegas Hotel. But the deadline for making hotel reservations at the discounted rate is Monday, September 3!
We have negotiated a room rate of $129.00 per night (not including taxes) for single/double occupancy. This rate applies on a limited basis for rooms up to three days before and after the event, for those who wish to extend their stay. This is the lowest rate available to any group at the Conference Hotel during this time period! In order to qualify for this special rate, you must book your room by Monday, September 3, 2012. Click here for a link to the hotel for the MARPA room block. Clicking this link should automatically reference the 2012 MARPA discount code (which is mrpmrpa).
You can also call the hotel directly at (800) 750-0980. Make sure to ask for the "MARPA" rate in order to get our discounted rate!
MARPA has reported on, and vocally supported, the Administration's plans to revise the U.S. export rules in a way that makes it less complex to export aircraft parts.
The Hill Reports that the Administration is getting ready to publish the first of these export revisions.
Those of you who've seen me speak on export law in the past year know that I have been predicting that the Administration will take far less than the normal 18 months to publish the final rule in the export reform provisions. While most people deride election cycle politics for its emphasis on form over substance, and a tendency for both parties to block partisan gains that might help the other earn votes, this is one situation where election year politics work in our favor. The Administration would like to be able to take credit for making it easier for businesses to export products, in order to show that they are not anti-business. The export reforms will do just that.
If the final rule looks like the proposal, then it will ease unnecessary burdens on the export of many dual-use aircraft parts. With many dual-use aircraft parts (replacement parts that can be installed on both civilian and military aircraft), their precise placement into BIS or DDTC jurisdiction can be ambiguous, and can be based on facts that are not readily available to many exporters. For example, the mechanism for obtaining a license to export a replacement part that is listed on both a military engine design and a civilian engine design (approved by the FAA) is very ambiguous, because it can be unclear whether the FAA exception applies [originally published in the 1979 Export Administion Act section 17(c), the exception has been turned into a rubik's cube with contradictory guidance].
The proposed rule would move all of the dual use aircraft parts into BIS jurisdiction, leaving only parts with a clear defense mission in the jurisdiction of DDTC.
This is important to exporters because (1) many BIS exports do not need a license while nearly all DDTC exports require a license, and (2) even if a license is necessary, it is far quicker and easier to obtain a license from BIS than it is from DDTC. It is also useful because there has been a lot of confusion about which agency's rules must be followed for certain aircraft parts, and the reform would make the pathway to compliance much more clear.


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Three Miami Police Department boats are out of service after someone stole the lower units from the vessels outboard engines over the weekend.
Police spokeswoman Frederica Burden said Sunday that without the the parts valued at a total of $18,000 the boats are grounded.
We are trying to figure out who did this and why, Burden said.
The boats, which are stored at the Miami Yacht Club, were last seen intact about 4 p.m. Friday, Burden said. When marine patrol units arrived Sunday, they noticed the parts were missing.
Burden said that all police equipment is etched with a serial number and the letters MPD.
Whoever did this didnt think it through, she said.
Without the lower unit, which keeps the propeller in place, the boat cannot run, Burden said.
Police hope that nearby surveillance cameras captured video of the theft.
Its sad because now we are down three boats, and that affects everyone, she said.
Police asked anyone with information to call Miami-Dade CrimeStoppers at 305-471-8477 or the Miami Police Department at 305-603-6030.


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Strawberry Whip Parfaits
Yield: 4 servings.
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 155
- Calories from fat: 2%
- Fat: 0.4g
- Saturated fat: 0.0g
- Monounsaturated fat: 0.0g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.0g
- Protein: 2.2g
- Carbohydrate: 33.9g
- Fiber: 1.9g
- Cholesterol: 0.0mg
- Iron: 0.0mg
- Sodium: 165mg
- Calcium: 0.0mg
- 2 cups sliced strawberries
- 2 cups fat-free frozen whipped topping
- 4 (1-ounce) slices angel food cake
- Place 2 cups sliced strawberries in container of an electric blender. Cover and process until smooth, stopping once to scrape down sides. Fold strawberry puree into 2 cups fat-free whipped topping.
- Cut 4 (1-ounce) slices angel food cake; tear into pieces, and fold into strawberry mixture. Spoon into parfait glasses; cover and chill.
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Place a cast iron frying pan in your grill to preheat while preparing the bread and fish.
Flatten the sliced bread with a rolling pin until it is about 1/8 inch thick.
Trim fish filets so that the pieces are small enough to fit on a slice of rolled bread. You can cut them smaller if desired.
Place a piece of fish on a piece of bread and using a sharp point knife, cut the bread along the outline of the piece of fish. Season the fish to taste with salt and pepper, a prepared seasoning, or whatever herbs and spices you prefer on fish. Spread some butter on the exposed side of the bread and place into the frying pan which should be medium hot. Allow the fish to cook much the same as you would a grilled cheese sandwich. Turn the fish over when the bread has browned and cook until the fish is done. This should take only a few minutes per side.


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Algonquin Power Energy From Waste Inc. (APEFW) has been granted an amendment to its existing Certificate of Approval (C of A) that allows it to accept waste from all of Ontario.
The Ontario Ministry of the Environment granted the amended C of A, which is good news to municipalities in southern Ontario looking for reliable, long-term solutions to their waste management needs and businesses that want sustainable environmental solutions for their residual waste.
APEFW owns and operates the only large-scale energy-from-waste facility in southern Ontario. Located in Brampton, the facility converts 500 tonnes per day of solid, non-hazardous waste into steam (which is sold to a neighbouring recycled paper mill) and electricity (sold on the grid).
The APEFW facility has been in operation since 1992 and has processed 2.5 million tonnes of waste to date. The facility is continuously upgraded to ensure its technology and environmental controls remain state-of-the-art. The most recent upgrade to the facility occurred in 2010 which will ensure continued operation for an estimated 20 more years.
The C of A amendment means that APEFW is now able to accept waste from businesses and municipalities throughout Ontario with a permitted capacity of up to 187,000 tonnes per year,
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Catholic Syrian Bank (CSB) has issued recruitment of notification for filling the 300 posts of Probationary Asst. Managers Vacancies. Eligible Contenders can apply thorough Online process on or before 10th November 2013. More details of Catholic Syrian Bank official notification 2013 is mention below.
Catholic Syrian Bank Recruitment 2013 vacancy details:
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I used the whole 1/2 cup and mine was still dry. I also cut back to 3 cloves of garlic, I love garlic and that was enough! Also I took the advice of cutting the salt to 1/4 tsp. Even after all of that it still feels like it needs lemon. Not sure I will make this pesto again.
When storing, cover the surface of the pesto with plastic wrap to prevent discoloration. The pesto should keep for 2 weeks in the refrigerator.
Yield: 1 1/4 cups (serving size: 1 tablespoon)
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 59
- Calories from fat: 87%
- Fat: 5.7g
- Saturated fat: 1.2g
- Monounsaturated fat: 3.5g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.7g
- Protein: 1.6g
- Carbohydrate: 0.7g
- Fiber: 0.2g
- Cholesterol: 2mg
- Iron: 0.3mg
- Sodium: 134mg
- Calcium: 41mg
- 4 garlic cloves, peeled
- 4 cups packed basil leaves (about 2 1/2 ounces)
- 1/4 cup pine nuts
- 1/2 cup (2 ounces) grated fresh Parmesan cheese
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup warm water
- 6 tablespoons extravirgin olive oil
- Drop garlic through food chute with food processor on; process until minced. Place basil and next 4 ingredients (basil through pepper) in processor; process 10 seconds. Combine water and oil in a measuring cup. With processor on, slowly pour oil mixture through food chute, processing just until blended.
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- CUISINE: American
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Cholesterol, Meatless
- COOKING METHOD: Blender
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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How To: Store Your Fabrics
We'll admit it, we're certified fabric junkies. Because of this, we're always trying to figure out neat and interesting ways to store our hundreds (literally) of samples. We've found that this particular shoe box works perfectly for our collections. We can see the fabrics, the price is great, and it's designed to be stacked.
Granted, this is not how we use them (they're stacked accordingly on our desk - a desk that's impossible to photograph), but we still think this is an excellent way to store your fabrics.
We also take them to meet up with our interior design clients because they're so lightweight and easy to lug around.
The price? $7.99 at The Container Store.
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Only for short term storage. The plastic outgasses and doesn't breathe so any valuable, vintage, antique or other fabrics you plan to store for years will be ruined eventually. Those go in archival materials.
those are drool-worthy. a visit to the Container Store for me is like a visit to an adult bookstore for others...
apparently you read the mind of this needs to organize her samples design student. THANKS!
You must not have very much fabric.... !:o)
Yeah, I have to agree with quiltmaster here. This would work for upholstery samples, but quilters like me need more space than that. I have a 6' long dresser that I use for fabric; I roll each piece up and line the rolls up in each drawer so that I can open them and see immediately what I have. I have some plastic bins, too, that I use to store smaller pieces for crazy quilt patchwork; one has all my blue scraps, one has all my green, etc.


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Police are asking for help solving a robbery and sexual assault that took place early Sunday morning, April 1.
Just before 1 a.m. a man approached a woman in the 1600 block Johnson St. by Riverside Park. The man, described as black male, six feet tall, medium build and dark complexion, asked for money and then put his hand down the woman's pants. She fought back and ran away.
Anyone with information about the crime should call Metro Crime Stoppers, 1-866-7LOCKUP (762587).
Julien Rosaly and Nichole Maultsaby, suspects in a Federal Hill robbery (Guide, March 28), were released without charges after police found that Rosaly was in a restaurant at the time the robbery occurred. Police are still looking for suspects.
1000 block W. Pratt St., Monday, March 26, 7:30 a.m.: A group of juveniles attacked a man from behind, hit him in the back of the head and stole his cell phone.
1600 block Patapsco St., Sunday, April 1, 1:25 a.m.: A man walking home was attacked by several men who punched and kicked him, then took his cell phone and wallet, together worth $450.
1600 block Whetstone Way, Sunday, April 1, 12:01 a.m.: A man leaving work was accosted by two men. One of them held a gun to his head and stole his wallet containing medical cards and $20 cash.
Aggravated assault
1300 block W. Pratt St., Monday, March 26. 11:35 a.m.: A man was cut on his left arm and shoulder and left thigh.
1300 block W. Ostend St., Thursday, March 29, 10:30 p.m.: A woman's ex-boyfriend pointed a handgun at the woman's current boyfriend. The couple swore a warrant against the ex.
600 block S. Payson St., Friday, March 30, 11 p.m.: A man threatened another man with a knife.
100 block E. Cross St., Saturday, March 31, 2 a.m.: A bar fight sent a man to the hospital for stitches and treatment for a possible concussion.
300 block S. Payson St., Saturday, March 31, 3:44 p.m.: A boy was shot with a BB gun.
500 block Otterbein St., Saturday, March 31, 4:45 p.m.: A man was shot with a paintball gun.
1100 block Washington Blvd., Sunday, April 1, 1:20 a.m.: A women was attacked by a group of suspects. She fell and hit her head on the sidewalk.
Unit block Andrew Pl., Monday, March 26. 5 a.m.: A man returned home to find that his laptop was missing. There was no sign of forced entry.
Stolen auto
1300 block Hollins St., Monday, March 26. 6:60 p.m.: Someone tried to steal a car by popping the ignition.
800 block W. Lombard St., Monday, March 26. 7 p.m.: Someone stole a 2000 Dodge Stratus.
200 block Scott St., Monday, March 26. 4 p.m.: Someone pried open the passenger door and popped the ignition in an attempt to steal a Dodge Neon.
400 block S. Mount St., Tuesday, March 27, 11 p.m.: Someone stole a 2006 Ford Taurus.
700 block W. Hamburg St., Thursday, March 29, 4:30 p.m.: Someone stole a 150cc Taizhou scooter.
1600 block S. Hanover St., Monday, March 26. 6:50 p.m.: A landlord arrived to serve a tenant with eviction papers. The tenant was not there, and neither was the landlord's DirecTV receiver.
1200 block Sargeant St., Tuesday, March 27, 8:13 a.m.: Some enterprising soul stole the Denver Boot from a car that had been immobilized for unpaid fines.
1500 block Latrobe Park Terr., Thursday, March 29, 9 p.m.: A man left his backpack unattended on a park bench and when he returned his wallet, containing personal papers and cash, was missing.
2700 block Port Covington Dr., Friday, March 30, 9:25 p.m.: A man left his wallet containing cash and credit cards on the sales counter by mistake and when he returned for it it was gone.
1300 block Sargeant St., Saturday, March 31, 11 p.m.: Someone stole the rear tag from a parked car.
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Went chasing bluebonnets with Cynthia this weekend
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Ireland – Day 13
Today is our last day in Ireland before flying home tomorrow. We're tired and we're pretty much out of clean clothes.
The sun was out again today and we enjoyed walking in the good weather.
Our first visit was to the Trinity College Library to see the Book OF Kells. There's no photography of the actual book, but you can take photos of the magnificent Trinity College Library.
Trinity College also has one of the Sphere Within Sphere (Sfera con sfera) sculptures like the one we saw at The Vatican Museums when we visited there last year.
From there we walked over to tour the Chester Beatty Library which has an amazing collection of books, documents and other artifacts. No photos in there, but the sun was shining brightly on the Dublin Castle and the view from the Dubh Linn Gardens was quite nice.
This little courtyard contained the Garda Memorial Garden which pays tribute to police officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
We're going to take it easy the rest of the day. Packing and relaxing before our early, early flight tomorrow morning.
This trip has been amazing. Cynthia and I both agree that the rural part was much better than the city parts, though both were great in their own ways.
Best Travel Companion Ever
Why I love (and sometimes fear) Cynthia – reason # 2,341,456
One of her coworkers has been out of town this week. Let's just say that Cynthia and this particular co-worker don't always see eye to eye and have somewhat of a "friendly rivalry" going on.
While this particular co-worker was out of of the office, Cynthia busied herself "re-decorating" it by cutting out pictures of dozens and dozens of rats and placing them all over his office. There's even rats in the drawers and in the cabinets. She also plans to scatter a box of raisins on his desk before he returns on Friday as a finishing touch.
Cynthia confided in me that the subtle symbolism of her message may be lost on this particular co-worker.
Click any image to see a larger, more rat-ly version.
Happy Festival Of Popular Delusions Day!
June 5th is Festival Of Popular Delusions Day.
The festival began in Germany on June 5th, 1945 which is one year after D-Day and one day before the one year anniversary. It marks the last day the Nazi's were able to delude themselves that they would rule the Earth for a thousand years.
Festival Of Popular Delusions Day is now a day for ourselves to perform a reality check not only on our selves as individuals, but take a look at the popular ideas of the day.
To commemorate this day, and in the spirit of our "wacky" holiday card tradition, Cynthia and I sent out a card to our friends and also offer a copy here since we can't afford stamps for everyone.
Stresscon 3
We're in final preparations for the trip to Italy and I am at StressCon 3. Flight and hotels have been booked, rail passes secured, initial packing done as well as sorting out exactly which photo gear I will be taking on this trip.
To complicate things, I have a business trip to Orlando during the days leading up to the flight to Italy. That means I go to Orlando for work and fly back to Houston and turn around the next day to fly to Italy. It's not all that tight of a schedule, but I have had to pack two separate suitcases so my Italy gear will be mostly ready when I get back from Orlando. This throws my planning and preparation out of kilter because I don't have the week leading up to the big trip to verify everything on my checklist. I have to do it now and maybe a little the night before I leave.
And in keeping with the tradition of The Maiming of the Nose and Ojo Rojo, Cynthia has had a minor medical issue come up. One of her teeth has disintegrated. Old fillings just don't hold up, I guess.
She has a temporary crown so we are good to go. Poor Cynthia. She's being a real trooper, though.
Merry Christmas!
Extraterrestrial Abduction Day
Our semi-annual holiday card
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National Psychic Week
Pi(e) Day
Pancake Day
Bastille Day
Day Of The Dead
Moon Day
When I picked Cynthia up from work on Monday she was carrying an empty 40oz plastic pretzel jar. I asked her what it was for and she proudly announced that she was going to make a terrarium out of it.
As we drove home we talked about the project and I suggested getting a lizard to put in the terrarium. She suggested a frog. We both quickly recognized that this was a recipe for disaster. I then suggested a fake plastic lizard or frog. Cynthia didn't really like that idea so much and as the conversation unfolded she came up with the idea of staging a diorama of an alien spaceship abducting someone in the woods. I countered that maybe it should be a diorama of an alien spaceship abducting a cow.
Cynthia liked this idea. I said we could call it a "diorarium" (pronounced die-a-rare-ee-um) to which Cynthia immediately said "no" due to the unpleasantness of how the word sounded.
I told her I had a perfect UFO in the form of a die cast model of the Jupiter II from the original Lost In Space TV series. I also suggested we could probably find some plastic cows at the toy store.
As the plan unfolded we I came up with the idea that we could go to the model shop where I was sure we could find some N Scale cows used for scenery in model railroading. They ended up having the PERFECT cows.
Then it was just a matter of getting the plants, the soil, activated carbon and gravel to build the terrarium part of the diorarium (by day two Cynthia embraced this as the name of what we were creating).
With all the parts assembled we had to figure out how to suspend the spaceship and the cow being abducted. I went to the hardware store and purchased some monofilament fishing line which ended up being perfect.
If it works as it is supposed to we should not have to open it or water it again, or at least for a very long time.
Here is the completed project. As it turns out, photographing a fake UFO abducting a fake cow inside a plastic jar presents many of the same challenges as photographing the real thing. If the real thing actually exists. Which it probably does. (shhhh!)
Christmas Elf
Play It Again, Cynthia
Cynthia has been wanting to learn the piano for quite some time now. We finally decided to make the dream a reality and went shopping for a piano for the house. Initially we went in search of a real piano but as we were doing our shopping we found a Yamaha digital piano. Cynthia was dead set against a digital piano until she sat down with the Yamaha. She fell instantly in love. No tuning needed, it has a rich full sound and best of all, it has a volume control and you can even plug in headphones.
Cynthia can already read music and after just two lessons is playing pretty well.
Giraffe Tree 2010
Cynthia's giraffe themed Christmas tree continue to evolve and grow. Here are a few of the more recent ornaments that have been added.
The People Have Spoken – Duffy Is Spared
In my previous post about Duffy, the question was asked: "Life or death?" and the majority of you voted to spare the life of Duffy. It was also suggested that we use a humane live trap and capture him and relocate him.
Bowing to the will of the public, we acquired the trap and set it. For the first week we only succeeded in trapping a poor little sparrow which was quickly released. Cynthia was just a little discouraged by the fact that she felt herself being outsmarted by a rodent. She consulted one of the maintenance workers at her office who suggested using a different kind of bait. We had been using cookies, but he suggested nuts and seeds as rodents like to eat food they can hold in their paws.
With this in mind I purchased some more bird seed and baited the trap. At 7:30 Sunday morning Cynthia woke me up exclaiming that we had captured Duffy.
Personally, I could have received this news at a more "humane" hour of the day, say 9:00 or later. But I guess Cynthia's excitement outweighed all other considerations.
Poor little guy was pretty terrified. Now it was just a matter of finding a place to relocate him. As I mentioned, it was pretty early on a Sunday morning so I figured we'd drive out toward Highway 6 and find a field and let him go. As we were headed down Briar Forest I spotted some commercial construction that backed up to a vacant lot and pulled in. I thought I would drive to the back and release Duffy there.
Imagine my surprise when we spotted a Houston Police cruiser parked back there. I quickly turned around and headed back out. The cop didn't seem to see us which was a relief. I could imagine explaining to the officer exactly what we were doing.
We found another location next to another vacant lot and released Duffy and headed home.
Cynthia doesn't think that we actually caught Duffy. She thinks this is another rat altogether. I think it's Duffy, but the trap is reset and we'll see if we catch anything else.
We need to stop setting the trap during daylight hours
National Psychic Week
It's National Psychic Week. You Are Fine, How Are We?
Our semi-annual holiday card celebrates National Psychic Week which is the first week of August.
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Duck Duck Duck
Cynthia and I went to the Art Car Parade on Saturday. This time was different from years past because I was invited to be an announcer as the parade was going on with my friend and Technology Bytes co-host Dwight Silverman. It was a lot of fun, but I ended up not getting to take any pictures of the art cars. It took everything we had to keep up with the announcing.
I did, however, get some pictures of some of the numerous baby ducks at Sam Houston Park.
All pics shot using the Sony A850 and the SAL 70-300G lens. Click any image for a larger (and much cuter) version.


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These were good and went together easily. My only complaint is that for a weeknight meal, there were a lot of dishes and steps involved. But the flavor was good and I'd make them again.
Meatball Stroganoff
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Recipe Time
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Total: 40 Minutes
Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 463
- Fat: 18.9g
- Saturated fat: 6.5g
- Monounsaturated fat: 7.5g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.8g
- Protein: 27.5g
- Carbohydrate: 44.6g
- Fiber: 3.4g
- Cholesterol: 113mg
- Iron: 4.3mg
- Sodium: 459mg
- Calcium: 82mg
- 6 ounces uncooked egg noodles
- 4 teaspoons canola oil, divided
- 1 1/4 cups diced yellow onion
- 12 ounces ground sirloin (90% lean)
- 1/3 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, divided
- 3 tablespoons panko (Japanese breadcrumbs)
- 3 tablespoons 2% reduced-fat milk
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, divided
- Cooking spray
- 12 ounces cremini mushrooms, sliced
- 2 teaspoons minced fresh garlic
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 cup dry white wine
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1 cup unsalted beef stock (such as Swanson)
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- Dash of nutmeg
- 1. Place a foil-lined jelly-roll pan in oven on the middle rack. Preheat oven to 450° (keep pan in oven).
- 2. Cook noodles according to the package directions, omitting salt and fat. Drain; keep warm.
- 3. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add 2 teaspoons oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add onion to pan; sauté 6 minutes or until tender. Place onion in a small bowl. Combine beef, 3 tablespoons parsley, panko, milk, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a large bowl; stir in 1/3 cup cooked onion. Shape beef mixture into 16 (1 1/2-inch) meatballs. Place meatballs on preheated pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 450° for 12 minutes or until done, turning after 6 minutes.
- 4. Return skillet to medium-high heat. Add remaining 2 teaspoons oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add mushrooms, garlic, and paprika to pan; sauté 8 minutes or until mushrooms are lightly browned. Add wine to pan; cook 1 minute or until liquid almost evaporates. Sprinkle flour over mushroom mixture; cook 30 seconds, stirring constantly. Add stock; bring to a boil, scraping pan to loosen browned bits. Reduce heat, and simmer 3 minutes or until sauce slightly thickens. Stir in remaining cooked onion; remove pan from heat. Stir in remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt, remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper, sour cream, mustard, and nutmeg. Add meatballs to sauce; toss to coat. Spoon sauce and meatballs over cooked noodles. Sprinkle evenly with remaining parsley.
- Wine note: Go for a citrusy and mildly floral white, like A to Z's Oregon Pinot Gris, 2012 ($12). This crisp, full-bodied wine has enough structure to stand up to the meatballs and plenty of racy sharpness to complement the tangy combination of sour cream, garlic, and mustard. --Jordan Mackay
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You should have been a scientist:-) Interesting observation. Learnt something new and possibly can relate to most of my patterns in life as a rhythm.
Nice analysis and presentation.. ! Good one..
Very interesting, Nischala, and I completely relate – we all have ups and downs. The trick is that we have to keep on producing even when we aren't feeling very productive… ;-)
I love when people notice their own patterns. I discovered it is easiest for me to write after 10pm! I also like writing in the moment. I changed up my publishing habits because of it.
I think the key is to know yourself.
The more you can work with your natural cycle the happier you will feel.
Lucky to find your blog and glad to see some interesting thoughts on blogging apart from the regular How to's :)
In my case it is like when i am very clear with the idea i can see that coming out naturally or when i am high in emotion. For eg when i wrote about Twitter and SM censorship.
But then i have also seen more hits are driven from trending topics. But then eod it is the bloggers objective too.
Good to see that you don't follow the same line. I am your new fan :)
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