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Nov/Dec DESSERT Cookbook of the Month: Nigella's How To Be A Domestic Goddess: COOKIES, SCONES and MUFFINS
Here's the place to post recipes, experiences, pros and cons, raves, ingredient information, and general discussion of COOKIES, SCONES and MUFFINS in the book.
As always, please indicate the name of the recipe and the page number.
If you do not have the book, there are usually lists of online recipes in the general topic post about the Dessert COTM.
There are apparently errors in some of the editions of this book, so please note anything you notice. I posted a list of the mistakes and fixes in the main topic thread.
Thanks, Oakjoan
I made two kinds of cookies from the book tonight: Coconut Macaroons and Pistachio Macaroons.
The Pistachio Macaroons fell flat within a few minutes of removal from the oven. Maybe my oven wasn't hot enough and they weren't cooked through enough to hold their shape. I even left them in the oven for a bit longer than the recipe called for when I peeked through the glass and saw they were not puffy as in their picture in the book. They were utterly unfit to be made into sandwiches with pistachio-flavored buttercream in between. Too bendy.
They were, however, quite delicious anyway. My husband loved them. I'll have to try again with my thermometer checking on the temp.
They're made with ground pistachios, confectioner's sugar and egg whites. That's it.
My second foray into cookiedom was the Coconut Macaroons, made with whipped egg whites, ground almonds and coconut (with sugar, salt, baking powder, vanilla extract). These turned out pretty well, but again they weren't as high as those in her photo in the book. They did turn a nice golden color, and again, they were quite tasty. I love the coconut and ground almond combo. Since neither of these cookies has shortening or butter, they're also comparatively undecadent in the fat department.
I'm going to also try these again in a thermom.-tested oven.
re: oakjoan
I ate one of each of these this morning and, despite their flattness, they were extremely tasty and chewy.
Must check my oven temp, Must check my oven temp, Must check my oven temp,,,
re: oakjoan
I haven't looked at the recipe, but over mixing Macaroon batter is one reason whey they fall flat. So watch that too. Flat macaroons do taste good, thye just aren't pretty. Of course her picture of the pistachio is much more rustic than the French Macaron.
re: jsaimd
Yeah, I don't think I overmixed, just folded the nut mixture into the whipped egg whites. Will be careful next time when I try with higher oven temp. Note to self: USE YOUR INSTANT READ THERMOMETER TO CHECK OVEN TEMP NEXT TIME, YOU IDIOT!"
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hey oakjoan,
i've made those pistachio cookies before. same thing happened to me. no idea why.
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But they were so delicious anyway, I didn't mind much...perhaps if I were making them for a party I'd worry more about how slobby they looked.
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G'day (Good Day) oakjoan Happy New 2009 to you from Sydney Australia -this is not from Nigella Lawson book but a super EASY recipe for "COCONUT MACAROONS" I have been making for 30 years now. 2 INGREDIENTS ONLY !. PRE HEAT OVEN 325 d. (degrees) F. Grease & flour baking sheet or use BAKING PAPER Take 1 packet 250 grams (8 ounces) of DESSICATED(regular) COCONUT & 1 can 400 grams of sweetened condensed milk I think you get EAGLE brand in USA. MIX both together well & use large Tablespoon ,(you want size of a large walnut) and mound onto tray (I use hands easier) MIXTURE DOES NOT SPREAD. BAKE 25-30 minutes till VERY LIGHT golden colour I check underneath cookie. It will go hard when its cold. DELICIOUS P.S. SELF RAISING FLOUR is ALL PURPOSE FLOUR with BAKING POWDER added. RATIO depends on how much S.R. Flour you use to Baking Powder eg 2 cups S.R> flour add 2 teaspoon Baking Powder. I CAN SEND YOU EXACT RATIO if YOU still NEED Regards,Krystyna
Rosewater Madelienes (p. 49)
I"m incredibly impressed that oakjoan tried the macaroons - one of my very favorite things, but I'm scared to death of trying to make them myself. Anyway ... I was in the local gourmet store yesterday and saw rosewater and remembered this recipe was in the book. After 2 and a half months without a working oven, I just wanted to make whatever I had the ingredients for, and this won that prize. It's an easy recipe, but a bit of a pain. Mix the egg/salt/sugar, melt the butter and let cool. Then let this batter sit in the fridge for an hour, then let it sit out of the fridge for an hour. I'm dealing with playdates, errands, etc. and this was tough working around, but I did it. And I do like the madeleines - the rosewater makes a big difference to the flavor. I only had a tin with 20 mini-mads instead of 24, and I think I slightly overfilled, but it didnt' make a huge difference, I just had to cook slightly longer than the 5 minutes she calls for. One thing I would say - 20 (or even 24) of these tiny cookies will not last long. So not something to make for a big group. Perfect if you just want to serve one or two with coffee.
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Congrats on your oven!!!!!!!!!!
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I'm glad you made the madeleines. Despite their fame in Proust, I have never attempted them before. Now I will. It does sound a bit fiddly. I do need to buy a pan. Wonder if they'd work sans mold, i.e., on a baking sheet like regular cookies.
Any thoughts?
re: oakjoan
I love making madeleines - you can make another version of them (commercy cakes?) in small muffin pans, but, really, part of the delight is the shape. I've only ever used JC's recipe from The Way to Cook, and have two metal 'mini' madeleine pans. I kind of wish I had the bigger pans, as, as LulusMom writes, they are a little fiddly, and the mini ones are pretty much bite sized and disappear immediately. By the way - I've seen silicone madeleine pans, and I wouldn't get those. I'm not a fan of silicone generally, but I think it would be more difficult to get the nice, light outside crispness to the madeleines with that kind of pan. I did peruse this book yesterday at the bookstore and saw the rosewater madeleine recipe - I may have to go back and get the book!
re: MMRuth
The thing with madeleine pans is that you really have to brush them well with soft butter otherwise the cakes will never come out of the pan.
re: roxlet
Right - I tihnk the JC recipe calls for brushing them with a mixture of butter and flour.
re: MMRuth
Do you suppose the spray with shortening and flour would work?
re: yayadave
I think it would. It's a great shortcut, IMHO...
re: roxlet
I'm guessing it would work, but would note that the butter/flour mixture JC recommends is quite thick, and the madeleines pop right out. I think it may also contribute to the nice color on them. Now I want to make some madeleines!!
re: MMRuth
I make these a lot and always use butter/flour mixture (melted butter + enough flour to make a sort of sloppy spreading consistency, maybe 1/2 stick butter to 1/4 c flour, I eyeball it) to grease the molds. The baking sprays do NOT work in my experience.
re: oakjoan
I've got JC out and just put two batches of Nigella's recipe in the fridge - one w/ rose water and one with vanilla. JC says "You can also bake the batter in muffin tins, and would then call them Commercy Cupcakes." I'm going to go ahead and use her method of brushing the pans with the melted butter and flour (1 T flour to 1.5 T melted butter). I do note that her recipe is quite different from Nigella's - you brown the butter, there is a lot more sugar and flour in the recipe. She says they 'freeze perfectly' by the way.
re: LulusMom
Thanks yamalam, it is great to have the oven back! And MMRuth is right - these things go fast. Just to help you see how small this batch was, that is a salad plate they are sitting on.
I had assumed that I would have enough batter to maybe make a cooking on the side as oakjoan is asking about so that I could see if it worked withou the mold, but I guess I filled a bit heavier than she says to do (since I only had a mold for 20, not 24). My guess is that they'd be ok, but I don't really think it would be the same thing. And yes, I do think spray with shortening and flour would work (although what a pain in that pan). She calls for melted butter - I just ran softened butter in the mold. They needed a little nudging to get out, but not much.
re: LulusMom
Does this look more or less like the recipe?
I love the idea of the pistachios .....
This looks like it might be the original one:
re: MMRuth
Bingo - that second one looks like it is the same recipe. I notice she calls for an extra tablespoon of butter, which might make it slightly easier to get the madelienes out of the pan. I think pistachios would be lovely with the rosewater.
re: LulusMom
LLM: Yeah, pistachios have become my latest craze. It started with a pistachio cake from Rose Bakery - almost all nuts, with only 1/3 cup of flour. It was so delicious and moist, and such a big hit that I've made it countless times since.
I've also stocked up on pistachios and use them all the time now. Weird, because I never did anything before but eat them on road trips, cracking them out of their shells. The Pistachio Macaroons are also very good and I'm trying them again this weekend, at a higher temp.
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I'm a pistachio freak -- what is this recipe for pistachio cake from Rose Bakery? When I was at TJs a week ago, I saw that they had shelled pistachios by the bagful, but I didn't buy any not being sure what I would use that large an amount for.
re: roxlet
OOPS, after writing this, I realized I was entering it in the Nigella thread. Sorrry. Well, Nigella is strong, she can take it.
The Pistachio Cake is amazing. Here's a paraphrase.
1 cup softened butter (You'll also need some for greasing the pan)
1 cup extra fine sugar (I always just use regular)
Zest from 1 lemon
2 Tbsp natural rosewater or 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
4 eggs
1 cup ground almonds
1 cup ground pistachios
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
pinch salt
Preheat oven to 350
Butter a 10 inch cake tin and line base and sides with parchment paper NOTE: I just cut a long piece of parch pap. and run it lengthwise along the ends, across the bottom and up the other side of the pan - I leave out parch on the sides as it's easy to loosen the cake with a cake server or knife, then you can lift it out with the ends of the parch.
Beat butter and sugar until light and creamy. Mix in lemon zest and rosew. or van. Add the eggs one at a time beating well after adding each egg.
Fold in the ground almonds, pistachios, flour, b.p. and salt.
Pour the mixture into the pan and bake for about 40 minutes until an inserted knife comes out clean.
She says to cool the cake in its tin before removing it.
She has a topping, but I don't use it. Here it is.
Heat 1/2 cup chopped or whole pistachs, 1/4 cup sugar and zest from another lemon until sugar is melted. Pour over cake.
This is a very rich, very moist and delicate cake. Since there's hardly any flour used (only 1/3 cup), it sort of has the texture of the flourless orange cake that can be found in several books and online. Delicious.
re: oakjoan
There is a great, ludicrously easy recipe for pistachio fudge in Nigella Express. I sometimes sub walnuts. This is always a huge hit with people.
re: LulusMom
how funny! i did that fudge recipe friday night! its really good, and i have it in the freezer just waiting to give out at xmas. i substituted pecans for the pistachios and threw in dried cranberries! sooo good!
re: balletshoes14
Isn't it ridiculously good and easy? I'm making it again myself tomorrow.
re: LulusMom
I made a double batch of these, but realized that I only had 1 T of rosewater left, so I divided the egg/sugar/flour mixture into two bowls, then added in the rosewater, and 4 T butter into one, and 1 tsp vanilla and 4 T butter into the other. Refrigerated, then brushed the molds with the JC flour/melted butter mixture (see photos - it's almost a paste), and dropped in 1 tsp of batter into each shell, using a small teaspon to remove the batter from the measuring spoon. I got 57 madeleines out of the double batch.
One think that I noticed was that the batter for the rose water ones was a little runnier (presumably due to the extra two teaspoons of liquid), and that those didn't get nice little humps the way the vanilla ones did - you can see that in one of the photos - the top row was rosewater ones and the bottom row the vanilla ones. I really couldn't discern the rosewater flavor, but could the vanilla. I used to make these all the time w/ the JC recipe, and since it doesn't calling for chilling the dough, I think I'll just use it in the future. Hers also has lemon juice/zest, which I like.
re: MMRuth
Baked ones:
re: MMRuth
Oh la la! These are gorgeous. I was just about to post "Hey! We don't get to see the finished product?" when here comes the photo.
I am making these tonight using a muffin tin. Hope it works out.
re: oakjoan
Hey - I wouldn't let you down like that! I do suspect you'll need to cook them a bit longer in the muffin pans, and unless it's a mini muffin pan, I'd not fill up the cuprs too much. Good luck.
Baklava Muffins, p. 74
Wow, these are the BEST ever. A tespoonful of chopped walnuts (but I used pecans) bound in sugar, butter and cinammon is nestled inside a golden, fluffy buttermilk muffin. I love buttermilk, it makes things so fluffy without having to fuss. I can't wait to try these again with real cinammon, I used some grocery store schwag that I'm trying to burn through to placate the husband ("Why do we have 9 types of rice, 5 types of flour , 8 types of vinegar, etc..."). These will be great for the holidays too, very wintry and delicious smelling enough to drag houseguests out of their beds early.
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yamalam: The Baklava Muffins are on p. 74 of my copy of Domestic Goddess. I got so excited about making them after reading your report I went to look them up immediately.
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Oops, I think we both meant p. 73. Baklava Muffins are on p. 73. Thanks!
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Yes, p 73. I just saw your review (landing late on this COTM) and also raced to open the book to that page. I am a HUGE fan of sticky buns but I haven't ever been thrilled with the idea of so many intricate steps. Nigella calls these "sticky buns for the slapdash cook" which sounds phenomenal to me. I think I will make these late tonight. Is that slapdash enough? LOL! I need late-night projects in the winter so I don't go stir-crazy! I hope another project doesn't involve EATING all of these :) If they turn out well, I could see them appearing Christmas morning...
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Excellent excellent excellent -- yum. I made these moist, light, delicious baklava muffins last week (thanks, yamalam, for the suggestion) and my roommate and I went crazy on them. Then I woke up at 5am the following day to make a warm batch for a breakfast with friends. Everybody raved!
In the first batch, I noticed that the muffins were a *little* small, so the second time, I only made ten muffins with the same amount of batter. They looked plumper, which I liked, so that's how I"ll do it in the future. That way, I ended up with a little extra cinnamon filling too :) so I sprinkled some on top, as she suggested -- beautiful. The contrast in the creamy pale muffins and the deep cinnamon looks gorgeous. I did not drizzle with honey because I don't go for overly sweet breakfasts. These are EXCELLENT with coffee!
My only issue is that these stick to the baking cups! My guests were literally biting the paper to get every morsel. I tried actually greasing the paper cups, but they still stuck. I would think they would get stuck to the pan, though, if I tried without the cups...
I will make these Christmas Eve morning! The scent is just alluring, as yamalam says! A winner that I will certainly make again and again. Sure to impress guests!
White Chocolate and Pistachio Cookies - p. 205
Although I'm not a huge white chocolate fan, my friends liked these a lot (although they all said it was because of the pistachios!) I thought they were good, not great. But, again, I don't really like white chocolate.
They were certainly quick and easy to put together. Cream, mix, stir and the batter is done. The batter is rolled into walnut sized balls to make 36 - which, in fact, it does! The balls spread out quite a bit while baking, to finish as bumpily flat-ish, pleasantly chewy cookies. They do break apart if you overly jostle them, though, so if you were transporting them you'd have to be a bit careful.
Banana muffins, p. 218:
This is an unusual muffin recipe. There are no eggs. Just one cup of AP flour plus honey, melted butter, leavening, salt, cinnamon and mashed bananas. My daughter had requested banana chocolate chip muffins, so I added chocolate chips. Nigella says the recipe makes 10 normal-sized muffins but I got eight. Anyway, they were a hit with my famously picky daughter so I will probably make them again. I might double the recipe if I have four or five overripe bananas.


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The termination status, as pointed out in another note, is not the same as the exit status from the process. However, something like "pclose($fp)/256" is not the correct way to extract the exit status, since this uses system- and version-specific knowledge of where in the termination status the exit status is stored. (Also, the process may not even have exited normally, so it may not have an exit status at all.)
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Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
This summer, third grader Judy Moody is planning the most super-duper, double-rare summer vacation ever with best friends Rocky and Amy. Except that it turns out Rocky is going to circus camp to learn to tame lions, and Amy is headed off to Borneo with her mom to save a lost tribe while Judy stays home with her pesky little brother Stink and second-best friend Frank Pearl. Just when she thinks things are as rotten as they can be, her parents announce that they will be going to California and Judy will have to stay behind with her Aunt Opal, who she's never even met! It looks like Judy's best summer ever has just become her way worst summer ever.
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Interpretive Handbook
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Myasthenia Gravis (MG)/Lambert-Eaton Syndrome (LES) Evaluation
Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
Myasthenia gravis (MG) and Lambert-Eaton syndrome (LES) are acquired disorders of neuromuscular transmission. MG is caused by pathogenic autoantibodies binding to muscle's nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR) or, in a small minority of patients, muscle-specific receptor tyrosine kinase (MuSK); LES is caused by autoantibodies binding to motor nerve terminal's voltage-gated P/Q-type calcium channel. Synaptic transmission fails when autoantibodies cause a critical loss of junctional cation channel proteins that activate the muscle action potential.
Both MG and LES can affect children (see MGEP / Myasthenia Gravis [MG] Evaluation, Pediatric) as well as adults, although LES is very rare in children. In adults MG is 10 times more frequent than LES, but it is sometimes difficult to distinguish the 2 disorders, clinically and electromyographically. In adults with MG, there is at least a 20% occurrence of thymoma or other neoplasm.
Neoplasms associated with LES or MG are an endogenous source of the antigens driving production of the autoantibodies that characterize each disorder. LES is frequently associated with small-cell lung carcinoma (SCLC). Thus far, MuSK antibody has not been associated with any neoplasm.
Autoimmune serology is indispensable for both the initial evaluation and monitoring of patients with acquired disorders of neuromuscular transmission. The neurological diagnosis depends on the clinical context and electromyographic findings, and is confirmed more readily by a serological profile than by any single test.
Not all of the antibodies in this profile impair neuromuscular transmission (eg, N-type calcium channel antibodies, antibodies directed at cytoplasmic epitopes accessible in detergent solubilized P/Q-type calcium channels and muscle AChRs, or antibodies against sarcomeric proteins that constitute the striational antigens).
See Myasthenia Gravis/Lambert Eaton Syndrome Diagnostic Algorithm in Special Instructions.
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Confirming the autoimmune basis of a defect in neuromuscular transmission (eg, myasthenia gravis [MG], Lambert-Eaton syndrome [LES])
Distinguishing LES from 2 recognized autoimmune forms of MG
Raising the index of suspicion for cancer, particularly primary lung carcinoma (N-type calcium channel antibody)
Providing a quantitative autoantibody baseline for future comparisons in monitoring a patient's clinical course and response to immunomodulatory treatment
Note: Single antibody tests may be requested in the follow-up of patients with positive results previously documented in this laboratory.
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
A patient's autoantibody profile is more informative than the result of any single test for supporting a diagnosis of Myasthenia Gravis (MG) or Lambert-Eaton syndrome (LES), and for predicting the likelihood of lung carcinoma. Muscle acetylcholine receptor (AChR) and striational antibodies are characteristic but not diagnostic of MG. One or both are found in 13% of patients with LES, but calcium channel antibodies are not found in MG (with exception of rare non-thymomatous paraneoplastic cases).
Muscle AChR binding antibody is found in 90% of nonimmunosuppressed MG patients who have thymoma, and 80% have a striational antibody. Calcium channel antibodies have not been encountered with thymoma. The likelihood of thymoma is greatest when striational antibody is accompanied by a high muscle AChR modulating antibody value (> or =90% AChR loss). Detection of CRMP-5-IgG also is consistent with thymoma in patients not at risk for lung carcinoma.
N-type calcium channel antibodies are more highly associated with primary lung cancer than P/Q-type. One or all of the autoantibodies in the MG/LES evaluation can occur with neoplasia without evidence of neurological impairment. Calcium channel antibodies may disappear soon after commencing immunosuppressant therapy. Other serological markers of lung cancer also may disappear.
One or both calcium channel antibodies (P/Q and N) can occur with paraneoplastic and idiopathic cerebellar ataxia, encephalomyeloneuropathies, and autonomic neuropathy.
Titers are generally higher in patients with severe weakness, but severity cannot be predicted by antibody titer.
AChR and striational antibodies may be undetectable for 6 to 12 months after MG symptom onset and similarly P/Q-type calcium channel antibody may be undetectable for 6 to 12 months after LES onset. Only about 5% of nonimmunosuppressed adult patients with generalized MG remain seronegative for muscle AChR and striational autoantibodies beyond 12 months.
The alternative muscle autoantigen, MuSK, accounts for approximately 1/3 of seronegative MG cases with predominantly oculobulbar symptoms.
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
Antibodies may disappear with immunosuppressant therapy; the neurological diagnosis is further confounded if steroid myopathy develops.
Unexplainable positive muscle acetylcholine receptor (AChR) or striational antibody values occur in 40% of patients with autoimmune liver disorders, approximately 10% of patients with lung cancer, and in patients with graft-versus-host disease and recipients of D-penicillamine.
Low false-positive values for calcium channel antibodies may occur with hypergammaglobulinemia.
In this laboratory, false-positive results for AChR binding antibodies are excluded by routinely retesting positive sera with (125)I-alpha-bungarotoxin in the absence of muscle AChR. False-positive results are most frequent in the bioassay for AChR modulating antibodies; serum redraw will be requested when only this assay yields a positive result. Curare-like drugs used during general anesthesia can yield transient false-positive AChR modulating antibody results.
Seropositive rates differ in different laboratories.
This test should not be requested in patients who have recently received radioisotopes, therapeutically or diagnostically, because of potential assay interference. The specific waiting period before specimen collection will depend on the isotope administered, the dose given and the clearance rate in the individual patient. Specimens will be screened for radioactivity prior to analysis. Radioactive specimens received in the laboratory will be held one week and assayed if sufficiently decayed, or canceled if radioactivity remains.
Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
ACh RECEPTOR (MUSCLE) BINDING ANTIBODY
< or =0.02 nmol/L
ACh RECEPTOR (MUSCLE) MODULATING ANTIBODIES
0-20% (reported as __% loss of AChR)
< or =0.03 nmol/L
< or =0.02 nmol/L
Clinical References Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
1. Lennon VA: Serological profile of myasthenia gravis and distinction from the Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome. Neurology 1997;48(Suppl 5):S23-S27
2. Harper CM, Lennon VA: Lambert-Eaton syndrome. In Current Clinical Neurology: Myasthenia Gravis and Related Disorders. Edited by HJ Kaminski. Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2007, (in press)
3. Hoch W, McConville J, Helms S, et al: Auto-antibodies to the receptor tyrosine kinase MuSK in patients with myasthenia gravis without acetylcholine receptor antibodies. Nat Med 2001 Mar;7(3):365-368


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Preliminary Notes:
- There is already a mouse delay feature, and the user is able to set a custom delay time.
- The standard capture delay happens *before* a capture.
- Using this delay time is of little or no value for a "Grab Region" procedure, since it only causes the user to have to wait before he can select the region - what good is that?
- There is no convenient way to capture the mouse during a "Grab Region" procedure, without some combination tricks. (See http://www.donationcoder....rum/index.php?topic=29580)
However, the delay feature may become useful for "Grab Region" if it affected the grab *after* the user selects a region. Then the user would have time to move the mouse back into the region for it to be captured. Now, I think the "region selection box" should be visible during the time of delay, that way the user doesn't have to guess where to put his mouse. Then, of course, the box goes away at the end of the delay and the capture is made.
I am proposing these changes:
- Change the way "Use Delay" works ONLY for "Grab Region".
- Move the delay for "Grab Region" to *after* the user draws the selection box.
- Leave the selection box visible until the delay ends.
- Leave the "Capture Cursor" option just the way it is.
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- Gaurav Gupta
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Do you have a small idea to make this world Green? Mention if you already use it.
My big greening idea is really small. I want to help households in reducing its carbon footprint. Simply by using more efficient lighting, cooling and windows. Budget all of this from ones annual energy spend.
The small acts I use to have a greener presence is to recycle every scrap of paper, even envelops that come in post.
Plus, I never travel to a place if the work can be done over the internet, like banking / shopping / meetings.
Curious for more small ideas that can have a large impact.
Adam Cross
Jun 4 2012: Tree lovers bear with me on this one. I get paper bags when shop. I always ask for paper. The reason I do this however is because paper bags are food too. Food for worms that is. About once a month I take all the paper bags I have saved and shred them. I then mix them into my compost. In the compost pile the paper sheds act in two ways 1) They hold moisture in and speed up the breakdown process 2) they encourage earth worms to eat, grow, flourish etc. Earth worm castings are just about the best ingredient for an organic garden on this planet.
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Jun 4 2012: YES!!! Compost is a WONDERFUL thing!!!Jun 4 2012: Hi Adam,
I think you have been misinformed about the most "green" action for your case scenario.
It is better to re-use materials. The embodied energy spent in making your paper bags that you shred is wasted.
To be more "green" I would suggest buying some cotton or hemp bags and using indefinitely. Or at least until over worn and torn up. Then the cotton/hemp can be used for patching clothes, for rags, or composted if necessary.
Continually obtaining paper bags is wasteful and contributes to logging - even if 100% recycled since the recycled paper would be better used to replace virgin paper elsewhere.
I honestly can't remember the last time I used a store-supplied bag... I always use my rucksack.
Jun 4 2012: Dear Enrico,
The question is..."Do you have a small idea to make this world Green? Mention if you already use it".
Adam apparently chooses paper over plastic, which seems to be accepted as a step in the right direction, and he DOES re-use materials. His idea is not "misinformed" at all.
You offer another good idea...thanks:>) BTW, I'm sure you know there is also a cost to producing cotton and hemp bags. I use canvas bags which have been passed out for free at conferences, meetings, etc.:>) They last FOREVER!!!
Adam Cross
Jun 4 2012: I really like that idea I hate moving my compost across the yard.Jun 4 2012: I agree Collen, a canvas bag-for-life really does seem to last for life!
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Though I dont really want to get into semantics, shredding paper and feeding to worms is disposal (composting). Though home composting is appropriate for involuntarily consumed paper (junk mail, etc), my point is that one can easily go beyond the "paper or plastic" question and intentionally consume neither.
Adam, I am sure that you try to be very sustainable and my comment was meant with the best intentions.
Adam Cross
Jun 4 2012: I am not sure you realize how much earth worms love shredded paper bags.
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Jun 4 2012: It's important to keep those earth worms healthy and content Adam. I LOVE digging into the compost...it is so...earthy!
Here's another idea, which I started doing a few years ago. I call it "on site composting".
I lay black plastic between the vegetable plants (recycled bags that potting soil comes in, and I re-use them every year), and all summer, pile compostable matter on the plastic. The sun, on the black plastic generates heat, which facilitates composting, and it serves as mulch while it is composting. At the beginning of the next season, I simply pick up the plastic, the composted material drops into the earth and is worked into the soil. The worms seem happy with the process, and so am I! It saves the old body from moving material around too many times:>)Jun 4 2012: I suspect your worms "like" the shredding about as much as dried old tree leaves.
Or about as much as finely chopped cellulosic vegetable waste.
None of my wormeries have needed paper...
Any cellulose will do.Jun 4 2012: Enrico,
I had a conversation with the worms just the other day...they are really very "flexible"...LOL:>)
That's why I started "on site composting"...I didn't like carrying things around the yard too many times:>)Jun 4 2012: I totally agree Enrico....there are many different levels of awareness. I like encouraging every effort to be aware of our environment, because many times, people believe their small efforts do not make a difference, so they don't make the effort.
Awareness is the first step, and once we start with small steps, it's really fun to move forward...in my humble opinion:>)Jun 9 2012: Adam, you are spot on. At Lane Cover River National Park Sydney Australia (top camping spot) in the cabins they provide paper bags for you to put food scraps, you then ace these PAPER bags in a special bin and they are fed to the worms. YES they love the paper and the craps inside.Jun 3 2012: All lights in my home are CFLs, I've had my attic fully insulated so as not to lose heat in the winter; I shop farmers markets when I can. Another thing - I unplug anything that has phantom power when I leave the house - TVs, microwave, etc. My comptuer is on a powerstrip, so that turns off the monitor, CPU, speakers, printer when not in use. My electric bill shows my average bill is about $30 less/month than my neighbors. It does go up in the summer (I have to use a dehumidifier in the basement in the summer or mold grows from the damp), but it is still relatively low. No A/C - just fans when I'm home, and open windows. Every little bit helps.
Jun 4 2012: Good work Deborah!
Sandra Awood
Jun 1 2012: Four things:
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1) Don't buy anything that cannot be recycled. It will change your life.
2) If you must buy something packaged in non-recyclable materials, & most of us must due to the way everything is packaged, contact the manufacturer & insist on minimal & recyclable packaging.
3) Recycle every single thing you can. Think small, like caps on milk cartons, medications, etc. Stash them & donate to a local scrapbox. If your community doesn't have one, start one.
4) Commit to contacting your state & federal legislators: NO manufactured products that cannot be recycled. Congress has totally failed to address this.
Yup, I really do these.Jun 4 2012: Don't drive anywhere.
I have a bicycle. If the distance is more than 10km then try public transport.
OK, may be you have to drive: use a motorbike if you aren't planning to carry other people with you EVERY time.
If you need a passenger car then use a natural gas fueled hybrid electric, it consumes minimal fossil fuel resources per transport mile compared to similar propulsion methods for the same class vehicle:
Kaitlyn Fox
May 31 2012: In my school we learned about taking action. We looked at a website called Action Tracker. Anyone can submit an action under a category, for example, Travel Better, Include Everyone, Use Your Money for Good, etc. The URL is:
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Hope this helps!
Jun 1 2012: Thank you for sharing this website. It is indeed quite interesting!
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Jun 2 2012: That is VERY COOL Griffin!!!
I will try to bring that idea to the regional project review committee I serve on, and to developers:>)
Rafi Amin
Jun 2 2012: 1) I do not call this a project. but I always try to use both sides of a A4 paper & I don't trash it unless both sides of it is not used
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2. Even though my own city is not very clean but I always take my cloth bag while I go for buying food items. Just to avoid plastic bags.Jun 1 2012: Great idea !!!!!!!!!!!! as u said to share a small idea...that's very simple and hard as well " EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US (humans) MUST TREAT EVERY TREE AS OUR OWN FAMILY MEMBER OR LIKE OUR OWN CHILD "..as we all try to expand our race by letting our successors into this beautiful world,in the like way we all should try to expand the growth of trees or at least should try to stop cutting them... .that's all..hope it will workJun 8 2012: Eat less meat :)
Jun 12 2012: Indeed:
More than half the world's crops are used to feed animals and 30 percent of the earth's entire land surface is devoted to raising livestock.
A person with a meat centred diet requires nearly 5 times more land to provide adequate food than someone living on vegetable sources of protein.
http://www.vegsoc.org/page.aspx?pid=628Jun 4 2012: I save eggshells with the tops cut off, filled with seed compost, to plant seeds in. (The egg-boxes can be used as seed trays to keep the seeded shells upright on a window-sill).
When the seeds have grown on a bit in the shell, I plant the whole thing out in the soil in their final position. The roots will push their way out of the shell into the soil. Also eggshells act as a good soil conditioner.Jun 4 2012: If you have an obsolete item, ANYTHING, then don't junk it...
FREECYCLE it!!
and get stuff you need from freecycle too - keep the system working!Jun 4 2012: Communicate with or join your local Transition Town Movement.
Actually communicate with any local environmental group...
if that is too much to ask: find out where your local social enterprises are and support them
If that is still too much to ask, then I reckon you don't care enough about the environment or society to have even visited this thread anyway...Jun 3 2012: I try very hard to only use green cleaning products. For example, I only use laundry detergent that is EPA approved for the environment. Its a small change in my life and when we have a bunch of little changes we get to have a big change!
Jun 4 2012: Do you mean from sources such as Ecover, Ecozone, etc
http://www.ethicalsuperstore.com/category/groceries-and-everyday/household/cleaning/Jun 2 2012: GARDENS:>)
http://smugdud.smugmug.com/Quintessential%20Vermont )
Recycle, reuse, renovate, reconstruct, restore.....BE AWARE of our environment (which sustains us) and the impact we have on it in every single moment!
I totally agree with you Gaurav...many small steps can make a large impact:>)Jun 1 2012: All new houses should be built with a water tank in the ground under the floor. The water in this tank will maintain a temperature of around 20 degrees celsius all year round unless you live somewhere very cold. When piped through radiators it will heat your house in winter and cool it in summer.
May 31 2012: I try to eat locally grown foods as much as possible, not only for their organic content and local economic benefit, but also to cut down on transportation. I try to eat healthy foods and not drink or smoke too much so I stay healthy and stay out of hospitals and not contribute to pharmaceutical waste and medical economic exploitation. I ride my bicycle or walk as much as possible - i get exercise and enjoy it too. I play a sport (golf) that doesn't use petroleum fuel to enjoy, or kill wildlife (although there is much debate in golf about pesticides and land use). The community I live in has a recycling program and I participate. I dispose of all household (and car) waste in proper recepticles. And I live in a very small home and don't consume alot of utilities. These are some of the day-to-day things I think about and do.
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Jun 2 2012: R H, Could you please tell me more about the community recycling program.
In India we have private recycling agents, these are really mom and pop size operations, they would collect recyclable waste (but this would be durable consumer goods or old newspapers etc), and pay a price to the household by weight.
Through a hub and spoke model this reaches factories in some way. However, there is no control on how this waste is handled. Which is a big area of concern, still the net result is worth applauding.
I want to understand how does the community recycling system works. Please help!
Jun 3 2012: I must get more details for you. Will advise...
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Jun 4 2012: Alright, I have some details for you: I called our community public works dept and this is what I was told: We have two different color coded recepticles for trash, 0ne is for general trash (the bigger dumpster) and the other(s) for recyclables. We contract out garbage removal services to a private company. They pick up the waste and the reclyclables in separate areas in the truck that removes them and takes them to a dump, for the gargbage, and processing area for the recyclables which are then sorted into the various grades of recyclability. These sorted recyclables are then transported/sold/picked-up to a processing plant which converts the recyclables into raw material, which is then used/sold. Some communities have their own 'in-house' systems, but we contract ours out. There is an international association that has much information and is very open to sharing. The website is: http://www.swana.org
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Thank you for inquiring. I now know how it works too! Good luck with your new venture.
Jun 9 2012: RH Every council in Australia has reversed you bin selection, The small one is for weekly rubbish and the large one of for fortnightly recycling. it works well.Jun 2 2012: About household waste recycling, we had a great idea presented by a bureaucrat from Andhra Pradesh during TED@Bangalore last month.
They have a system in which waste is collected from households every morning, by hand pulled carts and it is separated into colored bins, recyclable and composting waste, right at the time that it is collected.
Again, this cart meets a bigger truck, that meets a bigger truck capable of carrying 30 Tonnes of waste. At the dumping site, they place the waste in composting heaps rather than just dump them.
The recyclable waste never reaches a dumping site, it leaves for processing plants right after collection.
John Findlay
May 31 2012: Get solar panels and a rain water tank, thats a dam good start. By an old car thats reliable and efficent, eg Toyota Corolla and have it tuned properly. (it saves by not being replaced with a new one) Buy a small cc motorcycle for picking up bread etc. Renovate good furniture.
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Buy better stuff that lasts rather than cheap stuff that fails early. eg I bought my stereo 30 years ago before CD's, Its still better than most of the newer stuff you buy today (by sound quality).
Jun 3 2012: John - I actually tried to get solar panels for my home. I was told by two different companies that it wouldn't be cost efficient for me because I use so little already. The cost of the system would be more than I'm paying now for electricity and I couldn't afford the increase.
I jokingly say that in October, my car will be able to drive itself. I have a 1997 Saturn that still gets about 30 MPG in the city and about 36 when I drive long distance. Most of the time, it is a 6 mile round trip to the train station to go to work. We need more mass transit for people - 30 minutes of peace and quiet and reading time in the morning and after work is wonderful.
Jun 9 2012: Deborah, the solar cost in a home is expensive because of electricians and the inverter. I have a solar panel which i connect to an AGM battery. I charge my laptop and engel fridge off battery (12volt). I am about top get a new house and i will be putting in LED lights which i will also run off my AGM battery. I can also take my battery and solar panel and fridge when i go camping which is about 1/2 the year, and power my house OFF. If you stick to solar panel and battery you do NOT need electirician nor a $1,000 inverter. Agree about peace and quiet to from work. When i lived in Sydney years ago i always rented within a 30 minute walk to work, i loved it especially as i was on IT shift work. Probably too expensive to do that nowadays without sharing, but thats another story.Jun 13 2012: Really that's all you want?Jun 12 2012: I had an idea today about growing some fern trees on the side of my house..but instead planting them in pots so come winter time they could be used a x mas trees with out having to cut anything down and every year the xmas trees would get better and beterJun 9 2012: Dear sir
i would like to share an experience that we held last year here in Jordan and allow me to speak about it from a narrow field of view.Last year in Jordan university hospital we collected all the papers that medical students used as sheets and notes that they are not using anymore as well as any waste paper that the clinical departments in Jordan University hospital would like to recycle for 5 days and we sent them for recycling.We were really shocked about the enormous amount of paper collected especially when the last semester ended.I am inclined to believe that such an initiative if we can share it with all the universities and faculties not only within the medical school will really help in making the world more green...Jun 9 2012: I am buying a house in snowy mtns in Australia. I will be putting my old car (when rego runs out) in backyard. This will be my day lounge, so i do not have to heat house. Old cars in backyards get warm very quickly, i will still be able to use its two batteries to charge laptop,(solar panel on roof of car) and i will make a cuppa using a billy which you simply put a few leaves around and light.
From the car i will have a view over the valley below, much better than sitting by a gas heater and watching garbage on tv.Jun 6 2012: Hey,I was surprised that you never travel to a place if can be done on the internet!
at least I can't do that.
In China,I hope it can be less throwaway chopsticks,less sanitary cups and so on.
In some cities,I hope the garbage recycling should classified in sorts!Jun 6 2012: The problem here in Greenville NC is the humidity along with the heat. Luckily I have a lot of trees around me providing shade.
Good idea Peter. Thats also a good reason to go to work during the day, they have theirs on as well.Jun 6 2012: Placed all my electrical devices on power strips, which I have turned off when not using. Use fluorescent light bulbs. Turn on lights only in the room that I am in. And going to see if I can make it though the summer without turning on the AC. Probably the best thing I did to save energy, stop watching so much TV, only turn it one once or twice a week.
Jun 6 2012: Hey I live in Newcastle Australia, thats a whole three degrees closer to the equator than greenville and I don't even own an AC. Just go to the mall. They have their AC running anyway. May as well use it.Jun 5 2012: Faith in what? As time goes by more and more people will lose the notion of "intact" environment.
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Jun 6 2012: cool ... thank you very much. I am new to this site and still confused. I appreciate your practical hint.Jun 4 2012: The Easter Islander probably didn't believe that they were were carving their last sculpture when they did. So if we cannot make the big changes there is really no point tackling the minuscule issues.
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Jun 4 2012: Good one Griffin!
Reminds me...
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it"
(Chinese Proverb)
A person who does not want to participate in the care of our environment is depriving him/herself of a lot of pleasure....in my humble perception:>)Jun 4 2012: Come on man have a little faith!Jun 3 2012: Well ... more energy could be saved by scrapping navies all togetherJun 3 2012: try to shop the local product only the carbon footprint will be decreased productivelyJun 2 2012: If greening had to wait for me to figure out how to turn my roof into a soddy (that is somertime what the immigrants to our Canadian praries fiirst lived in!) it might not happen at my house but I do know how to plant a tree and I have planted many. Your question asked for behaviours I already perform and I think that practical aspect of your question is wonderful!Jun 1 2012: Plant a tree on your property, on the circle in the subdivision or in any public space that it is permitted.
It does not have to be expensive- many trees throw off shoots or their seeds implant themselves near the mother tree.
Your in greening!
Gaurav Gupta
Jun 2 2012: That's conventional and simple. I like that.
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I often wonder, what if everyone can have some level of greenery on their roof tops? In warm countries like India our roofs are usually flat, plus we are urbanly cramped for space so there are no gardens in a majority of Delhi houses.
Jun 4 2012: I wonder about that quite often, I feel like it would make life more pleasant and the city would be cooler from the extra shade. Not much but 90 degrees is much better than 95 degrees.Jun 1 2012: Is there any company that can supply cheap CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) modules for residential use? I find it quite appealing, it cuts my very expensive utility bill, and the cost of CSP can be recovered usually in less than half the life of the module. As long as the company takes care of maintenance as well, I have no hassles investing my cashflows upfront in my utility bill for the whole year.
Jun 4 2012: Try this guy:
http://www.ted.com/talks/bunker_roy.htmlJun 1 2012: Room for allotments in towns and cities is at a premium and many local authorities are selling the land to developers. Petition to have all commercial buildings with flat roofs allocate this area for community or even corporate allotments for their staff's use. Even if some structural work is needed for access, safety, access to water, wind screening and weight loads it will be worth it. The use of containers to grow herbs, salad leaves, veg and some fruit (strewberries, raspberries etc) will not need much room.
Petition local authorities to undertake thermal image surveys of all buildings - residential and commercial - to see where heat or air conditioned air is leaking. Provide grants to help home owners upgrade insulation but insist commercial buildings resolve their thermal leakage issues.
All residenital and commercial buildings to be fitted with rain collection and storage systems to run toilet flushing and/or allotments (see point 1)May 31 2012: Cool idea then the small savings can be combined to build a new aircraft carrier. Sorry! Keep up your good efforts!


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Claire Peel (global Marketing Manager) interviews Viv Makila (head of P&D) and finds out more about Bookmaster's roadmap in 4 minutes and 54 seconds.
For Claire it's 9am in a Hertfordshire village in England, just above freezing. Viv, in sunny Sydney, has done a day's work already and is conducting this interview poolside in his back garden. We are a diverse team with a lot to offer.
CP: Good morning Viv
VM: It's 6pm here!
CP: I guess you want to start your evening so I'll get straight to it. We are seeing the publishing industry, worth around $120bn, morph from a primarily print-centered to increasingly digital-focused business? How much of what we read is hype?
VM: It's certainly not all hype – customers talk to us daily about their increasing need for digital content and digital delivery systems, with orders placed via self-help web-based, B2B and B2C processes.
CP: How is Bookmaster rising to this challenge?
VM: Bookmaster is engaged in an aggressive development program that enhances our existing capabilities through the addition of web enablement products. These enhancements provide the ability to integrate the critical functions of web-ordering and digital delivery into the existing framework of Bookmaster modules. The first set of web enablement products are already in operation at several large customer sites. These products allow our customers' customers to transact directly into the Bookmaster system from existing web sites.
CP: I know you and your team have committed to an impressive roadmap in the coming months – can you share some of these dates with us?
VM: As a second phase, digital delivery and subscription-ordering web enablement modules will be released by the end of April 2011, so that print and digital line items may be embedded within the same order. This will also allow Bookmaster to control all orders through integrated order-to cash processes, in addition to integrated channel sales history tracking and financial subsystems.
CP: And what about product enhancements in general, not only those on the digital publishing front?
VM: The highlights in general would be: Digital Publishing, Web Enablement and CRM-Academic Adoptions integration, all to be delivered by the end of April 2011. These significant extensions will be followed by the long awaited arrival of our new Royalties Rights and Permissions module, as well as the new "Business Intelligence and Operational Reporting" modules in Q3 and Q4 of 2011.
CP: Tell me a little more about the Rights and Permissions module.
VM: As the digitization of the reading experience progresses in each of the verticals that we serve [trade, academic, religious and niche publishing and distribution], our customers need systems to track profitability of all distribution channels at both the sub-ISBN and super-ISBN levels. This is supported by the release of the Bookmaster Rights and Permissions module along with ONIX 3.0 support in the second half of 2011.
CP: With these enhancements, can I safely say that the Bookmaster solution maintains its leading position as the global provider of publishing-specific supply chain management software?
VM: Absolutely.
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A woman walks into the downtown welfare office, trailed by 15 kids...
"WOW," the social worker exclaims, "Are they ALL YOURS???"
"Yep they are all mine," the flustered momma sighs, having heard that question a thousand times before She says, "Sit down Leroy." All the children rush to find seats.
"Well," says the social worker, "then you must be here to sign up.
I'll need all your children's names."
"This one's my oldest--he is Leroy."
"OK, and who's next?"
"Well, this one he is Leroy, also." The social worker raises an eyebrow but continues.
One by one, through the oldest four, all boys, all named Leroy. Then she is introduced to the eldest girl, named Leighroy!
"All right...," says the caseworker, "I'm seeing a pattern here...Are they ALL named Leroy?"
Their Momma replied, "Well, yes--it makes it easier. When it is time to get them out of bed and ready for school, I yell, 'Leroy!' An' when it's time for dinner, I just yell 'Leroy!' an' they all comes arunnin.' An 'if I need to stop the kid who's running into the street, I just yell 'Leroy' and all of them stop. It's the smartest idea I ever had, namin' them all Leroy."
The social worker thinks this over for a bit, then wrinkles her forehead and says tentatively, "But what if you just want ONE kid to come, and not the whole bunch?"
" I call them by their last names."
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It was early morning at the military base, and the first sergeant was calling out names for the daily work parties listed on a piece of paper:
"Ames" "Here!" "Jenson" "Here!" "Jones" "Here!" "Magersky" "Here!" "Seeback"
No answer.
No answer was heard again.
"SEEBACK!!!" The troops remained totally silent.
At that point, someone whispered into the first sergeant's ear. He looked again at what the last name really said, quickly turned over the list and continued calling the names printed on the other side.
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Men Strike Back!!!!!!!
How many men does it take to open a beer?
None. It should be open when she brings it!
Why do women have smaller feet than men?
It's one of the "evolutionary things" that allows them to stand closer to the kitchen sink.
How do you fix a woman's watch?
You don't there's a clock on the oven.
If your dog is barking at the back door and your wife is yelling at the front door which o you let in first?
The dog, he'll shut up once you let him in.
What's worse than a male chauvinist pig?
A woman who won't do what she's told
Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street bald and with a beer belly and think they are ***y!
Remember it's all in fun
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Here's a story......
Guy just gets married, after the honeymoon they get home and he goes up to his new wif and tells her how it's going to be. Honey, I want this house clean all the time, I want a hot, fresh dinner made setting on the table every day when I get home from work, you will take care of the baby when he wakes up in the middle of the night yadi, yadi.
After that little discussion he did'nt see her again for 2 weeks..
And then only a little bit through one eye!!
You know your gettin old when your back goes out more than you do!
You know your gettin old when you watch the weather channel instead of Seinfeld or "Friends"
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One day, in line at the company cafeteria, Joe says to Mike, "My elbow
hurts like crazy. I guess I better see a doctor."
"Listen, you don't have to spend that kind of money," Mike replies.
"There's a diagnostic computer down at Wal-Mart. Just give it a urine
sample and the computer will tell you what's wrong and what to do about
it. It takes ten seconds and costs ten dollars... a lot cheaper than a
So Joe puts a urine sample in a small jar and takes it to Wal-Mart. He
deposits ten dollars, and the computer lights up and asks for the urine
sample. He pours the sample into the slot and waits.
Ten seconds later, the computer ejects a printout:
"You have tennis elbow. Soak your arm in warm water and avoid heavy
activity. It will improve in two weeks.Thank you for shopping at
That evening while thinking how amazing this new technology was, Joe
began wondering if the computer could be fooled.
He mixed some tap water, a stool sample from his dog, urine samples
from his wife and daughter, and a sperm sample for good measure. Joe
hurried back to Wal-Mart, eager to check the results.
He deposited ten dollars, poured in his concoction, and awaited the
The computer then prints the following:
1. Your tap water is too hard. Get a water softener. (Aisle 9)
2. Your dog has ringworm. Bathe him with anti-fungal shampoo. (Aisle 7)
3. Your daughter has a cocaine habit. Get her into rehab.
4. Your wife is pregnant, Twins. They aren't yours. Get a lawyer.
5. If you don't stop playing with yourself, your elbow will never get
Thank you for shopping at Wal-Mart
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A group of 3rd, 4th and 5th graders, accompanied by
two female teachers, went on a field trip to the
local racetrack (Churchill Downs) to learn about thoroughbred horses
and the supporting industry (Bourbon), but mostly to see the horses.
When it was
time to take the children to the bathroom it was
decided that the girls would go with one teacher and
the boys would go with the other.
The teacher assigned to the boys was waiting outside
the men's room when one of the boys came out and
told her that none of them could reach the urinal.
Having no choice, she went inside, helped the boys
with their pants, and began hoisting the little boys
up one by one holding onto their "wee wees" to
direct the flow away from their clothes. As she lifted one, she couldn't help but notice that he
was unusually well endowed.
Trying not to show that she was staring the
teacher said, "You must be in the 5th grade."
"No, ma'am," he replied. "I'm the jockey riding
Silver Arrow in the seventh."
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Five surgeons
Five surgeons are discussing who makes the best patient to operate on.
The first surgeon says, "I like to see accountants on my operating table, because when you open them up, everything is numbered."
The second responds, "Yeah, but you should try electricians! Everything inside them is color coded."
The third surgeon says, "No, I really think librarians are the best; everything inside them is in alphabetical order."
The fourth surgeon chimes in: "You know, I like construction workers...those guys always understand when you have a few parts left over at the end, and when the job takes longer than you said it would."
But the fifth surgeon shut them all up when he observed: "You're all wrong. Politicians are the easiest to operate on. There's no guts, no heart, and no spine, and the head and butt are interchangeable."
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A physician claims these are actual comments made by his patients while getting a colonoscopies:
1. Take it easy Doc. You're boldly going where no man has gone before.
2. Find Amelia Earhart yet?
3. Can you hear me NOW!
4. Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?
5. You know, In Arkansas, we're now legally married.
6. Any sign of the trapped miners Chief?
7.You put your left hand in you take your left hand out.
8. Hey! Now I know how a muppet feels.
9. If your hand doesn't fit, you must acquit!
10. Hey Doc. Let me know if you find my dignity.
11. Could you write a note for my wife saying my heads not up there?
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A cabbie picks up a Nun. She gets into the
cab, and the cab driver won't stop staring at her.
She asks him why he is staring.
He replies: "I have a question to ask you, but
I don't want to offend you".
She answers, " My son, you cannot offend me.
When you're as old as I am and have been a nun
as long as I have, you get a chance to see and
hear just about everything. I'm sure that there's
nothing you could say or ask that I would find
"Well, I've always had a fantasy to have a nun kiss
She responds, "Well, let's see what we can do
about that:
#1, you have to be single and
#2, you must be Catholic."
The cab driver is very excited and says, "Yes,
I'm single and Catholic!"
"OK" the nun says. "Pull into the next alley."
The nun fulfills his fantasy with a kiss that
would make a hooker blush. But when they
get back on the road, the cab driver starts
"My dear child," said the nun, why are you
"Forgive me but I've sinned. I lied. I must
confess, I'm married and I'm Jewish."
The nun says, "That's OK, my name is Kevin
and I'm going to a Halloween party."
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Letter From The Dog
Dear Master:
The cat is despicable. She doesn't do any tricks and never comes when you call and I've been there and I know she can hear you. We need to face the facts:
It's time to get rid of the cat.
Before the cat's arrival, meals were very festive times. I would sit and stare attentively at your lips, trembling slightly and drooling. You would play the game of pretending to be cross and demand that I leave the area, but whenever you cooked dinner your children would slip me food under the table.
Now, though, the cat is allowed to jump on the table - actually physically walk on the table! You don't yell at the cat, you just pick her up and put her back on the floor, and I know you don't see it, but she always gives me a haughty look as she walks past me.
And speaking of meals, I have always been satisfied to eat the gritty pellets of meat by-products you bring home in the giant bags, right? Have I ever once, ever, failed to finish a meal? But now I find out that the cat is being served lobster and salmon and crab - and she never consumes all of it! This means there are little containers of delectable snacks lying around and how can I be blamed for making sure they get eaten? Why do you get so mad? As long as the pet food is going to the pets, isn't that what's important?
Speaking of sanitation, do you realize that the cat goes to the bathroom in the house? And not in the drinking basins like you do, but in a sandbox in the basement. What are we going to say if some woman brings her baby over to play in the sandbox and the cat has been using it as a toilet? I used to police the thing for you, but you put it up out of my reach for some reason.
I'm not the only one who believes the cat is an evil person. Here's a note from the hamster:
Subject: Cat
Please tell cat to stop staring at me while I work.
Department of Rodent Wheels
I also tried to get a note from the fish, but apparently it believes that everything happening outside its bowl is some kind of reality - TV show. I don't understand why the cat is allowed up on the bed and I'm not. I am far more cuddly than any stupid cat. I think her purring sounds unhealthy and may be a sign of tuberculosis.
And why doesn't she ever get a bath? She smells like saliva from licking her paws - you'd never catch me licking such ridiculous places. I often smell wonderful from rolling in road kill, yet you give me baths all the time.
And speaking of sleeping, sometimes I'll be taking a nap and she'll come right up and lie down beside me. Usually I'm too tired to do anything about it, but then later the other dogs smell her on me and crack a lot of jokes at my expense.
So, not to exaggerate, but the cat has brought the family to complete ruin. I'm sorry I have to be the one to bring it to your attention, but now that I have, I think we can all agree that we should go back to the way it was, when I was the #1 pet.
The Dog


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P.E.O. Chapter AZ
On Oct. 2, Mindy Dresback was hostess for Chapter AZ P.E.O. at her home. Dora Coen was co-hostess. Nineteen members were present. Lela Burkhalter was initiated as a new member.
Yearbook chairperson Shirley Ide told the group the next meeting will be a social 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Upper Crust Culinary Creations. Members should bring a picture of their family.
President Karla Hynes said the P.E.O. Star Scholarship is available to a high school senior woman to attend an accredited college. The award is for $2,500.
Christy Whited and Mindy Dresback asked members to vote in the Dream Big Grow Here contest on Facebook. Adams Street Espresso and Upper Crust Culinary Creations are both in the south central Iowa area contest to win $5,000.
Catholic Daughters
Catholic Daughters of the Americas met Sept. 11 at Holy Spirit Parish Hall.
The Rosary was led by Regent Betty Baker and Teresa Weis.
Lunch was then served by a committee consisting of Betty Baker, Teresa Weis, Pat Wagner, Retta Ripperger and Carolyn Downing.
A prayer was led followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.
Minutes were read and approved.
Treasurer's report was read and approved.
A thank you was read by Pat Wagner from Rural Crisis Center and Betty Baker for the flowers she received at Ladies Night Out.
National CD of A is Sunday. All CD of A members will sit up front as a group.
Suggestions for programs for upcoming meetings were asked for and recognized.
Volunteers are needed for the next meeting for an audit. Carol McKee, Jane Collins and Pat Pokorny all volunteered to do this audit.
The new national chaplain is the Rev. Steven D. Gosnell from the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
The national convention in Omaha was a success. A large donation was given to Boys Town.
March for Life will be June 25, 2013, in Washington, D.C.
A list of new CD of A articles are now for sale. Regent Baker passed around a flyer if anyone is interested in purchasing something.
Baker then passed out a matching game called "Regarding Your Health." Winners were Anita Studer, Jane Collins and Past Pokorny.
The half and half was won by Teresa Weis.
Meeting adjourned.
Ladies Lakeshore Auxiliary
Ladies Lakeshore Auxiliary met Oct. 3.
Canasta winners were Wanda Nash, first; Marilyn Larimore, second; and Janet Kessler, third.
Marilyn Larimore won the door prize.
Larimore hosted cards and chatter Wednesday.
Nancy McKay Harsh Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution met 9:30 a.m. Sept. 8 at Greater Regional Medical Center.
Women Suffrage was the topic of the program presented by Marjorie Kinkade.
The meeting was called to order by Connie Kinkade, chapter regent. Members shared in reading the ritual.
Jan Morgan shared the president general's message. The president general reminded members of the change in deadline dates this year. She also mentioned that members should follow up why an active member resigns from the organization to ascertain if they need assistance to remain a member.
Aleda Kelgren shared information about the state regent's project and discussed ways members could help raise money for the project, which is restoring a lay light in DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. For more information, go to http://www.dar.org/giving_site/lay_lights_webinar.cfm.
Cheryl Micetich shared the national defense report. DAR established the National Defense Committee in 1926 to promote and enlighten public opinion.
Roll call was answered by 16 members by sharing a voting experience.
Bonnie Riepe shared the treasurer's report. Jane Briley read the minutes. The minutes were corrected and accepted as corrected.
Pam Marvin shared protocol. When doing the Pledge of Allegiance, they should not be holding anything and your free hand should be straight down.
Hazel Braby shared the Conservation moment. She shared we must remember that excessive packaging makes up much of our waste.
Judith Wachter shared the Indian moment. She shared two institutions that DAR supports.
Laura Guhse shared about Constitution Week, Sept. 17 through 23.
The flag moment was given by Darlene Morgan.
Marjorie Kinkade shared the sunshine report. Hazel Braby fell after the last meeting. Marjorie sent her a card.
Pam Marvin explained the American History Teacher Program, which honors teachers of social studies in grades 5-12.
Jan Morgan shared that she has contacted guidance counselors about the Good Citizen contest for high school students.
The roll call next month will be, "Where would you like to cruise?" Pam Marvin, Charottle Assell and Suzanne Frost will serve refreshments. The program next month will be Four Ladies' Journey to America in 1620 by Lynne Schlaht, Bonnie Riepe, Elaine Brown and Connie Kinkade.
The weekly Kiwanis meeting was held 12:05 p.m. Tuesday at The Windrow with 28 members and two guests.
Brad Lorenzen president, presided. Steve Bolie gave the prayer, and Jane Lowe was finemaster.
The program was Jackie Steffan, director of Creston YMCA, who showed pictures and gave updates of all the repairs and upgrades being done at the Y since the tornado in April.
Karen Finn, widow of Kiwanis member Mickey Finn, presented the club with $500 to add to the club's Mickey Finn Scholarship fund that goes to students from area high schools who go to SWCC each year.
The Kiwanis coat drive is 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Methodist Church, 400 N. Elm St. The club is accepting new and coats in good condition at Hometown Insurance, Petznick's and Casey's South.
The club will also be selling live Christmas wreaths in two sizes and a swag as a fundraiser with delivery before Thanksgiving, contact any member for information, deadline to order will be Nov. 6.
TOPS 1338 met 5:30 p.m. Oct. 1 at the Methodist Church. Eight members weighed in with Monica Belew as the best loser. Monthly best loser was Carol Sheldahl and Neoma Davis as runner-up.
Diana Loomis opened the business meeting with the TOPS pledge. Minutes were read and approved, and the treasurer's report was given. The fall rally will be held Oct. 27 at Staves Memorial Methodist Church in Des Moines. "Sqaures" were won by Loomis.
Jane King gave the program titled "Lettuce Learn." This was a study of the various kinds of lettuce.
The Red Can Challenge is to write a note telling what one admires about that person.
On Oct. 8, TOPS 1338 met with 10 members weighing in. The best loser was Marisue Lewis and Anna Thompson was the runner-up.
The program was presented by Alice Brown. She read a poem called "The Ultimate Goal," regarding attitudes one has toward weight and relationships.
Loomis presided over the business meeting. She and King will be attending the fall rally later this month. The Diet-O contest continues. Lewis was the winner of "Squares" and Belew was the winner of the fines.
Next week's program will be given by Davis.
The Red Can Challenge is to dress with care because when you look good, you feel good.
The meeting adjourned with the closing TOPS pledge.