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All in all, this is an old, classic Shaker recipe... perhaps an acquired taste (given the texture/consistency), but most definitely an excellent pie. You may want to try using 3 lemons, and slice them paper-thin using a mandoline (rather than attempting to slice with a knife). Can adjust the thickness down with the mandoline. If the lemons are sliced too thick, there's a bitter aftertaste associated with the lemon rind; if sliced thinly enough, the taste is perfectly tart...and a nice balance with the sweetness of the sugar. Also, try adding a pinch of salt and a teaspoon of vanilla to the wet ingredients. Also, MUCH, MUCH better by leaving the sliced lemons/sugar mixture to marinate overnight (stirring occasionally)...rather than just a couple of hours; greatly improves the flavor. Brush the top of the pie crust with a bit of beaten egg...will make the crust more golden-colored.
The lemon rind presents a bit of a texture issue with this recipe. I really love lemon so for me it was not a problem. But for others who are not as enamoured with lemon, this is probably not the best lemon pie recipe.
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My mother has this recipe in a huge, weathered leatherbound cookbook that's been in our family for generations. She once served it at a dinner party she hosted; a week later she received a package in the mail, containing a solid silver pie server, and a note which read: "For the best lemon pie I've ever had!" It was from a guest whom she barely knew. Our version is a little different; it uses three lemons which must be peeled and the whites removed. It is slightly more laborious, but it doesn't have to sit overnight; one can simply mix the ingredients and pop it in the oven!
This pie was super easy to make and tasted wonderful. I think next time I will use only the zest and juice from 3 or 4 lemons, I was not crazy about the lemon chuncks. Also I will use a 9 in deep dish pie crust, the regular crust was too small and I could not use all the mixture.
I used 3 lemons (as suggested in a very similar recipe on this site) very finely sliced, finely shredded the zest and used half of a lemon's worth in the actual recipe, I used shortcrust pastry sheets store-bought and I let my lemon/sugar mixture sit o/night in the fridge.
I love lemon but I would suggest to go with 2 smallish lemons or perhaps 1 large one (all of mine were much larger than tennis balls..). I didnt mind the texture like this - but I could still see it would be better if you put your mixture in the blender before you make your pie in my opinion.
Using 3 large lemons this was extremely tangy, but would be lovely if you put a couple of scoops of vanilla ice-cream with it when you serve it.
I have made the shaker lemon pie many times for my children when they were growing up. They thought it was greatest because of the rind. It is tender, chewy, and delicious. It is a change from the pudding type lemon pie. Thank you for having it listed.
fantastic! this is my dad's favorite, and tastes just like the "real thing" (that i hated when i was little(r)). its very simple to make, too. i think i usually use 3 lemons, and a little less sugar b/c we like it more tart...slicing wasn't impossible, but i bought a mandoline for the slicing soon after my first one :-)
Really different and tasty! The texture could be a problem with some people as it was in my house-some liked it and some didn't. I plan on trying this by blending the whole thing up until smooth just before I bake it. The flavor is awesome!
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"It was only because of a complete abdication of supervision responsibilities that [Arndt] was able to begin an inappropriate sexual relationship with Michelle Miller culminating with her unfortunate death," the claim reads.
The claim is the first step in a planned lawsuit seeking $10 million in damages from the Army, said attorney Karl Protil, who is representing Michelle Miller's family.
Had Arndt's superiors monitored him more closely, they would have discovered he wrote sexually suggestive comments to potential recruits, acted inappropriately toward potential recruits or enlistees and had written poetry online openly discussing suicide, the family argues in the claim, which they recently revealed to The Gazette.
Protil filed the claim on behalf of the family April 29 with the Office of the Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army. The claim is not a lawsuit. Federal law requires people wishing to sue the government or a government agency, such as the Army, to file a claim first.
The Army has six months to respond to the family's claim — either to settle it, or deny it, Protil said. At that point, the Millers will have another six months to decide how they want to proceed. More action in the case would take place in federal court.
In a lengthy interview, Kevin Miller, father of the 17-year-old victim, explained what happened the night his daughter died and what he has learned since her death.
Miller said when Michelle first told him she wanted to join the Army Reserves, he tried to discourage her. He was afraid she'd get hurt face challenges because of her gender.
"Being a girl in the military, you've really got to be on your toes," he remembers worrying.
But Michelle's enthusiasm for the Army didn't come as a surprise — as a fourth-grader, she had worn camouflage to class so many times she got in trouble with her teachers, he said.
Her enthusiasm waned during middle school and high school, but as her graduation from Rockville High School neared, Michelle had enlisted in the Army Reserves and was preparing herself for basic training and then to study psychology at the University of Arizona, he said.
She wanted to counsel returning soldiers to help them heal from the mental scars of war, he said. And she believed she would receive a Army scholarship, which would pay for 75 percent of her tuition, he said.
"She'd done a lot of thinking about it," he said.
Michelle, who played lacrosse and soccer and was taking college classes at Montgomery College, already was active at the recruiting center, he said. She'd tutor other recruits and had started working out more to prepare for basic training.
"Look, Dad, I'm getting biceps!" she'd tell him, he said.
She talked about Arndt a lot when she first met him, Miller said, remembering his daughter telling him, "This guy's so cool. His wife's so pretty."
Miller said he asked Michelle once, several months before her death, "Is there something I need to know?" Michelle responded, "No ... that's not my game plan."
Arndt was a native of Manitowoc, Wis., and had served in the Army since October 2003, Army Recruiting spokeswoman Kathleen Welker said. He served tours in Korea in 2004 and Germany in 2007 and deployed to Turkey for a year before being assigned to the work as a recruiter stationed in Gaithersburg, she said.
He was a "Future Soldier Leader," meaning he helped prepare recruits who already had enlisted stay motivated and help them prepare for basic training.
Miller gave this account of the last night of his daughter life:
Michelle came downstairs about 9 p.m. Her mother, Pacita Miller, was in the kitchen, clipping their dog, a half-Pekingese, half-Shih Tzu named Chloe.
She told her mom, "I've got to go out. One of my platoon members is feeling suicidal. I gotta help him out."
Then, she bolted, after promising to text him the address once she got there.
There wouldn't be a text.
"It doesn't sound very safe," he remembers telling her. Michelle responded, "I know this guy. He's harmless."
"As soon as she left, I just got bad feelings," he said.
Miller left the house about an hour later to look for her before eventually returning home and calling police. Police were at his home until 3 a.m. He and his wife tried to sleep, but by 6 a.m. Miller was out searching for her again.
At first he didn't even think of Arndt, Miller said. But he found out the Germantown neighborhood where the man lived from one of Michelle's friends and searched there until he spotted Michelle's car. Miller said he banged on the front door to Arndt's home, but no one answered. No one answered as he pounded on the windows. The lights were all off. "That's when I got really scared," he said.
He called police and paced outside the home until they arrived.
"My hope was they were drunk into a stupor. But I was fearing the worst," he said.
He waited for what he said seemed like hours, before police arrived and finally forced their way into the house, he said.
"Time ran all into weirdness," he said.
When two officers came out and stood on either side of him, "That's when I knew she was dead," he said. "There was kind of a haze then."
Police discovered Michelle's and Arndt's bodies about 10 a.m. April 8, he said. Officers told him they discovered the two sitting in the shower, Michelle appearing to be kissing Arndt on the cheek or whispering in his ear. Arndt had shot her through the left temple, then killed himself, Miller says investigators told him.
He imagines her telling him "it's going to be OK," trying to stop him.
Montgomery County Police and the U.S. Army Police expect their investigation to wrap up about July 1, pending further analysis of a final report from the Maryland Chief Medical Examiner's office, police spokeswoman Angela Cruz said.
After his daughter's death, warnings emerged, which made him believe it could have been prevented.
"The powers that be should have known something was wrong with this guy," he said.
"This guy was supposed to be her mentor... instead he chose to use her ... Maybe he needed to kill her to make him kill himself."
Reached via phone, Randy Schum, Arndt's father-in-law, said he was not aware of Miller's claim and had not communicated with the Millers. But he said the murder-suicide also left him confused.
"I'm not happy with the way things happened, how he seemingly slipped through cracks. ... There had to be some checkpoint somewhere to check this guy," he said.
"For someone to do what he did is just beyond me ... especially taking someone else's life. It's very hard for me to understand. I can only thank God my daughter wasn't there. ... I feel terrible for the Millers. To lose a daughter, I can't imagine that."
Schum said the first time he talked to Arndt was after the man called him to ask to marry his daughter.
Schum was sitting in parking lot near a Giant supermarket, he said.
"My daughter was in love. What was I going to say?"
Arndt was polite, straightforward and "one of the nicest people I ever met," he said.
"It happened really quick. She was really smitten by him. She's had a really tough time," Schum said.
Since Michelle's death, Miller has seen dozens of Facebook messages Arndt had sent Michelle, he said.
"There are times it seems like he talked to her for hours," Miller said, of the Facebook message chains. Miller learned from Michelle's friends that Arndt was communicating with at least one other girl, as well, he said.
Arndt started texting Michelle before she'd even officially signed with the Army, he said.
"Had I seen any of that I would have been in the recruiting station," he said.
Miller said one friend told him she got a text from Michelle before she died, saying "We've been friends forever ... I love you." Followed by another that said, "good-bye."
Personal communication is expressly forbidden between recruiters and recruits, Welker said. Recruiters may not engage in any unofficial, personal contact with recruits or potential recruits, she said.
George Wright, a U.S. Army spokesman, declined to comment about the specifics of Miller's claim.
"This case not withstanding, U.S. Army recruiters are typically some of the most professional soldiers we have in the army. They are highly motivated, accomplished, and many have had distinguished careers already," he said.
Recruiters are trained to operate to a high standard and independently, he said. Allegations of sexually related offenses between enlistees and recruiters is rare, he said — during the past five years, there has been an average of 10,800 Army recruiters working every year, with 365,000 enlistments into the active Army and Army Reserve. There have been 326 substantiated sexually related offenses involving recruits in that time, he said. This represents less than one-tenth of a percentage point (.03 percent) of recruiters who commit these offenses, he said in an email Tuesday.
Arndt already was facing an inquiry into his marriage — he had married a 21-year-old recruit who enlisted at the Gaithersburg recruiting station before he became a Future Soldier Leader. That inquiry was opened in early March. It has been merged with the larger inquiry opened after Arndt and Miller's deaths, Welker said.
As for that Army scholarship, Miller said he got a letter dated April 16 saying Michelle wasn't getting it. The Army cut the scholarship due to budget constraints.


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Can the one child policy solve poverty by making the poor extinct?
Continued existence of families living below the poverty line depend on the eligibility of their bachelorette or bachelor. Since Economic status is a great determinant of eligibility, there is a higher likelihood that those in the bottom of the socio economic pyramid will lose out. Union of families fostering single children also means that all resources will be funneled meaning greater Economic wealth. Single child system also means that those who cannot afford to marry and take care of his or her parents would ultimately have to choose between the two, which means increased incidences for self determined lineage extinction. Another imbalance to consider is the gender disproportion towards men, meaning reproductive opportunities would be limited to those who are able.
Mar 21 2013: Write whatever you think, but before you post it, go back and try to find all the weaknesses you can, before others do. You might anger others by not considering who and how your words might find.
My apologies, oppression that you obviously never knew, is all some of us have lived.
Mar 21 2013: There was a time when I too felt oppressed, sometimes a change of scenery will do wonders. Move physically and mentally to a place where you feel like you can feel productive. Imagine life as a one time thing, and opportunities are one off things.
Mar 21 2013: Thanks Ronald
The more a person understands, the more sorrow must increase and unless one has enough money to walk away, doing as you suggest is going to be different for each, dontcha think?
Mar 22 2013: Different by experince yes, but the framework shouldn't be too different. Google pmargins if it interest you.Mar 21 2013: Truth and justice are at the very heart of learning. Most schools, like lawyers and congress, care nothing for the truth or justice. My schools taught copy and paste. My bosses taught, hooray for me and the hell with you. Congress stands in the open, taking bribes. Congress divides itself and the people, by having 2 parties that create fighting and gridlock, instead of one people, working towards the greater good.
Without truth and justice, there is no learning and no moving forward.
Mar 21 2013: The question I pose to you is, are truth and justice more valued in a sustainable economy? If one faction does not have enough to survive, will they care too much about truth and justice?Mar 21 2013: What is the only thing that creates wealth? Once you google that, ask yourself, are you going to be the-- laborer?
Everything is stolen from the laborers, by those that set the rules, never caring that a life of labor can be a lot more informative than schooling and much harder. However, it is the laborers that most times bring the new thinking, tools and ideas, that non laborers steal, in the name of the law.
Mar 21 2013: Those laborers that bring out the out of box ideas will no longer be laborers for too long. If it is idea stealing that you referring to, then intellectual property rights awareness is your contention and not that laborers deserve more compensation.
Mar 21 2013: Why do you think management has meetings?
Mar 22 2013: Yeah, but like you said, it is those that immerse themselves in the production that come up with the innovations.Mar 22 2013: That's partly why I was so mad when congress gave away the manufacturing that made this nation great.Mar 21 2013: Also, without googling, wealth creation is the product of business transactions, I.e. business model + capital
Mar 21 2013: Make a transaction for say beans. How much money did you make from that transaction?Mar 21 2013: This could end poverty,
The fundamental part of Capitalism is that people have to make less money so other people can make more. This can be seen in today's current economy as the 99% vs. the 1% in America. What most Americans don't realize is that the 99% of Americas are also in the top 1% of the world.
Because I am able to run my business in a free market, my plan is to limit my employee's salary, as well as my own, to an amount no greater than $100,000 per year for life. I already have 3 business ventures that I am currently working to get off the ground. These businesses are as follows; One in Marketing, one in 3D printing, and one that can be best described somewhat as a Jiffy Lube for nail salons. As I've previously stated, my employee's and I will never make more than $100,000 a year in income. Furthermore, I plan to automate the jobs completed by my employees and create machines that will complete the work for them. However, I will still pay them their annual salary. I will be able to accomplish this with the capital received from the automated services my businesses will provide. As an employer, I don't really care who or what does the work as long as it gets done. With the future IT companies I plan to establish, I will be able to spread Wi-Fi coverage to everyone in the country, cheaper than it's already being done. In addition, I will also have the ability to offer more coverage in more places. I will show those employees how they can outsource their job to 3rd world workers, where they can basically double that person's income by only paying them a tenth of what I plan to pay my employees. This will allow my employees to semi-retire and still complete all the necessary job requirements. Essentially, this method will enable me to rescue my employees as well as the 3rd world workers from a life of poverty. This can be seen as a trickledown effect, which current businesses like to pretend they already accomplish.
Mar 21 2013: Your plan hinges upon the assumption that you R and D beats out the big corporations' and they have the advantage because they have scale and more resources. Also having a wage ceiling and creating redundant jobs probably means your company is less effective and/or efficient than other companies.
Mar 21 2013: Actually is exactly what we are currently doing as business. I am just going to give my billions away as I make them, because I know I can make more. And I know that if I start 23 company that's $2,300,000 a year. I pretty sure I can live fine off of that.
It's inspired by Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, I am just not going to wait till I am dead. I don't care how big my money pile gets because I know the only thing that is stopping me from creating a larger money pile is me.
Profit for Poverty, instead of profit that creates poverty. Who do you think the 99% will purchase from?Mar 21 2013: Also I am not creating redundant jobs I am getting rid of jobs, so people can enjoy this beautiful thing that we call life. While creating financial securityMar 21 2013: And my R and D is pretty good I have a very unique and great gift I can actually understand and then repeat people's thought pattern's. This is just something I am learn from all of these ted convo's. So once I learn how you came to the knowledge or truth that you know, I can then use that knowledge and out evolve or just prove that what I am saying is truth as well. This is an from another conversation see if it make sense to you.
So let me see if I can use logic and reason to show you how you need to use their logic and reason. To not prove them wrong but to show them that there is other truth. So you can pick any topic you want and any side of the said topic and I will debate the other side. See to get someone to believe what you say is truth you first have to understand their side as truth as well. Not that it wrong and it clearly might be(like anyone who would say oil is not toxic).
It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle. ~ Sun Tzu Art of War
Now it doesn't matter how the argument is going once I figure out how you came to your knowledge of truth I can figure out your thought "pattern" or common sense. Once I understand that I can use your common sense thats right your common sense to prove my information as truth. Not as I am right your wrong but just that there is other truth. Edited: I dont even need to believe that what I am trying to debate is truth or not, I just need to except that it can be
Think about it as positive or negative manipulation, or even along the lines of a mentalistMar 21 2013: The best part about this plan is that my "semi-retired" employees will have the buying power. Therefore, they will buy from my company instead of from my competitors. Much like a lobbyist, I will be "bribing" my employees for their loyalty in the form of the semi-retired salary, which they will make for the rest of their lives. My employees will know the more they buy from me, the more people we can rescue from poverty.
Once I educate my employees on how money actually works, they will realize it is a juggling act and my enterprise will be the ultimate juggler. This will also allow the removal of government welfare programs, thus lowering everyone's tax rates. This will be effective simply because I will be paying people for doing nothing. From then on they can volunteer or spend their time completing more hospitable and fulfilling activities while having job security.
If 25% of the world companies and charities used this model instead of our current model how fast do you think we can end poverty?Mar 21 2013: Of course one child policy can't solve poverty.In my opinion:Only education can help.
Mar 21 2013: Education and forced family planning do not have exclusivity.Mar 21 2013: No. The only way to end poverty is to end the fiscal system designed by those who intentionally built poverty into it. Poverty was supposed to limit the number of poor people (through what was called "natural law" - where the greater number of their children would die of poverty related issues) while wealthy people ruled over them (by divine right).
Mar 21 2013: I agree that the divine right mentality is a huge factor of global poverty, but filial identity and personal posession has been around so long that most people take it as fact of life. Do you have a better alternative yet? What about the fact that more people in developing nations do not practice family planning? Should they have to? What are your thoughts on family planning?
Mar 22 2013: Family planning is a wonderful idea, but our culture is so insane that this alone will not help.
I had a conversation here with someone calling for more medical aid in those parts of Africa where because of malnutrition and lack of adequate medical care, too many women are unable to bear children. I suggested that Africa has so many orphans because of aids, that there are many ways to become a parent. His response was that adoption is not socially acceptable in his culture. He was unable to understand how bringing a child into a world where there is already not enough food was unfair to the child as well as those who are already living.
That man was not alone. That culture was not unique. So many people have lost their ability to use critical thinking skills.
Given that global warming is real (whatever the cause), and massive population growth is real, and that arable land is being lost at a shocking rate - due to both global warming and bad farming practices by mega corporations that run most farms; and that clean drinking water will be at a premium because mega corporations legally pollute aquifers, family planning will be coming into your neighborhood in less than 15 years (projected) - whether you want it or not.
And if hunger and thirst doesn't lower our numbers enough, Those who are most inconvenienced by poverty (who are super wealthy and they invest heavily in the military industrial complex), we will hear the drums of war sounding, and we will again hear how a war is necessary. Wars are good for reducing the numbers of people in mass quantities, and because people are so blind to what they are doing, they're sheeple who are willing to defend their right to be victimized.
I think that some people shouldn't be parents. Having been raised in a large family (9 kids), I believe that large families are a form of child abuse. Had birth control been available, I wouldn't have been born, and that is OK with me.Mar 22 2013: I just read what I wrote and I see what a dark picture I have drawn. But it is not all dark.
There is a movement that is growing globally. It's not mainstream yet, but it is growing. There are so many who have "awakened", who are able to think rationally and who are self-aware. Whatever route we take to get there, I see nothing but good for the culture that comes out of what is to happen.Mar 21 2013: Reread Ricardo and Malthus. You can have too much of a good thing including people. There are many ways to reduce population. A two child policy would work. China had an extreme problem. India was in a similiar spot.
Indira Gandhi was assissinated. Calories consumed per person have declined in India in recent years. Eventually something will give in India.
Mar 21 2013: I agree human resources are premium, my question is does lack of family planning help or hurt human resources.
Mar 22 2013: two hundred years ago Moral Restraint was observed by Malthus. Isn't that family planning and doesn't it separate us from the rats, guinea pigs etc. l?
Mar 22 2013: The irony of some religions promoting immorality if that statement holds truth.Mar 21 2013: No.
A one child per family policy might help geographic locations where the population exceeds the available natural and economic resources, but poverty will still exist. Resources and wealth are not evenly distributed by any over-arching entity and are mostly market driven at the global level. Some government types have attempted to reduce this disparity through regulation and oversight, but social Darwinism still creeps in and creates disparity between people. There are also cataclysmic events, natural disasters, health problems, criminal behavior and corruption, and similar problems and blights that will constantly be chaotic influences that create poverty. Individually, humans are susceptible to greed, disagreements about fairness, different work ethics, different cultural and personal priorities, and different levels of acceptable quality of life that will also serve as chaotic influences.
A one child policy will not solve all these problems.
Mar 21 2013: I thought poverty was the state of inability towards procuring the basic needs of life and not wealth equality or managing wealth disparity. Basic human rights and the goods or tools that are prerequisite towards such.
Mar 22 2013: I am sure there are many definitions. Here is one from Wiki:
Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution refers to the deprivation of basic human needs, which commonly includes food, water, sanitation, clothing, shelter, health care and education. Relative poverty is defined contextually as economic inequality in the location or society in which people live.
Howver, for any of these definitions, yours or the one from Wiki, a 1 child rule might lessen the effects of an impoverished family, but will likely not solve poverty or make the poor extinct.
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A strict one-child-policy will make us richer and richer
and save humankind from population explosion.
Mar 21 2013: How? Economically and spiritually richer or just economically? P.s. spirit = culture
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Mar 20 2013: I agree that in the short term, some problems like old age welfare might be an issue, but like I stated above, doesn't that too lead to the extinction of that family line.


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This week at La Mirada I was graced by the Mini World Champion himself. not once, but twice!
1st meeting: Renda was not up to his Championship form. Hence, I found myself winning with par (54).
2nd meeting: Renda arrives all pumped up, having thrown a good practice round on the back 18. Alas, He could not hold out for 18 more. A Local friend DJ Alderidge beat us both with 3 under (52). Luckily for me He is only the biggest bagger and not a member of the Aces or Socal. I got to keep #33 socal, and #42 (thanks Dave) Aces, with a 2 under round. 5 strokes lower than the Beanie's score.
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Stoneybrooke Christian Schools is a concept... a shining idea born in the hearts of people who saw both a tremendous need and a marvelous opportunity.
Stoneybrooke is a commitment... a passion for excellence, for achieving one's best while cultivating a character that is pleasing to God. Stoneybrooke is a community... a family of people who love God, who are committed to Him, and who have given themselves to the ministry of educating children.
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"In partnership with parents, Stoneybrooke Christian Schools exists to provide a distinctive, biblically-based education in a nurturing environment through which students are instilled with godly character, inspired to excel, and prepared for a life of enduring commitment to Christ."
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The Board, Administration, Faculty and Staff, are committed to provide an educational program that seeks to develop excellence in a student - spiritually, academically, socially, emotionally, culturally and physically. In addition to a traditional core curriculum, the student will be exposed to a wide range of educational experiences including computer science, art, music and physical education.
A Christian school, Stoneybrooke is dedicated to establishing a godly environment where the Bible, as the Word of God, is actively integrated into all aspects of school life (Matthew 6:33). Each student will be challenged to live his or her life according to God's principles and purposes (Jeremiah 9:23-24). As independent non-denominational schools, we seek to serve individual families throughout our community who share our biblical orientation and appreciate our particular philosophy of education and discipline (Deuteronomy 6:2-7).
The program is designed to balance the necessity of high academic excellence with a creative and exciting awareness of life as it will be in the 21st century. Stoneybrooke is training children now for the things that will be integral parts of their lives tomorrow.
Stoneybrooke wants its students to encounter the educational process in an environment that assures security, positive self-worth and mutual respect. The classrooms are controlled with loving discipline that is applied by qualified and dedicated Christian teachers.
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Stoneybrooke will prepare its students to...
1. Become COMMITTED CHRISTIANS who:
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b) Increase their knowledge of God's Word
c) Seek to spread the gospel to others
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e) Love others and seek to meet their needs
2. Become devoted to a HEALTHY LIFESTYLE:
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c) Develop an appreciation for God's human creation
3. Become LIFELONG LEARNERS who:
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- A Biblical Worldview: That sees all of life through the context of scriptural truth. (Matthew 4:4, 2 Timothy 3:16)
- A Biblical Philosophy of Education: That is biblically-based and Christ-centered.
- A Partnership with Parents: That places the school alongside parents and assists in the training of their children. (Ephesians 6:4)
- Academic Excellence in Balance with Spiritual Growth: That places quality education in the wider context of spiritual maturity. (1 Corinthians 1:20, Romans 12:2)
- The Evangelism and Discipleship: That ministers to our students and the families they represent so that the Gospel is not just a message received, but a way of life embraced and a belief that can be defended. (1 Corinthians 1:21, 1 John 5:13)
- Worldwide Missions: That gives our student body an opportunity to participate with the spirit of God as He moves among the people of the world. (Romans 10:14-17, Matthew 28:18-20)
- A Tangible Sense of Community: That connects our Stoneybrooke families in meaningful relationships furthering the spiritual growth of the entire family. (1 Timothy 3:15, Ephesians 6:7-8)
- The Development of the Whole Child: That encourages each student to be and do his/her very best, spiritually, physically, mentally and socially (1 Timothy 4:7)
- The Physical Safety and Well-Being of Each Student: That ensures a safe environment with careful attention given to the facilities, transportation vehicles, student rapport and campus safety. (Psalm 4:8)
- The Professional Growth of our Staff: That provides plentiful resources and opportunities that encourage the entire staff to grow and develop as professionals. (1 Corinthians 10:31)
- Equipping tomorrow's leaders: This will give our students the opportunity to develop and use their God-given gifts and talents to the best of their ability and to understand that servant leadership is best modeled by Jesus Christ. (Matthew 25:21, Romans 12:6-8, Ephesians 4:11-13)
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- We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. II Timothy 3:16‐17, II Peter 1:20‐21, John 20:31, Matthew 25:35
- We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Deuteronomy 6:4, Mark 12:29, Matthew 28:19, II Corinthians 13:14
- We believe in the Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father and in His personal return in power and glory. Matthew 1:20‐21, John 10:30‐38, Matt. 26:28, Hebrews 9:14, I Peter 3:22, Phil. 2:9, Revelation 19:11‐12
- We believe that for salvation of the lost and sinful man, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely necessary. Romans 8:11, I Peter 3:18, Romans 10:9‐13, I John 1:9
- We believe the Lord Jesus Christ died for men's sins according to the Scripture, and all who believe in Him have the forgiveness of sins through His blood. 1 Cor. 15:3, Eph. 1:7.
- We believe an individual becomes a child of God by being born of the Holy Spirit by the word of God through a personal faith in Jesus Christ. John 1:12‐13, 1 Cor. 3:16.
- We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life. Romans 8:16, Galatians 4:6, I John 3:24, I Corinthians 3:16
- We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation. Hebrews 9:27, II Peter 2:9, Revelation 20:12, Psalm 96:13
- We believe that heaven and hell are definite places. Luke 11:2, Acts 7:49, John 14:2‐4, Hebrews 11:10
- We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ. John 14:23, Ephesians 5:30, II Corinthians 11:2, Deuteronomy 14:2


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From 18 to 22 April 2012, Cologne Exhibition Centre is hosting the international art fair ART COLOGNE, now in its 46th year. New in 2012 is the collaboration between ART COLOGNE and the New Art Dealers Alliance from New York. Art aficionados can look forward to classical modernist, post-war and contemporary art, as well as a variety of accompanying events in and around Cologne.
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Central Park ant drone Z longs to be an individual of accomplishment, but Z's colony is a society that puts the value of the colony over personal achievement. Young Z sets his sites on the colony's Queen daughter Bala- who is uninterested until Z successfully mounts a revolution within the colony for the advancement of individuality.
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Written by: Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
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Irish coddled pork with cider
Cooking timePrep: 5 mins
Skill levelEasy
ServingsServes 2
Host your own St Patrick's day party with this cider infused Irish stew, perfect with a side of colcannon and a pint of Guinness
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Additional info
- Easily doubled
Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 717
- protein
- 44g
- carbs
- 37g
- fat
- 44g
- saturates
- 17g
- fibre
- 12g
- sugar
- 20g
- salt
- 2.59g
- small knob butter
- 2 pork loin chops
- 4 rashers smoked bacon, cut into pieces
- 2 potatoes, cut into chunks
- 1 carrot, cut into large chunks
- 1⁄2 small swede, cut into chunks
- 1⁄2 large cabbage, cut into smaller pieces
- 1 bay leaf
- 100ml Irish cider
- 100g chicken stock
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- Heat the butter in a casserole dish until sizzling, then fry the pork for 2-3 mins on each side until browned. Remove from the pan.
- Tip the bacon, carrot, potatoes and swede into the pan, then gently fry until slightly coloured. Stir in the cabbage, sit the chops back on top, add the bay leaf, then pour over the cider and stock. Cover the pan, then leave everything to gently simmer for 20 mins until the pork is cooked through and the vegetables are tender.
- Serve at the table spooned straight from the dish.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2008
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Comments, questions and tips
Made this last night for my husband and I, using chicken breasts instead of pork as they were what I had in the fridge. Really, really tasty. The sauce is wonderful. Husband specifically asked me to make it again. V easy too, and quick.
I added the cabbage at the time instructed in the recipe, but left it in quite large chunks so it wasn't overdone - it was lovely.
Will make with the pork chops next time, to see how they compare.
Mmmm this was gorgeous and really simple. The pork was melt in the mouth and the vegetables were cooked to perfection. Although as with other people I put my cabbage in when there was 10mins of cooking time left, otherwise I can imagine it would be quite soggy. Other than that I wouldn't change a thing. In fact I'm already looking forward to making it again. Yum!!
This sounds fab, i will definitely be making this. I agree about the cabbage i think 20 mins sounds a long time also, so i think i would add this 10mins before at the end, also i think an addition of apples would be nice so i will try the following...
Peel, quarter, core and slice two apples. Melt a small amount of butter over a medium heat and fry the apples for 4-5 minutes until browned. Do not allow to burn. Add the apples to the casserole and return to the oven for 10 minutes more with the cabbage. Yum x


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This years Ice Bowl will support the Columbia County Cares Food Bank, please come show your support on Saturday January 28th. We will have lunch provided and other fun side activities to help raise money for the charity. Like Ice Bowls here in the past there will be a payout and the event is sanctioned so you can get your first chance at some good 2012 rated rounds.
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By Rusty Berry
Last year my wife and I traveled down to Waco to watch one of her first cousins get married over Memorial Day weekend.
Due to the price of gas and the distance, we decided to make the trip with my wifeãs parents, which meant traveling down to Plainview and making the journey to Waco by going through Abilene and cutting through the northern part of Central Texas.
After exiting off of Interstate 20, we started to see signs for the town of Dublin, causing all of us to agree to make a point to stop in the small town for a pit stop and purchase bottled six-packs of the legendary Dublin Dr. Pepper.
As our family rolled into Dublin, we soon found a convenience store where once you stepped through the front doors you saw the six-packs of the drink stacked in the middle of the aisle, making it known that you are in the hometown of the famous drink.
My wife and I grabbed a six-pack and as we got ready to check out, the clerk offered both us a cold bottle of the drink to have for the road, allowing us to save all six of the other bottles for when we got home.
I enjoyed the bottles of the soda we bought, but to be honest the only difference between it and the 20 ounce bottle I can purchase at a convenience store anywhere else was the strong carbonation burn from the smaller Dublin Dr. Pepper bottles and perhaps the drink tasting a tad sweeter.
Otherwise, I felt like I was drinking a typical Dr. Pepper.
For those not familiar with Dublin Dr. Peppers, the Dublin Dr. Pepper Bottling Co. began selling Dr. Pepper in Texas in 1891.
The family-owned bottling company laid its claim to fame by touting that it had always used cane sugar to sweeten its soft drinks, unlike most bottlers in the country who have switched to high-fructose corn syrup since the 1970s.
The idea of the soda being made with cane sugar has its appeal, but the fact that most of the Dublin Dr. Peppers came in classic glass bottles and were packed in a cardboard six-pack carrier with a logo that looked like something from the 1950s gave it a nostalgic look to truly make it feel like a fun novelty item you were purchasing.
Over the years the novelty of the Dublin Dr. Pepper has appealed to several Texans, with the town of around 3800 seeing 80,000 visitors each year flock to the town just to purchase their Dr. Pepper.
So it should come as no surprise that the town of Dublin has taken a lot of pride in being the home of the unique soft drink.
Unfortunately, all that changed when the Dublin bottling company settled a trademark dispute with Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.
Dr. Pepper Snapple sued the tiny Dublin bottler last June, accusing it of diluting the Dr. Pepper brand by selling bottles with the label ãDublin Dr. Pepper.ãã It also accused Dublin Dr. Pepper of selling the soft drink beyond its approved territory, a 44-mile radius around Dublin.
Under the agreement, Dr. Pepper Snapple will distribute Dr. Pepper, sweetened with cane sugar, in Dublin Dr. Pepperãs former six-county territory.
It also will continue selling the cane-sugar version in other parts of Texas in nostalgic packaging, without ãDublinã on the label.
As for the bottling company responsible for the Dublin Dr. Pepper, it will continue to operate as the Dublin Bottling Works Inc. and bottle a handful of smaller soft-drink brands, including Triple XXX Root Beer.
However, after the settlement was announced, Dublin Bottling Works had to lay off 14 of its 37 workers.
For the 14 workers who lost their jobs life will be tough until they are able to land another job.
But for Dublin, the economic impact of losing the attachment to Dr. Pepper will hurt but probably not make a big impact in the life of the town moving forward.
Iãm not familiar enough with the story to know if the Dublin bottler was breaking its part of the distribution or trademark agreement with the parent company.
So perhaps the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group had a right to sue.
But considering the annual sales of the Dublin version were worth around $7 million annually compared to the $5 billion the parent company brings in from around the world, perhaps this could have been a case where the big corporation shouldãve just left the small business alone.
Now the small Texas town essentially will have to move on without what essentially became its identity and what placed Dublin, Texas as a fun place to visit on the map.
For the small Texas town and surrounding area, I wonder if it will become the Texas hot spot for Mr. Pibb as a way to retaliate against the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group.


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Step into Tiger Stadium, LSU fans, and thrill to another victory under the sun! This spectacular print, from the sensational southeastern football specialists at USA Sports, features the scene in Baton Rouge on October 2, 2010, when the unbeaten squad survived a scare, rallied for victory in the final seconds, and sent the Vols home in defeat. As nearly 93,000 fans thrill to another big play - SNAP! The moment is preserved for all-time, and is now available for your wall.
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An advance health care directive (advance directive) allows you to state choices for your future medical care or name someone to make medical decisions for you in the event you become seriously ill and are unable to communicate your wishes. Types of advance directives include a living will, a health care power of attorney or a combination document. Main Line Health hospitals honor your right to make an advance directive. We are required by law to ask all adult patients whether they have an advance directive. If you have an advance directive, please share it with your doctor and bring a copy with you to the hospital so that your care providers may know your wishes.
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Download a sample advance health care directive form from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This sample form is provided for informational and educational purposes and is not intended as legal or medical advice. If you choose to use this form or make your own advance directive, you should consult with your physician and your attorney to be sure that your wishes are clearly stated and comply with the law.
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In honor of Arbor Day and to pay respects to U.S. service members, officials planted five oak tree saplings at Arlington National Cemetery April 27.
The saplings were grown from acorns taken from the renowned "Arlington Oak," a 220-year-old tree that was felled by Hurricane Irene in August 2011. The old oak tree stood in the area of the cemetery's Kennedy family burial site. Several years ago, the nonprofit American Forests organization collected acorns from the old oak and grew the saplings.
Three of the saplings were planted near the Kennedy family gravesite. Of the remaining two saplings, one was planted in section 26, near the old amphitheater and the other in section 36, near Custis Walk.
"On this ground we have the opportunity to re-establish a lost national landmark with its very own offspring," said keynote speaker Katherine Hammack, the assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy and environment. "We can do this because Arlington National Cemetery and American Forests had foresight. They collected acorns from that landmark tree next to President [John F.] Kennedy's gravesite to prepare for an inevitable future."
Cemetery historian Tom Sherlock said when President Kennedy visited Arlington House in the spring of 1963, the Arlington oak was prominent in his view as he looked down upon Washington, D.C.
Kennedy said he was taken with the "magnificent" view, Sherlock said, noting the president also remarked that he "could stay there forever." That area near the tree was later chosen as Kennedy's burial site.
Today, a single oak sapling where the old tree once stood also represents a tribute to U.S. service members, Hammack said.
"When we were planning today's ceremony, the 1973 song, 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree' came to mind," she said. "We have lost the old oak tree of a 220-year legacy, but we have an opportunity to tie a yellow ribbon around the young oak tree."
Arlington cemetery's saplings, Hammack said, remind Americans "of those men and women who are serving in harm's way" to protect the nation.
"On behalf of a grateful nation and the U.S. Army, this serves as a welcome home to all service men and women," she said.
Hammack then tied a yellow ribbon around the young tree.