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En español | As you reach your 50s, 60s, 70s and beyond, you may start to worry that your sex life is slowing down, ready to retire or kaput! To that I say, "No way!" I'd like to put an end to these common misconceptions about sex and aging — once and for all.
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2. Neither does hers. It is true that menopause can lead to vaginal dryness but there are many great lubricants that can take care of that pesky issue. (I recommend silicon-based ones.) You can also try estrogen-based creams to plump up vaginal tissues, but be sure to talk to your doctor first.


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The Optical Society hosts an annual event focusing on effective and innovative approaches to science education, with an emphasis on hands-on, interactive classroom activities. This program is provided free of charge and available to youth science educators. Attendees also receive complimentary classroom materials.
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In 2014, OSA heald the annual Science Educators' Day (EDAY) in Tucson, AZ, US. Our guest speaker for the event was Dr. Michael Raymer. He is a physicist and Phillip H. Knight Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Oregon. He was on the faculty at the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics before moving to Oregon, where he co-founded the University's Oregon Center for Optics. His interest in teaching began as an undergraduate at the University of California at Santa Cruz, where he co-instructed a beginning course in chemistry. Many years later he parlayed that experience into the founding of the UO's Science Literacy Program, which is funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and which reaches across the departments of physics, chemistry, biology, and geology. His interest in teaching science literacy led him to author a textbook, The Silicon Web: Physics for the Internet Age (Taylor & Francis, 2009), to accompany a course he teaches called The Physics Behind the Internet.
In 2013, we held our annual Science Educators' Day (EDAY) in Orlando, FL USA and welcomed 85 science educators. The program included the winner of the 2007 Robert A. Millikan award of the American Association of Physics Teachers for "notable and creative contributions to the teaching of physics" David R. Sokoloff from the University of Oregon. You can view the 2013 EDAY video here!
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Happy New Year's Eve! If you're going out, have fun and be safe! I'm going to stay in where it's toasty warm because it's freezing out there. I'm going to celebrate with some new books I just got. Not sound exciting? Well, you're wrong. I'll probably be traveling farther than you, meeting more people and having some grand adventures. I'll save the partying for the conferences I'll be attending in 2014.
Don't forget to go to yesterday's blog and vote on your favorite book of 2013. Results will be in Thursday's blog. Now check out the books coming out this week.
Let Me Be the One by Bella Andre (Harlequin MIRA)
Badlands by Jill Sorenson (Harlequin HQN)
A Gentleman 'til Midnight by Alison DeLaine (Harlequin HQN)
Turn Up the Heat by Lori Foster, Christie Ridgway, Victoria Dahl (Harlequin HQN)
Big Sky Secrets by Linda Lael Miller (Harlequin HQN)
Alice Close Your Eyes by Averil Dean (Harlequin MIRA)
Unleashing Mr. Darcy by Teri Wilson (Harlequin HQN)
Taste of Darkness by Maria V. Snyder (Harlequin MIRA)
The In-Between Hour by Barbara Claypole White (Harlequin MIRA)
Hunted by Elizabeth Heiter (Harlequin MIRA)
Snow Day by Shannon Stacey, Jennifer Greene, Barbara Dunlop (Harlequin Anthology)
Autumn Moon by C.I. Kemp
Dragon Maid by Ann Gimpel
Ghosts in the Graveyard by Lyra Marlowe
The Courtship of Utopia Miner by Linda Gilman
Bottom Line: "Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right." ~ Oprah Winfrey


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Spacecraft Mass: Unknown
Spacecraft Instruments: 1) Yenisey-2 photographic-TV imaging; 2) micrometeoroid detector and 3) cosmic-ray detector
Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958-2000, Monographs in Aerospace History No. 24, by Asif A. Siddiqi
This was the last of the "first-generation" Soviet probes to the Moon. Like its immediate predecessor, it was designed to photograph the far side of the Moon.
Unfortunately, the probe never left Earth's atmosphere. Instead, immediately after launch, at T+10 seconds, the launch vehicle began to fall apart. As each strap-on fell away, parts of the booster landed separately over a large area near the launch site. Thundering explosions broke windows in many nearby buildings.


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Bartlett Sher
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News about Bartlett Sher, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Highlights From the Archive
Race an Issue in Wilson Play, and in Its Production
Bartlett Sher, a Tony Award-winner, is the first white director to revive an August Wilson play on Broadway.April 23, 2009 theaterNews
Theater Review | 'South Pacific'
Optimist Awash in the Tropics
Love blossoms fast and early in Bartlett Sher's rapturous revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific."April 4, 2008 theaterReview
The Stages of Bart Sher
How a director with a knack for experimental theater became the man behind two Tony Award-winning hits, three Metropolitan Opera productions and now the first Broadway revival of "South Pacific."February 24, 2008 magazineNews
Music Review | 'Il Barbieri di Siviglia'
Barreling Through Rossini With a 'Noises Off' Rhythm
Bartlett Sher's production is frugal but not cheap, depending for its effects not on luxurious décor but on his cast's sense of timing.January 14, 2008 artsReview
Can't Read Music. No Italian. Directs Opera.
Bartlett Sher may have directed "The Light in the Piazza" at Lincoln Center, but when it comes to the Met, he's a beginner.November 5, 2006 theaterNews
Theater Review
Defying Poverty's Everyday Despair in Odets's 'Awake and Sing!'
As this moving and stirring revival reminds us, the song of human aspiration is always sweet to hear.April 18, 2006 theaterReview
The Arts/Cultural Desk
A Wise Autumnal American In Florence
And now this bulletin from the arid planet of Broadway: Rumors have been confirmed that a real human being has materialized in a mainstream musical, an environment that has become increasingly hostile to such life forms.April 19, 2005 artsReview
Broadway Skills in Opera: They're a Puzzlement
Peter Gelb, the Met's general manager, has brought more theater directors into opera, which presents challenges but has resulted in inventive productions.
July 12, 2015, Sunday
MORE ON BARTLETT SHER AND: Theater , Opera , Metropolitan Opera , Classical Music , Sher, Bartlett , Lincoln Center Theater , Mayer, Michael , Gelb, Peter
Review: 'The King and I,' Back on Broadway
Bartlett Sher's revival at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, starring Ken Watanabe and Kelli O'Hara, balances epic sweep with an intimate sensibility.
April 17, 2015, Friday
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Ken Watanabe Moves From 'Samurai' to 'The King and I'
A movie star in Japan, Mr. Watanabe, who still keeps a translator nearby, makes his Broadway debut with a role about a cultural divide.
March 15, 2015, Sunday
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Review: 'Les Contes d'Hoffmann' at the Metropolitan Opera
James Levine led a supple account of Offenbach's opera as Matthew Polenzani took over the title role at the Met; a period ensemble played works by Smetana, Brahms and Dvorak at Carnegie Hall.
March 2, 2015, Monday
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A Figaro on a Big Stage, Another in Your Lap
New York has two productions of "Il Barbiere di Siviglia": one glossy, sweet and rich in laughs at the Met and one up close and intimate from LoftOpera.
November 21, 2014, Friday
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Ken Watanabe Will Star Opposite Kelli O'Hara in 'The King and I'
The Lincoln Center Theater production, which would be Mr. Watanabe's American stage debut, is scheduled to open April 16 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.
June 30, 2014, Monday
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'Fiddler on the Roof' Returning to Broadway (In Case You Missed It the 5 Previous Times)
A fifth Broadway revival of "Fiddler on the Roof" has been announced for the fall of 2015.
March 6, 2014, Thursday
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Hearts Ache in the Heartland
Kelli O'Hara confirms her position as one of the most exquisitely expressive stars in musical theater in "The Bridges of Madison County" on Broadway.
February 21, 2014, Friday
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A Short Affair, Now With Songs
Expectations are high for Jason Robert Brown's return to Broadway with "The Bridges of Madison County."
February 16, 2014, Sunday
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Even Cheap Wine Can Work a Little Magic
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January 11, 2014, Saturday
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Being Emile
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Lens: 'South Pacific'
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Sunday, July 02, 2006
Is Congress autonomous?
Sandy Levinson
As some readers know, I am a big fan of Daryl Levinson's article, "Empire-Building Government in Constitutional Law," 118 Harv. L. Rev. 915 (2005), in which he argues that the Madisonian thesis, expressed in Federalist 51, that members of Congress would be assiduous in protecting the "prerogatives" of their institution, is false, for two quite different reasons. The first, a variant of David Mayhew's well-known argument, is that members of Congress are primarily motivated to seek re-election (or, for the even more cynical, well-paying jobs on K St.), not by a concern to protect institutional prerogatives except inasmuch as they contribute to re-election. The second reason is that the rise of the political party, which the Madison of 1788 thought inimical to democracy, makes members of Congress more loyal to their parties than to their institution, especially when their party controls the presidency. This thesis is further elaborated in an article that Levinson has co-authored with Richard Pildes in the current Harvard Law Review, "Separation of Parties, not Powers."
That struck me too, but I think that's sort of the point: this was a case about legal basics.
And I have a hunch he will uncork the grand vision in the NEXT detainee case... No one who reads the dissents by Justices Murphy and Rutledge in Yamashita can doubt that Justice Stevens (who clerked for Rutledge) has a pretty good feel for the big picture here. The other day I noticed that Justice Stevens wrote a book about Rutledge back in the 50s... That might be worth looking at if one can find a copy.
It's actually a book chapter:
Philip B. Kurland and Allison Dunham, MR. JUSTICE, University of Chicago Press (Chicago 1956), chapter "Mr. Justice Rutledge" by J. P. Stevens.
And weirdly enough, my local library system has a copy.
In any event, the response to Hamdan in Congress may be an interesting natural experiment with regard to whether anyone on Capitol Hill really cares about defending congressional independence against executive overreaching or whether, on the contrary, they will all, Republicans and Democrats alike, behave in accordance with loyalty to their own electoral intersts and their parties' perceived institutional interests.
I think this experiment has already run: NSA spying and FISA showed us that party loyalty trumps institutional interests or even basic concern for the Constitution. If the fall elections don't change the Congressional leadership, we may be in for what Bruce Ackerman calls a "constitutional moment" and we'll all be living in John Yoo's world.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if the opinion contained more quotable language about how basic American values are at stake with regard to the substance of the issues--i.e.. the rights enjoyed even by the (suspected) worst among us--rather than the focus on how existing law hamstrings the Administration in its desires to protect us against terrorists?
It's frustrating that Democrats -- who have been hammered for years on "values" issues -- have a values issue and can't bring themselves to articulate it eloquently. Does anyone else fantasize a speech like this:
"Our nation rests on fundamental values [cue rising music]. 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these rights are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.'
America stands for liberty and justice for all. We take that pledge every time we face our nation's flag and say the Pledge of Allegiance. If we violate that pledge, we risk not just our own souls, but the soul of our nation. 'For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul.'
We can win our current struggle, but not if we abandon our pledge, America's pledge. We will prevail by redeeming that pledge, by preserving our values NO. MATTER. WHAT."
Although I think that Stevens' opinion was admirable in every way, am I the only person who foundn it quite uneloquent, when all was said and done?"
Maybe this wasn't a time for eloquence, but for simply getting the job done. Rhetorical home runs draw attention to themselves, and rebutting anything that doesn't work about them might serve, however unfairly, to undermine the opinion as a whole.
And as for tea leaf reading about how Democrats and Congress will blow it: would everyone please stop it. If you care about this, it does no one any good to beat your chest about how pessimistic you can be. We've been handed a necessary victory with Hamdan, it's time to behave like this is our country to lose, not theirs to hijack.
Hear, hear Mr. Nephew. Our side did a good job in the Graham/Levin/Kyl debate, and ended up with a bill that was just not-bad enough to squeak by. The coming legislative battle is going to be another 'all hands on deck' moment: I think there's a majority of the majority in Congress who'd gladly trade the nation's honor for a few seats in the 06 midterms, but there have got to be fewer who'll admit to it.
As to eloquence, Stevens handled the brunt work, Kennedy (and Breyer ... who provided a 'Cliff Notes' version) provided some of the eloquence. Still, there is a point there.
Rasul also was hard going. But, there is enough quotable stuff and a major target, lawyers in the gov't, might appreciate the more verbiose details.
It might be worth noting that Justice Stevens received a Bronze Star for his service in WWII. He served as an intelligence officer. Kenneth Royall, the defense atty in the WWII enemy combatant case (Quirin) later became Sectry of Army and War.
Interestingly, though Ltr Cmdr Swift shined in various appearances, such details do not really come up in the usual media coverage.
"Although I think that Stevens' opinion was admirable in every way, am I the only person who found it quite uneloquent, when all is said and done?"
I noticed that too, and at first also yearned for more stirring language. However, I think Stevens intentionally left out any rhetorical flair or civics lessons because the legal reasoning and result were severe enough repudiation of the central pillars of this Administration's legal (or rather lawless) policies. I know the Justice fairly well, and he is a very generous and magnanimous man. I suspect he did not want to pour any salt in the wounds out of consideration and respect for the Executive. If only the Executive would show due respect for the other branches.
Joe 2 may be correct in his assessment of Stevens's motivation, and there is a sense it which it speaks well for him. On the other hand, he is living in a fantasy world if he believes that the Bush Administration will reciprocate in any meaningful way for the stipulated "gentleness" (at least rhetorically) of his opinion. John Kerry was the last person to make the disastrous calculation that he should lay off intense and personal criticism of Bush and his administration (in the Democratic Convention). Karl Rove will have no hesitation in Swift-boating anyone who supports Hamdan's substance. Stevens was quite willing to wax rhetorical in Bush v. Gore. I think the better explanation is that he had to tone down in order to keep a majority together for the opinion (all but the dealing with whether conspiracy is part of the law of war). It is far easier to be eloquent in concurring or dissenting opinions, as Black's were, than in majority opinions--though see Robert Jackson's opinion in Barnette, which Charles Alan Wright picked as his favorite opinion in part because it is so stirring (even if analytically flawed in some serious ways).
In teaching Hamdi, I have discovered that Clarence Thomas seems to make more headway with students than does the basically mush opinion of O'Connor, just as Scalia's dissent is wonderfully stirring. Robert Post and Reva Siegel recently presented a paper, to be published in the Fordham Law Review, arguing that Scalia is not really speaking to his fellow justices or even other lawyers, but, rather, to the public at large, precisely in order to stir them to action against what he perceives as the mistakes of his colleagues. Not one of the centristliberals seems to have the same kind of understanding of his/her role.
I've had that hunch about Scalia's audience. I have no legal training and I find him easier to read than all but Ginsberg. She's his superior.
And I don't care what that guy says about the French Revolution. Its story is still a significant treasure in our memory, one of many stories we [d]emocrats need in order to mustar the courage necessary to confront a punitive, overreaching executive.
give it up.
It would be nice to think that the press would be assiduous in protecting the "prerogatives" of their institution, or that the people themselves might be. It would be nice to think that Americans would understand that democracy is an ideology not a "truth" and that as in all ideologies indoctrination is required. It would be nice to think that people would understand that adversarialism rather than social harmony or acquiescence - or pseudoscience (rationalist or naturalist)- are primary forces in republican government.
But it ain't working out that way is it?
Chou en Lai's dismissive remark may yet endure: were the current legislators to remain in office 25 more years, some answers might appear even more urgent, as well, in 2032.
I read the Yoo interview MLederman linked, which closed trenchantly, wistfully, with regret the judiciary had entered the fray in the matter of the mistakes in design of the military commissions. For Mr. Yoo, I thought the sentiment exceptional: given his lonstanding reliance on MartyL's first hyperlinked document in that post, the infamous Bybee expostulation of what constitutes legal treatment of stateless persons disruptive of civil order. As the June 26, 2006 New Yorker article by Jane Mayer highlights, astoundingly, most of the top officials gathering to determine a response in the days following 911 were nonattorneys; though, perhaps this is less telltale of their disproportionate reliance upon Bybee's workgroup's advice in the infamous torture memo than it is revealing of precisely the condition of modern US government perceptively commented upon in this thread, that perhaps the outcome of those strategy sessions post911 was more a byproduct of partisan polity than executive branch turf building.
Though, inexplicably, the Federalist 51 version I have reviewed from the Gutenberg project ascribes to it the dual authorship of Madison, Hamilton, the body of that paper is ponderous, indeed, in discussing the conundrum of how to assure representativeness of the government, and give it actual power to rule, yet, withal, to assure its instinctive power building would be tempered by checks and balances both within each branch and equally among the three branches.
It is somewhat peculiar that the Federalist itself was a part of the fourth estate, and we know the vast politicking required to decide where exactly in the constitution to lodge the protections for free speech and press. There was a nearly ludicrous discussion of the matter of an independent press over the past end of week in a symposium reported transcripwise at this site, wherein a former Reagan administration official begins to declare some reporters should be jailed; even without Zenger to print their moonlight tracts revealing datamining, though I would expect that critic to welcome Hamilton for defense counsel.
I agree with the commenters who wait for the next shoe to drop at the Supreme Court; indeed, Friday the Solicitor General petitioned the DC circuit to hold a postHamdan review of the BoumedieneOdah packet of cases within the month of July 2006.
I believe Rutledge had an incrementalist brand of jurisprudence; I appreciate the pointer to the Harvard Law Review articles by Darryl Levinson alone and with R. Pildes; the latter is one of my favorite electoral law writers currently.
There is a lot going on here, and I defer to the wisdom of our co-discussants. I respect the simplicity of the Stevens opinion last Thursday, as it must be a fairly somber chore to address an over-reaching executive's workgroup when the higherups are non constitutional-lawyers. I only wish some of those in the top leadership were sociologists and anthropologists. In my view, there is a lot to learn from the studies in technology and even electoral politics, as a way to inform decisionmaking in the latest asymmetrical 'war' as viewed from the executive branch. A large difference in the next Scotus opinion well may be the Hamdan-recused Chief Justice's participation in that future judgment. Perhaps CJ Roberts' Rutledgelike instinctual grasp of the business perspective will speak to that specially attuned ear in the administration creatively. Meanwhile I would expect the US attorney general's liaison with the interior minister in some country possibly to produce a quick thinning of the number of detainees by some arrangement to transfer many of them to that country en bloc. Certainly, aside from the plight of detainees, there is ample opportunity for leadership from that foremost nation in the region, one which has long friendship with the West.
I'm truly not clear why my comment about Sen. Specter is objectionable. It is simply true that he has not stood up in any significant way over the past two years (i.e., since he kept his committee chairmanship by promising to play ball with the Bushies) against the Administration, for all of his posturing. And it is a matter of public record that he is ill with a disease that is often fatal. Generally speaking, one might expect persons in such a position to be particularly concerned about their legacy, including standing up for their deepest beliers. It remains to be seen whether Sen. Specter has any truly deep beliefs that are incongruent with loyal service to the President. If he in fact stands firm, I will be the first to applaud him and recant my reference to his banana-like backbone (an alalogy, incidentally, borrowed from Teddy
Roosevelt's reference to Oliver Wendell Holmes following his refusal to go along with TR's trust-busting reading of the Sherman Act).
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regarding ms. weddington's note that prof. levinson should be ashamed for a "cheap shot" at senator spector, i would refer ms. weddington to her comments to marty lederman's june 30, 2006 post entitled, "hamdan is a big deal regardless of what congress does":
"Everyone on this stie know that if stevens got hit by a bus last february or if another member of the liberals had unexpectedly died or resigned, this case would have come out the other way...
"The liberals hopes rest on an 86 year old cancer survivor and a 73 year old cancer survivor...".
enough with the bogus indignation. how is that any different than what prof. levinson said? let's agree that both of you, at the very least, stepped a bit over the bounds of taste. i would once again ask that we have intelligent discussion on this site without resort to childishness.
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Hi! I hope by this time ,you have found a good cheap hood . not all of us can afford a good self darkening hood .I waited years to get mine .About checking the pound shops most of the times you find really good bargains .like I did when I found my top of the line speedglass for $66.00 and "0" tax .to make the story short, I was checking the tools an so .and I saw this hood still in the box. and It looked like it was used just a few hours .so I ask the owner of the store for price ,and said hmmmm.about 100.00? And I Knew. I only had 66.00 bucks in my pocket .so I told him I was short a few bucks .and had to get some cash at the ATM . He says how much do you have ? 66.00 I said, He says SOLD !
I went home and price it on the internet at several places and found out it was worth 360.00 bucks .anyway that's an idea .so, I wish you lots of luck.
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Gsd34m, first off you have to look t what are you wanting to do with what type of hood your looking for? example are you just wanting to weld or do you want to be able t9o do more with it,such as cutting,grinding,torching do you see what I'm getting at if all you want to do is welding the I would look at a speedglass utility for about $170-185 these ar pretty basic for auto-darking.
Now if you want to be able to do all the lateset and greatest stuff then yes you will be paying a great deal more for them such as the Miller DIgital ELite hoods which are around $290-320 but they do it all and yes they do have some cool graphics, but in MY OPINION they are still kind of bulky for me and so I have leande to the speedglass type which do have a bigger viewing area and also I think are litter the all the other hoods on the market.
For years I've had used a Huntsman fixed #8 with the large window, just trying to get a quicker pace, but the problem I have is when doing alot of welding for the day my neck is killing me at night form flipping it up and down all day so you see why its important to get a good lite,comfortable hood and that also has a quicker responce time for changeing when you begin to weld.
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Do looks really matter?
These days more and more people start to really get insecure about how they look like and it slowly becomes a problem on a big scale, especially in France. It can especially affect girls in puberty age where they start comparing themselves to all their friends and feel very bothered that they might not be at the same stage yet. At the same time it can affect boys too, especially if they develop acne or are not as tall as their colleges.
This type of problems might seem very small compared to what is happening all around this planet, but for those teenagers it is a very serious problem that affects they everyday life and can have a massive impact on their self confidence.
With that being said to solve this type of struggles, girls reach out for beauty products and try to cover up their insecurities by putting on a lot of makeup or by using other enhancers like castor oil for the eyelashes to make them look longer and thicker.
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In France, they call it Huile De Ricin Cils and it is a very popular method these days. As you can probably see, this is not really solving the problem but only covers up the symptoms of it. The real solution to this madness is to spread the positive message to those people and let them know that they are OK just the way they are and they should not be bothered by it or try and compare themselves to their peers.
Everyone is an unique human being and should always be happy and satisfied with how they look or who they are. If more teachers spread this message in schools all around the world, there would be less and less cases of severe depression or an actual suicides that do happen because of those things. There is a lot of cases that some teenagers get severely bullied because of those reasons and they couldn't cope with the idea that everyone laughs at them and think they are "ugly" or just different.
These students often either have no one to talk to about this problem or are too shy and embarrassed to reveal that to their parents or anyone who have authority.
This really affects lives of a lot of people, not just teenagers. They sometimes can live their entire life with those ideas stuck in their head, fully believing that they are truth and identifying themselves with it. So remember, by mocking someone you might think it is just a bit of fun and even if you are not being serious, you can never know what that person is currently going through in their lives. That little joke or comment about them can really affect their life and maybe even push them to decide to do something foolish.
Whenever you think like it is good idea to mock someone, before you do it please think first how would you feel if that was you who gets laughed at. Then make a decision based on that conclusion, because no one really would want that. Even if you don't actually like that person or simply do not want to be friends with them, just be respectful and either simply leave them alone or show a sign of kindness.
It can really make a difference in some people lives and by saying a positive thing to them, even if you don't really mean it, it can make their day and brighten their mood.
There is no need to be rude or disrespectful towards anyone for no reason, if every human begin understood that and felt this way, the amount of social anxiety in our society would really, really drop.


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This excellent jam brings back memories of blueberry picking in the woods with my father, a ritual that was invariably followed by one of my mother's truly stellar blueberry pies. This recipe uses small, intensely flavored berries, such as the domestic Rancocas, or the wild ones found growing throughout the East. Blueberry jam makes an especially lively filing for linzer cookies.
2 1/2 pounds small blueberries
Place a saucer with five metal spoons in your freezer for testing the jam later.
Combine all ingredients in an 11 or 12-quart copper preserving pan or a wide nonreactive kettle. Cook on medium high-heat, stirring constantly, until the juice begins to run from the berries. When the juice starts flowing freely, stop stirring and let the mixture cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Then stir well and increase heat to high. Continue to cook, stirring frequently, until the mixture boils. Once it reaches a boil, cook for 10 to 15 minutes more, stirring frequently, and decreasing the heat slightly if the jam starts to stick. Start testing for doneness after 10 minutes.
To test for doneness, transfer a half-spoonful of jam to one of your frozen spoons. Replace the spoon in the freezer and for 3 to 4 minutes, then remove spoon from freezer and carefully feel the underside of the spoon. It should be neither warm nor cold. If still warm, return it to the freezer for a moment. Tilt the spoon vertically to see whether or not the jam runs. If it does not, the jam is ready. If it does run, continue to cook the jam for another few minutes, testing again as needed.
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Orpheus in Leather: Amsterdam's Fetish Club Scene
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It's still daylight outside - an uncharacteristically warm, sunny Amsterdam spring day, as a matter of fact. But here in this little chamber with black walls and a drain in the middle of the concrete floor, it's dark. Michael Roks, the amiable fellow by my side, calls it "the bathroom," but I'm confused. A pervasive odor of urine clings to the air yet the only urinals I note are cartoonish versions painted on the walls. Then Michael points to the square tub built into the corner. "Men, they sit in there," he explains in his thick, charming Dutch accent, "and then - you see up there?"
I crane my neck, peering at the small grate set into the ceiling above the tub. "Uh-huh..." I'm beginning to get it.
"The men up there in the room, they piss down on the man below, in the tub."
"OH! Oh, wow," I stammer. I'm more than a little shocked and slightly intrigued. Am I actually even titillated, I wonder? I'm in Dirty Dicks, one of Amsterdam's most infamous gay leather/fetish bars, to learn about the scene. If I didn't feel like a stranger in a strange land, I wouldn't be doing my job.
Roks, who manages both this bar and the Eagle next door, finishes showing me around. The decor is post-apocalyptic but everything is so clean it gleams. There are two floors with dark rooms and cabins, plus slings and a St. Andrew's cross. Reputedly, there's something called "a fist and fuck launcher - for four guys in a row," but I don't think I see it. Or maybe I do and don't recognize it. I'm sure it all gets a good workout during Dirty Dicks' special events, which include monthly golden shower, fisting and naked dark-cruising parties. Dirty Dicks is what Michael terms "sleazier" than the Eagle.
When I ask him what he means by "sleazier," he says, "Well, for example, you see guys fucking at the bar."
Amsterdam, I am fast learning, more than lives up to its reputation as the place where vice is nice.
To be fair, the Netherlands' capital is much more than sex shows, fetish bars and cafes filled with pot smoke haze. It boasts the culture of Paris and the beauty (and canals) of Venice, along with superb restaurants, stellar shopping and a rich, fascinating history. And yet, there's all that decadence begging to be explored. Amsterdam has long been known as a bastion of freewheeling liberalism, a city where personal freedom is paramount and the good times never end. And for more than half a century, it has also been home to one of the most vibrant leather scenes on the planet.
A Legacy of Leather
According to Pieter Claeys, Mr. Leather Europe 2009 and a leather historian who runs the site www.leatherhistory.eu, the European leather culture first found footing during the mid 20th century in the cities of Berlin, London and Amsterdam. "In Amsterdam, it really started in 1956, when Sako Jan Tiemersma and Anton Johan Kennedy opened the Hotel Tiemersma, which was aimed at sailors and gay friends of theirs," Claeys explains. The pension was located on Warmoesstraat, the oldest street in the city and still ground zero for Amsterdam's leather and fetish nightlife. It quickly began attracting leather-clad, ber-macho men looking for the same.
"What I've read is that visitors brought the leather style," continues Claeys. "You had the biker culture in California, and you had gay men into S&M. And that kind of got fused, this whole idea of masculinity and men into S&M. That's where leather culture originated from. They adopted the biker style. You know, the first dark room in Europe was the cellar of the Tiemersma, because it was dark, it was humid and you had urinals there. The hotel rooms didn't have bathrooms. Everyone had to go downstairs to take a leak, and that's where they met each other."
In 1965, Tiemersma and Kennedy opened the Argos a few blocks away. It was the first leather bar on the continent, an outgrowth of the little tavern they operated at the hotel out of their kitchen. Eventually Argos would come under new ownership; in 1976 it moved to Warmoesstraat. Although Hotel Tiemersma had been shuttered a few years earlier, the street was fast becoming the center of leather life. In 1974, Dirty Dicks opened there and the Eagle followed suit in 1979.
Today, in addition to Argos, Dirty Dicks and the Eagle, the Warmoesstraat offers two leather/fetish gear shops: RoB Amsterdam, founded by the late Rob Meijer, a renowned figure who also ran a controversial gallery dedicated to male erotic art, and Mr. B. Now celebrating its 20th anniversary, Mr. B is a massive, multilevel emporium with congenial salespeople who offer shoppers apple juice to sip on while browsing and occasionally hang submissive men upside down by their feet to the delight of passersby. There are also tamer establishments located on the street, such as the Warehouse, a dance club with a cruising area that opened last summer, and Getto, a beloved bar/restaurant that hosts musical performances, variety shows and tarot card readings.
Other leather/fetish-oriented bars sprinkled throughout central Amsterdam include the Cuckoo's Nest, now 30 years old and with a mammoth cruising labyrinth in the basement said to be one of Europe's largest; the Web, in operation since 1986, with 10 individual cabins and a location not far from the Nest; and Spijker, a small bar opened in 1978 that's far less leather focused these days, but still sports an upstairs cruise area. Spijker is just a few blocks from Thermos, the city's oldest gay sauna. And then there's the new kid on the block, Club Church.
A Church for Sinners
When it opened in 2008, Church was unique: a cruise club that offered different fetish-themed parties. "We'd organized sex parties in the Eagle and elsewhere for years, so we had a lot of experience," notes Richard Keldoulis, Church's owner. "And we wanted to start organizing other parties as well, like underwear parties and sportswear parties, so we started looking for our own venue. It kind of all fell into our hands. Depending on the night, it's really anything goes. It's funny because there was a woman in Church a couple of months ago; she was saying 'Oh yeah, it's so free, people walking around without their shirts on!' I mean, come on - so many people walk around naked!"
Every Tuesday at Church is k!nk night, with fist and fuck, fetish and S&M, and golden shower evenings rotating weekly. Experienced men to beginners are welcome, and the dress code is kinky, fetish, naked or jockstrap. There are several levels of play areas, a good-sized dance floor, private cabins, slings and showers galore. According to Keldoulis, who also co-owns NZ, a sleek new sauna that launched last December not far from Central Station, Church is going gangbusters, with upward of 1,000 people through the door every week and each year building on the success of the last.
Yet there have been whispers that until recently the Amsterdam leather scene was in a bit of a decline. The reasons for the slump appear to have been myriad. In 2010, Paul Wierks, who owned both Dirty Dicks and the Eagle, died while vacationing in Florida. The next day, a major fire swept through the latter bar, forcing its closure. That same year, Sjoerd Kooistra, proprietor of several bars on the more mainstream Reguliersdwarsstraat, committed suicide, shuttering those establishments. "The general attitude from City Hall in Amsterdam for the last decade has been to discourage new erotic or fetish spaces," says Keldoulis. "That's what we experienced with Church. They were not happy to have a new dark room, and we got all these letters trying to shut us down."
It all sounds like it might be a long way from the Amsterdam leather scene's halcyon days back in the 1970s, when new bars were opening left and right, the Motor Sportclub Amsterdam (MSA) was established to give the city's leathermen a better chance to meet, and everyone caroused at colossal warehouse parties thrown by the infamous LL-bar. But Keldoulis believes: "The tide is turning. The city council really helped us with the long process obtaining all the necessary licenses for the new sauna. I think the general negative view from council about sex-on-premises venues is changing. And with the new blood in the scene, like Michael from Eagle, there's a new sense of cooperation, something that has long been missing."
The Scene's Savior
Roks is indisputably one of the scene's primary movers and shakers. Last year, he founded both Amsterdam Bear Pride and Amsterdam Fetish Pride, which by all accounts were smash successes. Roks' cooperation with other leather/fetish organizations, businesses and events extends past his own Fetish and Bear Prides.
For Leather Pride, an older festival that has run every October or November since 1996, he works with BLUF (Breeches and Leather Uniform Fanclub) Amsterdam. They offer upward of nine workshops in bondage, whipping, electro, puppy play and more at Dirty Dicks and the Eagle. The workshops are typically scheduled during the day for up to 25 people and always sell out. Both Mister Rubber Nederland and Mister B occasionally hold events in the bars as well.
"Of course, other bars like the Web, Church, Cuckoo's Nest and Argos are competitors, but I have a good contact with them, and it is important to let them join in Fetish Pride and Bear Pride. In the early days, people in the leather scene didn't work together. Now the managers work together to attract people, and it's much better. It's easier."
I'm sitting in the Eagle, the sun long gone from the sky, getting the lowdown from Roks on his enlightened business philosophy. I'm also sneaking peeks around me. Tonight's theme is "Young Eagle," a party with no dress code that's meant to encourage newbies who otherwise might be too intimidated to give the fetish scene a try.
There are only a few guys here, and they aren't sporting any leather apparel, but it's early yet. Because the Eagle has a club license, it can stay open until 4 a.m. during the week and until 5 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. That usually means things don't get cooking until one or so. As I peer around me I notice I'm attracting a few quizzical glances. Both the Eagle and Dirty Dicks are strictly men-only establishments and Michael has told me, half-seriously, that I'm only the third woman to pass through the door.
I'm flattered. In fact, I'm so flattered - and charmed by Michael, and anxious to see a leatherman - that I really want to stick around. But tonight is Blue at Church, a kinder, gentler party that women are invited to attend, and I promised Richard I'd swing by. Who knows ... maybe I'll make my way back to the Eagle later. It's 12:30 a.m. on a Friday in Amsterdam, a city where anything is possible, and the night is just beginning.


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potatoes, cut into wedges
6 cloves
garlic, minced
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olive oil
1 cup
1/4 cup
fresh lemon juice
sea salt to taste
ground black pepper to taste
1 1/2 tablespoons
dried oregano
1 teaspoon
chopped fresh mint
1 (8 ounce) package
crumbled feta cheese
Very good recipe, Cyndi! I scaled it down quite a bit, but I wish I wouldn't have with the mint. My family discovered they liked feta, so thanks for that, too! I would recommend cooking this in foil that has been sprayed because it burned a little in my pan. I think next time I'll cut the potatoes in rounders rather than wedges, and I'll add the feta for the last minute or so of cooking time.
Followed the recipes exactly with ok results but no wow factor. May or may not make again.These are just average.
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WOWZA! Cindy these were completely fabulous in every sense of the word. Here is what I did different. I precooked the potatoes in the micro to give them a head start, We are under another heat advisory again and I was using the grill outside, no 400 degree oven for me tonight. I did cut back on the water since they were partially cooked, but followed everything else to the T. I did have a few fresh picked green beans that needed to be used so I added that to the potatoes in my grill pan. Really wonderful and yes I will make them again!
Cyndi, this recipe gives potatoes a great flavor. Will be making these often. I did not have 80 min. to bake them so I microwaved them for 10 min on high, covered, then put them in the oven(uncovered) for 35 min until the potatoes were tender and browned. I did not have fresh mint but it tasted fantastic without it. Thanks Cyndi, great recipe
5 stars from each and every one of us! I made this as written except that I cut the potatoes smaller, substituted chicken broth for the water and marinaded the potatoes to include the herbs. These were done in about an hour at 410. Delicious and a big hit with the whole family. I served with my "Mediterranean" style turkey meatloaf and it made for the perfect dinner! Thank you, Cyndi, for sharing an outstanding side dish!
Oooh. SOOOO yummy!!! Made these to accompany the marinated Greek chicken kabobs (katplusgoll) I made for dinner tonight. I was thinking of taking the easy route and just opening a pouch of Uncle Ben's rice pilaf to serve on the side, but I am SOOO glad I didn't. :) I pretty much followed Cat Lady's directions to the letter except for a few minor changes. First, I halved everything since this was a side dish for two people. Second, I used the full amount of herbs called for (we like herbs!). And finally, I subbed chicken broth for water and used more of it (my potatoes seemed dry half way thru the first 40 minutes, so I added a 1/2 c. more at that point and another 1/2 c. when I added my herbs). Oh, and I also used herbed instead of plain feta (yummy!). THREE TIPS: a) if you want to prep ahead of time, simply cut your potatoes and add to a large pot of water; then add a bit of lemon juice to prevent browning, b) if you rinse / drain your potatoes and then dry (with a kitchen towel) REALLY well, you'll end up with perfectly crisp potatoes (this process removes excess starch which prevents potatoes from crisping up) and c) spread your potatoes on a WELL-GREASED, wide rimmed baking sheet and roast on the top rack of your oven (you'll also find that this helps crisp everything up, again, if you like your potatoes slightly crisp...). Thanks for sharing, Cyndi! This one's going in my "keeper" file for sure. :-)
HOLY SMOKES! these potatoes are fabulous -- perhaps the best i have ever made. i put these in a cast iron skillet on the grill, covered with foil, and let them bake for 40 minutes. the feta adds such a nice subtle flavor to these. this will be my go to potato recipe from now on. thanks so much cyndi.
Excellent! This had all the flavor of my favorite souvlaki, but on potatoes! My only caveat, and it is small, is that there was too much oil. I had to drain some off to get a crispiness. No biggie, I probably had them in a smaller pan than what is required. The cooking time was perfect for me (the water keeps them from burning). I added my oregano at the specified time, but left my mint until just before serving. I wanted it to look really bright and fresh. Thanks for a great recipe! I'm already planning to make it again.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Herbed Greek Roasted Potatoes with Feta Cheese
Serving Size: 1/10 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 10
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 379
Calories from Fat: 192
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The year is 1771. Claire Randall is still an outlander, out of place and out of time. But now she is linked by love to her only anchor: Jamie Fraser. They have crossed oceans and centuries to build a life together in North Carolina. But tensions, both ancient and recent, threaten members of their clan.
Knowing that his wife has the gift of prophecy, James must believe Claire, though he would prefer not to. Claire has shared a dreadful truth: there will, without a doubt, be a war. Her knowledge of the oncoming revolution is a flickering torch that may light his way through perilous years ahead - or ignite a conflagration that will leave their lives in ashes.
©2001 Diana Gabaldon (P)2002 Recorded Books, LLC
Have listened to all Diana's books (twice)- including the abridged version (hated it). The detail and depth of her stories are what makes them so great, not to mention Davina's wonderful narration. I am in love with Jaime- and appreciate the research that went into the historical part of the novels. Would love for this series to go on forever. Great listen and well worth the credit!
It is about time The Fiery Cross was made available in the unabridged version!!! I love this whole series and was devastated at the abridged version of this book! It was total butchery! Diana is an amazing writer encompassing history and romance with action/adventure, myths and legends and time travel all within an amazing story! And NO ONE could narrate these books other than Davina Porter! Her ability to give each of the characters their own distinct voice allows the reader to know who is speaking without being told and she has a firm grasp on each personality so that it makes the listener feel as if they are not only a part of the story but a part of the family as well. Can't wait for book 8!!!
"Something that had to be gotten through"
I have been thoroughly enjoying the Outlander series. The first book, "Outlander" was just brilliant, and I also liked "Dragonfly in Amber" quite a bit. "Voyager" left a bit to be desired and "Drums of Autumn" was a good story but had slowed down the storyline and needed an editor badly. Gabaldon has become enamored of deeetaaaaaiil. She clearly does a lot of research into the subjects she writes about, even including excruciating detail about how things smell and what seasickness is like and the diets of Scottish farmers and... well... a lot of detail.
And in "The Fiery Cross" she really let loose. It's almost as if she can't help herself. It took several hours just to get through the first day of the novel. The book is much, much too long and clearly is intended as a transition to get the reader into the life of Jamie and Claire in the American wilderness. But there were many places where I just wanted them to MOVE ON ALREADY.
Why did I continue listening? Well, principally because Davina Porter is an absolute genius at narrating these books. I cannot praise her enough. She is simply perfectly brilliant. She has the wonderful Scots brogue down pat, and it contrasts beautifully with British accents she uses - several different ones. And her Scots brogue is distinctly different from her Irish brogue. And she delivers non-English as if she were a native speaker of each of the languages, from Gaelic to French to Mohawk to Iroquois. She even figured out how to deliver French spoken with a Gaelic accent! The only thing she can't do is American English. The Americans in the novel all ended up sounding like British. But that's OK. I'd listen to these books just to listen to her amazing skill and range.
I finished because I had to move on to "The Fiery Cross" as I'm not ready to abandon this wonderful saga. Gabaldon is that amazing a writer.
I'm a 24-year-old woman who loves to read. The longer the book, the better. The Stand, The Help and The Hunger Games are my favorites.
"Finally it's here!"
This has been a long time coming. For me, it's been 3 years of requesting this at least once a week. Fantastic series with a fantastic reader. Now I can finish the series and see what happens to all the characters. Thank you audible for making this available.
For new readers, I strongly recommend starting with Outlander and working your way forward. What I love about these books is that they don't fit into any specific genre. There's romance, bloodshed, betrayal, time travel, Etc., but please don't let the fact that this is a bit of a science fiction read discourage you from trying it out because there's so much more to this series. I mean, who can resist a scottish warrior.:) I myself finished Outlander in 2 weeks, and that was during my Freshman year of college, and it happened to be the end of the semester.
As I've said, these books are very different which is hard to find these days. Davina Porter is an AMAZING narrator also. Like I say, start with Outlander if you are new to this series and don't let the fact that this book is list in the sci-fi category discourage you from at least trying it.
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Davina Porter is the best Narrator of Diana's books.
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"Life on the Frontier Is Difficult. Duh."
I turned my nose up at the Outlander series for years, thinking that these books were nothing more than silly, schlocky romances. It was the listener reviews on Audible that convinced me to try the first book in the series, and *much* to my surprise I became an enthusiastic fan, both of this series and of the complementary series by Gabaldon that features Lord John Grey.
Davina Porter's wonderful narration makes the audio versions of these books better than their print incarnations. I also find Jeff Woodman's interpretation of the Grey novels delightful.
Loved "Outlander" and "Dragonfly in Amber." Thought "Voyager" was the best of the series so far, and indeed rank it as one of the most enjoyable books I've ever listened to. "Drums of Autumn" was a bit of a letdown, partly because "Voyager" was so good and partly because of the prominence of the character I have come to think of as "Bratty Brianna" (actually I use another adjective, but not on a public site). But "Drums" had an action-packed story that kept me turning the pages (or the audio equivalent).
"The Fiery Cross," unfortunately, moves more slowly than an icebound Highland stream in January. The detailed descriptions of the difficult everyday life on the American frontier in 1771--a time without toilet tissue or disposable diapers, as we learn in not one but several accounts of baby Jem's "exploits"--take up far more than is reasonable of the massive page count in this book, which lacks the edge-of-your seat action of Jamie and Claire's previous adventures. Brianna is still around. She has become a little less bratty now that she's reunited with Roger (nothing wrong with Roger except that he's not Jamie Frasier), but the constant references to her breast milk got nauseating.
The next book in the series, "A Breath of Snow and Ashes," is in my library, but I'm going to wait and bit and rest up from (or perhaps, better, try and wake up from) the Fiery Cross before moving on. The reviews seem to indicate ABoSaA is a better story, so I'll keep going.
"Unabridged, alright."
Seriously. After waiting all this time for the unabridged audible version, I finally got started listening to this and am now thinking abridgment might not be such a bad thing. I am pretty sure that fewer than 8 hours of time in the story pass in the first 8 hours of the recording. I got very impatient for the story to start moving, and when it finally seemed to get along, the multiple storylines separate and backtrack over the same time again. I am still only to part 3 of the recording, but at 16 hours in, it isn't too early to say that even fans are going to need a lot of patience with this book.
"I too was waiting..."
....for Ms. Porter's lovely voice to continue this series. It was so great to read everyone's (very bad) opinion of the abridged edition, and to thus avoid it! I waited, and am so glad I did: Claire and Jamie together again with Ms. Porter's divine voice playing all the parts so well. Thank you much for putting it out there as soon as was available through Recorded Books (which no longer sends out books to reader; what is it about that?). I'm still not finished, but it's a great ride so far!!
"took the long way around"
The entire story could be told in five minutes -- but it took this book more than 30 hours to do it.
It wasn't a horrible book because if you have come this far you have grown to love the characters. But, not a whole lot really happens. There is a lot of the characters we have grown to love going through their every day lives... dayyyy byyyyy dayyyyy.
"Thank YOU!!!!"
I had checked this audiobook via Interlibrary Loan from my local library (who had to get it from another state for the record), because the Unabridged Version was not available at the time (seemed like forever!). So, Thank You SOOO MUCH for being so extremely prompt about putting this out here for us as soon as you could!!! I use Audible through my Kindle, and I'm a happy reader/listener. Verra Happy!
"Please please"
I echo the above sentiment. Having listened to the previous four books it is a joyl to hear Davina Porter's wonderful voice again. Please please record book 6.
"Jamie & Claire Saga continues"
This is book 5 of the time travel Outlander series of adventures of Claire Randall and highlander Jamie Fraser. I have read all seven books and listened to them on disc and via Audible as well. Can't wait for book eight!
"Too long Davina"
I love the series but am still plowing my way through this one. the first chapters go on and on and am not sure that they have added anything. I have now got to the interest and pace that I loved in some of the earlier books. I am sure by the end i will love it.
"Brilliant again"
Can't spend too much time writing a revue on this brilliant story ,I wont to listen to the next one.
"Still Hooked!"
This in a epic series, the detail is incredible and the story keeps twisting and turning. Looking forward to the next one.
"Excellent performance"
Davina Porter is a fantastic voice actress and makes these books so enjoyable. They are great for a story to listen to without needing to think about them; I listen in the car
Great looking forward to next part, lives up to all the rest of the books so far
"lovely but..."
As always a beautiful stroy and all are beloved caracters. But the intrigue is stretched out and lost in hours of none related everyday life, babys and animal attackes (lots of theme). Hope the next one keeps my interest
"Captivating and informative."
Davina Porter has made me believe this family is real and I would recognise each of them by their voices alone. The villains are so well portrayed that just the mention of their names brings a feeling of unease over me. I've read all the Outlander books and I dearly miss the characters on my daily walks.
"Adventure in the wilderness"
Plenty of insights into the lives of the early settlers in North Carolina, lots of lovely domestic details
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"This recipe for gingerbread men uses butterscotch pudding mix and doesn't require molasses!"
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1 (3.5 ounce) package
cook and serve butterscotch pudding mix
1/2 cup
1/2 cup
packed brown sugar
1 1/2 cups
all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon
baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons
ground ginger
1 teaspoon
ground cinnamon
I made this recipe with my husband and son last week. I liked it very much. However, if you are looking for a true gingerbread tasting cookie, this is NOT it. I tried this recipe because I thought my 3 year old would turn his nose up to real gingerbread. I would describe this as a cross between a gingerbread cookie and a butter/sugar cookie. It was great. My cookies did not run. They looked great and tasted great. They had a nice soft texture. If you have to go out and get butterscotch pudding.....you better get one or two more boxes because we didn't get that many cookies out of this. We had a blast making them. Fun to eat too! It made a nice mild tasting gingerbread cookie. I was very pleased.
I have a problem with this recipe. The only liquid is butter and egg. What am I doing wrong. Am I supposed to make the pudding before adding to the rest of the recipe.. It says dry then what did I do wrong
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Delicious! The dough was so easy to work with, not sticky and rolled out wonderfully. (That in itself really sold me on this recipe as I tend to shy away from rolled dough recipes because they are time consuming and usually the dough is a hassle.) I did increase the cinnamon and ginger to taste and added cloves for a spicer cookie. I also used the instant pudding instead of the cook-and-serve and they turned out great. I did double the recipe and used half margarine and half butter. Baked 8-9 minutes instead of the 10-12 resulting in a softer chewier version of this classic. You definitely taste the butterscotch which I found to be a surprisingly pleasant alternative, and I liked the fact that it didn't use molasses. I cut-out various sizes of large, medium and small little buddies and decorated them with raisins and white piped icing and they came out adorable! Thanks for sharing Kim and this one is going in my family favorites cookbook~
this is the perfect gingerbread man recipe for children! i brought these to a cookie exchange party last year and the kids gobbled these right up but snubbed the traditional gingerbread men that were very spicy. i decorated the cookies with a very simple design made out of the following vanilla icing/glaze:
combine 2 cups powdered sugar, 1 1/2 tablespoons softened butter, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 3-4 tablesppons of milk and stir until smooth and well blended. adjust for spreading or piping consistency by adding more milk or powdered sugar.
i put the icing in a gallon food storage bag and took a tiny tiny snip off one of the corners of the bag and pipped two eyes, a smile, squiggly lines at the hands and feet, and three buttons topped with cinnamon red candies. make sure you let the cookies sit out so the icing hardens before stacking for storage or putting on the cookie tray.
I used instant pudding because that was all my little grocery store had. It turned out fine. The taste is more mild than typical which is good because my kids don't usually like ginger bread. They liked these. The dough was easy to handle, roll, cut, and decorate. The cookies were sturdy but not tough. Somewhere between crispy and chewy. I will make these again. Definitely use a mixer or you won't get all the flour in.
This is easy & makes a nice dough for cutting. My kids love them. I found that 10 minutes was too long to bake, 8-9 made a slightly softer cookie with better flavor. I melted white & milk chocolate chips (separately) and dipped the pants of the gingerbread man into the chocolate. What a hit for a cookie exchange! Thanks.
Fantastic Cookie! I wasn't sure about making a gingerbread cookie that didn't have molasses as an ingredient. However, I love butterscotch-anything and, after reading the other reviews, I thought I'd give this recipe a chance. I'm so glad that I did! YUMMY!!! Very easy to work with, even my neighbor's young children were able to roll these out and cut them. I served them at a Christmas party last year with many other cookies. These were the first to go and when I asked my guests to take cookies with them as they left, they all wanted to know where my "secret stash" of these were hidden. I appeased them by printing out copies of this recipe. Thank you, Kim for a delicious and easy recipe!
This is the first rolled cookie I've ever made (I'm not a baker:) and I think it turned out great! Super easy recipe and not too many ingredients. I was a little freaked after creaming the butter, sugar and pudding mix because it was crumbly and not Creamy. but after adding the flour with the mixer, I just pressed it into a ball and chilled. Turned out fine. also I only cooked them 8-9 minutes. 10-11 was too long. This is a wonderful recipe for a first timer like myself!!
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Servings Per Recipe: 30
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 79
Calories from Fat: 30
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