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Consider a junction of three wires, called a node, as shown in Figure 12–9. Information is given concerning the amount and direction of the current in only two of the wires. With this information, however, it is possible to deduce the amount and direction of the unknown current in the third wire. This is what Kirchhoff's current law is all about. This law can be stated as follows:
At any node, the algebraic sum of the currents equals zero.
You have probably reasoned already that, in Figure 12–9A, a current of 2 amperes is flowing from left to right, and in Figure 12–9B, a current of 8 amperes is flowing from left to right. It appears that the total amount of current flowing into a junction must equal the current coming out. In short: What goes in must come out.
To apply Kirchhoff's current law, we arbitrarily assign positive direction to currents flowing into the junction and negative direction to currents coming out of the juncion. If X denotes the unknown quantity, it follows that for Figure 12–9A
Remember, the negative sign of the answer denotes the current flowing away from the junction.
The following example is designed to demonstrate the usefulness of Kirchhoff's volt- age and current laws in the solution of complex circuits.
Given: The circuit shown in Figure 12–10.
Find: All voltage drops, all resistance values, and all branch currents that are not given.
Note: Remember, our aim is to find all branch currents.
Applying the principles of Kirchhoff 's current law, the following facts can be confirmed.
• The 8-ampere current entering node A divides in such manner that 3 amperes will flow upward (from A to B) through R8.
• The power source provides a line current of 8 amperes to the circuit. The same 8-ampere current returns to the power source through R1. Therefore, I1 5 8 amperes.
• At point B the current I8 combines with the current I2 to constitute the 8-ampere line current leaving point B toward the left. This implies that I2 must be equal to 5 amperes.
• Knowing that I2 5 5 amperes and I3 5 3 amperes, it follows that I9, flowing from D to C, equals 2 amperes.
• This completes all the computations for the different branch currents. We suggest that you enter the new information into your diagram, as shown in Figure 12–10.
Using Ohm's law, we can now find the voltage drops of the first loop as follows:
At this time you should have a complete understanding of simple voltage dividers, which were covered in Chapter 10. A brief review of Sections 10–8 through 10–11 is highly recommended before proceeding with this section.
To understand the concept of loaded voltage dividers, consider the following hypothetical problem.
Let us assume you own a small portable radio that requires a 9-volt battery. All you have available is a 12-volt battery and a few resistors, so you decide to construct a voltage divider like the one shown in Figure 12–11. The values of the resistors are chosen in a ratio of 1 to 3; therefore, the supply voltage will be divided in a like ratio and you have your desired 9-volt supply, or so you think.
But watch what happens when you connect your radio across terminals A and B. Your radio, too, has a resistance, say 30 kilohms. When you connect the radio across the 60-kilohm resistor, you have a parallel circuit from A to B with an equivalent resistance of 20 kilohms. Now your voltage division is in a ratio of only 1 to 1, and your radio receives only 6 volts instead of the anticipated 9 volts. The radio has loaded the voltage divider. In other words, simple (unloaded) voltage dividers are series circuits, while loaded voltage dividers represent series-parallel circuits.
Note: The word load refers, of course, to any device that draws current from the voltage divider. That much is probably obvious to you. What may be new is the fact that
A small resistance is a big load and a large resistance represents a small load.
You see, the nominal size of a load is determined by the current it draws, not by its resistance value. Knowing this, you may appreciate the fact that the output from a voltage divider changes with varying load conditions. This f luctuation of voltage output is referred to as voltage regulation.
A high percentage of voltage regulation is undesirable and can be improved by minimizing the value of the so-called bleeder resistor. The bleeder is defined as that portion of the voltage divider that is connected parallel to the load.
The design of a voltage divider begins with choosing the size of the bleeder resistor so that it will draw at least 10% of the load current. An example will illustrate this.
Given: A power source of 240 volts and a load that draws 60 milliamps at 150 volts, as shown in Figure 12–12.
Find: The proper resistance values of the voltage divider.
• Series-parallel circuits can be redrawn in a simplified form by substituting equivalent resistors for parallel and series combinations.
• Kirchhoff's voltage law states that the algebraic sum of voltages around any closed
loop equals zero.
• Kirchhoff's current law states that the algebraic sum of currents at a node equals zero.
• Practical voltage dividers are series-parallel circuits whose resistance values are determined by the load(s).
• Heavy loads are characterized by a low resistance, and small loads are characterized by high resistance.
• Low-value bleeder resistors improve the voltage regulation of voltage dividers.
Achievement Review
1. Solve for these quantities using the following schematic.
9. Solve the following circuit to find all voltage drops and all the currents. Sug- gested sequence of operations:
a. Find RT and IT.
b. Apply Kirchhoff's and Ohm's laws to find unknown.
c. Enter all your answers in the drawing. (It helps to use different colors.)
d. Confirm your results by adding voltages around each loop.
10. Find
a. The total resistance of the circuit.
b. The voltage drop across A–B.
c. The current in the branch A–D–C.
d. The potential difference between B and D.


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The airline will operate the
route three times per week.
Mr. Yariv Levin, Minister of Tourism - Israel,
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More reports from my trip to Yosemite last weekend. This time I want to tell you about the Curry Village Buffet. Last season the cafeteria style buffet was about $12 per person for all you can eat. If you were over 55 they gave a couple bucks off. I am not a gourmet, so I have been very happy with the offerings. Tons of chicken, fish, pasta, tacos, salad, jello and all the cranberry juice I could l drink. So we stopped by to check out the buffet Saturday night. They were having a skier's special event and the posted price was $23.50. Yikes. OK, a special event. I talked the man the next day about it and he said their regular winter rate was $22. I asked if the normal price would get back to the $12 level during the summer. Er, no, it will go up to $18. And no senior discount. Holy inflation, Batman!. I suspect they will lose a lot of low income patrons. Since you can't cook in or around your tent cabin, get ready for long pizza lines.
Unrelated thought worth quoting: "Trees go wandering forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us around the sun two million miles a day, and through space heaven knows how fast and far!" – John Muir
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I lie to you in lack of speech;
I let the silence stop and breathe.
I lie my words down next to you,
As clueless as all sudden truth.
You will remain in the black of my tales,
Unaware of the wind that fills these sails.
So continue your role on this ship;
Gather your things and assist my slip.
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NCIS is setting up a beautiful metaphor with a situation in which old and new team members are integrating into the new dynamic…by rearranging the setup of the bullpen so it works for everyone.
To use the visual impact of how to fit more people into the established setup by rearranging the familiar space is, in this writer's opinion, nothing less that brilliant.
As the team struggles to establish its new identity, McGee (Sean Murray) will work to adjust to being the new senior field agent and will have a chance finally to shed any remaining "probie" persona.
Bishop (Emily Wickersham) will have an opportunity for a "butterfly" moment. Having worked at the NSA and losing her husband, Jake, who often was the only the person in whom she could confide, the possibility to live more "outside of her own head" could present itself.
Enter Alex Quinn (Jennifer Esposito) who has unique insight into Bishop's personality after having trained her,
Quinn loves to tease Bishop while bolstering her confidence at the same time. Look for this bond to develop into "girl power" opportunities that open up new avenues for both women and add an aspect that the show has not had yet…a female dynamic duo in the field.
Meanwhile, Quinn will have challenges of her own. She is in the position of being the "un-probie"…the new team member who may know more than her senior associates.
She has a secret that will be revealed over the next few weeks. Gibbs (Mark Harmon) knows the secret. Will it affect his relationship with her? Will her hair turn redder over the season?
Perhaps the most difficult adjustment to "team spirit" will be for Nick Torres (Wilmer Valderrama). Having been alone during eight years of undercover work, he not only will struggle to be in a world where a team has his back, he will have to redefine who he really is after pretending to be someone else for much of his adult life.
MI-6 Agent Clayton Reeves (Duane Henry) will be the late-comer and not only have to learn NCIS procedures but also will be in what is to him, a foreign country where people drive on the "wrong" side of the road. Keep watch for some comedic opportunities.
As the three newbies work to find their place on the team (and the best place to sit), the other members will have to adjust to three new people instead of the usual solo replacement.
So how does the meshing of "who you were before versus who you are now" get illustrated? By sending the team to a reunion, of course.
Reunions…the place where people's expectations of you often clash with who you once were and who you are now…another fabulous metaphor for the evolution of a team.
When a murder at a Quantico reunion needs to be investigated, the evolving NCIS team will begin its journey into what needs to be done and how to adjust to the situation of "what we were then and what we are now."
Tonight's episode, "Being Bad" features a guest cast that includes the delightful Vernée Watson as Miss Helen Frimkes, John Kapelos, Braden Lynch, Joshua LeBar, Devin Sidell, Mike Falkow, Conner Marx, and for our many SUPERNATURAL fans, Amy Gumenick, aka "Young Mary Winchester." Executive Producer Steven D. Binder wrote "Being Bad," which was directed by James Whitmore, Jr.
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Have the Central Board of Secondary Education students cracked the code to score high in the Board exams?
The board feels so and has decided to stop publishing the popular sample papers for classes XI and XII from next year as the number of high scorers have increased significantly in the recent years and that the sample papers have contributed to this trend.
As per CBSE the decision is taken as many students restrict their studies to the sample paper solving and yet score high marks without really knowing the complete syllabus. The board feels that without the sample papers the students will have to go through detailed studies instead of selective mode.
"Students are increasingly getting selective in their studies and the sample papers seem to have been contributing to this. It's not a healthy academic practice as students need to study in a comprehensive manner. Therefore, the sample papers hence forth will not be available. The board has initiated a number of exam reforms which include higher order thinking skills, value-based questions and open-text based assessment so that the assessment system is enhanced," said chairman of CBSE, Vineet Joshi.
In fact, the increase in high scores at class XII level is also indicative of the high cutoffs for admissions at undergraduate level in popular colleges across India.
Source : Times of India
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A new name "might" have leapt into contention to become Fernando Alonso's teammate at McLaren-Honda next year.
Former team driver Martin Brundle on Saturday told McLaren supremo Ron Dennis that everyone in the paddock knows Alonso has now inked a deal for 2015.
"Which driver are you talking about?" Dennis told the commentator for British television Sky.
In truth, despite Dennis' insistence, the only true question-mark is over the identity of Alonso's teammate.
Conventional Dennis logic would suggest McLaren will put together the best and most experienced drivers it can muster — and that might be Alonso and the 2009 world champion Jenson Button.
But paddock rumours suggest the Woking based team is in fact more likely to keep the in-house rookie Kevin Magnussen on board.
Dennis told Brundle: "You presume that there are three people involved in this choice. But I think you should stretch your imagination to four."
The most logical fourth candidate would be the McLaren-contracted GP2 driver Stoffel Vandoorne, who commandingly won Saturday's Abu Dhabi race from pole.
He will also drive the Honda-powered interim McLaren in next week's post-race Abu Dhabi test.
"'Might' is an interesting word," answered Dennis, when asked if Belgian Vandoorne might be a candidate.
Later, however, team boss Eric Boullier played down the Vandoorne rumours, suggesting the 22-year-old will spend another year in GP2 to try to win the title.
The smart money now is on McLaren fielding an Alonso-Magnussen lineup in 2015.
"I have a strong desire for Denmark to wake up," Dennis told Danish television TV3, "and realise that they have an unique opportunity to support someone who could easily become a sporting legend of the country.
"I hope that one of the multinationals realises that life is not always about money but also national pride.
"I've done my part," added Dennis, "and I think it's time that Denmark does the same."


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A Joyous Entry is a local name used for the royal entry - the first official peaceable visit of a inreigning monarch, prince, duke or governor into a city .The custom began in the Middle Ages and continued until the French Revolution, although less often in Protestant counties after the Reformation. A formal first visit to a city by an inheritor of the throne of Belgium upon his accession and since 1900 for a crown prince upon his marriage, is still referred to as a "Joyous Entry", a reminder of this tradition of the rule of law.
This was the only nice picture of Mathilde when on the façade of the Town Hall, she petted with her husband the Monkey of the Great Guard. The origin is unknown, but it is now a symbol of the city. Touch his head with your left hand and you will find happiness for at least a year. That's what they did.
After that I could only see the face of King Philip in the crowd and only a half face of Queen Mathilde. It was only a coincidence that our Prime Minister has "Joyous entry" written on his forehead. Maybe it's for an entry of good ideas.
When I only saw a flying saucer instead of a person, I gave up. I thought it really wasn't an appropriate hat to wear for such an occasion. I get the impression that since she became Queen her hats get bigger and bigger. Before she was mostly hatless or wore little once. After all she has a pretty face and nothing to hide. Or should the flying saucers replace a crown ??
7 comments:
- A Lady's Life said...
its nice to see other royalty making the news Hope they petted the head for everyone lol
- 22 Sep 2013, 08:09:00
- Linens and Royals said...
That's a good hat, Queen Mathilde can't get lost in the crowd with a flying saucer hat like that.
- 22 Sep 2013, 10:43:00
- biebkriebels said...
Yes I agree, when you intermingle in the public, you have to show your face at least.
- 22 Sep 2013, 12:47:00
- jabblog said...
I love the idea of a 'Joyous Entry' - it sounds so pleasant.
- 22 Sep 2013, 13:02:00
- Loree said...
I love your observations, they are always so funny - especially the one about the prime minister.
- 22 Sep 2013, 20:39:00
- Sandra Carlier said...
What an interesting post about the royal family in Belgium! The hat is really big! You're right!
- 22 Sep 2013, 23:01:00
- Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...
Interesting to read about the long-held tradition. Funny to read your take on it. Nobody wears hats around here and they make me laugh when they're so "grand"...but I am just a small-town western girl, so what do I know about fashion.
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By Rich Trzupek
There is much to criticize about President Obama's administration, but one can find the occasional gem if one searches. The President's comments about Africa (continental slogan: "We make Blago look like a saint!") are welcome indeed.
He upbraided African leaders for mismanaging their nations, their people, their vast resources and just about everything else that could possibly be mismanaged. OK, he didn't exactly use those words, but in diplomatic speak, that was pretty much the gist.
It's a silly example of political correctness that a white American President can't take African leaders to task for their rampant corruption, but such is the way of the world today. A black American President can, and should. Kudos to Obama for telling it like it is.
It's been about half a century since colonial rule ended in Africa. The claims that the west sapped African wealth and resources – exaggerated claims to begin with, although with a core of truth – are no longer relevant. If you can't straighten yourself out, indeed if you have managed to make things even worse for your people after fifty years, you're clearly the problem, not the solution.
Billions upon billions of aid from the west have gone to line the pockets of the thugs and thieves who govern much of Africa, doing little or nothing to improve the plight of the common man in those nations. It's a disgraceful situation and the President is to be praised for pointing out this blindingly obvious, and pitiful, truth.
Meanwhile, back in the states, the eastern half of the nation has just enjoyed, or possibly endured (depending on your preferences), one of the coldest summers in recent history. And what about all those hurricanes that global warming theorists predicted? We're still waiting. This is, of course, not evidence that global warming theory is a fallacy to true believers. This is rather a matter of "weather patterns" in their minds.
Let's discount the obvious truth that, had the nation suffered through a brutally hot summer and had the Gulf Coast been besieged by hurricanes, Al Gore's disciples and their media lapdogs would have been wagging their fingers in everyone's faces, shouting "I told you so's!" until they were hoarse.
Instead, let us consider this whole "weather pattern" thingy. Clearly, if "weather patterns" can influence the climate, then there are other factors out there – in addition to man-made "greenhouse gases" – that affect the temperature of the planet. Which, as I recall, is what scientists like yours truly have been saying all along.
Expect true believers to cling to the shrinking Arctic ice pack as the ultimate proof that human-induced global warming is reality. You'll hear nothing of the fact that mass of Arctic ice – which is what actually matter – continues to increase, or that the mass of ice in Antarctica, repository of about 95% of the planet's frozen water, continues to increase as well. These are truly inconvenient truths.
Some projections indicate that the Arctic ice sheet will once again begin to increase in area again this winter, another bit of evidence that global warming is a farce that will be ignored by the mainstream media if it comes to pass. This too will be attributed to "weather patterns", which appear to affect the climate, but not in the ways that global warming acolytes would like, but which make clinging to their religion an increasingly more uncomfortable exercise.
August gave us another dead Kennedy, which threw part of the nation into mourning and another part into chorus of "good riddance's". Your humble correspondent doesn't often speak ill of the dearly departed, but I would tend to cast a vote with the latter group.
America quietly yearns for royalty to admire and the Kennedy clan is the closest thing we've got, but the Massachusetts's family's claim to lordship is based more on perfidy than principle. The family's patriarch, Joseph Kennedy, would have had America meekly pay homage to the Nazi juggernaut during World War II and it's pretty much been downhill ever since.
Dead Ted's list of sins is long and he is, no doubt, anxiously trying to explain them away to St. Peter at the Pearly Gates as we speak. Few of those transgressions require recounting, so I will consider one of the more obscure variety.
Ted Kennedy was an unapologetic supporter of the Irish Republican Army during "the troubles" in Ireland, once declaring that Protestants should leave that island nation if they were not willing to acquiesce to the IRA's demands. That was a revolting stance, to this Catholic and many others in America, for it involved trashing one of our country's most respected principles: approving of religious factionalism with a wink and poorly-concealed nod rather than adhering to the principles of tolerance that were so important to our Founders.
The Obama administration, along with a healthy fraction of the mainstream media, are now desperately and shamelessly trying to invoke dead Ted's "sainted" memory in an effort to ram socialized medicine down the nation's throat. This, we are reliably informed, was dead Ted's "dream".
If that is so, we need ask no further questions. The dreams of the Kennedy clan have been a nightmare for America far too often. Kennedy, and socialized medicine, should both be put to rest and both should be quietly – and mercifully – forgotten.


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Dr. Sandy McDonald, a cardiovascular surgeon in Barrie, Ont., hopes to recruit 250 MS patients for the study, which is aimed at assessing the results of the procedure to unblock neck veins.
The study will involve ultrasound imaging of the patient's neck veins and quality-of-life testing before and after patients undergo the procedure, which is not approved in Canada for treating multiple sclerosis.
Thousands of Canadians have travelled to centres in the United States, Europe, India and elsewhere that provide the unproven treatment, based on a theory by Italian vascular surgeon Dr. Paolo Zamboni that MS is linked to impaired blood flow from the brain due to blocked or twisted jugular and other neck veins.
The technique to correct the condition — which Zamboni calls chronic cerebro-spinal venous insufficiency, or CCSVI — involves unclogging the veins with balloon angioplasty, the same technique used to clear blocked coronary arteries.
McDonald, who was trained by Zamboni in his specific ultrasound technique to detect CCSVI, provides the diagnostic testing at his clinic in Barrie.
When MS patients seek the vein-clearing procedure at clinics outside Canada, there is little or no formal followup after they return home — so information about the condition of their neck veins, possible adverse effects and measures of whether the procedure alleviated symptoms are all lost, McDonald said.
"And what I'm trying to do is capture some of the data so that data isn't lost."
As part of the study, McDonald's clinic will...
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Sunday, December 2, 2007
12 Days of Cookies
I can't believe it's been two weeks since my last post but I'm back. I'm almost fully recovered from a post-Thanksgiving cold and the big interview is over. Now it's time to relax and return to my blog. The blog is falling into a bit of disrepair - the blog clog has gotten bigger, the recipe index is out of date, and it's almost time for a new look.
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving but now that Thanksgiving is over, it's time to start thinking about Christmas. One of my favorite things about this time of year is holiday baking. As I was looking at the recipe index, I realized I dont have a single cookie recipe on this blog that's almost 10 months old! For some reason cookie recipes have never made it onto the blog; I think it's because we eat them too quickly. But to make up for the absence of cookie recipes and the recent lack of posts, I decided to do a special "12 Days of Cookies" where I will post a new cookie recipe, holiday or just an everyday favorite, everyday for the next 12 days. I was hoping to start yesterday, Dec 1st, but weekends always go by so quickly and before you know it the day is already over so I will be starting today, December 2nd. The reason why I started this in early December is so everyone can have enough time to bake these and ship these to friends and family in time for Christmas. Here's hoping I can keep up with the cookie baking and the pantry doesn't face a butter shortage.
Note: I thought I came up with a new and unique idea (and not to mention title) here but it turns out Food Network is way ahead of me. But hey, more cookie recipes is never a bad thing. Happy baking everyone!
Day 1: White Chocolate Cashew Macadamia Butter Cookies
Day 2: Shortbread Bars with Mango Jam
Day 3: Pumpkin Butter Thumbprints
Day 4: Butterscotch Cookies with Hazelnuts
Day 5: Best Oatmeal Cookies Ever with Chocolate Chunks, Pecans, and Dried Cherries
Day 6: Torta Sbrisolona
Day 7: Alfajores
Day 8: Orange Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti
Day 9: Brown Sugar Cookie
Day 10: Flaky Black Sesame Cookie
Day 11: Gingerbread
Day 12: Butterfinger Chocolate Chip Cookies
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So Jurassic Park is pretty much my favorite movie. For real. I can watch it over and over again and I never get sick of it. I mean seriously. It came on TBS and I DVRed it. Whenever Aaron is like "Let's watch a movie." I'm always like "Let's watch Jurassic Park."
If I'm being completely honest there are probably movies that I like equally as much as Jurassic Park, but none that I like MORE than Jurassic Park.
So as I'm just sitting here watching it for the 17 billionth time, I was inspired to share what a weirdo I am.
Jurassic Park references in my daily life:
1. My response whenever I see a cup of water vibrating…T-Rex!
2. One of the many reasons I don't use port-o-potties…too vulnerable.
3. What I think about whenever I see an industrial kitchen…
4. Aaron is a computer person. That means I get exposed to some of his stuff. Whenever I see UNIX anywhere I'm all "I KNOW THIS!"
5. And I don't even have a really good situation to describe for this one. But trust me. Opportunities to say "Clever Girl" present themselves all. the. time.


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This is a big week in our household. Why? Because my baby girl turns TWO on Thursday. She's not really a baby any more :( I'm sad, but I'm loving it even more with how she interacts with us and everyone around her.
I thought it's been awhile since I shared photos..here's a few from the past week!
This one, she pointed to the camera and said CHEESE! so of course, Daddy had to take her picture!
She loves to brush her teeth...we hear TEEF! constantly in our house. There are much worse things she could be wanting to do all the time!
This used to be Daddy's book growing up. I think it's bigger than she is! :)
Peering out the window. I remember it wasn't too long ago that she had to stand on her tip toes and could just barely see out her bedroom window. Not so anymore!
Aw, Momma caught me! :)


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Friday, September 2, 2011
Olivia's diet.
Then I look at her sister... just licking the ketchup off her fingers, and eating a piece of bread. And I realize it's not me.
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Yeah...we really can't take credit when our kids do awesome things, can we?ReplyDelete
I'll try to keep that in mind the next time I have to drag Kendra out of someplace kicking and screaming...I can't take credit for the bad stuff either, right?
For the record, I happen to think you absolutely rock as a Mom. I seriously look up to you so much.
It really is amazing how different kids are! My kids won't touch a salad or tomatoes - but they LOVE fruit and carrots. It's fun to see Olivia and Abigail and their differences.ReplyDelete
Lately I have become a huge fan of greek yogurt... it is so good! I do have to have the fruit on the bottom though. I haven't been brave enough to try the honey one... but YUM! If we all ate like Olivia, we'd be much healthier!!ReplyDelete
Ashley - Thank you so much for your comment! You are too sweet. Totally made my day. And seriously, that's my motto - take no credit, take no blame. lolReplyDelete


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Costumes designed by Deborah L. Scott
It was a typical Wednesday night, I was tired and slightly hungover flicking through the T.V channels to find something of interest. Beginning to feel frustrated by my freeview, I spied with my little eyes a film that I have loved for more than half my existence. Titanic.
James Cameron's depiction of the events of Titanic gripped the nation back in 1997, but for me, the most gripping part was the costumes (and Leonardo DiCaprio's pretty face).
Realistically, this isn't the sort of stuff that you could wear out on a regular basis, but some of the elegance in the costumes can be applied to a less O.T.T outfit. Think lace layering, Corseting, sheer fabrics, Embroidery and glamour.


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Maersk Solves Long Haul Problem By Opening A New Transshipping Facility In Malaysia
For decades, Singapore has been the main transshipment point for traders trying to get commodities from Africa to Asia, but now that banks are attempting to reduce their risks in response to the global financial crisis, traders have had a harder time getting financing for the long journeys.
This, along with increasing land costs in Singapore and the surge in demand from commodity-hungry China, has left traders with pressing and expensive issues to address to get their goods to Asia at the right price.
Enter Maersk with a solution: cheaper storage in Malaysia.
Since 2001 the company has steadily increased its use of the Tanjung Pelepas port in the state of Johor, where land prices are a fraction of Singapore's. Six months ago Maersk began offering the port as a storage point for customers, and is now the only shipping company for which Pelepas is a bigger transshipment port than Singapore.
According to a report in the Financial Times, this would allow commodity traders to react more quickly to customer orders as it takes only seven days to go from Malaysia to China vs. the 35 days it takes to be sent directly from Africa.
As the fiscal squeeze leaves many traders without trade-finance terms from banks, this new route could make it easier to get financing because of the shortened time between order and receipt of goods.
"Commodities is an exciting segment for us, driven by increasing exports out of emerging countries such as Africa, and increasing demand from Asia due to manufacturing and rising domestic consumption," said Bjarne Foldager, Maersk Line's "cluster manager" for Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei.


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It was a fine weather when Léo and Cynthia came last time they visited us at home. We've got the chance to do barbeque in our balcony. I also made Pancit as they liked it so much :)
Ma Clara was very happy to see her Big bro. She played a lot with Cynthia. How i wish that they'll make their baby soon. They're lovely couple as it shows.
Of course, everytime they see us Cynthia never fails to bring something for Bibingclara/Us. A toy that Bibingclara can bring to transport sand from the beach ( i imagined how she brought it here, bulky in her suitcase ). Another Pasalubong to enjoy. As a sweet thoughts as she has for us, she bought cheesecake/fruit jam with swirly soft candies.
Another fun time with them! Hoping to visit them in London soon so we can have more and long funny time with them together :)


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Friday, September 16, 2005
.... Dreams ....
There are people who put their dreams in a little box and say, "Yes, I've got dreams, of course I've got dreams." Then they put the box away and bring it out once in awhile to look in it, and yep, they're still there. These are great dreams, but they never even get out of the box. It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams on the line, to hold them up and say, "How good or how bad am I?" That's where courage comes in.
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By: Mpumelelo Macheke
A Time of Times
Behind the curtain of miracle,
the infinite beauty of creation commences.
Organs, spirit, soul and narrative imbued by the quintessence of purpose- packed in confines of skin that echoes the names of humanities whom fought for your existence.
A name is earned and substitutes a halo.
You were created for me,
and I for you.
I remember this time with a cancer in my joy.
It masticates the pride that eats the best of me ,
preparing the deathbed of retrospection for me to pass away in.
It repatriates me back to existence.
An exile of my own reality.
I'm waned by the pursuit of nostalgia.
I succumb to the pain in my memory that has barked for recognition.
I mourn the time of times
A time when the art of partnership existed in the presence of reality.
The time when your mother was my 'vetkoek' queen- my salvation in the winter.
The time when my father beheld your dreams- humming songs of his struggle, guiding you to sleep.
When your grandmother collected us and sat us on her knees while she nodded warmly, giving credence to our juvenile dreams.
When your illness was my obligation prepare the best batch of pastries and care.
The time when my funeral was your tear to shed.
A time of times
The times of all time
We've close our eyes,
and surmount our hearts.
We've chosen to stand by the uncertainty of synthetic solitude.
We've turned dependency into a sibling of exploitation.
We've taught ourselves that the power of partnership is a battle, thus love will always be pain.
We crumble under the pressure of failure when we deny our strength in cacophonous laughter.
How is it possible to decide the fate of our happiness when we've been divinely designed to procure honey from the mouths of one another?
Two equations of flesh come together in the name of seeking salvation in understanding.
It is who we are.
Not what we think we can be.
So , hold my hand.
Help me reclaim the power of partnership.


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quarta-feira, março 17, 2004
Appeasement wins in Spain
Artigo no Washington Times:
For al Qaeda, the Spanish election results constitute success, at least in the short run. The organization, at minimal cost to itself, demonstrated that terrorism can be employed to influence elections to bring down democratically elected Western governments closely allied with the United States. Given their success in Spain, it would be astonishing if the terrorists do not attempt to replicate their success in this country and in other nations that support U.S. policy in Iraq, particularly Britain, Poland, Australia and Italy.
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Sneak peek on ways we have directly seen that God is good in our lives as of late: (we always know He is good but it is nice when He shouts it at us!)
1. It really is true that you get what you give. In the past few months Chip and I have made a couple of donations to friends going on missions trips and EVERY TIME within 2 days of the check being cashed, we received checks in the mail for wedding presents, graduation presents, etc. Today we even received a notice from our gas company that they owed US money so we had no bill this month and they would credit our account. Wowza. We know fully well that God is our provider and blesses those who give generously.
2. For months Chip and I have been praying to find a church to call home and to find a great community within this church to surround us and to connect with. We went to try out one community group, and well, we stayed. We couldn't have asked for a better group for God to place us with. Chip feels so affirmed and loved by the men of this group and I already feel as if I have known the women for my entire life (though I've only hung out with them 2 times). Crazy huh? But it isn't crazy to God.
3. For those of you that don't know this about me, i HATE being away from home. I never liked camp, I was the kid who would get their parents to come pick them up from the sleepover, etc. This summer, with TFA, I am to spend 5 weeks in Atlanta to get training and teach summer school. The thought of going away for this long, leaving behind my sweet husband, family, and friends, literally makes me cry. While having a conversation with God I basically told Him "you better make it abundantly clear with flashing lights that this really is what you want for me to do to serve you because otherwise I'm out. I haven't been hired by a school. I don't want to go away. I want to stay where I'm comfortable." (By the way, I don't recommend giving God orders.) Not kidding, within 24 hours, I had received a job offer, visited the school, and fell in love with the area. I'm glad to announce I will be teaching 7th grade language arts :) And I am 100% sure that TFA is EXACTLY where I am supposed to be and Atlanta will be an incredible but great experience. I also will be home every other weekend which just shows God will equip me for what He has called me to do.
We could go on and on and on about all of the blessings God has given us so far in our marriage, and we are not so naive as to think that hard times aren't coming, but we know who God is, we know that He is good, faithful, loving, merciful, gracious, and protective of His children, and we know that there is nothing we will face that He will not walk us through. So for now, and then, we will rejoice in His presence!
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(Excerpt) Read more at wallbuilderslive.com ...
Not only is the wallbuilders.com site a resource for "patriotic" materials, but for original documents from our nation's history. The collection of original writings assembled by David Barton at Wallbuilders and is a superb resource.
Another such collection can be found at the Liberty Fund Library which can equip TEA Partiers and all freedom fighters with ideas and quotations for use in intelligent debate on today's critical issues of government power vs. liberty.
Featured on the Liberty Library page today is a quotation from William Graham Sumner on "State Interference" in 1887:
"Consequently, when the old-fashioned theories of State interference are applied to the new democratic State, they turn out to be simply a device for setting separate interests in a struggle against each other inside the society. It is plain on the face of all the great questions which are offered to us as political questions to-day, that they are simply struggles of interests for larger shares of the product of industry. One mode of dealing with this distribution would be to leave it to free contract under the play of natural laws. If we do not do this, and if the State interferes with the distribution, how can we stop short of the mediaæval plan of reiterated and endless interference, with constant diminution of the total product to be divided?
"We have seen above what the tyranny was in the decay of the Roman Empire, when each was in servitude to all; but there is one form of that tyranny which may be still worse. That tyranny will'be realized when the same system of servitudes is established in a democratic state; when a man's neighbors are his masters; when the ethical power of public opinion bears down upon him at all hours and as to all matters; when his place is assigned to him and he is held in it, not by an emperor or his satellites, who cannot be everywhere all the time, but by the other members of the village community who can.
"So long as the struggle for individual liberty took the form of a demand that the king or the privileged classes should take their hands off, it was popular and was believed to carry with it the cause of justice and civilization. Now that the governmental machine is brought within everyone's reach, the seduction of power is just as masterful over a democratic faction as ever it was over king or barons. No governing organ has yet abstained from any function because it acknowledged itself ignorant or incompetent. The new powers in the State show no disposition to do it. Nevertheless, the activity of the State, under the new democratic system, shows itself every year more at the mercy of clamorous factions, and legislators find themselves constantly under greater pressure to act, not by their deliberate judgment of what is expedient, but in such a way as to quell clamor, although against their judgment of public interests. It is rapidly becoming the chief art of the legislator to devise measures which shall sound as if they satisfied clamor while they only cheat it."Where are the wise today who can sum up so concisely what this Administration and the Democrats and RINO's in Congress are doing to American liberty?
This ain't activism...
I didn't know where to put this either. It's constitutional but not governmental—at least, what's happening now. What it's supposed to be though.
Am open to suggestions. I thought I had to pick a category.
You really don't have to pick a topic at all....just pick the forum..
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Rustic Lounge Productions blew us away again with another FABULOUS theatrical spectacular! Mamma Mia was it ever a great show! The inters and seniors acted and sang their hearts out and had us channeling our inner ABBA as we sang and clapped along with them. Right at the end of the show, as the crowd was going wild, as if things couldn't get any more exciting, the Brent Boys returned from their marathon journey and stormed the stage to take their well-deserved bows and sing the Point cheer at the tops of their lungs.
Although the summer is coming to an end, we are really winding up, not down. Camp was abuzz with pride and excitement all day as campers achieved high class awards all over the place. Many happy tears were shed over heartfelt speeches in the dining hall, and we know that the recipients will never forget this day in history.
As we head into our last day of programming, we look back on all the wonderful memories we have of this summer and wish it could go on forever. But we know our summer home will always be here for us to return to, and no matter how far we are from our camp friends, they will always live close in our hearts.


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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
AT&T Brainwashing Future Customers
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That is sick. We tape all our TV shows now so it's really rare that I see a commercial except to fast forward it. Even my daughter doesn't watch them anymore. Though when she was younger, she was definitely influenced by them.ReplyDelete
I am so glad you mentioned this. I can't stand this commercial. I don't watch TV much, but it seems the times I do I see this one. Drives me crazy. I'm not judging, but I do wonder what some of these child-actor parents are thinking.ReplyDelete
I agree completely. The sad thing is, I've seen parents who seem to be teaching their children the same "grab everything you can before somebody else gets it" lesson.ReplyDelete
Wow...this is beyond crazy. I had no idea about this??ReplyDelete
I haven't seen it, but I don't think we get US channels for kids.ReplyDelete
I have one kid like this. Fortunately my other two are complete opposites.
This old Feminist find the man's treatment of the girls in the groups disturbing as well.ReplyDelete
One silly boy is shaking his head and waving his hands as if this were a great talent. The girl next to him watches for a moment, then decides to say what SHE can do. The "host" cuts her off.
In another, a girl is allowed to give her story (which, by the way, would make a great paranormal plot). The host looks at her and says "What?" In other words, he wasn't listening to what she said.
Otherwise, the ads are "fair and balanced" and you all know what that means.
I do like the suggestion to tape a cheetah to grandma's back.
I know, right? There are so many odd messages that commercial makers think is clever or funny but don't send a good message at all. It's so much a part of our society.ReplyDelete
Some years ago PBS had a special on that had early grade school kids sit across from each other with one check on a checkerboard. Every time the checker made it to a side with a child that child would win a treat. The American kids never got a treat because with each alternating move, the check was pushed in opposite directions and never made it.
They did the same thing with kids from Mexico. One child pushed it and the other child pushed it in that same direction and it continued until the first child got a treat and then they continued to work together so the other child could get a treat.
For the American kids it was "all about me". And no one won.
Commercials like that are one of the main reasons I don't watch TV. Another main reason is I read and write too much. And you're right to be offended by that tripe.ReplyDelete
I've not seen that commercial, but we watch VERY little tv, and have no cable. Still, you remind me of something in the April 15 TIME magazine (link for subscribers: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2140224,00.html). It's "The Human Billboard: Social media are turning online personalities into advertising's next big thing: walking product placements." They are training us to be advertising drones, clearly a New Age for making money! Hallelujah!ReplyDelete
I completely agree - it's repulsive commercialism. Considering the financial disaster the world is weathering, I'd have thought that people would start realizing the danger of greed. AT&T should be ashamed of themselves. :(ReplyDelete
No, you're not alone. As a teacher and a parent, I think the company is preying on the innocence of children through commerialism. I am not at all amused by these commercials. Fortunately, we have no TV, so I have only viewed these in limited places.ReplyDelete
I was surprised by these commercials at first. I think I've numbed to them now though. Most don't even make sense.ReplyDelete
We tape all the shows we watch so we don't have to watch commercials. Commercials are so annoying and full of all kinds of things we don't need. And yeah, this particular commercial just teaches children that it's good to be greedy.ReplyDelete
The infomercials alone (b/w kids shows)make me bonkers.ReplyDelete


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Do I want Jesus OR a Genie in a bottle?
Recently, I was heading out the door to go and meet with a friend of mine or coffee. As I was getting ready to leave the house my daughter came running up to me, hugged my neck, looked up at me and smiled & said, "Daddy!"
So…what did I do? I did what ANY dad would have done at that point…I stopped in my tracks, picked her up and gave her a big hug! It felt so wonderful to receive attention from my child and I REALLY was enjoying that moment…
She looked at my sunglasses on my face & said, "ooooooh" and reached for it.
Let me explain…
A few days earlier we had been shopping when i bought them and she was enamored with them them. Additionally she had been wearing them around the house and playing with them (even after i asked her to stop) all morning long. She walked around the house with it…and even tried to put it on her head, like daddy. When it was time to leave I took it from her and told her I had to go and that is when she ran after me and began to give me attention.
You see her attention and affection was not because she wanted to be close to me but because of what I had that she wanted. As I sat there thinking about this for a second God spoke to my heart and said, "This is the way you treat the Gospel many times!"
I am so guilty of times in my past where I prayed like crazy, raised my hands in worship, made HUGE promises and so on but NOT because I was in awe of who He is, but rather I wanted something from Him and falsly assumed that if I did the right things and gave Him enough attention that He would finally break and fulfill my selfish desires. THAT IS RELIGION! THAT IS REPUGNANT!
God knows my heart! He knows my mind! He knows my motives and He will not be tricked or deceived by empty worship.
One of the things I've been continually praying over the past year or so is for Jesus to continually make my motives pure and if there is ANYTHING in me that is not of Him to help me see it and get it out of my life. It's not the easiest process to go through but it's been incredibly liberating!
At the end of the day I am praying that I will not want what I think Jesus can give me…but simply just want Jesus! It's a battle and I think there will always be a struggle to try and manipulate Him but it simply cannot be done.
So how about you? Are you pursuing Jesus, OR are you just after you believe He can give you? Just something to think about today! I wish I were an expert on this, but I am struggling just like most of you are. However, in His grace, mercy and patience He is blowing my mind as I work through this. I hope you will work through this as well!
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Sea rose lane : Hope Harbor Series, Book 2. / Irene Hannon.
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Three-Time RITA Winner Invites Readers Back to the Captivating Coastal Town of Hope Harbor After a devastating layoff, attorney Eric Nash heads back to the town where he grew up-only to discover that his childhood home is being transformed into a bed & breakfast. Instead of plotting his next career move in peace, he's constantly distracted by noise, chaos-and BJ Stevens, the attractive but prickly blonde architect and construction chief who's invaded the house with her motley crew.As for BJ, her client's son might be handsome, but after a disastrous romance, dating isn't high on her agenda. Yet when they join forces to create a program for Hope Harbor seniors, might they also find healing, hope, and a new beginning themselves?Three-time RITA Award winner Irene Hannon takes readers back to Hope Harbor for a new season of charm, romance, and second chances.
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UH sports leaving KFVE?
Signs point to University of Hawaii sports moving exclusively to Oceanic Time Warner Cable this fall. That would end more than a quarter-century of free over-the-air television, most recently on KFVE, which has marketed itself as "The Home Team."
In Oceanic's contract with UH, 2011 is described as a "transitional term" in which the cable giant may elect to solely produce and show the state university's sports, which would end a nine-year partnership with KFVE.
Yesterday was listed as the final day of the negotiation window between Oceanic and KFVE, according to the contract. Oceanic's contract runs through 2014 and any decisions on the future of the partnership with KFVE are Oceanic's, a UH spokesman said.
Employees of KFVE — which, along with its family of stations, has aired UH sports since 1984 — said they were told by management recently that "everything" is moving to Oceanic, which plans to inaugurate a new UH channel in the fall in addition to its OC 16 channel, which features high school sports among its programming.
Oceanic's new station will be dedicated, it said, to "all things UH."
Oceanic and KFVE paid UH $2.45 million this past year for TV and pay-per-view rights to its athletic events, all but $500,000 reportedly coming from Oceanic.
More than 100 events were shown on free TV, with another 18 appearing exclusively on the pay-per-view package.
Operation by Oceanic is also expected to bring with it some changes among the commentators, some of whom have been doing the games for decades.
After Saturday's UH-New Mexico State game, the final men's basketball game scheduled to be aired on KFVE this season, commentators Jim Leahey and Artie Wilson left hanging the possibility they had worked their last game together after more than 20 years.
"Hopefully (we'll be back) next year, but you never can tell," Leahey told his audience cryptically.
Leahey, who has been the TV voice of UH sports since the 1980s on KGMB and KFVE, and prior to that on radio, is a "year-to-year employee," Fink said.
People in the industry say KFVE has been looking into the purchase of a high-definition TV truck, hoping to secure a production contract with Oceanic and continued employment for its award-winning, 20-member sports crew, much of which has been together since the early 1990s.
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This week as an organization we're taking a deep look at our budgets. We still have to raise $10,056 to hit the $25,000 goal to make the Hollywood Hub possible. We need to be in Hollywood because that's where the decisions are made about how Black people are portrayed on television.
Will you chip in $15 to make sure we're able to shape a more dynamic representation of Black people on TV?
Dear friend,
I'm the Finance Director here at ColorOfChange – Sonia.
You don't hear from me that often because we like to keep our emails focused on campaigns creating real-world change for Black folks and our allies. But I'm writing to make an important request for your help with a project that no other Black political organization is working on.
By the end of this month, we need to raise an ambitious $200,000 to ensure that we can move forward with a game-changing plan to combat racism in Hollywood. But I've been looking at our numbers, and if we don't raise $25,000 in the next 48 hours we will be off track to meet our goal.
In 2016, we will be opening a new office hub in Hollywood and hiring new staff to take on the negative and distorted portrayals of Black Americans coming from Hollywood. From this new office, our staff will put constant pressure on Hollywood stakeholders to shift how Hollywood portrays Black Americans.
But we'll only be able to make this game-changing plan a reality if we raise $25,000 in the next 48 hours. Will you chip in $15 and help us take on Hollywood's racism ?
The negative and distorted portrayals of Black Americans coming from Hollywood play an important role in creating the exaggerated views of Black people as violent, aggressive, and criminal, as well as hypersexual, unjustifiably angry, and uncaring. For many Americans, the deepest relationship they have with Black people are the relationships they have with these distorted Black characters on television.
We're going to change that. From our successful campaigns pressuring SNL to hire Black writers and pressuring Bravo to cut racist stereotypes from their "reality" TV shows we've learned one key lesson - to make big changes to Hollywood culture we need a physical presence. With a physical presence in Hollywood, we will be able to put constant pressure on key Hollywood stakeholders, establishing a presence inside writers' rooms - pitching story ideas and content to shift narratives on screen, connect Hollywood stakeholders with research experts and racial justice leaders, and uplift and support the work of people of color in the industry.
This ambitious project will allow us to more effectively support accurate representations of people of color while directly challenging content that promotes harmful stereotypes.
But we'll only be able to move forward with this game-changing plan if we raise $200,000 this month. And if we don't raise $25,000 in the next 48 hours, we might miss that goal. Can you help us stay on track to meet our goal by chipping in $15?
By chipping in $15 right now, you'll ensure that we can take on racism in Hollywood in a way that other organizations can't. We can't afford to start off the new year behind – this work is too important. Will you chip in right now ?
Thanks and peace,
Finance Director
ColorOfChange is building a movement to elevate the voices of Black folks and our allies, and win real social and political change. Help keep our movement strong.


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3. Soaking up the sun...and looking very ghost-like.
4. Enjoying a caramel latte while heading to work.
5 and 6. Celebrating our dieting success by stuffing ourselves with AMAZING fondue at The Melting Pot. You're allowed a good cheat day once in awhile :).
7. Giant feather earrings. I'm obsessed.
I hope you all are having a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. The husband has tomorrow off of school, so we are very excited to have an entire day together while visiting with family.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
The past few days...
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Bad days.
Today was a long day.
Today was a day that I'm glad is ending.
Today is a day that the Lord has made, and I need to appreciate that.
And the remedy to such a day requires the following: a man named Ian, some amazing Phở, and Fringe.
Today was a day that I'm glad is ending.
Today is a day that the Lord has made, and I need to appreciate that.
And the remedy to such a day requires the following: a man named Ian, some amazing Phở, and Fringe.
Luckily tonight, I was blessed with all three.
aka Chopsticks Master Extraordinaire
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
(Do the) mashed potato.
First...you need some potatoes (obviously). I used four small red potatoes, and it was more than enough for Ian and me.
Clean the potatoes, and then pierce them with a fork a few times to release steam. Put them in the microwave for about 10 minutes, or until they are soft and cooked thoroughly.
Now, you can bake the potatoes in the oven, of course. But I was short on time, and my oven is ancient and takes forever to cook anything.
See? Ancient. It even has an electrical outlet on it. I love that it's old, but it definitely makes cooking things very time consuming.
After your potatoes are cooked, you get to do the most important part. The mashing! I chose to leave the skins on the potatoes, as it is full of vitamins and fiber and I love the texture it gives the dish.
These are the ingredients I added to my potatoes. I used about a tablespoon of minced garlic, and a few spoonfuls of fat free sour cream. Who doesn't like garlic mashed potatoes?? The sour cream takes place of most of the butter and salt, and gives the potatoes an amazing creamy and tart flavor.
I added a very small amount of butter, but just enough to add a little flavor. So after I mashed the potatoes until they were smooth and free of any lumps, I added a bit of pepper to taste, and voila!
Amazing and healthy mashed potatoes. No salt, no milk, and only the slightest bit of butter.
I had to try really hard not to eat the entire bowl before Ian got home.
Making these potatoes is very simple, and great for other people like me who find the kitchen a bit daunting at times. Try them out, and let me know how you like them!
I'm defintely starting to resemble Betty Crocker more and more with each meal. Good thing she's a pretty lady.
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Monday, May 23, 2011
Lip tricks.
Hello, friends! It's Monday again, and that means another product review on my little ol' blog.
Korres lip butter in Jasmine.
Here is how the product is described on the container itself: "A buttery lip balm that melts on the lips and offers a shiny, tinted finish. the combination of shea butter and rice wax offers deep hydration and softness. Ideal for chapped lips." Everything it says is true and then some. Also, the product is free of mineral oil, silicone, propylene glycol, and ethanolamine. Got to love those natural products, yes?
I believe the product is about $10 or so, and I always get mine from Sephora. This product also comes in a range of really beautiful colors in case you want something with a bit more pigment to it. If you are a fan of nice lip moisturizers, you should check this out asap.
Talk to you all tomorrow!
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
To Do List.
Lately I've realized lists can be somewhat of a downfall for me. I have this guilt problem when it comes to allowing myself to relax. I constantly feel like I need to be doing something, and have a hard time letting myself just enjoy life. When I have a day off of work and have no definite plans, I bust out my marker and scratch paper and start my list. I have the hardest time just going with the flow of day, seeing whatever it may bring.
I'm slowly learning how important it is to have a day to relax. To sit in your comfy clothes all day, and watch your favorite movie. Or to visit your favorite coffee shop and read a book. Too often I measure my self worth with how much I accomplish in a day. I need daily reminders that my self worth comes from my Creator, and nowhere else. Sure, lists are helpful, but I use them as an excuse to not relax and enjoy life. I'll always be a list maker, but I need to start making less of them when they are unnecessary.
I should start a recovery club. List makers anonymous, anyone?
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Ian is one busy guy.
Between school, work, church, and his band, he is always out and about. He has no days off! I admire him and his commitment to things he loves. He is working so hard to be able to take care of me and our family one day.
This week we had some downtime, and we decided to fill it with coffee dates, trivia nights, breakfast, and vacation plans. Oh, and the much needed nap time as well...
We had breakfast this morning at the most amazing French/Cajun style restaurant, Toulouse Petit. If you are in the Seattle area, you should check out their happy hour breakfast. It's incredible!
I'm off to enjoy some iced tea, more blogging, and movie watching.
Between school, work, church, and his band, he is always out and about. He has no days off! I admire him and his commitment to things he loves. He is working so hard to be able to take care of me and our family one day.
This week we had some downtime, and we decided to fill it with coffee dates, trivia nights, breakfast, and vacation plans. Oh, and the much needed nap time as well...
We had breakfast this morning at the most amazing French/Cajun style restaurant, Toulouse Petit. If you are in the Seattle area, you should check out their happy hour breakfast. It's incredible!
I'm off to enjoy some iced tea, more blogging, and movie watching.
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Monday, May 16, 2011
Just another manic Monday...
Hello, lovelies! I hope you all had a fabulous weekend, and that your Monday was easy and relaxed. I am here with another one of my favorite beauty products of the moment! This time it's a nail polish. I have a small obsession with nail polish, and I am constantly changing my favorite one to wear all the time!
Currently, it's Turquoise and Caicos by Essie. It's an amazing bright shade of tiffany blue, and is a great way to add a pop of color to an outfit. I'm pretty sure I wore this color everyday for two weeks on my fingers and toes. I love it SO much. It's bright without being overbearing, and I think it's a color that would be flattering on almost any skin tone. The pictures below are after applying three coats with a clear coat on top.
So go out and try this color, or any other bright spring nail polish. It definitely lifts your spirits :).
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Labels: beautiful mondays, beauty, fashion, nail polish
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
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Monday, May 9, 2011
Curly curls.
Hooray! Another blog series. This means I have two ongoing series, my other one you can check out here.
I have a crazy obsession with beauty products. Seriously, my poor husband has maybe six inches of room in the bathroom for his things. I figured blogging about beauty products gives me a bit of a justification for having
so many, right? So every Monday, I am going to talk about things I love. I'm hoping that maybe you'll find something that you try and will love as well!
First up.....
Deva Curl's "No-Poo"shampoo and "One Condition" conditioner.
I've wanted to try this brand for quite sometime. Having curly hair myself, I'm always on the hunt for the best products to tame my hair. DevaCurl's products are sulfate and paraben free, which to me is a big deal. Sulfate is absolutely horrible for your hair and will dry it out like crazy. And we all know how bad parabens are.
No-Poo- This is the first shampoo I've ever used that does not lather whatsoever. Hence the cute name No-Po. I was really worried that it wouldn't leave my hair with that nice clean feeling after using it. This stuff is actually amazing. It has a nice cooling minty feeling on your scalp, and almost feels like you are washing your hair with a conditioner. It gets rid of build up and oil really well, but doesn't strip it. It's made for color and chemically treated hair, and will keep color from fading.The moisture aspect to this product is wonderful, especially because moisture is key for a lot of curly haired folks, as it keeps frizz and poofy hair at bay.
One Condition- This conditioner smells amazing. It has a bit of a lemon grass scent to it, and makes your hair SO soft. It is nice and thick, and gets rid of all tangles and snarls. I usually have to add a leave-in when using a lot of other conditioners, but not with this. Like the shampoo, it protects against color fading, and will help smooth chemically damaged hair.
Overall, these are amazing products. I've been using them for about three weeks, and feel like I haven't had any bad hair days. Which are usually the days that I wash my hair. I love finding products that are not full of chemicals that actually work. I'm a big fan of this brand so far! If any of you have wavy/curly hair that is color treated, try this stuff out!! Here's the link to their website.
Here's to shiny, healthy, crazy curls.
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Friday, May 6, 2011
Getting Healthy: Week 1.
The hubby and I have successfully completed our first week on our new diet. It's technically day 9, but that's because I'm late on making this post! So far, I'm down 6 pounds, and Ian is down 7! I was not expecting to lose that much, but boy does it feel good. It makes me want to do that cheesy flex-you-arm-muscles-and-kiss
-them move. OK, I may have done that move in the recent past to show off my hot bod to Ian...
I've become much more comfortable in the kitchen as of late. Dieting has forced me to learn to cook a variety of things: turkey burgers, chicken, steamed vegetables, etc. To those of you who cook regularly, those things probably sound extremely basic. But I seriously don't cook. I'd rather pay to eat food that a professional has prepared for me than spend time in the kitchen. So for me, steaming a vegetable is a BIG deal. I may not be enjoying cooking too much, but it definitely has become less intimidating! One of my favorite things I've learned to make are chicken lettuce wraps. They are so tasty, and really simple. I should post the recipe in the near future, once I've mastered it.
Everything so far is going well, despite the constant temptation of baked goods such as bread. I will resist! Although I have been allowing myself small amounts of dark chocolate to cater to my intense sweet tooth.
Here is us, looking healthier by the minute!
xoxoKelsey (and Ian, of course!)
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Thursday, May 5, 2011
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I am a regular customer of things remembered but usually I always pick up what I see in store, never had issues with any in past 3-4 yrs. I realized the online options and choices were more.
Recently ordered 7 items online, when I ordered all products are available and there should be no issues, paid shipping charges also. after a week I received only 5 products, and 1 product with wrong engraving, I called and they said other products are on the way. The lady was courteous and asked me to return the one with wrong engraving to one of the closest store and she will send me a new one. I did as I was indicated.
later after a wk, I received an big carton and inside was another things remembered box which was empty.I was surprised why they send an empty box.I called and they found out the store which shipped, the item did not even have the item in stock so they were not sure why the box was even shipped, they apologized and said they will send me a new one along with the pitcher which was engraved wrong together and someone will give me a call and follow up once shipped. To my surprise no one called me back and nothing was delivered on the expected date. I called back again. This was a very frustrating moment for me, since I already spent hours trying to connect with customer service on phone, everytime, I had to explain what happened and escalated the call.
After twice being misled on phone, where the customer service rep said she is sending new products and they are on the way, I was able to speak to their supervisor who told me, from the time I placed the orders until now, the pending two items and the wrongly engraved pitcher I had ordered, were out of stock. So basically even after paying for 7 items, I actually received only 4 items which were as per my order. To calm me down she agreed to send me some other products which were similar looking. I did receive them, to an extent I liked two of them but did not like the beer pitcher I had ordered.
It was nowhere near the one I had placed an order for. This was not even in things remembered box and were very cheap looking Libbey ones from walmart. When I called, the supervisor told me, we will refund your money for the entire order, since we don't have it in stock. I didn't think it was fair to take the whole money back, since I had already given and used 3 items from the entire order, didn't want to keep all the 6 items for free, instead I told them to send me a new pitcher which they have in stock, gave them the product code and mentioned once I receive it, I will return the libbey walmart pitcher back to them.
I am very close to the event, where I want to gift the pitcher, so there was no point for me to take the refund and again search for a product and get it engraved. I am yet to receive the pitcher, I hope I will receive some decent looking one. When I expressed my frustration to the supervisor on phone, I did mention, I am not going to be picky or choosy on what they send me, since they dont have my products in stock any more, as long as they send me something on the same lines which can be engraved. I never had such a bad experience of ordering anything from any site, where I had to call 5 times for my own paid products and orders.
I still like the store and the thingsremembered engraved personalized gifts, but lesson learned, I will buy them only from store, after checking the products personally.
The online option doesn't work with this business.
I wanted to let the corporate know about the whole incident, but I was directed to them by the Customer service.
This person wrote the review because of not as described at Things Remembered and attached photo s. Reviewer claimed that he or she wants Things Remembered to have the product delivered.
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A collection of family-favorite recipes, named after our Grandma who used to stand at the porch and call, "Yoo-hoo," to call Grandpa in from the field for dinner.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Jolly Santa (or Snowman) Cookies
On Christmas Eve, Alyssa, Joshua, and I each chose a cookie recipe to make. This is the recipe Alyssa chose. She had so much fun decorating these--I loved seeing how imaginative she was. She turned some into elves (with dried banana slices for ears!), some into snowmen (with candy corn noses and marshmallow ear muffs), and some into Santas. As far as cookie flavor goes, these cookies are incredible! It's nice to make a sugar cookie that doesn't involve rolling out dough and cookie cutters--it makes for quicker baking so you can get to the decorating part faster. This cookie would be fabulous to make any time of the year--you can just frost them and leave them plain or sprinkle with some coconut if you want.
Jolly Santa Cookies
½ cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
Frosting of your choice (I used glace icing flavored with coconut extract)
Decorations of your choice: sprinkles, colored sugar, miniature marshmallows, red cinnamon candies, coconut, M&M's, chocolate chips, currants, coconut, etc.
Heat oven to 400°F. Beat butter, granulated sugar and lemon peel in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in egg and milk. Stir in flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 3 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Press bottom of drinking glass on each until about ¼ inch and 3 inches in diameter. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.
Spread frosting on cookie (frost and decorate each cookie before starting another.) Sprinkle red sugar over top third of cookie for hat. Press on miniature marshmallow for tassel. Press 2 currants for eyes and 1 cinnamon candy for nose into center third of cookie. Sprinkle coconut over bottom third for beard.
Recipe Source: Gold Medal Holiday Cookies & Candy
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Health and Wellness
Schuyler County Office for the Aging aims to get you motivated (or stay motivated) to keep healthy. Living healthy involves eating the right foods, engaging in physical activity, taking medications as prescribed, getting enough sleep, and scheduling routine preventive screenings. Living healthy means living a more vital life.
If you have not done any physical activity in years or you have a disability or chronic illness that inhibits you from participating in physical activity, it is important to note that exercise has been proven to enhance the physical, mental, and emotional well-being for people of any age range or ability level. Even a little bit helps - and it is never too late start. Studies have shown that NOT exercising is far riskier to your health than exercising!
Office for the Aging has contracted with the Arc of Schuyler to provide Tai Chi for Arthritis classes. The Arc of Schuyler offers class series two times per year- once in the Spring and once in the Fall. The Tai Chi classes are evidence-based, meaning this series of classes has been widely tested and evaluated and found to be effective in helping to improve health and reduce the risk of injuries and diseases among older adults. In addition, class instructors have been trained to modify exercises for those with special needs. Classes have a small suggested contribution. Please call the Arc of Schuyler at (607)535-6934 for a schedule of classes.
Other Activities:
Office for the Aging offers presentations from area providers on health-related issues. Additionally, some medication management supplies, such as pill organizers and ID bracelets, are available at no cost.
Other Programs offered in Schuyler County~
Bone Builders: These exercise classes are designed to help reduce the incidence of osteoporosis in men and women age 50 and older. Trained RSVP volunteers lead weekly classes, utilizing progressive weight-bearing exercises developed at Tufts University. These FREE classes are offered at sites across Schuyler County. For more information, please contact the Schuyler-Yates RSVP Program at (607)535-7105.
Open Swim: Watkins Glen Central School District offers a lifeguard-supervised family swim program. This is a self-directed program: you may swim laps or do your own aqua-exercises. The hours are 6:00-
Aqua Aerobics is also available at the school pool through the BOCES Adult Education program. For more information on this, call 1-877-
Seneca Fitness Center: Watkins Glen Central School District offers access to the school's fitness center daily. There is a cost which can be paid as a daily drop-in rate or through a membership fee which includes a reduced rate for individuals age 65 and older. For more information, please visit the Watkins Glen Central School District website at http://wgcsd.org/fitnesscenter.cfm.
Indoor Track: The Watkins Glen Central School District offers access to the school's indoor track from 6:30-
Catharine Valley Trail: Don't forget about this local gem when considering walking, running, or biking. The trail continues to