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When the Upper Deck Company emerged from nowhere in 1989 with an expensive, premium-quality baseball card that made the other companies' products look like 1950's throwbacks, it jolted a complacent industry accustomed to producing traditional cardboard pictures of ballplayers.
"They're the pulse of the hobby," said Doug Kale, editor of Sports Card Trader, a publication whose readers named Upper Deck the card of the year.
Upper Deck established itself so quickly that it rapidly rivaled Brooklyn-based Topps, which had started in business more than 30 years before and was the standard -- and only -- card maker before rivals like Fleer, Donruss and Score cropped up in the 1980's. Beyond Baseball
In four years, Upper Deck has grown from a small printing plant in Yorba Linda, Calif., to a sleek headquarters in Carlsbad. In its brief history, it has diversified beyond baseball cards, raced its rivals to see which could produce more cards to meet the demands of a market of collectors and investors that seemed to expand without limits, retrenched, undergone a management purge and even battled a lawsuit by a former Upper Deck lawyer that publicly exposed its privately held finances.
"I never had a passion for cards, just a passion for doing something perfectly," Richard McWilliam, Upper Deck's president and chief executive, said in his large walnut office. An accountant who joined the company after its founding, he said, "I don't care if a card is worth 2 cents or $50."Continue reading the main story
Neither did Paul Sumner, who created the Upper Deck concept six years ago. Mr. Sumner was a salesman for an Anaheim, Calif., graphics business and was seeking a hobby for his son. When he heard about the growing problem of counterfeiting, he realized that he knew a way to protect the cards. He had studied holograms in college and had used them in printing his company's brochures. Foiling Counterfeiters
"I got the idea to make a premium, good-looking card, with photos on both sides, and put a hologram on each one to make them counterfeit-proof," he said. His boss, Boris Korbel, leapt at the idea. Their production and sales forecasts swelled as orders mounted to 700 million cards by mid-1988.
In March 1989, the first shipments of Upper Deck cards left the Yorba Linda plant. But soon, those quarters grew too cramped. Two years ago, the company built a 250,000-square-foot plant of brown marble and black glass on a hilltop 30 miles north of San Diego.
After Upper Deck introduced its premium baseball series, at prices ranging from 99 cents to just under $4, depending on the players pictured and the number of cards printed, the rival card makers followed with cards that had improved photography, better design and higher-quality paper stock. Together, they ignited the growth of the new sports-card market from $50 million in 1980 when Topps's monopoly was broken by Fleer to a $1.5 billion universe in 1992. A Market Correction
But the market, saturated by far more supply than demand, has undergone a correction. Beset by dealer returns of unsold cards, the bottoming out of an overheated speculative market and the skyrocketing prices of cards once they reached the secondary market, all companies have cut production.
For its fiscal fourth quarter, which ended in February, Topps reported a $21.4 million loss, as a result of lower sales, high returns and inventory write-offs. It recovered in the quarter ended May 29, posting a $9.4 million profit for the period.
Cards are no longer the alluring honey they once were to big-time collectors, who turned the once-prosaic hobby into a sexy, high-returns investment by bidding up the price of full sets -- which can range from a few dozen cards to hundreds -- and cases, which have 720 to 800 packs apiece. The speculative fervor boosted the prices for popular or rare cards produced from 1 to 90 years ago.
"I don't know if we've totally bottomed out," Tom Mortensen, editor of Sports Collectors Digest, said, "but the card companies are becoming smarter and more in tune with collectors and how much material they can absorb."
Despite production cuts of 40 percent from its 1991 highs, a management purge last year resulting from questionable dealings by executives and recent litigation demanding part ownership by an aggrieved former company attorney, Upper Deck has emerged as the biggest trading-card manufacturer.
Last year, the privately held Upper Deck's card sales totaled $263.2 million, compared with Topps's $185.7 million for the year ended Feb. 27. Topps registered an additional $77 million in revenue from gum and other candy products. Image Enhancement
Upper Deck's surge has been accompanied by a strategy to make the company more than a card maker. It has spent heavily on a national television campaign starring Mickey Mantle, Michael Jordan, Ted Williams and Reggie Jackson, an adviser to the company, that is more about image enhancement than cards.
It sponsors the Upper Deck Heroes of Baseball series of old-timer games and the United States national soccer team -- and is producing multilingual World Cup cards. It is also a partner, with Bruce McNall, the owner of the Los Angeles Kings hockey team, in Upper Deck Authenticated, a growing but struggling creator of "certified as authentic" autographed memorabilia.
"This business is all about having your heroes close to you," Mr. McWilliam said.
Tony Sciolla, product group manager of Upper Deck, added, "We're about building a big trademark that can extend beyond trading cards." The nascent plans include sponsoring events and possibly producing clothing.
Since its early dependence on baseball, Upper Deck has branched into selling cards of the other major league sports, and has produced Looney Tunes and superhero cards. "I was advised early in 1989 not to go into other sports," Mr. McWilliam said. "It took me three months to realize I had to expand. Baseball could only grow so much."
Sales of Upper Deck's football cards have been hurt by the glut of card producers, about two dozen, with National Football League licenses. "The N.F.L. is too saturated," Mr. McWilliam said.
Topps isn't standing still with trading cards, either. Although the company's stock has stumbled because of falling earnings, it has expanded its candy products and branched into superhero comic books.
Mr. McWilliam controls Upper Deck with a 27 percent stake, and is the only original partner still active in company management. Mr. Sumner owns 14 percent; Mr. Korbel, 26 percent, and Richard Kughn, a Detroit investor, 26 percent.
Last year, the partners divvied up $45.7 million in dividends, which declined from $66.7 million in 1991 before the tumble in the card market, according to figures that emerged from the suit by the company's former lawyer. Sales for this year's first quarter slipped 34 percent, to $68 million. For the year, Mr. McWilliam said, "Our income is up while our sales are down a little."
Mr. McWilliam is not pleased to discuss the company's finances. But when Anthony Passante, the former lawyer for Upper Deck, sued for a 3 percent share in the company, Mr. McWilliam testified, disclosing once-private figures.
"It was jealousy, a suit driven solely by envy," said Mr. McWilliam, who dismissed Mr. Passante in December 1988.
Mr. Passante portrayed the lawsuit as a case of friendship betrayed, asserting that he had trusted Mr. McWilliam, a friend and high school classmate, and Mr. Korbel, for whom he did legal work. Their words, he thought, were "their bond," said Vincent Bartolotta Jr., Mr. Passante's lawyer.
The closeness was exaggerated, said Stephen Poludniak, vice president of legal affairs for Upper Deck.
Mr. Bartolotta said of Mr. Passante, "He felt he would have offended them by asking to reduce their deal to writing."
On May 21, an Orange County jury awarded Mr. Passante $33 million, based on valuing Upper Deck at $1 billion. Mr. McWilliam's evaluation was $250 million; a witness for Mr. Passante put it at $1.5 billion. Based on Friday's closing price of $7.50 a share, Topps's market value is $355 million.
The process of evaluating the company forced Mr. McWilliam to disclose that the company lost $15 million on a line of Looney Tunes sports cards and another $6 million on a poster featuring the 1992 Olympics "Dream Team" of basketball players from the United States.
Then, on July 2, Orange County Superior Court Judge James Cook tossed out the ruling, citing insufficient evidence and misconduct by Mr. Bartolotta, who filed a notice of appeal with the state Court of Appeals.
Two months after the judge's ruling, Upper Deck released an ultra-premium line of baseball cards, which were quickly followed by its rivals. While cards will remain the core of Upper Deck, the company is also fine-tuning and expanding its Upper Deck Authenticated business, in which star athletes autograph balls, bats, pictures, jerseys and other products, which are packaged with a certificate of authenticity. The offerings range from a $14.95 T-shirt to a $3,995 set of collectibles signed by Magic Johnson, including a card, a piece of the Great Western Forum floor, a jersey and a basketball.
Stuart Ellis, who runs the venture, said: "We've stubbed our toe. We've had a $100 million focus without the resources to do it. We've tried to do too much without the systems in place, and we've delivered late to retailers."
Expansions into memorabilia, retailing, event sponsorship, or even clothing are ways to build a trademark that takes Upper Deck beyond cards. Upper Deck seems to be following the diversification path of Nike, which parlayed its success in running shoes into wider power in the world of sports.
"If we manage the trademark well," Mr. Sciolla said, "we can be almost anything."Continue reading the main story


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MTSU's new Agricultural Education Leadership graduate program offers the opportunity to study agricultural leadership and its application in a variety of agricultural and environmental contexts. This concentration leads to a Master of Education (M.Ed.) degree in the Administration and Supervision major. The program helps disseminate the latest research and best practices in agribusiness and agriscience to educational leaders such as extension officers, FFA club advisors, 4-H leaders, and K-12 teachers who integrate agricultural content into their curriculum. Electives allow master's candidates to tailor studies for individual career goals. The program draws upon the expertise of School of Agriculture faculty and builds on MTSU's strong foundation in K-12 education. Although not traditionally identified as STEM fields, agribusiness and agriscience rest on the ever-growing and ever-changing currents of science, technology, and engineering that require agricultural leaders to remain up-to-date in scientific arenas, apply that knowledge to agribusiness and agriscience, and communicate that information to a variety of audiences in a number of formats.
Smith County High School agriculture teacher Wesley Foster, a Plant and Soil Science graduate from MTSU, plans to finish his master's through the new Agricultural Education Leadership program. Foster took three graduate classes before being hired mid-semester in 2012. "This new master's program will benefit me personally because it is focused more toward me and what I do in my classroom," he says. "Before, the program was aimed more toward an administration position rather than toward the agricultural side or the teaching side." Foster has increased agriculture enrollment from 104 to 195 at Smith County and FFA membership from 68 to 126 as advisor. "Agriculture is changing day by day by day, whether it's seed varieties, precision agriculture, or the mechanics on agriculture equipment," Foster says. "Everything involved with agriculture has exploded within the past 10 years, so it's hard to keep up." Foster also co-owns and operates his family's 1,500-acre farm in Cannon County.
Dr. Alanna (Neely) Vaught is starting up the Agricultural Education Leadership master's program at MTSU as graduate director. Vaught, a 2003 MTSU graduate, earned her doctorate in Agricultural Education from Texas A&M in 2013. "Students have continuously voiced their desire to obtain an Ag master's degree from MTSU," Vaught says. "After many years of work, we are excited to now offer this opportunity." She began teaching in MTSU's School of Agriculture in 2006 after receiving her master's in Instructional Leadership. Vaught then wrote a grant and launched a dual credit program between MTSU and high schools that the state later took over. "When she first talked to me about it, I quickly realized that there would be a strong demand for this degree," says Warren Gill, former Agriculture director. "Dr. Vaught is passionate about helping develop the next generation of great teachers."
With leadership being a mandate of employers, the Agricultural Education Leadership master's degree positions graduates to work with communities, organizations, and agencies that are committed to agriculture and the environment. The program is geared toward agricultural extension agents, 4-H leaders, recent graduates, and teachers who seek advanced agricultural leadership skills.
Because this degree program is new, employer information is still being compiled.
The Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Administration and Supervision now offers a concentration in Agriculture Education Leadership, as well as specializations in K-12 public school, higher education, and a nonlicensure program.
Applicants must have
Curriculum consists of 9 hours core classes, 12 hours of specialized coursework, and 12 hours of electives.
Students must select 12 hours from graduate-level elective courses in the College of Basic and Applied Sciences, the Jones College of Business, and the College of Education. A minimum of 6 hours must be taken from courses with common rubrics (i.e., FOED, SPSE, YOED, ABAS, MKT, MGMT).
For example, a student who planned to teach in a K-12 setting could pick up additional courses in the College of Education. However, a student who planned to lead a 4-H or agricultural extension might choose further courses in the School of Agriculture.
The Womack Educational Leadership Department awards the Master of Education degree (M.Ed.) with majors in Administration and Supervision, Curriculum and Instruction, and Professional Counseling.
Master's graduates may pursue the Specialist in Education degree (Ed.S.), with majors available in Administration and Supervision as well as Curriculum and Instruction.
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The M.Ed. in Administration and Supervision offers a concentration in Agricultural Education Leadership as well as specializations in K-12 public school, higher education, and a nonlicensure program.
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Students pursuing an M.Ed. degree must be fully admitted prior to their initial semester of coursework.
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Candidate must complete 33 hours in the following course of study:
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Assists educational personnel in developing contexts and concepts in which educational problems and issues may be understood through awareness of findings in humanistic and behavioral studies.
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Qualitative and quantitative research applicable to the field of education. Both producers and consumers of educational research with a literature review presented to support possible solutions to significant hypotheses or problems.
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Roles, responsibilities understandings, and behavior patterns in effective administrative and supervisory personnel. Developing sensitivity to individuals, the nature and structures of groups, and the problems of communication within and among groups and individuals.
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Explores the nature and history of selected philosophical concepts and philosophers and evaluates their influence upon education and agricultural education in the United States.
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Identifies and defines leadership, as well as identifies styles and roles of leadership. Explores development techniques and skills required in working in and with organizations through reading, observing, applying, creating, and evaluating leadership.
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Introduces theories of teaching and learning and related research. Explores trait, behavioral skills, situational approach, path-goal theory, leader-member theory, and other leadership theories. Explores applications of teaching and learning theory in the context of teaching agricultural subject matter.
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Examines leadership as it related to organizations and their group and team behavior. Identifies styles and roles of leadership, development of leadership techniques and skills required in working in organizations and youth groups, methods of resolving conflict, communicating, guiding and evaluating leadership, and ethical consideration of leaders. Capstone course for the Agricultural Education Leadership concentration.
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The restrictions, once set in place, "run with the land" and are binding on all future landowners (in other words, the restrictions are perpetual). The restrictions are documented in the conservation easement, which is recorded at the Recorder of Deeds. The easement becomes part of the deed and the chain of title for the property. The primary purpose of Trust conservation easements is to protect agricultural and open space land by significantly limiting the right to subdivide and build dwellings on the property. It is important to note that the landowner retains full ownership of the property.
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Sunday, April 16, 2017
Hot season in Vrindavan... and bhajan
sā hānis tan mahac-chidraṁ saḥ mohaḥ sa ca vibhramaḥ
yan-muhūrtaṁ kṣaṇaṁ vāpi vāsudevo na cintyate
Even a moment, even an instant that passes without thought of Vāsudeva is a loss; it is a tragic mistake, it is delusion and it is a great confusion. (Vishnu Purana?)
So, avyartha-kālatvam is what we strive for. With all the distractions who can point his or her mind straight into the heart of God?
vāgbhiḥ stuvanto manasā smarantas
tanvā namanto'py aniśaṁ na tṛptāḥ |
bhaktāḥ sravan-netra-jalāḥ samagram
āyur harer eva samarpayanti ||
With their words they praise him,
with their minds, they remember him,
with their bodies, they bow down constantly,
yet they are never satisfied that it's enough.
Their eyes flowing with tears,
they offer up their entire lives to Hari.
Hari-bhakti-sudhodaye 12.37
Another verse there that I really like... makes me think of all those people fleeing Vrindavan in the hot season...
na yatra vaikuṇṭha-kathā-sudhāpagā
na sādhavo bhāgavatās tad-āśrayāḥ
na yatra yajñeṣa-makhā mahotsavāḥ
sureśa-loko'pi na vai sa sevyatām
Be it the abode of Brahmā, the chief of the gods.
One should not reside in such a place
where the ambrosial rivers of Bhagavān's pastimes do not flow,
where the devotees of Bhagavān do not take shelter of their banks,
and where no festivals are held as sacrifices for His pleasure
This always going on the internet is a very bad habit.
Once a day or twice a day for necessary communications is all. Going on and reading this, listening to that, watching this.. going into a kind of zone...
It is a lot of clutter and really not good for bhajan. Like today, I just went on to the websites I usually frequent but I haven't had any internet for 24 hours.
So it all looks pretty same-old-shit, same-old-shit. Why do I let this crap occupy my mind for even a minute?
If you must use the internet, go back in spirit to the olden days. Write meaningful, heartfelt compositions, ones that are literary and indeed a meditation in themselves. As a sadhana.
We might not be able to reach that kind of state always, but imagine being able to share something genuinely spiritually insightful, something genuinely profound -- something that has had a whole day of rebounding within your breathing, that was underlying everything as you went from distraction to distraction, something that percolated and cook ed and then indeed baked into a carrot cake of a thought -- sharing that with a heart-soul, a spiritual companion whose dearness is perhaps being enhanced by a a feeling of separation.
And with all that, we can become _more_ introspective and _more_ honest and thereby push forward in the time we have left to become accomplished in the Art of Love.
Sins exposed, and honestly repented, are sins evaporated.
Jai Radhe.
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"So it all looks pretty same-old-shit, same-old-shit. Why do I let this crap occupy my mind for even a minute?"
All is relative to the (mind of) the observer; change your mind to change that which you see...
19. The mind takes the form of a spark of fire by thinking on its essence, which gradually develops itself like the germ of a seed, in the form of the mundane egg by its internal force.
20. The same fiery spark figuratively called the Brahmānda or mundane egg, became as a snowball amidst the water, and conceived the great Brahmā within its hollow womb.
Source: Yoga-vāsiṣṭha-mahārāmāyaṇa
Things unattempted yet in Prose or Rhime.
And chiefly Thou O Spirit, that dost prefer
Before all Temples th' upright heart and pure,
Instruct me, for Thou know'st; Thou from the first
Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread
Dove-like satst brooding on the vast Abyss
And mad'st it pregnant: What in me is dark
Illumine, what is low raise and support;
That to the highth of this great Argument
I may assert th' Eternal Providence,
And justifie the wayes of God to men.
Source: John Milton (Paradise Lost)
"Happy Easter" dearest Jagadananda Das.
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Today it seems that doctors and physicians are under the threat of medical malpractice suits. It seems that wherever you look in the media you hear of a multimillion dollar payout for someone who has been the victim of medical negligence. How and why does this seem to happen so often? Are the doctors the victims or do they deserve what they get? In this article we will answer some of the basic questions regarding medical malpractice, what it means and what action you can take should you think you are the victim of this.
What exactly is medical malpractice?
Medical malpractice basically is when you have been injured or suffered in some way due to a doctors and or hospitals negligence. The people who work in our health care industry are both legally and morally obligated to provide a standard of care. If that standard of care is breeched then they run the risk of committing medical malpractice.
If I had a relative that didn't survive an operation, can I sue for medical malpractice?
Possibly, however, you cannot bring a lawsuit just because a doctor didn't produce a desired outcome. There is an element of risk in any operation and they don't always go as planned. The only way you could bring suit is if you could show your relative died due to a doctors mistake or negligence. You would have to prove that no other reasonable professional would have done the same thing at that time under the same circumstances.
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The best thing you can do is get legal advice. There are several medical malpractice lawyers that understand this kind of case. They are very knowledgeable and can best advise you on your chances of winning your case.
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That completely depends on your own individual situation. It may also depend on what state you live in. In general, you can usually claim for medical expenses, loss of wages due to missed work, and pain and suffering and mental anguish.
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App stores: early or not at all?
In the past 10 months, the Apple app store has been a tremendous success, helping to fuel the success of the iPhone. Now all the other platforms owners (Google, Microsoft, RIM) and operators are planning their own app stores.
There are some dubious assumptions that both app store owners and app developers are making about app stores.
- Early apps were successful so we can be too.
- Early apps were successful but it's too late for us.
- App stores made Apple a success and will make our platform a success too
- All we need is the "killer app" to make our platform a smash hit.
All this is a preface to a discussion Wednesday in San Mateo by two Symbian Foundation executives — "catalyst" David Wood and interim marketing VP Ted Shelton — on their own planned app store.
The app store plan for Apple is pretty simple: Apple makes the phone, Apple makes the platform, and Apple strong-armed the carriers into providing (on-deck) access to App Store apps on any iPhone. For firms that license their OS (Google, Microsoft, Symbian) the story is quite a bit messier, since both the phone maker and the operator may want to get involved.
At the Nokia Developer Conference last month, Symbian Foundation head Lee Williams announced Symbian will be developing its own app store. It appears most analysts in the US missed the story, to the point that some (like my friend Matt Asay) are growing impatient.
Shelton and Wood talked about the app store Wednesday night to a small grouping of developers and analysts. The name is not settled, but the name I thought fit best was "Symbian App Warehouse." Rather than sell to end users, they will certify applications and distribute them to all manner of application stores (e.g. Nokia Ovi) run by handset vendors, operators. The claim was that it would be without a fee, but I (like others) suspect in the long run they will need a minimal fee to cover operating costs; Mike Mace suggested 5-6%.
Symbian is shopping for lead ISVs: 5 developers in July, 100 in October for the 2009 Symbian Exchange and Exposition ("Come and SEE the future of mobile.") The idea is to scale slowly to work out some of the kinks — not to impose some sort of limit as to the number of applications.
So the offer from Symbian was simple: do you want to be app # 45,678 at the Apple store or one of the first five at the Symbian store? As Shelton said, "the first movers have a greater opportunity to make money because there is a lower signal to noise ratio." Palm has been making similar claims to prospective Pre developers (but with 0% share for its new platform vs. nearly 50% for Symbian).
Shelton had a point: ceteris paribus, later is worse. When I launched my Mac software company in July 1987 I had a far harder time getting carried by the channel and getting noticed than had Silicon Beach Software 3 years earlier. (I also had less money and less compelling applications). Of course, big companies with big budgets are better equipped to enter late than small self-funded (perhaps garage-dwelling) startups.
The iPhone App Store with its high visibility (and high download rate) would be very attractive if I had a narrow niche program, such as a virtual bass guitar. Unfortunately, PocketGuitar (99¢) already does that, and there are also other electronic guitars, several pianos, drum sets and even simulated sax, flute and bugle (blow on the mike). This is among more than 1300 applications listed under the "music" category.
So the Apple app market is heavily fragmented, and with a free online course being viewed by 100,000 developers, it will only get worse. Expectations for the Android Market mean that it is likely to head in the same direction. What should a developer do?
In the long run, developers will enter with one platform and then (if their app is hot) port to everything in sight; as with videogames, a platform will have only a temporary exclusive. The web-based apps (Facebook, MySpace, Google maps etc.) are already heading in this direction. A handful of companies (like Pangea Software on the iPhone) will figure out a way to come up with a string of hits.
In the short run, young developers need an open field market entry strategy: go where the competitors ain't. Videogame developers have done this for more than a decade, just as companies choose geographic markets that are most promising. Once all the app stores have their initial launch ISVs, it will be up to developers to figure out a way to stand out of the clutter.


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The BEST Crumb Apple Pie
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This is the THIRD time I've posted this pie. I'm betting none of you have ever seen the other two so…third time's the charm, I guess. Let me introduce you to the pie that started this blog, literally: Dorothy's Famous Crumb Apple Pie.
I can say it's famous, right? If it's been on the internet? And is the most requested pie in my entire family? And if MEL EATS IT?
Okay, so I first posted this pie in the early days of this blog. I'm not even gonna link it because, really. No one needs to see it. That was back when I thought "Hey, I'll post all these recipes and magically everyone will start reading my blog!" which was what I thought a hot second after thinking "Hey, the Pioneer Woman is famous! I can do that!"
*snort laugh*
Anyway, post #2 was back in 2012. I joined forces with some of my BFF bloggers to on a "redo" post. That is, we picked an old post, reshot it and reposted it because our old photos sucked. And, well. LMAO, I actually thought it was a great photo. (See the bottom of this post for the original shot.)
So, third time is the charm. I mean, the pie that is the reason I started my blog deserves to be front and center. It deserves good photos and a good pin count (so pin it, pretty please?) and everyone needs to make this pie.
I realize it's not "apple pie season" but really. Isn't every day apple pie season? #ItShouldBe
Look at that crumb? You guys, I'm drooling, for real.
So how did this pie start it all? Well, I developed this recipe when I was in college. I loved the flavors of apple pie but I always thought the traditional two crust variety was missing something. I also hate chewy/crunchy apples in pie; I can't even eat a pie if the apples bounce back at me. So I created this recipe and it became legendary (at least to me). I subsequently have made this pie for every holiday for 20 years. And, you guys: MEL EATS IT. It's one of the only non-peanut butter, non-carrot cake desserts he eats!! And he can never resist it!
How did that turn into a blog? Well, Mel and I always joked that we should make this pie without the apples; just the crust and the crumb, because that was the best part. Then that turned into a business idea we had for a bakery (which is still on my mind)…and that turned into Crazy for Crust. And the rest is history!
So, what makes this pie so special? What makes it the BEST APPLE PIE out there? Well, let's break down the only pie recipe you'll ever need from now until infinity, shall we?
1. The Crust. Now, when I first started making this pie I used a refrigerated pie crust (Pillsbury). When I'm not in the crust making mood, I still use that, but most of the time I make my favorite All Butter Pie Crust recipe. It's easy and so, so good once it gets soaked with the filling. The butter makes it turn out perfect every time – no dry, burned crust here!
2. The Apples. As I said before, I hate crunchy apples in pie. My secret to the perfect apple filling? I cook the apples before adding them to the crust. YES! It's genius, really. I peel, core, and slice my apples (using my handy dandy apple peeler, get one, it saves your sanity) then quarter the apple rings and boil them for just a few minutes in a pot with a bit of water. You don't want them to get mushy and turn to apple sauce. You want them to just be turning opaque, then immediately strain them and let them cool a few minutes. This creates the PERFECT apple filling.
3. The Crumb. There is a LOT of crumb on this pie. It has a lot of butter and sugar. And it's SO FREAKING GOOD. The crumb cooks together in the oven so it turns into a crunchy layer on top of the perfectly cooked apples. I don't ever even want apple pie without crumb. Heck, I'd put this on a pudding pie, a lemon pie, ANY PIE. It's that good.
Those three things, when added together, equal the BEST crumb apple pie recipe you've ever eaten.
The outer edges of the crust are perfectly cooked and not dry or burned, the crust gets crunchy, the apples are the perfect filling. The bottom crust isn't crunchy but isn't soggy either; the apple juices drain into it and make it almost taste like a soft cookie. You top this baby with ice cream and you've got yourself the perfect
meal dessert for ANY day.
I knew the third time would be the charm. Isn't she a beauty?
The BEST Crumb Apple Pie
This is my absolute FAVORITE pie recipe. It's the reason I started this blog! A buttery crust filled with sweet apples and a crunchy sweet crumble on top. It's the perfect WOW dessert, especially with ice cream!
For the pie:
- 1 recipe All Butter Pie Crust (or you can use a refrigerated pie crust)
- 6-7 large Granny Smith apples (about 3 pounds)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
For the crumb:
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, slightly softened
- Roll out your pie crust according to recipe or package directions and place in your 9″ pie plate. Refrigerate until ready to use.
- Peel and core the apples, then slice into thin slices. I like using my apple peeler for this step. Place one inch of water in the bottom of a large pot. Add apples and cook, stirring occasionally, approximately 3-5 minutes after water boils, or just until the apples start to turn the slightest bit opaque.
- While apples are cooking, add the crumb ingredients to a large bowl. Using a fork or pastry cutter, cut the ingredients together until they form coarse crumbs, about the size of a pea.
- Drain apples very well. Let them sit in the strainer for a few minutes to cool, then place them in pie crust. Sprinkle 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon over apples. Add your crumb mixture evenly on top. Place pie on a cookie sheet to avoid mess in the oven. Cover outer edge of crust with thin strips of foil or a pie crust shield.
- Bake at 375° for 35-45 minutes. Remove pie crust shield during the last 15 minutes of baking to ensure that the crust browns.
- Pie may be made a day in advance. Refrigerate overnight. Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.
See more of my ultimate pie recipes here!
This is the "redo" photo I did back in the day, the one I thought was OMG SUCH A GOOD PHOTO!! I told myself it's gonna go CRAZY it's so good!! (Spoiler alert: it didn't.)


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Abu Dhabi TV showed a man sporting the trademark beret and moustache and looking every inch like Saddam acknowledging the acclaim of a crowd in a Baghdad street. It also broadcast a separate sound recording of an address to the Iraqi nation.
The network claimed both were authentic and were recorded in the Azimiyah district on April 9, the same day Baghdad fell with the toppling of Saddam's statue.
If it was indeed Saddam, the tapes would confirm British intelligence suggestions that he survived an attempt to bomb him in a Baghdad hideout on April 8. And if so, he is clearly seeking to emulate that other notorious fugitive, Osama bin Laden, who, by evading a relentless manhunt and taunting his pursuers with occasional recorded musings, has maintained his mythic status among Arab militants.
The videotape, apparently filmed only 10 miles north west of the city square where his statue was being brought down by a US tank, shows Saddam surrounded by emotional supporters while his bodyguards look on nervously, machine guns at the ready.
At one point, he stands unsteadily on a car to drink in the final moment of public adulation, before being bustled in and driven away.
Among the figures around him appear to be his younger son, Qusay, his private secretary, Abid Hamid al-Tikriti, and his defence minister, Sultan Hashim al-Thai - the ace of clubs, ace of diamonds and eight of hearts in the US card deck of fugitive mugshots. Saddam himself is the ace of spades.
The taped message was recorded separately, indoors. It is a rambling, repetitive address to the Iraqi nation not to give up and to be ready to fight back when the time is right.
"We are confident that victory at the end will be ours, and that God will help us as much as we have ourselves have the stamina and belief for all the people, men and women, to fight on," the message states.
It is filled with long pauses, filled only with the rustling of papers, when Saddam appears to lose his chain of thought.
For those who fail to share their former leader's conviction, Saddam only has the judgment of the afterlife to threaten them with. If Iraq gives up, he warns the nation he terrorised for 25 years, "then corruption will prevail, and you will pay the price due to those with weak souls".


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o-3 months is a time when your baby doesn't really play with toys. When you consider Hogg's Learning Triangle (Baby Whisperer: Learning Triangle : http://babywisemom.blogspot.com/2008/09/baby-whisperer-learning-triangle.html) and Ezzo's funnel, you want to be careful about what you try to have your child play with. This doesn't mean your newborn needs to sit in a state of boredom. For one thing, everything is new and interesting to your newborn; she can easily become overstimulated if you take things to far (which I think is very common for the first time mother, at least it was for me). For another, there are some things I think are good for the newborn. Remember the baby doesn't usually get the ability to grab a toy until 3 months, some closer to 4 months. So we are talking about the newborn who can't move herself or purposefully grab something and hold it.
- Blanket: A blanket can be a good "toy" for a newborn. You can do tummy time or lay your newborn on her back to just observe what is going on around her.
- Playpen: A playpen can be used instead of a blanket, or in addition to a blanket. You could put mobile on the playpen (mobiles are discussed below) a stuffed animal in your baby's view, or even the gym in the playpen and the baby at the playpen. I find this nice if baby has older siblings that aren't quite aware of how to handle baby yet. For example, Brayden was 22 months old when Kaitlyn was born. He has always been a cautious person and was never too rough with her, but I wasn't about to leave them in the room alone together or leave her in his reach without my supervision. Putting her in the playpen offered a buffer for me to be sure she was safe. Our playard is a Graco brand, but there are lots of brands out there: Playards
- Bath: Once the umbilical cord has fallen off, you can bath your baby as a good "toy" for this age if she enjoys it. Before that, just a sponge bath. See this post for my favorite bath items along with many ideas from readers: Baby Stuff I Love: Bathtime : http://babywisemom.blogspot.com/2008/08/baby-stuff-i-love-bathtime.html
- Massage: Your baby might enjoy an infant massage. See this post for more on that: Baby Whisperer: Infant Massage : http://babywisemom.blogspot.com/2008/09/baby-whisperer-infant-massage.html
- Parent's Voice: your voice can be interesting for your baby. Think back to those nursery songs and sing them to your baby, but be sure you don't take it too far or for too long. Some of my kids favorite songs were The Wheels on the Bus (doing actions of the bus with baby's body, so for wipers, I would take their hands and swish them back and forth), 10 Little Monkeys (my fingers were the monkeys), and the Itsy Bitsy Spider (me doing actions).
- Puppets: Your newborn might enjoy looking at a hand or finger puppet on your hand. Be mindful that you don't get too crazy with it. For the older newborn, she might enjoy if the puppet tickles her or kisses her. These are great toys because they can grow with your child. Your child enjoys watching them more as she grows, then she enjoys putting them on her hands, then she can do puppet shows. I have found finger puppets to be especially nice at church. Hand Puppets and Finger Puppets
- Simple Pictures: You can draw a big black circle on a white piece of paper and set it somewhere for your baby to look at. Not very exciting to the adult, but stimulating to the baby.
- Gym: A baby gym is a great place for a newborn to play. It is a great "medium" for independent playtime (see Independent Playtime: http://babywisemom.blogspot.com/2008/01/independent-playtime.html). At first, she just lays there and looks at the things around her (be sure you don't leave her there too long and overstimulate her). Between 1-2 months, she might start trying to grab or kick the items she is looking at. She also might coo at it. As she approaches 3 months, she will at first accidentally grab an item, then start to move more purposefully in trying to grasp those toys. Many baby gyms are designed to grow with your child. Baby Gym
- Mirror: A baby safe mirror can be fun for your baby. Your baby will enjoy looking at herself. You can get a crib mirror and have her lay in the crib or playpen and look at herself or get a car mirror and use just in the car or move it back and forth. Be sure if you put it in the crib that you take it out for naptime or she might admire herself rather than sleep. I highly, highly recommend a mirror in the car. It was an absolute must with Brayden. For Kaitlyn it wasn't as necessary, she was more interested in looking at Brayden, but she still enjoyed it. Baby Mirror This is my favorite car mirror: Fisher-Price Rainforest Deluxe Auto Mirror -- it isn't the nicest adult-looking toy, but the baby loves it.
- Mobile: The only mobile we have ever had is a simple mobile with three bears hanging from it (it came with our playard). They don't have music and don't move or anything. This sounds really boring, but for the newborn baby, it is fascinating. Brayden was always really active, even as a newborn. He was standing (supported by us) before two months old. He wanted to move. When it came to these bears, however, he would just lay and watch them. I had them by his changing table. He would watch them while I changed his diaper and then want to lay there some more to continue to watch. They are also the first things he ever talked to. He talked and talked to them. Baby Mobiles
- Bouncer: This is another good "medium" for independent play in those early months (Independent Playtime: http://babywisemom.blogspot.com/2008/01/independent-playtime.html). It is also a nice place for baby to be while you fix dinner or something. As your baby starts to develop some head control, the bouncer can be a fun toy. There is no shortage of different bouncers out there, so find one you think you will like. Ours is a kick and play where things happen when baby kicks. It was fun for teaching cause/effect. Here is the one we have, but there are lots of fun options out there:
Fisher-Price Kick & Play Bouncer
- Swing: I love the swing. Brayden wasn't ever one to sleep in it, but he would sit and have some playtime in it each day. The lifesaver of the swing came with Kaitlyn. For one thing, she had reflux and there were times she needed to sleep in the swing. It was also a good place to put her to sleep if she had been up too long and overstimulated while she was sleep training instead of the crib (like when she was at church). It also helped train her through the short naps (see Waking Early From Naps/Won't Fall Asleep For Naps: http://babywisemom.blogspot.com/2008/01/waking-early-from-napswont-fall-asleep.html). Another reason it was great is when you have two children (or more), you can't always give your full attention to the baby, so it is a nice place to put baby for a few minutes if she wakes early and the older kids are in need of something (say it is their naptime). The swing we have had for both was the Fisher Price Ocean Wonders Aquarium swing. Once again, not something that looks nice in your house, but the kids love it. We have decided to buy a new swing for the next baby; it will be the Fisher Price Rainforest Swing. The reason we are going to get that one is it can plug in, but also can run on batteries. Baby Swings
- Books: It is no secret that I love books (Non-BW: The Value of Reading: http://babywisemom.blogspot.com/2008/01/non-bw-value-of-reading.html). I plan to do a Baby Stuff I Love post on books that I love, but I will also include books especially good for each age group in this post series. For this age you are really going for books to look at and books with fun rhymes. Your baby won't be touching on purpose yet, so I won't list touch and feel for this age. If you are interested in good touch and feel books, I will list them in the 3-6 month post. Books that are excellent for words are the Baby Einstein books. I especially like the bath books for this age and older. The older newborn is accidentally grabbing stuff, or perhaps trying and getting it by chance. These books are basically indestructible. Baby can slobber all over them without problem. When baby gets older, they can go in the bath with her. The first four books on this page are the bath books we have: Baby Einstein Bath Books. I also recommend any Baby Einstein book really, but one I would find especially good for this age is the Mirror Me Board Book. It has mirrors on each page along with a fun character. It can be a fun book for baby to see herself: Baby Einstein: Mirror Me! (Baby Einstein). Another type of book I would recommend for this age is the cloth book. They are soft and safe. Baby Cloth Books. One in particular my children both liked is Circus McGurkus 1, 2, 3! (Dr. Seuss Nursery Collection). The text is in rhymes and each page has something fun for baby. For example, on page has a rattle.
- Other toys you can move: You can get toys that your baby can't hold or play with yet to entertain with (like a rattle). Just be sure you don't overstimulate and you don't become baby's primary source of entertainment. For a list on toys like this that I recommend, see the 3-6 month age post.
- Stroller: I felt comfortable taking both of my children on walks once they were 6 weeks old. Brayden's birth took me a long time to heal, so that is part of the reason he was that old. I could have done Kaitlyn earlier, but we had a double stroller that wasn't as good for a newborn as our single stroller, so at 6 weeks I thought she was strong enough to sit in it. Also, for many babies that is the youngest they can be and stay awake long enough to eat, change diaper, and go for a walk. If you want to take baby for a walk (for your sanity as well as theirs), one tip is to have the stroller and everything ready to go while baby is napping. Then you can feed, change diaper, dress appropriately, and take off. For a single baby, I really like our Graco stroller. It has several reclining positions, all the way to fully laying down. It is really easy to push; you hardly feel the weight at all. You can maneuver it with one hand. It is bulky, but where I live and walk that isn't a problem at all. Our double stroller is the Jeep Wrangler Twin Sport All-weather Umbrella Stroller. Both seats recline and it is really small for a double stroller. It isn't as easy to push as our solo Graco, but I didn't like how long or wide double strollers could be. Also, I don't think any double stroller is as easy to maneuver as a solo stroller. I wanted a stroller they were sitting next to each other but could still realistically fit in normal places. It is pictured on this page: Strollers (right now it is number 20).
- Whoozit Activity Spiral: This is something I got for Kaitlyn and I love it. It can go on a car seat, stroller...pretty much anywhere you can get it to go around. It is an award-winning toy that is fun through many ages: Whoozit Activity Spiral
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- Elizabeth said...
Our 2 month old daughter loves her toys that have faces far better than any others. She loves to sit and stare at them, talk to them, and smile back at them. She wants nothing to do with the ones that don't have faces for her to look at!
December 1, 2008 7:36 AM
Plowmanators said...
Thanks Elizabeth!
December 2, 2008 2:10 PM
- Rachel Stella said...
One of my son's favorite things to do at this age was lying down on his back on my lap with his legs facing me. He couldn't get enough of this!
December 2, 2008 11:14 AM
Plowmanators said...
Thanks Rachel. Those simple things are very common "toys" for babies this age.
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Deer declines trigger mitigation, anger
Posted: Monday, Feb 28th, 2011
By Ron Aiken
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Shane DeForest, field manager for the BLM's Pinedale Field Office, started the meeting with a recap of a previous meeting on Oct. 27, 2010, where 84 comments were collected. DeForest noted confusion about what mitigation is and is not, so he clarified that mitigation is a tool to lessen impacts (scope, intensity, frequency and/or duration), not to reverse them. He said mitigation means finding ways to avoid, minimize, rectify, reduce or compensate for undesirable results on local game herds.
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"(Winter drilling) is the elephant in the room," said Daniel resident Rollie Sparrowe. "I've been following this for a long time and was running a wildlife task force for the PAWG (Pinedale Anticline Working Group) in 2005 making critical recommendations, and we had industry participation and we said to the PAWG and the PAWG said to BLM, 'what's happening with the deer herd is already unacceptable in 2005, so get the right people together to do something about habitat and population' and BLM refused."
"In the 10 years we've been jousting with this, we have a deer decline and we've had an unwillingness of the management agencies involved to address the real issue (winter drilling)."
To recap, winter drilling was not permitted according to the original Record of Decision issued by the BLM in 2000. However, operators later petitioned BLM to allow winter operations, citing various factors and that lobbying resulted in the successful re-issuing of the Record of Decision for the Pinedale Anticline that was signed in 2008. The 2008 ROD allowed for winter activity but also included many provisions operators would have to live up to including the installation of liquids-gathering systems, a five-year suspension of drilling on the flanks of the Anticline and the establishment of concentrated drilling areas within a six-mile radius to protect wintering herds.
"All of those (efforts) were intended to work to offset the impact associated with wintertime drilling exceptions," DeForest said.
Concerned citizens say the new decision was a poor one at best, a potentially catastrophic one at worst, as far as negative impacts to wintering wildlife. Sparrowe said anyone hoping those responsible for allowing winter drilling will admit it was a mistake shouldn't hold their breaths.
"I predict BLM and G&F will blame the decrease on bad weather," Sparrowe said.
Another citizen, Bev Sharpe, was equally bleak in her assessment of the threat to deer.
"Time is of the essence here and we are behind," said Sharpe, who lamented there was no way to force operators to take a year off from winter drilling to help the herd recover.
"I see no hope for the future."
Asked whether removing allowances for winter drilling was off the table or not, DeForest said it definitely was not--though he was quick to emphasize that potential outcome would have to be part of the process the BLM is working through now.
"The (2008) ROD provided for a sequential mitigation approach," he said, "and the final step, in the event that repeated attempts at mitigation using one of the approaches on and off-site do not work" meaning if after repeated attempts we're still in a situation where we have an undesirable situation (regarding mule deer numbers) "then that would be when the fourth phase, modification of operations, would take place (to address or change winter drilling)."
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For Sparrowe, such sentiments offer little comfort.
"What we continue to hear from BLM and G&F and industry is 'Hey, let's not jump to conclusions (about why mule deer population is down),'" Sparrowe said. "We're not going to address operations until the bottom falls out."
"Well, you can kiss this deer herd goodbye if this continues even just a little while longer."
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I don't very much like the standard races conceptually - or rather I like only elves (and tieflings, but they aren't part of OSR). But I don't like those flighty wood elves, frolicking in moonlight, singing and dancing for all eternity. That's boring and not weird. On the other hand, I like the Lotfp concept of the nearly unkillable dwarf with lots of hit points. For the halflings, I have absolutely no use. Even if they have the best saving throws in the whole game. Stop! I have just re-read the halfling class in Lotfp. Suddenly I find intriguing things: they have +1 bonus to their Dexterity modifier, are very stealthy and even gain a +1 bonus to AC when not surprised. So I guess, I'll keep the class around.
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Dwarves - Sailors in Ships of Stone
The dwarves are hardy (as mentioned above). I like that. I want to keep them around. But hard-working dwarves living in subterranean fortresses - not weird! Dwarves loving the sea and roaming the waves in their galleys of stone are different. So the dwarves are a sea-going people, who live on huge galleys made from stone. The secret of fashioning them now lost to time. On the other hand, a stone galley just wrecks your average wooden ship. They are the rulers of the waves, caught up in commerce and piracy. Yet, still a dwindling race. Ruleswise they stay as they are.
Elves become Tieflings - Spawn of the Netherworld
The elves in Lotfp are rather strange. They are aligned with chaos. They are vulnerable to holy water and holy symbols. Also, some spells specify that elves are immune to them. You could easily use the elves as presented in Lotfp to model Melnibonéans or other extra-planar creatures. I love tieflings. Therefore, I am reskinning elves as tieflings. Mechanics-wise it is not a complete match, but close enough. Tieflings will have small horns (not like those huge horns of the type IV tiefling) and faintly smell of brimstone or sulphur.
Halflings become Marsh Elves - Dwellers beyond the Drowning Woods
My rpg experience is heavily influences by the fighting fantasy gamebooks (and especially the Sorcery! epic). In "The Seven Serpents" you meet these shifty gypsy black elves. In "From the Pit", you find out that they split from the Dark Elves, because they didn't like their evil ways. Now they are ostracized from good and evil elven society. I just like the concept: a broken elven people condemned to roam the country side having lost much of their heritage. I've already re-purposed the elves, so the halflings remain. Let's make the medium sized, leave all of the other stuff in place and transform them into wretched Marsh Elves. They are chaotic and all the rules about elves regarding holy water/symbols and spell descriptions apply to them.
Beyond the Drowning Woods there is also one important rule (taken from Swords & Wizardry): NPC members of the dwarves, tieflings or marsh elves may have completely different capabilities than the PCs.
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This I like.ReplyDelete
I especially like reskinning the LotFP elves as Tieflings.
Very cool. I always like seeing races or monsters re-imagined. I reskinned half-elves in my games. I use half-elves as "Changelings" instead. Its a catch all sorta label not a true race. Changelings are basically half human and pretty much half anything else. So they could have been touched by a fey or diabolic influence- some of them are pretty much Tieflings.ReplyDelete
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