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Wednesday, January 10, 2007
This post is seriously overdue. Some time ago, Steve tagged me to write something like, "things about me that you might find wierd" (let's just start with my resistance to that word, which I never really know how to spell anymore, though once upon a time it was no issue at all, because it never looks right anymore. Blame the car accident, Blame old age, I don't know). He guessed correctly, that I am not usually up for that particular sort of bloggery, but since he's nice and the topic is interesting, I'll bite.
I think I was meant to limit it to six, but that seems unlikely.
Why or what about me is wierd? (Have you read my blog?)
1) I pick at my face. This has been discussed, I do believe, in a long treatment of Narcissism, which might actually be the only viable type for the personality disorder, as it is quite difficult to treat. Anyway, that's (and I have it on good authority) not my problem, but torturing my face in front of the mirror when I'm stressed or repressing something (like, anger maybe?), is. Also, if there are angry people around me, I break out in excema. Not usually a problem these days, but it was chronic and fairly severe until I left home at age eighteen. Last major bout came when I was being positively tortured by my French boss on the blockbuster movie I worked on in 2000. Recently, I got a small patch over my right eye when I went home for Christmas. Imagine that.
2) I like to make fun of French people. Truthfully, I've had very dear Gallic friends, and even a boyfriend or two. But the cultural group as a whole? Sitting ducks. This isn't so much wierd as it is increasingly unoriginal and mundane on my part. Everyone mocks the French, even the Simpsons. But by "French people," what I really mean to say is Parisians, and I'll poke at pretty much anyone who thinks that he or they are the cultural epicenter of the universe, and I can tell you that after working there for four months, they absolutely do. This may come as a bit of projection and touch of hypocrisy from an American, but when was the last time you saw an ad in a subway station here that said we were the most signicant source of high culture? And I'll cop to great literature, music, theater, and painting positively pouring out of France until the mid-20th C, but what have you done for me, lately? Have you heard any French Pop you could tolerate past the third bar? Furthermore, they think people who smile a lot are stupid, which is why they often find Americans a bit dim. Sometimes I love their cinema, yet why does every other film have to be about how tormenting, great and acceptable cheating on your lover is? Furthermore, what's with all the angst? You have one of the highest standards of living in the world - try smiling once in a while, and chuck all that black out of your oh-so-chic chifforobes! Oh, sorry, I meant armoire. Huckleberry nailed another detestable trait when he rebutted an old military proverb: "Hope is not a course of action... Unless you're French." I will not mention WWII. I'm biting my tongue. But Christ, look at the Danish, they had more sack in one wooden clog... and they were, well, Danish.
I also mock the Flemish, but that's another story.
a) You stress me out when you don't recycle. I mean it.
b) I don't like throwing anything away.
c) I think that pissing, crapping and throwing dioxin laden paper products into fresh, clean running water is proof positive that we are absolute barbarians. Shall we touch on the "contributions" of industry? What other animal routinely sullies a life giving resource? And not only are we running out of it, people, but there are corporate interest buying up the rights to it. To water. But then, they are patenting DNA, body parts, and seeds, so I guess I should just relax.
4) "Little People" unnerve me. There was a two month period a couple of years ago when I couldn't turn a corner, enter a bank or look at a motion picture without encountering a dwarf or midget. The strangest moment came while watching a white female dwarf brawling with her massive muscle-bound Afrincan-American boyfriend as they walked out of The Old Spaghetti Factory and on down Sunset Blvd. I sincerely apologize for any provocation I've given by mention of their race. I couldn't care less about it, but the scene was very odd, like a more up to date Fellini or Breughel or Bosch or Mike. They got quite physical with each other. While she was doing most of the striking, he kept trying to pull her in close, either to pacify or control. I remember back in '99 there was a Little Person's convention in Portland. I asked the environment lawyer I was sleeping with what he thought it would be like to be the activities director for such an event. I can't recall what he said, but I offered that were I in charge there would surely be short stories, haiku and "Limbo, Little People!"
I am so going to hell for this. How low can you go?
5) I am an ardent student of metaphysics, and believe quite a lot in many things a psychiatrist would term, "magical thinking." This, apparently, is common amongst people who grew up in stressful or uncontrolled circumstances. I'm sure that's true, but I have experienced all kinds of "strange" and "coincidental" things in my life. I also have a deep interest and love for science, and think that our knowledge of the "physical" world simply has to catch up with all the really odd and currently inexplicable things that really are real. So yes, I can tell you an embarassing amount about astrology: 80% of the time I can guess your sun sign, and when I'm wrong, my guess is usually somewhere prominent in your chart. I do not think there are only twelve personalities in the world, and if you'd ever cracked a book, you'd know that no one is suggesting that. Some people like to give the argument that astrology becomes self-fulfilling prophecy via the power of suggestion. When was anything ever that easy? Tell me that I'm going to keep my room clean, and watch me not do it. If it were true, there would be no midnight oreo stuffers, compulsive gamblers or nail-biters. I read and listen to works by Pema Chodron, Eckhart Tolle, Ram Dass, Deepak Chopra, Joseph Campbell, C.G. Jung, Clarissa Pinkola-Estes, Robert Bly, Robert Johnson, Marion Woodman, Barbara G. Walker, et. al., because they make me feel good about being alive, something I haven't always felt. I have significant dreams that come true, I am now starting to routinely "ask" the world to send things my way, and my wishes are granted, sometimes within the hour, sometimes in a month. I pray, I meditate, I talk to my inner child. My ex-fiance and I used to have the same dreams on the same nights when we were not sleeping in the same bed. We had complete conversations with each other, which we could recount the next day, and with startling sameness. I have never seen a ghost (well I thought I did once when I was twelve, but not at all convinced), been abducted by aliens, nor have I any inkling of past lives, but I concur with this admonition to old Horatio, "There are more things in heaven and earth, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." I believe that we are, as human beings, trying to evolve into a state of love and away from a state of fear. I believe war doesn't solve anything, but I don't think protesting helps, because that is layering on more war consciousness. I believe in asking and living in peace instead. I believe in ripple effects. I believe in "loving allowance for all beings in their own time," mindful speech, killing the Buddha you meet on the road, that whatever happens, we have all agreed upon it maybe unconsciously in advance, and that in any case, it must be met with integrity, an open heart and forgiveness. I believe you and I are not only children of God, we are God, and we'd really better start acting like it, so I'll try to once and for all stop picking at my face. Still, having said all this, I am completely open to the idea that it's all load of hogwash. But you'll have to empirically prove it, and you can't. I love you anyway.
6) I have an almost perverse lack of aversion to dirt and germs. I will let the dog lick my face, and I pick things I've dropped up off the floor, possibly even the sidewalk, and eat them anyway. Maybe I rinse them first. I am quite healthy most of the time and expect to be that way until I die.
7) I am a closet exhibitionist.
8) I love to sing and can have quite a nice voice, but public singing has always terrified me to the point that I used always to fake singing poorly. Then the phobia became an actual inability to sing in front of people. My voice often closes off so that I can't sing. I have absolutely no idea why or where this aversion began, except that in elementary school other kids were teased and cut down for thinking they were good singers, even when they were. This is probably linked to a more general fear of "showing off." (see oddity #7) It always annoyed me when my mother would sing, and she had quite a trained voice, but to me it always sounded too rarefied, too affected. My friend Joe and I sometimes sing karaoke in his basement, and it really is one of the very best things I do for myself. Even the very vibrations in your chest feel therapeutic. That, and Joe is very encouraging. Thank you, you're a good friend.
I just wrote a list of songs that I can sing, and think I sing well. Except that it made me feel ill, just writing it, so I deleted it. You see? Wierd.
9) Except that it's WEIRD.
10) Having to wind up extension cords or garden hoses used to make me want to slit someone's throat. Now I find it vaguely irritating enough that occaisionally I get the impulse to thrash about, but I never day. Instead, I usually trip over it as I walk away from the mess.
11) I love really schmaltzy music from the 70s. I'm not kidding about this. Like, Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds. Like, Poco, Player, and Firefall. I know, Mike. I know.
12) White Chocolate gets me bothered. It's not chocolate, so stop calling it that.
13) Besides talking, laughing, crying and removing pictures off the wall in my sleep, I have also been known to rub my belly and smile. I've caught me doing it. Sometimes I even tell myself jokes as I doze.
9 comments:
- steve said...
I thought so...
I am always drawn to Magical people like you and my Daughter because I suffer from a severe lack of it...one of the firast posts of yours I read was about the images that keep coming up in your life...i'm thinking it was an Archer and a Lamb...having said that I like Joseph Campbell a lot...
what you say about the French is almost as true as what you say about water... here in Texas its just about to become a real fistfight.
I have been thinking about adding on to my six as it was a lot of fun to list the first six...
You are so darling!
Wonderful post. I am in total agreement on the french issue, but prefer to hide the fact by picking on Liechtenstein instead. Or by picking on my inner child, that little pussy. I will say that I tried reading Robert Bly's nonpoetical writings, but that they gave me a burning pain when I urinated. So I stopped.
P.S.: I too love the shmaltzy sounds of the Seventies. The first concerts I ever saw were
1) John Denver
2) England Dan and John Ford Coley
2) Elton John
To quote Yeats, "After such knowledge, what forgiveness?"
- Ben said...
Indeed a neat post. I don't think I could be so brave to be so open.
- whosyourhuckleberry said...
On water -
There ARE universal constants, there will never be more water, or less, the amount of its constituent bits is fixed.
That said, the world isn't giving us back the water anymore, like a mother who's pissed at her child for squandering an allowance on video games and firecrackers...
Here endeth the punditry...
- GrizzBabe said...
Speaking of metaphysics, have you seen the movie "What the Bleep Do We Know?" It was eye opening. The metaphysical world has been talked about for literally ages. It's good to know that the science is starting to catch up with what people have known forever.
I am a closet exhibitionist.
Is that what intellectual types call an oxymoron.
- kissyface said...
STEVE - me, magical? that's a huge compliment, even if i'm not sure what it means. anyway, if you are drawn to the quality and can recognize it, then i'm pretty sure you have it in your life.
as to the symbols... there was an archer in a dream i published here - shot a guy on a raft in the thigh. that was before you started reading, though... don't recall the lamb, but i did say something about the Strength card in the tarot deck - the woman who tames the lion with gentle persuasion.
STELLA - no, you are! thanks for sticking needles in me when needle it! and don't let that dog swindle you into any more superfluous feedings!
MIKE - i think your inner child needs a spanking. you know i never read any of bly's poetry - just "iron john" and "a little book on the human shadow." btw, my first concert was in fourth grade - The BeeGees. That's right, all that hair and the smell of pot wafting through the air. Great use of Yeats.
BEN - the key is anonymity, that's why i put a picture up.
HUCK - I thought I'd lost you, you 've been so quiet of late. I love your simile. As for the water itself, it doesn't do us much good salinated. I guess we are going to have to wise up, or evolve back into the ocean. i heard a brit scientist on bbc radio last march who said that at the current rate of population, industrial expansion (did you know they were having a boom?), and water consumption, India will run out of water in a decade.
GRIZZELDA - Yes, I saw the bleeping movie. although i found the "story" with marlee matlin fairly horrendous, i loved all the interviews, especially the physicists and theologians. I want Fred Alan Wolf to be my dad. he's a total nutter. this fact becomes explicit when you watch "The Secret," which you should do if you liked WTB. it is less focused on erudition, but there are some eloquent speakers. the message is essentially the same.
And yes, the oxymoron was intentional.
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Today we celebrated Bryce's 2nd birthday with his family and friends!
Bryce is Julian and I's favorite little man. He is just the sweetest little boy you will ever meet!
Bryce's parents are J and I's closest friends as a couple!
I grew up with Daniel (Bryce's Dad) and Julian grew up with Renee (Bryce's Mom) and we (as couples) have grown very close over the past year and a half since moving to CA.
So naturally their little boy has us wrapped around his finger!! :)
Here are some pictures and a couple of videos from his party today!
When we got to the house today Renee had taught him say "Welcome to my party!"
It was adorable!
He is still learning the whole coloring thing! :)
Bryce and his friends!
He LOVES basketball!
It was adorable!
He is still learning the whole coloring thing! :)
Bryce and his friends!
He LOVES basketball!
He was so sweet when he was opening. As soon as he would see what it was he would respond with a "GASP" and then "TANKSHU" (his version of "thank you") :)
I love this video!!! :)
Oh yes, and his party was an airplane theme. Renee is so creative, everything was decorated so cute!!
Seriously though, how cute is he??!! :) Melts my heart!

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For fair assessment of answer scripts, teachers in many schools in the country are practicing group evaluation. It is evident from various facebook updates and calls from fellow teachers elsewhere in other schools. It's a good move for schools in Bhutan. Unlike single teacher evaluation, group evaluation gives no room for biased assessment.
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In my school teachers form groups in their respective subject department. To make assessment even fairer my school has given index numbers to all students. Writing index numbers instead of names facilitates fair assessment, in that it prevents teachers from the likelihood of awarding extra marks to their favorite students and low marks to those they don't like. We are more or less emulating BCSEA's way of doing assessment.
Although long and tiring, there is fun in doing group evaluation. We get to eat variety of refreshments. Teachers take turns to serve refreshment to the group. Each day there is something new to eat and there is a competition about who would bring the best refreshment. It is also a time to talk about a range of issue from government's lopsided pay raise; to how it would affect village folks; to world cup; to how teachers' pay does not commensurate with their work; to soap opera; to fashion celebrities; to the rocketing price of commodities in the market; etc. Another good thing about group evaluation is that teachers can spend their summer break freely. Normally teachers do assessment during the break but group evaluation finishes everything before the break and leaves no outstanding work.


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Yes, I finally finished
After I finished Tiny Tiger, I put Sentimental Hearts back on the frame and got it to here:
The little spider web rose was fun to do. After looking at the picture, I think I need to redo the eyelet on the left as the center hole isn't the same size as the one on the right. I still haven't made any progress on the name/saying decision, but need to do it soon as the vine on the right is close to the beginning of the alphabet section that I want to replace.


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Need some inspiration for your children's lunchbox? I will be sharing what I have packed in C's in the hopes that it will help you when you struggle! (C has school Monday, Wednesday and every other Friday, so I will be sharing 2 to 3 times a week)
Today he took: turkey and cheese sandwich, grapes, strawberries, gummies and yogurt.
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
What's For Lunch? 3/9
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I live in Memphis, and we have several totally vegan restaurants — five to be exact (two of those are juice bars, but they do have food). But just a couple hours southwest of here, in Little Rock, Arkansas, they're still lacking a fully vegan place. Sure, there are restaurants offering vegan options, but it's nice to have a place where you can order whatever you want.
My best friend Sheridan and her husband Drew live in Little Rock, and I visit them there a few times a year. There used to be a vegan food booth called The Veg LLC in the Rivermarket, and we ate there together a number of times. Owner Shiem Swift was awesome, and his food was fantastic — BBQ nacho bowls, chocolate chip cookies, homemade veggie burgers, potstickers, banana pancakes with blueberry pear compote, homemade apple sage sausage. Good stuff!
But Shiem closed the booth awhile back to expand and open a real brick-and-mortar restaurant. He started a GoFundMe page, and here's the link. But he's also getting pretty creative in his fund-raising campaign. This past weekend, he traveled to Memphis for a two-day pizza sale. He took orders for vegan pizzas all day and night (even at 3 a.m., he said!) Saturday and all day Sunday. Of course, I had to get one while he was here.
He delivered the pies around town, but I offered to pick mine up, so I met him in a Kroger parking lot (where we posed for this pic). I got the Schmeat Lovers with Stuffed Crust. That's a massive extra-large pie with Daiya, vegan sausage crumbles, and crispy vegan bacon. The crust was stuffed with even more Daiya! The pizza was $34, which will go toward helping Shiem with his fund-raising goal (after costs for materials, of course).
This pizza was amazing. The crust was soft, yet crisp and chewy. He was generous with the toppings. I love a vegan pizza with LOTS of vegan cheese. So many places treat vegan cheese like a garnish. I want cheesy pizza!
The stuffed crust was a real treat. I haven't had that since before going vegan back in 2004. This was enough for four meals because two hearty slices were all I could eat at a time.
If you want to help Shiem open The Veg LLC again in Little Rock, throw him a few bucks here.


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The same can be said about furniture. Case in point: his butterfly chair. I'm sure he's had it for decades, but I've hated it since Day One. I've always felt like it belongs with some struggling college freshman in a dorm somewhere. I've even tried to get rid of it, but he refuses to budge. So we decided to compromise. I'm going to spray paint it a light aqua and buy this chair cover from UO to replace the ratty, blue jean one it's sporting. We bought this comforter from Target, so we're trying to incorporate more aqua/turquoise in the room. I want a pillow for the chair too, so I've been scouting for one.
There's this quilted one from UO
This pleated one from CB2
A square pillow from Target
And this cascade pleat one from Macy's (the one behind the first, darker pillow)
What do you think?


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The kitchen will be led by executive chef Colin Clague, who most recently headed up Jean Georges Dubai and Qbara in the city.
Clague brings a wealth of experience and talent with him, having previously worked at Jason Atherton's Pollen in Singapore and Zuma in London and in Dubai.
Have you been to Coya? Read the review of Time Out Dubai's 2016 Restaurant of the Year
Judging by his Instagram profile, the Isle of Man chef has been seeking culinary inspiration in Turkey itself, buying kebab knives in Istanbul and trying out everything from street food to Turkish haute cuisine.
Menu nearly ready for Ruya - three more ticked off Lackarda of bonito, with tarama, burnt onion, dill. - Turkish mussels with fragrant rice and breadcrumbs. - 300 day rangers valley fillet, with smokey eggplant, yogurt, tomato and tirnak pide #Ruya #newrestaurants #anotolianfood #Istanbul #Turkey #Dubaichefs #culinarytour #


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Do you know what it's like to have one of those Ah-ha moments? When you have been struggling with something or trying to sort something out. Maybe it's not even something you are aware of but suddenly something comes to light and you think "Ah-ha, that's what it is!"
Well I had one of those the other day.
I didn't really know I had been living in a state of mild depression for the last 18 months. We had had some things go on in our marriage that had knocked me sideways and I thought we had come through it.
But now I realise, I hadn't.
Over that time I was trying to live up to someone or something I didn't even know, but desperately wanted to be someone different. Someone who would measure up to what I thought I was supposed to be. I am not really sure what the changes were but one in particular was losing some weight and for this I have greatly benefited but everything else seemed to actually make things worse. I was asked what were the changes and the problem was I didn't really know, I just felt I had to be this someone else. One of my daughters made a comment the other day about how I don't clean anymore and it hit a sad note, but I did realise she was right. Its funny now that I look at it as it was said at the right time, just a few days before my 'Ah-ha' moment. At a ladies home group the other day we were watching step 9 "How can I have great relationships" in a ten step DVD by Dr Grant Mullen, "10 Steps to the New You". This program is designed for personal or group study. Different groups within our church have been watching it.
At the end of each step Dr Grant leads the viewer in a time of prayer and this one he was asking us to recall a time when we had been hurt by something someone had said.
For me I recalled the words of being "second best" and how that had really hurt me and I wanted to do whatever it took to be the best – not second.
Dr Grant took us through a time of forgiveness to the person who had said it and ourselves for allowing it to hurt us as well as being healed form the hurt. Part of me struggled as I wanted to forgive but felt I needed to hear that I wasn't second best, that I was the best.
But God spoke in the midst and said that I am the best and that not letting go of holding on to what was said, was not actually going to let the forgiveness and healing take place.
I shared with the group of friends and was encouraged to take hold of what God had done to me then.
I feel like a burden has been taken away. Dr Grant talks of us carrying around baggage – stuff that interferes with us being able to function – and I know that some of that baggage has now been taken away from me.
9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
All scripture is from New International Version 1984


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Chewey, Oklahoma
Once again the Chewey Community was hit by floods. Eighteen months ago many homes were flooded. This year only eight homes had flood damage.
My church and a couple of other people bought the usual cleaning supplies, rags, bleach, rubber gloves and loaded them into five gallon buckets for the flood victims.
I delivered them Sunday after church. The rural road was a mess! Hunks of asphalt is missing and large gaping holes are in the asphalts place. I worried that a vehicle would pass me and that my truck would flip over if I got into one of those holes. Water was still standing over the road in one spot. The Illinois River floods a lot in recent years.
The families will come by and pick up their buckets as they haul their ruined possessions to the giant dumpsters that were left for flood victims
Thanks to Eva Manning for meeting me there Sunday afternoon!
Thanks to those who donated items to fill the buckets.


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Booklist's starred review of the upcoming City Dog, Country Frog is quite flattering about my collaboration with Jon Muth. They say:
It's hard to imagine a picture book that more consistently (and touchingly) hits all the right notes. Willems, never one to overwrite, is gracefully spare here, making every word count. That leaves room for Muth's watercolors, richly seasonal, which fill each page. The pictures are imbued with hope and happiness, leaving and longing. This wonderful collaboration makes a significant impact with subtlety and wit. Adults and children will each take away something of their own.
Thanks, Booklist! This book is a departure for me and I'm glad to see someone enjoying it.
You can find out more about the book in this nice interview/spotlight that accompanies the review in Booklist.
I hope you'll enjoy the book when it's published in June.


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Hot Video Alert: Train - If It's Love
Who would have thought that I'd be interested in Train after all these years? I saw them way back in college when they opened for...someone? Don't remember if they opened for Ben Folds Five...or if they were opening for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones? I'm pretty sure it was the former...but I digress. That year they were revelling in the success of breakout single "Meet Virginia." Now, after the success of last single "Hey, Soul Sister," the boys of Train release the video for the new single "If It's Love." I am liking it...quite a bit actually. Is it wrong of me to secretly be hoping for remixes? I wound up surprisingly loving the Karmatronic remixes of 'Soul Sister' and while I don't think this new single would necessarily work with a club vibe, I didn't think 'Soul Sister' would either...so here's hoping! (Thanks to Pop In Stereo for bringing this vid to my attention)
Labels: Music Videos, Train


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The gent on the left in the "Atheists for Jesus" T-shirt is best-selling author and atheist apologist, Richard Dawkins.
Let's see now. An atheist, even a famous atheist, wearing an "advertisement" for Jesus even though he has no faith in God or the idea of a deity.
What's up with that?
I expect it has something to do with the radical, people-honoring values of Jesus. He can be irresistable in that regard.
Wonder what would happen if those who claim to follow Jesus resolved to act like him, especially in regard to other people on the planet?
Here's an idea: Christians shut up. . .er, excuse my harshness. . .stop talking.
No more words.
Just remember what Jesus did and go and do likewise!
Just a thought.


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Windows Live Writer 2011 enhances the online wordpress editor by allowing you to write your posts offline. You also have more options for the layout of your post as you can change the colour of the text or highlight text as well as select different text styles such has heading style and paragraph style embed a hyperlink, picture or video into your post. If you need to insert a table into your post you have the ability to that along with a map or emoticon. You can even preview what your post will look like within the application, set what date your post will be dated as posted as when you publish it, e.g if you write a post today while off line and post it tomorrow you can set the post date to be today, can't really se much point in why you would want to set the post date before or after you have posted it beats me.
Windows Live Writer 2011s interface is very much like Microsoft Office 2010s interface, and the tabbed editor is very much like Microsoft Office SharePoint 2010s/ the Old Microsoft Office Frontpage XP
Main Windows Live Writer 2011 Editing Screen
Blog Preview in Windows Live Writer 2011
The Windows Live Writer 2011 HTML Editor
The Windows Live Writer 2011 Insert Menu Ribbon
The Windows Live Writer 2011 Blog Account Menu Ribbon
The Menu Ribbon changes to a Web Preview one when you are in the Preview tab, the Edit and Source Ribbon Menus are exactly the same.
List of logging services supported by Windows Live Writer 2011
As you can see from the blog service list screenshot Windows Live Writer support more than just WordPress. This review is a comparison to the WordPress online editors as I don't use any of the other blogging services in the list, but as Microsoft have seen a a gap in the offline blogging applications market and created Windows live Writer I'm guessing that the other blogging services online editors are lacking in features.
Windows Live Writer 2011 is part of the Windows Live Essentials 2011 pack available from here.
The Mobile Web WordPress is just a basic text site with a series of tabbed screens. The default one when you go on the site is the stats tab, it lists your WordPress blogs with the number of visitors for today and yesterday, the next tab is the Post tab, it has a drop down menu to select which of your blogs you want to post to, then a title text box, the post text box. the Categories text box and the tags text box and save as draft and post buttons. The editor is more enhanced than the QuickPress widget on your blog Dashboard but it is still basic compared to the standard WordPress editor or Windows Live Writer 2011. Then there is a Bookmark tab and Logout tab.
If you want a quick way to manage the basics of your blog then I recommend the WordPress Mobile Web Dashboard. If you want more control of your blog and the ability to create posts while offline then I recommend Windows Live Writer 2011.


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Miranda Cosgrove: Lakers Game Pop-Up Shop
Miranda Cosgrove browses the racks inside the Kyle by Alene Too pop-up shop at Staples Center on Sunday afternoon (April 14).
Bringing along a guy pal, the 19-year-old actress came up to support the Lakers Youth Foundation and STAPLES Center Foundation.
"Lakers Game!" Miranda excitedly tweeted en route to the venue. The Lakers beat the San Antonio Spurs, 91-86. Woohoo!
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Miranda Cosgrove
Miranda's new NBC show, Girlfriend In A Coma, was pushed back by the network recently, Deadline reports.
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stuffing my stuffer with stuff
Right now I find myself wanting to answer the much too common question, "How are you?" with "WE"RE JUST SO BUSY!" and then I want to punch myself in my crooked nostrils. Because I think that answer is over used and tells people to stay away and not ask anything of me......um, so maybe I should use it more often, der.
I have lots of critters that are requiring my attention. So, a bullet point post is all I have in me.
*We have 18 meat birds in the basement that creep me out and eat more food than I ever imagined. Which also means they poop more, which means I am constantly cleaning out their cage.
*We have two baby turkeys that I have nearly scared to death when I do my turkey call.
*We also have 21 chicks of various kinds peeping their little beaks off in another pen in the basement.
*Did I mention the turken? We got one turken also known as a naked neck. One of my chicken loving friends recommended it, so we got one to see if we like turkens.
*For those of you that have trouble with math, that adds up to 41 birds in my basement.
*We have one rooster and five hens left from our flock last year out in our chicken coop.
*I am getting one egg a day. It's very irritating. I had to buy eggs last week. Dad blab ricken frig grrrr CHICKENS!
*Mark your calendars on May 2nd we are planning to butcher the 18 meat birds (and possibly the lazy hens in the coop). I will post all the gory details right here for your viewing pleasure.
*Jean, Ellen is alive and well and yes, she spends most of her time hiding in the dark corners of our house to avoid being the subject of a blog post. The boys, however, wish I would post about them everyday.
*We went to the first of two beginning bee keeper classes. I'll try to post about that soon.
*One of our hives is dead. We're trying to decide if we should get a new queen this year or wait. There are so many details in the apiary business. I had no idea how much work bees can bee...hee hee. Also, it's not a cheap hobby. More on all that later.
*For the third time I hung out laundry and then started to burn sticks and brush. My clothes all smelled like smoke. I had to wash them again. This does nothing to help make my life easier or prove to others that I have any brains.
*I've planted peas, beets, lettuce, spinach, onions and herbs. I desperately need to get potatoes in the ground.
*We had a violent wind storm here all day yesterday and last night. I was certain our barn roof was going to be torn off and splintered all over the field, but it's still intact. I honestly don't know how it survived.
*That's it for now, gotta run, cause, you know, I'm so bus....er, I mean, uh, um, I got some stuff to do and then after that, some more stuff, and then my stuff has stuff to do, and then I'm gonna stuff some stuff in my stuffer.
*Now line up all your critters and give them a big hug and kiss for me and for the sake of the baby turkey's don't gobble.


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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Jon and Kate Put Show Before Family
As it turns out, they are not going to keep the marriage together. They justify their separation for the usual wrong reason - the kids will be happier if we are happier.
What is saddest in this whole sad episode is that when Jon and Kate were faced with the choice of keeping their marriage or keeping the television show, they chose the television show. As Kate said, "the show must go on."
I am not an expert in what sells on TV, but I expect that the appeal of this show depended on showing the couple coping. No couple, no show. I think this will be the last season of "Jon +/- Kate Mess Up 8."
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Here here, Beau Weston.
- 8:58 AM, June 24, 2009
Love the +/- Kate comment
- 10:20 AM, June 24, 2009
- Frizzball said...
this is really insightful!!! I never thought about that.
- 5:11 PM, June 24, 2009
- TallCoolOne said...
Unfortunately, I suspect that, if they produce the show right, it will continue for some time, now with a "hey, except for the eight kids thing, we're just like every other American family!" angle. This kind of commodification and marketing are all too common.
- 11:15 PM, June 24, 2009
I absolutely agree with you, and have been telling people that. I'm sure they'll continue producing the show, but the ratings have already seriously taken a nosedive.
I don't know how to feel about it all. Of course everyone and their mother has an opinion on who is right and who was wrong, but ultimately, based on what I saw and generally what I know from class, there wasn't anything going on they couldn't work out, especially with all the money they've been making from the show providing options like excellent counselors.
It makes me really sad, because it's yet another example for people to cite now; although the ratings drop indicates the truth that no one -really- wants that and it's -not- all the same to everyone.
- 7:52 AM, June 26, 2009
I haven't followed their show, but I did read an interesting bit that Jon and Kate have in common with Sandra Tsing Loh. Jon and Kate, like Tsing Loh, keep the kids in the same house while the parents rotate out. For Jon and Kate, I sure that the logistics of shuffling around 8 kids makes this the obvious choice. I was surprised, though, when I read about the arrangement in Tsing Loh's household. Her article was the first I'd ever heard of such a living arrangement post-divorce. Is this a new trend we're seeing in upper-middle divorces?
- 9:32 PM, June 26, 2009
- Gruntled said...
I have read about this kind of "bird-nesting," but I did not know of a real case.
With Jon and Kate, I am guessing that the house belongs to the show.
- 11:16 PM, June 26, 2009
Alas, you're probably right about Jon and Kate's house belonging to the show, so the arrangement no longer seems self-sacrificing. On the whole, though, I think that "bird-nesting" is a good step toward helping children cope with divorce. The more that stays the same the better. I also find myself wondering if this kind of arrangement might ultimately lead to more reconciliations since both former-partners literally get the chance to come home and remember what they're missing out on.
- 9:42 AM, June 27, 2009


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The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is receiving public comments through November 14 on aspects of its Internet speech regulations. The FEC's request for comments stems from recent requests by Google and Facebook for exemptions from federal campaign speech disclaimer regulations for limited-character online text ads. Specifically, the FEC is deciding whether and how it should revise – and possibly make exceptions to – its regulations regarding disclaimers on online advertisements, such as banners, popups, and short text ads.
The short answer to the FEC is that it should, at minimum, adopt an exception for character-limited ads. If anything should qualify for "small items or impracticable" exceptions, it's online ads containing less than 160 characters. But the FEC's prospective action also provides occasion to reflect more generally on the regulation of political speech on the Internet. Do we need federal regulation of political speech on social networks, blogs, and other Web sites? The interactive and information-rich nature of the Internet as well as the fact that such disclaimer statements directly burden online speech suggests that the federal government should consider retreating from regulating Internet communications.
As explained in its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, published in the Federal Register, the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 ("BCRA") expanded and made more specific disclaimer requirements for certain "public communications." Disclaimers are required for public communications that: (1) are made by a political committee; (2) expressly advocate election or defeat of a clearly identified federal candidate; or (3) solicit a contribution. Under BCRA and FEC regulations, a "disclaimer" statement must appear on such communications, identifying who paid for it and whether a candidate authorized it.
The FEC "adopted its current rules governing Internet communications in 2006 in response to the decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Shays v. FEC [2004] ("Shays I"). There the District Court ruled, among other things, that "[w]hile all Internet communications do not fall within [the scope of 'any other form of general public political advertising'], some clearly do." The District Court left it to the Commission to determine "what constitutes 'general public political advertising' in the world of the Internet," and thus should be treated as a "public communication."
Disagreement among FEC Commissioners resulted in the FEC not appealing the District Court's ruling regarding the FEC's prior exclusion of all Internet communications from the definition of "public communication." Instead, following Shays I, the FEC added "Internet communications placed on another person's Web site for a fee" to the regulatory definition of "public communication." This definition swept in all potential forms of Internet advertising, such as banners, streaming videos, popups, and directed search results. And by including Internet communications placed for a fee on another person's Web site in the definition of "public communication," those Internet communications became subject to BCRA's disclaimer requirement.
As mentioned earlier, Google and Facebook recently requested exemptions from FEC regulations relating to disclaimers for short-character text ads. Google asked the FEC if it could sell search engine-generated text ads of around 95 characters to candidates and political committees if those ads didn't include disclaimers. The FEC issued an Advisory Opinion, concluding such ads were not in violation of BCRA, although the Commissioners could not reach agreement on the grounds of their ruling. Facebook subsequently asked the FEC if its ads limited to 160 characters qualified for either the "small items" or "impracticable" exceptions to the disclaimer requirements. But FEC Commissioners could not reach agreement and never issued an advisory opinion in response to Facebook's request.
That the FEC could not even agree to exempt Facebook ads and that its Notice suggests imposing alternative disclaimer requirements on small online ads through the use of required hyperlinks, micro bars, or buttons, suggests the agency might favor a pro-regulatory approach for dealing with online political ads in the future. At this point, a FEC general exemption for character-limited online ads is no sure thing.
Hopefully, the FEC will recognize that disclaimer requirements are especially burdensome when it comes to online advertising along the lines of Facebook updates, Tweets, and other social networking services. Space and character length come at a premium in such cases, increasing the likelihood that disclaimer messages will interfere with ad purchaser messages. To the extent that disclaimer restrictions make innovative kinds of online advertising less attractive to ad buyers, it can also lessen the ability of online content companies to rely on ad sales to monetize their services and be able to offer them to the public for free. After all, typical online services from Google, Facebook, Twitter, and the like are ad-supported and cost nothing for regular consumers to sign up for and use.
Moreover, nothing in Shays I expressly or impliedly requires limited character ads on the Internet to be swept into the FEC's regulatory sweep. So the FEC has reason enough to grant an exemption.
Yet for those who appreciate the transformative effect of the Internet on media and speech communications, the FEC's dabbling with online ads and disclaimer requirements brings to the surface broader questions about whether the federal government should even be regulating Internet communications.
For starters, a regulatory approach to online political speech fails to appreciate the Internet's low barriers to entry. Users can offer ideas and counter other ideas without having to own a complex media empire, let alone a broadcast station, channel, or program. Blogs, streaming video such as YouTube, and social networking services have made increasingly simple and inexpensive the avenues for public participation in the marketplace of ideas, political debates, and political elections.
Federal regulation of online political speech also has a paternalistic cast to it, as if Internet users are too easily taken in by online ads advocating a particular political viewpoint or somehow insufficiently able to exercise independent judgment, seek verification, or consult contrary viewpoints. Internet users have near total control over the kinds of content they wish to access or receive. And Internet users enjoy the benefit of easy access to further sources of information concerning the contents of online ads, political or otherwise.
Much more could be said regarding regulation of political speech online – or regulation of political speech made through all other modern media platforms, for that matter. But disclaimer requirements for political speech in modern media platforms, such as the Internet, burden speakers' ability to convey their own message. In particular, this aspect of disclaimer requirements renders them more burdensome than filing periodic reports with the FEC pursuant to campaign finance disclosure requirements.
In the years since BCRA and Shays I, legislation has percolated through Congress – such as the proposed Online Freedom of Speech Act – that would exclude all Internet communications from BCRA's definition of "public communication" and hence from its disclaimer requirements. The idea of subjecting short-character Internet ads to disclaimer requirements, now before the FEC, should cause the Congress and the general public to be concerned about the whole idea of regulating Internet communications.


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Fukushima nuclear plant: 10 workers exposed to radiation
Fukushima workers were exposed to small amounts of radiation Monday while conducting cleanup work at the nuclear power plant. Officials said they're still investigating how workers were contaminated at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant.
IWAKI, Japan — Ten workers at Japan's crippled nuclear plant were exposed Monday to small amounts of radiation while conducting cleanup activities, the plant's operator said.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it is still investigating how the workers were contaminated at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, but that it may have been from radioactive dust.
It said small amounts of radiation were found on the workers' faces and hair.
A powerful earthquake and tsunami destroyed power and cooling systems at the plant in March 2011, causing the release of large amounts of radiation. Makeshift equipment is being used to cool the reactors, and the plant has been plagued by blackouts and leaks of contaminated water.


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If you're one of those who believes the government can't do anything right, this might be a good time to buy General Motors. Reason: the government wants to sell it. Serious paranoids about the competence of government in market transactions will assume that they're operating on a principle of "buy high, sell low,"--and that we can expect the stock, once sold to go up.
They might find support for their view from the attitude of GM CEO Ed Whitacre who is telling anybody who will listen that he wants "the government, out period." Aside from warm touchy feelings about not staying in bed with Satan, there's really only one obvious reason why as GM executive would care so much about who holds the equity. That is: he or his pals in the executive suite would like to buy some for themselves. After all, is there anybody better equipped to understand the long-term prospects of the company and the appropriate price structure?
[Oh, and by the way, if you care about the public fisc, the Detroit Free Press reports that the magic number is $114 Per the Freep, that's the price we would need to make the government whole on its invetment.].
Investors of such a skeptical bent might gain force for their convictions from the briefing paper on "picking winners" in this week's Economist. Or maybe not. For a magazine with a long history of hospitality to market solutions, the Economist presents itself, predictably, as generally hostile to government industrial policy. The remarkable thing is that even The Economist is willing to identify instances (outliers?) where picking winners has apparently worked pretty well--Israeli venture capital, for example, Chilean retooling. The really interesting question--which The Economist does not address, except perhaps backhandedly--is: how, exactly do governments get it right? How can we bottle and merchandise that particular brew? Of course, too careful scrutiny of that issue might lead to the conclusion that we never should have put money into GM in the first place.


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Paige does not reveal Aidan's name, address or blog name when she relates the story to Keith and Lindsay because she is tired of being the one in the dark. At first, Lindsay accuses Paige of endangering them because the man now knows Paige exists, but she apologizes a while later while Paige is trying to calm down. After Lindsay goes to bed, Paige asks Keith who contacted Aidan because it must be someone with inside information, and when he insists it is not him or Lindsay, Paige suggests it is one of their patrons because it would otherwise be impossible for her to have been photographed outside Barney's since no one else knew she would be there. Keith does not understand how it is possible, but he explicitly trusts their patrons. At breakfast, they discuss their options, deciding...
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This posting from RobertaX got a spit-shot this morning--it should have carried some kind of warning. I still like the original although I'd pay good money to see Arnold read her lines.
The original, for your viewing pleasure:
For kicks and grins, overdub Bobbi's words into the scene in your head while watching.
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Happy New Year!
Jewish New Year, that is, and boy is this a wonderful cake to celebrate the occasion. Joel mentioned that his boss, Mike, was hunting down stores in the area that sold Honey Cake for Jewish New Year, and had only found a couple. I was intrigued. Clearly, I needed to hunt down a recipe.I found a very promising version on Epicurious.com from Marcy Goldman's book; A Treasury of Jewish Holiday Baking. The recipe got a 97% approval rating on the site, and that's impressive, so I made it this week. It's a lightly spiced (cinnamon, allspice, cloves, vanilla) zucchini bread-type cake, but better—orange juice, coffee (or brewed black tea), oil, honey and whiskey (optional) all add to the moistness of the cake too. It was delicious, and Mike agreed. Apparently, the Honey Cake that he's had in the past had a courser crumb, and was not as sweet. But, he prefers this recipe, so here it is. Definitely a keeper!
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Friday, September 4, 2009
Plum Cardamom Kuchen
I love the Smitten Kitchen blog — fabulous recipes, inspiring stuff, really. And, as Deb always has the best recipes, and I'm always looking for a plum recipe this time of year to accomodate the bounty of our tree... I made her Plum Kuchen tonight (and roasted some zucchini and did my fave chard recipe too... harvest time in our garden!)
Uh-MAZE-ing!! Amazing depth of flavor, perfect tart-sweetness of plums, light but hearty... really. I didn't have lemons to zest, so I ground up some cardamom to throw in. Fab. Try it.
Uh-MAZE-ing!! Amazing depth of flavor, perfect tart-sweetness of plums, light but hearty... really. I didn't have lemons to zest, so I ground up some cardamom to throw in. Fab. Try it.
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Labels: Desserts, Fruit, Homegrown, Smitten Kitchen, Summer
A Side of... Rainbows
Rainbow chard has been my fave veggie this summer, and I created a really easy recipe that is delicious and a power-house of nutrition!
Rainbow Chard Saute
1/2-1 T. extra virgin olive oil
2 large bunches of Rainbow Chard, ribs removed
1 can S&W Pinquinto beans (pre-seasoned with cumin, garlic, etc.)
4-6 oz. of crumbled goat cheese
Chop the chard into small pieces (maybe 1/2-inch square), then toss in preheated olive oil - in a saute pan. Wilt it down fairly well, then dump in the can of beans. Toss and cook a couple minutes more, then remove from heat. Sprinkle goat cheese of top and toss once. Serve immediately.
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the quality of haunting lingers
telltale russet tinged; etched in the glass
of someone sighed in the long ago.
the tinman's satin sawdust
heart bequeathed- o,to whom?
turned down, the hurricane lamp,
but you didn't. scarecrows loomed.
the ancient snows rushed forward
filling Time...
the quality of haunting. the violet cloud
that stares: lifting the latch.
the watchers on the hills surprised
and no one's birthday. whence
that ginger cake smell, the generous raisins
spilled, the orange spice not quelled?
some people said it's always autumn there
let the height of summer rattle the full
green trees to no avail.
the quality of haunting far surpassing
the clocks at hand. the silence of interior
music upended;
dust covers off old furniture
in the shuttered cove
there being no wind
or anyone left to lie.
but fugitive tears,
sad auctioneers, close by-
mary angela douglas 31 october 2014


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So, after years of reading magazines for serious writers and reading many books and more books and reading other magazines and majoring in English Literature and studying Shakespeare and learning Latin and Greek and Babylonian, yes, I have read the Code of Hammurabi in the original, and going to writing workshops, all in preparation for writing THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL, I discovered this past weekend that my true calling is writing trashy romance novels with Victorian-like erotica and pirates.
It was Friday night. I had worked all day. The boys were in Vermont and the girl was out with friends. It was me, the computer and a glass of wine. I had slogged away for two weeks writing everyday on my WORK IN PROGRESS for #novelpi on Twitter, a fun challenge to write a certain number of words each day and report in. My goal was 250, I know, pretty low, but I had never written EVERYDAY so set the bar low and the writing was going well. I was making quota and a bit more.
It was then, alone on Friday in the empty house, that I realized out of nowhere that I could write ANYTHING I WANTED. I picked a scene for my WORK IN PROGRESS that I had thought would end with some significant eye contact. And I wrote it out. O.M.G. I had never written a sex scene, ever, but, after this I felt I had to take a shower, but I figured while I was in the mood I'd try the pirate scene. O.M.G. Then I did take a shower.
On Saturday more pirates, though not more sex. But the damage was done, it's been TRY TO STOP ME ever since. I have found my niche. I thought it would be horror. I really, really like horror. Or, maybe mystery. I really, really like mysteries. Or just a literary novel that would receive critical acclaim, but would not sell well. But, no – romance, sex and pirates. That's what I seem to write well in abundance.
I spent Sunday coming to terms with my new found talent. After writing a scene about pirates and whips (it's not as kinky as it sounds), I walked around encouraging myself – say it loud, say it proud – "I write trashy romance novels." I'm going to a writing workshop in a week and, in preparation to "what are you working on?" I practiced, "a well-written trashy romance novel" but that sounds like I'm embarrassed about the subject, and have to justify it by adding well-written. So just, "trashy romance novel" will have to do. Now I could say just "romance novel," but there are many out there without sex and I don't want to be confused with those, because this novel seems destined to have a lot of sex – with a plot; and not a pizza delivery boy kind of plot either, but a real plot where no one has sex for pages and pages. More like a combination of Daphne DuMaurier, Treasure Island and Anonymous. I can deal with that.


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*** - Guachinango Jalapeno -very productive' my favorite of the jalapenos thus far' tied for pepper of the year 2010
*** - Italian Relleno -loaded with great smelling awesomely tasty sweet peppers with a touch of heat' tied for pepper of the year 2010
*** - Joe's Long Cayenne -the best cayenne pepper
*** - Royal Black -awesome early hot thai like pepper
*** - Thai Dragon -tall stately beautiful plant' loaded with peppers' wickedly hot
** - Black Cheslovakian -mild jalapeno type' early maturing to red' good producer
** - Black Scorpion Tongue -purple turning red habanero like
** - Chihaucle Negro -average production but awesome flavor when roasted
** - De Arbol(Mexico) -nice
** - Donkey Ears TSF -thick walled huge long red pepper with good flavor
** - Dragon Tongue -very interesting' possibly mislabeled
** - F1 Hybrid Biker Billy -very productive and very hot' some corking
** - Greygo Korbely's -huge glorious pimentos
** - Guajillo (Mexico) -nice drying type
** - Hot Portugal -loaded! Hot red peppers for drying
** - Little Nubian -very nice plant' dark purple pods maturing to red
** - Orange Bell -awesome bell pepper' might be a three star plant
** - Orange Thai -very productive and very hot' nice ornamental plants
** - Red Ruffled Pimento -nice sturdy productive plant
** - Serrano (Mexico) -nice
** - Szentesi Kosszarvo -large productive pimento
** - Ancho 101 -best ancho type of 2010
** - Black Scorpion Tongue -purple turning red habanero like
** - Chihuacle Negro -average production but awesome flavor when roasted
** - Donkey Ears -thick walled huge long red pepper with good flavor
** - Odessa Market -beautiful and productive orange/red pointy bell' out of seeds :.(
** - Pasilla Bajio -very nice tall plant' needs to be well staked
** - Red Ruffled Pimento -nice sturdy productive plant
* - Amy -blocky and pointy yellow bell with above average production
* - Ancho Mulato Isleno -big plant' worth trying again
* - Bulgarski Ratund -big pimento type on sprawling plant
* - Buran -nice blocky red peppers
* - Cat Red Macskapiros -sprawling plant loaded with nice red peppers
* - Cat Yellow Macskas√°rga -small plant that was loaded with skinny yellow pepers
* - Chimayo -good drying type
* - Chinese Giant -very productive but some sunburn
* - Italian Sweet -large pointy late pepper
* - Jwala -like de arbol
* - Keszthelyi -blocky and pointy
* - Little Elf -small ornamental plant' good candidate for overwintering on your windowsill
* - NuMex Suave Orange and Red mix -late' loaded with mild habanero type peppers' tall nice looking plants
* - Not Mexican Habanero -strangest plant of 2010' definitely not a habanero' pointy pods that dry on the plant
* - Orkhid -huge very late maturing plant with interesting ornamental peppers' not for northerners
* - Ozark Giant -average bell pepers on nice plants
* - Ozharovski -nice plant with upward growing bell peppers
* - Pelso -interesting plant with blocky pointy peppers
* - Phuljadi -very late' very ornamental' very productive' and very hot!
* - Piroska -a nice pimento type
* - Roguelands Bell -fat bell pepper
* - Yellow Monster -the largest bell pepper but not very productive
x - Aji Amarillo -grown but not evaluated
x - Ancho (Poblano) -weak plants
x - Ancho Burpee -weak plants
x - Ancho San Luis -weak plants
x - Bogyiszloi -diseased
x - Bolivian Rainbow -ornamental type' diseased
x - Botinecka Zuta -grown but not evaluated
x - Brazilian Churchbell -like orkhid but smaller and earlier
x - Byal Valinov -blocky yellow type
x - Cherry -small round and hot
x - Csipke -grown but not evaluated
x - Cubanelle -odd
x - F1 Hybrid Socrates X3R -weak plants
x - F1 Hybrid Spanish Spice -a waste of space
x - F1 Hybrid Tawny Port -underperforming bell pepper
x - F1 Hybrid The Godfather -small plant' very disappointing
x - Grandpa's Home -loaded with small hot red peppers
x - Greygo Ruud's -pimento type' small plant
x - Hebur -grown but not evaluated
x - King of the North -upward growing bell peppers' average
x - Korona -grown but not evaluated
x - LaCrime di Cristo -loaded with small hot red peppers' like grandpas home
x - Liebesapfel -pimento type' not noteworthy
x - Melrose -rellano type
x - Portugese Goat Heart -average pimento type
x - Purira -ornamental upright growing peppers' purple-yellow-red' average production
x - Red Crystal -grown but not evaluated
x - Red Peter -grown but not evaluated
x - Red Savina -diseased
x - Relleno -nothing special
x - Ruby (Ukrainian) -beautiful but only a couple peppers' purple tips with orange and yellow
x - Siuriya -grown but not evaluated
x - Sweet Chocolate -wrinkley pointed chocolate bell peppers
x - Sweet Spot XCR3 -banana type' not too excitingx - Yellow Peter -low production


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1. Stripe Lobster Platter 2. Lobster Flat Card 3. Crest Lobster Square Tray 4. Lobster Flat Card
5. Lobsters Red Large Flat Card 6. Crest Lobster Placemat 7. Lobster Stripe Plate
Lobster Rolls
Serves 2
2 lobsters, 1¼ pounds each.
3-4 tablespoons homemade mayonnaise (more if you prefer, but I like my rolls to be mostly lobster)
2 teaspoons finely chopped red onion
½ rib celery, chopped
A few drops of lemon juice
Salt and pepper to taste
2 Pepperidge Farm top-split hot dog buns
Cook, chill, and shell the lobsters: Bring a large pot of heavily-salted water to a boil over high heat. Submerge the lobsters and cook for 10 minutes, then place the lobsters at once in ice water to stop the cooking. Drain well. Remove all the meat from the lobster and chop into ½-inch pieces, reserving the tomalley and the roe in a small bowl.
Dress the lobster: Stir the tomalley and roe into the mayonnaise, and dress the lobster meat with it. Add celery, onion, lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste. Store in the refrigerator (it will last 2 days).
Butter and crisp buns: Just before serving, melt a pat of butter in a small saute pan over medium heat and toast the hot dog buns on one side. When they're golden, remove them. Add the second pat of butter and toast the buns on the other side. Spoon the lobster salad into the buns and serve immediately.
This is more than you need. But it keeps for at least a week, and there's something wonderful about knowing you have homemade mayonnaise on hand for sandwiches, tartar sauce and dressings.
Makes 2 cups
2 egg yolks
1 egg
1 tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar
1 teaspoon mustard
Pinch of salt
About 2 cups oil, at room temperature (not cold)
Crank the food processor: Put everything but the oil into a food processor and process until creamy, about 15 seconds. With the machine still running, slowly pour the oil into the machine until your mayonnaise is the consistency that you want.
For some more tips and the full version, see Ruth Reichl's recipe.


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MIAMI--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--FIU Executive Director of Sports and Entertainment Pete Garcia announced today a three-year partnership with Ocean Bank, resulting in the naming of the Panther football team's home field, which will now be called "Ocean Bank Field at FIU Stadium."
"We are proud of the relationship we have forged with Ocean Bank over many years, working together for our community and our students' success"
"We are proud of the relationship we have forged with Ocean Bank over many years, working together for our community and our students' success," said FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg. "We thank Ocean Bank for their generous support of our student athletes and I look forward to an exciting season on the Ocean Bank Field."
Among its many contributions, Ocean Bank committed $1 million to the university's College of Business, which was used to build Ocean Bank Auditorium at FIU.
"Since our founding in 1982, we have grown alongside FIU and supported its development into a major research university and one of the largest in the nation," said Ocean Bank Chairman A. Alfonso Macedo.
"This partnership with Ocean Bank is another example of the tremendous support for the FIU Athletic Department and its football program," Garcia said. "I want to personally thank A. Alfonso Macedo, the Ocean Bank administration and its board of directors for their support."
Ocean Bank Field at FIU Stadium has hosted many events such as the 2009 and 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the annual Belen-Columbus football game, concerts, non-intercollegiate sporting events and other community activities.
Ocean Bank Field at FIU Stadium will play host to a program-record-setting eight football home games this season, with six of those contests being televised as part of Conference USA's national television package.
In addition, Ocean Bank board members and executives are active supporters of the university. Macedo serves on the Dean's Council of the FIU College of Business, and the FIU President's Council includes board member and former Federal Reserve Bank Miami Regional Executive Juan del Busto, and Ralph Gonzalez-Jacobo, Ocean Bank's executive vice president and head of branch administration. Both are FIU alumni.
The 2014 FIU football season kicks off on Aug. 30 when the Panthers host the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats. Game time is slated for 7p.m. and will be broadcast on C-USA's newly launched American Sports Network (ASN), a collegiate sports initiative that will air on a number of Sinclair's broadcast television stations. For ticket information, contact the University Credit Union Box Office at 305-FIU-GAME (348-4263).
About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including FIU Arena and the FIU Football Stadium.
About FIU: Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. Its colleges and schools offer more than 180 bachelor¹s, master¹s and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida¹s anchor institutions, FIU is Worlds Ahead in its local and global engagement, finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded 200,000 degrees and enrolls 54,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.
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Hey guys! I'm finally back after my trip from Korea so here are the reviews on the Etude House Pink Bird Box (April version).
The first product is the Etude House Fix&Fix Tone Up Primer Rose SPF33+ PA++ This primer is meant to brighten the complexion before setting it in with the bb cream that comes as a set. The primer comes with a slim and long tube packaging, which is a huge plus for me because first of all, it's hygienic and second of all, I can decide on the amount of the product I want to squeeze out. So, this is how it looks like after I squeezed out a tiny amount. As you can see, it's peachy pink colored and it has a watery texture and feel to it.
When the product is all blended out, it brightens my skin tone while providing a rosy touch to it. I tested it out for a day and the primer it did help settle my makeup with a flawless finish, all except the troublesome red areas, which is near my nose. I am unsure if it helped applying my makeup easier because I usually skip the primer part for my daily makeup routine.
With that said, I came into conclusion that Etude House primers could work fairly well as cc cream itself. If you do not suffer from a lot of blemishes, this primer will help brightening up your complexion and you'll be good to go with an additional concealer.
The second product is the Etude House Any Cushion All Day Perfect SPF50+ PA++ . I think this is probably one of my most favorite products from this box. This Etude House BB Cushion comes in an easily portable compact that includes a mirror and a sturdier, thicker puff (called Any Fitting Puff) than the delicate puffs that I was used to. What Iike about this puff is that it helps applying the product smoothly.
I received this in the color Vanilla #19 (Pink Base) and when I first swatched it on my hands I didn't think that the color matched me at all because it contains pink undertones and the color seemed a bit lighter than my original skin tone. However, after applying it on my face and wearing it during the day, the color seemed to even out and blended into my skin tone while providing a dewy glow. In addition, the product helps concealing the aftermath of the recent pimples that popped up while I was in Korea and it slightly helped with concealing the under eye circles. I had to use a concealer afterwards, but that didn't matter much to me. Etude House also claims that it helps concealing the redness and I have to agree that it does a great job in that.
Regarding the formula, I would say that the formula provides medium coverage, but there's always the option to layer for more buildable coverage when it's needed. In terms of hydration, the BB cream does a great job in maintaining moisture on the surface of the skin even when the weather is still cold in Netherlands. Whether the product would last 24 hours on the skin like Etude House say, I can't say. But what I can say is that it is long lasting and it will definitely get you through the day. All in all, I would earnestly like to recommend this product.
Next products I would like to shed light on are the Etude House Super Slim Proof Pencil Liner #01 Black & Etude House Super Slim Proof Brush Liner #02 Brown. Both products are packaged in a sleek design that contains the colors of the product and are marketed as waterproof.
Let's start with the Etude House Super Slim Proof Pencil Liner #01 Black first. The pencil liner is a super thin 1.5mm pencil type it has a soft and creamy formula. I used this to tightline my waterline and I noticed that the pigmentation wasn't intense, but luckily the color was buildable. The color also reminded me more of a dark grey than jet-black at first sight. As for the lasting power and its performance, I would say that it didn't live up to my expectations at all. It is supposedly to be waterproof, but it ended up smudging and as end result I was looking like a panda for the day.
As for the Etude House Super Slim Proof Brush Liner #02 Brown, the color is exactly the same as the name. The brush is easy to handle when creating the cat eyes look, but the consistency of the strokes are poor. I tried to layer 2-3 strokes, hoping for an opaque coverage but the colors still ended up inconsistent. Regarding the lasting power, it stayed on a decent amount of time, for about 6 hours but it didn't survive the rubbing. The good side of this product is that it dries quickly and it does glides smoothly across the eyelids. With that said, I like the idea of having a thin brush (eye)line but I highly doubt that I will be reaching out for this on a daily basis since it didn't fit the standard that I have on beauty products.
Last but not least is the Etude House Honey Cera (skincare) collection that focuses on two aspects: moisturizing and firming. I received the test trial of the collection and it consists out of 4 different skincare steps. The box contains the Honey Cera toner, Honey Cera Emulsion, Honey Cera Priming Eye Serum and the Honey Cera cream. (All products are scented.)
I wasn't able to test these products for long, so I will give a general first impression reviews on all four products. The Honey Cera Toner is very lightweight and in all honesty, the texture reminds me of water. In particular, it reminds me of Son & Park Beauty Water's texture. I love how easy it is to apply the product onto my skin and how my skin is able to absorb it within a couple of minutes before venturing into the next skincare step.
The Honey Cera Emulsion contains a thicker texture in comparison with the toner, but oddly enough it is not sticky. It went on smoothly on my skin, but it did take a bit of time for the product to sink in. From what I experienced, the product does provide hydrating effects as previously claimed by Etude House.
The Honey Cera Priming Eye Serum is a surprising product out of the bunch. With its gel-like texture, the concentrated eye serum helps providing moisture for the under eye and at the same time I felt like it nourishes the area as well. In a way, I would say that it was as if the eye serum tightened the targeted area upon application.
The Honey Cera Cream is thick and very creamy, and it is more suitable as a night cream rather than for the day time, unless the weather is still very cold wherever you are at. It takes a few minutes to really absorb all the nutrients but it gets a pass from me because it melts easily into the skin and it doesn't leave any greasiness or stickiness behind. True to its claims, this cream is excellent in keeping the skin hydrated until the morning and I noticed the difference it made on my skin during this windy and cold day: mainly, my skin skin feels softer, refreshed and firmer.
So, there we have it! Full reviews on the Etude House Pink Bird Box (April version). There were some disappointments, but also a lot of products that made a lasting impression on me. Thank you for reading and see you guys next time!


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Passport? Check. Suitcase? Check. Enemies list? Ticked. Billion-dollar frivolous lawsuit for defamation of character? Check.
Muammar Qaddafi, officially Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution--whose career trajectory has now passed the orbits of army Colonel, revolutionary hero, dictator, scion of pan-Arab nationalism, patron saint of international terrorism (or, depending on your outlook, freedom fighting), and leader of all Africa--will complete his dream for global dominion when Libya assumes the presidency of the United Nations General Assembly later this summer.
(Look out, Mr. Universe.)
Any doubt that Qaddafi is adapting to his burgeoning status as global alphadog with anything but grace was euthanized by his filing of a one-billion-dollar lawsuit against a Ugandan tabloid--The Red Pepper--which recently suggested that the Colonel has had a steamy affair with that country's Queen Mother.
(Qaddafi also has outstanding lawsuits pending against unflattering newspapers and journalists in Niger, Algeria and Morocco. Next up may be Zimbabwe, whose press has lampooned the Libyan leader for throwing a tantrum when, upon arriving for an official state visit in South Africa, Qaddafi was greeted by South Africa's minister of culture instead of incoming president Jacob Zuma.)
"We stand by the story," said Red Pepper editor Ben Byaraba, "and we are waiting for Qaddafi to stand in court to accuse us of writing that he is engaged in the sex scandal."
Should worse come to worse, of course, the newspaper--nay, the country--would not be able to pay off Qaddafi. Uganda's per-capita GDP is about $1100, which means Qaddafi may have to accept 909,090 average Ugandan citizens in lieu of a cash settlement.
All kidding aside, the recent mysterious death of a Libyan opposition leader suggests Qaddafi is getting cozier with America ahead of what is sure to be a spectacle of his addressing the United Nations General Assembly later this year.
The death in a Libyan prison of Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi just weeks after he was visited by reps of Human Rights Watch has raised the alarm that Qaddafi is doing America favours ahead of Libya's formal welcoming back into the society of Western-friendly nations.
Al-Libi, a member of an Islamic opposition movement to Qaddafi's rule, was renditioned and tortured in Egypt under the auspices of the CIA where he produced forced confessions linking Saddam Hussein to al-Qaeda of the sort that the Bush administration needed to justify its 2003 invasion.
He was then repatriated to Libya, where Qaddafi--no friend to Islamists anyway--locked him up at the request of the American government. Then came the Human Rights Watch visit, worries that the Obama administration is having trouble putting the Bush administration's record to rest, and (presto!) al-Libi's sudden, apparent suicide.
Cavorting with HRW is just the kind of thing that would embarrass the US and jeopardize its plans to use Qaddafi as a proxy for a new, softer kind of imperialism. A redeemed Libya heading the UNGA looks tolerable on America's ledger. A Libyan who can't keep his mouth shut about torture does not, and Qaddafi won't abide such defamation of his character.
Would Qaddafi kill to take over the world?
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Recargo, an electric vehicle software and information services company, has partnered with EV charging station manufacturer SemaConnect to launch a public charger payment solution.
Pay With PlugShare will be available at more than 300 SemaConnect charging stations in the US and Canada and will operate under PlugShare, an app that helps EV drivers find a place to charge and now also pay for the charge.
Both companies say they want drivers to be able to plug in at public stations with efficiency and ease. Pay With PlugShare solves the dilemma of proprietary payment, extra fees and members-only charging, they say. The service combines finding the best place to charge for every driver's plug-in needs while accessing the world's largest charging network, with a payment solution built into the same app.
Since the payment method only needs a smartphone and doesn't require membership costs and prepaid subscriptions, and RFID tokens or phone calls, this process is more reliable and cost effective for drivers to charge, the companies say.
The platform is currently available with iOS and will soon be available with Android this winter. Visa, MasterCard and Discover are all accepted; credit card and customer data is stored securely.
The Pay With PlugShare platform has been designed to be charging network neutral and scalable from the ground up. Networks providing fee-based public charging can add Pay With PlugShare functionality while maintaining direct control over pricing and their infrastructure.
Pay With PlugShare can be linked with networks' existing payment infrastructure or can use PlugShare's e-commerce infrastructure. Additionally, Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) Support will be rolled out before the end of the year.
Late last month the Open Charge Alliance, a global consortium of public and private EV infrastructure leaders that promotes EV charging network interoperability, launched its charter and issued a call for new international members.
Closed networks generate frustration for EV drivers, who need and expect the same accessibility that they enjoy at the gasoline pump. That driver frustration translates to risk for charging station owners, who fear the financial burden of stranded assets if they are bound to proprietary EV networks, the OCA says. The back-to-back bankruptcies of Ecotality and Better Place have exacerbated these fears.
Open EV charging networks are the solution, the OCA says.


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The kids got the full-on breakfast this morning with cheesy eggs, bacon, toast, fruit, and juice. They all did a pretty good job of powering it down without whining (except for C, who prefers his eggs without cheese like a communist). Fantastic husband even made it home before the girl child needed to leave for school. Overall this morning was a win.
After the kids were off to school I made myself some breakfast and a cup of coffee. I skipped the spinach today in favor of orange peppers. I love mushrooms with eggs, shit I love mushrooms with everything. Cooked down in bacon fat? Fucking nirvana. If you don't like mushrooms, I don't care. More for me.
I went to the box this morning to do the first Lurong WOD for the Summertime Challenge. It was only a 5 minute AMRAP and after the last few WODs I've done it felt kind of easy. We also did max effort thrusters for 3 minutes and that sucked pretty hard core, but at least I didn't have to do the programmed WOD-it looked like fucking murder. I did my GHDs like a good child, had a banana, and went home.
Mmmm. Nana.
Since class ended a little ahead of time (thanks, Justin!) I was home before 10:30 and since it was such a beautiful day we decided to take the dogger out for a nice walk before lunch. We did about 2 miles and used a little gravel trail that runs on one side of the neighborhood in order to avoid the garbage/recycling trucks.
Lunch was more mushrooms (gawd, I love mushrooms!) on a burger and the remainder of the pepper I sent with the girl child for lunch.
Tasty, but they ain't fries.
After lunch we headed down to Jenstar for lunchtime flow. Pretty much every muscle in my pelvic saddle has been screaming for the last few days and this was the perfect 45 minute stretch. I was so relaxed after that I managed a 4 hour nap-good news for my shift tonight. I'm far less likely to be desperately tired at 3am.
So slept the sleep of the dead and fantastic husband took the smalls to CF kids. Apparently there was a tug of war involving all the kids and teens against the 4 adult men that were present. The kids won, and the boys were excited about it. When I woke up it was suppertime, which is truly excellent timing.
Lemon rosemary pork loin and roasted broccoli.
Now I'm chillin' in the living room, watching Wheel of Fortune (I'm watching it ironically), and considering a nice cup of chocolate flavored coffee to finish the night. I should also probably pull a lunch together so I don't starve overnight.
Tomorrow I'll pretty much just be sleeping and walking the dog. I was supposed to start a belly dancing class, but working husband plus no sitter = no class. Hope I can catch up next week.
Going to work a night early is a bit of a drag, but it means I have 8 days off next rotation and that does not suck.


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Preserving the history of the Holdingford Area- We are a 501c-3 Charitable Organization
Valentine Herman, was a very influentual member of the community. He was 66 years old when he died June 15th 1936.After being in poor health for a number of months.
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The goal of the Thomas Jefferson Scholars student organization is to provide an environment of fellowship and support for students studying both science and the humanistic disciplines. We combine social and intellectual fun, with a range of activities.
Activities include
- biweekly meetings, where we plan activities and often have a guest speaker
- travel as a group, with a Fall trip over a long weekend
- service projects in the Raleigh community
- hosting the public Thomas Jefferson Scholar Distinguished Lecture Series in Spring
- the international trip for rising Seniors
In May, the third-year Scholars traveled with faculty to Prague and Vienna. Each year the Juniors coordinate with faculty to pick a destination for a week-long international trip. This year we were pleased to have Dean Jeff Braden and Jill Braden accompany us. We had a wonderful time exploring old Prague, touring historic sites, enjoying a folklore show (the Dean can dance!), and then training to Vienna.
In Vienna, one of the highlights was a chamber concert in the Schönbrunn Palace -- listening to Mozart's music in the room where he performed!


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Every month I offer a Bundle class, it is free for anyone who orders any bundle during the previous month. You can attend even if you haven't ordered a bundle but want to pay for the class. This is April's bundle class featuring the Birthday Blast set from the Occasions catalog. I goofed on this one....do you see what I did....I didn't order the bundle....only the dies!
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Never Let Me GoHome » Original Songs » Modern Hymns
Tags: Prayer in Affliction and Temptation
Posted by David L. Ward on July 23rd, 2015
DescriptionThis is a simple song in the tradition of spirituals which attempts to lead us to Jesus as a child - weak, needy, and often fearful. Sometimes we need to sing dense, theologically rich hymns, and sometimes we just need to tell the Lord that we're lonely and that we need him to be our friend. As we listen to or sing this song may we remember that Jesus is a friend, protector, rescuer, hand-holder, guide, covering, treasure, and welcomer to all who will believe in Him.
LyricsWhen I'm lonely and I have no one,
When I'm lonely, Jesus, be my friend.
When I'm fearful and I'm in danger,
When I'm fearful, Jesus, be my shield.
O Jesus, O Jesus,
O Jesus, come and rescue me.
So take my hand and hold me close
And never let me go.
Verse 2:
When I've wandered and I can't find you,
When I've wandered, Jesus, be my guide.
When I've hurt you and shame surrounds me,
When I've hurt you, Jesus, cover me.
Verse 3:
When I'm ruined and I have nothing,
When I'm ruined, Jesus, be my prize.
When I'm finished and life is slipping,
When I'm finished, Jesus, welcome me.
Words & Music by David L. Ward
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Sunday, April 27, 2014
Frank Chamberlin Memorial Golf Outing Information
Frank Chamberlin meant a lot to his friends and former teammates. They are now doing their part to continue his legacy and support his daughters. BC fans now have a chance to assist too. Sponsorship, playing and auction are all available at the Frank Chamberlin Memorial Golf Outing. The event will be held May 5 at Baltusrol Golf Club. The proceeds from the event are going to the Chamberlin girls' education funds. Go to the website to learn more.
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