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It was a very good year for reading for this Late B(l)oomer; I read more books this year than any other year since I began keeping records - eighty-two books, forty-seven of them fiction. That's a much more balanced reading list than most of my previous years. Of the total number of books read, ten were rereads and I listened to twenty in audio format in the Saturn. I was surprised the list was as long as it was, since I did much more time-consuming painting. In considering my favorites for 2007 I eliminated any book read in a previous year, although some actually were among my favorites. The list was arbitrary; I chose ten fiction books, and ten non-fiction. These choices aren't necessarily classics, but for whatever reason, I found them entertaining, informative, moving, or possibly all three. I tend to like books that are have strong narrative voices, interesting language, and complex characters. I want a book to take me somewhere new, to help me see the world through new eyes, to kick me up side of a head.
Ideas for my reading come from lots of places. My local book group of neighborhood friends is a source of titles, and often they nudge me to read books I wouldn't have chosen on my own. Likewise, I belong to a couple discussion groups on AOL, and their wide and varying interests point me to lots of good books. Over the past year I have kept lists of books I read, as well as comments about them on a web site called Shelfari. That community of readers is generous with their comments and suggestions for titles to consider. Sometimes a book just jumps into my hand at our excellent local library. The list I'd like to tackle in 2008 is probably longer than the time I have to read. But back to 2007.
Here goes. My favorite ten fiction titles were as follows (no particular order):
1. An Artist of the Floating World, Kazuo Ishaguro
2. The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, Milan Kundera
3. The Darling, Russell Banks
4. Everything is Illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer
5. Falling Man, Don DilLillo
6. Fingersmith, Sarah Waters
7. The Gravedigger, Peter Grandbois
8. The Shadow Catcher, Marianne Wiggins
9. Stoner, John Williams
10.The Summer Book, Tove Jonsson
Here are my favorite non-fiction titles:
1. Complications: A Surgeon's Notes, Awal Gawande
2. Isaac's Storm, Erik Larsen
3. Log From the Sea of Cortez, John Steinbeck
4. Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah
5. Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich
6. Shadow Divers, Robert Kurson
7. Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson
8. The Amateur Emigrant, Robert Lewis Stevenson
9. The Golden Spruce, John Vallaint
10. Comfort Me With Apples, Ruth Reichel
A Baby Boomer's musings on art, family history, reading and finding a little beauty each day.
Monday, December 31, 2007
The Seventh Day of Christmas: Best Books of 2007
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Labels: Books
Sunday, December 30, 2007
The Sixth Night of Christmas
One of my favorite things to do with all the great snow is go out and look at the neighborhoods lit up at night. Whether illuminated by street lights or by Christmas lights, the snow is magical after dark. I'd love to do a better job capturing it in my photographs, but until then these snapshots will have to do. The top picture was taken from my dining room window. The bottom photo is of a neighbor's wonderful light wrapped trees. I hope he knows how much pleasure they give on December's dark nights.
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Saturday, December 29, 2007
The Fifth Day of Christmas: Happy Birthday
Today is beautiful. We received fives inches of snow that fell in fat puffy flakes all yesterday, and this morning the maples, oaks and pines in our neighborhood are wearing coats of white down.
It's my 57th birthday. The pictures are of my first birthday at my grandparents' house in Elkhorn, and of my seventh birthday at the farm. Today my aunt called to wish me well. A friend sent me an electronic card with kittens singing "Happy Birthday", and several others sent snail mail birthday cards. My husband gave me a bottle of Bailey's Irish Cream (I love it in coffee); and I made myself a batch of white chocolate macadamia nut cookies.
I have never liked having my birthday fall between Christmas and New Year. Actually, I was due on Groundhog Day, 1951, but I came early. Mother says it was because she had a baby shower on December 28th, and she had to dig the car out of a snowdrift to get to the party. She went to the hospital that evening, and I was born after midnight. Anyway, my gifts were received all in one week, and the emphasis was always on warm clothing. Socks. Sweaters. Boots. Once I was old enough to have some say in it I usually had Mother promise not to wrap my present in Christmas paper, and I always had us move to a room without a Christmas tree for gift opening. Today it would be present enough to have her back to tell me the story of my early arrival one more time.
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Friday, December 28, 2007
The Fourth Day of Christmas: Let it Snow Again
We're waiting for another snow storm here in southern Wisconsin. My sister-in-law cancelled our holiday get-together, since we all needed to drive for an hour or so, and she feared accidents. The television news says local road departments are deciding to cut back on salt usage, so as to conserve their supply until the end of the season. My husband has covered the car, and we're settling in for a day of reading, painting and watching old movies.
I was thinking about how snow affected us on the farm in the 1950s and 1960s. Dad could usually plow us out with the Ford tractor, equipped with a snow blade to make a path to the county road. Sometimes if the drifts were especially high, the county plow would make a path for the milk truck. We had supplies, a freezer of frozen beef, all the milk we could drink. But if the bulk tank couldn't make it to the farm, the milk would need to be dumped to make room for the next batch. I only remember us having to dump milk once during a bad storm. The neighbor was in the same situation, and his wife, rather than completely wasting the precious milk, climbed into the tank and took a milk bath before it had to be put down the drain.
Once I was in school getting out got interesting. In grades one through four of elementary school I attended a two room school house, the same my dad attended, and my grandfather. There was no bus service, and it was too far for me to walk, so I usually went in the car or pickup. I remember one snowy day, though, that Dad bundled me up, wrapped a knit scarf around my face, and I went to school on the fender of the tractor. That was really exciting. After fifth grade I walked the quarter mile driveway and waited for the yellow school bus. I was lucky because my grandparents' house was at the end of our driveway near the road, so I could wait in their breezeway, out of the wind.
We played outside lots when we were kids. The photo shows us with one of our snowmen, covered in leaves and bits of grass. We built snow forts by the barn, then hid in them. My favorite thing to do was to slide on our dented up aluminum saucer. We didn't have any hills, but there was a wooden chicken coop beside the driveway. The plowed snow piled up by the coop so that if we climbed up on the roof, we could sit in the saucer, slide down the steep pitch, hit the banked snow, and then slide into the driveway. I'm amazed I lived to grow up.
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Thursday, December 27, 2007
The Third Day of Christmas: Winter Monotypess
One of my current goals with my artwork is to learn to appreciate and paint snow scenes. This is the ideal year for it, because southern Wisconsin has gotten more snow than I remember for quite a while. All the folks who bought snowblowers, or who have been moping over their unused cross-country skis, are happy at last.
For me, though, the fresh snow has gotten me out with my camera, and then upstairs in my studio. My most recent efforts have been monoprints. I don't have a printing press, so I'm limited to using a hand printing process. Actually, I use an antique wooden doorknob to rub the back of my damp paper. I get more of the original painted image on the paper than I do by simply rubbing with my hand, or with the back of a spoon. I am also experimenting with scratching detail into the painted image. I don't want to be too picky, but it seems to be a way to suggest branches or bits of snow. The other thing that is happening with these winter images is that my colors have changed. Generally I use lots of bright colors, but not in these scenes. White, blue-gray, and the rusts of dry oak leaves are the colors of the day. I hope to get a decent series of these local pictures.
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007
The Second Day of Christmas: Winter Photos
The day after Christmas was a beautiful one. The skies cleared, and the temperatures were in the forties, so I got out of the house for a walk on the Springbrook trail. The winter sun made long shadows on the snow, highlighting the tracks of deer, rabbits and birds who inhabit the green spaces of Janesville. The water in the brook is crystal clear, and for me it was a chance to appreciate winter's beauty before the next storm heads in. If it does snow, I have some photo references to work on my snow paintings.
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Sunday, December 23, 2007
1957 Gimbels Santa
These photos are of me and my sister on Santa's lap at the Milwaukee Gimbel-Schusters store (ironically now Macys), about 1957. Have you ever seen such an awful Santa beard? I'm sure I thought this was the real Santa item at the time. I don't remember much about that day except the excitement of it all. My grandmother and mother got us girls train tickets, and we rode from Elkhorn to downtown Milwaukee. Gimbels had extravagant displays, and a toy department that was heavenly to a little girl. I remember going to a movie on that trip, the 1957 re-release of Bambi. I haven't had the nerve to watch it since. All that remains in my dim memory is a cavernous movie theater, and the forest fire that kills Bambi's mother.
This is still two years before my mom and grandma went to Milwaukee without us to shop for the hottest new toy, Barbie. Years later Mother told me that Grandpa was not pleased that we were getting the curvy doll instead of a more age appropriate Madame Alexander or Miss Revlon. I wish I knew what happened to that number one Barbie. I suspect her final resting place is our local landfill.
One more story about 1957. I was six, turning seven right after Christmas, and I still believed in Santa. Maybe it isn't surprising, since I started school the next year (no kindergarten for me), and I was the oldest child. There were no older spoilsports in my life, but I wasn't completely innocent. I had my suspicions about those Christmas morning piles of Santa gifts. This particular year, though, something happened to make me believe a little longer. We had a herd of dairy cows, and Christmas Eve they broke out of their fence and left Holstein hoof prints in fresh snow - that's what Dad told me much later. When I looked outside that day, there was the evidence of Santa's visit, trampled snow around the farmhouse. I believed for one more year.
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Labels: Christmas, dolls, family, vintage photo
Thursday, December 20, 2007
December Poem
On Turtle Creek, 8x10 inches, watercolor (sold)
Linda Pasten
The white dove of winter
sheds its first
fine feathers;
they melt
as they touch
the warm ground
like notes
of a once familiar
music; the earth
shivers and
turns towards
the solstice.
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007
No, There's More...
Just when I thought I had all the information about this chapter of my family history, Noel from The Skagit River Journal sent me two more newspaper clippings. It's interesting that while there is repetition, each clipping adds a little more detail. The email I received yesterday was a pdf file of the actual newspaper page, and off to the side the there was a little note about Judge Houser, who would have normally presided over the superior court, being admitted to a Port Townsend sanitarium, for tuberculosis, I'm guessing. Another thought I've had while reading these accounts is the emphasis on local color and the visual description of the proceedings. I imagine there were fewer photographs than in modern newspapers. Finally, I was struck by how quickly the entire process was completed, from the killing of Grandpa Adams in May, to the verdict at the end of June. It's hard to imagine such speed in the courts today.
The Mount Vernon Argus, June 26, 1914 VOL.XXII
The Mount Vernon Argus, June 26, 1914 VOL.XXII
Before a crowded courtroom Matt Snyder was placed on trial Wednesday night in the superior court charged with the murder of L.E. Adams at Hamilton on the morning of May 24. Judge Pemberton of Whatcom county is one the bench in the absence of Judge Houser, who is ill. The case promises to be a hard fought one. People who attended the trial Thursday believe that the attempt to clear Snyder will be based on self defense.
Considerable delay was experienced before a jury was selected. Late Wednesday afternoon a special venire was made and the last member of the jury was selected early during the Wednesday evening session. Those serving on the jury are: Mrs. E.A. Griffin, Sedro-Woolley; Wm. Borland, Mount Vernon; Thomas Fortin, Mt. Vernon; Charles Johnson, Burlington; F.L. Hemingway, Sedro-Woolley; A.M. Pierson, Mt. Vernon; W.D. Gladwin, La Conner; D.M. Flaherty, Sedro-Woolley; James Dunlap, Mt. Vernon; Charles Wessen, LaConner; James Eagle, LaConner; Gorge L. Stendring, Mt. Vernon.
The Mount Vernon law firm of Shrauger & Henderson, and W.H. Morris, well known criminal lawyer of Seattle, are defending Snyder. Prosecuting attorney C.D. Beagle and Deputy Lester Whitmore, are representing the state.
A particularly large crowd of witnesses were on the stand Thursday, all of them called by the defense. The court room has been crowded to the doors since the beginning of the case. Many of those in attendance are friends and neighbors of the accused man. Snyder's wife and child were in the court room yesterday.
Friends of both Snyder and Adams who were in town Thursday discussed the case at length in the corridors of the court house. Many think that Snyder, if he did kill Adams as alleged, was justified. Others differ with them, and in addition point out that his past record, said to be a bad one, will go hard with him.
The shooting which resulted in the death of Adams occurred May 24 in Hamilton following the return of Snyder and Adams from a circus in Sedro-Woolley. It is expected that Snyder, when he is placed on the stand, will say that Adams attacked him with brass knuckles, and that he called to his wife to bring him a gun that he might protect himself.
Mount Vernon Argus, Tuesday June 30, 1914, page 1
Hamilton Man on Trial in Superior Court Liberated by "Not Guilty" Verdict Late Saturday Afternoon -- Sensational Murder Case Occupies Four Day Session-- Crowds of Up Valley and Local People Attended
"Not Guilty" was the verdict of the jury in the case of the State vs. Matt Snyder, who was placed on trial last Wednesday in the superior court, charged with the murder of L.E. Adams on the night of May 24 at Hamilton. Following the reading of the verdict by the clerk at 5:15 Saturday afternoon came some fo the most touching scenes ever enacted in a Skagit county court.
The attorneys in the case finished their arguments shortly after twelve o'clock Saturday, and at 12:15 the jury retired. They arrived at a verdict at 5:05, and as they filed into the court room, the crowds in the halls and in the nearby streets hurried into the court room to hear Snyder's fate.
Snyder sat at a table directly in front of the judge, his face downcast and his fists clenched. Stillness reigned in the court room as the bailiff conveyed the sealed verdict to the clerk, who upon instructions from the judge, read the findings that set Snyder free.
Snyder was upon his feet in an instant, making his way to the jury box, shook hands with every member of the body that acquitted him. The freed man was instantly surrounded by friends and neighbors who were jubilant over the verdict. There was hardly a dry eye in the group around Snyder.
It was some moments before Snyder could make his way to his wife who was waiting outside the railing. A moment after he reached her, his little son came running up. Clasping his wife with one hand and his little boy with the other Snyder exclaimed: "Come on, let's go home," and filed out of the court room surrounded by friends.
The Snyder case was tried with great dispatch. The securing of a jury began Wednesday morning, and completed at a session that night, when the trial itself opened. A large number of witnesses were examined, most of them called by the defense. Thursday and Friday were devoted to the examination of witnesses, and Saturday morning to argument by the attorneys.
Shrauger & Henderson and W.H. Morris, of Seattle, appeared for the defendant, while the state was represented by Prosecuting Attorney C.D. Beagle and Deputy Lester Whitmore.
The most damaging testimony in the trial was given by Bert Medford who claimed he was near Snyder and Adams when the fatal shot was fired. Another witness stated that he saw a gun in Snyder's pocket on the night of the crime as he lay asleep in the caboose on his way home from Sedro-Woolley. Attorney Morris exhibited a fountain pen and holder which he claimed might have been mistaken for a gun.
When Snyder was placed on the stand he testified that Adams had struck at him in a Sedro-Wooley saloon earlier in the evening. Snyder said that Adams claimed he had taken his job away from him which the former denied. Snyder said that he tried to get Adams to come back home that night, but that he refused. He did not see him again, he said, until he overtook him on the track near Hamilton.
Snyder stated that Adams attacked him in front of his home, and that when he was down, called to his wife to bring him a gun. He then fired the shot which killed Adams. Snyder says that at that point he lost consciousness. Snyder's face was in bad condition after his struggle with Adams. When Adams' body was found there were brass knuckles on his hands.
The case attracted great deal of attention. The court room was crowded daily.
Added 2011 - I found a bit more about Matt Snyder from Find-a-Grave. Matthew Daniel Snider (spelled this way on his grave stone) was born in North Carolina in 1879, and died in Skagit County in 1966. Apparently he shot another man by accident in 1902, a fact that somehow never was mentioned in the papers. His wife, who handed him the gun with which he shot Ed Adams, was his second wife, a woman named Anna Lee Moore. The baby mentioned in the newspaper articles was Willard David "Bo" Snider, born April 1915, and who died in 2000.
Added 2011 - I found a bit more about Matt Snyder from Find-a-Grave. Matthew Daniel Snider (spelled this way on his grave stone) was born in North Carolina in 1879, and died in Skagit County in 1966. Apparently he shot another man by accident in 1902, a fact that somehow never was mentioned in the papers. His wife, who handed him the gun with which he shot Ed Adams, was his second wife, a woman named Anna Lee Moore. The baby mentioned in the newspaper articles was Willard David "Bo" Snider, born April 1915, and who died in 2000.
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Monday, December 17, 2007
Murder Mystery, The Final Chapter?
Your humble servant and his chums the 3 tallest Snake agents in Cascade Division - written on the back of an old photo
Edward Lemuel Adams, 1872-1914
The top photo here has always interested me. The man in back is my great grandfather, but I have no idea who his "chums" are. Is one of these distinguished looking men Matt Snyder? As I read over the text of the newspaper clippings that follow I wondered about a few things. My grandmother, Len's daughter, described a nasty head wound, which she remembered as made by a bullet, yet the article indicates Adams was killed by a shot to his side. Was her 10-year-old observation wrong? Perhaps the wound she saw was the result of their fight. I wonder too about the detail that indicates nobody was called until an hour after Adams' death. Why wouldn't somebody summon the neighbors or the police sooner? Wouldn't one of the neighbor friends who attended Snyder's trial have heard a gunshot? My other thought is the fuss the papers made over Snyder's children, the baby who was in the county jail over night with the mother, the six-year-old boy delighted to be reunited with his father after the trial. Len was divorced, but he was also a father left a young daughter who grieved for him for decades.
Here are the last two clippings my friend in Fairfield sent this week.
Mt. Vernon (Washington) Herald, June 25, 1914
Logging Engineer Charged With Killing L.E. Adams, In Court To Answer, Self-Defense To Be Set Up
Matt Snyder, charged with the murder of L.E. Adams at Hamilton on the morning of May 24, following their return from a circus at Sedro-Woolley, was placed on trial at the superior court yesterday. In the absence of Judge Houser, who is too ill to sit, Judge Pemberton of Bellingham is on the bench.
All day yesterday was spent in an effort to obtain a jury. At 3:30 yesterday the state had exhausted all of its three peremptory and the defense had two remaining. A special venire was necessary and six more Veniremen, two from each district, were summoned.
Indications are that the case will be bitterly contested. Snyder's defense will be handled by Attorneys Straughton & Henderson, assisted by W.H. Morris, a well known criminal lawyer from Seattle. Prosecuting attorney C.D. Beagle and Deputy Prosecutor Lester Whitmore will look after the state's interests.
While no statement of the case has been made on account of the inability to obtain a jury, it was given out yesterday afternoon that the defense would claim self-defense as a motive for the shooting which resulted in Adams' death at the hands of Snyder. The state will allege that Snyder threatened to "get" Adams as the result of an old grudge and this was the first opportunity to carry out the threat.
Snyder's wife and baby are present at the trial, as well as a large number of Snyder's friends and neighbors at the logging camp.
The shooting occurred at Snyder's home and Snyder and adams, both intoxicated, had engaged in a dispute. Snyder, it is said, will allege that he was attacked by Adams with brass knuckles, and that he called to his wife to bring his gun that he might resist the efforts of Adams to do him bodily harm. Both were logging engineers.
Mt. Vernon (Washington) Herald, Thursday, July 2, 1914 Vol. 31, No. 19
Pathetic Scene in Court Room Following Reading of Verdict -- "We've Got a Daddy Now"
Matty Snyder, charged with the murder of L.E. Adams, walked from the courtroom late Saturday afternoon a free man, Snyder's wife and babies and friends from the logging camp crowded close to the white faced man and wept and laughed hysterically, while Snyder, tears rolling down his face, grasped each juror by the hand and tried hard to express his appreciation.
Where there were many who were not in sympathy with the findings of the jury, the big crowd of spectators was visibly moved when Snyder's little six-year-old boy ran to his side and cried: "We've got a daddy now."
The meeting between the accused man and his wife following the adjournment of court was pathetic, with arms outstretched the little woman who said she gave Snyder the gun with which to shoot Adams and who stood by her husband during the trying times that followed his arrest, ran toward him as he arose from his chair, and the two stood silent in a long embrace.
Snyder gathered up his clothing in his cell in the county jail, and after a conference with his attorneys, set out for Hamilton and home in an automobile driven by a friend who said he had brought it down before the trial began so as to be ready to take Snyder home.
The case was keenly contested. Snyder's defense was in the hands of Attorneys Shrauger & Henderson and Will H. Morris, the latter of Seattle.
While admitting that he shot Adams, Snyder contended that he did it to defend himself from an attack made on him by Adams with brass knuckles. The two men had quarreled repeatedly before they engaged in a fight in front of Snyder's house on the morning of May 24 following their return from a circus at Sedro-Woolley. Snyder had been placed on a run which Adams thought belonged to him on the logging road. Both men were locomotive engineers.
Snyder testified that when Adams got him down and commenced beating him with brass knuckles he shouted to his wife and asked her to bring him his revolver. It was dark, and before Adams could prevent him from getting the gun Snyder said he seized it from the hand of his wife and shot his assailant in the side. Adams died soon afterward.
The state laid great stress on that fact that it was hardly probable that Adams would permit Mrs. Snyder to give her husband the gun if he had such an advantage as claimed. Prosecutor Beagle also pointed out that Mrs. Snyder's failure to notify the neighbors until over an hour following the shooting made the circumstances seem arranged. Evidence was difficult to obtain on both sides and all who are familiar with it admit that Prosecutor Beagle had an extremely trying case to handle.
Snyder declared emphatically that justice had been dealt out.
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Sunday, December 16, 2007
Still More of a Murder Mystery
postcard image of a logging train
It's Christmas card time, and my most interesting mail came from Fairfield, Washington. One of my grandmother's cousins, who has been looking through microfilm of old Skagit River area newspapers, turned up two more articles about my great-grandfather's shooting in 1914. These clippings send me scurrying to the internet to search for more, and while I haven't found anything about Grandpa Adams, little by little a picture of the area at that time is emerging. I learned, for example, that two kinds of entertainment for men in the Hamilton, Sedro-Woolley area in 1914 were visiting the saloons (this is just six years before Prohibition), and attending the circus. Saloons in logging towns provided a place to socialize, play cards or shoot pool, drink, smoke, and often they were the location of the only public toilet in town. Evidentally the Al Barnes Circus visited the area yearly, complete with acrobats, a freak show, and a menagerie of wild elephants. In 1922 a huge elphant named Tusker escaped from the same circus and rampaged downtown Sedro-Woolley. That's another story. One writer, describing the logging town suggested that it resembled the town in the film McCabe and Mrs. Miller. These tid-bits are helping me form a mental picture of the time and place in which my great-grandfather lived and died.
Here is the first article.
The Mt. Vernon (Washington) Herald, Thursday, May 28, 1914.
Vol. 31, No. 14
Matt Snyder, a logging engineer in the employ of the Hamilton Logging Company, shot L.E. Adams, also a logging engineer, to death about 1:30 o'clock Sunday morning following their return from a circus at Sedro-Wooley where both became intoxicated and started a quarrel. Both men are old in the service of the company and both are well known in the Hamilton district. Snyder has a wife and baby and the wife says she handed her husband a gun with which to kill Adams after Adams had thrown Snyder to the ground and was beating him with brass knuckles. The tragedy occurred in front of the Snyder home in Hamilton.
The two men had been on bad terms for some time, owing to a disagreement over their work, Adams thinking he was entitled to the train run which had been assigned to Snyder. When they met at saloons in Sedro-Wooley Saturday they had words and continued to quarrel until the tragedy occurred on their way home the next morning.
Mrs. Snyder and her baby accompanied Snyder to the county jail and spent a night in jail with him. She was held temporarily but later released, Prosecutor Beagle having no fear that she might try to escape.
The shooting was not reported to Superintendent Lyle McNeil, of the Hamilton company camp, until an hour and a half following the tragedy.
Snyder will be tried at the June term of court when 20 other criminal cases will be heard.
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Saturday, December 15, 2007
Sugared Butter Pecans
My day started with an email that struck me as just foolish. I usually appreciate health tips and announcement of special hours and so on from my health club. But this one was about food and the holidays. It suggested there should be no Christmas treats in my house, and that if I was foolish enough to make some, I should drink many glasses of water and chew sugarless gum. Maybe I should put my fingers in my ears, squeeze my eyes shut and say "naw, naw, naw." I know they mean well, but I picture Puritans in black hats with pious looks sentencing me to a month of bread and water. Making and sharing and eating holiday treats connects me to my friends and family, is a part of tradition, and it makes these short dark cold days happier - even if my jeans become a snugger.
That said, here is my beloved recipe for Sugared Butter Pecans. It's from the Zonta Club, when I bought a bag of their fund-raiser pecans, years ago. Every year I tear the place apart looking for this recipe. I package up the finished pecans in little tins and use them for gifts. The recipe has lots of sugar and fat, but it also has nuts, which are probably better for you than, say, fudge. According to the National Pecan Shellers Association, pecans are chock full of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Good, and good for you (not counting the sugar and butter).
Sugared Butter Pecans
1 lb. pecans (about 4 cups)
1 cup sugar (sometimes I add a dash of cinnamon)
2 egg whites
1/4 lb. butter (one stick)
Toast pecans in a 350 degree oven for 15 minutes. Stir so they don't burn. Cool the nuts. Beat the egg whites until nearly stiff. Add the sugar to the egg whites, then put the pecans into the egg/sugar mixture. Melt butter in the bottom of a shallow pan (I use a cookie sheet). Pour the coated nuts into the pan. Bake at 350 until the butter is absorbed, 15 or 20 minutes. Stir. Store in a glass jar or airtight tin, if they make it that far. Note - This year I was short of pecans so I made up the difference with almonds. They're good too.
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Thursday, December 13, 2007
Icy Beauty
We have been lucky compared to places like Oklahoma. The trees here in my neighborhood didn't crash down on houses and electrical lines, the power stayed on. That said, it has been quite a while since I remember so much snow and ice before Christmas. People are out shoveling, scraping, picking away at the ice on their sidewalks and driveways. I'm too cowardly to walk down the hill to the library because walkways are so slick and uneven.
Yesterday, after I complained about the cold and dishwater skies, the sun came out and lit up all the ice encased tree branches and telephone wires. For a few hours the effect was magical, sparkling, squint inducing. I took my camera out to try and capture some of it, but didn't come close to getting the true effect. I shuffled along on the icy sidewalks, mindful that a spill might break more than my camera, eyes looking cautiously toward the overhead tree branches. Every so often a crack split the air, and a shower of icy shards of ice fell out of the branches. These photos were the best I took.
Today we're back to dishwater, and the magic has disappeared.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Recent Efforts
It has been ages since I remember so much snow and ice here before Christmas. Every other day we have more brown slush, white snow and blue sprinkles of de-icer on top. Yesterday we got the edge of the icestorm that hit Oklahoma, and all the schools closed, anticipating the worst. The view from our house is uniformly pale and dim, a study in gray. At seven this morning it was dark enough for me to need the hall light on to come downstairs.
The way I'm dealing with this dreariness is to work in bright colors. I have an idea to do a series of monotype prints that feature black and white animals, and bright backgrounds. I've experimented with several papers, masa paper, watercolor paper, and now Strathmore drawing paper. After I pull the image I go back with colored pencil. The effect is rich, I think, combining the texture and intense color of the print with the softer color of the pencils.
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Sunday, December 9, 2007
Some Recent Sketches
For the past few months I have participated in an online sketching group called Everday Matters, and have made an effort to draw their weekly challenges. I'm never, ever caught up. Of course they started a couple years before I joined, and I face an apparently impossible self-assigned job of drawing every challenge. That isn't the point of the group, I know. The point is to draw as often as possible and to realize that ordinary objects in our everyday lives are worthy of being sketched.
I have a tendancy not to draw from life. Readers here already have seen my whining about being nervous when people watch me draw. Heavens, I admire other people's loose and breezy travel watercolors! Some day I'll be able to do them myself, but not yet. The first two pictures here are of the sketchbook work I did on our Thanksgiving week in Jamaica. It worked out well for me, because I was able to draw some things from the privacy of our room, with its balcony and comfortable chairs. At the beach I had to work fast, but so many people were reading or asleep that they were unaware of me with my sketchbook. My new Moleskine probably could have just as easily been a diary, I suppose. I gave up trying to do watercolor sketches on this trip for a couple reasons. First, it involves hauling the materials around, even though I have a very small case with a tiny set that works fairly well. But the kit itself draws attention, and the other reason is I don't really want a crinkly warped page in my sketch journal. So, I've been concentrating on pen and ink or pencil.
The drawing of the tree was rendered from a photo I took up in Door County. I photographed this tree with its wonderful horizontal branches and textured bark at The Ridges environmental sanctuary. Lately I have been combining colored pencil with my graphite work, and I'm liking the combination. In fact some of my favorite artwork has been done in this very small format. Part of me like a little book of detailed drawings like this, and part of me knows if I'm going to do detailed work I should probably do it bigger.
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Labels: art, challenges, drawing, EDM, Jamaica, sketchbook, travel
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Happy Birthday Mom
Carol Ann Tess was born December 8, 1930, youngest daughter of Howard and Bernice Tess. She graduated from Elkhorn High school in 1948, attended college in Milwaukee for a year, then married her high school sweetheart, Ralph Pierce, in 1949. She raised three children with him on a dairy farm in Sugar Creek, me, sister Patricia, brother Dean and my youngest sister Mary Carol.
In 1983 after five years of illness, Ralph died of cancer, and not long after Mary was hospitalized beginning twenty years of poor health that ended in her death in 1999. Carol lived with her, cared for her all those years. In fact she nursed sick people all of her adult life, starting with grandparents, then her husband, her youngest daughter, her mother, and finally herself. In 2004 she passed away at home in her apartment after years of heart and lung problems.
Carol would have been 77 today. I find it sadly ironic that my mother, who was just twenty years older than me, is getting this little entry for a birthday present. For so many years when I was teaching, this was a busy and difficult time of year. Between trying to keep students interested and learning, and trying to get ready for Christmas with all the card writing, cleaning, cooking and shopping that entails, I rarely had time for more than a congratulatory telephone call, and a greeting sent in the mail. Now that I have time to spend, she isn't here. She didn't fuss over birthdays, although she never forgot them. We always got cards, little gifts, telephone calls. She wasn't offended that her children didn't throw her a party every year, and in fact the last ten years or so of her life she was often ill with colds or pneumonia in the winter. She used to talk about her 11th birthday, the day after Pearl Harbor, about how awful it was, and how that birthday slipped by forgotten in the terrible news of the day. I tried never to forget. Anyway, happy birthday Mom. I miss you.
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Friday, December 7, 2007
Today turned out to be a cow day. I had a "to do" list like many folks, little errands around town. One job was to go to the Janesville Performing Arts Center and photograph my Holstein monoprint. I entered three pieces in a recent Art League show, an although I didn't win a prize from the judges, I did sell my first piece of artwork. Wouldn't you know it was one that I forgot to scan before I had it framed. So, I went down and took a photo to remember my first sale. This is shot at an angle because the reflection of my flash hid part of the image. Anyway, I was excited that somebody liked it well enough to buy it. Now I need to do a few more, since I had a series of animals planned for an upcoming show.
One other stop around town took me to Utzig's body repair shop. Since a fender bender last winter, I am on their Christmas list. All I had to do to be entered in a drawing for a gift certificate was to answer some questions about It's A Wonderful Life (What were the names of Goerge's children?), and drop the answers off. So since they're such nice folks, I drove my beautifully repaired car over there. Then I remembered, they are the folks who gave Janesville's giant fiberglass cow, Bessie, an extreme makeover. I asked the receptionist if she could be viewed and was assured I could visit the famous cow in back of the shop. The last time I saw Bessie she was faded, peeling, with graffiti sprayed on her Guernsey hide. She had a bullet hole, for pity sake. But now she is repaired, repainted, and resplendent in a coat of white snow and two fresh evergreen wreaths on her horns. When the new Menards is finished she'll travel back across town to her permanent home. If you want to read about her makeover you can check this address: http://www.gazetteextra.com/oasiscow100807.asp
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Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Keeping Warm
I'm am trying hard to adjust my attitude about winter. My whole life I have hated being cold, even though as a child I played outside building snowmen dressed in dried leaves and twigs, dangerous snow forts, and searching for a pond somewhere on our 120 acres that wasn't too rippled for skating. Winter always meant chapped skin, fingers and toes aching with cold, and long series of respiratory ailments that seemed to last from December first until April. Of course when I was little we didn't have miracle fibers to wick away moisture, or insulated boots to warm toes. Our snow boots were the pull on rubber variety, good only to keep our shoes dry from winter slush. To keep me warm Mom piled on layer after layer of coats, hats, mittens, boots and scarves. She was a believer in scarves. We'd be wrapped around the mouth and nose, and eventually the moisture from our warm breath would grow a patch of damp frost over our faces. By the time I was old enough to ride the school bus I wore glasses. The warm breath that escaped upward from my scarf fogged my specs on the walk up our rural driveway, temporarily blinding me. The other reason I hated waiting to be picked up was that my vanity prevented me from wearing slacks under my dresses. School dress codes demanded that girls wear skirts, and the winter wind was cruel on my legs. I had a drawer full of tights and knee socks, but somehow I always froze.
These pictures show my aunt Ellen in a little knit snow outfit, and me in one of my snowsuits. The first photo is from about 1929. Even though there was no snow yet, Grandma obviously dressed her oldest child well for cold weather. I love all those little buttons, though they must have been miserable on a squirmy toddler. The other photo is me, about 1951, outside our trailer in my grandparents' back yard. I wonder where the scarf went?
These days I am grateful for all the new fibers that keep me warm in a house with the thermostat set low. And since I don't need to get up and shovel in the early dark anymore, and don't have to worry about how to stay warm and look professional at the same time, I am trying to learn to see the beauty of our Wisconsin winters. Now, if folks would just shovel their sidewalks...
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Labels: family, vintage photo, winter
Monday, December 3, 2007
Madison's Holiday/Christmas/Solstice Tree
This weekend my husband and I traveled to Madison to see a matinee at the Madison Rep, a thought provoking play about Vince Lombardi. Much to my husband's surprise, I suggested the trip. It was a surprise because those who know me best, know my profound lack of interest in sports in general, football in particular. But back in the Lombardi days, when we had four television channels and my dad controlled all of them, I watched the Packers every Sunday afternoon, rejoiced and grieved every week along with my family. Lombardi seemed like a person I actually knew. So sure, I wanted to see the play, which for the record, I enjoyed very much.
Before the play we took a stroll up to Wisconsin's beautiful capitol building. It is the centerpiece of Madison's downtown, and just last Friday the governor and his wife attended ceremonies for the lighting of the state's "holiday tree." It stands in the center of the rotunda, resplendent in LED lights and ornaments made by Wisconsin school children. A model railroad encircles the base of the tree, which this year was donated by the Menominee Indian Nation. It's cool. It's tall, packed with glitter and love, and it smells really good.
Continuing up a flight of stairs to the first balcony to see the top of the tree better I was startled to see a substantial sign from the Freedom From Religion folks, stating their position that religion is not reasonable and that it hardens people's hearts. They persuaded lawmakers in the 1980's to change the name from the State Christmas Tree to the State Holiday Tree. Meanwhile, recently the state Assembly considered changing the name back to Christmas Tree. As far as I know, no decision has been reached, though I understand heated words have been exchanged.
Well gosh, I'm not sure it makes a whole lot of difference to most people who wander into the rotunda to be wowed by the beauty of the decorated evergreen. I was raised by folks who didn't attend church very often, but got into the spirit of the time with a tree, cards, food and presents every year. I didn't know anyone who believed anything different until I went away to college, more once I started teaching. But I never ran into anyone who had it out for the Christmas tree. One principal suggested we hold off putting up a tree until the last minute to avoid "fever pitch" in our middle schoolers, but nobody ever suggested we not put one up, or mandated what name we gave it. If lawmakers are afraid of hurting someone's feelings by calling the giant spruce a Christmas tree, I can live with Holiday tree. If people want to admire it as a Solstice tree, lighting up December's dark days, dandy. What I hope people can do is put aside their personal agendas for a few weeks, and do what they can to promote peace and good will.
BTW, I found nice clear instruction for making paper snowflakes, something I have messed up every year, until now:
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Saturday, December 1, 2007
Let It Snow - Cookie Time
Resolved, now that I don't have to leave for work in the dark, and clear the car of snow while trying to remain dressed up and professional looking, I will try to see the beauty of snow. The first snow of the season happened while we were gone, and then it melted right away. I was maintaining denial and keeping a pot of yellow pansies alive by the front door. But then yesterday I sent the pansies to their reward and went to the garden center for an evergreen wreath. That must have done it, because you can see the results piling up on my front steps. The other photo is of a tin that originally held Christmas cookies, though later Mom used it to store buttons, zippers and other sewing notions. I liked the graphic, so when she died I snatched it up. It still has buttons and zippers in it, though I rarely sew. I keep it because it reminds me of her.
I'm currently avoiding sugar and most carbs, but I thought I'd share the recipes for the Christmas cookies my husband loves best. It's rough, because I like to bake, but I should not have sugary treats in the house. Still, even looking at these recipes puts me in a holiday state of mind. I see that all four recipes are in the shapes of little balls; I hadn't noticed that before. Anyway, they're all easy and taste tested. You could store them in a nice tin, out of sight but probably not out of mind.
2 cups white flour
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 cup soft butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla (or almond) extract
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Heat the oven to 350 degrees and grease two cookie sheets. Cream the butter and add the egg and extract. Stir in the dry ingredients. Form the batter into balls the size of a walnut and place on a cookie sheet. Bake 12-15 minutes. Cool just a little on a wire rack, then roll in powered sugar. These are so buttery and delicious with a cup of hot tea, I cannot tell you.
Brandy Balls
1 1/2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans or walnuts
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
3 Tblsp. cocoa
2 1/4 tsp. light corn syrup
1/2 cup brandy
Combine everything and form into balls. These get better as they age. We Wisconsinites love our brandy, especially when it's cold outside. If you like rum better, use that instead.
Date Balls
1 cup softened butter
1 cup sugar
2 cups chopped dates
2 Tblsp. milk
Combine and cook over low heat until thickened. Then stir in:
2 tps. vanilla extract
4 1/2 cups Rice Krispies
1 cup chopped nuts
2/3 cup coconut
Form into little balls and store in an airtight container. This was my husband's mom's recipe.
Sugar Plums
1/2 cup chopped dried apricots
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/4 cup dried figs
1/4 cup golden raisins
1/4 cup coconut
3 Tblsp. orange flavored liqueur
Finely chop apricots, pecans, figs, raisins and coconut in a food processor. Add liqueur. Stir together. Shape the mixture into 1" balls with your hands (it gets sticky). Roll each ball in some granulated sugar. Store in an airtight container in the icebox for up to a month. Actually, they're fine stored on the counter too.
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Question: On our round-the-world trip we want to avoid trouble spots. Where can we obtain the most up-to-date information?
Answer: Contact the State Department Citizens Emergency Center, (202) 632-5225 for current travel advisories that urge Americans to avoid hazardous areas.
Q: Are there any tolls on the Overseas Highway that one takes through the Florida Keys?
A: It is a toll-free road.
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A: Only goods with you at the time of your arrival in the United States can be claimed under this exemption.

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Recognized in many different ports around the world, Mustang has a fame all her own. She was originally built for an experienced American yachtsman. The hull is the well-known, fast hull of Doug Peterson's Ocean 80 series built at Southern Ocean Shipyard. To incorporate a large lazarette, the boat was extended three feet, then taken for fitting out to world-class Camper & Nicholsons Shipyard. A trailblazer in her day, Mustang is one of a handful of boats in this size and price range that has a true pilothouse---completely enclosed, functioning for piloting and lounging --that also is open to a spacious lower salon. Three staterooms aft for owner and guests, all with ensuite heads plus two cabins and head forward for crew, complete the beautifully finished interior layout.
Though Mustang can accommodate up to four crew, the boat can be sailed with two or three sailors. The in-mast furling rig, plus all other standing and running rigging, were completely replaced in 2007. Sails were also new in 2007. During Mustang's 2012 refit the rig was taken out to service and sails refurbished; the hull and superstructure were painted; the engine was rebuilt, down to the crank shaft; and exterior varnish was stripped and built back up. Decks were new in 2000 so they have more years of life. A walk-in engine room with two entries and a crane for launching the tender are an added benefit. September 2014 Mustang was hauled to paint the bottom, replace zincs, service thru-hulls and underbody gear.
Mustang offers the enviable richness of a lovely classic interior combined with a modern, fast yacht.
Deck living:
Mustang has an enormous cockpit for outside living with an elevated steering area directly aft. The center cockpit table has leaves that can be folded down or up for full dining. A refrigerated compartment in the table makes life easy. Fully cushioned settees surround the cockpit. Side doors create a fully enclosed, ultra-safe cockpit. Bimini and side closures protect during inclement weather.
Pilothouse/Deck and Lower Salons:
From the cockpit, a door leads to the raised pilothouse/deck salon. To starboard is the navigation area; instruments can be hidden when the area is being used as a deck salon. To port is a settee and low coffee/cocktail table. The settee provides a second access to the engine room below. The deck salon opens fully to the lower salon, fostering a remarkable sense of space and light. To port is a large dining table surrounded by settee and chairs inboard. To starboard is a cocktail table with curved settee and a lovely bar which can be formally tended if desired. It has built-in "ice bucket," storage for bottles and glasses.
Galley and Crew Quarters:
Forward of the lower salon, a door leads to the galley. To port are all amenities (See Galley List) including double stainless steel sinks, refrigerator, freezer, dishwasher, stove top and oven, microwave plus good counter space and storage; to starboard is the crew mess. Extra storage is here, including a freezer under one of the settees. Forward are two cabins: the port one can be configured to a double bed; the starboard one has over/under bunks; they share a large head forward.
Master and Guest Staterooms:
From the pilothouse stairs lead aft to the master stateroom, two guest staterooms and engine room access. The master stateroom is luxurious with a centerline queen bed, settees on each side, closets, cabinets and drawers for plenty of storage. The settee on the port side can convert to a 6 ft. sea berth. Various types of lighting permit reading or create mood. The ensuite bath provides a very large enclosed shower, Vacuflush fresh water toilet, sink, counter space and mirrored cabinets.
Moving forward, the port guest stateroom has a full-sized bed, hanging locker, drawers and cabinets for storage as well as an ensuite head with stall shower, fresh water toilet, sink, counters and mirrored cabinets. A door from the head to the hall gives this head the flexibility to be a day head. The starboard stateroom has twin beds with a bureau between. Storage is comparable to the port stateroom. The ensuite head with the usual amenities, also houses the washer/dryer and one of the accesses to the engine room that is beneath the raised pilothouse/upper salon.
The interior is beautifully detailed in classic teak. Shades and curtains for portholes and portlights, brass lamps, and top-quality execution in all respects offer a timeless, peaceful, environment for luxurious living aboard while cruising.
Inside Pilothouse:
GPS: Garmin 126
Radar: Furuno; 72m range (New 2007)
SSB: Skanti TRP8750S; 750 watts single side band
Wind/Speed/Depth Instruments: Ray Marine ST60 depth, speed and wind system with repeaters in cockpit and repeaters of depth and wind speed in captain's cabin. (New 2007)
Autopilot: Simran AP26 with repeater in cockpit
AIS through laptop with own GPS in computer and antenna
(2) Compass: Plath magnetic
Ritchie magnetic
VHF: Sailor RT 2047
Hewlett Packard (HP) laptop interfaced with HP printer/scanner
SatCom Phone: Iridium (New 2009)
Outside Helm:
Sea Chart Plotter: Garmin 2210 with charts and GPS
Wind/Speed/Depth Instruments: Ray Marine ST60 repeater
Simrad AP26 autopilot repeater
(2) VHF Standard Horizon
VHF West Marine handheld submersible
Compass, Ritchie magnetic
TV: Hewlett Packard 23" flat screen in main salon; hooked to large computer and large collection of movies and music. Install antenna if desired as television. CD/radio in master stateroom, starboard guest stateroom, and galley
Generators: new 2006. Serviced recently
(1) Onan 20 KW; 6694 hrs (Sept 2014)
(1) Onan 12 KW; 10363 hrs (Sept 2014)
Racor fuel filter/water separator for each generator
Hard sound shields for each generator
AC: 240/120 V., Single phase, 60 HZ
Inverter: Victron Blue Power inverter/charger (New 2010)
Battery Charger: Victron Energy Skylar, TG, 24V, 100 amp. Charge house, engine start and generator start batteries.
Batteries: House banks; 24V, 1000 amp hrs (New 2009.) Parallel switch between banks
2x 12 V. (24V) starter batteries for main engine
2x 12 V. starter batteries; one for each generator.
2x 12 V. batteries (24V) for electronics. Electronics have their own charging system.
(2) Alternators: Leece Neville, 150 amp, engine driven for house banks
Leece Neville, 55 amp, for engine start batteries
Update of wiring behind all electric distribution panels (2005; 2009)
European (220v) and American (110v) outlets in every room
Mustang was completely painted-- both hull and superstructure-- in 2012. Teak decks, new in 2000, were re-caulked in 2011. Plenty of teak remains for years of use. Steering is an elevated area providing excellent visibility, directly aft of the cockpit. The aft coach roof is chocked to carry the tender; a crane on the aft deck deploys it. This area then becomes a cushioned sunning/lounging area. An additional cushioned area is forward on the pilothouse coach top.
(2) Anchor Windlasses, Maxwell 4000, 24V (2003). (Rebuilt 2010)
(2) Bow rollers
(2) CQR anchors, 105 lbs.
300 ft. ½" galvanized chain starboard; 240 ft. port
(1) Fortress anchor, 125 lbs.
50' of chain and 200' rode
Crane: Sanguinetti, 24 v. to lift tender
Passerelle with topping lift
Storm shutters; plexiglass
Deck hatches (plexiglass replaced 2012)
Running and spreader lights
Stanchions with cables and gates port, starboard and aft
Deck shower: Hot and cold fresh water
Gang way for side boarding at dock or anchor
Sun pads for aft coach roof and pilot house roof
Cockpit cushions (New seat cushions and all new canvas 2011)
Bimini (New 2011)
Deck refrigerator in cockpit table
Tender: Novurania 4.3M (2008). Yamaha 60HP. (New 2011)
Spars: Formula aluminum in-mast furling main mast and boom.(New 2007) Keel stepped, 3 spreader, discontinuous rod rigging with hydraulic jack under mast. (New 2007)
(3) Reckman hydraulic furlers with mechanical over-ride.
Navtec backstay and baby stay
Running rigging: all halyards are spectra
All winches by Lewmar are self-tailing; (All rebuilt and serviced as necessary 2012)
(4) #70 Hydraulic
(1) #55 Hydraulic
(2) #55 Manual
(6) # 46 Manual
Most deck gear by Lewmar.
All sails by Quantum (New 2007) in good order
Main sail
Working jib
MPS (pre 2007)
Electric three burner stove top: Force 10
Oven: Bosch
Dishwasher: Miele
Icemaker: U-line (new 2010)
Microwave: Panasonic
Freezers: two large
Refrigerator: 6 cubic feet
Vegetable chiller: 6 cubic feet
Drinks refrigerator: in cockpit table
Note: Custom built in refrigeration mentioned above is both engine driven and electric.
Engine: Cummins, 6DT5-9-M; 220 hp. (New 2004; Rebuilt 2012) 7,117 hrs (Sept 2014). Dual Racor fuel filter/water separators. Single lever Morse controls.
Transmission: Twin Disc; 2.5:1 ratio (fully rebuilt 2012)
Hundested; FR-EL-VP3 variable pitch propeller, 3 bladed, fully serviced 2010 refit Offset slightly to starboard, enables propeller shaft to be drawn without removing rudder.
Bowthruster: Richfield 400; retractable, 30 HP
Watermaker: Sea Recovery; SOC1500-2-AWC, 1200 g.p.d.
Refrigeration: Custom holding plate system; Rebuilt with new compressors 2009; all compartments (4) can be refrigerator or freezer. Refrigerated compartment in cockpit table.
Air Conditioning: Cruisair; reverse cycle; (5) compressors located in engine room. Condensate drains into small sump tank which discharges overboard.
Toilets: 3x Vacuflush fresh water heads for owner and guests; Jabsco electric fresh water for crew
Steering: Hydraulic and mechanical; Overhauled 2010
Bilge System: Jabsco 10670 pump, belt driven with electric clutch on main engine
Conventional manifold with individual valves to each compartment. Submersible Rule pumps with automatic float switches and alarms in each bilge section. 4 stations with 5 pumps total.
Fire Fighting System:
Halon: engine room, automatic and manual release
(6) CO2 handheld extinguishers throughout
Fire pump, engine driven
Fire hydrant locations in port locker aft of pilothouse and in forepeak.
Life Saving:
Life rafts: RDF (2) 8-man offshore life rafts
MOB throw ring
MOB light
Dan buoy
Flare kit
(2) whistles
12 Life jackets: self inflating with lights, whistles; 8 harnesses
Search light, 24V Engine room has two accesses: one through starboard guest head; one through settee of pilothouse.
Dive Compressor and 4 sets of gear
Mustang provides the best of both worlds: performance and modern systems with luxurious living in classic style. Designed for ocean racing performance, the hull became the foundation for a boat exquisitely detailed and finished in classic teak throughout the interior. This combination and the "big boat" features of Mustang attracted the current owner, who circumnavigated the globe with his wife and three children, ages 6-14. The owner raves about how fast, safe, and comfortable Mustang is. One day they did a 285 NM run. She was easily sailed with three sailors and her trip from Auckland to Vancouver was two-handed. Mustang is unsurpassed in her flexible cruising ability thanks to her layout and features.
Having completed the circumnavigation, the owner is keen to sell. Never before has Mustang been offered at this price. Don't miss this opportunity; buy now and cruise the Caribbean or begin this proven passagemaker's 5th trip around the world!


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This is Karah, my niece. She's thirteen years old, and I've known her all my life.
It's so strange when you see someone grow up from a tiny little person, and you think you know them. Then they get in front of a camera, and become someone you've never seen before.


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HA NOI — Index of industrial production (IIP) in the first quarter of this year surged only 4.1 per cent over the same period last year, the slowest level for the past five years, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported yesterday.
In last year's economic downturn, the index still increased by 9.3 per cent during the same period.
Vu Quang Ha, GSO expert, attributed the pessimistic result to the low 3.2 per cent surge in the processing-manufacturing and mining industries, which account for more than 75 per cent and 17 per cent of the country's total industrial production value, respectively. Growth among the industries during the same period last year was 12.4 per cent. Among the processing-manufacturing industry, the IIP for fertiliser, cement, engine vehicles, iron and steel decreased between 9 per cent and 19 per cent over the same period last year.
Ha said the industries faced consumption difficulties, both in domestic and export markets, causing production to shrink as a result of high inventory. The industrial sector consumption index surged only 0.5 per cent as of March 1 resulting in an inventory index of 34.9 per cent against 19.8 per cent during the same period last year.
However, production and distribution of the power, gas and water industries surged 13.7 per cent compared with 9 per cent in last year's corresponding period.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment said industrial production during the first months of the year faced many challenges due to accelerating input costs, high interest rates, low consumption and high inventory.
Small and medium-sized enterprises and those in the processing and manufacturing industry were the most vulnerable, it said. Due to the economic difficulties, the ministry reported that more than 2,200 firms dissolved and another 9,700 firms registered to cease operations or did not pay tax in the first three months, a 6 per cent surge over the same period last year.
The ministry recommended the Government to intensively focus on boosting industrial production as it was a key factor to help the country maintain a GDP growth of 5-5.6 per cent this year. The industrial sector last year contributed roughly a third of the country's GDP value.
Meanwhile, experts called on the Government to cut lending rates to help ease difficulties for businesses as part of measures to accelerate the economy. — VNS
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If you follow my Instagram feed (kruttles) then you know I have been all over the place lately.
I've always been a National Park junky...I LOVE the outdoors! Hiking, camping, backpacking, are some of my favorite things to do.
We recently took a trip out West, hitting up Grand Canyon, Yosemite, San Francisco, the coastal road up to Redwood Forest. It was a blast! Even though I do not have any great outfits to share with you from my trip due to the fact that we were doing some heavy hiking and camping on and off, I would like to share a few pictures from our adventure! Enjoy!
Grand Canyon
This was on an off-trail hike our ranger friend took us on...
Yosemite Valley
Sunset from Glacier Point, Yosemite
San Fransico, CA
Coastal Hwy, 1
Glass Beach, Ft Bragg, CA
Tons of little pieces of sea glass all over the beach!
Gold Bluff Beach Campground, Redwoods
I highly recommend this campground to anyone visiting Northern California. Very secluded and right on the beach.
Fern Canyon, Redwoods
Filming location from Jurassic Park 2
BACK to Yosemite
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Hope you enjoy my pictures!


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Big Thompson River Below Lake Estes:
The Flow is 42 CFS above Lake Estes. Updated 9/10/2016. The Flow is running 37 CFS below Estes. Dry Fly action is really good on the lower Big T. Dry fly action is best with Chubby Chernobyl or Fat Albert. Dry Dropper with Jakes Trigger Belly or Chubby Chernobyl on top with Red Two Bit Hooker down.The fishing has been very good with nymphs and small midges. Micro Mayfly, Zebra Midges, Tan sow bug, RS-2 in Black and Copper Ribbed RS2. Lead with Tarnished Bead Micro May or Pheasant tail with Blue Poison Tung in the middle. The inlet to Lake Estes is fishing fair.
Private Water Waterdale Ranch:
Waterdale Ranch fishing great, Flow is 50 CFS and fishing great. Pat's Rubber legs and tan sow bugs are working well. Fat Albert followed by a Zirdle Bug is working good.
Colorado River:
Flow is at 1200 CFS and fishing very good. Some good Hopper action and Green Drakes on the surface. The fishing is very good on Black Pat's Rubber Legs followed by a Rainbow Warrior. Streamers have been effective on the bigger Browns.
Big Thompson below drake:
The fish have spread out all the way down the canyon with some good fishing below Drake at old Idylwilde dam area. Flow below Drake is 50 CFS.
Mary's Lake and Lake Estes:
The fishing has been surprisingly good with Powerbait and worms on both Lake Estes and Mary's Lake. Lake Estes got a fresh planting of 10 inch catchables last month. You can get a few on dry flies on Mary's Lake in the afternoon.
Rocky Mountain National Park:
Moraine Park, Flow of 19 CFS, and the upper Big Thompson River are fishing great on Dries. Just about any good dry drift with a Amy's Ant, Parachute Adams, Yellow Sallie or Deer hair Ant will catch you some nice browns and brooks. Dry Dropper is also very effective dropping Pink and Purple San Juan worm and small black Copper Johns or small Pheasant tail. Glacier Creek are fishing Very good, best with a good dry fly. The North St Vrain in Wild Basin is outstanding with the above dry flies.
Fern, Dream, The Loch, Mills, Thunder, Haynach, Loomis, and Lawn are fishing great! Backpack trips to Fern landed a lot of Greenback Cutthroats and outstanding numbers on Spruce Lake.
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Assistant Professor of Sociology
Stephanie Chan is a cultural sociologist who teaches courses in introductory sociology, globalization, cross-national sociology, Chinese society, and research design. Her research centers on issues of cross-cultural and international cooperation. She has conducted research on cross-cultural cooperation within transnational non-governmental organizations in China and on debates over U.S. policy for promoting human rights in China. She is currently an assistant professor of sociology at Biola University. Chan received her bachelor's degree in East Asian studies from the University of California, Los Angeles. She continued to earn her master's degree in East Asian studies from Stanford University and her doctorate in sociology from the University of California, San Diego.
Chan, Stephanie. 2008. "Cross-Cultural Civility in Global Civil Society: Transnational Cooperation in Chinese NGOs." Global Networks 8(2): 232-252.
Skrentny, John, Stephanie Chan, Jon Fox, and Denis Kim. 2007. "Defining Nations in Asia and Europe: A Comparative Analysis of Ethnic Return Migration Policy." International Migration Review 41(4): 793-825.


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Frederick Charles Pease
Frederick Charles Pease is the son of Frederick M Pease and Minnie Chase Downes Pease. I don't know much about this mans life except he had seven step brothers and sisters. Frederick C married Rose J, perhaps the J is the beginning of Rose's last name I do not know. Frederick and Rose had one son Albert. They might have had other children I do not know. I know that Frederick C was born in Connecticut and died in Florida. I found him in the 1920 census with his parents and in the 1930 census with Rose and Albert. Many blanks are in this family and it would be a good thing to fill in some if possible. I would like to find an obit of Frederick Charles Pease. It might help to fill in some of the blanks I have.
Name: Frederick Pease
Last Residence: 33552 New Port Richey, Pasco, Florida, United States of America
Born: 10 Jan 1903
Died:12 Mar 1975
This family history is far from over.
Found this additional info on a message board:
Leroy M. Downes appears in the 1910 CT census with his mother, Minnie E. Chase and stepfather, Frederick M. Pease, along with three sisters (Francis, Anna, and one other) and one stepbrother (Frederick C Pease, my GGrandfather). I know where Minnie Chase came from, but I don't know anything about her first husband.
Check 1910, CT, Hartford, Hartford Township, Hartford City, ED 196, ward 8 (part of). Sheet 4A, Page 189.
When I was researching my CHASE family in Parsonfield, York County, Maine I saw many families there by the name of PEASE. I am not sure which PEASE the Pease AFB in Portsmouth NH is named after but it shows how common the family was in the area.


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When you enter a busy parking lot, take the first available spot you see rather than searching for something closer. According to this story by Michael Kimmelman in The New York Times "the journal Transportation Science has shown that drivers who parked at the first available spot and then walked to their destination on average saved considerable time (never mind savings in gasoline and anxiety) over those who cruised around until a "better" spot opened."
Kimmelmans article was all about parking and parking, has been on my mind lately. For instance, more than a few people have asked me why Wegmans covered up the front of their brand new building with a two level parking deck.
I don't know.
I do know that parking lots, particularly parking lots in edge city communities like ours, represent some of the best development opportunities over the next twenty years. Take the Sears parking lot for example.
Thankfully, I think HoCo, and Ellicott City in paricular, will largely avoid things like the Pensacola Parking Syndrome, "used to describe a city that tears down its old buildings to create parking spaces to entice more people downtown, until people no longer want to go there because it has become an empty lot."
"Cities should let the free market handle the construction of new parking spaces. People who buy or rent new homes can pay extra if they want someplace to park a car. Municipalities can instead cap the maximum number of lots or the ratio of spaces to dwellings and offices."
I could get on board with that notion.
Oh yeah, if you are wondering about the picture, it was taken today at the
near the Dunkin Donuts. Apparently a car jumped the curb in the parking lot and ran into the railing. It's a very tenuous connection to the subject of this post but I liked the picture so there it is. Columbia Palace Shopping Center
It's dangerous out there. Be careful.


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I can remember more or less my reaction when I first heard of it... "Google, what is this? some kind of competition for Lycos? those fools, they'll never be as big".
|The interface in 1998
Right now the company is one the largest internet related businesses offering everything: searches, blog hosting, videos, documents, and even a new social network. Who would have thought about it all those years ago? And people who have grown with Google, how do they think we searched the web before it existed?
Well there were several web hosting companies that offered a search, and some others that established themselves as the first generation of dedicated search engines: Altavista, Lycos, Excite, Yahoo!. Some of these still exist but none has a chance of competing with the almight Googz, not even Microsoft's attempt Bing.
Will the domination end? Will space explorers still use Google's services 500 years from now? Will it all end December 21st, 2012?
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For Day 1 challenge, we were required to create a tag that must include Santa, metal and the color red. I tend to run away from tag challenges so I decided to give this a try. For my tag, I used the only christmas kit I own from December 2011. I was able to contain all the items needed just from this one kit. For my background I always try to use as much mixed medium as I can on a project. I used gel medium to attach the Tim Holtz tissue paper to the manilla number 8 size tag. I used my prima bubbles stencil to add viva decor modeling cream in pearl. Then I added the rest of the embellies that was included in the kit.
|"Dear Santa" - Day 1
For Day 2 challenge, we were required to create a tag using the color white, silver and wings. For this challenge, I had the opportunity to use some mixed medium and some products I never opened. To create my background, I used gesso to paint the manilla number 8 size tag. I added modeling paste with the prima crackle stencil. I sprayed abdominable snow glimmermist over the background when everything was dried. For my dressform, I used a chipboard created from the tim holtz dress form die and altered it with brushed pewter distress stain. I love that distress stain. I do not know why I never used it. I took silver ribbon, silver stickles and part of the title bling to create the dress. Then I added a few embellies from my stash to finish the tag.
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007
So much for daily posting
"I'll have a neat knitting blog," I thought. "I'll update every day!" Sheeya, right. My job, a dull diversion from my otherwise very pleasant life, has a way of wearing me out to the point where I just want to stare at the walls when I get home. Well, I'll fight it as best I can.
Yesterday's main attraction consisted of taking El Tibador to the park for a nice long walkie.
He is easily distracted. "Hey, look! Joggers!"
I was also intending to go to the most excellent Stitch 'n' Bitch at the Flying Star Cafe, but after poor Tibbles had been alone all day, I didn't really want to lock him up for another hour. No matter, I had my own little Stitch 'n' Bitch right here at home.
One Hurricane Sock down, one cast on and ready to go. I also finished the first Freakin' Sock, and will post pics of its fine grafted toe soon. Tomorrow (or whenever): the Mystery of Sockbeans!
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Monday, August 27, 2007
I got me a camera, and consequently, I got me a blog. Now I too can have a spot to share patterns, show off finished projects, and kvetch about the agony of an eight-mile long stretch of plain stockinette stitch. With guest appearances by Tibby the dog, Mephisto, and the most excellent Pook, who is even now serving his country by blowing things up in Puget Sound. Or preventing things from blowing up. I forget.
Anyway. Camera has finished charging, which means it's time for roll call, of both knitting and family members. We'll start with the pets.
This is Mephisto the cat. He is pure evil. Enough said.
And here is Hannibal Tiberius Shebalin, Tibby or Tibbles to his friends. He is vigilantly guarding my Hurricane Sock. Good boy.
The Pook is, as mentioned above, in Puget Sound for two weeks. In his absence, I bring you Booga Prime. This is my second Booga Bag, and I think it came out way better than the first one.
Close-up of the Hurricane Sock. It's a spiraling rib pattern done in a nice merino by Lonesome Stone, called Florida Sunset. Florida + spirals = hurricane.
These are for the Pook's brother, David. I call them the Freakin' Socks. They are huge, they are stockinette, and they are plain green.These are socks for the Pookmom (on my foot, of course). Are they not fine?
That's all I have for today! Join us next time, when I will complain about work!
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Railway Recruitment Board is largest public sector recruiting organization having no of division split all across the country.This time Railway Recruitment Board Ajmer has declare Vacancies of Technician Gr. II/ Technician Gr. III in various category in various Railway Recruitment Boards (RRB).
Form fee will be Rs.60/- for Technician Gr. II and Rs.40/- for Technciain Gr. III in the form of DD/IPO in favour of Assistant Secretary/ Membet Secretary/ Chairman of concerned RRB where candidate like to apply.
Which is the last date for application?
21st June 2010 will be the last date to apply for these vacancies.
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Taste and See
When I saw the two new sets that Our Daily Bread Designs is releasing today, I felt like doing cartwheels I was so excited! Today's card uses Fruit of the Spirit, which comes with this lovely fruit bowl, four related Bible verses, and, as always, a signature stamp (is that what you call them? in this set it's "An original design by").
Almost as exciting as the stamp sets is the fact that Our Daily Bread Designs is now carrying Prismatic card stock by Prism! If you have not seen or tried this card stock, I highly and enthusiastically recommend it. One side is smooth and the other has a unique, almost leather-looking texture to it. But even the textured side takes ink nicely, as you can see on the sentiment here. The card stock comes in packs of twelve 12x12 sheets. Each pack comes with 4 dark, 4 medium, and 4 light variations of the same color. Kelley sent her design team samples of the colors I used today along with a color challenge. Didn't she pick out some gorgeous colors?!
Also, today is the last day of previews for the Verve Visual sets that will be released tomorrow. You'll find more design team peeks, along with a chance to win a free set, on the Verve blog. Good luck to you!
Stamps: Fruit of the Spirit (Our Daily Bread Designs); Stitched (Stampin' Up!)
Paper: Herbal Garden Medium, Herbal Garden Dark, Sunflowers Light, Blush Red Medium, Blush Red Dark; watercolor paper
Ink: Onyx Black Versafine, too many SU reinkers to count for the coloring, Always Artichoke, So Saffron craft
Accessories: aqua painter, corner rounder, 1/16" punch, paper piercer, artichoke twill
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Amy that is a beautiful card! Lovely coloring and a perfect setting for the fruit. Very nice!
- May 15, 2008 at 9:17 AM
- Tracy said...
lovely lovely card. the coloring is just beautiful.
- May 15, 2008 at 10:16 AM
- Michelle said...
Amy, your coloring on this card is just fabulous! :-)
- May 15, 2008 at 10:41 AM
- Renée said...
Oh my, this is gorgeous! I love this new image and the colours you've used are fabulous. Love the twill in the top corner too. TFS!!
- May 15, 2008 at 10:52 AM
- Regina Cornelius said...
- May 15, 2008 at 3:26 PM
Totally love it! I always love how much dimension you come up with.
- May 15, 2008 at 3:33 PM
Wow, Amy! Your coloring is fabulous! I'll be in VA in another week or so. Can I come and take some lessons???
- May 15, 2008 at 6:30 PM
- leenda said...
WOW! This is beyond gorgeous! Someone is in for a real blessing!
- May 15, 2008 at 11:56 PM
- Bouncy, Flouncy, Fun,Fun, Fun said...
Wow! This is absolutely, jaw dropping gorgeous! Your coloring is amazing!
- May 16, 2008 at 12:12 AM
- Jessie/knightrone said...
This is so beautiful!!
- May 16, 2008 at 1:49 AM
- Marilyn said...
You've outdid yourself!!(almost impossible!) but this card is amazing - looks like it came straight out of Kirklands! Your coloring and shading is awesome!!
- May 16, 2008 at 9:01 AM
- May 16, 2008 at 9:14 AM
- Joan said...
Amy, you've done an amazing job colouring this image. It's beautiful. Joan
- May 16, 2008 at 1:26 PM
- Heather said...
I absolutley think your coloring is perfect!!! The image just pops out with your color choices and coloring. I am loving all the detail!
- May 16, 2008 at 11:54 PM
Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous!! Love it, love it, love it!!
- May 17, 2008 at 12:32 AM
- beate said...
Fantastic coloring and layout! Incredible card!
Hugs and smiles
- May 20, 2008 at 10:25 AM


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This morning in my prayer time, I asked the Lord to restore me to the joy of my salvation. You see, I've been struggling for a long time because I "felt" like I had been telling so many people about Him and not seeing any change or acceptance on their part of Him and His glorious salvation. I've been walking around like a downtrodden misfit in the Christian realm.
The Holy Spirit within 30 minutes was speaking to my heart telling me to just "plant the seed, Kim; it's not up to you to bring them in. ONLY God can change lives. How can people's lives be changed if you are only telling them about Him and not letting them SEE Him in you?" Oh, the relief that flooded over me as my heart and mind took that in and accepted it as truth. Truth that I personally read in my Bible.
For instance, I really, truly believe in the sanctity of life and that abortion is wrong. Not everyone feels that way. They have a right to believe that...even if they are wrong.
I believe in the sanctity of marriage as described in God's Word, between one man and one woman. Not everyone believes that. They have a right to believe it, though; even if they are wrong.
I sensed the Holy Spirit telling me that we are living in days where I just have to be courageous, stand for what I believe in, plant the seed by living a holy life, loving God, really, truly loving others and not trying to convert them, but sharing the gospel of God's love, forgiveness, mercy, grace, patience and justice with them. Show them God, and they will come.
The book of The Revelation says:
"But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars—their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death."
That is part of what I have been thinking about...being a coward. A coward to say I believe it's wrong to abort babies; I believe it's wrong to change the way God chose to create a family...a man, a woman and their children. I don't have to make other people change their way of thinking. Only God can do that. I just have to live what I believe!
1 Cor. 3:7 (NLT) It's not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What's important is that God makes the seed grow.
I hope that truth sets you free. It has me. Today I don't have to convince anyone of God's anything. I just have to live out my faith in Him, my belief in His goodness, my belief that He is coming again and my belief in His love and His many great and precious promises. Someone else will come along and water that seed and if it is God's will, He will make it grow.


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Sounds good Steve. I also like to use frozen ones in a salad for New Years Day when I am working
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in the Gulf. Just cooked peas, onion, peppers, etc., your favorite bean salad recipe?
Other messages in this thread:
- 18905. I was given a large bag of black-eyed peas... other than hum a few - DawnNYS - 10:42pm on 08/31/10 (15)
- Also some taro root pancake mix! Anyone ever try this? Sandi? CathyZ? [NT] - DawnNYS - 10:48pm on 08/31/10
- Yes- it makes pretty good pancakes. Try it soon or it will probably sit on your shelf forever. - CathyZ from Kauai - 3:57pm on 09/01/10
- Cathy, that's such good advice! I'm thinking about the black rice, olive bruschetta, piquillo - Curious1 - 4:09pm on 09/01/10
- Rec: Piquillos Relleno con Atun. This is a good use for your piquillos. - Pat-NoCal - 4:47pm on 09/01/10
- thanks Pat! I've always wanted to try these. [NT] - AngAk - 5:33pm on 09/01/10
- Unfortunately, I have jars of small strips. I think they can be used like pimientos or jarred - Curious1 - 6:19pm on 09/01/10
- Are they fresh or dried? [NT] - Melissa Dallas - 10:56pm on 08/31/10
- Dried [NT] - DawnNYS - 1:15am on 09/01/10
- You can definitely freeze fresh black-eyed peas. If airtight, the dried keep a long time. Recipe: - Steve2 in LA - 1:09am on 09/01/10
- Or easier is just with a little diced up bacon or ham. Like you cook any dried beans. [NT] - Melissa Dallas - 2:51am on 09/01/10
- Sounds good Steve. I also like to use frozen ones in a salad for New Years Day when I am working - Nan - 9:23pm on 09/01/10
- You could put them up in jars. My mom always had some on the shelf for a side dish [NT] - cheezz - 4:28am on 09/01/10
- Thanks - you mean cooked and processed? What do you use as - DawnNYS - 2:03pm on 09/01/10
- Thanks Steve and Melissa [NT] - DawnNYS - 2:04pm on 09/01/10
- I haven't done it, but mom did all the time - she added the vinegar juice from jarred jalapenos [NT] - cheezz - 3:39am on 09/02/10


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Plumbing professional Apprenticeship Opening
This seems to be everywhere you search in medical today; some coach is actually advising you that much less" is actually more." Less care leads to even more high quality. I would rather opt to be a plumbing professional in the wish to find that modest degree of independence still readily available under current circumstances." - Albert Einstein, The Reporter, 18 Nov 1954.
After few minutes, I sought help in the net as well as Googled" plumbing technician Houston As well as to my shock, there are plumbing system firms that supplies their services perhaps even during bank holidays.
Our team had a plumbing system emergency situation as well as Bebe was at our property only a few hrs after we got in touch with. All conditions demand plumbing technicians to be accredited, but the criteria differ from area to area.
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Today I'm featuring several cards I created using Deena's Primitive Labels - Live Love Laugh. You will get nine printable images on an 8.5"x 11" sheet -- with three of them being mini labels. I used three of the larger labels (3.5" x 2.5") to create three different cards. I printed the downloadable page on white cardstock and cut out three labels.
I adhered a piece of a vintage book page to a card, stapled a strip of ivory burlap ribbon and then glued on the label. The paper butterfly gives this card a bit of whimsy!
I love the fresh and simple look these labels gave to my cards. I used both ivory and pale blue cardstock. And, the subdued colors are a nice change after the vibrant colors of the holidays!
Most of all, though, I love the "Live Love Laugh" message! A wonderful way to start the new year!
For more Primitive Labels, visit here.
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Well, everyone I know loves sock monkeys (how can you not?), so we decided to post a really cute Easter version of a sock monkey...a sock bunny! It's an easy and fun no sewing involved craft you can do with your kids, and you can alter and make this your own however you want.
So here's what you'll need:
-1 knee high kids sock (pink, white, blue, or whatever color you want your bunny to be)
-2 googly eyes
-2 rubber bands
-stuffing (polyfill, beans, cotton balls, whatever you'd like)
-white pom pom
-1 ft ribbon
-red and black marker
And here's what you do:
1) Stuff sock with filling enough to create a body (about 3" tall) and then wrap 1 rubber band around until it is tied off.
2) Continue stuffing sock with filling to create a head (about 1 1/2" tall) and then wrap the other rubber band around until it is tied off as well.
3) Take the ribbon and tie it around the neck of the bunny into a bow.
4) Glue the white pom pom onto the back of the bunny's body for a tail
5) Glue the googly eyes onto the bunny's head.
6) Draw a mouth, nose and whiskers for the bunny's face
7) Take the remaining part of the sock and cut it in half until you are almost to the top rubber band to make the ears.
8) Add any other embellishments you'd like to make the bunny your own
9) Commence cuddling!
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I've always wondered why people say they are a working mother. I find that quite redundant as even though I am a stay-at-home mom, I work damn hard. Granted, I do also run an at home jewelry businesses, yet caring for my 7 year old son and 2 year old daughter is my primary (and favorite) job.
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from the Desk of Ed Hume: Fall Lawn Care Maintenance
August 23, 2010 at 12:00 AM Leave a comment
There isn't a great deal that needs to be done in the lawn area during the fall. However, if you do spend a little extra time grooming it, the lawn will look better during the fall and winter and be in better growing condition by the time spring rolls around.
There are several lawn diseases you should be on the lookout for in the fall. Should dirty, white, tan, or brown patches appear, this is often a sign of snow mold, fusarium patch, or pink snow mold. A lawn fungicide should be applied to help control any of them. If pink spots or webbing appear on the lower blades of the grass, red thread is probably the cause. A good application of a fall fertilizer usually helps clear it up. This disease should not be mistaken for the redness caused by early frost damage.
Be sure to keep an eye out for insects. If you notice that an insect has damaged the lawn, an all-purpose lawn insecticide such as Diazinon should be used, following directions on the label.
Large-leaf weeds and any weeds that are in flower are an eyesore. They should be pulled or destroyed before they go to seed, or they will become an increasing nuisance. Occasional weeds here and there can be pulled by hand or with a weed puller. Heavy infestations probably are removed most easily with the help of an all-purpose lawn weed killer.
September and October are good months to feed the lawn with a fall or winter type of lawn fertilizer. The fall feeding is one of the most important of the entire year because it helps stimulate root growth throughout the winter season and it stands to reason that the better the root system, the better the top growth and the healthier the lawn will be the following year. This fall feeding also helps keep the lawn looking nice throughout the fall, winter, and early spring. Most nurseries, garden centers, and garden outlets feature special fall or winter types of lawn fertilizer.
One other thing that can be done in the fall is to make an application of dolomite or agricultural lime. This will help correct the pH of the soil and eventually should help reduce the incidence of moss and mushrooms. This application should be repeated in the spring if moss or mushrooms persist.
November should be about the last time you'll need to mow the grass this fall. If you can, mow it in a different direction than you mowed it during the summer. This helps to keep its growth habit more upright and uniform. Be sure to use a grass catcher each time you mow, or rake up the clippings after mowing; otherwise they are apt to become a yellow slimy mess.
If it is your weekend to mow and the lawn is wet, that is no excuse for not mowing the lawn. All you have to do is pull the garden hose, a rope, or a wire across the lawn; the water droplets on the blades of grass will drop to the soil below, and in a relatively short period of time (about fifteen minutes or so) the lawn will be dry enough to mow.
As the leaves begin to fall onto the lawn from nearby trees, it is a good idea to rake them and add them to the compost pile, because they offer no winter protection to the lawn. In fact, they become a wet, slimy mess if left on the lawn, smothering it and ruining its appearance.
By giving the lawn a little extra care during the fall, you can keep it looking in tip-top shape all during the autumn and winter months.
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PITTSBURGH, Nov. 16, 2010 – Experts from across the country will meet in Pittsburgh on Friday, Nov. 19, to explore what is known and not known about the health impacts of extracting, refining and delivering natural gas from shale deposits, including the Marcellus Shale. The conference will identify issues for which timely research studies can be used to support sound policy decisions. Presenters also will discuss the latest research findings on water management and economics related to gas extraction.
Natural gas plays a key role in the nation's clean energy future and energy independence. Over the past few years, several key economic and energy policy developments have spurred increased gas extraction and the use of hydraulic fracturing to recover gas over diverse geographic regions and geologic formations. However, as with any technology that involves management of potentially toxic substances, questions have been raised about the impact of increased hydraulic fracturing and other gas extraction procedures on drinking water resources, air quality, public health and the environment in the vicinity of gas extraction facilities.
"Given recent concerns voiced over gas extraction procedures such as those at the Marcellus Shale, it is essential and timely to bring together experts to share information and shape the focus of future research," said Conrad Dan Volz, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., director of The Center for Healthy Environments and Communities at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) and assistant professor, GSPH's Department of Environmental and Occupational Health.
The symposium, sponsored by the Heinz Endowments and the R. K. Mellon Foundation, will take place from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the University Club, 123 University Place, Oakland.
For more information, visit http://www.eoh.pitt.edu/marcellus.asp. Presentations will be made available on the website after the conference.
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This weekend I had surprise company so had to whip up something really quick. My Stepson and his family came to visit. My granddaughter had to have a dress!
This pattern is from Whimsey Couture and it is her Peasant Dress pattern. It went together really fast for me.
I have to admit, my model granddaughter did not like the idea of having her picture taken this morning. I am prejudice and think she is just beautiful happy or not!
My granddaughter doesn't like the way shirring elastic feels. This is the second outfit I have made her with shirring elastic. Is it just her or do others find this common?
I love using it because it is so simple and sweet. But, for this child I am going to have to start using 1/4 inch elastic.


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On 25th January 2016, a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company called Relmada Therapeutics, which develops new drug products to treat chronic pain, filed a complaint and lawsuit motion against Laidlaw & Company Ltd in the Nevada District Court. The complaint and the lawsuit are based on the allegations that Laidlaw & Company Ltd violated its fiduciary duty to Relmada by disclosing confidential information that it obtained while serving as Relmada's primary investment bank. Moreover, Relmada is also seeking monetary compensation for the expenses and fees it incurred acting on Laidlaw's fabricated and distorted proxy materials in December 2015.
Surprisingly, I learned that both Relmada and Laidlaw had had amicable working interactions in the past. Based on this trust, Relmada held discussions with Laidlaw about the prospect of getting on-board new investors in the spring of 2015. So Laidlaw planned a non-deal road show, had confidential discussions with Relmada regarding its business and prospects and introduced Relmada to particular institutional investors. The lawsuit, in this case, springs from interactions between Laidlaw and one of the investors who had signed a confidentiality accord with Relmada. Laidlaw wrote a letter to their Board in addition to filing a Schedule 13D with the SEC, which unlawfully revealed confidential details concerning Relmada's fundraising initiatives and communications with investors.
In the initial attempt to resolve the dispute, Relmada's Board of Directors organized a meeting with Laidlaw on December 1, 2015. In this meeting, Laidlaw's CEO, Mathew Eitner and Managing Partner, James Ahern demanded the authority to elect the majority of Relmada's directors. Three days later, Laidlaw released a press statement, a source of Relmada's legal complaint, saying they were unveiling a proxy solicitation to appoint five directors to control Relmada.
Laidlaw & Company is an investment bank and brokerage Company providing personalized investment guidance to private and public companies as well as wealthy individual investors. Mathew Eitner and James Ahern are Laidlaw's CEO and Managing Partner respectively.
In my research about the company, I found out that Laidlaw has a bad history of violations against state and federal securities regulations. Moreover, it has been on the receiving end of censures and suspensions by state regulators as well as numerous customer complaints and claims.