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The Senators "winning streak" of two games was against Phoenix, which was playing the 2nd night of a back to back and Florida; a glorified AHL team. Tonight was to be the litmus test for a team thought to be turning it around. Go back and read the headline…..I'll wait. Sure, they were playing against the freak of nature who has owned them over the past 4 years, but a home game, on a Saturday against a division rival; these are the games that test the mettle. Turns our we're a bit of aluminum foil.
#$#%^@# Kovalev
Anyone who thinks Kovalev is back because he has 3 goals in the previous two games, hasn't been watching. He's the same lazy putz he's been the past 12 years. He just has nicer hands than many other lazy putzes. I challenge anyone to send me video of Kovalev doing a "hockey stop" in the past 2 years. That's a lotta work for him.
Jack Edwards: the Man! The Moron!!
"He's fighting like a coal miner" (huh?)
"Chara sends him for an e-ticket ride to Disneyland" (huh??)
I have nothing more to say….except the whole thing about the fan in MN and Rypien; wouldja please! Rypien attacked a fan who was clapping. NO ONE involved has claimed the fan was chirping; not Rypien, not his teammates, not the Canucks, not the fan or the Wild. You can say all you want about the Wild putting up glass between the fans and the players in the tunnel, but this was simply a player losing it. And, even if the fan was giving him the business, there's no justification for grabbing him. I've seen comparisons (from Ron Maclean, whom I love, generally) about Boogaard beating Kesler and how fans encourage fighting. Well Ron, Kesler has a job wherein he may be expected to fight and he knows that. Certainly, he's not going to be surprised by having to fight in the regular course of his job. NO ONE shows up to a to a hockey game as a fan and expects to be confronted physically by a player. Sorry Ron: you've spent too much time with Don Cherry.


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I'm spending a lot of time with the bokken these days. I feel it helps with body movement and many aikido techniques. However, I'm wondering if the placement of the hands in the same position--right hand forward, left hand back--overtrains one side of the body for empty hand aikido. This is the reason that I've preferred the jo over the bokken for off the mat training. What are your thoughts? Would it be OK to switch hands during my personal training or is there a negative that I'm not seeing?
Either Erik on Ian recently said that all that bokken training does is get you really good at using a bokken - can't find the quote but in context it struck me as funny and a truism at the same time.
I do think the bokken is a part of what we do and that there are lessons to be learned through practice with said weapon that will help your Aikido. The wielder of the bokken has his focus, posture and Ido Ryoku worked on with none of these affected really by how you grip the bokken. Nage has these and a few other lessons but of course certain techniques can only be practiced one sided. Like all great learning tools, those lessons should be easily applied to left or right side when you do actual Aikido techniques.
Long and short of it - enjoy the practice and don't worry about it. It is a good idea to constantly think how the weapons version of techniques applies to toshu and to practice those lessons.
I'm spending a lot of time with the bokken these days. I feel it helps with body movement and many aikido techniques. However, I'm wondering if the placement of the hands in the same position--right hand forward, left hand back--overtrains one side of the body for empty hand aikido. This is the reason that I've preferred the jo over the bokken for off the mat training. What are your thoughts? Would it be OK to switch hands during my personal training or is there a negative that I'm not seeing?
My understanding of this is there are no left-handed Japanese swordsmen. Everyone is trained from the right side. This is why you've been trained with right hand forward and left hand back.
My understanding of this is there are no left-handed Japanese swordsmen. Everyone is trained from the right side. This is why you've been trained with right hand forward and left hand back.
Somewhere, someplace (probably on E-budo) I read that occasisonally there have been lefties but rare, very rare.
Charles Hill
When I trained with John Stevens, we would do a thousand cuts switching back and forth from right to left. However left hand cuts were never done during specific sword kata. I keep this as part of my daily practice and haven`t noticed any negative effect.
Charles Hill
I think that one of the best lessons to learn from bokken training that can be applied directly to empty hand aikido is maiai (distance). Another good lesson is timing. Maybe footwork.... also extension of ki....
Wow, maybe there is more to bokken training than meets the eye.
Peter, I'm certainly guilty of similar sentiments re bokken (bleh, hate long weapons :p ).
So, with that caveat in mind: Jesse, try substituting your bokken for a shorter stick or a knife with a long handle (large cook's knife is ideal) and try exactly the same bokken movements. Check whether you feel your body movement is the same (pay particular attention to where your centre is) and then move on to one-handed (either hand). Not only do you get to practice your nice bokken kata footwork, but you'll hopefully get used to having a more realistic-sized weapon in your hands and realising what your striking distance is with different lengths of weapons.
Bokken/jo practice for me is one of the more impractical bits of aikido (ducks flames of "but its where aikido comes from" and "Maia! movement!"). However, I have always been taught all moves on both sides, so just give it a go.
Jesse Candy
Thanks for all the replies.
Ted: I understand, and certainly wouldn't attempt paired Kata left handed. I'm not trying to become a left handed swordsman, just a balanced aikidoka.
Charles, thanks for the information that really helps. Maybe I'm not totally off base after all.
Joe, Peter: Yes, I agree. The more I come to understand the bokken, the more I see it in the empty hand techniques, and the more I understand when the techniques are demonstrated. I least it works that way for me.
Jesse Candy
An interesting idea Ian, thanks. That would also make it possible to practice indoors.
I am only training with Bokken at the moment.
Depending on what style of Aikido you practice will dictate how the bokken is represented to your taijutsu. many Aikidoka dont practice Aiki-ken Or Aiki jo and instead practice a completely different martial art ie kendo,kenjutsu,jodo etc. even though Aiki ken-jo has its origins in these traditonal systems that is were it ends, The fonder designed Aikido so that there is no difference between taijutsu-aiki ken-jo they are 1 and the same you must practice both left and right hanmi with your saburi. when you finish your cut there should be no difference between how you finish in taijutsu like taino henko and how your hanmi is after cutting they must be the same as they are the same.the ONLY diff is that in Tai no henko your hands are out in front with palms facing up projecting kokyo in ken your hands are over ken like yonkyo projecting kokyu. so if you drop the ken and open out you hands and foramrs not your upper arms they should fall into same postion. Also always trie to think about awase(blending) that is what Buki waza is all about .
Gleason Sensei always stresses that training with bokken is an integral part of Aikido training.
One point he makes quite often, still I am not able to get it through my thick head, is that one should not think of swinging the arms to move bokken, but rather all bokken movement begins in one's center. And is this not also true of all Aikido movements? (Just my opinion).
When I watch Gleason Sensei move with bokken, it appears to me that the bokken is part of his body. Each move is so fluid and smooth. And those are only the moves I can comprehend.
What I cannot see(strictly through my own blindness) is how each move he makes starts with his center.
IMHO, I think bokken training is a most valuable tool if one wishes to have their empty hand techniques begin from their hara..
My experience (as a relative novice) is that having my teachers say, of empty hand techniques, "This bit here is essentially a bokken strike" has helped me a *lot*. It helps just as much with left-hand as right-hand techniques, because once I get a feel for doing it correctly I know what I'm trying to do, whichever side it is.
This analogy has been particularly helpful with shihonage and zenpo-nage.
I still don't love bokken work. It makes my back ache and it's not as exciting as bare-hand. But I am coming to see why we bother.
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Today, the Phils completed a sweep of the Mets with an 11 - 10 thriller down at the Cit House by raking former Phil Billy Wagner, who for some reason, always feels compelled to comment on the state of the Phils despite not having played here now for over a year and a half.
With the score 10 - 8 in the 8th inning, Mets manager Willie Randolph reveals his abject desperation to salvage one game in this series and brings in notorious choke artist Billy Wagner into the ballgame to try to close down the Phils. Now, anyone who remembers Wagner when he was a Phillie remembers him for two things:
1.) You cannot bring him into anything but a 9th inning save situation.
2.) Even if you bring him into a 9th inning save situation, he will choke up the lead in a big game that has playoff bearing (remember the 2005 Astros series in Sept? Don't remember? Check here and here).
Anyway, Wagner enters the game and promptly gives up a dinger in the 8th to his archnemesis Pat Burrell to make the score 10 - 9. That was Burrell's 2nd home run of this game and the 4th of the series. I can't imagine any of Burrell's homers have been as sweet to him as the homers he gets off of hated nemesis Billy "The Rat" Wagner. The Phils died after that, so it was then onto the 9th and the Phils bring in Tom Gordon.
Tom Gordon pitches the top of the 9th and did so flawlessly, which was no mean feat itself with the way he's been pitching lately. Then, with Wagner still in the game, he gives up a single to Jayson Werth. Not only did Werth get on base, but he inexplicably was able to steal both 2nd and 3rd base. Pinch hitter Tad Iguchi singled him home to tie the game and he then able to steal 2nd base with Jimmy Rollins at the plate. How the tying run in Jayson Werth was able to get to 3rd is bad enough, but to allow the winning run to get into scoring position was positively amazing to me. Further galling anyone with any knowledge of the Phillies, Wagner then intentionally walks Jimmy Rollins to get to....(wait for it).....Chase Utley? The same Chase Utley who hits lefties at a .359 clip? Really? All-star Chase Utley? Really? I can almost picture Billy Wagner wanting to "bring his heat to announce his presence with authority" Nuke Laloosh style when he was facing Utley. Utley works the count full and promptly singles to right field, scoring Iguchi with the game winner and sending South Philadelphia into total bedlam by completing the sweep of the hated Mets.
Other happenings in this series:
- In Game 1 of this series on Monday, otherwise known as the "Chase Utley Returns" game, Phils win 9 - 2 as Utley goes 3 for 5 and is given a heroe's welcome with "MVP, MVP" chants during the game. His home run in the 5th going the other way was one of the most exciting moments of the year.
- Game 2 was brought home by the Big Man, Ryan Howard, who went 3 for 5 with a 2-run homer en route to a 4 - 2 Phillies win. Pariah Adam Eaton pitched into the 6th inning in this one and didn't hurt the team (hopefully a sign of things to come).
- Game 3 had the weird ending in the top of the 9th with Brett "The Hitman" Myers on the mound and the Mets threatening to at least tie the game. With the Phils barely hanging onto a 3 - 2 lead, Brett Myers struggling mightily, and Met runners at 1st and 3rd, Met Shawn Green hits a dribbler to Jimmy Rollins who tossed to Tad Iguchi for the first out. As Iguchi went to throw to 1st to attempt to get Green out, the runner from 1st, former Phil Marlon Anderson plows into Iguchi and the play is called by the umpire as "baserunner interference" (ala what happened to the Phils against the Padres last week). The result was that Green was declared as out and the ballgame was thankfully over. This was a fortunate turn of events for local members of the media who might have had to ask Myers why he choked again, risking life and limb in the process.
Other Phils/Mets stuff:
-Apparently, there was some trouble in the stands at last night's game as a Mets fan got jacked up. Where's Michael Irvin and the NFL Prime Time team when you need them? (Deadspin.com, the best national sports blog on the internet, provided the link. )
-I didn't see this until today, but apparently, a writer from the NY Post thinks the NL East race is over. We might need this guy to keep up writing crap like this, because I think the Mets have lost every game since he wrote it.


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At about 4:22pm, I received a Google Chat IM from my friend, Zac. He promptly informed me that the Mets have officially landed Johan Santana from the Minnesota Twins, in exchange for Carlos Gomez, Phil Humber, Deolis Guerra, and Kevin Mulvey. Did I believe him at first? Not a chance. But when he sent me this link, I almost jumped out of my chair and through the roof! So, in celebration of this awesome move by Omar Minaya, I am writing the following letter to Johan Santana, and sharing a sweet video with all of you!
"Dear Johan,
I have nothing inspirational to say, so I'll start and finish with…. Welcome to New York!
A Rejuvenated Mets Fan"


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Veteran Bilderberg sleuth Jim Tucker has confirmed via three separate sources that the Bilderberg Group will meet this year in Chantilly Virginia at the Westfields Marriott hotel from June 5-8. Tucker told The Alex Jones Show that the earlier story claiming Bilderberg had already met in Athens Greece was a possible ruse to misdirect attention from the real scene of the crime.
The Bilderberg Group comprises around 200 top elitists in government, banking, business, media and academia who meet annually in semi-secrecy and shape the destiny of the world yet are subject to little or no mainstream media scrutiny.
As we discovered last week, original reports that Bilderberg had already met in Athens Greece turned out to be incorrect after Dutch newspapers and the Dutch Embassy let slip that Netherlands Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende was set to attend Bilderberg in Chantilly after a meeting with George W. Bush.
The Bilderberg gathering is now set to take place from June 5-8 and as expected, it will be held at the Westfields Marriott hotel, the same venue of the 2002 meeting. Tucker called the Dutch Embassy and was passed over to the Dutch Embassy in the United States, who confirmed that the meeting would be in Chantilly.


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A couple of weeks ago I bought this beautiful vintage coffee jug and creamer set. I just adore the smoky silver accents and the chemist's-laboratory look they have. Definitely using these at my next dinner party.


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The Temptations
You know what one of the hardest things about going on this real food journey…the temptations. The cute cookies, the chocolate cakes and bakery treats. You see them everywhere and man do they ever smell so good. It takes so much will power to turn away and most days my 'will power' is already over there licking the icing.
The 5 stages of Hunger
Have you ever been tempted to go to the Golden Arches? I haven't eaten Mc D's in well over 4 months, so for me to have this craving, it wasn't just a 'well I could have one' my stomach was like 'WE ARE HAVING ONE.' The kind of cravings that take over your whole body and you can't think about anything else….
Dessert for Dinner
I had gotten a new recipe and I really wanted to try it and not having a clock that works in your kitchen makes it hard to keep track. So I am cutting up the apples for my Apple Crumble and my honey walks in the door..
Changing your Perspective
Today I am going to walk you through some Photography Tips on how to create a better photograph.


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While few preventable risk factors are known to be associated with an increased risk of cerebral palsy, one previous, small-scale study suggested an association between maternal BMI and cerebral palsy. However, this relationship has not been confirmed in a larger-scale study. Therefore, this retrospective, population-based cohort study evaluated women with live singleton births between 1997 to 2011 to assess for any connections between maternal BMI and the risk of cerebral palsy. Its results showed a significant association between maternal obesity and cerebral palsy in children born at full term. Additionally, malformations of the nervous system, asphyxia-related neonatal morbidities, and a low Apgar score (<7) at 5 minutes were associated with the largest increases in cerebral palsy risk. +This study confirms the finding that increased maternal BMI appears to be linked with an increased risk of cerebral palsy in their newborn. 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Teeth: 11
Clothes: 18M and 24M
Shoes: 6.5W or 7--We actually went to be measured, then all of the shoes we liked were sold out in Jay's size. Online shopping we went and got some awesome Tiny Toms and nifty New Balance.
New Vocabulary words: Choo-Choo, Color (cod-or), Lovey (Huv-vie), Bite (that one is crystal-clear), Boom-Boom (which loosely translated means "dance"), Bubbles, and if you say "Chicken" Jay responds "Boo Boo"- as in Donald Duck's pet, Boo-Boo Chicken on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse-this also applies to things like chicken nuggets funny, but odd at the same time.
New Animal Sounds: Turkey (Gob-Gob-Gob), Fish (kissy face), Chicken (Bock-Bock-Bock)
We're off and running! Jay walks and runs all.day.long.
The weather is awesome here so we're exploring the great outdoors more and more.
Did I mention the climbing?
He's a silly little guy and is becoming less and less predictable. I'm guessing this is a trend that will continue for the next 15 years.
|He's carrying coffee filters. Because he can, I suppose.
He amazes me every day either with something he's figured out or a new phrase.
We're waking up around 6:45-7:15, napping from 10-Noon, napping again from 3:30 to 5:15 or so then brushing teeth, reading books, singing and saying prayers by 7:45. We try 3 meals a day and a snack before each nap. I really like this schedule, but see it slipping away as Jay's world becomes larger and larger.
Oh, and it's official--these two are BEST friends-
|Gus will let Jay tackle him, roll around and pull on him all day.


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Saturday, May 23, 2015
"Terror on the Alert" going to Kamloops
One of the places where I spoke to a very friendly audience was at the Kamloops Library. I snapped the photo at left early the next day, as I was leaving town to head for Alberta. It was a chilly start, but the photo reminds me of the majestic sweep of the hills surrounding the city.
Terror on the Alert will also be featured at the Kamloops Library on September 19th this year. I'm looking forward to renewing acquaintances with friends in the area, as well as the very helpful staff at the library.
2 comments:
- Jean Kay said...
It is a lot of work to make a book successful, and you do it so well.
- May 24, 2015 at 7:52 AM
- Robert Mackay said...
Thanks, Jean. I'm constantly inspired by my fellow authors, especially those in Canadian Authors Association, who are so helpful.
- May 28, 2015 at 10:33 AM


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Saturday, June 13, 2009
Benny and Joon
Have ya seen it? Johnny Depp, Aidan Quinn, Julianne Moore and Mary Stuart Masterson?
Give it an A, A+, sweet and romantic with a loaded cast, how did I miss Benny and Joon first time around, in 1993?
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Great movie and I have a sore throat.
- June 13, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Great movie and I have a sore throat.
- June 13, 2009 at 8:39 PM
I haven't seen it yet, but with that recommendation, I will.
- June 13, 2009 at 8:47 PM
- Captain Awesome said...
I was a big fan when it first came out. Ahh crazies. Gotta love 'em.
Wasn't this the movie that made famous that "I will walk 500 miles" song? I like the Me First and the Gimme Gimme's cover better but the original was good as well.
- June 13, 2009 at 9:48 PM
- kcinnova said...
I haven't seen it yet, but I know why: 2 kids in diapers, 1 of 'em with bad food allergies. We didn't go out on dates during those years.
I'll have to put it on my list of "must-see" films.
- June 13, 2009 at 10:36 PM
- Becky Jo said...
OMG.. you just saw this for the first time? I remember watching this over and over and over again. I was obsessed with Johnny Depp and he was just so likeable in this movie. A++ from me too.
- June 13, 2009 at 11:17 PM
- Cheri @ Blog This Mom! said...
I love it. Watched it many times.
- June 13, 2009 at 11:57 PM
- Miss Heather said...
I never saw it until about a year ago... being a HUGE Johnny Depp fan I couldn't believe I missed it either... so I bought it on DVD and have watched it many times. I adore it!!
- June 14, 2009 at 12:14 AM
- Barbara said...
Great last scene with the ironed cheese sandwiches!
- June 14, 2009 at 2:47 AM
- Gary Rith Pottery Blog said...
There is a part of me that loves romantic comedies....
- June 14, 2009 at 6:10 AM
Benny and Joon is definitely up there, along with "What's eating gilbert grape". Johnny Depp is awesome. He was just in Puerto Rico filming "the Rum Diaries". Can't believe he forgot to visit us!!! ;-)
- June 14, 2009 at 6:23 AM
Great movie.
- June 14, 2009 at 11:23 AM
- Life with Kaishon said...
How did you miss it? It is one of my favorites. Thank you for reminding me. I want to see it again now!
- June 14, 2009 at 2:53 PM
- Jessica said...
Wonderful film! :)
- June 15, 2009 at 1:53 PM
- Janet said...
Do you know, as much as I love Johnny Depp, that I've never seen this one? Hmmm...put on the list for recuperation time!
- June 15, 2009 at 4:41 PM
- VERNACULAR said...
Dancing Twinkies and musical balloons! Spinning hubcaps!
"You're out of your tree."
"Having a Boo Radley moment are we?"
"Piltz? The answer's in the question."
You have very good taste in movies, Mr. Rith.
- June 16, 2009 at 8:00 PM


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Blood and Property missed this story in the Telegraph: Apparently Hackney Council was forcing volunteer groups to pay £1000 for liability insurance before allowing them to work in Hackney parks.
The Telegraph's Public Policy Editor recently updated the story: "I am delighted to be able to report that Hackney's officials appear to be having a change of heart on this matter. At a meeting on Friday, officials reported that Jules Pipe, the Mayor of Hackney, had been "in touch" with the legal department and the council's lawyers had found a way round the problem"
Does Hackney Council have a policy on inhibiting green fingered residents?
It is certainly a reminder that all is not well in the borough's understaffed legal team which seemed to spend most of last month pursuing The Hackney Citizen into a PR disaster for the council.
Now at least Bambos Charalambous, in-house lawyer for Hackney Council is no longer responsible for running Enfield council as well. Following the elections in May he was made acting leader until Enfield's Labour Party could "find someone with a less demanding day job" (from The Lawyer)
That changeover seems to have happened and Bambos Charalambous is now Enfield's Cabinet Member for Young People, Culture, Leisure, Sports...
Budget: Hackney singled out by Channel 4 FactCheck blog:
In relation to this part of the budget: "We will for the first time introduce maximum limits on housing benefit – from £280 a week for a one-bedroom property to £400 a week for a four-bedroom or larger."
George Osborne, Budget 2010 speech
"Labour MPs warn of a housing crisis in London and the South East, where rents are higher. For example, in parts of Hackney, the maximum housing benefit is £1,000 a week for a four bedroom house. Losing £600 a week would mean families currently claiming housing benefit would have to move to cheaper parts of London."
For a more in depth look at Hackney and the budget here's the Hackney Citizen's analysis
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
Hackney legal team trips again AND Will budget spark Hackney exodus?
Posted by Blood and Property at 16:37
Labels: budget, gardening, hackney, housing, housing benefit, Jules pipe, legal, politics
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Thursday, December 1, 2011
Hi there. Seeing as how it has FINALLY turned over to December, I am finally going to put out the call for Christmas Cards. Would you like a card from me? Do you even care? Just send me an email to firstname.lastname@example.com and sometime during this holiday season I'll shoot one out to you! Wanna send me one back? Go for it! Do I care that you celebrate something other than Christmas?? Nope! Sure don't! I'd love you to wish me a Happy Chanukah, Happy Kwanza, Merry Festivus, etc, etc, etc..... ( I show the kids cards we receive and teach them about other religions & cultures! )
So, send those addys on, especially if you have done it before and had a change of address in the last year or two! Ho ho ho!
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Many of the people here do live a more rural life than most people, ignoring television, radio, they even shun telephones. At times they learn some of the more serious news from newspapers, but even that is considered a sin. For that worldliness they must ask for forgiveness.
In what would be considered severe and offensive deprivations to most people they live in all seriousness. Should anyone of them live in drunkenness, such a one would not receive a Christian burial. So only privately would their loved ones use Old Faith bridges in the hope of their finding mercy.
These people had no problem with an occasional lie in order to save themselves from socialist collective uprisings where almost nobody survived. They have had to live as recluses. There is a basic truth that we should not sin, and that we should live in agreement and accordance with such beliefs.
Our ordinary modern greetings of "Good morning" or "How are you" are not followed by Old Believers. They explain that there are no good mornings, except on Christ's Resurrection, the first day of the week. The Old Believers instead begin conversation by offering, "Good health" and with passing comments they might say "Christ rescues" as only by Him are we protected. Goodbye's are also very different, for they merely ask forgiveness, the customary final response being, "Amen, God will forgive." (It might be the last opportunity to ask for forgiveness. Some people never really liked goodbyes anyway.) Outsiders may think it strange to always be asking forgiveness in this manner, but even the elderly practice this with their young. It is a good reminder that we should always be repenting and constantly and asking Christ to forgive us for our many sins.
More on the last Amur Old Believers.
Hard liquor is considered unclean to drink and we should advise others not to do such things. Other alcohol (like wine) must be consumed to the glory of God, in certain domestic settings, only on holidays and in reasonable limits. So the whole life of Old Believers is likewise in opposition to many worldly pastimes. From the view of those in the world living an Old Believer way of life is somewhat suicidal. It is true that there are many sacrifices to live a pure life, but then the benefits are beyond measure and incomparable with more ordinary or common satisfactions that everyone else has.
With all the promises, persuasions (and what inevitably leads to threats) from the outside society, the Old Believers always have to struggle to keep their balance. The moral pressures from the outside society is colossal to say the least. For them it is necessary to question everything in the modern world. But there is some truth out there, if only in the hidden places.
These Old Believers are what is called by outsiders as "priestless" but the term is a misnomer.
Gleaned from the following reports.


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― James Rollins, "Ice Hunt"
Here in the suburbs we have our neat lawns, our "park-like" and fenceless backyards, our bird feeders to attract cardinals, chickadees and titmice.
You don't expect black bear out here.
But after years of warnings I believe I had an unwelcome visitor sometime the other night and I believe it was a bear.
I opened the shades in the morning and saw only one of two feeder poles and only one of three feeders. Cursing, in disbelief, I grabbed a parka against the dawn chill and ran outside to find one pole bent nearly to the ground (the feeder, where the seed tube is enclosed in a squirrel-proof cage, was still secured to the pole and in one piece). The house feeder - mentioned many a time in these posts - had been ripped from the other feeder pole, which had been bent back from the force of being pulled.
|Female cardinal atop house feeder, pre-bear. (Margo D. Beller)
Only the suet feeder - with its plain, unscented suet - was untouched.
My first thought was, WHO would do such a malicious thing. MH had no such thoughts - he immediately cursed and said the bears had finally gotten to our little town.
That wasn't quite true. Years ago, when we had more apple trees, I came out one morning to find a hunk of one tree on the ground and a large indentation (not to mention a lot of scat) and we conjectured a young bear went up in the tree for a snack and the branch gave way, bringing both down. We laughed about it and hadn't thought of bear since.
No more laughing.
This has been another strange winter. No, we weren't buried under the feet of snow seen last winter but it has been very cold for most of the last six weeks and even now, in late March, any warmish weather (which has caused the early flowers to bloom) has been countered by cold, very windy and wintry times.
Still, there comes a point when hibernating animals need to wake up and start eating. I was not surprised to find a chipmunk running around the backyard recently, the bane of my garden's existence because of its damned digging.
|Black bear, June 2014, Old Mine Rd., Sussex County, N.J. (RE Berg-Andersson)
The other year the mayor of our town had notices put in every mailbox warning people bears were waking up and would be active and hungry, and to take in feeders and keep your garbage secured and watch your pets. In researching this post I found that in 2010, for instance, a bear was seen in broad daylight on our train tracks. The bear problem has gotten so bad the state has reinstated a bear hunt, which has been popular with the deer hunting crowd but not so popular with the animal lovers.
One such animal lover accused me of causing the deer and bear problem by moving to my suburban development. I told the man my house had been built in the 1960s when the populations of both creatures were much lower and, besides, it wasn't my fault. I told him I supported the hunt and if looks could kill my head would be hanging over his mantel.
So now I take the feeders in at night and I have to either straighten the pole - it was bent at a 45 degree angle - or replace it. Since we are coming into spring I have cut back the number of feeders I put out to two, the house (which I repaired) and the suet. But I miss that second pole, not just for putting out more seed but for hanging flower baskets during the summer.
I guess I got off easy. In other areas property has been destroyed, pets and livestock killed and, in one gruesome case, a college student was mauled to death by a bear while hiking in northern New Jersey. As the human population moves into housing developments built where they have no business being (in the 1960s people didn't wonder about such things when my house was built on what had been meadows), there will be more interactions with wildlife.
There are already many reports of coyotes. I've seen foxes and racoons running down my street, as well as skunk and the occasional possum. Deer have been a nemesis almost from the day we moved into this house over 20 years ago.
But bear is different. Bear is big, strong, fast and dangerous. A bear that can bend a metal feeder pole to the ground can snap my spine. If I get between a sow and her cub, I'm dead. Bears have learned to appreciate fine dining from garbage pails and dumpsters as their natural habitat is destroyed.
Like the deer, they have lost their fear of people. It doesn't help when people are stupid enough to try to entice bear into pictures with their children, as one NJ idiot did using a bagel.
Years ago one of my nieces casually told me of the bear she'd seen just that morning at the end of the driveway during my visit to that very house. In rural New Hampshire bear are no big deal. They are respected but they are also hunted. Balance is maintained. Not in the suburbs where I live. Any threat to small children and pets or a genteel way of life where interaction with the natural world is unnatural if it can't be completely controlled must be eradicated, the faster the better.
The bear problem in NJ reminds us you can't let things get out of balance. Our ancestors hunted bear - over-hunted them, in fact. That wasn't right either. Now that the population has been allowed to come back, it is time to start the hunt again, to get the numbers to a manageable point.
Yes, it would be fine to stop people from ripping up woods, damming streams and building mega-houses on multi-acre lots, forcing the clear-cutting of trees and the digging up of land to accommodate sewage, gas and power lines.
But it is unrealistic to think 2/3 of the population of New Jersey, myself included, is going to just go away, just as it's a fantasy to think allowing bears to spread out and breed unmolested is a good thing. At the same time, if you are going to put people in bear country, interactions are going to happen and someone - bear or human - is going to get hurt.
I got my warning. I'm heeding it.


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Four phones online, they probably aren't.
24m since last connection. Kk.
Some of them still. Am I even idle?
Of course I am. Or nobody cares.
Some people do, persons don't.
You know how this chat business works. Sure.
Spammers. Are people looking for something...?
Amusing to do. Or whatever.
Empty moments. Data fly.
Under the myriad of statuses. Updates.
Second by second, everything changes.
Anything new. Or alike.
Meanwhile. My Critical Reader.
Rests on the linen. Dull.
'Pay me attention, I'll be long
but I won't be endless.' Nor would us.
First draft from a personal brain storm. I have to improve it, though.


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The workshop is hosted by the U.S. Economic Development Administration, in partnership with the Central Florida Regional Planning Council, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, and the International Economic Development Council. The workshops provides the chance to connect with experts at the Small Business Development Council or Small Business Administration and fellow business leaders, hear about the essentials of business continuity, and learn about the various types of support that are available for businesses in the area.
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|Squinty McGee... How do real models shoot in the sun?
Its OVERCAST here!!
What is this anyway, a cape? A poncho?Capes were huge not too long ago. But I don't know if you are going to find that many of them out in the stores now. Ponchos on the other hand, are still on the scene in a big way. I purchased this bad boy at Sears. Its a Jessica.
I think it was ridiculously on sale too... This through-belted poncho thing I see all over the place now though. And I think, if I do say so myself, that it can be quite flattering. I wore this to a party recently, and someone asked me if I had lost some weight. Sadly no weight loss, but gladly, the sweater/poncho is very flattering! To bring it back into relevancy a little, in case the cape-ness of it is a bit dated, I've paired it with my yellow statement necklace. Yellow, hot for Spring 2013, statement necklaces, hot right now. I love how a simple statement necklace can totally elevate a look. It sure did for this one.
In terms of other looks with this belted-through/poncho feature, here are three from Addition-Elle (topmost in my mind, because I was there most recently) that are great options for Spring. Clicking on the image will take you to their place on the site. The last one is intended to be a cover-up I think, but its so gorgeous, I think I might buy it and wear it as a dress with a simple tank dress underneath.
Aaaaaaaand, back to me:
|Yellow statement necklace, cobalt nails, hot pink lips. Color, anyone?
|Glasses, or no glasses? Passes? Or no passes?
|Dang. There's a whole lotta grey going on here...
Poncho: Jessica, for Sears
Jeggings: Torrid
Boots: Torrid (similar)
Necklace: eBay
Lipstick: Stila color balm in Betsey
Nailpolish: Essie in Butler Please


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It is interesting to see that Sonicwall views most LGBT sites as pornographic, despite having a classification for gay issues. To their credit thay have reclassified most of the sites we have requested - Fit Lads and Gaydar being unfortunately exceptions.
However today whilst looking at Bing, microsofts latest tool in it's fight against the young pretenders to their thone, I was amused to discover that clicking on the "Try Bing Now" button, to receive the following message.:-
This site has been blocked by the network administrator.
URL: http://view.atdmt.com/action/search_rebrand_try_ki...
Block reason: Forbidden Category "Advertisement"
If you believe the below web site is rated incorrectly click here
I have written to Sonicwall congratulating them in banning Bing - though I am sure it was not their intention. Having looked at and tried bing I am not impressed. I am sure it is efficient, however I have become a real fan of Chrome, Google's new web brower, in the past few months, and the search facilities in Chome are excellent.
I seldom have any problems finding exactly what I want with Google on the web or on my PC and as the google search engine is now an integral part of the browser I cannot see the necessity to add in another unnecessary step to use a search engine that seems to offer nothing extra.
After the merger with Yahoo's search engine they will have about 20% of the market - it will be interesting to see if it can grow that.


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So far this cycle has been easy-peasy. Other than the side effects from the Lupron, there hasn't been much to complain about. We are exactly three weeks away from transfer day & I am starting to look forward to the possibilities this cycle may bring.
Some of you have asked how many embryos we are going to transfer with 4 frosties left & up until now we hadn't really decided. But after talking it over with our RE & the hubby & not being able to come to a decision we are going to leave it in the hands of God - so to speak.
The RE would like to see us transfer 3. We aren't really comfortable with that many & would like to only transfer 2. So we have decided to thaw the 2 best embryos first & if they both make it then those are the 2 we transfer. If one of them doesn't make it then we have asked that they thaw the other two & we will transfer how ever many survive the thaw. That could be 3 or it could be 1 or could even be none. For reasons I can't really explain, I would rather not leave one little lonely frostie behind so that is why we would thaw them all if one doesn't make it. What I am hoping & praying will happen is the first two make it through the thaw & then we will have 2 frosties left for another chance down the road. Time will tell...
This morning I had my labs drawn so that they can be sure I am "suppressed" enough before I start the estrogen patches on Friday.
I just got the call that my Estradiol was <20 which is good but my progesterone was slightly elevated. They want to see it <1.0 & mine was 1.1 - hardly enough to call it elevated in my opinion! So I have been instructed to increase the Lupron from 10 to 20 units & recheck levels Friday morning. Not too thrilled about increasing the Lupron but I guess I have no choice. If my levels come back within range on Friday then I can start decreasing the Lupron & start the Estrogen patches. Cross your fingers!
I also started my acupuncture sessions back up today - oh how I have missed these appointments! I had forgotten how relaxing they are & how good I feel afterwards! I plan on going once a week up until FET, will do a session the day of & the day after FET & will continue throughout the 1st trimester if I am lucky enough to get PG. It's too bad acupuncture is so expensive because I would definitely be going a lot more than just once a week!


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Friday, January 4, 2008
The Beatles "Acoustic Masterpieces" The Esher Demos
The Beatles ACOUSTIC MASTERPIECES THE ESHER DEMOS SBD Flac
This is what I consiter one of the most important Beatles Recordings
of all time... I'm sure many of you have it already..
After the Beatles "John, Paul and George returned from India, they
got together, at George's Home to play some of the song's which each
had writen in India. this is the first time these songs had ever been played
to each other,,, So Basicaly, The Lads were just having a good time, jamming
together... This is as close to Un-plugged as you'll ever get...
It ran on this sight for about 8 months, getting over 2000 hits..
then it got Banned,,,seem's someone noted some Tracks had been used
on The Beatles, Anthology 3. Of corse they had been Over dubbed....
I started to wonder which tracks were used. So I read the book which
came with The Beatles, Anthology 3. After a very close look, only 3 tracks
were used from this set...
I checked with the mod's, as of this moment I have permission to reload it,
with the 3 tracks deleated.
So if you want John, Paul and George sitting in your living room, bring
them in, of corse your invited to sing along........
1. Cry Baby Cry
2. Child Of Nature
3. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
4. I'm So Tired
5. Yer Blues
6. Everybody's Got Something To Hide...
7. What's The New Mary Jane
8. Revolution
9. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
10. Circles
11. Sour Milk Sea
12. Not Guilty
13. Piggies "edited out"
14. Julia
15. Blackbird
16. Rocky Raccoon
17. Back In The USSR
18. Honey Pie "edited out"
19. Mother Natures Son
20. Obla-Di Obla-Da
21. Junk "edited out"
22. Dear Prudence


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I'm not a veterinarian, but I play one sometimes... not on TV, but in the woodshop.
It seems like there are a lot of animals in need of help, and they've been making their way to my door, in need of repair.
This poor giraffe needed tail surgery - someone in the TSA line at the airport broke the tail off, and the owners were heartsick. The giraffe had made the long trip to Las Vegas all the way from Africa, sent as a gift, and the tail was splintered and torn.
A little bit of glue,
some tricky clamping,
and my customers were thrilled.
Wood It is - 1
Seriously, I made these two very happy; which made me pretty happy, too.
But when this next beast found its way into my shop, the task was a bit more complex. (Not sure why jobs like this come in pairs, but they do.)
This bison was in a world of hurt -
a missing horn,
a snout that was missing one whole side,
and a broken tail.
The tail was fairly easy - some epoxy, and some filler, and a few well placed 23 gauge pins, and well...
the repair was complete, although the tail was a bit shorter than its original iteration.
The horn was another story - this was a bit tricky, and the best way to attach it was using a small dowel. With the dowel in place,
I shaped the horn,
and then pulled out a small sander for some detail work. Since the sculpture was rather crude, the shaping was easy.
I roughed it out, and once I had the shape in place,
a little spray paint made it match its mate.
Drilling the hole wasn't difficult,
but it took a bit of blending to make the horns match.
Finally, I pulled out some detail carving tools and cleaned up the snout a bit. I've never carved a bison nostril before, and frankly - I hope it's something I don't have to tackle again anytime soon.
I also promptly sliced my thumb open, so a bit of first aid was necessary before staining the snout to match.
And just like that - another animal healed!


text: Hey guys. I mentioned in the blog that I have to do a College project. So here we are. We are 10 people in a group. Everyone is a bit "low" when it comes to computers.. We are going to interview people, capture videos during our prepartion of the project and etc. So I need a software to edit the videos. A software that is able to make Opening titel, ending credits, effects, mixing of sounds/videos etc. and easy to use. Tried sony vegas(Vegas pro 8.0), coudnt really figure out how to do titel, and cant really figure out much out of it.. Previously in school we used a software in MAC, that I cant really remember anymore. But it was very easy to use and has lots of functions. Help is appriciated, I only got time till thursday to do all the work with videos and interviewings. Thanks


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5 1/2 feet across
(37 Rounds)
This color pattern is based on blocks of 10.
Center - 5 rounds
Black - 5 rounds
Pink - 7 rounds
Black - 3 rounds
Pink - 3 rounds
Black - 7 rounds
With Round 30 completed - sew in your squares, making sure to keep an equal amount of stitches on both sides.
Fill-in Square
Shell - (2dc, ch2, 2dc) in ch2 sp
ch4 and sl st to join into a loop
Round 1 - ch2 (counts as 1st dc), 2dc, ch2, *3dc, ch2* (3 times). sl st into top of ch2 to join
*note - work over the tail so you can pull the center tightly closed when finished.
Round 2 - ch2, turn, *shell in ch2 sp, dc in next 3 dc's* 3 more times, sl st to join (7dcs across each side)
Rounds 3 - ch2, turn, dc in next 4 dcs, shell in ch2 sp, *dc in next 7 dc's, shell in ch2 sp* (3 times), dc in next 2 dcs and sl st to join round (11 dcs across each side)
Round 4 - ch1, turn, sc in same st, sc in next 4dcs, (2sc, ch1. 2sc) in ch2 sp, *sc across next 11 dcs, (2sc, ch1. 2sc) in ch2 sp*(3 times), sc in next 6 dcs, sl st to join and tie off, weave in end.
Your square is now the perfect size to fit in the valley to keep the peaks at the same height.
Make sure to count your stitches from peak to valley. Place square so that you begin sewing at the halfway point, sew down into the valley and back up the other side.
Do this for all 12 valleys and continue the pattern in dc.
(Hint - leave a really long tail on each square and use that to sew them in. One less end to weave :)
the last Pink was supposed to be 3 rounds
(but I ran out of yarn)
You can continue on for however large you want to make this afghan. I always finish mine with at least a sc for the edges but usually with a sc and a rev sc for strength.


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London: England and Wales Cricket Board's (ECB) security advisor Reg Dickason on Thursday dismissed security concerns for Pakistan-origin players Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid in the squad during the five-match Test rubber in India, because of the political tension in the country.
Dickason said Moeen and Rashid had not expressed any desire to opt out of the series.
Earlier, it was also reported that Pakistani umpire Aleem Dar has been withdrawn from the England series due to security reasons but an International Cricket Council (ICC) spokesman denied the reports saying Dar was "not appointed" for India series as he was already nominated for the Australia-South Africa Test series.
"We have no real concerns but we're certainly aware of the issues Aleem Dar has. I know it was reported that he wasn't going, that he'd been pulled out, but according to the ICC he's just been rostered at another event," Dickason was quoted as saying by espncricinfo.
"But Shiv Sena had some issues with Aleem there and went to the BCCI offices. So we're certainly aware of that but we don't expect any real issues. I've spoken to him and Adil and they seem ok to me. They haven't expressed any doubts to me," he added.
Dickason also expressed his satisfaction over the security plans drawn up for the players.
"It'll be similar to Bangladesh but a different layout. It was very overt here and it won't be as overt in India. The road clearances that we got here that are usually reserved for heads of state we probably won't get in India. But we'll get adequate transit protection," he said.
"The BCCI get a host-city security plan which is a generic issue from a master security plan which is put across the whole event. There will be some subtle differences but it won't be too many," he added.
The first Test between the two nations will be played at Rajkot from 9 November.
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What do you hear when you listen to the river?
In the currents can you hear voices from your past?
When the seagulls cry do you hear the ocean?
In a storm, broken hearts?
What sound does the river make in the thick of night?
When your thoughts turn to your deepest concerns?
What do you see where the river meets the sky?
How deep beyond reflections can you see?
What is the opposite of now?
Can a river flow more than one way?
What secrets does the river conceal?
What stories do you read in its waves?
How to reveal the meaning of the river?
Why is our awareness so fleeting?
Can you feel the river in your bones?
How long do you sit by the river before turning to other things?
How to understand that my arm is not mine?
What makes a river what it is?
What is the song you sing whenever i'm around?
If we walk by the river, will you hold my hand?
Can you imagine a time before this river was born?
When the sky and earth were one?
Can you imagine how a river is always home?
When do you think about the river?
When do you crave its song?
How often do you make your way to the river?
Have you ever been to where the river is born?
Have you ever floated its length?
Have you ever traveled to its end?
Have you considered this river of thought?
This river of vein? This river of sewer?
Can a rock be a river?
Is the sky a river?
What about this moment?
Are you and i a river?


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I have been reading Educating the Whole Hearted Child because I am not overly thrilled about the lack of interest Tyler has in school right now. I like to fix things when they are broken and so I was hoping for some insight into what I am not doing right. Last year we had a great school year with a lot of enthusiasm on his part and so I don't feel like it is a problem with our workboxes because they have truly been the best thing for him yet. I have also been worrying if I am providing enough activities for him or if I have been adapting the material enough. I have been feverishly trying to accomplish both and I am wearing myself out in the process. I know he needs these things and I did them last year but I don't remember it consuming this much of my time and energy. Anyways, this book has helped me a lot this weekend as I have tried to make sense of it all. I have been homeschooling now for over 5 years and it still amazes me how I can fall back into the pit of trying to do school at home instead of the natural relaxed homeschooling I love. I have become such a bad box checker over the years. I certainly wasn't this way growing up so I am confused as to when the transformation occurred. I think part of my problem this year started when I thought about the fact that Tyler is entering into the teen years and therefore our textbooks should look more like textbooks. I have to stop and kind of laugh at myself for that because it is the exact opposite of the advice I would give to someone else picking out curriculum. I have noticed now how many of our boxes each day are filled with big old textbooks though. I have tried to make lapbooks and activities to go with them but I thinking I am just overwhelming him. I have had to face the fact that from here on out that maybe his grade level curriculum isn't going to be workable for him. I guess the really hard part about autism is looking at a young man who is so smart on the logical side and has a great memory but whose ability to analyze and problem solve is way undeveloped may not be able to accomplish everything as quickly as a typical person can. He was always so far ahead on everything when he was younger and didn't have to use reasoning as much that it is hard to watch him struggle more as the years go on. It occurred to me today as I sat and watched him read all the way through a Kids of Courage newsletter that had come in the mail without any problems that maybe part of his recent reading problems are that what I am having him read is just to hard for him and requires too much analyzing. I am feeling very enlightened today and a little scared of how dense I am on most other days.
My other big realization for the day is that I need to get back to all the wonderful little organizational tools that help to keep me going so I printed off menu planners and monthly and weekly calenders and put them on a clipboard so I can keep track of myself. I need to write down what days I am going to do what is I can get done all the things I want to and not alternate between working like crazy and standing there overwhelmed and staring into space. I need to get my menu planning done every week also and not just here and there to make sure we are eating healthy and not spending a bunch of extra money on food. I clipped coupons today too which felt great because I haven't done much of that since we moved. I hate spending extra money on things.
I think I am going to drop some of our formal school stuff for now and try to shorten our days a little so I can get into a better routine in the rest of my life. Tyler wants to do Amanda Bennet's new dog unit study so maybe we will concentrate on that and some great fall stuff for awhile. Christian on the contrary has been doing very well for me so far this school year so I don't see a lot of need to change much there. He has also been eating really well too. I hope he continues to do well. Our children tend to ebb and flow!
I was able to spend some time with my husband this weekend, hanging out and playing games together. That was something I was happy about because I feel like we have been letting that take place behind a lot of other stuff. It can be a struggle in a home with special needs kids to find time together but it is sooo important. Fortunately I am married to a great guy and he works at it too.
I know I have rambled a lot tonight and I am not sure if it even sounds very organized so I won't keep you very much longer. I don't have a bunch of pictures from this week but I do have a few that I wanted to share.
A couple of pictures of Tyler
enjoying our new apple tree center
Reading Kids of Courage
So excited that his new Jonathon Park CD's are finally here!
A couple of pics of Christian
Big smile
Multitasking- bouncing and looking at a toy
Keeping mom up at night makes me really tired!
(Don't tell her though!)


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Cover Reveal for new Jessica Park Novel
Left Drowning
Release Date: July 16th 2013
Blurb: What does it take to rise from life's depths, swim against the current, and breathe?
Weighted down by the loss of her parents, Blythe McGuire struggles to keep her head above water as she trudges through her last year at Matthews College. Then a chance meeting sends Blythe crashing into something she doesn't expect—an undeniable attraction to a dark-haired senior named Chris Shepherd, whose past may be even more complicated than her own. As their relationship deepens, Chris pulls Blythe out of the stupor she's been in since the night a fire took half her family. She begins to heal, and even, haltingly, to love this guy who helps her find new paths to pleasure and self-discovery. But as Blythe moves into calmer waters, she realizes Chris is the one still strangled by his family's traumatic history. As dark currents threaten to pull him under, Blythe may be the only person who can keep him from drowning.
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I hadn't planned on TWD this week. I wasn't feeling up to Biscotti. But when I scrolled through the blogroll, I quickly changed my mind. Seems it's a well liked recipe. I ran to the store to grab some slivered almonds and corn meal. For this recipe, I decided I'd swap out 1/4 cup of flour and use 1/4 cup of almond meal I've had for a while now (in hopes to get me to make macarons one day). I also used vanilla extract since Iam not an almond extract fan, but I love almonds!
I was going to use 2 baking sheets, because I saw that other's had joined together while baking. When I was shaping it, I thought it'd be OK since they were skinny logs so I used 1 tray. They flattened out and squished each other. *sigh
Anyways, these came out really really good, they just might join my Holiday cookie trays! I love the flavors, the subtle crunch from the corn meal and the softer centers. Way better than rock hard biscotti. I'm glad I made them, thanks for picking these Gretchen of Canela & Comino!
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Tuesdays with Dorie: Lenox Almond Biscotti
14 Lovely Comments:
- Gretchen Noelle said...
You did a great job on these. i like the sound of the almond meal in them and the great almond slices pressed on top! Wonderful!
- October 14, 2008 at 7:54 PM
- Linda said...
I've seen that bag of almond meal at TJs and had no idea what to do with it...now I know! Great job on your biscotti..they look fantastic!
- October 14, 2008 at 8:19 PM
- vibi said...
I was fooled! LOL ...For a second there, I actually thought Dorie had a new book out! LOL
Goes to show you how amazing your work is! Superb, even...
- October 14, 2008 at 9:49 PM
- Shari@Whisk: a food blog said...
I have some almond meal in my pantry. I might have to give this a try. Thanks for the idea!
- October 15, 2008 at 5:27 AM
- Madam Chow said...
They look wonderful, and the way you staged that top photo makes it look like the cover of a magazine! Great idea about the almond meal - I have some left over from a Daring Bakers challenge, and I need to use it up.
- October 15, 2008 at 5:32 AM
- RecipeGirl said...
Almond meal at TJ's?? Great to know! I love a good biscotti. These look great!
- October 15, 2008 at 6:22 AM
- Jules Someone said...
That looks amazing! I love the almonds on the top.
- October 15, 2008 at 8:57 AM
- Anonymous said...
I loved this recipe. It was so easy to make and very delicious. Yum. Yours look perfect.
- October 15, 2008 at 3:37 PM
- AmyRuth said...
You're brave...I measured mine and made them 1 1/2 in width and magically mine stayed apart. yippee Don't know how I got so lucky.
Love your photograph with the book - very neat.
Pretty biscotti too. I think I will have to try the almond meal as well.
- October 15, 2008 at 5:16 PM
- Marthe said...
Your biscotti look amazing!
- October 16, 2008 at 2:50 AM
- Leslie said...
I love the almond meal idea. I also have some in my pantry, and like you, I don't like almond extract. This sounds like a neatgfsdxvx way to get extra almond flavor. Great job!
- October 18, 2008 at 4:37 PM
- Barbara said...
Everyone's biscotti look great to me, but yours are exceptional! I love your changes.
- October 19, 2008 at 8:43 PM
- LyB said...
Biscotti make great holiday treats! Yours look delicious!
- October 20, 2008 at 7:07 PM
- Amanda said...
Wow sorry I never got over here, these look fabulous! I loved these when I made them, they were gone in a day :) I'm adding you to my blogroll!
- October 26, 2008 at 6:30 AM


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Sure, the guy whose administration ran guns to Mexico and couldn't keep his ambassador in Libya safe is going to keep us all immune from homicidal maniacs.
Gun-control advocates slammed elected officials from both parties yesterday, vowing to make their lives miserable until tougher firearm laws are enacted.
"The main thing we're encouraging people to do is to call the White House every day until President Obama offers us more than thoughts and prayers," said Ladd Everitt, spokesman for the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence.
"If politicians are cowards — and it seems they are — then we need to play the political game."
Obama reiterated calls to "take meaningful action" yesterday, emphasizing the need to "prevent tragedies like this from happening, regardless of politics." But he offered no specific solutions following the massacre that took 27 innocent lives in Newtown, Conn.
Mayor Bloomberg, one of the nation's most vocal advocates for tougher laws to restrict illegal guns, blasted Obama for his failure to act quickly and decisively.
"The country needs him to send a bill to Congress to fix this problem," Bloomberg said Friday. "Calling for 'meaningful action' is not enough. We need immediate action."
Bloomberg is certain to step up pressure on Washington in the coming days.
"The president should lead the nation in mourning, but he also needs to lead the nation in acting," said John Feinblatt, the mayor's criminal-justice coordinator, yesterday. "I think the American public wants a plan — is demanding a plan — how the president is going to keep them safe."
Let's suppose they get the "gun free" utopia they desire. What will thye say when the next maniac goes off?


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One of the most interesting writers of childrens' stories in recent times is Roald Dahl.
In his book about his own life, entitled "Boy", he tells how his father, as a young man, slipped and fell off the roof and broke his left arm just below the elbow. Someone called the doctor and when the doctor showed up he didn't realize the arm was broken and he decided Mr. Dahl had a dislocated shoulder. He said, "Don't worry, we'll soon put this back into place." So he called two neighbors and they held the patient around the waist and the doctor grabbed him by the wrist of the broken arm and shouted, "Pull! Pull as hard as you can!"
It sounds rather painful! The victim screamed but by this time the damage had been done and a splinter of bone was sticking out through the skin.
This happened back in 1877 and because orthopedics then wasn't what it was cracked up to be, they simply amputated the arm at the elbow.
It is a good thing to have the correct diagnosis before we start into the treatment.
Source: Boy.
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On Saturday night, I had a lovely Thanksgiving Dinner Take Two at my friends Jill & Ethan's home. Jill made a delicious dinner pie with turkey, stuffing and mashed potato (topped with cranberry chutney), and we followed it up with her dad's chocolate icebox pie - amazing!
I brought some roasted vegetables; a good addition to the meal. Recipe courtesy of Giada.
1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
3 medium carrots, cut into 1 1/2-inch thick circles
1 1/2 cups Brussels sprouts (about 1/2 pound), halved
4 cups red bliss potatoes (about 1 pound), cut into 1 1/2-inch thick slices
3 medium parsnips (about1 pound), cut into 1 1/2-inch thick slices
1 cup sweet potatoes (about 1 pound), cut into 1 1/2-inch thick slices
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 tablespoon dried rosemary
1 teaspoon dried thyme
generous amount of sea salt (to your taste)
2 tablespoons freshly ground black pepper
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Toss all vegetables in a bowl with EVOO and herbs. Pam an 11 by 17-inch baking sheet pan.
Spread the vegetables evenly on a large baking sheet. Place on middle rack in oven and bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Occasionally rotate vegetables to ensure they don't get too well done in one area.
|These are quite good - and healthy.


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It's been a while since we last spoke about God baby's Ruffles and Bows shower... Well, since we last spoke, I've coordinated with a designer for the shower invites and they turned out adorable! Sometimes when I see a finished product, I wonder, "how the heck did they get THERE?" So, I thought I'd share the process for the invite. Here goes:
God Baby's Shower Invitation
First, I sent the designer, Abby, the blog post describing the Ruffles & Bows shower. I also provided the colors, the theme, some theme-focused text and the overall feel for the event. With this information, she came up with this design:
It was cute but the ruffles, the buttons, the background AND the bow? It was all a little too much. I wanted it to be cleaner so I sent some samples of invites with subway-style wording along with some other ideas. She came back with 2 designs:
I thought the one above was it. It was clean and feminine BUT the designer thought we could do better. She asked my thoughts and here's what I said:
"The only other variation would be one that was portrait, with the shower information at the top (white background) and the bottom had a wave-like ruffle. Each "wave" would be a gradiant shade of lighter pink and 1 (in the middle?) would be aqua with a bow on the right. That might be simple and clean but girly... let me know your thoughts."
She loved the idea and designed the invite PERFECT for God baby's shower:
SOLD! SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED... Note: this is just the draft she came up with (there were additional design tweaks). YAY! We have a modern take on ruffles&bows and, more importantly, it's EXACTLY what I wanted! Can you see how I created an email account to collect RSVPs? I'm horrible with this whole phone thing so I started to create free emails account for events and I love having an open line of communication for attendee questions (which eliminates having to pull out the paper and pencil in the store when I accidentally answer my phone to capture an RSVP).
For printing, I'm going to use Vista Print's 5X7 invitations. Have you seen their deals? They always offer some amazing bargains!
I am just so excited :)
Isn't it amazing to watch labors of love come together?
I am just so excited :)
Isn't it amazing to watch labors of love come together?


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NEW YORK TIMES: "Spanish Officials Hailed Banks as Crisis Built"
True, but the piece only mentions a handful of people; it's basically about the central bank's chairman a few years ago, Mr. Caruana and Mr. Viñals. But it leaves out Mr. Fernández Ordóñez, just ousted. And leaves out political officials, who ignored as much as the central bank chairmen the alert that a big storm was coming. After all, the 2006 report by the central bank's own analysts that the NYT article mentions was also sent to Pedro Solbes, then Finance minister in Zapatero's cabinet.
Or Zapatero himself, who bragged for years that Spain's financial system was in the "Champion's league" and would never be in trouble. Or then-Housing minister in his government, Ms Carme Chacón, who infamously walked our of a BBC interview when they had the 'temerity' of asking whether there was a real estate bubble in the country. And so forth.


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Snooki's Due Date Revealed — Find Out When Baby #2 Will Arrive
Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi and fiancé Jionni LaValle are getting ready for baby #2, and we know when Snooki's next bun in the oven will arrive! Keep reading to find out when Lorenzo will become a big brother!
Snooki has been showing of her adorable baby bump and everyone's wondering when will her next little one be here. HollywoodLife.com can EXCLUSIVELY reveal Snooki's due date!
Snooki's Due Date Revealed — When Will Baby #2 Arrive?
Snooki confirmed her second pregnancy, earlier this month on April 4, letting her fans know that she would become a mommy again near her wedding date, but HollywoodLife.com has the EXCLUSIVE scoop on Snooki's due date!
"She's due sometime in October," an insider close to Snooki tells HollywoodLife.com.
The pint-sized reality star, 26, and her fiancé, Jionni La Valle, 27, are already parents to Lorenzo who will turn two-years-old on August 26, 2014, but before his second birthday, he will become a big brother! Snooki and Jionni are set to wed sometime in the fall.
The insider also tells us that the proud parents are gearing up for the new baby's arrival, and that Snooki is staying in tip-top shape to be the healthiest she can be for baby #2. "The house is almost ready so she's really excited about that," the sources tells us EXCLUSIVELY. "She's still working out and eating healthy."
And if you think that another baby is going to slow down Snooki, you're so wrong! "She's getting ready to launch her clothing line in a few months," the source reveals. We love seeing working moms in Hollywood!
Snooki Pregnant With Second Baby
Snooki spread the exciting news to all of her fans on April 4, 2014, writing on her official website that she is expecting again.
"Jionni and I are so excited to confirm that we are expecting our second child!" Snooki said. "Now knowing that our test results are good and our baby is healthy, we can finally talk about it!"
She also wrote that she was unhappy with the press for announcing her baby news, before she was ready for the world to know. "Unfortunately, like my first pregnancy, I decided to tell a select few people that we were expecting before the 3rd month mark, and it got leaked to certain media outlets. Again, it has happened with my second. I just want to say HOW THRILLED we are on expecting our second child and we couldn't be any happier. But what sucks is how it's never our business to tell anymore."
Now that the news is officially out, we can't wait to see Snooki's baby in October! Congrats!
HollywoodLifers, are you excited for Snooki, Jionni and Lorenzo? Let us know if you think she will have a little boy or a little girl!
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things that upset me...
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If you care to, take a few moments to glance through the images and read this. It's a tract that we found at a local restaurant that someone had left there. We found a few of them that day in the restaurant in different places. We kept this one to blog about because it was particularly awful. So, without further ado, here are some thoughts about it.
First of all, the portrayal of homosexuals is incredibly demeaning, not to mention completely wrong - they are portrayed as having an agenda to take over society, to commit terrorism if society doesn't bend to their grand agenda (what grand agenda?), it is implied that homosexuals should be called faggots, dykes, queers and sissies, that they intentionally and consciously choose to live a life of sinful indulgence, and phrases like "God is love" and "hate is not a family value" are portrayed as simply being slogans for them to get away with their "wicked, evil behavior." They are portrayed as being full of hate for anyone who would contradict them, and willing to do anything to make their lifestyle the prominent one in society. Before even getting into anything regarding scripture, I can say from experience that this is a completely misguided, misinformed, heavily biased and weighted depiction of homosexuals intended simply to emotionally manipulate people who aren't willing to think about this issue, but simply want to believe what they are told by people who put out tracts like this.
I don't believe that homosexuals in general are hateful any more than any other human, have any grand plans to take over society, to kill people who disagree with them, that HIV is a disease isolated to the homosexual population - in fact, I know just as many, if not more, people who hate homosexuals than the other way around. Mostly the homosexuals I know simply feel that they have been rejected and shunned by others, by christians in particular. And that includes christians who are homosexuals. I think the people who put out this tract have much more of an agenda to manipulate society than "the homosexuals" do. I think it's ridiculous to portray homosexuals in general as having an agenda to kill those who don't agree with them. We are all humans, and certainly there are exceptions to any rule, there are people who are willing to kill abortion doctors and any number of other things, but we don't generalize and say all people are willing to kill abortion doctors. HIV is also just as likely to be propagated by heterosexual couples having sex as it is by homosexual couples.
I think it is incredibly pretentious that this tract makes the assumption that because a person is homosexual, they must not be a christian, because christians are much better than that. Certainly they wouldn't do anything as horrible as that. This is also completely ignorant. It is also categorizing homosexuality as the worst of things, which is again pretentious and I'm sure causes the person writing this to feel very good about themselves, because they are not as bad as those "evil" homosexuals.
Homosexuals in this tract are also portrayed as not wanting to know anything about God, which is again a huge generalization and a mis-portrayal in general, I believe, as is often done with post-modern society and just about any time a large group of people is labeled. Just because the label somebody puts on a group of people doesn't include a belief in God, it doesn't mean that the group of people itself have no interest in God.
Homosexuals in this tract are also portrayed as all being big, hairy, biker-type men, who have no desire for anything except to have sex with anything they come across. Anyone who spends any time thinking about this knows that this is a horribly wrong portrayal.
Ok, on to Bible stuff. This tract makes the statement that God destroyed Sodom strictly because of homosexuality. It states that the men (meaning the masculine people) of the city came to Lot's house to rape the men who came to visit him. According to the Bible, however, all the people of Sodom, young and old, came to his house, asking that the men come out, so that they might "have relations" with them. It never says anything else specific in this passage of Genesis at least, about what the great sins of Sodom were. So, to assume that God destroyed Sodom precisely because of homosexuality seems like a huge stretch to me.
The other thought I had regarding this tract is that the idea presented is that God destroyed them solely because of their sin. Now, think about this carefully. In many other parts of the Bible, Ninevah and Jonah, for example, God would destroy people not simply because of their sin, but because of their refusal to admit it and be changed. It doesn't say this particularly in this passage, but this seems to be a continual theme throughout the Bible, and therefore I find it hard to believe it wouldn't apply here. Don't get me wrong, I do believe that our sin causes disconnection in our relationship with God, however, I don't think He generally is out to destroy people simply because they sin. Otherwise, there wouldn't be any people left. I certainly wouldn't be alive.
Again at the end of the tract, the Christian is wanting to tell homosexuals what great judgement they are facing, again pretentiously assuming that:
- a Christian would obviously not be homosexual
- homosexuality is certainly a much worse sin than anything he has ever done
I, personally, would prefer to live with humility, endeavoring to work on what I know needs fixing in my own life (because I have some pretty good knowledge about that), and leave it up to God to change peoples' hearts, if and when He sees fit to do so. I don't want to hide the fact that I have a relationship with God from anyone, but I also don't want to presume that I know what anyone else needs and when, and I would prefer to walk with people on the journey they find themselves on rather than try to steer them into a journey I feel that they need.
Also at the end, the statement is made that "someone loved you enough to tell you the truth." Apparently this truth is that God destroys people like you (if you are a homosexual). There is nothing in this tract that would lead me to believe that God loved me, or that Christians (assuming they are like the Christian in this tract) love me in any real way. I would feel that Christians see me as a freak, that God is ready to destroy me at any minute, and I would feel rather indignant that I was being pressured to "accept Christ" (whatever that even means) simply so that God wouldn't destroy me.
I don't believe that God wishes us to feign love and obedience simply to avoid destruction, yet I feel like a lot of Christians are doing exactly that, and trying to get others to do the same.
Why not tell the story of Christ, when the woman is caught in adultery and is brought out to be stoned, and he looks at everyone surrounding her and tells them that anyone who has not sinned themselves is welcome to throw a stone, and they all turn around and leave. He then tells the woman, essentially, "you have my forgiveness. now, go and live better." There is no condemnation, no destruction, simply the point is made that everyone is equal in being at fault, forgiveness is given without anything asked in return, and the woman is encouraged to live a better life.
Ok, I think I'm done with this for now... I'm sure there is something important that I forgot to say, as it almost always happens when I try to write prose. So, feel free to discuss this and I might remember what it was that I forgot to write here. The only thing I would ask is that if you are going to criticize what I wrote, please don't do so angrily, and please make it something constructive. Ok, that's all :)


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"The Search Engine"
• "The Search Engine"
• Corliss Joseph is a nineteen-year-old Spokane Indian woman attending Washington State University.
• At the library, Corliss discovers a book of poems by a Spokane Indian man named Harlan Atwater.
• Fascinated by Atwater's free-verse sonnets, Corliss attempts to find information about the poet.
• In a published interview in a Seattle newspaper, Atwater discusses his tribe and Indian culture but no one Corliss questions about him has ever heard of Atwater.
• Corliss finds an old phone listing for Atwater and dials the number.
• An old man who says he is Atwater wishes Corliss well but hangs up on her.
• Corliss shows up at Atwater's house.
• To Corliss's disappointment, Atwater is short, fat, and old.
• Atwater and Corliss go to a bookstore to talk.
• Atwater tells Corliss he was raised by white adoptive parents and his poems about life as an Indian are fictional since...
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, WELLINGTON, Dec 17 – A New Zealand Air Force plane made a mercy flight to the Antarctic Saturday to drop equipment and fuel to a stricken Russian fishing boat taking on water in the freezing Southern Ocean.
An icebreaker was also preparing to set sail for the Antarctic to join the rescue mission, but a New Zealand fishing boat was pulled out of the operation because of the dangerous ice conditions.
The Russian-flagged Sparta, with a crew of 32, sent out a distress call early Friday after it was holed 1.5 metres below the water line and started to list near the Antarctic ice shelf.
The crew have since been able to remove water from the hold to stabilise the vessel but need an additional pump.
They will not be rescued for several days, as ships are being severely hampered by heavy sea ice as they make their way towards the Sparta which is about 2,000 nautical miles (3,704 kilometres) southeast of New Zealand.
The boat was in "a safer position" than it was on Friday and the crew who had left the vessel as a precautionary measure were back on board, New Zealand rescue co-ordinator Chris Wilson said.
"With Sparta now more stable, the vessel is the safest place for them," Wilson said, adding the crew were preparing patches to place over the hole in the hull if they can lighten the vessel enough to correct the list.
The Air Force Hercules was able to drop a pump, pipes and fuel to the Sparta after an eight-hour flight from New Zealand.
"The second pump will provide greater capacity to the crew and will also provide back up in the event one of Sparta's pumps fail. Pumps aren't designed to work 24/7, so it is important they have that security," Wilson said.
Two rescue vessels — the Russian-flagged Chiyo Maru No 3 and the Norwegian vessel Sel Jevaer — were all still some days away from the Sparta and faced tricky journeys through thick ice.
But another vessel, the New Zealand fishing boat San Aspiring, was pulled out of the rescue operation Saturday after the trip was deemed too long and potentially dangerous, a New Zealand rescue official said.
She said the owners of the Sparta had independently arranged for the South Korean icebreaker Araon, currently at the New Zealand port of Lyttelton, to join the rescue. The Araon would take eight days to reach the stricken vessel.
"We may be a little short on time, but the Araon will be able to play a vital role in the rescue mission by paving a way for rescue ships," Araon captain Kim Hyeon-Yool told South Korea's Yonhap News Agency.
The weather in the area is calm and about three degrees Celsius (37 Fahrenheit).


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Sunday, November 7, 2010
Butterick 4910 & Simplicity 2561
Butterick 4910, and the belt (?) is from Simplicity 2561. The Simplicity pattern got a lot of use last Halloween when I dressed a pirate band. It's a fun costume pattern with lots of different options. I suspect that I will use it again. Butterick 4910 has been in the stash for a while. It is a simple peasant style top and dress as well as shorts and pants. Butterick claims that it is not to be used for sleepwear, although the line drawing on the pattern shows a bunch of cute girls with their blankies all ready for bed... Anyway, it has very simple lines and was a quick sew.
Joy's cute medieval dress. It is just elastic shirring on the upper arms.
At least now we are all ready for the Ren Faire! And just in time - we go next weekend!!! More pictures then...
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I think the bemused look she gets just looking at her too long sleeves is worth leaving them long.ReplyDelete
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That is so sweet! My goodness she is growing like a weed!ReplyDelete
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Oh, my! She is so cute!! Great job on the dress!ReplyDelete
Turned out pretty cute. I love the fancy belt.ReplyDelete
Awww, she looks adorable in it! :-)ReplyDelete
That's so funny that she doesn't like to wear the cape- after raising a fuss that her Halloween costume had to have the white fur cape, Kate refused to actually wear it trick or treating. Kids!
What an adorable little princess!ReplyDelete
And a princess she is! Cute costume.ReplyDelete
Your Myra looks adorable in this dress. She must feel like a little princess! Have fun at the Renaissance fair.ReplyDelete
What a fun costume! I'm sure she has a great dress up box going already...ReplyDelete
She looks so cute! And hurrah for using a fabric you aren't in love with on a costume that thrills her. Win/win.ReplyDelete
I can't wait to see your pictures from this weekend - sounds like fun - I am now inspired to go to another one - I haven't in years.ReplyDelete
BTW, my sewing instructor began sewing by hand when she was a teen attending ren faires. . . .
So cute! That last picture of her is too funny.ReplyDelete


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We had a week to play around, sketch and experiment with these ideas, and at the beginning of the second week, we were given the assignment: square-shaped wall art.
I knew that I wanted to focus on boats, so I drew gobs of sailboats and pirate-y boats, and I assembled them over a variety of background textures. I still haven't decided which final piece to submit, but these two are the contenders. Your feedback is most welcome!