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So send me the URL to this post next time I claim to be an expert navigator.
In my defence, I'm not bad. I can find our way through most city mazes, I can keep maps of building floor plans in my head. I've become the go-to guy in our group of five for weaving our way around subways to our hostels and guest-houses.
So it seemed like a slam-dunk when I loaded the directions to a hostel into my iPod Touch's mapping app when I was in Kota Kinabalu. I had screwed up my reservations, booked for the wrong days, and wanted to go explain my no-show to the hostel we had stood up (it seemed right to do).
The little red and green pegs set, the grey line of the route clearly displayed, and I was ready. The direction finder promised me it was a one-kilometre walk, just 12 minutes.
I plugged in my new headphones, set the music to shuffle, and headed out the door.
KK, on the northeast coast of the island of Borneo, is the capital of the Malaysian province of Sabah. It's a resort town that figures it's more famous than it is; they take reasonable pride in their history and reasonable care for the physical plant of the city. It's clean and neat, a government and tourist town. Large docks move palm oil and fish around the world from here.
The location, just five degrees off the equator on the edge of the South China Sea, translates into hot and muggy April nights. But the full moon was out, fuzzy in the humidity, and the ocean hinted its presence in the night air. A good night for a walk.
I headed east, following from the red pin on the map. The hostel I was seeking was on the same street as the one I was staying at, around a corner. Easy-peasy. The iTunes and my feet on autopilot, away I went.
Jah Wobble is an artist who's name sounds nothing like the music he produces. He came out of the late seventies new wave, but quickly turned into a kind of quirkier Brian Eno. The Celtic Poets is an album of his I only came upon indirectly, but it's grown on me. A combination of poetry done in a gravelly voice, and long etheral instrumentals. Arabian-style drums and horns, slowly progressing melodies. As I walk along the darkening streets towards my destination, the palms casting shadows across my path in the moonlight, it makes a perfect background.
Kota Kinabalu is a working town, a port city. No building is particularly tall, and the architecture alternates from red-brick tourist attractor to metal-clad utilitarian.
Where I'm headed, though, is growing more industrial as the streets darken. I check the map on the iPod, and a song from from Genesis' early days, Supper's Ready, begins to play. I shrug and keep heading east.
Written in the early seventies, Supper's Ready is one of the British prog-rock groups' anthems, a 22-minute work that wanders through medieval imagery, goofiness and love song, repeating a complex musical riff every seven or eight minutes.
But now I'm two-thirds of the way through, getting to the sad part ('I've been so far from here/Far from your loving arms') and I start to realize I've been walking a lot more than 12 minutes. The buildings are decidedly more dock-ish; I have to skirt around tractor trailers dropping off palm oil, and small groups of men sitting around in the sticky night, at work but playing guitars, bored. The silhouettes around the open campfires here and there don't give me comfort.
I check the map again. I have been following the right road, it has been following the shore, but somehow it's petered out, and I'm standing in the dark in a dodgier part of town. I decide to bail, to try again in the morning.
I head back, wrapping up Supper's Ready (it's that long) as I near my hostel. I check my map again. Then I notice a landmark listed near my destination pin, 'Jesselton Hotel'. I look up. There it is across the street; and my hostel is next to me.
I had headed in the completely opposite direction, thinking my starting pin was my destination.
It's not late, so I decide to press on. There's no shortage of pharmacies in KK, and most are open late. I enter a Watson's chain store and grab a cold drink.
Sweet air conditioning. While I'm waiting in line Grande Finale from Alice Cooper's 'School's Out' album comes on. The album has the everyone-knows hit, but a couple of nice offbeat tracks as well. The last cut, on now, is Bob Ezrin way over-producing Cooper, banks of horns filling out a simple rock tune. But it's great summer music, music for hot nights and humidity. I can feel the sweat on my brow evaporating in the clinical pharmacy air. The clerk, a little creeped by my moist look, tries not to touch my hand as he give me change for my Diet Coke.
I head back onto the street, this time turning the right direction. Dave Matthews comes on the iPod, a cut from a summer concert recorded years ago, another great background for my walk in the sauna.
It's just a few blocks, quickly covered. I see my first KK rat darting under a parked car. A couple of young girls, in tight skirts and heavy makeup, lean against a street light. More port life. They look at me without interest as I walk by. They laugh to each other and kill the time until their next date.
I find my destination- easy once you know- and enter.
'You look hot,' the owner says obviously. He hands me a cool bottle of water, and I explain my no-show. I'm still on the hook for the 100 ringit, so he's fine. No offer to waive the tax on my stupidity.
I head back outside, and decide to take a different street, in the right direction, back to my hostel. The iPod pulls out 'Marquee Moon' by Television. The unmistakable guitar lick, the plaintive wail of Tom Verlaine. Long instrumental breaks just call out for hurting youth and long-lost days, of steamy Ottawa July nights and FM radio.
The song lasts right to the door of our hostel. I head up the painted cement stairs to the second floor.
The iPod's map function may have got me lost, but iTunes never does.


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This used to be a blog about me and my kids. They are growing up and moving on so I'm changing the tune. These will be random rants about my every day observations. Oh, and there are two things you shouldn't talk about in public - Religion and Politics. I will talk about those here. Openly. If you don't like it, don't read it. Enjoy!
Thursday, January 29, 2009
"Mommy, do you believe in global warming?"
This was the question asked of me the other day by my ten year old son. "Why, yes, of course I do sweety. Why do you ask?" Turns out that this has been a topic of discussion in his classroom and I guess he brought it up to his dad over the weekend and his dad completely thinks it's mosh and that it's just the governments way of getting more money out of us. Surprised? Not really. Mr. Negative rarely agrees with anyone's thoughts but his own. Not being a pessimist, just realistic.
I am not very familiar with all the Global Warning stuff and certainly need to educate myself more, but the fact that my ten year old brought it up means something to me. I explained to him that that's why I have started recycling. We need to take care of this planet. He started talking about the trees and how the trees give us oxygen and if we keep taking down all the trees we will run out of oxygen and die. What a small but profound statement. That is just a small portion of what is going on. There are the landfills that are full of trash and things that were made that do not recycle themselves and are of no benefit to anyone else.
I never saw the movie with Al Gore - "An Inconvenient Truth" that talked about global warming, but I am going to rent it this weekend. This ties in with my 3rd New Year's Resolution, which is going fairly well, by the way. I just need to get a more convenient systems down that the kids will adhere to as well so that I don't have to keep digging through the garbage.
At work, we have separate trash can liners. I actually didn't even realize this (mainly because I delete certain mass emails that come from the building management office) but the liners at our desk are "clear" for recyclables. The liners in the break rooms are for garbage. So, if you eat at your desk, make sure that you don't throw away your food in the recycle cans. That could be bad. I am going to check into something that will fit in my cabinet to separate recycle from just plain garbage. I bet that there will be lots more recycle than we think.
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- Andy Baker said...
I am so glad that you're no longer living under the influence of the Dark Side. Of course Global Warming is real. We bought that DVD years ago. I'll send it to you if you haven't already seen it. I'm about to mail a few things any way.
- January 31, 2009 at 4:12 AM
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Love Decoded (7)
In his book "Looking away" philosopher Slavoy Žižek writes (p 78): "…love is an exemplary case of what Jon Elster calls 'states that are essentially a by-product' an innermost emotion that cannot be planned in advance or assumed by means of a conscious decision (I cannot say to myself 'now I shall fall in love with that woman'; at a certain moment, I just find myself in love…."
Just as certainly the by-product of our 'state of being' can discover us in 'love', it can discover us falling out of love. All it takes is a loss or deprivation of 'magic'.
Žižek explains: "…we can be sure that this 'magic' transformation has nothing whatsoever to do with some 'irrational' spontaneity: it is the big Other that produces the change."
Thus, love and death, both, stand together before the big Other. We may wish to call the big Other God. Therefore the question: Who or what is the 'big Other'? The answer comes by way of the psychiatrist Jacques Lacan whose thesis is that "the big Other does not exist", but this non-existance exists only because the big Other "…does not exist as a subject of history". Maybe so, maybe not.
This brings to mind thefollowing anecdote:
A man finds himself in 'love' with a woman, who he knows is having an affair with another man. The man believes that in spite of the fact that his 'love' for the woman is prevented from being returned by her, because of the other male, a close relative of hers, he believes that wonders may nevertheless happen. He sees the possibility in the fact that her affair is not necessarily a matter of love, but of naked sexual desire, which makes her incestuous affair possible. He believes that incest will sooner or later become aware of itself as a perversion and cease of its own accord.
When (during an opportune moment) the man asks the woman whether she is sleeping with her relative, she denies it, and he accepts her answer. However, the matter is complicated by the fact that the woman has a child from yet another 'love' affair, whence a son, who is not yet of speaking age. One day the man invites his 'love' to come visit him at his home. The woman agrees to come and brings along her son. During the tete-a-tete, tea and cake, the child plays with a small pillow.
Everything goes smoothly, when quite by chance, the man turns his eyes away from his beloved to look at the boy. He sees that the child has placed a pillow on a nearby the couch and has put his head on it. At the same time the boy's bum goes 'bump. bump, bump' against the edge of the couch, which movements reminds of the movement of sexual intercourse in a certain position. The man's 'love', the woman, sees the same thing. However, she makes no response to what she sees and it appears that as far as she is concerned, what she sees is 'normal' and needs no commentary. The man, however, sees in the child's act a sudden intrusion, even the presence of the woman's relative, yet recognizes that what he sees is a result of his imagination. He therefore says nothing.
There is only one apparent solution to the situation: either the woman understands what she has seen and takes actions that lead to love making, or she lets the moment pass and becomes for the man part of an ingrained memory.
The man's response: as if nothing has happened, becomes a sign of impotence. This allows the event to become a festering memory. It is through this 'memory' (or big Other, or God) that the act of the child introduces before our eyes incest. This sudden revelation becomes as if a memory of something sordid, and becomes the cause that causes the man to fall out of 'love'.
The magic of 'love' suddenly evaporates into 'death'; nothing remains of the big Other, but a timely (perhaps unfortunate) turn of the head. This happenstance results in there being no affair or history except a telling anecdote, which, too, except for the turn of the head, might not have been.
To take the anecdote to its next level, it is worth reading what Žižek (and Lacan) have to tell about the transference of guilt. Žižek takes an example from Alfred Hitchcocks movie "I confess" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H43IqD7mEg . When Father Logan 'confesses' to the murder, because when (during confession by the murderer) he recognizes the murderer's reasons as possibly his own, it is the moment that he becomes a Chris-tian in deed. Writes Žižek: "Jesus Christ himself… appears in a new light insofar as he assumes the guilt of sinners and pays the price for it, he recognizes the sinners' desire as his own. Christ desires from the place of the other (the sinner), this is the ground for his compassion for sinners. If the sinner is a pervert… Christ is clearly a hysteric."
This brings me to the point of this blog: What if the 'pervert' is not an individual, but the state? What if the state is represented by a mask named 'Kazhocins' (a name for a fur overcoat in Latvian), and who as an 'all seeing eye' and a policeman murders for us the spirit of the state? Might not the eye of a citizen lose the magic of 'love' for the government?
If one then takes the citizen and makes an analogy of him-her with Christ as Žižek (and implicitly Lacan) does, then he-she are "clearly hysterics"—in which the state the state will discover justification for incarceration which may be compared to incest by force.
And what might citizens-'hysterics' do besides confessing that their desires are the same as that of the state that wishes to kill him-her-them? Might not the citizen become like the dead-man behind a living mask disguised by a fur overcoat? Is not the state the glue or honey that keeps the bee to her hive and from freezing and dying for lack of food during winter?


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Into the forest we go! A backpacking trip will familiarize campers with the ways of backcountry camping and how to enjoy the wilderness in comfort and safety. Campers will learn proper hiking techniques and will practice outdoor living skills that care for people and the earth at the same time. See packing list to the […]Find out more »
Day Hike: Ramapo-Torne Climbing Excursion – Group R
Campers will travel to a nearby trailhead in Suffern, NY for this exciting opportunity to climb a section of Wrightman's Plateau - getting to put the climbing skills they've practiced back at camp to work on a real gneiss rock face (pun intended). Thanks to local grassroots activism by the Torne Valley Climbers Coalition, this […]Find out more »
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Ever try to tell a friend about all the great things you do at The Nature Place? And how cool your counselors are, and the animals we get to touch, and the games, and The Pond, and Nature's Playground, and...and...and... Now you don't have to just tell, because you can bring him or her with […]Find out more »


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Saturday's sunny weather was the absolutely perfect day to get married. As fate would have it, Carolyn and Mark had chosen this date many, many months ago. What a fantastically super day it turned out to be. Nothing, not even the closure of a major highway could prevent this perfect union. Here's a hint of what's to come. Top hats, English morning jackets, a stunning bride and don't even get me started on the cornish hen. YUM! 🙂 Congratulations Carolyn and Mark!!
The next fun shot was taken by the talented Esmond Lee my second shooter for the day.
The super-cute historical Church: St George Anglican Ball's Falls, Ontario
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Last fall - Lulu's cousins came south and destroyed our beach tent. I do not like to sit in the sun too long - so an iPhone and a beach tent entertain me. Today - Lulu's tent arrived. The front porch zips up to make a private cabana for changing clothes. This tent goes up and down like an umbrella - no need to disconnect poles or anything - just relieve the tension and it folds up and stores in a bag.
Nancy Note - Ha! The cousins did not "destroy" the tent. It fell apart when I took it out of the carrying bag. Poles were all rusted.
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I've been feeling a bit of a disturbance in the forces of life around me today..... oh well. Things are looking up however. A pretty girl invited me to go ride a few Rocky Butte hill repeats later this afternoon. (she's taken, but she's still pretty, and I do like riding with her.) I'm off work already so will have time to get about 15 miles of commute by bike in.
In the meantime I ran across a new Danny Macaskill clip that I'll share with you for your viewing enjoyment. That guy is amazing!
Evening update:
I got a bit late so had to ride hard to make it to our meeting location. I began the ride at Oaks Park and rode the Springwater Trail and I-205 bike path, at over 20 mph! I finally arrived and my friend and I rode 5 Rocky Butte hill repeats. I rode the hill repeats at a social pace, visiting comfortably. On our last repeat I challenged her to a sprint to a yellow traffic warning sign about 50 yds distant up the hill. By golly, she still had some snap in her legs. The race was on! ;-)
We were under partly cloudy skies, but to the west the sky was BLACK! It looked like there might have been a thunderstorm brewing. I tried to take a photo, the contrast between the black sky and the sun illuminated radio tower was photogenic, but my camera was compensating for the light conditions. I should have played a bit more with settings, but we were riding bike, and my partner was leaving me behind as I futzed around.
As it ended up, there were thunderstorms playing around to the west. We were lucky in that we didn't have so much as a drop of rain.
Following the hill repeats I accompanied her on the ride back to her house, it was in a direction that worked for me. Once back at her house she went in to prepare dinner, I mounted lights and pedaled south.
I rode back through east Portland via bike boulevards and residential side streets. I hit the Springwater Trail at about 33rd Avenue and followed it back to Oaks Park. I finished up near 8PM, still plenty light.
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Today almost works like a widget. You can bring it up in a click and have an overview of all the tasks and events for the day. It's perfect if you need to focus and do not want to open up iCal. Having it perfectly synchronize with iCal and Apple Mail means you never have to worry about if events and tasks are updated on all your different applications.
Although offering basic event and task creation, Today is a great tool to immediately see tasks and events for the day. It boasts perfect synchronization with iCal and Apple Mail.
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Monday, January 25, 2010
nice week-end
well, it was very rainy Sat. but after our nice week no one was complaining! We cleaned, painted,went for a walk to feed the horses and saw a beautiful rainbow coming home, we were in awe at the beauty. Had a lovely day at church, Lance and Luna were great, sitting pretty quietly like they went to church every week.Luna helped lead the music(from the pew)Lance played with alittle car, but, when it was time for them to go to their classes I had him empty out his pockets into my bag...contents: 10 AA batteries. His batteries are like gold to him. If your missing batteries out of something, I always know where to find them. Our son and his family came over for comfort food....mashed potatoes & meatloaf.Beth made a wonderful pinapple upside down cake. We enjoyed sitting around talking while the children played.
The propane man came this morning,Lance ran out to watch.Another nice day(which means its not raining). My Manly Mans leaving to go work on Rachels car that decided not to work Fri., and then finish up inventory at the store. After picking up the childrens mommy at the train I need to go to Wal Mart to return some things.
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Today is World Book Day! A celebration of authors, illustrators, books and most importantly it's a celebration of reading.
And here at The Sleep Council we're big believers in reading – especially when it's used as part of a bedtime routine.
Reading is one of the most preferred ways for both children – and adults – to wind down at bedtime. Yet we don't practice what we preach. A survey we did in 2012 found that 54% of those who were brought up in the Coronation year read books when they were schoolchildren yet less than a third of today's kids of the same age read before bedtime – 58% of them now spend that time watching television.
It's really important that children learn how relax before bed. The onslaught of TV, gaming machines, computers and mobile phones has brought about lots of new issues about how kids are not switching off properly before bed and how it's impacting on sleep quality.
Routine is key to getting a good night's sleep. It's one of our top tips – for both children and adults. Going to bed and getting up at roughly the same time, all the time, programmes your body to sleep better. Parents need to be stricter about enforcing bedtimes and making sure a consistent bedtime routine is followed – and that means removing or limiting distractions in the bedroom ie games machines, TVs and mobiles etc which are at the root of many sleep problems.
As a parent, I find a bedtime story a really lovely part of the day. Just you and your child cuddled up in the peace and quiet. So to celebrate this year's World Book Day why not make the time to read with your child, or even to make up stories as part of the bedtime routine– trust me, you and they will love it!


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Tedo Stone was born to play rock and roll. Growing up in a family with a musical father and where brothers handed down bass guitars to younger siblings like old sweatshirts, Stone was fronting a band and playing in motorcycle bars around his hometown of Covington, GA, when he was 12 years old. Now living in Atlanta and with a searing new album, Marshes, due out in September 2015 via This Is American Music, Stone is making a name for himself with an enthralling fusion of throwback southern vibes, indie rock hooks and a wall-of-sound resonance.
A lifetime of listening to classic country and soul artists like Patsy Cline and Otis Redding imbued the young songwriter with a retro pop and strong vocal appreciation from a young age, though finding his own voice has been an ongoing process. His 2013 debut album, Good Go Bad, saw Tedo delving into glam jams and alt country rock, though Stone admits he wasn't fully assured of his sound yet.
While hanging out in Athens, GA and playing with the endless array of talented young musicians there, Stone realized his songs were sounding different live, evolving into a mixture of Dinosaur Jr's wailing guitars and Neil Young's raw emotion; and he liked it. Taking that new energy into the studio last year, Stone recorded Marshes straight to tape, live in a room with a core group of friends. Under the guidance of producer and engineer Drew Vandenberg (Deerhunter, of Montreal), Stone this time around establishes himself as a pure rock and roll songwriter, with invigorating rhythms, addictive hooks and keenly layered guitars.
Certain tracks throughout the album, like "By Your Side" and "Home to It" seamlessly infuse myriad musical elements at once, simultaneously echoing 60's sock hop riffs, T. Rex-styled big amp fuzz and soaring post-rock solos, all while Stone fearlessly croons with a fierce timbre. Reflecting the swampy mires that Stone grew up around, Marshes is an album of deep grooves and assured writing that will find its way into your rotation with an endlessly repeatable appeal.
1. To The Marshes
2. By Your Side
3. Home To It
4. Get Off
5. Mind Wasted
6. Back Down
7. Way Gone
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Well for the touch support of the dual screen that would work, problem is hardware keys and turning them into touch controls.
- For the DS emulator you can use any stable out there like DeSmuME
- To run DS emulator on RT devices which doesn't support desktop applications head to my tutorial on how to get any desktop application to work on windows 8 RT.
I have been developing a virtual joystick for Windows tablets but somehow I can't get it to direct input into DS emulator, so instead I found a developer on XDA which doing a similar project and though to make a tutorial where you can customize the keys and use them on your own for any emulator out there.
Head here and download the virtual joystick for windows tablets.
My personal recommendation would be using a real Blutooth gamepad, or simply PS3 controller with your tablet and use the tablet screen for only the touch screen on the second screen, as you can see the below example, I am not recommending any brands just found this on image search it shows the kind of gamepads I am talking about which holds your tablet in the middle and than you can use it as a handheld console:


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Ah, Monday!
Unlike many people, I love Mondays. I usually have the day off from my out-of-home job, and I relish the day full of "catching up". I try to get the work week ahead organized with a little cooking, shopping, and the other mundane details of life, and then I like to work on my projects.
Today I have a breakfast date, and then I will make a casserole for tonight's supper for the boys and me. And then, I am sewing!
I am working on finishing up various Christmas gifts, which must remain un-described right now. Then I will be working on getting my inventory beefed up for the grand opening of my Etsy store: www.etsy.com/shop/GinnStitches. The shop is currently empty, but please check back often, as I will be starting to add things a little at a time.
My focus for the shop will be handmade handbags, quilted items, and gifts. As I am new at the Etsy business, I would love to hear from you about what you'd like to see in my Etsy shop. What excites you when you are shopping for handmade items for yourself or for gifts? I personally love bags. I am a bit of a bagaholic. I love bright, clear colors; batiks are a personal favorite.
I also adore handmade jewelry. I love earrings, and I am drawn to the original. I love classic simplicity, but have been known to wear a funky, quirky pair of earrings. When we travel, I am always looking for the little artist's gallery with unique pieces of jewelry. Etsy is a treasure trove of these great finds- heaven!
One artist I love is StephieMc. Her Etsy shop is here:
I have purchased her necklaces (she will custom make one for you!), and I always receive compliments when I wear one. I like the earrings above; they may be a near future purchase.
I have not purchased (yet) from KahiliCreations, but look at this adorable set of hoops from Hawaii's big island. White Plumeria shell hoop earrings. One of my favorite scents on this earth is that of the plumeria blossom; wearing these would put me back in the island mood instantly!
So, Dear Readers, please let me know what you would love to see in an Etsy shop featuring homemade stitched items. What makes you happy? Leave me a comment, or post on my Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/GinnStitches/252045561524667
You can also follow me on Twitter: I am GinnStitches.
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Originally posted by VinceP1974
Lobbying is a consequence of the Govt acting in a certain sphere.
The more places it acts, the more lobbying there will be.
Congressional districts must be small enough, in terms of population, for individuals to feel a real influence in the nomination,election and behavior of Representatives. A congressional voter is now one-in-600,000; back in 1910, that voter's grandfather was one out of 200,000. Before World War One, the House was frozen at 435 seats. Districts have since tripled in size. No wonder alienation and apathy have taken over...
Originally posted by jjkenobi
I for the life of me don't understand why other countries care about or think they should have some influence on health care policy in America.
I'm not interested in changing the Canadian or UK health care system. Why are you so interested in changing mine?
[edit on 17-8-2009 by jjkenobi]
And think what happens in the US doesn't affect them?
Well the last guy dragged their military of Canada, Britain,and Austrailia into an illegal war.
So yea, they have a right to pay attention.
Originally posted by phoenix103
Originally posted by Nivcharah
[Then why is it so easy for terrorists to enter Canada, thereby creating a need for USA to tighten the CA/USA borders? (If we haven't, we should!)
Terrorists?! No way?! You cannot be serious!
As far as I and many, many others are concerned, when someone brings the terrorism aspect into an argument, they've already lost.
Originally posted by Blaine91555
reply to post by ZombieOctopus
We know that we already have care for everyone. It is a myth that we do not.
We know chances of survival are better here than anywhere else.
Originally posted by injunfeller
American's are intellectually bankrupt there is no debate there, but your concepts and understanding of socialism shows that you are among the intellectually bankrupt.
who do you think created your car, or your coat, or shirt, or every other benefit that you enjoy in your life?
Enjoy the fruits of another mans labor while you can, when the creators in this reality rise up cast the parasites away, your ilk will know their place.
I hate when the ignorant beasts of burden start talking like they actually have a clue what is going on...
Originally posted by fleabit
Too many Americans live in an ignorant state of "omg we are so oppressed," it's sad. I understand wanting to protect freedoms, but there are so many that just don't realize just how good they have it. Just blissfully unaware of what a paradise America is, compared to so many other countries.
The healthcare system we have now is a sham. A joke. A complete mess. So the first president in quite awhile to try and do something about it is being compared to Hitler!? You've gotta be kidding me. Yea.. Hitler was always trying to reform healthcare. What jerk Obama is!
Originally posted by seataka
Lobbying is a direct result of an act passed during WWI...that froze congress at 435 seats.
[edit on 18-8-2009 by seataka]
Originally posted by seagull
reply to post by 12m8keall2c
Gotta agree with my pal 12...
My faith in the ability of govt. to run anything ceased to exist long ago... when a govt. cannot, or maybe will not, keep roads repaired, or educate our children...I'm supposed to hop willy-nilly onto the govt. health care express?
So not happening.
Socialist...fascist...democratic...yadda...yadda...yadda... How about we go with incompetent, bumbling idiots without a lick of common sense, instead...


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Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Brew Crew recap
As expected, my mere presence was enough to send the Brewers floundering, as they lost 6-1 last night. Inexplicably, starting pitcher Ben Sheets, who only gave up one run (a home run by BOOOJeromy Burnitz) was pulled and replaced for one inning by a starter - Dave Bush. And while I LOVE Bush's sock action, he really kind of sucked it up, gave up a 5 run inning and we lost!
There is good news here, though, as the Brewers traded lefty Jorge de la Rosa to KC for infield journeyman Tony Graffanino. Now we can send the completely useless Chris Barnwell back to the minors where he belongs. Three errors in the past two games and a batting average ON THE SEASON of .064 meant that this kid got booed almost as much as Burnitz last night.
One more good news tidbit:
With his home run last night, Prince Fielder broke the Brewers record for home runs by a rookie. Congratulations Prince!
(and just imagine, it's only two weeks past the All-Star Break)
And by the way, I'm seeing Rookie of the Year in his future! He's batting .475 since the break.
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Thursday, June 17, 2010
Lobsterbake: Bistro 2010
Here's my newest watercolor on Arches 12x16 framed with a beautiful blue washed frame for $1200. Giclee prints also available for $75. (Watermarks are there for web purposes only and will not be on the painting or prints.)
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- Anonymous said...
When I first took a quick glimpse of this painting I saw something different than what is actually there.
I saw the foil as clams, and the bottle of beer as the statute of liberty.
I enjoy the painting either way... nice !
Marianne of Dartmouth
- Thursday, 24 June, 2010
- Jackie W said...
Thanks Marianne, you were the first to say that you saw the statue of Liberty, apparently so did others, still say i wish I thought of it!
- Friday, 25 June, 2010
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For the record, I have only dated BK men since before I moved to NYC. Never been on purpose just always turned out that way. Maybe that is the problem I can't nab me one because you know they have an EGO about them and I ain't the one to be stroking it on the regular.
But since we are past the half way mark of 2009, seriously where did the year go??? I figured I'd do a picture post with my BK episodes so far this year to thank the boro that I LOVE to Hate for the Good times. Especially since nothing interesting has happened to me so far in 2009 (besides me joining and becoming addicted to twitter) that is worthy of doing a mid year recap.
First up... The F it lists bday bash. This pic brings back soooooo many memories. We ended up having to put this "what is it...velvet" fool out of the car at the end of the night. He was beyond ignorant.
Then first Saturday at the BK Museum is always the place to be. And the place to be afterwards is Soda. We've got it in there a couple times but here's a pic of how pleasant we are before we get the party started.
Drinks at Night of the Cookers.
House partying it up at Shelly Shell's Old Skool bday bash
And then this past Sunday with Heatwave 9.0
A special shout goes to Shelly Shell because more times than not... the party after the party that's after the afterparty always ends up at her house so I have crashed there many of nights. Her couch is super comfy. I've stayed over so many times I have my own tooth brush there...lol.
BK has brought good times, but has also induced many side eyes...but I still love my peoples out there.
I still don't get the appeal of the whole Habana Outpost thing though.
And before I go I must give you a slide show that I like to call... BK makes me dance!


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The PR Genius of Clinton and Trump
There is very little in common between the two leading contenders for the US presidency—other than they are both so UNDERWHELMING and undeserving of the most important job in the WORLD!!
However, they are both PR geniuses.
Consider the fact that the media is full of discussion and speculation about the Clinton email scandal and the potential, maybe, for an indictment.
The problem is that by focusing on that issue, EVERYONE forgets the main issue: those emails that she did NOT allow us to see, those e-mails that she deleted. You see, the FBI and the media reports are focused on those emails that we did see; were they classified and, as such, was it a felony to have them on a private server? But what about the 30,000 emails that she deleted? Surely one has to understand that the whole idea and use of the private server was to enable her to hide those emails that she did not want the public to see, those emails that would prove her corrupt on a legal basis. It is those emails that she has deleted, right?
No one even discusses these emails anymore, it seems that the media has bought her stupid excuse that a private server was more "convenient," which is factually not correct, and that the emails she deleted were all about yoga routine and soup receipts… really…
The media is so superficial and lazy that, given a small bone (the classified email debacle), they ignore the big bone, which remains hidden.
It is possible that the classified email scandal will result in a serious blow to Clinton's campaign in the form of a serious indictment, but my bet is that this will not be the case. Her lack of honesty is already "baked" into her polling and primary election numbers, and even as a worst case scenario where she gets indicted followed by a quick low level plea agreement a-la-Petraeus, would not materially change her elect-ability, horrifying though it is.
Our only salvation from this corrupt individual will come if, by any chance, the FBI was able to recover the deleted emails from her server. But there is no indication that they were able to do that and if I am right about that, she got away with murder, figuratively.
Trump has a similar phenomenon: his tax returns. The media is now focused on so many other utterances from him that they have very little time—attention span—to focus on the outrageous fact that he is refusing to release those.
He continuously feeds the notion that he is under continuous investigation, audit, by the IRS as an excuse for not releasing the returns.
Why? Why is that relevant to the issue of releasing the returns? The IRS already has these returns. We are not asking him to tell us anything that the IRS does not already know. So why would releasing these returns to the public effect, or even be relevant to, the IRS audit? How could it harm him?
Why is it that no one at the media focuses on the tax returns and asks this simple question that I just asked?
Why is there no serious campaign to push him and demand their release as every other candidate in the modern era has done?
Even Clinton…


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"Although feelings and emotions are two sides of the same coin, they are very distinct events and understanding the difference can help you increase your emotional intelligence and happiness.
Emotions originate in the subcortical regions of the brain, the amygdala and the ventromedial prefrontal cortices, and create biochemical reactions in the body altering your physical state which originally helped our species survive by producing quick reactions to threats and rewards. Emotional reactions are coded in our genes and are universally similar across all humans and even other species. For example, you smile and your dog wags its tail.
The amygdala, involved in emotional arousal, also regulate the release of neurotransmitters essential for memory consolidation which is why emotional memories can be so strong and long-lasting. Emotions proceed feelings, are physical, and instinctual. Because they're physical, emotions can be objectively measured by blood flow, brain activity, facial micro-expressions, and body language.
Feelings are mental experiences of body states, which arise as the brain interprets emotions, themselves physical states arising from the body's responses to external stimuli. (The order of such events is: I am threatened, experience fear, and feel horror.)"
See entire article @ WakeUpWorld


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originally posted by: Elementalist
My friend; you can't go on the Internet, find the most interesting #, belive it, and post it as some factual reality..
Experience is your only teacher.
Unfortunately we can't claim 4th or 5th dimensions because it doesn't make sense that alternate universes would be stacked; 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th , 5th . . . . . . . . .
If anything the flower of life, to me , would be the best representation of alternate realities, belonging to one while. All connected by in their own sub-spaces, like bubbles.
Rather stacked from low to high. .
You now what. .. I just lost my mind. Let me go find it.
originally posted by: MidNight sun
a reply to: ZacharyW I listen and entertain the information that channelers give out as well; I like Abraham Hicks and Bashar; I've heard of the 'Law of One' but haven't done any research on it and I've never heard of Carla Rueckert. But I will give her a try - is she on Youtube?
I don't need hard physical evidence which is why I can entertain the information from channelers with an open mind, take what resonates and why your OP doesn't sound crazy to me - just fringe. I have a lot of my own fringe ideas which is why yours is right up my alley.
And that's a good way to learn about yourself; that's why I read so much on here. Have you heard of or done research on the Law of Attraction by chance? Just curious.
originally posted by: OccamsRazor04
Please seek professional help.
originally posted by: VoidHawk
Well, as far as I'm aware, religion does not allow for aliens? at least not until very recently. and the anti christ stems from religious belief? So how can you have both?
I know # all about religion so maybe I'm wrong? Please explain.
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A mission, a vision and a visual identity
First of all, as a new blogger on iRail, I will have to introduce myself. My name is Miet Claes and I'm a student Graphic Design at the MAD-faculty. For my master's I was asked to find an NPO with a goal that interested me. I got the assignment to guide them in developing their visual identity and help build a campaign. A few weeks ago I contacted Yeri and Pieter after their talk at TEDxUHasselt, because I wanted their NPO. As you can see, we got along great!
Thursday, November 24th Pieter and I hooked up to discuss the mediaplan that's going to take iRail a step further to the creation of a visual identity. From now on you will be able to see the iRail Mediaplan taking form at this blog. To get an idea, I put together a little presentation. It's still being revised by the entire board and we're working hard to complete it, but I'm happy to introduce the start of the iRail Mediaplan!


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Peter Orszag provides some clear and sobering commentary on the value of a college degree in a column for Bloomberg yesterday. The key message is here:
The effects of globalization are already moving up the wage scale, though, and that trend will likely continue. As Alan Blinder of Princeton University trenchantly noted in 2006, "Many people blithely assume that the critical labor-market distinction is, and will remain, between highly educated (or highly skilled) people and less-educated (or less-skilled) people -- doctors versus call-center operators, for example." Instead, the crucial distinction is between those tasks that are easily digitized (and thus subject to substantial competition from workers abroad) and those that are not.
The college degree does not necessarily provide protection against having your occupation digitized in this way. The more important element of economic security is to be among the best adopters of the products and opportunities that are digitized. I suspect that it will remain the case well into the future that those who have college degrees will be on average better adopters than of digitized products and opportunities than those who do not have college degrees. The challenge for institutions of higher education is then to find ways to enable their students and graduates to be better adopters of these new digitized products and opportunities.


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Fresh, different, absorbing- all apt words to describe this latest installment to the Drake's Rakes series by Eileen Dreyer. A special kind of romance you have to read to believe! I couldn't get over how much the characters, plot, and circumstances affected me during and after reading. I wanted to run over the Hero in my car, whack some sense into a heroine I ended up loving, and all the while, I crossed my fingers for their happily ever after. This book pushed the limits and sets itself apart from other historicals in a daring way. Never A Gentleman is quite simply a read to remember!
How much can one man sacrifice for the love of his country? Diccan Hilliard, son of the Most Reverend Lord Evelyn Hilliard, Bishop of Slough, has lived a debauched life for a purpose. Being a member of Drake's Rakes, a group of aristocrats who do undercover work for the government, Diccan couldn't fight for the honor of his country on the battlefield, but could contribute in other ways. Using his gentleman's status, Diccan and the other 'Rakes' work behind the scenes, spying and retrieving information on another secret group of aristocrats named The Lions who plan to take down the current monarchy and replace it with one of their own making. When Diccan discovers some information on The Loins' next nefarious plot, he makes his way to London with the news, but has to make a quick stop along the way- to get married!
Grace Fairchild didn't harbor juvenile dreams of the kind of life the daughter of a solider could expect. She also didn't have any misconceptions to the type of life an unattractive daughter of a solider with an unfortunate limp could look forward to. Grace is all that is kind, loyal, and dependable - but everyone, including her biggest supporters (the soldiers she nursed during the war) sees her as more of a savior than seductress. Painfully plain and awkwardly tall with an injured leg, vivid dreams are the only things she can rely on for carnal stimulation; that, and the muscular body of the naked man in her bed-which happens to belong to a drugged-up Diccan.
When Diccan wakes up naked and disoriented in Grace Fairchild's bed and some of the foulest gossips of the ton are around to witness it, scandal isn't the only thing at risk. What sort of credibility could be counted on a man who would debauch and publically disgraced one of the most respected spinsters in England? She may be taller than most men and earn his nickname for her, Boadicea, with every move that she makes, but what other choice is there? Who would believe the vital news he carried about The Lions if he brought down a veritable saint in the blaze of irrevocable scandal beforehand? Marriage is their only option.
Diccan had always liked Grace, but he never expected to come to care for her. In his line of work, showing your enemies what you valued most was the quickest way to get it taken away from you, and Diccan will not stand for his 'Boadicea' being put in harm's way over his actions. Little does he know Grace has been hurting every day since they exchanged vows and he's losing her in another way all-together. Diccan has been pushing Grace away and doing everything in his power to show the world his indifference towards his new wife- all with the hope that the Lions won't see her as potential prey to get to him, and it's working a number on their sham of a marriage. Secrets and deception threaten a love that was too absurd to ever be dreamed possible, but can Grace and Diccan find a way?
Rating: 4 Red Roses
My Favorite Part of the Book: I mean this in a good way: was the audacity of it. It took real mettle to write a book with characters as raw as Grace and Diccan were and with a plot that had so much complexity and emotion . The trope was one well-used by many authors, but stayed fresh and surprising in the hands of Dreyer.
This book 'went for it' and at first, I admit to thinking the goal couldn't be obtained. I thought it was genius of Dreyer to make a heroine who really WAS plain. There wasn't some big makeover and an "Ah, there's the beauty she's been hiding". And there wasn't blind appreciation or admiration. I can really dig when my mind had lok outside the box to picture the happily ever after. Not everyone is a super model.
Diccan was, for lack of a better word: a dick. I couldn't believe the lengths he went to to convinced The Lions he didn't care for his wife. *Spoiler's Ahead* Here's a scene from the book that I am sure every reader will remember and cringe over. Diccan is with his mistress and unaware that his wife is able to see and hear everything:
Minette fingered the damp curls at his neck. "What about your wife?"
"That cripple?"
Grace blinked, sure she'd heard wrong. Her heart had surely gone silent as she waited. But he sounded completely indifferent. "She has nothing to object to," he was saying, his focus on Minette's breast. "I married her. I'll be damned if I have to fuck her'"
Yeah. I gasped too. I understand that he was trying to do his duty to his country by probing his mistress for information on The Lions, and also he was trying to keep his wife safe by pretending indifference, but he played his role a little too well for my tastes. He laid it on pretty thick. It made me feel as though, as much as he protested his wrong-doings in his head, that he secretly did harbor a few aversions towards his wife. Diccan's efforts were extreme, and some his protests of feelings to the contrary of abhorrence didn't ring completely sincere. At the end of the day, you want to end up loving the hero, but I was still pretty pissed with Diccan even after his explanations, reasoning, and self-deprecation:
He'd been trying to pretend it wasn't so bad, because if it was, he wouldn't be able to continue being such a bastard. He would be consumed by the pain he was causing her. He'd grab Grace and run, just like she wanted, far into the country where noon could follow, and he'd make it up to her.
And even though I came to really love Grace, I couldn't admire some of her actions. She's this strong, reliable, steadfast soldier's daughter who can shoot rifles and 'hang' with all manner of raucous men; but when it comes to Diccan, she's reduced to someone I couldn't completely pat on the back. He treated her like dirt, and she just kept coming back for more. I was surprised at how much crap she took from him in the name of love and never giving up. Like I said earlier, Diccan went above, beyond, and over the rainbow to push Grace away, but Grace had a sort of desperation cloaking her actions that I couldn't envy. She was sort of like that annoying friend we all had in High School that we loved, but sometimes wished we didn't know when she would bring up her relationship with her dirt-bag boyfriend. We always knew the she deserved better, but the friend loved blindly (sort of like Grace- who's eyes were wide open, but didn't car) and it got annoying after a while.
There was chemistry abound and the characters were really stuck between a rock and a hard place. You have to respect the depth of the plot and the way everything was interlaced.
The story does redeem itself, you'll realize, once you hit the last page and it'll be a read you know was special because of the risks it took. Ripe with emotion, fantastic secondary characters, a dynamic plot, and protagonists that push the boundaries, Never A Gentleman will entice and intrigue any historical romance lover.
A Special Thanks to the author
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Grapefruit Olive Oil Cake & an Explanation or Two
Okay, Internet. This is it. This is me getting back in the blogging game after a 6 month hiatus.
Why did I leave?
It wasn't you, internet, it was me!
Back in September/October, I started a new job(ish). I was promoted and moved to a different department within the same company. Starting a new job, even though this one involved working with the people I've known and enjoyed working with for the past year, was overwhelming. It took me quite a while to "catch up" and get in the groove. This new job is also a lot more creative and less administrative than my old one. That took some adjusting, too.
That, combined with the fact that I spent Dec-February training for a marathon meant Batch-22, and cooking in general took a backseat to running, thinking about running, stretching and sleeping. There were a lot of stir-fries, friends. More than I'm proud of.
Why am I back?
Because I missed blogging and you! Batch-22 motivates me to try new recipes and practice taking pretty pictures. It reminds me that I love food and cooking and making tasty things for my friends, coworkers, and roommates. It also forces me to make something other than stir-fry for dinner.
So I'm back! But this won't be the same old Batch-22. I want to focus things up a bit more. There will be more cooking than baking and I'll be using more whole foods and simple ingredients. And, to start off, I'll be posting just twice a month, instead of every week. Finally, I'll be focusing in on budget-friendly recipes. Ones that are delicious, not too fussy, and make a lot of leftovers.
Sound good? Here goes.
Grapefruit Olive Oil Pound Cake
The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook by Deb Perelman
For the cake:
- butter for the pan
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (I used Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free Flour)
- zest of 2 large grapefruits
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 2 large eggs at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons grapefruit juice
- 1/3 cups non-fat, plain Greek yogurt
For the Syrup:
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup grapefruit juice
For the glaze:
- 1 cup confectioner's sugar
- 2 tablespoons grapefruit juice
- a pinch of salt
Start on the cake. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 9×5″ loaf pan.
Whisk the sugar and grapefruit zest in a large bowl; be sure to bruise the zest. Whisk in the oil and one egg at a time. Mix until completely combined.
Sift together the dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Then, in a liquid measuring cup, combine the yogurt and grapefruit juice (just 2 tablespoons). Add the yogurt/grapefruit juice concoction to the sugar, zest, and eggs. Then fold in the dry ingredients. Mix until smooth.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Smooth out the top and tap the pan against the counter to burst any air bubbles. Bake for 45-60 minutes until a cake tester comes out clean.
While the cake begins to cool, make the syrup by dissolving 2 tablespoons of sugar in 1/3 cup of grapefruit in a saucepan over low heat. While the cake is still warm, use a spoon or brush to spread the syrup over the cake.
While the cake cools and absorbs the syrup, make the glaze. Combine the powdered sugar, salt, and remaining grapefruit syrup in a small bowl. Pour the glaze over the completely cooled cake. Slice and serve!
coconut skillet cake with lemon curd and smashed raspberries
If a German pancake and a soufflé had a baby, it would be this skillet cake. Is that weird? To imagine confections procreating? It's just that I'm not sure how else to describe this skillet cake. Light and fluffy like a pancake, yet airy and creamy like a soufflé.
You see, this started out as a German pancake post. But then I got a little…creative. I used coconut flour, and added an extra egg. I upped the (almond) milk and stirred in vanilla.
I'm sorry, but I'm not sorry. This skillet cake is DELICIOUS.
What I like best about this skillet cake is that it's barely sweet. The cake-like quality comes in the toppings: lemon curd and berries. If you have a killer sweet tooth, this is probably not the cake for you.
But if you, like me, want to easily trick yourself into thinking that you're not really reaching for a third helping of dessert but are instead indulging in a three-course-snack, then you might want to write this one down.
Coconut Skillet Cake with Lemon Curd and Smashed Raspberries
yields on 9-inch skillet cake
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- 1/2 cup coconut flour
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 cup raspberries, smashed
- lemon curd
- powdered sugar
Preheat the oven to 475 degrees.
Place butter in a 9-inch cast iron (or ovenproof) skillet and heat in the oven until melted.
Using a fork or wire whisk, beat eggs in a small bowl until light and bright yellow. Beat in the almond milk, flour, and granulated sugar one at a time. Stir in the vanilla extract and lemon juice. Pour the batter into the pan of hot, melted butter and return to the oven. Cook for 20 minutes, until the pancake is golden.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly. Spread with lemon curd, smashed raspberries, and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve & enjoy!
lemon-berry pound cake
There's something very satisfying about about eating a food you don't like from time to time. For instance, I don't like dill pickles. Never have. Never will. But if I find one on my plate at a restaurant, I won't shove it aside. I'll eat it. I might even ask you for yours.
Sometimes, what you don't like just hits the spot.
That's kind of why I made this pound cake. Lemony baked goods — not to mention pound cakes — aren't really my thing. So, it's a good thing this cake turned out to be neither.
It's not overwhelmingly lemony and is more the consistency of a breakfast bread than a proper pound cake. Think of it as a summery pumpkin loaf. Because it's still summer. Don't let the calendar tell you otherwise.
Lemon-Berry Pound Cake
Adapted from Baking: From My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan (via Joy the Baker)
- 2 cups flour (I used Bob's Redmill All-Purpose Gluten-Free)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 8 oz olive oil
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup flaxmeal, combined with 1 cup warm water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/3 cup frozen mixed berries
Prepare a 9×5 inch loaf pan with oil and flour (I used cornmeal), and preheat the oven to 325 degrees. In a small bowl, combine flaxmeal and water. In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients. When the flaxmeal gels, add it to the dry ingredients and mix in the oil, vanilla, and lemon juice. Fold in the berries.
Spread evenly into the loaf pan. Bake for 50-60 minutes on a center rack. When a thin knife inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, the cake is done.
Allow the cake to rest for 3o minutes. Remove from pan and cool on a wire rack until ready to serve.


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