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The premier and unique LLM entirely devoted to Aviation Law worldwide
Aviation sector is experiencing a tremendous growth in a globalized and very competitive environment. Air traffic is to double by 2030, especially in Africa and Asia-Pacific region. Both private entities and public institutions take part in the main sector's challenges combining public policies, private interests and global issues. Regional and international regulation authorities, airlines and alliances, airports operators, aircraft manufacturers, ground-handling firms face a growing number of complex challenges and have to deal with more legal and regulatory issues.
In this context, the demand for qualified legal expertise is booming.
For half a century, Toulouse-France has been home to major international aeronautic players (Airbus, ATR..) and the most renown centre for education and research in aerospace sector (ISAE-Supaero / ENAC). The University of Toulouse Capitole and its well-known European School of Law offers cutting-edge programs, fully taught in English, and widely recognized in the business world.
The aviation law LLM aims at offering strong expertise and appropriate solutions to aviation sector players. With 300 hours of face-to-face teaching, a set of comprehensive modules addressing the major current legal issues of this area, and many academic and industrial partnerships, this LLM stands first and unique worldwide. It features also a strategic and interdisciplinary approach to the main issues identified in the area of aviation law, and is designed both for graduate students and for top executives in these domains. The modules will bring together academic knowledge and professional expertise with a view to meet the needs of the major players worldwide.
The LLM programme brings together academic faculty from Toulouse Capitole University, international partner universities, engineering institutes, and industry-experienced speakers from major aviation related firms and institutions: ICAO, EASA, Airbus, financing companies, airlines, airports, law firms…
All courses are fully taught in English as well as assignments, exams, group-work... Additional French as a Foreign Language classes may be organized on demand.
Classes are organized to fit continuing education participants' agenda (evening classes or dedicated weeks).
The LLM includes 300 hours of teaching and seminars divided in 2 core modules and 4 specialized modules. All modules are mandatory to obtain the LLM grade.
Participants also have either to complete an internship or to conduct a group-work project under academic or professional supervision.
Standalone modules and topics are available on demand and subject to special arrangements.
Further information on the modules can be found here: http://www.ut-capitole.fr/courses-on-offer/english-taught-courses/aviation-law-ll-m--698187.kjsp?RH=1347957824745
LLM graduates may join aviation firms, law firms, airports, public organisms and organization, international institutions as legal experts. It includes specially:
- International law firm specialized in aviation sector,
- Audit and legal counsel firms,
- French, EU and international aviation related organization: ICAO, EASA, Eurocontrol…
- Civil aviation authorities worldwide,
- Air stakeholder association: IATA, Airport Council International…,
- Large firms of the aviation industry: Airbus and subsidiaries, Thalès, Dassault, ATR, Safran, MBDA…,
- Airports and airport groups (ADP),
- Leasing and financing companies: Aer Cap, ILFC, GECAS…,
- Airlines and airlines alliances,
- Tourism industry.
Partnership (under negotiation) include major firms, academic and institutional organization such as: ISAE-Supeaero, Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile (ENAC), Airbus, ADP, Air France, IATA, ACI, Orrick Law Firm…
LLM partners participate to the steering committee, deliver lectures and seminars and consider internship application from LLM students.
Exchange programme with City University of Hong-Kong.
LLM is open to applicants holding a Master degree, an engineering diploma or an equivalent diploma in the field of law, economics, management, engineering, tourism…
Candidates with a significant professional experience in relation with aviation sector may also apply.
A good command of English is mandatory (no test required).
Selection procedure includes file screening and face-to-face or skype interview.
- Students – 6 000 €
- Continuing education - 10 000 €
Scholarships may be available for students on merit basis, subject to selection, in the form of fee exemption (whole or partial).
International students, get all tips about life on Toulouse Campus and ease your arrival with Toul'Box (https://toulbox.univ-toulouse.fr), a very affordable package covering airport pick-up, room/flat reservation, bank account opening, Sim card, city transport pass and other benefits…
Send your application to [email protected] before July 1st 2018.
It must include:
- Application file (to be downloaded on…),
- Résumé,
- Letter of motivation,
- Copies of diplomas + grade transcripts,
- Certificates relating to professional experience,
- Letters of reference (not mandatory),
- Certificate of English proficiency (not mandatory).
Which laws govern the commercial use of outer space? Are States responsible for mitigating space debris? Who is liable for accidents that happen onboard an the aircraft? Learn how to deal with questions like these from both an international and a European perspective.
This LL.M. programme combines public air law, private air law and space law. It has a clearly defined European and international dimension, making it unique in the world. In this intensive one-year master's programme, you will gain a solid legal foundation in this exciting field, learning from some of the foremost experts in academia and legal practice.
You will learn how to address a wide variety of issues that affect society, such as:
As a student of Advanced Studies in Air and Space Law, you will benefit from:
Are you fascinated by the myriad legal issues involved with aviation and aerospace activities? This programme will help you gain a thorough understanding of the international and European dimensions of this complex, cutting-edge field.
This programme is a good fit for you if you are a law graduate wishing to pursue a challenging master's study or a legal practitioner wishing to specialise in air and space law who is currently working at for example a(n):
The MSc in Airport Management has been designed to provide you with a mid-career education. If you have been employed in the aviation industry for at least two years and have the desire to develop your career in the fast-growing airport industry, this programme is for you.
The knowledge you gain from the wide range of module topics will enable you to make a greater contribution to your organisation. A key feature of the course is the development of shared values, offering you an invaluable opportunity to meet and work with other professions within the aviation industry.
The City, University of London Airport Management MSc will enable you to:
This MSc Airport Management is currently in the approval process with RAeS in London and the Airport Council International (ACI) in Montreal.
As a student, you will benefit from learning within modern lecture theatres (equipped with the latest interactive AV systems) and modern IT laboratories.
A dynamic virtual learning environment (Moodle) gives you access to online assessment and communication tools as you study and you can work with specialist facilities including:
As part of the University of London you can also become a member of Senate House Library for free with your student ID card.
The modules of this course involve a variety of teaching methods, including lectures and tutorials, requiring attendance, plus breakout sessions. These will involve group work and presentations. Case studies may be handed out for study in the evening and discussion the next day.
Leading academic staff and a number of specialist lecturers from the aviation industry teach each module over an intensive three-day period.
During each module, you are required to work in a small team to examine the relevant issues and to present results. Each module has been designed to develop a specific skill. There is a significant amount of independent study within each module for you to read literature related to the module you are studying. The online module page also provides blogs and forums, enabling you to interact with your lecturers and other students.
Assessment of the taught modules is undertaken through a combination of the following elements:
This MSc comprises 180 credits – 120 credits of taught modules and the final project of 60 credits. You must pass an Induction Workshop, then pass the three core modules of 15 credits each. You will then choose 5 electives of 15 credits, before taking the final project for 60 credits.
Core modules
You will begin the MSc Airport Management with the Induction Workshop, which is assessed by completing a 2,500 to 3,000-word piece of individual coursework, serving as the final acceptance assessment for the MSc Programme.
During your MSc, you will take the following core modules:
The Final Project/Dissertation is undertaken by all students of the Airport Management Programme and must focus on an airport management topic. This is a substantial piece of writing, deriving from academic research that you have undertaken. The Dissertation is the result of your independent work carried out under the guidance of an appointed supervisor.
Elective modules
You will choose five elective modules from the following options:
This course has been developed to help you progress or pursue your career in airport management. As a vocational course, its success can be judged by the subsequent career progression of students and alumni from other aviation courses at City. Of our 1,400 alumni, many remain in contact with us to provide updates on their career development.
Completing this Masters degree at Liverpool John Moores University will give you the knowledge and practical skills to become a specialist in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or UAVs.
This taught masters degree will give you the practical, theoretical and regulatory knowledge to lead and undertake all aspects of the implementation and operation of UAV systems within a commercial enterprise in a safe, efficient and legal manner.
You will also secure essential practical skills in constructing, flying and operating drone systems. You will build your own, professional standard, multi-rotor drone system; test fly this system and then use it for practical assignments during the programme, including undertaking a research dissertation project. At the end of the course you can take your drone system with you and use as part of your career.
In today's world, to be commercially successful in drone applications, you must be safe and operating totally with the aviation law. That's why the programme includes a specialist module on UAV Operations and the Law. Not only will you know the legal and regulatory framework, more importantly you will learn how to interpret it so that you can design complex and challenging UAV operations within the current legal and regulatory framework.
Please see guidance below on core and option modules for further information on what you will study.
Level 7
UAV Technology and Operations: This will teach you the basics of the technology at systems level. As part of this module you will learn to fly UAVs under experienced qualified instructors, first on simulators and then out in the field.
Drone Construction: You build your own multi-rotor drone, complete with flight controller, GPS systems and radio control system. Under the guidance of the teaching team, you will test and then fly your drone in a series of increasingly demanding exercises.
Research Methods: In order to obtain your masters degree you will have to undertake an individual research project and write it up as a dissertation. In this module you will learn the research, presentation and critical appraisal skills you will need to successfully complete your project.
Advanced UAV Technology and Operations: Practical flying and operating experience, now in more advanced scenarios, is an important element of this module with further simulator exercises and another 5 full-day flying sessions.
UAV Operations and the Law: It is important to know the legal and regulatory framework within which UAVs operate, to become qualified for commercial UAV use it's essential. Here you will learn about the law, the guidelines and get to practice your understanding with 'moot' exercises – debating complex operational scenarios.
Optical Measurement and Sensing: Of all the data gathering devices carried by UAVs the overwhelming majority are optical and to get the best results you will need to understand this technology. It's not just video cameras; you need to fully understand technologies including stereo photogrammetry, LIDAR, structured light and shape from motion systems if you are to be effective in data gathering from drones.
Dissertation Project: On successful completion of the taught part of the programme you will complete an individual research or advanced practice project. Project topics can be self-generated, or drawn from a range of real-world applications originating from outside of the University among the research team's industrial contacts.
Further guidance on modules
The information listed in the section entitled 'What you will study' is an overview of the academic content of the programme that will take the form of either core or option modules. Modules are designated as core or option in accordance with professional body requirements and internal Academic Framework review, so may be subject to change. Students will be required to undertake modules that the University designates as core and will have a choice of designated option modules. Additionally, option modules may be offered subject to meeting minimum student numbers.
Academic Framework reviews are conducted by LJMU from time to time to ensure that academic standards continue to be maintained.
Please email [email protected] if you require further guidance or clarification.
This innovative Masters programme focuses on e-commerce and e-strategies for managing the aviation system in the 21st century.
Our curriculum is designed to help you establish a career in civil aviation, with this degree you'll be one step ahead in the industry.
You'll learn about all the new systems and technologies of aviation, ensuring you have the most up-to-date knowledge, in a sector that's constantly evolving.
This MSc provides a platform for you to launch your career. Studying at London Met, you'll have access to a uniquely focused programme.
Our specialised tutors will guide you through the course, offering research and careers advice to give you the best career prospects after graduating. We have an IATA approved lecturer as part of our established academic team.
You'll learn from case studies, simulation, and guest lectures. Enhancing this is an active, student-led aviation society, where you can learn about all the latest news and trends of aviation, hear from expert workers of the industry and attend social events with your peers.
There are also oppotunities to engage in field courses in locations such as the USA, Dubai and Toulouse, to reinforce learning outcomes.
Your learning is supported by our library, which has relevant core textbooks and access to specialist databases and journals.
We have professional links to the Royal Aeronautical Society (REAS), Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, (CILT) and, National Air Traffic Control (NATS). Such bodies offer an extensive coursework library section and, careers information linked to our curriculum and reading lists to ensure that they offer the full range of expected texts to support our courses.
Careers and advice sessions are offered by our academic staff with industry links, supported by careers workshops and planning sessions from established industry working partners. Graduate careers could range from commercial route management, airline management, head of ground operations or business continuity manager.
The formative assessment programme is designed to ensure tasks are aligned to modules learning outcomes.
Students will be assessed via individual and group presentations, essays, case studies, reports, research proposals and a final project research report. It's expected that students will have two assessments for each module, with the exception of the final project where just one assessment is expected.
Our part-time blended learning MSc Occupational Medicine course provides an overview of the whole spectrum of medicine and hygiene within the workplace.
The course is aimed at GPs who want to gain an academic qualification in occupational medicine and doctors already working in the field - especially in specialist training posts - who want to prepare for professional exams with the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM).
This MSc is also suitable for doctors in other disciplines who have an interest in occupational medicine.
You will benefit from access to a range of specialist knowledge and resources within occupational health and examine the evidence on which occupational health practice is based.
The course takes place in a research-enriched environment and, for those progressing to the third year of the MSc, you will have the opportunity to undertake research-based activities relevant to occupational health, including formulating a research question, designing and executing an appropriate study and drawing valid conclusions through writing a dissertation.
Our course follows the syllabus requirements of the FOM (London and Ireland).
This course aims to provide you with the information required by medical practitioners working in the field of occupational medicine, and to allow you to pursue an academic qualification in this subject.
We also aim to provide you with the benefit of blended learning methodology, which allows you to apply the knowledge gained during your day-to-day work.
Compliant course content
This course adheres to the syllabus requirements of the FOM, RCP (London) and RCP (Ireland).
The course comprises a blend of specially commissioned written materials in electronic format (PDF), together with interactive teaching material, all delivered via the University's virtual learning environment, Blackboard.
In Year 1, you are required to attend in Manchester for a one-day seminar associated with Module 1 in Month 3, and the same for Module 2 in month 5 for September starters, in Month 6 for April starters and for one exam day in Month 10.
You are allocated to tutorial groups for Modules 4 to 8, each supported by a specialist in occupational medicine. Tutorials are delivered via telephone or web conference.
In Year 2, you are required to attend in Manchester for a four-day practical course in Month 5 and for one exam day in Month 10.
In Year 3, you are required to attend a three-day MSc dissertation course held at the University in Month 1.
Some components of the course are held jointly with students on the MSc Occupational Hygiene course.
You can view sample study materials and MSc abstracts and papers .
All taught course units will be assessed via examinations held at the University at intervals throughout the course, and the third year will be assessed via submission of a dissertation.
Assessment is by eight examination papers, one per course module. The first will be sat at Seminar 1 (Year 1, Month 3) and the second at Seminar 2 (Year 1, Month 5 for September starters and Month 6 for April starters). The remaining Year 1 assessments will be sat in Month 10. For Year 2, assessments will be held in Month 5 and 10.
If you wish to proceed to the MSc, you are also required to complete a third year, during which you will attend a mandatory three-day residential course (in Month 1) and prepare a dissertation. For doctors in approved training posts, the dissertation may also be eligible for submission for the MFOM.
Module 1: Foundation for Postgraduate Practice
Module 2: Fitness for Work
Module 3: Health and Workability
Module 4: Aspects of Good Professional Behaviour
Module 5: Understanding Physical Agents
Module 6: Management of Occupationally Related Disease
Module 7: Research Methods and Data Analysis
Module 8: Management of Workplace Hazards
The MSc Hazard and Disaster Management course will develop knowledge, technical skills, interpersonal and management skills, and experience. You will study a range of hazards using examples from the UK and other countries. This will provide you with the experience to assess risks and vulnerabilities from desk-based research, laboratory and field situations, consider hazard management and disaster risk reduction strategies, develop emergency plans, and critically review the concept of resilience along with techniques for its development.
You will consider the dynamic and multi-faceted nature of disasters and examine a range of aspects pertinent to the operational, political and socio-cultural issues involved in disaster relief, including aspects of international law. The course will ensure a sound working knowledge and experience with one of the mostly widely used GIS platforms, extensively used by many planning authorities, GOs and NGOs, and you will develop valuable skills in the acquisition and processing of spatial datasets with a wide variety of disaster management applications, along with the ability to visualise and depict spatial information.
Opportunities for study on residential field courses will include the use of field simulations either in Finland or in the UK, and the opportunity to examine environmental hazards and evaluate management strategies on an overseas residential field course. Currently, the field course takes place in Italy or Greece, to examine volcanic, seismic, landslide and tsunami hazards.
The Disaster Management course is designed in a modular format and will be offered on a full and part time basis. Delivery will be mixed-mode, with a combination of traditional lectures, practicals and distance learning with supporting tutorials. For full time students, study will take place over 14 months, and for part time students, study may typically take two to three years.
The MSc Hazard and Disaster Management begins with a two week Summer School in August, where you will meet other students, academic tutors and visiting experts. You will:
You will undertake a field course simulation training exercise, which will focus on survival skills. You will reflect on the experiences of victims of disasters, develop decision making through active participation and it will orientate you to the type of experiences that you may encounter in a disaster field situation.
After the summer school, lectures and self-directed learning will take place in the Autumn and Spring terms. Teaching and training will also include fieldwork within the region as well as the option for overseas residential fieldwork.
Study will utilise a range of diverse learning approaches and activities to acknowledge the rich and diverse character and content of the body of knowledge that forms this Master's degree course. It will include:
Each week, lectures and practicals will take place. This normally involves seven to 10 hours of class contact timetabled within two days of the week. In addition, through the week you will be engaged in distance learning tutorials and activities, background reading, and working on a wide range of assessments. Some weeks will also have additional field or simulation time. For a full-time course, a minimum of 37 hours of study time per week is expected.
The course will also require attendance at a Summer School (two weeks), on another overseas residential field course (about ten days), and will also provide options for other extended field- or work-placements. UK and EU students complete the Summer School at the start of their course in August and International Students complete it at the end of their course. International students therefore begin their course in September and not August. This is to allow enough time for you to get your visa.
On this course, we will help you develop understanding and knowledge in the areas of risk analysis, risk and society, corporate risk, quantitative risk management, and the strategic use of insurance in risk management.
You will undertake research methods and a dissertation tailored towards risk management. This course provides you with all you need to establish your career path to a Chief Risk Officer position in the areas of healthcare, aviation, law, engineering, oil and gas, health and safety, and insurance.
It is recognised by the Chartered Insurance Institute, the world's leading professional body for insurance and financial services. In addition, graduates automatically become affiliate members of the Institute of Risk Management.
There is an increasing demand for teachers of English worldwide, and the sector is no longer dominated by native English speaking teachers. The MA in Applied Linguistics for English Language Teaching programme is aimed at students with little or no teaching experience, who want to improve their understanding of linguistics as applied to English Language teaching.
This programme will enable you to join the English language teaching community around the world in higher education, in private language schools and colleges, and, with an appropriate teaching qualification (dependent upon the regulations of the country in which you wish to teach), you may also be able teach in state schools.
On this MA programme, you will learn the basic methods and theories of language teaching and language learning, which will provide a base from which you can then specialise in a number of areas according to your interests: optional modules allow you to specialise in curriculum design and materials evaluation, to focus on educational technologies and software, to explore the teaching of English in professional and academic contexts, or, for those with a non-language undergraduate degree, to work on some of the fundamentals of English language, grammar and vocabulary.
- You will be encouraged to reflect on language learning strategies, in a real context, by becoming a learner yourself: as part of the programme, you are required to learn a foreign language for one semester.
- You will be provided with opportunities to observe experienced English language teachers teaching in real classroom situations, and to reflect on best practice.
- You will receive a thorough grounding in the theoretical aspects of language teaching and learning.
- You will have opportunities to apply these theories by micro-teaching in a peer based environment.
You will have many opportunities to participate in extra-curricular events both in the College and in London; this includes a series of guest lectures from English Language Teaching professionals, the Language Centre Reading Group, and participation in BALEAP (the Global forum for professionals involved in English for Academic Purposes).
- You will obtain a University of London degree from a prestigious Russell Group institution, recognised internationally as a guarantee of quality.
- All your lecturers in this programme are also practitioner teachers and therefore you will benefit from the most up-to-date expertise in English language teaching.
- You will profit from London's international English-speaking environment to perfect your own language skills and to interact with students and staff in an exciting multicultural environment.
Multimedia Language Resource Centre
You will have access to the Language Learning Centre, which has three computerised multimedia language learning laboratories. Each is equipped with Televic AVIDA net Tenjin systems, satellite TV at every workstation and Smart board interactive whiteboards. The Centre also has two mini labs equipped with similar systems, which are ideal for small group tutorial work and intensive practice. This hi-tech teaching facility is here to support you in your language teaching and learning and also provides a multimedia self access centre where you can pursue your own learning goals.
Students have free access to the superb collections of the University of London Library at Senate House. The many other specialist libraries of the institution, such as the libraries of the British Film Institute, the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes or the social sciences library at the LSE, provide additional breadth. The vast resources of the British Library are close at hand, while London's cultural resources facilitate research in our specialist fields.
Graduate students can also attend interdisciplinary training workshops offered throughout the year by the Faculty, on such topics as writing journal articles, research ethics, preparing for an academic career, enterprise skills, and knowledge transfer.
Approaches and Methods in English Language Teaching
Second Language Acquisition
MA Dissertation
Curriculum Design and Materials Evaluation
Description of Language
Technology in Language Education: Theory and Practice
Teaching English in Professional and Academic Settings (TEPAS)
Students choose two optional modules and may also be offered a number of carefully chosen MA Linguistics options.
Students who graduate with this degree will be able to join the community of English language teachers around the world in higher education, in private language schools and colleges, and, with an appropriate teaching qualification (dependent upon the regulations of the country in which you wish to teach), you may also be able teach in state schools. In addition to teaching, students will also be able to develop more specialist careers in syllabus design, education technology, and consultancy.
This degree also prepares students to continue to doctoral study if they so wish.
Upon completing this programme, graduates can choose to pursue a wide variety of research in the broad areas of:
- Second language acquisition
- English Language Teaching
- Second language teaching methodology
- Teaching English for special purposes (academic, business, law, aviation, etc)
- Curriculum design
- Syllabus development and planning
- Educational technology
Modern business practices rely on accurate logistics and reliable, dependable supply chains. The smooth operation of these crucial aspects of company operations affects the profitability and reputation of any organisation that supplies business-to-business or business-to-consumer.
Accredited by The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) and The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS), this course is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge needed by this fast-paced industry. Alongside topics such as strategic sourcing, contract and stakeholder management, and risk management, you also study information technology and information systems. This reflects the revolutionary impact the internet and e-commerce have had on logistics and supply chain management and how they continue to drive innovation.
You also engage in contemporary issues that influence industry practices such as ethical sourcing, reducing CO2 emissions and government policies that affect transport and infrastructure investments (road, rail, aviation and maritime).
During your studies, you may have the opportunity to participate in:
-Industry visits to real companies
-Short term internships with local employers
-Live business projects for real clients
-A live consultancy project for your final dissertation
Open to graduates holding degrees in any subject, this course assumes no prior knowledge of business or management and is suitable for both UK, EU and international students wishing to progress their academic knowledge of logistics and supply chain management.
-You will be taught in the internationally recognised multii-award-winning Business School on All Saints Campus.
-This programme is accredited by the Chartered Institute for Logistics and Transport and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.
-You will benefit from practitioner-led teaching by a team with substantial industy experience.
-SAP is the leading enterprise system in the world and this programme provides the advantage of 12 hours worth of hands on workshops on the SAP package.
Employers look favourably on candidates who can demonstrate relevant and practical work experience. All Masters students at the Business School are encouraged to undertake an optional, short-term internship with a real business in order to develop relevant experience relating to their studies.
The Postgraduate Internship Programme is an optional unit which allows you to gain up to fourteen weeks of work experience in a business environment; putting your studies into practical application, at the same time as gaining practice credits, which are recorded on your degree qualification transcript.
A dedicated Placement and Project Coordinator will guide you through this process, by sourcing and advertising suitable roles throughout the year, offering 1-2-1 application advice, and supporting you to make speculative applications to source your own Internships.
Internships can be part-time or full-time but must fit around your scheduled classes.
Our postgraduate programmes aim to combine academic knowledge from leading research in the area with the professional skills that employers are seeking.


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Thank you to those of you that participated in my surprise giveaway!! I also got a few new followers so that is great too!! :)
Unfortunately, the reponse wasn't as great as I had hoped. :( I only had 5 eligible participants. If there is something that I can do to make this better please let me know!! You won't hurt my feelings...I promise!! An example I had already received was moving my followers list...didn't even think about it so that was a great idea!!
Anyways, for those of you waiting for the winner.....
The surprise candy goes to.................VIKKI!!! Congrats! I will e-mail you for your address.
* Hubby is my guinea pig for drawing names! Thanks for being a good sport hun!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
2010 Surprise Candy Winner!!!
Thank you to those of you that participated in my surprise giveaway!! I also got a few new followers so that is great too!! :)
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Yay, congrats Vicki!
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Trules talks with long-time travel blogger and podcaster, Chris Christensen, "The Amateur Traveler"... whose cool rules of the road include: 1- "Never lose your sense of wonder and adventure when you're traveling." 2- "Never complain that you don't do things that way at home; that's part of the point of traveling." 3- "Never whne, because in the grand scheme of things, if you can afford to travel, what do you have to complain about?" Enjoy the banter between Trules, who travels, and Christensen, who interviews about travel. http://erictrules.com/episode10
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The TTE Technical Training Group is marking the completion of training of its first ever National Apprenticeship Scheme for Engineering Construction (NASEC) students.
The 18-month programme is run by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) and funded by sponsoring contracting companies.
Teesside-based TTE was selected to deliver the training, due to its experience and expertise in the technical apprenticeship sector.
Aged between 16 and 19 years when they began the programme, the 20 young people will now undertake on-the-job placements with sponsoring companies across the UK, arranged by the ECITB.
Those who took part in the scheme were from across the North and lived in accommodation on Teesside arranged by TTE.
As part of the group's off-the-job training, the students were split between engineering disciplines, mechanical, electrical and instrumentation, and carried out modular training, using TTE's workshops and practical facilities. In addition, they achieved a technical certificate, which was delivered by Redcar and Cleveland College as part of TTE's Centre of Vocational Excellence (COVE) arrangement at TTE's premises.
The successful completion of this first cohort is being followed up by a new group of 16 young people who recently embarked on the programme at TTE.
Keith Leslie, TTE's apprenticeship business director, said: "We are very proud to have been chosen to deliver the NASEC programme on behalf of the ECITB and its sponsoring employers.
"The young people have worked very hard and will be a credit to their respective employers when they enter the workplace."
He added: "TTE's reputation for delivering high quality, safe and motivated young people to industry is growing with employers and organisations, including the ECITB.
"We look forward to welcoming more young people onto the NASEC programme in the future."


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Another item I should have a picture of, and don't.
The deck is done. The boards have all been turned over, sanded, sealed, and reattached. It's been a huge job, but it's done for the winter. Granted, there's still no fence around the edge, so Gary still has some work to do next spring. We also have to deal with some topsoil and landscaping where the pool used to be. But for the next four or five months, all work on the deck has come to a halt. Gary finished re-attaching the final boards Sunday afternoon, with flurries blowing in his face. But the deck is now safe to walk on. (No more worries about a Bugs Bunny type of incident, where you unwittingly step on the end of an unattached board, and have it flip up and bop ya in the nose.) No more humongo splinters in the deck.
What will we do with all Gary's spare time, time that he has been spending on the deck? Might we talk to each other? Might we do things together as a family? What an enticing concept!! I am SO looking forward to seeing him again!
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Most people think of pawn stores as a way to make cash quickly or a place to buy an inexpensive ring. In reality, they're a lot more complex than simple buy-and-sell transactions…
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Though a Gujarati by birth, she has a close connection with namma Bengaluru. She grew up in the city and studied, worked and kindled her newfound passion — acting, here too. With three Kannada films to her credit, Purvi Joshi has bagged a new project, Face 2 Face. From reading her first filmy book on love — Preethi Kitabu, to driving a fun-filled BMW and working on May 1st, Purvi feels fortunate to have taken up films after quitting her job in investment banking. She speaks with Bengaluru Chronicle about films, and more.
"So far it has been a great experience working with talented artistes. Prior to my first Kannada film Preethi Kitabu, which I took up after a family member who worked closely with the film industry asked me to give it a try, I had never thought of taking up acting.
In fact, after pursuing graduation in commerce from Christ University, I had taken up job with a leading investment bank," says Purvi Joshi.
In her first venture, she played second lead to Rashmi of Duniya fame. "I had no plans of choosing acting as a career. I casually met the team of my first film, and eventually the meeting became a turning point in my life. Later working and learning the nuisance of filmmaking, my interest towards it got deeper and deeper. Now, I do not regret changing my profession. I would have missed so much if I had not said yes to my first film," she shares.
About working with new teams, the actress explains that the timing too has been perfect. "These days, it is not just the films of star heroes, heroines and directors which are making waves in the industry. Even, films made by the newcomers with experimental subjects are being accepted by the audience," she adds.
About the three films she is currently shooting, Purvi elaborates, "BMW is a multi-starrer with humour running high among a few youngsters seeking fun. May 1st is where I work opposite Jay Karthik (JK) and it is a suspense thriller. The second part of the shooting will kick-start once JK is back from Bigg Boss. The latest Face 2 Face, is a romantic thriller with a different angle. It talks about how people react to a particular situation in a particular circumstance."
Purvi has a passion for makeup, and wants to take it up professionally as well. "I am always working with make-up, and I even wanted to do a course in cosmetics and hair-styling. I still hope I do so someday. I practice yoga as well. Being an actress has an advantage — exploring new places, and interacting with new people," Purvi signs off with some foodie wisdom that though as a Gujarati, dhoklas are regular, she always craves for idli and dosas and feels like a typical south Indian!


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Best Western has revived its promotion for Route 66 from a few years ago. The promotion is mostly a game for a chance to win 6,600 Best Western Rewards points and a $100 gift card.
The Best Western Route 66 project is a clever way to promote Best Western hotels from Chicago to Santa Monica, California.
I photographed signs for the beginning of Route 66 in Chicago and end of Route 66 in Santa Monica over the past two years when I was in those cities.
I am not much into online games. There is plenty of travel information and history of Route 66 on the Best Western site for a good read. If you want to participate in the Scavenger Hunt, then you have a chance to win points and cash.
Here is my post about the Best Western Route 66 Project from 2012.
Best Western Route 66 Scavenger Hunt for prizes (April 30, 2012)


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Wednesday, July 7, 2010
How Acceptance?
26 comments:
- Wanda said...
Hi Rayna, I tend to think their reappearance is more of an opportunity for us than them. An opportunity to offer true forgiveness. Blessings to you.
- July 7, 2010 at 7:39 PM
- Margot Kinberg said...
Rayna - What a powerful point you make! Just because you've moved on and become a different, healed person doesn't mean other people have. It takes a lot of strength to deal with it when people who've hurt you come, all of a sudden, back into your life. I think it's possible to move on and put something behind one without and be at peace without leaving oneself vulnerable to being hurt again.
- July 7, 2010 at 7:58 PM
- Mary McDonald said...
You are so right! My husband's real dad stopped by our house a month ago. He lives less than two miles away, and never bothered to meet his granddaughter--who will be ten next month. My husband just shut the door in his face.
- July 7, 2010 at 8:11 PM
- welcome to my world of poetry said...
Why indeed Rayna? because I guess that's the way society is now. Things very slowly change without even realising it. People take one another for granted ok, in some instances that's great but when an apology is involved then it's wrong,
- July 7, 2010 at 8:38 PM
- RA said...
People do function so differently. Some having hurt you, may not even be aware of having done so. Like Wanda says, this is an opportunity to understand how those people function, and forgive. Which does not mean you need to forget, just lern for the future. :)
- July 7, 2010 at 8:48 PM
- Tina said...
That's the rub right there. With friends, you can shut them out and leave it there. With family, though, comes that obligation. Not an obligation to forgive and forget, but the implied obligation that the relationship needs to heal. It's impossible, to me, to forgive someone who won't admit their wrong-doing much less apologize. I've found that limiting time in their presence helps a lot, though it's not always easy to do. And rant away! I enjoy personal blogs so much.
- July 7, 2010 at 9:27 PM
- LTM said...
amazing--a few girlfriends and I were having this exact conversation literally minutes ago... family, man. Family. :o|
((big hug)) and a prayer for you~
- July 7, 2010 at 10:14 PM
- Hart Johnson said...
Pardon me while I mangle Buddhist teachings a little, because I only know bits and pieces, but... perhaps there is a lesson in it we need to learn... It may or may not have anything to do with forgiveness... It may be about something else entirely... and maybe the relationships aren't meant to heal (though maybe they are)--I am trying to force through this one with my mom and not making great progress, but at the moment I feel so strongly that, while I WANT the relationship, I only want it if SHE wants it badly enough to grow a little first. Forcing someone else's growth isn't easy.
- July 7, 2010 at 10:24 PM
- Alex J. Cavanaugh said...
That's what family is for!
Seriously though, I agree with Wanda's answer. It's your chance for forgiveness, peace, and to be the better person.
- July 7, 2010 at 11:09 PM
- Tundiel said...
I agree that forgiveness is an option, but I'm not someone who can forget stuff easily. It's not that I hold a grudge, I am just more wary. I would advise you to be the same - don't turn your back lest you regret it later, but be wary of the sudden reappearance. There's always a reason why something like this happens, and it's worth finding out why, even if you choose not to forgive.
- July 7, 2010 at 11:40 PM
Ah forgiveness, the gift that keeps on giving. Sometimes you'd like to include a kick in the shin as a bonus LOL!
Stephen Tremp
- July 8, 2010 at 1:22 AM
- Mary said...
Forgiveness does not necessarily mean association. Some people, even relatives, are best kept at a distance.
prayers with you, Rayna.
Giggles and Guns
- July 8, 2010 at 1:40 AM
- Chary Johnson said...
- July 8, 2010 at 3:04 AM
- KarenG said...
Some people are toxic, and we need to avoid them like we would poison.
- July 8, 2010 at 4:21 AM
- Theres just life said...
This is a real hard situation. Forgiveness is easier said than done. I have a similar situation concerning a close family member that turned his back on the whole family, kids and grandkids, when he remarried. Now according to him it is all our fault and we should be the ones to apologize. But new wife wont even let us speak to him.
- July 8, 2010 at 4:25 AM
- Saumya said...
Negative people can be difficult to pinpoint and even more difficult to truly eradicate, especially when they are family members. We think that when we are close to people, their actions can be excused and everything is acceptable. I do not agree with that!
- July 8, 2010 at 4:50 AM
- Deb and Barbara said...
Oh, this is so hard! Whatever happens, I do think it's your journey that's important, not the other. You'll do what you need to do at this point. Good luck (or karma...).
- July 8, 2010 at 7:16 AM
- Tabitha Bird said...
No right whatsoever! And I have been there. I have shown the door to my father. And refused to open it when he thought he could come back again. Forgiveness is one thing. It does not mean you have to continue a relationship with them. I forgive. I have no intention of continuing a relationship.
- July 8, 2010 at 10:38 AM
- Donna B said...
Rant away my friend. Vent, kick, scream and yell....then listen to your heart and you will know the right thing to do.
- July 8, 2010 at 1:03 PM
- dipali said...
I think it is only those who have been close in some way, whether by virtue of kinship or friendship, have the power to hurt one like this.
As Begum Akhtar sings,
Apno ke situm hamse batlaye nahi jate
Ye hadse woh hai jo samjhaye nahi jate
Ek umr ki kosish se bhula di hai teri yaad
Lekin teri yaad ke saye ab bhi nahi jate
I hope things sort themselves out and this person realises that he/she may be forgiven, but misdeeds are not forgotten.
- July 8, 2010 at 10:30 PM
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- July 8, 2010 at 10:30 PM
- Laura Eno said...
Beautiful! I've been in that situation and I don't understand why they would show back up either.
- July 9, 2010 at 4:54 AM
- Rayna M. Iyer said...
@ Wanda- even if it is the second time it has happened? I don't know. I really don't. Maybe I am just not big enough for that.
@ Margot- you hit the nail on the head. I have moved on, and I know that if I let the person back in, I am only going to be hurt again. I know that, because he is not repentant- he is taking my acceptance as his due. And I care enough for myself not to let myself be hurt again.
@ Mary- good for him. How could anyone do that, and expect anything but what your husband gave him. I too am happy- my husband has stood by me through this.
@ Yvonne - and this is the second time. The first time it happened, I assumed that an apology was meant, when it neither was, nor was articulated. Now, I am not going to fall for that again.
@ RA- sometimes, I wonder what 'forgive' means. I wish him no harm, and have moved on- is that forgiveness. And I don't remember- just have chosen to move on.
- July 12, 2010 at 8:09 PM
- Rayna M. Iyer said...
@ Tina- precisely. If the person means an apology, I am more than happy to forgive and forget, but not if there is no repentance but a demand for something I cannot give.
@ LTM- thank you. And it is universal, isn't it?
@ Hart- mangle away- you know how much I like it. I do agree with you, that if the person doesn't want it, no point forcing. Really want, that is. And I do hope you reach some kind of acceptance with your mother.
@ Alex- it is just that I am scared of being hurt again. If I let the person back in, that is what I am in for.
@ Tundiel- exactly. I wonder why he has chosen to reappear. And I just know I am opening myself up to being hurt again.
- July 12, 2010 at 8:14 PM
- Rayna M. Iyer said...
@ Stephen- I have to agree!!! Wish I had thought of it.
@ Mary- thank you. And if that is the case, I think I am home.
@ Chary- thank you.
@ KarenG- they are, aren't they. Luckily, there are not too many of such toxic people.
@ Theres just life- oh poor you. Some people just revel in situations like this, don't they?
- July 12, 2010 at 8:17 PM
- Rayna M. Iyer said...
@ Saumya- neither do I. Maybe we give them a longer rope, but a rope we should give them too.
@ Barbara- thank you. And yes, as long as I am at peace with myself, I guess nothing else should really matter.
@ Tabitha- you are wise, and I am absolutely taking your advice.
@ Donna- thank you. And yes, will listen to my heart.
@ dipali- so true. Exactly, forgiven but not let back into my life.
@ Laura- I would love to know why too.
- July 12, 2010 at 8:20 PM


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Mahabharata and Indian Management
Selections from papers written by
Swami Bodhananda
Selections from papers written by
Swami Bodhananda
The Game of Dice and Constant Risk-taking
...'Akurvata' is in the past tense and means 'did do'. Dritarashtra asked Sanjaya: "What did my sons and those of Pandu do, assembled in the sacred ground of Kurukshetra, etching to fight?" In fact this incident occured on the 9th day of the battle after the fall of Bhishma and the war turned in favour of Pandavas.
...I would like to bring a few points to your notice just for the sake of perspective. There are three motifs in the Mahabharata which flovours the story and its philosophy of life.
First, the ideal of yagna- the Raja suya in the beginning and the Asvamedha in the end. In both these rituals the king first fights to aquire enormous wealth and then distributes all that wealth among his cityzens.
Second, the game of dice. The king is obligated to risk and wager all his wealth and possessions in the game of dice. Third, war. It is kshatriyas duty to fight incessantly to expand his kingdom and subdue his enemies.
Life is constant risk taking, recklessly thrown to the uncertainities of chance, and the passion to die with boots on.These are ideals of a Kshatriya. He is mainly interested in power and fame/kirty. It is the Vaisya's duty to create wealth through agriculture/krishi, husbandary/goraksha and commerce/vanijyam. The Brahmin is responsible for creating knowledge and ethical values and dissemination of those values. And the sudras, constituting 80 percent of the population, were split into many castes according to their crafts. When we read Mahabharata this socio-political-economic template/varnasha dharma has to be kept in mind.
Today India is pursuing a competitive market economy and parliamentary democracy where every citizen regardless of gender, religion, race or language are constitutionally guaranteed equality of opportunity. We read Mahabharata for insights about human nature and mind and interpersonal dynamics in the pursuit of power, wealth and fame. The actual knitty-gritty of wealth creation-distribution-consumption is not the core of this study. And high level management and leadership are essentially a matter of power or decision making and risk taking/a mind set of living dangerously and in total freedom.
Can you give us some analogies from the corporate world for zero sum games and win-win situations? The key negative words are 'arrogance', 'greed', and positive words are 'coexistence' and 'collaboration'. A paltry settlement is no settlement and Pandavas would not have long been happy with that kind of a humiliating situation.
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Daring Bakers Challenge July 2011 Fraisier
Daring Baker's Challenge July 2011
Jana of Cherry Tea Cakes was our July Daring Bakers' host and she challenges us to make Fresh Frasiers inspired by recipes written by Elisabeth M. Prueitt and Chad Robertson in the beautiful cookbook Tartine.
(You can find the recipe here: 57_Fresh_Fraisiers-DB_July_2011.)
For this challenge, we needed to make the chiffon cake and pastry cream from the recipes provided. From there we could take it in any direction. (By the way, the cookbook, Tartine, is fantastic. I have made a few items from it and all have turned out wonderfully.)
*So… Fraisier is similar to Fraise which is strawberry in French. While I love strawberries, cherries have also just come into season. I decided to make a Black Forest version because cherries are in season.
First, I made the chiffon cake. In order to give the cake just a tiny bit more chocolate burst, I decided to add chocolate extract, as well as the vanilla extract and the cocoa called for in the recipe.
I also didn't want to bother with dividing the cake and so used 2 cake pans.
While the cake cooled, I made the pastry cream. This is an incredibly involved pastry cream. It's actually a lightened one – that is, whipped cream is folded into the pastry cream base and the pastry cream is mixed with a melted gelatin. The gelatin is what eventually holds the whole cake together.
Note that in order to cool the pastry cream quickly, I spread the it on top of plastic wrap on a small baking sheet. Then I covered the top of the pastry cream with another layer of plastic wrap (to prevent a skin from developing). Using the method of mixing the gelatin into the pastry cream over the bain marie was good, but I had to whisk a lot in order to make sure that the pastry cream was perfectly smooth.
*The cherries took a long time to pit and cut in half. When I tried to put them around the edges, they didn't stay up. So, I piped a thin layer of the pastry cream. I ended up facing the cherries with the rounded side outward because it just looked better.
To decorate the top, I whipped together some stabilized whipped cream. Then I spread some on top and piped little rosettes to hold the whole cherries (with stems) that I had kept for decoration. (I saw a picture of a black forest cake with the whole stemmed cherries and it just looked dramatic. It made sense to try to re-create it.)
Note that I didn't use plastic wrap to line the edges. Instead I had professional plastic strips that are a bit sturdier. They allowed me to use a slightly bigger spring form pan and just pull the strip tight around the cake (holding it on the outside with duct tape.) Worked perfectly….
Result: The cake was tall and miraculously stayed together when cut. It was extremely dramatic. While the black forest cakes on the web seem to have denser chocolate cake and vary in decoration widely, I enjoyed thinking about changing the Fraisier to fit the bill. Everyone really liked this version – They thought that the cake had enough chocolate flavor and the whole thing was a lot lighter than it looks. That is, for a summer cake, it was perfect – light (not heavy, as a butter cake would be), fruity, and creamy (but not overwhelming like a full-fat custard).
*Summary: While this is quite an involved production, each of the pieces was not difficult (and the pastry cream could be simplified). I could see myself making it again with the strawberries. It was a fantastic, light summer dessert and everyone liked it.
Daring Baker's Challenge – Baklava
Erica of Erica's Edibles was our host for the Daring Baker's June challenge. Erica challenged us to be truly DARING by making homemade phyllo dough and then to use that homemade dough to make Baklava.
*I like making baklava every Thanksgiving/Xmas season, leaving a pan on the counter for all guests to indulge. The high sugar syrup insures that it will be OK for the short amount of time that it usually rests there.
*This month's challenge was focused on the homemade phyllo dough.
*Here's the ball of dough after I made it. It was very nice and smooth, if somewhat moist. I made only the regular recipe, rather than doubling.
*After letting it rest and putting together the filling and syrup, I rolled out the dough. (I used maple syrup in the syrup and filling.) I used a pasta machine to start and hand rolled the rest of the way. The dough was so delicate that it was difficult to move from the counter into the pan without it wrinkling.
*Note that after baking, you need to pour the syrup over the top and let the whole thing sit overnight. So, you can't plan to have it on the same day you make it.
*Summary: The flavor was good. If I made this again, I'd definitely make a double batch of dough. I'd also try to figure out some interesting ways to roll the dough more efficiently so that I could get a thinner product. I'm not sure that I'll make this recipe again but it was fun to try it.
New Mexico – Santa Fe 2011
Santa Fe 2011
This year we decided to take our spring break in Santa Fe. We have been going since the 1980s – driving down from CO and staying at various places along the way. (When we lived in NM, we would drive up for the opera in the summers and vacation during down times.)
~So, unlike other places, we have a long list of old favorites. It's difficult to decide where to go and to balance the old with the new. (While we've been to San Francisco many, many times, there are very few old places that we absolutely have to see each time. I'd list Recchiuti for chocolates and the whole ferry building as a must see/eat on our part.)
What did we do this time? Old favorites:
*The Shed – Good as usual, reasonably priced for being so close to the Plaza. On this visit, it seemed like the front desk did not have a good handle about actual wait times.
*La Cantina (part of La Casa Sena) – We've mainly gone to La Cantina because we like hearing the music. Over the years, it's been a bit harder because we've been less familiar with the newer musicals; however, the singing is often so good that it doesn't matter. The food has declined a bit and become a bit more uneven. My salad was perfectly dressed and delicious. The other dish we ordered had a steak that was a little tough (for the expensive cut they listed on the bill) but the sides were good. The chocolate chili soup wasn't quite hot enough, although the flavor was good. The donut, on the other hand, was fantastic. The portions are gigantic.
*Café Pasqual's – We love coming to this fun, bright restaurant. The food is also fun and creative; however, the prices are noticeably higher. (The cheesy grits were served in a mini cast iron… so good that there were no leftovers.) Service is fantastic for a breakfast location. We've never shown up when they open and so do not know how long the line is at that early hour; however, on this visit, we just walked in and the wait list didn't really start until after 9 AM. This seemed to be true throughout our trip.
*Tia Sophia's – They are known for their burritos and the prices are really reasonable. It's a place where locals go. The service was friendly, the food was good, and the place was surprisingly uncrowded.
*Coyote Café (The cantina is where we usually go but it was closed due to the cold weather.) I don't know how long we've been coming here. The inside is the same and the food continues to be very good. When you look at the menu, it looks very standard, especially by today's world palate tastes. However, each item has a unique and interesting twist. The Caesar salad, for example, looks like a sushi roll and it includes these cheesy polenta rectangular shapes that are just delicious. They have some very modern drinks (must have a good mixologist, as they call them now). We watched a table celebrating someone's birthday order an array of these drinks – it looked like fun.
New venues:
*Chocolate Maven – This is new from our last visit to SF, otherwise we would have visited. I read about it in several places. From the outside, it doesn't look like anything (it's part of a warehouse complex); but, on the inside, it's a whole new world. *
You are greeted by several large cases of pastries (classic breads and pastries, cookies, cupcakes, pies, and savory items, as well as "pre-made" chocolate items from other purveyors). The room on the first floor has a large window that looks out into the kitchen. You can also dine upstairs by heading up a spiral staircase. Upstairs where we dined it felt like a small café – low noise, intimate, comfortable. The food was delicious overall and very plentiful.
*Dinner for Two (D42) – What a surprise. The restaurant is a bit odd in terms of shape and décor. It's a bit of a walk from the main Plaza but not too bad. The menu is a bit large and seasonal. What's neat is that there are many different choices for how you can put together a meal. First, you could choose the set 4 courses that the chef has created. Other than choosing only 1 -3 dishes, this is the best deal for 4. Second, you could choose to mix & match – This could include the standard 4 with one from each section BUT it could also be a salad and 3 desserts. We mixed and matched for 2 set 4 meals and then just ordered 1 main. The food was great. The other unique aspect is that this is truly family run (mom out front, dad doing pastries and "at the table" flambé desserts, and son as chef). We enjoyed enjoyed everything – including watching & listening to the larger 6 top near us.
*Clafoutis – This is far away from the main Plaza and it gets a little precarious when you hit Guadalupe – not a fun walk at that point. However, this little place is somewhat worth the hike. It's like a little country cottage – with mini blackboards advertising in French and nicknacks on shelves. Like any good bakery there's a wide display of French baked goods. Their menu has classics (like crepes and croquet monsieur/madame), huge salads, etc. People were clearly visiting and having a good time. We enjoyed a clafoutis of the day and a ham and grueyere crepe. On our way out, we purchased some tuiles to munch on for our walk back to the Plaza.
*Jambo– This little place is stuck in a strip mall near Hobby Lobby. We didn't walk because Cerrillos is just not that much fun to walk.
The food is a combo Carribean/African. It's actually quite good and inexpensive. As an adult, you can ask for a half portion which is what they serve as their kid's meals.
*Harry's Road House – This place has been around for a long time and my sister used to drive up from ABQ to eat here. My brother-in-law requested that we take a picture of the scrapple for him. The décor is eclectic and the rooms are large and bright. We had the lemon ricotta pancakes and the special of the day (You can find a web recipe for the pancakes here.) The pancakes were not overly heavy and the lemon made them have just the right level of sweetness. There were definitely locals and regulars here. The table next to us had two people show up later who complained that they couldn't make it through the various dining areas to the back (where we were) without having to stop at every table. You can't really walk here from the Plaza but it's so worth the drive.
*French Pastry Shop (in the La Fonda) – This is also not a new place. We've often stopped in to get a quick pastry when the lines aren't too long in the middle of the day. This time we decided to go ahead and eat breakfast. The Nutella crepe was good but took a long time (maybe because so many people order crepes there?). The croissant was also good but like many classic chocolate croissant, there was not as much chocolate to pastry. Finally, the croquet monsieur was good.
Vinaigrette – Nice & creative salads.
The Chocolate Trail: We only missed one place (C.G. Higgins Confections) and Chocolate Maven should be included even if they don't hand dip their own chocolates.
*Kakawa – The building seems to be stuck on the side of a lot of parking lots – very non-descript. You walk in, however, and it's colorful, with quirky decorations and fun display of chocolates. They are known for their hot chocolate concoctions which are incredibly rich and served like strong coffee. Their elixirs are supposed to have health benefits. We tasted one but found it to be too much and so we stuck with their standard flavors. All the flavors are supposed to be based on ancient/historical recipes. The chocolates were good.
*Todos Santos Chocolates (an old favorite but no real dining) – This is still the best. The chocolates have that nice crunch. The variety of flavors is stunning, with some unusual ones thrown in. They have different shapes and great decorations. The chocolate mushrooms are fantastic (still). The customer service is not quite as good as it was. (I had to ask to have my over $40 worth of chocolates wrapped this time and one of my friends recalls little tin decorations added to the boxes which were not on my box.) Because the chocolates are just a cut above, if you only have time for one shop, this would be it.
*Chocolate Smith (also has a small kiosk in one of the shopping areas near the Plaza) – This is a classic shop, serving classic types of chocolate. It reminded me of See's before they went large (when I was just a little girl). Very amazing service and if you go down to their Cerrillos shop, then they'll give you a taste of whatever you want.
Places we usually go but didn't have a chance to visit (maybe someone can update us before our next trip): 315 [Bistro 315 when we started going there], the café on museum hill (amazing views), La Boca, India Palace (way too many Indian/Nepalese etc here in Boulder)… There are interesting places along Cerrillos but as above, it's not a fun walk – you do need to have a car.
Museums: You must visit some museum (at least one) during your visit to Santa Fe. Just for reference, the best deal is the 4 day museum pass. It has changed over time but if you're a non-NM resident, it makes sense to buy a pass and see everything you can. If you're a NM resident, it is actually better to buy a museum membership. We used the membership to visit everything from your classic museums in Santa Fe to forts all over the state.
*Museum hill used to have 3 places to visit on the pass but now just include the two main museums. The revolving nature of the displays make both worth seeing every time we visit. The Palace of the Governors has now split into two connected pieces with the history part in a brand new building. They have also put holes into walls and floors so that you can see the original buildings/walls of the Palace of the Governors. The new history displays are really worth seeing.
*While you're at museum hill, take a stop at the Wheelright. They ask for a donation and this month they had a wonderful exhibit of two grey hills blankets. The Georgia O'Keefe and the Institute of American Indian Arts are also not included but are well worth a visit.
*If you're interested in Native American art (mainly jewelry and some pottery items), try to find something under the eaves of the Palace of the Governors. You can buy directly from the artist. I also like to support the museums – costs a little more but they also buy directly from the artists and you have the opportunity to support a museum.
*For rugs, we have had luck with Packards (a little expensive but reliable). We've also found things we love by just going in and out of stores. Sometimes it's just one piece tucked away but it's worth looking through the other stuff to find it. (This is often true about anything, though.)
*Santa Fe also has the oldest house (supposedly) and the oldest church (mission). The Loretto Chapel has a staircase made without any visible supports – it's also lovely.
*Cooking School – While I haven't found anything I want to take other than maybe a walking tour (and those have not been offered on the days we have come through), the people are really nice and their shop has a wide selection of useful items. It's worth a stop.
Daring Baker's Challenge – Yeasted Meringue Coffee Cake
Daring Baker's Challenge – March 2011
The March 2011 Daring Baker's Challenge was hosted by Ria of Ria's Collection and Jamie of Life's a Feast. Ria and Jamie challenged The Daring Bakers to bake a yeasted Meringue Coffee Cake.
This challenge was interesting because it came on the heels of making many versions of King's Cake (click here to see the ones I made this year). A King's Cake is a yeasted bread ring with filling and icing. Both the King's Cake and the Meringue Coffee Cake are yeasted bread doughs and require the same kind of treatment as any other bread dough.
*~Also, a colleague of my sister needed a lemon meringue pie. For this pie, I made the filling a bit more tart than the recipes I found and the crust was made with a combo of butter and Crisco (non-butter flavored). Essentially, I had made all the parts for this challenge over the few weeks before.
~In making various versions of King's Cake, I found that using coconut oil made no difference. In this version of dough, expeller pressed, safflower oil was substituted to give a healthier dough. Also, a vanilla bean was steeped in the milk. (This is a picture of the dough.)
~I wanted to make both fillings, so to keep it all straight, I left them in long lines. I made the meringue as specified and followed the directions. There was too much meringue and so it was both difficult to roll and difficult to pinch the edges together. Searching through my cabinet, I found 2 pans that were about the right size and placed the cut rings into the pans (sprayed with Pam and a parchment circle on the bottom).
~What happened? I thought they rose beautifully and looked just like coffee cakes (as opposed to a different version of a King's Cake or bread ring). Because I grew up with more of a quick bread version of coffee cake (like a NY crumb coffee cake), this shape resembled more of a cake. It's also very dramatic. The flavors were good – both fillings were fun.
What would I do differently? I would make less meringue and more filling. Also, the saturated fat (both butter and coconut oil) produced a more moist cake, as well as a richer mouth feel. Maybe half/half next time?
Bottom line: Fun challenge…. I loved trying different fillings and will try this cake again using different mixtures.
King's Cake (Mardis Gras 2011)
So, I've made King's Cake (gateau des rois) before, at around this time. One time I made 2 for a class of culinary arts students (during the week I was teaching pastry to them). It's a fun cake because it's so colorful and flavorful but it's also a good demonstration of a yeasted bread.
~This year I was a bit lazy and didn't want to make croissants for my daughter's French class. Since they happened to be talking about Mardis Gras, I thought I'd make them some King's cake. My daughter and I had a discussion about galette des rois versus gateau des rois. The galette uses puff pastry and frangipane; whereas, the gateau des rois is made with brioche. In New Orleans, they usually put a little plastic baby (or pecan or something else) into the cake, but because this was going into her class, I didn't put anything other than filling in –> I wanted to avoid lawsuits.
~Being who I am, I chose 2 different recipes. One recipe is from the Allrecipes site (you can find it here) and the other is Emeril's recipe. Emeril's recipe resembles a more traditional brioche (with lots of butter and egg yolks); whereas the Allrecipes version is a leaner loaf. I used the Allrecipes filling for both and for the frosting, I used 5 cups poswered sugar, 3T melted butter,2 T vanilla, and 6T milk for the frosting.
~You can see the difference between the two loaves. The Allrecipes version is lighter and produced a gigantic loaf. If I made this recipe again, I would definitely split it into 3 loaves.
~Emeril's loaf was denser and smaller. The smell and flavor was just a bit more rich.
~In both cases, I let them rise with a small glass to hold open the hole but removed the glass before baking. The hole filled in during baking…
~For these first 4 loaves, my daughter wanted to make the icing. We let the loaves cool overnight and she frosted and decorated before school. Notice the beautiful, even job that she did.
~I've been interested in coconut oil and products for years now and since last week's NYTimes article discussed coconut oil. I re-made Emeril's loaf: reducing the 5 yolks to 2 eggs, using non-fat milk, and substituting coconut oil for the butter. The result = the loaf looked essentially the same. You could not taste the coconut oil (unlike some other true cake applications that I've made with coconut oil). I placed rolled aluminum foil to keep the hole open during baking and removed them after the loaves were done.
~For these last 2 loaves, she made the frosting and my daughter and nieces decorated.
~Bottom line: Everyone enjoyed all versions. Unfortunately, today is Mardis Gras and so that means we can't try again until next year.


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This is a map of the whole United States.
The red state is Washington, where I am.
This is a map of Washington state with an arrow
showing where I am staying, near Seattle!
This is the Washington State Flag and Seal
Dear Real-Noah,
Well, here I am in the state of Washington!
After you and your mom put me in that envelope and sent me off to your mom's friend, I took quite a trip!! I got to go in an airplane flying over 3 states (California, Oregon, and Washington) but I didn't get to see any of them because my section of the plane didn't have any windows. I think it was called the cargo hold.
Anyway, after I got off the plane in Washington, I took a mail-truck ride to your mommy's friend's house. And then I sat in the dark in her cold mailbox for a couple days before I was brought inside. She felt pretty bad about that!! She is so excited to have me visit and told me I can call her "Auntie M" because she doesn't have any kids of her own but she is auntie to lots of kids.
Today we didn't really do much—Auntie M tried to take a picture of me to send to you, but her camera batteries were dead and her cell phone camera was full and she couldn't get it to delete any of the pictures!!! Oh well!!!
But she did tell me about some of the places I'd see here. I guess there are lots of mountains and islands in Washington. Some of the islands you can get to over really long bridges and some of the islands you have to take a big boat called a ferry to get to them!!! She said next week she would take me on one of those boats to visit a place called Whidbey Island! These boats are so big that cars can drive on them!!!
Anyway, I think I'll have fun here but I miss you. I'll try to write to you often so you can hear about my adventures.
My 1st day in WA!!! Auntie M findally got her phone camera to work!!!
November 10, 2011
Dear Real-Noah,
Today I went out to lunch with Auntie M and her mom (Grandma Cindy) and her sister (Tiffany) and her niece Teagan. I got to sit on Teagan's lap on drive to the restaurant.
When we got to the restaurant, Auntie M had a surprise: she brought a flat-person for Teagan to color so I would have a friend while I was here! It was fun to play with Flat-Teagan while everyone else ate.
Here we are at the restaurant~Gramma Cindy made a Flat-Gramma too!
I heard Auntie M and Gramma Cindy say we were going for a long drive tomorrow to someplace called Skagit Valley to look at the fall leaves. Hope they'll take lots of pictures!!
This is Auntie M and me in front of a really big Christmas ornament!
So there you have it in Flat-Noah's own words!


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Monday, November 24, 2008
Gordon Ramsey Cheating Scandal EXPOSED!
..we should ship him off to his own private islandand let him rot awaaaaaaaay.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Drew Peterson Gun Charges are Dropped
"It's a big relief, of course," Peterson told reporters afterward. "You know, there's potential to put me away in prison for this, and I didn't want to go. So it's a very happy day."
Circuit Judge Richard Schoenstedt dismissed two unlawful use of a weapon charges against Peterson after the state's attorney's office refused to give Peterson's legal team internal police memos, e-mails and other correspondence relating to his arrest in May.
Peterson, 54, was charged with allegedly possessing a modified assault rifle with a barrel of less than 16 inches, a violation of state law. Authorities had seized the rifle and other weapons after search warrants had been executed relating to the Oct. 28, 2007, disappearance of Stacy Peterson, who was 23 at the time.
Peterson is a suspect in the case, which police have labeled a "potential homicide."
Earlier Thursday, Schoenstedt granted a motion by Peterson's legal team to pursue a "vindictive prosecution" defense at trial and had ordered the state's attorney's office, at the request of Peterson's attorneys, to give the defense a "narrow and limited" copy of their documentation leading up to the charges against Peterson.
But Assistant State's Atty. John Connor strongly urged the judge to reconsider, arguing that the charges were not brought because of a personal vendetta against Peterson.
"It has nothing to do with personal animosity," Connor said. "It has to do with illegal weapons."
He warned that if the state's attorney's office were to comply, it would prompt defense attorneys across the state to "flood" prosecution offices with similar discovery motions.
Peterson's attorneys questioned the timing of the developments in the state's case. In February, Schoenstedt had ruled that police should return Peterson's firearms to him granted that he had a valid firearm owner's identification card.
Hours later, police revoked Peterson's FOID card.
In May, authorities arrested Peterson the day before he was to learn whether the guns could instead be given to his son Stephen, an Oak Brook police officer.
"Obviously we're very pleased," said Joel Brodsky, one of Peterson's attorneys.
The state's attorney's office will appeal, said spokesman Charles Pelkie.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Drew may divorce Stacy; He talks with family law attorney
Peterson last week consulted with a high-profile Chicago attorney about possibly divorcing his missing 23-year-old wife, Stacy.
During the Nov. 11 meeting with family law attorney Jeffery Leving, Peterson discussed his legal options following Stacy's Oct. 28, 2007, disappearance, said Peterson's criminal defense attorney Joel Brodsky.
"All he's done is consult with him," Brodsky said. "Nothing has been finalized. No decisions have been made."
The 54-year-old Peterson has been named a suspect by police investigating Stacy's disappearance. Investigators also have reclassified as a murder the 2004 drowning death of Peterson's third wife, Kathleen Savio, which originally had been ruled an accident.
Peterson has denied wrongdoing in both cases.
Under Illinois law, a divorce can be granted for desertion or abandonment after a spouse has been gone for more than a year. Peterson has contended his wife left him voluntarily.
Leving, who advertises himself as an advocate for fathers' rights in divorce actions, confirmed he met last week with Peterson, but said he hasn't been retained to represent him.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Defense seeks documents; Drew's lawyers focus on gun-case timeline
Peterson, 54, is facing felony gun charges for allegedly possessing a modified assault rifle with a barrel of less than 16 inches. Authorities seized the rifle, along with other weapons, after search warrants were executed last November in the investigation into the Oct. 28, 2007, disappearance of Peterson's fourth wife, Stacy.
But Peterson's attorney Joel Brodsky questioned the timeline of how the gun case unfolded. In February, police revoked Peterson's firearm owner's identification card after a judge ruled that his firearms should be returned because Peterson had a valid FOID card. In May, Peterson was arrested for owning the rifle on the eve of learning from the judge whether the guns could be turned over to his son Stephen, an Oak Brook police officer.
Brodsky is requesting that prosecutors turn over documents from the time leading up to the charges against his client.
"This timeline proves with more than sufficient evidence that the reason to do this is to punish Mr. Drew Peterson for exercising his constitutional rights," Brodsky said.
Peterson, who is the suspect in his missing wife's disappearance, has said she ran off. Authorities are also conducting a murder investigation in the 2004 death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. Peterson maintains his innocence and has said he used the rifle as a SWAT team member for the Bolingbrook Police Department.
Will County Assistant State's Atty. Dede Osterberger argued against giving the defense "privileged information." "We strongly argue against this case, judge, because we think that the defense is engaging in a fishing expedition," she said.
Judge Richard Schoenstedt, who was battling a cold and losing his voice, said he would defer his ruling until the next scheduled hearing, on Nov. 20. In Springfield, the state Senate voted 55-0 on a bill that could affect a potential prosecution against Peterson in the case of either one of his wives.
The bill, which is backed by the Will County state's attorney's office, would allow a judge to admit hearsay evidence into court for first-degree murder cases if the prosecution could prove that the defendant killed a witness to prevent testimony.
The Senate vote accepted a change proposed by Gov. Rod Blagojevich that would allow the legislation to become effective as soon as the House, scheduled to meet next week, votes to go along.
Peterson's wives had told family and friends that they were fearful of Peterson. Stacy Peterson also told her minister that her husband had allegedly confessed to her that he killed Savio, according to the minister.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Drew Peterson Calls Missing Wife 'Little Girl' on Dr. Phil
Drew Peterson sat down with Dr. Phil McGraw last month in Los Angeles to speak about his 23-year-old wife Stacy Peterson, who vanished on Oct. 28, 2007, from her Bolingbrook, Ill., home. Drew Peterson has been named a suspect in her disappearance, and in the months following, police exhumed the body of his third wife, Kathleen Savio, and reclassified her death as a homicide.
Nobody makes it easy for her to reappear," Drew Peterson said of Stacy in a video clip posted to Dr. Phil's YouTube site. "I mean why would anybody want to come back to this hellstorm that's been created or to possibility of some sort of criminal prosecution? She's a little girl and why would she want to come back to that."
In the promotional clip, Dr. Phil asks Drew Peterson why he's appeared so emotionally distant during the yearlong search for the missing mom.
"We've definitely looked for her with private investigators," Drew Peterson said.
But shown emotion? I've been a policeman for 32 years."
"But this isn't about a case, this is about your wife," Dr. Phil said.
"It has to do with how you are, what you grow into. And being a policeman for 32 years, you're trained and you live life not showing emotion," Drew Peterson responded. "It's rare that anybody sees emotion out of me, and there's really no book written anywhere that you can read and tell you how to act or how to be when this type of thing happens."
The former police officer's publicist said in a news release Sunday that Drew Peterson's decision to sit down with Dr. Phil is perhaps "the boldest move yet to prove his innocence."
Glenn Selig, Drew Peterson's publicist, maintained his client's innocence in both Stacy Peterson's disappearance as well as Kathleen Savio's death.
Last month, Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow issued a statement about the Savio and Stacy Peterson cases, indicating that a special grand jury is still weighing evidence in both.
"I fully expect there to be a resolution in at least one of these investigations in the near future," Glasgow said.
Drew Peterson currently faces felony charges in connection to illegal guns found in his home.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Woman's Cancer Genome Decoded ?
Researchers used malignant blood cells from a 50-something woman who died of acute myeloid leukemia, a cancer of blood-forming cells in the bone marrow, according to a paper in today's Nature. Doctors mapped all the genes in her tumor cells, the compared them — side by side — with the genes in a normal cell from her skin.
Rest of USA Today article here...
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
"This Is Your Victory"
Hello, Chicago.
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference.
It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states.
We are, and always will be, the United States of America..
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Saturday, November 1, 2008
Hey, Chris?
The beginning starts off with Stewie's joke about Geena Davis- the funny thing is when Kaitlyn's sleepy and says my name, Krys, it reminds me of that little scene.
Unfortunately, the first part of that scene that the video shows is cut off, you can't hear the first "Hey, Chris?" by Stewie.
That's at the last five or so seconds of THIS video: