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Due to the infestation of pine beetles, it was time to do some major eradication of some trees on the property. These little monsters infest quickly so we felt it best to cut them off at the path before they spread to the rest of our timber. We decided just to have several sections clear cut so that way we can plant grass and raise several beef for self-sufficiency. Watching the cutting process is really interesting believe it or not and I captured it with my little camera by each day's progress. Thus far, we are at the end of day two. There will be several photos where a couple critters decided to 'photo bomb' the entire proceedings with excitement. You'll have to excuse them.
That's the end of day two progress. Lots done today with about 3 1/2 – 4 loads ready to head to the mill. Will post more later and update our progress.


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In the latter part of the fifth century the barbarian hordes overwhelmed the last vestiges of the Roman Empire sinking Europe into what would come to be called the "Dark Ages." In defense, and under the influence of the Italian monk St. Benedict, monasteries spread throughout Europe. They provided islands of intellectualism as the world around them devolved into anarchy. The monasteries preserved the intellectual legacy of Rome as well as the text of the Bible while simultaneously nurturing scholarship and the desire to maintain moral values.
It was a harsh life. St. Benedict established the Benedictine Rule that reflected the two primary principles of monastic life - Ora et labora or prayer and work. The monks lived by a strict timetable of prayer, labor and study. Much of their day was spent in transcribing the Bible and ancient texts left from the Roman Empire, preserving these sources of knowledge for future generations.
The Consequences of Breaking the Rules
Pope Gregory I (known as "the Great") served as head of the Church from 590 to 602. Prior to his elevation to this post he was abbot of St. Andrew's, a monastery on the outskirts of Rome. He wrote of his experience and provides us insight into daily living in a monastery and the moral structure that governed monastic life.
One of the rules set forth by St. Benedict specified that the monastery was to be a commune in which all possessions were held in common and personal property forbidden. Gregory recalls an incident in which a monk was found to have 3 gold pieces and describes the consequences of this transgression:
"There was in my monastery a certain monk, Justus by name, skilled in medicinal arts. . . . When he knew that his end was at hand, he made known to Copiosus, his brother in the flesh, how that he had three gold pieces hidden away. Copiosus, of course, could not conceal this from the brethren. He sought carefully, and examined all his brother's drugs, until he found the three gold pieces hidden away among the medicines. When he told me this great calamity that concerned a brother who had lived in common with us, I could hardly hear it with calmness. For the rule of our monastery was always that the brothers should live in common and own nothing individually.
Then, stricken with great grief, I began to think what I could do to cleanse the dying man, and how I should make his sins a warning to the living brethren. Accordingly, having summoned Pretiosus, the superintendent of the monastery, I commanded him to see that none of the brothers visited the dying man, who was not to hear any words of consolation. If in the hour of death he asked for the brethren, then his own brother in the flesh was to tell him how he was hated by the brethren because he had concealed money; so that at death remorse for his guilt might pierce his heart and cleanse him from the sin he had committed.
When he was dead his body was not placed with the bodies of the brethren, but a grave was dug in the dung pit, and his body was flung down into it, and the three pieces of gold he had left were cast upon him, while all together cried, 'Thy money perish with thee ! ' . . .
When thirty days had passed after his death, my heart began to have compassion on my dead brother, and to ponder prayers with deep grief, and to seek what remedy there might be for him. Then I called before me Pretiosus, superintendent of the monastery, and said sadly: 'It is a long time that our brother who died has been tormented by fire, and we ought to have charity toward him, and aid him so far as we can, that he may be delivered. Go, therefore, and for thirty successive days from this day offer sacrifices for him. See to it that no day is allowed to pass on which the salvation-bringing mass is not offered up for his absolution.' He departed forthwith and obeyed my words.
We, however, were busy with other things, and did not count the days as they rolled by. But Io, the brother who had died, appeared by night to a certain brother, even to Copiosus, his brother in the flesh. When Copiosus saw him he asked him, saying, 'What is it, brother? How art thou?' To which he answered: 'Up to this time I have been in torment; but now all is well with me, because today I have received the communion.' This Copiosus straightway reported to the brethren in the monastery.
Then the brethren carefully reckoned the days, and it was the very day on which the thirtieth oblation was made for him. Copiosus did not know what the brethren were doing for his dead brother, and the brethren did not know that Copiosus had seen him; yet at one and the same time he learned what they had done and they learned what he bad seen, and the vision and the sacrifice harmonized. So the fact was plainly shown forth how that the brother who had died had escaped punishment through the salvation-giving mass."
Gregory's account appears in Robinson, James Harvey, Readings in European History (1906); Evans, Joan (ed.), The Flowering of the Middle Ages (1985).

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No arrests were reported March 12-20.
3/14 at 12:40 p.m. Allyson Ray, 41, of Foreside Road, was issued a summons by Officer Thomas Adams on Longmeadow Road on a charge of allowing a dog to be at large.
3/20 at 1:55 p.m. Janessa Feeney, 27, of Highland Cliff Road, Windham, was issued a summons by Lt. Milton Calder on a charge of operating with a suspended registration.
3/18 at 7:07 a.m. Smoke investigation on Longwoods Road.
3/18 at 8:40 p.m. Gas odor in area on Country Charm Road.
Cumberland emergency medical services responded to 16 calls March 15-21.


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Wowhead has released their Hunter guide for new players. I say "new players" ,because the information in the guide will be in best use for people who have never played Huntet in WOW. The guide also includes some things that can be of use to older hunters so you should check it out for yourself.
I'm going to add the guide in my Guides page.
For the Hunter guide go here!
Saturday, March 29, 2014
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LSI's less-explosive Nytro: Smaller bangs for hyperscale DCs
Cheaper flash and less of it
LSI has produced a cost- and power draw-reduced server flash card product line for hyperscale data centres.
The XP6200 line features two products: the XP6209 at 1TB (930GB usable) and XP6210 at 2TB (1.86TB usable), both using MLC flash instead of the costlier enterprise-class eMLC NAND. Both are 8-lane PCIe v2.0 cards, the 6209 being half-height, half-length, and the 6210 being full-height and half length.
They use LSI's SandForce controllers, but not the latest 3700 line. Naturally they are generally not as fast or have as much bandwidth as LSI's Nytro WarpDrive line.
The XP6209 does:
- 155,000 8K random read IOPS
- 110,000 8K random write IOPS
- 2GB/sec sequential reads
- 1.27GB/sec sequential writes
The large XP6210 has the same bandwidth numbers but does 185,000 8K Random read IOPS and 120,000 8K random write IOPS. The latency in both cases is less than 50 microsecs.
A 3.2TB Nytro WarpDrive does 272,000 4K random read IOPS, 69,000 random write ones - score 1 to the XP6200s - and has 4GB/sec/2.5GB/sec sequential read and write bandwidth.
Both the XP6200 products use up to 30 per cent less electricity than LSI's eMLC flash cards.
Fusion-io's IoScale cards are also built for hyperscale data centres and the 825GB model performs like this:
- 130,000 4K random read IOPS
- 235,000 8K random write IOPS
- 1.4GB/sec sequential reads
- 1.1GB/sec sequential writes
The latencies are 77 microsecs for reading and 19 microsecs for writing.
The LSI XP6200 cards stack up well against Fusion-io, being optimised for data reading, and LSI makes the point fewer host CPU resources are used by its cards than ones like the ioSCale products. There are several suppliers competing for the hyperscale data centre server acceleration market and, from this hack's limited viewpoint, no clear winner.
Another point to note is that the size and growth of the hyperscale data centre market is unclear, and that deriving market size and value numbers for the server flash card acceleration part of it will be chockfull of guesstimates. Good luck to all the suppliers.
The Nytro XP6209 card, priced at $2,899 ($2.83/GB), is currently available but the XP6210 is expected in December 2013, when it will cost $4,999 ($2.44/GB). Volume pricing discounts will apply. ®


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Senate Democrats threaten government shutdown at midnight tonight
The U.S. Senate returns to work on this Friday facing a classic late year political skirmish over a stop gap budget bill, as several Democrats are threatening to block action on the must-pass measure, which could force a shutdown of the federal government over the weekend.
With the House already gone for the year, a group of Senate Democrats are demanding late legislative changes in a temporary budget plan on provisions dealing with benefits for retired coal miners; there are also disputes simmering over a major water resources measure that was approved by the House.
At issue in the "Continuing Resolution" is a provision that extends – to the end of April – healthcare and pension benefits for over 16,000 retired mine workers.
Democrats say it's time to make that protection permanent.
"I am objecting on behalf of the miners and their families who need their pension and healthcare benefits they have earned," said Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who vowed to block all other Senate action until he gets his way.
Manchin had been slated to meet with President-Elect Trump on Friday, but moved that to Monday, so the West Virginia Democrat could deal with this matter.
In part – Democrats look at this as a way to try to push back at the success of President-Elect Donald Trump, who repeatedly emphasized his support for miners during the 2016 campaign.
The White House weighed in on behalf of the miners as well.
"The truth is, it's quite cynical that Republicans in the Congress would adopt a position of only extending these benefits for the five-month life of the CR," said spokesman Josh Earnest.
"There should be bipartisan common ground to address the needs of these 20,000 coalminers who are slated to lose their health insurance at the end of the month," Earnest added.
"That's irresponsible and frankly, morally reprehensible," Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) said of the extension until April.
"I don't think we have any right to go home," Brown told reporters.
But in the first skirmish over this bill in the House, the plan was overwhelmingly approved on a vote of 360-61.
And in the Senate, the numbers aren't good for the Democrats – they can probably force the government to shut down this weekend, but may not win the overall fight on miner's benefits.
"At most, they can delay final passage of Continuing Resolution until 8 am Sunday," said Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), the number two Republican in the Senate, as he said Democrats are walking into a "box canyon."
Not only are there Democrats threatening to stop the stop gap budget, but also a bipartisan water infrastructure bill.
One of those threatening to filibuster the water resources bill is retiring Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA); she's unhappy with provisions that were added late by her fellow Golden State colleague, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA).
"I was a pain in the neck when I came, and I'm a pain in the neck when I go," Boxer said, as she complained about extra provisions added on to the water bill.
It's a familiar year-end situation for the Senate. Will a handful of Senators be able to stop action on major and minor legislation? Or will most Senators simply look at each and other and say, "It's time to go home."
The funding deadline for Uncle Sam is midnight tonight.


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Good morning everyone! This post is long overdue, but here's what I had for breakfast (three weeks ago):
Baked baby potatoes, with eggs in capsicum slices. I got the eggy idea from my aunt's Facebook post. But instead of frying them on the pan, I baked them in the oven. Aaand I went a little crazy with the black pepper.
Anyway, if you add herbs like rosemary, it will go well with the potatoes. I hope you like this idea!


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AJ and I also found a sweet Elko Corner-Notch down near Beaver. The access road plowed right through the site! Go government employees Go!
Monday, November 9, 2009
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The Journal of Insane Archaeology is designed to bring together archaeologists, anthropologists, and other affiliated individuals who not only do the work (shovel-bums, recovering pot-hunters, government employees - we know you have the time!, consultants, professors, etc.), but find fun in what they do. If you don't like our insanity, then go find your own!


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Sugar Law issues statement condemning Consent Decree
April 6, 2012
|Watson and Kenyatta voted against Consent Decree
DETROIT -- The Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice representing 28 Michigan citizens challenging the state's emergency manager law issued a statement last month condemning efforts by Governor Rick Snyder to install a replacement for elected officials. The so-called "consent agreement" proposed by the Governor "abandons the rule of law," said John Philo, Sugar Law Legal Director. "It is a transparent attempt to control Detroit's fate whether an unconstitutional law remains in effect or not."
In violation of the emergency manager law, Public Act 4, the proposed agreement, which was approved by the Detroit City Council on April 4 by a 5-4 vote, would take effect without the approval of the Governor-appointed financial review board. Moreover, it allocates power over local government to positions never contemplated in the city's charter, the current emergency manager law, or its predecessor. Voting for the Consent Agreement were Charles Pugh, Gary Brown, Shanteel Jenkins, Ken Cockrel and James Tate. JoAnn Watson, Kwame Kenyatta, Brenda Jones and Andre Spivey voted against it. "Either the Governor and the other key players here are getting atrocious legal advice or they're ignoring good advice," said Philo. "The Governor's disregard for his own review process is a travesty--it shows contempt for judicial orders, the rule of law and democracy itself." A leader of one of the state's key civil rights organizations shared Philo's outrage. "What is the purpose of having democracy, the rule of law and courts if the leaders sworn to uphold those institutions are the very ones who act against them?" asked Yvonne White, President of the Michigan NAACP State Conference. Before the proposed consent agreement was released, Ingham County Judge William Collette had ordered Snyder's Detroit financial review team to start from scratch and meet in public. PA-4 received another blow when more than 225,000 petition signatures were submitted February 29 to place repeal of the law on the November 2012 ballot. The Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice is serving as lead counsel for 28 Michigan citizens challenging the emergency manager law in court, on the basis that it violates the Michigan Constitution in several ways. Sugar Law is joined by attorneys with the Center for Constitutional Rights, The Sanders Law Firm, Miller Cohen PLC, and Goodman & Hurwitz PC on behalf of the National Lawyers Guild, Michigan chapter.


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The Donkins in full military dress
The Quinns' place
Seamus supervises construction
One tent to go...
The camp takes shape
The big tents
The little tents
The fire pit and benches
View from the top of the hill.
Camp in those tents? You can't be serious, says Captain.
Chewing it over
Is he serious? asks Helen.
No, you have to be joking say Rocky and Jean
It's hard to think straight with an empty glass.
Shorts weather
People say their last goodbyes before going down to the field
Stuart wonders if he remembered to pack the primus-teasmade
So who's going to tell them about the hidden mine shaft?
Hang on while I fill me boots
The last supper
Steve Haddon grips his audience with another tale of soil.
Donkin has joined the Masons
Butter wouldn't melt
The horror. Captain and Rocky audition for the part of Col Kurtz in Apocalypse Now! the musical.
Julie thinks: why am I standing in this garage on a cold Friday night with this old git?
He thinks: Why have I just dipped my finger in my pint?
Well Drew, I'm left holding my pint. And you?
Frances: Mum are those silly buggers seriously going to camp in that field? They want their heads testing.
So how would you castrate a horse then?
Steve Gooder sheds some light with his day-glow head.
I've been a wild Rover for many a year...
..and spent all me money on whisky and beer...
Instructions on safe use of a tilly lamp: 1. Shake it up and down a bit.
Who goes there?
The rush for breakfast
Dear diary, mum and dad brought me to this terrible place called the North where they're feeding me on pies and black pudding.
Where's the nearest Fuller's pub?
Can you get us all on your back Stanley.
Honest, it's a gammy leg.
How far to Everest base camp?
Roysten Vasey beckons. There's a local shop...
We're local people..
Not much call for sunglasses around here. This is a local shop.


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'Next to Normal'
Original Broadway cast
(Ghostlight Records) *** 1/2
This album can be difficult to live with. It demands close attention; it gets in your face; it yanks your emotions all over the place. But, hey, who ever said love was easy?
A by-no-means-typical musical, this year's Tony winner for best score would be more precisely described as a drama told in music. It makes us part of a family losing its grip on normalcy as its mother disappears behind a curtain of depression and delusion, about to take everyone else with her. The music by Tom Kitt (no longer jinxed by the 2006 flop "High Fidelity") throbs with moods as variable as those experienced by the characters -- expressed as bar-band rock, classical filigree, Elton John-ish fervency, Burt Bacharach pop and so on. At once conversational and poetic, the lyrics by Brian Yorkey distill complex feelings into a few deft words, as when the mother, achingly rendered by Tony winner Alice Ripley, tells her distraught daughter, "You know I love you," pauses, then clarifies: "I love you as much as I can."
Time and again, voices overlap, evoking the interconnectedness that, for good or ill, makes every emotion a shared family experience. Steadfastness is shown. Hope is grasped. Each day is a chance to be taken.


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These recipes are so good and so easy you'll never miss the unhealthy fried version!
Pad Thai is so delicious, even non-adventurous eaters seem to love it (could it be the familiar yet exotic peanut sauce?) and now that I've learned a carb-free, no-fry raw recipe I'm obsessed. It may actually be easier to make than traditional pad Thai; no boiling noodles, no frying, which means no cleaning up oil splatters or greasy pans, and very few ingredients. That's why I decided to make an entire Raw Thai food menu for my date tonight: raw pad Thai and spring rolls with peanut dipping sauce. And because there is no meat or dairy, and it doesn't have to be kept warm or cold it's easy to make some, or all, of the meal ahead leaving me more time to spend with my date!
Last week (I'm telling you raw food lasts!) I whipped up Stacy Stower's recipe for raw peanut sauce so that's all ready to go. The funny thing is, the recipe contains no peanuts perfect for those with allergies who still love the tasty nut. Raw almond butter is actually the main ingredient giving this recipe a massive calcium boost—almond butter has 111 milligrams per two tablespoons while peanut butter has only 16 milligrams!
1 cup raw almond butter
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup lemon juice
3-4 tablespoons fresh peeled and chopped ginger
1/4 cup maple syrup or honey
3 tablespoonds tamari (a gluten-free soy sauce)
1/4 cup olive oil
3 small garlic cloves
1/2-1 serrano pepper (you can use any spicy pepper. Jalapeno is
another good choice)
Mix all ingredients in a blender. Add more water if you prefer a thinner dip/sauce.
With the peanut sauce out of the way, it's time to prep the pad Thai. For the "noodles" I julienned a yellow squash, zucchini, carrot, and green papaya using a handy julienne peeler and tossed the veggies with a mixture of lemon juice, tamari, and olive oil. But don't do this too far ahead or the squash and zucchini will get mushy! The papaya on the other hand, is heartier and can be marinated ahead. When my date arrives all I have to do is layer my veggie "noodles" on top of a bed of mixed greens, toss on a few cherry tomatoes and diced avocado, drizzle with the peanut sauce, and sprinkle on a few raw cashews.
Another benefit of these raw Thai food recipes is the way you can reuse ingredients for both parts of the meal, which for the spring rolls include: spring roll wrappers, lettuce leaves, tomato, avocado, and the veggie "noodles." For the spring rolls I went a little un-raw and used rice paper wrappers but, if you want to stay 100 percent true to the diet, use romaine hearts to make lettuce wraps instead.
Before raw week began, I had never worked with rice paper wrappers before so Stacy taught me a few tricks (get more here along with photos). First, to soften the wrappers you run them, one at a time, under warm water just until they still feel a little too hard so the slippery suckers don't get too sticky. The warppers will soften as you work with them. Second, under fill your spring rolls and keep the filling toward the center. Check out the picture above. See how there's a boarder all the way around the filling? Next, take a few nicely colored, un-marinated, julienned vegetables and lay them along the bottom. This is just for looks as they show through the wrapper. On top of that, layer a few torn lettuce leaves, a slice of avocado, sliced tomatoes, and a little bit of marinated veggie "noodles."
To wrap the spring rolls, fold up the bottom first and tuck it tightly around the filling. Fold the two sides inward pulling tightly and then roll upward. It's a lot like rolling a burrito and the trick is to wrap tightly, otherwise your spring rolls will be floppy! Check it out, they are so cute! I was pretty proud of my first spring roll (pictured left). I'm pretty sure my date will be dazzled.
Tonight, all I have to do is plate my pad Thai, and put out the additional peanut dipping sauce to go with the spring rolls when my guest arrives. If there's any left that's what I'll be having for lunch tomorrow! Once assembled, these recipes last just a few days. Maybe he'll take home a doggy bag! Now all that remains is to decide what drink to make…probably one of these raw cocktail recipes. Too bad margaritas don't really go with Thai food!
As an editor at SHAPE I have the chance to learn about the healthiest ways to cook, eat, and live from all sorts of experts but I'm also a single girl living in NYC with a busy schedule, active social life, and chocolate cravings. I'm here to share what works for me—and where I need a little help from you.


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"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. Of such is wisdom." -- Plutarch
Saturday, August 22, 2015
The Phoenicians
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I bet your house smelled GREAT on tee shirt day! :-PReplyDelete
I'm glad you are back to posting, and I look forward to seeing all the fun things you have been doing. We officially started school today, and day one was a success! Feels good to be back on track after a busy summer. We love the Usborne book too, and we read about the Sumerians today. Here's to many more fun homeschooling memories!Replies
LOL! My house smelled AWFUL, but it was fun! I will be posting more frequently hopefully this coming week. I have had to sit down and block some time in each day just for blogging. My parents have been complaining! LOL! Hope school is still going well for you both!Delete


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Margarita Meringue Pie
It wasn't 3D, but my pie was a success anyway. The margarita pie, anyway – no comment on the pomegranate meringue, I didn't get enough juice out of the pomes I bought to call it a fair trial. Next time, I'll just buy the straight-up juice. The Meyer lemon meringue was adequate, but I think that pie has suffered, the past couple years, from a lack of good Meyer lemons. There's nothing quite like having a tree at your disposal.
Anyway: below the fold, my recipe for margarita meringue pie!
This recipe is adapted from the lemon meringue pie recipe in The New Best Recipe which is my standard cookbook for staple dishes. They really do have the best recipes. Unless you're cooking for vegans, or trying to be healthy, because usually "best" means "contains an awful lot of butter".
- 1 9″ pie crust. Various people on the Internet advocate pretzel-graham cracker crusts, I just bought a premade graham cracker one, because I am lazy.
- For the filling:
- 1 c. sugar
- 1/4 c. corn starch
- 1/8 t. salt
- 1/2 c. prickly pear juice – if you're working with fresh fruit, wear thick gloves, burn off the thorns while you're still outside or you'll have weensy pain stabbers all over your kitchen for a week, peel, and throw 'em in a pot until they cook down. Run through a strainer. A half-dozen fruits will give you more than enough juice.
- 1/4 c. cheap, nasty tequila
- Zest from 6-8 limes – yes, this is many times the amount of zest called for by other recipes (including the New Best). Suck it up and buy the limes, this is what prevents your pie from being an insipid clone of every other goddamn oversweetened custard pie in the universe. And as I've found with my Meyer lemon meringue, quality matters; if your local farmers market doesn't sell citrus, move.
- 1/2 – 1 c. lime juice
- Water, enough for 2 c. total fluid
- 6 egg yolks
- 2 T. butter
- For the meringue:
- 1 T. corn starch
- 1/3 c. water
- 1/4 t. cream of tartar
- 1/2 c. sugar
- 4 egg whites
- 1/2 t. vanilla (or, if you are not making a huge batch of meringue for many different pies, try something more appropriate, like tequila)
- A hefty pinch of lime zest
Filling: Mix sugar, starch, salt, all the water, and enough of the misc. other juices to make 1 1/2 c. total liquid in a pan. Bring to a simmer, whisking, until it starts to turn translucent. Then, whisk in the eggs yolks 2 at a time, then the zest, the rest of your liquids, and the butter. If you fucked up and forgot to swap out some of the initial water for lime juice, like I did, add some more corn starch. Bring the whole batch to a simmer, cover with plastic wrap, and remove from the heat. Turn your oven to 325.
Meringue: Mix starch and water; simmer and stir until it turns translucent. Mix cream of tartar and sugar; beat the egg whites and vanilla until frothy, then start adding bits of the sugar mixture, while beating, until it forms soft peaks. Add the cornstarch a bit at a time, still beating, until it forms stiff peaks.
If the filling has cooled, heat it up; this is what prevents the bottom of the meringue from being undercooked and runny. Pour the hot filling into the pie shell, and spread on the meringue. Garnish with lime zest. Bake for 20 min. or so, until meringue is golden brown.
I've been challenged to bring durian pie to next year's Thanksgiving. I don't think it'll be a meringue – durian paste is apparently often adulterated with pumpkin, which suggests that a pumpkin pie recipe base might be the way to go. But the margarita pie was sufficiently well-liked that I'll probably be exploring other cocktail meringue pies: tequila sunrise meringue? Mojito meringue? Sex on the meringue? Long Island iced meringue? Hmm.


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So it's a long read.
But that's okay since this is the last blog entry I'm linking on Facebook till the baby comes. (I will still post. But it's up to you to look from now on! And no one is allow to write comments that say "When are you having the baby!?" Just don't do it... I will come and find you!! :) )
(Curious? Here is Why.)
A couple random thoughts I've been having:
- For probably two months now I've been telling Blake that I'm just gonna wear a diaper to bed so I can forget this getting out of bed to pee business. Now that I'm this close, I'm honestly considering it. I mean, I think I've been getting out of bed about 8 times a night this week!
- I've been having a very strange relationship with makeup for the last couple weeks. I feel tired-looking without it. But when I put it on, I feel like I've smeared mud on my face. It doesn't feel normal to me anymore. I don't feel like it should be there. I don't know if it's pregnancy or the fact that I've read too much Ina May and have become a hippie, or just a new awareness of myself. But these feelings leave me in a weird place on the days where I actually care to get dressed. If my eyes aren't too dark underneath, I don't care so much. But on the days when I am looking pretty worn....well I just don't know.
This week started with me getting sick. On Tuesday, food was just not sitting well with me. After breakfast I had to lay down for a long time. Happily, J was content to cuddle in bed with me while we turned on kid shows via Netflix on the laptop. I took it easy on lunch and barely ate. For dinner, I asked Blake to find me something by just giving him a huge list of "not this, not that." He came back with very yummy Chinese chicken noodle soup. Unfortunately, my body just didn't want to have anything to do with food. I was up all night with terrible stomach cramps and the impending feeling that this food was planning on making a fast escape from the belly. I just wasn't sure how it was planning to do that. After a horrible night, around 7 am on Wednesday I started throwing up. After a couple bouts of that, the rest of the morning my body chose the other route.
I felt horrible and just incapacitated. There was no way for me to even attempt being home alone with J this time. I felt so bad because Blake has been trying to catch up on so much at work lately, but he stayed home for me. It gets disheartening in these situations, because we still haven't really met anyone well enough here in Iowa to help in a case like this. (J getting RSV drastically decreased our ability to even go anywhere, because she remained contagious for a month, so we couldn't go to church or any place with kids --- doctor's orders --- for fear we'd pass it along.) So having Blake stay home was really all we could do. I pretty much slept the entire day and consumed only ginger ale. (And, yes, mentally I was semi-ridiculous about it, since I have sworn off sugar. I made Blake call and make sure I could do it.)
My mom was so sweet and ended up driving the 6 hours to come help. So she got to our house around 10 pm.
Thursday morning I had both a chiropractor appointment and a prenatal appointment. So I was pretty hopeful I'd be okay for that, and I was. For breakfast I only ate toast --- just in case. And my mom was able to watch J, so I could have one less thing to think of during all that traveling.
First up was my chiro. That went well. I learned the baby is getting lower (Yay!) and that my pelvis is getting more stable (meaning it's doing a good job holding its symmetric position.) So that meant I didn't need to come back quite as fast for the next appointment. I asked if I should go ahead and get a maternity support belt to help the baby engage. And Tammy (the chiro) told me it couldn't hurt. So I decided I'd grab one before I went home.
She also told me that if I want to bring Blake to not my next appointment, but the next one, that she can go over with him some different things we can do to encourage labor, including some acupressure points.
Then it was time for my prenatal check up.
Well, actually I had a bit of time to kill beforehand. So I stopped in a thrift store nearby. (I love thrift stores.)
There was a cool mirror I was interested in, but they forgot to put a price on its tag. So I had to ask a worker. She grabbed another girl who happened to be pregnant too.
We had a strange interaction. In fact, I've never experienced such an open airing of internal thoughts displayed so clearly before.
She asked when I was due. (And I must say I avoid answering this question directly, since last time J proved how pointless a due date is. And this time I was given 3 due dates so I never know which one to claim. And I'm convinced of another date altogether.) So I told her the end of June.
I thought she was pregnant, but she was wearing the store's polo shirt and it made me not quite positive she didn't just have that type of figure.
She then told me she was due in July.
And then she turned to the side to rub her hands over her belly and say, "I'm a lot smaller than you aren't I?"
I almost laughed out loud, just because I couldn't really believe someone would do that. I wasn't offended in the slightest. In fact, having been through pregnancy before has changed my perspective on the whole body issues thing. I don't really put any stock in how I look this time. But I will say, I'm so happy with the changes I've made from the last pregnancy to this one that I really couldn't be convinced by anyone that I am looking too big this time around, because I know how much more I could weigh at this point.
So I just smiled at her and said, "Yeah you look really good."
She asked me when I popped. I said, "Well this is my second, so I'd say sometime around 18 weeks." She said "Oh."
I was actually totally preoccupied with my own thoughts. I wanted to outburst all these intense things I blog about, like "You know, even if you look small, your baby could be really big. They didn't know I'd have a 9 lb baby! You should really make sure to watch how much sugar you eat! ...Are you seeing a Chiropractor, you should really consider it, it makes such a big difference! ...Where are you going to deliver? Have you checked their c-section rates? You really need to be your own advocate if you are hoping to avoid one..."
But I didn't say any of it.
It felt unnecessary, as if it would go unheard.
She was still turned to the side, caressing her figure, asking "Am I carrying high like you?"
To which I said, "You know I never understand that stuff. People have told me I'm carrying high this time, but I'm not carrying anywhere near as high as I did last time, so I don't feel like I can tell."
And then I got the price on the mirror. It wasn't as cheap as I'd hoped, so I moved on and told her "Good luck."
I left feeling so strange.
Still totally baffled at the out loud total comparison that just happened. I know we all do it in our heads, it was just surprising to hear someone say it like that. I reminded me of "The Office" --- how Angela was doing that to Pam.
And I was left to my own thoughts about "When should you say things? And when should you leave people alone?"
A lot of women make it thorough pregnancy much more simply than I did. So not everyone would need all the info I've gathered. But then again you never know. When should I spew forth?
The Belly measures the same as last week.
I don't feel like these photos are worth comparing.
This photo from last time was my "uugghh I'm so done" photo, so the outfit doesn't really show where the belly is. But here ya go nonetheless.
Now was time for my appointment.
I started by asking for a pep talk about going into labor. She was really reassuring, basically saying she wouldn't let me get past my due date. (I know, really only God has that say, but I at this point will take her word for it and get some peace from it.) She told me a bunch of things we could try. But she really stressed how helpful these chiropractor appointments will be for this. She also said I could start acupuncture at 37 weeks, telling them I want to avoid post-dates. (I want to look into that one a bit more, just cause I am not really sure what it is overall, and I like to know things. But I'm all for trying pretty much anything before a c-section.)
Then we decided if we should check for Group B Strep now or next time. I voted for this time, just in case baby wants to come early, so we would be ready. I'm really excited because she will do an oral treatment of Group B Strep (if, of course, that is what I would choose) as opposed to the IV (which I hated having when being induced!) so I'm not even the tiniest bit concerned over whether or not I have it, since to me it just meant the presence of an IV or not previously, and now it doesn't matter.
So while she was swabbing she asked if I wanted her to check my cervix. (I had been adamant that I would not be told anything at all this time about my dilation --- I didn't want any discouragement if I were to be told nothing was happening. But in my mind I knew that the more the cervix is messed with, the more likely it is to dilate, so for that reason alone I agreed.) She told me that she wasn't expecting anything at all yet at 35 weeks. But when she found my cervix she was making some happily surprised noises, so of course at that point I was ready to hear what she had to say. She said I'm already at a 2 and very thin. I said "I'll take it!"
I told her with J I never made it all the way to a two before the induction.
She said, "Well you are not totally a full two, but I'm calling it a two because I can get my finger in and feel the baby's head." She showed me on a display a one and a two, and how a finger can't get in a one, but it can in a two (the display had a bit more room than her finger) so since she could get her finger in, she'd say it's pretty much a two.
I wasn't about to be discouraged by that, I was taking it as great news.
She also agreed with Tammy that the baby's head is getting lower.
So she told me keep up the good work.
And I WILL!
I'm not counting on it to mean any certain thing, but I sure liked hearing it. It helped a lot with my fears of not going into labor on my own this time.
My next appointment is at 37 weeks, and I'm looking forward to doing more to encourage this little one to come out!
After that I ran to Motherhood Maternity and bought a support belt. I was gonna get the cheapest one, but I ended up with the most expensive one, because it was so much more comfortable and it feels like it's actually doing something. Plus it is the least visible under clothes --- even though it's by far the biggest. It doesn't make fat rolls happen. (Not that I care too much at this point --- fashion is so last season, having a baby is the new black for me!)
It's a little itchy, so I've been putting my belly band (the kind you use to wear non-maternity pants unbuttoned) underneath it and that works perfectly. (Which is cool since I didn't like using the belly band for its real purpose. So now it's getting more use.)
Friday I spent out with J and my mom. We tried to take care of the fact that our T-Mobile cell phones work terribly here in Iowa (a little bit frustrating in the face of having a baby). (To make most of my phone calls I've been using my computer to make calls with Google --- yeah, you can do that, and its FREE!) It took forever in the T-Mobile store. Hopefully the reception booster thing they are going to mail to us actually does help.
Then Friday night Blake and I had a date night, since my mom was around to babysit.
We went to a restaurant here in Ames called "The Cafe." It's the definitely the posh-est place in town. It's got the whole casual yet fancy vibe going, with culinary flare-type dishes, fancy water bottles left at each table, dim lighting, etc. And the food we ordered was good and we liked it. But even still I can't say I'd crave it. Ames is just not a place for great food.
We tried to go to a movie, but there was nothing appealing in our theater. We checked out the cheap theater as well, but the only good-sounding movie there didn't start for a really really long time, so we instead checked out a pretty park and then did some "the baby is gonna be here soon" shopping together.
It was raining on and off, and we ran into a couple stores. I ended up getting some pretty good Braxton-Hicks from it. And I did the "Hey that's exciting" but also "Hey don't come too early!" mental thing I always do.
My feet and legs felt really tight after all that walking. They didn't look swollen, but they felt quite puffy.When we got home I think I lost my mucus plug, or at least part of it. (Is it disgusting that I am telling you that? Hope not. I figure if you are reading, you are in it far enough with me to accept this info willingly.) I say think, because last time I never saw it, they just told me it was gone. So I don't really know what I'm looking for. So, if that's what it was, I was pretty surprised. I know they say it could still be weeks before labor starts after that, but hey, it was 35 weeks, so once again, I'll take it! (And mixed with all this Braxton-Hicks, I'll extra take it!)
Saturday my mom hung out with J and I did some nesting. I did some deep cleaning of our spare room. It had never gotten fully taken care of after the move. And its going to be the sort-of baby's room mixed with being a bunch of other stuff. (I say sort of because I'm assuming the baby won't move in there for a while, since J was in our room till she was about 4 months old or so.) But I feel so much more ready having that room in order.
I also got some more of the cute decorations up in our bedroom, which I wanted to get done before baby gets here too.
So I was really working that day. And my legs felt fat from swelling again. (They don't look like it this time, but if you touch them they feel like rocks of water retention.)
I also got my first sleeping charley horse of this pregnancy. I can't believe that! I used to get them like 5 times a night the whole second half of my last pregnancy. Wow! And now I know how to make them go away. I point my toes up and heel down, and it makes it release. Nice.
By Sunday I think I was feeling exhausted by everything.
I could hardly get out of bed. In fact, I took a mini nap after my shower.
Then when we went to church. (We are trying a new church, this is our second week.) I started getting emotionally overwhelmed. I started panicking about J getting a hold of dairy somehow. The church seems very good at checking on allergy stuff, but I got scared that maybe there would be a kid in the nursery with their own cup of milk or even formula that she might swipe from them, or something like that. And I started getting really upset about it, I don't think I heard the sermon at all. I spent the whole time trying not to run into the nursery and snatch her up and run home.
When we got home I had to cry a while just letting out some of my mommy fears and frustrations with J's allergies and also my own overwhelmedness of still feeling brand new and not knowing anyone here in Iowa, and how weird that is when you are about to have a baby.
(At least I'm not crying about having the baby.)
Then I fell asleep while J napped.
Sunday left me feeling like "Wow, I'm super pregnant now." I just felt sooo sooo sooo tired. And sooo sooo sooo emotional. I'm really basically full term (almost) so I guess it's to be expected. But I was disappointed, since I had been doing so well.
I also felt bad for Blake because I wasn't doing a good job of controlling myself enough to not be sort of insulting to him. But he is so kind to me. I wish I was able to keep it together a bit more for his sake.
Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention that I am having food emotions! I am just about losing my mind trying to keep my carb/sugar vows. On top of it, after having been sick (and not wanting food then) and then getting better, all of a sudden all I want to do is eat. Only problem is all I want to eat is bread and/or cookies. I really never intend on eating eggs again. (At least for now.) Because that's what I got sick on. (There were eggs in the soup too.) And I can't imagine tasting that right now. I still have a hard time liking meat. And veggies just don't sound or feel filling. So I just want pasta and toast. I could have cried all day on Sunday over it.
I keep trying to count down the weeks, "Only this many weeks till you don't have to worry about it."
I know that even if I cheated I would still have eaten better this pregnancy than the last. BUT this is really the most crucial point of the pregnancy for what I'm going for (having a smaller baby) since this is when the baby puts on the most weight. So I just can't give in, as much as I want to. I just have to think about how good that just-had-the-baby-cookie is going to taste!
Pray with me that this baby wants to be born at 38 weeks! (That's what I've been talking her into since before she was even in there! :) ) I might only have that much more will power left in me!
So yeah, week 35 ended on a hard note.
But if (other than VBAC emotions before) this pregnancy didn't get hard till week 35, well hey, that's pretty awesome.
But Monday was relaxing. And a nice time to kind of recoup. Blake let me sleep in, since J woke up at like 6 am. (He's so sweet.) Then we all just hung out. In the afternoon we spent some time relaxing in the breezy shade of our back yard. (I got told by my neighbor I look really good for being due in a month, which I just find funny after having that random talk with the thrift store girl. It's all in the eye of the beholder.) And for dinner we had steaks on the grill (they were amazing). Blake also did some homemade french fries (they were unbelievably good, soft but also crispy, lightly salted, didn't need ketchup or anything) and grilled bananas dusted with cinnamon and sugar (they came out kinda like naturally-carmelized). Yeah, he's awesome.
Oh and just so I don't forget, this week J is like fully verbal. She's like a talking communicating machine. I can't believe it, how much she is saying. We can have conversations.


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Survivor: Survivor Cast Reunion Party (MMF,FF,MFF,MF,inter)
by The Squad Leader
Starring - Elisabeth Filarski, Joel Klug, Kim Powers, Silas Gaither, Jenna
Lewis, Colby Donaldson, Jerri Manthey, Clarence Black, Sarah Jones, Neleh
Dennis, Amber Brkich and Jane Clayson.
Los Angeles:
Jane Clayson stood outside the door to the club room of the Ashcroft Hotel
with a mixture of excitement and dread. On the one hand, she was glad to
finally be able to catch up with some of these people whom she hadn't seen
since they were initially kicked off of whatever episode of Survivor they
had been on. Certainly there were some engaging and talented people among
the sixty four of them, and this reunion party she was covering for The
Early Show was the first time all of them had been together in the same
place ever. But on the other hand, she just knew that she was forever going
to be linked with the show, and that many of the executives at the network
simply wouldn't take her seriously as a journalist because of it.
"I bet Gumbel never had to put up with this shit" she thought to herself
before finally going inside.
As she strode through the door, she was immediately greeted by Mark Burnett.
Jane enjoyed Mark's company because in addition to being the show's producer,
he was a genuinely pleasant person to be around. Never mind the fact that he
tended to exaggerate whatever he was talking about, and that he was quite
long winded.
"How are you Jane?" he asked with a smile.
"Oh just peachy king" she replied.
"Well, you look wonderful" he went on. "There will be a dinner served at..."
As Burnett engaged her in small talk, Jane was busy surveying the scene
around her and nodding every few seconds when it seemed appropriate. She
found it somewhat surprising that the members of the four casts were
mingling together quite naturally. She just assumed that they would tend
to stick closer to the members of their own season, but that wasn't the
case at all.
To her left, she saw Tom Buchanan, the goat farmer from Survivor: Africa
chatting up a storm with Peter from Survivor: Marquesas.
"What on Earth could that conversation be about?" she thought as she smiled
to herself.
In the back of the room, she spotted Debb from Survivor: Australia pounding
shots with Gervase from the original show.
"Poor Debb" Jane thought to herself. "Her life ruined by a television show.
Oh well, at least she seems to be in good spirits tonight."
Finally, her gaze brought her to the center of the room where the four
winners, Richard, Tina, Ethan and Vecepia were holding court. Never before
had Jane seen a more pompous group of egomaniacs. You'd have thought that
they'd invented electricity the way they acted. Yes, it was definitely going
to be a long night.
Just then, someone walked by and caught her attention.
"Excuse me" she said to Mr. Burnett.
"Of course" he replied and watched as she made her way towards Colby.
Colby Donaldson was the player who had Jane swooning like a schoolgirl
throughout season two. They had gone out a few times after they finally met,
but Jane had dumped him when she found out that he was fucking another woman.
She played it off like it was no big deal, but she had been crushed, and now
she wanted him back.
"Hey cowboy" she said, tapping him on the shoulder.
Colby wheeled around and smiled broadly.
"Jane, how are you?" he asked.
"Been better" she admitted. "And you?"
"Listen Jane, I'll cut right to the chase" he said. "I'm sorry about what I
did. I never meant to hurt you. How about a second chance?"
"You think I'm going to give you a second chance?" she said with contempt.
Colby just dropped his head in shame. "Of course I'll give you a second
chance" she said, ending the suspense. Colby started to lean in to kiss her,
but Jane stopped him.
"Not here" she said. "I've got to do all the interviews and stuff, but we can
hook up later tonight. What room are you in?"
"169" he replied.
"Great, now how about you think about this until then" she said, whispering
something into his ear that made him blush.
"I don't know if I can handle dinner tonight" he said. "I'm just going to
head back to my room and cool off."
With that, Jane watched him say something to Mark Burnett and head out of the
club room. But Jane wasn't the only one watching. From the other side of the
room, Sarah Jones and Jerri Manthey looked on with large grins on their
"So it's a bet?" Sarah asked.
"You're on" Jerri replied. "But I'm telling you, Colby won't have anything to
do with you, I'm gonna get him."
"I believe you tried that once with miserable results" Sarah sarcastically
"We'll see" Jerri laughed. "We'll see."
Later that night:
Dinner had been served, interviews conducted and the party was starting to
dwindle. Outside on one of the balconies, Elisabeth Filarski, Joel Klug and
Silas Gaither were hanging out and laughing. Joel and Silas had been drinking
heavily, and Elisabeth herself had had three or four glasses of wine with the
little bit of dinner she had eaten.
"Come on, you don't seriously think it was rougher in Australia than it was
in Africa?" Silas asked incredulously.
"I'm slerious" Elisabeth slurred, and then giggled when she heard how she had
butchered the word. "I mean you saw it, my freaking hair was falling out. Not
to mention, I missed Tim so much when I was out there. You two didn't have
girlfriends when you were on the show, so you have no idea how tough that
"She's got a good point" Joel agreed but Silas wasn't buying it.
"What does that have to do with anything" he said. "You can see how good of
a boyfriend he really is, not showing up tonight and all."
"I told you" Elisabeth fumed. "We got into a little fight. Besides, I'm a
grown woman, I can do whatever I want."
"You know, you're really cute when you're mad" Silas teased. "But I still
say, Tim has you wrapped around his finger." Elisabeth turned and started
walking towards the balcony door.
"Wait" Silas said. "I'm only kidding, you don't have to leave."
"I'm not leaving" she said as she locked the balcony door.
"What are you doing then?" he asked.
"Showing you who's in charge" she answered with a wry smile as she kneeled
in front of Joel. As she started to unzip his fly, Joel tried to stop her.
"Wait" he said. "You might regret this later."
"Joel" she interrupted. "Are you saying you don't want any?"
"No" he insisted. "I'm just saying maybe you've had too much to..."
"Then shut up!" she shot back, to which he obeyed.
It wasn't long before she had his pants down around his ankles, and was
sliding her lips up and down his hard shaft. Joel leaned his head back and
groaned, feeling Elisabeth's moist lips and tongue work his cock all over.
Silas simply gawked, feeling as if he were in a dream, and expecting to wake
up any second.
Elisabeth stopped her sucking for a second, long enough to say to Silas "So
are you just going to watch, or are you going to come over here?"
Silas didn't need any more of an invitation than that, and quickly made his
way over, where he kneeled down behind Elisabeth. While Silas fumbled around
with her skirt and panties, Elisabeth continued to lick and suck Joel's cock
from top to bottom, pausing at the top to let him feel her hot breath on his
Silas finally got Elisabeth's panties off and removed his own pants before
plunging his cock into her already soaking wet pussy. She could feel his
shaft filling her tight love canal as he began to pump away.
"Oooooh yesss!" she moaned, as the two men continued to rhythmically grind
"I'm commminnng" Joel groaned as he blasted a thick load of come down the
back of Elisabeth's throat and all over her lips, face and hair.
Once he had shot his load, Joel stepped back for a second to rest as
Elisabeth and Silas switched positions. Silas laid down on his back, and
Elisabeth sat on top of him, riding his cock like a champion bull rider.
Watching her slide her cute ass up and down on Silas's meat rod soon had
Joel hard again.
Elisabeth noticed his erection and coyly said "I've got room for one more if
you know what I mean." Joel did know what she meant and came around behind
her. He eased first his finger into her asshole, and then his prick as she
continued to let Silas fuck her tight pussy. Both men hungrily pumped away at
the cute young woman, one in her asshole and one in her pussy as she loudly
"Oooooh yeah! Fuck yesssss! Ohhhh my goodness!! I'm commminnng!!" she
screamed as she experienced someone fucking her in the ass for the first
time. And listening to Elisabeth have her orgasm set both Joel and Silas
off, and soon they were shooting come into her pussy and asshole.
They rolled over and were breathing heavily, listening to the party going on
inside. Apparently, even as loud as Elisabeth was, no one was able to hear
As she felt the come dripping down on her pussy, face and asshole, Elisabeth
managed to say. "Come on fellas, let's head up to my room. The night is still
By the pool:
Kim Powers craned her neck as she looked around the pool area, but no one
seemed to be around.
"I could of sworn she was heading this way" she thought to herself. Kim was
looking for Jenna Lewis from the original Survivor. Jenna was arguably the
most successful cast member as far as post show projects were concerned. She
had landed a gig hosting VH1's video countdown for a while, and Kim wanted to
find out the secret to her success. Kim herself had hired an agent, but other
than Playboy, she had received very few offers.
"Surely it was just because Survivor: Africa wasn't as popular as the other
seasons" she thought. "I mean, I'm just as cute as Colleen Haskell, and she
got to star in a movie."
As these things floated through her mind, Kim spotted Jenna wearing her
famous pink bikini and heading towards the steam room.
"God she looks hot" Kim thought as she followed in after her and took a seat
on the bench next to her.
"How's it going?" Jenna asked pleasantly.
"Pretty good, and you?" she replied and the conversation took off from there.
It wasn't long before they were chatting like best friends who had grown up
together, and finally Kim got around to what she really wanted to talk about.
"So, how in the world did you get that VH1 gig?" she asked. "I just can't
seem to find any type of work at all."
"I know what you mean" Jenna answered. "It's been pretty slow for me lately
too. The video countdown thing just kind of fell into my lap."
"You can't seriously think that" Kim said. "Surely you realize that you
earned all of the fame that you got?"
"Fuck yeah" Jenna replied. "But the fact is, I had to do some things that I'm
not exactly proud of to get that job."
"Like what?" Kim pressed.
"Like sleep with the producer" Jenna said frankly.
Kim was stunned. "What was his name?" she asked incredulously.
"Her name was Jennifer" she answered sheepishly.
"You slept with another woman?" Kim asked.
"Sure, why not?" Jenna replied. The story was total bullshit, but she had
crafted it in order to see what Kim's reaction would be. Jenna could see the
sweat from the steam room beading up and running down Kim's hot little body
and she desperately wanted to fuck her. She could also see that Kim's nipples
were erect beneath her blue swimsuit.
"Ohhh, I didn't mean to offend you" she stammered. "I'm just surprised.
That's all."
"Do you like surprises?" Jenna asked seductively as she looked into Kim's
eyes and lightly ran her finger along her shaking leg.
"I think I like this one" she answered nervously, and leaned in to kiss
Jenna. Their lips met in an electric explosion of passion, sweat and saliva
and their hands hungrily explored each others bodies as their tongues
Kim had never fooled around with another woman before, but she was definitely
enjoying this one! She worked her hand into the bottom of Jenna's bikini and
began to rub her sweaty pussy with her fingers before working them into her
hole. Jenna began to rock her hips back and forth to keep up with Kim's
fingering before leaning back on the bench and allowing Kim to tumble down on
top of her. Kim hungrily pounced on Jenna, once again forcing her tongue down
her throat, but never taking her hand out of Jenna's pussy.
"Ooooooh yesss!! Ohhhh!" Jenna moaned as Kim continued working away.
"You like that huh baby? You like it when I fuck you with my fingers?" she
asked. Jenna just nodded and let out a small moan in response as she felt the
orgasm building in her abdomen.
"Ohhh yeah! Fuck me! Ooooh! I'm commming!" she cried, as she covered Kim's
hand with love juice.
Kim took her hand out of Jenna's panties and let her lick the juices off of
her fingers before Jenna pushed her backwards. She quickly removed Kim's
bikini bottom and set to work, lapping away at her pussy. Kim writhed on the
bench under the feel of Jenna's tongue working on her clit. Jenna buried her
tongue deep into Kim's pussy, trying desperately to hold on to something,
but losing the battle, eventually falling off of the bench as her hands
slipped off of Kim's sweaty legs.
Kim giggled, but got down on the floor and kneeled on all fours facing the
bench. Jenna was back in a flash, sliding underneath of Kim and eating her
pussy from below.
"Oooooh! Fuck Yesssss!" she cried as Jenna slid her fingers into her sopping
wet snatch. Jenna sat up and turned her attention to Kim's tiny asshole,
first tonguing and then fingering the tight orifice.
"That feels soooo good!" Kim moaned as she felt Jenna's finger sliding in and
out of her asshole and her tongue probing the warm folds of flesh of her
"Ohhhh baby! Yesss!! Oooooooooohhhhh!" she cried as she came with a violent
shudder. After making out for a few more minutes, Kim and Jenna undressed
each other completely, positioning their hot, sweaty bodies into a 69. They
attacked one another's love holes with a vengeance, hungrily licking up pussy
juice and sweat.
"Mmmmmm! Ooooooh!" Jenna cried as she felt Kim getting the first taste of
pussy of her young life. That just turned Jenna on even more considering that
she had slept with several girls during college.
"That's it! Ohhh yes!" she moaned and soon, both girls were having screaming
orgasms once again. They collapsed in a heap, and Jenna spun around so that
she could kiss Kim once again.
"I think you'll be just fine" she assured Kim as they held each other's
dripping wet bodies and softly kissed.
Outside of Room 169:
Jerri and Sarah snuck across the hall to Colby's room wearing nothing but
bathrobes and carrying several cans of whipped cream. They giggled as they
knocked on the door and waited.
"Remember" Jerri said. "When he picks me, just leave without a scene and you
can pay me the hundred bucks tomorrow. I just hope you're not too bitter."
"Oh please" Sarah retorted. "It's going to be you taking that walk of shame."
When Colby didn't answer, the girls let themselves into his unlocked room.
"Colby?" Sarah called.
"I'm in here Jane" he answered.
"Who's Jane?" Sarah giggled.
"Who care's?" Jerri answered. As they rounded the corner, they found Colby
lying naked on the bed with a hard on sticking straight up in the air.
"Shit!" he yelled. "You two better get out of here before Jane comes back!"
"Too late" came a voice from behind them. It was Jane who had walked in just
in time to hear what Colby had said. "You fucking bastard!" she yelled. "Not
even 4 hours later!" She stormed out of the room crying and Colby started to
"Jane wait!" he called down the hall after her, but she had already
disappeared. As he came back into the room, Jerri and Sarah were still there.
"Well, we came over to have some fun" Jerri said. "I guess this is a cheer
you up party instead."
Colby got an angry look on his face and started to say something when both
girls dropped their robes and stood their naked in front of him. He
immediately changed his tune and started to head in their direction, smiling
"Ah ah ah!" Sarah scolded. "You have to pick. Me or Jerri?"
"After the shit you just started I think I should get both of you" he
Jerri looked at Sarah and nodded. "He's right" she said. "We owe him at least
that. I guess the bet's on hold."
"But you know I would've won" Sarah said.
"In your dreams bitch" Jerri replied as Colby tackled them both too the bed.
Jerri grabbed the whipped cream and sprayed it on his cock before saying to
Sarah "How bout a banana split?"
Sarah laughed as she and Jerri began to lick the whipped cream from his dick,
pausing every few moments when their tongues brushed up against one another
to kiss. They hungrily licked every bit of the whipped cream from his cock
before Sarah began to deep throat him. As she bobbed up and down on Colby's
shaft, Jerri slid down behind Sarah and began to eat her out. She hungrily
worked her mouth and fingers into Sarah's snatch while Sarah continued
sliding Colby's dick in and out of her mouth.
"Mmmmmm!! Yeah!" Sarah moaned as Jerri continued to eat her out. Colby just
laid back and fought back the tears of pleasure as it felt like Sarah was
going to suck all the life out of his body through his cock.
"You better hold up a sec" he warned as Sarah temporarily stopped. He pulled
Sarah up onto the bed and kissed her hard before moving down to her
magnificent breasts. Jerri climbed up next to him to join in the fun, as they
each took one of Sarah's firm breasts into their hungry mouths.
"Doesn't she have the most perfect tits you've ever seen?" Jerri asked, but
Colby never even looked up from what he was doing. When they had their fill
of Sarah's jugs, Colby laid back on his back and watched as Jerri sat on his
cock facing him and Sarah eased her pussy back onto his face facing Jerri. As
he was busy fucking Jerri and eating out Sarah, the two women passionately
french kissed one another.
"Ohhhhh yesss!" Jerri cried as Colby's cock slid in and out of her snatch.
"OOoooohhh! I'm commming!!!" she yelled frantically as her orgasm hit.
Luckily for Colby, he had been drinking so he didn't bust his nut just yet.
Jerri rolled over and Sarah positioned herself in front of Colby so that he
could fuck her doggy style. As he began to fuck away at Sarah's pussy, Jerri
laid down in front of Sarah's face where the beautiful woman could eat her
Colby was frantically working like a jackhammer at Sarah's pussy, listening
to the squishing sound and the slapping of his nuts against her backside.
Meanwhile, Sarah was eagerly returning the earlier favor to Jerri, as she
buried her tongue into Jerri's moist snatch.
"Oooooohhhh yeah!" Sarah moaned as her orgasm built. And suddenly, in a rush,
all three of them were climaxing around the same time. Colby's come shot all
over Sarah's pussy and asshole, and Jerri rushed over to lick it up. Once she
had gotten every drop, she again kissed Sarah passionately, sharing all of
the juices.
As they all laid their in the room, reeking of sex, Colby couldn't help but
wonder where Jane had gone and if he had fucked up for good this time.
Back at the club room:
By now, the party had dwindled and the only person left hanging out in the
club room was Clarence Black. Clarence had been one of the members of the
Survivor: Africa group, and was known to most people as "the guy who ate the
beans." As he was getting ready to head upstairs to his room, Clarence saw a
cute young blonde woman sneak into the kitchen. He followed her in, and soon
found that it was Neleh Dennis, the runner up from Survivor: Marquesas. Neleh
had gotten a cheesecake from one of the coolers and was just about to take a
bite when Clarence spoke up.
"Busted!" he yelled jokingly.
"Oh my heck!" she said. "You scared me."
"Sorry" he said. "Say, you weren't really going to sneak that cheesecake were
"Well, I didn't know they had dessert" she said. "I heard the winners giving
their speeches and it started to get to me, so I went to my room early. But
then I started to get hungry again, so I snuck down here. You're not gonna
bust me are you?"
"Nah" he replied. "I know a little bit about sneaking extra food myself and
believe me, people will not let it die."
Neleh laughed at this. Having watched every episode of Survivor, she knew all
about Clarence's famous bean adventures.
"Say, what did you mean that the winner's speeches started to get to you?" he
"Well really just Vecepia's" she answered. "I guess I'm still bitter about
being second best. My own tribe didn't even believe me when I told them that
I was being myself on the island."
"Well I don't think you're second best" Clarence assured her. "In fact, I
think you are the prettiest girl in this kitchen."
"Thanks" she said. "You're sweet."
"So are you" he replied. As he said it, Neleh and Clarence locked gazes. At
that moment, Neleh didn't care what her conscience told her about random sex,
she wanted Clarence. Clarence moved towards her and leaned in to kiss her.
Neleh kissed him back and soon they were passionately making out.
"You ever been with a black man before?" he asked.
"Actually, no" she answered "I've only been with one man before and that was
two years ago."
"Oh snap" he said. "I guess I'll just have to take it easy on you then." With
that he lifted her up onto one of the metal tables and slowly pushed her
skirt up and lowered her panties. Clarence then worked his tongue into
Neleh's tight pussy to get her nice and wet. Neleh leaned her head back and
moaned as Clarence slid two of his fingers into her waiting snatch.
"Oooooh yeah!" she cried as he continued to eat her pussy. After several
minutes of this, Neleh hopped down off of the table and kneeled in front of
Clarence. She pulled his cock out of his pants and started to ease it into
her mouth. As Clarence's cock grew in size to it's full nine inches, Neleh
started to gag. But she continued to work it down her throat until soon she
was taking the whole thing. Clarence looked down and saw Neleh's blonde hair
moving back and forth as she continued working his cock in and out of her
Clarence was busy groaning in ecstasy when Neleh abruptly stopped. He opened
his eyes and saw her on all fours on top of the table.
"You gonna stand there gawking or are you gonna get up here and fuck me?" she
asked. Clarence was stunned momentarily hearing those words coming out of
Neleh's mouth, but he quickly gained his composure and jumped up on the
table. Once there, he eased his cock into Neleh's vice like pussy and began
to thrust away. Neleh's eyes were wide open and she could barely catch her
breath as Clarence plunged his rod into her pussy all the way to the hilt.
"Ohhhhh yesss! Fuck me hard! Ooooooh!!!" she screamed. Clarence continued to
fuck away like a man possessed as pots and pans fell off of the table and
clanged to the floor below.
Neleh then turned to Clarence and said "I want you to fuck my asshole!"
Clarence stopped and eased his dick towards Neleh's asshole. At first, he
slid in just the head, but already it was intense. Neleh gasped as inch
by inch, he worked his shaft into her asshole. Soon he was pounding away,
tearing the insides of her asshole to shreds as she bit her bottom lip in
a mixture of pain and pleasure.
"Yesss! Ohhhh Yessss!!" she cried as Clarence finally blew his load all
over her ass. Neleh's legs were still shaking a half an hour later when
they got up and went to Clarence's room.
"Don't forget the cheesecake" he said and Neleh just smiled.
Earlier that evening:
As Jane Clayson ran out of Colby's room after catching him with Sarah and
Jerri, she headed straight for the restroom. Amber Brkich, who happened to
be in the hall at the time saw her crying and went in after her.
"What's wrong?" she asked as she approached Jane.
"What else?" Jane managed between sobs. "I caught Colby fucking around again.
At least last time I didn't have to see it."
Amber tried to comfort Jane by rubbing her hand on Jane's back.
"There there" she said. "It's no reason to cry. You know Colby just isn't the
type to be with one woman."
"I know" she said. "But it still hurts."
"Well, don't get mad" Amber smiled. "Get even." Jane looked up to see what
Amber was talking about and could see the lust in her eyes.
"You're beautiful" Amber said as she took one of Jane's hands and started
sucking one of her fingers. "And you can have whoever you want, so why don't
you come and get it?"
Jane hesitated at first, but she remembered just how beautiful Amber looked
in her Stuff magazine photo shoot and that quickly ended her doubts. She
leaned in and began passionately kissing Amber as Amber unbuttoned her
blouse. Jane slowly moved her kisses down Amber's neck and to her chest. Once
there, she finished removing Amber's blouse and quickly cast her bra aside.
"Ooooooh" Amber moaned as Jane took one of her breasts into her mouth.
Amber's nipples were rock hard and jutting straight out, so Jane took the one
that wasn't in her mouth and gave it a pinch. Amber squealed in delight as
Jane moved down again and slid her pants and panties down.
"You want me to eat that pussy?" Jane teased before finally burying her face
in Amber's muff. She gently nibbled on Amber's clit as she worked two fingers
into her hole.
"Mmmmmm yeahhhh!" Amber moaned as she felt Jane's fingers sliding easily in
and out of her greasy snatch and her tongue lightly flicking over her clit.
"Uhhhhhh! Uhhhhh! Yeahhh! Oh shit!! I'm gonna come!!" she cried as Jane
worked her to an orgasm.
Jane quickly popped up to her feet, and Amber unzipped her skirt from behind.
She slid Jane's skirt and panties to the floor, and gently started to eat her
out from behind as Jane bent over. Amber worked first one, then two and then
all four of her fingers from one hand into Jane's wet pussy as she gently
tongued her asshole.
"Ohhhh Fuck yesss! That feels so good!!" she cried as soon she climaxed in
the best orgasm of her life all over Amber's face and hands. Amber lapped up
all of the pussy juice she could and pulled Jane down on top of her, as they
rolled around on the bathroom floor kissing.
When they were both rested enough, Amber pulled Jane towards her,
intertwining their legs until their pussies were up against one another.
Then both ladies began to grind their hips, rubbing their wet pussies
against one another and allowing the friction to bring them pleasure.
"Oooooh Yess! Uhhhhh!! Ohhhh!" they cried together as they simultaneously
climaxed once again. Amber and Jane laid on the floor softly kissing as a
realization occurred to Jane.
"Who needs Colby?" she asked.
"I don't know" Amber replied as she giggled. "I certainly don't." And with
that they began to passionately french kiss each other once again.
Later that night as Amber and Jane were fucking the night away, two messages
were left on Jane's cell phone. One was Colby asking for another chance.
"Not likely" she thought. The other message was her producer.
"Don't forget Jane" he said. "Survivor: Thailand starts this fall."
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Governance Arrangements
The Lumen Learning Trust is a multi- academy trust and as such has multiple layers of governance in order to deliver its core purpose. The structure and remit of each layer of governance is explained in the relevant section on this website. The LLT has the following layers of governance:
- Members
- Directors
- Committees of the Directors
- Business and Management:
- Audit Committee - a sub-committee of the Business and Management Committee
- Pay Committee – a sub-committee of the Business and Management Committee;
- Strategy Committee and HR (Strategic Planning and Staffing)
- Education Committee (Pupil Performance and Curriculum)
- Local Governing Body – The Echelford Primary School
- Local Governing Body – Saxon Primary School
- Local Governing Body - Riverbridge Primary School
- Business and Management:
- In addition the Directors focus their work within the context of subgroups as detailed in the document attached.
The Trust Directors have overarching responsibility for the outcomes of the pupils in all of the schools. Our Executive Principal, Mrs. McCarthy, is a voting member of the Trust board. She is held to account by the Trust Directors and in turn holds the headteachers of each school to account.
The Local Governing Body is an advisory body who supports Mrs. McCarthy and the Trust Directors, through their scrutiny of provision through their own observations and monitoring. In this way they are able to offer further challenge for the leadership of the school as well as being able to verify and moderate impact of action on provision.
As prescribed by the Academies Financial Handbook 2017 the following information is also provided on each person who has been involved in the governance during the previous academic year:
- Date of appointment
- Date of termination (if applicable)
- Term of office
- Who appointed them (except for members)
- Relevant business and pecuniary interests
- Governance roles in other educational institutions
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G.V.Prakash Kumar, Kriti Kharbanda, Bala Saravanan Starring Bruce Movie hit screens world wide on coming 13th January 2017 for Pongal Special. Bruce Lee movie director Prasanth Pandiaraj tweeted first day (12th January) annan (Vijay) padam Bairavaa Pakurom next day Bruce lee pakkurom.
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Thank God #Bruceleejan13 #makewayforbrucelee first day anan Padam #Bhairava pakurom next day #BruceLee pakurom #ananodavarom
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Back to "CLR PODCAST BY CHRIS LIEBING"
Mon, 18 Apr 2016 10:19:57 +0200
This week´s set is the second hour of 4 hours that I played at one of the most prolific, relevant and fun clubs in Italy (which basically means in the world, as Italy is the country with the biggest history of clubs, or as I like to say with an over 2000 years long history of running events and parties). Il Muretto is in Jesolo, near Venice and every time it is quite an experience to be there, not to mention to play there. This date was not any different, or wait, somehow it was, as I felt that in all the years that I played there, I seem to get to know the club better and better, and that leads to an even more intense experience every time. This was maybe the biggest night I played there yet and I am happy to realize that I continue to say that after each gig at Il Muretto. Maybe this time it was due to the fact I had a 6h tattoo session the day before or because it was Easter Sunday and my 4th gig in a row after coming back to Europe from Miami and LA?! No matter what made it so amazing again, I can only say Grazie Mille over and over again for those good times in Italy! Hope you enjoy these 4h.


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With a little nudging from my friend , Rita, of Toltec Jewels I joined in with the Beads of courage challenge organized by Jennifer Cameron. I've never made multiples of anything before and this challenge involved producing 11 charms to send off to Jen so she receives them by Oct. 20th. She'll organize everybody's contributions and send 10 charms back to each of us. Mine went off by Canada Post today. They told me they'd get there in 4-6 days but we'll have to see!
What fun it will be to get 10 different works of art from jewelry artists whose work I am in awe of. The Beads of Courage part involves a set of all the charms being auctioned off on eBay and the proceeds going to the organization Beads of Courage which supports children with serious illnesses . It's a great charity and an admirable one to donate to. Here is their information.
This group of jewelry makers donates time, energy and money to this charity. The money raised by the eBay auction of charms is donated totally to this charity. Last year $1500.00 was donated and hopefully we'll see more this year.
The reveal for this challenge is November 14th and that is also the day of the auction. I hope all of my readers will remember and check out the auction on that day. I'll be revealing the charms I made on my blog that day but they have to remain a secret until then. Here are some teaser pics to pique your interest. See you on the 14th.
Monday, 29 September 2014
My charms are in the mail!!!!
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Most of my MSc thesis used a lot of math and fancy-dancy computer modeling to look at whether it is biologically feasible for ankylosaurids to have used their tail clubs for forceful impacts (and therefore as offensive or defensive weapons). But another way to look for evidence of behaviour is to look for injuries, which can sometimes, if you're lucky, give you clues about some of the more dramatic moments in an animal's life. So as I was looking at specimens for my MSc (and into my PhD), I always kept an eye open for anything unusual or abnormal that could be a pathology.
What I would love to tell you is that I found healing fractures in the handle vertebrae or knob of the tail club, because that would be pretty good evidence that ankylosaurids were smashing things with their tails. Sadly, I have not seen anything like that in any of the tail club specimens I've seen. There are several explanations for the absence of handle pathologies:
- Ankylosaurids did not use their tails for forceful impacts.
- Ankylosaurids did use their tails for forceful impacts, but the impact forces were never enough to cause the tail to break.
- Ankylosaurids did use their tails for forceful impacts, and the impact forces were so great that a fracture was probably catastrophic and unlikely to heal.
- Ankylosaurids did use their tails for forceful impacts, and injuries occurred sometimes, but we haven't found any injured specimens yet.
What else did we find? Well, there's a tail club knob that may have become infected – it's on display at the Royal Tyrrell Museum Field Station if you happen to be visiting Dinosaur Provincial Park this summer, and you can check it out for yourself. There's a big hole on the right major osteoderm, and this osteoderm is also much taller in posterior view.
I wasn't able to draw any definitive conclusions about tail-clubbing in ankylosaurs based on my pathology survey, and trying to diagnose bone pathologies in fossils is EXTREMELY challenging. Perhaps it is something that gets easier with time. But I had a lot of fun with this project and I think it is worthwhile to look at palaeopathologies as potential sources of information, as long as you're careful how you interpret them.
Arbour VM, Currie PJ. 2011. Tail and pelvis pathologies of ankylosaurian dinosaurs. Historical Biology, online 19 May 2011.
Tanke DH, Farke AA. 2007. Bone resorption, bone lesions, and extracranial fenestrae in ceratopsid dinosaurs: a preliminary assessment. In: Carpenter K (ed). Horns and beaks. Bloomington (IN): Indiana University Press. p. 319–348.


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Ain't no party like a South Korean potato party!
If you thought the North Koreans and their state sponsored haircuts were mental, South Korea is winning the war on crazy with their latest fad, the 'potato party.'
Fat kids everywhere are ordering massive amounts of fries from McDonalds, piling them onto a table and taking photos of themselves scoffing them. Nobody really understands why.
Apparently it all started in Japan, where last October McDonalds had a sale on fries, and kids went mad for competitive eating and posting photos on Facebook. Then, as so often happens with stupid kids, these carb-o-riffic feasts soon got out of control, with some groups eating 60 packets in a session.
In South Korea, a group of 12 children were recently kicked out of McDonalds for attempting to stuff £165 worth of fries down their hideous oily Gangnam gullets.
Still, it's one way to control the population.
*winks knowingly at Kim Jong Un*
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- Idi A.A more effective way to control the population is to look like Kim Jong Un.
- DickThe fat is bad, but the salt content of that pile must be huge.
- Darren"their hideous oily Gangnam gullets." That's a bit racist. this site really is going down the pan, your stories seem more about being on the edge and offending than reporting the news in the last week. I understand you are new Lucy, and you maybe reading the comments and realise that a lot of commenter's talk crap, but not very appropriate for the articles to be. next you will be taking the piss out of poor innocent foxes. If this continues I will pass it on to who ever the official body is, as I don't mind comedy, but racism is not acceptable EVER!
- Dick^ When has BW ever been about reporting news in the last week?
- Darren@Dick, Badly worded. I meant; that over the last week, the language used by the editors had been really bad reporting the (old) news.
- Big M.Instead of a 'Potato Party' why not a more healthy fruit & veg option? Anyone up for a Lemon Party at mine?
- Mike O.@Big Mozzer Are you taking the pith?
- chewbacca@Derren You're new here, right? Anyway, it's fun to take the piss out of the slanty eyed. As long as we don't offend the Ally followers, you know? Cos they're fucking un-fucking-touchable.


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The native oaks along the banks of the lower Dart have suggested a possible etymology, that - like the Derwent - the river takes its name from the Brythonic for oak (Old Gaelic dair, Breton derv, Cornish derow, Welsh derw), but it is also true that the root der- / dar- / dur- means water (Breton dour, Cornish dowr, Wlesh dŵr) and that dairt is Erse for a heifer.
"I know what Mr. Baxter says of Derventio, that it comes from the Welsh Derwent or Dirwyn, all of a piece with his Corguba aforementioned; inventions and boilings-over of a fertile brain. The Welsh tongue never had the word Derwent; therefore his whole building is without foundation. I have traced it to its original British name, but will not attempt the etymology of it. If it is from Derw, oak: why was not every river that ran through a forest called Derwenydd?"
Letter from Mr. Lewis Morris, of Penbryn, Cardiganshire, to Mr. Edward Richard, at Ystrad Meuryg, in that County, The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 66 (1789)
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Oaks along the River Dart
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All of that pinning!
All of that sewing!
During last night's Quilt-Cam I was able to finish the last two seams and call this Leader & Ender project a TOP FINISH!
Is there anything that feels as good as getting that top together?
Yes, I know that finishing the quilting, and putting the last stitch into the binding are also great feats – but for me, I feel the most sense of accomplishment at the finish of the TOP! And I think that feeling is what carries me on to wanting to see it quilted and bound.
These pieces were all sewn as Leaders & Enders – NO CHEATING going on for me, so it took a year to get this project to this point. That is the whole purpose of a Leader & Ender project. It just grows on the side with little thought or effort. It's a freebie in between everything else. It's a fun distraction to see how it grows along the side. I love these Leader & Ender projects we have done together!
You'll find the free pattern to start your own Lozenges Leader & Ender quilt under the free patterns tab at the top of the blog!
Next up –a BACKING!


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Encryption and Decryption. When these two words comes in my mind, visual images of some one seeing lots of 0 and 1 comes in my minds, like if you are seeing the Matrix movie.In geeky movies, or T.V series like Mr. Robot , the guys mainly seems to be using Linux :) command line utilities for encrypting hard drives or USB flash drives.
If you use external hard disk or USB drives to carry confidential data, then your disk must be encrypted, in-case of loss of them , no one else should get the data from these drives.
In Windows we use the BitLocker to encrypted and decrypt drives. BitLocker uses the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) microchip to store the cryptographic information.
To know more about BitLocker visit this link : http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-vista/bitlocker-drive-encryption-overview
In Windows 10, there is already module for BitLocker ( Awesome !!!!!, I am assuming this module is available in windows 8.1 too. ) . That' means, we can encrypt and decrypt drives by using PowerShell too. Bravo!!!!
Let's check, what are the cmdlets are available in BitLocker PowerShell module.
Get-Command * -Module BitLocker
OK!. Not much cmdlets, there see,to have some cmdlet only. Let' find out which cmdlet is let us see the list of all drives, including the encrypted ones.
Get-BitLockerVolume , is the cmdlet, which shows us the list of all drives, including the encrypting and non-encrypting ones.
Run the cmdlet and you will get the error... because, YOU HAVE TO RUN THESE CMDLETS , AS AS ADMINISTRATOR
Now ,Get-BitLockerVolume as as admin and you will see the below output. You can see, that it is showing us all drives, including, encrypting ones and and even showing the the Encryption Percentage status, 100% means, the disk is fully encrypted.
Cool!!! Now in next blog posts, we are going to encrypt one of our external drive :)
Thanks for your time.
Aman Dhally
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Potato Relish: In a small saucepan, place the potatoes and cover with water. Set over high heat and bring to a boil, reducing to a low boil until tender, about 7 to 8 minutes. Remove from the heat and cool under cold running water. Once cool enough to handle, slice the potatoes into 1/4-inch rounds and place in a medium bowl. Set an 8-inch saute pan over medium heat and add the olive oil. When the oil is hot, add the shallots and garlic and saute until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the sliced potatoes to the pan, and saute for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the balsamic vinegar to the pan and cook until reduced by about half, about 2 minutes. Season the potatoes with the salt and pepper and garnish with the chives and tarragon. Set aside while you prepare the scallops.
Potato Truffle Sauce and Scallops: In an 8-inch saute pan set over medium heat, add 1 tablespoon of the butter. Once melted, add the shallots and garlic and saute until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the potatoes and stock to the pan and bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook until the potatoes are tender and the stock has reduced by about half, about 15 minutes. Season the potatoes with 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of the pepper. Place in a food processor with the heavy cream and pulse until well blended and smooth. Remove to a heat-proof glass or stainless steel bowl and fold in the truffle oil. Wrap with plastic wrap and set aside to keep warm while you prepare the scallops.
Set a 10-inch saute pan over high heat. Add the olive oil. While the oil is getting hot, Season the scallops with the remaining teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of pepper. Dredge the scallops in the flour and shake to remove any excess flour. Place the scallops in the saute pan and sear for 2 minutes on the first side. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter to the pan and swirl to evenly distribute. Turn the scallops and continue to cook for 1 1/2 to 2 minutes on the second side, or until golden brown and just cooked through. To serve, divide the potato sauce among the centers of 4 shallow bowls or plates. Place 3 scallops on top of the potato sauce, and garnish with the warm potato relish and chopped chives. Serve immediately.


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Adore Delano Addresses Drag Race
IF you have been living under a rock or just haven't fallen in love with Adore Delano yet, you will. West Hollywood's fastest up and coming drag queen, Adore, decided to address a few things regarding the RuPaul Drag Race Season 5 contest and the shade that came with it! Oooo gurl!
To break it down, Adore didn't win the contest but had the most votes and should have won. Allegedly, there has been speculation that an inside queen close to RuPaul didn't like Adore and planted a little seed.
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LOUIS AURA (ex-ORIENT QUEEN) Part 9, the final one
Saturday 21st September 2013
After a short night's sleep, I put my suitcase outside my cabin and headed for the Bridge. The sun was barely up but the light was increasing slowly as the city of Istanbul came in sight on the horizon ahead. The Pilot headed towards us later than expected, with what looked like white smoke billowing from his vessel.
We found out there was an early morning problem with, I think, the inhibitor in the engine. There was some gentle teasing as he came on board and entered the Bridge.
Soon we could see the famous mosques on the skyline as we approached the port and turned in a wide semi-circle to reach our berth at the cruise terminal.
We manoeuvred into position between COSTA PACIFICA and SILVER WIND, with ferries going about their business all around us across the Bosphorus.
We were alongside before 7 a.m. and could watch AZURA approaching her berth near us, but going oh so very slowly. How fortunate to be on LOUIS AURA, for so many reasons.
Ships seen: Wind Star, Costa Pacifica, Azura, Ahmet Hulusi, The World
After breakfast and fond farewells, it was time to disembark and get a taxi to Ataturk airport for a flight home to the UK. I had enjoyed time in Istanbul before sailing for a week on Louis Cruise Line's little treasure, and had some amazing memories and photographs of my holiday on LOUIS AURA – lucky me.
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Zhang Yin
Zhang Yin started learning the pipa from Fan Hua Li from a tender age, and continued to be under her tutelage when she was admitted to the Hebei Arts Vocational College. In 2005, she entered the Central Conservatory of Music with excellent results, and actively participated in various performances with the National Youth Orchestra and the Cantonese music groups.
She also participated in various television recordings with CCTV and other programs. In December 2006, she successfully held a personal recital at the People's Republic of China University. In 2008, Zhang Yin was invited by the Central Opera and Dance Theatre Symphony Orchestra to collaborate on the Yellow River Cantata as a pipa soloist to good reviews. She was under the guidance of renowned teachers such as Liu Hai De, Li Guang Hua, Wu Yu Xia, Yang Bao Yuan and learnt guqin from Li Xiang Ting.
She had won the first prize in the Second National Youth Junior Instrumental Competition (China, Hebei Province). During July 2003, she had also won second prize in "Tian Hua Bei" National Youth Pipa Competition (China) and in 2008 won the "Cultural Prize" awarded by the Chinese Minstry of Culture as well as the Bronze Prize for the National Youth Traditional Instrunment Competition..
In 2010, Zhang Yin joined the Singapore Chinese Orchestra as a pipa musician.


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On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:24:14 +0200, David Håsäther <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > One of the steps for the send() method[3] says: > | Use the stringification mechanisms of the host language on data and > treat > | the result as if data is a DOMString. > What should happen if toString() is overridden? E.g.: > Number.prototype.toString = function() { return (this*2)+''; }; > ... > request.send(1); > Should '1' or '2' be sent? I tested this in Opera 9.2 and Firefox 2. > Opera doesn't seem to post anything when the parameter is a number. > Firefox sends '1'. The output of the custom toString() should be used if toString is overridden. However, your test isn't testing the scenario you want to test because stringification of a number literal does not use Number.prototype.toString(). Say request.send(new Number(1)); for example. Opera not sending anything looks like a bug, I'll file it. -- Hallvord R. M. Steen Core QA JavaScript tester, Opera Software http://www.opera.com/ Opera - simply the best Internet experienceReceived on Monday, 23 July 2007 14:03:24 UTC
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