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84º ~ conditions the same as yesterday and the day before and the day before that, and look to hold steady for tomorrow and the day after that and the day after that, &etc.
In the midst of the self-imposed homestead writing residency, I've had some great mail days. I'm not one to worry too much whether a publication is online or in print, as long as the editors are publishing work that I admire and are consistent with their standards. That being said, this most recent group of "in print" poems all happen to be in print journals rather than online. (In the end, I think my numbers work out pretty close to 50/50 in terms of print versus online publications.) Here's my recent crop; I've linked to the process notes for each poem through the titles.
~ "Cornfield, USA III" (missing draft notes) and "Inventing a Rain Spell" are in Sou'wester 40.2 (Spring 2012): The Weather Issue. When I saw the call for this themed-issue, I nearly fell off my chair, as I was completely immersed at the time in writing weather poems. I don't do well is writing to an assigned theme and often don't find my work fitting with other special calls for submissions, so this was a delight. Other amazing folks in this issue: Sean Thomas Dougherty, Randall Horton, Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, Gary L. McDowell, Alison Pelegrin, and Benjamin Vogt among others.
I've long admired Sou'wester and was fortunate to work with Allison Funk several years ago when she published "Etude," one of the poems from Blood Almanac. For these poems, I got to work with Adrian Matejka, which was a joy. Sadly, Adrian is leaving Sou'wester (as he announces in his editor's note); happily, Stacey Lynn Brown will take over as Poetry Editor.
~ "The Ashes of My Familiar" appears in 32 Poems 10.1 (Spring/Summer 2012). In the past, George David Clark (now Editor of the journal) had asked me to send some poems to him as a reader of this power-packed, poetry-only journal. Those previous poems never made it through to publication, but when I had my first set of sickly speaker poems ready to face the world, I thought of 32 Poems, and I'm so happy that David picked this one. Just a taste of the other poets included: Bruce Bond, Jessica Piazza, Dave Smith, Corinna McClanahan Schroeder, Ash Bowen (shout out for Arkansas!), Mary Angelino (and there's another Woo Pig Sooie!), Paul Bone (wait a minute, didn't he go to Arkansas?) and, holy cow! Les Murray...yes, I said Les Murray.
Uhm, given that four of the 32 poets came out of the Arkansas program, I think this issue must be re-dubbed: Woo Pig Sooie!
There is a new feature on 32 Poems' blog starting with this issue: contributors' marginalia. Each contributor was given the choice of participating by picking another poem in the issue and writing a short post about that poem, from anywhere on the personal -- academic continuum. I am loving this! Watch for my contribution in early August.
~ "Cautionary Tale for Girls Kept Underground in Summer" shows up in Natural Bridge 27 (Spring 2012). Slowly but surely, poems from the group of Midwestern fairy tales I worked on last year are making their way in the world. I'm so happy these girls are getting out there, even if they are a bit dark and ragged around the edges. True to form, the editors have gathered an impressive group of writers, including but not limited to: Patrick Hicks (who shared some of the same undergrad classes with me and with whom I reunited at AWP...Denver I think), J. D. Schraffenberger, Jennifer Fandel, and my colleague and friend and fellow Arkansas grad, Angie Macri, who has four amazing southern Illinois poems in the issue.
This was a special acceptance for me because Natural Bridge was my very first publication during grad school. That was over ten years ago, and I've submitted often in the meantime, always mentioning that I am a previous contributor. It just goes to show, that connections and previous credentials don't really do a thing unless the poems are working and fitting with whatever the editors have going on at the time. It's a thrill to get any acceptance, and a special little zip to get that second acceptance from the same journal after many years.
~ "The Way She Knows the World to Work" and "Cornfield, USA" lead off (wow!) Crab Creek Review XXV.1 (2012). I'm honored to have these two poems opening this issue of the journal, which contains so much good work. I'm also thrilled that "The Way She Knows the World to Work" finally found a home, as it is one of the older poems I had circulating at the time, and it is one of the poems that underwent the most revision between drafting and publication. This issue has one fantastic cover and a whole slew of writers of whom I'm fond: Marie Gauthier, Amanda Auchter, Jeannine Hall Gailey (conducting an interview with Dana Levin), Laura E. Davis, and Jill Osier, just to name a few.
My many, many thanks to the advance readers and the editors of these publications. They do the unsung and often unpaid work of gathering together these words "for the love of the game."
If any of what I've written above inspires you, please order the issue or subscribe. If that's out of the budget, ask your library to do so. If that doesn't work, let me know, and I'll see what I can do!
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Some New Poems in Print
Posted by Sandy Longhorn at 11:00 AM
4 comments:
- Shawnte Orion said...
What an amazing stretch of mailbox trips. Congratulations on taking over the world.
That 32 Poems blog-extra feature sounds like a great idea. I'll have to check that out.
- June 17, 2012 at 11:21 AM
- Sandy Longhorn said...
Thanks, Shawnte! It's feast or famine, as I've had a long stretch now with no acceptances, which means a long stretch with nothing in the mailbox later on. So be it. For today, I am MIGHTY!
- June 17, 2012 at 11:23 AM
- Kathleen said...
Congrats on all this! I remember that Sou'wester call and the perfectness of you for it!
- June 17, 2012 at 12:47 PM
- Sandy Longhorn said...
Thanks, Kathleen!
- June 17, 2012 at 12:50 PM
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I'm pretty excited....we are preparing to eliminate quite a bit of the P.O.-W. in our basement. But right after Christmas, we painted our powder room bath. Now, not only was the wall color bothersome, it was light enough to show all of the dirty handprints my children would leave as they would enter and exit the bathroom. We just couldn't take it anymore.
A few before shots...
It has really good features to it....pedestal sink and nice light fixture. So....
And after?
We added some black framed prints. This one is from an art shop in Bergen, Norway.
Here is a silver sign for the door, given to us by my Norwegian cousins. WC stands for "water closet" and means bathroom, if you didn't know.
The cabinet was a Craiglist find for about $20. It can be recessed into the wall, but I like the cabinet look.
Be gone, peachy off-white. I'm coming for the rest of you.

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Ramblings of an Author/Soldier about books, travel and life
Saturday, September 8, 2012
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Nice works, thank you for sharing! It seems we have a lot in common! Will be glad to follow you and post a suggestion of mine! Do you use sites like zazzle.com, cafepress. com, fiverr? They could be a good way to show your works and to help "remove" stupidity in the streets like headlines on t-shirts, fridge-magnets, cups, etc: My Boyfriend kisses Better Than Yours, FBI - female body inspector, etc. Not everything we see and think of should be about sex, right? It would be much better if there were more nice pictures (even of mythical creatures), good thoughts, poems (from any genre are welcome I guess), etc? I'm allanbard there, I use some of my illustrations, thoughts, poems from my books (like: One can fight money only with money, Even in the hottest fire there's a bit of water, The thinnest thing in the world is the border between good and evil, orReplyDelete
Let's watch the moon, let's meet the sun!
Let's hear soon the way the Deed was done!
Let's listen to the music the shiny crystals played,
let's welcome crowds of creatures good and great...
etc). I guess any author with a common sense would appreciate such lines much more than the usual we see every day? Best wishes! Keep up the good work! Let the wonderful noise of the sea always sounds in your ears! (a greeting of the water dragons' hunters - my Tale Of The Rock Pieces).


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Effects of External Loadings on Large-Diameter Buried Pipelinesby Victor Manikian, Woodward-Clyde Consultants, Anchorage, AK, USA,
Howard P. Thomas, Woodward-Clyde Consultants, Anchorage, AK, USA,
Document Type: Proceeding Paper
Part of: Civil Engineering in the Arctic Offshore
Development of oil and gas resources in the far north has involved extensive use of buried steel pipelines. Buried pipelines, particularly onshore, are frequently subjected to heavy superimposed external loadings. During development of the oil fields, traffic from large, heavily-loaded gravel trucks and crawlers carrying sometimes-enormous modules is frequent. A state-of-the-practice design procedure is presented for calculating pipe ovalling deflections and stresses which has been applied in several pipeline projects in Alaska. The procedure models the soil-pipe interaction, characterizing the sidefill by an appropriate modulus value. Pipeline operating characteristics including temperature and internal pressure are addressed and initial pipe out-of-roundness can be taken into account. Hoop bending and tensile stresses are combined in an appropriate fashion with longitudinal stresses.
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Azimuth Corporation was named in the Who's Who Top 100 2017 Aerospace & Defense Contractors by the Dayton Business Journal in Dayton, OH. This is an honor and the third year that President, Val Rossi, has been selected for this mention in the DBJ.
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Matthew Williamson's 3-D Inspiration
Matthew Williamson's fascination with the contrast between nature and synthetic found its match in Russian artist Francisco Infante-Arana, whose installations of mirrors in forests and other outdoor settings proved the starting point for the English designer's autumn/winter collection.
"A certain body of his work is about putting these three-dimensional forms, largely made of mirror, within the wilderness," Mr. Williamson said a few days before the Sunday show. "And much the same as him, I'm kind of fascinated with that contrast — synthetic and technological aspects interplaying with the natural."


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In the summer I love to grill up fruit for dessert when we have friends over for a bbq on the back patio. It's a quick and easy way to present a dessert that is both tasty and satisfying.
Try grilling up some fruit at your next bbq. Serve the grilled fruit with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream for some whipped cream.
Summertime Grilled Fruit
3 firm but ripe nectarines, halved, pitted
3 firm but ripe purple/black plums, halved, pitted
3 firm but ripe red plums, halved, pitted
3 peaches, halved
6 metal skewers or thick wooden skewers soaked in water 30 minutes
3-4 tablespoons sugar
3 T. melted butter
Prepare the barbecue (medium-high heat). Thread 1 piece of each fruit on each of 6 skewers so that the cut sides line up and lay flat. Sprinkle the butter and sugar over the cut sides of the fruit. Let stand until the sugar dissolves, about 10 minutes. Place the fruit skewers on the grill cut side down. Grill the fruit until it is heated through and caramelized, about 5 minutes. Transfer 1 fruit skewer to each plate and serve.
May 30, 2007
My Favorite Summer Dessert
In the summer I love to grill up fruit for dessert when we have friends over for a bbq on the back patio. It's a quick and easy way to present a dessert that is both tasty and satisfying.
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May 29, 2007
Alcohol Substitutions and Cooking Tips
I apologize for not updating recently. I had surgery about two weeks ago and I'm finally back to almost 100%.
Today I'm going to be talking about using alcohol to cook with. Enjoy.
There are a vast number of wonderful recipes which use some form of alcohol as an ingredient in sauces, marinades or as a main flavor ingredient. What do you do when you don't have that particular liquor or you will be serving children at dinner or you do not partake of any alcoholic beverages? In many cases, you can make some non-alcoholic substitutions. In order to be successful, you'll need to be armed with information and background on why the alcohol is used and the flavor goal of the recipe.
In general, the main reason any alcoholic beverage is used in a recipe is to impart flavor. After all, the finest extracts with the most intense flavors are alcohol-based, particularly vanilla.
Fermentation intensifies and concentrates fruit essence into liqueurs, cordials, brandies and wines. Other foodstuffs are distilled into potent liquors specifically to boggle the senses but still appeal to the palate. Many object to the alcohol content, but it is a completely natural by-product which happens daily in nature, even within the human body. In many recipes, the alcohol is an essential component to achieve a desired chemical reaction in a dish. Alcohol causes many foods to release flavors that cannot be experienced without the alcohol interaction. Beer contains yeast which leavens breads and batters. Some alcoholic beverages can help break down tough fibers via marinades. Other dishes use alcoholic content to provide entertainment, such as flambes and flaming dishes. Wine and Kirsch were originally added to fondue because the alcohol lowers the boiling point of the cheese which helps prevent curdling. In the case of leavened goods, there is no ready substitute for beer. Instead, choose a different recipe which uses another leavener such as yeast, baking powder or baking soda. For marinades, acidic fruits will usually do the trick. For flambes and flamed dishes, you're out of luck if you don't use the alcohol. For flavoring alone, you will often have a number of substitution options.
Alcohol burn-off depends on cooking methods
Does the alcohol burn off?
Alcohol not only evaporates without heat, but the majority also burns off during the cooking process. How much remains in the dish depends on the cooking method and amount of cooking time. Those bourbon-soaked fruitcakes would have to turn into bricks before the alcohol evaporates. A bottle of Guinness in a long-simmered stew is not going to leave a significantly measurable alcohol residue, but will add a rich, robust flavor. A quick flambe may not burn off all the alcohol, whereas a wine reduction sauce will leave little if any alcohol content. Heat and time are the keys. Obviously, uncooked foods with alcohol will retain the most alcohol. An alcohol burn-off chart has been compiled by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture with information on how much alcohol remains in your food with specific cooking methods. Keep in mind that this is the percentage of alcohol remaining of the original addition. If you are not a math whiz, the calculations might confuse you. For example, take a liquor that is 100-proof. This means it is 50 percent alcohol by volume. So a baked and/or simmered dish with 2 ounces (1/4 cup) of 100-proof liquor cooked for 1 hour will have 12.5 percent alcohol content remaining, about 1/4 ounce. Divide that by the amount of servings, and the quantity goes down proportionately (.0625 ounces per each of 4 servings). With liquors and liqueurs (even lower proof), seldom is more than 1/4 cup used in a recipe so as not to overpower the dish. (For reference, a standard shot or jigger of liquor at most bars contains about 1-1/2 ounces, but can range from 1 to 2 ounces.) The same dish with 10-proof wine, or 5 percent alcohol by content, would end up with less than 2 percent alcohol content remaining after baking or simmering for 1 hour. Non-alcoholic beverages by U.S. law contain less than 1 percent alcohol. Longer cooking and/or higher heat gets rid of even more alcohol. If you're worried about legalities, long cooking should do the trick. Always inform your guests when you are cooking with alcohol in case they have allergies or health problems.
Cooking with alcohol tips and hints
You'll have to use your own judgement on substituting for alcohol in recipes. Sweet recipes will require different substitutions than savory. Amounts will also make a difference. You wouldn't want to use a quarter cup of almond extract to replace the same amount of Amaretto liqueur. And remember, the final product will not be how the original cook intended, but it should still be tasty.
· Look at the main ingredients of your recipe. Usually the main liquid ingredient can be extended to cover a small amount of required alcoholic ingredient.
· If the amount is less than a tablespoon, it can probably be omitted although flavor will be lost.
· Any variety of juices and/or tomato juice can often be substituted in marinades.
· Non-alcoholic wine or wine vinegar can be substituted for wine.
Add a bit of honey or sugar to emulate sweeter wines.
· Extracts, flavorings, syrups, and juices can be substituted for flavor-based liquors and liqueurs. They will usually need to be diluted.
· Use non-alcoholic wines over cooking wine or sherry. It should be drinkable. The cooking wines and sherries are loaded with sodium which detracts from flavor and adds a salty flavor to the food.
· To help burn off more alcohol and reduce potential injuries when using it for flamed dishes, be sure to warm the liquor before adding to the hot (the food must also be hot!), and use a long match or lighter to ignite it. Always tilt the pan away from you when igniting. The liquor should be added very last possible moment and lit as quickly as possible to avoid the liquor soaking into the food. Let the alcohol burn off enough so the flavor does not overpower the dish.
· Tomato sauce or juice combined with Worcestershire sauce or soy sauce can work as a substitute for many robust liquors.
· Frozen desserts and high alcohol-content liquor do not mix well since the alcohol freezes at a much lower temperature. You may end up with runny ice cream or sorbet.
· When using milk or cream in a sauce containing alcohol, be sure to burn off the alcohol before adding the cream or the sauce may curdle.
· If the alcoholic ingredient in the recipe is intended to be the main flavor and you must avoid alcohol, find another recipe. It just won't taste the same.
Posted by Lane at 5/29/2007 0 comments Links to this post
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May 14, 2007
Cooking with Flowers
Yes, those flowers look beautiful as garnishes, but what do they taste like?
Bean blossoms have a sweet, beany flavor. Nasturtiums have a wonderfully peppery flavor similar to watercress and their pickled buds can be substituted for more expensive capers. Borage tastes like cucumber, and miniature pansies have a mild wintergreen taste. Violets, roses and lavender lend a sweet flavor to salads or desserts. Bright yellow calendulas are an economic alternative to expensive saffron, though not quite as pungent. Other flowers may have a spicy or peppermint flavor. When in doubt, taste, but first be sure it's not poisonous.
Edible flowers tips and hints
Edible flowers as a garnish make any dish look special on your table, but be sure the flavor of the flower compliments the dish.
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Here are a few ideas to beautify your recipes and perk up your taste buds:
• Place a colorful gladiolus or hibiscus flower (remove the stamen and pistil) in a clear glass bowl and fill with your favorite dip.
• Sprinkle edible flowers in your green salads for a splash of color and taste.
• Freeze whole small flowers into ice rings or cubes for a pretty addition to punches and other beverages.
• Use in flavored oils, vinaigrettes, jellies, and marinades.
• One of the most popular uses is candied or crystalized flowers, used to decorate cakes and fine candies.
• Asthmatics or others who suffer allergic reactions to composite-type flowers (calendula, chicory, chrysanthemum, daisy, English daisy, and marigold) should be on alert for possible allergic reaction.
• Never use non-edible flowers as a garnish. You must assume that if guests find a flower on a plate of food, they will think it edible.
• Use flowers sparingly in your recipes, particularly if you are not accustomed to eating them. Too much of a pretty thing can lead to digestive problems.
• If you are prone to allergies, introduce flowers in small amounts so you can judge their effect. Some have a much more pronounced flavor than others, so you'll need to judge accordingly.
• The leaves of some flowers also have culinary uses, but be sure to check a trusted food reference source before experimenting. This helpful edible flowers chart links to full color photos, plus includes info on scientific name, pertinent warnings, and flavor comparisons.
• Peruse this plant toxicity list for further reference.
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May 11, 2007
Beer in the Rear Chicken
I've got a great summer treat this Friday!
Have you ever had Beer in the Rear Chicken? Well, if you have not, it's time to try something new. It's makes a fun picnic recipe that everyone will enjoy. And the best part...it's a waaay country recipe. I bet you won't see this on the menu at a fancy city resturant.
I even have a beer can holder for the chicken my mother bought my brothers and I for Christmas that works great. You can purchase these at many kitchen places, but my came from Bass Pro Shop.
Beer in the Rear Chicken
By Lane
1 (3-pound) chicken
Olive OilSeasoned salt, Lawry's is what I use 1 tsp. garlic powder
Salt and pepper1 (12-ounce) can beer, whatever will do1 sprig Rosemary
1 spring Thyme
If you are using a charcoal grill, get coals ready.
Wash the chicken and pat dry with paper towels. Coat the chicken in olive oil, wash hands. Place all seasonings in bowl and stir around. Coat the chicken with the seasonings and be sure to really rub the seasonings into the meat, wash hands.
Pop open the beer, take a drink…then insert the thyme and rosemary spring into the beer can. Place the beer can into the cavity of the chicken. Place on grill and cook for about 48 minutes (Be safe and use an instant read thermometer. Turn the chicken around if necessary.
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May 8, 2007
Roman Style Chicken
I have been watching a lot of Everyday Italian on the Food Network lately because of Giada's wonderful recipes and I came across this hearty dish about a month ago.
Roman Style Chicken is full of many of my favorite things…tomatoes, prosciutto, garlic, capers and lots of wonderful herbs.
Try serving this the next day over a bed of angle hair pasta. Also, this recipe calls for white wine. When cooking with wine it's a good rule of thumb to only use wine you would want to drink. If you don't like the taste of the wine, you won't like it in your cooking either.
I've been asked a lot of questions lately about many of my recipes that include what some call "out of the ordinary ingredients." So, I'm going to include the description of some of the ingredients that might be called in to question.
Prosciutto: is the Italian word for ham, used in English to refer to dry-cured ham. You can find prosciutto in the deli isle in your local grocery store.
Capers: is a biennial spiny shrub that bears rounded, rather fleshy leaves and big white to pinkish-white flowers. A caper is also the pickled bud of this plant. The bush is native to the Mediterranean region, growing wild on walls or in rocky coastal areas throughout. The plant is best known for the edible bud and fruit which are usually consumed pickled.
Roman Style Chicken
By Giada De Laurentiis, Food Network
4 skinless chicken breast halves, with ribs
2 skinless chicken thighs, with bones
1/2 teaspoon salt, plus 1 teaspoon
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus 1 teaspoon
1/4 cup olive oil 1 red bell pepper, sliced
1 yellow bell pepper, sliced
3 ounces prosciutto, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 (15-ounce) can diced tomatoes
1/2 cup white wine
1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
1 teaspoon fresh oregano leaves
1/2 cup chicken stock
2 tablespoons capers
1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
Season the chicken with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. In a heavy, large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat. When the oil is hot, cook the chicken until browned on both sides. Remove from the pan and set aside.
Keeping the same pan over medium heat, add the peppers and prosciutto and cook until the peppers have browned and the prosciutto is crisp, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the tomatoes, wine, and herbs. Using a wooden spoon, scrape the browned bits off the bottom of the pan. Return the chicken to the pan, add the stock, and bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, covered, until the chicken is cooked through, about 20 to 30 minutes.
If serving immediately, add the capers and the parsley. Stir to combine and serve. If making ahead of time, transfer the chicken and sauce to a storage container, cool, and refrigerate. The next day, reheat the chicken to a simmer over medium heat. Stir in the capers and the parsley and serve.
Posted by Lane at 5/08/2007 0 comments Links to this post
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May 7, 2007
Paula Deen News...
Birmingham, AL (April 27, 2007)--Paula Deen, whose southern charm is as irresistible as her fried chicken, is cooking up something new for her fans to crave. Teaming up with Hoffman Media, the publisher of her magazine, Paula is kicking off a national tour this summer. Paula Deen Live, which will begin in early June and go through September, will be visiting Shreveport, Charlotte, Nashville, Dallas, and Atlanta.
The concept for the tour stemmed from Paula Deen's hugely successful Cooking Schools, which she began in 2004. When tickets went on sale for all 52 classes in 2006, they sold out in less than two weeks. "That's why we partnered with Hoffman Media to offer Paula Deen Live," said Theresa Luckey, Paula's executive assistant. "We are able to offer larger venues with better price points so that anyone who is a fan of Paula's can come and see her."
Each two hour show will feature Paula cooking up some of her down-home favorites, sharing tips, and answering fans' questions. Paula hopes the tour will encourage families to get back in to the kitchen and around the table, where she says her family shared some of their favorite memories.
"People need to get on back to the kitchen," said Paula. "I'm gonna show you how we do it at my house. I'll tell you what I cook and share the secrets to making it good. But the most important thing I want folks to realize is that the memories are what matter. Families get to know each other through cooking a meal together, and then sitting down and lickin' their plates clean. Now that's comfort food."
Paula's magazine, cookbooks, and specialty products will be on sale at the event, along with an assortment of tour branded items. Tickets for the show range from $45 to $65 and can be purchased by calling your local Ticketmaster office or logging on to www.ticketmaster.com. For dates and more information about the tour, log on to www.cookingwithpauladeen.com. Tickets on sale now.
Now, for one of my favorite Paula recipes....her fried chicken. I'm pulling this from my old recipe archives. If you haven't tried this recipe before, you are missing out! Perfect meal for a summer picnic.
Southern Fried Chicken
by Paula Deen
3 eggs
1/3 cup water
About 1 cup hot red pepper sauce (recommended: Texas Pete)
2 cups self-rising flour
1 teaspoon pepper
House seasoning, recipe follows
1 (1 to 2 1/2-pound) chicken, cut into pieces
Oil, for frying, preferably peanut oil
In a medium size bowl, beat the eggs with the water. Add enough hot sauce so the egg mixture is bright orange. In another bowl, combine the flour and pepper. Season the chicken with the house seasoning. Dip the seasoned chicken in the egg, and then coat well in the flour mixture. Heat the oil to 350 degrees F in a deep pot. Do not fill the pot more than 1/2 full with oil.Fry the chicken in the oil until brown and crisp. Dark meat takes longer then white meat. It should take dark meat about 13 to 14 minutes, white meat around 8 to 10 minutes.
House Seasoning:
1 cup salt
1/4 cup black pepper
1/4 cup garlic powder
Mix ingredients together and store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.
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Labels: Chicken, Quick and Easy Meals, Side Dishes, Take a look
May 1, 2007
Recipe Mania
A friend recently emailed me requesting a recipe for a spicy pork marinade. She'd been to a restaurant and enjoyed the pork chops created with this recipe and wanted to duplicate it at home. Using the handful of recipe search sites on the Internet I found one that looked like a winner and sent it off to her.
For some reason, this exercise made me wonder just how many recipes there are in the world. The Internet alone must have archives of thousands if not millions. In addition, there are millions more in cookbooks, newspaper food columns and agricultural association brochures. This in turn made me wonder just how many of these recipes are unique and that's what led me to write this article.
It's said there are no new recipes anymore. New cookbooks contain reworkings of previously published recipes from cookbooks that contain adapted recipes from previously published recipes and so on. A subtle change here or there, a pinch of this instead of a half teaspoon of that and EUREKA, you've developed a new recipe.
Recipes themselves are copyright free meaning you may copy the list of ingredients in any way you want. It's the recipe name and instructions that are subject to copyright law so be sure if you switch a recipe to use as your own, you make significant changes in these areas.
If new cookbooks contain hashed over versions of old recipes, why are they so popular?
I call this phenomenon, recipe mania. Recipe or cookbook collecting is the American homemaker's number one hobby according to Avis Hulvey, editor of Cook's Notebook. I believe it, although I'm not a homemaker I have around 300 some cookbooks that I have acquired through the years. There appears to be some weird force that compels normally sensible people to feel they "must have" every published recipe in their kitchen or they'll expose themselves to culinary illiteracy. The irony is that even if we live significantly longer than average, we'll still never have time to make all the recipes.
So getting back to that spicy pork marinade, what would I have done? I probably have the recipe right under my nose in my own obsessive collection of cookbooks and recipe literature. Finding a basic marinade recipe and adding a couple of chopped jalapeno's or chili powder sounds reasonable to me.
The first point to remember when altering recipes is that all changes are experiments. The results could be a masterpiece or an inedible disaster. There lies the fun in adapting or altering recipes not to mention satisfying creative impulses. You become a culinary pioneer or mock food scientist in your quest to develop something new.
Until next time…keep your hands floured and your ovens warm!
Oatmeal Pudding Cookies
from Becky Spencer of Stotts City
1 ¼ cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup butter, softened
¼ cup sugar
¾ cup packed brown sugar
1 package of instant vanilla or butterscotch pudding (I use sugar free)
2 eggs
3 ½ cups of quick cooking rolled oats
1 cup of raisins
Mix flour with baking soda. Combine butter, both sugars, and pudding mix in a large bowl; beat until smooth and creamy. Bet in eggs. Gradually add flour mixture and then stir in oats and raisins. (Batter will be stiff) Drop onto a ungreased baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes or until golden brown.
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Maryland Video Lottery: If It Seems Too Good to Be True, It Probably Is
December 4, 2009
So many people thought it was the perfect plan: heaps of new revenue for the state, fun games for everyone, more jobs for Marylanders, and a way to save the struggling horse racing industry, all rolled into one. What could possibly go wrong?
I was certainly no fan of the Maryland slots plan—or of any state-run lottery for that matter—but even I didn't foresee the fiasco that would ensue.
Aside from tax policy concerns (as if we could ever really put those aside!), here's what went wrong, in a nutshell, courtesy of the Washington Examiner:
Pitching the referendum, Maryland's political brass-from Gov. Martin O'Malley to Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett-said gambling companies would flock to the state, paying tens of millions of dollars for licenses and uncorking torrents of money once the slots were up and running. In addition to fattening up the state's treasury, gambling was supposed to cure Maryland's storied but ailing horse-racing industry
But a year later, only two licenses have been granted. Not a slot machine arm has been pulled. An effort to put slots in Anne Arundel County is stalled by a zoning battle. A proposed casino in Baltimore is still waiting for the $20 million licensing fees and the proper paperwork. There have been no bids for a license in Allegany County in Western Maryland.
Magna Entertainment Corp., which owns Pimlico and Laurel Park racetracks, botched its applications for slot machines and has since filed for bankruptcy.
"The voters were duped," said Barbara Knickelbein, a citizen activist who led opposition to last year's referendum. "The governor has egg on his face. He thought this was going to be God's answer."
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Anne Arundel resident Rob Annicelli, who is leading local opposition to put slots at the huge Arundel Mills mall just south of Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, said political leaders let themselves be dazzled by rapacious gambling interests.
"To think that the big, friendly gaming industry is coming in to care about you as a resident? No way," he said.
As if that were not enough, the Baltimore Sun reported this on Wednesday:
Adding another dimension to the slots debate days before the Anne Arundel County Council is set to vote on zoning for a casino at Arundel Mills mall, a state delegate has filed a bill that would restrict the location of video lottery terminals.
Del. Ron George, an Annapolis Republican, drafted a bill that would prevent the terminals from being located within 1,000 feet of a shopping center, church community center, playground or school unless the facility is at an existing horse racetrack.
Both the County Council and the State Lottery Commission will have acted on the Arundel Mills proposal by the time George's bill is considered in next year's legislative session, so it would likely have little or no effect on the state's largest slots proposal. But it's unclear the effect it might have on the two remaining sites in Baltimore and Rocky Gap.
George said he introduced the bill now to "send a message to the County Council" before its anticipated vote on slots zoning set for Monday night.
"I believe it's a genie you're not going to get back in the bottle, and it's better to get it right first," said George.
On top of it all, County Councilman Ed Middlebrooks announced he would recuse himself from votes related to slot machines "because his financial dealings could create the appearance of an ethics breach." Everythign seems to be up in the air now, and I wonder how many pro-slots policymakers wish they could turn back the clock and never have gotten into this mess. Probably not as many as we'd like, or at least they are not likely to admit it.
What lesson should other states take from this? Yes, video lottery terminals have been prodigious revenue raisers in a number of states, but they also have vocal critics, for good reason. And even those who can overlook the tax policy problems with state-run video lottery can't reasonably overlook the debacle in Maryland. Starting a state-run enterprise to save another industry or to raise revenue in a less-transparent way than explicit tax increases is never a good idea. In other states, proponents of video lottery claim success (although revenue has dropped slightly in FY2009) but states that are considering starting a video slots plan should learn a thing or two from Maryland.
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The most recent Robin Hood-related news stories breaking in the global media!
Although the Robin Hood legend has understandably become associated with the traditional sports of Archery and Fencing, the outlaw hero's name has been used extensively as the title for events and trophies etc. in a wide range of competitive sports, leisure pursuits and recreational games. Computer games and war games have also featured the Robin Hood character(s) in various scenarios.
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I haven't had the chance to read John Frame's The Escondido Theology yet. If it is anything like what Dr. Frame has written before, it will be a very good book, I am sure.
In fact, I already know it is a very good book, even without reading it. How do I know?
Michael Horton told me about it. Or, rather, his reaction to Dr. Frame's book told me how good the book is. I have never seen Michael Horton give such a chaotic response to anything. John Frame's book must have caused a stir, and may be even panic in Escondido, and it certainly produced a strong reaction in Horton. I wish I was so eloquent as Dr. Frame. Alas, my articles against the Two Kingdoms Theology so far haven't produced a response. That's OK; Dr. Frame is older, wiser, and anyway, I learned – and I am still learning – from him and his peers. I am only an ambitious amateur compared to him. I am not jealous. (And I also have the suspicion Dr. Frame's name makes for much easier spelling; which may be the reason my articles have been and will be spared from similar responses from the Two-Kingdoms crowd. I hope.)
Horton's response didn't tell me any new things about the Two Kingdoms Theology – in fact, he uses the same old arguments, most of them irrelevant. But it did confirm a suspicion I had about it, that in its essence it's very close to what R.J. Rushdoony eloquently expressed as "intellectual schizophrenia." It means that those who are not theonomists and who believe in a version of the Two Kingdoms Theology, eventually end up having a divided mind about many things. They hold to mutually contradictory ideas at the same time, and very often they are not even able to realize that the ideas are mutually contradictory. R.J. Rushdoony first used the words "intellectual schizophrenia" about the philosophy of modern education but later he applied it to the modern Christian theology as well.
And the words fit perfectly Michael Horton's response.
It is a textbook example of intellectual schizophrenia, from beginning to end. It is full of contradictions and fallacies in every paragraph; sometimes two sentences back to back are contradictory without any explanation how they can be reconciled. Other contradictions are more strategic, they go across paragraphs. Then there are contradictions between what Horton says and what history really tells us. And indeed, there are also contradictions between what Horton says and what the Bible says – while claiming that that's what the Bible says, of course.
Okay, okay, the reader will say, but where is the proof? Can you make an analysis of the whole response, Bojidar, and show us where the contradictions are?
Well, they are so many that if I needed to show them all, I would have to write a book; and writing a book about a short article is not advisable. But what I can do is pick a paragraph in Michael Horton's response and show how in the same paragraph he intertwined multiple self-contradictions and fallacies, to the point of where nothing is clear and no logical conclusion can be drawn about what Michael Horton actually believes. I will show it about one paragraph only. The reader can do it with the other paragraphs as well.
Here is the paragraph I pick to demonstrate the intellectual schizophrenia of the Two Kingdoms Theology, straight from Michael Horton's response:
Calvin embraced the "two kingdoms" doctrine explicitly—in those terms. Of course, it was the era of "Christendom," where Luther no less than Calvin expected the civil magistrate to defend the true faith. Nevertheless, at least in theory, he made precisely the same arguments as Luther. I wonder if those sympathetic to theonomy or making America a "Christian nation" are really serious. Do they really want the White House or the legislative or judicial branches to enforce the first table of the law? Will orthodox Protestants be the only ones allowed to rule, or will a few Roman Catholics, Jews, and perhaps a conservative mainliner or two pass the Senate confirmation hearings? This is not to say that God's moral law is no longer in force, that it no longer expresses God's eternal measure of righteousness. Rather, it is to recognize that the New Testament teaches us to live as "strangers and aliens" in this present age, loving and serving our neighbors through our callings, witnessing God's Word to them, and contributing toward the common good of a city that is important but never ultimate.
Let's get started. Let's take a look at the first sentence of this paragraph:
Calvin embraced the "two kingdoms" doctrine explicitly—in those terms.
Hmmm. One doesn't have to be a specialist on Calvin or the history of Geneva to know that there is something fishy in that statement. For example, that the cart goes before the horse, or, the conclusion before the proofs. If Calvin and Horton believed in the same doctrine, aren't they supposed also to have the same practice? Calvin – not as an individual simply but as a church leader – participated in the building of Geneva as a society, with its legal, social, political etc. codes. Most of his time was not spent teaching a few students in a seminary but in giving expert advice – again, as a church leader – to the City Council. Is that what Michael Horton is doing? Is he giving political, legal, economic, social advice to rulers? Not at all. He actually encourages the church and the Christians to stay away from those issues. If the doctrine is the same, as Horton claims, why is the practice so different?
Even if Calvin used "those terms," is it possible that he meant a completely different thing, and not the half-baked theology that Horton and the rest of the Escondido faculty have been using as a rhetorical device after 1995? May be we should go to Calvin himself and see what he meant by his "two kingdoms," and whether it is the same thing as Horton would have us believe?
Strangely enough, we don't even have to go to Calvin. Michael Horton himself provides us with the proof that Calvin never even meant what Horton means by "those terms." And even stranger, Horton gives us the answer in the next sentence!
Luther no less than Calvin expected the civil magistrate to defend the true faith.
There goes Horton's Two Kingdoms Theology.
Let's see. Horton's greatest bone of contention with the theonomists is that we believe that the civil government is supposed to obey the Biblical Law, and especially that there is such a thing as a Christian government which should protect the true faith. We will see later here, but one can also see it all throughout Horton's writings that he opposes this particular tenet of theonomy: the obligations of the civil government to enforce the revealed Biblical Law. Horton has no problem with the moral law; he has a problem with it enforced by the civil government. That's when theonomists are preaching it. But then he himself admits Calvin and Luther were teaching and preaching the same thing, and Horton says they had the same theology as him! Divided personality, anyone? Why is the same thing bad when modern theonomists teach it but good and acceptable when Calvin preaches it? Horton doesn't say.
But he has an explanation:
Of course, it was the era of "Christendom," . . .
What does that mean and why should it be relevant to the issue? Is Horton saying that Calvin and Luther were blinded by the historical stage they were in and therefore weren't as enlightened as he is? Is he saying that our theology about civil government depends on historical stages and forces, and therefore what was good and acceptable for them is not good and acceptable for us? Horton shows his condescending attitude towards Calvin and Luther; "of course," they couldn't know better, living in the era of "Christendom."
But why can't the argument be reversed? For example: "Of course, the 20th and 21st centuries are the era of paganism, socialism, atheism, liberal theology, and general apostasy, and Michael Horton, influenced and blinded by all these evils, rejects the Biblical idea that the civil government must obey the revealed Law of God." This would be a much better argument, rather than vice versa.
Horton's condescension to Calvin is based on some vague argument about historical eras: well, yeah, y'know, their historical era made them believe those things. But how did they come to that historical era in the first place? Was it an inevitable development, independent of the beliefs and the practices of the Christians in previous generations? Or do ideas have consequences, and the "era of Christendom" was the product of the self-conscious beliefs and work of Christians who believed in Christendom? Could it be that the causation is the other way around: Not that Calvin's expectations were caused by the era, but that the era was caused by the expectations of many generations of Christians?
Horton doesn't even want to go there – and he never even touches that issue in any of his articles. Why? Because if he admits that the era of Christendom came about because of the work and beliefs of those who believed in Christendom he will have to come to another conclusions too: that the present era of paganism came about because of the beliefs of people like Horton.
So, in one sentence Horton says that Calvin believed the same things as him, then in the next sentence provides the proof to the contrary. Then again, suddenly, after the next period, he goes back again to his first thesis, denying completely what he said in his second statement:
Nevertheless, at least in theory, he made precisely the same arguments as Luther.
In what theory? And what arguments? Didn't Horton just say that the two men believed things completely opposite to what Horton believes? And then, is he trying to say that, "at least in theory" they agreed with Horton? So, when they "expected the civil magistrate to defend the true faith," that wasn't "in theory"? What was it? Why did Calvin work to build Geneva into a City on Hill if "in theory" he believed the opposite? Is Horton saying that Calvin's theory was just as opposed to his practice as Horton is opposed to theonomy?
Actually, what exactly is Horton saying? The three sentences so far make no sense whatsoever, when combined together. But this is not all. He has more in store for us.
I wonder if those sympathetic to theonomy or making America a "Christian nation" are really serious. Do they really want the White House or the legislative or judicial branches to enforce the first table of the law?
Oh, boy. These two sentences are just loaded with fallacies and self-contradictions. Be patient, we'll go over the main ones only.
First of all, what kind of an argument is that? What is it based on? Does it appeal to the Bible, or to logic, or to history? What rule of logic, debate, or discussion allows for the use of such vague and nonsensical question, "are you really serious"? Is this what passes for an argument at Westminster West these days? And what exactly does Horton expect to achieve with it? Let's suppose Horton faces a theonomic opponent in a debate (which may never happen since Horton has turned down multiple invitations by theonomists to debate; he is afraid of facing us), and uses this argument:
Horton: Are you really serious?
Theonomist: As a matter of fact, I am. I am really serious.
H.: Really really serious?
T.: Yes, really really serious.
H.: I mean, really really really serious?…
And so on. What does that tell us about Horton and his ability to debate?
If this is how the Westminster West professors debate, I can imagine a debate between two Westminster West professors who use it on each other:
First Professor: Do you really want that?
Second Professor: Yes, I do. Do you really not want that?
First Professor: No, I don't. Do you really want that?…
Once a person stops laughing at the comedy such argument presents and decides to give a serious diagnosis of Horton's "really-really" argument, he will have to conclude that it is an argument that is based on vague emotions, or on an attempt to arouse vague emotions. It says, "I have nothing of value to say so I will try to cause doubts in you by asking a vague question that makes no sense whatsoever."
But this is not the only problem with it.
Remember, Michael Horton just admitted that Calvin expected the ruler to protect the true religion. But that's the same as having a Christian nation – which Geneva was, by law – and enforcing the first table of the Law. So why isn't Horton asking Calvin the same question? Whether Horton admits it or not, his "really-really" argument must be first applied to Calvin: "Calvin, do you really want the judges and the City Council of Geneva to enforce the first table of the Law?"
And Calvin, if he cared to reply to Horton, will say: "Yes, I really want that." Horton admits as much himself, in the previous sentence. So why is Horton only asking the theonomists, and not Calvin?
But there's more. The first table of the Law, that moral law that Horton is horrified that we as theonomists want to be enforced by the civil government, is actually the natural law. I believe it, and Horton believes it too because he says in another paragraph:
As Calvin reminds us, "The moral law is nothing other than the natural law that is written on the conscience of all."
Fair enough. I agree, Calvin does say it. Moral law equals natural law written on our conscience.
But Horton has a problem here. He asks us if we "really-really" want to see the civil government enforce that moral law; he wonders if we are serious about that. But the moral law and the natural law are one. Therefore Horton is asking us if we really-really want to see the natural law enforced by the civil government!
But wait. Van Drunnen, Horton's friend and co-ideologist, says that the civil government is ruled by the natural law; which according to Horton is the moral law; which according to Horton shouldn't be the rule for the civil government. Let me try it the other way around, may be it will make sense this way. Horton says that the civil government shouldn't enforce the moral law; which according to Horton is the natural law; which according to Van Drunnen should be the rule for the civil government.
Intellectual schizophrenia. The Two Kingdoms Theology is indeed a Divided Personalities Psychology.
And if not the moral/natural law for the civil government, then what law? Horton doesn't say. Or, to ask a different question: If the civil government is to be ruled by the natural law which is also the moral law, then how is this different from what the theonomists want? Horton doesn't say that either. He doesn't even notice how deep a hole he has dug for himself.
There are many more fallacies and self-contradictions in that statement alone. But I will move on.
Two really-really questions are not enough, apparently. Horton is determined to show that really-really is the mainstay of Westminster West's apologetics these days. So he adds a third one:
Will orthodox Protestants be the only ones allowed to rule, or will a few Roman Catholics, Jews, and perhaps a conservative mainliner or two pass the Senate confirmation hearings?
OK, the really-really is in a different form now but it's still there: Are you really not going to let Roman Catholics, Jews, and conservative mainliners rule? Really-really?
What does that have to do with anything? Of course, political systems – or any government systems whatsoever – have rules for exclusion of certain persons. It has to do with the nature of the system itself. We have exclusion from rule in the United States today for certain people. I, for one, can not become a President because I wasn't born in the US. And I can not run for certain political offices for several years. I am excluded. So what? Do I feel bad about it?
Keep in mind, my being excluded from political rule is not based on something I have self-consciously done. If I had the choice, I would have chosen to be born in Texas. But I was never given that choice. And I am now excluded from being a civil ruler because of something I had no control over.
Horton is not outraged by the fact that I am excluded from ruling because of something I never had control over but he is outraged that in a Christian government people will be excluded from ruling based on their self-conscious choice of religion? Can I change my birthplace if I wanted to become a President of the USA? No. In a Christian nation, can a Jew change his religion if he wanted to be a civil ruler? Yes, of course. So what is Horton's problem, and why isn't he much more outraged about the present system which seems much less fair in its exclusion than a Christian theonomic system of government? Schizophrenia, anyone?
And why would exclusion from rule be an argument in the first place? Is political rule a right that everyone deserves? Or even wants? Immigrants – legal and illegal – come to this country by millions. They could have stayed back in their countries where theoretically, they could participate in the civil government. If the right to rule was so important, why aren't they staying there, why are they coming here where they will have no political rights?
Horton doesn't go that far. All he needs is another really-really argument. That's what Westminster West can offer.
Then, of course, the Bible comes to help; or rather, Horton's loose quoting of the Bible:
This is not to say that God's moral law is no longer in force, that it no longer expresses God's eternal measure of righteousness. Rather, it is to recognize that the New Testament teaches us to live as "strangers and aliens" in this present age. . . .
The New Testament teaches us to live as strangers and aliens in this present age, you see. This is one of those beautiful myths of amillennialism that is meant to discourage Christians from being victorious. There are more like it: "royal exiles," "constantly mourning by the rivers of Babylon," etc.
There is only one problem: The New Testament doesn't say, and doesn't teach such a thing.
There are about a dozen instructions about living in the "present age" in the New Testament. Not a single one of them mentions anything about "strangers and aliens."
There are a few instances of strangers and aliens. Not a single one of them is given as an instruction of "living in the present age." The closest one is 1 Peter 2:11, "I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul." But does that mean Christians shouldn't participate in civil government, or shouldn't work to have a Christian civil government? Only if Horton believes that Christian civil government is a "fleshly lust which wages war against the soul." But if he believes such a thing, then he must have a very strong indictment against Calvin and Luther too. Remember, he admitted that these two wanted the ruler to protect the true faith.
The Bible doesn't say such a thing. What Horton has done is to arbitrarily take phrases that sound good, from different parts of the New Testament, and combine them in one sentence, give it the interpretation he wants, which fits his specific theology, and then claim that that's what the Bible teaches. Take "present age" from one place, then take "strangers and aliens" from another, combine them, and then claim it means that we shouldn't work toward a Christian civil government.
But he has a problem there. There is an example in the New Testament of "strangers and aliens," and the text specifically says what these faithful "strangers and aliens" did. Hebrews 11.
The heroes in Hebrews 11 are presented as being "strangers and aliens" (v. 13). These people confessed they were "strangers and exiles on the earth." They should be Horton's perfect example, right? Well, not exactly, because the end of the chapter actually tells us that there is a sharp discontinuity between us and them – we are not strangers and exiles anymore, as the next chapters clearly shows. But let's suppose – only suppose – that they are the example for "strangers and aliens" we have in the New Testament.
And let's see some of the works of faith they did, in verses 33-34:
. . . who by faith conquered kingdoms, dispensed justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.
Conquered kingdoms? Dispensed justice? Became mighty in war? Put armies to flight? I can see Michael Horton employing his really-really argument to these "strangers and aliens" in Hebrews 11: "Are they serious? Do they really want to conquer kingdoms? To dispense justice? To become mighty in war and put armies to flight? Really-really?" But that's the example the New Testament gives us of "strangers and aliens." If Michael Horton tells us that we are taught to live as such, why doesn't he teach what works of faith those real "strangers and aliens" performed? Why is his version of "strangers and aliens" lacking those important works of faith, that faith by which "the men of old gained approval"?
Does Horton actually know what the New Testament really teaches?
I will stop here. I took one paragraph of Michael Horton's response to Dr. Frame's book, and showed the main fallacies and self-contradictions in it. Only the main ones; I left out many more. One paragraph took me a whole article. If I had to go through the whole piece, a book won't be enough. And there are also many other fallacies and self-contradictions that Michael Horton has written, which if they were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that would be written. The Two Kingdoms Theology fits perfectly Rushdoony's description: intellectual schizophrenia. It can not run for more than a paragraph without entangling itself in at least a dozen self-contradictions and fallacies.


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On Sunday, October 23, 2005 Ambassador of New Zealand John Wood and guests visited the Fort Sumter Group Parks. Superintendent John Tucker and Chief Ranger Fran Norton escorted Ambassador Wood, Senior Economist Robert P. O'Quinn of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee, and Mr. Bill Lane of Caterpillar, Inc. on a tour of Fort Sumter National Monument and Charles Pinckney National Historic Site. Historian Rick Hatcher provided interpretive talks at all the sites.
The group departed for Fort Sumter on a concession ferry from the Fort Sumter Visitor Education Center in downtown Charleston. After lunch at park headquarters, the group toured Fort Moultrie. The event wrapped up with a tour of Charles Pinckney National Historic Site in Mount Pleasant.
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In BBJ's own eye catching poppy design, measuring 7½ cm (approx 3 inches) in diameter, this circular magnet looks perfect on the back of any car, or simply to brighten up your fridge door! A simple 3 colour design on a brilliant white background this waterproof magnet is a must buy. (A donation from the sales of all magnets is made to the RBL)
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Famous Sharda Tea House
Street food isn't really street food unless it includes the tea that is sold at every nook and corner of the city. Head over to Sharda Tea House if you are anywhere around in Versova. Ask for the special cutting chai which comes for just Rs. 6. You can grab some biscuits also along with the tea.
Cutting chai
Recommendation: Special cutting tea
Timing: 5.30 am to 9 pm
Location: Seven Bungalows Road, Near Versova Metro
Maa Saraswati Fast Food Centre
Who can imagine to get dhokla pav, bhajia pav, jalebi, gulab jamun and vada pav at just one place? Well, Maa Saraswati Centre Fast Food Centre has it all and at the best prices. You might not have eaten a dhokla pav yet, but it is delicious and just for Rs. 20. If you are craving for some sweet dish then you can either have gulab jamun (Rs. 15 for 2 pieces) or some jalebi.
Bhajia Pav
Recommendation- Dhokla Pav
Timing- 10 am to 8 pm
Location- Seven Bungalows Road, Near Versova Metro
Sai Sandwich Centre
Price should be worth the taste. If you do not mind shelling out some Rs. 60, then you can get yummy and customized cheese chilli toast. You can also get masala cheese sandwich which includes mashed potatoes and onion. This mixture is first fried and then put into the sandwich. Masala sandwich will cost you Rs. 50 which is a good price for the great taste. Other than that, you can also buy simple sandwich and simple veg toast sandwich.
Veg Toast Sandwich
Recommendation- Cheese Chilli Toast
Timing- 12 pm to 10.30 pm
Location- Seven Bungalows Road, Near Versova Metro
Ram Pyare Golewala
In the scorching heat during the peak time, head over to Ram Pyare Golewala to get some iced gola in various flavours. There is the usual meetha gola but if you want to try something different, then have masala gola which comes for Rs. 15. This masala gola has both spicy and sweet ingredients. If you like it cool and spicy then there is teekha gola as well.
Masala Gola
Recommendation- Masala Gola
Timing- 12 pm to 4 pm
Location- Seven Bungalows Road, Near Versova Metro
Bhole Nath Bhelpuri
Evening snacks are incomplete unless you head out and have some chaat like pani puri, bhel puri or sev puri. All three of them can be bought for Rs. 25. The speciality of Bhole Nath Bhelpuri Centre is the Dahi Puri. You can ask Mahesh to add some more dahi (curd), sev or anything else that you like.
Bhel Puri
Recommendation- Dahi Puri
Timing- 4 pm to 10 pm
Location- Seven Bungalows Road, Near Versova Metro
Karim Biryani and Chinese
Karim chacha, as popularly known among the regular customers makes one of the the best Chicken biryani in Andheri. He offers all three of his food items, namely Chinese Biryani, chicken biryani and Chinese noodles as half plate also because the quantity is more than enough for one person. This half plate would cost you only Rs. 50 for each of the items.
Chicken Biryani
Recommendation- Chicken Biryani
Timing- 12 pm to 5 pm
Location- Seven Bungalows Road, Near Versova Metro
Jagdish Badam Shake
From Jagdish you can buy a handful of badaam (almond) shake which is his most sold drink for Rs. 30. You can also buy cashewnut shake and anjeer (figs) shake. These are made in milk and other flavoured ingredients are added which are totally healthy like Rooh Afza on demand. If the summer is hard on you, have some cool almond shake for your body and mind.
Almond shake
Recommendation- Badaam Shake (almond shake)
Timing- 10 am to 6 pm
Location- Seven Bungalows Road, Near Versova Metro
Café Momos
You might not get any coffee or tea at this café, but you will definitely get some finger licking momos here. Paneer fans can get paneer momos for Rs. 60, while non vegetarians are here for a treat who can get chicken momos for just Rs. 50. Veg momos here are for Rs. 70, but they are probably the best. More amazing is the mixture of all this which is a plate of Chinese momos for Rs. 70.
A plate of veg momos
Recommendation- Chinese Momos
Timing- 4 pm to 9 pm
Location- Seven Bungalows Road, Near Versova Metro
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Premier League high-flyers Leicester City are ready to offer AC Milan £2 million for defensive midfielder Nigel de Jong, according to the Mirror.
Claudio Ranieri's side are pursuing an unlikely title push and see the possible January addition of De Jong as an achievable target.
The Dutchman, who recently turned 31, has struggled for game time this season, playing just 373 minutes across five games.
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The Netherlands international would provide fresh competition to Danny Drinkwater and N'Golo Kante, Leicester's current central midfield pairing.
Ranieri will be keen to exercise De Jong's hard-hitting attributes to maintain their excellent start to the campaign - and his 2012 Premier League triumph with Manchester City might just prove vital.
The addition of the tempermental De Jong would add futher protection in front of the Foxes' back four, who have shipped 21 goals this season, the highest in the top half of the Premier League and eighth highest on the whole.
Foxes fans will likely be excited by the potential boost, even despite the element of risk attached. For all Leicester's attacking brilliance, spearheaded by the dynamic duo of Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez, defence has proved a slight issue and could be key to a genuine title bid.
And at £2 million, De Jong could be seen as a bargain. Even if a deal cannot be initially agreed upon, a loan signing until the end of the season could also work in favour of Ranieri's side.
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Broncemar Beach apartments offers great sport facilities and great range of amenities for everyone.
Broncemar Beach is a new kind of aparthotel, designed as a small village with paved streets, squares and gardens.
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Its 252 apartments are arranged in small houses, each painted a different colour with their own balcony or terrace. Rooms are equipped with a microwave, satellite TV (local charge), private bathroom /shower, safety deposit box and a telephone.
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- Cleaning service. Please note that some amenities may be payable locally.
- Daytime activities and evening entertainment with two themed evenings per week.
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- Swimming pool
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- Heated pool (winter season)
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Meals: The AI programme consists of breakfast (08:00-10:00), lunch (13:00-14:30) and dinner(18:30-21:30), all buffet style, served in the main restaurant. Lunch might also be served a la carte at the snack bar. Snacks such as sandwiches are available between 11:00 & 23:00 at the pool snack bar and the Taverna. Customers can have ice cream from 11:00-23:00 at the pool snack bar. Drinks: Locally produced alcoholic & non-alcoholic drinks like tea, coffee, hot chocolate and cocktail of the day are served from 11:00-23:00 at the pool snack bar and at the Taverna. Entertainment: Theme nights take place twice a week.
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Last September, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, I was happy to find an out-of-the-way station selling gas for $3.05 per gallon. Barely three months later, I paid $1.90 a gallon at my regular station and felt foolishly grateful for the lower price.
In-between, I pondered some changes in my driving habits and made a point of trying to consolidate errands and cut back on non-commuting miles; but that was about it.
Apparently I'm not alone. A Peach State Poll from the University of Georgia's Carl Vinson Institute of Government notes that Georgians' behavior was pretty much unchanged by the post-hurricane spike in gas prices. Only 20 percent indicated that the higher fuel costs forced them to cut back on many other expenses; and 33 percent did not cut back at all.
Although some 70 percent reduced the amount of driving they do, most people are not making plans to carpool, the poll indicates. And among those with access to public transportation, 63 percent say they never use it, primarily because it's too time-consuming or inconvenient.
Sadly, I'm right there with the no-carpoolers and the nonusers of public transportation. My 12.5-mile trip from home in DeKalb County to work in Gwinnett takes about 20 minutes in the morning; the afternoon return trip takes 25 minutes. My two-year-old Toyota gets about 25 miles to the gallon - which means the drive costs somewhere between $1.90 and $3.05 per day, depending on gas prices.
It is technically possible for me to get from home to work and back again via public transportation; but it involves three different buses and a train - plus a walk from home to the bus stop and back. It's hard to see how that process could take less than two hours each way, even if all three transfers went smoothly.
The cost - $1.75 per trip, or $3.50 a day, even with no charge for transfers - would still be more than the cost of driving at the height of the gas price increase. Not only that, but I'd at least add three-and-a-half hours to the workday and would have no way of getting to business appointments or even lunch - there's nowhere to eat within easy or safe walking distance of the office.
I don't live close enough to any of my colleagues to make carpooling a real possibility, and the collaborative nature of our work, coupled with some pretty fierce deadlines, makes telecommuting impractical for most of our staff.
So are people like me - and my auto-dependent fellow Georgians - beyond help?
No, says Ellen Macht, executive director of The Clean Air Campaign, which is working to educate and encourage citizens in the 20-county Metro Atlanta area to do their part in caring for the environment. (See the Web site at www.cleanaircampaign.com.)
Macht would love to see drastic changes in people's commuting and driving habits; but she's a realist and an advocate of having everyone find some small steps to take.
She's big on carpooling and vanpooling - but also on telecommuting: "Can you work at home one day every two weeks?" she asks. "Save up some things you prefer to do at home?" Or how about flex time, so you aren't always in the thick of rush-hour traffic?
She likes alternative work schedules: "A lot of organizations are building in a system called a 9-80, where you work nine hours a day for nine days then take the 10th day off." Other employers are warming to the idea of four 10-hour workdays each week.
"Every little piece, everything you do contributes to the solution," Macht says. "If you can't change your commute, change something else."
She offers a laundry list of small, personal environment-friendly actions: Turn off the lights when you leave a room, turn off your computer if you're not using it, consolidate car trips. Once in the car, make sure your tires are properly inflated; drive slower.
t's more effective, she believes, to help people figure out what they can do than to beat up on them for what they can't or won't do. And I think she's right.
But here's the part of my own situation that I'm ashamed of: I enjoy the drive to and from work. Since I'm usually going against the rush-hour traffic, the commute is a comfortable transition from home to work. I like the privacy, the solitude, the downtime. And I suspect I'm not the only driver out there who does.
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Kung ikaw ay kabataan, ma aanggat ba ng sit down Mass ang iyong pananampalataya?
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GULP EXAM: Youth Mass
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Is that a tabernacle, or a donation box?ReplyDelete
This is the only sit down Eucharist that I find acceptable: http://denverpost.slideshowpro.com/albums/001/496/album-109051/cache/D_JOE_The_War_01.sjpg_950_2000_0_75_0_50_50.sjpg?1392935729ReplyDelete
I saw this before in photos of some Masses in india and nepal from amissionary magazine. Rather than inculturationit it is a mimicking of the hindu worship ceremony or puja.from the same magazine i read of a missionary priest who specializes in hindu dances he performs in church.ReplyDelete
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Earl W. Brydges Artpark is dedicated to presenting the finest in performing and visual arts programs, including Broadway musicals and classical, jazz and pop music concerts; art exhibits; classes, workshops and demonstrations, and tours of the park's geological and historic sites and nature trails. Lower Landing Archeological District is a key point in the Colonial Niagara Historic District.
The park has picnic facilities, hiking and cross-country skiing, and access to fishing. The upper Artpark Gorge Trail offers a gradual climb to the top where it meets up with the rim trail that crosses the power plant to Devil's Hole State Park. The lower River's Edge Trail provides access to fishing by two staircases. Both trails start at the small parking area at the upper end of the park.


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Over on PCGamesN, there's an interview with CCP Shanghai Senior Director Snorri Árnason, who goes into sometimes-painful detail about what went wrong with Dust 514 and how things will be different with Project Nova.
In large part, the interview comes off as sounding like Dust was planned as too ambitious, with too many moving parts than could be effectively managed and implemented. The much-ballyhooed interaction between Dust 514 and Eve Online — especially the ability to call in orbital strikes — never really developed like it should, and was more of a "selling point" than anything else.
"It sounds great to get an orbital bombardment between the two games – it's a great selling point. Logistically it's terrible. I played the game for three years, I never saw it really happening."
Despite the decline of the PlayStation 3 and rise of the PlayStation 4, Árnason doesn't think Dust on PC would have fared much better.
"It failed to contain scope, and delivered too many average features instead of few top quality ones… [Putting it on PC] it wouldn't have fixed the inherent problems of scope versus execution."
Project Nova looks to be a more self-contained game, feeling like Eve without being shackled to CCP's iconic MMORPG or requiring a connection to it to get the full experience. The whole Dust 514 concept and execution never felt right to me or practically anyone I knew, so it's good to see CCP learning from the experience and making something with a much higher chance of success.
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It failed because CCP failed to listen to their Eve player base when it was suggested to make it PC based just like Eve.
The rest of the excuses are just a superficial dog and pony show where they place the blame elsewhere instead of admitting they didn't give a damn what their players say.
The game failed before its development was even started because CCP is incompetent
* 100% of their prior audience plays on PC
* The game's only selling point was its link to EVE, otherwise its just a mediocre FPS MOBA
* and the game had no PC version
everything after that decision was a long scream on the way to the pavement
I look forward to the new iteration of the game and hope that it succeeds where it's hardware/engine limitations of the console version held it back
What makes CCP fail…
is they are in Iceland. …its too bloody cold and they can't break any ice to escape it!
So therefore CCP freezes and so do their any ideas as they are wrapped up in blankets,..
Problem is CCP are still stuck in that EVE thing so their fishing holes are all Iced up!. lol
You do know that Iceland has an Ironic name cause it is mostly "green" with plants. Have you seen their studio location? It looks nice out.
Iceland is green and grassy Greenland is the icy one….lol
What CCP said is a bunch of pure grade BS, the reason it failed, is because they literally said they were not going to support it anymore, which caused a massive slide of players out and that was at fanfest during when the game was supposed to be mid cycle. Not only that but they were completely tone deaf to bugs, along with complaints, they promised features they never planed to impliment. It took more then 2 years to just add daily quests/missions, to a lot of people Dust 514 is toxic to even mention. They did not even bother fixing bugs that they should have been till after they had already milked all the money they could out of the game. Half the time they did not even know what pricing structure they were going to use, and oh yeah, they did a massive bait and switch several times. Dust 514 failed purely due to CCP being just plainly horrid in so many ways.


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Questions surface about the safety of our nation's water supplies
In most parts of the U.S, the safety of our drinking water supply is something that's taken for granted. That sentiment, however, is quickly changing as reports surface of lead-tainted water supplies that are impacting communities from Flint, Michigan to Newark, New Jersey.
Flint's current water crisis has received the most national attention and many contend is also the most grievous example of negligence. Problems with the safety of the city's water supply first surfaced after the decision was made in April of 2014 to change Flint's water supply source from Lake Huron to the Flint River.
The river water was more corrosive which effectively caused "lead to leach from city pipes and into the drinking water." While the city has since switched its water source back to Lake Huron, troubling questions remain about the apparent delay on the part of city and state officials in alerting resident of the risks as well a taking action to mitigate those risks.
Consequently, thousands of residents were unknowingly exposed to toxic levels of lead when they drank, cooked with and bathed in Flint's water. Some of those residents recently filed a lawsuit against governmental officials including the state's governor, accusing the defendants of gross negligence.
So far, the lawsuit includes a total of "seven residents and their 17 children who lawyers say have heightened lead levels." The plaintiffs are seeking class action status which would allow other parties who discover that they have been negatively impacted to join the lawsuit at a later date. Exposure to lead has been linked to behavioral problems, cognitive deficiencies, lowered I.Q. and developmental delays. Children, whose bodies and brains are still developing, are especially at risk of suffering lead's ill effects.
In addition to the city of Flint, news reports have surfaced related to the discovery of lead-tainted water in public school and housing buildings in other states including New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Source: Reuters, "Lawsuit over Flint, Michigan, crisis says 17 children have high lead levels," David Bailey, March 7, 2016
USA Today, "Lead taints drinking water in hundreds of schools, day cares across USA," Laura Ungar, March 17, 2016Related Posts: Man Injured by falling Crane Sues the City Back to the Old Ways in Construction? Chipotle struggles to rebound after E. coli and norovirus outbreaks VIDEO: What to do after your child is injured at school Penalties to increase for Construction Violations


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Went to Home Depot and purchased 50' x 1/4" copper tubing, 2 hose clamps and a hose for a washing machine. Came home and wrapped the copper tightly around the stand for the birdbath in my backyard(best cylinder shaped object I could find small enough). I cut one end off the washer hose and clamped it onto one end of the copper and clamped some old clear tubing I had around the house to the return end.
I took aleguy's suggestion and boiled a gallon of vinegar with 4.5 gallons of water in my pot to try and neutralize some of the old food funk that may have been leftover in there. After a long boil I put my newly made chiller in and brought the temp from 200*+ to 80* in 15 minutes. I was pretty impressed by how quickly it worked.
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Recruitment methodsPosted On Saturday, 18 June 2011 at at 22:05 by Sri Lankan Human Resources Portal
The methods of recruitment open to a business are often categorized into:
Internal recruitment is when the business looks to fill the vacancy from within its existing workforce.
External recruitment is when the business looks to fill the vacancy from any suitable applicant outside the business.
Internal Recruitment:
Advantages :
Cheaper and quicker to recruit
People already familiar with the business and how it operates
Provides opportunities for promotion with in the business – can be motivating
Business already knows the strengths and weaknesses of candidates
Limits the number of potential applicants
No new ideas can be introduced from outside the business
May cause resentment amongst candidates not appointed
Creates another vacancy which needs to be filled
External Recruitment
Outside people bring in new ideas
Larger pool of workers from which to find the best candidate
People have a wider range of experience
Longer process
More expensive process due to advertisements and interviews required
Selection process may not be effective enough to reveal the best candidate
The four most popular ways of recruiting externally are:
Job centres - These are paid for by the government and are responsible for helping the unemployed find jobs or get training. They also provide a service for businesses needing to advertise a vacancy and are generally free to use.
Job advertisements - Advertisements are the most common form of external recruitment. They can be found in many places (local and national newspapers, notice boards, recruitment fairs) and should include some important information relating to the job (job title, pay package, location, job description, how to apply-either by CV or application form). Where a business chooses to advertise will depend on the cost of advertising and the coverage needed (i.e. how far away people will consider applying for the job
Recruitment agency - Provides employers with details of suitable candidates for a vacancy and can sometimes be referred to as 'head-hunters'. They work for a fee and often specialise in particular employment areas e.g. nursing, financial services, teacher recruitment
Personal recommendation - Often referred to as 'word of mouth' and can be a recommendation from a colleague at work. A full assessment of the candidate is still needed however but potentially it saves on advertising cost.
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