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Nathan Jones, although not yet qualified, will be remembered as a prolific community architect
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If what he produced in the first two years of his architectural career is anything to go by, Nathan would have had a significant impact on the built environment and the lives of local communities.
At the time of his death, Nathan, 27, was working in Africa as a volunteer design fellow for the charity, Architecture for Humanity.
He was supporting the Football for Hope program in partnership with streetfootballworld and FIFA to build the Besongabang Football for Hope Centre, in Cameroon. But it was there that Nathan caught malaria and later died from the disease.
My friendship with Nathan began while studying the part two architecture course together at the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) in Wales. He had a passion and enthusiasm for life and architecture.
Nathan wanted to touch people with his work – and in just a few short years he created a legacy of projects which are a tribute to his drive, commitment and altruistic nature.
After graduating from CAT, Nathan travelled to Gambia. It was there that he worked on the first purpose-built theatre in the country.
The Ebunjan Theatre was built using compressed stabilised earth blocks, which were made from earth dug from the site. The project features a 16m diameter dome at its centre; the largest unsupported earth brick dome in West Africa. The theatre is open at the apex to allow light in and natural ventilation through a stack effect. Nathan helped to construct this dome, and pictures taken on the site show how he immersed himself in the construction of the scheme.
A fellow classmate at CAT, who also worked on the theatre in Gambia, Tom Brand said: 'He helped with the implementation and logistics of building that massive engineering accomplishment. Accuracy was imperative, as previous to this we had only attempted up to 8m diameter domes. We knew it was possible, but Nathan helped to make it a reality.'
He went on to work on the football community centre in Cameroon – a scheme backed by the Football for Hope movement which aims to use football to help developing nations attain UN Millennium Development Goals. The project promotes football as a uniting tool to achieve health, peace, anti-discrimination, social integration, children's rights, education and sustainability.
The project, based in the Cameroon jungle, was in mid-construction when Nathan died of complications arising from malaria. He designed the centre around the philosophy 'long life, low energy, and loose fit', aiming for the building to be adapted by the local community long after he had left.
Nathan wanted to bring architecture to the local community, in a way which was accessible for them. He was always able to speak to people on their level, and always wanted to understand those that he was designing for, making sure that they understood and had an involvement in the whole design and construction process. To Nathan it didn't matter what the project was, whether it was his final year project - a community housing scheme and brewery in Stalybridge Manchester - or the work which he was carrying out in Africa, he gave everything he worked on the same attention.
Nathan's passion, dedication and enthusiasm will live on through the architecture which he has created. His buildings, although simple, touch and enhance the communities in which they are built. His legacy will continue through this.
Architecture for Humanity has set up a memorial fund in Nathan's name, which will help to continue the work which he began.
Nathan's funeral service will be held on 5 April at St Marys Church, Bushbury Lane, Wolverhampton.
Obituary: Nathan Jones (1985 – 2013)
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HARTFORD, Vt. (AP) � A 25-year-old Vermont man has pleaded not guilty to charges that he broke his 13-week-old baby's arm.
Ray Comstock, of Hartford, entered his plea Friday to assault and child cruelty charges in a White River Junction court.
Police say they were called Thursday night after workers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., reported that the girl's arm was broken.
Investigators say Comstock initially told hospital workers the girl was hurt when her arm accidentally got caught in his shirt. Police told the Rutland Herald (http://bit.ly/10K1Cv3 ) that Comstock later said he had pushed the girl's arm back too far when he became irritated after she scratched him.
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Black workers have little to show for investment in education
Although more black men have graduated from high school and college, their educational achievements have not increased their access to good-paying jobs with health and retirement benefits, according to a report issued by the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Economic and Policy Research.
The report also throws cold water on the unchallenged belief in the black community that all you need is a good education to get a good job. In addition, the study challenges the accepted belief that black men are not attending or graduating from college.
Center officials wrote in a report, titled "Has Education Paid Off for Black Workers?" that good paying jobs have eluded black men because of continuing racial discrimination in the job market and other factors.
"Over the last many decades, black workers have made significant — and often overlooked — investments in education. Nevertheless, black workers have little to show for these investments," the report said. "A lack of human capital does not appear to be causing the difficulties black workers face in the labor market. The factors that lie behind the poor outcomes for black workers include ongoing labor-market discrimination but also the same long-term, policy–driven deterioration in bargaining power experienced by low-and middle-wage workers in general."
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for black men 20 years is always higher than any other racial or ethnic group. In September, the jobless rate for black men was 14 percent, up from 13.5 percent in August, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Center officials defined a "good job" as one that pays at least $19 per hour or at least $40,000 annually. The employer also has to provide health insurance and a retirement plan.
The study noted the dramatic improvement in black men's educational achievement. In 1979, 72.6 percent of African-American men had only a high school education. Over the last three decades, the share of black men with a four-year college degree nearly tripled from 8.1 percent in 1979 to 23.4 percent in 2011. This compares with the share of black women with a four-year college degree, which more than doubled from 12.9 percent in 1979 to 28.5 percent in 2011.
"Although there were large improvements in educational attainment for both black women and black men, only black women experienced a payoff in the form of a greater likelihood of being in a good job," the report stated. "The share of black women in a good job increased from 14.5 percent in 1979 to 18.4 percent in 2011. At the same time, the share of black men in a good job decreased from 26.4 percent to 20.9 percent over the same period."
The study also noted that the black workforce is older and more experienced. In 1979, the median age of an employed black worker was 33 years old and today the median age is 39.
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William Kentridge Tapestries
Edited by Carlos Basualdo; With essays by Gabriele Guercio, Okwui Enwezor, and Ivan Vladislavić2007
120 p., 11 1/2 x 10 1/2
23 b/w and 140 color illustrations
Hardcover ISBN: 9780300126860
South African artist William Kentridge (b. 1955) has produced an outstanding body of work in multiple mediums—drawings, animations, sculptures, theater and stage design—all of which trace the fraught political and cultural history of South Africa. This book is the first to explore Kentridge's extraordinary new series of seventeen large-scale tapestries, created under his artistic direction by a team of South African weavers between 2001 and 2007. The tapestries depict shadowy figures that resonate with his collages of itinerant characters set against the weblike backgrounds of 19th-century maps. A distinguished group of authors relate the tapestries to the rest of Kentridge's multifaceted oeuvre, underline the centrality of drawing in his practice, and illuminate the connection between the tapestries and South African geography and history. Together they contribute to an understanding of Kentridge's tapestries as a precise critical examination of issues surrounding memory and conflict in the context of societies that, while rife with violence, strive for peace and reconciliation. Carlos Basualdo is Curator of Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Ivan Vladislavić has written and edited several nonfiction works on apartheid and art. Gabriele Guercio has written works on modern and contemporary art as well as the history of art theory. Okwui Enwezor is Dean of Academic Affairs and Senior Vice President at San Francisco Art Institute.


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Exercises for travellers
Don't fall off the fitness bandwagon when you pack the suitcase for your next holiday.
Be a healthy traveller
It takes longer to gain fitness than to lose it, and you can quickly lose all of your hard-earned fitness gains if you stop exercising completely.
How quickly you lose aerobic and strength fitness varies - it really depends on how fit you are to begin with, and how long you stop exercising.
For some, the loss of endurance will be noticed in about 12 days after eliminating cardio exercise. For strength training, a decline in your level of conditioning can be noticed in approximately two weeks. Flexibility decline is the winner - or perhaps the loser - when you abstain from your exercise routine; it decreases with just one week of inactivity.
So don't stop exercising while travelling. Here are some tips:
Fitness does not have to become a lost cause when you take a break and head out for an extended holiday. There are many creative and easy ways to keep those feel-good endorphins active.
For starters, wear your walking shoes so you will be ready to take advantage of delayed flights or, if you are travelling by car, take breaks for brief walks and stretches.
When packing for your trip, include a few basic light and packable pieces of exercise equipment that don't take up much space in the suitcase, such as lightweight jump ropes and resistance bands. The bands, made of strong rubber, vary in resistance from light to heavy and can provide a workout for every muscle in your body.
If you're headed to a warm climate, you might want to pack aquatic gloves along with your swimmers for a water workout.
Hotel room exercises
• Don't think in terms of an hour workout. After all, this is your holiday time. Instead, go for 10-minute segments throughout the day, building toward 30 minutes. Save the longer workouts for when you return home.
• Warm up with five minutes of light jogging or marching in place.
Cardio exercises
• Jump rope or simply pretend you are using a rope.
• Jog in place, lifting knees as high as you can, while pumping your arms.
• Mountain climbers: With legs staggered, jump or shuffle feet back and forth, continuing to alternate feet. Hold onto a dresser or desk if you need support.
• Mogul jumps: With feet together, jump side to side, always landing with bent knees.
• Jumping jacks or modified jacks, where you relax knees and step-touch side to side, raising arms shoulder height, but no jumping.
Strength exercises
To save time, there are many multi-muscle exercises you can do. You will be working more than one muscle group at a time, such as with push-ups, which would strengthen upper body and core muscles. Don't forget there are such things as wall push-ups, if you don't want to go on the floor.
Performing squats (pretending you are sitting in a chair) will work most all lower-body muscles.
Resistance bands offer no specific weight, but you can feel tension on the band, and if you perform them correctly, you can create resistance from many angles.
Exercises while flying
Help rev up your circulation while confined in the sky by trying these:
• Heel raises: Keeping balls of feet on floor, raise heels using the calf muscles. Hold 5 seconds before lowering heels.
• Toe raises: Planting heels on floor, raise toes as high as you can. Hold 5 seconds, then lower.
• Ankle circles: Stretch legs out under the seat in front of you. Lift one leg, rotating ankle inward, drawing a circle eight times; reverse circle, rotating ankle outward. Repeat.
• Point/flex: Point toes downward, then upward. You will be stretching the front of the leg with the pointed toes and back of leg with flexed foot.
• Squeeze tennis ball: Do this or at least pretend you are doing it, opening and closing your fists.
• Abdominal exercise: Contract abdominal muscles, holding a few seconds, then release. This can be performed while standing or sitting.
• Shoulder shrugs: Raise shoulders up and down slowly, making a circular motion, rolling them forward then to the back.
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Other threads and replies on this august and highly esteemed forum have indicated that G4 processing has ceased. Indeed, my two G4 Macs have been idle since December.
I am happy to leave those two Macs waiting for F@H work if there will be some, but if G4 processing is indeed dead then I can turn them to other distributed computing use.
I emailed Pande but received a standard reply suggesting that the answer to any query is sought on here. Fine, i can understand that the volume of emails must be staggeringly high and that this forum is the best place for information and help.
May I suggest, however, that those who control the Folding project let us know, with a definitive statement, whether G4 processing is indeed dead, please?
It is remarkably frustrating not to know whether to keep waiting or move on and donate my spare G4 capacity to some other project.
And if a statement has been made then may I apologise for overlooking it and ask that someone points me in the right direction?
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Dr. Routman conducts national and international lectures on shoulder topics.
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Jacques Herbrand
Born: 12 February 1908 in Paris, France
Died: 27 July 1931 in La Bérarde, Isère, France
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... was the only son of parents who recognised his precocious genius and endeavoured to assure its full development by their love and support.He gained the top place in the Concours Général examination then entered the École Normale Supérieure at the age of 17 having again been ranked in top place in the entrance examination. This was quite an exceptional achievement at that time for a student of his age. At the École Normale he became interested in the foundations of mathematics and read Whitehead and Russell's Principia Mathematica during his undergraduate years. He had already set himself the goal of creating a school of mathematical logic in France to rival that in Göttingen. In 1928 he received his Agrégation, again being ranked as the top student. During this year [4]:-
... he obtained the results which would constitute his thesis: a new proof, the simplest known to date, of the consistency of arithmetic, and a new criterion, very general and completely formal, for the truth of propositions.For his doctoral thesis he studied mathematical logic under the supervision of Ernest Vessiot who at that time was the Director of the École Normale. On the one hand mathematical logic was a surprising choice, given the lack of interest in that topic in France in this period. However, Herbrand had already made major breakthroughs in the topic while an undergraduate so his success in the area was well established. His doctoral thesis was approved in April 1929 but although his work was to receive the very highest praise, there had been much difficulty in getting a panel together to examine the thesis. Vessiot played an important role here, convincing analysts somewhat sceptical about the importance of mathematical logic. In October of the same year Herbrand joined the army for his military service.
After his spell in the army, Herbrand was awarded a Rockefeller fellowship to allow him to study at various places in Europe. His first period, until May 1931, was spent at the University of Berlin where he worked with von Neumann. From Berlin, Herbrand went to Hamburg where he spent the month of June working with Artin. His final visit was to Göttingen where he spent the month of July 1931 studying with Emmy Noether.
After leaving Göttingen, Herbrand decided on a holiday in the Alps before his intended return to France. However he was never to complete his plans for he died in a mountaineering accident in the Alps only a few days after his holiday began. His death at the age of 23 in one of the tragic losses to mathematics. See the newspaper reports of the accident in the article Herbrand's accident.
It is incredible how much Herbrand achieved in the short time he had to undertake mathematical research. He made contributions to mathematical logic where Herbrand's theorem on the theory of quantifiers appears in his doctoral thesis. See [6] for discussion of a gap which was found in Herbrand's proof in 1963.
Herbrand's theorem establishes a link between quantification theory and sentential logic which is important in that it gives a method to test a formula in quantification theory by successively testing formulas for sentential validity. Since testing for sentential validity is a mechanical process, Herbrand's theorem is today of major importance in software developed for theorem proving by computer.
Herbrand also worked on field theory considering abelian extensions of algebraic number fields. In the few months on which he worked on this topic, Herbrand published ten papers. These papers simplify proofs of results by Kronecker, Heinrich Weber, Hilbert, Takagi and Artin. Herbrand also generalised some of the results by these workers in class field theory as well as proving some important new theorems of his own.
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[Herbrand's] work was perfect in abstractness and rigour; but for him the life of mathematical creation was not a spiritual one which led apart from the concrete life of a man; it was the only expression he could give to the interior drama of his imprisoned soul. He lived constantly absorbed in the analysis of the conflicts and duties which gave birth to an inescapable sensitivity within him. It seemed that only the most brilliant successes could be worthy of this life spent in spiritual solitude. The finest works of music and poetry contained for him thoughts close to his own; the unceasing work of his will was no less a matter of conscience to him. It was always necessary for him to unite the elements of an idea or a sensation in a finished construct in order to savour them in advance and to see them come at his will. Thus, the lifelong interest he had in mathematical logic was perhaps born of the wondrous hope of anticipating the future by means of finite calculi and combinations.For more information about Chevalley writings on Herbrand's thought see the article Chevalley on Herbrand.
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text: Inspired by the Herman Melville novel Billy Budd, writer Charles Fuller created the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Soldier's Play, which he then adapted into this film drama in 1984, for socially conscious, liberal director Norman Jewison. In the racially-divided 1940s, Fort Neal, Louisiana, is a military base where black soldiers are sent not to fight in WWII but to play baseball against other armed forces teams. The murder of a black sergeant, Waters (Adolph Caesar) brings an investigator, Captain Davenport (Howard E. Rollins, Jr.) to the base. Davenport, the first black officer that most of the men have ever met, suspects that a pair of white men were responsible for Waters' death, but his probe reveals that nearly everyone, regardless of skin color, had ample reason to kill the loathsome but pitiable Waters. The cast of A Soldier's Story features early supporting performances from several African-American actors who would go on to greater prominence, including Denzel Washington, David Alan Grier, and Robert Townsend. The film was nominated for three Oscars: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Caesar) and Best Adapted Screenplay. Karl Williams, Rovi


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Expectations Exceeded at the Tour de FranceSun 21 Jul 2013
The 100th edition of the Tour de France was a success for Australia's first WorldTour team. In their second start of the Tour, ORICA-GreenEDGE hoped to achieve the stage victory that eluded them in their maiden season. By every measure, the team exceeded all expectations.
Simon Gerrans made history is Corsica, taking the team's first stage win on the third day of racing. The momentum continued into stage four where ORICA-GreenEDGE took out the team time trial, beating Omega Pharma-Quick-Step by less than a second. It was enough to put Gerrans in yellow. The team's camaraderie remained on display throughout the first week, punctuated by Gerrans cedeing the jersey to his teammate and good friend Daryl Impey. The South African became the first African leader of the Tour de France.
All nine of the ORICA-GreenEDGE riders who lined up in Porto-Vecchio for the Grand Départ rode into Paris today, including the team's three Tour debutants: Simon Clarke, Cameron Meyer and Svein Tuft. Tuft began the three week race with the distinction of being the oldest first-time Tour starter. By race end he bore the title of lantern rouge. O'Grady started his 17th Tour de France, tying the record set by George Hincapie last year, and rolled into Paris for the 15th time.
The procession between Versailles and Paris included the usual pomp and circumstances to celebrate the three week battle. Cameron Meyer was in the first break attempt, a short-live four rider move, on the Champs Élysées. All escape attempts were neutralised before the lead-out trains came to fore. At the end of the tenth lap, Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) sprinted to his fourth stage victory, edging out André Greipel (Lotto Belisol) and Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step) for top honours.
Chris Froome (Team Sky) received his yellow jersey in the foreground of the yellow-lit Arc de Triomphe, standing on stage with Tour greats Eddy Merckx, Miguel Indurian and Bernard Hinault. Froome was later joined on stage by Peter Sagan (Cannondale) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar). The Solvakian won the green jersey for the points classification. The Colombian wore two jerseys, first the white jersey for the best young rider and then the polka dot jersey for the mountains classification winner.
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Even more from the hummingbird bakery cookbook... oat and raisin cookies. Simple and delicious.
270g unsalted butter, at room temperature
160g caster sugar
160g soft dark brown sugar
2 eggs
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
380g plain flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
110g rolled oats
220g raisins
- Preheat the oven to 170C
- Put the butter and sugars in a freestanding electric mixer with a paddle attachment (or use an electric handwhisk) and cream until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well and scraping any unmixed ingredients from the side of the bowl with a rubber spatula after each addition.
- Turn the mixer down to slow speed and beat in the vanilla extract.
- Sift together the flour, salt, bicarbonate of soda and cinnamon in a separate bowl, add the oats and mix well.
- Add to the butter mixture and beat until well mixed.
- Stir in the raisins with a wooden spoon until evenly dispersed.
- Arrange equal amounts of cookie dough on the prepared baking trays.
- Make sure that the cookies are spaced apart to allow for spreading while cooking.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 12 minutes, or until golden brown and firm.
- Check them regularly to make sure they are not burning.
- When you are happy tat they are cooked through, remove from the oven and leave to cool slightly on the trays before turning out onto a wire cooling rack to cool completely.


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Hi ya, I know you like Christian comics so I know you'll love The Word for WORD Bible Comic, (Unabridged, historically accurate graphic novel of the Bible with a high view of scripture. For ages 15+)
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A natural draw to the experimental side of things
Sparked by an explorative & curious nature; I love the Experimental & Intuitive side of creativity. Creation is always awake, it lives uncaged & free, no rules to follow, only new seeds to explore
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Images are like seeds of energy. Creating in these worlds is a form of ritual for me. A deep affinity for the seasons & all aspects of transformation. A deep love for nature, all creatures, every sun, star & moon.
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Creating imagery for me is a visual journey,
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A natural draw to the experimental side of things..
Sparked by an Explorative and curious nature; I love the Experimental & Intuitive side of creativity. Creation is always awake, it lives uncaged and free, no rules to follow, only new seeds to explore.
I love all that is unusual & mysterious . I find connection & meaning in all that is imperfect, flawed & strangely-beautiful. I am drawn to the unseen, the ethereal-soulful essence of both light & dark, the spirit of nature, the seasons of transformation, patterns of creation and finding hidden magic in ordinary things.
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I love to meet and connect with fellow creatives! I have a deep appreciation for all artists, creative thinkers, unique souls.
While my nature is mostly introverted and I thrive as a hidden -solitaire, I have found connecting with other creative-spirits to be profoundly nourishing and deeply magical in ways my soul understands. To those I have met along the way that have enriched my life with your art-music-writing-creations-passion-energy-open-mindedness....I thank you immeasurably ! and to those I have reconnected with..thank you for giving me a sense of community in a world I always felt on my own in. Thank you for these creative encounters, they have transformed me.
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I had a Pentax camera given to me from my older brother that I carried everywhere I roamed, shooting film wherever my spirit took me. I always explored on my own, (with a little bit of knowledge in my pocket) plus my intuitive nature guiding me in my own way to learn more and to seek and experiment in new ways. I love both analog and digital but my heart belongs in the darkroom.
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Emma Stone to Jay Leno – I Kicked Ryan Gosling in the Throat [VIDEO]
Filming a scene with Ryan Gosling that evokes the iconic lift from 'Dirty Dancing' might seem like fun. But for starlet Emma Stone, it brought back a painful childhood memory and earned her co-star several kicks in the throat.
On last night's 'Tonight Show,' Stone said she was filled with terror over being lifted in the air by Gosling for a scene in their new flick 'Crazy, Stupid Love.' In it, Gosling was tasked with lifting Stone over his head, in the style of Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey's daring move from 'Dancing.' "I ran for him to pick me up and I don't know what happened," she told Jay Leno. "I went spider monkey around his head and kicked him in the throat."
After several more failed attempts, the origins of Stone's anxiety suddenly came back to her. "When I was seven, I fell off these parallel bars in gymnastics and I broke both my arms at the same time," she said.
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Maverick's History
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 No comments
Last night the familly headed to a Maverick's game, it was my first regular game of the season, and it was a good one! OK, so fine, they were playing the second worst team in the league, but these Dallas teams sure know how to crush a girl's heart with some of their game outcomes. By the half the Mav's coach had been ejected, and they were down by 29....then the second half began, and they attacked the basket. It was the biggest come back in Mav's history, and a little something to remember as we head towards play offs (that my hope at least). It was the wildest crowd I've seen at a game in a long time, we had a ton of fun watching them win!
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#1 Winter Lake Lavon
Monday, December 29, 2008 1 comment
And so it begins...Today I took my camera out to the lake for a spin. I wanted to play around with the macro (very fun), angles, and colors. This is my unofficial resolution, improve my camera skills. I'm not really into (unnecessary) commitment (a personal issue, I know), so let's just say over the next....hmm 365 days or so I plan to go on some purposeful, picture taking outings. Even unofficial goals need a way to measure their success, so let me throw a number out there like...50 purposeful photo outings, and then I'll feel I've put my heart into improving. Back to outing number #1. There aren't too many 'fun' colors in the winter months, but still, I had a good time. Jason took the opportunity to go fishing, and practiced his fly casting for next week's family trip up to a river in Oklahoma for Trout Fishing....for Jason, and reading, shopping and sight seeing for Mom and I. This isn't 'the best picture', but if I had to put the day in a photo, this would be it. Jason did 'knot' have a lot of success catching fish today. This isn't his string, but it did fascinate me, and I spent a lot of time trying to get all it's messyness in a picture. I later saw Jason having an encounter with this same bush as he tried to talk it out of eating his string. He lost that battle. Other losing battles for me today involved birds. I forget they can fly when I'm going after them with my lense, and landscape scenery, just nothing exciting came of those shots. I finally went back to Jason's tackle box and started pulling out his army of fishing supplies and snapping some of those critters. The one thing I do love is all the details the camera picks up, it even got some 'sap' on these 'things' I caught in a picture. I have a few others at the following link.
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Sunday, December 28, 2008 1 comment
I did something a little different today...I cooked. To my knowledge I don't even think I used the microwave during any step of this process. More surprising, it tasted pretty good too! One of my not-so-hidden talents is the ability to mess up just about any meal. I can even mess up a salad (by storing it in a frosty area of the fridge. It gives a new meaning to iceberg lettuce). My culinary mistakes typically come due to lack of attention. My mind wanders, I talk on the phone, and all the sudden I realize the cookies are missing the baking soda, or I forgot the noodles in the 9 layer lasagne (that was an interesting experience-trying to separate the layers out enough to cram noodles between them). I found if I follow recipes from 'real people,' I get a little closer, but I have to triple check myself, I can't even begin to tell you how many times the teaspoons the recipe calls for accidently find their way into the dish as a tablespoon. Having said all that, I gave it another try because it is a skill a refuse to give up on. I found this recipe for crockpot tamales at http://www.crockpot365.blogspot.com/ I have alway wondered about the process of making tamales. I know it's considered a labor of love, and a special dish, as opposed to an everyday dish. So with a little extra time this break....I gave it a try-minus the love and the special occasion. They were pretty good. They were a little blander than I anticipated (I think it was the chicken), but they grew on me. I'd recommend it if you ever have the urge to make your own tamales. Let's pretend like they are healthy too, since they were made with chicken.
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Felt Food: Gingerbread Men
Saturday, December 27, 2008 No comments
I've gone a little bit nuts this holiday with craft projects. I've been working like mad on little gifts for people to give out over the next few months. I can't post about those 'gifts' because then I'd ruin them....BUT I can share this new project. I saw these little felt foods on ETSY the other day. ETSY's is an online store where individuals sell their goods, and a lot of it's really cute homemade sewn/knitted etc 'stuff.' I am IN LOVE with the felt food. Seriously, in love. Even though the Christmas season is over, I had to pop these little guys out before I 'moved on.' I'm putting them away until next fall, and then I will find a few friends to give them away to....it might be :your kiddo:, but I figure it won't ruin the surprise for the kiddos, even if it ruins the surprise for you. I bought enough to make three sets of these, but I only made one tonight b/c I had to figure it out...which takes awhile...and what I figured was that it's probably best to hand sew everything but the outline of the dough....which then took even longer. I'll work on the next two little guys later. I'm hoping to find a little 'tray' for cookie baking, and something cute to jazz it up when giving it as a gift, you will probably see it again as an improved set, but in the meantime, here they are, another 'borrowed' blog idea. I found the little rolling pin at Hobby Lobby. I think as a little girl I would have really loved rolling my 'own' dough, cutting out my own cookies, baking and decorating in my little play kitchen. I have three other 'felt' food projects I have the goodies for I plan to work on soon.
Tags: Christmas, Crafting, Felt Food, Homemade Gift, Sewing
New Toy
Thursday, December 25, 2008 4 comments
It's true, nobody is safe now....I got a NEW camera this Christmas. This is also part of my birthday gift (6+ months early), but it's something I've wanted for a long time....in fact, it's one of my items on my 101 List. I LOVE it already. I spent most of my day chasing animals down b/c they may not sit too still, but they don't complain about having their pictures taken. This is the year I want to get serious about photography. I never feel like I can really capture the experience on film...thus, a nice camera puts me one step closer. Here is my first (of MANY) shots of the day (Muffin)....I'm sure I'll want your picture soon, so let this be your warning!
On the 1st Day of Christmas...
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Lessons in Pottery
Wednesday, December 24, 2008 No comments
Hmm....I did not know: pottery cracks in cold, dry temperature. This is my second attempt at this dish. The other 'tricky' thing about clay is you don't know what it will 'look' like until it's fired (at least I don't). It's all gray to me. You fire it once, then you paint....again, it's hard to know what it will look like until you have fired it again. Oh well. Jason mentioned he was looking for something to throw change into. I have him a few other gifts (thank goodness), but I decided to make a dish for his change. The art teacher let me use her supplies and kiln at work, and due to multiple problems, I had to run up this week and get a janitor to let me in and pick it up. I was pleased with the dish's texture, and I liked my cow skull, but I'm not a fan of the colors or multiple clay choices. I was going for a southwestern feel. Regardless, it's a homemade gift, and I think Jason will appreciate the effort. I have a few other homemade gifts I like better, but I made a few of some of the gifts, and some receipients have not 'received' their gift yet, so I will refrain from posting those. I don't know that I'll be pursuing clay avidly, but it's fun to experiment with different types of crafts.
Tags: Christmas, Crafting, Homemade Gift
A Quick Christmas Gift Topper Craft
I had a little extra chocolate left over from my mice, so when I saw this posted on the site I bought my alphabet trays from (Let's Explore), I had to try it out. I didn't have the cute sprinkles she had, and I was too lazy to find several cute ribbons to decorate them with, but I like the idea regardless. I melted chocolate and filled my 'letter trays'. Each letter represents a family member's name. I then threw a few sprinkles on top, and set them in the freezer for 10 minutes or so. They popped out pretty easily. They would make cute gift toppers.
On the 2nd Day of Christmas
I love Christmas Eve. There is still the anticipation of Christmas morning, but 'the' events have begun. We always attend a candle lighting service as a family, and this service brings me such peace. There are the great Christmas songs we sing, and the one candle light being passed throughout the attendees, symbolic of that first light and the worldwide impact He has made beginning in a manger, and then the good news that started with just a few loyal disciples. Christmas Eve is so peaceful. As a family, other small traditions include opening one gift.
(Max got his holiday ball, this is his very favorite toy, and it took months of looking at various Petsmarts to find one that currently had them in stock, it took another hour to get him to sit still long enough to take a picture.)
Everyone then comes over for sandwiches, chips and dip, very low key. We also have a great family recipe for iced sugar cookies (not shown, but definitely enjoyed this year thanks to Lois and Holly baking, icing, and sharing with us), and I served this year's project-tree cheesecakes. They were pretty good if I do say so myself.
We then pile into a car and go out and look at lights. I remember as a little girl as I listened to the Santa reports I was always worried we would not get home before Santa arrived at the house. Christmas Eve must be one of two times I willingly got into my bed before the wee hours of morning. When I was younger, I left milk and cookies, but when I got older my Mom made the suggestion that Santa might like Dr Pepper since he had so much milk at other houses. I began buying a 'special' glass bottled over the last ten years or so.
On the 3rd Day of Christmas....
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 No comments
Today I inserted a little chocolate and cheesecake into my day! I saw this a year ago in a magazine (I can't remember which one). I bought a box of Cheesecake Factory Cheesecake from Sam's (My philosophy-if someone can make it better than you-let them, and Cheesecake Factory does a much better job at making cheesecake than I do.). I lined up the cheesecake slices on a piece of wax paper. I broke Bob's Peppermint sticks in half, used the tip of a knife to make a little hole in the side of each cheesecake slice and inserted them as trunks (I thought about pretzel rods, but thought they might get soggy in a day). I then took Smucker's Hard Shell Ice Cream Topping and poured some over each slice. It didn't completely cover the sides, so I went back with my knife and smoothed it up the sides of each cake. I then took some candy cane sprinkles (from Target) and a little loop of decorators icing for garland. I contemplated balls and a star....but then decided....sometimes less is more. Ta da, it's dessert for Christmas Eve. I have my doubts about how the hard shell will taste, but....they look cute, and that's half the purpose of making them.
On the 4th Day of Christmas...
Monday, December 22, 2008 No comments
I visited Christmas Past today. Today Mom and I both began our Christmas Break from work, so we spent the day together revisiting old traditions. We headed to Northpark Mall to walk around and look at the decorations. Then we drove over to Kuby's in Snyder Plaza for lunch, and we picked up our family's 'traditional' sandwich meats, which we will have on Christmas Eve. It was packed everywhere we headed today with lots of Christmas shoppers going through the stages of their 'getting ready' process as well. There is comfort in the traditions, it reminds me I'm not as far away from those past Christmas memories as I sometimes feel like I am as each year passes quicker than the last! The 'memories' of Christmas Magic bring a little more excitement to this year through these familiar outings.
On the 5th Day of Christmas...
Sunday, December 21, 2008 No comments
I spent a little time in Santa's Workshop today. I began this project yesterday at my friend Terry's house. She has an impressive arsenol of wood working tools for her crafts....or as her husband says, her craps. Yesterday I was on the ground working with the scroll saw while she used her band saw (I had to use my new 'terms' here), and we carved out the pieces to this project (and more), and then I sanded down all my pieces. Today I came back for the painting and constructing. Terry found this cute 'template' for Jesus at a craft fair. I got an angel at the same time, so she is working on making herself one of my angels, and I spent the day working on constructing baby Jesus in His manger. He's finally assembled (though a little wobbley) and my goal now is to put Him next to the Christmas tree as a little reminder to self this season. I like it! When I was finished constructing I next moved on to using some scrap wood. The penmenship needs some work (it's a learning process, and thank you to Terry for the patience as I plow forward), but for 'free' pieces, I'm OK with the end product of this little piece as well. My goal this next year is more wooden projects....and more homemade gifts for everyone next year.
On the 6th Day of Christmas...
Saturday, December 20, 2008 No comments
I hung out in a park while a cold front swept in today (60 in the morning, and it's quickly heading to 20 this evening)! Chilly weather blew in today while Mom, Aunt Lois, Holly, and I headed to Holiday in the Park at Six Flags. Lois and Holly each had a free ticket for us (such a nice treat). I've been to Holiday in the Park many times as a kid, and I have such great memories. It's my favorite time at the park. They cover the park with lights, bring in a snow hill, hot chocolate stands, fire pits, etc. This year we 'went caroling' on a train ride throughout the park, and walked around looking at decorations (each area of the park represent various culture's influence on Texas, and the holiday decorations follow suit). I got 'snowed' on twice, once by a snow machine, another time by 'paper' snow at one of their holiday musical shows. We did more looking than riding today. In the summers growing up I went on 'all' the rides compliments of an older brother's influence. As an adult (and I use that word lightly), I am more selective about my rides....and after a week of a stomach virus, the tea cups were the worst of the rides I rode today (Holly rode a few others like the Super Man Ride).
I know I sound like a travel brochure sometimes, but I LOVE where I live....and I can't imagine there is any other area that offers so many activities, light displays, and experiences during the holidays.
On the 7th Day of Christmas....
Friday, December 19, 2008 No comments
I visited with Santa. I didn't sit on his lap, but I did spot him in the shops set up in Frisco's Square. We headed here last year as well to see their square lit up, and sycronized to music. It is a neat display, and on the weekends in December they have shops, trains, carriage rides, train rides, snow machines, and all sorts of games for the family.....and Santa, of course.
On the 8th Day of Christmas...
Thursday, December 18, 2008 No comments
I crashed a Christmas party. OK, fine...I had an invitation to swing by, but it wasn't my 'group.' Tonight I went out to light look and eat dinner with a group of gal pals. We swung by another friend's house in the area so they could see her out of this world décor, they won second place this year in her area. I was at her house for her 'big' party on Saturday... and tonight she was having a mini get together with another group, but wanted to meet my group while we were out. It was a fun girl's night out.
On the 9th Day of Christmas....
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 No comments
I drove around and looked at Christmas Lights, Christmas Lights, and more Christmas Lights! I Love Lights! I have so many great memories hunting down the best light displays in town with my family. I think this is the only time the more glitter and lights out on your house the better. Glitter should always be a good thing.
On the 10th Day of Christmas....
Tuesday, December 16, 2008 2 comments
...I ate snow! I had a slippery, but ultimately safe drive to work this morning over some ice...and then when I left work there were icicles on my car, and snow was falling. I turned my head up, and opened my mouth and let some flakes fall on my tongue. I'm still living to tell about it! I thought icicles and snow was a very Christmasy activity! Now I'm off to look at some lights near the neighborhood. :O)
I rolled my window down to catch this shot of some of the flakes falling, and the remains of ice on the windows after a blast from the heater.
On the 11th Day of Christmas...
Monday, December 15, 2008 1 comment
Today I made a little homemade gift for some of my coworker's kids. I decided something edible might be good this holiday. This is an oldie, but a fun one. Thanks, Carrilee for telling me about these cute little guys years ago...it's been awhile since I made mice. Carrilee made these on a cheese shaped cake, and I always thought these would also be cute at a Cinderella party. This year's gift, and day 11's activity were edible mice. I thought these would be cute in a little box, and inside small stockings, but the bigger box will have to do this year:
"Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse..."
*Directions: Melt semi-sweet morsels and dip cherries (with stems), press a kiss to the side, and insert two almond slivers for ears. Take a mini-m&m, or red hot and attach it with a bit of chocolate for the nose. Put a dab of icing on the kiss for eyes, and use a toothpick and more melted chocolate for the pupils.
On the 12th Day of Christmas....
Sunday, December 14, 2008 No comments
I wanted to do this last year, but was busy the weekend it was offered. Old City Park in Dallas has a Candle Light Service each year. It's not what I thought it would be. They have the grounds completely covered in hurricane, glass protected candles. There has to be a thousand. You can see a few lit, but even in the ones not lit yet (we arrived before sunset), you can see where the paths will soon be lined with the lanterns.
I went to Heritage Park as a child. They have brought in homes, log cabins, old stores etc from around the area as it would have been in the 1900's and beyond. They have authentic furniture, and people with a love, and knowledge of history at each home to tell you a little bit about each one. It's a complete town. In the homes people were actually baking, sewing, etc, and wearing clothes from the time period. In this home they had decorated for Hanukah, and they were making potato treats, and apple sweets, and a gentleman was explaining the significance behind the candles, and games present in the home.
There is a church on sight, along with a doctor's office, lawyer's office, print shop, merchantile (with items for sale being made on sight), school house, lawyer's office, etc etc etc). They were also providing carriage rides in various forms of transportation around the park.
I went with Holly, her roommate from college, and my friend Maggie, and we grabbed a cold, bottled rootbeer from the saloon, and Holly got some kettle corn from a vendor making it fresh in the park.
They also had a ton of variations on what some of the houses would have been like, they had working farm houses with gardens, and animals stationed in the back.
It's Texas, so of course they had a traditional Native American teepee, and a cowboy camp.
They had potters, and blacksmith at work as well. You can custom order various objects from these guys, and it was neat to watch them work.
Caroler's strolled the grounds singing, and other singers, and dancers took the stage on "Main Street" throughout various scheduled times.
They always have set tables, and rooms that look like they are in use by a family, but my favorite part of this particular evening is seeing the decorations in the houses representing the ways people decorated for Christmas in year's past.
A Little Update Before the Festivities Begin...
So this year, I didn't want to let stress get in the way of celebrating Christmas, and so I'm planning on celebrating in some way, big...or (mostly) small leading up to Jesus' birth, and pushing anything else that comes along aside to enjoy the memories being made! I know, I know, it's all too commercialized, but it's also such a great opportunity to witness to people who love the commercial side, and wonder where it all began....my goal is to bring along the camera and capture a few of the moments. Tonight was my first evening out...I've been getting over a really nasty stomach bug that came on Friday morning....and has lingered throughout the weekend. I taught my last Saturday School for the season (yeah).....just barely, and felt much more alert for a fun Christmas party in the evening.....but was dragging most of Sunday. Despite all that, I did enjoy my first 12th day events....I even received my first gift of the season....I filled my gas tank up after tons of driving this evening, and it only cost me $26 dollars, that's a gift, and an answered prayer! ...and so the festivities begin...
Swirly Twirly Peppermint....Tornadoes?
Tuesday, December 09, 2008 No comments
"I passed through the seven layers of the candy cane forest, through the sea of twirly, swirly gumdrops, and then I walked through the Lincoln Tunnel."-Elf
I love the movie Elf, and anytime I see a peppermint, this quote runs through my head. This year I was really excited about baking cookies because I decided to make them in the shape of peppermints (a new idea for me)! So last night, I got carried away, and started baking cookies at 10. Even though I have about twelve projects going in my house, none of them involved cleaning, all of them involve glitter whether it's in the form of project glitter, or sugared glitter....it's all over my house. I found myself producing icing at 11 pm trying to get the right color 'red' for the cookies I was originally going to finish 'another time.' (Note to self-"Christmas Red" from Wilton looks very orange to me, no matter how much you use, I'd suggest a different color.) As I was contemplating this issue of dark orange/red, the phone rang. It was my aunt, who was calling to see if we were aware we were under a tornado watch? Oops, nope, I had the Christmas music too loud, and didn't hear the tornado SIRENS going off! I guess for us non-weather people there are 'stages of a tornado,' and just over a mile from my house an area of rain had begun the 'circling' pattern and a high risk for tornado development was underway. We all went into the bathroom. Even the cat hung out with us until the sirens went off. I had a a conversation with God that went something like, "OK, I get it, in the grand scheme of life, I'll let the red/orange go, a tornado is not necessary..." After about ten minutes, the sirens went off, I went back out, and I stopped worrying about the red and just slapped it on the cookies. Look, if my swirly twirly peppermints going flying off in a swirly twirly tornado, I want the people that find them to have a fully iced cookie, but I guess they are just going to have to be OK with orange/red! No more sirens went off, though there was another wall developing about two miles away, but eventually the stormed moved off, and my cookies got iced. And so, here are my Swirly Twirly, Christmas Tornado cookies in the making, I don't think I'll have too many tornado icing stories, so I had to share this one.
"Unwrapped" Peppermint Cookie
One of four cookie trays.
Angel Cookies (Mom was in charge of the sprinkles for these little gals, she went a little crazy.)
I love the movie Elf, and anytime I see a peppermint, this quote runs through my head. This year I was really excited about baking cookies because I decided to make them in the shape of peppermints (a new idea for me)! So last night, I got carried away, and started baking cookies at 10. Even though I have about twelve projects going in my house, none of them involved cleaning, all of them involve glitter whether it's in the form of project glitter, or sugared glitter....it's all over my house. I found myself producing icing at 11 pm trying to get the right color 'red' for the cookies I was originally going to finish 'another time.' (Note to self-"Christmas Red" from Wilton looks very orange to me, no matter how much you use, I'd suggest a different color.) As I was contemplating this issue of dark orange/red, the phone rang. It was my aunt, who was calling to see if we were aware we were under a tornado watch? Oops, nope, I had the Christmas music too loud, and didn't hear the tornado SIRENS going off! I guess for us non-weather people there are 'stages of a tornado,' and just over a mile from my house an area of rain had begun the 'circling' pattern and a high risk for tornado development was underway. We all went into the bathroom. Even the cat hung out with us until the sirens went off. I had a a conversation with God that went something like, "OK, I get it, in the grand scheme of life, I'll let the red/orange go, a tornado is not necessary..." After about ten minutes, the sirens went off, I went back out, and I stopped worrying about the red and just slapped it on the cookies. Look, if my swirly twirly peppermints going flying off in a swirly twirly tornado, I want the people that find them to have a fully iced cookie, but I guess they are just going to have to be OK with orange/red! No more sirens went off, though there was another wall developing about two miles away, but eventually the stormed moved off, and my cookies got iced. And so, here are my Swirly Twirly, Christmas Tornado cookies in the making, I don't think I'll have too many tornado icing stories, so I had to share this one.
"Unwrapped" Peppermint Cookie
One of four cookie trays.
Angel Cookies (Mom was in charge of the sprinkles for these little gals, she went a little crazy.)
Tags: Christmas, Cookies, Cooking, Crafting, Peppermint
Oh, (Another) Christmas Tree!
Monday, December 08, 2008 3 comments
Friday night I headed to 'Downtown' Plano with my Mom and Kelly to Dicken's. We met up with family to watch the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony. The streets was closed off, and vendors and stages lined the area. The trees isn't that big, but the real point was walking around to the shops that stayed open late, and there are some new, cute shops to browse, along with some old favorites. This is my favorite area of Plano with it's brick streets, old store fronts, and the cute little park that borders the area. I think the owners have been increasing rent now that is is directly along the Rail Line and for a few years some great shops were closing, but it looks like a few new ones have taken their place. My favorite shop is still Nooks and Krannies. They also have a sweet little tea room that is open for lunch. The weekend was completely packed, rewind a little more and every one of my evenings was filled with a lot of fun activities. Someone asked me how my week was going, and I said 'busy'....I learned it's hard to use that word without people assuming you are also being negative and dreading those activities. Let me correct myself by saying my week and weekend was 'overflowing with fun.'
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