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We are now at the point of our adoption where I think we can have a little fun with planning and starting our daughter's room! I wish I could run out and buy clothes, a car seat, and all things pink, but that will come in time. We've run into a little dilemma though regarding her bedding. We do have a nice crib set that we purchased for our youngest son, and it's still in pretty good shape. It's a unisex color and we initially purchased for a boy or a girl. We were all set to use it again until.....I ran across a website with the most frilly, feminine, adorable bedding sets for a baby girl. I will admit, I had to control my drool. :) So, now I am tempted to beg my husband to purchase an overpriced bedding set for our very special little girl. One on hand, I know it's not being a good steward of our funds, we have pinched every penny and we DO have a perfectly good set already. On the other hand, she is likely to be our one and only girl and my dreamy side wants to make her room an estrogen oasis (he he). So, what to do?
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Most South Africans have a firm idea of what they expect from their pub and grill. They want a welcoming atmosphere, tasty and fresh food, and a short escape from the hustle and bustle of the workday. At Elephant & Friends, this is exactly what you get. We know just how challenging it can be to get through each stressful day, only to make it to the next one. This is why we have weekends!
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What do a quadrillion happy squirrels have in common?
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Rich in anti-inflammatory antioxidants, polyphenols and flavonoids, this cousin to the famous skincare ingredient – calendula – is gaining a reputation of its own. According to this study, both dandelion flower and leaf extracts protect against UVB-related photoaging and senescence (aging at the cellular level). Made using dandelion-infused oil, dandelion salve soothes skin irritations and nourishes dry skin, making this all-purpose healing balm perfect for use as a:
- face moisturizer
- chapped-lip balm
- owie salve
- bug bite balm
- burn salve
- diaper rash balm
- gardening salve
- balm for rough elbows and cracked heels
Essential Oils That Complement Dandelion
For an all-purpose healing balm, I like to use kid-safe essential oils like lavender, frankincense, chamomile and tea tree. For a relaxing muscle rub, black pepper, copiaba, and lavender are good choices, too.
Dandelion Salve Recipe
- 4 ounces dandelion oil
- 1/2 ounce by weight beeswax (about 2 tablespoons grated, packed beeswax)
- 25-50 drops essential oil, optional (As mentioned above, lavender, frankincense, chamomile and tea tree are good choices for an all-purpose healing balm, and black pepper, copiaba, and lavender are good choices for a relaxing muscle rub)
Gently heat the beeswax in a double boiler. (If you don't have a double boiler you can use a stainless steel bowl set inside a pot of boiling water.) When the beeswax is melted, add in the dandelion oil. Allow it to warm up for 30-60 seconds, then stir until the beeswax and oil are thoroughly mixed, then remove from heat and stir in essential oils if using.
Pour your salve into a clean, dry container and allow to cool – I used three of these 2 ounce tins. Now you're ready for the next bug attack, bee sting, scrape, etc.
Safety Considerations
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There is a lengthy statement here from Notts County :
I find some of the stuff very interesting and you do wonder what is happening behind the scene and other stuff totally irrevelant. Anyway, the FA has artificially made the relegation race more interesting and the champions league place race as well. Killing two birds with the same stone. So now the table is properly set at the halfway break with no game in hand and the picture is clear.
1. Birmingham 17 pts 10-3
2. Chelsea 14 pts 9-5
3. Liverpool 12 pts 6-3
4. Bristol 10 pts 7-8
5. Man City 9 pts 5-7
6. Arsenal 7 pts 5-9
7. Notts 6 pts 3-3
8. Everton 2 pts 3-10
Bristol now chasing Chelsea as they are now 4 pts behind them and will play each other on Sunday. Chelsea, Liverpool, Bristol and City will all try to gain points on Birmingham on matchday 8 and 9 while Blues are on holidays.
At the bottom of the table, Notts have been dumped into the relegation battle alongside Everton and Arsenal. So that's another relegation 6 pointer at Borehamwood on Sunday between Arsenal and Notts.
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T&C Sports and Health Club thanks you for your support over the past 23 years, and especially through this unprecedented state-ordered closing process. We will continue to provide updates to everyone so that when we are able to safely re-open, you have the most up to date information.
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Introduction to Azure App Service on Linux
Azure App Service is a fully managed compute platform that is optimized for hosting websites and web applications. Customers can use App Service on Linux to host web apps natively on Linux for supported application stacks.
App Service on Linux supports a number of Built-in images in order to increase developer productivity. Languages include: Node.js, Java (JRE 8 & JRE 11), PHP, Python, .NET Core and Ruby. Run
az webapp list-runtimes --linux to view the latest languages and supported versions. If the runtime your application requires is not supported in the built-in images, there are instructions on how to build your own Docker image to deploy to Web App for Containers.
- Local Git
- GitHub
- Bitbucket
- Staging environments
- Azure Container Registry and DockerHub CI/CD
Console, Publishing, and Debugging
- Environments
- Deployments
- Basic console
- Customers can scale web apps up and down by changing the tier of their App Service plan
Check the Azure Status Dashboard.
The Azure portal shows only features that currently work for Web App for Containers. As we enable more features, they will become visible on the portal.
App Service on Linux is only supported with Free, Basic, Standard, Premium and Isolated app service plans and does not have a Shared tier. You cannot create a Linux Web App in an App Service plan already hosting non-Linux Web Apps.
Based on a current limitation, for the same resource group you cannot mix Windows and Linux apps in the same region.
There's new integrated logging capability with Azure Monitoring (preview) .
When your application fails to start or you want to check the logging from your app, check the Docker logs in the LogFiles directory. You can access this directory either through your SCM site or via FTP. To log the
stdout and
stderr from your container, you need to enable Application Logging under App Service Logs. The setting takes effect immediately. App Service detects the change and restarts the container automatically.
You can access the SCM site from Advanced Tools in the Development Tools menu.
Next steps
The following articles get you started with App Service on Linux with web apps written in a variety of languages:
For more information on App Service on Linux, see:
- App Service for Linux FAQ
- SSH support for App Service on Linux
- Set up staging environments in App Service
- Docker Hub continuous deployment
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100 Events in Twentieth Century World History Berkeley Undergraduates Really Should K
100 Events in Twentieth Century World History Berkeley Undergraduates Really Should Know...
By: Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality
RE: https://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2009/...hould-now.html
If I am limited to 100, are these the right 100? What other events do you think belong--and which ones would you remove to make space for the ones you prefer?
Yes, they will be on the exam.
Year Key Events:
1896 William Jennings Bryan [D] loses U.S. election to William McKinley [R]
1896 Large-scale gold mining in South Africa's Witwatersrand
1899 Start of the Boer War
1901 Assassination of McKinley; Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States
1905 U.S. Supreme Court decides Lochner case: Constitution held to enact Herbert Spencers's social statics
1910 Start of Mexican Revolution
1911 Overthrow of the Qing Dynasty; declaration of the Chinese Republic
1912 Theodore Roosevelt splits Republican Party; Woodrow Wilson [D] elected President of the United States
1914 Start of World War I: France, Britain, Italy (from 1915), Russia (until 1917), and America (from 1917) vs. Germany, Austria, Turkey
1917 Kerensky's Russian Revolution
1917 Lenin's Russian Revolution in October (really November)
1918 End of World War I; overthrow of the German Emperor (Kaiser); establishment of the Weimar Republic
1919 Communist uprising in Germany: Spartikist Rebellion
1919 Treaty of Versailles to settle affairs after World War I
1919 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
1921 Lenin adopts the New Economic Policy: a small-scale return to the market
1922 Mussolini marches on Rome; establishes first fascist regime
1923 French and Belgian troops occupy Germany's Ruhr Valley to try to force reparations payments
1923 End of German hyperinflation: $1 = 4,000,000,000,000 RM
1923 German World War I General Erich Ludendorff and Adolf Hitler attempt coup--Beer Hall Putsch
1924 Death of Lenin
1925 Death of Sun Yatsen
1925 Great Britain returns to the gold standard
1926 General Strike in Great Britain
1927 Chiang Kaishek's Kuomintang double-crosses his Communist allies; massacres in Shanghai
1927 Stalin expels Trotsky, Zinoviev, and Kamenev from the Communist Party
1928 Chiang Kaishek launches Northern Expedition
1928 Launching of first Five Year Plan in the Soviet Union
1929 Drive to collectivize agriculture in the Soviet Union: start of terror-famine in the Ukraine
1929 The Wall Street stock market crash; start of the Great Depression
1930 Gandhi's Salt March
1931 German Social Democratic Party rejects proposals to plan a New Deal for Germany
1932 Election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the United States
1933 Adolf Hitler becomes the last Chancellor of Germany's Weimar Republic
1933 Worst year of the Great Depression
1934 Start of Mao Zedong's Long March
1935 Franklin Delano Roosevelt proposes and congress passes the Social Security Act
1935 Franklin Delano Roosevelt proposes and congress passes the National Labor Relations Act
1936 Francisco Franco attempts to overthrow Spanish Republic: start of Spanish Civil War
1937 U.S. Supreme Court surprisingly declares NLRA constitutional: the switch in time that saved nine
1937 Marco Polo Bridge incident; start of World War II in Asia
1939 Final victory by Franco in Spanish Civil War
1939 Start of World War II in Europe; Nazi Soviet pact; Nazi invasion of Poland
1940 Fall of Denmark, Norway, France to Nazis
1941 Nazi invasion of Soviet Union
1941 Imperial Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
1942 The End of the Beginning: Battles of Midway, Guadalcanal, El Alamein, Operation Torch, andmost of all--Operation Uranus: Stalingrad
1944 Bretton Woods conference: agreement to found the IMF and World Bank
1945 Yalta and Potsdam Conferences shape post-World War II world; Germany partitioned
1945 Labour Party first wins majority in British House of Commons
1945 Death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Harry S Truman becomes President of the United States
1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1947 Harry S Truman begins the Cold War with the Truman Doctrine
1947 Britain grants independence to India and Pakistan
1947 George Marshall proposes the Marshall Plan
1948 Stalinist coup in Czechoslovakia
1948 Stalin expels Yugoslavia from the Cominform
1949 Proclamation of the People's Republic of China
1950 Stalin slips Kim Il Sung's leash: the Korean War begins
1951 Treaty of Paris creates the European Coal and Steel Community
1954 U.S. Supreme Court decides Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, KS
1956 Death of Khrushchev's "Secret Speech" denouncing Joseph Stalin
1956 Israel, France, and Britain attack Egypt
1956 Hungarian revolt against the Soviet Union
1957 Treaty of Rome creates the European Economic Community of the six
1958 Mao Zedong launches Great Leap forward
1959 Lushan Plenum in China: Disgrace of Marshal Peng Dehuai
1961 Construction of Berlin Wall
1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
1963 Assassination of John F. Kennedy; Lyndon Johnson becomes President of the United States
1964 Civil Rights Act in the United States
1964 Overthrow of Nikita Khrushchev; replacement by Leonid Brezhnev
1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident off coast of Vietnam
1964 Barry Goldwater runs for President on a non-RINO platform: destruction of Republican congressional power
1965 Lyndon Johnson uses overwhelming congressional majorities for Medicare, Medicaid, Voting Rights Act
1965 Overthrow of Sukarno in Indonesia; massacres of Indonesian Communists (and many others); rise of Suharto
1966 Mao Zedong launches Cultural Revolution
1973 First Oil Shock: Syria and Egypt attack Israel on Yom Kippur
1974 Resignation of U.S. President Richard Nixon
1975 Fall of South Vietnam
1975 Indira Gandhi declares emergency
1975 Death of Mao Zedong
1978 The Southern Expedition of Deng Xiaoping
1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain
1979 Khomeini's Iranian Revolution
1981 Ronald Reagan becomes President of the United States
1982 The Volcker Deflation: deepest post-World War II global recession (until now)
1985 Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power in the Soviet Union: glasnost and perestroika
1985 Rajiv Gandhi takes first steps toward dismantling the License Raj
1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall
1989 Tien an Men Square massacre
1991 End of the Soviet Union
1993 William J. Clinton becomes President of the United Statesonly the second Democratic president since 1968
1993 U.S., Canada, and Mexico ratify NAFTA
1994 Mexican peso crisis
1998 East Asian financial crisis
1999 Vladimir Putin becomes Acting President of the Russian Federation
2000 Collapse of the dot-com bubble
2001 George W. Bush becomes President of the United States
2008 Failures of Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG; start of largest post-World War II economic recession
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Corvin Name Meaning
Swedish: perhaps a habitational name from an unidentified place named with korp 'raven' (Latin corvus). English: possibly a variant of Corbin.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Corbin, Covin, Cornia, Carlin, Kervin, Colvin, Corwin, Coria, Morin


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Tribalism is Killing Us: There is no Them, Only Us
Tina Gharavi on the explosion of white male rage and the unconscious bias that 'there is a 'default person at the centre of power'
So many of us are told we are "wrong."
We are told that we are too thin, too fat, too tall or too short… that we have too much education or too little… that we come from the wrong background, our faces are not symmetrical enough or that our skin colour is not the right shade: too light, too dark…
After Christchurch, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared that "They are us".
Does it always have to be us vs them? And how come none of us feel like we are in the middle of things. Who is this default person at the centre of all this power?
Implicit Assumptions
I recently had a strongly worded debate with a semi-successful Hollywood screenwriter who said he had no white privilege because… he was ugly!
It really made me realise that his rage and anger (and there was plenty of it) was about what he expected the world to give him. How could he have privilege when women were constantly refusing him?
Is this privilege? Can this explain the rash of white male rage we have been witnessing? Is this what Christchurch is? A man angry because he feels he should be at the centre but finds out that his expectations are not being met.
I don't see my screenwriter acquaintance blowing up Hollywood studios any time soon (for one thing, with a face like that he'll never get past security, lol), but he did have an anger that was familiar to me. His subtext was: "I'm a white man and it's hard for me too." He didn't want to acknowledge the head start he had in the pitching room by dint of his genetics and gender.
Why did an extra think I worked the catering service on set? Oh, the look of surprise when he realised I was in fact the director!
I am constantly telling my students to write about what elicits an emotional response. So while I endured the agonising wait to make my second feature, I chose to make a documentary about the thing that was foremost in my mind. The story was clear: I'd grown up in a world of separation, factions and groups… splinters of interests and troubled identities.
What good is it? Why is there a dominant group and why in a group of people do we elect leaders with a particular characteristic or personality. Why do financiers always look to my male producers when they speak about financial security? Why don't women actors respond positively to casting meeting requests from female directors?
And why did an extra think I worked the catering service on set? Oh, the look of surprise when he realised I was in fact the director!
Unconscious bias goes with what our idea of default man is: unconscious bias is about saying who belongs…Who is outside the circle? But it is toxic and creates a sense of expectation to those who are told that they are the centre. Even white men feel the agony of displacement and "othering".
The Circle of Concern
As expert Professor John Powell says: "No one is outside of the circle of concern. Not even the criminal." Empathy can not only be reserved for our own, for our tribe. This only separates us again. Creating a group that you exclude or shun only further reinforces that idea of those inside and outside the "tribe": A tribe of those who are virtuous.
The belief that there is a privileged group is coached and upheld by society. It is signalled: in ads, in dramas, and in the coded messages we give each other; but more critically, it is important to accept that we have the power to transform this. Our collective beliefs create our reality.
"I'm a white man and it's hard for me too."
After Christchurch, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared that "They are us". But so are the white men who have chosen to take this terrible path. Like ISIS, they are also us and now is the time to understand why we are creating a culture that says: you have more rights than the other.
There is no Us versus Them without groups of us participating. Where we have influence is how we tell stories. Films can easily cast female and non-white actors in the roles of authority. We need stories where women are automatically given the role of authority and where we also see white men in roles of vulnerability and need.
As the Geena Davis Institute, which is campaigning for such outcomes, says: "if she can see it, she can be it."


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What Counts as Homeschooling?
Imagine my dismay, after nearly 40 years of advocating for parents' rights, to learn that a respected journal that promotes conservative values muddies the waters around homeschooling and cyberschooling. With eagerness, I turned to the article in the November 25 edition of National Review to learn that the advances in technology are actually public school at home ("How Technology Is Changing Homeschooling," Sarah Schutte. Under no circumstances should public school at home be confused with a home-education program provided through private funding, generally supplied by parents. Home education is more akin to private schooling. When cyberschools first hit the educational marketplace, many of us fought vigorously for them to be clearly labeled as public school at home, with the parents as unpaid public-school teachers and participants subject to days, hours, and testing. Homeschooling parents choose the curriculum, the schedule, and the evaluation methods and pay for it with their own funds. Cyberschools paid for with tax dollars choose the curriculum, set the schedule, and determine how progress is evaluated.
There are several reasons for making the distinction. First, there should be honesty in advertising. Second, legislators are easily confused, and if the distinction between public and private education is not maintained, disaster for the private sector can be the result. And third, there are enough problems with school-district superintendents' believing that they are qualified and empowered to impose any kind of requirements on home-educating families without giving these public servants any more reason to act contrary to what the law stipulates.
When I opened the article, I expected to see information about such programs as OutSchool, Teaching Textbooks, and more, but found an encomium for an approach to education that is the same-old-same-old found in the public-school classrooms.
Mary L. Hudzinski
Via email
Sarah Schutte responds: Ms. Hudzinski is correct in her assessment of the muddy situation of homeschooling and cyberschooling. Unfortunately, while there are many benefits to having a wide variety of schooling options available to students and their parents, the lack of clear definitions she mentions is creating difficulties for traditional homeschoolers (where the parents design and implement the curriculum). These traditional homeschoolers are running up against issues such as people claiming that their "intent" is to homeschool even though their child may be taking, for example, all PSEO (postsecondary enrollment options) classes at the local community college. Deciding who is a "true" homeschooler and who is not can sow division among organizers of everything from soccer teams to co-ops to orchestras.
Should we have clearer definitions of what is homeschooling and what is not? Absolutely. However, I made clear in my article that this is a tricky situation, especially when considering new developments such as hybrid homeschools. And these types of homeschools have come about through advances in technology. Teaching Textbooks, OutSchool, and other such programs are excellent assets to homeschoolers, but while they would be an interesting topic, writing about them was not the purpose of the article.


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Writing What Scares You | The Huffington Post
When you can dig deep to uncover that stinging level of honesty, people will relate to your authenticity. So stop being scared and write the hard stuff. Fiction or nonfiction, it doesn't matter.
Accept now, before you even start, that some people will hate it. Then again, some will love it. Write for the lovers.
Strip yourself naked, bare your soul, and be brave.
The Last Time: Ocean
The last time I was at the ocean, it was a little bittersweet because I knew it would most likely be a long time before I'd again walk on a true beach. It was also a very beautiful day, and windy too; the sun shone on the water spectacularly, making the waves sparkle and dazzling my eyes.
D, Z, and I walked along the water's edge, scattering a multitude of seagulls as we tried to stay on the grassy patches. We soon came upon a stony obstacle, a natural pile of big rocks, small boulders really, and we had to climb over them to continue on our way. It was a little hair-raising, and yet exhilarating. Once we were safely over them, we resumed our stroll, following more grassy patches that became larger and divided by tide pool entrances. We finally came to a body of water too wide for us to cross and so we turned back along the path to home.
All in all, it was a pleasant excursion, despite the cranky five-year-old doing his best to drive his parents batty. I must say, he very nearly succeeded.
Here, kitty, kitty…
I like dogs. I grew up with dogs. I have very fond memories of our dogs. ❤
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I was a little bit apprehensive; I was expecting steep prices for average food.
Nope! It was expensive ($32 for brunch) but it was also succulent. All the dishes had subtle tastes, comforting, yet sophisticated textures. A really nice way to end a great trip to Chicago!
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The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA) is an international self-help organization founded by
Marcus Garvey. It was originally chartered under the name "Universal Negro Improvement and Conservation Association and African Communities League" (the word "Conservation" later removed) in Jamaica on August 1, 1914. The organization is also known as the [http://www.unia-acl.org UNIA-ACL] or simply the UNIA.
In an article entitled " [http://www.isop.ucla.edu/africa/mgpp/sample01.asp The Negro's Greatest Enemy] ", published in Current History (September 1923) Garvey explained the origin of the organization's name: :"Where did the name of the organisation come from? It was while speaking to a West Indian Negro who was a passenger with me from Southampton, who was returning home to the West Indies from Basutoland with his Basuto wife, that I further learned of the horrors of native life in Africa. He related to me in conversation such horrible and pitiable tales that my heart bled within me. Retiring from the conversation to my cabin, all day and the following night I pondered over the subject matter of that conversation, and at midnight, lying flat on my back, the vision and thought came to me that I should name the organization the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities (Imperial) League. Such a name I thought would embrace the purpose of all black humanity. Thus to the world a name was born, a movement created, and a man became known."
According to the preamble of the 1929 constitution as amended, the UNIA is a "
social, friendly, humanitarian, charitable, educational, institutional, constructive and expansive society, and is founded by persons desiring to the utmost to work for the general uplift of the people of African ancestryof the world. And the members pledge themselves to do all in their power to conserve the rights of their noble race and to respect the rights of all mankind, believing always in the Brotherhood of Manand the Fatherhood of God. The motto of the organization is 'One God! One Aim! One Destiny!' Therefore, let justice be done to all mankind, realizing that if the strong oppresses the weak, confusion and discontent will ever mark the path of man but with love, faith and charity towards all the reign of peace and plenty will be heralded into the world and the generations of men shall be called Blessed."
Amongst the auxiliary components of the UNIA were the
Universal African Legion, a paramilitary group; the African Black Cross Nurses; African Black Cross Society; the Universal African Motor Corps; the Black Eagle Flying Corps; the Black Star Steamship Line; the Black Cross Trading and Navigation Corporation; as well as the Negro Factories Corporation.
Early history
Before Garvey had traveled the U.S. there were very few organizations that fought for blacks rights. Rarely did people even think that blacks deserved the same as whites even with amendments that tried to make that clear. After traveling throughout the United States beginning in March 1916, Garvey inaugurated the New York Division of the UNIA in 1917 with 13 members. After only three months, the organization's dues-paying membership reached 3500. "The Negro World" was founded August 17, 1918 as a weekly newspaper to express the ideas of the organization. Garvey contributed a front-page editorial each week in which he developed the organization's position on different issues related to people of African ancestry around the world, in general, and the UNIA, in particular. Eventually claiming a circulation of five hundred thousand, the newspaper was printed in several languages. It contained a page specifically for women readers, documented international events related to people of African ancestry, and was distributed throughout the African diaspora until publication ceased in 1933.
In 1919 the UNIA purchased the first of what would be numerous Liberty Halls. Located at 114 West 138th Street,
New York Citythe building had a seating capacity of six thousand. It was dedicated on July 27, 1919. Later that year the Association organized the first of its two steamship companies and a separate business corporation.
Incorporated in
Delawareas a domestic corporation on June 27, 1919, the Black Star Line, Inc. (BSL) was capitalized at ten million dollars. It sold shares individually valued at five dollars to both UNIA members and non-members alike. Proceeds from stock sales were used to purchase first the S.S. Yarmouth and then the S.S. Shadyside. The Shadyside was used by the Association for summer outings and excursions, as well as rented out on charter to other organizations. The BSL later purchased the Kanawhaas its third vessel. This small yacht was intended for inter-island transportation in the West Indies and was rechristened the S.S. Antonio Maceo.
Also established in 1919 was the
Negro Factories Corporation, with a capitalization of one million dollars. It generated income and provided jobs by its numerous enterprises, including a chain of grocery stores and restaurants, steam laundry, tailor shop, dress making shop, millinery store, publishing house and doll factory.
With the growth of its membership from 1918 through 1924, as well as, income from its various economic enterprises, UNIA purchased additional Liberty Halls in the USA, Canada, Costa Rica, Belize, Panama, Jamaica, and other countries. Furthermore, UNIA purchased farms in Ohio and other states. It purchased land in Claremont, Virginia with the intention of founding Liberty University.
First international convention
By 1920 the association had over 1,100 divisions in more than 40 countries. Most of the divisions were located in the United States, which had become the UNIA's base of operations. There were, however, offices in several Caribbean countries, with
Cubahaving the most. Divisions also existed in such diverse countries as Panama, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, India, Australia, Nigeria, Namibiaand Azania/South Africa.
For the entire month of August 1920, the
UNIA-ACLheld its first international convention at Madison Square Gardenin New York City. The 20,000 members in attendance promulgated the The Declaration of Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World [Wikisource contributors, "The Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World," Wikisource, The Free Library, [http://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=The_Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_the_Negro_Peoples_of_the_World&oldid=189864 The Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World] (accessed October 6, 2007).] on August 13, 1920, and elected the leaders of the UNIA as "leaders for the Negro people of the world". The organization put forth a program based on "The Declaration of Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World", marking the evolution of the movement into a black nationalist one. It sought the uplift of the black race and encouraged self-reliance and nationhood. Amongst the declarations was one proclaiming the red, black and green flag the official banner of the African race. (Beginning in the 1960s, black nationalists and Pan-Africanists adopted the same flag as the Black Liberation Flag.) UNIA-ACL officially designated the song " Ethiopiathe land of our fathers" as the official anthem of "Africa and the Africans, at home and Abroad".
Under the provisions of the UNIA constitution,
Gabriel Johnsonwas elected Potentate; G. O. Marke, Supreme Deputy Potentate; J. W. [H] . Eason, leader of the fifteen million "Negroes" of the United States of America; Sam Biglari, Chief Communications Officer; and Henrietta Vinton Davis, International Organizer. Garvey was elected "Provisional President of Africa", a mostly ceremonial title.
Liberia program
Although UNIA was not solely a "Back to Africa" movement, the organization did work to arrange for migration for
African Americanswho wanted to go there. In late 1923, an official UNIA delegation which included Robert Lincoln Postonand Henrietta Vinton Davistravelled to Liberiato survey potential landsites. They also assessed the general condition of the country from the standpoint of UNIA members interested in living in Africa.
By 1924 the Chief Justice
J.J. Dossenof Liberia wrote to UNIA conveying the government's support: "The President directs me to say in reply to your letter of June 8setting forth the objects and purposes of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, that the Government of Liberia, appreciating as they do the aims of your organization as outlined by you, have no hesitancy in assuring you that they will afford the Association every facility legally possible in effectuating in Liberia its industrial, agricultural and business projects."
About two months later, however, the Liberian President unexpectedly ordered all Liberian ports to refuse entry to any member of the "Garvey Movement". Some historians fail to note that his action closely followed the Firestone Rubber Company's agreement with Liberia for a 99-year lease of one million acres (4,000 km²) of land. The land deal had been assisted by American and European governments. Originally Liberia had intended to lease the land to UNIA at an unprecedented dollar an acre ($247/km²). The commercial agreement with Firestone Tire dealt a severe blow to the UNIA's African repatriation program.
Post-Garvey Era
After Garvey's conviction and imprisonment on mail fraud charges in 1925 and deportation to Jamaica in 1927, the organization began to take on a different character. In 1926, George Weston seceeeded Mr. Garvey in a UNIA Convention Election, becoming the next 2nd elected President-General of the UNIA, Inc. This angered many Garvey supporters and as a result spawned many rival entities such as the "Garvey Clubs" and other organizations based on members' differing interpretation of the original aims and objects of the UNIA.
As a result, the UNIA continued to be officially recognized as the "Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League, " and a rival "UNIA-ACL August 1929 of the World" emerged, headed by Marcus Garvey after his deportation to Jamaica.
The UNIA, Inc
The UNIA, Inc., after Mr. Garvey's departure, continued to operate out of New York until 1941. After George Weston's 1926 election to President-General, he was seceded by Frederick Augustus Toote (1929), Clifford Bourne (1930), Lionel Antonio Francis (1931 - 1934), Henrietta Vinton Davis (1934-1940), Lionel Antonio Francis (1940-1961), Captain A L King (1961 - 1981) and Milton Kelly, Jr. (1981 - 2007).
In a historic 1939 British Supreme Court decision, President-General Lionel Francis was recognized as the rightful administrative heir to the huge Sir Isaiah Emmanuel Morter(DSOE) Estate in Belize. The organization's administrative headquarters then shifted to Belize in 1941 when the President-General relocated there from New York.
Upon his death in 1961 during Hurricane Hattie, the Presidency shifted back to New York under the leadership of Captain A L King, formerly President of the Central Division of the UNIA in New York.
After his death in the early 1980s, longtime Garveyite Organizer Milton Kelly, Jr. assumed the administrative reigns and continued to head the Association until 2007.
The UNIA-ACL 1929 of the World
The UNIA 1929 headed by Mr. Garvey continued operating in Jamaica until he moved to
Englandin 1935. There he set up office for the Parent Body of the UNIA 1929 and maintained contact with all its divisions. UNIA 1929 conventions were held in Canadaduring 1936, 1937 and 1938. The 1937 sessions were highlighted by the introduction of the first Course of African Philosophy conducted by Garvey. In January 1940 Garvey became ill. He died on June 10, 1940. UNIA members worldwide participated in eulogies, memorial services and processions in his honor. Secretary General Ethel Collins briefly managed the affairs of the UNIA from New York until a successor to Garvey could be formally installed to complete his term as President General.
During an emergency Commissioners' conference in June 1940,
James R. Stewart, Commissioner from Ohioand graduate of the Course of African Philosophy, was named the successor. In the months to follow, the Parent Body of the UNIA was moved from its temporary headquarters in New York to Cleveland. In October 1940 the "New Negro World" started publishing out of Cleveland. After the 1942 International Convention in Cleveland, a rehabilitating committee of disgruntled members was held in New York during September.
Parent Body in Monrovia
Stewart moved to
Monrovia, Liberiain 1949. He took Liberian citizenship and moved the Parent Body of the UNIA there. He continued to lead the Association as President-General until his death in 1964.
From August to September 1949, the rehabilitating committee held a conference in
Detroit, Michigan. Following that conference, the committee denounced the leadership of President Stewart and the UNIA became fragmented once again.
Former High Chancellor Thomas W. Harvey became President General of the new faction. An international headquarters was established in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after a conference was held there in August 1951. Although some divisions severed ties with the Monrovia Parent Body after the Rehabilitation Conference, a number also continued to report to Monrovia consistent with the laws in the constitution.
The first International Convention held under President General Harvey occurred in August 1953. William LeVan Sherrill was elected President General then. As First Assistant President General, Sherrill had previously served as acting President General beginning in 1925, during the time when the UNIA's founder Garvey was incarcerated. During his administration, Sherrill claimed to have 36 divisions associated with the Philadelphia Parent Body.
Harvey was elected President General in August 1960. Prior to his election, the UNIA began publication of the third house organ, a monthly newspaper entitled "Garvey's Voice". President Sherrill resigned in December 1958 and Harvey became Acting President General of the UNIA. Harvey then held the post for nearly 20 years, winning re-election every four years until his demise in June of 1978.
When Stewart died in 1964, the Parent Body was moved from Monrovia to
Youngstown, Ohio, where James A. Bennett took the reins. In 1968 Bennett was succeeded by Vernon Wilson.
After President-General Wilson's death in 1975, Mason Harvgrave became next President General. Hargrave testified during the congressional hearings in August 1987 in relation to the exoneration of Marcus Garvey on charges of mail fraud. The findings of the Judiciary Committee were: Garvey was innocent of the charges against him. Although the Committee determined he had been found guilty earlier due to the social climate of America at the time, they had no legal basis upon which to exonerate a person who was deceased.
After President General Hargrave died in 1988, all his papers and other Parent Body material were turned over to the
Western Reserve Historical Societyin Cleveland, Ohio for safe-keeping. From 1988 until the present (2007), the Honorable Cleo Miller, Jr. has held the title of President General.
Philadelphia parent body
International conventions were held in Philadelphia during August 1973 and 1976. The UNIA Executive Council elected
Charles L. Jamesto complete the unexpired term of Thomas W. Harveyon July 1, 1978. In August 1980 the 28th International convention was held in Philadelphia. Conventions were held annually from August 1981 to August 1986. Two of which were held in Chicago. At the 34th Annual Convention in Chicago, Illinois Louis Farrakhangave the keynote speech on the role of Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, and Elijah Muhammadin his development. When President General Charles Lynell James died on August 16, 1990he was the last surviving graduate of the Course of African Philosophy taught by Marcus Garvey. Reginald Wesley Maddox succeeded James as President General on August 26, 1990. In August 1992, Marcus Garvey, Jr. was elected President-General during the convention held in Washington, DC. He held that office until retiring by not seeking reelection during the 2004 convention. During the UNIA's 90th anniversary and the controversial 47th International Convention, Redmond Battle was elected the current President General of the UNIA-ACL Rehabilitating Committee.
Notable members of the UNIA
Marcus Garvey
Henrietta Vinton Davis
John Edward (Bruce) Grit
Lionel Antonio Francs
Clifford Bourne
Captain A L King
Hubert Henry Harrison
Timothy Thomas Fortune
Thomas Watson Harvey
Arnold Josiah Ford
Benjamin E. Burrell
Charles Lynell James
Thomas W. Anderson
George Osborne Marke
William LeVan Sherrill
William H. Ferris
Eric D. Walrond
James Walker Hood Eason
Robert Lincoln Poston
Capt. Emmett L. Gaines
James R. Cato
Elie Garcia
Arnold Lemuel Crawford
Joseph Henderson Stewart
Honorable Clifford Bourne
E.R. Matthews
Dusé Mohamed Ali
Henry James Ramsay
Norman Burton
L.A. Davis
S.B. Martin
G.R. Christian
Alberta Porter
*Henry Harris
Mrs. Henry Harris
M.A. Figueroa
T.E. Smith
Rev. D.L. Reed
Effie Stepter
Wheeler Sheppard
Amy Jacques Garvey
Hugh Mulzac
Shirley Chisholm
Rev. James Robert Lincoln Diggs
Zora Neale Hurston
Joseph Robert Love
Chief Alfred Sam
Isaac B. Allen
Irene Moorman Blackstone
Walter J. Conway
Carrie B. Mero
Harriet Rogers
Isaac S. Bright
Irene W. Wingfield
James Hamble Perkins
Clarence A. Carpenter
Fleming Du Bignon Webster
Sidney Smith
Janie Perkins
Julia E. Rumford
Daisy Dunn
Amy Haynes
James Haynes
Henry Dolphin
Granzaline Marshall
Hucheshwar G. Mudgal
Andrew G. Pio
James Robert Stewart
Vernon Wilson
James Bennett
Mason Hargrave
Mamie Leona Turpeau DeMena-Aiken
Samuel Alfred Haynes
External links
* [http://www.unia-acl.org Official UNIA-ACL website]
* [http://www.republic-of-liberia.com/vol1_no9.htm Contemporary Voices Vol.1 No.9: Marcus Garvey's Impossible Dream]
* [http://www.isop.ucla.edu/africa/mgpp/ The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers Project]
* [http://www.marcusgarvey.com Marcus Garvey: The Official Site]
* [http://www.galegroup.com/pdf/scguides/universalnegro1/uniawrintro.pdf Gale Group guide to UNIA]
* [http://www.isop.ucla.edu/africa/mgpp/sample01.asp American Series Sample Documents] -- Volume I: 1826--August 1919
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The music to this song has been given by Goldboy as well as the lyrics are by Rangrez Sidhu. The music video has been directed by Avex Dhillon. The beautiful video featuring gorgeous Himanshi Khurana in the female lead showcases a love story which is all about love, romance, sweetness, compassion, togetherness and naughtiness. However, due to some misunderstanding the beauty of this relationship is shattered and everything comes to an end. Watch the video to know the tragic end and the endless pain which is accompanied with memories of the relationship. The song will make you recall every beautiful moment you have spent with your lover and will make you nostalgic.
This talented singer has recently bagged the best debut actor award at Jio Filmfare Awards 2018, for his amazing performance Channa Mereya movie.
Ego has never done justice to any relationship. So, all we need to do at this point in time, is to break the boundaries, leave ego and reunite with your friends to create memories which are all filled with love and are cherished forever. Also, get back to your love of the life and leave your ego behind, your relationship is always deserves better!
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Botany benefits from Orica clean-up - Southern Courier - 30 August 2010 by Leesa Smith
"Botany Bay Council will pump more money into local playgrounds after finally accepting $100,000 from Orica, a chemical plant in Botany.
Botany Mayor Ron Hoenig announced at the council meeting last Wednesday that Orica, as part of its community programs, had proposed to donate $100,000 for playgrounds or other infrastructure.
Mr Hoenig said council had always rejected any financial offers from Orica in the past but accepted this offer because the company had cleaned up its act.
'In recent years Orica has been cooperative in the clean up of the polluted ground water and working for the removal of the stored HCB's,' he said. 'The changed attitude and approach by Orica should be encouraged by the community and Council is prepared to accept the company's offer.'
Council will decide which of the proposed playgrounds should be allocated the funds.
Work has started on the area's second regional playground, Sir Joseph Banks Park, which is expected to be finished by the end of November.
Also a design brief will be conducted for a district playground at Mascot Park." http://southern-courier.whereilive.com.au/news/story/botany-benefits-from-orica-clean-up/
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Steve O'Rourke was the manager of Pink Floyd from 1968 when he was working for the Bryan Morrison Agency. Pink Floyd were managed by the Bryan Morrison Agency after splitting up with Pete Jenner and Andrew King. Later Steve O'Rourke became the manager of Pink Floyd Ltd. 1987 via the London based company Emka Productions Limited. He was also managing David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Rick Wright.
Steve O'Rourke was a member of the Pink Floyd soccer team in the seventies and also had other hobbies in commom with some of the Pink Floyd members. He participated in the car race La Carrera Panamericana together with David Gilmour and Nick Mason. He produced the resulting movie and he has been executive producer on Pink Floyd the Wall, Delicate Sound Of Thunder, Cement Garden and Pulse.
Steve O'Rourke sadly died from a stroke in October 2003, 63 years old. According to the site Roger Waters Online, Pink Floyd (David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Rick Wright) performed two songs at Steve O'Rourke's funeral in Chichester Cathedral. The songs were Fat Old Sun and The Great Gig in the Sky.


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|Blaisdell: Orphan Care and Evacuation, Part One.
|War Orphans: Fighters Pause to Help the Helpless [Stars and Stripes]
|'The Dawn Patrol' Chapter in book Korean Reporter by Rene Cutforth
|Fifth Airmen Adopt Whole Orphanage [Stars and Stripes]
|Photos of the Seoul Receiving Center.
|Orphan Care And Evacuation, Part Two
|Hal Boyle's Associated Press Article of the Kiddy Car Airlift
|Lowell Thomas' Report of the Air Lift
|1,100 Korean Waifs Saved by GI Generosity, New York Times, 17 Dec. 1950
|964 Waifs flown to Safety, New York Times, 20 Dec. 1950
|Waifs of War, Time, 1 January 1951
|A Chaplain in Korea by Chaplain Blaisdell.
|Korean Orphans' Lift Brings Offers of Aid, Stars & Stripes, Jan 3, 1951
|Hal Boyle, (AP), The Island of Orphans, January, 1951
|Some Early Photos of Orphans Home of Korea with Blaisdell, Hess and others.
|Little Orphan Island, Colliers Magazine, July 14, 1951 with photos.
|Air Lift Revisited, 18 December 1951, FEAF Press Release
|St. Nick Visits Cheju-do Waifs, Stars & Stripes, Dec. 24, 1952
|Hal Boyle's Notebook, San Antonio Light, 25 March,1953
|Tots Offer Goodness to Repay Airmen, Stars and Stripes, April 1953
|Giftlift Aids Cheju Orphans, Stars and Stripes, Dec 26, 1952
|"A Christmas Story", Airman Magazine, Dec. 2000
|The Return Visit to Korea, January 2000 by Rev. Carter Blaisdell and others.
|"If I Didn't Do It The Children Were Dead" The Korea Times, Jan. 2001
|"Miracle Worker Returns to Seoul", Stars & Stripes, 29 Jan. 2001
|"Mercy Courier Meets His Former Charges," Joong Ang Ilbo, 28 Jan 2001
|"War Hero," Las Vegas Sun, 9 Feb. 2001
|"Prayer Helped Father to 1,000," New York News, 6 March 2001
|'Schindler of Korea,' The Presbyterian Layman, March/April 2001
|"Retired Chaplain Remembers...," Valley Focus-Black Mt. News, 23 Aug. 2001
|"South Koreans Honor Retired Chaplain" Stars & Stripes, April 2001
|Photos of the return visit to Korea, January 2001.
|Tom Brokaw, NBC News report on Blaisdell.
|Meeting with Susie Allen in Sacramento,
|Interview with Chaplain Blaisdell.
|From the book "History of AF Chaplains"
|Newspaper article in Richmond, VA
|Notes from various sources.
|Presentation of the "4-Chaplain's Award" in Bellingham, Washington, 27 July 2003.


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Discussion in 'Fire Lotus Tavern' started by Sean Silverfoot, Jan 16, 2016.
Mastodon | Show Yourself
So I found this by chance today while looking for the Liam Neeson clip and I thought I'd share. Enjoy.
The Pirate Galleon sails by and you hear the song as the palm trees sway in the background and the sun sets. "Enjoy"
Very interesting song about legalizing marijuana.
Currently Thailand is set to become the first country in Asia to do so.
I learned about this on Mick Jagger's feed.
He liked it so I thought I would check it out ~TL~
Yasushi Ishii -
When You Start the War, Fight with Arrows, Spears, and Swords!
I love this song ~TL~
You see the Tall Elegant Man at a distance and realized you made a mistake in crossing him. The spyglass reveals the man smile then his hand goes up and comes down quickly. You see the Ship's portholes open and that is the last thing you remember. Yu just woke up in a sweat from the nightmare *grins* R/Boris/El Pirata/Black Sails Forever.
Saw these guys in Tokyo a decade ago and they rocked:
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One Friday night in NYC, while the missus was off gallivanting in London, I jumped the L-Train over to Brooklyn to check out Ms Golightly.
I had a recollection of said lady singing on a White Stripes album and one by the Greenhornes, and being name-checked regularly as a righteous and prolific babe in the serious UK music press, but couldn't have told you much more about her oeuvre.
To my delight I discovered she is in middle of a serious hillbilly, rootsy phase. She has teamed up with a mightily hirsute bloke he plays a mean slide and pedal steel, and they have cobbled together a songbook full of front porch laments and songs screaming for some jugband accompaniment:
The vibe is very much Deliverance through rose-coloured glasses. The devil is the good guy, and Jesus ain't no use. Alcohol is Medicine Water and Daddy seems like he's a little more amorous than he should be.
These two make this genre seem easy and alluring, although there are a few too many lazy tracks in the middle that have me craving some hooch to liven it all up, but the album ends in a flourish and has me craving more woodsy, mountain action.
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All my friends and I are major fans of Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments series, so it was no surprise that when The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones movie came out, we were thrilled. Despite the awful reviews of the movie, we decided to see it soon after it was released. I had expected the movie to be horrible based on the reviews, but it exceeded my expectations. It wasn't as good as the book, but it was still an average movie.
The book tells the story of a girl living in New York named Clary Fray. She's an extremely artistic girl with a sensitive best friend named Simon. One day, Clary and Simon go to a club. Clary sees a boy being murdered by a vicious girl and two other boys. No one else can see the murderous trio. Clary tries to forget about what she saw, but she sees one of the boys at a coffee shop the next day. At the same time, she gets a call from her frantic mother. Her mother tells her to stay away from her home.
Clary runs home to find her house completely ransacked; her mother gone. She encounters a crazed animal-like creature, which she manages to kill. She finds out that the boy she saw in the coffee shop is named Jace, and that he's a Shadowhunter. Shadowhunters save mundanes, or regular humans, from demons that roam the world. Clary discovers that the most dreadful Shadownhunter, Valentine, has captured her mother. She is thrown into a world of vampires, Shadowhunters, demons, warlocks, werewolves, and faeries and needs to rescue her mother and a special cup that Valentine is after. The cup can create Shadowhunters but is very dangerous.
The movie was similar to the book, but there were some differences that can't be ignored. The actors all fit the character descriptions very well. However, I wish the movie had been a bit more lighthearted. The book was really funny and had several light parts, but the movie was way too fast paced and serious. The romantic tension in the book was extreme in a good way, but in the movie it fizzled out quickly. I really liked the costumes that the characters had, and the man who played Simon (Robert Sheehan) acted really well.
Overall, the movie differed a bit from the book and was a little too gray, but for a diehard fan like me, it was enjoyable enough to recommend it to others.
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Happy camper, happy camper
Happy camper, oh
Yo, life can be super happy, life can be super sad
I'm trying super hard to separate the good and the bad
I'll go back to my future just to get to my past
But knowing me, my DeLorean would probably crash
Sometimes I get in a taxi when I ain't got no cash
Worry if my credit card don't work, then I might have to dash
Have the cab driver chase me 20 blocks down 7th Ave
And if he catching up to me, I know he'll wanna kick my ass
Damn, that's one hell of an imagination
Even worse than talking to these girls, I get infatuated
Send a text and it go green, wonder what that fucking mean
Like did it send, has it been seen?
Why ain't she writing back to me?
Probably chatting with some other guys and I feel jealousy
Two days later, she write back, like S-R-Y, I fell asleep
I think I'll be alone forever, maybe I'll live with my parents
That way I could eat the food and never feel embarrassed cause
Sometimes I let my ego get the best of me
Sometimes I wonder why my stress is stressing me
Sometimes I lay awake and I can't go to sleep
This is my introduction to anxiety
Sometimes I need someone to take control of me
Sometimes I let my demons get ahold me
Sometimes I think that shit ain't what it used to be
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30 Bake-and-Freeze Cookies
Ultimate M&M Cookies
Feed your inner child (or your actual child) with these chewy-in-the-center, crispy-at-the-edges, candy-studded cookies.
Molasses Crinkle Cookies
These soft, chewy, beautifully spiced gingerbread cookies look like they just took a romp in fresh snow—a holiday look that saves you the trouble of having to ice each one. A dual coat of granulated and powdered sugar will help the slightly sticky dough balls hold their shape and get that crinkled texture. Make sure to give the cookies room to spread on the baking sheet and to let them cool at least 5 minutes before removing from the pans
Classic Sugar Cookies
Cut this dough into a variety of your favorite shapes. The dippable glaze will transform the cookies into works of art almost too pretty to eat.
Lavender-Rosemary Shortbread Cookies
These delicate, crispy shortbread cookies are incredibly impressive given how easy they are to make. With just the right balance of gentle herbaceous, floral flavor and saltiness, these not-too-sweet shortbread cookies are the perfect treat to pair with anything from coffee and tea to lemonade or rosé.
Oatmeal Pantry Cookies
Need a sweet treat? Make moist, delicious cookies with ingredients that you most likely already have in your pantry.
Check out the video for the step-by-step: How to Make Oatmeal Pantry Cookies
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies with Brown Butter
Brown butter takes these rich, seasonal pumpkin chocolate chip cookies to the next level, adding a nutty, fragrant flavor that is absolutely perfect for fall. Canned pumpkin puree lends moisture to these fluffy, cake-like treats while warm chocolate chips fill every bite. Make these for a Halloween party or a fall dinner party, and be sure to store any leftovers in an airtight container.
Candy Cane Cookies
Prep and Cook Time: about 1 1/2 hours, plus 5 hours to chill. Notes: Freeze the two-toned dough at the end of step 5 for up to two weeks or store baked cookies airtight for up to 2 days.
Copycat Milano Cookies
For a cookie that's sure to impress, look no further than our homemade take on the classic Milano cookie. These copycat cookies are crisp around the edges and slightly softer in the center than the store-bought variety, but we found them to be the perfect dunker for a cup of hot coffee or cold milk. Pro-tip: Use a microplane to shave the edges of the baked cookies (if needed) to shape or resize for perfect sandwiching. For other favorite filling flavors, be sure to try our takes on Mint Chocolate and Dulce De Leche Milano Cookies.
White Chocolate, Strawberry, and Oatmeal Cookies
A mere one-quarter cup of butter yields crispy, light cookies and keeps calories in check. Dried strawberries lend fiber, color, and subtle sweetness. You can find them in larger supermarkets, or substitute raisins or dried cranberries. Because the dough is heavy, we used a sturdy stand mixer. You can use a hand mixer to cream the butter and sugar, then stir in the remaining ingredients by hand.
Fudgy Flourless Chocolate-Pecan Cookies
Believe it or not, these chewy, brownie-like cookies are gluten free. Try not to eat them all in one sitting--our Test Kitchen found them especially hard to resist.
Chocolate Chunk and Almond Cookies
Start with a recipe for a basic cookie dough base, then add chocolate chips and almonds for a batch of hard-to-resist cookies.
Peanut Butter-Butterscotch Cookies
Crisscrossed fork marks and all, these peanut butter cookies are just like Mom made, with the addition of yummy butterscotch morsels for extra flavor and a sweet crunch.
Light Bulb Sugar Cookies
These treats are as cute as can be, and their taste is just as memorable. Because they're made with sorghum syrup, ginger, vanilla, and cardamom, their flavor is a change of pace from the usual sugar cookies. Serve the light bulbs separately, or thread several of them on a decorative ribbon or string as a party favor or gift.
Rocky Road Cookies
Satisfy a sweet tooth in seconds. These decadent cookies are oozing with rich dark chocolate and creamy marshmallow.
Luscious Lemon Bars
Whether you're making them for friends, or just looking for a dinner party dessert, these lemon bars are sure to be a hit. The crust is so good that online reviewers say it could be its own cookie. What's even better is that these yummy treats can be frozen up to a month.
Caramel Popcorn Cookies
Experimenting with unusual ingredients can produce an irresistible batch of cookies. In this recipe, caramel and popcorn pieces create the ultimate combination of salty and sweet—in cookie form!
Butterscotch Blondies
Trade in brownies for a batch of these Butterscotch Blondie dessert bars. They're easy to prepare and can be frozen up to three months, making these bars a favorite around the holiday season.
Cranberry-Almond Cookies
Combine tart fresh cranberries and toasted almonds for a fresh twist. You'll love the texture and combination of flavors in these cookies. The pop of red from the cranberries also adds a festive touch around Christmastime. The best part? They can be frozen up to 6 months.
Lemon, Lavender, and Poppy Seed Cookies
Simple homemade dough provides the ideal base for a cookie made with naturally sweet ingredients.
Double-Vanilla Meringue Cookies
Meringue cookies are a light and airy dessert that are great on their own or when used as a base for another dessert. By using vanilla bean and extract, you'll get double the vanilla flavor. Serve at a Christmas party for a classic treat or freeze up to three months and enjoy when you're craving something sweet.
Peanut Butter Crunch Cookies
Triple the peanut butter, triple the fun! Make dessert fun for the whole family with these ooey-gooey treats.
Orange, Sesame, and Honey Cookies
Finish off an Asian-inspired dinner with a tray of these delicious, easy-to-make cookies.
Coconut, Lime, and Macadamia Cookies
Ideal for a hostess gift, potluck party or afternoon snack, this gourmet cookie combination will have you reaching for one more.
Bourbon, Cranberry, and Walnut Cookies
Bourbon, cranberries and walnuts for just 114 calories per serving? Pass another scrumptious cookie, please!
Frosted Sugar-'n'-Spice Cookies
Give sugar cookies a tasty twist by adding a touch of spice. This recipe is great for any time of the year and you can change the shape and the color of the sprinkles depending on the holiday. Freeze for up to a month, but make sure to thaw completely before icing.
Black and White Chocolate Chip Cookies
These are no ordinary chocolate chip cookies. Not only do they contain two types of chocolate chips, they also contain Kahlúa. Bring these cookies to a holiday party or indulge at home with a glass of milk. Once they cool, you can freeze them for up to a month.
Double Chocolate Chunk-Peanut Cookies
Enjoy the sweet and salty combo from the dark chocolate chunks and dry-roasted peanuts in these cookies. Bake a batch for the next bake sale or as a treat for the kids. This is one dessert that both parents and children can agree is a winner. You can freeze these in an airtight container up to three weeks.
Chocolate and Peppermint Cookies
Enjoy the classic combination of chocolate and peppermint all year long in this simple, yet oh-so-good cookie recipe.
Strawberry, Black Pepper, and Pistachio Cookies
Sweet, spicy, and salty—what more can you ask for in a cookie? At just over 100 calories per cookie, these treats are bound to become a family favorite.
Dark Chocolate-Dipped Anise Biscotti
Biscotti makes an excellent gift around the holidays because it's easy to mail or bring to a party. The aniseed adds a licorice flavor that is balanced by the dark chocolate coating. If you're looking for a dessert that' not overly sweet, serve this biscotti with coffee. You can freeze these cookies, without the chocolate, up to a month, then dip in the chocolate after they're thawed.


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Renting the Sechelt Seniors Activity Centre Hall & Facilities
Need a space for your wedding, special event, meeting, or lecture? Our Centre has ample parking and four areas available to be rented.
For more information and availability, please contact the Centre's Rental Co-ordinator at 604-885-8910.
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday noon to 3pm – or email Gill at email@example.com
Robbie Robson Banquet Auditorium
The Auditorium offers 3420 square feet of floor space and is available many Saturdays. Transform this space into whatever your needs require. This room can accommodate 200 people banquet style or theatre style. It is equipped with a large stage, an overhead projector, DVD/Blu Ray player, PA system, wifi, tables, chairs and more. The Centre's Commercial Kitchen can also be rented with the Auditorium.
The rental rate varies with the Renter's needs. Please ask the Rental Coordinator for details.
Craft Room
The Craft Room offers 850 square feet of floor space and can accommodate up to 50 people banquet style or 55 people theatre style.
This room is equipped with a pull-down projector screen and a sink where refreshments can be made. Its perfect size is great for smaller meetings and gatherings.
The rental rate for the Craft Room is $25.00 an hour.
Additional charges may apply.
Dr. Farish Room
The Dr. Farish Room offers 530 square feet of floor space and can accommodate up to 30 people banquet style or 40 people theatre style. This room is equipped with an electrically operated projector screen. This room provides easy access into the Auditorium. Its cozier size works well for meetings and smaller events.
The rental rate for the Dr. Farish Room is $21.00 an hour.
Additional charges may apply.
The Lunch Room
The Lunch Room which is part of our recent renovation is an excellent choice for smaller events – such as Birthdays, Anniversaries, large group meetings and Celebrations of Life.
The rental rate for the Full Lunch Room is $42.00 an hour. The rental rate for Half of the Lunch Room (with wall divider) is $21.00 an hour.
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Tea rooms are open 10am to 4.30pm
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Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby captured the imagination of Regency society. They received a stream of visitors to the unpretentious little cottage which, over the years, they transformed into a Gothic fantasy of projecting stained glass and elaborately carved oak. Inside Plas Newydd today, an exhibition including some of their possessions and an audio tour bring their story to vivid life. You can stroll through their gardens and along their riverside walk. And you can take tea, as Wordsworth, Sir Walter Scott and the Duke of Wellington have all done before you.
Why not bring your group for an unforgettable visit to Plas Newydd Historic House, Gardens and Tearooms.
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One of my goals for January is to organize all of my food photos for last year, cataloging them in some systematic way and blogging about miscellaneous bites that didn't quite make it to "print" in 2008. In doing this, it's reinforcing how much the recession is hitting the restaurant industry. Seems like there's a new story daily about restaurants changing or closing (though luckily there are also some still opening).
There's a lot of scuttlebutt this week about Crémant. The place is popular. I like the atmosphere and the food is good, though many people have reported some problems with the service. I wrote about their roasted marrow bones a few months ago, but I'm also remembering their intriguing version of nicoise salad, pictured here. Interesting plating and quite pleasing; it was a shared dish, and I wanted more. Now I'm wondering what will be on their menu in the future, as word is that Mike McConnell is in as owner, and chef Scott Emerick is out. Still waiting to hear the true story of what happened, as some prominent restauranteurs have been commenting in response to Nancy Leson's write-up in the Seattle Times.
I'm also saddened to learn about the imminent closing of Union Square Grill. My last visit there coincided with the Seattle Cheese Festival, and I enjoyed a five-course meal of dishes featuring cheese, including a delectable king crab and chevre ravioli. It's a shame to see Union Square Grill go after nearly two decades in business; you have one more month to get your last meal there, as service will stop on February 15, making way for The Lost Lady American Cantina. (Do we need more Mexican food?)
Sadly, you can expect more and more closings in the days and weeks ahead, so now's the time to go out and support your local favorites. And keep an eye on the Seattle Weekly, where Jonathan Kauffman (my favorite local restaurant reviewer) and his team are keeping track of many of the closures.


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Perfect Book Club Books
Chances are, if you're like me, you're in a book club. What's better than hanging out with a group of like-minded people who love to talk about books? But with so many great books out there (and so little time!), how do you narrow down the search for the perfect book for a whole group […]Read More


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I've been out of the Coast Guard for six years. At nearly 60, I can surprise myself with earlier portions of my life when they are brought back into my focus. And this was a weekend of renewed focus. I had been a boatswain's mate in the Coast Guard Reserves for 17 years. Loved it. Proud of it. But I hadn't felt the passion of being part of this lifesaving service for a long time . . .
I've been out of the Coast Guard for six years. At nearly 60, I can surprise myself with earlier portions of my life when they are brought back into my focus. And this was a weekend of renewed focus. I had been a boatswain's mate in the Coast Guard Reserves for 17 years. Loved it. Proud of it. But I hadn't felt the passion of being part of this lifesaving service for a long time . . .A Coast Guard Weekend to Remember The last of the 44-foot Motor Lifeboats in the United States Coast Guard was decommissioned on Friday, May 8. The 44301 was the first of its class: a lifeboat made to rescue life and property. It was always touted for its ability to self-right and self-bail. These terms mean that if this vessel, which was built for heavy seas and heavy weather, were to roll over, it would right itself back up - on its own and in 15 seconds. And the waters taken on during this process would automatically flow back out of the boat. All who sailed on her felt that we ran the ultimate no-frills boat, capable of anything. In 1997, the replacement of the 44' came on scene. The new Motor Lifeboat bragged 47 feet in length. It was much more comfortable for the crew and could cruise at 20 knots, instead of the snail's pace of 10 to 12 knots (on a good day) of the 44-footer. The 44s were gradually retired, put out of service, sold to private parties or other countries. We ran the 44402 and the 44403 during my eight years at Chatham. In recent years, the prototype 44301 had come back to Chatham Station. It had started its career there in 1963, went on to the Cape Cod Canal Station and eventually to the Coast Guard's National Motor Lifeboat School, at Cape Disappointment in Oregon. There it saw plenty of action at the mouth of the Columbia River, training the surfmen of the Coast Guard. May 8, 2009, was the end of its active duty days. It was escorted out across Chatham's Bar by a 110' cutter. Commandant Thad Allen, head of the U.S. Coast Guard, was there; old boat crews were there with the current crew of Station Chatham; all gathered to watch the 44301 motor off to its new home at the Coast Guard Museum in New London, Conn. A helicopter and jet flew by in close formation to salute the retiring legend. A great boat. A great history. A Day of Memories and Pride. Then Saturday, May 9, 2009. It would have been the 80th birthday of Bernard C. Webber, CWO (Ret.). He passed away on Jan. 24 of this year. The Cape's Coast Guard family gathered together yet again, this time to celebrate Webber's life. Bernie Webber started his career as a Boatswain's Mate at Chatham. He ran a different class of lifeboats, the 44-footer's predecessor, the 36-foot lifeboat, and in particular, the 36500. His legend began on Feb. 18, 1952 when the Fort Mercer and the Pendleton went aground in a fierce nor'easter that broke these two tankers in half off of Monomoy Island. Bernie was 23 years old and was the coxswain (captain) of his lifeboat with a crew of three: Richard P. Livesey, Irving Maske, and engineer Andy Fitzgerald. Their tale is a rescue story of great daring and courage . . . and luck (Bernie suggested the hand of God was on the tiller that night). I can't do the story justice here and I hope you will read his memoir of the event, Chatham - The Lifeboatmen and the more recently published The Pendleton Rescue (2nd edition) by Theresa Barbo with Captain W. Russell Webster. The crew of the 36500 went over the bar, immediately lost their windshield and compass in crashing waves, yet managed to rescue 32 men from the aft half of the Pendleton. My dear friend Dick Kelsey, a Chatham photographer and pilot, took pictures of the crew and the survivors that night. His famous photos were sent to newspapers around the country the next morning. This incredible event captured the admiration of our country. As someone said at Bernie's memorial, he was the Captain Sullenberger of his day. He guided his boat with 32 survivors (with the able young crew) to safety, miraculously finding his way back to Chatham Harbor. I had a chance to talk with the now only surviving member of the 36500 crew, its engineer Andrew Fitzgerald. He and his wife Gloria were so gracious. We talked of details of the rescue. He was only 20 years old. He had just gotten off Lightship duty and was the junior of four engineers at Chatham. His memories of that night are vivid to this day, including the one casualty of the Pendleton crew. He had to restart the engine with great difficulty two times. Two days after the event the same engine would not go in reverse; imagine the outcome if this trouble had happened during the rescue, maneuvering around the tonnage of the Pendleton! After 20 survivors were brought on board, there was talk among the crew of returning to port as the boat was becoming unstable with the extra weight and then, of course, returning for the remaining survivors. But the crew finally agreed that this might be their only chance to rescue all. Mr. Fitzgerald was surprised that the return trip to port was relatively easy, surfing back with following seas. There were definitely four heroes here, as Bernie Webber often said. These four young men never planned on being heroes. They forever asked for no special treatment. They remind me of a young man on the mess deck (dining room) of our Station (Chatham) one night who had just come in from a long case. He was contentedly eating his cold macaroni and cheese, when he looked across the table and quietly said, "I think I saved a life today." He smiled and kept on eating. What a great feeling. What a great service.


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Friday, February 13, 2009
Red Footed Booby - day 2
The 5th photograph from the top, is of special interest. I Managed to photograph a booby just about making a Guano deposit.
Like I told yesterday, the boobies are mostly white, like featured in the first photograph but they also appear in a variety of color morphs. The colours range from individuals that are all white except for blackish on the wing, to individuals that are entirely dark brown,like the last photograph. Some birds fail to fit neatly into any of the typical colour morph categories and many variations exist. Colour morphs do not segregate these birds reproductively or geographically and individuals representing several morphs breed in a single colony and live together just like what I encountered and have featured in these photographs.
When I referred my dictionary for the etymology of the name for this bird, it said this "It is so called on account of its apparent stupidity -- unafraid of men, it allows itself to be caught by a simple and undisguised approach"
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Friday, June 19, 2009
Time for the Jeopardy!
well, we finally got cable. the guy came today and hooked us up. since being married we've never paid for tv service. we've always had an antenna or done without. it's pretty exciting. actually, cable was my third choice. i wanted dish network or directv, but i have a tree in the way. the guy from dish network came to install earlier this week, but told me he couldn't and said that directv would have the same problem. that's when i called the cable company. they were here in just a few days and total hook up time was about ten minutes. it was really neat to have it be so fast, but i have one problem. i don't know how to delete unwanted free digital channels. i have a digital tv, so apparently i can pick up some free channels. mostly they are music channels, but there's one that really needs to go away. it's a naughty channel. the cable guys warned me that i might get some channels like that. they said they can't control it. my bedroom tv is too old to be digital, so i don't get those channels in there. unfortunately, that's the tv i know how to work and delete channels. derek says that he'll check it out and see if he can fix the problem when he gets home. i sure hope he can. personally, i can just skip those channels, but what if i have a babysitter at my house. i wouldn't want my favorite 12 yr old babysitter to accidently stumble onto that channel. i'm sure she and her parents would never forgive me. i also wouldn't want my kids to find that channel. sometimes they fiddle with the tv when i'm not in the room. anyway, i'm still glad i got cable. now i can have all the local channels. i can finally watch jeopardy at my house! yay!
5 comments:
- okeydokeyifine said...
"we will control your mind"
- June 19, 2009 at 3:47 PM
- EmmaP said...
i didnt know you were a jeopardy fan. i canceled my dish at the end of april. and i do not have antennas...so we've been TV-Free since May 1st...
the only thing i miss is Burn Notice.
- June 20, 2009 at 6:16 AM
- Ruthykins said...
what?! i'm a total jeopardy fan. just ask mom. whenever i'm at her house at 7pm i insist on watching jeopardy.
- June 20, 2009 at 11:11 AM
- Puphigirl said...
Are you also a fan of the Jeopardy skits on SNL?
- June 20, 2009 at 2:53 PM
- Ruthykins said...
the title for this post is from snl. jimmy fallon was being adam sandler on jeopardy. he says something stupid and then "time for the jeopardy. i love it. your father loves it. your aunt neda watches it on the vcr." sometimes derek and i just say that.
- June 21, 2009 at 11:41 PM
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A couple years after being married, Will and I were going to have a Valentines evening alone. But as was our luck during that time, the alone part changed a few days before the 14th. First, Ocho's mom called and said she needed him to stay with us that night. That is fine. So my wheels start turning and my mind shaking out new plans. Then the boy's dad calls, he is not going to get them after all. Again, that is fine. Shift gears, rethink.
By golly george, I got it.
These boys need to be treated to a fun dinner, well, a date kind of dinner. We need to go ahead and expose them to the romantic side of life.
I asked off a little early from work and set off to create a "romantic" evening.
I told the boys they had to dress for dinner. You would have thought I said they had to dance or that I was going to pull all their teeth. Ocho and The Man quickly gave up their stance against the dressing up and joined in the fun. Demolition D went along, but not without the resentment under the surface.
I did compromise. I told them they did not have to wear shoes! They proceded to get dressed. I had the table set and the candles lit. And dinner cooking (steak and shrimp and chocolate mousse in daquiri glasses - I know what guys like!)
The boys came down dressed and ready. I had to crack up though. Remember the no shoes bait? It worked! Annnnnd . . . . I even laughed at . . . .


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Open Sourcing Nanotechnology
I came to this extensive paper on open source and nanotechnology rather circuitously, via LXer and a posting from the Foresight Nanotech Institute. This could hardly be more appropriate: it was Christine Peterson, president of the Institute, who actually coined the term "open source" on 3 February 1998.
The paper is almost as old - it dates back to 2000 - but it is a measure of how forward-thinking it was that it still seems very current, what with its talk of licensing, patent pools and anti-commons. I was particularly struck by this paragraph:
One of the somewhat counterintuitive arguments for open source is that it is safer than closed source. Reliability of complex systems, security against computer viruses and other attacks, and integrity of cryptographic secrecy in communications all benefit greatly from peer review and other key elements of open source development. These advantages may also apply to nanotechnology. Talking about open sourcing nanotechnology may evoke fears about giving easier access in the future to those who might abuse the technology. Both these issues make it important to discuss the relationship between open source and safety.
Which is a good point. Well-worth reading if you're at all interested in this fascinating if rather over-hyped field.