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text: Irish podcasting has hardly been much busier, two of our newly featured Irish writers bring out a second book each this month. Yesterday saw the Waterford launch of Alan Murphy's " Psychosilly", a follow up to "The Mona Lisa Lives on Our Fridge". The collection will also be launched in Dublin on June 24th, while Noel Duffy will launch his first collection of poetry "In The Library of Lost Objects" on 22nd June 6:30 in The Damer Hall Saint Stephen's in Dublin. Both Alan and Noel will be appearing at The West Cork Literary Festival in early July. Also in early July, the 6th to be precise, Poet Noel Monahan, will give a lunchtime reading at The National Gallery of Ireland at 1pm. you can look forward to hearing work from "In The Library of Lost Objects" from June 23rd, though you can listen to our interview featuring Noel Duffy talking about his recently released Novellas " The Return Journey and Our Friends Electric" here but we have uploaded readings from Alan's " Psychosilly", and "The Mona Lisa Lives on Our Fridge" here. Meanwhile there are 2 podcasts on Noel Monahan's page, his interview ends with a reading of his poem "All Day Long" which is prescribed text for The New Leaving Certificate English Course to be examined in 2011 and 2012.

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Drawing the Elephant Atlas!
03 Apr 2018
London College of Communication
London, United Kingdom
Monday to Friday, 11am - 7pm
Saturday, 11 - 4pm
An exhibition of new art, writing, performance and workshops at London College of Communication inspired by Southwark's Cuming museum collection. The exhibition will be accompanied by a publication, free events and a free 12-page kids' activity guide by White Wall Yellow Door.
Launch Event 22 March, 6 - 8pm with a live performance at 7pm by Harold Offeh, Object Actions Choreography
Tickets available - https://goo.gl/S3avyG
Taking place in London College of Communication's Upper Gallery, the exhibition features works inspired by one of South London's most eclectic historic collections, the Cuming Museum Collection.
The seventeen artists and writers involved present photography, illustration, performance, installation, artist film, creative writing and participatory workshops. The exhibition steps away from the traditional ways of presenting museum objects and museum subjects. Instead, each contributor has used ideas raised by the objects and stories, choosing items or aspects which have captured their imaginations. They have presented their choices according to their own artistic methods, mediums, inspirations and practice.
At this moment in the Cuming's continuing story, the exhibition explores innovative and alternative ways of using these collections which imagines and re-imagines the lives that were lived here before, their preoccupations, beliefs and ways of life. The museum is currently without a permanent public site. However, work goes on to care for its collections and to make them available in a variety of ways, including partnership programmes and projects with local communities.
The exhibiting Artists: Pamela Abad Vega, Marcus Boyle, Sarah Butler and Eva Sajovic, Beverley Carruthers, Adam Dant, Lalu Delbracio, Alan Kane, Liam Magee, Steve Martin, Jessie Mclaughlin, Andreas Philippopolous-Mihalopolous, Harold Offeh, Janetka Platun, Sophy Rickett, Paul Tebbs and Xana.
Curated by Judy Aitken and Sophy Rickett.
This exhibition has been funded by Arts Council England, London College of Communication and Southwark Council.
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Recently, President Trump completed the longest tour of Asia a United States president has taken in more than 25 years. The tour lasted 13 days and saw him visit South Korea, Japan, China, Vietnam, and the Philippines. The president has returned home claiming the tour was a great success. He claims to have strengthened the country's relationships in the region, helped build a united front against North Korea, and negotiated trade deals worth billions of dollars. Critics say that, while there was a lot of pomp and circumstance to the president's visit, nothing really got done. With the differing of opinion between the president and his critics about his tour, it makes one wonder: How successful was the president's tour of Asia?
People who think the trip was a success feel that a tremendous amount of work was accomplished. They feel that the progress on trade and diplomatic relationships is being ignored by the media. They argue that President Trump, through his good relations with the Chinese president, was able to get the three UCLA basketball players allowed to return home, when they were facing ten years in prison for theft. Finally, they feel China is taking a more active role in dealing with North Korea, thanks to the president and his trip.
Those who feel the president's trip was unsuccessful feel it was a giant waste of time. They feel that nothing was completed over there except a bunch of fancy ceremonies. Many feel the all the president did was give a few speeches and play some golf while China strengthened their hold on the region. They see this trip as just another Trump foreign policy failure.
Washington Post showing President Trump's remarks on his last day in Asia:
The Issue
Was President Trump's trip to Asia a success? Did he greatly strengthen our relations in Asia? Or was the visit a colossal waste of time and money?
Yes, the Asia trip was a success
People who feel the trip was a success say that the president showed that America was back. They feel that, through his skills as a negotiator, a great deal of progress was made on trade and towards combating North Korea's nuclear buildup.
"Over a quarter of a trillion dollars in trade deals is nothing. The American people don't care about that." -Politico, 2017
— Derp's Bentley (@98833i) November 15, 2017
Incredible dishonesty by #Politico's @AndrewRestuccia after an incredibly successful Asia Trip and good trade deals done by @POTUS #Trump. This shows how manipulative @Politico is with their propagation of #FakeNews! #DrainTheSwamp to #MAGA
— Israeli101 (@israeli101) November 15, 2017
Except that China just sent emissaries to North Korea to settle their nuclear program. That kinda matters to Americans.
— Area Man (@jcrowder55) November 15, 2017
Politico may want it to seem that little progress was made on Trumps Asian trip in your agenda to destroy him, but in the real world of honesty and integrity we know the trip was a huge success. Journalism is dead.
— George Ousley (@ExcellGeo) November 15, 2017
No, the Asia trip was not a success
Those who feel the trip was a failure say that the president got nothing done. They feel that the leaders of the other countries put on some big ceremonies for him to watch and told him how great he was while strengthening their positions at the expense of the United States.
Trump spent the trip promoting his brand. In the meantime, America is choking on China's dust.
— Eileen (@greque) November 15, 2017
Keeping the norm up! No winning, no progress, not a damn thing that Americans like. Do Nothing POTUS…
— SoCaliCC (@Ccaragon57) November 15, 2017
Complete and total waste of time, money and resources!
— Yvette J R (@YvetteJacqR) November 15, 2017
Did we actually expect him to make any type of progress? Has he made any progress at all on anything that actually matters to Americans (not the top 1-2%)?
— Rex (@NotATyrannosaur) November 15, 2017
Was President Trump's trip to Asia a success?


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Pattern in arrival of polar bears to Iceland
"Polar bear used to arrive in Iceland when there was a lot of pack ice but now we seem to have entered a period of time when polar bears arrive when pack ice rapidly melts beneath them," says Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir, geographer and professor at the University of Iceland speaking to mbl.is.
A polar bear sighting was reported in Melrakkaslétta on Saturday but the search was called off yesterday as nothing was found.
Jónsdóttir says that June conditions were however feasible for polar bears to arrive on Iceland's shores when pack ice was reaching towards Skagafjörður in North Iceland.
"Then we had some North Easterly currents which caused the pack ice to break up rapidly and it's as if the bears are always getting into trouble in these conditions. They've drifted far east and then suddenly the ice breaks up beneath them and they have to reach shore rather than returning."
She believes a pattern is being formed in the arrival of polar bears to Iceland. "If there is a bear there it's a similar pattern to 2008 and 2010. We've seen this a few times now since 2008 when three polar bears arrived and then a few times after that. " She adds that polar bears can swim very far and that icebergs don't even have to be close to the coast for them to get from Greenland all the way to Iceland.


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Once again, the UC Davis Arboretum attracts another intimate and nature centered wedding. Ben and Jen's wedding really captured the beauty of the Shields gazebo and made their entire wedding day stunning.
Using a palette of periwinkle, soft yellow, hydrangea blue, and cream color scheme Ben and Jen worked with the gazebo to create the perfect ambiance.
The gazebo was draped with seeded eucalyptus garland. Embracing each pillar and the gazebo ceiling, the garlands truly added a natural altar to their ceremony.
Following their wedding, the reception decor was just as perfect as the ceremony decor. Incoroporating both of their home states of California and New York, maps were their name place cards and their guest book.
Read more here at the company Polished who crafted the beautiful floral arrangements and eucalyptus garlands.
With wedding season picking up, there will be many more weddings here at Davis!
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Sunday, April 24, 2011
Easter at Moogie's Mansion
The egg was hard-boiled, but not dyed.
Once he got accustomed to the way the egg felt in his mouth, Bouie began to like the game --
"My egg," he said, kinda all muffledy-like because he had an egg in his mouth. Until he dropped it on the bricks. Then they went to the kitchen, peeled the egg, and shared it. Yep, they ate the egg. Both of them.
Easter is such a joyous occasion, filled with promise and hope. And the certainty of God's love.
Happy Easter, from Bouie Cottontail.
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I actually DO know how long that photo took, my wife used to make me get Christmas cards made of TWO Dachshunds with Santa. Give that a whirl.ReplyDelete
You have my sympathies!ReplyDelete
Happy Easter to you and yours, Moogie!ReplyDelete
Back atcha, Scott!ReplyDelete
Adorable!!!! Happy Easter to all.ReplyDelete
BTW...both of my dogs LOVE hard boiled eggs.
We had a border collie who was a bit of a thief - collecting junk from all over the neighborhood and bringing it home to put in her "special place." One year I put out Easter eggs for the kids to hunt, but when we went outside, all the eggs had been gathered and were in Sadie's special place. The kids thought it was very funny that the dog had already gathered the eggs.ReplyDelete
(You have no idea how long it took to get this picture!)ReplyDelete
Dogs HATE this sorta thang. Bouie is plotting his revenge, as we speak, and I'd keep a weather-eye on your favorite plant(s) if I were you, Moogie.
Just sayin'!
I won't say belated Happy Easter, coz I have all the evidence I need to know it was good!
All my dogs have loved eggs, Cuz, I just thought it odd that Pepper would share an egg that Bouie had "pre-enjoyed." Nah -- why would I fiond that odd!ReplyDelete
A hoarder Border collie! How funny, Lou!
Too late, Buck. He started his annual "watering campaign" a few weeks ago when we started planting. This was kinda "pre-retribution." And fodder for this year's calendar!


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Howard Schultz, the former chairman and chief executive of the Starbucks chain who is considering a run for president as an independent candidate, has put that deliberation on hold following three separate surgeries, he recently told supporters.
Mr. Schultz, who Forbes magazine said has a net worth of $3.7 billion, owns a nearly five-acre property on Gracie Lane in East Hampton Village with his wife, Sheri Kersch-Schultz, who oversees the Schultz Family Foundation, which links disadvantaged youth and veterans to jobs.
The couple, who bought the property in 1995, have been before the village's zoning board of appeals on multiple occasions seeking to build or maintain various structures on the property. Last September, they were granted a coastal erosion hazard area variance to allow the reconstruction of a swimming pool and spa with alterations, as well as a variance allowing the pool to fall within the side-yard setback.
In January, Mr. Schultz published "From the Ground Up: A Journey to Reimagine the Promise of America," and appeared on the CBS newsmagazine program "60 Minutes" and in The New York Times. In The Times, he told Andrew Ross Sorkin, who had interviewed Mr. Schultz at the East Hampton Library last August as part of the library's Tom Twomey Series of conversations, that he was preparing a presidential bid as an independent "and had already begun the groundwork required to be on the ballot in all 50 states." He told The Times that he would travel the country for three months as part of a tour to promote "From the Ground Up" before making a decision as to whether to seek the presidency.
"In the months since I announced that I am considering running for president as a centrist independent, I have been traveling the country, talking with and listening to people in 15 states," Mr. Schultz wrote in a June 12 email. "I've met with thousands of people, from family farmers in Kansas and veterans in Colorado to college students in Texas and small-business owners in Florida. So many have been exceedingly gracious and forthcoming about their lives — their problems as well as their achievements, their worries as well as their hopes. What I saw and heard provided a beautiful window into the strong soul of our country."
While in Arizona, he wrote, he was forced to curtail his travels because of acute back pain. "Over the following two months, I underwent three separate back surgeries. Today, I am feeling much better, and my doctors foresee a full recovery so long as I rest and rehabilitate. I have decided to take the summer to do just that."
"I take this detour from the road reluctantly," Mr. Schultz continued. "My concern for our country's future remains, as does my belief that the American people deserve so much more from our elected officials." He thanked supporters and said that he looked forward to resuming his exploratory efforts after Labor Day.
Mr. Schultz is critical of both major political parties in "From the Ground Up," particularly of President Trump. "We're living at a most fragile time," he told CBS's Scott Pelley. "Not only the fact that this president is not qualified to be the president, but the fact that both parties are consistently not doing what's necessary on behalf of the American people." Instead, both parties engage in "revenge politics," he said.


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Marinaleda: Democratic socialist success
See this story about that southern Spanish town, with "virtually no police, crime or unemployment." Anyone can build a home for free and pay $19 a month for life, provided the house is not sold for profit. Employment is provided by the town farming cooperative, which pays $1600 per month.
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Flute & Pennywhistle
Andrea Cooper
A trained teacher, Andrea Cooper has taught everything from computers to clawhammer banjo. Andrea caught the Irish music bug while she was living in Toronto. Since then, her tin whistle teaching and playing has taken her to places as far … Continue reading
Jim DiCarlo
A self-described "tune hound," Jim DiCarlo has been playing Irish music on whistle and wooden flute for contra dances, at sessions, and in the hallways of music festivals for the past 25 years. He loves learning new tunes and has … Continue reading
Brad Hurley
Brad Hurley has been playing traditional Irish music on whistle and wooden flute since the late 1970s, and has performed in dozens of concerts, weddings, dances, theater productions, and festivals in New England and eastern Canada. Brad has taught flute … Continue reading
Darryn Petersen
Darryn Petersen began playing the whistle and uilleann pipes twenty four years ago, after being inspired by a Seamus Ennis album he bought on a whim. His first lessons were with Jim Daily and the St James The Great chapter … Continue reading
Sharon Pyne
Sharon has been a student of tin whistle and wooden flute since 1977 when she attended the Willy Clancy Summer School while working in Ireland for the year. On her return to Boston to care for her grandmother, she studied … Continue reading
Nicole Rabata
Irish flutist Nicole Rabata is highly regarded both in and out of traditional music fields. She has toured America and Europe including appearances at International Flute Festivals in Stockholm and Lund (Sweden), Temple Bar Trad Fest in Dublin, the Hebridean … Continue reading
Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts has been part of a number of groundbreaking bands in traditional music including; The Red Clay Ramblers, Touchstone, The Sevens, The Clayfoot Strutters and Childsplay. His flute and whistle playing also features prominently in the soundtrack to John … Continue reading


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I was going to give it a funny title, but turns out I'm not at all in the mood for that. I wonder why? (Yes, that was sarcasm) I think I've been coping quite well with the worldwide pandemic situation we've had for the past couple of months. I don't mind the lockdown measures too… Continue reading COVID-19 + Anxiety
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Off and away!
Hi everyone! I hope you're doing great, wherever you are, whatever you're doing. I know I say this every month, but I honestly can't believe it's March already. Where has the time gone?! In any case, I hope you all enjoyed the quiet period that followed my post-a-day thing. I sure did. Well, I went… Continue reading Off and away!
Day 1 – 10 things that make me happy
Hi everyone! I decided to take part in the 28 day blogging challenge extravaganza. (No idea if such a thing exists, but I'm doing it in any case.) This means that every day I'm going to post a little something and I must say I'm quite excited. I've never done a post a day kind of thing… Continue reading Day 1 – 10 things that make me happy
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Hi everyone! It's been a while since I last wrote anything and it may seem a bit odd as you can see I've only recently updated my website (I say I've updated it but really it was Blogerize whose team were really kind to set everything up for me which included my site design, moving… Continue reading Where have I been?
Just Married!
I was going to wait with this post until we get home and I gain access to all of the wedding pictures, but I couldn't hold it in any longer. I'm married!!! I know, I can't believe it myself either haha. It's absolutely bonkers. But hey, we've been married for 3 days now and still… Continue reading Just Married!
Wedding Planning 101
I've been engaged to be married since July last year and ever since then I've been planning our wedding. Well, I started off with planning the planning and only began to actually plan in about December. I thought that should give me enough time to plan everything completely stress free and chill mode. The last thing… Continue reading Wedding Planning 101


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17 years together and we're still laughing like maniacs and making out like high schoolers and here's why…
We believe in Consistency. We go out on our weekly date night no matter what, even if we're both tired or grouchy. We find that the time away from our kids and our company helps us to reconnect and recharge.
We know our values. Businesses define core values so everyone is on the same page — well, why not couples? We decided on our core values as a couple years ago and we revisit every year to make sure we're still aligned. Want to hear more about it? Check out this episode of our relationship podcast RISE Together.
We are into making out. Tons of it. 😉 And yes, we have a podcast episode on that too. You can listen to it here.
Also, we reallllyyy like to try new things, experiencing new places through travel has been a big part of our relationship. It started out as two broke kids on a road trip eating at Denny's and has evolved to our annual vacation where we go without our kids. This year we celebrated our 15th Wedding Anniversary in Ireland.
We talk. And talk and talk and talk. And by "talk" I mean that we're downright obsessed with communication and making that we're both being honest and candid about how we're feeling. This is something that we've had to work on a ton over the years but I honestly don't think we'd be working together and still happily married if we weren't so committed to it.
We're also about ENNEAGRAM. See how your numbers pair together for more clarity in… everything.
Next, eliminate the reason for your arguments. I've told you guys before that Dave & I used to fight about cleanliness.. so we sacrificed things in our budget in order to hire a cleaning person. It sounds ridiculous in retrospect but neither of us wanted to clean the toilet and rather than battle over whose turn it was… we just got some help.
Last, remember where it started. We just celebrated 17 years since our very first date and it's so fun to talk about how far we've grown together in that time and how blessed we are to be here today.
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Slavery and Human Progress
Since World War II professional history in America has become more sophisticated and analytical, more European, than ever before. The great historians of the Thirties and Forties, Samuel Eliot Morison, Henry Steele Commager, Allan Nevins, Garrett Mattingly, and the young Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., were largely cast in the traditional nineteenth-century mold of narrative historians and biographers. Their works were powerful, informative, often original, and they reached out far beyond the confines of the profession to a wide national audience. Perhaps because America had no medieval history, indeed the United States has little sixteenth-century history, the influence of European scholars such as Henri Pirenne, Marc Bloch, Lucien Febvre, and other luminaries of the "new history" of the Twenties was slow to take root. The slogan of this school, in Febvre's phrase, was, "No problems, no history."
Historical problems naturally occur more frequently in complex, well-defined, long-continuing societies; less frequently in the simple colonizing societies on a largely empty continent. At least one huge problem, however, has confronted all historians of the United States of America—the question of slavery continuing in a society founded to protect liberty and secure freedom. Historians of distinction had recognized this problem before World War II, but immediately afterward numerous articles and monographs, many of exceptional distinction, poured from the American presses.
Young American historians were stimulated by Eric Williams's Capitalism and Slavery (1944), a wrongheaded but stimulating Marxist interpretation by an outstanding Caribbean scholar, and by European studies, particularly Charles Verlinden's L'Esclavage dans l'Europe médiévale (Vol. 1; Bruges, 1955), a brilliant and original work which created vast interest in what was virtually a new field of European history, but one which had close links to the first century of American slavery in the Spanish colonies. Non-American contributors to the history of slavery have continued to enrich the subject, but for the last twenty-five years it has been dominated by American scholars of exceptional brilliance—C. Vann Woodward, Edmund Morgan, Eugene Genovese, Winthrop Jordan, Orlando Patterson—one might go on listing names as numerous as those on the tree of Jesse.
The intellectual content of some of these studies, particularly in those of Genovese, has been strengthened by Marxist influences. No doubt the fading of McCarthyism in the 1960s also helped to produce a freer and livelier intellectual climate. Other historians have turned for enlightenment to other disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, and psychology; others to music as well as myth; the econometric historians of slavery, dominated by Robert Fogel and Stanley Engerman, have attempted to turn the economics of slavery, upon which so much historical interpretation depends, upside down. Their Time on the Cross argued that black slaves in the pre-Civil War South were psychologically and culturally deprived, but that the institution of slavery was nevertheless economically beneficial to masters and slaves alike.1 A book with many defects, dubious in statistics and unacceptable in argument, it nevertheless created new insights as well as new problems for the historians of slavery.
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This is delicious and works really well to produce a thick sauce, without using the flour. Works great as a main meal or accompaniment to anything.
I have also added crispy bacon into this on occasion to make a slight variation to the dish (simply crumble the bacon into the cheese sauce before you pour it over the cauliflower).
Butter 2 tbls
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Firstly I steam the cauliflower until it is almost cooked, left a little al dente. Then I leave to cool. Once cooked place in a bowl deep enough for the sauce.
Meanwhile take two tablespoons of butter and the cream and put into a saucepan, heat slowly. Once warm, add the cream cheese and slowly bring to the boil, then reduce heat to low (or remove from heat) and add the grated cheese stirring until the sauce is smooth and silky.
I like my sauce to be fairly thick for cauliflower cheese, so I then turned the heat up again and cooked everything for a further 5/10 minutes; if you like a thin sauce then simply use straightaway and don't put it back on the heat.
Pour over the cauliflower (I then add a further handful of grated cheese) Sprinkle over the pinch of paprika and place in a hot oven for 30 minutes – until golden brown on the top. Remove and serve !
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The owner of Bacon Bitch, located at the Franklin Hotel on Collins Avenue, has filed a federal lawsuit against San Diego-based Breakfast Bitch.
According to the lawsuit, filed Friday in Miami federal court, Breakfast Bitch's website provided "a description of its business model that directly mimics that of Bacon Bitch."
Bacon Bitch's owner, Queens Hospitality LLC, claims Breakfast Bitch noted on the restaurant's website that it was "inspired by one of the hippest spots in Miami."
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It was after the advent of the printing press that books became mass-produced and more commonplace within the home, initially they were stored in chests or cupboards, the bookcase evolved from the cupboard. Reading has been a past time for hundreds of years, the joy of enjoying a book has transcended through the centuries, as Charles Eliot once said "books are the quietest and most constant of friends, they are the most accessible and widest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers", so why not display them in an attractive antique bookcase.
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With the release of Quavo and Takeoff's solo albums, the one Migos member left was Offset.
Offset has had some news concerning his family and and marriage to Cardi B over the last year, the couple had split a while back causing drama that overshadowed his solo release for The Set Gala project.
Now Offset is gearing up to release his solo album and has shared a trailer which previews all the behind the scenes in making the project.
"I'm not really talking too much about Pateks and Lambos because it's not relatable," Offset spoke to Billboard on the project.
"I'm really pushing my album to be a playlist and not an album, because a playlist is consistently being played for moves, exercises, and different things".
Offset's The Set Gala is expected to release on Friday 22 February. No tracklist or features for The Set Gala have been announced yet.
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Dripping Springs is home to many interesting activities for families, adults, and groups. One site of historical significance is the Dr. Pound Historical Farmstead Museum. A sign off Highway 290 will point the way to 570 Founders Park Road and a real glimpse into the past. The Pound House is the oldest existing building in Dripping Springs. It's on the National Register of Historic Places, and it became a Texas State Historical Landmark in 1965. A museum since 2003, the hours of operation are Wednesday through Sunday from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. School and group tours are by appointment only. Admission is $5 per person, and those under 18 are free.
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Joseph M. Pound first came to Texas from Kentucky in 1847 to fight in the war against Mexico. He returned home to pursue his medical education, then came back to Texas with his wife, Sarah, in the early 1850s. The Pound family included nine children, seven of whom lived to adulthood. Four generations of family occupied the farmstead over a period of 130 years, until 1983. The home was never modernized, except for electricity in 1947, and the last living descendant to occupy the home in the 1980s still used an outhouse and outdoor bathing facilities.
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About 10 years ago when my Mom moved into a house in Allentown, PA she found a jumble of cast iron skillets in the garage. Like the resourceful person that she is, and knowing cast iron lasts foreeeeevvvvvver, she cleaned them up, seasoned them and gifted them to me. I've been using the traditional skillet (it's about 8 inches) since then to cook anything from mushrooms to quesadillas. And I used the cast iron pot with lid for making popcorn.
It was just this week that I flipped the skillet over to see who made it. Turns out it was Griswold, and imprinted on the bottom below the company name is is ERIE, PA. A little internet sleuthing taught me that this is a coveted collectors skillet, likely produced sometime between 1865 and 1909! How cool is that?! I own and cook from a piece of history. Griswold stop producing cookware and was sold at some point in the 1950s.
I've been trying a bunch of new recipes in the cast iron skillet recently including roasted chicken and pizza. I also make frittatas or tortilla espanola in it because I can start on the stove top and finish in the oven (note: for scrambled eggs I use a non-stick or regular pan).
In addition to the cast iron from my mom, I have a 10 inch skillet from Le Creuset and a personal is 6 inch skillet from Lodge Cast Iron, two great options.
The cast iron doesn't need a ton of care, which is nice, but I do wipe it down and often give it a light wash to get off built up food and keep the surface smooth. The key is to dry it completely (first with a towel and then over heat on the stove top) plus a new light coating of oil. From time to time I re-season it (following the Southern Living instructions below).
Here are some of my go-to cast iron resources & recipes:
Seasoning Your Skillet – Southern Living
Cast Iron Skillets are Forever – Bon Appetit Food Cast
Skillet Cookie Sundae – Pioneer Woman


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Social Responsibility :: Fleur People's Heart On Display
|Posted on 1 March, 2020 at 7:30
2020 Leap Year: Social Responsibility
Fleur People's Heart On Display
In the love-filled month of February, Fleur People has put our heart on display, because we are not only dedicated to promoting healthy eating! We are stewards for sustainability ... "social responsibility is an important and necessary universal collaboration that helps makes our world flourish," shared Kristin Kim
Caring messages sent : Click to learn more about each winning recipient
SustainAbility - American Chemistry - Wrap Recycling Action Program - WRAP - Eco-Cycle - A1 Organics - GFL Environmental of Colorado, formerly Alpine - Alpine Waste & Recycling - Organic Seed Alliance - Quality Assurance International - QAI - NSF International - Plant Based Foods Association - MADE SAFE - Biodegradable Products Institute - Vegan Action - B Corporation - A Greener World - Alliance for Water Stewardship - North America - Rainforest Alliance - Food Alliance - Fairtrade Foundation - Certified Humane - OU Kosher - Gluten Intolerance Group - U.S. Department of Agriculture - Non-GMO Project - U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Successful American Cancer Society 2016 Taste of Hope Cocktail Night
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Successful American Cancer Society 2016 Taste of Hope Cocktail Night
DENVER, Colorado - July 26, 2016 - The American Cancer Society ("ACS") of Denver hosted their annual 2016 Taste of Hope cocktail event the night before their annual Hope Invitational golf tournament. Over 150 ACS supporters showed up for the evening, and Fleur Corporation ("Fleur") was proud to be among some of the great sponsors and donors that supported this event.
"Being part of the event planning for this annual fundraiser, and then having Fleur People step up to be the bar sponsor for Taste of Hope, was a privilege," said Kristin Kim, Fleur CEO (www.fleurpeople.com). "We were especially excited to source a new event location at Eddie Merlot's in Englewood, CO (www.eddiemerlots.com) because we found the American Cancer Society a fresh and fun event venue in addition to a strong new local business alliance."
The Taste of Hope event raises money to help the American Cancer Society's efforts to save lives by helping people stay well and get well, find cures, and by fight back against a disease that has taken too many lives. By taking what's learned through research, ACS has contributed to a 15 percent decrease in the overall cancer death rate between the early 1990s and 2005. That means they've helped avoid about 650,000 cancer deaths and created the potential for more birthday celebrations. Overall, 11 million cancer survivors in America will celebrate a birthday this year.
About Fleur People Corporation
Fleur People is dedicated to promoting healthy eating. The corporation provides healthy food and beverage vending machines throughout the Rocky Mountain region. The American-made machines have high-tech remote monitoring systems, accept cash, credit cards, Google Wallet and Apple Pay, and are energy efficient with LEDs. Inventory consists of delicious products that are carefully chosen to include high-quality, non-GMO, gluten-free, organic, kosher, and/or vegan properties. Find them in office parks, schools, gyms, churches, airports, and more!
Kristin Kim, CEO of Fleur People Corporation


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The ImPulse core provides 3D immersive path widths and panning for next-generation audio applications and has an integral AoIP router, which fully supports NMOS discovery and connection management, as well as mDNS/Ravenna discovery. Modular I/O frames can be upgraded with a new switchable controller card that allows them to sit on either a Hydra2 or IP network, with a future option to upgrade existing fixed format boxes.
In addition to the new ImPulse core, the manufacturer recently showcased its VP2 virtualised mixing system. The device has no physical controls and uses Calrec's Assist software for set up and control. It's a 4U solution incorporating the Hydra2 network and comes in three DSP size: 128, 180 and 240 input channels. The VP2 is said to offer many of the benefits of using a Calrec console without requiring a physical control surface.


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Weekend Reflections 16.11.2019
- The world was awash with Liquidity with the Fed Reserve cutting rates.
- The economic environment was deteriorating slowly and steadily while the Capital Markets paid little heed to it.
- While the Western Markets were buoyant, China had peaked out and was starting its decline well before the West.
- India was one of the rare markets where the exuberance was at its peak during the last quarter of Calendar year 2007 even though there were clear signs of a Bubble , especially in the Infrastructure Sector with a visible amount of herding among Fund Managers who justified higher and higher P/Es .
- At the peak of the Bull Market in January 2008, Nifty P/E was around 28 and NSE 500 was slightly lower at around 26.
- In November 2007, Nifty was flirting with 6000 trading in a narrow range of 5700 and 6000 for most part with huge volatility.
- Currently most of the above factors seem similar.
- The "Bubble" seems to be in the "Value Plays "with the Fund Managers herding around these stocks.
- Virtually no one is expecting a significant fall just as it was during 2007 November.
- The P/Es of Nifty and NSE 500 are the same as they were in 2007, yet no one seems to be concerned.
- The targets on CNBC is around 12345 for the Nifty. The Nifty topped out in 2007 around 6357 in January 2008.
- It looks like the targets are Jan 2008 + 6000 points .
- The Economic Environment is far bleaker than what it was in late 2007.
- Its pertinent to remember that after hitting 6357, Nifty went all the way to 2250 levels, even when there was no perceptible Economic Slowdown.
- So if the same pattern repeats, one should not be shocked to see 2250 + 6000 = 8250 levels sometime next year.
- Tread cautiously, there are surely good stocks to invest like it was in end 2007 which withstood the rout of 2008 and went up.
- In 2008, Hero Motors and Hindustan Unilever were the heroes. Time to identify the Heros and the Levers of this time around.
Search and you will find.
Weekend Reflections 08.12.2018
Most important week of the Bull Market:
A week is a long time in politics, its said, but some times a week is also a long time in the markets.
Remember the week (actually a fortnight) in 1992 when the markets were on a holiday in April 1992 when Sucheta Dalal broke the story on the scam that Harshad Mehta was perpetrating which broke the back of the bull market.
Cut to 2000, when India and Satyam were looking forward to Clinton's visit to India and that week was the topping of the ICE Bull market.
2008 heralded the arrival of the Anil Ambani's Reliance Power but the power of the Bull Market dissipated.
2010 and 2015 , Obama came while the Bull Market went
Now we are at a crucial stage of the "bull market" though most people who invested in small and mid- caps think the bull market has long gone away in the early part of the year itself.
However, if one looks at Nifty and Bank Nifty, we are still technically in a bull market.
This week will most likely determine whether the bull has still got legs or will the Bears come out of their hibernation.
Exit polls suggest Rajasthan to Congress while MP and Chattisgarh to NDA with a small margin Telengana to TRS .
If the exit polls are right, then one can bet on the bull.
Anything to the contrary we could be headed towards a long winter.
Whatever you do, hope you are successful
Oil prices are falling like there is no tomorrow. Just a few months ago when Brent Oil was ruling at $ 86, almost everyone was visualizing $100 as a given. But the markets have their own logic. Since then Oil has been on a relentless downtrend and today it trades around $60 which was last seen 13 months ago.
So why are Global Equity markets, including India not rejoicing. Welcome to the real world of Liquidity. Global liquidity is tightening, hence will affect all asset classes. At the end of the day Oil is more an asset class and just not a consumable alone, since the final price of oil is not dependent on supply- demand but more on the liquidity available with global speculators.
Most may not know that while Global Equity Markets had topped out in late 2007/early 2008, Oil continued to defy gravity in 2008 and crossed $150 in the first half of calendar 2008 and topped out only around July 2008 and then within a span of 5 months it dropped more than $ 100 to bottom out in early December 2008 at below $ 40!!!
In reality, Oil and Equity markets are positively co-related most of the time, hence sharp drop in oil prices in the past have had adverse effects on Equity prices and this time may be no different.
1 Since the beginning of this Millenium, market has been subjected to 6 Major downsides.The first bear market happened in 2000 when the dot com bubble brought the Nifty down by more than 50 %, though the damage in Individual stocks especially the ICE sector of K-10 group lost upwards of 75 % . BUBBLE & LIQUIDITY
2. The second one ( Jan2004-May2004) came out of the blue , literally . It was an overbought market which needed to let of steam since it had risen almost non stop from April 2003 by more than 100%. Though strictly this downward move was not a classical bear market yet it lost 35 % peak to trough . NATURAL
3. The Third one was again a sudden surprise which lasted for just a month but took away 33 % during that time ( May 2006- JUne 2006 ).Again this was too fast too soon and worked both ways. NATURAL
4. The 2008-09 was unravelling of the Excesses in its truest sense as all the sectors lost. At its worst it fell 65 % from the highs. BUBBLE & LIQUIDITY
5. Obama's curse Part -1 was the fall from October 2010- December 2011 , when Nifty in a grinding way took away 30% from the top. NATURAL
6. Obama's curse Part-2 was slightly benign but it did not end till we lost 24 % over the next 12 months between March2015 and 2016. NATURAL
7. Is this the SEVENTH OF THE DEADLY Moves ???. Based purely on stocks in the broader market we are definitely in a bear market. If we take the broader market we are already 9 months into bear territory, while for Nifty and Nifty 500 we are just getting started . We are down 12 % to 15 % respectively.
8. So what does the future likely hold ?. If its a "bubble" we should not be surprised with a 50 % drop ie a scary level of below 6000, last seen in 2012 ; If its a Liquidity issues we may end up with a drop of one third which means we may see a figure which prevailed during Demonetisation time. In the Best Case scenario of it just being a "natural correction" which would mean a 25% drop just like the 2015-16 mini- bear market which would still mean 8800. So what will it be : Only time will tell
9. So how long would it take to reach there ?. Based on past observations it may end around August - September 2019. The fastest drop has been in 2006 when the pain ended in a month, the worst case is when the pain prolonged in the 90's when between 1992 Harshad Mehta Peak and 1999 when Vajpayee Govt won a full 5 year term, the Sensex moved within a range of 4500 and 2800 for 7 long years.
10. So will it be a "quickie" like 2006, or a " swiftie" of 5 months like 2004 or a "slowie" of an year as is the norm or would it be a "death by thousand cuts" one , which was the most painful of them all : The 7 year curse ? Only time will tell.
During Advani's Rath Yatra in the early 90's , the Nation was curious to know whether he would be arrested by the UP Government and alerts were sounded in various towns of UP. People feared the worst about UP. Surprise surprise , Advani was arrested when the Rath Yatra was passing through Bihar by the Bihar Government . No one was prepared for this turn of events. How is this relevant to today's markets ??. Today, everyone is concentrating on the Equity Markets and wondering what will happen next. However , the debt markets are larger and affect almost all parts of our lives. We have more money in debt markets ( Debentures , Bank FDs , SB account etc) and connected to debt markets ( Car, Housing Educational Loan ) and specific products like OD, TOD s etc. We have investments in the actual debt market through MFs like Debt funds , Balanced Funds etc. WE SHOULD FOCUS NOW ONLY ON THE DEBT MARK.
For people observing the Govt 10 Year yield , Friday was a landmark day since the 10 Y yield crossed 8 % Intra day. Remember it was 6.3 % just 10 months ago. Which means the yield has shot up TWENTY SEVEN PERCENT . This is huge by any standard. Bond portfolios of Institutions as well as Individuals would have gone for a TOSS.
And this is not the end, probably its just the end of the beginning since the RBI pushed back the yields below 8 at the close of the day. This will continue to rear its head and we don't know where it will stop. WE SHOULD BE ALERT on this more than ever before. Interest rates on everything will RISE. While the retired may be happy to see that the FD rates will now rise , all others who deal in debt are likely to be dealt with a DEATH BLOW.
I have been pointing out for several months , when yields were about to touch 7 % that the interest rate scenario was changing and one should OPT OUT OF ALL BALANCED AND DEBT FUNDS and hopefully people have followed my logic. Its still NOT TOO LATE .
Happy and thoughtful Sunday
Weekend Reflections : 17th June 2017
I started investing in stocks in 1983, while still in college. The first Bull Run I experienced was in 1985 during Rajiv Gandhi's time, but I had not studied history of the markets and hence sold out early.
The second time I thought I was better prepared. In 1992 I was scared of my wits when the market started rising irrationally. However, having seen '85, I held on and saw my NAV spiraling upwards, When I could no longer believe that it was God's intention to make me Rich, I sold out and that day almost coincided with the peak. When the Harshad Scam broke out I thought God was really on my side and keeping some money aside for my first Car : A Maruti 800, I ploughed back the rest of the money a 1000 points below the peak. But I saw a slow downward grind of the market which fell another 1500 points over the next year, thereby completely wiping out all my gains.
In the 1999-00 Dotcom Bull run , I was more careful and I advised clients to put a trailing stop loss ( ie. protecting their profits in case market reverses) and was able to save a few of my client's profits, since most of them did not heed my advice.Same was the case in 2007-08 Bull Run. Again most of the clients called me a Perma Bear and refused to listen.
Now we are in the midst of another crazy bull run with all the analysts in the media goading investors to buy blindly. The valuations today are higher than we have ever seen for so many mid caps and micro caps. Stock Markets are irrational for more time than we can imagine.
In such times, while enjoying the Bull Run and the positive effect it has on one's portfolios, it would be prudent to keep trailing stop losses and protect one's profits. Hope some one else other than me learns from my past mistakes.
Happy Investing
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