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Publisher: Hillsboro, Oregon, Beyond Words Publishing: 1996
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By: Becvar, Dorothy Stroh;Becvar, Raphael J.
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By: Bishop, Jim
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Publisher: Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.: 1945
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Light shelf wear, bumping to book. Jacket is edge-worn and chipped, rubbed on the rear panel. Interior clean and free of marks. 309 pages. Slightly fictionalized account of a man's alcoholic life and attempts to overcome it. Finally, with the help of a great psychotherapist, he finds the cure and helps others find it, too. View more info
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Publisher: New York, Ballantine Books: 1990
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Previous owner name front paste-down, scuff mark to front free endpaper. Otherwise, clean copy. The author is one of the founders of Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA). This book offers help for the adult child who is also food addicted, chemically dependent, physically disabled, a person of color, sexually abused, physically abused, an only child, gay or lesbian, or the child of two chemically dependent parents. 587 pages with appendixes, bibliography and index. View more info
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Publisher: Stanley, Virginia, Sparrowhawk Publications: 1991
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Psychotherapy that attempts to free us from the "jail of our mind" by telling the truth about how we really feel. Combines essay, literature, radical social thought, and Dr. Blanton's 25 years of clinical experience to challenge conventional morals, ethics and standards of behavior. 292 pages with Footnotes and Quotation credits. View more info
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Publisher: New York, Basic Books, Inc.: 1961
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By: Cooper, Shirley; Wanerman, Leon
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Publisher: New York, Brunner/Mazel: 1984
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By: Edelwich, Jerry; Brodsky, Archie
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Publisher: New York, Brunner/Mazel: 1982
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Publisher: Hertfordshire, England, Skylark Press: 2003
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By: Ellis, Havelock
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Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company: 1926
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By: Hagedorn, Judy W.; Kizziar, Janet W.
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Publisher: Anderson, South Carolina, Droke House/Hallux: 1974
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Former owner name on front free endpapaer. Lightly chipped jacket. 138 pages with Selected Bibliography. Authored by twins, both of whom have been psychologists, lecturers, college instructors, and television personalities. View more info
By: Hare-Mustin, Rachel T. and Jeanne Marecek
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Publisher: New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press: 1990
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By: Horney, Karen
Price: $9.50
Publisher: New York, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.: 1939
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Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1987
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By: Kagan, Jerome
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Publisher: New York, Basic Books: 1984
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By: Kurtz, Ron
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Self Published: 1989
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 10010
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By: Lankton, Stephen
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Publisher: Cupertino, California, Meta Publications: 1980
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By: Lidz, Theodore
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Publisher: New York, Basic Books, Inc.: 1968
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Publisher: Washington, D.C., American Psychological Association: 1991
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Garner was a pioneering scientist in the psychology of perception and a builder o ties between cognitive and behavioral scientists. This collection of his essays is a tribute to his work. 338 pages, Index. Illustrated. Note from one of the editors clipped to front free endpaper. View more info
By: Lystad, Ph.D., Mary (Compiler & Editor)
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Rockville, Maryland, National Institute of Mental Health: 1976
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We are continually updating our inn and changing our amenities to keep things fresh for our new and repeat guests. We also have committed to a "green" environmental focus when making these changes. We recycle when possible and are very proud of our compost palace which is used daily. My husband Byron has become quite the photographer, and we both marveled at this picture which shows the left over fruit cutting that were going out to the compost after one of our daily breakfasts.
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A quick glance at the cryptic and intriguing title and the raw image of a pensive, weary young beatnik man slumped down with a tourniquet on his exposed forearm on the cover of the new book, Praying For Your Addicted Loved One 90 in 90 by Sharron K Cosby is certain to draw in readers seeking relief. The subtitle "90 in 90" is the only coded hint that this book is a personal 90 day devotional: 90 entries to be read over the course of 90 days. It seems reminiscent of a self help slogan. The simple subtitle and the graphic image of a drug user against a cloudy, stormy backdrop is a dramatic image- very distinct from the peaceful nature scenery often depicted on the covers of other devotional and self help books.
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This book serves as a hybrid- between a devotional and journal. There is short prayer and a blank page of journaling space to answer the reflection questions at the end of each day's devotion. A problem with addictions are the shame and secrecy- this book challenges the reader to confront it and bring it out into the open. This book has a twofold purpose- to heal the co-dependent victim in a dysfunctional relationship of the hurts and pains associated with the addiction of a loved one and to strengthen one's spiritual faith in the process. The overall theme is to offer hope and also redemption- recovery, based on God's promises for redemption and healing.
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Oct. 17 marks Radford University's 3rd annual commitment to the Radford City community in its mission to feed over 140 children with weekend food insecurity.
Radford Gives Back is a month-long campus-wide food collecting event that goes toward the Bobcat Backpacks Program, a nonprofit community organization making sure no kid has to go to bed hungry.
The food drive will take place in the Student Recreation and Wellness Center from Tuesday, Oct. 16, noon – 8 p.m. to Wednesday, Oct. 17, 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., with a short celebration and packing of 300-weekend food bags to follow at 5 p.m.
This year's goal is the same as last year's: over 15,000 food items.
Some examples of what you can give:
- Canned Chunky Soup
- Canned Ravioli
- Canned Beans
- Canned Vegetables
- Canned Fruit
- Macaroni & Cheese
- Applesauce (individual cups)
- Popcorn
- Oatmeal (individual packets)
- Peanut Butter (small jars)
Another way to get involved with the event is by signing up to volunteer with the collecting, sorting, and packing of donations.
Students can sign into RUInvolved and click the "Radford Gives Back" alert at the top of their page.
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Sen. John McCain of Arizona is banking his political career on a simple but compelling argument: His Republican primary opponent, emergency room doctor and state Sen. Kelli Ward, is a nut.
As a state senator in 2014, Ward convened a nearly two-hour hearing on the conspiracy theory that the government is poisoning the populace by spraying chemicals, known as "chemtrails," from airplanes. Ward maintains she was simply responding to the concerns of her constituents and hoped that actual experts might be able to dispel their concerns, although she said at the time that she was "open" to introducing legislation on chemtrails.
The pro-McCain group Arizona Grassroots Action has run an ad mocking Ward's hearing, featuring text composed in skywriting script. McCain's campaign has dubbed Ward "Chemtrail Kelli" and last week released an ad with footage of Ward's chemtrails hearing, charging that the state senator "fuels conspiracy theories at taxpayer expense."
But the chemtrails hearing was hardly a one-time incident. In her short political career, Ward has flirted with the conspiracy-theory fringe by making appearances on 9/11 truther radio programs, advising citizens to stay vigilant against UN helicopters, warning against government "indoctrination," and proposing an unusual theory that the Affordable Care Act was part of a plot to force rural residents to move to cities.
McCain leads Ward in the polls, but with more than a quarter of voters undecided, he still has less than 40 percent support, according to the most recent survey of the race—an uncomfortable position for a five-term incumbent. If he can survive the August primary, he still faces a tough reelection fight in November against Democratic Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick. McCain himself has suggested that Donald Trump's emergence as the party's presidential nominee could put his normally safely Republican seat in jeopardy this fall. "This may be the race of my life," he told donors at a private fundraiser, according to audio of the event leaked to Politico.
Ward, who represents a largely rural district in the state's northwest corner, is particularly concerned about a UN agreement called Agenda 21. Designed to promote sustainable development worldwide, the compact is nonbinding and has never been approved by the US Senate. Nonetheless, Ward co-sponsored a bill in 2013 that would prohibit Arizona from complying with Agenda 21. As she explained at a hearing, Agenda 21 wasn't just about sustainability—it was about breaking the back of rural America in order to coerce citizens into moving to cities. "I'd go so far to say that what we're doing with health care relates to Agenda 21 as well, because we'd like to see those rural hospitals close and fold under the pressure of not taking money from the federal government to hold them up," Ward said. "Because when those things close, that does push people toward more centralized living in high-rise apartments [and] not in the rural areas, which tend to be freer thinkers and freer livers."
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This website was created during my time at De Montfort University in Leicester. I was tasked with creating my own interactive website from an open final major profect brief, a brief that was given to open ideas and expand barriers. Many chose to use this time to create a portfolio with-a-difference, but I wanted to try something new and challenging; so I created a social network.Read more
The brief for the project was to design and create a working interactive website of your choosing.
So how did the idea of creating a website of a road trip come about?
For a number of reasons, really! I knew if this project was of my own choosing that would take over the majority of my final university year I must have a deep passion for what I was doing. I researched a wide range of websites that provide user interaction, such as the likes of social giants Facebook and Twitter, but also others such as eBay and Tumblr.
By combining topics of personal interest; Classic Minis, Top Gear, Social Media and Road Trips; I came up with an idea of a European road trip of 3 Classic Minis with website functionality to challenge the drivers during the trip. By using video, image and audio technologies content can be uploaded via mobile devices and responses can be made to challenges submitted to the Minis during the trip. Users can support challenges and bid to reach the challenge total in order for it to go ahead. Precedes would go to a charity of our choosing.I was really pleased with the result, and enjoyed designing the parallax scrolling header image which reacts to mouse movement across the screen. On the day of my presentation I uploaded a photo with the title 'Weather could be better in Leicester' and in doing so proved uploading from mobile devices was fully functioning and the website was in state ready to go.


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This coming week I plan to use transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to look for bacteria cells visibly infected by phage in biofilms I collect from the Crim Dell Stream on campus. This is exciting to me because I've always wanted to use the electron microscope and now I have a reason to!
Part of my project is looking at how phage infect bacteria biofilms in stream ecosystems, something that scientists don't know how or even if it happens. Bacterial biofilms such as the ones I study in streams form over time, beginning with a few cells that form a colony. As the colony grows, dead cells and other biological material are combined to make a strong cuticle that protects the bacteria in the biofilms from infection. Once this cuticle exists, phage in the stream water cannot reach the bacteria and attach onto them to infect them through the lytic cycle. This process occurs when phage attach to the bacteria, insert their DNA or RNA past the bacteria's cell membrane, and through complex reactions, force the host to make more phage.
I hypothesize that the phage infect the bacteria through lysogenic replication to get around this problem. In lysogenic infection, the phage incorporate themselves in the bacteria DNA and can exist within the bacteria as genetic material for a long time and even over generations. Eventually, an environmental stimulus can cause the phage to be induced, which means the virus genetic material wakes up and takes over the bacteria so that it produces phage.
I have been collecting biofilms and inducing the bacteria I extract from them with mitomycin C to see if there are more phage present after induction to show that lysogenic infection may be occurring. This week I will use TEM as another source to look and see if phage are infecting bacteria in biofilms by looking for visibly infected cells which look something like this:
I can do this both with bacteria that have been exposed to mitomycin C (remember that once induced, phage in lysogenic cycle hijack the bacteria to make more phage) or without induction to see if phage can infect the bacteria in the lytic cycle, too. Hopefully this technique will help me get closer to answering how phage infect biofilms or if they can't get past the cuticle to infect the bacteria.


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While the opioid epidemic has impacted every community throughout the United States, its effects have not been confined to homes and neighborhoods.
The crisis also has had devastating consequences on the country's workplaces, according to an editorial written by Christopher J. Swift, chairman and CEO of the insurance company The Hartford.
The National Bureau of Economic Research has concluded that the opioid crisis is partly responsible for the labor force participation rate decreasing by 4 percentage points since 2000. As Swift cites, an online survey in 2016 found that about half of men who were out of the workforce had taken pain medication the day before being surveyed. About two-thirds of this group had taken prescription pain medication.
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Blog posts have come hot and heavy over the last week or so. Maybe more than you bargained for when you signed up. This has been an unusual series that seemed to require extensive blogging. I hope you have enjoyed them and found them useful. Posts will now return to their far less frequent pattern.
Note: This is the sixth post in a series.
Part 1: A Conversation with Myself, click here.
Part 2: Party Parameters and Menu Planning, click here.
Part 3: Organizing Tasks & Time, click here.
Part 4: Shopping, click here.
Part 5: Countdown to Guest Arrival, click here.
Several months ago Christina and I contributed to the Philadelphia Theater Company's Sweetheart Brunch Silent Auction. Our contribution was a dinner with us in our home for four guests. We both have long connections to the Philadelphia Theater Company. Sunday evening our guests joined us.
I began planning and preparations nine days prior in keeping with At Home's principles of spreading tasks over time — ideally beginning one full weekend prior to your party. My goals were for entertaining at home to be a pleasure and not a chore; to have one relaxed hour prior to guest arrival; and, to spend time with guests. Of course I wanted a very nice meal for our guests.
I wanted to use the occasion of our party as a model for you to encourage you to have More Parties. Better. Easier. While I am not suggesting that you tackle my menu — I do this professionally — I was hoping that in following how I approached planning and executing my party — including my struggles, you would gain insight that you could use in planning your next party.
Sunday morning I read the newspapers and watched the usual line-up of news shows. Late morning I headed into the kitchen to do some odds and ends — primarily around the Spring Vegetable Antipasti — and begin pulling things from the refrigerator that could sit out. We made a game time wine substitute of a wonderful chardonnay we had for the Viongier.
At 4:30 PM I was comfortable on the couch in the den alternating between the NBA play-offs and the start of the Phillies game. Our guests arrived a few minutes past six and by around 10:30 we bid them bon voyage with small boxes of chocolates that I ordered online from Recchiuti Confections in San Francisco. In between we got to know two interesting and delightful couples by, as I say in At Home, "sharing the warmth of your home (our home) and a good meal."
Note the large flower arrangement in the background. As I was enjoying my final few minutes of relaxation on the couch, I got an alarmed call from Christina and Jill (who was our Frog Commissary helper). It turned out that the tall flower arrangement I had made on Saturday of pink apple blossoms and lavender lilacs had sprung a leak! Not a big leak, but a hairline fracture through which water leaked onto our breakfront. We had no vase of the required scale to make a quick switch and it would have made a mess to re-work the arrangement in a smaller scale — plus some lilacs were already looking none too good. I made an executive decision and banished the arrangement from the scene.
Our kitchen trash can was empty.
Empty dishwasher at the ready.
Ready to receive dishes. A bus pan to collect dirty dishes. A small container with soapy water for silverware. An empty sink because…when your sink is full, you're sunk. Empty drain board and dish rack.
My menu with notes (on the right) and final prep tasks (on the left) were posted on a kitchen cabinet on re-positionable labels along with an admonition to myself to "KEEP PORTIONS SMALL." As tasks get completed I move completed labels off to the side. Using re-positionable labels also enables me to group and/or re-group tasks.
Each place setting had a menu card. Toward the end of the night we all signed menu cards to keep as souvenirs of our evening together. Regardless of how elaborate or simple the dinner – menu cards take only a few minutes to make and let your guests know that they are special — a hallmark of hospitality. It's not every day guests sit down to a dinner with a menu card! I simply typed out the menu in Word, printed it on nice heavy paper and cut it down to size. Easy.
The first course of Spring Vegetable Antipasti was laid out before guests arrived — absent last-minute touches of balsamic syrup, a wonderfully green and spicy olive oil drizzle, pink sea salt and chervil leaves.
My menu objectives were to rely on fresh, local products and keep things reasonably light. We knew our guests were well-traveled and enjoyed wine so we wanted a series of interesting wines. Most critically, my menu was planned so that I needed to spend a minimum amount of time in the kitchen.
On Behalf of the Philadelphia Theater Company
Steve & Christina are pleased to host Lisa, John, Ken & Teresa
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Spring Champagne Cocktail with Honeydew & Mint
Assorted Olives
Fragrant Star Anise Lotus Root Chips
Lancaster Red Radishes with Sea Salt
Dill-cured Salmon with Honey Mustard
Spanish White Anchovies & Piquillo Peppers on Crostini
Chilled Jerusalem Artichoke Bisque
with Hackelback Caviar
Spring Vegetable Antipasti with Sorrel Mayonnaise
Grilled Asparagus, Ramps & Baby Artichokes
Rainbow Chard • Fiddlehead ferns
Roasted Beets • Fava Beans
Nasturtium Blossoms
Sorrel Mayonnaise
Prager Gruner Veltliner 2007 • Wachau Austria
Malfadine with Wild Mushrooms
Morels, Honey Cups and Miatake
Mushroom Broth
Craggy Range Sauvignon Blanc 2008 • Martinborough New Zealand
Pan-seared Striped Bass dusted with Wild Italian Fennel Pollen
Lentils du Pay salad with roasted butternut squash and sun-dried tomatoes
Kistler Durell Vineyard Chardonnay 1999 • Sonoma Valley
Assorted Cheeses from Pennsylvania & New Jersey
Shellbark Farms Fresh Goat Cheese – West Chester, PA
Cherry Grove Farm Asiago – Lawrenceville, NJ
Cherry Grove Farm Shippetaukin Blue
Cherry Grove Farm Toma Primavera
Paraduxx 2004 • Napa Valley
Meyer Lemon Sorbet
Rhubarb Relish Scented with Rosemary
Anne's Raspberry Hearts
Felsina Vin Santo 1999 • Chianti Classico
Bon Voyage
Recchiuti Chocolates
Spring Vegetable Antipasti on over-sized plate. I had meant to get a little squeeze bottle to control adding the balsamic syrup, but never got to it. As a result, the balsamic syrup ran into places I didn't want it. I felt this course did what I wanted — namely to be a reflection of the arrival of spring. I particularly liked my decision to decorate plate with chervil leaves. Could have used two ramps per person rather than one. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with the rainbow chard, but ended up wilting it quickly in a little olive oil and folding up into little packages. The nasturtium blossom and lemon wedge made for the perfect notes of color.
Melfadine pasta with wild mushrooms and mushroom broth — needed more mushroom broth, under-salted and maybe could have used some garlic in addition to shallots. Earlier in the evening I lightly sautéed the pasta in butter and shallots and let it sit in the pan until a final heating with peas. In a separate pan I sautéed the mushrooms in shallots, butter and added a little white wine. The mushroom broth was slowly heating on the stove. To turn I got everything hot, distributed the pasta between six bowls that I had heated in a 2o0 degree oven, distributed the mushrooms and ladled the broth. Finished with fresh chopped parsley.
Pan-seared striped bass dusted with fennel pollen on a salad of French lentils, roasted butternut squash and sun-dried tomatoes. Another easy turn-out: the lentil salad was cold and placed in the middle of the plate. Added four roasted grape tomatoes and a drizzle of olive oil to dress up plate. Forgot to dust plate with additional fennel pollen — I had not written this down. I cooked two pieces per person, but decided that one looked better and more consistent with my goal of keeping portions small. The fish just had to go on top of the lentils with a little mound of microgreens added. Christina felt her fish was over-cooked and I hoped that only Christina got unlucky. I was rushing to get this out, started to take the fish off the flame, got concerned that it needed a little more time as I did not want to serve fish under-cooked in the middle. Overall, I thought the course worked well.
The cheese course (I forgot to photograph) was surprisingly great. In keeping with my fresh and local theme, I bought three of my cheeses at the Rittenhouse Square Farmers' Market from Cherry Grove Farm, Lawrenceville, New Jersey. The fourth cheese — a fresh goat cheese from West Chester — came from DiBruno's. The Cherry Grove cheeses included a firm "asiago," a softer and mustier "toma" and a blue.
I forgot to temper the sorbet — meaning to let it get a little soft. When I took it from the freezer to serve it was hard as a rock. I stuck it in the microwave for one minute and it was perfect. The sorbet sat on the rhubarb relish with the addition of a heart-shaped Linzer cookie — cookies that had been given to us the week before by Anne Clark, a dear friend, my first baker, co-author of The Frog Commissary Cookbook and author of the Baking Required recipes in At Home. Two candied Meyer lemon rinds, two blood orange segments and a tiny sprig of rosemary — homage to the fragrance added to the Rhubarb relish — finished the plate. Together they made for a wonderful mix of fresh flavors, colors and textures.
Our final gesture of hospitality was to bid Bon Voyage to our guests with little ribbon-tied boxes of chocolates from Recchuiti Confections. Michael Recchuiti is one of the world's leading chocolatiers. Based in San Francisco, Michael used to work in The Commissary's bakery. Christina and I served Michael's chocolates at our wedding along with those of famous Belgium chocolatier Pierre Marcolini.
At dinner's end, one diner left "stuffed." "Pleasantly sated" the consensus of the rest.
Lessons of Company's Coming
I don't mean to pretend that this dinner is something you should plan. Though frankly, I believe you could do this with coaching. Home entertaining is much more a matter of aspiration and planning than unique culinary skill.
Of course, the subject of home entertaining came up during dinner. One couple did it frequently and the other infrequently. The later couple had done it more, but stopped, as it seemed reciprocation was rare — the result of people just finding it too hard. We all agreed that entertaining at home is special and that our spending this time together in a noisy restaurant would just not have provided the warmth and connection of this evening together. I reiterated what I often say: "I don't care if you order out pizza and make a salad. Just do it at home." I resolved to create some home entertaining menus that are easy and not just easier. Look for these in future blogs.
Postscript: Conversation with Myself
The Good Enough Entertainer: Well, how did it go?
The Entertaining Overachiever: I guess OK.
The Good Enough Entertainer: What do you mean by OK?
The Entertainer Overachiever: It wasn't perfect. Christina's fish was over-cooked! The balsamic syrup ran!! The pasta was under-seasoned and lacked the broth that was a key part of the dish — not just another sauteed pasta!!! And I forgot to dust the striped bass plate with fennel pollen!!!!
The Good Enough Entertainer: STOP! Perfection was not one of your goals. Your goals were for this to be a pleasure and not a chore — for you to have fun. And not to be bound to the kitchen. Anything else was a bonus.
The Entertaining Overachiever: But…
The Good Enough Entertainer: No buts! Here's another At Home principle. It's similar to the Home Entertainers Deserve One Relaxed Hour thing. When all is said and done, Home Entertainers Deserve a Big Pat on the Back from Themselves. Inviting guests into your home is special…even noble. You did this and in so doing, you enhanced human connection. With that — and I don't mean to turn overly spiritual here — you made the world a better place for yourself and for people about who you care.
The Entertaining Overachiever: Wow!
Reminder about At Home's Mother's Day Special
Last Monday At Home blog readers received an email from me about At Home's Mother's Day Special. The special includes an inscribed book by me to your mother, a Pascal Lemaitre Mother's Day Card, a recipe card with my mother's Stuffed Cabbage Recipe, and an At Home book plate for you to inscribe your own message. Check your Monday email. Note: At Home's Mother's Day Special is not available from our online store. You have to use the order form that comes with the email. You can also access the At Home Mother's Day Special and download the order form by going to the blog site. If you read the blog via email or on Facebook, just click on the blog title to get to the blog site.
Next: Don't Try This At Home…Behind the Scenes at The Franklin Institute Awards Dinner
At Home's planning principles are based upon my more than 35 years experience as leader of Frog Commissary Catering. We have catered more than 15,000 events. Thursday evening, Frog Commissary Catering will serve a great dinner to 800 guests in conjunction with The Franklin Institute Awards. These annual awards are given to individuals across a spectrum of scientific disciplines. In addition, the Bower Award is given to a business person who has made a particular contribution to science. This year's recipient of the Bower Award is Bill Gates. We have catered this event for many years. I will provide you with a behind the scenes look of how we cater for this large group in space designed to be a museum and not a catering hall! Certainly the scale is different from my little dinner for six, but you may be surprised at its similarity to what I encourage you to do at home.
Thank you for visiting.
Your Home Entertaining Coach


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Following on from their excellent recording of Chilcott's Requiem, Matthew Owens and the Wells Cathedral Choir have now set down the compos- er's St John Passion, which they premiered in 2013. Chilcott takes Bach's example as his model, though not without developing and adjusting it. Lasting for around an hour, Chilcott's Passion setting takes his narrative from the King James Bible, allocating a tenor Evangelist (here, the excellent and vivid Ed Lyon) with the story not in secco recitative but a more flowing arioso manner mainly supported by lower strings; Christ and Pilate feature as in Bach, as do the choir as soldiers, crowd, and so on. Bach's chorales are replaced by the words of five familiar Anglican hymns but set to new melodies by Chilcott. And Chilcott interpolates four 'meditations' (his equivalent to Bach's arias) using late medieval and renaissance texts. The results are powerful and compelling, the more so in this authoritative performance, with uniformly excellent soloists and the sensitive organ playing of Jonathan Vaughn. Chilcott's empathy with text and meaning are in evidence throughout, the musical and theatrical styles accessible and the composer's deeply humane responses to the crucifixion story moving. On the evidence of this fine recording, Chilcott's St John Passion will connect with audiences and performers.
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Santiago, May 10 (IANS) Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday in Chile that US President Donald Trump's decision to move Washington's embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem violates international law.
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An Emerging Spectacle: Orchids in Focus at the United States Botanic Garden
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The Bletillas are nearly in bloom, and we all know what that means—the annual orchid exhibit is upon us! This week's post is a special preview of the exhibit, Orchids in Focus, which is produced in partnership between the United States Botanic Garden (USBG) and Smithsonian Gardens and opens this Saturday, February 27 and runs through April 17.
Some of my favorite orchids to photograph are the ones with barely emergent flowers. There is a sense of anticipation in the sight of unfurling petals, like those of the terrestrial Bletilla striata. Developing flowers often display curious shapes that remind us (like so many things) that there is a special beauty in the journey. Brassidiums are some of the best exemplars of this, since their elongated flowers have to unfold from buds that are the size of a fingertip.
Orchids in Focus, which features plants from the Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection and the USBG's collections, is also emerging from its so-called bud. My visit to the conservatory this past Wednesday found a flurry of activity in the East Gallery and finishing touches being put into place in the main Garden Court.
I was able to catch up with a former Smithsonian Gardens intern who is now an orchid grower at the United States Botanic Garden. Justin gave a tour of the work-in-progress and it is clear that it will be quite a spectacle.
The exhibit's theme highlights orchid photography and is surprisingly interactive since the photography in question is not only images you look at on the walls, but also what YOU take during your visit. Large frames have been constructed in the Garden Court for visitors to pose behind as they are "framed by orchids," and another station for "orchid selfies" has been designated in front of two exquisite green walls. According to Justin, each side of the green wall takes five hours to build since orchids must be placed individually in the small pockets covering the surface. It sounds like a painstaking process, but the result is magnificent.
The East Gallery houses a tropical forest display which will feature terrestrial orchids from the understory and epiphytic orchids from the canopy on respective sides of the room. Over the next couple of days, USBG staff will be working hard to complete the exhibit, those last few flowers will finish opening, and your job… build anticipation, and get those cameras ready!
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text: I have made several changes to the Monk class and they have met with varying degrees of success (mostly lackluster). I attribute this mostly to my own poor vision of what Monks were as a whole from a broader perspective. I had no solid picture to work toward, so most changes were directionless band-aids or attempts to shore up a perceived class weakness that, because of weak vision, would open up other deficiencies. So! To tackle the problem in a real way, we had a long talk about what Monks were in Dalaya from a story-telling perspective. We discussed how they differed, narratively, from other classes in their niche (e.g. Rogues and Rangers) and why a player might choose one over the other to play and to group with AND how these differences then translated into gameplay. Here are some of the results of our discussion: - Rogues and Monks are both quick melee fighters. BUT Rogues are opportunistic and sneaky where monks are disciplined and careful. Where a Rogue would stealth up behind someone to avoid counterattack, a Monk approaches from the front and relies on his reflexes and training to avoid any counterattack. - To expand on this, Rogues use the element of surprise to increase their combat effectiveness where Monks redirect their opponents' strengths against them. - Monks are quiet fighters. They are not riding into combat in gleaming mail armor atop a white steed leading an army! - Monks are duellists chiefly. They can fight in group situations, but the classic Wuxia scenario is monk vs. monk. - In a classic Monk duel, both warriors start armed with exotic weapons. But as the fight progresses, weapons fall by the wayside and the climactic finale is furious hand-to-hand fighting. - Rogues get in, get the kill, and get out. Monks train for years under waterfalls or whatever to enabled themselves to stay in the fight as long as possible. Now with a more complete mental picture of what Monks ACTUALLY DO, we set about tackling some of the annoying gameplay issues about Monks: - Feign Death is a weird skill. No one wants to change it, just better-define its use. Feigning Death to facilitate wipe recovery is great and important and FD-splitting is a weird but culturally accepted and expected part of the game. Feigning Death as a "jolt" aggro dump or AE dodge is, for me, on the other side of that weird line of what FD means. If you are worrying about this, please stop. - Monks get EIGHT buttons in addition to the normal combat buttons. SIX of them are special attacks (counting basic Kick). It is highly doubtful that there can be six equally useful combat abilities since they are all mutually exclusive every hotbutton rotation. On the other hand, 3 punches and 3 kicks is a Street Fighter machine (I think this is by design). - A Monk's primary role is "damage" which is not special or interesting. If Monks became the over-all best at damage, this post would have to be repeated in the future with a different class and so on into infinity. Even if we restrict their specialty to "melee damage" it changes nearly nothing about this. Why choose a Monk over a Rogue, then? Or vice-versa? Or why not just roll another Wizard? - Hand to hand vs. Weapon combat is just a minefield of weird design choices, especially when coupled with the idea of "Hand-to-hand Weapons". Giving up weapon slot stats should give something as compensation but there should be real reasons to choose to use weapons or not. It should never be okay to ignore hand-to-hand combat and it should never be okay to ignore the strenghts of weapons. And now the proposed changes. It's actually pretty minor, all things considered now that I look at the list, but: - People love the Warrior Rage system and I do, too! Let's give Monks a simplified version that incorporates their special moves: It's not Rage. It's not Stamina. It is DISCIPLINE! Build Discipline by attacking with weapons. Monk special moves USE Discipline to add additional effects if the Monk has enough, otherwise just uses normal move. At full Discipline, unleash Fists of Fury stance, doing large Hand-to-hand punch and kick damage!! Most other stances stay as they are - I love Ethereal and Whirlwind Stance etc. Hand-to-Hand weapons are weapons. Bad Combo System removed. - Monk are agile duellists, not tanks or "stop falling over randomly mid-fight". Monsters will, in general, choose not to attack a Monk in combat. Area of Effect PHYSICAL attacks will simply hit Monks less. They have trained for centuries in the chamber of wooden men for this. Likewise, retribution attacks like Riposte and Rampage are supremely predictable to a trained Monk. There's no reason to park behind a giant Dragon if you already know what they are going to do. Monks get a bonus to dodging targets face-to-face and a bonus to aux-tanking. - Possible additions Monks are masters of martial combat. Perhaps incentives for 2h vs 2x1h combat? Other stuff? Hopefully, these changes give Monks a good home as safe, long-haul fighters that pack a punch without allowing them to be invulnerable enough to take over tanking duties for a raid. It re-opens Flying Kick as the main ability of choice (especially in Fists of Fury mode). It culls the chaff of the combo system and streamlines the utility into the 6 moves that already exist (if you want to use them). I'm sure people will still flop mid-fight, but this will cut down on that and leave FD to pulling / wipe recovery (two great uses!!!). It allows a melee fighter NOT stuffed in a tin can to sit in front of a mob. It establishes situations that prioritize weapons and situations that prioritize punching. - What I need from the thread Ideas for 'additional effects' for each of the 6 moves. I suspect round kick will just get bonus damage from discipline use since it is the first one monks get, and they can't all be extra damage, and I want Flying Kick to be the main attack once it is available. Those are the guidelines for that. Comments on the other proposed changes. I think that the aggro generation thing will not affect monk/healer duos so much so I am aware and careful of that facet of things. No Guff FURTHER ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED: What to do with ordinary stances? I suspect they can remain the same with lowered costs (since you are always assumed to have a smaller yellow bar). What about glove itemization? This will be a separate thread after these numbers are finalized. What about the current Hand-to-hand bonus? This will be rolled into Fists of Fury stance in a more creative way than raw ratio upgrades. A tanking stance? Maybe, one that is of moderate duration so that it can not be always-on and one in which your combat effectiveness is diminished. If you are gonna tank, you are gonna need to get healed. What about AE / 2H? A good idea. I think I will have no problem reworking Whirlwind Stance into something functional with 2H weapons while accounting for exploitable procs. Maybe enhanced regen to promote the idea of long-term sustainability in combat? Not a bad idea for a little flavor, but Iksars already have a small edge here and if there was ever an Ogre Monk, I would have to undo this because that is a huge amount of regen. Maybe add a small HoT to Discipline-enhanced Mend? People really REALLY want a no-fail FD. I like the idea of FD applying a short combat slow when used, but can't think of a good way to distinguish between "I just want a normal FD" and "I need a no-fail FD right now and am willing to pay for it". Avoidance vs. Mitigation on physical AE/auxing? I have no problem enhancing both as my vision is a melee fighter who, on-tier, cares noticeably less about these things than his companions. Attacking from the front lowering total DPS? It will probably lower it a bit as is true for all classes, but Monks are the defensive melee fighter. If you are in Fists of Fury DPS mode, I think it is okay to assume you will shuffle around back. Thanks! EDIT -=CURRENT PROGRESS=- Monks have a discipline system where their 6 combat moves have extra abilities under certain circumstances: -NORMAL STANCE No moves have power-forms (pure discipline generation) -AGGRESSIVE STANCE: Kick now has the small lifetap Round kick will now do an AE attack Flying kick has a large increase to base damage -DEFENSIVE STANCE: Tiger claw will generate extra aggro Eagle strike will stun or interrupt Dragon punch / tail thing will kb/root -MOST OTHER STANCES: Removed except for Ethereal Form which is currently fixed at 20 seconds and locks Discipline generation for a short time on use. Currently Lay Hands equivalent reuse timer. A mob is never behind a Monk, ever. (PERMANENT /s 6). Flat Hand-to-hand bonus removed and looking for a way to integrate reasonably with gear progression. Monk Aux-Tanking Suite: A Monk aux-tanking a mob raises the aux cap for that mob slightly. A Monk has slightly increased aux contribution. If armed, a Monk takes less damage from a mob it is aux-tanking. If armed, a Monk innately dodges more attacks from a mob it is aux-tanking.


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