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By Jim Durkel, Outreach Teacher, Coordinator of VI Registration and Deafblind Census, Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Abstract: the author discusses the VI registration and the deafblind census and answers frequently asked questions.
Keywords: visually impaired, deafblind, census, Texas, demographics
Every year Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired conducts two counts of students for the Texas Education Agency. The largest of these counts is the Annual Registration of Students with Visual Impairments, or as it is known across the state, the VI Registration. The second count is the Deafblind Census. These counts are important for a variety of reasons.
The VI Registration results in reports that help with the distribution of textbooks in large print, Braille, or audio. The VI Reg also is the basis for a report that goes to the American Printing House for the Blind (APH). This report generates Texas about $1.5 million dollars annually in funds that can be used to purchase special materials created by APH to support the education of students with visual impairments.
The Deafblind Census serves as the basis of a report that impacts the amount of Federal money Texas qualifies for to run the Texas Deafblind Project. That technical assistance team receives about $.5 million each year to provide school consultation, local, regional, and statewide training for families and professionals, and production of this quarterly publication, TX SenseAbilities.
Both the VI Registration and the Deaf-blind Census are used by a variety of state and national agencies to look at trends and to assist in planning on how best to meet the needs of Texas students with visual impairments, including those with deafblindness.
To help prepare for these up-coming counts, we would like to answer some frequently asked questions.
Why are there 2 counts and how are they different?
There are 2 counts because they are looking at slightly different types of students. Some students may be on one count but not the other.
The VI Registration is the largest with over 8,000 students. It is a count of all students who have a visual impairment or deafblindness as a handicapping condition. It is a count of all students, birth through 21 years of age, who receive services through an IFSP or IEP from a teacher of students with visual impairments.
The Deafblind Census is smaller with just over 700 students. It is a count of students who meet a Federal definition of deafblindness and who may or may not have an IEP that lists visual impairment and auditory impairment or deafblindness as a handicapping condition. Most, but not all, students on the Deafblind Census are also counted on the VI Registration. However, there are some students who may be eligible for inclusion on the Census but not be included on the VI Registration. For example, a student with Usher Syndrome who is not yet showing much if any field loss should be on the Deafblind Census, but might not be carried on the VI Registration.
The VI Registration asks several specific questions about reading media and visual ability. The Deafblind Census asks specific questions about classroom setting in addition to information about auditory and visual abilities.
The VI Registration is mandated to be a "snapshot" of students as of the first Monday in January. The Deafblind Census is mandated to be a "snapshot" of students on December 1.
Is it important to put eligible students on both counts?
Yes, it is important to put eligible students on both counts. The information collected is different and the reports go to different agencies.
Should babies, served together by the local school district and eci, be counted?
Yes, if a baby is receiving services from a teacher of students with visual impairments and/or a teacher of students with auditory impairments and meets the criteria for inclusion on the either or both the VI Registration and Deafblind Census, they must be included on the count. Ideally the baby would have a PEIMS number and be registered with the local school district, but this is not necessary for reporting the student on either of these counts.
What is parent consent and Why is it important?
Parent consent is needed for TSBVI to share information with various agencies. If we can't share the information, this can lead to a decrease in the amount of funding the State of Texas receives from Federal agencies. Without consent, information used for planning can't be shared, which may mean that your child's particular needs don't get recognized and addressed.
The parent consent form can be found at .
Why do expired eye reports matter?
Every 3 years, the IEP team meets to look at assessment data and decide what new assessment data is needed to support eligibility and programming. One of the pieces of information is the eye medical report from an ophthalmologist or optometrist. If an eye medical report is older than 3 years, it is considered expired unless during the Review of Existing Evaluation Data (REED) an eye medical report older than 3 years is accepted as current. This process of accepting a past evaluation as current may be referred to as "bringing forward".
Legally blind students with expired eye reports do not generate Federal funds for adapted materials from the American Printing House. To be considered current, an eye report must be no more than 3 years old or have been brought forward.
It is important to remember that vision loss is caused by a medical condition. Medical evaluations are an important part of the evaluation process for a student with visual impairments or deafblindness and should not be treated lightly.
When should use of assistive technology (at) be reported?
Use of assistive technology is reported on both the VI Registration and the Deafblind Census. These are the definitions of assistive technology and assistive technology services from IDEA 2004:
- Section 300.5 "The term 'assistive technology device' means any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of a child with a disability."
- Sec. 300.6 "Assistive technology service means any service that directly assists a child with a disability in the selection, acquisition, or use of an assistive technology device."
Under these definitions, AT could include, but is not limited to: any materials in Braille or large print; recorded or electronic books; the use of special paper to eliminate glare and improve contrast; bold line paper; tactile graphics; a Little Room; a light box; adapted toys such as the APH Tangle Toy; experience books; adapted switches; a white cane; adapted mobility aids; CCTV; any magnifier or telescope; or screen reader. It is easy to see how almost every student with a visual impairment or deafblindness would be using something that counted as assistive technology.
We look forward to counting all of your children, and appreciate your help in completing these efforts every year. If you have any questions or concerns about either the Annual Registration of Students with Visual Impairments or the Deafblind Census, feel free to contact Jim Durkel at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, .


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One of the more worrying trends is the increase in countries that experienced more than 500 deaths. Cameroon and Ukraine did not experience any terrorism deaths between 2000 to 2013 but had more 500 deaths each in 2014. Six countries also experienced the highest level of terrorism in their history. These are; Yemen, South Sudan, Ukraine, Somali, Central African Republic and Cameroon. Overall countries that experienced more than 500 deaths increased by 120%.


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Nigeria, South Africa, and several North African countries have now spoken out strongly against hosting the Africa Command. The US is claiming that Africom is just an aid agency with guns. But given the US military policy of Full Spectrum Dominance, it seems unlikely that development aid is what the US has in mind. This is particularly true in light of the fact that:
Since the beginning of the war on terrorism in 2001, the United States' top 10 sources of oil imports have experienced a 350 percent increase in U.S. military aid and training.
Nigeria may be trying to reinforce the economic clout it has in West Africa, maintaining and expanding the hegemony it has enjoyed to date. Not all of the countries in West Africa will find this an appealing prospect.
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Monday, June 14, 2010
A Gingersnap Tutorial Peek
I also wanted to remind anyone who's interested that the Gingersnap Creations Mad Hatter Day blog hop is still going on, and what I mean by that is - you still have a chance to win!!! You can start the hop HERE at Gingersnap, where you'll get a look at the fabulous prize that's going to one lucky participant.
And last but definitely not least.... Cornish Heritage Farms is still hoppin! It's Week 2 of the Summer Fling, and this week they are featuring Thomas Kinkade stamps. That means that these stamps are 25% off through Thursday (June 17, 2010), AND that if you'd like to hop around the participating DT's blogs (and maybe even enter a card in the gallery), you'll have some chances to win great prizes. The details are on the CHF Be Creative blog.
The kids are off from school and we're into full summer swing. Unfortunately it's crazy HOT here with a humidity level that should technically qualify as "underwater." Is "humiding" a verb? It should be, because that's what it's doing here... precipitating.... in the form of "humiding." Ugh. Hoping to get some crafting done today. :) Keep cool!
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- the gypsy magpie said...
This little fairy is beautiful! Your tutorial was amazing... it makes me want to try this. Hope you find a cool spot to hide in this week- (I don't know about you, but I hate to sweat- it flattens my hair!). Think icy thoughts.
- June 14, 2010 at 11:12 AM
- Lynne Moncrieff said...
Off to have a look at your tutorial. Summer has either not hit Scotland as yet or we had our summer when we had 3 days of sunshine some weeks ago LOL. Lynne M
- June 14, 2010 at 11:23 AM
- Linda Brun said...
Thankyou for all the wonderfull comments in my blog. I really love your tutorial. I guess we can't say that summer has arrived here yet. 16celsius but ice cold wind. Would love to have some summer soon..
- June 14, 2010 at 4:00 PM
- Lynne Phelps said...
I was wondering about the the images you used on the spinner card? There were no credits listed on the tutorial, which was FABULOUS!!!
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Oooh, I'll definitely check out the tutorial on NOT View-Master cards!
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Partnership Brings Affordable, Easy-to-Use Document Management Solution to more than 250,000 Accounting and Bookkeeping Firms, QuickBooks Users and Small Businesses
Houston, TX – August 31, 2009 – SmartVault, a leading Software-as-a-Service provider of document management solutions designed for QuickBooks, and The Sleeter Group, a community of experts who provide accounting consulting services, announced today that they have formed an alliance to bring SmartVault to the more than 250,000 accounting and bookkeeping firms, QuickBooks users and small businesses the Sleeter Group currently serves.
The new relationship empowers the Sleeter Group Consultants Network (SGCN), of over 650 QuickBooks® consultants, to offer the award-winning SmartVault solution to their clients transforming QuickBooks into a simple document management solution. SmartVault offers many of the features of a conventional document management system, but in a package with a substantially reduced learning curve, virtually no start-up costs and tight integration with QuickBooks.
"Our consultants see a huge demand from QuickBooks customers to help them simplify the document management process at an affordable price that fits within their existing QuickBooks process," said Doug Sleeter, founder of The Sleeter Group. "SmartVault is a great fit for accounting and bookkeeping firms, QuickBooks users and small businesses that are looking for an easy-to-use document management solution that is uniquely optimized for QuickBooks."
"The partnership with The Sleeter Group and SmartVault is a perfect fit for QuickBooks consultants and for us," said Eric Pulaski, founder and CEO of SmartVault. "Members of the SGCN can now offer a very robust document management solution for QuickBooks without the high cost and complexity of other offerings. The SGCN provides us with a highly skilled professional network of individuals who work directly with our target QuickBooks market, and offer tremendous value-added consulting and support services to our mutual customers."
SmartVault is an ideal solution for QuickBooks users and accounting professionals engaged in client interactions. In May 2009, SmartVault released a new solution for client bookkeeping that seamlessly integrates document management into the client bookkeeping workflow process, allowing those responsible for bookkeeping the ability to handle more clients in less time, offer enhanced client services, and enable both the practice and the client the easiest way to go paperless.
About The Sleeter Group and the Sleeter Group Consultants Network
The Sleeter Group is a community of experts who provide consulting services to small business owners in the accounting software and business process design areas. These experts provide the critical glue (consulting and implementation services) that connects technology solutions to the needs of small business clients. The Sleeter Group Consultants Network is a nationwide community of experts who provide QuickBooks consulting services to small business owners.


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As Obama moves on immigration, GOP threats continue
Two years ago, President Obama announced a breakthrough policy on immigration. With congressional Republicans having turned against the DREAM Act (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act), despite the proposal's previous bipartisan support, the White House made an executive move.
Under the new policy, the Obama administration stopped deportation for undocumented children, most of whom know no other country than this one as home. Under "deferred action," the president ordered that these hundreds of thousands of young people be permitted to stay, continue with their studies, and/or be eligible for work permits.
This week, facing an expiration of the initial round of permits, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced an extension of the administration's program. "Despite the acrimony and partisanship that now exists in Washington, almost all of us agree that a child who crossed our border illegally with a parent, or in search of a parent or a better life, was not making an adult choice to break our laws," Johnson said.
And yet, congressional Republicans weren't happy in June 2012 when the policy was first announced, and they're not happy in June 2014, either.
Judiciary Chairman Robert W. Goodlatte, R-Va., blasted the Department of Homeland Security's Thursday announcement about the program helping certain undocumented immigrants to avoid deportation. […]"These actions undermine Congress' hard work to reform our immigration laws and also raise serious concerns about the administration's ability and willingness to maintain the integrity of our immigration laws," Goodlatte continued, adding that his committee will continue to probe "the Obama administration's lax immigration enforcement and … how these changes impact our immigration system."
These are not the comments of someone who intends to work in good faith on a bipartisan package on immigration reform.
On the contrary, it sounds like the Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is saying he expects more deportations in the short term, even of children, and the president's willingness to govern in this area makes action from the Republican-led House that much less likely.
Greg Sargent summarized Goodlatte's posturing this way: "We won't act on immigration, but if Obama acts alone, we won't act on immigration. So there."
In the meantime, some optimists continue to believe reform has a pulse.
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart says momentum is growing in the House for action on immigration — despite some tough election-year rhetoric recently from fellow Republicans and what the Florida congressman considers ill-advised threats of unilateral action by President Barack Obama.Diaz-Balart, a major player in the effort on Capitol Hill to produce a bipartisan overhaul of the nation's immigration system, told CQ Roll Call Tuesday he has more supporters now than a month ago and still expects the Republican-controlled House to act before leaving town in August."Every day I'm getting more and more Republicans — conservatives — who are frankly approaching me saying, 'How do we move forward?' I feel very very confident that a majority — a strong majority — of Republicans want to finally tackle this system that everyone understands is broken — with some caveats," he said in a phone interview. "Republicans are insisting that we take this step-by-step."
With all due respect to the congressman, whose motivations are clearly sincere and who has worked diligently for a long time to advance a bill, he's been optimistic before, too.
The simple fact that House Republicans don't support immigration reform is a hurdle that's awfully tough to clear.


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"I don't think Valve can pick just one thing and think the issue would go away if we fixed that," he said, "We have to show EA it's a smart decision to have EA games on Steam, and we're going to try to show them that."
Newell noted that companies have to earn the right to install content on their customers' PCs on a regular basis, and Steam isn't any different. "We have to prove we are creating value on an ongoing basis, whether it's to EA or Ubisoft or whoever. We really want to show there's a lot of value having EA titles on Steam. We want EA's games on Steam and we have to show them that's a smart thing to do."
He added that Steam is continuing to improve and that those improvements will show companies like Electronic Arts that Steam is a platform where they can grow revenue, "I think at the end of the day we're going to prove to Electronic Arts they have happier customers, a higher quality service, and will make more money if they have their titles on Steam. It's our duty to demonstrate that to them. We don't have a natural right to publish their games."


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Maundy Thursday
Palm Sunday
Tomorrow is Palm Sunday and there will be an ecumenical Walk of Witness from Walney library at 9:15, followed by tea and cakes in St Marys centre, before our 10am service in church.
Sunday 13th March.
There is no 8am service at St Marys tomorrow. The Rev. Brian Jones is filling in for me at the 10am service. The Fairtrade Easter Eggs are in church for those who ordered them, and there will be cakes on offer after the service in aid of Messy Church funds.
Graveyard database
If you are trying to locate a family member who may be buried at St Mary's I have added our database to the 'Documents' menu. Or click the link below:
Mothers Day Tomorrow
Its Mothering Sunday tomorrow at St Marys – at 10:00 we are joined by Rainbows, Brownies, and Guides. There will be flowers for all the women in church at 8am and 10am as we express our thanks to all those who offer care to others in many different ways. Tomorrow we look at the story of Moses' mother, and we reflect on how Gods love reaches out to all of us, no matter what our experience of family life may be.
New Parish Newsletter
Our latest Parish newsletter for Spring 2016 can be found in the 'What's On' section of our website. Or just click:
Services 28th February
Join us at 8am for a quiet communion, or at 10am when we celebrate the Baptisms of Joseph and Harrison with their families and friends. Our theme is 'a new life'.
Robin Ham Sermon
If you missed Robin on Sunday you can hear his sermon in our 'Media' section.
Sunday 21st at St Marys
Tomorrow we welcome the Rev. Robin Ham as our guest preacher at 8am and 10am. Robin will also be speaking a bit about himself and his work as a pioneer curate in Barrow. Later at 3pm is Messy Church at St Marys centre. Games, activities, songs and stories for children, a brew for parents and carers and a meal thrown in. No charge.


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"The Beast," pictured above, will roar at this Saturday's East Orlando Beer Festival (photo courtesy of John Laconca/CFHB)
At forty-eight years old, Rossi's Pizza and Pasta has collected quite an enchanting clutter in the taproom where Central Florida Homebrewers (CFHB) meet every month. More than the patchwork of signs from breweries across the country, the framed 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl memorabilia, or even the scatter-work paneled walls themselves, the Smoketeer ventilator -- that quiet, particleboard anachronism above the women's bathroom door -- is my favorite totem in the room.
A dusty corner where technology and vice, much like the Beast, converged long ago.
"We call this 'The Beast,'" former CFHB president Ed Measom says.
The Beast, a six-line draft system, demanding respect from its metal cart perch. Measom raps the stainless steel medusa-crate, all piping and dials and cold beer, as a fellow member affixes a quarter keg to one of the Beast's couplers, releasing a CO2 hiss.
"If you try and push it," Measom says, "you'll understand why."
The Beast looks like a grumpy jellyfish slapped together from scraps with a cigarette snarl, plastic tubes dangling from its three-by-two cooler. The CFHB bought the Beast from a Daytona Craigslist user so members could tap small kegs of homebrew to share instead of schlepping crates of bottled beer into meetings.
It requires handlers like Measom, who, standing beside the Beast in his round-rimmed glasses -- shock of white hair coifed just so -- like a 19th century explorer harvesting a specimen. Measom must keep the Beast's metal bin shoveled full of ice, the draft lines flowing properly. Because Measom doesn't own a vehicle capable of transporting the Beast, members volunteer to transport the Beast every month, typically via pickup truck.
"As it turns out, the Beast is a more welcome guest at parties than [I am] and I end up getting a ride to and from," Measom laughs.
Despite the Beast's curmudgeon charm, the Central Florida Homebrewers is nonetheless about people, fizzing and bubbling over pints and bombers of beer, trading tips and recipes in the pursuit of the perfect brew since 1989. The Beast is a weird, wondrous frankenstein, but merely an extension of Measom and his friends' work. An avatar for CFHB's hodgepodge membership, from retired snowbirds and scruffy-faced hipsters, but never a foundation to stand on.
The Beast is often trundled outside Rossi's, as well, where it serves perhaps its most illustrious duty: homebrewing ambassador. This Saturday the CFHB will lug the Beast to Waterford Lakes Town Center for the East Orlando Beer Festival, its lines flush with beer, dispensing to members and hardcore enthusiasts and the uninitiated alike. It's a onerous task, but with a name like "The Beast," you probably shouldn't expect any less.
"I have been pouring beers at various festivals before I joined [CFHB], but the Beast is the first unit that has ever drawn so many questions, and people are amazed," CFHB Vice President of Ales John Laconca says. "Our goal is to convert and educate beer drinkers from fizzy yellow stuff to beers ranging from German Pils to California style IPAs, one drinker at a time."
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As a dually authorized Community Improvement Corporation, this not-for-profit corporation has been organized for the purpose of advancing, encouraging, and promoting the industrial, economic, commercial, and research development of our community and county.
The mission of the CIC is to retain, expand, and attract capital investment and jobs to the community of Fostoria, Ohio. Strategies used to implement our mission include the use and promotion of local, state, and federal; financial assistance, tax incentives, and training/technical assistance programs.
- Borrow money
- Lend money to persons or entities. (This power is limited to making loans to persons or entities that have been rejected for credit by other financial institutions.)
- Acquire real or personal property, including leased property, goodwill, stock or other assets of persons or entities.
- Assume the liabilities of a person or entity.
- Acquire real property for business or industrial development.
- Serve as the agent of one or more political subdivisions.
2015-2016 Top Initiatives
Downtown Fostoria
Develop a plan on what should be done with the current green space(s) in Downtown Fostoria. Launch a Downtown Façade Enhancement Program in Fostoria. Assess all downtown buildings. Identify Funding Opportunities for Downtown Re-Development.
Underpass Project
Work with Burgess & Niple and the City of Fostoria in getting Norfolk & Southern and CSX to allow the community to paint the underpasses in Fostoria, Ohio.
Vacant Housing/Buildings
Work with the City of Fostoria to create a Vacant Housing Database as well as a Rental Housing Database.
Work to get some of the vacant structures torn down or rehabilitated in partnership with the City of Fostoria.
Downtown Façade Enhancement Program Overview
The Community Improvement Corporation (CIC), in partnership with the Greater Fostoria Community Foundation, is providing a grant program for the purpose of revitalizing the exterior facades of downtown Fostoria properties, excluding single family dwellings or multi-family dwellings, while reserving the historic character of downtown Fostoria.
The Grant
This grant is up to a 50% reimbursement of expenses directly related to qualifying building improvements to commercial properties within the downtown target area up to a maximum match of $3,000. This grant is available on a first come, first serve basis from application to approval.
Eligible Improvements include all exterior improvements to the appearance of an eligible downtown building storefront façade. These improvements include:
- Awnings
- Masonry Work: brick cleaning, tuck pointing, replacement
- Painting
- Repair, restoration or appropriate replacement of exterior windows and doors
- Repair or replacement of roofing system (including gutters and downspouts)
- Fire escapes or exterior upper floor access
- Any other visible exterior improvements
This program will not fund interior improvements, operating funds, HVAC repair, plumbing repair, furnishing or equipment, landscaping and any exterior improvements that do not follow the guidelines set by the Fostoria Preservation and Design Review Board.
All grant applications must be submitted to the Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) and include:
- Downtown Façade Enhancement Application
- Project Description
- Current photos of proposed work area
- Preliminary Cost estimate of proposed work by a qualified third party
- W9 Form
- Rendering/Drawing of proposed work, including color scheme (if applicable)
A review of application to ensure that all information is included and project is eligible will be conducted. Most applications will be processed within 30 days from the date application is received.
- The property owner will be responsible for maintaining improvements provided by this grant for minimum of 5 years
- The property owner must obtain all required permits and plan approvals prior to beginning work. (The permits may include, but are not limited to, building, zoning, occupancy, etc.)
- Applicants must provide copies of invoices marked paid or cancelled checks showing payment
- Applicant must provide photographs of completed work
Board of Trustees
Chairman: Renee Smith, President Fostoria Economic Development Corporation
Vice-Chairman: Chris Iannantuono, General Manager, Seneca Millwork
Treasurer: Ron Burns, CEO, Corporate One Benefits
Secretary: Dave Whitta, Vice-President, Whitta Construction
Trustee: Steve Garner, Auditor, City of Fostoria
Trustee: Eric Keckler, Mayor, City of Fostoria
Trustee: Allyson Murray, Safety Service Director, City of Fostoria


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With a taste of Shapetalk, permit this Book of Mister-Shortcut deadlines reminder:
In this day, let us rev up the Book of Mister-Shortcut in you, you DO have the horsepower.
When you have an urgent deadline, in fact, nearly every time you have such a deadline,
you "somehow" manage to get it done, or raise that money, or meet the deadline just in time.
How is that? The Book of Mister-Shortcut does not perceive this to be a delightful coincidence.
You make the deadline because it is important enough for you to find a way to get it done just in time.
The Book of Mister-Shortcut urges you to adopt this attitude for the everyday and the ordinary, the quotidian.
Without a doubt, and with rarely an exception, a full range of benefits spring forth from your practice of this habit.
What do I want? When do I want it by? Who can help me? What is the last step, and the step just before the last one?
When we answer these questions, in detail, in writing, even if only using ten or twenty words for each genuinely important task,
your internal Book of Mister-Shortcut kicks in quite automatically, you might even say autonomically. No need to believe. Try it!
Try to remind yourself that what you put into your Book of Mister-Shortcut is mostly what your Book of Mister-Shortcut gives back.


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Devil's Food Caramel Torte
My family calls this festive dessert "turtle cake" because of the delectable candy bits in the moist cake layers and the gooey-good filling. It's an impressive-looking cake but quite easy to make, as you'll see from the recipe.
Total TimePrep: 40 min. Bake: 25 min. + cooling
Makes12 servings
- 1 package devil's food cake mix (regular size)
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 3 eggs
- 1 package (7 ounces) milk chocolate turtle candies, chopped, divided
- 1 tablespoon baking cocoa
- 1-1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1/3 cup caramel ice cream topping
- 1 can (16 ounces) chocolate frosting
- Additional milk chocolate turtle candies, broken, optional
- Line two 9-in. round baking pans with waxed paper; grease the paper and set aside. In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, buttermilk, oil and eggs. Beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 2 minutes. Combine 1 cup candies and cocoa; fold into batter.
- Pour into prepared pans. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Remove waxed paper.
- In a small bowl, beat cream until it begins to thicken. Add caramel topping; beat until stiff peaks form. Fold in remaining candies.
- Place one cake layer on a serving plate; spread with chocolate frosting. Top with remaining cake layer; frost top and sides of torte with cream mixture. Garnish with additional candies if desired. Refrigerate until serving.
Nutrition Facts1 slice: 643 calories, 36g fat (12g saturated fat), 95mg cholesterol, 502mg sodium, 74g carbohydrate (52g sugars, 2g fiber), 7g protein.
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My husband requests this cake every Thanksgiving. Delicious!
Mar 4, 2010
This cake is delicious and the caramel frosting is the best! I experienced some trouble spreading the batter in the pan because the greased wax paper moved around. In addition I will take any suggestion - my "cream mixture" was more like a thick soup with no "stiff peaks" . Not sure if I did not mix it long enough or if it was overmixed or on the wrong speed. I will definitely make this again and hopefully improve on the cream mixture.
Nov 16, 2009
Maddydog, is this the recipe you're looking for? It doesn't have chocolate sandwich cookies as an ingredient, but it is from the issue of TOH you specified.


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I'm a sucker for great and easy DIYs. Time doesn't permit me to do personal fun stuff but I will always love simple transformations that come out chic on the other side.
I've had this sweater for a while now and I got bored with it. I was gonna relegate it to movie wardrobe but I had a light bulb moment! I kid. But yeah embellished pieces are a thing for me as well.
I was inspired by this studded SJP purse from DOT.
So basically what I did was gather all the earrings which were missing a sister or brother, old buttons cut out of clothes I didn't want anymore, faux pearl necklaces that cut at painful moments. Just everything that wasn't quite useful on their own. Got my sweater, needle, thread, scissors and off to work I went.
You may want to mark different points on your garment if you like certain ornaments to be strategically placed. In my case I just went with the flow. I freestyles it and voila!
Wore it over the holiday. Stylish cover up for the harmattan season.
It's not too late to say Happy new year right???


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Recently, CEO of RadioShack Mr. David J. Edmondson was fired because he lied in his resume that he had two degrees when he has none. He joined the company in 1992 with false resume and as a severing package he was given a million dollars. (CNN) The company was having nonprofits for past 2 years and he announced a two-year turn around plan, which the board was not convinced of.
Now the interesting question that comes to our mind is, did the board ignore (or pleasantly over looked) the facts for 14 long years.
Why was the "stretching the truth" or more correctly "almost true" or "a little while lie" over looked in this pre-employment educational background verification? That too, in a country where information is structured and every citizen has an SSN. One phone call to the college where this guy claims to have studied would have given them a clear idea. Right?
Just a passing remark in this context; how many of the software guys, with genuine education credentials got visa refusals at US consulates of Chennai/Mumbai, just because the colleges don't have OLIVE (OnLIne VErification)?
Are the rules for CEOs and ordinary blokes different?
The answer lies in the two critical factors.
1) Figures
2) Aura
Let me explain further.
Figures: The cash flow in the case of the CEO. If you had read the fine print, the company is facing loss for past two years and board was not interested in his plan for turn around. Hence they needed an excuse to fire him.
As long as the 'deliverables' are met, no one is bothered about the credentials.
Aura: Though a loaded term, I prefer to use it. This guy was given a million dollar package, for what? He had that charm (or the aura) to take with him half the company and had the brains (or was it a image projected to the board) to compete with them. Board found it to be prudent to pay him off, so that he doesn't cause any damage to them.
How to apply it to our careers in our own little sphere of influence?
As mentioned earlier, we too need to take care of the following.
1) Never be under the impression that we are indispose able.
Whether it is CEO or the Managing Director, as long as it is not "your own" company/organization, you are at the mercy of the management. There are cases where even the best CEO was shown the door. Remember Steve Jobs was sent out from his "own" Apple for a while. That is a different story, that he was called back and he Apple to the place where it is now.
So, every three months make a survey of your own marketability and always have a backup option.
Note: When trying to have a backup option, never do that for the home city you are in. Say you are in Chennai and want to have a backup option, then always have an offer ready from Noida or Gurgaon. It has two fold advantages.
i) If you keep on putting all the companies in your home town on hold/backup, you will be left with no other company as choice, say after 3 yrs to join. As you have exhausted all the options locally and have to relocate to some other city.
ii) With an far-off city as an option, you can always give a "genuine" reason to companies in your city to join them, instead of a better package offer from distant land.
2) Build our own figures.
Whether you are a CEO or a code coolie, let the figures talk. (Management likes more of tables and charts, than monologues.)
i) Just always take a note of no. of hours you work, not the mandatory 8 hrs you fill in the time sheets. Have something of your own.
ii) Have something to say like "delivered 3 modules, with 8.7 m LoC, with 110 bugs (no critical bug, of course), delivered with in stipulated 20 man-months.
3) Build our own aura.
Always build an aura around you. There are those who just talk/baffle with technical jargon, with no tangible output, but considered to be technically "sound". I am not suggesting you to join that bandwagon, but nevertheless, have some aura.
i) Participate in any technical discussion organized at practice or unit level.
ii) Always volunteer to give a "talk" or conduct a "workshop" on your technology/domain of choice.
iii) Contribute something to your "in-house" newsletter or be a part of "that" group that produces "white papers". (Even if you firmly believe that the technical white paper is worth less the paper printed on, contribute.)
In other words, be "visible".
4) Be honest about resume.
No harm in telling the truth that you were jobless. It is a known fact. Also if all are employed, how can Naukri/Dice survive?
Even, if you get a lower pay or slow promotion, you need not be under the constant threat of losing job due to the "fakes" you used to get hold of job. Also, that fear can hinder your performance, eventually leading to your ouster.
All the best!!
Monday, February 27, 2006
Recently, CEO of RadioShack Mr. David J. Edmondson was fired because he lied in his resume that he had two degrees when he has none. He joined the company in 1992 with false resume and as a severing package he was given a million dollars. (CNN) The company was having nonprofits for past 2 years and he announced a two-year turn around plan, which the board was not convinced of.
Friday, February 24, 2006
Ever wonder what that unique sounds no radio are when you are not tuned to any particular radio station?
It is the gamma or cosmic waves causing that noise. It is said that there is always a static amount of noise in this universe which one can't avoid and this noise/waves are coming from the end of universe. That is, since Big-Bang, this universe is expanding and it continues to expand, that corner most edge that pushes the vaccum (or what ever) to create space generates some electro-magnetic radiation which is relayed back to us and they are called cosmic waves.
Hmn.. Interesting… isn't it….
Now, ever wonder, what might be lying there at the edge of universe? Something beyond the expanding universe??
If something is expanding, what is containing it?
As you put out your soapy head out of partially opened bathroom door and call out aloud "Towel please", imagine putting your head out of the edge of universe and see what is there.
What do you see? (I don't know the answer)
Hypothetically, if you travel in straight line, straight into the sky and keep on going, for a long, long time, do you know where you end up?
Yes, you will end up at the place where you started.
This is something like, starting from your home and traveling to east in an airplane, for one or two days, you know that you will end up at your home, arriving from west. This is the case with universe also.
All the above is not my idea, but collected arguments put forth by eminent scientists.
What do we gather from the above…
1) There is constant "theta" amount of noise and dust in the universe.
2) You come to the same place where you have started.
Using these two "scientific" reasonings, how should we go forward?
As we have accepted to live with the said amount of dust in our universe, we also need to accept the said amount of dust in our daily lives. If someone makes lots of noise and no practical output, we need to just ignore it.
Don't you change the channel when you get noise screen on the T.V.?
Same way, just ignore or change the channel.
Some may say, change the T.V itself. Like changing a company, if you don't like boss or changing the project if you don't like the client. But, remember the two principles.
Even if you change the T.V. there is no gaurentee that noise will not be reduced, because of Point – 1 and you will be at the same situation again, because of Point – 2.
I don't say, you live with it, but learn to ignore the noise and take only the pleasant channels for your viewing.
All the best, my dear coolies.
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
It is rather an uncomfortable situation for any IT service guy/gal to come up with a satisfactory answer, for questions like
"Show me the enterprise bus in this integration architecture?"
"Where is the SOA in this proposal?"
Usually we tend to give some explanation that "SOA is not in scope of this particular venture" or say that "This entire scheme is SOA and we can't show it as a separate component" etc.
Then the client CIO/CEO/CXO starts talking about the SOA models and we realize that it is of no use to put forth our side of story. Some one aptly said, "A fool can ask, what the wisest can't answer". How true!!
Theorem: "I.T. Management is always driven by magazines"
Assumptions: None what so ever.
A mere look at the IT landscape across all the boundaries of organizations, one comes across a similar trend.
Early 90s where full of open systems while late 90s was full of migration to client-server model with a mass exodus of application to packaged enterprise applications and then came the sweep of n-tier of JAVA/MicroSoft. Not to be left behind these paradigm shifts gave way to some buzz words (and of course revenue) to EAI, SOA, Agile, EDS, blah-blah etc.
Should we think that these mass or near hysterical movements were part of some global-wave-of-thought-pattern? (Just to add some meat for that global-wave-of-thought-pattern concept, Mahavir, Gauthma and Confucius came up with similar tenets for human lives, with no interaction with each other, in different geographical locations, at a close time lines. Couple of hundred years is not such big quantum when we talk of Universe with genesis.)
The answer would definitely be a big NO.
It is highly unlikely that all the CXOs would meet and form a consensus to move their enterprises IT infrastructure into different paradigm. (Here it is worth noting that 'X' ranges from A to Z and multiple no. of times. Consider a designation CAISSO which reads out a Chief-Application-Integration-Strategic-Solutions-Officer. To represent the same in true blue blooded IT guy, am using CXO.
C[A..Z][A..Z]*O – Unix Style
{ Ca+O a in α } and α = {A..Z} – Set theory of mathematics.
If am wrong in the representations above, please do correct me.
Then, who drove all these CXOs to make these kinds of paradigm shifts, that too at a rapid pace. Someone can shout aloud that 'technology'. If at all the rapid innovations of technology from the hidden laboratories of academy or industry have paved way to changes, explain the dodo called eSpeak of HP. (More on eSpeak later, mentioned it now, just to give some sense of suspense.)
Any technologist would vouch his life for the fact that industries don't accept any technology unless there is a stamp/endorsement from the magazines/journals. (I do not how ever wish to name the same to avoid any legal suites and damage charges, but it is left to the good guess of the reader.) Once the branding is obtained and a technology is baptized, you can find the same hostile industry wooing to embrace it at the earliest.
eSpeak of HP was not given enough mileage in any magazine so industry never bothered to give it a second look. Now the same eSpeak got baptized as W-e-b-S-e-r-v-i-c-e-s". Yes you read it right. eSpeak is nothing but WebServices.
Look at the noise and dust surrounding it. Any IT event is abuzz with the words like SOA, Agile, XML, EDA, what-not.
A brief tour of eSpeak: The founder/innovator of eSpeak at HP was Dr. Rajiv Gupta, who went on to start "Confluence Solution" which was taken over by "Oblix" group, which again was got by "Oracle" recently. Where was Oracle all along? It woke up only when magazines give some larger-than-life picture of WebServices.
Thus, proves my theorem that "I.T. Management is always driven by magazine"
Colliery: Coolies need to digest magazine.
Now let us turn our attention to our (Code Coolie's) livelihood. We coolies get our sustenance for survival only when the "client" comes up with a "unique", "singular" and "trend-setting" requirement for a "state-of-art" I.T. infrastructure. For providing the same to the client, we work in the technology of clients choice, be it SAP or TIBCO or JAVA or Fancy free Assembly.
The well known axiom is "Coolies need to slog for their wages". Now, can't we make some modifications to our own slogging to make it less drudgefull? Yes, we can and we should.
CXO decides on the I.T. spending, be it shelling out or freezing the budget and our theorem above proved that his/her thinking is guided by magazine not by logic. Few good reviews, there is money in it and few bad reviews fizz is lost with job cuts in that arena. So we too need to be abreast of what is being written about our dear technology. It is not the organizations that need agile infrastructure; it is us, who make a living out of it that needs an agile brain.
If client is not convinced about a technology, which we are comfortable with, we should be adaptable enough to jump into the bandwagon of the client and show our prowess. In other words, we need to operate in the artificial demand markets created by the nexus of Industry and its magazines.
I remember a recent case, where I did blasphemy of my cult status Enterprise tool, to win a contract. That night I could not sleep but reason dawned on me the next morning. As a coolie, it is against the very tenet of coolidom, to think in terms of 'Intellectual' debate with a CXO.
Here I would like to indicate the novice coolies, who can't access the magazines. These snooty blokes at the so called research centers think no end of themselves that they have restricted access to their 'reviews'/'articles', so that only the gullible janta (read CXO) would read it.
The best barometer is not by spending on them, but to observe the "jobs" section of any daily. Check the trend, if for more than three (3) months there is no requirement vacancy for your current tool/language; then you are on the verge of extinction.
If you feel threatened, follow these steps. (7 effective habits of a efficient coolie)
1 . Check out buzz words in the news papers.
2. Search for any nearest venue for conferences that have these buzz words.
3. Ask you management to nominate you. (Let them pay, if not search for free nominations)
4. Get a good understanding of what they are talking about. (Usually jargon, but try if you can correlate.)
5. Ask dumb questions at the conference. (It is better even if others think you are dumb, than to be a real Dodo.)
6. Rush to nearest training center and enroll or better still do a study yourself.
7. Emerge as the new evangelist of the latest technology.
When I say rush to a training center, I meant a real training center, where the trainer has some dope on what he/she is talking about. If you end up at one of those plethora of useless centers that dot the landscape of Ameerpet in Hyderabad, forgive me if you cant come out a winner. (Incidentally a close friend of mine, marked a copy of this mail, also owns a center in Ameerpet. Never the less, my opinion remains the same.)
Wishing all the coolies, the best of everything!!!


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While nobody seems to have noticed the Chavez administration has embarked in a new plan to eliminate poverty in Venezuela. It is a very simple plan: Stop the National Institute for Statistics from releasing the numbers of how many poor Venezuelans there are and how the number has done nothing but increase in the five years of the Chavez administration. Indeed, as reported today in El Universal, Emiro Molina was replaced as the Head of the National Institute for Statistics for releasing such numbers. He was replaced by the former head of Customs at the Internal Revenue Office, which means we should probably not believe any of the numbers from that office on tax collection in 2003
Archive for July 5th, 2003
Chavez' new plan to get rid of povertyJuly 5, 2003
Same place, different personJuly 5, 2003
Hugo Chavez yesterday swearing in his new Minister of Information:
"Media owners should all be in jail"
What a coincidence, exactly where I think he should be for the April 2002 murders.
Same place, different personJuly 5, 2003
Hugo Chavez yesterday swearing in his new Minister of Information:
"Media owners should all be in jail"
What a coincidence, exactly where I think he should be for the April 2002 murders.
Pitiful MundarainJuly 5, 2003
One of the most pitiful characters of this travesty of a Government has to be the People's Ombudsman German Mundarain. The position, called the People's Defender in Spanish, was introduced in the 1999 Constitution with the intention of providing an additional independent power that would protect the rights of the citizens. But Mr. Mundarain appears to have confused his role significantly, being practically invisible when he should be outspoken, but being surprisingly speedy and agile when it comes time to defend the Government. Case in point, the strong criticism by Human Rights Watch of the Venezuelan Government. While Mundarain did not defend the right of demonstrators of the Petarazo, while he said little of the bomb against Governor Enrique Mendoza or that against Marta Colomina, he quickly jumped yesterday on the HRW report. What would be funny, if it were not simply tragic, is that Mundarain became the defender of the Media content bill which HRW criticized and is being proposed by the Ch�vez administration. It is not even the law!. Thus, this tragicomic personality of the Vth. Republic is not even defending the law of the land, but coming out in defense of a propsed bill that has been strongly criticized by many human rights organizations, has been labeled as a possible violation of the country�s human rights treaties and is only being defended by Chavez and his partisans. In fact, Mundarain takes advantage of the occasion to blast the press and defend the Government.
What is even more remarkable is that the strong criticism of HRW of the Government should give food for thought particularly to Mr. Mundarain. Mr. Vivancos of Human Rights Watch was highly critical of the opposition and was a defender of the Government in 2002, his turn on the Government should give a warning to those that have been entrusted with defending the people�s rights. But not Mr. Mundarain, he was partial to the Chavez cause before he was nominated to the position and much like the traveling Deputies of our glorious National Assembly; he has no inkling as to what democracy and human rights are truly all about.


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"Man's best friend must know his place."
IN THIS ONE... Sarah Jane Smith and K-9 move to the country where they dismantle a coven of witches.
REVIEW: What a strange pilot this is. On paper, what could be more natural than teaming up Doctor Who's two favorite companions? But in execution, it is mystifying. It begins with a terrible opening theme, electronic music blaring and K-9 singing his name, over imagery that recalls a show like Hart to Hart. It's like they're hinting at a romance between the girl and her dog. The show itself doesn't live up to that level of camp, nor does it do justice to its title. I understand K-9 is the current star, but he's a glorified tool in this program (as he was in the last) and it's really Sarah Jane's story. If the kiddies tune in because of the title, they might just be disappointed. And witches in full Satanic regalia? When you're trying to attract children? AT CHRISTMAS?! (The episode is the first in what later became a Doctor Who tradition, unexpectedly balmy weather for the end of December, and is a real mess of day and night scenes.) Owing more to The Wicker Man than to its parent program, it seems the weekly series would have had the characters uncover a witches' coven every week. And one might ask whose brilliant idea it was to move K-9 to the country when the dog has a reputation for not rolling too well on grass and dirt.
Premise aside, it's got fairly engaging stars. It's great to see Sarah again, obviously, and she's gone on with her life, doing so well in the journalism business she's now writing a book. The same curiosity that made her wander into the TARDIS that one time is serving her well in a village where everyone's either creepy or otherwise deserving of suspicion. The Doctor sent K-9 Mark III to her aunt Levinia's address three years prior, and it's a very nice call-back to her final scenes with the Time Lord when she realizes he didn't forget her. (The other companions never got a care package, so she IS special.) Also joining her is her aunt's ward, Brendan, who has two functions - talking to K-9 in techno-speak (the computer stuff checks out, but there's really no need for to go on about it so long) and getting captured and almost sacrificed (Lis Sladen must have enjoyed the change of pace). Still, Ian Sears does a good, enthusiastic job with it. Good laugh too. It strikes me how even in this early concept, Sarah Jane is attracting a young follower. Again this points to a show that wants to be for younger viewers, but just has the wrong script for it. I don't know if Aunt Lavinia would have been a regular on the show, but at least her house looks nice (must smell like an ashtray, though). K-9 gets to zap people, unload whole databases of information and indulge in (very) light comedy. These are people I'd want to watch week in and week out, so there's that.
There's also a huge guest cast to fill out the village, and wouldn't you know it, the two nicest people, least likely to be witches, turn out to be high priest and priestess, while more suspicious characters turn out to be benign. It's a very manipulative script, filled with red herrings (the biggest being Aunt Lavinia's apparent disappearance), while it hides its villains in innocuous scenes. Calling on Hecate with the first human sacrifice in 90 years will apparently make the crops grow, which I suppose explains why there's so much horticultural talk, but the superstitious villagers don't have much of a motivation to go so far. The theme is science vs. tradition, I suppose, but the frenetic meeting of potential culprits - the phone and doorbell keep ringing and ringing, Sarah would get more peace in a newsroom - all resolves into the Satanic hicks screaming as K-9 lasers them, so whatever. Had it gone to series, I can only imagine they'd have left the village behind. After all, half of it's been arrested.
VERSIONS: The Target novelization has the action occur in the village of Hazelbury Abbas instead of Moreton Harwood, and Sarah has a more antagonistic relationship with Brendan. The 1983 K-9 Annual had the series continue in several short stories, with Aunt Lavinia and Brendan joining our two heroes to uncover witch covens all over Britain.
REWATCHABILITY: Medium-Low - Nice to see Sarah Jane Smith again, Lis is great and her companions are pretty good, but everything else is ill-judged to say the least.
Labels: Doctor Who
5 comments:
- snell said...
"The other companions never got a care package..."
Well, as far as you know. Actually, Jamie did get a nice edible bouquet, and the Doctor would occasionally send Liz a mix-tape of groovy alien music...
- June 6, 2013 at 7:14 AM
- Siskoid said...
Poor Jo... that's what happens when you have no fixed address up the Amazon.
- June 6, 2013 at 7:42 AM
And eventually more than 50% of British mail traffic is packages circling the globe again and again in vain effort to reach Tegan...
- June 6, 2013 at 4:24 PM
- Siskoid said...
I'm sorry for Susan. The post service in 2164 is just terrible.
- June 6, 2013 at 4:43 PM
- googum said...
Just got to this one on the Twitch marathon, and I think you're underselling the theme song. Love it.
Man, every companion should do an episode of K-9 before they're done...
- July 7, 2018 at 10:43 AM
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I willingly admit that there is a certain fantasy element to most cross dressing. If what I find on the internet passes as the norm for many cross dressers, then it is safe to assume that we all have an ideal vision of what a woman should look like and what we wish we could look like. There's nothing wrong with that, it's just the nature of our transgenderism.
I have a strong ideal of what I wish to look like. I'm constantly comparing women's hair, makeup, clothing, shoes, etc. to my list of what I like, what I could achieve, and what I can only dream about.
With my new year's diet and exercise program, I thought I was securely planted in reality. I was overweight by both my standards and the standards of the health care industry. I began loosing weight and could scientifically document my progress using a scale, tape measure, and the new belt I had to buy last week. However, this morning I got a bruising reality check.
I had time for a full hour of exercise this morning and began with great eagerness. I use some standard exercise videos found on YouTube. They all feature the aerobics/fitness instructor leading the exercises, surrounded by several women comprising various levels of physical fitness. As the exercises became easier (due to practice), I found myself paying more attention to the women in the background. The instructor is toned, fit, and looks great, but some of the women in the background had better curves. I found their workout clothes to be cute and found myself comparing hairstyles and physiques. After a few weeks, I found myself wishing I had a figure like the woman in the teal outfit on the right side of the screen, or had a pretty smile like the woman at the very back in the black and pink outfit. Eventually, I even found myself using these women as a goal, as in "that's what I want my body to look like".
This morning, I added something new to the routine. I've been concentrating very hard on doing the exercises in a correct manner. I bought a full mirror at the store and set it up next to my computer screen so I could see myself while exercising, and compare my moves to those of the instructor. Yuck!!! That slapped me back to reality faster than a wet towel in a locker room. I realized I'm light years away from looking like the cute gal in the teal outfit, and on a practical level, I will never look like her.
The good news is that my diet and exercise will help me loose weight and improve my health. I just need to remind myself of that more often. And every little pound and inch I loose will also help me achieve a more feminine look. I just have to keep my expectations grounded in reality and know I will never be hired to be a model for Victoria's Secret.


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We were starving when we got to the HMart Plaza in Duluth. We immediately headed for Chung Dam. It was my first time there. I had sashimi, and was quite disappointed. I couldn't recognize two of the fish on my platter. The banchan was alright. I still prefer Book Chang Dong, my favorite Tofu House directly across the parking lot from Chung Dam. I've never had a bad meal there.
|Chung Dam
Sashimi (didn't see yellowtail or mackerel. Did you?)
|Banchan at Chung Dam ( a little skimpy, but then the sashimi doesn't come with it)
Now fast forward three weeks. It's Thanksgiving week. We were invited to a boater friend's niece's home. It was so sweet of them to include us in their family gathering of over 30 members. I could not get over how efficient these people were. Everything was set up on the kitchen counter, ready to go. The garage was turned into a hall where tables were set up and festively decorated. The drinks and desserts were conveniently laid out there as well. Too bad we forgot to bring the camera:-(! We are thankful for the delicious Southern food and the great company. Thank you David and Janice for the invite!
The day after Thanksgiving, we rounded up the troops and had a hot pot dinner. With all the stuff we got from Atlanta - mix seafood, tofu, mung bean noodles - plus some fresh veggies like spinach and napa cabbage, and of course shrimp, sliced chicken, pork and beef.
Putting up lights and Christmas decorations, playing Christmas music. Now we're talking. 'Tis the season to be jolly.
How was your Thanksgiving and Black Friday shopping?
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