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How to create a cover letter and resume to brand your professional fundraising image. How to develop your nonprofit professional networks to help fast-track your success. How to identify and secure the best mentor to use as a valuable tool for your fundraising career advancement. How to find and vet a philanthropic job opportunity to ensure a good "cultural" fit. How to create and use a professional development plan to elevate your fundraising career. How to move into fundraising leadership, with or without previous experience. How to use social media to create value and to position yourself in the "market." In order to advance in your fundraising and development career, you need the right mix of experience and education. Deciding where you are headed will determine the type of relevant experiences that are most important, how to obtain them, and how education and networking plays a role. In the next few years, good development professionals will be in high demand. Do you have a plan in place to move up the career ladder to your ultimate, dream fundraising job? Whether you are seeking a Vice-President of Development position, Manager of Donor Relations, or something in-between, this webinar will help you plan for your future by taking the right career steps today. Imagine… Determining your ultimate, long-range career goal and starting to plan for that position today. Using your networks to find the "hidden" jobs and to fast-track your fundraising career success. Finding the right kind of mentor who can help you learn quicker and advance faster. Learning how to brand yourself, both offline and online, to elevate your profile and attract your ideal development position. As a long-time fundraising expert, Robin understands the importance of having an action plan for your fundraising career and she will help you during this nonprofit webinar. You'll Get These BONUS Materials: Sample Likes/Dislikes Job Inventory Worksheet Fundraising Career Strengths and Accomplishments Assessment Tools Sample Resume Resource (Article): Top 11 Benefits of Networking Resource (Article): Looking for a Mentor? The 7 Best Places to Start Sample Fundraising Interview Questions to Vet a Philanthropic Job Sample Fundraising Professional Development Plan Sample Social Media Business Development Checklist The webinar Recording and Slides With almost twenty-five years of experience, Robin teaches the exact steps that she has used throughout her career to become highly impactful as a fund development professional and, now, as a successful consultant progressively seeking new opportunities and growing her business. Today, she serves as interim development staff, through her consultative practice, for a wide range of organizations. And, she is on a mission to provide the tools that development professionals need to end the high-turnover rate and lengthy vacancies that exist in the field today. About Your Presenter Robin L. Cabral is a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) with over twenty-five years of experience and millions of dollars raised assisting non-profit organizations as a development professional overseeing all aspects of fund development from annual funds to capital campaigns and donor communications. Educationally, Robin has obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and a Masters of Arts in Philanthropy and Fund Development from Saint Mary's of Minnesota. She currently holds the designation of Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) and is a graduate of Leadership Southcoast (2010). 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History of Metal Detectors
Since the concept of using electricity for practical purposes began in the mid-1800s, science and industry began looking for a machine that could pinpoint metal hidden beneath the earth's surface. This machine would have many uses throughout its lifetime but its design was originally sought out for the purpose of generating wealth. This quest for such a device came during the period after the Gold Rush when deposits where running out and prospectors needed all the help they can to find them. Although the metal detector had been conceived for finding riches, the first metal detector in recorded history was not used for finding gold. In fact, its purpose was for saving the life of a President.
On July 2nd, 1881 in Washington D.C. at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station, Charles J. Guiteau shot President James Garfield in the back as the he was leaving on holiday. The bullet did not kill Garfield but doctors were unable to find where it had lodged in his system which was causing Garfield undue suffering. During his convalescence, Garfield was visited by Alexander Graham Bell who invented the metal detector specifically to help locate the bullet. Unfortunately for President Garfield, the metal detector was unable to locate the metal bullet because the springs on the bed made it impossible for the device to give a good reading.
Even though Alexander Graham Bell's metal detector did not end up saving a life of a President, he did end up creating a working metal detector. This prototype used on a President Garfield was the forbearer of every metal detector to come. Although running on large and problematic vacuum tubes, these earlier models did save lives by clearing dangerous explosives that littered the battlefields of Europe after World War I and II. It was around this period that the modern metal detector took shape and people began tinkering heavily with the technology.
Gerhard Fisher, the future founder of Fisher Metal Detectors, was working on navigational systems right after World War I. He discovered that radio beams emitting from these systems became distorted whenever there was ore in the area. Fisher discovered that this kink in the system had a practical effect and that it could be used on a smaller scale as metal detector. Fisher was granted a patent for his portable metal detector in 1925 and then made his first metal detector available for purchase in 1931.
Although Alexander Graham Bell first created the metal detector and Fisher was issued the original patent on one, many more were responsible for the further development of this device. Unable to find a metal detector that did everything that he wanted to Charles Garrett began work on his own device in the mid sixties. His persistence in crafting the perfect metal detector led to the elimination of the oscillator drift and the creation of revolutionary search coils that are still used today.
Garrett wasn't the only one who helped to improve the metal detector. The invention of the transistor 1947 by John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley along with wireless technology, discriminators and new search coils by others continued to mold the modern metal detector. These technologies allowed the metal detector of today to become simpler and more adept for longer treasure hunts. As time goes by, more and more hobbyists and professionals will continue to see new and exciting changes come to the metal detector. What the future holds for every treasure hunter's favorite device is anyone's guess!

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Kazan Ring - Tilke's exciting creation you may have never heard of
Kazan Ring, designed by the famous German circuit architect Hermann Tilke, is probably the most exciting autosport facility in the Russian Federation.
Opened in 2009, modernized a year later
This unusual racing venue is not much known around the world but has a potential of becoming the more important spot on the map of world's motorsport. The construction of the track began in 2006 in the former sand quarry. The track was opened in 2009 but that was just a simple asphalt layout suitable only for testing, with no facilities and other things necessary for the proper and safe racing.
That's why further development was done in 2010. Pit and paddock facilities were built, safety barriers were erected and the circuit, which is also known as 'Canyon', was graded with FIA 2 license, becoming suitable for various national and international competitions.
Pretty simple track with some elevation changes
The track is 3.476 km long and has 12 turns. The longest is straight is 832 m. It is relatively flat track as the elevation change is only 28 meters. Top speed recorded on the track is 230 km/h. Interestingly, the circuit has no grandstand but after being located in the 'hole', all action could be seen from the surrounding elevations.
The first races at the modernized Kazan Ring were held in 2011 and since then circuit hosts rounds of the major Russian cars and motorbikes competitions, like Russian Touring Car Championship or RSBK motorcycle championship, as well as drift series and many club racing events.
Kazan Ring is also available for the test and track days, various presentations and corporate events. Well-developed infrastructure and the availability of specialized equipment allows carrying out the activities over the year in any weather conditions.
Getting there
The track is located around 45 minutes drive from the Kazan International Airport and around 30 minutes drive from the city. Bus and train connection from the city of Kazan are available but they are far from perfect and better solution is to rent the car.
Address: Kazan Ring, Federal Highway M7, 817 km, 422700 Kazan, Tatarstan Republic, Russian Federation
Phone: +7 927 446 66 76
Website: kznring.ru
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Southern Fried Chicken with Pan Gravy
By Brother John
Ask any southern woman the best way to her man's heart, and she will tell you it's her crispy Southern Fried Chicken! Today I'm going to walk you through making my version of this all time favorite. We're going to make Southern Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes with Pan Gravy, and a nice veggie side. Yummy! You'll get the step-by-step right here, and I'll include a recipe on our sites "Food and Wine Recipes" section to go along with it.
For extra flavor, I like to first make a dry rub that I'll use to directly coat my raw chicken pieces. It gets flavor directly onto the chicken skin, (or if you are eating healthy, directly onto the chicken meat). Just mix up some sea salt, black cracked pepper, garlic powder, and paprika. Apply generously to your fresh chicken pieces.
The moisture from your fresh chicken will allow the rub to stay in place with enough remaining moisture to hold onto the first layer of the crispy coating that's coming up next. Be sure to generously coat both sides of each piece!
Next, we want to prepare the crispy coating that will go onto the chicken. I like to use a combination of flour, sea salt, cracked black pepper, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper (since I always enjoy a touch of heat). You'll want to mix these ingredients into a bowl large enough to easily dredge your pre-seasoned chicken. I like to double coat my chicken so we'll use this mixture in two stages. The first stage is done right after applying the dry rub (mentioned above), and the next stage will occur right after soaking your chicken in an egg wash.
I like to mix up a simple egg wash to which I add a small amount of hot sauce. But that's just the way I roll!!! Your chicken will then have a layer of pre-seasoning, and an initial first coating of seasoned flour. With that said, it's ready to take a dip in the egg wash. Your flour coating should get moistened (become a bit gummy) but should not be allowed to actually wash off the chicken. Do this carefully, and slowly. You'll need enough moisture to later dredge back through the flour mixture a second time. We (in the cooking trade) call this: "Double Dipping". It makes for a very crispy/crunchy final product!
So, let's review what we now have. We have a pre-seasoned layer, another layer dredged through our flour mixture, an egg washed layer, and a final layer dredged through our flour mixture one more time. Our pieces are ready to be fried in hot oil. (At this point, you could also deep fry these, which is probably better and faster, but I'm going to want to make pan gravy from the rendered fat and oil).
As always when working with very hot oil (350°), please be sure to carefully lower your chicken pieces so that you won't get burned. I use tongs and try to lower each piece by its front, then middle, and then its back. (If any splashing were to occur this way, it would be away from me, not toward me).
You're best bet for crispy fried chicken is to let it bask in the hot oil and don't mess with it!!! I like to fry my chicken in just two passes. Since it takes about 30 to 45 minutes until done, turn your chicken after about half that time. The goal is to have it turn golden brown in the time it takes to be completely cooked (but not overcooked). Practice makes perfect it's true, but it's also not that hard to judge if you keep an eye on it from time to time.
When golden brown and crispy lower your heat (medium-low) and carefully remove the chicken pieces from the hot oil. Place pieces onto paper towels to drain off any excess oil, then we'll let them rest in a warm oven (175°). The pan gravy will happen fairly quickly so our pieces won't have to rest in the warm oven for long.
And now for the pan gravy. This will be a milk based gravy that starts out with all that gritty brown goodness at the bottom and sides of our pan. We need to drain off all but a few tablespoons of oil, (but we need to be very careful not to lose any of the gritty stuff!). Believe me when I tell you, the bits left behind are full of flavor!!! Next we'll add some flower to make a roux (pronounced "Roo" or "Rue"). A roux is made from equal parts flour and oil. You slowly whisk in your flour until the mixture is thick (think plaster of Paris or cake frosting). It's important to keep whisking/stirring so that the flour will be evenly cooked by the oil. We want the thickening properties of the flour, but none of that raw flour taste. Eventually the flour will begin to brown. You can stop browning at any point between light golden to mahogany in color but don't go beyond mahogany. The darker the roux, the more flavor added to the gravy. And don't have your heat too high! You'll go from white flour to burnt!
Once we have our roux paste, we can begin to slowly add cold milk to it. You must always add cold liquid to a heated roux and we'll do this a little at a time. As we add the milk, we'll keep whisking/stirring it so it stays creamy and free from lumps. As the roux begins to absorb the milk, it will begin to thin out. At that point you can pour in the rest of your milk but continue to stir! To get best flavor, you should simmer the gravy for about 10 to 20 minutes. That will allow all of the remaining flour to absorb the liquid making it silky smooth.
And nothing goes better in the world with homemade pan gravy then creamy buttery Mashed Potatoes!!! Now I know that some of you will pour some of the pan gravy onto your crispy southern fried chicken and that's fine. But me? I'm a purist. I like my southern fried chicken to stay crispy/crunchy on the outside, and tender/moist on the inside. But don't worry… I always make up for it with extra helpings of mashed potatoes! Yummy! The only thing left to do is to make up a side veggie. I'm partial to french style greenbeans so that's what I'll make. And now… it's eatin' time!!!
Brother John's 'Tater Soup
By Brother John
Every year around late September or early October I get hungry for some homemade potato soup. As the weather cools down and the leaves begin to display their beautiful fall colors, a nice hot bowl of rich creamy potato soup really goes down well. It's also around this time of year that my dad brings Kathy and me a fresh sack of (various) potatoes he's grown from his personal garden. The potatoes are so fresh they still have some dirt and mud on them from when he dug them up. Evidently, my sister Eydie and brother-in-law Sammy also get this same gift from dad. And like me, it appears they also enjoy a hearty bowl of potato soup! They've even posted their own recipe! Check it out in their Wine and Food Recipes section or click right here if you can't wait. Either way, be sure to come on back when you're done!
Items to be Sautéed
Before I get started I want to point out one thing. If you are going to cook anything, always use the freshest ingredients you can find! Here I'll be using fresh sweet orange carrots finely diced; crisp, tender celery (including the bright green leaves), also finely diced; and beautiful sweet onions (from my dad's own garden) which we'll finely chop as well. (The onions are so delicious in soup that I often double the amount)! I sauté all these ingredients in an entire stick of high quality, lightly salted butter. (Sorry, I'm just not a big fan of margarine). Don't worry if that seems like a lot, it's very easy to remove excess butter once the soup is prepared. I'll tell you how to do that later.
All of the vegetables to be sautéed go into the sauté pot along with the stick of butter. This should be cooked over a medium heat and stirred to keep the veggies from sticking to the bottom. Now… you might very well ask me why I bother to sauté these vegetables? Many of you might simply add them to your liquid and boil away. I've found that sweating my vegetables in rich liquid butter imparts a flavor that can't be beat. And it will slightly speed up the cooking time. Because I make a buttery milk based broth for my potato soup, it doesn't hurt to give the veggies a head start and this becomes the perfect time to add a little sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. It also smells heavenly! Talking about cheering up your kitchen on a dreary Autumn day. This will do it for you!
Let the cooking begin!
You've probably noticed that I haven't included measurements. And there is a reason for that. I knew I wanted to make a rather large batch of potato soup, perhaps as much as six quarts and that meant I had to use the largest pan I own. So I put some fresh spring water into it and then diced enough of dad's potatoes to fill it half way with an inch of water on top of that. Good starting point. I then added the sautéed veggies and that told me what else I needed to do. Sometimes that would be to add more water, but this time it needed four additional potatoes.
A soup stock made of fresh spring water would not really be much to write home about. But I like to let the potatoes cook a while in water until they are just starting to soften up. Then I add a mixture of evaporated milk, and fresh cream. This actually turns my pan of water into a pan of creamy milk and causes the soup to start looking like potato soup. (You know… I didn't have anyone to take these pictures so I tried the old "Hold the camera in one hand while pouring with the other" trick. And it actually worked! I had expected I'd either end up with liquid running all over my stove top, or that I would totally miss the shot. But I managed to get both right the first time!).
My potato soup will still needs three more ingredients before its done, but one of them is very interesting. We'll talk about that one next.
Potato soup can really benefit from a few hard boiled eggs! The trick is to first hard boil them, and then separate the yolk from the egg white. The bright yellow yolk can be broken down into the texture of course sand, which can then be added to the potato soup to give it a very rich flavor.
The added protein will really pick you up on those cold Autumn days. (I know of others who also do this and they use both the egg yolk and the egg white. Kathy doesn't care much for the egg whites so I save them in a bowl wrapped in cellophane. I'll show you how I use them later on. Remember… nothing shall be wasted!).
I then like to get my soup up to a mild boil and add freshly grated sharp cheese to my potato soup! Melted cheese tastes great and will also give you some added protein. I also like the orange color it adds to an otherwise very white soup. It's also a good time to add some fresh parsley, but I didn't have any in the house. I did have dried parsley, so I added a generous portion of that to give a little green color here and there to my soup. We eat with the eyes, so color is an important factor!
Which brings us to the final product. A big pan of Brother John's homemade potato soup! During this final stage, excess butter will simply float to the top where it can easily be skimmed away for those who want to restrict their butter intake. You should really try to make this soup for yourself because it's hearty, it will fill you up, and will bring a bit of sunshine to any dreary day!
Kathy and I won't go hungry for a while with six quarts of potato soup. I've even been known to get up at 2:30am and make a bowl as a "midnight" snack! There are two points I want to leave you with:
Hope you enjoy making and eating Brother John's 'Tater Soup!
Spiders, Snakes, Aphids, and Bees!
By Eydie Wight
Today was another of those days when the place for morning coffee was on the deck. I opened the door, let Emy cat out and fended off the boisterous good morning activity of the dogs. I wasn't out for more than a minute before I went inside to grab a jacket to throw over my pajamas, and slide my new moccasin birthday slippers on my feet. The temperature had dipped down into the 40's over night. I am surprised that the home hummingbirds are still present, active, and seemingly in no hurry to leave. They continue to dive bomb each other, hover in front of my face, and perch on top of my wind chimes. Emy discovered a few days ago that she can jump on top of the deck rail and walk along it, tantalizingly out of reach of the dogs. They whine, they entreat me to get her down so they can chase her, they finally pretend indifference until she casually strolls over to where I am now leaning against the rail and rubs her face against mine. That does it, the dogs explode in a frenzy of jealous barking, making so much noise I have to trick them away from the house with a stick I throw far out into the yard so that Sammy has a slight chance of continuing his sleep.
Today is the last day of vacation! I love the changing of the guard of the seasonal flowers. Right now there are asters of all kinds in the un-mown areas of the yard. New England Asters willingly cluster around the mailbox, their light blue flowers seeming to glow in the morning light. Small white asters (I'll have to look those up in the flower book) grow in abundance, creating bushy clumps. Fortunately none of us are allergic to goldenrod, because it is everywhere. My thoughts this morning, besides a song that is stuck in my head, are on wine. (The song, by the way, is "By the light of the silvery moon." I don't where all these obscure tunes come from, but this one must be one of my mother's old barbershop quartet tunes, because it's not only in my head, it's in my head in four part harmony.)
Wine, we plan to bottle the blackberry wine today if all goes well. The wine has "cleared" and is a gorgeous color. I keep telling myself what the wine book says, that the wine must "mature" but the little voice inside my head (I think it's the same voice that's singing baritone) says, "Drink it. Drink it. Drinkitdrinkitdrinkitallnow." But don't worry, the last time I listened to that voice it was telling me that "no, of course not, bell bottoms will NEVER go out of style." As I wandered around the yard I took notice of several fat rose hips on the Jacob's Coat of Color Rose. My old wine book mentions that one of the truly exceptional elites of the homemade wines is rose hip wine. The author of the book only made a few bottles a year and prized them above all other. I don't have nearly enough rose hips of my own, but I know a place where the multi flora rose (wild rose) grows thick. I went there a few years ago to pick some hips for rose hip tea. Like the blackberry session, each fat rose hip pulled me further into the brier warren until I suddenly found myself surrounded on all sides by impenetrable thorns. Thorns grabbing my shirt, pants, gloves, hair, holding me fast until some handsome prince came to magically free me and kiss my waiting lips…Right in the middle of THAT pleasant daydream a deer leaped out of the briers, not more than three feet from me. Well, by the time I tore my way out of the warren, yelping all the way,with the deer gracefully leaping unscathed in the other direction, I was pretty sure I would need plastic surgery and a pint or two of blood.
It's not unheard of to have September frost, and I'd been planning all week to take the house plants inside for the cold season, so we decided to make that one of our last vacation projects. We really only have one southern exposure window downstairs in the spare bedroom, and each year all of the "big" plants get crowded around this one window until the room looks like something out of Jumanji. When I met Sammy and we began our courtship, he had one fairly big avocado tree that he had grown from a seed. At the time we met this tree was decorated with colored lights and red bows and was Sammy's Christmas tree. I promptly named her "Iris" and would blow big Co2 laden kisses on her whenever I saw her. (Plants like that, you know. They don't even care if you've had garlic, or Kosher pickles, or never brush your teeth-not that I know about that one, but I know someone who does!!!) Anyway, now, some four years later, Iris brushes her head on the ceiling and throws her arms out in a six foot span. Her "little sisters" (also grown from seed) number four, and we've even given some away to loving homes! We also have a beautiful "walking" iris we got as a start from my dad, a robust calla lily, some elderly Dieffenbachia, and a Mimosa pudica ("sensitive" plant). This plant curls it's leaves up whenever they are touched, then slowly unfolds them again. All in all there were nine plants to bring in. Before they left the great outdoors each plant was trimmed of wind tattered or bug eaten leaves, re-potted if needed, had a scoop or two of potting soil added to "top off" the pots, and was sprayed with a soap solution to kill off aphids.
While I was re-potting and puttering and rearranging, our cats were having an adventure. Sammy called me downstairs from the kitchen where I had been stuffing a pickled egg into my mouth (and yes, Brother John, you DO have to chew them at least once!)
NOTE: Brother John here… you may be interested in knowing that I do NOT like pickled eggs! Probably comes as a surprise to my family. See? You learn something new every day!
Sammy had that mildly interested, not distressed at all, manly tone to his voice so I suspected immediately that the kittens had "found" a new toy in the basement, one that Sammy wasn't real comfortable with. The toy turned out to be a little ring necked snake. These little guys are hardly bigger than a good sized earthworm and are pretty laid back. Not, of course, when they're being batted across a concrete floor like an air hockey puck while being chewed on from the backside up by two brave kittens honing their hunting skills. (I guess snakes have a backside…) Sammy wondered aloud two or nineteen times if there were probably more snakes in the basement. We did have a nice sized garter snake in the basement beside the soda tub on our wedding day. Sammy's not overly fond of snakes. Or the multiple ladybug infestations we get inside the house each winter after the stove is fired up, or the rather large (actually very, very large) hairy wolf spiders that take up residence also in the basement come winter. I actually had a spider one year, before I met Sammy, named Tawanda. She was very curious and liked noise and vibration. Often she would "come out" to check out company. My sister-in-law and her husband were visiting one late fall and we were sitting around downstairs enjoying the wood stove and drinking beer. Enough beer that when all of a sudden my brother-in-law's eyes bugged out of his head and he said, "Ohmygod, what IS that?", Tawanda looked much bigger to him than she really was. Tawanda had come over to investigate and was nearly on his foot. Tawanda's body was about the size of a somewhat flattened walnut. I had difficulty preventing George from flattening her more. Finally, they took pictures and went home claiming I had a pet tarantula.
Today was the kind of day that called for a woods walk and hot soup. I've been hungry for a thick, full bodied, stick to your ribs soup or stew. I bought the ingredients to make potato soup but then as the vacation days went by the ingredients disappeared. The milk went into cereal, the sausage went into pizza, the onion went into spaghetti sauce. The potatoes are still there, waiting patiently as potatoes do. I'm like my Scottish friend who, when I asked him what his favorite food was, said "Stovies". I said, "What's that?" He replied, "Any thing that's made from potatoes and cooked on the stove."
I did get a little bit of a walk in. Just as I was finishing re-potting my plants, Sammy came down the ridge with the camera in hand and said, "You have to come see this. This is incredible." I said, "What's that Sweetie?" He said, "Bees." Well, I was pretty sweaty despite the cool day so I broke off some of the lemon balm that grows by the basement door and rubbed it on my arms. I walked up the hill toward the "orchard" where we have our six fruit trees. To the right of the orchard is the 'upper pond". This is an eight by eight round pond, about five feet deep, that is fed by a spring that runs all year long. Sounds lovely but two years ago some tree roots in combination with winter burrowing bull frogs resulted in a series of leaks. Now there is only about two feet of water in the pond, but it is nice, clear water. Between the orchard and the pond is a large patch of yard we decided to let fallow this year. It is covered at the moment with the bushy asters I need to identify. It was also covered with Italian honeybees. Not covered by a swarm, these little girls were busy gathering nectar and pollen from the asters. It was so covered I heard the busy hum of hundreds of bees before I even got close. I watched them for the longest time. I wonder, who has hives near here? I know all the neighbors, in fact, should we take to this beekeeping life, I plan to ask them to let us hive the protected niches of their fields. Could these fine little Italians be a wild hive? If so, will they be okay for the winter? They had such delicate little flights from tiny flower to tiny flower. They were happy bees that day and I wished them a safe trip home and safe winter.
Jasper had, of course, followed me up the hill. He patiently waited for me to interview the bees, and then, when I started back down toward the house, ran a little way up the hill and gave me a look that said, :"Come on. Up this way." So I followed him up. Jasper is my hiking buddy. He loves the winter, and likes nothing better than the woods in snow. One year he and I set out after a storm had given us several inches of white powdery snow. It was so cold and dry the snow kicked up in plumes as we made our way up the ridge. I lost sight of Jasper, not difficult since he's white, so I called him. All of a sudden he was there above me, on an outcropping just exposed enough to catch eddies of wind that swirled the snow around me. I had a sudden image of myself in buckskin and furs, my long black hair plaited as I searched beneath the snow for wintergreen berries to take back to add to venison jerky for trail mix to feed the tribe. Jasper and I shared one of those moments when the world is is suffused with joy and all of heaven stops to approve. Today we just walked up to the top of the ridge and then raced back down. Actually, Jasper was the only one racing, but I let him think he won.
Beekeeper Dan Comes For A Visit (Part 1)
By Eydie Wight
We had been anticipating a visit from Beekeeper Dan for a couple of weeks and just couldn't seem to get schedules to mesh, so when he let us know that yesterday would work out, we were tickled pink. The day before we had racked our wines from carboy to carboy to get rid of the first lot of "settlement" (dead yeasties and fruit pulp and such) and had been delighted to find that our mead was not in "stuck fermentation" as we had feared and agonized over for better than a week, but was still working, just working at it's own slow pace. Sammy had worried so much that he had driven after work (night shift) to our local wine making supplier and slept in the car (again) until they opened. He was advised to go home, have a home brew and relax and let the mead ferment at its own pace. That was okay with us, even though our yeasties ride the little yellow school bus, we still love them!
I had been having a shamefully laid back day off. I had slept the long sleep of one who was avoiding watching the the republican convention (or any other convention) and woke up early. It was promising to be a scorcher of a day, hot and humid, but the morning offered a coolish breeze as I fed the shed cats and house kittens, cleaned litter boxes, rinsed and refilled water bowls, rescued Guido's tank mates from his cannibalistic hunger, and fed the dogs. Sammy has decided that we should try to limit our power usage to off grid hours so he had done a load of laundry near midnight. As I hung the clothes out on the line the hummingbirds seemed to be fascinated either by my pajamas or Sammy's socks and underwear because they hovered for seconds at a time in front of me in a rather quizzical fashion.. Best not to speculate the ADHD mind of the hummingbird. House chores done, I poured my second cup of coffee and wandered out back to check out my fine bed of Stonecrop sedum that was in full bloom. It was covered with honeybees and I couldn't wait to show Beekeeper Dan. They were beauties, amber abdomens with black stripes against the pink sedum flowers. I watched to see where they went as they flew off. Somewhere into the sun…
Next thing I knew it was time to take a nap. Night shifters as we are, day time functioning requires a mid afternoon nappy. I melted into the bed even before Sammy had finished checking his E-mail. 45 minutes later I sat bolt upright, gasped, and said, "Granny!" Sammy said, "Wzzzt wzzmm?" I said, " I don't have any food made to offer Dan!" My grandmother (Granny to us, God rest her soul) would have been appalled that I had company and didn't offer to feed them something. It's the code of the country that as soon as someone crosses your doorway you start trying to stuff food into them. I can remember coming home from college to visit my Granny and Granddad and no sooner had I hugged and kissed hello than Granny was pulling out platters of sliced ham or turkey and Granddad was taking a pan of cornbread out of the oven and soon the table was groaning under the weight of "a little snack to tide you until supper". Sammy was, by this time snoring again so I laid there and quietly tossed and turned and fidgeted and wracked my brains for an idea. We had been putting off going to the grocery store for several days to maybe over a week or so and Old Mother Hubbard ruled the pantry. I had racks of canned stuff I was going to share, but few people other than me can really sit down an enjoy an entire meal of pickled beets.
So I lay there, mentally going over every offering of cupboards, pantry, fridge, and freezer. Freezer! I had it! The frozen blueberries from neighbor Dot! The day was saved and Granny's spirit could rest easy. I got up and in short time had made a blueberry cobbler. Easy, and soooo tasty. Dot had frozen her blueberries in one cup baggies so I took four of these and ran cool water over them in a colander until they had thawed. In a medium saucepan I mixed a half cup of sugar and two tablespoons of cornstarch. To this I added the blueberries and heated the mixture, stirring constantly, until it boiled. This was allowed to boil for one minute (stirring) and then poured into an ungreased 2 qt. casserole. The oven had been preheated to 325 and the blueberries were placed into the oven while the topping was prepared. The topping consisted of a half cup of exceedingly lumpy brown sugar, a half cup of flour, a teaspoon of cinnamon, and a half cup of some multi grain high fiber cereal with oats and bran flakes, honey "clusters", and rocks and twigs. A third cup of margarine was "cut" into this and this topping was crumbled on top of the blueberries. This was heated through until the topping was browned and crunchy. Since the topping was already crunchy this was a little hard to assess. I winged it and hoped for the best. If you don't have any "twigs and rocks" cereal a half cup of oatmeal will do. And it really is better if the brown sugar isn't lumpy. I had to beat mine with the side of the meat tenderizer until it submitted to my demand. (A recipe for Eydie's Blueberry Cobbler)
Then I put together a care package for Dan of some of my recent canned goods, some flower seeds I'd been collecting (lunaria, hollyhock, poppy, zinnia, and marigold), and his empty honey jars and wine bottle. Next I did a quick poop scoop of the area around the house. Nothing kills the mood of a nice visit more than a shoe full of dog poop. The evening was shaping up nicely so I sat out on the deck with the mandolin and worked on the waltz "After the ball was over…"
Dan arrived on his Italian motorcycle. The purpose of his visit (other than a visit) was to asses our property for "bee worthiness" and discuss the best site for a hive. We also wanted to "talk chicken." Sammy and I had been meeting such happy, friendly free range chickens over the past week that we wondered if a few might like to join our household. (And not be terrorized by the other animals. I, for one, have heard Guido express a fondness for chicken, should one ever pass near his tank.) More about our visit later.
Olde recipes for Mead and Metheglyn
By Sammy Wight
|Here is a link to a free Project Gutenberg book that reveals recipes and stories about Mead and Metheglyn. An educational and fun read!
One of the best sources of old recipes for Mead and Metheglyn (which is a type of spiced Mead) comes from a free downloadable 17th century book called "FROM THE CLOSET OF SIR KENELM DIGBY KNIGHT OPENED". In this book Sir Digby outlines a lot of great recipes and just reading the book is a lot of fun just to see some of the processes that he used to make his mead.
There have to be more stories that have been found with info like this. I would love to read more recipes and "In my search for the Holy Grail of Meads" to find the "best" recipe.
|As time permits we will attempt to reformat some of Sir Digby's Mead recipes and will place them into our Wine Recipes section. Feel free to copy and use. Let us know how they turn out for you!
Our First Batch Of Homemade Mead!
By Eydie Wight
Having been up late the night before picking over blackberries and starting our blackberry wine, we slept late and spent a goodly part of the day doing house chores, buying groceries, refilling the hummingbird feeders, and checking the garden for any produce. Right now the garden is producing just enough squash and tomatoes to eat. In fact, we're still at the stage in the growing season where we lovingly say to each other, "No, you take that tomato Sweetie, it has your name on it." And then the other replies, "No, I had the last one last time, you get this one." Later, as the garden becomes more prolific, it will be, "Sweetie, you have to start eating up some of those tomatoes, I don't have time to can right now and they'll go to waste." As Brother John will agree, and it is a point I've addressed in earlier blogs, NO PRODUCE MUST GO TO WASTE! Better to eat it all until you burst and die, than waste it! (Brother John actually wrote his first, and only poem about the pressures involved when a garden produces a too abundant bounty. You can read his poem in our Poetry Section).
I also felt compelled to cook some food to tide us over the next few days of our work week. So, I thawed some of Dad's fish that he had caught. My dad and his "crew" of friends go fishing at Quimby, Morely, and Oyster, VA on my Uncle Dave's 19 ft. Carolina skiff, the "Binnie May" or on his friend Jerry's catamaran. They go bay fishing for croakers, flounder, king fish, and shark. Actually my dad is famous in the family for being shark bit last year. Seems he had pulled in a small (five foot) shark. He intended to get his fishing line ready and back in the water, and then deal with getting the shark back in the water. His fishing buddy (name withheld) decided to help dad out and throw the shark back in. He picked it up by the tail and swung it and just that quick the shark twisted around and latched onto dad's calf. They had to leave the shark there in full bite and cut it's jaw with fishing scissors down both sides to work the inward slanting teeth out. And then they took dad off to the hospital, right? Of course not. They wrapped a dirty fish scaled rag around his leg and kept on fishing. The fish (and the sharks) were biting good. No fisherman leaves when there's fish to be caught.
But I digress. So, I had thawed out some of dad's fish, croakers they were, and decided to bread them with a little crushed saltines, cornmeal, and Old Bay seasoning. I dipped the fillets in a mixture of beaten egg and milk, and then in the breading, and then fried them in hot oil. Since we had a few zucchini that had to be eaten I decided to make a pancake batter, slice the zucchini, and then cook them in the batter. It is delicious that way.
Well, all of this took until about nine o'clock in the evening. It was then time to start making our mead, an event we had planned for and anticipated for weeks! We were excited, anxious, and tired. In honor of the occasion we had bought a bottle of "Mead" at the local liquor store, along with my favorite hard liquor (Laird's Apple Jack). We poured two little shot glasses full, toasted each other, took a sip, and said simultaneously, "Blech". Looking at the bottle we saw that the store bought mead was mixed with white wine. Not to our taste at all. Oh well, on to OUR mead.
The first thing we did was make up a couple gallons of sterilization solution. And boiled a big pot of water and then allowed that sterile water to cool for rinsing. Everything we used, buckets, spoons, measuring containers, utensils, HANDS, were sterilized and rinsed each time they were used. Step one was to pasteurize the honey. Now, my apologies to beekeeper Dan, about pasteurizing the honey, because many people believe this is an unnecessary step, but this was our first time, and the honey was raw, so we did. We first skimmed off any particles of wax and propolis that were on top of the honey. Then I had to make Sammy stop eating big spoonfuls of honey long enough to help me measure out 5 quarts of honey (about 15 lbs). I put one and a half gallons of spring water into a big pot, brought this to a boil, added the honey, stirred it, put the thermometer in the stuff and raised the temperature back to 160 degrees. This we let simmer at about 160 degrees for fifteen minutes to pasteurize the honey. All that sounds so easy and uncomplicated and it really is. But, you have to add to the equation my obsessive compulsive neat freak habits and the worry factor. Minsi Mountain honey is beautiful, tasty, wonderful stuff. But it's sticky stuff. Sammy and I were ladling the honey into a two quart container to measure it and, of course, some dripped on the floor, and the counter, and the stove top, and my shirt, and my arms, and my face, and my hair. We stirred the honey for the entire time it was pasteurizing and kept playing with the heat to try to keep it EXACTLY at 160 degrees. Worried it near to death. Then, Sammy suddenly said, "I forgot!" and ran out of the room, leaving me stirring. I was hot, sticky, cranky, and none too pleased to see him come back with the camera. "I almost forgot to take pictures for Brother John!", he said. Now, I'm in my pajamas (again), I'm honeyed but not too sweet if you know what I mean, and Sammy's taking pictures. Fine. Couldn't look anymore like a hillbilly then at that very moment. Yee-ha.
Well, after the honey was pasteurized we poured the honey mixture (called must) into the sterile bucket. We added two more gallons of the spring water (of the original four gallons there was now 1/2 gallon left) and stirred it up. It was at this time that we realized that the mixture was still way too hot and was going to take a very long time to cool down. One of our guru sites on the Internet suggested the two gallons of spring water could be frozen before being added. Or at least refrigerated. Next time we'll do that. So we waited. We were waiting for for the honey mixture to cool to 80 degrees. We mixed up two packets of yeast in a half cup of warm (not hot) sterile water and let that sit for 15 minutes. After that time the yeasties were bubbling nicely. We added yeast nutrient, and yeast energizer to the must (per package directions) and added the yeast and stirred the mixture in the bucket actively for five minutes. I did dance around the bucket chanting, "Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble, cauldron boil and cauldron bubble." but Sammy was back E-mailing Brother John with the pictures we had taken so far and he missed it. Gee. Too Bad.
We promised our mead that we would see it soon, (told it to be good and ferment "like a nice wine"), and then we put the lid onto the bucket. We added a fermentation lock out of curiosity (you don't really need one at this point) and Sammy hauled the bucket down to the basement. Our basement is dry, stays about 70 degrees, is quiet, and mostly dark. We put the mead in the back bedroom/storage room. Here it would sit thinking secret thoughts for about two weeks.
I did have an image, as Sammy was going down stairs, of him tripping, falling, and splattering gallons upon gallons of sticky goo all over the basement where it would flow into corners and mix with dust bunnies and possibly grow into an evil monster that would kill us all while we slept. If that happened, I would just get beekeeper Dan to bring in some honeybees and they could just live in the house until the spill was all cleaned up. Speaking of honeybees, we put all of the propolis and comb that we had skimmed from the raw honey, out for the wild honeybees. They cleaned up the bowl in a few days, as beekeeper Dan said they would. The mead did demand a small blood sacrifice. I scraped my knuckle getting the lid on the bucket. No blood went in the mead, just a spatter on the floor.
Well, I scrubbed the floor, counters, sink, dishes, myself, and sat on the couch at last. Sammy and I "high-fived" each other a few times, I ate a half a celebratory box of Wheat Thins and drank a few shots of Apple Jack and Sammy, my loving soul mate, brought out the cocoa butter lotion and gave me a long, thorough foot rub. Life is good at the Wight House!


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I've been sleepy and restless, and that's not a good combination. I envy the cats.
Marty usually works from 6:30 til 3:00, but he comes home at 10:30 for lunch. He didn't. Just before 3:00 Holly wanted me to take her to Taco Bell, so we stopped by the store where Marty works to see if he wanted to go or for us to get him something. Holly went inside but couldn't find him. We went on. When we got home he wasn't home. When his dad got home at 4:15 he wasn't home, so by then I was sure he was dead, or kidnapped. Holly didn't think so but she went along with it. Keith didn't think so, and he walked up to the store to see.
Turns out Marty had been asked to do a special project for more money, after three hours of work. He ate there, mid-afternoon, kept working, and had worked altogether 11 hours by the time he got home. Then he went off to SCA fighter practice with Keith.
Meanwhile, Kirby went to the dentist by himself after work. That's not a big deal. They told him he owed them $140 and he paid them. That's a big deal, and I don't think it was right, and Keith or I will call tomorrow and ask why. But what's really cool is that Kirby could afford to give the dentist $140. (We'll pay him back in any case, and figure out if it was a legitimate charge.)
Except for driving Holly to Taco Bell and making cookies and spaghetti sauce, I've done very little today, and yet I still want to sleep like a cat. They never even knew Marty was gone. They might be surprised to learn Kirby even has a debit card.


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- Food – I have ramped up my food storage program and added a decent supply of canned goods such as Beef Stew and fruits, as well as some potato flakes, etc. Getting ready to start some mylar packaging shortly.
- ThermaCELL Mosquito Repellent – I have 3 of these now and they do a decent job with the skeeters.
- Tools – I am no mechanic but I have started picking up an assortment of tools. I have had some but they are scattered everywhere – so organizing is also part of the equation. I am shopping the clearance sections at stores and finding some decent deals.
- Toilet Paper – SAM's club sells these huge boxes of toilet paper for around $20.00. I try t pick up an extra box every trip to SAM's.
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Virou uma tendência poderosa e, claro, extremamente barulhenta, pegar a melancolia do pós punk, a agressividade do pos hardcore entrelaçadas às viagens gazers, vide bandas como Nothing, Whirr, Narrow Head, entre outras, e agora, chega a vez do TBTCI estampar em suas páginas, e, principalmente fazer seus tímpanos ensurdecerem ao som do quarteto Shallow e seu estupendo EP de estreia, "Brick & Mortar".
Imagina o Starflyer 59 duelando com o Fugazi, ou o Cure com os Pumpkins, o Shallow é o filho bastardo de toda essa galera, simples assim.
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***** Interview with Shallow *****
A. Myself(Austin) and our drummer zach met by playing in a hardcore band, both being fans of shoegaze decided to break away and start Shallow. Through recommendations of friends we got our second guitar player Nick onboard, and I asked one of my best friends Erick to play bass. We had our first practice January 2017 and played songs that I had been writing for a few years and developed them.
Q: Who are your influences?
MBV, Failure, Slowdive, Hum, Oasis, Placebo, Brand new and Nothing, just to name a few.
Q. Make a list of 5 albuns of all time…
Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me
Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing
Slowdive - Just For A Day
Nirvana - Bleach
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Q. How do you feel playing live?
Sweaty, it's really hot in Texas
Q. How do you describe Shallow sounds?
Heavy Shoegaze for the depressed
Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
Recording went very very smooth. We recorded at Southwing Audio and had amazing engineers. We tracked all the instruments live, drums and bass in one isolation booth and both guitars in another sound proof room, but we played together in the same room like we do at practice.
Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
Texas is killing right now as far as new Shoegaze bands go. Daze, Grivo, Glare, Narrowhead and Walking Misery are all some really good up and coming bands from Texas. Can't forget about our friends from Salt Lake City, No Sun
Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?
Starflyer 59
Q: What are your plans for the future?
We are currently recording a split with Daze and have plans to do another split following our next EP that will be one cover and one original with another band we are close with.
Q: Any parting words?
Thanks so much for this opportunity and keep on killing it with the blog, seriously awesome stuff dude!


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A few months ago, Caliyane and Chris were the winners of our wedding photography contest benefiting charities to help victims of the tsunami in Japan. Their wedding is in November, but they recently had a new addition to their family. Baby Addison was born and we stopped by to take some portraits of her at three weeks. Addison was pretty sleepy for most of the time, but managed to open her eyes for her first big modeling debut. Caliyane, Chris, Addison, and their dog Lenny welcomed us into their home, and even took us out for a nice walk down the block for a nice Sushi dinner after the shoot! I got a chance to push Addison in her stroller, and even walk with Lenny, and I have to say that Addison's stroller is the Mercedes-Benz of all strollers. Nice comfortable ride for the little one, and easy to handle. We're looking forward to photographing their wedding in November, but in the meantime, here are some of my favorite photos of Addison!
|She's already a Cubs fan, like her daddy.
|Modeling is hard work.
|Beauty sleep in progress.
|I wouldn't want to run into this gangster in the street.
|Addison was named after Wrigley Field's address. A Cubs fan is born!


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Why is it some of us never seem to have enough hobbies and find the need to start new ones? You've got me on that one. I don't know the answer. I just know I'm one of those people.
Yes I've started getting into another new hobby, quilting. Since I started my new job in September I have found that I rarely have enough time when I'm fully awake and coherent to do any genealogy research. Yes I still plan to keep looking for my ancestors and from time to time pop back on here and add more to my blogg. But for now I may also be adding little tidbits or showing off some of my quilts in the future.
I didn't mean to become a quilter. I never saw myself setting at a sewing machine and having fun. But there is something I hate and that's waste. When it comes to fabric my work wastes a lot of it! So one day I got the idea to bring some of the scrap fabric (though some is large enough not to be called scrap) home and try my hand at quilting. I quickly fell in love with it when I bought my first sewing machine (a cheap one that does the job for now).
I also plan to scan many of the fabrics into my computer to use in my digital scrapbooking. There are many fun designs that will make great scrapbook pages.
I'll post pictures later of some of the fun things I'm working on.
My interest in genealogy started when I was a child. My dad's mom use to tell me that the family history book had been burned in a fire, but she knew we were related to Daniel Boone. I never forgot that, nor have I ever found the connection haha. Along with doing genealogy I spend a lot of my time doing photo restorations, namely for victims of Sandy through Care for Sandy, and also of family photos that I add to the books I write on our family history.
09 April 2008
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What will the public trust most for news about the Affordable Care Act? The words of a politician, or the chirps of a parakeet?
A new public service announcement released on February 4 hopes you'll go with the bird – and with the dog, cat, hamster, and other animals that tell viewers to sign up for Obamacare in its 30-second song.
Do something for those who care about you. Enroll today.
The PSA ends with suggestion to visit Get Covered America, a website that offers information about the Affordable Care Act, including a cost calculator, enrollment links, and answers to common questions. Local events the public can attend for direct assistance are listed, too.
Sponsored by the Ad Council and Enroll America, and created by La Comunidad and Razorfish, the ad hopes to encourage ACA enrollment prior to the March 31 deadline for 2014 registration.
Over 80 percent of Americans currently without health insurance are unaware of the cut-off date, the organizations learned from research, and almost 70 percent don't know of available financial assistance.
Says Ad Council president and CEO Peggy Conlon:
With the significant lack of awareness about the new insurance options available to Americans, there is a great need for a national public education campaign.
Women of ages 18-to-34 are a particular target of the campaign, the sponsors say.
Research shows many of these young women lack awareness of the new options for insurance, are interested in learning more, and are more likely than men to do research, enroll, encourage others, and spread the word.
So why does the message come from pets instead of politicians or even pundits? Says Rodrigo Butori, creative director at La Comunidad:
We needed a familiar face that would stand out amidst all the noise to communicate to all Americans the benefits of enrolling for health insurance in a way that's entertaining, relatable and easy to digest. We thought about pets. Why? Two-thirds of American homes have pets. They have been the recipient of people's love and care for ages. So it's time for them to return the favor. It's time for pets to take care of people for a change.
The message could appeal to many, and to its target market in particular. Women are much more likely than men to have animals, too, according to the Lifestyle Market Analyst, and the 18-to-34 years age group makes up over 21 percent of all American pet owners.
Over 33,000 media, including television and radio stations, magazines, newspapers and websites, will receive appropriate formats of the ad this week.


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Cancer of the uterus is the most common gynaecological cancer affecting women. Most cancers of the uterus are cancers of the lining of the uterus. The lining of the uterus is called the endometrium, so this cancer is also called endometrial cancer. Cancers can also develop in the muscle layers of the uterus.
This type of cancer happens most commonly in women older than 50.
Most bleeding after menopause (postmenopausal bleeding) isn't caused by endometrial cancer, but it is important to see your GP and find out what is causing it. Other causes include cervical polyps and thinning of your vaginal walls caused by hormone changes after menopause. This is called atrophic vaginitis.
Your doctor will do an internal (vaginal) examination, to look at your cervix and feel your uterus. They may also take swabs from your vagina to look for any infections.
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text: In Friday's all-new episode, we get to see some of the things Robo-Sam did in a small town before he hooked back up with Dean. And in this sneak peek, we see that he reacted to law enforcement in a very different way than our dear old Sam would have. Enjoy the spoilers!


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- Fortsatt håp om salg
Administrerende direktør Christian Purslow sier at det er en liten gruppe investorer som er interessert i å kjøpe LFC. Lederen om gjeld, transferbudsjett og hvorfor klubben ikke er blitt solgt.
Under er gjengitt et langt intervju med Christian Purslow på LFC TV på engelsk.
Direktøren uttaler som om eiersituasjonen i Liverpool, og om sommerens turbulente utvikling rundt klubben fra Anfield.
Han fastholder også tidligere påstander om at alle penger som kommer inn fra spillersalg blir lagt i potten for nye spillere, men innrømmer samtidig at renteutgiftene er så store at man ikke kan kjøpe for mer enn man selger.
Her er et utdrag av hans svar:
Det var klubben som tilbød meg en jobb, underforstått Hicks og Gillett, selv om bankene kjente godt til situasjonen og til ham selv. (det har vært hevdet at det var hoved kreditor RBS som stod bak at Purslow kom til LFC, og dette svaret avkrefter knapt det)
Det har vært turbulente tider og han ble hentet inn for å prøve og skape stabilitet.
Plan om å få inn investorer innen april ble ikke fullført da ingen var villige til i investere etter de krav som eierne stilte. Det medførte en hastig omorganisering av styret, og ikke minst viktig: Eierne ble enig om at de ville søke å selge hele klubben.
Klubben gjør det meget bra kommersielt. Lån, renteutgifter og krav fra bankene er samtidig alt for høyt. Til sammen gjør det at man kan drive klubben, så vidt. Purslow ser fram til den dagen hvor man er i stand til å redusere gjelden, og frigi profitt av driften til kjøp av spillere.
Det er et lite antall investorer som går igjennom Liverpools bøker og som er potensielt interesserte i å kjøpe LFC. Den viktigste oppgaven til Purslow er å selge til den rette kjøper. Det eneste som ikke er verre enn ikke å få solgt klubben er å selge til feil eier.
Han er sikker på at begge eierne ønsker å selge klubben. Siden de ikke har fått et tilbud de liker, er det deres privilegium til å undersøke deres andre alternativer. (angående at Tom Hicks nå synes å jobbe for å prøve å få refinansert)
All ny gjeld ville måtte kreve godkjennelse av hele styret. De øvrige i styret (ikke Hicks og Gillett, men Purslow, Ian Ayre og Martin Broughton) har gjort det klart at det ikke er ønskelig.
Styret sparket ikke Rafael Benitez, men begge parter var enige om at det var best at manageren gikk.
Hver eneste pence som erverves gjennom spillersalg blir brukt til å kjøpe nye spillere.
Ingen spillere vil bli solgt for å redusere gjelden.
Det ble prøvd å kjøpe en spiss i det siste transfervinduet, men Roy Hodgson avgjorde til slutt at man ikke kunne få tak i en angriper som han virkelig ønsket. Hvis manageren vil prioritere kjøp av en spiss i januar vil han ha full støtte av klubben til å kunne gjennomføre det.
LFC er en sunn forretning. Purslow kan ikke se for seg at klubben vil kunne bli satt under administrasjon.
LFC vil ikke gå under.
1. Who offered you your position at Liverpool Football Club - was it RBS, Tom Hicks and George Gillett or Tom Hicks and George Gillett under pressure from the club's bankers?
"The club offered me the job. I'm an employee of the club and the club is owned and was owned by George Gillett and Tom Hicks. Ultimately they recruited me. I think it's fair to say I came into a situation where the owners were already in dialogue with their banks about the situation. I was very well known to the banks and I am sure when they were asked their view they were supportive of that move."
2. We know you're a Liverpool supporter but why do you think they appointed you?
"That's a more interesting question. I think it's a combination of factors, but most importantly my financial experience and expertise. The club was and is in a situation where a certain set of skills was very important and my career in the financial world and running companies which had leverage and debt in their structure was probably the most important factor to the owners and all the other people involved.
"I like to think the fact I was intimately familiar with the club and had a sense what the club was also helped. I'm a third-generation fan, I've been a season ticket holder for many years and even a small shareholder for some years, so I had a reasonable understanding of the business side of Liverpool. It was probably a combination of my professional experience and my affinity with the club. In business, never underestimate the importance of willingness and availability. I love this club and when offered the opportunity to come in and see if I could help them out of that situation, I was more than willing to do that whatever my other business responsibilities and so, speaking for myself, that's why I'm here.
3. How would you describe the club you came into just over a year ago?
"In terms of my job and my role I think it'd be fair to say there have been some quite turbulent times. Relations were difficult behind the scenes with the owners, the chief executive and also the manager himself. I was very grateful for the opportunity before I actually took the job to meet all those people - Rafa, most importantly, the executive team who were running the club at that time and both owners - to be really satisfied from my side and their side that I could come in and work positively with all of those people and create some stability. I certainly saw that as the number one priority. The other fact was I was coming into a situation where loans were becoming due and the bank were being very supportive of the owners' desire to try and have some more breathing space.
"I think all of them thought that stability in management was a pre-requisite to that and so I very much saw that as my main role. I took my time before deciding to do it, I met everyone and so in some senses by the time I came in I was pretty confident I could work with all those parties and get people moving forward together with a sense of unity."
4. What happened to the significant investment that you said was likely to be in place 'by Easter'?
"By Easter there was at least one investor ready to invest in the club, but not on terms that were acceptable at that time to the owners. I think it's fair to say that precipitated a further series of changes; the appointment of Martin Broughton as the new Chairman, pretty dramatic changes to the Board of directors where George and Tom's family came off the Board and essentially the Board was re-jigged and, most importantly, the owners agreed they would seek a sale of all of the club rather than what we had been working on up to Easter, which was a partial investment, which I don't think was ever likely to be the optimum outcome for anybody. So I think that was a positive development in April and since then we have been working hard to try and find somebody to buy all of the club."
5. Are you personally or MidOcean, the Private Equity company you founded that specialises in buying companies that have been the subject of failed leveraged buy-outs, involved in any way in any consortium seeking to buy the club?
"No, I'm not. I have never discussed it with anybody and never had any intention of buying Liverpool. It's very difficult to do that when you are running a business. I can assure you that my former company MidOcean - even if I wanted to - would have no interest in buying a football club. That's not the business they are in or ever were in. I would never do so anyway."
6. We keep hearing about how well Liverpool are doing commercially but it's not much good if all the money we earn goes to paying off debt, is it?
"It is true we are doing well commercially. Our business is continuing to grow and our revenues to July 2010 were a record for the club, despite it being a very disappointing year in football terms, which has its own effect on our financial performance. Despite a disappointing year on the field, off the field commercial activity was sufficiently strong that our revenues and profits were very healthy. We're very proud of that and it's very important when attracting investment and new ownership.
"Equally it is true that far too much of that benefit currently services loans, interest costs and bank charges. Can we afford to meet them? Just about. Do I wish that every penny spent on interest was available to spend on players? Passionately, and every minute of my working day I look for the day we are able to reduce our debt, freeing up our profits to be able to invest on players."
7. Can you update us on what's happening with the sale of the club?
"The process remains underway and there are a small number of potentially interested parties working seriously and privately - doing what is called due diligence - looking at the business in detail from a financial and legal standpoint. My hope is that one of those parties steps forward with a proposal to buy the club which is attractive to the Board and which would be good for the club. I must say that the single most important aspect of the possible sale of the club - and I consider it the most important thing I will ever do in my business career - is to make sure that if we're going to sell the club we get the sale right. The only thing worse than no sale is the wrong sale.
"If I bring anything it is the ability to understand in great detail the questions that need to be asked of potential buyers, to find out what they're really about and where the money really is coming from, what their intentions for the business are strategically, operationally and, yes, financially, and so I urge all our fans and all our stakeholders to take one message from me and that is I will not make the mistake of sanctioning any transaction that puts the club in a worse position. I know the questions to ask.
"Do I know whether any of those parties are going to get over the finishing line? No. Can I make someone write a cheque? No. My job is to present the club to possible investors in the best possible light because I passionately believe it's a fantastic opportunity for investment and new ownership. It's as good as you can find in the world of sport anywhere and my job is to present that in the best possible light, but I can't make people write a cheque, nobody can. All I can do is make sure when they are willing to do so that I can say hand on heart that these are the right new owners for the club. I assure you I consider that to be an awesome burden of responsibility but I am very well qualified to do that properly."
8. The club have remained largely silent throughout the process - has that been a deliberate ploy?
"From my experience of 25 years of buying and selling businesses and working in the financial world, a good rule of thumb is that if you're reading about it then it probably isn't real. Most corporate purchases are done in conditions of professionalism and confidentiality and we certainly respect that.
"It hasn't been the case that all the people interested in buying Liverpool have kept quiet about it. I ideally wish everyone we had read about was here now and real and ready to write a cheque to buy Liverpool, but that also hasn't proven to be the case. Martin Broughton said when he arrived that he wouldn't give a running commentary on the sale process because that would damage the process. No real and credible bidder wants to be reading about themselves before they buy. Please don't confuse silence with lack of progress and intense activity in trying to achieve the end that we passionately believe is right for Liverpool."
9. We were told by Martin Broughton and the owners themselves in May that Tom Hicks and George Gillett were committed to the 100 per cent sale of the club. Can you explain why we are now reading in the newspapers that Tom Hicks is looking to refinance the debt rather than sell the club?
"I can't speak for the owners but I am absolutely sure that both of them are totally committed to trying to sell the club as soon as possible. They haven't had an offer yet that they like and so I suspect that both of them individually and collectively are pursuing their other alternatives and that's their prerogative."
10. Can the owners refinance the debt against the club's assets - whether that's our players, stadium or training ground?
"That would require Board approval and the other members of the Board have made it clear that's not what we want to see happen."
So that's unlikely?
"Very unlikely."
11. Can you, Ian Ayre or Martin Broughton oppose the refinancing of the debt by the current owners?
"Again, any incurrence of indebtedness by Liverpool Football Club needs full Board approval. The non-owner directors have made it clear that's not what we want to see happen."
12. Are you, Ian Ayre and Martin Broughton all still committed to the sale of the club?
13. Do you expect to remain at the club in any capacity once the sale of the club eventually goes through and if you don't, why would you even want us to be sold if it means you risk losing your job?
"I want this club sold more than anybody in the world. It's not about me. I don't have a contract. It would cost the new owner nothing to say the day after he buys the club, 'Thanks very much but we don't need you.' My job is to make sure we find that owner, to present the club in the best possible light and leave it to a new owner to decide who he wants to run the club, but without the obstacle of cost and expense of a Managing Director sitting on a large contract. I don't have one."
14. Why did the Board sack Rafa?
"The Board didn't sack Rafa. Rafa's exit was about as clear cut a case of mutual consent as I have ever been involved in in my life. Both sides thought it was time for a change, both sides said so at the time, if you go back and check, and I wish him all the very best in his future career. He is a key part of our history and we wish him all the best."
15. Was a mural depicting our amazing Champions League final triumph ripped down from a wall at Melwood to remove any trace of Rafa from the club's history?
"Absolutely not. I can't say I'm an expert on how we decorate any walls anywhere in our buildings as I do have plenty of other things on my plate, but I have checked. The reality is there was a mural and it was changed to reflect our new shirt sponsor and I'm delighted to say Rafa is smack bang in the middle of it with the Champions League trophy as he should be, celebrating a fantastic night in the club's history. We celebrate our past; we don't hide it or are not embarrassed about it."
16. Did the Board attempt to asset strip Liverpool Football Club this summer to pay off the club's debts as there were repeated claims in the media that Liverpool were trying to 'diplomatically' move on Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres?
"This is the question I am most asked and the question I am most happy to answer. I say again, every single penny we generate from selling footballers goes back into buying footballers. I wouldn't have it any other way and I wouldn't have taken the job to oversee selling footballers to pay banks or owners money. We never have in my time here and we never will as long as I am here. Please, I ask our fans to have no doubt whatsoever."
So selling Steven or Fernando was never an option?
"It's certainly not something we would have ever wanted to do. You used the phrase 'moving players diplomatically on' which sounds as if we wanted to get rid of Fernando and Steven. Anybody who knows me, who knows Roy or who knows the club will know that nothing could be further from the truth. Any conversations that were had were stressing the absolute vital importance of those players - and others - to our future and to our plans and why they remain so central to what we're doing.
"Let's be honest, if you'd believed half of what you read in May about who would be leaving and who wouldn't... then most of that didn't come to fruition. I'm absolutely thrilled and delighted that it didn't and that those fantastic players still grace our team today."
17. Were players sold against their wishes this summer to reduce our wage bill and reduce the debt against the club?
"I have already answered the first part of that question which is that no player sales would be used to reduce debt. Every penny from the sale of players goes back into buying players. As for wages, our wage bill has actually gone up this year versus last year."
18. Why, when we so desperately need a striker as back-up to Fernando Torres, did we not use the money available in the transfer kitty budget to buy one? What use will unspent money in the transfer pot be to us if Torres gets injured?
"Firstly, it's not that we didn't try. We had an extraordinarily active summer both on player ins and player outs. Our job, my job, the club's job, is to support the manager in retaining the players he wants to retain, buying the players he wants to buy and seeking to sell those players he wants to sell. We achieved 95 per cent of those objectives which, given that it was a very short period of time from when Roy arrived to when the window closed and there was a huge amount of activity, we were very pleased with all that happened in that period.
"Yes, a striker was high on Roy's list of options and, yes, we looked at a number of them, but none of those he really wanted could be acquired. It was Roy's decision, not the club's, to wait, keep our powder dry, look at the market and research players more and be ready to strike in the next window or the window after that. That's his decision and he has been very clear on his views on the record."
Is it a situation that could be revisited in January?
"It's his decision. If Ryan Babel and David Ngog, who he mentioned now have a long period of time to show him what they can do, impress and convince him they are better than what's available in the market, then maybe not. On the contrary, if he continues to see a new striker as a priority then that's what he'll work on doing in January with the total support of the club and with every penny we have available."
19. We used to exist to win trophies. What, in your opinion, is the point of Liverpool Football Club these days?
"Nothing has changed on that score. We have been here for a very long time and the club will be here for a very long time in the future. Our raison d'etre hasn't changed. We exist as a football club to win trophies. At any given time nobody can guarantee that we will but it's not for the lack of trying and whilst I think the environment has changed somewhat and obviously we have some significant challenges ahead of us, that's what we exist to do. The whole club exists to support our manager and our players, whether it's the business side performing well and ploughing those benefits into football or the football side signing players who want to play for Liverpool and want to win trophies for Liverpool. That's what we're about and that's never going to change."
20. Is administration a real danger to Liverpool Football Club if we do not get sold soon?
"Liverpool Football Club is a very healthy business. We have cash, we are solvent, we have banking facilities which last beyond the end of next season and we are heavily scrutinised by the Premier League. To achieve our UEFA license we went through that process and they were very happy with what they saw - so I cannot conceive of a situation where Liverpool Football Club could go into administration."
21. What would you say to supporters worried the club will go bust in October?
"Liverpool Football Club is not going bust. We have an extremely healthy business with record revenues and we are highly profitable. The issue today is that too much of that profit is being used to service loans put into place when the club was bought. We are dealing with that issue. When we sell the business that debt will be reduced or go away which will make us the most profitable club in the Premier League. Liverpool is not going bust."


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Many readers will know that my work is both varied and interesting. Like other 'e' and 'm' Learning Consultants, trainers and mavens I strive hard to support the various teaching professionals with whom we work.
My work might involve elements of project management, of research and of direct training; all of which requires careful planning and preparation and each role is surrounded by untold amounts of administration. As I say – varied and interesting.
The work I enjoy the most is that where I come face to face with practitioners. I enjoy delivering training sessions and seeing the e-Learning lights come on. I thrive on the participant's feedback and learn much from them in return.
However, much of my preparation goes beyond simple 'session planning'. In many cases I also have to plan what 'kit' I might require and often have to take it with me. Many readers will have seen James Clay (http://elearningstuff.wordpress.com) with his 'bag-of-crap' and John Whalley rarely travels without his huge suitcase full of 'stuff'. We all do it. In earlier times, before I became 'green' and when I traveled more by car I used to have a garden trolley in the boot upon which I would stack all of my boxes of 'stuff' for wheeling about colleges and institutions around the country. It's at times like this you realise the difficulties that those in wheelchairs face. You should try it sometime.
Anyway, train travel has become no easier.
For example, for my recent trip to Newcastle I took a medium sized suitcase with me. In it was my laptop (and power cables); three folding polystyrene pyramids (https://eduvel.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/blooms/) and appropriate labels; assorted 'mobile' tools (portable printer, PSP, voice recorder, portable projector), an extension cable, a projector, a set of speakers, a Gyro keyboard and mouse, six Busbi Cameras and sundry bits of 'stuff'. I also had a backpack with back-up laptop (and power cable) and any paperwork that I needed. Tomorrow I will travel to Blackburn (by car thank Goodness) and will also take an assortment of other goods and books with me for participants to browse.
So, why am I writing about this? Well – as a warning to those others who travel thus.
The bags do not get lighter and the trains are filling up again. I can no longer lift my medium sized suitcase up onto the overhead racks – the last time I tried, I pulled a muscle in my back. This healed well and quickly, but wasn't helped by having to pull the suitcase up and down staircases in stations that do not (yet) provide lifts. Many trains, especially the ancient commuter coaches operated by Northern Rail have no luggage racks to speak of and when full (as they often are) there is no where to put the baggage other than on the floor where people growl as they trip over it.
To avoid this problem earlier in the week (I had slightly less weight [less kit] but more bulk as I was also carrying 15 sets of headphone/mics and overnight clothes) I split the goods into two bags and my backpack. However, although easier to stash above my head on the racks, it was much harder to get off the train before it filled up and set off again. This was partly because I have pulled a muscle in my tummy (probably carting the big case around last week).
It also scares me that I feel the need to take such kit with me to institutions where I really should be able to just log on (guest internet access), plug in my USB stick and go. The demonstration paraphernalia is not that heavy but the laptop, projector and speakers are.