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Thank You for Your Interest in Employment at Wolf Creek! Click to download an application.
Wolf Creek Ski Area is seeking full and part time positions in the following departments:
All positions are winter seasonal and require providing positive contact with guests, balancing team and individual responsibilities and meeting physical demands of standing throughout the workday. All positions offer skiing privileges and competitive wages.
Heavy Equipment Mechanic – Must have knowledge of diesel engines and hydrostatic drive systems, experience with electrical diagnostics and the ability to follow and understand schematics. Responsibilities include but are not limited to troubleshooting and repair on snow cats, heavy equipment and small engines. Wage dependent on experience.
Snow Cat Groomer – Duties include but are not limited to operating snow cat machines, grooming and trail maintenance, working in adverse conditions, having a positive attitude and ability to work effectively in a team setting. Heavy equipment experience and mechanical knowledge is a plus with pay based on experience.
Ski School Instructor – Part-time and full time positions available. Job duties include teaching guests in a group setting, customer service and other duties assigned by supervisor/company management.
Base Operations – Full and part-time positions available. Duties involved in the daily operations of the base area include basic maintenance, parking guests and snow removal.
Lift Operator – Full and part-time positions available. Duties include assisting guests in loading, riding and unloading chairlifts, daily set up and routine maintenance of lift areas and snow removal.
Food & Beverage Employees – Managers, assistant managers, line/grill cooks, bakers and baristas.
Ticket Office Cashiers – Job duties include assessing guests requirements/needs, operating a point-of-sale system, selling tickets, customer service, cashiering in restaurants and balance daily transactions.
Ski/Snowboard Rental Tech – Part-time and full time positions available. Job duties include proper selection of equipment, fitting ski/snowboard equipment and adjusting bindings.
Freelance photographer and videographer – Specialize in action shots to explore the ski area and capture scenes, skiers and terrain during weekdays, weekends and holidays. Ability to be available on short notice required. You will need your own suitable equipment (camera and lenses) and be proficient with Lightroom and/or Photoshop. Strong skier or snowboarder preferred.
Snow Reporter – Full or part-time desk position, from 6am to 3pm; must have interactive web experience, command of Microsoft office, and strong organizational & communication skills.
Treasure Sports – Part-time, 23 hours weekly. Must have prior experience in POS system. Friendly, hard working, flexible, organized with good communication skills.
Custodian – Part-time and full time positions available. Job duties include cleaning restaurant facilities, restrooms and vacuuming.
Applications can be downloaded from this page. Send resumes and applications to firstname.lastname@example.com or P.O. Box 2800, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147.
About Applying: The employment application is used as the primary means of recruiting new staff. Applications are accepted for all departments, all season long. When a department has an opening, the department supervisors select candidates from the applications on file. Therefore, completing and submitting an application is crucial. Please list by number (1st, 2nd, and 3rd) choices next to the departments. This helps us in choosing outside jobs for people who enjoy being outside or inside jobs for those who prefer working indoors.
Download and complete the application and mail to Wolf Creek Ski Area; P.O. Box 2800, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147
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|Ticket Sales
|Janitorial Maintenance
|Ski Lift Operations
|Equipment Maintenance
|Food Service/Bar
|Trail Grooming
|Cashier Food and Beverage
|Snow Removal
|Ski/Snowboard School
|Ticket Checking/Parking
|Wolf Pups Attendant
|Ski Patrol*
|Retail Sport Shop
|*requires current CPR and EMT certifications and strong skiing ability
|Snow Reporting/Office Administration
After completing two weeks of satisfactory work, an employee season pass may be issued, enabling use of the ski area lifts. Full-time employees can use their pass whenever not scheduled for work, while part-time/holiday employees must obtain consent from their supervisor before using their pass. Full-time employees may also be issued one complimentary lift ticket for use by family or friends, after February 1st, of their first season. A full-time employee must be working a minimum of 3 days a week to qualify for this privilege. Employee passes and complimentary lift tickets are not valid December 27th – 31st. All employees receive a 25% discount on food and non-alcoholic beverages while in uniform. All employees also receive a 25% discount in Treasure Sports on select items. Part-time/holiday employees must commit to working holiday periods including Thanksgiving, Christmas, Spring Break, Presidents' Day weekend and MLK, Jr. weekend.
Prospective employees are responsible for securing their own housing and reliable transportation. The nearest housing sits at the base of Wolf Creek Pass either in Pagosa Springs (23 miles to the West) or South Fork (18 miles to the East). Over peak periods, Wolf Creek does offer an employee shuttle system in which the employee is paid for a half hour to ride the shuttle each direction.
Wolf Creek cannot currently sponsor any work visas for foreign applicants. If you are already authorized to work in the U.S. and feel you can secure your own housing and transportation, we encourage you to apply via our application process.


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LeapFrog appoints new partners and expands leadership team
"We are delighted to welcome Karima and Nick to the partnership, and to be employer of choice for some of the finest investment and value-creating professionals."
Dr. Andrew Kuper, Founder and CEO, LeapFrog Investments
18 January 2016
LeapFrog Investments has appointed two new partners and expanded its leadership team. This follows LeapFrog's recent announcement of over $1 billion in approved commitments, and anticipates the firm's continued rapid growth in 2016.
Karima Ola joins LeapFrog as a Partner. Widely recognised for shaping the investment landscape in Africa, she was recently named one of "Africa's women to watch" by Bloomberg. Karima was previously CIO and member of the board at African Development Corporation (ADC), where she initiated the company's entry into Nigeria and led a number of substantial transactions across Africa. She was formerly a Managing Partner of Chayton Capital LLP and Executive Director of Corporate and Investment Banking at HSBC.
Nick Moon has been promoted to Partner, based on an exceptional track record as Head of Co-Investment and Investor Relations. He has made LeapFrog the partner of choice for many of the world's largest and most sophisticated investors, and driven dramatic expansion of assets under management. Previously, Nick was a Director of the FW Group, the UK's largest SME-focused fund manager, where he co-founded FW Capital, the Group's growth private equity arm.
During 2015, LeapFrog continued to expand its distinctive value creation capabilities with a range of senior hires. Vaughan Lindsay, previously CEO of UK charity Dartington Hall Trust and of McKinsey & Co., joined as Director, leading LeapFrog Labs, the firm's dynamic R&D hub. Simon Martin joined as Director, driving value-creation initiatives across LeapFrog's portfolio companies. Simon was previously with Accenture, where he developed the firm's inclusive banking strategy. Akua Owusu-Akonor, previously a senior HR business partner at Vodafone PLC, joins as Associate Director, guiding HR, recruiting and change management for LeapFrog's portfolio companies.
Dr. Andrew Kuper, Founder and CEO of LeapFrog said: "We are delighted to welcome Karima and Nick to the partnership, and to be employer of choice for some of the finest investment and value-creating professionals. These individuals illustrate LeapFrog's ability to attract extraordinary and ethical leaders, and to cultivate a deep bench of talent. We will continue to grow and hire across our markets in 2016, building a diverse team united by our shared philosophy of profit with purpose."
LeapFrog's latest fund is 75 percent committed and reserved, just 15 months after its final close; and in December, OPIC approved a commitment to LeapFrog of up to $200m.

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Methods Machine Tools' Fanuc RoboDrill ecoPLUS
Methods Machine Tools Inc.http://www.methodsmachine.com/
Machine tool and automation supplier Methods Machine Tools Inc., has introduced the Fanuc RoboDrill ecoPLUS, offering a 21-tool capacity and increased speed via an optional 24,000rpm spindle. Two ecoPLUS models are available including one with a larger X-axis travel and table size.
Fanuc RoboDrill eco/ecoPLUS high-speed machining centers offer milling, drilling, tapping, deburring, and chamfering. Speed and versatility make the machining centers suitable for off-loading bigger, slower machines as well as for performing secondary options, regardless of production volumes. Easy-to-use, the RoboDrill eco/ ecoPLUS high-speed machining centers are an excellent all-round workhorse solution for any job shop.
The ecoPLUS D21MiB has a working cube of 19.7″ x 15.7″ x 13″ (500mm x 400mm x 330mm). The ecoPLUS D21LiB offers travels of 27.6″ x 15.7″ x 13″ (700mm x 400mm x 330mm). Standard features on both systems include a 14.75hp (peak) 10,000rpm or 24,000rpm direct drive spindle with precision-enhancing thermal compensation, HRV control and a 21-station tool changer.
The ecoPLUS D21MiB has a table size of 25.6 ″ x 15.7″ (650mm x 399mm) and the ecoPLUS D21LiB offers a table size of 33.5″ x 16.1″ (951mm x 409mm). Both machining centers have rapid traverses to 1,890ipm (41m/min), accelerations/ decelerations to 1.5G, 0.9-second tool changes (tool-to-tool), rigid tapping to 5,000rpm; and high-speed reverse tapping (up to 20x faster than infeed). Each are equipped with a Fanuc 31i-B Nano CNC with simultaneous 3-axis control.
Options include high-speed indexers, a fourth axis, a signal lamp, and robotic automation packages from Methods.


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I'm in a funk. It's beginning to dawn on me that the very thing I've committed my life to--the object of my study--doesn't matter these days.
Now, before you correct my misplaced devotion (after all, we're supposed to be committed to Christ and his kingdom), I am fully aware that there is a difference between the Word of God and the word of God. And, yes, I've committed my entire life to the former, the One who captured my heart, the Man who lived better than any person has ever lived, the very Son of God who reveals perfectly our heavenly Father, the hope of our salvation, the once-and-for-all sacrifice for our sins, the embodiment of our resurrection. But, as the preacher in the book of Hebrews said so eloquently, Jesus is the Last Word of God found first and foremost in the very word of God--the Scriptures. He warns his listeners over and over again: We'd better listen to the word to hear the Word, because, if we don't, there's going to be big trouble.
Within the cacaphony of trivia that dominates our everyday attention, you'd think a more substantive, powerful, shake-your-soul-to-your-feet, gravitas-kind of word would feel like a drink of cold water in the middle of the desert. (Is it just me, or are things getting worse? My daily morning habit is to read a few .coms of news, check out a blog or two--even a so-called "Christian" blog that tells me the state of our faith "Today." A few years ago, that would take about 30 minutes to an hour. These days, I don't find much to read. For example, this morning I clicked on nothing! Nothing! Nothing! Perhaps I'm becoming that old curmudgeon that I used to despise in my youth. But, I wonder to myself, "Does anyone read this nonsense? Really? Is this what should occupy our minds today?") I read for a living. I speak for a living. I write for a living. But, the very centerpiece of that devotion, the thing I treasure, what should occupy our attention in profound ways, is so marginalized today that I can't even get my students to pay attention to it in class. The Bible doesn't matter. And, the great irony is, they're taking a biblical studies class. They don't read it before class. They don't even have it open while I lecture on it. They don't wrestle with what it says. Rather, the majority of them sit and listen and take a few notes, hoping to pass the class. Of course, I have a few students who care. But that number is shrinking every year.
Sharing my disappointment recently, one of my colleagues assessed the situation like this: these students of ours love the Bible. They just don't care what's in it.
Same thing happens in church. I'll invite my listeners to take their bibles and turn to . . . . But there's no movement, little effort. A few open the Scriptures (hard or e-copies) and try to follow along. But, for the most part, the Bible is one of the most ignored things on Sunday mornings. Trying to keep them engaged, I'll ask, "And what did Jesus say here?" or "And what was Paul's response in verse 24?" Nothing. Silence. A few might fumble around trying to find the answer, as if surprised by the pop quiz. But most stare back at me with that, "Are you finished yet?" look I've come to recognize so well: in the classroom as well as in the church.
I'm afraid I'm becoming so discouraged that I might throw a fit in righteous indignation. But that's such an ugly scene. Doesn't do any good. Besides, I don't want to be that guy. I even prayed that this morning, "Lord. Please help. I don't want to be that guy."
But, I'm afraid I am becoming that guy, the old prof who reminisces about the good, old days--when people not only loved the Bible but also craved to know what's in it.
Honestly, I'm afraid the Scriptures don't matter anymore, and I wonder what the preacher of Hebrews would say.
Friday, February 12, 2016
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The most famous herald of the last century undisputed is Dr. Ottfried Neubecker. His heraldic heritage is cared, cherished and continued at Pro Heraldica. This is why we feel the urge to provide more detailed knowledge about the term "herald".
Herald – How does one come along this profession?
It is always the same when a professional title is not protected officially: It is possible for everyone to declare being a professional herald. In fact, it is not adequate to be a member in a heraldic association to practice respectable heraldry. Beside a fine sense for graphical compositions, an excellent historical education and especially the experience of many years are essential.
The tight combination between coat of arms and family history explains the requirement of historic expertise. Just like other scientists a well-equipped library is a must for the long-standing experience. You should be able to find at least the collections of the Siebmacher and Rietstap fully there.
To be able to assess the competence and the integrity of a herald we created a "checklist" for you. Of course this list has not any claim to comprehensiveness, nevertheless it helps you to find a trustworthy herald.
Finding a Good Herald – The Checklist:
- Who is behind the quotation?
- What kind of people are you dealing with?
- What is/was his profession?
- What tells the imprint? Here you can see the legal form of the company.
- Does the herald have own offices or spaces to exercise and practice his job?
- Also obtaining information from the credit investigation company can be helpful.
- Also check the research options of the herald, therefore have a look at how extensive his library is.
- Another important point is finding out if the herald checks the uniqueness of the coat of arms and if so under which criterions.


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For the first time ever, using stunning visual effects and the latest in scientific research, GENESIS will come to life right before your very eyes. Witness the six days of creation as if you were there! GENESIS the movie will depict the first chapters of GENESIS in a very literal, accurate, and emotional way. Thanks to new innovations in 3D technology, we can now make you feel as if you were there using stereoscopic 3D!
KingdomWorks Studios is honored to play a limited role as we bring the necessary resources to capture this first-of-its-kind production. The production is being lead by Director and Producer Ralph Strean of Sevenfold Films. The movie is being captured on the Red Epic camera in 5k resolution by KingdomWorks Director of Photography, Jeremy Wiles. The production has also partnered with Eric Hovind of Creation Today and Resurrection Pictures.
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KingdomWorks Studios, 2751 SE Monroe St, Stuart, FL 34997, USA.
Tel: +1 561-681-9990 | Email: [email protected]
We exist to help further God's Kingdom here on earth through the medium of film. We're not a production mill that cranks out films by the dozen, rather, we're film artisans who meticulously put a lot of love and hard work into reaching a level of excellence.


text: Mr Bill 1 Posted December 7, 2014 Good day all, Now that OneDrive now has basically unlimited storage, I am looking at using it as my cloud backup solution and having it replace my CrashPlan online backup. Has anyone used a software product that will back up a computer to OneDrive? OneDrive has been opening up recently and letting other applications place hooks into a OneDrive account. Is there some drawback that I am overlooking? Thanks for your time. Bill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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1385 Lawn Ave
This is a Single Family Home.
1385 Lawn Ave is a 1-floor Single Family Home in SCHENECTADY. The building was built in 1958, has 2 bedrooms, and has 910 square feet of living space.
Regarding weather, the average summer temperature is 71.8°F, while the average winter temperature is 22.6°F. The average annual rainfall is 39.4 inches and the average annual snowfall is 59.1 inches.


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Indonesia has cleared Tigerair Australia to operate flights from Bali to Australia until Monday, allowing around 2,000 stranded passengers to return home, the airline said on Thursday.
The budget carrier, wholly owned by Virgin Australia Holdings, had cancelled flights on Thursday and put Friday's flights under review after Indonesia revoked its permission to fly due to a bureaucratic technicality.
"After consultation with the Indonesian Government, Tigerair Australia has been granted permission to operate flights from Bali to Australia until Monday 16 January 2017 to enable Australians who are currently in Bali to return home," Tigerair said in a statement.
"As a result of these services, Tigerair Australia will be able to bring around 2,000 customers back to Australia."
Tigerair flights from Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth to Bali which began last March are flying under Virgin Australia's licence and using its pilots until Indonesia grants approvals for Tigerair to operate them on its own.
Virgin Australia had previously operated the flights itself but shifted them to low-cost arm Tigerair in an attempt to restore its international division to profitability.
While Tigerair did not give details about the new administrative requirements, a source familiar with the matter said Indonesia earlier this week changed the agency that oversees Tigerair's operations.
Authority was taken from the department that dealt with regularly scheduled flights and switched to the department that handles charter operations, meaning more stringent sales requirements, said the source who was not authorised to speak publicly about the matter.
"(Tigerair) did not meet the rule for chartered flights. They should not sell tickets in the territories of Indonesia," Agoes Soebagio, a spokesman for air transport at the Indonesian ministry, said.
Tigerair Chief Executive Rob Sharp had earlier appealed to the Indonesian government to offer the airline a grace period to operate flights while it worked through the new requirements.
"If the Indonesian government does not wish to honor the current agreement, we are asking them to give us a grace period so that we can continue to fly while we work through the new requirements together," he said in a statement.
"This would help us to support our customers who make an important contribution to tourism in Indonesia."
Bali, which is known for its beaches, mountains and paddy fields, is a popular holiday destination for Australians.
Tiger said that flights to Australia from Bali from Tuesday 17 January onwards were under review and cancelled flights from Australia to Bali from Jan 13-20. Flights from Australia to Bali from Jan 21 onwards were also under review, it said in the statement.


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Thursday, February 02, 2012
Stupid doctors orders:
Elevate patient's scrotum while lying in bed.
Please bathe patient. If nursing staff is too incompetent to do this, please inform me.
Apply Nystatin powder to groin and under weiner prn.
D/C orders from ER doc for 13yr old etoh pt. Under home d/c Rx: "Ass-kickin by parents PRN"
Nitropaste 1.5 inches to chest wall, q6h,
"TITRATE" to SBP> 90 by wiping off 1/4 inch at a time.
Keep bum covered, family request. I'm not kidding!
Humidified oxygen to liberate sputum.
Please, for the love of God, transfer pt to floor. Monitored bed not necessary.
ER acronyms:
BTSOOM - Beats The Sh*t Out Of Me
bugs in the rug - pubic lice
DILLIGAF - Do I Look Like I Give A F*ck
SOSFOLFOFNOF same old story frail old lady fell over, fractured neck of femur
BUNDY but unfortunately not dead yet
Ringo – (after Beatles drummer Ringo Starr) an expendable team member
BWS beached whale syndrome
Surgery report:
Pre-procedure: Suspected foreign object lodged in rectum. Radiology suggests may be golf ball.
Post-procedure: Foreign object removed from rectum. Sent to lab for analysis.
Lab report: Confirm foreign object is golf ball. Brand: Titleist.
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One night it was an orange-a fairly sizable navel orange too; not one of the smaller juice models. Took only a few minutes for the news to make its way from Stock Island to downtown KWest and into Sloppy's.
Decades before cell phones too. John Lennon still writing music...
I have a couple ER acronyms that we use all the time...
TSTL-too stupid to live
HIP- hospital induced paralysis (pt is usually presents with +ve pj sign and +ve suitcase sign)
- ButtercupRN said...
Oh God, reminded me of one of the more "funny" moments. I worked in Burns so it wasn't unusual for doc to order elevate scrotum if the area was burned. They meant for us to put a kerlix gauze under it to hopefully decrease swelling. One of my more imaginative nurses elevated her pt's scrotum to an IV pole which worked out just fine unless someone lowered the bed because the IV pole wasn't attached to the bed. Eek! Well I unloosed the poor man and kept a closer eye on her. :{
Ringo was a great drummer.


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Pill functions
Power button
Press once for on/off.
B button
Press once to play/pause.
Bluetooth pairing
- Hold for 3 seconds to pair or to disconnect pairing
- Single press to disable Bluetooth
- Accept or reject calls with single press
- Transfer calls with double press
On Hold
- Put on hold and take incoming calls with a single press
- Hang up and take incoming call with 2-second press
- Switch between calls with single press
Volume controls
Use (–) and (+) to adjust speaker volume.
Audio cues
You'll hear cues when:
- The Pill powers on or off
- It connects to or disconnects from Bluetooth
NFC compatibility
Two Pill 2.0 speakers can use Near Field Communication (NFC) to wirelessly connect to one another. You can choose whether you want to use your speakers to amplify the sound or play the sound in stereo.
Auxiliary in/out
- To cable connect to an audio device like a phone or MP3 player, use the jack labeled IN.
- To cable connect to another speaker, use the jack labeled OUT.


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Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997)
The Celtic "Land of the Young" to which the old Fairy folk retreated in the face of Thinning. This Otherworld combines attributes of Faerie, Heaven and the Earthly Paradise, and is often invoked in Celtic Fantasy. Mortal visitors may suffer Time-in-Faerie disjunctions, with centuries passing unheeded yet taking effect on departure (>>> Shangri-La). Roger Zelazny borrowed the name in Sign of the Unicorn (1975) for an insubstantial kingdom which is literally in the sky. [DRL]
This entry is taken from the Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997) edited by John Clute and John Grant. It is provided as a reference and resource for users of the SF Encyclopedia, but apart from possible small corrections has not been updated.


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Lady Beauty Makeup Travel Mirrors at Banggood
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FORT PAYNE, Ala. (WHNT) -- You have probably heard of getting alerts from school systems, churches or other organizations on your phone. Now DeKalb County residents are able to do the same, with a quicker, easier, and more convenient system to keep their families safe.
It acts somewhat like a text. It's an instant notification that something's happening called Alert DeKalb, and when there is a weather warning or some other danger anywhere in the county, its residents will know about it instantly. "What it will do is it will not only alert your home phone, it'll alert your cell phone, it'll alert you by email it'll notify you by text, and the biggest thing is it's user configurable," EMA Director Anthony Clifton says.
The new system will allow you to decide which phone numbers you want to get the alerts on. It also allows you to decide which areas you want to be alerted about.
The alerts will notify you about severe weather, but it's not limited to that. "We can use it to notify if we have a runaway, if we needed to search an area for some reason, Amber Alerts, it has a number of uses out there," Clifton says.
This isn't the first alert system DeKalb County has had, but this new one allows users more opportunities, and the EMA a wider range of ways to keep the county's residents updated. "Let's say we need to alert a city," Clifton says, "We can go into the map and pinpoint a location, and draw a circle or a square or whatever, and it will notify everybody that's registered in that square."
Clifton says the old system, called Code Red, is still in effect, but eventually the new one will phase it out on April first.
The agency's goal is to get everyone in the county signed up and in the system before severe weather season.
Clifton says you can sign up at the DeKalb County Commission website. You can also sign up at the agency's Facebook page.
Clifton says if you don't have a computer, don't have access to one, or aren't sure how to sign up, to call the agency at (256) 845-8569 and the team there will be able to help.


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I love all things Mezze. If you don't know what Mezze is, basically, Mezze is a compilation of small dishes served in the Middle East or Mediterranean that is served during lunch or dinner as an appetizer. Some things that are typically served in a Mezze are hummus, grape leaves, tabouleh, baba ganoush, lebni, halloumi cheese, olives and my favorite ever: muhammara! I mean, I must really love Mezze because I named my dog 'Baba Ganoush!'
It's kind of impossible to make a complete Mezze platter for myself since I would be the only one eating it and could not possibly eat it for all meals of the day for a month! My plan has been to cook one mezze dish per every two weeks, that way I can have mini Mezzes for myself and not let anything go to waste. This week, I made Muhammara. It is love. It's literally the simplest thing to whiz together in a food processor and once you've arranged all of the ingredients in front of you, it takes a second to make.
Muhummara + warm whole white pita = snack heaven! Slightly sweet, slightly savory and smoky; delicious.


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Sunday, August 14, 2011
Um, Umm, Omlette!
You'll need 4 eggs (well, duh), a little milk, cold water, Worcestershire sauce, curry powder, Gruyere cheese, small peppers (intensity to taste) streaky bacon and black pepper. You could add fresh chives or scallions if you were so minded; I did not.
Start by frying up three or four strips of bacon (cut in half) in a 10" non-stick frying pan. (A dash of black pepper in the skillet first would not be remiss).
While the bacon fries, prepare five or six small, hot red peppers. (My nephew, who provided them, says they're jalapenos; Tam says not. Either way, you'll probably want to wear kitchen gloves): take off the tops, split 'em, seed with a teaspoon* and cut into small sections.
Next, prepare five slices of cheese; I ended up with 4" x 3/4" x 1/16" strips. YMMV. You really want the Gruyere for this, as it has a wonderful flavor and melts perfectly.
Keep an eye on that bacon! If it's done -- it should be just crisp -- set it on paper towel (on a plate! Tsk, were you raised in a barn?) to drain and turn the fire off or almost.
Now mix up the eggs. (I like sending 'em to the intersection of Westfield and Westfield, though the place where Meridian tees from Meridian St. works, too.) Four eggs, quick splash of cold water, 2-3 tablespoons of cold milk, a dash of Worcestershire, a half-teaspoon of curry powder (vary the last two to taste) and beat the whole conglomeration with a fork until it's a mostly consistent lemony hue. (A fork seems to be just right -- wire whisks don't quite do it, a spoon is too slow. You could use a mixer but be sure to get it in cold water right after, egg'll set up like good glue otherwise).
Turn the fire back up (mediumish) and get the bacon grease hot. If you think there's too much, pour some off, carefully -- don't lose all the nice stuff at the bottom! Once the grease is hot, toss in the chopped peppers (and etc., if desired) and saute 'til the color perks up, a minute to so. Fish them out carefully and set on the paper towel next to the bacon.
You'll want a thin, uniform coating of hot grease in the pan. A bit too much isn't a big problem, though you may end up having to blot it later. Pour in the eggs, give the pan a gentle shake to level, and let it cook a bit. After thirty seconds or so, it'll cook faster covered. But keep an eye on it -- this goes fast. When the edges start to look dry, lay the cheese strips to cover half the omlette and cook until they start to melt. Then sprinkle on the peppers and follow with the bacon, torn into small sections. Remember, only put them on half! (Some people prefer to put the filling down the centerline and turn up each edge. This has the advantage of less tricky lifting but it's harder to get a nice sealed edge. Hey, whatever works for you....)
Take a good spatula and lift the edge of the omlette that doesn't have stuff on it. If it seems cohesive and comes up easily, it's time for The Turn. I often end up with a narrow spatula to make a gap for a wide spatula, so the omlette doesn't break (remember, they taste just as good even if they flip funny and you'll know more about the trick next time); the goal is to flip the empty half over the stuffed half and end up with a nice half-moon. Cook a bit longer, turn over and cook until done, i.e., eggs all "set," no runny egg mixture running out. Some people like them more done than others and it's a matter of finding out, but you can cook 'em more after checking a lot easier than you can uncook an overdone omlette.
Serves two -- cut in half, you get two nice wedges of a fluffy, crunchy, fragrant treat!
Concerned about the possible heat, I served ours with the mild canned corn-and-sweet-peppers mixture often sold as "Mexicorn" as a balance. It turned out the sauteed peppers had a slow, low, smoky-spicy heat, not at all burn-y but the corn was still nice on the side.
See how easy that was?
* Or don't seed them, if you want serious heat. The spoon trick is simple: take each pepper half and scoop out the seeds and white pulp with the tip of a teaspoon. Saves no end of time and trouble.
5 comments:
- og said...
I warm the eggs.
I have never made a good omelette with cold eggs, they always get too crisp on the bottom before the top cooks properly. Following Alton Brown's advice, I put the eggs in water as warm as the tap will get it for 5 minutes before breaking them; every omelette I've ever made since has been flawless. of course, some like the bottoms crispy, I just don't. I also find a pinch of fine salt added to the eggs just prior to the pan helps to make them congeal more consistently.
- August 14, 2011 at 12:11 PM
- Roberta X said...
News to me but a tip worth trying; thanks, Og.
In much the same way that home-use drillmotors and presses are usually set too fast, I find most kitchen stoves have a crummy medium-low range and often find myself stacking grates to get better control. (OTOH, I have only cooked over gas for the last 20 years. Maybe the newer electric types have fixed this.) Omlettes don't want very high heat and if I brown one, it's usually 'cos I didn't set the burner properly.
- August 14, 2011 at 12:33 PM
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Have you ever tried separating the whites and the yolks, beating the whites then folding in the yokes? That makes a puffy omelet with a crisp skin. It's a pain, so I usually don't make 'me that way.
- August 14, 2011 at 5:15 PM
Well, if everybody is going to throw in their special omelet tricks I sure don't want to be left out.
So here goes.....
86 your water and milk and instead use a little creme fraiche. Making sure you fold it in completely. You'll notice the mix is a lot thicker than usual. More like cake batter than the normal crepe batter consistency. The end result should prove amazingly fluffy and the sourness of the creme fraiche works well with good bacon and gruyere (which is also my personal favorite).
And personally, a little crispness and browning is just fine for me. I like the variation in texture.
- August 14, 2011 at 7:16 PM
FYI... the little red peppers were probably habeneros. They make jalapenos seem mild in comparison, at least to my taste. Dang, now I'm hungry again
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An exercise in "space weather" prediction was conducted by NOAA and ISTP team members at NASA/GSFC during the August 24-26, 1998, event as follows. While the X1/3B LDE flare was still in its early stage, a NOAA/Boulder (M. Dryer and Z.K. Smith of the Space Environment Center) prediction of shock arrival at Earth was made. Two models, STOA and ISPM (a modification of STOA and also using ground-based radio metric frequency drift as a shock "trigger"), were used to provide an ex post facto window between 0535 - 2149 UT on August 26. The actual shock arrival, signaled by the SSC, was at 0651 UT on 26 August. An alternate prediction was made by ISTP team members at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (M. Kaiser and M. Reiner of the WIND/WAVES team) while the shock was enroute to 1 AU. The Type II radio bursts interplanetary emissions (due to plasma oscillations) gradually decrease in frequency as the shock encounters a decreasing solar wind density. The predicted window was from 1900 UT, 25 August, to 1600 UT on 26 August, depending on whether the emission was at the second harmonic or fundamental frequency, respectively. The exercise recounted above demonstrates the difficulties and challenges faced by "real time" and "enroute" predictive techniques that are based on ground-based observatories, space-based instruments, and models that are based on kinematics, parametric MHD calculations, and remote sensing. Expected imminent (November 1998) use of SOHO/LASCO/EIT observations are expected to add important "trigger" information such as glancing shock, or 'head-on', impact at Earth's magnetosphere. Murray Dryer
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Even if it kills them.
warning: this book contains graphic sex, extremely brutal violence, bad language, and people repeatedly and knowingly breaking the law.
Crazy woman living in an undisclosed location in Alaska (where the need for a creative mind is a necessity!), I have been writing since ..., forever? Yeah, that sounds about right. I have been told that I remind people of Lucille Ball - I also see shades of Jennifer Saunders, and Denis Leary. So basically, I laugh a lot, I'm clumsy a lot, and I say the F-word A LOT.
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Until yesterday, the ruling in Columbia was that you could have 1 chicken per 0.5 acre of land. This meant that on our urban lot, we could have 0.36 of a chicken. I'm not sure the neighbours would go for that, what with the carnage and all.
Yesterday City Council passed a new chicken ordinance, so now you can have 6 chickens per tract. This is a pretty big deal around town, because Columbia is a pretty progressive place and a lot of people are looking for ways to grow their own food, buy locally, etc., and chickens are a part of that. But, Columbia also has its fair share of people who are not supportive of such efforts (or bicycles, for that matter), so it became quite a contentious matter. The good news, though, is that now we can have chickens in the city. Yay!
So will we be getting chickens? The answer to that would be a big fat NO. @charlietriplett has ix-nayed this idea from the very beginning, whether the chickens were legal or not. Man.
It's probably for the best, though. Animals require work and your being there to take care of them, which is why we don't believe in owning pets. Except the worms. The worms are very low maintenance pets.
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"Before": A vintage wicker headboard, spotted at the Restore. I had an idea for it, for my tiki bar…
"After": Repainted and turned into a canopy for my three Witco ladies.
The effect is not final… there will be lots more handing down from my ceilings over time… But what do you think?
The idea was to make these lovelies more of a focal point, all the more go given they are sitting in a dead spot behind the sectional.
Above: My attention to wicker headboards was reignited a few years ago, when I featured this bedroom designed by Ben Sander. DREAMY!
I repainted my Restore find ($25) up with brown spray paint immediately hit with hammered copper spray paint, and once dry, then some English Chestnut stain. I wanted some color dimension up there.
To hang it, I first tried with the legs. But that looked … even more like a headboard. So I hacksawed off the legs then hit the wicker with some hot glue so it wouldn't unravel. To hang it, I put cup holder hardware in the ceiling then wired the the thing up there with floral wire; it's really quite lightweight. I'm thinking I also may stuff some twinkle lights up there.
I know that 1970s Victorian-revival wicker headboards are not tiki. But, I'm all about mashing it all up, especially when Restore finds present themselves.
Finishing all the details in the Mahalo Lounge is goin' slowwwwwwww. And now it's summer. Gulp.
No !!
The three ladies are off center of the ceiling beams b/c of the long countertop to the right, so they work just fine, but when you place the wicker headboard directly above them it is very noticeable how off center the headboard is. Without the headboard their placement is fine, however the off center placement of the headboard would bug the heck out of me.
No. Stop cluttering, LOL! Has there ever been a "big reveal" of The Mahalo Lounge and I missed it? Stop already! That ceiling is fantastic and nothing should cover it. Just my opinion……..
I have been following this post and I think the audience is leaning against the idea of the headboard in the ceiling, as I do. I love the headboard, the painting job makes it stand out. I looked at wicker headboards in etsy, they are in the range of $200 to 400, so you should keep it somehow. I think it could be the back of a low bench, with a lot of tropical fabric pillows in it. I think it would go it the tiki ambience. I also think it could go in a bar, like someone suggested, in front of a mirror. Just some ideas, what I would really love is to be the owner of the ladies!
Amid the whole treatment you install with it someday Mahalo Lounge guests will look up and it will catch an eye and the person will think "That looks so cool!" But the familiarity of it that can't be placed because it's out of it's element would stick in one's mind until it might occur to them later "a headboard!? What a cool thing to do with it!"


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I don't think I ever had a whole week with no updates on my blog. I had lots of entries drafted but those only had pictures and I really had no time to write. :[ Sorry about that! Was hard at work on my midterm projects and all my homework. Had to set my priorities and school definitely came before blogging. I'm extremely happy with how my work turned out and I can't wait to show it to all of you! :] I still have two more midterms to finish this week but they won't be as time consuming! The other one is a practical exam for Advanced Draping so I won't even need to prepare for that, haha! How I've missed writing these entries!
I've got a bunch of things to post this week so keep coming back! :] For now, I'll talk about this lovely collection by Viktor & Rolf. They have always been one of my favorites! I've been wanting to get this book for years! I was so happy when they finally restocked it on Amazon! Ahh! Can't wait! Just so you know, when they had limited stock of this book the prices went crazy. From about $42 to like $170! Maaaaaan. Super happy prices are back at $42! HAHA. Must get a copy before this happens again!
Back to the the Fall 2012 show! This wasn't one of their collections that had me at first glance. Sure, I loved the silhouettes but I wasn't too crazy about the color palette. Not really my thing. As I kept viewing the photos, the collection just started to grow on me. Maybe it's because Viktor & Rolf are two of my favorite designers. I really look up to them and love their work so I may be biased, haha. Anyway, please enjoy the rest of the photos! I'll post another collection tomorrow! :]
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After completing his Master's Degree in Educational Leadership at the University of South Florida, Mr. Heid was hired as an Assistant Principal at Westridge Middle School in Orange County. While there, Mr. Heid worked to develop a data-driven instructional program that targeted students' academic needs.
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Hey blue bird,
My friend
You return to me
skipping and twirling
Between air and earth,
taunting, alluring,
creature of sky and ground.
You have no sound
except for your soul's other
heard across heart planes.
Your delicate body renders
powerful strides
accurate and precise
Flying through the sky.
Hey blue bird
do you see
the beauty
you give to me
In this world?
A moment to forget
loneliness and regret,
consuming my warmth.
Your cheer
provides me
Simplicity of life
Serenity of my
existence and being.
Who other than you?
My friend,
seen and unseen
Freely lighting
Red footsteps on earth
following you
Blue wings twirl
flitting through air
as each pair
cut space and time
Warmth and light
Ever intertwined
Connect one another
Red and blue
and blue and red
Warmth and light
Air and earth
Can we discover
our existence through
each other?
Hey blue bird don't go.
I don't want to return,
looking at the greyness of people.
The hues of your wings
lift the heaviness of my soul.
Allow me to escape
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Will you let me, My Friend,
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Our next dinner will be held at the Good Food Emporium, 2186 Windsor Street on Wednesday, December 5, at 6 - 8 pm. This will be the Good Food Emporium's version of the Festive dinner that we held over the years at Satisfaction Feast, until it closed in 2011. The dessert for this dinner will be the same, as Sarita still makes the chocolate peanut butter balls and carob balls (see halifaxvegetarians.ca)
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I have to admit it, I love Christmas.There is such a build up of excitement and so much planning and then, whooooosh, its over in a flash and I'm left lying on the couch wondering why I ate so much….again. Its also probably very exciting because I have 4 little ones who ask me how many days until Christmas from September onwards.
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YEESH, WHAT THE HECK has happened to technology stocks? Investors lately have developed a distinct loathing for the sector, with large-cap tech singled out for special derision. The sector is experiencing a level of disdain that hasn't been seen for eons: Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi pointed out in a fascinating research report last week that tech shares lately have dropped to their lowest valuation, relative to the S&P 500, in nearly 20 years.
Sacconaghi writes that tech stocks now trade at 1.0 times the S&P on a forward P/E basis, a valuation last seen in March 1991 and dramatically below the historical average since 1977 of 1.31 times. This comes while the cash on tech balance sheets is at or near record levels, both in absolute terms and relative to the stocks in the S&P.
And note that whatever it is that ails tech is widespread, with similarly depressed valuations afflicting hardware, software and services companies alike. Not least, keep in mind that the valuation compression has largely taken place over just the past few years–at the end of 2007, tech stocks traded at 1.32 time the S&P multiple on forward earnings, right in line with the sector's historical average.
The obvious question is the one I asked in this column's first sentence: What the heck is wrong? Tech companies have mountains of cash; technology continues to gradually eat up more and more of corporate capital spending, and consolidation seems to be accelerating. What's not to like?
Sacconaghi has a few theories on what ails tech:
• THERE'S A PERCEPTION THAT SECULAR growth in the sector has slowed. Sacconaghi believes that the market appears to be "punishing" shares of bellwethers like Microsoft (ticker: MSFT), IBM (IBM), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Google (GOOG), whose growth is, or seems to be, decelerating. The Bernstein analyst concedes that tech growth, relative to the S&P 500, has slid from pre-2007 levels, and was worse than the S&P during the economic downturn. But he points out that while tech revenue and profits have been stronger than the S&P's coming out of the recession, valuations remain depressed, even though tech outlays as a percentage of capital spending continues to climb, setting the stage for ongoing growth exceeding GDP. Indeed, Sacconaghi figures that the sector's revenue growth should be 7%-8% a year. While that's lower than the 10%-plus average over the past two decades, he contends the historically low valuations more than reflect the slower expansion.
• THE STOCKS MAY BE GETTING PUNISHED for weak earnings quality: Sacconaghi observes that of the six large-cap hardware companies he formally covers, just one– Apple (AAPL)—reports GAAP results. The rest exclude amortization of intangibles or stock-option expense or both. Indeed, Sacconaghi notes that 10 of the top 20 tech outfits by market cap exclude at least one of those factors, while just two of the top 20 non-tech names exclude amortization, and none – none! —exclude options expense. "This suggests that investors may be discounting tech earnings, relative to the market, due to their non-GAAP reporting," he writes.
• A PERCEIVED INCREASE IN THE RISK of overseas competition: Sacconaghi says investors fear that increased competition in services (from India), PCs (from Taiwan) and networking (from China) will drive down margins and earnings power. But he adds that these trends are not new, and that many U.S. vendors have boosted their offshore presence in recent years, helping to improve their operating margins.
• REFUSAL TO RETURN CASH to shareholders: Sacconaghi notes that, while cash balances at tech companies remain extraordinarily high, they've returned little of it. Only 10 of the top 20 techs by market cap pay a dividend, and just two— Intel (INTC) and ADP (ADP)—offer yields above the S&P 500's. "With companies seemingly hoarding cash, we believe investors may not be giving full credit to tech stocks for their high cash balances, especially for those that have historically been acquisitive or shown no interest in returning cash," he writes.
At least two of these issues could be easily addressed. For starters, techs could abandon their EPS-obfuscating preference for non-GAAP accounting and instead follow the rest of Corporate America. More significantly, they could start sharing some of their cash with shareholders.
In another report last week, Morgan Keegan analyst Tavis McCourt theorized that the mammoth amounts of cash on tech-company balance sheets are actually destroying equity value over time. He argues that:
• Large technology companies have spent more than a decade hoarding cash both overseas and domestically…
• …Knowing this, entrepreneurs and venture-capitalists have teamed up to start more companies, on the theory that if the startups found even modest success, large public companies might overbid for their assets, "as these large cash hoards create an auction environment for any company with valuable technology."
• Ergo, successful venture-capital funds and entrepreneurs generate outsized returns…
• …and start still more companies to sell to the tech giants…
• …but public-market investors catch on and start discounting the value of balance-sheet cash…
• …as it becomes clear it won't be returned to holders, but instead used to buy small rivals at unattractive prices…
• …resulting in P/E ratios for large techs below those in other industries with lower growth prospects.
To McCourt, the basic problem is that "essentially all the profits the industry generates in a given year ultimately get reinvested back into the industry, creating increased competition, lower prices and ultimately lower returns in investment." His solution: big regular dividend payouts, which could attract more investors, boosting share prices on average by as much as 77%. (Barron's Andew Bary further explores McCourt's thesis in "Tech's Payout Problem.")
A related note: Bernstein communications equipment analyst Jeff Evenson last week zeroed in on the lack of dividends from Cisco, observing in a client note that it is the fourth-largest non-payer of dividends in the S&P 500–after Google, Apple and Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB)–despite boasting the third-largest net-cash balance among nonfinancials in the index. Evenson points out that CEO John Chambers has been saying for years that Cisco will pay a dividend…some day. With the stock basically unchanged since 2002–after $65 billion in buybacks by the company–Evenson thinks that time is now.
As it happens, Cisco meets with analysts Tuesday. You can bet that Chambers will be grilled about when holders will get their share of the tech giant's mounting cash pile.
Apple Blinks
The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.4% for the week, to 2243. Adobe shares jumped after Apple relaxed a policy against the firm's programming technology.
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Empanadas are filled savory pastries common in Spain, Latin America, and Portugal. The word 'empanada' comes from the Spanish verb emapanar which means "to coat in a pastry" which is better known as "delicious." I was first taught to make empanadas by a Dominican friend in grad school. Hers were filled with ground beef and cheese (and of course some sofrito, green olives, and raisins) then fried on the stovetop and so very tasty. My version for the holidays have turkey, sage, and cranberry… Thanksgiving in a pastry.
Friends in New Jersey were always saying how they wished they had a cooking club up there. So, we finally started one. We're using the same rules as the one in Maryland that I belong to: make something from scratch that you've never made before, follow the theme the hostess chooses, and bring containers to take home leftovers. The first one was held at my parents' house in October and was a great success. There will be more on that in blog post soon J It was a smashing success and has started a new tradition in NJ.
My long-time (since Kindergarten!) friend Amy hosted the second one at her lovely new house in early November. The theme was Thanksgiving Feast – sort of a tryout for things you might want to be making for your family on Turkey Day this year. I love this cute line Amy put in her evite: "So get the elastic banded pants out girls, Thanksgiving is coming early this year!" I should have heeded her advice, we sure did have a feast! I felt like I needed to be rolled out of there and couldn't even really eat dessert; I actually had to bring it home to eat.
There wasn't anything interesting I wanted to try out so I decided to put all the flavors of Thanksgiving into one little bite: Thanksgiving empanadas! They turned out great and apparently some friends dreamt about them. How's that for a compliment?!
I promised the recipe, so here it is. These would make a great appetizer to the Turkey Day meal or a fun party appetizer or a fabulous use of Thanksgiving leftovers. I used ground turkey in my original recipe but I think dicing up leftover turkey and using that instead would be awesome.
Thanksgiving Empanadas
2 tbl oil
1 medium onion
1 large rib celery
2 carrots (or about 15 baby carrots)
1 clove garlic, minced
1 lb ground turkey
½ cup green olives, chopped
½ cup craisins (dried cranberries), chopped
¼ cup ketchup
⅔ cup chicken/turkey stock or apple cider
2 star anise, freshly ground (or ½ tsp pre-ground)
2 tsp cumin
2 tsp black pepper
2 tsp salt
¼ cup fresh parsley, finely chopped
2 tbl fresh sage
Pastry dough (adapted slightly from Cooks Illustrated):
3½ cups flour, plus extra for work surface
½ cup ground tortilla chips (or masa harina if you have it)
1 tbl sugar
1 tbl salt
12 tbl (1 1/2 sticks) cold butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
½ cup cold vodka or tequila (all I had was citron vodka and it worked fine)
½ cup cold water
5 tbl olive oil (for baking empanadas)
To make the filling: Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Chop all vegetables into a small dice (remember they have to blend in and fit inside a dough pocket). Saute the onion, celery, carrot, and garlic together until fragrant and almost translucent. Add in the ground turkey, stirring and breaking it up. After cooking for a few minutes, add in the green olives, craisins, ketchup, stock(or cider), and all the herbs and spices. Continue to cook, stirring frequently, until the turkey is just cooked through. Check the seasoning and add more salt, pepper, or other flavor to your taste. Remove from the heat and let the filling cool while making the dough.
To make the dough: Process 1 ½ cup flour, tortilla chips, sugar, and salt in food processor until combined, a couple of pulses. Sprinkle the cubes of butter in and process until the mixture is homogeneous and looks like wet sand, about 10 seconds. Add remaining flour and pulse until mixture is evenly distributed around bowl, 4 to 6 quick pulses. Transfer to a large bowl.
Sprinkle vodka or tequila and water over mixture. Using hands, mix dough until it forms sticky mass that holds together. Divide dough into quarters to make it easier to work with later. Put on a plate and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate until firm, about 45 minutes (can make ahead and store for up to 2 days).
To assemble your treats: Turn oven on to 425 degrees. Adjust oven racks to the two middle positions, if necessary. Cover two baking sheets with foil and place in the oven to pre-heat. Meanwhile, remove ¼ piece of dough from refrigerator. Lightly flour your work surface and roll dough out into a rectangle that's about ⅛" thick. Using a large biscuit cutter or other round cutter, cut as many circles in the rectangle of dough as you can. I found that 3 – 4" circle of dough worked best. You can make much larger ones to use as a main course. These are appetizer sized.
Place about a tablespoon of filling in center of each dough round. Brush edges of dough with water and fold dough over filling. Press edges to seal and trim off any excess. Crimp edges of empanadas using a fork. You can also complete this step with an empanada press (a little plastic doo-hickey that looks like a bear trap). I made them both ways but did the majority with the empanada bear trap because I really wanted to use my $3.75 (75% off!) find at Bed Bath and Beyond. 🙂 Repeat with the remaining dough. You can even re-form the dough scraps a couple times, then re-roll out to get the most empanadas out of your batch.
Now, at this point you can go traditional and fry these little guys up in some oil. Put about an inch of vegetable oil in a deep skillet and fry them until they are golden brown. Or, you can go the healthier, yet still delicious, route and bake them.
To bake'em: Drizzle 2 tablespoons oil over surface of each hot baking sheet and spread around with a pastry brush. Line your empanadas up on the baking sheet and brush lightly with oil to help them get a tan in the oven. Cook until golden brown – about 20 minutes. Cool empanadas on wire rack 10 minutes and serve.
These would be really tasty dipped in some leftover homemade cranberry sauce (quick recipe below) or cranberry dip (combine a ½ cup of mayo, ½ cup of sour cream, and ½ cup cranberry sauce). Yummm. Is it Thanksgiving yet?!
Quick (and EASY) Cranberry Sauce
3 cups fresh cranberries
¾ cup white sugar (more if you like it on the sweet side)
¾ cup water (or orange juice)
Pinch salt
Pinch cinnamon
Put everything in a small saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring regularly. The cranberries will heat and begin to burst open (fun!). In about 10 – 15 minutes, they'll really start breaking down. Cook until mixture is a little thickened and the cranberries have fully broken down. Pour into a bowl, cover and chill at least an hour. It will thicken as it cools. Enjoy!


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Stockton's recent history recognises its role as the 'North East's Capital of Street Arts'. Stockton International Riverside Festival (SIRF) has created an important signature and personality for the town. One of the major aims of the High Street regeneration was to improve the quality of the experience for shoppers, visitors, and to local businesses.
The main ethos behind the scheme was to create an environment that, through the delivery of a great public space in the town centre, would attract people in, inspire them to spend longer in the space, to interact with others and to engage with elements within the space, and thus add to the vitality and vibrancy of the town.
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In addition to the original commission SLDS were asked to work with the council on creating a lighting master plan for the High Street project and also to provide a lighting feasibility study for the project which would eventually lead on to full lighting/electrical design for the complete High Street scheme.
When discussing the requirements and aspirations of the master plan it was clearly evident that the new lighting scheme should have the ability of creating differing user experiences via the use of colours and patterns and capture the spirit of the SIRF festival. The main key elements that were incorporated into the master plan were:
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With the Dahlia growing season coming up, I am looking forward to getting out my old tubers which have been safety stored away in the shed all winter. I also have some new cuttings on order which should arrive soon. I will need to split my tubers before planting them, and will write an article soon on that. I did start splitting them in October, but ended up slicing through my finger and severing a nerve and was referred for an operation, so I had to quickly pack them away for the winter. This time I will be more careful when cutting them.
So in the meantime, before I pull my dahlia tubers out for the winter, here are some dahlia inspiration pictures from the internet (unfortunately not my garden), but an inspiration for the future 😀


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If you are faced with a child who is a 'fussy or picky eater', meal times can be stressful. You want to do right by your child, but does that mean accepting that they'll only be eating that one pea, or giving in and letting them survive on spaghetti hoops?
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UM Motorcycles Showcases Thor Electric Bike and 223cc Duty Ace
The first 223cc cruiser bike from UM Motorcycles will be available from April 2018.
UM Motorcycles is back at the Auto Expo 2018, and after its debut in the country at the last edition (2017) of the event, this time, they're back with an electric cruiser bike. It's called the Renegade Thor, and as the name suggests, it promises performance without compromising on the environment.
Thor was accompanied with UM's first 223cc cruiser bike in India, called the Duty Ace, which also gets another variant called the Renegade Duty S. The pricing of these bikes are expected to start at around Rs 1.10 lakh, and the bike will be available from April 2018 onwards, as confirmed by the company.
UM had a sprightly start with its Renegade range of 300cc cruiser bikes in the country, but the 223cc segment is a different ball-game.
This segment brings them up against the Bajaj Avenger, and the need to match with them spec-to-spec is essential for the success of the Duty Ace.
The Renegade Thor will be an interesting addition to the company's lineup, and with a price tag of Rs 4.9 lakh, the product definitely seems promising. It packs an electric induction motor, mated to a five-speed gearbox, and claim to offer 70Nm of torque.
They're using 280mm Brembo disc on the front, 240mm disc at the back, dual-channel ABS in tow. Thor gets 17-inch and 15-inch tubeless tyres on front and back respectively.
Coming to the business side of the Thor, the electric bike's lithium-ion battery is said to fast-charge up to 80 percent in 40 minutes, while taking up to seven hours to charge when using a 27 kW charging unit.
The Duty Ace gets a 223cc oil-cooled engine, mated to a five-speed gearbox, offering 17PS of power and 17 NM of torque. The speedometer is digital, and you even get a gear indicator on this one.
With a kerb weight of 140 kg and 142 kg for Duty Ace and Duty S respectively, UM has packed the bike with a mere 10-litre fuel tank, which in a ideal world, doesn't cut it out.
But if their claimed fuel economy of 41 Km/ltr turns out to be real, then the Duty Ace could catch the eye of the buyer in an instant.
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A little bit more on Foulke's injections (which I hope are just fairly normal procedures to accelerate the healing and not a symptom of a continuing problem):
The injections are to lubricate the joint and help the healing process following the surgery the pitcher had on both knees in the offseason. ... The shots will be administered over a two-week period, though it's unclear when they began.Herald:
[T]here was some suggestion that such treatments are relatively unusual for athletes. Joint lubricants known as Hylan typically are used in older people with arthritis or osteoporosis, according to Web sites dedicated to the topic. According to the same sites, Hylan contains synovial fluid, which serves as a lubricant in joints like the knee.Curt Schilling threw 33 pitches to Trent Durrington, Tyler Minges and Brandon Moss in an eight-minute workout yesterday. He'll start against Boston College on Friday afternoon.
With Gary Sheffield complaining about his contract at the Yankees camp, Newsday's Jon Heyman proposes trading Ramirez for Sheffield. Seriously.


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A most unconventional murder mystery occupies the full episode this week, as Huey and Dalian descend upon a house where a rabidly-obsessed fan has imprisoned a popular young author and his mistress with a phantom book that allows her to kill them both at will, only for one of them to resurrect. In this manner, she makes the author, one Lenny Lents, write the novels how she sees fit.
Dalian is also a fan, and not only intends to resolve the case for the sake of justice and goodwill, but also so the third part of a trilogy of books she's invested in. The mad fan, Paula, is not blood-shy in the least, as she shoots her two victims in the head dozens of times in the course of this episode, and knows her way around a machete.
It's really Paula's own craziness that's her undoing, as she's libreral with her bullet use, drops the book, and through her overzealous killing, both Lenny and his lover have developed a tolerance to death. With the help of the book, the two turn on her and swallow her up in a eeiry lightshow. Dalian gets the third book from a safe deposit box, but isn't pleased with how her favorite characters' arcs go. I know how she feels; No. 6 is kinda going that way!


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Scott took some time off and we had a week jam-packed with fun! Cormac and Russell loved it, but it was also pretty exhausting for them. We had to slow down after a few days :) Settle in, because this is a wicked long post, with a ton of pictures!
Monday we went to the aquarium. It opened pretty recently and we've been saving it. And it was pretty great! We have been to a lot of aquariums, even without the kids, so we feel like it's safe to say it's up there with some of our favorites. We would have liked more areas where Cormac could touch animals, but other than that it was pretty well done.
Then we went to lunch at Chuck E Cheese. Cormac had never been anywhere like that before, and he was over the moon about it all -he even liked the animatronic show, which creeped me out as a kid!
After the boys took their naps, we went to the park for a bit. Cormac was ecstatic about having both his parents there. He always wants someone to watch him climb or slide or whatever, and my attention is divided between him and Russell. So this was a fun treat for him! And as usual, Russell was just happy to be along for the ride. He also loves being outside, so he's usually happy for quite a while if he can be outdoors. Such a good baby!
Yep, Monday was great. Tuesday we went to This is the Place Heritage Park. It was a little hard to get Cormac to do anything besides ride the train over and over. He's still pretty obsessed, if you couldn't tell from my post about his birthday party... But there were plenty of other things to do and see there.
|(Cormac's first ice cream cone!)
Notice how I'm usually with Cormac, and Russell is usually with his dad? These days, Russell is so adamant about that. He is just crazy about his dad -which works out well, since Cormac is such a mama's boy!
Wednesday we went to the Museum of Curiosity, also something we've been saving for this week. It started out a little weak, with some rooms that Cormac had little interest in. But then he loved the "movement" room, and the outdoor stuff. I was impressed he was brave enough to try the zip line! He's usually such a little chicken. But he loved it and wanted to stay there for a while. The indoor pictures aren't great, because of the lighting, and we're not professional photographers :)
|(The circle on the table is spinning.)
|(You're supposed to push on the table and smoke will come out of the circle in the middle, in a big puff, but Cormac was really annoyed because he couldn't push the table himself.)
|(You can't see it, but wind is rushing down on them at 80+ mph.)
|(You can kind of see the air pushing around his shirt -he was scared at first, then thought it was hilarious!)
For lunch, we went to Buffalo Wild Wings. Mmmm, delicious (to quote Cormac... who had mac and cheese). Then we walked over to Scheels to explore. They have a ton of stuff, and a bowling alley, shooting games, a huge fish tank and a ferris wheel.
Thursday morning we went hiking in Payson on the Nebo Scenic Loop. We did a short hike to a small waterfall, on the Grotto Trail, and then did part of the Blackhawk Trail. Cormac didn't last as long as we thought (lots of whining to be picked up), but he really enjoyed all the little log bridges along the way, and he liked singing with us and picking up sticks. Russell was completely content in the hiking pack. Best of both worlds for him -outdoors and stuck to his dad! It was really pretty up there, too. A few signs of the coming autumn season already... So here's Grotto:
|(Cormac kept running ahead, so we'd yell to him, and he'd turn and yell back, "Huh?!" -Like he had no idea why we'd be calling to him to stop and come back...)
And here's Blackhawk:
For dinner that night, we had pizza from one of our favorite places, Malawi's. Then we went bowling (Cormac's first time!) at the Provo Beach Resort and got ice cream.
Cormac had a lot of fun and kept asking if we could go back again. We definitely need to. Scott and I haven't bowled in a while and we were pretty rusty! Embarrassing for former BYUI Intramural Champs!
Friday morning we went to the Provo Rec Center and went swimming. I don't have any pictures, for obvious reasons, but it was fun, and an impressive Rec Center. The pool area has a kid spot with slides and water jets and buckets all over. There is also a lap pool, and a pool under a rock-climbing wall. But our favorite was the lazy river. And once we got a life jacket on Cormac, and gave him some time to warm up to it, he was cruising all around that river on his own pretty much. Our little "chicken boy" is growing up! Russell got a jacket, too, and was completely content to lie back and stare at his dad :)
Saturday we rode the Heber Creeper! Cormac was excited to ride a train, of course, but I don't think he understood it was going to be a real train. Once we got there, and he saw it, it was hard to keep him from just running on without us. Someone's dog distracted him for a while, but once it was time to board he just grinned and laughed and grinned some more as we found our seats. Cute boy.
|(This guy robbed our train... Scott's old English teacher from high school!)
|(Cormac was wicked excited to say hi to a real conductor!)
|(Cormac took this picture.)
|(And this one.)
|(Cormac was not happy when he realized we were headed back.)
Saturday night we kind of camped... we roasted hot dogs over our fire pit, and then slept in the tent, in our living room. It was pretty cool this weekend, so we didn't want Cormac to get too cold outside. And we really didn't expect him to last all night. But he did! We put Russell to bed, watched a movie, and Cormac really only wiggled around for about 15 minutes. And then he slept through the whole night. Scott and I woke up a few times... Even five comforters underneath you doesn't make for a very soft bed...
We're glad we get a bonus day with Dad tomorrow, but the boys will really miss having him around all the time -especially Russell. Whenever we're all together, he is constantly trying to get to his dad. He gives me looks that say, "Why are you holding me, when Dad is right there?" Guess we'll need another vacation again soon!


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Why the FBI Versus Apple Could Make 1984 a Reality
Technology experts lay out a potential near future that would make Orwell turn in his grave.
Technology experts lay out a potential near future that would make Orwell turn in his grave.
Privacy advocates worldwide will be cringing at this draconian Kuwaiti move.
George Orwell's dystopian classic, 1984, is making its way to the silver screen for a third time, with director Paul Greengrass attached to direct.
You installed that internet-accessible security cam so you could keep an eye on your place while you're out, but it seems everyone else can too. Trendnet's got a serious flaw in its software that lets any old Tom, Dick or Harry spy on you over the net.
For a paranoid section of the population, a giant face on a monitor can be an Orwellian nightmare come true. But, a giant face on a monitor that walks around town in a white jumpsuit is actually pretty cool. Still, he should definitely keep an eye out for a girl in red shorts wielding hammers.
We all have opinions about the people on Big Brother-style TV shows. But spare a thought for nine girls who were duped into taking part in a fake show — then held captive while naked images of them were sold online.