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Vintage Lighting antique large 1960s gold chandelier
I sell restored vintage lighting. What I love is bringing fixtures back to their original appearance. I don't alter them, add parts, change the colors, or anything. All my lights look like they did when first leaving the factory. If you'd like to learn more, please scroll down below the item description. There you will find. WHY MY RESTORED LIGHTS ARE SPECIAL. A NOTE (or two) ABOUT MY RESTORATIONS. A BIT ABOUT ME. I'm very pleased to offer this astonishing circa-1965 gold chandelier! The scale is impressive. The width is 26-inches, and the hight of the body is about 34-inches. The overall length is 44-inches. I can remove 5-inches of chain; I can add chain. The fixture is hand made, and with a gold-colored metal leaf finish. There are six incredible hanging bell shades over each bulb. Along the top are six dramatic spear tips. So, if you have been looking for a knock-out, one-of-a-kind chandelier, then this beauty may be ideal. This fixture is ready to hang, and comes with all the mounting hardware needed! The fixture accepts candelabra base 60W bulbs (not included). I love writing this: there's no damage. The sockets and paper insulators are new. The plastic candle covers are new (the originals were brittle and broken). PLEASE LET ME KNOW WITHIN 24-HOURS HOW YOU WILL BE PAYING. People that own, for example, a Colonial-Revival style home will naturally want Colonial-Revival style vintage fixtures. But a great many pre-WWII homes originally had fixtures quite different than one would imagine. I've been in classic bungalows with original Art Deco fixtures, and recently I toured a Foursquare with original Spanish-Revival lights. All these fixtures looked very well. My last home was a large 1915 Colonial-Revival. I filled it full of 1950s fixtures. The fixtures gave the classic house an unexpected zest. It was also common for people to update their homes by changing all the lights. So, your 1905 home may well have had all the lights replaced in the 1920s or 1930s. If you had these lights in place you wouldn't dream of taking them out. Just make sure the scale is right. They restored a wonderful old home. When they tried to sell the house there was no interest. The market is lousy of course but the realtor said that several potential buyers wished the house still retained its original fixtures. That is when they contacted me. Because I specialize in whole house sets, I was able to supply a matched set of fixtures for every room. The buyers were flabbergasted at the difference. They had an open house. For above the asking price. "Best investment we ever made, " they gleefully reported. I do love a happy ending. If the distinction is important to you see the box below for more information: A NOTE (or two) ABOUT MY RESTORATIONS. The Top Ten (plus one)! 1 Most importantly, I restore vintage fixtures. I do not renovate them. There is a huge distinction between the two. Please see the box at the bottom of my item description for more information. 2 My lights are normally rewired and ready to hang; everything to do so is included. They also come with electrical mounting bars. You will thank me for this; it's incredibly hard to find the correct size mounting bars for vintage lights. 3 Most electricians HATE installing vintage lights. They assume old, scary wiring, fixtures that will not mate with modern electrical boxes, and a whole host of other issues. But electricians LOVE installing my restored fixtures. I make the whole process effortless. See #2 above, and I also normally re-wire my fixtures, and ensure there is more wire than really necessary above the canopy to easily connect with your house wires (electricians particularly bless me for this). I even include the mounting screws and wire nuts! 4 My lights feature original or vintage canopies (the cup that goes against the ceiling). I never use modern canopies as they are not consistent with the scale and proportion of period lighting. A modern canopy is easily recognized. They are basically flat and quite thin (about an inch thick) whereas vintage canopies are like a cup shape and deeper (usually 3-inches or even twice that). 5 The chain on most vintage lights is corroded and I can rarely re-use it. The problem is that readily available modern chain is thinner, smaller, and not the same shape as vintage chain. Imagine my elation when I found one supplier who still made true vintage-style chain. 6 I use really lovely cloth-covered wire for all visible areas. If this supplier ever goes out of business I will have to shut down. 7 I use new porcelain sockets instead of plastic. If porcelain sockets do not fit, I use new Bakelite sockets. If the fixture has brass sockets with on/off switches, I generally retain these distinctive components but with new paper insulators. 9 When necessary, I forward special instructions on how to hang your vintage fixture. 10 I answer emails! 11 Read my feedback. You'll know that if a problem should develop that I won't disappear! Or snarl at you! Don't Bother Looking Elsewhere. If you think the photos are pretty, wait'til you see them in person! The service is wonderful. Exceptional product, service & value. The 1930's Chandelier was amazing and in superb condition, better than new!!!!! As always, flawless service and beautiful products, carefully packaged. This guy really goes the extra mile. Ross is the best – knowledgeable, witty, skilled. Fast and the best packing I have seen. A real class act – great experience start to finish! There aren't enough superlatives to describe quality and service. Fixtures even better than pictured! Always a pleasure, no worries, exceptional lights!!! We are recommending him to all of our friends! REMEMBER when CUSTOMER SERVICE was NO. 1 in our country? This GUY still OFFERS IT. MAGNIFICIENT, HIGHEST QUALITY LIGHTS!! THE BEST PACKER in the USA!! Among the most professional and committed sellers out there. It's a pleasure to do business with Ross. I keep coming back to his store. Great light – you make everything so easy to install! The restorations are obviously done with care and expertise – it's always perfect. This light KNOCKS ME OUT! SPECTACULAR in EVERY WAY. Best lighting guy ever; great lights; excellent communication; superstar; thanks. Absolutely first rate in every way. 5 stars and then some! Stop what you are doing… Two words with different meanings, and different results. Restoring a vintage light will bring back its original appearance. Renovating a vintage light will alter its original appearance. This can be done by changing its color(s), adding more colors than originally intended, and by combining parts from different fixtures/eras. For me, I simply love the process of restoration. It seems like magic recreating something that has been near-ruined, eroded, or damaged. When each of my fixtures is restored I get such a thrill! It's like time itself has been reversed! Now, if I could just apply this process to my aging body/mind! A few things I've learned. 1 I work hard at respecting original finishes. When a finish is intact but faded, I essentially wash a new finish over the old. Thus, the original finish is still visible but looks wholly refreshed. In short, it simply looks as it did when leaving the factory many decades previous. Or, it's very common that 90% of the original finish is intact. To me, it seems a shame to remove all this just because a tiny portion is lost. So I recreate what is missing. And you can't tell that I did anything. 2 In order to restore a finish, it's vital to use the same materials, colors, and techniques that were used originally. 3 Vintage fixtures used color sparingly and few featured more than three colors. 4 The original finish on vintage fixtures is entirely different than can be achieved with modern paints. Modern paints give the effect of a plastic film over the fixture whereas the original finishes were usually like a stain. The effect is quite a bit more subtle. 5 Vintage fixtures also have a subtle sheen, so I never spray on a shiny protective coating. 6 I don't refinish the back of my fixtures. By doing so it is difficult to really know if the fixture is vintage (there are usually paint speckles, scratches, and age marks). Once installed, the back cannot be seen but you will know that your fixture is indeed vintage. 7 I also don't restore electrical components. Eighty-year-old electrical parts are simply dangerous. So my lights receive high-quality new sockets (usually porcelain), new wiring, and cloth-covered wiring for any visible areas. I do retain turn-key sockets wherever possible (but with new paper insulators). I've been restoring lighting since I was a teenager in the mid-1970s. One of my great discoveries was the finish material used by almost all lighting companies prior to World War II. This is a hand-applied and hand-burnished product and I use it on my fixtures that require new finishes. Significantly, the colors are also the same that were used originally. Because of this, I can place a wholly refinished fixture next to one with a mint original finish and you will not be able to see any difference. I occasionally amuse torture? My friends with this. Not once have they been able to tell the difference. There are buyers who truly want restored lighting and others who prefer renovated. For the record, I sell restored vintage lighting. Or: Who Is This Guy? As mentioned above, I have been restoring vintage lights since I was a teenager in the mid-1970s. An Interstate highway was being rammed through the city where I lived, and I ran (steps ahead of the bulldozers, and with my shag haircut flying) from one incredible building to another, and from one incredible house to another, and salvaged everything I could. My poor, bewildered parents. Their garage was soon chock-a-block with what I thought were treasures beyond compare. And which they knew to be useless flotsam. I did though once overhear my mom say: Well, at least he's not out doing drugs. However, when all their boring lights were systematically replaced with the most stunning lights they had ever seen – and all for free, and rewired and restored – they soon had second thoughts about the flotsam. I paid for new parts by mowing lawns! A brighter light soon proved too alluring though: New York City! After a few excruciating years, the Gods decided to let up, and I found myself the proud owner of my own architectural design firm. It was the heady 1980s, the city was going through a spectacular revival, and I was overwhelmed – quite happily, thank-you – with one project after another. I set a record for designing the most apartments in Trump Tower – eleven. Today, I usually keep this bit of infamy a secret. Yep, it was a wild time! Then came the early 1990s crash, and a desire for a calmer life. Eventually rural Kansas beckoned, as surreal as this seemed. The peace I found on the prairie (golly, there really is a prairie) enabled me to get two books published can you tell I like the written word? The rest, as they say. I do this because it's effortless for me and you. There's no guessing with my lights. You know right away if one of my restored fixtures is right for your budget. No worry that you will lose after waiting quite patiently for X days. No worry that a Them will abscond with Your light in the last four seconds; the light you have your heart set on. There are likely worse things in life but at the moment I can't think of one. Looking for more great vintage fixtures? Track Page Views With. Auctiva's FREE Counter. This item is in the category "Antiques\Architectural & Garden\Chandeliers, Sconces & Lighting Fixtures". The seller is "rossmct23″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada.


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Duplicate records are found/identified during the editing process of the online membership edits. A profile of both the original membership record & the duplicate online record is printed at that time from IMIS. Create or use an existing Negative Cash batch to be used later in steps 6 & 7.
- 1. Compare the duplicate record's printed profile to the original record's printed profile to check for new information. Check to see if there is a conference registration attached to the duplicate record. If so transfer it to the original record.
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6. Enter the duplicate record's ID a. Go to the payment screen and back out the money/ (negative cash batch will take out amount & become zero again). b. Change member type to former, remove work information & replace it with the following "DUPL REFER TO xxxxxxx" (ID # of original) c. Click on category , select DUP d. Remove all other information; i.e., address, email, phone, join date & pd thru date. 7. Open Active Matter a. Enter online duplicate record's ID number b. Print copy of recent membership payment c. Write on copy how much money is needed (if payment is short) & add the original record's number. If money is correct write on copy ( money OK)
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The "Digital Bill of Rights" debuted at the Personal Democracy Forum in New York City on Monday. The document draft comes from Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), two key figures in the battle against SOPA.
Issa and Wyden created the Digital Bill of Rights because they were concerned about what seemed like a legal oxymoron: lawmakers trying to regulate the Internet without understanding how individuals use it.
"Government is flying blind, interfering and regulating without understanding even the basics," Issa wrote on his website, KeepTheWebOpen.com (you can find a draft of the Digital Bill of Rights there). "Where can a digital citizen turn for protection against the powerful?"
At the conference, Wyden likened this project to a digital version of the "Constitutional convention." It's a convention that Issa and Wyden hope Internet users will participate in. On Issa's site, he openly encourages readers to consider the current draft and suggest revisions (at the publication of this post, several individuals have already logged in to take that offer). Currently, the ten key rights are as follows:
- The right to a free and uncensored Internet.
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By Michael Martinez
(CNN) — Pauline Phillips, better known to millions of newspaper readers for decades as the Dear Abby advice columnist, has died after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease, her family said Thursday.
She died Wednesday in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at age 94.
Phillips' columns were published in an era when newspaper reader prized straight-talking, pithy advice about marriages, children, jobs — just about anything that troubled people.
Phillips wrote under the pen name of Abigail Van Buren, shortened to "Dear Abby" in newspapers.
The first Dear Abby column appeared in 1956, and Phillips continued writing the advice feature until 2000, when she and daughter Jeanne began sharing the byline.
Jeanne Phillips took the column over full time in August 2002, when her family announced that Pauline Phillips had Alzheimer's.
"I have lost my mother, my mentor and my best friend," Jeanne Phillips said in a statement. "My mother leaves very big high heels to fill with a legacy of compassion, commitment and positive social change. I will honor her memory every day by continuing this legacy."
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'Odd Couple' star Jack Klugman dies in LA at 90
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- For many, Jack Klugman will always be the messy one. His portrayal of sloppy sportswriter Oscar Madison on TV's "The Odd Couple" left viewers laughing but it also gave Klugman the leverage to create a more serious character, t...
LOS ANGELES (AP) - For many, Jack Klugman will always be the messy one.
His portrayal of sloppy sportswriter Oscar Madison on TV's "The Odd Couple" left viewers laughing but it also gave Klugman the leverage to create a more serious character, the gruff medical examiner in "Quincy M.E." His everyman ethos and comic timing endeared him to audiences and led to a prolific, six-decade acting career that spanned stage, screen and television.
Klugman died Monday at age 90 in suburban Northridge with his wife at his side. His sons called on his fans to embrace their father's tenacious and positive spirit.
"He had a great life and he enjoyed every moment of it, and he would encourage others to do the same," son Adam Klugman said.
The cause of Klugman's death was not immediately known. Adam Klugman said his father had been slowing down in recent years, but wasn't battling cancer, which robbed him of his voice in the 1980s. Klugman taught himself to speak again, and kept working.
He remained popular for decades simply by playing the type of man you could imagine running into at a bar or riding on a subway with - gruff, but down-to-earth, his tie stained and a little loose, a racing form under his arm, a cigar in hand during the days when smoking was permitted.
Off-screen, Klugman owned racehorses and enjoyed gambling, although acting remained his passion.
Despite his on-screen wars with Tony Randall's neat-freak character Felix Unger on "Odd Couple," the show created a friendship between the men that endured after the series ended.
When Randall died in 2004 at age 84, Klugman told CNN: "A world without Tony Randall is a world that I cannot recognize."
The "Odd Couple," which ran from 1970 to 1975, was based on Neil Simon's play about mismatched roommates - divorced New Yorkers who end up living together. The comedy came from their opposite personalities - Klugman playing a writer whose sloppiness consistently irritated the Randall's fussy photographer character. The pairing was so good, the show didn't need constant help from the writers.
"There's nobody better to improvise with than Tony," Klugman said. "A script might say, 'Oscar teaches Felix football.' There would be four blank pages. He would provoke me into reacting to what he did. Mine was the easy part."
Fans and fellow actors agreed it worked, posting clips of their favorite Klugman roles on Twitter and other social networking sites late Monday.
"RIP Jack Klugman. You made my whole family laugh together," actor-director Jon Favreau wrote on Twitter.
"He was a wonderful man and supremely talented actor," wrote actor Max Greenfield, who worked with Klugman several years ago. "He will be missed."
In "Quincy, M.E.," which ran from 1976 to 1983, Klugman played an idealistic, tough-minded medical examiner who tussled with his boss by uncovering evidence of murder in cases where others saw natural causes.
"We had some wonderful writers," he said in a 1987 Associated Press interview. "Quincy was a muckraker, like Upton Sinclair, who wrote about injustices. He was my ideal as a youngster, my author, my hero.
"Everybody said, 'Quincy'll never be a hit.' I said, 'You guys are wrong. He's two heroes in one, a cop and a doctor.' A coroner has power. He can tell the police commissioner to investigate a murder. I saw the opportunity to do what I'd gotten into the theater to do - give a message.
"They were going to do cops and robbers with 'Quincy.' I said, 'You promised me I could do causes.' They said, 'Nobody wants to see that.' I said, 'Look at the success of '60 Minutes.' They want to see it if you present it as entertainment."
For his 1987 role as 81-year-old Nat in the Broadway production of "I'm Not Rappaport," Klugman wore leg weights to learn to shuffle like an elderly man. He said he would wear them for an hour before each performance "to remember to keep that shuffle."
"The guy is so vital emotionally, but physically he can't be," Klugman said. "We treat old people so badly. There is nothing easy about 80."
The son of Russian Jewish immigrants, he was born in Philadelphia and began acting in college at Carnegie Institute of Technology. After serving in the Army during World War II, he went on to summer stock and off-Broadway, rooming with fellow actor Charles Bronson as both looked for paying jobs. He made his Broadway debut in 1952 in a revival of "Golden Boy."
His film credits included Sidney Lumet's "12 Angry Men" and Blake Edwards' "Days of Wine and Roses" and an early television highlight was appearing with Humphrey Bogart and Henry Fonda in a production of "The Petrified Forest." His performance in the classic 1959 musical "Gypsy" brought him a Tony nomination for best featured (supporting) actor in a musical.
He also appeared in several episodes of "The Twilight Zone," including a memorable 1963 one in which he played a negligent father whose son is seriously wounded in Vietnam. His other TV shows included "The Defenders" and the soap opera "The Greatest Gift."
Throat cancer took away his raspy voice for several years in the 1980s. When he was back on the stage for a 1993 revival of "Three Men on a Horse," the AP's review said, "His voice may be a little scratchy but his timing is as impeccable as ever."
"The only really stupid thing I ever did in my life was to start smoking," he said in 1996. Seeing people smoking in television and films "disgusts me, it makes me so angry - kids are watching," he said.
In his later years, he guest-starred on TV series including "Third Watch" and "Crossing Jordan" and appeared in a 2010 theatrical film, "Camera Obscura."
Klugman's hobby was horse racing and he eventually took up raising them, too.
"I always loved to gamble," he said. "I never got close to a horse. Fate dealt me a terrible blow when it gave me a good horse the first time out. I thought how easy this is.
"Now I love being around them."
A horse Klugman co-owned, Jacklin Klugman, finished third in 1980's Kentucy Derby and fourth in that year's Preakness Stakes.
Klugman's wife, actress-comedian Brett Somers, played his ex-wife, Blanche, in the "Odd Couple" series. The couple, who married in 1953 and had two sons, Adam and David, had been estranged for years by the time of her death in 2007.
In February 2008, at age 85, Klugman married longtime girlfriend Peggy Crosby, who was by his side when he died Monday.
His attorney Larry Larson wrote in an email that Klugman is also survived by two grandchildren and that memorial services have not been set.
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This semester, it's been a necessity for us to have crockpot meals on Wednesday. I teach labs until 6pm, and then we have Bible study at our home at 7pm – thus, the crockpot needs to make dinner for me.
I changed quite a few things up in this recipe to help make our dinnertime crunch a little easier and I will say that we were happy with the outcome.
Crockpot Parmesan Garlic Chicken – Adapted from How Sweet It Is
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1 tsp. olive oil
- 4 T white wine (cooking, or a dry wine preferred)
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tsp. basil
- 1/2 tsp. parsley
- 1/4 C Parmesan cheese
- 1 C brown rice, uncooked
- 1 1/4 C chicken broth
- 2 C broccoli (or other veggies of your choice)
Lightly spray the bottom and sides of your slow cooker with cooking spray. Then, place the rice along the bottom of the insert.
Pour the 1 1/4 C chicken broth carefully over the rice. Top the rice with chicken breasts.
In a small bowl, mix together 1 tsp. olive oil, 4 T white wine, 1/4 tsp. salt, 4 garlic cloves minced, 1 tsp. basil and 1/2 tsp. parsley.
Pour the marinade over the chicken & rice.
Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours.
Steam your veggies and then serve them along with the chicken and rice mixture.
Top with Parmesan cheese for serving.


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Fried Stuffed Squash Blossoms – So Good, You'll Have Them Standing!
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- Joel said...
Where can one find squash blossoms other than a personal garden?
- September 19, 2011 at 7:05 PM
These look incredibly delicious. I have never tried to deep fry anything before, but seeing how easy it looks I should give it a try. Now for the question, where do you get your squash blossoms?
- September 19, 2011 at 7:07 PM
- Elizzaruth said...
I don't love goat cheese in huge amounts. Might try it with ricotta and Parmesan if I can track down some blossoms.
- September 19, 2011 at 9:43 PM
Chef John, I believe your squash blossom is showing.
- September 19, 2011 at 9:50 PM
- Chef John said...
Search your local foodie message boards on yelp or chowhound. If they are in your area people will know where. Good luck!
- September 19, 2011 at 10:58 PM
How would Velveeta work instead of the goat cheese? I have 3/4s of a box sitting in my fridge and need ti rid of it.
- September 19, 2011 at 11:12 PM
- Grams Pam said...
@Pauli Smith .. gross! Just throw it away and don't think about trying to find a way to use velveeta! (did you read the box? it's a 'processed food product" ... what the heck does that even mean?)
- September 20, 2011 at 2:11 AM
As far as videos involving reproductive organs stuffed with cheese, this is the first one I've seen without poorly overdubbed German dialogue.
- September 20, 2011 at 2:54 AM
We just enjoyed your regular peach cobler recipe last night, we finished the whole pan...sooo good!
As always...I enjoy watching your videos :-)
- September 20, 2011 at 12:03 PM
- Jay M. said...
Chef John, another W for you. Good call on the makeshift piping bag. Here's another variation with ricotta and garden herbs, although Viviane removes the stamen from the flower first, due to its bitterness. Do you find that to be the case, or does the goat cheese take care of it?
Either way, these look awesome.
- September 20, 2011 at 1:05 PM
I can promise you that Velveeta will turn out nothing like goat cheese. Throw that junk away!
- September 20, 2011 at 1:19 PM
- Kathryn | Dramatic Pancake said...
Hi John, I just recently stumbled on your blog and am sorry I didn't do so sooner! Fantastic recipes and impressive videos -- I'll definitely be back!
- September 20, 2011 at 2:19 PM
- Brooke @ Foodwoolf said...
Squash blossoms (Mozza, Nancy Silverton Style) changed my life. But then again, so did you.
It's so great getting to know you through your posts, your humor, and great recipes.
That is why, of course, I'm nominating you for best unique blog in the Food Buzz awards.
Hope you win!
- September 20, 2011 at 3:46 PM
Thanks! I have piles of squash blossoms and the store has been oddly out of ricotta in my last 3 visits.
- September 20, 2011 at 3:49 PM
- Jay M. said...
Forgot to add the link.
Also hoping that velveeta comment was a joke... Unless you want to make some bar nachos ;)
- September 20, 2011 at 4:05 PM
- Chef John said...
I've never removed the stamen, or found it too bitter, but I can see removing it to have more room. I'll have to try it next time. Thanks!
- September 20, 2011 at 5:39 PM
- Mrs. L said...
I saw squash blossoms for sale at a local farmers market several weeks ago. I have to go back to see if they are still selling them to try to make these!
- September 20, 2011 at 6:45 PM
- JoAnn said...
Chef John, I loved this recipe.
Reminded me of poached blossoms with foie gras from Tonga in the South Pacific. Check out this recipe http://thisdamecooks.com/2009/05/appetizers-poached-squash-blossoms/
- September 20, 2011 at 9:02 PM
- JoAnn said...
Whole Foods Market carries frozen squash blossoms. They're great in minestrone soup too.
- September 20, 2011 at 9:14 PM
- Chef John said...
Thank you for your lovely comment and nomination! Very high praise indeed! I love that you enjoy the blog. XOXO
- September 20, 2011 at 10:27 PM
- Rita said...
i would've never thought of eating squash blossom, but that doesn't mean i'm not going to try this recipe. sounds too interesting to pass up!
by the way, would panko work for the batter?
- September 21, 2011 at 2:48 PM
Given that my squash plants are producing about 10 flowers a day (and no squash, at least none that survive the deer and squirrels), do you have any other ideas of what to do with it? Omelet? taco? pesto? I've seen these online but the flavors feel a little delicate for that. Not sure what I'd do with a blossom pesto though it looked beautiful and yellow (online).
- September 22, 2011 at 1:58 PM
I was thinking of taking it in a sweeter direction and wanted to use ginger beer instead of water. I expect that the sugar would cause them to brown faster in the oil, but would this matter given the short cooking time? Also, would the extra sugar make the batter heavier or is this offset by the carbonation?
- September 29, 2011 at 4:39 PM
- Chef John said...
not sure... only one way to find out ;-)
- September 29, 2011 at 6:11 PM
- Exce55ive said...
This is great chef John!
Specially since Blossoms are the only thing my Zucchini plants are producing this year.
- October 1, 2011 at 12:42 PM
any other suggestion for the types of blossom????? =(
- January 31, 2012 at 2:35 AM
Holy Goat cheese! Amazing! This was my first time eating goat cheese, deep frying anything, or eating a flower for that matter. I think goat cheese is so delicious you could put it in anything and have a decent recipe...
I ate 3 and some raw filling and feel a bit green, I guess raw eggs and rich cheese should be had in moderation!
Great recipe though, thank you for sharing.
- June 26, 2012 at 11:43 PM
Chef John,
Thank you so very much for the squash flower recipe. I took Tetes-des-Moines Cheese, a very tasty swiss Cheese instead of the goat cheese and it turned out to be absolutely great!! I entertained and needed about 30 blossoms, my zucchini and squash plants didn't provide this amount, so I took pumpkin flowers too (Hokaido pumpkins), they work very well.
I just found your site a couple of days ago (I wished I would have earlier...) and I am addicted to it. I live in Germany and some of your ingredients are not available here, so I need to substitute. That's even more fun.
Thanks again, I can't wait for the white gazpacho recipe :-)
- July 25, 2012 at 6:16 PM
Why blanch? It ruins the blossoms. Just stuff the blossom fresh and twist the end. You just wreck the blossoms by dumping them in boiling water. They are fragile. I mean, duh.
- August 25, 2012 at 9:08 PM
- Chef John said...
Blanching removes some of the bitterness and makes them seem sweeter. Duh.
- August 25, 2012 at 9:38 PM
- Adoring Family said...
Thank you for this video! We have tons of beautiful blossoms. Can't wait to try this tonight. I LOVEEEEE your videos! You make it look simple and I am always inspired!
- May 31, 2014 at 10:15 AM
- Unknown said...
These look amazing, thanks for the recipe! Any idea if arrowroot is a good replacement for corn starch? If not, what is? Thanks in advance.
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This post has been inspired by Thomas Macentee's 2012 update to the 2011 "Genea-Opportunities" series of blog posts.[1] Longtime readers may recognize that it was this discussion that originally led to the birth of this blog in its current incarnation. The third topic Thomas has proposed for this week is "What Do You Mean It Isn't Free?"
Despite the subtitle of this blog ("Genealogy as a Profession"), I have never discussed the central question that most aspiring genealogists struggle with: what do we charge for my services?
One resource that is often recommended is Chapter 10, "Setting Realistic Fees" by Sandra Hargreaves Luebking in the book Professional Genealogy. In this chapter Ms. Luebking puts forth a relatively simple two-part formula to calculate your rates: (1) Salary + Expenses + Profit = Targeted Income; and (2) Targeted Income / Billable Hours = Hourly Fee.[2]
Using this method, if your "targeted income" is $80,000, and you can work 20 billable hours per week (x 50 weeks = 1000 hours), then your hourly fee would be calculated as $80 per hour. Simple enough.
Unfortunately I disagree that this formula can produce a realistic figure. To me, one should set their fees based on external factors rather than internal factors. Think about every job you have ever had. You did not walk into the interview and say, "This is how much you have to pay me." Being self-employed, of course, you have the option to set whatever rate you decide. You can base this on anything that you want.
My own rates are based primarily on a broad survey of other professional genealogists. What do others with similar skills, experience, and education charge? This, in my opinion, is the fair way to set my fees. It has less to do with what I think I need, and more to do with what the market allows.
I believe that the market should control our rates for two reasons: the dangers of overpricing and the dangers of underpricing.
The danger of overpricing
Suppose you are an aspiring professional genealogist. You have decided to quit your job and start taking clients full-time. You have never conducted any research other than on your own family. You have never completed a genealogy course of study, other than a few local society meetings and regional conferences. You use the equation above and decide to come out of the gate charging $80 per hour, in order to maintain your lifestyle.
With your first few clients, you realize that you are in over your head a little bit. You have a few unhappy clients–not because their expectations were too high, but because you could not deliver value equal to your rate. Suddenly these unhappy clients have told their friends who told their friends, and to a small but growing group of people "professional genealogy" is now considered a scam.
This hurts all of us–not just you or your clients.
The danger of underpricing
Some prospective clients will try to get anything they can for free. They will write to you for advice, asking specific questions about their family, and eventually start asking you for "favors" to pick up records, etc. Part of the problem is that many genealogy consumers are on fixed incomes and quite frankly can't afford to hire a professional. Another part of the problem is that genealogical research skills are often undervalued even among professionals, and this attitude spreads to consumers.
Underpricing is quite often a result of undervaluing what your skill is worth. Again this is why we must conduct market research. Find out what other genealogists with similar skill, education, and experience are charging. And, equally important, be honest with yourself as to what your level of skill, education, and experience really is. If you have been researching the same family for 25 years, this is different from a professional genealogist with 25 years of experience researching hundreds (or thousands) of different, unrelated families.
Doing market research
The greatest resource for conducting market research into what other genealogists charge is the Members Directory of the Association of Professional Genealogists. Here you can read the profiles of all 2000-plus members of the APG–not all of whom take clients.
The members' profiles provide general qualifications: education, experience, qualifications, specialties. You can search for specific locations or specialties or even keywords using the Search function of the Directory. But don't stop there. Most profiles do not provide specific information on rates. However, many professional genealogists have their own websites. Follow the links to their sites for more information. Don't stop at one, either–look at a few dozen. Find those most similar to yourself, and average their rates. You can make small adjustments as needed based on your local average cost of living. (Living in Manhattan is a different scale than living in Kansas.)
In general–in my opinion–your rates should reflect the value that you are able to provide based on your skills, education, and experience. Have I repeated those three factors enough yet? These three factors are among the most important when it comes to many other aspects of professional genealogy as well–not just setting your rates.
What do my fellow professional genealogists think?
[1] Thomas MacEntee, "GENEA-OPPORTUNITIES – 2012 UPDATE," Geneabloggers blog, posted 9 July 2012 (http://www.geneabloggers.com : accessed 9 July 2012). Thomas MacEntee, "GENEA-OPPORTUNITIES (LET'S MAKE LOTS OF MONEY)," Geneabloggers blog, posted 18 April 2011.
[2] Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, "Chapter 10: Setting Realistic Fees," in Professional Genealogy (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001), pages 193-202.
If you would like to cite this post:
Michael Hait, CG, "Charging for genealogy: what is it worth?,"Planting the Seeds: Genealogy as a Profession blog, posted 11 July 2012 (https://michaelhait.wordpress.com : accessed [access date]). [Please also feel free to include a hyperlink to the specific article if you are citing this post in an online forum.]


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Brimley's Tabitha Graham named all-state
Brimley's Tabitha Graham has been selected to the Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association All-State Third Team in Class D.
Graham, a 5-foot-9 senior middle hitter, helped the Bays reach the state quarterfinals.
Graham led the Bays in kills and digs on the season with 404 and 241, respectively, in stats compiled through the regional final. She also turned in 121 blocks.
Graham was the co-Eastern U.P. Player of the Year, along with Brook Livermore of Engadine.
Class D All-State selections included eight players on each of the first, second and third teams.
Other EUP players receiving All-State recognition included Rudyard senior Marissa Harrison, who was honorable mention in Class D.
Harrison is a 5-3 senior setter for the Bulldogs.