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quote: Even ones were you pay like $25 aren't finished yet.
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A cerebral arteriovenous malformation is an abnormal connection between the arteries and veins in the brain that usually forms before birth.
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The cause of cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is unknown. The condition occurs when arteries in the brain connect directly to nearby veins without having the normal vessels (capillaries) between them.
Arteriovenous malformations vary in size and location in the brain.
An AVM rupture occurs because of pressure and damage to blood vessel tissue. This allows blood to leak into the brain or surrounding tissues, and reduces blood flow to the brain.
Cerebral AVMs occur in less than 1% of people. Although the condition is present at birth, symptoms may occur at any age. Hemorrhages occur most often in people ages 15 - 20, but can also occur later in life. Some patients with an AVM also have cerebral aneurysms.
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Anticonvulsant medications, such as phenytoin, are usually prescribed if seizures occur.
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Selman WR, Blackham K, Tarr RW, Ratcheson RA. Vascular diseases of the nervous system: Vascular malformations. In: Bradley WG, Daroff RB, Fenichel Gm, Jankovic J, eds. Bradley' s Neurology in Clinical Practice. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Butterworth Heinemann Elsevier; 2008:chap 55D.
Zivin JA. Hemorrhagic cerebrovascular disease. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 237:chap 432.
Brown RD Jr. Unruptured brain AVMs: To treat or not to treat. Lancet Neurol. 2008;7:195-196.
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After going to the Future of Flight Aviation Center and Boeing Tour I received a CD that had some interesting facts about the largest building in the world. Here I present 10 of them: Largest Building on Earth? True. Guinness World Records list the Boeing Everett factory as the largest building in the world by volume at 472,000000 cubic feet (13.3 million cubic meters). Boeing Factory employees … Read More
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Pop queen Madonna was born on Aug. 16, 1958. Here's a look at the pop queen's life and career over the years.
July 1983: Madonna's self-titled debut album was released on July 27, 1983, about a month before her 25th birthday. The album peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard 200, and yielded the hit singles "Holiday," "Borderline" and "Lucky Star."
November 1984: Madonna's second album, "Like a Virgin," solidified the singer's status as a star. The album was certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America and sold more than 21 million copies worldwide.
January 1985: The video for "Like a Virgin's" second single, "Material Girl," mimicked Marilyn Monroe's performance of the song "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" from the 1953 film "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes."
March 1985: Madonna made her debut in mainstream movies in 1985, first with a brief appearance in "Vision Quest" and then in the comedy "Desperately Seeking Susan" (pictured).
February 1986: Sean Penn and Madonna leave a West Berlin cinema on Feb. 21, 1986, where they attended Penn's newest movie picture "At Close Range." The couple married on Madonna's birthday in 1985.
June 1986: "True Blue," Madonna's third studio album, spawned three No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100: "Live to Tell," "Papa Don't Preach" and "Open Your Heart", and two more top-five singles: "True Blue" and "La Isla Bonita."
August 1986: Madonna followed up "Desperately Seeking Susan" with "Shanghai Surprise," co-starring with her then-husband Sean Penn. The couple filed for divorce in December 1987.
August 1987: Madonna performs during her concert in Paris on Aug. 30, 1987. More than 100,000 people attended her show in the Parc de Sceaux near the capitol.
February 1989: Madonna stirred up a firestorm with her video for "Like a Prayer," which featured Catholic symbols such as stigmata and burning crosses, included a dream about making love to a saint and was condemned by the Vatican.
March 1989: "Like a Prayer" was the first single off Madonna's fourth studio album of the same name. The album also featured the hits "Cherish" and "Express Yourself."
August 1989: The black-and-white video for "Cherish," which was shot at Paradise Cove Beach in Malibu, Calif., premiered on MTV on August 28, 1989.
June 1990: Madonna starred as "Breathless" Mahoney in the film "Dick Tracy," with Warren Beatty playing the title role. The two began a relationship during filming, but it ended before the end of 1990.
March 1990: For a while Madonna had everybody "voguing," thanks to the music video for "Vogue," which was featured on Madonna's Dick Tracy soundtrack, "I'm Breathless."
March 1991: Madonna performs the Best Original Song nominee "Sooner or Later" from "Dick Tracy" at the 63rd Academy Awards on March 25, 1991. The song won, earning songwriter Stephen Sondheim his first Oscar.
May 1991: The documentary "Truth or Dare" followed Madonna on her controversial "Blond Ambition" tour in 1990.
July 1992: Madonna starred in the movie "A League of Their Own," which told the story of the first female professional baseball league. She recorded the film's theme song, "This Used to Be My Playground," which became a Hot 100 No. 1 hit.
October 1992: Madonna's fifth studio album, "Erotica," debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. Its title track peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
January 1993: The provocative imagery that had become her trademark continued with the erotic thriller "Body of Evidence," a film co-starring Willem Dafoe and containing scenes of sadomasochism and bondage.
October 1994: Madonna's sixth studio album, "Bedtime Stories," debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and produced four singles, including "Secret" and "Take a Bow."
December 1994: The video for "Take a Bow" was a lavish period piece casting Madonna as a Spanish bullfighter's neglected lover.
September 1995: Madonna poses after winning the Best Female Video award for the video for "Take a Bow" at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York on Sept. 7.
December 1996: Madonna landed the lead role in "Evita," telling the story of Eva Peron, Argentina's first lady from 1946 to her death at age 33 in 1952.
January 1997: Madonna holds the Golden Globe Award she received as best actress in a film musical or comedy for her role in "Evita" during the 54th Annual Golden Globe Awards as she stands with presenter, actress Nicole Kidman
February 1997: Madonna pays tribute to actress Elizabeth Taylor during the taping of a television special honoring Taylor's life and career titled "Happy Birthday Elizabeth -- A Celebration of Life."
January 1998: Jack Nicholson holds his Golden Globe Award for his role in "As Good As it Gets" as singer Madonna, who presented the award, looks on at the 55th annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 18, 1998.
March 1998: Madonna's seventh studio album, "Ray of Light," was honored with four Grammy Awards, and listed as one of Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time."
September 2000: Madonna's eighth studio album, "Music," became her first No. 1 album in 11 years since "Like a Prayer." It produced three singles: "Music," "Don't Tell Me" and "What It Feels Like for a Girl."
December 2000: Madonna and film director Guy Ritchie, with their son Rocco, leave Dornoch Cathedral in Scotland after the christening of their four-month-old son on Dec. 21, 2000. The couple married a few days later.
October 2002: Madonna starred in "Swept Away," alongside Adriano Giannini. The movie was directed by Madonna's husband, Guy Ritchie.
April 2003: Madonna released her ninth studio album, "American Life," which was based on her observations of American society, and received mixed reviews.
August 2003: Remember this mouth kiss between Madonna and Britney Spears at the MTV Video Music Awards Show?
November 2004: Madonna signs copies of her new book "The Adventures of Abdi" in London on Nov. 11, 2004. The book was the singer's third children's book.
November 2005: Her 10th studio album, the dance-infused "Confessions on a Dance Floor," won a Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album.
May 2006: Madonna performs at a concert to kick off the North American leg of her Confessions tour in Los Angeles on May 21, 2006.
March 2008: Madonna is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the 23rd annual induction ceremony, along with singers Iggy Pop (L) and Justin Timberlake, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York on March 10, 2008.
April 2008: Madonna's 11th studio album, "Hard Candy," featured the Justin Timberlake-collaboration "4 Minutes." The song was Madonna's 37th Hot 100 top-10 hit, pushing her past Elvis Presley as the artist with the most top-10 hits.
May 2008: Actress Sharon Stone (R) joins Madonna at the amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS 2008 event during the 61st Cannes Film Festival, on May 22, 2008.
July 2008: After Madonna was tied to New York Yankees' player Alex Rodriguez in the tabloids, fans tease Rodriguez by holding up pictures of Madonna behind him as he stands in the on-deck circle, in the third inning of the Yankees MLB baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, Mass., on July 25, 2008.
September 2008: In this shot, Madonna performs during her "Sticky and Sweet" tour at the Olympic stadium in Athens, on Sept. 27, 2008.
October 2008: Madonna and director Guy Ritchie, married for eight years, announced their divorce on Oct. 15, 2008. The photo here is from the 61st Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2008.
November 2008: Fast-forward five years, and Madonna watches as Britney Spears bows at the end of their performance during her Sticky and Sweet tour at Dodgers stadium in Los Angeles.
Decmeber 2008: In Argentina for her concert tour, Madonna meets privately with Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner at the Casa Rosada Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires, on Dec. 2, 2008.
March 2009: Back in Malawi, Madonna holds her adopted Malawian son David Banda at a school she financed in Malawi's capital of Lilongwe, on March 30, 2009. Later that year, Madonna won a legal action and was able to adopt a second child, her daughter Mercy.
May 2009: Madonna, famous in part for her own trend-setting costumes, wears a design by Louis Vuitton to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala in New York on May 4, 2009.
August 2009: Madonna performs here in her "Sticky & Sweet" concert in Munich, Germany, on Aug. 18, 2009.
September 2009: After feeding her musical side, Madonna feeds her spiritual self. Accompanied by an unidentified companion, she takes a walking tour of the ancient Jordanian ruins of Petra, on Sept. 3, 2009.
September 2009: Back on stage, Madonna pays tribute to Michael Jackson at the start of the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards in New York on Sept. 13, 2009.
September 2009: A day after the Michael Jackson tribute, Madonna attends the Marc Jacobs Spring 2010 show during New York Fashion Week, on Sept. 14, 2009.
December 2009: Lourdes Leon, Madonna's daughter (born on Oct. 14, 1996) is used to the limelight. Here, she arrives with her mom at the premiere of the film "Nine" in New York, on Dec. 15, 2009.
February 2010: Madonna was linked for much of 2009 and 2010 to Brazilian underwear model Jesus Luz (2nd R). Madonna's daughters, Lourdes (2nd L) and Mercy (R), joined the couple to watch the Carnival parade of samba schools in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome, on Feb, 14, 2010.
April 2010: Madonna has two adopted children, a boy and a girl, both from Malawi. In this photo, Madonna looks at her daughter Lourdes (L) and holds adopted daughter Mercy James during a visit to Gumulira village, about 50 miles from the Malawian capital Lilongwe, on April 5, 2010.
November 2010: Madonna arrives to open Hard Candy Fitness gym in Mexico City, on Nov. 29, 2010. The Mexico City gym is the flagship of an international chain of gyms, another of the singer's business projects.
February 2011: After presenting parts of her new film "W.E." on the sidelines of the 61st Berlinale International Film Festival, Madonna leaves a restaurant at Berlin's Gendarmenmarkt square, on Feb. 13, 2011. Madonna was co-writer and director of the film.
February 2011: Madonna arrives at the 2011 Vanity Fair Oscar party in West Hollywood, Calif., on Feb. 27, 2011.
May 2011: Oprah Winfrey and Madonna embrace during the taping of "Oprah's Surprise Spectacular" in Chicago.
January 2012: Madonna poses with her award for best original song for "Masterpiece" from the movie "W.E.," backstage at the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 15, 2012.
February 2012: Madonna performs during the halftime show at Super Bowl XLVI on Feb. 5 in Indianapolis.
February 2012: Cee Lo Green performs "Like a Prayer" with Madonna during the halftime show at Super Bowl XLVI.
March 2012: Madonna's 12th studio album, "MDNA," was released March 26.
April 2012: Madonna launches her new fragrance "Truth or Dare by Madonna" at Macy's in New York on April 12, 2012.
June 2012: Madonna performs during a concert of her MDNA world tour at O2 World in Berlin, Germany, on June 28, 2012.
May 2013: Madonna arrives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit in New York City on May 6, 2013.
January 2014: Mary Lambert (center) and Madonna (right) perform "Same Love" with Macklemore (left) and Ryan Lewis at the 2014 Grammys on Jan. 26, 2014. During the song more than 30 couples were married in the aisles among the stars watching in the Staples Center.
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Bay of roses on the Costa Brava was the venue for the PKRA youth world championships from 2-6th July. Ideally situated with daily thermal onshore winds & the event run from a huge campsite which was also the sponsor - camping la Ballena Alegra. Age categories were 8-14 and 14- 16 in boys and girls which meant there were 4 world titles up for grabs.
17 countries were represented with 43 riders registered for this 1st PKRA youth freestyle championships. Winds allowed the 8-14 category to be on their 7- 10mtr kites during their heats for the first couple of days. North Kiteboarding rider from the Phillipeans - Christian Tio showed huge style with committement and finished this event in 5th place. Uk north riders - Guy and Tom Bridge came from different sides of the freestyle ladder to eventually meet in the final for a superb close show with the judging now scoring 12 attempts with the best 5 counting. Tom Bridge (12 years old) scored 35 with his highest scoring move being a 7.76 with a double hinterberger pass. This beat Guy on 20 points who at age 13 was riding powered in straps with the NKB Select. Tom takes his first world title and shares the celebration with his older brother!
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My mom taught me: Always be humble and to do what I love.
My mom wishes I would: stop traveling so much.
My mom loves to wear: diamonds and high heels.
My mom's signature dish: amazing grilled summer vegetables.
My mom's greatest talent: being a wonderful mother and constant source of inspiration.
What my mom wants from me for Mother's Day: A phone/Skype call.
What I will give her for Mother's Day: A Skype call and the rest is a secret.
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My mom taught me: perseverance, integrity, reverence and fortitude.
My mom wishes I would: not be too hard on myself.
My mom loves to wear: red lipstick.
My mom's signature dish: Everything is delicious! If I had to single something out, she cooks the best fish stew.
My mom's greatest talent: grace under pressure.
What my mom wants from me for Mother's Day: for me to sleep, rest and take care of my health.
What I will give her for Mother's Day: She lives in Nepal so we're separated by thousands of miles, but always find time to speak daily. I like to think I honor Mother's Day every day of the year.
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My mom taught me: to act my age, not my shoe size…and to be a pathological optimist. She was superpsyched I sent her an article about Normcore because she's now the hippest person in Barrington, Ill.
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My mom taught me: how to appreciate the beauty of design through her insatiably curiosity for fashion, and her visionary sense of style.
My mom wished I would: wear seersucker shorts and blazers, like when I was a little boy. Were she still alive today, she would definitely approve of my penchant for Thom Browne suits!
My mom loved to wear: sable coats. My father was always so busy making furs for his clients, he rarely time to make her anything. She always complained about that.
My mom's signature dish: Canard aux Pêches et petits pois.
My mom's greatest talent: The discovery and mentorship of designers.
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My mom taught me: If I want something to be proactive about it and make it happen!
My mom wishes I would: sleep more.
My mom loves to wear: anything athletic or sporty.
My mom's signature dish: A big delicious salad.
My mom's greatest talent: Her ability to laugh and be funny.
What my mom wants from me for Mother's Day: For me to visit her more.
What I will give her for Mother's Day: She doesn't like gifts; her biggest request is more time spent together so we're having a nice dinner with the family.
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My mom taught me: to laugh a lot and enjoy life. [She passed away in 2010.]
My mom's signature dish: was pasta with fresh tomatoes and basil from her garden.
My mom's greatest talent: was her beautiful soprano voice.
What my mom would want from me for Mother's Day: She always loved a pretty bouquet. If she was still with us, I'd take her to Venice.
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I begin 2013 by going back to the year 2012. It was a simpler time, filled with hope and promise … OK, it was a great year for rock music, filled with some terrific records from The Men, King Tuff, Ty Segall, Ty Segall … Ty Segall, and a lesser-known band out of Saint Louie (Go Cards!) called Tilts, whose self-titled debut made numero uno on TDoL's Best of 2012 list.
I bring them up again in these early days of 2013 because a) their album is pure rock and roll fun, and b) it was criminally overlooked last year. I discovered Tilts over at cranky pants Everett True's Collapse Board blog, and immediately bought it on vinyl (which you, too, can order here). The record rocks in the spirit of Van Halen, Sabbath and Zep—big, dumb and fun, harkening back to the glory days when riffs were painstakingly forged in fire and could slice through your gray matter like a hot knife through gray matter (the song "Hot For Pizza" has more in common with Van Halen than just its title). The record was pulled together from a string of 7-inches, and finally released with the help of a Kickstarted campaign on Robotic Empire.
The man behind Tilts is guitarist-vocalist Andrew Elstner, who in 2012 also began slinging ax for Torche and contributed to the Miami metal quartet's good-timin' Harmonicraft album. Needless to say it was an eventful year for Elstner, even more so if you count that little situation when a bat pissed directly into his eye. But that's sooo 2012. This year looks to be even bigger, even better. Torche will tour and start writing material for the follow-up to Harmonicraft, and Elstner says there's a new Tilts album already in the works.
After a busy and blurry holiday season, The Days of Lore finally caught up with Elstner to discuss rock and roll, defunct metal magazines and why David Lee Roth is hot for pizza.
TDoL: 2012 turned out to be a pretty good year for you: You joined Torche, Tilts released their first full-length and got No. 1 on The Days of Lore Best of list … I mean, come on!
Andrew Elstner: Dude, you said it. 2012 has been a blast! Really and truly, I have no complaints. This year's been a dream. I mean, it's not like I'm doing anything I haven't done before, it's just that I'm doing it better and more often.
How long has Tilts been kicking around?
Unofficially, I'd like to say since I was about 18 when I first met Ken [McCray] and Shawn [Hart]; we hadn't written any Tilts music of course, but the friendships started there. I met Andy White around 2001 if I remember correctly. We officially started jamming, I think, around spring or summer of 2009 and began recording EPs a while after.
I hear loads of great rock influences—ZZ Top, Sabbath, Van Halen. Was your upbringing with classic rock radio?
Absolutely. I began at the same place most kids did at that time. The first song I learned was "Sweet Emotion" by Aerosmith, then "Black Dog" by Zeppelin followed by a blizzard of Ozzy and Sabbath. Van Halen was everywhere as well.
Tell me more about the song "Hot For Pizza" …
Oh dude, it's such a long story, but all true. Ultra quick breakdown: A good friend of mine befriended David Lee Roth within the last decade or so. During their initial encounter, the two of them were partying and Dave wanted a slice. On the walk to the neighborhood pizza joint Diamond Dave allegedly sang the line, "I've got it bad, got it bad, got it baaad, I'm hot for pizzaaa!" Now, if this story came from anyone else I wouldn't believe it, but the shit is real. The song is very obviously a deep nod to Van Halen style wise, so the title couldn't have been anything else really. It's a good time.
What I love about the Tilts album is that it's a fun party record, but I also get the feeling you take rock and roll dead serious.
Tilts set out to be that kind of a band on purpose. I mean, the band is Tits with an "L." For real. You can't take yourself too seriously. On the other hand, yeah, we wanna write solid tunes. We honestly don't think about it too hard. Spinal Tap's Viv Savage said it best, "Have a good time, all the time."
I've read that you were an avid Circus magazine reader. I used to love that mag. Were you a metalhead growing up?
Yeah man—Circus, Rip, Hit Parader, all the usual pharmacy titles. Pretty hilarious to look at them now. It's like poodles with guitars. Metalhead for sure, though, maybe not as intense as some. Some stuff was definitely lost on me at the time. I was all Anthrax, Metallica, Ozzy, Megadeth and whatever was playing on Headbanger's Ball at the time. Between that and our local rock station's "Monday Night Metal," there were no other avenues to discover different bands. It wasn't until high school that I finally branched out when a buddy would drive me home and we'd listen to Fugazi, Shellac, Drive Like Jehu. Blew my mind.
You are a riff machine, too. Who are your guitar heroes?
Aww man, I hold my own I suppose. Heroes aplenty. The usual—Eddie Van Halen, Tony Iommi, Jimmy Page, Angus/Malcolm Young, Andy Summers; and some slightly unusual—Billy Dolan, Martin Carthy, Bert Jansch. But really as a guitar player you end up picking up so much you aren't consciously aware of. Somewhere in there is probably the Manhattan Transfer album my parents used to play when I was a kid.
OK, it's 1974. KISS, Zeppelin and Sabbath are playing separate shows on the same night: KISS in a small club, Sabbath in a theater, and Zep in an arena. Who do you go see?
Oh, Zeppelin. Easy. Well, don't get me wrong, I had to think about it and though I love KISS, I'm a bit of a tourist there. Black Sabbath, yeah, that's tough to pass up, and such a killer year for those bands. I'd buy tickets to Sabbath and Zeppelin, go to Sabbath first, then see the latter half of Zeppelin's set.
Has the fact that you're now in Torche brought more attention to Tilts?
Without a doubt. We've been awfully lucky there as the Torche connection has greatly extended our reach.
The bat piss incident probably didn't hurt …
Man, yeah, the story's been told a jillion times now, but for sure the press helped. So crazy.
You moved to Atlanta from St. Louis. Was that to be closer to the Torche guys without actually having to live in Florida?
Yeah, I moved here just about two years ago to join Torche. Steve [Brooks] lives here as well as does our sound engineer Rob. Jon [Nuñez] and Rick [Smith] are still down in Miami and Gainesville respectively. And, yes, no Florida for me please and thank you. Atlanta is really an amazing city—vastly underrated and comfortably under the radar for the moment.
Are you a Redbirds fan?
It's hard to live in or be from St. Louis and not be a Cardinals fan, though there again, I could barely tell you a single player's name from last season, to my father's sincere disappointment.
I assume Torche is going to keep you plenty busy this year. What's in store for 2013, and how does Tilts factor into the plans?
Torche has gobs more touring to do this year, as well as write a new album—so yes, we'll be busy for sure. Us Tilts dudes are currently chipping away at a new full-length. Still in the demo stages, but the songs, instrumentally at least, are pretty much written. Likely a few tweaks here and there, but we're pleased so far. We'll be recording this one ourselves again, fitting in recording time where we can among our thoroughly wily schedules. Fingers crossed we can finally do a small bit of touring. Zeus knows we've had plenty of requests.
"Mexiqo" – Tilts
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-Hi, I'm Amy Scott. And This is Teri Tsang, senior food editor for Everyday with Rachael Ray Magazine. Now, Teri, everybody loves to give and get edible gifts this holiday season. -Right. -Right? -Tell us how we should present those gifts this year. Well, we've got a few great ideas here for you guys So, I'm gonna start over here with a little S'mores crackers. -Oh, who doesn't love S'mores? -Oh, I'm glad to hear you say that. -I love them. -I have lot of them. So, what we do is-- well, we went to the container store, which is a great, great resource for just sort of cute-- like packing ideas for everything. We actually found these boxes, which are perfect for the shape of these gram crackers. -They are. -And so we assembled these little sandwiches. I lined the boxes with tissue paper, stuffed them inside, closed them up, and just wrapped them up with some ribbon. -And the ribbon is actually color coordinated to the S'mores. -Exactly. You could go with any color you want, but we kinda like the idea to sort of hinting up what's to come inside. We've got this pretty sort of caramel and chocolate brown colors. -That is very clever and of course those are uncooked S'mores, right? -Right. That was-- Yeah, that's probably a good thing. You know, the box isn't laminated or anything like that. -Messy. -What you wanna do is kind of give it to your recipient, if you will. And they can just take them out and just throw them in the microwave for maybe about like 15, 20 seconds just to get them nice and gooey. -Yum. -You know, the way you think of your S'mores. -That's a great holiday treat for the whole family. And what's next here? We have something made out of bread I see. -Right. Well, we thought this is a cute idea if you wanted to make your own peanut butter and gel and give it as a gift. -Oh, how cute. -Exactly. Right? So, what we did was found loaves of bread that were just tall enough to actually hold these jars so you'll seen inside, but what you wanna do is just hollow out little holes for the jars, place them inside, set the bread top back into place and then maybe just tie it with some pretty ribbon. -That is so cute. Not just a gift of bread but also a gift in bread. -Right. -I love that concept. Moving along, we have kind of a Corner Copia of candy I see. -Right. Well, this is a great idea for sort of loose things like candy or loose little cookies. And what we did is we took a large piece of cardstock, folded it into a cone, sealed it with tape and then wrapped it in paper and sealed it off with a ribbon. -Cute and these are such pretty papers too. What a clever idea. -Right and it's so easy too. So, this is definitely kind of one that's just good on the run, you know. -It's great and it's like nice under the tree or wherever you give your gifts that you've got a-- a bevy of different sizes and shapes. -Exactly and it's so pretty. -And finally, we have some beautifully decorated what looks like canisters, right? -Right. -You decorated these? -Yeah. Well, what we did here was we found fabrics that we loved and photocopied them on a color copier. So, you end up making your own homemade wrapping paper. -Oh, that is so cool. -It's a great idea and so what we did was we wrapped the tins in the wrapping paper, sealed it with double-sided tape, and just found color coordinated, you know, ribbons to just kinda finish it off and give it a little extra polish. -So you could put any fabric and-- and the color would come out the same color as-- of the fabric? -Exactly. And we could photocopy your shirt and get some really pretty shiny green paper. -Oh,-- -Yeah. -that is so clever. -It's a cute way to kind of make your own homemade gift wrap paper. -And it's probably cheaper than buying wrapping paper, right? -I think so. -I love that. So, these are like canisters. You could take like an oatmeal canister or whatever. -That's perfect 'coz everyone has them. They're really inexpensive. You can just wrap it up and you've got like a little gift box ready to go. -Those are some great tips. Thanks so much for sharing. My pleasure. -If you like some more ideas on how to present your edible holiday treats, pick up a copy of the December-January issue of Everyday with Rachael Ray Magazine.


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quote:Your record is 2-4 You have a $100 million QB.....2-4 Swiss Cheese Defense......2-4 No pass rush.........2-4 Garbage LBers.......2-4 50 year old starting safety.......2-4 $100 million QB......still won't make the playoffs.......2-4 your coach can't even stand on the sidelines with his own players.......2-4
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quote:Not to sound stupid so was Unitas' record in consecutive games?
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2C flour, 1Tbs baking powder, 1tsp salt, 2eggs, 1cup buttermilk. Mix everything together and spoon onto the chicken mixture bring to a simmer, cover and cook 10 or so minutes. Despite how they may look, they're very light.ETA: I think I got the recipe off food network quite a few yrs ago. Not sure who's since I have it memorized now.
This is what I had for dinner last evening. Out of that dinner what I thought was the best was the white sweet corn. I havent had good white sweet corn since late last summer. I was surprised that the white corn I purchased at Harris Teeter was so good. Norma
Norma,That looks very tasty! Funny you should mention the corn. We just had sweet corn yesterday also and it was surprisingly good. We don't usually buy fresh corn this time of year because it is usually lousy, but this stuff looked so good in the store that I couldn't pass it up.We are usually spoiled around here during harvest time because to the West and South we are surrounded by corn. It is so plentiful and cheap at that time that we usually eat it several days a week. Nothing like corn that was cut the same day that you eat it.
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chiselray wrote:no wait rath ,of course you can kill somebody if you don;'t have an automatic weapon,according to capricorn you could just make one ?
I agree .... his claims are just plain stupid.
It's a lot easier to kill large number of people if you have 2 or 3 machine guns & a grenade propelled rocket launcher, than it is if you turn up to a school & need to built your gun from scratch.
just the time alone it would take to make even the most basic part of the gun, a bullet ......... Who has that much horse crap, & piss to make gun powder.
IOt's an insane argument to make that people can just make guns & bombs at home, when ( lets face it ) even if they could, how powerful can these weapons be when put to the test.
Even a home made bomb would require buying large amounts of Ammonia nitride & such other components. & that alone would raise homeland security's attention & other agency red flags. ( who monitor the phone's & internet ) .......
His point is a childish one.
More over .... if all you currently need to do to kill large numbers of people is take your mothers guns from her shoe closet .....
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Thursday, January 13, 2011
Home Sweet Home (Lemon Polenta Cranberry Cookies)
So what happened to make me so desperate for home? Just another round of travel delays - affecting me directly this time. My 6:30 pm flight out of Florida was delayed 4 times before Airtran finally canceled it at midnight. While a supposed lack of crew was the reason for our delays, we watched as the stewardesses clearly meant for our plane were moved to another flight. It was 2 am when we got to a hotel and our rescheduled flight was for 6:30, so we barely got a wink in before it was time to pack up again. With all the passengers ready to go at the gate, we were then told there might be another delay because the captain overslept! Finally, a man had heart failure as we were about to leave the gate and had to be carted off the plane. I really hope he's alright.
Quite the trip, wouldn't you say? I don't mean to sound like a brat, especially since we did get free hotel rooms and even a ticket for our inconvenience. But these delays do have very real consequences. One passenger was quite distraught to learn that a loved one passed away while we were waiting. Sadly, she'd have made it to see him one more time had the flight arrived on time. I certainly don't expect airlines to control or predict bad weather, but they could certainly have better procedures in place to save everyone, including their own employees, some stress and frustration.
Thanks for letting me get that off my chest. I'd like to end this post on the sweet note you all deserve. Here is another treat that I baked for my sisters. I find they have a sophisticated air about them from the lemon zest and neat slices. And the crunchy texture from the cornmeal is really a delight to the taste buds! They're not too fancy for the little ones, either, who munched away happily on these during our car rides. My littlest sister, M, was so impressed by them that she started calling me "cookie," and it took some effort to talk her out of it!
Lemon Polenta Cranberry Cookies [Printable Recipe]
Slightly adapted from Bon Appetit via Milk and Cookies
Makes about 32 cookies
XIAOLU'S NOTES: Please note that the dough needs to chill at least 2 hours before baking. Any small dried fruit, such as golden raisins (which the original recipe called for) or dried cherries would also work well in place of dried cranberries. If your fruit is a bit too dry, soak it for a few hours in some warm water or appropriate juice. For that extra sumthin' sumthin', mix a lil' rum into the soaking liquid.
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp grated lemon zest
1/3 tsp salt
2 large egg yolks [refrigerate or freeze the whites for use elsewhere]
1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
2/3 cup dried cranberries (about 4 ounces)
Powdered sugar, to garnish (optional)
Using an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar in a large bowl until fluffy. Beat in lemon zest and salt, then egg yolks. Beat in cornmeal, then flour. Stir in cranberries. Knead dough just to combine; divide in half transfer each to a sheet of plastic wrap or parchment paper. Using plastic or parchment, form dough into two 1 1/2 x 6-inch logs. Refrigerate until firm, 2 hours or up to 1 day.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line large baking sheet with parchment paper. Slice dough log into 1/4-inch-thick rounds. Arrange rounds on prepared baking sheet, spacing 1 inch apart and reshaping into rounds if uneven.
Bake cookies until golden at edges, about 15 to 18 minutes. Transfer to rack. Cool completely, and dust with powdered sugar, if desired. Store airtight at room temperature for up to 4 days.
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sounds like an awful plane trip. out of all my plane trip experiences, the worst was probably when a passenger checked in but never entered the terminal until a few hours later. that passenger received many stares when FINALLY boarding and was sitting right next to me! but my trip can't compare to yours. oh well it's all over, at least you had time to spend with family :)
your cookies look beautiful and the polenta must give it the extra kick :DI hope the poor lad they carted off the plane is okay, but their reasons are just really, poor, poor customer service!
I would be very upset, esp if I was heading out for an International Flight.
That aside, I think this is SOOOO creative, polenta cookies..well I've never seen, or heard of such... and I love polenta.. so these must taste fabulous, they sure do look it.I have several polenta cookie recipes floating around, yet still never remember to bake them. These look like the winner with the addition of lemon and cranberry. I also think about making a batch with lemon and toasted pine nuts.
Glad you made it home safely from a most eventful trip!
*Heather*- Sips and SpoonfulsJanuary 13, 2011 at 11:53 PM
You seem to bake a lot of things I haven't tried. First there was pretzels, now polenta! Thanks for broadening my culinary senses though.
Your story about the delays was funny albeit a little tragic! Glad you're home safe and sound though..
Sukaina Rosa - So glad you like the flavors :).
Anh - I appreciate it!
Juliana - Oh please do try the cornmeal. The texture is really delightful!
Nourhan - Sorry to hear that and glad you made it back safely too.
grub - thanks and that's so inconsiderate of that one passenger. I had no idea they'd wait that long for 1 person.
Patricia - aw hun, thanks so much!
Globetrotting in Tokyo - Yea I hope he's well too! Fortunately the flight was only across a few state.
Heather - oh toasted pine nuts sound delightful! I've made a chewy cookie with pine nuts before and the flavorful is quite different but delicious.
Joanne - Yea they're still wee lil ones ^_^. My dad got remarried quite a long time after my parents divorced so they're much younger.
Sukaina - I'm glad to be able to introduce you to some new things. I really hope you'll try these as they're one of my favs :).
Libby - can't it though? At least I've been pretty lucky before that this is my first terrible experience.
Jun - Thx and thx!
Sylvie - Yes! You should've seen the way I lept into my bed when I finally got there.
Alicia - you are just too sweet, girl! thanks so much.
Shirley - hehe, I barely lasted these 3 days, so I commend you on lasting a week with the young ones! you're too kind about my styling. it's really more that I don't want to do the same thing twice and start grabbing random things than intentional skill 8p.
warmvanillasugar - =).
briarrose - thank you! glad you like them.
Medifast Coupon - you are just too kind, dear. thanks for stopping by!
Angie - I'm glad I was able to post some cookies you might enjoy since I've admired so many on your site!
Jess - Thanks! I was really afraid it would all collapse but it worked in the end yay!
Erika - Oh so perfect that you even have the ingredients already. Hope you like them!
Leemei - You're totally right, but I totally forgot to this time as we mostly ate them on the go.
Creative-Pink - Welcome and thank you!
chadizze - Thanks so much for your kind words. I'm quite self-critical at times and really appreciate the support.Prerna - Sorry to be a tease on Flickr ;p, but I'm glad you guys are so excited for the recipe!
Joyti - Indeed it was a wonderful feeling to get back! Hope you do give polenta cookies a chance. In the meantime, I need to try it in other baked goods.
Amy - Please do try it :).
amanda - thanks a lot, girl. honestly hearing recently about a lot of natural disasters and violent encounters going on in the world, I'm starting to feel bad about complaining so much for one flight =X.
crustabakes - yes, it's wonderful to dig my toes into the familiar carpet and sink into my couch which wraps around people like a big hug :).
elra - Oh please do try it, dear. I just know you'll love the result!
Koko - Thx!
Ellie - I appreciate it :).
Brittany - I'm happy to say they did enjoy these. What a relief!
smalltownoven - Yes, I feel terrible for them, too. I hope the man is at least okay now.
grace - indeed they do go well together. and no one's there to stop you from adding a little extra alcohol and then drinking the cranberry infused liquid later ;p.
Avanika - I definitely learned how hard they are to avoid this trip!
Lorraine - Thx and thx!
naomi - I'm glad to hear you say that :).
Alina - Yes, other than the chilling this is really a quick and tasty recipe. Please do let me know how you like them!I made these too!! And can't stop eating them while they're still warm. I never thought that just one teaspoon of lemon zest would make them so citrus-y - love that! I made them with finely diced dried apricots and it worked very well - orange apricots+yellow cornmeal look so pretty together! The only thing is that I guess our cornmeal is coarser than yours, so I'll grind it a little bit next time. AND this recipe can be considered "baby-friendly" in the sense that you can whip up the dough during your baby's nap time! ;-) Thank you for the recipe!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great posting! I found out about your site about a few weeks ago, and tried the scone and this, and they all turned out really good!!! (and I am a total newbie in the wonderful baking world.) I have a quick question for you. Mine all came out looking like the sliced doughs. They didn't come out looking round and "natural" like the ones in your pictures. (but tasted great though) How do I make them come out looking like yours?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback, Sally! I'm glad both those treats turned out well for ya. In terms of shape, it's funny you ask because I actually wanted mine to have more of a rigid sliced look! Mine look more natural because I didn't squeeze my dough enough when forming the log and it crumbled a bit when sliced. If you want a more natural shape, let the chill soften at room temperature a bit longer and just use your fingers to pat the sides a bit after slicing to make it look less rigid. Hope that helps and thanks for reading my site!


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This was a "short" story I wrote for my English class, but it could also be considered a fanfiction for the anime "Chobits." But very loosely. For one thing, its set in New York and the background of the creation of persocoms is completely different. Tell me what you think!
Prologue: The Advancement of Technology and the Creation of Persocoms
By the year 2100, technology will have become more advanced than anyone from our own time could have imagined. From the 21st century on, technology has flourished, bringing forth new inventions that allow for easier living on the behalf of human beings. Some of these new products are solely for entertainment, like the pocket-sized game station, while some are for more practical uses, such as the portable telephone that allows one to talk to anyone from anywhere. But all these new technologies pale in comparison to the newest generation of personal computers.
These computers, otherwise known as persocoms, can do virtually anything its owner wants. Cooking, cleaning, paying bills, you name it, the persocom can do it all. But what makes them so different from other computers is their shape. Persocoms are built to look like human beings. Their outward appearance resembles real people so strongly that someone who has never seen one before could swear that it was just another human.
The world's first persocom was created in Tokyo, Japan by Dr. Yuki Murakami in the year 2013. It took 10 long years of nonstop work and research on Dr. Murakami's part, and resulted in one of the most advanced AI units of the time. Murakami's persocom was built in the shape of a young girl and went by the name of Amaterasu, after the Japanese god of the sun who was created by the King of the Gods. When asked why he built Amaterasu in the shape of a woman, Murakami answered simply, "Staring at a bright screen all day can damage the eyes and give a major headache,â€


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Nice lodge very clean
Fantastic place , shame we went out if season so the shop wasn't open etc
Had a quiet and relaxing time, but were very disappointed that a lot of the facilities including site shop were closed!!! Also we couldn't use sports hall as there was a party Friday & Saturday!!! Also pool was closed during go active activities so we didn't get to use pool at all. The only activity suitable and available for my kids was trampolining during the welsh rugby international.