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The Mix School Of Bartending Vancouver BC (Bartending School)
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The Mix School Of Bartending
The Mix School Of Bartending - Description
School of Mix
We pride ourselves in providing the best Job Placement Assistance possible which means our students really do get great industry jobs!
Since over 80% of all our students go on to work for us at Mix Event Staffing, we look at all our grads as potential employees and representatives of
The School of Mix around the world.
Professional Bartending Mixology Course &nbs...
School of Mix
We pride ourselves in providing the best Job Placement Assistance possible which means our students really do get great industry jobs!
Since over 80% of all our students go on to work for us at Mix Event Staffing, we look at all our grads as potential employees and representatives of
The School of Mix around the world.
Professional Bartending Mixology Course Winter Special Special $399!!!!!! 604-738-1446
Part time classes Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays daytime or evenings
Mondays: 12pm - 9:00pm
Tuesdays: 12pm - 9:00pm
Wednesday: 12pm - 9:00pm
Saturday Classes - 12pm - 5pm
New Classes Start every Monday at 12pm or 6pm
Tuition: $424.00 taxes, includes all books, course materials, and brewery tour
Course Outline:
- Train for a career in professional bartending; get the industry skills you need to make the BIG MONEY!
- Hands on - work at your on pace flexible schedule
- Unlimited practice hours
- Average course span 2 - 6 weeks 40 hours of lecture and instruction as participation in pouring practice
- Introduction to the bar, bar set-up, equipment and glassware
- Bar psychology and terminology; customer employee and management relations
- L.C.B. rules and regulations; what is and is not legal
- Cost control; beverage and bar supplies
- Shot pouring and portion control
- Mixing all classic cocktails; traditional, trendy, special coffees, non-alcoholic.
- Beer; domestic, imported and specialty draft.
- How to deal with intoxicated customers
- Personnel appearance and cleanliness
- Résumés and interviews for employment
- Beer tasting and Granville Island Brewery tour
- Payment Plan Available
Professional Bartending Mixology & Wine Combo Course:
This is our professional Bartending and Wine Combo Package. Save $100 by signing-up for our Combo Course at $525
We high recommend this package for hotel and restaurant jobs.
Wine Classes are held Wednesdays 6pm-8pm (Subject to enrollment.)
MIX Instructors
Tyler Hazelwood & Katie Kitson:
As a former graduate of the Mix School of Bartending at age 19, Tyler originaly became a Bartender as a means to support his love for travelling. He has since travelled and worked as a Bartender in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, London, Amsterdam, Turkey, and Greece.
Tyler along with a handful of other Mix gradualtes worked their way across Canada on a five star hotel on wheels called the America Orient Express. Now back in Canada pursuing a career in film, t.v. and music, he has worked in numerous bars and clubs as a bartender and promotions such as Section (3), Tokyo Lounge, and Voda.
At age 23 Tyler started a company called TNT Professional Bartending Service, that provided graduates of the Mix School of Bartending with employment.
Now working as the director of the Mix School of Bartending, Tyler with the assistance of DJ RC Lair have reworked the concept of the School to include their love for music and now offers DJ Lessons and has now become The School of Mix. Tyler says his goal was to create an actual hands-on working environment as much as possible.
Matt Sherlock - Wine Expert / Tasting Host:
Matthew Sherlock has been deeply involved in the wine industry for 7 years. He has worked in the restaurant industry as a bar manager, assistant sommelier, sommelier, restaurant manager and restaurant owner. He has completed two vintages in wineries, one in New Zealand and one here in the Okanagan and he now manages one of Vancouver's premium wine stores. He has completed his Advanced Certificate from the UK based Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET) and continues to taste, travel and learn in order to stay on top of all that is changing in the world of wine.
Matt is also the lead instructor at the School of Mix.
Dan Hawkins - Bartending & DJ Instructor - DJ Hawkeye
Dan started his restaurant career in 1998 as a chef with the Keg Steakhouse and Bar, opening the Park Royal Location in West Vancouver. After two years leading the kitchen team he moved into a bartending role. Dan then became part of the Cactus Club on Broadway and Granville, moving through the ranks from server/bartender to shift leader.
Dan was offered an opportunity to open Relish the Restaurant with manager Jason Sohor and he was involved with all aspects of development from the beginning. Dan was brought in by Executive Chef Aaron Salter to manage MiBar and Grill in the Marriott Hotel and he was responsible for re inventing the entire cocktail and wine menu, and the complete re structure of restaurant practices. From the Marriott Dan moved on to participate in the opening of Saltlik Steakhouse on Alberni street as a restaurant manager.
Dan has also been a local DJ for several years in Vancouver and had the fortune of working in Ibiza Spain for the Privilege Club one summer, and also traveled through Australia as a DJ. Dan fine-tuned his music producing skills after graduating from Columbia Academy with a recording arts diploma in 2004. Dan opened Figmint Restaurant with the consulting company The Fifteen Group in 2006 as the bar manager and was involved in all aspects of the bar program from design to cocktail creation. Dan created what was coined a "culinary" cocktail program in that it incorporated molecular mixology as well as severl in house infusion recipes that remain cutting edge still today. From Figmint Dan took over the General Manager position with acclaimed chef Jeff Van Geest's Aurora Bistro on Main Street. He was involved with the over all operations of the restaurant as well as working closley with local wineries to build a celebrated wine program. From Aurora Dan is joining The School of Mix and brings with him a decade of restaurant, bar, and DJ expirience to aid in the instruction of classes.
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Welcome to the battle of the day! Today we present the battle for fun between brett13sa VS Thorzilla! The battle just started! Vote for your favorite.
Topic: Mario Bros Related.
Size: 350x135
Deadline: Tuesday
Wagger: As i said, it is just for fun
Good luck brett13sa, and you got my vote.
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06-12-2006 #1
Time for a good challenge! Battle: brett13sa VS Thorzilla
06-13-2006 #2
The poll has just started. Vote for your favorite.
*Sorry for the doble post, i just wanted to make it visible*
06-13-2006 #3TribunalGuest
Not too bad brett. But thorzillas seems to have more action to it.
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Thorzilla has got my vote...Good Job to both of you.
Just one thing for brett13sa....yours is good, I just wouldn't have used that filter or whatever over the top of your sig....You have to be very picky when it comes to using the grain effect. It almost looks as though your sig is set at a really low resolution.
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NoUse that's not a filter, that's low quality from saving as a gif :P Yerh brett yours is good but like I said try to avoid saving it as a gif, it lowers quality. Anyway I voted thor
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I voted for you Thorzilla. Thanks for the advice Coolio.
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Brett's sig represents Mario as a whole MUCH better than a simple Mario Kart action shot. Brett's shows Mario evolving in the background to his current state "swooshing" towards you from the side.
06-13-2006 #8
Thorzilla gets my vote, I like the colours he use.
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No comment (erm um erm)
06-13-2006 #10
Dont you think that you are making too many signature battles at the same time[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
"Studios come and go, but good games last forever"
06-13-2006 #11AJJets107Guest
My vote goes for Thorzilla.
06-13-2006 #12
Ok, let me finish the battle.
Seems like I won!
But i feel generous today brett. You stood up well.
Let me give you one of my PS3 controller icons. I knew it was without a wagger, but never mind, just a little gift.
Keep improving and we may meet face to face again!
Nice battle brett.
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Originally Posted by Thorzilla
Oh, and you really don't have to give me one of those controllers. I mean, if you really insist on me having one, then I'll take it. Thank you very much for offering.
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No problem man. Check your item list
Nice figth brett.
GO SPAIN! BTW they play TOMORROW!
06-13-2006 #15TribunalGuest
Originally Posted by Thorzilla
(not a slam against you, but I had to rant about ESPN)
06-14-2006 #16
No problem Tribe, but i just cant wait for tomorrow! I am so excited! I got my shirt, my flag, my make up...Everything i will need!
And i get your point, but tomorrow, i will be back with the OVER. crap JK
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Why are not attacking Boozer?!?
Why are not attacking Boozer?!?
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You make exceptions for players like Sanders and Jackson. Demps isn't in their league.
Demps is far from a bum , he simply loves running track....He will be our best kick returner immedieately the day he finally reports , even if that day was in December.
Said it before, say it again. Demps is a thief. He is stealing money.
Apparently this guy is a bum and cant play football:
Quote from: Boid Fink on April 30, 2013, 08:40:12 AMTHIEF!Not stealing if the team is willingly giving it to him. Keep thumping that chest though. No one knows how this will play out yet. Wasn't like we had multiple options for Blount. I'd be more concerned with James than Demps. If Demps plays then great, if not, no big loss. James' performance is the key. We can't continue to run Martin into the ground.
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Another classic fall: Texas back in it to win it
Rangers 22nd team to return to World Series year after loss
On the night the 2010 World Series ended, with Texas on the short end of a five-game series against the San Francisco Giants, Rangers general manager Jon Daniels ambled through the home clubhouse in Rangers Ballpark and was struck by how quickly his players appeared to have turned the page."Most of the guys had hung around," Daniels recalled. "They were sitting there, kind of digesting it. You got a sense that, instantaneously, they had shifted their focus to next year." The senior Rangers player, Michael Young, assured that, telling teammates, "Enjoy your winter, but don't turn it off mentally. We're capable of getting back." This is not breaking news. A team loses the big one, its players resolve to return the following year to again be sized for the ring. They always vow to be back. "We've got that [World Series] experience," said Ian Kinsler, the leadoff spark plug. "It wasn't a very good one, but we have the experience." Relatively few actually get to keep the promise, as have the Rangers with their convincing triumph over a feisty Detroit bunch in the American League Championship Series -- the first team in 20 years to get an immediate shot at reversing a World Series loss.
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"Behold," said Texas manager Ron Washington, only the sounds of trumpets missing, "here we are with another opportunity."But if you do return, you have a slightly better-than-even chance of reversing the outcome, of seeing the satisfying end of your year-long mission. Since the first World Series in 1903, the Rangers are the 22nd team to return after being defeated in the prior installment. Of the previous 21, 12 won in their second coming, usually facing different competition -- as will the Rangers, who this time will meet the St. Louis Cardinals. History gives the Rangers an even better shot than the odds: AL teams simply aren't in the habit of dropping consecutive Series, none having done so since the 1963-64 Yankees lost to the Dodgers and Cardinals in succession. The fact the NL hasn't won back-to-back Fall Classics in two decades -- since the Pirates, the Phillies, the Dodgers and the Cards ripped off four in a row from 1979-82 -- is more Rangers karma. "It was a group commitment," Washington said. "We weren't very happy with [the last Series] results, and we certainly knew that we were a better team than we showed." The Chicago Cubs pioneered the role reversal, back when they actually made regular World Series appearances. The legendary Tinker-Evers-Chance 1906 Cubs dropped the Classic to the White Sox, and came back to win in 1907 and '08, both times over the Tigers. No team has perfected the art of retaliation more than have the Yankees, which only makes sense considering they have appeared in more World Series (40) than anyone else (the Cardinals are about to tie the Dodgers for a distant second, when they take the field in their 18th Classic). The Bombers have won "only" 27 of those 40, and have done pretty well avenging the occasional defeat: 1922 (lost to Giants) to 1923 (beat Giants).
1926 (lost to Cardinals) to 1927 (beat Pirates).
1955 (lost to Dodgers) to 1956 (beat Dodgers).
1957 (lost to Braves) to 1958 (beat Braves).
1960 (lost to Pirates) to 1961 (beat Reds).
1976 (lost to Reds) to 1977 (beat Dodgers).
In the 34 years since the Yankees' most recent rebuttal, it has happened only once, when the 1989 A's swept the Giants in the Bay Bridge Series the October after losing to the Dodgers in the Kirk Gibson Series. For that matter, the Rangers are the first to get a crack at redemption in 20 years. When the 1992 Braves returned to face the Blue Jays, all they could do was duplicate their '91 defeat at the hands of the Twins. Understandably, repeat World Series appearances became particularly rare after Major League Baseball entered the division era in 1969. It is extremely difficult to sustain dynasties through preliminary playoff tiers before you even get to the Fall Classic. In that 42-year span, the Rangers are only the sixth to make a return appearance after a loss. Three of the previous five reversed the outcome: the 1969-70 Orioles, the 1976-77 Yankees and the 1988-89 Athletics. The 1977-78 Dodgers and 1991-92 Braves could merely repeat the previous fall's downfall. Are the 2011 Rangers capable of joining the short list of avengers? Daniels had the only reliable response: "I'll tell you in about two weeks."
Tom Singer is a national reporter for MLB.com. Follow @Tom_Singer on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 1:06 am
Post subject: We Need To Open Our Eyes to Racism, It Continues Even Today
I am a white college student, and in one of my classes we are studying African-American history and its impact on todays society. These photographs clearly show that if the blind hatred toward blacks at that time has just been discovered now, than even today many acts of racial violence are also either ignored or unknown.
As a white person, whose ancestors likely contributed to the discrimination toward blacks that persists to this day, I may never fully understand how African-Americans and their ancestors felt when they were perceived as an inferior race whose lives were considered less precious than those of another race.
However, I see from these photographs, which show murders that happened at a time when many knew already that racism existed, that if you do not act to end racial discrimination, than you are only strengthening it. Even if you disapprove of racism but do not act, to aggressors, your silence only encourages them to hurt more people. When you see these photographs, you must understand that racism will only end when every person stands up and unites to end it.
This collection of photographs describes a time when many refused to take a stand. If we do not want this to continue, than we must all stand up to oppose. It is the actions of the individual that create a chain reaction, but it is the actions of groups of people that create even greater chain reactions.
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Very well said. The key is "unity" among "people". Will there ever be a time when "people" are recognized as being apart of the human race? The hue of our skin should not be an issue, but it is! Truth is, we all cut and bleed in the same way. Last I checked, toilet paper is used by us all, with the exception that some brands are softer than others! Family issues cut to the heart and effect whites the same way that it effects, blacks, latinos, indians, etc... Layoffs, hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts, etc... effect "all". Where did it ever come from that one culture of "people" is more superior than the other? Who started this nonsense? God didn't! Whoever started it has created the biggest mess! So who is going to get the honor of turning this thing around? I am African-American and yes its piercing to my heart to see these pictures or even watch movies to this effect. To see the hurt that was inflicted on people of my culture, hurts me. In the same effect, when I hear the news of a little white baby left by its mother in a trash bin, I feel the same hurt. Or, when I hear the news of a white woman beat or killed by her significant other. I hurt. Why? Because I love and share a kindred to "people". It takes too much energy to "hate". No doubt about it, racism still exist, today. There are so many groups that promote separtism in the name of standing up for social injustice. When is someone going to start a movement that promotes "unity" and how many will dare to be different and join it? There is power in "unity"! When are "people" going to recognize that?
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Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 5:51 am
Post subject: Racism continues even to day.
Racism a lot more than continues today. I think it is getting worse. My joinng this forum started a few weeks ago when I was writing an article for a small paper about Jena 6. I needed to see the lynching pictures to make sure I had some facts straight.
The thing is that the schools today do not teach history. There is so much focus on reading and math that the other core subjects get a short shrift. Then the religious fundamentalists do a lot of work on controlling the content for both science and social studies whle the liberals have problems with the strong role of God in our history. The schools have not caught on to the idea that starting at around 3rd grade you can teach reading [b]through [/b]other subjects. I went to a meeting about Jena 6 a few weeks ago and the young adults there did not think it was particularly important to know the history of civil rights in this country. They mostly knew that Jena 6 was wrong. They went to Jena and had a demonstration and felt good about it, but it did not do a thing and Mychal Bell was locked up again a couple weeks later. There is not the kind of sustained effort that is required to reduce racism. I say "reduce" because you can change behavior but not hearts.
Teachers are a microcosm of society and some, even some inner city teachers, are prejudiced. In special ed we used to be almost exclusively liberal but with the generic and alternate certifications that is no longer the case.
Last year I taught my mentally disabled kids black history on a level they could understand, but the other teachers did not, even when I offered them some good worksheets. I did it as much for the benefit of my student helpers---one black, one latina born in America and for my paraprofessionals, both of whom were too young to remember Dr. King, as for the kids. When I told the kids (high school but with mental abilities of 8 year olds) that before Dr. King their black classmate would have to go to a different school from the rest of them, they asked, Why? Handicapped kids are not generally prejudiced unless someone tells them to be, which happens to regular children at about the 6th grade.
Unity is key, but you don't need to be slurpy about it. There are prejudiced people of all races. A principal once fired me for teaching while white. Jesus said to love unconditionally and that is enough for me. I cannot be a Christian and harbor hate in my heart.
Prejudice is different now than it was in the 1960s. On a personal level it is often gone. There are a lot of interracial couples and children even in the deep south in small towns. In New Orleans dark skinned people are quite rare and the children exceptionally beautiful because they inherited the best of more than one race. A lot of people identify as Creole. ON a community level, however, there is still a whole lot of racial separation. Churches are still almost exclusively one race. If your relgious community is segregated, your community is segregated. There are some schools in this formerly rural, now suburban, parish ( same as a county) where one high school was built to be white----sort of a semi private district to attract middle class white folks from the Catholic and Baptist school. This was only 5 years ago. That kind of fouled up with school choice and the kids from the failing, heavily black school transfering in . Even though this town appears to be about 50/50 all the local officials are still white. I asked my assistant last year whether the mayor was black or white---she was black---and she looked at me like I had asked her to jump off the water tower. (I had never seen a picture of him.) It does not seem to cross the minds of a lot of African Americans in small towns that they can have political power. It is not like Atlanta where they have almost all of it and there is a large black middle class. I think if they knew their history they would know their power. At an institutional level, America is integrated. But it is early integration, not like the race of a person not mattering when it comes to politics. For that reason, Louisiana was embarrased by NO mayor Ray Nagin's "chocolate city" speech after Katrina and the DA there did not realize he would be in serious trouble for firing all his white employees and replacing them with black ones. Owes several million. (He was real blatant about it.). Then of course the judicial system, which is supposed to be colorblind still simply cannot be if a totally out of proportion number of black men are in prison as opposed to white people. If you match for socio-economic and educational issues I doubt black people are any more violent than white ones. Drugs and violence go together and while the black folks were smoking their crack, the white rednecks have been making meth for at least 20 years. It was always a white redneck drug.
So on a personal level things have improved. I have a wonderful hardworking country couple living next to me. They own their home and the guy drives a truck and the girl does nursing work. They are from adjoining towns near Natchez Mississippi and always have a house full of visitors and temporary residents that you never will be able to predict the race of in advance.
On a communty level, it is not there. There is great separatism, not necessarily in neighborhood living but in neighborhood involvement. This is where the work needs to be.
On a state and federal level it is illegal and people work together with folks they would never take home, but the judicial system tells what is really in the hearts of people in power.
Americans are also still shocked when a black person is a Republican and conservative. They don't seem to know that skin color does not make a person open minded. Although I personally find it something of a betrayal of ones roots, the more money a person has the more likely that person is to be conservative. It is almost as shocking as when a gay person is a Republican.
I think that the way that America will lose some of its racism will be when the churches reach out across racial boundaries. I recently found one that has a fair mix and last week, since two board members had resigned, the pastor took the opportunity and appointed two black members to the board. However, this is a small church that caters mostly to a particular sexual orientation even though it is very evangelical. I have seen very little mixing in Louisiana, although the Presbyterian church I attended in NO was making inroads (3 interracial couples although none straight black) and now there are more because the church reached out to the New Orleans community after Katrina both to get rebuilt (flooded sanctuary, organ through floor) and then turned the help outward and organized a lot of community rebuilding, partially by housing the volunteers.
The key here is the kids. Few people are afraid of children and most won't show prejudice against them especially in a faith based situation. They know what is right at least in their heads. That is why the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was so significant as a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement. You simply do not go around blowing up children. I think a big part of changing America is teaching children history and respect for everyone and preventing prejudice early so that by middle school they don't know anything but acceptance. I don't however, think is was appropriate to teach kindergarteners about lynching. That is a middle school subject. I told my students about "slave stores", words they could understand much more easily than "auction", as places where you could go buy an African-American to work in your house and how they belonged to you the same as your dog does.
College students, when you view the pictures, especially those of the Civil Rights movement; Yes, they are real. The Birmingham pictures were all on the local news. Bull Connor was our police chief. George Wallace was our "gov'na", They called Dr. King a communist (a very bad word in days that were also the Cold War) and his followers "outside agitators" even though Dr. King was living an hour's drive away and Coretta was from a suburb of Birmingham. John Lewis, one of his main assistants, and who organized the freedom rides was from near Auburn Alabama, so most of the demonstrators were local. The hate came from the public officials. Their rhetoric had aroused fear in the white population who were not only afraid of Castro and Krushchev but of everyone who was different from them. I was told as a child that all black people carried knives and the old ladies carried hatpins and they would stab you if you said "the N word" (spoken out) and so to say "colored" so there would be no mistakes as could happen if you said nigra or negro. It was fear manipulated by politicians that became hatred. We were also told that the colored people carried disease and that was why they could not swim in the public pools, go to Kiddieland when the white kids did, or attend our schools. Sex was not discussed in those days.
Study your history young adults. I suggest John Lewis's first book, [i]Walking with the Wind[/i]. There are many newer ones. If you are just starting off, find some children's books. They can get the point across quickly. Unity and equality are not events. They are processess. You go way back into history and have the freedmen. You go throughout the early history of America and know Benjamin Banneker, Sojourner Truth and Harriett Tubman. Later you know Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver and WEB Dubois. Dr. King did not start the civil rights movement. He was the pinnacle leader ahead of his time and the single greatest spokesperson of the movement. He came at a time when our nation was ready for actual laws against discrimination. We need more leaders in Civil Rights. Sharpton is an attention seeking blowhard. His greatest use is that he knows how to get media attention. Jesse Jackson has moral issues and one speech that he tailors for different occasions. No single leader for the new civil rights movement has risen yet. I hope there is one soon. King's daughter has his speaking gift but also a nice position in a megachurch under a strong pastor . I hope someone rises up soon. America needs it if racism does not continue to rise and consume what is right in this country.
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Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:21 am
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Thank you for your words of wisdom. It's true, uniting together is easier said than done, but if we encourage the next generation of kids to think openly and to accept everyone regardless of race or ethnicity, than it can be done.
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Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 4:18 am
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Thank you. And acceptance of individual differences with the overview that all of us are worthy children of God must occur in the home, the school, and the church. If we say the words AND walk the walk we will make progress. We must protect the freedom of speech of everyone, even those we disagree with (like Westboro Baptist Church---God Hates Fags.com) while we repudiate their ideas. This sets a good example and facilitates understanding and acceptance. It is a theory that is usually used by the religious fundamentalists to repudiate gay people, but it goes the other way too: Love the sinner but hate the sin.
I think it would help a lot if people who love social justice would visit churches that are predominantly or solely of another race. Churches are open. Anyone can visit, although you might be more comfortable with someone who goes there. Then, afterwards you can speak with the pastor just to say hello if it is a large church and maybe send him a note saying honestly what you lilked and did not like about the service. I suggest 2 or 3 visits to the same church in order to be comfortable.
Personally, I have attended a variety of churches, especially during a desolate period when my church closed. I still attend predominantly white churches for some particular reasons. 1. I don't like 3-4 hour services 2. I have problems with churches with all male leadership which many black churches have. (Alot of white churches do too and I also object to that but I found when I came to Louisiana that female pastors are a rare breed here. Mostly they are in United Methodist and Episcopal churches, both too liberal theologically for me.) But I truly love the music in black churches, especially when they sing the old traditional soul gospel with the incredible harmony. I wish predominantly white churches had better music---gospel especially and harmony instead of classical on one end or praise choruses on the other. What is most important to me is a preacher who preaches the Bible and from whom I learn something. That is why congregations need to be mixed and give something that all the members like.
But I really think that is the key, everyone coming together as the family of God and working for common goals. If people of different races can connect through common faith, they can resolve racial problems in other areas.
During slavery times the slaves often went to church with their masters and sat in a special balcony or listened in the windows. However at one church the black people had done the construction on the new church building and those who were free at least contributed to the funding. However, after the building was complete, the white members did not want the the black members to sit on the main floor or come to the altar to pray. So the black folks walked out and the first black denomination, the African Methodist Episcopal Church was born. It is still a strong denomination today.
OH, one last thing. If you want to hear traditional soul gospel with no preaching or fundamentalist bull, WWOZ in New Orleans has Bro. Jesse at 8:30 AM on Sundays. It is streamed on the internet. And that is followed by Hazel the Delta Rambler, whose first set is always Bluegrass Gospel. Sometimes you get different interpretations of the same songs. 8:30-10AM Central, WWOZ. Occasionally Bro Jesse gets pre-empted or has a sub who plays more contempory stuff, but he is usually there.
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Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:16 am
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Although I do not attend church (I am Jewish), I do enjoy gospel music, and I'll keep an eye on the internet for WWOZ. Thanks!
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Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:00 pm
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"Unity is key, but you don't need to be slurpy about it".
Hmm..Appearance is that this is a form of prejudice as well when we don't respect the opinions or feelings of others of which they are entitled to. I will now add to "unity" that "respect" is also key considering we are all different and don't think or express ourselves the same. This too is the same across all cultures.
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:34 am
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I did not mean that you were being slurpy, but that I have seen prejudice both against people of other races and experienced it myself. I have also seen a great deal of socio-economic and disability prejudice among all races. Hate lives in the heart, not the skin. I taught in a literally almost all black school system for 10 years. When I started the students were 98% minority (two elementaries were predominantly Vietnamese and Hispanic but the rest were African-American) and the teachers were 90% minority. For the first 5 years I saw one other white teacher---the art teacher who came in twice a week and 1 white student, a child in the primary moderately retarded class. When I went to a high school there was one other white teacher---and he was Jewish--- and 3 white students, one special ed and two regular. The surrounding systems were always trying to get the Atlanta system to merge with them because they were constantly in trouble with the feds for not having enough minority teachers.
What I mean by slurpy is when minorities are considered totally innocent and progressives think they should not be held responsible when they act in a prejudiced way. Certainly there is white privilege, but in areas where there is a large black middle class there is also black privilege. Consider that the former Mayor of Atlanta, Bill Campbell is now in the Federal Pen for corruption in office. When he was mayor, businesses could not get a contract with the City of Atlanta without being black owned and bribing him. IN 2000 the voters cleaned house and elected a black woman as Mayor (Shirley Franklin) and a lesbian City Council President (Karla Drenner) to deal with the corruption. Shirley promptly fired the police chief, Beverly Harvard, who was a Campbell appointee and not effective at all and was instrumental in the Fulton County Sheriff, an elected official, leaving office. Both were black women. The President, whose office has a lot of power in Atlanta later became the first openly gay state representative.
Consider also, Eddie Jordan, the DA of New Orleans who just resigned under pressure. He fired all his white staff when he came into office and replaced them with African Americans. Some of them were office staff who had worked there for 15 years. Now the city and possibly the citizens of Louisiana are going to have to pay off the damages and the office is in a wreck. That was prejudice too.
I was fired for teaching while white. The principal said to my face. "You don't care about the children. White people never really care." She pushed the only other white teacher, a disabled marine, to resign. The man was first year and giving his all. Even teaching martial arts in the after school program despite being in pain from being shot up AND including a little boy with cerebral palsy in his class. She made the man cry. She told him she better not catch him talking to me and plotting! I hardly knew, rarely spoke with him because he was regular education and I had been consigned to the basement. There was one other white teacher she could not get rid of because he had been there since the school opened and was really a minority since he was Jewish, so she did nto harrass him. I was replaced by a long term supply teacher who almost killed one of the kids because they could not find a real teacher for that multihandicapped class. I am often judged by my appearance and the color of my skin as a conservative by both black and white people. It can come in handy when I want to know what white people think---before they know me and that I had two black husbands and raised a black child. It is so funny when the calls me "Mama" in Walmart.
Prior to the Civil Rights Movement AFrican Americans were considered child like and less intelligent than whites. Even liberals thought this, but instead of Jim Crowing them back towards slavery, the liberals thought they should be taken care of and looked after. That is slurpy, too. I think I would rather be hated than patronized.
So I have seen how prejudice and racism can come from all directions. No one should be considered godly based on the color of his or her skin. ONe of the the problems that fallen sinners have is not seeing our brothers and sisters as God does.
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 12:55 pm
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I see. It seems that you accept all people as God's children, but still you have been the victim of racial prejudice, too (as you are white, many assume that you are apathetic toward those of different and ethnicities and cannot properly teach them).
However, although minorities have prejudices, too, they have them for a reason. As I am white, my ancestors probably were the ones who created racial discrimination (through white supremacy) toward blacks (and later other racial minorities) and have allowed them to continue for many years. I understand that whites can also be victims of racial discrimination, but that is because of lack of trust between whites and minorities (who for many years were politically and social handicapped in a white-dominant society).
Still, you bring up an interesting point: It is not enough to preach for racial equality, as many "progressives" who advocate it still do not believe that their reluctance to participate in the social matter hindered the progress of ending racism and prejudice. Through education and developing relations between whites, blacks, and other minorities, we can accomplish two things:
First, we can show how horrible racism is, and that it must be stopped immediately.
And secondly, relationships between those of different racial backgrounds will break the "color line" (the distancing of interactions between whites and racial minorities as a result of racism promoting separate "spheres of society") and help convince everyone that everyone else is just like themselves: A human being.
I hope that people will see from your experiences that every person can be victims of racism (due to the disastrous consequences of slavery and racism discrimination that create both white and black stereotypes), and learn to forgive and forget. Easier said than done, but it CAN be done if we all work together.
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:23 am
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Yes, I agree with your means of combatting racism. With you being Jewish your people have always experienced racism from the time of Moses until today. It has been some really nasty stuff and around Easter still comes up when fundamentalists say that the Jews killed Jesus. They did not. The Romans tried to execute him, but he gave up his own life and could have been rescued by angels at any time. Then he did not stay dead.
I think white people are racist probably often out of fear which they were taught because politicians told them too. White children tend to be taught to obey authority no mater what. (Remember the teenager who was sexually abused in McDonalds because she had been told to obey all adults? Therefore, she disrobed and submitted to the abuse because an adult told her to.)
When the officials and preachers told white people that black leaders wanted to take over the world and enslave white people, they believed them. They were authority figures. The Civil rights movement also came during the Cold War when the communist threat was on everyone's mind.
It was only a few years before that a horrible movie came out. I cannot think of the name of it and it portrayed black men as wanting to have sex with white women and frightened a lot of people. It glorified the KKK. It was a silent movie in a time when movies were the main form of entertainment outside the home.
Of course the prevailing thinking of the earlier time was that the slave traders were doing Africans a favor by removing them from their primitive life in Africa and that they were better off here, even as slaves.
I think that fighting racism requires two things. The first is that we must ensure that institutional racism is combatted publically and the perpetrators punished. It must also occur in the hearts and minds of individuals on both sides through interpersonal relationships. There is also a third way and that is through the schools ensuring equal opportunity for all students. Equal opportunity includes leveling the playing field by giving extra to disadvantaged children swo they have some similarilty of experience to advantaged ones. That means small classes, highly qualified teachers, good technology and lots of field trips. Try explaining a ravine to a child who has never seen a hill. I did.
I am not organized tonight so I wil close.
Peace, Rhonda
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 5:45 am
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I believe the movie you are referring to is Birth Of a Nation. It was a silent movie that glorified the KKK and stereotyped blacks as either docile, obedient people who "loved" their white masters, rampant and savage rapists (directed at black men), or sexually active women who "wanted" to seduce theirs masters instead of avoid being raped by them.
This movie shows many fears that whites held against blacks that made it more difficult to accept them as their equals: miscegenation, paternalism (believing it was the duty of whites to over assistance to "less fortunate", "inferior" black), and black violence.
Let us not be manipulated by these fears anymore. We are all human beings, and to not accept that is both a sign of ignorance and reluctance to have a "color-blind" world.
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But you know there are a lot of people who don't want to be colorblind. It seems a lot of black people want a kind of equal separatism---like schools that are just for black boys. This kind of thing really bothers me because one of the premises of the civil rights movement was that separate was not equal. It reminds me of the Simpsons episode where they taught the girls in a separate setting that supposedly was geared to the girls' learning style but which taught them no math. Lisa got into drag and went to the boys' school.
It is not something I know a lot about but I think that was also the debate between Booker T. Washington and WEB Dubois. And before the civil rights movement, in places like Atlanta where there was already a strong black middle class, there was a whole separate society that was just as genteel as white society but was African American. In fact, I believe it was Alonzo Herndon who made his fortune off of having an all white barber shop in which black barbers made great money catering to the customers. Then he poured the money back into the black community. Great house too! I saw it----but oddly victorian with no black cultural influence like you see today.
I would love the world to be colorblind and have worked toward that on a low level when I helped integrate a couple of churches. It surprised the pastor of a rural baptist church in Louisiana when I started bringing mine 10 year old friend. Then she wanted to join and did. The pastor was surprised that there was no comments or objections from the membership. Of course the fact that she was a little child was probably key. And I really think that that is the key to colorblindness---reaching out with the children---not as recipients of aid but as part of the family. One thing I have never seen is a black civic organization reaching out to a poor, predominantly white community. It goes the other way all the time, but if it can go that way sometimes I think it would be progress.
There is so much talk about race now though. There is a whole lot of fretting about black boys being "overrepresented" in special education and I think it keeps some from getting the help they need. I don't think there is any difference in black and white boys' learning style if they have similar backgrounds and experiences. Advantaged black students do just as well as advantaged white students and disadvantaged ones the same. There are certain diseases and syndrome that are more common in one race than the other and some can cause retardation, notably sickle cell disease if the child has a stroke from it which many do and which also can cause excessive absences.
I think one good way to attack racism is to emphasize the effects of poverty on children. There are actually more poor white children than poor black children, but the impression is that there are more black children. I think the upcoming federal administration will have the ability to look more into doing something about poverty. I just hope they do it right and make it permanent. However, on a state level it looks like the conservatives are taking charge more and more and there will have to be federal oversight, which is not popular. Plus the Bush administration has done a good bit of damage with the judicial appointments and I don't think we will see a return of the Supreme Court to the will of the people. I wish there was a minimum age of 65 for appointment to the Supreme to ensure that these lifetime appointees did not last for 30 years.
Yes, Birth of a Nation was the movie I was talking about. I think in addition to the fears that people had, there was an immense attraction to the media which was so new. I am sure it was so real to the people at the time that they were sure it was true---like rumors that go out on the Internet now and the instant news that we have. (It is just like people think that Katrina survivors are poor and black, because that is what we saw at the Superdome. But Katrina was an equal opportunity hurricane. New Orleans was only about 60% black and St. Bernard was hit even harder. There was NO habitable housing. They still don't have their government building and the area was frankly working class. There were only a few rich people in Chalmette and a lot of small business owners. I think the reason St. Bernard is recovering is that many people worked in the skilled trades and construction industry so they fixed their own houses, which they owned. There were not a lot of renters. They were not fancy houses, either. For the most part, most were quite ordinary tract homes, many built in the 1950s and some built, like my trailer neighbor in Vidalia, by the hands of the owners. All were in that flat Louisiana style---no basements, built on slabs. Only one neighborhood had expensive homes $250-500,000. I had a rental, a great 4 bedroom for $650 a month built in the 1950s appraised at $90,000. St Bernard was 85% white!
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 10:29 pm
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Very true. By emphasizing the effects of poverty on children (not solely black or white), we can bring attention to this national problem.
Also, although financial aid would the most obvious method to battle poverty, I believe education is just as important. Those who are in poverty suffer from a lack of money because they lack the education and experience to obtain better-paying jobs. Financial aid (through either Medicare or Medicaid) gives money to those in need, but that solves the problem only temporarily.
That money will eventually run out, and giving regular monetary benefits would only burden the government budget (social entitlements - Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security - compose the largest portion of the Federal Budget).
Education will help battle poverty (and with it, racism) by not only emphasizing the importance of equality (and for a world that promotes interracial relationships and not racial separatism), but by also allowing children to acquire better jobs, earn more money (which would "break" the poverty cycle), and this would (if we all worked together to make this happen) bring a permanent end to poverty.
Hopefully, that next generation will be able to acquire good homes, and, most importantly, educate others to reform our society for the better. Although there are always opportunities to work toward a world without poverty and racial discrimination, we cannot delay our efforts any longer.
As Charles Chesnutt, a storyteller from North Carolina said to "close his own story of white supremacy, racial murder, and unresolved injustice" (This is an excerpt from Tim Tyson's "Blood Done Sign My Name"):
"There's time enough, but none to spare".
In hopes of a better tomorrow for the kids of tomorrow,
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Mauer, the No. 1 overall pick of the 2001 draft, is a very even-keeled catcher, a Minnesota native playing for his hometown team. At 6-foot-4, 220 pounds, he's just growing into his large frame.
Durbin, taken in round two of the 2000 draft, is a firecracker, listed at 6 feet, but armed with the personality and fastball of a towering ace.
With all of the obvious differences between Mauer and Durbin, they share one thing in common: They are very, very good. Both are in Chicago representing the Twins in this year's Futures Game.
"I'm glad they're getting this type of exposure," Twins general manager Terry Ryan said. "They're two of our better minor league players, there's no question of that. I'm glad they're getting the opportunity to go to Chicago."
That they're here together is extremely fitting. The two have become almost inseparable since playing together for Elizabethton in the Appalachian League in 2001. They've moved up the ladder together, to Quad City in the Midwest League in 2002 and Ft. Myers in the Florida State League at the start of this season.
When they recently got the call to move up to Double-A New Britain, it was clear the Twins had a master plan. They even told Durbin and Mauer they would try to keep them together through their climb up the organizational ladder.
"It's great," Durbin said. "Hopefully, we'll both make it (to the big leagues) mid-year next year maybe."
The Twins certainly wouldn't complain if that scenario played out, and it's clear the two would feel much more comfortable if they arrive in tandem. The battery of the future even lives together now, and their familiarity is obvious. It was particularly evident as they toured FanFest here on Saturday as part of MLB.com's Access Baseball.
It began with an interview on MLB.com Radio, taking questions from fans about whom their favorite players are (Mauer picked Kirby Puckett and Kent Hrbek growing up and Manny Ramirez and Nomar Garciaparra now). Durbin, an Arizona native, chose Roger Clemens, admiring his work ethic. More contrasts for these unlikely close friends, but the bond became clearer when they spoke about their own friendship.
"It's nice holding on to relationships," Durbin said. "We're pretty close. A pitcher-catcher relationship has to be pretty tight."
"Its been a lot of fun for me," Mauer said. "I like traveling, playing in a lot of different parks, different atmospheres. And I've been able to do it with J.D. the last three years."
It wasn't all rosy when the pair, kind of the tall and short of the Twins organization (Durbin complained about having to talk to Mauer when he comes out to the mound), headed over to the This Week in Baseball Fantasy Broadcast Booths. First, they couldn't agree on which great moment in baseball to call.
"Come on, Mauer, make a decision," Durbin chided. "You call the signs."
"You're going to talk the most," Mauer replied.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Durbin asked with a smile.
In the end, they chose Nolan Ryan's seventh no-hitter. Upon completion of their broadcast debut, Mauer mutterrd that the pair better make it in baseball.
Or maybe in video games. The folks at EA Sports built Mauer and Durbin into their recent baseball game, and in an odd twist, the duo faced off in a home run-hitting contest. The winner didn't exactly mirror what would likely happen in reality.
"Winner! The pitcher wins it," Durbin exulted.
The final stops were the simulation pitching and hitting games. Durbin faced a video version of Derek Jeter and struck him out swinging. Of course that wasn't all that exciting for the right-hander, who actually retired the real Bernie Williams three times when the Yankee center fielder was on a recent rehab assignment.
Mauer was a little more proud of his accomplishment, getting Ken Griffey Jr. looking when he dropped down with a little sidearm action. Both then went on to take some cuts, Mauer connecting against Greg Maddux and Durbin swinging and missing against Randy Johnson.
Of course, their future lies behind the plate and on the mound. Mauer has hit at every level he's played, and Double-A is no different. After hitting .335 in the FSL, he's now up to .337 in the Eastern League. He hit his first Double-A homer on Friday, and few doubt that power will eventually come for the 19-year-old. Durbin is only 21, still young for this level. He won 13 games a year ago with Quad City and is 10-4 combined this year, after starting out 9-2 with Ft. Myers.
And now both are here, hopefully just the first of many times the Twins tandem will be recognized and rewarded. And if Mauer and Durbin have anything to say about it, it will undoubtedly be together.
Jonathan Mayo is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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About Me
Mother of three amazing boys who during the day hangs out at this place as the Director of Marketplace Systems.
Now, let's get straight to the point though and move on onto my alter-ego.
I'm a Self-taught Pastry Queen with an innate ability to whip up one great batch of French Macarons after another, some would say I also mix up a great cocktail every now and again. When daylight and my camera cooperate, my pictures don't turn up to shabby. Oh, one other fun fact… I LOVE a great glass of wine.
Random facts about this Daydreamer:
- The greatest man I've ever known was my father; he was completely selfless and had the biggest heart. He was the youngest of 7 boys and dedicated most of his young adulthood caring for his dying mother. Once she passed away, he began to live his life. He flew from Cuba to Miami with nothing but the shirt on his back. His brother introduced him to my mother when he was 47, a few months later they got married and the rest is history.
- My mom was the youngest of 10, at 41 she got married and at 42 she gave birth to me. What took her so long you may ask? Well, she was too busy being a nun.
- I was born in the US and moved to Mexico when I was 10 so I could learn how to speak and write spanish properly. After high school I decided it was time to return to the US.
- I spent one year in a Catholic boarding school while I was in Mexico. Take a wild guess who's idea that was. We attended Mass and prayed the Rosary every single day…
- I love to ride horseback. While living in Mexico I learned how to ride on a sidesaddle, and I also dreamed of being on an Escaramuza team.
- I love to drive, I'm somewhat of a speed deamon (shhhh… it's my dirty little secret.) Having a nice fast car is the only thing that's kept me sane after almost 13 years of commuting a minimum of 80 miles per day.
- Living in a house full of boys is the best when you are the only woman, and you don't have to clean the bathrooms.
- If you were to ask me what food item I could eat for every meal every day for the rest of my life without getting sick of it. The answer would be: Ice Cream.
- I grew up watching the Family Film Festival on KTLA, the movies I remember the most were Pippi Longstocking, my favorite of course was Pippi Goes On Board. It's the one in which she bakes a room-full of cookies during Christmas.
- I love to sing while driving… my car thinks I'm wonderful at it, it hasn't complained yet.
- I love hot summer sunny days, or crisp fall sunny days… boo on cloudy, overcast, cold, or rainy days.
- I'm not a picky eater, I'm willing to try pretty much any type of food at least once.
- Boolean hadCoffee = False;
Boolean grumpyJosie = False;
hadCoffee = DidJosieHaveCoffeeToday();
grumpyJosie = True;
//I think there might be a bug here, because sometimes the DidJosieHaveCoffeeToday method returns true, and somehow the grumpyJosie boolean gets set to true, when clearly it should remain false.
- The previous fact was code for: "I'm a geek".
Five out of the ten Amezcua Siblings.
That's me holding up the "5 A" sign…
Thanks so much for stopping by!
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- 1 May 31, 2010 at 9:25 am
Love your recipes and sense of humor! I bake a bit differently, but your recipes are great.
- 2 May 31, 2010 at 12:03 pm
Hello there. Wanted to drop you a line and tell you that it was such a pleasure meeting you at Camp. You are a dangerous blog for me to follow, the inner sweet tooth is easily tempted.
- 3 May 31, 2010 at 2:34 pm
Just dropped by and wanted to say hi. You have a wonderful blog, and a great sense of humor… Keep up the good work. Mike Long
- 4 June 4, 2010 at 7:40 pm
Thank you all so much for stopping by and for the great compliments!
- 5 July 21, 2010 at 1:02 am
You post amazing pictures! They make me drool …
- 6 September 1, 2010 at 11:32 pm
Hi!! I just found your recipes on Tasty Kitchen and can't wait to try them. My family is also from Cuba and I was born in Spain. I grew up in Miami and now live here in South OC in Ladera Ranch. Just wanted to say hi and tell you how much I've enjoyed this site!
- 8 November 29, 2010 at 1:25 pm
LOVE that you are a software engineer…I am too…oh and love your recipes too!
- 10 December 21, 2010 at 1:11 pm
I couldnt see a trackback URL on your site but just wanted to say I've posted a link to your "demystifying french macarons" post on my own post about my favourite sources so thanks for the inspiration and helpful information!
- 12 January 16, 2011 at 4:34 pm
Wow – great blog! I'm very curious about your post on the combination of garlic and chocolate. Will be back for more perusal!
- 13 January 18, 2011 at 6:33 pm
love the pasteles de guallava
- 14 January 23, 2011 at 12:20 pm
I know where I'm coming from now on when I need a dessert to really impress a crowd. Salivating over every recipe!
- 15 January 26, 2011 at 4:01 pm
hello from new jersey , i just wanted to know if you have a cuban cake recipe. i have try few recipe, but not the same as from the bakery.. the dough,masa, grain..i dont know what you call it.texture is not the same… thank you for recipe i love them..
- 16 March 1, 2011 at 11:30 pm
Do you live in L.A.? Do you give private classes? I'd love to have you come to my house for lessons for myself and my friends.
- 17 March 2, 2011 at 1:42 pm
"I love to sing while driving… my car thinks I'm wonderful at it, it hasn't complained yet."
Hey, me too. Now I understand why my car keep breaking down every other month – it can't stand my bad singing! I better shut up and just listen to the radio from now on.
- 18 March 24, 2011 at 8:25 am
Where have you been all my life? I just found you through our Latina Hermanas. So glad to read all about you and drool over your amazing desserts. LOVED reading about your mom being a nun – what a great story!!!
- 19 March 29, 2011 at 9:08 am
Just found your fabulous blog through…YOU! (and blog hermanas). I can't believe I did not know your blog existed. I love it! and I love everything and anything baking. YUM!
- 20 April 9, 2011 at 8:17 am
This is the first time I comment on your site, but I've been reading it for about a few months. I admire the passion with which you tell your stories and dream that someday I can do the same. Love
- 21 August 2, 2011 at 4:10 pm
Hey! I just stumbled on your blog and had to say (after reading a few recipes) you're like my sweet tooth hero.
Keep up the amazing work!
- 23 September 14, 2011 at 5:59 am
Hi! Your story is wonderfull and beautiful, you could be a writer too ))
Love your recepies and sense of humor.
- 24 September 27, 2011 at 6:13 pm
Hi! I am always looking for different cocktail, desserts and tailgating recipes for my blog. I thought the Coconut Guava Martini sounded really yummy! Living in South Florida I will have no problem finding the ingredients! Would you like to be a guest post on my blog with this recipe? Robyn
- 26 November 20, 2011 at 4:53 am
Thanks fro sharing! I like learning a little about my blogger friends.
- 27 November 30, 2011 at 4:05 pm
Enjoyed reading this "about me"! Sounds like you a very interesting background and fun life!
- 28 January 9, 2012 at 9:17 am
Love your story, your family so beautiful! Great recipes, too, and excellent photography. All the best in 2012.
- 29 January 20, 2012 at 12:40 pm
Awsome bio!
- 30 April 28, 2012 at 8:14 am
I bumped into your sight and love it. Love your story and your recipes and it made me homesick! Doesn't happen often. I was born in Ecuador, moved to Miami and married a Dutch man with whom I live with in the Netherlands. Your site is inspiring and shows how amazingly versatile a person can be!
- 31 May 3, 2012 at 10:49 am
sounds like you are an amazing human being thanks for being here for me!!!!!
- 32 May 31, 2012 at 8:31 am
What a fantastic website and an amazing background you have! Really enjoyed reading about your life. Can't wait to start trying your ice cream recipes now.
- 33 June 7, 2012 at 8:18 pm
My son Josh sent me the link to your blog some time ago and came across it when I was cleaning out my mail box. He raves about your desserts so am anxious to see what this is all about.
- 34 June 21, 2012 at 5:13 pm
I love Cuba, I love food, I love drikns and I love your website!!! All the best greetings from Poland
- 35 August 22, 2012 at 10:20 am
Hola! I love your famliy's history especially the age your parents met. I can tell you cook from the heart and with love which is most important for dishes to come out the best. So glad I came across your website it is inspiring.
- 36 December 8, 2012 at 1:31 pm
Love your blog and all the fun recipes. Your pictures are beautiful!
- 38 January 20, 2013 at 1:58 pm
What a GREAT blog!!! Something tells me we could be GREAT friends! Definitely following this blog! Keep up the good work!
- 39 March 6, 2013 at 9:53 am
Josie, you're amazing! I love your sass and incredible sense of humour. This is one of the best "about" sections that I've read on a blog in a long time. I loved reading about your fabulous parents and your journey so far. And needless to say, everything you make looks divine. You've got a new follower in me for sure.
- 41 March 11, 2013 at 7:49 am
Hello from Australia,
love your blogs & recipes by the way.
i have a question regarding your baklava martini. Can you please tell me what half-half means,is it alcohol or milk?
- 43 February 5, 2014 at 12:16 am
I have the wonder pleasure to meet you mom in a bus travel today and she told me about this page, and everything you do.
she loves you and is so proud of you.
she told me also a lot of recipes of wonder candys!
ill cook them soon and ill send it to you.
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Dr. Karen Kosiba, senior research meteorologist for the Center for Severe Weather Research, will be appearing at the Orlando Science Center during the weekend of March 24-25 for the premiere of the giant screen film Tornado Alley. Dr. Kosiba is featured in the movie and will be at the Science Center to participate in panels and presentations.
Enjoy this interview with Dr. Kosiba and have the opportunity to meet her at the Science Center March 24-25. And get caught up in Tornado Alley, premiering this weekend in the Dr. Phillips CineDome!
You are the VORTEX2 scientist responsible for coordinating the placement of the tornado pods – the heavy-based instruments that measure wind velocity and need to be placed right in a tornado's path. Your efforts helped secure the exceptionally good data catch that was featured at the end of Tornado Alley. Would you say that deployment has been your most successful?
Yeah, considering most of them have been terribly unsuccessful. [LAUGHS] What I mean is that it's actually remarkably hard to get something hit by a tornado. It really is. Especially something that you can't keep moving. Something like the TIV has an advantage because it can keep adjusting. And I think if you watch the footage of the TIV, you'll see that they sometimes adjust a little bit at the last minute. With the pods, you need to get them deployed and then leave. During the intercept you're talking about, we did a pretty good job getting them in place. But the tornado changed paths right as it was coming towards the road. It moved a little bit to the north of the pods and then a little bit to the south. And by a little bit, I mean a real little bit, like fifty meters or so. We still got good data right around the tornado's core, but the actual passage of the tornado? It looked so nice at first. It was so linear. And then all of a sudden it made this sharp right turn as it came towards the road. And at a certain point, there's nothing you can do about it. You can only move the pods back and forth for so long.
Was coordinating the pod drops your main responsibility during VORTEX2?
Yeah, that definitely was my main responsibility. In addition to that, I operated the radar, so I was also making sure I was getting radar data. There are two of us in the radar truck, Josh and me, and our goal is to get the radar up and running and collecting data. Once that's set, the radar doesn't need too much babysitting. And then I can start focusing on the pod teams and getting them in the right place and the right position. I'm always hoping there will never be a terrible overlap. It's a great exercise in multi-tasking.
And how did you get involved with the movie?
I've been working with Josh Wurman at the Center for Severe Weather Research since 2004. I started doing volunteer stuff out in the field while I was getting my Ph.D. And Josh and Sean Casey have worked together for years. They did another IMAX film together before this one. So I started working with Josh and, through him, I started working with Sean. Just helping with weather instruments, tracking stuff, you name it.
Was it distracting trying to do your work with the IMAX crews there?
You know, that's something you start to get used to. There's always been a film crew out there with us from the time I started doing this. We've had the Discovery Channel show Storm Chasers and National Geographic and other kinds of media, too. And I'm more than happy, honestly, to have them out there. All the different forms and flavors. People from different countries. The funny thing about the IMAX crew is you know their film is really, really expensive. Their shots tend to be shorter, like five or six seconds, so when they keep rolling you're like, uh-oh, this is a real expensive shot coming up right now. It's very different from the news crews or documentary crews who use digital cameras.
Do you eventually hope to make discoveries that will help lengthen tornado warning times?
That really has to do with identifying stuff we haven't identified yet, which sounds very vague, I know. It's like we need to learn more about the science, and once we learn a little bit more about that, we can apply it to forecasting warning signs. But that is still very far down the road, compared to gaining what new knowledge we can get now.