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From this month's issue of. . .
For old-fashioned ladies and the modern-minded girls in their care
Issue 4.02: February 2006
A Hot Day in Georgia
A young aunt repays the price of her niece's misdirected punishment.
By John Strict
Martha Shaw was one tired lady as she drove home from her double shift at the local hospital where she worked as a registered nurse. She had just pulled a twenty hour shift, having gone in at noon the previous day and worked until 8 that morning.
The 40-year-old divorcee yawned as she stopped at a red light about a mile from her house. She knew if she could only make it home without falling asleep, she would have it made. She had the next three days off and was looking forward to spending some time with her older sister who was visiting from North Carolina. But the only thing she was looking forward to right then was soaking in her bath tub, and then crashing for about twelve hours.
It was already hot and humid on that July morning in northeast Georgia as she wheeled her 1970 Camaro into her driveway. As she got out of the car and picked up the morning paper, she was pleasantly surprised to notice that somebody had mowed the lawn. "That's one less thing I'll have to worry about on my days off," she thought to herself. When she unlocked the carport door and stepped inside, it became pretty obvious that nobody in the house was awake yet. Her lazy fifteen-year-old daughter, Robin, was sure to still be in bed at this hour. And her visiting sister, Jane Miller, didn't appear to be up either.
Martha enjoyed Jane's annual visits. Her sister, four years her senior, was a high school English teacher in North Carolina and always made a point of visiting for a week every year while on her summer vacation. Since Jane was her only sibling, the two women were very close.
Jane was a very beautiful 44-year-old brunette who had a body to die for. Most people agreed that she looked ten to fifteen years younger than her actual age. And she also enjoyed a break from her husband and two daughters for a week each year. Although she loved her family very much, it was always good to get away and see her kid sister and her niece and spend a few days with them.
Martha glanced at the headlines of the paper. It said something about President Jimmy Carter meeting for the first time with newly elected Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. But she was so tired she didn't feel much like reading the paper or eating any breakfast. She didn't even feel like a cup of coffee. Even though she was sure nothing could keep her awake, she didn't want to chance anything interfering with her sleep. The only thing on her mind was that bubble bath which she'd been looking forward to for hours.
So she went straight to her bedroom, took off her white regulation nurse's uniform, threw a bathrobe on over her bra and panties and crossed the hall to the main bathroom. As she reached down to turn on her bath water, she saw something that caused a shot of adrenaline to course through her body making her blood boil.
The tub was filthy with dirty bath rings! She was beside herself. Robin had been told and told to clean the tub when she was finished bathing! She had preached and preached, scolded and scolded and now she was at her wit's end. It was right then and there that she decided that lazy little minx needed to be taught a lesson. So she reached over to the vanity counter and picked up her wooden hairbrush. She took a second to look herself in the mirror and contemplate what she was about to do. Tapping the back of the brush against her bare palm, she decided. Yes, Robin needs to learn some discipline and this is as good a time as any to start. With that she exited the bathroom and headed down the hall to her errant daughter's sleeping quarters.
She had not spanked Robin since she was about eight years old, and that was just a few slaps on the seat of her pants for talking back. But since then, the pretty, slim high school sophomore had grown increasingly lazy, disrespectful and sassy. Martha knew her divorce had been hard on the girl. And she realized that she had probably given that too much consideration when deciding on how to deal with her rebellious nature in recent years. But that was all in the past now. No more excuses! From now on she was going to hold her daughter accountable for her actions and discipline her whenever it was warranted.
She burst into the sleeping girl's room with a look of determination on her face and the hairbrush in her hand. Reaching down, she grabbed the covers and pulled them back, mildly surprised to find her teenage daughter sleeping in the nude. "Wake up this instant, young lady!"
Robin, shocked to be so rudely awaken from her pleasant slumber, was somewhat disoriented as she tried to figure out just what in the hell was happening. But before she could get her bearings, her mother had a hold of her arm and was dragging her out of bed. "Mom, what's the matter?" asked the naked and confused girl as her mother seated herself on the edge of the bed.
Quote said...
The brush continued to rise and fall on poor Robin's reddening posterior.
"As if you didn't know," replied a very irate Martha. "How many times have I told you about leaving that bathroom in a mess?"
"Huh?" Robin answered, still half asleep. In her confused state of mind, she couldn't even remember taking a bath the night before, but thought she did recall taking a shower in the half bath room that separated her bedroom from the spare one in which her aunt was sleeping.
But before she could offer any type of defense, she found herself being flung across her mom's lap. Then to her horror she felt her bare fanny being rubbed with the brush and realized exactly what was about to happen. "But Mom, I didn't...."
"Shut up!" answered her mother as she brought the hairbrush down square on her right buttock with a loud
"Ouch!" The sting of the brush quickly got the sleep out of Robin's eyes and brought her to her full senses. She was now wide awake and, to her disbelief, was being spanked for some reason of which she wasn't quite sure. But before she could figure it out, the brush fell again, this time landing on the left side of her defenseless fanny.
In the room next door, Jane Miller was suddenly awaken by the sound of her sister's hairbrush making contact with the delicate flesh of her young niece's bare bottom.
"Oh my God!" Jane thought to herself. "If I didn't know better, I'd think poor Robin is getting spanked! I wonder what she did?" Of course Jane Miller knew full well what was happening. She'd spanked both of her own daughters within just the last year. The previous summer she'd paddled nineteen-year-old Melissa for coming home late from an outing with friends. And just a few months later, she'd really sizzled sixteen-year-old Laura's behind when she'd been caught smoking at school. So she was familiar with the sounds of corporal punishment being dished out on a young girl's bare behind.
! As the brush continued to rise and fall on poor Robin's reddening posterior, her protests became more and more audible. "Ouch! Ow! Ohh! Please, Mom! Stop!" After what seemed an eternity, Martha finally finished her assault on the teenager's smarting buttocks.
"OK, get up," she ordered her sobbing daughter. "Now get in that bathroom and get it cleaned up! And when you're done, I'd better not find a spot anywhere." With that she stormed out of the room and headed towards the kitchen where she decided that she needed that cup of coffee after all.
Robin quickly got dressed and spent the next half hour scrubbing every nook and cranny of the bathroom, especially the tub. She thought her mom had lost her ever loving mind. "Damn, why did she tear my ass up for something I didn't even do?" she wondered. Then it dawned on her. "Aunt Jane must have made this mess!"
Oh well, the damage had been done. All she wanted to do was get back to her room, nurse her sore bottom and go back to bed. And she stayed in bed for most of the morning, eventually falling back to sleep. When she got back up at about 11:00, her fanny wasn't nearly as red, but it still quite sore. The house was silent. Her mom was asleep and her aunt had obviously gotten up earlier and gone off somewhere in her car.
She fixed herself a sandwich and was sitting on a cushion at the kitchen table eating and reading the paper when she heard Jane's car pull into the driveway. A few seconds later the kitchen door opened and her aunt stepped inside.
She was dressed in a red Georgia Bulldogs tee shirt and a pair of snug cut off blue jeans that clung tightly to her broad, but shapely, hips and bottom. Because of the warm weather, she wore her hair pulled up and neatly tied on top of her head in a large bun. She took off her sunglasses and sat down at the table across from Robin. "Hi sweetie, how are you?" she politely inquired.
"Not too good, I got my butt beat this morning for something I didn't even do."
"I know," Jane said. "I heard, but why did she do that? But she must have had some reason."
"Oh, she had a reason alright. I got blamed for that mess you left in the bathroom last night."
"My God, honey! She spanked you for that?"
"Yeah, she's warned me several times about it. So I guess when she got home this morning and saw that dirty tub, she just assumed that I'd left it that way."
"Well, why for chrissakes didn't you tell her?"
"Because I was sound asleep when she came in and dragged me out of bed. And before I could figure out what was going on, she was already wailing the tar out of me with that brush. And by that time my butt was hurting so bad, that was all I could think about until after it was over. By then it was too late."
"What about afterwards? Didn't you tell her?"
"No, I didn't see the point. What's done was done. And she was so pissed off that I thought I'd better just clean up the bathroom and get out of her way."
"Well, hon, I am so sorry. I assure you that I'm going to tell her what a terrible mistake she made. And I don't know quite yet how I'm going to do it, but I'm going to make this up to you some how."
That night for supper, Jane prepared Robin's favorite meal, cheeseburgers and French fries. They were at the table eating when Martha got up and came in to join them. She fixed herself a plate and sat down at the table. "Wow, I really slept good today. You wouldn't believe how tired I was this morning." Then she looked over at Robin and said, "And how are you, young miss? Is your bottom still sore?"
"I'm OK," she replied.
"I want to talk to you about that, little sister," Jane spoke up. "I'm afraid you jumped to conclusions this morning and made a serious mistake."
"What do you mean?" asked Martha with a puzzled look on her face.
"After supper last evening I felt like I needed some exercise and noticed the grass needed cutting. So I figured I'd go ahead and mow the lawn after it had cooled off some. I didn't get finished until almost dark and by then I was pretty sweaty and grungy. So I decided to take a long, soaking bath. I meant to go back in there clean up the bathroom but I was so tired, I guess I just forgot about it and went on to bed. So in light of what happened this morning, I think you owe your daughter an apology."
"You mean
made that mess, Jane?"
"That's exactly what I mean."
Martha looked at her daughter and said, "Well, I'm sorry, Robin. But if you hadn't made a habit out doing that very thing, maybe I wouldn't have been so quick to point the blame at you. Still, I apologize for not giving you an opportunity to explain what happened before I acted. You just have to realize, I was dog tired after working twenty straight nerve racking hours and wasn't thinking straight. So we'll just let that spanking be for the other 150 times you've left a mess like that."
"Sure, Mom. It's OK, really."
"I don't think it's OK at all," Jane spoke up. "Robin got punished for something that she wouldn't have otherwise. And all because I did something careless. I feel just terrible about that."
"Well, I don't know what we can do about it now," Martha half-laughed. "That is unless you want me to spank you too."
All three ladies chucked as Jane said, "Why not?"
Martha seemed slightly amused as her sister's little joke. "Don't be silly, Jane. You're a grown woman in your mid-40s. I couldn't spank you."
"That's true. I am a grown woman. A grown woman who should know better. I am also a teacher and a mother. Therefore, I should be a role model, not only for my students and my daughters, but for my niece as well. And if I make a mistake that causes someone else to be unjustly punished, I should be held accountable."
"You sound like you are actually serious about this," Martha said in a more authoritative tone. "Be careful what you wish for, Sis."
"I am dead serious," Jane replied.
Now Martha was incredulous. "You mean you really want to get a spanking?"
"Of course, I don't
a spanking, but I think I deserve one. I mean there is no logical reason why I shouldn't get the same treatment that Robin did. After all, this whole thing was my fault, so I think I should atone for it. And quite frankly, I don't know of any other way."
Robin sat there quietly amused by these sudden proceedings. But she found herself silently hoping that, somehow, her aunt would actually get that mature, broad backside of hers tanned.
Martha thought to herself for a moment then said, "OK, we can do this. But here are the rules. If you want the same punishment that Robin got, then you are going to get fifty hard licks, twenty-five on each cheek, with the hairbrush, in your birthday suit just like she did. Now you can back out anytime you want, but once we start, there will be no stopping until you taken all fifty stingers. And I promise you that I will lay them on hot and heavy, and it's going to hurt!"
"That's true, Aunt Jane, it hurts like you wouldn't believe," Robin chipped in, her bottom still slightly sore from her early morning session.
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Robin found herself silently hoping that, somehow, her aunt would actually get that broad backside of hers tanned.
"I'm sure it will," Jane gulped. "But... I rather have my fanny hurt for a little while than have my conscience hurt for a long time."
"OK then," said Martha. "I guess that settles it. Robin, you can start cleaning off the table and washing the dishes. I believe your aunt and I have some business to attend to back in my room."
With that, all three of them arose from the table. Jane got up and began walking toward the hall, her ample buttocks swaying to and fro beneath those tight cut offs. She looked back over her shoulder, grinned and said, "Just think, here I am, a 44-year-old woman on her way to the woodshed like a naughty school girl. Who'd have ever believed that?"
"Not me," said Martha shaking her head and following close behind with her eyes trained on the seat of those snug blue jean shorts. As Jane made her way to the bedroom, her younger sister stopped off at the bathroom to pick up her trusty hairbrush.
Jane was waiting in the bedroom when Martha came in with the wooden brush in hand. She looked at the implement that her sister was holding and said, "You know I bought a hairbrush just like that a while back for the next time either of my girls get too far out of line. As of yet, I haven't had to use it, but it's probably just a matter of time before I will. So if nothing else, I guess this will give me a chance to see what it feels like when I have to paddle one of them with it."
"You mean you don't remember?" asked Martha. "Mom had one of these things and I vividly remember how much it hurt."
"Yeah, but that was a long time ago. I think the last time she spanked me was when I was about Robin's age. That would have nearly thirty years ago. I remember it stung like the dickens, but I can't recall exactly what it actually felt like."
As Martha seated herself on the edge of the bed, she patted the brush against her left palm and said, "Well, go ahead and get out of those clothes and I'll refresh your memory." Then she sat there and watched with great interest as her older sister pulled the tee shirt over her head and off. Next she reached around and unhooked her bra before slipping it off to expose her very nice breasts. They weren't exceptionally large, but firm for her age and nicely shaped, with perfect nipples and aureoles.
She reached for the snap then unzipped her cut-off jeans and slithered out of the skimpy denim garment. That left her standing there clad only in white panties and sandals. Taking a deep breath, she slipped her thumbs in the waist band and quickly dropped her drawers down to her ankles before stepping out of them.
"What about my sandals? Do I need to take them off?" she inquired.
"I said everything!" was Martha's terse reply. With that, Jane lifted each foot to a level where she could reach her shoes and removed them one by one.
As she stood there totally naked before her younger sister, both women suddenly felt a little uneasy and nervous. Martha gazed at Jane's magnificent body. She had always been somewhat jealous of her more attractive sister. Her own body was thinner and more tomboyish than Jane's curvaceous figure. So she couldn't help but admire the stunning figure standing nude before her, stoically waiting to be punished.
It had been quite a long time since she'd seen her sister naked and she was particularly amused by Jane's very bushy pubic triangle. With the situation seeming to become a bit too intense, she decided there was some need for a little comic relief. So she felt the sudden urge to crack a joke. Pointing the hairbrush at the older woman's crotch she giggled and asked, "What kind of fertilizer d'ya use on that?"
Jane was slightly embarrassed. "Oh, that. John doesn't like for me to trim it. He says he likes to feel like he's making love to a woman, not a little girl," she explained.
With that, Martha patted her lap with the brush and said, "I'll bet he does! Well come here and bend over my knee, I'm about to make you really feel a little girl." Jane obeyed and approached her younger sister, then turned and draped herself face down across the waiting lap. She wiggled around and shifted her weight until she was comfortably positioned with the round orbs of her derriere displayed perfectly for the wrath of that wicked-looking hairbrush.
As she stretched out across they younger woman's lap, her bare bottom came into Martha's view for the first time. The pale white buttocks were full and fleshy, but much firmer the average middle-aged woman had any right to expect. Martha ran her palm over each of the upturned cheeks, slightly squeezing them as if she were inspecting melons in the produce department of the grocery store. "You are very well padded," she commented. "You should be able to take quite a spanking without if hurting too much."
"I hope so. Let's just get this over with," Jane pleaded.
Martha put the brush back in her right hand and placed her left palm firmly on the small of Jane's back. Then she briefly rubbed the brush over that succulent fanny, gently tapping here and there. All of a sudden, she raised it above her right shoulder and whipped it down on her sister's right buttock with a loud
Jane's head jerked back and she slightly groaned as the brush violently kissed her bare skin. Again, Martha drew back the brush. Noticing a light pink circle forming at the point of contract, she drew a bead on that same spot and whipped the brush down again.
This caused an even more vocal reaction from her hapless victim. She repeated the same procedure by landing two hard licks on the other cheek and drawing similar results.
! She then settled into a steady rhythm. She would apply two crisp smacks to the exact same place before moving over to the other buttock and landing two more.
! ...
! ...
For the first two dozen licks, she concentrated on the meaty center of Jane's bouncing globes, which by that time had gone from pale white, to bright pink, to fiery red. And she had her sexy older sister squirming like a worm on a fish hook. She paused for a second, patting her back with her spare hand. "Hang in there, hon. You're doing real good," she encouraged her distressed victim. Then she placed her hairbrush a little lower, right at the base of Jane's ample backside where her buttocks and thighs met.
She began paddling that most sensitive area using the same method of placing a couple of two licks on top of each other before turning her attention to the other side.
! ...
! ...
! Twenty-four more solid spanks were applied in this fashion and had Jane in serious agony. She was wildly kicking her shapely legs and fighting hard to hold back the tears.
Martha paused again before administering the final two licks. She aimed at the center of each of Jane's burning buttocks and brought the brush down two more times with deadly accuracy.
! ...
Jane had lost count after the first couple of whacks and didn't even realize that her spanking was finally over. So Martha just let her remain in position so the pain of final two scorching blows could fully sink in. Then she began to massage the inflamed area with her bare palm. She was amazed at how hot to the touch it was. Then with a light slap she told her big sister, "OK, all done, you can get up now."
Jane Miller slowly got to her feet and immediately began rubbing her severely punished posterior with both hands. With Martha looking on with amusement, Jane turned her back to the mirror and gazed over her shoulder in order to estimate the damage. She winced when she saw how red her bottom was! It certainly looked every bit as sore as it felt.
"Wow, Sis! You weren't kidding when you said that you were going to pour it on. I feel like I've been sitting on a damned hornet's nest. I was thinking about taking another bath tonight," she said rubbing the smarting flesh ever so lightly. "But now I don't think I could even bare to sit in the tub. So I think I'll just settle for a shower... a cold one at that."
Martha giggled and said, "That's probably a good idea," as she watched her well-spanked sister gather up her clothes and leave the room.
* * *
Jane Miller stood in the shower stall letting the cool water cascade over her sore, red stained fanny.
that feels good," she thought. She still couldn't believe she'd actually allowed herself to be spanked, especially by her kid sister! She wondered what her husband, daughters, students and fellow teachers would have thought if they could have seen her draped over Martha's knee and getting her ass blistered like that.
She continued to replay the evening's events over in her mind as she lathered up with soap, paying special attention to her aching butt. Then, much to her amazement, she suddenly she found herself becoming very aroused and had a strong urge to masturbate. So she stood there under the shower and rubbed herself to one of the most intense orgasms she'd had in years.
Later as she was drying herself off, she heard a soft knock on the door that led to Robin's room. She wrapped herself with the towel and cracked open the door. Her niece was standing there with a plastic bottle in her hand.
"Here, Aunt Jane, try some of this," she said handing her the container. "It's Solarcaine and has aloe in it. It's supposed to be for relief from sunburn, but it works just as good on a blistered butt. I know because I used some this morning and it works wonders."
"Thanks dear, I could definitely use some of that." As her niece started to close the door, Jane stopped her and said, "Wait a minute, Robin. I have another favor to ask. I would greatly appreciate it if you never ever mentioned anything about this to your cousins, or anybody else for that matter."
"Oh sure, Aunt Jane," she answered back. "Mom has already spoken to me about that and warned me what will happen to my bottom if breathe a word to anyone. Plus, I wouldn't want anybody to know I got spanked today either. So this will just be our little secret."
Jane Miller said, "Thanks, sweetie." Then she closed the door, finished drying off and reached for the Solarcaine.
This story is the winner of our 2006 short fiction contest. JOHN STRICT is a self-avowed lover of female-female spanking fiction.
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Bruce, for his intense story "The Woodshed Woes of a Naughty Stepdaughter"
Keith, for the wonderful missive "Two Letters and a Hairbrush"
Helen, for her discipline-minded "Wendy's New School"
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Posted 2/14/2006 10:37 AM (GMT -8)
Oh sweet lord! No wonder this was the winner! So confused right now, can't decide Which of the three I want to be!
ps hope we see the runners up as well, as well as more from this author!
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Posted 2/14/2006 12:05 PM (GMT -8)
Hott story, Jackie. Now do I have this right--Aunt Jane takes one bath and leaves a mess of rings in the tub? Did she just come from a mud wrestling contest?
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hottmae said...
Hott story, Jackie. Now do I have this right--Aunt Jane takes one bath and leaves a mess of rings in the tub? Did she just come from a mud wrestling contest?
No mudwrestling...that sounds like a great idea for another story. LOL. But cutting grass on humid July evening in Georgia will get you just about as dirty, especially if its dry and dusty. Trust me.
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Video Camera who uses one?
open topic, for anything cycling related.
Re: Video Camera who uses one?
Turn the camera on at point of impact... that's ... um... really useul, eh?
Re: Video Camera who uses one?
Good point and taken on board
On a related note, I find I am picking up road noise but not my own voice. Is this normal? The camera is mounted on the handlebars.
Oh and I have put a bit of a review together on what I have experienced so far ... not an in-depth one by any means.
Re: Video Camera who uses one?
Which door are you using?
Gopro recommend the door with the holes in it for enhanced audio. But that is only good for dry days. Other wise you will have to yell... Haha or maybe attach a microphone.
Sent from my GT-P5110 using Tapatalk 2
Re: Video Camera who uses one?
It is the Standard backdoor at present and I was yelling I just wondering because others seem to get sound with theirs. Maybe there is a mic setting I need to check.
Re: Video Camera who uses one?
Use the rear door with the holes. You can get away with light drizzle but as soon as it gets heavy pull over for 10 seconds and swap the snap on rear door to the waterproof casing.
Re: Video Camera who uses one?
I may go down that path. Will test the skeleton door at least.
Re: Video Camera who uses one?
On one of my mtb vids, on the climb you can hear this funky drumbeat... thats my heartbeat, transmitted through the chest mount and casing
Can also hear my voice better through the helmet and chest mounts on other vids.
Skeleton rear hatch improves sound a lot, and will tolerate lighr drizzle. You'll still get lots of road noise and capture every muffed gearshift, though
Re: Video Camera who uses one?
So, has anyone bought and mounted and used a Drift Ghost HD yet? The specs seem very good!
Re: Video Camera who uses one?
I think I will give it a shot but I like the level of background noise that is captured at the moment, i.e., not to much. I am also going back to using my Jumbo HD808 on the helmet so that may pick up my voice.
Re: Video Camera who uses one?
Anyone for a helmet cam?
(probably a repost)
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For Andrew's mic comparison. Here's my debut single of a track inspired by the TykeToter front seat used to take daughter to kindergarten.
The b-side below, testing the youtube fix for shaky video, feels like ill prescribed antidepressant, takes the edge off reality giving an obviously less than real experience, bumps become rubber banded trees in the peripheral wider angles.
PS: who chooses vimeo over youtube, any specific cycle cam capture/share workflow reasons?
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I assume this is with a GoPro mounted on the bars. Which backdoor are you using? BTW your daughter sounds like she is really enjoying the ride
I use it if I want to add music to my videos. It does not impose advertising on the videos, however, the process is very slow unless you upgrade to Pro.
Re: Video Camera who uses one?
I'm using the skeleton back currently and it picks up my voice easily if I'm reading out a number plate. But if forecast is for rain, bye bye skeleton door.
Masi Speciale CX 2008 - Brooks B17 special saddle, Garmin Edge 810
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Andrew, those videos were with my Roam2 waterproof mounted on headlight like above images, kind of cruel GoPro attack in hindsight =D I shared because it had lots of chatter versus my commute with music from speakers.
The daughter does love the front seat bike ride, the engaged conversation is what I had read of people using front box bikes and front seats versus rear trailers and seats.
I will try Vimeo, be nice to be able to quickly trim with Quicktime Pro or virtual dub and save/compact, but not have to export/encode.
Re: Video Camera who uses one?
Ah okay. My Contour is also good at picking up my voice too. Mind you I can't recall how it went in the waterproof case.
On my Mac I create the video in iMovie and then have to export in Quicktime format for uploading to Vimeo. Vimeo provides advice on the suggested settings. Process is slow uploading unless you pay $.
Re: Video Camera who uses one?
Roam2 is waterproof for cycling (1m depth for 30min) so doesn't need cases, i thought good enough features to start out until the gopo and new premium ones battle out with rear mount vacancy.
Will be interesting to compare vimeo, I have a license plate in that video to test.
Re: Video Camera who uses one?
I just got a Contour Roam2 on Friday. Having tried it on the weekend, it's fantastic, picking up both road and voice clearly, mounted on my helmet. I don't even notice it's there most of the time.
Unless you want to spend $$$ on Adobe premier elements, editing is limited to iMovie on the Mac, or if loaded directly from the card reader, it can be edited on the iPad, first converting it using an app call ReelDirector then importing into iMovie for iPad.
Re: Video Camera who uses one?
My Contour is an HD1080P, an early version which isn't waterproof and hence uses a case. That sounds like a good feature on the Roam.
Re: Video Camera who uses one?
Yeah the Roam2 seems like a nice update keeping price low, features simple, adding the waterproofing, leaving all the new generation stuff to the Roam+.
I haven't even installed the software, default is 720p 60fps, the only reason I want to install it is to silence the "look at me office!!!" as it beeps loudly for charging and download.
I like the boxy retro camera/toaster form factor of the naked GoPro, would love to see a light featured high video quality version with waterproofing.
In the meantime can weatherproof chest mount it like this, just need a G-shock upgrade:
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HARTFORD — The campaign manager for former House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan is going to federal prison Wednesday to start serving a 28-month sentence for violating campaign finance laws
Joshua Nassi, of Fairfield, had received an extension earlier this month to file an appeal, but no notice of appeal was filed on his behalf. A federal judge had given him an Oct. 18 deadline.
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On this page, we summarize some of the most important recent victories for humane, sustainable farming in the United States—both those that we helped to make possible and those accomplished by allies in the work of reforming animal agriculture. For more information, read about our recent work to move farming forward and our unique advocacy strategies, and meet the Farm Forward team.
In recent years, we've seen some of the most exciting and encouraging victories to date in the fight against factory farming, and if this trend continues, we have every reason to expect major shifts in agricultural production methods in the near future. Farm Forward and our staff have played key roles in many of these victories, and we need your help to build on this success and to continue our important collaborative work with other nonprofits and progressive farmers.
Motivating Retailers to Improve Animal Welfare
Campaigns spearheaded by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Mercy for Animals, and in the recent past by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have pushed corporations and educational institutions to create minimal standards for animal welfare and demand welfare improvements from producers. The American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) has also more recently developed corporate-facing outreach. Negotiations led by Farm Forward Chairman Steve Gross on behalf of PETA have contributed to a number of these important victories with companies such as Burger King, KFC Canada, and Safeway, leading to large-scale, incremental reductions in the suffering of farmed animals. Then PETA Vice President Bruce Friedrich described the role of Gross's consultations as "absolutely essential to building PETA's ability to influence and negotiate effectively with corporations—Steve has provided thousands of hours of pro bono consultation over more than 10 years, and without his input and selfless dedication, some of the greatest victories for farmed animals in U.S. history would not have happened." Significantly, Gross led negotiations on behalf of PETA to achieve the first major corporate victory that became the model that continues to guide animal welfare campaigns targeting large food retailers: the 2000 agreement between PETA and McDonalds that brought an end to a massive, year-long international campaign against McDonalds when the fast food giant agreed to work with Dr. Temple Grandin, the nation's leading expert on cattle welfare during slaughter, to achieve basic but important improvements in animal welfare.1 Dr. Grandin explains that during 1999 and 2000 when McDonalds hired Grandin in response to PETA's campaign, "I witnessed more improvements [in animal welfare] than I had seen previously during a twenty-five year career."2
In recognition of these efforts, Gross was awarded the Matthew Eyton Activist Award by actress Jorja Fox at PETA's 25th Anniversary Gala. Gross continues to guide Farm Forward's work with corporations.
Reinventing the Poultry Industry
When it comes to the treatment of chickens and poultry, anything goes. No farmed animals suffer more than poultry, so the animal movement has increasingly focused its energy on this worst-of-the-worst industry. With assistance from Farm Forward, the 2.5 million member strong ASPCA has launched the first-ever national campaign targeting "broiler" chickens, the name the industry has given to chickens raised for meat. This groundbreaking campaign just might permanently alter the nature of the poultry industry by focusing consumers on the most difficult and profound welfare problem in all of factory farming.
Farm Forward has helped lead this turn towards "broiler" welfare, but more of our energies have focused on providing pro bono consulting services to Frank Reese's Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch, the leading producer of non-factory farmed poultry in the United States. The aim of our work with Good Shepherd is to develop and refine a viable business model for non-factory poultry. Our team has spent more than five years both learning from and assisting Good Shepherd with all aspects of their business as they've ramped-up their production of heritage chicken and turkey products.
Among other support, Frank is the first recipient of Farm Forward's new Pay It Forward loan program. Pay It Forward loans are made available at below-market interest rates to industry-leading, highest-welfare farmers who can play key roles in developing the alternative infrastructure of sustainable, non-industrial farms. The $150,000 loan, which was funded by a grant to Farm Forward from the ASPCA, was utilized by Reese to build a state of the art, high-welfare barn for pastured-based poultry. Good Shepherd has more than tripled their production since we began providing pro bono assistance. We consider our success in growing Good Shepherd to be among our most important achievements.
The work of Farm Forward, and especially the leadership Ben Goldsmith has provided, has been of decisive importance to me and all of us at Good Shepherd. Without their ongoing support my work would come to a standstill. There are plenty of people who have tried to help with the best of intentions, but good intentions aren't enough. Farm Forward's hands-on, practical assistance—on my farm and in the public square—is absolutely essential. At a time when almost no one is talking about the crucial importance of preserving both genetics and husbandry techniques, they are. They see what needs to be done and they have the know-how to help make it happen. Farm Forward and Ben get it." –Frank Reese, CEO of Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch
Ensuring Accountability and Transparency
The factory farm industry knows that its actions are indefensible and that its only hope for surviving is keeping consumers in the dark. In 2011, New York Times columnist Mark Bittman coined the term "ag-gag"3 to describe legislative efforts to restrict or ban undercover farm investigations. In 2012, Farm Forward launched the website ag-gag.org to rally public opposition to these violations of basic free speech. More than 13,000 supporters answered our call by signing the Stop Ag-Gag petition, and we reached hundreds of thousands more with a series of targeted online advertisements. Six states have adopted ag-gag laws since 1990, but in 2013, thanks to public pressure, every ag-gag law introduced—in a total of eleven states—was defeated.4 Although we've held ag-gag at bay in 2013, we need to stay on high alert for similar legislation to be introduced in 2014. With backing from industry giants like Monsanto, our work has just begun!
Currently, few animal products feature legitimate animal welfare certifications, leaving consumers confused about what products meet their ethical standards. Most animal welfare claims cannot be trusted, but a few can. The most rigorous and comprehensive certification today is the Animal Welfare Approved Program of the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI). While AWI has provided a gold standard, its penetration of the market has been limited, in part because it offers only a single standard of welfare instead of a tiered system. Farm Forward recommends Animal Welfare Approved products for those who eat meat but our energies have been spent trying to develop a complimentary certification that would not only certify the best of the best (as AWI does), but utilize a tiered system to communicate to consumers the full range of welfare standards available.
To this end, Farm Forward has played an important role in growing what is now the nation's largest animal welfare certification, Global Animal Partnership (GAP). GAP now oversees the welfare standards that shape the lives of more than 140 million animals. We have worked with GAP both as consultants providing thousands of hours of pro bono and at-cost support, and in our capacity as a member of GAP's multi-stakeholder board to help grow the organization and to constantly press for improvements in its signature 5-Step Animal Welfare Rating Standards. Farm Forward Chairman, Steve Gross is a founding member of the GAP Board of Directors.
Culture Makers Speaking Up for Animals
Addressing issues of animal well-being and sustainability in farming requires a broad approach: Changing the way a nation eats is as much a cultural issue as it is a technical one. Reforming farming requires political action and scientific expertise in animal welfare, but it also requires the work of creative writers, artists, humanities scholars, and religious leaders. Increasingly, farmed animal advocates have their eye on the "long game" of fundamentally shifting our treatment of animals to better align with our values. This means engaging constituencies, like persons of faith, that often have been ignored by advocates. One prominent example of this is the HSUS's creation over the past decade of a formal Faith Outreach program.5 Farm Forward is honored that our Founder and CEO Aaron Gross serves on HSUS's Faith Advisory Council and that HSUS has sought his consultation as an expert in both animal welfare and religious studies.6 Farm Forward has assisted in several recent cultural victories along these lines:
Time ranks Farm Forward Board Member Jonathan Safran Foer among the writers who have become a "voice of this generation." The New York TimesThe San Francisco Chronicle, and Esquire call him "brilliant." His works have been translated into 30 languages, and his first two novels have both been made into major motion pictures. Foer's third book, written in close collaboration with Farm Forward, is a unique exploration of the issues that arise from factory farming and the alternatives that are available to conscientious consumers. Eating Animals, Foer's deeply personal exposition of Farm Forward's vision, was released in November 2009 to critical acclaim.
It is the kind of wisdom that, in all its humanity and clarity, deserves a place at the table with our greatest philosophers." –The Los Angeles Times' Review of Eating Animals
Eating Animals is currently being adapted into a major motion documentary. The film is being produced by Academy Award®-winning actress and Farm Forward supporter Natalie Portman with funding from Twitter founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams. Christopher Quinn, the award-winning director of God Grew Tired of Us, will direct the film. Farm Forward CEO Aaron Gross has met with Portman and Williams and is working closely with Quinn on the documentary, just as he did with Foer on the book.
Farm Forward believes the film will reintroduce the traditional philosophy of high-welfare animal agriculture and the value of plant-based alternatives to a new audience that otherwise might never learn the truth about industrial animal agriculture. We believe the film will build even greater momentum in the push to end the abuses of factory farming.
In 2012, Farm Forward held our first series of Virtual Classroom Visits with Jonathan Safran Foer. Foer met with more than 2,100 high school and college students in eight webinar sessions to discuss animal welfare, environmental degradation, avian influenza, ag-gag, and other issues raised in his international best-seller Eating Animals. Seventy college and high school classes in three countries and twenty U.S. states participated.
In 2013, Farm Forward and Foer hosted eight Virtual Classroom Visits to discuss problems associated with factory farming with more than 3,300 high school and college students at nearly 100 institutions around the world. Participating schools included Rutgers, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, University of Texas at Austin, and Oberlin College. That's a 50 percent increase in participation over our first Virtual Visit in 2012.
The response from teachers and students has been overwhelmingly positive. We continue to develop curriculum materials to generate discussion surrounding Eating Animals and look forward to the next series of Virtual Classroom Visits as we continue to encourage students to examine these important issues from a variety of perspectives.
- 1. From PETA's website (accessed Dec. 2, 2013).
- 2. Temple Grandin, Species Matters (New York: Columbia University Press, 2010) 195-217.
- 3. Mark Bittman, "Who Protects the Animals," The New York Times, April, 2011, available here.
- 4. Dan Flynn, "2013 Legislative Season Ends with 'Ag-Gag' Bills Defeated in 11 States," Food Safety News, July 30, 2013, available here.
- 5. Details about HSUS's programs are available here.
- 6. From HSUS's website (accessed December 7, 2013).


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You have probably seen the posters around town for the latest exhibition at Cologne's Ludwig Museum. You might be mistaken in thinking it's an exhibition of unknown Van Goghs - the vivid colours and swirling strokes are somewhat similar - but it's not, it's David Hockney. Previously best known for his swimming pool paintings and 1970s portraits and still lives, 'A Bigger Picture' is Hockney's first major exhibition of new landscape works featuring paintings inspired by the East Yorkshire landscape. The exhibition spans a 50 year period to demonstrate Hockney's long exploration and fascination with the depiction of landscape. New work that dates from 2005 captures the beauty of the changing seasons, the cycle of growth and the journey that Hockney has taken through his beloved landscapes in Yorkshire. The exhibition also reveals how Hockney has embraced new technology, including his early use of the Polaroid, his innovative use of the colour photocopier, and more recently his iPhone and iPad. The exhibition includes a display of his iPad drawings and a series of new films produced using 18 cameras, which are displayed on multiple screens and provide a spellbinding visual journey through the eyes of David Hockney. The exhibition runs until February 03 2013.


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GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WVLT)-- TripAdvisor has announced the top 10 destinations for 2013 travel in the United States, and Gatlinburg has made the list.
TripAdvisor made the list based on feedback from actual travelers. Gatlinburg has been recognized as one of the top destinations on the rise for 2013. The awards recognize the destinations that have seen the greatest increase in positive traveler feedback and traveler interest, year-over-year.
U.S. Destinations on the Rise
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A broken leg may be a break in the bone in your upper leg or one or both of the bones in your lower leg.
Fracture is another word for a crack or a break in a bone. There are several types of fractures:
Leg fractures can occur in many ways such as falls, direct blows, and overuse. Sometimes diseases or problems such as osteoporosis can cause bones to become weak and break more easily.
Symptoms of a leg fracture include:
If you have an open wound over the site of a leg fracture, it is especially important to get medical care right away.
Your healthcare provider will ask about your symptoms and how you hurt your leg. Your provider will examine your leg and check your foot to see if vessels or nerves are damaged. He or she may also examine your knee to see if you hurt your knee. You will have an X-ray.
Your healthcare provider will need to set the bones back into the correct position. Sometimes this requires surgery. Your leg may need to be set in a splint or cast to keep it from moving.
If there is an open wound over the site of the leg fracture, you may need surgery. Your provider will cleanse the wound and cover it with a sterile dressing. You may need to have a tetanus shot and need to take antibiotics for several days.
You may need to use crutches or a cane for awhile. Your provider will tell you when to start putting full weight on your leg again.
Because you will not be moving your leg for awhile, it can cause the joints to stiffen and muscles to weaken, even in some uninjured areas of your body. Part of your treatment will be doing simple range-of-motion exercises to keep the uninjured parts of your body healthy. You will also learn isometric exercises to strengthen the injured part. Isometric exercises are done without moving any joints. You create tension by contracting the muscle, holding the tension, and then releasing it without moving the joint.
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Hi everyone I'm new here,
I have a cousin that I feel really needs help but I have no idea where to even start. He seems to have no moral code and will do whatever is necessary to get what he wants. He will lie to everyone without thought...he has even figured out a way to get his breakfast charged to a friends account at school. What really has me concerned is that he just turned 5! He doesn't seem to care or understand that what he is doing is wrong. He can ask his mother permission and turn around and say the exact opposite...even knowing that she can hear...he is so smart I'm sure I was in middle school before I even thought of some of the things he is doing as a kindergartner. I'm not sure if this is something physical/mental or if it is just defiance. We are all at a loss of what to do.
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Hi Summersue! I think your best option would be to take him to a psychologist who deals regularly with children to get their opinion. Not only can they see if he has any issues, they can also work with the parents and family on ways to deal with his behavior. The school should be notified about him charging lunch to another student, and they should take appropriate discipline measures with him. It could be an age thing, but it doesn't hurt to get an expert opinion.


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My vision for my life right now is that I'd like to establish my own girls' leadership academy; where young girls from grade 7 to first year in university will be mentored and taught on how to be a young woman in today's dynamic society-everything from A-Z about being a modern young woman.
What I have right now is a rough sketch of what this academy will encompass, but the plan is really thought out.Atleast young women back then had their mothers and grandmothers to help them build a family and a future upon what they were taught before embarking on life, but today what is left of that? That is why I've thought of something of this fashion. Girls will be taken from various schools, brought into this academy and shown the tools of womanhood and taught on how to use them by qualified people of the same caliber-women.
In being a correspondent for Voices of Our Future I would be able to not only have this academy serve its nearest communities but also serve outside of its boundries,led and established by a person who only has the well being and independence of women at her heart-me!
I believe that something like this if successfully established, it would benefit society a lot-it would be building a new society on top of a solid foundation of women who understand what it means to live in complex society where you are trying to make your voice heard across nations.
With the tools that Voices of Our Future has equipped me with this Academy/institution could take flight in the near future.
We need women who will keep the fire of womanhood burning in the world, long after we're all gone and the world and the status of women are left in their own hands, and my academy, I believe can do exactly that.
I too might bring girls into this world, and I need them to fend for themselves and not be victims to stereotypes who live in the here and now; and Voices of Our Future can help me do just that, not only for my daughters but for each and every living and breathing woman who graces this earth with her presence.
It is up to us to leave a lasting legacy for the future generation, and live our lives as women to the fullest!!!
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You have such a passion - keep the energy alive and best of luck with your endeavor! What kind of subject areas to you think your academy might address?
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RFT -help text and on-line doc are out of sync and need improvement
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I'll report this against RFT, as it begins with the RFT help message, but it's
joint RFT and documentation issue.
The RFT help message could use significant cleanup and improvement, and it's
of sync with the version displayed in the "GT4.0 RFT Command Reference" on-line
doc page. The differences are fairly minor, but both are poor quality and need
some work to help the user. For example, look at the differences in the -h
option description, and what is the closing square bracket in the -file option?
I recognize that the -help needs to be brief, but the documentation shouldn't
just repeat it - it should give the user more info about what each command
and any time either version changes the other should be synced with it.
The lines below are copied from my notes.
[jem@risk rft]$ rft -help
rft [options] -f <path to transfers file>
where options can be
-h host, defaults to localhost.
-r port, defaults to 8080
-l lifetime in minutes, defaults to 60mins
-m security mechanism. 'msg' for secure message or 'conv' for
secure conversation and 'trans' for transport. Defaults to
secure transport.
-p protection type, 'sig' signature and 'enc' encryption,
defaults to signature
-z authorization, defaults to Host Authorization. 'self' for
self authorization
-file file to write EPR of created Reliable File Transfer Resource
Here's what the user guide says:
rft [-h <host-ip of the container defaults to localhost>
-r <port, defaults to 8080>
-l <lifetime for the resource default 60mins>
-m <security mechanism. 'msg' for secure message or 'conv' for
secure conversation and 'trans' for transport. Defaults to
secure transport.>
-p <protection type, 'sig' signature and 'enc' encryption,
defaults to signature >
-z <authorization mechanism can be self or host. default self>
-file <file to write EPR of created Reliable File Transfer Resource]>
-f <path to the file that contains list of transfers>
The user guide version is not great, but it has more info. e.g. Look at the -h
option - at least I get a clue that I'm contacting a service. But both of
could do with some careful cleanup, and they should be in sync.
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class (generic) for all RFT clients.
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I have posted two patches related to this bug.
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Fixed the client in branch. Fixed documentation.
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She'll star opposite Henry Cavill.
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Woman breaks nose at Apple store and lawyers blame modern architecture
An 83-year-old woman walks into the glass door of the Apple store in Manhasset, Long Island. Her lawyer blames the dangers posed by "high-tech modern architecture."
Is Apple's sense of sleek, discreet design a danger to the elderly?
It seems 83-year-old Evelyn Paswall believes it is. For she is suing Apple for $1 million after passing into the wall of glass that is an Apple store door.
I am grateful to CBS New York for bringing forth this difficult news of such a grim spectacle. For it seems Passwall simply didn't see the glass doors at the Apple store in Manhasset, Long Island, and ended up breaking her nose after the impact.
One surely doesn't have to be 83 years old in order to walk into glass. It has happened to me, as surely as it must have happened to you. Sometimes, one loses concentration and, before one realizes it, a bump on one's forehead (or worse) ensues.
However, Paswall's attorney claims that it's simply far too hard to see Apple's sleekness. Derek T. Smith was quoted by CBS News York as saying: "Apple wants to be cool and modern and have the type of architecture that would appeal to the tech crowd, but on the other hand, they have to appreciate the danger that this high-tech modern architecture poses to some people."
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How difficult it would be for even Solomon to drive justice into these charges. The Manhasset store, according to MacRumors, had white markings on the glass in order to assist anyone -- even the more active -- in seeing that they are about to enjoy an encounter with glass.
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Banner Banana Cream Pie
Recipe By: Rose Levy Beranbaum
Published in: The Pie and Pastry Bible
1 recipe Flaky Pie Crust Beranbaum -- pre-baked for a 10" pie
2 Tablespoon orange juice
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
6 bananas -- firm but ripe 7" long
1 recipe Pastry Creme Baranbaum
1 1/2 cup Pastry Cream
Creme de Banana -- optional
2 cups heavy cream
2 Tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon Cobasan
Optional garnish:
White chocolate curls
Make the pie crust. Blind bake the crust.
Slice the bananas and toss with the fruit juice and liqueur . Let macerate for awhile, then before you put it in the pastry cream drain the juice off
well and pat the fruit a bit.
Make the pastry cream. After it's chilled mixed with the drained fruit and fill the pie shell. Top with the whipped cream and white chocolate curls, if
Cobasan is a stabilizer.
I made this 9/17/09. This recipe makes a dynamite cream pie. And the orange is a really good addition to the lemon for good flavor as well as keeping
the fruit from turning brown.
Serves: 8
Flaky Pie Crust Beranbaum
Recipe By: Rose Levy Beranbaum
Published in: The Pie and Pastry Bible, page 25 (see 7 for making your own pastry flour)
8 Tablespoon butter -- unsalted cut into bits and frozen
1 1/3 cup Flour Ap or 1 1/3 cups Pastry flour plus 4 teaspoons flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon baking powder
3 ounce cream cheese -- cold
1 1/2 Tablespoon ice water
1 1/2 teaspoon vinegar
Food Processor method:
Cut the butter into small (about 1/4 inch) cubes. rap it in plastic wrap and freeze it until frozen solid. at least 30 minutes. Place the flour, salt,
and baking powder in a re-closable gallon size freeer bad and freeze for at least 30 minutes.
Place the flour mixture in a food processor with the metal blade and process for a few seconds to combine. Set the bag aside.
Cut the cream cheese into 3 or 4 pieces and add it to the flour. Process for about 20 seconds or until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add the
frozen butter cubes and pulse until none of the butter is larger than the size of a pea. Toss with a fork to see it better.)
Remove the cover and add the water and vinegar. Pulse until most of the butter is the size of a small pea. The mixture will be in particles and will
not hold together. Spoon the mixture into the plastic bag. (For a double crust pie, it is easiest to divide the mixture in half at this point.)
Holding both ends of the bag opening with your fingers, knead the mixture by alternately pressing it, from the outside of the bag, with the knuckles
and heels of your hands until the mixture holds together in one piece and feels slightly stretchy when pulled.
Wrap the dough with plastic wrap, flatten it into a disc (or discs), and refrigerate for at least 45 minutes, preferably overnight. (For a pie shell
and lattice, divide it in a ratio of two third; one third or use about 9.5 ounces for the shell and the rest for the lattice, flattening the smaller
part into a rectangle.)
This recipe makes 10"pie shell or 9" Deep-Dish
Refrigerated, up to 2 days; frozen up to 3 months.
Pastry Creme Baranbaum
Recipe By: Rose Levy Beranbaum
Published in: The Pie and Pastry Bible
2 large eggs (3 ounces)
3 Tablespoon cornstarch
2 cup half and half
1/2 cup sugar
2 inch(es) vanilla bean
pinch salt
1 Tablespoon unsalted butter
Have a strainer set over a small bowl near the range.
In a small bowl, whisk together the eggs and cornstarch. Gradually add 1/4 cup of the half and half, whisking until the mixture is smooth and the
cornstarch is dissolved.
In a medium heavy nonreactive saucepan, place the sugar and vanilla bean and using your fingers, rub the seeds into the sugar. Stir in the remaining 1
3/4 cups of half and half and the salt. Over medium heat, bring the mixture to a full boil, stirring occasionally. Whisk 2 Tablespoons of this hot
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Bring the half and half mixture back to a boil over medium heat. Remove the vanilla pod. Quickly add all of the strained egg mixture whisking rapidly.
Continue whisking rapidly for about 20 to 30 seconds, being sure to go into the bottom edge of the pan. The mixture will become very thick. Remove the
mixture from the heat and whisk in the butter. (If not using the vanilla bean, whisk in the vanilla extract at this point.) Immediately pour the
mixture into a bowl and place a piece of greased plastic wrap directly on top of the cream to prevent a skin from forming. Allow it to cool to room
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Architects Work to Take "Nursing" Out of Senior Living Design
A culture shift is taking place in senior living architecture and design, as firms look to eliminate existing "nursing" elements in favor of new features that foster social engagement and technology advancement.
For skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), that might mean eliminating traditional nursing stations to make way for resident engagement and technology, while for other assisted living and independent living it can mean implementing design elements into units that can accommodate all age types and physical abilities.
Largely, there has been a push for universal design, or a solution that produces building features that are usable and effective for everyone, not just people with disabilities or physical limitations.
Over the last six months, Chicago-based BLDD Architects has been working on renovations to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) throughout Illinois, converting room sizes from doubles to singles that include private baths.
Lately, more of the firm's clients have called upon them to take the "institutional feel" out of the facilities, says Scott Likins, principal with BLDD and co-director of the company's Senior Living Design Group.
Changing institutional facility aspects includes reducing nurse stations to roughly one-fourth of their original sizes, instead creating a more residential desk where there might only be space for a care provider's laptop. This, Likins suggests, fosters greater social engagement between residents and clinical staff.
"A bunch of controls, phones and paperwork lying around a nursing station don't look very residential to a resident," he says. "These areas can be designed so that there's space to congregate."
As technology continues to become more common among nursing staffs, such as being equipped with tech like electronic health records, Likins sees efforts to minimize institutional aspects taking hold.
"Just thinking about what has occurred with technology over the last 30 years, it's a night and day difference between then and now," he says. "Inch by inch, more people are getting into the culture movement."
BLDD is also implementing elements of universal design in its renovations that can accommodate individuals of various physical capabilities, such as creating roll-in showers within residents' rooms to accommodate unexpected life events that might cause an individual to become wheelchair-bound in the future.
The influence of universal design is catching on as more people are beginning to embrace this type of all-ages design even for independent living settings, according to Manny Gonzalez, principal with California-based architectural firm KTGY.
Aside from large entryways, some of these design elements include features like non-slip bathroom flooring, drawers in base cabinets, adaptable showers to accommodate folding benches and grab bars, as well as clearance space around beds to enhance accessibility—all of which are included in a recent project Gonzalez worked on for a retirement community in Arizona.
Verrado, the community located in the town of Buckeye, is geared toward baby boomers. But while this age demographic might not yet require the supportive services would need in an assisted living community, implementing universal design features can serve as preventative measures to keep boomers in their homes longer.
"Universal design is for all ages," Gonzalez says. "It's just about making life easier for all ages and physical abilities."
Everyone from production builders to smaller players, ones who haven't been in the business of incorporating universal design into their homes are starting to catch on, he says.
"It's a great step in the right direction," Gonzalez says. "Hopefully, this trend will help lead the industry."
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They seem to have the right idea about residential universal design. In institutional care, there are more constraints due to design restrictions and requirements. But in general purpose housing we can really make a UD home truly appealing and marketable to a wide range of homeowners. We are introducing Better Living Design with that goal.
Wow, is this back to the future or what? These architects are just now "de-institutionalizing" their designs? Where have they been the last 15-20 years? Perhaps it's their clients who are just beginning to address person-centered care, but shouldn't they be leading their clients in that direction? Reactionary architects are doomed to simply put on paper what their clients want and not really have the residents quality of life worked into their designs.
A trend towards a less clinical nursing home is a great idea! No one wants to spend the last days of their life feeling like they are stuck in an institute. This may help with the individuals being visited more by family members who fear those homes, and this too will help with the quality of life for our family/friends. Of course, that last part is pure speculation…
A universal design is definitely a step in the right direction. Whilst including all the stake holders for the universal design for SNF, a broader spectrum of ideas can inherit a more accessible approach.


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Girls Basketball: Marian Catholic trims Sandburg, claims regional
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Teniya Page wasn't looking to be aggressive at the start of the game.
But when the Marian Catholic guard decided to turn it up, so did her team.
Page scored 19 points and added four assists, most of those to Ashton Millender, who finished with a game-high 22 points. The duo propelled the defending Class 4A state champion Spartans to a huge third quarter on their way to a 58-25 victory Thursday night over Sandburg the title game of the Class 4A Sandburg Regional.
It was the 14th straight regional title for the Spartans (24-4), who advanced to the Bloom Sectional, where they will play Lincoln-Way East in a semifinal at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
"I wasn't looking to be aggressive early and had six turnovers," Page said of her total in the game. "But the team told me not to worry about it. I know what I can do and I just had be aggressive starting in the second quarter."
Sandburg (18-12) had an 8-0 run in the middle of the first quarter to take an 8-4 lead. Sam Youngwirth scored six of her team-high 13 points in the run. Marian Catholic regrouped in the final two minutes of the period, scoring the last six points to go ahead for good at 10-8.
Page turned it on in the second quarter, scoring 10 points. Ahead 14-12, the Spartans ended the half on a 14-5 spurt. Millender had five points in the stretch and Page scored six, including hitting back-to-back jumpers from just inside the three-point line in the final 36 seconds for a 28-17 halftime lead.
Millender opened the second half with a three-pointer and Page converted two turnovers into a three-pointer and a layup as Marian Catholic scored eight points in the first 55 seconds of the third quarter to increase the lead to 19 points.
"I got in that mind-set," Page said. "Then once they paid more attention to me, Ashton got rolling."
Millender scored 13 points in the third quarter, including seven straight in a 14-0 run that ended the third and put the Spartans ahead 53-22.
"We always come out and talk about winning the first two minutes of the third quarter," Millender said. "On defense we had to close out on their shooters and pick up the intensity."
Kaitlyn Sedor scored seven points and Kauai Bradley added seven rebounds and five steals for the Spartans, who've won 11 in a row.
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