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I decided to turn my PEEPS® into some hot chocolate stir-straws. This is perfect for a neighbor gift. It is very easy to put together, but it looks homemade and like you've put a lot into it. The homemade hot chocolate is very delicious. I think I'll skip buying those little packets in the future.
Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix with PEEPS® Stir Straws
Yields: 45 servings of hot chocolateIngredients:
• 10 cups dry milk powder• 4 ¾ cups powdered sugar, sifted
• 1 ¾ cups cocoa powder
• 1 ¾ cups powdered non-dairy creamer
• Holiday PEEPS® of your choice
• Paper Straws
• 3" x 2" cellophane bags
Hot Chocolate Mix:1. In a large bowl, mix together the milk powder, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, and non-dairy creamer. Combine until the mixture is homogeneous.
2. Store in an air tight container.
PEEPS® Stir Straws:
1. Dip a sharp knife in hot water and gently separate the holiday PEEPS®.
2. Dip the cut ends of the PEEPS® in granulated sugar or brown sugar to un-sticky the cut edges.
3. Gently insert a hot knife into the top, center of each PEEPS® candy.
4. Remove the knife and insert the paper straw.
5. For gift giving or storage, place each PEEPS® straw in a 3" x 2" cellophane bag and secure with a twist tie.
To make a cup of hot chocolate, combine 1/3 cup hot chocolate mix and ¾ cup boiling water. Add one PEEPS® Stir Straws and enjoy your flavored hot chocolate.
Here you can see them all packaged up and ready to be delivered. If you seal the bags well, the peeps will last for several weeks without getting hard.
This is also a really fun snack to eat. I dare you to dip a Gingerbread man or Mouse in hot chocolate and not do some pretend play. It's pretty impossible. Hot tub party for one!
What flavor of PEEPS® would you use for your stir straws? I think the Peppermint stars were my favorite. Although I love anything peppermint. Sound off in the comments!


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Mon, Jun 3, 13 at 0:43
I have a loquat fruit tree, i live in zone 9 on a somehow mountainous terrain. It has always been very slow in growth, but this spring it decided to really grow all out. The problem is its leaves are turning white to yellow in color while the veins remain green. Is it a CO2 deficiency (white deposits)? I really do not know. The soil its in is a mixture of loamy clay. You can see clearly in the picture i attached to this message. |
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Looks "bleached" perhaps by extra bright days following overcast season. |
- Posted by canadianplant (My Page) on Mon, Jun 3, 13 at 6:51
A deficiantcy more then likely... maybe potassium or maganese? Im not too good at IDing deficiantcies |
- Posted by Silveroak212 none (My Page) on Mon, Jun 3, 13 at 23:38
Should i worry about the sun. "Bleaching" it? Will compost and manure be sufficient in giving the plant what it needs? |
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First? Second? Definitely in the top three priorities for most of us. One of the main things you can do to ensure safety in your back yard- get an automatic pool cover. An automatic cover comes in a few varieties: one version lives under the coping and is the exact shape as the pool (rectangular). It is subtle and low profile. They are usually fully automatic, opening and closing with the touch of a button. This allows you to close the cover every night (or whenever it is not in use)during the pool season- pretty neat, huh? These pool covers can hold lots of weight and last for a good many seasons. If liability is an issue, an automatic cover is necessary.
Another version of the pool cover, while also automatic, is an external cover. This cover follows tracks as well but lives above the pool coping. It sits in a decorative housing which might double as a seating wall. It is difficult to install an automatic pool cover in a custom pool because most pool covers are not custom made. Therefore, if having a pool cover is important to you, a fiberglass pool is probably your best option.
Did you know that, while an automatic cover can give you peace of mind if you have small children, it also reduces your energy consumption?
Yes! A pool cover is not only a safety device but it minimizes evaportation. Evaporation is one of the main energy losses for a pool- for every one pound of 80 degree water evaporated, 1048 BTU's of heating energy is lost. (US dept of energy) In order to keep the heat in your pool, where you want it, you need to keep the cover on when it is not in use! As well, an automatic cover reduces your chemical consumption by 35%-60%. Wow. Practically, it will also reduce cleaning time by limiting debris and dirt in the pool too.
It seems like a no-brainer- if you have a young family and safety is a priority, an automatic cover is the smart choice. If you want to conserve as much energy as possible, while still enjoying your backyard luxury, it seems like a pool cover is the smart choice too.
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- August 01, 2013 - 10:34
The problem, as Mr. Richler illustrates, is that many of us, if not careful, tend to classify those who are different as being somehow less than we are. I have heard all kinds of negative comments from my fellow citizens over the years and have undoubtedly be guilty of it myself on occasion, so I would not be too quick to judge Mr. Mitchell. What he said was inaccurate and biased but we have all been guilty of the same broad statements. Rather than castigate Mr. Mitchell it would be better if we examined our own biases and prejudices and the attitudes we hold toward others. We should all be very proud of where we come from and not let others' opinions undermine our sense of self. If we do, then our sense of self is not very strong.
- Marge
- August 03, 2013 - 09:36
How right you are Cyril. Just yesterday, a co-worker of mine stated, "I'm not racist, but ....." and then categorized a whole race of people in a negative light by what she said afterward. And unfortunately, we all have a tendency to do this sort of thing. It's human nature. This world would be a so much better place for us to inhabit if we, including myself at times, made a conscious effort to refrain from the negative comments about others - whether it be individuals or entire groups of people. Let's stick up for ourselves if need be, but let's make an effort to keep a lid on the toxic, inflammatory put-downs (including condescending remarks) toward others.
- Petertwo
- August 01, 2013 - 08:36
I agree, that was my read on that letter too. Obviously he had a whole pile of suppressed anger and it got downloaded, like a lot of bullies, on who are perceived to be the weakest. The Calgary Sun said they regretted printing the letter, maybe, but regrets or saying "sorry" do not put things back to where they were. People from this province have moved to find employment for centuries, like to Boston to fish, Ontario to work in industries there, they have a well renouned reputation for the work ethic, wherever they have gone, Alberta included otherwise they would not get hired. Heck this place was settled before Alberta even existed, if you want bureacratic seniority the folks here were first, they only joined because they were sorry for the ROC and knew they needed their help!
- lad
- August 01, 2013 - 08:19
you would have to live in Alberta for a few years before you realize just how lazy and whiny Albertans are , this is why they rely on foreign workers to fill positions that Albertans think they are to good to work at. I've been living here for 15 years and can honestly say that Albertans are some of the most ignorant and lazy people that i have ever met.


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I have some pansies in a container and am wondering if I can over-winter them here in SW PA. If so, should I keep them in an area that gets sun but next to the house? Or in a sheltered area next to the house? Or in the basement? Or inside like a house plant? Or should I just forget it and buy new in Spring? If in Spring, what month? |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, Oct 24, 11 at 8:50
the pot should never get warm in the sun .... what kind of pot??? .. some pots will not withstand winter ... they are not house plants ... they do not come in the house ... i would put anything i want to TRY TO KEEP ... against the north side of the house.. and once they are fully dormant.. i would bury them in snow... or tip the pot on its side... some pansies make it.. others dont.. but may as well try .... the key is usually: GET THEM DORMANT .... KEEP THEM DORMANT .... mid winter thawing of a pot is usually not good .... ken |
I'm hoping that someone who has tried to overwinter pansies in a climate similar to yours will chime in. I'll suggest that your success at over wintering in your zone might depend on whether you take special care to protect the root system or not. It's a little late to plant the pansies out in a bed, but you might consider sinking the pot as Ken suggests. The soil provides excellent insulation. There are Viola hybrids that are extremely cold hardy, something you may want to look into for next year, but you would still need to protect the root system from freezing. Even those new-ish hybrids are not recommended for container planting in very cold climates. In my zone 7 climate, pansies are planted as a fall/winter/spring annual. If protected from the coldest of temperatures, they'll provide color all during the cold months and will only die back once it gets too hot. Where ever you live, pansies do not like the hottest months of the year. I expect that you can begin to see pansies in your garden centers in February or so...they don't mind frosts or even freezing temperatures. I wouldn't stick them out in advance of a severe cold snap, though. |
Like rhizo, I hope someone will speak from experience of keeping summer pansies going, but I just wanted to reiterate the remark about cold hardy varieties. I don't know about the States but over here pansies and violas are sold separately as either summer or winter varieties. I only grow the winter ones and usually pick the smaller flowered violas which I find prettier and less prone to weather damage than the larger flowered pansies. |
- Posted by mantis__oh z6 OH (My Page) on Tue, Nov 1, 11 at 21:57
If you want to plant them in the garden, you still could if you mulch them. They need a few weeks to establish, but in zone 6, you should have that in November. If you keep them in a pot, you should mulch the pot and try to keep them dormant as suggested above. |
- Posted by wally-1936 Richmond Tx (My Page) on Thu, Nov 17, 11 at 9:16
Plants in pots if removed with care without disturbing the roots should do as well any in the ground as long as they have been outside all this time. I know they do just fine in Colorado area over the winters. |
- Posted by TerriLynne0915 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 16, 13 at 17:37
I actually got on the site to find out how to do wintering panseys "the right way." lol I live in Central ohio and am in zone 5. My husband bought some potted pansies last fall to decorate the front porch. I wondered if I could keep them for the spring, but had no idea how. So as usual for me, I put them in the garage and forgot about them. Sure enough, of the 3 pots, 2 of them are now blooming and ready to put back on the porch. I think the one that didn't make it was the one that hadn't been watered as much as the other ones before they found their way to the garage. Now I'm wondering if I can find a way to keep them for the fall! |
- Posted by kimka z6B (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Wed, Apr 17, 13 at 8:14
I overwinter panses all of the time and they bloom right through an average Washington DC winter and look great in the next spring. You need to make sure it is a pot that will not crack if it freezes and you need to keep the soil hydrated. Remember not all varieties are as cold tolerant as others. This is a pot I planted in October and the photo was taken in February with my aby cat Gungha Din. |
That cat has the scariest damned eyes! Great looking pansies. |
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How soon should I cover my hydrangea's for winter protection. Will frost kill the new buds or does it take a hard freeze? I live down in a valley by a creek and we get early and late frost, so I never know when to cover and uncover them.
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Hello, bluebell_in_mo. If the plants are starting go into dormancy and temperatures are going to merely go to freezing or slightly under, that should not affect the buds. A gradual downhill move of temperatures, in other words, should not kill the buds. Keep in mind that a plant that is hardy to Zone 7 -just an example of what most hydrangeas can handle- should be able to withstand temperatures from 0 to 5 degrees, the definition of hardiness of Zone 7. Zone 6 is defined 10 degrees colder, Zone 5 another 10 degrees colder and Zone 4 yet another 10 more degrees colder. So merely going below freezing gradually should not kill the buds. It is the sudden changes/dips that cause me to go into oh-darn-mode. By checking when your average date of early frosts is, you can be prepared to cover them. Since the date is an average, be ready to winter protect 2-3 weeks before the average date. More if your winter temperatures fluctuate a lot. Many times hydrangeas will go dormant before that but, in some years you may be forced to jump the gun if it stays warm for too long and a big dip is forecasted. You need to keep an eye on the weather forecast now; visit www.weather.com and check the 10-day forecast often. Mulch (3-4"), normal cold temps, reduced light levels and no fertilizing starting in July should help your shrub go dormant and should protect it during winter. But stay vigilant; check the 10-day forecasts often for help in deciding exactly when to cover. Local nurseries can also help you choose the exact time. Ask them or observe when do they move tender plants into more secure nursery locations. As soon as they do that, put the chicken wire, collect leaves and review the local forecasts. Then add the leaves when the weather does turn colder or if you hear about a sudden dip after a warm spell. Wouldn't it be nice if someone just called you or sent you an email instead? Hee hee hee. In this warmer region, we do not winter protect but that does not mean we are immune. There was one year in the last 30 when temps in the 70s lasted until mid-December. Then we got hit by a whole week of freezing weather that managed to kill the buds because the plants were fooled into staying in "growth" mode. Under those conditions, it is hard to protect the shrubs and trees. Buds got zapped but stems were fine. I got a total of 2 hydrangea blooms the following Spring. Oh well. But this is sooo unusual that, well, almost no one here winter protects. So I suggest that you place the chicken wire early based on historical temperature and frost trends & local nursery suggestions. Collect leaves in plastic trash bags early so they are good and ready. Add the leaves if you hear of sudden temperature dips or add them 2-3 weeks before the avge date of early frosts. A few minor dips below freezing may be all it takes to prod the hydrangeas into a winter slumber. But again, it is the wild and sudden dips that you should look out for. You did not say what hydrangea you have but if you have one of the Teller lacecap hybrids (which are frost tender), I would winter protect a little earlier. Suggestion: unused leaves can be left in trash bags; some settling usually occurs by mid winter and you can add more leaves easily if you have a stack of unused leaves stored somewhere. Of all the frosts, I view late frosts as the most damaging generally speaking. Frosts tend to flow down a hill unless impeded by something like a hedge so have that in mind if it applies to your hydrangeas and your garden. Going the other way around now -uncovering them- can also be a hit and miss thing too. A general rule of thumb would be to uncover the plant 2-3 weeks after your last average date of frost. Make it longer (3-4 weeks) if Mother Nature catches you off guard often. Again, local nurseries can tell you when that is for you and can suggest a certain number of weeks above that average. But like I said, winters tend to vary a lot some places. So observe the 10-day forecasts at www.weather.com to monitor the weather on any given year. If it looks safe then uncover. Do not take the cues from the hydrangeas themselves because the silly things will try to begin leafing out as soon as there is a warm spell. When you uncover them, there may be some stems that turn white or white-ish looking but that should go away in 1-2 weeks. Should you uncover and the buds get zapped by a late frost, the plant itself should not be killed. Learn from that and delay uncovering in future years. |
- Posted by bluebell_in_mo (My Page) on Fri, Oct 9, 09 at 11:52
Thank you Luis, lots of good information. I try to watch the weather forecast, and our first frost is supposed to be tonight, so maybe I will throw something over them on the frosty nights until I get them covered for winter, I have nice plants but no blooms if I don't cover them good and still don't have many blooms sometimes. The only way I have lots of blooms is to lay potted ones down and cover them. They are so heavy to lug around that way. These are mopheads and a few years old. I guess if I want those big beautiful blooms, there's just no easy way. Wish they could all be like old faithful Annabelle that never fails to bloom. Thanks again for taking the time to respond, Bluebell |
I hear you, bluebell. MO can be very cold in winter so protection is needed in many places. I recall you even have a few spots (here and there) with Z4 ratings on the USDA Map so continue protecting those mopheads. They now have a pink Annabelle for sale in limited places. It may work well there if you are into pink-only blooms. I am sure they are working on a "new faithful" blue Annabelle next(?!?!?). Ha! |
- Posted by bluebell_in_mo (My Page) on Sun, Oct 11, 09 at 8:18
We had ice in any standing water Fri. morn and so much frost on the roofs, it looked like it had snowed. Looks fine this morning, but you never know in MO, we had a really nice summer. I really like having seasons though, I've lived here all my life. The pink Annabelle sounds interesting, and yes, I am into the pink blooms, I love the ones that dry papery and have shades of burgundy & green. I sometimes put them in a vase of water if they aren't quite ready to dry to keep them from wilting and they do pretty good. |
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Since when does a 3 game winning streak start in the 2nd week of February and last until March? When you have an Olympic break in the middle - that's when.
Your New York Rangers won for the third consecutive time - again without the services of their leading scorer Marian Gaborik who was hurt before the break - got better - played for Slovakia - got hurt again - and ended up back on the Ranger injury list.
The Rangers took on the third-place-in-the-East-Ottawa Senators - on the road - and came up with 4 goals in the 2nd period to erase a 1-0 deficit and blow by a team that had won 14 of their last 16 games.
The Jokinen version of these Rangers is looking pretty good right now. And when Gaborik returns - we might really have something to get excited about.
The Goalies: Henrik Lundqvist - still stinging from an Olympic meltdown where he gave up 4 goals on 14 shots - came back huge last night, stopping 24 of the 25 shots that came his way. Any night the King has a .960 save percentage - he's giving us a very good chance to win.
Ottawa's Elliott stopped just 12 of the 16 shots he faced before getting yanked.
Special Teams: Not a factor. Rangers 0-1 on the Powerplay and 2-0 on the penalty kill. Good job for our guys staying out of the box. Or are the refs taking a cue from the Olympic refs who were happy to let the other players slash at one another as long as play kept going?
The New Veteran Rangers - Christensen, playing on the top line, had two assists. Prust had an assist. And Enver Lisin - who was placed on waivers earlier in the day - played hard and earned an assist of his own. If this is goodbye Enver - thanks for the effort - a very classy move.
Your Returning Rangers: rocked the house. Silver medalist Ryan Callahan kept his motor running from Vancouver - scored twice and nearly had the hat trick. Sean Avery had a goal and an assist. I would love for the guy to get hot down the stretch. And Dubinsky scored. Even Redden had an assist.
The Kid Rangers - were missing Michael Del Zotto - who had 50 stitches in his chest from a collision with the Penguin's Malkin's skate before the break. The Olympics were perfectly timed to help the teenager heal up. But the big story is that Corey Potter stepped up and played just fine. And Gilroy continues to perform. 2 rookie defensemen on the road - where the opposition gets the last line change - and we only give up one goal. Well done fellows
And yes - it has been a while since we called Anisimov's name.
Defense on Offense? One assist.
In conclusion: Let's hope Gabby gets well soon. And check back here as the 3pm trade deadline approaches. With the madman Slats in charge - if we don't make a deal - that in itself will be news.
Next Up: the Olympic Gold Medal crybaby Sidney Crosby on Friday. The start of 3 games in 3 days. Let's see Auld on Saturday. Please.
Where we stand. The win gets us to 65 points - tying the 8th place Bruins. There is still a big clump of teams from 6th place on down. It should be a fight to the finish.
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The Exhibition
A version of the ICB/AIGA Castle exhibition, sponsored in part by the University of Alberta Department of English and Department of Fine Arts, traveled to the Rutherford Library at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada in March 2001. Click-on thumbnails from the opening reception in Rutherford Library are shown. below.
Curator Tom Trusky and Exhibition Coordinator Mary Elizabeth Leighton of the University of Alberta Department of English installing the exhibition.
Leighton beside Castle's "Jimmy House" drawing and photographs.
Photographer Enver Sulejman beside "Dream Houses" and Castle books.
Opening reception at Rutherford Library.
Reception scene: discussing Castle "Pattern Books."
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issues important by establishing societal dimensions as one of seven program component areas (PCAs).
The unique properties of nanoscale materials make focusing on the societal implications critical. For example, the characteristics of new nanostructures require full analysis and investigation. The chemical and physical properties of nanoscale gold clusters differ greatly from those of more macroscopic metallic forms. Materials at such dimensions show unusual quantum effects that can dominate surface and electronic properties. However, the unique properties of these materials are a double-edged sword: they can be tailored for beneficial properties but also have unknown consequences, such as new toxicological and environmental effects. NNI's strategic plan identifies the importance of societal dimensions of nanotechnologies, and also focuses on responsible development of nanomanufacturing and safety. In 2004, memos from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to federal agency heads reiterated this focus. Those memos noted that "agencies should support research on the various societal implications of the nascent technology" by placing "a high priority on research on human health and environmental issues … [and] cross-agency approaches."
The result is that 11 federal agencies have allocated $38.5 million to R&D focused on the EHS implications of nanotechnology, and $42.6 million to R&D on ethical and legal issues and public communication. These funds represent 8 percent of all federal funds devoted to nanoscale materials and devices.
NNI is directly pursuing EHS initiatives on several fronts. First, NNI is encouraging agencies to develop data on the potential toxicity of nanomaterials. For example, in October 2003, the National Toxicology Program under the Department of Health and Human Services began to study the potential toxicological effects of titanium dioxide nanoparticles, single-walled carbon nanotubes, and quantum dots. NNI is further devoting $1 million to research on the toxicity of nanomaterials at such institutions as the University of Houston and the University of Rochester. The National Cancer Institute's Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory has developed a characterization cascade for use in preclinical evaluations of nanomaterials intended for cancer therapeutics. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Science Foundation (NSF), and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will fund research from a competitive solicitation that addresses potentially harmful aspects of nanomaterials, whether nanomaterials bioaccumulate, and whether they pose health and environmental risks. This research will also focus on the fate, transport, and transformation of nanoscale materials after they enter the body and the environment.
In 2004, NIOSH established the Nanotechnology Research Center (NTRC) to coordinate nanotechnology research across the Institute. NTRC's mission is


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Nature & Scenery | Farming | Culture | History | Recreation | Railroads Products & Services
The site of a military outpost built in 1724, Brattleboro
is the Byway's most southerly Waypoint and now one of its largest urban centers.
Its cosmopolitan atmosphere was established in the 19th century by a mineral
springs resort that attracted travelers to a promised "water cure"
and continues today thanks to the School for International Training, whose students
and teachers come from many countries. A vibrant downtown that celebrates the
performing and visual arts is focused along a Main Street that follows the curve
of the adjacent Connecticut River. Brattleboro declares it can provide "all
of Vermont, close to home."
Brattleboro is the Waypoint community for an area that includes the towns of
Vernon, Guilford, Dummerston, and Putney, VT, and Hinsdale, Chesterfield and
Westmoreland, NH. Plans are underway to create a Waypoint Interpretive Center
in the River Garden, located on the banks of the Connecticut in the center of
this vibrant community.
The designated Byway routes in the Brattleboro area are Routes 5 and 142 in Vermont and Route 63 in New Hampshire.
Nature & Scenery
The exposed rock and forested slopes of New Hampshire's
Mt. Wantastiquet create a dramatic backdrop for Brattleboro's downtown, and includes
trails of the Mt. Wantastiquet State Forest. The Connecticut is joined to the
south of town on the New Hampshire side by the Ashuelot River and to the north
on the Vermont side by the West River, where a large cove, known as the Retreat
Meadows, is a gathering place for migratory waterfowl on the Connecticut River
flyway. For more about birding and nature observation in the Brattleboro area,
visit the Connecticut
River Birding Trail.
The Belle of Brattleboro (802-254-1263), an excursion tour boat that operates
seasonally, offers river tours of the Connecticut and a portion of the West River.
The Bonnyvale Environmental Education
Center is a strong voice for resource protection in the region.
In addition to the Connecticut River Scenic Byway routes, New Hampshire has a
listing of other scenic
For more about Nature
& Scenery on the Connecticut River Byway
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The Brattleboro Farmers' Market is one of the oldest in the region, and is supported by a wide range of producers from the area who grow vegetables, fruits, berries, and flowers, and organic meats. The Brattleboro Retreat Farm is a conserved working dairy farm that includes a "petting zoo" of farm animals.
Brattleboro celebrates its agricultural heritage on the first Saturday in June with an annual "Strolling of the Heifers" parade and festival through the historic downtown. This internationally renowned parade and festival -- the Green Mountain States light-hearted version of Spains Running of the Bulls -- has been named one of Vermonts Top Ten Summer Events.
Across the river in Keene, Stonewall
Farm is a working New England farm and non-profit education center, dedicated
to promoting the importance of local agriculture and the stewardship of natural
Contemporary sheep farming now includes milking sheep to produce specialty cheeses.
Award winning-sheep cheeses are made and ripened in a "cheese cave"
at Vermont
Shepherd, in Westminster, near Putney, VT.
In the Brattleboro area you can buy many agricultural products directly from
the producers. You can pick up Christmas trees at Wilson's Tree Farm in Putney,
or visit a working dairy at the Robb
Family Farm in West Brattleboro. Dessert puddings
are the specialty of Echo
Farm in
Hinsdale. The eagerly anticipated Cheshire
Fair in nearby Swanzey, NH, draws spectators and participants to the animal
competitions, displays of fruits, vegetables, and crafts, and the sights and
sounds of farm life past and present.
For more about Farming on the Connecticut River Byway
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At the cultural heart of Brattleboro itself a regional
cultural center is the Brattleboro
Museum & Art Center. A few steps away is
the Art Deco Latchis
Theater, which houses a movie theater, hotel,
restaurant and brewery all under one roof. The Brattleboro Music Center, a dance
school, a childrens' theater and other local theater companies all offer a lively
schedule of performances. The downtown is an historic district with plenty of
restaurants and bookstores.
The city of Keene, NH, just east of the Byway, is another regional cultural center.
Among its attractions are the Colonial
Theater and the Apple
Hill Center for Chamber Music. For more information
about the arts, contact the Grand Monadnock Arts Council (603-357-3906, 800-639-9029),
the Horatio Colony Museum (603-352-0460) and the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery
at Keene State College (603-358-2720).
For more about Culture
on the Connecticut River Byway
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Fort Dummer was the earliest European outpost north
of the present Massachusetts border, built in 1724 during a period when armed
conflict with Native Americans persisted all over New England. The fort was
abandoned, but settlers returned in the late 1700s to establish a community
along the Whetstone Brook. It blossomed with the growth of industries like the
Estey Organ Company,
the world's largest manufacturer of reed organs, which in 1880 employed more
than 500 and made more than a quarter million organs before pianos eclipsed
their popularity.
Brattleboro's architecture is well represented in several National Register
Historic Districts. Visit the Brattleboro
Historical Society and the Guilford
Historical Society.
State historic markers in
the area offer a glimpse into the past, where tangible reminders remain or where
events may have passed without a trace.
Two historic steel bridges from the early 20th century span the Connecticut
River between Brattleboro's downtown and Hinsdale. Covered bridges in the Brattleboro
region of Vermont include the Creamery
Bridge over Whetstone Brook, the Green
River Bridge in Guilford over the river of that name, and Vermont's longest
covered bridge, the West
Dummerston Bridge over the West River.
New Hampshire covered bridges in the area include
four in Swanzey that span the Ashuelot River: the Slate
Bridge, the West
Swanzey Bridge, the Sawyer's
Crossing Bridge, and the Carleton
Bridge. Two more covered bridges over the
Ashuelot are in Winchester the Ashuelot
Bridge and the Coombs
For more about History
on the Connecticut River Byway
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The Vernon Dam on the Connecticut River creates a pool
or low-current area that extends north beyond the mouth of the West River. The
West is popular with canoeists and kayakers. A ski jump in Brattleboro draws international
The region is home to a growing number of hiking trails. Mt. Wantastiquet itself
is a popular hiking destination. The Connecticut River Joint Commissions provide
a map
of river access points in the Mt. Wantastiquet Region.
Canoes and Kayaks are for rent at the Vermont Canoe Touring Center (802-257-5008)
located at the confluence of the Connecticut and West Rivers, at 451 Putney Road,
where the Veterans Bridge crosses the West River.
State parks in the area include:
Dummer State Park, Brattleboro
Pisgah State Park, Chesterfield
Chesterfield Gorge Natural Area, Chesterfield
For more about Recreation
on the Connecticut River Byway
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Brattleboros Union Station was among the last generation
of major railroad passenger stations built in Vermont. It was constructed of stone
in 1915-1916 for the Central Vermont and Boston and Maine Railroads. The station
is now home to the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center. Amtrak maintains an office
on the ground floor adjacent to the tracks.
For more about Railroads
on the Connecticut River Byway
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Products, Lodging, Dining, Services & Local Links
call 1-877-CTBYWAY for more information
Chamber of Commerce
Vermont Regional Marketing Organization
For more about Products
on the Connecticut River Byway
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Brattleboro Area Farmers
Two locations: Rte 9, West Brattleboro, Saturdays 9am-2pm. Also on Main St.,
Merchants Bank Square, Brattleboro, Wednesdays 10am-2pm, mid-June - September.
Linda Dierks, 802 254-8885.
Keene Farmers' Market
Commercial parking lot off of Gilbo Ave., Keene, NH. Tuesdays & Saturdays,
May-October, 9am-2pm. Fruits, vegetables, herbs, plants, flowers, syrup, honey
and baked goods. Rain or shine, 603-835-6722.
Farmstands, Pick
Your Own, Farm Stays
Elysian Hills Tree Farm
Bill & Mary Lou Schmidt
209 Knapp Road, Dummerston, VT 05301
(Off Rte. 5, between Exits 3 & 4, I-91)
802 257-0233
Organic rhubarb, Gilfeather turnip seed, Wholesale/Retail
Mountain Mowings Farm
Mary & Randy Hickin
1999 Black Mountain Road, Dummerston, VT 05301
April - December
Blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, vegetables, perennials, jams, pickles,
Farm Stand, PYO
Walker Farm
Jack, Karen & Kristin Manix
1190 US Route 5, East Dummerston, VT 05346
April 7 - Thanksgiving
Blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, choice container plants & heirloom
vegetables, farm stand
The Blueberry Haus
Dan & Brenda Knock
809 Guilford Center Road, Guilford, VT 05301
July & August
802 257-0068
Blueberries, Farm Stand, PYO
Green Mountain Orchards
The Darrows
West Hill Road, Putney,VT 05346
Mid-July thru mid-October
Blueberries, apples, farm stand, PYO
Sugar House
Donald W. Harlow
563 Bellows Falls Road, Putney, VT 05346
(3 mi north of Putney Village on Route 5)
March 1 - December 31
802-387-5852 email@example.com
Blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, apples, farm stand, PYO
Scott Farm and Naulakha
Dummerston, VT
The Sugarhouse at the Scott Farm sleeps 2 people and pets are welcome. The Dutton
Farmhouse sleeps 8 people - no pets at this property and children are most welcome.
Just down the road is Naulakha, the former home of Rudyard Kipling. This is
a Trust property which sleeps 8 people. Mr. Kipling loved children and he would
be happy to know that they are still welcome at his home today.
Tree Farm
East Dummerston, VT
(802) 254-4634 Email: email@example.com
Tucked back behind a stand of trees and surrounded by scenic pastures, our vacation
rental offers total peace and quiet. A two bedroom house which features a well-equipped
kitchen and cable TV. The best way to contact us is by e-mail.
The Apple Place
Roger Bienvenu
781 Old Walpole Rd., Surry, NH 03431
10am-6pm, daily, August 25-October 25
Apples: Paula Red, Macintosh, Cortland & Macoun
Farmstead Acres
Marshall & Pati Patmos
143 London Rd., Westmoreland, NH 03467
9am-4pm, Friday-Sunday, Thanksgiving weekend-Christmas
E-mail: email@example.com
Cut-your-own Christmas trees: balsam fir, white spruce, Scotch & white pine;
wreaths, roping, greens, crafts & decorations
High Hopes Farm
Joanne & Bruce Smith
582 Glebe Rd., Westmoreland, NH 03467
8am-6pm, daily, July-Christmas
E-mail: email@example.com
Pick your own, wholesale, and retail: raspberries (July), blueberries (mid-July
through August to early September)
at Valley Farms B&B and Cottages
Walpole, NH
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Working organic farm complete with an elegant 1774 Colonial home offering antique-furnished
rooms with private baths and gourmet candlelight breakfast using our own organic
fresh eggs and produce. Farm also offers two three-bedroom cottages and a farmhouse
perfect for families, small groups or extended stays. Visit our farm animals,
collect eggs, and pick produce, edible flowers, and herbs from our extensive
gardens in season or just relax in this tranquil setting. Hiking, great views,
extensive orchard, fine dining, and some of the world's best chocolate just
minutes away.
Brattleboro, VT ESTEY ORGAN COMPANY
Here, in Brattleboro, was located the worlds largest
manufacturer of reed organs. For more than a century, reed and pipe organs made
in Brattleboro were sold to homes and churches around the world. The unusual
slate-sided factory complex on Bridge Street and the adjacent Esteyville neighborhood
were developed in the early 1870s. Philanthropic and civic-minded, the Estey
Company patented many manufacturing improvements and was a pioneer in equal
pay for women.
Located on Canal Street, U.S. Route 5, opposite end of Bridge
Brattleboro, VT NAULAKHA: Rudyard Kiplings
Rudyard Kiplings home near Brattleboro for 4 years
after marriage to the American, Caroline Balestier, and after visiting her home,
famed British writer built isolated Naulakha. Here he wrote the
Jungle Books and other stories, and two daughters were born. In
1896 the Kiplings returned to England.
Located on U.S. Route 5, North of Brattleboro.
Brattleboro, VT SITE OF FORT DUMMER
One and one-half miles south on Route 142 is the marker
for Fort Dummer, built in 1724, becoming Vermonts oldest permanent white
settlement. The actual site is now flooded by the water from the Vernon Dam.
Located near Railroad station.
Guilford, VT ROYALL TYLER: Early American Playwright
Boston-born Royall Tylers play, The Contrast
was the first American drama to be performed in this country (1787) and his
novel, The Algerine Captive presented the first Yankee types in
our literature. He came to Guilford in 1791 and was Chief Justice of the Vermont
Supreme Court for 9 Years.
Located on U.S. Route 5, at Guilford Center.
Guilford, VT VERMONT SOUTHEAST GATEWAY:
Connecticut Valley Route
On this former wilderness trail to Canada, the pioneers built old Fort Dummer
in 1724 below Brattleboro, then the frontiers most advanced outpost. Guilford,
then the largest town in Vermont, was the scene of bitter strife between the
Yorkers and the Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen.
Located on U.S. Route 5, near Massachusetts state line.
Chesterfield, NH CHIEF JUSTICE HARLAN FISKE STONE
Born October 11, 1872, in a modest cottage 1.7 miles
west of here on Horseshoe Road. Stone graduated from Amherst College and Columbia
Law School, returning to the latter as Dean, 1910-1924. Attorney General of
the United States in President Coolidge's Cabinet, he was appointed a justice
of the Supreme Court in 1924, and Chief Justice in 1941, serving until his death
April 22, 1946. A teacher, lawyer, judge and judicial craftsman of the highest
order, he held the affection and respect of the lawyers of the nation.
Located on NH 63, at its intersection with the Old Chesterfield
Road in the village of Chesterfield.
Chesterfield, NH FIRST METHODIST MEETING PLACE
In 1772, "the people called Methodist" held
their first religious meeting in this state on the James Robertson farm, 1.2
miles north of here, on Christian Street, with Philip Embury as the preacher.
On June 20, 1803, Francis Asbury spoke here using as his text: "Let us
run with patience the race that is set before us."
Located on the north side of NH 9, about 1 mile west of its
junction with NH 63.
Hinsdale, NH HINSDALE'S AUTO PIONEER
In the Holman and Merriman Machine Shop opposite this
location, George A. Long of Northfield (Mass.) in 1875 built a steam-propelled
four wheel automobile with a fifth wheel for steering. This vehicle, fired by
hardwood charcoal, had a bicycle-type frame, ordinary wooden wheels, solid rear
axle and could maintain 30 miles per hour, roads permitting. This early inventor
patented and built another automobile, propelled by gasoline, now in the Smithsonian
Located at a parking lot on the south side of NH 119, about
.2 mile east of its junction with northbound NH 63.
Keene, NH HAMPSHIRE POTTERY
About 150 feet north of here stood the famous Hampshire
Pottery Works, founded by James Scolly Taft for the manufacture of earthenware.
In 1878 Majolica ware was a major product, followed in 1883 by the addition
of useful and decorative art objects and souvenir pieces. With the introduction
in 1904 of the famous "mat glaze," Hampshire Pottery was recognized
as a leader in its field.
Located in front of the Keene Public Works Office Building
on lower Main Street.
Keene, NH KEENE GLASS INDUSTRY
The first of two famous Keene glass factories was established
near this site in 1814 and produced window glass for the New England area until
1853. Another glass works (1815-1842), 1.5 miles southeast of here on Marlboro
Street, made bottles and flasks now known as "Keene Glass" and prized
today by museums and collectors.
Located on the east side of Washington Street at Fuller Park.
Swanzey, NH DENMAN THOMPSON (1833-1911)
A famous theatrical trouper who lived and died in West
Swanzey. He gained a national reputation by his portrayal of the character,
"Joshua Whitcomb," the New Hampshire farmer on a trip to Boston. From
this he subsequently evolved "The Old Homestead," a play of long runs
before enthusiastic audiences.
Located in a small triangular plot at the junction of NH
32 and West Swanzey Road, opposite Monadnock Regional High School.
Westmoreland, NH PARK HILL MEETING HOUSE
This church, built on the northeast corner of Cole Cemetery
in 1762, was moved in sections by ox cart in 1779 to this location, then known
as Federal Hill. A steeple with a bell cast by the Paul Revere Foundry was added
in 1826. This edifice is recognized as one of the most beautiful churches in
New England.
Located on the north side of NH 63 in the Park Hill section
of Westmoreland, in front of the Meeting House.
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Profile: At Home's Milo Medin
"He was always saying, 'I want to bring packets to the people ... bytes to your doorstep,'" said Christine Falsetti, project manager for NASA's research and education network, who worked with Medin for about 10 years at NASA's Ames Research Center.
"Everyone needs access, and that's his vision," she said. "People here realized it was a tremendous opportunity for the country. It was a huge problem to get 20,000 scientists hooked up, and now he wants to get everyone in the world.... That's a big challenge."
Medin, 35, has a history of charting new territory. He was one of the first engineers to push for the widespread adoption of TCP/IP -- the foundation of the modern Internet -- and large, interconnected computer networks.
With At Home, Medin is trying to build a more pervasive network based on cable modems that provide everyday users an Internet connection nearly 100 times faster than most have today.
"Our vision has always been to change the way people use information. What started off aimed at PCs has migrated into something on different platforms and devices," said Medin. "It's about horizontal access. Now, with set-tops and telephones operating in a network-centric model, all that information can be moved inside the network and moved to you. That's the really powerful thing," he said.
When John Doerr, a partner at venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins, first approached Medin about the idea for At Home, the NASA engineer rebuffed him, saying the design was flawed.
Medin didn't know much about cable TV at the time, but he did realize that for At Home's plan to work on a national level, the company would have to establish a private, high-speed backbone network to eliminate bottlenecks. He also had the idea of caching pages at locations close to the end user, so pages could be served up as quickly as possible.
"In two minutes, he had changed our business model," Doerr said in a Wired magazine interview in January 1996. "And besides that, there are only half a dozen people in the world who make the Internet work, and Milo is one of them. We absolutely needed him."
In the four years since Medin came on board, At Home network's design hasn't changed much, Medin said, although the technology is more advanced than he envisioned at the time.
"I think the overall architecture was designed in a way that was evolvable," Medin said of the original At Home vision. "We still have a multi-tier network, we move data close to the user, and manage it from end to end. All of that has been amazingly consistent. The core architecture has served us well and is coming into vogue. Caching, building your own backbone, and having it provide quality of service is a big win."
Medin was never shy about incorporating new networking technologies into At Home's network. Most recently, he has focused on wavelength division multiplexing, or WDM.
By splitting the laser beams that are pumped through fiber-optic cables into different colors, WDM creates channels - 8, 16, 32, even 64 - that provide much greater data transmission capacity. Milo said running IP directly over lightwave equipment is the wave of the future, just as caching technologies - and companies like Inktomi - have come to dominate the Internet of today.
"WDM is advancing at twice Moore's law," Milo said excitedly. "With the system we're putting in place with AT&T, our routers will run at 5 gigabits of capacity, and we can double that very inexpensively."
Medin said that one of his main motivations in computer science has always been linking systems and networks that are totally separate. Some of that stems from his growing up in Fresno, a rural area of California a few hundred miles from Silicon Valley -- but light years away technologically.
His family migrated from Serbia in 1930 and bought a small vineyard in Fresno, but Medin became more interested in bits than grapes. In sixth grade, he developed a program for his Olivetti calculator to process test scores, and in high school he started hacking on an Apple II and a 300-bps modem.
His infatuation with computers led him to the University of California at Berkeley in 1981, where he majored in computer science and worked part-time at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory building software for solid-state lasers and modeling nuclear weapons effects.
Medin eventually landed at NASA's Ames Research Center, where he quickly saw the potential for an open network that could link many government research centers that would allow scientists to share information more easily. Using a new Defense Department creation known as the Transmission Control Protocol/Internetworking Protocol, he led a team that built the NASA Science Internet, which linked researchers in 16 countries and six continents.
"When he came here in 1985, he wanted to get these networks wired together and had the foresight to recognize that people were already running Internet protocols, but weren't talking together," said Falsetti. "So he set up an exchange point at Ames so we could use TCP to run wide-area networks. He went beyond one huge network to have a network of networks, the Federal Internet Exchange (FIX) - Milo was the major force in making that happen," she said.
NASA Ames has hosted a interconnect facility (FIX-West) since 1989, supporting interchanges of data between major federal research networks and the broader Internet. In October 1994, Ames was asked to extend its interconnect services to members of the Internet community at large.
FIX-West evolved into MAE-WEST, the first major interconnect point on the West Coast, designed to support the nascent commercial Internet.
Before Medin helped establish TCP/IP as the major protocol for the Internet, other engineers were pushing for Digital's DECNet and Open Systems Interconnect, or OSI, to do the job.
Medin, on the other hand, recognized the value of TCP/IP and its open-standard approach, insisting it was the smartest choice over both the short- and long-term.
"He's evangelical in his approach.... There were protocol wars at the time and Milo marshaled the fight to make TCP/IP the de facto standard," said Falsetti. "We already had this huge installed base on TCP/IP, and Milo was the one who said, 'Let's hang our hat on this protocol.'"
Medin also helped develop some of the first router protocols, including OSPF, or the Open Shortest-Path First interior gateway protocol, which permits routers to exchange information about the accessibility of other networks.
Through all of it, Medin has looked for ways to bring packets to the people, giving them bigger, better, and faster access to information.
"What I mean by that is that I will be extremely saddened if only a few people benefit from the technology that is going on, which gives them the ability to be informed faster and in more involved ways," Medin said.
"There is a whole set of people that are disenfranchised and don't have PCs because they are not easy to use. Giving them access through simple platforms will really provide a lot of equilibrium. If we think the world is like Silicon Valley, we aren't going to get very far.... It's important to keep normal people in mind."
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Welcome to our first sketch challenge for November! We've got a brand new sketch today and three interpretations from our designers. So let's get started!
Our first layout is from Leslie Ashe, who mixed and matched all three paper lines (Persnickety, Autumn Spice & Christmas Cheer) to create her layout. Instead of placing a strip across the middle, she opted to place it on the right side and cut it in an arrow for a different touch.
Lily Bee Supplies: Autumn Spice (6x6 Tiny Tablet, ABC Stickers, Index Journaling Cards, Mixed Stickers); Persnickety (6x6 Tiny Tablet, Mixed Stickers, Fussy Paper, Picky Paper); Christmas Cheer (6x6 Tiny Tablet, ABC Stickers)
Our next layout is from Ania-Maria Wolniak, who used two photos instead of four on an artisitic background of paint, tags, stamps, and paper scraps:
Lily Bee Supplies: Persnickety (Snooty paper, Tiny Tablet, Mixed Cardstock Stickers, Index Journal Cards, Stamps); Autumn Spice (Tiny Tablet, ABC Stickers, Mixed Cardstock Stickers, Stamps)
And finally we have a layout from Lisa Dickinson, who created a layered grid of patterned papers behind her four photos. She added some Autumn Spice stickers and a handcut title to finish this simple page:
Lily Bee Supplies: Autumn Spice (Tiny Tablet, Stamps, ABC Stickers, Mixed Cardstock Stickers); Persnickety (Prissy paper, Snooty Paper, Fussy paper, Prim paper); Christmas Cheer (Figgy Pudding paper)
Now we want to see your take on the sketch! We'll pick one winner from our challnege entries this month to win a Lily Bee prize package. Here's a few things to keep in mind:
- Your layout must use at 70% Lily Bee products.
- Post your layout to our Flickr Gallery here to be eligible for monthly challenge prize.
- Title your post "November Sketch Challenge" so we can find it easily.
- Deadline is November 30, 2012, Midnight MST
- Winners will be announced Friday, December 7, 2012


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First Black Students at Divinity School Became Church and Community Leaders
When the Duke University Board of Trustees voted March 8, 1961 to desegregate the university's graduate and professional schools, it was a move that had long been supported by many Divinity School students and faculty (see Divinity School a Leader in Push for Integration).
Integration not only gave students who had been denied entry into Duke the opportunity to attend, but it also opened the school to new modes of thought and a new canon of knowledge. These students proved to be not only academic pioneers at Duke Divinity School, but also leaders in the church, community, and nation.
The first black students to attend the Divinity School were Ruben Lee Speaks, Matthew A. Zimmerman, and James Donald Ballard.
Ruben Lee Speaks
Ruben Lee Speaks (d. 2001) was the first African-American student to attend Duke Divinity School. As he already had his B.D. degree (now known as the M.Div. degree), he entered the school in September 1961 as a special student.
Born Jan. 8, 1920, in Lake Providence, La., to Benjamon and Jessie Bell Nichols Speaks, Speaks received a bachelor's degree from Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa; a B.D. degree from Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, N.J.; and a master of sacred theology degree from Temple University, Philadelphia.
He was elected the 76th bishop of the AME Zion Church in 1972. He also served as a professor of systematic theology at Hood Theological Seminary.
Speaks was a chairman of the World Council of Churches and the boards of trustees of Livingstone College and Hood Theological Seminary, and a trustee of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
Matthew A. Zimmerman Jr., M.Div. '65
Zimmerman entered Duke Divinity School in the fall of 1962 as one of the first two African-American students officially enrolled in the M.Div. program.
Born in Rock Hill, S.C., on Dec. 9, 1941, Zimmerman graduated from Benedict College with a B.S. in biology and chemistry, intending to become a physician. A Duke recruiting poster lured him away from medicine.
After receiving his M.Div. from Duke in 1965, he was ordained in the National Baptist Convention. He served as a campus minister at Idaho State University and at Morris College in South Carolina. He also earned a second master's degree in guidance counseling at Long Island University.
In April 1967 he began his military service. Commissioned as a captain and serving as a clergyman, he attended the United States Army Command and General Staff College and the United States Army War College. He was sworn in the office of United States Army Chief of Chaplains, assuming the rank of major general in 1990.
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Thu, Apr 5, 07 at 1:59
This is the baby quilt I made for a upcoming grandson who is scheduled to arrive in about 2 weeks. I wasn't happy with how "puffy" it ended up being. I used my quilting stitch on my Pfaff but didn't quilt the individual blocks enough to keep it all evenly flat. I still had fun making it and I liked the pattern and fabrics. |
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I like this quilt a lot! Cheryl |
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Nice quilt - I like the puffy. |
- Posted by susiequilt (My Page) on Thu, Apr 5, 07 at 8:25
What a lovely quilt! You did a great job. Since right now I only tie quilts all of mine are puffy and I like that. |
What a great cuddly quilt. I love it. beverly |
- Posted by geezerfolks (My Page) on Thu, Apr 5, 07 at 9:32
I, too, like puffy. Seems to me when the quilting is really close together, it doesn't appear to be as soft and cuddly....but that's just me. Nice quilt! SharonG/FL |
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I like the puffy too. It looks so cuddly. Congrats on the grandson. Vasu |
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I LOVE it! I hope you don't mind I saved a pic to copy someday. I love the puffy look and the color combo. Stephanie |
I love it! I saved a copy of the pic to keep as an idea. I think it looks great! Carolyn |
That's very nice. Love the simple pattern and the color combo. |
- Posted by sew_self-taught (My Page) on Mon, Apr 23, 07 at 17:29
I like puffy too. Your quilt is perfect for a little baby boy. Congratulations too. Nina |
It's unanimous! What a terrific quilt! I love the colors and the pattern. Congrats on the upcoming GS! Kelly |
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VERY nice. Great colors!!! |
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I have quite a few waterlilies to trade. Some are just now showing growth, but were well established blooming plants last year so they will bloom this year. I am looking for named succulents. I would love to have a Jade tree and named hens and chicks. Other named succulents are good too. Just send me an email. |
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The fall this year is spectacular on Blue Moon Lavender Farm. Surrounded by forests of conifers and big-leaf maple, they glow with yellow leaves this time of the year. Our Italian plum trees are producing heavy crop of fruit, and we have filled all of the jars, freezers, and tins with preserved, and dried plums.
Here is a recipe for a quick, delicious dessert, which can be eaten cold, or warm, with or without ice cream or whipped cream.
Magdalena's Plum Crumb
- 4 oz/1 stick of butter, cut up
- 1 cup of white flour
- 1 cup of white sugar
- 3 egg yolks
- fresh pitted plums, enough to cover a pie plate in one layer
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Place the butter, flour, egg yolks and sugar in a bowl of a food processor, and process using the Pulse button for 5-6 seconds, until the butter is cut up into pea-size pieces. Transfer to a bowl and crumble with your fingers until coars crumbs form and the raw flour has all been incorporated. Divide in half. Place one half of the crumbs in a pie plate, press flat down. Place plums cut side up in a single layer all over the plate, cover with the remaining crumbs. Bake 35-45 minutes, until the edges are browned and the center crumbs have golden tops.
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Track season officially underway for Mustang
By Kyle Salomon,
Mustang's track season officially got under way last Friday in Norman at the Norman High track meet.
The Lady Broncos finished 15th overall as a team, and the boys squad finished 17th overall. Edmond Memorial won both the boys' and girls' competitions.
"I felt like the team competed about as well as we could have for the first meet of the season," Mustang head coach Eric Peterson said. "Training has been limited this preseason due to weather, so we will continue to get better with more practice time."
In the girls' 100-meter dash, Stephanie Wilson took eighth place with a time of 13.31. Ashley Getz finished in 15th place with a time of 13.78, and Shelby Easton placed 54th with a time of 15.58.
In the girls' 200-meter dash, it was Getz taking 20th place with a time of 29.32. Keyona Napier finished in 26th place with a time of 29.86, and Easton placed 46th with a time of 31.66.
In the girls' 400-meter dash, it was Amirah Jones taking fifth place with a time of 1:03.34, and Katelyn Wood finishing in 28th place with a time of 1:10.42.
In the girls' 800-meter run, Kyra Fuller took eighth place with a time of 2:34.95, and Sara Wojcak placed ninth overall with a time of 2:35.93.
In the girls' 1,600-meter run, it was Fuller placing 11th with a time of 5:52.62. Wojcak took 17th with a time of 6:00.56, and Lauren Mason placed 21st with a time of 6:11.64.
In the girls' 3,200-meter run, Rachel Burchill took ninth place with a time of 12:29.02.
In the girls' 4×100-meter relay, Mustang took 11th place with a time of 53.73.
In the girls' 4×200-meter relay, the Lady Broncos took 11th place with a time of 1:52.39.
In the girls' 4×400-meter relay, Mustang finished in 12th place with a time of 4:35.70.
In the girls' 4×800-meter relay, the Broncos placed fifth overall with a time of 10:36.49.
In the girls' discus throw, Paige Ketch took sixth place with a throw of 96 feet, 11 inches.
On the boys' side of the track it was Noah Park taking 55th in the boys' 100-meter dash with a time of 14.30.
In the boys' 400-meter dash, it was Josh Lantz taking 57th place with a time of 1:03.86, and Park grabbing 58th place with a time of 1:04.06.
In the boys' 800-meter run, it was Josh Griffin taking seventh place with a time of 2:07.67.
In the boys' 1,600-meter run, it was Lance Frost taking 11th place with a time of 4:42.67.
Frost took sixth in the boys' 3,200-meter run with a time of 10:14.57.
In the boys' 300-meter hurdles, it was Taylor Robinson taking 29th place with a time of 49.60.
In the boys' 4×200-meter relay, Mustang took 12th place with a time of 1:39.35.
In the boys' 4×400-meter relay, the Broncos took 19th overall with a time of 3:55.72.
In the boys' 4×800-meter relay, Mustang grabbed 12th place with a time of 9:25.24.
In the boys' shot put, Tristan Hill placed seventh overall with a toss of 46 feet. 1 inch.


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NewTown Presents:
Re-Imagining the Arroyo
- When: November 2 & 3, 10:30am to 5:30pm
- Where: Lower Arroyo Park in Pasadena (See directions, below)
- Admission: Free
- Contact: Richard Amromin at (626)398-9278 or (626)240-7787 (show dates only)
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Katrina Alexy |
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USC School of Cinematic Arts Associate Professor Lisa Mann and her students: Karl Baumann, Reginald Espiritu, Lauren Fenton, Alex Gabrielli, Nicolette Gmoser-Daskalakis, Quyen Nguyen Le, Savannah Lejeune-Stodieck, Sara Bardam-Bey, George Mylonas, Anshul Pendse, Chang Zhan * SUNDAY ONLY - A special closing performance by composer Gregory Lenczycki featuring Ted Byrnes, Percussion; James Klopfleisch, Double Bass; William Roper, Tuba; Christine Tavolacci, Flute; Brian Walsh, Clarinet. |
Join NewTown and an adventuresome array of Southern California's artists on a half mile stroll, enlivened with their interpretations of the Arroyo Seco's history, inhabitants, ecosystems and its often contentious human interactions. Supercharge a beautiful Fall day with a prismatic portrait of the Lower Arroyo; its myths, realities, past and present in sixteen installations stimulating the imagination and easily walking off those weekend brunch calories.
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Find California Blvd. anywhere in Pasadena. Go west until it dead-ends at Arroyo Blvd. (not Arroyo Parkway). Make a right on Arroyo and go a short distance to first possible place to turn left. You are at Lower Arroyo Park.
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Providence's Wilbury Theatre Group kicks off its 2014-15 season in September with "This Beautiful City," a musical documentary about the rising evangelical movement in Colorado Springs.
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A room with a view?A state-of-the-art golf course?A family-friendly hotel that the kids (and you) will love?A resort that has it all?Whatever you're looking for in the Caribbean, there's a place that's right for you. T+L's team of reporters explored every corner of the region—from Bermuda to the Bahamas and beyond. Here, the best in the islands.
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Kamalame Cay The short ferry ride from Andros reveals nothing of this 96-acre barrier island but thick stands of mangrove trees. Secluded Kamalame is the perfect stage for a Robinson Crusoe fantasy, but with plushier accommodations: 19 villas, each with muslin-draped French doors that open onto three miles of beach. The star of the show is the resort's year-old spa, hovering on stilts above the sea.
Peter Island The promise of isolation brings special expectations—all of which are met on this 1,800-acre getaway shared by no more than 104 guests. The staff greets visitors at the airport and escorts them aboard a yacht that takes them to the island; upon arriving, they are allowed to skip check-in and head straight for any of the five gleaming white beaches.
Petit St. Vincent Resort If absolute privacy is your wish, this 113-acre scoop of sand provides it, with 22 wood-and-stone cottages—some perched spectacularly on a bluff, others strung along the waterfront. Telephones?You must be thinking of someplace else. Guests communicate their wants and needs by hoisting a flag outside their digs.
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Beach House The resort's unofficial motto is Do not disturb. It's easy to play castaway here, on this low-lying coral island near Antigua where your only company is the seabirds that inhabit the pink-sand dunes along the empty shoreline. The 21 white-on-white guest rooms, all with private teak decks, face a saltwater pool and the surf beyond.
Cap Est Lagoon Resort & Spa At this 50-suite escape on Martinique's verdant eastern coast, a Guerlain spa and Creole fusion cuisine add Gallic spice to a modern plantation-style hotel decorated with vibrant madras fabrics. Take your cue from the French clientele and touch up your tan Euro-style (read: topless). After sunset, dance to steel drums in the lounge.
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Tiamo Resort Even people who pride themselves on knowing the Caribbean have never heard of, let alone been to, Tiamo, on South Andros Island, accessible only by boat. The eco-resort has just 11 waterfront bungalows and relies happily and efficiently on the sun for all of its power—and on green-minded guests to dispose of some of the recyclables they generate. The birding and bonefishing are first-rate.
Petit Bacaye Far removed from the tourist crush of Grand Anse is Petit Bacaye, a beachfront country-cottage hotel in Grenada's rural St. David's parish. The six thatched-roof cabanas, hidden amid banana trees and giant flowering ginger, have bamboo-and-mahogany beds, tropical-hardwood floors, and private verandas perfect for sipping homemade lemongrass lemonade as you watch the sun set.
Hôtel Auberge Les Petits Saints Terre-de-Haute, the largest of the French-speaking islands of Les Saintes, off the coast of Guadeloupe, is an often overlooked, barefoot version of St. Bart's, dotted with small hotels where the doors are still left unlocked. The top choice is the intimate Auberge Les Petits Saints, with guest rooms filled with antiques (they're for sale) and one of the isle's best restaurants (the grilled fish with vanilla sauce is a standout).


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Wheelchair Jimmy isn't in Degrassi anymore. Canadian child star-turned-hip-hopster Drake has lost a pair of fans in Jacksonville, Florida after the rapper and his bodyguard allegedly attacked the autograph seekers at nightclub in the sunny city last Thursday night.
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He's the most-raved about hip-hopster to hit The Rap World in more than a decade — a fact which makes it easy to forget that Aubrey "Drake" Graham is actually a former child star, who once cut his teeth playing "Wheelchair Jimmy" on the Canadian teen series Degrassi: The Next Generation. Now 23, Drake recently…


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FilmWeek: Frankenweenie, Taken 2, The Paperboy, Looper and more
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FilmWeek: Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Andy Klein, Henry Sheehan and Charles Solomon to discuss this week's new films, including Frankenweenie, Taken 2, The Paperboy and more. Plus, we turn on our flux capacitor so our resident time travel expert, Andy Klein, can review last week's Looper. TGI-FilmWeek!
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Friday, March 9, 2012
The Westminster College Department of Music hosted an assessment festival March 7 for the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association.
During the daylong event, bands and orchestras from area school districts were critiqued to provide input for their future growth and an assessment of their performance. In addition to the prepared music, each ensemble was required to sight-read a piece of music for an evaluation of the students' ability to understand the many elements of music.
Participating in this year's event were the symphonic band and wind ensemble from Hampton; Grove City High School's concert band; and the seventh-grade and eighth-grade bands from Quaker Valley.
Adjudicators were: Dr. R. Tad Greig, associate professor, director of bands, and chair of Westminster's Department of Music; Andrew Erb, Westminster adjunct music faculty; Dr. Marty Sharer, director of bands at California University of Pennsylvania; and Gary Taylor, director of bands in the Wilmington Area School District, who served as the sight-reading judge.
"These events are crucial for numerous reasons," Greig said. "We provide input and analysis geared to the improvement of each group that performs, as well as assessment data geared toward music performance and musicianship. Empirical data shows a strong correlation between music participation and higher academic performance. Events like this allow music educators to offer results that demonstrate these skill sets."
Contact Greig at (724) 946-7279 or email for additional information.
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Founded in 1852 and related to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Westminster College ranks first in the nation as "Best College for Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math," according to Forbes.com. Westminster, a top-tier liberal arts college, ranks third in graduation rate performance, according to U.S. News Best Colleges guide. Westminster ranked 6th among liberal arts colleges in social mobility, according to the Washington Monthly College Guide, and is one of the most affordable national liberal arts colleges in Pennsylvania. Westminster is also honored as one of "The Best 376 Colleges" by The Princeton Review, and is named to the President's Honor Roll for excellence in service learning.
Nearly 1,600 undergraduate and graduate students benefit from individualized attention from dedicated faculty while choosing from 42 majors and nearly 100 organizations on the New Wilmington, Pa., campus. Visit www.westminster.edu/advantage to view "Advantage: Westminster" A Strategic Plan 2010-2020.


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- Average Percent Grade: 34%
- Not only is this the steepest zip line in North America but it is also the steepest in the world!!!
- Cables: 4 side by side
Welcome to the steepest and wildest zip line ride you will ever experience! The "Xtreme" ZipRider® parallels the 120 meter Nordic jump and it is not uncommon for riders to be in the air at the same time as the Nordic athletes during practice, giving them the best view in the world of the heights and speeds reached by these athletes. Also at the Utah Olympic Park is our "Ultra" ZipRider®, a four cable zip line that is 750 feet in length and perfect for the younger clientele. These two ZipRider®s were built during the summer of 2004 and opened up mid-August 2004. From day one these rides were an incredible success, thrilling guests in ways they've never been thrilled before. To see riders in action on the Xtreme ZipRider® as well as the Ultra ZipRider®, click the VIDEO tab below. For more information on days and hours of operation, please visit utaholympiclegacy.com. This ZipRider® also operates during the winter.