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Executive profile: William Bickford
While a student at Trinity College, William Bickford and his roommate spent many nights talking about their passion for architecture and how to best forge a path to professional success and personal happiness.
Bickford wanted to be married by age 30. He wanted to have his own architecture practice when he married. And he wanted to have children in his 30s.
Check. Check. Check. About 20 years after those lofty what-if discussions, the 38-year-old Bickford is married. He is the father to two daughters under the age of 3. And, he is partners with college roommate Austin DePree in a growing Chicago architectural practice, Northworks Architects and Planners LLC, whose wide-ranging portfolio, which includes restoration work at Chicago's Graceland Cemetery, high-priced homes and most recently restaurants, is getting noticed.
It was Bickford's residential work that led restaurateur Keene Addington to contact him. Addington, the former owner of Flat Top Grill, sought to open a restaurant in a former Crunch Fitness space along State Street in River North. A friend whose Colorado home Bickford had designed "ranted and raved about how talented and fabulous he was," Addington said, so he called Bickford to talk about his idea for the Tortoise Club.
"I didn't want it to feel like a typical restaurant environment, "Addington said. "I wanted it to feel like a home, like you were sitting down for drinks. Bill had a lot of experience in that arena but also understood restaurants."
The two went to restaurants, a lot of restaurants, including eight in one day in New York City, and watched how employees and customers moved around spaces, pinpointing what worked and what didn't. Then Bickford tackled the design process, which took five months and had him involved with everything from the dining room and the kitchen's setup to the shape of seat cushions and the nailheads used on chairs in the lounge. The goal was to create a space that hearkened back to a bygone era, a space that was clubby and sophisticated yet approachable.
The result? "The restaurant is absolutely jaw dropping," said Eater Chicago in a post when Tortoise Club opened late last year.
"Bill took my vision — I had no idea how to put it on paper — and then listened closely, and he created this beautiful space," Addington said. "I got everything on this baby with Mr. Bickford."
From the ground up
That restaurant, along with another, Ada Street, serves as a calling card of sorts for Bickford, as does the 153-year-old Graceland Cemetery, known as the cemetery of architects, including Louis Sullivan, Daniel Burnham and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Northworks has been the cemetery's architectural consultant since 2006, a relationship that began after Bickford completed a kitchen remodel for one of the cemetery's trustees.
"We started off on one small, family monument project for them to test us out," Bickford said. "After about 16 months, we proved ourself."
In 2009, Bickford led a team that completed a renovation and restoration of the cemetery's 1888 Holabird & Roche-designed chapel, gutting the interior, demolishing two additions and re-creating its Arts and Crafts style. The only original material remaining is the red granite exterior.
"It was the perfect test of what we could do and what kind of team we could assemble, and working with a client who was not a husband and wife," he said.
Other projects in the cemetery have included a new footbridge to Burnham Island and restoration of the Palmer Mausoleum.
Now Bickford is broadening his commercial portfolio, working on two new restaurants, one on East Randolph Street and another on West Randolph, and he's approaching that work in the same way he does the residential projects that have taken shape here and across the country.
"I always thought that scale was the most fitting for an architect," Bickford said. "The personal part of the project and the privacy of the project was always intriguing to me. It was someone's home, someone's dream home, and they were always involved."
Kim Feil's search to find an architect who could navigate that relationship and give her something other than a cookie-cutter house led to her Bickford. Feil, an executive vice president at OfficeMax, had a few requirements for the 4,000-square-foot home she wanted to build on a standard city lot in Lincoln Park. She wanted plenty of natural light. She didn't want to lose the backyard. And each of the four bedrooms had to be able to fit at least a queen-size bed.
She vetted Bickford by calling references in three states.
The home that she'll move into by Christmas is an urban take on an Aspen ski lodge, with a multistory window that brings in light across a staircase, and a third-floor master bedroom cantilevered over a second-floor deck, so the room sizes are adequate without sacrificing the outdoor space.
"He has this process of asking you questions about what you want," Feil said. "He's my ultimate quality control. I count on his eye. He doesn't mollycoddle me."
That methodical approach to design, as well as to building a business, is something DePree saw in his college roommate.
"There's a good, quiet confidence," DePree said of his partner. "Bill and I have been friends for a good, long time, and one of the things I admire about his character is his ability to be very thoughtful about decisions. He doesn't make rash decisions. It helps create a stable foundation for business."
On some days Bickford says he feels he's working as an artist, and other times he's much more business-minded. A typical day's juggle includes emails, lunch with a client or builder, internal meetings and, frequently, after-work social events like cocktail parties or gallery openings to meet prospective clients. He and DePree attend different events.
"We're not going there with business cards," he said. "It's more to meet and greet. I don't like to pass out a card and say give me a call. It seems less personal. Half of my job, my partner's job, is to go out and get the next project."
Northworks, with 16 employees, is working on 40 projects. Since November, it has had to turn down work, Bickford said.
Legos on the floor
Bickford's interest in designing and building started early, as a child with a pile of Legos spread over a bedsheet on the floor of his family's home in Sherborn, Mass. Nothing he built, he recalls, ever lasted more than 24 hours. By the third grade, he knew he wanted to be an architect.
That ability to go from one project to another is among the profession's attractions. "Every six months is a totally different job," he said. "You come to work with a great variety, and you'll never know what you'll face the next week. That gives you a great spontaneity.
"There's also the artistic component," he continued. "(Architecture) is probably the only profession I can ever imagine where it's a combination of hobby, passion and profession. Even in downtime on the weekends, I'll still do a sketch, just to see where it goes."
At Trinity College, Bickford earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in art history. Following the advice of an architect he worked for while in high school, he also took classes in psychology and human behavior because of the large role that client relationships play in architecture.
After Trinity, Bickford and DePree parted ways temporarily, and Bickford earned a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania's School of Design. He then went to work, first for a 100-person practice in Connecticut and then a small firm, Frederick Phillips and Associates in Chicago, to gain different perspectives on the business.
Early on, Phillips sensed that Bickford had a knack for gaining a client's trust. Soon after joining the firm, Phillips let Bickford help him work with a client who wanted to design a studio gallery in Sawyer, Mich. Although the design was fairly complete, the client let Bickford alter it.
"He's very modest but a very strong person beneath all that low-key presentation," Phillips said. "He would communicate his intentions through asking the right questions. He has a very good way of convincing a client what the right path is."
While working for different Chicago firms, Bickford and DePree started moonlighting together on weekends. The pair started with small jobs like kitchen and bathroom remodels, and began to establish contacts in the industry.
Building a business
In 2005, itching to go off together on their own, the two ignored the advice of friends who told them to wait a few more years. They rented a 400-square-foot space in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood that had once been an ice cream shop, named it DePree Bickford Associates LLC and started taking on more remodeling projects. Satisfied customers referred them to friends, as did interior designers, landscape architects and contractors.
"It was a lot of little jobs," Bickford recalled. "It progressed much faster than we thought it would. We thought it'd be 10 years of remodels, additions and renovations. By the first three years, we had some professional work that firms 25 years in the making would like to have.
"We thought about where," he said. "We thought about Boston; we thought about Seattle. We thought Chicago is such the epicenter of architecture. So many great firms have come to Chicago, and you can work around the country from Chicago."
In 2007, they bought a building tucked away on a street in Lincoln Park that was once a foundry for mechanical parts and made it their office. After finding a 1912 map of the street that showed the north works division of a steel company had once been across the street, the pair renamed the firm Northworks Architects & Planners LLC.
"You're not working for your bosses' name," Bickford said of the name change. "It's more collaborative, and everyone has the same sense of company pride."
The firm, while always profitable, saw revenues dip under $1 million in 2009 during the economic downturn. Since then, revenues have increased by 40 to 50 percent annually.
Bickford and DePree each bring their own clients to the firm, but the projects are then considered Northworks' projects. The two meet once a week for a long lunch to talk about projects, client leads and interesting work they may have seen. There also is some of the same sort of discussion they had in their dorm rooms 20 years ago.
Four times a year, they go on fact-finding trips to other cities to, as Bickford puts it, focus on the company with a fresh perspective.
Most recently, they took a 7:30 a.m. flight to New York City, walked around midtown Manhattan, visited the dining options at the Museum of Modern Art, ate at a recently opened steakhouse, walked through Grand Central Terminal and were back on a flight to Chicago at 4 p.m.
"One of the things we've really focused on is to maintain our friendship first," DePree said. "Instead of talking about architecture and business structure all the time, we focus most of the time together on life and our views on life and making sure our views on life are still parallel."
They are still in sync. Northworks' aspirations are grounded in quality, not quantity, and becoming a leading architectural design firm.
"The better our friendship gets, the better our business gets," Bickford said. "The competition is really what makes the practice successful. It's almost like a brotherly competition. We know it's not going to fall apart. It's just one of those things that you have incredible confidence in. Even when our lawyer established our LLC, our lawyer said, 'You have to have a breakup clause.' We said no. He said we had to."
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William Bickford
Title: Founding partner, Northworks Architects and Planners LLC.
Memberships: Foundation board member at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, member of University of Pennsylvania School of Design's alumni board, chairman of the residential design committee of American Institute of Architects' Chicago chapter.
Family: Wife, Lucy, is a lawyer at Schiff Hardin LLP. Two daughters.
Quote: "We certainly have confidence, but it's a big difference from ego. We know that as soon as we start making ourselves the star-chitect, we're going to go out of business."
If not architecture: Bickford "fairly seriously" considered joining the ministry but didn't like the "limitations" of the profession.
Hobbies: Fly-fishing, golf.
Copyright © 2015, Chicago Tribune


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Microsoft IE 7 Goes (More) Beta
CmdrTaco posted more than 8 years ago | from the what-did-they-break-this-time dept.
292Hans W. Smith writes "Microsoft has unveiled Internet Explorer 7, releasing the new "preview" version of its Web browser to the general public for testing. The latest version works only with Windows XP Service Pack 2 and includes many of the features Microsoft has been touting for months such as: privacy protection,tabbed browsing and a search box similar to Firefox. They tried to outdo Firefox tab browsing with a feature call Quick tab which shows thumbnail view of all open tabs in a single window." Yup, you saw it yesterday. Posting before coffee never works.

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My name is Shelby!
Facts about Shelby
- Breed: Beagle/Basset Hound Mix
- Color: Tan/Yellow/Fawn - With White
- Age: Puppy
- Size: Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less
- Sex: Female
Shelby's Info...
I am already spayed, up to date with shots, good with kids, good with dogs, and good with cats.
Shelby is a rescue favorite! She's about 6-7 months old and we think she is a Beagle Basset mix. She is a darling little girl. She has such a sweet and innocent disposition about her. It's hard not to fall in love with her right away. She will make a WONDERFUL companion. Her foster mom says that she is great with the kids, well-behaved and doesn't bark a lot. She likes to play but is also very content to cuddle up with her humans.
Her adoption fee is $250 and includes her spay, all age appropriate shots, de-worming, vet check and grooming. If you would like to meet Shelby, please email for an application. References are required.
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Why Adoption is a Great Option
Shelby, a Westfield Beagle/Basset Hound puppy was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Beagle/Basset Hound for sale in Westfield, or seeking a Beagle/Basset Hound puppy from a breeder in Westfield.
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Attractions Near Us
Oakland: A World of Culture, Art and Architecture
Phipps Conservatory is a great place to begin or end a daylong tour of Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood, the region's educational and cultural hub.
Oakland was greatly influenced by the progressive City Beautiful movement in North American architecture and urban planning that flourished in the 1890s and 1900s.
Here's a short list of must-see Oakland attractions.
- Carnegie Museums
- The Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History, around since 1895, and among the nation's best of their kind. Art lovers enjoy the Hall of Sculpture, Hall of Architecture and one of the world's best modern art collections. Natural history lovers find gems, giant dinosaurs, and a moth collection made famous by the movie Silence of the Lambs.
Visit the Carnegie Museums website - Cathedral of Learning
- Cathedral of Learning, a 42-story Late Gothic Revival building and the second tallest educational building in the world. Visitors enjoy the Cathedral's 27 Nationality Rooms (twenty-five working classrooms and two display rooms), on the first and third floors. Each nationality room is designed to celebrate a different culture that had an influence on Pittsburgh's growth.
Visit the Cathedral of Learning's website - Hunt Institute
- Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, considered among the world's best collection of botanical art and knowledge. Some 29,000 books; 30,000 portraits; 30,000 watercolors, drawings and prints; and 2,000 autograph letters and manuscripts are housed here.
Visit the Hunt Institute's website - Schenley Park
- Schenley Park, a 456-acre green jewel that rivals any of the nation's oldest and finest urban parks. Offers trails, tennis courts, ice rink, swimming pool and playgrounds. The park connects the campuses of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh and serves as a centerpiece for such annual events as the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix.
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Becoming a solicitor - statistics
Trends in the solicitors' profession
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) maintains records of students at each stage of their training from the point at which they enrol with the SRA as a student member. Records include performance on the Legal Practice Course, the registration of traineeships and admission to the roll of those who successfully complete their training. Details of the ethnic origin of students, as well as other biographic data, are sought at the time of enrolment. Students are not obliged to complete the question on their ethnicity but historically a high proportion of students have been prepared to do so.
This research helps the SRA to monitor the make up of those wanting to enter the profession.
Undergraduates and graduates in law
In 2007, 26,539 students applied to study law at undergraduate level in England and Wales. Out of these 17,702 (66.7 per cent) were accepted onto courses. Women made up 62.2 per cent of students accepted onto law courses. Overseas students made up 15.3 per cent of those accepted. Students from minority ethnic groups accounted for 31.3 per cent of those taking places on law degrees.
Student enrolments with the Law Society
Prior to embarking on the Legal Practice Course, or entering into a training contract, students must enrol with the SRA as student members. In the year up to 31 July 2008, 11,558 students enrolled with the SRA. Of these students, 7,361 were women, making up 63.7 per cent of the intake. 3,574 were drawn from minority ethnic groups making up 30.9 per cent.
The Legal Practice Course
The Legal Practice Course is the next stage towards qualification as a solicitor. In 2007-08, there were 10,675 full time and 3,064 part time places available on the Legal Practice Course with 9,662 students enrolling in total.
Training contracts
The training contract is the final hurdle in becoming a solicitor. It is a work-based training period, generally undertaken over two years, with a firm of solicitors. In the year ending 31 July 2008, 6,303 new traineeships were registered with the SRA. 63.4 per cent of these trainees were female. We have ethnicity data for over 88.1 per cent of these trainees. Trainees from minority ethnic groups represented 20.9 per cent of those with known ethnicity.
Admission to the roll
Once the qualifying law degree, the Legal Practice Course and the training period have been completed successfully, application can be made to the roll of solicitors of England and Wales, which entitles the applicant to practise as a solicitor.
7,861 individuals were admitted to the roll in the period 2007-08. 59.9 per cent of these were women.
1,567 solicitors admitted were from minority ethnic groups, a rise of 352 from the previous year. 59.9 per cent of those admitted from minority ethnic groups were female.
The average age of those entered onto the roll in 2007-08 was 28.7 years. There was little difference between the average ages of men and women qualifying by the same route, though male transfers in from other jurisdictions were over three years older on average than their female counterparts.
Solicitors on the roll
By virtue of the Solicitors Act 1974, the SRA is required to collect and maintain records of all qualified solicitors on the roll. As at 31 July 2008, there were 139,666 solicitors on the roll. Of these 76,497 (54.8 per cent) were men and 63,169 (45.2 per cent) were women. Solicitors from minority ethnic groups made up 10.7 per cent of solicitors on the roll (14,892).
In 2008, 112,433 solicitors held current practising certificates. 11,249 of those holding current practising certificates came from minority ethnic groups, 49,909 (44.4 per cent) were held by women and 62,524 (55.6 per cent) were held by men.


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The World's Largest Game Collection Sold for $750K
By Malik Forté on June 17, 2014
There once was a time where Guinness record holder Michael Thomasson would only see a maximum bid of $50,000 dollars for his gaming collection, which happens to be the world's largest. Funny, because the most recent auction for Thomasson's now former collection just ended, and the man is now $750,250 richer. Yep, all Mr. Thomasson is seeing these days are those large, glistening dollar signs.
The collection includes near complete sets of every Nintendo console ever conceived, all of the North American Dreamcast releases, and a seemingly endless plethora of some of the most rare games to ever see the light of day. Of course, that's just a fraction of the full collection… to list the bunch here in its entirety might blow this website to high hell. Totally no need for that.
One can only wonder what Michael Thomasson will do next. Will he begin yet another collection of games with the new generation of consoles? Chances are he won't– with the current prevalence of digital-only titles, you won't see physical collections of this magnitude moving forward. But who are we kidding, Thomasson's likely going to take a lovely vacation to Mykonos and kick back over a glass of Moscato and a game of Mario Kart on the 3DS. I can't blame the man, either.
[HT: Engadget]
MIchael Thomasson is the nicest guy around. He was on our podcast days before he put his collection up for auction. He had to put it up to pay for medical bills for his extended family.
Any idea how much he spent on this collection to begin with? Like…did he even make a profit on this?


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I've attached a photo - this tree is all dead leaves and dry brittle branches, but finally showing some signs of new growth - location Florida. No idea what kind of tree this is - is it going to be OK? |
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Ash or tree of heaven? Hard to tell for sure |
Here's another photo of one of the sprouting areas - as you can see the tree is practically dead except for these |
Kinda looks like Honey Locust to me... but I'm no Florida tree expert. |
Water locust? Give it time, but looks like alot of damage. |
- Posted by ken_adrian MI z5 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 15, 14 at 12:07
we would need a pic of the whole after it has fully leafed out.. and i know nothing about a water locust if that is proper ... but the fact.. on your last pic showing it budding out.. way back on a large limb .. is a suggestion to me.. not seeing the rest of the limb.. that the rest is probably dead ... odds are.. its a goner.. as to a shape and form many of us would enjoy ... and by the time you paid some tree monkey to prune out all the dead stuff ... you may as well pay him to remove it.. and plant another ... and i am not one to spend hard earned money.. trying to 'save' it thru applications of products that will only make boat payments for a tree service ... all that speculation subject to you showing us the rest of the tree in a few weeks... so we can see how aggressively it is leafing out ... ken |
- Posted by hairmetal4ever Z7 MD (My Page) on Tue, Apr 15, 14 at 12:28
Whatever it is, I'd yank it out. Is this a normally deciduous tree? |
The condition of the tree, the presence of Spanish Moss, the shape of the seed pods, and the leaves suggest a sub-tropical (or tropical) tree from Fabaceae (Pea family). Don't know which one but definitely not Honeylocust or Water locust (seed pods don't match). What do the flowers look like...have you seen flowers in past years? Like most places in the continental US, it got a fair bit colder in your region than you are used to and the tree experienced freeze/cold related die back. |
It is a Yellow Poinciana Tree. They take forever to leaf out in the spring. |
Thanks everyone - I don't know the history of the tree - we just moved into this house 6 months ago and it went dead over winter. I never saw flowers on it, but will keep an eye out and see how the new growth does. Strange that the leaves never fell off after they died. |
"Strange that the leaves never fell off after they died." Those are not dead leaves, but seed pods |
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Billboard: iTunes prices up, sales down
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The Gaslight Anthem unveil Hurricane Sandy relief support video – watch
The Gaslight Anthem have paid tribute to their homestate of New Jersey in the video for their track "National Anthem".
The video - which you can watch above - shows images of the devastation which befell the East Coast of the United States, including New York, when Hurricane Sandy hit last month.
The video is accompanied by a message from the band, which reads: "Stay strong, Jersey. Love, The Gaslight Anthem."
The band are currently helping to raise money for two Hurricane Sandy relief funds by selling posters and t-shirts. The band writes that "100% of the proceeds will be split equally between Rebuild Recover and Architecture For Humanity's 'Rebuild Seaside Pier' effort." For more information, visit: thegaslightanthem.com.
The Gaslight Anthem recently announced a UK tour for March 2013. They will play nine dates on the stretch, kicking off on March 21 at the O2 Academy Bristol, before heading up to Leeds, Glasgow and Manchester and finishing up at London's Troxy.
The band will put out their own version of Bon Iver's track "Skinny Love" on special 10-inch red vinyl later this week.
The limited edition three-track all-acoustic single will comprise the songs "Hold You Up" and "Misery", as well as "Skinny Love", and will be put out on November 24 as a special Black Friday release.


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Lines of little children all over the country, in department stores and shopping malls, find the stocky, white-bearded Kris Kringle, dressed in red and white, shouting "Ho, ho, ho!" as excited children are placed on his lap for Santa to listen to their holiday wishes.
But now, Santa would like a listening ear or two. Pete Vanderpool, the official Santa Claus for Bradley Square Mall, brought a bagful of facts and candid conversation about the history of the real Santa Claus, Christmas and Christianity.
Vanderpool, the only Santa at Bradley Square Mall since 2003, said, "Santa really goes back to around the year 300 A.D. in Turkey when there was a young boy who became a bishop and his name was Nicholas. He loved children. Because of his work with children and helping people, eventually the Catholic Church made him a saint. Over the years that has changed. The Dutch called him Sinter Klaas and when they came to this country, we Americans made it Santa Claus."
Regarding this fact, www.stnicholascenter.org adds, "Colonial Germans in Pennsylvania kept the feast of St. Nicholas and several later accounts have St. Nicholas visiting New York's Dutch on New Year's Eve."
Vanderpool said what makes a Santa Claus in any part of the world is "love and a heart for children."
"I believe Santa Claus has always been a symbol and the symbol depends on the individual. I tell children this: Think of Santa Claus as the symbol of the season, the loving and the caring and the sharing. That's what they should think about when they think of Santa."
But some Christians reject this concept, according to Vanderpool, who says to some people Santa is a symbol of Satan.
"If you anagram the word you can come up with S.a.t.a.n. instead of S.a.n.t.a. So some people say it's all commercial and it's all Satan. There are some people who won't let me into their school because they have that thought in their minds," he says.
"Santa to them is a symbol of something bad, but that's some individuals. I think for most of us Santa Claus is a symbol of peace and he has been for a long time. I think the thought is that he is not Christian, that he is taking the emphasis away from the nativity, the birth of Christ. That shouldn't happen. Santa Claus comes from Saint Nicholas. He was a bishop in the Catholic Church."
Saint Nicholas historian Charles W. Jones said, "Santa Claus is not a characteristically Dutch corruption. The place it has survived from early times is in Switzerland and southern Germany."
Describing how Saint Nicholas and early legends of Norse gods became the magical symbol of Santa Claus, Edna Barth, in her book, "Holly, Reindeer, and Colored Lights, The Story of Christmas Symbols" wrote, "Swedish children wait eager for Jultometen, a gnome whose sleigh is drawn by Julbocker, the goats of the thunder god Thor. With his red suit and cap, and a bulging sack on his back, he looks much like the American Santa Claus."
In the chapter, "Santa Claus and his Ancestors," Barth says, "Thousands of years before Christ, the Scandinavian god Odin rode through the world at midwinter on this eight-footed horse, sleipnir, bringing reward and punishment.
"His son, Thor, god of farming, thunder and war made his home in the far north. At the same season, the gentle German goddess Hertha descended with her gifts of good fortune and health. The Christian religion brought an end of such pagan gods, in form at least. Later, as St. Nicholas and Father Christmas, they reappeared in spirit."
In the book "Scandinavian Mythology," author H.R. Elllis Davidson wrote, "It was Thor who in the last days of heathenism was regarded as the chief antagonist of Christ."
Although the mythical character of Santa continues to compete with Christ for holiday dominance, Vanderpool said he believes if the real Saint Nicholas were alive today "he would be pointing us all back to the Nativity because in his mind that is what it was all about."
"In the year 300 (A.D.) they were still tied very closely to Jesus and his life. I think he would be pointing us back to that tradition," he said.
Regarding the origin and modern traditions of Christmas, The Encyclopedia Americana states, "The celebration was not observed in the first centuries of the Christian church since the Christian usage in general was to celebrate the death of remarkable persons rather than their birth.
"Most of the customs now associated with Christmas were not originally Christmas customs but rather were pre-Christian and non-Christian customs taken up by the Christian church. Saturnalia, a Roman feast celebrated in mid-December, provided the model for many of the merry-making customs of Christmas. From this celebration, for example, were derived the elaborate feasting, the giving of gifts and the burning of candles."
The New Catholic Encyclopedia admits, "The date of Christ's birth is not known. The Gospels indicate neither the day nor the month. On Dec. 25, 274, Aurelian had proclaimed the sun-god principal patron of the empire and dedicated a temple to him in the Campus Martius. Christmas originated at a time when the cult of the sun was particularly strong in Rome."
While the origin of Christmas and the arrival of Santa Claus seems forever fused into a modern mixture of commercialism, paganism and Nativity scenes, Vanderpool said he is keeping his focus showing love to others and having a heart of love all year round.
When asked what does Santa want for Christmas, the jolly old soul quipped, "A day off!" He said he is aware that children are smarter than ever in view of modern technology, which keeps him on his toes.
"Truth has moved from the third grade back to the first grade," he explained. "Whereas third-graders didn't believe in Santa — but they weren't taking any chances — that same scenario has moved to first-graders. They don't believe in Santa Claus — but they're not taking any chances."
In the meantime, he will be listening to little ones whisper their holiday wishes into his ears and taking photos with them at Bradley Square Mall, Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 6 p.m., through Dec. 24.
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Kalena, Do you want plants or is it to hot and dry for you right now? For me ~ I think bulbs or what ever would be better. It is very hot and dry here and I am having quite a time keeping up the watering with all that I have right now. I will email you my address. Please do the same with yours. |
Deb, I'm off to visit your trade page! This should be fun! Michelle, how is the P.O. doing? I hope you are getting better. |
Marie, if you would rather do a bulb swap, that is fine with me! Its hot here, but not too dry. I will send you my addy, and I'll check your trade pages! If you have any wants, let me know! Karen |
Deb, thank you so much for the houseplants that you sent to me. They all arrived in great condition. All the leaves look nice and healthy. I read all of your tips and am keeping them to reference when I need to. They are all so pretty. I especially like the Hindu Rope Hoya, Heart Hoya and the Strawberry N Cream Hoya! The Pothos is so pretty too. Heck they are all pretty! I have them rooting in water for now and will need to pick up a new bag of potting mix tomorrow. Thanks again. I am on my way to becoming a green thumb grower indoors too now thanks to you! Hugs! |
Mariann, How sweet Lily is... I hope she does well in Harrisburg, and getting to see your aunt after 6 years - very cool! Karen, Marie |
That cow is beautiful, I love the coloring on it. I am glad your DD had a good sale and congrats on getting to see your aunt. Melanie |
- Posted by pixiesluvplants 9 (My Page) on Mon, Aug 4, 08 at 16:03
WOW what a beautiful cow Mariann!! Cows are the best! They provide my two favorite things... MILK and BEEF! They are also soo sweet most of the time! Congrats to your DD for her sale! |
Hello Marie, glad you got your box, I wonder if the postmaster sent the package ground, I asked for 3 day. If anything is dead I would be happy to resend, 8 days in a box in this heat is a long time, I sent all pretty tough plants, but still 8 days is a long time with no soil or light. The colus gets huge, around 3 to 4 feet high, I broke off a piece last year, from someones plant, could resist, it is a beautiful colus when it fills in, it grew great in the house over winter. Please let me know if any fried in their long trip. Take Care Tammy |
Good Morning I was wondering if anyone, besides me, gardens in containers. I'd love to see some pics. Here are a few of mine. Mariann |
Tammy, Everything arrived in GREAT shape even for being stuck in a box that long. You did wonderful wrapping and packing them - all were still moist, green & healthy. In fact so heathy one of them bloomed! Thanks for such an awsome box! Mariann, This is my first year attempting to use containers. All I have are some tomatoes & a few flowers - I decided to do it as an experment to see which ones grew better - in containers or free range LOL So far, they are about the same and use the same amount of water. Yours are lovely! I don't have any recent pictures but I will try to post some tomorrow. Marie |
Marie-Great pictures! I like the ice plants. We tried tomatoes in containers one year but the containers were to small. Had to take them out. Good looking tomatoes. Many of mine have blossom end rot. FYI-We are having a cutting swap next month. I like to over winter some of my annuals. So it would be cuttings from Coleus, Begonias, Geraniums, etc. If anyone is interested please sign up this month. I don't know if everyone has checked out Petal Pusher's this month. Sassy's DH had an accident at work and had to have surgery. We are sending out warm wishes, prayers and hugs to her and her DH. |
hello I finaly got some picks of some of my cantainers photo bucket is not working well for me today so I can't make the picks smaller of turn them but if you tilt your head you can see them LOL this is the south side of the porch. this one is plumeria and white ginger my brother in law got me for christmas the mini rose I got for valentines day and a coleus the steps up to the porch, here I have more coleus, and dill, and some grasses, baby rose of sharron, geraniums and other mixed pots of plants my coconut palm up front, and a stalk of corn the squirrels planted for me, and last but not least Timmy and his popsickle if I can get PB to work I might post some other later Tammy did you want to send plants? Temps are comming down so I was going to send plants to you this month unless you don't want to. marie those are some great planters mariann too bad about your bottom LOL I mean blossom end rot we had that a few years ago see ya later |
Tracy-How creative those planters are! I really love them. As I scrolled down I saw what you wrote above one of the pictures. Actually before I got to the picture 'A pair of old drawers'. I was wondering whose old drawers they were.LOL Plants in a pair of boxers. NOT!!! Well-Sweep Herb Farm plants up a white brass double bed. By midsummer it's beautiful. I hope to get up there soon so I'll take a picture of it. Michelle-Glad you're feeling well enough to post. The rose is lovely. How many different varieties of coleus do you have? I particularly like that corn.LOL I've had problems with Photobucket resizing so I resize before I upload pictures. Timmy is adorable! I've been running all over the place today. I save up my errands so I don't waste gas. We have to have 2 license plates, on our cars, here in NJ. Noticed last week that my front plate was missing. So I had to go to Motor Vehicles to report it and get new plates. Then I had my blood work done, stopped for peaches and did some shopping. Came home and spent 1 hour on the phone with my Prescription Drug Plan customer service. Now I'm done. Looking forward to seeing the opening ceremonies tonight. |
- Posted by sandlapper_rose z7B-8A SC (My Page) on Sat, Aug 9, 08 at 13:20
A big hello to everyone! Love the pictures you have shared. I have instructions on how to make the planters that look like stone. I have made them twice now. This last time it was hard to get them out of the molds so I think it may be best to avoid really hot temperatures when you make them. Anyway, they last a long, long time. I leave mine out year round and have it planted with a sedum and thyme. I think it was someone in this group who sent me a cayenne pepper plant. Anyway, it did great and now I have picked one of the peppers that turned red. Please, someone, give me a hint what to do with it. Do I dry it and then crush it to make the spice? I'm sure I will have some more getting ripe in a few days. Hope everyone is enjoying the Olympics! The opening ceremonies were so well done. I will love to learn more about China. Jeanne |
Jeanne-I have no idea what to do with a cayenne pepper. I guess I would dry it. They are pretty hot aren't they? OK where is everyone??? |
Michele, plants work great for me, we are having nice weather right now, no huminity has made a huge difference. I have really enjoyed all the photos of containers gardens, I do not do well with containers around the house, I forget to water, now we grow thousands of pot grown plants, for our small nursery, but all that it on a watering system or they would all be dead. Mariann, I have been weeding the weather has been cooler, so trying to get a million weeds pulled and pre- emergent down to help with the weeds this fall. Maybe others are doing yard clean up with the cooler temp's Everyone have a great week, Tammy |
hello I have been over to my inlaws house alot. they are watching their gradsons ( 8, and 6,) for a week, and have needed help keeping them buisy. tammy I will send next monday, I need to peek at your list. I need to do some serious weeding, with all the rain we have had they are enormus. I will be in touch |
- Posted by firegurl z10 CA (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Tue, Aug 12, 08 at 20:07
hi everyone :) michelle- thanks for the email and explanation of how your group works I'm happy to join in for the sept swap happy gardening and stay cool danielle |
Michele, here is a strong hint!!! Would love some of your cuttings of coleus and geraniums, they do not need to be rooted, I an do that if you have some cutting to spare! Also would love to have some of your cuttings of sedums, I do have the light green, flowers pink, but have none of the others, again I can root them, that is no problem. If you see anything on my list you want let me know, I really do need to update it. Have a good evening, Tammy |
hello finaly the itching has subsided. YAY!!!!! and Timmy starts kindergarden next wenesday. also YAY I'm hoping to get a lot done in the garden once he is in school. Tammy - I saw lots of things on your list I like but the one that stood out was the corkscrew willow if it roots easily I would love a few cuttings of it. I will get your box out on monday or tuesday, I will post when it leaves and the DC#. the butterflies have been great now that they have finaly showed up, I have tones of monarchs, black swallow tails and tiger swallow tails. there are lots of buckeyes and skippers at the comunity garden, but they have not showed up here yet. well thats all for now |
Michele, I will send you one already rooted, they grow fast and love a moist area, but keep them away from your house they get around 30 feet high and they are very beautiful. I love them and you can use the branches in flora arrangements. If there is any other wants, just let me know makes it easier to make up a box. Oh so cute, kindergarden, I have one in Jr year of college, one grad. HS this month, planning her party and my baby going to 7th grade, I miss them being little. Take lots of picture, tomorrow he will be getting married, LOL Have one getting married next June, maybe We will get a grandchild in a couple years. I will not be surprized if we don't have another wedding soon, The one grad. this month finished up early from school because she is in a hurry to grow up and has been dating her BF for quite a while now. Tammy |
Hi everyone! Sorry I've been so absent! As I wrote in another post, I just seem to be getting so bogged down lately! School cannot come fast enough!! lol. In case anyone didn't know, I have a home daycare, and summer has taken its toll on me!! lol. I'm sure the kids are ready for school also! Ours starts the day after labor day, but I will be on vacation for a week prior to that! Marie, I will send your box Monday the 25th. I'm going to send ya an email about it. Tracy, the fairy gardens are beautiful! Thanks for sharing the photos! Michelle, I love your plumeria! Marie, your cactus' are really cool! and Mariann, your containers are beautiful! I'm so bad a watering them. I've done a pretty good job this year so far. Usually they end up drying out and half dead by this time of the year! Danielle, welcome to the group!! Hope everyone is having a Great month!! |
Melanie-With a little luck your box should be in the mail tomorrow. I'll post the DC# when I have it. I'm going to post a new thread for signups for September. We are going to have a cutting swap. |
Melanie- Your box will go out tomorrow DC# 0103 8555 7494 8388 0530 Mariann |
Thanks for letting me know Mariann. I will be sending your box on the 25th. I was planning to ship tomorrow but on saturday my fridge decided it didn't like us anymore so I didn't get to dig anything. Tomorrow is also the first day of school for my sons, so I will have some free time this week to get everything ready to be shipped. I will let you know when I ship. Melanie |
hello tammy I sent your box off today DC# 0103 8555 7493 7927 1251 it went priority so it should be there in 2 days, don't worry if the coleus are droopy when they get there, they usualy are, everyone says they purk right up when you put them in the water. please let me know when they get there. |
Karen, Your box is going out this afternoon. Enjoy your week, Marie |
I'll be looking for it! Wednesday I'll be out of town when the mailman comes, but hopefully I'll be back before the PO closes. I have to go to my uncles funeral. He passed away Saturday. He had been on life support, but aware of his surroundings, and who was with him, but he had a living will, and so the drs finally agreed to unhook him. He was on the life support for about 3 days. Its been kind of tough on my dad. Who is also having health issues himself. He has to wear nitro patches as of today. He has such low blood pressure so often. So much to worry about. Its been quite a week end. Yesterday my son finally finished their Little Legue tournament. (they came in 2nd) and my hubby and I look like lobsters! Thursday, my daughter has to see a specialist for her spine (may have scoliosis sp. ?) My hubby met with a neurosurgeon today. I'm telling ya'll, I can't wait for this summer to be over! I feel like I'm hardly here on the GW anymore. I'm hoping that will change next month. (with the kids back in school). Well I've rambled on enough I suppose! Take care everyone, |
I recieved my box from Mariann today! Wow, what nice plants she sent. Tiarella- Spring Symphony She also sent me some Dicentra "Alba" seeds, a marker and plant tags. Thanks so much. Melanie |
Melanie-I'm glad you liked what I sent. There should have ben a daylily in there too. It's 'Happy Returns'. Mariann |
Yes, It is there. I must have missed it when I posted. I was in a hurry, my daughter wanted a bath. Thanks again. |
Deb, I will be mailing your box out on Monday. Sorry I have been absent lately. I will post the DC on Sunday night or Monday morning for you. Tracy |
Marie, I received your box yesterday! Thanks so much for everything! Marie sent me: I love all of it Marie, and can't wait to get it all planted! Thank you again! I still plan on getting your box out on Monday. Have a great day! |
hello Tammy - did you get the package yet, I sent it on the 18th and USPS delivered it on the 21st. I have around 80 cuttings I just put in to root for next months swap, I may not root the supper easy ones like sedums and coleus. I would love some begonias mariann, we could do a side trade for some coleus( if you still want them.) I would also like some sweet potao vine cuttings they didn't do good for me last year over the winter, but I would like to try again see ya all later michelle |
Deb, your box is on the way. DC# 0103 8555 7494 8982 2343. We have perfect weather today. The high is going to be 74! Perfect for digging plants and weeding. :o) Have a great day! |
Michele, What a wonderful box you sent, so many beautiful colus cuttings they fill a whole rooting tray. I have them all stuck and they look very happy, Michele sent me many, many various colors of colus, 5 or so different kinds of sedums cutting, white echinaea, some red geranium cuttings and a mexican petunia and one other plant I can't remember, I keep forgetting my list in the barn and thought I have to let you know I have everything and it arrived in beautiful condition. I do not have any of the plants you sent me, great choices!!! Michele if all go well tomorrow, planning on sending your box out tomorrow. weather has cooled perfect to ship out your box. Will post tomorrow with DC# Michele thank you so much for all the plants!!! Love them all and they are all stuck or planted. Looks like everyone is getting some nice plants Take Care ladies Tammy |
Michelle, Your box went out today, shipping employee at our factory was busy so I did not get a tracking number, if it don't get to you by Thursday let me know I will get the tracking number. Tammy |
Karen, So glad you like everything and I am excited about getting mine. Mariann - nice picture, they are pretty neat! I don't think I can be in your cutting swap - I do not have a very good success rate starting things from cuttings unless they are house plants. It does sound like fun though and I am sure there will be some really great plants! Marie |
- Posted by debbya z4IL (email@example.com) on Wed, Aug 27, 08 at 22:43
Tracy's box arrived today! All the plants are enjoying a good soak and a shot of superthrive. I'll plant them in the morning. ;) Everything arrived in perfect condition! Zebra Iris (Variegated, love it) I've never tried Echinacea & Liatris, so am looking forward to growing them! I love geranium and baloon flower! Thanks Tracy for such a nice box! I'm working in the yard tomorrow! I think rains coming too, perfect weather for planting! I love trying new things to grow! Deb |
Deb, you are very welcome. I am so glad everything arrived ok. I was very excited to send the variegated plants for you. I love the markings on the leaves of the heuchera. The liatris and coneflowers are attracting so many butterflies and bees to my yard this year. The bees decided to set up a hive in the center of my rock garden. I have to make sure I don't stand still on the path nearby or else I am right in the middle of their landing zone. Yesterday I was pelted in the head 3 times with incoming bees. Thank goodness my hair was put up. Might have had an angry mob stuck in it. lol! |
Marie, your box went out yesterday! I have a dc#, but not with me at the computer. I'm hoping you will receive it tomorrow. Galium, the sedum has a bit of a blue green color. The foliage looks like blue spruce foliage. Its really neat! Tracy, watch those bees!! At my nieces birthday party, my son (7) and my nieces cousin(4) from her dads side crawled through the steps and under their deck to find some change they dropped, and the the 4yr old stirred up some wasps, and got stung on his head 3 or 4 times, once on his hand, and his sister who came out with the adults to see what all of the screaming was about, got stung on her leg. My son sat frozen in place, and they left him alone. You never seen 2 boys squeeze through the steps to get out faster than they did! Well, I better go, I picked tomatoes and I suppose I better can them. I'd rather relax on the couch and watch football. Have a great evening everyone, |
hello I got a very nice box from tammy yesterday it had dragonfly columbine(I love columbines) a very dark red coleus some day lily seedlings 2 golden curles willows, these are so pritty a coriopsis a butterfly bush a potentilla goldfinger (is this hardy or should it be wintered inside) 3 crazy daisies some ox eye daisys and 6 tall steel plant markers thank you tammy, I hope the coleus do well for you I have been harvesting seeds and getting them dried and bagged, and I will starting potting up some tender plants for living in the house for the winter. last year I had several plants die over the winter, is there anyone that can give me any pointers on keeping overwintered plants healthy over the winter? I end up with lots of white flies and a cottony stuff on my coleus and several other plants. trina - are you in any danger from the huricane? is anyone else in the area? we will be watching it, take care. well got to get timmy ready for school see ya later |
Hello Michelle, glad you got your box, the potentilla is hardy to zone 4, so you are fine, they are tough plants, will get around 3 feet wide and tall, it is a shrub and flowers all summer. likes full sun. Coleus are doing great they are all nice a perky, I bet they will root this coming week, when our temps get back in the 80's. Over wintering in the house an be a hard, to keep white flies and fungus down use a small fan on your plant store area, just on low, if the air is moving it keeps these things down. I store all my plants in one location in front of a large window that get tons of sun ot at least when we actually get sun, with a little fan going all the time. Tammy |
OK Melanie, we all need to know how to make this adorable plant markers, what a great winter project! I just love them. Tammy |
Mariann, those are adorable plant markers! I want to know how to make them too! |
Melanie - PLEASE tell us what you made those markers out of! I have made a few from the clay you bake but it is a little pricey. Karen - WOW WOW WOW!! I got my box yesterday and I love what you sent : ) Iris: From a Distance & Thornbird, Daylilys: Kindly Light & Little Joe, White tiger Lillies. These are not tiny puny little starts - they are HUGE, very mature plants! And then lots of seeds! Annuals and perenials and wild flowers. These are wonderful as I have 39+ acres to cover and I have been collecting wild flower seeds everywhere I have been this summer - my neighbor 'Steve' is rather shy (we have been neighbors for over 6 years and he has only been to my house once - my cows were out) & I even have him leaving little bags of seeds on my step LOL I don't think he cares so much for collecting seeds, he just would like something better to look at besides the over grown weed patch that it is now. hehehehe Also - my cleaning lady 'cleaned' off my desk and I can not find my sheets of paper that the names of those Iris that I sent you are on. All the bills and junk mail that were cluttering it up are present, though! :( I don't think they are gone forever, just MIA for awhile... but when they turn up I WILL get them to you. I hope everyone had as good of a weekend as I did! I caught & released fish, took pictures and saw my eye doctor. My vistion is 20/20 and everything is healing wonderfully! Life is good : ) Marie |
My computer is finally alive again. The power supply went out so I had to order one and have it installed. Mariann I am so glad you like everything. I was nervous with this being my first CPG swap that I wouldn't send things you would like. The plant markers are made out of the oven bake clay, flattened in a pasta machine, cut out with cookie cutters, and sharp pencil to carve the name. Then poke a hole for the stand and bake. It can get pricey if you want the colorful clay but I buy a box of the terra cotta color for around $9.00. I just use the colored clay for a little embellishing. I have used these in my garden for 2 years and they still look good and have made it through the snow and the rain just fine. Melanie |
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Makes 4 as a starter
- 2 large and long eggplants
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1 1/2 tsp lemon thyme leaves, plus a few whole sprigs to garnish
- Maldon sea salt and black pepper
- 1 pomegranate
- 1 tsp za'atar
- 9 tbsp buttermilk
- 1/2 cup Greek yogurt
- 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil, plus a drizzle to finish
- 1 small garlic clove, crushed
- Pinch of salt
Preheat the oven to 200°F. Cut the eggplants in half lengthways, cutting straight through the green stalk (the stalk is for the look; don't eat it). Use a small sharp knife to make three or four parallel incisions in the cut side of each eggplant half, without cutting through to the skin. Repeat at a 45-degree angle to get a diamond-shaped pattern.
Place the eggplant halves, cut-side up, on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Brush them with olive oilkeep on brushing until all of the oil has been absorbed by the flesh. Sprinkle with the lemon thyme leaves and some salt and pepper. Roast for 35 to 40 minutes, at which point the flesh should be soft, flavorful and nicely browned. Remove from the oven and allow to cool down completely.
While the eggplants are in the oven, cut the pomegranate into two horizontally. Hold one half over a bowl, with the cut side against your palm, and use the back of a wooden spoon or a rolling pin to gently knock on the pomegranate skin. Continue beating with increasing power until the seeds start coming out naturally and falling through your fingers into the bowl. Once all are there, sift through the seeds to remove any bits of white skin or membrane.
To make the sauce. Whisk together all of the ingredients. Taste for seasoning, then keep cold until needed.
To serve, spoon plenty of buttermilk sauce over the eggplant halves without covering the stalks. Sprinkle za'atar and plenty of pomegranate seeds on top and garnish with lemon thyme. Finish with a drizzle of olive oil.
Reprinted with permission from Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi, (C) 2011 Chronicle Books
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type: Vegetable
main ingredients: Buttermilk, Yogurt, Eggplant, Pomegranate
cuisine: Mediterranean
dietary considerations: Vegetarian, Healthy
holiday/celebration: Christmas, Christmas Eve, Mother's Day


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I believe music is god given
Singing is an act of creation, of bringing into the world something that wasn't there before.
Singing is a natural expression of my spirit—at the same time it can be soothing, energizing, crying, laughing, angelic or down in the dirt blues...it's all good!
Singing is energy going out into the world to create even more sympathetic energy. It can change the world.
I'll bet it was someone listening to music that first created the concept of heaven!
Congregation: "With gratitude we celebrate the gifts shared. With wonder and delight we receive. May the melodic offerings continue to touch our hearts and nurture our spirits."
Singing simply puts a song in my heart that I can share!
I sing to create an uplifting atmosphere for myself and others--to dispel the bleak mid winter.
I sing for the pure joy of it. I sing for that spine-tingling sensation when you know you and your fellow singers have touched those who listen.
Singing brings me joy and energy and makes me dance.
I sing because it opens doors; doors inside and out.
I sing because it helps me understand the power inside me, and how to use it fearlessly and gently. Oh yes, and it feels mighty fine, too.
There are feelings too complex to express in words that can somehow be conveyed through singing.
Singing is alive with emotion andexpressing myself that waymakes me feel whole.
Learning the songs that touch different people's hearts is a way of knowing them better.
Singing is channeling a feeling. You open your mouth and out comes something amazing that makes other people feel like you do. You're happy. They're happy. You're empowered. They become empowered.
I sing because I can and found it the best way for me to express my joy or sorrow, and I can sense that people are sending back their own feelings.
But it also allows me to step into the emotional shoes of the composer—to step beyond an intellectual empathy with another person and imagine that I really feel what he or she wanted to convey. So even if the lyrics are not something I would write,I have a deeper understanding of another human being.
Why do I sing? Yes, it feeds the soul; it brings me back to a childhood of singing in the car or while doing the dishes with my family; it engrosses me in something beautiful.
Music, especially classical music, has been part of my life since childhood. Our car never had a radio, so we sang as we drove along. I especially love harmonic chords, and the sounds that are made as different vocal lines are woven together into a whole.
I started singing in a choir when I was 12. The initial attraction was the glazed donuts that our choir director astutely laid out to get us to early rehearsal on Sun AM. But then it hit me how much fun it was to make music. It gets more fun and more rewarding every time.
I sing because of the joy and camaraderie it brings into my life. Music expands my world.
My great pleasure in singing in the choir is the opportunity to bring the music I love to others.
Because I can.and no one has run screaming from the building, yet, evenif I don't quite always "sing in harmony!"
I sing because I love making music with UUs and other people I care about.
A raggle-taggle choir such as ours, with a good director, can realize the essence of the music. Individually, we're not much, but together, the sound we make is bordering on magnificent...by singing, my life is filled with the very best.
Making connections with the UUCC choir brings an even fuller sense of community with friends, with other UU's , and with the divine interconnected web of life.
I love the challenge of making the notes all come togetherand blending with other voices. Making music togetheris the ultimate expression of community harmony.
This responsive reading was collaboratively written by almost every member of the choir of the Unitarian Universalist Community Church (Augusta, ME). Choir members were asked to respond in 50 words or less to the question, "Why do you sing?" Portions of their full responses were then woven into this responsive reading.
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"Book Buddies-Partners in Reading" Campus West School, Buffalo; Dr. Ellen Friedland, Dr. Kim Truesdell, Jo Bussi and Winchester Elementary School, West Seneca. Second and sixth graders became book buddies for once a week buddy reading sessions. High interest books were purchased with mini-grant funds. Buddies discussed books and chose from a variety of projects to complete after reading. Student attitudes and teacher views of the program were assessed. The sixth grade students became e-mail buddies between schools to talk about issues of mentoring and being a role model for younger children. A culminating activity for all buddies to meet at Buffalo State College was planned.
"Polishing our Image through Reflection" Campus West Magnet Middle School: Dennis Brancato, Dr. Tom Giambrone; Dr. Susan McMillen. This program was designed to utilize digital video technology to allow students the ability to reflect on their personal performance during the classroom experience in a more objective manner and to use those reflections to enhance their subsequent classroom performance.. Creating DVD archives allows participants to see their growth overtime and accurately compare past performance with present performance and laying a foundation for future growth.
"Promoting Reading and Writing Success via Authentic Means" Enterprise Charter School, Buffalo; Dr. Maria Ceprano, Dr. Michalene Meger, Edith Greer. Teacher candidate Kappa Delta Pi members pen-palled with students at Enterprise Charter School. Trade books were sent to these children to support home-based literacy and were used as source for lesson planning by the Junior Participants enrolled in EDU 311. A variety of assessments were used to evaluate the success of this project and the data was made available to EDU 690 students who wish to utilize it for purposes of their Master's Projects. PowerPoint presentation
"Water You Doing?" Enterprise Charter School; Andrew Starr, Karen Kaisinski, Dr. Carol Stevens. Project-Based Learning around the theme of water was explored with Level 4 and Level 1 students with the guidance of EDU 312 Junior Participants. Teacher candidates coordinated field experiences and taught mini lessons in research strategies and teamwork. All partners benefited from authentic experiences with Project-Based Learning, multiage grouping, participation in team planning and student assessment.
"Improving Personal Writing of Students through Photography and Recording of Oral Family Histories" Waterfront Elementary, Buffalo; Judith Falkowski, Joyce Fyda, Shawn King. This project's goal was to increase the quality of personal narrative writing in fifth and sixth grade classes. Disposable cameras, cassette tapes and tape recorders were purchased for at home use. The stories and oral histories gathered at home became a source for writing topics. The goal was to create high quality writing that was integrated with the visual arts program at Waterfront to create student executed memory boxes.
"Getting to Know Each Other: Expanding the Children's World View of Other Children" Poplar Street Academy, Buffalo; Dr. Hibajene Shandomo, Hanna Julie Zgoda, Kathleen Franklin. Second graders at Poplar, an inner city urban school in Buffalo, USA, introduced themselves to twenty urban school second graders in Zambia, Africa for the purpose of making pen pals. Plans included brainstorming activities, predictions, writer's workshops, and a description of their best topic in math and science. Pen pals wrote each other and sent a photo album. PowerPoint presentation.
"Developing Phonemic Awareness through Mother Goose!" Dr. Charles E. Blackman, Buffalo; Dawn Mack, Carla DiChristina Longo. One hundred Pre-K students were immersed in the world of Mother Goose. Prop boxes were created containing a variety of lessons, materials, costumes and activities so that students would be highly motivated to develop their language skills with an emphasis on phonemic awareness. A planned culminating activity, "An Evening with Mother, Goose," highlighted this project with an art show and sing-a-long center based workshop.
"Eyes on Me" Native American Magnet School #19, Buffalo; Karen Drew, Nicole Kenney, Sixto Indalecio. This project highlighted a collaboration between the college PDS junior participants, the School Improvement Team, and the English Language Arts committee at the Native American Magnet School. Junior Participants initiated writing biographies with featured students of the month, promoting literacy motivation through the eyes of a writer. Digital photographs and these biographies were used as screen savers within each K-6 classroom.


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I've been using a biowheel 350 for the past couple of years, and my fish and I are satisfied with the water quality. But it is fairly noisy. I would like to replace it with an affordable HOB of equivalent power and capacity, but without the grindy noise.
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There's a bit of a misconception going around that by trading Vernon Wells, the Toronto Blue Jays can now afford to sign Jose Bautista to a multi-year contract. The reality of the situation is actually that by trading Vernon Wells, the Toronto Blue Jays can now afford to wait on signing Jose Bautista to a multi-year contract.
Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports recently spoke with Bautista's agent Bean Stringfellow about a multi-year deal and the impending arbitration hearing in which his client and the Blue Jays are almost $3 million apart.
Jose is interested in exploring it, but they have not made any multiyear proposals. As the date gets closer, we'll see what direction we're going to go. It takes two sides to engage in talks. Jose is content going either way. He loves playing for the Blue Jays. He also understands that he's a free agent at the end of this current season. Alex and the people in Toronto have treated him so well.
I've always assumed that there's a bit of disingenuousness on the part of teams when it comes to making their case in arbitration hearings. No matter what the Rangers tell the arbitrator during their hearing to decide what Josh Hamilton will make next season, Texas still wants the AL MVP on their team, putting up AL MVP like numbers all year long.
However, when the Toronto Blue Jays make their case against Jose Bautista's $10.5 million arbitration claim, their arguments will also be their genuine worries. By now we all know the Bautista story: few, if any players in MLB history have come from such a history of mediocrity to put up MVP caliber numbers at the age of 29.
From 2004 – 2009, Jose Bautista appeared in 575 games with 2038 plate appearances. Over that time he hit 59 home runs, had an on base percentage of .329 and a slugging percentage of .400. In 2010, Bautista appeared in 161 games with 683 plate appearances. Over the course of last season he hit 54 home runs, had an on base percentage of .378 and a slugging percentage of .617.
The Blue Jays' arguments and worries are pretty obvious: Which is the real Bautista, the one that positively demolished everything he saw last season, or the player who consistently struggled against right handed pitching in his six previous years?
The thinking goes that if Toronto were to offer Bautista a multi-year contract, it wouldn't be for as much or as long as it would be if Bautista is able to duplicate his 2010 in 2011. Of course, there's a discount for a reason. By signing Bautista to an extension right now, an element of blindness exists as to his ability to duplicate the numbers he put up in 2010.
Make no mistake, the Blue Jays want Jose Bautista on this team. They didn't trade him at the deadline last year and they didn't seem serious to interested teams during the Winter Meetings.
But if that's true, then why not lock him up now?
It comes down to being a bet.
Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos is willing to risk the potential increase in terms of a contract to see Bautista play baseball this season. And with the $86 million no longer being owed to Vernon Wells, the Blue Jays can afford to do exactly that instead of jumping at the chance to be in partnership with Bautista at a reduced rate. Anthopoulos can afford to play the slow roll in this situation.
If Bautista's numbers severely diminish this season from last, the Blue Jays can let him go and in all likelihood still receive draft pick compensation when he signs elsewhere. No harm. No foul. If Bautista's numbers regress a little bit, but still make him an important member of the team, the Blue Jays can consider if he has a place in their long term plans and then choose whether or not to compete with a free agent market that may be scared by his regression. If Bautista equals or betters his 2010 numbers, the Blue Jays will have to compete with the big dogs to retain his services, but with Wells gone, this is something they can realistically do.
Which of those three options seem most likely?
As for Bautista's place in this team long term, there's another reason to wait a year. With Brett Lawrie moving to third base, Bautista's future with the team would be in one of the corner outfield spots. Travis Snider has one of those spots locked up, but who else from the Jays organization is knocking on the door?
Eric Thames has been steadily rising through the system, and with 27 home runs and an OPS just below .900 in his first full season at Double A, the 24 year old corner outfielder might be given the opportunity to impress at Triple A this year.
The success or failure of Thames could have just as much say in Bautista's future in Toronto as Bautista himself. But whatever the most important factor is in deciding the slugger's future, the Blue Jays can finally afford to sit back and wait for it to emerge.


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The silent wilderness – 19th century Australian landscapes
18 September 2010 to 21 November 2010
This exhibition explores the genre of wilderness painting in the nineteenth century and features images of mountain ranges, waterfalls, forests and lakes, by some of the foremost landscape artists practising in Australia at the time.
Featuring works created at the height of the genre's popularity (the mid-1850s to mid-1860s) with many of these being completed by those artists who accompanied early scientific expeditions within Australia and/or were interested in the theories of German scientist Alexander von Humboldt.
Includes key works by artists such as Nicholas Chevalier, Eugène von Guérard, Thomas Clark, John Skinner Prout, Conrad Martens and William Charles Piguenit.
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Gingerbread Brownie Ingredients:
1 ½ cups flour
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 ½ teaspoons ground ginger
½ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
¼ teaspoon allspice
1 stick unsalted butter, melted and cooled
1 cup packed light brown sugar
½ cup molasses
2 large eggs
½ cup sour cream
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Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients:
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½ cup unsalted butter, softened
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
pinch of salt
2 cups powdered sugar
Gingerbread Brownie Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish. Line with parchment paper with excess overhang on both sides for easy removal of brownies.
2. In mixing bowl, whisk to combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and spices.
3. In a separate mixing bowl whisk to combine melted butter, brown sugar, molasses, eggs, and sour cream. Slowly whisk in flour mixture, a little at a time, stirring just until it comes together; avoid over mixing. Pour batter into prepared baking dish.
4. Bake for 30 -35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow brownies to cool 5-10 minutes before removing by pulling up both sides of parchment paper. Finish cooling on wire rack. Once cool, frost with cream cheese frosting. Cut into squares before serving or gifting for the holidays. Store in airtight container for up 5 days.
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1. In a mixing bowl, cream together softened cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy.
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3. Store extra frosting in refrigerator for up to 5 days.
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Arizona Cardinals met with GM prospect Morocco Brown
The Arizona Cardinals took another step towards finding their new general manager on Friday.
Cardinals VP of Media Relations Mark Dalton tweeted team brass met with GM prospect Morocco Brown in Washington, DC.
Update: @azcardinals met w GM candidate Morocco Brown of Redskins today in DC; tomorrow w Broncos OC Mike McCoy in Den
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