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Miami-Dade's coldest cold case may be heating up
One day in December, Miami-Dade police detectives drove to a gated community in Southwest Ranches to knock on the door of a 64-year-old woman, hoping her adolescent memories would bring answers to a decades-old question:
What happened to Danny Goldman?
There was a time when that was the biggest mystery in South Florida.
In the early-morning hours of March 28, 1966, a portly, graying gunman broke into the Surfside house that 17-year-old Danny Goldman shared with his mother and father. The gunman bound Danny's parents and demanded $10,000 cash; when no money was found, the attacker left with Danny, threatening to kill the teen if the Goldmans didn't come up with $25,000 by that evening.
"Do what the man says," Danny's father, Aaron Goldman, instructed as the kidnapper took the teen away. They were the last words Goldman said to his son.
The kidnapper never called for the ransom, and Danny Goldman was never seen again. The strange abduction, once the stuff of national headlines, eventually faded from local memory. The crime, which occurred 47 years ago this past Thursday, remains unsolved today.
Now a group of volunteers - friends and alums of Miami Beach Senior High, where Danny went to school - are trying to bring new attention to the once-famous kidnapping. Leading the cause is attorney Paul Novack, the former mayor of Surfside.
"It was always a community mystery, from when I was little," said Novack, who lives near the Goldman house. "We just thought the whole memory of Danny's existence shouldn't be buried with his parents" - both of whom died in the past three years.
For the past 12 months, Novack has immersed himself in the case, collecting old police reports and yellowed newspaper clippings, interviewing retired detectives and aging Goldman family friends, hoping, just maybe, to solve the mystery of Danny Goldman's disappearance - though most of those familiar with the case have since died.
Was the kidnapping just a case of mistaken identity, as Danny's father speculated in 1966? Or perhaps the Goldman family was targeted for retaliation: At the time of the kidnapping, Aaron Goldman was aiding the FBI in a fraud investigation at a local bank, where he had been a board member.
Novack believes the real story is even more fantastic: an Oliver Stone-meets-James Ellroy tale involving a notorious burglar with ties to both the Mafia and a gang of corrupt cops - the very cops in charge of investigating the Danny Goldman kidnapping.
While Novack's theory may seem far-fetched, the cold-case unit at the Miami-Dade Police Department thought there was enough to it to reopen the long-dormant case last year.
Which led detectives to Southwest Ranches, to the home of 64-year-old Sharon Ramos, formerly Sharon Lloyd, once the teenage girlfriend of Danny Goldman.
Ramos was a fixture at the Goldman house in the weeks following Danny's abduction. In the years after the kidnapping, witnesses told police that Ramos might know more about the crime than she originally let on.
Several threads lead from the dusty Goldman files back to Ramos' father, to her first husband, and to Ramos herself. But of the many questions the cold-case detectives had for Ramos, the most intriguing may have been this:
What did she know about a man named Chicken?
The police bulletin described the kidnapper this way: "White male, in his fifties, 5 feet 8 inches, 180-200 pounds, stocky build, wearing glasses with silver rims." He wore dark clothes and a baseball cap as he entered the house at 1101 88th St. through an unlocked patio door in the pre-dawn dark.
The intruder bound Aaron Goldman and his wife, Sally, and gagged them with tape - but he checked that Sally's bindings weren't too tight, and made sure she could breathe. Danny also was tied up. The intruder seemed to know about his victims, calling Danny's parents by their first names.
"He didn't ransack the house like a burglar would do," Aaron Goldman told a reporter a few months after the kidnapping. "He showed a feeling of gentleness."
He also showed purpose: He was expecting to find $10,000 in cash. "Don't be frightened or scream. You know what I am here for," the intruder said, according to police records.
Goldman told the heavyset man that there was no money in the house, but he offered to write him a check.
Why would the intruder think there was cash in the house? Novack has a theory: Danny's mother feared that Danny, turning 18 the next day, would get drafted to fight in the Vietnam War. Novack believes the Goldmans may have socked away cash to set their son up outside the country - or at least that's what the burglar believed.
But when he found no money, the intruder took Danny away at gunpoint, telling his parents to have $25,000 ready by that evening. They drove off in Danny's car, which was found hours later several blocks away on Harding Avenue.
The days and weeks that followed became a surreal vigil. Detectives with the Dade County Sheriff's Office (now the Miami-Dade Police Department) and the FBI camped in the Goldmans' front yard daily, along with radio, television and newspaper reporters, waiting for any word from the kidnapper.
Also on the scene: 17-year-old Sharon Lloyd, who shared photos of Danny with reporters and brought bologna sandwiches for the cops.
Danny's parents appeared on television to make a public plea to the kidnapper, offering the $25,000 ransom, no questions asked. "Just get the word to us, and we will do anything you and your representative directs," they said in an "open letter" to the kidnapper. "You may contact us through the mail, through a clergyman, through an attorney or by direct telephone contact - but please let us hear from you immediately."
The phone instead became a torment. It would ring 20, 25 times a day - but never the kidnapper. Often there were crank callers; other times, creepy silence. Con artists from Boca Raton and St. Petersburg masquerading as the kidnapper set up meetings to pick up the ransom; both were arrested.
By May 1966, the FBI had packed up its command post at the Goldman house. The Goldmans even offered a "minor reward" for the return of their son's body - too high a price, they worried, would give the kidnapper a reason to kill Danny if he was still alive.
There was no shortage of suspects, or theories. Aaron Goldman later said that Dade County sheriff's detectives first believed Danny had run away, and the abduction was a ruse. But the FBI treated the case as a serious kidnapping from the start, chasing tips and leads from Florida to Texas.
"The main theory in the case was that the kidnapper was someone who had a bad business experience with Danny's father," said Clarence Jones, a former investigative reporter who covered the Goldman case for The Miami Herald. "There were (FBI) agents who worked 16 hours a day with no days off for months."
For a time, investigators focused on Goldman's role at a Miami Beach bank that was under investigation at the time by both the FBI and bank regulators. Goldman, a shareholder of the Five Points National Bank, complained about the conduct of the bank's new directors, and he was interviewed by the FBI about the bank before the kidnapping.
Three months after Danny's abduction, 19 bank directors and officers were indicted on federal fraud charges; Goldman was not among them. Investigators, however, could find no connection between the bank probe and the abduction.
The kidnapping investigation then seemed to cool - until October 1968, when a detective traveled to Raiford, Fla., to meet a prison inmate named Robert Byron Landry.
Landry - who was convicted years later of a notorious 1981 murder-for-hire in Colorado - said he heard talk about Danny Goldman's disappearance while hanging around with Sharon Lloyd, her father, Charles Lloyd, and a thief named John Newsom, records show. In Landry's telling, Danny was killed, and his body then dumped in the Gulf Stream by Wally Jefferson, a former Miami cop and bail bondsman who owned a boat.
Jefferson was indeed close with Sharon and her father. In June 1968, the three of them were arrested together outside the Miami-Dade courthouse; Sharon was accused of trying to run down a deputy who was trying to arrest Jefferson on an outstanding warrant. (The charges against Sharon were later dropped.)
It wasn't until 1972, some four years later, that detectives interviewed Newsom, records show. Echoing Landry's story, Newsom said Lloyd's father told him that Danny had been killed and dumped at sea.
By the time detectives interviewed Newsom, both Charles Lloyd and Jefferson had died. Sharon, who was 23 years younger than Jefferson, was listed as Jefferson's wife on his 1970 death certificate.
Newsom, who died in 1974, also mentioned another potential suspect, a man he says he met at the apartment Sharon shared with her father: a burglar and fringe gangster named Joseph Cacciatore, also known as "Chicken."
The Miami Beach of 1966 was a sun-bleached pastiche of the jet-set and the low-rent. Bejeweled New Yorkers descended in wintertime to populate the swooping hotels along Collins Avenue. Meanwhile, the stucco ranchettes of beach towns like Surfside and North Bay Village gained favor among those "connected" to the northern crime syndicates - mobsters drawn to South Florida by the sun, and the proximity to Havana, a gambling hub until Fidel Castro closed the last of the casinos in 1961.
Cacciatore lived on the edge of both of these worlds. He was a cousin of Santo Trafficante, the Tampa-born Mafia boss said to have controlled many of Havana's casinos during the Batista era. Like Trafficante, Cacciatore frequently shuttled between Tampa and Miami - though Cacciatore's crimes were not nearly as ambitious.
Cacciatore's specialty was burglary - specifically, hotel burglaries from Miami Beach to Hollywood. He was known for targeting beachfront hotels, looking for jewels and furs of well-heeled guests. Once he was found with a key ring containing 43 different keys, including keys to some hotels; another time, he was pulled over with $200,000 in stolen jewels in his car.
By 1966, his record included at least 10 arrests for burglary, robbery and possession of bolita gambling sheets - from the illegal numbers game that was popular in Miami at the time. (In one case, Cacciatore's alibi witness was Frank Sturgis, who was later convicted as one of the Watergate burglars.) Just a month before the Goldman kidnapping, Cacciatore was arrested for breaking into a 14th-floor room at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach.
Cacciatore was 5-foot-7 and 175 pounds, with "black-gray" hair, prison records show. At the time of the Goldman kidnapping, he was 50 years old, and he was free on bail while appealing a burglary conviction. Despite his lengthy record and his physical similarities to the kidnapper - right down to the eyeglasses - Cacciatore was never seriously considered a suspect in the abduction at the time.
"He was certainly known to the police," Novack said. "There's nothing I've seen that would indicate he was ever questioned."
Novack believes he knows why: Among Cacciatore's partners in crime were several Dade County sheriff's deputies - including some of the detectives overseeing the Goldman investigation.
Corruption was a persistent problem at the sheriff's office at the time of the Goldman kidnapping. A 1966 grand jury report described the department's see-no-evil approach to gambling and prostitution at a time when organized crime was at its height.
"During the past 10 or 15 years, gambling, prostitution and other forms of vice have flourished in Dade County with the obvious knowledge and active cooperation or tacit acquiescence of many local law enforcement agencies," the grand jury found.
The corruption seeped into the highest ranks of the department to the sheriff himself, the grand jury concluded. In October 1966 - seven months after the Goldman kidnapping - five sheriff's deputies were indicted on burglary or larceny charges, including Lt. Leslie Van Buskirk, chief of the police division; Maj. Manson Hill, chief of the detective bureau, and Sgt. David Helman, head of the sheriff's intelligence division. Around the same time, Dade County Sheriff Talmadge A. Buchanan was named in two separate indictments for perjury and bribery conspiracy.
Helman faced a separate indictment for allegedly helping another burglar who was breaking into rooms at the Dunes Motel on Collins Avenue in February 1965. The burglar: Joseph "Chicken" Cacciatore.
The indictments against the sheriff and his staffers were all dismissed, largely due to a 1967 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said the law officers' compelled testimony to the grand jury was improper. But the taint of scandal remained: Hill, who resigned a month before the indictments, never returned to the force. Helman became a bail bondsman and private investigator; in 1970, when called to testify in the corruption trial of another disgraced Dade deputy, he refused, pleading the Fifth Amendment 49 times.
Both Helman and Hill played key roles in the Goldman kidnapping investigation while with the sheriff's office. Helman stood watch over the Goldman home on the first night after the kidnapping; Hill, who supervised the investigation, was on guard on the second night.
If Cacciatore was involved in the kidnapping, Helman would have had reason to steer the investigation in another direction, out of fear that his ties to Cacciatore could be exposed, Novack says. But Novack's theory raises more questions: If Cacciatore was the kidnapper, why didn't Danny's parents identify him in late 1966 or 1967, when Cacciatore's name, and face, became front-page news in the sheriff's office corruption scandal?
Any conspiracy of silence died long ago along with the players: Helman, Hill and Cacciatore are all dead.
The investigation fell dormant again for several years, but for one additional clue: In 1986, an unidentified woman drinking in a Miami bar began offering details about the case. She said she had been Danny's girlfriend, and that Danny had been killed because he recognized one of his captors, and then dumped at sea. She implicated a bail bondsman in the crime - an apparent reference to Wally Jefferson. A bartender later called the Surfside police, but the woman, gone by then, was never identified.
The police report of the bartender's story was then lost, though Surfside police recreated the report when they reopened the Goldman investigation along with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in 2000. But the 2000 investigation did not find any new information.
Novack hopes the cold-case detectives now working the case will find more answers. Last year, Miami-Dade police released a time-lapse image of what a 64-year-old Danny Goldman might look like today - in case Danny is actually alive somewhere. Police also collected a DNA sample from Danny's 95-year-old aunt just days before she died, so investigators have a sample for comparison in case a body is later found.
Novack and his partners have also created a website, http://www.surfsidekidnapping.org, that includes photographs, old TV footage and newspaper clippings, hoping to spark more interest in the case.
Miami-Dade police declined to provide specifics on the state of the investigation today. But detectives have talked to Danny's former girlfriend, Sharon Ramos.
Earlier this month, in a brief interview with The Miami Herald, Ramos said she has been in contact with a Miami-Dade police sergeant. Ramos said she had no new information about the case, and said she was not the mysterious woman who described Danny's death to a bartender in 1986.
"I knew that the case was reopened," said Ramos, who said medical problems prevented her from sitting down to a lengthier interview with reporters. "I don't know anything."
Novack realizes that the chances that police will solve the Goldman kidnapping 47 years later are, at best, remote. But he hopes the new investigation can turn up enough new information that could point to "some solution to the mystery."
But Jones, the former Herald reporter, suspects the Goldman kidnapping is a mystery that will remain unsolved.
"If they couldn't solve it then, I don't think it's possible to solve it now."


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Savory, Cheesy, Sun-Baked Muffins
This recipe makes 7 muffins. The best way to fit them in the Sun Oven is to use silicone baking molds set in a baking pan. You could even squeeze one more in if you find yourself with excess batter.
Cheddar Cheese Muffins
(adapted for the Sun Oven from Williams-Sonoma Muffins)
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
5 ounces shredded Cheddar cheese
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon chili powder
1 large egg, at room temperature
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup milk
Set Sun Oven out to preheat. Arrange 7 silicone muffin sized baking molds in a baking pan and set aside.
In a large bowl, stir together the flour, cheese, sugar, baking powder, salt, and chili powder. In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg, olive oil, and milk. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, pour the milk mixture into the well and mix until just moistened. Do not over mix, it should be slightly lumpy. Spoon the batter into the muffin molds. Bake in the Sun Oven until golden and a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, 30 to 4o minutes. Set the pan on a wire rack to cool. Serve the muffins warm or at room temperature with butter.
Sun Oven Apple and Onion Cornbread
Neither my husband nor I are big fans of cornbread but this disappeared without a complaint. The topping is so good I'm already thinking of other uses for it, maybe as a pasta sauce or the base for a risotto.
Apple-Onion Cornbread
For the topping:
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 onion, thinly sliced
salt and pepper to taste
2 red-skinned apples, cored and finely sliced
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons dried sage
For the batter:
1 1/2 cups cornmeal
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
3 tablespoons sugar
2 large eggs, at room temperature
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
Set Sun Oven out to preheat. Spray a round pot or rectangular baking pan with cooking spray; set aside.
Prepare the topping:
Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion, season with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring often, until soft and beginning to brown; about 5 minutes. Stir in the apples, sugar, and sage. Continue cooking until the apples are soft; about 4 additional minutes. Remove skillet from heat and set aside.
Prepare the batter:
In a large bowl, whisk together the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Gradually whisk in the eggs, buttermilk, and melted butter until the batter is smooth. Fold in half of the onion and apple mixture. Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan. Top with the remaining onion mixture. Bake in the Sun Oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool slightly before serving.
Makes 8 servings.
Vegan Pumpkin Bread
Pumpkin Bread Baked in the Sun Oven
Every day the sun shines in Florida's panhandle, I cook in our All American Sun Oven. For this recipe we used frozen pumpkin, but any pureed pumpkin or winter squash will work. This bread was so yummy, everyone wanted second slices.
1 TBS oatmeal ground
1 TBS raw sunflower seeds ground
1 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup natural granulated sugar
1-2 tsp ground ginger
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp West Indies allspice
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 cup pureed pumpkin
2 TBS molasses
1 TBS olive oil
1 TBS sesame oil
1/2 cup walnuts optional
1/2 cup raisins
Preheat the sun oven. Grind the oatmeal and sunflower seeds and add whole wheat flour to make up the 1 1/2 cups volume. Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl. In another bowl, whisk the pumpkin, molasses, and oils together. Fold into the dry mixture and blend until thoroughly mixed. Stir in the raisins and walnuts. Pour into a loaf pan and bake for 50 minutes.
Sun Shine and Banana Bread
Very ripe bananas are the key to good banana bread. If come baking day yours are not quite ready, put the un-peeled bananas in the Sun Oven when you set it out to preheat. It will take about half an hour to "ripen" them in the sun. Let them cool a bit before mixing them in with the other ingredients. This is also a good time to melt the butter. Put it in a glass measuring cup and set it in the Sun Oven with the bananas.
Sun Oven Banana Bread
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
Solar Savory Corn Muffins
These savory corn muffins have an Italian twist. Medium-ground cornmeal can be used in place of the polenta (coarse-ground cornmeal). The texture will be a little different but just as pleasing.
Savory Sun Oven Italian Corn Muffins
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups polenta
3/4 cup cake flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 cup cold, unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1/3 cup olive oil
Saved by the Sun Oven
My Sun Oven and quick google search saved four extremely ripe bananas from winding up in the compost bin this morning.
The recipe I found is so simple it was hard not to add anything to it. If you like you could add cinnamon or some walnuts, but I like the way it really tastes like bananas.
Sun Oven Banana Bread
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, at room temperature, lightly beaten
4 very ripe bananas, mashed
Solar Zucchini Bread
Summer gardens tend to yield plenty of zucchini. This bread is a good way to use some of them. I use a bread machine to mix and knead the dough, but I'm sure it could be done by hand.
Sun Oven Zucchini Bread
7 tablespoons buttermilk
1 generous cup water
1 1/3 cups grated zucchini
4 1/2 cups white bread flour
1 cup whole-wheat bread flour
Sunshine and Bread
Maple syrup, oats, and the power of the sun. What's not to like about this bread?
Sun Oven Maple Oat Bread
1 1/3 cups water
2 tablespoons maple syrup
3 cups white bread flour
1 cup whole wheat bread flour
1/2 cup rolled oats
Sweet Potato Bread
Baked, steamed, or leftover mashed sweet potatoes can be used in this super moist bread. If using mashed leftovers that had milk or butter added to them you'll probably need to use a little less water.
Sun Oven Sweet Potato bread
7/8 cup water
3 cups white bread flour
2 tablespoons rolled oats
Golden Chelsea Buns from the Sun Oven
Traditionally these buns are made with currants, not raisins. If your market carries them, mine doesn't, go ahead and use them instead. I'm not sure it makes much difference.
Sun Oven Chelsea Buns
For the Dough
1 cup milk
1 egg
4 1/2 cups white bread flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons sugar

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For all the talk there has been about the New York Giants signing restricted free agent wide receiver Victor Cruz to a long-term contract, the team is putting a bigger emphasis at this time on signing wide receiver Hakeem Nicks to a long-term deal, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports citing league sources.
Nicks, 25, has one year remaining on his contract, but New York would like to tie him to the team long term as it views him as a legitimate No. 1 receiver.
Due to injuries to his knee and foot, Nicks failed to post 1,000 yards receiving for the first time since 2009.
Nicks finished third on the Giants with 53 receptions, notching 692 yards and three touchdowns. It was the first time in three seasons that Nicks did not have at least 76 receptions, 1,000 yards and seven touchdowns in a season.
The Giants also would like to keep the 26-year-old Cruz, but at this time, Nicks' contract status is the higher priority.
Giants owner John Mara said last week that he wants Cruz to remain a Giant, but at a reasonable price.
"We certainly want him back, but like with any player, there's a limit to where we're going to go," the Giants' co-owner told reporters Friday. "He's been a terrific player for us, he's a fan favorite, he does a lot for our franchise, but there is a limit."
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Emmy Award Picks
The Emmy Awards will air on Sunday night. Will you be watching?
While many adult-favorite—and office-favorite—shows are nominated (there's always lots of talk about Breaking Bad, Project Runway, Downton Abbey, The Good Wife, and more at our lunch table), there are a few family favorites in the mix.
My boys and I will be rooting for several contenders in the Outstanding Reality Program: MythBusters (all three of my boys want to be MythBusters when they grow up), Antiques Roadshow (yep, they really do like it!), and Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives (what's not to like about good food?) as well as The Amazing Race (nominated for 5 awards).
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Pesach 2013: The Menu
By Tali Simon | March 17, 2013
You'll notice as you browse my menu that it's kinda heavy on the dairy. Things here are much more balanced during the year, but for a non-kitniyot-eating vegetarian, it's basically dairy or die. Basically!
One thing I learned last year was the importance of meal planning for the in-between days: when it isn't Pesach yet, but the kitchen has already been kashered. This year, that amounts to five days including a Shabbos, and if I didn't plan for them, we'd be pretty hungry.
Whether you're having a dairy meal or two over the course of yom tov, want some dairy options for Chol Hamoed, or are just reading this for the entertainment value…enjoy!
- Lunch: Baked sweet potatoes
- Dinner: Zucchini lasagna
Thursday, March 21
- Lunch: Hard-boiled eggs, salad
- Dinner: Crispy potato roast, cottage cheese, salad
Friday, March 22
- Daytime snacks: Chocolate chip muffins, fruit
- Seuda: Carefully consumed challah, butternut squash soup, cucumber salad, twice-baked potatoes, ratatouille (The Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen), and chocolate truffles
Shabbos, March 23
- Lunch: Equally carefully consumed challah, cucumber salad, vegetable kugel, cold ratatouille (WFKK), and chocolate truffles
- Seudat shlishit: Leftovers
Sunday, March 24
- Lunch: Butternut squash soup
- Dinner: Pizza omelettes, salad
Monday, March 25 (Erev Pesach)
- Daytime snacks: Sweet cheese blintzes, fruit
- Seder: Seder salmon (Norene's Healthy Kitchen), scalloped sweet potatoes (NHK), salad, and chocolate mousse
Tuesday, March 26 (Yom Tov)
- Seuda: @ friends (bringing…something! TBA)
- Nighttime snack: Matzah borekas (watch this video and scroll down a bit here)
Wednesday, March 27 (Chol Hamoed)
- Lunch: Mozzarella matzah brei
- Dinner: Vegetable kugel, skillet potatoes
Thursday, March 28 (Chol Hamoed)
- Lunch: Potato blintzes (using these blintz wrappers)
- Dinner: Zucchini latkes with tzatziki, salad
Friday, March 29 (Erev Shabbos Chol Hamoed)
- Daytime snack: Apple kugel (Gatherings)
- Seuda: Matzah with turkish salad, carrot dill matzah ball soup, israeli salad, leek patties with tzatziki, roasted vegetable pie in a potato crust, and chocolate idiot cake
Shabbos, March 30 (Shabbos Chol Hamoed)
- Lunch: Matzah with turkish salad and guacamole, cucumber and radish salad, buttery baked salmon, leek patties with tzatziki, crustless mushroom cheese quiche (based on this), and chocolate idiot cake
- Seudat shlishit: Leftovers
Sunday, March 31 (Erev Yom Tov)
- Daytime snacks: Chocolate chip muffins, fruit
- Seuda: Matzah with roasted garlic, carrot dill matzah ball soup, buttery baked salmon, butternut squash matzah lasagna, roasted fennel, and chocolate caramel matzah squares
Monday, April 1 (Yom Tov)
- Seuda: Matzah with roasted garlic, israeli salad, rosemary-roasted carrots, butternut squash matzah lasagna, caramelized onion kugel, and chocolate caramel matzah squares
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stephanie/the kosher foodies on March 17, 2013 at 5:22 pm.
wow, so many great ideas for the holiday!! thanks!


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Project Gotham Racing 3
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|Project Gotham Racing 3
|Bizarre Creations
|Microsoft Game Studios
|Martyn Chudley
Ged Talbot
Gareth Wilson
|Project Gotham Racing
|Xbox 360
|Release date(s)
|NA November 22, 2005
EU December 2, 2005
JP January 12, 2006
|Single-player, multiplayer
Project Gotham Racing 3 (PGR3 for short) is an arcade-style racing game that was released with the launch of the Xbox 360 on November 22, 2005 for the US market and December 2, 2005 in Europe, and was released on January 12, 2006 in Japan. Developed by Bizarre Creations, it is the third installment in the Project Gotham Racing series. Project Gotham Racing 3 was rated by Official Xbox Magazine (OXM) to be Xbox 360 "Game Of The Year" (2005). OXM also rated it "Best 1st Person (Not Shooter) of the Year", because of its realistic inside-car view.
PGR3 offers players four cities—Las Vegas, London, New York, and Tokyo—as well as the Nürburgring to race through.
PGR3 features 80 licensed cars from over 30 manufacturers such as Ferrari, Dodge, and Lamborghini.
In PGR2, the car models were made of 10,000 polygons, but with the next generation hardware's power Bizarre's modelers have been able to put as many as 105,000 polygons worth of detail into the cars, although it was initially stated that most cars are composed of 80,000 with 40,000 of those being spent on the exterior and the remaining 40,000 on the interior, Bizarre issued a statement of apology stating that the average polygons per car is actually closer to 45,000.[1] The increased polygon count allows for smoother, less jagged-shaped cars than in earlier games. Of the 80 cars in the game, 71 are unlocked and available for play at the start of a new game, while the remaining 9 (prototypes, one-offs, and concept) cars are left for the player to unlock.
In a change from the previous two games, PGR3 emphasizes supercars and special models instead of generic production cars (cars with a top speed of over 170 mph). One of the starter cars is the Acura NSX. While there are production cars in PGR3, PGR2 emphasized common vehicles such as the Ford Focus. However, the BMW Mini is available via download content.
Porsche, available in the first two games, has been omitted from this game in favor of RUF.
Car classes[edit]
Similar to its prequels, each car in PGR3 is allocated to a specific class. There are five classes, A through E, the high performance cars being Class A, and the low performance cars in Class E.
PGR3 allows multiplayer offline with up to two players on one Xbox 360 console or more players via System Link. PGR3 offers online integrated scoreboards for single player career events as well as Time Trials and test track times.
Gamers with Xbox Live Gold are able to race with up to seven other competitors in races online. Online career (ranked) and playtime (unranked) are both offered as online multiplayer modes. Scoreboards also track standings for online career.
PGR3 also allows for online tournaments, the first of which was the PGR3 Global Tournament, won by a Swedish player.
Kudos once again play an important part in Project Gotham. Kudos points are given for stylish driving, for example drifting around a corner, drafting, or getting two or four wheels off the ground. Different sets of points can be linked using a combo, by performing more stylish maneuvers before the Kudos become "banked" (in PGR2 this cut-off time was 2 seconds). When combos are linked up, the player is given a bonus for keeping them linked together, and this builds up to huge amounts if the combo is held for a substantial length of time. This bonus is, however, lost if the player crashes into any barriers, though the base Kudos (all but the combo bonus) are kept.
PGR3 was included in the Championship Gaming Series in 2007 and the World Cyber Games.
Alternative rock
- "Bridge and Tunnel Authority" by Less Than Jake
- "Drive Away" by Gratitude
- "God Killed the Queen" by Louis XIV
- "I Like You" by Morrissey
- "Helicopter" by Bloc Party
- "Photobooth" by Death Cab for Cutie
- "Black History Month" by Death from Above 1979
- "Island of the Honest Man" by Hot Hot Heat
- "Trying Not to Think About Time" by The Futureheads
- "The Good Ones" by The Kills
- "Poke and Destroy" by The Presidents of the United States of America
- "Putt Jattaan Daa" by Jasbir Jassi
- "Lak Noo Hala De" by Achanak
- "Akh Mastani" by Tigerstyle
- "Bol Breaker" by Dhamaal SF
- "Hauli Hauli" by Birkram Singh
- "Maar Sutia" by Achanak
- "Frankies Next Move" by Echotwist
- "One Step Beyond" by Karsh Kale
- "Bhanga Fever (Heavy Nitro Remix)" by MIDIval PunditZ
- "Kesariya" by MIDIval PunditZ
- "Boliyan" by Tigerstyle
- "Maan doabe da" by Tigerstyle
- "Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major" by Bach
- "Poco meno Presto from Symphony No. 4" by Brahms
- "Hungarian Attack March" by Liszt
- "Allegro con brio, Symphony No. 7 in A major" by Beethoven
- "Molto allegro, Symphony No. 40 in G minor" by Mozart
- "Night on the Bare Mountain" by Mussorgsky
- "Danse des bouffons" by Korsakov
- "The Battle at Poltava" and "Finale: Allegro con fuoco" by Tchaikovsky
- "Requiem - Dies Irae" by Verdi.
Dark Electronica
- "Phosphor Sky" by Faetal
- "Das Nyquist Theorem" by Autoaggression
- "Stand Up (extended mix)" by Stromkern
- "Perdition" by Micronaut
- "Animal Magic" by Trash Palace
- "No Man's Land" by 30 Hz
- "Come To Daddy (Pappy Mix)" by Aphex Twin
- "Walking" by mind.in.a.box
- "Singular" by Mindless Faith
- "Tunnel Vision" by Orbital
- "Menelec" by Squarepusher
- "The Big Jump" by The Chemical Brothers
- "Krafty" by New Order
- "Party Crashers" by Radio 4
- "Carbon Kid" by Alpinestars
- "The Ace, The Only" by Atlas Plug
- "Crawl" by Lunatex
- "One More Day" by Phontaine
- "Real Life" by Audio Bullys
- "Consciousness" by Crush
- "Tribulations" by LCD Soundsystem
- "A Million Ways" by Dirty Vegas
- "Improvisations P.2." by Robert Miles
Hard Rock
- "Little Sister" by Queens of the Stone Age
- "Right Here" by Staind
- "Pressure" by Skindred
- "Get up" by Unwritten Law
- "Come Again" by Thornley
- "Blood and Thunder" by Mastodon
- "Fade" by Crazy Anglos
- "Brother" by Dark New Day
- "Beating Heart Baby" by Head Automatica
- "Better Bring Your Friends" by Secret Machines
- "I Caught Fire" by The Used
Hip Hop
- "The Art" by The Numbs
- "Nomad (Caruana Remix)" by Wordsmith
- "Distorted Minds" by Hexstatic
- "One Under the Sun" by Stylee Cee
- "Don't Sleep" by Lordikim
- "Stan Bac" by C-Mone
- "G.A.M.E." by Kool Keith
- "My People" by Ammoncontact
- "Git That Muther" by Chops
- "What the?" by Def Tex
- "Yadda Yadda" by DPF
- "Dr Umz" by Pest
- "Could well be in" by The Streets
- "20Hz" by Covenant
- "Undone" by Deadstar Assembly
- "Without a Sound" by Firewerk
- "Haven" by Flesh Field
- "Black Morning" by DeathBoy
- "Lost Alone" by mind.in.a.box
- "Shinjuku Lullaby" by Goteki
- "All in the Mind" by Psychophile
- "Past Present" by Skinny Puppy
- "Switchback" by Celldweller.
- "Zero" by Freak XXI
- "Start a War" by Static X
Japanese Pop
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- "No Limit" by Daichi Miura
- "Bring Down Your Hope" by DALLAX
- "Twenty Junk Rock" by DALLAX
- "IngaLand is Dead" by IngaLand
- "Rotten Works" by IngaLand
- "Seaside Walk" by NORA
- "Zig Zing" by NORA
- "Klaxon" by The Local Art
- "No Reason" by The Local Art
Project Gotham Racing 3 received positive reviews. It received a score of 88.59% on GameRankings[2] and 88/100 on Metacritic.[3]
USA Today gave it a score of nine-and-a-half stars out of ten and said it "offers plenty of "oohs" and "aahs" with impressive graphics and sound. But luckily this game still plays very well too. And with a robust online package and plenty of racing options, it becomes a 360 must-have."[17] The Sydney Morning Herald gave it four stars out of five and said that "Despite Gotham's obliging nature, high-speed thrills and gorgeous graphical sheen, it's hard not to feel that we have seen its best tricks before."[18] However, Detroit Free Press gave it a score of three stars out of four and stated that "Online play is as hectic, though perhaps not as friendly, as the previous Xbox version."[16]
Download content[edit]
The entire Cadillac V-Series was made available May 2006 as free download content.[19]
A speed pack was made available April 2006, with tournament access, new features, some fixes, and new cars.[20]
A style pack was made available July 2006, featuring more cars and features.[21]
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved[edit]
PGR2 featured a well known Easter egg, a player could play an old arcade machine type game named Geometry Wars. The game has been revamped by Bizarre Creations for inclusion in PGR3. It is similar to the classic games Asteroids and Robotron: 2084, though far more advanced graphically whilst keeping the same basic gameplay aesthetic. This hidden mini-game even features its very own Xbox Live scoreboard. It is also downloadable on Xbox Live Arcade.
- ^ http://www.bizarreonline.net/news_article.php?action=fullnews&showcomments=1&id=61
- ^ a b "Project Gotham Racing 3 for Xbox 360". GameRankings. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ a b "Project Gotham Racing 3 for Xbox 360 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ Edge Staff (December 25, 2005). "Project Gotham Racing 3". Edge (157): 88. Archived from the original on 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ^ EGM Staff (February 2006). "Project Gotham Racing 3". Electronic Gaming Monthly (200).
- ^ Bramwell, Tom (2005-11-22). "Project Gotham Racing 3 Review". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ Mason, Lisa (January 2006). "Project Gotham Racing 3". Game Informer (153): 140. Archived from the original on 2006-06-14. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ Funky Zealot (2005-11-15). "Project Gotham Racing 3 Review for Xbox 360 on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on 2005-11-24. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ Ferris, Dunk (2005-11-22). "Project Gotham Racing 3 Review". Game Revolution. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ Ekberg, Brian (2005-11-18). "Project Gotham Racing 3 Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2006-04-20. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ Kosak, Dave "Fargo" (2005-11-23). "GameSpy: Project Gotham Racing". GameSpy. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ "Project Gotham Racing 3, Review". GameTrailers. December 2, 2005. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ Romano, Natalie (2005-11-27). "Project Gotham Racing - 360 - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ Perry, Douglass C. (2005-11-15). "Project Gotham Racing 3". IGN. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ Curthoys, Paul (January 2006). "Project Gotham Racing 3". Official Xbox Magazine: 66. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ a b Newman, Heather (2005-12-04). "'Project Gotham Racing 3'". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ a b Molina, Brett (2006-01-12). "'Project Gotham Racing 3' sets the pace for driving games". USA Today. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ Hill, Jason (2006-03-25). "Project Gotham Racing 3". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ http://projectgothamracing3.com/cars/Caddy+Pack.htm
- ^ http://projectgothamracing3.com/cars/Speed+Pack.htm
- ^ http://www.bizarrecreations.com/games/pgr3/dlc.php
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The University of Texas Unveils Statue to Honor Coach Conradt
Former Tennessee basketball coach Pat Summitt and Jody Conradt at the statue unveiling
Posted: October 8, 2012
Jody Conradt Statue Dedication
Friday, October 5, 2012
From 1975 to 2007, Jody Conradt served the University of Texas as teacher, coach, mentor and inspiration to thousands of young women who received opportunities through education and sports. Conradt's steady stewardship breathed life into the Title IX legislation that was passed into law after the hard work of so many others.
Jody Conradt Opportunity Initiative
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Established by the College of Liberal Arts and the Center for Women's and Gender Studies, this fund is used primarily to support the Inspire Leadership Program. Inspire features a curriculum created to develop leadership, talent and capabilities among undergraduate women at UT.
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- Foster innovative curriculum
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Jody Conradt Project for Women's Health and Wellness Research
Through the College of Education, this project reflects issues that affect women locally, nationally, and globally, and its focus is to improve the lives of women and adolescent girls in underserved communities. Currently, it features two key components:
- Health and wellness research at the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders
- Diabetes management research
Jody Conradt Opportunity Fund
Providing financial support to student athletes pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees after their eligibility has expired, this fund exists to assist those who are determined to succeed academically.
- Post eligibility scholarships
- Graduate education fellowships
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- Internship grants
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New Zealand Government advice for Angola
When travelling to Angola, you should always get travel insurance in case the worst happens. To help you ensure you travel safely, we have included the travel advice from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade for Angola.
There is high risk to your security in the provinces of Cabinda, North Lunda and South Lunda due to violent crime, banditry and kidnapping and we advise against all tourist and other non-essential travel.
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(Hardeesville, S.C.) Walsh (3-1) split games at the Smash Hit Tournament today. The Cavs routed Malone University 12-1, and then suffered a 4-1 setback to Brewton-Parker College. The Cavs face the University of Findlay (1 pm) and Milligan College (3 pm) tomorrow.
Walsh scored four runs in the first inning and five in the sixth in their win over Malone (1-2). Olivia Jesionek(Fr., Parma, OH/Holy Name) hit a grand slam in the sixth. Kayla Marcus (So., Bergholz, OH/Edison) and Kelsey Ford (Sr., Boardman, OH/HS) each went 2-3 with a double and RBI, and Eryn Simon (So., Oregon, OH/Clay) was 2-2 with a double and RBI. Freshman Hanna Dodson (Newark, OH/Licking Valley) earned her first collegiate win allowing one unearned run on four hits. She fanned five and walked only one.
Brewton-Parker touched Cavs' starter Erin Ebert (Jr., Jeromesville, OH/Hillsdale) for three unearned runs in a four-run second inning in the nightcap. Ebert allowed four hits and fanned four. Walsh's Dana Brown (Jr., Uniontown, OH/Lake) went 2-2.
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FCC leaked details on what could be Nokia's next internet tablet with GPS this time
Not much is known, as manufacturers are getting smarter and filing to have just about everything blocked from public view. What is known is that its made by Nokia, fits the pictured outline, and isn't a phone.
We also know that it will have Bluetooth, WiFi, and GPS all built in. Other than that we don't know much else other than it did pass all its tests, so it should make it to market soon.


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Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day and there will be several events held in Rochester.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Greater Rochester Commission will present its 28th Annual Collective Community Celebration in Kodak Hall at the Eastman Theater beginning at 9 a.m.
This year's theme is "The Beloved Community... Embracing the Strength to Love". The event will include speeches and the presentation of the Robert Cobbett Peace Award which is given to a person who works toward undoing racism and creating a multicultural society.
A memorial service will also be held at 11:30 a.m. at the Whipple Auditorium in the University of Rochester Medical Center on Elmwood Avenue.
Nazareth College will hold a commemoration service which will celebrate Dr. King's legacy with student speeches, singing, inspirational readings and dance. The event begins at 11:30 a.m. in the Golisano Academic Center Linehan Chapel located on East Avenue.
President Obama is also urging Americans to join in on the National Day of Service to honor the life and legacy of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by finding an event and serving others in your community.
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Yes, it's a goddamn railgun. I am not an electrical engineer, nor do I aspire to be, but this kind of thing interests me greatly and come on railguns are awesome.
Therefore, if you're going to tell me I did it horribly horribly wrong and should be shot for my horrendous bastardization of science, that's cool, but do realize I wasn't trying to build a working railgun (electricity isn't even implemented) but rather something completely awesome and ridiculous in scale that resembles one as accurately as possible.
(This disclaimer inspired by the fine folks of the #bay12games IRC. :V)
Partly because my design didn't allow for the space without extending uselessly upwards, and partly because I doubt dorfs give much of a shit about corona discharge, the spark gaps are just bits of wire with air in between.
The first one is triggered by removing the floodgates (wooden, as wood presumably has a lower conductivity than air, and because I like the character for wood floodgates better than the X for stone ones). Presumably a floodgate also fills the entire tile, as they're so effective at blocking liquid.
I may go back and replace all the gaps with floodgates, but for now I was interested in distinguishing the first one from the others. - RatOfWisdom
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Uhh, I presume you used magnetite and other conductive materials in its construction?
Indeed. I'll add POIs and stuff detailing what's what =)
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Saturday, April 14, 2012
the over 40 crowd- friday funny
"mom, it is a mouse, don't call it a rat."
This came in to me as one of those group e-mails that has been around a hundred times but it still is so relevant. Not sure who wrote it, but kuddos to you.
When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning.... Uphill... Barefoot... BOTH ways...yadda, yadda, yadda
And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on my kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it!
But now that I'm over the ripe old age of forty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in Utopia! And I hate to say it, but you kids today, you don't know how good you've got it!
1) I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have the Internet. If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalog!!
2) There was no email!! We had to actually write somebody a letter - with a pen! Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox, and it would take like a week to get there! Stamps were 10 cents!
3) Child Protective Services didn't care if our parents beat us. As a matter of fact, the parents of all my friends also had permission to kick our $%#^#! Nowhere was safe!
4) There were no MP3's or Napsters or iTunes! If you wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the record store and shoplift it yourself!
5) Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio, and the DJ would usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up! There were no CD players! We had tape decks in our car. We'd play our favorite tape and "eject" it when finished, and then the tape would come undone rendering it useless. Cause, hey, that's how we rolled, Baby! Dig?
6) We didn't have fancy stuff like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called, they got a busy signal, that's it!
7) There weren't any freaking' cell phones either. If you left the house, you just didn't make a call or receive one. You actually had to be out of touch with your "friends". OH MY GOSH !!! Think of the horror... not being in touch with someone 24/7!!! And then there's TEXTING. Yeah, right. Please! You kids have no idea how annoying you are.
8) And we didn't have fancy Caller ID either! When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your parents, your boss, your bookie, the collection agent... you just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!
9) We didn't have any fancy PlayStation or Xbox video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games like 'Space Invaders' and 'Asteroids'. Your screen guy was a little square! You actually had to use your imagination!!! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen.. Forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE!
10) You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off the couch and walk over to the TV to change the channel!!! NO REMOTES!!! Oh, no, what's the world coming to?!?!
11) There was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying? We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons.
12) And we didn't have microwaves. If we wanted to heat something up, we had to use the stove! Imagine that!
13) And our parents told us to stay outside and play... all day long. Oh, no, no electronics to soothe and comfort. And if you came back inside... you were doing chores!
And car seats - oh, please! Mom threw you in the back seat and you hung on. If you were lucky, you got the "safety arm" across the chest at the last moment if she had to stop suddenly, and if your head hit the dashboard, well that was your fault for calling "shot gun" in the first place!
See! That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled rotten! You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1970 or any time before!
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It's all true! Every word of it! I lived through it and am better for it!ReplyDelete
- Dorris in IllinoisApril 14, 2012 at 8:22 AM
If I remember right we had a remote control for the TV. It was us kids sitting on the floor and Dad saying"Boy turn that station for me." We had it good because if we went outside and turned the antanna we got 3 stations..not 202 like today.ReplyDelete
I wonder when my kids are 50 or 60 what they will say about these "good old days"
OH Lissa, I loved this post. This hits the nail on the head for those of you born in the mid 60s/70s...BUT, for those like me (I'm 62 today) born in 1950...TV wasn't even available to the general public until I was about 5 years old! Then if you were lucky, your parents were able to afford one by the time you were 6 or 7. Three stations, NBC, CBS, and ABC...that was it. Father Knows Best, Lorreta Young Show, Gunsmoke, Leave it to Beaver, Ozzie and Harriot, were the fare for viewing, along with others of the same ilk. OH, I forgot the real goodies that I loved like the original Twilght Zone, 'good stuff' Movies??? The only movies were broadcast on the weekends. Here in Utah, it was "Kennecott Family Theater", made for TV movies for our Sunday evening family viewing pleasure, set up the TV trays and cook that Swanson's TV dinner, "Hurry, the movie is about to start". Mom yelling, "Save the trays from the TV dinners so I can freeze left overs in them"!!! BUT...if you had really cool parents, Saturday nights at 10pm we had "Nightmare Theater". OH, the horror of those flicks makes me shiver, LOL. Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, and Lon Cheney Jr as Dracula, Frankestein and The Wolf Man. All in black and white of course. I didn't have a color TV until I had been married for almost 10 years.ReplyDelete
We were telling our 18 year old grandson these things last night, after the conversation about texting started up when I had him help me with an APP on my Smartphone, LOL. When we told him that TV was just introduced at the Worlds Fair in (I think but could be a year or two off) 1944, his jaw dropped. His statement when he recovered was "WOW, you guys really are old"!!! I cracked up. Then I told him that when his grandpa was in Vietnam, we had to WRITE LETTERS for 13 months, though the last two months he was there, we were able to send taped messages back and forth...using the old 'Reel to Reel' tape recorders, then he was really horrified, LOL. It is so funny how every generation says "I remember when". One thing hasn't changed yet but it will have to for my grandkids remembrances...they will NEVER be able to say "When they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning.... Uphill... Barefoot... BOTH ways...yadda, yadda, yadda." Because in most areas now, you can't swing a dead skunk without hitting a school. Ah yes, the good old days. Each of us has a fondness for our memories don't we? Hugs...
I am smiling ear-to-ear. KarmenReplyDelete
Fun post and so TRUE! Thanks for the laugh....ReplyDelete
Boy do I remember those days well. Books, not TV or DVD's, etc. People talked face to face, not texting when in the same room. We must be weird.ReplyDelete
I'm still laughing, oh the memories you reminded me of! I remember watching Twilight Zone and an announcer coming on and saying the monster was live in our part of town and we should "Beware"! My mom wasn't home and I was halfway over the neighbors fence when she drove in and proclaimed it a hoax. Oh my gosh thanks again for the memories.ReplyDelete
My husband and I talk about this all the time! LOL at the kids being the remote - I remember that, too. And I noticed you didn't even bring up the price of groceries or gas (those were some of the things my mom always talked about - a loaf of bread was a nickel for her!) I could fill up my first car for what it costs for 1 gallon today.ReplyDelete
LOL great post! I have seen it before, but it is still good and still rings bells...ReplyDelete
Hahahaha! #3 brought back memories. My dad had a paddle that he spanked my brother and I with. On it, it said "Heat for the seat. Apply when needed." I can't count the number of times my seat was heated...LOL.ReplyDelete
My favorite is the safety arm. My mom still does that if she has to stop fast. I think I've even done it a time or two!ReplyDelete
I get this...I still remember when my parents bought the microwave and the Beta tape player. Who would have ever imagined the internet back then?!!ReplyDelete
Love it! Haha! I have to laugh when my kids ask me what computer games we played when we were kids or what kinds of dvds we watched. Heck, we didn't even have VCRs when we were kids. If we wanted to see a movie we had to go to the theater.ReplyDelete
and that you could only see the Wizard of Oz once a year on TV, so you waited for it and couldn't wait to watch it!ReplyDelete
I am well over 40 and this is soooo funny. I am going to send it to my daughters who range in age from 34 to 40.My 7 year old granddaughter just "interviewed me and she had never heard of games like pick up sticks or jacks.ReplyDelete
lol This is so TRUE! I'd forgotten all about the safety arm! and have guilty of that one myself! And we only had 3 chanels back in the 70's here in the UK, BBC1 BBC2 and ITV! Thanks for the memories :)ReplyDelete
So true....and so funny.ReplyDelete
I loved it.
We were lucky if we got to watch the cartoons for an hour because as soon as mum got up that was it, the T.V was turned off.
No seatbelts in cars,oh my!!
We did survive though.
I remember getting "the" video recorder when I was about 16...
Times really have changed.
Too true, too true. I remember when my dad bought our first color TV. It was Easter and The Wizard of Oz came on TV. We were so excited!ReplyDelete
Eu não tinha nem eletricidade em casa,banhos na casa de avó com fogão de lenha e serpentina,rádio com pilhas economizadas para ter notícias,roupas novas só no natal,mais tarde tv preto e branco na varanda da casa do vizinho,colégio era km de casa,carregar água antes e depois da escola,Fui ver tv color copa do mundo de 1970.O brasil ter sido tri-campeão não foi nada perto de tv a cores rhahaha.Só fui comprar tv a cores em 1982 com sacrifício de prestações.Atares usados meus primos ganharam.Meu DEUS...Minhas filhas tem hoje toda tecnologia e modernidades que surgem,eu tenho um certo medo ainda.Estamos gargalhando aqui,só que eu choro por mim e por elas em sentidos opostos.Obrigada por lembrar nossas lembranças.Um grande beijo e VIVA A TECNOLOGIA E MODERNIDADE.ReplyDelete
- SherenaTApril 17, 2012 at 9:03 AM
And how about no air conditioning in homes or cars. Homes had box, oscillating, or ceiling fans. Cars had those side vents in the front windows. (Could still use those today to save the hair-do - LOL) And crank handles to roll down the windows. No remote key entry either. I remember getting our first clothes dryer back in the early 60's. We, and our children, are so spoiled today. I, for one, am very thankful for many of the changes. I miss the handwritten letters, tho. In the future, we'll have nothing to read to bring back some wonderful memories of families and friends. Thanks for the memories. It's been a fun look back in time.ReplyDelete
They forgot to mention cable phone service with no per minute charges. Now you can talk as long as you want and your parents don't get mad. When I got my first job while I still lived at home, that was the first bill I asked to help pay so I could stay on as long as I wanted!ReplyDelete
The scary part is my DH and I have already told alot of these to our kids over the years!
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I have read the report, and while the decision to grant Emeritus status lies with the president, and that such a grant was highly unusual, I saw no indication that Paterno had anything to do with it. Which brings me back to my question: why was this done? I have a theory, but it's just that. And because the now dead prosecutor did not charge Sandusky with any crime in 1998, it was as if the incident was just a "misunderstanding," and a warning was issued. Sandusky retired with a sweetheart deal after that. Again, who approved it and why? Did Sandusky have a powerful bargaining chip?
Sorry...for the uninitiated...http://beeradvocate.com/articles/304
Ninkasi must be spinning in her grave.
I'd still like to know if the Freeh report learned which university official (s) granted Sandusky Emeritus status, an on-campus office and access to campus facilities--AFTER he was brought up on charges in 1998. The prosecutor in that case did NOT charge Sandusky, and he mysteriously disappeared, only to be declared dead recently. If Paterno set that up, then his legacy deserves every stain. But if it wasn't, then who OK'ed it? And more importantly, why?
Here are the REAL costs to what can now--and should henceforth be called-- be termed The Obama Healthcare TAX:
I believe it's really $695 or 2.5% [of your income] which ever is greater. Big difference! If you make $27,800, you pay $695. Get a raise and make $30,000? Now you pay $750. Median income earner making $55,000 raises your "taxes" by $1,375. Lastly, someone making $150,000 get the additional tax burden of $3,750.
The way I read it, it's going to cost taxpayers much more than $695.
Capped @ $2085. Plus what your state tax increase will be.
The only way to derail this train is via the voting booth in November.
Mrs. Ruiz should focus more attention on election reform rather than tenure reform.
Most civilized societies proscribe murder and consider it to be undesirable. So if a person believes that taking a human adult life is acceptable for any reason, society should have no say in the matter because "NO ONE has a right to force others to believe anything?"
Surely you don't believe that.
I wonder if these girls would welcome, say, Sarah Palin, Michelle Malkin or Michelle Bachman as a moderator? Or, like conservative blacks who aren't "black enough," aren't they "woman" enough?
An SLEB editorial sanctioning the murder of innocents? And trying to euphemize said murder by calling it "reproductive rights?" They would never assent to such barbarity.
SL writes: "This was no sign of a conservative resurgence, or a shot across Obama's bow. In exit polls, he had a solid lead over Mitt Romney among the same voters who backed Walker.
This was a win for fiscal realism. Nothing more."
You just keep on believing that. back in the day, we called this "whistling past the graveyard."
A BENNY is someone who regularly visits the Jersey Shore in summer to see if her taxes are being effectively spent on beach replenishment, so shore towns can charge her to use them.
The Star Ledger has tried a few times to launch a bona fide beer column, but they refuse to use bona fide guys who actually are well recognized in the craft beer world, fluent in the subject--and who can write. Peter Genovese was a wine guy who, like the Ledger, came late to the party. Beer's a funny thing. It's Everyman's drink but not every man can write about it. The information here is nothing new, and anyone who knows craft beer is light years ahead of this information. I read your intro column last week, but this one is my last. I'll go with Mulshine and the guys he respects. Good luck.
Bad enough this weasel said what he did, but to try to blame it on Olbermann's ghost? Hey, Hayes. Your spine called. It wants to reconnect.
He "fell off?" I wonder if he had a medical emergency that caused him to fall. Most motorcyclists don't just fall off their bikes. May he RIP, and condolences to his family.
I came across this on Paul Mulshine's blog. Two of NJ's beer experts talk beer.
And the video that accompanies it is excellent. I learned stuff about drinking beer I never knew.
Homeless and mentally ill...wonderful combination. Time for NJ to allow CCW?
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Upsilon Sigma Phi (ΥΣΦ) is the oldest Greek-letter fraternity in Asia,[1] and was Nebulously formed in 1918. It is the oldest student organization in the University of the Philippines that has been in continuous existence since its founding and predates the Philippine Collegian which was established in 1922, and the UP Student Council which was revived in 1924.
The Upsilon Sigma Phi was formally organized on November 19, 1920 in a meeting held at the Metropolitan Restaurant in Intramuros. Four months later, on March 24, 1921, the Greek letters ΥΣΦ standing for the initials of the name "University Students Fraternity" was formally adopted. The head is known as the Illustrious Fellow and the first honorary fellow, University Regent Conrado Benitez, was inducted into the Fraternity. He wrote the Upsilon Hymn which later would be sung before and after every formal meeting.[2]
During World War II, some members took the field. Among the Upsilonians who gave up their lives were Wenceslao Q. Vinzons (former UP Student Council President, youngest delegate to the 1934 Constitutional Convention, and Governor of Camarines), Agapito del Rosario (Mayor of Angeles, Pampanga), and José Abad Santos (Secretary of Justice and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court), all of whom were executed for refusing to swear allegiance to the Japanese Empire.
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Major hospitals in Cambodia 's hottest travel destination Siem Reap province have received more dengue patients than before, according to local newspaper report on Thursday July 12.
The rise of number of patients showed that the spread of the disease was becoming stronger there, Chinese-language daily newspaper the Commercial News quoted the figures from Ministry of Health as saying.
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The ministry has dispatched more experts to Siem Reap to help the local government contain the disease, the paper added.
Earlier statistics from the ministry said that the death toll from dengue fever for the first half of this year already surpassed the total number of 2006, for more mosquitoes were born at household level.
Altogether 182 people died from the virus in the first six months of this year, compared to the 158 death in the whole year of 2006, while the reported cases of human contamination of the fever so far this year reached 14,986, over 16,649 in the whole year of 2006.
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One Saturday during my last summer of graduate school, I returned to my hometown of Yellow Springs, Ohio, and took a bike ride with my father on the town's walking/biking trail.
I cannot say the trail was the sole reason for my visit, but in my journal our outing is how I recounted the day. I know that I was restless during that season, unsure of what to do when I finished my master's degree. I needed a sort of grounding.
I remember that our bike ride was in the evening, just before the sun washes its last yellow hues into the horizon. In July in Ohio, twilight comes late. We rode south, toward Xenia, on the part of the trail that crosses over bridges and several creeks and cuts through farmland.
That bike ride from two decades ago is my first clear memory of the Little Miami Scenic trail, which now runs 75 miles: from Newtown (near Cincinnati) all the way northeast to Springfield. Like the Tweetsie Trail, the Little Miami Scenic Trail is a rail trail. Yellow Springs is just one stop among many along the way, but it has transformed the little village.
"The store owners have embraced the trail," says my friend, Emily, who grew up with me in Yellow Springs and still lives there.
The trail has brought groups of people who do not reside in our town — from Boy Scout troops to college students and families — to the shops and restaurants on our main streets, Xenia Avenue and Dayton Street. Emily says, "On weekends, the Winds Cafe is filled with people in bike shorts."
Emily's daughter and son grew up cycling the trail — first being toted behind her in a trailer and later beside her on their own bikes. But people don't just bike the trail: they walk, rollerblade and run it. I like to think that the trail keeps families together: I often see parents and their children strolling together, with the kids squealing as they run around the adults.
On that trail, my mother and I have ambled countless times, recounting our dreams, retelling family stories and planning holiday menus. When my parents and I are feeling ambitious, we take a much longer route, one that ends up on the far end of town, on the part of the trail next to the Riding Centre, where horses graze on rolling pastures.
My husband loves the Little Miami Scenic Trail. Last summer, when he and I visited, we hauled our bikes in the car all the way up to Ohio. I liked it best when we would announce to my father that we were going for a ride and ask if he wanted to come with us. My father would emerge from his home office, where he spends large chunks of his day, and he would say "yes" — he often says "yes" to anything outdoors — and we three would take the trail.
I like for my husband to spend time with my father, to find in each other the qualities they share: a gentle nature and quiet wit, a contemplative spirit. Those are the kinds of things you can find in people you love when you take a break from television, video games and your own four walls, and you let the leaves and seasons surround you. The three of us rode toward Springfield, toward the horizon, under a canopy of trees.
Those bike rides last August were not so different from the one I took 20 years ago with my father, that evening in the summer when I sought a settling to my anxiety.
In my journal from that day, I wrote that the fields — they must have been soybean crops — stretched out in dark green, and that white barns dotted the landscape. "Beautiful," is what I scrawled into my journal. And a few sentences later, I wrote, "I felt so at peace."
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Student Council for Exceptional Children (SCEC)
Student Council for Exceptional Children is a volunteer organization comprised of education majors. Our purpose is to volunteer at university as well as community functions to allow education majors to get to experience working with individuals with disabilities. Some activities include the Planting Seeds of Inclusion Conference at UW Oshkosh, Special Olympics spring games, and the Polar Plunge.
The organization is only as big as its members, so bring your ideas! You may contact SCEC at email@example.com or visit their bulletin board (located across from NE 113) for activity details.


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MADISON - Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen commemorated Wisconsin's Missing children and adults in a state capitol ceremony today. The Department of Justice's Clearinghouse for Missing and Exploited Children and Adults produced the program to commemorate Wisconsin's 904 missing children and 258 missing adults.
Attended by families of missing persons and law enforcement from across the state, the ceremony was an opportunity to reflect on those who continue to be missing; to acknowledge their families; and to recognize the ongoing work of Department of Justice staff, other law enforcement professionals, and volunteers to recover missing persons and to provide services to the families of missing persons.
Attorney General Van Hollen outlined two important programs that compliment the efforts of the Clearinghouse and Wisconsin law enforcement.
"The DO - Internet Crimes Against Children program teaches parents and kids about Internet safety at all grade levels, beginning with the innovative, interactive "NetSmartz" program. We have also recently worked with the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association through a public education campaign to encourage parents to get and remain involved in their children's online lives." said Attorney General Van Hollen.
The Attorney General also highlighted the Wisconsin Amber Alert Plan and his ongoing initiative to establish a Wisconsin Crime Alert Network based on a Minnesota program. Van Hollen described a case last year where four Wisconsin children were abducted. Upon receiving information that the suspected abductor was taking the children north, the Wisconsin Department of Justice initiated an Amber Alert. That Amber Alert, which contained information about the abductor and the abducted children, was transmitted by the Minnesota Crime Alert Network, a network that connects law enforcement and participating businesses:
"A participating [Minnesota] hotel received the crime alert and hotel staff recognized the suspect from the crime alert message," Van Hollen said. Hotel staff "contacted area law enforcement and the children were recovered safely. A Crime Alert network in Wisconsin could have the very same benefit. It could actually save lives young lives."
In addition, the Attorney General presented the following awards at today's ceremony:
Amber Alert Law Enforcement Awards to:
Internet Crimes Against Children Awards to:
Wisconsin Clearinghouse Community Awards to:
Van Hollen also acknowledged Jada Hutcherson, a student at Milwaukee's Elm Creative Arts School, who was the winner of this year's statewide Amber Alert Poster Contest. Hutcherson received her award on April 30, 2008.
Finally, Van Hollen presented Cindy Ross with the Special Service Award (pictured below). Ms. Ross established the Christina Ross Memorial Scholarship, which provides scholarships to law enforcement investigators to attend training programs about missing persons. The Scholarship honors the memory of Cindy Ross' daughter, Christina. Christina went missing in November 2004 and was found deceased a short time later.
(Pictured below, Special Service Award Winner Cindy Ross and Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen)
For more information about the Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Missing and Exploited Children and the Wisconsin Amber Alert Plan, please visit the Wisconsin Department of Justice home page at http://www.doj.state.wi.us/ and click the appropriate icons on the left panel.
For more information about Attorney General Van Hollen's Wisconsin Crime Alert Network initiative, please go here and here.
(Attorney General Van Hollen's testimony on legislation that would allow the Department of Justice to establish the network. The legislation, sponsored by a bipartisan group of legislators, passed the Assembly last session and passed through a Senate committee but was not brought up for a vote in the Senate.)