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Shipbuilding and Shipping in the Period of Ascendency
Lawrence C. Allin
In addition to fishing, the coastal Maine economy depended on two closely related maritime trades: shipping and shipbuilding. During colonial times, shipyards of one sort or another lined the banks of virtually every harbor, saltwater creek, or tiny bay in New England. During this period, Boston, Essex, Salem, and the lower Merrimac River towns dominated the small-vessel industry, but gradually Maine ports usurped this position. By 1880, some fifty towns between Kittery and Machias were engaged in building vessels, employing in one way or another more than two-hundred thousand people. Although Maine's small ports continued the tradition of small-boat building, the construction of large vessels gravitated to a few of Maine's larger ports. In the second half of the century Maine's preeminent shipbuilding families not only pioneered the development of new vessel types, but also carried the craft of wooden shipbuilding to its apogee. This grand maritime tradition, still very much alive today, was founded on some of the same geographic, natural, and economic conditions that fostered Maine's preeminence in fishing.
By sea, Maine was not only close to magnificent fishing grounds, but also to a variety of excellent markets for fish and other products: the burgeoning urban-industrial complexes of the Eastern Seaboard, the fertile tidewater regions of the southern states, the sugar ports of the West Indies, and the cotton textile districts of England. Countless harbors and inlets offered cheap land for shipyards. Down the gently sloping banks of these tidal stretches slid thousands of vessels into deep, sheltered water, to be outfitted by the same skilled laborers who built them.
Maine's forests of pine, spruce, oak, and tamarack provided the diverse woods necessary to build sailing ships, and this inexpensive supply of timber was easily transported to coastal shipyards by a vast river system. White oak, which grew in abundance along the coast of Maine, provided dense, tough wood for the ship's ribbing, which was encased in lighter planking of pine or spruce. Larch (tamarack), an iron-hard, water-resistant wood, provided "ship's knees," the bracing that joined ribs to the deck timbers. Cut during the winter when the sap was dormant, trees for the hull were rough-hewn and hauled to the building yards. There the wood dried for several seasons before it was shaped into frame, planking, knees, and deck house. Before the vessel "swam" -- before it was launched--caulkers forced oakum, or loosely braided rope, into the tight seams between the ship's planking. As the planks absorbed water, they swelled against one another, making a dry seal. The salt that preserved the enormous quantities of fish New Englanders exported also helped keep this cargo dry: before launching, the majority of Maine's sailing craft had the substance poured between their outer skins and their inner ceilings. When the salt melted, it permeated the wood, acting as a preservative. In tropical waters, it also protected the wood from teredo worms, which bored into wooden hulls and weakened them.
Because Maine's white pines were so plentiful, easily worked, and comparatively long lasting, they yielded masts not only for local vessels but also for those of the British and American navies. As with other shipbuilding woods, pine masts were cut in winter, hauled to the building yards, and trimmed and rounded. Once shaped, the masts were ready to step, or place, on the ship's keel. Unlike the seasoned woods used in a vessel's hull, the masts had to be "wet"; the sap remaining in the wood made the masts more supple, so that they might withstand the enormous energy forces brought against them by wind and sail.
In addition to these natural resources and geographical advantages, coastal Maine supplied thousands of carpenters and sailors whose skills were honed by generations of dependence on the sea for sustenance and travel. Since Maine resisted industrialization until quite late, there were no booming inland cities to draw off these mariners, fishermen, and artisans, as in Massachusetts and other New England states. As wooden ships evolved, not only did ship's carpenters, mastwrights, and caulkers lend their labor to the construction, but so, too, did cordwainers, block makers, pump makers, and a host of other skilled craftsmen. The cordwainers operated the ropewalks in which they spun cotton or manila hemp into lines, hawsers, and anchor cables. Block makers made huge wooden contrivances through which two, three, or four lines ran to the masts, spars, and sails. The blocks provided leverage, guidance, and smooth passage for the lines that worked the sails. Pumps, each made of dozens of pieces of wood, were necessary because the enormous force of heavy seas and strong winds against a vessel's hull inevitably caused some leaks.
Excellent shipbuilding sites, good river and coastal transportation, a diverse supply of local timber, and a tradition of maritime skills were the circumstances that fostered the state's seaborne commerce. As important as the experience in building and sailing were Maine's skills in managing the vessels financially. To wrest a living from the sea, Maine people had to think as well as act; they deployed these vessels, large and small, as economic tools to generate profits and livelihoods. Without astute business management, they would have been nothing more than expensive floating cargo spaces.
Maine's shipbuilding skills were continually tested against the ever-changing demands of the maritime trades. The sea offered a variety of opportunities to make a living, each requiring a distinctive class of vessel. During colonial times, for instance, small, locally built shallops were used for fishing, while sloops, measuring around sixty tons, carried dried fish, lumber products, and foodstuffs to the West Indies. Cargo vessels fell into two broad classes: coasting vessels and deep-water sailers. The coasting trade ran from Maine ports down the coast to the West Indies. Later, it extended from Maine all the way around Cape Horn to ports located on the West Coast of the United States. The deep-water trades extended across the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans to foreign ports.
As we have already noted, codfish, sugar, rum, and salt were the elements of Maine's earliest seaborne commerce. This trade diversified quickly. Coasting vessels supplemented their cargoes of fish destined for the American South and the Caribbean with all kinds of Yankee-made wooden products, along with groceries from the Middle-Atlantic states. Once in the West Indies port, the shipmasters loaded boxes of crystallized sugar, great hogsheads of molasses, or distilled rum. Since the islands also grew indigo, cotton, cloves, and cocoa, other opportunities for profit existed. To reward their ship's officers and men, some captains allowed them to use cargo space to store a few pounds of "light pay," as these goods were called, to sell in their home ports at handsome markups.
At about the time of American Independence, schooners (fore-and-aft rigged vessels, some measuring a hundred tons) and brigs (two-masted, square-rigged vessels) moved into the "sugar" trade. While Maine shipping remained heavily oriented to the coasting trade, some of these larger deep-water sailers carried Caribbean goods, especially the rum, to Europe and returned to American ports with manufactured items. This deep-water trade received a tremendous boost during the Napoleonic Wars (1793-1809), when most European merchant ships were driven from the sea by France or England. Maine ships (the specific vessel type with three masts and square sails), some measuring 150 tons, moved into this lucrative "North Atlantic ferry route" as neutral shipping, carrying goods from the Caribbean colonies to US ports, and then "reexporting" them to the mother countries. Federal bounties, which heavily encouraged shipbuilding, fishing, and sailing, added further incentives for growth after 1819.
Much of the cargo carried in Maine vessels was, like salt cod, a home product. Building materials were the most important of these. Such materials included lime from the Rockland area, granite from the mid-coast headlands and islands, bricks (especially from Brewer), and the most spectacular of Maine construction products, lumber. Almost all Maine ports exported some lumber. Some, such as Pembroke, in Washington County; Franklin, in Hancock County; and Wiscasset, in Franklin County, had small hinterlands, or areas from which they took their exports and to which they brought in goods. Nevertheless, even these ports sustained booming lumber and shipbuilding trades until after the Civil War, when their hinterlands were cut over.
Larger rivers, such as the Androscoggin, Kennebec, and Penobscot, tapped deep hinterlands covered with seemingly inexhaustible stands of timber. Bangor's rise to national preeminence as a lumber-shipping port stimulated a prosperous shipbuilding industry on the Penobscot. During the nineteenth century, over five hundred vessels were launched in Bangor and its neighboring towns of Brewer, Orrington, and Hampden. Almost all these vessels left the Penobscot carrying some form of rough or semifinished timber. Among the most unusual were wooden "bricks" for paving factory floors or even public streets.
Because the "lumber-droughers" (vessels used to transport lumber) were constructed as general merchandise freighters and built to carry heavy commodities, they were difficult to handle when loaded with a light cargo like lumber. A conjunction of native Maine products and Yankee "know-how" helped solve this problem. Since the state abounds in good marine clays, ship masters consigned bricks as a complement to their relatively lighter loads of lumber or hay. Thus, while Bangor shipped lumber, its cross-river neighbor, Brewer, became a brick-making center of national reputation. Each winter, Brewer brick makers collected scrap wood from the sawmills, and when spring came they dug clay (the city is built around its old clay pits) and prepared it for firing. Since lumbering was primarily a winter occupation, brick makers had a ready supply of labor in the spring after the log drives reached safe water. Clay was shaped, dried, and stacked in and around wood to make the kilns. After brick makers fired and tore down their kilns, they furnished cheap bricks to sea captains who wanted to load their lower holds with balancing, weight to make their vessels perform well at sea. Often the captains loaded casks of lime from the lower Penobscot Bay, making a complete "construction cargo" of bricks, lime, and lumber.
The mid-coast lime industry also created a demand for vessels to carry wood. These were usually two-masted schooners built in just about any port on the Maine coast, or "Johnny woodboats," small sloops or schooners built principally on the St. John River in New Brunswick. Larger, tighter and newer schooners, some four-masted, were used to carry the lime to its major distribution point, New York City. The lime trade helped make Camden, Rockland, and Thomaston major shipbuilding centers. Granite quarries created another cargo which also required specialized sloops to carry the stone.
The cargoes of construction materials were profitable partly because eastern cities were growing at such a phenomenal rate, and partly because sea captains found a steady return cargo in coal. Beginning in the 1820s, steam-powered engines gradually but steadily replaced the waterwheel as a source of mechanical energy. First wood, then coal fired these voracious steam boilers. Eventually, coal also fueled locomotives, tugboats, and steamships and supplied heat in cast-iron stoves and furnaces in large urban homes. But it was as much the need for light as it was for steam power that gave the coal trade its first boost.
It is little remembered that the Clapp brothers, William and Asa, were the first Portland entrepreneurs to use coal for light. In 1849, they set up a small coal gasification plant in Portland and piped the flammable vapors made by their little retort to twelve gas lamps in the yards of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railway. The lamps provided light so that the laborers from their shipping business could handle merchandise day and night.
In the years after 1849, similar coal gasification plants were built in other Maine cities. Scuttles to handle coal appeared on the waterfronts and, by the time of the Civil War, the trade in coal for gasification was booming. Streets were torn up and gas lines laid, supplying light, heat, and cooking fuel for homes, factories, and offices. Coal imports increased markedly in the gaslight era--the 1850s--then boomed with industrial expansion based on steam power after the Civil War.
Maine's deep-water carrying trade received another boost from the cotton textile industry in England and New England. In 1802, the brig Androscoggin, owned by Maine's first governor, William King, returned from New Orleans loaded with southern cotton. The voyage was successful, and for the next eighty years Maine dominated the carrying trade in raw cotton. Maine-built brigs and then ships dropped down the coast to the south's great cotton ports--Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, and New Orleans--carrying lumber, bricks, hay, or whatever cargoes they could find in northern ports. After taking on a cargo of baled cotton, they sailed for Liverpool, Le Havre, Bremen, or back up the Atlantic Coast to the mill cities of New England. European-bound vessels returned to the East Coast with manufactured goods or cargoes of immigrants; the human freight paid approximately the same rates for passage as inert cargoes.
This carrying trade also required a special design. Broad-beamed and bluff bowed, the cotton freighter had a high deckhouse and a deep hold, rounding out under water like a kettle. Two circumstances affected the way Maine built these vessels. One was taxes. In 1789 the new federal government passed a law taxing vessels according to a simplistic formula that did not account for how a vessel's hull was formed. The resulting "rule-cheaters," with their relatively narrow decks and wide waterline widths were less safe than conventional vessels, but they gained advantages in federal taxes. The second circumstance affecting the design--something of a countervailing influence--was the length of the voyage from Maine to New Orleans. The cotton droughers had to be well built to withstand the considerable punishment that often came on that difficult passage.
Perhaps the most famous of the early cotton freighters was the Rappahannock, built by Freeman Clark and William D. Sewall of Bath. Launched in 1841, she ran 179 feet in length and 37 feet at the beam and measured 1,133 tons. At this time, the Rappahannock was the largest vessel in the world--actually, one of the largest merchantmen built in the Western world since the Romans launched their great grain carriers at the time of Christ. In addition to the cotton trade, the ice industry created a demand for specially built Maine vessels. Again, local industries proved complementary: Maine's busy sawmills supplied cheap wood to build the ice houses, the mountains of sawdust with which to insulate them, and the vessels that carried the ice. One of the largest vessels in the trade used over two hundred cords of sawdust as insulation for its perishable cargo. Earlier cargoes went to market in brigs and two-masted schooners, but as demand grew, larger vessels, mostly schooners with three, four, and then five masts, were built to carry it. On board were finely crafted pumps to discharge water from the melting ice, along with any seawater that found its way through the seams. The schooners were built of the best materials, because their cargoes were heavy and the melting water subjected them to rot. Because their cargoes were perishable, they were also built for speed. In late summer or early fall, schooners sometimes carried bushels of Maine apples in their upper holds. Cooled by the ice below, the apples arrived in southern ports well preserved. The versatile schooners usually returned form the South laden with coal.
A fair way to describe the spirit and ingenuity of Maine shipbuilders is to examine the fabled but short-lived clipper-ship era. The bold creativity of American ship designers had been brought to the fore during the Napoleonic Wars, when a premium on speed as means of escape from privateers and war vessels dictated some daring departures in ship design. During the War of 1812 similar conditions produced the "Baltimore clipper," a schooner-rigged brig associated with the Chesapeake yards. After 1815, New York's East River shipbuilders produced a series of transatlantic packet ships that continued the quest for speed under sail.
But the true clippers emerged in the 1840s, combining in some fashion three square-rigged masts, a long hull tapering from the bow to a deeply concave stern, and a narrow beam, located farther aft than in earlier designs. Their long, thin, shallow-draft hulls were made for speed, and their sails were legion, catching whole rivers of wind to drive the clippers at startling speeds. Authorities bestow the title "clipper" only on vessels which made the passage from New York to San Francisco in 110 days or less, or equaled this feat on other voyages. Names bestowed on these vessels expressed the romance of this brief era: Sovereign of the Seas, Flying Cloud, Hyperion, Romance of the Seas. Their captains made handsome salaries, but drove their vessels relentlessly, running at times under full sail in conditions that defied caution.
The master artists of clipper-ship design was Nova Scotia-born Donald McKay, who worked in the yards in New York's East River, in Newburyport, and in East Boston. McKay's famous Flying Cloud was the epitome of the clipper. The 1,782-ton ship made the voyage between New York and San Francisco in eighty-nine days, carrying up to fifty-two sails and a crew of almost three score to work them. The Flying Cloud could make eighteen knots on a long passage, but like other clippers she sacrificed a third of her cargo space for speed, an economically unsound proposition in the long run.
Like other vessels built in Maine and elsewhere, the clippers were designed to meet specific needs--in this case, rapid deep-water passage and minimal cargo space. The California Gold Rush, which brought booming markets in San Francisco and Sacramento and a mass movement of gold-hungry easterners, stimulated competition after 1849, as did a later gold rush in Australia and a lucrative trade in low bulk, high value products from China--jades, brocades, china, tea, and spices. Six Maine-built vessels hold clipper records, and probably the best of the lot--the Red Jacket-- was built in Rockland. The fabulous returns on transoceanic voyages, however, were not to last, and by the mid-1850s, the rush to build these exquisite "racehounds of the sea" had largely dissipated.
In addition to producing their share of clippers, Maine shipbuilders created what were probably the finest commercial sailing vessels ever built, the great "Down-Easters." An exclusive New England design, the Down-Easters combined speed, handiness, cargo capacity, and low operating costs to a degree never before obtained in square riggers. According to Howard Chappelle, the best informed authority on American sailing ships, the Down-Easters were the "highest development of the sailing ship."
The Down-Easters were designed specifically to capture the Pacific grain trade, which began at midcentury when rudimentary improvements in health care caused a population explosion in Europe. Cheap wheat, grown in Argentina, Australia, Russia, and the American West, fed the burgeoning cities of Europe, and the cost of its transportation on these great transoceanic voyages played a large part in its final price. California was an important focus of this trade. After loading wheat in San Francisco, the Down-Easters often sailed westward across the Pacific and Indian Oceans, around the Cape of Good Hope, to Liverpool. On these long voyages, they became moving, floating warehouses; recent developments in the undersea telegraph meant that the wheat could be bought and sold several times en route.
Just as it is difficult to define a clipper precisely, it is difficult to define a Down-Easter. For our purposes, they were square-rigged sailing vessels which measured over a thousand tons and had slab sides, capacious mid-bodies that encompassed great cargo holds, and large but simple sail plans. Unlike the clippers, they featured steam winches to work their sails. The epitome of the Down-Easter was the Henry B. Hyde, a vessel built by Chapman and Flint at Bath in 1884. The Hyde measured 2,463 tons and ran 286 feet with a beam of 45 feet and a draught of 29 feet. On ten consecutive voyages, she averaged 116 days running from New York to San Francisco. Searsport, which bred around 10 percent of America's deep-water ship masters at midcentury, contributed a Pendleton or a Colcord to command the Hyde on many of these passages. Three times she made a clipper's passage of less than 110 days and twice more recorded a run of 113 days. Like most Down-Easters, the Hyde carried wheat from San Francisco Bay to help feed Europe's millions.
To win the carrying trade for Pacific grain, Maine shipbuilders built capacious, fast ships. They designed heavily timbered keels and frames, and thick, strong planking to withstand both the brutal weather of the lower latitudes and the strains produced by a shifting cargo of wheat. Maine shipbuilders were able to drive down production costs partly by using low-wage labor and partly by building ships of huge size. They used masts of "Oregon pine" (Douglas-fir), since Maine's great white pines were gone. Maine shipwrights used considerable amounts of metal for bracing in these great square-riggers.
The Down-Easters, the last of the large square-rigged vessels built in Maine, were eventually pushed out of the grain trade by steam vessels, and many ended their lives in a unique manner: plying the Alaska salmon trade. Beginning in 1893, the California-based Alaska Packers Association bought many of the great vessels, loaded them with box shooks, oil, tin plate for cans, fishermen, and laborers, and sent them north in the spring. Once in Alaskan waters, the Down-Easter tied up at a cannery wharf where fishing boats brought the salmon. The laborers processed the fish, made the cans, and packed the fish. At the end of the season, the Down-Easters sailed for San Francisco with a full cargo of fish and a crew of tired cannery workers.
The Down-Easters had another interesting facet in their careers: many ended their useful days in the "Hollywood Navy." Producer Cecil B. DeMille and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio, among others, bought the aging vessels for a song and took them to sea to make movies. Later, presumably, they were hauled up on deserted beaches and burned, so that the metal in them could be sold for scrap.
Wooden sailing ships remained a vital component of Maine's coastal economy through World War I and even experienced a brief revival during World War II. But increasingly in the second half of the nineteenth century the industry was on the defensive. Steam ships, made (usually in England) of iron, then steel, proved more efficient and dependable, and eventually they drove Maine's wooden sailing ships from the waters. But for a half a century after the Civil War, Maine shipbuilders met this challenge by producing wooden sailing ships to meet specialized markets. Just as Maine coast fishermen responded to the crisis in deepwater fishing by adapting to new markets, Maine shipbuilders continued to use their traditional skills and resources to meet new demands. The coastal economy survived the crisis of fishing and shipbuilding in the second half of the century, demonstrating again the versatility of Maine's resources and the adaptability of those who used them.
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At the Beijing games, Phelps became the record-holder for most gold medals won at a single Olympics, and most gold medals all-time. He holds a grand total of 16 Olympic medals, 14 of them gold.His first book, Michael Phelps: Beneath the Surface, was co-written with Sports Illustrated staffer Brian Cazeneuve. It came out in 2005 and will be re-released this week in paperback with an update on Phelps' accomplishments. Beneath the Surface examined everything from his thoughts on record-setting performances to the collegiate days, particularly his November 2004 arrest for drunk driving. Built to Succeed will focus on his early childhood. Key topics include his single-parent upbringing and his struggle with attention-deficit disorder. But it wouldn't be a biography of Phelps without the Olympics, and a series of bad pool-time puns. A good portion of the book will be devoted to his philosophy on training and competition. Built to Succeed will hit the bookshelves in December 2008.Related links:NBC Olympics Bio of Michael PhelpsMrPhelps.comYouTube: Phelps at the 2008 OlympicsGot a news tip for Paste? E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The USS Endeavour (NCC-71805) was a Federation starship that was in service with Starfleet from the mid-to-late 24th century. It was commissioned after 2364.
In 2368 the Endeavour was assigned to the Starfleet blockade fleet at the Klingon-Romulan border during the Klingon Civil War. It was the last ship to clear the drydock prior to the departure of the fleet from Starbase 234. During the initial deployment of the tachyon detection grid, the Endeavour was linked with the USS Ajax, USS Hood, USS Tian An Men, and USS Enterprise-D. (TNG: "Redemption II") Later that year, the ship was assigned to a patrol circuit in the Cleon system. (TNG: "The Game")
Captain Amasov of the Endeavour was involved in a conflict with the Borg sometime prior to 2371. After the encounter, Amasov reflected, "...It is my opinion that the Borg are as close to pure evil as any race we've ever encountered." (VOY: "Scorpion") In 2373, the Endeavour again faced the Borg at the Battle of Sector 001. (Star Trek: First Contact)
According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia (3rd ed., p. 135), the Endeavour was a Nebula-class starship.
The Star Trek Encyclopedia (3rd ed., p. 604) further states that it is likely the engagement referred to in "Scorpion" was the Battle of Wolf 359, and that the Endeavour was the sole ship to survive the assault intact. However, there is no direct canonical evidence for this, aside from the fact that Janeway had to have been referring to an encounter that took place before Voyager was transported to the Delta Quadrant, and that one of the forty ships did survive the assault on the cube.
Additionally, the Encyclopedia (3rd ed., p. 136) states that "the starship Endeavour was named in honor of British explorer James Cook's flagship and for NASA's shuttle Endeavour."
In a preliminary draft for Star Trek: First Contact, dated 29 September, 1995, an Endeavor was explicitly named as one of the starships engaged in the Battle of Sector 001 in scenes 10, "PICARD: Signal the Endeavor to fall back. We'll cover them.", and 11, "The Endeavor moves off as the Borg FIRE at the Enterprise and BLASTS the saucer section.". [1] These references did not make it into the final cut, though designer John Eaves was working on a preliminary design for the ship, albeit of an entirely different configuration. As he recalled, "In the early script there had been a ship called the Endeavour that used to play quite a big role. I was drawing that and the E at the same time. They were kind of similar shapes, so it was almost a way of trying things out. I thought, 'If I want to see this on the E, let me try it on the Endeavour sketches first.' I'd mess around with the body, tapering it to the nacelles in one sweepy part, things like that. It was definitely an idea platform for me. So, at this point I just put Enterprise on all the Endeavour sketches, because by that time Endeavour was gone and nobody had ever seen them!" (Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 3, Issue 11, pp. 48-49)


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Ironically, the next Guild Wars 2 update, Fractured, will not likely fracture the player-base. In fact, a lot of the changes to the game's signature dungeon (Fractals of the Mists) will do for Tyria what other open world updates have done: bring players together and give them a reason to do so. The Fractured update is where Commander Ellen Kiel will make good on her election campaign promise. Read on for more reasons why.
During the elections held a few months back, Ellen won over Evon Gnashblade by promising a host of things, but none so enticing as bringing the Thaumanova Reactor event to the Fractals. Additionally, two previous Living World events (the Aetherblade Retreat and Molten Weapons Facility) have been revamped to be a part of the Fractals too. And that's kind of the idea behind FotM in general: it's ArenaNet's tool to revisit the past of all Tyrian lore and Fractured is only the beginning.
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Contest-Winning Raspberry Ribbon Pie Recipe
It's fun to go out as a family and pick raspberries to make my mother-in-law's pie recipe. We always freeze some berries, so we can make this pie year-round.
- 1 cup crushed vanilla wafers (about 30 wafers)
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1 package (3 ounces) raspberry gelatin
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 cup fresh raspberries
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pinch salt
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- Additional whipped cream and fresh raspberries
- 1. In a small bowl, combine the wafer crumbs and butter; press onto the bottom and up the sides of an ungreased 9-in. pie plate. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
- 2. In a bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Add the sugar, raspberries and lemon juice. Refrigerate until partially set, about 1-1/2 hours.
- 3. In a bowl, beat cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Add vanilla and salt. In another bowl, beat whipping cream until stiff peaks form. Fold into cream cheese mixture. Spread 3/4 cup over bottom of crust.
- 4. Spread 3/4 cup raspberry mixture over the top; repeat layers. Refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight before serving. Garnish pie with additional whipped cream and berries. Refrigerate leftovers. Yield: 8 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 piece (calculated without additional whipped cream and fresh raspberries) equals 345 calories, 23 g fat (13 g saturated fat), 69 mg cholesterol, 189 mg sodium, 34 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein.
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- "How can anyone speak nineteen languages?"
- ―Daenerys Targaryen to Missandei
Missandei is a recurring character in the third and fourth seasons. She debuts in "Valar Dohaeris" and is played by Nathalie Emmanuel.
A slave who served as a translator to the masters of Astapor, Missandei was freed when Daenerys Targaryen took the Unsullied] army and used it to overthrow the slavers. Missandei now serves Daenerys as her trusted handmaiden.
Missandei is a slave, born on the island of Naath in the Summer Sea, off the coast of the continent of Sothoryos. She was enslaved at a young age and eventually was put to work as a translator for the slaver-master Kraznys mo Nakloz, one of the Good Masters of Astapor.
Missandei speaks nineteen languages including High Valyrian (her favorite), the Low Valyrian dialect of Slaver's Bay, Dothraki, the Common Tongue of Westeros,[1] and has some knowledge of the functionally dead language of the Ghiscari Empire.[2]
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Missandei acts as a translator between her master Kraznys mo Nakloz and Daenerys Targaryen when she lands on Astapor with the intent to buy Unsullied. She does not translate literally, offering Kraznys commentary on Daenerys' words and leaving out Kraznys' insults to the Khaleesi.[3]
Daenerys meets with Kraznys and other Good Masters and announces her intention to buy all of the eight thousand Unsullied for sale, but Kraznys says she cannot afford them. The slaver grows increasingly insulting and condescending - which makes Missandei struggle to translate politely. Daenerys then adds she also wants to buy the hundreds of young men still in training. In exchange she offers one of her dragons. The Good Masters agree, but Daenerys also asks for Missandei as a gift and a show of good faith for the upcoming transaction. He agrees, and Missandei follows Daenerys.
Daenerys asks the young slave for her name and if she has any living family, but she says she does not. Daenerys warns her that she is heading into war and she may be killed or may fall sick and die, to which Missandei simply recites the Valyrian aphorism: "Valar morghulis". Daenerys responds by correctly translating, "all men must die" but also adds that "we are not men", making Missandei grin.[4]
Missandei, sporting a new dress to match Daenerys's outfit, is present when Kraznys and Daenerys conduct their exchange. She translates their exchange until Daenerys fluidly begins issuing orders to the Unsullied in perfectly accented Low Valyrian, at which Missandei stares in shock. Missandei survives the subsequent sack of Astapor and marches out of the city with Daenerys.[5]
Missandei serves as Daenerys's primary aide-de-camp during the march to Yunkai. On her queen's orders, she gathers the Unsullied officers together and orders them to select a single leader from among themselves. When the new leader, Grey Worm, is presented, Missandei explains that all Unsullied are given names consisting of drab colors and vermin to remind them of their station. Daenerys promptly orders the Unsullied to select their own names, though Grey Worm elects to keep his.[6]
Missandei later attends to Daenerys and her guests Mero, Prendahl na Ghezn and Daario Naharis. Mero is rather uncouth throughout the whole event, groping Missandei and even trying smell her. In part because of his treatment of Missandei, the khaleesi orders that Mero be killed first if the Unsullied must fight the Second Sons. That night, as Daenerys bathes, she is surprised to learn that Missandei speaks no fewer than nineteen languages. Missandei says this shouldn't be that odd, since it only took Daenerys a year to gain a reasonable grasp of Dothraki. The khaleesi bristles at the idea she speaks only reasonable Dothraki and switches to the language to teach Missandei a lesson, only to have her pronunciation corrected. Suddenly, an Unsullied enters and hold a knife to Missandei's throat, advising the women not to scream. He removes his helmet, revealing himself as Daario. He explains he is here to kill Daenerys on orders from his captains, but they ran into a philosophical disagreement over her beauty. He then releases Missandei and produces his captain's severed heads.[7]
Missandei is later on hand as Daenerys waits for word of the infiltration of Yunkai[8] and when Yunkai's gates open. She at first recites a prepared speech on how Daenerys has freed the slaves, but the khaleesi interrupts with a speech of her own. When the freed slaves begin calling Daenerys "mhysa", Missandei explains the word's Ghiscari origins and its meaning, "mother".[9]
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Missandei remains Daenerys's aide-de-camp in the weeks following the fall of Yunkai. When an irritated Daenerys locates Grey Worm and Daario, Missandei informs them that they have been at their contest (balancing their swords to see who will have the honor of riding at the queen's side) since midnight. Missandei is amused when Daenerys threatens to expel the winner of the contest from her army. Later on, Missandei discusses the Great Masters with the queen, and suggests that if they are smart, they should be afraid.[10]
At the gates of Meereen, Missandei translates the words of Meereen's champion to Daenerys. She is clearly reluctant to accurately translate the Meereenese Valyrian and cleans up the language slightly when relaying the message. A few minutes later, when Daario is selected as the champion, Missandei makes complimentary remarks about him, which Daenerys brushes off.[11]
|Season Three appearances
|Valar Dohaeris
|Dark Wings, Dark Words
|Walk of Punishment
|And Now His Watch is Ended
|Kissed by Fire
|The Climb
|The Bear and the Maiden Fair
|Second Sons
|The Rains of Castamere
|Season Four appearances
|Two Swords
|The Lion and the Rose
|Breaker of Chains
|First of His Name
|The Laws of Gods and Men
|The Mountain and the Viper
|The Watchers on the Wall
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In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Missandei is a slave native to the island of Naath, located off the northwestern coast of Sothoryos. She acts as a translator to Kraznys mo Nakloz, one of the Good Masters of Astapor.
As is typical for the peoples of Sothoryos, Missandei is dark-skinned. She also possesses the typical Naathi features of a flat face and golden eyes.
Missandei's three brothers were also captured along with her by the slaver-raid which brought all four of them to Astapor. Her three brothers were made into eunuchs and trained as Unsullied, though one of them did not survive the brutal training regimen. Her two surviving brothers, named Marselen and Mossador, did survive, and when Daenerys freed the Unsullied they were happily reunited with Missandei. There is no indication so far that Missandei's Unsullied brothers will appear in the TV series.
While actress Nathalie Emmanuel was 23 years old when she was cast in the role, in the books Missandei is only 10 years old when she is introduced, the same age as Arya Stark at the time. In spite of her age, she is incredibly intelligent well beyond her years and serves as a key advisor and aide to Daenerys.
"Missandei" is pronounced "Miss-an-day".[12]
See also
- Missandei on A Wiki of Ice and Fire (MAJOR spoilers from the books)
- ↑ "Second Sons"
- ↑ "Mhysa"
- ↑ "Valar Dohaeris"
- ↑ "Walk of Punishment"
- ↑ "And Now His Watch is Ended"
- ↑ "Kissed by Fire"
- ↑ "Second Sons (episode)"
- ↑ "The Rains of Castamere (episode)"
- ↑ "Mhysa"
- ↑ "Two Swords"
- ↑ "Breaker of Chains"
- ↑ Natalie Emmanuel Access Hollywood interview, April 4, 2013.


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What opened 80 years ago was Yakima Valley Academy…in 1921 or 1922. That school had to close down because the young people were literally causing it to split the seams. Walls were held together by metal cables mounted on both sides of the rooms. They had to find a bigger place and Elder Mote was empowered by the brethren to spend no more than $100,000 for a school. Elder Mote came to the auction for the old poor farm in Spangle, Washington but the opening bid was over his limit. He told the auctioneer that he guessed he couldn't bid, so it was lowered to an opening bid of $100,000. Elder Mote's was the only bid and YVA got it, along with 15 hogs that they sold for $1500 to provide operating capital for the first year of school. After the move, the academy was renamed Upper Columbia Academy.
The School Seal
The seal of Upper Columbia Academy was designed in 1958 by a group of students and faculty under the direction of the principal, Elder J. V. Peters.
Each symbol represents some aspect of Christian education important to life on the Upper Columbia Academy campus.
- Rope Border – Lifelong Friendship
- Shield – Defending Each Other
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- Star – High Aims & Goals
- Lyre and Palette – Academics & The Arts
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So, I'm planning on doing a ~1000 mile, fully supported tour in SE Asia. All of our gear will be carried by the support vehicles, which is rather luxurious...
I'm taking my road bike, and what I'm wondering is, will my current set of Bontrager Race Lite wheels be able to hold up for the duration of the ride? I like the Bontrager wheels a lot, but I haven't had enough time on them to really judge their reliability.
Should I invest in something a bit more durable but still relatively lightweight and easily repairable, say 32 hole Ultegra hubs laced 3x to Open Pros? Or should I go with a bombproof setup? I'm worried that if I break a spoke on the Bontragers during the ride it'll be difficult to find a proper replacement.
Keep in mind I only weigh 150 lbs. on a fat day, and the majority of the ride will be on pavement.. I think only a few miles will be on hardpack surface. I've never broken a spoke on any of my wheels before, but I'm being overly cautious here, since I want this tour to be somewhat worry free (no terrible mech failures)


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THE Health Products Association continues to negotiate with the Department of Health to implement acceptable and appropriate regulations for complementary medicine but is also pushing ahead with plans to set up a self-regulatory structure that will both assist the DoH and protect the industry from unethical practices and unscrupulous marketers.
The vision of providing a self-regulatory body or mechanism from within the industry is exciting, and several meetings have taken place with stakeholders since January. But what is emerging is the enormity of the task in carrying out such an objective.
"We'd be setting up the equivalent of a mini-Department of Health," Dr Tomlinson commented," and with that comes the question of funding, staffing, constitutional structure, monitoring policy, proper legal foundation – and a host of other logistic and organisational challenges."
Nevertheless, the HPA is determined to persevere with this process – and the next meeting (taking place on 10 May) will look at modifying the objectives. "We feel we must provide a service to support what the DoH is unable to do at present but we might have to lower our sights. We need to be able to chew what we bite off!"
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DEIRDRE Allen reports that the growing demand for health products and services means that the industry needs more expos and exhibitions formulated specifically to showcase what's available in South Africa. There are several events coming up that fit the bill.
Last year's Healthy Living Expo that took place alongside the Gauteng Outdoor Adventure Experience was so successful that the organizers, Celebrate Afrika, plan to repeat the combined venture - twice. Healthy Living will run concurrently with the Gauteng Outdoor Adventure Experience at Kyalami in Johannesburg from 15 to 18 June.
It will also be part of the Cape Outdoor Adventure Experience at the Western Cape Bien Donne Wine Farm from 29 September to 1 October.
These will provide exhibitors with exposure to large consumer audiences. The focus of these shows is health and beauty products, lifestyle choices and slimming solutions. Only 50 stands are available so book now to secure your place at this popular event.
THE South African Board of Healthcare Funders has given the nod to approval to therapeutic massage - and the modality can now join the ranks of allied health professions whose services may be reimbursed by medical aid schemes.
Commenting on this important milestone in complementary medicine, chairperson of the Massage Therapy Association of South Africa, Sandra Wilson, said that the therapy had previously been relegated to the leisure and recreation sector. "As a result, the important role therapeutic massage can play in treating a variety of conditions and preventing the development of musculo-skeletal and other work-related conditions, has been overlooked."
This has now changed with the Board of Healthcare Funders' announcement that it will issue practice numbers to therapeutic massage therapists registered with the Allied Health Professions Council. "This is a clear sign that TMT is considered a relevant, viable and safe treatment option for patients," said Ms Wilson. "It also indicates trust in the efficacy, integrity and accountability of the profession as well as the training of future therapists."
Due to customer demand, the four largest retail groups are looking to carry natural and organic products on their shelves and need reliable suppliers. Buyers are looking for natural and organic food products and beverages of all descriptions, organic disinfectants, cosmetics, body and skin care products, organic and eco-friendly textiles, organic agricultural products and equipment, sustainable and renewable energy solutions as well as waste management, healthy lifestyle products and natural and complementary medicine. If your company has anything to offer along these lines, make sure you're there!
THE Health Sense Directory 2005/6 has been launched. Also known to as The South African Natural & Holistic Health Directory 2005/6, this is a directory with a difference. According to publisher and editor Wanda Bruce, it is more than just a reference guide. "It contains in-depth articles on a variety of health subjects designed to educate the consumer from an integrated perspective."
The directory contains sections on conscious living, lifestyle information, complementary therapies, mental health, spas, wellness, an integrated approach to SA health care and an HPA survey on the health products industry.
This 200 page mine of information retails at R57 and is available from health shops and certain CNA outlets and newsagents.
Said school principal, Sharon de Raan: "Part of the solution to the challenges facing complementary healthcare in South Africa lies in the cross-pollination of multidisciplinary practices and approaches – and we have top international and national allopathic and complementary healthcare professionals presenting papers."
Speakers include Dr Carol-Ann Benn, a specialist in breast health, oncologist Dr Gulzar Malik, nutritional specialist Liz Graham, allergy specialist Dr Nadia Grigorova and therapeutic aromatherapist Jacky Estany. Dr Tomlinson will discuss the role of nutritional supplements, micronutrients, anti-oxidants and co-enzymes in complementary health as well as touch on the latest research and legislative issues.
"We are also providing a platform where therapeutic reflexology, aromatherapy and massage practitioners will have the opportunity to gain insight into the latest developments, research and techniques in their fields," added du Raan.
The conference takes place in Johannesburg from 29 September to 1 October.
The objectives of the meeting were to encourage collaborative research and development, and to promote investment in the cultivation, processing, testing, manufacturing and distribution of safe and efficacious herbal anti-malarials. Various private and public initiatives in Africa are looking at new approaches to malaria, many involving the production and processing of the Chinese herbal remedy Artimesia annua and other related products. One of the most effective new drugs to emerge (declared in 2002 by the World Health Organisation as the drug of choice) is based on Artimesia.
Logistics are another major constraint as most infections occur in rural areas, which are inaccessible by normal transport. The third concern raised was that of regulatory control: it is difficult to develop new products due to the cost of complying with the regulatory requirements for clinical trials in different countries. It was suggested that new drugs be developed in closer collaboration with the WHO, who should then be the licensed holder of the product, sub-licensing it to manufacturers.
"We are searching for the solution for Africa from Africa," added Prof van Brummelen, "and all participants were united in the common goal of fighting this terrible disease."
SUPPORTERS of omega-3 fish oil supplementation received a shock when a review of studies published in the March 2006 British Medical Journal Cochrane meta-analysis of fish oil studies found no cardiovascular or cancer benefits from fish oil.
"This means that the RAND NIH study that showed 40% reduction in cardiovascular diseases and 20% reduction in all mortality with good fish/fish oil intake is more credible," he said.
Earlier studies had suggested that omega-3 fatty acids could play a major role in helping to prevent heart disease, rheumatoid arthritic and some types of cancer.
THE Irish Food Safety Promotion Board in partnership with the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Agency is planning to examine aspects of the natural health product sector. Entitled An investigation into the presence of anti-nutritional and toxic compounds in health foods, the project will focus primarily on the occurrence of two types of natural toxins: aristolochic acids (to be measured in herbal products by chromatographic techniques) and micocystins (to be screened in algae products using immunochemical assay techniques). The Irish Health Trade Association and suppliers of Blue-Green algae, Chlorella and Spirulina products, have been asked to assist with the project.
NEW UK guidelines have been published by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to tackle the growing problem of malnutrition in the over 65s, which affects over 60% in hospitals and 40% in care homes. Oral nutrition, which includes multivitamin and mineral tablets and capsules, is one of the methods of nutritional support the Guidelines propose to remedy the problem.
PROMPTED by the concern of senior officials about the safety of supplementation, the American military is surveying its personnel with respect to their use of supplements.
A previous army survey found that 40% of soldiers used one or more supplements and 30% reported significant side effects such as dizziness, alteration of consciousness, weakness and cardiac symptoms – reactions that might be anticipated if there was a combination of stimulant products and high consumption of drinks containing caffeine. At that time, the military's concern focused on ephedra and other stimulants and, to some degree, creatine and similar bodybuilding supplements.
Now, however, there is growing disquiet within some military circles that supplements are 'unregulated' and therefore require greater scrutiny. Captain Christie Peaden, an aerospace physiologist, commented: "The survey will help the Air Force keep track of what supplements people are taking so we can educate airmen on any dangers that may go with taking supplements."
Sarah said that, as a mother of small children, she is always concerned that they eat the right food to get the nutrients they need. "As a consumer, I always thought that if a large food company was behind a product it was unquestionably good for you and that the picture on the outside of the packaging matched the insides. This is rarely true. Many of these products are high in fat, sugar, preservatives and colourants and are highly processed – which can create all sorts of health and learning problems. I believe that, as mothers, we must do everything we can to feed our children better food."
Rupert's view is that the food crisis we face is not so much a "conspiracy" to dumb children down but is the result of the drive for cheaper and more convenient food. "Unfortunately, our quest for such food has reached a point of negative return – and the trade-off is higher medical bills and problem children."
LONGSTANDING HPA company Nu-Hair is in avid new hands. Nu-Hair was established by the late Robbie Freeman 28 years ago and was a pioneer in the natural products industry. A founder member of the HPA, Freeman was highly regarded within the industry, and Nu-Hair's new owner, Paul Jonker – MD of Avid Brands - is determined to keep the tradition established by Freeman well and truly alive.
"Robbie was very ethical," Jonker said. 'He stuck to the letter of the law – and we intend to keep this legacy and culture intact.' So intact, in fact, that he has not only retained all the Nu-Hair staff but Freeman's wife and son now also work with Avid Brands.
Commenting on his acquisition of the respected company, Jonker said that Nu-Hair was bigger than what they were originally looking for but they were thrilled with the move and had great plans for the future. "Our background is in the health care environment," he explained, "so for us, Nu-Hair was a perfect opportunity." He described his business as promoting cosmoceuticals – pharmaceuticals combined with personal care products.
It's regulations and more regulations on the agenda all around the globe ….
THE US Federal Trade Commission has filed complaints against 14 companies over the past year for making allegedly unsubstantiated or false claims for dietary supplements and natural health care products. The FTC has also obtained orders against 40 companies and 44 people - resulting in the defendants having to pay over $35 million in consumer redress and civil penalties.
Because of concerns that products targeted at children may only have been tested for safety on adults, if at all, future FTC activity will particularly focus on products targeted at young people.
THE inconsistency of irradiation regulations throughout the world has been highlighted in a report from the UK Institute of Food Science. Irradiation is supported as a process safe for foods by the World Health Organisation as well as the Food and Agriculture Association and Codex Alimentarius - but acceptance by both consumers and regulators is slow.
To date, the EU 'positive list' of foods that can be irradiated has only one category: dried aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasonings. Surveys conducted by a number of member states revealed that supplement products and ingredients which did not appear on the 'positive' list' had been irradiated.
Many EU members remain opposed to any extension of the list but there is little regulatory harmony between member states. Belgium, France, the Netherlands and the UK allow the irradiation of some other foods in addition to those on the EU 'positive list', but Denmark, Germany and Luxembourg are opposed.
The technology has been more widely adopted in the USA, Thailand and France but consumer acceptance is slow. Globally, only about 50 countries have approved the use of irradiation for about 60 food products.
AUSTRALIA is considering banning imports of kava kava (piper methysticum) to stop its over-use in remote aboriginal settlements. Originally introduced into indigenous areas to try to combat rising levels of alcohol abuse, extract of kava is widely used for ceremonial and recreational purposes in Pacific Islands such as Fiji, Vanatu and Tonga, where it induces a feeling of well-being but may also make users comatose. However, health officials have now me concerned that over-use of kava kava is the cause of weight loss, liver damage and psychiatric illness in the aboriginal population.
SAW palmetto, the herb associated with relief for prostate problems, has run foul of the authorities in Denmark. They have withdrawn it from the food supplements market on the grounds that the herb is a "novel food ingredient" – IE a food or food ingredient that was not been used for human consumption in the EU prior to 1997. However, according to data from the European Federation of Associations of Health Product Manufacturers (EHPM), saw palmetto was on the market in the EU as a food supplement prior to May 1997, and therefore should not be classified as a novel food ingredient. EHPM members have been requested to provide urgent documentary proof to this effect.
TRADE VERSUS SCIENCE ON G.M.Os.
A World Trade Organisation Dispute Panel has agreed on a preliminary ruling that EU approval of Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) legislation and its subsequent de facto moratorium was in breach of international trade regulations.
The final ruling, if confirmed, would set an important precedent in situations when EU legislation amounts to a trade barrier. It could, for instance, be relevant to the adoption of future EU legislation on maximum levels for food supplements in relation to the impact on trade from third world countries. If levels are adopted as a result of political agreement between member states as opposed to being based on scientific evidence and result in low levels being set, third world countries with higher levels based on scientific evidence could, under WTO rules, challenge EU legislation.
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Everyone has their own path to take to learning this stuff, I suppose. But still... Tips?
I've only done a few race. I've read the books. I suppose the SOP is "Enter as wide as you can, cut close, then go wide exiting if you have to." Close?
I did the wonderful, muddy Mad Anthony CX race in Detroit yesterday and I kept screwing up the tight typical turns. I thought I was entering wide and cutting close but then I'd t-bone the tape exiting and nearly stop then have to go my speed up again. I wasn't even doing 'cross! It was frustrating. Especially if it was a downhill offcamber -- to get going again after hitting the tape was a pain. (I still was first Old Guy in the Cat 5's! ...Learning!)
I love the slippery stuff, but I just wasn't doing it right.
Interestingly, our 3 local top dudes didn't fare so well at this venue in such muddy conditions. They're used to the podium. It kinda makes me think that maybe we just don't have enough "cross turns" on our local training ground so we're all short on practice. Well, they do well at all the other races, so maybe it was the mud. We've had a dry season so far. ...Practice makes perfect! Now, nobody has had much mud time yet, but the other guys might've had a homefield advantage.
Also, I wonder if some of it was the bike. I hate an excuse, but... I'm using a roadbike with 28mm green Vittoria Tigre tubies. They seemed like GREAT tires to me but maybe they limit the cornering? Actually, I could see maybe narrow sparse-knob tires rockin' the muddy twisties. What's the word? I haven't compared 'em to anything else since they're all that'll "fit" my bike. (1mm clearance but it was also raining so the mud didn't build up -- hooray!)


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My husband acts like he's pregnant. How should I handle it?
My husband is moody, has food cravings, and can't get off the couch -- I feel like he's pregnant! I'm supposed to be on bedrest, but unless I cook, clean, organize, and get the baby's room ready, nothing happens. My husband's really excited about our baby, but he's getting more and more dysfunctional as my due date approaches. Help!
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This is precisely why you shouldn't marry a momma's boy. If your husband-to-be has always lived with mom and never had to iron, do laundry, dishes, cleaning..etc, chances are he won't do chores once you are married. He'll just expect the same arrangement to continue that his mom has always carried out. All ladies out there: Steer clear of men who have been raised this way. Find a self-sufficient guy who has been living on his own. Check out his house/apartment/kitchen/bathroom/refrigerator, etc. Get him to cook you a home-cooked meal, etc. If he doesn't pass these tests, don't commit yourself to him. You will just become a doormat/cleaning lady, etc.posted 04/28/2004 by a BabyCenter Member
I'm not sure if all men are the same. My second pregnancy my husband didn't help with anything. He was very excited about the baby. It was like he lost all his energy and I was bouncing off the walls. But, when it was drawing near to having her, he got this outrageous spurt of life and was cooking and cleaning. The day before bring her home, he went to the house and cleaned it from top to bottom. I mean scrubbed walls and all. Now I'm on my third pregnancy and he is sick as a dog. Can't breath out his nose, coughing, sleepy, gagging you name it. So I wouldn't worry too much, it's just hitting him hard right now.posted 06/25/2010 by love_bab
My husband is doing something different. He is cleaning the house everyday to where it is absolutely spotless. On top of it all he is reading all the books, has a list of things to pack for the hospital, constantly calls me when he is at work, and has even started prepping the baby's room. And here is the funny part im only 6 weeks. He acts as if baby will be here tomorrow. Should I be worried about him especially since i have had miscarriages before.posted 10/06/2010 by a BabyCenter Member
A few years ago my hubby and I were seperated and in the process of a divorce for most of the things listed above. We didn't have children nor were any in sight. So...when we decided we only wanted each other but still had the living situation problems we made a plan. We don't ask each other to do anything. If I was upset he had used all of the dishes and the kitchen was a mess (he likes to cook and I'm more of a popcorn girl) I'd leave it. If I wanted a dish, I'd clean one. If I wanted clothes, I'd wash mine. I know this sounds so entirely selfish but it got us to where we are now. Neither of us liked living like that, we hated it. He broke and eventually said he'd do the kitchen and dishes if I did laundry. The rest of the house if one of us starts to clean we both jump in. Long gone are the days of resentment and spite for each other. Now that I'm preggo (9 weeks and sick all the time) he helps pick up my ever increasing slack however, before he wouldn't have even considered it.posted 10/12/2010 by jasperdee
You all have got to get your fellas on track! You are not the only person who dirties the dishes or the laundry are you? No! So you shouldn't be taking all of the responsibility. I understand that men sometimes act like their pregnant partner, my husband is no exception to that, he's gained much much more weight than I have but he still helps around the house, more than he did when I wasn't pregnant. It's about respect and caring for the person you have chosen to spend the rest of your life with.posted 10/26/2009 by DanielleGoodwin
I'm 16 weeks pregnant and my husband is being totally selfish. This is our first. We are always crabby at eachother. He doesn't help me out much with the house work (we also just moved into a new house, I did most of the moving!!) All he wants to do is eat his pizza and play video games! (He works full time and I work almost full time) I feel like he is worse than a chid! I am getting so stressed out. He never seems to care about me being pregnant and I try to ask how he feels and he never gives me an answer, then I usually end up crabbier and spouting about how he doesn't talk to me. HELP! Is there any advise? Anything I can do?? I am getting desperate!posted 09/28/2006 by cudagirl4u
Hi Laurie, This might be the reason of your husband's love for you.He might have been doing things exactly the same way you do, before your pregnancy and now the same might be continuing.The better solution might be to talk with him personally in a really pleasing way, about how you want him to take care of you and most especially the baby . bye. Take care,posted 04/26/2004 by Dolly8_2004
As a husband, I'd say remind him by sitting down (the more dramatically the better), and taking a load off your feet. Comment briefly on an ache or thirst, and ask him to assist you in getting comfortable by getting water, food, heat wrap microwaved, etc.. If he balks, look at his belly, look at yours. If that doesn't shame him, you've got a bigger problem than this forum can resolve. Hopefully, once you get him into a helping mode, he's much more likely to keep going, and then is primed and ready for being sweetly assigned the big chores.posted 04/26/2004 by a BabyCenter Member
I didn't know I was pregnant but my boyfriend insisted before I knew. He has 3 others and he said he knew I was because his body changed. He started and still does sleep much more than me, he has the mood swings, the appetite, gets up and goes to the bathroom several times during the night (he said because he drinks lots of fluids thought the day), one day while at work he stomach was really upset and he felt nauseous. I was eating sweet pickles but he not only ate some too but also drank the juice...and I must reiterate his mood swings and high sex drive. We had a huge argument which prompted me to take the home preggo test. So yep he and his body knew. I have very few symptoms. I'm just waiting on him to mention sore breast and nipples LOLposted 12/30/2012 by a BabyCenter Member
OK LADIES,I WROTE SOMETHING THE OTHER DAY AND WAS HOPEING FOR A RESPONCE, BUT I DONT REALLY THINK ANYONE REALY UNDERSTOOD WHAT I WAS SAYING.THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE THESE HUSBANDS/BF WHO WINE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT YOU BEING PREGNET,TIRED AND WHAT NOT,PLEASE UNDERSTAND AT LEAST YOU HAVE GOT YOUR BABYS FATHER STILL IN YOUR LIFE, AND DIDNT HAVE TO PUT UP WITH WHAT I DID. EITHER WAY I LOOKED AT IT IT WAS A ON GOING LOSING BATTLE FOR ME. NO ONE DESERVES TO BE TREATED LIKE I DID. AND IT WASNT EASY FOR ME TO LEAVE LIKE I DID. I WAS THINKING OF OUR BABY AND NOT MYSELF ,THE WELL BEING OF MY UNBORN CHILD.I TOOK WHAT I COULD WITH ME AND TO TELL YOU ME LEAVING KINDA MADE IT WORSE I WENT FROM ONE ABUSE TO ANOTHER AND THAT WAS AT THE JULIAN CENTER FOR BATTERED WOMEN. ESPECIALY BEING PREGNET AND SO WEAK LIKE I WAS,SO LADIES SERIOULSLY THINK ABOUT WHAT I AM SAYING YOU HAVE IT PRETTY GOOD COMPARED TO ME. OK SO QUIT ALL THE WINING AND THANK GOD YOU GOT A FATHER FOR YOUR CHILD. I TRIED TO SAVE WHAT WE HAD BUT NOTHING I DID TO TRY AND MAKE IT BETTER ONLY MADE IT WORSE.AND I DID TRY SOME DAYS TO KEEP THE HOUSE CLEAN AND TAKE CARE OF HIS DAUGHTER GIVEING HER A BATH, TRYING TO GO OUTSIDE TO TEACH HER HOW TO RIDE HER BIKE WITH OUT TRAINING WHEELS, AND I FAILED I GUESS AS A STEPMOTHER OH WELL, NOW I GOT A BUNDLE OF JOY INSIDE ME WANTING TO COME OUT SOONER THAN WE THINK AS OF YESTERDAY.TRY AND SEE IT FROM MY POINT OF VIEW,NOT COMING DOWN ON YOU JUST IT UPSETS ME TO HEAR YOU WOMEN TALKING THE WAY YOU ARE ABOUT THE FATHERS OF YOUR UNBORN BABYS LAST BUT NOT LEAST, HUGG THEM AND TELL THEM YOU LOVE THEM AND TRY TO GET THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE BABY YOU ARE CARING FOR THEM IS ALOT OF WORK AND CAN BE PAINFUL AT TIMES, AND THAT YOU ARE DOING THE BEST YOU CAN.DONT END UP LIKE ME AND LEAVE THEM ,STRESS YOURSELF OUT AND NOT HAVE HIM IN YOUR BABYS LIFE.OK ONCE THAT BABY COMES THEY WILL FALL EVEN MORE IN LOVE WITH YOU AND YOUR BABY AND THEY JUST MIGHT SAY TO THEMSELVES DAM,WAS I REALLY A JERK TO YOU LIKE THAT OR EVEN BETTER, VIDIO TAPE THEM WHEN THEY DONT KNOW IT SO AFTER BABY IS HERE TELL THEM YOU WANT TO SHOW THEM SOMETHING,I DONT KNOW BUT GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU firstname.lastname@example.com 05/06/2004 by bbwomen
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Video: 11pm: Accused cop killer charged with 5th murder
Tampa, Florida -- Tampa detectives have charged a man already accused of killing four men -- including two police officers -- with a fifth murder.
Dontae Morris is charged with shooting and killing 42-year-old Rodney Jones as the victim left the Cotton Club on May 31, 2010.
Morris was allegedly one of two men who approached Jones early that morning and demanded money. Jones was then shot and killed.
Detectives identified Morris as the gunman through text messages and witness statements. The arrest of the second suspect involved is pending.
Morris is believed to have committed a deadly crime spree through May and June of 2010. He is accused of shooting Derek Anderson on May 18, and also killing Harold Wright on June 8. The motive for both murders is robbery.
On June 29, Morris allegedly shot and killed Tampa Officers David Curtis and Jeffrey Kocab during a traffic stop on June 29. He was apprehended a week later.
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White Chocolate Macadamia Cheesecake
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1-1/2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
1/3 cup melted butter or margarine
5 pkg. (8 oz. each) Cream Cheese, room temperature
1 cup sugar
3 Tbsp. flour
1 Tbsp. vanilla
8 oz. white chocolate, melted and cooled
1 cup Sour Cream
3 eggs, room temperature
1/2 cup (or more if you like) chopped macadamia nuts
How to make it
Preheat oven to 350°F if using a silver 9-inch springform pan (or to 325°F if using a dark nonstick 9-inch springform pan).
Beat cream cheese, 1 cup sugar, the flour and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add melted chocolate and sour cream; mix well. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended. Fold in macadamia nuts. Pour over crust.
Bake 1 hour 5 min. to 1 hour 10 min. or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim of pan. Top with your chocice of chocolate ganache. Refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight.
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text: 09 May 2012 Mouser now stocking TI's SimpleLink evaluation module kit Mouser now stocking TI's SimpleLink evaluation module kit Global electronics distributor Mouser has announced the immediate availability of Texas Instruments' SimpleLink WiFi CC3000 FRAM evaluation module kit. The company is also stocking a range of TI's motor control solutions, including a dual H bridge driver capable of driving two dc motors or one stepper motor. The SimpleLink evaluation kit is a full turnkey WiFi evaluation and demonstration tool for TI's MSP430 FRAM microcontrollers and SimpleLink WiFi CC3000 solution, which allows developers to easily add WiFi to low cost embedded products. The platform is said to come with all the necessary hardware and software for users to get started quickly, and includes an LS Research TiWi-SL Module and evaluation module board, along with an MSP430 FRAM Experimenter Board. The DRV8843 is a dual H-bridge driver optmised to drive two dc motors or one stepper motor. The output block of each driver consists of N channel power mosfets configured as H bridges that are able to supply up to 2.5A peak or 1.75A RMS output current. It is available in a thermally enhanced 28pin HTSSOP package and is targeted at applications such as robotics, factory automation and office machines. Author Laura Hopperton Comment on this article Websites http://uk.mouser.com/ Companies Mouser ElectronicsTexas Instruments Deutschland This material is protected by MA Business copyright See Terms and Conditions. One-off usage is permitted but bulk copying is not. For multiple copies contact the sales team. Enjoy this story? People who read this article also read... Alternative back-up power With outdoor events like concerts, events and festivals now ... Read Article NIDays 2013 NIDays is a technical conference designed specifically for ... Read Article Southern Manufacturing This year, Southern Manufacturing and Electronics is set to be ... Read Article Microcontrollers deliver ... Microchip has launched what it describes as the 'world's lowest ... Read Article What you think about this article: Add your comments Name Email Comments Your comments/feedback may be edited prior to publishing. Not all entries will be published. Please view our Terms and Conditions before leaving a comment.


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UNITED STATES—If you truly think about it, as a culture much has not changed in the centuries since we've existed. There are two types of people in this world: those that are flashy and those who are more subtle. If you got it why not flaunt it, if you don't have it so what? That's a common dilemma we have to face.
It's particularly a big issue for children in my opinion, as kids can be quite cruel. Those who do not have can sometimes be the butt of massive jokes which is a travesty. The problem is those kids that do have the fancy items have no trouble throwing it in other people's faces.
So what's the problem? We create a sub-culture where people are constantly trying to keep up with others. By having that flashy item you become a part of that elite group. Then again, being overly flashy can be a massive problem. You can come across to people as conceited and unaware that not everyone can live in the luxury that they do. It's also important to know that being overly flashy can attract bad things your way.
If someone notices something that you have that they perhaps want, you can become the target of a crime. Celebs can get away with wearing flashy items; heck they have security around them for protection. For the everyday person, that's not always the case. Venturing into the wrong place at the wrong time can turn you into a victim of a crime. This is not to argue that every celebrity engages in such debauchery, it's those that perhaps don't know any better. There are some celebs who present themselves like the everyday citizen and you'd never know they have millions. They don't care to gloat; if anything they want to fit in just like everyone else.
Now, let's transition our discussion to the issue of subtlety. We've all been told time and time again that the best type of flattery is to not be noticed at all. It's difficult for some of us to grasp with that concept, but it does make sense to me. You can be "˜noticed' without really being NOTICED. Those who try their utmost best to be seen, end up making themselves look like a buffoon.
You can showcase that you have class, that you're intelligent that you have money without blatantly stating it. Not stating the obvious makes it difficult for people to read a person, more importantly you can't judge a book by its cover. Just imagine if we lived in a nation where no one overly showcased the expensive items in their repertoire, we could all be judged equally, we wouldn't be able to discriminate against each other based on valuables; we all have the same things.
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Goodyear Ballpark
Map and Directions to Goodyear Ballpark
Goodyear Ballpark opened in February 2009 for Spring Training Baseball. It is located in Goodyear, Arizona, adjacent to the Phoenix Goodyear Airport and not far from Phoenix International Raceway. It is southwest of Phoenix. Goodyear Ballpark is the home stadium of the Cleveland Indians and the Cincinnati Reds for Cactus League Baseball.
Goodyear Ballpark address:
1933 S. Ballpark Way
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Mitt Romney won the primaries in New York, Delaware, Connecticut Pennsylvania and Rhode Island on Tuesday, granting the candidate an opportunity to handle unfinished business as he pivots his attention toward the general election.
The former Massachusetts governor faced no meaningful opposition in Connecticut, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, or Rhode Island and is expected to win the vast majority, if not all, of the 222 delegates up for grabs in his bid to formalize the GOP nomination.
Major Republican figures have begun to rally around Romney and offer their endorsements, but he must still work toward winning the 1,144 delegates needed to formally secure the nomination.
According to Associated Press projections, heading into Tuesday's contests, Romney has already secured 698 delegates -- putting him on pace toward crossing the threshold in late May or early June.
Romney has continued to heed primary voters' concerns, appearing in Pennsylvania on Monday alongside Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a conservative darling, before the Keystone State's Tuesday primary.
But the former Massachusetts governor has also begun the work of pivoting in style and substance toward the general election, where a grueling matchup against President Barack Obama looms.
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We have given you amazing short films in the past and so we are back with yet another interesting flick for you only this time, we aren't going to present to you the entire film but just the trailer that we stumbled upon a couple of hours ago. The Bloody Game II is the second short film in the series.
The story revolves around four gangsters Raj , Vicky , Aman and Pash. Four of them are friends for life and have been so for quite some while. Aman loves Tania and proposes her for marriage but as one would expect, a gangster never ever had a simple love story. Tania loves her the same just that she wants him to be on the right side of things, to lead a life the right way. There is nothing in the world that can change a person than love for a girl. Tania is able to convince Aman to leave the life that had nothing but death in the end, running away from the cops and leading a life in fear. He meets up with his gang members and after a lot of discussion and a number of quarrels he is finally able to convince all of them to lead a life on the right path leaving the past behind. But there always is a twist involved, what that is, remains to be seen!
So here is the trailer of the short film
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white/yellow spots on betta front fin.
My betta has got some sport of yellow/white spots on both of it front fins, plus my ghost shrimp all seem sick and a few died. I was feeding blackworms to the fish, maybe i fed to many and some had bacteria or something on them? there are still some worms living in the tank. any ideas on what to do? or what it is?
Heres a pic, look at the front fins,
I can see any spots, but if they white they are probably ich. Suck up the worms in the tank so they they dont die and foul the water. Spend some time googling what it might be. That has really help me with problems in the past :)
Hope your fish is better soon. As for the shrimp I cant really help you, hope fully some one else can though.
I would definitely vaccuum those worms out of there.
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