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Guys! We recently moved the blog to a new address: http://www.beginninginthemiddle.net. All of the fun stuff from our old blog address (www.beginninginthemiddleblog.wordpress.com) has been transferred over to the new site, including followers, but we'll keep the old site active just in case you forget. All of our new posts from here on out will be on our new site. Hope to see you over there soon!
23 DIY Home Projects for $50 or Less
I had to share this little article from Better Homes & Gardens – it has some great ideas for low cost, high impact home projects. Happy brainstorming!
23 DIY Home Projects for $50 or Less
Before and After: $387 Budget Kitchen Update
Well folks, we've finished our kitchen mini-update which means it's time for some before & after photos! In our last two posts, we shared how we updated the cabinets and added a backsplash. We also swapped out the old ivory switch plates for new metal ones, which made a huge difference. We went with the Style Selections brand at Lowe's because it was the least expensive, but still looked nice.
All in all, here's what we spent on the project:
Cabinet Update – $113
Marble Backsplash – $244
Replace Switch Plates – $30
Total Cost: $387
I know we talked about doing the floor with these tiles, but realized it would be a lot more work than we expected. Since the kitchen floor extends under our fridge and washer/dryer, we would need to disconnect and move them in order to access those areas with the new tile. We didn't have the time to do that this time around with renters coming and going, and just didn't want to deal with the hassle.
So, with that being said, here's what the kitchen looked like before:
And here's what it looks like now!
We love it. We don't even mind the white appliances or the plain white countertops anymore! If we decide to get adventurous again, we'll do DIY concrete countertops (like these) and tile the floor. And maybe replace the appliances. But for now, we're happy with the way our mini-update looks… especially since it cost under $400 to do!
On another note, we have some news to share in the next week or so. No we're not having a baby. But it's still pretty exciting!
To Doggy Heaven We Go
As many of you know, we lost our pup, Baci, last week. He wasn't even 4 years old.
It all started less than 2 weeks ago with him being a little lethargic. It progressed into him not wanting to eat or drink for a few days. Not even treats. We knew something was up, so we brought him to the vet and they gave him some special food for upset stomach, and some pills to take. He didn't want to eat the pills or the food, so we brought him in again a few days later so they could give him the meds through an IV. The doc said if it was a stomach ache, he would start to feel better within a few hours.
Well, that didn't happen, so I left work early and brought him back the following afternoon. The vet recommended we go to the ER so we could get blood work done. We took him right away. The doc at the ER wanted us to leave him there overnight so he could be hooked up to an IV and stay hydrated. I went home, thinking it wasn't anything serious. We got a call a few hours later, and found out the reason he wasn't eating or drinking was because he was in severe kidney failure. The doc said that the unfortunate thing about kidney failure is that dogs don't show any symptoms until their kidneys are 75% or more damaged, at which point it is hard for them to ever fully recover. It's called "the silent killer".
The first question I asked was will he die. And the doc paused… and said most likely, yes. She said that we had two options: put him to sleep, or pay $10k to aggressively treat him and do surgery to find out what was causing it. He would need to be in the hospital for at least a few days, maybe weeks. She said that even with all of the treatment available, there was a 90+ percent chance he would not make it past a few months. Worst case scenario, it would be kidney disease and he would not last more than a few weeks after treatment. Best case scenario, it would be an infection and he could live another 1-2 years tops, but would not be the same dog because he would be living with damaged kidneys. We wouldn't be able to find out exactly what was causing the kidney failure and what his prognosis was until we put him through all of that surgery and treatment and hospitalization. There was also a large chance that his body wouldn't be able to withstand all of that. It was the worst decision we've ever had to make, but we knew what we had to do. We cried. And cried. And cried.
It broke our hearts to think that our little Baci was going through all of this. He was completely normal just 2 weeks ago, playing with toys and chasing squirrels and barking at street noise and begging for treats and supervising home improvement projects. We knew he would die someday, but not this young and this suddenly. We got Baci when we first got engaged almost 4 years ago. He's been with us through our whole relationship, and was always so loyal. He made us smile every single day. He wasn't perfect, but he was perfect for us.
Baci, we hope you're having fun in doggy heaven, chasing squirrels and eating treats and going on nature walks and sitting in shopping carts and watching birds all day long. You'll never have to get your ears cleaned or take a bath ever again! And you can get doggy hair EVERYWHERE and no one will care. We'll never forget you, buddy!
It's All About the Backsplash, Baby
Welcome back, friends!
Last week, we started our kitchen update project by painting the cabinets white and adding hardware. Since then, we've finished the second phase of our project: the backsplash! We weren't originally going to do one, but when we discovered that these pretty marble mosaic tiles were almost 50% off, we took it as a sign from the DIY gods to go for it.
I will admit, I was hesitant about getting this tile because of the pineapple/brown color in it. I really wanted carrera marble, but Bryan was in love with this one and was convinced that it would look fantastic. It didn't help my case that the one I wanted cost twice as much. So I lost that battle, and we took a chance.
We've done tiling in our guest bathroom and our powder room (which we're still working on, PS), so we knew what we were getting ourselves into. We also knew what tools and extra materials to get so we could budget accordingly.
Here's what we purchased to get the job done:
36 sq. ft. of marble mosaic tile – $204.50
Tile adhesive – $13
1/4″ trowel to spread adhesive – $3
1/2 gallon of white premixed grout – $17
Grout sponge with haze remover – $2.50
9×4 rubber grout float – $4
Total cost: $244
Before we started tiling, we decided to rip off the white Formica backsplash that was there so we could go all the way down to the counter with the new tiles. This is what it looked like before we took it off (so happy it's gone!)
Once that was done, we started adhering the tiles to the wall. Bryan applied the adhesive directly to the back of each tile with the trough. The tiny little tiles made it easy to adjust them to fit between the cabinets and the counters.
To get around the outlets, we measured the distance from the counter to the bottom and top sides of the outlet. Then we measured the distance from the end of the adjacent tile to the left and right sides of the outlet. We applied those exact same measurements to the tile itself, so we would know where to cut the hole.
After we got all of the tiles up on the wall, we let them dry for a few hours before grouting. Since the cracks were so tiny, we really didn't need that much grout at all. We have over half of our 1/2 gallon container left!
After applying the grout, we let it dry for about 10 minutes before wiping it off with the haze sponge. The haze sponge got all of the grout off much quicker and easier than a regular sponge.
This is what the area above the sink looked like after we wiped off all of the excess grout. So shiny!
Remember what that same spot looked like before the new backsplash?
Here's what the area above the stove looks like before & after the backsplash and updated cabinets.
So much better, don't you think?
Full kitchen reveal is coming next – can't wait to share!
How We Ditched Our Dated Cabinets for $113
If you've seen our home tour, you know that our kitchen is one of the only rooms we haven't touched since we moved in. It's also the room that we've been wanting to change the most, but we've been trying to balance time in our house between renters (we explained here how we've been renting it out as a vacation rental), money in the bank, and quick-ish return on investment.
Here's what we've been working with. Brown '90s cabinets, white appliances, and lovely laminate floors (our favorite). B-E-A-UUUTIFUL!
Bryan and I would have loved to gut this kitchen and start from scratch, but that just wasn't going to happen. We figured we'll take one thing at a time, starting with what would give us the biggest bang for our buck: painting the cabinets.
We've been stashing photos of kitchen remodels on Pinterest and Houzz for the past few months, just in case the day would ever come for us to make moves. We both like the look of bright, white cabinets with a neutral backsplash, dark floors, and light countertops, like this beauty:
… Someday….
In the meantime, we used this photo as inspiration to paint the cabinets white.
We made a few trips to Lowe's to gather supplies for the project. All in all, we spent $113! Not too shabby, if I do say so myself.
Cost Breakdown:
1 Gallon of Valspar Ultra White – $23
2 Foam Rollers (2″ and 6″) & Paint Trays – $10
2 Cans of white, oil-based primer – $12
Chrome knobs for upper cabinets (1 pack of 10 for $15 + 3 individuals)- $24
Chrome handles for base cabinets (1 pack of 10 on clearance for $30 + 2 individuals) – $42
Paint brush – $2
Tarp (had it)
Drill/screwdriver(s) for removing cabinet doors (had it)
Once we had everything in place, we got to work and followed these steps:
1. Remove all doors and drawers from the base cabinets.
We split up the job by doing all of the base cabinets from start to finish before starting the upper cabinets. By focusing on just the base cabinets first, it made the project feel less overwhelming. It also helped with space management, since we didn't have a ton of space to lay out all of our cabinet doors and drawers at the same time.
2. Clean.
We cleaned the base cabinets, doors, and drawers really, really, really well. We used standard household cleaners to remove all of the grease and dirt. It took several rounds of cleaning to get everything off. After that, we went over all of them again with a wet paper towel to remove any residue that was left from the cleaning products, and let them dry.
3. Prime.
I read lots of different articles about whether to sand or not to sand before priming. Some sources say you must do it; other sources say primer is sufficient. Since our cabinets weren't very glossy, we took our chances and skipped the sanding. We used a Kilz oil-based primer spray from Lowe's that one of the guys recommended, and let it dry for about an hour.
4. Paint.
We used both the 2″ and 6″ rollers for the job. The 2″ came in handy for the trim on the face of the doors, the sides, and the areas on the base cabinets in between the doors and drawers. The 6″ was perfect for the face of the doors and drawers, and the larger areas of the base cabinets. The rollers we used were perfect – foam is definitely the way to go. We also used the paint brush to get into the cracks on the edge of the trim, and then went over it again with the roller to smooth it out. We gave each door 2-3 coats of paint to make sure everything was fully covered. After we were all done, we let everything dry overnight.
Quick tip: Instead of painting the front and sides of each door at once, try painting all of the fronts first and let those dry. Then paint all of the sides (1 or 2 at a time) and let those dry. Tackling them in sections makes it easier to turn the doors and pick them up without getting paint all over your hands. Also, if you have two horses or paint buckets or crates that you can lay the cabinet doors on, it makes it easier to get to the edges than propping them up yourself!
5. Re-attach doors to the base cabinets.
After both the base cabinets and the doors/drawers were dry, we put them all back where they belonged. Once they were in place, we touched up the doors and let them dry before putting on the hardware.
6. Install hardware.
We used a measuring tape to get to the right location of each drawer and door, and marked the spot. We used a drill to make holes where the spots were marked, and then screwed in the hardware.
7. Repeat steps 1-5 for the upper cabinets.
Nothing more to it! The cabinets took us a few days to finish because we both had to work. If we didn't, I feel like we could have had it all done in a day or two.
While we were in the middle of our project, we stopped over at a discount tile & floor outlet here in Columbus. Just to look. Kind of. They happened to be having a clearance event, and we found the perfect marble mosaic tile for a half off ($5.99/sq ft)! So, we caved and got it for a backsplash.
We also have our eyes on these dark gray porcelain tiles ($1.76/sq ft) for the floor! This is what they would look like:
We can't wait to share more on our budget kitchen makeover, including our full reveal photos. So stay tuned!


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Lately, I've been growing rather tired of my current bag (a squarish backpack originally designed for carrying foam-lined miniature cases) and have been going over the options available for carrying stuff around.
I'm looking for a bag which is large enough to carry dead hookers, while usuable enough for daily transport and grocery-getting. While not a bike messenger, I do find myself regularly (multiple times a week) carrying large quantites of packages and envelopes to the local FedEx or USPS, and would like to use the same bag for both pack-muling and carrying a change of clothes and laptop on my work commute.
Now, I have looked at dozens of manufacturers and tons of different bag designs, and while I've seen stuff I really like (PAC Designs stuff looks awesome... and awesomely expensive), I think I've narrowed it down to these two...
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Both bags are pretty massive, have comfortable-looking strap systems, and come with lifetime warranties, but the question is... which one? Hopefully, someone here has used/tried both and can help me make my decision.
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A former president of East County Little League pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree theft for embezzling more than $9,000 from the league by writing checks to herself between 2009 and 2010.
Kimberly A. Dimes-Garner, 41, of Washougal will be sentenced Sept. 6. Prosecutors plan to recommend a 30-day sentence for Dimes-Garner to serve on a jail work crew.
Clark County Superior Court Judge Scott Collier said he would decide whether to impose that punishment in September, once he saw the amount of money Dimes-Garner had paid in restitution.
Collier said he wanted to make sure Dimes-Garner would be held accountable.
"When you do this, the kids
are victims. The parents are victims," Collier said. "There are a whole field of victims."
According to court documents, Dimes-Garner, the league's president between 2008 and 2010, allegedly wrote 60 checks to herself from the league's checkbook, which were then deposited into her personal bank accounts.
The alleged embezzlement occurred between September 2009 and October 2010.
The league was alerted to the missing money in spring 2010 when a new board of directors came in; a board member notified the Clark County Sheriff's Office in November 2010.
Dimes-Garner's attorney, Mary Gaffney, said her client was a single mom with an 11-year-old who was simply trying to make ends meet. The thefts weren't a result of a drug addiction or alcoholism.
"She did this to live," Gaffney said.
Court documents show Dimes-Garner incurred insufficient funds charges to her bank accounts on a regular basis and that she spent as much as $1,500 a month in excess of her legitimate monthly income.
She told the judge that she now works as a construction journeyman, with a job that wraps up in August, so she can begin work crew in September. She said she hopes to pay $1,000 each month in restitution to the Little League.
"I hope to do that until it's completely paid back," Dimes-Garner said.


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Boyz And A Hood - Adding Custom Work to that Car HoodWritten by on February 24, 2004 Contributors: Troy Ladd We Learn How to Peak a Hood...the Hard Way
In case you haven't figured it out by now, here at R&C we dig traditional customs. Sure, those whiz-bang, super-smooth-rolling tributes to fiberglass and billet aluminum are cool, but in our book (or magazine, as the case may be) nothing beats a cool custom cruiser with all the right styling cues. In most cases that means a shaved body, frenched headlights, lowered suspension, a chopped top, and of course, a peaked hood. Over the course of the past year we've covered how to chop your own top, the right way to drop suspension, and even how to make your headlights frenchier than the crispiest fry, so we thought it was about time to tackle one of the more difficult tasks in the customizing realm, adding a nice body line peak to a perfectly good (and flat) hood. As luck would have it, Troy Ladd and Ryan Rivers of Hollywood Hot Rods in Burbank, California, were performing just such an operation. While both men are talented fabricators with loads of bodywork experience, neither had actually peaked a hood before, which added an interesting wrinkle to the tale.
Our victim was a relatively stock early-'50s Chevrolet, which any Bow Tie aficionado will tell you has a hood flatter than a Waffle House flapjack. Early customizers added a raised line running down the length of the hood that matches the break in the windshield and the body line in the roof for extra eye candy, a trick they borrowed from the more premium automakers like Cadillac. Of course, you can't simply pound the line into the middle of the hood, as that would deform the entire unit, so a different tactic has to be taken. Unlike most car magazine "how to" stories, which edit out the learning curve and dish up the streamlined finished product in a few easy-to-follow steps that usually aren't all that easy to replicate, we decided to include a few of the "learning experiences" we went through on the way to a perfectly finished piece of masterful metalwork. We'll show you our first (and relatively successful, but not perfect) attempt, then move on to a more refined way to accomplish the task.
This job requires moderate skill to accomplish, as you need a few metalworking tools, as well as patience and the ability to weld thin sheetmetal. Read the entire article before running out to the garage with a Sawzall in hand, and spend as much time measuring and planning as possible before attempting to cut your hood in half. With that disclaimer out of the way, let's get to the nitty gritty stuff.
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In our experimentation phase, the first thing Ryan tried was bending a piece of mild steel into a 60-degree angle on the brake, which he would then finesse into the perfect peak shape.Here you can see the sample piece after it has been bent, and it's far too big to make a proper line in the hood, not to mention it would be difficult to blend in properly.Ryan's solution was to make a buck out of a piece of wood, with the correct angle cut out to accommodate the bent steel and radiused corners, that would allow the edges of the steel to spread flat, forming a more gradual transition.Using a planishing hammer, the edges of the metal were worked and spread in the buck to create a more gradual transition into the peak.Next, Ryan welded the peak onto the hood. It looked fine to our novice eyes, but Ryan wasn't happy with the net result. Besides the fact that the peak was too sharp, slight warping occurred.The decision was made to remove the new metal from the hood, which was done with tin snips. As soon as the peak was gone, the warping disappeared. It was time for Plan B.Ryan felt that a larger piece of metal would allow for a shallower angle, as well as more space to allow for cooling and prevent warping. In applications like this the best metal to use is cold-rolled 18-gauge steel, since it's thick enough to maintain its shape after being worked on, but still thin enough to be pliable. The cold rolling is necessary because it keeps the metal workable, as opposed to steel that has been stamped or poured which can be brittle.
The same basic technique was applied, once again, to the larger piece of steel, with about a 90-degree bend put into the metal with the brake.Ryan used the same wood buck to form the bottom curve of the peak, only this time the base is much wider, cut to the same width as the gap in the hood.Keeping the tack-welds evenly spaced with lots of time to cool between passes prevented warping, and after enough passes the entire space will be filled up with small welds, which can then be ground smooth. Notice the nice point Ryan finished the peak off with.Ryan ground the welds smooth slowly and evenly with a small grinder, making sure to take long, light passes with plenty of cooling time.Next it was time to "nose" the car, by removing the holes in the hood where the emblem once resided. Small pieces of steel were patched-in and ground smooth.By utilizing this method, the peak remains straight as an arrow, as opposed to building up a peak with a welding rod and lots of welding, the way some people do it.


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Canadian boxer Troy Ross to fight in final of The Contender reality show
Troy Ross is poised to make his name in boxing without even winning an Olympic medal or a world championship belt.
The 33-year-old cruiserweight from Toronto has reached the final of ''The Contender,'' a boxing-based reality TV show in its fourth season on the Versus network in the United States.
Ross (20-1) and Ehinomen (Hino) Ehikhamenor (15-3) of Nigeria face off Wednesday night at the Foxwoods casino in Mashantucket, Conn.
They are the last men standing out of 16 cruiserweights who spent six weeks living together and fighting five-round bouts against each other in Singapore leading up to the final. It was all on film, in and out of the ring, as the show's producers tried to show the human side as well as the boxing skills of the 200-pound pugilists.
''It's probably a feeling I'll never have again,'' Ross said this week. ''We took so much out of being together.
''Even if we fight each other, we still stick together. It's different. Usually you don't know your opponent too well. We spent nearly two months together. That makes it a better fight because you never want to lose to a friend.''
Both fighters were stumbling along in their pro careers when ''The Contender'' opted to feature the cruiserweights.
Dozens applied, but Ross's Montreal-based promoter, Groupe Yvon Michel, contacted the producers and helped get their fighter on the show.
''It's not only his boxing, but with his personality and intelligence, everybody loves him,'' said Michel. ''I told him that if he wins, he'll be a star.
''It's as important, or even more important, than winning a world championship. Doors will open up for him.''
Ross, who won the Commonwealth title in 2007, said the experience has already boosted his image.
''It'll be like going back to the Olympics and winning a gold medal,'' said Ross, who reached the quarter-finals in the 1996 Games and the third round in 2000. ''In fact, the whole situation at 'The Contender' is like the Olympics.
''There's a lot of exposure from every fight and that's what you want as a fighter. People go to see you perform. It's entertainment. It's also like the Olympics because we had 16 guys in a house and every week, one went home.''
The fortunes of past winners of the show have been mixed.
Season 1 winner Sergio Mora went on to capture the junior middleweight world title in 2008, upsetting Vernon Forrest. But he lost it back to Forrest in his first defence.
Grady Brewer, winner of Season 2, has not been able to translate his success since while Steve Forbes, beaten by Brewer in the final, went on to lose to Oscar De La Hoya and Andre Berto (for the WBC title).
Season 3 winner Sakio Bika is 2-0 since the show, knocking out Season 1 alumnus Peter Manfredo in his last fight, but hasn't parlayed winning the show into a big payday.
Ross should be the favourite Wednesday.
Only three fights didn't go the distance on the show so far and two of them were posted by the left-hander - a second-round TKO of Lawrence Tauasa in his first bout and a first-round TKO of Felix Cora in his second one.
The Guyana-born Ross then beat Nigerian Akinyemi Laleye in the one semifinal, while Ehikhamenor downed American Rico Hoye in the other.
Hoye, who lost a WBC light-heavyweight title bout to Adrian Diacoonu of Montreal in 2007, will face Laleye in the bout for third place.
Ehikhamenor had lost three of four fights before entering ''The Contender,'' the last a 12-round decision to Herbie Hide in May for the minor WBC International title.
''The Contender'' final is scheduled for 10 rounds.
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June 25, 2012
Past Mountain West Spotlights: UNLV | San Diego State | New Mexico
|Boise State Quick Facts
|Boise, Idaho
|Robert W. Kustra
|Athletic Director:
|Mark Coyle
|Orange and Blue
|Boise State Broncos
|Boise State Campus
|Bronco Stadium
|Taco Bell Arena
|RB D.J. Harper
Boise State Broncos
Sports Offered:
Men's: Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Tennis, Track & Field, Wrestling
Women's: Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Gymnastics, Soccer, Softball, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball
Home Venues:
Football: Bronco Stadium (33,500)
Men's & Women's Basketball: Taco Bell Arena (12,380)
Volleyball: Bronco Gymnasium (3,000)
Softball: Mountain Cove Softball Field (500)
MW Championships (not including tournament championships for those sports that crown both a regular season and tournament championship):
Men's Tennis: 1 (2012)
Distinguished Alumni:
Ralph Peterson: Class of 1965, President of CH2M HILL; former advisor to President Bill Clinton
Steve Appleton: Class of 1983, Chairman and CEO of Micron Technology
Jack Kane: Class of 1970, Managing Director of Duff & Phelps Corp. in New York; former Major General in the U.S. Army
Butch Otter: Class of 1964, Current Governor of Idaho; former U.S. Congressman and four-term Lieutenant Governor of Idaho
Edward Lodge: Class of 1955, Federal Judge on the United States District Court for the District of Idaho
Michael Hoffman: Class of 1974, Rhodes Scholar; Hollywood director of 13 movies, including several Oscar-winning titles
Earl Boen: Class of 1961, Hollywood actor with roles in over 50 films and 400 televisions appearances, including Naked Gun, the Terminator series, Seinfeld, The Golden Girls, LA Law, and The Wonder Years
Gary L. Bennett: Class of 1960, Former manager at NASA; worked on the Voyager 1, Voyager 2, and New Horizons missions
Top Athletes:
Ryan Clady, NFL player, two-time All-Pro tackle
Larry Jackson, former MLB player, five-time All-Star
Gus Johnson, former NBA player, five-time All-Star
Dee Pickett, former professional rodeo rider; Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association national and world champion
Renward Wells, two-time Olympic sprinter
Dave Wilcox, former NFL player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Shining Moments:
2007: The football team won the Fiesta Bowl by upsetting Oklahoma 43-42 in an overtime thriller. Boise State scored on a trick play with seven seconds remaining in the fourth quarter to send it into overtime and won with another trick play on a two-point conversion.
2010: Football won the Fiesta Bowl by defeating TCU 17-10. 1974: Bill Shaw won the Men's Skiing National Championship in the slalom.
2004 & 2005: Gabe Wallin won back-to-back NCAA Track & Field Championships in the javelin.
2012: Kurt Felix won the decathlon at the NCAA Track & Field Championships.
Interesting Tidbits:
The 2007 Fiesta Bowl won the 2007 Best Game ESPY Award and the game's final play won the 2007 Best Play ESPY Award.
Blue turf was first installed in Bronco Stadium in 1986 and is the only non-green playing surface in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
The Boise State football team owns the nation's highest winning percentage since 1997. The Broncos have gone 157-33 (.826) in the last 15 years.
In 2011, citing a "competitive advantage," the Mountain West Conference banned Boise State from wearing their all-blue uniforms for home conference games as a condition of joining the conference.
Fresno State-Boise State Classic:
Nov. 2, 1996 - Fresno State defeated Boise State 41-7 that day to give Bulldog coach Jim Sweeney his 200th career college coaching victory. Fresno State's offense rank up 544 yards of total offense in the win and intercepted three Bronco passes. Bulldog running back Michael Pittman ran for a career-high 212 yards and one touchdown.
|Fresno State's Series History with Boise State
|Series Record
|Last Meeting
|10-4, Boise State leads
|Oct. 7, 2011 - Boise St. 57, FS 7 in Fresno, Calif.
|Men's Basketball
|16-15, Boise State leads
|Jan. 2, 2012 - FS 72, BSU 59 in Fresno, Calif.
|Women's Basketball
|17-9, Fresno State leads leads
|Feb. 17, 2011 - FS 75, BSU 57 in Boise, Idaho
|17-7, Fresno State leads
|Oct. 25, 2010 - FS 3, BSU 2 in Boise, Idaho
|9-4, Fresno State leads
|May 13, 2011 - FS 3, BSU 2 in Fresno, Calif. (2011 WAC Tournament)
|Women's Tennis
|9-4, Fresno State leads
|Apri 30, 2011 - FS 4, BSU 3 in Boise, Idaho (2011 WAC Championships)
|Men's Tennis
|16-8, Fresno State leads
|March 31, 2012 - BSU 4, Fresno State 3 in Boise, Idaho
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The federal government's mindset that will form the new legal landscape for physician-assisted death is un-Christian, says Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith. "The message conveyed by the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada, together with the recommendations of the Special Joint Committee, is both clear and chilling: There are some lives that are simply not worth saving." Smith made his remarks to the more than 250 people gathered on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 3, at St. Anthony's Church in Lloydminster.
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Roderick Bryce could not have imagined a better start to St. Joseph's Basilica's new springtime Festival of Sacred Music. The first concert on April 2, a program of Ukrainian sacred music featuring 50 mostly professional men's voices, was sold out. The sound was incredible. But what struck Bryce the most was how many people who are engaged in the city's artistic community approached him to say they had never been in the basilica before.
COMBERMERE, Ont. – Guadalupe (Lupe) Zabaco, staff worker of Madonna House, died peacefully on April 1 in Combermere. Zabaco, 92, was born in Spain and served for many years at Edmonton's Marian Centre. She attended high school and the University in Madrid, receiving her nursing degree in 1951. After graduation, she nursed in Madrid and later in Managua, Nicaragua.
A request to Pope Francis for an apology in Canada for the Catholic Church's role in Indian residential schools has gone to the Vatican, says the apostolic nuncio, Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi. "The pope has received this invitation, this request, from the First Nations," Bonazzi said. "He is considering it." The Truth and Reconciliation Commissions' (TRC) call for the pope to apologize for Indian residential schools on Canadian soil within a year of the June 2015 publication of the TRC's 94 Calls to Action is one of two that had a time limit, TRC Commissioner Marie Wilson said March 30 at an Ottawa news conference.
Despite its wealth, Canada still has almost five million people struggling to make ends meet. These are people who struggle to pay their rent, feed their families and address basic needs. To solve this problem, Canada needs a national plan on poverty reduction, says Darlene O'Leary, socio-economic policy analyst for Citizens for Public Justice. CPJ is an Ottawa-based national organization inspired by faith to act for justice in Canadian public policy.
Canada needs to be converted on both ecological issues and indigenous rights if it is to meet its commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, says the head of KAIROS, the national inter-church justice group. Jennifer Henry says Canada needs to consider how best to do that so that it both addresses indigenous rights and contributes to reducing climate change. "Our climate solutions are actually indigenous right solutions as well. And that mostly has to do with resource projects," Henry told the Social Justice Institute at The King's College in Edmonton April 9.
London, Ont. - The Diocese of Hamilton is picking up the pieces after a Chaldean Catholic priest admitted to gambling away $500,000 of donations meant for refugees. Father Amer Saka, priest of St. Joseph Chaldean Catholic Church in London, Ont., confessed to Chaldean eparchial Bishop Emanuel Shaleta last month that the money for the parish's refugee sponsorship had been gambled away. Saka was immediately suspended and was sent to Southdown Institute, a mental health treatment facility north of Toronto for religious and clergy.
Pro-lifers are heartbroken that the only province that didn't provide abortion services has succumbed to pressure from the abortion lobby. When the premier of Prince Edward Island announced that abortions will soon be legal on the island, it brought despair to the national pro-life movement. "It is a heartbreaking situation," said Mary Ellen Douglas, Campaign Life Coalition's national co-ordinator. "I am very sad about it and a little surprised.
Bishop-elect Scott McCaig, named by Pope Francis April 8 to head the Military Ordinariate of Canada, traces the beginning of his priestly vocation to a glimpse of a road sign. McCaig, who has served since 2006 as the superior general of the Companions of the Cross, was then 13 years old and traveling by car on vacation with his parents. He doesn't remember the location, possibly northwest Ontario, but he glanced up to see the sign showing a picture of the crucified Christ with the caption "Dare to be a priest like me."
Widespread slaughter, expulsion, kidnapping and rape of Christians, Yezidis and other ethnic and religious minorities in territory controlled by the Islamic State may well constitute a genocide. However, the Canadian government will not join a growing international movement and formally call it a genocide before there is a proper, third party investigation. "Canada is appalled by the atrocities," Global Affairs Canada told The Catholic Register. "We believe some of these show the hallmarks of genocide."


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Two teen tourists visiting an Osceola massage parlor last week found themselves in the midst of a prostitution bust, a dissatisfied client and angry practitioners of the ancient art of relaxation.
The 16-year-old buddies arrived at the Jasmine Massage Parlor on West U.S. Highway 192 shortly before 11 p.m. March 26 when undercover vice squad members also showed up, according to sheriff's office arrest records.
"When I entered, the location was very busy and I was told to wait and would be very happy if I did," the unidentified detective wrote. "During my time in the lobby area I overheard a young voice saying, "Stop! I don't like that."
Moment later, a young male quickly exited a door from the back of the massage parlor, closely followed by another young male.
"A female was running after them. She was upset and was yelling at the two males," the report stated, identifying the woman as Lijun Shi, 51, formerly of China.
The detective described the teens as looking nervous when each gave her more money.
As the boys bolted, a client came out of another room, adjusting his clothing and yelling, "That was the worst" sex act ever and he had suffered an injury, the report stated.
Upon seeing the undercover waiting for a massage, the upset customer yelled a profanity and advised, "Go somewhere else."
All of this happened as Shi and the partially clothed owner, Zhu Fang Liu, 54, formerly of China, stood in the lobby yelling. Meanwhile, the detective was sending a message to vice-squad members waiting outside to detain the teens, records stated.
"Liu then invited me into a room and directed me to remove my clothing," the detective wrote about paying $70 for his massage and stating he was offered sexual pleasure for a good tip. "I told her I would do that but would come back later…I told the members what took place and we would move in after I was briefed on the young males."
One of the teens told detectives the massage therapist asked him if he was attending school while talking sexy and grabbing at him. "He said he told her he did not like that" which was why he left the room in hurry followed by his friend, the report stated.
"He was offended and nervous that she grabbed him so he departed as well," the detective wrote. "The boys told me that they have morals based on religion and what Shi and Liu did outraged them. This type of activity with young males has the potential to corrupt them."
Shi was booked into the county jail in lieu of $4,000 bail on charges of living off the earnings of prostitution, assignation to commit prostitution and disorderly conduct.
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Big changes are underway in the weather pattern as we enjoy the last week of fall. Seasonable temperatures for the next few days will become unseasonably warm by the weekend as the jet stream retreats northward into the Great Lakes. Winter begins Saturday night but it will hardly feel like it. Afternoon temperatures will hit the lower 70s Saturday and could hit middle 70s by Sunday. Dry conditions will persist through Saturday. A cold front will approach the region by Sunday night and could bring some showers. More seasonable weather conditions should return during Christmas Week.
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Chair (Christchurch), is a partner in Chapman Tripp's Christchurch office, specialising in civil litigation, insurance law and health and safety defence work. Garth has been a passionate collector of New Zealand art for many years, with a particular focus on painting and photography; he has been a member of the Council of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery and is currently a trustee of the Christchurch Art Gallery Trust, Chairman of the W A Sutton Charitable Trust, Honorary President of New Zealand Football and a former member of the Film and Literature Review Board. Garth is also the wine writer for Avenues magazine and a member of Radio Sport's cricket commentary team.
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CNZM (Wellington) Peter is Chair of the Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency (WREDA). Prior to this he was Chief Executive of advertising agency Clemenger BBDO in Melbourne and Wellington. In addition to his involvement in a number of Arts organisations in Australia, Peter is Chair of the New Zealand Book Council, Chair of the Government Reference Group on Private Giving and Partnerships for the Arts (he recently chaired the Government's Cultural Philanthropy Taskforce), a member of the World War 1 Centenary Panel, and is a Board member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (he was Chair of the Panel advising the Government's review of the Symphony Orchestras). He was also Chair of the Arts Council of New Zealand from 1999 to 2006. A former Wellingtonian of the Year, Peter was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2013. Peter has a first class honours degree in English Literature and Latin from Victoria University of Wellington. He is married to Mary and has four children. Their family home is "Te Puhi", a property just outside Featherston.
Caroline Hutchison
(Queenstown) graduated with a BA majoring in Art History from Canterbury, before attending Auckland's Theatre Corporate Professional Drama School. She established and ran the Watershed Theatre, Auckland, where she produced over 20 professional theatre productions. She has been a Trustee for Festival of Colour (Southern Lakes Art Festival); Happiness House (supporting Queenstown families in need); the Todd Foundation (principally supporting emerging artists with international study opportunities) and Special Olympics Queenstown Lakes. Caroline lives with her husband, Henry van Asch, and four young children in Queenstown where she continues to produce theatre and film.
Derek Lardelli
ONZM (Gisborne: Ngāti Porou/Rongowhakaata), is the first practicing artist to become an Arts Foundation Trustee. He is an educationalist, visual artist, carver, kapa haka performer (he is Kapa Haka tutor for the Whangara Mai Tawhiti Cultural Group), composer, graphic designer, researcher of whakapapa, tribal history, and kaikorero. He is a fluent speaker of Māori with a commitment to the culture, language and customs of his ancestors. Derek is regarded as one of Aotearoa New Zealand's finest tā moko artists and has been prominent in explaining the revival of the art and its spiritual significance to audiences throughout Aotearoa New Zealand and globally. Derek is principal tutor and an Associate Professor,at Toihoukura, School of Maori Arts, based at Gisborne's Eastland Institute of Technology Tairawhiti campus..
Aimee McCammon
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Neil Plimmer
MNZM, (Wellington) has a background in public service and arts administration. After graduating M.A. in history from Victoria University of Wellington he spent 20 years with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs serving in Apia, Washington DC, Rome and Canberra. He was then for many years Chief Executive of the New Zealand Tourist Department. In both agencies he engaged with the promotion of New Zealand art and culture overseas, a subject in which he retains an ongoing interest. He is currently Chairman of the Wellington Sculpture Trust, which has installed 18 prominent public sculptures in Wellington during his 12 year term, Chairman of the PATA NZ (tourism) Trust, trustee of the New Zealand Art Show/Affordable Arts Trust, member of the Nelson Sculpture Trust Assessment Panel and other art related organisations. He is a former President of the New Zealand Book Council, Chairman of the Pacific Cooperation Foundation and Deputy Chairman of the Maori Arts and Crafts Institute at Rotorua. He was awarded the 1990 Commemorative Medal for services to tourism.
David Ross
(Auckland) is a practising chartered accountant. He is Chairman and/or Director of a number of companies and has a special interest in hi-tech projects. He has a particular interest in the arts and was a founding shareholder and Chairman of Rialto Cinemas Ltd and the Rialto Channel on Sky TV. He is a partner in the Rialto Film Distribution Venture Syndicate. David is an art collector and is a Trustee of a number of arts-related organisations. He was a board member and is a long-time supporter of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and is on the Funding Board of the Auckland Amenities Board.
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(Gisborne) Meng Liu Foon is the current mayor of Gisborne, New Zealand. He is one of a handful of people of Chinese descent to have become a mayor in New Zealand. He is fluent in English, Cantonese, and Māori. Meng has a passion for the arts as the Chair of the Local Arts in Public Places, where the latest installation is a bronze creation of Wal and Dog from Footrot Flats. Meng has also dabbled in painting. As president of the New Zealand Chinese Association he has strong relationships and is passionate about connecting the Asian creative community and keen Asian philanthropic community to add more value to the diversity of our nations creative minds.
Warwick Freeman
Chair (Auckland) has worked as a full time artist since the early 1970s. For 25 years he was a partner in Fingers, the influential Auckland gallery for contemporary jewellery anda prime driver behind the establishment of Objectspace, Auckland's centre for contemporary craft and design of which he is Founding Chair. He was named an Arts Foundation Laureate in 2002 and his international standing was recognized by the Françoise van den Bosch Foundation in Amsterdam who made him a Laureate in the same year. He regularly exhibits in New Zealand, Australia, Europe and the USA. His works are held in National and International collections. Recently he was awarded the Barvarian State Prize for his exhibition work in Germany.
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QSO, (Gore) is currently the Head of the Arts and Heritage Department of Gore District Council. He was instrumental in establishing the Eastern Southland Gallery, which in 2003 underwent a major redevelopment with a new wing added to house the John Money Collection and Ralph Hotere Gallery. Other major local developments have included the Hokonui Heritage Centre in Gore, which features the Hokonui Moonshine Museum and the establishment of a professional lithographic studio with equipment gifted by Muka Studios of Auckland. An additional artist-in-residence facility has just been completed within an historic Gore church building. Jim received the 2005 Creative New Zealand Outstanding Individual Contribution Award, as well as the 2008 Museums Aotearoa Individual Achievement Award.
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(Ngapuhi, Ngati Kahu | Auckland) is an art and architectural historian, specialising in Maori and Pacific cultures. Originally trained as an architectural designer, she is currently teaching design and history is an Associate Professor in Architecture at the University of Auckland, having previously been Senior Lecturer in Aotearoa New Zealand Art History at the University of Canterbury. She has written several books, including the multi-authored Art in Oceania: A new history (2012) and Maori Architecture (2009), and curated a number of exhibitions in galleries around the country. Deidre has belonged to boards of governance for organisations such as Objectspace, The Physics Room and the Christchurch Arts Centre, and is a member of the Maori Trademarks Advisory Committee of the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand.
Elizabeth Kerr
MNZM, (Wellington) has had a long career in music and the arts as teacher, lecturer, arts manager and board member. In 1989, after 13 years teaching at Victoria University in the School of Music, she left her position as Senior Lecturer to become Manager of Music programmes at the QEII Arts Council of NZ. She was Manager of Radio NZ's Concert FM, Chief Executive of Relationship Services and Chief Executive of NZ Historic Places Trust before returning to the Arts Council (Creative New Zealand), as Chief Executive, from 2000 till 2006. She then became Manager of the New Zealand String Quartet from 2006 - 2011 and is currently a free-lance arts commentator and consultant. She has served on the boards of the NZ Symphony Orchestra, the Centre for New Zealand Music (SOUNZ) of which she is current Chair, the NZ String Quartet Trust, the Antarctic Heritage Council, the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA), the Wellington Orchestra and the Douglas Lilburn Studio Trust. Elizabeth also works at a critic and commentator in print and broadcast media, including writing for the NZ Listener and presenting reviews and programmes for Radio NZ Concert
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MNZM, (Wellington) has worked in cinemas since he was 16 and began writing about films in his high school newspaper at the same age. He became the administrator of the New Zealand Federation of Film Societies and the Wellington Film Festival in 1979 and was appointed the Federation's Programme Director in 1980. He was designated director of the Auckland International and Wellington Film Festivals after overseeing their amalgamation in 1984. In subsequent years he has overseen the expansion of the Festival into a national event, The New Zealand International Film Festival. He is the CEO of The New Zealand Film Festival Charitable Trust and currently designated the director of The New Zealand International Film Festival. He has worked as a programme adviser to the International Film Festival Rotterdam and curated programmes of New Zealand film for the Australian Film Institute (Sydney) and Imagem dos Povos (Belo Horizonte).
Simon Bowden
(Executive Director, The Arts Foundation) has been leading the Arts Foundation since 2002. Prior to this, he was the Director of the Wellington Jazz Festival. Simon studied at the Wellington Conservatorium of Music in the late 90s and he is still actively involved in music playing guitar and banjo professionally. His band C.L.Bob, won Jazz album of the year in 2002. Simon has an Advanced Diploma in Jazz Studies from Wellington Polytechnic, a BA in Public Policy from Victoria University and is half way through an MBA at Massey University. Simon, his wife Amanda and son Finn welcomed their twin girls, Molly and Sophie to their family in early December 2009. Photo Credit: Tatsiana Chypsanava.
Anna Edgington
(Marketing Co-ordinator, The Arts Foundation & Boosted) is a vocalist, performer, music producer and music programmer, deeply immersed in the arts in NZ and UK. She moved over to NZ in 2009, after graduating from University of York, UK. She studied music, majoring in vocal studies and left with a BA First Class Honours. Anna also has considerable experience in arts administration, programming and creative, having worked with Chamber Music New Zealand, The Performance Arcade, Weta Workshop and of course, the Arts Foundation. She is a regular Radio NZ Upbeat contributor, exploring vocal music from all angles. She has sung with The Tudor Consort and collaborates with contemporary, classical, jazz and electroacoustic composers from NZ and UK. Her solo project 'Edie' achieved critical acclaim and she is currently composing & producing her second release.
Simone Hunter
(General Manager, Boosted). Simone Hunter has worked across corporate, government and creative industries for 15 years in varying roles. Following a Fine Art Degree and a post grad in Landscape Architecture , her career began in digital media working as Senior Producer across lifestyle channels for MSN, followed by management of a marketing agency in China working with international clients, and then into the public sector with New Zealand Trade and Enterprise in Guangzhou and Auckland. She held a number of roles there as Investment Manager advising and facilitating capital into key sectors from private funding sources; Programme Manager, Food & Beverage Taskforce and Special Projects for The Rugby World Cup and business incubator, The Icehouse. Simone is also a Trustee for The Big Idea Charitable Trust. In between she has set up a couple of small businesses and became a mum to her kiwi-african daughter, Arki.
Kate Ricketts
(Digital Producer, Boosted) has a Maori arts and corporate administration background. Kate is a former committee member for Wellington Young Professionals and team member of Maori Art MARKet. Through roles in Japan, London and America she engaged with the promotion of New Zealand art and culture internationally, a subject in which she is passionate. Photo Credit: Tatsiana Chypsanava.
Meredith Percival
(Accounts Administrator, The Arts Foundation & Boosted) Meredith comes from a background in the Health + Fitness Industry, where, over a 12 year period in New Zealand and the UK she worked in various roles from exercise prescription to management and is still involved in with the industry presently. After a change in direction in 2011 she made the move to work for a small company in a hands on general day to day operational role and moved to the Arts Foundation in 2015. Mum to two busy, crazy amazing children.
Anna Jackson-Scott
(Marketing & Database Assistant, The Arts Foundation & Boosted) arrived in Wellington in 2009 to study arts, creative writing, and languages at Victoria University, graduating in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts (English, History & French), with First Class Honours (English). She then wrote for Capital magazine for two years, where she developed her already pedantic grammar skills, her writing, and an eagle-eye for proofreading, before joining the Arts Foundation in December 2015 as an intern. She took a full-time role in January 2016 at the Arts Foundation, where she loves playing a part in supporting the arts in New Zealand. In her spare time she volunteers for Wellington Women's Refuge, writes whenever she can, and hikes in the Wellington region.


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only it is going to be bolder and more provocative this time.
Sofia Hayat says, "The format of this show is different. We travelled to Chandigarh, Delhi and Mumbai for the auditions. The boys in these three cities were quite different."
On asking what Sofia's role on the show will be, she says, "I will put them through the tasks and give them both advice and practical training."
Regarding the participants on the show Sofia explains, "All the boys who were chosen had something in them. They were good already but needed some grooming to make them even better at flirting." Sofia and Ashmit Patel will help the boys to better their already good flirting skills.
Sofia had great fun doing the show. She elaborates, "I have been acting, singing, dancing, crying and shouting on the show. It was great fun to have good looking boys to flirt with you and get paid for it."
Regarding his co-host Ashmit Patel, Sofia says, "He is a great flirt and very cheeky. In fact Ashmit Patel was looking down my cleavage every moment."
Sofia however says that at times Ashmit 'annoyed' her when he suggested elimination of some boys who according to Sofia were quite good. That is when both fought. "During the course of the show Ashmit and I would love and hate one another," says Sofia.
Sofia doesn't think that a flirting based show like this has a negative social message. In fact she says that she feels proud to be a part of a show which according to her will impart a positive social message. She is of the opinion, "In India many guys just don't know how to approach girls. It's sad to hear of molestation cases on trains. This show will teach guys on how to approach women."
Sofia feels that this show will ultimately benefit women. She says, "I am not only sexy but intelligent too- my perspective from a woman's point of view on how to flirt will be very helpful. Men should learn how to properly flirt with women. Coming from the U.K I am shocked as to see how some obnoxious Indian men look down upon women and treat them like second class citizens. This show will train men how to approach women paying due respect to a woman's dignity."
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Dad will be an instant fan of this popular Santa Monica craft beer and wine garden. Between the casual dining concept and beach town vibe it's impossible not to enjoy yourself over a selection of elevated bar bites, signature seasonal dishes and a weekend brunch featuring the restaurant's dinner menu in addition to Executive Chef Brad Miller's variations on traditional breakfast classics, such as Cinnamon Toast Brunch, "Croisandwich" with Scrambled Eggs and Chicken Sausage Bacon, Smoked Lox & Whipped Chive Cream Cheese and House-made Oatmeal.
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8490 Melrose Pl
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This Father's Day, West Hollywood's French Riviera dining destination, FIG & OLIVE Melrose Place will be celebrating the day with a seasonally driven three-course prix-fixe brunch from 11am to 3pm and dinner available from 5:30pm to 10pm with optional sommelier wine pairings. The brunch features dishes such as Poached Eggs with prosciutto and mushroom and Rosemary Lamb Chops, while the dinner menu debuts an exclusive dish for the occasion: Creekstone Farm 12 oz. Sirloin with roasted tomatoes, caramelized heirloom carrots, and sautéed cremini mushrooms topped with Arbequina olive oil béarnaise. Ending each meal on a sweet note, guests can enjoy the new Panna Cotta a L'Orange with cookie crumble and basil strawberry jam.
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Lennie's Special Shortbread
Total Time
Prep 10 mins
Cook 15 mins
This is my Signature Recipe. The melt-in-your-mouth texture of these Christmas cookies is wonderful, and the food processor makes it easy. They freeze well too.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 236.59 ml butter, cold
- 118.29 ml icing sugar
- 118.29 ml cornstarch
- 354.88 ml flour
- 2.46 ml vanilla
- Chop cold butter into chunks.
- In cuisinart fitted with metal blade, process butter with icing sugar until well creamed, about one minute; you may have to scrape down the sides.
- Add remaining ingredients and process with several on/off turns, just until dough is well mixed and begins to gather together in a ball around the blade.
- What I do now is wrap this dough in wax paper and put it in the fridge, and make up a second batch with the remaining 1/2 pound of butter (1 cup butter= 1/2 pound); I then put that dough in the fridge and proceed with the first batch I made.
- Raw dough keeps well in the fridge for several days.
- Shape rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into small balls.
- Place on an ungreased cookie sheet (shiny is best) and flatten, using a fork dipped in icing sugar, cookie press dipped in icing sugar, or a cherry or nut (halved).
- I often put coloured sprinkles or coloured sugars on top of cookies before baking.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes, watching carefully; edges should be very lightly browned.
- Yield: 40-50 cookies.
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I,ve made this recipe several times now and its Wonderful.Its really got that wonderful Melt in the mouth Texture.For variation i,ve added some finely grated Leomon rind and sprinkled the biscuits with finely chopped pecans just presed into the tops prior to baking.
I had planned on making these last Christmas to put in gift baskets and never got around to it. Today I've been doing some baking and just felt like shortbread. These definitely are melt in the mouth morsels, and they will be going in this years gift baskets!
Lennie, These cookies are truly the best! So easy to make...I baked up a double batch for the cookie tray, and only had about half left when I put the tray together, LOL. I dipped half the batch (half way up) in melted semi-sweet chocolate.....WOW! They looked beautiful and tasted fantastic! Thanks so much for posting it. Oh, btw, all my cookie sheets have a matte finish, so I lined the sheet with tin foil (shiny side up), and that seemed to work out just fine....and no pan to wash ;)


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Published: Friday, April 15, 2005 at 4:30 a.m.
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A lot of paper got shuffled all over Transylvania County for the last five years, but it didn't do any good until a group of civics students shuffled some into a fax machine, punched in the state fire marshal's number and pushed "send."
As part of a class project, those kids helped enforce a fire code that Rosman High had pretty much ignored since 1999.
Rosman's field houses, as shown by reports from the Transylvania County Building Permitting and Enforcement Department, have been something of a fire trap for at least half a decade.
A stack of crinkly blue carbon paper in the office of Jeff Fisher, head of Building, Permitting and Enforcement, shows notice after notice of dangling light fixtures, broken fire alarms, malfunctioning smoke detectors and absent exit signs, plus a couple suggestions to condemn the structures altogether.
"There's at least five years of the same violations popping up every six months and there was definitely some complacency that came about," Fisher said.
It was a situation that apparently inspired Rosman to do nothing. Based on the students' complaint, Fisher performed an extra-special inspection of the field houses last week and discovered 55 safety violations before he condemned the buildings.
Perhaps the most noteworthy of the hazards: A missing relief pipe on the hot-water heater. That pipe is the failsafe should the relief valve fail. Without it, anyone nearby is at risk of being sprayed with scalding water.
Rosman civics teacher Alan Justice said his students will get A'sfor their letters to the fire marshal.
Part of the problem here is that Fisher's inspectors show up, inspect the joint, hand you a list of problems and then show up in six months with the same list of problems.
It's possible to fine a school's principal $500 for non-compliance, but Fisher said "we can't hand out tickets."
"Through this whole scenario, we discovered there's kind of a hole in the system and we want to see if we can improve on it," Fisher said.
As a result, it's likely his department will work more closely with schools and set a deadline for the completion of required repairs.
OK, school department, it's your move. Consider that the field house is not the only repeat offender.
In a letter to Superintendent Sonna Lyda last October, Fisher told Lyda that his inspectors, "continue to find safety violations concerning exit lighting and their battery backups. Rosman High and Brevard High were the standouts for the most failures. During the next inspection, we will check to see if the repairs have been made, but since there is a six-month lag between our inspections, school maintenance should shoulder these responsibilities."
Things got better in March, but as Fisher says in another letter, they aren't ideal: "Some schools are doing a lot better than others. I see improvement in many compared to last year. But Brevard High and Pisgah Elementary were in bad shape. We are still hopeful that the janitorial and maintenance staff responsible will become aware of these repeat issues."
Lyda said Thursday that the safety of students is a "No. 1" priority. Good. Now walk the walk. When a pile of paper in the county office lists how dangerous the schools are, that doesn't make parents comfortable.
Information like this is usually revealed after a fluky accident with tragic consequences. We're lucky it was the fluky circumstance of a civics project that led to fortunate revelations in this instance.
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TravelPod Member ReviewsEurostars Thalia Hotel Prague
Clean, high spec, comfortable and really a lovely hotel. The beds were firm, but not uncomfortable, the breakfast was amazing! It's in a good spot and everything is a short walk away. Would stay here again.
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just that, clean, nice, cheap and good location!
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Fantastic Hotel in Great Location
Booked the hotel with lastminute.com and was not disappointed. It is in the perfect location for sight seeing in Prague, close to Charles Bridge, the Castle and Wenceslas Square - no need for transport anywhere.
Our room was on the second floor and very modern. Great finishing touches such as heated floor in the bathroom, dressing robes and slippers. Cleaners were great, they replenished the toiletries daily, which also meant a new toothbrush etc everyday!!
The breakfast is fantastic, an amazing buffet each morning, from salmon, to scrambled eggs to chocolate cake. There was also fresh fruit and juices as well as typical british breakfast items too!
The concierge are lovely and do all they can to help you with your stay, recommending restaurants and guiding you to them!
We stayed B&B which was enough as there are so many restaurants around Prague! For a great restaurant and a lovely paella try El Centro - just over Charles bridge and down either the second or third street on the left!
Excellent Hotel
I would just like to advise anyone who considers staying at this hotel they will be more than happy with the service and quality of workmanship gone into making this a very comfortable place to stay.
I am not going to bang on about the rooms being amazing and the beds are comfortable etc etc,other people have commented on this already but I really do recommend it to everyone,in fact i am going to be staying there again in Jan 07... So impressed, "However" there is still some light maintenance work being undertaken on the stairwell between floor 0 and -0 which is where the restaraunt is..
But that aside it's a lovely place with a location that is just central to all the sights.
Almost there
As written on other reviews, the location of this hotel is great! As the breakfast;never saw such abondance and choice. Simply great. Staff was very welcoming and kind as it should be for an hotel of this category. Speaking of which, it is more a good 4 star hotel rather than a 5 star hotel but I haven't had the chance to see the fitness room nor try the restaurant. The negatives are on the room which was a bit too dark and on the LCD tv that didn't have much choice of channels (but maybe it was only in my room). If they ammend to these minor flaws, definetely one of the best hotels I've been at.
Great place to stay
we stayed here for a long weekend, three nights B&B and it was brilliant. the bedroom was fantastic and the double bed a dream, really comfortable. The en suite bathroom is superb, multi jet power shower and under floor heating, great. Breakfast was excellant and the hotel is walkable to Old Town, Wenceles, Charles Bridge all the sites. It's less than 100 yards from the National Theatre. The staff are great. Some people mention the bedroom corridors as being cold looking, no carpets but they'll not be a mess when the snow comes!
Un gran hotel
Sobre todo hay que remarcar la excelente situaci�n del hotel que permite ir caminando a casi todos los puntos m�s importantes de Praga o dejar las compras en la habitaci�n y volver a la calle sin que te d� pereza.
La habitaci�n es grande y con una decoraci�n contemporanea que, a nosotros particularmente, nos encant�. El ba�o con tonos dorados y negros es grande y muy c�modo a excepci�n de la ba�era que tiene el acceso muy alto y, en alg�n caso, puede costar entrar y salir.
El desayuno es abundante y variado.
Del personal solo se pueden decir cosas agradables. Y adem�s con la ventaja de que bastantes de ellos hablan espa�ol.
En resumen es una gran elecci�n.
Location, Location, Location
The Eurostars Thalia is a real treat, we booked via Lastminute.com and got a fantastic price for 3 nights and BA flights. The hotel is in a perfect location to explore prague as you can walk to all the central landmarks in just a few minutes, yet is not in a busy / touristy place which is ideal for inexpensive food and drinks. I loved the hotel's decor and the staff were welcoming and helpful. I would happily recommend anyone going to Prague to stay here.
Loved breakfast
Stayed at this hotel beginning of November, found the 3rd floor where my room was located a little bit too clinical. The view from the room was not great but it was very quiet. The underfloor heating in the well equiped and stylish bathroom was lovely. The bathrobes were a welcome addition, although I did feel they could have been of a better quality. The lighting in the room was a little dim and I could not see where I had put things or read up on my business notes. There were no drawers for clothes, just hanging space. The room was very Kelly Hoppen inspired, dark browns etc. It is quite hip so more suited to younger travellers or the more style concious. The staff were so friendly and made you feel very welcome. Breakfast was really good, with fresh fruit salads, smoked salmon, yogurts, eggs bacon you name it.
I prefer to stay more in the old town but this hotel is pretty central and you can walk every where. The only negative I would say is that it's a bit like staying in the Tottenham Court Road / Oxford Street part of London. But hey! you could do a lot worse!
Great hotel
I agree with the other reviews, the only thing we didnt like were the hallways, and anyway its just a hallway! the beds were actually amazing! soo comfy!!
breakfast was great and the staff were very helpful.
anyway, great location, easy to walk everywhere, best way to see the city
overall would definitely go back again, but doubt i will as it will be too expensive, get there quick before the prices go up!
Rough Diamond
The Thalia Hotel in Prague is a new design hotel, right in the middle of Prague. I stayed there for 4 nights from 23-27th october. The hotel just opened a couple of weeks ago. Not everything is in perfectly in place, but every day we saw inprovements. The rooms on the topfloor aren't ready yet, but these rooms a the real pearls of the hotel. We had a quick peek (sorry management...) and liked especcially room 417. The rooms on the 4th floor are the rooms with the views.
We stayed in room 101. A really nicely decorated room looking on a inner courtyard, not a really nice view, but a so quit in the big city. The room had high ceilings, was decorated in nice brown tones and had the most comfortable beds. The bathroom was gold, and black marble, beautiful. And it was very clean.
The hotel is a design hotel, but also a bit clinical. Especially on the 1st en 3rd floor, because the colors are there white and grey, while on the other floors, there is are more warmer redtones.
The personal is very kind, but are still trained by there Italian colleagues.
The hotel is opposite the National Theatre (go visit!) and the Laterna Magika (go visit!) But from the hotel you can walk to every site in the city, it's really central.
We paid 395 euro for 4 nights including a marvelous breakfast, but a glance at the hotel prices for next month tell me these price will raise.
Overal a diamond in the rough. Keep up the good work Thalia!
Great Location
Stayed here for 3 nights - the hotel had only been open for 5 days when we arrived. It is very contemporary inside although I did find the corridors and steps down to the restaurant a bit clinical. The rooms are very nice and comfortable and the lighting is great. We slept really well in the beds. Underfloor heating in the bathroom also added to the comfort. The bath is very deep and could cause a few problems getting in/out if you are on the older side. In fact I think the entire hotel is marketed towards a younger clientele. The restaurant was on the lower floor and was also very funky with red lighting. Food was excellent with a great choice, including smoked salmon for breakfast. As this hotel is newly opened it does have it's share of teething problems. Tiles and rail fell off the wall in the bathroom as did the hygiene bag fitment. Also, the fitment to place your door card for electricity fell off! Credit to the hotel, they sent someone to fix things straight away. There was no price list for the mini bar and the customer comment form was left completed from the previous guest so we did not get one. Also, I would have expected more luxurious robes and larger towels than provided for a hotel of this category. The location could not have been better. Within easy walking distance to all major sights. We did not need to use the tram/metro at all. Only about 5 mins walk from Wencelas Square but far enough away to enjoy plenty of good cheap bars and restaurants. I would stay at this hotel again and recommend it to people if you can get it at a good price. However, I think it's more 4* than 5*.
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