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Yes, Halloween is over. But now is the time to run out and search for some ghost-shaped cookie cutters at the after-Halloween sales so you can make these cream cheese ghost sugar cookies next year!
As I told you yesterday, we did get to carve our pumpkins in time for Halloween even though we were in the middle of moving, but one thing I didn't get done on time was the baking of my favorite Halloween cookies! Even though I knew that I probably wouldn't get them done on time, I specifically set aside some baking supplies (including my special ghost cookie cutters) so that I could make these cookies after our house was packed up. I did manage to get the dough made yesterday, but they didn't get cut and baked until this morning.
I love to bake cookies but I have to admit that rolled sugar cookies are my least favorite to make. I'm impatient so I hate the fact that the dough has to chill before you can roll it out. I also hate that I'm not fast enough at rolling and cutting so the dough gets soft and sticky before I manage to fill up a cookie sheet. Inevitably I end up with several misshapen cookies.
So why do I keep making these cookies year after year? Partly because my mom used to make them every year and I like to carry on the tradition. But mostly because they are my all-time favorite holiday cookie. They even beat out my favorite Christmas cookies!
The cookie recipe is pretty standard with one exception. Most sugar cookies contain only vanilla extract but this one uses vanilla and almond extract. It seems like a small difference but the almond extract makes these the best sugar cookies I've tasted. I'm not sure of the original recipe source but this is the sugar cookie recipe that my mom used for any holiday that required cookie cutters. The toppings are the only thing that vary from season to season and Halloween was the only time we would frost the cookies with sweetened cream cheese.
Although I did set aside some baking supplies, I did not keep my rolling pin. It's just too heavy and I didn't want to pay to ship it to myself in California. So, I made do with a wine bottle. It worked, but I definitely missed my rolling pin!
These are some of the cookies that I managed not to ruin!
Ah, the best part…cream cheese frosting!
And you mustn't forget the chocolate chip eyes. Raisin eyes actually taste better on these cookies but I had some chocolate chips in the pantry that need to be used up before we leave.
The only problem with frosting these cookies with cream cheese is that once they are frosted, you can't stack them. The best way I've found to transport them is on large sheet pans.
Basic Sugar Cookies
2 1/2 C. flour
1/2 t. baking soda
1 t. cream of tartar
1 C. butter, softened
1 1/2 C. powdered sugar
1 egg
1 t. vanilla
1/2 t. almond extract
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and cream of tartar; set aside. In a separate bowl and using a mixer, cream together butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg, vanilla and almond extracts and beat well. Add flour mixture a little at a time, blending well after each addition until it is all incorporated. Divide dough in half and wrap each portion in plastic wrap or waxed paper. Refrigerate for at least one hour before rolling (several hours is best).
When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375 degrees. Remove one package of dough from fridge, divide that in half and roll out one portion at a time. Roll dough to 1/8 – 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes and place cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet. Dough will soften quickly so work fast and always keep the extra dough in the fridge. Bake cookies for about 7 minutes or until just barely starting to color at the bottom. Let cool on wire racks.
To frost cookies: Blend together 8 oz. cream cheese with 3 cups of powdered sugar. Spread on cooled, baked cookies. Use chocolate chips or raisins for the ghost eyes. Orange food coloring can be added to the frosting if you want to make pumpkins instead of ghosts.
To paint cookies: mix small amounts of evaporated milk with desired food coloring. Paint unbaked cookies with small brushes then bake as usual. The colored evaporated milk doesn't add flavor or sweetness, just color and shine.
I will second the fact that sugar cookies made with almond and vanilla extracts have the usual sugar cookies beat, hands down. One of my friends makes fantastic sugar cookies, and when I demanded the recipe, that was the only ingredient that was different from the recipe I'd always used.
Good luck with the moving and the waiting game. 🙂4:23 pm Nov 1st, 2007
Hey! You've been nominated for best food blog in the 2007 Weblog Awards…4:41 pm Nov 1st, 2007
These turned out sooo cute! Looks like they were fun to make. 🙂4:53 pm Nov 1st, 2007
I'm going to try the almond extract in my cookies next time. That sounds really good!! I'm glad you were able to make them.5:44 pm Nov 1st, 2007
how fun that this cookie has so much history for you!! not only is it festive for Halloween, but it's a tradition in your family :0) Happy belated Halloween, Nicole!5:44 pm Nov 1st, 2007
Boo! Those are great! And you're right, it's never too late for sugar cookies.5:55 pm Nov 1st, 2007
Wow! A friend sent me a link to the Egg Nog French toast and I instantly fell in love with your site! In fact, I made a modified version of your meatballs for dinner last night for my family, some of ate open faced meatballs on french bread and some had noodles with theirs! I have a loaf of french bread to use and a pound of meat ready – i just felt so resourceful and its all your fault! Thanks!!!7:13 pm Nov 1st, 2007
Nicole, you know what part of this I like best!7:25 pm Nov 1st, 2007
Adorable! I just turned in a magazine article I wrote about Christmas cookies, and almost all the bakers I interviewed for the story also used almond extract (link is on my blog—article will go online a month after it is published in Dec.). A great tip—-I guess that is what separates the best cookies from the average!7:28 pm Nov 1st, 2007
I personally hate making cut-out sugar cookies—but my kids love decorating them, and they are their Uncle Brett's absolute favorite kind of Christmas cookie—so they are a tradition in our house too. I'll have to try the cute ghosts—but not today. My body is still on SUGAR OVERLOAD from last night. YUCK!
Bethany: Yep, it's just a small change but makes such a big difference in the taste!
OmegaMom: Yes, I saw that today and I'm pretty excited about it! I don't know much about the awards but I'm against some pretty stiff competition in the food blog category!
Ruby: Eh, they were kinda fun but kinda annoying too! The dough kept sticking to everything and quite a few cookies ripped while I was trying to get them from the counter to the cookie sheet!
Deborah: The almond extract really makes a big difference, hope you like it!
VeggieGirl: Happy belated Halloween to you!
Lydia: Thanks!
Steff: Welcome! I'm so glad that you're enjoying the site and that you're trying some recipes! I haven't made the meatballs in a while…sounds good!
Curt: I actually thought about you when I was frosting the cookies today!
The Secret Ingredient: Can't wait to read the article! I'm on sugar overload, too! Unfortunately we still have tons of Halloween candy left!8:07 pm Nov 1st, 2007
It's never a bad time for a sugar cookie recipe! And with a little changes to that svelte figure—we've got snowmen!9:02 pm Nov 1st, 2007
clumsy: That is such a great idea! I know I have some snowman cookie cutters packed away somewhere, too!9:29 pm Nov 1st, 2007
I bet I know the recipe's original source! It's almost identical to the Deluxe Sugar Cookies recipe in the Betty Crocker cookbook. (I have my mom's old 1973 edition.) The only difference is that the Betty Crocker recipe calls for 1 teaspoon soda instead of 1/2 teaspoon. We make them every year and they're wonderful! I love the cream cheese frosting idea.11:30 pm Nov 1st, 2007
Tara: You're probably right! I think my mom's Betty Crocker Cookbook was probably from the same year, too!6:50 am Nov 2nd, 2007
Those really look wonderful! I'd gotten so used to seeing poured royal icing on sugar cookies that I forgot how much I like the look of hand-spread frosting. Yum! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe with us!7:35 am Nov 2nd, 2007
i'm not such a fan of rolled sugar cookies, but i totally want to give these a try…for christmas most likely! your description sounds lovely and iced? oh my!7:57 am Nov 2nd, 2007
Julie: I like the 'messy' look of hand-spread frosting, too! For some reason, things that look homemade always seem to taste better than the professional looking ones 🙂
Kickpleat: They work great for Christmas. I usually decorate the Christmas sugar cookies with colored sugar sprinkles and red hot candies. But I'm now thinking that I might try some cream cheese frosted snowmen this year like The Clumsy Cook suggested 🙂9:07 am Nov 2nd, 2007
Oh, I love the cookie cutter with the plastic (or is it rubber?) top. Little chance of hurting the hands while cutting the dough.6:36 am Nov 4th, 2007
Connie: I love that one, too! It does have a rubber grip and I think it's made by Wilton, but I can't remember. The only problem is that it's so big! Somehow it feels more satisfying to be able to cut out more cookies at once by using the smaller cutters. I guess it has something to do with the fact that I struggle so much rolling out the darn sugar cookie dough! But I did use the large one to make a few big ones (the very first photo was cut with that cookie cutter).7:10 am Nov 4th, 2007
Hey Nicole- Loved this post, mostly because I remember making these with your mom. The raisin vs. chocolate chip debate was usually settled by what was on hand. But I remember the almond extract flavor more on the Valentine's Day cookies, isn't that funny ? Maybe that is the first cookie she tried the almond extract on. I even remember her commenting on how good it was.4:24 pm Nov 6th, 2007
Lovely looking sugar cookies! The frosting looks really light and fluffy, and I like the peaks and swirls.
Question: What does cream of tartar do for sugar cookies? I notice that some recipes have it and some do not and I never figured out why. (Because I never looked… =D )8:18 pm Nov 7th, 2007
Hi Nicole, I'm buying kitchen stuff next week for the holidays and I'll be looking out for those "safe" cookie cutters. My daughters love baking too and it was them I was really thinking about when I saw yours. They're 13 and 15 but they're not the most careful people in the kitchen. Thanks. =)11:53 pm Nov 7th, 2007
Just stumbled upon your site and love these cookies! This is going to be perfect for next Halloween. Thanks!8:34 am Mar 28th, 2008
Thank you for the recipe! I can't wait to make these cookies… I'll probably make them for my Halloween party!10:30 am Oct 29th, 2008
Fantastic Recipe My Girl!! Much thanks!7:57 pm Oct 30th, 2008
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I just found your blog–sugar cookies sound yummy on this very fall day. 🙂6:43 am Nov 3rd, 2008
My trick for working with soft dough is to roll it out on parchment paper (I buy
it fairly inexpensively in a bulk pack from a local food service supply store) and
then chill the rolled out dough on a cookie sheet. Use a sheet with either no sides,
or turn a sided one upside down. Then take out one sheet of dough at a time, cutting even intricate shapes is much easier, and quite a bit lower on the frustration
scale. 🙂
Beautifully done blog entry. The photos are great and my mouth is watering! i wish I'd found this before Halloween. I will bookmark it for next year.2:18 pm Nov 3rd, 2008
I LOVE frosted sugar cookies, but mine are always inconsistent – sometimes crispy, sometimes soft. How should these turn out? I like the idea of both extracts in the dough and I'll give this recipe a shot myself – it's very close to my mother's recipe – which I have yet to duplicate properly.1:16 pm Nov 6th, 2008
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I have used this recipe for years and years. Great for all seasons! I was making them the other day and my grown daughter asked me if this was the same recipe I always used when my children were growing up. She remembered that I often times did not get the cookies baked because all the kids liked the dough so well!!!!! I discovered a quickie version. Rather than rolling them out and cutting with cookie cutters, form balls and flatten out with the bottom of a glass that has been dipped in water and then in granulated sugar. They come out like Lofthouse Cookies!!!!10:38 pm Jan 17th, 2009
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My brother was born on Halloween and will be 70 years old this year, so I'll have to make some for him since I'm his big sister.Would cutting them out on no-stick foil work so they wouldn't come apart? Just a thought.2:46 pm Mar 1st, 2009
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I am going to have to give this recipe a try. My sister does something that you might find helpful with the rolling, she divides the dough in half as instructed and rolls each between two sheets of wax paper and chills for the hour, then peels off top layer (setting aside) and cuts out cookies. Then she re-rolls the dough and puts back in the fridge. After these are baked and pan is cooled a bit, she pulls out the SECOND batch of dough and does it again. By rotating it in the fridge, she is always working with chilled rolled dough and her cookies are perfect.11:15 pm Aug 18th, 2009
Hi Nicole,
I attempted to make a batch of these cookies and it was unsuccessful. My dough was very crumbly and unworkable. I checked back through, and I had all of the ingredients right. Do you know why this could have happened??
Thanks! -Allie10:18 pm Dec 19th, 2009
I made these cookies, and they're delicious…my only question is, doesn't the cream cheese frosting need to be refrigerated? I don't really want to refrigerate the iced cookies, but I don't want anyone to get sick.8:06 pm Sep 17th, 2010
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ive been making these cookies for years, like 10 years at least and never had a problem. theyre the best sugar cookie ever, so if u made these and they turned out bad, it means you did something wrong, cuz sorry, this recipe is full proof!!!!!! so sorry Allie, you did something wrong4:45 am Sep 25th, 2011
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These are wonderful! I'm 78 years old and quit making sugar cut-out cookies when my children were young. I can't imagine where the negative comments came from. I found absolutely nothing wrong with this recipe. I did find that working with smaller batches works much better. The dough does get soft rather quickly, so rolling smaller batches helps that problem. And rolling the dough on parchment paper on the cookies sheet …… genius!! I did have to move the cookies around some to give more room when baking, but so much easier to slide the cookies on the parchment rather than lifting from the counter to the cookie sheet and trying to keep the original shape.12:29 pm Oct 23rd, 2013
The flavor was good also. It's still not my favorite thing to do in the kitchen, but will now try them again. Thanks for the recipe and all of the wonderful tips.
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JJ: We're always looking for ways to make the experiences better. We've announced things at E3 this year that will continue to push the platform forward. As we look at this, we'll do what our users want to see with the product considering all the new technologies that are coming out. But I can tell you the interface isn't changing any time soon.
VideoGamer.com: While dabbling with Last.fm on Xbox 360, we noticed you can't listen to music through it while you're playing games. That was a sticking point for some of us in the office. Is that something you're aware of?
JJ: Yeah. This was a good introduction of these different applications. You might make the same comment about Twitter. Why can't I Tweet while I'm doing things inside games? The nice thing is all these different applications are starting to be put into one team, and it's a team I'm responsible for managing now. As we look at these things we're going to continue to evaluate how we start to integrate these experiences more and more. It's the natural evolution for Last.fm to say, 'if I can have music on my Xbox and I can play it no matter where I go, why can't I get Last.fm playing wherever I go?'. All those different things we'll be evaluating .
VideoGamer.com: So it is possible?
JJ: It's software. Anything's possible. That's one of the beauties of the Xbox platform. We have these resources. We have done things so that we can start to evaluate what are the things that make sense both from a user experience standpoint and a contractual and licensing standpoint with our partners, that enable us to do things across the entire experience.
VideoGamer.com: How about live Twitter and Facebook updates relating to Achievements?
JJ: All those types of things are possibilities and things we'll look at. It's a balance. You have to do these things well. You don't want to hook up features that spam accounts and things like that. There are also privacy issues. What you'll see this Fall, just like we've done with Xbox LIVE over the past six, seven years is, we'll introduce some features and we'll listen to the customers and we'll figure out how to modify them, bring them together and match them up in different ways that meet their needs. I don't look at anything we launch as fire and forget. It's not like shipping a packaged title. This is a live service and we'll be continuing to improve on it moving forward.
VideoGamer.com: I wanted to put something to you analyst Michael Pachter said recently. He claimed Microsoft will increase the price of Xbox LIVE Gold membership to $100 a year. Is that something that could ever happen?
JJ: It would be interesting to understand what his basis was for that. It's interesting to have someone come out there and say I think it's worth more than you're charging. That's not something I'm used to! I can tell you it wasn't directed or tied to anything actually going on within our group. So I would say this was an analyst making a comment, as far as I can tell, on what he thought the quality of the value of the offering was. That's why I was asking you if he went into any more detail.
VideoGamer.com: I have the exact quote here, actually. He said: "You can't hook a guy into Xbox LIVE Gold if he's playing on a PC. So, I mean, that's the other problem - is you really wanna hook every gamer who has a 360, you want them to buy all their games on 360, play everything multiplayer, pay you 50 bucks a year so that in a couple of years, it's 100 bucks a year. And that's going up. We all know that. It's a profit deal."
JJ: Yeah I don't know if everybody knows that it's going up. I find it flattering that someone feels that the value of what we're delivering is worth more than what we're charging. That couldn't have been popular with other press. Unless he was trying to be sensationalistic to get a quote out there.
VideoGamer.com: Have you got any update on 1 vs 100?
JJ: The announcement's made for Season 2 to launch [it's coming sometime this year].
VideoGamer.com: What's your assessment of it?
JJ: It's amazing. Some of the numbers that were published... I don't know what we released, but as far as concurrency rates... amazing uptake on the users that were up there. A lot of positive feedback. I look at that and what was done there and some of the things we're doing with Sky and Canal and you start to look at, well what does it mean to have interactive entertainment? What goes beyond just browsing content in my living room and becoming immersed and making it social and interactive? 1 vs 100 was a great entry into that, and I'm excited about Season 2 starting as well. It's one of those things that's fun. Family gets in and plays it.
VideoGamer.com: It's one of the rare things I do with my partner on the Xbox.
JJ: It's bigger. All of a sudden you're taking something mainstream – a gameshow – something people can relate to, and you're taking a live service which for a lot of people can sometimes be intimidating when you first get in, you don't know people. Sky right now, we're showing you some things based on a party of eight. Now all of a sudden you've created almost an MMO around a gameshow in which you can partake at different levels. It's easy to jump in, easy to jump out. It's a wonderful thing. We'll continue to look at things we can introduce that take advantage of this. How do you bring a lot of people together, have them interact in a fun way and tie it into content that people are used to and understand?
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I've decided to challenge myself to post my top five NFL picks each week, limiting myself to 10 units and keeping tracking of my progress. I'm not a professional by any means, but I've done pretty well over the past few years.
Pick 1: San Diego +1 at Kansas City. 3 Units. San Diego's not nearly as bad as they looked against an excellent Atlanta team last week while Kansas City was beaten soundly twice before eeking out an unlikely overtime win against a team with no coach. The one thing the Chiefs have had success doing offensively is running the ball, but the Chargers have held opposing teams to 3.6 yards per carry, giving up only 67.3 yards per game, good for fourth best in the league. I look for Phillip Rivers to rebound this week, a healthy Ryan Mathews to be involved early and often and the Chargers to take this one easily.
Pick 2: Green Bay -7.5 vs. New Orleans. 2.5 Units. When a team eschews balance in an effort to become elite on one side of the ball, as New Orleans has been doing with their offense, that side of the ball has to be absolutely dominant. In recent years, the Saints' offense has been just that, and we're seeing now that it's been due in large part to Sean Payton. The Packers offense hasn't been sharp through 3 games, but they've played the 49ers, Bears and Seahawks whose defenses are among the very best in the league. Aaron Rodgers and his receivers will feast on this inept Saints defense while the suddenly average Saints offense will not be able to keep pace. The Packers run away with this one.
Pick 3: Arizona vs. Miami, Under 39.5. 2.5 Units. Both of these teams possess defenses that are vastly superior to their offenses. With Kevin Kolb and Ryan Tannehill, both teams will struggle mightily to sustain any drives. Arizona's allowing only 13.3 points per game, while Miami's 22 per game is a bit inflated due to a week 1 loss against Houston in which Miami turned the ball over 4 times in the 2nd quarter, allowing Houston to score each time with an ultra-short field. Assuming there aren't a ton of defensive scores, this game has a 17-10-type final score written all over it.
Pick 4: New York Giants +1.5 at Philadelphia. 1 Unit. The Giants came out flat to start the season against Dallas, then played terribly in the first half of their game against the Bucs in week two. Since then, however, they've looked like the class of the league. The absolutely dominated Tampa Bay late in that game and carried that over into a beatdown of Carolina 4 days later. Philadelphia, meanwhile, has looked completely undisciplined on offense and despite their 2-1 record, their point differential is -19 (The Giants sit at +29). The Giants have been perhaps the best road team in the league over the past few seasons and I expect them to win this one with relative ease.
Pick 5: Chicago at Dallas, Under 41.5. 1 Unit. Quick, name the lowest scoring team in the league through 3 weeks… If you guessed Dallas, you're right (they're tied with Philadelphia having scored only 47 points thus far). Dallas's offense has been sputtering while their upgraded defense has been very impressive. Similar things could be said of Chicago, whose offense has struggled, but whose defense is giving up only 16.7 points a game, good for 5th best in the league. I expect Dallas to win a 20-14-type affair.
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Right-wing politicians and pundits are in an uproar over the National Labor Relations Board's April 20 complaint alleging that aircraft manufacturer The Boeing Company broke the law by punishing unionized workers who had exercised their legally protected right to strike. While the case is still in the early stages—the NLRB hasn't even held a hearing on the complaint, let alone reached a decision on its merit—what is clear at this point is that conservatives' efforts to pressure the NLRB to drop the investigation is a continuation of their aggressive war against workers and their rights to join unions and collectively bargain.
Based on the facts currently available about Boeing's decision to move an airline production line from a union facility in the state of Washington to a brand new, nonunion facility in South Carolina, the NLRB has justification for filing a complaint. A senior Boeing official told The Seattle Times in a videotaped interview:
The overriding factor [in moving to South Carolina] was not the business climate. And it was not the wages we're paying today. It was that we cannot afford to have a work stoppage, you know, every three years.
The National Labor Relations Act prohibits retaliation against strikes.
The NLRB's hearing on the Boeing complaint is scheduled for June 14, and the hearing and future proceedings will bring to light whether Boeing's actions were legal. The law protects Boeing's rights to make business decisions, and certainly they have some business reasons for moving the production line to South Carolina (such as the $900 billion in subsidies from the state), but it also clearly protects workers from retaliation for striking.
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The temperature was dropping so quickly below tolerable that school had been canceled for the next day. Dick Lockard hung up his baseball cap and winter coat at the Altoona Area High School board room.
Wearing thin framed glasses tucked behind his gray hearing aids that are barely noticeable against his neat, gray hair, Lockard prepared for what would be two consecutive board meetings lasting four hours, until 9:30 p.m., and covering all that is mundane and also important to a school district.
An employee handed him an envelope containing some kind of school board business.
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Dick Lockard, an Altoona Area School Board member, has been dedicated to the district for 40 years.
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School board member Dick Lockard teams up with Central Pennsylvania Community Foundation executive director Jodi Cessna to bag groceries for Grocers Fight Cancer in 2011.
"My paycheck," he laughed with the employee. It was a joke, and he, embarking on his 41st year as an unpaid public school board member, was the unspoken punch line.
A majority of school directors statewide devote 16 hours or more a month to school board business. Using that calculation, Altoona Area spokeswoman Paula Foreman said it would be conservative to say that Lockard has dedicated 7,680 hours to the students and community of Altoona Area School District.
He's grown into a fatherly role in the district, weathering a revolving door of nine-member boards over the years, even though it wasn't his plan.
His years of service on the school board have accumulated through losing two elections for other offices, county commissioner and city council, which he
doesn't regret.
"I enjoy being on the school board. I enjoy taking care of the children," he said.
First-year Superintendent Thomas Otto has learned much from Lockard.
"Since I've assumed the role of superintendent of the Altoona Area School District, Mr. Lockard and I have had numerous conversations on things relating to physical plant, board policy, athletics, and various topics related to the general operation of the district. He provides an historical background and perspective that has been very beneficial," Otto said.
Through Lockard's years on the board, he's guided the construction of new school buildings and, in time, the shuttering of those same buildings.
His school board service ended - temporarily for four years - after his first two terms because he lost re-election when the board closed Logan Junior High School.
Currently, the district has eight elementary schools. When Lockard began his service in 1969, there were more than 20 schools. (Lockard's no vote to closing Wright Elementary School last summer drew thunderous applause from parents and teachers.)
While he's taken on countless school issues, it was one that motivated him as a 34-year-old, married industrial engineer to campaign for school board more than 40 years ago.
"Back in those times, they were taking prayer and Bible reading out of schools. That's why I ran for school board," said Lockard, a Baptist Christian. "Back in the day, we had meetings with ministers. They spoke before the board. We tried many, many ways to keep prayer and Bible reading in schools. I'm still working on things about getting it back. We are one nation founded under God."
Lockard, 78, is among a few board members known by the Pennsylvania School Boards Association to have 40-plus years experience, according to a PSBA spokesman. About 4 percent of current board members statewide have served 21 or more years of service. But Altoona Area, Bedford Area, Elk Lake, Jeannette and Aliquippa school districts each have a board member with more than 40 years of service.
The long haul of these school directors began for similar reasons: " I didn't think things were going the way they should," Bedford Area board member Ronald Markwood, 79, said. January marked the start of his 44th year as a school board member. The optometrist, still practicing, had first been elected after he spoke out against the elimination of a school crossing guard program.
In the eastern part of the state, a Meshoppen dairy farmer was nudged into the position of an absentee board member in 1961 - and has served on the Elk Lake board for 52 years, the most years of service in the state.
"I was minding my own business, but a neighbor came over and said, 'Some of us think you should run for school board,'" Arden Tewksbury, 81, said.
"And I've been there ever since - just got re-elected in November."
Lockard was re-elected in November, too. He's not thinking of what he will do beyond this term.
"I'll take it one term at a time, four years at a time," he said. "If the Lord wants me to go on, He will send me on."
That's been his attitude for many of his re-elections beginning in the 1990s.
He suffered a heart attack in 1992, underwent heart surgery and spent 15 days in the hospital, he said. "After going through an operation like that, I had to take that into consideration each time I ran for re-election."
He maintains his health by walking two miles each day, and coincidentally, that may be a reason for his public support. Lockard's city is not a small town, but he likes to meet people, campaigning door to door. That's what he said he believes has kept him on the board for so long.
Of the longtime school board members in Lockard's company, none serve in a district as populous as Altoona Area.
Jeanette City School District's William Brasco,76, was re-elected in November. This will be his 44th year.
"Everybody knows it's a small town. People know my interests are sincere, I do work hard, and I think that's what gets me elected," he said.
He was an football and wrestling standout in high school. He was motivated to run for board because he cares about children's education. Like the other board members in the 40-plus year club, his children all graduated from the district he serves. But the furniture store manager was elected to the school board prior to their birth.
"If you don't have an education, you got nothing," said Brasco, a proponent of the state's new teacher evaluations.
He too, has been through construction and closing of neighborhood schools, multiple superintendents.
These fatherly board members have seen how demographics have changed since the 1970s, a change defined, especially in Altoona, by industrial decline and urban decentralization. They are concerned about how the economy is affecting their school district's families and their children, many of whom receive federal free and reduced price lunches at school.
Aliquippa School District's 40-plus year board member Arthur Paroles has seen enrollment decline 20 percent from what it was when the city's steel mill was at its apex, said Superintendent David Wytiaz. The district has shrunk from nine to two schools total. Paroles, "a popular gentleman in the community," Wytiaz said, was re-elected in November despite several new names on the ballot.
"For board members in the future, budgeting will be the biggest challenge," said Bedford Area's Markwood. Taxes haven't been raised in eight years. "Our fist thing is the kids; does it benefit them? Then you have to figure out what the cost is."
He had ensured that with Bedford Area's recently renovated high school, the district allocated $1 million for technology to fill it.
"When you have a board member with that kind of longevity," Bedford Area Superintendent Alan Sell said of Markwood, "they know the issues; they create a commonality [between past and present] that calms and leads a school district."
It's a delicate balance between the interests of taxpayers and needs of students, that school board members face as they plan for the future of a school district.
"We've kept taxes down and financially we are in great shape," Lockard said. "You have to look at both sides, educational and where the money is coming from - taxpayers in Altoona. I feel board members have to realize they have to be dedicated and have to put time in."
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The DIFFERENCE between RJJ-CAL 24/7 and DLH-PAC 24/7...
While i enjoyed the RJJ-CAL 24/7, it didn't pump me up for the fight at al. it was an entertaining show, but i wasnt any more or less excited for the fight then i was before hand.
But this series is REALLY pumping me up for the fight.
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THe fact that Joe and Roy respect each other makes for ****ty tv.
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The fact that dela Hoya's starting to appear like the bad guy for a change, would make anyone interested I guess.
Pacquiao's sleeping in a cramped apartment with his ornery wife watching his every move...wakes up to do spartan training with a stuttering boxing coach suffering from Parkinson's disease, while dela Hoya trains in his secluded big-bear lodge where he does mitts with daniel zaragoza under the watchful eye of dundee and beristain. Like watching Rocky and Ivan Drago training.
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the acting and directing for this one is pure hollywood at it's best
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To be honest, I'm burnt out on these 24/7 shows. Fighters are having to act goofy and crazy just to stand out. I don't go out of my way to watch any of them anymore. Roy-Calzaghe was the absolute worst.
I don't think there's been any worth watching since Mayweather-Hatton. It's just lost its appeal after seeing the same **** over and over.
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Latchia Youmans, 32, of Blackwood-Clementon Road, Lindenwold; Paris Ossorio, 46, of Blackwood-Clementon Road in the township; and Sharlene Hiller, 37, of Bilper Avenue, Lindenwold, each were charged with shoplifting and conspiracy. Youmans also was charged with hindering in an apprehension.
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Good luck! You can do it
I tried a journal once before but I think it was too much for me to try to do. That or I wasn't ready. I have 14 large bowling balls to lose. And I think I need to make this easy on myself. I'm going to try one day at a time. If I make it two days then good on me. 30? hot damn.
See, I've got Bipolar 2, GAD, Pre-diabetes, Pre-hypertension, a huge list of allergies/sensitivities, and PTSD. PLUS I have a DD who will be 1 in August. AND I have a lot of chronic stress that I have very little control over currently. So I need to change my life around. One day at a time. Or even one meal at a time.
With the way my mind works and the way my life is I feel like I can't make a huge commitment. Otherwise I'd go all "perfect nazi" on myself. And that does nothing for my anxiety or stress.
So what I've decided is to create a giant "poster" to put on my door for me to see what day I will be taking the plunge to eat nothing but protein and veggies (because I need to kick all forms of sugar for awhile to see how it affects my mental status-bipolar can be treated with a strict no sugar diet) for one entire day.
Until that day comes I'll be working on "my" pantry (or at least those foods I can choose to stock up on since I eat other people's food right now) and slowly weaning myself off of caffeine so I'm not crazy mom for my DD.
What does this mean? Nuts instead of candy (my house has candy jars for easy snacking but I need to make myself a nut jar instead), stock up on inexpensive and quick meats, stock up on veggies, and meal plan. If I meal plan things should be easier. I may even try broth in the morning instead of coffee!
If anyone reads this I'd appreciate advice. Until then I hope to figure it all out (oh, and since my DD's bday will probably fall in the middle of my first month I'm already planning it to be a potluck with a "GFCF" cake {read semi-primal} as well as cucumber sandwiches, berries, and celery with almond butter). I'm hoping a little pre-planning will make the day to day a lot easier. My birthday? It'll be in month 2 and will be a bit easier hopefully.
My stats? 56inch waist, 399.1lbs, 6' (used to be 6'1" when I weighed less), 21 yrs old.
Good luck! You can do it
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Well, I haven't posted for awhile because I'm simply overwhelmed. I'm fighting being so easily overwhelmed but right now I can't seem to tune out background noise very well. So a too loud tv is deafening to me. And my DH being talkative like always drives me batty, especially with a radio on in the background. Sometimes I wonder if bipolar 2 is even the right diagnosis. I'm not medicated and truely feel like the diagnosis was based on the fact that I tend to have sleepless nights once in a great while and because of my reaction to Zoloft (which my MOM says sent me into a manic episode-I feel that it just made me happy in a medicated way, thereby reducing my ability to control myself). If I had told the counselor about my sometimes extreme, sometimes just annoying issues with certain stimuli combined with an antisocial but almost overly empathetic nature I may have been called Late Onset Aspergers. Which I would say is more acurate than Bipolar 2. I dunno. I'll discuss that next week with the psychiatrist.
But couple all of that with my current home life (seperated from my hubby because of finances and living with my family in a pretty emotionally toxic enviornment where they think they eat healthy) and my concern over my DD because she is a headbanger (she's almost 1) and her development seems to be slowing I am pretty much floundering. I need to find a way to take a moment to myself and breathe. If I do that then I can crank out some of my too do list and work on figuring out what needs to be on said list.
The worst part I think is that I am finding that my DD's issues tend to be assosciated with food. AND so do mine. My DH is in love with fast food and so we tend to eat out whenever he comes up (he's a 30min drive away). We had TB today and within two hours I felt horrible. I was very fatigued and very irritable for very little reason. My DD conked out much later than usual (I let her nap whenever she is naturally going to because otherwise we have sleeptime fights as well as more nightttime sleep issues) and was zombified much fo the afternoon.
I don't know why I keep putting off switching my diet considering how I am noticing food affects my family except that I am scared and I have little to no control over what is cooked right now. I know the last one is more excuse because I can simply not take certain parts of the meal like I did earlier tonight (breakfast for dinner and I didn't pick me up a biscuit but my DD and I had bacon, eggs, and potatoes). I know it's hard to get my DD to eat veggies because she only has two teeth but that really shouldn't be an excuse considering she ate a piece of bacon tonight the same way I would except with as bit more slobber. Mostly I'm scared.
I'm scared that it will be hard. I'm scared I'll fail (mostly). I'm scared I'll suceed and all my mom will say is that if you haven't kept the weight off for x amount of years then it doesn't work, I mean look at the patients who underwent surgery. Ugh. I'm scared my DH won't understand why I don't want fast food (I don't anymore anyway-it gives me IBS and makes me tired and irritable), milk (he drinks a gallon a week, I swear, and can eat a lb of mozzarella in one sitting!), cheese, and mostly why I want our DD to eat this way (he doesn't even accept that I don't want him to play the play fighting game because she slaps me at nighttime now when she doesn't want to sleep no matter how tired she is!). I'm scared that it will make me sucessful too. If I lose as much weight as I need to then I will be a walking billboard for this lifestyle. I am almost 400 lbs at 6'1"! I need to lose an entire person, an entire OVERWEIGHT person! That is fucking daunting, I don't care who you are.
But I want to when my DH is getting fitter because of his job and I contue to lug around three people, myself, my DD, and that third overweight person. Plus if I lose 20lbs he doesn't notice. It makes me wonder why I try sometimes. When you are this fat it's hard to notice when you lose it.
But I need a kick in the pants to get off this fucking pity party. I need to figure out my lunches and breakfasts (found out this morning that my DD CAN wait for me to cook up some eggs if I get up with her instead of letting her play by my bed until I wake up). And I need to get some good fat in the house. I'm tired of living a cluttered life. I want rid of my emotional, physical, and bodily clutter. I'm just scared to do it.
Sporks, You have some pretty heavy things going on in your life right now. I won't pretend to know what it's like living in your shoes but I, too, have a history of mental illness. I've been dealing with depression for approximately 10 years now (since diagnosis) and I don't handle stress very well so I do understand part of your story.
When I first considered becoming primal, I was filled with anxiety and was stressed out about the transition. I was worried about the diet, I was worried about the exercise and everything else. My thoughts were that I had failed every other attempt at diet and exercise changes, why would this be any different? With the calming influence of my TW (trophy wife) I started my primal journey right away. I found it best to take the band-aid approach, starting quick and getting it over with.
We don't stress about the things we have in the house that we're trying to get rid of, BBQ sauce, ketchup, etc. We finish them off and then swap in new primal items as required. I think we're about 95% compliant (we could use more veggies, less fruit and nuts) but I've seen great improvements. It's been month now and my depression is so, so much more manageable. I don't see a lot of weight loss with the TW but she is losing weight. Some of her pants are way looser so even if I can't see it, it's there.
My advice and encouragement would be summed up as the following:
- Do this for you and for your daughter. You are the only two who you should be concerned about. If your DH doesn't notice, it shouldn't affect you. Remember, men are pretty dense and miss out of the finer details in life. It's why we can step over dirty laundry without even realizing it.
- Just do it! Do the best that you can and don't worry about what you can't. Each thing you accomplish is one improvement over what you were doing before. It is all cumulative.
- Don't allow yourself to "cheat." If something arises, do your best to make the primal choice. If you succeed, great! If you don't, chalk it up as a learning experience and move on.
- Let it happen naturally. It will.
- Savour the delicious food in the new WOE. Fresh strawberries are like orgasms in your mouth.
- Share your triumphs. The more you share, the more you'll realize what an amazing job you're doing. Share with your friends and loved ones. Share with us. The people on here are amazing. Their encouragement is second-to-none and this this a wonderful community. Let us share in your success.
- Enjoy the process. This should be (and really is) quite simple. You'll get the hang of it.
Sorry for rambling. I don't know if this all makes sense or not (I'll have to read it later when there's less distractions going on). I want you to know that this is definitely do-able and that it really does get better.
Start here. Share a small victory with us.
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Thank you Griffin for the kind words. I guess if I focused ont he good side I can say that I have sucessfully weaned myself back to one cup of coffee a day and I am noticing how certain foods make me feel. And despite the fact that I am currently drinking soda I am finally aware of how thirsty it truely makes you (never was before). As per food I am not making the best decisions but I am trying to reduce my grain intake and am much more aware of these foods. While I am still a grain and sugar addict I am trying to focus on my meat and veggies first. Instead of loading up on bread, pasta, and corn I am trying to make 1/2 of my plate a veggie and at least a 1/4 of my plate meat. And instead of using a bowl for my salads like the rest of my family I am opting to put it on my plate so I can visually see how much of each I am eating. Plus I am walking an hour a day as many days as possible (I'd average 3-5 days a week I get this in).
I'm also starting to put protein and veggie in front of my DD first whenever possible. Or at least protein and fruit. I am nowhere close to primal imo but I am really trying.
I guess it's hard to be easy on yourself while still trying to make the right decisions. Idk, it's a double edged sword.
Wow. First the good: Today I figured out that coffee increases my irritability, temperature, and sweat factor. Plus I rode my bike again with baby on board! Not long but enough to make my legs hurt in a good way. AND I found a friend who completely understands in a place I forgot to think about. I'm going to try to make an effort to hang out with her much more often for some support. I may have come to terms with my Bipolar diagnosis as well.
The bad: I'm VERRRRY irritable. I started the day off calm and well but then one small misunderstanding between me and my grandma sent my entire afternoon into a tailspin. I'm also in a bit of a tailspin with no grounded feeling. I'm thinking I'm in an irritable hypomanic episode.
The neutral?: I found anecdotal research that led me to a scientific site that stated that many bipoalr patients tend to be abnormally suceptable to sugar (sounds familiar... especially with my pre-diabetes label), alcohol, and coffee. Sounds like I have much more under my belt for support of this diet. Like I was telling my friend: even though I can't afford to go pure in the ways I eat I should try to go as unprocessed as possible whenever I can. So I think I need to start trying some decaf tea instead of coffee. And try my damndest to eat only meat and veggies (fruit and chocolate may only prove to throw me off). My hardest time is when I wanna snack. Anyone have any good tips on snacking? And this guy in the anecdote challenged himself for one year and succeeded in having no sugar alcohol or coffee. He said the first few days it was like being very horny but for coffee and sugar. I don't know if I can handle that so I am going to try, no I will, to have no coffee tomorrow. Then the next day. One day at a time, right?
That all said I need to pack and drive down to see my DH before it gets too dark.
Hi Sporks. Hugs. I have struggled all my life with what I now consider undiagnosed bipolar and/or Asperger's. I also can't handle background noise or too many stimuli well. Primal has helped with these. I also took the one day at a time approach, although I was already off gluten and eating a fairly healthy CW diet.
The ideal is to mostly get off snacks. But I haven't gotten there. I eat pork rinds, which I don't particularly like. Sometimes I put butter on them. LOL. Otherwise they are too dry.
Hang in there! I want to see you in one of Mark's success stories a year from now!
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For meals, we've been eating a lot of salad. If you drizzle it with olive oil and balsamic or apple-cider vinegar, you have a healthy dressing with some additional fat for greater satiety. You can also chop some nuts to add some flavour. Hard-boiled eggs and berries are also nice additions. Work your way through the veggies and meat first before moving on the "other stuff." Take seconds of the good stuff too if you can before moving on to the less-than-ideal fillers.
There are also several nice ways to enhance a glass of water. Lemon slices, cucumber slices, mint leaves, iced-tea (made from a tea bag, not from crystals). These can all take the place of sodas quite nicely. Before I went primal, I was drinking a 1.8L (+/- 64 oz.) Slurpee at least twice a week. Trust me, I know the allure of sodas.
For snacks, my wife and I rely quite a bit on nuts. Another good option would be veggie sticks and babaganoush (sp?), it's a garlic-y eggplant spread and is very tasty.
You should definitely try to avoid coffee and alcohol as much as possible. maybe switch to decaf. It may still fill the psychological impulse for coffee while sparing you the irritability. A couple others we enjoy is an occasional square of dark chocolate (75%+) or beef jerky.
Also, don't sweat the "affordability" of the diet. If it's a financial thing, check out the many threads on MDA about living/eating primally on the cheap. Organic, while ideal, is not an absolute. Make sure you wash your veggies and do the best you can. When you can afford better, buy better.
To quote Dori from Finding Nemo," Just keep swimming . . ." Focus on the subtle improvements you're making and feel how much better you're already starting to feel.
There are two wolves fighting within a man's heart, one is Love, the other is Hate. The one that wins is the one you feed.
My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. - Jack Layton
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Thank you all. I think the hardest part right now i that I am in the midst of a very irritable hypomanic episode. But Day 1 of no coffee went well despite the innumerable amount of times my family tried to ask if I was going to have some coffee.
Because of this episode the number of times my in-laws talk about how if I was hungry I could have some of the food in the fridge is very very annoying. Whenever my DD is awake I'm trying to hide it and I apparently did well hiding it when we went to this event that my DH loves (we also walked for about 2 hrs straight! Yay! I hurt a bit though, lol) because he couldn't tell I was hurting or irritable past my telling him I needed to slow down.
I feel better not having had coffee but it will still take some getting used to. Breakfast was eggs with salsa though not enough (probably why I wanted snacks and ended up having a graintastic burrito then some chips n dip and soda). I think that if I can fill myself up well enough with breakfast then I will be able to deal with the day better. Plus if I weren't in this episode it would be easier too as I'd get more adequate sleep.
I'm really feeling lost though in this state of mind and am thinking I may need some meds for awhile (at least until I can control it with diet). I'm not sure though. I really see a connection between what I eat and my mood. I think this episode was kicked off by my dietary changes and my body going "Woooooooah doggy!", lol.
By this time next year I hope to be able to control myself better and better be able to catch up with my DH at this event. Even if I'm not the picture of health I hope to be better. While the bandaid approach seems to be working for me so far (worked when I quit smoking however many years ago, worked with alcohol unintentionally, and seems to be working with coffee-as in I have little desire to pick it up again any time soon) I definatel think I still need to chunk my bandaids into smaller bundles. IE instead of going full primal right away I am just trying one aspect of it at a time.
Part of my problem with this diet, too, seems to be that I really just want to be normal sometimes. While I am a "minimalist in training" and prefer barefeet to the point that the sandal is my go to shoe I still have a problem with it at times. I guess I get tired of the "looks". It's one of those fleeting thoughts that happens at times.
But to look forward: MORE VEGGIES AND MORE DIETARY FAT. Meat I do well on (I'm starting to crave savory again!) so far despite my need to focus on it still. The hard part is going to be the veggies and fat since those things are few and far between in the houses I live in. So I need to focus on putting those things on the grocery list. Plus having some go to meat int he fridge since I am braindead in the morning and not used to functioning without coffee quite yet.
KEEP WALKING. I figure when I can walk more often without getting winded so much or in pain so much is when I will start creeping up the primal exercise pyramid. Even if I still need my sound draining headphones while my DD is in the stroller (sometimes background noise...ugh).
KEEP TRYING. One day at a time. One meal at a time. I'm going to try to snack on veggies after my walks to get those nutrients in me and not be feeling my need to eat as heavily (it's like I need something to do with my mouth despite not being hungry sometimes. Celery sticks, snap peas, etc to the rescue!). I'm going to try to keep water with me unflavored and am going to ask my family not to buy me sodas. I'm learning and that is where I need to focus.
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With Channel 3's "Nua Mek 2" debacle still unexplained, you can't blame people for wondering why Pen-ek Ratanaraung abruptly postponed the premiere of his new documentary film "Prachathipathai" ("Paradoxocracy"). It was supposed to debut on February 7 at the Lido cinemas. Now it's not.
Pen-ek has said the movie is about politics and it sounds like it touches upon taboos. Did paranoid politics draw the curtains again, or were would-be viewers the ones being paranoid?
Well, Pen-ek and his co-producer and director Pasakorn "Ake" Pramoolwong say we need to relax. There's a "technical problem" they need to fix - something about colour and sound. (That's quite a problem!) Another insider points out that "Paradoxocracy" hasn't even been submitted to the film board for rating, so how could there be a censorship issue? "It's too early for that," they say.
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Barack Obama was once again on national TV - this time introducing Mary Jo White as his nominee to head the Securities and Exchange Commission - when he was "menaced by a housefly", as one American news report cheekily put it.
The insect buzzed the world's most powerful man for a few moments and then landed smack on his forehead. There was no answering smack from the president this time, though, just a mildly annoyed "This guy is bothering me here."
No doubt Obama, like every onlooker, was recalling the first such incident, in June 2009, when he was being interviewed on CNBC. He not only whacked that little buzzer to the floor ("ninja-style", as someone noted), he suggested that the cameras get a shot of its corpse.
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It is a fact that a lot of people consider puppies as one of the most enjoyable pets in the world. But you should also know that just like humans, it is easier to teach them things while they are still young. For instance, you should know that puppy biting is one of the things that can be considered as a common problem by a lot of pet owners. Because most dogs are rough in nature, they feel that it is okay for them to be like that even when inside your home. But you do not want your puppy to develop this small habit into a violent act because when your dog grows up, it would be harder to correct this behavior. Because of this, this article will tell you some of the most effective things that you can do to be able to effectively stop the puppy biting habit of your pet.
It is also very important for you to not hurt your pet in the process of teaching it the right behavior inside your home; remember that you want your pet to become more disciplined and to not lose its trust on you. The best method by which you will be able to effectively reprimand your dog is by talking to it verbally. Only a few people are aware of the fact that dogs are very smart and that they have a way of knowing whether you are reprimanding them or if you are being affectionate to them. In addition to this, you will surely be able to eliminate the puppy biting habit from your pet dog if you talk to it immediately after it has done something wrong so that it will know that what it just did is wrong and that you do not approve of it.
If on the other hand, you find yourself having a really hard time disciplining your dog, you can always call a professional that will surely be able to solve your problem. There are a lot of dog trainers out there and you can always choose the person that you think will suit your needs and preferences. The only problem with this solution is that you will have to pay a particular amount of money just to be able to train your dog to become more disciplined, and if you have a tight budget, this is definitely not the wisest decision for you to make.
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Modern/Store/Metro is flop what about WPF ?
WPF, more information, please!!!
WPF news please!
Hi guys, I can confirm that WPF is not dead.
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Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD ) used to be a chip superstar. The story was compelling: It was a no-name second source to Intel (NASDAQ: INTC ) that had risen to become the last man standing in the fight for the PC and x86-server chip markets. From 2003 to 2006, AMD had a pretty clear technology lead over Intel as its more efficient micro-architectures left Intel's GHz-happy strategy in the dust. AMD won big time, and its shareholders were amply rewarded. However, the story went south beginning in 2006 as Intel caught up and eventually left AMD in the dust.
The tablet situation
While AMD had been in a pretty rough competitive spot in both the PC and server markets over the last several years, the form-factor shift from PCs to tablets just made the situation worse. AMD's PC presence has been mainly in the low end, where it has majority share, even against Intel. That is the most susceptible to cannibalization by low-end tablets. As PCs declined, AMD not only saw its addressable market shrink, but it saw a desperate Intel start to focus on share gains at the low end to save its revenue stream.
As the reality sets in that the tablet form factor will be the most ubiquitous instantiation of the PC, both Intel and AMD will see their client businesses meaningfully shaped by their ability to produce class-leading products for these form factors. With the launch of Intel's Bay Trail product lineup for tablets, there's little question that Intel will be viable here, especially as the company has committed to shipping more than 40 million tablet units next year. But there still remains plenty of doubt over AMD's ability to compete here.
The roadmap gets better, but it still doesn't look competitive
When AMD was hyping its Temash system-on-chip last year, AMD tried to make it look as though it would be able to go head-to-head with low-power Intel and ARM (NASDAQ: ARMH ) -based tablets. Tablets with this Temash part are exceptionally rare, precisely because it is unsuitable for this market. The higher-performance, quad-core parts are too power-hungry for iPad-like tablets. The lower-performance, dual-core parts don't have the performance of a modern Intel/Qualcomm/NVIDIA chip. It's the worst of both worlds.
Next year, AMD promises to do better with its 28-nanometer Beema and Mullins products targeted at Windows 8.1 devices. But there's nothing to suggest that they'll be competitive with Intel's current-generation Bay Trail products, let alone next year's Cherry Trail 14-nanometer with completely redesigned graphics. Let's also not forget that Intel is willing to price its tablet chips aggressively and provide significant NRE help to give tablet vendors more incentive to use its chips. Can AMD really go up against that, particularly with what is likely to be a lower-performing and/or higher-power product?
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Next year will be rough for AMD in the low end of the PC market, as Intel pushes aggressively into that space. On top of that, it's tough to see AMD offering any meaningful competition in the Windows 8.1 tablet space from a product perspective, let alone from the OEM perspective.
While AMD's future could be bright and prosperous outside the PC and tablet markets, and while the company could pull an ace from from its sleeve, investing in hope is much riskier than investing in facts. The facts today point to AMD stretching itself too thin and attempting to take on too many projects, all while it tries to cut operating expenses and manage costs in a deeply cutthroat environment. This is not a recipe for success -- quite the opposite, in fact.
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Answer: Expedia should have credited you for the canceled flight immediately when you asked for a refund.
Why didn't it? Because Continental had your money, and wresting it from the airline is easier said than done. Even though Continental issued your tickets, part of your itinerary — a flight from Mumbai to Hyderabad — was through Jet Airways. Technically, that shouldn't make a difference (Continental has all your money) but in my experience, airlines use the multicarrier itinerary as an excuse to delay their refunds.
It could also have something to do with the fact that you no longer have the credit card you used to pay for the ticket. As a matter of policy, online travel agencies only refund purchases back to your credit card. Anything else confuses them.
It shouldn't be that way. If a company can take your money immediately, it should return it just as quickly. Any way you want it.
From your point of view, what's happening behind the scenes is irrelevant. As your online travel agent, Expedia took your money, and it should return it. But it's not that simple.
There's another wrinkle: A Transportation Department rule that tickets must be refunded within seven business days. (I wrote about that last week, but also discovered that the rule only applies to refundable tickets. Alas, few tickets used by leisure travelers are refundable.)
Should Expedia give you the money even if it doesn't have it? In a word, yes. A company of its size should be able to negotiate a faster return of its customers' money, and ultimately, I think the problem of ticketing and refunds between carriers is an issue for the online travel agency to work out.
You could have exerted a little pressure on Expedia in several ways — none of which involved a phone conversation. A polite e-mail is a good place to start. If that doesn't work, try appealing to someone higher up. Sometimes, copying the Transportation Department is a good way to underscore the seriousness of your complaint to an airline when it is holding on to your money. A note to your state's attorney general can also be useful if you think your online agency is stalling.
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