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A Sucker For Christmas, or The Still Small Voice
December 23, 2010 by Olga Statz
Filed under Musings
I was not born to be cool. I was born to be delighted, and what a glorious destiny it is.
Many, many things please me. So often I am like a cat, transfixed and purring before a piece of string. One of the things I love best is Christmas. I don't sneer when I hear "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer," I hum. Just yesterday, at the Hallmark store on Montague Street in the great borough of Brooklyn, I caught myself swinging and swaying to "Santa Claus is Coming to Town."
I love Christmas brazenly, and without apology. I love the lights, the music, the decorations, the sending and receiving of cards, the exchange of presents. I love the food. I love the eggnog. I love the very idea of a season set aside for joy. I realize that this takes me out of the class the sophisticated, "in-the-know," people too intelligent to fall for twinkling lights and goodwill toward men. As I've confessed, I'm not cool, and it is at Christmas time that the scope, depth, and breadth of this "uncoolness" is manifested with the greatest intensity.
Please don't take this as a plea for intervention by the Sophistinistas. I don't want to be saved from my hokeyness. You see, I realize that if I were to be cool, I would of necessity have to be bored with everything, superior to everything, and would be expected to deploy my considerable powers of snark and irony at every social gathering. What's more, I would have to work myself into a rage at the sight of tinsel, like all right-thinking intellectuals. It all seems like too much of an exhausting bore to me. It is so much easier to make the best of things and enjoy life's occasional spangly charms.
Am I mistaken, or does it take wisdom and courage truly to enjoy life—wisdom to see and courage to grasp? Isn't the secret a seizing and a sharing of those things that go unnoticed in the clamor of the world? I am reminded of the still, small voice described in the story of Elijah the prophet. Hiding in a cave, waiting to hear from God, he first heard a great and strong wind, but God was not there. The wind was followed by an earthquake, and the earthquake was followed by a fire, but God was still not there. But then Elijah heard a still, small voice and knew then that he was in God's presence. He heard God because he was listening for Him and did not despise the tininess of the manifestation.
Striving to hear might just be one of the highest callings in life. Shouldn't we make ourselves available to grace and to joy when they come disguised as trivialities? In my life, they have often come disguised as the thought and love that go into a gift, true friends sitting around a table singing carols, and the hush and stillness of New York after midnight mass, the sound of ancient songs of adoration still resonating all around.
This Christmas, I want to delight!
Happy Christmas to all and to all a good night!
What I'm Thankful for: My Beautiful Black Dad
November 24, 2009 by Olga Statz
Filed under Family & Friends, Musings
I am staggered by my good fortune. God saw fit to give me my very own Hero.
My hero doesn't wear a cape, and he doesn't fly, but that is his strength—he is there, always there when and where you need him, and is never flitting about. He eschews the flapping piece of fabric in favor of well-cut suits. Kryptonite doesn't bother him, but he won't eat soup. And like his TV twin, he jumps over tall obstacles in a single bound.
Throughout my life, he has jumped over monumental piles of ignorance with a single leap of phrase.
Take for instance the time he told me I wasn't put on this earth to be anyone's victim. I was a teenager. I had been crying over some unpleasant boy experience. I was going full-throttle when he looked up from his paper and said, in his laconic way, "You do know, don't you, that you were not put on this earth to be anyone's slave or victim. You shouldn't let anyone treat you disrespectfully."
My tears came to a screeching halt, like tires on a road. My mouth dropped open as I looked at him. What was he telling me? Did he just say I had a choice whether to accept or not to accept bad treatment? But I thought that suffering and then bemoaning that suffering was part of my womanly birthright—that's what the soap operas and fashion magazines said at least. Could it be that they were wrong? He had said his peace and quickly lost interest. He resumed his affair with The New York Times as I sat there with my life upside down and my tears in suspense.
Then there was the other time, a time when I was a bit younger, perhaps 12 or 13, and I announced that I would marry early and live in a suburb like the people in the car commercial I was watching. I was fascinated by that peck on the lips the well-groomed housewife gave the husband as he walked out of the house in the morning. "That is what I want to do."
He bent the corner of his ubiquitous paper and looking over his glasses said simply, "If I were you, I'd concentrate on my studies and on getting a profession. That prince of yours might give you four kids and then leave you for a woman with bigger breasts. Then what would you do?" Again, my mouth dropped open, and his reading was resumed without further comment.
As you probably figured out, my dad doesn't say much, and whatever he does say is usually from behind the paper.
In his own grouchy, silent way, he was extremely attentive when I was a child. Every two weeks, when he was paid, he took me to a Cuban Chinese restaurant in our neighborhood called Victoria China, which for me was the very height of luxury living. As I ate my spare ribs and egg roll and drank my orange soda, he sat across from me, behind the paper, of course, sipping his café con leche. As I ate, his hand occasionally reached for the coffee cup. The cup would disappear behind the paper for a few moments and then be placed back into the waiting saucer. He obviously had not read any of those books about engaging your child in constant conversation and lavishing them with showy attentions. I was pretty happy with the arrangement, however, as it allowed me to gnaw on the rib bones in peace, something impossible to do when my mom was around (she, by the way, is a character, in her own right).
In the winter, he took me ice skating in Rockefeller Center. He waited, alone and cold, among the spectators as I whirled around in my little red skating skirt and fluffy white fake fur hat with the pom-pom ties under the chin. He wore neither hat nor gloves. I suppose he thought that they were for sissies and that real men should brave the cold armed only with their mustaches and their cups of coffee.
And in the summer, he drove us to Rockaway beach in our blue Buick with the vinyl seats. His polo shirt buttoned to his chin, he would sit under a tree and read a magazine and wait until my mother, cousin, aunt and I finished splashing in the water.
My parents moved to New York to escape Duvalier. They were part of the great exodus of the middle and professional classes from Haiti in the late 1950s early '60s. The statistics are astounding: In 1964, I think there were more Haitian doctors in Canada than there were in Haiti. By the time I was old enough to understand my surroundings, my dad was working a white collar job as a social worker, but before then, when he first came, he accepted any job he could find. At one point, my father, who had been a lawyer in Haiti, worked by day as a janitor, by night as an orderly, and on Saturdays at a car wash. Once, in a fit of youthful stupidity, I asked him why he had worked so many jobs. He answered simply, "You needed food."
His lessons have stood me in good stead throughout my life. My parents taught me the value of work, common sense, duties fulfilled, and self-pity murdered in its crib, stifled at its source, because it offends our dignity and is a waste of time.
This Thanksgiving, I lift my glass to my parents, but in particular to my dad, my beautiful Black dad. Long may he prosper.
Battleship Steel: Or, What I Learned During My Summer Vacation
September 14, 2009 by Olga Statz
Filed under Family & Friends, Musings
Until this year, summer was not restful for me. I would take Anna, my daughter, from country to country (we have relatives all over) and be lost in a flurry of diapers, crying-jags, nap-time, storybooks and French fries. Even sitting on the beach was exhausting: I sat motionless and watched her without interruption, to keep her from the belly of the sea. Even when she was 9 and 10 years old, I kept an eagle eye on her.
This summer, however, I had an 11-year-old with me, and it was a different affair. Tall, strong and wise to (some of) the ways of the world, she didn't want to drown anymore than I did, and knew that she had to eat at least something during the day that did not contain Yellow Dye No. 13. Thus, for the very first time since she was born, I was able to exhale, to think. I was able to see and hear and understand things that had always been there but that I had failed to see for the trees.
Some truth finally made itself heard over the din of the ever-clamoring, pot-banging minutiae of an attention-paying mother's life. It all began to emerge one Tuesday afternoon, when my daughter, in the company of two friends, rode her bike around the block in Cape May, N.J.
It was to be her first time out riding without a grown-up. On her way out the door, as I fretted and peppered her with reminders, she turned to me and said, "Mom, don't worry. I'll be fine." At that moment, I saw something in the back of her eyes that reminded me of an episode in my life that had long mystified me but that I then suddenly understood.
Many years ago, before the husband and before the child, I remember being at a cocktail party near the U.N. I was in my early 20s and rather pathetically bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. As I stood there, trying to look sophisticated, a gray-haired, bespectacled gentleman came over and said something very strange. He said "Some people look very sweet, but when you look into the back of their eyes, you see battleship steel. Do you know that battleship steel is one of the hardest materials on earth?" He then turned away.
That Tuesday afternoon in Cape May, I finally understood, because I saw the steel in my daughter's eyes. Over the course of the rest of the summer, I would see it again and again in the eyes of my family. During the Montreal leg of the trip, because I had time to think, I was able to see the span of life from tender youth to even more tender old-age stretch itself before me from tip to tail, like some large, indifferent cat.
In Montreal, everyone was gathered at my aunt and uncle's barbeque. There are many children in the family now. Some are chubby little things in pull-ups, some like my daughter, are long-haired and long-legged, and some are stolid little boys solemnly pushing baby sisters into tomato plants. My aunts, uncles and parents have gray hair now and congregate around the table exchanging tales of the old days: love affairs, the moody Haitian climate, a dictator or two.
My cousins and I are straddlers—the children of the wizened ones, and the parents of the little ones. My cousins are tall, athletic and bear terrifying muscles. They talk of bike rides, soccer games and volley ball, while I dream over the latest heels and hats. But at the barbeque, in the midst of these jumbled generations, I am particularly taken by my uncle. Once stocky, he is now thinned out by cancer. Only his mustache and his eyes remain robust. He hangs on to the moose his granddaughter, resolute and tearless after a violent encounter with a tomato plant, hands him for protection. Laughing, he strokes it as he directs the action at the grill from his lawn chair. He laughs again as he catches my eye and offers his teetoling niece a whisky sour.
Still in Montreal, I visit my mother's cousin. She is also battling cancer. It has her hair, but it doesn't have her spirit. She is wide-eyed, talkative, waving her hands about as she rushes to tell me things about her life that she is recalling vividly, to make me a repository. She lives in a tiny, tiny, impressively neat apartment lined with books, paintings and plants. She has no one, really. She battles the beast alone. With a yawn, she tells me that she decided not to undergo the latest treatment offered her. "Pourquoi faire? Ca fait mal et d'ailleurs, cela ne m'embete pas de partir." "Why? It hurts, and besides, I don't mind going now."
Yet the cancer does not progress. It seems cowed by her contempt for it. She never pets it or frets over it. Rather, she drowns it out in symphonies, loses it among the leaves of a novel, jabs at it mercilessly with her knife as she prepares exquisite little dishes. She laughs at it as she puts on her wig and perfume. Yes, she laughs, and she is a lioness.
We seem all to be made of very stern stuff, but the most intriguing thing about this steel is the lightness with which it is born. Perhaps this steel had its origin in the bowels of a ship during the middle passage. If so, it was carried over in the mind and heart of a bon vivant. We must be descended from a man or woman who was a master in the art of laughter. In a book I once read, the author describes happiness as a type of mastery, a sort of sovereignty over the soul. In other words, it is a type of steel. For my sprawling family, strength indeed seems merely to be a platform for joy.


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PHILADELPHIA - Washington Redskins cornerback Byron Westbrook told The Washington Post he does not think his brother, Eagles' All-Pro running back Brian Westbrook, will play against his team Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field.
Westbrook also hinted that the Eagles may be hiding the true severity of the ankle "strain'' Brian suffered Sept. 21 against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Birds' Pro Bowler practiced Wednesday, but was limited, and is expected to be on the field again today.
He missed last week's 24-20 loss to the Chicago Bears, as backups Tony Hunt and Correll Buckhalter failed three straight times to punch the ball in from the 1-yard line with five minutes to play.
"I'm definitely more optimistic than I was last week,'' Brian Westbrook said Wednesday. "I'm close. I'm getting closer daily.''

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Possible Test To Identify Risk For PreeclampsiaCeridwen Morris
Researchers are close to developing a simple test to determine a woman's risk for preeclampsia.
Preeclampsia is a condition characterized by high blood pressure and high levels of protein in the urine. The only "cure" for pre-eclampsia is giving birth. Preeclampsia usually shows up later in pregnancy, though it can happen before the baby reaches term and often results in premature births and low birth weight babies.
Philip Baker of the University of Alberta in Canada, who led the study, says that they've identified the "metabolic fingerprint" of women who get preeclampsia. They looked at blood samples of women and found a common set of molecules in the women who would later develop preeclampsia. When they tested women early in pregnancy they were able to detected around 90 %of the cases, with a false positive rate of about 24 %. If they can find a way to perfect a test for these molecules, women could know early on if they are at risk.
Preeclampsia is a bit of a mystery. Several years ago I read this fascinating hypothesis about the condition, but researchers have yet to fully understand what preeclampsia is and why it happens. At present there are risk factors for preeclampsia; midwives and doctors will look for these and keep a closer eye on a high-risk pregnancy but there is no definitive test for predicting the condition.
If a test becomes available so that women can find out if they are or are not at risk, (which is the case for most) for preeclampsia doctors can monitor the pregnancy more closely. If preeclmapsia goes untreated it can develop into a more severe, even fatal condition where the woman becomes fully eclamptic. "A high caliber predictive test would allow women who are identified at high-risk for preeclampsia to seek obstetric care by specialists and to be monitored more vigilantly," said Eleni Tsigas, executive director of the Preeclampsia Foundation.
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Washington Wine
Forgeron Cellars
"Marie-Eve found French husband,
job in Washington State"
By Christina Kelly
Avalon Editor/Writer
In 1991, Marie-Eve Gilla came to the United States from France to work in an Oregon winery for a few months as an intern.
She did not plan to stay long, but 12 years later, Gilla is still in the Northwest, introducing wines from Forgeron, a new Walla Walla, WA winery.
The opportunities for winemakers in Washington and Oregon were too good to pass up for a young winemaker looking to make a mark in the industry.
"There are more opportunities here than in France," said Gilla, 36. "Every time I was getting ready to head back home, a great professional opportunity would present itself, so I stayed."
She isn't alone. A number of European winemakers are migrating to the Northwest in search of the opportunity to combine skills learned in Europe, with New World methods. They also face fewer restrictions on wine production.
That includes Christophe Baron, a native of the Marne Valley in France and owner of Walla Walla's Cayuse Vineyards, who has expressed frustration from the restrictions and bureaucracy in his native country.
"There are agencies (in France) dictating which grape variety to grow where, the yield, pruning system and so on," Gilla said. "Those agencies were very useful when they were first formed.
"Unfortunately, things seemed to freeze from then on and the goal is not to improve quality anymore but to make sure the practices remain the same forever."
Gilla worked a year at Argyle winery in Dundee OR, making Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and sparkling wines. She also assisted small wineries such as Adelsheim and Amity with bottling and other projects.
In 1992, Gilla moved north to Covey Run in Eastern Washington to work the harvest and spent the next four years producing wine. Ironically, she met her husband, French-born Gilles Nicault, (now winemaker at Woodward Canyon), in the tiny town of Zilah, WA, with a population at the time of less than 2,000 people.
"We've joked about it," Gilla said. "In France, we probably would not have met. So, we go to the United States, work in this very small town, and meet. It is quite the coincidence."
Award-winning wines at Gordon Brothers fetched notice for Gilla. She spent four years producing consistently balanced, complex and elegant wines for the Pasco winery. Prior to Marie-Eve, Jeff and Bill Gordon were never able to hold on such consistency.
Next Stop, Forgeron
In the summer of 2000, the petite, almost elfish Gilla struck out on her own, with a group of investors (mostly from the Walla Walla Valley) to create Forgeron, a boutique winery producing Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and a little Zinfandel. Forgeron is the French word for "blacksmith." The winery is located in a renovated, turn-of-the-century blacksmith shop.
Gilla believes that crafting wines of distinction will showcase vineyards where the grapes are grown. She produces one blend of different varieties from various vineyards—the flagship of the winery. When the fruit allows, she will produce single-vineyard varieties and a varietal blend, with emphasis on complexity, fruit and oak integration.
Even the best winemaker cannot make great wine from poor fruit. Gilla said some sites are perfect, but for reasons such as hail, water restrictions and herbicide drifts, will never produce high quality grapes.
With a Master's degree in fermentation science, Gilla said she does not rely heavily on high fermenting temperatures and heavy toast for the aging process in her wines. The result is the wines may not taste bold and big when they are young, but with barrel aging, are allowed to fully develop.
"I like more elegance in my wines," Gilla said. "I will be on the side of more fruit and less oak with a long finish."
Forgeron showcases fruit from some of the best vineyards in Eastern Washington, including Klipsun, Dubrul, Pepper Bridge, Sundance, Kiona, Cougar Hill and Boushey. Gilla has recently purchased grapes from a new vineyard, Les Collines, at the foothills of the Blue Mountains in Walla Walla.
The Wines
Forgeron producea a Cabernet Sauvignon and a Syrah. A limited amount of Zinfandel will be sold at the winery only.
With 4 percent Merlot, the Cabernet is a dark ruby color with nutmeg, brown spice and vanilla on the nose. It has plenty of dark fruit on the palate, most notably black cherry and red currants. In a recent tasting, the Cabernet had spice, a little cedar and pepper in the finish. This wine is drinkable now, but would benefit even more so with a year in the cellar.
The Columbia Valley Syrah appears nearly black and inky in the glass. The nose has blueberry and currant aromas, followed by a hint of cinnamon and a floral scent—could it be lilac blossoms? It has a little barnyard aroma, which is typical of Boushey fruit—lots of heat in that vineyard, but it integrates well in the Syrah.
The wine is young and tight, but very quaffable now and even better in six to 12 months. This is a blueberry Syrah—loads of thick blueberry flavors on the palate.
Gilla has a Chardonnay hidden at Forgeron, ready to be released on a very limited basis at the end of August. She made Chardonnay for Gordon Brothers that was delightful, refreshing and definitely not over-oaked. It illustrated her skill to produce that particular varietal with restraint and balance.
"Nobody wants to make a Chardonnay anymore, but I think it is the one grape that really shows the place of origin very well," Gilla said. "I think this one will be gone quickly."
In addition, Gilla has a Bordeaux-style blend in the barrel and will probably be available in the summer of 2004. She produced a red table wine with her extra fruit that will be released by the end of this summer.
Co-Winemakers Raising a Family
Marie-Eve and her husband Gilles live the two-winery family in relative harmony. Gilles Nicault says his wife is a wonderful winemaker who really works with the fruit from various vineyards.
"Although I think we are pretty similar in our tastes, Marie-Eve is very focused on what she produces and what she works with," Nicault said. "Where I work (Woodward Canyon), we try a lot of things. It is why we have so many varietals.
"With Marie-Eve, she stays very focused on what she produces."
Marie-Eve says her husband Gilles likes a little harder and a tiny bit harsher wines than she prefers, but she respects his opinion. She equates it to the masculine and feminine aspects of winemaking.
"We don't make the same wines, so no matter where we are, the wines would be different," said Marie-Eve. "Gilles makes his wines just a little more extracted. I respect his opinion, especially when we do blind tastings."
The couple had a new addition to their family last year, Olivier, who is now 10-months-old and keeping his parents hopping. Although Marie-Eve hasn't figured out yet how she will handle the long hours of harvest this fall at Forgeron, with her husband working harvest at Woodward Canyon, she knows many other Walla Walla winemaker families are in the same boat.
"Maybe we'll start a daycare for harvest babies," she laughed.


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Houses trembled a half mile away when a natural gas explosion rattled a compressor station near Springville, a hotbed of Marcellus Shale development in northern Pennsylvania.
Just two hours after the March 29 blast, a gas safety inspector from the state Public Utility Commission was on the scene to begin an investigation into possible violations of gas safety rules. But he did not get far.
The PUC shut down its examination last week after determining the station was in a rural area - and thus outside its regulatory reach.
"It's not in our jurisdiction," said Jennifer Kocher, a PUC spokeswoman. "There's nothing we can do."


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West Kyo (also known locally as Old Kyo) is a small village in County Durham, England, United Kingdom. The name 'kyo' is derived from an old word for 'cow'. It is situated a very short distance to the north of Annfield Plain and to the east of Catchgate. Close by are East Kyo and to the north, Harperley. The nearest large town is Stanley. The skyline is dominated by the Pontop Pike Television Transmitter to the northwest.
The main landmark of the village is the Earl Grey Inn public house, with an internal decor of wooden beams and whitewash walls. This pub is reputed to be haunted by a ghost called 'The Grey Lady', a former landlady who died in the 19th century. Another former landlord also placed five and ten pence pieces in gaps within the wooden beams during the 1990s, some of which are still being found to this day. The pub is known locally for a quiz night on Thursdays and karaoke on Saturdays.
The village developed during former periods of heavy coal mining in the area during the 19th century and a gas works used to be situated on its northern edge. A period of substantial decline followed during the 20th century, during which the village lost a school, a local shop and a second public house called The Rose Cottage, which had an 'ale only' license (now converted to a house). New developments starting in the late 1980s onwards have, however, seen a recent expansion in the village in terms of size and population.
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Is there really much difference between freshly ground pepper and the pre-ground type you find at the supermarket? Yes, according to culinary experts. Freshly cracked pepper has a livelier flavor, they say, and it adds a feisty touch to everything from potato chips to curry or steak. But to enjoy that taste at home, you'll need a pepper mill.
Pepper mills can be manual or electric, but both work by means of a grinding mechanism -- generally a rotating head that sits in a fixed ring. They also contain a storage chamber that feeds peppercorns into the mechanism. Most pepper mills are adjustable, meaning you can choose whether you want peppercorns ground finely, coarsely or somewhere in between. Some mills have a knob that gives you an infinite number of grind possibilities, while others have a dial with pre-set grind options.
With a typical manual pepper mill, you twist a finial or knob, move a lever or perform some other action to get the head to turn, which results in grinding. Manual grinders tend to be quieter than their electric counterparts, and they're typically more durable. They're also far more common than electric grinders, so you may be better off going with a manual pepper mill if you want the best selection.
Electric pepper mills are powered by a battery-operated motor. This can be a nice convenience for a cook who needs to multitask in a busy kitchen. Electric mills may also be ideal for anyone who lacks the hand strength and dexterity to twist a manual pepper mill. However, they have some limitations: They aren't as durable, and they may not offer as wide a range of grinds. You'll also run through batteries quickly unless you opt for a rechargeable model.
There are a handful of thorough expert tests and reviews of pepper mills. Most helpful are the hands-on tests of pepper mills from sites like TheSweetHome.com and Cooks Illustrated. Foodal.com and TheKitchn.com also offer helpful round-ups based on real-world use. As for owner reviews, Amazon.com is the most helpful site by far, offering hundreds of home cooks' perspectives on how their pepper mills perform in the home kitchen. To name the best pepper mills, we evaluated these reviews by focusing on ease of use, grind speed and consistency, and durability.
If you can't get enough pepper, the Unicorn Magnum Plus 9-inch Pepper Mill (Est. $45) may be your perfect grinder. With a beefy capacity of more than a cup of peppercorns, you won't have to refill this unit very often. It's relatively large, but the modern silhouette and shiny black finish will help it blend in most kitchens. If you don't require a high-capacity grinder, Unicorn also sells the Unicorn Magnum Plus 9-inch Pepper Mill (Est. $37). The latter also has a matching salt mill, the Unicorn Magnum 6-inch Salt Mill (Est. $37), while the Plus does not.
Experts at Cooks Illustrated say the Magnum Plus is "fast and efficient," giving it high marks for grind speed. It also gets praise for ease of use: Julie Workman of Foodal.com says the extra-long unit is easy to fill and grasp, and it "allows the user to have better leverage" for grinding, which users do by grasping the unit's head and twisting. However, experts agree the Magnum Plus is weaker when it comes to grind quality, with a fine grind that is a bit too large. Testers at the TheSweetHome.com also knock the Magnum Plus when it comes to grind size, noting that selecting a size requires trial and error since there aren't any indicators.
Made of ABS plastic with a steel grinding mechanism, the Magnum Plus gets mixed reviews for durability. Most users say it's been going strong for years, while others say the grinding mechanism failed relatively quickly. However, owners note that in those cases, Unicorn was quick to replace defective parts or units, even long after the one-year warranty was up. The Magnum Plus gets very enthusiastic owner reviews, especially from pepper-lovers who appreciate being able to grind a large amount quickly. Many older negative reviews say it's too easy to accidently open the unit's filling door while grinding pepper, but Unicorn has updated the Magnum Plus to rectify this issue.
If you're more of a pepper traditionalist, the wooden Peugeot Paris u'Select (Est. $45) has a classic, curved silhouette that evokes its French manufacturer's long history. If the 9-inch unit isn't for you, there are six other options ranging from 5 inches all the way up to a towering 16 inches. This pepper grinder also comes in several finishes, including natural or chocolate-stained wood; and red, white, and yellow lacquer. Matching salt mills are available in a range of sizes and finishes.
Experts say the Paris u'Select manages to beat the Unicorn Magnum Plus on grind speed, with TheSweetHome.com's testers noting it took four fewer seconds to grind a half-teaspoon of pepper. But they say the unit really shines when it comes to grind precision, turning out "a consistent grind at every level." Unlike the Magnum Plus, there are six grind-size settings at the bottom of the unit ranging from coarse to ultrafine. The Paris u'Select gets particular praise for its finer grinds, but its coarsest grinds might be too small for some. Refilling the unit can be tricky, though: It requires users to unscrew the metal nut on top, and experts note that you may have to cup your hands around the opening to avoid dumping peppercorns all over.
The Paris u'Select's grinding mechanism is backed with a lifetime warranty, while the rest is covered with a two-year warranty. For the most part it gets very high marks for durability, with many owners reporting years of use without any issues. Other owners rave about how easy the Paris u'Select is to hold and operate. However, a significant number of reviewers warn that the finish on the lacquered units cracks too easily. A handful of others say they had issues with larger peppercorns getting stuck or jamming the mill.
If you don't feel strongly enough about pepper to spend nearly $50 on a mill, reviewers say the OXO Good Grips Pepper Grinder (Est. $25) is a strong budget pick. At a diminutive 5½ inches tall, this squat little pepper mill won't hog space or call much attention to itself, and the mix of see-through plastic and stainless steel should blend well in most modern kitchens. A matching salt grinder is available, the OXO Good Grips Salt Grinder (Est. $25).
The Good Grips really shines when it comes to ease of use, experts say. The unit is "easy to turn, so much that a small child is capable of using one," notes Foodal.com's Julie Workman. It's also easy to load from the bottom, with a wide opening that isn't as prone to spillage. Another perk: Since the OXO's pepper grinder is at the top of the unit instead of the bottom, you won't have to constantly blow stray pepper off your counter or table. Unfortunately, the Good Grips doesn't have the grinding precision of pricier pepper mills: "There is merely coarse and less coarse," Workman says. TheSweetHome.com's testers agree. While they say the unit is fast, its five coarseness settings are acceptable only if a medium grind is the finest that you want your pepper.
Despite its low price, reviewers are pleased with the Good Grips' durability. They say it performs well for anyone who doesn't require a fine grind and has a comfortable handgrip that makes dropping it less likely. OXO products come with a lifetime satisfaction guarantee, and owners give customer service high marks. Some older reviews complain that the bottom of the unit falls off easily, but OXO has redesigned the Good Grips to rectify the issue.
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The other two parts to the physical construction are the Springboard port and
the cover. The unit comes with a plastic cover where the Springboards will go. It's very much like a cover for the battery compartment on a remote control. Kinda cool,
inside the port there's the handspring guy doing a handpring (you've probably seen this, it's the logo in 4 positions with dotted
lines connecting them).
Annoying Cover
The cover is more annoying than cool. It fits quite nicely, but every time I hand the VD to someone, they always have a bit of difficulty figuring out how to take it off and put it back on. My biggest complaint is that it takes 2 hands to remove and put back. If you don't have a Springboard in place, you can put the cover on the back of the unit, where it snaps on securely.
I prefer the Palm III cover that I could flip up with one hand. We'll have to see what cases come out for the VD. The VD is a bit narrower than the III series, so I don't think the standard III cases will work well for it. It's slimness does feel very good in the hand, though.
It also comes with a leather case. This is very similar to the VII's leather case, basically a slip case for the VD to slip into, open on the top side, and covering the bottom, front, back, and sides. I haven't used it much, because it adds too much thickness to the unit, making it harder to put in my pocket, but the construction seemed fine.
I haven't used any of the Springboards, as I haven't been able to get any of them! I hope to get the modem before Comdex, as I'd like to use it to check email while on the road.
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the VD desktop (which says "Palm Desktop").
The datebook looks like the standard one, but when you go to Options, you can choose to use Datebook+. I did so, and it looks (and I later confirmed it is) licensed from DateBk3. I'm a dedicated user of DateBk3, so was very happy about this, except that Datebook+ leaves out my favorite feature, the
icons. I thus had to re-install DateBk3, which works flawlessly. According to C. E.Steuart Dewar, the brilliant developer responsible for DateBk3, "Yes - I think
omitting the icons may have been an oversight - that was one item that IS used by a large number of users (and not necessarily "power-users")."
When you first start the calculator, it appears to be the standard Palm calculator. However, you can click Menu, Options, Change Mode, and select Advanced. You get a rather nice scientific calculator. It's programmable, in that you can add 'views' to it. Just under the number display is a drop down menu, where you can choose what kind of calculator it is. It comes with these as standard:
At least one of these (Weight/Tmp) seems to come from a new Memo Pad category that automatically gets installed called 'Calculator'. There's probably documentation about this on the CD, but of course I haven't yet read the documentation.
As I've said, I came over from a Palm III, and I've had some software that didn't work. I'm thinking that if an app works on the V, it'll work on the VD, as they both use the DragonballEZ processor. I had to upgrade to a later version of Switch Hack, for example. I still can't seem to make OmniRemote work. I want to use it to test if the IR is stronger on the VD than on the III.
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Where to live for Yeshiva/Albert Einstein College of Medicine?
My cousin's boyfriend has accepted a postdoc at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx. He'll be moving here in August. He is a research scientist and will be keeping very odd hours and making frequent trips to campus to access the lab. Where should he live? Details under the fold. [more inside]
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Asking for a friend-- Can anyone recommend a therapist for anxiety/depression in Riverdale, Inwood, or nearby Westchester? No particular approach preferred, although approaches like CBT that have some literature supporting their efficacy would be better.
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#44 - bonlino
Reply 0(06/28/2013) [-]
is there any way of 'curing' that wierd 'you look pale' cause its bugging me how everyone always tell me 'you look pale' whenever i walk by them.
#85 to #44 - sebthebrony
Reply 0(06/29/2013) [-]
They say it to me because I'm a vampire
#73 to #44 - thisotherdude
Reply 0(06/28/2013) [-]
It's probably a bug, like how guard would call you a new member of the companions even if you were the harbinger
#66 to #44 - ghouleyed ONLINE
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#74 to #66 - triggathepirateUm... what is that?
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#61 to #44 - formidableguy
Reply 0(06/28/2013) [-]
could try praying at the shrine of Talos in whiterun, that removes all bad stuff, including the early form of vamprism
#59 to #44 - naroemcgarson
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or you haven't slept in a while for a while
#49 to #46 - rockmanfan
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dude, i think it's just a line alchemists say.
#53 to #51 - rockmanfan
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hmm... well if the guards say it, just wait until sunrise. if you are a vampire, then a line should say "your power weakens as the sun rises" or something like that.
#56 to #54 - nativninja
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no. go to an alchemical store and buy a cure disease potion then drink it. if this doesn't work and you know you're not a vampire then you got a bug on your hands.


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Sinnott: No endorsements in county executive primary
Erie Mayor Joe Sinnott and Erie County Executive Barry Grossman have worked together for the past four years.
But Sinnott said he's staying neutral and not endorsing anyone in the May 21 Democratic primary for county executive, with Grossman seeking a second term and facing a challenge from former Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper.
Sinnott said it's not a good practice for a sitting Democrat to endorse one candidate over another in a party primary because he must work with the winner.
"Barry and I have worked well together. I feel he's done a good job. But for now, we're focused on preparing to run our own campaign,'' said Sinnott, who may run unopposed for his third and final term.
Grossman said he would never ask another elected official for an endorsement in a party primary.
"You run, the voters respond, and you abide by the decision,'' he said.
Dahlkemper said she wouldn't ask for the mayor's endorsement either, adding that she followed the same practice of not endorsing in Democratic primaries when she served in Congress.
"I expect that the race between Barry and I will be a good race for the vision of Erie County,'' she said. Dahlkemper is expected to formally announce her candidacy Monday.
Tuesday is the deadline for Democrats and Republicans to submit nomination petitions to qualify for the primary ballot.
Michael Federici, a political-science professor at Mercyhurst University, has said that Dahlkemper would be "a formidable opponent" against Grossman in what he said would be the primary's marquee race.
Dahlkemper was elected to Congress in 2008, representing a 3rd District that then included all of Erie County. She served one term before U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, of Butler, R-3rd Dist., defeated her in 2010.
The Erie County's portion of the 3rd District is now split between Kelly and U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, of Howard Township, Centre County, R-5th Dist., due to gerrymandering.
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USS Akron Crash – Officers and Crew
A list of the officers, crew, and guests aboard USS Akron when the ship crashed at sea April 3-4, 1933. Of the 76 men aboard Akron, only three survived the crash; their names appear in blue.
Six of the men killed in the wreck of the Akron had survived the crash of USS Shenandoah in 1925.
Akron Executive Officer Herbert V. Wiley was in command of USS Macon when the Macon crashed at sea north of San Francisco on February 12, 1935.
Cdr. Frank C. McCord, Commanding
Lt. Cdr. Herbert V. Wiley, Executive Officer
Lt. Cdr. Harold E. McClellan
Lt. George Calnan
Lt. Herbert M. Wescoat
Lt. Richard F. Cross, Jr.
Lt. (jg) Hammond J. Dugan
Lt. (jg) Charles F. Miller
Lt. (jg) Morgan Redfield
Lt. (jg) Wilfred Bushnell
Lt. (jg) Cyrus Clendening
Chief Machinist George C. Walsh
RAdm. William A. Moffett, Chief of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Cdr. Fred T. Berry, CO NAS Lakehurst/CO Rigid Airship Training & Experimental Squadron
Cdr. Harry B. Cecil (Aide to Rear Admiral Moffett)
Lt. Joseph H. Severyns
Lt. (jg) Robert E. Sayre
Lt. (jg) Charles H. Calloway
Col. Alfred F. Masury, U.S. Army Reserve (V.P., Mack Truck Co.)
Anderson, Victor C. (AMM3C | AVN. MACH. MATE 3D)
Angeles, Maximo (Matt1c | Mess Attend. 1st)
Arthur, Wellington K. (ACMM | Avn. Chf. Mach. Mate)
Austin, Wilton G. (BM2c | Boatswain's Mate 2d)
Ballard, Henry A. (BM2c | Boatswain's Mate 2d) [USS Shenandoah Survivor]
Barnhart, Bennie, (Cox | Coxswain)
Baughman, Harold R. (F3c | Fireman 3d)
Boelsen, Peter (AMM2c | Avn. Mach. Mate 2d)
Boswell, Henry L. (CBM | Chief Boatswain's Mate) [USS Shenandoah Survivor]
Carlson, Arthur E. (CBM | Chief Boatswain's Mate) [USS Shenandoah Survivor]
Carr, Stewart S. (CEM | Chief Electricians Mate)
Cooper, Fred (AMM2c | Avn. Mach. Mate 2d)
Copeland, Robert W. (CRM | Chief Radioman)
Cridlin, Stanley L. (AMM3c | Avn. Mach. Mate 3d)
Deal, Richard E. (CBM | Chief Boatswain's Mate)
Dean, Carl C. (CBM | Chief Boatswain's Mate)
Duncan, Lester G. (F3c | Fireman 3d)
Engler, Ralph (Cox | Coxswain)
Erwin, Moody E. (AM2c | Aviation Metalsmith 2d)
Eschette, Horace P. (SC1c | Ships Cook 1st)
Fahey, Lawrence E. (AMM2c | Avn. Mach. Mate 2d)
Fennessy, Edward (ACOM | Aviation Chief Ordnanceman)
Fink, Elmer E. CTM
Graves, Hilbert N. (AMM3c | Avn. Mach. Mate 3d)
Hackett, Earl P. (CAerog | Chief Aerographer)
Hill, William T. (PhM1c | Pharmacist's Mate 1st)
Hoover, Paul S. (SC3c | Ships Cook3d)
Hulting, Lewis O. (Cox | Coxswain)
Jandick, Paul A. (CBM | Chief Boatswain's Mate)
Johnson, Rufus B. (BM2c | Boatswain's Mate 2d)
Latham, W.R. (CBM | Chief Boatswain's Mate)
Lamkin, H.R. (Sea1c | Seaman First Class)
Liles, Leon D. (CAerog | Chief Aerographer)
Lipke, Donald H. (AMM1c | Avn. Mach. Mate 1st);
Magnuson, Fridolf R. (AMM3c | Avn. Mach. Mate 3d)
McLellan, Benjamin C. (AMM2c | Avn. Mach. Mate 2d)
Molen, Herschel L RM1c; Oronez, Mario (Matt1c | Mess Attend. 1st)
Quernheim, August C. (ACMM | Avn. Chf. Mach. Mate) [USS Shenandoah Survivor]
Rader, Leonard G. (Cox | Coxswain)
Russell, William A. (ACMM | Avn. Chf. Mach. Mate) [USS Shenandoah Survivor]
Rutan, Lucius W. (ACMM | Avn. Chf. Mach. Mate)
Rytell, John (AMM1c | Avn. Mach. Mate 1st)
Shauger, Paul R. (AMM3c | Avn. Mach. Mate 3d);
Shevlowitz, Joseph (ACMM | Avn. Chf. Mach. Mate) [USS Shenandoah Survivor]
Slayton, Douglas C. (RM3c | Radioman 3d)
Starr, Fred W. (Sea1c | Seaman First Class)
Stine, Ralph C. (QM1c | Quartermaster 1st)
Swidersky, Tony F. (Cox | Coxswain)
Thigpen, Benjamin J.,Jr. (AMM3c | Avn. Mach. Mate 3d)
Tomes, Gerald L. (F3c | Fireman 3d)
Ulrich, Oliver (BM2c | Boatswain's Mate 2d)
Walck, Lewis T.(AMM2c | Avn. Mach. Mate 2d)
Weeks, John L (Sea2c | Seaman Second Class)
Wind, Nobart (AMM3c | Avn. Mach. Mate 3d)
Zanetti, Joseph (AMM3c | Avn. Mach. Mate 3d)
Zimkus, Joseph J. (BM1c | Boatswain's Mate 1st).
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- July 30, 2016 at 8:09 am
Red Dugan – or Hammond Dugan as listed was my grandfather. It is my understanding he was the navigator.
From what Red's brother (my great uncle) explained to me – Red was not averse to risk. The story I heard was that when he was first given command of the ZMC-2 – he proceeded to fly over his mothers house in Baltimore on St. Paul or Calvert Street I think and drop a letter/package out – which a passerby found and delivered to her house. Apparently – the letter/packet said something to the effect of "Hey mom – what do you think of my new ride."
- June 7, 2016 at 3:17 am
My great uncle was Lucius Washburn Rutan. He was a ACMM | Avn. Chf. Mach. Mate on the USS Akron. I wish I could have met him.
- May 20, 2016 at 3:20 pm
I was Moody Erwins' mailman at 201 e. 7th street in Lakewood,NJ back in the 60's.
He was probably in his mid sixties at the time and told me about the disaster.
He had a southern accent, probably Georgia or Alabama.. I've never forgotten him.
I grew up in the Jackson/Lakewood area and saw many blimps go over our farm in the forties. Our neighbor in Lakewood, Mr. Iannocone had been one of the Sailors holding the lines when the Hindenberg exploded.
I worked in Toms River for many years and Admiral Rosendahl was head of
Admiral Farragut Academy on the Toms River. He never gave up hope that some day Dirigibles would return.
- September 3, 2016 at 9:34 pm
Moody Erwin was my Grandfather's brother.
- April 15, 2016 at 10:48 am
My Great-Uncle was Leonard G. Rader. He had written a letter to my grandma the evening of the crash. He expressed his concern about the weather, and how he had a bad feeling about going through with the mission.
- April 5, 2016 at 10:11 pm
My Great-Uncle was Chief Machinist George Walsh.
I've got some old pics of him & the Akron & crew.
- September 25, 2015 at 5:44 pm
It is nice to see people connecting through this site. Lots of common interest.
I heard the the legendary "Golden Rivet" was replaced shortly after the ceremony because
it was not as dependable as a common rivet. That makes sense.
- May 2, 2015 at 3:16 am
During the tours of the Panama Canal Zone, did the Akron make any stops? I ask this because Henry Boswell was my great uncle (as mentioned above) and I have many antique postcards from Panama and this may be a possible reason for my family having them.
- April 8, 2015 at 10:22 pm
My maternal Grandfather was Alger H. Dresel, a graduate of the Naval Academy and was Commander of all three Navy dirigibles at one time or another, he also worked with the design process both In Lakehurst, NJ and Akron, Ohio. Does anyone have any memorabilia concerning Alger Dresel? I certainly would appreciate any info or photos.
Thank you,
Jill McGrath
- December 23, 2014 at 5:45 pm
My great uncle was Joseph Shevlowitz. I would very much like to see the
Scans. Please email to me: firstname.lastname@example.com
Thank you.
- November 18, 2014 at 12:22 pm
Benjamin Charles McLellan, AVN Mech Mate, 2d, was my uncle. He died 10 years before I was born. His sister, Grace, was my mother and she died 7/8/2014 at the age of 98. Grace kept a scrapbook of all the articles that appeared in the Lansing, MI newspaper during the period of time after they announced the downing of the USS Akron. The papers were starting to fall apart, but I scanned them on my computer and put them into a digital scrapbook. If anyone would like to see it, just ask and I'll send it to your email address.
- December 15, 2014 at 5:00 pm
Marie, My grandfather was Leon D. Liles. I would like very much to see your scrapbook. My e-mail is firstname.lastname@example.com. I live in Michigan about 2 hours from Lansing.
- June 21, 2014 at 11:43 am
Joining Suzanne Robinson, CDR Fred T Berry was also my grandfather and namesake. I really would love to see these giants over US skies again.
- February 18, 2015 at 5:53 pm
My father worked with a man named Fred Berry in San Diego, at General Dynamics, and I remember seeing his mom's house on Coronado with a lot of airship memorabilia. Could that have been your father and grandmother's house?
- December 31, 2013 at 12:25 am
My grandfather (paternal) was Commander Fred T. Berry, Commanding Officer of the Naval Air Station at Lakehurst NJ. His body never found after the crash. Headstone at the US Naval Academy. Destroyer named after him (USS Fred T. Berry; DD-858). R.I.P. to all…..
- November 5, 2013 at 7:21 am
Do you have any pull to get a copy of the USS Falcons log book to see where the wreck is located, and anymore photos from what was found or left behind??? Is the golden rivit still down there??? It's not too deep to scuba dive the area, and its my dream to do it! Miss your inputs must be very busy ??????
- December 14, 2015 at 7:18 pm
the lat long is on a gravestone for Leon Liles. I will try to find the picture link
- June 3, 2013 at 11:29 am
They Spelled Eschete wrong He was my great Uncle. I have a Metal air ship Modeled after the Akron. That He sent home Before He Died i also have the Box his belongings were shipped home in as well.
- May 27, 2013 at 8:37 pm
My Grandfather's older brother was Lucius Rutan. He survived the crash but was lost at sea.
- May 25, 2013 at 6:58 am
My grandfather was Leon Dewitt Liles. He died while my grandmother was pregnant with my mom. I was wondering if anyone had any pictures of the crew that might include him. My mom lost all her photos in a house fire when she was a child. Thank you.
- April 26, 2014 at 5:08 pm
I don't know if you will see this Laurie, but I have pictures of the crew and of your grandfather.
- March 23, 2013 at 12:23 pm
Some how someway I acquired photo's of the USS Akron, in two of the photo's are a sailor and his two parent. I can't make out his name. He ,looks similar to Richard Deal in the above photo.
- December 17, 2012 at 6:02 pm
Hi-Just found a one of the 4 1/2″ Duralum bookmarks of my mothers. Does anyone know of any significance of her name (Schnaufer) and date (7-19-31) being engraved on the flat part of the bookmark? I read the Akron was first flown in August of that year so was wonderig why she had one with that earlier date on it. Thanks for any info!
- March 19, 2012 at 12:54 am
I have 6 post cards from a member of the crew I am assuming, written to his brother telling him about Mrs. Hoover was going to be christening the airship later that afternoon, 8/8/31. They are quite interesting to see & to picture this man being so excited by the Akron & all the happenings that are going on.
- March 17, 2012 at 3:14 pm
I recently found Henry Barton Cecil's grave while graving an his stone has the inscription: Lost in the US Navy Airship Akron disaster, and I had never heard of it so went googling and found this. Thank you for the site.
He is buried in Scott County, TN, Reed Cemetery, New River.
- February 1, 2012 at 9:03 pm
The Macon went down south of San Fransico, check your facts rick
- January 12, 2012 at 8:41 pm
Did anyone mention where the airship went down, and what was picked up by the navy, and what was left behind??? I cann't seem to find any info on that!!! Help shed so light on the subject. rick
- July 30, 2011 at 10:41 pm
I know Herbert Victor Wiley passed away in 1954, can someone tell me when Moody Erwin and Richard Deal died?
- November 26, 2010 at 10:17 am
Seamon 2nd class John Louis Weeks was my father's brother–my unlce whom I never knew. My Dad, Ray Weeks Sr., was 13 when he lost his brother. My dad served with the USMC from 1940 until 1947, 32 months of that time in the South Pacific with the 7th marine Regiment, 1st Marne Division. Former Ssgt R. Weeks passed away in 1986. John Weeks is survived by his younger sister Helen (Weeks) Scott who resides in Florida.
I am a retired Marine Officer and both my sister and her husband are former Naval Officers.
I am putting together a video honoring John's naval service aboard the Akron using photes and a video clip of an interview with the Lt Cmdr Wiley, one of the survivors of the crash. Any assistance with background and memorabilia, etc. is appreciated. Send to me at my email address email@example.com
- October 25, 2010 at 6:58 pm
Henry L. ( Leroy ) Boswell was my Grandfather's ( William Bernie Boswell ) younger brother. They are from Bagdad, Florida, Santa Rosa County There home was on Pond Creek by bridge on Henry St. I have an antique pic and frame of Henry Leroy Boswell in uniform head to toe. A family keepsake given to me by my grandmother Bessie C. Bengtson Boswell. Henry's sister in law.
- September 9, 2011 at 8:56 pm
Henry was my grandfather's father. My grandfather is Franklin Wallace Boswell. His mother was married to Henry when he died. Her name is Doris. Could you please contact me at 252 422 0039.
- September 9, 2011 at 9:28 pm
Is there any way to get a scan of that photo of Henry L. Boswell? Henry was my step-daughter's great grandfather and she would kill for a picture of him.
Thanks – feel free to email me at email@example.com anytime
- September 10, 2011 at 5:32 pm
Hi Joseph,
Henry Leroy Boswell was my great grandfather. I would love to see a scanned copy of that picture of him in uniform. If this is possible, please let me know!
- September 14, 2011 at 11:11 am
Henry L Boswell was my grandfather, and my father's (Franklin W. Boswell) dad. Dad was an only child and was born 26 Nov 1932 (5 months old at the time of Henry's death) Henry was married to Doris, my grandmother. I have 4 brothers, Frank jr (deceased), jeffery, Mark, and Christopher leroy boswell. I have 4 daughters and 8 grandchildren. I also have a picture of Henry in uniform.
I'm retired Marine Corp and have always wondered about that side of the family. My daughter Rebekah discovered this info while doing a school project
- May 2, 2015 at 2:44 am
Henry Boswell was my maternal great uncle. His sister Alma (Boswell) Kinney was my grandmother.
For years folklore in the family was that we had a relative die in the crash of the Hindenburg, I have now be able to correct this mistake. If anyone wishes to contact me to help with identification of various people in various pictures I have it would be very welcome. I also have one picture of the U.S.S. Akron if anyone wishes to have a copy.
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Trying to See the Trees: A Talk and a Poetry Reading by Joseph StantonSeptember 28, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Hawai'i State Library, 478 S. King Street
An event in celebration of the Hawai'i State Library's 100th anniversary
Poet Joseph Stanton will read a selection of his poems from his Hawai'i collection, A Field Guide to the Wildlife of Suburban O'ahu, but most of the poetry subjects addressed in his presentation will be the choice of the audience. He will advocate for the art of poetry and will be hoping to persuade the audience that poetry is the primary literary art. There is something for everyone in Stanton's poems, which take inspiration from nature, movies, baseball, fairy tales, noh plays, Hawai'i places and people, popular music, paintings, and a wide variety of other things. Joseph Stanton is the author of four books of poetry and has published more than 300 poems in such literary magazines as Poetry, Poetry East, Harvard Review, New York Quarterly, and Bamboo Ridge. Stanton's awards include the Cades Award for Literature, the Tony Quagliano International Poetry Award, and the Ka Palapala Po'okela Award for Excellence in Literature. He is a Professor of Art History and American Studies at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
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someone was telling me when i was out this morning about a high coming thru which would mean the rain is heading your way. go out and make the most of it. i have gotten thru winters doing not much constructive on that basis!
Oh no, that probably means it's headed this way in a few days and I really should be out there making the most of the fine spell.
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someone was telling me when i was out this morning about a high coming thru which would mean the rain is heading your way. go out and make the most of it. i have gotten thru winters doing not much constructive on that basis!
Here's hoping for a quick, complete recovery for Gwampa and a lavish "I'm sorry I was sooooo dramatic when you were waiting on me and caring for me when I *used to* have cancer" night out/in.
Haha RR i shall look forward to THAT night out !!!!!!!!
Its drizzling..........YAY......... This of course means that i do not have to shift the irrigation this morning.
Baby boy is staying, and he hates the rain. I put him in the dog kennel over night, so when i open the wee gate, he wont come out for ages. Its actually quite funny the way he hates water......... And when he is roaming around my garden i just have to put the sprinklers on the areas i do not want him grazing. It works a treat!!!!!!
DHs swelling around the face and neck area seems to be reducing very slowly. I suppose the good thing about facial injuries is they heal quickly.
I was however a wee bit worried about his temperature last night, so will monitor that over the next few days. He so cannot afford to get an infection on top of everything else.
Its interesting..... Just when i think he is coping a wee bit better mentally he comes out with some really negative shit. I know, i know, he is allowed, but within reason.
Anyway on other newz i have nearly finished the two queensized blankets that i have made family members for christmas.i will try and post some piccys but this ipad thing is so different to the computer, and i daren't go there. DH hates seeing me on MDA!
"never let the truth get in the way of a good story "
...small steps....
my rather oversized wee red boy is not enamoured with the rain either. he crackes me up. fancy pants hunting dog and it rains heaps in the bush. he doesnt care when he is hunting or officially out exercising but he will tip toe out from under the lean to, gliding ever so delicately between the rain drops, when it is raining to go for a pee. and come straight back in again. he pointed out a bumble bee on a flower a few days ago too LOL i sometimes wonder!
i so need to make something creative G. those blankets sound cool. the ipad should work in a similar way with pics ? keep under the radar G and have a good day everyone x
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Right now the site of Summerville Commissioners of Public Works's future headquarters consists of giant piles of dirt and a tractor, but the building is scheduled to be finished in August 2017.
The American Red Cross and Sport Clips Haircuts are teaming up to offer a free haircut coupon to those who come out to donate blood or platelets during September.
Roger Lee and Rob Gantt analyze last week's high school football action and give a glimpse of what's to come on Friday night.
Dorchester School District 2 just got a little boost to support its fine arts students with help from the Summerville Artist Guild.
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Rogersville Camp Tornado - Pickens County
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A National Weather Service Damage Assessment Team has surveyed the storm damage in Pickens County. It has been determined the damage was the result of a tornado. The tornado has been rated an EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. Damage estimates were consistent with winds around 90 mph.
A tornado touched down along the Tombigbee River basin near the Rogersville Camp area. The tornado tracked northeastward for about a mile before it lifted. Several trees were snapped off and several tops of trees were taken off along the path. Some of the fallen trees landed on trailers and caused varying degrees of damage. The damage path was about one mile long and was 300 yards wide at its widest point. A special thanks to the Pickens County Emergency Management Agency for help evaluating and collecting the assessment information.
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The New York Rangers are coming off of a great season. Last year, the Rangers were the first team to hit the 50 win mark. Their blue collar style of play earned them the top seed in the Eastern Conference, and fell one point shy of the President's Trophy. The New Jersey Devils eliminated the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference Finals—only after two grueling rounds of a back-to-back seven-game series.
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Blogger Spotlight... 'Cook, Bake & Decorate'
Hi everyone! My name is Muriel Miller from the blog Cook Bake & Decorate, and I am seriously more than honored to be a guest blogger on Holly's blog today! I have loved Holly's blog from the second I came across it and have tried and LOVED so many of her recipes. It has been so much fun getting to know Holly through her wonderful blog.
I am originally from Orem, UT but am currently living in Houston, TX right now. I have always had a passion for food and it wasn't till I got married 4 years ago that I really learned that I have a love of cooking and baking too! When I started my blog a few months back, I would have never imagined that I was going to meet so many fun and wonderful people out there that share the same passion for cooking as I do! On my blog I also like to share fun design or decorating ideas that either I have done myself, or things that I have fallen in love with either through magazines, or photos on the web. I hope you will all stop by sometime and say Hi! And I want to give one last shout out to Holly for allowing me to share my blog with all of you! Thanks again girl! You Rock!
Now for my recipe, I am going to share with you an amazing pie recipe that my mom has been baking for our family ever since I can remember. It has become one of my husbands favorite desserts that I bake for him and I hope it will be one that you and your families will all love!
Peanut Butter Pie:
For the Peanut Butter Goodness:
3/4 cup Peanut Butter (we prefer creamy but if you like a little crunch then use crunchy P.B.)
1 cup Powdered Sugar
For the Pudding:
3 Tbsp. Cornstarch
1 Tbsp. Flour
1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
1/8 tsp. Salt
3 cups Milk (whole milk is best)
3 Egg Yolks (save the whites for the meringue)
2 Tbsp. Butter
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
For the Meringue:
3 Egg Whites
1/4 tsp. Cream of Tarter
1/4 cup Granulated Sugar
1. To start, mix together the peanut butter and powdered sugar till it forms into little balls. (You can add more powdered sugar if needed) Set aside. Now I just use a frozen store bought pie crust because I've actually never made a pie crust from scratch yet. (Its on my to do list) So you just take a fork and poke holes on the bottom and sides of the crust before it bakes so it bakes evenly. Bake defrosted crust @ *400 for 10-12 min. Let crust completely cool then sprinkle 1/3 of Peanut Butter Mixture on to the bottom of the crust.
2. Now take all the ingredients for the pudding (except for the butter and vanilla) and bring to a boil over medium heat. Boil for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. When done boiling remove from heat and stir in the butter and vanilla. Pour into the pie crust about 3/4 of the way to the top.(you may have some pudding left over) Now sprinkle another 1/3 of the P.B. mixture on top of the pudding.
3. In a chilled bowl, beat egg whites till fluffy. Mix in the cream of tarter and sugar and beat till stiff peaks form (about 5-7 minutes) Place meringue on top of pudding and then sprinkle remaining 1/3 of P.B. mixture on top and bake @ *375 till browned on top (about 8-10 minutes watching closely)
4. Let pie chill in refrigerator for 3-4 hours.
15 comments:
- Aimee said...
Sound delicious AND easy! Thanks for sharing!
- June 7, 2011 at 5:16 AM
- Kay Heritage said...
Hi, Muriel! So great to see you highlighted here at Holly's site! Great recipes ladies!!
- June 7, 2011 at 5:32 AM
- The Country Cook said...
Hi Muriel. I love sweet treats. Peanut Butter is one of my favorites. This sounds so delicious!!
- June 7, 2011 at 7:31 AM
- Muriel Miller said...
Thnaks again girl for this opportunity! I had so much fun!
- June 7, 2011 at 9:17 AM
- Jennifurla said...
Delish, wonderful post.
- June 7, 2011 at 9:55 AM
- Wanna Be A Country Cleaver said...
What is there that Muriel can't do?!?! Lovely, absolutely lovely! Way to go Ms. Muriel! ~Megan
- June 7, 2011 at 10:12 AM
- Katie @ This Chick Cooks said...
Yum! This looks so tasty. I'm off to check out Muriel's blog :)
- June 7, 2011 at 11:06 AM
- Muriel Miller said...
Thanks you guys! @Megan-you just made my day girl! You are so sweet!
- June 7, 2011 at 11:12 AM
- Lark (SparkyLarky) said...
This sounds wonderful...a MUST TRY!
I follow (stalk!) both of you. :)
- June 7, 2011 at 11:59 AM
- Nami @ Just One Cookbook said...
Hi Muriel and Holly! You two did a great guest post! Muriel, your pie is gorgeous and it's too bad I don't have a piece with my coffee right now!
- June 7, 2011 at 12:12 PM
- claire said...
hi holly- just happened over from muriels blog... looks amazing- cant wait to poke around and check out some of your recipes!
- June 7, 2011 at 12:14 PM
- Desi said...
I just found her blog the other day, and LOVES it! This pie looks amazing!
- June 7, 2011 at 2:29 PM
- carolinaheartstrings said...
What a yummy looking recipe. I love peanut butter and cannot wait to try this one!
- June 7, 2011 at 4:42 PM
- scratch-made wife said...
Hey there, Muriel! I pretty much didn't have to read any further than "peanut butter" to know that I'd be interested in this dish. ;) But peanut butter and meringue? What an interesting idea! You have one smart momma.
- June 7, 2011 at 6:56 PM
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Looks wonderful! Thanks for sharing!
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EAST GREENWICH TWP. — Four residents of the township's Mickleton section recently reported the theft of tools and other items from their vehicles.
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Another resident on Jan. 19 told police someone had stolen more than $1,500 worth of tools form his van.
Reported stolen were a Pasload pneumatic framing nail gun, two Panasonic cordless screw guns, a Hilte half-inch hammer drill with more than 100 masonry bits, a Craftsman socket set, three or four screw guns, a red Emglow 1.5 HP air compressor and other items not listed at the time of the report.
Police said the intruder smashed the driver's side vent window to the van parked in the owner's driveway. The thief then reached inside and unlocked the door from the inside, they said.
Another victim on Jan. 20 reported tools stolen from his work van. The victim told police someone had broken into the van and stolen about $2,000 worth of items.
Police said the thief or thieves popped the lock on the passenger side door to enter the van, which was parked on the street in front of the owner's home.
Police hadn't received a complete list of stolen items at the time of the report. They said the theft is believed to have occurred sometime between the afternoon of Jan. 18 and the morning of Jan. 20.
The fourth victim reported someone had stolen about $8,500 worth of tools from his truck.
Missing from the vehicle parked in the owner's driveway were four Ridgid cordless drills, a sawsall, a chop saw, a generator and a Transit laser level. The items had been taken from a toolbox in the back of the pickup truck.
Police said the theft is believed to have occurred sometime between 6 p.m.. Jan. 19 and the following morning.
— Officers on Jan. 18 investigated the theft of copper pipes and electrical wire from a vacant home in foreclosure.
Police said the pipes and wire had been stripped from inside the Mickleton home sometime during the previous week. They added they hadn't calculated the dollar value of lost materials.
— A resident in the township's Clarksboro section on Jan. 16 reported someone had stolen three rabbits from their cages, which were located on the victim's property.
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One of the first things most people do when they buy a new home is to repaint some of the rooms. In the house I bought, many of the rooms were already freshly painted (including a great red room that has grown on me, I'm a huge fan of red) but my girlfriend insisted that we paint some of them. I'd never painted any of my rooms in college (when I lived in a fraternity) or either of my two previous apartments because the walls weren't mine. My work was going to go towards someone else's stuff… but now that I have a house, I'm painting my walls.
As I mentioned before, most of the walls were freshly painted because that's one of the big suggestions that most real estate agents give to help boost the price of the house. A fresh coat of paint works wonders, it can lighten a room, it can give it a more modern look, and it can make the room look a lot larger depending on the color.
One of the smallest rooms in the house is the powder room on the first floor, no larger than 3 feet by maybe 6 feet (this is my best guess, having never measured it), it was originally painted a dark red with a metallic gray sort of wavy sheen on it. It looked kinda cool but it made the room look tiny. My girlfriend picked up two little buckets from the Home Depot Oops section ($1 each!) and we painted it a light green color that made the room seem much larger.
We've also started a larger paint project involving the master bedroom. She said the room looked like a cheap hotel room, I thought it looked classy hotel room. Anyway, it had dated wallpaper underneath the chair rail and a strange blue with metallic sheen (detecting a trend?) above the rail. Her mother was kind enough to come over and help her paint it yesterday and they managed to cover nearly two of the larger walls. It already looks twenty times better – though I would've been fine with the original for a little while longer.
All told we have three larger buckets of paint (about $55, after some Behr rebates) but the value we get out of painting our room is unquantifiable.
PS. I don't like raking because it seems like trees never run out of leaves.
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Crowdsourcing is all the rage.
Topics: Online Advocacy, nptech, Nonprofit Events, Trends, Crowdsourcing
One of the biggest issues associations and nonprofits struggle with is how to truly connect with their supporters on a deep, personal level. Nonprofit campaigners and fundraisers are so busy multi-tasking, organizing campaigns and raising money that it's challenging for staff to carve out the necessary time to foster those connections, which are so critical to organizations.
Topics: Online Marketing, Trends, Crowdsourcing
The CitizenGulf project was just unfolded last week. A national event on August 25 with would-be meet-ups throughout the country designed to create awareness for the Citizen Effect project, seeks to raise funds and awareness for fishing families. The effort also fits the nonprofit's citizen empowering philanthropy philosophy, which is identifying actionable problems and solutions amongst major problems, such as this one -- the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. How does one go from an oil spill to a national meet-up event? What strategies and tools will be deployed? Here's an inside look on how we scaled from a nonexistent program to a national effort in just three months.
Topics: Social Networking, Online Fundraising, Volunteering, Nonprofit Events, Web 2.0, Crowdsourcing
The goal was simple. Earn a permanent spot on the GlobalGiving website by raising at least $4000 online from 50 individual donors in three weeks. Win up to $6000 in additional bonuses for out-fundraising the 70 other participating organizations.
Topics: Social Networking, Online Fundraising, Crowdsourcing
Thank you to everyone who attended last week's Growing Your Online Communities and Getting Them to Give Online (and Off) webinar hosted by Care2's Eric Rardin. In case you couldn't join us or want to catch something you missed, you can still view a free replay of the webinar in its entirety here.
Topics: Social Networking, Care2 News, Online Fundraising, Online Organizing, Crowdsourcing
In case you missed it, the Google Blog recently announced that the company will be hosting a competition called Project 10100 (pronounced "Project 10 to the 100th") as a call for the best ideas that can change the world by helping as many people as possible. Google has set aside $10 million to help fund the five best ideas as voted on by the people and an advisory board.
Topics: Misc., Crowdsourcing
Carie Lewis from HSUS tipped us to another clever Web 2.0 crowdsourcing contest by them that shows a great use of Flickr's API.
Topics: Technology, Crowdsourcing