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Events » Family & Youth Programs » Family Art Night
Family Art Night
Autumn: The Chestnut Gatherers, 1894
Georges Lacombe
French, 1868-1916
Oil on canvas
60-1/8 x 93-1/8 in. (152.7 x 236.5 cm)
Norton Simon Art Foundation
Celebrating Fall
Date: Friday, November 22, 2013
Time: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Speaker: Educator
Type: Family Art Night
Georges Lacombe's Autumn: The Chestnut Gatherers (1894) is a meditative vision of the essence and beauty of the season. Join us at the Museum as we create leaf-based collages in our own decorative celebration of fall.
Meets in Entrance Gallery | Free with admission. This activity is designed for families with children ages 4-;10. | No reservations needed

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Kemba Walker is amazing. it would be my dream come true if he became a Knick. He's an all around PG with his main weakness being his shooting which has improved every season and he will be a very good shooter this year.
Zeller is impressive for Charlotte.
Tim Hardaway looks good so far.


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A public hearing will be held in coming days on a new bill that would close up to 4,000 acres of forest around an iron mine site just south of Lake Superior.
Gogebic Taconite wants to dig a 4 1/2-mile mine in the Penokee Hills. The bill by Sens. Glenn Grothman and Tom Tiffany would close the surrounding acres to recreational use.
The forest around the site is part of the Department of Natural Resources' managed forest program, which ensures access for hiking, hunting, fishing, skiing and sightseeing. Protesters emerged from the forest earlier this summer and accosted mine workers.
Tiffany says the proposal is meant to help protect mine workers from more protesters.
The Senate's mining committee has scheduled a public hearing on the bill for Wednesday.


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My DD will be 4 months old next week & when she was about 2 months we noticed some mucous & a little bit of blood in one of her poopy diapers. The doc said it meant she was intolerant to something that I was eating, most likely dairy. So she told me to cut all the "obvious" dairy from my diet, but it was still ok to eat bread, cake, etc. - things that might have butter or milk in them. She also told me to avoid soy, since lots of babies that don't tolerate dairy also don't tolerate soy. I've done that, and we hadn't seen any mucous or blood in her diapers since then. Her poops were still sort of slimy, very smelly & ranged in color from greenish yellow to yellowish orange. Still seedy but not as much as when she was first born. She poops anywhere from 2-3X/day to once every 2-3 days. Just depends. She has a wet diaper every few hours, so probably 6-8/day, though not soaking usually.
Today she had another poopy diaper that was very mucousy. I called and the doc wants to see her again on Friday. She has been fussier, more gassy the last few days. I'm still not eating the obvious dairy but haven't cut anything else yet. I have been taking probiotics to fight a yeast infection, so I thought maybe that was the cause of the gas, but I don't think it would cause mucousy poops. I can't think of anything I might have eaten that was out of the ordinary over the last few days.
Does anyone else have experience with this? Should I go completely dairy free? Or maybe she's intolerant to something else I'm eating? Do allergies develop at any time? I'm worried that the doc is going to want us to try formula, and I really don't want to do that. I think that BM is the best for her and we really can't afford the hypo-allergenic formulas.
Her weight gain has been very good. She weighed 6.14 at birth and was up to 12.2 at 2 months. I'm guessing now she's probably 14-15lbs, though I'm not really sure. I'm hoping that maybe since she's growing so well I won't have to try formula...


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Patients need and want to use secure, encrypted email to communicate with health professionals. Why should the government be able to look at our email without a warrant?
The 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) must be updated to stop the government from reading our email without approval from a judge.
From the letter to President Obama signed by 81 groups, including Patient Privacy Rights, that asked him to champion fixing the ECPA:
- "We write today to urge you to support reform of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) to guarantee that every American has full constitutional and statutory protections for the emails, photos, text messages, and other documents that they send and share online."
"A warrant based on the probable cause standard is required for searches of U.S. mail, searches of a home, or even electronic communications that are not stored with companies like Google or Yahoo." The same protections are just as important for email between doctors and patients!
Support for "email privacy" is bipartisan, see: #ECPAReform http://bit.ly/1rAW7MY
Join us in telling the President to pursue #ECPAReform www.NotWithoutaWarrant.com http://bit.ly/1rAW7MY
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POLITICO Morning Tech: FIRST LOOK: TECH GROUPS PRESS AGAIN ON ECPA REFORM — A gaggle of tech advocacy and industry groups are again imploring the White House to put their weight behind email privacy reform, and this time making clear that any loopholes for civil agencies would be a nonstarter. The groups, led chiefly by the Digital 4th and Digital Due Process coalitions, have been ramping up their ECPA reform push in the hopes of convincing Washington to tackle an issue that they see as low-hanging fruit. In a letter to President Obama today, they want the White House to know that they won't support any warrant requirement carve-out for federal agencies like the Securities and Exchange Commission. "Seemingly, the only major impediment to passage is an objection by administrative agencies like the Securities and Exchange Commission, which would like to gut the legislation as a way to expand their investigative authorities," write the groups, which include TechNet, Reddit, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the ACLU. "Such an agency carve out would be a major blow to reform efforts, allowing increased government access to our communications during the many civil investigations conducted by federal and state agencies." Full letter here: http://bit.ly/1kfKrfX


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One poster for metal/punk festival Dude Locker IV sums it up simply: A Venn diagram locates the fest in the overlap between music, beer and dudes.
It's a foolproof formula, but it wasn't being tapped effectively when Joel Archibald and Jesse Bartz founded the warehouse bash in 2009.
"We wanted to have a party that embraced everything that we like about playing shows and have our friends there with it," Bartz said. "Instead of waiting around for other people to do it, we did it."
Archibald and Bartz were active in the creative community known as the Lemon House Collective. They put on a series of big rock shows including the daylong blowout LHC Fest in 2005. That was over by 2008, when Archibald rented space for a woodshop and band rehearsals in Todd Gentry's 11,000-square-foot campus warehouse.
One day Bartz's Lo-Pan bandmate Skot Thompson wandered into Archibald's woodshop, noticed the power tools and punching bag and asked, "What is this, some kind of dude locker?" The name stuck.
Soon the friends conceived another festival to be held in the warehouse's main room and parking lot — half Columbus bands, half regional acts that usually got stuck playing late-night bar shows. Donations at the door financed the traveling bands. Overhead was minimal.
"That's pretty much what it's about," Archibald said. "You don't have to rely on anything other than you and your own friends making your own fun."
Three years later, Dude Locker is among the best heavy music showcases statewide. 2012's installment features a skate park, a record swap and the OH! Burger truck. Drinks are BYOB. A new band begins every half hour.
"Anybody can show up any time of the day," Archibald said, "and they're going to walk right into a sweet band playing."
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In February of last year, the state spent $319,000 to install bromeliads in concrete planters along the H1 Airport Viaduct. Just 17 months later, the Hawaii Department of Transportation is pulling the plants after a request from the Department of Health.
"It is unfortunate that it has to be taken out, but I think that public health and safety is a priority at this point," said HDOT spokeswoman Caroline Sluyter.
The drastic move comes after a mosquito known to carry dengue fever was found at Honolulu International Airport the week of July 1. It's the fifth Aedes aegypti mosquito found at the airport since March 5, 2012. Prior to that, the last time the mosquito was found on Oahu was 1949.
"It's just about the worst-case scenario to have a dengue fever mosquito at an airport, because it has the potential of spreading the disease far and wide to anybody who's coming through," said Deputy Health Director Gary Gill.
Because of their shape, bromeliads naturally collect rain or irrigation water that can remain in place for days or even weeks. The plants are the perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes, which only need two teaspoons of water to lay their eggs.
Gill says the industrial area around the airport and the H1 Freeway act as natural barriers against the spread of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which typically travel no more than 1,500 feet during their lifetime. However, the bromeliads along the Airport Viaduct were a major concern for health officials.
"We don't want to leave that trail of bread crumbs, or that long line of little water cups in bromeliads that could induce the mosquito to leave the airport and migrate and spread, and start to breed in town," explained Gill.
The cost of removing the bromeliads isn't nearly as costly as their installation. Sluyter told KITV4 the plants were priced at $48,000 and removing them will add another $12,000 to the bill. However, sprinklers that were installed along with the plants will remain.
"We don't have funding right now to immediately replace them, but we are looking in the future to replace it with either plants or possibly a rock garden," said Sluyter.
Of more immediate concern to Gill is whether the Aedes aegypti mosquito is spreading beyond Oahu. The Health Department has been setting mosquito traps at Honolulu International Airport for decades, but lacks the funds and staffing to do the same type of trapping on the neighbor islands.
"We are not testing other points of entry," said Gill. "We're not testing harbors, we're not testing airports throughout the state; we simply don't have the staff to do so."
After the onset of the Great Recession in late 2008, the Health Department laid off 40 vector control workers under former Gov. Linda Lingle. During the past legislative session, state lawmakers restored funding to four positions, but DOH had requested funding for eight vector control personnel.
"So, we're trying to take small steps to rebuild our capacity to prevent the spread of these kinds of mosquitoes and other vector threats," said Gill.
The Health Department is asking businesses and residents to survey their properties and drain any standing water where mosquitoes may breed. Gill said there have been no recent cases of dengue fever in Hawaii, but he wouldn't be surprised if someone on Oahu or the neighbor islands came down with the disease.
"People visit Hawaii from other places, (and) our local folks go on vacation and come back," said Gill. "That's basically how the dengue fever disease is brought back to Hawaii."
Dengue fever is also known as "breakbone fever" because of the severe aches and pains that afflict those who contract it. Gill says anyone with symptoms should immediately contact their doctor. However, the disease cannot be spread from person to person, only from mosquito to person.
"You can get chills and really severe body aches and headaches, so it's something we don't want to have here if we can avoid it," he said.
Water gathering plants get yanked as Health Department finds another dengue mosquito
In February of last year, the state spent $319,000 to install bromeliads in concrete planters along the H1 Airport Viaduct. Just 17 months later, the Hawaii Department of Transportation is pulling the plants after a request from the Department of Health.
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First off, I am new to this, so please bear with me. And sorry in advance for the long story/details.
I am curious if I should contact an attorney for an incident while pumping at work. Here are the details:
My son was born 12/19/08. I returned to work after 12 weeks on 03/16/09. Before returning to work I discussed pumping with Human Resources as I had every intention to continue to breastfeed for as long as possible. We do not have a pumping room since it is a small company. However, it was decided that it was best for me to pump in a vacant office. So everyday I would get a master key from one of the 8 people who held one, go in the room, lock the door behind me, and pump. At first I did this twice a day, but then my hours were cut so I only needed to pump once while at work.
On 05/12/09 while I was in the locked office pumping I heard a key in the door. The door was unlocked and opened so fast that I hardly had time to respond. Once the door was opened there was a "sorry" and it shut right away. I did not have a sign on the door as HR never instructed me to do so. But I was able to see who barged in on me...the owner of the company of all people. He made no mention of the incident afterwards and never officially appologized to me. As embarrassing as it was I made sure to let HR know what happened and discussed other arrangements for me to pump if need be. I found out the next day "why" he had let himself into the office..apparently he was looking at what needed to be done in the office so his daughter could get setup to work in there. Yeah...he was hiring his daughter while we were in a hiring freeze...not to mention the hour and paycuts and complete reduction of benefits that all current staff already were dealing with. Sheesh! So anyways I was set up to pump in a different office and was now instructed to put a sign up so no one else would interrupt me. My sign said "Creative juices flowing. Please do not disturb." Pretty creative I might add. However, I only pumped for another week or so at work as I was still uncomfortable from the previous incident. My supply decreased as a result and my little one no longer wanted to nurse. So I am continuing to pump for him to this day, but so sad that this incident put a keebosh on our nursing/bonding relationship.
To make matters more complicated I was recently terminated from that employer for BS reasons...probably so they don't have to pay unemployment.
Oh lord! What should I do?


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text: I've been nursing my 6.5 month old about every 2 hours for months now. She wakes up every 2 hours to nurse at night, too. I'm wondering if she's waking up so often b/c that's when she's used to eating or if she needs to. So, I think I'd like to try nursing less often during the day to try to get her used to it so maybe she'll nurse less at night. Does this make sense to try? How can I tell when she's hungry and needs to nurse during the day or at night? I feel silly asking this, b/c I should know her hunger cues by now, right?


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No fake milk productsJune 17,2014
Recently, several articles have been written by knowledgeable people concerning the value of milk versus the imitation dairy products (or as one writer describes the imitation products, fake dairy products).
I have concerns regarding the new guidelines for our school lunch programs.
We must continue to push forward and recommend the USDA allow an adequate amount of dairy products (including whole milk) to be served to all our students.
In the recent edition of the American Agriculturalist, the editor has done a commendable job in explaining the contents of the fake dairy products and the exorbitant cost of these products. It is very evident that real dairy products are cheaper and certainly more nutritious for all consumers.
Recently, I was in Canada. I was consuming some very tasty pizza. At my request, the waitress showed me the block of cheese they were using. The next day, I visited the cheese plant that made the cheese I was consuming on the pizza.
I said to the manager, What are the ingredients in your cheese?
He said, We start with raw, whole milk as it comes to us. We add some skim milk in the vat, and we add the bacteria to the milk.
I said, Thats it? He said, Yes.
I said, It is obvious that you are not adding milk protein concentrate to the milk.
He said, Absolutely not. Milk protein concentrate harms the taste of the cheese as well as adversely harming the texture of the cheese.
He further stated, The companies that use milk protein concentrate are using the product mainly because it is cheaper. He stated, We dont use powdered milk either.
I said, No wonder the pizza tasted so good last night!
During a trip to Lake Placid, New York, I was told by training officials there that after the athletes finished their daily training, We always give them milk to drink (real milk). We have found that milk is the best way to restore our athletes electrolyte balance.
The May 19 issue of the Country Folks East paper carried a story with the headline Banning chocolate milk backfires. According to Andrew Hanks, lead author and research associate at Cornells Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, When schools ban chocolate milk, we found it usually backfires. On average, milk sales drop by 10 percent. Twenty-nine percent of white milk gets thrown out, and participation in the school lunch program may also decrease.
At the end of a recent Grange dinner in Pennsylvania, a representative of Schneiders Dairy of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, passed out pint containers of chocolate and white milk. Of the 100 people in attendance, I would say that nearly 75 percent of the adults chose the delicious chocolate milk, which, by the way, was real whole milk, not the low-fat milk.
I dont know about you, but I am tired of seeing advertisers claiming that this fake milk is better than whole milk. It is about time that everyone connected with the dairy industry take on the fake people with their fake milk and give the consumers what they want, and that includes removing milk protein concentrate from cheese vats, etc.
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Beware banks bearing buyback gifts
For bank investors, Christmas now comes twice a year. Aside from the actual holiday, the other instance arrives in March when the Federal Reserve, rather than Santa Claus, leaves goodies under the tree.
Or so hope investors envisioning higher dividends and buybacks. Yet, once unwrapped, they should closely examine their capital-return gifts, especially when they are share repurchases.
The Fed, which is due to release "stress test" findings on big banks later this week and its capital-plan decisions the following one, has favoured buybacks as the main component of capital returns. Ostensibly, in the event of trouble, it is easier for banks to scale these back without sending investors scurrying. Dividends, unfortunately, remain sacrosanct in too many investors' eyes.
Even so, buybacks often don't provide the benefit investors expect. Namely, that they will boost earnings and book value per share by shrinking the amount of stock outstanding and so dividing the profit pie into fewer slices.
First, big banks issue a lot of options and restricted stock to employees. So buybacks often only counter those, rather than meaningfully reducing the number of shares outstanding.
A sharp rise in banks' share prices last year also means firms get less bang for each buyback buck. Plus, rising share prices push a higher proportion of older options "into the money," in which market value exceeds the strike price. This raises the chance of options being exercised, expanding the share count.
Consider Wells Fargo. Over the past three years, it bought back about $11.7 billion of stock. During that time, though, its basic shares outstanding declined by only about 0.2%. And its diluted average shares outstanding increased by nearly 1%.
Wells Fargo isn't alone. When it comes to buybacks, banks are "running faster to stand still," Goldman Sachs analyst Richard Ramsden noted in a report last week. He estimated the median increase in buybacks in the coming year for banks taking part in the Fed's capital-plan reviews will be 17%, but that will boost earnings per share by just 3.2%.
This gap will be even more pronounced at firms like Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup and Bank of America. Mr. Ramsden estimates such money-center banks will increase buybacks 19%, although the boost to earnings per share will be just 2.4%.
The added twist is that those estimates of earnings accretion are on a gross basis, so they don't take into account the impact of share issuance. When that is netted out, the accretion often is nonexistent.
This adds further weight to arguments that buybacks aren't always as effective as dividends. With the latter, investors know exactly how much cash they are getting and can decide whether to reinvest. And the diminished impact of buybacks means the total yield of bank stocks, that arising from both dividend payouts and share repurchases, may be something of a mirage.
Making matters worse: Most banks don't impose valuation discipline around buybacks. Only JP Morgan has officially signaled it wouldn't repurchase shares over certain loose valuation thresholds.
And investors already have wearying experience of how this plays out. In the run-up to the financial crisis, banks spent billions of dollars repurchasing stock that was trading at two to three times tangible book value or more. Come the crisis, banks were hoarding capital defensively and so couldn't buy back shares when they traded below tangible book value, an opportunity to purchase a dollar's worth of assets for less than 100 cents.
Given this, along with the fact buybacks often don't provide their intended benefit, the Fed should consider lightening the weight it has placed on this form of capital return. Meanwhile, investors celebrating coming capital-return decisions should be wary they haven't actually received a lump of coal.
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The ultimate makeover: Carrot cake
Nutrition and extra info
- Cake only
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal217
- fat9g
- saturates1g
- carbs31g
- sugars21g
- fibre2g
- protein4g
- salt0.52g
For the cake
- 1 medium orange
One of the best-known citrus fruits, oranges aren't necessarily orange - some varieties are…
- 140g raisin
- 125ml rapeseed oil
- 115g plain wholemeal flour
- 1 tsp baking powder, plus a pinch
Baking powderbay-king pow-dah
Baking powder is a raising agent that is commonly used in cake-making. It is made from an alkali…
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
Bicarbonate of soda
Bicarbonate of soda, or baking soda, is an alkali which is used to raise soda breads and full-…
- 1 rounded tsp ground cinnamon
- 140g dark muscovado sugar
- 280g finely grated carrot (about 375-400g carrots before peeling)
The carrot, with its distinctive bright orange colour, is one of the most versatile root…
- 2 eggs
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition, packed with protein and a…
- 115g self-raising flour
For the frosting
Heat oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3. For the cake, finely grate the zest from the orange and squeeze 3 tbsp of juice. Pour the juice over the raisins in a bowl, stir in zest, then leave to soak while you make the cake. Lightly oil and line the base of a deep 20cm square cake tin. Mix the flours with 1 tsp baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and cinnamon.
Separate one of the eggs. Put the white in a small bowl and the yolk in a large one. Break the remaining whole egg in with the yolk, then tip in the sugar. Whisk together for 1-2 mins until thick and foamy. Slowly pour in the oil and continue to whisk on a low speed until well mixed. Tip in the flour mix, half at a time, and gently stir it into the egg mixture with a rubber spatula or big spoon. The mix will be quite stiff. Put the extra pinch of baking powder in with the egg white and whisk to soft peaks.
Fold the carrot, raisins (and any liquid) into the flour mixture. Gently fold in the whisked egg white, then pour into the tin. Jiggle the tin to level the mixture. Bake for 1 hr until risen and firm or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin 5 mins, turn out onto a wire rack, peel off the paper, then leave until cold.
To make the frosting, stir the soft cheese, Quark, icing sugar and orange zest together - don't overbeat. Stir in the lemon juice. Swirl the frosting over the cake and cut into 16 square. This cake is even better if left well wrapped for a day or two before icing and eating. Will keep up to 5 days uniced in an airtight tin, or in the fridge if iced.
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As others have said, a bit of a hassle, but turns out really well. Step 2 could have been split up to make it easier to follow.
• Mine needed 65 minutes in the oven.
• If you only have one decent large bowl, save it for step 2.
• I didn't have an orange handy but used some Cointreau instead!
• I couldn't find a 140g raisin so I used 140g's worth of regular-sized ones :)
I've just made this for the second time and it came out perfect again! I used sultanas instead of raisins and the idea of soaking them in orange juice is genius. I left mine overnight for extra plumpness. I only used 100g of sultanas and added 100g of chopped walnuts. I also used plain flour only. The icing didn't work the first time, but it's fine without as the sponge is so moist. The second time I used ready-made frosting and added in some half-fat Marscapone, which worked better. It wasn't much more effort than my old full-fat recipe, just a bit of extra washing up with the egg-white whisking. I freeze the individual portions in little bags, they defrost very quickly and taste just as good!
Delicious. A faff to make but worth it! I'm not a great fan of carrot cake so I reduced the carrot and used one apple and a couple of pears to make up the weight. I added a tsp of mixed spice and upped the cinnamon slightly too. I didn't bother with the icing but served it first as dessert, warm and with Greek yogurt, and then had the leftovers with a bit of butter the next day. I might increase the amount of dried fruit next time, and possibly add some nuts and seeds too.
Lovely, lovely cake. My husband said this is the best carrot cake he's ever had. The orange in it is lovely, used plain flour as I didn't have wholemeal and vegetable oil, also didn't have quark so used full fat cream cheese and a bit of soft butter, had to use more sugar as the frosting was a bit runny, delicious without the frosting too. Thank you, BBC GF.
Really moist and delicious. Made this for my birthday party and everyone loved it and couldn't believe it was so healthy! I enjoyed the icing and didn't find it too runny but after making it put the iced cake straight into the fridge which probably helped and only added a little juice to taste.
The adjustments I made were that I added more raisins and juice of a whole large orange instead of just 3tbsp. Also popped in a bit extra cinnamon and 1tsp of ground mixed spice. I will definitely be making this again! :)
Just baked this for my parents' anniversary as carrot cake is one of their favourites but my mum is on a diet. Its awesome, my dad said its one of the best cakes I've made :) I actually love the frosting and so did he - but i stopped at 1tsp of fresh lemon juice, perhaps that's why others have found it too runny? And i used Philidelphia Lightest for the soft cheese part, as well as the Quark. Also added 16 walnut halves on the top for decoration, one for each square! Would definitely make it again and recommend, just the egg part is a bit of a faff.
Amazing!! Made this for two birthdays and both recipients said it was the best cake they have ever tasted.
I used sunflower oil instead of rapeseed, and added a bit of vanilla essence. I only measured the ingredients approximately and it worked out great, moist, tasty and healthier than usual.
For the topping I used 300g extra light Philadelphia, 150g butter and 150g icing sugar and added walnuts on top for decoration. Perfect.
Tried this out because of the high rating and of course low fat alternative to my favourite cake! Cake turned out drier than I thought it would be, but I was cautious with the oil and prob didn't add the full amount, leaving it less moist! Added tsp mixed spice and extra cinnamon also which tasted good! However in my opinion the icing does not deserve the high ratings-tasted pretty awful yesterday when I made it initially, however prepared to give it a 2nd chance and after being in fridge overnight tasted much better today...but still just 'ok'!
I have made this cake so many times now and it is always so well received. Admittedly, I do use full fat cream cheese, icing sugar and juice from an orange for the frosting - which is naughty but very nice. I will definitely be trying the healthier frosting though, as it does seem to have good reviews.
I have also adapted the recipe slightly, I add extra sultanas (as I love them) and also add mixed spice and grated nutmeg (to personal taste). I have also used this recipe to make cupcakes as too and they work equally well. In fact, I think I prefer it as a cupcake (but thats just personal preference). This is becoming one of my favourite recipes!!! Definitely a keeper!!!
The cake was lovely and moist! It was a bit of a faff to make and ended up with lots of washing up but it was well worth it. I made two batches of the cake, one I used the suggested icing in the recipe for one and the other I used my own recipe. Sorry to say but the icing suggested in the recipe is awful. It's runny and just dripped over the sides of the cake. Not to mention the fact it tasted horrible. I realise the point of it is to try and make this a healthier version of the cake but it just didn't work at all for me. So I scrapped it off and made up another batch of my own. I use 250g mascarpone, 100g quark, 50g sifted icing sugar and half the juice of an orange. Yes naughty but ultimately much nicer. I will use the cake recipe again as it was perfect. I added in 1 tsp of mixed spice to give it a bit more umph.
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I'm one of those guys who makes lists. Even with a calendar on my computer, a day runner, and a "Carnet De Journaliste" (reporter's notebook—no clue why it's in French on the cover), my house is littered with scraps of paper. Being an arachnophobe (fear of spiders), I try to keep the paper down to a minimum (where the creepy-crawlies tend to lurk), instead using Post-its® stuck to the mirror (one place I am guaranteed to look). With all that, one would think I'd know where I'm going, but there are always twists, turns and unexpected road blocks along the way.
On Wednesday last, I took my seat in Forestburgh (www.FBplayhouse.org [2]) and had the time of my life, laughing my way through both acts of "Monty Python's Spamalot." My "carnet" was overflowing with notes; therefore I have devoted an entire online column to just that, and you'll have to visit www.riverreporter.com [3] and check out our extensive arts and leisure section to read all about it. Suffice it to say that I highly recommend seeing the show. I do have a charming (I mean frightening) story about a spider in a theatre that occurred long ago and far away, but I'm saving that for my memoir, so you'll have to wait for that one.
On Thursday, I stuck a post-it to my forehead and managed to get to Victoria Lesser's place (www.theoldnorthbranchinn.com [4]) for a musical interlude (www.weekendofchambermusic.com [5]) with Weekend of Chamber Music (WCM) trio Andrew Waggoner, (violin) Matt Sullivan, (oboe/English horn) Caroline Stinson (cello) plus "visual artist" Ken Cro-Ken. Self-described "ecosystem painter," Cro-Ken "sets a painting in motion to recreate the push-pull forces that shape all things," and he did just that, accompanied by the trio's evening of "Transprovisations." The place was packed, the audience wildly enthusiastic, and what may have escaped me apparently enthralled others, so I'll keep my humble opinion to myself. The WCM series presents events through the end of the month, and their schedule provides a wide variety, so I would suggest checking them out at one of several cool venues near you.
"Oppressive" doesn't even begin to describe the heat and humidity that blanketed the Upper Delaware Valley last Friday and I was a bit scorched from a day at the lake, but Dharma was anxious to attend the grand opening party and "explore the nature of change" behind the Green Door on Main Street in Liberty, NY, so we took a cold shower and went. "Change" is the art exhibit currently running at the gallery connected to the magazine of the same name (www.greendoormag.com [6]) and the place was packed with well-wishers and fans (which did nothing to abate the sweltering temps). I didn't see any spiders, but the walls were adorned with way-cool art, including Ryan Cronin's "graffiti-inspired" work and Greg Frederick's (IMHO) stunning original portraits (www.vinylpopart.com [7]). Naomi Teppich was in the house and suggested that her sculpture ("Cactus Conundrum") might be a cautionary tale of a "changing climate" and that a cactus growing in a store front window in Liberty could be a reflection of "global warming creating a new bio-diversity." Hmmm.
The exhibit, which runs through August 25, features the works of more than a dozen artists, and I had a chance to chat with the clever and inventive Amy Lewis, (www.agrisculpture.com [8]) "scrap metal" sculptor Zac Shavrick, and to experience a "spontaneous" performance by the Human Lard Dog (www.houseoflard.com [9]). Judging by the crowd, Green Door is the place to be and I snapped quite a few pics. "Like" us on Facebook to view, share and tag.
Responding to an email from college chum Laurie Graff, Dharma accepted the invite to hear her read an essay she penned for inclusion in a new book, "No Kidding—Women Writers on Bypassing Parenthood." On the way, I screeched as a searing pain hit my left hand and veered a bit, but not suspecting that anything might have taken a bite out of me, I steered toward Livingston Manor and the Catskill Art Society (CAS) (www.catskillartsociety.org [10]). Graff, ("You Have to Kiss a lot of Frogs," "The Shiksa Syndrome") and I studied theatre together in college and she has gone on to have an incredibly successful career as a writer, which inspires me to think that there's hope for me yet. Her reading was in conjunction with the CAS gallery's new show "Out Of Place," which showcases the work of Charles Wilkin and Lisa Samalin. I was particularly drawn to Samalin's gargantuan murals, but my concentration was focused on Graff, so I plan to return to CAS in order to absorb the show more fully.
Seeing Laurie (www.lauriegraff.com [11]) was a treat and her essay, (much like her novels) was excellent, so it came as no surprise that she was beyond entertaining. My hand itched like crazy during the reading, but I gave it little thought until reaching home, when my vision blurred, my legs became wobbly and my stomach churned. By the next day. I could barely walk and a visit to the doctor ("Looks like the work of a 'Yellow-Sac' spider") did nothing to assuage my fear. Steroid injections (aarrgh), antibiotics and bed rest (yeah, right) are in order. Arachnophobia is optional. And how was your week?
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Cramer: Dinner Out Is in our DNA
NEW YORK (Real Money) -- Getting blown away by this restaurant move yesterday and today as major research firms up their ratings and say it is time to get in the group.
I am flabbergasted because if the consumer is really hurting, if the payroll tax mattered, if the delayed tax refunds mattered and if the higher gasoline prices mattered, these upgrades sure don't show it.
Yesterday, Raymond James said that, after a hiatus, it is time to buy Panera
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From what you read in the newspapers and the Internet and what you hear on television, these moves by these brokerage houses make no sense. How is it possible that we could have any confidence at all given all of the negative news?
How can people be willing to spend $6 a throw at Panera for a signature panini or that Asian sesame chicken salad, or shell out 10 smackers for a dinner at Chili's or $5.01 on a triple venti cappuccino with skim, wet?
How come they are not staying home? Isn't that what you do when things are tougher? How come they are not trading down to McDonald's
Simple. It's because we are a richer country than people realize, particularly when our houses and our stock portfolios go up in value.
Most people spend way too much time obsessing about a few dollars more to the tax man for all but the rich, and for the rich people a return to the old tax rates of the 1990s was supposed to be catastrophic.
In reality, 98% of the people didn't have their taxes raised. Many of the remaining 2% have seen an increase in their chief asset, their home, that might actually make up for the increased taxes. Everyone, of course, feels better even knowing what their tax rates are, something that the fiscal cliff resolution finally gave us.


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Myasthenia gravis is a neuromuscular disorder primarily characterized by muscle weakness and muscle fatigue. Although the disorder usually becomes apparent during adulthood, symptom onset may occur at any age. The condition may be restricted to certain muscle groups, particularly those of the eyes (ocular myasthenia gravis), or may become more generalized (generalized myasthenia gravis), involving multiple muscle groups.
Most individuals with myasthenia gravis develop weakness and drooping of the eyelids (ptosis); weakness of eye muscles, resulting in double vision (diplopia); and excessive muscle fatigue following activity. Additional features commonly include weakness of facial muscles; impaired articulation of speech (dysarthria); difficulties chewing and swallowing (dysphagia); and weakness of the upper arms and legs (proximal limb weakness). In addition, in about 10 percent of cases, affected individuals may develop potentially life-threatening complications due to severe involvement of muscles used during breathing (myasthenic crisis).
Myasthenia gravis results from an abnormal immune reaction in which the body's natural immune defenses (i.e., antibodies) inappropriately attack and gradually destroy certain receptors in muscles that receive nerve impulses (antibody-mediated autoimmune response).
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Should you be "Eating Clean"?
Like many of you I'm interested in the science of good nutrition. In general, I've come to be pretty skeptical of the nutritional literature, as so many studies seem to follow the same trajectory that we see with drug studies: Trivial changes in non-relevant outcomes, a failure to consider the results in the context of the accumulated scientific evidence and often, significant conflicts of interest. What's worse, "real world" nutritional studies aren't blinded and they're rarely prospective. So we're left to dig through observational studies and try to sort out correlation from causation. It's little wonder that so many consumers are confused about the basics of healthy eating. Many believe that vitamins supplements are both beneficial and routinely necessary (they are not) and that the latest "superfood" is all that's standing between themselves and immortality. But nutritional science is important, and I'm always pleased when patients initiate discussions about weight loss, or just improving their dietary habits. After all, obesity is a significant risk factor for an array of chronic illnesses. Improving our dietary patterns should pay off with improved health. A regular challenge I face is that my patient that has already decided to use a highly restrictive weight loss plan in order to achieve a specific weight loss goal. I always caution them to take a long-term view. Weight loss is easy. Maintaining that loss is the challenge. Most "diets" fail. So I'm critical of useless interventions (like food intolerance blood tests) or faddy diets (like going gluten-free) with the hope of easy weight loss. At its core, weight loss and weight maintenance comes down to caloric balance. Permanent weight loss requires permanent dietary changes, and how we "spend" our calories matters.
Over the past few months I've seen a few friends and colleagues announce that they've decided to transform their diet, lose weight, and "eat clean". When I asked what "clean" food was, no-one seems to have a consistent answer. The most common response was that "eating clean" meant cutting out processed foods. But to others, eating clean meant avoiding meat, anything with GMOs, wheat, and sometimes milk. It seemed to mean something different to everyone. It reminds me a bit of Humpty Dumpty in Through the Looking Glass:
When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.'
Is "eating clean" just a faddish buzzword? There are a number of personalities competing in the "eating clean" dietary space. The pioneer seems to be Tosca Reno, who has the Eat-Clean Diet and about a dozen related books based on the same idea. But she's not alone, as there are several other books with related names, including Terry Walters with her "Clean Food" books. Success breeds competition, it seems. Given Reno's book appears to be the most popular, I'll take her plan as the template. She outlines the principles of how she defines eating clean in her 2007 book. I've added my comments after each principle. (more…)
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Voters in Bangor have decided once again to allow the school district to go over the state imposed revenue cap.
For the third time in the last six years, voters approved a referendum.
The question on the ballot asked, "should the district be able to exceed its revenue limit by $600,000 per year for three years beginning 2013-2014?"
The final vote tally was 320 yes to 212 no. That means the school will have an additional $600,000 over the next three years.
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Confession and BlessingHow does repentance reveal our faith and trust in Jesus?
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Phillies are World Series Bound!!
The Phillies are headed to the World Series for the second straight year (yay!), and now await the conclusion of the ALCS to see who their opponent will be. The Angels rallied to beat the Yankees last night, forcing the series back to New York for at least Game 6. Personally, I am rooting for the Yankees.
Yes, it pains me to say this, as I've always professed to be a Yankee-hater. But I've come to realize that it wasn't so much the individual Yankees I disliked (except maybe A-Rod), but the whole concept of the Yankees. I mean, 26 (!) World Series championships? That's almost one-fourth of all the championships ever. The Phillies, on the other hand, have exactly two. So I guess it's more jealousy of all that success than hate – call me a Yankee-envier.
An all-East Coast WS would have the benefit of none of those late West Coast games. No worries about jet-lag affecting the Phillies players. Alas, no palm trees (because everything is better with palm trees), but I can overlook that.
In the meantime, since the World Series doesn't start until next Wednesday, I can b*tch and moan about one of my major peeves with postseason baseball – the starting times of the games and the length of the games.
Is there any reason that we have to wait until 8:07 to begin a night game? 7:05 is good enough the rest of the season. If MLB wants to attract and retain a new generation of fans, having games start that late and not end until almost midnight is not the way to do it.
Of the nine postseason games the Phillies have played so far, only three of them have finished in about 3 hours. Two of those were started by Cliff Lee (thank you, Cliff, for being so efficient). The other one was Game 2 of the NLCS, when Pedro Martinez and Vicente Padilla were both dazzling.
The other six games averaged 3 hours and 49 minutes in length, with two games going beyond 4 hours. This is well beyond the attention span of many young fans, and even a lot of adult ones. Maybe Lee could give the other starters some lessons on mound efficiency.
Every Girl Crazy 'Bout a Sharp Dressed Man
Maybe ZZ Top could pull off some of the looks sported by TBS reporter Craig Sager during the NLCS, but I sure can't say I was crazy about them. See for yourself:
Game 1: OK, this one's not too bad, it's kinda reminiscent of one of HK's favorites, which hangs in the dugout during each game.
Game 2: Yikes! How did Ethier manage to keep a straight face while being interviewed? My 8-year-old daughter might think this is a good look – she thinks everything looks better if it's pink.
Game 3: Though it doesn't really show in this photo, on TV the jacket appeared to be velour or some similar material, and is a very dark purplish/eggplant color. Has Craig been raiding Liberace's closet?
Game 4: This one makes me think of a pumpkin. I guess he wanted to get in the holiday spirit, since the World Series will only be at Game 3 (!) on Halloween.
Game 5: Slightly less garish, but still on the loud side. And c'mon, Jayson, smile – you just clinched the NLCS!
Since I don't normally watch much sports on TBS, I don't know if this is the way he always dresses. I can only hope he's doing this on purpose, and doesn't actually think this is a good look. And what must his closet look like? Seeing all those jackets hanging side by side would be enough to make my eyeballs pop (or at least scorch my retinas).
Thank goodness the WS is not on TBS; I don't know if I can handle any more of these visual assaults!
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I can't believe no-one likes TBS thats T otal B ull S hit… I was also somewhat amused by the fact that the commentators were almost willing the Dodgers to win a lot of times during that last game….
but its back to the World Series..wooohooo
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Peter, I can't quite tell if you're being sarcastic or not about people not liking TBS. I, like many others, I'm sure, am partial to the local broadcasters I've listened to all season long (even though they too make the occasional mistake). Listening to strangers call the games just seems wrong.
Sorry it took a couple of days for me to get here.
Congratulations on your Phillies going to the W.S. for the second consecutive year.
Do what I was doing while watching postseason games, I turned off the sound of the TV and turned on the radio to follow Vin Scully. He made the losses more tolerable.
About Craig, My bro Vic says that Craig dresses like that all the time covering other sports. My favorite pic is the second, one for obvious reasons🙂
Congrats again on the great win to advance to the WS. I'm so jealous. I hope the Yankees will join you very soon. (Please please.) As for Sager's jackets, I won't miss them at all. The orange one is truly awful. His interviews are pathetic too. He acts like he's doing everyone a favor by dropping in.
Sue, congrats to the Phillies for getting back to the World Series! I think a Phillies/Yankees World Series would be very interesting — Broad Street vs. Broadway! (I thought that was a cool sign from one of the fans during the on-the-field celebration. LOL) Oh, and regarding Sager's wardrobe…I'm quite sure he saved some of those ties and jackets from the 1970's!
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Yankees-Phillies would be a great matchup. It would be last year's champs vs. the champs of all-time.
My question is – where the heck does Craig by those clothes? lol! Good luck to the Phillies!
Start times should be re-thought, but I guess the reason this whole World Series is later than it should be is because of the broadcast media, who says they don't have the pull to dictate the way the MLB works….Sunday should be interesting though…afternoon game of the Eagles vs Giants evening game of the Phillies vs Yankees… lots of New Yorkers in Philly should be a boost for the City, higher prices etc….LOL
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Great entry! I know what you mean about the Yankees: my boys have a grand total of 0 World Series. It's just not right. And wow, those outfits are pretty, uh, shall I say strange? LOL!
Craig Sager has to be one of the reasons people would turn on the TV just to see what he found in his grandfather's closet now.
But he is one of those "crazy like a fox" guys in baseball who gets you to notice him……….good or bad.
Congrats on getting to the Big Show again this season.
Hopefully it will be a good series to watch and to remember for the Phillies faithful.
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Photojournalist John Cantlie tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy of the UK's Channel 4 News about the terrifying week he was held captive in Syria by radical Islamist militants, some of them British.
LONDON -- A British photojournalist has described the terrifying week he was held captive by radical Islamist militants in Syria, where he and another photographer constantly feared for their lives at the hands of "disenchanted" young Britons.
Writing in The Sunday Times newspaper (site operates behind a pay wall), seasoned conflict photographer John Cantlie said he and Dutch photographer Jeroen Oerlemans were repeatedly told to prepare to die and at one point "we heard the worst noise we will hear in our lives: the sharpening of knives for a beheading."
It was not supposed to be that way.
The two men, along with their Syrian guide named in the article only as Mohamed, had entered the country on July 19 to cover the 17-month-old uprising in Syria, where fighters with the opposition Free Syrian Army have been battling to oust President Bashar Assad's regime and end his family's four-decade grip on power.
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But after accidentally stumbling into an encampment of foreign fighters, the men quickly found themselves part of a different kind of war with unexpected combatants.
"I ended up running for my life, barefoot and handcuffed, while British jihadists -- young men with south London accents -- shot to kill," Cantlie wrote of the pair's attempted escape early in their captivity.
"They were aiming their Kalashnikov at a British journalist, Londoner against Londoner in a rocky landscape that looked like the Scottish Highlands," he wrote.
The British Foreign Office has said it was investigating reports of Britons taking part in the fighting in Syria.
The U.K. government "takes very seriously any claims or reports that indicate there are British nationals amongst foreign fighters in Syria," a spokesperson told the British Broadcasting Corp.
Stringer / Reuters
After months of protests and violent crackdowns, a look back at the violence that has overtaken the country.
"We are monitoring the situation as closely as possible. Clearly, the deteriorating security situation in Syria leaves a dangerous space for foreign fighters. The solution lies in securing robust international action to resolve the crisis," the BBC quoted the spokesperson as saying.
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Cantlie was on assignment for The Sunday Times and Oerlemans for Britain-based Panos Pictures.
'Biggest risk was from the British'
The two men were immediately seized by around 30 fighters when they entered the camp, which they had thought belonged to the Free Syrian Army. The journalists soon realized none of the fighters was Syrian.
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The fighters were from various places, Cantlie wrote, including Britain, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Chechnya. At least several women were among them, he wrote.
The captors were mostly in their 20s and varied in temperament, Cantlie said, but the two captives feared the dozen or so Britons more than the others.
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"The biggest risk was from the British," Cantlie wrote.
The Britons did not seem to be experienced fighters, Cantlie wrote.
"They were thrilled to be in Syria. All their talk was of how to take out a tank, how to advance across open ground and how to clear a building. The camp was like an adventure course for disenchanted 20-year-olds," he wrote.
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Cantlie quoted one man who claimed to be a former supermarket worker in Britain as threatening: "You are spies. You work for (British domestic security agency) MI5, you work for (British foreign intelligence agency) MI6. Prepare for the afterlife. Are you ready to meet Allah?"
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Freed by rebel Syrian fighters
Cantlie, Oerlemans and Mohamed attempted to escape on the second day of their captivity, but both journalists were shot and wounded before being recaptured. Mohamed managed to flee the camp and raised the alarm with members of the Free Syrian Army, who later liberated the journalists after eight days in captivity.
The captors were not part of the Free Syrian Army, Cantlie wrote. When rebel soldiers freed the journalists, they showed their anger at the young Islamic militants for taking foreign journalists captive.
"I'm so sorry about what's happened to you. We've been looking for you for three days. We were waiting for the right time to get you out," Cantlie quoted one of their rescuers as saying.
"We know about these foreigners. There are about 40 of them. We didn't know they would do something like this. ... This is not the way of the Syrian people. This is our revolution. We don't want these people coming in here in our name," the man said, according to Cantlie's account.
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Cantlie and Oerlemans, who were blindfolded for most of their captivity, have both returned home and are recovering from their injuries.
There have been increasing reports about foreign fighters in Syria, but it remains unclear how many are in the country and for what they are fighting.
The locus point of the fighting in Syria has shifted in recent weeks to the commercial hub of Aleppo, where rebels have been battered by heavy weaponry unleashed by Assad's regime, as well as the capital Damascus. The conflict has claimed an estimated 18,000 lives across Syria.
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A clumsy, artificially aged printWednesday, December 2nd, 2009
It should come as little surprised that the literary works of John Keats have been the subject of numerous attempts at forgery. Major George de Luna Byron (ca. 1810-1882), who claimed to be the natural son of the Lord George Gordon Byron by a Spanish countess, was quite successful at penning and pawning off fake letters of Byron, Shelley and Keats in the mid-nineteenth century. And H. Buxton Forman (1842-1917), the legitimate editor of several editions of published letters and writings of John Keats was later implicated in one of the great literary forgeries of the early twentieth century. Manuscript forgeries were once so frequent that Simon Gratz's 1920 A Book About Autographs included among its thirteen chapters "Chapter IV: Concerning Spurious or False Autographs," followed by "Chapter V: The Same Subject Continued," and "Chapter VI: The Same Subject Continued."
Returning to Haverford's own Keats letter, our records show that it too was once the subject of a forgery investigation. In January 1965, curator of the Quaker Collection, Edwin B. Bronner, was contacted by a recent college graduate from Florida who had been shown the very same letter by a bookseller in Miami. Supposedly found within the pages of an 1833 edition of Hogarth's Anecdotes, the bookseller was not interested in selling the letter, but was anxious to know of its authenticity. Bronner sent the young man a photostat of our original and the Florida letter was sent to the laboratory of the Metropolitan Dade County Police Department for inspection. Their reply: "This is a clumsy, artificially aged print, not handwriting. As a manuscript it is worth nothing. 13 Jan 1965." The young man who wrote to us also stated that the document had been covered on both sides with an adhesive plastic and then partially burned, causing a "peculiar polka dot area in the upper right-hand corner of the front sheet." A negative photostat of the Florida imposter still remains in our files (along with the authentic Keats letter) and notice of the incident was reported by Bronner in the April 1965 issue of The American Archivist.


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Etek 3 LT
Ninja 68/45 carbon fiber
Dye rotor
Invert avatar mask
Valken Fate pants
Valken fate jersey
3+6 valken pod pack
What do you think?
Im thinking about getting rid of the etek and grabbing an axe
rate my first setup
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Posted 16 November 2012 - 09:02 AM
Posted 16 November 2012 - 11:48 AM
Having a rotor for a hopper in your first setup is very nice :-) Also nice tank. I don't have much experience with the marker, but Eteks seem to be relatively popular so I imagine it's pretty good. Mask looks pretty nice too. Looks a lot like my Events (from what I found via google at least). Overall I think you done good for a first setup. Enjoy!
Posted 16 November 2012 - 12:25 PM
Not bad.
Posted 16 November 2012 - 02:43 PM
Solid. I wouldn't get rid of the etek if it works. It will keep working for a long time
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October 17, 2002
Bluefield State College
Board of Governors
October 17, 2002
Members Present: Mr. Norris Kantor, Mr. John Barnes, Ms. Ruth Payne Brown, Mr. Burt Clark, Ms. Carol Baldwin (via phone), Dr. Steve Bourne, Mr. Frank Wilkinson, The Reverend Garry Moore
Members Absent: Dr. Lyn Guy, Mr. Jack Caffrey, Ms. Ann Crowe
Guests: Dr. Albert Walker, Mr. Jim Nelson, Ms. Shelia Johnson, Dr. David Perkins, Dr. Don Smith, Ms. Kathy Epperly, Mr. John Cardwell, Ms. Vivian Sidote
Mr. Norris Kantor called the meeting to order.
A motion was made and seconded (GMoore/RBrown)) to approve the minutes of the September 19 Board of Governors' meeting as submitted. Motion carried.
Enrollment Report
Mr. Cardwell distributed an enrollment census report, as of October 1. He said the College has the highest FTE enrollment and the second highest headcount enrollment in its history. He said the enrollment increases have occurred at every campus. More than 3000 students will have enrolled when final figures for the semester are compiled. Mr. Kantor indicated it is noteworthy to see that there are significantly more female students enrolled than male students.
Business & Finance Report
Ms. Shelia Johnson reported the following:
The College is working on a ten-year facilities master plan that has to be approved by the Higher Education Policy Commission. The last facilities master plan compiled by the College was submitted in 1992. She said different facilities issues exist on each campus. Clearly the issue at GCCC is space, and the Bluefield campus is facing two major issues: traffic and student housing. Ms. Johnson indicated that a consultant would be developing recommendations to address these issues.
The modification of College sidewalks, needed to bring the walkways into compliance with ADA guidelines, is 95% completed. The construction firm that was to have completed the work has gone out of business, delaying the completion date of the project.
The renovation of Hatter Hall is 90% complete and will not be totally completed until December. There are still some windows and lights to be installed. She noted that a very successful dedication program, commemorating the renovation project, was conducted in early October.
A security system is being installed in the student center, Mahood Hall, Conley Hall, and Basic Science Building. There will be interior and exterior cameras for each building.
The College's Fire Alarm System report has been on file at the State Fire Marshall's office, awaiting approval. Ms. Johnson said the College can proceed with seeking bids for the work on the alarm system in the Ned Shott P.E. Building, Mahood Hall, Conley Hall, and the Hardway Library after receiving approval from the State Fire Marshall's office.
An architect has inspected the exterior wall at Dickason Hall.
The College has collected 30% of its tuition and fees to date. The Institution is awaiting payment from several third party payers.
Ms. Johnson noted that major changes have been made in the manner in which the College's financial statement is compiled. The College's budget for the past year amounted to $30 million, of which $9 million is student financial aid. Chairman Kantor asked about the West Virginia Promise Scholarship. Ms. Johnson said BSC has received $60,000 in Promise Scholarship funds, an amount that equates to 50 students.
Deed to GCCC
Mr. Kantor noted that the BSC Board of Governors in June authorized the final payment so the College could hold the deed for the GCCC building. On June 26, 2002, a check for payment in full on that account was sent and the Greenbrier County Building Commission deposited that check on July 2. The College has yet to receive the deed to the premises. Mr. Kantor said he knows that Bruce Walker, legal counsel for the Higher Education Policy Commission, wrote a letter to the Building Commission and Mr. Kantor said he will send an additional letter, requesting the deed, on his law firm's letterhead stationery. The check was for $104,740.84. Dr. Perkins said he talked with the Greenbrier County Building Commission chairperson and she forwarded this request to the County Commission, asking that the deed be prepared.
Dr. Don Smith
New program proposal -
Dr. Smith said Mike Lilly and Bruce Mutter talked with Mr. James Cox, Training Director of the Office of Emergency Services in Charleston, WV. Mr. Cox is very supportive of the idea to start an Emergency Management Institute at Bluefield State College. An Associate of Applied Science degree curriculum in Technical Studies has been developed. This would be a community college program. A change has been made to the original curriculum proposal--replacing a history class with a geography class. The rationale is that the geography course would allow the students to learn more about weather patterns, locations, etc. They will also have to develop a portfolio that would fulfill the 64 hours of total credits required for this program. There was much discussion concerning this program. A motion was made and seconded (FWilkinson/BClark) to approve this program. Motion carried.
Proposed Year of Review Schedule of Program Reviews
Dr. Smith distributed to Board members a proposed schedule of program reviews for the 2002-2003 academic year. Dr. Smith indicated that the College is required to conduct a review of each program every five years and this schedule of program reviews must be approved by the Board of Governors. After much discussion a motion was made and seconded (FWilkinson/SBourne) to approve the proposed schedule of program reviews. Motion carried.
Kathy Epperly
Mrs. Epperly presented a report of the NCAA review of Bluefield State College's intercollegiate athletic programs. She indicated that Bluefield State College was put on probation January 2001 because of an instance of noncompliance. She said corrective measures have been undertaken. A meeting was held with West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Commissioner Barry Blizzard on September 7 and he indicated that Bluefield State College in all probability would be removed from WVIAC probation in May, 2003.
Financial Aid
Mrs. Epperly discussed the student loan default rate for Bluefield State College. There was discussion that followed.
Dr. David Perkins Dr. Perkins presented a Powerpoint program entitled "From 1976 Into An Exciting And Prosperous Future," on the Greenbrier Community College Center of Bluefield State College.
Dr. Smith, Dr. Perkins, and Dr. Blevins gave an update on BSC's evolving role in the Beckley Regional Higher Education Consortium.
President's Update
Dr. Walker gave a Powerpoint presentation, updating recent developments at Bluefield State College along with his meetings and projects over the previous 30 days.
Executive Session
A motion was made and seconded (Moore/Wilkinson) at 9 p.m. that the Board enter into executive session. Motion carried.
The Board of Governors returned into regular session at 9:20 p.m.
Mr. Burt Clark asked that Bluefield State's institutional mission statement be reviewed and updated.
Meeting Date
The next meeting date of the Board of Governors was scheduled for November 21, 2002 at 6 p.m. (dinner), and 6:45 p.m.( meeting).
With no further business to transact, the meeting adjourned at 9:40 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Norris Kantor


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this kitchen is nice and bright - it might help me wake up in the morning.
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Wow! I love the interiors but I fell in love on the view. It is really lovely. I really wish I own a house like this one.
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What a stunning place and I would seriously never want to leave. Enjoy your vacation!
I love it when non traditional chairs are used in outdoor rooms - like on this deck. Great look with the table!
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Monday, November 12, 2012
The First 138,336. My Sister's first marathon.
In June of this past year my sister Elisa joined a marathon training team in Richmond, VA. Her goal, after several years of running 5ks and 10ks, was to complete the Richmond Marathon. Yes, a marathon. The dream distance for many runners, my sister included.
Five months later I joined my sister and her marathon training team for a 20 mile training run, which happened to be the longest of their program. We finished the run in about 3:40 with a total running time of 3:21. It was just under a ten minute mile pace, and my sister said she felt like she had a lot in the tank at the finish. A few months before she had mentioned wanting to finish in under 5 hours, and ultimately started knocking her time goals down to possibly a 4:30 on a really good day. However, after her strong showing on the 20 miler, I suggested that my sister might actually be able to run a ten minute mile for the entire marathon, which would bring her to a time of 4:22. Moreso, I believed she had held back a little to run with her training team, and thus I secretly believed she could break 4:20.
So it began. On the brisk 36 degree morning of November 10, 2012, myself, my sister, and 6,000 other runners cluttered the interesection of 8th and Broad St in downtown Richmond. The song Gangdamstyle blaired from the speakers, breaking a little pre-race tension in the process, and soon we were following the masses and running the first feet of my sister's first marathon. The primary goal for the day was to simply finish the marathon, then break 4:30, and then shoot for the "elite" goal of breaking 4:20....if possible.
The early miles went just as planned, and though the pace was a bit faster than the ten minute miles my sister had been training at, we were moving smooth. We cruised the early flat sections at a 9:30 pace, and eventually dropped down to a 9:15 aided by the downhills leading to the James River. We hit the 10k mark in 57:49. My sister and I were also joined by the pleasant company of my friend and running veteran Carter Wiecking. Her presence definitely helped keep our pace efficient, as well as providing some much needed conversation. The river front was gorgeous and before we knew it we were passing through the 10 mile point, and then through the half in 2:02:23. My sister had just run about six minutes faster than planned for the first half of the marathon, and I was a little worried that we went out too fast. Carter, however, continued to run well, so we let her go so she could pursue breaking her marathon PR of 4:14. Carter went on to crush it, and finished with a huge personal best in a time of 4:01.
Meanwhile, as in most marathons, my sister started feeling the punishing effects of the miles during the scenic Lee bridge crossing. This is around mile 17 of the marathon, and where the race really begins. Many runners were already showing visible signs of fatigue. I told my sister that "This is where you prove you are stronger than everyone else. If you see someone walking, you keep running. You trained harder, and you can keep going." The encouragement/coaching had fleeting effects, but ultimately she would need short walks breaks. Although her marathon training program was very good, my sister had become acustomed to being allowed to stop and walk at their food/aid checkpoints every 4 to 5 miles. In the marathon, the clock keeps running, and so you must as well.
We arrived at mile 20 in 3:12:37. This was nine minutes faster than her 20 mile training run three weeks earlier, and without pausing the clock at aid stations. The following miles would prove to be the crux of the race. Every step Elisa took after mile 20 would be the farthest she has ever run. Cary St to the Richmond Diamond were peppered with short walk breaks and stretching. I kept reminding her that this is all part of the marathon experience and it is what everyone goes through. Elisa did not want to think about the runnning, and asked me to talk about something. Anything. So, I mentioned how pretty the leaves were through the city, and I even stopped at mile 22 to chug two cups of ice cold beer. Still, my sister remained in a bit of low spot, so I said "It's not about how well you can run when you feel good. It's about how fast you can keep moving when you want to quit." The last four miles of the Richmond marathon are fairly flat, so I encouraged my sister to keep going and that the finish would be there soon. I knew from miles 22 to 26 that Elisa was putting everything she had into it, and she even said "I have nothing left right now. I just want to be done". I replied "Good. It means you are giving it your all."
As we made several of the final turns down to the finish I reminded my sister "You are about to become a marathoner! You will be a marathoner for the rest of your life from this point forward. You got here on your own. I'm so proud of you." Though I'm sure it seemed like forever from Elisa's point of view we finally made it to the last turn down to Browns Island. We could see and hear the thousands of spectators eagerly awaiting the runners, and it was quite a sight. About a hundred feet from the finish, by chance, I glanced over to the right and wouldn't you know it? Of the thousands of people lining the street, I spotted our mom and dad who were able to watch Elisa and I finish together. I nudged my sister and said "Look! It's mom and dad. We're all here." With that final note we sprinted the final downhill and through the finish chute.
She did it! My sister Elisa freaking did it! She was sore, tired, and hurting, but she kept moving forward. My sister was now a marathoner and the newest member of the rare society of long distance runners.
Oh, and her finish time? Remember that "elite" goal of breaking 4:20. Yeah, she finished in 4:19:57. Three seconds under. Bad ass. What a red letter day for the Bailey and Seldon family. Hello world. Let me introduce you to Elisa Bailey Seldon. The MARATHONER!
2 comments:
- Aunt Cathy said...
very inspiring, and has me teary eyed. You both deserve a congratulations Elisa for your determination and strength and Michael for your encouragement not only to Elisa but to everyone.
- November 12, 2012 at 8:25 AM
- Kristen said...
Congrats to your sister-she did awesome! I ran my first marathon w/ my dad & it definitely makes for a more memorable experience.
- November 14, 2012 at 7:02 AM
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