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wikiHow to Make Homemade Sugar Cubes
Two Methods:Making Sugar Cubes in the OvenIce Cube Tray VersionCommunity Q&A
Sugar cubes are extremely simple to make at home - all you need is sugar and water. In addition to standard cubes, you can add color and flavor to add fun flair to a tea party or another gathering. Learn how to make sugar cubes using two different methods: using a pan in the oven or an ice cube tray you leave out overnight.
Making Sugar Cubes in the Oven
1Pour a cup of sugar into a bowl. You can use any type of sugar except powdered sugar. Choose raw sugar, brown sugar, or plain granulated sugar.
2Add three teaspoons of water to the bowl of sugar. Pour it over the sugar evenly and let it sit for a few seconds.
3Mix the water and sugar with a fork. Try to remove the clumps of sugar and make a smooth mixture. If clumps of sugar remain, continue mixing to remove them. The sugar is ready when it retains it shape when lightly pressed.
4Line a baking pan with parchment paper. You can use a bread pan, a loaf pan, or any type of glass or metal pan that is oven safe.
5Pour the sugar onto the parchment paper. Pack the sugar into the base of the pan very tightly with a spatula or another tool that is stiff and flat. The height should be similar to a commercial sugar cube, around 1.27cm/1/2 an inch.
- If you want sugar pieces that aren't shaped like cubes, pour the sugar into oven-safe candy molds or muffin tins.
- If you have candy molds that aren't oven safe, you can still use them. Pour the sugar into the molds and use a spatula to flatten the tops. Instead of putting the molds in the oven, cover them loosely with parchment paper and leave them on the counter overnight. They'll be hard by morning.
6Score the sugar. Using a knife, cut the sugar sheet into cubes of the size you want. Try to cut neat, even squares. Do not forget this step; if you do, you will end up with a sugar block, rather than sugar cubes.
7Put the pan in an oven preheated to 120°C or 250°F. Set a timer for 1 hour.
8Remove the pan of sugar from the oven. After one 1 hour, take the pan out and let the sugar cubes cool for at least 10 minutes.
9Break up the cubes. Pull the sugar cubes out of the pan and break them apart with your hands or something smooth like a knife. If cut properly, they will break fairly easy.
10Store the cubes. Put the sugar cubes into an airtight container for future use. Or, pop them into your coffee or tea right now and enjoy.
Ice Cube Tray Version
1Get silicone ice cube trays. This method works best if you choose silicon ice cube trays with cute shapes, such as hearts, stars, animals or something quirkier than the same old cube. Silicon trays are the best because you'll be able to remove the sugar cubes much more easily, with less likelihood of damaging them.
2Pour the sugar into the mixing bowl. You can make more than 1/2 a cup's worth but this is a good amount for a beginner to play with.
3Add a teaspoon of water into the sugar and mix. Continue adding water a teaspoonful at a time until you have mixed together a paste of sugar and water. Don't make it too gooey or wet, or the sugar will dissolve.
- At this stage you can mix in a few drops of food coloring to make colored cubes.
- Consider adding a few drops of vanilla, almond, or lemon extract to make flavored sugar.
4Spoon the sugar paste into each mold of the ice cube tray. Fill the molds about halfway only.
5Pack the sugar. Press down into the molds with the back of a spoon to make an even surface and to pack the sugar down so that it sticks together.
6Dry the sugar. Set the tray aside in a dry spot to let the water evaporate. If it's humid in your kitchen, the cubes might not set.
7Remove the sugar shapes. Remove each piece of sugar by carefully pushing from the base of the ice cube tray and tapping gently into the palm of your hand. Store in an airtight container or use straight away.
Community Q&A
Will it still work if you use aluminum foil instead of parchment paper?wikiHow ContributorYes, but you may have a harder time trying to separate the cubes from the foil, causing the cubes to break.
Are these horse safe?If you use a clean pan and horse-safe sugar, yes, they should be safe for a horse to eat.
Can I put it in the freezer?
Just how much sugar is in these cubes? Percentage?
How long does this usually take?
|This video will show you step by step on how to make your own sugar cubes.
- A combination of brown and white sugar cubes is extra pretty for a table display.
- Flavored sugar cubes are always a great candy, such as using vanilla or cinnamon sugar instead of raw or granulated. Brown sugar also makes an interesting color contrast from the usual white sugar cubes.
- Store sugar cubes away from moisture for it it to last up to two years. [1]
- Sugar cubes can be decorated to make a pretty gift.
- You can substitute one teaspoon of water for a flavoring. Vanilla extract, cinnamon extract, etc.
- Make sure to use the exact amount of water in the first method. Too little water will make the sugar cubes crumble, and too much water will make them rock solid.
Things You'll Need
- Sugar
- Water
- Bread loaf/meat loaf pan or ice cube tray (silicon versions are best)
- Parchment paper
- Mixing bowl and wooden spoon
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I wonder how the judges will react since you are openly gay now—if that will make a difference?
I don't think it was a shock to anyone and it shouldn't have been—and it shouldn't have even been a question. I live my life the way that I was born to live it and I take no prisoners, but I also ask for no unneeded respect or babying. I'm a tough guy. And gay or not gay, I would still be tough and I don't ask for anything. I don't want to rest on being good or rest on anything I'm born with—I want to make something of myself. I want people to appreciate what I can do as opposed to just what I am. And that's always been how I've gotten through sport and through difficult times when maybe I wasn't competing that well or wasn't being respected the way I felt I should have been. This Olympics, I felt very strongly that I should have won a medal. I don't really know which color, because I didn't see the competition, but I felt very strongly that I deserved a medal and I didn't receive one and the way I got through it was my fans and people supporting me and messages from every country around the world saying, "You should have won" and "We loved it—we felt something, we cried with you, we had that moment with you." That's how I got through it, I didn't play politics, I didn't do anything extracurricular—I just skated and did my job and people respected me for it. And that's how I've always been.
You are so much yourself. How do you deal with the emotional part of competition?
Here's the thing: People start to ice-skate when they're four, five or six years old. They start competing six, seven, eight years old—somewhere in there. I started skating at 12, I started competing at 12 and in four years time I was an alternate to the Olympic games and I was a junior world champion. There was no learning curve for me. I didn't have time to learn to compete against other kids my age or learn to mentally adapt to competing—I went from zero to nationally or internationally televised in four years, and that's a really tough thing to do. Yes, I was good at skating, and I had my periods when I would just rely on being naturally talented—I would rely on just what I had as opposed to working and making it better because I didn't know any better. By the time this Olympics came along, I was prepared and ready and knew what competition really was, but especially in my first Olympics, I had no idea. Sometimes I would compete well and sometimes I wouldn't, and I didn't know how to emotionally deal with the stress and the pressure. At this last Olympics, for example, you go on the ice with the other people that are in the top six positions. I was sixth after the short program. So I went on with our eventual medalists and people were screaming—it was the last group of the Olympics. You have a practice in the morning and then you wait around all day and let your mind play games with you and then you go to the building, hair and makeup ready. My coach has hair and makeup, her fur coat was on, everything was ready. You go out for six minutes and basically do a sprint around the ice, warm up your legs, warm up your jump, have the whole world watching you—billions of people—and then you go backstage, and it takes awhile. You lay back there, and you wait for 45 minutes before you actually compete, and it is just the biggest pressure-filled 45 minutes that you'll ever have in your life. And it's so hard to learn to do that, and the great competitors of the world know how and they understand it, but that's one thing that I was never really programmed for—I was programmed to perform, and that was me. I still think, competitively, I've had my moments of greatness, but I've had terrible moments as well on a national and international stage, and that's just something that takes time. It's much easier for somebody who's been competing since they were five to compete when they're 25. It's like a language also: If you learn English and Spanish when you're born, you're most likely going to be able to hold English and Spanish your whole life, but if you start to learn Spanish when you're 10 or 15 it may not be as easy to hold onto it. So competitively I could have been better. [Laughs]
Your performances at the Olympics were beautiful. What was it about skating that made you fall in love with it?
It was the magic of combining athletics—I was a super-athletic kid and very active and I had too much energy for my own good, so sports really tired me out—and the fact that there were costumes and glitter and drama and music. There was such a different dimension to this sport that immediately drew me to it the first time I saw it on TV. I remember that moment I watched Viktor Petrenko, who actually became my coach in recent years, I watched him win the Olympic gold medal in Albertville. And I remember that as my first moment of really accepting that these people were putting their lives on the line and I was watching them really show their life's work.
Have you heard of the choreographer Alexei Ratmansky?
I have.
Have you seen his ballets?
You know, I love ballet, but I'm so busy that I never even have time to sit down and watch it unless it's on YouTube, and I've actually found my way to YouTube. I'm terrible with computers. I know the name and I know that he's so revered and respected and I can't wait for the day when I can see something. [Laughs]
I think you would like it. His stuff is so Russian.
I do like that. But I'm an easy sell. If anyone tears up on these TV shows where they're competing for something, The Voice or America's Next Top Model—it doesn't matter. If they get teary-eyed or are aggressively fighting for their dream, I'm on board. [Laughs]
Didn't you tweet that the finale of Weeds made you cry?
Oh, yeah, Weeds made me cry the other day. I'm one of those people who can absolutely cry over the simplest things—a pretty leaf flying across the gray sky? It'll get me every time.
Have you been invited to be on Dancing with the Stars?
Last winter, I was the head judge for Skating with the Stars. I couldn't really mix and match, and also the season before Evan had been on it. But I would definitely go on Dancing with the Stars if the opportunity came through and of course, like any other reality star or celebrity that wants to do Dancing with the Stars, we've talked to the people we're supposed to talk to and they have a great machine there with Dancing with the Stars, so they'll know exactly which season is right for me and when to put me in. I'm ready for the challenge.
In terms of training, you're not training-training, but you're still skating aren't you?
Absolutely. Depending on the day—I took this morning off and just went to Pilates because I had a rough weekend [Laughs]. I skate as much as I can, and I try to stay in great shape and I can still do all of the difficult jumps; I'm still working on my quadruple jumps. I still play around with music and new positions and variations and choreography, and I definitely am still on the ice, but it's more of a creative period that I'm in right now. I don't skate every day because my schedule doesn't permit an everyday skating situation, but I skate whenever I can and I fit my training in whenever I can because aside from it being my job and the thing that I love to do, it keeps my ass high and tight like a neck brace—where it's supposed to be.
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This is a discussion on Doofas reacts to OC within the Open Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; So a co-worker and I leave work for lunch today in a neighboring little town. He's one of my shooting buddies, so I was showing ...
So a co-worker and I leave work for lunch today in a neighboring little town. He's one of my shooting buddies, so I was showing him my newly acquired 1911. I put it IWB at 3:00 OC (not a tuckable IWB holster) and we head off. Mind you, I'm in black dress pants, yellowish long sleeve dress shirt, and red tie (fashion was never one of my strong points).
We go into the fast food place and there are several people around and an older couple that walked in behind us. I walk up to the counter to order as I'm looking at the menu and when I look back the guy behind the counter has his arms stuck STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR with his eyes as big as baseballs. I simply ask him the difference in a regular and a deluxe and he replies and I say I'll have the regular and a Dr. Pepper and he says real loud, "you can have anything you want, man!!!" I said, "Dude?!?!?!" and he puts his hands down. Then he proceeds to ask in a loud voice, "You a cop?" to which I reply "no sir." He says, "So you just carry a gun because you want to?" to which I reply, "I find it much easier than carrying a police officer." He then says if I was I could get a discount, and I reply, "I'm fairly certain I'm not."
Then this guy proceeds to say he's thinking about getting his concealed permit and I reply, "I've had mine a while. I usually carry concealed, but today with a shirt and tie I didn't have a cover garment."
My co-worker and I were talking while we ate lunch and he said, "anyone that acts that stupid I hope he doesn't get his permit." I have to say I agree. Anyway, I apologize if this is another boring "someone acting like a doofas to my OC" thread. That's the first reaction of this manner I've had. Wish I had thought of something a little wittier to say.
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What a maroon...
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I OC all the time. Never had anything more than the occassional weird look.
I agree with Bugs. ;)
It would have been really bad if he had his hands up because the guy behind you had pulled a gun out
"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country,"
--Mayor Marion Barry, Washington , DC .
Perhaps you have educated him a bit and he may land in the 'real world'. Everyone starts somewhere...even 'marooooons'.
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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LOL, it takes all kinds. It's a wonder he didn't freak out everyone else in the place and get the cops called.
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That has to be the real crime here... I'm not very fashionable, but wow... You're one of them colorful, CA transplants aren't ya...Mind you, I'm in black dress pants, yellowish long sleeve dress shirt, and red tie (fashion was never one of my strong points).
Wow +1000 gangsta points, you didn't even get your hand on the gun before he was ready to empty his register, super size your meal, and bend over! But I am taking away 500 points for the yellow shirt/red tie combo, is your last name McDonald?
What an idiot. I hope if he was trying to be a wise guy he realizes he could have really started a mess. If another armed person in there thought you were robbing the place and just started shooting it could've been a very bad day.
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Can I just Polish the blue off my p11 barrel? Will it affect anything performance wise?
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Can I just Polish the blue off my p11 barrel? Will it affect anything performance wise?
I polished the barrel on my XD40 along with the frt of the guide rod. Then I polished the slide, barrel, and guide rod in a Taurus. No issues at all, it may have made the XD "smoother". Strictly a feeling. Have at it! The bluing will polish off.
Good to know Thank you very much. What did you use to do it? White Vinegar? Or something else?
I'm really new to polishing, but here's what I've learned so far (in a nutshell). I started with a Dremel and those tiny little polish tips. Like cutting your lawn with wire cutters. I bought 2 buffing wheels from the tool dept. at lowes. Firm and polish. Right near them were 4-5 different polishing compounds in stick form. I bought "hard metals" and one other. Check the labels and reason them out. Mounted the wheels on my grinder (3450 rpm) and went to work. You apply some material from the stick to the spinning wheel, then your barrel. Get some friction going to generate heat. I've read some pro polishing stuff on the web, they all start by preheating the part to 150 deg. It'll take 15 minutes to get a chrome like shine. There a learning curve for desired results, but it's a forgiving one, you really can't screw up.
Don't forget to put up pix. Here's a link to a couple I put up after doing the 709 matte stainless barrel & slide. Not done yet.
i just finished polishing my p-11 barrel. mine was not blue however. mine was the rough grey. i started with the feed ramp. it was so easy and productive, that i ended up doing the chamber, center lug and barrel hood. made a very big differenc. now the action is silky smooth.


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But for now, the Kent Roosevelt senior can't help but think of what might have been this past Friday and Saturday at Ohio State University's Scarlet Course.
Miller, who carries a 3.41 grade-point average, ended up third individually, just one stroke back of champion Bobby Castor of Ashland High School. Miller carded a 76-79_155 to Castor's 77-77_154, and his third-place showing earned him first-team All-Ohio honors, which go to the top five placers at the state tournament.
"I told him there were a lot of good players that didn't even get down there," said Roosevelt coach Garry Black. "We're really pleased with him to have done that well."
However, Miller's mind keeps drifting back to the 17th hole of Saturday's cold, blustery final round. He had parred the 13th hole, birdied the par-5 14th hole, then parred both 15 and 16 to take a two-stroke lead going to the 17th.
But when he got there, he discovered three other groups waiting to tee off. After a delay of about 20 minutes Miller's group finally was able to go, but the wait had cooled off his hot hand. Miller ended up four-putting for a double bogey, then bogeyed the 18th to finish one stroke away from a state championship.
Did the delay on 17 cost him the title?
"It's probably just an excuse," he said. "It probably did affect me, but not that much. I was golfing pretty good up until then.
"Really, we were playing fairly quick the whole time. I don't know what happened (to cause the delay at 17)."
Miller ended up on the fringe at the 17th green and tried to putt his way to the cup. Instead, he came up 20 feet short. His next putt took him eight feet past the hole, and his third putt missed as well.
"I probably should have chipped it from the fringe," he said. "I try to putt whenever I can, so I putted it and I probably shouldn't have."
Miller had been tied for second after the first day, just one stroke off the lead.
"I thought I might be a little further down on the list than that," he said. "I was in a pretty good position."
With the weather having turned nasty on Saturday, Miller shot a 40 on the front nine, then bogeyed the 12th. But that's when he began his string of three pars and a birdie to take the lead.
"The weather was really ugly and the scores were high," said Black, "so those really were pretty good scores. The weather was some of the worst that I'd seen. That's unfortunately what you can get into at this time of year."
Miller ended up with a season average of 73.6, the best ever at Roosevelt. And his third-place individual finish at state is believed to be the highest ever for a Rough Rider golfer.
"We knew he was going to be really good when he first came up as a
freshman," said Black. "He kept getting better and better every year,
and he went from being a pretty good player to a real good player. You
don't get players like Justin very often."


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Kameron Woods rejoins Butler basketball team
Butler forward Kameron Woods, who missed the Bulldogs' game at St. John's on Tuesday (Feb. 18) while sitting out a temporary suspension, has been reinstated. The 6-9 junior will be available for Butler's BIG EAST game against Providence on Sunday, Feb. 23.
Woods, a starter in Butler's first 25 games this season, currently leads the BIG EAST in rebounding (9.1 rpg). He leads the team in blocked shots (24), stands second in assists (52) and ranks third on the squad in scoring (8.0 ppg).
Butler and Providence will meet at Hinkle Fieldhouse at 6 p.m. (ET).


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Johnny Damon could be returning to a former team -- and, no, it's not the Royals.
The Tigers outfielder/DH confirmed that he has been claimed on waivers by the Red Sox Monday. The Tigers have two days to agree to a trade with Boston, let him go for nothing or pull him back.
The Red Sox, for whom Damon played for from 2002 to '05, are on Damon's no-trade list. However, the Rays and Yankees are not, so it's possible the Red Sox claimed Damon to keep him from being traded to one of those teams. Or they want him to help fill the voids left by Jacoby Ellsbury and Mike Cameron, two-thirds of Boston's opening-day outfield who are out of the season.
"It's probably as tough of a decision for me to make right now as it was for me to leave Boston for New York," he told reporters. "It's something that, fortunately, we have some time to think about," he said.
"At this moment, I'm not sure I want to leave Detroit for that. I enjoy playing here. I enjoy the kids I'm playing for, the coaching staff. But obviously, (Red Sox manager) Terry Francona is amazing. But it's something that I'm going to have think long and hard over.
Damon is due about $1.8 million from the one-year, $8 million contract he signed earlier this year. Damon, 37, is hitting .270 with a .355 on-base percentage, .764 OPS and seven home runs and 40 RBI. He hit .281 during the postseason last year, including .364 in the World Series for the champion Yankees.
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Players can expect lots of indie game celebrities making cameo appearances, as they pit against zombies, monsters and psychopath of classic horror movies. There are survivors to rescue, weapons to be found, stats upgrades and exclusive special moves, and it spam across a total of 30 levels, with 3 survival battles, and 3 epic boss battle, which further unlocks a page of painted comic stripe to explain the story line.
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i dig it
i dig it
tha eazy e one is dope
slunk. using buckethead i think is redundant. my friend loves him, i hate him.
unless youre paying respect, i would say stop. u got ur name from him, then are using him as a slap. to me, thats stupid. but thats just me
I would rather put up good quality work that i am proud of than some ugly thrown together bull shit. I take time in making my slaps and i think most of the time people can tell (i hope so). Like zenne said if one person sees it i want it to look good. As far as trades go i would rather trade with some one that does good work and get 10 stickers that are freakin hot than get a pack with 40 bullshit sticks in it
@LSD, Get a better paper, those look flimsy and seem like they're gonna fly off from a gust of win. They look nice though, Digging the Eazy E one.
Yeah man especially if the sticker is in a good location, I dont give a fuck how long it stays up as long as some one sees it and thinks about and and likes it.
Enough with the fucking double posting, just edit your god damn post!
Some dope packs came in,
Lord Leigh
and this combo im gonna put up soon,
aeker, thats gonna be a dope ass combo. and thanks for future ups :]
Hell yes that is an ill combo.
Also some really dope packs you got, who the fuck are you doing trades with?
Peacebomb- Hey uv'e gotten my pack already. cause I haven't got urs yet.
I write "NEET"
Yeah I got it. Yours went out yesterday. Should be there in like 2 days.
Soooooo New slap, I think once I fix the overspray it will loo decent.
And some more fat man....
man i really want to be able to make a relief press thingy. i have 3 tubes of ink just fucking sitting there.
Yo, Fuck yo IPOD!
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You can tell we snake from the rattle of the tail,
or what the judge said from the prices of the bail...


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text: Please help my 2004 ctsv is pissing me off. basically stock engine aftermarket exhaust and CAI. If I'm in traffic or sitting still with the a/c off my car is running 208 to 213 if the a/c is on im at 230 and climbing in the 95 degree temps lately the car overheats I hit 250 with the a/c on it did the same thing with the stock leaking radiator. I installed an ALRADCO to help cooling and get rid of my leaking but now the airflow is worse because these fans suck and the rad is thicker. They only way im at 195 and the a/c works is on the highway. In traffic I have to turn off the a/c or im screwed this doesn't work to good when your in a tie seeing clients. Yes the fans are running full speed. Someone please help.


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Morning everyone, ever since picking up my PS90 I guess I now have the FN bug. I think I can get a good deal on an FSN. Does anyone have a Springfield XD 9 and a FSN, how do they compare? I'm thinking about getting rid of my XD for the FSN.
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What is the meaning of life?
Thank you for using the Jiskha Homework Help Forum. To my way of thinking, each person has to determine his/her meaning of life. Here is what the dictionary says:
Main Entry: [1]life
Pronunciation: 'lIf
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural lives /'lIvz/
Etymology: Middle English lif, from Old English lIf; akin to Old English libban to live —more at LIVE
Date: before 12th century
1 a : the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body b : a principle or force that is considered to underlie the distinctive quality of animate beings; compare VITALISM 1 c : an organismic state characterized by capacity for metabolism, growth, reaction to stimuli, and reproduction
2 a : the sequence of physical and mental experiences that make up the existence of an individual b : one or more aspects of the process of living <sex life of the frog>
4 : spiritual existence transcending physical death
5 a : the period from birth to death b : a specific phase of earthly existence <adult life> c : the period from an event until death <a judge appointed for life> d : a sentence of imprisonment for the remainder of a convict's life
6 : a way or manner of living
8 : a vital or living being; specifically : PERSON <many lives were lost in the disaster>
9 : an animating and shaping force or principle
10 : SPIRIT, ANIMATION <there was no life in her dancing>
11 : the form or pattern of something existing in reality <painted from life>
12 : the period of duration, usefulness, or popularity of something <the expected life of flashlight batteries>
13 : the period of existence (as of a subatomic particle) — compare HALF-LIFE
14 : a property (as resilience or elasticity) of an inanimate substance or object resembling the animate quality of a living being
15 : living beings (as of a particular kind or environment) <forest life>
16 a : human activities b : animate activity and movement <stirrings of life> c : the activities of a given sphere, area, or time <the political life of the country>
17 : one providing interest and vigor <life of the party>
18 : an opportunity for continued viability <gave the patient a new life>
19 : capitalized Christian Science : GOD 1b
20 : something resembling animate life <a grant saved the project's life>
P.S. And now for some sites on that very question:
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meaning_of_life
2. http://users.aristotle.net/~diogenes/meaning1.htm
3. (might be fun to see this movie!): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085959/
4. http://www.meaningsoflife.com/
5. (blog): http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/06/the-meaning-of-life-intro/
6. http://www.themeaningoflife.org/
7. (FAQ): http://sysopmind.com/tmol-faq/meaningoflife.html
8. http://mlife.org/
9. (so sayeth Stanford!): http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/life-meaning/


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It was as refreshing as surprising to hear that Brede Hangeland had apologised to yesterday's referee at Craven Cottage, Lee Probert, for the tackle that prompted his red card. So thanks to the big man at the heart of Fulham's defence. We certainly needed a tonic for the spirits after the idiocy that had ruined the north London derby for Tottenham's supporters and neutrals alike some 27 hours earlier.
By idiocy, I don't just mean Emmanuel Adebayor's high and reckless challenge on Santi Cazorla, even though it left Howard Webb with no option but to reduce Spurs to 10 men.
The bit that really grated was the pat on the back that assistant manager Steffen Freund gave the striker as he trudged towards the tunnel.
A silent accompaniment to the dressing room, followed by a kick up the backside, would have more accurately represented the feelings of onlookers. And would have been better management too.
No wonder managers complain that too many of today's players are high maintenance. The game is a bad parent. It indulges the players and leads them to believe that nothing can be their fault — that, in this case, even a knee-high lunge can be excused on grounds of "passion" or "commitment", despite its consequences being a 5-2 defeat by Arsenal instead of the equally resonant win that Spurs' bright start, in which Adebayor (above) scored, had promised.
This lack of professionalism certainly affected the outcome more than a human error by a linesman that helped Manchester City to the second of five goals against Aston Villa. Yet more was made of the penalty that wasn't than the points Adebayor donated towards Arsenal's campaign for fourth place.
So maybe the media play their part in the production of spoiled-brat players. Hangeland, whose tackle was nowhere near as bad as Adebayor's anyway, has been properly brought up and it shows.
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The Spirited Traveler: Mumbai cocktails
By Kara Newman
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - India's commerce and cuisine have both been immeasurably enriched by its rich trove of fragrant spices. So naturally, in Mumbai, the commercial, entertainment and nightlife capital of India, those spices even find their way into cocktails.
"Cocktail culture is nascent in India," says Mumbai-based food writer Rushina Munshaw Ghildiyal, who also leads bar-crawling expeditions.
Straight-up spirits and beer are usually the preferred tipples. However, she reports that it's become trendy to fuse Indian and Southeast Asian flavors into cocktails, incorporating bold herbs and spices such as roasted cumin, kaffir lime leaves, or bird's-eye chilli peppers.
While neutral vodka is usually the spirit of choice to infuse, look for "wilder experimentation" with other spirits, particularly in smaller independent bars, she advises.
A prime example: the Maharasthra Martini at Wink (here%20President%20Hotel,MUMBAI/WINK/default.htm) inside the Taj President Hotel in (here%20President%20Hotel,MUMBAI/WINK/default.htm) inside the Taj President Hotel in
South Bombay, made with curry leaf-infused whisky and coffee liqueur.
"It's a must-try for someone visiting the city looking for a local flavor," Ghildiyal says.
(I've heard rumblings that India has become increasingly interested in whisky over the past couple of years, and this bar, which offers 40+ whiskeys, may be a particularly fine starting point for whisky enthusiasts.) Continued...


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The value of Betemit
Quick, guess which player ranks third in OPS among AL third baseman, behind only Kevin Youkilis and Alex Rodriguez.
Why, it's Wilson Betemit, of course!
No team but the Royals offered Betemit even a minor-league contract after the White Sox declined to re-sign him as a free agent in 2009.
But here's Betemit, 29, batting .311/.377/.437, transforming himself into either part of the Royals' future or a valuable trade chip.
The Marlins are among the teams tracking Betemit, whose position is threatened by top prospect Mike Moustakas.
The Royals, though, don't necessarily need to trade Betemit, a switch-hitter who would offer the team versatility and protection against injury in the future.
As one club official puts it, "It's hard to win championships without guys like Wilson Betemit."
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Don't blame the parents. Don't blame the kids. Don't blame the neighborhood.
If we want effective schools let's look at the schools.
Ron Edmonds of Harvard who put the term "Effective Schools" on the map with his speech "Some Schools Work and more Can" in 1978 said
We can whenever, and wherever we choose, successfully teach all children whose schooling is of interest to us. We already know more than we need, in order to do this. Whether we do it must finally depend on how we feel about the fact that we haven't so far."
It's a scandal! Nearly 30 years later most school people don't have an inkling about these findings, or if they do are more prone to debate or ignore the research than implement it.
Of course, this is typical because there is little up-take within a system when there is no motivation to improve (or worse still, a feeling that improvements aren't necessary – the problems will go away).
What we need is to open up the discussions – let parents in on the scene to ensure effective schools. You can be sure, parents won't let the matter die or gather dust for another 30 years! Resolve, commitment, the will to do things comes when there is a "dynamic" going on – when parents and educators CARE together.
We can't let another two generations of school children slip through. This checklist is from the 1983 archives of Education Advisory, a consumer service for parents in the 70′ & 80's.
(from the original work of Ron Edmonds, Harvard, 1978)
___ 1. Instructional Leadership Principal is an effective communicator (with staff, parents, students, school boards), an effective supervisor, & the instructional leader in the school
___ 2. Focused School Mission General consensus by the school community (staff, parents, students ) on goals, priorities, assessment, accountability. The mission statement is specified and reviewed periodically.
___ 3. Orderly Environment Purposeful atmosphere, not oppressive, and is conducive to teaching and learning.
___ 4.High Expectations Demonstrated high expectations not only for all students but for staff as well. The belief is that students are capable and able to achieve, that teachers are capable and not powerless to make a difference.
___ 5. Mastery of Basic Skills In particular, basic reading, writing and math skills are emphasized with back-up alternatives available for students with special learning needs.
___ 6. Frequent Monitoring of Results Means exist to monitor student progress in relationship to instructional objectives (and results can be easily conveyed to parents).
___ Means to monitor teacher effectiveness
___ A system of monitoring school goals
___ 7. Meaningful Parent Involvement Parents are kept well-informed re: programs, goals, etc. There is ample opportunity for them to keep in touch with their child's progress. They are consulted for feedback about the school and when changes are foreseen Parent-initiated contact with the school is encouraged.
___* 8. Avoidance of Pitfalls Up-to-date awareness of good educational practice plus retaining currency in the field concerning promising and discredited practices.
*Most "effective schools studies" repeat the first 7 points. But, Edmonds' original work stressed "one of the cardinal characteristics of effective schools is that they are as anxious to avoid things that don't work as they are committed to implement things that do."


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the Union of real numbers
I am trying to apply the Union function to a list of real numbers, in which
many duplicates occur. However, small differences between the numbers
cause some of the duplicates to be retained instead of discarded.
Suppose the list of real numbers is called k, my present work-around is as
Union [ Rationalize [ k, 10^-6 ] ].
This does discard the duplicates. Is there a better method?
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Overcast and rainy
Rains today as well, but not that much as yestarday... Now, grey clouds are leaving the sky and temps have become warmer.
Weather forecast says that tomorrow is gonna be a sunny day with 20-21c the highest.
Very rainy, but a bit warmer
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It's snowing here.
Sunny and warm here today, but yesterday we were several hours away, Long Island, and they just had 5 inches of snow!
Sunshine today with some clouds, changes everything from tomorrow with lots of rains and lower temps.
Warm and sunny
We are in the midst of the biggest April snowstorm to hit the area in over a decade. UGH!!


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September 4th, 20121
September has arrived, and it's looking promising. The nights are getting darker earlier, there is a crispness in the air early evening, however the days are much warmer with blue clear skies, so we are hopeful of a good couple of weeks. September signals a new season and a new start. We know that the autumn collections have been appearing in our shops for the last two months, but now we can consider what we are going to actually buy.
Now would be the perfect time to edit your lingerie drawer and wardrobe, as we know it's tempting to just shove everything in, close it and ignore the mess. But it's a great way to start the new season, organised and de-cluttered! When it comes to your lingerie drawer, take a look at the items that you actually wear and the bras or briefs that are 'hanging around', hoping that they will be worn again. You may have bras that are not the right size for you, bras that are faded and saggy, knickers that have grown in size over the years and have more holes than the usual three.
Bravissimo offer a recycling bra service, so you don't need to add to landfill. Just pop into one of our stores and if you can't see a bra bank, just ask, as they will have one in the store. Tommy's, the charity that fund research into still birth and miscarriage, receive £1 for every 1 kg of bras recycled, and the bras are then re-used or recycled in developing countries.
For briefs, put them in a textiles bank provided by charities like Oxfam, The Salvation Army and Scope. You will find these at supermarkets or local council sites. Make sure your briefs are washed and dry before you put them in.
So now you have room in your drawer, you can start to think about some gorgeous new buys. Bravissimo's brand new autumn collection is now online and in our stores (we are very excited about it, by the way).
We have some fabulous new florals in our new collection, like the Satine Floral Bra by Bravissimo. It is ultra luxurious with a slight fifties glamour look. It is available in mink floral, which is a perfect colourway for autumn, this is contrasted with black, satin ribbon trim on the cups and contrast black straps. We have designed this style around the 'Satine' so it offers the same fantastic fit and comfort and it is an underwired lightly padded plunge, which creates great cleavage and shape. It is available to buy with a thong or briefs.
For a bra that is cute, retro, with a bit of an edge, try the Ada Bra by Freya. This print is based on a tattoo with the classic rose image, but the print it also features, scrolls, hearts and dragonflies, so you wont lose this one in your drawer! It is an underwired balconette and the print is contrasted with gorgeous embroidery on the cup and finished off with black and white spotty bows and pink ribbon. The Ada will also give you great fit and comfort all day long and is available to buy with matching briefs or shorts.
If you are after pretty and ditsy, then the Piper Bra by Freya will tick all the boxes. This floral is small and perfectly formed, it is available in passionfruit, which is a lovely soft blush colour and is contrasted with black stretch lace on the cups and straps, it is also finished off with cute bows. This bra will offer great support and comfort. It is available to buy with briefs of shorts, which are designed with a stretch lace back, which give them a real cheeky feel.
For many more new lingerie styles, check out Bravissimo.com
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Nobody likes to see the back of summer, even if it hasn't been the warmest on record. But one good thing about the coming of autumn is the new collections hitting the high street. If you are a Pepperberry fan, you will be jumping up and down with glee when you see the latest additions. We have a couple of great tops, a fabulous prom dress, a classic shirt (which we shall be raving about at a later date), but for now we will concentrate on four super, stylish, day dresses, all new for autumn.
The Ribbon Waist Dress is the ultimate statement dress. The colour is gorgeous raspberry that will look great on blondes, brunettes & redheads and will be flattering for pale or olive skin. This dress is sleeveless, with a tape trim waist panel and tapered pencil skirt. It has a split shoulder detail and exposed zip, which gives it a fashion edge. Team it with black patent heels and a black cardi, or grey suede knee high boots and grey tailored jacket. For an evening look, try brightly coloured accessories, like electric blue heels and tux jacket.
The Classic Shift Dress is a perfect LBD, it is such a classic shape that it will not date, so you will look great in this, year after year. This dress is a sleeveless shift, available in black, with a lovely waist detail and flattering pleats falling from the waist, creating a lovely tulip shape. The Classic Shift Dress, will be easy to accessorize and will look great with most items already in your wardrobe.
The Ponti Zip Back Dress available in black is a great work-wear dress. It is based on one of our best-selling dresses; it has a scoop neck, ¾ length sleeves and side pockets (that make a feature of the dropped waist). This dress is a very flattering shape and will become a wardrobe staple, if ever you are stuck with what to wear. Team it with a tailored jacket in any colour, black opaque tights & black heels and you have an instant, smart and stylish work look.
The Ponti Colour Block Dress is following the colour block trend that was so popular this spring/summer and is back for autumn/winter. It is available in grey/black, grey, with a black contrast scoop neckline, waist and wide border lining the hem. The Ponti Colour Block Dress is sleeveless and is a classic shift that gently hugs the curves; it is also the perfect length for knee-high boots. Wear with the Notch Neck Cardigan, for a great colour contrast.
For more… absolutely, adorable, autumn pieces like this… keep checking Pepperberry online and in store, for more additions to the new collection.


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Arthur Murray Lexington – Ballroom & Playing Dress Up
Arthur Murray in Lexington has a unique portion of their website which highlights the connection between fashion, dance, society and provides what we have to admit is one of the most overlooked reasons to get involved in ballroom dancing: You get to play dress up.
Its perhaps a lamentable result or progress in the world- but gala events and formal occasions have become less and less frequent over the years. One hundred years ago when the Arthur Murray schools began ballroom dancing was an essential element to social engagements. With everything from school dances to corporate gatherings and political rallies often including a dance floor it was imperative that socialites knew at the very least how to Waltz and owned one tuxedo or gown.
But times change- and with the exception of weddings most of us find that even if we still own that tux or gown we have fewer and fewer places to wear it. Well, everyone except Arthur Murray students. As Lexington's website suggests:
Students at Arthur Murray Dance Studios throughout the country are arriving for their weekly practice sessions in floor-length ballgowns.
Dressing up is part of the fun of taking lessons, feeling as if you have taken a mini-vacation from the everyday world into a fun, vibrant party every week.
Its true! We don't expect our students to wait until our Dance-O-Rama events to put on their fancy threads! Every week our studios are throwing parties where students are encouraged to wear their best.
As Lexington puts it:
Taking an Arthur Murray Dance Vacation can be a Chill-Out, Cool-Off evening fantasy, without leaving town.
Practicality is another aspect behind the trend. "After all," said one student, "If I'm going to dance ballroom in a ballgown, I had better get my steps in place when my hemline is long!"
Arthur Murray Dance News
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- posted at 12:00 pm
- January 17, 2012
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Breaking News: Rosie's Out. Of "The View".
Rosie O'Donnell is officially leaving "The View".
In a statement, Walters said: "I induced Rosie to come back to television on 'The View' even for just one year. She has given the program new vigor, new excitement and wonderful hours of television. I can only be grateful to her for this year. I am very sad that ABC Daytime could not reach an agreement with her for a second year. We will all miss Rosie on 'The View,' and hope she will be back with us often next season. She remains for me a cherished friend and colleague."
O'Donnell said: "This has been an amazing experience, and one I wouldn't have traded for the world. Working with Barbara, Joy and Elisabeth has been one of the highlights of my career, but my needs for the future just didn't dovetail with what ABC was able to offer me. To all the viewers out there, I just want to say 'thank you' for opening up your hearts and your homes to me this past year. But you can always find me at rosie.com. Here's hoping there's more confetti for all of us going forward."
Seriously, what do you think about Courtney Love? Or even edgier – a drunk off her ass Amy Winehouse. The housewives will love her!


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My daughter recently had a birthday and requested a Fairytale Brownies Ice cream Pie. She and I created one once before in a pie dish, this time we went for it and made our creation in a springform pan. Thinking deepdish and even more delish! Ingredients needed are very simple:
12 Original Fairytale Brownies (or choose your own flavors)
Half Gallon all natural Vanilla Ice Cream
3-4 Toffee Chocolate Chip Fairytale Cookies
3-4 Double Chocolate Fairytale Cookies (again she chose her favorite varieties)
Get ingredients out so ice cream can soften a bit. You will also need a big mixing bowl, spatula or spoon. Unwrap our fudgy brownies and fill inside of pan starting in the bottom center and working out. Evenly press your gourmet brownie crust all the way up the sides of the pan. Then spoon ice cream into bowl and crumble 3 cookies or so of each flavor and stir. Fairytale Cookies ice cream then goes into brownie crust pan, fill to top with icecream and garnish with another cookie or two.
As we live in Arizona we made it two days prior so it could freeze up well and last for the kids singing and mom and dad cutting. She (we) loved it; as you can see!
For you locals we are going to have a Share our Strength bake sale at our bakery on September 20 and will have various Fairytale creations on sale for this great cause! Send me (eileen @ brownies dot com) your Fairytale recipes and ideas for our Bake Sale! We love to play with food at our house.


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Cliftonville retaining title hunger
One brief look at the fixtures for the new season was enough to tell Tommy Breslin just how hard retaining the Irish League title is going to be.
Not that the Cliftonville manager was ever in any doubt, but if he had been then it would have been wiped out very quickly – by looking only as far as the second week of matches.
"I had a quick glance at the fixtures. Ards at home, Linfield away ...," said Breslin.
Then he stopped.
It wasn't so much what he did say as what he didn't. His silence spoke volumes.
A clash between the champions and the team that will be their chief challengers just a week into the new campaign won't decide the title, but it will lay down a marker.
A victory either way will send out a strong statement of intent. Defeat, even at such an early stage of the season, could be a hefty blow. Having another thirty six matches to overcome the loss of three points may sound fine, but if confidence is shaken and belief is knocked then that might not be enough.
The big games will come thick and fast once the first ball is kicked, particularly for Cliftonville who have a massive Champions League tie against Scottish giants Celtic to come before they even start to think about the defence of their title.
"I tend to break things down into one-month or six-week blocks to see where we can get points and the first thing that struck me is that they all look difficult," said Breslin.
"The challenge for us is to get the players up again – although the Celtic games will help on that score.
"The biggest challenge though is to try to retain the title and everyone at Cliftonville should know how hard that is because the last time we won the league the team ended up in a relegation play-off the following season.
"It's a question of whether the hunger is still there, but all the players have come back in good shape and they have looked sharp so far in pre-season training.
"I know that the ability is there in the squad, now it's all about their heads being right if we are to challenge again.
"We know it will be tougher because everyone will try to strengthen, but we broke Linfield's dominance and that's forced others to go out and strengthen their squads."
Linfield like to make sure that their actions always speak louder than their words and in signing Andy Waterworth, Mark Haughey, Sean Ward, Johnny Tuffey, Matthew Clarke and now James Knowles they have ensured that is the case.
If Breslin thought that his start was tough, he should be glad that he isn't Linfield manager David Jeffrey, who has been handed the most difficult start of all.
"I've just seen the league fixtures for the new season and certainly, we will face a most exciting opening set of four games, with tough games against Portadown, Cliftonville, Crusaders and Glentoran before August is over," said Jeffrey.
"These games will be real battles and challenges, but they will be games the players and I will really relish."
The competition will run under the new banner of the Northern Ireland Football League – a company that is independent of the Irish FA – but you won't really notice the difference.
Danske Bank have agreed a 12 month extension to their sponsorship deal and the 12-team format, with three meetings before the top six/bottom six split will be the same.
There will be one change though; the name of Warrenpoint Town has been added to the mix after their promotion from the Belfast Telegraph Championship and manager Barry Gray is now getting a flavour of what awaits him over the next 10 months.
"When the fixtures come out and you see home matches against Cliftonville and Linfield in the opening five weeks of the season you get a sense of reality," said Gray.
"There is a buzz around the local area and the fixtures coming out will add to that."
And the excitement will grow when Town bring Premiership football to their Milltown home, which is anticipated to be before Christmas.
"The planning application has been lodged and the finance secured to develop the ground," said Gray, whose team will start the season with a 'home' game against Dungannon Swifts at Stangmore Park.
"Hopefully the builders will be on-site within the next few months, although I don't know the exact time scale, but we're looking at getting back to Milltown in November or December – certainly in this calendar year.
"We want to play Premiershp football in Warrenpoint as quickly as possible."
Gray has been busy signing players, with former Sunderland trainee Liam Bagnall, his biggest capture.
The 21-year-old – who was capped at under-21 level by Northern Ireland – has been out of football since leaving the Black Cats a year ago and has been playing GAA for his local club.
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Senior representatives of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad met in Egypt with officials in order to discuss implementation of a truce, or at least, a period of calm in order to restore some semblance of tranquility for all involved in the current Gaza crisis. Ahmed Youssef, adviser to Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, said his organization is also prepared to work with the Yemenite "initiative which aims to resolve the rilvary between Hamas and Fatah." He emphasized that Hamas is trying to maintain contacts with European representatives from Britain, Sweden, and France who are trusted to be fair.
Russia is attempting to use a conference on the Middle East which is being held in Moscow to further efforts at compromise. Russan Foreign Ministe Sergey Lavrov urged Israel to end the Gaza blockade and restore normalcy to the area. He also indicated his government wants an end to violence on the part of Hamas as well as an end to further construction on the West Bank.
A period of calm is despertately needed in order to give everyone a breathing space to digest what has happened and what are the potential directions for all parties if there is to be a more permanent peace in the region.


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