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Who goes where? A wedding top table seating plan is something that you should not forget when planning your wedding reception.
And what about wedding table seating ideas for guests? Especially if you have a large number, it's important that you have them seated at the correct table. Read on for some essential advice guaranteed to help you make the perfect table plan…
So, How about your wedding top table plan? Who are the lucky few who will sit next to the newlyweds?
To help you decide your seating plan at the reception, here are a few tips and ideas for organizing your wedding top-table and your guests as well.
Traditional Top Table Seating Plan and Who Sits Where
Tradition dictates who are supposed to sit in the wedding top table and all of them should be seated facing the wedding guests. Although for modern weddings, this may have changed, the traditional table plan for wedding dictates that the lucky few who will have a spot at the head table are the maid of honor (Chief Bridesmaid), the father of the groom, the mother of the bride, the groom and the bride, the father of the bride, the mother of the groom and the best man – usually in that order.
In the traditional way, where the top table is actually a long table, the order of the seating plan is as follows and facing the guests:
As you can see, the wedding table seating plan alternates male and female at the top table.
Alternative Seating Plan for the Top Table
There are also other alternative wedding table seating plan ideas in case of family conflicts or if you are trying to avoid conflicts at the top table. To help avoid trouble, the top table seating arrangements can be changed to:
In this wedding table layout, the bride and the groom's parents sit side by side.
Second Alternative Wedding Top Table Seating Plan
You can also have another seating plan for the reception where the maid of honor and the best man sit next to the bride and groom:
Unique Top Table Arrangements for Weddings
If the parents of the bride or groom have been divorced and remarried, then the seating arrangement may be changed as well. Instead you could put the children of the first marriage at the top table. Then what about the remarried parents and their partners? Well, you could have them host one of the main tables, near or next to the top table – make them feel involved with your wedding. If they are not sitting at the head table then the parents of the bride or groom are always seated at the table closest to the top table.
Recently, thanks to some celebrities, some couples have a separate "sweetheart table" – where only the bride and groom sit. This is good for avoiding conflict over who sits where.
Wedding Top Table Layouts and Alternative Table Shapes
In modern weddings though, you can actually put anyone you want at the top table. There is more freedom these days on who will sit next to you, especially these days where it may involve more complex family relationships with parents who are no longer couples, step parents, new partners and step children, etc.
Also, these days, the top table may also be oval-shaped, round or oval-looped – therefore you can't really stick to the traditional wedding seating plan for the top table.
Weddings of today give the happy couple more leeway on who sits at the top table. One thing you can do for anyone who may feel they've been left out, is to make them in-charge of a table. For example, they sit at Table #4 and act as head of the table – just make sure each table has someone in-charge.
Want more? We've got unique wedding table number ideas to brighten up any reception.
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How To Prepare A Wedding Seating Plan
Many wedding guests are couples and it is important that they are seated together during the event. Families and acquaintances also have to be grouped together, to make them comfortable during the reception and of course, it will allow them to have fun as well.
Wedding Reception Seating Plan and Wedding Seating Etiquette
So what about the etiquette and traditions of a wedding seating plan? To organize your guests during the wedding reception, make sure you consider the wedding seating plan etiquette – it is courteous to put friends, co-workers and acquaintances together as this will facilitate a good flow of conversation. Also make sure not to put an outsider at a table where people know each other well. This can be awkward, not only for the outsider but for the group as well. It is also one of the rules of wedding reception seating etiquette not to put two people who can't stand each other at a table. As entertaining as it might be, you don't want any fights breaking out. Of course, that's where your wedding planner or table seating planner will assist you – with the correct protocol and etiquette for wedding seating plans.
These are just a few things that you can keep in mind when making your reception seat plan. Also, Don't forget your place cards for your tables – to make sure that everything will be fine and organized during the reception and everyone will have a good time as well.
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All in all, Terry Tiffee would rather be hitting .226 in the big leagues than . 378 in the minors.
He would know. Hes done both.
The former Sylvan Hills baseball star got a shot with the Minnesota Twins over a three-year span that ended in 2006, then was called up ever so briefly with the Los Angeles Dodgers in June of this year.
But other than four official at bats during that 3-week stint with the Dodgers, Tiffee has spent the better part of the past three seasons laboring in the minors.
And yet, the disappointment of playing AAA ball, of taking buses instead of planes and of staying in Holiday Inns instead of Marriotts, may have proved to be worth it.
Tiffee blistered the ball this summer for the Dodgers AAA Las Vegas 51s, winning the Pacific Coast League batting title and earning the notice of U.S. Olympic baseball coach Davey Johnson in the process.
From a pool of 60 players originally selected, Tiffee not only survived the final cut to make the 25-man roster that traveled to Beijing for the Olympic Games last month, he was a mainstay on the bronze medal American team. Tiffee, in fact, led the U.S. team in at-bats, hits (12) and doubles (6). His .324 batting average was second among the Americans.
The first baseman/third baseman also handled 80 chances in the field without an error.
Its a once-in-a-lifetime deal, Tiffee said shortly before talking to a group of young pupils at Cato Elementary in Gravel
Ridge on Monday. I would say it was right up there with playing in the big leagues.
For Tiffees mother, Sherry, a teacher at Cato Elementary, it may have been an even bigger deal.
Its just unbelievable, she said. Its such a major honor. Terrys so nonchalant about it. He told my husband at the (AAA) All-Star Game that he might be picked for the Olympics. Hes been so low-key about everything throughout his career.
At 29, Tiffee might have been considered too old to participate in the Olympics. But he said Johnson was looking to fill the position roles on the roster with more veteran players to counteract the veteran competition in Beijing.
The USA team reached the semifinals before losing to Cuba for the second time. They rebounded to beat Japan and take home the bronze medal.
The thrill of being an integral part of an Olympic-medal winning baseball team behind him, Tiffee will now once again turn his focus to finding steady work in the major leagues. His age works against him, of course, but that PCL batting title he hit .378 with nine home runs and 39 doubles in just 93 games has not only boosted his confidence but elevated his prospects as well.
It was my best year hitting overall so Ill have some teams interested, no doubt, said Tiffee, who will become a minor league free agent in October. But a lot of teams, when you get my age, they just want you for Triple A. And Im wanting to get back in the big leagues.
Tiffee spent two years at Pratt (Kan.) Community College after graduating from Sylvan Hills, and had just signed a letter of intent to play at LSU when the Twins drafted him in the 26th round in 1999. He spent his first two seasons at Quad Cities, the Twins Class A affiliate, before moving up to Advanced A Fort Myers in 2002. There, he hit .281 with eight home runs.
Tiffee advanced to AA New Britain the following season, belting 14 home runs, driving in 93 and compiling a .315 batting average.
Those New Britain numbers earned him a spot on the Twins roster late in the 2004 season, where he saw limited action but made a splash in his third game when he belted a walk-off home run against the Kansas City Royals.
It was great, Tiffee said of his first major league home run, exhibiting the nonchalance his mother says has always characterized his demeanor. I was playing every day then and had played every day in AAA and it was going pretty well.
But that playing every day would prove to be an anomaly in Tiffees big league career. He hit .273 in 2004 in 44 at bats. But while cracking the starting lineup only occasionally and pinch hitting the rest of the time in 2005, Tiffees hit only .207 with 15 RBI in 150 at bats. His plate appearances dropped all the way back to 45 in 2006, when he hit .244.
His run with the Twins ended after that season.
I could see the writing on the wall, Tiffee said. I wasnt really getting a shot at the big league level and it was just time to move on and get a shot with someone else.
Tiffee moved on but never got the shot. Baltimore signed him in 2007, but he never made it past the minors with the Orioles.
Finally, the Dodgers signed Tiffee in the winter of 2007.
Its frustrating, Tiffee said of not being able to get a consistent chance in the majors. But its just the way it is. You play two or three times a week or you pinch hit. Its a tough situation. Being a young player, I wasnt used to that role. And when they did put me in there on back-to-back days, I was already under water with my average and mentally, I was already beaten.
Tiffees outstanding season at Las Vegas has him feeling a lot more confident these days. He says he changed his stance and his approach at the plate, focusing on just making solid contact and hitting line drives.
Im trying not to worry about anything else, said Tiffee, who describes himself as more of a line drive hitter with occasional power. Fifteen home runs is probably about max for me. I try to hit 30 to 50 doubles a year, 100 ribbies and hit at least .300.
Those are my goals.
The dream remains alive, but Tiffee, who has a wife and three young children, recognizes he cant chase it forever. The plan is to try to get another shot with a major league team or, barring that, heading to Japan where good ball players who havent caught on in the bigs in the U.S. can make a much better living than in the minor leagues in the states.
Tiffee, his wife Kelli, who he met while playing fall ball in Liberal, Kan., 3-year-old daughter McKinley, and twin 2-year-old sons Talan and Brennan, live in North Little Rock. When he is traveling during the season, Kelli and the kids will sometimes spend time with her parents in Liberal.
Whatever happens, Tiffee seems content with where hes at and whatever the future may hold.
I definitely think I can still play at (the major league) level, he insists. Id like to go with anybody thats going to give me a chance. Its still fun, definitely a good way to make a living.
But its getting to the point where, either you get back to the big leagues, or you stay in the minors and make fairly good money. Its just a matter of whether you want to do that. Im not planning on giving it up right now, but I dont see myself doing this past another three or four years if I dont get back in the big leagues.


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Veteran actor Manchu Mohan Babu will be seen in the most powerful role of his career in Ram Gopal Varma-directed Telugu action-thriller Rowdy. According to production house AV Films, the senior actor has recently completed dubbing for this much-awaited movie, which release in theatres soon.
In a statement released to media, the spokesperson says, "His role in the non-stop action thriller will be among the most powerful roles he embodied on the big screen. Viewers are eagerly looking forward to his performance alongside his son Vishnu."
Mohan Babu is paired with veteran actress Jayasudha in Rowdy, which is set against the faction-ridden backdrop of Rayalaseema in Andhra Pradesh. He added, "Audiences who have seen the trailer seem to have loved Mohan Babu's sequences and his dialogues that perfectly fit into the physical description of his character."
His song Vishnu Manchu and Shanvi Srivastav are playing the lead roles in Rowdy, which is produced by Parthasarathy, Gajendra and Vijaykumar under the banner of AV Pictures. Sai Karthik has composed music for the soundtracks of the film, which are being released this evening. The movie was initially slated to release on March 28. But the makers of the film have postponed its release date to April 24.


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LONDON – New Zealand fly-half Stephen Donald will leave Bath at the end of the season to move to Japanese team Mitsubishi Dynaboars.
Former Waikato star Donald joined Bath in November 2011, shortly after kicking the winning penalty as the All Blacks beat France in the World Cup final, and has become a key player in his 31 appearances for the English Premiership club.
But despite having a year left on his contract, Donald has agreed to join Mitsubishi, who counted former Wales wing Shane Williams and ex-England fly-half Dave Walder among their squad last season.
"I've had a great time with Bath, but feel it is time for a new challenge in a new league," Donald said on Monday.
"I'd like to thank everyone at the club and all the Bath supporters for all the support during my time here, and I'm really looking forward to doing all I can to help us end this season on a high."
Head coach Gary Gold added: "Steve is a good footballer and is a great character to have around. He has brought a lot of experience to the squad in the last couple of years, and we wish him all the best of luck in Japan next season."


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While the phrase "pre-war classic" often conjures images of tired museum pieces that hang out with clueless volunteers, it can also stand for something great. The pre-war market is full of amazing design, impressive reliability and style in huge quantities. And with that in mind, this awesome '35 Ford 3-window is a living example of why, almost a century after their introduction, these cars still enjoy a dedicated fanbase. Featuring a traditional flathead V8 and correct 3-speed transmission, this coupe probably spent the better part of its 80 years as a stylish cruiser used for family fun. And today, fully restored and fully detailed, it's poised for the spotlight and destined for the show field. If you're ready to step up to the charm and class that made America great, take a closer look at this pre-war Ford!
Approaching this Model 48, it's difficult not to be taken with its sleek profile. To achieve those striking good looks, the car had to be a solid starting point that benefitted from top notch metalwork. And once that metalwork was complete, it had to be shot with some of the best Blue two-stage on the market. Now, I know paintwork is often questionable on traditional pre-war cars, but this Ford's shine is first rate all the way. Reflections are straight and unbroken. There are no major imperfections visible anywhere. And overall, the car literally defines the term blue chip blue oval.
There really isn't much you can do to make a 30s-era Ford more attractive. The car's streamlined styling was a home-run when originally introduced; and today, it's a stunning example of some of the strongest elements of the highly regarded Art Deco movement. At the front of this super cool coupe, a bold stainless grille, which serves as the focal point of the car's classy façade, flows past bullet-style headlamps and ornate Sparton horns into a prominent, pointed chin. At the sides of that chin, sculpted fenders rake from a blue-detailed spring bumper past a four-piece, stainless-trimmed hood that's accented by a gorgeous "V8" ornament. Behind those fenders, traditional, covered running boards parallel small red pinstripes to frame old school bear claws, simple chrome door handles and elegant chrome mirrors. Between those mirrors, a small stainless wiper clears a tilting windshield in front of a correct Colonial Grain roof and like-new greenhouse glass. And opposite that wiper, a continental-style spare rides between correct Duo lamp tail lights, a second blue-detailed bumper and a pristine, "V8" branded exhaust tip.
As the company's final Henry Ford-fueled innovation, the Ford V8 remains a durable, torque-rich powerplant that, thanks to solid engineering, has established an unmatched reputation in the classic and custom car community. And, in keeping with tradition, this stellar Ford 3-window is powered by a correct 221 cubic inch flathead V8 that, thanks to relatively tame 6.12 to 1 compression, makes roughly 90 horsepower. The antique engine has undoubtedly been rebuilt, and probably looks much better today than when it growled off the assembly line. Aesthetically, the block, which perches a familiar oiled air cleaner and rare 2-barrel carburetor above correct, 21-stud heads, has been painted a traditionally dark hue. There are many fresh pieces like pliable hoses, a rebuilt 6-volt generator, and correct Autolite spark plugs. A glossy blue firewall combines with the car's broad fenders to frame those pieces in a sea of old school bliss. And overall, this sedan's clean engine bay is a charming and 100% functional step back into a much simpler, and some would say much better, period in American automotive history.
Speaking of simpler times, take one look under this reliable 48 and you'll see just how much the automotive world has changed when it comes to ride, handling and structural integrity. The car's clean floors, heavy duty frame and factory-accurate suspension are veiled in a subdued coat of satin black paint. A correct 3-speed manual still lives behind the rock-solid engine, proving 'simple is good' by doing an excellent job of twisting an authentic, banjo-style rear end. In front of that transmission, a beam axle and relocated leaf spring, an innovation heavily touted by 30s-era Ford execs, free up much needed interior space. And behind that transmission, a second leaf and second solid axle help maintain ride height and add a little extra grip. At the corners of the car, four wheel manual drum brakes provide slow and solid stops. At the center of the car, there's a low maintenance, single-pipe exhaust system to give the flathead its unmistakable voice. And everything rolls on a striking combination of bright red wires, fresh 6.00-16 Olympic whitewalls and blue-detailed, "V8" branded hub caps.
This coupe's warm and welcoming interior looks straight out of pre-war America complete with simple fabrics, tastefully neutral paint and awesome art deco gauges. The car's cockpit centers on a heavily bolstered seat, officially dubbed Ford Center-Poise, which provides good comfort and great visibility. At the sides of that seat, simple door panels hang painted handles below neutral window frames. At the bottom of those panels, traditional foot pedals front an artistically curved shifter, a chrome-trimmed emergency brake and heavy rubber flooring. Above those pedals, a stylish and simplistic dash hangs an optional AM radio behind unique Bakelite buttons. Above that dash, a correct headliner seals a vintage speaker between a clock-equipped mirror and a shaded rear window. In front of the driver, a painted, 3-spoke steering wheel frames a "V8" branded steering column. And behind the cockpit, two small steps meander into a fully restored rumble seat.
The sale of this elegant pre-war classic includes a vintage Ford repair manual and a large Ford hardware manual.
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- AM Radio
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- Power Steering
- No
- Air Conditioning
- No
- Interior Color
- Tan
- Seating Type
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- Seat Material
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Social forces in Britain today will accentuate these trends.
"Beauty and the Beast" pairing: Pungency is contrasted with sweetness to accentuate the taste spectrum.
In the film, Cattrall carries an extra 20 pounds and does everything to accentuate her age.
Assuming that Romney does indeed lose, I advise Republicans to accentuate the positive.
Though Ruth was very much annoyed, the incident seemingly served to accentuate Winfield's enjoyment.
They accentuate form, and we remain satisfied with performance.
He might want to emphasize a long, low room by horizontal lines, or to accentuate a lofty one by verticals.
A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ it to accentuate their incapacity.
They were called from their cells merely to accentuate his disgrace.
1731, from Medieval Latin accentuatus, past participle of accentuare "to accent," from Latin accentus (see accent (n.)). Originally "to pronounce with an accent;" meaning "emphasize" is recorded from 1865.
You've got to accentuate the positiveRelated: Accentuated; accentuating.
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
["Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive," 1944, music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Johnny Mercer]


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IN March, a group of Islamic radicals was scoping out new targets in Bali, hoping to enact their own murderous 10th anniversary of the 2002 attacks.
They had surveyed the Hard Rock Cafe in downtown Kuta and the Australian-run La Vida Loca bar in Seminyak. They had chosen a suicide bomber and planned to fund the operation by robbing a money changer and a gold store.
- The other side of paradise
- A decade in defiance of terrorism
- 'Time stood still, I just knew we had to do something'
What is not widely known is that three of the five plotters for ''Bali III'' - including their leader, Hilman, aka Surya - were low-level drug pushers who were radicalised in Kerobokan prison when they were locked up with the original Bali bombers in the early 2000s.
According to research by the International Crisis Group, Hilman, who was serving a seven-year sentence for marijuana possession, was the prisoner's mosque functionary who came under the influence of Bali bomber Imam Samudra. On leaving prison, he became a full-time jihadist. Another plotter shared a cell with Amrozi.
The radicalisation of their cell mates was the Bali bombers' slow-burn revenge. If an attack had overshadowed this week's 10th anniversary commemoration, they would have their last, posthumous, laugh over their jailers. (Samudra and Amrozi were executed in 2008).
Indonesia's prisons are a breeding ground for terrorists, and so are some of the Islamic boarding schools. But despite the ever-present threat of terrorism, Indonesia shows no interest in tackling the issue.
After the authoritarian and secular regime of Suharto fell in 1998, many groups that were previously repressed thrived under ''Reformasi'' - Indonesia's flowering of freedom.
Among them were those groups with a radical religious agenda who wanted to replace the state of Indonesia with a caliphate under Islamic law.
Until the Bali bombing, whose death toll of 202 woke it from its torpor, the newly democratic Indonesia knew little or nothing of the growing number of deadly men in its midst. Ten years on, Indonesian law enforcement, spearheaded by Detachment 88, the anti-terrorism police, has had great success cracking down on religiously inspired radicalism. On his recent visit to Indonesia, the Australian Defence Minister, Stephen Smith, lavished praise, saying: ''There is no country in the world that is more successful in arresting and prosecuting terrorists [than Indonesia is].''
Since the first Bali attack, Indonesia has arrested 700 people for terrorism offences and prosecuted 500.
For every 10 prosecuted, one suspected terrorist - including some of Asia's most dangerous men - has been killed by police on the streets. That success story, though, contains the frightening truth that, in 10 years, Indonesia has produced 500 people with a proven link to terrorism, and many more who have gone unnoticed.
Every few months a new plot, with a new set of plotters, is uncovered.
Some, such as a recent group calling itself ''al-Qaeda Indonesia'', have progressed far enough to start making bombs - albeit ones that blew up by accident in the kitchen. Many now believe that law enforcement alone is not enough. They say the country's jihad factories, which still pump out recruits, must be shut down and the radicals de-radicalised. The effort so far, though, has been piecemeal and anaemic, marred by poor funding, little follow-through and an apparent lack of political will.
In Indonesian prisons, extremist preachers, terrorists and would-be jihadists are locked up with common criminals. Low-level terrorists - youngsters or those who have dabbled around the edges of a radical group - are housed with hardened jihadis, persuasive men with a seductive story to tell.
The most infamous of these men, Abu Bakar Bashir, is serving a 15-year sentence for helping to set up a paramilitary training camp in Aceh in 2010.
But inside prison he is surrounded by acolytes and young prisoners, and boasts in a written interview with Fairfax that he is ''busy spreading the word of Allah to the people''.
His words remain unrepentantly full of violent jihad - ideas of noble martyrdom and the overthrow of the state of Indonesia so ''that people's life may be managed by Allah's law''. Bashir refers repeatedly to ''evil Indonesia'' and offers a contradictory mish-mash of arguments to explain and justify the Bali bombs.
First he asserts that the massive bombs were set by three individuals, ''Mukhlas and his two friends''. He calls them ''mujahideen [holy warriors] who actively defended Islam'' and were ''slaughtered by the Jews, the US and their allies''.
In the very next paragraph he claims that the bombs were part of a conspiracy, a ''micro-nuclear device'' planted by the US to discredit Islam. ''So it was the US who essentially killed tens of Australians not the three mujahideen,'' he writes. ''God willing, Islam will win due to Allah's help of jihad,'' he writes, before then exhorting Australian journalists to ''convert to Islam so you will be saved''.
Ask most ordinary Indonesians about Bashir and his ilk and they shake their heads and pronounce him ''gila'' (crazy). But his carefully cultivated look of a gentle old scholar has made his loony rhetoric surprisingly resilient, despite the patent failure of the populace of Indonesia to rise up in support of holy war after the Bali bombings.
Jemaah Islamiyah, Bashir's former terror vehicle, is now mistrusted in the radical community because a few of its high-profile members - notably Bali bomber Ali Imron, and the former senior member Nasir Abbas - ''turned'' and had offered information to police. But a whole slew of new followers has since emerged. Bashir's new radical group, Jemaah Ansharut Tauhid, or JAT, has been involved in many of the latter-day plots which police have uncovered.
As disturbing is the fact that the boarding school Bashir co-founded, and where his son (and leader of JAT) Abdurahman Rohim is a teacher, is still pumping out fresh-faced ''martyrs''. Bali bomber Idris, an old boy of Ngruki, said of his alma mater recently: ''That is where jihad was taught.'' But suggest that the Al-Mukmin school in Ngruki, Solo might be closed down, and Indonesians simply laugh.


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|Cek Mek Mlek ( Beautiful Lady )
This month is Malaysian Food Fest , Kelantan , and as usual , I'll cook or bake some goodies to participate in this event. And, I choose this Cek Mek Molek, not just because it's easy but tasty too..yup, I tried this before, not only once ,but almost weekly.......hehe. There's a stall near my house selling this Cek Mek Molek...
For this Cek Mek, I used purple sweet potatoes , so the colour are darker. I fried over medium heat, that made the skin not pretty, and the sugar inside not fully melted. When I bite it, I can feel the crup crup sound, the sugar....which it's not bad , something different....lols
Here's the recipe from Wendy .
100 gm plain flour
coarse grain sugar for filling
oil for frying
Method :
While the sweet potatoes were hot, mash them fine and add in flour.You may not need all or you may need more.Just add until pliable dough is formed.
Divide dough into equal pieces ( 30gm each).
Lightly dust hands with flour and flatten each pieces of dough.
Fill with 1 tsp sugar.
Seal up and make it into oblong shape with pointing ends.
Repeat until all the dough filled and formed.
Deep fry the cek mek on medium heat until a crust forms o the outside.
Drain and let it cool before serving.
Mashed sweet potatoes....
Form a dough......
Divide into 30 gm each.....
Shaping Cek Mek.....
Do hop over to Wendy's blog for a video on how to shape cek mek....
I'm submitting this post to Malaysian Food Fest hosted by Gertrude of My Kitchen Snippets.


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What i'm looking for....he inspires me. hard to put down in words but i'll know him when i see him/meet him. obviously, it all starts with an immediate connection and chemistry that makes me curious to explore further. what keeps me interested? he's got to be someone i can and want to learn from. he truly knows his strengths and weaknesses and has no problem making fun of himself. he's playful but responsible and has his ***** (mostly) together. he's done with the whole game-playing thing b/c he knows that if you really like someone, you don't need games to keep things interesting or keep from getting scared. he's strong enough to be honest with himself and with me. he's got to be in good shape and take care of himself. I couldn't care less if he's just as comfy in jeans as in a tux (why do so many people consider this to be an important trait???).....what matters to me is that he's comfortable in his own skin and looks good naked;-). And serious points if you're a good kisser...please, please, please!!!!
If we do end up meeting, please don't send your "representative"(i.e you on your very best behavior/the "you" that you think i'd want you to be)...I want to meet the real you on our 1st date, not 6-8 weeks later. I don't expect you to be perfect (I'm certainly not), just honest.
p.s. age doctoring seems to be the the rule around here, if you are being less than honest about your age, please let me know at first contact.
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This week's HTYH is more about Step Five, "Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs." Bill Wilson called Step Five vital and on page 59 of his book titled 12 Steps & 12 Traditions he said: "Why do we need to bring anybody else into this?"
At this stage, the difficulties of trying to deal rightly with God by us are two-fold. Though we may at first be startled to realize that God knows all about us, we are apt to get used to that quite quickly. Somehow, being alone with God doesn't seem as embarrassing as facing up to another person. Until we sit down and talk aloud about what we have so long hidden, our willingness to clean house is still largely theoretical. When we are honest with another person, it confirms that we have been honest with ourselves and with God.
The second difficulty is this: what comes to us alone may be garbled by our own realization and wishful thinking. The benefit of talking to another human is that we can get his direct comment and consul on our situation, and there can be no doubt in our minds what that advice is. Going it alone in spiritual matters is dangerous. How many times have we heard well-intentioned people claim the guidance of God when it was all too plain that they were sorely mistaken? Lacking both practice and humility, they had deluded themselves and were able to justify the most errant nonsense on the ground that this was what God had told them. It is worth nothing that people of very high spiritual development almost always insist on checking with friends and spiritual advisors the guidance they feel they have received from God. Surely, then a novice ought not lay himself open to the chance of making foolish, perhaps tragic blunders in this fashion. While the comment or advice of others may by no means be infallible, it is likely to be far more specific than any direct guidance we may receive while we are still so inexperienced in establishing contact with a power greater than ourselves.
Our next problem will be to discover the person in whom we are to confide. Here we ought to take much care, remembering that prudence is a virtue that carries a high rating. Perhaps we shall need to share facts about ourselves that no others ought to know. We shall want to speak with someone who is experienced, who not only has stayed dry but has been able to surmount other serious difficulties. Difficulties, perhaps, like our own. This person may turn out to be one's sponsor, but not necessarily so. If you have developed a high confidence in him, and his temperament and problems are close to your own, then such a choice will be good. Besides, your sponsor already has the advantage of knowing something about your case.
Perhaps, though, your relation to him is such that you would care to reveal only a part of your story. If this is the situation, by all means do so, for you ought to make a beginning as soon as you can. It may turn out, however, that you'll choose someone else for the more difficult and deeper revelations. This individual may be entirely outside of A.A., for example, your clergyman or your doctor. For some of us, a complete stranger may prove the best bet.
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Many women lose their libido or feel unable to talk about sexual dysfunction following cancer treatment. But as Sunnybrook's SHARE clinic shows, it doesn't have to be that way
Pat Abbey laughs as she describes the difficulty of finding sexy lingerie when you have a permanent hole in your abdomen, just left of your belly button.
Pat, a dentist who lives in York region, was diagnosed two years ago, at age 52, with rectal cancer that was encroaching on her vagina. After the diagnosis, life became a blur for the busy mother of three sons, age 24, 20 and 18. A whirlwind of treatments left her with a colostomy bag and an altered anatomy "down there."
But Pat tackles her problems with openness and humour. She describes her colostomy as "like having a small change purse, or a baggy, attached to your stomach." This surgery allows Pat to maintain her usual diet and activity levels, like going to the gym and skiing. She also tells the story of her middle son's reaction to her frankness while she was recovering from surgery. He was 19 at the time and recuperating from a leg injury, so they were "sharing the couch," Pat says. He must have heard her once too often talking about her condition. One day he blurted out, "Mom, I'm sick of hearing about your vagina!"
Pat is candid when describing a nagging worry that emerged once treatments were over and she and her family shifted back into a semblance of normality: Would she still be able to have sex? "I was concerned about whether my vagina was functional. I didn't want to rip anything. And I had zero libido." Luckily for her, Sunnybrook is one of the few places in Canada with a dedicated clinic to help women like her regain their sexual function and sexuality.
The SHARE clinic (Sexual Health and Rehabilitation) is a biweekly clinic at the Odette Cancer Centre that was founded by Dr. Lisa Barbera, a radiation oncologist in the gynecology department, and Dr. Jennifer Blake, chief of obstetrics and gynecology. The clinic has grown gradually since 2007 and now sees about 50 patients a year. At first, it was available to women with gynecological cancers; it is now accepting women with pelvic malignant cancers, such as gastrointestinal and colorectal, as well as those who have breast cancer at a young age.
"Women's sexuality is seen as a secondary issue in most cancer clinics," Dr. Barbera says. "For men going through prostate cancer, the subject of sex is very much up front. For women, the only way it comes up is in reviewing consent for treatment, which might mention the impact on the ability to have intercourse. I don't think that's okay." The SHARE clinic is a safe place for women to discuss sex. The first appointment is with a specially trained nurse and a follow-up appointment is with Dr. Blake. Dr. Barbera's role is as executive director. Social workers, psychologists, marriage counselors and sexologists are also available.
"We spend a lot of time educating women about their anatomy, physiology and sexual response," Dr. Barbera says. "We get comments back that patients feel like they are being treated like a whole person. They are grateful to have a place to discuss issues and what is happening with their body."
On Pat's first visit to the SHARE clinic, she sat down with nurse Lauran Adams. "It was nice to talk to someone who really understands. It's like having a friend or knowledgeable older sister, and it's totally non-threatening. They normalize that this has happened to you. Their attitude is, 'Of course you'll want to be sexually active, and we'll help you get there.'" Lauran showed Pat a large, zebra-print-wrapped box of dialators and explained how they could help her sexual function. Other solutions for Pat included estrogen cream, lubrication and hormones that improve libido. "They do a wonderful job," says Pat, who is happy to be sexually active again.
This personal touch was a relief after Pat's arduous treatments: chemotherapy concurrent with radiation, then surgery to remove the bottom portion of her large intestine and the back of her vagina, then more chemotherapy. But for Pat, hardship won't stand in the way of a good laugh, just as it won't preclude having sex. "With a colostomy you have no control over passing gas," she laughs. "Having boys, this of course was a great source of merriment! You've probably heard of a 'cheek flapper.' Well when I was particularly noisy, they would say it was a 'bag flapper'. It is hard to get too serious about that."
Dr. Fay Sliwin, Cathy Doyle and Kathy Moore, a patient.
Then there's Kathy Moore, 52, a science teacher in Uxbridge, who welcomed the opportunity to speak frankly with a nurse about her sexuality. Twenty years ago, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and had her uterus and ovaries removed. She and her husband adopted a little girl, now 21. Because she had ovarian cancer at such a young age, Kathy is considered to be at high risk for breast cancer and gets checked regularly at Sunnybrook.
During one of these appointments, she mentioned to a caregiver that her hot flashes were unbearable when her GP had recommended she stop taking hormone replacement therapy after she'd been on it 20 years. (Studies have linked HRT to a higher risk of breast cancer in some women). The Sunnybrook caregiver referred her to the SHARE clinic. Once there, it was a great relief to finally sit down and talk to someone about menopause, sexuality and how she felt about her body.
"I've never had anyone to talk to about it because I went through it so long ago. My friends were all getting pregnant and I felt like I'd been neutered. You start to feel that you are not very feminine. After losing both ovaries and uterus, you feel something less than female. I knew what was gone, and I needed to learn how to better use what was left," Kathy says. "It was nice to sit down with another female and talk about all this. It was like having a glass of wine with a friend. We talked and laughed. It was an 'anything goes' conversation."
Staff at the SHARE clinic assured her that it was fine to go back on HRT, and they prescribed other hormones as well. "When going through induced menopause, I was not exposed to the same levels of hormones as my body would have been making naturally, so the studies and controversies did not apply to me," she says.
Kathy was encouraged by the SHARE clinic to make sex a priority. She has learned not to be ashamed of what happened to her, and has even mustered enough courage to go to a sex shop to research dilators and lubricants.
Sex is a topic, she says, that women often feel they can't discuss with specialist doctors or their GPs. "I don't want to discuss sex with an attractive young male doctor. And during follow-up visits at hospitals, quite often the doctor is not alone. So we're not about to say, 'something weird is happening down there.'
"It was so nice to find women at the SHARE clinic. We have our own set of issues that can't be dealt with using broad brush strokes," she says.
Dr. Barbera is proud of the SHARE clinic and laments that there are not enough similar resources in Canada. Regional Cancer Care Northwest in Thunder Bay has a clinic modelled after Sunnybrook's. "There are pockets of expertise around the country, but these resources are few and far between," she says.
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Easy Chicken Pot Pie
READY IN: 25mins
Recipe by Casie
This is a really quick way to make potpies and tastes great. the crust is flaky and tastes like homemade. I like a lot of veggies in mine, but you can reduce the veggies, or increase the meat if you like.
Top Review by ladylamb30906
this recipe is full of flavor and my children ages 2-11 all enjoyed it.I know that I will be making this agian soon!!!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 0.5 (15 ounce) package refrigerated pie dough (Pillsbury works well)
- cooking spray
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 teaspoon dried sage
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 2 medium boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite sized pieces
- 1 1⁄4 cups water
- 1 cup frozen corn kernels
- 1 cup frozen carrots
- 1 cup frozen green beans
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms
- 1 (10 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup
Directions See How It's Made
- Preheat oven to 425°; combine flour, sage, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and pepper in medium bowl.
- Add chicken pieces to mixture and combine.
- Heat a large non-stick skillet, covered with cooking spray,over medium heat.
- Add chicken and cook, stirring occasionally until no longer pink in the middle.
- Meanwhile, take one section of pie crust, leave folded, and cut out circle with a cereal bowl (or the bowls you are eating out of. they should be fairly small as to make 4 circles) trim edges off circles and separate.
- Place circles on a non-stick cookie sheet coated with cooking spray and sprinkle with 1/8 teaspoon salt.
- Bake in oven for 8 minutes or until golden brown.
- Add water, soup, frozen veggies, and mushrooms to pan.
- Stir and cook until boiling, reduce heat.
- Heat through for about 5-10 more minutes, or until veggies are at desired consistency, and sauce is thickened.
- Serve chicken mixture in bowls and top with pie circle.
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Rarely has the inequity of the Socceroos' World Cup qualifying program been better illustrated by the results of matches played in the past 72 hours.
While Australia barely got out of a canter to ease past Indonesia 3-0 in Perth on Tuesday night, its potential rival for a cup spot, Uruguay, hardened its squad in a match against the toughest possible opposition - world champion Brazil - in round 13 of the 18-round South American qualifiers.
Uruguay rarely loses at home to Brazil and did not do so in the latest match. A Diego Forlan goal put Los Celestes in front in Montevideo, but the Brazilians levelled through Marcelinho with just over 20 minutes to play.
The 1-1 draw consolidated Uruguay's hold on fifth position in the 10-team qualifying group and it now looms once again as the Socceroos' opponent in the final showdown.
Paraguay got back on track with a win that takes it into fourth place behind surprise package Ecuador, which held on to third spot after grabbing a point in a 1-1 draw with Peru in Lima.
Argentina is well clear at the top, with Brazil a comfortable second. While Uruguay is in fifth place with 16 points, it cannot afford any slip-ups as Colombia, Chile and Venezuela are all close behind on 14 points, and Bolivia and Peru just a point behind on 13.
Australia is not likely to discover the identity of its cup opponent until the last round of qualifying later this year.
- Melbourne Victory is hoping it will have swelled its player list to 16 by the weekend with the signing of a former Austrian international Richard Kitzbichler, a wide midfielder who can play on the right or left side.
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Four adults were killed this morning in a single vehicle accident southeast of downtown, police tell 1200 WOAI news.
It happened shortly before 2AM. An SUV went out of control on I-35 north at the entrance ramp to I-10 east.
Police say the SUV rolled over at least twice, throwing the occupants from the vehicle.
Two men and two women, all believed to be in their late twenties or early thirties, were pronounced dead at the scene.
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"Has a player ever been significantly injured (i.e. needed to be substituted) while celebrating a goal?" asked Frank Joyce recently. "I'm particularly thinking of the Lua-Lua/Babayaro gymnastics or perhaps even more painfully a Klinsmann-style frontal slide gone wrong?"
Schadenfreude is alive and well among Knowledge readers, Frank. We've had a whole host of different tales, each one funnier and more painful than the last. Unwittingly perhaps, the Babayaro-gymnastics angle is a pertinent one.
"Celestine Babayaro broke his leg doing on of his trademark somersault goal celebrations on his debut at a pre-season game against Stevenage," recalls Glasgow-based Chelsea fan Karl Johnston. "We therefore didn't see his league debut until months later. I don't think he had even scored a goal."
Paul Fulcher is one of several of you to recall a sliding incident involving Patrick Vieira. "It was the game against Man United in November 1997, Wenger's first full season," he reminisces. "Vieira scored the second goal in a 3-2 win, and engaged in an uncharacteristic slide on both knees. He had to be substituted at half-time and missed the next five weeks with a knee injury as Arsenal lost three times out of four. When he recovered, Arsenal embarked on a long winning run which culminated in the double."
Manchester City fans won't hear a bad word against Shaun Goater, but Hsien Min has dragged up a couple of embarrassing episodes from the Goat's files, and neither of them involves shinning against the crossbar from two yards out. "In 2002-03, Goater celebrated Nicolas Anelka's goal at Birmingham by kicking an advertising hoarding, but he injured his knee in the process and had to be subbed with Darren Huckerby.
"But his better effort was when he had scored City's fourth in the relegation match at Stoke in 1997-98, having only just joined them. In celebrating the goal he fell on his arm and broke it, and had to make way for Gio Kinkladze's last City appearance."
Bjorn Jonsson writes with a tale of woe from, well, Sweden. Obviously. "In 2001 the Swedish player Stefan Barlin pulled a leg muscle while celebrating a goal for Djurgarden in the Stockholm derby against Hammarby. While running, jumping and hitting the air with his first, Pele-style, he suddenly stopped and grabbed his leg. He went off just after and was out of the game for a couple of weeks."
But the winner of the Freak Accident While Celebrating Award surely goes to the Argentinian striker Martin Palermo, who scored in extra-time for Villareal against Levante in the Copa del Rey in 2001. Understandably, Palermo wanted to share his joy with the Villareal fans, and rushed over to a group of them. Nick Savage takes up the story. "His celebration was curtailed when a pitch-side wall collapsed on him, breaking his tibia and fibula. Six months and two metal pins later he was back in action, but he missed the World Cup as a result."
"Who coined the phrase 'Beautiful Game'?" asks Trish O'Connor. "When? Why? Where? Someone told me it was Pele in 1977 with the publishing of his autobiography ..."
Boring to relate, Trish, but "Someone" was quite right. Pele did indeed publish his autobiography, My Life and the Beautiful Game, in May 1977, since when the phrase has become one of football's laziest cliches. "I dedicate this book to all the people who have made this great game the Beautiful Game," wrote the world's most famous sportsman, little aware that he had just provided football fans all over the globe with a ready-made retort to anyone who dares to question the supremacy of their sport.
MORE KNOWLEDGE "Which two English stadiums are nearest to each other?" wondered Edward Swier last year
"Anfield and Goodison Park is perhaps the most famous example of English grounds in close proximity to one another - they're separated only by Stanley Park - but we think the answer to your question lies in Nottingham, where Forest's City Ground and Notts County's Meadow Lane sit on either side of the River Trent.
"But open the question up to the rest of Britain, and the record is held by Dundee and Dundee United. Now, the clubs will say Dundee's Dens Park is on Sandeman Street, while United's Tannadice is on Tannadice Street. And, hey, they've even got different postcodes to prove it (DD3 7JY and DD3 7JW respectively, if we're going to get really anal about it).
"But take a walk up Tannadice Street past Tannadice, and you'll see Dens Park on your left. Now, this is bound to get us into trouble with Dundonians, but we're saying they're on the same street."
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"Who has scored the most own-goals ever?" wonders Simon Elam. "Or, failing that, in the Premiership?"
"Here in Italy, there are several managers who can be seen smoking in the dugout or on the sidelines during the games (Ancelotti, Lippi, Cosmi and Trappatoni, to name but four)," writes James Elliott. "Do any of the current Premiership or Nationwide managers like to light up during a game?"
"With club record signing Emile Heskey's departure from Anfield, I was wondering how many other such signings have left Premiership teams while still bearing that tag?" asks Rick Marston.
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This major is unique because it is individually designed; students work with faculty advisers to create a field of study involving courses from several departments. It may encompass the natural sciences, social sciences, cultural studies, fine arts, technical and professional fields, or a combination of these. The program admission application should be thought through carefully (contact the CLA director for referral to specific faculty who can consult on students' proposed programs).
Students who select this major must submit a statement of their educational objectives and a list of proposed courses to the committee for approval before they complete 70 credits with a cumulative GPA of 2.50. The list of courses for the major and a statement of purpose explain the student's rationale for the proposed program. Upon approval by the Interdisciplinary Studies Committee, it becomes an individualized program. A current transcript must be submitted with the application.
Freshman and transfer students are usually admitted to pre-major status before admission to this major.
A GPA above 2.0 is preferred for the following:
* 2.5 already admitted to the degree-granting college
* 2.5 transferring from another University of Minnesota college
* 2.5 transferring from outside the University
The Director is the initial contact for students interested in the I.S. major. Students should schedule an appointment with the Director to discuss preliminary proposals, program expectations, and guidelines.
The Advisor functions as an initial contact, a liasion between the students, the I.S. committee, and faculty advisors. Advisement and proposal questions are directed to the Advisor.
This campus-wide faculty committee reviews student applications for admission to the I.S. Program. The committee meets once every semester. It can approve an application, approve with amendments, table for further consultation with faculty experts or with the applicant, recommend reapplication, or reject.
The application for admission to the I.S. major should be thought out carefully with as much expert consultation as possible. It consists of a list of courses which constitute the major, a Statement of Purpose which supplies the student's rationale for the proposed program, and all faculty supporting documents. NOTE: At least 12 credits within the proposal must be from CLA course offerings. Upon approval, it becomes an individualized Course of Study for a major leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree. A current transcript or APAS must also be attached to the application.
Note: Unlike many majors at UMD, Interdisciplinary Studies is available only by formal application and committee approval. Students may declare a pre-Interdisciplinary Studies major while they are creating their Course of Study. However in order to register for I.S. 3099 their Course of Study must be approved. Students should not apply for a change of advisor until their programs have been approved.
Prospective majors list two or three faculty advisors on their individualized major Course of Study form: one of these persons is the principal advisor whose responsibilities are noted below. Other advisor(s) have counseled the student while the course of study is in preparation and ordinarily will be asked to review the student's Senior Project.
Each faculty advisor must submit a 250 word document in support of the individualized proposal. These supporting documents will be submitted with the application.
The principal advisor is empowered to authorize routine changes in course of study (substitutions because of conflicts, cancellations, special topics opportunities, etc.) and to approve the forms that are typically associated with the pursuit and completion of a B.A. degree. However, a copy of final projects must be submitted to the Director of Interdisciplinary Studies for final clearance. The principal advisors assist the students to determine the appropriate credits for the Senior Project, and they assign the Senior Project final grade.
Methods Course - This course will be selected in consultation with your assigned advisor. Current list of methods courses(Oct 2008):
- Comm 2025, 2030
- Econ 3030
- Engl 3115, 3121,2906
- Geog 2552, 3532
- Pol 2700
- Psy 3020, 3021, 3022
- Soc 2155, 3155, 3156
- or courses more appropriate to the students specific research needs (e.g., language courses, field research methods)
The Senior Project (I.S. 3099) is the capstone of the I.S. Major's course of study. It should provide evidence of integration of knowledge and skills derived from courses in different disciplines. The I.S. Committee and the I.S. Director do not require that the Course of Study proposal specify the nature of the Senior Project at the time of application; the Project ordinarily develops from course work, from discussions with the advisor, and from the special interests of, and opportunities for, the student.
The norm for a Senior Project (I.S. 3099) is 2-4 credits. Ordinarily this will represent an academic paper of 15-30 pages in length with a full bibliography. However, there can be many variations from the norm. Some Senior Projects have been internships, others have been portfolios or exhibits while others have been field studies. The more credits a student registers for, the more involved the senior project. It is recommended that the upper end of the credit limit is for projects that take the student off-campus for a substantial part of an academic term (internship, tour, archival research, etc.).
Regardless of the nature of the Senior Project, it should always include these two components:
- A bibliography of relevant library resources demonstrating general knowledge of the topic, and
- A written paper, report, journal, self-analysis, etc.
A copy of the Senior Project must be filed with the Assistant Director of Interdisciplinary Studies.
I.S. students are responsible for keeping advisors informed of their progress toward completion of their Course of Study. Students are also responsible for procuring and completing collegiate and all-university requirements (upper division papers, credit check, application for graduation etc.). Students may request a change in advisor at any time, although a new advisor must be approved by the Director. Be sure to check the general requirements for a B.A. degree in the College of Liberal Arts.
Individuals who have any disability, either permanent or temporary, which might affect their ability to perform in this major are encouraged to inform the Director at the start of the program. Adaptation of methods. materials, or testing may be made as required to provide for equitable participation.


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For a non-existent team, the Montreal Expos are hugely popular.
The franchise that set the standard for fun disappeared ignominiously in 2004. But the passion remains potent as Expos heroes become Hall of Famers and new analytic methods bring overlooked greatness into the open.
In his book, Up, Up & Away: The Kid, the Hawk, Rock, Vladi, Pedro, le Grand Orange, Youppi!, the Crazy Business of Baseball, and the Ill-fated but Unforgettable Montreal Expos, Jonah Keri recovers the achievements of the players known as Nos Amours. And he explains why "the team whose time never came" is now enjoying its moment.
The Expos ended badly in 2004, so what's to celebrate?
The Blue Jays are playing two exhibition games at the Big O next weekend and people are saying, wow, there's baseball in Montreal for the first time in 10 years. Feasibility studies are being done to bring back a major-league team. I'm not delusional, but there's still something there.
For me personally, as a Montrealer, it's not just a baseball team – it's my upbringing, The Expos were at the nexus of everything. When the Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter died, I was crying at the breakfast table. Why? Because Gary Carter reminds me of my grandfather taking me to the ballpark, because he reminds me of the friends I grew up with and the games we went to.
Montreal was a very different experience for major-league baseball, wasn't it?
It had a certain something. I'm not going to lie, some of it was because of the strip clubs, maybe, or the great food. But much of it was the unique culture. You know, when you heard the public-address announcer say "le voltigeur de centre, the centre fielder, Andre Dawson" – that's special. And they had to figure out a lot of these terms on the fly. Jacques Doucet, the play-by-play man, goes on the air and says, "We need a term for picking someone off first base." This is a very complex idea to express and a professor came up with "prendre quelqu'un à contre-pied" – catch someone on their wrong foot.
What's your favourite term?
Balle papillon, the knuckleball – in French, the butterfly, fluttering and dancing. It's so lyrical.
What did the Expos players make of this unusual baseball city?
To a man they all said this was the best time of their career. And I was surprised by that since obviously you never won a World Series if you played for the Expos. But then I thought about it: Almost every guy played for the Expos when young, because it was a given that if you were developed by the Expos, you'd eventually move on to greener pastures. So you're 21, 22, with the boys, and it's a special time.
Almost all of them ended up living downtown. You'd see them walk out of the Manhattan building at Guy and Lincoln, get on the Métro and be at the ballpark 15 minutes later. The team was closer to the fans, which made the whole experience more vivid. Players were a part of the community, it was almost a Brooklyn Dodgers vibe.
But there was also a lot of drugs and partying?
They did like to have a good time and it definitely had an impact on the team. But I stopped short of saying that was the reason why the potential dynasty of the 1980s got dismantled. From an analytical point of view, they had a stars and scrubs roster – they had Tim Raines and Andre Dawson and Gary Carter and ignored the fact that their primary second baseman hit zero home runs in six total seasons.
Expos fans like to say that baseball failed Montreal when the team moved away. But you say that Montreal should share the blame.
That may get me run out of town. I do not mean the fans. I'm talking about the corporations – nobody stepped up and said, I've got a billion dollars, I'm going to make this happen. Charles Bronfman was the very wealthy owner for a long time and he sold the team just when the economy wasn't great at the beginning of the nineties. A Hail Mary consortium of some of the wealthiest companies in Canada came in and said, we're keeping the team in Montreal, we're heroes, we're great, here's $5-million, never bother us again. There was a lack of vision.
Could Montreal be a baseball town again?
There are definitely enough fans, but you still need the billionaire – one who's willing to finance it properly and be involved for the long haul. Warren Cromartie, the Expos outfielder, has come in and said, let's try to do something. He doesn't have $600-million but at the very least, he's an avatar for a movement. And the timing is much better for small-market teams in baseball with revenue sharing and huge TV deals.
In the meantime, Expos fans wear the jersey of a team that has disappeared. What's that like?
We can romanticize about it. Yes, the Expos were irrelevant by 2004. But it's like when you listen to classic rock, Stairway to Heaven, what a great song. You know how many bad songs were written when Stairway to Heaven came out? But we can pick and choose what we want to remember. And that's what it's like with a dead franchise.
I'm not this crazy dad who wants to brainwash his kids into cheering for a team that doesn't exist. But when they get older, they'll understand that this is what was important to me – and to the great-grandfathers you never got to meet. It's about those ties.
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It looks as though Roy Oswalt is following in the footsteps Roger Clemens and Pedro Martinez did in their latter careers.
The free agent pitcher has told teams that he intends to sit out the first half the season, but remain in shape to return midseason if an opportunity materializes, ESPN's Jerry Crasnick reports.
Clemens followed such a course in 2006 when he returned in June to pitch for the Houston Astros and again in 2007 with the New York Yankees. Martinez did the same with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2009.
Oswalt, 34, failed to land on a job this offseason, despite interest from the Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals, among others.
Agent Bob Garber says Thursday in a statement, "'After much thought and careful consideration, Roy has decided to continue to evaluate his options. He is great health and will continue to stay in shape, while throwing regularly off the mound. Roy has every intention of pitching for a contending club at some point this season."
Last season with the Phillies, Oswalt went 9-10 with a 3.69 ERA. He spent 9 1/2 seasons with the Astros before he was traded to the Phillies in 2010. The three-time All-Star is 159-93 with a 3.21 ERA over 11 seasons.
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David Barlow co-created and executive produced the TV series, Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (with Charles Lazer) and Seeing Things (with Louis del Grande). The Cowboy pilot was CBC TV's highest-rated movie of the 1997/98 season and Seeing Things was twice awarded the Gemini for Best Comedy Series.
David's credits include: Peacekeepers (producer), a drama about Canadian soldiers serving in Croatia, Breaking All the Rules (producer-director), a comedy-drama about the creation of the board game Trivial Pursuit, and Street Legal – Last Rights (co-written with Maureen McKeon), the finale to the long-running CBC series. Series experience includes story-editing and writing on Blue Murder, Cold Squad, E.N.G., North of 60 and Max Glick (Gemini Award – Best Writing in a Series). Chasing the Dream, a documentary he produced (with Peter Raymont and William Thomas), was nominated for a Gemini as Best Sports Program.
David has conducted professional screenwriting workshops across Canada, in Singapore (for Praxis), and in Dublin. He is the recipient of the Writers Guild of Canada Writer's Block Award for service on behalf of Canadian screenwriters and the Margaret Collier Award for his body of work and his contribution to the Canadian television industry.
Melanie Friesen began her career in London England as a literary agent for film and television writers and directors. She was then appointed Creative Director of MGM/UA in the UK, finding material and talent for the studio, then headed by Alan Ladd Jr.
After two years in Los Angeles as Creative Director for Cineplex Odeon Films, she met Martin Scorsese who offered her the position of Head of Development with his company, Scorsese Productions, in New York.
Melanie returned to Vancouver 15 years ago to produce the Trade Forum at the Vancouver International Film Festival. She is also on the board of the Harold Greenberg Fund and has conducted pitching workshops in Luxembourg, Hungary, Wales, Mexico, and The Republic of Georgia and in Vancouver for Praxis and the Vancouver Film School.
Lydia Kwa lives and works in Vancouver as a writer and psychologist.
She has published three books: The Colours of Heroines (poetry, 1994); This Place Called Absence (novel, 2000); and The Walking Boy (novel, 2005).
Excerpts from a long experimental poem Roadbook: Suite of Hands can be found in Open Field: 30 Contemporary Canadian Poets (Persea, 2005). For more details, see www.lydiakwa.com
Maureen Parker is the Executive Director of the Writers Guild of Canada (WGC), which represents more than 1,800 English-language freelance screenwriters working in film, television, radio and new media.
A dedicated advocate for Canadian screenwriters for over 15 years, Maureen is the WGC policy spokesperson on such issues as public funding, the regulatory environment and copyright.
With Maureen as chief negotiator, the WGC has concluded collective agreements with independent producers (APFTQ and CFTPA) and broadcasters such as the CBC, NFB, TVOntario, CTV and Global. She is also the Executive Director of the Canadian Screenwriters Collection Society (CSCS), which was established by the WGC in 1998 to collect authors' levies in other countries for Canadian screenwriters.
In addition, through Maureen's leadership, the WGC became a founding member of the Coalition of Canadian Audio-visual Unions (CCAU), which brings together a united group of cultural unions to focus on common issues.
Maureen is also a Vice-President of the Board of Directors for the Coalition for Cultural Diversity (CCD), and sits on the Actra Fraternal Benefit Society's Board of Governors.
John Vorhaus is best known as the author of The Comic Toolbox: How to be Funny Even if You're Not. This seminal book on writing comedy for television and film has been translated into three languages and serves as a definitive source of information and inspiration for writers worldwide.
Vorhaus' television writing credits include Married... with Children, Head of the Class, The Sentinel, The Flash and more. His screen credits include Extreme Close-up and Save Angel Hope.
An international consultant in television and film script development, Vorhaus has worked for television networks, film schools, production companies and film funding bodies in 19 countries on four continents. Projects include a Swiss situation comedy, a Swedish adventure series, and a Nicaraguan social-action drama designed to teach the young people of that country to "think for themselves and practice safe sex."
Vorhaus is a graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University and a member of the Writers Guild of America. He has consulted to Walt Disney Feature Animation and taught at such institutions as Northwestern University, the American Film Institute and the Writers Program of the UCLA Extension. He is the author of a dozen books, including Creativity Rules! A Writer's Workbook and the Killer Poker series.


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Released in September by Firefly Books, Practical Jewelry-Making Techniques: Problem Solving written by Stephen O'Keeffe will give you a strong foundation in basic techniques. Stephen has been a craft and jewelry teacher for more than 20 years. With his teaching experience, Stephen has lots of jewelry-making-know-how to share.
Stephen says, "Most jewelry-making projects have a particularly difficult and often risky stage where disaster is likely to strike. The jewelry maker does not exist who has not at some stage melted his work at a crucial stage, or tangled his nearly finished work in a polishing machine. Being a teacher, rather than a craftsman, I have written this book as a guide informed by the many difficulties encountered–both my own and those of my students…The book is an attempt to show how the aspiring jewelry maker — not necessarily the beginner, but certainly the non-professional — can make successful pieces…"
Filled with tips to make tasks more simple or less expensive, you'll learn to make jigs from everyday items and other tools that will help solve problems in your jewelry making. Stephen shares what he's learned to help you spot risks and avoid expensive mistakes in your work, too. The book has over 50 projects. Each has step-by-step instruction and will reinforce the skills needed for each technique.
Are ready to take your jewelry making to a new level? To enter for a chance to win this terrific book, simply leave a comment! The giveaway ends November 17. Sorry, the giveaway is open to US mailing addresses only.


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