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This one could be a long one.
I have had quite a few people interested in a post on co.sleeping. Why we do it, how it works.
This NOT a post on what is better or a big post about why everyone should co.sleep...this is just simply our story.
Let me start off by saying that we have coslept with Aiden for 2 and half years but have not co.slept with Ains (I will elaborate on this throughout this post).
But we know both sides extremely well.
I totally get why co.sleeping is awesome for some and doesnt work for others because within our family we have one of each!
I also wanted to say Chris and I both see life very uniquely. This would never have worked if we were not both on board. Cosleeping is great if it doesnt affect your relationship or children negatively. We know our babies are small only once. For us (both very sensitive souls) this is a delicate time we will not get back...so if any or all of our children wanted to sleep by our side, we will always be all for it.
We have watched friends lose children, friends die, friends little ones get cancer, friends get in life changing accidents... when you walk through tragedies in your own life or with people that you love, it will change your life.
It will change how you look at your life.
I know people have lots of opinions on the issue- I am not saying anything for either side, just simply our story.
Everyone has to do what is best for their family and for their kiddos....and the truth is, no one knows that except for you!
I think you need to do what will keep you rested in the midst of the craziness. And that may look different for all of us. Even within our own family that is the case!
I was in 3 weddings when I was pregnant with aiden and 2 more when I was pregnant with ains... if that tells you the differences of stages my friends and I were in. When I had Aiden I knew very very few people with babies.
I went into labor with Aiden a month early. Not only was in early labor, he was stuck in my pelvic bone. It would be physically impossible for me to ever deliver a baby unless by c.section. It was late at night, I was drugged, emotional- they pulled him out and there was complete silence.
I will never ever forget that.
He came out blue and silent.
I kept waiting for the scream, the crying....but nothing.
I was behind a curtain and unable to really see what was going on. They brought him over to me and placed his face by mine, I remember kissing his little nose and then they took him away.
No laying on my chest, bonding/crying, kissing, snuggling. No friends and family coming to the hospital to meet our new little man. Nothing. He was far away, wrapped in wires- being taken care of by people I didn''t even know.
This sounds very naive, I know...but I didn't even know that a NICU experience was a possibility. It had truly never crossed my mind that something like this would happen. My emotions and hormones were completely out of control. I was soooooo so sad. I felt like no one understood. People kept wanting to come to the hospital and I remember just being furious. I didnt even get to see Aiden without permission, why would anyone want to steal those moments from me.
I was not myself.
I had to ask permission to touch him, permission to change his diapers. It wasn't me helping him/bonding with him- it was his nurses. I had my first and only panic attack in the hospital that week. I remember laying on the hospital floor, not being able to breath, crying my eyes out in a complete and utter mess.
I was spiraling.
The day I was supposed to leave the hospital the woman came to get me in my wheelchair and asked where the baby was. I cried and cried. and honestly almost threw something at her. I was seriously not myself at all. And I felt alone. We both felt alone (Chris and I). I remember someone coming to drop off a meal at our house and they made a joke about Aiden (who was still at the hospital)- it hit me then how alone we were. People couldn't relate to what we felt like.
Finally weeks later when Aiden came home, we were in desperate need of gaining back all that lost time. Not only that but for days and days we had watched monitors.... I knew what was "good" breathing, "good" heart rate...then suddenly we were home and had no monitors.
I can remember Chris and I just sitting up at night watching Aiden's chest, just praying he could breathe.
Praying his lungs would not fail.
We had never been with Aiden for more than a couple hours at a time, so once we got him home we put him right by our side and never ever wanted him to leave.
I will be the first to admit, if we had put him in his crib the very first night we came home from the hospital he may not have wanted to sleep with us. But we didn't due to some crazy circumstances. So I will never know.
Life throws us curve balls, I just try to roll with them :).
Chris and I are both such sensitive souls. This was painful. We were in a race to gain what we lost.
There were various times in the first year we tried to move him to his crib to see if he was ready but it just didn't work. We all slept great when we were together.
And we dont believe in crying it out/ feel comfortable with it.
We all slept so good when he slept in between us, it just worked. Also, the 3 of us have similar sleep rhythms. None of us move around. We barely know he is there. Like I said, it just worked great. Plus it is so easy...if he woke in the night I would just pull him to me- I could instantly meet his needs.
In the grand scheme of all of our lives the portion and time that our children are small is so tiny... we are able to grasp that. This is just a season, and before we know it, it will have passed.
Then a couple months after Aiden's first birthday we decided (since ains was coming) that we would move him into a big boy bed in his own room. We were prepared for another little one who loved to sleep with us. That was hard. He was used to sleeping with two warm bodies that he loved and he did not want to go. Most nights we would trade off sleeping in there with him just to try and get him to like it.
He wasn't ready.
The truth is, we knew he wouldn't be 15 sleeping in our bed....and that when he was ready he would pull away.
And we wanted to meet his needs until we got to that point.
So when Aiden was 18 months old, I went into early labor again ( a month early) with Ains. I was 6.5 cm by the time I got to the hospital. We had the same experience again. She came out blue, not breathing. She was immediately taken to the NICU. But something was different this time. I had emotionally prepared myself that this may happen again. I knew that we would get those moments back (I saw that we did with aiden).
Also, if I am being completely honest I was going through some incredibly painful and messy stuff in my personal life (that I have never blogged about) and everything was a bit of a fog.
We came home without Ainsleigh. Then weeks later she got to come home. I noticed right away she was different than aiden. She didn't like to be in the same room as us for sleeping at night. She wanted to be in the dark, in the quiet, in her own space.
We wanted to meet that need.
It's amazing how well you can know your child from the first moments.
I have always thought that I am good at getting in rhythms with my babies. I know what certain sounds mean what, I can anticipate things....I just have been very in tune with them both from the first moments.
So we gave her what she wanted- she slept in her big girl crib, in her own room. Ains has always been an amazing sleeper.
So after much thought and conversation Chris and I decided to try dropping Aiden's nap- just to see what would happen. And much to our surprise, he didn't miss a beat. He has been going to sleep in his own bed at 7 or 8 pm and most nights sleeps all night in there and other nights still creeps down the hall to our room around 4am, which is fine!
There will be a day when he never ever does this again. And we will miss it desperately.
We waited until Aiden was ready to start transitioning him. We tried a few times before...realized he wasn't ready.
I want to end this post on this, it was in an email from my mentor who is so amazing:
You know your family best.
Your kiddos best.
Do what is best for you.
If you feel defensive or angry, just die to that. I am also doing this.
I want to see that everyone has different stories and that there is a "best way" that may look different for each of us. Don't seek peers for your validation, stand firm in your own decisions.
Lastly (this part has nothing to do with co.sleeping, just something on my heart)
... Chris' grandmother passed away this week. We had the viewing tonight and have the funeral tomorrow. Driving home I was thinking about the beautiful video that played (that she never got to watch) and all of the people saying things to her "things they wished they had said." It got me thinking... if you lost your spouse tonight...or your babies- what would you wish you had done.
Because whatever it is.....go do it now.
If you wish that you were more gentle or more cuddly....or more forgiving, slower to react, a better friend....whatever it is- go do it.
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MIDDLESEX GAZETTE, Middletown, Connecticut, Nov. 16, 1804 Pages 2 & 3 contain the state-of-the-union address of the President headed: "President's Message", signed in type: Th. Jefferson. A portion of his address deals with the new Louisiana Territory just purchased from France the previous year. One paragraph begins: "With the Indian tribes established within our newly acquired limits, I have deemed it necessary to open conferences for the purpose of establishing a good understanding & neighbourly relations between us. So far as we have yet learned we have reason to believe that their dispositions are generally favorable and friendly..." (see photos for portions). Four pages, never-trimmed margins, bit of foxing, irregular at the blank spine, good condition.
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Cool as a moose!
(Note that we had her give credit to Geocaching Maine, and even BRDAD's "Battleship" cache got a mention.)
Cool as a moose!
(Note that we had her give credit to Geocaching Maine, and even BRDAD's "Battleship" cache got a mention.)
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Hey guys,I have read many articles about geocaching and I have to admit that this is one of the best articles I have read as of yet. Your niece certainly has a way with words and did an excellent job with the description. Maybe she can be our official ambassador for geocaching here in Maine. Great job!!!!
She did a fantastic job describing this great hobby!!
yeah and congrats...
thanks for turning suebear and i onto this site...
Boothbay Harbor is where I got my start. Last Christmas I was visiting my cousins there, and they took me out for a few. There are some great caches in that area. Pretty too.
Great job, and thanks for the mention of Battleship. If you haven't allready, make sure you send an email to groundspeak (email@example.com), and let them know about the article, so they can add it to the Geocaching In The News page.
Great article...thanks for sharing it with us.
Did, did, did!Originally Posted by brdad
In the news again...today's Sun Journal has a story about geocaching and Lost Hiker Man. It is a nice article and also mentions geocachingmaine.org
So where is the link to the article,it would be nice to be able to read it from here? I tried accessing it online but didn't know where to find the article or what it was called.
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Yes indeedy I've made myself a bag. I've been planning this bag for a while, but due to sheer laziness have not got round to making it. Feeling a bit despondent that my Da Blues dress was a big fat fail, I decided that rather than get into a sewing slump again, I should make something I know wouldn't be issuey.
The main fabric is upholstery fabric I picked up at an Artist open house a while back. The lining is a red mini polka-dot cotton from Ditto (bought on the recent meet-up).
|Scuse the markings, I forgot to rub them off before taking the pics
U-Handbag, Lisa's online shop. You just hand stitch them on with embroidery floss, as they have holes punched in them already. Handy!


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Sheffield's Real Heritage Pubs: Pub Interiors of Historic Interest
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Sheffield's Real Heritage Pubs: Pub Interiors of Historic Interest
This new publication, the first Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) book about Heritage Pubs in Sheffield, is available as a free download. Edited by Sheffield and District CAMRA, Pub Heritage Officer, Dave Pickersgill, this ground-breaking document is the first attempt to create a snapshot of the Sheffield Pub Heritage picture. Paul Ainsworth, Chair of the CAMRA National Pub Heritage Group: "Over the past 25 years, CAMRA has developed its national and regional inventories of historic pub interiors.
These highlight the crème de la crème of interiors which have either escaped much alteration for many years or contain features of exceptional interest. We have, though, been aware that below these top tiers can be found a host of interiors which, whilst much changed, still offer a great deal worth seeing. The pioneering work carried out in Sheffield to locate and record these pubs has been an inspiring exercise. It enables compilation of this publication portraying the rich tapestry of Sheffield's pubs from the nationally important to those where what remains, may be fragments, but is nevertheless to be cherished. A bonus, of course, is that many of these pubs sell great real ale.
We hope this guide is the first of many." Included in the 81 pages are over 30,000 words, over 300 images and detailed comment on all the 22 Sheffield pubs listed on the CAMRA Pub Heritage website. Also documented are both local pubs with some historical interest and many fragments of our historical brewery and pub heritage. The book is freely available from the Sheffield CAMRA website. Grateful thanks are given to numerous individuals, the National CAMRA Pub Heritage Group and Sheffield Archives: the latter for providing access to unique historic documentation.


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Aerial photographer Jason Hawkes has captured British cities at night from a helicopter. From the bustling heart of the capital to the industrial landscapes of northern towns like Manchester and Glasgow, Britain from 1,000 feet up is a sight to behold.
A night-time aerial view of the Riverside Museum: Scotland's Museum of Transport and Travel, and the tall ship Glenlee, in GlasgowPicture: Jason Hawkes / Barcroft Media


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Garment designs that feature blends tend to attract more attention than plain decorations. Trimingham explains how to develop standards for applying blends in your printing operation.
Blending one color into another to get a third color should be a simple enough process, right? Sure, yellow and red make orange—but numerous challenges await when it comes to blending these colors as halftones on a screen-printing press. Dot overlap, bleeding, dot gain, and poor coverage are just a few of the issues that can plague an otherwise simple process in a hurry.
To make progress with blending colors, especially on dark shirts, it is a good idea to first cover the basics and then move into some intermediate areas before you can move to the next level. The control over blending colors typically starts with the artwork, then moves into the screens, and then balances finally when the ink is printed onto the garments. Following this linear process forward would seem to make the most sense, but, in reality, the easiest thing to do is to carve through the whole mess backwards by starting with the inks, then taking a serious look at screenmaking, and finalizing the effort by collecting all of the information and funneling it into the artwork creation and separation process.
Doing things backwards is a common way to align the variables in a production process—as long as the controls for the end result can remain consistent. In other words, the press needs to be in good shape and hold registration for the whole refinement to take shape. It makes no sense to try to work backwards from test prints done on an uneven press with dull squeegees, warped screens, and bumped platens. Results will vary too much, depending on the uncontrollable surfaces and pressures presented. Only by dialing everything in will it make sense to work through the process backwards and isolate the necessary elements that can provide a new standard for color-blend printing.
Test your press and printing surfaces
A quick press check is essential to keep everyone honest. And if asked, the majority of screen printers would shrug if you were to ask them to identify the last time they checked the level and consistency of their presses. Why? For the most part, the machines are pretty consistent, so they tend to stay in spec for long enough that issues can be addressed as they come up. Only when a serious break to a part or a printhead failure occur are maintenance concerns brought up.
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September 28, 2005-Racing The Years Away
Racing The Years Away, Part 1
One part of our life which we thought we had lost touch with, and now have found again, has been serious sailboat racing.
To be honest about it, Hong Kong has been a bit of a mixed bag for this couple of old cruisers. We needed a break from cruising when we got here, having just spent two years in the third world, spending a lot of the time pretty stressed out, either by being way out of our comfort zone beyond the edge of the civilized world, or by the very challenging sailing conditions we encountered on a few too many black squally nights.
So the stability, peace, and safety of liveaboard life in Hong Kong has been good for us; a time to recharge our batteries. And we've enjoyed the exotic environment of Hong Kong, Asia's World City. On the other hand we're back into big city life and the pressure of the working world.
Back in Seattle we maintained our sanity only by the weekends we spent immersed in sailboat racing. There is nothing like a windy day spent on the water, horsing a big powerful race boat around a rough salt water race course with a hard working crew of eight of your best friends, competing against a dozen or more of other friends, all of whom are focused on nothing else but kicking your ass, to wipe your mind clean of everything else, including the stress of the office. Back then we loved it.
But that was twelve years ago.
Since then we've had some fun racing in various South Pacific locations, usually with pick-up crew, in races which were not considered to be "serious", though we always approached them with the same high level of intensity we had in Seattle. And we did fine in those fun races in the South Pacific.
But they didn't mean much.
In Hong Kong there is real racing. We decided to give it a try. We've joined a yacht club, got a local rating, trained some crew, and signed up for a number of races. And while most of these can't really be considered "serious" either, they are a lot more so than the pick-up racing we did in Fiji, for example.
We have done OK racing in Hong Kong.
Take the ABC Opening Day Regatta:
This was a challenging day in anybody's book. We had to motor through blinding torrential rain and 30 knot squalls for two hours just to get to race course, set in the South China Sea off Aberdeen. Then the wind and slop and rain squalls in the race area was a bit much for even the race committee, and the racing wound up being delayed for over an hour while we sat out there getting soaked, cold, and sea sick. Even waiting for the start was not a time to relax, since we had to be alert for the upside-down dingys and multi-hulls which littered the race area, as well as all the rescue boats speeding around and other race boats reaching back and forth close to the committee boat trying to catch the sound signal which would indicate that the countdown to the start had finally come.
But come it did, and we got our act together and had a good start, coming in on port and tacking into a hole, then hardening up fast enough to squeeze off the 50 footer in our class that started to weather. It warmed my heart to hear Judy say in my ear, "He's tacking away." We never saw them again, all day. Wings is happy in 20-25 knots of wind, and even against modern boats, and in our "liveaboard" trim, we are still fast. The seas were big, and the boat was leaping around, so just hanging on was a chore, but with our #3 and a full main we made the most of the good start and boisterous conditions, charging upwind, and we tacked on a good shift to lay the mark. Second boat to the top mark, well ahead of our fleet and ahead of all but one of the IRC boats. We felt pretty good. Love those windward legs!
Well, several more of the IRC boats flew by on the reach, but that was OK, they should, and we delayed setting the kite, partly out of cowardice, and partly because nobody in the fleet, including ourselves, seemed to know where the jibe mark was. Mandrake finally dropped their chute to reach back to the mark, thereby establishing its position for the rest of us. Thank you.
The wind had shifted and the reach was now a dead downwind run; that was why nobody knew where the mark was, I guess. Probably the other navigators were as busy on deck as ours' was, (me) and they hadn't figured out the tactical situation any better than we did. So we were all were lost for a while, bouncing around in big, confused seas, not knowing where to go. But now that we had the mark it was OK. After a bit of discussion onboard, which I won, up went our 1.5 oz kite and off we went, typical IOR fashion, digging a huge hole in the water and loading up every line and winch on the boat, and our hull speed limiting us to nine knots despite the overwhelming pull of the huge sail. But God, I love the spinnaker runs too.
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One Lonely Sears Crescent in Galax, Virginia
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Recently, I visited Galax, Virginia and drove around the town for a bit looking for Sears Homes.
Unfortunately, during my time in Galax, I found only one Sears Home, this little Crescent in a not-so-happy part of town, within a stone's throw of a massive electrical substation, and very near a large industrial area. It'd be very interesting to know if the owners of this Crescent realize that their little house is a Sears House. Pictured below is the Crescent in Galax, and further below is a happy Crescent in Northern Illinois.
To read more about the Sears Homes in other parts of western Virginia, click here.
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Have you ever heard of Franke James?
Franke is a Canadian artist who writes/ draws some really impressive essays on the environment. Like many of us, she's bothered by her "green conscience": the knowledge that our planet is in big, big trouble because of humans, and the question of what exactly can an individual do to stop the trainwreck.
What I love about Franke is that she doesn't stop at the helpless feeling. She researches, and acts at her own level, and then spreads the word. She's actually taken the idea of spreading the word to a whole new level - this summer, she has a travelling art show through Europe, showing some of the art she made.
At least, that's what she was trying to do - but she's run into some troubles. The Canadian government isn't too happy to have this travelling art show, because they feel it's attacking them. The show does mention a couple times that digging up the province of Alberta for tar sands is a very, very bad idea when the planet is already burning. So I guess she might have hit a nerve there.
But the type of reaction she's been getting against her art show is frankly ridiculous. Not only is she being ignored by Canadian embassies where she goes - there has even been some pressure put on local NGOs that were helping her to drop their support.
Uhm. Definitively hit a nerve there...
Opposing the tar sands publicly in Canada is increasingly unpopular (at least with the government). Asking important questions such as "Why do we choose to wreck the environment in the very long term to save the economy in the very short term?" or "Who is paying to clean up pollution?" is now politically incorrect.
I have a tendency of automatically appreciating people more when a government is trying to silence them - especially when they're asking inconvenient questions. If you're like me, you can help Franke by writing a supporting comment on her blog.
(And do take a look at her visual essays while you're there. They are really great.)
Juliette is a Digital Mobilisation Specialist at Greenpeace International. She likes chocolate, narwhals, and is slightly obsessed with the Arctic.
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Good for you! Everyone is entitled to freedom of speech, you choose your medium, and be constructive with your art:) The world as a whole is deterior...
Good for you! Everyone is entitled to freedom of speech, you choose your medium, and be constructive with your art:) The world as a whole is deteriorating before our eyes and we need to speak up! Thank you for your courage.
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I fail to see how the government is "silencing" her. She asked around for the Canadian embassies abroad to pay for her trip, while the Canad...
I fail to see how the government is "silencing" her. She asked around for the Canadian embassies abroad to pay for her trip, while the Canadian missions' budget is already abysmal and being cut every year.
She says she is surprised no one wanted to host her show. It turns out that embassies are accountable to Ottawa for everything they do. One of the thing they have to do is to make sure that they respect the priorities of the Departement of Foreign Affairs (http://www.international.gc.ca/about-a_propos/priorities-priorites.aspx?view=d). Having these priorities make sure that taxpayers' money is not spent willy-nilly.
Furthermore, she provides not evidence whatsoever that she had secured the funding. Not signed agreement, no contract. She makes a lot claim with few proof to back it up.
I personally believe that more people should speak up against the tar sands and that it is a real issue for Canada. However, Franke James is making a scene because no special treatment was made for her.
TL;DR: The government has no money for events that do not fit its priorities. The only proof she was "silenced" comes from herself.
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Franke answered someone with similar questions on her blog. You can read her explanation here: http://www.frankejam...
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Franke answered someone with similar questions on her blog. You can read her explanation here: http://www.frankejames.com/debate/?p=6404#comment-218574
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We need brave people like Franke James. We have to stick to our principles no matter what happens to us. Congratulations.
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Thank you for posting your article on July 26. The show was cancelled August 3rd. Here's an update on my latest news...
Thank you for posting your article on July 26. The show was cancelled August 3rd. Here's an update on my latest news...
In exquisite timing which shows that truth-is-stranger-than-fiction, I got my Access to Information documents at the 11th hour before my crowd-funded protest artshow hit Ottawa. I opened the show on November 2nd. The bottom-line: The docs prove that Government officials in the Climate Change office killed the educational funding for my show -- but denied it in the media.
Here's the Vancouver Sun article:
Government officials killed funding for Canadian artist: documents: http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Government+officials+killed+funding+Canadian+artist+Documents/5647144/story.html
Here's my visual essay "Banned on the Hill" which tells the blacklisting story:
(To clear up confusion by some of your commenters -- The educational climate change funding was for the NGO, and is a requirement for Canada under the UNFCCC agreement.)
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Here's an index of articles -- which includes the Vancouver Sun article and yours too:
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I am a resident of the upstate of South Carolina, often referred to as the foothills or piedmont. The area around Spartanburg County, SC and Polk and Rutherford Counties of NC has a long standing tradition of using the term, "Drunker than Cooter Brown". I am working to explore my hunch that Cooter Brown and the expression probably lived in this area around the time that the Piedmont Blues style of music evolved in the 1930's through 50's. I have friends from the NC counties who used the term as children in the 60's, and my wife from Spartanburg County used the term in the 60's as well. I was raised in Pickens County, SC (also in the Piedmont) where I never heard the term used except by those people hailing from the Polk, Rutherford and Spartanburg counties. My guess is that someone like Little Pink Anderson probably sang about Cooter and the term and legend grew from there. I will be researching and will post my findings. Anyone?


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Candy Cane Chocolate Bark
From: Munchin with Munchkin
Quick Facts
Servings: 20
Prep Time: 10 min.
Cook Time: 15 min.
Total: 25 min.
Chocolate bark is one of the easiest desserts to make and looks very impressive, especially this bright, festive version.
- 1 cup white chocolate candy melts
- 1 cup dark chocolate candy melts
- 3 Tbs crushed candy canes
- Line a cookie sheet with wax paper. Set aside.
- Place dark chocolate melts in a medium microwavable bowl. Microwave on medium power for 30 seconds. Stir mixture and continue to microwave in 30-second intervals until chocolate is completely melted.
- Pour dark chocolate onto prepared cookie sheet and spread over surface with a spatula. Place cookie sheet in the refrigerator to harden.
- In the meantime, melt white chocolate melts using the same 30-second interval method. Pour the melted white chocolate over the hardened dark chocolate on the cookie sheet.
- Using a knife, draw lines through the chocolate layers to create a pattern. Sprinkle with crushed candy canes.
- Return cookie sheet to the refrigerator until the bark has hardened.
- Once completely cooled and hardened, remove from the fridge and break apart into pieces.
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mount: warning: /media/iso seems to be mounted read-only
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Hal Sutherland (1 July 1929 – 16 January 2014; age 84) directed the 16 episodes of TAS Season 1 of Star Trek: The Animated Series. Sutherland's name appears in the closing credits of each episode of TAS Season 2. However, Filmation used stock closing credit sequences. Bill Reed was the director for Season 2 as stated in the episode title page at the beginning of each episode. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1929. [1] [2]
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From the profound (or at least academic) to the mundane (but oh so important): food. They say an army marches on its stomach—well, so does a research team. We've been trying to keep the food plentiful and tasty, and so far there have been few complaints. But there are serious limitations on what you can eat when you are five hours away from the nearest village, which is itself a small outpost in a lesser-developed part of West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Of course, the menu includes rice three times a day, but perhaps only I see this as an occasional shortcoming. Indonesians are devoted to rice almost in a spiritual way, and any meal without rice is simply a snack, soon to be complimented by a real meal centered on rice. Rice itself is a complex culinary entity in Indonesia, with up to a ten-fold difference in price between broken, old rice and fresh, aromatic, long grain rice with a pedigree. I bought a cheap 17 kg bag of rice (for $14) on one supply run and faced, if not outright mutiny, then serious disdain: "industrial mess-hall rice," they called it. After that, I left the purchasing up to Acun, who is our logistics expert.
Any meal has two parts: the rice (nasi) and 'what goes with the rice' (lauk, or sometimes, confusingly, sayur, which means 'vegetable' even if the topping includes meat). In most Indonesian meals, except at fancy urban restaurants, the ratio of nasi to lauk is between five-to-one and ten-to-one. This is of course much more healthy and balanced (think food pyramid) than an average US meal where there is usually more lauk than nasi, or its equivalent.
Our lauk in the forest consists primarily of dried, salted fish (including mackerel, barracuda, and shark) and instant noodles—when a supply load has just arrived, though, there may also be some boiled cassava leaves or potatoes. It's not uncommon to have a 'triple starch' meal: rice, noodles, and potatoes! On their own, this could be pretty tedious, but we always have a spicy sambal, or chili paste, to go with the meal. There are hundreds of varieties of sambal in Indonesia, some based on fiendishly hot, fresh, tiny green chilies (cabe rawit), some based on dried red chillies. Endro has been making a sweet sambal from central Java that he calls sambal brengsek, or '<insert favorite profane word> sambal!' One of my own favorites is a milder, fried, red sambal. The recipe goes something like this:
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I do love good food, wherever I can find it. But I am also fortunate in being able to enjoy our rather basic dishes of rice plus something salty and fried and spicy, three times a day. Perhaps it's just that everything tastes better when eaten out-of-doors. And of course, there's always plenty of great local coffee.


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Lent starts on Wednesday (Ash Wednesday), marking the beginning of a 40-day period that ends at Easter. It's also apparently a fine time to buy stocks.
Remember the old traders's tale about selling stocks on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and then buying them back ten days later on Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement? The whole point of the "Sell Rosh Hashanah, buy Yom Kippur" strategy, if you can call it that, is that the market generally declines over those days, suggesting sitting it out is the best strategy.
That certainly wasn't the case in 2013. Had you sold on Rosh Hashanah and bought back on Yom Kippur, you would've lost out on a 2.1% gain on the S&P 500 Index .
For Christians doing penance over the Lenten period, one sacrifice may be to give up their long positions. To test out the "Buy Ash Wednesday, sell Easter" trade idea, Bespoke Investment Group looked at how stocks performed over the 40 days leading up to Easter, which jumps around every year (see above table). Going back to 1989, Bespoke found that, on average, the S&P 500 rises 2.04% over Lent, with the median not being too far off at 2.37%.
While the S&P 500 has posted a gain over Lent 72% of the time going back to 1989, the trend doesn't deteriorate much when we go back to 1945. Bespoke notes that over the past 68 years, the S&P 500 has gained 69.6% of the time over Lent.
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'The Vampire Diaries' recap: Game on
Welcome back to "The Vampire Diaries" thrill ride! This show became one of my unexpected favorites last season, so I was eagerly anticipating its return all summer. Tonight's season premiere was certainly worth the wait. With the characters and premise established, the actors comfortable in their characters' skins and a nicely gelled chemistry between the cast, "The Vampire Diaries" didn't waste any time kicking things into gear with its season two premiere. So let's get started with the 10 questions on my mind following "The Return":
1. Why do bad girls dress like post-makeover Sandy from "Grease"? With those skintight black pants and leather jacket, I could almost hear Katherine saying, "Tell me about it, stud." Props to Nina Dobrev who had to play three characters, really. Not only was she Elena and Katherine, but she also had to be Katherine as Elena, an intricate mix that requires enough naughtiness to clue in the audience that she's Katherine, but also enough innocence to fool Matt (Zach Roerig), Tyler (Michael Trevino) and the rest of Mystic Falls into thinking she's Elena. The distinction between the three performance was perfectly demonstrated at the wake for Mayor Lockwood. Katherine sweetly asked Matt about Caroline's recovery (Katherine as Elena) while hinting at Damon's (Ian Somerhalder) "miraculous" hand in the matter. Then she swooned over Matt's eyes (all 100% boy-crazy Katherine, but who can blame her? It's Matt.). When Elena showed up at the wake, the trifecta was complete.
2. Why did Katherine come back to Mystic Falls? She told Stefan (Paul Wesley) it was for him, but I think we know better than to trust anything she says. If it was for Stefan, why now? Did she hear through the grapevine –- Isobel maybe? -- that he was getting serious with her doppelgänger? Or perhaps her return has to do with Elena herself? We still don't know why they look alike and what the connection is between them. And as Damon pointed out, Katherine hasn't killed Elena, so she must have other plans for her.
3. Just how badass is Bonnie (Katerina Graham)? Solved! Sort of. She's not badass enough to save Caroline (Candice Accola) or to take down Katherine, but she is badass enough to give Damon a killer migraine without even having to chant. She's also smart enough to know where Damon's weakness lies. When Damon offered to give Caroline his blood to help heal her in exchange for a truce, Bonnie didn't agree to the conditions and then pointedly added, "But you'll do it anyway. For Elena."
4. Is surfing the key to controlling one's anger? There's nothing like a funeral to bring the long-lost relatives out of the woodwork, and so we were introduced to Tyler's Uncle Mason (Taylor Kinney). We know Mason is the cool brother because he wears white linen shirts, surfs and lets Tyler drink alcohol. "He's nothing like John," Sheriff Forbes says of Mason. "For one, he's not an ass." We also know he's the cool one because Mayor Lockwood was so not cool. Mason seems to have some insight on Tyler's anger management issues, which he calls the curse of the Lockwoods. Mason's pretty zen for someone with a werewolf curse –- we all know that's it, right? -- so I have to wonder if he's found some way to control it. I'm also betting the curse and keeping it secret is why Mason wants nothing to do with the Council. And how great was the scene between Tyler and Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) before Mason came in? Those boys have come a long way since the pilot. They have so much hurt in common now. The loss of Vicki, the loss of a father...
5. Why didn't the ring save Jeremy and Elena's father from dying in the car accident? Solved! John (David Anders) reveals to Jeremy that the ring can't save somebody from an accident, only the supernatural. John explains this to Jeremy before giving him a speech about family legacy, which leads me to wonder if John is grooming Jeremy to take his place in the Council. Later on, Damon, who's having one hell of a pity party spiral, takes it upon himself to get rid of Jeremy's pain and snaps his neck! OMG moment #1! But then it's revealed that Jeremy's wearing John's ring, so he snaps back to life, but still isn't a vampire. I think. Sorry, Jer.
6. Why can Katherine fool Damon, but not Stefan? My theory is Damon is so fixated on Elena and wanting to believe the moment they shared was real that he can't see straight. "If you want to forget it happened, fine. But I can't," he tells Elena forcefully. This boy has it bad. The look on Damon's face as he realized it was Katherine –- part disbelief, part "I got gypped" -- was priceless. But Stefan, as Elena's boyfriend and the one who spends the most time with her, could immediately tell something is off. I loved how forceful Stefan was against Katherine in this episode and unwilling to get caught up in her mind games. There was a silent strength and fierceness about Stefan in this episode, especially in his interaction with Katherine and in his scenes with Jeremy and John.
7. Is Elena in denial about her feelings for Damon? He sure thinks so, but when Elena said it was always going to be Stefan, I believed her. Does she care a little too much for Damon deep down? Could her feelings change? Sure, but I don't think she's actively thinking about Damon in that way at the moment. With everyone's feelings or lack thereof laid out so candidly in this episode, it should make for one interesting love square going forward.
8. Why doesn't anyone love Damon? Poor Damon got rejected by Elena and Katherine, who both gave him the "It's not you I want, it's always been and always will be Stefan" blowoff. That had to hurt. Damon and Katherine, being so alike, both go do really destructive, potentially life-ending things after their confrontation. Katherine headed to the hospital to pay a visit to Caroline (see #10), while Damon handled the rejection the best way he knew how to. He got drunk and went back to the one he really wanted: Elena. He accused her of lying about what's going on between them in a fit that was equal parts sad and angry. Damon really did two destructive things here. Not only did he attack Jeremy, but he also destroyed the one person he cares about -– Elena -– and his friendship with her. Attacking Jeremy certainly did the trick, but I think pushing his feelings onto Elena did plenty of damage to their friendship too. That brings me to...
9. Can Damon be redeemed? Should he even be redeemed? There will always be a part of Damon that is much darker than Stefan, although hello to hot, protective Stefan in this episode! The more Damon starts to feel for Elena, the easier it is to forget the bad he's done. But obviously, if Damon and Elena are going to share scenes and there is going to be a show, something or someone will have to redeem him at least a little bit. And why can't that be Stefan? For someone who goes on for most of the episode seeking Elena and Katherine's affection, Damon is pretty blind to the one person who refuses to give up on him, who is constantly sticking up for him despite the bad he does, and that's Stefan. Somebody does love you, Damon! Even after Stefan found out Damon tried to make a move on Elena, he insisted that they stick together against Katherine. He's not willing to let her destroy the part of Damon that now feels something, even if the feelings are for Elena. "She'll try to break us and how we respond to that will define us. It's our choice," he said. Too bad Damon almost immediately succumbed to Katherine. There goes that.
10. Is Caroline going to become a vampire? Ticked off by Stefan's rejection and Damon's refusal to have a fun romp in the sack without getting into her lack of feelings for him, Katherine went to visit Caroline in the hospital. "I was hoping you could give the Salvatore brothers a message for me. Game on," she said calmly and then proceeded to smother Caroline with a pillow! OMG moment #2! Assuming Damon's blood is still in Caroline's system and that she is really dead –- she did go limp –- it looks like Caroline is going the way of Vicki, but hopefully not off the show. I really can't take losing another awesome female character, even if she does watch "Jersey Shore." There's still the matter of completing the transition, but I think Candice Accola would rock as a vampire, and it would be a great way to bring her (and possibly Matt, if he's let in on the secret) into the fold. As sweet as Matt and Caroline's romance and innocence about vampires is, at some point, it's going to become silly if they still don't know. And if Caroline does become a vampire, what does that mean for her relationship with Matt? I'm not sure the poor boy, who's still getting over his sister's death and mother's departure, could handle a vampire girlfriend.
Readers, what did you think of the episode? Was it worth the wait? Did you miss Alaric? Sound off below in the comments section and feel free to chime in with your thoughts on my 10 questions!
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Gold died Friday in his sleep at his home in Encino, said his sister, Melani Gold Friedman. He had cancer but had been responding well to treatment, she said.
He played several instruments, did arrangements and sang on such Ronstadt albums as "Heart Like a Wheel" in 1974, "Prisoner in Disguise" in 1975 and "Hasten Down the Wind" in 1976. His versatility also made him a highly regarded session player for such folk-rock musicians as James Taylor, Carly Simon, Loudon Wainwright III and J.D. Souther as well as the producer of recordings by Stephen Bishop, Nicolette Larson and others.
"Andrew was so enormously talented it almost seemed effortless," Ronstadt told The Times on Saturday. "He was a real cornerstone of those early records."
He met Ronstadt as a high school student in the 1960s when her country-rock band the Stone Poneys performed at Oakwood School in North Hollywood. "He came up to talk," Ronstadt said. "He was so bubbly and so smart and we were so impressed with what a good musician he was."
After the Stone Poneys disbanded after their hit "Different Drum" in 1967, founding member Kenny Edwards teamed with Gold and singer-songwriters Wendy Waldman and Karla Bonoff to create the folk-rock band Bryndle.
In an email to The Times, Gold's former high school classmate Waldman called him "an extraordinary guitarist, pianist, drummer and record producer."
Bryndle got a record deal, but the album wasn't released. The band broke up (but reunited in the 1990s). Edwards, who died in August, rejoined Ronstadt and Gold joined the band.
Gold was born Aug. 2, 1951, in Burbank to composer Ernest Gold and singer Marni Nixon. His father won an Academy Award for his score for the 1960 film "Exodus," and his mother sang for Natalie Wood in "West Side Story" and Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady," among others.
"It was clear from the beginning that I was going to be a musician," he told The Times in 1977. "With those kind of influences at home what else could I do?"
Gold's sister said he taught himself instruments by listening to the Beatles. "He could really pick up any instrument and play it," she said. He lived in England with family friends for about a year as a teenager, she said, and recorded a single with another young musician.
Waldman said Gold "listened to everything under the sun and absorbed it with terrifying accuracy. It was something I always admired and found fascinating about him."
Gold launched a solo career in the mid-1970s while still with Ronstadt's band. "Lonely Boy" was a hit on his second album, "What's Wrong With This Picture?" and the single "Thank You for Being a Friend" from 1978's "All This and Heaven Too" reached No. 25 on Billboard magazine's charts.
He recorded with English musician Graham Gouldman in the 1980s, then continued to write, record and work with a variety of artists. Gold also did commercial work and soundtracks, such as singing the theme to the NBC sitcom "Mad About You." His last release was 2008's "Copy Cat."
In addition to his sister, who lives in Tujunga, and his mother, Gold is survived by his wife, Leslie Kogan; daughters Emily, Victoria and Olivia from his marriage to Vanessa Gold, which ended in divorce; and sister Martha Carr of North Hollywood.
Services will be private, but a public remembrance will be planned.
Los Angeles Times staff writer Randy Lewis contributed to this report.


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COACH Craig Bellamy
CAPTAIN Stephen Kearney
BACKS As the Storm, enter their 7th season (can you believe it?s been that long already?) they have the most talent and depth in their backline ever. It starts at halfback with one of 2003?s stars Matt Orford who proved his class as a playmaker and organizer leading the Storm to a Finals birth. Matt Geyer proved a very effective foil for him at five-eighth, although may shift back to the three-quarter line if Scott Hill starts the season in the #6. Speed is the essence of the Storms makeup out wide and Billy Slater proved he is a merchant of the highest quality. Slater will move to the centres to accommodate Robbie Ross returning at fullback, while Steven Bell should retain his spot along side Slater. Fifita Moala, Steve Turner, Matt King, and Dustin Cooper will fight hard for an open wing birth but it is the arrival of ex-Manly centre Ben MacDougall that threatens their first grade chances. This backline is among the most potent in the NRL.
FORWARDS When the Storm started out they built their success on a huge intimidating forward pack. Things have changed little but the new wave of forwards is gradually pushing out the old firm. Kirk Reynoldson, Peter Robinson, Dallas Johnson, Ryan Hoffman, Glen Turner, Robert Tanielu and Nathan Friend headline the new wave of talent coming through. Young Cameron Smith has taken a further step and already represented Queensland at hooker. But the old firm, still run the show at Olympic Park. Captain Stephen Kearney, Robbie Kearns, Rodney Howe and Danny Williams are key regulars with Kearney and Kearns both still of representative class. Howe is returning from a season-ending injury while Smith?s ability to play the entire game is gradually pushing Williams further down the bench. Kearney and Kearns are the pillars of this Storm pack and they have been consistent performers for years, but their time is winding down and the club will need to be ready when that time comes. Andrew McFadden and Alex Chan are NRL veterans hoping to force their way into the first grade squad.
KEY PLAYER HILL ? As good as Matt Orford was in 2003, he still needs Scott Hill on the field with him if Melbourne hopes to repeat their Finals performance. Hill is one of the classiest ball playing lock/five-eighths when healthy and with the trend towards converting backrowers into pivots getting out of control, he is something to savor. His damaged shoulders have put a major dent in his last few seasons and as a result his usually excellent defence has been poor, if indeed he has recovered the Storm have the best lock in the game and if he?s shifted wider one of the best five-eighths in the business. It is a nice luxury for coach Craig Bellamy to have entering the season, because he saw so little of Hill in 2003.
ONE TO WATCH TURNER ? In the recent past, a few players have had to leave their clubs because there simply wasn?t a first grade future ahead of them. Like Brett Kimmorley, Matt Orford and Clinton Schifcofske who left their clubs in search of genuine first grade opportunities, Steve Turner is hoping that greener pastures await him in Melbourne. With Rhys Wesser standing in his way at Penrith, Turner a natural fullback is looking at solidifying a spot on the wing with the Storm while regular custodian Robbie Ross plays out his career. With Billy Slater primed for a permanent move to the centres, the time seems right for Turner to take the next step into first grade. Storm and NRL fans will like what they see.
BIGGEST ADVANTAGE Olympic Park ? No team likes playing in Melbourne at the best of times, but the small confines of Olympic Park make it even worse. Since the Storm train there, they can adjust to the slippery surface and limited grass areas surrounding the actual field, visiting teams cannot. Until the running track behind the in-goals is actually covered for games at the ground, the Storm has a major advantage in defending short kicking games near their line. No one wants to cut their leg open chasing a kick in a tiny in-goal only to slide onto the unforgiving surface of an Olympic running track. Oh, there is also the rotten Melbourne weather at night, which makes Olympic Park one of the true graveyards of the NRL.
BIGGEST DISADVANTAGE Doubts Over Clubs Future ? Although the Storm have one NRL Premiership under their belts from 1998, the club is less than secure in Melbourne. With both the Central and Gold Coasts wanting a team of their own desperately, the pressure increases on the Storm to become a viable outfit both on and off the field. NSC cannot comment on the financial state of the club, but Melbourne must boost their crowd figures and become a genuine rugby league symbol in the AFL heartland. If they cannot make visible improvements in these two vital areas the club could face re-location following 2005. The players, coaching staff, management, and fans deserve to know where the future of their team lies, and the only way to do that is make inroads now. Having a team in Melbourne is important in the national scheme of things, but the Melbourne public may be too AFL obsessed to make it a viable venture.
BOTTOM LINE The Storm have a lot to like on their 2004 roster, and coach Craig Bellamy certainly left an impression on the NRL in his first year. In reality the Storm were very consistent in 2003, but quite a few teams with more talent were not, should consistency find those other sides quickly, the Storm face a mammoth battle to repeat their semi-final finish. The pieces are there for a return to the Finals but it will be much harder to achieve in 2004.
2004 STRONGEST LINEUP 1. R Ross 2. S Turner 3. B McDougall 4. S Bell 5. B Slater 6. M Geyer 7. M Orford 8. R Kearns 9. C Smith 10. R Howe 11. P Robinson 12. S Kearney ? 13. S Hill Bench 14. K Reynoldson 15. A McFadden 16. D Kidwell 17. A Chan
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Quarterback Kyle Boller informed the San Diego Chargers on Saturday that he was retiring, one day after he signed a one-year contract with the team.
The Chargers signed Boller on Friday after backup quarterback Charlie Whitehurst suffered a strained medial collateral ligament the previous day.
"He does not want to continue to play football," Chargers coach Norv Turner said of Boller, according to U-T San Diego.
Starter Philip Rivers and undrafted rookie Jarrett Lee are the only quarterbacks currently healthy enough to play on the Chargers' roster.
"Obviously, we're not going to continue with two quarterbacks," Turner added. "So we're in the process of getting someone in here."
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ok..I am a HUGE Nightmare Before Christmas fan..I found the tupperware sandwich box..I saw this picture on a website http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/japanese-bento-the-nightmare-befor... but I can't seem to find the stuff..I want I want I want :) if anyone has any leads to finding this elusive gear it would be much appreciated (have already tried ebay)
The question you asked is if anyone had EVER seen this stuff.
Yes I have, ナイトメアー ビフォアクリスマス was very popular when I first started visiting Japan in 2002 and 2003 and I saw bento boxes and diaries and lots of other goodies with these characters.
But Japan has moved on and less and less merchandising with this theme is available each year.
You can still get water bottles and coffee cups and a few other goods with NBC motifs but nothing like before.
My suggestion would be a Japanese Disney Store or somewhere like calamel.jp
I'll be visiting Tokyo Disney in just over a month and can ask there (the Disney shops there have the widest range of Disney merchandise in Japan)- but I'll be with my father-in-law and have a toddler in tow who may or may not be co-operative so I'm not sure how much time I can dedicate to this. If you know anyone else going to Tokyo Disney this could well be your best option.
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