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Family Pleasin' Shepherd's Pie and Festive Cookies
Good Monday night everyone! First of all, thanks for the great turn out for my giveaway, all of your favorite soups were right up my alley! Drumroll please…. Here are the winners of my giveaway: (my winners were chosen from random.org)
Prize #1: The Cookbooks go to Heather aka (Down Right Delish), who wrote…Gosh I love most soups so this is hard. Anything hearty. I love tomato and grilled cheese, a good potato soup, minestrone, black bean, taco soup! Hmmmmmm.
Prize #2: The Cherry Piecrust Cutters go to Steffie who wrote…I love butternut squash soup in the fall, but it's right up there w/ Pasta Fagoli!
Prize #3: The second set of Cherry Piecrust Cutters go to Sharon aka (Culinary Adventures of a New Wife) from my Classic Tuna Fish Post
Prize #4: The William Sonoma Wild West Ice Cream Molds go to Millers who wrote…Fun stuff, I love giveaways! 🙂 My favorite soup is hands down, Chicken Tortilla Soup. YUM YUM YUM
Even my 16 month loves it.
Those of you who won, please email me so I can get your prizes shipped out! Now for the rest of you, maybe next time! Until then, feast your eyes on a not so photogenic but fabulous Shepherd's Pie that the whole family will love. Easy, cheesy and Delish with a capital D!
Family Pleasin' Shepherd's Pie
Mashed Potato Topping
4 lbs peeled cubed potatoes
½ Cup butter, 1 stick
1 Cup shredded mozzarella cheese
¼ teaspoon cumin
¾ Cup warm milk
1 ¼ teaspoon salt
¾ teaspoon garlic salt, Lawry's
½ teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper
Meat and Vegetable Layer
2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
1 lb lean ground beef
½ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper
¼ teaspoon garlic salt, Lawry's
1 15 oz can green beans, drained
1 15 oz can mixed veggis, drained
26 oz can Muir Glen Fire Roasted Tomatoes, pureed in food processor or blender
2 Cups shredded cheddar cheese
1. Place potatoes in a large pot of water and boil for 10-12 minutes or until fork tender. Drain then place into a stand or electric mixer. Beat until well mashed then add remaining potato ingredients until well combined. Set aside.
2. Heat olive oil into a large skillet over medium heat. Saute onion until softened, about 5 minutes. Add ground beef, salt, pepper and garlic salt; cook until browned and crumbled. Stir in beans, vegetables and pureed tomatoes. Pour meat mixture into a 9×13 inch baking dish or individual size baking dishes. Top with mashed potatoes then sprinkle with cheddar cheese. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until cheese is melted. For crispy cheese topping bake uncovered, for oozing cheese, cover with foil after 15 minutes of baking. Enjoy!
8 servings
"Perfect For Fall" Chocolate and Cinnamon Chippers
2 sticks butter
1 Cup brown sugar
½ Cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 Cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon salt
1 Cup cinnamon chips
1 ½ Cup chocolate chips
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a stand or electric mixer cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla slowly until well combined. In a large bowl combine the flour, baking soda and salt. Slowly add to wet mixture along with the chips until just combined. Scoop onto a parchment or silpat lined baking sheet and bake for 9-11 minutes or until cooked through to your liking. Cool on cooling rack and serve.
About 36 cookies
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What a fun give away!
I am making sheperds pie tomorrow! Your sounds sooooo yummy!
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You never. never. never. never. never cease to amaze. It's midnight here and I'm actually considering a midnight run for cinnamon chips.
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Congrats to the winners!
The shepherd's pie sounds great. I've never had one before! Very comforting and perfect for fall.
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Congrats to the winners!!!
I made a Shepherd's Pie just this past Friday myself… no photo's though… they do make for a great dinner and yours looks great!
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I absolutely love those cinnamon chips. What a great baking invention! I went to the grocery store the other day and did a double take in the baking aisle… the cin. chips were on sale for $1 a bag. I came home with (literally) about 10 bags!
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I still haven't found cinnamon chips! I'm so jealous of anyone who has them!
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Sheperd's Pie is loved in my family, good hearty fall food. I can't believe that I have never heard of cinnamon chips, they sound good.
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Congratulations to the winners..enjoy your new treasures!
We LOVE Shepherd's Pie, especially this time of year. I'll have to check at the grocery store to see if the cinnamon chips are in stock-those cookies look to die for!!!
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Great dinner! I wish I could find those chips!Delicious cookies. Congrats to the winners.
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Those cookies look DIVINE!
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I just bought a bag of cinnamon chips to try out. I still can't find the pumpkin kisses you found, but I'm still on the hunt for them.
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Hi Emily,
Don't you love shepher's pie? I've never had one that I don't like.
Thanks conversationswithacupcake! Go get those cinnamon chips, they are the best!
Oh Emiline,
Do try one someday. Total comfort food!
Hi Lucy,
Yes, shepherd's pie makes a great dinner. Definitely no complaints.
Are you kidding me Lori!? I'd have bought a whole cart full too!!
Drats Patsy,
I hate that I can't get them here either!
No cinnamon chips huh? They are a delight that's for sure.
Hi Carol,
It is the perfect comfort food. So warm and hearty.
Hi Lisa,
Yah those little cinnamon chips can be tricky to find.
Thanks Janseen!
Hi allie,
Best of luck with those kisses, those are tricky to find too.
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Wow, as usual both the shepherd's pie and the cookies look wonderful! Have you searched throughout AZ for the cinnamon chips or just in the Valley? I've never really looked for them up…but if I do find some up here in Prescott, I'll let you know. 🙂
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Congratz to the winners!
Shepherds pie rules. I used to order it at this bar near my old house all the time. They did it with a mix of lamb and beef, it was killer.
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I love shepherds pie. I can get cinnamon chips around Christmas here. I usually put a couple bags in the freezer.
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hey! looks so yummy.. i actually live in utah.. do you know where you can get the cinnamon chips? and as always, i love your posts!
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What great recipes, Jenny. I've finally found cinnamon chips, so I'll be giving the cookies a shot.
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Hi Sara,
That would be great, let me know if you find anything out.
Hi Bob,
That shepherd's pie sounds great.
Hi Candy,
That's what I was hoping for this year in AZ, but so far no luck even for the holidays.
Hi Jayna,
I know it was from Albertsons, but not sure what town.
Hi Mary,
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I missed the give away darn it! But I love BOTH of your recipes Jenny! My family loves shepards pie and those cookies!! They are thick and delicious !! Just the way I like 'em. Great post!
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i love cinnamon chip cookies! good think i have some chips left over from last year!
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I will definitely be making this shepherd's pie soon. The cookies look incredible.
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I found CINNAMON CHIPS here at http://www.gygi.com. LOVE THE RECIPES!!
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Shepherds pie is sooooo delish! I should probably make some this week! Yours looks wonderful!
Love the cookies too!
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Congrats to the winners! What a great looking shepherd's pie and yummy chippers!!
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Wow, I sure lost out not being a weekend blogger. But then again, I was MIA on Monday too playing hookie from work. That'll go to show me. You had a great turnout for your giveaway. Awesome!!!!!!!
This shepherd's pie looks awesome as do the cookies!!!!
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Those cookies look so good. Now I"m going to be on the hunt for cinnamon chips.
Allie, I'm pretty sure the pumpkin kisses are only sold at Target. I've bought a million bags from there.
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Oops. I was logged in as my husband. Maybe I'll make shepherd's pie sometime. I've never made it, but I ate it growing up. I wonder if they sell cinnamon chips here in New Mexico. I hope.
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You can make your own cinnamon chips! Now, I'm not sure if its the same as what's in the bag, but I've been making cinnamon chips that I put in scones for years. They're so easy – here's the recipe:
1/3 c. sugar
1 1/2 T cinnamon
1 T crisco (or whatever shortening)
1 T light corn syrup
1. Heat over to 300.
2. Mix all 4 in small bowl with fork until uniform and crumbly.
3. Spread on foil-lined baking sheet and bake until melted and crumbly (about 10-15 minutes)
4. Cool completely and then break into small. (I do this in a ziplock and just beat it with a rolling pin)
Hope that helps some of you!
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A love shepards pie. I really think of it as comfort food. I hope my markets have these cinnamon chips–I must make these cookies!
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that looks soo good, especially on those chilly days. too bad i didn't win…but congrats to the winners!
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These really do look PERFECT for fall. Where do you find cinnamon chips? I can never find them in my grocery store's baking aisle!
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The pie looks amazing. I've never made a shepherd's pie but I want to now. The cookies sound great too. I love chocolate with cinnamon.
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Yum!! Looks delicious! Love those cookies!!
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Hey, I live in Utah, but I've never heard of cinnamon chips! Where do I get them? Those cookies look amazing.
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I'm going to have to get some of those cinnamon chips from someone elsewhere… those cookies look wonderful and my husband would die for that shepherds pie!
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Looks like you still have a stash of those cinnamon chips!! Both the shepherd's pie and the cookies look great!
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Shepherd's pie is so great for this time of year. I actually had the most unique one ever at a restaurant last night – lobster! It was just like the usual version, but had big chunks of lobster and a lobster bisque all around. So strange, but so good!
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Congrats to the winners. I love your sweet endings. Cinnamon chips are so good. I just stocked up!
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Those are my kind of cookies, you know that right? Congratulations to the winner, I hope they have fun with all the nice winnings!
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thanks for this recipe…i just made this sheperds pie though i improvised a bit since i don't have some of the ingredients…the result…superbly yummy!!!
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YUM!! We're makin' cookies tomorrow!! Congrats on all the givaway winners!
:0) Mandy
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p.s. those WS ice cream molds are PERFECT for making molded hard-boiled eggs, I have that set (as well as the barnyard ones) and my kids love them!! Just peel the eggs while warm, put them in the mold, press the plunger down, secure with a rubber band, and drop in a bowl of cold water until cooled. They come out so cute!
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Love those cookies! What tasty add in's!
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Oh, those cookies look wonderful! I've never used (or seen) cinnamon chips. They sound perfect…must find!
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My dad always reminisces about the shepherd's pie from his childhood, and yet I've never had it1
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Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving me a note! Your blog looks very, very tasty and I adore the heels, honey. 😀
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That will be a warming meal in december it does get cold here in arizona
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What a coincidence, I made sheperds pie also. Mine was with lentils instead of beef.
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I love sheperd's pie! I can't wait to try this recipe.
I also have 3 (yes, 3!) bags of cinnamon chips waiting to be used. It looks like you just gave me my dinner and dessert! 🙂
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WOW those are some great recipes…. Can i have two servings of the pie and 3 cookies please:).. Love it
thanks for sharing
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Congrats to all the winners! I don't think I've ever seen 531 comments!!! You are amazing Jenny with your following! Congrats to you!! I'm glad you posted these cookies with the cinnamon chips, I bought a couple bags at the Hershey store in downtown Chicago, a few months back and haven't used them yet. Thanks!
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YUM! Chocolate and cinnamon combined in a cookie!
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What? You can't get cinnamon chips in AZ? Lame! I need to bring some out for my sis when I come in a few weeks then. Those cookies look SO SO good. I love how thick they are! Your shepherds pie looks delish too. I might even be able to trick my kids into eating it with all that yummy cheese on top.
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Yummy stuff. I haven't made shepherd's pie for a long time, but use to make it at least weekly. Love the big puffy look to the cookies–reminds me of Anna, Rita and I's hard boiled egg ones. How do you do it? 😉
Congrats to the giveaway winners!
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Shepherd's pie is always a winner in my book and oh my cinnamon chips, wish I could find them somewhere….someday
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Sheperds pie is so good, it's something I really look forward to when the weather gets cold.
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Yea! How exciting!! Thanks 🙂 These cookies look beyond delicious.
I made your ricotta pizza pie the other night and we loved it! The only issue we had was that the bottom crust was a little soggy but that might have been my fault. I should have drained the broccoli a little better. Thanks for the great recipe!
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Just moved to Utah and the Albertson's had a sale on those yummy cinnamon chips! I got them for 70 cents a bag–I wish I would have bought more–My freezer is full though.
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Anything with mashed potatoes is a hit at my house. If I also made the cookies, I would be happy to have a midnight snack.
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What a perfect dinner for fall and the cookies look amazing!
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I love Shepherd's Pie. It's such comfort food for me because my Mom made it all the time when I was growing up. Every time I eat it now it brings me back. I've never tried it with tomatoes though. That sounds delicious!
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Loved the Shepards pie recipe. My favorite part was the mashed potato topping. Much better than using just regular mashed potatoes. I can't wait to try the festive cookies next.
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Wow! Thanks for taking the time to share this with us! Our members would love this!
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How do you get your cookies so thick and cake like? I have tried alot of different things! Do you use special flour, or is it the special silpat liners?? I need the secret, I have tried a gazillion of your recipes and I just can't seem to make them look as tasty as yours!! HELP
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I live in Utah and am wondering where you can find cinnamon chips. Thanks and I love your blog.
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I finally got my hands on cinnamon chips… and made these cookies! OMG! They are sooo good! I'm linking to your recipe on my blog tonight… everyone should try these!
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where does one get Cinnamon chips *even in Utah? I'm from AZ, but have family in UT who may be able to hook me up.
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What do you bake at? 350?
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I made this for Saturday AM breakfast…AWESOME! My husband loved it! I did add some un-thawed/frozen/dried spinach to add color (just stirred it in with the onions during the last few minutes). I will make it again and I might add a tsp. of Italian seasonings. I did not add the cumin to the potatoes as I don't care for cumin. I am going to work on doing some 'the-night-before' prep when I make it again for breakfast. Looking forward to sharing it with my family during Thanksgiving.
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Would be nice to know what temp. to bake the Sheppards Pie


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Judge Jeffrey Viken said city employees' decisions concerning Dick and Jane's Naughty Spot were based on vague zoning regulations and were not constitutionally sound. City officials didn't comment on the ruling.
Business owner David Eliason last spring agreed to move his business to a new, approved site in a deal with prosecutors who had charged him with violating a state law limiting where adult-theme businesses can be located. Eliason later decided to fight in court.
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What's Your Bridal Personality?
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The Beauty Routine
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The couple celebrated their nuptials coast-to-coast in true rockstar style! After saying "I do" in London, Stefani and husband Gavin Rossdale jetted to L.A. for a second reception hosted in record mogul Jimmy Iovine's opulent mansion.
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Infanticipating … Mary and Jason Wade are expecting identical twin boys in October, and their good pals Meredith and Bert Reiner will also welcome twins (a boy and girl) one week later. Congratulations to the two precious couples!
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Technology: The Legal Issues of Advertising Online and Through Social Media
Advertising, Marketing and Social Media group members Christopher D. Mickus and Andrew G. May authored an article for InsideCounsel entitled "Technology: The Legal Issues of Advertising Online and Through Social Media" on August 9, 2013. Text of the article is below:
With social media's use rapidly expanding, advertisers should learn the legal hurdles that come with the new landscape.
Social media is quickly becoming the preferred method for advertisers to reach consumers. According to one study, revenue derived from advertising in the social media space is expected to exceed $6 billion by 2015. As advertising through social media continues to grow and expand, it is important for advertisers and agencies to understand the legal and regulatory requirements that apply.
Over the next several weeks, we will highlight some of the important legal issues that advertisers and agencies face when advertising through social media platforms. In this series of articles, we will examine:
Controlling and monitoring social media to protect a brand
The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) March 2013 guidelines regarding effective online disclosures and the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) guidance regarding the use of social media to disclose material information
The Twitter and Facebook terms of use regarding advertising, promotions and data collection and use
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act as it relates to social media
The industry self-regulatory side of digital place-based advertising
As a starting point, it is important to remember that the same rules and regulations that govern traditional advertising apply in the social media context. This means that the advertisement must be truthful (and not misleading or deceptive), the claims made in the advertisement must be substantiated (backed by evidence), and the advertisement cannot be unfair. The FTC recently made clear that the rules as expressed in its new guidance are platform and device neutral and that it "will continue to enforce its consumer protection laws," and "evaluate online advertising, using traditional criteria, while recognizing the challenges that may be presented by future innovations."
In our next column, we will explore how companies can protect their brand when advertising through social media. Advertisers must ensure the proper use of their intellectual property by internal and external teams and protect against the improper use of that intellectual property by a third parties. Agencies responsible for creating and deploying social media content must also understand what they can and cannot do. Protecting the brand in the social media space is challenging and requires proactive measures. We will explain what you need to know in the next article.
Then, we will discuss the FTC's guidelines for online advertising. In 2013, the FTC updated its guidelines for online advertising for the first time since 2000 (before Facebook and Twitter even existed). We will examine the FTC's March 2013 .com Disclosures: How to Make Effective Disclosures in Digital Advertising (".com Disclosures"), as well as the SEC's April 2, 2013, guidance regarding the use of social media to disclose corporate earnings and other "material" financial information.
(As to the former, the good news is that the FTC did not dramatically change the landscape so much as it confirmed how existing rules apply to the evolving digital and social media advertising space. As to the latter, the SEC's guidance confirms that Regulation FD evaluation "is always a facts-and-circumstances" exercise and "communications through social media channels requires careful Regulation FD analysis.")
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Tie votes split 3-3 along party lines* have become par for the course at the Federal Election Comission (FEC), which requires a four vote majority to take any action. In the latest deadlock, the FEC failed to take up the task of making rules to comply with last year's Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC. The result has been increasing uncertainty about campaign finance rules, as well as a Wild West environment where Sean Hannity is permitted to use his position as host of a radio program (paid for by Clear Channel Communications) to openly solicit contributions (.pdf) for a Republican candidate.
Following the Citizens United decision that struck down several campaign finance regulations related to corporate speech, the FEC needed to officially remove these regulations from the books through a formal rulemaking process. They attempted to begin that process late last month.
The Democratic commissioners offered a proposal (.pdf) suggesting that the public be allowed to weigh in on whether the FEC should also implement new regulations to fill in the gaps created by the Supreme Court's decision that corporations could run political ads. Should the public have a say as to whether current disclosure rules require something more than disclaimers like, "Paid for by Americans for Mom and Apple Pie" on political ads run by shell entities created by corporate interests? The Republican commissioners said no, accusing the Democratic commissioners of holding the process of eliminating the defunct regulations hostage to their quest for more regulation of speech.
Who is at fault? Observers of the FEC have long argued that the Republican commissioners are stonewalling any effort at enforcing the law. Republican commissioners and their supporters have begun firing back, saying that everyone agrees these old regulations must be taken off the books, and if the Democratic commissioners would leave it at that there would be no deadlock. After the old regulations are struck from the books, Republicans say the new regulations sought by the Democratic comissioners could be taken up in a separate rulemaking process.
It's an insincere position for many reasons, not the least of which is the Republican commissioners' deeply-held belief that there should be no such additional regulation; one GOP commissioner was quoted as saying, "The last thing we need is even more regulation." Even if the newly sought regulations were included in a separate rulemaking process, the Republican commissioners have signaled they would again vote as a bloc to prevent the process from going forward. The Republican commissioners are hiding behind their anti-regulatory ideology as an excuse to deny the public an opportunity to exercise their First Amendment rights.
There is no harm in leaving the old regulations on the books. Eventually, the regulations need to be taken off of the books, but that's merely a housekeeping matter. When the Supreme Court overruled the regulations in question the FEC immediately (a year ago now) issued a statement saying it would not seek to enforce them, a position that they have abided by. The feigned urgency of removing these regulations is a symbol of the Republican commissioners' desire to deregulate our political system and nothing more; as the same GOP commissioner put it, this is a rare opportunity to shrink the Code of Federal Regulations, as though the existence of a regulation is reason enough to abolish it. In contrast, the Republican commissioners' vote to block necessary new regulations comes with a substantial cost: it leaves corporations free to game the system of existing disclosure requirements in order to clandestinely impact our elections. We saw Target attempt to do so in Minnesota last year, and other corporations that we haven't found out about yet (and maybe never will) surely did the same.
Disclosure is the lifeblood of our campaign finance laws. There is a clear need to adjust the campaign finance disclosure regime in response to the introduction of corporations into the campaign finance business, courtesy of the Supreme Court. The FEC, with three Republican commissioners dead set against any new regulation, appears unable to meet this challenge. What to do about their inability to act will be the topic of a panel I am planning to moderate entitled, "The FEC: Friend or Foe?" at this year's Netroots Nation convention June 16-19 in Minneapolis. A group of experts and practitioners before the FEC will discuss what's causing the deadlock and how to address it. If you'll be at Netroots Nation, keep an eye out for the panel; and if you aren't yet planning to attend, hopefully I've convinced you to stop by and find out the rest of the story.
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Continuous Delivery is Mainstream—So What's the Problem?
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A new Infinite Undo blog article provides some great examples from Google, Amazon and Facebook that demonstrate that "Continuous Delivery is mainstream." Core practices and techniques that support DevOps and continuous delivery have been around for years. Not only is continuous delivery possible, but surveys are demonstrating that there is significant value in embracing continuous delivery. The 2013 DevOps Survey showed that high-performing organizations are delivering 30x more frequent releases than their peers and with much greater reliability—12x faster Mean Time to Recover (MTTR).
So What's the Problem?
For every successful organization engaging in continuous delivery, there are many, many others that are struggling. Difficulties include buy-in from management or other teams who do not understand the value, inability to work across silos and lack of tooling (lack of support). These are standard problems in the area of leading change.
One Size Does not fit all
I'd like to suggest that the greatest challenge enterprises have is learning how to transform efficiently by embracing the process of continuous change, and with Agile, Lean and DevOps, the fundamental nature of each is continuous learning and continuous improvement. Enterprises are typically not starting from green field development. We're often integrating systems of engagement with systems of record. We're creating systems of interaction in complex environments with complex context. The effort required to change is enormous and does not happen overnight—even when executives and employees are all supportive of the effort to change (which is rarer than some change agents might like).
Successful Transformation is Collaborative
A single enterprise may be engaging in different types of development. In a single enterprise, we may have teams working on packaged software delivery, others engaging in web application development and others working on embedded product delivery with both hardware and software components. What works for one may not work for another for good reason. Forcing one set of practices, process and tools "top-down" is not likely to yield optimal results for the enterprise as a whole. Management and leadership in the 21st century require a collaborative approach with self-organizing teams. (See Steve Denning's Leader's Guide to Radical Management). Successful change and transformation is collaborative (top-down, bottom-up and side-to-side) and on-going.
Enabling Continuous Learning and Improvement is Key
There are often silos that exist across the different functional areas and across lines of business. In many organizations that are new to DevOps, we see that test, development, design, technical writing, operations and system administration all have different reporting structures within the same or different business units. Breaking down the silos is necessary not only to enable cross-functional teams, but to enable organizational learning. Too often, I encounter organizations in which some teams are completely unaware of the progress and lessons learned by other teams. This impedes the enterprise from exceling.
To excel as an enterprise—to optimize the whole—we have to understand not only what the technical practices of DevOps are, but how we can help our organization to make the necessary changes by embracing continuous learning and continuous improvement.
Continuous learning and improvement is a hot topic for the DevOps Community throughout 2014. There will continue to be many opportunities to participate in workgroups delivering whitepapers, book clubs engaging in animated discussions, webinars with Q&A to discuss lessons learned and so much more.
Join us for the first topic of 2014—a book club discussion group addressing "A Leader's Guide to Radical Management." Learn more about collaborative leadership for transformation and how you can help your team and organization become its best.


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I think one of the greatest pleasures in life is rejoicing in the successes of your friends. Now, I will admit that I've known a few writer who seem to view other writers' successes as some sort of rivalry. "If you make the New York Times Bestseller list and I do not, it must be because you took my spot on it!" Or something like that. I confess, I've never been able to make sense of that sort of 'writers as competitors' attitude.
Instead, what makes me really happy is to watch friends succeed. I like to read books in manuscript and blurb them, though far too often, by the time I get around to reading it, it's out in mass market paperback! Research and writing seem to take up more and more of my time, with less and less time to spend on reading for pleasure. Sad to say, I think this is true of every author I know.
And then there are the books that I will probably never get to read, even though they are written by wonderful friends. Attending international festivals such as Imaginales or Utopiales in France, or Trolls&Legendes in Belgium has allowed me to meet many fellow writers whose works have never been translated into English. It makes me feel a bit odd that my author friends are able to read my stories in translation or, for the many European writers who are multi-lingual, in the original English, while the best I can do is look at their cover art and grope my way through a few pages.
Above you glimpse the cover for Nathalie Dau's most recent novel. Here is the cover description in French:
Les Mages Bleus, servants de l'Équilibre, ont été décimés, mais l'un des leurs a survécu au prix de son honneur, motivé par le besoin impérieux de transmettre la vie.
Le jeune Cerdric, né bréon de la noble famille Tirbald, va, quant à lui, affronter une mère qui ne l'a pas désiré, un monde qui semble incapable de l'aimer.
Et si la solution à ses tourments résidait dans la Marche voisine, là où vit son mystérieux père, en exil ?
Mais au terme de son voyage, Cerdric recevra surtout le poids d'un secret terriblement lourd à porter : celui de la Somme des Rêves, une espérance de renouveau pour ceux qui refusent de s'incliner devant les dieux…
And for those of you who, like me, are limited to English, the teasing translation of a book we cannot read:
The Blue Wizards, servants of the Balance, have been slaughtered, but one of them managed to survive, though losing his honour in the process, feeling an overwhelming need to spread life.
Young Cedric, from the noble family Tirbald, will be confronted with a mother who never wanted a child in a world that seems devoid of any love.
What if the remedy to his woes laid in the neighborhood March, where his mysterious, exiled father lives ?
But at the end of his journey, Cerdric will mostly receive an terrible burden, a tremendous secret : The Sum of all Dreams, also a formidable hope for those who refuses to bow down before the Gods…
The title translation is Sum of Dreams. Cover art by Mathieu Coudray.
While I cannot read this book to blurb it, what I can tell you is that I've found Nathalie Dau to be charming, intelligent and clever. And thus I expect you will find this to be true of her book as well. Here is a brief glimpse of her in an interview at Imaginales.
Congratulations, Nathalie! May your book find all the success it deserves!


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I returned from a month-long early summer hibernation to find that the Oilers were up to their old tricks again - even though they jettisoned Steve Tambellini! Imagine! Some good things happened too, but that stench of questionable management is still lingering like a tuna sandwich under the couch cushions.
We'll get to Andrew Ference a little later, but first some notes on the draft:
I will reserve judgement on the Oilers' picks past the first round because nobody ever really knows what they're going to get after the better names start to get called. As for the Nurse pick, it's fine. At my other sometimes-home the Copper and Blue they've been doing a brilliant job summarizing recent events, and Derek Zona spoke to three scouts who talked glowingly about Nurse. Comparing Nurse to some other recently drafted defensemen, he seems to be a very good prospect indeed. My favorite tidbit from an unnamed NHL amateur scout:
"He's the best defenseman in the draft in 2010, equal to Larsson and very close to Murray, though not nearly as polished in his own end as Murray."
That's high praise, especially considering the fact that Adam Larsson and Ryan Murray were very much in the conversation for the first overall pick in their draft years. Oilers fans would have loved to get Nugent-Hopkins and Larsson or Yakupov and Murray, and now it seems that they have more or less got their wish.
David Clarkson - There are rumors that the Oilers offered more money than Toronto for Clarkson's services; a thing which must be considered completely insane. I would have been upset with a five year deal at $5 million for Clarkson, but if we're talking about the seven year, $6 million range then Mac T has gone off the deep end. Clarkson will be 36 at the end of his new deal, and hockey players typically start to break down well before that.
Amazingly, the contract is structured in such a way that Clarkson will be paid the most annual money - $7 million per - in the fourth and fifth years of the deal, right around the time that the Leafs will want to buy him out. Will Clarkson be a $7 million forward in Toronto at age 32? Time will tell, but I wouldn't bet on it.
The Oilers got very lucky that he turned them down, which makes things right as rain on this front.
Andrew Ference - Here we are at last. Ference is a good old Edmonton boy who has carved out a nice 13 year career and signed on in his home town for another four. It'd be a good story except for the fact that he's 34 damned years old. Once again I must echo Zona's words, in that Ference is a prime candidate for a buyout before too long.
Oh sure, he had the third-highest amount of ice time among Boston's defense this past year, and played the fourth-most in the playoffs on a Stanley Cup finalist. Unfortunately, 2012-13 is a long way from 2016-17 when you're already 34 years old and Edmonton's meager defense is a long way from that of Boston. It's much easier to look good when you've got Zdeno Chara playing almost half the game and obliterating the tough competition.
When things go sideways with Ference, as they inevitably will, there's no way the Oilers will be able to rid themselves of his $3.25 million cap hit. Nobody is likely to take it in a trade, and even if someone would the Oilers gave him a No Move Clause which allows him to kibosh a transaction.
His shot differential results were, uh, poor, despite middling 50.3% offensive zone starts, and he wasn't exactly doing the heavy lifting. Ference is better than Ryan Whitney by virtue of not being Ryan Whitney, but he's essentially a depth defenseman who isn't going to turn this thing around. Now that the Oilers have eight defenders under contract, it opens the door for them to trade a younger, better player in Nick Schultz. Do not want.
Boyd Gordon - This was a good one, especially now that the Oilers have traded Shawn Horcoff and bought out Eric Belanger. $3 million is a big raise, but that's okay. He'll be 30 in October, which isn't such a bad thing for a center who is going to be relied upon to take important draws and do pretty much all the hard work. He took 789 draws in 2013 and won 57.3% of them, and he has been consistently excellent in that regard. Faced an uphill battle - to say the least - every night in Phoenix, and yet, amazingly, he did okay.
Great addition to the Oilers, who need someone to take all those hard minutes in order to free up the likes of Nail Yakupov and the rest.
Jason LaBarbera - Exactly what the Oilers needed: a backup not named Khabibulin. I'd be perfectly comfortable with Devan Dubnyk carrying the load in 2013-14, and all this big game hunting with the likes of Corey Schneider is unnecessary expenditure of assets that could be used to shore up the team's real areas of need. LaBarbera gives the Oilers a solid backup who they can trust when resting their starter, and for the low price of just $1 million. Inexplicably, the Chicago Blackhawks gave 40 YEAR OLD Nikolai Khabibulin $2 million to be terrible, while the Oilers spent less and got better. Thumbs up.
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For Android tablet fans, the Asus Transformer Prime TF201 represented that moment when they could say to their iPad 2-toting buddies: "Hey! I have something thinner, lighter, and -- at least on paper -- more powerful than you do. Also: keyboard! Ba-bam!"
Well, there's the possibility it didn't go quite like that, but I think you get my point.
Still, the Prime had some GPS issues and its Wi-Fi speed wasn't as high as some expected. And by "some," I mean me. Also, starting at $500, it wasn't exactly cheap.
Enter the Asus Transformer Pad TF300 Series. The TF300 starts at $380 for 16GB of storage, comes with Android 4.0.3 installed, replaces the Prime's metal unibody with plastic, lowers the speed of its Tegra 3 processor, and removes the flashlight from the rear 8-megapixel camera.
Are those changes enough to diminish the enthusiasm tablet enthusiasts should have for this new tablet? I'll give you a hint: No.
Again, if you took the Transformer Prime TF201, added a few millimeters of girth, replaced its aluminum unibody with plastic, and made it slightly heavier, you'd essentially have the Transformer Pad TF300. There are a few other design differences, but those are the basics.
The TF300 measures 0.38 inch thick -- compared with the Prime's 0.32-inch thickness -- and the plastic outer shell doesn't feel quite as sturdy or as full as the Prime's metal body does. Those differences are readily apparent (although the TF300 is still relatively thin compared with most tablets); however, without using a scale, I initially had trouble discerning which was heavier. In fact, the TF300 weighs 1.4 pounds, 0.08 pound more than the Prime.
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Our TF300 model sported a Royal Blue finish with a finely grooved back and an embossed silver Asus logo in the middle. Other, less regal-sounding colors, Torch Red and Iceberg White, will be released in June. Along the right side of the back is a 1.5-inch-long speaker grille slit, replacing the basic speaker holes on the Prime.
The TF300 brings over every physical slot and input from the Prime. Along its left edge sit a Micro-HDMI input, a microSD slot, and a volume rocker that protrudes more dramatically from the tablet's body than on the Prime. An equally protruding -- and now easily depressible -- power/sleep button pokes out from the top edge. The 1.2-megapixel front camera and 8-megapixel back camera from the Prime are here, however, sans an LED flashlight.
The TF300 now -- even more easily than the Prime did -- slides into its keyboard dock. If you own a Prime, you can also place it in the TF300's dock. Attempting the opposite, though, isn't advised. While technically you can force the TF300 into the Prime's dock, it never fully locks into place. Also, you're probably risking damaging the connector by doing so. Officially the TF300 is not compatible with the Prime's dock, so don't expect much help from Asus if you damage something by going down this ill-advised path.
The keyboard dock itself feels identical to the Prime's aside from its plastic body, with the only other major difference being that the USB port has a cover that remains adhered to the device when you open it. The keyboard still feels comfortable, if maybe slightly cramped for large hands like mine, and while the buttons are smaller than a MacBook Air's, they're fairly soft and well-spaced. Using this keyboard on a regular basis wouldn't be my first choice, but I could see myself getting used to its somewhat cramped (for my hands) feel after a while. Still, with Asus reverting to plastic, I'm a bit perplexed as to why the TF300 keyboard costs the same as the Prime's. They're both $150, but like the tablets themselves, the slightly heavier metal body of the Prime's keyboard just feels like it's a better-built device.
Software features
The TF300 is the first Asus tablet to come preinstalled with Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich), and while it's the best version of the Android OS yet, unfortunately for the TF300, it still lags behind iOS in app support. Check out the Ice Cream Sandwich section of the Transformer Prime TF201 review for details on what Ice Cream Sandwich brings to the table over the previous version the Android operating system, Honeycomb.
The TF300 also comes with plenty of Asus goodies installed. Once you register the TF300, Asus MyCloud gives you 8GB of free cloud-based storage space for the lifetime of the tablet, at Asus WebStorage. It also provides remote access to the desktop of a PC or Mac and connects you to the @Vibe online music and radio service.
The File Manager accesses the TF300's root directory, providing easy and organized access to every file on your drive or expanded memory unit. MyNet lets you stream content to DLNA-enabled devices on your network, and with MyLibrary, Asus' e-reader software, you can read and purchase new books directly through the interface.
With SuperNote you can not only type notes, but "write" notes with your fingers as well. You can also draw graphs and take pictures or video right from the interface. This could be especially useful for taking notes in a class or maybe getting in a little Draw Something practice.
With App Backup you can back up any installed application to the internal storage or microSD card. This makes it so you can reset your tablet without losing apps or app data. The Prime also comes with a free Polaris Office app that pretty successfully approximates Microsoft Office, allowing users to create PowerPoint, Word, and Excel docs. Finally, App Locker lets you password-protect any app on your tablet, preventing anyone from opening it unless the correct password is entered.
Via Asus' tweaks to the Android interface, you can choose to run the Tegra 3 CPU in normal, balanced, or power-saving mode. While in normal mode, the CPU runs at full speed. In balanced mode and power-saving mode, the CPU speed is throttled to save on battery life. This CPU-throttling feature was also on the Prime, and I'm still waiting for other vendors to adopt similar modes, as they are pretty useful.


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ADDISON COUNTY — According to recently released 2010 U.S. Census data, 15 Addison County towns gained residents in the past decade, while the other eight communities' population bases shrank. The numbers also show that the population on the whole is getting older.
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My own odyssey into family history and genealogy began when, as a small child, I first heard my mother speak of her grandmother - Eliza Judd. The very sound of her name filled me with wondrous images of a pioneer ancestor, strong and soft, hearty and gentle. These early images have been born out in all the research I have found on her. Throughout my childhood and teenage years I was always eager to eavesdrop when my parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles were gathered, hoping to catch a tidbit of the story of Eliza.
Three women: my grandmother Alice Bridgeman Dowling, my great-aunt Catherine Bridgeman Keife, and my beloved mother Eileen Dowling Foote were most precious to me in keeping my hopes up. Each had known Eliza and each gave to me not only of their memories but also a personal heirloom which had once belonged to Eliza. From my grandmother I received Eliza Judd's Bible which contains recordings of marriages, births and deaths written in her own hand; a truly priceless and cherished gift. From my great-aunt I was given the wonderful and compelling book, "Philip Judd and his Descendants", which I later gave to her daughter and is now enriching her family.
And from my mother I was given the truly magnificent gift of a hand pieced quilt top made by Eliza in her golden years. This gift has kept them all close to me in a most personal way.
The quilt itself was not completed before Eliza's death, she had managed only to piece together the top – no batting, and no backing. By the time it became mine a few small areas of fabric had literally fallen apart and much of the stitching was disintegrating. When one receives a quilt made by an ancestor one is charged with the responsibility of preserving and maintaining this uniquely female art form. An antique quilt represents so many areas of a woman's life. The quilt of Eliza Judd is composed of nearly fifty different fabrics, and it takes only a short time to realize that these small pieces of material each hold a story of their own. Ginghams and calicoes, broadcloth, sturdy cottons and, joyfully, tiny squares of fine linen which were, perhaps, once a part of her very best Sunday blouse. Stripes and polka dots, florals and geometrics, checks and paisleys. Shades and hues of reds, and browns, blues, and grays, and even a faded floral chintz.
Careful restoration has been required. Working from the back where I could envision the delicate hand which produced the tiny stitches, I have allowed myself to fantasize as to the origins of the various fabrics. Was that brown and tan check from a work shirt worn by my great-grandfather, and did the blue, checked gingham once form an apron donned daily in her kitchen? This plain gray cotton, given life in her imaginative pairing with a bright red calico, was it a portion of a boys everyday school pants? Were the now faded roses on chintz once flowing curtains or slipcovers to adorn her parlor? And this tiny, delicate pink and white linen, can I dream that it was a perky little dress worn by a scrubbed and shining daughter, or a granddaughter, maybe even my mother!
These are the thoughts which filled the hours as I carefully and respectfully stitched away at the underside, the true heart of this lovely quilt. Each small section was in need of new seams. I have left Eliza's own stitches, far more delicate than mine, in place, and have tried to stitch carefully along side of them. The intent was not to in any way destroy her seams, rather to preserve and reinforce them. I have used a cotton wrapped, polyester thread with the hope that it will add a longer life span. Sadly, two sections contained fabric which was beyond saving. These I was forced to repair with new material, replacing only those pieces which were completely lost to time. I used a red and white polka-dot, piecing it in to conform to her original design. And it is that same red and white polka-dot which I chose for the backing of this quilt. For this is not a quilt of the "fancy" variety. Nowhere in its design is it suggested that this quilt was intended for more than a functional covering, one which would add warmth and color to an ordinary bed. There is no balancing of the fabrics and colors to form an overall large scale motif, instead each square represents its own lively selection of random fabrics. Only in the individual squares is there correspondence of colors and only through the collectiveness of the squares does a conformity of pattern exist. From this very unusual method emerges a visual landscape of immense variety fashioned into a square and triangle geometric whole.
No rush has guided me. I have spent years at the frame, sometimes setting it aside for months on end, and then returning to it when time and mood were needing the calm and soothing rhythm of needle and thread. During the times when I have set it aside I have kept it, no matter its unfinished state, in a place of prominence in my living room. And as the years have passed it has never failed to be the focal point, for me, of warmth and coziness in an ever changing home - with children being born, and more children being fostered and adopted, growing to young adulthood, and off on their own, all the while careful in their normal boisterous play never to spill, topple, or tear the treasured quilt. Life has changed in uncountable ways, there have been apartments and homes, sparse and opulent. But the quilt has blended with whatever surroundings, as appropriate alongside a Duncan Pfyfe table covered with lace and crystal as a little Windsor rocker with a silly but loved pillow shaped like a chicken.
Now I am middle aged and have entered a new phase in my life. I am alone with yet two more children to raise. Gone are the big houses and the comings and goings of so many people, adult and child. I have settled into a small little farm house, just myself, my girls, the dog and the cat. There is still much unpacking to be done, places to designate for the collections of nearly half a century. But the quilt is in the living room. It was among the first of the possessions to be unpacked and quickly situated in a place of honor, near to my favorite "settin" spot and handy for when I want to stitch. It is nearly completed. Perhaps another month of now and then nights before the television. The girls sense an excitement, at last it will be done. They cannot know that I am already feeling a loss. What will replace the comfort is has given me in joyful days, and sad and wretched nights? Shall I begin a new one, of my own design? Shall I return to the embroidery I loved so as a girl? Should I learn how to crochet, as my grandmother once did? And what will I do with the oh so special quilt I have shared in making with Eliza Judd? Where will I put it? On my bed? What if something were spilled or the cat decided to nap there fresh from a morning in the fields chasing after mice and birds and covered in newly tilled soil! Perhaps I could hang it on the wall as is the fashion nowadays. But what would Eliza think of that? Just an old quilt, not fancy, never heard of hanging one on the parlor wall. Still I must have it near me, so I believe I shall keep it folded and laid casually on my little love-seat, ready to curl up in while I enjoy a good book and a cup of tea. And they will be near also, these women who gave me life, my mother, my grandmother, my great-aunt, and my great-grandmother, Eliza Judd - always enveloping me with their love, sustaining my life through the folds of an old quilt.
"Eliza's Quilt" was actually written in 1992, nearly 20 years ago. I had just gone through an extremely difficult divorce and had moved into a small "Tenants House" on a farm in south central Wisconsin. It was remote, it was peaceful, it was surrounded by fields, forests, and wildlife. I was there to lick my wounds. This is a true story, written before the age of blogs or self-publishing. I saved it, and am now (with some slight amount of editing), finally, able to share it with kindred souls.


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VoIP stands for Voice Over Internet Protocol and it is also known as Internet Telephony. If you have high-speed Internet (cable/DSL, LAN) on your computer, you can connect your phone to your computer and make calls that way. So, you are basically making telephone calls over your computer. You must have a special adapter for this to work, but when you do, you plug your phone line into the adapter instead of plugging it into the wall jack. The adapter is then plugged into your Internet modem, which allows VoIP to convert the voice signal from the phone line into a data that is able to travel over the Internet.
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