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HYDE PARK, Thursday—Since there are so many people who are interested in Fala, I must report that he gave his family a very bad 24 hours one day last week.
I took all the dogs walking before breakfast in the woods. Just as we reached the point where we always turn homeward, all three dogs made a dash after something they saw scurrying along the ground. Up and over the rocks and away through the hemlock trees they went. I called and called and called in vain. Anyone who has Scotties will understand the strange way they have of proceeding on their own business regardless of how much training they have received.
They must have been wrapped up in this chase, and there was spring in the air as well.
As I walked on in lonely contemplation toward home, Frannie, remembering her four puppies at home, came helter-skelter out of the woods behind me and accompanied me sedately the rest of the way. But there were no signs of Fala or Tamas.
When something like this happens I always think of Dorothy Canfield Fisher's story of the old grandfather who took his grandson to the county fair and nearly died as a result. Nevertheless, when they returned the grandfather still had a gleam in his eye which said the excursion was worth it!
At about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Tamas came dashing home, tail in the air and a look of great triumph on his face. When I demanded to know where he had left Fala he looked around rather indifferently and showed no signs of wanting to lead me to his grandfather. Usually they come home together when they go off together, so I really worried and pictured poor old Fala falling down a hole, or drowning in a pond with no one at hand to pull him out.
All of us scoured the woods, calling him until dark. I sent around to my near neighbors asking if they had seen him. And we spent the night waking every little while to go to the door to call him.
In the morning Miss Thompson called the pound but no Scottie had been brought in. We put an ad in the Poughkeepsie New Yorker and I was about to appeal in desperation to our local radio station when the guard at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library called up to say that a small boy, living at least three miles away, had got his father to bring him over with Fala. The boy said Fala had spent the night with them.
I went for Fala at once and he didn't seem particularly pleased to see me. Miss Thompson remarked that he was probably bored with us and wanted a change of scene.
In the late afternoon a lady called me on the telephone from this same road and said that she brought Fala in and fed him. So, he didn't even suffer the pangs of hunger. Now he's paying for his mischief, though. I don't dare let him off the leash, so he has to walk beside me instead of being able to make excursions into the woods and chase various animals.


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Since it is possible to encrypt data before saving it, what is the benefit of using encryption in SQL Server 2005?
You can either use third party tools to encrypt your data and send encrypted data to the db or you can use db encryption provided by MS.
Some of the benefits of server-side encryption include: Often easier to set up than from the client Potentially better performance More encryption options available, such as certificate-based encryption and different encryption routines Encryption is centrally managed
In general I would prefer to use encryption if your SQL server is exposed to internet (with firewall and AV blurb) in order to secure the connections on top of data encryption. Refer to thsi http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mssql/article.php/3483931 article that explains in and out of encryption. HTH
Always remember that you pay a performance penalty (sometimes - severe perf penalty!) for the encription. So encrypt only what you really need. Dont even think to encrypt everything 'just in case'
The encryption is going to encrypt sensitive data like SSN, credit card #, and other similar data. Besides the performance penalty, what are other disadvantages using SQL Server encryption? My understanding is that symmetry key is stored with the database. What happen if the symmetry key is corrupted? Does encryption require using Windows Authentication?
Yes, but don't forget: if you encrypt SSN, then you can't use an index on SSN. And I am almost sure that there are many WHERE SSN=@SSN in your application. All such conditions will require FULL TABLE SCAN with a decription of record by record. Also, based on what I found, Symmetric keys are much much slower. Regards
Encrypted Columns and SQL Server Performance http://www.sqlsolutions.com/articles/articles/Encrypted_Columns_and_SQL_Server_Performance.htm
If you encrypt a column that is frequently used in WHERE clauses, try this trick. Add a second column that is a one-way hash of the encrypted column's original value. Now, you can do a WHERE hashed_col = hash(var). You can place an index on this column, and now you can use indexes on an encrypted column.
But I believe there wouldn't be any use in having indexes on encryted columns, http://www.codeproject.com/cs/database/EncryptColsSQLServerPerf.asp and refer to this one http://blogs.msdn.com/lcris/archive/2005/12/22/506931.aspx for searching data (for best performance).
Sorry, that is not what I meant. I meant that you can place an index on the hashed column. That way the WHERE clause is sargable. So, you still encrypt the data in the encrypted column, but by adding a hashed column, you are able to perform searching on this encrypted column by using the hashed column using an index on the hashed column..
But if you store a hash, then you can decrypt SSN just because there are not so many combinations. For other data, if you store HASH value, then you can not claim 'I am using AES-256 encryption' for example, because your encryption is much weaker,
I haven't seen any such activity in corruption of symmetric keys, anyway refer to http://blogs.msdn.com/lcris/archive/2005/10/14/481434.aspx blog post (again) in order to accomplish the way out. All the posts here says same thing, test your application on the pre-production environment that will replicate like-to-like with live server. That will ensure what kind of implications you might have as it is very hard to say encryption is bad without a PROPER testing.


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May 27, 2013 at 6:20 pm #1303461
Hi folks,
First of all, in the past I have come onto this forum requesting quite a bit of help/info from other members and each and every time….from all reaches of the globe (from the US to the UK to Aus) I had received more help than I would have thought was possible. I would like to say thanks.
Now to the meat and potatoes.
Has anyone had any experience with the RAB Infinity or the Outdoor Research Incandescent Hoody?
My current down puffy is a FF Frontpoint which is just way too big. I have been using synthetics with great success (ME Fitzroy and Arcteryx Atom LT) but would like a nice medium thickness lightweight down puffy for climbing.
Of course, being light is a priority but mainly I'm looking for a very very function able jacket. I'm only 5'5" and heard the RAB is a shorter cut….is this true? A helmet compatible hood is also a must. Any other suggestions are absolutely welcome! :)Again, thanks for your help and support folks.
May 28, 2013 at 10:53 am #1990428I used a Rab Infinity this winter. It is incredibly warm–the loft just blows my mind. I have the women's and I can see how it might not work for someone with a long torso. But I have a short torso and a high waist, so it's a nice cut for me (I'm 5'5" too). The hood is one of the best insulated hoods I've ever used. I have not used it with a climbing helmet, but there should be plenty of space–it's quite tall while still feeling snug around the face. Really seals out the wind nicely. The hood on this jacket is what convinced me to try winter camping with a quilt instead of a mummy bag! Also, the DWR on the shell fabric is very good. I've gotten caught out in a couple of slushy icy rains in this jacket (doing errands around town) and have never had the insulation fail on me.
Note: I haven't used the OR Incandescent, but OR makes some very high quality products, and their warranty is one of the best.
May 28, 2013 at 11:12 am #1990433I agree with Kate…I used my infinity this winter and I have to say it is, by far, the warmest jacket I've ever used. It is humorously puffy. As in no one can take you seriously while wearing this coat, and just forget about it if you are wearing the hood. I was walking with my mom into a target, pulled up the hood against the blowing Chicago wind, and my mom promptly peed her pants she was laughing so hard.
But I was toasty in there.
May 28, 2013 at 11:25 am #1990437I also have an Infinity (Endurance version). Specs alone make it lighter and warmer (more fill and at a higher fill power).
I'm 5'8 with a long torso and the men's small covers my back and some of the upper part of my hips. It also sits below the top of my hips in the front.
Edit: looking at photos my Endurance version may be slightly longer than the standard Infinity
May 28, 2013 at 12:27 pm #1990455OR replaced this guys down jacket after his dog ate it … no experience with either jacket … but i do have experience with OR's stellar warranty … buying OR is a riskless endeavor other than some lost shipping ;)
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May 28, 2013 at 11:25 pm #1990687I've been very happy with my infinity. Its quite warm for the weight and it packs down small. The hood is minimalist perfection. Somehow it fits great with or without a helmut, with no adjustments. Less stuff to fiddle with is a plus in my book, esp when wearing gloves. Its cut pretty short, so it doesn't interfere with the belay loop on your harness. At 14.5 oz in a M, its light enough that for frigid days I combine it with light synthetic puffy for added versatility. Combing it with your atom LT, you'd still be under what most belay jackets weigh. I'm 6'2, 175 lb and the medium fits well, if a little snug.
May 30, 2013 at 1:55 am #1991172The sleeves are long on the RAB and I can slide them down over most of my hand, if I want to. If I make a loose fist, the sleeve covers my hand. I like to be able to do that sometimes. Otherwise, the sleeve stays out of the way.
The hood is very puffy. I don't recall if the hood is supposed to be helmet compatible or not. There is a lot of room between the outer shell and my head. But that room is all full of down.
The lycra around the hood doesn't fit very tight to my face. I image a helmet could get up under there. I don't wear helmets but if RAB says one will fit, seems there should be room.
I have a large and it is 16 oz. Back is 28". My chest is 41" but I have room for a 3 oz. synthetic vest.
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I think the thread title say's it all http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/10/10/disney-vs-stan-lee-media-but-not-stan-lee
I just read about the co-founder and current owner of the company, Peter F. Paul. He's definitely a sleazebag and sounds delusional.
The worst part of this is how everyone is going to affiliate it with Stan Lee himself.... which isn't the case.
What are pain in the bum! I hope Stan Lees name doesn't get dragged into this as its got nothing to do with him.
Thank you for posting this...kind of stupid really a three bit "company" playing in the pool with the big dogs and they don't get any bigger then Disney. I just hope Disney doesn't just pay this guy off. Take it to court and stomp him once and for all.
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May 1, 2010
The only thing stopping Hadlocks from getting business is HADLOCK! Not a new McDonalds. I find it amazingly funny that this guy waits until they've started clearing land and everything to start screaming that he won't get any business because it will interrupt traffic flow to his building. The last time I had an insurance policy there none of the girls in the office even knew how to process the payment by credit card. Every month I would go in and stand there for approx 10-15 minutes while they figured out "yes indeed our computer system DOES know how to process the payment." Should have just listened to your customers, after all they're buying the insurance, chances are they've shopped around enough to know what company takes what payment and on what schedule. Who does auto-draft and gives a discount for it, and who doesn't. You get the idea. Anyways, sick of dealing with the payment hassles, when my policy came up for renewal I went with Metlife. They give discounts for auto-draft and also for every year you are "claimless" they reduce your bill by at least $50\year. Oh, and they give you a break if you add on your renter's insurance with them too.:-) So my message to Hadlock: Grow up. The more you stupidly complain about issues like this, the more nobody looks up to you or believes anything you say. After all you just made a giant spectacle out of yourself about this one!:-) Stop trying to blame the fact that you have no business on McDonalds. We all see right through it.
May 1, 2010
He's not stopping anything. If McDonald's doesn't go in there, something else will. I fail to see what his problem is.
May 1, 2010
What problem doesn't Hadlock have? He's always screeching about something. If Hadlock took a sh*t right now, one of the people on Town Council would be right there to wipe his *ss. Personally I hope the McDonald's goes on, as well as a couple other businesses right next to his. Screw it, I don't care what Hadlock thinks. If they put in a Sonic or Dairy Queen I'll be down there having lunch the second they open the doors.
May 1, 2010
They should put a Super Walmart complete with a full tire section and gas pumps. They can bring Sam's Club and put it next door. That would be the ultimate in shopping for Littleton. What does the town think people want when they come here all winter to ski? All summer? And all Fall? We're a tourist trap so we better start acting like it and providing the necessary "needs". That means doing the following:
1. Add Super Walmart 2. More unique eateries (They can be fast food, I don't care, but they have to be GOOD, like Furrs Family Dining, Sonic, Golden Corral), a good steakhouse, etc just NOT another Chinese restaurant, pizza place or sandwich shop! We already have too many of those. We need to get rid of Mr Lees, Jing Fong and a pizza place. 3. Get a decently advertised well known CAR RENTAL place. Not some place that's going to screw you with $187 worth of "fees" written into the fine print on their contract. We don't even advertise car rentals in town, so how do people know what's here?!! 4. Make an effort to fund events like the Lipizanner horses, Native American Festival and other things we USED to do that we now can't seem to be bothered with. People notice, trust me, and its not good.(We can remember that next year and they year after that when the papers print articles on how bad Littleton's economy is and we sit around and cry feeling sorry for ourselves because its not ski season and we have no money.) BECAUSE WE MADE IT THAT WAY. WE FORCE TOURISTS TO GO TO OTHER AREAS BECAUSE OF OUR LACK OF VISION AND AMBITION. Good Luck Littleton, you're going to need it! |
May 1, 2010
Bring it on! I'm so laughing right now at how much of a stir Hadlock has created. Interesting to see how it plays out. Do I like Hadlock? Nope. He just wants to play " I'm king and everyone has to listen to what I say." What a joke! LOL I think he should quit his antics while he can still save some face.
May 2, 2010
I think Super Walmart should buy the Highland Croft site and build complete with the tire center, gas pumps and whatever else a really large Walmart has. Then bring in Sam's Club next door. It would be perfect. Tourists and locals need some place to shop year 'round instead of just Shaw's or our small Walmart that looks like post-war Soviet Russia because they're out of stock, get rid of stuff, or are just constantly sold out. I would love to see that happen for Littleton. We need to figure out a way to get with the program and bring in some more money, make our town more convenient and competitive pricing, make tourists want to stay here. Pretzel is correct. We survive a large part on tourism for most of the year, so why do we not do things and add businesses that cater to that need and convenience?! Not only would we cater to tourists, we'd make it easier for locals to live here too by having more competition and better pricing.
May 2, 2010
Hadlock's is a piece of work. I looked for insurance there and they told me the "only" company they could find was some place that wanted 6 months worth of insurance paid at a time. I said "No way", then I started calling places myself and checking online and found something much better than what Hadlocks could offer me. McDonalds stopping him from getting business?!! That's hysterical. I think the fact that they don't go the extra mile to draw in or keep customers is what makes a difference if he gets business or not. One thing this town needs to work on is an ordinance on RENT CONTROL. I mean, how can people working 2 jobs that don't pay crap afford $750+ in rent?!!! Some of those rents don't even come with utilities. I've had landlords attempt to charge first\last\security too which is ILLEGAL in the state of NH. But what choice do you have but to pay it and then show them the law and take them to court to get your money back? I had one person tell me "That's what we charge because we've been screwed before". My reply was " SCREEN YOUR TENANTS BETTER and stop breaking the law, otherwise you will find yourself sued or your building destroyed, especially if you refuse to give the so-called security deposit back. How can you sue someone for damages when you did something illegal to begin with?" She shut up and didn't say anything else after that, I turned around and walked off, told her I wasn't interested in hearing anything else that came out of her mouth. That's why we have some landlords that don't care about their buildings, like right behind "Jackson's Corner" or whatever its called? Directly as you turn onto Jackson St on the right. Those apartments are nothing a cockroach would even rent! I'm glad I found my new apartment when I did. My current landlord kept it vacant for months because she wouldn't rent to just anyone. Plus she'd seen me around, so when I asked about it she said "So when do you want to move in?" I was like "Now, please!" My ex-landlord was one of those "slum-lords" I was referring to above. She'd jack the rent up $50-$75 in one shot for 3 consecutive years, invade your privacy without notice, all kinds of things. Idiot landlords are the reason tenants install security systems and buy guns.:-)
May 2, 2010
I totally agree we need rent control! Why is it that just the "Ahead" apartments and places that cater to section 8 and druggies get the rent control? Employers here don't pay anything to make $700-$800\month rent affordable. It's NOT affordable, especially since some of them don't even include utilities for that price. Even if you work 2 jobs that's not really affordable for what people get paid here. LMAO at Hadlock!!!!:-)
P.S. When OBAMACARE really kicks in and forces people to pay insane rates for insurance these overpriced apartments and their slumlords will be effectively screwed. |
May 2, 2010
Yes I know. Rents are too high here. Most other areas already have rent control, especially in cities where you have more options to rent from. That's why you'd expect them to have it here, there are LESS options, too many people want to move here, which forces other people to move to find work cause all the people moving here don't care if they work for min-wage. They are probably all on welfare with 5 kids anyways, so what difference does it make? Or they're druggies (or both). Some people I work with have no pride. They have 1, 2, 3 kids and just blurt out that their job doesn't pay enough for them to live, that they live off charity and have a therapist. How can you afford a therapist, a new $2500 Mac laptop, high-speed internet, a new car and whatever else if your job pays less than $10\hour?!!! THE STATE PAYS WILLINGLY even though this person has a full-time live in BOYFRIEND that contributes to bills and they STILL get a crap-load of assistance!!!
MESSAGE TO GOVERNMENT and TOWNS: Stop letting people that don't need it live off charity, you'd save money and stop crying that you're over budget! Impose rent control, if people feel the need to live off charity then maybe the rents ARE too high in most cases. |
May 2, 2010
We have rent control here, works very well. What is wrong with your town? Are they snorting their breakfast? Sounds like people don't get paid enough and flat owners want to run amok! What a nightmare....
Jun 2, 2010
He's not stopping McDonalds.:-) I heard some other stuff was supposed to go in there too. Can't wait! Littleton is a bit "weird" though. Have you ever noticed how some of the people that want to have the most "control" in town are just creepy? And I don't understand what the big SECRET is about what businesses are going to go in by McDonalds. Its not like the people have anything to gain by not finding out what's coming to town. That in itself has always been strange if you ask me. If you act creepy and slimey about something then 9 times out of 10 you're doing something wrong or illegal.
Jun 2, 2010
Stevie: I wouldn't trust half the people in this town for the reason you described. Sneaky and slimey. I don't think the tax collectors special either because last time I went in to make a payment, I put in the memo of the check 'payment on PRINCIPLE'. Not payment on interest. What did they do? Applied the entire payment only to the INTEREST, so then the principle never goes down. That's not right. Payments should be applied equally to the principle and interest, not just one or the other.
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Ada Negri
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Ada Negri (3 February 1870 – 11 January 1945) was an Italian poet and writer.
Ada Negri was born in Lodi, Italy into an artisan family to Giuseppe Negri and his wife Vittoria Cornalba. She attended Lodi's Normal School for Girls and earned an elementary teacher's diploma. At eighteen, she took a position as schoolteacher in the village of Motta Visconti,[1] on the Ticino, near Pavia. Her first volume of lyrics, Fatalità, (1892) confirmed her reputation as a poet, and led to her appointment to the normal school at Milan. Her second book of poems, Tempeste (1896), tells the helpless tragedy of the forsaken poor.[2]
On 28 March 1896, she married industrialist Giovanni Garlanda of Biella,[3] who had fallen in love with her from reading her poetry. By 1904 they had daughters, Bianca and Vittoria. The latter died in infancy. In 1913, Negri separated from her husband and moved to Switzerland with Bianca. Afterwards, she often moved. She was a frequent visitor to Laglio on Lake Como,[4] where she wrote her only novel, an autobiographical work, Stella Mattutina (Morning Star), published in 1921, and in English in 1930. During an extended stay on Capri that began in March 1923, she wrote I canti dell'isola.[citation needed]
She became the first woman member of the Italian Academy in 1940. That achievement, however, also stained her later reputation since members of the Academy had to swear loyalty to the Fascist regime and were rewarded by it with various material benefits. On 11 January 1945, her daughter Bianca found Negri dead in her studio in Milan. She was 74 years old.[5]
Her work was widely translated during her lifetime, with individual poems published in newspaper in the U.S. and elsewhere.
The actress Pola Negri (born Barbara Apolonia Chałupec), adopted the stage surname "Negri" in emulation of the poet. The actress Paola Pezzaglia was the ideal interpreter of her poetry on stage.[6]
Benedetto Croce, called her work "facile, tearful, completely centered on the melodiousness and readiness of emotions — poetics that are somewhat melancholy, idyllic-elegiac." He dismissed her, writing that a "lack or imperfection in artistic work is most particularly a feminine flaw (difetto femminile). It is precisely woman's maternal instinct, her 'stupendous and all-consuming' ability to mother a child that prevents her from successfully giving birth to a fully realized literary work."[7]
However, other critics[who?] saw her as "someone whose vision focused on the toils of life in a way few other writers did during those troubled times. Her naturally lyrical soul knew, in the major parts of her works, how to transform with an imprint of originality the sufferings, the bitterness, the joys of an entire generation."[8] She was described as a writer who "abolished established conventions, and shaped her lyrics according to the rhythms of the heart, in sync to whatever it is that makes the winds blow, gives rise to the waters and pulse to the stars — a poetry infinitely free, capricious and precise."[9]
Her work and her life continued to be haunted by the injustice of life, and she even refused to allow her final volume of poetry to be published until World War II ended. Like many Italian writers of this period her reputation after 1945 suffered from being associated with the Fascist movement, having received the Mussolini Prize in 1931.[10] The prize was funded by Corriere della Sera.[10]
- Fatalità (1892)
- Tempeste (1896)
- Maternità (1904)
- Dal profondo (1910)
- Esilio (1914)
- Il libro di Mara (1919), translated into English by Maria A. Costantini and published as The Book of Mara by Italica Press (2011)
- I canti dell'isola (1925), translated into English by Maria A. Costantini and published as Songs of the Island by Italica Press (2011)
- Vespertina (1930)
- Il dono (1936)
- Fons amoris (1946) published posthumously
- Le solitarie (1917)
- Orazioni (1918)
- Stella mattutina (1921), publishing in English as Morning Star (1930)
- Finestre alte (1923)
- Le strade (1926)
- Sorelle (1929)
- Di giorno in giorno (1932)
- Erba sul sagrato (1939)
- Oltre (1947) published posthumously
- ^ Maurer, Doris and Arnold. Guida letteraria dell'Italia (Parma: Ugo Guanda Editore, 1993), p. 90.
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Negri, Ada". Encyclopædia Britannica. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 343.
- ^ Marshall, Beatrice . "Ada Negri", The Academy (1 December 1900), p. 522.
- ^ villa-negri.com/location.php Archived October 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.; accessed 12 June 2014.
- ^ Profile of Ada Negri[permanent dead link], siamodonne.it; Retrieved 12 June 2014. (Italian)
- ^ Archivio Pezzaglia-Greco, chapter 3.
- ^ Re, Lucia, "Futurism and Fascism, 1914–1945," in A History of Women's Writing in Italy, edited by Letizia Panizza and Sharon Wood (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2000), pp. 190–191.
- ^ Schilirò, Vincenzo. L'Itinerario Spirituale di Ada Negri (Milano: Istituto Propaganda Libraria, 1938), pp. 17–18.
- ^ Battaglia, Filippo Maria. "Una Calliope passionaria", Liberal, 22 January 2009, p. 18.
- ^ a b Ruth Ben-Ghiat (2001). Fascist Modernities: Italy, 1922-1945 (PDF). Berkeley: University of California Press. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
Further reading[edit]
- "Ada Negri" (in Italian). Italia Donna.
- Bibliography


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Monday, August 16, 2010
Japanese Hot Pots #2
This time I started with a piece of kombu at the bottom of the pot, about 1 inch square. I liked the depth this gave to the finished dish.
Top with chopped cabbage, and build the hot pot over the cabbage. Here you see long beans, carrots, turnip, king oyster mushrooms, shimeji mushrooms, and fresh tofu.
Pour on a light broth, and cook covered for about 10 minutes, or until the vegetables in the pot are nearly ender.
Add quick-cooking additions (bok choy and enoks), and cook for another two minutes or so:
Tasty! I ended up adding soy sauce, sriracha sauce, and sesame oil as condiments, and this worked out well (by which I mean that the broth stayed light in colour in the pot and I got exactly the amount of condimentarity I wanted in my individual serving).
It was served over something called Jade Blend from Bulk Barn, which is composed of: bamboo rice, wheat berries, basmati rice, green lentils, split baby garbanzo beans, and daikon radish seeds, and it was actually delicious on its own, but that's not the reason I bought it. The reason I bought it was that it was so dang gorgeous:
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Stacy, Bulk Barn is pretty new in my town, and it's exciting for me to go there. Sometime I'll tell the story of the Mall World where it is located. I would never get there on my own as I don't believe the Mall World has any bus service (if you don't have a car, they don't want you), but my mom takes me sometimes because she likes shopping there too, seniors get a discount on Wednesdays, and she's a saint.
Tami, thanks, I have finally given the thought to a setup where I can take super-macro photos inside. Exciting? You bet! Watch for more closer than closeups of your favorite foods. But the rice in that blend really did look like jewels, I thought, and I've never seen "bamboo rice" on sale anywhere.
Shenandoah, is Bulk Barn Canadian? Well, so many good things are, as you point out ;-) We do have to pay for our health care, but, again as you say, universally, and it's a good deal, as anyone with a sick pet will learn very quickly.
Rose, do try it. My mind is brimming with variations, and surely with all your wonderful garden produce you can come up with something absolutely fabulous.


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I feel like I'm just getting into the swing of summertime, even though it seems like the summer is getting cut short by all the talk of school starting and fall just around the corner. Don't get me wrong – I'm excited about fall, too, but I'm holding onto the last of summer. The late sun, the time at the grill, and the bountiful fruits and veggies.
One thing is for sure – there is still plenty of time for summertime parties. The weather is still hot, the pools are still cool, and we all still need excuses to get together, right??
I was asked by the makers of Swanson Chicken to come up with a summer party favorite – or to reinvent one. This is a reinvention that I'm surprised I haven't thought of before! We all probably know the super popular Buffalo Chicken dip. That stuff is dangerous. But guess what? There are people out there that don't like buffalo sauce. I don't know any of them, (that just pure crazy to me), but I thought I'd come up with something that would be just as crowd pleasing, but without the spice factor.
Let me tell you – this was just as addicting as it's buffalo counterpart. Do not give a pregnant woman a sleeve of crackers and a dish full of this dip. It will mean no dinner that night because someone won't be hungry anymore after stuffing her face with BBQ Chicken Dip!
If you have an end of summer party, this dip is sure to be a hit!
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup ranch dressing
- ½ cup bbq sauce
- ½ cup shredded monterey jack cheese
- 2 cans (12.5 oz each) Swanson® Premium Chunk Chicken Breast in Water, drained
- crackers, for serving
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- In a bowl, combine the cream cheese, ranch dressing, bbq sauce, cheese and chicken. Stir to combine. Pour mixture into a 9-inch pie dish and bake until hot and bubbling, about 20 minutes.
- Serve with crackers.
More dip love:
Grilled Corn and Green Chile Dip from Taste and Tell
Two Ingredient Fruit Dip from Cooking Classy
Raspberry Dip fro Pip & Ebby
Corn & Double Cheese Dip from Averie Cooks
Roasted Red Pepper Feta Dip from Running to the Kitchen
**This is a sponsored post, but all opinions are my own**


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Kate Upton is usually seen in her trademark buttery blonde hair and Californian-bronzed makeup palette. And it's no wonder why—this look suits her image as a bikini model perfectly. However, lately she has been mixing it up a bit, as seen at this recent celebrity-studded gala event. Kate was looking paler with darker hair and dare we say… much more sophisticated! Let's check out her latest look in closer detail.
Kate's hairstyles usually range from bouncy prom-queen curls to loose, unkempt waves. Here, she has tried a glamorous updo and side-swept bangs with great results. Her dark ash blonde roots are clearly visible but it actually works for her. The ash color tones down her brassy blonde ends and gives her an overall darker look. Plus, it matches her eyebrows!
As for her makeup, she has opted for a more natural look here. A change from her usual heavy black eyeliner, Kate is wearing a soft brown liner with a bronze eye shadow that brings out her eye color nicely. A simple nude lipstick finishes this look off.
Overall, Kate Upton is looking stylish and sophisticated with her latest hair and makeup style. Keep it up Kate!
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