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Please Help With Icing The Cake!!!!
Decorating By momoftwogirls Updated 13 Aug 2005 , 11:53am by momoftwogirls
Currently I am icing my cake. (first time doing this) I did a crumb coat layer. THAT DIDN"T DO NOTHING!!!
Crumb are all over my icing. I can't get it smooth!!
They need a class for just icing the cake.
I am using cali4dawn's recipe - she said it would smooth great.
Should I let the cake crust before I put a final coat on??
YOu all will be seeing a really ugly cake tomorrow!!!
Please let me know.
Thank you.
You know... that's one thing I didn't like about the wilton class. They spent like ten minuits, if that teaching how to frost a cake. Isn't that the most important part???
Let the crumb coat crust then put a generous top coat of frosting, and go from there.
You might want to do the crumb coat and then let it crust a bit and then add the final coat. You will SEE some crumbs in your crumb coat but it should kinda glue them in place where they ( hopefully) don't smear and spread through your next good coat of BC. If you haven't been at this long.... one word of advice, try not to let the spatula touch the cake on the second go round. I mean don't press on it so that it goes thru your next coat. Smooth it evenly and make sure you use enough ( a good thick coat) of buttercream. It should kindof glide OVER the icing. Hope that I explained that where it made sense. Also hope that it helped! I'll bet it turns out a lot prettier than you think it will!
First, put down the spatula so no one get hurt! lol I have started icing my cakes then putting in the freezer for 15-20 minutes and smoothing. I repeat that until the cake looks the way I want it. I'm still practicing with this but it seems to work really well. I learned this from another message board poster(I wasn't cheating on CC-this was before we even met-ha!) who is very talented. For what you have right now try putting another layer of icing and then try the freezer. See if that helps! I also use a pastry brush on the cakes before I start to ice just to brush away some of the more annoying crummies! I don't have cali's recipe so maybe I am off. I don't know if hers crusts. I use a non-crusting icing most of the time.
LMAO....peacock and i must be reading each others posts before we send them...!!!
I never feel like I get my icing smooth enough.
I am taking a class on just smoothing the icing on Sept. 12.
I can't wait to see what they teach us.
Dodibug... I mostly use non-crusting as well....usually they all seem to taste much better and have better texture for eating anyway... not frosting the cake!
smoothing is my biggest prob!
After it comes out of the freezer what do you smooth with??? the spatula still or wax paper or what?? Thanks so much!
I never thought when I started decorating that just getting the icing on the cake to look great would be the hardest part!!
Sherry.. .make sure to pass on what you learn... PRETTY PLEASE!!
I could sure use that class!
You might also want to make sure your icing isn't too stiff.
LOL Kay Day, but you gave better instructions!
HEHE...that's one thing I am pretty good at rambling on..and on...or so my DH says anyway!
I could just hug you all!!!
Okay I have put the spatula down. I do not have the crusting kind of icing. At least I don't think I do. I am going to have to make a new batch of icing. Mine is filled with crumbs.!!
Even my husband stopped watching tv to help me out.
Thanks for all the advice. I am going to take a break. And start again.
I just love this site. Who do you call (or write)? NOT ghostbusters BUT Cake Central!!!!
thanks again.
This might not be an issue for you, but i find I have to ice in one direction. If you move your spatula back and forth, you pick up lots of crumbs. I learned the hard way!
I personally have a hard time keeping my crumbs out of my icing when using a spatula to ice the cake. For me it is all in the Icer tip, it took me quite a few tries to get it right, but I will never go back. It allows me to put a good coat of icing on, then I use a "scraper" to smooth the sides.
Scraper= many different things depending on the person, some use a large putty knife, I use a bowl scraper I bought from a bakery I use to work at, one side is curved for a bowl the other side (the one I use) is flat and about 6" long. With the icer tip I have enough icing on the cake to be able to smooth the icing without worries of taking all of it off and showing the cake.
I hope this didn't confuse you, I should really get my own Digital camera so I can take pictures of what I am talking about-I am much more of a visual person.
Any questions please ask.
Scoobam-I just use the spatula. I put the icing on using the icing tip (best $2 I have ever spent!) smooth it as much as possible without getting crazy, stick it in the freezer, take it out and smooth again. It is really cool. I used to use the dip your spatula in hot water method but I always made such a mess!! I may have to try wax paper just to see what would happen. I use the buttercream recipe from baking911. It is yummy! Good point beachcakes! As a reformed back and forther, I know what you mean! My next purchase is a putty knife. I want to see how that works too!
I just finished the Wilton Classes and our instructor actually spent awhile w/us and smoothing our cakes. She showed us several techinques so we could do which ever we felt most comfortable with. But the one thing she ALWAYS stressed w/us.....b/c someone always forgot....but make sure your icing is thin constitency! And the big icer tip......LOVE IT!!!! Only way I ice now!! I don't usually have to do a crumb coat if I use the icer tip.
If my icing is too think, I find it is harder to stick to the cake and then I get more crumbs!!
Not sure if this well help.
I don't think my icing is too thick. I just think it is me. I do not own the icing tip but I sure will buy it before I do another cake!!!
I took my first wilton class on tuesday and she didn't show us how to ice the cake at all!
Now for next class I have to bring in a cake already iced!
But i will be learning from this cake. The cake is due tonight at 5. So I may not be on here (darn).
my clock on here is also wrong - i tried to fix it and can't figure it out.
Tomorrow I will hopefully be posting the pictures.
To fix your time go into my forum info, scroll down to time zone and set it for GMT-5 hours. Ithink that is your zone. I had to try it and reset once after I posted to see if I had gotten the time right! SquirrellyCakes explained it on another post but I couldn't begin to!!
Maybe you could ask your instructor to go over icing briefly in this next class! It does just take some time too.
my clock on here is also wrong - i tried to fix it and can't figure it out.
...EST is GMT -5...give that a try in your profile!
I think the recipe you're using still needs to be thinned down.
Another tip is to use a white cake. White crumbs don't show as much.
Let your crumb coat sit in the fridge for 20-30 minutes.
checking to see if the time fixed. thanks to dodibug and mrs missey!
I will thin the icing and hope that will work.
Hi Everybody,
I'm trying to fix my time zone too. Just ignore me. However, I will say that icing thing does take a while to get the hang of. After a year, I still stress over it. I will say for me, the icing tip and smooth paper, i.e. wax, Viva paper towel, or parchment, after crusting is the way to go.
Okay, this is frustrating me. Can you guys tell me what central time is please? Thanks so much.
Thanks dodibug! That's what I had put but I had not updated my forum. Oops. LOL.
This might not be an issue for you, but i find I have to ice in one direction. If you move your spatula back and forth, you pick up lots of crumbs. I learned the hard way!
Doing this (icing in one direction) on my crumb coat has saved my sanity!!! You get much less crumbs mixed in, even though it is only the crumb coat. And I pop mine in the fridge or freezer (whichever has the room!) for 15-20 minutes also...it just helps it set up quicker so that the next layer lays on top of and adheres better to the crumb coat.
I'm dating myself here, but I thought you *had* to ice in a back and forth motion until someone corrected me. Remember the duncan hines (i think) commercial in the 70's where she frosted that chocolate cake with a paper knife?
Well, if all else fails, switch to apricot glaze or a simple syrup to set your crumbs. Some folks find freezing a cake helps too. When you do your final ice, you really have to load that icing on thick and never allow your spatula to touch your cake. Your icing must be thinned enough with liquid so that when you apply it, it doesn't just roll off the cake. So you keep adding gobs of icing and always resting your spatula on the icing never on the cake. That is why the cake icer tip works for folks, it completely covers the cake with a thick coat of icing so that your spatula never touches uniced cake.
I have the icer tip but have never tried it.
I have never taken the Wilton courses but did attend a one day course at a local bakery and the best tip they had for newbies, as far as I was concerned was to use the apricot glaze for a crumbcoat. It really helped a lot of folks for whom crumbs were an issue.
I cannot understand why the whole first day of the Wilton classes and maybe another day or two, doesn't cover baking the cake, levelling it, crumbcoating it, icing consistency, making royal icing, making buttercream icing etc. These courses should be taught in places that have access to ovens, enough outlets for a few Kitchen Aids etc.
Sorry folks, pet peeve of mine, haha!
Hugs Squirrelly Cakes
I agree with you squirrelly cakes - each class needs to have access to an oven! I want to be taught the tricks to get the bubbles out...to level my cake...to trim the cake...to tort the cake...to ice the cake...to freeze or not to freeze...
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March 31, 2014 at 2:44 pm #27305
Yup, I'm a toddler in term of Freelance writing and blogging years! And this is my first "crawl" in the right direction.
Hi everyone,
My name's Rakiah and this is my first tentative step towards establishing a freelance writing career.
I've had plenty of experience writing for peanuts (a content mills' victim!) but now I thought enough was enough and decided to wade into the deeper and scary waters of Pro-Blogging.
As my first step I've been trying to soak up as much writing advice there is out there, and as my second I've been trying to get noticed as a professional writer (so far the second hasn't worked out yet, but I'm adamant!)
So, that's me. See you around everyone,
Rakiah O.March 31, 2014 at 8:54 pm #27308
Ahh! Well, at least you made your escape from the mills, right? 😉
Welcome to the community!
If you have questions or anything you'd like feedback on, you're always welcome to post them here. 🙂
Best of luck in your new adventure as a professional blogger!
Jennifer Mattern - Professional Blogger, Freelance Business Writer, Author
Owns AllFreelanceWriting.com | Also blogs at: NakedPR.com & BizAmmo.comApril 1, 2014 at 4:01 am #27310
I haven't completely escaped them yet.
Every morning I check my inbox in the hopes of finally getting a reply from this editor or that but, every morning so far has been disappointing. Then, every morning, the devil whispers in my ear "may be you should focus on the content mills, at least you had work!"
The day this thought stops creeping into my head, is the day I will consider myself completely free of the content mills.
Anyways, thanks for the warm welcome "Keymaster" 😉
Rakiah O.
P.S.: Where do I start creating my own kick-ass portfolio (keeping in mind that I simply have nothing to show for myself)?April 1, 2014 at 6:36 am #27311
LOL Yeah, the forum plugin doesn't make it easy to change that keymaster title (so silly, isn't it?). I'm sure I'll find a way as soon as I'm not putting out one kind of fire or another. 😉
The next time he comes whispering in your ear, flick him in the nose and tell him to get lost. 🙂
Do you have a specialty area or niche you're focusing on with blogging? If so, we might be able to share some ideas on markets you haven't considered yet. 🙂
This site is more of a community for writers. We don't directly host portfolios. You do have a profile and you can add a forum signature where you can link to samples if you want to, but most people you'll meet here are other writers rather than prospects. You can access your profile from the Profile link near the top-right of the forum pages, and there's a link to edit it on the left side once you get there.
Jennifer Mattern - Professional Blogger, Freelance Business Writer, Author
Owns AllFreelanceWriting.com | Also blogs at: NakedPR.com & BizAmmo.comApril 1, 2014 at 7:26 am #27312
No, no you misunderstood me. I don't want to host a portfolio here. The thing is I don't have a portfolio, no samples to shows for my writing.
And the articles I wrote for the content mills are about such random stuff that they're not exactly what I would want to show anyone as a sample. So, my question was how do I go about convincing people that I'm a good writer without showing them a portfolio (because I don't have one!)?
Most freelancing blogs suggest to write guest posts for other popular blogs. I've been pitching editors but so far none have gotten back to me. What should my next step be now?
As to my niche, I'm a mom plus a freelance writer. So, I'm aiming at writing blogs which give actionable advice based on my own experiences (and a lot of research, of course) to moms like me on raising a freelance writing business…and kids!
Also, if you really want that "Keymaster" title off, I could ask my husband to look into it. He's a wordpress guru, if i say so myself! 🙂April 1, 2014 at 9:33 am #27313
Okay, gotcha. Sorry about that!
Start here. This article has some ideas for building a portfolio, even if you don't have any experience (or experience you want to showcase).
How to Build a Freelance Writing Portfolio
More importantly, you want to get into professional blogging. So you should definitely have a blog of your own. I recommend going with a self-hosted WordPress installation. It looks more professional than a free hosted blog (at WordPress.com or Blogspot.com). But you could use those if you have no other choice. Just know that you risk losing links and traffic if you later decide to move to your own hosting and domain. Since your husband is a WordPress expert, I'm sure you can get him to help you set one up. 🙂
And thanks for the offer by the way. But I should be able to handle it. I know it's a simple string replace issue. But I run a lot of highly customized plugins here, and even small changes sometimes break big things. So I have to be extra careful and I don't worry about all of the little cosmetic things as much as I should (I'm usually more focused on making sure nothing new breaks LOL). I'll get there. It's on a (very very long) to-do list for this site. 🙂 And those tech-type hubbies do come in handy, don't they? I'm married to a developer myself. 🙂
Your niche sounds like it might be a tough one. For example, with freelancing people usually want to see a good bit of experience before they'll hire you to advise others. You'll need to have much more than content mill samples to crack some of those markets. Combining it with parenting makes sense, but it limits you more with sites targeting freelance professionals because not all of those sites publish content specifically for freelancing parents.
Another (maybe better) option would be to focus instead on parenting-related blogs. There are countless blogs in that niche, and they'll probably reach a broader group of people interested in getting started working from home. They might have a more direct interest in watching someone else do it from the beginning. Because there are so many, you might also have an easier time starting with smaller sites and working your way up. 🙂
Jennifer Mattern - Professional Blogger, Freelance Business Writer, Author
Owns AllFreelanceWriting.com | Also blogs at: NakedPR.com & BizAmmo.comApril 1, 2014 at 6:14 pm #27315
Wow, that is exactly what I was looking for. I've been scouring the web for something like this, to tell me what to do because I was so clueless.
Thanks a ton. I'm definitely going to get started on the advice you have given there.
And, you're welcome. You're right I should put that hubby of mine to good use (for me!) 😛
Parenting blogs are what I have been focusing on, I've been sending out pitches but no one's gotten back as yet.April 2, 2014 at 9:37 am #27316
Welcome Rakiah!
I'm a big fan of mock samples in lieu of actual published clips. As Jenn says too, blogs are a great place to showcase your abilities. A friend of mine is trying to sell his book, and the question he keeps hearing is "What's your platform?" The publishers are looking for built-in audiences, and blogs do provide that. So why not apply that to magazine work, I say?
Jenn's also right about the free articles, though I think you could probably find one or two low-key markets that may actually pay you. Just don't get stuck with them forever — a few clips and move on, I say.April 2, 2014 at 1:03 pm #27317
What size blogs are you targeting? I know bigger sites in that niche are heavily in demand, so they might just be extremely selective. You might have luck with smaller blogs first, so you'll have some samples to show. And of course you'll want your own. There no better way to show you understand blogging for that audience than to do it yourself. 🙂
You could also target some small business blogs. Just make sure the posts you're pitching aren't all about your own stories. They should have some kind of practical angle that readers can put to use right away. So putting more emphasis on that side of things might help.
Jennifer Mattern - Professional Blogger, Freelance Business Writer, Author
Owns AllFreelanceWriting.com | Also blogs at: NakedPR.com & BizAmmo.comApril 3, 2014 at 10:52 am #27319
Thank you, LoriWidmer 🙂
So far I've pitched The Bump, Babble, Brazen life (this pitch was about recruiting, not parenting) and Francesca Nicasio's blog (to name a few).And my approach is to pick my problems I'm facing as a mother as a base and then conduct research and even relevant interviews as well, if need be. I'm not relying on my stories, per say.
I've been using Sophie Lizard's Ultimate list of Better Paying Gigs to find prospective clients.If you could point me to some of those smaller blogs as you guys suggested, I'd be eternally grateful 😀
BTW, Keymaster suits you Jennifer, so don't change it 😛
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In May of 2002, a group of National Geographic oceanographers led by Robert Ballard hit historical paydirt in the Solomon Islands. Exploring the Blackett Strait between the islands of Gizo and Kolombangara, Ballard and his colleagues found a Mark 18 torpedo tube, a Mark 8 torpedo, and PT-boat training gear (a cranking mechanism used to position a torpedo tube for firing). These items were lodged in sand 1,320 feet below the surface.
On July 10th, experts at the US Naval Historical Center concluded that Ballard's discovery is probably the wreck of John Kennedy's PT-109.
Ballard believes that at least part of the PT-109 hull lies buried beneath the sand of the ocean floor and is connected to the torpedo tube. As Ballard points out, the torpedo gear he discovered is positioned as it would have been on an intact boat. When the search team tried to nudge the gear, it wouldn't budge, as though it were still attached to decking. Additionally, Ballard's sonar indicates something significant under the sand: a target some 7 meters (23 feet) wide, roughly the width of a PT boat. Nevertheless, as Ballard admits, the largely wooden hull has probably disintegrated or been eaten by woodborers. It is likely that only metal objects — such as engines, gas tanks, and torpedo tubes — remain intact.
Ballard says he promised the Kennedy family he would not raise artifacts from the boat."We consider the ship a grave. We have an understanding with the Kennedy family as well as others who lost loved ones--there were two people lost from the boat--that we will not disturb the site and we will not dig it up."
In fact, neither Ballard, the Kennedy family, nor the families of the two men who died have any say in the matter. As a US warship, PT-109 belongs to the US Navy, which has a policy of leaving wrecks undisturbed. Nevertheless--and for the record--the wreck-site identified by Ballard is not a grave. Here's why:
PT-109 was rammed and split in two by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri at about 2:30 am on the morning of August 2, 1943. Barney Ross, one of thirteen souls on the 109 at the time of the collision, remembered that the Amigiri" caught us on the starboard bow at about a 20 degree angle to the longitudinal center of the boat. So [the Amagiri] split the boat sort of longways--not across the boat. [It] hit the bow up there about five feet from my right, and it continued on back, completely obliterating the starboard turret where I believe a young fellow named Kirksey was on watch, about two feet from the skipper's right."
Seamen Andrew Kirksey and Harold Marney died almost immediately--either at the moment of impact or in the gasoline-fire that followed soon thereafter.
Eleven survivors--several of them banged up and burned quite badly--climbed aboard the only part of the boat still afloat after the collision. This was the fragmented lengthwise section embracing the bow. Here they remained for several hours, moving with the current.
"As dawn came up," remembered Ross,"we found ... the boat under water all the way up to the bow. There was about 15 feet of the boat, which was 80 feet long, sticking out of the water at a 45 degree angle, right side up. So we were hanging on to the boat, in the middle or toward the Gizo side of Blackett Strait."
The PT took on additional water as the morning progressed, slowly starting to settle and turning her keel up so that it became hard for the crew to hold on. It seemed just a matter of time before she turned turtle for good. She was also showing alarming signs of drifting towards Japanese-controlled Gizo, where Kennedy and his men would almost certainly be taken prisoner. It was at this point that Kennedy decided to evacuate his men and make a swim for a small island barely visible in the distance, about four miles away.
By the time the crew of the 109 abandoned what was left of their vessel, the hulk had floated about five miles to the south of the spot where Kirksey and Marney died. When the hulk finally sank, it did so nowhere near the dead men's bodies.
Ballard spent several days searching the immediate area of the collision in hopes of finding the half of 109 that sank at that location. He eventually gave up on this, however, in favor of seeking the section of the boat upon which Kennedy and the other survivors gathered on that terrible night 59 years ago.
Had Ballard found the hardware that lingers somewhere beneath the site of the actual accident, he would also have identified a legitimate war grave. What he discovered instead--though fascinating--is by no means a tomb.
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Mike Silvert - 3/10/2004
I find the comments of the author indicative of someone not well versed on the facts or history.
Destroyers, "Greyhounds of the Sea", may not have been as manouverable as a PT, but they, and the Japanese Fubuki class with their 38 knot speed, were fast. Indeed, Japanese destroyers could outrun the American Mark VIII (27 knot) torpedo, making attacks on them difficult to say the least. PT tactics were to be steathly and catch their targets by surprise. A PT racing around at high speed gave away its position to both its target and the Japanese floatplanes that were ever present at night.
The author is mistaken that Kennedy was decorated for loosing his command. The Navy and Marine Corps medal is not awarded for heroism in combat action, but for heroism in rescuing and saving lives in a combat zone. The medal ranks higher than the Bronze Star and Kennedy's rescue of three men in the water after the collision and organizing the rescue after his command had not organized a search for survivors is completely in line with the requirements of the citation. Kennedy was not a war hero for loosing his boat, but for saving the lives of his crew while behind enemy lines when his command had given them all up for dead.
I suggest the following books for more information about that night's overall events and a much clearer picture of the circumstances that lead to the collision. "PT 105" by Dick Keresy, "Hunters in the Shallows" and the Navy history of PT's, "At Close Quarters".
Robert Green - 11/16/2003
PT 109s crew must have been asleep
FisherKingKQJ - 8/28/2003
How did a destroyer get in so close to a PT? Four mile swim must've included a makeshift flutterboard or two, surely. Split sort of down the middle end to end sounds like a tactical chase. The destroyer didn't stick around to finish them off. IMO, some sort of freak accident must've happened: a low cloud, an onboard fire or an inaccurate radio report etc.
Graeme Marney - 8/26/2003
As a cousin of Harold Marney who lost his life on PT109 I find your incredulity as to JFK's heroism rather incredible. Heroism in war is not something reserved for acts in the heat of battle. If Nick Mallory had read any of the information about Kennedy's undeniable acts of heroism courage and dedication to the well being of his crew following the destruction of his boat I would hazard to say he might well reconsider his commentary. John F. Kennedy was most certainly a hero by any measure in connection with this incident.
nick mallory - 10/10/2002
This has always intrigued me. How JFK became a war hero for being rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer. How does a fast patrol craft get rammed by a slower and much less manouvrable destroyer? Someone was asleep at the wheel here. You sink the destroyer, you're a hero, you get rammed by it - this is a world war 2 Chappaquiddik i think. JFK has been given an easy ride by history on this one.
Brad - 7/24/2002
Any chance they can find Ted Kennedy's car next?
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Thirty-five-year-old Detroit crime-scene photographer Aiden (Josh Lawson) is all too intimately familiar with urban America's dark underbelly…the violence, the amorality, the dog-eat-dog code of the streets that empowers thugs and oppresses decent men and women. A sexually frustrated recovering alcoholic, Aiden imagines himself a white knight, shining a light on the rottenness others ignore, but deep inside he knows he's just another bottom-feeder who turns the misery of others into cash insufficient to buy the clean, respectable lifestyle to which he aspires. His fantasies of revenge gradually evolve from a quiet way of reducing the stress of his dissatisfaction, a la perpetual dreamer Walter Mitty, into more a sort of mental chancre eating away at his conscience and even his soul.
But it's not until he himself becomes a victim and, in a moment reminiscent of Kathryn Bigelow's 1989 Blue Steel, finds a hopped-up thug's gun discarded on the street that he finds the will to stop serving as a passive chronicler of brutality's aftermath and become someone with the stones to take action. He sets about culling the ranks of the creeps like a low-rent Travis Bickle, a man who won't take it anymore but is, as everyone but he himself realizes, no better than the scum he's determined to wash off the streets. Scum that includes everyone from pimps to sanctimonious jerks (Jim Hanna and Tonya Cornelisse) who monopolize AA meetings with their holier-than-thou accounts of failure followed by enlightened redemption. (Anyone who's ever attended a 12-step meeting will recognize the urge to let a sledgehammer do the talking, but any reasonable person also understands the necessity of letting them talk—that's how 12-step groups work.)
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But they're all undermined by not just the clichéd story but director/co-writer Charles de Lauzirika's misguided tone, which veers from straight-up impotent fury to a clunky humor that's just not funny in the story's overall context. It's certainly possible to make light of violence, but not if you want viewers to be invested in characters who perpetrate it or are its victims.


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A former teacher in the Bermudian Springs School District is facing allegations he asked a 17-year-old for sex, according to state police in Gettysburg.
Robert C. Bonner, 39, of Dillsburg, was arraigned Thursday before District Judge Tony Little on charges of endangering the welfare of children and corruption of minors. He was then released on $10,000 unsecured bail pending a preliminary hearing scheduled for January 31.
According to the criminal complaint, the accuser told police that Bonner in June called her out of a final exam and gave her a note that asked if she wanted to have sex with him and his wife.
Bonner later admitted to the allegation when confronted by a school official, the document states.
His accuser also reported that Bonner had previously asked her to have sex with him, police said in the court document.
Bonner coached the Bermudian Springs baseball team to a Class AA state championship in 2010 and was a chemistry teacher at the high school in York Springs from August 2006 until September 2012, when the school board approved his resignation, effective immediately.
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Come on Noreen; let's get moving the ceremony starts in a half hour. Dick's cackling voice bounced off the linoleum floors and bounded down the hallway to where Noreen was pulling the pink foam curlers from her hair with one hand, while the other maintained tension on the curler bending her eye lashes into submission. Give me a minute sweetie she called, the high pitched voice almost doll like whistling through her pursed lips. Some of his friends called her Betty Boop just because of her voice, and if they could see her right at this moment, they'd see every line, every spot, and every flaw in her once immaculate complexion. The thought caused her to lose her breath a little bit, and to tear up, what am I going to do when he's gone, she thought. How am I going to take care of everything?
Sammy brought us bouquets from the garden, Dick shouted from the foyer, I'm going to soak the Times in some water and wrap it around the stems to keep them fresh. My mother taught me that trick when I was just a boy.
What are you talking about Dick? She called out. We don't have time to water the garden before we leave, and the ceremony starts in a half hour. She wasn't sure he heard her, but it wasn't really important one way or the other. At least not more important than getting her make up on right and styling her hair. A woman must keep up she said to herself, smiling in the mirror to make sure there was no lipstick on her teeth.
I'm making some coffee, want some? He couldn't tell if she answered or not, but assumed it was a yes. Do you want some sugar in that sweetie ha ha ha; hey do you want some sweetness sweetness? He chuckled to himself as he turned into the corner into the kitchen making his way across the room to Mr. Coffee- their faithful friend for 12 years now.
He picked up the pot, scalded coffee painted on the bottom, perfuming every cup in a way no instant coffee could ever achieve. Geronimo he said as he attempted to pour it neatly into the delicate china coffee sups she insisted they use. God, those things date back to our wedding day almost 50 years ago, and no amount of soaking could erase the memory of the hundreds, no thousands of cups of brown ambrosia they'd shared.
Noreen, snap it up, he yelled, as he turned down the volume of the small TV suspended in the corner of the kitchen. Breaking news, El Camino Real shut down between the 78 and Mission- trailer truck suspended over the onramp, and hazardous cargo rolling uphill towards the mortuary where they were headed. Noreen, get moving! We're going to have to go up Fire Mountain to make it on time. There's an accident.
He sat down at the table after neatly placing both coffee cups on separate plastic laminated place mats that were aligned at a 90 degree angle to the table's edge. The cups were seated perfectly on the matching saucers.
He jumped up again, and opened the fridge, grabbing a handful of the creamers they'd skimmed from the coffee shop and poured some into the china creamer. Out of the corner of his vision, he saw that the sugar packets had left a trail across the countertop, and already the ants from under the sink were beginning to rally.
The rectangular table had four matching chairs, in the same inexpensive wood. An oil cloth covered the top, the red and white checks reminding him of the waitresses at the lunch counter in the dime stores when he was a kid. He never liked the malteds, always order the milkshakes- chocolate or strawberry.
The salt and pepper shakers were both shaped like the Washington Monument, a souvenir from a vacation years ago. A little figurine of the Virgin Mary and a baby lamb sat next to a low dish full of artificial roses, and a blown glass poodle from Olvera Street. So much easier to dust them, then to worry about thorns and water and having to let a real dog outside to pee.
A box of stationary and a roll of stamps were sitting in an old ashtray, unused for years, in the shape of a cornucopia. Bet kids don't even know what that is, I could maybe have some fun with that. Hey, sonny, what's up with the cornucopia? The last time I saw it was on the china cabinet behind the silver candlesticks.


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Les Rousses, in France's Jura mountains, is offering early-bird deals on season passes and the earlier you buy, the more you save. The resort is selling both downhill and cross-country passes over four promotional periods with prices increasing as time goes by.
A downhill season pass purchased in September goes for €184 and is valid for the four villages of Les Rousses. In October, these passes will be priced at €197. In November, the price increases to €210 and to €224 if purchased between Dec. 1 and 17. After this date, a downhill season pass will cost €263.
For a fee, you can upgrade to a Franco-Swiss pass, which includes access to the pistes of Saint Cergue, the Joux valley, and la Dôle in Switzerland.
Cross-country passes purchased in September sell for €70.40. Throughout October, November, and December, the price goes up in €1.80 increments per month. After Dec. 17, a cross-country season pass will cost €88. Les Rousses also sells France's national cross country pass for €150. It gives skiers access to all of cross-country ski sites in France (except in the Hautes Pyrenees).
Cross-country skiers may also like the Montagnes du Jura pass, which is valid in France's Jura, Ain, and Doubs departments as well as in French-speaking Switzerland. This pass sells for €80 in November, €90 from Dec. 1 to 17, and €100 after that.


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I Don't Want To Be Like You
I can't say how many times a day, everyday, I think of your attitude and odd behavior. I hope that you know it's not a one-sided hurt and betrayal.
I can't even voice my opinion without you putting me down, reminding me of the times I yelled at you, reminding me of the shame I've brought into the family and onto you.
I don't even want to begin on the things you've said to me, the things you've done to me. Do you understand why I married that ugly terrible old man? It was because you told me to. Do you know why I stayed for 4 years under his reign over me in all the times he hit and pushed me down? It was because I thought of you and the impact my divorce on him would have on you. Do you know why I would yell at you everytime I was angry? It was because I keep hearing you telling me to marry that old jerk who doesn't give a S**** about you. It was because he was able to sweet talk his way to your heart. It was because he had hit me. It was because even after my divorce you'd call to check up on him. It was because you call Aunt NC to yell at me for divorcing him. It was because you put words into my mouth. It was because you betrayed me. It was because you sold me. It was because I don't trust you anymore.
Mom, why does it take one sweet lie from him to make you believe him? I feel like you're burying me alive. I hurt and now you're turning me into a stone.
I want to forgive you mom, but I cannot if you continue this behavior. Does it take death to make you understand me and the pain I've gone through to make you happy? This is your weakness mom, you're easily tricked. And I am not like you. I don't need a man to take charge of my life nor will I carry the blackened veil of a non-virgin divorcee in shame the rest of my life. I'm glad I won't be growing up to be like you. How can you even think it permissible to all the things you've done and are doing? No, I won't grow up to be like you. It doesn't matter if I'm smarter or dumber, I just don't want to be like you.
I agree! Good for you, there is no reason to be like someone that hurtful at all -- and never let them get you down to any point where you feel useless :) There is something very empowering about your words.
Good on you!!! You are stronger than you believe!!! You are in charge of you, dont let anyone get you down!!! Keep it up!!


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Brussels Turns More Upbeat
There is a new message coming out of Brussels. No-one's declaring the crisis over. But there's widespread talk of a new-found calm and some are saying the region has reached an inflexion point.
On one level, this is surprising. The European Commission last week predicted the euro zone would return to recession this quarter. It said the region's economy will contract 0.3% this year and sharply revised down growth forecasts for Greece, Italy and Spain.
Member states are still some way from agreeing a larger firewall to stem contagion–itself a pre-requisite for more G-20 support for the region via a boost in International Monetary Fund resources. On Tuesday, Ireland declared it will hold a referendum on the recently agreed fiscal pact, although unlike over previous treaties, Ireland does not wield a veto.


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A woman was killed Wednesday morning in a two-vehicle crash in the South County after colliding with a truck being driven by a Border Patrol agent.
The accident was reported about 8:10 a.m. on Otay Lakes Road about one mile east of the Lower Otay Reservoir, said California Highway Patrol Officer Art Athans.
The woman was traveling east in a 1992 Nissan Maxima on the two-lane road when she drifted onto the right lane during a curve, lost control of the car and drove into oncoming traffic, Athans said.
Two on-duty Border Patrol agents were heading west in two marked Ford F-250 patrol vehicles, and the Maxima skidded sideways between the two and was broadsided on its passenger side by the second truck, Athans said.
The woman, who was from San Diego and believed to be in her 30s or 40s, died at the scene. The agent was taken to a hospital to be treated for minor injuries, Athans said.
Officers are investigating the circumstances of the crash. The road was wet but it was not raining at the time, Athans said. There is no evidence that alcohol was involved.
Otay Lakes Road was closed in both directions at Wueste Road to the west and state Route 94 for about 3-1/2 hours.
The woman's name will not be released until her family can be notified.
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Alligator spotted in Myakka River State Park
Wildlife photographer Claude Desrochers shares a photo of an American Alligator and bald eagle he photographed in Myakka River State Park.
He says: "The most important thing to becoming a wildlife photographer is to simply love the outdoors and photography and put the two together."
Desrochers frequently contributes to photography publications and volunteers as a caregiver and photographer at the Suncoast primate sanctuary in Palm Harbor, Brooker Creek preserve education center in Tarpon Springs, Shy Wolf Sanctuary in Naples, Lowry Park Zoo School in Tampa and the Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary in Indian Rocks.
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If you are attractive, you are more likely to be happy in life, according to a study by the University of Texas at Austin.
Daniel Hamermesh, professor of economics at the University of Texas at Austin, said, "The results are very simple: Better looking people are happier. It's true in a bunch of countries. It's true in both men and women."
"Early Show" Contributor Taryn Winter Brill reported the research found the most attractive people are about 10 percent happier than those deemed the least attractive.
Hamermesh said money is a large factor in the results.
"Part of the reason we find that beauty raises people's happiness is the fact that it also makes them earn more," he said.
But Average Joe and Plain Jane need not despair - it's not exactly that simple, Brill said.
Radio personality and psychology expert Cooper Lawrence, said, "Beauty only serves you to maybe get in the door but your talent, your personality, the essence of who you are is what gets you to the next level."
However, the study does throw much of the conventional wisdom about "what's inside is important" on its head, psychologist and "Early Show" Contributor Dr. Jennifer Hartstein said.
"(The study is saying) that the more attractive you are, the more opportunities you have," she said. "So the question becomes, is it that you have more doors opened to you? Which is then will make you happier and more fulfilled and having better options in your life. So the fact is we do base our first opinion on how someone looks."
Physical beauty, as well as height, can affect a person's paycheck and resulting happiness, Hartstein said.
Research has found that if you are taller, you get a larger paycheck, up to $800 more than someone who is not as tall," Hartstein said.
"So they're not talking 5'2" to 5'5," they're talking 5'5" to 6 feet, but it can get you more money." She explained, "They think that's because you might have more self-esteem. You might have more leadership qualities. So height is an advantage."
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There have been mixed reviews on Dynamite's old school trio of do-gooders. Some love The Spider, The Green Hornet and The Shadow, some don't. Regardless of your slant, I urge you to step into Masks #1 with an open mind. This is classic comic book storytelling at it's absolute finest. Writer Chris Roberson weaves all three of these heroes into a story filled with political corruption and the decay of justice. It's the kind of black and white, good and evil plots that get lost in this modern world of grey storytelling.
Green Hornet and Kato have stepped slightly out of their jurisdiction in order to track down a mob boss named Rothko. It's the 1940s in New York City and, while it seems that a new age of law and order has arrived, there are more sinister things afoot. During their interrogation of this mob underling, Hornet and Kato are faced with The Shadow and his super powered use of darkness. Speaking cryptically, The Shadow tells Hornet to go to Club Cobalt for the answers he seeks.
Essentially, New York going to hell in a handbasket. The new mayor has positioned a Justice Party to help dispense law and order in the city. Problem is, that entire organization is made up of former criminals and corrupt politicians, including Boss Rothko. The issue comes to a head when crooked police begin arresting the poor for not paying a "poor tax." As the situation becomes violent, The Shadow, Kato and The Hornet leap into action. Just as suddenly, The Spider appears and, though now they are four, this tribe of justice seekers seem hopelessly outnumbered.
Roberson does a masterful job of setting the scene and executing a Golden Age story without it seeming nostalgic. The corruption is real, even touching on racism and bigotry. The principle behind Roberson's idea is what is law and what is justice. Fueling that conflict is the police on the side of law vs. our heroes on the side of justice. It was also smart for Roberson to introduce The Spider suddenly, it ramps up the anticipation of issue #2.
I was a little apprehensive about the art since I'm not a huge fan of Alex Ross. Yes his stuff is beautiful, but it always felt stagnant, as though the characters in his panels were bolted to the ground and unable to move. Such is not the case with Masks. Ross' work compliments the Golden Age style of the story by keeping a classic feel painted within the very modern Alex Ross look. Ross also has a lot of movement here, from the opening rooftop battle to the final moments against the cops, Ross keep Masks alive with action.
Masks is a great book. The kind of comic book storytelling I wish we saw more of.
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When University of Minnesota researchers monitored the scale habits of 1,800 dieting adults, they found that those who weighed themselves daily lost an average of 12 pounds over 2 years; weekly scale watchers lost only 6. The once-a-day group also was less likely to regain weight loss.
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Throughout my pregnancy with Lydia, I really fought against fear. Fear that she would be breech like her brother. Fear that I'd make it all the way to labor and stall. Fear that something would go wrong. All my fears were wrapped up in one package though - fear of another c-section. It's not that the first time went horribly, but I just didn't want to have surgery again. I wanted to feel contractions. I wanted to know what it felt like to labor. I wanted to have a baby the way God designed it. So I began to meditate and pray Psalm 20:4 every time I felt fear creeping in. "May He give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed."
All along, the midwives I saw were very confident Lydia was head down (the midwife practice I used did not do ultrasounds or internal exams past 20 weeks, so most of their assumptions on position were total guesses based on how everything felt externally). However, on Tuesday, May 27 (one week before miss Lydia's due date) I had my 39-week appointment at the midwife office and it was quite an emotional one. During my external exam, the midwife was certain she felt Lydia head down, but when she did my internal check she was unsure and said she wanted to send me to have an ultrasound to confirm baby's position. She also said that my cervix at that point was high, firm and closed. Basically - I wasn't anywhere near having this baby and we weren't sure if she was even in the correct position to be born. I immediately felt a wave of fear when the midwife told me this but tried blocking it out knowing that the results were still standing.
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We were so anxious to find out the results of the ultrasound that we arrived at the clinic 30 minutes early. Thankfully, they brought us right back and started right in on the ultrasound. Nathan had to use the restroom once we got settled into our room, but the tech started the process anyway. She placed the wand on my belly and immediately said "Head Down!", to which I replied with a huge grin, "Can you wait until my husband comes out before you go any further?" Nathan came and stood by my side and I grinned with tears filling my eyes as I said "She's head DOWN!" I can't even describe the wave of relief that came over me in that moment.
We left the appointment that day with hearts so full of thanks, and a little...errr, big surprise - the tech told us that it looked like Lydia would be a whopping 8 lbs 13 oz based on her measurements. We now had a mission - get this baby here and get my cervix working before she gained another ounce! :)
I should also mention here, that Nathan was a tremendous support. He was my "silent encourager", holding my hand every time he saw another contraction coming on, and softly whispering "you're doing so good", "I'm so proud of you" every once in a while.
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Not only had God allowed our sweet girl to be born vaginally, but He'd also equipped me with the strength I'd need to do it the way my heart desired - totally natural.
I honestly can't explain the feelings I felt over the next few days. I stopped several times throughout my days with tears filling my eyes and asked "Lord, why do you love me so much?" William's birth taught me so much about faith in God when we're going through the unknown, and Lydia's birth taught me so much about trusting God with my hearts desires and how He delights to give us those because He's our loving Father.
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WYOMING, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - We're learning grisly details Monday in a triple murder-suicide case out of Wyoming.
Monday, police revealed that Brady Oestrike strangled 18-year-old Brooke Slocum and decapitated her boyfriend, 25-year-old Charles Oppenneer.
Police say they feel compelled to release information about the couple's murders because the public deserves to know how severe the crimes were.
They have spent days at the home of Brady Oestrike, and recovered more than 400 pieces of evidence.
Police say it was a hellish environment inside the Wyoming home.
"In the basement of Oestrike's residence, investigators discovered dozens of firearms, ammunition, numerous knives, and other weapons," said Wyoming Police Chief James Carmody.
It doesn't end there, though.
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"Items that include restraints that would indicate that Oestrike held the victim, Brooke Slocum, in captivity there for a period of time before he murdered her," Chief Carmody said.
Neighbors say that detail is something they're finding hard to understand.
"The most disturbing part was if she were to scream and, like, none of our neighbors even knew, how nobody caught it, that's the scariest part," said neighbor David Dittmer.
Police say emails show the 18-year-old and Oestrike planned to meet at Gezon Park for sex.
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Gezon Park is where police found Oppenneer's body.
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"Firefly is excited to become a part of the Elmwood Village and expose the community to our tasty and unique cupcakes," said owner, Wendy Egloff.
The ribbon cutting will be held at 2 p.m. at 1008 Elmwood Avenue. The grand opening event will go until closing at 10 p.m. and feature giveaways, live music, many surprises, and of course, free cupcake samples. The community is encouraged to join Firefly staff and friends for an afternoon and evening of fun, and delicious baked goods.
Firefly's new Elmwood location will mirror the first with a showcase featuring countless over-the-top cupcakes based on weekly themes. The theme for the opening week will be Firefly Fan Favorites. Also, a new element to both locations will include a new gourmet cake menu. Two in-house dining areas, as well as a new cake studio will don the new location. Former Zillycake's owner, Zilly Rosen will be in residence at Firefly and offering cake classes, custom cake design as well as high-end cake production, which she is known for.
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Dear Abby: I am a senior citizen and an above-the-knee amputee. I wear a full-leg prosthesis and use crutches. I love being out and about, going to theaters, restaurants, outdoor markets, etc. How should I respond to the many people who ask me what happened? Did I break my ankle, have knee surgery or what? I know telling them the truth would embarrass them. Abby, please ask your readers to think twice before asking a stranger such a personal question.
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Peardonville Mennonite Church (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)
The Conference of Mennonites in British Columbia took over the work with Albert Nickel as leader, serving 26 August 1956 until 1 January 1958. During this time, the upper floor of the sanctuary was complete in the fall of 1957. After Nickel's departure, John Julius Klassen took over, providing leadership until 30 September 1963. Under Klassen's leadership the congregation formally organized themselves as a congregation on 22 November 1959 with 52 charter members, and grew to 57 members in 1961, the year they joined the Conference of Mennonites in British Columbia. Isaac Ens served January to September 1964, and David Letkeman from July 1965 to September 1967. In 1964 there were 48 members with 98 in the Sunday School program. After 1967, a variety of ministers took turns serving the congregation.
Eventually, disagreements led to a split and a decline in membership. Peardonville church dissolved in 1968 at which time the membership stood at 28.
In 1969 the Evangelical Mennonite Church (EMC) purchased the building for $1,000, and the BC conference transferred the proceeds of the sale to the General Conference Mission Board in Newton, Kansas, who had given the congregation a grant of the same amount years earlier. The EMC eventually discontinued their work and the building was used by a variety of groups until it was sold in 1983.
Canadian Mennonite (27 September 1957): 1; (24 November 1961): 22.
Lehn, Cornelia. Frontier Challenge: A Story of the Conference of Mennonites in British Columbia. Clearbrook, BC: Conference of Mennonites in British Columbia, 1990: 104, 120-122.
Loewen, David F. Living Stones: a History of the West Abbotsford Mennonite Church 1936-1986. Abbotsford, BC: West Abbotsford Mennonite Church, 1987.
Neufeld, John H., ed. Echoes 39-64: The Conference of United Mennonite Churches of British Columbia. [Abbotsford, B.C.]: The Conference of United Mennonite Churches of British Columbia, 1964: 27
Archival RecordsMennonite Heritage Centre Archives: Volume 120.
Mennonite Historical Society of British Columbia Archives: Peardonville Mennonite Church fonds
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Conference of Mennonites in British Columbia (1961-1968)
Conference of Mennonites in Canada (1961-1968)
General Conference Mennonite Church (1962-1968)
Peardonville Mennonite Church Ministers
|Albert Nickel
|John J. Klassen
|Isaac Ens
|David Letkeman
|Henry Letkemann
|Phillip Schroeder
|Richard D Thiessen
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|November 2011
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Thiessen, Richard D. "Peardonville Mennonite Church (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. November 2011. Web. 23 Sep 2017. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Peardonville_Mennonite_Church_(Abbotsford,_British_Columbia,_Canada)&oldid=76926.
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Thiessen, Richard D. (November 2011). Peardonville Mennonite Church (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 23 September 2017, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Peardonville_Mennonite_Church_(Abbotsford,_British_Columbia,_Canada)&oldid=76926.
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