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Songbook VII
Canada's brightest emerging artists perform alongside operatic masters. Hear highlights from Tapestry's 37-year collection of absurd, tragic, and beautiful Canadian repertoire in the intimate Ernest Balmer Studio (Distillery District).
Krisztina Szabó
Keith Klassen
Steven Philcox
February 23 (7:30pm) & 24 (7:30pm & 10:00pm), 2017
Ernest Balmer Studio, 9 Trinity St, Studio 315
Individual Tickets: $25.00 (plus HST)
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Death's Not Fairon June 5, 2012 at 11:35 pm
I have a lot of trouble with this concept, I often feel that if I get hit by a car I will be able to talk my way out of it.
so basically, "afterlife" is groundhog's day without a happy ending? =)
…i just now discovered that prometheus actually *got off* his "eternal" punishment. so that comparison (which is what i was thinking of) won't do.
I love that first pose he makes. Spectacular!
Personally, I prefer the third.
Maybe the whole afterlife consists of trying to redo the last few moments of your life. For eternity. There isn't actually anything beyond the pearly gates.
Wow, I'm good at depressing myself…

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Happy Birthday to me! How fun is it that recipe test day falls on my birthday this year? So, of course I am going to use that as an excuse to make a cake that I've been wanting to make forever.
This is Starlight Double Delight Cake!!
Now, this cake was a winner in the 1951 Pillsbury Bake-Off, so we already know this is going to be good. I was just interested to see how well using frosting for the base of a cake would work out. I've been interested to try this out for years, so, let's get caking.
Alex was also very interested in this. She was completely floored by the fact that we made the frosting before we made the cake.
The finished frosting! It was really good, even though I ended up using shortening instead of butter. I should have used butter, since even Pillsbury uses butter in their updated recipe. But I've been experimenting with vintage cake recipes that use shortening, so I wanted to see how this would taste the original way first before I started messing with it.
You know, for control purposes. A control cake. Which is pretty much how all experiments should work.
"We will analyze your results, but only if you bring us a control cake."
Here is the finished cake batter. In a side note, making the frosting first was really nice, because you didn't have to do two sets of dishes when you were done. You just mix up the cake in the frosting bowl with the frosting beater. Win-win.
However, you do get a little shortchanged on frosting this way. There is enough frosting. But just enough. No room for error on this one. So, if you end up with a cake issue, like your layers are uneven or something, you can't fix it with frosting.
Also, since you made the frosting ahead of time, you have to guard your frosting like a maniac from sneaky hands until you can get it onto your cake.
There was no fresh mint in my store for garnish, so I made do with some jelly Lifesavers rolled out into leaves.
It gave me something to do while I was guarding the frosting.
Since it was a cake made with shortening instead of butter, it was on the crumbly side. But it did slice and serve very well.
"How is it?"
"Dry. But I really like the flavor."
The Verdict: Minty
From The Tasting Notes –
This cake was fun to make, relatively easy because you make the frosting first, and had a good chocolate and mint flavor. However, since I made it with shortening, it was on the dry side. Now, shortening has changed a lot over the years, so I'm thinking that if I used butter it would fix a lot of that. Also, I really want to make this cake again, but not use a mixer. I'm wondering if I mix everything by hand if it would make a better crumb. So, stay tuned for that experiment coming soon. Overall, a good cake, but a bit dry and needs some tweaking.
Luckily, we know the way to fix dry cake.


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|Millie, the bantam Cochin hen
The Mallory Complex Building at the Big E was divided into two areas, birds for sale and show birds. Only one person was selling chickens in the large fowl category, the rest were bantam (miniature) chickens or breeds that didn't interest us. So we zeroed in on Steve who had a few cages of very large Cochins. Unfortunately, his hens were already marked as sold and we didn't want a rooster….or did we? We could wait a couple of hours for Steve's friend to come back from the farm where he'd gone to get more hens to sell, try to talk one of the exhibitors into selling their show chickens (after judging) or consider one of the three colorful cockerals (male chickens under the age of one year) Steve still had available. Jay admired the cape of feathers on the males for fly-tying purposes (a fly-tier will pay as much as $90 for a scalped rooster cape of outstanding quality), Kelsey wanted to get the rooster and go; I was the hold out. As we stood there and debated, two other buyers came up and offered to buy Steve's chickens. I was being pressured.
I did not want to take a chance on another aggressive rooster, like our previous one who had to be sold. The downside to not having a rooster though is that they truly become the leader of a flock and will protect their hens from predators, often to the death. These boys were the size of a hawk, but a lot heftier. A rooster has no influence on a hen's egg-laying ability, just whether or not the eggs are fertile (something we don't care about). The Cochin breed is known for being big, friendly and fluffy; the gentle giant of chickens. Interestingly enough, our bantam hen Millie is a Cochin too. Same breed, just two extreme sizes.
You guessed it; I gave in and we got ourselves a roo. He barely fit in the large cat carrier I had, but we placed him in the back seat and happily left, me still in disbelief that we'd just bought a rooster. His clucking is a low, resonant sound, a deep James Earl Jones-type of voice. "How about naming him Mufasa?" I suggested to Kelsey. "He'll be like the King of the Jungle, a protector of his flock." Kelsey came up with a better name, Aslan, the lion character from The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis.
Since we had to go through Hartford on our way home, we made a detour to Whole Foods to pick up gluten free foods for Kelsey. Kelsey has Celiac Disease so we are constantly looking for food that will work for her. We filled our grocery cart and finished by picking up lunch while were there. As we sat in our car in the Whole Foods parking lot eating lunch, I thought about what a wonderful family day it'd been. A brilliant cockeral in the back seat, a happy daughter because she'd found the gluten free mega-load, and a delicious meal for three hungry people. Aslan even got to share in our Whole Foods bounty.
Normally, there is a proper way to introduce a new chicken to the existing flock, just as there are best practices for bringing a new kitten home. Chickens, however, can be evil toward new-comers and tend to attack those perceived as intruders or weak. I hoped that with Aslan's size and gender, he wouldn't get hen-pecked, but he's very young. My hens may not be impressed with a teenage boy. With previous new clucks, I put them in a cage near the coop so everyone could get used to seeing each other for a few days. In this case, the temperature was expected to be about 9 degrees overnight so leaving a chicken in an exposed cage was out of the question. I ignored Kelsey's suggestion of keeping a rooster in her bedroom. Aslan squeezed through the door of my bigger cage and stayed there until dark when I placed him on an empty perch in the chicken coop. Chickens are blind and helpless in the dark so the hens had no choice but to allow the stranger with the deep voice to nest with them.
In the morning I opened the coop doors and calm, cool Aslan strutted out of the coop with his new harem and began to eat the scratch off the ground. This was the first time the hens got a good look at Aslan out in the yard with them. The first challenger was Pilgrim, our Plymouth Barred Rock, then Lucy, the Rhode Island Red. Both tried to spar with him. A couple of fluttering chest-bumps from the big guy and the hens quickly figured out the new boy was no push over and backed off.
Aslan is doing great so far. I constantly marvel at how truly magnificent he is with his multiple colors and his feathered legs. I took my scale out and weighed him; he's 9 pounds. He should weigh about 11 pounds when he's fully grown. He hasn't picked on any of the girls and has started crowing, albeit an adolescent crow. The hens respect him and no further aggression was observed from anybody. When I let them out in the afternoon to range in our yard, Aslan stayed right with his new flock, returning to the coop to roost when it got dark. It's been such an easy integration with a large rooster into a flock of hens. Normally it can take weeks for a flock to completely accept new pullets and even then the smaller ones will always be at the bottom of the chicken hierarchy.
|Aslan with his new flock
In the cat world, the males rarely dominate the females. Boy cats will "Yes Dear" the girls, staying out the way if she's in a bad mood and savoring the times she is affectionate. With dogs, we've all heard of the little dog bossing the large dog. For them, and for people, an assertive personality is all that's needed to be in charge. In the chicken yard, however, size does matter. It doesn't hurt to be the only boy either.
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Rome-ward bound
Tony Blair went to see the Pope last week. He wants to convert to Catholicism. No wonder the pontiff looks worried — can the Church bear the strain? ("Forgive me father, for I have sinned. Now where shall I begin?") The Vatican will have to build a special confession booth for Blair — a line of priests will form outside, taking turns to absolve him.
STOP PRESS: News arrives that Blair is to become Bush's peace envoy in the Middle East. Oh, but he's a warmonger you say. True, but the thing is the president can't spell — what he's actually becoming is a piece envoy, securing a piece of the pie for us in the region. The sad fact is that there are enough religious lunatics bent on killing people there without him moving in.
Three awards and one man of distinction
Last October former Iranian president Mohammed Khatami – a man who has yet to be investigated in connection with human rights abuses and murders that occurred under his watch both as president of Iran and during his tenure as head of the country's ministry of culture and Islamic guidance – travelled to the University of St Andrews in Scotland to accept an honorary degree for his efforts in promoting "dialogue between faiths".
(Surely an insult to the women stoned by his government and the writers and political dissidents it has killed.)
The National Union of Students said that it was "appalled" and issued a demand for Khatami to use his influence to secure the release of Ahmad Batebi, the pro-democracy demonstrator imprisoned for his role in the student protests of 1999, before any honour was bestowed.
The NUS, like many, regarded St Andrews' move as an endorsement of Iran's criminal theocracy by a UK institution. So perhaps we can forgive the poor old mullahs for being slightly baffled now that another British institution – the monarchy, no less – has given Salman Rushdie a knighthood. (He's been made a 'Sir' as Iranians say.)
Quite what the UK government is playing at is unclear, but so curious is the tango between these two nations that we shouldn't be surprised if in the next few months President Ahmadinejad himself flies to Scotland to pick up a tartan turban and a bottle of scotch for the Supreme Leader – with some deep-fried Mars bars and a kilt thrown (and if we're lucky, a headbutt).
Or perhaps the University of St Andrews will come to its senses and follow the example of Edinburgh University, which decided last week to strip Robert Mugabe of the honorary degree it awarded him in 1984. (Hopefully, 23 years hence Khatami will not be the leader of Zimbabwe.)
As for Sir Salman, if only he had the gumption and wisdom to follow the example of the fashion entrepreneur Joseph Corre (pictured) – and son of designer Vivienne Westwood – who turned down his MBE, rubber-stamped as it was by Downing Street.
He wrote in The Independent yesterday: "I couldn't accept an honour from a dishonest man. And Tony Blair is a dishonest man… Mr Blair has caused many miserable deaths and tortures."
Too bad that – unlike this honourable businessman – the world's Bush-friendly Sir Salmans are not willing to swim upstream.
Written and directed by Deepa Mehta, Water is a film that will leave you thirsty for a script. It, at best, is a shoddy waste of time if a worthy addition to the con-artist cinema of the Orient. The story centres the chubby-cheeked eight-year-old Chuyia, whose father wakes her up:
"Do you remember getting married?" he says.
"No," she replies.
"Your husband died. You're a widow now."
"For how long?" she asks.
Remarkably, the child claims not to remember having been married, even though her husband will have attacked her on their wedding night. Her head shaved, Chuyia is dumped into the hands of a refuge for widows.
(Oddly, one elderly widow there seems only to remember her wedding night, and the sweets she received then.)
The refuge is controlled by a matriarch-cum-brothel madam, who forces a fair-skinned, beautiful, European-looking woman called Kalya into sex work. Kalya befriends Chuyia, introducing her to her puppy – which she is allowed to keep along with her long hair.
When Chuyia goes running after her dog, she bumps into Narayan a liberal young Brahmin, who is more 1990s Islington yuppy than 1930s Indian nationalist. The upper caste/outcast love story that emerges is so clinical, shallow and unmoving that divulging what happens next will detract nothing from the film.
Narayan finds out that his father is one of his wife-to-be's clients (a great twist had any of the characters depth – "You disgust me" he tells papa). Still, he decides he still wants her.
Only too late, Kalyani kills herself. (All this against the lusciously shot backdrop of a mystical India filled with wailing, sitars, and, for a welcome dose of realism, men scrubbing their armpits in rivers.) The evil matriarch sends little Chuyia to be one of Kalyani's clients who is an Anglophile as well as a paedophile.
Chuyia is helped off a boat, back from her ordeal, by the film's third female heroin Shakuntula. Audience sympathy is, by this point, fast running out. So what do you do to retain it? Wheel out Gandhi of course. Yes, folks, the last scene of this film shows the Mahatma making a – surprise, surprise – weakly scripted speech to a wooden audience in a train station.
He boards the train, which Shakuntula, who takes it upon herself to deliver the deflated Chuyia the great man, chases. Conveniently she spots Narayan to whom she manages to hand the child with the instruction, get her to Gandhi! Poor old Gandhi not only liberated India, but also the director of this charlatan of a film from having to think of a proper ending.
Good review of bad film
Guardian critic Peter Bradshaw's thumb-down to Ocean Thirteen is worth a read.
Why babies are overrated
Meet Ariana, seven weeks old. Her mother, Christina Papadopoulou, supplied this snap to Iranian.com. She is of course, lovely, but in this picture simply outgunned by the cuteness of the bear.
A view from Iran
It's pelage season in Iran. The well-to-do of Tehran take time off and head to the segregated beaches of the north. Men armed with binoculars line up to hire speed boats to gawp at the women's section from a distance. "The problem is," says Arghavan, a 25-year-old graphic designer, who came to London four months go, "that you can't get rid of segregation overnight. Can you imagine how those men would react without a curtain separating the genders?"
So, what do to?
"Well," she says laughing, "you'd have to wipe the slate clean of a whole generation and start with a society which from the outset allowed men and women to share a beach just like here."
She adds: "Relations between men and women can be normal, if only the state would leave them alone."
Arghavan and her brother, she says, were recently stopped in the street and had to prove they were siblings. "If we couldn't," she says, "things could get much bigger." A woman's father, she said, would have to tell a court he was aware of who she was with. And if the father refused to do this?
"No father would refuse," she says. "But if he did the girl could be stoned."
I was recently cornered by a post-grad student in the US who said that actually, things are far better for women in Iran that we in the West were led to believe. "When was the last time you went back," she said, implying that I did not know the reality on the ground. Are things really okay?
"It depends which family you're visiting when you go there, their economic situation," she says. "In [the wealthy] north of Tehran you might see lifestyles you won't see the like of here in the West," she says. "But venture out into poorer areas and the villages and meet a 25-year-old woman who was forced into marriage aged 15 and it's a different story."
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Missouri Wrestling Revival's Brian Kelley caught up with "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart at the December 2016 SICW event in East Carondelet, Illinois. The WWE Hall of Fame manager Hart had his hands full on that night as SICW managers Travis Cook and Big Daddy was in the house to cause trouble throughout the night but before the action happened, let us catch up with the trio for an exclusive interview.
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The number of seals at the rookery peaks three times during the year: in late January when most births have occurred, around the first of May at the peak of the juvenile/adult female molt, and in late October during the fall or juvenile haul-out. The annual cycle begins in November with the arrival of mature males at the end of the month.
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Dominion work wins award Hayles and Howe are delighted to receive the Humber Silver Salver for Heritage Fibrous & GRG Plaster work. Presented by the AIS FPDC on the 3rd February 2015 at the prestigious Plaisterers' Awards for 2014. Awarded for the refurbishment and restoration of the...Continue Reading →
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Plaster Work Restoration Hayles and Howe were responsible for the removal, restoration and replacement of the decorative plaster work and the total renewal of all the ceilings. The Assembly Rooms consist of a suite of rooms arranged sequentially around a central octagonal vestibule. Designed...Continue Reading →
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Tusmore House Columns and Pilasters Hayles and Howe collected the Humber Silver Salver in 2004 for our work on Tusmore House. Manufacturing and installing eight 5.7 m fluted sienna scagliola columns and pilasters. Embellished with Acanthus leaf capitals at this new build Palladian style...Continue Reading →
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Welcome to the weekend! Another work week is almost in the books. Time to cut loose. If it's live music you seek, you've come to the right place. Tons of great music on tap this weekend, a diverse array of options whatever your flavor, everything from jazz and jam to hip-hop and hardcore to industrial and indie. We've got a full rundown of every show happening on the Front Range over the next few days in our concert calendar. If you'd rather take a more curated approach to crafting your itinerary, we've singled out the ten best concerts in Denver this weekend. Keep reading to see what made the cut.
See also: - Profile: The Photo Atlas is as compelling as ever - Tea Leaf Green's Reed Mathis on how improv is a spiritual discipline - Daniel Svensson of In Flames on how touring has become a more global affair
10. CIRQUE SIDE OF THE MOON @ CASSELMAN'S | FRI, 2/8/13 One of the most beloved (and most duplicated) albums of the twentieth century, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon has been adapted into endless forms of live entertainment, from kid-friendly laser-light half-time shows to the Flaming Lips' brain-bursting acid tests. So it only makes sense that the album would be adapted to another exceedingly popular transgenerational concept, Cirque Du Soleil, and sprinkled with a little voodoo and Mardi Gras for good measure. The aptly named Cirque Side of the Moon: A Voodoo Mardi Gras Masquerade mixes acrobats, fire-dancers, burlesque and contortionists with the 1973 album played in its entirety by tribute band Wish We Were Floyd.
9. CHINGY @ ROXY THEATRE | SAT, 2/9 After his ubiquitous smash hit "Right Thurr" sprung a run of three albums certified at least gold, now six years have passed since his latest album, Hate It or Love It failed to crack the top ten. With 2012 came a new mixtape, Jackpot Back, and promises of a new album, No Risk No Reward for 2013.
8. PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND @ BOETTCHER | SAT, 2/9/13 Preservation Hall is one of the few pillars of old-school New Orleans-style jazz left in the world. The band, which was founded over five decades ago, has a style that's bouncy and upbeat, borrowing from Caribbean rhythms. At Boettcher, the band, which usually includes traditional Mardi Gras songs and old standards in its sets, is slated to team up with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra.
7. FRED HERSCH TRIO @ DAZZLE | THURS & FRI, 2/7-2/8 Early on in his career, pianist Fred Hersch played as a sideman to jazz legends like Joe Henderson, Art Farmer and Stan Getz in the late '70s. Since then, he's gone on to release a number of albums under his own name, while also proving that he's a masterful improviser. On his most recent effort, the two-disc Alive at the Vanguard, released last September on Palmetto, the five-time Grammy nominated pianist is in superb form running through new original compositions, as well as tunes by Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins and Cole Porter.
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6. VELVET ACID CHRIST @ CASSELMAN'S BAR & VENUE | SAT, 2/9/13 In 1990, Bryan Erickson started what would become Velvet Acid Christ with a few like-minded friends whose side and main projects had merged. Recalling early Death In June and Clan of Xymox, the act's debut effort, Fate, came across as the work of people capable of rapid reinvention. 1995's Neuralblastoma found the outfit incorporating urgent electronic percussion and a menacing undertone within the melancholic atmospheres of its music -- think Skinny Puppy, circa Too Dark Park. By 1996, Erickson was more or less helming the act alone, and acted as the primary songwriter until he went on hiatus in 2001 to transition into a healthier lifestyle. The time off didn't hurt. Last year, Erickson re-emerged with 2011 release Sounds of a Playground Fading, one of his strongest albums to date. Tomorrow night, Velvet Acid Christ performs live for the first time in over a decade.
5. BIG BOI @ BOULDER THEATER | SAT, 2/9 Legendary for his work with Andre 3000 as OutKast, Big Boi has gone solo, and he's making the most of his independence. Having lived somewhat in the shadow of Dre as the consensus second-best MC in rap's most beloved southern duo, with Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty and to a lesser extent Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, Big Boi is making a run for the number one spot.
4. THE PHOTO ATLAS (CD RELEASE) @ HI-DIVE | FRI, 2/8/13 The Photo Atlas has put the finishing touches on its latest record, Stuck In the Honey Trap. Working with Jeff Kanan and Nick Sullivan at John Macey's Silo Sound Studios, the Photo Atlas has emerged with a promising album that sounds honed yet relaxed, with a sound that hasn't really deviated from the angular, dynamic, post-punk-inflected music of its earlier days. The band sounds loose and more comfortable in its own skin than ever, but it's also focused and bursting with the same nervous energy that made it such a compelling band from the start. The Photo Atlas celebrates the release of its new disc tonight at the hi-dive in the company of the Epilogues, In the Whale and New Lungs.
3. TEA LEAF GREEN @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | SAT, 2/9/13 Reed Mathis talks about improvisation like it's a mystical religion. The bassist for the San Francisco-based quintet Tea Leaf Green and former frontman of the Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey sees a great deal of power in making music on the spot, and that passion will likely be front and center when Tea Leaf Green plays a string of dates in Colorado this week. While the band is expecting to release a new full-length album later this year, Mathis insists that none of that music will figure into these shows. Instead, he says, the concerts will be a mix of old and new, tracks pulled off studio and live recordings, as well as fresh tunes that didn't make the cut for the new album. And, of course, there will be plenty of improv to boot.
2. EVERY TIME I DIE @ SUMMIT MUSIC HALL | SUN, 2/10/13 A more apt name for Every Time I Die might be Every Time I Turn Around I Need a New Bassist. Since forming in 1998, the Buffalo-based outfit has gone through a string of four-stringers with an almost predictable frequency that could rival Spinal Tap and its infinite and seemingly inexhaustible pursuit of a permanent drummer. Fortunately, the low end isn't really the centerpiece here but more like a weight-bearing pillar propping up the intensity of act's metalcore savagery, Keith Buckley's eviscerating vocals and the torrent of relentless riffs.
1. IN FLAMES @ BOULDER THEATER | SUN, 2/10/13 In Flames was one of the flagship bands of the Gothenburg scene in Sweden of the early 1990s that included death-metal luminaries like At the Gates and Dark Tranquility. Those bands injected the savagery of death metal with melodic elements that made the music curiously more accessible without undermining its heaviness. After an inaugural EP, 1995's Subterranean, and the debut full-length album, Lunar Strain, In Flames started to hit its stride with its 1996 album, The Jester Race, considered by many critics a classic in the genre. Now with ten albums to its credit, the latest being the 2011 release, Sounds of a Playground Fading, In Flames isn't exactly a household name, but it is one of the most respected and popular bands in heavy music, not just for the quality of its songwriting, but also for its incendiary live show.
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April 24 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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An event every week that begins at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, repeating until May 29, 2019
Art a la Carte
Artist Lorrie Shriner teaches drawing, watercolor and collage techniques. Beginners welcome.
Please bring your own watercolor and art supplies.
Wednesdays • 2 p.m. • San Rafael Branch


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This is too funny. Check it out. Guy annoys this girlfriend with puns at IKEA. In his video description he says:
We moved in together recently so had to make the unavoidable trip to IKEA; I figured out how to get through there as quickly as possible. Yeah, yeah I know, vertical video and all that. I filmed it in Snapchat, you'll survive.


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K is for Keeping up with Motherhood: 5 Ways
Motherhood is a foreign country I chose to permanently emigrate to …
… a world-wide club I decided to join …
… an outlook that I'm getting my head around …
… an inclination that didn't come naturally to me …
… a juggling act that I'm not sure I can ever master …
… a word whose definition is hard to capture …
… a reality that billions of women live …
So, how does one keep up with motherhood – this at once elusive word and an actual reality for so many? I'm not entirely sure, but below are 5 of the many ways I've learnt and I'm learning to keep up with it.
1. Embrace it to enjoy it
It is hard to enjoy something you don't really accept.
Motherhood comes with so many responsibilities and changes – physical, mental, emotional etc – and so many unknowns. Multitudes have been on this journey and shared their observations, but each has her own unique experience. There is no firm methodology to follow; it's definitely not a '2+2=4 equation'. It's a road filled with many ups and downs … peaks and pits … heart-rises and heart-sinks … a roller coaster ride of emotions you might never have even known existed … with (hopefully) mostly more highs than lows. Each day is different and no mothering experience is the same.
I'm finding that the more I accept the bumpiness of this road, the freerer I am in allowing myself to experience all it has to offer …
… the less uptight I am, the more intriguing it is …
… the more relaxed I allow myself to be, the more fun I have …
… the more wiling I am for it to ruffle my 'fixed feathers', the more enriching I find it …
… the more willing I am to go with the flow, the less stressed I feel …
… the more adjustments I'm willing to make, the more empowering it is …
… the more I throw myself into it, the more I enjoy it …
Indeed, the more we embrace all motherhood has to offer – knowns and unknowns – the more it'll be the making of us.
2. Read, study, and know your child
There are so many guide books out there about mothering and one can get oneself into a right pickle trying to follow all their advice. The best sentence I read on this road is to read my child; boy, has it paid off? You bet it has. I've stopped trying to fit into someone's mould of how and when my child should sleep, sit, eat, do this, and do that.
These books are based on a selection of children, not my child. My child is of course human and has similarities with others, but each child is unique. What works for one might not work for the other. I've been told by those with more than one children that this is true for siblings; how much more for samples of children with different family backgrounds.
Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that there isn't value in reading guide books, I've read some pages from a few and I've found them useful. It's helpful to see similarities, to know that you're not alone in your experiences.They can be pointers to what to prepare oneself for and how to manage one's expectations … or even help one to identify what might be wrong … or better understand what is going on.
However, I have found it less stressful to not try to fit into the concluding mould that different authors and other well-meaning folks suggest based on their experiences. Instead, I see their offering as a buffet of possibilities for me to dip in and out of. I take what works for me … experimenting with ideas … discarding and embracing advice as I deem fit, based on my child.
I continue to watch my baby and learn what makes him tick. Of course, he is growing and changing everyday, and I'm kept on my toes with regards to what I think I know works with him.
So I accept flexibility as a norm; after all, my child is not a robot … he is not fixed … he is human! So, it's not as shocking when a tried and tested 'technique' doesn't work anymore. We just find another way that works for both us, as he communicates his needs and feelings in the only ways that he can to me.
I've also learnt to accept that knowing my child takes time and this varies from one mother to another. I remember one of my mummy friends telling me how I should know the difference between my baby's cry for food or sleep. I however didn't have a clue! 'How was I supposed to know', I wondered many times. I felt so daft and helpless about not knowing.
Well, I did know in due course, but I still don't always get it right. Also, knowing doesn't mean I always act accordingly, or as immediately as I'd like to for a range of reasons.
So it's important to be patient with oneself, and to give oneself time to adjust and learn to read, study, and know one's child. It won't happen overnight, and it'll look different as one's child grows. Mistakes will be made, and that's okay; we'll learn from them, and they'll help us to read them better.
3. Know that mum knows best
I came across this idea at the hospital when I had my baby. I just wanted to be told what to do and how to do it. I mean, who doesn't want to get things right, especially at that stage. However, I was told in many ways that a multitude of decisions was up to me. I had to choose and make judgements about what was best for my child.
After I learnt hospital, the same sentiment seemed to ooze out of many of those I encountered in relation to caring for my child. I was annoyed, and I sometimes felt desperate. 'How can I, a first-time mum, know best?', I wondered many times.
Well, I tell you, I think I do now. I can't quite explain how it happened; but I know that as I journey on the motherhood road, my confidence about knowing best for my child grows.
You've probably had moments when you felt something wasn't right in a way those around you couldn't see, and it worked out that your gut instinct about your child's well-being was right.
So, you … mum … does know best for your child. The sooner you grab this knowledge by its horns, the more confident you'll feel in your mothering. It doesn't mean you'll always get it right, but it means that you've accepted full responsibility for your child's welfare. For me, this means having the boldness to stand up for my child and fight his corner in whatever way I can, whatever the situation.
4. Accept that it takes a village to raise a child
(don't try to go it alone)
I found this really hard to take on board before I had my little one. I like my cosy little life and I don't like relying on others for help. I was however, dumbfounded by the amount of support I needed after having Precious Sparkle. I went from being a confident professional who relatively had life in hand, to a vulnerable wreck who needed help all the time.
It took me quite a while to see and accept that raising children is designed to be more than a nuclear family's affair, it's a community endeavour. Accepting that I need others has been such a blessing … phew, what a relief, I don't have to shoulder all it means to have a child alone, it can be shared … hooray!
5. Remember you're a steward not an owner
I believe children are a child from God. We don't own them, they are a full life in their own right. I have found it helpful to remember that I have the privilege of nourishing and nurturing my child for a time, to help him grow into all he can be. He is not my property or another chance to fulfil my dreams.
Accepting this helps me not to be possessive of him … to give him the freedom and space to grow … and I think it makes our relationship healthier.
There you have it, my top 5 ways of keeping up with motherhood.
How do you keep up with motherhood? Would you add anything to this list?
My April 2015 #AtoZChallenge: Considering my Motherhood journey from A – Z
Introduction || Theme reveal || A is for Ardo Calyso Breast Pump: Top 5 || B for Breastfeeding: Top 5
C for Crawling baby Climbing Toddler || D for Dry Skin not Eczema || E is for Exploring Toddler
F is for Frugi: Top 5 || G for Grapes in Baby Led Weaning || H is for Hiccups || I is for Immunization
J is for Judging and Being Judged: 2 Key Lessons
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I recently got back from a great camping trip.
Well I guess it started off like crap but eventually it got better. The fishing was epic. I don't even knnow how many fish I caught. I also drank a whole lot of tequila.
The worst part of the trip was the smell of this rotting garbage we picked up. See we often go camping on the Kern river and some people apparently think it is okay to dump all kinds of garbage around the various campsites. One day we picked up like two large garbage bags full of trash and I was feeling really good about it. I decided to walk up the river to fish and eventually I came to a really pretty campsite with so much garbage I almost started to cry.
That day it got to me and my wife and I went the next day and picked it all up. We bagged it all up, carried it up the hillside, packed it into my truck, and took it to a dumpster. I felt great, but my truck and my clothes smelled so bad. It was truly disgusting.
I took the entire time off from girlie time, so no new pics. I hope you all have had a good week!


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Makeup is important if you want to achieve your desired look. However, choosing these products is not an easy task. That is because some products are of good quality, while others are not effective at all. Because of this reason, it is difficult for customers to find a brand that give ultimate results within a short period. However, even though this is a challenging task you still have to find the best brand.
At times, most people are left with no other options but to buy a product from various brands all at the same time and hope that mixing the products will be more helpful. This option is costly, especially if you are buying beauty products. However, you can avoid this dilemma by acquiring the best lightening cream for your skin.
If you want to find the best Meladerm skin bleaching and lightening cream products for your skin, there are some things that you need to do. Moreover, this also requires you to be patient and dedicated if you want to get the best results. Furthermore, you can visit the nearest local store near you and read the instructions provided on each package. This is not convenient since all brand claims to have the best result, which is why this is a bad idea, and this raises the question as to what you should do?
The answer to this question is customer reviews. Customers review is the best guide you can use to find out more information about any product you are interested in. What you need is access to the internet and use search engines such as Google and Yahoo to find reviews based on your topic.
Read the reviews of other people who have bought skin lightening cream and acquire a full description of the product. Reviews also highlight more about users experience and therefore, you will be able to understand if the product is safe for use of not.
Apart from customers review, there are also other sites that test various creams and outline their opinion about different products. This s also another great source that you can use to learn more about the lightening cream you choose for your skin.
These details are important when searching for the best lightening cream for your skin. Furthermore, without acknowledging these factors, you are more likely to buy any product that you find at the counter. However, by learning how to look for the right skin lightening cream you have a high chance of acquiring a product that you serve you best and help you acquire your desired look.


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Legal Management Specialist Certificates
Earning ALA's Legal Management Specialist Certificates will increase your professional standing by demonstrating your knowledge and capabilities in one of the most crucial areas of law firm management.
Legal Management Finance Specialist Certificate
Completing the FM 1 and FM 2 courses and passing the certificate exam will help you deepen your knowledge about law firm finances, ensure your achievement of the learning objectives, and give you a credential that sets you apart.
Legal Management HR Specialist Certificate
Completing the HR 1 and HR 2 courses and passing the certificate exam will help you deepen your knowledge about law firm human resource management, ensure your achievement of the learning objectives, and give you a credential that sets you apart.
How do I earn the certificate?
After successfully completing either both HR courses or both FM courses, you will gain FREE access to the certificate program. You will have six months after completing HR 2 or FM 2 to review the material from both courses and take an online exam to earn your certificate (one retake is allowed).
Do I have to participate in the certificate program to successfully pass the Web-Based courses?
No, the instructor-led Web-Based courses each have assignments and quizzes that must be completed to pass. The Legal Management Specialist Certificates are offered at no additional cost as an option for those who want to enhance their learning experience after completing the required courses.
What is the timeframe?
HR 1 and HR 2 or FM 1 and FM 2 must be successfully completed within a 24-month period. Participants will have six months from the end of HR 2 or FM 2 to pass the comprehensive exam with a score of 70% or higher.
Do I need to purchase additional course materials?
No, materials from the courses already taken will be used as references. No new content will be introduced. You will have access to the course materials until your access to each course ends. It is advisable to make note of when your access ends so you can download the materials.
When will I gain access to the exam?
Once you complete the requirements for both HR courses or both FM courses, you will be given FREE access to the
What is the difference between a certificate program and CLM certification?
A certificate program is designed to educate or train individuals to achieve specific learning objectives. Often, an exam or
A certification program usually has eligibility requirements (such as years of work experience), requires passing an assessment, and has ongoing requirements for maintaining the designation. For example, the Certified Legal Manager (CLM) program is a certification program where the focus is on assessing current knowledge and skills within the legal management profession.
Certificates vs. Certifications
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|Eligibility Requirements
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|Usually has both experience and education requirements to be eligible to take the certification exam. There are typically requirements to maintain a certification, such as participating in continuing education and paying renewal fees.
|Recognition of Achievement
|Certificates are awarded and individuals can list the credential on their resume and social media profiles. No acronym or letters are used after the recipient's name to reference the certificate.
|Certified individuals can use an acronym after their names (for example, David Johnson, CLM) to communicate their significant professional accomplishment.
Contact email@example.com for more information.


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I'm very much a do-it-yourselfer so there was little doubt I would teach myself to do simple website design. After all, I'm something of a gearhead anyway. I built ham radios in my youth, I mastered the pre-Internet BBS technology, and I love computers.
Another factor helped make my decision: most of the web designs I saw on the Internet…sucked. They were complicated, gaudy, over-wrought and distracting. They took forever to download over my dial-up connection, and they didn't help me find what I was looking for, they hindered.
So I designed my own sites, and I designed and built simple sites for a few of my consulting clients.
After a few years I told one client, "The site I designed is now too basic for you. It doesn't project the proper sophisticated image for your company. My strength is in information design, not graphic design. It's time to find a good graphic designer to put a fresh face on your website."
The client found an experienced web designer and asked me to help commission the work. We told the designer we wanted a website that was attractive but simple to use–like a tour company's color catalog because the company was a tour company and that's what its clients were used to.
When the new website was ready, it had sophisticated graphics, huge page files that took forever to download, elaborate rollovers and drop-down boxes, Javascript coming out of its ears, and a penchant for failure. It was an unmitigated disaster (though sophisticated).
When we presented our concerns, the designer told us the reason the site didn't work right for us was that we had old computers and we should go out and buy new computers and try again.
So that's how we learned why there are so many unusable websites out there: talented designers design sites they and their designer friends will like, even though the people who pay for and use the websites may hate them.
Things are better now (marginally), and on the next page I'll give you tips on how to find a good web designer, but right now let's look at doing it yourself.
Steep Learning Curve
If you're not comfortable with computers, forget it, because you really do need something of a techie-head to make it up the learning curve, even with all the good software programs available to help you.
If you are comfortable with computers, at least give it a try. Even if you later decide to collaborate with a web designer, what you learn in trying to do-it-yourself will help you greatly to understand how to build a successful site.
Helpful Web-Design Programs
For my first website I wrote the HTML code by hand because that was the only way to do it. Now I use a program called DreamWeaver. It's sort of expensive, annoyingly buggy, overly complicated, but extremely powerful. I'm still climbing its learning curve, but I figure that, like word processing, web design software is just something I have to learn to stay current in the travel writer's craft.
There are simpler, cheaper programs. Microsoft's Front Page is perhaps the best known. You're sort of trapped in Microsoft's web (pun intended) if you use this because it will only run right if your web host uses Microsoft server software (and most don't), but it's a cheap and easy place to start.
There are even free (or cheap) website-publishing services that help you to set up your own simple site using their software and/or templates:
BuildAWebsiteTonight.com may be your best bet: you can get a simple website up quickly and cheaply, and you own and control all of it.
Homestead.com will help you build a website, but then they get to put their ads on it, which means you can't put your own ads on your own site, and ads are going to be a major source of revenue for you. This might be good to get going quickly, with a move to another server later.
Tripod.com is in between: you can build your simple website for free, but then they put their ads on it; if you pay a bit more, they don't put their ads on it.
Even if you decide to employ a web designer, the more you know about the nuts-and-bolts of how websites work, the better you can optimize the content of your site for success.


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Do you know what could cause message CCV9106E when I attempt to connect from the ISPF client after upgrading from CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS (CICS CM) V2.1 to CICS CM V5.2?
I get long message:
CCV9106E The Server and Client APIs are operating at different software releases.
I shutdown the CICS CM V2.1 server and only had the CICS CM V5.2 server up and running and updated my ISPF libraries to the new data sets. I brought the CICS CM V2.1 server back up since I was unable to connect to CICS CM V5.2.
Is there a checklist I can follow to make sure I did not miss a step?
Answer by BillBulfin (11793) | Nov 23, 2015 at 03:10 PM
The CCV9106E message is based on the XML root element passed in the Send buffer to the CICS CM server. For CICS CM V5.2, the root element XML tag is <CCV520>.
You said that the CICS CM V5.2 server is up and running on the same LPAR as the CICS CM V2.1 server. If both have the same hostname and ipaddress then the only other way to differentiate the CICS CM server would be the portnumber specified on the ISPF client main panel. If the portnumber is the same one that the CICS CM 2.1 server is using, and the upgraded ISPF client did pass an XML root element tag <CCV520>, then if this got passed to the CICS CM 2.1 server, it would not understand the <CCV520> root element tag and would return the API release mismatch error.
Before you run your initial command from the ISPF client, you can use the 'Settings' menu action, option 4 'Set XML Trace options', and option 2 to just trace XML to your terminal. After you run the command, the root element in the XML Send Buffer will show the API release level. If this is <CCV520>, then the ISPF client is probably configured ok, but the ipaddress and portnumber are probably going to the CICS CM 2.1 server on the same LPAR.
If you need to run both 2.1 and 5.2 concurrently until you migrate to a single 5.2 CM server, then you will need separate CCVDDD system options data sets. The SCCVSAMP member CCVXSYSO has the system options where you define the ServerIPAddress, and the various portnumbers for use by the CM server. The CICS CM server uses the CCVXSYSO information to create the TCPIPSERVCICEs in the CM server.
As to your question regarding is there an easier checklist than reading entire CCV52 manual, you can probably just focus on these links to upgrade from 2.1 to 5.2.
Upgrading from V2.1 in the CICS CM 5.1 documentation
You follow the upgrading from 2.1 to 5.1 first, then proceed to Upgrading from V5.1 in the CICS CM 5.2 documentation for upgrading from 5.1 to 5.2 (even though you are skipping 5.2).
There is a hyperlink named Information you will need for installation that is a table of what items you need to complete the upgrade.
It provides some form of a checklist approach to the upgrade that might allow you to begin to exploit and test the various features of CM 5.2 without reading all the documentation for CICS CM 5.2.
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July 6th, 2011 Dan Stasiewski, Public Relations Manager, OverDrive, published this bomb shell announcement.
For the past few months, OverDrive has been beta testing DRM-free eBook distribution in libraries. Today, we're excited to announce that all OverDrive-powered libraries can now add DRM-free eBooks to their digital collections.
To coincide with the launch of this new functionality, we would also like to welcome new publishers who are providing DRM-free eBooks to libraries in OverDrive's global network:
• Bold Strokes Books
• Books to Go Now
• Carina Press
• Gideon Informatics
• Joe Konrath
• Microsoft Press
• O'Reilly Media
• Rock Nook
• Romance Divine LLC
• Rosenfeld Media
• Sher Music
• Simonelli Editore
• TidBITS
• University Press of Colorado
• Wildside Press
All DRM-free eBooks are available under the one-copy/one-user model, which means you can add a copy to your collection and one user at a time can borrow the title from the library. Just like all other OverDrive-supplied content, the titles will be borrowed for a set amount of time and when that lending period is up, another user can check out the title.
WOW! Did any one see this coming (except the Beta testers)? Sounds awesome to the point of being "too good to be true". Where's the catch? Does this mean we can all trust eBook users now to do the right thing?


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My name is Robyn, I am type-A, and I am a planner.
Also, I have a 1 year-old cat.
But the cat's beside the point.
(It's just that he's sitting next to me so cuddly and furry and green-eyed I couldn't help but mention the puff of joy who likes to bite).
But, back to being a planner.
I plan lots of things, joyfully and meticulously, partnered with slow-sipped second cups of coffee and pencils freshly sharpened. (There's just something about writing things down instead of typing, something freeing and creative and solid, isn't there?)
I love to-do lists, grocery lists, big calendars, small agendas, lesson plans, outlines, iCalendars, automatic reminders, blank pages just waiting for words to come fill their spaces, and pens of all colors and sizes to further color-code and organize my well thought-out (and foolproof, right?!) plans.
The teacher in me is nodding an enthusiastic YES! ORGANIZATION! PLANS! Is there anything more satisfying in this constantly changing world? (Other than a perfectly crafted and baked doughy chocolate chip cookie, of course.)
But I digress.
Michael loves that I'm a planner. It helps us a lot.
Planning allows us the freedom to see friends because we carved out the time. It helps us organize finances. It helps me organize my writing into a finished piece. It picked out our wedding colors and turned them into a beautiful scene in which we became husband and wife.
I love that I'm a planner, because I think God made me that way for a reason.
But with all strengths come weaknesses, and this is one of mine: It's easy for me to rely on my plans. In fact, I LOVE relying on my plans, because they act as my security far too often.
(Surely if we've planned it, we can't fail, right?)
But plans rarely go–ahem–as planned. Pun intended.
So then what, friends? What happens to the security blanket then – when plans don't work out? When we get hurt or disappointed despite the amount of planning we've done to ensure our success and comfort?
I've realized recently when I stop using my owns plans as a security and choose to rely instead on the One who knows me and loves me the most, then I start to really live in the fullness of joy, success looks different to me, and comfort is not a necessity.
And yet, here is the most comforting news of all, dear friends! (Yes, even more comforting than an agenda that gets checked off with a brand new hot pink felt-tip pen.)
As lovers and followers of Jesus, we are held tightly together by our Savior, and not by our well-thought out plans (Col 1:17 "…in Him all things hold together," emphasis added).
Note, this verse doesn't say "in flawless plans all things hold together."
Would someone elect to remind me of this every day? Thanks in advance, friends.
And truly, when I really think about it, how many of my plans have actually turned out the way I thought they would?
And yet, am I okay? Am I living fully?
Yes, and a joyful yes.
But, clearly not because of my own plans.
It took a recent change in my well thought-out career plans to throw me into the loving arms of Jesus and lead me to find my worth in Him, and not in my job title nor in my plans.
It's humbling. It's nerve-wracking. And it's one of the best things that's ever happened to me.
Not because of the event itself, but because Jesus had and has His careful hand in every aspect of my life, and when I look and see where I've been and what I'm doing now, there's no doubt in my mind about His goodness and His love for me.
Isn't it great, this grace? That when our plans don't work out as we originally hoped, we are held together. We are loved.
And maybe that's the bigger point of this whole thing than having perfect plans.
Further, I've come to see in a more tangible way that God has His own plans for me – and they are good:
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord. "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future" (Jeremiah 29:11).
I don't know what exactly these plans are for me at this moment in clear detail, but isn't that faith, dear friends? Having the knowledge that God created our very hearts and thus the desires within, and has the loving-kindness to give us our hearts' desires through His good plans for us?
So what then, referring back to Jeremiah 29:11, when we are harmed? When we are disappointed? When we are hurt? Certainly, these painful things will happen, even when we are smack in the middle of God's good plans for us. Jesus tells us hurtful things will happen (John 16:33).
Could it mean God's plans have gone awry? Does it mean that I should, indeed, fold and find security in my own painstakingly thought-out plans as an attempt to protect myself from being hurt?
That is the temptation, is it not?
You understand. In the midst of the plans God has for us and the plans we've made for ourselves, certainly we've been deeply hurt. We've been disappointed. We've been hurt by circumstances, by those who love us, by those in charge of us, and by those who hardly know us at all.
So what then, dear friends?
Beautiful news! As Christ's children, we have a promise in those hard circumstances. This promise from our loving Father reveals even more of God's good plans for us, and it assures us with a burst of light and hope and peace that nothing can change God's good plans for us:
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose" (Romans 8:28)
What a deep sigh of relief. And yet, this verse does not say, "If you are following God's plan, you will not get hurt."
Oh, friends. I do not like pain. But the joyful hope and redemption is this: in His good plans, God has a glorious purpose for us in every hurt. Tears spring to my eyes with the joy of this Love.
Here, God not only promises to work all things for our good (meaning, not just the good things – but the bad and hurtful things that happen too), but He also reminds us here that we were chosen for a purpose. For a plan. So when someone hurts us, when circumstances disappoint us, when we get sick, when we feel lost, when our own plans don't work, these disappointing things will be used for our good by the Father who loves us most and who also promises us a plan for our lives so great we can't even imagine it (1 Corinthians 2:9).
Considering these truths, I hardly feel the need to rely on or find security in my own plans. I do not feel the need to plan myself into safety. In fact, doing so feels silly.
How could my plan even compare to the plan my Heavenly Father has for me? And since God promises to work all things together for my good, from what must I plan to protect myself?
This is great news, friends!
Perhaps this is what Paul meant when he wrote, "Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!" (Phil 4:4).
Paul did not say to rejoice when our plans work out. He said to rejoice always.
Perhaps it's because he knew that which I am just now understanding: God's plans for us are truly good and full of hope in every circumstance. And so, we rejoice!
Blessings upon your heart today. Blessings to you on a day planned just for you. Blessings to you who are made for a brilliant and grand purpose so delightful and lovely you can't even fully understand it until you see Jesus face-to-face. Blessings to you who are safe in Him.
And praise to the God who loves us steadfastly, is faithful always, has good plans for us, and who also created big, blank calendars and multi-colored pens for His beloved planners 🙂
In His steadfast love and grace,
"Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in Him" (Psalm 34:8).


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Map of Orange County with NY 284 highlighted in red
|Route information
|Maintained by NYSDOT
|9.01 mi[2] (14.50 km)
|May 1966[1]–present
|Major junctions
|South end
|Route 284 at the New Jersey state line in Minisink
|North end
|US 6 in Wawayanda
|Highway system
New York State Route 284 (NY 284) is a north–south state highway located entirely within Orange County, New York, in the United States. It begins just south of the village of Unionville at the New Jersey state line in the town of Minisink, where it connects to that state's Route 284. From Unionville, the route heads through rural parts of Orange County for just over 9 miles (14 km) to an intersection with U.S. Route 6 (US 6) in the hamlet of Slate Hill, located 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of the city of Middletown in the town of Wawayanda.
The highway has been part of a state route since 1924 when it became part of New York State Route 8, a road continuing northeast through Middletown and Montgomery to Newburgh. NY 8 was split into two routes as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, with the portion of the highway south of Montgomery becoming New York State Route 84. When Interstate 84 (I-84) was built along a similar alignment to NY 84 in the mid-1960s, the state route was renumbered again in May 1966 to prevent confusion between the two roads. The section of NY 84 south of Slate Hill was redesignated as NY 284 while the rest of the highway was absorbed by other, pre-existing routes.
Route description
NY 284 begins at the New Jersey state line in the town of Minisink as a northerly continuation of that state's Route 284. The route heads northwest for a short distance into the village of Unionville, where it serves as the main thoroughfare through the community. In the center of the village, the highway reaches an intersection with County Route 36 (CR 36, named Main Street), which heads west to the New Jersey state line and becomes CR 651 upon entering Sussex County. NY 284 turns north at this junction, passing a handful of homes before bending to the northwest and leaving the village limits for less developed areas of Minisink.[3]
Outside of Unionville, the route slowly bends to the northeast, paralleling the former right-of-way of the Middletown and New Jersey Railroad (MNJ) as it runs northwest through farmlands. At the far eastern end of the hamlet of Waterloo Mills, the highway also begins to follow Rutgers Creek. The waterway, the former railroad right-of-way and the road take similar paths to the hamlet of Westtown, where NY 284 serves as the main north–south route through the community. It passes Lockenhurst Pond in the southern part of the hamlet before meeting CR 1 near Art Fords Lake. Past Westtown, NY 284 winds its way northeastward across another rural part of Minisink, intersecting CR 62 and CR 22 at back-to-back junctions near the northern town line. The latter route provides access to the hamlet of Johnson, which NY 284 bypasses to the southeast.[3]
North of CR 22, Rutgers Creek merges with Indigot Creek, a small stream forming part of the Minisink–Wawayanda town line. The combined stream continues to serve as the boundary between the two towns as Rutgers Creek takes on a southeasterly course from this point. NY 284 crosses over the waterway, entering Wawayanda and connecting to CR 93 (Lime Kiln Road) just north of the town line. From CR 93, the highway runs northeastward across open, rolling terrain, following an active part of the MNJ Railroad to the hamlet of Slate Hill. NY 284 ends in the center of the community at a junction with US 6.[3]
|New Jersey state line–Montgomery
|1930[4]–May 1966[1]
Modern NY 284 was gradually acquired by the state of New York over the course of the early 20th century. The first stretch to be added to the state highway system was the section between the northern village line of Unionville and the hamlet of Slate Hill, which was improved by the state under a contract awarded on June 18, 1904. Work to bring the existing highway up to state highway standards cost $50,879 (equivalent to $1.42 million in 2019), and the rebuilt road was taken over by the state on December 19, 1906. It was designated but not signed as State Highway 160 (SH 160). A contract to improve the highway's continuation to the New Jersey state line south of Unionville was awarded on June 19, 1922,[5][6] and the highway was reconstructed and taken over by the state by 1926 as SH 500.[7]
When the first set of posted routes in New York were assigned in 1924, SH 160 and SH 500 became the westernmost portion of NY 8, which continued northeast to Newburgh by way of Middletown and Montgomery.[8] In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, the NY 8 designation was reassigned to another highway serving the Central New York Region and the North Country. The portion of its former alignment east of Montgomery became part of the new NY 215 while the rest was renumbered to NY 84.[4] Another, much smaller renumbering was carried out in May 1966 after I-84 was built along an alignment similar to that of NY 84. To prevent confusion between the two nearby roads, the section of NY 84 south of Slate Hill was renumbered to NY 284 while the part east of Middletown became an extension of NY 211. From Slate Hill to Middletown, the road remained part of US 6 and NY 17M, which NY 84 had previously overlapped.[1]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Orange County.
|Route 284
|Continuation into New Jersey
|Northern terminus; Hamlet of Slate Hill
|1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
See also
- ^ a b c "Route Number Game". Times-Herald Record. May 6, 1966. p. 2. Retrieved May 12, 2016 – via Newspaperarchive.com.
- ^ a b "2011 Traffic Volume Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. September 25, 2012. p. 206. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ^ a b c Microsoft; Nokia (April 7, 2013). "overview map of NY 284" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
- ^ a b Automobile Legal Association (ALA) Automobile Green Book, 1930–31 and 1931–32 editions, (Scarborough Motor Guide Co., Boston, 1930 and 1931). The 1930–31 edition shows New York state routes prior to the 1930 renumbering
- ^ State of New York Commission of Highways (1922). Tables Giving Detailed Information and Present Status of All State, County and Federal Aid Highways. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 14, 28. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ^ Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved January 2, 2019.
- ^ Official Map Showing State Highways and other important roads (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. State of New York Department of Public Works. 1926.
- ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times. December 21, 1924. p. XX9.
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There's something about horses at Christmas. It's in the dark eyes I think, the stillness, the mix of warm breath and magic on a crisp winter morning. I'm fortunate that wherever I've lived, there have always been horses nearby in fields or stables. Being able to stand with them for a moment, rub their necks and manes or feed them carrots and apples, stirs something in my soul that I can't explain. It's like entering a church or sacred place, there's a spiritual hush that comes and takes you out of your own reality and puts you into the wild and earthy presence of something otherworldly. Gorgeous creatures.
I remember being snowed in one Christmas. I lived in a cottage in the forest, about two hours drive away from family and friends and unable to travel, I spent a couple of days alone with my dog. On Christmas morning, we walked out through the Scots pine (ouch!) and fir, heavy with snow and reached a clearing at the top of the hill where my neighbours three horses were waiting. A mare, her yearling and a cheeky friend. The animals touched noses and we all stood reading one another's thoughts, lashes frosty in the wakening light. The horses' steaming breath on my hands, their snorting nostrils calming to slow inhalations, hooves prodding the frozen ground beneath, everything was sonorous with snow. Later, thumbing through an anthology, I came across this poem by English poet Henry Shukman. It was his attempt to write about his new born son. His poems have appeared in The Guardian, The Times and The London Review Of Books and his first poetry collection, In Dr. No's Garden, was published by Cape in 2003. As a fiction writer he has published two novels, Sandstorm in 2006 and The Lost City which was a Guardian Book Of The Year. I've paired it with the traditional folk carol Let Us The Infant Greet by Loreena McKennit, hope you enjoy it 🙂 Happy Christmas! – Feliz Navidad! – Frohe Weihnacten! – Buon Natale! – Sona Nollag! – Kala Hristouyienna! – Joyeax Noel!
By Henry Shukman
In our little house Creedence were singing
About the old cotton fields, the baby
Was flat on his back in front of the fire,
Eyes swimming with flame.
Christmas morning, and you were at church.
I thought of going to join you late,
But instead took the baby up to the horses.
Out in the field he started crying.
Maybe I should have taken him to the bath
Of stone, the discipline of a saviour, the sanctuary
Of hymns –
But the horses saved us.
To be close to them, so tough and nothing
To do with us, and their breathing all over him,
And the flaking mud on their necks
Where they had rolled, and the sucking of hooves
As they walked the sodden field.
The horses with their long heads,
Underwater eyes, watched us watch them.
Then they turned, drumming the field,
Leaving us alone – the damp morning
All about, the soaked grass under foot,
The baby's diaphanous ears going pink in the cold
As silence bowed back to earth.


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thank you for the great pictures. what a wonderful trip. has made my grey boston morning much brighter.
I just got back from the biggest trip of my life. Almost a month in the UK and Ireland, coinciding with a big milestone birthday.
It was a teaching trip, which meant a lot of pre-planning and arranging, and it also meant that I got to meet more knitters from places I hadn't been to before. This trip, I went to Wales, Scotland, Ireland and ended up in London. A really nice itinerary.
Let's start with Wales. Wales [specifically West Wales] is the home of my friend Brenda and her partner, Tonia. Hub and I got to know them on the Sea Socks cruise in 2008, and we've been close friends ever since. We'd even travel with them — and that says a lot.
I arrived in Wales the day after my 21st anniversary with the hub, and with a bunged-up knee that [frustratingly] plagued me the rest of the trip and is still not right (a little acupuncture a few days ago is helping, though).
I spent the run-up to P3 on Brenda's couch, knitting and watching Downton Abbey right from episode 1. I fell in love with their cat, Jasper, who is now my cat, or at least Brenda allows me to believe this, which is a kindness.
We took day trips to nearby towns where the streets are paved with cobbles and everyone is nice to you, whether they've met you before or not.
It's true. Everyone is nice in Wales. Hub and I want to live there.
Brenda took me to Cardigan, where the opportunity for puns was rampant, but the cardigans were scarce. She took me to visit the most beautiful Castle gardens; even at the end of its season, it was exquisite:
Brenda and I had decided that, instead of me teaching a simple afternoon class in Wales, she and I should plan a lace-knitting retreat where we could both teach. So we did. We called it Plug+Play in Pembrokeshire, or P3 for short. As the week went on and the retreat was fast approaching, we had a few little loose ends to tie up. This one was the most fun: packing the goodie bags!
And then it was time to drive to Beggars Reach, home of the P3 retreat.
14 knitters joined us from the US and all over the UK in a beautiful Welsh country setting, and we had an unqualified blast.
We talked about my Plug+Play lace principle and applied it to shawl design. We brainstormed over graph paper [they call it squared over there], stitch pattern books, and lots and lots of tea.
We learned how to put lace into a sweater pattern without tearing your hair out. We exchanged US/UK comparisons on expressions, holidays, customs, traditions. We bonded over Downton Abbey and Doctor Who. We ate yummy foods, including a traditional Sunday dinner (at the traditional lunchtime).
We knit a lot. We laughed even more. We had the most wonderful time.
A few accounts of what it was like from the participants' perspectives can be found at the pages of Catherine and Kathleen, and the video that Laurie took.
Leaving was hard. We were super-tired, but the good kind of tired that happens after something important goes well and you did your best. Brenda and I talked about next year the whole way back, and Tonia put up with us. She's good like that. We talked about the people and how much we'd miss them. It was a pretty fabulous first retreat.
So yeah, next year, in some form. I promise details when they are available.
After that, there was little time left in Wales for me, which started to elicit physical responses. I was already homesick for it and hadn't even left yet. So Brenda popped me back into the car and off we went to Hay-on-Wye, in search of this place. I was so surprised to have missed it last year when we were there, and was determined not to let it happen again.
I also had a short booky wishlist: I wanted an Arnold Bennett Penguin paperback and maybe something sailing-y for the hub. Both of those were easily achieved in Richard Booth's Bookshop, a place I wanted to move in to and never leave:
But no one had heard of Merchant & Mills. No one. Until one sweet shopkeeper offered to use her phone (our mobiles were useless in town for some reason) and call them. Turns out, they're not in Hay-on-Wye. They're 20 miles down the road. Cough, cough. Unimpressed with this marketing tactic (labelling your shop as coming from somewhere posh when it actually isn't), we headed to the home of solace, Shepherd's. Where we had what may go down in my lifetime as one of the best lunches ever. It looked like this:
Brenda and I are still talking about this. Yes, ice cream, cake and coffee for lunch. What of it? (Did I mention that the ice cream was made from sheep's milk? Because it was.)
The last day in Wales was meant to be me and Brenda and Tonia booting about Cardiff, seeing Doctor Who sights. But with my knee as it was, we chose another day of relaxing on the couch, with much icing of knee, knitting and lots of Jasper love.
And then off I went to the Cardiff airport, where I met my new best friend: Bulmer's Pear cider. I would spend quite a few happy evenings with a glass of this stuff as the trip went on. (I'm not much of a drinker, but I do like cider.)
 And we'll leave the trip here. See you next Thursday for installment 2, which will include my next stop Scotland, and Ireland, which followed soon after!
thank you for the great pictures. what a wonderful trip. has made my grey boston morning much brighter.
Know what's really cruel? You remind me about Merchant Mills just weeks after I get back from London – where I had tea upstairs from one of their stockists (and actually *looked in the window* of said stockist!) – and NOW I wish I'd made time to go in… Oh well, guess I'll have to go back. Good thing hubby enjoyed the trip. Thanks for the tip 🙂
How fantastic! I've only been to Wales once (also my first time to the seaside), but it seems so nice. I'd love to spend some more time there. The bilingual signs everywhere are also so cool.
Nice to read while in transit in Kansas, too. I could use a Jasper at home, definitely. I think the dogs would adjust.
How utterly delightful, with the exception of the dodgy knee, of course! I used to live in Shropshire, then went to university in Aberystwyth, but now live on Vancouver Island. Your post and photos were a lovely reminder of the good things we left behind.
I love it all!!! Thank you for sharing!!! I was wondering how the workshop turned out! Glad it was a success. I wanted to go soooo bad, but this was not my year. I know this is a tough question but…Can I ask how much one should estimate/plan on financially? Flights from the us included? I'd really like to start planning now for next year. I'd love to hear from you: naturally.artsea@gmail (dot) com
Lovely! Thanks for sharing all the wonderful pictures. The retreat sounds fantastic… and I want lemon polenta cake.
I went to Wales 12 years ago, before I was a serious knitter, and have been longing to go back ever since. Now I REALLY want to go back.
Thank you so much for sharing! The pictures were great! I would love to go on a similar trip but it just isn't in my cards. I really appreciate your sharing this with all of us.
Can't wait for next week!
What a wonderful trip. I think I'll add Wales to my trip for Spring/Summer. I can't wait for the next installment. We are going to Scotland, Ireland and London (again) and I want to see where I should go now that I'm a knitter.
What a lovely trip. I'm envious as Wales is definitely on the places I want to go. What a lovely trip.
Sounds like such a wonderful trip. Hope I get to do the same some day.
I'm glad you had such a wonderful time.
What a great trip! and thanks for posting so much detail. It will help me as I plan to visit Ireland next year.
Pffft, how will this help you with Ireland? Wales is a different country… We have much better hedges. Amy, tell her.
mashing the "I'm so jealous" button. You make an adorable elf btw ; )
What a beautiful place. Must have been fantastic for sure. I would love to travel when I retire. WOW thanks for the brief vacation.
I'd like to submit my resume for personal valet/ travelling yarn schlepper and meal taster, (you know, just in case).
Fablious traveloguin'! Love every bit of this. What a brilliant trip!
Oh, I'm such a sucker for a kitty belly!
I am torn….cannot decide which was more beautiful…the scenary…or the yarns going into the goodie bags!
THANK YOU for the lovely pics and trip recap. I live in Oregon, but wanted SOOOO much to go to the P3. Maybe I'll figure out how to rationalize the trip next year. Your Elf Self and Senor Jasper are both adorable. 🙂
I am so jealous! I have never been to Wales – but love the rest of the UK – and then you go and mention Doctor Who on top of all the knitting and food and quaint bookstores!


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Steven Gregory Stayner was a Merced boy abducted by convicted sex offender Kenneth Parnell at the age of 7 in 1972. At age 14, he escaped with another victim of Parnell's, 5-year-old
Timmy White, in 1980. Nine years later, Stayner was killed in a motorcycle accident. After Parnell served time and was paroled in 1985, in 2004, he was ordered back to prison for trying to procure a young boy.
School children in Chowchilla were kidnapped by three men on July 15, 1976. The 26 children were herded into a moving van that was buried in a quarry near Livermore and held for $5 million ransom. The children escaped after 16 hours and their captors were captured within two weeks. The men were sentenced to life in prison.
Tara Burke was 3 when she was kidnapped in Concord by Luis "Tree Frog" Johnson and Alex Cabarga in 1982. She was freed Dec. 18 of that year after being held captive and molested in a van for 10 months. Johnson was sentenced to 527 years in prison and Cabarga served 25 years.
LeZhan Williams
of Vallejo was 3 weeks old when he was taken in May 1996 after his mother Daphne Boyden was murdered and set on fire. LeZhan, the son of rapper Lathan "Young Lay" Williams, was found by police six years later. Latasha Ann Brown, who was convicted of murdering Boyden and kidnapping LeZhan, had been raising him as her own.
Midsi Sanchez, 8, of Vallejo was abducted Aug. 10, 2000, by convicted child killer Curtis Dean Anderson. She escaped after spending two days chained inside his car. Anderson, who died in prison in 2007, was sentenced to more than 200 years in prison for the Sanchez case and for his involvement in another high-profile Bay Area child killing — the 1999 kidnapping and murder of Xiana Fairchild of Vallejo.
Elizabeth Ann Smart was abducted from her Salt Lake City, Utah, bedroom on June 5, 2002 at the age of 14. She was found alive nine months later on March 12, 2003 in Sandy, Utah, about 18 miles from her home, with Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Ileen Barzee, who were indicted on a charge of her kidnapping but ruled unfit to stand trial.
Shawn Hornbeck, age 11, was abducted on Oct. 6, 2002, while riding his bicycle near his home in Richwoods, MO. Four years later he was discovered on Jan. 12, 2007 by police searching for a recently kidnapped 13-year-old boy, Ben Ownby, Hornbeck and Ownby were both found in the apartment of Michael J. Devlin.
"Kyle R," a Sacramento-area foster child, was 16 in November, 2008, when he escaped a suburban Tracy home where police said he was held shackled in chains and repeatedly beaten, cut and abused for approximately a year. Four adults were arrested on felony child abuse charges and are awaiting trial in San Joaquin County.
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For some reason that picture of the book Kate sent me didn't come out, so here's the link.
Right, I'm off to the post office. I have things to post!
And isn't it windy? The sky's ever so black. I think there's a storm a brewin'!
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The Water Education Alliance is hosting a water treatment and recycling workshop January 21 in at Van Vugt Greenhouse in Pompton Plains, N.J.
Growers who attend the one-day workshop will learn how to manage pathogens, algae, biofilm and salt problems in irrigation water, irrigate with recaptured water, surface ponds and reclaimed water sources, and use new research and technologies.
Registration is $40. For more information, visit WaterEducationAlliance.org.


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December 8, 1995
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In his new seven year balanced-budget plan, President Clinton Thursday proposed about $140 billion more in net savings than in his 10-year plan unveiled last June.
One big portion of those savings, $32 billion, will come from adjusting the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to reflect lower inflation projections than in the earlier plan. That means millions of Social Security and other entitlement recipients will receive smaller annual increases than under the earlier plan.
There will also be an additional $64 billion across-the-board cut in non-defense spending. Education and environmental programs will be exempt.
White House officials say they now believe it will be impossible to reach a balanced-budget agreement before December 15, when a temporary spending resolution to keep the government running expires.
Clinton will ask that Congress approve another temporary spending measure, called a continuing resolution, that will allow the government to operate until January 26. During this interim period, negotiations to achieve a balanced budget would continue.
As part of his new proposal, Clinton is asking that any budget agreement include a line-item veto, which would allow presidents to veto specific spending measures included in broader appropriations bills.
Clinton's plan also calls for an agreement increase the nation's minimum wage from $4.25 an hour to $5.15.
This will be the president's third budget plan this year. In January, he released a budget that did not reach balance. In June, he released a 10-year plan that would balance according to economic forecasting data from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). However, Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates indicated it would not.
His new plan also uses OMB estimates, which the Republicans argue are too optimistic. The CBO will release its revised estimates next week, and many officials believe they will be closer to the OMB numbers, though still not as optimistic.
The White House is also ready to accept a mutually agreed-upon enforcement procedure to make sure there will be additional savings if the economic assumptions prove incorrect.
The new Clinton plan includes the same $124 billion Medicare and $54 billion Medicaid savings the president proposed in June. It also includes the same $98 billion middle class tax cut. The Republicans want the tax cut to be twice that much, and want twice as much reduction in the projected growth of Medicare and Medicaid spending.
The new Clinton cuts include:
These cuts come to $151 billion, but the administration is also proposing another roughly $8 to $10 billion increase in some spending, including for student loans and veterans' benefits.
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335 Smith Street
Singapore 050335
😋❤ Roast pork belly rice for dinner in Chinatown. The sio bak skin was sooo crispy! The rice drizzled with sweet sauce plus cucumber at the side and comes with soup. Overall not bad, would eat again 👍. This stall also sell side dish like vegetables. Must eat veges 😛.
335 Hong Kong Roasted Meat (Stall 02-181)
Chinatown Complex Food Centre
335 Smith St,
Singapore 050335
❄🍧Ice Kachang topped with some sweet corn. Great in this hot weather 😤. Ice kachang is shaved ice with colorful syrup flavouring.
Chinatown Complex Food Centre (Stall 02-183)
335 Smith St,
Singapore 050335
Fish porridge
Indeed like what the signboard says - this is a yummy bowl of homemade goodness.
I like how the porridge is just lightly flavoured and the grains still maintain a nice bite . It's really like something that would come from my mum's kitchen just that we save the hassle of cooking and washing up .
The fish slices are fresh and plentiful .
And what better than a bowl of fish porridge with thinly sliced ginger for this sweltering and unbearable weather .
You don't see Long queues forming but you do see quite evidently that people who come are the regulars who are mostly grey haired uncles and aunties - whom probably have been eating here since the 1960s 😊.
This bowl of porridge just brings this comforting warmth to my tummy - very soulful .
This was so good. Sour, spicy, sweet... all in one! Haven't tried Assam with chicken before & now I'm a convert. The homemade ngoh hiang was amazing as well. Full of flavour & texture and you can really taste the fresh ingredients. Must try!
As mentioned in my previous post, ChinaTOWN Heritage+Food Trail is happening on 7 & 8 Sep, 3-5pm. 😊
Information booth can be found in front of the stage at Kreta Ayer Square where you can purchase your tickets at just $10 ✌🏻 (guided tour inclusive of food tasting), or pre-purchase online from https://www.onepa.sg to avoid disappointment! 👌🏻 Here's are some of the good eats 💯 you will get at Chinatown Complex:
🔹115 Tang Shui (115糖水): savour the goodness of traditional Chinese desserts like black sesame 🖤 & almond paste, bobo chachar 😋 & green bean soup.
🔹Ming Fa Fishball (明发鱼圆面): this 72-year old brand is famous for their bouncy fishballs & serves a good bowl of bak chor mee too! 🍜
🔹Tai Weng Chicken Rice (大荣鸡饭): try their special soy sauce chicken (大爷鸡)! 🐓
🔹Jia Ji Mei Shi (佳记猪肠粉): with 80 years of history, they are known for their yam cake 🍠 & handmade kuehs. 💕
🔹Pan Ji Cooked Food (潘记莎沙琪玛): chewy pastry of 50 years history! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Many more good food awaits you so hesitate no more - sign up now! 😉
😊White carrot cake (S$3) for breakfast in Chinatown. Simple and nice. I like the chilli.
Super Mummy (Unit 02-103)
Chinatown Complex Food Centre
335 Smith St, Singapore 050335