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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Pinch Me! I am Martha Stewarts Dreamer Into Doer of The Week!!
Love and Blessing!
Come on by and see the interview and feature!
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Candy Land Birthday Party
My mother-in-law Jane and my mother worked side-by-side assembling these party hats that I designed. They were so sweet on the kids! Although, I have to admit, they didn't last long on their heads! Especially on the boys!
For food we did all sorts of things and one of the things that I learned about myself...I am not a baker! But hey, I am still learning in my quest of domestic goddessdome. My sister found an amazing bakery Just Baked and brought some delicious buttercream cupcakes. Jane helped me by putting together the cake so that we could decorate. While I was going to dabble in marshmallow fondant we used the M&Ms that we had sorted. It ended up going together quite quickly! I went back to one of my favorite things making chocolates! We did giant chocolate dipped marshmallows, chocolate covered oreo cookies, chocolate covered hearshaped marshmallows, and these amazing cake pops made with crushed Oreos!! The kids seemed to really love everything including the fruit!! We of course had to make rainbow fruit kabobs!
I am also really proud of the candy display. It was so easy. We tiered styrofoam that you would use for floral arrangements and made an arrangement of lollipops!
For activities we played musical sugar dots, gumdrop bowling (beware, boys also like using giant bowling pins to bludgeon each other with) we decorated cookies and played freeze dance. We tried to have them run off the sugar as much as we could! The parents loved me! I sugared up their kids and sent them home with more candy and noise makers!! They LOVE ME!! (Ok, you may want to say a few prayers and send some positive thoughts my way for all of the curses that may have been sent)
All in all it was a total success!! Granted next time I may hire a party planner and I will stick to the designing aspect to save some sanity. But I had such an amazing time for an amazing daughter, with my amazing family and friends!! Thank you so much I love you!
I will post some more pics soon with some tutorials on things like the backdrop, lollipops, display, and the song list that my sister put together with all candy related songs!!
As always, Stay inspired and Stay Posh! Hugs!!
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Etsy Newsletter Feature
Happy Fat Tuesday!! I hope that you Packzis were worth every calorie!! Mine sure were!
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Cotton Candy Cake Pops
So needless to say, I have been playing with my Nostalgia Electronics Cotton Candy Maker (Oh, it works with sugarfree candy as well!) and I have been trying all sorts of things out. From making my own paper cones to of course using what I have like the paper straws I recently used for the gliders! Yet another great use for them!
Then I put the cake pops that I was working with into the darn thing and look at what I got! Oh yes, cotton candy cake pops! Soooo happy! So stinkn cute! I also discovered something new. The cake pop stands are little funnels! I got a ton of them with this sand art kit for my daughter so now I have a use for them!
Overall a good day if you ask me!
Well, I shall continue play around with things!
In the meantime, stay inspired and stay posh!!
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Freebie Printable - Straw Glider
So in my quest to become a rock star mom, I took on planning Yanna's preschool Valentine's day party. My hubby outright said that I didn't have enough time to Mrs. Davis and I kicked him under the table and said that I would love to:-) But planning became a little more complicated than anticipated since I tend to sometimes make things rather complex and I had to think more in line with a 3-4 year-old. Plus so many projects for Valentine's day is geared to girls. The other day my package from ThinkGarnish.com arrived for the Candy Land Party that I am planning for later this month and right on top were the paper straws that I ordered. I then remembered this project that I did at the science center! It is normally made with two loops, but I tried to make it more "valentinesy" (yes, that is a word!) by trying to do a heart shape in the back and it worked!! You have got to try this at home with your little one, or gee, do it even if you don't have a little one!
Start out with downloading the Straw Glider Printable Template from my shop for FREE! I have instructions on the sheets now as well.
You will need:
- Straw Glider Printable Template
- Straw (I love the paper ones)
- Scissors
- Tape
The the circular version tape strips to each end of the straw. Roll the paper around, overlap edges and tape. Done!
For the heart shape, fold the long strip in the middle and tape the straw to the middle. Curl the top around to form a heart shape and tape together. Add your front loop to the straw and Done!!
Hold it like a regular paper plane and throw! I mean, how easy was that! You will be pleasently surprised at how well these things fly! I think that this is going to work out well for one of the projects! I hope that you enjoy them too!
As always, Stay Inspired and Stay Posh!
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Candy Land Party Planning
After receiving the Candy Land Game for Christmas, Yanna asked for a Candy Land Themed Birthday Party. Oh yes, parents are going to love me when their kids go home hopped up on sugar! I think that I may also go up a dress size or two with just the planning. We have been having so much fun!! Here are the invites that we sent out today. The cupcake invite comes out of the cupcake wrapper. We placed them in some cello bags with twist ties and name tags. I was really happy with how they turned out. We have such fun things we are planning for the party. You can see some of my inspiration on my Pinterest Board
Eeep! We are going to have so much fun!!
Monday, January 30, 2012
The Printable Shoppe
As you may know I have been building The Printable Shoppe site forever and a day. Then I wised up and hired Stephanie from Sweet Boutique Design. Best idea ever. It was so nice to talk to someone who knew what she was doing. I would come up with an idea for the site and she would tell me what it is called! She is great to work with and we came up with a fabulous site with all sorts of awesome features!
- All of the digital items have INSTANT downloads!
- All items earn reward points towards other items
- We now can offer gift certificates, and amazing coupons
- A bunch of freebies
- We have an affiliates program
There is so much more! Now I just have to fill the shop up. I am chugging away at it. Between the whole family being sick and my computer crashing, things got a little slow for a moment! But these are the joys of working from home!
You will find new products in the shoppe everyday now. Our Etsy Shop is still in full swing.
Stay tuned, we have some more fun news on the way! Always something to keep me busy!! But we are having fun!
Stop by The Printable Shoppe and let me know what you think about it so far!
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Get inside the mind of Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Stephanie Beatriz as she gives you an exclusive look into the show, her (hilarious) thoughts on pop culture, her (serious) appreciation for Dolly Parton and basically anything else that enters her radar.
When I was waiting to hear about my screen test for Brooklyn Nine-Nine, I started looking at Deadline.com constantly. It's a website that often posts up to the minute casting news, and is pretty handy during pilot season if you want to drive yourself absolutely bananas. I checked it, at minimum, eight times an hour. I was a woman possessed, because this show was the thing I wanted more than anything in the world. And then I saw that Melissa Fumero had been cast as Amy Santiago on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and I felt my guts roll up into my throat and try to escape out of my mouth. Omgomgomgomg that's it then. There's no way in hell a major network is gonna cast two Latina actresses in such a tight ensemble show I AM SCREWED.
And then next day my agents called and told me I'd booked it.
I couldn't believe it. I had been saying to my boyfriend the night before how there was JUST NO WAY. Normally, The Latina is a singular element of the ensemble she is working in. She's there to provide contrast, or sexuality, or humor. Or she's there to clean the floors and/or steal your man. There are some serious stereotypes very much alive in film and TV today, and The Latina is one of them.
Here's the thing though. The world is changing. Slowly but surely, television is changing. The character stereotypes are changing, or being turned inside out by some fantastic writers and actors (I'm looking at you, Orange is the New Black, Scandal, and The Mindy Project). People of color are on TV playing roles that are fleshed out, complex, human. And yes, some of those characters are maids. Some are sexy heartbreakers there to steal your man. Some own BBQ joints, while some are Chiefs of Staff. Some are prisoners, and some are cops. All are real people with hopes, dreams, ambitions, fears, and all the other vast human emotions and desires.
Right now, you can turn on your television or log onto your Netflix or Hulu account and SEE YOURSELF. Not always, and maybe not as much as you'd like, but you can. You can find characters who look like you. I couldn't do that very often when I was a kid, and it subtly informed me that I might be kind of unimportant. Thank God for Luis and Maria (Sonia Manzano and Emilio Delgado) on Sesame Street, who were the first Latinos on TV I ever saw. I was fascinated by them both, and remember thinking how lucky I was that my mom looked just like Maria. I watched Sesame Street into junior high, simply because I loved seeing Maria and Luis on TV. In fact, in my memory, PBS was one of the only places I regularly saw people of all races on my television.
This is important. Because young women are watching TV, and they are getting messages about who they are in the world, who the world will allow them to be. And in big important steps, television is showing a reflection back to those young women that YOU CAN BE WHATEVER THE HELL YOU DAMN WELL PLEASE, and that two Latinas on one show is NORMAL. I think that's a win for everybody.
Read more of Stephanie's thoughts by reading her other On My Radar entries here.

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I need major help I'm very new to Java will never be a programmer but need to take a class, where does anyone start with this, thank you!
Develop a Computer class that describes your computer. The class must have at least five attributes comprised of a minimum of three different data types. At least one method should be defined in your class. Prepare a program that utilizes the Computer class and prompts the user for information about their existing computer followed by information about a future, more desirable computer. Use Scanner class for data input. You must use at least two variables of data type integer and calculate or quantify the improvement over the existing computer using these variables. Display a table that displays all the information to the screen, such as the attribute values and the results of the calculations. Your program should create at least two instances of your Computer class.
Be sure to use variables, the Scanner class and calculations. The program should output the values of the instance variables and the results of any calculations.
Input data for the current computer as well as for the desired computer. Your assignment submittal should include your properly commented java code and the class file.
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What are the maximum speeds for all the packages?
Friday, 24 December 2010 20:04 Last Updated on Sunday, 02 January 2011 14:00
What are the maximum speeds for the various packages?
Our original packages, Swish etc. do not have maximum speeds, best effort to get the fastest speeds technically possible to any particular location was the goal.
Our new packages have maximum limits as follows:
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ValueNET 256Kbps up/3Mbps down
BasicNET 512Kbps up/6Mbps down
PowerNET 1Mbps up/10Mbps down
ProNET 2Mbps up/15Mbps down
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|"La France forte" or "Strong France"
was Sarkozy's campaign slogan.
In one of the most memorable lines of his presidency, Nicolas Sarkozy threw at a French citizen who dared refuse to shake his hand, "Get lost, asshole!" ("Casse-toi, pauvre con!" in the original French- Watch the YouTube video) At this week's second round of the presidential election, the French people returned the compliment sending Sarko packing.
Two years ago, in a blog called "Sarkozy: La France c'est moi" I alerted my countrymen to the dangers of the presidency of the authoritarian and egomaniac bullshitter who tricked us into trusting him with the nation's top job. It took five years but finally the French people saw through him and gave him what Churchill once called, when he was on the receiving end of it, "the order of the boot." And rightly so.
This is of course, only Part 1 of the Sarkozy defenestration. Part 2 should be to prosecute him for the various abuses in power (some of which I mentioned in the same blog) and convict him. Hopefully this time we'll have a convicted French president who will serve his sentence, unlike Chirac (see my blog, "Real crime, fake justice") Then we could say that we have made a qualitative jump on the democratic scale by ensuring that justice is meted out to ALL citizens regardless of social status. We would thus show the way to other Western countries to send Blair, Bush & Co to jail for the crimes they have committed and for which they enjoy a scandalous full impunity.
I have seen press reports about how François Hollande "won" the election. That is simply untrue. Sarkozy lost it. Just look at the figures, less than 2% separated each candidate from victory, hardly the mark of a landslide. And yet, considering Sarkozy's disastrous record and abysmal approval ratings, Hollande should have won by a handsome 60% at least. But are we surprised at the poor showing by the Socialist candidate?
Not really. After all, he was not the first candidate for his party's nomination; that was Dominique Strauss-Kahn who was disqualified after that little incident at the Sofitel hotel in this city last year. Hollande was not even the second choice, that was party chief Martine Aubry who dithered so long about running that she finally lost to him. Many Socialist Party activists even toyed with the idea of letting Hollande's former partner, Ségolène Royal, have a second try at the presidency, but thank God they thought better of it at the last moment (I used to think that the US with George W. Bush and Sarah Palin had a monopoly on idiots running for the presidency, but obviously in France we also have our share.) Unlike Barack Obama who fought tooth and nail to get the job (what he did with it is another issue and will be the subject of a blog come November), François Hollande was just lucky to be the least bad man at the right place at the right moment.
|"Sarkozy, Outgoing President!"
So François Hollande won by default. Will he be up to the task? Will he finally solve the crippling debt crisis we have been suffering from for the past several years now? Well, considering that in his thirty years as a party apparatchik, lowly MP or local politician in a sleepy rural town he never displayed any conviction, vision or signed any remarkable policies, that would be quite a miracle. A couple of months ago, I caught him campaigning on a bright Sunday morning in a market close to my Paris home, at the Bastille. Since the debt crisis is the direct result of banking misbehavior, I put the question to him:
"Monsieur Hollande, are you going to nationalize the banks?"
"At any rate, we will reform them," he replied.
"Is that a promise?" I asked grabbing his arm. With Bertrand Delanoë, the mayor of Paris smiling that phoney smile of his just behind him, the then-candidate-now-president nodded his head reiterating that policy decision before leaning forward to kiss a kid and shake hands with well-wishers.
In case you don't believe me, here are the videos I made (they are of course in French, I appear at the end of the first video, and in the second you can hear my voice asking the question at 00:40 followed by Hollande's answer.)
So Hollande is on record promising bank reform and to get us out of the debt mess these banks brought us in. After the wasted twelve years with Chirac and five Sarkozy years, it would be great to finally have a president who can deliver.
Unfortunately, considering his record, my advice to you is not to hold your breath. We are used in France (and other Western pseudo-democracies) to being betrayed by our political class. As we say, Plus ça change...


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Portland standoff ends peacefully
Police: Man was alone throughout incident
A man surrendered peacefully to the Portland Police Department Special Reaction Team, ending a four and a half-hour standoff on Alder Street on Monday night.
Kyle Upton, 28, was reportedly in possession of a firearm and refused to come out of a 41 Alder St. building after police were looking for him in connection with an incident of domestic violence, said Nicole Clegg, director of communications for the city of Portland.
He surrendered around 7 p.m. after talking to crisis negotiators for several hours. Upton had been staying with people in the Alder Street apartment, but was alone throughout the incident, Clegg said.
Adjacent buildings were evacuated and area streets closed while negotiations continued. Streets were reopened around 7:30 p.m., Clegg said.
Upton was charged with criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, terrorizing, assault and causing a police standoff.
After 7 p.m. Monday, the department asked bystanders to move back several blocks.
Click here for photos from the scene.
Sauschuck said police responded to a domestic violence call at around 3 p.m. The man was the only person in the building, so nobody else was in danger. The SWAT team was activated in response to the standoff, Sauschuck said.
Investigators believed that man was armed.


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Jane Makeup Haul from Hautelook!
- AguaCeuticals Aguaglow Bronzer... (There's no shade name on this)... Reminds me at first glance of Physician's Formula Shimmer Strips. I love how this type of product can act as both a bronzer and individual eyeshadows.
- Staying Powder in Medium... A great loose powder that I used to use a long time ago! I haven't been using a lot of loose powder since I ran out of my Mary Kay Signature Loose powder, which I loved.
- No Show Oil-Free Concealer in Light... A concealer that appears to be creamy, with full coverage. I don't remember ever using this in the past, but a quick swatch on my hand makes me think this could be a really good product.
- Shimmering Blush in Peony... A pink blush with varying tones that you can swirl together. Doesn't seem to be extremely pigmented, but could be a nice highlight.
- Oil-Free Bronzing Powder in Terracotta... One of the first matte bronzers I ever remember using! It's coming off a little orangey in the pic... but rest assured this is a quality bronzer! :)
- AguaCeuticals Aguashimmer Eyeshadow... (No shade name on this)- contains 3 matte neutrals and a shimmery cranberry color. I think I'm going to get a lot of use out of this kit!
- Eye Zing Eye Mixers in Nirvana... This is the long palette in the top center. Love the Eye Zing shadows in palette form!! These are all kind of a satin/shimmer finish, except for the cream and brown on the right side, which are matte. I like how all Eye Zing shades have a name (they're listed on the back)- and whether they're sold single or in a palette, you know exactly what shade it is... it's never just a random color.
- Eye Zing Mix & Match 6-color palettes in Manhattan Tones and Baja Tones... The Manhattan palette on the left contains shades of green, mauve, plum, bronze, and a white highlight. I've been wanting to try more olive looks, so I thought this one would be fun. And Baja Tones just screams summer! I think the gold & turquoise- paired with the neutrals in this kit- will be so interesting. I love that jane palettes always seem to have AT LEAST one matte color!
- Eye Zing Shadow Collection... These six circular duos & singles were boxed up and sold together. All of the shades look great- except the blue color was broken. Given all the products I bought, I'm not too disappointed by one broken shadow! I swatched a few of the colors below...
By the way... out of curiosity I checked janecosmetics.com and this is the screen that came up!! I'm super excited that the brand is launching a new collection this summer! Type in your email address to be notified when it comes out! :)
Daily Nuggets...
- I'm not gonna lie, I want my weekend back. It was relaxing, fun, and very enjoyable.
- Tyler and I golfed yesterday... it went OK, but I'm not very consistent yet! We took some video of the experience for a future vlog.
- Speaking of vlogs for Beauty Vlogcast... would you like to see something on my favorite magazines? Maybe Tyler's too? I thought that might be fun.
- Still working hard on blush dupes... I have about 5, maybe 6 solid dupes. I'm trying to come up with more before I do a video on them.


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Gattis returns to Braves, B.J. Upton heads to DL
ATLANTA -- Evan Gattis' rehab stint with Triple-A Gwinnett was cut short by the news that Freddie Freeman would miss Sunday's game with a jammed left thumb. With Freeman ailing, Gattis got the start at first base for the Braves' series finale against the Reds on Sunday, making his return from a strained right oblique he sustained while taking a swing on June 17 against the Mets.
"We wanted to give him another one, but sometimes the best laid plans, you have to make adjustments, you have to make changes," manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "I think he's healthy from what I've seen in his batting practice and his timing."
Gattis was scheduled to stay with Gwinnett for the final game of the team's series at Durham, with the option of a quick trip to Class A Rome or High-A Lynchburg to get a couple of extra games in over the All-Star break if he had felt his timing still needed work.
"I didn't know with the Freddie situation, but I thought I was going to spend those three days [with Gwinnett] and then maybe days over the break somewhere," Gattis said. "But I'm definitely excited to be back."
Sunday's game will be Gattis' first defensive assignment since his return to game action. As the designated hitter on Friday and Saturday, the rookie slugger went 1-for-8 with a double in his final at-bat on Saturday night.
"A little rusty at first, and it felt good to square up a ball last night," Gattis said. "In an earlier at-bat, I squared up one foul, hit the ball hard, and was disappointed when I struck out. It wasn't because of my oblique or anything, I was disappointed because I struck out, so that tells me I'm ready and ready to compete."
Forced to make a roster move by Gattis' return, the Braves sent center fielder B.J. Upton to the 15-day disabled list retroactive to Saturday to preserve their already shorthanded bench. The team determined that the strained right adductor muscle Upton sustained on Friday night would need the longest recovery time of the three injuries to Braves starting outfielders from this weekend's series.
"We have to make a move, and we were trying to manage all those guys," Gonzalez said. "I think Jason [Heyward] is coming along as we planned, I think Justin [Upton] is coming along as we planned. We could've left it at that as it was and played with [Tyler] Pastornicky at third and Chris Johnson at first, but man oh man, that leaves you with a backup catcher and [Paul] Janish, so it's a tough way to play a Major League game."
B.J. Upton, who left Friday's game in the first inning after falling awkwardly while diving for a line drive, also felt that he was the farthest away from 100 percent out of the three ailing outfielders.
"It feels better today, but obviously it's not going to be a thing that just happens immediately," B.J. Upton said. "I guess we have to wait it out and see."
On Sunday, all three Opening Day outfielders were absent from the Braves' lineup for just the third time this season, with Jose Constanza, Reed Johnson and Joey Terdoslavich once again patrolling the outfield from left to right.
The Braves expect Heyward and Justin Upton to be cleared by the start of their first series after the All-Star break against the White Sox -- the earliest date B.J. Upton could return would be July 28, the finale of a weekend series against the Cardinals.
"I'm prepared for it," B.J. Upton said. "It's not a big deal with that All-Star break coming up, and I just need a little more time to get healthy."


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I bought my first set of envelope templates from Paper Source about six years ago, and I love them so much that I have given them to almost everyone I know.
They are a really affordable and useful gift for anyone that enjoys letter writing or paper crafting. If you want to make someone an "everything you need to make your own handmade envelopes" kit, just package up these four things:
1. Templates. I love the Paper Source templates--they are great for many reasons (which you can read about right here), and they are only $15.00. If you take care of them, you will probably never need another set.
2. A Scoring Tool (also called a bone folder or paper creaser). Here is a link to Amazon just to give you a better idea of what this tool looks like if you aren't familiar with it. But you can find these at any craft store, and you'll get a better price locally, especially during sales or by using a coupon. Hobby Lobby has the best price I have seen at $3.99 (it's the Paper Studio brand "paper creaser").
3. Double-Sided Adhesive. My favorite is the adhesive that comes in a little handheld gliding dispenser (again, a link to Amazon so you can see the different options.) The Scrapbook Adhesives brand E-Z Runners work well. This one, which dispenses thin lines of adhesive, is my favorite for envelopes. But any of the E-Z Runners are great, and Duck Brand, Scotch, and Elmers are all good brands as well. These adhesives are not cheap, so I get several when they're on sale, or I use the frequent 40% off coupons from Michaels or Hobby Lobby for this particular item.
TIP: Don't shop for the lowest-priced option when it comes to adhesive because it is usually lower quality as well, and you really don't want your envelopes coming unglued in the mail. Also, make sure you get permanent adhesive, not repositionable, for this same reason (just double check the packaging--it will say).
4. A few catalogues or magazines--because handmade envelopes made from magazine pages are some of the most fun to make! And also because the paper is free (in the case of catalogues) or fairly inexpensive (in the case of magazines, especially thrifted ones!).
Free People, Anthropolgie, Fossil, and J. Crew are my favorite catalogues to repurpose. And Real Simple, Martha Stewart Living, and Martha Stewart Weddings are a few of my favorite magazines. Any catalogue/magazine that is printed on quality paper (not the super thin, glossy type) and contains full-page photography spreads has great envelope potential. If you don't have any of your own catalogues or magazines to give away, try a thrift store, used bookstore, or library sale, where you can usually get magazines for less than 50-cents each.
So there you have it--4 things under $25 (or even $20, if you use sales and coupons) and everything you need to start making awesome envelopes (assuming your recipient already owns a pair of scissors).
Bonus additions: $30 price-range--add an inexpensive pair of scissors and a roll of washi tape. $40 price-range--give a sheet of postage stamps as well!
If you have never made your own envelopes, you should probably put together a kit for yourself too, because envelope making is one of the quickest/easiest/most instantly gratifying/addictive pastimes EVER. Ever, ever, ever. It is my favorite paper thing to do.
And making envelopes leads to mailing envelopes--even better!
If you have any additional suggestions or questions, just let me know in the comments. And to my non-U. S. friends--I would love to list out your favorite sources as well, so please share! :)
Happy giving--and making!
P. S. You can read more about some of my favorite paper crafting tools here.
P. P. S. A quick video on how to use the Paper Source templates.
P. P. P. S. None of this is sponsored content, and none of these links are affiliate links, though I do often wish I worked for Paper Source!


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Proper air and water control are essential to an efficient irrigation system. Improper hydraulic design of your irrigation system can lead to pressure fluctuations and water hammer which can damage pumps, break pipes, and decrease flow efficiency. For a functional, efficient system that you can depend on, install Nelson Control Valves. Save water, save energy, and do a better job of irrigating.


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Kansas House panel fashions school funding plan
Measure would boost state's aid by $78M
A Kansas House committee has approved an education funding plan that would boost the state's total annual aid to public schools by $78 million.
The Appropriations Committee voted 12-11 late Tuesday to send the measure to the full House for debate later this week.
The measure is designed to satisfy a Kansas Supreme Court decision last month directing lawmakers to increasing aid to poor school districts.
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Author Notes: We all know that fried dishes (such as Latkes and Jelly Doughnuts) are traditional and a must for Hanukkah. A few ears ago, I found this recipe in an old Chinese Cook Book and decided that it is an excellent substitute for Jelly Doughnuts. Cooking this dessert is best after Hanukah dinner and invite your guests to the kitchen to watch the fascinating and dramatic process.
Makes: 6 servings
For the batter
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 firm Golden Delicious apples, each peeled, cored and cut into 8 wedges
• 2 slightly underripe bananas, peeled and sliced in 1-inch thick diagonal slices
• Canola oil for frying
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• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup warm water
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 2 teaspoons sesame seeds
- In a bowl mix flour, cornstarch and baking powder. Add water and stir until smooth. Place fruit in batter and turn to coat evenly.
Into a deep pan (about 6 inches in diameter), pour oil to a depth of about 1 1/2-inches. Heat oil to 350 degrees on a deep-frying thermometer.
Using chopsticks or a slotted spoon, lift 1 piece of fruit at a time from batter and let excess batter drip of; then lower fruit into hot oil.
Cook not more then 4 pieces at a time until golden brown, about 2 minutes.
Remove with another clean slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.
To make the caramel: Place sugar, water and oil in a 10-inch frying pan; stir to blend. Place pan over medium-high heat.
When mixture begins to bubble, shake pan continuously to prevent burning.
Cook until syrup just turns a pale straw color, about 9-10 minutes.
Immediately remove from heat, add sesame seeds, and swirl to mix in.
Syrup will continue to cook after you remove it from heat and color will turn golden in a few seconds.
Generously oil or spray a flat serving platter. Fill a serving bowl with ice cubes; cover with cold water.
Drop fruit into syrup and swirl to coat evenly. Using two spoons, immediately remove each piece of fruit and place on the oiled platter so pieces do not touch.
- To serve: At the table, dip each piece of fruit in ice water so coating hardens and fruit cools.


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The Key To Zen For Tony Bennett: 'Life Is A Gift'
This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington. After a career that's spanned six decades so far, after number one hits as far back as "Because of You" in 1951, after performances for every president since Dwight Eisenhower, 17 Grammy Awards, millions of records sold, countless performances in the trademark suit and tie, Tony Bennett continues to surprise us.
In a new book, the man Frank Sinatra described as the best tells us that he's still a nervous a bit before each show, why he practices scales every day and how he's learned what to leave out. Singers, we want to hear from you today. What have you learned from Tony Bennett? Give us a call, 800-989-8255. Email us, firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also join the conversation on our website. That's at npr.org. Click on TALK OF THE NATION.
Later in the program, the experiences of a bomb disposal specialist in Iraq. But first Tony Bennett joins us. He has a new book out today called "Life Is a Gift: The Zen of Bennett." He's with us from our bureau in New York. Nice to have you on TALK OF THE NATION. Hello, Tony Bennett, are you there?
TONY BENNETT: I am, Neal.
CONAN: Oh, good to hear you.
BENNETT: Thank you very much for that introduction.
CONAN: Oh well, you're most welcome. I have to ask, of course we know you as a great singer. We also learned more about your career as Benedetto, the artist. Did you bring your sketchpad into the studio with you today?
BENNETT: I did, in fact your engineer here, I've sketched him already. I'm going to give him the sketch.
CONAN: Well, we're sorry about your models. We'll hope to get you some better ones soon.
BENNETT: No, he's been good, he's a good model.
CONAN: All right, a lot of people would ask what it is that you get out of your artwork, your sketching and your painting, that you don't get out of your singing.
BENNETT: Well, it's a - many artists end up saying at the end of their life when they've accomplished a lot of work that they were able to find out who they were. That seems to go that way. You finally have a certain amount of penmanship with your style and your technique, and through the years, you keep trying to improve and learn about life.
But when you finally look at it all, you just say oh, that's who I am. And that's why I love doing it.
CONAN: It's interesting, you say much the same about your singing. Toward the end of the book, you say here I am at 86, it's starting to feel all over again when I look at the knowledge that I'd like to acquire I'm studying more now than I studied ever in my life, and I have at least another 10 to 15 years before I accomplish what I want to. What are you continuing to learn after all these years?
BENNETT: Well, I'd like to just show that if you keep your health, and if I get lucky enough to have no accidents happen through the next years, I want to try to prove that at 100, I could sing as well as I was singing when I was 45 or 43. I'd like to prove that if you take care of yourself, you can actually not regret the fact that you've become an old-timer, but you can just still improve and actually get better as you keep - I love what I do, so it's not tiring to me to just try to discover more and more about how to perform properly and how to sing well.
CONAN: The thing you said you do every single day is practice your scales. How come?
BENNETT: Well, that comes from - the Italians invented bel canto, the art of beautiful singing. And it's based on the vowel sounds A, E, I, O, and by doing that, you just warm up, and you just - because every day you really feel quite different. By doing the scales, you get a center, and all of the sudden you feel in control of your voice, where it's relaxed.
And it takes about 10 or 15 minutes. I don't sing operatically, and I sing very intimately, but I still do the scales, and I think in terms of intonation and making sure that I'm hitting the notes right on the head as I - and having it appear quite effortless.
CONAN: Appear quite effortless because it isn't.
BENNETT: Right. It is once you warm up.
CONAN: Good to hear. As you go through these scales, I forget who it is in the book, you cite somebody saying if you don't do them on the first day, you'll hear it; on the second day, the musicians will hear it; and on the third day, the audience will hear it.
BENNETT: Right, that's a very well-known saying.
CONAN: As you go through - in recent years you've been doing so many duets, albums of songs that you perform with, well, in many cases people considerably younger than you, in some cases people who are your contemporaries. But for the most part, I was interested that you were describing the experience of recording with Amy Winehouse, the late British singer, and how she had described in her liner notes, before you ever recorded, about listening to you and how much she had learned from you.
BENNETT: Well, that's very nice to know. She was a wonderful person and a great jazz singer. Of all the contemporary singers I've ever heard, it's just my curiosity to say now who's really doing the right singing, and she was just a natural jazz singer. She had the full facility just to the equivalent of Ella Fitzgerald, the great Ella Fitzgerald. She had a magnificent concept of how to really sing jazz.
CONAN: Did you learn anything from her?
BENNETT: Yeah, I learned to take care of myself even more.
CONAN: Well, there's a lesson you describe also in your book about the number of people you've known down the years, including Amy Winehouse, who, what, sinned against their talent.
BENNETT: Right, and that's what I was doing at one time, and Woody Allen's manager Jack Rollins, he said he used to manage Lenny Bruce, who was a drug addict but was a tremendous social person and brilliant. And I said: What'd you think of him? And he said: He sinned against his talent. And that sentence changed my whole life. I just realized boy, I'm really - I thought I was having fun, but it's not fun at all, and I have to get back to appreciating to take care of myself properly.
CONAN: There is also a sense throughout this book of constant renewal by staying true to what you do all those years. There are new generations that come up and embrace what you do.
BENNETT: Well, that's nice.
CONAN: I think it's true. Look at the record sales.
BENNETT: Right, you know, Rosemary Clooney and I, when we first started out, we had our first million-selling records, and I ran into Jack Benny and George Burns, and they said now son, you're doing good, but, you know, it's really going to take about six years to learn how to perform properly.
And it was a tough one for me to get at that time, and I realized that they were accurate because after six years I felt confident about doing it right. The audiences teach you just what to do and what not to do. And you learn timing and proper involvement with the audience.
CONAN: A lot of young performers don't get that kind of apprenticeship, particularly after their first million-seller.
BENNETT: Well, you know, the commercial shows on television that have amateur contests on singing or performing, and there's a big accent on same. And what I try to tell everybody in my book is that same is a dangerous word. You should think more of longevity and know that it takes years to really become a good performer because it's quite dangerous in the sense that once you have something that connects with the public, and your management all the sudden throws a lot of your money into promoting you, and you spend a fortune to get to the top, and then if it's not a real solid performance, there's a big drop, and you're forgotten, and you're bankrupt. And I think it's quite dangerous.
And performers should really go to the best schools, like Lady Gaga, you know, she went to NYU and had great teachers. There's Berklee College in Boston that's magnificent for musicians and singers to learn how to perform properly. And it's best to really study your technique as much as you possibly can so you can have a long career instead of a quick one that's a failure.
CONAN: We want to hear from the singers in our audience today. What have you learned from Tony Bennett, who's our guest today? His new book is called "Life Is a Gift: The Zen of Bennett," 800-989-8255. Email us, email@example.com. And Joy(ph) is on the line with us from Wellesley, Massachusetts.
JOY: Hi.
BENNETT: Hello.
CONAN: Hi, go ahead, Joy.
JOY: Hi, Mr. Bennett, what an honor to talk to you.
BENNETT: Well, thank you very much.
JOY: Of course, and way to shout out for Berklee, I'm an alum, woo-hoo. But my daughter and I were lucky enough to see a master class that you did at Tanglewood a few summers ago with a singer, I think it was Layla Clair.
BENNETT: Right.
JOY: And I wanted to comment on just the ease - because there's such a divide between classical sort of pedagogy and jazz pedagogy. And everything she does is perfect and correct and wonderful, and you were able to give her this ease, this sort of relaxation, which I think is brought from the jazz side of things. And it was really wonderful to watch sort of the multigenerational thing with you and then with Layla and then with my daughter, who was maybe five at the time. And I just wanted to say it was wonderful to watch that, to get to see it in person, and thank you.
BENNETT: Well, I remember that day, and it was a wonderful class. Everybody was so nice to me, and I was thrilled with what happened because it was quite an experience for me also.
CONAN: Joy, did you learn something that day you took away from it?
JOY: Well absolutely, just you have to - even it has to be meticulous, but there has to be an ease. Like he's been talking about the bel canto, making it not look like it's the hard work that it actually is, and just to see firsthand someone that skilled, and for him to be able to transform her in that way, and I could hopefully that and then extrapolate it into my art.
CONAN: Well good luck, Joy, it's not easy to go - be standing on stage and say relax to yourself before you go onstage.
JOY: OK, right, exactly right. Thank you so much.
CONAN: Thanks very much for the call. Tony Bennett is with us as our guest. Singers, now your chance to talk with him. What have you learned from Tony Bennett? 800-989-8255. Email firstname.lastname@example.com. It's the TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News.
CONAN: This is TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News. I'm Neal Conan. Tony Bennett loves a duet.
CONAN: Tony Bennett with Lady Gaga with the Rodgers and Hart classic "The Lady is a Tramp." In his new memoir, "Life Is a Gift," Bennett sings Gaga's praises, calling her a joy to work with, a professional who's not afraid to be different, someone who will be bigger than - as big as Elvis Presley.
So if you're a singer who's learned something from Tony Bennett, call and tell us your story, 800-989-8255 is the number. Email us, email@example.com. You can also join the conversation online. That's at npr.org. Click on TALK OF THE NATION.
The book, "Life Is a Gift: The Zen of Bennett," his most recent recording, "Viva Duets," and Tony Bennett's with us from our bureau in New York. And as you perform with Lady Gaga, it's so refreshing to hear her voice unprocessed and without all that electronic accompaniment.
BENNETT: It is wonderful. I mean, she has such a good talent. She's so spontaneous, you know, and she's so creative at all times. I've never met any performer that's so talented, very talented person.
CONAN: Have you ever used an autotune, one of those things that brings the singer back into whatever keys supposed to be in?
BENNETT: Never, no.
CONAN: And you write in the book about your favorite medium being the two-track, quarter-inch tape. Why?
BENNETT: Well, it just had a warm sound. I looked at - I tried to find performances on recordings that are as close to reality. When you hear a great two-track of a performance in Carnegie Hall, let's say, it sounds like you're right there at that moment. It's true to reality. And the closer it gets, once it gets too technical, it becomes very tinny to hear notes. It doesn't sound right. It has to be natural. It has to sound just like you're there, and you're in the audience listening to it.
CONAN: You also describe what you call maybe the greatest recording studio ever, that CBS Records had.
BENNETT: That was one of the regrets of my life because it was such a famous studio. Toscanini and Leonard Bernstein and all the greatest composers, and classical and popular artists like Frank Sinatra and all, you know, Rosemary Clooney and so many wonderful people...
CONAN: Bob Dylan, I think, yeah.
BENNETT: A lot of great orchestras like Duke Ellington, and there was one time when Duke Ellington and Count Basie played together, the both bands at one time in that magnificent studio. It's a huge - it was a huge (unintelligible) originally, and they just reconverted it over to a magnificent studio. What a regret that that studio is gone.
CONAN: We're talking with Tony Bennett. We want to hear from singers. What have you learned from Tony Bennett? 800-989-8255. Email email@example.com. And let's see if we can go with Dennis, Dennis with us from Syracuse.
DENNIS: Hi, actually, I'm 53 now, and the first album I ever owned my mother had given to me, and that was "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." And being raised in the '60s and '70s, you know, and I loved rock 'n' roll, but that really was the most formative album for me because every time I listened to Tony sing, it was like I was taking a music lesson because how he was breathing was so evident in every song that he sang.
CONAN: And are you a singer?
DENNIS: Yes, yeah.
CONAN: And do you use those lessons today?
DENNIS: Absolutely, and Tony, you were also saying that you do your scales every day, and I think it's important for people, if they have the ability to do their scales, because it helps them in just speech every day.
BENNETT: Absolutely. You know, you have to have a lot of energy on the stage. And when you warm up like that, you finally - it's a proper exercise to get yourself in shape so that when you perform, it's all there for you, you're ready to go.
DENNIS: ...identify with your own voice also because, you know, more often than not, people when they're singing are doing characterizations of singers that they've heard of, and therefore they're not singing from the diaphragm, they're singing from their throat. And if you do your scales every day, it brings you back into tune with your own voice.
CONAN: It's interesting to me, Tony Bennett, to hear so many people say it's about the breathing. You think about singing, well, it's about the singing. No, it's about the breathing.
BENNETT: Yeah, it's a technique. You know, I was in the Second World War as a GI infantryman. I came back, and I joined the American Theater Wing under the GI Bill of Rights, and it was a great experience because they were so elated that we won the war, and they were so helpful to us. And they - the teachers were so wonderful. They said never compromise, and always do it with quality, whether you're an actor or a singer or a dancer.
If you're in the performing arts, never compromise. Only do quality. And when I went into the regular world, away from school, it changed, you know, and it became - a lot of things because obsolescent, and we're not doing that - I used to run into my students that I learned from at the school, and they said we just had an audition, and we were turned down.
I said, well, I heard you sing, you sound wonderful. He said, well, they said they're not taking wonderful singers anymore.
BENNETT: So I asked Jimmy Durante at the Stage Delicatessen, the great James Durante, and he was having chicken soup, and I sat next to him, and I said, Jimmy, I said what d you think of rock 'n' roll. And he said, well, they play three chords, and two of them are wrong.
CONAN: Thanks very much for the call, Dennis.
DENNIS: Thank you, bye-bye.
CONAN: I have to say that throughout this book, you have nothing but kind things to say about artists and performers and producers with one exception, Clive Davis, who forced you to make a rock 'n' roll cover album.
BENNETT: Well, it was just - you know, the times were changing, and they went that way, and it - I had so much professionalism originally in the '50s. It was just the end of professionalism. It just started changing right there. But at least Mitch Miller, who didn't care too much for jazz but yet he would - he still - he liked Erroll Garner. He didn't like Count Basie and Duke Ellington, I don't know why. But he was a classical oboist, one of the best in the world.
But he saw how much money was being made as a producer, and so he would always try to stop me from singing jazz, which I consider the great American art that was created in New Orleans by the African-Americans. And I loved it, and I still do love it. I think it's not treated right. The greatest jazz artists that I've ever met never get the kind of money that rock 'n' roll people make.
It's quite tragic, I think, because they're really artists. They're so original and inventive, and they're true artists and not recognized. A lot of them end up in Paris somewhere in a little tiny nightclub with four or five tables and have to work gigs like that, and that's - I'm always shocked. I can't believe how great they are, and they're not treated as big as they should be treated.
CONAN: Let's get another caller in. This is Bob, Bob with us - excuse me, Bob is with us from Richmond.
BOB: Oh my gosh, I'm all verklempt, I've been waiting so long. Well, what an honor to speak to you.
BENNETT: Thank you.
BOB: I'm a retired singer. I envy you. I'm 57. I got interested in singing really because of my dad's record collection, included you, Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and I listened to WNEW New York, WEHN, which played all your stuff. So I got away from rock 'n' roll. But, you know, your kind of - your style of singing kind of went out of style in the '80s, so I drifted into classical music. I got into opera where the work was...
BENNETT: Wonderful.
BOB: ...but I never liked it.
BENNETT: But that's the real thing, though.
BOB: Yeah, it is, but what I like about your voice is you're a combination of a good technician and a good artist. You know, there are a lot of guys who make a lot out of having like four good notes. You know, you're early stuff, man. I mean, you're a true tenor...
BENNETT: Yes.
BOB: ...who sang - who could sing popular music with the skill of an operatic singer. That's a rare skill, and I know that, having studied opera. So, you know - and the fact that you're still singing as well as you are is a real tribute to how well you have sung and...
BENNETT: Thank you.
BOB: And you make me feel young, so I feel like I got 20 more years of singing. So I'm going to keep singing.
BENNETT: Absolutely.
CONAN: Good for you, Bob.
BOB: Well, thank you.
CONAN: Thanks very much for the call.
BENNETT: Thank you very much.
CONAN: Let's see. We go to - Naomi Ruth(ph) is with us from Chico, California.
NAOMI RUTH: Hi.
CONAN: Hi.
BENNETT: Hello.
RUTH: Well, I've been singing. I sang with Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks in '69, started in psychedelic music and then hit jazz and been doing both and eclectic. And I like original material that has a nostalgic sound, a jazz kind of nostalgic sound, but original material.
I think Tony has always picked great - you've always picked great material. You sing with soul and simplicity. I love - the more I sing, the older I get, the less I find stating something with fewer phrases, like - I don't know if that - if you understand what I mean.
BENNETT: I do. I understand.
RUTH: Yeah. And your humility, I think, getting along with people in this business because there's so many kinds, and you don't seem egotistical, which you run into that a lot. And I played Carnegie Hall, and I once saw Jimmy Durante at Radio City Music Hall in the '50s with my dad.
BENNETT: Oh, great.
RUTH: Yeah. So I just wanted to say, hey, and some day, some day I'll do a duet, hopefully, with you. I'm still wishing to do one with Willie Nelson because I met him and sang with him in '72 in Austin.
BENNETT: That's wonderful, yeah.
CONAN: You sang with Willie Nelson as well, Tony Bennett.
BENNETT: Right. I love him. He's such a great guy.
CONAN: Well, Naomi Ruth, thank you very much for the call.
RUTH: Thank you.
BENNETT: Thank you.
RUTH: What a...
CONAN: Oh, I'm sorry. I think we hung up before she was quite finished. But anyway, Tony Bennett is with us today from our bureau in New York, "Life is a Gift," his new book, "The Zen of Bennett," "Viva Duets" his most recent recording. You're listening to TALK OF THE NATION, coming to you from NPR News.
And here's an email that we have from Scott(ph) in Oklahoma City: Can Mr. Bennett give advice to young musicians about how to handle the business side of a career in music? I have two 19-year-old nephews trying to break into the business. They're studying in college, performing weekends. How would he recommend business class? Would you recommend business classes?
BENNETT: Absolutely. The more you know about business, the better it is. This isn't - there's a lot of crooks out there, you know? They see a lot of money for some performers, and they will rip you off, and make it sound like that they really love you and they really see to you.
I ended up just having my own son and my whole family, actually. I have my - one son does all my recordings. He's an engineer, wonderful engineer. And my other son has been managing me for 35 years now. And my granddaughter is - does all my photography.
And my daughter Antonia, she sings with me on the stage every performance now, and she's really singing wonderful now. So it's all in the family, and I don't have to worry about being ripped off by some shrewd politicians.
CONAN: We're almost to the holiday, and I wanted you to tell the story. You grew up in Astoria in Queens, and your dad died when you were young, and the family hit hard times. Your mother worked very hard and raised the whole family on the income that she earned. But one year, there was not enough to get the Thanksgiving turkey, yet you...
BENNETT: Right.
CONAN: Well, tell us the story.
BENNETT: Well, it was a miracle. I just - I loved my mom so much because she had to work on a penny just to put food on the table. It was during the Depression in the United States, and everybody had a tough time. And I was so hurt because she was crying that she didn't have any food for us for Thanksgiving.
And I couldn't believe it. And I went to a movie theater, and they were raffling off gifts for Thanksgiving. And I held that ticket, hoping that my number would come in, and a beautiful miracle in my life happened because they called up my number, number four, which is still my lucky number to this day. And they gave me a big turkey, and I walked in the house with a big turkey. And my mom and my brother and sister have never gotten over that, and neither have I. It was just so beautiful.
CONAN: Let's get one more caller in. Let's go to Christina(ph), Christina with us from Denver.
CHRISTINA: Hello. Thank you for getting me on the show. And, Mr. Bennett, I am a huge fan. You've really influenced me. I'm a professional singer, and a lot of my life lessons and a lot of my performance lessons I've taken from listening to you over the years and hearing how you approach music and other people. And so I really wanted to thank you for that, first and foremost.
BENNETT: Thank you.
CONAN: Can you tell us what in particular you've taken away from Tony Bennett?
CHRISTINA: Yes. I am now 41 years old. I didn't start singing professionally until I was 27. As you can hear, I have a fairly low voice, and it did take a while for it to come in. But one thing that I have noticed from your singing over the years is just that you have great richness of tone, excellent support. As you said, you sing scales every day, and that makes perfect sense to me now.
Taking care of your voice and taking care of yourself and taking care of your family and those around you over the years leads to a long career, leads to a happy career. We're in a culture that's obsessed with getting there quickly and riches. And the pre-packaged voice and shows that throw young people onstage and really just put them under the bus, in my opinion. And a lot of them are just not ready for that. I think it comes with a shock and that preparing to be performer does take decades.
CONAN: Well, Christina, that's a lovely sentiment. Thank you so much for the call. Appreciate it.
BENNETT: Very good.
CHRISTINA: Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving. And my family is from Astoria too. So...
BENNETT: Oh, great.
CHRISTINA: (Unintelligible) my 103-year-old grandmother named Aida(ph) living there.
BENNETT: That's my favorite place, Astoria.
CHRISTINA: Me too. Me too. I love it there. OK. God bless. Thank you so much.
CONAN: And, Tony Bennett, have a great Thanksgiving.
BENNETT: Thank you very much, Neal.
CONAN: Tony Bennett was with us from our bureau in New York. His new book, "Life is a Gift: The Zen of Bennett," and again, "Viva Duets" his most recent recording. Coming up, Brian Castner used to defuse bombs in Iraq as commander of an explosive ordinance disposal unit. He tells us about what he calls a lethal game of cat and mouse. Stay with us. I'm Neal Conan. It's the TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News.
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