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Part V.
There's nothing so cozy as finding a home away from home.
Yesterday, we all apparently woke up on the sassy side of the bed. We were loving and sassing as soon as we rolled out into the kitchen and bleary-eyed, poured ourselves our morning bowls of cereal.
As I looked around at the incredible students surrounding me, I was overwhelmed by a wave of gratitude for them and admiration of them. They have forged a community out of nothing, and created a home for themselves in the little church basement where we're staying.
The sense of community forming felt so palpably similar to the feeling of home that pervaded the air last Friday as I sat in the Lewis Hall chapel, playing music and talking with fellow Visionaries. As we sang the anthem of the summer: Be God's, I looked around with joy at all my companions. All of us were caught up in the joy of the song, the joy of the moment, and the joy of each other. As we sang this song together, memories of the summer were floating through all our minds: memories of singing this song each week, of sharing a stage, looking up at the shining faces of 300 highschoolers and feeling our faces mirror their shine, of looking around at our fellow mentors, who showed us so concretely how to be God's smile, be God's rock, or be God's light. Moments like that are home in the truest sense.
Later that day, my friend Scott and I met up with friends of ours who were touring through town. On our way down there, we discussed the importance of rest in forming our little Gospel of Life community. Despite the frantic level of activity, we've tried to find rest during the day, and allow our group to become a community. And it's sort of incredible to watch two girls who can disagree with each other so passionately sit next to each other on a couch and joke and tease like friends always do. It's phenomenal and, in fact, sort of miraculous.
When we finally met up with our friends, just seeing the familiar faces of friends from back at school was a comforting bit of Notre Dame in the middle of the big city. We walked around and saw the sights and laughed together. Later that day, as we watched their concert at a small high school, I was so overwhelmed by the sense of home I felt by just standing up and singing the Alma Mater or the fight song with fellow students by my side, and alumni surrounding us.
One of the highlights of the day, and the most homey-home we discovered yesterday was dinner at my friend Tess's precious house. We invaded her kitchen and then she and we all cooked up dinner together really quickly. Moments of hospitality like that warm my soul.
But what melted me completely was when Tess pulled out a carton of pumpkin ice cream out of the freezer especially for me. That was too good to be real.
It made me sparkle with happy contentment.


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As vibrant as it is during the day, Istanbul is every bit as vivacious by night as well. Walking down İstiklal Avenue in the wee hours of the morning on a weekend, you will still hear joyous laughter and toasting coming from Nevizade Street where clubs and bars are lined up chock-full of locals and foreigners -. If you are into the party scene, famaous DJs will be awaiting you at the most fashionable clubs on the shore of the Bosphorus; you can dance into the night as they spin under the lights of beautiful İstanbul.
With is numerous jazz and blues clubs, traditional Turkish entertainment, discotheques, lounges and event spaces İstanbul lets you pick and choose your entertainment a different sort for each night.
Turkish people enjoy eating, drinking and dancing. On weekends you will see full bars and tea gardens with women and men of all ages enjoying their tea, coffee, beer or rakı.
Nights can be long and enjoyable in İstanbul. You just need to find the right place that matches your tastes. Here we will recommend some places where that you can visit at night in İstanbul.
Turkish Night Show
This show is prepared for tourists but brings to you what the Turjks themselves enjoy most in parties. It is a cultural event which will give you an idea of how Turks amuse themselves.

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KNITTING is back in vogue thanks to a Southport mum with purls of wisdom.
Susan Crawford, 40, has knitted ever since she was 12 after being taught by her grandmother.
The mother-of-one, of Balmoral Drive, Churchtown, recently released a book called A Stitch in Time, a Collection of Knitting Patterns 1920-1949 with co-author, Jane Waller.
Susan, who studied fashion and textiles at Southport College, has passed on her passion to 16-year-old daughter Charlotte, who knits with her friends from KGV college.
Susan said: "I grew up thinking that if you wanted something, you made it for yourself and that is what I have always done.
"I think the younger age group are really getting back into making their own clothes and they like the vintage style.
"There is one knitting pattern in the book that's of a mini dress and its really quite simple to make and looks great on younger women.
"Charlotte and her friends have modelled some of my clothes in the past and take part in some of the fashion shows too."
A sign of knitting's return to popularity can be seen through the number of hits on her online magazine, knitonthenet.com
Launched only two years ago, the site now averages around 80,000 hits a day, with the most recent issue attracting some 242,000 fans.
Susan said:"There is a huge online knitting population, we have readers from America, Japan, mainland Europe, all over the place."
Susan launched her new book at Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall. It features vintage knitting patterns from the twenties, thirties and forties and was originally released more than 30 years ago.
Husband Gavin helped Susan design the book and it is printed by the couple's very own Southport printing business, Arbour House.
Susan said: "The book was first done in 1972 by Jane Waller and had black and white scans of patterns from the 1920s through to the 1940s which were collected from women's magazines like Women's Weekly and Woman and Home.
"All of the original artwork was destroyed in a fire but we have taken 60 of the patterns from the book, had them knitted up and photographed and re-written so they can be made in contemporary yarns and in sizes that will fit everybody."
A Stitch in Time, Vintage Knitting and Crochet Patterns 1920-1949, Vol. 1 by Susan Crawford and Jane Waller is available from www.knitonthenet.com and amazon priced £27.99.


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"There is no salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."
~ Acts 4:12, MEV ~
The doctor just said surgery is needed. The school just called wanting to discuss behavioral issues. A neighbor just made another insensitive remark. It happens more often than we care to admit, parenting a child with serious challenges --
We feel powerless. Because our journey can be such an overwhelming one, multiple trials continually coming at us from every angle, it doesn't take much to make us reach the tipping point. A couple of sleepless nights, and we are toast. A few days of our spouse being out of town on business, and we are ready to melt. One problematic bully, and it seems like everyone hates our child. It's just these sort of things that make us feel helpless and hopeless, trapped too close to despair.
It feels like things will never get better. We try, and try, and try, and try to solve all our own problems or at least manage the chaos, all to no avail. Life is still hard. Challenges still wash over us like merciless waves.
The good news is that there is One remedy that is simple, yet powerful. This life-line rescues even if our situation never improves. All we need to do is utter that Name above all names in a whispered prayer: JESUS.
We have this superpower living inside of us, but do we ever stop to think about it? In His Name, the blind could see, the disabled walked, and even today, many are physically and emotionally healed. By His Name, the angry, violent waves of a raging storm were stopped in their tracks. Because of this Name, people sang marching to their deaths, held their heads high, had their heads sheared off, hope never waning, and the Name remained strong. People have tried to silence the use of Jesus' Name since shortly after His redeeming death and resurrection. Even so, it cannot be silenced, and its use only increases. The more the Name is suppressed, the more it grows.
WHY do we try to do it on our own? Like a dog chasing its tail or digging itself into a deeper hole, we only tend to frustrate ourselves and make the situation worse.
What will it take for us to try a new habit pattern -- One that our Maker offers us in loving compassion?
We learn in Philippians 2:9-11 (GW):
This is why God has given him an exceptional honor—
the name honored above all other names—
so that at the name of Jesus everyone in heaven, on earth,
and in the world below will kneel
and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord
to the glory of God the Father.
Marinate on that. What other name can ever HOPE to be that renowned or famous? If we want power that can truly HELP, no other can compare!
It's past time that we start grabbing hold of that superpower dwelling within us. When you don't have a clue how to pray, utter the Name "Jesus," knowing His power is already dealing with what is on your heart. When you have lost all hope, cry out the Name of the Hope-Giver. He will catch you just like He did the sinking saint who tried to walk amidst the wind and the waves. When you don't feel like praising Him in your storm, lift the Name of Jesus in praise despite the emotion, and He will elevate your mood as you elevate Him in worship.
Is is any wonder we can stand in complete awe of Him? What other Name ever held that sort of life-giving power?
PRAY: Lord, sometimes my life is so complicated, it seems impossible to clearly function let alone memorize Scripture. Remind me that the answer to my troubles is as close as crying out Your Name.
~ Barb Dittrich


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Residents of Ikorodu Local Government have demanded that the state government allow them make input into the ongoing Ikorodu road expansion, since they would be the ones to use the road eventually.
They are therefore asking the government to make public the 'Master Plan' for the 13.5 kilometre road expansion project, even as the construction work is rated at 20 percent completion.
The residents also urged the state government to construct a flyover at the Ikorodu roundabout as well as pay compensation as soon as possible to owners of property demolished for the project.
It will be recalled that the road expansion work awarded to China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, CCECC, was estimated at N30 billion, and is expected to be handed over in December 2014.
The 59-year-old road originally constructed by the Federal Government is being expanded into a six-lane expressway with Bus Rapid Transit, BRT routes in the middle.
The residents spoke at a stakeholder's forum organized by the Lagos Area Metropolitan Transport Authority, LAMATA held at Agric. Bus Stop, to enlighten the residents on the benefits and the level of work.
They argued that the government had not made the master plan for the expansion work public for them to assess toward providing meaningful inputs.
Enlightenment of residents
Mr. Lambed Gbadamosi, representing Ikorodu Oga Association, lamented that commuter spends over three hours on the road daily since the commencement of the construction work.
Gbadamosi complained that the state government didn't make public the design for the six-lane road, saying this will further enlighten the residents on the benefits of the road.
According to him, "But today, we are yet to see the design of the road. We don't know how the road will be after re-construction, what will be included and where certain facilities would be sited on the road."
He said; "We know that five pedestrian bridges would be constructed in certain bus stops along the road but this cannot be adequate."
Gbadamosi noted that the aim of the government to reduce travel time on the road may not be achieved if there isn't a flyover on the road especially at the Ikorodu roundabout.
Also speaking, the President-General of the Ikorodu Association of Nigerian Market Men and Women, Mrs. Afusat Allison warned against the possible consequence of demolishing the markets sited along the ever busy road without proper relocation of the traders.
Although Allison acknowledged government's plans to build an ultramodern market for Ikorodu, but demanded that the new market should be completed before demolishing the existing ones.
On the impact of demolition, the market leader said; "It is not about what we are selling and where we are selling it per se. But it is about feeding our children. Not just about feeding them alone, it is also about raising funds to send our child to schools. It is about providing basic needs for them. Without a place to trade, how can we meet their needs?
Mr. Ayodele Elesho, another stakeholder, said that the relocation of the market was an important issue that required proper planning, saying; "If the traders are not properly relocated, it will not just affect their business, but also make life difficult for their children."
He added that many of the market women are breadwinners while some are widows. Others have no social support at all. Elesho, a former commissioner in the state pointed out that there are still some issues about building demolition, which he said, was yet to be settled.
Responding to the issues raised the Managing Director of LAMATA, Dr. Dayo Mobereola assured the market men and women that the government will not demolish their market without providing another suitable place for trading.
Mobereola added that they would be relocated once the new market which is under construction is ready.
Director of Public Transport, Mr. Olugbenga Dairo gave updates about the project execution, which he said, was already 20 percent completed, adding; "It shows that the project would be completed at record time."


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Teufelberger KM Max 7/16" Static Rope
KMIII static rope is a balanced construction consisting of a continuous filament polyester cover braided over a unidirectional nylon core. KMIII is designed to meet the rigorous requirements associated with rescue and rappelling operations. KMIII is dual certified (CE & NFPA). KM III Max utilizes TPT (Twill Pattern Technology) which is Teufelberger's 1-over-1 sheath design that results in a lower coefficient of friction significantly reducing drag through protection. Also available with one or two sewn eyes.
Customer Video Review - Callum Parkinson
- 8000 lbs. tensile strength.
Sunlight/UV: Very little degradation from sunlight. Can be used outside over long term if inspected regularly.
Chemicals: Nylon will degrade with strong oxidizing agents, mineral acids, and 90% formic acid. May discolor when exposed to high levels of carbon dioxide. Polyester has good resistance to most chemicals, except 95% sulfuric acid and strong alkalines at boil.
Heat: Nylon melts at 460°F with progressive strength loss above 300°F. Polyester melts at 480°F with progressive strength loss above 300°F.
Dielectrics: Good resistance to the passage of electrical current. However, dirt, surface contaminants, water entrapment, and the like can significantly affect dielectric properties. Extreme caution should be exercised any time a rope is in the proximity of live circuits.
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4.9 out of 5 star average customer rating based on 7 reviews - See all reviews
Perfect Static Rope - 02/14/2018
Reviewer: Tom
This rope has worked wonderfully for my purposes. I'm a recreational climber, who got into three climbing through tree-stand hunting, and who also needed a secure safety line while trimming trees on my land.
My son and I are both using this static rope in SRT systems--he with an ISC Rope Wrench & Pinto Pulley, I with an older green Rope Runner-- and love the abrasion resistance. We both have no issues with slippage whatsoever with our hardware.
I did have to adjust my top bollard, but aside from that I have not modified my Rope Runner at all. In fact, my first time using I didn't notice much slippage. The second time I did notice a little slippage, but a small adjustment (moved the bollard about the mid-way in its adjustment) was all it took to eliminate this.
We've both been using this rope exclusively now through light rainy conditions and through the winter in sub-zero temperatures. This rope is great and love that the color is conservative so I can use it for hunting as well, though I'd love it if they'd make the yellow contrasting thread a more subdued color!
Very experienced user - 12/04/2017
Reviewer: Ray C
Whoa... not sure why the last review said "perfect rope for rope runner� when it is clearly not. Maybe he has some mods to his RR to gain friction someplace, because the standard (stock) Rope Runner will not function smoothly with this rope. If work posistioning, going up and down, constantly having your weight in the same area of the rope, this rope will become flat and the bird of the RR will not engage. It will slowly let you down, and speed up, until you stop it manually. I order 600 ft of this about a year ago and tried my hardest to use it, but after adjusting the RR again and again, I still couldn't get it right. If I made the ballard too tight, it because jerky to the point where it would hurt my hands, and not even a MM looser it would slip when flat. This is a great rope though, just not the best with RR. I used this with DRT, hitch climber (great results). I used this as a lanyard, pinto with 8 mm BeeLine VT (great results). And I've used this with the LockJack, DRT (unmatched performance!). Actually one of the best ropes I've used DRT with Lockjack, and I don't even like that Jock Lack... haha, but you can just pull this rope right into the LJ and it'll take it right up, but if your clutch is worn, it won't stop as good.
Perfect for Rope Runner - 03/02/2016
Reviewer: Matt
I love this rope. This is my second of the KM family, I also have kmIII. Both are amazing with the rope runner. Extremely abrasion resistant and very durable. I love the stiffeness of this rope, especially after it's been weighted. The knot ability of km max is a little better than kmIII. When girthing a ring on an alpine butterfly for my canopy anchor, the rope likes to work its way back around the ring creating too much friction when pulling it back down, but as the rope has worn this has gotten better. If your looking for a smooth but durable rope for srt and don't want to pay over a buck a foot, this is for you.
tree stuff - 06/21/2015
Reviewer: tree suff
i have a 3 strand climbing line has got me through many jobs,its getting a bit worn out and looking forward in getting a new line.i am interested in 7/16"static rope it has great ratings.
Great Rope - 04/05/2015
Reviewer: Sam Gulbrandsen
Great rope for SRT. Low stretch and very durable. Mechanical ascenders don't abuse this rope at all. Lasts for a long time. Worth the money!


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Market List;
Grass Fed Lamb, Egyptian Walking Onions,
Sassy Salad Mix, Bright Lights Swiss Chard,
Slicing and Salad Tomatoes, Rainbow Cherry Tomatoes,
Tomatillos, Lemon Cucumbers
and Dill
Wow, I looked up this week and realized that there are 4 weeks left of the summer season. Still lots of tomatoes coming on for eating and salsa too. As usual this time of the year, we are overran with cucumber beetles. For some reason though, they are incredibly bad this year. These are some of the worst garden pests. Ask any farmer what their worst insect issues are and they all will say they Squash Bugs and Cucumber Beetles. They are killing the plants, stunting the fruits and drilling holes in the tomatoes. You walk through and they fly out in waves, a cracked tomato will sport about 20. Talked to Vicki Lander down the road at Flower Hill Farm and they are having the same issue.
Ugh, disgusting cucumber beetles.
Some of the ducklings that we have raised up this summer are laying right on schedule so we will have a dozen duck eggs this week annnnnd...some of them, probably about 15 are males so we will have some to process for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Little known Slow Food fact, until the Pekin duck was introduced to the US, the Cayuga was the meat bird of choice. The Pekin being a white bird, making it much easier to clean took it's place. However, the black Cayuga, no matter how difficult it is to make it look clean because of the black oil in the feather ducts, they have amazing rich tasting meat. So we have that to look forward to.
Also we are already lambing.
After the Summer Season is over, we probably as a Market will be going to the Montessori School for the Winter Pantries. They are looking for a larger space, but as of now our first Winter Market will be on December 11th. We also will be doing a Thursday Winter Market with Eureka on the last Thursday of the Winter months ...and we will be there this Thursday also.
So that's all the news this week. Next week we'll have a real Slow Food talk about the project that we were awarded the grant for this year.
See ya Saturday!
God's Blessings on you and yours
Sam and Bill...and the pups


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I know I've been absent for a while. Mostly because I gave birth to this little chubby person 3 weeks ago.
Well, that and taking care of this little chubby person that I gave birth to 15 months ago.
Along with said baby who is a handful herself. My Little C has gas. Like...major gas. She could rival any frat boy's bum. This in turn makes her extremely unhappy. I kid you not, her screams...not crying, but her screams are ear shattering. I'm convinced that I'll be deaf in the right ear if this continues for 3 more weeks because after an hour of said screaming mixed with crying, I can't hear a thing from that ear.
I'll pound out a birth story for Little C at some point, right now I just don't have the energy. Hey, some of you might want to read it. It contains having an anxiety attack and hyperventilating in the OR while being prepped for my c-section. Yeah to the point where I was a might bit hysterical and trying to claw my way off the table....egads...that wasn't supposed to happen! But, that's for another day. For right now I'm just going to try to catch up on the other happenings.
A few days after Little C was born, my uncle died. He was battling cancer of various types, but it was the brain cancer that finally ended his life. While in recent years I hadn't been super close to him, I was before my Mom died. He took me fishing where I caught my first fish, bought my brother and I bunnies on Easter and left me with many fine memories. Like the time while at Easter dinner at their house I had been given a little stuffed chicken who was hatching from an egg. Uncle Al promptly took it from me, lifted his leg and pretended to fart on it. I think I was 4 or 5 years old. I burst into tears and was convinced that he really did fart on my chicken and that now it was going to smell like that fart FOREVER! My Aunt yelled at him...he laughed, grabbed it once again and again lifted his leg and farted on my chicken. Everyone laughed and told me he was only kidding. I was having none of it. I can only guess that my Aunt was tired of my wailing and took me upstairs to her room where I proceeded to pour nearly and entire bottle of perfume on that chicken. My Uncle was a character to say the least. He had a great sense of humor, and the spirit of a mischievous kid. I'm really going to miss him...alot. I went to his viewing and the funeral and yes, I brought my kids with me. My husband stayed at home with Big C during the viewing, but I had to take Little C with me. I didn't want to leave him home alone with both babies after just 9 days. All of us attended his funeral. He loved kids and I know he'd have loved little Little C too. At this most joyous time in my life, I was forced to deal with something so sad and permanent as death. It is exhausting being both happy and sad at the same time.
I've also been really concerned about my brother. A while back I made brief mention of what was going on with him in this entry. Well, he was in the hospital back in September and had to go back in the hospital again in January. Although it was only for a week. He is now going to the wound care clinic to try to get the ulcers on his legs under control. My brother has chronic venous insufficiency. In other words, he has lousy veins in his legs which cause poor blood flow from the legs to the heart, which in turns causes severe edema, which leads to the ulcers. It is a vicious cycle and he went in and had vein ablation done back on March 8th to allow healthy veins to take over in order to alleviate the excessive swelling. Its been a nightmare from there. From a hematoma, to suspected blood clot and just when the ulcers were healing up and looking good....new ones have developed. He has been in a lot of pain with it and the ulcers are equivalent to 2nd degree burns. He hasn't been able to get around like he used to, which has lead to him being irritable and snappy, which leads to the two of us fighting constantly. *Sigh*
Let's move on to my Dad. I honestly don't even know where to start there. But to save a long and drawn out post as this one is getting there already, he has been having health issues as well. Already diagnosed with Stage 3 chronic kidney disease, he has only recently developed swelling in his legs and feet and it is troublesome. Because the swelling is really bad. In fact his doctor called while I have been writing this entry to tell me that the blood tests that were done yesterday are showing the kidney has gotten worse. However, after being prescribed an antibiotic by his PCP for something unrelated, the Nephrologist wants him to stop the antibiotic and hae the blood test done again on Monday. I'm worried about him. I've already lost my Mother. He is the only parent I have left. Just now beginning to enjoy being a grandfather to Big C, who adores him BTW, and looking forward to playing with his granddaughter too...I'm so afraid that something will happen to him. He isn't a spring chicken at 71 years old...but has been in really good health all but for the kidney. It's bad enough my babies will never get to know the awesomeness that was their maternal Grandmother....I don't want them missing out on knowing their Grandfather as well.
Which brings me to me. I've been under a lot of pressure lately. Hormonal changes from having Little C. My inability to produce sufficient breast milk, despite pumping...a lot. Only managing 1/4 of an ounce is discouraging to say the least, but I trudged on and made it up to a whole 1/2 ounce per breast. Which quickly diminished again to a mere dribble. Sleep deprived. Little C's constant crying and being unable to poop without me *encouraging* it and being gas bound. My Uncle dying and then attending his funeral the day before Easter. My brother and father having health issues. Oh, and my in laws are coming next week to see the babies. And we are having Little C baptized next weekend too. Which I haven't gotten invitations done, or the cake thought about, or favors. I just barely got the date nailed down. My in laws are traveling by vehicle the 3000 miles from Oregon. They wanted to come last year to see Big C after he was born, but then some things came up on their end and they found themselves unable to make the long trip. I wanted to have Little C baptized while they were here because it is something special and they've come so far. I really am looking forward to seeing them. It's been several years since I have. I also think it might be a welcomed relief to have a maternal figure around to help.
I've been having what is typically referred to as the Baby Blues. It's been 3 weeks since Little C's birth and typically the blues go away within a few weeks, But with everything else I've had going on, mine is probably hanging around a bit longer. Don't worry...I don't want to harm myself or my babies or anything like that. I just feel overwhelmed, out of control (mostly because I'm a fixer...I like to fix things and make it all better), inadequate (thank you breasts and my inability to console my screaming baby), guilty (I can't dedicate myself to Big C like I once did, especially since he is now a snot factory and I dunno if it's allergies or a cold and won't take the risk of making Little C sick too), frustrated, inadequate, irritable and completely alone. I think that part is the worst...feeling so alone because no one else in your house can understand what you are going through. I wonder if I can go back to taking St. John's Wort? I decided to take that after my Mom died. My doc wanted to slap me on Zoloft but I knew I just needed to grieve. I didn't like the depression along with my grieving so I tried St. John's Wort and it actually did work for me. I've already decided that I'm not going on any type of hormonal birth control, so I don't need to worry about the contraindications on that front.
Well, that is most of it in a nutshell. A very large nutshell by the looks of this mega post. But it was a lot of catching up. I'll probably be sporadic in my postings for a while. Pretty sure I won't be on the computer at all while the In-laws are here for 2 weeks. I'm hoping I can retain my sanity through all of this.


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Oh Wow! Cables!
But when I finally managed to wake up today, I picked this up...that's the Moscow Magic colorway of Peace Fleece! I'm making Coronet from knitty.com. The links are in the entry below, please forgive me for not adding them again here? Consider that it's all I can do to put two words together to form a coherent sentence, please?
I just love this yarn...which is good, because I have a lot of it to make this pattern over and over again for Christmas...
That's my very first cable! I'm loving that, too!
Oh, and I finally finished reading The Time Traveler's Wife and got it back to the library today. If my memory is correct I was supposed to finish reading this last month for Knit the Classics but I always say...better late than never!
(BTW...what's up with blogger? I'm back to having to use Picasa to load photos - which I hate - b/c as soon as I click on the picture button in "create" mode, I get the funny sound you get when your pop-ups are being blocked in McAfee. WHAT IS GOING ON? I'm just not computer savvy enough...I know. But I miss just clicking that little button and uploading my pics...)


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Dynamic Searchable Symmetric Encryption allows a client to store a dynamic collection of encrypted documents with a server, and later quickly carry out keyword searches on these encrypted documents, while revealing minimal information to the server. In this paper we present a new dynamic SSE scheme that is simpler and more efficient than existing schemes while revealing less information to the server than prior schemes, achieving fully adaptive security against honest-but-curious servers.
We implemented a prototype of our scheme and demonstrated its efficiency on datasets from prior work. Apart from its concrete efficiency, our scheme is also simpler: in particular, it does not require the server to support any operation other than upload and download of data. Thus the server in our scheme can be based solely on a cloud storage service, rather than a cloud computation service as well, as in prior work.
In building our dynamic SSE scheme, we introduce a new primitive called Blind Storage, which allows a client to store a set of files on a remote server in such a way that the server does not learn how many files are stored, or the lengths of the individual files; as each file is retrieved, the server learns about its existence (and can notice the same file being downloaded subsequently), but the file's name and contents are not revealed. This is a primitive with several applications other than SSE, and is of independent interest.
Muhammad Naveed is a third year PhD student in computer science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is interested in cryptography, security, and privacy. His current research focuses on secure cloud storage, applied cryptography, smartphone security and genomics privacy.


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Sporty Young Hunk Charlie - Strips off and works out with weights - Then squirts for England!
Sun 13th Jun 2010
Str8 hunk Charlie plays loads of sports and start off today with some of his top tips with free weights! He gives a great demo of how to exercise and build certain muscles and end up with his hands in his boxers smiling "it's about time this muscle saw some action!" Charlie is natural on camera and knows how to tease, pulling down his boxers and out pops his meaty uncut one, lying back on the bed he pulls back the foreskin and its soon rock hard. He plays nice and gentle teasing himself as he teases us, does some weights with a hard on before lying back down and showing off his hairy hole. After some more playing he lies back and watch that expression as he shoots at least 8 healthy squirts over his chest and abs! A very happy unloaded str8 lad!
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RE/MAX Medalta Real Estate Deploys Active Voice Seven Speech Enabled Auto Attendant Solution
Agency Uses Speech Solution to Help Streamline Calls for its Clients
In the hectic real estate environment, handling an influx of calls from clients can be especially challenging for agents that work during evenings, on weekends and from remote locations. In order to stay on top of its clients needs, RE/MAX Medalta Real Estate wanted to replace its after-hours telephone answering service with a system that could handle over 600 calls per month while providing a positive experience for its customers.
We were spending around $500 to $600 per month in answering service costs alone, explained Bill Grady, Office Manager for RE/MAX Medalta Real Estate. With over 30 agents in our office and a very busy support staff, we needed a cost-effective system that would help connect our clients to their agents without the unnecessary wait times and frustration of dropped calls, noted Grady. We also needed to maximize our receptionists time since most of their calls were from agents on the road needing to speak with a colleague in the office.
After discussing various options with ProComm Solutions, an Active Voice reseller in Medicine Hat, RE/MAX Medalta Real Estate selected Active Voices Seven speech-enabled auto attendant solution. Seven has been an excellent choice for us because it has been cost-effective, easy to use and required very little maintenance, explained Grady.
ProComm Solutions installed the Seven system as an upgrade for RE/MAX and provided useful training and technical support services so that the system was up and running smoothly. We deployed the system so that our agents in the field could call a unique number and be quickly transferred to other agents in the office, explained Grady. This has allowed our receptionists to be more available for external callers, plus our agents save time by not having to go through the front desk. Overall the Active Voice Seven system has been very reliable and our staff and customers find it very intuitive and easy to use, noted Grady.
With Seven available around-the-clock, RE/MAX has seen the number of customer complaints significantly decline. The Seven system has definitely helped get our callers to where they need to go, and it sure beats having to rely on an answering service for messages, said Grady. In addition, RE/MAX has also seen a significant cost-savings and has begun to realize a return on its investment. Since deploying the Seven system, we are saving $200 per month in answering service costs, said Grady, and we anticipate saving around $500 in a couple of months once the system is paid for.
The RE/MAX experience shows how our Seven solution can help organizations address communications challenges, potentially save money and improve customer service, said Mike Ridgeway, Active Voices Director of Marketing. By using the Active Voice Seven system, RE/MAX has maintained its client focus by integrating speech technology into its every day business.
Active Voices Seven speech-enabled auto attendant system is designed for organizations in almost every industry. Using Seven, employees (on-site or off-site) simply call in, say the name of the person or department they wish to reach, and get transferred directly. Seven can help reduce call-waiting times by allowing callers to reach their destination without the assistance of an operator. Seven can also help road warriors stay in touch by providing them with speech access to the company directory and their own Microsoft® Outlook® contacts, so they can reach their customers and colleagues by just saying their name. In addition, Seven can manage internal calls from employee to employee or department, thereby freeing the operator or receptionist to attend to more important tasks.
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RE/MAX Medalta Real Estate is the leading real estate agency in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. RE/MAX is committed to providing the highest standard of professional business ethics and service to its clients. RE/MAX Medalta Real Estate is part of the RE/MAX International Group. For more information, please visit www.remax-medalta-ab.com.
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With more than 35 years of continuous innovation, Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. (AVST) is a trusted developer of software-based, enterprise-class Unified Communications (UC) solutions. Our mission is to design, deliver and support communications solutions that transform the productivity of individual workers, teams and enterprises while leveraging the value of their existing and evolving IT infrastructure. Thousands of businesses worldwide rely on AVST's advanced voice, mobility, team communications and business process UC solutions to meet their mission-critical communications requirements. The world-class interoperability and flexibility of AVST's UC platform provides a future-proofed bridge to their digital future. Headquartered in Orange County, California, AVST maintains facilities in Seattle, Washington, Victoria B.C., Canada, the United Kingdom, and has remote sales offices throughout the United States. AVST's UC solutions are sold and supported worldwide by an extensive network of resellers and OEM partners. To learn more about AVST, our products and partners, please visit www.avst.com or you can follow us at Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn.
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Mmmmm, it's been a long time... I think because there are so many blogs in the world and who really reads them anyway?
When I watch Sex In The City I look at how it started a generation of people, expressing themselves on the internet blog blog bloggiddy blog, rather than writing it down in a journal...I gave up dairies /journalling years ago after reading my 14 year old self diaries and finding it was a waste of paper the tree died for, gosh the blah blah blah of self loathing , and lack of awareness at a time when we are full of hormones. Probably the worst time EVER to journal.
So why be bloggered now? ...is it a means of self expression , a feeding of the ego or boredom?Does it really help the soul to heal by sharing our stories or does it feed a victim mentality ?
For me , I began the whole IAGBAM as a way to help to lift up people's vibration, help them achieve self love , be of some sort of inspiration. Well that is still true , as I get organised to release a remix of the single to put the message out there, it is interesting as since i recorded that in 2015 there has been a real momentum and talk of people loving themself - and not in a narcissist type of way -eeeewwwww.
My self love this year has been to actually stop for a while, not blog , not attend things , not even click on the sign petition very often either. Getting in touch with who I am not who I am programmed to be. I have been very passionate about a lot of issues in my life , at times when people thought I was talking shit and being slightly outrageous. hhhmmm now even cool ol' Leonardo de Caprio is talking about indigenous rights, saving the planet and having compassion for nature. Good coz now I don't have to .I can get back on the IAGBAM horse and ride it like a fucking olympic champion. As a sole parent and self proclaimed owner of a business , looking for a new place to live and keeping up with the groceries, blogging just didn't fit in to what was an exhausting start to this year.
Spending the entire school break with a 10 yr old is great but when there is no one to share that with , blimey it gets tiring . Oh I forgot to add menopause to the list of factors- so where's my Mum now to give me the heads up , oh thats right she left the planet 9 years ago or so . I can't even tell you the library of wisdom that I cannot replace at the local municipality for that one. Do no let that loveable resource go untapped- it will empower her also , and hell every mother needs empowering let me tell you .
Cosmic energies- don't even start me . It has been wild and if you are a little susceptible to them then WOW maybe that should be top of my list. You can check all that stuff out for yourself theres plenty of it around and in my blog "Tools for getting by" you can grab links too.
So I feel like my purpose is to help everyone ride like the champion I am -hopefully even better- lately I fell of the said IAGBAM horse a few times so far this year. I didn't sustain injuries but it was a dizzy discombobulating time. Buying a new outfit here and there can give the pretence that you have it together , so I do recommend that and regular visits to the hairdresser . no one wants to look like Beetlejuice in public....that is strictly for housework and night times watching tv.
Going out to events , if that is your thing I do recommend also . I spent a lot of my life dancing , so when I don't do it I realise how much that is a MUST in my life. The loungeroom is fine but it is good to get out in public if you have the outfit and hair back on track . AND I am not saying this in a pretentious way - i'll just say Beetlejuice !!
I think I am quite a good writer and a bit funny too, on a good day so my sense of purpose I feel is to share the amazing wisdom that I have gleaned - yes thats a real word , and spread it round like a wonderful chocolate fondue for us to all indulge in- if you don't like chocolate (WTF is wrong with you ) then a fine jug of favourite alcohol may suffice.
Do what makes you feel good , not what any instagram meme , Facebook self help guru or expensive mentor likes to tell you . I love llamas- so I look at pictures of llamas, then dance then eat chocolate. Helps me find my footing in the stirrups . I go to the beach , look at fine looking young men that are to exhausting to think about dating and feel like I have consumed a wonderful matured cheese. Whatever it takes , find it and do it , not because nike tell you too but for your self care and to fill up your cup and then say out loud IAGBAM !
Dear ones, I like to keep my blogs short and to the point , so that you might actually finish reading it through your tears , hopefully of laughter but they might be of sorrow (TRIGGERED- the word of 2018) so I shall sign off and say this .....
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Red-naped Sapsucker landing at the nesting cavity with prey – Nikon D500, f8, 1/1000, ISO 500, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
Jackpot and frustrations… I'll explain the jackpot first and get to the frustrations later about the Targhee National Forest Red-naped Sapsucker feeding its young. My regular viewers may remember that on a recent post about a Red-naped Sapsucker in the Uinta Mountains that I had hoped to see sapsucker chicks sticking their heads out of the nesting cavity but that didn't happen and that the nest was in a bad location to photograph.
While I have been photographing up here in Idaho and southwestern Montana I also hoped to locate an active nesting cavity and wasn't having much luck but after I remembered seeing the sapsuckers in a location in the Targhee National Forest we went there and hit the jackpot. Not only does the tree have a Red-naped Sapsucker nest it also has noisy, hungry chicks inside the cavity so I have been able to photograph the adults coming in to feed their young. An added bonus is a wren has a nesting cavity in the tree too.
These photos were taken two evenings ago. I was tickled to photograph the adult as it landed on the tree with a bill full of caterpillar type prey. This image is full frame and I in the interest of full disclosure I will say that there was a shadow I didn't like on the trunk of the aspen that I didn't like so I used a "healing tool" in Photoshop to get rid of it. I don't normally like to do that much post processing but in this case I felt it was worth it. I didn't have enough shutter speed to freeze the motion of the wings but I found I liked the motion blur in this frame and the landing pose.
Red-naped Sapsucker with prey at its nesting cavity – Nikon D500, f8, 1/1250, ISO 500, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
The one "problem", if you can call it that, is that there is a dead branch sticking out from the trunk of the aspen just behind the nesting cavity that some people might find distracting. Personally I don't find it to be a problem, it is in the shadows plus it is far enough behind the sapsucker that I don't feel it is distracting or that it takes anything away from the images I took. This is nature after all and not an elaborate set up shot that some photographers devote their time to creating but I don't do set up shots. Do you all find that branch distracting?
Last evening we were parked at a slightly different angle in the vehicle in an attempt to hide the branch behind the aspen trunk and I have never, ever been so damned frustrated while photographing birds because of it. The only time photographing that even comes close to the level of frustration I felt last evening was years ago when my tripod head malfunctioned out in the wilderness and wouldn't move the way it should have.
I should also mention that the light went from dull because of clouds to very bright because of the sun so I had to change my exposure quite often to have enough shutter speed to try to capture the adults flying in. When it was bright I had to have my exposure set to -4 so that the whites in the tree trunk and the sapsuckers plumage didn't completely blow out. I didn't have that much of a problem the first evening we photographed them. When the clouds hid the sun I had to quickly adjust the exposure or the birds would have been too dark.
I also had to keep changing my ISO to get enough shutter speed for movement of the birds at the nesting cavity.
The adults come in with food for the chicks irregularly so you can't figure out the timing of when they will arrive. They don't make noise when they are flying in like the Williamson's Sapsuckers do either.
The frustrations I had last evening ruined the evening for me and the images I came away with were crappy and they will end up in my delete bin. If I go back this evening I may have to go rogue and get outside of the vehicle and use my tripod to get the angle I want of the cavity and to get the chicks head sticking out of it. I do not want a repeat of last evening because the frustrations took all of the joy I usually feel while photographing birds away. Last night didn't work for me at all.
Red-naped Sapsucker nesting cavity tree – Nikon D810, f8, 1/640, ISO 320, Nikkor 18-200mm VR at 20mm, natural light
Bird photography isn't easy, it takes patience, skills, knowledge of the subject and their behaviors. I love it.
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MPhil Contemporary Art and Graphic Design: Expanding Cinema: New forms of production, organisation and exhibition of film and the moving image, Leeds Metropolitan University, 2011
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Unravel at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Between 2010-2013, Unravel created the longest hand-painted 16mm film in Britain (at a ratio of one frame per metre of the 874 miles between John O'Groats and Land's End), via open access workshops with 3000+ participants in galleries, museums, film festivals and community venues across the UK. Unravel brought celluloid to new audiences in an accessible and hands-on way, stressing the experimental and tactile nature of collaborative camera-less filmmaking.
For the residency at the Whitney, Unravel facilitated workshops with seven different community groups and schools, and staged three large-scale open access workshop events for families, teens and Whitney members, alongside the Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art 1905-2016 exhibition. Footage produced during the workshops was edited into a short film for screening on the final day of the residency. Each frame of the film related directly to one square foot of the 18,000-square-foot Neil Bluhm Family Galleries, where Dreamlands was installed.
Unravel Project Screenings and Installations:
2017: Rogue Cinema, Manchester | Research into Teaching, Leeds College of Art
2016: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
2011-2012: Ikon Gallery, Birmingham | Firstsite Gallery, Colchester | Chisenhale Gallery, London | Berwick Film Festival, Berwick Upon Tweed | The Arnolfini, Bristol | Bradford Animation Festival, National Media Museum, Bradford | Document 9 Film Festival, Glasgow
Selected Performances, Screenings and Group Exhibitions
2017: On Residual Agencies, The Telfer Gallery/Edinburgh Art Festival | Leeds College of Art, Leeds: Pedagogy Cluster Show: Research into teaching.
2016: Leeds College of Art, Leeds: Embodied Language
2014: Star and Shadow, Newcastle | Jerwood Gallery, London | Whitstable Biennale Satellite Programme, Whitstable | Lo & Behold Gallery, London
2013: Rogue Studios, Manchester: Film Material Soup #8 | MK Gallery, Milton Keynes | Brown BCB, Athens, Greece | Latitude Festival, UK | National Portrait Gallery, London: Film Movement in Light – A Contemporary Expression | Misdirect Movies, The Royal Standard, Liverpool: Film Material Soup
2012: The Lighthouse, Wolverhampton: Flip Animation Festival | The Art House, Wakefield | FACT, Liverpool: Cellul-oko | Enjoy Artspace, Leeds: Come Find Us | Project Space Leeds, Leeds: GLAMOURIE – M1 < Dark Heart
2011: Granary Wharf, Leeds: Cinéma Corporel
2010: Temple Works, Leeds | The Plaza, Leeds: Cinema Povera
2009: Sheffield DocFest, Sheffield: Attack of the 50ft Reels | The Exploding Cinema, London: Disposable Film
2008: Leeds International Film Festival, Leeds: EXP24/Kinetika! | ESA Patrick Studios, Leeds: EXP24 | Ways of Seeing, Leeds: EXP24 |
2006: Granary Wharf, Leeds: Light Night – EXP24 | Hull International Short Film Festival: Slack Video | Leeds Film Quarter/Short Circuits, Leeds: EXP24 | The Nursery, Leeds: Kicking and Screaming
2005: Berlinwindowlicker, Berlin: White on White
2016: Unravel Residency at The Whitney Museum of American Art, for: Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art 1905–2016, New York.
2012: Artist in Residence at Artspace, Leeds Art Gallery, for Fiona Rae: Maybe you can live on the moon in the next century, Leeds.
2011: Artist at Artforms, for Arts Carousels (artists' continuing professional development programme), Leeds.
2012: Flip Animation Festival, Wolverhampton: P.O.V.
2012: Wakefield Mystery Tour, Wakefield: The Harrowing of Hell
2010: The Plaza Principle, The Plaza, Leeds: Untitled installation for two 16mm projectors
Creative Practitioner (Teaching)
2017: 'Living Mural' @ BedPop 2017, Bedford Creative Arts/The Higgins, Bedford
2016: Unravel @ the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York | Bedford Creative Arts/The Higgins, Bedford
2013: University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen: Sound Festival | Turner Contemporary, Margate | Dunoon Film Festival, Dunoon | The Kazimier, Liverpool
2012: Flip Animation Festival, Wolverhampton | Artforms, Leeds | Tate Britain, London | Firstsite, Colchester
2011: National Media Museum, Bradford: Drawing on Film | Chisenhale Gallery, London | Bar Lane Studios, York | Manchester Mela, Manchester | Tate Britain, London | Newsham Park Festival/FACT, Liverpool | Zion Arts, Manchester | FACT, Liverpool | Basement Arts Project, Leeds | Hot Bed Press, Salford: Sights From the Other City | ARTCH, London | MAC, Birmingham: Flatpack Festival, | Granary Wharf, Leeds: Cinema Corporel | Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester | IKON Gallery, Birmingham
2010: Impressions Gallery, Bradford | Red Eric Studios, Leeds | The Plaza, Leeds: Cinema Povera | Project Space Leeds, Leeds: Lumen: Body in the City | School of Art, Architecture & Design, University of Huddersfield | No.w.here, London | Town Hall, Sheffield: Sheffield DocFest | National Media Museum, Bradford: Bradford Animation Festival | Gallery 42, Leeds: Leeds International Film Festival | Picture This, Bristol: Encounters International Film Festival | Chisenhale Gallery, London | Noise Lab, Manchester: Abandon Normal Devices | South Bank, London: The Big Draw
2009: East Street Arts, Patrick Studios, Leeds | School of Fine Art, University of Leeds
2008: East Street Arts, Patrick Studios, Leeds | Leeds College of Art | Leeds City Library, Leeds: Leeds Independent Media Exposition | Artlink, Hull: Hull International Short Film Festival
Anastassiou, M. 2018. 'Silver Screens' in: Tompouris, L. ed. Physical or Otherwise: Suggestions and Encounters. Glasgow: The Telfer Gallery, pp.32-49.


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Fifth-Generation Farmer's Son Looks OutwardFeatured - Main Slider, Society & Culture — By Lena Price on June 17, 2011 8:37 am
By Lena Price
For ChinaInFocus
Wang Zhongwei, a 49-year-old rice farmer from the Eastern Chinese village of Xiejiaqiao, can still remember when his family struggled to produce enough food for one meal a day. His 19-year-old-son Wang Yang, who grew up in the same village, never had to worry if he would have enough to eat. He can barely remember a time without the Internet.
"Our lives are very different," Wang Yang said through an interpreter. "I never worked with my father in the field, and I don't want to."
Wang Zhongwei is a fifth-generation farmer. His father, who lives with him in the family's seven-room house, took care of the same rice field more than 50 years ago.
But Wang Yang has no desire to take over the family business, despite his father's wishes. He, like many of his contemporaries in China, wants to leave his village in search of a better job with greater economic possibilities in a big city. For now, he works at a local wrench factory less than a mile from the family home.
"I left this village last year to work at a light bulb factory, and I was very homesick," Wang Yang said. "But eventually, I want to move to a bigger town nearby and open a clothing shop."
More people than ever are leaving agricultural occupations in China's rural areas to work in larger cities. According to the country's 2010 census data, almost half of its 1.34 billion population lives in urban areas. The number jumped more than 10 percent from 2000, when 36 percent of Chinese people lived in cities.
Xiejiaqiao's population has been about 800 since Wang Zhongwei was born in 1962. But he said the number of rice farmers in the village has steadily decreased since the mid 1980s. Farmers leave to open supermarkets or other small stores, where they can make more money.
Although he has seen many friends leave their farms to pursue business jobs, Wang Zhongwei never considered following them. He said he enjoys his work and getting to make his own decisions.
"I'm the master of my own life," Wang Zhongwei said through an interpreter.
The family is able to grow enough rice for themselves on their 1,700 square-foot plot of land, and Wang Zhongwei grows pecans for extra money. Pecans are still one of the major sources of income for villagers in Xiejiaqiao, and the nuts bring in an average of about 10,000 RMB ($1,544) per capita annually.
Dai Jin Xiang, Wang Zhongwei's mother who has not left Xiejiaqiao in 60 years, called the current family home "paradise." She said she could not imagine a better life for herself than the one she has now.
Before the village government allowed farmers to set their own prices for their crops in 1983, she had a difficult life. "We used to have to pick grass and white plants off the mountain for food," Dai said.
Dai is close with her grandson, but rarely tells him stories about the challenges she faced as a child. She said she wants a different life for him.
Wang Yang's mother, Xu Xiao Feng, disagreed with his father's wish for him to grow pecans and rice for a living. She said she wants him to continue his education and leave Xiejiaqiao.
Xu said she is proud of her older daughter who has already left the village to open a wholesale shoe store in nearby Hangzhou. Both of her children finished high school, while Xu and her husband only completed middle school.
"I greatly hope our son can go to the big city," Xu said. "Some day we can sell our land or we can give it away, but for our children we want something more ambitious, bigger."Tags: farming, hangzhou, rural, Xiejiaqiao


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This Sunday is Pentecost and we've been planning for days just how we'll celebrate.
We've decided, after years of clinging to the parish church we grew up in, to finally make the move to St. Mary of the Lake – Holy Family Parish in Lakewood, where we've lived for the last several years.
I always like to time special personal occasions to special feast days in the Church and this being the case, we've chosen Pentecost as the official start of our new parish membership.
Now, according to pious legend, King Arthur (a family hero of long standing) always kept Pentecost in a big way. It is written of him that he gathered all his knights at the round table on this day for a feast and a quest. With him in mind, we'll be gathering around Mom's round table on the porch-dining room with a circle of good friends to celebrate the day.
Perhaps it will be cool enough to go "questing" around the lake for which the town is named later in the afternoon.
The entree for the day will be chicken, grilled on our old backyard barbecue so as to enjoy some actual flames, though culinary ones, not those of the Holy Spirit. The special dessert will be Pentecost Cake, a treasure from Helen McLoughlin's venerable, 1956 treasure trove: "Family Customs: Easter to Pentecost."
Pentecost Cake
Ingredients: 2/3 cup scalded milk; 1 cup sugar; 1 – 1/3 cups flour sifted; 3 teaspoons baking powder; 2 egg whites; 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla frosting; 15 large strawberries; 1-1/2 cups confectioner's sugar; 2 tablespoons soft butter. Sugar to taste.
Directions: Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Scald the milk and allow it to cool. Sift sugar, flour and baking powder together three times. Add scalded milk gradually, beating constantly. In a separate bowl, blend egg whites, cream of tartar, salt and vanilla and beat until egg whites refuse to slip when the bowl is tipped and fold into the floured mixture. Bake in a greased seven-inch tube pan for forty-five minutes or until the cake is golden brown and firm to the touch. Invert the cake on a rack and cool.
Meanwhile, hull and clean the strawberries. Crush 8 with a fork and sweeten to taste. Make a frosting of 1-1/2 cups of confectionary sugar, 2 tablespoons of soft butter and 2 tablespoons of crushed strawberries in their juice. Put the butter and sugar into a bowl, add the rest of the crushed berries and juice beating well with a fork. Add only enough to make a mixture that spreads easily. Frost the cake and top with seven whole strawberries as a reminder of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.


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53 - AOL Still Exists?
Jose Fernandez and Arnold Palmer passed.
The presidential debates are happening as we record. Check out our wild speculations after the fact.
After watching Fox's Pitch, Ward and Rod discuss women in sports.
Why do we rate things 5 stars if anything less than 5 is a fail? Make things pass/fail!
We also touch on parenting and music from our youth.
Friday, September 23, 2016
52 - A Zombie Post-Apocalypse World
Gas prices are on the rise! The end of the world is nigh!
Rod revisits North Carolina's HB2. Does McCrory have a terminal illness? Does this explain the madness?
Former baseball player Mitch Williams is not going to win coach of the year awards any time soon. Ward reviews what led to his current lawsuit againsnt MLB.
Eric on the allure of van living.
Who doesn't want to live in a post-apocalypse zombie world? By that token, Eric reveals he's planned ahead just in case The Purge happens.
Profiling versus discrimination.
Friday, September 16, 2016
51 - Let Us Pander to Netflix
It's been fifteen years since 9-11. We remember where we were and how we see it now.
Tim Tebow is playing for the Mets. As Ward predicted, he isn't going to fully commit as he's keeping his broadcasting job.
Kaepernick donated money to bolster taking a knee, while Megan Rapinoe doesn't even the the chance while at the Washington Spirit.
Print journalism is on the decline and Ward's has a fix that's difficult to implement.
What direction should our movie podcast take? We're aren't against pandering to Netflix, but Youtube and comedy is the route to take if we just want to gain the broadest fan base. We've got too many ideas and not enough time.
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