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Mary Rakow will be leading the "Make Your First Pages Shine" workshop at the Marin Writers Conference on April 22. We talked on the phone last week about what makes a great first page, how she works with writers, and how authors can tell if an editor is right for them.
Q: First off, what was your path to becoming an editor?
I'm primarily a writer. Freelance editor is my day job. I learned editing and critiquing from many years in a writing group in L.A. We met twice a week, with a teacher, Kate Braverman, who was very rigorous, who also opened up the critique to the group.
Recently, we reconvened that group again, and I go back to L.A regularly. We spend the day together. First socially, then we switch into work mode. It's so worth it.
Q: How do you work with authors? What's the process?
Couple different things. I recently did first-page editing at San Francisco Writers Conference. Eight-minute time slots. I like to see the actual work, not just the pitch. The pitch is someone telling you about their boyfriend. I want to meet the guy.
I work in a variety of ways. I meet one-to-one, I read full manuscripts, partial manuscripts. I do workshops.
Recently, I met on the phone with an author from Silicon Valley. She gave me fifty pages. In the first three pages, she mentioned something about people lining up in straight lines, and then there was a character mentioning things being in straight lines. I asked her about that.
She said she studied at RISD (Rhode Island School of Design). Is there something deeper, I asked. Something else going on? She started crying. Told me this story, all about identity. She's left Singapore. She has two graduate degrees. She breaking rules she grew up with. I noticed this tick. That's where the story is.
Q: Almost like being a therapist.
No, not a therapist. Not trying to heal. But providing the perspective that the writer doesn't have. Deep attention. Deep listening to the work. It's not a checklist. It's about finding that distinct voice.
Q: Your workshop at the Marin Writers Conference is focused on making first pages shine. Without giving too much away, what characterizes a great first page?
The main thing is that there's a sense of encountering a new sensitivity, meeting a unique consciousness.
Q: On your website, you say that we all have an original take on the world, and that the best artist explore that more deeply. You call it their personal crevice. How do you help a writer find that place?
You want them to focus on what's deep for them in their writing.
When I have only eight minutes with an author, there are things that jump out at me. The same word over and over again. Who the narrator is. For example, there was one for whom every single observation was negative. That's hard for a reader to live with.
Q: What problems or omissions do you see most in the manuscripts you edit? Or a variation on that, what problems are the most challenging for authors to address?
I'll tell you one that I'm guilty of. So many writers are. This critique group I was in, we did seven pages each meeting. We continued on our own after our teacher moved away, and we had what we called Queen Day—we were an all-woman group at the time—and we would read the whole manuscript and give all day for feedback.
One of my friends, she says, your book doesn't take off until page 50. You're warming up the engine. We often think readers need all this introductory stuff, but we can drop them in the middle of the action. The reader can catch up.
There's also a pattern I see with beginning writers, a tendency to say something in dialog that has just been established in the narration. Lot of editing is taking things out, and here and there going deeper.
Another common thing is the desire to be in control. There's a misunderstanding that certainty is important. But that's not the way art is. You want to take risks.
Q: Some critic once said that great art is almost always flawed.
They say you should write what you know. But the core of any work, whether it's symphony or a novel, is engaging where you are uncertain. Move out of your comfort zone. Tolerate degree of chaos.
If you go into that painful place, then you can organize your feelings. You increase your comfort zone and go deeper. You've ordered the chaos. That is art.
Q: You're a writer of literary fiction, yet you edit all kinds of genres.
I have varied clients. Some doing thrillers, sci fi, young adult, poetry, academic work for general public. It's fun for me. I go where they are.
I mostly edit what I don't write. My peer group is all literary writers. But my day job isn't, which is fine with me.
Q: How does an author know if an editor is right for them?
For me, it's when the editor makes a suggestion and it makes you excited, when you say to yourself, oh that's exactly what I'm trying to say, when it makes your own work more yourself.
That's why editing is so much about listening. There something alive in every single manuscript. My job, even if it's a book I would never read, my job is to get quiet enough to hear the beautiful thing in the work. Listen for the pulse of this person's work.
If you'd like your work edited as part of the workshop, email one to two pages to firstname.lastname@example.com. Register for the Marin Writers Conference here.


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In 2002 Gamespy contacted me when I was the project leader of "SAS Into The Lions Den." ( Sas-mod.net )
I recently found this interview again and Im adding it on the images section for a trip down to memory lane. (Back in those days my Nickname was Major_Error)
Quote1: We bring you GameSpy's Mod Developers Week -- one week of features and interviews with 12 of today's leading modification teams.
Quote2: GameSpy talks with the creators of today's biggest and most successful game modifications about the development process and their latest projects.
Source: Archive.gamespy.com
Full modweek article: Archive.gamespy.com
We were mentioned alongside mods suchs as CounterStrike and Day of Defeat.
In memory of Jorgen "Zanman" Orberg 1970 - 2008
Concept and Texture artist of SAS Into the Lion's Den
( Mobygames.com )
And later on we were contacted by Konami who wanted to create a game inspired on our mod:


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For a couple months now, people have been advising me to take a few days away from everything.
I resisted because, well, the orange menace in the White House and Congressional Republicans trying to take health care away from 33 million Americans and all.
But then my two sisters decided to come to North Carolina for the eclipse, and they reserved campsites near the totality zone, about 40 minutes from my house. I was invited to pitch my tent on my youngest sister's site.
The campground has no cell phone signal. The most I could do was send a text here and there, so all I could do was hang out with my sisters, go for walks and relax.
One of us went out every day for ice and news so we could be aware if a war started or something, but for the most part, we basked in the quiet.
My next-younger sister scoped out the best place for us to watch the eclipse without going into Brevard. We wound up going about 3 miles up from the campground to a small picnic area. We arrived at 7 a.m., certain the little clearing would be inundated with people before 9 a.m., but just a few people showed up — two young friends of mine, a biker from Connecticut, a woman from Swannanoa, a family from Raleigh and a young man who appeared to be almost unaware of anything around him except for the eclipse.
It was a small group and most of them were there by 9 a.m., so we got to know each other, shared lunch, joked, taught everyone how to speak with a New England accent and learned some Appalachian phrases.
No one asked me about health care. No one expected me to take the microphone and speak. No one asked me to write a few words for a letter to the editor or to a member of Congress or the state legislature.
I was just the oldest surviving Boyd sister (we lost my older sister to cancer 11 years ago), the loudmouth, ball-buster to Robin's poetic sensibility and Faith's quiet observance of everyone. I fear she'll write a novel one day and we'll all be portrayed too accurately.
For most of the trip we didn't talk about my activism. We talked about our childhoods and our children and grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
We watched a group of families with eight or so small children and they reminded us of the group vacations our family took with the Davises and the Bainses when we were little. We had the run of the campground. We always met other children, and all the parents kept an eye on all the children.
Robin just retired and is a little unsure what lies ahead. She was trying to think about something she could do, and she came up with a project to visit all the subway stops in Boston and write poetry about what she finds. Faith's husband will be her guide, since he's a native of Boston.
I love the idea. She is a gifted poet.
When I sighed and said I wished I could do something like that, both sisters looked at me as though I had just said I wanted to become a short-order cook or a prison guard or something.
"You have a really important project," they told me. "You're working on getting people the health care they need."
It was the first talk of who I have become since my son died. I was transported back to the present. I was reminded that I can't take a permanent break from the work I do.
Robin's retirement work is to wring beauty from the mundane. Faith is a devoted grandmother to two special-needs children. Me? I'm the brassy loudmouth who was created for the work I do now.


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Good morning everyone!
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!
Today I get to share a stunning layout from Stéphanie!
Stephanie used our August Raindrops on Roses kit and Color Add on to create this stunning layout. It's her example for our August Inspiration Board Challenge, which you can find on the right side of this blog.
check out the beautiful details....
I love how she layered elements
The overexposed photo fits perfectly with this gorgeous layout
the background work is beautiful
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We love to see your special event family photography and to feature special events here on the Life + Lens blog and baby showers are no exception. This beautiful baby shower and maternity photography session was submitted by Lisa Marie
Generations | Life + Lens Blog Special Edition As September celebrates Grandparents Day, our theme for this month's Life + Lens Blog Special Edition was "Generations." We received some special images that celebrate this theme so beautifully. There is quite
Some people care too much, and I think that's called love. – Winnie the Pooh Sometimes photos just make you happy by looking at them and today's Featured Friday Family post by Brandi Watford Photography does just that. So get
A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture, and transform. – Diane Mariechild This quote does double duty for this summer maternity photo session because not only does this beautiful mother to be have
Kids remind you to take time and go fly a kite – Unknown And Maria Oliva-McKeen of Olive Light Images reminds you to make sure to photograph it! What a bright and beautiful lifestyle beach family photo session we
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April 02, 2014
10 Building Blocks to Transform Your Practice
the MPR take:
A new conceptual model consisting of ten building blocks can help practices become high-performing, patient-centered medical homes. Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, Center for Excellence in Primary Care, Department of Family and Community Medicine used personal experience, site visits, and literature reviews to discover the elements that set the well-managed practices apart from the rest. These include:
- Engaged leadership
- Data-driven improvement (using health IT)
- Empanelment (improving continuity of care)
- Team-based care (clinicians and nonclinicians working side-by-side)
- Strong patient-team partnership
- Population management (creating teams to match patient needs)
- Continuity of care
- Prompt access to care
- Comprehensiveness and care coordination
- The template of the future (going beyond the 15-minute appointment)
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You won't need much more than the standard fare when it comes moving in. The basic paperwork should include proof of income, a couple of reliable references and probably a credit check, although a lot of rentals rely less on credit score than they do on rental history. Regardless, it shouldn't be necessary to jump through that many hoops to find a great place to live.
Keep in mind that it's always hot in Texas. Always. The temps never really go below the 60s and and can get as high as the 90s. To make your move as safe as possible, try moving in the months of December, January and February.
There are five main districts to Aldine that serve as the neighborhood centers for the city. Each is located close to an easily recognizable landmark and differs from its neighbors in surprising fashion. Wherever you choose to begin your search for housing for rent in Aldine, there are a number of hidden gems waiting to be discovered. If you're working in the Houston area, this could be a great place to seek out less expensive, more laid-back surroundings to return to in the evenings.
North: To be quite honest, there are very few property rentals in the northern neighborhood. You may be able to locate a studio apartment or 2, but only if you focus on the very uppermost establishments of Aldine Manor and Swea Gardens. The remainder of properties here are zoned for more commercial uses. There are, however, some excellent choices just to the east.
Southwest: The neighborhoods in the southwest have a distinct character to them. Northfield Place, Eversdale and Oak Glen Place are single-family, mostly 1-story homes. The amount of land provided per house may be a little shocking to those accustomed to bigger cities with little to no actual lawn to speak of. On average, homes here sit on a half to a full acre.
South: Like the western part of Aldine, Aldineuth region is dominated by the city's main source of income. Here, you'll find mostly open green fields and one of the largest car trading and parts depots for hundreds of miles. One-bedroom apartments, if available, are spread out with plenty of room between neighbors.
Northeast: The most popular and established residential neighborhood in Aldine lies in the north and southeast. This is also home to Halliburton and the location of WW Thorne Stadium. Just north of Keith-Weiss Park is where you get into classic Americana. If you look once more, just to the south, you'll find the most residentially verbose neighborhood in Aldine.
Southeast: Last, but certainly not least. Row after row of homes south of Keith-Weiss Park leave little doubt to where most Aldineans prefer live. Close to Eastex Freeway and Hardy Toll Road, access is easy and commute times are greatly reduced.
There are a couple of things to expect when moving to the south and the Houston region in particular. This is the Gulf. It means moderate winters (with little use for more than a sweater) and balmy subtropical summers, similar to San Diego and Miami. The good news? It never snows in Aldine. The better news? You're only a short drive away from one of the most popular spring vacation destinations in the U.S. So when the sun does show itself, you'll be soaking it up amid palm trees and sand, cooling yourself in shimmering ocean waves. If it sounds a lot like paradise, there's a reason for that. As far as millions of Gulf Coast residents appear be concerned, shoveling sunshine beats the white winters of the great north any day of the week.
Aldine benefits from an ideal location. The progress and prosperity of Houston have ensured the longevity of the city, while it is still far enough out to enjoy a little of the peaceful country setting that many move to the area for. The music scene in Houston is hopping, and the clubs are bouncing every night. Arts, entertainment and employment are so abundant there is virtually no excuse not to move here. Texas is a country unto itself, and Aldine is the embodiment of that spirit. Independence and a unique approach to life is the hallmark of small-town Texas living. Once Friday night comes around, the term "community" takes on a whole new meaning. All your friends and neighbors will be found cheering on the team, and come Saturday, it's grills in the backyard. Some stereotypes just happen to have their roots in fact. That being said, Aldine isn't all BBQ and NASCAR, either. There's a thriving cultural center fed by neighboring cities that includes arts of all kinds, markets, and mom-and-pop shops all spread throughout the area. It would seem there's just a little bit of something for everyone.


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This application will allow you to simply edit Enigma1 & Enigma2 services with only few clicks. You load the list, choose satellites you want and you're done. All unselected satellites, empty bouquets and markers are automatically removed from the list.
- Windows XP SP2 or newer, Linux, Mac OS X
- .NET Framework 3.5 for Windows or Mono 2.8 or newer for Linux and MacOs X
- 5 MB of free disk space
- works on Windows, Linux and MacOS X
- free, and open source. Licensed under permissive MIT license.
- supports Enigma1 & Enigma2 services (automatic detection)
- tasks support (add,modify and delete custom tasks to process things you do often automatically)
- direct split (load the list, choose satellites you want and load them directly, no need to define any tasks)
- box profiles (settings for multiple receivers)
- direct box download (loads settings directly from the receiver
- direct box upload (direct split)
- loading settings from compressed archive ZIP & RAR (searches archive automatically for settings)
- local file support (loads services from the disk)
- full background processing and multithreading support
- variable file names based on currently loaded settings type and current date (%E in file name is replaced by E1 or E2, %d is replaced by current date)
- ZIP output (if checked, result of the task will be compressed ZIP archive)
- automatic deletion of empty markers (except the ones defined in settings)
- multilingual support
- option to move any satellite with corresponding transponders and services to another satellite position
- option to copy any satellite with corresponding transponders and services to another satellite position
- uses open source EnigmaSettings library to handle all the heavy work of settings loading, management and saving.
Windows (.NET 3.5 client profile) HERE
Linux, MacOS X, Windows (Mono / .NET 4.0) HERE
Quick start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAhxrvIh-kE
Using Tasks to create settings with selected Satellites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0cVjwhk40U
Source code available on GitHub: https://github.com/shaxxx/SESE


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Voith Schneider Propeller
|This article relies largely or entirely upon a single source. (March 2013)
The Voith Schneider propeller (VSP), also known as a cycloidal drive is a specialized marine propulsion system (MPS). It is highly maneuverable, being able to change the direction of its thrust almost instantaneously. It is widely used on tugs and ferries.
From a circular plate, rotating around a vertical axis, a circular array of vertical blades (in the shape of hydrofoils) protrude out of the bottom of the ship. Each blade can rotate itself around a vertical axis. The internal gear changes the angle of attack of the blades in sync with the rotation of the plate, so that each blade can provide thrust in any direction, very similar to the collective and cyclic of helicopter flight controls.
Unlike the azimuth thruster (where a conventional propeller is rotated about the vertical axis to direct its thrust, allowing a vessel to steer without the use of a rudder), the Voith-Schneider drive merely requires changing the pattern of orientation of the vertical blades. In a marine situation, this provides for a drive which can be directed in any direction and thus does away with the need for a rudder. It is highly efficient and provides for an almost instantaneous change of direction. These drives are becoming increasingly common in work boats such as fireboats and tugboats where extreme manoeuvrability is needed.
Azimuth thrusters (and Kort nozzles) have both advantages and disadvantages when compared to cycloidal drives. The azimuth thruster is less efficient and slower to manoeuvre, but is likely to be cheaper in the short term. Life cycle costs favour the Voith solution, something reflected in the residual value of a Voith water tractor. A choice is made on the basis of perceived performance requirements. Instead of a Kort nozzle, VSPs are often fitted with a "thrust plate" or "propeller guard" which acts as a nozzle at low speed, protects the VSP against grounding and provides another blocking location during drydocking.
A low acoustic signature favours the device's use in minesweepers by minimising cavitation (usually produced at the tips of axial propellers) as the rotor does not need to rotate as fast for a given thrust. The underwater sound signature of the MV North Sea Giant (IMO: 9524073, MMSI: 248039000) dynamic positioning vessel was measured by the International Centre for Island technology (ICIT) whilst installing a foundation monopile for the Voith tidal energy device in the Falls of Warness, Orkney (Ref Beharie and Side, 2011).
VSPs are offered with an input power range of 160 kW to 3900 kW[1]
|Operation of a Voith Schneider propeller
The Voith Schneider propeller was originally a design for a hydro-electric turbine. Its Austrian inventor, Ernst Schneider, had a chance meeting on a train with an employee of Voith's subsidiary St. Pölten works; this led to the turbine being investigated by Voith's engineers, who discovered that although it was no more efficient than other water turbines, Schneider's design worked well as a pump by reversing the flow through the device. By changing the orientation of the vertical blades, it could be made to function as a combined propeller and rudder.
In 1928 a prototype was installed in a 60-hp motor launch named Torqueo (Latin:I spin) and trials were carried out on Lake Constance. A number of German minesweepers (R boats) were fitted with VSPs; the first of these was the R8, built in 1929 by Lürssen. By 1931 VSPs were being fitted in new vessels on Lake Constance run by the German State Railways. The first such ship to use the Voith Schneider propeller was the excursion boat Kempten. Two German 1935-type M class minesweepers M1 and M2 were fitted with VSPs.
The first British ship to use Voith Schneider propellers was the double-ended Isle of Wight ferry MV Lymington, launched in 1938. Some 80 ships had been installed with VSPs by the end of the 1930s, including the uncompleted 1938 German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin (two auxiliary units in the bow), and the Japanese submarine cable laying ship Toyo-maru (also 1938).
The three vessels (John Burns, Ernest Bevin, and James Newman) currently used by the Woolwich Ferry feature Voith-Schneider propulsion systems. They were built in 1963 by the Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company of Dundee and feature one VSP in the bow and a second in the stern for remarkable maneuverability.
The US Navy built twelve VSP-equipped Osprey class coastal minehunters in the 1990s.[citation needed] These vessels have been decommissioned and are being sold to foreign navies.[citation needed] The French Navy operates sixteen tugboats of the RPC12 type, that can provide a 12-tonne bollard pull thanks to two Voith Schneider Propellers.[2]
The same device, mounted on a horizontal rather than a vertical axis, has been used to provide lift and propulsion on a few experimental aeroplanes, known as "cyclogyros". None of them were very successful.[3]
See also[edit]
Brown, R. Allen (1988); Lymington: The Sound of Success, Allan T Condie Publications. ISBN 978-0-907742-62-3
- ↑ [1] Voith Schneider Types and Dimensions
- ↑ Remorqueur type RPC 12 : Caractéristiques principales, NetMarine
- ↑ "The Cyclogyros". Retrieved 2014-10-04.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Voith Schneider propellers.
- Voith Turbo marine website
- "Sea Going Eggbeaters" Popular Mechanics, March 1950, pp. 102 - 103.
- "Download of PC application iVSP"


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Ambassador class vessel by Furuta
These were beasts of vessels, large and well defended. The experiences of the General War and the ongoing Cardassian War had taught Star Fleet some valuable lessens. Namely that although Star Fleet's primary mission was space exploration its role as the first line of defense of the Federation member worlds could not be trivialised. Too many of Star Fleets best and brightest had been lost at the hands of the Federation's aggressive neighbors. It seemed that Star Fleet had finally learnt this lesson the hard way.
It's new "explorer" category vessels would be operating for extended periods away from resupply. They would be exposed to unknown dangers and they would need to be able to protect themselves. These new vessels were in the size range of the dreaded Klingon B10 battleship. Advancement in warp propulsion, computing speeds and defensive capability permitted Star Fleet to produce larger vessels than it had ever done before. Such vessels could accommodate many more people on board than was required to operate the vessel. Being designed to spend extended periods away from any Federation base or member world, Star Fleet envisioned these vessels to act in a sense as mini villages, complete with families of the crew on board. The Ambassador class was the first Star Fleet vessel to experiment with this notion, but the Nebula and Galaxy class of vessels would really take this idea to the next level.


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If you sew, and you're anything like me, you probably have bits and pieces of pretty fabric scraps laying around that you just can't throw away. Ever since I saw this floating around on Pinterest, I have wanted to make some. However, unlike that particular set I didn't want to use felt, I wanted to use some of my pretty fabric scraps. I used denim, fleece, cotton, etc... just whatever I had. I started at the beginning of November and decided to make a set of letters for Reagan for Christmas.
A while ago I bought some plastic letter stencils at Michaels (here are the particular ones I bought, these really aren't necessary though, you could just print out some letters in your favorite font and cut them out and trace those if you wanted. I did find that I liked the 4" tall letters though, so if you're going to print them out, do it in a large font size). I used the stencils to trace my letters on the fabric and then cut them out (one note, unlike the felt, most fabric can only be used on one side, so it took a bit of thinking on some of the letters to make sure I was going to end up with a letter for the back facing the correct direction with the fabric facing the correct side).
Once I had all of the letters cut out (a front and a back for each), I got started on my sewing. I used some extra embroidery floss I had on hand, and stuffed the letters with the batting from an old pillow I also had hanging around (I promise I'm not a hoarder).
I sewed the letters together using a whipstitch and I found that it was nice to use a shish-kabob skewer to do most of the stuffing. Another helpful hint, when sewing letters with an inside cutout, like an A, O, or R, sew the inside cutout first and then the outside, otherwise it will be almost impossible to stuff. Before I started with each letter, I would think about how the stuffing would work and think through a few different starting points and start where ever stuffing it would be the easiest.
I was surprised at how quickly each letter came together. I found that on a productive day I could do like 4-5 letters (and then my hand, particularly my thumb, would totally cramp up).
When I finished, I went to Target and found a little cosmetic bag to keep all of the letters in. I knew I wanted the bag to be something fun and cute and when I saw this clear one I knew it was perfect, because the letters are fun and cute themselves!
This was a fun little craft, and I loved that the only thing I had to buy was a bag to put them all in (and let's be honest, I probably could have just used a ziplock bag, Reagan probably wouldn't have minded). I had all of the fabric, embroidery floss, and batting just sitting around at home. So if you're anything like me, you should make a set of letters too! Happy sewing!


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Cookies with chocolate and hazelnuts
Tasty little cookies with chocolate and hazelnuts which are so good that you can't get enough of it. I usually prepare them when my kids want to eat something sweet. They can't wait for cookies to cool down and this delicious cookies disappear in a moment.
250g butter
400g flour
150g brown sugar
50g sugar
2 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon baking powder
200g chopped chocolate
100g hazelnuts (toasted, skinned and chopped)
Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius (356 degrees Fahrenheit).
Line 2 heavy baking sheets with parchment paper. Chop the chocolate and hazelnuts in a food processor. Transfer it to the bowl. Mix in the flour and baking powder and set aside.
Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and both kind of sugars in a bowl until the mixture gets fluffy. Beat in the eggs and vanilla. Add the flour mixture with chocolate and hazelnuts and stir just until blended.
Take bit of that mixture into your hands and make small balls.
Put these balls in baking sheets and bake until the cookies are golden (cookies will flatten slightly), about 10 minutes. Cool the cookies on the baking sheets for about 5 minutes. Then transfer it to a cooling rack and cool completely.
The cookies can be prepared one day ahead. Store them in an airtight container at room temperature.
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We've had fun knitting balls so thought I would post a photo of how you construct these balls.
I used the pattern from here
Lovely that there is no sewing up to do!
Our favourite balls were made from pure wool, but I made a few in that fake fluff type yarn (the stuff that is hard to knit with!) - they made really lovely soft fluffy balls.


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I'm a grandad again!
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I'm a grandad again!
Just thought I'd let you know (pauses to light cigar)....
Fab news riesler, congrats.
Although fifty-something next year. Well fifty-ten actually, I still have this pleasure to come. Congratulations Reisler. All the fun of kids, but you get to give them back at the end of the day! Nice.
A boy or girl grandchild? Congratulations either way.
it's a boy :-)
All the fun of a child, plus all the fun of knowing you can hand them back at the end of the day full of chocolate and Coca-cola. Congrats R
Congratulations indeed.
Thanks to all.
Well done Pops - great news!
What lovely news - welcome to the world young Riesler Jnr Jnr - enjoy yourself xxx
Some good news. Belated Hurrahs! Joined that great company earlier this year and it's err... great I find.
Congratulations sir. I've only just got as far as my own kid. I can only assume grandkids is 1000 x better.
Yup. Heartily recommend it.
Belated congratulations. That's so nice.
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Monday, 29 September 2014
We just wanna make the world dance...
Yesterday was family day. So we went to IKEA! We ate and then had a quick look around and then went to the mall for shopping! Can't keep me away from a mall!!
I'm wearing jean shirt from Primark/ floral shorts from Zara/ shoes from Matalan/ bag from Aldo/ sunglasses from Dior/ chanel broach from the market.
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Do We Need Another U2 Album?
U2 are working on a new album, but Bono says he's not sure the world needs another album from the Irish band. On PBS's Charlie Rose Thursday night, he said, "For sure they don't need it unless it's great."
Over the hour-long broadcast, Bono also talked about his humanitarian work, his bandmates, songwriting and the songwriters who influenced him, including Bob Dylan, Bob Marley and John Lennon. And despite his love for Lennon, he's not a fan of John's most famous solo song, "Imagine." Bono explained, "I love so many things about John Lennon, but imagining wasn't one of them. I'm more of a doing. More of an actions. More of a building."
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"Driving alone at night, in the darkened car, reassured by the night-light of the dashboard, or lying in bed tuned in to a disembodied voice or music, evokes a spiritual, almost telepathic contact across space and time, a reassurance that we aren't alone in the void."
-- Susan J. Douglas, Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination
Every night, after my sons have fallen asleep, I sneak into their rooms and quietly switch off the radio. My son Teddy is generally tuned in to a rock station at medium volume. Aaron prefers his nighttime radio fix switched to oldies, barely audible. I am compelled to turn off the radio because I fear nocturnal brainwashing. The stations, with their prefab formats, blast far more advertising than music, and the disc jockeys come across generally as a bunch of horny, sexist overgrown adolescents.
Sometimes Teddy nods awake when I switch off his radio and quietly negotiates with me. He agrees to tune in to the classical station if I'll allow him to keep the radio on. I turn the knob down to the lower call numbers, assured that this variety of brainwashing is good for him as opposed to the crass, commercial other. When I go to wake him the next morning, however, I inevitably find the radio turned back to his head-banger station.
I am uncomfortable with the self-imposed role of radio police and am considering giving it up. Just as I can no longer control my kids' choices of activities or friends, I am gradually losing the last vestige of parental authority -- the ability to control their media intake. I can express my opinion, as I do every morning driving them to school when disc jockeys crack the quiet morning air with their off-color drivel and inane commentary. But their musical choices are personal and, I understand, important to their autonomy.
Struggling with my tendency to be a radio Nazi, I recently came across a review of media critic Susan Douglas' new book, Listening In. Though critical of the reduced choices offered by today's conglomerate-owned stations, and concerned over the "models of masculinity" on contemporary radio, Douglas reaffirms the value of radio. "We want -- and need," she says, "to listen."
My children crave the musical backdrop afforded by radio, just as I crave the gentle voice that delivers to me news of the world. And when I was their age, I lived by radio, measuring popular trends, keeping up, learning to dance.
On January 1 of 1968, when I was 14, my favorite radio station staged a listening marathon over a weekend. "The greatest 68 songs of all time!" screamed the announcer in promos repeated over and over the previous week. I planned my life around the broadcast and sat for most of twelve hours on my bedroom floor, listening to the countdown. I wrote down the entire list which consisted mostly of early Beatles and Rolling Stones, Motown tunes and R&B classics. No. 1 was "Yesterday."
On a recent road trip to Texas, my sons and I spent two Sunday mornings listening to Casey's countdown. They were transfixed waiting to see which tunes would enter the sacred heirarchy. They argued loudly between tunes, spouting off arcane anecdotes about the lives of the featured recording artists.
Throughout our trip, the radio played. Bouncy Tejano tunes, wailing country, slammin' rock. We sang along to oldies, laughed at lyrics, fought over the controls. When the radio was off, the car felt like a moving tomb, wrapped in fuzzy silence.
I thought of all the times I had traveled alone over thousands of miles, the radio my only companion. I remembered the comfort gleaned on a dark night, gliding through the middle of nowhere toward an unknown motel in the Midwest, hearing the enthusiastic voice of a sportscaster from Chicago, the buzz of the crowd in the background, tuning in to a baseball game as I negotiated foreign roads.
I won't switch off my sons radios any more, I've decided. I'll relinquish my power to the voice in the dark, speaking to them in mystery tones while they sleep.
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Desperate for Space, Brits Build in the Backyard
London homeowners who have maximized the square footage in their attics and basements are now building a backyard 'shoffice,' a cross between a shed and an office.
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Now, homeowners who have already maximized the square footage in their attics and basements are increasingly eyeing their backyards. The long, skinny gardens behind London's archetypal terraced houses can prove difficult to landscape, yet are perfect for building anything from an extra living room to a gym, a media room, an office...


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Time to walk the plank, Johnny Depp: Ryan Reynolds is People's Sexiest Man Alive for 2010.
Check out photos of Ryan Reynolds"The most difficult part is going to be organically working this title into a conversation with random strangers," the actor tells the magazine.The 34-year-old follows in the footsteps of such past Sexiest honorees as Sean Connery, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Hugh Jackman, Brad Pitt, George Clooney and last year's pick, Depp. Pitt, Clooney and Depp are the only two-time recipients.Reynolds, who's already showed off his buff bod in Blade: Trinity and X-Men Origins: Wolverine, will next suit up as the Green Lantern. "My body naturally wants to look like Dick Van Dyke," he says. "When I stop training, I turn into a skin-colored whisper."Scarlett Johansson, was recently named GQ's Babe of the Year."Now it's going to be, 'Sexiest man, take out the garbage,'" Reynolds jokes of his new home life. "That does sound better."Other honorees on this year's list include Jon Hamm, Matthew Morrison, Joe Manganiello, Robert Downey Jr., Justin Timberlake, Vin Diesel and Jake Gyllenhaal.What do you think of People's pick?


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BC: The Favaras
FC: The Classic Mixbook .Made by You.
1: Ixtapa, Mexico Summer 2008
2: Colt Wrestling Newcomer of the Year
3: JT works one-on-one with UFC fighter Johnny Hendricks.
5: Grandma Kathryn celebrates her 89th birthday Texas style
6: Ashley and Lauren
8: Ashley sings a solo
9: Life School Musical
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Today's book was an obvious choice for me as I had read Susan Cain's Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking back in 2012. The book sparked an ongoing conversation regarding the introvert/extrovert dynamic and helped many people understand themselves, and their loved ones, a whole lot better. Now Cain has come out with Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts as a companion book for teens and kids. And although it has been years since I was a teenager, I still learned a lot and was able to relate to many of the stories.
Genre, Themes, History: Quiet Power is a nonfiction book geared towards introverted teens and kids, although extroverts would benefit from it as well, along with parents and teachers. Cain uses some personal stories, but mostly stories from various kids and teens, as well as research, to discuss what it means to be introverted in this day and age, when the habits and personalities of extroverts seem to be celebrated the most. Separated into four parts - school, socializing, hobbies, and home - Cain gives examples of introverted kids struggling, but also succeeding, through the often difficult middle and high school years. Many introverts who attended school will recognize the stories of kids who were told they needed to speak up more during class, and sometimes even were forced to do so or suffer the consequences of losing those all important participation points. But the examples and tips Cain offers go far beyond just struggles in the classroom. Cain touches on friendships, extra-curricular activities, family life, social media, navigating relationships with extroverts, and eventually ends with offering tips to both parents and teachers on how to reach out to the introverted children in their class or home. The book is an expansion on the ideas presented in Quiet, but tailored more to kids and teens who want to know more about what it means to be an introvert.
My Verdict: I can go ahead and say that I liked the book. Of course, I am not the intended audience. I am also not a parent or a teaches. I do not pretend to know what teens like - honestly, even when I was a teenager I did not really know what they liked. But I imagine that this book would certainly be helpful to someone, whether they are a teenager, or come into contact with the intended demographic on a regular basis. Even though I had read Quiet already, I still found myself learning a lot from Quiet Power. Naturally, the book also caused me to reflect on my own middle and high school years and think about how I handled my introverted nature in an environment that seemed to want me to speak up often, and loudly, when that just wasn't what I felt driven to do. For me, any book that challenges my high school experience is more than okay by me.
Favorite Moment: In the chapter titled "Quiet Friendship," Cain includes the story of Lucy, an introverted British teen who realized she needed more time to herself, so she began to hang out in the library during lunch instead of with her friends. One day the group confronted her, angry that she had been ignoring them, or at least that is what they felt was happening. Even after apologizing and explaining that she wasn't ignoring them, that she just needed some alone time, it was explained to her than in order to stay in the group, she had to hang out with her friends at lunch. Thankfully, over time, Lucy was able to remain friends with some of the girls in the group, though she fell away from others. While I did not have this exact situation happen to me, I have had the experience of people thinking that my need to go off on my own and just be my own company for awhile is somehow about them, when it most certainly is not.
Recommended Reading: Naturally, I recommend Quiet, the book Cain wrote for adults. But I also though I would recommend Brene Brown's Daring Greatly, as Cain makes many suggestions that seem to line up with Brown's belief in the importance of vulnerability.


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|Choctaw Parade
|Parmesan amuse-bouche
Boucherie is located uptown, in a little neighborhood house, not far from Jaques-imo's, another local favorite that unfortunately is not so local anymore. We were seated in an elegant yet cozy back room, that might have been a family's dining room at one point. Immediately, we were welcomed with an aesthetically beautiful amuse-bouche of puffed, fried parmesan cheese atop a cilantro pesto served in an asian style spoon. There is something wonderful about receiving a bite-sized appetizer as a gift from the chef, to set the tone for the evening. About this time, I noticed a chalk board listing a special appetizer described as a salted torchon of foie gras on a bed of micro greens with a kumquat chutney, served with homemade ginger snaps. While that beautiful description had me salivating, the dish somehow managed to even exceed my very excited expectations. The foie gras was rich and creamy with just the right level of salt to liven it. The micro greens were young and tender, and truly micro, which as a gardener who struggles to simply thin seedlings, I have huge respect for being strong enough to pick something that young. The kicker was the kumquat jelly/salsa/chutney, tender quartered kumquats, cooked down into what I would describe as a sweet salsa. Served cold along side the dish, the slight chew to the fruit added a sweet and tangy contrast to the lush, salty foie gras torchon.
|Salted foie gras torchon
We also ordered boudin balls, a cajun specialty of white pork sausage, usually including heart and liver meat, mixed into a ball with rice, battered and then deep fried. Boucherie's were served crispy brown on the outside, piping hot and moist inside, with a perfect rice-to-meat ratio, made even better when dipped in the side of garlic aoli.
For the main course, I chose the duck breast served with roasted turnips and wilted arugula. The duck breast was tender, but the best part was the skin-on leg, which was crispy and flavorful. My new favorite vegetable this winter is turnip which I cook roasted in a honey butter glaze. Because of my infatuation with turnips, I was drawn to this dish and they did not disappoint. Sweet and melt-in-your-mouth tender, for me the turnips made the dish.
|Boudin balls
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We could not leave the restaurant without trying one of their unusual desserts. While I was curious about the Krispy Kreme bread pudding, it sounded a little sickly sweet; instead we opted to share a Thai chili chocolate chess pie. I am here to tell you this dessert was designed for me! The heat of the chili cut through the rich chocolate flavor and left a slight feeling of heat in your mouth after the lushness receded. Admittedly, I am not a pie person, because I think pie crusts taste dull and are just the conduit to the goodness inside. This crust was an exception. It was slightly sweet, flaky and full of flavor.
After dinner, we popped into a club to hear renowned bluesman Benny Turner, brother of Freddie King, tear it up for an intimate crowd. Hip, smooth, and smiling the entire time, it would be impossible to feel down in his presence. As we left the club, I marveled at the beauty of New Orleans; it was a balmy February night, the doors to the club were wide open tempting passers by to drop in for a few songs, there was no cover charge, and musicians were playing with heart to small crowds. It struck me that this antithesis of the 15,000 seat arena where you need binoculars to see the performers, is what music is all about.
|Thai chili chess pie
A visit to New Orleans would not be complete without a good breakfast. For the most part, we try to avoid the French Quarter with all of its crowds, and therefore headed to Satsuma in the Bywater. At this local alternative, hippie coffee shop, I had my fix of Chicory coffee alongside a croissant egg sandwich. Mellow flavors of avocado and swiss cheese, punctuated by the cilantro, and oozing egg yolk, were balanced by the sweet onions and buttery, chewy croissant. Mark's eggs benedict, were served with caramelized onions and crystal hollandaise sauce atop a jalepeno biscuit. For a coffee shop with a kitchen the size of a postage stamp, these dishes could go up against any French Quarter establishment. Save your money, and hours in line at Cafe Du Monde and head to the Bywater.
|Benny Turner
|Eggs Benedict


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Enable Recipient Filtering to Prevent Directory Harvesting
Posted by Carlos Rios on 16 November 2017 07:18 PM
Recipient filtering is a very important, often overlooked setting. It allows you to fight spam attacks. Take a dictionary attack, for example. Spammers send mail to a list of common names, hoping to find users that exist in your domain by reading NDRs generated by Exchange.
Exchange 2013
To enable recipient filtering, run the following command:
Set-RecipientFilterConfig -Enabled $true
When you disable recipient filtering, the underlying recipient filter agent is still enabled. To disable the recipient filter agent, run the following command:
Disable-TransportAgent "Recipient Filter Agent"
To verify that you have successfully enabled or disabled recipient filtering:
Exchange 2007/2010
In Exchange 2007/2010, the process of rejecting emails sent to invalid users is called recipient validation. Enabling this is made complicated in Exchange 2007/2010 by the way Microsoft split the functions of Exchange into different roles.
Recipient validation is part of the anti-spam features that are present by default only on the server performing the edge transport role.
The problem is that if you only have one Exchange server in your company, as most people do, it will be performing the hub transport, client access and mailbox roles but not the edge transport role, as this has to be on a separate server (an Exchange email system will work fine without the edge transport role).
The solution is to install the anti-spam features on the hub transport role, so we'll start by doing this. If you do happen to have a separate edge transport server, then skip ahead to the next section.
Step 1: Install the anti-spam agent on the hub transport role
Step 2: Configure Recipient Validation
Step 3: Disable all other anti-spam features
If you just installed the anti-spam agents in Step 1, some of these features will now be active by default. Whether you enable or disable these other anti-spam features is something you need to think about carefully and perhaps experiment with a little. Today's job is to enable recipient filtering, not to reconfigure your entire anti-spam system. So we recommend that, for now, you disable all the other new features by right-clicking on each feature, in turn, (except Recipient Filtering, of course!) and selecting Disable.
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Oh Mario You Saved The Day!
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- Darlene said...
We have the Super Mario Brothers for the Wii and it is very addicting. I usually just read or watch TV and try to stay relaxed when I am dealing with sickies!! Hope everyone feels better soon.♥
- January 28, 2010 at 8:21 PM
- BK said...
I like Baby Mario or Koopa!
- January 28, 2010 at 9:38 PM
- PaperCameraScissor said...
When we are sick we just lay around with our blankies and watch movies. I guess I am of no help
Sorry you have sickies and you are also under the weather. I hope you are feeling better for the weekend.
I love playing Sam's ds with Monkey Ball and Mario Cart.
- January 28, 2010 at 9:38 PM
- Cat said...
wow I haven't played a Mario game in forever! Maybe I need to get that for my DS!
- January 28, 2010 at 9:49 PM
- Cherie said...
I think Yoshi is cute too!
To get in good spirits it's chocolate all the way! ha ha
- January 28, 2010 at 10:04 PM
- Jules said...
I don't have any games, but I do mess with the computer to keep my day moving. Since the world of blogging came to me, I can spend many hours visiting all my friends.
- January 28, 2010 at 10:20 PM
- jenjen said...
I am sorry you guys are sick! I love to lay around and watch movies or the Food Network!
- January 28, 2010 at 10:28 PM
- Alli (One Pearl Button) said...
I love Yoshi, too! Although in Mario Kart I usually play the mushrooms - I like getting the super mushroom!
- January 28, 2010 at 10:31 PM
- Sonja said...
Yoshi is super cute!! I haven't been very inspired lately either. I think maybe its bc I have been in the house ALL week! Once I get out and walk around outside or go shopping I get inspiration for fun stuff :) Hope you are feeling better!!
- January 28, 2010 at 11:12 PM
- Debbie said...
Hope your enjoying the new game. When I am sick, I usually watch tv or read. I love to read and get so disappointed when I run out of interesting books. Probably why I read the twilight series twice! lol
Take care,
- January 29, 2010 at 8:03 AM
- Kelli said...
I love, love, love Mario. Super Mario Bros was the first game we bought for our Wii. It takes me back to childhood.
- January 29, 2010 at 8:24 AM
- April said...
I love playing Super Mario! Koopa is my favorite character, but Yoshi is a close second! I'm completely addicted to Dig Dug, however! ;)
- January 29, 2010 at 12:08 PM
- The Blonde Duck said...
I hope you feel better. Ben was running a fever for two days and just now got better--it's like everything shuts down when everyone's sick!
- January 29, 2010 at 1:56 PM
- Robyn Beele said...
I hope you get to feeling better!!! I LOVE Mario!
- January 29, 2010 at 4:46 PM
- Lindsay said...
Oh how I love Mario!! I have not tried this game out yet. Princess is my fav character :) I have beaten super mario world on Haydens DS game.. SOOOO addicting!!
- January 29, 2010 at 9:05 PM
I love Mario games. I tend to choose Princess when we play MarioKart.
- January 31, 2010 at 1:38 AM
- christycarter said...
You know I love some Mario, we were raised in the same Super Mario World. I look to my family for inspiration.
- February 1, 2010 at 7:41 AM


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Veteran defender Mikael Silvestre maintains there is more to come from both him and Arsenal's youngsters this season.
The Gunners head into the international break on the back of a 6-2 thrashing of Blackburn which saw them become the highest scorers in the Barclays Premier League.
With matches in hand on the top three, Arsene Wenger believes his team are now well placed after recording six straight wins in all competitions since losing away to both Manchester clubs.
Former United defender Silvestre, who made the switch from Old Trafford last summer, has watched from the bench most of this season, his only appearance so far coming as an experienced member of a youthful Carling Cup side.
However, the 32-year-old Frenchman - who won the 2008 Champions League as well as four domestic titles while with United - has seen enough to convince him Wenger's youngsters have what it takes to make a sustained challenge.
"In those two defeats, we learned that we are not far from being a winner," Silvestre told Arsenal TV Online.
"We scored goals away from home which is good and I am looking forwards to the big games again this season to test ourselves.
"We play very good football and I hope it will pay [off]."
Silvestre added: "It is about being mature and the details.
"If you look at the way we conceded two goals at the weekend, if we can get rid of those moments, then we will have a real chance.
"We are not far from it."
Silvestre's impact last season was hampered by a tendon problem, although he did recover in time to feature in the Champions League semi-final defeat to his former club.
The defender, who can play both in the centre or at full-back, opted to top up his sharpness for the reserves in a 2-0 win over Chelsea on Monday night.
Silvestre hopes he will soon be challenging for more first-team action.
"After the Blackburn match, I wanted to play, and play 90 minutes, which is good to keep the fitness up," he said.
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"I had two big injuries last season, now I look better and hopefully I can play my part to help the team to be successful.
"You need consistency, to play more games to be at your best.
"Any chance I get, I will give 100%."
Arsenal will have some 20 of their first-team squad away on international duty - including Theo Walcott, Kieran Gibbs and Jack Wilshere all for England Under-21s against Macedonia at Coventry's Ricoh Arena on Friday night.
However, Robin van Persie, 26, will not be travelling to Australia with Holland, who like England have already qualified for the World Cup, as his wife is expecting their second child.


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We received a bonus from the boss for best sales. An evening out at the venue of our choice. So we decided that our life was not sweet enough and booked an evening at a small chocolate shop in the city of Yehud, owned by Neta, a young woman who passionately loves all things chocolate. Her tiny shop is filled with truffles, pralines, chocolate flavored liqueurs and lots of other things that drive you crazy as soon as you walk through the door.
(photos courtesy of http://www.chocolata.co.il/)
Neta locked the doors and led us upstairs. She gave us each an apron and the fun began. First we tasted different kinds of chocolate. Some of us preferred bitter chocolate, but milk chocolate was the clear winner. Neta said that just by looking at the people entering the shop, she could tell by their demeanor what kind of chocolate they liked.
But we did not come there just to eat and talk! We got down to business.
Headless shot with dirty hands. One of the girls brought along her 4 y.o. daughter, she had a great time.
We made some chocolate truffles and after that mixed and poured some petit fours into tiny paper cups. And decorated them. Here is one of our ladies hard at work.
First you have to squeeze the chocolate mix into the cup. Then you take whatever sprinkles you have and go crazy. We drew flowers, anchors, letters, hearts, whatever you want.
And this is the final result. One tray was not enough. Doesn't it make you dizzy?
This is what I brought home. A box of petit fours, a baggie of truffles (chocolate balls, as my Kid calls them) and a bottle of chocolate orange liqueur (it's lovely on ice-cream and perfect for baking, but I'm hopeless at baking so I think I'll just drink it).
A fun evening with nice people - we definitely should do it more often.


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I'm a new Chowhound, and this is my first post.
I'm wondering if anyone knows any restaurants in the Bay Area that ALWAYS offer some kind of prix-fixe menu. I just ate at Le Charm and it was great food, and what a deal. Choice of any appetizer, entree & dessert for $25! I'd love to find more restaurants like this.
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This stone-built wing of the owner's home near High Bentham sleeps two people in one bedroom.
Spens Farm Cottage is a delightful property, attached to the owner's home near the River Hindburn, set three miles from High Bentham in Yorkshire. With one king-size double bedroom with an en-suite shower, the property can sleep two people. There's also a ground floor open plan living area with a kitchen, a dining area and a sitting area. Patio doors open out to an outdoor area with furniture, and you'll also find off road parking for one car outside the property. Spens Farm Cottage is a lovely, romantic base for touring this delightful area.
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Spent Farm Cottage is ideal for two people who want to get away from it all. It is warm and cosy and well away from the beaten track. The cottage has everything you need with a well appointed kitchen, lovely lounge with Sky TV and DVDs and a spacious bedroom with a generous sized en-suite. We met David, the owner, a couple of times and he was warm friendly and very helpful. We would thoroughly recommend this cottage.
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A delightful cottage in an ideal location. The owner couldn't be more helpful and friendly.
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A lovely, warm, comfortable cottage. Immaculately clean, furnished tastefully and set in beautiful surroundings. Lots of excellent walks nearby. Highly recommended. We had a lovely lunch at the Horse and Farrier in High Bentham. PS This property is in Lancashire, on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales and not near Cheltenham as stated in Tripadvisor details.
The cottage was furnished to a high standard. A wonderful place to enjoy a relaxing break in glorious surroundings.
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The Cottage was just perfect. The whole layout was beautiful and well thought out. The shower was very relaxing and a luxurious end to a day of walking!
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Electric oven and hob, microwave, fridge, use of owner�s washing machine and tumble dryer on request, TV with Sky, DVD, WiFi, selection of books, games and DVDs
Fuel and power included in rent
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Off road parking for 1 car
Small patio with furniture
Sorry, no pets and no smoking
Shop and pub 3 miles
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Nearest AttractionsHeritage Rated from 1- 5 (low-exceptional) on historic interest
Ingleton, St Mary's Church - 5.4 miles (Historic Church)
Gresgarth Hall Gardens - 6.9 miles (Garden)
Halton, St Wilfrid's Church - 8.7 miles (Historic Church)
Warton, St Oswald's Church - 9.2 miles (Historic Church)
Warton Old Rectory - 9.3 miles (Historic Building)
Slaidburn, St Andrew's Church - 10.1 miles (Historic Church)
Leighton Hall - 10.1 miles (Historic House)
Lancaster, St John's Church - 10.4 miles (Historic Church)
Lancaster Priory - 10.6 miles (Historic Church)
Lancaster Castle - 10.6 miles (Castle)
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So last week's gathering of the Sew What's was a dinner party! Above is our hostess and her partner.
John, our chef, spent several of his younger years in Indonesia and likes to cook, so he treated us all to a fabulous Indonesian dinner! Here are some of the delicious foods John made. Please don't ask the names of these dishes I was too interested in eating them and forgot to ask :)
Word for this week:
Badinage - humorous or witty conversation, that which we enjoyed this past week!TTFN


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