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By Jake Donovan
The most anxious part of any given event featuring Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. isn't how he will do in the ring, but how he looks when he hits the scales.
All fears were alleviated on Friday afternoon, when the second-generation fighter showed up at a lean 159 lb. for his middleweight title defense against Andy Lee on Saturday night at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas. HBO will televise the bout, which is preceded on the broadcast (Saturday, 10PM ET) by the exclusive replay of last week's welterweight bout between Tim Bradley and Manny Pacquiao.
Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31KO) makes the third defense of the alphabet belt he acquired a year ago with a hard-fought decision over Sebastian Zbik. His first defense showed the unbeaten middleweight at his physical peak, looking lean and mean in dismantling Peter Manfredo Jr. in five rounds last November.
It was a far different tale this past February. Chavez Jr. struggled through a training camp that included a DUI arrest and having to dehydrate in order to weigh 160 lb. just long enough to make the fight with Marco Antonio Rubio an official middleweight title bout.
Three separate locations were offered for this latest camp, with Chavez Jr. training in Mexico, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The results showed as the emerging star had no problems making weight.
Lee (28-1, 20KO) gets his first crack at a major title. The southpaw contender was once a hotly rising prospect before brawling his way into the loss column as he was stopped by Bryan Vera in March '08. It's been smooth sailing ever since, with Lee even avenging the loss last September, showing that he can box as well as brawl, depending on the situation.
This year has been a frustrating campaign for Lee thus far, who didn't hide his disappointment with promoter Lou Dibella in being passed over for a shot at lineal middleweight champ Sergio Martinez (both fight for DiBella Entertainment). Lee remained patient and – after original Chavez Jr. opponent Martin Murray fell through due to visa issues – finally landed in the right place at the right time.
Some call this weekend's bout the toughest test to date of Chavez Jr's career. Others call it a stroke of matchmaking genius, pitting the Mexican banger against a southpaw to somewhat prepare him for a potential fall showdown with Martinez.
How will the action play out? Read on to see what the Boxingscene.com staff believes will go down.
"I'll take Lee to upset Chavez, TKO 10, with Chavez underestimating a tremendously in-shape Lee."
- Mitch Abramson, Staff Contributor/NY Daily News Sports Writer
"I think this will be Chavez Jr's coming out party. After a great training camp in Vegas, I think he puts together the best performance of his career. Chavez is too big and too strong for Lee. Chavez TKO 8."
– Ryan Burton, Staff Contributor/ Co-Host of Boxingscene's "The Boxing Lab" Internet radio show.
"Most of the picks seem to go the same way but for different reasons. I like Chavez to score a knockout mid-to-late, but believe that Andy Lee is being undersold. His southpaw stance and aggressive style should give Chavez fits early. A mid-fight adjustment by Chavez will prove to be a momentum changer, with the unbeaten titlist never looking back."
– Jake Donovan, Managing Editor
"Julio Cesar Chavez Jr is a hunk! Just jokes, people. Chavez looks to be in the same (top) shape when he fought Manfredo in Houston last year. He didn't look like he trained hard (versus Rubio) but found a way to win. Coming in at his best, I think he's too strong for Lee and knocks him out."
- Nina Mariah Donovan, staff photographer
"Chavez Jr., while obviously not Marvin Hagler or Carlos Monzon, is a pretty good light heavyweight in a middleweight's body. He's done well to clean out the second-tier contenders in the division and I don't see why that would stop here. I'd expect him to come in as the bigger man, the stronger man and the more fundamentally sound man, which will allow him to wear Lee down through the middle rounds and get a stoppage before the end of the single digits. Chavez Jr., TKO9."
– Lyle Fitzsimmons, Feature Writer
"Chavez TKO8. Too big and strong for Lee, who will have his moments of showcasing his superior overall skillset. In the end, Chavez' pure size and aggression will cause Lee to wilt."
– Ernest Gabion, videographer/Co-Host of Boxingscene's "The Boxing Lab" Internet radio show
"Chavez KO10 Lee: Despite an excellent amateur pedigree, Lee never really seems to firm on his legs and I wonder about his chin. He also, despite early hype, hasn't done much more as a pro than Junior. He can crack, and Chavez is there to be tagged, but Lee will still be in range of Middleweight. Chavez has shown a decent beard and tends to rehydrate as a small Cruiserweight. As the rounds wear on, it will be a grind for Lee and Chavez should be able to score an accumulative stoppage."
– Cliff Rold, Managing Editor
"I think Chavez's size and strength will be the difference in this bout. Say what you want about JCC Jr, but he's shown he has a solid set of whiskers and is becoming bigger and stronger with every passing fight. I think Andy Lee will try to box and mix it up with Chavez but Chavez's will impose his size and strength on Lee and eventually wear him down with a dedicated body attack to boot. Chavez TKO10."
- Luis Sandoval, Staff Contributor/Co-Host of Boxingscene's "The Boxing Lab" Internet radio show
"If it wasn't under all-mighty Bob's aegis, I'd call this fight a toss-up. After seeing Manny Pac being brutally kayoed in his battle with the judges I can only think of the pre-given result of the bout. JCC Junior's body blows will be served as an excuse, and Lee isn't all that fragile to be stopped on his feet; he is well upgraded since Vera fight."
– Alexey Sukachev, Boxingscene Eastern European Editor
Total: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. 8, Andy Lee 1
The middleweight title fight between Chavez Jr. and Lee serves as the standalone live event on HBO. The live portion of the show will be preceded by the exclusive replay of Tim Bradley's controversial split decision win over Manny Pacquiao, which opens the HBO broadcast (Saturday, 10PM ET).
Jake Donovan is the Managing Editor of Boxingscene.com. Follow Jake on Twitter at twitter.com/JakeNDaBox or submit questions/comments to [email protected]


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If you've ever thought that your iPhone could use a little more touchscreen then you may need the Sensus Case.
This intricate Apple iPhone case adds touch strips to the sides and back of any iPhone 5 or 5S. These magnificent touch strips can measure different levels of force so you can do things like snap a stunning selfie just by pinching together the touch strips located on the side of your iPhone 5 or 5S. The all-around touchpad also makes for a greater and more fun use of apps that accompany this case. For instance, a 'Geometry-War' inspired game can be well played using the touchpad located on the rear of the phone.
Though this case isn't ready for customer consumption yet, I'm more than certain that when it is the Sensus Case will be a big hit.
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Here I am sitting with my friends in an Italian restaurant as our waiter approaches: An elderly gentlemen, probably double our senior, salty combed-back hair and a well-kept beard. He appeared to be somewhat put together and experienced.
The issue: It seemed like waiting on us was the equivalent to carrying a ball and chain. His eyes were glued to the wall and his face couldn't form a smile if his life depended on it.
I don't think our waiter's actions were the result of a bad day or a recent family disaster. There was something deeper…
Is it possible our waiter has been working in the food industry for the past 30 years, first starting out in fast-food and slowly working up to mediocre cuisine hoping to finally have escaped the hideous task of waiting on these darn "kids!" ??? Trust me, if you would have only seen the look on his face…
Don't get me wrong, elderly people who work common jobs fascinate me! Especially, if I happen to be their customer. I DO NOT look down on or question their abilities. Maybe they have lived successful wealthy lives and simply want to work a little in their retirement to stay active. It is not my place to judge but sometimes I wonder…
Why wasn't he at home with his family after a fruitful day at the office, reclining with a glass of wine, pondering how to adjust his investments or where to vacation next?
What went wrong: Did his business venture fall through the cracks? Was he a struggling artist? Did he drop out of college determined to find peace through experimental drugs??? Whatever it was, he was not pleased to be WAITING on my friends and me.
I could picture him conjuring the possibilities he would take if he could only be our age again… if he only had a second chance???
The outcome of our lives are only known by One, our Creator. No one is guaranteed tomorrow or this next second for all that matters. I really did not mean for this to turn into one of those motivational, finger wagging, "get your life together!" speeches… but the bottom line is can we afford to waste any time???
"When I'm at the pearly gates, this will be on my video tape, my video tape…" Those famous lines from the song Videotape by Thom Yorke raise a very impromptu point:
What will be on your video tape?
Maybe you don't believe in a God but what will people on this earth remember you for after you are gone? I have often heard the words, "I don't need to take life seriously YET" because "I am too young" and "I have years to waste…" And maybe you do. AND maybe you don't. Besides you only have one life to live anyway so why even consider that gamble??? Change the world, INFECT it with what you do best. Come up with a strategic plan for your life, take risks, get close to the edge and take a look at the unimaginable.


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Travail (fear of delivery)-
It has often seen that women take labour pain as serious. Labour pain arises only once in 5 minute and only for a minute. In this way, this type of pain occurs only for 12 minutes in one hour. In the first phase of delivery, labour pain occurs at an interval of every 15-15 minutes that is only for 30 seconds. In other words, labour pain persists only for 2 minutes in one hour. In this way, we can say that women have to face such pain for little while for becoming mothers. It is also true that in the second phase that is for 2 hours, labour pain persists only for 24 minutes.
When we observe first and second delivery of a woman, it is found that she feels less labour pain in second time comparison to first ones. Labour pain is neither the same nor can be in any two women. Even two deliveries may be different to each other in the same woman. Delivery remains painful until the fear of labour pain persists in her mind. It also makes delivery process long resulting bleeding takes place in additional volume and muscles get serious hurt. It may also harm new born baby. It is very important for women to be prepared mentally for delivery, having complete knowledge of delivery as well as having practice of taking long breath and efforting.
Role (function) of woman's brain-
- Each labour pain is helpful in giving birth to young ones. It is possible only when woman would leave her uterine muscles as loose. By holding uterine muscles at the time of delivery, obstruction occurs in birth.
- Veins start from uterus that reaches to brain. Pulsation of pain in uterus is transmitted to the brain through veins. In this condition, the uterine muscles are also not able to do their work properly. This is the reason why severe pain and profuse bleeding take place at the time of birth. In other hand, if a woman has knowledge about labour pain earlier, she tries to pull out (give birth) baby at each pain. As a result of it, birth is taken place soon and easily.
- Due to fear of labour pain, sympathetic veins of body also start working, resulting uterus remain contracted for long time. As a result of it, oxygen level may be decreased in woman's body. Lack of oxygen in the body affects baby badly. As a result of it, operation is needed for birth.
- There are mainly 3 things that tell woman is fully ready for giving birth-
Coming out sticky substance from vagina-
At the closing time of delivery, a concentrated sticky yellow or light brown substance starts coming out from va+-
gina. This substance stops entering outer bacteria due be being antibacterial. As well birth time is coming closer as birth related organs start changing. Before two weeks of delivery, special change comes in vagina. It starts becoming smooth, soft and thin, but it will not correct to say on the basis of it that when will delivery take place?
Contraction of uterus-
- Frequent and continual contraction of the uterus shows that woman is fully ready for giving birth to young one. In the beginning, this type of contraction takes place for little while and as minor, but it goes on increasing progressively. In the beginning, woman seems that it is due to gas forming in her stomach or due to extra eating. This type of pain is like that of menstrual pain. In few women, frequent loose motions start while few start thinking that her stomach has been upset due to over eating. As a result of it, few of them, loose her lower clothes. She thinks that this pain is taking place due to tight clothes.
- But, woman understands it soon, because it comes at an interval of 30-35 minutes in the beginning, but soon it starts taking place at an interval of 15-15 minutes. Sometimes, pain (contraction) is stopped and does not take place for next 1-2 days. After 2 days, contraction is started again. Pain takes place haltingly that is called real contraction. It is also stopped for few minutes at new place or environment, but soon it is started again. In the case of second pregnancy, contraction may also come soon and frequently (again and again).
Flowing amniotic fluid-
- Inside the womb, foetus grows in balloon like structure having water. This bag or balloon like structure is called amniotic sack. Amniotic fluid is present in this amniotic sack. Due to contraction of uterus, this amniotic sack is burst and amniotic fluid is come out. Along with this amniotic fluid, yellowish brown sticky substance is also flown out that prevents outer bacteria to enter inside. In this condition, it should also be kept in the mind that if birth is not completed within 24 hours, there is a chance of occurring any disease in new born baby.
- Therefore, you should need to wait for 4-5 hours so that contraction would start by itself. If contraction does not start due to any reason, such a medicine can be given along with glucose to pregnant so that contraction would start again. The medicine used for this purpose is called oxytosin.
- Sometimes, this fluid comes out in little volume and later it is stopped to come out. In this condition, by giving oxytosin along with glucose, pain is increased (start). By the use of sanitary pad, there are 3 types of benefits woman get. Outer bacteria can be stopped to enter inside with the help of it as well as we also get knowledge that how much the pad has become wet and what is the color of amniotic fluid. Contraction is started just after bursting the amniotic sack.
- If amniotic fluid is not in clear appearance or having little volume of blood or it is yellow in appearance or having foetid smell in it, it is the time to inform your doctor without wasting time (immediately).
Emergency situation-
- If the amniotic fluid is brown or green in appearance, it indicates that baby has excreted in uterus that is coming along with amniotic fluid. In fact, baby excretes only after born. Excretion by baby inside the uterus may be harmful for it. As a result of it, delivery is done immediately through operation. But, if you would have not to face this type of situation, you may wait for natural birth. In this case, delivery can be done properly and without operation.
- If dark red colored blood is coming out from vagina, a doctor should be informed immediately. It is due to coming ovule on the opening of uterus. In this situation, delivery can be done in a normal way and operation may be needed for it. This situation can be identified earlier with the help of ultrasound.
- Sometimes, such a condition is also come in which one part of ovule is left by uterus resulting the foetus is not able to get sufficient amount of oxygen inside the uterus. As a result of it, heartbeats of baby are increased. In this case, operation may be done immediately for delivery.
- Normally, baby's heart beats 120 to 160 times in a minute, but sometimes this heartbeat is increased or decreased. In both the cases i.e. leaving or coming lower the ovule, it should be diagnosed through ultrasound just in the beginning that gives information that the ovule is at lower or at the opening of uterus. In this condition, both doctor and pregnant know that delivery will be done through operation.
Condition of female body during pregnancy-
- Mostly, woman is asked to lie down in case of contraction, but lying, walking or sitting depend on the condition of mother and baby.
- By standing or walking of mother, baby comes lower by itself. It is help in delivery. This benefit is not possible by lying down of mother.
- By lying down of mother, main blood vessels start suppressing due to the pressure of baby's head and back, resulting the baby gets less amount of blood. Due to getting less amount of blood, baby's heartbeats are increased that may become responsible for operation.
- In case of lying down at the time of delivery, the vaginal opening is become up, resulting birth becomes delay.
- If woman is stand at the time of birth, coccigeal bones of spine are moved backward by the pressure of baby's head, resulting baby get extra space for coming out.
- By walking at the time of delivery, birth takes place easily with less pain.
- After birth, a healthy child cries loudly resulting abundant amount of oxygen enters in its body that is very beneficial for the baby.
- By standing and walking, birth takes place soon due to contraction for long time.
Precautions at the time of delivery-
- Inside the uterus, baby's head takes position on the hips' bone on mother after 36 weeks, but sometimes baby is not able of move downward to this bone. This condition is known as floating head. In this case, it may possible that baby's navel would come out due to bursting of amniotic sack. It is called cord prolaps. In this condition, pressure of navel occurring by standing mother may harm the baby. In this case, lying down immediately is beneficial otherwise the baby may die too due to getting insufficient amount of blood inside the womb.
- Walking of mother before delivery is very beneficial. Mother should need to walk with small steps. When labour pain start, she should need to stop walking and press the lower abdomen with the help of her hands.
- At the time of delivery, woman can stand with the support of wall. When pain starts, she should need to make her hands as straight. When pain would be ended, hands should be bended at elbows. As well as, she should need to move her hands in a circular way on her stomach.
- At the time of labour pain, she should stand with the support of wall in such a way that both her hands would remain on the wall. After that, she should need of bend her both elbows inward and then bend both her wrists as well as head and head should be fixed on them.
- Woman should need to sit on small chair or stool by bending her knees. She should need to sit by making wide her legs and by leaving lower parts of her body as loose. It gives space to hips bones and woman gets much benefit by it.
- After walking much, when she feels tiredness, she should need to sit on a chair without hands as opposite way. She should make her face towards the back of the chair and legs should have towards both sides. Keep both the hands backwards of the chair and bend the hand as well as fix the head on both the wrists. It is very beneficial for delivery.
- After walking, when she needs rest, she should need to sit on bed or sofa by bending her knees in such a way that her legs would be towards back. She may keep any soft pillow or pad under her bent knees. When she feels pain, she should raise up on her knees. She should need to take support of any thing while standing. She can sit again after ameliorating pain.
- In the womb, normally baby's face is toward mother's back, but sometimes baby's face is located towards mother's stomach. In this case, the mother feels much pain due extra pressure falling by baby's head on mother's waist and lower hips. In this condition, the mother should need to give pressure by fixing her hips and waist to any wall. As well as, she should need to bend her shoulders frontward and fix her palms on knees. It ameliorates pain soon.
- When woman is in hospital and she is getting glucose with pain killer, such things should be kept on a table closer to her. When she feels much pain, she should need to fix her head on pillow arranging on the table. She should need to take one of her hand on the pillow having no arrangement of glucose. Pressure should not be applied on the hand in which the needle of glucose is setting. She should allow to sit in such a way that both her legs would be open and separate to each other so that she would not feel any type of difficulty in breathing. After ending pain, the back should be fix on the pillow and should need to loose her body after taking long breath as well as should need to close her eyes. It is very beneficial for her.
- At the time of labour pain, sometimes she can stand after coming from delivery table or bed as well as can bend her head by putting her hands on partner's shoulders. It gets rids of pain.
- Woman should need to keep her lower body parts always loose and should not allow any type of stress in her muscles so that birth would be done easily and soon. She should need to take long breath at the time of birth and should need to hold her breath for little while. It makes delivery easy.
- At the time labour pain, women often waste her energy for holding anything tightly, but in fact when anyone support her at the time pain, she feels good and gets ability to bear pain. In this way, she keeps her physical strength as maintain.
- Anything should not have in her hand while delivery. Bend her hands from elbows and another woman should need to keep holding her palms and wrists. As a result of it, her pain tolerating ability is increased.
- Feet and legs should also be massaged at intervals. First of all, massage should be started from ankles to knees. Massage should also be done on thigh when she feels pain there.
- Before birth, woman feels much pain in her waist. In this condition, pillow should be placed under her head and both her legs as well as his waist should be massaged. During massaging, her waist should be pressed down. By pressing the waist, she gets relief in waist's pain.


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On Saturday the 17th we'll be hosting "Jukebox - The Best of High Five Records!" a wrap-up event to celebrate the end of the series! Sonically, the night will span the full extent of all the genre's explored over all 12 installments of the series, from swing to surf, proto-punk to post-punk, 50ies soul to 80ies new wave to 90ies indie. The real surprise is, breaking away from our formula of 5 DJs in 7 and a half hours, we won't have a "High Five" , but rather a "High Fifteen"!!! Yes, we are being as ambitious and crazy that we think we can squeeze 15 DJs into 1 lineup and what's more we think it's gonna work out pretty damn well!
If you're wondering about the maths, we have 7 and a half hours from 8:30PM - 4AM, a total of 450 minutes. Divided by our 15 DJs, it leaves each DJ with a power set of 30 minutes each. Whether they try fit 20 doo wop hits into that time, or would rather just play two epic disco jams for the whole set, that's totally up to them. Seeing what people do with a micro set like this and the madness of giving the dancefloor a new selector every 30 minutes, we think this is gonna make for one of the most fun, crazy nights-out that Joburg has seen in ages!


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With 12 days until the wedding we are currently sitting with a "Sunny" forecast which is helping me from freaking out but I'm realistic enough to realize this will probably change daily. My main issue is that so many of my DIY touches are for outside of the actual indoor portion of the venue so I really want to be able to show them off and not have to spend 9 hours inside.
Unfortunately my posts have definitely suffered as I entered into the double digits for the wedding countdown and they will continue to be sparse as I'm running around trying to get everything done but I plan to recap everything and include details on how I put everything together in the weeks after the wedding so please be patient.
Also my FBIL proposed to his girlfriend recently and she asked me to be a bridesmaid (Yayyyyyyy!), so I will get to write about the planning of a completely different wedding during 2011 -2012!
So until my wedding please send my positive vibes for a beautiful day! If you are planning a wedding too, I wish you good luck and minimal stress!


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If You Love Something...Let it Escape From a Trap?
I keep this blog alive purposely for the excuse of venting. Most of the time I vent about stuff related to being a mother, which after 10 months, is still mostly an exercise in blind ignorance coupled with exhaustion. Today I'm just off. Things are going poorly and I am having difficulty staying positive and seeing the messages and determing what I'm supposed to learn.
Our favorite feral kitty, one of two born in our backyard just two weeks before my son last summer, whom I took to the spay clinic to be spayed at last this morning, escaped from her trap as the man was carrying her inside. Clearly the word "trap" is a misnomer. Tupperware would have been sturdier. She escaped outside into their little garden yard, so the only hope of catching her is that she might hang out long enough and get hungry enough to re-enter the death cage (as I'm sure she sees it) that we brought her in. And I'm pretty sure she's pregnant. So not only did we not get to keep our favorite kitty, I'm pretty sure I just fostered an infinite lineage of feral cats in the wilds of San Martin. And I liked her. She let us touch her and would come into our house for a few minutes at a time. Now she's gone, no longer has a steady food source and is knocked up to boot. And it's my fault. I'm just bummed and there's no way around it.
And then there is the big situation that remains unresolved all because of the fierce stubbornness of a woman who is going to lose her home anyway...which she could have done without dragging us and three very hardworking real estate agents into the mix. She didn't have to sign a contract agreeing to sell it to us. But she did. And yet...we wait in silence wondering what she's thinking since she won't call anyone back.
And please don't leave me a comment saying to keep looking. We are, of course, but I'm just sort of beyond frustration now--in a totally other place beyond patience that has no name.
I'm not saying all is bad...there is a lot of good. I spent a great morning in the park with my fellow mommies. My boy is a wonderful, funny light in my life, I have a fabulous marriage, my health, an income and so on...I am grateful.
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I feel like I've accomplished so much in the last couple of days. Thursday morning I went to the gym and got in a good cardio session before meeting with my trainer. I did sprints for thirty minutes and then I attempted the stair climber. Holy cow. I was dying. That machine gives you one heck of a workout.
I met with my trainer and he asked me if I wanted to weigh in and check my body fat. I said, "Yes. The answer is always yes. Don't ever let me say no." My body fat is currently at 34% which is considered obese. I'm not thrilled about that number. Two years ago I was at 33% and I actually lift weights now. I am extremely confident that that number will drop though so I'm not going to dwell on it too much.
We touched on nutrition a little bit. I told him that I've tried it all and he asked when I felt the best. My answer was while I was on the Whole 30 but I told him I'm not ready to give up the sweetener in my coffee yet. He told me to eat as close to the Whole 30 as possible but I can have my coffee the way I like it (with almond milk and stevia). He also suggested I eat brown rice, rice cakes and hummus on occasion. I think that sounds like a great plan! I know this photo will be a 'Before' in a few months.
After the gym I spent the rest of the day with my parents. We had lunch, we did some shopping and I was finally able to take them to Ryan Bros Coffee. I couldn't believe I had never brought them to the place where Stephen and I met. I was really excited to see they make a Paleo coffee now. They make it with canned coconut milk and an extract. The flavor changes daily. I ordered it iced and it had coconut extract. It was delicious. We made it over to Hobby Lobby and we started buying stuff for the wedding. So exciting! It's happening!!!
I mentioned the other day that I was looking for an accountability tool. I ended up getting a FitBit Flex. I've only had it one day and so far I am so incredibly glad I bought it. I need to get my hands on some of the new colored bracelets at Target next.
I went to the gym this morning and I kicked my own butt. I got in an amazing cardio session.
I know for a fact I have my FitBit to thank. At first I was determined to get in 5,000 steps and then once I saw how easy that was to achieve, my next goal was 10,000. I hit it before 10:30 am. I did some long sprints. A quarter mile on and a quarter mile off. I did that for forty five minutes and each time I ran I upped the speed. And then I did another thirty minutes on the elliptical.
I wish I would have discovered Plantain Chips earlier. These little babies are amazing! And the best part is they are Whole 30 approved. I like to dip them in hummus or guacamole. These are from Trader Joe's.
I watched the series finale of Parenthood and I cried my eyes out. This show was amazing. I loved how it touched on pretty much every situation a family could possibly go through. I'm so sad it's over.
I happened to look up my name on UrbanDictionary.com and this was the first entry. This is so me! Crazy! AND the entry was written by Heather Nichole, which is my name also. Spelled the exact same way and everything. I didn't read any other entries because I found this one to be so perfect.


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Integrated Experimental Projects in Visual Aesthetic Education by Noiz for MoNTUE in Taipei
MoNTUE 103 Pedagogical Exhibition Design
Noiz Architects an architectural practice based in Tokyo and Tawain, was commissioned by the MoNTUE (Museum of National Taipei University of Education) in Taipei, Taiwan to design an educational exhibition for on the topic of Aesthetics. As the exhibition aims for junior-high school and high school students as its main audience, Noiz made the design colourful and dynamic.
The exhibition was organized along six core values of visual perception- proportion, color, texture, composition, and structure. In order to make a strong first impression, Noiz designed the Chinese texts of each core value as over-sized 3D object by extruding each character. Visitors are greeted by these three dimensional Chinese texts at the entrance which not only clarifies the main topics of the exhibition at once, but also gives a surreal feeling of leading the audience into a three-dimensional game space.
The design of each exhibition area follows this dynamic characteristic with more than usual amount of variation in exhibition stand sizes and heights. In certain areas, Colorful tapes on the floor helped to guide exhibition visitors. A mix of intentionally bold yet simple design helped to weave together the exhibition.
Visit Noiz: www.noizarchitects.com
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The worst week of internal Palestinian conflict since Hamas's takeover of the Gaza Strip last year ended with fresh escalation as the Islamic militants on Friday arrested senior political leaders of the secular Fatah party in the coastal enclave.
A Hamas spokesperson said the arrests were a retaliation for round-ups of its political figures in the West Bank by officers of the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority.
Amid the tit-for-tat detentions, spokesmen for the rival parties stepped up their rhetorical attacks on one another, with Hamas spokespeople making open threats to repeat their Gaza takeover in the West Bank. The acrimony is complicating recent attempts by Arab mediators to convene Hamas-Fatah talks aimed at reconciling the 13-month rift.
"It will continue to escalate. Maybe they are negotiating by arresting each other before the real talks,'' says Hissam Jaberi, a Gaza-based reporter for the Al-Ayyam newspaper. "As long as we don't have a national program accepted by all the parties, we will continue to fight.''
The roundups on Friday included prominent members of Fatah's executive committee and Fatah's regional governors who Hamas had allowed to remain in office ever since seizing power in the Gaza Strip in June 2007.
For several days, Hamas has blocked the distribution of the three leading Palestinian daily newspapers in the Gaza Strip, accusing the broadsheets of being biased toward Fatah.
Despite the escalation in Gaza on Friday, Palestinian Authority security forces released several Hamas figures from custody, complying with a directive the previous day by President Mahmoud Abbas.
The latest upsurge in fighting was triggered by a car bomb last Friday that killed five Hamas activists and a young girl. Hamas accused Fatah of planting the explosive, but Fatah leaders have denied involvement.
"They are going into houses, arresting people, and shooting people,'' said Hussein a-Sheikh, a Fatah legislative council member in an interview with Israel Radio. "This is behavior of a dark gang, not of a political party. It's trying to take over the Gaza Strip through the power of the rifle.''
On Thursday, Hamas leader Mahmoud A-Zahar vowed to replicate Hamas' Gaza Strip "revolution'' in the West Bank. Meanwhile, in a statement released the same day, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri compared the Fatah arrests of Hamas's West Bank activists to the situation in the Gaza Strip on the eve of the Islamic takeover.
"We remind them that they planted the thorns and will harvest regret,'' the Hamas statement said, according to the Palestinian news agency Ma'an.
To be sure, with the Israeli army in the West Bank, Hamas won't be able to repeat its Gaza takeover, but analysts believe that it could gain the upper hand in some West Bank population enclaves.
Just a few months ago, negotiators from Hamas and Fatah appeared to have reached a compromise in talks hosted by Yemen, but the agreement was quickly renounced by both sides.
Fatah has demanded that Hamas apologize for the use of violence and relinquish control of Palestinian Authority buildings. It also wants the Islamic militants to recognize and honor the accords it signed with Israel.
Hamas wants commitments from Fatah to get representation in the Palestinian Liberation Organization, the umbrella institution of Palestinians in the occupied territories and diaspora.
After the recent Arab summit in Damascus, Mr. Abbas said he would negotiate without preconditions, and talks were supposed to have opened in Cairo. Even though the Egyptians have sent questionnaires to both sides to hammer out some common ground ahead of the talks, the current clashes have dimmed chances for dialogue for now.
Speaking to Israel Radio, Palestinian expert Reuven Paz said that recent violence demonstrates that the year-old rift between the Fatah-controlled West Bank and Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip is solidifying into a reality of two separate states.


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Fun fun fun. And a nice bit of loots too. That's the short summary for raiding last night. I was allowed to take Voltaan along which really made my night. Bruisers are so underrated in EQ2 that I didn't think I would be allowed to go, but luckily we have a raid leader who sees their value.
The plan was to head to Toxx and then back to Palace to finish from where we left off last Thursday. Toxx was a lot of fun. I got to join in as normal for the first two waves of mobs/nameds, then for the last part of the fight with Vuulan I hooked up with my buddy Jahf to run round and round the instance (if you have never been there, it's very small) killing the wobbly eggs. If we don't kill them in time, well I'm sure you can guess what happens. It seems a bit silly but it was great. I felt like I was knocking out laps on a nice Sunday afternoon jog with the occasional stop to beat up some wildlife thrown in. Jahf and I had absolutely no problem dispatching the eggs and we arrived at the next set early each time before they began to wobble. In no time the instance was finished.
Then it was on to The Palace. This is where we struck a problem. Apparently the zone is bugged and if you don't have an instance open already, you cannot start a new one currently. The problem we had was that there were a few on the raid who weren't here last Thursday and so the instance even though some were already locked in to it, wouldn't allow any new people in. It was a shame because we were going to have a go at bashing the Three Sages and Volt was more than likely going to be tanking one. It would have been fun for sure.
As it was though, we headed to Labs instead to give the ones who couldn't get into Palace a chance at continuing the fun. Labs although a bit easy up until PC, the last mob where it gets a bit more technical, was a huge amount of fun. Not sure how much fun everyone else had because I know quite a few have run this many times before, but for me I had a blast. I've done Labs before but only once and it was not from the beginning and I joined in later. So doing it all the way through this time was great fun.
We didn't get PC down, but I think that was for a variety of reasons. We had some rather nastily timed LDs and it was quite late and peeps were tired. In a fight where you have to be busy busy busy all the time and even though quite easy when all falls into place, getting everything to fall in to place is a different matter, especially when you add the issues we had. It's no worries. We will return I am sure on Thursday all refreshed and ready to give that nasty Lich some severe mega-wedgies.
I got some nice loot too. Voltaan got his fabled feets and chest piece and a nice ring and a secondary /ranged slot item to boot. Not looking too long until he will be fully kitted and hopefully I can better support the raid force then. Although I didn't do too bad a job. My parse was not too bad and beat the fully fabled monk on our raid around 50% of the time. And a couple of times when mobs went a wandering I managed to grab them back from the squishies before main tanky grabbed them again. I should rephrase that. I guess I was one of the squishies as I was one who seemed to die the most as we did the PC fight. I know the problem with that. Too low crit mit and too low resists. It's a work in progress and already I'm making good headway there. Hopefully soon I won't be such a drain on the dirges and healers for resses.
Ema got some nice loots too for her alt Coercer, Floh. She commented that soon Floh will be better kitted than Emarald, although I'm not so sure about that. Ema is pretty sweetly attired. Nice to see Jahf getting some loot love too. In fact it's always nice when anyone on your raid gets anything. Let's face it, it's a team effort and the stronger individuals get in the team, eventually, the stronger the whole raid gets. So grats to all winners!
Looking forward to some normal instance smashing tonight on Volt. Try out my new armour to see how it complements The Freeport Hammer.
It's a long weekend this weekend with a national holiday on Monday, so I will try to head back to keep you updated, but you know what I'm like at the weekends. More play, less say ;)
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Friday, October 16, 2015
The Gym Dropoff
It was the last day for a no joiner fee, so we figured we'd be saving a month's worth anyway since we planned to join in November. (...and now there's a no joiner fee from Oct. 23-25, go figure.)
I put on my Turkey Trot 5k shirt this morning and Benjamin noticed the big Y on the front. The Pittsburgh Turkey Trot is affiliated with their local YMCA, apparently. Benjamin told me he wanted to go back to "the Y place, that Y-M-C-day place again). Today, in fact. Perfect, because it turned out our plans were lining up quite nicely.
This morning, I dropped the husband off at work because his car is in the shop and we were on our way to the gym. I wanted to keep my streak of 5 days in a row workouts going. I usually run about 2 miles to Benjamin's school for pickup with Claire in the double stroller, but Benjamin doesn't have school on Fridays.
Claire is attached at the hip to me. I prefer she weren't, but she has other interests. Benjamin, on the other hand, probably wouldn't notice I left for about a week. When we approach places she's been left before briefly (i.e. friends' houses, church nursery), she clings to me like ferocious lions are at my feet.
Needless to say, I was a little nervous about leaving her at in the free gym daycare dropoff. I chose a Friday so Benjamin, one of her safe people (never thought I'd use those words!), would be with her. I was nervous that without him there, she would be more likely to scream her lungs out for the whole hour I left her. I just didn't feel right leaving her in the arms of poor gym daycare workers, knowing how busy they were and knowing it's really not their job to engage with my kids so much as keep them safe.
Because baby, you know if I get "free" childcare that doesn't have to be re-payed in any way, I'm using it.
She cried at dropoff. I showed her the babies and she was thrilled, but that didn't stop her from looking at me with betrayal eyes as I skated out.
So guess what? I ran 5 miles on the treadmill. Sure, it was at zero incline, but I just kept running my buns off until I was left with little time for any more. I haven't run 5 miles ever in the state of Illinois. Seriously. I haven't ran that distance since living on the beach in LA about 6 years ago.
It felt good. It felt great. I could've kept going even. But alas, the clock was ticking.
When I clocked out and cleaned the machine, I went over and spied on Claire from the top railing (such a cool feature) and she and Benjamin were content playing with toys. I scooped them up, at which time Claire started her betrayal crying again, and we hit the pool, had nice warm showers and headed home for lunch.
That $79 a month is turning out to be well spent.
I'm now making tentative plans for spin classes on Saturday mornings with the hubs (I totally hate that nickname but it seems fitting for fancy moms with gym memberships) in our near future.
That kid play area just became my bee eff eff.
(After Andrew died, I would've never imagined being able to write this post. #feelinggrateful)
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- Caroline said... [Reply to comment]
So many things to comment on.
1. I've debated joining the Y as well because I want to be able to swim. This has me even more tempted to do so.
2. Yay for the 5 miles - the fact that you haven't done it in so long and then just busted it out - you're clearly naturally in great shape. I wish we lived close so we could run together. Or just leave the kids with the hubs and head to Target.
3. Claire and Mary seriously are the exact same. Which is cute as I feel like all the mannerisms Claire has had since she was really little were the same as Mary's - but Mary is totally the same about dropping her off somewhere, especially if she remembers it from a previous betrayal! And the crying when you walk back in, like, "oh thank GOD - it's been HORRIBLE!"
- October 16, 2015 at 9:31 PM
- Amelia said... [Reply to comment]
I really miss city living. No Y here. You are AMAZING! I can't imagine just throwing down 5 miles! Get it girl!
- October 16, 2015 at 11:12 PM
- second floor dweller said... [Reply to comment]
Yay for Y Care! And five miles! And Y Care! Frances begs to go.
I hate treadmills though.
- October 17, 2015 at 12:37 AM
- Mama Bear said... [Reply to comment]
Yay, we had just started using the gym childcare before we upended our Minnesota life. It was nice! Impressive running. I'm pretty sure I could only run 5 miles if I was being chased.
- October 18, 2015 at 12:07 AM
- Brie said... [Reply to comment]
I love gym daycare almost as much as naptime. i honestly think that finding some "me" time to exercise is important for all of us. Get those endorphins going!!!
- October 18, 2015 at 12:44 AM
- Laura Jane said... [Reply to comment]
I would legitimately die if I had to run 5 minutes, let alone 5 miles. Good for you. :)
I love Claire's betrayal eyes. bahahah
- October 18, 2015 at 12:16 PM
- A Few Good Eggs said... [Reply to comment]
I've never done the gym drop-off, but I am SO tempted (I miss swimming laps so much). Perhaps once B turns one I'll feel better about it? You've given me courage!
- November 25, 2015 at 1:32 AM


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The boys are all up now, and together we break into our first Christmas gift, this lovely fruit basket, for our breakfast.
Took the boys to school. Now getting a little bit of computer work done while Kai tells me stories. :) More apples.
Lunch by candlelight. Our second Christmas gift - beautiful handmade candlesticks!
Getting ready to drop Kai off with daddy and head out to work at the Center for Women. As usual, color makes me smile.
Yes, yes, and yes. This is the sign all of us volunteers are greeted with as we go in to the Center. Love it.
Wow. Picture just uploaded and I'm like - whoa, he's big. This guy is growing like crazy
Anyway, I came home from the Center early to get Jay and Noe and bring them to the highs school for a little Christmas performance. Noe is in the makeup room here, waiting for his part.
Jay's part. A fun little ditty, with a country twang, about Santa getting stuck in the chimney. Good times. :)
Came home to an exciting box waiting on my deck. Full of this Bible study goodness. I'm leading this study at the beginning of January at my church. And now for sleep...


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Crawfish Etouffee' By Darlene Bolfa
Crawfish Etouffee: (Shrimp may be substituted)
Serves 4 to 5 People
1 Lb peeled Louisiana Crawfish
1 large diced onion
1 small diced bell pepper
1 clove of garlic diced
1 cup butter
4 oz tomato sauce (about 1/2 sm can)
Cream of Mushroom Soup
Green Onions
salt, red pepper, black Pepper (a pinch of each)
Now for the How to:
I use magnalite pots, they are heavy and the food tends not to burn as easily. great for making any dish.
add butter and melt
add diced Onions, bell pepper, garlic
saut'e on med heat till onions are clear
add tomato sauce and 2 cups water, seasion to taste
add 1/2 can cream of Mushroom and wisk well
add Crawfish cook on med to boiling about 20 min
add a little green onion and parsley.
serve over white rice
potato salad is a great side dish
my favorite side is garden fresh sliced Tomatoes with salt and black pepper
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When Wil Lawrence was born with Down syndrome three years ago, his father decided to put his photography skills to work promoting positive images of people with the condition.
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Excited to read Jeff Brumley's srticle on my book! Jeff does a great job capturing the essence of the book's message for Christians, and even ties in comments from my good friend, Dr. David Lamb, author of God Behaving Badly: Is the God of the Old Testament, Angry, Sexist, and Racist?
Click here to read the piece from Associated Baptist Press:
To order my book, click the title – Hand Over Fist: An Invitation to Christ-Centered Civility


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The Young Friends of the Wilkinson Center hosted its fourth annual White Party Benefit at Saint Ann Restaurant & Bar.
|Chela Moros, Kristen Johnson
The event benefited Wilkinson Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming the lives of Dallas families by providing pathways to self-sufficiency with dignity and respect.
|DF Stefani Burns
Hors d'oeuvres courtesy of Saint Ann Restaurant & Bar were served throughout the evening, as well as late night food stations. The entrance featured a step-and-repeat for guest photos.
|The scene at White Party
Illumination Fireworks provided confetti cannons, cryo machines and fireworks throughout the event and Eclipse Entertainment provided feathered samba dancers and bongo drum players.
|Jack Stone, Anna Sophia Van Sweden
There were 32 amazing silent auction items which alone raised more than $8,000.
|OJ DeSouza, Blake Willbrand, Jaclyn Garret, Nile Nussbaumer, Caroline Harrison, Natalie Bond, Lindsay Farrell
The Young Friends of The Wilkinson Center are a group of dynamic young millennials who are creating pathways out of poverty for the working poor in Dallas. These young professionals offer hope and inspiration. They are committed to building sustainable resources which empower Wilkinson Center clients to become self-sufficient and improve their lives.
|Dallas Executive Club
|Feathered samba dancer at White Party


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An excellent post by Kathy, here's an extract:
In an earlier post I said, "If you asked the head of a company which employee they'd prefer: the perfect team player who doesn't rock the boat or the one who is brave enough to stand up and fight for something rather than accept the watered-down group think that maintains the status quo (or makes things worse), who would they SAY they'd choose? Who would they REALLY choose?
In his book Re-imagine", Tom Peters says, "We will win this battle… and the larger war… only when our talent pool is both deep and broad. Only when our organizations are chock-a-block with obstreperous people who are determined to bend the rules at every turn…"
So yes, I'm thinking Mr. CEO of Very Large Company would say that their company should take the upstart whatever-it-takes person over the ever-compromising team player. "If that person shakes us up, gets us to rethink, creates a little tension, well that's a Good Thing", the CEO says. riiiiiiiiiight. While I believe most CEOs do think this way, wow, that attitude reverses itself quite dramatically the futher you reach down the org chart. There's a canyon-sized gap between what company heads say they want (brave, bold, innovative) and what their own middle management seems to prefer (yes-men, worker bees, team players). "


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David Leonhardt has a superficial but interesting piece on the Germany's relative economic success over the last couple of years. There is one sentence that I take issue with and think is a bit misleading:
"That role starts with serious regulation. American regulators stood idle as the housing bubble inflated. German banks often required a down payment of 40 percent."
First I would question the wisdom of requiring such a large down payment almost as much as enabling such low down payments as we see in the US. I don't know that society is necessarily bettered by actively discouraging home ownership. I believe governments position should be neutral but look to ensure that banks are not taking imprudent risks. At some point everyone would like to stop working and you will need shelter, not having to pay rent seems like one way to ensure an adequate retirement. In the absence of home ownership my guess is there is probably a need for higher state pensions. But that aside, it does appear that German and European regulators were very much asleep at the switch. While they did not allow German banks to lower their credit standards for German homebuyers (quite the opposite as documented above), German regulators apparently had little problem with DeutscheBank and other German banks accumulating as many bad risks on their balance sheet at considerable leverage.
What interested me also was any lack of reference to the German Kurzarbeit scheme which seems to have blunted layoffs. If you look at mass layoffs I think there are two ways to approach them (that is preventing them). The first would be to see the primary goal as propping up consumption so firms might hold off on cutting their workforce. Alternatively you can attempt to make the cost of labor cheaper. I think Kurzarbeit is very social democratic gloss on the latter. In the US the most direct and obvious way to have cut the costs of employment would have been to cut the employer portion of Social Security.
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
A Different Generic Republican
Tim Pawlenty just issued his major economic policy address and what is clear is that he is a moron. I guess this bit of knowledge is something oddsmakers are intimately aware of and why they believe Romney will get the nomination. After reading the text of Pawlenty's address, I agree.
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- An ancient ruined city of Edom in present-day southwest Jordan. It flourished as a trade center and the capital of Nabataea from the 4th century B.C. until its capture by the Romans in A.D. 106. The city was taken by Muslims in the 7th century and by Crusaders in the 12th century. The ruins of the "rose-red city" were discovered in 1812.
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- proper n. A female given name.
- proper n. an archeological site in Jordan, designated as World Heritage Site
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Petra is young but her handwriting in English is old-fashioned, reminiscent of what one might see on hundred-year-old American cards, and goes with the postcard beautifully.
The manager of the hotel I stayed in, Petra, is an artist who built a vacation home for his family and then, because the home was beautiful and it cost a lot to maintain, began renting out rooms.
And here in Petra, most hotels that host Westerners do, too.
Two-thousand-year-old cave paintings are being displayed in Petra, Jordan, while the lost work of Robert Capa has been put on view in New York.
My downstairs neighbor, Petra, is waving to me from the alley where the trash cans lie in wait.
She's in Petra-dyed dresses half the time and Doodle-daddy-style overalls the other half, and her preferred medium is watercolors.
Petra is now too packed all the time and Revolution -- which has been renamed -- ditto.
Petra is the grand matriarch in our Mexican community of Nestipac, in suburban Jocotepec.
Koukalova, ranked No. 73, got word from Czech captain Petra Langrova on Saturday that she would replace Bedanova.
Hor, and regarded it as a great achievement to have visited and returned from "Joktheel," as they called Petra, in compliance with 2 Kings xiv.


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Of course, these tourist events are totally different in the different countries. They are much more spectacular in the more developed places and respectively humbler in the ex-communist or so called third-world members. Yet, in every country there are some interesting sights and customs to be seen, so every tourist fair has its merits. Bulgaria, my native country, is no exception and even for me it's always intriguing and exciting to have a look at the annual fair in our capital, Sofia.
Unfortunately, probably because of the world financial crisis, the tourist business is in recession to some extent and this year the fair was not so splendid as it had been in the past. Of course, it doesn't mean today it's not worth having a good look at all the stands, beautiful brochures, good tourist offers, etc.


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Dogs reduce stress in autistic children: StudyBy ANI
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
WASHINGTON - Dogs-apart from being man's best friend-have a special role to play in the lives of children with special needs.
A new study by the Universite de Montreal has suggested that specifically trained service dogs can help reduce the anxiety and enhance the socialization skills of children with Autism Syndrome Disorders (ASDs).
"Our findings showed that the dogs had a clear impact on the children's stress hormone levels," said Sonia Lupien of the University of Montreal.
To detect stress-levels, Lupien and colleagues measured the amount of cortisol present in the saliva of autistic children.
Cortisol is a hormone that is produced by the body in response to stress.
It peaks half-hour after waking up, known as the cortisol awakening response (CAR) and decreases throughout the day.
The researchers measured the CAR of 42 children with ASD.
"CAR is a very useful marker of stress. We used it to determine the effect of service dogs on the children's stress levels by measuring it in three experimental conditions; prior to and during the introduction of a service dog to the family, and after the dog was removed," said Lupien.
Throughout the experiment, parents were asked to complete a questionnaire addressing the behaviours of their children before, during and after the introduction of the dog.
On average, parents counted 33 problematic behaviours prior to living with the dog, and only 25 while living with the animal.
The findings were published in Psychoneuroendocrinology. (ANI)
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As much as I still love writing about weddings, now that we're newlyweds I have some time to think about things other than seating arrangements and hair trials (phew!). So rather than bombarding everyone who comes to With This Ring for their daily wedding intake, I thought I would start another blog. There isn't any specific content so there shall be no promises of consistency, but I hereby pledge to do my best in the way of recipe sharing (you know, on those few nights a month I actually cook).
The lack of format and attempt to censor really personal details likely means this blog will be about a whole lot of nothing, but isn't that the essence of blogging anyway? It's the little, seemingly unimportant things that are fun to read about. Or you'll just wind up thinking I am shallow and annoying, in which case I request that you simply call me names under your breath and close your browser (seriously, I can't take a lot of hate mail). Be gentle.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
6 comments:
- Julia said...
Welcome to the other side of blogging....the non-wedding side! Can't wait to read all about your 'nothingness'. :)
- November 10, 2008 at 5:29 AM
- Adrienne said...
Love the new blog! Can't wait to see more!
- November 10, 2008 at 5:53 AM
- Molly said...
Yay! Love the new space! xoxo
- November 10, 2008 at 7:08 AM
- Linda said...
Yeah. I love it!
- November 10, 2008 at 10:16 AM
- ami @ elizabeth anne designs said...
yay to with this nest! so exciting that we both have new blogs -- on the same day even. :)
looking forward to following you here!
- November 10, 2008 at 12:12 PM
- laurelwineman said...
In stumbled upon your blog last week and spent the last few days reading through your archives. Just wanted you to know that you have a new dedicated follower! Thanks for sharing!
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I didn't really follow any specific koeksister recipe. Read through a number of variations and was intending to make a vegan batch & a non-vegan batch. Plan fell through as I couldn't get hold of Ogran No Egg - an egg substitute.
The idea was to do two batches, one for work morning tea & one for a pot luck gathering with some friends tomorrow night.
The syrup I made the prior night, it contained the following:
1.5kg caster sugar
4 small cups if water
3 cinnamon sticks
Juice of 1 lemon
2 tspn ground ginger
1 tspn or so of citric acid powder for baking (or aka tartaric acid - it adds acidity to baking / cooking)
Mix sugar & water in small pot until all dissolved, recommend medium heat. Wouldn't want it to boil over. Add the spices (ginger & cinnamon). Carefully add the lemon juice as this will cause the contents to froth/boil up quickly so maintain low heat. Add citric acid if you like a little bit more tarty than sugary.
Leave on low-medium heat until syrup thickens a little more. Remove from heat, allow to cool and the pour into a large container to store in fridge. Chilled overnight is best!
Next day:
Prepare dough with following:
4 cups of self raising flour (for equivalent plain flour use 2 tspn of baking powder to rise - this will mean leavin dough to rise for 2-3rs)
70g or 4 tbspn of butter
2 eggs
1 cup of water or milk (I used milk for a creamier dough, also if using plain flour this allows it rise better)
Sifting of plain flour & baking powder is required. You can do that for the self raising but I lime the easier way out and just went ahead. Rub butter & flour together, will become slightly crumbly but won't have formed together. Should have no clumps of butter.
If using water, whisk eggs into water and pour in gradually and mix in to flour by hand.
I was lazy and just cracked the eggs in & poured in a cup of milk. Result the dough was slightly too gooey to start with and I had to wait for it rise any way cause I rushed it.
The rolling out to flat sheet and cutting into long 5cm x 10m pcs. Cut each pc twice more, slice length wise but not through the top. You should now have each pc as 3 strands joint at the top. Braid these, practice makes perfect by the end of the batch you'll be an expert. Don't worry about stuffing up, just roll up the deformed braid into a dough ball and start again ;)
Prepare deep fryer with oil, heat up to 180*C, test with a clove or small bit of the dough. Prepare plate with pan toasted sesames. And we're ready to roll.
The frying process - since I had a small fryer I had to do bathed of 8-10. Fry til golden brown, drain oil. Then dunk in syrup, drain from syrup, toss/cover in sesame.
Sesame is optional. The koeksister reminds me of the Tianjing mahua (麻花). So I added the sesame, taste is vaunted different. The following website is in Chinese, when I find an English version of the recipe I'll add or try it out :)