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like I've misplaced the 'how to parent' book all parents should get a copy of when they become parents. Do you have one? Can I borrow it?
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
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like I've misplaced the 'how to parent' book all parents should get a copy of when they become parents. Do you have one? Can I borrow it?
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Kate, better out than in as far as the whinge bit...I'm right there with you on the pointlessness of housework & the sewing machine keeping you sane... ME Tooooo!!ReplyDelete
I'm with Sean the Prawn - better out than in.ReplyDelete
Congrats on finishing the motifs, they look fab x
I totally get it. All of it. People say "where do you get time to do that?", but really, "that" (like blogging and making stuff) is what gives us energy, right? It's those other things like rotten housework that sap it away.ReplyDelete
You wouldn't want to know me if you really saw my creative space either!
Whinge away! I'm happy to read. :)
(Gorgeous motifs too.)
I feel grateful that you published this post sos I could read it after the long, strange, good, bad, doolally of a day 'round here.ReplyDelete
and like finding my copy of the motif book if only I could keep awake.
My word verification is "hootten"
I do believe this is my new favorite word.
I'm probably feeling a bit more chipper than you by the sounds of things. But I might have had more coffee (have you had more than 4 cups since 7am?) Lovely motifs btw. And yes, as much as we adore our families, thank goodness for our sewing machines.ReplyDelete
Ditto! but with my stuff.ReplyDelete
Yep - ditto - thanks for making me feel "normal"!ReplyDelete
Kate I think this is an amazing and wonderful post, you do these more personal posts so well, I love how well you express so well how we can feel so many different things at the same time buzzing madly round. My head is always full sometimes I wish I could express myself as well as you. Im so pleased you hit the publish button. I know I would read your blog regardless of what your "real" creative space looks like. I feel as if people knew some things about me they wouldn't read my blog.ReplyDelete
Lentil soup sounds great to me too.
I love all your new motifs by the way. Big hugs to you xo
Parenting book? I didn't get one either!!ReplyDelete
I also feel tired.
And really, really sick of stupid study about traffic and transport policy that just makes my head go around, and around and around and I really should just write it down and submit it as my assignment and not worry about it!
I must get that book...... the motif one, not the parenting one......ReplyDelete
like you just read my thoughts.ReplyDelete
Except I don't have pretty crochet motifs to insert between them.
I feel honoured that you went ahead and published such an honest and real yet beautiful post! Love it! And that third dress!!!ReplyDelete
I have had a really "down" day where I have been fighting everything since 6am.....the dog, the boy, the traffic, the school car park, the dishes, the washing, the....oh...just everything!!! Thankyou for sharing, it made me smile & that is a HUGE achievement today I tell you!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 25, 2010 at 6:02 PM
I definitely think this is one of the best blog posts I've ever read. I feel like it should almost be one of those play along things (that I don't really understand yet).ReplyDelete
I thought you'd been a dressmaker for yonks! That just makes what you achieve all the more awe inspiring!
I'm sending you a friendly hug !ReplyDelete
oh sweet Kate, you are just feeling normal emotions that all of us feel at some time or another.ReplyDelete
I have had a headache for the last 4 days & wish that I could just sleep it off or something like that but the parenting manual* doesn't say what I should do with these 2 adventurous beings.
feel what you need to feel, whinge as much as you want, we all do it.
hope you feel ok soon, hugs to you lovely ♥
* i don't think such a manual exists
Like you're a bloody whinger!!!ReplyDelete
Okay so I just wrote that to shock the nice ones and make the bad ones (like you) laugh!ReplyDelete
Thanks for showing me the creative space, sharing your fabric and letting me be Peppers Nail Technition.
Olive you!
Ab x
You should definitely post more of this. Maybe even make it a weekly feature because it makes us all feel totally normal when we feel the same. You could a Mr Linky for all the overwhelmed by life/kids/etc bloggers out there. CherrieReplyDelete
You can have my good parenting book!! I tried to follow it but they still argued, stamped feet, hit heads on the wall, spat out pumpkin and anything green, flushed cauliflower down the loo, told me they hated/loved/disliked/adored me. Eldest bit his baby sister, youngest kicked the middle girl, they all flooded the house once and locked us all out more than once.................ReplyDelete
Honestly I could go on and on, but you know what? They will fly from all states to be with me for my birthday, they still love me, they are not axe murderers, they don't mug old ladies and they pay for their fare on public transport AND even more important, none of them remember that I didn't dust or iron or the time I didn't vacuum for a week, they remember that I loved them!
Oh yes, and Oscar Teddy doesn't know it was his birthday either, so have it tomorrow....
Sit, do nothing and enjoy
Brilliant! Your honesty, your warmth, your compassion, your craft...you are a star my friend....LOVE IT! :)ReplyDelete
I am glad you can post what you do, it is just how we all feel at different times.ReplyDelete
Sorry to hear about the nail...
Abbe is so mean.ReplyDelete
Let me know when you find the book. I don't think I'm in the running for Mother of the year at the moment either.
hey, i feel the same! one stolen stitching moment saves the soul...ReplyDelete
It sounds like you need a day off Kate! If I was closer I'd come and babysit.ReplyDelete
i feel inspired by your beautiful crochet motifs.ReplyDelete
i wrote a post a while ago with some of my favourite parenting books and I also got some really helpful comments with suggestions for older children- search "parenting books" or look under my category "bookworms" for the list and my lovely readers suggestions if you're interested... although i am sure you are doing all the right things. xx
I love your feelings. A lot of them are the same as mine. I love that you can blog about them, it makes me feel like I'm normal...or at least that someone else is like me.ReplyDelete
Also, I love all the motifs and can't wait to see some hexagon ones.
I love this post Kate!!! and, I could not agree more about the house work =) you put a smile on my face todayReplyDelete
There's a book???!!!! Pretty much ditto to the above feelings although in contrast, feeling way too hot! Phew... this is Blighty not Australia what is going on, and it's only May.....ReplyDelete
Love Love Love a good honest blog! I thought I was the only one having a tantrum, then apologizing to the kids, and thinking I should give up coffee! I thought I was the only one who only puts a tablecloth on to take photos for my blog!ReplyDelete
Kate you are so good at writing it all down that I almost feel a comment is not needed. Just to say that I hear ya girlfriend (so wish I lived close enough to be one of the blog to real life buddies!). I love that you turn towards your blog when things are good and not so good. For me, there is a definite pulling into my shell (as evidenced by my recent quiet-ness!).ReplyDelete
Oh and I was only just saying to a mate yesterday that even sewing one seam can make such a massive difference to my day. It's the crafters version of a nice warm bath!
- AnonymousMay 25, 2010 at 10:44 PM
I'd lend you my 'How To Parent' book..but I've misplaced my copy too!!ReplyDelete
I couldn't find the right words for my daughter who thinks she's done badly in an exam...whatever I said annoyed or upset her!!
But I'm her mum I don't care if she passes or fails..she's always going to be my little girl!
I'm loving the motifs, I've done notrhing more than look at that book so far!
Have a lovely day.
Em xx
ditto kate, there must be something in the air:) we were talking about it at our stitch and bitch group tonight and then i read your post!!!ReplyDelete
People ask me when I have the time to knit and blog while keeping a house and taking care of my 3 month old and my 2 year old. I tell them that not everything gets done. The dishes might not get done one night (like last night) because I need me time with my needles or my sewing machine. Anyway totally understand.ReplyDelete
oh dearie. I'm prescribing a margarita and an evening of "All creatures great and small" on netflix. have worked wonders for me. I certainly don't have to tell you to keep on being crafty... I don't think anyone could stop your amazingness in that area :) Best of luck with that table/nail incidentReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 26, 2010 at 4:34 AM
An excellent post - I don't think there are very many of us who would admit to those feelings on our blogs!! My bit of parenting advice has always been - 'don't listen to advice'!! Clean enough to be healthy, dirty enough to be happy and a sensible routine worked for my son!!ReplyDelete
I love your blog, it is very warm your crocheting is excellent!ReplyDelete
Greetings from Uruguay
I love this post - it sums up what we are all doing, feeling and thinking.ReplyDelete
I just got this crochet book - looks like I'm going to ditch some more housework... x
I feel...ReplyDelete
happy you decided this was post-worthy
relieved that someone else has had their kitchen table gouged by a tantruming child. mine isn't antique, thankfully.
That's such a lovely post & I am glad you published it!ReplyDelete
happy you decided to publish your post, it helps to read a bit of real life and remember that we all have ups and downs and feel tired, tired, tired. Does crochet help you feel sane? I do believe it is one of the most soothing things out there!ReplyDelete
I feel...like giving you a hug!!!ReplyDelete
Psst, did you know, there isn't really a parenting book? It's an urban myth made up by 'perfect parents' to let the rest of us mere mortals know where we went wrong. Want to compare bad parent notes? I have plenty that will make you feel better! xx
Hi KateReplyDelete
I just wanted to say that last night I was peeling the outside leaves off some organic brussel sprouts and out wiggled a caterpillar - and I instantly thought of you - and had a giggle to myself!
keep up the good fight!
lots of hugs to you
mel x
You are real Kate! Hope your day got much better and you've sent the child with the nail and the tantrum on a french polishing course. :o) xx (ps great find on the denim and I totally agree about the infuriating pointlessness of housework)ReplyDelete
Hi Kate, thanks for posting this even though you weren't sure... I've admired you from afar and am impressed by what you are doing - in farming as well as craft creating, and hope you get some energy from all your supportive commenters!ReplyDelete
I feel happy that there are people who like to share their thoughts, like you.ReplyDelete
I feel excited that there are so many creative people out there.
I feel like I shouldn't be on my computer and should be doing some sewing.
Thank you for your post - it was good to read. And I love the crochet - the dark brown one reminds me of icing piped onto a biscuit.
BTW I'd like for you to pop on over to my blog and have a go at winning my giveaway - love to see you there. http://amoebahandmade.blogspot.com/2010/05/thats-my-pic-just-there-and-my-first.html
Emma x
My sewing machine keeps me sane too. Except when im the one who has a tantrum from running out of cotton and head butts the machine denting my head with the looper. xReplyDelete
Life is crazy for lots of us at the moment....I'm only about 3 days late reading your post but what stands out is how lovely all our blog friends are and how supportive they are.ReplyDelete
Hope life slows down for you soon and you can recover your equilibrium xx
So many things all at once... just like you.ReplyDelete
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NHL, union reach tentative agreement
The NHL and the players' association reached a tentative agreement early Sunday to end a nearly four-month-old lockout that threatened to wipe out what was left of an already abbreviated season.
A marathon negotiating session that lasted more than 16 hours, stretching from Saturday afternoon until just before dawn Sunday, produced a 10-year deal.
"We've got to dot a lot of Is and cross a lot of Ts," Commissioner Gary Bettman said. "There's still a lot of work to be done."
The collective bargaining agreement still must be ratified by a majority of the league's 30 owners and the union's membership of approximately 740 players.
Under the negotiated CBA, free-agent contracts will have a maximum length of seven years, but clubs can go to eight years to re-sign their own players. Each side can opt out of the deal after eight years.
The pension plan was "the centerpiece of the deal for the players," said Winnipeg Jets defenseman Ron Hainsey, who took part in negotiations throughout the process.
The actual language of the pension plan still has to be written, but Hainsey said there is nothing substantial that still needs to be fixed.
The players' share of hockey-related income, that reached a record $3.3 billion last season, will drop from 57 percent to a 50-50 split. The salary cap for the upcoming season will be $70.2 million and will then drop to $64.3 million in the 2013-14 season. All clubs will have to have a minimum payroll of $44 million.
After the sides stayed mostly apart for two days, following late-night talks that turned sour, federal mediator Scot Beckenbaugh worked virtually around the clock to get everyone back to the bargaining table.
This time it worked — on the 113th day of the work stoppage.
George Cohen, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service director, called the deal "the successful culmination of a long and difficult road."
"Of course, the agreement will pave the way for the professional players to return to the ice and for the owners to resume their business operations," he said in a statement. "But the good news extends beyond the parties directly involved; fans throughout North America will have the opportunity to return to a favorite pasttime and thousands of working men and women and small businesses will no longer be deprived of their livelihoods."
Time was clearly a factor, with the sides facing a deadline of Thursday or Friday to reach a deal that would allow for a 48-game season to start a week later. Bettman had said the league could not allow a season of fewer than 48 games per team.
All games through Jan. 14, along with the All-Star game, have been canceled, claiming more than 50 percent of the original schedule.
All schedule issues, including the length of the season and what the look of the schedule, still need to be worked out.
Without an agreement, the NHL faced the embarrassment of losing two seasons due to a labor dispute, something that has never happened in another North American sports league. The 2004-05 season was wiped out while the sides negotiated hockey's first salary cap.


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By Steve Terrell: The Santa Fe New Mexican
So you've heard politicians pontificating about the need for citizens to participate in government and being the responsible, civic-minded citizen you are, you've decided to take them up for it and go to the state Legislature this week to push for new laws you support or try to stop some bad bill you don't like.
The first thing you're going to learn is that here in New Mexico they don't make it easy for average people to observe the Legislature firsthand. You might even wonder if they really want you there at all.
The parking is next to impossible, the meetings rarely start on time, and the agendas frequently are obsolete before they even are printed.
And if you do manage to make it to the Capitol in time for a committee meeting, if the bill you're following is controversial, there's a good chance the tiny committee rooms will fill up and you'll be left standing in the hall.
Parking is always a problem while the Legislature is in session because almost everyone but legislators loses his or her assigned underground-parking space. And don't even think of trying to sneak in and grab a lawmaker's space. Security is friendly, but firm.
Most parking spaces in the modest surface lot on the east side of the Capitol are assigned to legislative staff members during the session. There is the massive PERA Building parking lot across Old Santa Fe Trail, but even that lot frequently fills up during sessions.
To the state's credit, workers broke ground last year on a long-promised new parking garage off Paseo de Peralta west of the Roundhouse. However, currently the structure is nothing but a large hole in the ground. It won't help you with parking during the upcoming session.
Some lawmakers apparently have become sensitive to complaints about the small committee rooms. In late 2007, legislative leaders discussed a $30 million proposal for an addition to the Capitol. However, with the state financial crunch, there's been little if any serious discussion about the proposal in recent months. Even in better economic times, some legislators admitted it would be hard to sell such an expensive plan to the public.
To make it easier for citizens to follow the state Senate, senators voted overwhelmingly last year to purchase and install equipment for webcasting Senate floor sessions. But even though the state spent thousands of dollars on such equipment and the cameras have been mounted in the Senate chambers, at this writing, it looks as if there will be no webcasting this year. Last month, Senate leaders — most of whom voted against the webcasting in the first place — quietly killed the funding for the service.
One sliver of good news for home computer users: The Legislative Council Service has updated its Web site, making it more user-friendly. And this year, lawmakers were allowed to submit some bills in advance, many of which already are posted. You can find bills, committee schedules and lists of members at: www.nmlegis.gov.
Here are a few basic rules for those who want to try to follow the New Mexico Legislature at close range:
• Don't expect the House or Senate or any of their committees to start anywhere near the scheduled time, especially in the hectic final days of the session. There's no one to blame. If a floor session in the House or Senate goes into overtime, the committees of that body will start later. And if either political party in either house decides to meet in caucus to plan strategy, even more delays can be expected.
• Just because a bill you're following is sixth on the agenda, don't expect it to be heard after the fifth item. Items can be moved up or down at the pleasure of the committee. Sometimes a committee will hear a bill out of order as a courtesy to the sponsor, who might have to rush to another committee meeting. Don't expect them to hear your bill out of order as a courtesy to you.
• Finally, at floor sessions and committee meetings, please observe decorum. This isn't the City Council. The public is not allowed to applaud, heckle or perform interpretive dances.
• In an effort to ease the parking shortage, the state Transportation Department each year runs free shuttle buses between the Capitol and other spots around Santa Fe. The schedule for the three routes can be found by linking to the Legislative Shuttle Schedule at the department's Web site: www.nmshtd.state.nm.us. Service for persons with disabilities is available from Santa Fe Trails, call 473-4444, 24 hours in advance.
But be forewarned: As the session gets rolling, many committee meetings and floor sessions will go long beyond the last bus out in the early evening, especially in the final days of the session. Don't get stranded.
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It's official: we need a new law that requires all parents to film their children after they have dental procedures done and post them to YouTube. Otherwise we might miss seeing people like Chaddy, who has just had his wisdom teeth pulled. He takes a little while to really ramp up, but boy does he deliver. At one point he says, "You're the mom; so you know what's best." Though he quickly undercuts that during a rather touching phone call with his dad in which he says, "You're really smart, and I trust you more than I trust mom." He then follows that up with a kind offer to buy his parents a new house once he earns a million dollars from "being funny." (Too bad YouTube hits don't translate directly into dollars or he'd be well on his way.) Be sure to stay tuned all the way to the end when he gives his dad a little TMI about why he hasn't kissed Sammy, who has come to visit him because "I think she's in love with me." If these drugs reveal who you really are inside, then it looks like Sammy has fallen for a Grade A guy.
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A consulting client recently asked for a review of their network security.
The senior admin at the site assured me that they were fully protected
against all attacks. "How would you know?" I asked. "Oh we log
everything," I was told. Well, the log was over 600MB in size and had not
been checked in over two years. Their FTP server had indeed been
compromised and they were completely unaware of the fact!
The surest way to guarantee that your computers are impenetrable is to
unplug them from all networks. Install them in a locked room and guard
them using only people with secret government clearances. This is exactly
what the government does to protect its most sensitive security data.
Given that you are not the CIA and you do want to connect to the Internet,
this approach seems a bit draconian and not terribly practical. So, what
CAN you do to protect your computers? Plenty. Practice good security
hygiene, and you will minimize your risk of attack. More importantly, if
you are attacked, you will be able to contain and secure the problem
Best Practices
"A company needs to protect itself by using best security practices. At
the very minimum, implement a good layer 7 firewall," says Dee Liebenstein,
Senior Product Manager, Symantec Security Response Team. Bob Webber,
senior systems administrator at Channing Labs, Harvard Medical School
agrees, "If you don't want a full firewall you should at least have a choke
router that checks for sanity of addresses. Local addresses will not be on
the Internet for example."
There are several components to computer systems security or vulnerability
management, the firewall, anti-virus and content filtering, intrusion
detection and a strong security policy. All are important but securing
your systems should be first priority, particularly in a smaller company
where there is less staff to monitor attacks. There are five basic best
practices to securing a computer infrastructure: installing a firewall,
maintaining automated virus protection on all systems, maintaining systems
security patches, ensuring strong passwords, and turning off network
Employ a layer 7, full inspection firewall – You have three firewall
choices: application, appliance, or managed firewall services. The
application firewalls are more popular in larger enterprises where they
have the resources to install and maintain them. The smaller companies
tend to use firewall appliances and managed services because the service
provider or the vendor has the specialized knowledge to maintain the system
properly. "The advantage of a managed firewall service is that everything
taken care of by the service provider, but it can be expensive. The
decision to go with a managed service is strategic not technical," says
"Firewalls are a key component for modern site security but they are by no
means sufficient in themselves. You are still vulnerable to insider
attacks, which include viruses running on inside hosts and peer-to-peer
file sharing. There is no good way that a firewall can stop peer-to-peer
links to port 80 (web services) on remote servers. The companies involved
in peer to peer will take your money for protection, but this seems like a
poor choice," comments Webber.
Use automatically updated anti-virus at gateway, server, and client –
Second, install auto-updating anti-virus software on all server, gateway,
and client machines. "Viruses can intrude in many ways, so you need
protection at all possible entry points," notes Liebenstein. Her group at
Symantec is constantly researching the latest security threats, and they
share information with law enforcement agencies.
Ensure system security patches are up to date – Another essential security
component is current patches on all systems and applications. This can be
very challenging to implement in a complex environment. Currently the
Microsoft and Linux environments are targeted more than the Macintosh and
other UNIX systems by the hackers, but it pays to be vigilant for all your
Ensure passwords are strong – Many systems administrators consider user
passwords the most challenging IT support issue. Change them regularly,
and use passwords that contain numbers and characters rather than easy to
guess names and words. Use readily available utilities, like Cracker, that
will identify all insecure passwords quickly and easily. Wouldn't you
rather find bad passwords than an intruder?
Turn off unnecessary systems network services – Do not run FTP on a system
unless it is an FTP server; you are just asking for trouble. Hackers
regularly scan for systems with open service vulnerabilities. The CERT and
SANS websites are both good resources for tools to identify known system
Security policies
So, what constitutes a good security policy? You need to create a process
to manage security policy and report incidents. After you have installed
all the protection, remember to check the logs regularly. Report anything
unusual. Just because you are paranoid does not mean that there are not
people out to get you. Top management support and awareness training are
essential for successful implementation. If top management is ignoring the
policy, how likely is the staff to follow it?
"The biggest component for good security is good management and information
to employees. A good example is when a building's fire doors are blocked
open, people's safety is compromised but they just know it is much easier
to get to their cars. Engineers are trained to solve problems, if they
view security as a problem they will solve it. You might not like how,"
says Webber.
Industry trends
"Data and transaction security is of paramount importance in this age of
rapidly expanding commercial and government computer networks and the
emerging Internet economy." Quote from the Microsoft Enterprise Security
"It is good to hear that the major systems companies are seeing the IT
community take security seriously. Building security right into the
products makes the administrator's job much easier in the long run,"
observes Liebenstein. "The reason you have security is to save the company
money from productivity losses. To do it for any other reason is probably
a waste of time," sighs Webber.
- www.sans.org – lots of information and classes on computer security
- www.cert.org – The CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) is a center of
Internet security expertise, at the Software Engineering Institute, a
federally funded research and development center operated by Carnegie
Mellon University. Comprehensive site with current information on viruses,
and vulnerabilities of many operating systems.
www.symantec.com – Company website for Symantec, makers of Norton
AntiVirus, a popular antivirus package.
- www.viruslist.com – Company website for Kaspersky Software makers of multilanguage
virus protection.
Beth Cohen is president of Luth Computer Specialists, Inc., a consulting
practice specializing in IT infrastructure for smaller companies. She has
been in the trenches supporting company IT infrastructure for over 20 years
in a number of different fields including architecture, construction,
engineering, software, telecommunications, and research. She is currently
writing a book about IT for the small enterprise and pursuing an
Information Age MBA from Bentley College.


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MiM Mail: New mom starting residency
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My young kids were primarily cared for by a nanny while I was a resident. Not a single mother then, but physician husband was about the same. It worked out . . . they are doing fine and I get to spend a lot more time with them now that I am in private practice.ReplyDelete
You can enjoy both, but it's tough. Play it by ear and figure out what works best for you. Develop a wide friend/family support network, if you can, to help you ride it out. Good luck!
You will survive. There will definitely be days when you feel bitter and other times you will feel like a Superwoman for handling it all. It is great that your husband will be around once a week. Is there any way that he can move closer? Make sure to reach out to your program/ current residents/ join every local on-line mommy group to find out if there are other residents who have nannies they would like to share (helps make things more affordable and socialize your children). We found a very nice young mother on an on-line nanny search who would bring her baby to our house; it was great! Also, what about daycare? There are many excellent day cares that Residents/ Attendings may love and then you could just find a stay at home mother or babysitter for aftercare.ReplyDelete
And when things get rough, remind yourself you are not the first or last woman to do this. You could be doing something you hate like being a maid (just an example, I have total respect for all domestic workers) working 2 jobs seeing your child even less, making even less money than you will; but YOU get to pursue your dream job and you will make enough money to afford the things that you need and even things that you want (such as a nanny).
I don't have children, but my business partner has a very similar situation. She has a 15 month old, a husband who lives three hours away because of work. There are times that she is extremely stressed out about being (essentially) a single mother, but I think what she is doing is amazing. These next few years will be tough, but will, in the long run, be worth it.ReplyDelete
My advice to you - you are surrounded by people who like children and are certified in first aid and CPR. If they offer to babysit, take them up on it!
I totally agree with Mommabee about the maid part! When I'm bitter or sad during busy rotations, I often comfort myself thinking there are many people who also do not get to see their children much (d/t jobs or family situations), but potentially with no end in sight and for very low pay. I either think of that or people who get deployed and don't see their families for months or years.ReplyDelete


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Mathias Dahlgren's Swedish Rye Bread - with an apple twist
The 40-year old Swedish chef-owner, Mathias Dahlgren, has two Michelin-starred restaurants, Bon Lloc and Matsalen, the latter in Stockholm. His style of cuisine is Swedish traditional as well as innovational (a fusion of Scandinavian, Tuscan, Californian and Oriental dishes).
I saw a picture of his Swedish Rye Bread in Coco: 10 World-Leading Masters Choose 100 Contemporary Chefs, page 101, and decided to give it a try. The recipe uses a rye sourdough starter. It also has a high percentage of instant yeast and molasses, which is 4.7% and 19%, respectively, of total flour, rye gains and seeds. The approx. dough hydration is 84%.
The bread is exceptionally moist and flavourful. For a person who does not normally like a lot of rye flour in bread, I find this bread quite delicious. The bitterness from the Black Strap Molasses that I used, together with all the grains and seeds and the fermented rye flour, formed a very interesting flavor and texture.
There is something, however, not quite how I would like it in a fully-loaded bread like this one that, if no changes were made to the recipe, I would probably not make it again. As with the Chinese concept of ying (feminine) and yang (masculine), for something to be balanced, there has to be a ying and a yang element simultaneously. For instance, the enjoyment of a fatty and salty pork chop (the yang) is enhanced if it is eaten with, say, apple sauce (the ying) - the sourness in the apple sauce cuts through the fat while the sweetness in the fruit compliments the saltiness in the meat. Another example: the best chocolate lava cake would have some salt in there, or the sweetness would make you sick.
The issue with this bread for me is: it is perhaps a tad too masculine (too much "yang") because of all the rye grains and seeds in the recipe. I have no doubt that there are plenty of people who love this bread just the way it is. I just have a difference taste. To address the imbalance to my taste, I am adding apple puree as a hydration for the final dough. Also, I have changed the formula to a sourdough version. I find molasses an attractive ingredient to add to a bread full of rye, grains, and seeds but I cut it down in my formula (below) as too much molasses makes the bread bitter (which some people may find it an attractive taste). Here is my Swedish Sourdough Rye Bread with apple puree:
SP's Swedish Sourdough Rye Bread with apple puree
My formula for Swedish Sourdough Rye Bread with Apple
Day 1 - soaker
- 330 g water
- 125 g crushed rye grains
- 43 g rye meal flour (whole rye flour)
- 83 g sunflower seeds
- 53 g linseeds (flax seeds)
- 11 g salt
- 68 g rye sourdough starter (or any ripe starter) @100% hydration
Mix all the ingredients together and let stand at room temperature for 12 hours or at least overnight.
Also on Day 1 - rye sourdough starter (Note: Mathias Dahlgren's original recipe uses instant yeast and so there is no rye sour build.)
- 20 g any ripe starter @ 100% hydration
- 123 g medium rye flour
- 70 g water
Mix the ingredients together and let stand at room temperature for 12 hours or until ripe.
Day 2 - final dough
- 110 g medium rye flour
- 123 g white flour
- 713 g all of the soaker
- 213 g all of the rye sourdough starter
- 70 - 100 g molasses (Note: Mathias Dahlgren's original recipe has 140 g of molasses but I find at that quantity the bread is a bit bitter.)
- 345 g of cooked Granny Smith apple puree or shopped-bought apple sauce (To make your own apple puree, steam 320 g of chopped Granny Smith until cooked, then puree it with 25 g of honey)
Total dough weight 1585 g; estimated dough hydration 84 - 85%.
- Mix half of the apple puree with molasses and the other half with the starter.
- Then, mix all ingredients together until thoroughly combined.
- Grease two bread tins. Divide the dough by two and place them in the bread tins. Cover and let rise in a warm place for 3 hours (my room temperature was 28 - 30 C).
- Pre-heat oven to 220C / 425F. Bake with some steam for the first 3 - 5 minutes, then lower the heat to 185C / 365F and bake for a further 40 minutes.
- Turn out the loaves immediately after baking and let cool on a wire rack (or the bottom will be soggy).
My father-in-law and his wife came to stay for Christmas. They are very discerning diners and both keep in good shape. They have been told by their doctor to NOT have too much bread made of wheat flour and that if they must have bread, rye and spelt breads are the best. Whenever they come to visit, I try to make rye and/or spelt sourdough for them. For today's lunch I served this bread. They loved it.
Tomorrow morning, when my father-in-law and his wife leave, they will have this little prezzie, all nicly sliced-up to go.


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Featuring characters from your fave fairytales, from Snow White and Alice in Wonderland to Hook, ABC's storybook-esque TV show Once Upon A Time is about to become your fave show (if it isn't already), because one of the greatest Disney characters of all time is officially joining the cast next season!!!!
In last night's season finale, viewers were treated to a chilling glimpse of a tall blonde dressed in a beautiful blue gown. Who is that mysterious character, you ask? None other than QUEEN ELSA FROM FROZEN.
We're not quite sure who will be playing the icy queen next season, but fingers crossed for the voice behind Frozen's queen, Kristen Bell!
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Are we heading into a new Ice Age?
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Worry about global warming impacts in the next 100 years, not an ice age in over 10,000 years.
Climate Myth...
We're heading into an ice age
"One day you'll wake up - or you won't wake up, rather - buried beneath nine stories of snow. It's all part of a dependable, predictable cycle, a natural cycle that returns like clockwork every 11,500 years. And since the last ice age ended almost exactly 11,500 years ago…" (Ice Age Now)
According to ice cores from Antarctica, the past 400,000 years have been dominated by glacials, also known as ice ages, that last about 100,000. These glacials have been punctuated by interglacials, short warm periods which typically last 11,500 years. Figure 1 below shows how temperatures in Antarctica changed over this period. Because our current interglacial (the Holocene) has already lasted approximately 12,000 years, it has led some to claim that a new ice age is imminent. Is this a valid claim?
Figure 1: Temperature change at Vostok, Antarctica (Petit 2000). The timing of warmer interglacials is highlighted in green; our current interglacial, the Holocene, is the one on the far right of the graph.
To answer this question, it is necessary to understand what has caused the shifts between ice ages and interglacials during this period. The cycle appears to be a response to changes in the Earth's orbit and tilt, which affect the amount of summer sunlight reaching the northern hemisphere. When this amount declines, the rate of summer melt declines and the ice sheets begin to grow. In turn, this increases the amount of sunlight reflected back into space, increasing (or amplifying) the cooling trend. Eventually a new ice age emerges and lasts for about 100,000 years.
So what are today's conditions like? Changes in both the orbit and tilt of the Earth do indeed indicate that the Earth should be cooling. However, two reasons explain why an ice age is unlikely:
- These two factors, orbit and tilt, are weak and are not acting within the same timescale – they are out of phase by about 10,000 years. This means that their combined effect would probably be too weak to trigger an ice age. You have to go back 430,000 years to find an interglacial with similar conditions, and this interglacial lasted about 30,000 years.
- The warming effect from CO2 and other greenhouse gases is greater than the cooling effect expected from natural factors. Without human interference, the Earth's orbit and tilt, a slight decline in solar output since the 1950s and volcanic activity would have led to global cooling. Yet global temperatures are definitely on the rise.
It can therefore be concluded that with CO2 concentrations set to continue to rise, a return to ice age conditions seems very unlikely. Instead, temperatures are increasing and this increase may come at a considerable cost with few or no benefits.
Basic rebuttal written by Anne-Marie Blackburn
Update August 2015:
Here is a related lecture-video from Denial101x - Making Sense of Climate Science Denial
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Tamiya Mini X-33 Metallic Gloss Bronze Paint is a non-toxic, water soluble paint designed for painting plastic model kits. We have found that it works very well on our wooden model aircraft and boats too. Paints are produced in three finishes, however, not all colours are available in all finishes. Gloss paints provide good coverage and flat paints are truly matt. Translucent colours are excellent for use on clear plastics for applications such as indicators and brake lights on model cars. All of the Tamiya Acrylic paints can be brushed on undiluted or they can be thinned and used with an airbrush. Water clean up means that your brushes and equipment will last for ages. The 10ml tub has a screw cap for mess free use and will cover a very reasonable area - certainly there is enough to cover one of our model boats in a single colour.


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LONDON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Tuesday was the 100th anniversary of British actress Vivien Leigh's birth and a reminder of a career cut short by an early death.
The Guardian paid tribute to her with a collection of news stories about her Oscar-winning performances in "Gone With The Wind" and "A Streetcar Named Desire" and such headline fodder as her 20-year marriage to Laurence Olivier, which ended in divorce in 1960.
Leigh was born in Darjeeling, India, where her father was a cavalry officer, on Nov. 15, 1913. She was educated mostly in England and attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
She and Olivier appeared together often on stage and in movies during their marriage.
Leigh's life was dogged by illness, both bipolar disorder and tuberculosis, which killed her at the age of 53 in 1967. She was rehearsing in London to appear with Michael Redgrave in an Edward Albee play and had apparently recovered from a bout of illness when Jack Merivale, an actor and her partner in the last years of her life, found her collapsed on their bedroom floor.
The Guardian headlined its obituary "Greatest beauty of her time."


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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Young drivers, put away that cellphone.
As of Thursday, using it while driving is illegal.
The new law bars anyone operating a motor vehicle under an instruction permit or a probationary license from using a cellphone or other wireless communications device except to report an emergency.
First-time violators would face penalties ranging from $20 to $40.
Wisconsin State Patrol Maj. Sandra Huxtable said the hope is the new law will deter teenagers and other inexperienced drivers from talking on their phones while driving, which can be a dangerous distraction.
The law primarily affects young drivers, but those on probationary licenses can be older and include people who were licensed in other countries.
State law already prohibits drivers of any age from texting while behind the wheel.


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Victoria Meyers architect would like to respond to conversations taking place today about new approaches to designing cities of the future center around new urban ideas, including Moshen Mostafavi's discussion from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Mr. Mostafavi's discussion of urbanism can be seen in his recently published book, Ecological Urbanism. Ecological Urbanism looks at how the world may be able cope in the future as cities become increasingly dense, using new strategies for urban and spatial design. As the need arises for sustainable dense urban development, including ecological and sustainable food sources grown locally within cities, new building types that incorporate landscape from the natural surroundings, will help mitigate the effect of millions of people living in very close and dense arrangements.
hanrahan Meyers architects (hMa) have been master plan architects for green city spaces since 1990, when hMa were hired as the master plan architects for Battery Park City's North Neighborhood. The BPC North Neighborhood was developed, under hMa's guidance, as the first high-rise green neighborhood in the world.
Idea Diagram : Battery Park City North Neighborhood Master Plan, Victoria Meyers architect for hanrahan Meyers architects click here to see more of this project on hanrahanMeyers.com. The Green Urbanist Victoria Meyers architect post
Teardrop Park South is an example of how even very dense urban spaces can still be experienced with natural light. The Park was laid out by hMa, and designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates using Heliostat mirrors to beam light into an otherwise dark park. The final park offers an array of natural greenery, native New York stones, and water to create a space that feels part of the original Manhattan landscape. The park exists as a tiny envelop of green tucked into a dense high-rise block.
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hMa has been at the forefront of designing ideas for new ways of making cities of the future since 1990. hMa's approach to urban places includes radical new approaches to creating eco-systems within places that were thought to be unnatural and unsustainable.
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All of the buildings and parks in Battery Park City's North Neighborhood were designed using guidelines developed by hMa, to create green, sustainable urban living.
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Collision of Reality and Ideology: Karen Santorum's Past and Rick Santorum's Vision of Your Future
Before marrying Rick Santorum, Karen Santorum lived with a pro-choice Ob-Gyn 40 years her senior. Today, Santorum the candidate believes the government should be able to ban contraception and abortion, and criminalize extra-marital sex and gay sex among other things. The Senator's fervent desire to deny the rest of us the sexual and reproductive choices that his own wife once enjoyed is breathtakingly hypocritical and cruel.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was amended at 3:02 pm on Monday, January 9th, 2012 to correct an error. A case cited in the original version as Lawrence v Kansas should have been Lawrence v Texas. The text now reflects the correct citation.
"When she met Rick, Karen was living with Tom Allen, an OBGYN who in the early 1970s cofounded Pittsburgh's first abortion clinic. It was a somewhat unusual pairing. Allen was the doctor who delivered Karen. She began living with him while an undergraduate nursing student at Pittsburgh's Duquesne University. She was in her early 20s, he was in his 60s…..'When she moved out to go be with Rick, she told me I'd like him, that he was pro-choice' said Allen.'"
The above quote is from an article on Senator Rick Santorum first published in a Philadelphia weekly in 2005, with similar material later repeated in U.S.News and World Report. Normally, I feel that the past sexual history of a candidate's spouse should be off limits to journalists and bloggers. But given Santorum's rising fortunes as a serious candidate for the presidency, and in particular, his astonishing views on sexuality and contraception, I believe that attention to Karen Santorum's past is warranted in this instance.
Here, as reported by the journalist Michelle Goldberg, is a summary of the Senator's position on these topics: "It's [contraception] not OK. It's a license to do things in the sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be." Included in this is birth control used by married couples. Sex, he said, is 'supposed to be for purposes that are yes, conjugal and unitive, but also procreative. Most presidents don't talk about such things', he said, but 'these are important public policy issues. They have profound impact on the health of our society.'"
Santorum also believes the government should be able to ban adultery and gay sex. Here is his comment to the press, expressing his disapproval of the 2003 Lawrence v Texas decision, in which the Supreme Court overturned Texas' anti-sodomy law:
"And if the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery. You have the right to anything. Does that undermine the fabric of our society? I would argue yes, it does."
In recent days, Santorum has restated his belief that states have the right to outlaw birth control. As he told ABC news, "The state has a right to do that… It is not a constitutional right, the state has the right to pass whatever statues they have." (The Senator, trained as a lawyer, evidently has forgotten, or chooses to ignore, that in the 1965 Supreme Court decision, Griswold v Connecticut, the Court found such a constitutional right).
What does all this have to with Karen Santorum's past, before her marriage to the Senator? In simplest terms, Mrs. Santorum was living in a situation–unmarried but cohabitating, and presumably using birth control—that has become only more common in American society since the late 1980s, when she lived with Dr. Allen. (Indeed, the only difference between Karen Santorum and millions of other Americans in similar circumstances, then and now, was the unusually large gap in age between her and her partner).
Currently married couples form less than half the households in the U.S. (with many cohabitating couples eventually going on to marry, though obviously, as in the case of Karen Santorum, not all do). Moreover, premarital sex, whether or not it takes place in the context of a cohabitating household, is nearly universal in the U.S. and has been so for decades. With respect to contraception, some 98 percent of American women who have had sexual intercourse report using contraception at least some of the time to prevent pregnancy. With respect to abortion, about which, if the article cited above is correct, apparently both Santorums once approved, approximately one out of three American women will have this procedure by the age of 45.
In short, Rick Santorum's stated policy positions, which include not only his well known obsession with abolishing legal abortion, but also his opposition to birth control and all nonprocreative sexual acts, are greatly out of step with the lives of the vast majority of Americans. Clearly, the Santorums have changed their views over time on the issues of premarital sex and contraception as well as abortion, moving in a far more conservative direction. The couple has attributed these changes to a deepening religious faith, and such new beliefs are of course their right. But the Senator's fervent desire to deny the rest of us the sexual and reproductive choices that his own wife once enjoyed is breathtakingly hypocritical and cruel.


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Saturday, February 28, 2009
Joan of Arc
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Petty Girl!
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Fake Photo Comics
Marx Indian + Marx Dinosaur = Turok, Son of Stone
Dollar Store Wolfman + Toy Soldiers of San Diego Church = Totally Fake Werewolf Comic
Marx Japanese + 1 Outnumbered Marx Marine = Marines in Battle
Marx Spaceman + Marx Dinosaur + Space Jam Rocket + Barszo Treasure Island Scenery = Weird Science
Unnameable Godzilla Toy + B Horror Movie Victims = Strange Tales
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Monday, February 23, 2009
Frank Brunner
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
Current Favorite: N.C. Wyeth
"Without a word he began to shoot."
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Friday, February 20, 2009
Robert McGinnis
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Virgil Finlay
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Sunday, February 15, 2009
Michael Kaluta
The Brave and the Bold #176. July 1981. Batman and Swamp Thing!
Doorway to Nightmare #1. February, 1978.
Doorway to Nightmare #3. June, 1978.
Doorway to Nightmare #4. August, 1978.
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Thursday, February 12, 2009
Abraham Lincoln's 200th Birthday. February 12, 2009.
Classics Illustrated #142, 1958.
Original art for the cover of the above comic.
Dell Giant, March 1958.
The Flash #210. Nov. 1971, DC Comics. Cover art by Murphy Anderson.
The Owl #2. 1968, Gold Key Comics.
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Watching The Core's trailer makes you forget you're looking at a mod for a game that came out in 1998. It's just gorgeous.
The Core is an in-development total conversion for the first Half-Life. It takes place during the resonance cascade, which is when Gordon Freeman and his scientist buddies accidentally unleashed the aliens of Xen on the Black Mesa Research Facility. Like in Opposing Force and Blue Shift, the two official expansion packs, you get to experience the cataclysm from a different perspective to Gordon's—this time, that of engineer Maurice Andrews.
The mod's been in development since 2008, so hopefully it should pop up soon. Here's hoping; I'd love to get my hands on this one. Check out the trailer below:
The Core - Official Trailer Release [ModDB]
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Obama mourns dead in Hiroshima, calls for world without nuclear arms
HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Barack Obama on Friday became the first incumbent U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, site of the world's first atomic bombing, in a gesture Tokyo and Washington hope will showcase their alliance and reinvigorate effor...
HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Barack Obama on Friday became the first incumbent U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, site of the world's first atomic bombing, in a gesture Tokyo and Washington hope will showcase their alliance and reinvigorate efforts to rid the world of nucleararms.
Even before it occurred, the visit stirred debate, with critics accusing both sides of having selective memories, and pointing to paradoxes in policies relying on nuclear deterrence while calling for an end to atomic weapons.
The two governments hope Obama's visit to Hiroshima, where a U.S. atomic bomb killed thousands instantly on Aug. 6, 1945, and some 140,000 by the year's end, underscores a new level of reconciliation and tighter ties between the former enemies.
"We come to ponder the terrible force unleashed in the not so distant past," Obama said after laying a wreath at a Hiroshima peace memorial.
"We come to mourn the dead, including over 100,000 Japanese men, women and children, thousands of Koreans and a dozen Americans held prisoner. Their souls speak to us."
Before laying the wreath, Obama visited a museum where haunting displays include photographs of badly burned victims, the tattered and stained clothes they wore and statues depicting people with flesh melting from their limbs.
Obama visited the display for Sadako Sasaki, a young girl who survived the bombing but died several years later of leukemia, contracted as a result of radiation exposure. She was the inspiration of the book "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes."
In Japan some believe that by folding one thousand paper cranes one can increase longevity. The girl folded cranes in hospital until she died.
"We have known the agony of war," Obama wrote in the guest book. "Let us now find the courage, together, to spread peace, and pursue a world without nuclear weapons." He left two paper cranes alongside his inscription, the White House said.
After speaking, Obama shook hands and chatted briefly with two atomic bomb survivors.Obama and Sunao Tsuboi, 91, smiled as they exchanged words; Shigeaki Mori, 79, cried and was embraced by the president.
The city of Nagasaki was hit by a second nuclear bomb on Aug. 9, 1945, and Japan surrendered six days later.
A majority of Americans see the bombings as having been necessary to end the war and save lives, although some historians question that view. Most Japanese believe they were unjustified.
The White House had debated whether the time was right for Obama to break a taboo on presidential visits to Hiroshima, especially in an election year.
But Obama's aides defused most negative reaction from military veterans' groups by insisting he would not second-guess the decision to drop the bombs.
Obama's main goal in Hiroshima was to showcase his nuclear disarmament agenda, for which he won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
"Amongst those nations like my own that own nuclear stockpiles, we must have the courage to escape the logic of fear and pursue a world without them," he said.
Obama avoided any direct expression of remorse or apology for the bombings, a decision that some critics had worried would allow Japan to stick to the narrative that paints it as a victim.
"We remember all the innocent killed in the arc of that terrible war and wars that came before, and wars that would follow. We have a shared responsibility to look directly in the eye of history," he said.
For atomic bomb survivor Eiji Hattori, Obama's remarks provided solace.
"I think it was an apology," said Hattori, 73, who was a toddler at the time of the bombing and now suffers from three types of cancer.
"I didn't think he'd go that far and say so much. I feel I've been saved somewhat ... For me, it was more than enough."
Mori was also consoled by the president's embrace. "It made me so happy that I thought I was walking on air," he said.
Survivors said earlier an apology from Obama would be welcome but for many, the priority was ridding the world of nuclear arms, a goal that seems as elusive as ever.
Obama has invested heavily during his term in modernizing the U.S. nuclear arsenal, and Japan relies on the U.S. nuclear umbrella for extended deterrence.
"I'm afraid I did not hear anything concrete about how he plans to achieve the abolition ofnuclear weapons," said Miki Tsukishita, 75.
"A-bomb survivors including me are getting older. Just cheering his visit is not enough."
Abe's government has affirmed past official apologies over the war but said future generations should not be burdened by the sins of their forebears.
China and South Korea, which suffered from Japan's wartime aggression, often complain it has not atoned sufficiently.
"It is worth focusing on Hiroshima, but it's even more important that we should not forget Nanjing," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters on Friday, according to the ministry's website.
China says Japanese troops in 1937 killed 300,000 people in its then-capital of Nanjing. A postwar Allied tribunal put the death toll at 142,000, but some conservative Japanese politicians and scholars deny a massacre took place at all.
"The victims deserve sympathy, but the perpetrators can never escape their responsibility," Wang said.