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National Pancake Day to raise money for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals
Fundraiser aims to raise $3 million to kick off Children's Miracle Network Hospitals' 30th anniversary
Batter up, breakfast lovers! IHOP, one of America's most popular family-friendly restaurants, known for "everything you love about breakfast," will once again invite guests to enjoy free pancakes during National Pancake Day on Feb. 5, 2013, while celebrating Children's Miracle Network Hospitals' 30th anniversary. On this day, the restaurant chain hopes to raise $3 million as the first national fundraising campaign to kick off the 2013 fundraising year for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.
During National Pancake Day, the company's largest philanthropic event of the year, more than 1,500 IHOP restaurants across the country will invite guests to enjoy a complimentary stack of IHOP's signature delicious buttermilk pancakes from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Guests will be encouraged to make a voluntary contribution to the local Children's Miracle Network Hospital or other local charities. One hundred percent of the donations will help local charities provide vital equipment, life-saving procedures and critical care for sick and injured children.
This will mark the eighth year that IHOP has held National Pancake Day, which to date has raised more than $10 million for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and other local charities. In 2012 alone, IHOP raised more than $3 million for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and other charities.
"Millions of free pancakes served on National Pancake Day mean millions of miracles for those in need," said Julia Stewart, interim president, IHOP and CEO of the parent company, DineEquity Inc. "The concept is simple, but our mission is ambitious: to save and improve the lives of as many children as possible through Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. For the past eight years, it has been a pleasure and a privilege for all of us at IHOP to participate in this worthy event, and each year our guests have proved to be incredibly generous, helping us not only reach but surpass our goal. We look forward to continuing that trend this year as we plan to once again flip and serve about 4 million free pancakes for charity."
Guests visiting participating IHOP restaurants in support of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals will also have the option to purchase "Miracle Balloons" for $1 and $5 each, throughout the month of January leading into National Pancake Day, with all proceeds going to the Children's Miracle Network Hospital. Participating restaurants will display the balloons in celebration of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals' 30-year anniversary. Those who buy a $5 Miracle Balloon will receive a $5 off discount that can be credited toward their next visit.
For more information on National Pancake Day, or to learn about Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and make an online donation, visit www.ihoppancakeday.com.
Children's Miracle Network Hospitals raises funds for 170 nonprofit children's hospitals across the U.S. and Canada, which, in turn, use the money where it's needed the most. When a donation is given it stays in the community, helping local kids. Since 1983, Children's Miracle Network Hospitals has raised more than $4.3 billion, most of it $1 at a time. These donations have gone to support research and training, purchase equipment and pay for uncompensated care, all in support of the mission to save and improve the lives of as many children as possible. Learn more at CMNHospitals.org.
For 54 years, IHOP has been a leader and expert in all things breakfast and a leader in family dining. The chain is highly competitive in its menu offering, serving 65 different signature, made-from-scratch breakfast options as well as a range of meals under 600 calories. Beyond offering "everything you love about breakfast," IHOP has a wide selection of popular lunch and dinner items, as well. IHOP offers its guests an affordable, everyday dining experience with warm and friendly service. As of Sept. 30, there were 1,565 IHOPs in 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as in Canada, Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the United Arab Emirates, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Under the licensed name IHOP at HOME, consumers can also enjoy a line of premium breakfast products available at leading retailers. IHOP restaurants are franchised and operated by Glendale, Calif.-based International House of Pancakes LLC and its affiliates. International House of Pancakes LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of DineEquity Inc.
Pancake Day is a tradition that dates back several centuries to when the English prepared for fasting during Lent. Strict rules prohibited the eating of all dairy products during Lent, so pancakes were made to use up the supply of eggs, milk, butter and other dairy products - hence the name Pancake Tuesday, or Shrove Tuesday. IHOP's National Pancake Day will take place a week before Shrove Tuesday on Tuesday, Feb. 5.


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Makes 12
225g/8oz/2 cups self-raising wholemeal flour
75g/3oz/6 tbsp unsalted butter, diced
75g/3oz/⅓ Demerara sugar
1 egg, beaten
115g/4oz/ ⅓ cup good quality mincemeat
60ml/4 tbsp milk
crushed brown or white sugar cubes or a mixture, for sprinkling
Preheat the oven to 200oC/400oF/Gas 6. Line the base of a 20cm/8in round sandwich tin and lightly grease the sides. Put the flour in a bowl, add the diced butter and rub in with your fingertips just until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs.
Stir in the Demerara sugar, egg and mincemeat. Add enough milk to mix to a soft dough. Spread evenly in the prepared tin and sprinkle generously with the crushed sugar. Bake for about 20 minutes until firm and golden. Cool in the tin, then cut into wedges to serve.

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In case you didn't remember the excitement and media frenzy that surrounded Barack Obama's election, now there's a movie to refresh your memory.
The documentary film "By the People: The Election of Barack Obama," was screened at the Cadillac Palace Theater in downtown Chicago Friday night, and will premiere on HBO Tuesday.
"It was a wonderful journey -- at a time when -- this country was so starved for idealism and a sense of purpose and a renewed sense of energy in our politics," said Presidential Advisor David Axelrod before the film's screening.
Directed by Amy Rice and Alicia Sams, the film goes through many highlights of Obama's 2008 presidential campaign with very emotional scenes.
"We just wanted to create a historical document for future generations to see and learn from and I'm pretty proud with what we ended up with," Sams told Chicago's NBC 5.
The documentary also shows never seen before footage of both Obama and First Lady Michelle talking about the months and weeks leading up to the Election Day victory.
"I had, you know, a lot of practical questions that I needed answers to before I could say, definitively that this is something that I could handle," Michelle Obama said.
Other interviews with key campaign organizers and staff members are also included in the movie, which shows the 24-hour coverage dedicated to the Obama's campaign.


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Judge rejects request to reinstate union law
State is appealing the ruling
MADISON, Wis. — A judge has rejected the state of Wisconsin's request to put on hold his earlier ruling striking down large portions of Republican Gov. Scott Walker's contentious collective bargaining law.
Dane County District Judge Juan Colas on Monday released his ruling rejecting the request for a stay.
Colas in September ruled the law stripping most public workers of nearly all their union rights violates teachers and local government workers' free speech, free association and equal protection rights.
Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen had asked for a stay while he appeals. Van Hollen's spokeswoman Dana Brueck said he will now ask the court of appeals to issue a stay.
Lester Pines, an attorney for those challenging the law, said the judge reached a correct decision in rejecting the stay.


text: Only two days to go, but those eager beavers who write for news sites just couldn't wait any longer. MSNBC asks the experts why we can't get enough of this stuff, while Henry Louis Gates, Jr. looks at Lincoln and race. And I'll bet we haven't even seen the tip of this iceberg.


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The sweet William Blake piece linked to yesterday was one of the sources of inspiration for One Day in the Garden and above is another - Korean min-hwa, or folk art. The min means people and hwa means picture (I think hwa is the Korean equivalent to the Japanese e, as in ukiyo-e, sumi-e, etc).
I spent six months in Korea and was given a nice set of books on min-hwa shortly before I left. Everything about this art is so different from everything I was familiar with - it was a whole new microverse. The two figures fighting(?) from the page above helped to create this scene and the guy in the red robe became the guy on the left here.
Kamsamnida Hanguk!!!


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For over 100 years, Laguna Beach has been a welcome home to gays and lesbians. But now that legacy is at risk.
In late 2005, the landmark Boom Boom Room dance club and the adjoining Coast Inn were sold to make way for an 11-room hotel and restaurant.
Laguna Beach has no shortage of hotel space, but the Boom is a historical treasure. Housed inside the city's second-oldest hotel, it is the oldest gay bar in the western United States and an anchor of Laguna's gay community. If the Boom were demolished, an important local institution would be lost forever.
On our website, you'll find out out what's at stake, why you should care, and how you can help SAVE the BOOM!!! This is a fight for Laguna's past and its future, and we need your support!


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Next week marks the beginning of World Fair Trade Day! It's a day to celebrate and bring awareness to the issues of labor rights and Fair Trade. Only a few days after International Worker's Rights Day, World Fair Trade Day is just as important when it comes to labor issues. It is a day to draw attention to a different way to do commerce, a responsible way. Although there are many ways to support Fair Trade in your daily life, but to celebrate the movement in one day across the world is pretty exciting!
What's more exciting is we are participating in Fair Trade Boston's World Fair Trade Day Scavenger Hunt! We have teamed up with Fair Trade Boston and Cambridge's Sudo Shoes to participate in this awesome fair trade party. The Scavenger Hunt will take place all over the cities of Boston, Cambridge and Brookline on Saturday May 12th from noon to 3pm. People wanting to participate are encouraged to RSVP and download the free SCVNR app.
All day on Saturday, participants will be visiting many locations including Ten Thousand Villages, Ben & Jerry's, and Sudo Shoes. The best part is you can win a Fair Trade prize at every location you visit! The more locations you visit, the more likely you will win one of the Grand Prizes from awesome Fair Trade companies including yours truly (Autonomie Project), Ten Thousand Villages, Equal Exchange, Haley House, Ben &
Jerry's, and City Feed and Supply.
But the fun doesn't end there! After the Scavenger Hunt ends, everyone is invited to a Fair Trade Ice Cream Social! All are asked to meet at the Equal Exchange Cafe to have delicious Fair Trade ice cream floats from Ben & Jerry's, Maine Root, and Equal Exchange.
We are super excited to be participating in such a unique and fun event for Boston area residents! If you are in the area, please join us for the Fair Trade Scavenger Hunt on May 12th and win some awesome Fair Trade goodies. Why not go?


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"Any kind of structure I make is like a walk. I don't know quite where this talk will resolve itself. It is like a journey, it detours, it comes back on itself. There are some key things, lizards are waiting over us. It all interconnects in interesting ways, or it falls apart."
|Iain Sinclair at Stroom, Den Haag, Netherlands, 25/01/2011
I made a recording of the talk and you can find it here on archive.org.
A few points I wrote down from the talk:
- Does not use powerpoint. Artificial reality is already too much taking over. People believe that computer generated images of "grand projects" really exist. Writers have to create countermyths against this poisonous imagery. Graffiti artists put up counter-images against the Olympic blue fences.
- The Olympic toxic dispersal cell mishap. Poisonous soil mixed with Japanese knot-weed. Will create triffids.
- Holds expeditions to investigate topographies under sentence of death. Memory traces. Landscapes invaded by the machinery of global capitalism. Unnecessarily destroying the local while putting up signs like : " improving the image of construction" and "we are creating a legacy".
- A columnist goes into prisons and asks what the inmates are reading. They are all reading David Icke. The wold is controlled by lizards. Looking at Rupert Murdoch you might think he is one of the lizard people.
- William Burroughs might also be one of the lizards. He became so rarefied from his years of drug use. He went to a sweat lodge and the evil spirit of American capitalism left his body in the shape of a helmet. He made painting by shooting a canvases.
|Iain Sinclair and Wilfried Houjebek at Stroom, Den Haag, Netherlands, 25/01/2011
Report of a visit to William Burroughs:
- Late afternoon, strong October shadows, goldfish flick across the surface of a pond. A cat watches from the windows of a red clapboard bungalow. The writer William Burroughs is at home, sitting near a table, a drink at his elbow. Lawrence Kansas, nowhere. The locations and accidents and that's what he says: "Property prices are favorable". He does some pistol practice and he takes his aches and pains to the sweat-lodge, otherwise he doesn't go out more than he has to. There are helpers for that. There is nothing to say that hasn't been said before. " This is when they'll come" Burroughs thought "one endless American afternoon". Waiting for the sun to sink, waiting for the moon, his hand closing around the glass. An unidentified car making a right turn. He'll notice them, quiet enough for that. Hear what they say, the absence of a convenience store, hear the banalities they say. The rustling of a map coming out of its plastic holder. The electric window, the heavy click of a secret camera. He always knew it would arrive like something out of Hemingway. The killers. Hemingway is good on death. The men in the car would have a cover story that stood up, they would have proper documentation. They would be fixed up for an interview. An that's why these days Burroughs preferred to talk on a telephone. Do it that way, keep chance out of the equation. How it was at the beginning, two nondescript Caucasians. The one in a black coat and the other with a snake tattoo on his left arm "Your name?" Burroughs said. [...]
The lecture includes many other themes: London - council politics - Christopher Wren - change - Rodinsky's room - a dream hospital - conceptual architecture - Will Alsop's mega-city vision - his free bus tour across the whole country - how magically different small parts on England are - the demise of real libraries with real books - the damage done by the London Olympic projects - prohibition of photography - future ruins - mausoleum plan for Winston Churchill - predictive fiction of J.G. Ballard - archaeology in reverse - ghost bicycles.


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'I can't believe it; a dream broke down in seconds'
Saturday 19 May 2012
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Ivica Olić and Jérôme Boateng acknowledged FC Bayern München had paid the price for failing to make the most of their opportunities as the UEFA Champions League slipped away.
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Ivica Olić and Jérôme Boateng agreed the UEFA Champions League had slipped from FC Bayern München's grasp as the German side succumbed to a penalty shoot-out defeat by Chelsea FC.
The Munich club looked on course for a fifth title when Thomas Müller finally broke the English club's resistance seven minutes from the end, but Didier Drogba's equaliser forced extra time. Bayern soon had the chance to regain the lead when Franck Ribéry won a spot kick but Arjen Robben was denied by Petr Čech, and the final moved inexorably to a penalty shoot-out. Even there Bayern gained the upper hand when Manuel Neuer saved Chelsea's first effort from Juan Mata, but Čech kept out Olić and then Bastian Schweinsteiger, leaving Drogba to seal their fate.
"Of course it's a terrible feeling, but on balance we controlled it," Olić said after his last game for the club before his summer move to VfL Wolfsburg. "We had chances and should have won before penalties; but that's football. A penalty shoot-out is always about luck. Tonight we didn't have our full concentration and Chelsea won it in the end. It doesn't matter if they deserved it or not. They did it, and I have to congratulate them."
Bayern are no strangers to final disappointments having gone down to FC Internazionale Milano in the 2010 showpiece in Madrid, although this proved considerably harder to bear. "Then we lost but we were not the better team," Olić added. "Tonight we had many more chances, a lot more control of the game and we were playing at home. That hurts more than two years ago."
Much was made of Chelsea's spirit in recovering from going behind late on, and Olić acknowledged the new champions' remarkable desire. "They fought hard, at 1-0 down they threw everything up front and got a goal from a corner – a pity really," he explained. "We only had two minutes left and Chelsea hadn't had any opportunities until then – then a corner and a goal. We were very unlucky today, but we have to congratulate Chelsea."
Bayern were moments away from becoming the first team to lift the UEFA Champions League in their own ground, and Boateng admitted having that snatched away was a bitter pill to swallow. "We are all very disappointed, down in the dumps. What can I say? We lost, but were clearly the better team. I just can't believe it. A dream broke down within seconds. We always had the advantage, we were leading 1-0, had a penalty and were leading in the penalty shoot-out. But that's how football can be."


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Health & Social Care Assessor/Trainer - Essex
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- £22965 - £24055 per annum
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We have an exciting, life-changing opportunity for a passionate Care professional to join our pioneering business as a Health and Social Care Assessor (or as we call them Regional Trainer). You will support our vision to deliver innovative teaching and learning and help our learners achieve their apprenticeships.
Whether you are already delivering in a similar role with experience of delivering inspirational coaching within the Health and Social Care industry, you are a Care Home Manager, senior carer or deputy within the Health and Social care sector, with aspirations to grow your career and share your professional skills, this is where you can have a life changing impact.
You will be:
- Visiting individuals in their work place using your vocational experience and knowledge to teach and support learners achieve their apprenticeship
- Managing your own diary to ensure you are delivering against your KPIs, arranging and attending scheduled visits and completing both company and personal administration
- Collaborating with colleagues and stakeholders to deliver an exceptional service to learners and clients whilst maintaining standards and regulatory requirements
We are looking for:
- Current and relevant vocational experience in a Health and Social Care setting
- Experience of being in a senior care role
- Level 3 Health and Social Care Qualification or above
- Expertise within Dementia , Learning Disabilities and Adult Health and Social Care settings
- Experience of working in high demand environments, to targets and tight deadlines
- GCSEs English and Maths (C or above or key skills equivalent)
- Ability to demonstrate our DNA Behaviours: https://jobs.lifetimetraining.co.uk/working-for-us/our-dna/
If you think this describes you and you want to put your skills and experience to work in a new way, this could be your life-changing opportunity. So, click apply and we can start this journey together
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- An award-winning on-boarding programme where we provide bespoke training for all ranges of experience
- A competitive salary and bonus structure. Salary for those coming to us with a minimum level 3 teaching qualification is £24055 plus bonus and for those without the qualification salary will start at £22965 plus bonus rising to £24055 once probation and Eat Level 3 is obtained through us.
- London and South East weighting is also offered on qualifying locations
- Full IT Kit supplied (laptop, mobile phone, printer, scanner)
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I have been into collecting Castle Lego for a few months now and I am nearing the end of collecting sets. Now I would like to collect more minifigs just
Black Falcons, Lion Knights (Crusaders), Black Knights, and Forestmen. I am just curious to know the average price for a fully equipped figure of each faction. By fully equipped I would say a Soldier with a spear/axe/sword, shield and helmet, an Archer with bow & arrow, quiver and helmet, a knight with sword, shield, helmet and plume (just grill helmet knights) and a forestman with cap and plume and either spear/axe/sword or bow and quiver.
I know I can go to Bricklink and look at prices for just the figure but it comes without accessories. I'm mainly just trying to know how high I should bid on ebay for sets of figures.
Any help would be nice.
Oh yes and a price on horses with a saddle, and with barding.


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Same "Touch." Different feel.
That's what star Kiefer Sutherland ("24") and executive producer Tim Kring ("Heroes") are promising for the second season of the unconventional Fox drama after its 13-episode debut in 2012. The creative team admits to tinkering with their approach to the series as the second season commences, and talks frankly about shining a light on what worked the first time around, and factoring in new elements in an attempt to amp up the dramatic elements.
What are changes this year that you felt needed to happen for the show?
Kiefer Sutherland: I think one of the odd things for me, having come off of '24,' was that we did 13 episodes. Normally, we'd be just hitting our stride around episodes 11, 12 and 13. That's what it requires to tell the story. In very many ways the season's like the second half of the first season to me, and this was where the story was going, but there is a dynamic shift. It went from a story of a father and son desperately trying to figure out a way to communicate with each other to a father who has almost been killed and has to protect his son from people who are willing to kill to get him.
Tim Kring: If you watched the season finale you saw that Martin Bohm, Kiefer's character, ended up having to take his kid and go out on the run with him. We introduced a kind of serialized engine to the show in the latter half of the season that really cranked up in the season finale. So that's the energy that we're going to take and run with in the second season.
You'd been on a successful show for such a long time and it'd been a while since you'd launched one. Did you have moments where you felt like this was a lot of work?
Sutherland: I'm sure there were moments where I thought that, but I also knew that it was going to be hard – and the irony is I think 'Touch' was probably more successful than '24' in its first season. It's very hard to get people to break up what their normal routine is and stop watching something else and watch what you're watching. It takes a lot of work. I remember it was a lot of work with '24,' and it was something that we actually never gave up on through all eight seasons. What's really nice is there was a specific group that I could tell were watching '24,' but the variety of people that are watching 'Touch,' just in ages – like elderly people didn't watch '24.' They were watching 'Touch.' Young people are watching 'Touch,' and people in between. The different responses have been exactly what we set out to try and do, and so I've been very, very happy about the thought of that.
What did you feel was working on the show so well that you didn't want to mess with?
Sutherland: I think for me personally it's the relationship between the father and the son. Every person that I run into, they like all kinds of aspects:They felt like they went on a vacation. They loved the kind of hopeful and positive nature of the show. But the one common denominator was that people really believed the relationship between this father and this son and that there was integrity and honesty in that relationship.
Kring: Yeah, that is the part that is sacrosanct, this ongoing journey that the father and son are on with one another. That stays very pure, then also there is that sense of interconnectivity that will again weave through the season, but because the stakes are higher, because the antagonists are more dangerous, because the jeopardy is heightened it's going to force us to take a different tact on the kinds of stories that we're going to tell.
Maria Bello is going to be joining the show?
Sutherland: Yeah, it's fantastic. It's phenomenal. And the dynamic of where the character is going, I think Tim referred to it once as a 'lifeboat.' If you can actually develop a relationship with someone who's actually in the same circumstance, who has the same kind of child that you do, all of a sudden your community becomes much smaller. So we'll be able to have conversations that will explain the struggle of this dynamic that were only being able to be told in kind of the narrative of the son in the beginning of every show.
Kiefer Sutherland Promises a More Connected "Touch"
The star and the series creator shift the focus slightly to amp up the drama in the second season.
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Another day, another outrageous attack on free speech. Colorado resident Phillip Greaves was arrested a week ago by Florida cops on obscenity charges. His crime? Writing a book on pedophilia called: The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure: A Child-Lover's Code of Conduct. The cops, posing as buyers on the internet, got him to mail a copy of the book to them and then flew to Colorado to arrest him.
I haven't read the book, but it is apparently not — despite the title — a book on how to abuse children, but instead on how pedophiles can conduct themeselves around children in a manner that conforms to the law.
Eugene Volokh wrote a nice post explaining why Philip Greaves has not violated the obscenity statute nor any child pornography laws. Also read this post at Sexhysteria.
I am pretty sure that the charges against him will be eventually dismissed. Even if the jury convict him, he can appeal and will be virtually certain to win. The operative word though is "eventually". Till then, he sits in jail. It appears that he lacks the money to hire a good lawyer or set himself free on bail (set at $15,000).
For a related case, read this old post of mine.


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Providing sunlight and ventilation into darker spaces in a home can be accomplished by installing skylights. Free sunlight will illuminate, and add a feeling of comfort in spaces that may not be appropriate for a window or north facing so sunlight does not reach windows. Hallways, walk-in closets, bathrooms, kitchens or family rooms all will benefit from increased sunlight and even fresh air. Once considered an opportunity for ruining a roof, improved units come with flashing to integrate the roof shingles or tiles to eliminate leaking.
How is the Roof Constructed? Most homes are designed with rafters spaced 16-inches or 24-inches apart to hold the sheathing upon which the roof shingles or tiles are installed. Skylights are created to fit within these spaces; larger skylights may be installed to provide more light and fresh air and that may require engineering of the roof system. If the roof is constructed with a truss system, and if larger skylights are desired, a structural engineer will need to review the roof and design alternative framing.
Local Building Codes will require permits in most areas for installing skylights to regulate the snow load on the unit, wind resistance, etc.
What is the Architectural Design of the Building? Depending on the historic value of the home, or the curb appeal of its design, skylights may or may not be appropriate on the street side(s) of the home.
How is the Attic Finished? If the skylight has an attic through which the light must travel, a chase will be built to provide access to the room(s) below. Positioning the skylight will be important to take into account any electrical, plumbing or HVAC equipment in the attic.
Venting - Will open and close, like awning windows, to provide fresh air. May be operated by hand, or be electric with remote control. Units with sensors to close during inclement weather are available.
Fixed - Will not open and close
Roof Window - depends upon the manufacturer, but skylights that open and "pivot" to provide a larger opening and to enable cleaning the outside may be called roof windows. Some manufacturers refer to all skylight options as roof windows, while others call their venting units roof windows. Read manufacturer catalogs and listings for their terminology.
Chase - A tunnel constructed from the skylight through the attic to the room below. The chase walls may be straight, angled or even flared to direct the sunlight and any fresh air, and to provide the view to the sky.
Flashing - Material used to deter water infiltration around protuberances in sheathing, such as windows in walls and skylights or vents in roofs.
Curb - A raised lip surrounding the skylight to deflect water around the unit.
Glazing - Glass or plastics are used in skylights for the viewing area. These units are constructed in single, double, or triple pane varieties. Double and triple pane skylights may opt to have argon gas between the panes to increase the energy efficiency. The glazing can be flat, domed, arched or created into shapes such as pyramids or barrels.
Tempered Glass - Treated by heating and cooling or with chemicals to safety standards. The glass is stronger to resist winds and debris that may hit the skylight. Should it break, tempered glass is designed to create small pieces that will be less damaging if they fall.
Laminated Glass - Two or more panes of glass are bonded with an interlayer of resilient plastic. Used in skylights to diminish fracturing of the panes from storm damage. If the glass breaks, minimal chips of glass will fall into the room below as it will adhere to the plastic laminate.Low-E coatings reduce heat transfer from the outside in, and from the inside out.
U-Factor - The measure of heat transference in a window or skylight. The lower the U-factor, the more energy efficient the unit.
Solar Heat Gain Coefficient (SHGC) - The effectiveness of the skylight in reducing heat from sunlight entering the room.
Visible Light Transmittance - Measurement of the amount of daylight a skylight transmits. To block damaging UV rays, a tinted glazing may be added to the glass or plastic panes. This will block the amount of sunlight into the area below.
Tubular Skylight or Tubular Daylighting Device (TDD) - Designed to provide sunlight through the roof into an area below through a tubular chase, which is treated with a reflective interior coating.
Glass skylights are constructed using glass panes that must be safety rated. Tempered, laminated, or even both types of glass may be used as the panes. Glass skylights will be rated for their solar heat gain and for their energy efficiency.
Plastic skylights use one of several types of plastic materials to create the viewing area. Plastic is easier to mold into shapes so it is most frequently found in arched or domed units. Shaped skylights are used to provide a larger area for sunlight accessibility.
Venting skylights will open to provide fresh air into the space below.
• Manual venting units require occupants to open and close the unit. If the skylight is mounted higher than accessible by hand, a pole is supplied to reach the crank for closing.
• Motorized venting units are electric or pneumatic and are operated by a wall switch or remote control, even wirelessly, to provide occupants the ability to open and close the skylight.
• Automatic venting units are designed with condensation sensors to open and close the skylight automatically.
Fixed skylights provide sunlight and a view to the outside and will not open and closed.
Flat pane - glass or plastic panes are flat in the skylight frame.
Dome - Usually plastic panes are shaped into high domes to collect more of the sun's rays to direct into the unit.
Angled - Glass or plastic panes molded to direct the natural light.
Pyramid - Plastic or glass that is created into a pyramid shape projecting from the frame. Mostly used on flat roofs to collect the sun's rays from several angles.
Barrel - Usually plastic formed into a high dome for providing a larger area to collect the natural light.
Blinds can be added to a skylight to block the sun's rays during the hottest time of the day or during the morning hours. Blinds will deflect damaging UV rays from furniture and carpets in the space below. Note the direction of the skylight and realize East and West facing units will provide early morning and late afternoon sunlight into the space below. Blinds can be manually controlled or by use of a remote control.
Shades may be used with skylights to provide "shade" for the room below the skylight. Shades will block damaging UV rays and natural light into the space. Manual or motorized units are available.
Motorized skylights provide the option to open and close venting units by wall switch or remote control. Motorized shades and blinds are available on these units.
Automatic skylights will open and close when condensation sensors recognize the need.
Size - Larger units will cost more than smaller skylights.
Glazing - Glass skylights cost more than plastic panes.
Venting - Add about 40 percent more to the cost. Motorized or Automatic venting will increase the cost.
Energy - Efficient Units will cost more due to the increased materials involved in construction in creating double-pane skylights. Add argon glass, laminate film, Low-E glass and the prices will continue to go up.
Installation - Consider the location of the unit on the roof, the need for flashing and chase construction through an attic.
Features - Blinds or shades will increase the price.
When a full skylight is not practical, a TDD may provide the natural light desired. Smaller than skylights, the TDD fits into tighter spaces. "Plastic" domes on the roof may be designed with prisms to draw more natural light into the unit and down through a metal or plastic chase through a diffuser into the space below. The tubular chases can be angled and extended from 12-feet up to 24-feet long to reach a lower level space.
How Much Light Is Needed: A 10" TDD will light a 150-square-foot space; a 14" unit provides daylight for a 300-square-foot area; 21" unit will light a 700-square-foot room. Depending upon the reflectivity of the tubular chase, and the length of the run from the roof, from 95 percent to 98 percent of the natural light will reach the room below.
Pitch of the Roof and Type of Shingles: A variety of flashing materials are available to seal the TDD and eliminate leaking. Also, the dome for daylight collection will be angled for best results.
Weather Zones will Require Safety Measures: TDDs are created from materials specified for hurricane and wind load zones.
Adjustable - TDDs with metal chases that angle or adjust to fit around pipes or electrical installations.
Diffuser - The panel from the chase that attaches to the ceiling of the room. Diffusers take the natural light and spread it across the area and reduce the amount of damaging UV rays.
Electric Lights - Available from some manufacturers, electrical lights may be included to provide added visibility at night or when natural light is not available.
Vents - For installation in bathrooms, laundry rooms, or anywhere moisture is a consideration, vents can be added to the TDD.
Dimmers - Used to control the amount of natural light into the room.
Size - Larger units will cost more than smaller Tdds.
Chase Systems - The longer the chase as well as the amount of angled units will add to the cost.
Features - Adding vents, dinners and electric light kits will reflect in the price.
Installation - Usually cost effective when compared to other types of skylights or windows.


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Jennifer Aniston Is Already Married, Miranda Lambert Had a Showdown With the Other Woman + More In This Week's Tabloids
We read Us Weekly, OK!, Star, Life & Style and In Touch this week — so you didn't have to. Feel free to thank us later.
This week, we learned Kate Middleton is craving sugary foods, Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux were secretly married (and then replaced with Folgers crystals), Blake Shelton made Miranda Lambert have a showdown, Khloe Kardashian-Odom was rejected by her real father, and all kinds of other really real stuff you'd have to read to believe.
Us Weekly
Secrets of the Royal Baby have been revealed to Us Weekly. The couple has already chosen a girl's name, which – according to bookmakers – is not likely to be Camilla. Kate has a cute nickname for her bump – definitely not "the great belt loosener" – as well as sugary cravings and yoga workouts. Also, Harry checks up on her when Will's away. Fully clothed, we assume.
Wynonna Judd told the mag exclusively, "I watched my love almost die." Apparently, Judd had a heart-shaped cactus she named Love - except as it turns out, she's not that good at taking care of plants, so Love the cactus nearly shriveled up. Coincidentally, her husband's name is also Cactus. Also coincidentally, this is not actually what happened. But hey, it could have.
Meanwhile, Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth have been torn apart by jealousy. This is much less physically damaging than being torn apart by wolves, and slightly easier on the ego than being torn apart by Joan Rivers. However, it does change the color of your hair and suck you through a wormhole back to Australia. It also makes you mildly more interesting for about 10 minutes.
We got an itsy bitsy glimpse inside Jenna Dewan-Tatum's baby shower. Everyone was overdressed and also pregnant. There was a cake made of diapers. All the gifts were way too expensive, but also gender-neutral so the child won't become confused until at least junior high. We looked expectantly through all the photos, but there was no actual showering to be found. Sorry. We know that would have been hot.
Big surprises in OK! Magazine, where we learned that Jen Aniston and Justin Theroux are finally married. At least in tabloid-speak. What this really means is that they went out somewhere and had their photo taken in clothing that could also double as wedding-wear on the cover of a tabloid. But their closest friend says it was a magical day. Of course, most magic isn't real, so read into that what you will.
Also, there's an update on Jen's mythical twins. Are we talking about her boobs again?
Anyway, you'll also get the exclusive story on how Kendra Wilkinson lost 10 pounds in 10 days. Don't miss the annual "puffed up" cover pic of Kendra next to an attractive "slimmed down" photo with the usual caption about shedding a pound a day. Do wonder if somewhere there is a lost-and-found box at OK! that's full of the 10 pounds KW keeps losing every year.
In some exciting news, photos of Prince Harry and Jennifer Lawrence appeared above the exclamation "It's love!" This absolutely means that J. Law is the new Duchess-to-be, even though Harry and Jen have never been seen together. Yes, everyone wants to double-date with them, but so far all we've got is a rumor that Harry finds the actress crush-worthy. Like we all do. OMG ARE WE DATING HER WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE TOO?
Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are together again - and just in time to hit the newsstands with all the other recycled faux news. This amazing feat defies the space-time continuum or proves that R-Patz has a clone since he's still in Australia after wrapping filming for 'The Rover.' These two are an exceptional couple indeed. Literally, together against all odds - and the laws of physics.
Apparently, no one at the Star has learned their lesson from Tori Spelling's angry blog post about tabloids scaring her kids by putting her face on the cover with big words and exclamation points, because Tori Spelling's lies are exposed in the Star this week.
She looks pretty but her divorce – the one she's not really having – is getting ugly. Oh, and her happy family photos are staged. But without a racous musical score, don't look for them at the Tonys this year.
You've probably been wondering what's behind Khloe Kardashian-Odom's sexy makeover. If it was "who," we'd go with Kris Jenner. No one in that family makes a move without her. Anyway, if you need a couple's costume for Halloween, before-and-after Sexy Khloe looks like a fun option.
In a big shocker, Sandra Bullock was invited to Jesse James' wedding. A source close to Bullock says James has been engaged and unengaged and married and unmarried so many times that Bullock isn't sure if she's supposed to just go to the wedding or if she'll wind up accidentally being a part of it. To be safe, she'll probably stay home to avoid confusion and accidental marrying.
And Nicole Richie has gone back to being just bones, weighing in at a whopping 92 pounds. This is according to the cover art editor at the Star and not any official scale. Although it would be pretty cool if everyone on tabloid covers who's accused of being too fat or too thin was allowed to weigh in like boxers before a prize fight.
Life & Style
The Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert drama is still alive and well at Life & Style. Now Miranda has had a showdown with the younger woman. Who must be pretty ballsy because Miranda has a lot of guns and is one helluva shot.
And of course pregnant Kim Kardashian is in pregnant hell. In a pregnant court victory, Kris Humphries proved that pregnant something was fake. It's hard to say what he thinks was fake with so many fake things to choose from. Fake family. Fake relationship. Fake marriage. Fake ratings. Fake feelings. They probably didn't even eat real cake. We're not even sure the court case is for real at this point. But this pregnant drama is still pregnant fascinating. Or pregnant over.
Someone's friends – yours, ours, Life & Style's – fear that Miley Cyrus is self-destructing. A few more meltdowns and she'll just be a puddle covered in tattoos with a bad haircut on top.
Get your OMGs ready to hear about Sofia Vergara's miracle baby. Well, don't get too excited. She hasn't had a baby – not off camera, anyway – nor is she even pregnant. And, really, "miracle" isn't quite the right word to use to describe the process of harvesting eggs from any woman's uterus. No matter how supremely hot she is. Under a microscope, we all look the same. At least that's what we tell ourselves to sleep better at night.
In Touch
A well-manicured Khloe Kardashian-Odom has been rejected by her real father. Proving he watched the last season of 'X-Factor' like the rest of us. In fact, he has chosen hush money over his daughter. What we've learned is that he's a savvy businessman. And in a moment of symmetry, Khloe's his spitting image, while at the same time probably spitting on his image.
There is possible trouble already between Sean Lowe and Catherine Giudici in some sort of 'Bachelor' baby drama. It remains to be seen - after a few dates, a whirlwind romance, photo opps, TV appearances and a new competition show - which one of the couple will discover first that the other one behaves like a baby.
In an In Touch, "You Go, Girls!" special report, Drew Barrymore and Reese Witherspoon wore bikinis to some kind of boot camp. Every woman knows that having the body to pull off a bikini before, during or after pregnancy is tough. These two are learning that having the body to keep one on during boot camp is even tougher.
Kate Middleton clearly let it slip that she is having a girl baby. Or a boy baby. So the joke's on her and the royal family because we now know it's going to be either a girl or a boy! And it's going to be a baby! We're placing our bets on them letting us know which kind of baby it is sometime in July. BRB, gotta call our bookies.


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Island getaways are the stuff of daydreams and of screensavers, but they're not all built the same. No one said they have to feature white sands, tiny umbrellas and flirty barmen named Ketut. So if you're looking for an isle with a little style, it's time to think outside the box.
Sure we can show you the sunsets of Santorini or take you surfing off the coast of Maui, but maybe a Galapagos marine expedition, Icelandic waterfalls or the boab forests of Madagascar are more your speed.
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1. Tropical Island: Lombok
2. Island of Wildlife: Galapagos
3. Island of dancing: Cuba
4. Island of geysers
5. Easter Island
6. Islands of blue water: Greek Islands
7. Madagascar
8. Island hopping: Philippines
9. Hawaii
10. New Zealand
1. Lombok
Lombok is the quiet neighbour living next to a party house (i.e. Bali). Cross the narrow Lombok Strait and you'll find yourself in a land of tobacco plantations and rice fields, where dense inland forests give way to white sands and some epic surf breaks. If you can drag yourself away from the coast, make sure you check out the enormous Gunung Rinjani, Indonesia's second-biggest volcano. The hot springs and crater lake at the top are the jewels in Lombok's very underrated crown.
Discover Lombok
8 days, from Ubud to Sengiggi
- Peruse Balinese art in Ubud
- Discover Sasak culture and cuisine
- Visit rustic craft villages
- Soak up views of smouldering Mt Rinjani
- Chill out on the secluded beaches of Gili Air
- Discover a vibrant underwater world in Gili
2. Galapagos
There's a reason the animals of the Galapagos have evolved in isolation for a couple of millennia: they didn't want to leave. The islands may be more volcanic than lush, the beaches a little rockier than the Caribbean, but the wildlife spotting in the world's most famous marine reserve is second to none. Sea lions, manta rays, sea turtles, bird colonies, sharks, migrating humpback whales –
Galapagos Venture
9 days, Quito round trip
Discover Quito's Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage site
Learn about the unique habits of marine iguanas
Be shell-shocked by giant tortoises on Isla Santa Cruz
Witness the splendor of the 150 m tall Kicker Rock
Swim with sea lions off Isla San Cristobal
Dive among white-tipped reef sharks, sea turtles and rays
Go kayaking in the Pacific Ocean
Watch the aerobatics of blue-footed boobies and frigatebirds
3. Cuba
Dig beneath the peeling pastel paint of Cuba and you'll find a heart of gold. Sure there are the picture postcard icons – cigars, rum, salsa, Cadillacs – but there are also acres of tranquil farmland, underground cave discos in Trinidad and the gorgeous Canarreos Archipelago: 350 mostly uninhabited islets just crying out for a sailing adventure. And with the recent changes to travel laws for US citizens, the Caribbean's faded jewel is about to change forever. This could be your last chance to see Cuba before the crowds.
Best of Cuba
15 days, Havana round trip
- Stroll the streets of elegant Havana
Discover Cuba's pirate past in Baracoa
Get lost in the streets of colonial Camaguey
Experience Trinidad's unspoilt beaches
Learn how to move like a local in Santiago de Cuba
Visit Cuba's Che Guevara museum
Get acquainted with Havana's neighbourhoods during a city walk
4. Iceland
Iceland is renowned for doing things differently. For starters, every Icelander is related in some way (they keep track in an app called the Book of Icelanders) and they don't go in for family names. The island also gets 100% of its power from renewable sources courtesy of the geothermal forces bubbling beneath the island's surface. But the country's real power comes from the landscapes: immense beaches of black volcanic sand, surging waterfalls, steaming hot springs and lava fields bigger than Manhattan.
Iceland Discovery
10 days, Reykjavic round trip
- Discover Iceland's history in Reykjavik
- Witness the steamy eruptions of a giant geyser
- Hike to the tongue of Europe's biggest glacier
- Travel to Iceland's 'Waterfall of the Gods'
- Marvel at lava flows in Leirhnjukur that are still hot after 20 years
5. Easter Island
Rapa Nui (that's Easter Island to you and me) is a little speck of land way, way off the coast of South America. Separated from mainland Chile by 3,700 kilometres of open water, it's a world apart in more ways than one. Of course the main drawcards are the 887 extant moai statues (not to mention a unique blend of Spanish and Polynesian culture), but travellers are also drawn to the world-class diving and snorkelling just off shore. If you like your island paradises with a dash of mystery, this is where you come.
Easter Island
8 days, Easter Island round trip
• Peruse Balinese art in Ubud
• Discover Sasak culture and cuisine
• Visit rustic craft villages
• Soak up views of smouldering Mt Rinjani
• Chill out on the secluded beaches of Gili Air
• Discover a vibrant underwater world in Gili
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6. Greek Islands
It's odd that Greek mythology is so violent and chaotic. You'd think with a world-class sunset every night, a few olive groves and an ocean of fresh seafood on your doorstep, the gods would have been a bit more laidback. Welcome to the Greek Islands, the Med's most famous archipelago. This place ticks all the boxes: sun-bleached buildings, golden beaches, unnaturally blue waters, cliff-top views and enough ancient ruins to keep you busy for weeks. Want to learn more? Look up 'paradise' in the dictionary.
Sail Greece: Santorini to Mykonos
8 days, from Santorini to Mykonos
Enjoy stunning coastal views in Santorini
Swim in the warm turquoise waters off the island of Amorgos
Eat fresh seafood off the boat at a taverna in Small Cyclades
Wander the olive groves of Naxos
Explore the Church of Panagia Paraportiani in Mykonos
7. Madagascar
Take a slice of Africa and fill it with animals, then cast it adrift into the Indian Ocean. Leave it to simmer for a few million years, than add the culture of a dozen different migrant populations. Surround it with 5,000 kilometres of spectacular coastline, 450 kilometres of barrier reef and some underwater shipwrecks, then add a few moonlit boab forests and a migrating humpback whale or two. That's the recipe for Madagascar. A lot of places claim to be unique, but this island really lives up to the label.
Experience Madagascar
16 days, from Antananarivo to Ile Sainte-Marie
- Cruise to the beautiful Ile Ste Marie
- Admire dramatic sandstone formations in Andasibe NP
- Visit the historical centre of Foulpointe
- Take a refreshing dip in the Indian Ocean
- Watch local artisans at work in Ambositra
- Revel in the romantic atmosphere of Antananarivo
- Learn about sapphire mining in Tulear
- Look for lemurs on a rainforest ramble in Ranomafana NP
- Peruse Balinese art in Ubud
8. Philippines
With over 7,000 islands to explore, each of them different, The Philippines isn't an archipelago you tick off on just one trip. Scattered like confetti into the Pacific, this Polynesian island chain is fast becoming the new frontier of Asian tourism. You've got pristine beaches in El Nido, colonial architecture in Puerto Princesa, jungle-covered bluffs around every corner and tribes lost deep in the forest. Throw in some night-time fireflies in the mangroves of Palawan and it's easy to see why people are beginning to take notice.
Philippines Island Getaway
10 days, Puerto Princesa round trip
Visit picture-perfect Puerto Princesa
Take a trip out on the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River
Walk the Batak Trek
Enjoy lunch with a local tribe
Island hop around El Nido
Relax on pristine beaches
See a firefly show Peruse Balinese art in Ubud
9. Hawaii
Its head might be in the USA, but Hawaii's heart will always belong to the Pacific. The problem is, most travellers only come here for the same experiences they can get in America: big resorts, big buffets, big surf. And there's so much more to Hawaii than that. We'll show you the lava tunnels of Mauna Loa (the world's largest volcano), take you snorkelling with manta rays off the coast of Kona and introduce you to the Humpback National Marine Sanctuary on Maui. Say 'aloha' to adventure.
Hawaiian Highlights
9 days, from Hololulu to Kihei
Surf up a storm in Waikiki
Explore a volcano on the Big Island
Sample the national dish, poke
Stretch out on the golden sands of Kihei
Revel in Kona's beautiful weather and pristine waters
Discover the sacred site of Pu'uhonua
10. New Zealand
The land of the long white cloud exploded onto the world's radar with a little film franchise known as Lord of the Rings. It was a natural fit for a ridiculously cinematic fantasy world. But the thing is, the fantasy does exist. We'll take you from tip to tip through geothermal springs in Rotorua, inky black fjords in Doubtful Sound and snow-clad mountain ranges straight from the silver screen. And considering you're sharing these delights with only four million locals, there's plenty of paradise to go round.
New Zealand Explorer
22 days, from Auckland to Christchurch
Be dwarfed by spectacular Mt Cook
Experience Rotorua's geysers and bubbling mud pools
Glide through breathtaking Doubtful Sound
Go wild in Queenstown - the adrenaline-rush capital of the world
Let Waitomo's glow worms show you the way
Savour the majesty of Mt Ruapehu
Soak up Auckland's cosmopolitan vibe
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And they aren't his first urinating infractions.
Police say a Framingham man was arrested twice over the weekend for crimes involving when and where he decided to answer his call to nature. Mark A. Thompson, 45, was first arrested Friday at 5 p.m., and then Sunday at 2:54 p.m., police spokesman Lt. Paul Shastany said. The first incident occurred at the MetroWest Medical Center's Framingham Union campus. Police went to the hospital for a report of an out-of-control patient in the emergency room. ``They went in and they could hear a loud, yelling voice, coming from a room,'' said Shastany. ``A nurse quickly exited the room, and she said, `He's urinating all over the place!' The officers entered the room, and there was an angry security guard who complained that Thompson had urinated on him." Thompson, who was drunk, was arrested and charged with disturbing the peace and disorderly conduct, Shastany said. He was released later that night after posting $40 bail, but he had another run-in with police on Sunday. Officer Phil Hurton went to Hollis Street for a report of a man urinating in the street. He recognized Thompson, who has been arrested at least four other times in Framingham this year. ``Two witnesses said Thompson came up behind them on Hollis Street and asked them for cigarettes. They said no,'' said Shastany. ``He then took his pants down and started urinating right in front of them, onlookers and children.'' Thompson, of 3 Merchant Road, was arrested and charged with open and gross lewdness. In October, Thompson was arrested for urinating on an Irving Street building in front of Police Chief Steven Carl. Thompson pleaded not guilty in Framingham District Court yesterday and was ordered held on $500 bail. He is due back in court on Jan. 23 for a pretrial conference. Norman Miller can be reached at 508-626-3823 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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An ongoing conversation with someone on the fence…
"Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay," says the Lord." Romans 12:19 ESV
In response to yesterday's blog regarding the HHS mandate and how it is wrong to force Christians to comply with socialist policies, someone wrote me the reply below. My answer follows. I have a feeling that this will become an ongoing conversation…
It may be that the young lady who wrote to me is a confused feminist, like many women are today. Misplaced anger and misplaced compassion are being fueled by a need for vengeance against the wrongs and atrocities committed against women. This seesaw has been going on in America since slavery days, and also the suffragette movement. It is a spiritual battle.
Of course being granted the right to vote; to own property; to work and receive equal pay as males; to be able to make healthy choices regarding female fertility; Constitutional Rights; all of these are genuine human and civil rights. But why did we go wrong, including deadly carcinogenic birth control methods and the killing of little human babies in mothers' wombs as part of the feminist package?
We slipped into seeking vengeance and not justice. God help us!
Tomorrow the SCOTUS will hear the PFL HHS Mandate case. Our case is in the appeals process in the DC Circuit court. While the appeal works its way through the appeals process, which can be a lengthy undertaking, we have petitioned the SCOTUS to take up the case because of its "imperative public importance."
Now, here's that conversation with CC.
Dear Dr. Alveda, this (the perspective on why the HHS mandate is wrong) really seems wrong on every level. I think the gov't and the organizations are trying and failing to do something that not even God attempts – to remove our free will. Conservatives and Christians should spend more time and resources educating people on how to make informed decisions and less effort in trying to legislate morality because the end result is the same despite the motivation. Forcing people's hands equates to slavery and is wrong, it is wrong to force people who are ill equipped to become parents and it is wrong to force people who oppose abortions to fund them. I say make abortions legal but educate people from a very young age why it is the worst solution. an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. hobby lobby should have family appreciation days and celebrate life, let their customers sell their crafts at hobby lobby flea markets and moneys collected could go to educational training programs or teen jobs or something. taking away rights in a broken system without replacing it with something better is unfortunately worse…. CC
Dear CC, Well, would you also suggest to make all forms of robbery, rape, murder and all of that legal and simply educate people at an early age about how bad all of that is? Because some may think that it isn't fair to make someone go to jail for murdering people just because it is wrong. Sometimes, people feel that they have very good reasons for stealing, killing, lying and all of that. This is often the case of abortions, many of which are the result of coercion from third parties. Many women don't want to abort their babies, yet they are dragged to the abortion mills by parents, lovers, and others. Also, what about those women who are forced to abort because of one child policies, or because a third party doesn't want an ethnically blended relative? Abortion is harmful on so many levels. After all, abortion not only kills babies, but sometimes mothers as well. Just asking. Love, Dr. Alveda


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Sunday, March 20, 2011
Johnny Mac!
And again, quite frankly, I'm good with that.
I've always been a bit of a closet Mac fan myself. Never been able to bring myself into really questioning why a career .604 OPS baseball player has been a constant part on a team rife with turnover over the course of the last six seasons, and haven't been able to heap the usual scorn reserved for those who would blindly defend his presence.
I mean.... he's Johnny Mac fer chrissakes!
Love him or hate him - and how could you, really - he's played the cliched role of human highlight reel on a team that's seen more downs than ups during the course of his time as a Blue Jay. And given the circumstances of the club, isn't that exactly what you'd like to see from a reserve middle infielder?
Of course, there have been the "bads" to go with the "goods". Those would be the times when Mac has been miscast as an everyday player. Be it by necessity or poor judgement. And let's not forget the times when McDonald, whose value lies entirely in his ability to play the shit out of shortstop and a little second base...... was drawing at-bats as a left-fielder.
But let's not dwell on those "bads". Let's not punish McDonald for the poor decisions of others. Let's celebrate McDonald, very likely (you'd think?) in his last big-league season, for what he does do and has done: defensive wizardry, a seemingly calming presence and all around good dude. Should some of those qualities ever be taken into account when evaluating baseball players? No, of course not. But we (I?) do anyway.
Hey, we don't punish Yunel for being flashy, do we? This ain't Atlanta.
So here's to you, Johnny Mac, and one more year of highlights. Looking forward to it.
13 comments:
- Nav said...
Is J-Mac the longest current-serving Blue Jay, now that Wells is gone?
- March 20, 2011 at 2:39 AM
I agree Ack. Sometimes, especially when you're talking about a bench player getting limited ABs, it's OK to just like a guy because by all accounts he's a great person, and you just know he's going to take your breath away with a jaw-dropping defensive gem every game or two.
- March 20, 2011 at 8:44 AM
- André said...
Nav: maybe the longest current-serving player, but there's still Jason Frasor.
- March 20, 2011 at 8:47 AM
- BringVottoHome said...
Amen. And let's hope that once McDonald does call his career quits, he joins the Jays system in a managerial role, working his way up like Sal Fasano. That's where his biggest value will come to the team.
- March 20, 2011 at 1:49 PM
- gabriel said...
Thanks for this paean to Johnny Mac. I'm not so sure this will be his final season. For one thing, he's probably a better option for Milwaukee than their current starter (faint praise though that may be); there could well be a team that would appreciate a strong defensive backup infielder next year. McDonald has generally hit better in the past few years than earlier in his career - another solid (for him) year at the plate may get him a contract next year.
- March 20, 2011 at 5:03 PM
- SP said...
Remember when people complained about his contract? lol
- March 20, 2011 at 5:21 PM
Yep He's kicked around the majors for 12 years with last year's 1.1 WAR a good chunk of his lifetime 2.5 . It seems utility fielders and catchers (e.g Pat Borders 1.9 WAR in 17 seasons) have some value
I've wondered whether McDonald could do anything with the bat at college. Anyone know? I'm guessing not as he was a 12th rounder.
- March 20, 2011 at 7:25 PM
- Chad said...
Why do you think this is his last big-league season?
- March 20, 2011 at 10:59 PM
In this house we refer to him simply
as "Johnny Mac Y'all"
The guy fucking rules. He can play for this team as long as he likes, as far as I'm concerned.
- March 21, 2011 at 2:35 AM
Then why put up a picture of him dropping a ball?
- March 21, 2011 at 1:08 PM
Chad: This is the last of year of his contract and he will have reached 10 years of service by the end of it. This ensures he gets a nice MLBPA pension. So, given this plus his age and poor to fair career hitting, the speculation is that he would start the transition to coaching (hopefully with the Jays). That said, I don't disagree with Gabriel that he might get another year or two somewhere. After all, playing pays a lot better than MiLB coaching! I'm guessing McCoy or Diaz are potential replacements as Defensive Wizard super-sub.
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(Nicole Miller)
Although I may be bias, I think Renaldo really hit the nail on the head with this one! He truly captured her fierce transformation into a strong and beautiful woman while maintaining her essence (with her signature braid) and the drama of the moment with the cape and headpiece.
(Rachel Roy)
Rachel Roy's interpretation is also a stunning illustration, however it may be a little too avant garde. (If anything could be avant garde in "the Capital.")
(Charolette Ronson)
The Hunger Games is currently filming and I can't wait to see it and soak up more of Peeta, Gale, and Katniss. If you'd like to see more of the designer costume designs, check out InStyle.
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Jeffrey Sheen
- Title: Professor
- Positions:
- Professor - Department of Economics
- Co-Director - Centre for Financial Risk
- Qualifications: BBusSc Cape TownMAEssex PhD Lond.
Contact Details
- Ph: (+61-2) 9850 7287
- Email: email@example.com
- Fax: (+61-2) 9850-8324
- Room: 430, building: E4A
Areas of Expertise
- International Economics
- Macroeconomics
- Labour
- International Finance
Jeffrey Sheen is a Professor of Economics at Macquarie University. He has been on the faculty of the Universities of Manchester, Essex and Sydney, and has had a visiting appointment at the Reserve Bank of Australia. He has published his research in major international journals, and his interests span international economics, macroeconomics, labour and international finance. He obtained his PhD at the London School of Economics.
Most of his recent research has been in empirical international finance and in macroeconometrics. He is a recognized expert in the analysis of the determinants of foreign exchange intervention, and has published a number of papers on interventions by the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Bank of Japan and the Fed. He has recently published papers in highly ranked journals on the following topics: intranational purchasing power parity, a state-disaggregated macro model of Australian labour markets, consumption risk-sharing within Australia and with New Zealand, non-linear Taylor rules for Australian monetary policy, state space models to estimate potential output and its normal growth rate, the natural rate of unemployment and interest, cyclical drivers of Australian labour market flows, dynamic factor models of business cycle linkages to financial markets, and the implications of animal spirits expectations for monetary policy design. In 2008-10, his research was funded by a large Discovery grant awarded by the Australian Research Council.
His Macroeconomics textbook written with Olivier Blanchard is widely used in Australia, and its third edition, which appeared in 2009, has the dominant share in its market. He is the managing Editor of the Economic Record, a member of the Central Council of the Economic Society of Australia and is on the editorial board of the Review of Development Finance. He is a member of the Methods in International Finance Network, hosted at the University of Maastricht, which includes members from Europe, North America and China.
Research areas
Prof Sheen's research has focused on the interaction of exchange rate risk and central bank behaviour, on the way financial and other risks are distributed, and on measuring how risk has affected key macroeconomic variables.
PhD Student Supervision
- Associate Supervisor of MD. Al-Amin Pramanik - PhD-Economics Research - Full Time
- Principal Supervisor of Zhe Wang - PhD-Economics Research - Full Time
- Principal Supervisor of Chamandai Marknual - PhD-Economics Research - Full Time
Media Mentions
- Jeffrey Sheen is mentioned in the Australian Financial Review
Prof Jeffrey Sheen from the Department of Economics was mentioned in the Australian Financial Review as a shadow board member advising the RBA to keep the official cash rate on hold to begin clearing the ground for rises late in 2014.
Publication: Australian Financial Review
Date: November 5, 2013
- Jeffrey Sheen - "keep an eye on inflation"
Publication: The Conversation
Title: Economic outlook weakens – but keep an eye on inflation
Date: 6 August, 2013
Author: Timo Henckel
Professor Jeffrey Sheen says we need "more time is needed to see what will happen to the real exchange rate".
"The June 2013 Australian labour force figures show a rise in the unemployment rate to 5.7%, but that was due to a rise in participation. CPI inflation remains benign. Business confidence in Australia is stronger in 2013 than 2012. The nominal trade‐ weighted exchange rate has depreciated 12.3% since March 2013, but the real trade‐weighted exchange rate has only depreciated by 2% so far – therefore more time is needed to see what will happen to the real exchange rate. Given these facts, my recommendations are unchanged from last month."
View the entire article "Economic outlook weakens – but keep an eye on inflation"
- Jeffrey Sheen talks about inflation as a member of the Shadow Reserve Bank Board at CAMA, ANU
Publication: The Conversation
Title: Central bank cuts rates to record low 2.5%: the experts respond
Date: 6 August, 2013
Professor Jeffrey Sheen shared his thoughts on inflation in Australia, in The Conversation.
View the entire article "Central bank cuts rates to record low 2.5%: the experts respond"
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Publications since 2000
- Sheen J and Z Wang 2011 'Animal Spirits and Optimal Monetary Policy' Australian Conference of Economists, July, ANU
- Ponomareva, N and Sheen J 2011 'Australian Labour Market Dynamics Across the Ages' Australian Conference of Economists, July, ANU
- Leu S and Sheen J 2011 'A small New Keynesian state space model of the Australian economy', Economic Modelling, 28, p672-684.
- Leu S and Sheen J 2011 'The Australia-Asia Business Cycle Evolution' in Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Volume 9, The Evolving Role of Asia in Global Finance, (Eds. Y-W Cheung, V Kakkar and G Ma), Emerald.
- Ponomareva, N and Sheen J 2010 'Cyclical Flows in Australian Labour Markets' The Economic Record, 86, s1, pages 35–48, September.
- Blanchard O and Sheen J 2009 Macroeconomics, Third edition, Pearson Education.
- Chaudhuri K and Sheen J 2007 'To Pool or to Aggregate? Tests with a Dynamic Panel Macroeconometric Model of Australian State Labor Markets', B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics-Topics, vol.7:1, pp. 1-35.
- Kim D and Sheen J 2007 'Consumption Risk-Sharing within Australia and with New Zealand', The Economic Record, vol.83:260, pp. 46-59.
- Blanchard O and Sheen J 2006 Macroeconomics, Second edition, Pearson Education.
- Kim SJ and Sheen J 2006 'Interventions in the Yen-dollar spot market: A story of price, volatility and volume',Journal of Banking and Finance, vol.30 November, pp. 3191-214.
- Leu S and Sheen J 2006 'Asymmetric Monetary Policy in Australia', Economic Record:82 Special Issue, pp. 85-96.
- Blanchard O and Sheen JR 2004 Macroeconomics, First edition, Pearson Education, Sydney.
- Chaudhuri K and Sheen JR 2004 'Purchasing Power Parity Across States and Goods Within Australia', Economic Record, vol.80:250, pp. 314–329.
- Kim SJ and Sheen JR 2002 'The Determinants of Foreign Exchange Intervention by Central Banks: Evidence from Australia', Journal of International Money and Finance, vol.21, pp. 619-649.
- Kim S-J and Sheen JR 2001 'Minute-by-Minute Dynamics of the Australian Bond Futures Market in Response to New Macroeconomic Information', Journal of Multinational Financial Management, vol.11:2, pp. 117-37.
- Kim S, Kortian T and Sheen J 2000 'Central bank intervention and exchange rate volatility - Australian evidence', Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, vol.10:3-4, pp. 381-405.
- Sheen JR and Kim SJ 2000 'International Linkages and macroeconomic news effects on interest rate volatility - Australia and the US', Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, vol.8:3-4, pp. 85-113.


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23rd April 2011. St. George's day.
Southampton travelled to the Withdean Stadium to face League One's already crowned champions Brighton & Hove Albion.
A win would put them in second place and put the pressure on Huddersfield Town who weren't playing. A tall order for Nigel Adkins side who were under intense pressure themselves to gain promotion.
Adkins' entered the Withdean to a chorus of abuse after comments he made about Brighton having to 'keep up' with Southampton. This was the biggest game of the season.
Ashley Barnes put the hosts ahead on the stroke of half time. Saints created a flurry of chances in the final 10 minutes but to no avail. They'd lost 1-0. A Jose Fonte header at the death ruled out for a foul in the box the closest they came to snatching a point.
Despite overcoming Hartlepool United at home in the next game, Saints were drained of confidence and went down at Brentford. Main rivals for automatic promotion Huddersfield Town kept on winning, they even succeed where Saints failed, beating Brighton 2-3 at the Withdean to leapfrog us into second place. Saints win their game in hand at Plymouth but go into the final day needing to beat Walsall and hope that the Terriers lose at home to Brentford. Saints see off their Midlands rivals, but Huddersfield secure a thrilling 4-4 draw sealing automatic promotion. Saints face the lottery of the playoffs.
Saints face local 'rivals' Bournemouth in their semi-final and overcome them after extra time in the second leg at St. Mary's to setup a final with Peterborough United at Old Trafford. Saints fail their final test and lose the playoff final on penalties. Jonathan Forte missing the decisive spot kick.
10th June 2011. Nigel Adkins and his backroom staff are relieved of their duties with immediate effect.
16th June 2011. The club release a statement from Katherina Liebherr announcing that as of today the club is for sale.
1st July 2011. Southampton Football Club is bought by a consortium of local businessmen. They talk of consolidation and rebuilding. Nicola Cortese is relieved of his duties as chairman.
4th July 2011. Rickie Lambert is sold to Brighton & Hove Albion for £1.2 million.
6th July 2011. Jose Fonte is sold to Crystal Palace for £850k.
9th July 2011. Adam Lallana and Lee Barnard are sold to Leicester City for a combined £2.8 million.
11th July 2011. Jason Dodd is appointed first team manager.
2011/12 League One.
As the new owners look to settle the club and clear what they call a 'difficult financial situation' they ensure fans that they have every confidence in the current squad and will be hoping for another promotion push.
Saints open the season at home to Bury and lineup like so:- Davis, Richardson, Seaborne, Martin, Dickson, Guly, Hammond (c), Schneiderlin, Chaplow, Connolly, Forte.
They secure a 1-1 draw and start the campaign with three consecutive ties. Dodd's side look like the summer upheaval hasn't effected them too much and they go on an unbeaten run in the league that lasts 19 games and takes them to the end of November. Although they are yet to be beaten they still trail Charlton Athletic by five points having drawn a lot of those games.
Saints suffer their first defeats of the season away at leaders Charlton and then at home to Bournemouth before getting back on track going into the January transfer window.
11th January 2012. Top scorer Guly do Prado is sold against his wishes to Birmingham City for £700k.
18th January 2012. Morgan Schneiderlin is sold to Reading for £1.5 million.
20th January 2012. Southampton announce the double signing of Matt Ritchie from Swindon Town and Tyrone Barnett from Crawley Town for undisclosed fees.
Saints find their form again despite supporter unrest given the transfer dealings of the club in January. The club's owners move to reassure the fans that no business was done without the best interest of the club at heart.
With eight games to go, Saints are still within three points of automatic promotion, sadly those eight games would see them have their worst run of the season, losing four and eventually finishing 4th, twelve points adrift of 2nd placed Sheffield Wednesday.
Saints overcome Milton Keynes Dons in the playoff semi finals before facing Sheffield United in the final at Wembley. The game ends 0-0 after extra time and goes to penalties. With the scores at 7-7, the captain Dean Hammond steps up knowing if he scores Saints are back in the Championship.
To be continued…


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Halloween Tricks and Treats
By: Morgan V. Robbins, RD, LD, at Lexington Medical Center
Halloween is just around the corner, and while it tends to be filled with tricks and quite a few treats, life is all about balance. Here are a few healthy tips so the scale doesn't get too scary.
-Want a healthier option for trick-or-treaters? Try offering animal crackers, pretzels, cereal bars, or stickers for a healthier alternative to candy.
-Attending a Halloween party? Be sure to get some sort of exercise in the day of the party.
-Don't skip meals! Skipping meals can lead to over indulging later in the day; eat a good meal two to three hours before the party.
-Think balance- enjoy your favorite Halloween treat in moderation! Have a small handful of candy corn, not the entire bag.
Here are two healthier recipes to bring to this years Halloween festivities:
Peanut Butter Banana Eyeballs
Keebler® Townhouse Wheat Crackers
1 banana, sliced
Mini Chocolate Chips
Peanut Butter
1. Spread peanut butter onto entire cracker
2. Spread honey over peanut butter
3. Please slice of banana in the center of the cracker
4. Place mini chocolate chip (point down) into center of banana to serve as pupil
* Use things like Nutella, cream cheese, jelly, apples, cinnamon, fruit loops and marshmallows for other varieties of eyeballs.
Pumpkin Veggie Tray
A large serving tray
1 large bag of baby carrots
1 cucumber
1 head of broccoli 1 carton veggie dip
Three Ramekins or small bowls
1. Create an outline for your pumpkin by laying some of the carrots out in an oblong circle. Once the carrot outline is set, fill in the circle with the rest of the carrots.
2. Remove enough of the carrots to create a cucumber-filled smile, set the carrots you removed on top of the other carrots within your pumpkin
3. Place halved cucumber slices in the space you created for your carrot pumpkin's smile
4. Fill your ramekins with the veggie dip and place them where you want the pumpkin's eyes and nose to be
5. Slice off the stem of the broccoli head. Place the broccoli at the top of your pumpkin
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Some Holocaust / Auschwitz facts on Holocaust Memorial Day
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, on this day in 1945 Russian soldiers finally liberated the Nazi extermination camp of Auschwitz. To mark this anniversary here are a few interesting facts about Auschwitz and the Holocaust.
Auschwitz II – Birkenau, was built in October 1941. It held more than 100,000 prisoners and housed gas chambers capable of disposing of 2,000 people a day. By 1944 some 6,000 people a day were being killed;· Auschwitz III – Monowitz, supplied forced labour for the nearby IG Farben plant, the company which made the Zyklon-B gas used in Nazi death camps;
No one really knows how many people died during the four and a half years of Auschwitz's existence; Estimates range from 1.1million to 1.5million people.
Only an estimated 11% of Jewish children who were alive in 1933 survived the Holocaust.
In total 90% of the Jewish population in Poland died: some 2.8 million people.
Out of a total of about 7,000 guards at Auschwitz, including 170 female staff (the most infamous was Irma Grese, the 20-year-old daughter of a dairyman), 750 were prosecuted and punished after Nazi Germany was defeated.
More people died in Auschwitz than the British and American losses of World War Two combined.
A unit in Auschwitz where valuables snatched from incoming prisoners were kept was known as Canada, because Canada was thought to be a land of untold riches.
Nazis at Auschwitz offered some non-Jewish female prisoners the option of 'light work'. As the women soon discovered, 'light work' meant prostitution.
Josef Mengele's scientific experiments at Auschwitz often involved studies of twins. If one twin died, he would immediately kill the other and carry out comparative autopsies.
Denmark was the only Nazi-occupied country that managed to save 95% of its Jewish residents. Following a tip-off by a German diplomat, thousands of Jews were evacuated to neutral Sweden.
Some Jewish prisoners secretly wrote eye-witness accounts of the atrocities of the gas chambers and hid them in bottles or metal containers buried in the ground. A number of these accounts were discovered after the war.
These facts were taken from the brilliant Holocaust Survivors and Remembrance Project: "Forget You Not"™


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The Government says it will move as quickly as possible to implement all 16 mine safety recommendations made by the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the tragedy at Pike River Coal Mine.
The Government's plan to implement the recommendations was released today.
Cabinet have agreed Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce, acting Labour Minister Christopher Finlayson and Energy and Resources Minister Phil Heatley will oversee the implementation of the Government's response to the Commission's recommendations.
Mr Joyce said the Government would put into effect the 16 recommendations of the Commission, aimed at addressing systemic failures in the health and safety regulatory regime, as soon as possible.
"We owe it to the families of the victims of Pike River to ensure we follow through promptly on every recommendation the Royal Commission has made," said Mr Joyce.
The implementation plan details the Government's actions to-date on carrying out each of the 16 recommendations.
Mr Finlayson said the implementation plan showed the Government were seriously taking action to meet the goal of having all recommendations in place by the end of next year.
An independent Taskforce on Workplace Health and Safety has been given responsibility for advising the Government on several other key recommendations by the Commission, including the best structure and form of a new independent regulator for workplace health and safety.
Mr Finlayson said Government will decide early next year what form the new independent regulator would take. He said the taskforce would advise the Government on other key recommendations by the end of April next year, when it is scheduled to report back on New Zealand's entire workplace health and safety system.
The Government has appointed an expert reference group on mining safety and regulation to provide advice and independent scrutiny to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment in developing a more effective regulatory framework for all mining in New Zealand. A new framework will be consulted on mid-2013.
The new regulatory framework will cover all mining in New Zealand - not just underground mining as recommended by the Royal Commission, said Mr Finlayson.
The changes will also address the recommendations for worker participation in mining health and safety management, more detailed health and safety management responsibilities for company directors, and statutory mine managers, management training and emergency management planning.
EPMU assistant national secretary Ged O'Connell welcomed the implementation plan, saying it was good news for miners and their families.
"Mine safety is a matter of life and death for our members, so we are pleased to see the Government recognises the importance of implementing the Royal Commissions' recommendations without a reservation or delay."


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Google Selects Kansas City for Its Ultra High-Speed Internet Project
Last year, Google put out a call to communities, asking for their interest in becoming an experimental site for the company's plans to build out an ultra-high speed Internet network. Over a 1000 cities applied for the chance to get Google Fiber, and Google has just announced its selection: Kansas City, Kansas.The proposed network will clock in at speeds about 100 times faster than what most households in America currently have access to, reaching about 1 gigabit per second.The new network will be built in conjunction with the city, according to Google, which says it plans to work closely with local organizations, businesses, and universities as the infrastructure is built. Bringing Americans better access to high-speed Internet is part of this effort from Google and is also part of a U.S. government initiative as well, with its National Broadband Plan. The government recently released a map of broadband availability in the country, highlighting how much work needs to happen to bring better (or in places, any) high-speed Internet access.Access is part of the problem, but so is speed. As we consume more video online – for business and pleasure – broadband speed becomes increasingly critical. Google also hopes that by supporting high-speed Internet, it will in turn spur more innovations around technologies that depend on it, particularly around universities and hospitals.Google says that, pending approval from the Kansas City's Board of Commissioners, the service will be available beginning next year. It also says it's looking at ways to bring the same Internet speeds to other countries. Top Reasons to Go With Managed WordPress Hosting audrey watters Related Posts Why Tech Companies Need Simpler Terms of Servic… Tags:#Google#web A Web Developer's New Best Friend is the AI Wai… 8 Best WordPress Hosting Solutions on the Market


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Lemon Icebox Pie
I've never been fond of the saying "when life hands you lemons, make lemonade".
Really? Who drinks lemonade with just lemons? You need water and sugar. Which I translate in life as being tears and love.
I'm not much of a complainer but this last week and a half has been brutal. Between the flu virus floating around (which I just saw a report on the possibility of it being West Nile Virus... Ummm, I don't THINK SO! Who needs WebMD to terrify you when the news is just as bad).
On top of that my husband had a flat tire and work is crazy. There. Done with complaining. But without a few shed tears and my loving family I'd be in an institution.
So, I took my lemons and made icebox pie. Talk about melt in your mouth! This is so quick to make and is everything right in the world. I made a meringue to top the pie but it failed... miserably. I can't say I'm surprised after this week.
Oh well.... It's more than delicious without.
For the Crust:
3 cups Nilla wafers
1/2 cup pecans
6 tablespoons butter
6 egg yolks
2 cans sweetened condensed milk
3/4 cup lemon juice
First, make your crust. Place all 3 ingredients into your food processor and pulse until the butter coats the crumbs. Press into a pie pan or 10" spring-form pan. (If using a pie pan, you might have left over filling).
In your stand mixer, combine the egg yolks and condensed milk at medium speed. Set the mixer to low and slowly pour in your lemon juice. Mix until thick and incorporated. Pour over your crust.
Now, you can either whip up a meringue to top this or place in the oven at 325 degrees for 25-30 minutes. You will want the filling to be set.
It isn't called an icebox pie for nothin'! After pulling the pie from the oven, let cool completely on a wire rack.
Then place in your refrigerator for 6 hours to over night.
Trust me, it's worth the wait....
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