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Drew – Episode 10: By The Gawping of my Thumb | Outslander
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Drew – Episode 10: By The Gawping of my Thumb	Here we go again!
I guess some stuff happened in this episode, but after two episodes of Excitement! Danger! Swordplay! this one is a bit of a let down. Looking about at other recaps to try to remember what happened revealed a whole lot of discussion of the opening scene, wherein Jamie plays Claire’s cello.
Here’s a cat demonstrating:
So when the lasting impact of your episode comes from something that happened in the opening scene and your runners up are 1) dancing in the dark and 2) coats, there’s not a hell of a lot to talk about. This was a “moving the football” episode, the sort of play that grimly just moves the plot forward a few yards until 1st down and a new strategy can develop.
Look at me all using a football analogy!
Outlander has a handful of plots that it follows to advance the story and this episode deals with all of them, so no wonder it’s so disjointed. The show tries to bring stuff together, but really Claire and Jamie are off doing their own things.
Plot the First: Jamie vs the Legal System
As the show occasionally recalls when it needs stuff to happen and dudes to yell at each other, Jamie has a price on his head for a murder he didn’t commit. He probably has more of a price on his head for breaking, entering, and partially blowing up and English fort, but whatever, for some reason this one particular murder that happened before the show started is more important than the other people Jamie has killed/assaulted since the cameras started rolling.
Ned, aka Sad Ben Franklin, has a plan. Maybe they can get Jamie off the hook if the main guy on his case, Black Jack Rackham, is sent away for Crimes Of Extreme Jerkitude or something. Why nobody smacks Ned upside his head and demands to know why he didn’t bring this up before the disastrous meeting with the jerk deserter, I have no idea. Dude is seriously not good at his job.
Anyways, for the Writ of Jerkitude to stand, they need the backing of someone with influence in court. Luckily, the Duke of Sandringham is on his way! And he’s more than just a goofy name! He’s a goofy person, too! Claire tries to stay involved in the plot by using her Powers of Future Knowledge (and flashbacks, which since she’s remembering something that didn’t happen yet, are technically flashforwards) to blackmail the Duke into abandoning his boy Rackham and getting with the hero, Jamie.
While I admire Claire for not getting drunk upon meeting with the Duke (she’s learning!), I do question what her plan was (beyond staying involved in this subplot). She meets with the Duke without Jamie knowing and threatens the fop with “help the Jacobites or I’ll tell everyone that you help the Jacobites.” I guess this works because the Duke is one of those bored, world-weary fops, the sort that has a scribe recording all his witticisms, and he wants to enjoy the dog-and-a-bicycle show that is Claire trying to scheme. What would have happened if the Duke was all like “Nope. Also, thanks for telling me you came here alone. Sorry to hear about your impending ambush on your way back to Castle Mudflap.”? Does Claire have any leverage beyond her word? A word, remember, that would not be backed up by her claiming to be a minor noble or whatever because a creature of court like the Duke would have seen right through it.
But the Duke knows the show must go on, so he agrees to help Claire on the condition that Jamie appear in that duel scene we’ve been seeing in the opening credits for the past few months. Jamie does so and though he manages to avoid a shoulder wound, he does pick up a bunch of all over wounds when he cheeses off the rival clan that the Duke was dueling against. Note that they play the same jaunty, upbeat music for Jamie fighting three dudes that they did when he whipped Claire with a belt. Just sayin.
Still, Jamie’s service pleases the Duke and the fop snatches the Writ from the Highlander’s bleeding form and scampers off to hold up his end of the bargain. Of course, Jamie has now angered the Clan McDonalds, so look forward to the Hamburgler creeping into Castle Mudflap late at night with murder in mind.
Plot the Second: Claire vs. Friendship
Claire decides to play the heavy and starts smacking Larry around for leaving her poorly made crafts under other people’s beds. Larry gawps a bit but then climbs out on the insult limb of “No, YOU shut up!” before boasting that she didn’t make that Etsy disaster at all – she bought it from Crazy Eyes!
Despite this being a show about a person who fell through time after touching some magic rocks, neither Claire nor the show itself give any credibility to magic. Something magic happened to Claire and rather dwell on it and actually suspect people who claim to be witches are, she rolls her eyes and barely plays along. (Actually, she usually rolls her eyes then calls everyone else backwards monster who stick sick babies in trees thinking they’re changelings rather than trying to cure them.) So why would Claire, who does not believe in magic, seek out Crazy Eyes, who Claire knows does not have magical powers, to ask about the ‘Ill Wish,’ that Claire knows is literally a bundle of twigs and mud?
Because the costume designer made Geillis “Crazy Eyes” Duncan a rockin coat, that’s why.
But a coat that awesome requires so backstory, so the show has to establish that Crazy Eyes needs a coat. They do this by having her writhe around in the woods naked. Claire, who can never resist a woody dance-off, creeps up and creeps out watching another woman get down with nature. Also, turns out Geillis is pregnant with Dougal’s kids because of course she is.
THEN we get to see the coats. They’re pretty awesome. There’s some stuff with a dead baby on a hill but who can think of that when there’s fur linings to admire?
Oh, and Dougal’s wife dropped dead at some point. Dougal has a big ole freak out about it, but the woman died as she lived – offscreen – so who cares, right? I immediately suspect Something’s Up because he’s all tryhard about his grief, but who knows, Dougal’s characterization is so uneven (Master Schemer! Fooled by Streams!) that they could have a scene of him eating a watermelon while roller skating over baby ferrets and it would make about as much sense as whatever weirdo mood swing he’s up to this week.
Anyways, there’s a quick plot crossover as the Duke shows up at Castle Mudflaps to cut into a ceremonial pie or something and Geillis poisons her husband, Mayor MacFart. Claire immediately suspects Geillis, who being mostly eyeballs has a hard time hiding her SHIFTY GLANCES before bursting into tears. Claire says nothing, even though it would take like five minutes of going through Crazy Eyes’ stuff to find the poison (cyanide, which everyone knows smells of bitter almonds, a scent no one has ever smelled even once). Dougal is out of favor with Colum, so why not speak up? Is it because he conveniently became a widower? There is zero investigation into Farty’s death, no doubt because nobody wants to get close to the corpse.
Dougal is exiled and Jamie is sent with him for show reasons. Jamie has to be out of the picture because…
Claire stupidly heads down to Geillis’s hut to confront the murderess? Because a mysterious note said to? Forget it, kid. It’s Show Reasons. Anyways, she ends up there just long enough for the two of them to be arrested for witchcraft.
Is it really that easy to get someone yoinked out of their home and thrown into jail for witchcraft? I mean, I live around the corner from site of the Salem Witch Trials and work around the corner from where one of the “witches” lived and I don’t think it was as easy as pointing at someone and saying “She’s a witch!” even if you do it in a sad kiddie voice with big teary eyes. You need some sort of clout behind you to makes your accusation stick. I wonder from whom doth the clout come?
Surprise! It’s Larry! The girl who knows Claire and Geillis are witches because she bought “spells” from each of them. No doubt, ala Principal Skinner, she was only there to learn how to get away from there.
Still, you go Larry! She who gawps last gawps best!
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splatblog: September 2007
OK, so it was technically a fortnight ago but I'm only just back home*/in internet-connection-land, and besides the whole two week long holiday to celebrate my 30th felt like a gigantic extended birthday to me. I'll post something about it properly once I've caught my breath a bit (and read some of my Friends page which is sitting at skip=80 - eek!) but I just wanted to say thanks (again) to everyone who came along, sent things, text messaged, (and in one spectacular case) called to sing happy birthday onto my voicemail! You've all contributed to making this year my best ever birthday.
*got home last night, just waved off the last of visiting friends and am still unpacking
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Anyone who's been to my house in the past few months is likely at some point to have tripped over three part finished canvasses that have been lying around* waiting for me to get round to completing them so they could go up in the living room and cover some of the very bare walls in there. Well this weekend I finished 'em and I'm quite pleased with the result: an impressionistic window on Sutherland in autumn.
For far flung and/or impatient people I've uploaded a photo here but if you're likely to pop by any time soon you might want to wait as I think they work better in person.
*update: or perhaps not, Keith for one had no idea I had a work in progress on the go, and he's been round plenty since I started them. They've obviously been less obvious than I thought... I'll admit their unfinished-ness probably kept them more prominently in my mind than they're likely to have been in anyone else's
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The last two nights going to bed I've found a spider in it, the same one I think... this is a little disturbing but makes for an excellent blog post title.
Holiday in a week! can't wait!
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Israel Book Review : From Falasha to Freedom: An Ethiopian Jew's Journey to Jerusalem Paperback – 21 Aug 2016 by Shmuel Yilmah ( Gefen Publishing Company)
From Falasha to Freedom: An Ethiopian Jew's Journey to Jerusalem Paperback – 21 Aug 2016 by Shmuel Yilmah ( Gefen Publishing Company)
From Falasha to Freedom” is an autobiographical saga of one of the pioneers of “Operation Moses” and the Ethiopian community’s integration into Israeli society. Falasha, defined as “stranger” or “landless”, was used as a derogatory name for Ethiopian Jewry
From Falasha to Freedom is too short! Schemuel's transfixing account of his "journey" at 11 years of age in rural Ethiopia to his impressive achievements in Israel today touches but the tip of his astounding saga and the thrilling exodus of the Ethiopian Jews.
Not unlike Moses and his people, Schemuel and his family confront the ultimate questions: Will they leave everything- land, house, belongings, friends, animals, community, country-for their religious beliefs? Do they dare begin the march into a recognized dangerous unknown with only the faith of their mothers and fathers as their luggage? Thanks to a brave, ingenious uncle and a wise resolute grandmother, their unequivocal response is a courageous, Yes!
Schemuel's personal story, with drawings, photographs, maps and a glossary, highlights the prodigious trek out of Ethiopia to Sudan through barren desert; up and down stupendous mountains; facing wild animals, bandits, inescapable hunger and thirst. Wonder, fear, pride, terror, confusion, relief fill the pages. Too briefly Schemuel illustrates the complex forces that were at play to create his exodus - a civil war, guerrilla fighting against an oppressive Communist regime, an encroaching famine, massive migration of millions of non-Jewish Ethiopians to Sudan, a Jewish State and a Jewish organization poised for rescue AND eons of longing for Jerusalem.
Glistening examples of strength, valor, determination, perseverance, and ingenuity permeate From Falasha to Freedom. Schemuel may no longer sit around the fire like his ancestors recounting his story, but he has written profoundly and poignantly so that not only his children, but also the world may understand and appreciate his cultural roots and community's history.
A people's dream of centuries and 2000 years of yearning are compressed into this one little book. Let From Falasha to Freedom be an inspiration for other Ethiopian Jews to write their story and, Schemuel, please, write more!


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Category Archives: Kitchen Cupboard	Sun Tea in the Desert	18
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We have all this “free energy” here in the desert of sunny California. I use it to line dry my clothes, grow some veggies all year round, and make my sun tea.
Well, here is my tea for today. Chocolate peppermint my sister brought back from England and my personal favorite Lavender Chamomile Tea (found at the local grocery store but you can get some here). I put about 6 tea bags in my half-gallon mason jars I bought myself last year for a birthday gift and fill it up with water. If I am in an exotic mood I’ll add some lemon to it. Then I place it outside, up high enough from little hands and let it “bake”. Right now we are experiencing temperatures of 80F.
So here is today’s tea….
and here is today’s weather report…
Dilemma? Weather report says 20% chance of rain. I’ll believe it when I see it but in the meantime, cloudy with a no chance of sun tea.
Next time, I think I need to get one of these for my tea. We just might put Uncle Si to shame with how much tea we go through.
Eat more Kale	11
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Why is it that we almost step not just 10 feet away, but out the door and onto the side walk away, when we hear the word, “Kale”. It’s harder to give away than Collards or Swiss Chard, never understood that since I use it the same as I do the other ones. But I get it, new things are always a bit daunting.
Here is a simple dish using Kale.
4-5 cloves of garlic diced (Love me some garlic!)
2lbs of chicken diced
Bunch of kale washed and chopped
Saute’ garlic and onion in a bit of olive oil on medium-high heat, don’t let it burn but get it a nice golden color.
Add chicken after 4-5 minutes. Sprinkle with taco seasoning (I love to make my own using salt, pepper, paprika, cayenne (a pinch mind you!), cumin, chili powder, and oregano.
Cook until the chicken is almost done and add the kale. Kale can take a while to cook which is why I add it before the chicken is fully cooked.
Tonight I served it with quinoa (don’t shudder!) asparagus, and small amount of refried beans because my kids have been eating like cows lately.
Why I do not shop every two weeks- Budget friendly ideas	04
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Tagsfrugal living on a budget, menu planning	The great thing about doing what is best for your family is that quite often you will reevaluate what you are doing and if it works for you and if it really is what is best for your family. Recently this was in my budgeting and my groceries. I have tried to do biweekly shopping trips because I have read all over the web how that is the best saving tip out there. Maybe it is and I am doing it wrong. I switched to grocery shopping every week though because quite often I would make my menu, go grocery shopping for the two weeks and then when the second week came along a lot of the things I had planned were eaten. I can’t really blame it all on the kids, or even my husband. We work hard. I would even plan snacks out to prevent this but inevitably I would end up making a second or third shopping trip during the week or last minute have to come up with something new. That can get costly. Just sayin’.
I get my grocery ads every Wednesday in the mail. I look them over. I will then go to the fridge and the pantry and see what we should try to use up. I will write them down. Then I go back to the add, see what is on sale and see what we can incorporate into our menu.
We have a budget of $100 week for our family of 6. It seems like so much writing that out especially when I was at $40 a week at on point with the four of us. But the prices of food are so crazy right now. Approx $3-$5 a dozen of eggs! I don’t even buy beef anymore and that is not just cause it doesn’t fully agree with me but it really is just not frugal! I know I am not the only one that faces these kind of challenges. So hopefully you can figure what works for your family and what options you have available for shopping. We have 2 options here for grocery shopping. Since we are a gluten-free family and my husband has a serious diet challenge to help with his health sometimes it seems more costly then ever. For the record, we have always been gluten-free. You don’t have to buy special gluten-free foods. I don’t. I am gifted a lot because I have generous friends that give them to me when they are done but for the most part they just don’t fit within our frugal budget category.
So, that being said, I made inventory (dark brown tab), I made my menu (laminated sticky note pad from Studio Oh! . I like these because you can make a menu and then pull the shopping list off. They also have really cute designs available. Anyway, make my menu, write out the shopping list. If I have a coupon that will be useful, I am sure to note it so I don’t forget it. The “s” and the “a” tell me which store. Sometimes I put prices next to items that I may not necessarily need but are a good price. That way if I write it down and see that I don’t need it when I am in the store, I am reminded why I wrote it down. This is a relatively small list this week. I also get a vegetable box from the local co-op group for approx $40 a week. I have found this to actually be cheaper or about the same cost as veggie buying from the local store. The thing is sometimes its different stuff like rutabaga, Jerusalem artichokes (not really artichokes) turnips, etc. Thing you may not be use to cooking. I have liked it. I’m really learning how to use different vegetables and can barter a lot of my fruit for more veggies. I really do want to do the Pantry Challenge for February and use what is in the pantry as our main source. I like to do this before the hot weather comes because we loose a lot of our pantry stuff due to rancid and whatnot. Anyway… That is my plan for this coming week.
So, that is one reason why I don’t shop biweekly. It is actually saving us money in the long run I think. I keep trying to go back to biweekly every so often but for my stage in life this works great.
Meal Planning- Lunches	22
Tagsbudget friendly, Gluten Free, lunch ideas, Simple recipes	Ever since I can remember, lunches have been very difficult for me to serve. I never feel like doing another meal so soon after cleaning up the last one. My kids have bottomless pits so the proverbial peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, lighter lunch type things never go over well and I feel in the end it takes more work, not less for those kind of lunches. Also, being gluten-free and buying $6 loaf breads is not healthy for the budget and my kids haven’t exactly embraced the lettuce wrap alternative we healthy mothers choose. 😉
This week I wanted to try something different. On Monday I made 2 dishes. 1 huge Crockpot of Taco Soup (see simple recipe below) and 1 large Dutch Oven size pot of Potato Soup (recipe below). 2 soups. I buy cheese blocks because it’s cheaper that way and I grated a good amount for all. I think divided it up between 3 mason jars. (We did Taco Soup for lunch that day so no picture is shown of the food we ate) and there we go.
3 meals all done. It took me maybe 2 hours tops. Each day I have pulled out a mason jar of soup for the four children and they have left the table satisfied. I also made gluten-free cornbread muffins using a cornbread recipe on Google and just substituting the flour for the GF flour blend I have.
Since I am doing Trim Healthy Mama right now, I have found alternatives for me. Potatoes are not allowed on my diet right now. I had a salad with tuna one day, taco soup the other, and yesterday was broccoli, beats, and chicken salad. I think today will be a good day for tuna salad wrapped in lettuce.
Taco Soup (Sodbuster way)
1- 1lb bag of the following beans;
Soak over night with a TBSP of Apple Cider Vinegar for easier digestion. Next day cook with a bay leaf, 1-2tsp of salt, 1/2- 1 tsp cumin, chopped onion (dried or fresh, doesnt matter), 1tsp of garlic powder, and I like to add a pinch of cayenne.
If you start this first thing in the morning (say 7:30) then by noon you should have cooked beans.
Add to Crockpot along with;
1-2 jars of Mexican diced tomatoes (I did 1- qt jar of my canned tomatoes and 1 15oz of Mexican diced tomatoes)
1 jar of mild diced chili peppers
1 recipe of taco seasoning (I like this recipe)
1 can of red kidney beans (15-30oz whatever is handy)
1 can of corn (I left out because I am avoiding corn right now)
1 can of chopped olives.
If you want to keep this thrifty- stop here and turn on low for 5-6 hours. Serve with sour cream, cheese, and cilantro. Also corn chips if you do corn. 🙂
However, if you have meat eaters, you can add 1-2lbs of cooked ground beef in taco seasoning. (If you do this, leave out the salt in your taco seasoning other wise it can get a bit salty.)
Potato Soup with added Leek
This is not my recipe. I stole it from a friend, tweaked it a bit, and I absolutely LOVE it. I try to make it often enough without too often so we can enjoy it again and again!
5-6 potatoes cubed
1-32oz container of chicken broth (hint- I have found MSG free chicken broth at the dollar store… however, it does seem to be more on the salty side. If you use it, don’t add salt to this recipe until you know how salty it will be.)
(I like to add about 1/2 tsp of paprika to it!)
3/4 lb kielbasa or other meat, bite-size
1 (10.75 oz) can condensed cream of chicken or whatever soup (gluten free option is Progresso Mushroom soup)
1 Leek washed (trust me, these things need to be stripped and washed!) cut the white end off at the root and then rinse/wash the stalks and then cut from white part to about halfway up the green. When it goes from a lighter green to a medium before it hits the darker color is about where I stop. Don’t want it too chewy.)
1/2 to 1 cup cheese (optional)
1. Combine potatoes, Leeks, broths, milk/water, parsley, (paprika) oregano, bay leaf and bring everything to a boil. Reduce heat and continue to simmer until potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes.
2. Stir in kielbasa, condensed soup, and cheese if you choose until warmed and a little thickened.
3. Season with pepper and serve hot.
No, I didn’t burn the Rice Crispies!	26
TagsGluten Free desserts, Rice Crispie Treats, Rice Krispie Treats	I made Rice Crispie Treats tonight for our monthly Church refreshments. I have a horrible habit of burning the butter. I don’t mean too. I try to keep an eye on it but inevitably, I blink and there it is turning that brown color that makes you cringe and ring your hands. Do you throw the butter out? Waste it and try again? I can’t. The frugal person in me screams no. Well, tonight I got smart. I bought Barbara’s Brown Rice Crispies at the market yesterday, used my $2 off coupon that I must brag about. That way, if I burned it again, no one could tell! Right? Brown rice/ healthy treats are always blamed for the off-taste they give….
Well… I didn’t burn the butter! What an accomplishment that is for me. Whew. We all know how easy it is to make Rice Crispie Treats but here is how I made a little twist on the recipe;3TBSP of butter (coconut oil does not work. Just fyi)1 bag of Marshmallows (I have found the larger ones to work better than the mini)1/2 cup of unsweetened coconut (Just enough to give it that hint of a coconut taste but not too much that it takes away from the rice crispie flavor) 6 cups Barbara’s Brown Rice Crispies.
The result 4.5 stars!!!! It needs something to really pizazz it I think but I truly believe this is the best Rice Crispie Treat I have ever had. Maybe a bit of chocolate drizzled over it. Chocolate makes everything taste the best. If you rather not pay $5-$6 box of Barbara’s or would like to find and easier excessible brand, Kelloggs makes a Brown Rice Krispie, I can’t promise the same outcome though. These have a rich darkness to them that I have not seen in Kelloggs.
I would love to know if you use this adaptation of mine. How did you like it?
Coffee Shop Fudge Recipe~ A Christmas Tradition	14
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I was trying to find my recipe for a friend and couldnt believe how much more improved I’ve made these without updating!
Lemme start by saying, I still dont have a microwave and honestly, the chocolate comes out more dry when you DO use a microwave. Do it the double boiler method.
4 TBSP STRONG coffee brewed, room temperature.
nuts optional.
Butter 9″ square baking pan. Melt chocolate chips.
Beat cream cheese, butter, melted chips, and vanilla until smooth.
At low speed, beat in yogurt, cinnamon and nuts.
Press evenly in the bottom of prepared pan. Cover and chill atleast 2 hours, preferbly over night. Cut as desired.
I love this recipe because it does not call for powder sugar like a lot of recipes I have do. I cant eat powder sugar due to teeth sensitivities so this is a wonderful way to enjoy it. I made this again tonight with only 2 TBSP of coffee and we all agreed it needed a bit more. Play around and make it *your* fudge. Being Thrifty Moments~	18
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TagsBeing thrifty in the kitchen	I admit it doesnt look like much but its how I turned one canned soup into 2 full meals for us and made it more healthy.
I took a large can of Campbell chicken rice soup (gotta be gluten-free you know) and put it in to heat up for dinner. It looked unappetizing so I decided to zing it up a bit with some fresh veggies… then my mind went to town, why not try to get a couple more meals out of it? So I chopped up a full gallon bag of swiss chard stems (you could easily use celery), carrots, and yellow squash. I saute’d them in butter and curry and added them to my soup.
It definitely tasted better a plain ole’ soup… but it wasnt a really good pot o soup.
Just one more way of being thrifty around here…
Gluten Free- Dinner Recipes; Broccoli and left over beef	25
TagsGluten Free dinner ideas	Sometimes its not all that creative to try to come up with dinners with left over roast and whatnot. Sure you can do BBQ Beef sandwiches, stir-frys… but after a while you want something new and exciting… well at least we do. LOL
I found this recipe tonight and made it. Its a hit and we love it. So I thought I would share it with you. Recipe source found here-
http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1727,154186-236202,00.html
BEEF – BROCCOLI STIR FRY
Read more about it at http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1727,154186-236202,00.html
1 sm. chuck roast, cut in thin, sm. pieces
1 lg. head broccoli, cut up
1 lg. can sliced mushrooms
3 tbsp. cornstarch & 1 c. water
Heat oil and garlic in wok until garlic turns light brown around the edges. Then put in beef immediately and stir until brown. Then add soy sauce, beef broth and juice from mushrooms. Stir and simmer 15 to 20 minutes.Add cut up broccoli, carrots, and mushrooms. Stir into beef mixture. Cover and simmer 10-15 minutes. Stir once or twice. Take 1 cup water and stir in cornstarch. Add to stir fry to thicken. Serve over rice.
Do you enjoy cooking? Adventures? Etc?	13
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TagsCookbook cooking blog	I just wanted to share my good friend’s blog.
Marla is going through a cookbook with a goal to make every recipe in there with her girls. I thought it was so sweet and she’s blogging about it. If you want to share in her journey you can find her blog here… she’s already posted her first recipe… and it looks yummy!
http://cosnerkitchen.blogspot.com/
About Marla,
“I am wife to a wonderful man and mom to five loving and vivacious children! I am a part-time history teacher on the side, but my main occupation is being a mommy to my amazing kids! I have a 16-yo daughter, a 14 yo son, an 8-yo son, a 6 yo daughter and a 4 yo daughter. Life is good!!”
Anyway, just thought I’d share that with you all! 🙂 Cookin’ with a new budget and a new diet…	16
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Well, part of our 2 week “vacation” was to go about 3 hours away for my husband to try a natural treatment center for his depression/anxiety/and chronic fatigue/etc problem. The Dr. diagnosed him with Epsteinbar virus.
Now, I am not sure what that means medically, but I learned about the dietary habbits that we’ll be doing.
No chicken, turkey, or cheese, on top of our already
No nothin’ diet.
OH VEY WITH THE POODLES ALREADY!
So, I’ve had to completely adjust our budget to allow for meat for protien and lots of more veggies.
Good/bad news is, Hubby is going down every Friday for treatment. 3.5 hours away. With 2 children. Yeah. It may not be hard for some, (KUDOS to you out there!) but I’m exhausted. LOL. BUT They have inexpensive produce down there in SO CA. I couldnt believe the prices on some of those things! WOOT! Last week we did our first trial run of going down and coming back in one day… and we hit bad traffic. Going 45minutes away took 2hours, and then we stopped for a rest for a couple hours hoping that we would miss more traffic… ha ha ha. Shows what kind of city slickers we are! Another what should have been 45 minutes took another 1.5 hours. But I am so impressed with how the children behaved. I think they have realized that crying/fussing does not change our circumstances, but attitude can. Hmmm, need to remember that one. “Out of the mouth of babes…”
So, I have been trying out new recipes, working with a different budget. So you can get an idea of how excited I am about getting such good produce deals…
I would pay approx $45 for 2 bags of produce here in town…
I paid this last week, $30 for 5 bags of produce. WOO HOO!
Anyway, Last night was LifeAsMom’s Spanish Rice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjpdMbuLt1E), with homemade refried beans cooked in a bit of bacon grease and garlic salt, with green beans, and corn tortillas.
Pot roast found on special for $2.++lb + the $2.50 Managers Special coupon used = $4.43 for 3lbs
potatoes from our .99c 3# bag of potato special 1/2 a onion (big onions), 2 carrots that are no longer crispy ;), rice left over from last night, corn tortilla’s and avocado cause they are starting to go bad. I will use the leftover roast to make enchilada’s according to this recipe for tomorrow. Tomorrows Menu:
http://www.lavictoria.com/2011/01/13/shredded-beef-enchiladas/
Mashed Cauliflower (or how to trick your children with mashed “potatoes”.)
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/george-stella/mock-garlic-mashed-potatoes-recipe/index.html
Fried Zucchini – http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/print/sautaed-zucchini-recipe.html
So far we’re not breaking the budget! 😀
So, do you need breakfast ideas?
Pumpkin(or other fruit) Oatmeal Bake Preheat oven to 350 and grease a mid sized casserole dish.
In a large bowl mix moist ingredients:
1 small can (or 1/2 a large) of pumpkin puree
4 Tbs melted butter or melted coconut oil
1 cup of milk (We used Almond milk for my dairy-free girlie)
Add in the following dry ingredients:
One apple (diced)
1 Tbs cinnamon (we like a lot of the spices)
a pinch of allspice and a pinch of cloves
1/2 tsp REAL salt (any salt would do, we just use this kind)
Pour into prepared casserole dish
Top with a tiny sprinkling of brown sugar
Bake 350F for 45 minutes
Serve each portion drizzled with a generous amount of maple syrup (very important) and a bit of cream.
Some versions leave out the vanilla or the apple. Others add in dried cranberries or raisins. Quantity of eggs differs greatly from one source to another…Some have the maple syrup baked in instead of drizzled on each serving…
We’ve done it with banana and blueberries, just banana, strawberry and mango its very good.
Oatmeal done in the crockpot (we live at 0’dark thirty so I need something quick and easy)
Cook on HIGH 1-2 Hours (recipe says low but we found its better on HIGH)
3 cups of soy,almond, skim milk, or fresh goats milk
2 cups of old fashion (GF) oats (can be bought through co-op or Amazon)
1/4 cup chopped walnuts (or almonds or whatever you have)
1 (6oz) container of vanilla yogurt) OR 1/3 cup of plain yogurt and 1 tsp of pure vanilla extract
Put all ingredients but yogurt in the crockpot, stir and turn on low (High) for 1-2 hours stir occasionaly.
Stir in yougurt. P.S. I added the yogurt in and we liked it that way too. 🙂

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Cowboy boots and an Apron: Do diet fads work?..The beginning Part 1
Ok so I know I have talked recently about how I am doing this on my own, and let me be the first to say I have tried almost EVERYTHING shy of surgery. Before I go any further, I want to say finding what works for you is not necessarily going to be what works for everyone, if you are going to stick to something forever then it has to be something you are WILLING to do FOREVER. I know that seems like such a long term statement, but lets be serious being healthy isn't something that should be short term. So lets start from the beginning for me.
When I was 14 years old I lost the best man I had ever known. I was a daddy's girl and my world was completely turned upside down. I gained nearly 40 lbs in less than a year and it showed. I hate looking at my 8th grade graduation pictures I look so swollen, and I remember how painful it was to walk into the stores to find a dress (yes we did that). I wanted to look like everyone else, because lets face it the rest of my world did not fit in with anybody else ( at least that is what I thought). My anger and sadness grew daily, but what did I do? well I ate my feelings. It seemed to work for me (insert: BS comment). I was miserable, and it showed from the outside in. So of course what comes after 8th grade graduation? High school. So not only was I miserable and feeling disgusting I was starting what was supposed to be some of the best years of my life. I knew I needed to do something, but since my dad went to every sporting event I had in Jr. High, playing them without him there seemed so wrong, and even more painful. As I write this, I am tearing up, not because I am sad, but because I am so grateful to have learned so much in 12 years.
So I started from square one, I counted calories. I didn't "exercise" outside of school because I figured P.E. was enough. Little did I know then, but I needed something I could continue on, and pickle-ball just isn't realistic. I still had not learned the true meaning of being healthy. All I was focused on was wearing the clothes that my friends were wearing. Now mind you I never really got made fun of to my face that I am aware of, but that doesn't make it any less painful to be the only girl without a boyfriend, or to be able to wear a bikini in the summer, and to look cute in tank top and shorts at the fair. I realize most of you are probably thinking how superficial- Be real...I am talking High school people, in a small town none the less.
So counting calories worked I lost about 30 lbs, and kept most of it off. I tried the hearbalife one summer as well....umm BARF..gritty milk shakes are not my idea of delicious. On to fad number 3, Starvation- yeah that didn't so much stick more than a couple days, although I did attempt another form later on. Once in college, I stayed pretty neutral, no freshman 15 for this girl, but I already needed to lose still. I ended up gaining some back, and lost another 20 lbs by just not eating- boys and college are stressful and this girl had not gotten over the emotional eating or lack there of. That summer I gained some back- I looked fairly unhealthy before.
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Clean wood floors and furniture the same way, but feel free to rub a little harder than you would rub glass if necessary. You'll remove dirt and deodorize your floors in a healthy way that's easy on the pocket book.
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Patent US6706479 - Bio-chip, photoluminescent methods for identifying biological material, and ... - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA method detects binding of molecules, advantageously without tagging molecules in the sample. A sensor is used in which is included a single stranded nucleic acid sequence and a photoluminescent material in respective layers. After the sensor is exposed to a biological sample for sufficient time for...http://www.google.com/patents/US6706479?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6706479 - Bio-chip, photoluminescent methods for identifying biological material, and apparatuses for use with such methods and bio-chipsAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS6706479 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 09/870,986Publication dateMar 16, 2004Filing dateJun 1, 2001Priority dateOct 5, 2000Fee statusLapsedAlso published asCA2424722A1, CN1484710A, EP1322787A1, EP1322787A4, US20020042070, WO2002029102A1Publication number09870986, 870986, US 6706479 B2, US 6706479B2, US-B2-6706479, US6706479 B2, US6706479B2InventorsRavi F. Saraf, Sanjun NiuOriginal AssigneeVirginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (22), Non-Patent Citations (15), Referenced by (4), Classifications (47), Legal Events (4) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetBio-chip, photoluminescent methods for identifying biological material, and apparatuses for use with such methods and bio-chipsUS 6706479 B2Abstract A method detects binding of molecules, advantageously without tagging molecules in the sample. A sensor is used in which is included a single stranded nucleic acid sequence and a photoluminescent material in respective layers. After the sensor is exposed to a biological sample for sufficient time for its single stranded nucleic acid sequence to bind to a material of interest, photoluminescence from the sensor can be measured. An apparatus for tagging-free detection of binding of molecules also is provided. Methods of making tagging-free sensors are provided. Also, tagging-free methods to detect binding of antigens and related devices are disclosed.
We claim: 1. A tagging-free method to detect the binding of untagged single stranded nucleic acid to an untagged material of interest, comprising the steps of:
(A) providing a sensor comprised of a first layer and a second layer wherein said first layer comprises an untagged single stranded nucleic acid and wherein said second layer comprises a photoluminescent material, and wherein said first layer and said second layer are separate layers, and wherein said second layer comprises material selected from the group consisting of aromatic polymers, doped or undoped metal oxides, sulfides, arsenides, tellurides, and nitride and phosphide nanocomposites; (B) exposing said sensor to a biological sample for sufficient time for said untagged single stranded nucleic acid to bind to an untagged material of interest in said biological sample; (C) applying light to said sensor; and (D) measuring photoluminescence from said sensor, wherein photoluminescence measured in said step of exposing is indicative of binding of said untagged single stranded nucleic acid to said untagged material of interest. 2. The tagging-free method of claim 1, wherein the single stranded nucleic acid is selected from the group consisting of DNA, RNA and PNA.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION The invention generally relates to nucleic acid, and more particularly, to binding of single stranded nucleic acid with biological material of interest in a sample to identify the material.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Nucleic acids such as deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), ribonucleic acid (RNA) and protein nucleic acid (PNA) are fundamental components of matter of living organisms. Nucleic acids generally speaking consist of certain constituent parts, or base pairs. The permutations in which these base pairs may be arranged is vast. Nucleic acid sequence analysis, i.e., determining the identity and sequence of the base pairs of a nucleic acid sample, is an important technology. Deciphering nucleic acid sequences is important for disease diagnosis, drug design and understanding of various biological mechanisms. Before 1996, traditional methods laboriously �read� the gene sequencing one base pair at a time.
Around 1996, Affymetrix developed a massively parallel sequencing approach, using a DNA chip with which several base pairs can be read simultaneously. A monolayer of specific single stranded DNA (ssDNA) fragments is assembled on an array of pixels (�1-100 μm2). The type of ssDNA may change from pixel to pixel. These ssDNA fragments act as �chemical tweezers� to pick the specific complementary tagged ssDNA from the sample to form double stranded DNA (dsDNA), i.e., a hybridization process occurs. The hybridized region is observed by a fluorescent label applied to the DNA in the sample before exposure to the ssDNA probe fragments. The process is speedier than single-base-pair methods, is specific, can analyze multiple nucleotide sequences, simultaneously can process hundreds of gene sequences and their alterations, and uses advantageously small chips. Practical applications of the parallel sequencing technology include: Affymetrix' study of p53 gene malfunction (i.e., mutation) responsible for cancer (especially breast cancer); Merck's study of changes in DNA sequencing as the cell beings to rapidly proliferate (to understand tumor formation); Incyte Pharmaceutical's disease-specific chips for drug design. Also, massively parallel, quick, sensitive and accurate bio-chip methods may boost the Human Genome Project.
However, Affymetrix' approach tags unknown to-be-sequenced DNA with a fluorescent dye�altering the sample so that it generally cannot be reused for other tests. Also, because the Affymetrix chip at each pixel has about at least a 5% error margin, the chip includes many repeated pixels, to manage the error margin. The fabrication process for Affymetrix' chip is expensive, requiring lithographic technique.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It therefore is an object of this invention to provide methods and products for detecting the hybridization state of a nucleic acid molecule, without needing to tag the sample. The invention can be used to perform sequence analysis of unknown nucleic acids, such as DNA sequences. Several genes can be probed simultaneously. Sequencing according to the invention is relatively simple and quick, while providing precise and accurate sequencing information. The invention provides a bio-chip and other products for simultaneously analyzing one or more specific nucleic acid fragments (such as genes) in a solution.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION In a first preferred embodiment, of which FIG. 1 is exemplary, the invention accomplishes nucleic acid (such as DNA, RNA or PNA) or protein sequence analysis without tagging (such as fluorescent dye tagging), and provides products and apparatuses useable for such tagging-free sequencing. Binding of molecules to a single stranded nucleic acid sequence can be detected without using conventional tagging. The invention uses a material that is photoluminescent, which broadly includes a material that glows at any wavelength or that luminesces because of photons. The invention uses application of light, and the light input may be ultraviolet, visible, infrared or other light, without limitation.
In a preferred embodiment, the single stranded nucleic acid of the present invention is attached to a photoluminescent material. A preferred example of the attachment is by grafting. �Grafting� may include covalently bonding a portion of the single stranded nucleic acid to the photoluminescent material (e.g., by an amine linkage from lysine or histidine), or it may include physical adsorption on the photoluminescent material, or other joining mechanism that associates the single stranded nucleic acid and the photoluminescent material in a manner which leaves a portion of the single stranded nucleic acid free to bond to other biological materials of interest. Examples of the photoluminescent material include, without limitation, an optically active thin film, aromatic polymers, matrix materials that include metal oxides or sulfides such as ZnS doped with Mn, etc.
It will be appreciated that sequencing according to the invention may be accomplished without any tagging of the DNA to be tested. This no-tagging feature will allow probing �before� and �after� structure of DNA when subjected to a stimulus. For example, mutation of a gene due to UV radiation can be analyzed by the disclosed DNA chip. A probe according to the invention can probe kinetics of the mutation processes, location of the mutation and, importantly (in the presence of a drug) evaluate the role of the drug-action on inhibition or acceleration of certain mutation processes.
The invention also in a further embodiment may be used to probe DNA �before� and �after� physical or chemical treatment, which may be particularly useful for drug design applications.
The self-alignment property is important in lowering the cost of device fabrication. For example, if 100�100 μm features at 1 mm period are made on a 25�25 mm substrate, over 600 combinatorial can be simultaneously performed. Such deposition geometry can be performed by existing dispensing systems common in microelectronics manufacturing or by micro-pipetting. The former is especially preferred because the process can be expedited to the order of 600 depositions in less than 100 seconds, with reliability. FIG. 4(d) shows the resulting surface with portions of two different types of ssDNA labeled ssDNA-1 and ssDNA-2.
Preferably the functional groups are highly polar to achieve selectivity. By functionalizing discrete regions of the polymer surface, the ssDNA can be grafted �locally� confined to these regions. Preferably these regions are about 100 by 100 microns so that it will be convenient to micro-pipette different ssDNA sequences in different surface modified regions. Thus an array of known ssDNA of various sequences can be deposited on the substrate 1. Because the functionalized surface is highly polar and the polymer (such as polystyrene) is non-polar the DNA solution will self align on the functionalized regions due to surface tension.
In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the optically active layer 2 of the device of FIG. 1 instead of being a nanocomposite is a photoluminescent polymer. Such a device may comprise a two-layer structure of a monolayer of ssDNA grafted onto a polymer thin film. The polymer thin film may be one that is optically active such that it has fluorescence when excited by radiation in the UV region, preferably in the vicinity of 265 nm wavelength. For example, the film may comprise polystyrene. The film may be deposited on an appropriate substrate depending on the intended end-use of the probe application. When the device is exposed to UV light (�265 nm wavelength), the photo-active polymer film will emit light and the device may be used as set forth above for a device in which the optically active layer 2 is a nanocomposite.
Next, the block copolymer is subjected to a surface treatment that etches the surface to expose the discrete phase and in the same process activates the surface of the discrete phase. However, the etched �matrix� polymer is not activated. Subsequently, the structure is exposed to precursor solution of inorganic and/or organo-metallic salts in a solvent system that does not attack the block copolymer. The salt(s) react with the activated surface to form a selective deposition on the exposed surface of the discrete phase.
FIG. 14 shows a schematic of an exemplary process flow to make a chip according to the invention. Polymeric �blobs� 6 ranging in size from about 10-1000 nm are produced on a substrate 1. The blobs may be on a random or periodic array (see FIG. 14(a)). Subsequently a single stranded nucleic acid molecule 3 a is attached (such as by grafting) to each blob 6. Depending on the size of the blob and the number of bases in the nucleic acid sequence 3 a, the number of nucleic acid sequences 3 a per blob 6 may range from about 1 to 10. For blob diameters below 50 nm and nucleic acid molecules having more than 80 bases, the number of nucleic acid molecules is likely to be one per blob.
In FIG. 15(b), the block copolymer thin film 8 is spin cast and annealed to form a monolayer of the microphase separated spheres. Then the matrix is etched by ozone or plasma to form isolated A-spheres 8 a. Subsequently the sphere 8 a is annealed above the glass transition temperature of the polymer to form polymer �blob� 88 (see FIG. 15(c)). In the next step, the surface 1 a of the substrate 1 is modified by anionic groups (see FIG. 15(d)) to provide modified blobs 88 a. The group used for such modification may be a strong anion that forms a salt when exposed to an aqueous solution of Zn, Cd, Pb or Hg salts. Upon annealing (see FIG. 15(e)) to form annealed blobs 88 b and exposure to H2S, II-VI calcogenid nanoparticles 9 will be formed (see FIG. 15(f)) in the blobs 88 c. To provide the highest photoluminescence, a typical nanoparticle may be doped, such as, ZnS:Mn or ZnS:Ag. The former has highest photoluminescence intensity around 265 nm which is close to the maximum absorption of nucleic acids in the UV-region.
A �digital� approach may be used in fabricating a bio-chip according to the invention, in which the probe sites are arranged on a periodic array with 10-50 nm scale periodicity. A discrete, periodic arrangement will allow for absolute nucleic acid count with high sensitivity and accuracy, and low noise/error that otherwise arises due to overlap of signals from adjacent fragments in an �analog� method. Compared to conventional bio-chip technologies, the inventive methods and products are useable with sample sizes 103-104 smaller. Also, the array fabrication may be based on a relatively inexpensive and highly parallel self-assembly approach instead of expensive lithographic techniques.
EXAMPLE 1 A block copolymer film of polystyrene (PS)/polybutadiene (PB) was deposited on a silicon (Si) surface to produce a highly ordered discrete phase of PS spheres. See FIG. 8. The structure was then exposed to plasma containing water vapor to etch the butadiene and modify polystyrene. FIG. 9 shows a typical etch curve (for polybutadiene) indicating the amounts of etch as a function of exposure time. To confirm that the surface modification is indeed selective, pure polymer PS and PB were exposed to similar treatment. The wetting angle for water, in FIG. 10, as a function of plasma exposure clearly indicates that PS is modified and becomes highly polar (i.e., wetting) however, PB is not modified in any significant manner. Particularly, FIG. 10 shows that the contact angle of water decreases on PS but remains high for PB as the treatment time increases. The activated surface is immersed in Zn-salt solution and exposed to H2S to form ZnS. FIG. 11 shows a typical field-emission scanning electron micrograph (SEM) where the PS spheres are bright compared to the PB matrix. The brightness of PB is attributed to presence of high atomic number Zn compared to low atomic weight materials (i.e., C and H) in the matrix. In FIG. 11, ZnS nanoparticles on a block copolymer are shown, and notably the PS discrete islands are spherical and bright compared to the matrix indicating that the ZnS is confined only to PS. The random arrangement of PS spheres is due to over-etching of PB. Photoluminescence (PL) spectra of the resultant sample shown in FIG. 12, which shows photoluminescence from ZnS particles, indicate that the typical emission peak at �420 nm is strongly blue shifted by over 100 nm indicating the presence of nanoparticles of ZnS. The strong blue shift is an indication of quantum confinement effects indicating a nominal size of <3 nm ZnS particles.
EXAMPLE 2 Using self-assembled block copolymer monolayers and high anisotropic etching, a structure is made by grafting ssDNA fragments (x) on a nanoparticle coated polymer blob. The blobs (made of polystyrene (PS)) are arranged periodically on a (silicon) substrate. The periodicity and size of the blobs is in the 10-20 nm range (see FIG. 14(a)). The direct band gap semiconductor nanoparticles are embedded in-situ in the polymer to ensure nominally monodispersed size distribution and to simplify the process. The luminescence excitation will be tailored to the maximum at �260 nm (close to the absorption maxima of DNA). As the ssDNA is grafted, the luminescent light in the visible range will be attenuated from I0 to Ii. Thus by measuring the difference ΔI=If−Ii as the probe sites with x grafts are exposed to a ssDNA mixture the amount of y fragments can be quantitatively calculated. The calibration constant relating ΔI and number of y attached to the substrate is determined exactly since the number of x sites are known. To achieve measurable contrast, i.e., ΔI�10% change, the minimum ssDNA size is a 50 base pair sequence. For 50 base sequence ssDNA on 20 nm pitch array, only one chain per blob is possible due to lateral size of the gaussian chain (see FIG. 14(a)). A total array size of 104 μm2 is sufficient to measure I0, Ii and If for nanoparticle monolayers with a conservative quantum efficiency of 25% and detector acceptance angle of 30�. This way, a sensitivity to measure 2.5�107 ssDNA (or �10 femotgram) per array is possible. By making an ensemble with several arrays of different ssDNA grafts and connecting each array to a 100 μm diameter optical fiber, a parallel analysis of several fragments can be achieved.
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AMERICANS AND MANDELA - The Washington Post
AMERICANS AND MANDELA
By Juan Williams By Juan Williams June 29, 1990
The loudest applause Nelson Mandela received from the joint session of Congress he addressed this week came when he mentioned the very American names of quintessential American heroes. With the Stars and Stripes behind him, he said George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson fought off oppression to demand democracy and human rights, and he was fighting oppression too. There was a standing ovation.
When he had the instinct to immediately follow those names with the names of black American heroes -- Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. DuBois and Martin Luther King Jr., the applause crested again, with the unusually large number of black Americans in the House gallery leading the ovation.
Mandela hit responsive chords with those American names because the truth is that during his visit to the United States he has become a vessel for American emotions about the American experience of freedom struggles and race relations -- an affair Mandela has absolutely nothing to do with.
In fact, Mandela has even resisted any suggestion that he give his opinion of American race relations. The most he has had to say is that he condemns "racialism" wherever it is found and that it can tear at the fabric of a society. And he has said that black Americans do not have to deal with the "color bar" that limits black opportunity and achievement in South Africa. Therefore, he argues, black Americans have expertise and wealth to offer black South Africans.
Later, in response to a question about similarities between the struggles of blacks in South Africa and the United States Mandela pointedly said that American blacks can go to court and appeal to "a legal system which allows them all the basic rights which are available to other population groups ... they can rely on the Constitution and enforce their rights." And in an apparent reference to Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, he added that those American courts include black judges "who have ridden to the top as far as the judiciary is concerned ... who have become famous judicial figures, indeed, and whose judgments are studied throughout the world."
That is hardly radical stuff. In fact, Mandela's words sound very much like a surprising stamp of approval for America's handling of its minority population that might enrage more militant black Americans.
His attitude is in keeping with the generally open-minded attitude black South Africans have toward South African whites; an attitude lacking in the tension evident between black and white Americans. Mandela has repeatedly stressed that the system of apartheid -- not white individuals -- is to blame for the condition of black South Africans. He welcomes whites into his home, into the upper ranks of his anti-apartheid organization and remains friends with his jail guards.
Yet for all his distance from the American reality and emotional feel of American race relations, Mandela has unleashed a spring of emotion in black America and in white America. After his speech to Congress he told a small group that his reception in the United States has been "beyond my wildest dreams." He has been overwhelmed at the emotional outpouring of ticker tape parades and even the mob scenes he generates as he rides by in his car.
The truth is we don't cheer the reality of Mandela so much as we cheer what he stands for in our national psyche. One part of him reminds us of George Washington, another of Martin Luther King Jr. There are elements of conservative and liberal in all he says and does. No matter what our political stripe, we can all pick out a color in the Mandela rainbow that allows us to join in the national celebration of Mandela.
He is an easy hero for all but the most doctrinaire of conservative whites because despite his socialist leanings and advocacy of anti-government violence he is the champion of a clearly oppressed group and he leads them in the name of democracy. Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) went up to Mandela after his speech at the Capitol and told him that George Washington was not a pacifist, and the conservatives never asked the freedom fighters in Nicaragua to lay down their arms. Mandela smiled broadly.
Mandela's heroism, like a good American action movie with John Wayne or Clint Eastwood, triggers a psychological high that we all want to experience. Consequently, Mandela's struggle is reduced to good vs. evil, to one man standing strong in the face of oppressive military might. This is what America sees when it rains down ticker tape and hosannas on Nelson Mandela.
In the euphoria, Mandela helps Americans gloss over the difficulties of their own moral choices on troubling issues such as affirmative action. Recently, Jesse Jackson and Black Muslims have been talking about reparations for the victims of slavery. Well, is that every black person or people who can prove they were related to slaves, or what?
Mandela doesn't present us with any of these dilemmas. He is a man who was in jail for 27 years because he opposed the "obscenity" of denying people their humanity because of race. That is not in doubt.
Mandela stands alone, tall, in American eyes because he simply has maintained his sense of purpose in fighting for his rights -- a fight we are familiar with. He is not rich, he doesn't run anything and he doesn't hog TV cameras or credit. We have made him an apolitical character, really. More important, we see him as the underdog who triumphed. Americans love underdogs, and we love winners.
Juan Williams writes for The Washington Post Magazine.

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North American M-Scow Association: The 2017 Eastern M-Scow Championship Regatta
The 2017 Eastern M-Scow Championship Regatta
2017 M-Scow EasternsSeaside Park Yacht ClubSeptember 16, 2017
The 2017 Eastern M-Scow District Championship was held at Seaside Park YC on September 16th. It started out with very light winds coming out of the South, and would eventually build in speed, clocking over to the East. Race 1 started with a one lap windward leeward, with the finish to leeward. The wind favored the boats going right, building a lead in more wind that died as we approached the windward mark. As we rounded the windward mark, the wind shifted East for a long reach into the finish. Kate Faranetta sailed a great race in very tough light conditions to take first, followed by Bill Warner Sr., Janet Davis, and John Dietz, respectively.
Race 2 featured building breezes, as in building from 2 miles per hour to 6 miles per hour. Another one lap windward leeward. Zach Higham quickly took control of the race, getting to the windward mark ahead of Kate Faranetta, and Peter Bentey. Kate Faranetta may have received some help from her crew, multiple North American Champion Tim Faranetta, as they passed Zach Higham downwind for the win. So race 2 finished in the order of Kate Faranetta, Zach Higham, Peter Bentey, and Janet Davis.
Race 3 has to be about junior sailors Zachary Higham and his crew Edward Harrison. Zach purchased an M-Scow this Summer in August and got 3 races in with the BBYRA Summer Series. So this was his sixth race in an M-Scow. They won the race, wire to wire, with Bill Warner, Sr. coming in second and Kate Faranetta in third. We then sailed into the yacht club for lunch. The clubhouse completely cut off any wind at the pier. LA-10 was the only boat with the inertia make it to the pier without bailing out. That might be the only advantage of sailing an M with 470 lbs. combined crew weight. The Seaside Park Race Organizers did a wonderful job with lunch. It was delicious!
Race 4 was another windward leeward, but with enough wind for 2 laps. The first windward mark looked like the first five boats were overlapped! Very close racing. Bill Warner, Sr won the race, followed by John Dietz in second, and Zach Higham in third. Frank Ciufa had his best race with a fourth place finish.
The fifth and final race again featured Kate & Tim Faranetta sailing fast after a disappointing fourth race. Zachary Higham was fast all day, taking second. But the most consistent sailor of the regatta was Bill Warner, Sr in third. They borrowed Barron Cohen’s red boat. The racing was followed by a great cookout, and then the trophy presentation. Peter Bentey then recruited a few sailors to turn his boat over on its deck for the winter. It was refreshing to see new junior sailors doing so well. The father-daughter teams took the top two spots.
Bill Warner Sr.
2-4-2-1-3
Kate Faranetta
Tim Faranetta
1-1-3-7-1
Zach Higham
6-2-1-3-2
4-5-4-2-5
Kaitlynne Wilhelm
5-3-6-6-4
3-4-5-DNS-DNS
Frank Ciufa
8-6-7-4-6
7-7-8-5-7
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Tom Welsch March 11, 2018 at 6:08 AM
Those are some nice pictures! Thanks to Chris Higham for some great pictures.
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c# - addFontFile from Resources - Stack Overflow
addFontFile from Resources
I have added a custom font using below code:
pfc.AddFontFile("C:\\Path To\\YourFont.ttf");
label1.Font = new System.Drawing.Font(pfc.Families[0], 16, FontStyle.Regular);
I added the font file in resources. How do I add with addFontFile from resources?
c# winforms visual-studio share|improve this question edited Apr 11 '13 at 13:06
If you included your font in the resources Try this function
private void addfontfrommemory()
Stream fontStream = this.GetType().Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("yourfont.ttf");
fontStream.Read(fontdata,0,(int)fontStream.Length);
fixed(byte * pFontData = fontdata)
pfc.AddMemoryFont((System.IntPtr)pFontData,fontdata.Length);
How load resource from assembly:(YourNamespace.file.ttf)
Stream fontStream = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()
.GetManifestResourceStream("WindowsFormsApplication1.SBADR.TTF");
and how I change the font of label after this?
Try this label.Font=new Font(pfc.Families[0],18,FontStyle.Regular);
I'm getting null exception in ` Stream fontStream = this.GetType().Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("BOOKOS.TTF"); ` but I have already add the font file in resources. The build property of BOOKOS.TFF is Embedded ...it's right?
@illDev:after addfontfrommemory() runes dose pfc have a font family? trace your code
@illDev:see my solution explorer
private static void AddFontFromResource(PrivateFontCollection privateFontCollection, string fontResourceName)
var fontBytes = GetFontResourceBytes(typeof (App).Assembly, fontResourceName);
var fontData = Marshal.AllocCoTaskMem(fontBytes.Length);
Marshal.Copy(fontBytes, 0, fontData, fontBytes.Length);
privateFontCollection.AddMemoryFont(fontData, fontBytes.Length);
Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(fontData);
private static byte[] GetFontResourceBytes(Assembly assembly, string fontResourceName)
var resourceStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(fontResourceName);
throw new Exception(string.Format("Unable to find font '{0}' in embedded resources.", fontResourceName));
var fontBytes = new byte[resourceStream.Length];
resourceStream.Read(fontBytes, 0, (int)resourceStream.Length);
return fontBytes;
share|improve this answer answered May 14 '14 at 15:08
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This to me, is a better solution avoiding the usage of 'unsafe{}' by using System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal class. Also, I've used 'GetFontResourceBytes(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType.Assembly, fontResourceName)' for my solution.
Dec 29 '14 at 17:39
First get your Font.ttf file and using Visual Studio, drag and drop the file to the root folder or resource folder.
In Solution Explorer, right-click the file and click properties. Select Build Action = Content. This will show the file in the Application Files under Project Properties > Publish > Application Files. You will see that the file now can be selected (By default it's automatically included).
ClickOnce will now copy the file to the StartupPath
To use it, follow this sample:
pfc.AddFontFile(Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath, "font_name.ttf"));
textBox1.Font = new Font(pfc.Families[0], 18, FontStyle.Regular);
share|improve this answer edited Aug 9 '15 at 9:11
answered Nov 27 '14 at 6:06
Loading custom font from resources for label
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