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House Votes to Overturn Obama’s Executive Actions on Immigration

house_gopHouse Republicans voted Wednesday to overturn President Obama’s controversial immigration actions from last November — and reached all the way back to unravel a 2012 directive affecting the illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children, despite deep Democratic opposition.

The House voted 237-190 on an amendment to legislation funding the Homeland Security Department through the rest of the budget year to the tune of $40 billion. The amendment would undo executive actions Obama announced in November that provided temporary deportation relief, and offer work permits, to some 4 million illegal immigrants.

Another amendment would cancel Obama’s 2012 policy that’s granted work permits and stays of deportation to more than 600,000 immigrants who arrived in the U.S. illegally as kids. That measure passed more narrowly, 218-209, as more than two dozen Republicans joined Democrats in opposition.

A final vote on the bill is expected soon.

Republicans say Obama’s moves amounted to an unconstitutional overreach that must be stopped.

“We do not take this action lightly, but simply there is no alternative,” House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday. “It’s not a dispute between the parties or even between the branches of our government. This executive overreach is an affront to the rule of law and to the Constitution itself.”

az-obama-immigrationBut Democratic leaders claimed the GOP provisions would hurt immigrant families — and ultimately hurt Republicans politically.

“The amendments … that the Republicans are tacking onto the bill, or at least trying to tack onto the bill, to keep the Department of Homeland Security open are inconsistent with our nation’s values and its history. They would tear families apart,” House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said.

Even with Republicans in control of the Senate the bill faces tough chances there, especially because House GOP leaders decided to satisfy demands from conservative members by including a vote to undo the 2012 policy that deals with younger immigrants known as “Dreamers.” The amendment, which is opposed by some of the more moderate Republicans in the House, would ultimately expose those young people to deportation.

Security-minded lawmakers on both sides of the aisle also are worried about using the DHS funding bill to wage the immigration fight, saying security funding should not be put at risk, particularly in the wake of the Paris terror attacks. Current DHS funding expires at the end of next month.

In the Senate, Republicans would have to rally a 60-vote majority to advance the legislation, and they have only 54 members.

With even some Republicans voicing reservations, the Senate may have to strip out the immigration provisions and send a straight DHS funding bill back to the House, as the Feb. 27 deadline looms.

This, then, could set up another fight between GOP leadership and the conservative reaches of the party.

One senior House GOP aide told Fox News, “I don’t know how this one ends.”

Some House Republicans acknowledged that the Senate is likely to reject their approach, perhaps forcing them in the end to pass a Homeland Security funding bill stripped of the immigration provisions.

“They’re not going to pass this bill,” Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pa., said in predicting the Senate outcome.

Obama has threatened to veto the House bill, and Democrats roundly denounced it, even as immigrant advocates warned Republicans they risked alienating Latino voters who will be crucial to the 2016 presidential election.

“Just two weeks into this new Congress, Republicans have turned a bipartisan issue, funding our Department of Homeland Security, into a cesspool of despicable amendments that cater to the most extremist anti-immigrant fringe,” Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., said in a House debate.

Fox News’ Chad Pergram and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Monday, May 7, 2012

I have so much to write about but no time to write it! I had an amazing weekend in Sydney, one I will take my time and post blogs for as I find time. I am moving house this week so things are hectic and I am not sure when I will get time to do it. But it'll come. Promise!!!

I did want to make time to write about the thing that struck me most on my weekend in Sydney. I have a friend, she's already been through a lot in life. She lost her best friend to a horrible invasive cancer, and she has the most adorable boy, and he's so sick. I had breakfast with her Saturday morning, and we got chatting for quite a while. She's an amazing woman.

Today would have been her best friends birthday, I don't know if that makes this post good or bad timing. It's not really either. I just wanted to write about what she is going through now. Her 15 month old son has HLHS, a heart condition called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. You can read a little about it here - it isn't easy reading and I find it hard to get my head around the science and the technical things.

He has half a heart, and it's amazing that he has managed 15 amazing months. I think things are misunderstood a little because he looks so healthy and happy - people tend to forget just how seriously ill he is as a result. When I spoke to my friend about it, trying to understand it and how it effects their every single day, and how she manages... some of the stupidity she faces from people who don't get it... It made my head spin.

What perspective it gives to see someone who copes with this every moment of her waking life. She just goes on. I know she has to, but.. how?? I don't understand a lot about the condition yet but I am reading and I am learning. What I have read is terrifying. Makes me want to do something. I believe that HeartKids is a great organisation to support for families going through this hell. Heart Kids works towards reducing both the incidence and the mortality rates of childhood heart disease. There's one in each state. You can volunteer or donate, support fundraising, buy merchandise, sponsor... There are a myriad of ways. Check them out, and contribute. The families you are supporting need places like these. The children who are going through this and all the operations... they need it.

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Monday, June 28, 2010

A lovely customer, Miranda, sent us this picture of her master bedroom with newly installed Tree Bomb wallpaper! We love how it turned out and thinks it works so beautifully with her black headboard and those gorgeous pillows! Thanks, Miranda!

Monday, June 21, 2010

What's Corking?

We were really pleased to be featured in Kim Cook's AP story this weekend about cork home decor! There are so many cool products being made from cork these days. The story explains why it is such a great substance and showcases a number of new cork items of the market these days, including:
Our cork dinner mats and cork trivet! Check them out in our kitchen section. Also, be sure to start using the word corking more. [Thought I'd check the usage just in case it was a term for something, well, not PG, that I didn't know about...but it isn't.] Have a corking Monday!

Friday, June 18, 2010

Happy Friday!

This weekend I plan to spend a lot more time cruising around the city on my new bicycle. It was Uncle's bicycle and just delivered from Iowa to me last week. It makes me think of him which makes me smile. I'd forgotten how freeing cruising around on a bike can feel. I just got this Wizard of Oz type basket on the front which adds an extra element of fun. Hope you have happy weekends out there!

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Wow is Right

Check out these wall panels in our feather wallpaper at High Heel Foot in the Door! Definitely adding the wow factor.

This is such a cool idea. Inexpensive too! Read all the details here.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Nursery Fairground

I was delighted to find these pictures on Flickr of such an adorable nursery. With our Ferris wallpaper as a background, the combo of the vintage bed, gorgeous curtains, butterfly wall stickers, wooden stool and lovely floors add up to perfection!

Monday, June 14, 2010

Cute idea from Ivy Style for using leftover wallpaper samples!

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Wallpaper Chat at From the Right Bank

I'm super excited to be guest blogging at one of my favorite design blogs, From the Right Bank, today! My post is, not surprisingly, about wallpaper. I focused on my favorite wallpaper applications that add wallpaper into the mix of old and new. You can read it here. Thank you, Ally!

One of my favorite examples I forgot to include was Matthew Williamson's room from the book, New London Style. I think it is an amazing mix of eras (and colors...), and the wallpaper works beautifully!

Monday, June 7, 2010

Back from the Party

Oops, I just realized that I haven't blogged in a little while. My only excuse (which I do feel is a good one) is that I've been spending my free time watching Party Down. Have you been watching? I love it. Anyway, I'm all caught up so I can focus on some of my other favorite things again, like wallpaper...


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Signs Of Fibroid Tumors In Uterus – Florence, Minnesota

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Hi everyone, this is Yasuko and it's time for Massage Monday. Per viewer's request this week I'm going to show you some reflexology point for fibroids. The uterus point in Reflexology is between the inner ankle bone and the heel. Press this point hard 20 times with your thumb downward. Instead of just using your thumb to press, wrap your fingers on the ankle to stabilize and use the entire arm to press it. Pressing this point may be very painful. Repeat on the other side. To make it more effective, add the following points before you press the uterus point. There is a Kidney point right in the center of the foot. And there is a bladder point.

At the bottom of the arch. In between these points is the ureter. Press the kidney point 20 times with your index finger joint. Rock your body to save your finger. Then glide down the ureter 20 times. Then press the bladder point 20 times. Do this every day for 69 weeks. If this hurts your finger you can use something with round tip such as this Sharpee. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching. I'll see you back next week. Make it a great week. Feel free to comment below and please don't forget to subscribe.

Adrenal Fatigue Causing Uterine Fibroids

Uterine fibroids is a very, very common condition that affects many females. Unbeknown to most, this process of fibroid formation actually takes years. In some women it grows fast, in some women it does not grow at all, and in some women it never happens. This is Lam, founder of DrLam , and we are going to go through in this tutorial what the physiology behind fibroids is all about. First, let's take a step back. In order for the fibroid to grow, which is a tumor which is benign, is made of fibrous tissues, the body has to activate many mechanisms to grow the fibroids. It starts off very small, like a pea size, and it grows to be as big as sometimes.

An orange or a grapefruit in extreme cases. The common denominator for growing a fibroid is the hormone called estrogen. So if you have excessive estrogen in the body either from absolute basis; such as you are taking too much estrogen from birth control pills or food that contains estrogen; on the relative basis such as when you don't have enough progesterone to offset the estrogen; or even if you have receptor sites that are very sensitive, and this is very common in people who are skinny and thin; all these can lead to estrogen dominance. On top of that estrogen, because it can mate in the adipose tissue, so if you have a lot of fat tissues, or if you have stress in the adrenal system, they all contribute to estrogen.

Excess. Now estrogen excess will in turn then drive the body into a state of estrogen dominance with symptoms that include fibrocystic breast disease, endometriosis, irregular periods, heavy periods, a lot of ovulation pain, and fibroids. In extreme cases, it can be tied into cancer as well. So, fibroids, even though it is a benign tumor, tells the body that it has the underlying problem of estrogen imbalance. Now, aggressive measures to get rid of the fibroids is necessary if they are structural problems, but there are also natural ways to help the fibroids shrink, especially for.

Those that are nearing menopause. Understanding and recognizing that when the body is in adrenal fatigue the tendency to have a high estrogen load is critical because if you don't understand this concept, estrogen dominance can be treated as if it is a separate entity of excessive estrogen and women can be told to do what we call hysterectomy to get rid of the fibroid. Now oftentimes this can be useful, but oftentimes as well if the ultimate source of estrogen is not shut off or slowed down, even if you get rid of the ovarian estrogen source you still have estrogen source from food, the environment, the stress, as well as the adrenal disfunction then you are really not getting rid of the total problem at the root level.

So it is important to recognize fibroids number one as a medical issue, but number two also as an associated symptom for us to be on the alert when we dealing with adrenal fatigue because we do see many women who have fibroids with their adrenal fatigue; and in fact it is very interesting because the estrogen load starts going down when the adrenals heal and then many people do report less symptoms of estrogen dominance; including fibroids stop growing, or start to shrink as the adrenal improve. So using this understanding to help us to understand fibroid physiology and association with adrenal fatigue is very important. Now I have an article on my website called 'Estrogen.

Dominance' as well as another one called 'Progesterone' that will be useful for you. If you are inquisitive I have a book called 'Estrogen Dominance' that you can read as well, and of course my main book called 'Adrenal Fatigue Syndrome' goes into this in great detail. I hope you've enjoyed this tutorial. For more information on this topic, head over to DrLam where I have written over a thousand articles to help educate people. You can also call me at 6265711234 for more information on Adrenal Fatigue and how to navigate it. Finally, if you enjoyed this tutorial, please subscribe to my YouTube channel. Thanks for watching.

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Guy Walks in a Gym Off The Street and Challenges a Fighter Then Gets Knocked Out

These guys were busy training at their local gym when out of the blue a guy walks in and wants to challenge the fighters in the gym.

Hard work and training is no joke, although there are guys out there that think it doesn’t make much difference, a limited few believe that extensive training means nothing is a ‘real’ fight.

Well this guy was in for a shock. He believed he could just ask for a fight with a guy that has been training for many months.

As the fight started you could see instantly he was way out of his league and he had made a huge mistake.

Taking shots and looking off balance it was only a matter of time before he would get dropped.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Star Wars Figure of the Day: Day 1,746: Han Solo

HAN SOLO First Modern Release
Power of the Force Collection
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Manufacturer: Kenner
Includes: Blaster, Heavy Assault Rifle
Action Feature: n/a
Retail: $4.99
Availability: July/August 1995
Appearances: Star Wars

Bio: Han Solo's extarordinary piloting skills, blaster-handling and daring have earned him the reputation as a top smuggler, Solo also owes much of his success to his ship, the stock freighter Millennium Falcon, which he won from associate Lando Calrissian in a cutthroat game of sabacc. The Falcon is widely regarded as one of the fastest ships in the galaxy thanks to the mechanical skills of Chewbacca, Solo's Wookiee companion. The team's services are sought after even by powerful crime lords like Jabba the Hutt, who put a bounty out on Solo after he jettisoned a cargo of Jabba's spice in an effort to flee an Imperial patrol. (Taken from the figure's packaging.)

Image: Adam Pawlus' old kitchen.

Commentary: When Kenner relaunched Star Wars in 1995, the line was a mixed bag-- some elements made them better toys, and in some respects, they weren't very good. Han Solo was in the middle as one of the first figures packed at 3 per case, which was a mixed blessing. His muscular appearance resulted in numerous "Has he been working out on a Solo-flex? Hahaha!" comments which has basically changed my opinion from Star Wars humor being potentially funny to wanting to punch some people in the throat. Yeah, he's beefy, this was in the style of numerous figures of the day. His face is unquestionably Han Solo-esque, but it doesn't look much like Harrison Ford. Up until this figure, most of my action figures I more or less enjoyed without question-- they were fun, they could stand or sit or hold their guns and were basically a good time.

Han Solo had problems. While I do miss the simpler construction, I don't miss the wonky pose or the gravity-unfriendly design. You see, the figure can't stand on his own-- this was a surprisingly common problem with a few of the 1995 releases, you couldn't get Han to stand upright without a display stand (and in 1995, there were none) or unless you kicked out his left foot so that his heel was on the ground and his feet were pointed in the air. Since he was released beyond the advent of separate holsters, he was designed to sit well, but the sculpt prevented him from fitting easily into the Millennium Falcon. His arms and legs weren't friendly to sharing the space with Chewbacca-- he could git by himself, but he did hog a little bit of the co-pilot's seating area.

While some of the early figures were good playthings, Han Solo left a lot to be desired. As a carded figure and an artifact from his day, he's not bad. I mean, all the Han elements are here from the off-white shirt to the black vest to the blue pants with red stripes. Kenner improved on some elements from the old days, like adding a waist joint and giving him a then-impressive sixth point of articulation, but I doubt fans today would be very interested in him. His trademark blaster has difficulty being gripped in his right hand, and his secondary gun really doesn't add much to the figure. It's a nice bonus in the sense that a bonus is nice, but I can't say it brought a lot of fun to the table. I wouldn't suggest running out and getting him if you want a strong toy, but if you've got a few bucks I would suggest getting the version from the Classic 4-Pack or the real deal from 1978. Subsequent Han figures were better, and I would only suggest buying this one if you're a fan of the style of the mid-1990s. And have a spare display stand.

Collector's Notes: The 1995 figures were so insanely hot when they debuted it's tough to remember just how many people stashed them away. I met people who bought a set or two to keep carded, and even some people who bought sixteen in hopes that, some day, these would be good to have around. Oddly, there are toys from this era which have jumped up to crazy prices, but they aren't Star Wars. The figure sells for $1 or so usually, but I would place its actual market value at slightly less. It's not a comment on the quality or durability of the product, but more or less the fact that there may be more of these preserved in perfect condition than the very first issue of Spawn.

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text: Brantley County Georgia Hazlehurst Cemetery Waynesville File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by "Amy Hedrick" Table of Contents page: Georgia Table of Contents: HAZLEHURST CEMETERY Waynesville, Brantley County, Georgia Transcribed by: Amy Hedrick Email: This cemetery is located in Waynesville, Brantley County, Georgia on county road 158. When traveling west on Hwy. 82; go 1.2 miles past Old Post Road and C.R. 158 will be on your right. About two tenths of a mile on your left is the cemetery directly across from the Mumford House. There are 10 graves marked with stones in this cemetery. According to the Brantley County, GA website, in describing his venture into the Mumford estate, area writer, Carr McLemore, wrote in the Jesup Press-Sentinel, November 29, 1980, the following: "...farther along, where the vines grow dense, trees grow tall and moss hangs low, one may search for... the stately Mumford house." Upon his discovery of the Hazlehurst Cemetery, just across the road from the Mumford house, he writes "one goes through a veritable jungle in search for an old family for the researcher, the question arises: who really lies here? Oh, the names are there, but who were John M. Hazlehurst, Jane Johnston Hazlehurst, Mary Jane Hazlehurst and Layton (spelled Leighton) Hazlehurst?" This question is deemed one of the Mysteries of Brantley County. In Georgia's Land of the Golden Isles, Burnette VanStory writes that "In 1843 Mary Jane McNish was married (at John Couper's Cannon's Point Plantation on St. Simons Island) to Leighton Wilson Hazlehurst, the son of Robert and Elizabeth Wilson Hazlehurst whose families were among the earliest settlers of Glynn County". Also that "Ann Johnston McNish spent the war years with Mary Jane (her daughter) and her family at their summer home in Wayne County, where she died in 1869". Ms.VanStory goes on to recount that the Johnstons were related to the Coupers and when Ann and her sister, Elizabeth, were orphaned at an early age they were taken in and raised at the Couper home. John Couper's son, James Hamilton Couper also built a summer home (now called "The Lodge") less than a quarter of a mile from the Hazlehurst Cemetery. Further research will be conducted in an attempt to solve this mystery but without documentation one could speculate that James Hamilton Couper once owned the cemetery land and this could be the reason it was placed on this site. For additional information see The following is a list of people that are buried in this cemetery. Name: Born: Died: HAZLEHURST, Fannie 11/01/1813 09/01/1867 "Darling" Tivi 08/03/1854 08/11/1856 HAZLEHURST, Emily 11/28/1853 11/10/1877 HAZLEHURST, P. Alston 11/18/1846 11/13/1877 JOHNSTON, Jane E. 12/04/1787 12/05/1877 "Our little" Jane 10/26/1853 11/03/1853 "To my Mother" 84 years old HAZLEHURST, Mary Jane 02/14/1822 04/17/1878 HAZLEHURST, Leighton W. 08/20/1820 08/02/1882 HAZLEHURST, John McNish 04/21/1847 07/01/1884 Relationship: Fannie Hazlehurst was Robert Hazlehurst's wife (not buried in cemetery) Tivi was Robert & Fannie Hazlehurst's infant daughter. Emily Hazlehurst was P. Alston Hazlehurst's wife. Jane E. Johnston was a relation to Mary Jane McNish Hazlehurst. It is unknown at this time who "Our Little Jane" & "To my Mother" are. Mary Jane McNish Hazlehurst was Leighton W. Hazlehurst's wife and they were the parents of John McNish Hazlehurst. ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============


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Movie Review(Phone Booth)...

Phone Booth

After fatally wounding Warner Brothers’ biggest franchise when he directed the diabolical Batman and Robin in 1997, director Joel Schumacher was a laughing stock. He desperately needed a critical hit and finally achieved it with 2000’s Tigerland. Although a box office bomb, the movie received wide critical acclaim and introduced the world to Colin Farrell. The pair have teamed up again for a taut psychological thriller, Phone Booth. This movie should sit comfortably alongside Schumacher’s early successes such as Falling Down and A Time to Kill.

Comparisons will be made to Wesley Snipes’ Liberty Stands Still but Phone Booth is by far the better movie. Unlike "Liberty", this story is much more personal. Farrell’s character, Stu Shephard, is introduced as an arrogant, self obsessed publicist, who we discover is having an affair with one of his actress clients played by Katie Holmes. Stu routinely calls his girlfriend from a phone booth because he knows his wife checks his mobile phone bill. Hanging up the receiver after talking to his girlfriend, the phone rings. As “a ringing phone must be answered”, Stu complies. Big mistake. It turns out that a sniper has Stu in his sights. If he hangs up the phone he will die. If he tries to leave the phone booth, he will die. “Why me?” asks Stu understandably. The snipers’ list of reasons state that he wants Stu to "be a man", "come clean" and explains that "deception can't go unrewarded".

This is a solid script from b-movie king Larry Cohen. The filmmakers manage to wring every last ounce of tension from a relatively simple premise. Shot in only 12 days in 2001 (It was delayed in the aftermath of September 11th and the Washington sniper killings) this movie was made before Colin Farrell’s previous hits Daredevil and The Recruit. Had it been released on time, there is no doubt that Farrell would be considered a fine actor and not just labelled “a movie star”. He delivers a remarkable performance and displays a talent here, which I felt was only hinted at with The Recruit. Backed by a strong supporting cast including Kiefer Sutherland and Forrest Whitaker, I would strongly recommend this movie.

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Saturday, March 27, 2010

The Graphic Work Of Julian House

Julian House has the uncanny knack of producing designs which I could look at for hours.  I've two framed silkscreen prints by him in my living room which I never tire of looking at.  His best work references many of the things I love, Saul Bass, Max Ernst, Lewis Carroll, Jan Lenica, Stan VanDerBeek, Bernard Lodge, Pierre Clémenti, Jeff Keen, the list goes on.  Recently, Mr. House has been busy making films for the band Broadcast and the label he co runs called Ghost Box.  Hopefully, someday, someone will release these films on dvd.  The film "Winter Sun Wavelengths" is absolutely fantastic. ......and will someone be kind enough to bundle up his Ghostbox graphics in a little bound book.  Till that day.....

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Part 2 Chapter 1: Winds of RebellionEdit

Before batteEdit

(Ohma, Crimea）

  • Brom: Mornin', Jacob!
  • Jacob: Look atcha, always sowin' yer seeds! It's lookin' like it'll be a fine crop this year—a real dandy!
  • Brom: Heck, I just work the fields. It's the rich soil beneath m' boots and the fine sun over m' head what does the hard stuff.
  • Nephenee: Brom!
  • Brom: Well, if it isn't Nephenee. What's the story with the armor? Haven't ya heard the war's over?
  • Nephenee: You'll be needin' armor too. A revolution's brewin'. Better suit up—and make it snappy!
  • Brom: Revolution?!
  • Jacob: ...Oh yeah. Nobody tells us ol' geezers much, but I hear talk about some young hotheads over yonder. They're jawin' about bein' fed up with the queen, and how they want change...
  • Brom: I don't get it! Her Majesty is a fine, fine lady... ...even if she is a tad young to be passin' laws instead of havin' fun. I guess I'll go have a look for m'self.

  • Yeardley: ...We are the victors. It was Crimean blood and sweat that defeated Ashnard! And what do we have to show for it? We do not rule Crimea. Our towns have been destroyed. We need coin to ease our suffering. Who's to blame?
  • Youth: The queen!
  • Yeardley: We've been violated! Daein robbed us of families, friends, and homes! We cannot reconcile with monsters! And now, our hated enemy is rebuilding to threaten us again. Will we stand by and accept this?
  • Youth: No! We will not!
  • Yeardley: To arms, I say! We are not afraid! We shall fight for the prosperity of our fatherland, as did Ike the patriot!

  • Nephenee: Hmm...
  • Brom: Oomph, hoaa... Lemmee tell ya... It's been a while. This armor feels like a ton of bricks.
  • Nephenee: Brom... Didn't you say somethin' about usin' axes these days...not spears?
  • Brom: Uh, yeah... I suppose I did. What, ya went and brought armor AND weapons?
  • Nephenee: Here, you take this axe... And hold on to it good, ya hear? All right... Let's go!
  • Brom: Hey now... What's going on?
  • Youth: Hey, look, it's Nephenee. She even brought her own weapon. So you're gonna join the revolution?
  • Youth: Together, we can make a difference. Together, we have the power to dethrone the queen!
  • Nephenee: ...What're y'all thinking?! You don't know the first thing about Queen Elincia!
  • Brom: Maybe this is all some big mistake? Our queen is a splendid gal. Ain't nobody out there with a kinder heart. We should know as well as anyone... Heck, we fought beside her.
  • Yeardley: ...You fought with the queen, eh? Hmph... I see. Brothers! Do not be deceived! These two are the queen's agents, and are undoubtedly spying on us!
  • Brom: Listen, fella, you're talkin' nonsense. Queen Elincia wouldn't dream of usin' spies like that!
  • Yeardley: Do not be deceived, my people! If they go to the Royal Knights... ...they will return bearing torches, burning homes, and taking prisoners! We must silence these spies!
  • Brom: Listen up, you blockheads... I guess you forgot 'bout the war. After fighting for years, we finally have peace...and now you want to fight again?
  • Nephenee: Ain't no good, Brom. These folk got their blood a-pumpin'. Ain't got a lik'a sense left in 'em.
  • Brom: Horsefeathers. Reckon you're right. Listen up, Nephenee, let's try not to kill too many of these dang fools.

In battleEdit

(Visiting house)

  • Man: There was a stranger in here earlier. He left this axe—probably meant to use it on the queen. You know, I came to this village for some peace and quiet! Isn't there something you can do? Heck with it! Just take this thing. I'm fed up with war!

[You got a Steel Axe]

(Visiting house)

  • Lass: What? People are fighting outside? That doesn't make any sense... If anyone were to get hurt... We've got to do something. Ohhhh, I hope Sis is all right...

[You got an Ashera Icon]

(Visiting house)

  • Boy: You ever heard of Miss Calill? She teaches magic. You know what? I told her she was pretty, and she gave me one of these! People who can't use magic can use this, and then...well...they'll be able to use magic...or something like that. Here, you take this one!

[You got a Spectre Card]

(Visiting house) What? People are fighting outside? That doesn't make any sense... If anyone were to get hurt... Wait, you should take this. It's a kind of medicine we make. Ohhhh, I hope Sis is all right... [You got a Concoction]

(Visiting house)

  • Lady: There was a bizarre man who just came through here. He was talking about a revolution and stuff. Left this. I'm tellin' ya, I've had a bellyful of this war business. I don't want this anywhere near me. Toss it... Sell it... I don't care what you do with it. Just get it out of my house. It's all yours.

[You got a Javelin]

(Heather appears)

  • Heather: Sounds like the whole village is in an uproar. More men fussing over nothing, I'm sure. Bigger fools were never made. Lucky me! Time to find one ripe for the picking, get his goods, and be on my way. Be home soon, Mom!

(Nephenee talks with Heather)

  • Nephenee: ...Uh, hello?
  • Heather: Argh, whaaat?! Do you need something?
  • Nephenee: Hey, y'all best... Er... You should be careful hanging around here like that. I reckon you should clear out of here while you're still in one piece.
  • Heather: Aww, that's so sweet of you! What's your name?
  • Nephenee: Nephenee...
  • Heather: Nephenee... What a cute name. I'm Heather. Pleased to meet you.
  • Nephenee: Pleasure's all mine. So it's Heather, huh? You gonna get outta here, then?
  • Heather: Well... It looks to me like you have an uphill battle to fight. I bet I can help you out.
  • Nephenee: But you...
  • Heather: Don't worry about it. I'm the type that likes to help nice country girls like you.
  • Nephenee: me?
  • Heather: That's right. Don't worry about it. Tee hee... This is turning out to be a great day.
  • Nephenee: Uhhh... Yeah...

(Brom talks with Heather)

  • Brom: Hey...
  • Heather: ...
  • Brom: Hey, pay attention.
  • Heather: ... ...
  • Brom: Aw, heck, I hope I ain't shoutin' at a deaf girl... CAN YOU HEAR ME?!
  • Heather: ...Knock it off, already. What do you want, you old hick?
  • Brom: ...Oh, sorry 'bout that. They call me Brom, by the way... How 'bout you?
  • Heather: ...Excuse me? Are you trying to get lucky or something? Give it up, you smelly pig farmer. There's no way I'm having anything to do with you.
  • Brom: No, no! It's nothin' like that at all! I got myself a darlin' wife and a whole passel of kids, and I love 'em ta death.
  • Heather: So... What do you want?!
  • Brom: See, I believe ya just went and stole something from one of these here youngsters in the village. You did quite a job at it, I might add.
  • Heather: Were... Were you watching?!
  • Brom: Now hold on a spell... I ain't preachin' at ya, and I'm not gonna turn ya in or nuthin'. I was just thinkin' that maybe ya could lend me a hand.
  • Heather: A hand? With what?
  • Brom: Well, me and see that girl over there with the long hair? We're havin' a bit of a tussle with some'a the young folk in the village... They picked a fight, but we don't want anyone gettin' hurt. I just thought maybe you could borrow some'a their weapons, so we won't have to fight at all?
  • Heather: Huh... So that girl is a friend of yours? Hmmm...
  • Brom: Friend ain't exactly the right word... Nephenee... We met when we fought together during the war. We're kinda neighbors, so we hit it off. Durin' the war, neither of us knew much about fightin', so we helped each other out.
  • Heather: All right, I'll help.
  • Brom: Whew, that's great! That's just swell of ya!
  • Heather: Hey, I couldn't care less about you, but I can't just sit back when a girl's in trouble. OK, let's go. We can't leave Nephenee waiting!
  • Brom: Hey, hold up! Just wait a tick. What's your name?
  • Heather: Heather! but as for you, hayseed...don't forget the "Miss." Got it?
  • Brom: Miss Heather, then. All righty. By the way... Could ya maybe slow down a touch? Huff huff huff...

Brom vs Yeardley

  • Brom: Hey, you! Who put ya up ta this? Politics ain’t my strong suit, so ya can spare me the details, but I know you’re up ta no good, and someone’s behind it.
  • Yeardley: Hah! Clamor all you like, but it won’t change a thing. Revolution is taking root across Crimea. Our plan is flawless. We’re getting rid of that…girl! We shall have a new ruler in Melior… Soon… Lord Ludveck, duke of Felirae, will wear the crown.
  • Brom: Ludveck? From Felirae?
  • Yeardley: That is correct. And you shall perish with that name fresh on your lips, you blundering cow!

Nephenee vs Yeardley

  • Yeardley: Ah, survivors of the war. You would be better off dead and forgotten. You can’t stop the duke!
  • Nephenee: Duke?
  • Yeardley: Yes. Our master, Lord Ludveck, duke of Felirae, will rule over Crimea. When our plan is complete, the queen will be erased from history. Now then! I believe it’s time for you to die…
  • Nephenee: Right…

Heather vs Yeardley

  • Yeardley: Be gone with you, thief! We won’t have filth like you stand in the way of our supremacy!
  • Heather: So! You’re the ones sent by Ludveck of Felirae?! You’ve been stirring up these little revolts all over the place.
  • Yeardley: What?! How did you know?!
  • Heather: I see things here and there. But half of it was just a guess! …Judging by your reaction, though, it seems I was right.
  • Yeardley: You…little…
  • Heather: Tsk… Don’t get so steamed up, Mr. Fancypants! You just look silly. Nothing personal… I just don’t like men like you!

Yeardley defeated

  • Yeardley: No! My duty is incomplete… Lord Ludveck… Please forgive me!

End battleEdit

  • Youth: You bumpkins! Just stay out of it!
  • Youth: It hurts! It hurts so bad! Look, my leg! It... My leg!
  • Youth: M-murderer! You're a murderer!
  • Nephenee: But I...
  • Brom: Yeah. That's right. Nephenee and me... We been to war. When y'all were hidin' in cellars and attics, we were toe-to-toe with Daein. And look at us now...
  • Youth: St-stop it... Please! I...was wrong! I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!
  • Brom: You got your head on straight now? You youngsters get so riled up... "Let me at 'em!" and "Bring 'em on!" Hmph! You know spit about war! Nephenee... Let's gear up and head out to the royal palace. Her Majesty's gotta know Ludveck's stirrin' up all kinds of nonsense. And my girl, Meg... She's off on her own... Knowing Meg, though, she'll be fine. All righty then. Let's get movin'.
  • Nephenee: Sounds like a plan.

  • Jacob: You two're really leaving, then?
  • Brom: We put the people of this village in danger. We can't stay here now, knowin' that. We'll hafta set things straight. I hate to leave, but...
  • Grandmother: Why did it have to come to this? I always thought our Queen Elincia was about as good as they come, lowering taxes and looking after orphans.
  • Nephenee: The young folk don't care 'bout that stuff. They only care about what's getting' their dander up. Then they ignore everything else. I reckon that's why we gotta do what we gotta do. If we don't step up, the whole country'll be goin 'on the compost heap.
  • Brom: That's why we've got to get to Queen Elincia right away. It's all gonna be just fine. If I know Her Majesty, she'll take care of this uprising in no time. Then we can return to our farms and grow some mighty good eats. All of ya just hold tight, now.

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Personal Finance: 20 Dos & Don'ts for 2009

Personal Finance: 20 Dos & Don'ts for 2009

Business Week

5. Do think about energy efficiency.

Russell Francis of Portland Financial Advisors in Beaverton, Ore., recommends that investors take advantage of a $500 federal residential energy tax credit that was rescinded in 2008 but returns in 2009. The credit can help cover the costs of adding insulation or replacing doors, windows, or furnaces—home repairs that should also save you on heating and cooling costs.

6. Don’t stop contributing to 401(k) and other retirement accounts.

Says Sidney Blum of GreenLight Fee Only Advisors in Evanston, Ill.: “Everyone loves to invest in their 401(k) when the markets are flying high, but they should keep putting money in while the markets are down.” He adds: “More money is made at the bottom of a market than at the top.”

Even more pessimistic planners say you should be taking advantage of any match your employer offers for retirement fund contributions.

7. Do live below your means. Save.

Investing for the future is only possible if you have some money left over at the end of each month to sock away. View this BusinessWeek slide show for 25 ways to save more each month.

8. Don’t make sudden moves.

“Refrain from making extreme changes to the portfolio just because the financial markets are volatile,” says William Howell, a financial adviser in Noblesville, Ind. “Stick to the overall investment game plan.”

In such an extreme environment, investment decisions based on emotion or fear are likely to lose you money. It’s probably better to ignore the day-to-day news and follow a long-term investing plan.

9. Do pay off expensive debts.

Rather than investing your money, you first might consider paying off debts, especially those with high rates or those for which interest is not tax-deductible. The avoidance of interest will likely save you more than your investments would have earned.

Stanley F. Ehrlich, an adviser in Westfield, N.J., notes: “Paying off a car loan with 7% interest provides an immediate 7% return, a return that is not [currently] available through most asset classes.” Credit-card debt is so expensive that most planners say it is always the first thing people should pay off.


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Perry seizes on Romney's 'pink slip' remark

ANDERSON, SC -- Accusing front-runner Mitt Romney of causing painful layoffs in South Carolina during his leadership at a Boston private equity firm, Texas Gov. Rick Perry mocked the former Bain Capital CEO for claiming yesterday that he once feared losing his job.
"I have no doubt that Mitt Romney was worried about pink slips, whether he was going to have enough of them to hand out -- because his company Bain Capital and all the jobs that they killed," Perry said. "I'm sure he was worried that he would run out of pink slips."

The Texas governor was referring to a comment Romney made in New Hampshire yesterday, when he said, "There were a couple of times I wondered whether I was going to get a pink slip.” But as the New York Times notes, his campaign could not cite specific examples of Romney almost getting a pink slip, although a spokesman said that “as a young person just out of college, [Romney] worked his way up the career ladder knowing that his continued employment was by no means guaranteed.”
Perry -- who named a steel manufacturer in Georgetown, SC, and a photo album company in Gaffney that he says gutted jobs as a result of Bain's actions -- said that residents of those communities would be stunned by the remarks of "the son of a multi-millionaire."
"There's something inherently wrong when getting rich off failure and sticking it to someone else is how you do your business. I happen to think that is indefensible," he told the breakfast crowd of about 75 at Mama Penn's restaurant here in Anderson. "If you're a victim of Bain Capital's downsizing, it's the ultimate insult for Mitt Romney to come to South Carolina and tell you he feels your pain. Because he caused it."
The Texas governor continued to blast his rivals as a whole for being "insiders" chained to the DC status quo, although he did offer some complimentary words for Texas colleague Ron Paul when he asked if the famously anti-Fed congressman would make a good Federal Reserve chair.
"Congressman Paul would be an ideal person to head up the Fed and put a little fear in their heart," he replied after chuckling that Paul would "probably scare all of those people to death."
Perry, who hopes to score momentum from evangelicals in the Palmetto State, spoke at length about his faith, and joked that his identity as a Christian is fitting given his rocky moments as a candidate.
"God gives us what we can't give ourselves, and that's the gift of redemption," he said. "If you watch my debate performances, it's good to get a little bit of redemption every now and then. Get a second chance."

*** UPDATE *** Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul responds, "It is no surprise that, having spent nearly half a century in government between them, Speaker Gingrich and Gov. Perry have resorted to desperate attacks on a subject they don’t understand. We expect attacks on free enterprise from President Obama and his allies on the left – not from so-called ‘fiscal conservatives.’"


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It may seem like our fast-food restaurants are the ones taking over the world with their franchises, but Huffington Post says that scale is not always tipped toward the U.S. of A. There are imports from Canada to China setting up in your neighborhood—did you know the origin of each of these chains?

  • United Kingdom’s Pret A Manger: With 50 locations (mostly in New York), Pret has had success with the three Ss of midtown lunch: soups, salads, and sandwiches.
  • Canada’s Freshii: A couple of SoCal Freshii spots have closed; still nearly three dozen remain. The company’s emphasis is on healthier items like soups, wraps, and hummus.
  • China’s Little Mongolian Sheep: Operating 12 branches in Cali, Texas, and New York, this restaurant serves customers two stocks (one spicy; the other mild) in one pot that allows you to cook your chosen ingredients (meat, vegetables, etc.) without leaving your seat.
  • Guatemala’s Pollo Campero: There are 50 locations around the country serving fried/grilled chicken with tortillas or dinner rolls, plus sides like yuca fries.
  • Belgium’s Le Pain Quotidien: This bakery-café offers organic options in states on both coasts.

Other notables include Yo! Sushi (UK), Wagamama (UK), Nando’s Peri Peri (South Africa), Pie Face (Australia), and Tim Horton’s (Canada).

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The pancake is the most literal of breakfasts.

“It’s making an individual cake in a pan,” says Neil Kleinberg, owner and chef at celebrated Clinton St. Baking Company.

From the first American flapjack fried up by colonial cooks aiming to refashion old corn mush into a new meal, pancake ingredients have coincided with your basic cake-baking ingredients: grain, liquid, and a leavening agent. (At first that was cornmeal, molasses and milk; now it’s more likely white flour, baking powder, milk, and eggs.) Instead of slinging that batter into the oven, cooks doled cupfuls right into a pan on the stove.

It was tasty and functional and had cousins all over the world, in dishes as far flung as latkes, okonomiyaki, and lefse. If you combine ingredients and cook them on the stovetop, flat in an oiled pan, you probably have a pancake.

There’s rich history to the pancake as well, from the development of light and thin crepes by the French, to the emergence of a religious holiday built for pancake-eating—Shrove Tuesday, when Catholics eat tons of flapjacks before Lent.

Thomas Jefferson’s French chef Etienne Lemaire added cream and whipped egg whites to his batter, elevating the mundane johnnycake into a “pannequaique,” back in the 18th century. Later, Kleinberg, who worked with a French chef in the early days at the Water Club, pioneered a pancake inspired by soufflé techniques. That’s the one that eventually brought the hungry hoards to Clinton St. and made him an unexpected pancake king—and the one that will elevate your at-home flapjack game.

So move over iHop. Just in time for February 17th’s Shrove Tuesday (a.k.a., Mardi Gras), we’re flipping pancakes off our own griddles. Here’s how it’s done:

1. Dry ingredients

1_Dry Ingreds

You’ll want to start with all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt—all ingredients you have in your pantry if you’ve ever done any baking, ever. And that’s all you really need. To feed four, start with 2 cups of flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, and a ½ teaspoon salt. I keep the sugar down to 4 tablespoons per cup, to leave an appetite for tons of maple syrup, but you can up it to 6, which is how Kleinberg does it, if you’re a sweet tooth. You want to measure these four out into one bowl and whisk them together so that the salt and baking powder are evenly distributed in the flour.

Beyond that, well, there are a lot of tweaks you could make to the recipe: add whole wheat/spelt/gluten-free/seven-grain flour, or throw in some yeast for an overnight rise. “That’s nice and stuff,” Kleinberg says. “But that’s not really what a pancake is.” Better to get creative where it matters—later, with toppings.

2. Wet ingredients

2_Wet Ingreds

Again with the cake inspiration: the wet ingredient list for your pancake looks a lot like the rundown for any muffin, cake, or quick bread. For 2 cups of flour, figure between 1½ and 2 cups of milk (the former’s for fluffy, the latter for denser and crepe-like), ½ teaspoon of vanilla extracted, 4 to 6 tablespoons of cooled melted butter, and 2 to 3 eggs. I’m going to tell you more about egg separation and egg white beating in the next step, but if all that sounds like just too much, scroll back up here and add two whole eggs in with the milk and whisk away.

In either case, make absolute sure your butter’s not hot; otherwise, it’ll start scrambling the egg.

Separating the eggs is the defining step in Kleinberg’s pancake process, so if you’re up for it, use the shells to remove the yolks from the whites. Put the yolks in with the other liquids. Put the whites in another bowl and set that aside.

Many recipes call for buttermilk, but Kleinberg doesn’t think it’s necessary—it’s heavy, after all, and these pancakes are meant to be light. On the other hand, almost any decent-tasting, dairy-free milk will turn out a good pancake. Coconut milk, unlike rice, almond, or soy, provides a similarly delicious fat content to whole cow’s milk.

3. Eggs

To understand the magic moment here, you should know that what makes most pancakes rise is a standard leavener—baking powder, usually, and sometimes baking soda, too. Pancakes have a larger dash of the stuff than many baked goods, so that they rise up quickly. Instead of relying only on the powdered leavener, though, Kleinberg’s method takes a cue from the soufflé, using beaten egg whites to add more lightness and lift. (Kleinberg: “I wanted to do a phenom pancake. It was [the French chef’s] idea of a soufflé and my idea of how a pancake should look and feel.”

Once your egg whites are separated from the yolks, start beating them with a whisk. After a couple of minutes of adding air to the bowl, the whites will become fluffy and so strong they can hold a peak when you lift the whisk out. A few clues for success: Make sure the bowl is clean and dry. Don’t get any yolk in the white; if you do, save that white for making omelets and crack a new egg. Room-temperature eggs whip up way more quickly than cold ones, which means pancakes will be on the table quicker and your arm won’t be sore tomorrow.

4. The Batter

Now that you’ve got your dry ingredients, your wet, and your cloud-like egg whites, you’re going to combine the three in just the right way to end up with tender and light cakes. First, pour the wet ingredients over the dry and use a spatula to fold together. Don’t overmix—that’ll make the pancakes tough, and any lumps will smooth out during cooking.

Next, do the same thing with half of the egg whites (if you’ve whipped them), scooping them on top of the batter and folding them in. Add the second half, and this time fold them with even more excruciating gentleness. Don’t worry if they’re not integrated into the batter. “Leave streaks of white,” Kleinberg says. “So when they hit the griddle, they’ll rise up beautifully.”

5. Cooking

“The most important thing is, whatever pan you’re using, you have to heat it first,” says Kleinberg. If you skip that step and ladle batter onto a cold pan or warm pan, your pancakes will stick to the pan. You might give up on cooking them.

Instead, set a heavy pan or cast-iron griddle over medium-low heat a full 10 minutes before you plan to start cooking. Here are a couple of Kleinberg’s rules of thumb for knowing when the pan’s ready for its batter: “The touch of your thumb should be hot. Droplets of water will dance on the griddle.” Once the pan is hot, you can always turn it down. But you can’t make it hotter. “The cakes won’t spring back,” he says.

Then, grease the surface. The best grease is ghee or clarified butter, which can get very hot without burning. But if you don’t have any, just use butter and watch it carefully. When it starts foaming, that’s when you should add the batter. Make the pancakes whatever size you like, but use a measuring cup if you’re serious about getting them even.

To get that golden ring around the edge of each pancake, “while they start to set, you put the butter around the edges. Don’t spare the butter.” This also adds a serious buttery taste to each bite, even if you’ve started with ghee.

As that first side of the pancake cooks, you’ll see dozens of bubbles form across the surface of the pancake and notice that that the cake has puffed a bit at the center. “You can see the cake evolving,” is how Kleinberg puts it. That’s the precise moment when the pancake’s bottom should be golden. Time to flip. The second side often needs less time on the griddle, since most of the cooking is done. When the second side releases easily and is golden, your pancake is done.

Here’s the thing, though: If you cook enough pancakes, you’ll start to just know when they’re ready to flip and ready to turn out onto a plate. That knowledge will lead to real consistency, and you won’t suffer the first pancake problem, wherein the initial glop of batter is more or less a waste. You might even gain some pancake-making swagger. “I make it a point to make the first on the best one,” says Kleinberg.

Add a little extra butter to the pan between batches.

6. Add-ins

6_Add Ins

Though simple, pancake batter is delicate. Contrary to your imagination, which just ran wild with ingredient possibilities when you read “add-ins,” you want to add barely anything at all to your pancake batter to preserve its perfect texture.

In fact, any add-ins shouldn’t be mixed in, but rather placed evenly on the uncooked pancake’s surface just before you flip it. Thin slices of banana, a sprinkling of chocolate chips, slivers of apple or pear, fresh blueberries, bits of pineapple—these all work. Crazily, not much else does. Most ingredients are best added to your pancakes in the form of post-cooking top-ins, especially strawberries and other juicy fruits, which grow watery when cooked.

For both toppings and add-ins, Kleinberg skips the savories. “I know you see a lot of bacon, sea salt, pulled pork,” he says. “I don’t ever want to cross that line with a pancake. If want to get savory, I’ll have a side of bacon and eggs.”

7. Toppings

Since add-in application must be so selective, toppings—the nuts and fruits and even candy that crown a finished stack—are where the creativity can come into play. You can riff on a theme, concoct a tropical fruit salad, or scatter candied nuts with all the generosity of your pancake-making heart. Here are some ideas: Mango and pistachios. Fried plantains or bananas to complement the slices already in your pancakes. Cherry compote and toasted almonds. Lemon curd and ricotta dollops. Pomegranates and passionfruit. Strawberries and chocolate. Roasted apples and Bavarian cream. Anything delicious goes.

February is pancake month at Clinton St. Baking Company, and you’ll likely find inspiration in their daily menu of topping ideas. Whatever you choose, have all ingredients prepped and ready so that you can take a bite of your pancakes hot off the griddle.

8. Syrups and Sweets

The only syrup your pancakes should soak in is real maple. The grade matters less than the reality that your syrup came from maple sap. Unless you carry the strongest allegiance to Aunt Jemima, skip the fake stuff entirely.

On the other hand, you can find liquid sweeteners like honey, sorghum syrup (for Southern-style cakes), or maple butter (Clinton St.’s profoundly brilliant emulsion of syrup and butter) that’ll take the place of syrup without faking anything at all. Use those if they suit your fancy.

9. Crepes and Large-Format Pancakes

Pancakes are wonderful and all, but if you’re cooking for a crowd, flipping cake after cake will turn you from a host to a short-order cook. That’s when you want large-format pancakes like Dutch babies (make a batter without baking powder, pour it into a cast-iron pan, and cook in a hot oven; here’s a good recipe).

Crepes, also made without baking powder as leavener, are wide and thin French pancakes that reheat much better than their American counterparts. You can cook up a pile in advance, reheat each, then fill them with butter, sugar, and lemon juice.

10. Leftovers

Pancakes taste best hot from the griddle, and leftovers, by contrast, taste kind of sad—unless you’ve “poured enough maple butter on.” Instead, save any extra batter before you cook it. It’ll keep for a few days in a sealed container in the fridge.

You don’t have to save that batter til the next morning, though. Pancakes are a pinnacle of breakfast for dinner, which Clinton St. added to the menu a long time ago, when the spot started staying open really late at night. “We were giving people what they wanted,” Kleinberg explains. Everyone wants breakfast for dinner. Consider pairing dinner pancakes with substantial accompaniments, like bacon and eggs.


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In a clip from his upcoming cameo on Running Wild with Bear Grylls, President Obama sits down to a fresh salmon lunch with the survival expert.

In a very Rene Redzepi-like move, Grylls takes a pile of moss out of his backpack, and pulls the bloody carcass of a half-eaten salmon from it. Grylls explains that he found the mutilated fish in a riverbank, and a bear likely got to it before he did.

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According to, while filming, The President said, “This has got to be one of the best days of my presidency… First of all, I’m not in the office. Second of all, I’m not in a suit.”

Obama comments that while the salmon is “a nice-lookin’ piece of fish,” he would have preferred if Grylls brought along some crackers to eat with it. (What Obama actually meant to say: “I wish I had some pea-less guacamole to accompany it.”)

Then Obama turns extremely critical of Grylls’ kitchen prowess, saying, “Bear’s a mediocre cook, but the fact that we ate something recognizable is encouraging.”

According to Today, the episode was shot while Obama paid a three-day visit to the 49th state to observe the impact of climate change on the Alaskan wilderness.

Watch the clip above, and then catch Obama and Grylls’ full Alaskan adventure when the episode airs on NBC later this year.

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Adventures in Interning...

So it's the last week EVER of the 1L internship, and I started off the week yesterday with a bang. Please note the following conversation:

Boss: So who is the owner of this [specific piece of evidence]?
FW: That would be James.
FBI Agent: Is that the defendant's husband?
FW: No, it's her baby daddy.
Boss and Agent: (Blank Stares, no laughter)
FW: Um...he's the father of her child.

Also, I think the boss read the letter that the production company CEO sent to Lindsay Lohan about her lack of professionalism, since I found a very similar one in my inbox this morning:
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Dear FW,

Since the commencement of your internship, you have frequently failed to do any substantial work. Yesterday, you sat in your office in silence (all day). I am now told that you don't plan to do anything substantial today because the legal issues are "too hard." You and your representatives have told us that your various mediocre memoranda have been the result of "inability to log on to Westlaw;" today we are told it is "problems with LexisNexis." We are well aware that your ongoing all day heavy gossip blog reading is the real reason for your so called "network problems." We refuse to accept bogus excuses for your behavior.
The letter goes on, but it is too painful to transcribe. The sad part is they CC'ed Prof BS of the famed externship seminar, and now I am scared I might not get the "Pass" I worked so hard for. I am going to need Dina Lohan on my side today, to help deal with the fallout. If you have her number, please send it to me.

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Healthy Snacks for Picky Eaters

The last few months I have noticed a downhill spiral of eating habits in our house. Breakfasts and snacks became a free for all of low nutrient, high fat, high calorie foods. (Lunches are packed healthy, and dinners have become the only really healthy meal that the kids eat at home) I am guilty of buying too many snacky foods, which quickly has become the kid’s first choice. Now that our summer routine has set in, the snacks have become even more out of control.

Last week, I decided to throw out every snack food that was unhealthy and replace with healthy choices. No more otter pops, no more chocolate chip bars, no more Doritos, no more Skittles… But, I did tell the kids that they can have one day or two days a week where they can choose a treat.

So far, so good. The kids have not been complaining (okay, as much as I thought they would) about their snacks and food options. I am kind of surprised, as I thought for sure I would hear a lot of whining about nothing “good to eat”. The best part is that the kids are chowing on all the healthy stuff, and while they would never admit it, they like it.

Kids, especially younger ones, will eat mostly what’s available at home. That’s why it’s important to control the supply lines — the foods that you serve for meals and have on hand for snacks. Kids can’t eat what’s not there. Double bonus — you will not be tempted by your kid’s snacks.

I have super picky eaters, so here are some basic tips for healthy snacking that work for me. They are great for kids but also for parents:

1. Fruits and vegetables can be the first go-to snack choice. Make them a part of the daily routine, and aim to serve a fruit or vegetables at every meal. Make it easy for kids by keeping fruits and vegetables on hand and ready to eat. A fruit kabob is always way more fun than just eating fruit out of a bowl.

2. Other good snacks that my kids love include low-fat yogurt blended with fruit and some low fat milk to make a shake/smoothie,

3. Peanut butter and apples are a big hit at our house, along with whole-grain crackers and cheese, and even mini whole grain bagels and cream cheese.

3. Choose whole-grain cereals so kids get more fiber. Don’t be fooled by kids’ cereal marketing. Read the ingredients. We usually have Kashi or Kind cereal in the house. My kids don’t drink milk, so a bowl of dry cereal is a quick snack for us.

4. Chips and salsa. Yes, I got rid of the Doritos, but there are better choices of chips on the market like baked chips. My kids love salsa, so this is actually my attempt to help them expand their taste buds with something a little more ‘exotic’ like salsa. Also using carrots, celery, cucumber slices or other veggie faves for salsa dipping is strongly recommended.

5. Applesauce is always a winner. My kids love the squeezy applesauce, and even though it’s a bit more expensive, I always stock up when it’s on sale, since I know that is something they always seem to eat.

Kids Want Variety and Color – Arrange Food to Make it Appealing

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Do you ever think back to before kids, and reflect on all those things you told yourself you would never do when you had kids. Things like “I will not be a short order cook” or “I will never let my kids have dino shaped chicken nuggets”.  There may not be anything as frustrating as kids and their food (or lack of food).

I’m pretty sure my son has never eaten a vegetable, at least in my presence… unless ketchup counts.  He eats blueberries, strawberries, cheese, yogurt, mac-n-cheese, chicken nuggets (of any shape, not just dinos), and sometimes a hamburger.  Not surprisingly, he is in the 20th percentile for weight (read: he is skin and bones).

After many years of resisting, I now know that it is futile, and I have become a short order cook. I don’t want the poor little guy to starve.

I continue to put veggies on his plate, every single night, and he continues not to eat them. So I am ready for a new strategy.

I recently read an article that focuses on the attractiveness of the plate. Since my plates of food are generally not cool, fancy, or fun, I thought I would give it a try.  And I’m guessing those people at Cornell are pretty smart, too.

So here is what the LA Times article says:

“The arrangement of food that’s most appealing to your child may not be the one that’s most appealing to you.

In what they called a “preliminary” study, the researchers showed 23 children age 5 to 12 (and in attendance at a summer camp in Ithaca, N.Y.) 48 different combinations of food on plates, asking them which were their favorites.  They repeated the exercise online with 46 adults.

The plates varied by number and mixing of colors; number of components; position of the main component; whether they were crowded or empty; whether they were organized or disorganized; and whether the elements on them were arranged into a picture (such as a heart or a smile.)  A variety of foods — including eggs, bacon, fruits and veggies — were represented.

Results showed that kids appreciated different qualities in a dinner plate than grownups.  Where adults’ most common preferences for number of different food colors and different food items was three, children most liked a plate with six different colors (the largest number the researchers included), as well as a plate with seven different components (again, the largest number included).  Adults liked their main food component in the center of their plate.  Kids liked theirs toward the bottom.  Perhaps less surprising, kids liked when their food was arranged into a picture, while adults preferred a “casual” plate design.

The differences they observed, the researchers said, suggest that strategies to encourage healthy eating among kids need to be tuned more specifically to children’s visual preferences.

“Our findings support the view that children are not simply ‘little adults,'” they wrote.  “Most especially we are struck by the finding that young children appear to prefer plates that feature a wide variety of foods and colors.”

This, they added, “should open a window of possibility for those concerned with childhood nutrition,” who might want to consider presenting kids with colorful, multi-element dinner plates.”

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Hudanich Wins record breaking event on Candlewood
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Five Alive fished a club favorite Candlewood lake with a record turnout of 41 members! Weather was finally good for us! Fishing was a little tough but some of our guys always figure them out. Water temp 65-70 post spawn and bedding fish were caught. Congrats to the winner's! Next up Squan megabucks $$$

After 4 tournaments Rich Mccrone and Jess Brennan are full throttle  out ahead of the pack in the AOY RACE locked in a tie at 185 points. With jersey season opening up and a couple local favorite up next things could get interesting, See everyone at Manasquan
1st Rich Hudanich 5bass 13.28lbs $492
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14th Tim Dafick 5bass 8.99lbs
15lbs Teddy Mcrone 5bass 8.92lbs
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30th George Swindasz 2bass 2.10lbs
31st Felix Vega 2bass 1.70lbs
32nd Christa Schreiner 1bass 1.57lbs
33rd Tony Markette 1bass 1 38lbs
34th Mike Gilmartin 1bass 1.29lbs

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Our third stop of the year was another true test of determination, As we were once again faced with brutally tough fishing conditions. The crazy weather kept a few from making the trek and 3 more were derailed in transit with the crazy storm that hit. Twenty six members made it down to Northeast Maryland to battle the wind and flood tide . Only  11 members were able to bring fish to the scales in the two days combined. Luke Schrader was able to outlast the field finding 4 Chunky Chesapeake Bay largemouth to take the win . His total was 12.62 lbs anchored by a 3.86lb day one lunker. Second place went to Jesse Brennan with 3 fish for 10.74 lbs. Third place honors went to Joe Kraft with 2 fish for 9.21lbs including a massive 5.68lb lunker.

Next up we head to club favorite Candlewood. Last year we broke the record with 35 people fishing the event and this year is shaping up to be even bigger!!!
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Another tough break with the weather as 32 members battled it out on stingy Assunpink for tournament #2. Water temperature 43-46 brutal east wind all day and air temperature at 43. 10 of the 32 caught at least one fish and 22 blanks. Rick Favire lead the way with 2 fish for 6.54 lbs to take the win and climb up into the points race. Rich the always consistent Mccrone bagged two keepers for 5.41 to  take second place honors. Jesse Brennan took third  for the second straight year on Assunpink with a 5.21 lb stud that took Lunker honors as well.

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Life...ah, life.

Forgive me...I don't know how to turn this photo, but it is very cute. Just turn your head to the side a bit...there you go.....
As you can see, this a very random post due to how long it has been. Here we have a picture of dad with son #1 and dad with son #2. Yes, Jaron broke his arm when Mommy (yours truly) was playing chase with him in the house and he fell off the back side of the couch. His cast has since been removed but his arm still looks a bit like a piece of macaroni. The doctor assured me that it would grow straight, but I massage it every night.
As for life, we are currently in a condo, Jaron just finished his semester at ASU West with A's and B's, which is impressive seeing that he works full time now. We live a mile away from campus currently, but we have been trying for several months to buy a house without success (have you ever had two boys and no backyard? Ahhh!), so please pray for us in that regard. You wouldn't believe how much red tape there is now. It is nearly impossible to get a reasonably-priced house at all in AZ these days, unless you are an investor and you pay cash. So complicated, but I don't feel like explaining why (just trust me).

As of my last post we have paid off Jaron's drywall business in its entirety, Jaron got a job (and he likes it! Yay!) working full-time for a fire sprinkler engineer, and Jaron graduated with his Associates degree from Eastern AZ College just last month. It took us six years to get that degree. That diploma meant a lot more to us than a piece of paper, or even what he learned during the years he went to school there. It meant triumph; it represented something that, at one time, we thought we could never have the opportunity to have. When we were living in that trailer and deep in business debt, we wondered if we would ever be able to dig our way out. School at that time was out of the question. There was no time (he had to work) and no money (he wasn't making any). We thought that the opportunity to finish school would be forever lost to us. But we hoped, and we prayed, and we made some tough choices, and then we worked and hoped and prayed some more. And miracle of miracles, we paid the price, lived like paupers, family helped us and gave us cheap places to live while we got on our feet, and here we are now: I am at home with my kids, Jaron has a job with benefits and he is working towards a Bachelors degree, and although life isn't everything we had ever hoped at this point, we try to remain grateful for what we have right now and are for what our trials have taught us.

Here are some tid bits about the kiddos that may make you smile:

Jaron sings the main theme from Beethoven’s 5th Symphony regularly. (Bah bah bah bah, bah bah bah bah, bah bah bah bah!) Pretty impressive. Today Stephen was picking up the tune and “bopping” in the pool alongside him.

Stephen gets really frustrated with me sometimes when I don’t respond to his needs right away. He will start out with, “Mooooommmeeee…. Mooooommmeeee……. MooooommmeeeeMooooommmeeee……….MOM!” He said “popcorn” this week.

Jaron likes to grab things away from Stephen lately, so they end up loosing toys when they get me involved in their fights. Jaron also gets pretty frustrated with Stephen when he is trying to get him to play with him and Stephen grunts his typical response, “Uh, uh.” (He is rather disagreeable lately)

“Stephen do it!”

“Uh, uh.”

“Stephen, play with me!”

“Uh, uh.”

(siren cry)

Me: Jaron, you can’t control Stephen. You just do what you want to do and maybe he will want to play with you too.

Jaron: But I want to control Stephen.

Hmmm…sounds like someone I know.

Yesterday I asked Jaron after he watched Cinderella, “Jaron, are you a pince?” He replied, “No-oh! I’m a kid!”

Jaron is very protective of his brother and pulls him away from the edges of pools, the parking lot, etc., much to Stephen’s dismay. I have to reassure Jaron that Stephen is alright, and that I am watching him, but it is sweet that he is so concerned and willing to help me. One of the lines I hear most around the house is “Mom, look at Stephen!” Several times, on my not-so-good days, I have retorted with, “I don’t want to look at Stephen! Can you just stop him!?”…dreading what I will find. Sometimes Jaron does stop him. I will hear squealing and walk in to find Jaron pulling Stephen by the arm away from whatever damage he was trying to commit. Stephen broke several of my glass animals…some of them my favorites…last week. Unfortunately, I also got upset with Jaron for being a stander-by. Maybe that is why he often makes an effort to be the “ Stephen police” now. Stephen likes to run away from the table after meals without washing his hands. He likes to get into trouble, generally speaking. Last week my Mom was watching Stephen and she said that he kept trying to turn off her computer when she was working. She finally snapped at him and he got that trembling pouty-face look, like he does when he is really sorry, and buried his head in the couch. I know that I should be sad for him when he does this but it is so dang cute I have to fight myself not to smile.

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I am SOOOOO glad you finally posted! You are in my "favorites" and I check quite frequently to see how things are, but alas, I end up with a frown! But today, I was super smiley!!! =}. Cutie patootie kids of yours! Make sure they know that their Auntie Shawna loves them! (And I will send you my address for my "homemade thing" prize!!!) what a neat idea! I never update my blog, so I may not get to send anyone anything!!! I will update it, so check it, then I will send YOU a surprise! Love to you and the family!!!

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glad to have the update! Remember, if you ever want a vacation to Santa Cruz or San Francisco, you have a place to stay with us! Miss you!

debrajo said...

Good job paying off your business debt! I'm so proud of you guys. That is not an easy road!

I hope you're able to find a house sometime soon.

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I was so excited to deliver Hazel's wedding bouquet, Sarah & I have loved every single one of our appointments with Hazel, she is truly fabulous and she deserved the very best of days, Hazel's "Look" for the day was more than a bit "Jungle" the flowers consequently were as exotic and splendid as Hazel herself, I know you're all going to love this posting...

Hazel's bouquets were a riot of colour and content from fresh mini Pineapples to Birds of Paradise and everything in-between, these bouquets are not for the faint hearted or for those with weak wrists, they do tend to be on the weighty side but the drama they create more than makes up for it, you know what they say "No pain no gain!"
Hazel's full on drama bouquet
Hazel's Mum's Corsage of Ivory Vanda, Metalina, Tacca and fragranced Lily of the Valley
The girl's make up looked fabulous and each of the Bridesmaids were wearing Naranga Roses in their hair
Dad's jacket complete with Naranga Rose Boutonniere
Then Jason & I were off to St Chads in search of Grooms men, it was a bit like a safari but we tracked them down to "The Thatched"

We were tracking footprints and found this set of amazing pins with the most fabulous leopard print manicure, belonging to Barry's uber glamarous Mum

Wendy was wearing a fabulous violet ensemble and we finished it off beautifully with a corsage of Phalaenopsis Orchids, Eucharis & Madame Pompadour Orchids.

Then we spotted him in the undergrowth the "Magnificent crested Groom" Barry, Hazel said he was hot! and he sure lived up to my expectations, we'd created a Bird of Paradise, Orchid encrusted Boutonniere complete with Bumble Bee Orchids and Rolled Nranga Rose Petals, all in all worthy of this rare species.

Then to the Groomsmen all wearing superb Leopard print cravats and matching hankies, the buttonholes were of course simple yet striking, Naranga Roses with Dracaena & Leucadendron detail.

Chris one of the Groom's Men looking exceptionally handsome

The photographer struggled to tame this bunch of wild stags and we just snapped them from a safe distance...

Nana Lily & Joan arrived to add an element of decorum to the proceedings, both wearing lovely Rose buttonholes Amnesia & Avalanche

The Bridesmaid's car arrived scattering the crowd that had built up outside the church gates
Lynne looked absolutely gorgeous
As did the most gorgeous of Bridesmaids
I included Gingers "Super sexy", Shampoo Gingers, Pineapples, Gerbera, Naranga & Darcy Roses, Spiderman Grevillea, Pistache Anthuriums and Green Cymbidium Orchids in the Bridesmaids Bouquets which looked superb with the Persimmon shaded gowns

Then a stampede to meet the Bridal car.....
Hazel looked so utterly beautiful like a real life "Bird of Paradise" exotic, exquisite and completely breathtaking...

I included in Hazels' wedding Bouquet Heliconias, Birds of Paradise, Super Sexy & Sexy Pink Gingers, Bumble Bee Orchid Oncidium, Fresh Lily of the Valley, Darcy & Naranga Roses, Madame Pompadours Singapore Orchids, Gerbera, Cymbidium Orchids & Pistache Anthuriums together with a plethora of tropical leaves and foliages.
Just how gorgeous is Hazel?
It was a really great service enjoyed by the entire congregation lots of whom had come in from the crowds outside
Really huge congratulations to Barry & Hazel from the entire events team here at Flower Design

Then we were off to spectacularly decorated Grand Hotel in St Annes for the celebrations
The tables were decorated with tall designs in either giant cocktail glasses or dramatic LSA vases, each table had a spectacular arrangement of hanging Heliconias, Pineapples, Birds of Paradise and Taccas.
The Cake was seperated with rows of beautiful green Cymbidium Orchids

The Top Table looked splendid dramatically dressed with Palms and Gingers draped over the centre of the table.

The leopard print detail was everywhere and really completed the look

The fabulous Chris Hurst from Sure Fire Magic was already entertaining the first arrivals just before we left
And Caroline and her amazing team at The Grand were already with the Champagne on Ice.
All in all a fantabulous day for a really great couple!

Wow, the colours are just great!
Really beautiful, and love the leopard print, so cool!
Anonymous said…
Hi Jane, Thanks so so much for our wonderful flowers, they really made our day so magical. We cannot thank you enough!
Thanks for the amazing photographs too.

We love you to bits!
Hazel and Barry Williams

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