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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

What I'm gonna do Wednesdays

In August 2016 Molly will start kindergarten and I will have 6 1/2 hours a day with no kids. After I've spent 2 months catching up on laundry and a few weeks napping and having complete coherent thoughts, I'm gonna need something to do with my time.

Let's look at the facts:

By August 2016 I will have dedicated 8 1/2 years to raising our little kids to school age. I'll have learned tons about child development, simple home repair, organization and decluttering, money management... the list could go on. There has been and will continue to be lots of on the job training for this mom of 2 then 3 kiddos. (But can those skills translate to an out-of-the-home job?)

I will have been out of the work force for almost 9 years. And when I exited it I wasn't exactly CEO of GE. I've been a gymnastics instructor and front desk phone answerer. I've been a sandwich and salad maker at a coffee shop. That's it. That's all I got on my resume. Not to say that I wasn't a valuable employee, I worked hard and showed up mostly on time and felt like I contributed positive things at work. But let's face it, not wanting to go back and teach gymnastics or make chicken salad for a living, these previous job choices aren't going to catapult me towards my new career choice.

Once Molly is in kindergarten, I'll be dropping the kids off at school at 7:35 and picking them up at 2:30 and 2:45. So I can work from 8 until 2. That's not a ton of time. There are other options I'm willing to consider (teaching for example) that would put me at work for a little longer than those 6 hours, but for the most part I'm not interested in leaving the kids at school for very long (or really at all) in aftercare at school.

I need a job that's flexible enough that I can take off when a kid gets sick.  With 3 kids this isn't a totally unusual thing.

If Aaron is still working in restaurants and working weekends, I don't want to work 5 days per week. Aaron often has only 2 weekend days off per month. If I work weekdays then that gives us only 2 days off together per month. I don't think this would be a positive thing for our family.

So there's the situation. If I spend a year writing "What I'm gonna do Wednesdays" I should be able to come up with something, right?

First idea:
I don't get a paying job but instead volunteer for some very worthy causes, spend time at the kids school, join the PTA (that's for you Simone), and focus on creating a peaceful home and family environment.

Ah... wouldn't that be nice :)

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Lola (quiet whisper): Jack, go back in your room! Mom said you have to stay in your room!

Jackson (regular voice, not quiet): I know, but I'm being really quiet so she can't hear me.

Lola: (louder whisper): Jack! Go in your room! Now!

Jackson (louder regular voice): But I need to show you how I look when I'm Darth Vader.

Mom chuckles on stairs

Lola (quiet whisper): What was that sound?

Jackson (very loud whisper): I think it was General Greivous! (Star Wars Villain)

Mom laughs loudly on stairs
Jackson runs into room
Mom waits...

Jackson (very loud whisper): Lola! I think that was mom! I don't think she heard us!

Lola: (regular voice): Good, them come in here and play Princess Star Wars.

Love. them. so. much :)

Friday, September 21, 2012

Soccer Star

Jackson had his first soccer game last friday. He was very nervous leading up to his first practice and again before his first game, but now he's hooked. He asks me every day when his next "soccer day" is.

Lining up for warm up
Practice kick

I believe he's doing "hands in" like Spiderman and His Amazing Friends

Warming up with coach

In the zone

Happy Jackson, deservedly proud of himself

Good game
Lola is sticking with ballet for now. Here she is dancing on the sidelines :)

PS- watching 4 year olds play soccer is one of the funniest things I've done in a while. If you need a little stress reliever or have some extra time one your hands that you'd like to fill with laughter, give me a call and come check out a game. HILARIOUS :)

Sunday, June 10, 2012

These girls love dirt!

My girls love the mud.
From the beginning Lola
loved to play in dirt.

Next came Freedman girl
number 2, "baby Molly."
This girl loves dirt too!

Friday, June 1, 2012

Bike Ride

Jackson, on bike ride:
My bike feels very heavy,
I can't ride it right.

Lola laughs, responds:
I put rocks into your bag.
Rides off. Saboteur.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Molly loves pinto beans.
Molly + pintos =
a really big mess.

Striking Differences

Lola and Jackson.
Same raw materials, blocks.
Birthday cake and gun.


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Monday, July 7, 2008

A bit of Autobiography

My tryst with the night-sky started way back, when I was a child fascinated by the heavens above. I wanted to know more about them, but the school textbooks had too few information to offer. As I grew up, I learnt from my textbooks that one can see planets with the naked eye and that each had its own unique characteristics, but no one told me where to look out for them in the sky. Years passed by with me continuing to be a 'frog in the well' and it was up to occasional articles in the newspaper to rekindle my interest in astronomy.

Notable among these were the Shoemaker Levy comet crashing into Jupiter in 1994, the appearance of comet Hale Bopp in 1995, and the outburst in Leonid meteor shower activity in 1998. I still remember 1994, when I was in the fourth standard. Rumors spread in the class room that the world was going to end because of a huge object going to hit the earth and so on (In connection with the Shoemaker Levy incident).

Once in a while there would be a live telecast of a solar eclipse on the TV. My mother was too scared and superstitious to let me outdoors when the eclipse was going on, preventing me from experimenting with the ideas put forward by the TV guys to watch the eclipse. My mother used to say that food would turn to poison when the eclipse was going on and we were not allowed to eat anything. The house would be cleaned, special prayers and ceremonies (pujas) would be conducted.

A breakthrough finally manifested itself in the form of starcharts that appeared every month in the Hindu newspaper. It was just a small unclear picture with no instructions and hence the misfortune continued. The jinx was finally broken when I teamed up with my friend, Gokul in my ninth standard or so (I don't remember exactly). He was also greatly interested in Astronomy and had read some books and downloaded a starchart generating software called Starcalc which I use even to this day. We spent a lot of time together observing the heavens and discussing astronomy among other things. We used to print starcharts and go to the observatory hill in Trivandrum.

The observatory had two old but large telescopes with which we were able to take our first magnified glimpse at the planets. We could see the polar caps of Mars, the rings of Saturn, the satellites and the dust band of Jupiter, the majestic full moon and the spectacular Orion nebula. We made friends with the observatory chairman and we had a lot of discussion going on. All these experiences satisfied the thirst that has long been unquenched.

Meanwhile, I attended a workshop called 'Red rover goes to Mars Project' at the Trivandrum planetarium. It was about selecting a few students to NASA for working on the Red rover project. It was a bit advanced for my standard, but I was still fascinated. I took home whatever I could fathom.

During the whole of my eleventh standard, I spend many of my evenings clinging onto a home made telescope, inspired by the telescope making workshop conducted by the Trivandrum planetarium. My telescope had a 100 cm focal length, 3" aperture convex lens as objective and a 20X eyepiece. I used an indigenous mount made from the remains of an old table-fan and I was proud of my telescope. Though there was significant chromatic aberration, I could see the Orion nebula as a cloud, an enlarged moon and the satellites of Jupiter as tiny dots if not anything else.

We came to know about the Astronomy Olympiad and we decided to have a go at it. By then I had become an avid reader and used my father's library to get books. He works at the Indian Space Research Organization and it has the finest technical library in all of India. I cleared the rounds until I finally qualified to appear in the National Astronomy Olympiad. It was to be preceded by a 10 day camp in Mumbai at the Nehru Science Centre. My home is some 1500 km away and I had fallen sick also which finally prevented me from attending the camp.

We attempted to organize an Astronomy club at school called SciQuest, the brainchild of me and Gokul. Most of my classmates attended our first get together, but they were there more because of their friendship with us rather than interest in Astronomy. This was pretty clear when not even a soul turned up for the second meeting at our favorite observatory. What a disappointment!

I was so frustrated that I was not able to attend the Olympiad that I parted ways with Astronomy (temporarily) but it was the busy academic schedule that played spoilsport. Finally I got into college and there again I was pressed for time. I failed again in an attempt to create Astronomy awareness at college, this time me being the culprit, I simply couldn't find time! (Oh my God, I should have). The plan that failed was to create a Special Interest Group (SiG) in Astronomy under the aegis of the IEEE. I feel final year was too late to start such an endeavor. Nevertheless, I spent quite sometime in browsing information on Astronomy, occasional stargazing outings and Meteor shower observations. I had made it a point not to miss the wondrous meteor showers. I would tell my friends well in advance and we would head to the college's Open Air Theatre(OAT). What an experience we had!

During my college days I started a community in the social networking site, Orkut called 'Stargazing and the Nightsky'. It has 276 members as of now from different parts of the world and I am glad that they all joined on their own accord without me sending out a single invitation! It was my attempt at not losing touch with astronomy. Now that I have passed out of college and plan to do something new, I have decided to start this stargazing blog. I is my hope that this blog symbolizes my comeback to Astronomy and that I can spare enough time from my work schedule to pursue amateur astronomy with renewed zeal.

Clear Skies!

Skywalker said...

very well written .. almost felt a sense of deja vu on reading it ! .
I am from Pune ; where me and my frends used to do stargazin on a pretty regular basis ( upto 10th that is ! ) the winter time night sky + the climate of pune were ideal ! . But again , as u say , there arent too many pepl intersetd in this subject . so 10th std ; then 12th + my frend shifting out of pune had pretty much put an end to my stargazin n all ! hope to revive ....

Elessar said...

@ skywalker

Deja vu it is! Except for the fact that it is Pune, the story is almost similar - You were active till tenth; You were able to explore the winter sky; Problem of interested people; Separating from the old friend in 12th; and last but not the least, the hope to revive the hobby!

I will me moving to Mumbai in a month and I hope I get more interested people there.

Vincent Morris said...

Lovely to read this. I remember visiting Observatory Hill, Trivandrum on the night of Shoemaker Levy impact in 1994. Too bad it was cloudy.

Now I am a serious amateur astronomer. I would like to keep in touch with you and like minded people. Reach me at

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While working on the flange I also repainted the radiator support since it was burned and discoloured from welding in the bungs.

The time honored method of positioning a turbo in an engine bay is to hang it with bailing wire from a 2x4. That way the position can be tweaked without the necessity of holding up a 35 LB object for hours on end. This is not a small turbo, so fitment is a challenge. Either way it's going to be higher then I want and close to the lower intake. It was either position the turbo about an inch higher then I initially wanted, or have to use a lot of short radius (and thus restrictive) els.

With the turbo position set and the turbine flange bolted on I could start to play with pipe fitment. After holding up various els and short scraps of straight, I had a general idea of what the rear runner was going to look like. It starts with an approximately 5" long section of straight pipe. This pipe would end up being trimmed several times as I discovered that my first mockup did not leave enough space between the manifold and frame rail to allow the flange to slip off the engine studs. Then it follows through two 45 degree else, a short spacer, and then a 90 degree el up to the flange.

Here's the first duct-tape mockup of the rear runner. As you can see, there is virtually no room between the manifold and fender. I would have to trim some length off the straight section for clearance. When making a manifold like this, buy plenty of 90 degree and 45 degree els. Don't underestimate the usefulness of combining two 45 degree els at different angles. This mockup shows the first 45 degree el pointing to slightly down, while the next one points to the front an a little bit up. A 1" spacer of pipe is then attached to it to move the turbo forward.

Once the position of the els are finalized, the runner gets tacked into place. Generally I bring the runner out of the engine bay and then cut a "window" into the duct tape holding it together inside which I place a tack. This makes sure that the runners don't move around too much, and keeps welding debris out of the engine bay.

A 90 degree el was added to bring the runner up to the turbo.

And the flange was tacked into place.

I then reinstalled the manifold onto the engine to test fitment again. In order to maintain clearances the turbo sits with the rear angled a few degrees down (will make it about 10 times easier to fab a downpipe in a cramped area), the front of the compressor angles towards the engine (to provide space for outlet pipe to run past shock tower) and the entire turbo rotates out slightly towards the fender (easier access to oil drain hole).

The front runner is mocked up in the same way as the rear, but this time it can be done outside of the engine bay since the first runner locates the turbine flange. Again, els and spacers were combined until the runner matched up with the engine flange and turbine flange, and did not interfere with the front runner, steering rack or engine mount. I ended up using two 45 degree els, two 90 degree els and two spacers. Almost by accident both runners turned out to be virtually the same length! Yay for me.

The front runner was then tacked into place...

...and the manifold test fitted once again. Still seems to fit.

Here's a view of the turbo flange from inside the engine bay. It hovers just over the frame rail. My pipe fitment had a few gaps which is something you ideally want to avoid. Gaps allow the pipe to move during finish welding, and take effort to fill properly.

To do the finish welding I rented a Miller Maxstar 150 STH from the local welding store (Sure Arc Welding Supply). For $200 I got the welder for a month and the gas bottle, consumables (tungsten, gas, filler) extra. Pretty good deal considering that this welder retails for $1500 US, and that doesn't include the gas bottle and regulators. Overall I'm very happy with the unit and if it could do AC (it's DC only) I'd buy it in a second. For a 120V unit it's very capable of doing stick or TIG welding at up to 150A (30% duty cycle) and weighs only 18 LBs. I didn't get the optional foot control but I found that Lift-Arc was very easy to use after about a 2 minute learning curve.

After a few hours of welding, here's the finished result. Most of the pipe was welded at 105A with great penetration and puddle control. To do the fillet welds at the flanges I cranked it up to 130A. The valley between the runners at the turbo flange was welded with some frustration by extending the tungsten about 3/4" out of the gas cup and cranking the gas flow to about 35CFH. I welded about as much as I could on each runner, then cut the tacks and welded each runner off the manifold separately. After a little frustration getting everything lined up again, the runners were tacked back into place and then fully welded.

Overall I'm happy with the manifold so far. Still need to do the wastegate runners but I can't get those installed until the downpipe is in place. This was actually a lot harder then making my intake manifold as the intake consisted of basically all 90 degree angles. The exhaust manifold has many more compound curves which can be a bit of a trick.

If I had been thinking I would have bolted both the engine flange and turbo flange to another thick piece of metal to minimize warping. Both flanges warped about 1MM during welding (no matter what you do, stainless steel loves to move during welding) so I'll have to send it to the machine shop to be flattened.

Finally the manifold can support the weight of the turbo by itself so it's time to place it in the engine bay. Beastly...There's enough room between the turbo and lower intake for plenty of heat shielding, and the oil drain will be easy to run. Going to take some thought on where to route a TID though.

With the turbo in place I could start to deal with the plumbing around it. First task was to make a new outlet pipe. From the intercooler I used a short piece of 2.5" stainless tube, then two 90 degree weld els, then a 90 degree mandrel bend I purchased from ATP Turbo. I would have preferred to use another weld el but I ran out and figured I'd just get some 90 degree mandrel bends from ATP at the same time I was ordering some other stuff. I kind of wish that I had stuck with the els because the mandrel bend is not consistent throughout. The tubing around the bend is slightly oval in shape which took some shaping to make it fit the perfectly round els. The camera angle is looking down at the top of the rad, which is why all the angles look funny.

Here's another view of the turbo outlet pipe showing how it hugs the inner wheel well. I'm going to add a bung in this tube to provide a boost signal to the wastegate.

The pipe was then fully welded. I set the TIG to pulse, put the current around 50A and fusion welded most of it. Filler was required in a few areas where the weld wanted to sink too much. You can see a few dirty areas also caused by the flux core wire I used to tack. The only annoyance is that the flux and contamination in the tack cause the TIG arc to go funky as it passes over. This produces a lot of hissing and popping as the contamination burns. Cleaning with acetone helps a little but flux core welds in general are dirty.

You can't see it very well in this picture as the flash kind of blew the image out but these are the beads on the end of the tube to prevent the couplers from blowing off. To create them I decided to be a total show-off so I tacked on a piece of 3/32" welding wire, used the torch to bend it around the circumference of the tube, and then welded it in place using a 1/16" filler. Needed a sharp tungsten with the welder set to about 30A. For my next trick, I'll weld the sharp edge of a razor blade to a railroad track.

And that's basically where things are now. Since I wrote this I've welded the v-band couplers onto the cat-back and made a new downpipe (with resonator). All that remains is to set up the wastegate runners and valve, figure out a TID, run oil and water to the turbo, modify the upper coolant pipe and throw on a new set of tires. Then it's back on the road for the summer, some tuning, and the interior when I feel like it.

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Research: Storytelling makes men more attractive

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Tom Koch and Travis Herzog put the research to the test (KTRK)

What makes a man attractive?

There's one particular quality that stands out, according to researchers at UNC Chapel Hill, and abc13 anchor Samica Knight was lucky enough to find out what that was in person today.

According to the study, researchers found men who are good storytellers are perceived by women to be 'high status' and better long-term partners.

Men, on the other hand, don't seem to care about a woman's ability to tell a good tale.

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The House narrowly passed the Republican-prized bill that would repeal and replace Obamacare.

The bill, named the American Health Care Act, still has to pass through the Senate, where major changes were expected to be made.

Here's what you need to know about the current bill:

- The bill would eliminate tax penalties the Affordable Care Act put on people who don't buy coverage.

- It would erase tax increases Obamacare put on higher-earning people and the health industry.

- It would retain the ACA's requirement that family policies cover grown children until age 26.

- The bill would cut Medicaid program for some low-income people and would allow states to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients.

- It would block federal payments to Planned Parenthood for a year.

- The bill would transform Obamacare subsidies for millions buying insurance - largely based on people's incomes and premium costs - into tax credits that rise with consumers' ages.

- It would allow insurers to charge older people up to five times as much as younger.

- It would allow states to get federal waivers, freeing insurers from other Affordable Care Act coverage requirements.

- The bill would set aside more than $130 billion for high-risk pools, aimed at helping seriously ill people pay expensive premiums.

- It would allow states to permit insurers to charge more for pre-existing conditions.

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Governor signs bill making foster child adoptions easier

Governor Robert Bentley signing the Best Interest of the Child Act Wednesday in Montgomery, Ala. (Photo courtesy of Gov. Bentley's Office)

Adoptions involving foster children will be streamlined in Alabama under a new law that Gov. Robert Bentley has signed.{}

Bentley and legislative leaders say the Best Interest of the Child Act will prevent foster families from having to wait several years before being able to adopt children in their care.

The law shortens from 15 months to 12 months the time that must pass after a child is in state custody before a court can consider a request to terminate parental rights.Courts will now have just 90 days from receiving a petition to hold a trial on the question of parental rights. A final order will be due within 30 days of the trial.The governor praised the law, noting that two of his four children were adopted.Release from the Office of Governor Robert Bentley:

Governor Robert Bentley on Wednesday held a ceremonial bill signing forSenate Bill 307, a measure that helps expedite the process for children to beadopted into permanent homes.

"This bill cuts down on the time it takes to move children out offoster care and into permanent, loving homes," Governor Bentleysaid.{} "Dianne and I are the parents of two adopted sons, and weknow the love and joy that adopted children bring to families.{} Allchildren deserve a safe and stable home environment, and this legislation willmake that available to more children."

The legislation requires the Department of Human Resources to file apetition to terminate the parental rights of a parent (or parents) of a childwho has been in the foster care system for 12 of the most recent 22 months.{}Prior to the passage of SB307, filing a petition to terminate parentalrights was based on 15 of the most recent 22 months.

SB307 also requires the completion of a termination of parental rightstrial within 90 days after the petition has been served and requires the trialcourt judge to enter a final order within 30 days of the completion of the terminationof parental rights trial.

"The safety and care of Alabamachildren is always our number-one priority," Alabama House Speaker MikeHubbard (R-Auburn) said.{} "This law is the result of months ofresearch and work to pinpoint the best way to improve foster care and adoptionin our state.{} I am proud that our efforts will have an immediate,positive and long-term impact in the lives of Alabama children and families across thestate."

The legislation was sponsored by Senator Jerry Fielding and RepresentativeMike Jones.

"As a former juvenile court judge, I've seen first-hand thestress that drawn-out foster care proceedings can have on a child," Sen.Fielding (R-Sylacauga) said.{} "That's why Iwas proud to{}sponsor this bill that will streamline the process and ensurea child is placed in a stable environment in a timely fashion."

"As a family law professional, I see first-hand the amount oftime Alabama children can spend waiting in foster care, and I knew somethingmust be done," Rep. Jones (R-Andalusia) said.{} "The'Best Interests of the Child Act' takes great strides towardspeeding up the adoption process and ensuring children in foster care areplaced in a permanent, loving home much more quickly."


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This is a special report from ABC news. Good morning everyone I'm Devin -- New York -- this ABC news digital special report Prince William. It's opening up for the first time about fatherhood and raising the new young prince George Alexander. He even admits despite that swirl of attention over the world -- he couldn't wait for everyone to see the baby. I think I was -- -- -- anyway this is Catherine part -- was that. Really we were happy to show them off to have want to see him as any new parent -- is doing its after -- -- Your new -- in the united pretend he's the best looking over -- everything. All right and Prince William had a lot more to say in that interview with CNN joining us now from London. For more on the revealing interview ABC's mixture for an -- Nicosia. Presented to see -- certainly seeing a -- we're great -- a lot of his sad prince -- humble side here I mean I find it hard to believe is the duke of Cambridge really changing diapers. I think he is and I think -- he talks about with Max Foster CNN. He wants to be as independent as his family will let him be so he and drove off himself. From the hospital that day I think as you know I've talked about the past he will likely leave his job in angle C as a helicopter search and rescue pilot to become a full time royal soon to -- a full time dad. And as he says actually really when a lot of fathers around the world probably feel in this first few weeks -- priorities now are my wife and my new son and although he -- his dog is also. In their priority list. -- he's really focused on -- to be honest if you look at him in this interview he looks relaxed he looks -- He's so very clearly in a good place in life and he's looking forward to the future of race in this boy including doing -- athletes. That's right -- and I was really struck -- down to earth he was an interview even admitting that moment when he walked out. From the hospital with the -- prince in that car seat and in putting that car seat in the car he admitted. That he actually had a practice that he was a bit nervous let's let's take a look at what he said. Believe it it was a much and I know there's been speculation I -- to practice our religion I was terrified that I was gonna do some. There is therefore lawful you know I was gonna -- property such. Our products are processed about. I mean pretty remarkable right for the for -- to -- became -- Newsom reversing their of this baby toys. Although I have to say we we put a stop its stopwatch on him that day after we saw him with that car seat in. Say having put my nephews Carson in many times having lots of friends who have little kids who try and struggle with -- -- That was obvious in my opinion that he did that he practiced -- Left you know he really wants to be accessible he really wants to be a normal father of course he isn't. He will never be but I think he has the sense that he and his wife. And his son can really just have their own lives can set their own lives he's talking about some of this we'll -- soon. But he talks about how he wants introduced Africa into it is little boys. Life just like it was introduced -- his life. By his -- who's really talking about bringing up a child a very modern. Monarch child that's not like the way. That his grandparents or even his parents would have been raised that's -- really breaking some new ground here in new generation and you Monica aiming even in the way. We see him men and Kate deadbeat parents are pretty remarkable stuff like let's talk a little bit about the prince himself we got a -- A glimpse here from Prince William about what the temperament of the future king of England could be let's take a look. She's a little bit of -- Ross for what sort of hours -- they otherwise -- -- -- rather -- me when I was younger Marshall. But. He's. He's the number one of the environment he's does let's -- hours after chambers. And changed -- the first -- if I did the first -- is actually about Obama was about as accurate. I'm I was Latin America and every amid Washington the you do it either he's a little he's got adequate protection because of the -- and kind of I'm in rivers around cardinal and you. His legacy that watchers who have a problem but he's there are a lot of mines and -- -- -- -- I was most Catherine puts them in she's she's in front. Very bad image -- every midwife staring at the duke changing the nappy it's pretty remarkable there and I understand that. Even though they said they are gonna have full time help at home they they must have some right. Well look I think that there have been reports that he's reached out. To his own old Manny the one that helped raise him. Other people who've been around Kensington Palace the same place where he was raised. For years and years we don't really know how many people or who they reached out to but they have indicated we will have some help. But not a huge amount of staff -- look they've got a lot. On their -- they've got a little boy -- Katherine has gone back to workers soon to go back to work next couple weeks you know they will be full time royals' most likely. When he leaves his job search and rescue pilot and they're also full time philanthropists in some way William has a lot. Charities including one that he highlighted during this interview in Africa and that's one that he wants introduce his son to so they will be reaching out there will be a very public couple and they're really going to be the face of the monarchy -- little. Boy George is going to be that next generation that assures. The House of Windsor a level of popularity of frankly they haven't seen. In generations that are really come along that popularity really rising. Thanks to William -- and Harry and now little George. A lot of their play a lot of pressure can only imagine it and it sounds like from what we heard from the in every let's take a look here at. How little sleep they appeared to -- as well. The -- few weeks and -- being. Just a very different emotional experience. Some random -- the -- I would feel myself. And it's our farms. Again -- an initial purpose. A lot of things very differently -- So how bad a NIC you've you've followed the royals who followed prince William -- mean just from this interview what sense do you get about how. Fatherhood has already begun to change it. I think he's happy I really do and I think. That that's really what comes out here and and and like so many fathers. After they've. After their wives or partners have just given birth. To their first child especially I think he's kind of amazing that everyone says to you. Your life -- -- the same you'll never be this annual never sleep. You don't really know that until you have a little boy or have a little girl. In your arms and it's just the three -- -- Creating life in dealing with. Diaper changing in dealing with -- you can put the car seat in. Front of millions and millions people -- well that's a particular problem for the prince but I think he's in a place that a lot of parents are and I think he's just happy and pleased and with that comes a little shocked. At some of the emotions he's feeling some of that. Be be the true emotion deep down that he's feeling and who knows what he's talking about. When he says -- looks at things differently now that could just be he walks out of his house since he's the sky differently who knows you know but I think he's in a good place that's very clear. From this interview he says that Catherine's -- -- a very good place and there are going to be excited parents and we're gonna see a lot of them. They're both gonna start hitting scenic trail I was gonna say the -- are doing public events next month and I -- really do think has as we talked about. That -- three of them really will be the future of the monarchy and they will be very popular. All right ABC news -- Schiffer and in London thanks so much for joining us next great reporting on the story this has been an ABC news digital special report. Thanks so much for watching. This has been a special -- Report from me.

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Six ACC players, including two each from league frontrunners N.C. State and Duke, were named Thursday to the preseason watch list for the Wooden Award, symbolic of the national college basketball Player of the Year.

Leading the list of 50 players was the Wolfpack junior duo of C.J. Leslie and Lorenzo Brown, along with Blue Devils’ seniors Seth Curry and Mason Plumlee. Also recognized were North Carolina sophomore forward James Michael McAdoo and Florida State senior guard Michael Snaer.

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Kenny Boynton, Florida

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Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Georgia

Isaiah Canaan, Murray State

Jack Cooley, Notre Dame

D.J. Cooper, Ohio

Vincent Council, Providence

Allen Crabbe, Cal

Aaron Craft, Ohio State

Brandon Davies, BYU

Matthew Dellavedova, St. Mary’s

Gorgui Dieng, Louisville

Jamaal Franklin, San Diego State

Tim Frazier, Penn State

Tim Hardaway Jr., Michigan

Elias Harris, Gonzaga

Solomon Hill, Arizona

Pierre Jackson, Baylor

Elijah Johnson, Kansas

Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati

Ray McCallum, Detroit

C.J. McCollum, Lehigh

Doug McDermott, Creighton

Rodney McGruder, Kansas State

Tony Mitchell, North Texas

Mike Moser, UNLV

Brock Motum, Washington State

Le’Bryan Nash, Oklahoma State

Brandon Paul, Illinois

Otto Porter, Georgetown

Phil Pressey, Missouri

Andre Roberson, Colorado

Peyton Siva, Louisville

Jarnell Stokes, Tennessee

Adonis Thomas, Memphis

Deshaun Thomas, Ohio State

Christian Watford, Indiana

Jeff Withey, Kansas

Nate Wolters, South Dakota State

B.J. Young, Arkansas

Patric Young, Florida

Cody Zeller, Indiana

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I am all about making things easier.  I like good food, but only on special occasions will I pull out a "fancy" recipe.  And by "fancy" I mean a recipe that calls for more than 8 ingredients and takes two or more pages to explain.  Most days, I cook simple food in the simplest way possible.

Which brings me to these Strawberry & Cream Napoleans from The Baker Chick.

But first, let's talk about The Baker Chick herself.  Her name is Audra and I'm not sure how I stumbled onto her site but wow am I glad that I did! She makes the yummiest food and her site is just darling.  She's a NYC blogger with a passion for baking. You can read more about Audra here.

So back to the napoleans.... I have a serious, intense dislike for those strawberry shortcake "cups" that you find in the supermarket.  You know, the ones that are flat on the bottom, indented on top, dry as a cardboard box and have zero flavor. They should just call them Cardboard-cakes.  Dis-like.

I normally solve this problem one of two ways:  pound cake or angel food cake.  Sometimes I make my own but both can usually be found in the bakery section of my grocery store, right next to the cardboard-shortcakes.  I especially like to get the chocolate pound cake.  Ohhhhh, chocolate pound cake...strawberries...fresh whipped cream... that is good stuff.

But I'm always on the lookout for an update to my good 'ole standbys and I'm certain I've found it in this recipe.

Audra substitutes flakey, crispy puff pastry for the cardboard-cakes, layers it with strawberries and whipped cream then dusts it all with powdered sugar.  Since I'm pretty lazy when it comes to baking, I will use store bought puff pastry, a perfectly fine substitution according to Audra.  I always top my strawberry shortcake with a sprinkle of nutmeg so I'll add that as well.

Is your mouth watering?  Mine is!

Hop on over to the-baker-chick.com to see the full recipe!

We are in the full swing of summer, I hope you are eating fresh and yummy things!

photo by King Arthur Flour Company

So... I'm not really into Halloween.  First of all, I grew up out in the boon-docks where the only trick-or-treaters we saw was my little cousin Jill who lived a mile down the road.  We never even bought Halloween candy, because God forbid we would ever consume any processed sugar.  But my mom, always the hostess, made sure to make a small batch of cookies for Jill when she showed up in her costume.  Not that I ever got to eat any of them.  I'm not bitter.

Secondly, I find it all a bit too much.  I don't watch scary movies and I don't really enjoy looking at "ugly stuff" (witches, zombies, bloody hands, etc.), so a whole day of celebrating it is just too much for me. And since we didn't celebrate Halloween at home (for religious reasons) there's not even a nostalgic significance for me.  So generally, I pass.

And then there's Dia De Los Muertos, the Mexican Day of the Dead.  My brain tends to put that in a different category than Halloween because at least it is about celebrating the lives of the ancestors.  The irony is not lost on me, don't worry.

Admittedly, I find some of the artwork fascinating and while I didn't grow up celebrating Dia De Los Muertos either, it is a Mexican tradition and so for illogical reasons, I am more tolerant of it.

So what does all this have to do with our Friday Recipe?  I will tell you...

Thanks to the internet being flooded with Halloween recipes right now, I ran across this recipe from King Arthur Flour that at first caught my attention because of the shape of the cookies:  bones.  Not something you see every day.  Then I scrolled down and saw that they were made with almond flour and almond extract and I was sold.  I just adore almond extract, it makes me happy.  In fact, I have been using Amaretto flavored coffee creamer in my coffee all this week.

This recipe is really easy: basically mix all the ingredients in a mixing bowl, roll out the dough into "snakes", crimp the ends to look like bones, let them sit overnight and bake.  So easy! Of course, you could make them into any shapes you wanted, or no special shapes at all and they will be just as yummy.

Coincidentally, they link to another recipe for Almond Cloud Cookies that are even more appealing to me because it requires almond paste, which makes me go weak in the knees. They describe them as "Chewy-crisp and intensely almond-y."  Ummm, yes please!

So there you have it, 2 cookie recipes for your weekend.  Whip up a batch, brew a little coffee, and relax.  Or dress up like Lady Gaga and go door-to-door begging your neighbors for candy.  Your choice.

Ossi di Morto (Bone of the Dead) Cookies via King Arthur Flour: http://www.kingarthurflour.com/blog/2012/10/26/bones-of-the-dead/

Almond Cloud Cookies via King Arthur Flour: http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/almond-cloud-cookies-recipe

Until I was in my 20's I did not know that most pie crusts were made out of shortening or butter.  There was only one recipe for pie crust in my mother's recipe box and it was for this recipe right here that I'm going to share with you today.  The recipe is my Great-Grandmother Pat's recipe and she did not use shortening or butter in her pie crust; she used vegetable oil.  I have no idea why.  Maybe it was a Great Depression thing.  Maybe it was a Polish thing. Maybe it was a preference thing.  I just don't know.  What I do know is that every time I make this crust I can hear my grandma's voice, see her knobby fingers and smell her house.

I have introduced you to my Great-Grandma Pat before:

She's the lovely bride and that handsome gentleman sitting next to her is my Great-Grandpa Pat.  Her full name was Antonia Cecilia Smith (Smigkelski) but she went by Annette because she hated being called "Antonia."  I think it was too "ethnic" to her.  I love it.  She was always "Grandma Pat" to me and I loved visiting her house in Gridley, CA where she always had 2 things waiting for me to nibble on: egg custards in the fridge and spice cookies on the counter.  I'm still trying to figure out the spice cookie recipe, I think my Grandma Shirley is holding out on me.

One recipe I do have tucked safely away in my stash is the recipe for her pie crust.  So let's get to it:

The ingredient list is simple (makes one 9in. crust):

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/4 cup milk (I've always used whole milk)

The directions couldn't be any easier either:

  • Dump everything in a bowl
  • Mix until forms into a solid ball of dough
  • Starting from the middle working out, roll out into at least 9" pie crust, place in pie plate and using a fork poke holes all over the inside to keep it from puffing up while baking.
  • Bake at 450 degrees, 10-12 minutes, until edges are golden brown

Now, let me give you a couple of tips:

  • My Grandma Shirley (Annette's daughter) informed me this weekend that she never uses this recipe because it always crumbles on her.  True, it is not as silky or soft as a traditional pie crust.  The vegetable oil does a good job of providing the fat to make it flaky but it does not make this crust "smooth".  It may crack or crumble while you are working with it and that's ok.  Take a deep breath, everything is going to work out, I promise.  This weekend I made 2 crusts and it seemed to me that the first one came together with the least amount of breakage so it may be that working quickly will help you get the pie into the pan all in one piece.
  • This crust may stick a little to the counter or cutting board, as most crusts do.  The best way to transfer it to the pan, I found, is to use a spatula or bench scraper to peel it up and gently fold it into 4ths like the picture above.  Plop it in your pie plate and carefully unfold it.  Voila!  Of course, I could have sprinkled a little flour before I started rolling out the dough, but I forgot.  And it all worked out anyway.  See?  Cooking isn't scary.  It all works out somehow.
  • Even if it cracks (and it probably will crack at least a bit), this dough is very forgiving and meant to be very rustic.  Just take a chunk of excess dough &  "repair" the crack.  Squish and press it back into the shape you need it to be, most of it is going to be covered with filling anyway.
  • Although very similar to a traditional shortening pie crust, this pie has a tiny bit more heft to it so I try to roll it out as thin as possible, just keeping the edges a smidge thicker.  If you roll the crust out "thick" it will taste "thick".  And that may be what you prefer, just be forewarned.

I have to stop here and point out the brilliance of my new cutting board from.... wait for it... Walmart!

It's from the Paula Deen line, no less, but I saw it months ago and debated whether or not to get it.  When I went back to pick up some extra pie plates this weekend I decided it must come home with me.  I gotta tell you, I love this new cutting board!  It's a darker, acacia wood which I appreciate much more than the lighter colored boards.  But the selling point was that engraved onto one side of the board are measurements for 6,8,9 & 10 in. rounds as well as a 14 in. straight edge. It took out all the guesswork when I rolled out my pie dough.  I knew I had rolled far enough when I got the 9 in. border line.  Infomercial complete.

My pie crusts were beautiful and tasty and easy and... well, awesome.  Don't judge my crimping skills, I never was able to master the "pie crimp" and this dough doesn't lend easily to it anyway. People know it's a homemade pie when they see edges that ugly and somehow they love you a little more for it.

Yes, I feed people to get them love me.  There was a lot of love going around this weekend.

PS: Stay tuned for Friday when I share the recipe for the yummy filling!

I have hit the floor running every day this week and that means that you are regrettably getting a drive-by recipe today. You don't mind, right?

My buddy Serena (aka: Wonder Twin) discovered this recipe on Pinterest and posted it to our "Did It/Made It" board. I really want to try it because

  1. I have no spare time right now. None.
  2. I love dessert. Nay, I NEED dessert.
  3. I have family members with food allergies and this quick cake is gluten, dairy and sugar free. Yippee!!
  4. Even if it's a total flop (which I don't think it will be), you've only lost 2 minutes of your day and pennies in ingredients. Totally worth a shot!

The recipe is from ATX Gluten Free and you can substitute your favorite gluten-free baking mix, which for me is currently Cup-4-Cup from Chef Thomas Keller. My sister has been using it on all our favorite family recipes and having some great results!

Looking at my calendar, I should have 2 minutes to myself... in November. Maybe I can make this cake then. I hope you have some time this weekend to try this little dessert!!

Don't forget to check out some other "Did It/Made It" ideas from our Pinterest Board and share a few of your own!!


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Amortization is the periodic cost allocation process for intangible assets.

Depreciation, depletion and amortization are all periodical allocation of cost of fixed assets, natural resorts and intangible assets respectively and all charged to the revenue account. The difference among these three items are that depreciation, depletion and amortization related to fixed assets, natural resources and intangible assets respectively.  Merchandising Transaction

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22 Apr 2008 @ 9:41 PM

Let me keep this short and sweet:

1) Christobal Huet is not the answer for the Caps. He got pwned on that dribbler of a first Pflyers goal, and he got pwned on the series-winner in the exact same way that Cory Stillman pwned him in 2006.

2) I liked how Ovechkin and Kolzig stayed out to applaud the fans after the handshakes–I didn’t, however, like how the fans just kept their hands in their pockets. C’mon kids, your team went from dead last at Thanksgiving to the third seed in the East, they battled back from being down 3-1….and you can’t even give ‘em a little love?

3) Better luck next year. Except, of course, against the Hurricanes.

On to Round 2. Give ‘em Hell, Harry.

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 07 Nov 2007 @ 10:47 AM

I watched bits and pieces of the Leafs-Sens game last night. At several points I had to check my TV to make sure that the colour was right, because I could have sworn that I was watching the 96-04 Whalercanes.

All I can say to you, Leafs fans is:

I told you so.

I cannot begin to tell you how many times I’ve been flamed senseless by Leafs fans for warning them about what to expect from Chairman Mo (and, for that matter, Jeff O’Neill). “I’m tellin’ ya,” I said, “all that stuff that you bitched about during the 2002 ECF?  You’re going to see that again.”

But no, nobody listens to AQ.

Good luck, Leafs fans. Y’all look like you could really use it.

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