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Thursday, April 20, 2017

Harvard's black acceptance ratio is proportionate--but it's drawn from rich black folks

Harvard University Admits Highest Number Of Black Students In School's History | The Huffington Post: " Almost 12 percent of the total applicants who were offered admission next fall are black"

Most Black Students at Harvard Are From High-Income Families: "In a 2004 interview Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research at Harvard, told the London Observer, “The black kids who come to Harvard or Yale are middle class. Nobody else gets through.” "

Kwame Anthony Appiah defending "cultural appropriation"

The Case for Contamination - The New York Times:
Besides, trying to find some primordially authentic culture can be like peeling an onion. The textiles most people think of as traditional West African cloths are known as Java prints; they arrived in the 19th century with the Javanese batiks sold, and often milled, by the Dutch. The traditional garb of Herero women in Namibia derives from the attire of 19th-century German missionaries, though it is still unmistakably Herero, not least because the fabrics used have a distinctly un-Lutheran range of colors. And so with our kente cloth: the silk was always imported, traded by Europeans, produced in Asia. This tradition was once an innovation. Should we reject it for that reason as untraditional? How far back must one go? Should we condemn the young men and women of the University of Science and Technology, a few miles outside Kumasi, who wear European-style gowns for graduation, lined with kente strips (as they do now at Howard and Morehouse, too)? Cultures are made of continuities and changes, and the identity of a society can survive through these changes. Societies without change aren't authentic; they're just dead.

Monday, April 10, 2017

The notion of a safe space as protection from challenge raises other issues, too. In 2104 a student group at Brown University organized a debate about campus sexual assault between the feminist Jessica Valenti and the libertarian Wendy McElroy, a critic of the notion of ‘rape culture’. Fearing that the debate would be too upsetting for some, a ‘safe space’ was set up, equipped with cookies, colouring books, bubbles, Play-Doh, and a video of frolicking puppies, as well as counsellors. One of the students who helped set up, and make use of, the safe space, went to listen to the debate at one point, but quickly returned to the safe space. ‘I was feeling bombarded by a lot of viewpoints that really go against my dearly and closely held beliefs’, she said.

A cartoon and a comment about leftists who are friendly and leftists who mock

On Facebook, Jonas Kyratzes shared Things Are Not OK. In the comments, Jay Tholen mentioned his childhood growing up in poor neighborhoods and said,
I was a Limbaugh-listening conservative at 18 and know how completely validating it is to see the liberal mainstream characterize you as a hateful idiot. It entrenched me in my belief that I was fighting against some elite star chamber. The only time I started questioning my political ideologies was when folks from the left befriended me and we had conversations.
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Saturday, 21 July 2012

Week #217 with Bunny Zoe Crafts.

Good Morning and welcome to another fabby sketch from Sketch Saturday
this week we are sponsored by Nikki at Bunny Zoe Crafts

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The 1st prize winner will receive a fabulous £10.00
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Today I am celebrating my 40th birthday and as a special treat I shall be giving a small prize to a 2nd winner.
So this week you have two chances to win!!

Here is this weeks sketch for you!

Our guest designer, Becca who has a sale on her shop with 40% off images, using code wandw!

  1. fab sketch this week and beautiful work from the DT. Can't wait to play along.

  2. Thanks for this lovely sketch! Was a joy to make a card with your help. :)

    Nonni x

  3. I have entered mine twice, the first time I put in the wrong url..cos I am stupid like that..x

  4. Another great sketch, and thanks for all the inspiration.
    hugs Kimx

  5. Thank you for the beautiful sketch as always. DT, y'all did a fabulous job!!

  6. Great sketch to work with this week and fab cards from the DT. Just as I was entering i realised I have altered the way of the back piece. iof this is not ok for the challenge please feel free to delete my entry.
    x ctaherine

  7. Hi,

    Nice skecth, thanlks !

    Greetings, Jaimie

  8. What a great sketch, I will definitely use this one again. Thanks for all the beautiful inspiration as well!!

    xx Mia xx

  9. Great inspiration from your dt.

    Thank you for a great sketch!

  10. Thanks for another fun challenge and great sketch to work with! Fantastic samples from the DT for inspiration!

  11. Great sketch :) The dt cards are as always amazing!

    Tags xx

  12. This wonderful sketch is one of the inspirational sketches at the August Card Sketch Challenge on

    Kathy D.

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Pray for Humans of Pakistan

What’s happening in Gaza is terrible. What’s happening in Palestine is Genocide and I condemn and pray for them. What I fail to understand, why nobody’s praying for another set of people being brutally killed, murdered, blown up, burnt to death and slaughtered.

While it is important to pray for Gaza, it is even more important to pray for Pakistan. Humans of Pakistan, Muslims of Pakistan are being killed at a rate higher than any other set of people out there in the world. According to the national internal security policy document, there are 48,994 people who were killed due to the terrorist attacks or terrorist violence between 2001 and November 2013 (Note: Official Numbers). That’s a staggering 10 people a day or 300 people a month for more than a whole decade.

In contrast to these numbers (you can call me brutal but) in current Palestine attacks, around 200 people have been killed. May peace comes to Gaza and they stop getting bombed but all those dear fellow Pakistanis who are crying, shouting and whining about this terrible incident, I have never seen them changing their display pictures for Pakistan, I have not seen them cry over genocide, murder, mass killing that’s been happening in Pakistan, our own country of our own people right around us. Are Pakistanis not the part of the same UMMAH? Are Pakistanis not Humans? Have we gone so stone-hearted that we can ignore the murder of our neighbor, our own brother country-men? Have we gone so frozen-hearted that we can hide our head deep under the sand like an ostrich when a bomb hits Peshawar, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Karachi, Quetta or any other part of the country?

The problem lies inside us. We need to work on our priorities. We need to open our eyes and see what’s going wrong here. When your own house is on fire, you don’t run to supply water buckets to the burning house across the road letting your own dream-house burn to ashes. You do not feed the poor of another place when your own children are dying of hunger. You don’t send your knights to fight a war of honor when your own fortress is being attacked by enemies, that too from both inside and outside.

Pakistani volunteer takes away an injured boy from the site of a bomb explosion in a commercial district in Peshawar, Pakistan on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009
I could find photos more gross than that if that pulls your attention

So when I raise my voice, I raise it for Peace, not for Peace in Gaza, not for Peace in Syria, not for Peace in Pakistan, not for Peace in Kashmir, but for Peace in the whole world. The selective nature of the GOOD we do is killing us, and it will kill us. I feel sorry but I’m not afraid of the day when I’ll be blown up to pieces walking on the road-side and my friends and fellows will be condemning attack on a country far-far away.

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24 Hours with Telenor 3G

3G and 4G services have started to commercially roll out in Pakistan. This post is to share my experience with Telenor 3G on the very first day of commercial launch.

1st June, Telenor Pakistan announced commercial launch of 3G services, gives the tarrif out on the website and sends an SMS blast to all to sign up to a package, free trial is over. Pretty much excited, I was expecting speeds and reliability of the 3G connection to improve with the commercial launch, assuming the users will stop using the service the way they were during the free trial. So far, I’ve found myself to be wrong.

Here are the findings.

Telenor 3G speeds have been similar since the day they launched the trial services. The speed hardly ever goes beyond 1Mbps, hence download speeds of 100 kilobyte per second is the max you’ll attain. Usually the download speed is found to be 2.5 to 3 times higher than that of the upload speeds, so expect around 300kbps uploads when on 3G.

Maximum Download Speed:  1 Mbps (1000 kbps )
Maximum Upload Speed  0.4 Mbps ( 400 kbps )

While these speeds are pretty good as compared to the Edge or GPRS connections we were using earlier, the claims and hype of dozens of Mbps found across social media and forums boils down to this.

Announced 3G packages by Telenor Pakistan are fairly cheaper than that of Ufone 3G , the only other packages announced so far for 3G tarrif. Whether you go with the bundle offers or you let the standard rates charge, Telenor is cheaper for sure.

We can’t talk much about the coverage yet as it’s just the beginnging. All networks claiming to be going to a number of cities of Pakistan, tough, when you are in those cities, it’s usually a disappointment to find no 3G signals in most of the cities. You can find Telenor coverage map here for Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindn/Islamabad here.

Battery Life

My experience has been different with Telenor 3G and Mobilink 3G. Mobilink takes way more battery on 3G as compared to Telenor. Is that because Telenor 3G runs on 5Mhz and Mobilink on 10Mhz? Can someone share there experience?

Please note that these tests were conducted on an iPhone 5 on a pre-paid Telenor sim in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Tried traveling across the city to find locations where the speeds were better and then posted the best scores.

Please share your experience if that is different from mine.

3G is here in Pakistan

While the auction for the licenses by PTA is just winding up, we can already see 3G signals showing up on phones 🙂

And here are some speedtest results.

Death Anniversary – Allama Iqbal

Today, 21st April is the death anniversary of Dr. Muhammad Allama Iqbal. I only want to request you here to pray for the great leader on his death anniversary.

We salute the great leader and poet.

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Asia Cup 2014 Final: Srilanka vs Pakistan

Asia Cup 2014The Asia Cup final is today, where the two great Asian cricket teams Pakistan and Srilanka are against each other. Pakistan has won the toss and have elected to bat first. Srilankan team has not lost a single match in this tournament whereas Pakistan has made its way to the final after winning the matches from crunch situations. We are hoping a great match between the two sides as both teams are equally matched. You can watch the match live by clicking on the links below.

Asia Cup match 3: Pakistan vs Afghanistan

Asia Cup 2014The Asia cup is under way in Bangladesh where the Asian cricket teams are battling for the Asia Cup trophy. Two matches are gone in which India and Srilanka were victorious. Today is match number three in which Pakistan and Afghanistan are against each other. Pakistan started steadily until score of 55-0 in 12.2 overs but lost quick wickets after that. Currently Umar Akmal and Anwar Ali are on the crease trying to put a decent total on the board. Afghanistan side has put a good show by making Pakistan work hard for the runs. If you are missing the live action you can watch the live action online from the links below.

WhatsApp hoax about voice calls

WhatsApp has now been flooded with this hoax message and just like any other chain letter/hoax people continue to fall victim for it. The message asks you to forward it to everyone in the contacts to get some free voice calls and this forwarding will ensure that your account is active and blah blah blah and so on.

Dear fellow WhatsApp users, if its about free calls, why don’t you make free calls using Skype, Viber or any other similar service? Just take a chill pill and relax. It’s just a fake message you’ve fallen for, have you?

The purpose of the hoax message has not yet clear except doing exactly what it asks you to prevent, yes, to make WhatsApp servers overloaded by huge number of broadcast messages.

Here’s the full text of the message I received a number of times in past few hours.  Enjoy!

✅ Hello, I. Am DAVID D. SURETECH founder of Whatsapp. this message is to inform all of our users that we have only 53million accounts available for new phones. Our servers have recently been very congested, so we asking for your help to solve this problem. We need our active users to forward this message to every single person in their contact list in order to confirm our active users that use WhatsApp. If you do not send this message to all your contacts to WhatsApp, then your account will remain inactive with the consequence of losing all your contacts. The automatic update symbol on your SmartPhone Will appear with the transmission of this message. Your smartphone will be updated within 24 hours, and will feature a new design; a new color for the chat and the icon will change from green to azul. Whatsapp will begin to charge unless you are a frequent user. If you have at least 10 contacts send this sms and the logo will become red on your platform
to indicate that you are an active user. Tomorrow, we wil begin to take messages for whatsapp for 0.37 cents. Forward this message to more than 9 people in your contact list and the what’s app logo on your will turn blue meaning that you have
Become a free user for life.
Confirming this is the new icon WhatsApp ☑ ®
Send it to all your contacts to update the application
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Android on Nokia, my dream come true!

Nokia X

I always wanted Nokia phones to run Android OS. Here comes the day when the dream comes true. Now begins an era of Nokia’s hardware strength and Android’s OS marvel to work together and the phones will soon be in the hands of end users (yes you).

While Nokia is trying to keep themselves as far as possible from Google services for obvious reasons, this does not mean the users, developers and even phone sellers have anything to loose here. This is an amazing development where Nokia is trying to help drive more and more users to Microsoft services including Skype and Sky Drive (recently renamed to OneDrive)  using Google’s Android OS.

So if you are a grumpy Nokia users and a loyal customer, grab a Nokia X phone in near future and I’m sure you’ll have way better set of software apps available on Nokia X than your old Symbian or Nokia OS phone. Win-win for the Nokia user, whether you pick a Windows Phone or Nokia X (Android) phone.

For developers, it creates a whole new market too. Time port your apps to Nokia X fellows, just visit this site to get started.


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Saturday, February 5, 2011

Bad News: New Book Probes Role of Press in Financial Crisis

Great read by Peter Goodman @ The Huffington Post (H/T Naked Capitalism).

Interesting Excerpts:
But one segment of American society has largely evaded scrutiny in the search for the source of the disaster: the financial press. This is a dangerous oversight, argues journalist Anya Schiffrin in an intriguing and thoughtful new book, "Bad News: How America's Business Press Missed the Story of the Century."
As the crisis begins to fade from memory, and as acute fear is predictably replaced by complacency, a rigorous accounting of what actually transpired is imperative. Schiffrin aims to impose that accounting on those of us who make our living writing about finance. Her findings are not comforting, suggesting that coziness with sources and a lack of financial acumen made many reporters vulnerable to bogus assurances that nothing was wrong.
The trouble was that a louder chorus repeatedly drowned out this probing reporting about the magnitude of the real estate bubble--a steady celebration of permanently rising home price, the fantasy that propelled a construction binge, a mortgage bonanza and no end of wealth that got created along the way. That chorus abetted and enabled the capture of the regulators who are supposed to be able to tune out such noise while dispassionately scrutinizing the numbers.
Still, the basic critique of the book is instructive and worth contemplating. It boils down to most of us not cultivating a wide enough circle of sources. For anyone who writes about finance, it is worth pausing to consider where we regularly draw our information and then actively expanding that zone. It is worth looking at how many of our sources are people whose job descriptions include having to talk to reporters for a living. Because in this crisis, as in all such events, the warnings were never going to be obtained from people paid to talk to the press, a group dominated by the special interests that benefit from the status quo.
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Donors Choose Project

Hey bloggers!

My class has a donors choose project set up! We are working hard on following the Common Core State Standards this year and need some new math manipulatives! I teach in a high-poverty school and rely on the help of others (and my own money) to get new supplies. My students and I would GREATLY appreciate any help...whether it is a donation from you or sharing of the link!
Check it out {here}.
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Don't forget...I have my 100th Day of School Activities posted (as well as a FREEBIE!!) on my previous post. You can check it out {here}.

Happy Wednesday!

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    Thank you for writing this article, and for using to get your students the materials they need.

    Congratulations on getting your project fully funded! We hope you and your students enjoy using the math manipulatives.

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Making Friends in Early Modern England: Sloane and the Willughbys

binaire opties automatisch Posted on September 24, 2012 by - Early Modern History, Hans Sloane, History of Science, Networks, Patients, Royal Society

my site The narrative usually associated with Sloane’s early career is one of luck, key patrons, and opportunities. It goes something like this… In 1685, aged 25, Sloane finished his medical degree at the University of Orange and moved back to London. Robert Boyle, his friend, helped Sloane to obtain an apprenticeship with the famous Thomas Sydenham. Two years later, Sloane had another wonderful opportunity when he became personal physician to the Duke of Albemarle, the new Governor of Jamaica. He returned to London in 1689, after the Duke died, but had during his stay in Jamaica found a wealthy wife and started an extensive exotic botanical collection. From this point, his career was set.

köp Cialis 80 mg online utan recept But Sloane’s correspondence suggests that Sloane worked hard to build up his own social and patronage networks. What often gets left out of the grand narrative of immediate success is that Sloane remained a household physician for four years to the widowed Duchess of Albemarle (who remarried, becoming Duchess of Montagu). A comfortable position, perhaps, but one of dependence. It wasn’t until 1693 that Sloane became an independent man. He began his private medical practice and became second secretary for the Royal Society. He also started a friendship with the Willughby family. In early modern Europe, patronage and friendship were closely related—the word ‘friend’ could refer to either, or both. Sloane’s relationship with the Willughbys reveals his care in cultivating friendships.

go The Willughbys were a gentry family known for their naturalist interests. Francis Willughby (d. 1672) had been an active Royal Society member and his children Thomas and Cassandra also took an interest in natural history. Miss Willughby oversaw her brother’s gardens and catalogued her father’s library. They also had a connection with a close friend of Sloane’s, John Ray. Francis Willughby was Ray’s patron, giving him employment as household chaplain and tutor to the children and leaving him a generous annuity to continue his scholarship full time. Making friends with such a family could only help Sloane’s career.

navigate to this website Cassandra Willughby married widower James Brydges, Duke of Chandos in 1713. Sloane advised the Duke, who was involved in the Royal African Company, on botanical matters and slave inoculation. (Chandos family portrait by Kneller, 1713. Source: National Gallery of Canada, Wikimedia Commons. )

fuzzy math and stock options Sloane wrote the first letter to Miss Willughby on behalf of the Duke of Montagu in November. Lord Montagu enquired after the family’s health, remembering their ‘greate favours to his sonne the last summer’ (BL Sl. MS 4066, f. 164). In a second letter, this time on his own behalf, Sloane presented two favours (BL Sl. MS 4068, ff. 13-14). He shared the news that he had successfully proposed Thomas Willughby for fellow of the Royal Society and enclosed a recipe for cashew sugar enjoyed by Miss Willughby at Montagu House.

optiotrader These were offerings to potential friends, but also emphasised Sloane’s scientific connections and sociability. The Royal Society nomination was Sloane’s initiative, ‘Mr Thomas Willughby giving me leave to propose him’. Sloane promised that when Willughby came to London, ‘I will wait on him & carry him thither’, something that further marked Sloane out as a well-connected member of the Royal Society.  Introducing the new Fellow was not just a courtesy, but gave Sloane a chance to show his own extensive network.

binaire opties optionavigator The recipe for Miss Willughby was particularly meaningful, suggesting at its most basic that he had attentively noticed her food preferences. Recipe exchange was also a form of social currency. Bonds were strengthened through sharing secret knowledge and assuming future reciprocity. The recipe also featured cashews, an imported, high-status food that casually referenced Sloane’s and Miss Willughby’s shared interest in botany. Sloane would later provide the Willughbys with other favours; his early offer of service to the family established a long-lasting relationship.

http://blog.stylein.se/?vinuk=bin%C3%A4ra-optioner-bra&623=0c Willughby’s family home, Wollaton Hall (Samuel Hieronymous Grimm, 1773). Source: British Library, Wikimedia Commons.

enter In return, the Willughbys often consulted Sloane on medical matters. The correspondence does not specify other ways in which the Willughbys reciprocated, but there are hints. When Willughby thanked Sloane for his help in finding a house to rent, Willughby complained that he had not been able to come to London and instead hoped that he ‘could tempt [Sloane]’ to visit him in Nottinghamshire soon BL Sl. MS 4062, f. 13). The invitation was a return of Sloane’s help and indicated a genuine interest in seeing a friend.

http://uksestukseni.ee/?kamen3=forex-opzioni-digitali-bonus-senza-deposito&43e=7a Sloane also used his position with the family to request favours on behalf of John Ray’s family.  At Ray’s death in 1705, for example, his widow Margaret told Sloane that the family had been left with £40 annually. She appealed to Sloane to ask Willughby for half a year’s salary that would cover the costs from Ray’s illness and funeral. Willughby was indeed ‘very sorry Mr Ray has left his family in so ill a condition’ and given Ray’s reputation and service, was ‘willing to doe what you ask of me if there is reasonable occasion in charity to the widow to doe it’ (BL Sl. MS 4062, f. 24). Willughby provided other support to the family, sending £20 to Sloane for them and discussing a Ray monument (BL Sl. MS 4062, f. 22).

more info here Sloane’s assistance must have been effective. Margaret Ray thanked Sloane in 1706, sending her gratitude to Willughby. In this case, Sloane tapped into his other friendships to help the Rays.  The Willughbys were Ray’s patrons, with Thomas Willughby paying £12 more annually than his father’s will specified (BL Sl. MS 4062, f. 24), but Mrs Ray did not feel able to approach them directly.  Sloane, however, was in a good position to help, being Willughby’s friend and social equal.

this content When Sloane met the Willughbys, he was at a transitional point in his career. He was starting to be able to use his newfound status to expand his circle of friends and potential sources of patronage. By the early eighteenth century, Sloane had developed extensive scientific, medical and collecting networks through which he could obtain, give and negotiate favours. Sloane’s success was not just a matter of luck and important patrons, but was closely tied to his efforts in building relationships and exchanging favours, just as he’d done with the Willughbys. The idea of winning friends and influencing people as a career strategy is not just a twentieth-century concept…

demo trading binario online And Sloane was very, very good at it.

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Thursday, April 13, 2017

O Canada! Passover Mandelbrot from Toronto

When I went looking for a Passover mandelbrot recipe, I didn't expect to end up in Canada. But that is where I landed. At a recipe featured in the pages of The Toronto Star.

Why was I surprised? Canada is a multicultural society that rivals the United States in its inclusiveness. That point was driven home during a couple of recent visits I made to the Canadian Consulate in San Francisco. (That's where I got that nice maple leaf pin in the photo.)

Naturally, all the signs at the Consulate were in French and English. But it was more than just that. The Consul General is Asian. The man at the front desk had African heritage. The documents I needed were notarized by a woman with the familiar lilt of Eastern Europe in her voice. Meanwhile, a woman in a hijab and her husband were planning a trip and needed help with a visa. Canadians, each and every one.

Back to cooking!

Passover desserts are notoriously challenging, because conventional flour and leavening are prohibited. I particularly love mandelbrot, a traditional Jewish sweet that is a close cousin to Italian biscotti and Slovenian domaci prijatelj. I was pretty happy with the Passover version I'd adopted some years ago, made with matzo cake meal and potato starch, generously lightened with eggs. But it called for butter. This year, I wanted to find a recipe that used oil. It was mostly for reasons of health and convenience, but also because a butter-free version could be served with both meat and dairy meals.

The Passover mandelbrot recipe in the Toronto Star looked similar to the one I had been using. It turned out to be even easier to work with, probably because of the suggestion that the dough should be chilled for an hour before shaping. I made just a few small changes in the flavoring and add-ins, as indicated below. It came out firm, crisp, and tasty.

In fact, you might not even guess it is a Passover dessert.

And if you decide to call it a Slovenian domestic friend, no one will be the wiser!

Passover Mandelbrot (Adapted from The Toronto Star)

1-1/2 cups matzo cake meal*
6 tablespoons potato starch
dash of salt
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
3 large eggs
1 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup oil
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (or almonds)
2/3 cup chocolate chips
additional sugar and cinnamon for topping

* If you can't find matzo cake meal, grind regular matzo meal in a blender until fine.

(To follow the original recipe: Use white sugar, the grated zest of an orange and almonds instead of walnuts; skip the chocolate chips, cinnamon, and almond extract.)

Sift dry ingredients into a bowl and set aside. Beat oil and sugar then add eggs one at a time, beating until light. Add vanilla and almond extracts. Stir in dry ingredients. Fold in nuts and chocolate chips. Mixture will be soft and sticky. Cover and refrigerate for an hour or more.

Divide chilled dough into two portions. Dust a flat surface with matzo cake meal and roll each portion into a fourteen inch log. Place each log on a parchment lined baking sheet and flatten so it is about 2 inches wide. Top with cinnamon-sugar mixture.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes or until brown. Remove from oven and let cool slightly. Using a serrated knife, cut into 1/2 inch slices. Place cut side down on baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes. Turn over and bake for 8-10 minutes more. Let cool.

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Monday, July 01, 2013

Snug Harbour Port Credit Renovated

After being closed for several months for renovations, Snug Harbour re-opened in early March. I'd dropped in for coffee that day, had a good look around, and snapped a few pictures. I'd hoped to return for lunch or dinner before I posted the photos, but so far, that hasn't happened. In any event, here are some photos of the interior, a look at (and links to) Snug Harbour's new menu and wine list.

On the banks of the Credit River, green roofed Snug Harbour at the Credit VIllage Marina.
Snug Harbour Port Credit ON
 Here's the view looking south-east across the river from the Port Credit lighthouse. The sign is new, too, with 'Snug Harbour' writ in much larger letters. An almost-all-season patio curves around the water frontage along the river and the Credit Village Marina. Snug Harbour has, arguably, the best located patio in Port Credit, if not along the entire north shore of Lake Ontario.  Boaters can tie up alongside the dock below the sign.

Stacked gray stone with art niches for model boats new feature at Snug Harbour in Port Credit.
New Stone Feature Wall Snug Harbour
Inside, a large stone feature with art niches and a fireplace runs along the west wall, with openings to the patio at either end.  Opposite the stone wall, near the entrance, is a new wine storage feature wall.  The expansive bar linking the two has been totally redone as well. Basically, everything inside has been redone.

New kitchen area at east end of Snug Harbour overlooks marina, Port Credit.
New Seating, New Lighting, New Kitchen
 Across the dining room from the new stone feature wall, a new, second kitchen is sited at the rear, center of photo, in a former seating area. To the right, back wall, edge of picture,  is the new wine rack. The long banquette seating is new, too, and faces the marina.

Interior view of Snug Harbour shows the new kitchen to the rear, looking out over the Credit Village Marina.
New menu with more items, old favourites.
 Still only one folded sheet (3-page) menu, there's room for the new dishes, and new prices. Have a look at the starters here. I was relying on my memory to compare prices of foods I knew from dinners past.  (Fish and Chips I recall as about $15 (one piece of fish, a few fries. That's it. And that seems the same on the new menu.) The increases, where they occur, seemed minimal, and in keeping with current costs. But I stand to be corrected.

Close up detail of new menu at Snug Harbour shows prime rib special for Friday nights.
Snug Harbour Menu Detail
 One new item on the menu is the Friday night prime rib special, detail in photo above and on the site. This is one of the dinners I had planned to try and haven't yet. (Comes with Yorkshire Pudding! Yum)!  Have a look at the wine list. The prices start at $9/glass for all wines. Just saying.

Landmark lighthouse across from dining room, patio at Snug Harbour.
Port Credit Restaurant has Best Dining Room, Patio Views
 Prices and menu aside, the best thing about Snug Harbour, is it's location, location, location. And the location on the banks of the Credit River, a short walk from Lake Ontario, is worth every penny. At night, the harbour lights and the lighthouse (a replica, and home of the Port Credit BIA), are stunning.  Visitors often ask about the Lighthouse Restaurant, and usually, what they mean is Snug Harbour.

Newly renovated Ladies restroom at Snug Harbour shows stainless steel trough-style sink.
The Ladies at Snug Harbour
And I cannot resist a restroom shot of the renovated Ladies. Marble (granite?) vanity with stainless steel trough sink and cool new hands-free faucets. Assuming the Gents is equally luxe.

And so, two months after the fact,  here are the pictures. The patio is a huge draw, and busy most days, even days when other patios in Port Credit are empty, or nearly so.

And according to the site:

. . . Our seating in particular during the busy summer months is available on a first-come first-served basis.
During our off-peak seasons of the year, we do accept a limited number of reservations through the week and even on the weekends depending on availability, size of your group, time, etc.
Please remember seating is limited on weekends so please call in advance and we will do our best to accomodate your request.

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Tuesday, September 27, 2005

FCC Requires Certain Broadband and VoIP Providers to Accommodate Wiretaps.

Washington, D.C. – Responding to a petition from the Department of Justice, the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, and the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Commission determined that providers of certain broadband and interconnected voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services must be prepared to accommodate law enforcement wiretaps, the Federal Communications Commission ruled today.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2005

VOIP will be next hacker targetsays Symantec

The biannual Symantec Threat Report identified Voice over IP (Voip) systems as a technology starting to interest hi-tech criminals.

The report predicted that within 18 months, Voip will start to be used as a "significant" attack vector. As well as prompting new attacks, Voip could also resurrect some old hacking techniques, warned the report.
It is estimated that over the next 12 to 18 months VoIP will be receiving a "significant" number of attacks. It is feared that security threats will include voice phishing, in which customers are convinced to give away personal information, audio spasm that block voicemail boxes, denial of service (DoS) attacks and call hi-jacking that re-directs calls to criminals.
Ollie Whitehouse, researcher for Symantec Research Labs warned: "While there are currently very few reported attacks directed at Voip systems, Symantec believes it's only a matter of time before attackers target it more intensely, as this new communication technology gains widespread acceptance and deployment." Presently there are 52 million users of Skype VoIP alone, which is predicted to grow to 160 million by the end of next year. track

Thursday, September 15, 2005

E-911 Capabilites with V-911 (press Release)

Solution Supports Carriers Plans to Comply with FCC VoIP E9-1-1 Mandate

“The FCC’s proposed rulemaking makes it pretty clear; if you want to offer Internet telephone service, you need to make sure your subscribers have access to the dedicated wireline 9-1-1 network,” said William Stofega, Research Manager with IDC’s Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) Services Program. “For any wireless carrier considering making the move into VoIP, solutions like Intrado’s are worth investigating.”

Sunday, September 04, 2005

More Katrina Links

Online coverage of Hurricane Katrina

This is a site featuring news and links to activities in Austin, Texas, that are meant to help the survivors of Hurricane Katrina.

Here is an up to date list of current open homes on our website in alphabetic order by state. This list will stay updated as warranted.

This is a housing services hub for Katrina victims. You can offer up housing space for victims, or hurricane survivors can search for available rooms/houses/apts/etc. This site is working in cooperation with support organizations.

This site is designed to help friends and family communicate with loved ones lost or missing from Hurricane Katrina by posting messages for one another during the aftermath of this terrible tragedy. Messages are sorted by the last and first name of the person impacted by Hurricane Katrina.

Thursday, September 01, 2005

Linux And Windows tested again! over TCO

Two research reports sponsored by IBM argue that Linux is less expensive to buy and operate than Windows or Unix.
Robert Frances Group study, titled "TCO For Application Servers: Comparing Linux With Windows And Solaris" and commissioned by IBM, compared the cost of acquiring, implementing, and running an application server on Linux, Windows, and Sun Solaris, it found that Linux is 40% less expensive than a comparable x86-based Windows server and 54% less than a comparable Sparc-based Solaris server. The Linux server's costs were $40,149, compared with $67,559 for Windows and $86,478 for Solaris.
Pund-IT's conclusions are based on lengthy research with three companies: Alliance UniChem, Boscov’s Department Stores, and Zahid Tractor & Heavy Machinery. Alliance UniChem CZ s.r.o. is part of Alliance UniChem plc., Europe’s second-largest pharmaceutical wholesaler, its third-largest pharmaceutical retailer, and the fifth-largest international player in its industry. The company began its SuSE Linux deployment in 2002 with a data warehouse and logistics system project designed to replace the existing Windows-on-Intel infrastructure.

Boscov's, headquartered in Reading, Pa., and operating more than 40 department stores and outlets in five Eastern states, claims to have saved more than $2 million since its first Linux deployment on an IBM zSeries z900 server in 2001. Zahid Tractor, based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, is a supplier of heavy and industrial equipment used in construction, manufacturing, shipping, the oil industry, ports, airports, steel works, and transportation that began its Windows-to-Linux migration in 2002 as part of an open-source strategy to improve IT flexibility, reliability, and security, the Pund-IT report says

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Atheists on Morality: Jumping out of the Bottomless Pit

Atheists have a problem.  Ok, they have lots of problems.  🙂  But this one is a big one:  how to explain morality. Now, for some reason atheists remained confused on some basic aspects of the issue.   It is common to hear from their camp something to the effect, “We do not need God to be […]

Interview question on the writing of Fidelis- a post apocalyptic setting for moral exploration

I was handed a bunch of interview questions a while back and we actually had an audio interview but that interview is now lost in the hills of Argentina (I kid you not).  I have been answering them one by one on my blog at but this one (and a couple to come) I […]

Human Rights Policies Without Teeth; Lips that flap, No Action to Follow

With the situation in Darfur still percolating and the news of Kosovo declaring independence and of course the US presidential campaign in full swing I have been thinking a bit about ‘human rights’ lately.  For example, I have been pondering what duty, if any, a person or nation has to those who are being oppressed […]

Blog Round Up: A Christian Response to Westboro ‘Baptist’ Church, Court Decision and Christianity

Â You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video (Thanks to this site for finding the Youtube video for me) I heard with satisfaction that the so called ‘Westboro Baptist Church’ had lost its court case and was penalized some 11 million dollars for protesting at the funeral of a fallen soldier. […]

A Jesus for the Atheists: A Panzy?

The fact is, the reason why Jesus is compelling is not that he was a sissy pacifist, but rather that he was overwhelmingly mighty, but, to accomplish a particular deed, he set aside his aggressiveness and took whatever was thrown at him. He could have overthrown the gates of Hades by force, but only by laying down his arms did he not only defeat Hades but also freed its prisoners.

When a soldier throws himself on a grenade to save his fellows, all except a handful of Ayn Randian objectivists applaud his valor. Here, to save his fellows it would have done no good to charge out of the trench when the grenade tumbled in and kill those who tossed the grenade. Here, only self-sacrifice could achieve the goal, but it did not follow that the soldier was soft and tender in spirit. You see, it depends a great deal on the circumstances and what one wants to achieve. There is a time for aggressiveness but there is also a time for meekness. The problem is knowing exactly which time it is. (Ecc. 3)


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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Perfect Little Pin Cushion - On Pins and Needles

All People Quilt has done it again.

Check out these great little pin cushions by Heather Bailiey. You can go to their site to download the project with illustrations or use the instructions to create your own.

Designer: Heather Bailey

1/8 yard print No. 1 (top and bottom)
1/8 yard print No. 2 (sides)1 yard 1/8"- to 3/8"- wide ribbon
2—3/4"-diameter buttons
Polyester fiberfill
Dollmaker’s needle
Water-soluble marking pen

Finished pincushion: 3-3/4x3-3/4x1"

Quantities are for 44/45"-wide, 100% cotton fabrics. Measurements include a 1/4" seam allowance. Sew with right sides together unless otherwise stated.

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The seat of condemnation and criticism and praise and glory.

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The critique of contemporary socio-economic relations

Investigating the ethical limits of economic growth. Dr Edward Skidelsky's recent book on the subject, co-written with his father Robert, How Much is Enough? Money and the Good Life, has been translated into 15 languages worldwide.

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Sodo Oh No Podcast - Episode 5 - 12/7/2004

It's time for another Sodo Oh No podcast. Here is the direct MP3 download. Of course, it's even better if you subscribe to our podcast feed with a podcast client.

Today we talk about steroids, arbitration for Wilson and Vallone, those other Seattle sports teams and other topics. Also we are still taking GMs for this year's Mariners Blogosphere Simulated Baseball League. We're opening the league this year to bloggers and fans. If your interested in participating in a Diamond Mind sim league, send us an email.

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Monday, May 8, 2017

Meet Ellie Barrett Illustrator for Who's that in the Cat Pajamas?

Now that you have seen a little bit about Dolcey and Emily, and the book cover, let me share our talented illustrator. She and I have been working together on this project and I am extremely pleased with her vision for our characters. I let her know I wanted to share her with you, so she was kind enough to provide me with her bio.

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My name is Elisabeth but most people call me Ellie, I’ve been freelancing as an illustrator for three years now! I always knew that I wanted to work with the visual, so as soon as I finished school I enrolled on a foundation course at the University for the Arts in Maidstone, where I could experiment with textiles, sculpture, digital arts, painting, fine art and plenty besides. I specialized in visual communications and finished my Extended Diploma in Art & Design certain that two-dimensional work with nostalgic themes are what I wanted to make!
From there I went to the University for the Creative Art’s (Surrey) to study a Certificate of Higher education in Illustration. This was where I could focus on mark making, best professional practice, art philosophy and digital images.
This was when I began freelancing to help support myself financially during my studies, and I have continued to the present day. I am also studying my Bachelor's Degree in Digital Arts at the School of Engineering, at the University of Kent.
Over the last year, I have found and refined the strengths between raster and vector based images and their key roles in modern narratives, whilst learning every day that when I am able to combine childhood nostalgia with contemporary graphic design principles, I can make images that make me smile, and hopefully my audiences too, be they young or old.

Her work is seen on Instagram. Thank you, Ellie, for being such an asset to Dolcey and me.

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Our Leadership Team

  • Senior Pastor - Burt Miller

    Our Senior Pastor, Burt Miller, has lived in Lewes for most of his life. Burt has a knack for preaching engaging messages that are both true to Scripture and easy to understand. His passion is to see people far from God come into a life-changing relationship with Jesus Christ.

    Burt holds a bachelors degree in the Bible from Eastern University and a Masters in Divinity from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. He, his wife Katie, and their sons Ben and Luke reside in Lewes, Delaware.

  • Executive Pastor - Bob Degen

    Bob has been in ministry for over 25 years. His primary role is to oversee the administration and general management of Solid Ground Church.

  • Students Pastor - Josh Bell

    Our Students Pastor, Josh Bell has a heart to see students connect with Jesus in meaningful and life-changing ways. Josh graduated from Eastern University in 2016 with a degree in Biblical Studies.

  • Worship Director - Keith Straume

    Keith Straume is the Worship Director at Solid Ground. He has been an active participant in worship ministry for over a decade. His job is to oversee our worship in planning, practice, and service.

  • Children's Ministry - Katie Miller

    Katie Miller is the Director of Children's Ministry at Solid Ground. She has a professional background in early childhood education as well as being a mom to two young boys. Katie helped found our church with her husband Burt in 2009.

  • Creative team - Jamie Welch

    Jamie Welch is an aficionado of tacos, coffee, puppies, and good design. She heads up the Creative Team at Solid Ground which oversees the church's "look and feel," brand consistency, and fun factor. She has been a part of Solid Ground since 2013 and enjoys being involved with hospitality, announcements, and groups.

  • Finance - Autumn Straume

    Autumn Straume leads the financial ministry at Solid Ground. She is a full time educator at Delmarva Christian School and has a background in mathematics. She and her husband are passionate about ministry and love that the Lord has led them to lead at Solid Ground.

  • PRODUCTION - Greg Welch

    Greg Welch has been a part of Solid Ground since 2015, and can usually be found in the sound booth on Sunday mornings where he leads the Production Team in all things video, sound, and lighting. When he's not at church or work, Greg enjoys going to movies, playing with Legos, and trying different burger restaurants.

  • Hospitality - nikki bixby

    Nikki works full time for the State of Delaware and is also currently pursuing a Paralegal degree in hopes of moving through to law school at Weidner. Nikki has 2 children- Kolby (age 13) and Carrington (age 7).

  • Comfort and Care - Joyce Blakeslee

    Joyce and her husband Jim moved to Rehoboth Beach 15 years ago from Northern Virginia. They have 2 children and 4 grandchildren. She likes to keep busy with Bible study and painting. Joyce has been a member of Solid Ground since 2013 and has loved volunteering in several areas including overseeing our Comfort and Care team.

  • Leah wilson - Social Media

    Leah Wilson has a passion for all things artistic. She believes in the power of storytelling and hopes to use social media as a platform to share God's story. Leah teaches at Delmarva Christian Elementary School and is also engaged to our Students Pastor, Josh Bell.

  • Marie Myers - Hands & Feet Ministry

    Marie has been following Jesus since 2009 and considers herself blessed to be part of Solid Ground. She oversees our Hands & Feet Ministry which is designed to help those in the Lewes area who are in need. Marie has a BS in Mathematics from TSU, and she and her husband have four children and eight grandchildren.


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Monday, March 6, 2017

Sometimes we need new grease 6/31 #SOL17

Handy husbands are the best kind of husbands.  Well, I think so anyway.  Today's project was really out of the blue.

As I was cleaning up after dinner, and the boys had come back in from playing football outside, I asked my husband, "When you have nothnig else to do, can you research how to maintain my Kitchenaid mixer?  It's making a kind of noise when I run it."

"Let me hear it," he said.  So I turned it on for about 15 seconds.  "It sounds like the grease needs replaced."  He is a very DIY sort of fella, and I am grateful for it.

So, he consulted Youtube before tearing into the mixer.  Luckily, the first video showed him exactly what and how needed to be done, confirming his initial guess.

Here is our disassembled mixer.  Now that I look at the photo, I am more nervous about the whole project than I was when it was actually happening.

There is only one time that I can remember my husband tearing into a project where he had to pause and call for backup.  He was doing some regular maintainence on an Evinrude 75 hp boat engine, and he took of something that he thought was a fuel filter.  However, it was not as he thought and a spring went flying across the basement.  It was not to be.  He had to haul the engine to a marina mechanic to be repaired.

Today's project went just as planned.  We replaced this nasty, separated grease with new, creamy gear grease, and the mixer is humming along like brand new.

March is my new grease.  I am looking to finish strong this school year.  With a daily dose of gratitude for the work that I am blessed to do, I can feel the difference in how my days run.

I've cleaned out the gunk (mostly my own attitude and choices for mindset).  Just like the new grease in my mixer, the appreciation for my life's circumstances has my gears running smooth once again.

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Stay in the best neighborhood of Vitoria and take advantage of the many options that the city has to offer. Speak to our friendly staff for recommendations on day trips, tours, things to do and places to explore. There is something for everyone!

At Sono Vitoria we have a Portuguese school for foreigners who would like to improve their Portuguese. The school is located at the hostel and offers the chance to get to know young people of  all different nationalities. Learn more at:

Vitoria is one of three capitals of Brazil that are located on an island (the others are Florianopolis, Santa Catarina and São Luiz, Maranhão). Vitoria is full of beaches where you can try stand up paddle boarding, kayaking, kite surfing, sailing and jet ski-ing.

The historic center of Vitoria has a number of museums and beautiful old buildings. Visit Convento da Penha, a church located at the top of a mountain over looking Vitoria and Vila Velha built in 1558, or climb Morro Moreno in Vila Velha for an incredible view. Hike around Parque Pedra da Cebola or Parque da Fonte Grande or lose a day in Shopping Vitoria.

Vitoria is rare because everything is so close. You have plenty of options for bars, restaurants, concert halls, pubs, nightclubs, live music and dancing without having to travel far. Sono Vitoria has the best location in town, it is at the center of it all. Within 20 minutes walking or 5 minutes by car you can reach all of the entertainment districts.

Vitoria has an ample coastline with crowded beaches and is packed with activities such as beach volleyball, paddle ball or footvolley. Camburi Beach is less than 10 minutes on foot and the hostel is just a short drive from Curva da Jurema, Praia da Costa and Ilha do Boi, a small island where the beautiful go to relax and get tanned.

Vitoria is a fun and lively city with parties, events and day time pool and beach parties throughout the week. We can also organize tours to other party spots that are just an hour or two away. Guarapari, Domingos Martins and Santa Teresa are all an hour or two away by car and host some of the best parties and festivals.


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Saturday, May 24, 2008

PSP Web browser

Your PSP has built-in 802.11b wireless capabilities. High-speed, portable Internet access is literally at your fingertips.

The first section of this tips shows everyone with Version 1.01.52 of the firmware how to access the browser in Wipeout Pure for its intended use, and points you to the basics of redirecting the browser to one of the several PSP-designed web portals that open up these browsers to the full Internet, as well as many of the other hacks covered in this book.

If you are running Version 2.0 of the firmware, skip ahead to the Version 2.0 section to learn all the ins and outs of your browser.

Version 1.x Firmware
This introductory tips is going to point you to a few of the existing PSP web portals you can find online, and show you the basics of tricking your PSP into letting you surf the Internet via an embedded browser in Wipeout Pure. Here's what you'll need:
  • A PSP
  • A copy of Wipeout Pure (supposedly, a Japanese game, Derby Time, also features a built-in web browser and could be used for this hack; I haven't tested this)
  • An accessible wireless (802.11b/g) access pointck
  • An active Internet connection (broadband preferred, if not completely necessary)

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Private Parties

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Once you have an idea of how you want to proceed, simply submit your non-obligatory entertainment request form by pressing below:

This quick questionnaire will ask you the right questions so we can better serve your specific needs as quickly as possible. So you can:

  • Choose from among the many acts and packages on our roster of attractions.
  • If you don't find what you are looking for, simply tell us who you want.
  • Give us an idea of what you have in mind and let us work with you to find that perfect act.

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