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Crew members for the FOX network television show Hotel Hell begin to haul equipment into Meson de Mesilla hotel, restaurant and bar on Monday where celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay and film crews are taping an episode of Hotel Hell that will debut later this fall.

LAS CRUCES — Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay and FOX network's "Hotel Hell" crew are already hard at work trying to bring Meson de Mesilla out of a rut and turn it into a successful hotel.

"I was really kind of surprised," said Meson de Mesilla owner, Cali Szczawinski. "What's "hell' about that (Meson de Mesilla)? For me, hell was not having customers."

Meson de Mesilla was built in 1984. When Szczawinski took over the place in 2006, it went through a lot of ups and downs. First, it was shut down for remodeling for more than a year. Then, it opened in 2008 and was sort of an upscale jazz hangout that quickly closed and sat empty for more than a year again. She opened it once again in 2011, deciding to take business into her own hands rather than work with people who would drop out of business on her at the last minute and leave her hanging, she said.

"I was devastated, disgusted and tired," she said. "When leasers left, I pretty much hated this place. I fell back in love with it after I reopened it."

But the customers were nowhere to be seen. This is partly due to Meson's odd look and location at 1803 Avenida de Mesilla. Sometimes it looks like a house and other times people don't know this restaurant is also a hotel, Szczawinski said.

As of now, it's a mystery as to how producers of "Hotel Hell" found Meson de Mesilla to have the right characteristics of a hellish hotel.

Out of the blue, Szczawinski got a call from a women asking ""Do you know the show "Hotel Hell'? Do you know who Gordon Ramsay is?'" she said.

"I was really kind of surprised," she added. "There's so much that I don't know about this. I know that they're here to help me and they're not here to hurt me.

"I hope to walk away feeling really energized and excited and having customers feel the same way. The biggest thing is, I want Meson de Mesilla to be all it can be because it's a very good property," Szczawinski said.

"Hotel Hell" has a similar plot to Ramsay's "Kitchen Nightmares." He will explore a struggling hotel and implement some business-saving changes while all drama is let loose between the owners, management and staff.

Ramsay has a reputation of being harsh, brutally honest, explicit and loud while dealing with owners and staff who have let their establishment run into the ground.

Ramsay is a world-renown chef who has opened a string of very successful restaurants including Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, which holds three Michelin stars. He's one of only four chefs in London to hold that many stars.

Ramsay is a star in "Kitchen Nightmares," "Hell's Kitchen" and "Masterchef," according to his biography on the show's website,

"I am getting nervous," said Ceara Angel, 33, Meson de Mesilla's lead chef. "I respect him (Ramsay) as a chef. Sometimes people need to hear the hard truth."

Angel joined the Meson team — two months ago — after many different chefs came and went. She comes from Phoenix' Art Institute and Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and London, she said.

Upon coming to Meson, she has had to abide by Szczawinski's menu and recipes. And the menu is quite extensive. It includes steaks, pasta, barbecue, seafood, Tuscan food, sandwiches, salads, regional dishes and breakfast dishes.

"I like the menu," Angel said. "I think they all sound like good items, but they don't quite go well together."

She suspects that Ramsay is going to have an issue with that, she said.

"I think we're all pretty trainable," she said about the kitchen staff of seven. "I honestly hope people know what this place is. I think that it'd be nice to put this place on the map."

For information on Meson de Mesilla, visit their website,

The Meson de Mesilla episode of Hotel Hell is set to air in the fall. More information about the show is at

Andi Murphy may be reached at 575-541-5453. Follow Andi on Twitter @andimurphy.


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PLEASANT HILL - North Cornwall police officers will undergo training next year thanks for a grant from the state Liquor Control Board.

Police Chief Todd Hirsch this week told the township supervisors about a grant received from the state LCB that will provide for three mandatory training sessions for North Cornwall police officers and will also be open to the other county police officers free of charge.

One training for "Source Investigation Project" is slated for Jan. 31, and the second two trainings on "Juvenile DUI Offenders/Underage Drinking" and "Interviewing Juveniles" will be scheduled in March.

In addition, Officer John Houser will attend a free weeklong training session in January for animal control training by the Pennsylvania State Police and will become the department's animal resource officer.

In other business:

  • Starting this weekend, the Neversink Fire Co. began transporting Santa Claus through the township during the weekends, starting at 9 a.m. and continuing through each day.

  • The Recreation Board has put together the draft of a resident survey, according to director Brian Deiderick. The goal of the survey is to identify residents' recreation needs. The survey results will be placed in the annual township calendar, to be mailed to residents and businesses at the end of December.

  • Township manager Robin Getz asked the supervisors to consider adding Sunday hours for the collection center. The supervisors agreed to the hours of 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in winter and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in summer.

    Getz also told the board members that, if they are interested in participating in the Lebanon County bicentennial activities during 2013, the paperwork must be turned in by Dec. 31.

  • Chairman Kip Kelly took a moment to thank township residents.

    "It's the first year I've been chairman, and I wanted to thank you guys for trusting me with that position," he said. "And thank you all for showing up at the meetings. Most of you are regulars. It's good to see you. It's all about you, the people here in the township. We had a good year and hope for an even better year next year."

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Five Lebanon County high-school students were among 178 students from Pennsylvania to receive scholarships from the Comcast Foundation this week.

Kristen Behrens of Lebanon Catholic School, Brittany Clements of Annville-Cleona Secondary School, Emily Gilbert of Lebanon High School, Colin Gurt of Palmyra Area High School and Julia Reis of Northern Lebanon High School each received a $1,000 Leaders and Achievers Scholarship.

Comcast officials were joined by Gov. Tom Corbett and other government officials to recognize the students Tuesday at the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg. All of the 2014 Pennsylvania Leaders and Achievers recipients received $1,000 scholarships. One student was awarded a $10,000 Comcast Founder's Scholarship.

After a prize drawing, 10 students also received netbooks for use at college, according to a news release.

"Each of these students has demonstrated they are among the best and brightest that Pennsylvania has to offer," Corbett said in the release. "They are not only leaders academically, but have shown a commitment to their communities through their service and dedication. Susan and I commend them for their achievements, as well as the Comcast Foundation for offering this scholarship program to deserving students statewide."

The Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program provides $1,000 scholarships to students who strive to achieve their potential, are catalysts for positive change in their communities, are involved in their schools and serve as models for their fellow students, the release states.

The philosophy behind the program is to give young people every opportunity to prepare for the future and to engage them in their communities, the release continues. The program also demonstrates the value placed on civic involvement by the business community.

Since the inception of the Comcast Leaders and Achievers Program in 2000, more than $21.6 million in scholarships has been awarded to some 21,000 deserving students to use toward their pursuit of a higher education.

This year, 52 percent of the Leaders and Achievers winners nationally come from diverse backgrounds, including 18 percent African American, 14 percent Hispanic, 12 percent Asian and 4.5 percent multiracial.

"Comcast recognizes the importance of fostering leadership and excellence in the next generation," Jim Samaha, regional senior vice president for Comcast, said in the release. "These students are role models in their communities and at their schools. We commend them for their exceptional achievements, and wish them the very best in their future endeavors."


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  • The Center on English Learning & Achievement (CELA) The Center on English Learning & Achievement's site is rich with reports on their current research on topics such as envisionment building and ways to support it in your classroom. Use their search feature to uncover the basics of Dr. Langer's work. Some terms you can use for your searches include "envisionment" and "Langer." You might also want to look at the links this site suggests to find additional resources.

    Many of CELA's publications are also available at this site. For example, "Guidelines for Teaching Middle and High School Students to Read and Write Well: Six Features of Effective Instruction," is an especially pertinent article which was rated as one of Middle Web's "Top Twenty Articles for Folks Interested in School Reform and the Middle Grades" in 2000.

    Some additional notable articles and reports from the CELA web site include "Envisioning Literature - In the Classroom and Out," where Betty Close, a participant in Dr. Judith Langer's study, reflects upon her experiences in the classroom, how envisionment building impacted her own teaching and students' learning experiences.

    Envisionment Building Visit this link for additional reports and articles on envisionment building.

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Shelby Mofield sank four of the Tigerette triples in leading Watertown with 14 points
Nov 27, 2013

CHAPEL HILL — Watertown’s girls overcame a nine-point halftime deficit to overtake Marshall County 63-53 in the Forrest Thanksgiving Classic on Wednesday afternoon.

Marshall County led 15-10 following the first quarter and 32-23 at halftime before Watertown rallied to a 44-43 edge going into the fourth period of the battle of the Tigers.

“Traditionally, they are a good basketball program,” Watertown coach Lane Price said after his Tigerettes, coming off a home loss to Smith County last Saturday night, improved to 4-1. “They’re still athletic and aggressive.

“We got our act together in the second half. We adjusted our defensive pressure and made some shots. We made all five of our three-pointers in the second half.”

Shelby Mofield sank four of the Tigerette triples in leading Watertown with 14 points while Bobby Staats tossed in 12 from inside and guard Alicia Jennings added 11, including the fifth three. Katie Dalton and Dae Dae Nunley each added eight, Bay Cole six and Jasmin High four.

Point guard Kiya Morris knocked down 19 points, including a pair of threes, for Marshall County.

Watertown will return today for a 1 p.m. game against Giles County. The Purple Tigers will take the floor at 4 to take on Community in boys’ action.

In other holiday action, Lebanon’s Campbell Brandon Gym/Hester Gibbs Court will be the site of two days of basketball action involving all three of Wilson County’s Class AAA schools.

Wilson Central’s girls will tip off the action with their season opener at noon today against Stewarts Creek, followed by Mt. Juliet’s girls against Columbia at 1:30 p.m. White County’s girls will take on Martin Luther King at 3 before White’s boys face Livingston Academy at 4:30.

Lebanon will take the floor for a double header starting with the girls against Maplewood at 6. The Blue Devils will cap Black Friday with a 7:30 p.m. tip against Riverdale.

Wilson Central’s boys will also play their delayed season opener at 1 p.m. today against Tyner at Siegel. Mt. Juliet’s boys will play two games today in a tournament at LaVergne – at 9 a.m. against Riverdale and at 4:15 p.m. [with a loss] or 5:45 [with a victory] against either Columbia or LaVergne.

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Stop using iPads for static content and start using them in a direct, engaging way. Students using the LectureTools iPad App can deliver real-time feedback about their comprehension during class by marking slides confusing and submitting responses to interactive activities. Because of their iPads, students will become more engaged, attentive, and on-task.

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“Hospital Systems around the country have started scaling back financial assistance to lower and middle-income people without health insurance,” so starts a front-page story in the May 26 New York Times. This trend is troubling to advocates for the uninsured...,” it continues, because resulting higher fees will cause many “to skip care rather than buy insurance.“

Recalling that it is our 9th Senatorial District Senator Andy Sanborn, who, with like-minded Tea Party colleagues in the Senate blocked the New Hampshire Medicaid Expansion bill a few months ago, precluding access to Medicaid for 38,000 or more (now estimated at 49,000) citizens across the state, in this season a logical course of action comes to mind. Senator Sanborn is no friend of Peterborough’s nor is he of our Monadnock Community Hospital, adversely affected by the Medicaid vote. The good news is that in a little over five months we will have the opportunity to vote him out of office. Lee Nyquist, a Democrat who lost to Sanborn by a very narrow margin in the last election, will oppose Bedford-based Sanborn again this year. Lee Nyquist will much better represent Peterborough, our hospital, plus lower and middle-income citizens in our State Senate.

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Fresh Figs with Parmigiano-Reggiano and Balsamic Reduction

Fresh Figs with Parmigiano-Reggiano and Balsamic Reduction

Fresh Figs with Parmigiano-Reggiano and Balsamic Reduction

I know it seems strange that my last two posts have been about wintery soups and now I am here slapping you in the face with a full-on summer dish. But that is the game that Mother Nature plays with us – bringing us out of those cold dark days and into days full of bright greens and colorful menu options. When we just can’t take any more cabbage, and root vegetables, Mother Nature bring us a summer bounty full of fresh baby lettuces, snap peas and later tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, stone fruits and these little beauties.

Just look at the color of that fig – if that isn’t a sexy show stopper on your spring and summer table, I don’t know what is! It is the perfect hue of spring green.

I am also pleased to tell you that this little snack is not just gorgeous, but also super easy to prepare and only requires 3 ingredients – figs, cheese and balsamic vinegar. There is very little prep work and it is absolutely delightful to eat. Win, win, win! Beautiful, fresh and elegant. Perfect for sharing with friends and family. There is just something magical about the pairing of figs and balsamic vinegar. The sweet, syrupy richness of the vinegar cutting through the sweetness of the fig is unparalleled.

I have entered this recipe in this month’s Better Recipes Best Blogger Recipes Ever contest featuring Potluck and Party Food. If you bring this to a potluck or party I can guarantee that it will be the hit recipe!

If you have a great potluck and party recipe, please enter your recipe too. The more the merrier! The winning blogger each month will win a full page feature in a Better Homes & Gardens magazine! That means if yours is one of them, thousands of new readers will discover your voice. You will also win a $1,000 cash prize and be guest editor for a day!

Please check out my recipe and if you like it, I would definitely appreciate your vote in the contest. You can vote every day, so if you really like the recipe, think about voting more than once. Thank you and enjoy!

Happy Spring!

Deviled and Scotch Eggs for Ostara

(Deviled and Scotch Eggs for Ostara)

I know I promised you all a soup recipe next, but I needed to take a pause here to welcome Spring!

It is officially spring here in the Northern Hemisphere, but when I look out my window it is to look at endless snow, with more expected over the next 2 days! It hardly feels like Spring here, although there are subtle differences if you look for them. Roberto was just remarking about how the sunlight coming in the window feels like Spring sunshine and I know I have felt that the air has taken on a softer nature. Of course there is another hour of daylight than just a few weeks ago. However, we have no buds on the trees yet, nor any flowers poking up through the snow, and the Canada geese have not passed our house on their way back home yet, but I know the root children are waking up under ground waiting for their big growth spurts.

I have a nice group of women in my community who meet once a month. We rotate houses and we also rotate the topic of conversation, it has gone from childbirth and what we all did with our placentas, to more community matters and then over to more spiritual topics, but it is always a wonderful evening.

I hosted this month’s meeting and I always celebrate Spring or Ēostre (Ostara) with Eggs, which is truly the most symbolic food of the season (see why here).

I made a nice platter of Deviled Eggs   (this time I spiced them with honey mustard, dill and chives) and Scotch Eggs and another platter with Smoked Salmon, pickles and olives. We had a nice spread, all of the women brought something different –  a nice effervescent bottle of white wine, a tray of chocolate covered strawberries, a sausage and veggie casserole, a gorgeous apple tart and a nice bottle of homemade ginger beer to wash it all down with. It felt like a very springtime menu!

What do you do to celebrate Spring?

Holiday Baking Series: Gluten Free Æbleskiver (also called Förtchen, Futtjens, Ferdons or Fritters)

I like talking about ancestral food. I have found through personal experience that by preparing ancestral foods you can connect to the cultures of your birth in a fun and enjoyable way. It is like living history, but with food. My spiritual practice focuses a lot on ancestor veneration, i.e. honoring your ancestors. I have found the most profound way for me to do that is to expand my culinary repertoire and skills to include foods that had significance to those ancestors.

One of the most important days of the year to celebrate the ancestors is December 20th, also known as Mōdraniht or Mother’s Night when the female ancestors of one’s family linse are celebrated and thanked for, well, nothing short of making our lives possible. This is one of my favorite days of the year and I am doubly lucky as I have so many ancestors to celebrate, both from my adoptive and birth families! I celebrate this night by creating a holiday treat, usually a cookie, reflecting a particular branch of ancestry. In years past I have made :

Cuccidata, Sicilian Fig Cookies

Polenta & Sesame Biscotti

Pfeffernusse Shortbread

Last year we made these. I have always known them by their Danish name, æbleskiver, but I came across this recipe for a gluten-free version last year in Pinterest  and when I read the blog post, I knew I had to make these for Mother’s Night as the blogger who created the recipe and I share heritage from Holstein (which has switched around between being part of Denmark and Germany).

Here is what Heidi, the creator of this treat has to say about its origins:

“Förtchen are a traditional Christmas pastry in parts of northern Germany, especially in Schleswig-Holstein and in Denmark. My family’s original fritter recipe is much like a very dense cake-style donut hole.”

And some more tidbits from her Aunt:

“Our German ancestors were from the most northern part of Germany, in an area called Schleswig-Holstein. That part of the country was once a part of Denmark and I suspect that this recipe is somewhat Danish in origin.”

Heidi has a wonderful step by step guide to making these on her blog  she also has a link to the original non gluten free version.

We flavored our æbleskiver by filling them with some chestnut cream we had bought when visiting Quebec City. It was a wonderful holiday treat! My hope is to make them sometime during the season this year, although not for Mother’s night as I like to do something different each year.

Deliciously Moist Bean Cake

As I type this I have 13 other recipes waiting in the queue, but I made this cake yesterday to take to a 4th of July dinner and we loved it so much, I wanted to post about it today. Plus we were having a lot of fun on my facebook page yesterday talking about homely looking cakes that taste better than expensive bakery cakes. So I just had to post another cake recipe today!

The crazy thing about this cake is that it is grain and dairy free, made mostly of beans, coconut flour and eggs. Sounds crazy I know, but baking sweets with beans is ingenious! I modified the recipe from The Spunky Coconut Grain-Free Baked Goods and Desserts: Gluten Free, Casein Free, and Often Egg Free by using date sugar instead of coconut sugar and it gave the cake a bit of gingerbread flair. I also used pinto beans, instead of cannellini or navy, so the color of the cake was darker.

This cake is incredibly moist, packed with protein, fiber and folate. Even though there are a lot of beans in the recipe, the cake does not taste of beans. I asked everyone eating it what they thought the main ingredient was and no one guessed beans!

The trick with eating a large amount of beans and having no ill effects is in how they are prepared. I always use dried beans and cover them in a mixture of warm water and about a TBS of raw apple cider vinegar. I generally soak them for 2-3 days, changing the water daily (you don’t need to add more vinegar) and make big batches so I can freeze them for later use. Using this method, people who can’t tolerate beans very well have no problems eating them! So I strongly suggest doing it this way.

Since it was July 4th, I decided to top the cake with red, white and blue. I made an icing of raw soaked cashews, medjool dates, vanilla and some water and topped it all off with blueberries, raspberries and some crushed peanuts left over from last night’s dinner (another upcoming post).

It was delicious and totally hit the spot for our festive dinner, which was a combined effort : shrimp cocktail with prosecco, chips and dip, homemade buffalo wings, grilled chicken, potato salad and coleslaw all washed down with our friends’ home brewed hard cider.

Bean Cake (adapted from The Spunky Coconut’s Vanilla Bean Cake)

2 cups room temperature beans (I used pinto, if you want a lighter colored cake try navy or cannellini)
6 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
½ cup date sugar
¼ cup coconut oil, liquefied
1/3 cup coconut flour
½ tsp sea salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 ½ tsp baking powder (aluminum free)

Raw Cashew Cream Icing (from Simply Sugar and Gluten-Free: 180 Easy and Delicious Recipes You Can Make in 20 Minutes or Less )
1 cup cashews
3 cups water, divided
3 large, pitted Medjool dates
1 tsp vanilla extract
Pinch of salt

METHOD: Preheat oven to 325 F. Add beans, eggs, vanilla and sugar to a food processor and puree well. Then add to the bowl, coconut oil, coconut flour, salt, baking soda and powder and puree well. Pour into a springform pan, lined with parchment paper on the bottom and greased all around. Bake for about 30 minutes or until knife comes out clean when inserted into the center of the cake. Cool completely.
In a small bowl cover the cashews with 2 cups of water and the dates in a separate bowl with one cup of water. Soak for about 20 minutes. Drain cashews and discard the soaking water. Add cashews to a blender. Add the dates along with their soaking water and the salt and vanilla. Start the blender on low and increase slowly to high. Blend for 1-2 minutes until creamy. Ice the cake and then put it in the freezer for about an hour before serving. Top with berries.
TIP: if using a regular blender soak cashews overnight to get the right consistency.

Butterscotch Pudding, with Scotch of course!

I have a new favorite flavor of pudding – butterscotch. I will admit that I never liked butterscotch anything for most of my life because most things labeled “butterscotch” just tasted like caramel colored super sweet sugar. Enough to make my teeth hurt just thinking about it. I changed my mind many months ago when I was at a whole foods store (not Whole Foods TM, but a similar kind of store). I saw some store made butterscotch pudding in the cooler and something came over me to try it. It was topped with whipped cream and it was like heaven on a spoon. I paced myself and ended up eating it on three different occasions just to stretch it. It was that good. I started to think about the name and realized that it contains two of my favorite words – butter & scotch. What a revelation!

I also must admit while I am admitting things that this recipe has been waiting to get posted since Thanksgiving, as this was the dessert du jour on that favorite of all days (mine at least).

So once I decided this was going to be dessert, I went on the hunt for a good recipe and found this one by David Lebovitz. According to David: “… You’ll also notice I add a splash of whiskey. One theory is that the name ‘butterscotch’ is a derivation of ‘butter-scorched’. Others say it that it meant ‘scotching’ or cutting, which they did to slabs of buttery, creamy caramels when making candy. Although the name implies it, it doesn’t have to have scotch or whiskey in it, but I find the flavors marry so well that I can’t resist adding a little shot.” Interesting, but I totally don’t care, I want scotch in my butterscotch and so be it! I am glad David agrees. He also says something else I absolutely agree with: “But one decision I refuse to let you make is to be one of those people that wants to press plastic wrap on top of the puddings to avoid that delicious, chewy skin that forms on top. If you don’t like pudding skin, why are you eating pudding in the first place?” Thank you, spoken like a true pudding lover!

Of course there is also butter in the recipe which completes the prerequisites for my butterscotch pudding. The only way I deferred from the recipe is in the sweetener; I used coconut palm sugar instead of the brown sugar and found it to be absolutely lovely. I also topped it with fresh whipped cream and cocoa nibs. Since this recipe contains scotch, it is not technically gluten free. I was happy to find that it didn’t bother me in any way. Must be one of the perks of Scottish genes! But if you are GF, you could skip it and maybe allow the butter to brown before adding the sugar to it, to give it more of a deep flavor.

David Lebovitz’s Butterscotch Pudding (adapted from Ripe For Dessert)

4 tablespoons butter, salted or unsalted
1 cup packed dark brown or cassonade sugar (I used coconut palm)
3/4 teaspoon coarse sea salt
3 tablespoons cornstarch
2½ cups whole milk
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons whiskey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Melt the butter in a medium-sized saucepan. Add the dark brown sugar and salt, then stir until the sugar is well-moistened. Remove from heat.
In a small bowl, whisk together the cornstarch with about 1/4 cup (60ml) of the milk until smooth (there should be no visible pills of cornstarch), then whisk in the eggs.
Gradually pour the remaining milk into the melted brown sugar, whisking constantly, then whisk in the cornstarch mixture as well.
Return the pan to the heat and bring the mixture to a boil, whisking frequently. Once it begins to bubble, reduce the heat to a low simmer and continue to cook for one minute, whisking non-stop, until the pudding thickens to the consistency of hot fudge sauce.
Remove from heat and stir in the whiskey and vanilla. If slightly-curdled looking, blend as indicated above.
Pour into 4-6 serving glasses or custard cups and chill thoroughly, at least four hours, before serving.

Sticky Toffee Pudding (Gluten-Free!)

One of my favorite desserts of all time is Sticky Toffee Pudding. The first time I had it was in Galway, Ireland. But once I developed a taste for it, I had it every chance I could get, which considering where I live, is not very often, and since I had to stop eating gluten, not at all! To my good fortune, this has all recently changed!

For those of you who have not been bewitched by this amazing treat, I’ll give you a run-down of what it actually is. What it is not, is a pudding in the American sense of the word, but a tender, moist cake- a true pudding in the British sense of the word.

Now everyone knows that British/ Scottish/ Irish cuisine does not get its due credit in the world of gastronomy. In fact it is often looked down upon. But there is really no need for it – if you actually have the good fortune to try it first hand, I guarantee you will find much to write home about. The foods of these small northern European islands are quite good, lots of fresh vegetables, wild game, wonderful sausages and unexpectedly – dessert. I fell in love with the desserts when I traveled to Ireland and Scotland- cranachan, treacle pudding, Victoria sponge, custards and of course the queen of them all, Sticky Toffee Pudding (that’s why it is all in Caps, it is that good!).

Sticky Toffee Pudding is a moist, rich cake made with dates (sometimes prunes) and topped with a wonderful toffee sauce. Many times puddings are served with a topping of thin custard, like crème anglaise. I have seen Sticky Toffee Pudding served with both together. There is some mystery to the origins of this special dessert, some say it was developed in the south of England, and others say it was being served and enjoyed in Aberdeenshire, Scotland many years before if became popular in England. I think we should give this one to the Scots. I mean the English have laid claim to much that has belonged to the Scots these many long years, and why quibble over a dessert?

I digress, so for Burns Night I was looking for a festive dessert and I remembered Sticky Toffee Pudding. I started by searching on line for gluten-free recipes. I found a few, but none of them alone felt like it was going to yield a classic. So I forged out on my own. I must say that the one ingredient that makes the recipe is Lyle’s Golden Syrup - cane sugar syrup that has been made the same way for over 125 years (and another Scottish invention!) and a good substitute for evil corn syrup. Once I tasted it, I knew that it was this beautiful amber syrup that really lends the magical element that makes a classic Sticky Toffee Pudding taste.

So if you are gluten-free and want to try a new delicious and simple to prepare dessert, or are already a lover of Sticky Toffee Pudding, you will love this recipe! It was a huge hit at our Burns Supper!

1 cup of organic chopped dates
1 ¼ cup water
1TBS pure vanilla extract
2 TBS whiskey
1 cup gluten free flour mix
1 cup almond flour/meal
¼ cup arrowroot
2 tsp baking soda
Pinch of salt
¼ cup softened butter
¼ cup Greek yogurt
2 eggs
¼ cup Lyle’s Golden Syrup
2 cups heavy cream
¼ cup Lyle’s Golden syrup
¼ cup coconut palm sugar

Preheat oven to 325 F
Simmer chopped dates in water for about 10 minutes. Drain the dates and place into a food processor, add the vanilla and whiskey and pulse a few times, until you have a chunky paste.
In a separate bowl whisk dry ingredients together: GF flour mix, almond flour, salt, and baking soda.
In another small bowl, beat together the butter, yogurt and eggs. Then combine all the dry and wet ingredients together and add ¼ cup of Lyle’s while mixing.

I used a muffin tin to bake my puddings, but you could use ramekins or a large baking dish to make a large pudding (cooking times will vary). I filled my muffin tin to the top with the batter – creating a large muffin sized pudding.
Bake for 20-25 minutes. In the meantime you can make the toffee sauce. Just heat the heavy cream, sugar and Lyle’s until it boils, then lower heat and simmer for about 10 minutes, while stirring often.
*Tip: Since I wanted to serve my puddings warm, but make them ahead of time, I made them, and then baked them for 10 minutes. Then I took them out of the oven. When I was ready to serve dessert later that night, I popped them back in the oven for another 10 minutes while I made the sauce!
Serve warm, serves 6.

Burns Night: Haggis

“Thus bold, independent, unconquer’d, and free,
Her bright course of glory for ever shall run,
For brave Caledonia immortal must be,”
~Robert Burns, Caledonia

Last night we celebrated Burns Night , the 25th of January, the birthdate of the famed Scottish poet, Robert Burns. It is a night when Scots all over the world celebrate his life, poetry and all things Scottish by hosting a traditional Burns Supper – haggis, neeps, tatties, and a whisky toast!
This is a treat I look forward to every year. Living across the pond, in the US, haggis is not readily available, but I have been lucky to find Scottish Gourmet USA an online retailer of not only some of the best haggis in the US, but many other delicious Scottish products as well, like honey, cheese, smoked salmon, teas, etc. If you love Scottish food, I suggest you check them out!

We started the night off with homemade oat cakes, slices of Dubliner and chunks of Bergenost . I figured since I didn’t have any Scottish cheese lying about, I would seek close relatives, so we went with Irish and Norwegian (learn about the relationship between the Vikings and the Scots in regards to cheese here). We washed the first course down with some Thistly Cross Hard Scottish Cider.

Then it was time for the main course, haggis, neeps (mashed rutabaga) and tatties (mashed potatoes).

Looks innocent enough, doesn’t it?

Now before you all start in with that “yuck” or “ick” word again, like when I talked about my love for black pudding , let me tell you that haggis is really nothing more than a wonderfully spiced sausage. The haggis by Scottish Gourmet USA, contains lamb, liver, oats and spices, nothing else…and YES, I have had the “real deal” in Scotland, and honestly it tastes very much the same. It has a wonderful creamy texture and the aroma is tantalizing. This is real, hardy, stick to your bones kind of food, for real, hardy people! This is traditional, ancestral food at its best! Burns makes this quite clear in his famous address and I must concur! :

“But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed,
The trembling earth resounds his tread,
Clap in his ample fist a blade,
He will make it whistle;
And legs, and arms, and heads will crop
Like tops of thistle.
You powers, who make mankind your care,
And dish them out their bill of fare,
Old Scotland want no watery ware,
That splashes in small wooden dishes;
But is you wish her grateful prayer,
Give her a Haggis!”
~Robert Burns, Address to a Haggis (standard English translation)

(Me with friends Bob and Suzanne, all enraptured by The Address)

Of course before eating, the haggis must be addressed (to see the whole address performed excellently, I suggest checking out this one performed by Andrew of Scottish Gourmet USA) and then toasted with whisky. This year we toasted with a 15 year Dalwhinnie. It was a good one.

As always it was a wonderful evening full of joking, sharing memories of trips to Scotland, etc, such a great yearly tradition. I suggest to all of you, especially if you are Scottish, love Scotland or just love ‘Ol Rabbie Burns, to join us next year in celebrating his life!

Want to know what to do with Haggis Leftovers? Try Balmoral Chicken.

Next UP: Sticky Toffee Pudding!

Coconut Milk Panna Cotta Parfaits

Today I am really excited to share with you this perfect autumn dessert that I was inspired to create for a dinner party recently. It features preserved fruits and is sweetened with maple. This cute dessert is perfect to take with you to any upcoming holiday celebration, whether you are celebrating Autumn, Harvest Season, Halloween, Samhain, Thanksgiving, etc.

Made in small mason jars, not only is this dessert rustic chic, but highly portable! Just screw the lid on and you are good to go! It is also a great dessert for groups since it is allergen friendly, as it is dairy, egg, refined sugar and gluten free. If you experiment by using agar-agar, it is also vegetarian and vegan friendly. You can also play with the flavors by using different sweeteners, like raw honey or stevia and by using different spices and various types of preserved fruit. If you don’t have preserved fruit, a small layer of homemade jam would be perfect, or how about some sweetened pumpkin puree and topped with crumbled candied nuts?

The most important thing about this dessert is that it tastes delicious, it is luscious, creamy and dreamy, not too sweet but easily satisfying those with a sweet tooth and you can play so much with the basic recipe to make it your own. It is so versatile that you can make it for more than one celebration by making it several different ways! So whip some up today and enjoy this beautiful harvest season!

2 ½ cups canned coconut milk (regular, not lite) – I use Native Harvest because they have BPA-free cans
¼ cup 100% pure maple syrup
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
¼ tsp of cinnamon or crushed cardamom (or a combination!)
¼ cup water
1 ½ teaspoons unflavored gelatin
1 pint of preserved fruit – I used plums from last year’s larder
2 or 3 gluten free cookies – I used some leftover pfeffernusse shortbread (use nuts to make the dessert grain free)

Pour the coconut milk into a small pan and heat on the lowest setting until small bubbles form on the edges of the pan. In the meantime, in a small bowl pour a quarter cup of water and add the gelatin, whisking briskly until thoroughly combined. Set aside until the coconut milk has started to bubble, add maple syrup, vanilla extract and spices to the coconut milk once it has started to bubble slightly.

Remove the coconut mixture from the heat and add a quarter cup of it to the gelatin whisking briskly to incorporate, making sure there are no lumps. Add this back to the pan with the rest of the coconut milk, whisk to combine and then remove pan from heat.

Using ½ pint mason jars, place some preserved fruit on the bottom of the jar, then cover with some of the coconut milk mixture. You will be doing this layering one more time, so make sure to save enough. I just eyeballed it. Put the rest of the coconut milk mixture back on the stove on the lowest heat possible. You want to make sure that it doesn’t cool all the way and start to congeal, so using a whisk stir once in a while.

Put the mason jars in the freezer for about 30-40 minutes, until softly set. Remove from freezer and let the jars come to room temperature (ish). You want to make sure that you aren’t adding hot liquid to frozen glass, as this will cause the glass to break. Then add another layer of preserved fruit, and then the rest of the coconut milk mixture, add another layer of preserved fruit and then crush some cookies on top and put in the fridge for about 2 hours until top layer sets. Keep in the refrigerator until it is time to serve. Serves 6


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LEOMINSTER -- Raymond E. Cormier of Leominster died Monday September 16 in Leominster Hospital.

He was born in Leominster on August 28, 1923 a son of the late, Alyre and Elizabeth (Bourque) Cormier.

He is survived by his wife and constant companion of 68 years Irene (Lyonnais) Cormier. One son Retired Fire Chief Ronald E. Cormier and his wife Susan of Ashburnham, Mass. Two daughters, Donna Kiuru and her husband John of Leominster and Robin Martin and her husband Michael of Leominster. Five grandchildren Jennifer Cormier of Fitchburg, Christopher Cormier and his wife Dana of Malden, Matthew Landry and his wife Kerri of Lunenburg, Samantha Martin of Tampa, Florida, Arielle Bruegger and her husband Daniel of Westminster and four great-grandchildren, Isabelle & Jackson Cormier and Matteia and Beckett Landry. Mr. Cormier also leaves one brother Alfred Cormier of Leominster and one sister Doris Freda of Seminole, FL as well as many nieces and nephews. He is predeceased by three brothers Henry, Robert and Maurice and one sister Theresa Lyonnais.

Mr. Cormier was a WWII veteran serving in the U.S. Army in the 2nd Division 23rd Infantry Regiment. He was involved in many battles from Normandy in Northern France to The Rhineland in Central Europe. He was awarded many decorations and medals including the European-African Middle Eastern Service Medal, the Good Conduct medal, Rifle Sharpshooter, Bronze Star, Bronze Arrow Head, ETO Certificate of Merit and Purple Heart.

Mr. Cormier attended St. Cecilia's School and Saxton Trade. During his lifetime he worked at Star Cleaners and Simards Funeral Home. He was a Leominster firefighter from 1953 until his retirement in 1980 driving Engine 2 most of his career.

After his retirement Mr. Cormier and his wife traveled extensively throughout the United States and Canada in their motorhome finally settling in Clearwater, Florida, where they resided for 25 years before returning to Leominster in 2005.

He was a life member of the DAV and Lodge of Elks as well as Hose 4.

CORMIER -- His funeral will be celebrated on Friday, Sept. 20, from the Brandon Funeral Home, 305 Wanoosnoc Rd., Fitchburg with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 AM in St. Joseph's Church, 49 Woodland St., Fitchburg. Burial will be in the Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Winchendon. Calling hours in the funeral home will be held on Thursday, Sept. 19, from 5 to 7 PM. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Leominster Fire Fighters Relief Association, 19 Church St., Leominster, MA 01453.

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Chino, California – August 21st, 2013 – Cooler Master, and its team, will be descending upon Gamescom, a trade fair for video games held annually at the Hoelnmesse in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The Cooler Master booth at Gamescom will be showcasing the long overdue update to Cooler Master Cosmos S case series, the Cosmos SE.

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Visit Cooler Master’s Team in hall 8 – B065 to catch a glimpse of the latest Cosmos S Series case, Cosmos SE. This new pure black case takes the essence of the Cosmos S and shrinks it to a more compact mid-tower design. It does so while implementing new and innovative cooling and modularity. The Cosmos SE features many fully modular features. One of which includes front HDD bays that, when removed, give space for installing up to a 360mm radiator in the front of the case. A 240mm radiator is also supported in the top of the case, if desired. Managing cables is surprisingly easy despite the smaller mid-tower size; this is due to a wider and smaller chassis design. Staying true to the Cosmos namesake, Cosmos SE features pure aluminum handles constructed from solid aluminum.

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WR Devin Street of Liberty High School caught 4 passes for 76 yards and 2 touchdowns for Pittsburgh in a 28-21 win over Notre Dame. LB Anthony Gonzalez (Liberty) made 2 tackles for the Panthers and broke up a pass on fourth down on Notre Dame's final possession to preserve the win.

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As the women’s tennis season comes to a close, the team looks to finish strong in its last couple of matches.

The Mountain Hawks have a huge Patriot League matchup this Tuesday at 3 p.m. against the Lafayette College Leopards.

The Hawks have had a tough season; they are 4-11 overall and 1-1 in Patriot League play. They have, however, have had two nice wins against Holy Cross and Monmouth University in their last couple of matches. The Hawks two other wins came from hard-fought matches against Saint Francis and Mount St. Mary’s universities.

With four Patriot League matches left in the season—they will play Colgate and Bucknell universities, Lafayette College and Navy—the Mountain Hawks look to finish strong and make the Patriot League tournament.

“I expect my team to put 100 percent of their heart and soul into every point, and I anticipate that we will win the remainder of our Patriot League matches because of the passion that exists on our team,” said sophomore Abby Farrell.

The Hawks have upped their practice strategy to a very hard working and up-tempo pace. They have to work harder on every point then their opponents to assure themselves they will win the points, which eventually will lead to winning the match.

“The focus of our team has been to out-work and overwhelm out opponents by quick-pressure action,” Farrell said. “It is our goal that the aggressive mindset we work out in practice will translate into a match in order to capitalize on every opportunity to win a point, set or match.”

The Leopards, who are 4-5 overall and 0-2 in Patriot League play, look to get their first league win against the Hawks. Lafayette is coming off a 7-0 win over Rider University last Wednesday, and the Leopards are likely hoping the momentum spills over into this week of play.

Lehigh seems to have found a breath of fresh air and cannot wait to face its upcoming opponents. They Hawks have also been working on certain parts of their game in order to throw off their opponents.

“Strategically, we are practicing a variety of shots to keep our opponents on edge,” Farrell said.

Not only will this give the Hawks a little extra confidence going into the match, it will also leave their opponents not knowing what’s to come for the entirety of the contest.

The Hawks aim to finish their season strong and look forward to the Patriot League tournament. The match against Lafayette will be today at 3 p.m. in Easton, Pa.

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By Leicester Mercury  |  Posted: August 26, 2014

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It may be centuries old, but Leicester Castle will soon be using the latest technology to give visitors personalised guided tours – through their mobile phones.

Leicester City Council is to receive £125,000 from the Digital R&D Fund for the Arts to improve historical interpretation at the medieval site.

The heritage project, Leicester Castle Tells Its Story, will enable visitors to explore the building, getting information direct to their mobile phone or tablet.

The project is expected to be up and running by next summer.

Leicester mayor Sir Peter Soulsby said: "Leicester Castle and surrounding sites are at the heart of the old town and are steeped in centuries of history.

"At least four monarchs have visited the castle, including Richard III, and Parliament met in the great hall in the 14th and 15th centuries.

"The Leicester Castle Tells Its Story scheme is a very exciting way of making its fascinating history more easily available to visitors."

Small, fixed tags placed at points throughout the castle will broadcast audio or audio-visual information to visitors.

All the information will be held in a cloud, so that it can easily be updated by museum staff.

Information will also allow the council to learn which parts of the castle are visited most and for how long, to help with possible future improvements.

The city council's arts and museums service is leading the project, in collaboration with the University of Leicester School of Museum Studies and technology company Caecus.

"We are working with a wide range of partners, including experts in museums and archaeology from the University of Leicester and arts and technology organisations, to ensure this scheme will bring to life Leicester Castle in a way never seen before," Sir Peter said.

"The project will put us at the forefront of digital heritage interpretation."

Dr Giasemi Vavoula, lecturer in museum studies at the University of Leicester, said the app would use Bluetooth beacons, a new technology that brings "unprecedented accuracy" to indoor location identification.

"The primary focus of the research will be to understand how visitors use the castle and how this technology can help them engage with its stories and learn its fascinating history," Dr Vavoula said.

"One of the first concerted studies of beacons in sites like Leicester Castle, this project may well transform how we experience and understand historic buildings."

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Addition and Subtraction Fact Family Lesson Plans

Get more bang for your buck by teaching addition and subtraction fact family lesson plans.

By Greg Harrison

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One of the most common complaints I hear from other teachers is, “Many of my students still don’t know their basic facts.” It can be exasperating to see a fourth grader still counting on his/her fingers when trying to add two numbers together – let alone multiply or divide. Let’s face it, learning the basic addition/subtraction and multiplication/division facts is an absolute requirement for a math student to be able to achieve success. This article describes one way of teaching addition/subtraction fact families to second or third graders.

One easy and enjoyable activity is what I call the “Fact Family Triangle”. Before beginning the activity, I tell students that a fact family is made up of three numbers. Only those three numbers can be in a particular family. The three numbers are related to each other because of addition and subtraction. The fact family all live together in a three sided home (I draw a large triangle on the board). I then ask a student to give me a number from 1 – 9, and I write the number in one corner of the triangle. I ask another student to give me a different number from 1 – 9, and write that number in another corner of the triangle. I remind the students that this particular fact family only allows addition and subtraction in their home, and ask them which number is missing in the other corner. Let’s say the numbers given were six and five. In this case, there would be two correct answers, 11 or one. I always use the first correct answer that is offered. When I get a correct answer, I ask the student to explain why that number belongs in the fact family. Most students use addition, but some go with subtraction. Either one is fine. Finally, I set up two addition equations and two subtraction equations underneath the triangle, and ask students to help me correctly fill in the fact family numbers.

We’ll assume that 11 was the number given, so the four equations would look like this:

5 + 6 = 11

6 + 5 = 11

11 – 6 = 5

11 – 5 = 6

If one was the number given, the equations would look like this:

1 + 5 = 6

5 + 1 = 6

6 – 5 = 1

6 – 1 = 5

Using fact families gives you “more bang for your buck,” because you are encouraging students to use advanced properties of addition and subtraction, and you are getting them to learn four facts at a time – not just one! The more they do this, the more they will see how the numbers are related to each other. Below are some other lessons on fact families that I believe you will enjoy.

Addition and Subtraction Fact Family Lesson Plans:

Triangle Town

Students create a fact family town out of triangular-shaped houses in order to develop an understanding of numbers which are "related" in fact families. This lesson lends itself well to creating a bulletin board display of the fact family town.

Fact Families

Students use pictures of themselves and their classmates (taken in class), to create fact families. For example, a picture of a group of three students plus a picture of a group of four students equals seven students. This wonderful lesson allows students to use their own pictures to create addition and subtraction number sentences.

Links Away

Students explore the relationship between addition and subtraction through listening to books and using links of chain to act out what is happening, mathematically, in the story. This innovative lesson nicely ties language arts and mathematics together into a very engaging and meaningful learning experience.

Macaroni Math

Students use pieces of pasta on a paper plate to explore how addition and subtraction are related.  In this motivating lesson, students use pieces of macaroni as a manipulative in order to create different sets of four fact family sentences.

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Archive | April, 2008

Dear Senator Obama:

Dude, you’ve had a crappy week, there’s no two ways about it.

The good news is you’ve proven yourself a true Democrat. In other words, your “friends” are doing their best to help you snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. If that’s not Democratic I don’t know what is.

That said, I would like to offer some wisdom. I’m helpful that way. You can thank me later.

There are many places here in Austin in which one may gain important insights. Chief among them is, of course, the men’s bathroom wall at the Texas Chili Parlor.

That’s where you can find what you seem to be most in need of these days, the problem-solving flow chart.

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And with one simple heart-felt act…

this man has already done more to lower the price of gas than President George W. Bush has. Not that it’ll do any good, but at least one of them tried.

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The mayor faces no stiff competition for re-erection

A friend who spends significant time in other countries (Louisiana, for example) says that in some areas, graft and corruption is so rampant they’ve given up on cleaning things up. Instead, they have learned to funnel it in more constructive ways.

For example, those living in a town in need of paved streets might opt to elect the local concrete guy to be the mayor, who then promptly awards all the street construction projects to himself. A couple of years down the line, the village has what it wanted, and so does the mayor. Everybody’s happy.

But not as happy as the men of the village of Lo Prado, Chile. They went and elected themselves a medical doctor as their mayor, and now all the men over 60 years old will get free Viagra.

In the next election, will the women of Lo Prado turn out in record numbers and elect the local distributor for pepper spray and mace?

UPDATE: now the world’s most important news source is weighing in on this as well.

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Republicans are getting impatient…

…and think perhaps our Democratic primary process has gone on too long. (not safe for work, unless you work in a way cool place)

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Legislative Update on Public Schools:

It seems that a state lawmaker from one of the 49 meaningless states has resigned in disgrace after accidentally flashing a digital photo of a topless woman, who isn’t his wife, during a Powerpoint presentation to a high school government class. Apparently the photo made its way onto a flash drive he brought with him to the class.

The lesson to Texas legislators is so obvious it’s almost not worth mentioning, but just in case you missed it somehow: whatever you do, avoid high school government classes!

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Dear Texas Legislators:

I’ve always said you guys were on the ball. Apparently, I was wrong.

It’s the Florida state legislature, not you, getting on the early train in banning the hanging of fake bull testicles from trailer hitches. Some might even say they’re well-hung from trailer hitches.

Come on people! This is one of the defining issues of our day! This is the true test(es) of leadership. You need to grow a pair. Then ban ’em!

I do, however, suggest that the Floridians are going about this all wrong. Apparently their legislation creates a $60 fine for those who persist in displaying the aforementioned bull gonads. However, as any guy knows, the most effective deterrent to displaying large testicles would instead be to require that those displaying them be forced to drive into a cold swimming pool. The offending parts would disappear immediately. Luckily, this solution has already been field-tested.

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Attention Mexican restaurant owners…

Be on the lookout for thick clouds of bees in a tornado pattern. If you spot such a cloud of bees, take immediate precautions. Please do not mistake this menace with other, more harmless clouds of bees in an entirely different pattern.

Special note to Texas Legislators: I suggest somebody address this problem immediately, and I mean the first day of pre-filing. There is absolutely no excuse for thick clouds of bees in a tornado pattern ravaging our most precious natural resources, which of course are El Azteca, Polvo’s, and Vivo. In fact, this probably rises to the level of a special committee at NCSL.

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Turns out the Republicans were right all along

Republicans have yammered on for years about the lack of security on the Texas border. They issue dire warnings about an invading sea of humanity. They warn that these intruders, fueled by corruption and dire economic situations back home, will infest our state, take our jobs, ruin our economy, and threaten our very way of life.

I never thought they had a point. Until now. Yikes!

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Dear Jenna Bush:

First, congratulations on your impending nuptials. I’m sure the upcoming celebration will be very nuptial-y. I hope you and the old ball and chain will have many years of happy nupping ahead of you, and that the two of you will nup like crazy for the rest of your lives.

However, the reason I’m writing today is to thank you for considering voting Democratic. I know it must have been a shock to your parents when you went on Larry King Live and went waaaaay off message, indicating that you’re not so sure about this McCain guy.

It probably comes as little surprise to Texas Democrats that you’re unwilling to toe the family line. After all, around these parts we have looked on fondly as you have grown up, always with grace and style.

So, welcome to the growing hoards of Americans with doubts about John McCain. Please let us know if there is any information we Democrats can provide which would help make you comfortable voting for our eventual nominee.

PS: enclosed, please find an American flag label pin. Apparently these things come in handy.

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Good evening, it’s July 21, 2021, and this is Nightline

Chelsea Clinton campaigned today in Madison, Wisconsin, on behalf of her mother’s extended campaign for President of the United States. Despite Senator Hillary Clinton’s unfortunate passing two years ago, Chelsea bravely marches on.

“We’re still in this!” Ms. Clinton told a small crowd of 12, at the Happy Sunset Rest Home.

Clinton explained to rally-goers that the campaign is still fighting on behalf of the descendants of voters in Florida and Michigan, states which, in 2008, defied Democratic Party rules and were not seated at the Democratic National Convention that summer in Denver, Colorado, handing the nomination, and ultimately the White House, to former President Barack Obama.

“People do not want the memory of my mother to leave this race,” Chelsea said in her remarks. “So we fight on, but not for Hillary Clinton. We fight to honor the memory of those voters whose voices have not been heard in Florida and Michigan. Yes, most of them have long since died, but their brave sacrifice cannot be forgotten,” she said.

Former President Obama, from his office at the Obama Presidential Library in Chicago, indicated that he “just doesn’t care anymore.”

“I’m tired of this. I spent 8 years in the White House, and these yapping little Clinton chihuahuas never gave me a day of peace. I’d hoped they’d let it go once I started wearing that stupid flag lapel pin, but no. Then when I led the fight to pass the universal health care bill, I thought things would calm down. Not a chance,” he said.

President Obama cited several other achievements which he had hoped would convince the Clintons to support the legitimacy of his administration, including curing cancer in 2010, the colonization of Mars in 2012, and the invention of emissions-free synthetic crude oil manufactured from dirt in 2013, which ultimately led to the reversal of global warming by the end of his Presidential tenure.

“Those damn Clintons are never happy,” Obama said. “Even me bringing global leaders together to achieve permanent world peace and ending terrorism forever didn’t do it. She just said I got lucky.”

Recent polls show that voters in all 74 states, plus the district of Iraq, favor a stand-down of Clinton’s campaign. Recent filings with the Federal Elections Commission indicate that Clinton’s campaign has a debt of $3.5 billion, with cash on hand of $13.95.

A spokesman for the estate of former Senator John McCain had no comment. McCain, as historians have pointed out, went home to Arizona after the Republican National Convention in 2008, and never returned to the campaign trail again. He instead tired of the protracted squabbling over the Democratic nomination, and opened an antique shop in Flagstaff to wait it out until the Democrats determined their nominee. He operated the shop until his retirement several years later.

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Here’s to the Little Guy…

Many Republicans hate them some labor unions and plaintiffs lawyers. I completely sympathize — if I were a Republican, I, too, would hate the folks who stand up for the little guys who get picked on by big corporations. That’s what labor unions and plaintiffs lawyers do.

Labor unions invented the weekend. And plaintiffs lawyers invented the notion that it’s not ok for a construction company to drop an anvil from 30 stories up and bean an employee in the head. I’m pretty sure that’s why “Road Runner” isn’t on Saturday morning TV anymore. Which begs the question, what good is having a weekend, if you can’t even watch Road Runner? These people really should coordinate better.

In Texas, the folks protecting the little guy do so with varying degrees of success. A lot of things stand in their way.

But you gotta hand it to Texas labor unions. You don’t see this happening around here on their watch.

And Texas’ plaintiffs lawyers must be on the ball too, because I know this sort of thing would never fly around these parts.

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Good morning class…

OK class, pay close attention to this film strip. There will be a quiz later.

For those of you who would like another point of view on this topic, Our Principal has invited Mrs. Clinton to Career Day next week. In keeping with our “Yes! You Can!” theme this year, other invitees include Danica Patrick, Tiger Woods, and Tonya Harding.

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This Just In:

They have completely run out of real news to report concerning the Presidential race.

Story highlight: Chelsea Clinton gets her ass grabbed. By another woman. During a bar crawl. A gay bar crawl.

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Dear ABC News:

Please consider this my hearty congratulations on a job very well done. The way you handled the Democratic Presidential debate the other night was almost perfect!

Oh sure, I know some whiners have complained that the debate was unfair to Senator Obama. Other malcontents are griping that there were too many commercial breaks. But most of the grouches centered their complaints on the trivial nature of the questions – a full 40 minutes worth before the first question of substance was ever asked, they claim.

Thanks for sticking to your guns!

I, as a loyal American, fully appreciate the fundamental importance of whether a candidate wears a flag lapel pin.

I also welcome the chance to listen as the candidates were forced to explain themselves on Obama’s Rev. Wright situation, and Clinton’s “Bosnia under sniper fire” episode. The ten-or-so minutes spent on these crucial issues contained far more quality information than the month’s worth of endless discussion previous to the debate. I just can’t get enough detail about those two crucial issues, so thanks.

I especially thank you for bringing up the guy Obama knows, who did something really bad when Obama was 8 years old. I found that particularly relevant to the public discourse.

While many debate-watchers continue to moan about the lack of attention during the debate to trivial issues such as food, clothing, and shelter, I think the debate focus was just right.

Well, almost.

Personally (and please don’t take this as a complaint, just a gentle suggestion), I would have preferred even more questions that get to the heart of things, similar to the gut-wrenching lapel pin issue which brought tears to my eyes.

In that spirit, here are some questions I very much hope you consider asking, in the event another debate opportunity for ABC arises:

1. Senator Obama, boxers or briefs? And, if briefs, would it be impolitic to term them “tightie whities” in this context? Come to think of it, do you consider the Clintons to be uptightie whities?

2. Senator Clinton, if an Eastbound train leaves Chicago at 9:30 am going 62 miles per hour, and a Westbound train leaves New York at 12:25 pm going 57 miles per hour on the same track, on which train would you prefer Robert Reich and Bill Richardson be at the exact time of impact?

3. Senator Obama, you have long-admitted to illegal drug use in your past; that is well-covered ground. The question is, you got anything on you right now? Stephanopoulos looks like he could use a good snort.

4. Senator Clinton, many Americans are surprised that Sox the cat endorsed your opponent. Senator, did you beat Sox? And if not, why not? Plus, how can you insinuate that Obama can’t beat McCain, if you didn’t beat Sox?

5. Senator Obama, are you willing tonight to clearly state, for the record, that you support and will contribute to a fund to buy Charlie Gibson new glasses? I mean, come on – the poor man is beginning to look like that Dumbledore guy from Harry Potter!

Respectfully, ABC, I feel that more questions such as these would get to the heart of what people are looking for in a President, so I hope you consider using some of them in the future.

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Dear Senator Obama:

I think the idea of your candidacy is really cool. You bring a refreshing excitement and persona into the race for President of the United States, and you have the strength to bring an entire new generation into the political process. For that I salute you.

That said, one little tiny piece of advice: it might be even cooler if you could avoid flipping off your opponent.

PS: If you persist in your aspiration to be a bird-flipping President, just go ahead and do it right, like George Bush does.

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Galveston Historical Foundaiton Pesents "Haunted Happenings"

During the month of October Galveston's haunted history will be explored in three intriguing tours.

Ashton Villa's Are We Haunted" Tours

Tours every Friday in October, 2009 at 5 p.m., 7 p.m., 9 p.m.

October 31, Special tours at 3 and 5 p.m., at Ashton Villa, 2328 Broadway

Registration: $20. Call 409-765- 7834 for ticket information.

Is Ashton Villa haunted by the spirit of "Miss Bettie," the daughter of the house's first owner, James Moreau Brown? Maybe. Maybe not. Since 1975, when GHF opened the restored mansion to the public, legends and ghost stories have attached themselves to Ashton Villa.

The one-hour tour shows the restoration in progress on the ground floor level, following damage by Hurricane Ike, then explores the undamaged second floor where ghostly memories still reside.

Haunted Harbor Tours aboard Seagull II

Tours will be every Friday and Saturday in October, 2009, Last Tour of the Day.

October 30 and 31, Special 6 p.m. Tour. Tours will be at Texas Seaport Museum, Pier 21

Registration: $15 for adults, $13 for children ages 4 to 18 and free for children 3 and under. Call 409- 765-8687 for ticket information.

The one-hour narrated excursion around Galveston's harbor, aboard Texas Seaport Museum's Seagull II, stresses ghostly legends and lore based on the harbor's often tragic history.

Haunted Cemetery Tours

October 29, 30, 31, 2009, 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. at Broadway Cemetery, 41st and K

Registration: $10 for adults GHF Members, $12 Non-GHF Members, Free for children 5 and under. Call 409-765-7834 for ticket information.

This guided dusk walking tour will come to life within the gates of the island's historic Broadway Cemeteries. The markers in the seven named cemeteries can tell stories that textbooks do not. Each marker is a piece of Galveston and Texas history.

For additional information about these tours contact Molly Dannenmaier, Director of Market- ing and Public Relations at 409- 765-7834 or molly.dannenmaier@galvestonhistory.org

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