I'm awake! ... Sorta. Good morning, how is everyone? It's below freezing here this morning ... 31° when I went to bed last night & same when I woke up this morning. Brrr! According to my best friend it's only 18° in Jersey this morning, so it's colder there but still below freezing. There's a chance of "flakes" today. Not sure if that's the forecast or the weatherman just labeled the people of Collin County as a bunch of flakes. Hard to tell sometimes. I spoke to Pete on the phone for a bit yesterday & then went on a med call. I'm feeling better & figured it was safe to go on the call. Of course I'm calculating exactly how sick I am, age of the patient, all kinds of stuff. Being that I am feeling a lot better, I figured there's no harm in at least driving the rescue. As long as I don't make direct physical contact with the patient, it should be okay. I can still drive, do paperwork, etc. Luckily there are many things to do on a call. Not to mention it was already our 5th call of the year a day & a half in ... if we're going to be that busy I had to find a way to make a call. Came back to the station, got the FD mail, sorted through it, came home, got the mail here, & then cleaned the house. Kyle did his chores but Josh still has to do his (2) chores. I did the dishes, cleaned the sink, wiped down the counters, took out the trash, cleaned the bedroom mirror, fed the pets, straightened the dining room chairs, cleaned the dishwasher, neatened the afghan on the living room chair, dusted my office lights, & swept the closet. I went to work on eBay for a while & then checked my horoscope & had a great ham & cheese sandwich for lunch when Pete got home from work. We watched Chicago Fire & got to bed at 12:30a. Later today I have to pick Josh up from work & on the way home we're making a donut run for breakfast. City Council Meeting & LCFD Maintenance Tuesday.
Affix glow-in-the-dark stars on your office ceiling.
Always in motion the future is. -Yoda
Bigger they are, the harder they fall!
After three days of high winds and heavy snow, people
in the Great Lakes region begin digging out from one of the worst
blizzards on record on this day in 1999. More than 100 people died in
storm-related accidents.
The storm began on January 1, when snow began falling across Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio. Most areas saw at least 15 inches of snow before the storm moved on. The hardest hit area was Chicago,
where wind gusts of up to 60 miles per hour combined with heavy snow to
reduce visibility to near zero at times and create huge impassable
drifts. O'Hare Airport, one the nation's busiest, had to shut down,
stranding 200,000 people for as much as four days. The weather also made
train travel through the area impossible, and mail across the country
was delayed because of the blizzard.
The storm caused
treacherous road conditions throughout the region. A 60-car pile-up on
January 2 in Wisconsin resulted in scores of injuries and one death. In
Indiana, a 100-mile stretch of Interstate 65 was closed for a full two
days. When the snow finally stopped on January 3, record cold
temperatures arrived. In Congerville, Illinois, a state record low of
-36 degrees was reached. In the aftermath, President Bill Clinton declared Illinois and Indiana disaster areas and sent federal relief.
As the storm moved east, serious accidents followed in its wake. A 15-car pile-up on I-81 in Virginia killed four people and a 50-car accident in New Jersey injured dozens. There were 200 separate accidents on the New York
Thruway alone during the blizzard. When the storm reached Buffalo, it
began a two-week period during which the city received a remarkable 60
inches of snow. Still, Buffalo was prepared and able to plow the snow to
make streets passable. In Detroit, a shortage of snow plows combined
with the subsequent cold weather left some streets blocked for more than
a week.
In all, more than 100 deaths--as many as 36 from heart attacks--were attributed to the terrible blizzard of January 1999.
How to Cook Everything:
This first-of-its-kind app of the bestselling cookbook—How to Cook
Everything® from New York Times columnist Mark Bittman—has 2,000
recipes, 400 how-to illustrations, and a host of features that appeal to
cooks on the go.
This app is optimized uniquely for both the iPad and the iPhone, making the most of the size, shape, and capabilities of each. (Some features are specific to the iPad only.)
In the app you’ll find:
• The full content of the multiple-award-winning How to Cook Everything®: all 2,000 recipes and variations.
• Bittman’s no-nonsense cooking guidance: how-to illustrations; equipment, technique, and ingredient information; and meal-planning ideas.
• Easy-to-use and flexible search capabilities, including enhanced filters and the ability to browse recipes and reference information.
• Dedicated layouts for portrait and horizontal views, so the information and recipes are easy to follow—from any angle.
• Inspiring photos of weekly featured recipes (iPad only).
• Well-organized and email-friendly shopping lists that make it easy to buy ingredients—and whatever other groceries you need at home.
• The ability to bookmark particular recipe steps and jump with ease among recipes (iPad only).
• The ability to convert temperatures and quantities to metric.
• Handy built-in timers, placed throughout the recipe steps.
• A How-To section that provides convenient access to hundreds of illustrated tutorials on a broad range of topics (iPad only).
• A notes tab on each recipe that makes it easy to add your own recipe notes (iPad only).
• Select quotes from the book with voice-overs by Mark Bittman (iPad only).
• A constant-on button to prevent the screen from dimming while you cook (iPad only).
• The ability to print recipes and shopping lists and to add recipes to calendars.
• The ability to email up to 10 recipes a month to yourself or to friends.
• Cooking inspiration: Bittman’s Picks, Featured Recipes, Menues, and Favorites, which provide quick access to selected recipes.
• Feed your friends: Integration with Facebook and Twitter allows you to share what you’re cooking with your social network!
• Owners of the new iPad: this one's for you. We've updated the app to include a full set of retina display graphics and images to take full advantage of your high-resolution screen.
All recipe and reference content is embedded in this app, which means that you can use it even if you don’t have a network connection. The How to Cook Everything app is the perfect complement to the book, an invaluable resource and guide.
★★★★★
"The bells-and-whistles of this app are what make it a must-buy, from grocery lists you can email to how-to illustrations. Bittman also makes it nearly impossible to mess up a dish—each recipe step has a built in timer so there’s less chance you’ll forget how long your osso bucco has been cooking."
— Bon Appetit
★★★★★
This app is optimized uniquely for both the iPad and the iPhone, making the most of the size, shape, and capabilities of each. (Some features are specific to the iPad only.)
In the app you’ll find:
• The full content of the multiple-award-winning How to Cook Everything®: all 2,000 recipes and variations.
• Bittman’s no-nonsense cooking guidance: how-to illustrations; equipment, technique, and ingredient information; and meal-planning ideas.
• Easy-to-use and flexible search capabilities, including enhanced filters and the ability to browse recipes and reference information.
• Dedicated layouts for portrait and horizontal views, so the information and recipes are easy to follow—from any angle.
• Inspiring photos of weekly featured recipes (iPad only).
• Well-organized and email-friendly shopping lists that make it easy to buy ingredients—and whatever other groceries you need at home.
• The ability to bookmark particular recipe steps and jump with ease among recipes (iPad only).
• The ability to convert temperatures and quantities to metric.
• Handy built-in timers, placed throughout the recipe steps.
• A How-To section that provides convenient access to hundreds of illustrated tutorials on a broad range of topics (iPad only).
• A notes tab on each recipe that makes it easy to add your own recipe notes (iPad only).
• Select quotes from the book with voice-overs by Mark Bittman (iPad only).
• A constant-on button to prevent the screen from dimming while you cook (iPad only).
• The ability to print recipes and shopping lists and to add recipes to calendars.
• The ability to email up to 10 recipes a month to yourself or to friends.
• Cooking inspiration: Bittman’s Picks, Featured Recipes, Menues, and Favorites, which provide quick access to selected recipes.
• Feed your friends: Integration with Facebook and Twitter allows you to share what you’re cooking with your social network!
• Owners of the new iPad: this one's for you. We've updated the app to include a full set of retina display graphics and images to take full advantage of your high-resolution screen.
All recipe and reference content is embedded in this app, which means that you can use it even if you don’t have a network connection. The How to Cook Everything app is the perfect complement to the book, an invaluable resource and guide.
★★★★★
"The bells-and-whistles of this app are what make it a must-buy, from grocery lists you can email to how-to illustrations. Bittman also makes it nearly impossible to mess up a dish—each recipe step has a built in timer so there’s less chance you’ll forget how long your osso bucco has been cooking."
— Bon Appetit
★★★★★
In 2009, Nick Hudson graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with 1 of the world's rarest degrees: he was the nation's only graduating bagpipe major.
I think I'm a little OD'd on football. I like football, but enough is enough. How many bowl games are there? There was the Rose Bowl, the Orange Bowl, the Sugar Bowl, the Cotton Bowl, the Hula Bowl, the Fiesta Bowl. And during commercials, everybody rushed to the other bowl. -Johnny Carson 1985
Most important empires in world history top 10:
- Roman Empire
- Mongol Empire
- Russian Empire
- Holy Roman Empire
- British Empire
- Han Dynasty
- Byzantine Empire
- Persian Empire
- Umayyad Caliphate
- Ottoman Empire
Nike Training Club:
Nike Training Club gives you your own personal trainer, anytime,
anywhere. Get lean, toned and strong with more than 114 custom-built
workouts. Unlock exclusive workouts from Rihanna’s personal trainer Ary
Nuñez and professional athletes like Paula Radcliffe and Hope Solo.
Detailed instructions and audio support are on hand to help you perfect each of Nike Training Club’s 100+ dynamic drills. Choose a workout that fits your goal. Set it to your music, share your progress, earn your rewards. And just see the results.
- Full-body workouts for 30 or 45 minutes. Targeted and professional athlete workouts for 15 minutes. Set a favorite workout as your Quick-Start.
- 100+ multi-dimensional, multi-directional drills build on the fundamentals of strength, cardio, interval and core training.
- Exclusive rewards and bonus content including workouts from professional athletes, celebrity trainers, yoga instructors and more.
- NTC Training Essentials to help you gear up and get the most from every workout.
- Simple functionality optimizes every workout. Select your goal and fitness level, then choose from a list of workouts that meet your criteria.
- Set your workout to albums and playlists from your own music library.
- Audio guidance keeps you on track and motivated while working out.
- Access step-by-step instructions and video demonstrations for every drill at any time.
- Track details of your workout history and training progress.
- Share your workout and reward status on Facebook and Twitter.
Detailed instructions and audio support are on hand to help you perfect each of Nike Training Club’s 100+ dynamic drills. Choose a workout that fits your goal. Set it to your music, share your progress, earn your rewards. And just see the results.
- Full-body workouts for 30 or 45 minutes. Targeted and professional athlete workouts for 15 minutes. Set a favorite workout as your Quick-Start.
- 100+ multi-dimensional, multi-directional drills build on the fundamentals of strength, cardio, interval and core training.
- Exclusive rewards and bonus content including workouts from professional athletes, celebrity trainers, yoga instructors and more.
- NTC Training Essentials to help you gear up and get the most from every workout.
- Simple functionality optimizes every workout. Select your goal and fitness level, then choose from a list of workouts that meet your criteria.
- Set your workout to albums and playlists from your own music library.
- Audio guidance keeps you on track and motivated while working out.
- Access step-by-step instructions and video demonstrations for every drill at any time.
- Track details of your workout history and training progress.
- Share your workout and reward status on Facebook and Twitter.
Our character, basically, is a composite of our habits. Because they're consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character & produce our effectiveness ... or ineffectiveness.
Stock up only on items that make sense for your family. If you never feed your kids SpaghettiOs, then it doesn't help you out to stockpile them just because you have a coupon. However, who doesn't use toilet paper? Pick up as much as you can afford when you find a bargain!
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