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26 October 2011
Water & Wastewater Techician
Astrology for October 26, 2011 (G&M)
October 26, 2011 Globe & Mail (Toronto)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/horoscopes/october-26-your-daily-horoscope/article2203362/
IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY
Not only is there a new moon on your birthday but Mars, your co-ruler, is well placed too, and if you are in any way ambitious you will enjoy some kind of career or work-related breakthrough. You deserve this success
ARIES (March 21 - April 20):
Don’t try to convince yourself that everything is fine when you know it is not. Today’s new moon will force you to face up to a situation you have been trying to ignore. Deal with it and then move on.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21):
You need to get over any sense of embarrassment you might feel at revealing your innermost feelings. Even if you are the kind of Taurus who rarely gets emotional you must let it all out. Scream if you have to.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21):
If you want to enjoy a more healthy lifestyle now is the time to get started. Anything you begin over the next 24 hours will work out for the best, so long as it is within the bounds of possibility, of course.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23):
The new moon falls in the most creative and dynamic area of your chart, making this one of the best days of the year for getting things done. Draw up a plan and follow it step by step. Success is guaranteed.
LEO (July 24 - Aug. 23):
You can be rather sensitive, especially where criticism is concerned, but as from today you will feel a lot more positive about what kind of person you are and what kind of things you are doing. Criticism? Ignore it.
VIRGO (Aug. 24 - Sept. 23):
You will have no difficulty at all today letting others know what you think and how you feel. But don’t go too far. Some things are better kept to yourself. Think of the embarrassment if they were made public!
LIBRA (Sept. 24 - Oct. 23):
Today’s new moon indicates that recent efforts and sacrifices have not been in vain. What you gain over the next two or three days will make up for what you lost earlier in the year – and then some.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22):
The new moon in your sign means that if you focus your energy in a single direction you will achieve something remarkable. Choose a path and believe it will lead you to the kind of success you know you deserve. And it will.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 - Dec. 21):
You need to overcome a fear that has been holding you back. It’s important that you face up to it now because a few weeks hence you will be eager to move forward and you must be in the right frame of mind.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 20):
Someone you meet on your travels today will become not only a good friend but also a colleague (or co-conspirator!) on a project that is close to your heart. Together you will make a singular impression.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 - Feb. 19):
You are on your way up in the world. Yes, really, it’s true. Today’s new moon indicates that if you have a plan and if you make a serious effort to follow it there is nothing you cannot accomplish. Be brilliant.
PISCES (Feb. 20 - Mar. 20):
The new moon in your fellow Water sign of Scorpio will endow you with confidence and no end of good cheer. Try not to take anything too seriously but, on the other hand, be serious about your desires.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/horoscopes/october-26-your-daily-horoscope/article2203362/
IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY
Not only is there a new moon on your birthday but Mars, your co-ruler, is well placed too, and if you are in any way ambitious you will enjoy some kind of career or work-related breakthrough. You deserve this success
ARIES (March 21 - April 20):
Don’t try to convince yourself that everything is fine when you know it is not. Today’s new moon will force you to face up to a situation you have been trying to ignore. Deal with it and then move on.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21):
You need to get over any sense of embarrassment you might feel at revealing your innermost feelings. Even if you are the kind of Taurus who rarely gets emotional you must let it all out. Scream if you have to.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21):
If you want to enjoy a more healthy lifestyle now is the time to get started. Anything you begin over the next 24 hours will work out for the best, so long as it is within the bounds of possibility, of course.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23):
The new moon falls in the most creative and dynamic area of your chart, making this one of the best days of the year for getting things done. Draw up a plan and follow it step by step. Success is guaranteed.
LEO (July 24 - Aug. 23):
You can be rather sensitive, especially where criticism is concerned, but as from today you will feel a lot more positive about what kind of person you are and what kind of things you are doing. Criticism? Ignore it.
VIRGO (Aug. 24 - Sept. 23):
You will have no difficulty at all today letting others know what you think and how you feel. But don’t go too far. Some things are better kept to yourself. Think of the embarrassment if they were made public!
LIBRA (Sept. 24 - Oct. 23):
Today’s new moon indicates that recent efforts and sacrifices have not been in vain. What you gain over the next two or three days will make up for what you lost earlier in the year – and then some.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22):
The new moon in your sign means that if you focus your energy in a single direction you will achieve something remarkable. Choose a path and believe it will lead you to the kind of success you know you deserve. And it will.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 - Dec. 21):
You need to overcome a fear that has been holding you back. It’s important that you face up to it now because a few weeks hence you will be eager to move forward and you must be in the right frame of mind.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 20):
Someone you meet on your travels today will become not only a good friend but also a colleague (or co-conspirator!) on a project that is close to your heart. Together you will make a singular impression.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 - Feb. 19):
You are on your way up in the world. Yes, really, it’s true. Today’s new moon indicates that if you have a plan and if you make a serious effort to follow it there is nothing you cannot accomplish. Be brilliant.
PISCES (Feb. 20 - Mar. 20):
The new moon in your fellow Water sign of Scorpio will endow you with confidence and no end of good cheer. Try not to take anything too seriously but, on the other hand, be serious about your desires.
Sick Muse - Metric
Watch out Cupid
Stuck me with a sickness
Pull your little arrows out
Let me live my life
You better watch out Cupid
Stuck me with a sickness
Pull your little arrows out
Let me live my life
The one I'd better lead
All the blondes are fantasies
And we looked at them eleven ways
You said, "Look at me". And looked away
And you wrote the song I wanna play
I'll write you harmony in C
Everybody,everybody just wanna fall in love
Everybody,everybody just wanna play the lead
Watch out Cupid
Money is a sick muse
Pull your little arrows out
And let me live my life
She said, "I'm with stupid"
Money is a sick muse
Pull your little arrows out
Let me live my life
The one I'd better lead
All the blondes are fantasies
And we looked at them eleven ways
You said, "Look at me". And looked away
And you wrote the song I wanna play
I'll write you harmony in C
Everybody,everybody just wanna fall in love
Everybody,everybody just wanna play the lead
8 October 2011
Forever ain't never
forever ain't never
just long enough to sever
to choke out the air
what dreams floated there
just long enough to sever
to choke out the air
what dreams floated there
20 September 2011
McDonald's, are you listening?
Garbage in the streets drives me bonkers. Ask my kids how often I've picked up coffee cups, straws and foam containers during my walks or bike rides. There is just so little justification for producing it most of the time. Plastic trash is the main reason why I usually avoid McDonald's. I broke down tonight because I'm a broke student who needed a place to study with internet access for cheaper than a Starbucks coffee (ALOT cheaper). Also, they have lattes now. Yay.
I brought my own cup in (actually I forgot it in the car and had to go back and get it :S) The girl preparing the latte got the order but didn't notice I had my own drink container. I had them pour the drink into my cup and they threw the plastic one out. It got me thinking again of an idea I've had for a while.
Outside Thunder Bay is Cousins restaurant, who will sell you a pie in a 10inch aluminum tin which you pay a small deposit for. Bring it back the next time and get your next pie in a new tin, leaving the dirty one behind and paying for just the pie.
What about applying a similiar concept to McDonalds for coffee or other drinks? The Happy Meal toys were a huge collectors hit with the toys, but the last thing our plastic-ridden world needs is more of the stuff or even the cute little TY animals (although I still have one because I can't part with Chocolate the Moose).
What about applying a similiar concept to McDonalds for coffee or other drinks? The Happy Meal toys were a huge collectors hit with the toys, but the last thing our plastic-ridden world needs is more of the stuff or even the cute little TY animals (although I still have one because I can't part with Chocolate the Moose).
My idea is for McDonald's to produce Happy Drinks which are actually just the container, a stainless steel container for hot drinks or recycled plastic "bike water bottle" style. The customer pays for the container on deposit and voila, less garbage and less new plastic that ends up on the street. If you happen to find one on the street, return it to any McDs and make a couple bucks!
Yes, they would have to have enough clean containers and more storage, but the transportation system is already in place to deliver the disposable cups, right? Why not deliver clean, sanitized cups from a washing depot of sorts? Ok, that part I haven't quite figured out yet but this next element of the idea might make up for it.
In addition to creating "collectible" Happy Drinks you could also offer customers who bring their own cups in the chance to change the music If they are staying in the restaurant. They could have a selection of music stations to choose from up there with the menu choices. Seriously, I'm sitting in a McDs right now and I would dearly LOVE to change the tunes they are playing. McDonald's would have to completely eliminate having disposable cups eventually but they may be gutsy enough to revolutionize the takeout industry they created to begin with.
So. Happy Drinks. Happy for you, the individual. For the company. And, (most importantly in my books) for the earth. That's pretty freakin Happy :)
I actually pitched this to Starbucks on twitter awhile ago but they never called. LOL
leave a deposit to use one of yours. Have similar stock available at each store. You could even have amazing store-to-store designs to vie 4
Dear Starbucks or Tim Horton's: be the first coffeeshop to actually be a coffeeshop and NOT offer "paper" cups. Imagine!
18 September 2011
Niagara Fruit Bread
Big crop of Bartlett pears to use up. I'm starting with a couple loaves of the fruit bread for the freezer and then trying other recipes. :)
Niagara Fruit Bread
http://www.foodland.gov.on.ca/english/fruits/pears/recipes/index.html
Ripe Ontario Pears give an incredible natural moistness to this aromatic fruit bread. Spread with cream cheese for breakfast, sandwich Havarti cheese between slices for a portable lunch, or simply serve with tea. An added bonus: This is a fast stir-together version -- no mixer needed.
Preparation Time: 20 Minutes
Cooking Time: Not Available
Baking Time: 55 Minutes
Servings: 16 slices
Ingredients:
2 large ripe Ontario Pears
2 cups (500 mL) all-purpose flour
2 tsp (10 mL) baking powder
1 tsp (5 mL) baking soda
1/2 tsp (2 mL) each salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice
1 1/2 tbsp (22 mL) finely chopped crystallized ginger
2/3 cup (150 mL) granulated sugar
1/2 cup (125 mL) butter, melted
2 eggs
1/3 cup (75 mL) milk
1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla
Preparation:
Oil or butter 9-x 5-inch (23 x 13 cm) loaf pan. Peel pears; coarsely grate and drain well. In bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and ginger until evenly blended. Make a well in centre.
In medium bowl, whisk together sugar and butter; whisk in eggs until evenly blended. Whisk in milk and vanilla. Pour into flour mixture; stir until moistened. Stir in 1 cup (250 mL) grated pears until evenly distributed. Pour into prepared pan and smooth top.
Bake in 350°F (180°C) oven 45 to 55 minutes or until cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean. Let cool in pan on rack 10 minutes. Turn out of pan and let cool completely on rack. Store well wrapped in refrigerator for up to 2 weeks or freeze. Makes 16 slices.
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Simple harvest pear recipes from Canadian Living:
http://www.canadianliving.com/food/menus_and_collections/simple_harvest_pear_recipes.php
and from Simply Recipes:
Pear Butter
http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/pear_butter/
Preserved Pears
http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/preserved_pears/
Pear Ginger Maple Pie
http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/pear_ginger_maple_pie/
5 August 2011
Pull
it's nothing we could forsee
so each of us could be
at the time, through the black,
playing with sparks of
fire
floating on air
melting on skin tasting in hair
right in the belly
right to the core
the pull that wants more
so each of us could be
at the time, through the black,
playing with sparks of
fire
floating on air
melting on skin tasting in hair
right in the belly
right to the core
the pull that wants more
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