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of both worlds - access and open-ness to the outdoors when you
want it - and the view without the chill when you don't!
This is the perfect addition to your home to add beauty and function
for all your family activities!
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Bring the Outdoors In!
Forcing flower bulbs
Encourage bulbs to bloom early by forcing them, that is, tricking
the bulb into thinking it's springtime in the fall or winter. The
most popular bulbs to force are tulips, iris, crocus, hyacinth, paper white
narcissus and amaryllis.
Materials:
bulbs (buy in early fall)
vase
support material (rocks, gravel, bells, marbles , shells, etc.)
Fill a vase or bowl at least half full of support material, such as rocks. Place the
bulbs on top of the rocks; they should almost be touching each other. Use as many bulbs
as possible to create of profusion of color. Cover the bulbs almost completely with more
rocks. Fill the container with water and keep the water level at the bottom of the bulbs,
no higher.
Place whole container inside a paper bag and store in a cool (50 to 55 degrees) and dark
room while bulbs root. Roots should appear in about three weeks. Continue adding water to
the vase. When there are green shoots about two inches in height, remove the bag and place
bulbs in cool bright room of about 55 degrees. Keep away from direct sunlight.
In about two or three weeks, the bulbs should be in full bloom. Display them away from heat
sources to ensure a longer life.
Fall Fun Activities!
Raleigh
22nd Annual International Festival
November 3 - 10:00am to 10:00pm
November 4, - 11:00am to 6:00pm
Discover the World in Raleigh
The International Festival of Raleigh is an annual celebration of dance, food, and
music from around the globe. This event brings ethnic groups together to share traditions
and celebrate their unique differences. It also allows native North Carolinians the ability
to visit the world in their own backyard.
Craftsmen's
Christmas Classic:
Arts & Crafts Festival
November 23 - 25, 2007
Features original designs and work from more than 500 talented artists and craftspeople
from across America.
See the creative process in action as many exhibitors demonstrate
throughout the weekend. There is something for every style, taste and budget with items
from the most traditional to the most contemporary.
This show is a winner of Sunshine Artist "200 Best" awards.
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Interesting Link!
Fall Foilage Cams!
This is the time of year we all like to see the beautiful
color show that appears in the trees all over the country. This site lets you take a
peek at quite a few locations to see the beauty of God's creation!
Take a virtual color tour around the country!
In the kitchen....
Some Myths Debunked!
Part Two
Lobsters scream with pain when boiled
It's commendable that people do not want to inflict pain on animals,
but this one is false on two accounts. First of all, pain doesn't just
happen automatically - it is the result of specific receptors, nerve pathways,
and brain regions all cooperating to convert certain physical stimuli into
the perception of pain. This has all been thoroughly worked out in humans and
other vertebrates.
But guess what - lobsters and other crustaceans are not vertebrates and simply
do not have these nerve pathways and brain regions (they don't have a real brain
at all, for that matter). In other words, no brain, no pain (sorry, I couldn't resist
that one!).
What about the "scream" that lobsters sometime emit when dropped in the boiling water?
There's the problem that lobsters have no throat, no vocal cords, no lungs, so how
could they scream at all? The fact is that the noise is caused by air trapped in the
shell. When heated it expands and forces itself out through small gaps, causing the sound.
Hot pan, cold oil
This mantra is repeated by many people as the best way to prevent food from sticking to
the pan when pan or stir frying. The idea is that you heat up the pan first then
add the cold oil and almost immediately add the food. This works of course, so it is not
a myth in that it is untrue. It is, however, false to think that this is the only or the
best way to prevent sticking.
What you really want is "hot pan, hot oil" and that's what you are actually getting
because the cold oil heats up almost instantly when added to the hot pan. You'll get the
same results if you heat the oil along with the pan rather than adding the oil at the
last minute. In fact some cooks prefer this technique because the appearance of the oil
in the pan can give you some indication of when the pan has reached the proper temperature.
Avoid aluminum cookware because of Alzheimer's disease
This myth got its start a number of years ago when medical researchers found elevated
levels of aluminum in diseased tissue from the brains of Alzheimer's patients. One logical
possibility (but not the only one) was that the raised aluminum level was responsible for
causing the disease. Get exposed to too much aluminum, from your job perhaps or your
cookware, and you would have a better chance of coming down with this awful disease.
People started avoiding aluminum cookware, and some still are - unnecessarily it turns out.
Subsequent research has failed to show any connection between aluminum exposure and Alzheimer's,
and it is believed that the elevated aluminum in the brains of Alzheimer's patients is a
result of the disease process. In other words, high aluminum levels do not cause Alzheimer's,
but rather Alzheimer's causes high aluminum levels.
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