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How to Make a Yule Log for Children

The tradition of the Yule log started in Europe to celebrate the winter solstice and entice the sun to return to warm the earth. It was later adopted by Christians to represent keeping the stable warm for the baby Jesus. The English traditionally used oak logs, while the Scottish used birch and the French used cherry wood sprinkled with wine for aroma. The log is carved, decorated and burned during the 12 days of Christmas, starting on Christmas Eve, to bring good luck to the home in the coming year. You can start a tradition of making a Yule log with your children as part of your winter holiday celebrations.

Difficulty:EasyLogPine conesPine and spruce branchesHolly sprigsPocket knifeWineCinnamonNutmegAllspiceHot glue gunRibbonsFlour sifterFlour or powdered sugar1

Take a family hike and scavenge around a forested area for a large, natural-looking log with texture and character. Traditionally, people needed almost a whole tree, since they burned it for 12 days. However, the size you need will depend on the size of your fireplace and how long you plan to actually burn your log. Given the smaller dimensions of most modern fireplaces, one option is to let each child choose a medium-size log and make her own Yule log. Children can take turns burning their logs on different days. Also collect pine cones, pine and spruce branches, and holly sprigs.

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Carve festive designs into logs with a pocket knife.

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Pour wine over the logs for a traditional, fragrant French Yule log. Or let children generously coat their Yule logs with cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice.

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Tie ribbons around the logs. Hot-glue pine cones, pine and spruce branches, and holly sprigs to the logs. Sift flour or powdered sugar over the top of each log to look like newly fallen snow.

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Hold a family night around the fireplace. Burn a Yule log while sipping cocoa or hot cider, reading Christmas stories, and talking about the things that bring light and hope into your home. If you are religious, you can pray together for the light of God to bless your home in the coming year.

With adult supervision, children can sprinkle their Yule logs with chemicals that produce colors when burned. Potassium nitrate makes violet; barium nitrate makes apple green; borax makes vivid green; copper sulfate makes blue; and table salt makes bright yellow.

If your children do not want to burn their Yule logs, they can follow the Irish custom of burning candles instead. Drill holes into the top of each log to act as candle holders. Insert candles and secure with hot wax or hot glue. Light the candles and engage in your family holiday activities in the warm glow.

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Sep 17, Easy tilapia recipes - usually inexpensive but "all-ways" tasty.

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Baked Tilapia Roll Ups
Serves 4

You don't have to us those skinny French-named beans but this will be a more special dish if you do. In fact, if you don't I think you should use asparagus instead.

8 thin tilapia fillets
10 oz haricot vert green beans
1 lemon
butter
seasoned salt

Partially cook the vegetables.

Lay one fish fillet flat, sprinkle with seasoned salt and place a few of the green beans on the fillet crosswise. Roll the fillet up with the beans sticking out the sides. You can use asparagus instead of the beans if you wish. Stick a toothpick into the fish to hold it together.

Place in a greased baking dish. Repeat with remaining fillets.

Cut half the lemon into 4 thin slices, then cut the slices in half. Squeeze the remaining half the lemon over the fish evenly. Dot with butter. Lay the lemon slices over the top of the fillets.

Bake at 375F for 20-25 minutes. You can baste the fish once during cooking with the juices collected in the pan.

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How to Attach Cupcake Pageant Skirts

Attach the perfect bodice to a custom cupcake skirt for the perfect pageant gown. Cupcake skirts are known by many names, including dress shells, pettiskirts, southern-style skirts and organza-ruffled skirts. They are the defining, decorative touch of a glitzy pageant gown. These fluffy, ruffled skirts attach to gowns to create a pageant skirt that will cause the judges to take notice and award points. They are typically purchased and designed separately from the bodice portion of the pageant skirt, requiring the skirt and bodice to be attached prior to wearing. These classic pageant skirts are easy to attach to a bodice to create a stunning pageant gown.

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Pull the cupcake skirt on over the waist of the bodice portion.

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Measure the width around the waistline. Use scissors to cut out a wide piece of ribbon in a matching color that is two times the length of the waist. Trim each end of the ribbon at an angle so that the ends of the ribbon are pointed.

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Wrap the ribbon around the waist of the pageant skirt and the bodice so that the center of the ribbon is at the center of the spine. Tie the ribbon in the center of the front of the waist to hold the ribbon in place on the waist.

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Insert one straight pin into each side of the ribbon so that the ribbon is connected to the cupcake skirt and to the bodice. Untie the ribbon and remove the clothing from the body. Turn the skirt and bodice inside out.

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Use a needle and thread in a color that matches the skirt to sew a running stitch through the layer of the ribbon, cupcake skirt and bodice. Sew along the right side, left side and rear. To allow room for the clothing to be taken off and on, do not sew the layers in the front of the body. Turn the pageant dress right-side-out.

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Put the pageant dress on the body of the little girl. Tie the ribbon into a large bow in the front.

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Ways to Measure Spatial Ability

Experts use not just one, but multiple methods to measure spatial ability. Space isn't one-dimensional, and neither is how it is perceived or measured. Just as a single IQ score doesn't completely represent a person's total intelligence, educators and psychologists believe that no one test exists to measure spatial ability, according to the authors of "Visualization, Modeling and Graphics for Engineering Design."

Simple tests can reveal a lot about spatial ability. For example, the "spot the difference" test measures how well a person observes when a group of objects has moved to another location. Another measurement, the "angle slope" test, reveals how well a person observes similarities or parallels between angles. Dr. Marcia Collaer, a behavioral neuroscientist at Middlebury College in Vermont, notes that there might be a link between high performance on the angles test and greater navigational ability.

Some tests, such as the Minnesota Paper Form Board test, measure how well a person relates to two-dimensional shapes. One problem displays three two-dimensional shape fragments. In addition, there are five composite shapes displayed, one of which is the composite form of the three fragments. The person testing must choose the correct composite. Another test, called the Differential Aptitude Test, challenges you to transition mentally from the two-dimensional to the three-dimensional world. A two-dimensional pattern is marked with solid lines, which represent fold lines. If the paper were folded along these lines, it would form a three-dimensional shape. You must mentally fold the pattern and choose the correct shape from among multiple choices.

Three-dimensional spatial testing is even trickier than two-dimensional testing. For example, the Spatial Visualizations Test measures your ability to accurately observe and visualize rotations of shapes. In the test, you're shown an example of a three-dimensional shape, and another that represents the first shape, but rotated in a particular direction. You're then shown a third shape. You're also presented with a series of additional shapes. Using the rotation pattern between the two initial shapes as a guide, you must choose the shape that complements the third shape and matches the rotation pattern.

Dentists, because they must comprehend and work with human anatomy, must have excellent spatial ability. In fact, they are first given spatial tests via the Dental Admission Test to see if they qualify for training. The test most commonly used is the Perceptual Ability Test, which is an elaborate way of testing how well a subject visualizes three-dimensional objects from two-dimensional images. This ability is very important to dentists, who must visualize a person's teeth from a two-dimensional X-ray image.

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Aug 27, Quesadillas can be more than just cheese and tortillas - take a look

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Quesadillas are always quick & mostly easy but are they always exciting & special? No way, I say. When you think of a quesadilla you think melted cheese on a tortilla; ho,hum. Simple to make, good to eat, but certainly not exciting. Now these quesadilla recipes will prove to you that there are enough variations on this Mexican standard to fill a web-page - as well as your stomach. Only your imagination limits you. Since tortillas are 8 to 10 inches across and you probably don't own a skillet large enough to cook more than one at a time, I say, get yourself a really large electric griddle; or you could bake them in the oven on cookie sheets when you're doing a bunch. This technique might bother a quesadilla purist but it doesn't bother me. Quick and easy RULES!

And don't feel locked in to the type of tortilla suggested in the recipe if you favor corn over flour or vice versa. This is really very simple cooking so don't take it too seriously - Have fun!

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Bacon And Blue Cheese Grilled Quesadillas
Serves 6

Ok, so your sister hates blue cheese. Just don't invite her when you treat the rest of your eaters to this terrific dish.

1 lb bacon, cooked crisp and chopped6 flour tortillas (10-inch)2 cups Mozzarella cheese, shredded1/2 cup blue cheese, crumbled3 tomatoes, cut into 4 slices each2 avocados, peeled, pitted and sliced into 6 slices each1/2 cup flat leaf parsley, choppedAvocado Mayo3 avocados, diced2 cups mayonnaise2 limes, juice of1/4 cup flat leaf parsley, chopped1 pinch cayenne peppersalt, to taste

Heat grill while preparing Avocado Mayo. In a blender combine all ingredients and blend until smooth. Set aside.

On a medium grill lay out the flour tortillas (you can work with one at a time if you like or if space is limited on your grill). Divided evenly, on one side of the tortilla and in this order, top each with mozzarella cheese, bacon, blue cheese, tomato slices, avocado slices and parsley. Fold empty side of tortilla over the topping side.

Grill just a couple of minutes until cheese is melted. This will cook fast. Carefully flip each Quesadilla with a spatula and tongs. Cook an additional 2 minutes. Remove from grill. Allow to set for 2 minutes.

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