#daily record

[foodshowxyz]

Matcha Cheesecake Recipe

Ingredients:

Crust:

1 1/2 cups cookie crumbs (such as graham crackers or chocolate cookies)

1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted

2 tablespoons sugar

Filling:

2 cups cream cheese, room temperature

2/3 cup granulated sugar

2 large eggs

1/4 cup sour cream

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

2 tablespoons matcha green tea powder

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Toppings:

Whipped cream

Matcha powder for dusting

Edible flowers (like daisies)

Small fresh leaves for garnish

Instructions:

Prepare the Crust:

Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).

Mix cookie crumbs with melted butter and sugar in a bowl until well combined.

Press the mixture into the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan and bake for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let it cool.

Make the Filling:

Reduce the oven temperature to 325°F (165°C).

In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add sugar and beat until combined.

Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then mix in sour cream, flour, matcha powder, and vanilla extract until the mixture is smooth and even in color.

Bake the Cheesecake:

Pour the filling over the cooled crust and smooth the top with a spatula.

Bake for about 45 minutes, or until the edges are set but the center is slightly wobbly.

Turn off the oven, open the door slightly, and let the cheesecake cool inside for 1 hour to prevent cracks.

Chill:

After the cheesecake has cooled, refrigerate it for at least 4 hours, or overnight.

Decorate:

Before serving, remove the cheesecake from the pan and transfer it to a serving plate.

Pipe whipped cream on top, dust with matcha powder, and garnish with edible flowers and fresh leaves.

[shakira-fan-page]

Shakira is featured in New York Post (June 14, 2024), Daily Express (June 15, 2024), Daily Record (June 15, 2024) and Daily Star (June 15, 2024).

[brittsekland]

Kim and Mandy Moon featured in the Daily Record, 15th March, 1975.

[trexalicious]

This is how Rachel's spinning Harold's 'unhappy' looking photos...

[klc-archive]

“I almost cried with laughter when I read the first script and then I met Keith-Lee Castle, who plays the Count and just looks like a rock star, and I knew it was going to be cool.” -  Donna Grant (Magda)

Daily Record interview with Donna Grant (Magda) By Samantha Booth.

Sinister, calculating and scheming is how Scots actress Donna Grant describes her character in the BBC’s new kids’ show Young Dracula. In fact, vampire mum Magda sounds quite despicable - but that’s exactly why the 30-year-old actress from Inverness was so desperate to play her.

The mum-of-one said: “I just couldn’t resist playing her because she is such a fantastically nasty character. She is a vampire and like all vampires she thinks she is better than everyone but Magda really does take it to another level. She is just so brilliantly evil.

The show is about Count Dracula’s move to Britain with his two children after his wife, Magda, has run away with a werewolf. And in tonight’s episode Magda returns to her family - although I am not saying if they welcome her back or not because, not only is she not the best mother in the world, she also broke the Count’s heart.

"But he loves her for her evil - so in a way she can do no wrong.”

Donna was intrigued by the role of Magda from the minute she heard about it and as soon as the show’s producers set eyes on the Scot, the role was hers.

She said: “I think it was a combination of me getting into the part  and because they thought I had the right look. They offered me the part on the spot.”

Since then Donna has been filming the show in the Brecon Beacons in Wales and has thoroughly enjoyed every minute if it. She said: “I almost cried with laughter when I read the first script and then I met Keith-Lee Castle, who plays the Count and just looks like a rock star, and I knew it was going to be cool”

"And it really has lived up to all of my expectations.

"The show has been great fun to film and some of my outfits have just been fantastic - I have a wedding bouquet with dead bird skulls in it.

"I know it is meant for children but I really think some adults will love it too.

"It is incredibly well written and because the whole Goth thing is pretty cool at the moment I think it could be a huge success.”

Growing up in Inverness with her mum and grandparents, Donna always wanted to act. She had an idyllic childhood, spending a lot of time out riding on her family’s horses, but when she left school as a teenager she was desperate to get out into the world and, in particular, she had her sights set on London.

She said: "I absolutely loved growing up in Inverness and, if I could, I would bring my own daughter Scarlet up in that way too – but I have to be in London just now for my work.

"But when I was 17 I was just desperate to get out and get started living and working. "I didn’t even want to go to university. I just wanted to get stuck right in.”

Luckily for Donna, some photographs she’d had taken by an Inverness photographer found their way into the hands of a London talent scout. The next thing Donna knew, she was being invited down to the city for a meeting with a top agency.

She said: “It was always acting I had wanted to do but modelling found me, so what could I do? The agency liked me and before I knew where I was, I had moved down to London and was thrown into this mad world of modelling.

"At the time it was the easy option but I quickly discovered it also meant I could make lots of money, travel and meet really interesting people so I wasn’t going to walk away from it in a hurry.” Donna did every kind of modelling, from catwalk to billboards.

She worked for a time in Japan and Germany, shot ads for Agent Provocateur and Baileys and appeared in several television commercials. BUT just because she was finding a certain level of success as a model, it didn’t mean Donna had forgotten her dream of becoming an actress.

And in 2001 she finally got her first acting job in a film called Is Harry On The Boat?, following the loves and lives of a group of young holiday reps in Ibiza and co-starring Danny Dyer and Davina Taylor.

Donna said: “It was brilliant fun to film and I’m still friends with a lot of the people I met out there in Ibiza.”

It wasn’t long until Donna found herself having to take time out from acting to have her baby daughter Scarlet, who is now three years old.

A bit of a rock chick at heart, she met Scarlet’s dad Chris McCormack, guitarist in hard rock outfit 3 Colours Red, when his band at the time, Grand Theft Audio, were supporting The Cult in concert at the Brixton Academy in London.

The pair had a whirlwind romance, married and had baby Scarlet. Donna said: “I have always been into my rock music and through modelling I did hang about with a lot of rock types at the time. So I was instantly attracted to Chris and we ended up having a whirlwind romance. Sadly, things just didn’t work out and we are now in the middle of divorce proceedings. But we really are still best friends.”

Donna now lives a much quieter life with Scarlet in north London and loves nothing better than the chance to return to Scotland to see her family and get out into the hills.

She said: “I love coming back up to Scotland and I am so excited because I just booked my tickets for Christmas so I’ll be spending the holidays at home.

"Drinking wine, eating lots of nice food and going for walks in the hills - it will just be wonderful. My life is a lot quieter now than it was a few years ago but that’s the way I like it. Where I live in London is a bit like a village so I do get the best of both worlds down there and I do like it, but nothing beats coming home.

However, I don’t think I would have settled down as well now if I hadn’t had my wild time when I was younger. It was a load of fun at the time and I met loads of amazing people. I even met some of my heroes, such as Joe Strummer from The Clash, although my most star-struck moment came when I met Chris Morris from Brass Eye. I really admire him and think he is so funny and clever but when I met him I just didn’t know what to say. I mean, because of my modelling, I am quite used to meeting famous people but when I came face to face with him all I could do was make a bit of a whimpering sound. I just thought that he is so witty and cutting he’s just going to chew me up and spit me out whatever I say. Can you imagine what he would have said to me if I had said I really liked his work? And I know I said I lead a quieter life now but my uncle has just opened up a new venue in Inverness called The Ironworks and we have Dirty Pretty Things playing there at New Year - so I might not be able to resist digging my rocker gear out once again. Especially as I will have my mum on hand to babysit.” A rock ‘n’ roll loving mum in rocker gear … Magda would be proud.

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

In Hanover Township in New Jersey, the Board of Education passed a policy Tuesday requiring school staff to notify parents of their children’s sexual orientation, classifying it along with substance and alcohol use, firearms, and “unlawful activity” as a threat to students’ well-being.

New Jersey’s Attorney General is suing.

The kindergarten through eighth-grade district serves about 1,300 students in Whippany and Cedar Knolls in Morris County.

“Enacting a policy that has teachers policing their schools to out LGBTQ+ students is a disconcerting return to tactics used to criminalize sexual orientation and gender identity,” Jeanne LoCicero, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, told NJ.com. “It targets students based on their LGBTQ+ status and cannot stand.”

“We will always stand up for the LGBTQ+ community here in New Jersey and look forward to presenting our arguments in court in this matter,” AG Matthew J. Platkin said in a statement. He joined Sundeep Iyer, Director of the Division on Civil Rights, to file an emergency motion in Superior Court to enjoin the new policy.

“We are extremely proud of the contributions LGBTQ+ students make to our classrooms and our communities,” Platkin added, “and we remain committed to protecting them from discrimination in our schools.”

Platkin’s complaint argues the board’s policy violates the state’s Law Against Discrimination because it requires parental notification for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer students but not for their peers.

The Attorney General’s office quotes from the new policy requiring all school staff to “immediately, fully and accurately inform a student’s parent(s) whenever such staff member is made aware of, directly or indirectly, any facts or circumstances that may have a material impact on the student’s physical and/or mental health, safety and/or social/emotional well-being,” including a student’s “sexuality,” “sexual orientation,” “transitioning,” and “gender identity or expression.”

In a statement, the Hanover Township board claimed the requirement doesn’t target students based on a protected status. Under the Law Against Discrimination, sexual orientation and gender identity or expression are protected statuses.

The Attorney General’s complaint also argues that the policy would put students’ safety and mental health put at risk, and that it goes against guidance from the New Jersey Department of Education, which protects students’ confidentiality and privacy.

“The purpose of this policy is to involve the parents in the lives of their children,” the board’s attorney, Matthew Giacobbe, told the Daily Record. “They’re participating and not having people other than themselves make judgment calls on their child.”

The board’s statement added: “The Hanover Township Board of Education believes that parents need to be fully informed of all material issues that could impact their children so that they – as parents – can provide the proper care and support for their children.”

[record-of-the-day]

The dropping of the needle (a prelude)

Evening friends, I'm Trent and I know this is an unpopular opinion but I love music. I've always loved music. There has not been a day where I HAVEN'T listened to music. There is just so much to look for, and everyday I seem to find something new.

With that being said, I want to bring the joys of music (the discovery, the diving, the obsession) to you all. So I've come up with an easy way to do just that.

Starting tomorrow, I hope to consistently give you all records to listen to every day, posting demos, live versions, my favorite songs, fun facts, etc. I want to spread this love to all, and I hope you follow me on this journey.

My we drop the needle at next sunrise. Tally ho!

[qqbgguuico]

u.u 2. 2023

[criticalbennifer]

Ben’s Babes; Actor entertains three girls at fiancee J-Lo's mansion.

By:  Anthony Harwood

September 16, 2003

ACTOR Ben Affleck took three girls out to dinner -from his lover Jennifer Lopez's Beverly Hills mansion. 

Affleck was even holding one of the girls' hands as he arrived at a fast-food restaurant on what should have been his wedding night. 

But the 30-year-old laughed off reports that the postponement of the marriage meant he had split from singer-actress J-Lo, who was on the other side of America at her Miami mansion. 

He refused to confirm or deny the break-up rumours but appeared relaxed and happy for the first time in several days. 

As he spotted reporters and photographers waiting for him, he laughed and joked: ``What are you doing here? What's going on? Who's here?'' 

The Good Will Hunting and Pearl Harbour star drove his three companions in his Rolls-Royce to a Mexican restaurant about 10 minutes from J-Lo's Mulholland Drive home. 

One of the girls was the mystery woman he was seen with at a Las Vegas casino at the weekend. 

Once inside the Baja Fresh restaurant, Affleck picked up some nachos, salsa and a drink before sitting down at a table with the girls. 

Throughout the meal, the actor chatted and laughed and took time out to speak to fans who wandered over to say hello. 

After about 30 minutes, the group got up to leave and Affleck gave autographs to another group of fans. 

Then the girls got back in the Rolls and Affleck drove them all back to J-Lo's mansion. 

Last Wednesday, Affleck and J-Lo, who star together in the film Gigli, looked glum at dinner after announcing they had postponed their wedding. 

A friend of the couple admitted yesterday that their conduct at the exclusive Ivy restaurant had been odd. 

He said: ``They hardly even looked each other in the eye the whole time. 

``It seemed really odd that they would want to go out in public if they were behaving like that towards each other. Now Ben is like a different person and seems a lot happier. They just needed a few days away from each other as everything was getting on top of them. 

``Ben said he needed to take time out so J-Lo went to Miami. The break certainly seems to have done Ben the world of good and he is now like his old self.'' 

The couple had been due to marry before 400 guests in Montecito, California, this week. 

But it was called off, amid rumours that Ben's mother Chris had advised him not to go through with it. 

After the announcement, 33-yearold J-Lo flew to Miami Beach, where she has an 11-bedroom house, with his sister Lynda and other friends and relatives. 

Whatever happens in the Affleck Lopez real-life saga, fans will see them getting wed soon. They marry in the film Jersey Girl, out next year. 

CAPTION(S): 

DINNER FOR FOUR; OUT ON THE TOWN; PALS: Affleck holds hands with one of the girls. He took the three out for a bite to eat, top, while his fiancee J-Lo was spotted at a Miami nightclub in the early hours, above; A HELPING HAND

[sudden-stops-kill]

21 jul 2024...jul 22, 2024

[yestolerancepro]

two interesting petitions on the government website on PIP accessments these accessments should stop if you have a life limiting condition or a life long condition like me who has CP where the condition will only get worse as I get older I support both campaigns

Update

Hi I received this email from the government Petion site so if you want to sign any of the petitions mentioned in this post its some thing to be aware of

Thanks for reading

Ben

Dear Ben Brown,

You recently signed the petition:

End PIP reassessments for people with life-long conditions https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/661203

Because of the General Election, the closing date for the petition you signed has changed. All petitions now have to close at 00:01am on 30 May. This is because Parliament will be dissolved, which means all parliamentary business – including petitions – must stop. This means the petitions site will be closed and people will not be able to start or sign petitions.

We’re sorry we weren’t able to give you more notice that this would happen.

The petition will be available for people to read on the site even though it will be closed for signatures. This petition won’t be reopened after the election.

The Government can’t respond to petitions during the election period. This means if the petition has over 10,000 signatures, it can’t receive a response from the current Government after 29 May. After the election, the new Government will have to decide whether to respond to petitions from before the election.

The current Petitions Committee, the group of MPs who decide whether petitions are debated, won’t exist after 30 May. This means that if the petition has over 100,000 signatures, it can’t be scheduled for debate during this Parliament. After the election, a new Petitions Committee will be responsible for deciding which petitions are debated.

The petitions site will reopen when a new Petitions Committee is appointed, but at the moment we don’t know exactly when. You can follow us on X (formerly Twitter) @HoCPetitions for updates, or check back on the petitions site for news.

[shakira-fan-page]

Shakira is featured in Daily Record - 16 July 2024.

[circuitmouse]

Site of the Wilmington Daily Record before November 10, 1898

[issacsmithsblog]

Start to learn English today, I hope I can find a good job in feature.

[undercity-merc]

Now Playing...

[xtruss]

Home Demolition Uncovers Historic Log Cabin From 'Last Ghost Town in Morris County'

— William Westhoven | Morristown Daily Record | December 20, 2023

Rockaway, NJ — December 1, 2023 — Demolition job reveals historic log cabin hidden behind walls. Tucker Kelley, looking to demolish an old home on one of his rural properties, discovers a log cabin behind newer siding and drywall. He's working with the Green Pond Historic Association to date it and arranging for preservation. Chris Pedota, NorthJersey.com-USA Today Network

Tucker Kelley found this sign when he tore down one of the walls covering the one-room cabin. which may have been the home of a mine worker. Chris Pedota, NorthJersey.com USA Today Network

Owner Tucker Kelly, Cathy Finkel of the Green Pond History Association and Finkel's grandson beside a log cabin uncovered earlier this fall in Rockaway Township. "This is an amazing find," Finkel said of the cabin, which may date back to the 1820s. "It's history right in front of our eyes." Chris Pedota, NorthJersey.com USA Today Network

ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP — A recent demolition project has uncovered clues to the 200-year-old history of a once-thriving mining village here, offering insights into what historians call "the last ghost town in Morris County."

The 19th-century log cabin in the township's Hibernia section emerged during an aborted attempt to raze a dilapidated house off Green Pond Road. Peeling back layers of clapboard, shingles, aluminum siding and two additions, the owner discovered the rough-hewn, one-room dwelling that likely served as a mine workers' home in the 1800s.

"This is an amazing find," said Cathy Finkel, president of the Green Pond History Association. "It's history right in front of our eyes. There were 3,000 people living here, working those mines."

"Now it's a ghost town," added Joe Macasek, president of the Canal Society of New Jersey, during a recent visit to the property.

Through records, Finkel has documented much of the iron-mining industry that once thrived in the Upper and Lower Hibernia sections of the sprawling township. But little in the way of physical evidence of mining operations still exists.

"This is something I never thought we would ever see in my lifetime," she said of the tiny cabin and basement. "We thought we knew all the historical structures, so to see something like this discovered in 2023 is amazing."

Peeling Layers of History

The cabin sits on an elevated lot off Green Pond, with the rocky Wildcat Ridge forest preserve rising behind it. It's owned by Tucker Kelley, a lifelong Rockaway Township resident and former township councilman who owns more than a dozen residential and commercial properties in town.

Kelley bought the lot in 2007 from an elderly woman who lived in a small home there but moved away when she took ill.

"I wasn't interested in the house," Kelley said. "I just wanted the land to maybe develop at some point."

He subsequently built a home for his family up the road, but later drew up plans to build a farmhouse-style dwelling on the Green Pond site and make it his permanent address.

When he began the demolition earlier this fall, operating his own equipment, Kelley noticed a "weird beam" as he stripped away the yellow aluminum siding to sell as scrap metal.

Closer inspection revealed jointed, hand-cut logs in one corner of the building. Eventually, Tucker carefully razed the front and side additions that had been added to the structure, revealing the log cabin within that had been converted into a kitchen.

"I stripped the inside by hand to preserve it as best I could," Kelley said.

Relics of the Past

He also found a trove of newspapers, books and other items inside dating back to the early 20th century. Two dolls he discovered now decorate the exposed front window of the cabin, along with a makeshift Christmas tree decoration and an American flag.

Other relics, including a small "grapeshot" cannonball and antique nails and tools, were handed over to Finkel, of the history association. She has enlisted experts from Morris County and beyond to determine the building's exact age.

A historian at Columbia University estimated a "first guess" of its origin at 1820 to 1840, Finkel said, "but without further structural testing and other archeological evaluation we don't know yet."

"There's not a lot of written information on this area," she added. "You didn't have the town halls and counties keeping records like they do today."

Rockaway Strong:Meet the North Jersey strongman who's gone from barroom arm wrestling to national champion

The experts, Finkel said, are examining the nails and other evidence from the cabin in what she terms "a very tedious process" that can cost "tens of thousands of dollars."

Hibernia Mines Armed Washington's Army

Macasek is another historian excited by the find.

"To appreciate this, you have to understand where you are," Macasek said. "It was a mining town. People have lived here since the 1700s. There was a blast furnace across the street. This was an economic and industry center of Morris County. Thousands of people lived and worked here."

Dating back to the early 18th century, Hibernia predates the incorporation of Rockaway Township by more than 100 years. As it did in many Northwest New Jersey towns, iron mining spurred growth in Upper and Lower Hibernia, especially after the Civil War, historical documents state.

By 1870, an "underground railroad" stretched from more than 2,500 feet inside the Hibernia mine and connected with rails along Green Pond Road to deliver iron ore to destinations as far away as Trenton and Phillipsburg. But flooding problems and competition from Midwestern mines led to a steep decline for the local industry by 1913.

The tale is told on historical markers scattered around the area, including at Hibernia United Methodist Church, the Kitchel Homestead and the Mount Hope neighborhood, where an ironworks made ordnance for George Washington's Army.

'Not Just a Cabin'

Macasek pointed out that Morris County is full of preserved historic homes of rich people.

"But how many working man's houses, in a working man's town, as simple as this, have survived into the 21st century?" he asked. "This kind of thing almost never survives. This is a working man's house, Very humble, but typical. It's not just a cabin in the woods."

Kelley said the discovery has slowed his home-building plans, "but it's worth it."

"Most contractors or developers would just run it over, but I own it, so let's see what we can do," Kelley said. "Let's get as much information as we can and find opportunities to either preserve it here, move it or, at a minimum, document it for history."