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Kids Corner, Misty Richmond, Oct
2003
Kids Corner, Misty
Richmond, Sept 2003
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Brownies
Zucchini Bread
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The Great Book Reading Group,
Jeannette Ramirez
Culture Quest XIII
Culture Quest XII
Photos from Culture Quest XII
Culture Quest XI Team
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| CincyMensa | This is the e-group for Cincinnati Area Mensa (CAM). This group is intended to be an on-line communication tool, to be used to notify members of upcoming events, changes to events or items of interest to the membership at large. If you have information - or a question - that pertains to CAM, feel free to post it here. Please note that the purpose of the group is two fold: to provide a forum for announcements and notices from Ex Comm and to allow for discussion and announcements from the membership at large. All Ex Comm emails will come to the group flagged as a Special Notice. Group members who wish to avoid the discussion are encouraged to choose "Special Notices Only" as their email delivery option. Because this is the official list for the membership, it is not intended for controversial topics. Those who are interested in more intense conversations are encouraged to join CAM Soapbox, a privately run list. Post message: CincyMensa AT yahoogroups.com |
| EntertainmentSIG | The Cincinnati Area Mensa Entertainment SIG is a special interest group for group outings and special events.
Post message: EntertainmentSIG AT yahoogroups.com |
| CincyGenXMs |
The Cincinnati version of the Mensa GenX Ms SIG. We welcome all Mensans born from January 1961 to December 1981. (And of course those even over the line on either side of the spectrum interested in participating in events.) Post message: CincyGenXMs AT yahoogroups.com |
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some adult conversation and topics may be discussed.
Post message: camsoapbox AT yahoogroups.com |
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Culture Quest XVI
We are going to field 3 teams this year. And, 6 of the 7 ExComm members are on teams! That's a first for here. 17 team-members out of a population of about 370 CAM Mensans is over 4.5% on teams.
The teams are:
5 Alive - Reassembled - Team-Captain, John Schneder. Team members;Barry Austern , Richard Hildebrand, Rick Magnus and Paulette Wilson.
Team hosted by Paulette Wilson.
OH-K Chorale - Team Captain, Rob McDonough. Team members; Candi Bower, Rebecca Cornett,
and Peggy Stapleton. Team hosted by Rob McDonough.
Cincinnati Dead-Enders - Team Captain, John Cunningham. Team members: Robert Charlton, Susan Kight, Dave Lennig, Margaret Maddox. Alternates:
Debbi Brown and Bob Fitzgerald.
Team hosted by Susan Kight.
And, the CQ race is on! Let's all bring in some money for the Scholarship fund! I hope we can get together the evening of CQXVI and
schmooze and review. Heretofore, the team has gone to La Rosa's or another pizza parlor and
discussed the test. The official version of which is already sealed for mailing to AML. Good luck to all the teams and thank you for volunteering
your time and efforts.
Kids Corner, Misty Richmond, October, 2003
http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/ is a new website intended for math/logic loving students. The site is managed by two former top performers in various national math competitions, including MATHCOUNTS and the USAMO. Membership in the community is free - "Many avid students have a difficult time finding a community of peers with whom to share their joy of discovery and thirst for learning. Through the Art of Problem Solving Community, we hope to provide a place for those students to congregate and provide each other the valuable sources of learning, support, and excitement that will inspire and encourage the students to learn more."
The American Boys Handy Book and the American Girls Handy Book, two books very popular in the early 1900s, have been reprinted (and you can usually find them at a local Barnes & Noble store). They contain hundreds of nifty outdoor projects! No, they are not politically correct and yes, they are OLD, but they contain information on making a wide variety of interesting things and have lots of ideas for old-fashioned fun things to do. A search on Amazon.com will yield a list of contents for the boy's version if you want more information.
I received my fall Chinaberry catalog yesterday so I thought I would share this resource. I have found some wonderful books here and they also sell audio tapes, craft kits and toys (among other things). This month they have THE TINGLER - a wonderful scalp massager that I first learned about at a Mensa RG! "Recognizing that conscious parenting is the most important and challenging responsibility that many of us will have, Chinaberry offers items to support families in raising their children with love, honesty and joy to be reverent, loving caretakers of each other and of the earth." http://www.chinaberry.com/ 1-800-776-2242
For those who love to color - this site has blank coloring pages of famous art works. At the bottom of the page are links to other coloring pages - one of dragons (mostly drawn by kids) and the other 2 link to pages of medallions - neat looking motifs, some with complicated geometric forms. All to be colored! The site is French - http://www.momes.net/coloriages/
This is a cool site for beginning readers - and it is free. "The Starfall learn-to-read program was created to meet the needs of the emergent reader by incorporating rhyming games and high-interest books that teach phonemic awareness (sounds in words), phonics, decoding skills, and comprehension. The program is designed to instill confidence and enable the child to proceed as quickly as possible to a balanced reading program." http://www.starfall.com/
Brownies
½ cup Crisco
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
2 squares melted unsweetened
chocolate (1-ounce squares)
½ cup sifted flour
optional: ½ cup chocolate chips
or ½ cup nuts
Cream shortening, sugar and vanilla together. Add eggs, beating only until blended. Add melted chocolate, flour and chocolate chips or nuts. Pour into a greased 8-inch square pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 30-35 minutes.
In honor of October it would be fun to bake the brownies in a 9-inch round cake pan instead of the 8" square pan. Ice with orange tinted buttercream frosting. Use piped tinted icing, chocolate chips, gum drops, licorice, cinnamon candies,... to make a stem and face. Alternatively, swirl up the surface of the icing and add shaved chocolate pieces.
August / September, 2003 Photos
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| John Reese, first place winner in the 2002-2003 Cincinnati Area Mensa Local Scholarship contest, with Tom Vonderahe, Scholarship Chair, and Bob Charlton, Provisional Loc Sec. | At the Columbus RG, Region 3 RVC Charlie Bruce presented former Region 3 RVC Rick Magnus with a plaque in appreciation for his service. | The Three Musketeers? Nope, just three members of the CAM Gun SIG: Edwin Clements, Verale Phillips, and Bob Charlton. I know I feel safer. |
Kids Corner, by Misty Richmond, Sept 2003
It is back-to-school time for the school kids and we are getting busy as well! Culled from my homeschoolers list:
You can find a multitude of language courses and resources at this site - free! http://www.ignitethefire.com/foreignlang.html
A large selection of cooperative games for all ages - http://www.familypastimes.com/
This is a new web site for science for kids. http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/
Choosing a college? Take a campus tour with Amtrak.
Half price rail travel available to students (and up to 2 parents) visiting college campuses. http://www.amtrak.com/press/atk20030714111.html
From their website - Edventures Online! The educational adventure where kids discover how things work. http://discover.edventures.com/
This site is designed and run by Chris (15) and Tim (14) - book reviews and book games and puzzles. http://www.cool-reads.co.uk/
Using Library of Congress Authorities, you can browse and display authority headings for Subject, Name, Title and Name/Title combinations. This service is offered free of charge. http://authorities.loc.gov
I just thought this one was interesting - The Speech Accent Archive, with 264 audio clips of native and non-native English speakers reading the same paragraph. (needs QuickTime) Includes phonetic analysis. http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/
Zucchini Bread
From the kitchen of Marilyn Reed
Here it is September (or it will be by the time you see this), and some of us are lucky enough to have a garden (or have a friend with a garden) and are looking for ways to use zucchini. This recipe makes one loaf to eat and one to share.
Wash, peel, remove seeds, shred and measure zucchini. Nuts are optional.
Mix 3 eggs and 1 cup of oil
Add 2 cups of sugar
2 cups of shredded zucchini
Mix in ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon vanilla
½ teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
Add 3½ cups of all-purpose flour
Stir in 2 cups of raisins
Stir in 1 cup of chopped nuts (pecans)
Mix well. Divide up into two extra well-greased loaf pans.
Bake in 350-degree oven for 75 minutes.
Reduce oven to 325 degrees for the last 15 minutes.
Leave the bread in the pans for 10 minutes.
Cool on racks. Can be frozen.
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Photos from Culture Quest XII, April 29th. The team is John Schneder, captain; Rosann O'Reilly, Barry Austern, Richard Hildebrand, and Paulette Wilson. Alternates, Peggy Stapleton and Richard Magnus are not pictured. Photos by Richard Magnus.
2002 Culture
Quest® XIII Results
John Schneder, Team Captain
Cincinnati's Culture Quest team placed eighth this year, our fourth year straight to earn money for the Cincinnati Area Mensa Scholarship fund. This year, our prize was $130.
The team composition was identical to the 2001 team: Barry Austern, Richard Hildebrand, Rosann O'Rielly, John Schneder and Paulette Wilson, with alternates Richard Magnus and Peggy Stapleton.
2001 Culture
Quest® XII Results
John Schneder, Team Captain
For the third time in three years, Cincinnati's Culture Quest team has placed "in the money". We haven't made a lot of money but, by placing in the top 20 (of approximately 90 teams) we have exceeded entry fees. Every year, we have been able to send money to the CAM Scholarship fund. Come the New Year, we will again assemble a team and I look forward to having more than one winning adult team and, possibly, a Junior team.
Winning team members were: Barry Austern, Richard Hildebrand, Rosann O'Rielly, John Schneder and Paulette Wilson, with alternates Richard Magnus and Peggy Stapleton.
Culture Quest XI Team
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Cincinnati Area Mensa's Award-Winning Culture Quest XI Team (clockwise from the upper left): John Schneder – team captain; Paulette Wilson; Rajesh Desikan; Rich Hildebrand; Barry Austern. Team Alternate Peggy Stapleton, who took the photo, is not pictured. The team tied for 12th place out of 88 teams nationwide.
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