Sleep Disorders

A regualr Reader asked me about SLEEP TALKING, what causes it, and what might be done to stop it.  It’s several years since I’ve thought about this particular condition, known medically as somniloquy. Nearly 50% of children do it and only 4-5% of adults experience the phenomeon. One person I knew did Sleep Singing in high school, really suprising his mom at 6:00 AM one morning.

A moderately long list of things can cause sleep talking and sometimes it can be attached to violence or recognized mental health disorders, so its best to consult a doctor in each troubling case. Learn more about it at:

Sleep Talking – Problem, or Harmless?

Thanksgiving Bread Puddings

These are recipes to try this Thanksgiving for “something different.”  Newer flavors of  bread puddings are sure to become traditional. Based on the  recipes prepared by early American settlers of the Midwest, East, and South,  they may become your favorites. 

A Bread Pudding of Another Color

Jobs in Space by 2012

Ponderosa Steak Houses in the late 1960s – 70s purchased the first spot on the first space station for a restaurant, but time ran out before it could even be started in construction. It was a good idea, though, and 40 years later, there will be that restaurant in space – in a hotel, but it will not a Ponderosa.

Related to this, new lines of work are emerging very quickly during the Obama Administration, but began well before the Ansari X Prize was first awarded in 2004.  The Mars Society has long advocated for space exploration by private as well as government agencies and it is coming ever closer to this realization.  

America, right now, has almost a dozen SPACEPORTS. A major runway at Spaceport America in New Mexico will be completed in about 9 months. Half a dozen spacecraft design companies have already perfected some models and are ready to profit form the lucrative Space Tourism and Privatized Space Freight industry sectors beginning in 2012 with the new space hotel to open at that time. 

 See al the info at:

Privatized Space Flight

Make Your Own Ingredients, like an Iron Chef

Iron Chef America now has a new member among its cooking contingent: Chef Jose Graces.  He has an engaging personality and a catchy way with kitchen techniques. I enjoyed his cook-off win against his final opponent Sunday 11/22/09 and revelled in his good-natured joyous win.  He’s a great guy! Now he has another great job to go with his other of restaurant owner and chef. Congratulations, Iron Chef Garces!

Iiron Chefs need at times to make their own tools and their own ingredients. How about you? — Ever wonder what oyster sauce is?  A dedicated reader asked me just that.

Oyster sauce is a wonderful, tasty ingredient that can be purchased in a  bottle or made on the stove top at home very easily.

Here is the recipes for Oyster Sauce, Oysters & Gravy, Chinese and Thai Pepper Steaks, and a delicious Leg of Lamb with oyster sauce.

Please enjoy, and have a great Thanksgiving Day!  

OYSTER SAUCE & RECIPES

Fort Orange and Albany Jobs

I was asked just where Fort Orange in New York was built, by whom, when, and why. Interestingly, it sits in Albany NY and is a National Historic Archeological Site.

While jobs in the Albany region and NYC continue to increase, places like Fort Orange and other historic and entertainment attractions draw new workers and  families to the area. Seasonal jobs are also available at the destinations during the Christmas and winter holiday season and during spring and summer.

Find out how a Dutch fort survived British invasions (3), a Native American War, and still further takeovers by the British to become Albany:

Where In the World is Fort Orange?

Hot Jobs In Nashville

The Country Music Capital is a good place to find employment, because it is one of Money Magazine’s picks as Smartest Cities in America.

College towns and cities that attract degree holders also plan new business and services designed to keep their residents from moving elsewhere. At the same time, new jobs and technologies emerge creating the situation in which new workers are needed to move into these places.

Jobs and music make a good combination for attracting new residents to Nashville.

Top 15 Jobs in Nashville

Jobs Available in Lexington KY

The Lexington-Fayette Metro Area in Kentucky is one of the smartest communities in the nation, according to Money Magazine for 2009.  Moreover, the number of jobs in the city and its designated Urban County have increased 59% during the last 15 months. Dozens of colleges and their partnerships with local businesses make this possible.

Teaching, Healthcare, and Financial jobs are very big in Lexington, home to horse breeding and International Championships.

HOT JOBS IN LEXINGTON

The Lucky Foods of Texas

If everything is bigger in Texas, some say that they must be luckier too. At any rate, Texas celebrates New Year’s with a big list of Lucky Foods – including CABBAGE! In fact, the state is the 3rd largest cabbage grower in the nation and you’ll never guess the first two.

This year, you can celebrate New Year’s with Texas foods, Southern Foods in general, Asian foods, Jewish foods, Native American foods — All sorts fo traditional foods from around the world.

You can access several delicious, easy to prepare recipes and some interesting New Year’s Stories at:

Lesser Known New Year’s Traditions – Lucky Foods of Texas

Pittsburgh Jobs – A Miracle

Did you know that Pittsburgh has a high quality  Free Heathcare Clinic run by Catholic Charities since 2007 that has seen over 9,000 people?  Or that the city has a major healthcare improvement company that is highly successful yet non-profit? Pittsburgh is FULL of miracles!

Over 23,000 jobs are available in Pittsburgh right now and many are in Healthcare as well as Management, Retail Sales, and other fields. See the link for more -

 Top 15 Hot Healthcare Jobs in Pittsburgh

Weekly Writing Awards: Top 10 out of 2,000

Our HubPages Top 10 New Writers of the Week are presented at the link below, with a POLL available for voting. Anyone can vote, so please come on over if you like, read the articles and cast your vote. The Top 5 Winners will receive free increased traffic and other goodies.

New writers with 60 days tenure or less are  eligible for the HubPages weekly contest: The HubNugget Wannabes.

If you have not joined HubPages, it is a leading publishers site featured in the Mashable voting going on now. See the weekly writers page for more information.

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