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Schroders Quickview: Japan GDP figures flatter to deceive
The Japanese economy continues to struggle to regain momentum. We expect today's GDP figures will result in a delay to the next consumption tax hike.
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On the face of it, the Japanese economy rebounded in Q1 with a gain in GDP of 1.7% (annualised) after a drop in output at the end of last year.
However, whilst it is good news that the economy avoided the recession some had feared, the figures were boosted by an extra spending day as a result of the leap year. Adjusting for this takes growth down to a 0.5% annual rate which still avoids recession but leaves activity at a lower level than was seen in Q3 last year.
Malaise persists
From this perspective, the malaise that hit Japan after the increase in consumption tax in 2014 persists. Whilst the weakness of global trade and particularly the slowdown in China has not helped, the economy continues to struggle to regain momentum.
There are strong rumours that Prime Minister Abe is looking to postpone the next hike in the consumption tax scheduled for April next year. We expect today's figures to tip the decision in favour of delay, in order to avoid hitting the economy with another round of fiscal tightening.
G7 approaches
It is likely that such a decision will be announced at the forthcoming G7 meeting. Japan is hosting the event and is keen to promote a coordinated push on fiscal policy given the constraints on monetary policy, and is also set to boost fiscal spending in coming months.
Delaying the consumption hike would reinforce its own commitment to the cause, although we doubt others will follow.


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what, no new post yesterday? you're probably not going to believe this but… we had another public holiday. what the heck is going on…
hila tagged me in her seven facts post. i kind of love these things and have never done one… so decided to play along.…
i'm guest blogging at a cup of jo this week while joanna is on holiday. my first post was a now & then on…
this dress by the future of frances as seen via teenangster
this picture of elvis from this amazing post
this post about the south
these guys and their bikes
this white leica
this dress from alexis mabille s/s 2011
this wine label
this painting of sufjan stevens
this girl (perfect)
this illustration of what to watch by alex latimer
this picture of bob dylan hailing a cab
this picture of jon hamm (sigh)
this woman – incredible.
these harlequin romance covers
this cat (!!!!!!!!!)
the pool at the marina bay sands hotel
keira knightley's skirt
and the look on this dragonfly's face (hehehe)
i realise that my entire blog is technically my own 'things i like right now' – but i am enjoying this series so much i needed to take part. every time someone sends me their list i think damn! i like that too! and then mentally rearrange and add to my own list. so here goes. things i like right now, by me … birthday edition. i am 27 today.
1. david sedaris. i am ashamed to say that i had never read david sedaris before my recent trip, where i found his book dress your family in corduroy and denim in the flat we were staying in. i read it in one day because i am a shameless lying-in-bed-reading-until-four-in-the-morning-because-i-can't-put-it-down kind of person. i managed to track down a copy of me talk pretty one day at the good old abbey bookshop around the corner, and so had more awesome reading material for the plane. his books have sold over 7 millions copies, and i only discover him now? needless to say, the man is a genius. and his writing appeals exactly to my sense of humour.
2. simon & garfunkel. a while back i was all about paul, but now i'm giving the duo much love again. not that i have ever fallen out of love, mind you. i can watch old videos of them harmonising to an enraptured crowd over and over, resulting in extreme jealousy of anyone who has ever seen them live.
3. beer. i am a late bloomer when it comes to alcohol preference. my student days were all ciders and vodka (shudder.) it took me years to get on the red wine train, and then one day i had a glass and just loved it. the same goes for beer, which is now my beverage of choice pretty much at all times.
4. this illustration by maria sibylla merian. oh man, i would give my…. simon and garfunkel collection for a giant print of this. jokes, it's all digital anyway. fine! i'd give my ipod for one.
5. boots. shit! it's almost summer. which means, no more boots. no more of the boots i have been living in for the past few months. worse still – the internet is quickly filling up with all new boots that the northerners will soon we running around in, keeping their toes warm. while my toes melt. oh well, maybe i can wear them in the evenings…. right?
6. her hair. i have been wanting to cut my hair forever (right now it's at the birth of venus hair length, basically.) my friends are sick to death of me umming and aahing over whether to cut a fringe again (it's just grown out!) this stylish lady's hair has me practically convinced that i should lose the fringe and go shoulder length.
7. blouses. i had to stop myself from buying a suitcase of blouses when i was in paris. (cheap, too! can you say h&m?) and i instantly regretted it as soon as i got home because i have a feeling i'm going to live in them this summer.
8. music mixes. i like making these way too much. i am constantly compiling and rearranging the stupid things, trying to make the perfect mix. but most of all, i am contemplating doing two a month – that's how much i love sharing them and knowing that people are enjoying them. i hope the free music police don't catch me, though.
9. not-skinny jeans. i haven't dipped my legs into the flare / boot / wide leg revival yet, but i am excited to once i find the right pair. high waisted and hip hugging like karla's would be amazing.
10. stroopwafels. i saw my dutch family when i was overseas and they gave me a tin of stroopwafels (proper ones, from gouda). nothing, and i mean nothing, excites me as much as a tin of stroopwafels. i've been rationing them much like a child would their easter eggs.
11. photography. picking up a camera and just shooting my entire holiday made me realise how much i love photography. i haven't done anything creative (properly creative) in a long time …work doesn't count. now all i can think about is reviving my old film cameras and getting into it again – for good.
12. my family. i suppose i don't like my family – i love them. and not right now, but always. of course right now i really like them because i think they might give me cake today.
* i had to stop myself from putting mad men on this list. that would have been too obvious! but just so you know, mad men is on this list… it's just invisible. omnipresent, if you will.
the september Elle magazine has been out since mid-august, and i was determined to wait till september to actually post about this – but i am far too impatient for my own good….
kim, lana, lauren and i were lucky enough to be featured in their spring issue for 'the scoop on spring'. in case you read the article and were wondering what on earth i was talking about – here's my post about atonement & morris and here is the old mac daddy trailer park. i also mentioned silk blouses, this is what i had in mind:
image from the sartorialist & equipment washed silk pocket shirt from net-a-porter
if you discovered my blog through the Elle, welcome! and thanks Elle mag, what an honour.
amber from mr price's blog in the loop asked local bloggers (amongst which blog friends kim gray and lana kenney) to contribute the 3…
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Italy: Love It Or Leave It
Gustav and Luca have to decide -- should they stay in Italy, or leave it, like so many of their friends have done already. Looking at some defining Italian icons , they go on a emotional trip through Italy to look behind the cliches and to discover what's left of the famous Italian way of life, confronting a glorious past, a shaky present and an uncertain future.
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As blue skies and temperate breezes returned on Monday, a clearer picture of the storm's devastation emerged, with the gravest consequences stemming from river flooding in
Here in southern Vermont, normally picturesque towns and villages were digging out from thick mud and piles of debris that Sunday's floodwaters left behind. With roughly 250 roads and several bridges closed off, many residents remained stranded in their neighborhoods; others could not get to grocery stores, hospitals or work. It was unclear how many people had been displaced, though the Red Cross said more than 300 had stayed in its shelters on Sunday, and it expected the number to grow.
In upstate New York, houses were swept from their foundations, and a woman drowned on Sunday when an overflowing creek submerged the cottage where she was vacationing. Flash floods continued to be a concern into Monday afternoon. In the
"We were very lucky in the city, not quite as lucky on
In Vermont, officials recovered the body of a man who was tending the municipal water system in Rutland during the storm. They said his son, who was with him at the time, was also feared dead. A 21-year-old woman died after being swept into the Deerfield River in
"This is a really tough battle for us," Gov. Peter Shumlin of Vermont said after surveying the damage across the state in a helicopter. "What you see is farms destroyed, crops destroyed, businesses underwater, houses eroded or swept away and widespread devastation."
In the Catskills, state and local officials had, by Monday afternoon, carried out 191 rescues since the storm began, often plucking people from cars or homes as water rose. State officials confirmed six people had died in connection with the storm: five drowned and one was electrocuted.
Hundreds of miles to the south, in
And all up the East Coast, an estimated five million people remained without power on Monday, including more than 800,000 in
Some places could see extended blackouts lasting into next week, Mr. Glaser said.
In Chester, Vt., a village of about 3,000 on the Williams River, Thelma Dezaine's 7-year-old son looked out their window as torrential rain fell Sunday and started screaming.
"He was saying, 'We've all got to get out of here; we're all going to die,' " said Ms. Dezaine, who was pulling sodden furniture and clothing from the first floor of the house she rents here. "We didn't have time to grab anything because the water rose too fast."
Her neighbor, Mike Surething, who had four feet of water in his house, said, "As soon as the river crested that bank over there, within half an hour it was up to our windows."
Of his modest home, he said, "Everything in there is a loss."
Down the road in Rockingham, Heath Stevens, 42, was taking pictures of a covered bridge that appeared to barely survive the floods. Several others around the state were swept away, just as a number of historic homes tumbled into brooks.
"My wife's 93-year-old grandmother played on that covered bridge when she was a kid," Mr. Stevens said. "It stood the test of time until yesterday."
Central Vermont was affected, too. In Waterbury, a state office complex that houses more than 1,000 workers was flooded, and officials said they would evacuate all patients in the state psychiatric hospital there.
In Rutland, Sandy Cabell spent most of the storm in her basement keeping floodwaters at bay while a small river — she figured five feet wide and more than two feet deep with periodic whitecaps — flowed through the lowest point in her yard.
Neighborhoods below hers were evacuated and were underwater for hours, Ms. Cabell said. One neighbor sent her a video of a sinkhole 50 feet wide where a highway used to be, just two miles away from her.
"I haven't ventured out today because I don't want to see anymore," said Ms. Cabell, a retiree who grew up in the area and returned 21 years ago. "It is a beautiful day today. You wouldn't think it was so cruel yesterday."
About 300 guests were trapped Monday by a flooded road at the
In Greene County, N.Y., several bridges were wiped out and numerous roads were impassable, stranding residents in remote mountaintop areas, said Shaun Groden, a county administrator.
"You have the wash-outs, you have houses coming off foundations because of flash flooding," Mr. Groden said from the county's emergency operations center, in Cairo, noting that Prattsville was the hardest-hit town.
"It's been devastated," Mr. Groden said of Prattsville, adding that the towns of Windham, Jewett and Lexington were also hard hit. "People last night were saying it looks like a war zone."
Mr. Groden said four helicopters that were to deliver medical supplies and other provisions to stranded residents, who he said had "hunkered down" during the storm, had been grounded Sunday night because of strong crosswinds.
"And now they're running out of water, running out of food," Mr. Groden said. "We'll walk it into them if we have to."
Mr. Groden said that counties beyond Greene County had been blindsided by the storm, too. The county manager for nearby Schoharie had said the normally slow-moving Schoharie Creek "had more volume than
In Fleischmanns, N.Y., an 82-year-old
In Maplecrest, a hamlet of Windham, N.Y., the storm caused widespread flooding from the Batavia Kill. Jere and Diane Baker were trying to shore up what remained of their blue stucco house standing amid new 20-foot craters in their front yard. On Sunday afternoon, they realized that flooding was inevitable; numerous trees had been uprooted by the water, eroding the
They returned Monday and saw the damage: half of their front yard had been washed away, and the house's foundation was crumbling.
"I've lived here even before they had a dam and I've never seen anything like this," said Mr. Baker, 62.
A bit down the road, Tom and Mary Donovan recalled the sound of a rumble at 3 a.m. on Monday, as an adjacent hill began roaring toward their house.
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DIY Outdoor Luncheon + Two Delicious Salad Recipes
I've always imagined that one day when I'm old, I'd live in Florida (or some other warm weather locale) with all my favorite ladies, a la The Golden Girls. I think the older I get, the more I realize how important great female friendships are and how important it is to maintain them. These founders of the Echo Park Craft Fair in Los Angeles (check it out in person May 10th & 11th!) feel the same way. Instead of brainstorming their next fair over wine at a local bar (not that there's anything wrong with that!), they decided to take a moment to celebrate their friendship and plan. I love the idea of pushing the pause button on life and celebrating everyone's unique talents and contributions.
Jewelry designer Kathleen Whitaker offered up her backyard for the get-together, textile artist Rachel Craven brought her table linens, Kristen from Moon Canyon came with flowers and Cookbook provided the food. Everyone chipped in a little something. The group was kind enough to share photos of their lunch with us, along with two salad recipes: Chickpea & Carrot Salad and Bulgur, Mushroom and Asparagus Salad. Perfect for spring eating. If you live in LA, check out the Echo Park Craft Fair this weekend and meet this creative bunch in person. Thank you to Rachel, Kristen, Kathleen and Nancy Neil for sharing this great day with us – what a wonderful way to celebrate friendship and the season. –Amy
Click through for both recipes, photoshoot credits and more details after the jump!
Table settings by Casa De Perrin
Flowers by Moon Canyon
Chickpea & Carrot Salad
-6 carrots/one whole bunch, washed and peeled
-6 cups chickpeas
-half a bunch of fresh cilantro
-handful of fresh mint leaves
-2 tablespoons whole cumin seeds, toasted
-1 tablespoon whole coriander seeds, toasted
-2 whole, squeezed lemons
-2 cloves of garlic
-4 tablespoons olive oil
-Salt to taste (Maldon sea salt crystals are a favorite)
-whole cracked pepper to taste
1. If using dried chickpeas, cook them.
2. Slice the carrots on the bias (no more than 1/4 inch thick).
3. Combine carrots, chickpeas, herbs, toasted seeds.
4. Season with salt and pepper.
5. Dress with lemon juice, olive oil and the garlic.
Bulgur, Mushroom and Asparagus Salad
-1/2 pound mixed mushrooms
-2 tablespoons or three sprigs of thyme
-whole bunch of fresh asparagus
-1/2 cup of fresh sweet spring onions
-4 cups bulgur
-2 whole lemons
-3 tablespoons olive oil
-salt to taste (Maldon sea salt crystals are a favorite)
-whole cracked pepper to taste
1. Bring four cups of water to a boil (add a splash of olive oil and a dash of salt). Add bulgur and bring to a simmer, then cover. The bulgur is finished when it becomes soft and tender to eat. Strain the water and set bulgur aside.
2. Roast mushrooms with olive oil, salt, pepper and thyme until tender.
3. Slice raw asparagus on the bias (1/4 inch to 1/2 inch in thickness).
4. Grill spring onions and then slice on the bias.
5. Combine all ingredients, season with salt and pepper.
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With Fall on my mind, I am starting to pick up some transitional items in my shopping excursions. I just snagged up this adorable military jacket from Old Navy. Again, picture does not do it justice. It has Orange trim, and it cinches at the waist to give you a fabulous feminine silhouette. The ties on the inside are also orange! $39.94
And I am obsessed with these sleeveless blouses also from Old Navy. I own this pretty minty green color, and also the white. They look great alone and will be perfect layered under sweaters and blazers for fall. They remind me of the Equipment sleevless blouses that retail for almost $200. The Old Navy version is currently ON SALE (online only) for $17.50!
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Melbourne/Los Angeles: Mall massacre hoax accused dies July 31, 2008Posted by cyberpatrol in 4chan.org, Anonymous, cybercrime, death, scientology.
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Jarrad Willis was found dead on July 8 in the Melbourne suburb of Frankston, police said. The circumstances around the death will be the subject of a coronial investigation.
Willis, 21, was due to face Frankston Magistrates Court on charges of criminal defamation, which were related to circulating an email rather than the threat posted to website 4chan.
The hoax threat, posted to 4chan's infamous /b/ imageboard, claimed a shooting rampage would occur at the Grove shopping centre in Beverly Hills on December 6, 2007.
"This is my last message, tomorrow a shooting will go down at 189 The Grove Drive, Los Angeles … I will not stop until I am incapacitated or killed by a police officer," the threat read.
Police reacted by scrambling officers to the shopping centre and launching an international manhunt, which eventually tracked the message to Willis's IP address.
The police operation cost in excess of $100,000.
Willis, a 21-year-old philosophy student, was detained over the prank but never charged. Police later charged him with offences relating to other incidents.
The hoax attracted worldwide media attention and Willis gained notoriety among 4chan denizens.
4chan is an anarchic online community best known as a birthplace of many popular internet memes, including Rickrolling and LOLcats.
It is also intimately connected to Anonymous, the shadowy internet group that declared war on Scientology in January this year.
Willis's death is an open coronial case and no date has yet been set for an inquest.


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The national conversation about America's Finest Scandal was elevated for about a day in between Tuesday's jokey stories about Hooters and Thursday's outbursts about Mayor
While some people said mean things on Twitter about her appearance, part-time city worker Peggy Shannon earned a lot of accolades and empathy for her turn in front of a line of live television cameras.
Shannon was later scheduled to speak to
The high point? In short order Wednesday, The Atlantic weighed in with an insightful analysis on how San Diego's Democrats overlooked the warning signs about Filner's behavior,
That same day, former mayor Pete Wilson sparked an interesting discussion in the comments section of U-T San Diego by calling on Filner to resign. And none other than
The Atlantic article and Collins' column are particularly worth reading. Click through when you get to the links. We'll wait for you. Here's a taste from Collins:
It is pretty much a rule that any announcement that says it's not the time to go backward is a sign that things already have. Just as is having a headlock named for you when you are not a professional wrestler.
Read on for the conversation each story kicked up, starting with surprisingly intelligent comments from ABC News' treatment of Hooters winging Filner the other day.
ABC News: Mayor Bob Filner Banned From San Diego Hooters
eggs: So did the mayor frequent the Hooters? Did he treat the empoyees there with disrespect?
eastcoast71: If there are such "talented and beautiful women" at Hooters, why are they waiting tables for a struggling chain restaurant?
iguana lounge: Talented and beautiful women gotta eat in a terrible economy, mate. A job is a job, and I doubt these women want to work at Hooters forever - they'll be moving on once their economic needs have been met or once better options present themselves. Otherwise, I bet the tipping at Hooters is pretty good.
themushandmilk: I think all companies with a woman in any position should take a stand on this guy and take a similar stand. His response to the situation is clear he does not respect women and has no interest in educating himself. At his age he should know better or not be fit for holding an office or any position.
Publius2k: I see absolutely no irony in any of this. The waitresses at Hooters chose to work there and wear the outfits. The cocktail waitresses at any casino wear less, I've seen women jogging who wear less, and women at the beach wear and insist on the right to wear FAR less. What the women at Hooters or anywhere else wear is not an open invitation for unwanted sexual advances, any more than being in Mayor Filner's presence was. If the critics think that Hooters is not being honest, they're free to go to a local franchise and hit on, grope, or otherwise harass the waitresses there and see what happens or how far the "They were asking for it" defense gets them.
The Atlantic: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Bob Filner?
RobertSF: Well, between men who don't want to look deeper and women who don't want to make waves, nothing happens. How about if women start being a little more assertive? Next time someone grabs your butt, slap them.
Chorizanthe: Gee, that's really going to be of use to me when I'm working late nights in a mostly empty building with my larger male coworker. What useful advice! What would be /more useful/ is if men in power (and women in power, for that matter) listen to people, mostly women, complaining about sexual harassment at the hands of (mostly male) powerful people.
RobertSF: Really? What would he do? Would he proceed to beat the crap out of you and rape you? If so, why do you knowingly work with a violent criminal as a co-worker?
Chorizanthe: You must be joking. You suggest that women slap men who commit low level assault, and then act shocked that a woman might fear that doing so would escalate into greater violence?
RobertSF: The fact is, in all these stories about Filner, not one of the women reacted visibly offended when he pulled his sh!t on them.
megapotamus: None of them made official complaints at the time, either, or they were covered up.
Cyn Nickel: Don't put yourself in bad situations. As a single guy, I am not comfortable with "working late" with a female co-worker for exactly that reason. Jeez. DUH?
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Bob Hanle: "Also, the mayor is trying to get the city to pay his mounting legal fees by arguing that San Diego is responsible for everything because Filner never received the sensitivity course required for city employees." This makes the Twinkie defense seem reasonable by comparison.
Doug Terry: From what I have read, the Filner mess goes way beyond ordinary sexual harassment. He appears to be in a league by himself, creating a category of lewd and aggressive behavior that has not yet been given an adequate name.
Sheldon Bunin: Filner is the kind of man who visits your home and spits on your 20 thousand dollar antique Persian carpet and blames you for not providing ample spittoons since you knew he was coming. It is kind of late in life for Filner to say he must have been the product of defective upbringing. No it is not a generational thing, as Filner claims. I am much older than Filner and I needed no special training to know that you treat women with respect, you do not cause others needless pain and no means no and you ask before you take.
Larry Eisenberg:
T'was Wall Street, Spitzer did harass,
With, to them, an unwanted pass,
His adulterous jaunt
Does merit a taunt,
It's not in the harassment class.
A hands on groper, Filner seems,
The kind of stuff that makes bad dreams,
And Wiener will text
On any pretext,
Blue photographs with which he teems.
Alan Roskam: Oh, for the innocent bygone days of rooftop dogs and station wagons.
The Hill: DeMaio says he's focused on Filner, not House race
D. Morton: Here's the problem: the local SD County
mjfromlj: It is simply incorrect to say DeMaio is the only interested candidate with a realistic shot at CA-52. Kirk Jorgensen announced a month ago and in the five days immediately after his announcement raised $129K for the race. DeMaio clearly has a realistic shot at the Mayor's race--a race he should have won last election. Jorgensen is much better suited for CA-52 and the NRCC doesn't need to look very far ... he's already announced and garnered strong local Republican support in the district. And don't forget, it's the people in the District who will elect him ... not people from inside the Beltway. If GOP pols wanted to show any smarts at all they would back DeMaio for the Mayoral race and Jorgensen for
U-T San Diego: Pete Wilson says Filner must go
Steve Hart: Nice to finally get an unbiased opinion from a non-partisan community leader.
Kurt Miller: And your postings are always so non-partisan. What a crock...He's a respected past Leader, served with dignity in Office and the Military, few if any personal blemishes, yeah I think he deserves a little of our respect. Or can you only see the glass as half empty bro ?
Barbara Brown: When something like happens with an already-elected politician, there is guilt on all sides of the issue. Yes, Filner has turned out to be a disaster, I agree. But if just one of those 13 women had spoken out about their harassment experiences with Filner BEFORE the election, or even BEFORE he ran for mayor, all of this would have been brought before the public and he would not have been elected mayor. Each time some sexual pervert gets away with his actions, you can bet that he will do it again and again, and become more emboldened each time. So for all you victims out there, be a whistle blower, report it right after it happens. You will be protecting other potential victims, and you will be helping society to get rid of these perpetrators.
Filbert Vigil: Thank you! I've been saying that all along. Everyone involved had an excuse as to why they didn't speak sooner. Women knew and didn't tell. Men knew, and didn't tell. No one said a word. Why? Afraid of not being believed, fear of retaliation, having their personal lives dissected in court, etc., etc. etc. Everyone had an excuse, so he just kept on doing what he did, whether or not it was right or wrong. Now everyone is jumping on the bandwagon from things that happened years and years ago. His first victim had the power to nip it in the bud before it blossomed into the monster it is today.
Sean Casey: All of the living presidents (past/present) could ask him to resign & Filner would say no! To Filner this isn't about what's right...it's about money!
Tom Basinski: And it's also about his self image. Without the power of the office he's nothing, just another dirty old man.
Erik D. Hanson: "All about money"? You do realize that he could have reminded a Congressman, and not taken a pay cut. In fact he risked having no job at all. He could have made more money as a college VP or as a lobbyist. Your comment is an obvious case of "arguing from your weakness."
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Roast Duck
2 kg duck with neck
2 chicken wings, chopped
125ml white wine
1 onion, chopped
1 carrot, sliced
1 ripe tomato, chopped
bouquet garni
2 Tbsp shredded orange rind
170ml orange juice
80ml Cointreau
2 tsp cornflour
1. Place the duck neck, chicken wings and wine in a pan. Boil over a high heat for 5 minutes, or until the wine has reduced by half. Add the onion, carrot, tomato, bouquet garni and 500ml water. Bring to the boil and simmer gently for 40 minutes. Strain and set aside 1 cup of the stock.
2. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Place the duck in a large saucepan, cover with boiling water, then drain. Dry with paper towels. With a fine skewer, prick all over the outside of the duck, piercing only the skin, not the flesh. Place the duck, breast-side down on a rack in a baking dish and bake for 50 minutes.
3. Drain off any fat, turn the duck over and pour the reserved stock into the pan. Bake for 40 minutes, or until the breast is golden brown. Remove the duck from the pan and leave in a warm place for 15 minutes before carving. Reserve any pan juices for making gravy or orange sauce.
4. For the sauce, skim any fat off the reserved pan juices. Place in a saucepan with the rind, juice and Cointreau and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Blend the cornflour with a little water, add to the sauce and stir over heat until the mixture boils and thickens.
Roast Chicken with Rice Stuffing
95g wild rice
15 pitted prunes, quartered
2 Tbsp port
45g hazelnuts
60g butter
4 spring onions, finely chopped
1/2 green apple, coarsely grated
1/2 tsp grated orange rind
1/2 tsp ground cardamom
1 egg, lightly beaten
1.5 kg chicken
1. Measure the rice into a saucepan and add enough boiling water to come 2.5 cm above the rice. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat, cover and leave for 1 hour, then drain well.
2 Preheat the oven to 180°C. Combine the prunes and port in a bowl. Cover and set aside.
3. Bake the hazelnuts on a baking tray for 8 minutes. Wrap in a tea towel and rub off the skins. Coarsely chop the hazelnuts.
4. Melt half the butter in a pan and add the spring onion. Cook over a low heat, stirring, for 2 minutes, or until soft. Remove from the heat and mix in the rice, prune and port mixture, hazelnuts, apple, orange rind, cardamom and beaten egg. Season to your liking.
5. Wipe the chicken and pat dry inside and out with paper towels. Spoon the stuffing into the cavity and close with a toothpick or skewer. Tuck the wings under the chicken and tie the drumsticks securely together with string. Place on a rack in a baking dish.
6. Melt the remaining butter and brush over the chicken. Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes, or until brown and tender. Cover loosely with foil and leave in a warm place for 10 minutes. Remove the toothpicks and string before carving.
Roast Turkey with Sausage, Nut and Cranberry Stuffing
1 x 3 kg turkey
125ml butter for basting
1 onion, finely chopped
1 medium fennel bulb, finely chopped
60ml butter
2 garlic cloves, chopped
8 pork sausages, skins removed
250ml fresh breadcrumbs
125ml dried cranberries
100g pistachio nuts, toasted and roughly chopped
2 bay leaves, chopped
1 sprig rosemary, chopped
2 sprigs thyme, stripped and chopped
salt and pepper
375ml chicken stock
1 Tbsp cornflour
3 Tbsp Pernod (optional)
1. For the stuffing, heat the butter in a saucepan and add the chopped onion, fennel and garlic. Sauté until soft, then cool slightly. Mix all the stuffing ingredients together and season.
2. Rinse the turkey well and dry inside and outside with paper towels. Stuff the cavity with 2/3 of the stuffing. Place the remaining 1/3 of the stuffing under the neck flap. Secure the loose skin over the stuffing with a skewer or toothpick.
3. Rub turkey with basting butter and season well all over. Tuck the wings under the turkey and truss the drumsticks together with string. Place the turkey on a rack in a roasting pan. Extra bay leaves, rosemary sprigs and thyme springs can be placed around the turkey for extra flavour. Add a glass of water to the roasting pan and tent the turkey with foil, making sure the foil doesn't touch the turkey.
4. Roast for 90 minutes, covered, then take the foil tent off and roast for a further 30 – 45 minutes or until juices run clear and the skin is crispy. Remove the turkey from the pan and rest in a warm place for 20 minutes before carving.
5. Add the stock to the pan juices and cook over a medium heat, loosening all the bits stuck to the pan. Strain the gravy through a sieve and spoon off the excess oil. Return to the roasting pan and add the cornflour, mixed with a little water and cook, stirring, until the gravy thickens. If using, add pernod and serve with the carved turkey.
Gammon with Parsley Sauce
1 kg boneless gammon
3 carrots, chopped
2 sticks celery, chopped
2 onions, chopped
2 bay leaves
a bouquet of fresh thyme and parsley, stalks tied together
12 bruised peppercorns
600ml milk
1 small onion, stuck with 2 cloves
1 bay leaf
salt, black pepper and nutmeg
55g unsalted butter
55g flour
150 – 300 ml cooking liquid from the gammon
a large bunch of curly-leaf parsley, chopped
1. Place the gammon in a large, heavy-based pot and cover with cold water. Bring just to the boil, then drain. Put the gammon back in the pot and add all the vegetables, 2 bay leaves, the herbs and the peppercorns. Cover with cold water. Bring to the simmer, and cook for 1 1/2 hours with a lid on. Have a look every now and again to ensure the water is just simmering and not boiling. Check that the gammon is cooked by piercing with a skewer – it should be tender right through.
2. Start the sauce about 40 minutes before the gammon is cooked. Put the milk, whole onion stuffed with cloves and bay leaf in a pan. Bring to the boil, then simmer gently for a few minutes. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg and put the lid on to allow the milk to infuse the flavours. Melt the butter and flour to make a roux, then make a white sauce by slowing adding the heated milk (onion and bay leaf removed). Add as much of the cooking liquid to the sauce as you need to get a silky sauce that is about the texture of double cream. Adjust the seasoning and take off the heat. Stir in the parsley, which should not lose it's rawness. but look like emerald flecks.
3. Slice the gammon thickly, add a little of the poaching liquid to each plate with a few slices of gammon and pass around the parsley sauce.
Ginger Glazed Gammon
1.5 – 2 kg gammon, bone in
1 onion, quartered
4 cm fresh ginger, sliced
1 litre chicken stock
2 litre ginger beer
cloves for studding
250g ginger and gooseberry jam
15 – 30 ml Hot English mustard powder
60ml white wine vinegar
1. Place the gammon, onion, ginger and stock in a large pot with a tight-fitting lid. Add enough ginger beer to cover the gammon and bring to the boil. Boil for 30 minutes. Seal the lid by crimping foil around it and wrap the pot in a thick blanket or sleeping bag. Leave the wrapped gammon in a warm place overnight.
2. Remove the cooled gammon and carefully peel back the skin. Score the fat in a diamond pattern, being careful not to score the flesh, and stud each diamond centre with a clove. Place the gammon in a foil-lined baking tray. Mix the glaze ingredients and brush over the gammon. Roast at 180°C for 20 – 30 minutes or until golden and caramelised, basting frequently. Allow to stand for 20 minutes before carving, if serving hot.
Rack of Lamb with Herb Crust
2 x 6 chop racks of lamb, trimmed and bones cleaned (the butcher can do this for you)
1 Tbsp oil
1 cup fresh breadcrumbs
3 cloves garlic, chopped
3 Tbsp freshly chopped, flat-leafed parsley
1/2 Tbsp fresh thyme leaves
1/2 tsp finely grated lemon rind
60g butter, softened
250ml beef stock
1 extra clove garlic, finely chopped
1 sprig of fresh thyme
1. Preheat the oven to 250°C. Score the fat on the racks in a diamond pattern. Rub the rack with a little of the oil and season with salt and pepper.
2. Heat the oil in a frying pan over a high heat and brown the lamb racks for 4 – 5 minutes. Remove and set aside. Do not wash the pan – you will need it later.
3. In a large bowl, mix the breadcrumbs, garlic, parsley, thyme and lemon rind. Season, then mix in the butter to make a paste.
4. Firmly press a layer of breadcrumbs over the fat on the racks, leaving the bones and base clean. Bake in a baking dish for 12 minutes for medium-rare. Rest the lamb while you make the jus.
5. To make the jus, add the beef stock, extra garlic and thyme sprig to the roasting pan juices, scraping the pan. Return this liquid to the original frying pan and simmer over a high heat for 5 – 8 minutes, until the sauce is reduced. Strain and serve on the side.
Yule Log
60g plain flour
2 Tbsp cocoa powder
3 eggs
90g caster sugar
50g unsalted butter, melted and cooled
1 Tbsp extra caster sugar
125g white chocolate, chopped
125ml cream
50g hazelnuts, toasted and finely chopped
125g dark chocolate, chopped
125ml cream
extra icing sugar to dust
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Brush a 30 x 35 cm Swiss roll tin with oil or melted butter and line the base and sides with baking paper. Sift the flour and cocoa powder together, twice. Using electric beaters, beat the eggs and sugar for 5 minutes, or until light and fluffy and increased in volume.
3. Spread the mixture into the tin and bake for 12 minutes, or until the sponge springs back when lightly touched with your fingertips. Sprinkle the extra caster sugar over a clean tea towel. Turn the sponge onto the tea towel close to one end. Roll the sponge and tea towel together lengthways and leave to cool.
4. For the filling, put the white chocolate in a small heatproof bowl. Bring a small pan of water to the boil, then remove from the heat. Add the cream to the chocolate and stand the bowl over the pan of water, making sure the base of the bowl does not touch the water, until the chocolate is soft. Stir until smooth. Repeat with the dark chocolate and cream for the topping. Leave the white chocolate mixture until it has cooled to room temperature and is the consistency of cream. Leave the dark chocolate mixture until it cools to a spreadable consistency.
5. Beat the white chocolate mixture with an electric beater until soft peaks form – do not overbeat or the mixture will curdle. Unroll the sponge, remove the tea towel and spread with the filling, finishing 2 cm from the end. Sprinkle with the hazelnuts. Re-roll the sponge and trim the ends. Cut off one end on a diagonal and place it alongside the log to create a branch.
6. Place the Yule log on a serving plate and spread the dark chocolate topping all over it. Run the tines of a fork along the length of the roll to give it a 'bark' effect. Just before serving, dust with icing sugar. Decorate with fresh green leaves.
Boiled Christmas Pudding
310g mixed dried fruit
45g mixed peel
640g mixed sultanas, currants and raisins
125ml brown ale
2 Tbsp rum or brandy
2 Tbsp orange juice
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1 Tbsp grated orange rind
1 Tbsp grated lemon rind
225g suet, grated
245g soft brown sugar
3 eggs, lightly beaten
200g fresh white breadcrumbs
90g self-raising flour
1 tsp mixed spice
1/4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
100g blanched almonds, chopped
1. Finely chop the mixed dried fruit and put into a large bowl with the mixed peel, sultanas, currants, raisins, ale, rum, orange and lemon juice and rind. Cover and leave overnight.
2. Mix the fruit with the remaining ingredients and a pinch of salt. Leave for 10 minutes.
3. Cut an 80 cm square from a clean piece of calico or an old tea towel. Dip the pudding cloth into boiling water and boil for 1 minute. Remove and squeeze out excess water from the cloth. Working quickly, spread the hot cloth on the work surface, rub flour into the centre of it. Place the pudding mixture in the centre of the cloth and gather the cloth around the pudding, avoiding any deep pleats. Pat into a round shape with your hands. Tie the cloth tightly with string as close to the mixture as possible. Tie a loop in the string to make the pudding easier to lift from the pot. Pull the ends tightly to make sure the pudding is as round and firm as possible.
4. Gently lower the pudding into a pot 3/4 full of rapidly boiling water. Tie the string ends to the handles of the pot to suspend the pudding. Place a heatproof saucer in the base of the pan. Cover with a tight fitting lid and boil rapidly for 6 to 8 hours. Replenish boiling water as necessary to maintain boil and water level. There must be enough water in the boiler for the pudding to be immersed at all times.
5. Remove from the water and hang in a well-ventilated, dry place where it will not touch anything. Hook up the calico ends. Leave the pudding hanging overnight to dry.
6. Untie the cloth and, if there are damp patches at the top, spread it out to make sure it dries. When it is dry, re-wrap and tie with a new piece of string. The pudding will store, hanging, in a cool, dry place for up to 4 months. To serve, boil for 2 hours, hang for 15 minutes, then remove from the cloth and cut into wedges.
Ice Cream Christmas Pudding
50g toasted almonds, chopped
45g mixed peel
80g raisins, chopped
80g sultanas
50g currants
80ml rum
1 litre good-quality vanilla ice cream
105g red and green glace cherries, quartered
1 tsp mixed spice
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1 litre good-quality chocolate ice cream
1. Mix the almonds, peel, raisins, sultanas, currants and rum in a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and leave overnight. Chill a 2 litre basin in the freezer overnight.
2. Soften the vanilla ice cream slightly and mix in the glace cherries. Working quickly, press the ice cream around the inside of the chilled basin, spreading it evenly to cover the base and sides of the basin. Return the basin to the freezer and leave overnight. Check the ice cream a couple of times and spread it evenly to the top if it sags down.
3. The next day, mix the spices and chocolate ice cream with the fruit mixture. Spoon it into the centre of the pudding basin and smooth the top. Freeze overnight, or until very firm. Turn the pudding out onto a chilled plate and decorate as you will. Cut into wedges and serve.
White Chocolate Lemon Truffles
60ml cream
250g white chocolate melts, chopped
1 Tbsp finely grated lemon rind
2 tsp lemon juice
45g desiccated coconut
45g toasted shredded coconut
1. Heat the cream and chocolate melts in a saucepan over a low heat until the chocolate has just melted. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the lemon rind, lemon juice and desiccated coconut. Leave to cool, then refrigerate for 1.5 – 2 hours until firm.
2. Place teaspoons of the mixture on a foil-lined tray and refrigerate for 2 hours, or until very firm. Roll into balls, then coat with toasted shredded coconut. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.


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I'm not sure that this is the proper title for this blog but this is all that is coming to mind. It has been a difficult week with fighting to get a medication that Nicole needs which I will write about in another blog as soon as I have it all straightened out.
This blog today is about my frustration over people and how they will say and assume things about Nicole and her illness but they do not live her life nor are they qualified to even make assumptions or give there opinion without knowing what Nicole goes through.
I am tired of people saying that Nicole's illness/health issues are over emphasized and that it is no harder for her to travel, go on a day trip to Disney etc. than it is for anybody else. This makes my blood boil. I would say to anybody with this attitude to come spend 24/7 for a week or two at our house and observe what Nicole goes through before you make assumptions that are not correct.
I have been very focal on facebook about the journey that Nicole and our family goes through with Nicole's illness. I will say that even though you can look at Nicole without her oxygen on and she looks perfectly healthy SHE IS NOT..... she has a rare, life-threatening, progressive, incurable disease.
I agree that Nicole should be treated as normal as the next person and she shouldn't be looked at any different because of her health issues/disability than anybody else and as much as I hope and pray that she was normal and healthy she is not and at this point in time it is safe to say she never will be. Every day Nicole fights to have a decent quality of life. Nicole can't just be spontaneous and go out somewhere with no thought or planning this just can't happen.
Travel is a real big issue for Nicole. On Friday of this week we will travel to Gainesville which is a 2 1/2 hour drive each way from our home so Nicole can have a consult at the cardiac clinic at the transplant center at the University of Florida. I have already starting planning for this trip. I have a master checklist of all the things that need to be done or make sure I have for this trip.
The biggest obstacle that Nicole faces with any type of travel is oxygen. Her portable concentrator will only last about 3 1/2 hours because the battery needs to be recharged. We have a pack that plugs into the wall and this charges her battery. There is also a charger for the car but the problem with this is it doesn't fit in every lighter outlet in every car so I have to make sure it does in ours. We will have to find a spot in the waiting room close to an outlet once we get to Gainesville and then also use an outlet in the exam room. The ultimate would be that they would put her on a tank so she can get continuous as opposed to the pulse (by the breath) of her concentrator. She is very fortunate that she has two concentrators so we could and probably will take both with us.
We also have to take in account her pump changes which are daily. We have about 27 hours between pump changes before the medicine runs out. This means that everyday about the same time I have this event scheduled in my calendar in red because this is like one of the most important things that Nicole needs to do on a daily basis. We will be gone from 6:00 a.m. and probably not returning home before at least 4:00 p.m. Now I have to decide how we are going to make sure that Nicole doesn't run out of medication because changing a pump in the car or restroom isn't an ideal situation and should be avoided. Does the schedule need to be changed leading up to this day etc? More than likely yes.... just to be safe rather than sorry. All the supplies for a pump change and/or a site change needs to be taken with us along with the medication and the pump.
We will also have to take all her other daily medication so basically it will be her pill box for the day. She will need to take a pillow and blanket so she may rest during the drive. We also have to load in the wheelchair because the walking is too much for her so Rick and I will take turns pushing her. She will have her concentrator in the chair with her. We will also have a big jug of water in the car so she stays hydrated. She will also have things to do with her whatever this may be. I also like to make sure that she takes a change of clothes (just in case of vomiting or diarrhea). Also needs some snacks to take along just in case. Nicole will get nauseated if she is hungry.
It is much more difficult if the trip is longer than a day trip and involves flying. There are so many rules and restrictions when it comes to oxygen and those who travel with it must know exactly what the airline requires. When we went to Hawaii in 2011 the airlines were still supplying O2 on the flights. I believe now they do not anymore. You need to know how long the flight is because most of the time the concentrator isn't go to last long enough for a flight. It is something that really needs to be planned for down to the smallest detail. In 2011 you also needed a script for the O2 from the doctor. Nicole can not walk through the x-ray machines with her pump nor could her inhaler (Tyvaso) go through the x-ray machine when we went to Hawaii. Nicole also needs letters from the pharmacy stating all of this as well.
I would challenge anybody who feels that Nicole or any other person who has a chronic "invisible" illness to get the facts before they judge somebody and say that they are faking it or over stating it. I would challenge everybody to take the straw test. Take a regular drinking straw and put it in your mouth and plug your nose. Then set a timer for 1 minute and breath through that straw. This is what it is like for Nicole and other PH patients to breath on a daily,regular basis. Then take a coffee stirrer and set the timer for one minute and breath through that and this is what it feels like for Nicole to breath after walking down the hall, up a flight of stairs etc. Another option would be to climb a mountain and see how the air thins and affects the breathing the higher up you go.
Then next time somebody wants to judge Nicole I say come stay with us for a week or two and spend 24/7 with her and then if you still feel her illness is over emphasized than that is fine. Just because somebody looks fine to the eye you never know what that person's life is like.


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It hit me when I went to bed last night that I forgot to mention something in my last post. While I set a personal best 12.4 miles in four days, Kristin actually put in 11 miles in three days earlier this week. I figured I had better throw that out there before she overlooked my omission. :) It won't be long before we leave Virginia!
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Through the franchise's ups and downs, The Divergent Series has stumbled its way into attracting a cast of talented actors of all ages. And that's how somehow the series that previously lured Kate Winslet, Octavia Spencer, and Naomi Watts into its happily awaiting arms has landed yet another star on the same level of their acting prowess. New reports have revealed that Jeff Daniels has become the latest addition to the series, and will star in both The Divergent Series: Allegiant Parts I and II.
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The Hollywood Reporter scooped the story, stating that Daniels' role in the final two films in The Divergent Series is that of, "David, the leader of the Bureau Of Genetic Welfare." Even by that title alone, you can tell that this isn't going to be the role of someone who wants to help Tris and her colleagues, and the trade report confirms as much. Daniels' character will play a part in fulfilling the cliffhanger at the end of The Divergent Series: Insurgent involving a video message from Tris' ancestor, Edith Prior, who claimed that Divergents were created for a purpose. Looks like that purpose isn't going to be as hopeful as she'd have thought.
The addition of Jeff Daniels to the cast of the wildly popular YA dystopia is definitely a step in the right direction, as it only stands to make the finished product more interesting to watch. Granted, The Divergent Series isn't to everyone's liking, but you have to admit that the cast helps elevate what could be another generically boring adaptation of the source material. The best example of such a performance is Miles Teller as Peter, who has made his turn as a wise-ass a memorable affair in movies that stripped his character of his originally brutal nature. Adding Daniels into the villain column not only makes things more interesting in the series' finale, it also helps compensate for the fact that we lost Kate Winslet's Jeanine to an execution at the end of The Divergent Series: Insurgent.
If The Divergent Series has given film fans anything to look forward to, it's the impressive cast of stars playing side characters of both good and evil intent. Though let's face it, the evil side has the deck stacked in its favor at this point. Giving Jeff Daniels' his first villain role since 2012's Looper is an exciting prospect, especially since if he brings even a fraction of that performance's excitement to The Divergent Series: Allegiant Parts I and II, it'll be worth watching in spades.
The Divergent Series: Allegiant Part I opens on March 18, 2016; with Part II closing the series out on March 24, 2017.


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Click on the image and you can read the article. We know that there is actually negative growth now in the women's population and the men's prison population is only growing at the rate 43 people per month. Check out the population stats for February on the left hand column. That certainly doesn't warrant another private prison in our state. There are projects happening statewide to add beds to existing state prisons, not to mention the behemoth they are building in Canon (CSP II). The DOC and Governor Ritter have both started focusing on reducing recidivism, but those efforts have only recently started. A revolution isn't necessary, we need to help an average of two people a day statewide in order to have negative population growth in the men's system as well. There certainly hasn't been time to evaluate or modify new programs to meet the needs of those being released. It took a long time to break the system and we are not going to be able to fix it overnight. The last thing we need are private prisons that will have to import prisoners from other states when we get this Titanic turned around.


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On the assertion that the size we become as Buddhas depends on the amount of our donations to the sangha. (A Record in Lament of Divergences, 18; CWS, p. 677)
This is the last of the controversial issues that Yuien seeks to address in the second section of A Record in Lament of Divergences. Apart from the fact that it is another contention that is completely baseless, and has no support in the texts of the Pure Land stream, it is even more dastardly because it exploits the highest possible virtue of the Bodhisattva vehicle in order to support an oppressive argument.
Giving (dana) lies at the heart of all Buddhist practice because it is the outward aspect of the fundamental principle of not-self (antaman). In all of the sutras that discuss the Perfection of Wisdom (prajna-paramita), giving is especially a crucial part of the Bodhisattva vehicle, which includes the Pure Land school.
Giving is the first of the six perfections (paramita). It is basic, fundamental, and the only practice that is absolute and essential. In keeping with this, giving is also central to the Primal Vow because Amida Buddha gives his virtue to beings in the Name, Namo Amida Butsu.
It is said that even those who have few possessions can give by way of 'The Seven Kinds of Giving'. These are found in the text known as The Storehouse of Sundry Valuables, which is a wonderful scripture of the Sarvastivada, a Hinayana school of northern Buddhism. If we are people who take refuge in the Three Treasures of the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, we could do well to keep them in mind as we go about our daily lives.
In The Storehouse of Sundry Valuables we discover that 'The Seven Kinds of Giving' are: (1) giving of the eyes – looking at people in a friendly way; (2) giving of facial expression – not looking at others in an unpleasant or angry way, with furrowed brow and scowling appearance; (3) giving of speech – speaking in a way that is soft and gentle; not harsh; (4) giving of action – standing to greet people and approaching them respectfully; (5) giving of the mind – having pleasant thoughts towards others; (6) giving of one's seat or resting place to others; and (7) giving of one's dwelling – a place to stay in one's home. One meets such people in both fiction (Here for example.) and real life.
But you can also see, on reading these fundamental aspirations regarding the practice of giving, why those who live in the light of Amida Buddha can understand the persistent nature of blind passions! We naturally fall far short of such essential Buddhist ideals!
The mistaken idea about the 'size we become as Buddhas' at the head of this section of A Record in Lament of Divergences is so wrong that Yuien says it is utterly 'absurd and nonsensical'. Then he goes on to explain that, while the Buddha takes a form we can recognise in a conventional way, the true Buddha is formless.
After further elucidating the reasons why the proposition at the head of this chapter is so silly, Yuien reminds us of the only gift we can truly and honestly give. It is the gift of our heart!
Further, it may be possible to say that making offerings is the practice of the paramita of charity. But however precious a treasure one may offer before the Buddha or give to a teacher, it is meaningless if one lacks shinjin. And even though one may not make a donation of even a single sheet of paper or half a penny to the sangha, if one yields one's heart to Other Power and one's shinjin is deep, one is in accord with the essential intent of the Vow. (CWS, p. 677)


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"Many people see gene and environment as separate entities and believe that height, weight, or personality type can be sliced, rather like a cake, in a section controlled by inherited factors or nature, while others are due to differences in the environment, or nurture.Along the way we learn about what happens when you keep Siamese cats in the cold, trends in obesity in the US and Europe and their economic determinant, and more.
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