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Websense Offers Top Five Security Predictions for 2011
Web security vendor predicts more, bigger, badder threats in 2011, sees social media, mobile applications as likely targets for cybercriminals.
December 25, 2010
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Websense Inc., a provider of Web, data and email security, is predicting 2011 to be a whopper for security threats as the vendor foresees more state sponsored attacks, an increase in blended threats, an uptick in corporate data breaches over social networks, a greater number of zero-day attacks, and an upsurge in attempts to steal confidential information from users of mobile applications.
2011 will bring a series of dangerous threats that strip corporate data and immobilize infrastructure, said Patrik Runald, Websense senior manager, Security Research.
Last month, Websense predicted that a new wave of targeted cyber attacks aimed at stealing confidential information housed at social networks and other sites that rely on user-generated content will overrun legacy protection systems such as firewalls, antivirus and URL blockers. The vendor said that its data tracking showed a noticeable increase this year in the number of targeted attacks.
Now, the vendor has offered its top five security predictions for 2011:
-- Expect one or two more state-sponsored malware attacks similar to Stuxnet in 2011 that to probe national infrastructure systems to see what will work in future attacks.
-- Blended threats will continue to evolve using a variety of delivery methods such as script-based or embedded in rich media. IT departments will be forced to expand the reach of their defenses.
-- More breaches of corporate data will occur with social media. Cyber criminals infiltrating social media outlets such as Facebook will expose more users to malware threats. Corporate employees will post confidential data to public pages
-- An increase in targeted attacks will uncover more zero-day vulnerability. Data loss protection and up-to-the-minute threat coverage will become more important than ever before.
-- Cyber criminals will target mobile devices to steal confidential data and exposure users to malicious content. New attacks will aim at the mobile Web browsers on the iPhone, iPad and Android devices.
Websense said that it based its predictions on its Security labs research.
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|Man wins WSOP event having mistakenly entered
A man from Minnesota has managed to win a World Series of Poker title, having mistakenly entered the competition.
Christan Pham, 40, beat 219 other contestants to win $81,314 as well as a prestigious WSOP gold bracelet. The poker professional said that he thought he was entering to play no-limit Texas Hold 'em but instead ended up in a different event: no-limit deuce-to-seven draw lowball.
Mr Pham told Poker News that it only occurred to him once the cards were dealt that he had made an error. "When I got to the table, and when I got dealt five cards. I realised that something was wring."
"I said 'Oh my god!' because in Minnesota we don't have this game. This was the first time I played this game, but I tried to learn the games at the table from the people at the table."
After his initial shock, Mr Pham managed to progress in the tournament. He picked up tips from other players at the table and surprisingly came through victorious.
"I didn't understand much of the game, but enough, and in the future for sure I will register for this game. I love it!" Pham added.
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Uranium mining could present WA communities with a variety of health problems, from leukemia to congenital defects, according to a health expert at a recent forum.
Speaking at the Public Health Association of Australia's "Uranium Mining: What are the health risks for WA?" seminar, Nobel Peace Prize nominee Dr Helen Caldicott said the public health effects on Western Australians could be disastrous if plans to begin uranium mining in the State go ahead.
Dr Caldicott said miners and nearby residents could be at risk should they be exposed to harmful materials.
"Often when people mine uranium, radon in the form of gas is inhaled into the terminal bronchi, which quickly converts by radioactive decay to lead (Pb212, Pb210) which induces lung cancer.
"All radiation is cumulative, every small amount of radiation you get adds to your susceptibility to cancer."
Dr Caldicott also said the transportation of uranium could prove a serious health risk to regional communities.
"After processing the uranium is packed into drums and transported on road trains. There will be accidents. If one of those trucks jacknifes and turns, the drums would certainly break apart and the uranium could be released and the powder would be spread around Kalgoorlie.
"The region could then be contaminated for ever more."
Dr Caldicott said uranium exists naturally in two forms, uranium-235 and uranium-238; present in 0.7 per cent in raw ore. It must be enriched to 3 per cent for use in reactors, greater than 50 per cent to produce bombs. She said a huge amount of ore would need to be mined to produce small amounts of uranium.
Uranium mining has been on the agenda in WA recently with several projects being considered by developers since the newly-elected state government lifted the ban on uranium mining in WA.
Various groups and businesses, such as Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) and Rio Tinto, have endorsed uranium mining as a clean, low cost alternative to carbon heavy fossils fuels, however Dr Caldicott said uranium mining would drastically increase WA's carbon emissions.
"With uranium mining you have to dig up hundreds of thousand of tones of ore and rock to discover the uranium. It is then crushed which produces more CO2.
"This is a very energy consuming process, to enrich the uranium."
Dr Caldicott is internationally recognised for her work on nuclear issues, as well as being the co-founder of Physicians For Social Responsibility and President of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute in Washington DC.
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Extracting BitLocker keys with Volatility (PoC)
**Update 2016-03-13:**There is more detail, including a link to a plugin for Volatility in the more recent article Recovering BitLocker Keys on Windows 8.1 and 10 . This article is mainly to document a proof-of-concept Volatility plugin to extract the Full Volume Encryption Key (FVEK) from a memory dump of a Bitlocker-enabled Windows machine.… Read more
Automated Malware Analysis: mail server -> Cuckoo, V2.0
Quite some time ago I slapped together a couple of scripts to submit quarantined attachments from my mail server to Cuckoo (Article here). I have finally found time to re-write this to use a Postfix content filter: extracting any attachments from an email processed by Postfix, then submitting to Cuckoo (on a different box) via… Read more
Maybe I should stick to software...
A story about bricking some hardware, then encasing said brick in a large concrete slab. People generally only publish their successes and with fairly good reason – For the publicity, reputation and possibly to impress prospective employers. Conversely, for the opposite reasons no-one wants to broadcast to the world "Actually… I failed miserably at something." I… Read more
CryptoWall spreading via HT Flash 0-day
Well that didn't take long. UPDATE 1: Chromes Sandboxing may be a useful defence. UPDATE 2: Adobe have released a patch: https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html ACTION REQUIRED: Update your Flash player now! Disable Flash unless required, uninstall Flash completely or set Flash as click-to-play in all browsers. A decent guide… Read more
CryptoWall 3.0 + Fareit / Pony Combo
In this article I'm taking a look at the recent malware double-whammy of CryptoWall 3.0 and Fareit (or Pony, depending on classification). This is a rather potent combination which will encrypt all your data on your PC, as well as steal information such as passwords and BitCoin wallets. Note: At this point I… Read more


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The year 2008 has been a roller-coaster for many of us but it was a very positive year for the Green movement. While gas prices went up and down as never before, 2008 marked several important milestones: the take-off of the renewable energy sector and the use of hybrid cars, the realization that the US needs to play a stronger role to combat global warming, the resurgence of green initiatives in corporations and the push for higher efficiencies across the board. Even George Bush now speaks candidly about Global Warming in a rare televised footage…
While the future of the economy is still in question, the year ended with some more good (and serious) notes. The Senate smartly renewed tax credits for the clean-energy sector part of the Bailout Plan, and the President Elect appointed an environmental "dream team" to implement his coming policies. The "green dream team" includes Carol Browner as White House energy czar, Steven Chu a Nobel Laureate for physics as head of the Energy Department, and Lisa Jackson as director of the Environmental Protection Agency. Barrack Obama also previously picked Colorado Senator Ken Salazar, who has opposed drilling in Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge, as his Interior Secretary.
As the year in a few hours I thought to end my last post of 2008 with my top-5 green wishes for 2009. Here we go:
1. The transition to hybrid cars continues despite lower gas prices
2. Solar energy reaches cost-parity and the new solar-cell market bubble doesn't go bust!
3. The new Administration does make green initiatives a priority part of long-term economical reforms
4. US joins Europe in renewing Kyoto agreements and preparing the next Cap & Trade system for 2012
5. After buying a hybrid car in 2008, I get an electrical car for free (note: I had to list that one!)
With that, I want to thank my regular readers for their continuous support and for simply reading my new blog. Suggestions are welcome and I promise to post more regularly; this is part of my new-year's resolutions.


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The debut of Big Brother 9 was watched by by 7.3 million viewers, making it third in its timeslot.
Of course, it was up against American Idol 7, which was watched by 29.9 million viewers, and The Biggest Loser 5, which barely beat the CBS reality show with 7.5 million viewers. Overall, Big Brother "was about the same in the ratings as its summer premiere," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show has apparently found its audience, as ratings continued to slide but have now stayed at last summer's levels.
Last night was, of course, highly competitive. It was the first night I can ever remember when I wanted to watch six separate shows at the exact same time: American Idol, The Biggest Loser, and Big Brother all aired during the 9 p.m. hour, and so did BBC America's Last Restaurant Standing, HBO's In Treatment, and ABC's Carpoolers.
Tonight there's another face-off, but at 8 p.m. ET: Idol, Big Brother, and Top Model all air at the same time, as does Deal or No Deal. Someone's going to have to start making DVRs with a half-dozen tuners, not two, or someone's going to have to stop scheduling similar shows against each other.


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The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts is housed in a concrete, minimalist building that looks inward onto a long, rectangular courtyard filled with a shallow pool of water. It is a monastic structure, designed by architect Tadao Ando, with gallery space in one of its long arms, and a library and offices in the other. Views out of the public spaces—which are serene and cool and very difficult to represent in photographs—are tightly controlled, but you don't feel walled in. One vista is down the length of the courtyard, where a glimpse of trees makes you think perhaps the building is set down in a forest. But it's not. The Foundation is located in a once grand but now rather gritty section of St. Louis, which makes Ando's accomplishment even more remarkable than the Stone Hill Center at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA, where the magic has a lot to do with beautifully framed views of the Berkshires.
The Foundation is currently displaying an exhibition of old master painting called "Ideal [Dis-] Placements," which I visited over the weekend. It was a series of small revelations, about how light works in a building, and how we mentally map blank spaces with old formula. Except for a brief period late in the day, only natural light is used in the exhibition. The transformative power of seeing painting entirely in natural light was most apparent in a small "chapel" space, filled with gold ground paintings from the 14th to early 16th centuries. The only illumination comes from a doorway near a line of low windows that look onto the water-filled courtyard. In very low light, the gold glistens, reflecting light rather than absorbing it into a dull yellowish surface. And the tooling on the gold is set into higher relief. Turn on the lights, and the paintings become flashy and flat, at the same time.
The exhibition also plays with the open layout of the Ando space. An entryway, more shadowed than other places in the building, is filled with paintings that emphasize intimacy and private suffering—a St. Sebastian by Caracciolo and a Mary Magdalen by Vaccaro—which makes you feel like you are moving around in some subterranean part of the soul. But as you move toward the light, a long view down a side axis of the building frames Giaquinto's Presentation in the Temple. From private forms of contemplation and suffering, to the collective act of worship—and suddenly a concrete transitional space becomes the transept of a church. The impression is strengthened when you approach the Giaquinto, and the long open gallery running at a right angle to the transept is revealed as a kind of nave. Except that the paintings displayed there have been hung very close to each other, rather like a rich collector might have hung them, once upon a time, to save wall space. And suddenly the church dissolves into a stroll through an old palace. Ando's minimalism is a blank slate, transformed not by the art itself, but by the relation between the paintings.
I was lucky enough to spend some quiet time Friday with the show. Given that I was expected to dilate on the subject of "Solitude in the Museum" at a Pulitzer Foundation seminar on Sunday, I tried to take mental note how seeing paintings (almost) alone changes the experience. You can, for instance, see a very dim shadow of your reflection in the surface of some paintings, which might not be apparent in a larger crowd. You can also move around freely in front of a painting without hindering your neighbors. There's no need to rush, no sense that someone is looking over your shoulder and would be happy for you to shove off to the next room. That sense of relaxed time is rather like the slow revelation of the paintings in the darkened chapel. But it is the small, uncensored thoughts that strike you, ideas that might be lost in the hubbub of a more distracting environment, that one most cherishes in a solitary art ramble.
The seminar required each participant to bring a subject to the table and discourse on its significance for a few minutes before submitting a question to the group. Here's what I had in my notebook (though it came out a bit differently in the event):
Is there a place for solitude in the art museum? Solitude is troubling, perhaps, because you can't know what a single person, standing silently in front of an artwork, is thinking. You can't be sure that they understand it, that the work is reaching them. Solitude requires faith in both the art and the visitor. Given how much museum professionals prize crowds and attendance, how the success of a space architecturally is judged by how busy it feels, how crowds are an easy metric for determining whether or not you are fulfilling your mission, is there anyway to ensure the possibility of at least a little solitude in the museum?
Even as I was trying to articulate why I care about solitude, the whole thing began to sound elitist to me. But I was struck by how many people in the room—top curators, art museum professionals, architects, an artist and one very fortunate journalist—offered up their secret places in museums to escape the crowd. And how many people described intense, private epiphanies about art that are fundamental to why they work in the museum. Even as we were discussing how to lay out spaces to ensure the most meaningful experience for the crowds we hope to entice into the museum, we were also cherishing ideas about very solitary, quiet, private experiences.
I doubt you can do both: Build vibrant, dynamic museums that become social centers for large numbers of people, and offer the chance to stand quietly, alone and deep in thought in front of a painting. Survival requires the former, while the latter is a privilege it seems we can't afford any more. But here's why I think it's worth keeping the paradoxical desire to be alone in the museum somewhere ready to hand: Museum professionals are trying to promote one experience (broad public engagement with art), even as their own passion for art is built, phenomenologically, on something much more solipsistic, intense and meaningful. The schizophrenic nature of so many conversations about art, in a pluralistic society, really come down to that paradox.


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by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Aug 24, 2011 at 6:00 pm ET
Shark Fights has become one of MMA's top regional promotions for many reasons.
For example, during July's Shark Fights 17 event in Frisco, Texas, the organization demonstrated its knack for finding young, mostly undiscovered talent.
So in this week's edition of HDNet Fights Video, our fight-of-the-week feature, we take a look at one such fight as Alan Jouban meets Andrew Goldthwaite in an entertaining welterweight bout.
Each week HDNet and MMAjunkie.com release a new and exclusive fight from the ever-growing HDNet Fights video library. Stunning knockouts, slick submissions, shocking finishes and legendary brawls are the norm for this weekly feature.
Jouban vs. Goldthwaite is no exception.
In fact, the fighters packed tons of action into their three-minute rounds. For Jouban (1-1 at the time), it was a chance to move over the .500 mark and rebound from a Tachi Palace Fights loss to Chidi Njokuani in hostile territory. For Goldthwaite (1-0), it was an opportunity to remain undefeated while posting a nationally televised victory in his home state.
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"One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination." ~ Sam Levenson
Stress is a funny thing. It moves you out of your comfort zone, ready or not.
The first definition stresses my point — ahem, I mean emphasizes my point. The eighth meaning can seem challenging given it can stretch you to the point of pain.
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Stress (stres) n.
1. "importance of significance attached to a thing."
8. "physical, mental or emotional strain or tension."
(Merriam Webster's)
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Prior to Kiddo I took summers off for over a decade, unplugging, unwinding, and refining.
For the first few years, I resisted. I was stuck in victim mode with a whole lot of drama going on.
The last few years were much more liberating. I birthed my three best-sellers, learned to fall madly in love with silence, and got so in tune with nature I had birds tapping on my window whenever they ran out of seed.
But all that became secondary when Kiddo arrived. I spent so many hours taking care of "them" in fact that last summer was a bit like a triage with one continuous crisis after another.
Looking back, I can see a lot of progress has been made: I have more time to write, no longer feel exhausted the way I once did, and am way more experienced as a parent. You might say we have both graduated pre-school (LOL). I can even tell the difference now between a genuine cry of lamentation and an exaggerated cry used for attention and manipulation.
Yay for me! 🙂
Despite all this though, up until recent, I was so wound tight I was missing out on the wonders of relaxation. And Kiddo must have sensed it . . .
Picture this.
It is dinner time and I have just told Kiddo I need a few minutes of silence as we finish our meal.
Kiddo's face is stained with spaghetti sauce, and "them" has a piece of paper toweling folded into the collar of a t-shirt with a forkful of noodles hanging out of the mouth.
I, on the other hand, am disengaged with a look of constipation on my face because I am so consumed in thought. I am so serious in fact I barely even notice the radio transitioning to another song until Kiddo starts doing some kind of a chair-twist dance then loudly sings.
"Shhh," I say seriously, lifting my finger to my lips and feeling perturbed that my minute of silence was disturbed.
As the music picks up the beat, Kiddo starts to lips sync – staying quiet as I asked- and then exaggerates the playing of an air guitar.
I cannot help but stifle a grin.
Kiddo notices and uses this as an opportunity to start mouthing the song lyrics even larger which was very comical given the tucked-in napkin and spaghetti face.
My grin turns to laughter and I join in, moving my fingers across a pretend keyboard on my plate.
"Them" then turns over the microphone-fork so we both can share in the singing.
My summer is fun in a whole new way.
(Note: For confidentiality reasons, "Kiddo" and "them" refers to the child in our foster care at the time of this post.)


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Madoff Speaks . . . and Speaks and Speaks and Speaks
We've been following the Bernie Madoff saga for so long now, it seems that there's hardly anything we don't know about him.
That is, we realized this morning, we've never before heard his voice.
Until now.
New York magazine recently landed a series of phone interviews with Madoff, currently serving a 150-year prison sentence for bilking investors out of tens of billions. Click here for the story, which links to taped excerpts of the conversations — between Madoff and reporter Steve Fishman.
Just a few highlights for you, LBers:
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BOOK CLUB: Josephine Lampton, 816-554-9729
Book Club is held the second Tuesday of every month at 7:00 PM. The group has been meeting about 6 years with a membership of about twenty people. This club is open to anyone that is interested. Please watch the bulletin for current location and information or contact Barb Brady or Josephine Lampton for questions.
Cub Scout Pack 54 is a strong organization with approximately 75 registered scouts. We meet weekly during the school year for den meetings and once a month Pack meetings on Thursday evenings. The Pack is strengthened by a high level of adult involvement, supported by a strong national organization that includes a well-organized program of activities throughout the year. A large percentage of Webelos II rank advance and crossover into Troop 54. To learn more about Pack 54 visit our website at: www.cspack54.com.
Boy Scout Troop 54 meets on Monday evenings. Monthly camp-outs and special activities are planned throughout the year. For Boy Scouts email email@example.com.
BRIDGE MARATHON: Kathy Rolfe at 237-0519 or www.kathyrolfe.com
We play bridge as a community builder and fundraiser September through May, usually on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month. It is run as two continuing sessions: September through early December and then starting up anew January through early May. We play from 7:00 PM to about 10:00 PM. You play with your own partner the entire evening but play 7 hands each against three different sets of opponents. We play social or party bridge, keeping a running total throughout each session. We return your cost of play to you if you are the highest scorer for any given night. We also pay prize money to the top three pairs at the end of the fall and spring sessions. The cost to play is currently $4 per night per person. If you play, you sign on for the entire session, pay, and either play or provide a substitute to play in your absence.
Since our inception in the fall of 2003, we have raised over $8500 for the Church.
Several Brownie and Girl Scout troops are active and meeting in our parish facilities, generally on Monday evenings. These troops are affiliated with local schools. Please watch the bulletin or call the Parish Office for more information.
BUNKO: Barb Brady, 816-809-0973
Bunko is a 1950's dice game & consists of twelve players. This game is played three times a month at different player's homes. In November, everyone gathers in the A/B room at the church,
bring paper products, and donate $10.00 for needy families. If interested in being a sub/learning to play, please contact Nancy Daniels at 537-8483.
CARNIVAL: Michelle Stewart, 537-6990 x306
Join us this spring in celebrating the end of the CFP year with our annual fundraiser carnival. 100% of the proceeds are donated to support Heifer International (www.heifer.org). All are invited, even if you are not involved with CFP. New or gently used stuffed animals are accepted year round, other carnival prizes and trinkets are appreciated donations as well.
CHAIR YOGA: Clara Vaughn, 816-830-8855
Chair Yoga is offered to adult parishioners on Wednesday mornings at 9:15 AM in the narthex. Classes are taught by Clara Vaughn, yoga instructor. Watch the bulletin for class dates and fees.
Holy Spirit trains and supervises all child care workers, both adults and youth. (See the parish website for our child care policies.) Child care can be provided for nearly any parish meeting if requested. In addition, we provide child care for toddlers, preschoolers and children in need of our services at the weekly 10:30 AM mass (excluding holidays). The Child Care room is located in the classroom area below the gym. No registration is necessary for Sunday Mass but there may be a limit to the number of children that can be accommodated. If you'd like to join the child care staff, review the policies on-line and call Andrea to receive an application.
DINNER FOR EIGHT: Kay Fullington, 318-3816
Members of the parish gather once a month on the 2nd Saturday for an opportunity to enjoy a meal together. Participants take turns hosting for this popular parish activity.
GOLF TOURNAMENT: Mike Poindexter, 537-7520
The Holy Spirit Golf Tournament is held annually in August or September and for several years has been played on the Shamrock Hills Golf Course in southern Lee's Summit. Following the tournament, golfers and their families gather at the Church for a dinner and awarding of prizes. Everyone is welcome to join the fun!
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL 8334: Tony Jose, 816-537-0532
The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic men's fraternal organization whose members are dedicated to supporting their local parish and community while developing rewarding friendships with men of similar values and character. We are committed to many activities in the areas of family, church, youth, community and council. Our mission is to be the strong right arm of the Catholic Church and the parish priest by offering our services to support their various needs. We are ardent defenders of the right to life and strong supporters of vocations to the priesthood and religious life.
Council #8334 at Holy Spirit reactivated in the Spring of 2007. Our business meeting is the first Wednesday of every month. We sponsor many activities throughout the year including parish breakfasts, fish fry's, rosaries, family events, youth activities, assistance with parish projects, council fundraisers, Tootsie Roll Drive and Roses for Life to name a few. We invite all Catholic men 18 years of age or older to join us as we work together to strengthen our faith, our families, our church, our community and our country.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS LADIES AUXILIARY: Ann Cooke, 816-225-5872
The Ladies Auxiliary is comprised of any and all ladies in the parish. The mission of the Ladies Auxiliary is to: 1. Promote sociability among the members; 2. Support the needs of our church with pantry supplies, assistance in fund raising events, and hosting receptions for selected church functions; 3. Promote Charitable activities; and 4. Assist in promoting the welfare of the Missouri State Council of the Knights of Columbus and to support our parish Knights of Columbus Council #8334.
Some of the activities that the Ladies Auxiliary organizes include Donut Sunday, October Marketplace, Chili and Cheesecake Dinner, Confirmation Reception, Taco Dinner and Thrifty Threads. Meetings are scheduled for the 3rd Thursday of every month at 7pm where we discuss current business, plan activities, socialize, and enjoy guest speakers. We are open to new ideas and suggestions, so please bring your ideas and come join us. For more information, please contact the parish office.
MOTHERS OF PRESCHOOLERS (MOPS): Stacey Doyle, 913-481-4845
MOPS is a group for mothers (of children birth-kindergarten) and mothers-to-be who support and encourage each other by sharing their mothering experience. We meet the first Thursday (September-May) from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM at Holy Spirit in Meeting Rooms A&B. A play date is held on the third Thursday of the month.
We will have a New Parishioner Brunch following Sunday, 10:30 Mass on January 8, 2017. Hosted by the Stewardship Committee who agrees, "The entire family is welcome" and "It's amazing to discover what we have in common." Come for good food, to meet some of the Parish Staff and Parish Council and to meet some other new Parishioners. Most importantly come join us for a fun and welcoming event.
OCTOBER MARKETPLACE (Craft Sale): Ann Cooke, 816-225-5872
The Ladies Auxiliary and Marketplace Committee work together to put on the October Marketplace craft sale. We have around 50 exhibitors, door prizes, bakery items, lunch items and much more. This is also where we display the handmade quilt made by the quilting group. The drawing is done in the afternoon for the lucky winner. Planning for this starts in early May when we send out a mailing to potential vendors/crafters. Each year we make over 100 homemade pies to sell at the bakery. The money from this event helps to provide much needed pantry items for the entire church including paper goods such as plates, napkins, silverware, cups, etc. equipment for the kitchen. It takes many volunteers to put on such an awesome event but we all have a lot of fun doing it. This event is held on the 3rd Saturday in October each year.
PARISH POTLUCK LUNCH: Kay Talbott, 816-331-4233
Parishioners come together on the third Wednesday of the month for a potluck lunch. There are often special guests and speakers. Watch the bulletin for more details.
QUILTING GROUP: Colleen Hummel, 1-816-284-8847
These ladies make a quilt each year for the October Marketplace quilt drawing. They meet the first Wednesday of each month at the church to sew items to sell. New members are always welcome.
ROSARY MAKERS GROUP: Mickey Weber, 816-537-8260
We are looking for hands that need to keep busy, and have the heart of the blessed Mother, to give their time to learning and making the Rosary. We supply rosaries for the New Parishioner Welcome
Baskets and for local and foreign Mission needs. If you are willing and able to help in this worthwhile ministry or if you need Rosaries for a group, please contact Mickey Weber or Barb McClung for
more information. Currently meets on the first Monday of the month, in the Library at 9:00 AM.
Roman Catholic Church's Social Justice Teachings:
"Catholic social teaching is a central and essential element of our faith. This social teaching is built on a commitment to the poor. This commitment arises from our experiences of Christ in the Eucharist." (USCCB Catholic Social Teachings)
As the Catechism of the Catholic Church explains, "The Eucharist commits us to the poor. To receive in truth the Body and Blood of Christ given up for us, we must recognize Christ in the poorest, his brethren." (Catholic Catechism, no. 1397).
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TRIVIA NIGHT: Jo & Matt Finch, 816-853-4524
Trivia night is a fun-filled annual event played with tables of six to eight people. Tables are booked as groups or as individuals, so you do not need to be a group of six to join in the fun. This event encompasses the community so bring your friends and neighbors. Trivia is played with 10 questions from 10 categories. Each category is read aloud and answered as a table. Categories in the past have included things such as science, movies, and religion. Prizes are awarded for the winning table. A side competition of best table décor is also awarded a prize at the end of the night. Each year the theme and some of the categories of trivia night change. The theme is a secret. Trivia night is typically played in the early winter. Come join us for lots of fun and socializing.
WELCOMING COMMITTEE: Mary Lacy, 816-331-5167
The Welcoming Committee is a group of parishioners who make a personal visit to new parishioners at their homes, and present a welcoming bag. These bags are filled with information about the church, as well as some other goodies! The committee helps to make new people feel welcome, which is becoming more and more important as Holy Spirit Parish continues to grow larger. If you'd be interested in delivering welcoming bags, please contact the Parish Office.


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Gothenburg – Göteborg – is only three or four hours away from Oslo. The train connections are pretty bad, but there are several but companies offering a cheap and reliable service – lots of Swedes commute across the border to work.
With the rest of the family away, I bought a bus ticket and ordered a cheap hotel room. I know a few from the local beer crowd through ratebeer, so I would not be drinking alone.
My first stop was the well stocked shelves of the local Systembolaget, one of their three flagship stores with a particularly broad selection. Plenty of bland Octoberfest beers, sure, but also new offerings from the local Ocean brewery, from Sigtuna, Nils Oscar and others. No Dugges beers though, I found a shelf tag, but the beer was sold out. Some imported rarities, too, including a few of the limited barrel aged beers from Nørrebro Bryghus and Avery Seventeen.
So, back to the hotel with my haul, picking up my notebook, camera and map I ventured out to check the watering holes.
Bishops Arms is a well established chain of pubs, there must be dozens of them, three in Gothenburg alone. They have plans to expand to Norway and Denmark too, which could be a good idea.
Anyway, I have never visited their pub at Järntorget before, so I decided to give it a try. A British style pub, lots of macro beers, but also some micros and other guest beers on tap. Lots of bottles, too, Nøgne Ø, Southern Tier, Närke, Mikkeller and most of the Trappist range.
Oceanbryggeriet makes a special beer for them – Arbetarporter. The name – Working Man's Porter – is a pun on the fact that the Swedish Social Democrat headquarters is just across the square, I assume some of the staff are regulars. The beer was served a bit too cold, but given a few minutes this is impressive stuff. Some smoke, a little salt liquorice, charcoal finish. No need to ask for a Guinness in this place!


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Charlie Kirk, founder and executive director of Turning Point USA. CREDIT: Vimeo
Turning Point USA encourages conservative student activism, but its latest efforts look a lot like harassment.
Last week, a conservative group called Turning Point USA published a "Professor Watchlist" that targets academics accused of pushing a "radical agenda." But the project is part of the group's much larger effort to organize young conservatives on college campuses.
Since its start in 2012, the group has started local chapters at hundreds of universities and high schools across the United States. Founder Charlie Kirk has used the megaphone of social media — he has over 84,000 followers on Twitter — and his regular television appearances as the conservative Millennial to bring attention to his organization and the Professor Watchlist.
Although much of the The Turning Point USA website is benign, some of its resources claim affirmative action is unfair and suggest being confrontational with groups seeking safe spaces.
The Turning Point USA website provides a number of resources for conservative students. It includes T-shirts and activism kits. "Socialism sucks" and "Big government sucks" are the phrases you'll find most often on their merchandise, although at least one item in its "activism kit" includes a photo of Ron Swanson, the libertarian character from the sitcom Parks and Recreation, next to a quote about how taxes are a "bad word."
The website's publications claims that sexism and high rates of sexual assault aren't real. The "5 Reasons Big Goverment Is The Real War On Women," report includes this sentence in bold white text over the photo of a person holding their hand up, "Rape is not a generic term for any action that makes you feel uncomfortable." The report also makes the popular conservative argument that "government essentially trains women to believe they are victims."
Turning Point USA also takes a rather Trump-like view of cities in its report "Urban Failure," which claims that unions are ruining urban school districts.
Through Turning Point's chapter handbook, you get a better idea of the group's activism goals and why it encourages students to monitor professors who talk about forms of discrimination and cultural stereotypes. A couple of the suggestions for events would likely create hostile school climates for people of color, women, and LGBTQ people.
"The concept is to demonstrate that safe spaces are for children."
One such activity asks students to create a "safe space" to mock students who advocate for safe spaces on campus.
"The concept is to demonstrate that safe spaces are for children," the handbook reads. "Once you have supplies, determine the time and place for your event. Some student groups host safe space events in conjunction with events on campus that have real safe spaces."
The handbook advises that students set up a table with crayons, juice boxes, stuffed animals, and coloring books.
Safe spaces are places where marginalized groups can go to get away from the dominant campus culture for a moment, or where someone who has been traumatized can go to heal on their own time. Conservatives interpret this as an attempt to hide from ideas students don't like. Some student activists say it's the other way around, and that administrators and students with the most privilege are creating safe spaces for themselves by attempting to suppress or ignore the voices of marginalized students asking for campus reforms.
The message of the proposed Turning Point USA event, especially one that is hosted in an actual safe space, is that students who have experienced trauma or oppression in some form are childish and need to "get over" discrimination, bias, and trauma.
The handbook also suggests holding an "affirmative action bake sale," in which students create a sign showing white people must pay the most for baked goods, followed by Asian people, Latino people, black people, and Native Americans. The handbook explained that the purpose of the "bake sale" is to illustrate that "certain people get an unfair advantage just for the color of their skin."
Affirmative action considers race in a holistic admissions process. That means that many other factors are considered, such as personal characteristics like leadership ability, academic record, and community activities. By providing prices for different students, students are misrepresenting the admissions process and insulting the students of color who attend their university. One fact is also conveniently left out of this activity: Affirmative action has been disproportionately beneficial to white women.
And then there's the Professor Watchlist. The list is worrying to some academics, who see it as an attempt to intimidate and defame them. One of the more disturbing additions to the list is a woman who once wrote an article that was critical of Turning Point USA.
The site allows students to submit tips, but says it only adds professors to the list when "incidents" have been published in news outlets. Students can search by institution to find out if there are teachers at their schools who allegedly "discriminate against conservative students."
Academics continue to speak out after the list's release. Hans-Joerg Tiede, associate secretary for the department of academic freedom, tenure and governance at the American Association of University Professors, compared the list to a book from the 1930s, "The Red Network: A Who's Who and Handbook of Radicalism for Patriots." The ACLU and American Federation of Teachers were included in the book.
"There is a continuing cycle of these sorts of things. They serve the same purpose: to intimidate individuals from speaking plainly in their classrooms or in their publications," Tiede told The New York Times.


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Feb 12 2019
We are celebrating Dutchman Hospitality's 50th Anniversary by hosting "Turn Back Tuesdays!" Bring your family along for a delicious $5.50 meal ...and the kids can even stuff toy animals for only $2.50 from 4pm - 8pm! Join us every Tuesday until April 23, 2019 (dine-in only).
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Being a complete Lush'aholic, yes I do believe it should be a thing, I am always on the hunt to try something new and not exhaust my favourites. Last time I popped to the Kingston Lush store, I of course chatted away with a lovely lady there who ran me through Lush's haircare range. Being a complete newbie to their haircare apart from the amazing Daddy O purple shampoo, I was so surprised how many products Lush have made.The innovative shampoo bars caught my attention! I have always heard of these Shampoo bars. Literally as it sounds, they are a natural alternative to bottled shampoo with all the added goodness, all condensed into one little round bar filled with nourishing butters and oils. I have never picked one up as I never thought they would suit my hair type. After chatting away and mainly being swayed by my addictive love for the fragrance Ylang Ylang and Jasmine, Godiva (£6.95) was in my basket.
This yellow solid Shampoo Bar works just like shampoo. You wet your hair and your palm, rubbing the solid bar into your hand to lather then apply to your hair. I found my hands didn't really lather up the bar as much as placing directly on my wet hair and foaming it up. I am sure this will probably use the bar up quicker but so far I have washed my hair at least 10 times and the bar has hardly shrunk. I am pretty sure the lady in store told me it should last 100 washes!! I've got long hair though so we shall see.
For the actual application, it felt weird having to work the bar into your hair but the lather felt much softer and lighter than my usual shampoo's. It's smell is so divine, I could only hope my hair would smell of Jasmine and Ylang Ylang all day long! Once washed off, my hair felt very clean just like using normal bottled shampoo if not better. I think my hair is lighter and less weighted down after using the Godiva bar where as sometimes my hair can look a little lifeless.
As for the natural ingredients in this shampoo bar, the lather is created by a mix of Fair Trade Organic Cocoa Butter, Shea Butter, Virgin Coconut oil and enriching Macadamia Nut Oil. The bar itself stays together very well and is solid like a bar of soap. I know my first worry was that I would break it after one use but it does feel very sturdy.
I am really very impressed with this shampoo bar and in terms of travelling or just pure tidiness in your bathroom, to just have a little tin with a shampoo bar in it makes less mess and easy for packing. If i don't go back for another, I will certainly be trying a few more of these bars from Lush and ditching the hundreds of bottles I have laying around!
Have you tried Lush's Shampoo Bars?
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The Union
government has given the nod to a proposal to grant the
Rajaji National Park in Uttarakhand the status of a tiger
reserve.It will be the second tiger reserve in the State
after the Corbett National Park. Announcing this here over
the weekend, Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife) S.S.
Sharma said the elevated status would go a long way in
conservation of tigers in the region.
There are at
present 42 tiger reserves in the country. Citing a
communication received from the Centre in this regard, Mr.
Sharma said the tiger reserve at the Rajaji National Park
would cover an area of 1,150 sq.km, including Shyampur of
the Haridwar forest division, Kotdwar and
ranges. Tigers are present in the Chilla and Dhaulkhand
ranges of the park, which is spread over 820 sq.km in
Haridwar, Dehra Dun and Pauri Garhwal districts. It has the
largest elephant population in the State besides tigers,
deer and other animals. Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna made
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When you think of fitness what comes to your mind? Is it important, is it hard work, is it fun, and is fitness fun? Fitness is more than a word, it's more than just a that guy in the gym that makes your feel really bad about yourself, because he bench-presses 315 and you can hardly bench-press 135. It's more than just that girl jogging down the road, who is really attractive that makes you wonder if you were a… Read More »


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We hope you find our website interesting. We learned a lot about our school and our community. If you wish to contact us our email address is: email@example.com
We are very proud of our school and its history. Three Kings began as Mt Roskill School in 1878. Our school is the oldest school in Auckland on its original site. The school is situated within a volcanic crater. A feature of the school is that the walls and steps were built during the Depression using the volcanic rocks that are strewn around the area.
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AT&T unfortunately ranks in the bottom quartile of this leaderboard, falling 3 points from its inaugural ranking last year, and losing ground to other telecoms companies, including US newcomer Sprint.
While AT&T received an increase in points in Energy Impact, this is more than offset by its decline in advocacy leadership, including receiving 5 penalty points for its membership with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
AT&T scores slightly higher in the Energy Impact category for taking a larger initiative to understand its product and supply chain emissions. AT&T has the potential to score higher in this category with a more aggressive infrastructure siting policy that states a preference for renewable energy.
AT&T has the potential to establish itself as an important clean energy leader within the IT sector. It should begin by withdrawing its support from ALEC, an organisation that promotes many state bills designed to undermine critical policies to increase renewable energy and combat climate change. AT&T should then use its considerable influence among government decision-makers - the company ranked 10th in federal corporate lobbying expenditures in the US in 2012, spending over $17m US dollars - to push for policy changes that would unlock the kind of IT energy savings potential identified in the SMARTer2020 report that AT&T sponsored.
AT&T's performance in detail: Download the company's Scorecard here


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Fire Magic – Echelon Diamond "A" SERIES E790I 36 Inch Built In BBQ Grill
Fire Magic – Echelon Diamond "A" SERIES E790I 36 Inch Built In BBQ Grill (Analog Style Thermometer)
When only the best will do, our top of the line Fire Magic Diamond Echelon combines the ultimate in performance, beauty and innovation. With sleek lines, a unique contoured face and state-of-the-art features such as hot surface ignition, blue backlit knobs, a dedicated woodchip smoker drawer and an optional Magic View window, Diamond Echelon defines luxury in grilling.
Echelon Diamond "A" E790i FEATURES
- Wood chip smoker with dedicated 3,000 BTU's burner
- Cast stainless steel burners (E-burners)
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- Back lit safety knobs
- Heat zone separators
- Analog Thermometer with polished bezel for even heat measurement
- Halogen lamps for evening grilling
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Cast stainless steel burners, stainless steel housing and stainless steel cooking grids are warranted for as long as you own your grill.
- Sleek lines and contoured control panel with rounded edges and mirrored highlights
- Cast stainless steel "E" burners – guaranteed for life
- Infra-red Burners for quick searing and high temperature cooking.
- Largest cooking space compared to other same size grills
- Most BTU's per square inch. Heats fast and stays hot!
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Originally published in knit.wear Spring/Summer 2016, the Kline pattern is now available from my Ravelry store, as an individual download in my usual pattern format.
Bold strokes of alternating smooth and rough texture stretch fluidly across this asymmetric shawl. The strict monochromatic palette is broken with colorful accents that transition to dominance at the far edge; try pairing a speckled yarn with a bold contrast for a striking visual result.
Techniques & Skills Used: cable CO, knit/purl, increasing/decreasing.
Size: 80" length and 21" depth, customizable.
Yarn: Madelinetosh tosh merino light (100% merino wool; 420 yards/384m/100g); 1 skein each MC and CC, shown in Optic and Edison Bulb, respectively. The sample used approximately 420 yards MC and 340 yards CC, but any amount of yarn in any combination may be used; see Designer's Notes.
Other Materials: US 6 (4mm) 32" circular needle, or size to match gauge; Yarn needle.
Gauge: 20 st and 32 rows/4" in stockinette stitch, after blocking. Gauge is not critical for this project, however a different gauge may result in a smaller or larger finished shawl, and different yardage requirements.
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Principal Melissa Broffman of full-service residential design firm Melissa Broffman Interior Design feels that a project's success depends on how well it highlights the expertise of the designer and, more importantly, speaks to the personality of the client. Broffman captures a one-of-a-kind look that goes beyond the retail sameness of today's home furnishings market. Her clients' ideas, photos and family heirlooms often provide inspiration. "It's all about making a house a home," Broffman says. "If I can realize my clients' vision and delight them with the results, then that's a job well done."
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The HD-2200PRO-LE+ 2.2x High-Definition Telephoto Conversion Lens from Raynox is made of high index coated optical glass elements using the 2-group/4-element lens formula. This high-definition telephoto lens boasts 200 lines/mm resolution power at center (MTF30%). This telephoto lens is recommended to be used with HDV, AVCHD compact high-definition camcorders and is designed for use at maximum telephoto position of the camera's zoom lens. The Raynox conversion lens is made in Japan, wherein it is tested so that the lens elements compensate effectively for astigmatism, distortion, and spherical aberration to render good image quality. The lens shade, included with this telephoto lens cuts unwanted light beams, and helps prevent flare and ghost image effect considerably. Use the LCD monitor screen for getting a precise picture framing, not through the optical view finder.
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Tuesday Keynote and Opening Remarks
Neema Moraveji
Director of Stanford University's Calming Technology Lab
Co-founder of Spire
Didn't attend? Hope to see you next year at UXPA 2016!
We've uploaded most of the presentation slides to the UXPA International SlideShare.
We will be uploading our recordings of our three keynote speakers to YouTube once they've been close-captioned.
Tuesday Keynote and Opening Remarks
Neema Moraveji
Director of Stanford University's Calming Technology Lab
Wednesday Keynote
Russ Wilson
Partner Director and Head of Design for Business Intelligence, Microsoft
Thanks to the generosity of 2013 Hero Sponsors PayPal and Walmart Labs, seven UX students from around the world were selected to attend UXPA 2013, July 9-12, in Washington, D.C., USA. Here's what they had to say about their experiences. Will your company be a hero to a new round of scholars in 2015?
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MMR, measles, and the South Wales Evening PostBMJ 2013; 346 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f2598 (Published 22 April 2013) Cite this as: BMJ 2013;346:f2598
- Margaret McCartney, general practitioner, Glasgow
- margaret{at}margaretmccartney.com
The sorry tale of struck-off Andrew Wakefield, first author of the Lancet's infamous and subsequently retracted 1998 paper, barely needs repeating.1 The measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine is effective and safe,2 and the BMJ has discredited Wakefield's original study as "deliberate fraud,"3 but over the past 15 years various newspapers have reported subsequently debunked "concerns." Can we conclude that such misinformation had anything to do with the current outbreak of measles in Swansea?4 5
The question is particularly interesting given the distribution of the outbreak. From 1997 the South Wales Evening Post ran a campaign, "Parents' fight for facts," against the MMR vaccine. Over three months the paper published five front page headlines, three opinion articles, and 18 other articles on MMR, many of which questioned its safety. On 30 August 1997, for example, page 5 was headlined "Families tell of drastic changes in their children after vaccination. Tot's smiles faded after jab," above a story about a boy with a diagnosis of autism. The child's mother was quoted: "I believe Liam's immune system was not capable of handling the three live viruses at once . . . I am very angry and bitter."
Nevertheless, the newspaper never said that parents should not have their children vaccinated. Indeed, accompanying the article was a shorter piece saying that the local health authority "emphasised that it was essential that parents continue to have their children immunised."
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New Midtown Eatery Aims to Set the Standard for Local Dining
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When you look at 3921 Second Ave. in Detroit's Midtown, you wouldn't guess that Selden Standard, a seasonal small plates restaurant, is coming together inside.
The graffiti-covered walls and boarded up door makes it look like any other abandoned Detroit building. But inside, there is progress – plumbing, and, most recently, concrete floors – which make the scheduled fall opening appear closer to reality.
Andy Hollyday, former executive chef at Roast at the Westin Book Cadillac Detroit, and Evan Hansen, former marketing director at the University of Michigan, met in 2013 and now co-own Selden Standard.
The two met while independently looking for properties for restaurants. Hansen said they wanted to open the same type of restaurant. "Someplace that is very casual and friendly, but with a very high level of execution for the food and drinks," he said.
Selden Standard diners can sit at an open counter that will overlook a wood-fired oven and grill, which will be a showpiece in the dining room, Hollyday said, and the food will be handcrafted as much as possible.
The 5,700-square-foot building will seat 83 people in its main dining room, which includes the bar and counter seats overlooking the oven and grill. A back patio will seat 25, and a private dining area will seat 10-50 people. The restaurant will be open seven days a week for dinner, weekdays for lunch and weekends for brunch.
Hansen explained the name of the restaurant: "Selden" is tied to the location of the restaurant, at the corner of Selden and Second streets; "Standard" was a word chosen for its various connotations, he said.
Hollyday said Selden Standard will have a rotating menu that will change as frequently as the seasons dictate, while using as much local ingredients as possible. He said while it is a lot of work to cook seasonally and establish good relationships with farmers, it's well worth the effort.
Small plates will range in price from $5 for a snack portion to $25 for a main dish that can be shared.
Hollyday said they are working with local farms, including Brother Nature Produce in Corktown run by Greg Willerer and Melo Farms, which raises Berkshire pigs in Yale, Mich.
In April 2013, Hansen quit his job and four months later Hollyday left Roast to focus on Selden Standard. They said they were then able to visit several farms and build those relationships.
Hansen said they also had to take time to understand the various city processes. He said the building is unique in terms of some of its challenges: It sits next to a couple of alleys, the size of the building and the number of parking spaces required and despite it not being a historic building, it sits within a historic district.
Hansen said they have invested about $1 million in the restaurant, which is mostly private funding, as well as a portion from the Detroit Development Fund and Invest Detroit. Midtown Detroit Inc. is also giving grants for security and the building's façade.
When it comes down to it, however, Hansen said, "Being able to share something that we genuinely love with people, and doing it as work is something that is very exciting."
Hansen and Hollyday said hiring will start at the end of the summer for a staff of around 35-40 people.


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Finally finally, my friends, we bring to a close the segment on selecting a tea for YOU. Over the course of the past week, I have had two dear ladies approach me saying 'nah I'm not a tea person', and having no idea about this segment! I eagerly welcomed the opportunity to take this segment and transpose it along a real life setting, and found my efforts were quite successful.
This week, we will discuss ways to use your newfound favorite tea for other purposes.
Want a tasty, aromatic stock for your soups and dishes? Try using your tea to create a broth! If using tea bags, only use one bag per gallon of water, and if using loose leaf tea, try adding half a traditional serving for one cup per each gallon of stock water. Add in raw celery (or celery seed), pink Himalayan or Celtic sea salt, and a few garlic cloves. A tablespoon of coconut oil or olive oil will give a grand 'stocky' consistency, and will add that buttery-like heaviness.
This broth can be used to flavor stuffings, rice dishes, crouton bread, or even for a gravy base! Try marinating tofu or vegan meat alternatives in your tea broth. Even try adding more oil and using as a light salad spritzer.
I find tea- based broths to offer a more robust flavor, with a sweeter undertone.
This one sounds really weird, but it is actually a relaxing experience for your skin. Prepare one cup of tea. Do not sweeten (as with the above recipes as well). When cooled to just above room temp (or as cool as you can stand to the touch), dip strips of a cut up old T-shirt into the tea. Place strips across the face (do not burn yourself…let the tea cool enough to the point where you can stand it on your skin)! Relax, let stand for five minutes, or until the strips feel cold against your face. It helps for calming purposes to turn off overhead lights and burn candles or have mood-setting lamps on in the background, with nature or chant music playing.
Fruit Salad Marinade
Brew two cups of your favorite tea and use one of them for this delicious fruit salad marinade!
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- fresh mint OR pineapple sage
- 3 tablespoons wine
- In a bowl, combine one cup of tea, honey, a few fresh mint or pineapple sage leaves (be sure to only choose one as they provide distinctly two different tastes), and a couple of tablespoons of wine.
- Stir rigorously until an even soupy glaze.
- Pour over cut fruit, stir in well.
- Let marinate in the fridge for at least 1 hour prior to serving.
Enjoy your tea journey!
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The freezer can be a sad, sad place. Especially for those of us who do not rely on cheap vodka and Lean Cuisines as our lifelines.
Too many times, I have looked into my friends' freezers and seen that lone bottle of alcohol, that boxed frozen dinner, and maybe a freezer-burned quart of ice cream.
You, and your freezer, have so much more potential.
When used properly, your freezer can become your pantry, your storage, your best friend. You will reduce waste, you will save money, and you will eat better than you ever thought you could on a harried weeknight.
Have I converted you yet?
Before you get goosebumps, you will need a few indispensable items: thick Ziploc bags, a Sharpie, and some masking tape. Labeling your items is key; the freezer delays decay but doesn't stop it: you should plan on using items within a few weeks. Hopefully, that won't be an issue.
**Tips and Tricks**
Stock Up. There are countless ways to use stock: in soups, in sauces, in stews, with grains. Make a big batch one afternoon, and freeze the extra in Ziploc bags, stacked flat, or in ice cube trays. To save space, you can make your stock extra concentrated, and then dilute later with water.
Sauces. Next time you make any kind of sauce – tomato sauce, curry, pesto, anything – freeze the extra in ice cube trays. You now have dozens of easy weeknight dinners ahead of you: prep a protein, defrost the sauce, and you've got yourself a gourmet dinner in minutes.
Prepped Vegetables. Something feels weird about sticking raw vegetables in the freezer. Get over it. Throw that extra diced onion in a Ziploc, press all the air out of it, and stick it in the freezer for later use. You can do the same thing with leeks, ginger, peppers, and even tomatoes. Prepping dinner just got a less wasteful – and a whole lot easier.
Cooked beans and grains. Basically any cooked bean or grain can be frozen in sealed Ziploc bags, stacked, and defrosted later. Because beans and grains can take ages to cook, you will be very grateful for your frozen supply on a harried evening.
Breakfast. I know, I know: breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Your options for it just got a whole lot better. Freeze slices of quick breads, individually wrapped and stacked, for a quick defrost later in the oven or toaster. You can store pancakes, waffles, and even sausage patties in a similar manner. Goodbye, Eggo.
Cookie dough: Ever crave a freshly baked cookie, but don't feel like making an entire batch? Yep, me too. Luckily, you can freeze individual balls of cookie dough on a baking sheet, and then, once frozen, store them in Ziploc bags. When you're craving that warm cookie, you can just take one (or two, or three) out of the freezer, and put it right in the oven to bake.
Fresh herbs: Most of the time, a big bunch of herbs from the store is just too much for a small college kitchen. Instead of throwing out the extra, spread the leaves on baking sheets and freeze. Once frozen, store in Ziploc bags and use as needed. Alternatively, if you have a food processor, puree the fresh herbs with a bit of water, and store in ice cube trays.
Fresh fruit: As summer winds down, you may be mourning the loss of perfect stone fruits, berries, and other warm-weather delights. Mourn no more. You can freeze these beauties (cut the stone fruits in half so that they lie flat) in Ziploc bags for when apples and pears just won't do. Throw them into a smoothie, tart, or just eat as is.
Wine: The drain is a sad fate for that leftover bit of wine. Instead, freeze the rest of the bottle in ice cube trays or in Ziploc bags, and use it in your cooking. You just saved yourself some money and a trip to the liquor store.
Brette Warshaw is a junior at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is a student of European history, creative writing, and jazz studies. She will be eating her way through Rome during the fall semester, leaving a wake of empty plates, flabbergasted waiters, and ripped skinny jeans behind her. Read more…
Originally posted on Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
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I'll probably tackle a more thoughtful post about the Jeff Essman created debacle at the Montana Legislature today, but a couple of quick notes about the Senate's "leadership" seem warranted this morning.
The next step in the controversy over whether or not Senator Essman can run roughshod over the rules of the Senate will come today at a Rules Committee meeting. Unfortunately, the Rules Committee is chaired by Senator Art Wittch (R-Dark Money) who has seemingly already decided that Essman was justified:
Republicans leaders decided to go forward with the session and began holding votes that caused the outburst by the democrats (sic).
"What you saw today was not order but was disorder and so we are completely within the rules to do what we did," says Montana Senator Art Wittich, a Republican from Bozeman.
There is clearly a great deal more to be said about what happened on Friday , but the short version is quite clear: Democrats attempted to follow the existing rules of the Senate to prevent the Republicans from ramming a set of legislative referenda through the body and the Republican leadership responded with strong-arm tactics reminiscent of a banana republic. Media focus on Democratic Senators yelling to get the attention of the speaker might have made for good video and great copy, but it failed to highlight the most important element of what happened Friday, the deliberate violation of Senate rules and democratic procedure.
When the Constitution of Montana and the rules of democratic governance are being violated by a government official, a bit of yelling seems more than warranted, something I thought the TEA Party inspired members of the Republican delegation believed in.
The only way democratic institutions remain democratic is when the rights of the minority are recognized; Essman's laughable rationale cannot change that.The Republicans on the Rules Committee will no doubt validate the actions they conspired to perpetrate on Friday, but that will not legitimize them.
And never forget, all of this was avoidable. If Republicans had simply scheduled these bills with time for discussion, debate, and public input, the Democratic strategy would have been viable.
While you're waiting for the sham Rules committee today, take a break with a few of the delightful Twitter accounts that have emerged to highlight the absurdity of Senator Essman's delusions of grandeur.
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In what could become be a dry run for the Federal Reserve in the very near future, this month's inflation report by the Bank of England revealed the growing likelihood that rates in the UK are likely to remain unchanged for the foreseeable future due to the worldwide collapse in commodity prices and a strong value of sterling versus the rest of its major trading peers. Similar to the US market, a rate hike sometime this year was heavily baked into investors assumptions for the UK economy, and these latest minutes are sure to throw the market off guard with regards to both the BoE and Fed's rate tightening schedule.
Commodity Driven Deflation begins to Accelerate
The BoE's dovish comments come on the back of slowing inflation in June, with CPI in the UK falling back to 0% on a month over month basis. The BoE's monetary policy has an inflation targeting policy of 2% as part of its commitment to helping sustain a growing economy and employment picture. In his open letter to the UK chancellor, BoE Governor Mark Carney identified an unusually low contribution from energy and food prices as being the main trigger for the sluggish inflation figures. Carney's comments reflect the growing reality for the US and UK that the ongoing commodity rout, and relative strength in both nations' currencies are triggering a return to the deflationary environment which existed in the first quarter of this year.
Carney hinted that the slowing commodity market could lead to a slowdown to global growth, although he maintained the bank's forecast that growth in advanced economies would accelerate (this seems dubious). In his own words:
"The Committee projects UK-weighted world demand to expand at a moderate pace. Growth in advanced economies is expected to be a touch faster, and growth in emerging economies a little slower, than in the past few years. The support to UK exports from steady global demand growth is expected to be counterbalanced, however, by the effect of the past appreciation of sterling. Risks to global growth are judged to be skewed moderately to the downside reflecting, for example, risks to activity in the euro area and China."
The Fed looks increasingly likely to follow the BoE cautionary stance
Carney's comments are likely to increase doubt over the Fed's ability to raise rates in the coming months. Both the Fed and the BoE are cut from the same cloth, and their similar modelling techniques should result in the same deflationary headwinds beginning to appear in official data in the weeks and months ahead. The Fed is facing an increasingly difficult decision, especially given the backdrop of official economic data coming out of the US which paints a narrative of improving employment within the economy. If the Fed continues to stick to its mantra of being data dependent, then it will risk triggering massive capital flight across world markets as the USD carry trade unwinds in earnest. The Fed will be very well aware of this scenario, and it is for this reason that we are likely to see a more cautionary stance develop amongst the Fed in the weeks ahead. We are already starting to see GDP forecasts come in well short of expectation, with the Atlanta fed predicting a mere 1% increase in GDP in the third quarter, nearly 2% lower than consensus wall street expectations! The Atlanta Fed has been highly accurate with its GDP forecasting this year, so if the trend continues, the outlook for GDP downgrades in the months ahead looks a certainty. The collapse in the shale oil and gas sector alone is likely to see a formidable reduction in capex in the seconf half of 2015 – none of which has been priced into wall street analysts' expectations. Faced with deflation, a strong US dollar, and deteriorating GDP growth, who would seriously bet on the Fed raising rates in the near future? The funny thing is – the market still is! The likelihood is that we are going to see a very sharp realization that the interest rate expectations for this year are way off the mark. How this realization happens without a complete breakdown in credibility of central banks's is a discussion for another day, but it seems increasingly likely that if trends around the world continue as they have been in the first half of 2015, we are far more likely to see references to QE4 in mainstream financial press in the very near future.
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Welcome to our blog!
A Pocket full of screws is a project that I had in my mind for a long time. It was during an exciting day of cleaning (Not!) that the name of this blog came to me. I'm always tinkering and fixing things and my pockets are always full of screws, nails, hook etc .. I have in my laundry room a pot filled with all sorts of things from my jeans pockets.
I have been thinking about this blog for several years now and I am proud to finally have the opportunity to devote myself to it.
We share Sylvaine my sister and I, that itch to want to fix everything and despite the kilometers that separate us (about 650km) we share a lot of our projects and findings via Skype or e-mail.
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