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It's been just over a year since our family visited Kauai, Hawaii and I'm still working my way through the gorgeous photos. Our family vacation was one of the best with so many adventures. We ziplined over the beautiful hawaiian jungle, snorkeld on the Na Pali Coast, and hula'd at a luau. Among so many other favorite memories made, we saw the most amazing sunsets and swam with turtles in their natural environments. The week went by too quickly and we hope to plan another family visit Read More... {Read More...}
Koloa Zipline Kauai, Hawaii
Earlier this year when we spent a week at the Hanalei Bay Resort in Kauai, Hawaii, I had no idea my favorite excursion of our Hawaiian vacation would be ziplining with my daughter. Our adventure with Koloa Zipline completely took me out of my comfort zone and was so much fun! With an upcoming visit to the Kauai Beach Villas next year, we are definitely looking forward to ziplining again! We booked our Koloa Zipline tour just a couple of days in advance. We were staying on the opposite Read More... {Read More...}
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Several months ago we visited beautiful Kauai, Hawaii and had the most amazing week long family vacation. We travel often and have visited Hawaii several times but this visit was surely our best. We went ziplining, snorkeling, boating, exploring beaches and even hula'd at a Luau. In just one short week our family fell in love with the Hawaiian island of Kauai. During our final day with time to explore Kauai, we visited the Kauai Beach Villas. We are so happy we did because we are planning a Read More... {Read More...}
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Hanalei Bay Resort, Hawaii Family Travel
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Dear Friends,
over the past few years we have all together learned a lot about the many little details that humanity collectively needs to change in order to truly create a path towards live in the Golden Age of Aquarius on this planet. We are much more aware now that we have to keep a close eye on ourselves and make sure that all our new creations truly serve this higher purpose. For example the year 2017 invited us to learn more about authentic leadership and emotional intelligence, which allows us to apply higher principles of communication in all of our relationships.
Now we are well off to remember that in order to create balance in all of our relations, we better love the guidance from our higher self more than the need for something or someone in our life. Essentially we are all great spiritual beings and heroes for being here at this turning of the ages, but unless we stand for our truth only few will ever be able to see that.
During the New Moon in Aries which has passed just one week ago from today, one of the angelic number sequences that came through in order to collectively guide us during these intensively shifting days, was the number 4848.
Angel Number 4848:
The numbers 4 and 8 in this combination are talking about an energy field that bring us to a state of inner stability within the constant flow of life, to personal empowerment and emotional as well as material abundance. The combination of double numbers always expresses that the energies are intensively strong, as they are doubled in influence. Here it is also the indicator for a phase of life that is about to end, or come into completion. The number sequence is a reminder that when we keep our eyes focused on love, inner power and continuing transformation, we can enlighten every fear or negativity within us.
The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.
Peter Drucker
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
Buckminster Fuller
As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit.
Emmanuel TeneyFrom a spiritual perspective that means the last Aries New Moon had the power to invite us with its energy field once again to experience our true core values, in order to build even stronger clarity for our authentic integrity in action.
Why that would be important in the context of transparency in our relationships, is because we need to develop a combination of emotional intelligence, deeper understanding about our emotional patterns, awareness for our personal fears, and inner strength to be ourselves; in order to achieve clarity in our communication.
When we than add to this mix the human ability to forgive disappointing experiences from the past and move on to new shores, we can all bit by bit come closer by heart, in harmony with the natural flow of our true selves.
For you to see beauty here
does not mean
there is beauty in me.
It means there is beauty
rooted so deep within you
you can't help but see it everywhere.
Rupi Kaur
Look at the evidence and be willing to question your own truths, and be willing to scrutinize things that you hold dearly because that way, that transparency, that self-awareness, will protect you from ever becoming somebody whose beliefs somehow make them have myopic vision about what could be.
Jason Silva
I don't think you should be vulnerable every day, but there are moments where you've got to share your soul and conscience with people and show them who you are, and not be afraid of it.
Howard SchultzDear ones, I hope this words have inspired you to dig truly deep in all your future conversations and to unveil authentically your deepest needs and hopes to others. Celebrate your vulnerability and allow profound connection to take you into the Golden Age of Aquarius on planet earth.
Love and Blessings
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Hello. I've seen several references to rescue medications, but I don't know what that means. Could you explain, please? Thanks, Margaret.
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Dear Margaret:
Yes, we'd be glad to explain. Medications for migraine are generally placed into one of three categories:
- preventive,
- abortive, and
- rescue.
Preventive medications are taken daily to reduce both the frequency and severity of migraines. Many different types of medication are used for prevention blood pressure medications, antiseizure medications, antidepressants, Botox injections, and others.
Abortive medications truly work to stop the migrainous process, this stopping the symptoms as well. These are not pain medications, which can only mask the pain for a few hours. These medications are:
- triptans such as Imitrex, Maxalt, Zomig, etc.;
- ergotamines such as Migranal Nasal spray and DHE 45; and
- medications equivalent to the brand name Midrin, which is now discontinued.
Rescue medications are used when abortive medications fail during a migraine attack or if, for some reason, someone can't take them. Medications that can be used for rescue include NSAIDs, antiemetics, muscle relasants, and others. You can read more about the three categories of migraine medications, including examples of them, in Preventive, Abortive, and Rescue MedicationsWhat's the Difference? You can also read more about rescue medications in Migraine Rescue Treatments - Vital to Our Treatment Regimens.
Thanks for your excellent question,
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October 12, 2018
Cast: Barry, Many, Miky, Oskar, Ruben
Genres: Bareback Porn
Video language: English
Bareback Scouting brings us a bunch of twink boy scouts, who love nothing better than to make love to one another in the woods. There is virtually no dialogue in this full-on bareback sexual extravaganza as the boys are too busy sucking and fucking!
We start off with two lads asleep in bed. A drowsy cuddle leads to arousal, and the sheet is pulled away to reveal two nice, slender bodies. The boy with the shaved head gives his lover a nice suck, amid plenty of chest-licking. The dark-haired boy rims his partner, and this develops into some interesting arsehole-gaping! Needless to say, buggery ensues, the shaven-haired lad acting as bottom. He takes it missionary-style, then climbs on top for some more. They go through a range of positions, before ending with a facial. At this point, the shaven-headed boy dresses and leaves - because he's a boy scout, and his troop awaits!
Next, we see him with four other boys, marching through the woods in their nice uniforms (neckerchiefs and toggles, too!) Some campsite exercises get intimate, with groping and more, and the scouts form a five-boy cock-sucking train! Naked as babies, they pile into a building for a snogathon and mass wank, from which two very erect lads split off, for a romantic tryst of their own. The blonde one gives the other's long, straight dick a loving suck, then fingers the dark boy's arsehole. Their sixty-nine session results in facial splashing, and a spunky snog! They sodomise each other enthusiastically, and then we join the other three, who are writhing naked together. One boy is shagged in arse and mouth - wonder if he got a badge for that?
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, NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 17 – Newly appointed South Sudan Vice President Taban Deng Gai on Wednesday warned his predecessor Dr Riek Machar that he will be stopped at all costs if he attempts to go on the offensive.
Gai who was in Kenya to brief President Uhuru Kenyatta on the progress of implementing the peace agreement warned that President Salva Kiir's government would not allow Machar to interfere with peace and security of South Sudan.
- During his meeting with President Kenyatta, Gai said he appealed for assistance to feed the people of South Sudan reeling in harsh times and agreed to send a technical team to dialogue on Kenya's intervention
- Minister of Petroleum Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth who was part of the delegation accompanying the Vice President urged investors to explore the oil industry
- Following the violence of July 8 in which about 300 people were killed, he said production of oil had fallen from 500,000 barrels of oil per day to 130,000
"If he is on the offensive and he is killed, he will be dying a fallen general in the battle. Violence has consequences," he warned.
In a past interview with Capital FM News, Machar's Spokesman James Gatdet said the former Vice President would force his way to capture Juba and evict Kiir if a third force does not intervene to assure him of his security once he resumed to his position.
He further alleged that he had gone into hiding because Kiir wanted him dead.
READ: Riek Machar wants region to ensure his safety in Juba
Gai defended President Kiir saying there were no plans to kill Machar as long as he does not engage in any form of violence.
"That Riek claimed that Kiir is about to kill him, is Machar matching to Juba or is he about to be killed?"
"If he is matching to Juba, of course the first thing is that the army in Juba will be prepared to defend Juba. Defending means you don't sit there, you have to fight. Matching to Juba doesn't look good," Gai cautioned.
He advised Machar to surrender to any African country if he was worried over his return to Juba but ensure that he did not involve himself or his army in fighting.
Gai, whose appointment was criticised by sections in support of Machar further said he was ready to step down if Machar returned to Juba and insisted on taking up his position as VP but peacefully.
"If my stepping down can bring peace to South Sudan, I am ready when that time comes. If Riek comes and for there to be peace that he must return back to the Palace, we shall discuss that including Machar if you come back to your office, this time you don't need a huge army to move with you, this time you need to listen to the people of Sudan – they don't need crisis anymore," he said.
He explained that he took up the position to ensure implementation of the peace agreement had not stalled and also to create harmony within the presidency in basis of the sharp tension between Kiir and Machar.


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Professor of Sanskrit, Princeton University
ISKCON bases its philosophy on the ancient Vedic literatures. These include the Bhagavad-gita, the 18-volume Srimad Bhagavatam, and the 9-volume Caitanya-caritamrita. Study of these scripture take place at ISKCON temples daily, and special narrations or sermons are often part of weekly community gatherings and festivals.
In addition Srila Prabhupada started the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT) to publish his books and other authorized publications of ISKCON and to oversee the distribution of these publications. To date ISKCON through the efforts of the BBT has become the leading publisher and distributor of literature based on the timeless Vedic knowledge.
Many of ISKCON's publications have gained tremendous reputation among scholars worldwide and are even housed in the libraries of reputable colleges and universities. Srila Prabhupada's Bhagavad Gita As It Is is the most distributed, respected and most read edition of the Gita in history and has brought many a seeking soul to explore its teachings through practicing in their own lives.
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- Energy efficiency class A++: cools especially efficiently.
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Lots of space for XXL frozen goods with the BigBox frozen food drawer.
An extra-deep frozen food drawer for practical stacking of frozen foods container or large frozen items like gateaux or pizzas. No matter whether you have to cater for a child's birthday or freeze a wedding cake – in the BigBox you will find enough space for large frozen goods.
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Thanks to the optimum storage conditions, your food preserves an ideal consistency; ice cream, for instance, is neither too soft nor too hard. A constant temperature in the fridge interior is a decisive factor in achieving more freshness and flavour. FreshSense sensors constantly monitor and control the ambient, fridge and freezer temperature. A constant temperature inside the fridge, independent of the outer temperature, is the result.
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Conventional freezers might successfully freeze your foods, but keeping them frozen is not always guaranteed. SuperFreezing freezes food faster and protects existing frozen food from defrosting when adding new food to the freezer. Appliances with an automatic freezing function return to normal operation once the required temperature is reached, preventing energy waste. Good for your food. Good for your energy usage.
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About Townsville, North Queensland
Alive with Curiosity
Townsville in North Queensland is the gateway to the World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef, wet tropics rainforest, tropical islands, wetlands, national parks and historical, military and outback experiences.
Boasting over 300 days of sunshine each year, Townsville is a holiday destination perfect for families, couples and friends, with more than 700 dining outlets, unique retailing and attractions, 3,000 hotel rooms and world class events and entertainment.
The Townsville CBD is growing its reputation as a centre for fashion, food and entertainment. Visitors can enjoy boutique shopping, alfresco dining and regular local markets. The CBD is well connected with the Palmer Street dining and accommodation precinct, located just a short walk from the central hub of Flinders Square over the historic Victoria Bridge.
Townsville Airport
Townsville Airport is a key regional airport in Queensland, servicing the City of Townsville and the region which represent the centre for business and government activity in North Queensland. As a result there is a significant level of business travel between Townsville, Brisbane and Sydney. Townsville is also a hub for other activity centres in North West Queensland.
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Well Styled
Happy Monday!
I'm finally back in town, and able to blog from the comfort of my trusty desktop (hooray!!).
With the start of the new week I wanted to share some well styled inspiration…
Life is still crazy, and has taken an interesting twist (when doesn't it, right?) – one which I'll share in the coming weeks.
As you know, I'm ALL about the well styled vignette.
These are some of my recent favorites – using agate, books, and unique decorative objects.
* Hey, I think that's my same rug! *
Do you feel inspired?
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GIGABYTE GT-U8000-RH digital TV Tuner (Page 4)
Final Thoughts
As a first product, GIGABYTE has done a pretty good job with the U8000 and if you're not interested in analogue TV, then the U7000 is a cheaper alternative. It lacks some features such as video capture, but it keeps down the cost and reduces the clutter and the otherwise clumsy dongles you get with USB TV tuners.
The whole package is nicely put together and at around $90 AUD (the U7000 is even cheaper at around $66 AUD) it's not a bad price either for what you get. There are some other limitations such as line of sight for the remote control and we're not huge fans of the little plastic nipple type remotes, but we're not really going to complain, as most cheap USB TV tuners don't come with a remote at all.
If you're already running Windows MCE, you'll be happy to know that GIGABYTE supplies compatible drivers in the box as well, but these are only for the XP version. There's really is very little to complain about here for the price and hopefully GIGABYTE will continue to produce equally impressive peripherals in the future.
It gets our recommendation if you're looking at adding TV to your PC or notebook, no problems at all!
- Pros
Great pricing
Ease of installation and use
Heatsink inside to control thermal issues
Bundle including PowerCinema and remote control
Works in the car up to 100km/h
Driver support for Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Cons
Slightly difficult to get good reception (could be our test location)
A little slow when changing channels
Lacks video inputs
Rating - 9 out of 10 and TweakTown's "MUST HAVE" Best Value Award!
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King of the Zoo
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They say the lion is king of the jungle, but who's the king of the zoo?
Meet Carlos the Chameleon, the true king of the zoo...or so he thought!
When his friends point out that he's not the zoo's only king, Carlos must defend his kingdom! The kangaroo makes Carlos hopping mad. The monkey has Carlos scratching his head in disbelief. The elephant, too? Who knew?
Will Carlos regain his rightful place on the throne or is he just being a royal pain?
From the hilarious Erica S. Perl and the New York Times bestselling illustrator Jackie Urbanovic, King of the Zoo is a read-aloud riot that will have everyone cheering for the little Chameleon on his king-sized quest.
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Paper Title: The Voice My major paper for the Subject Women and the Family in Islam, at Fuller Theological Seminary, Fall 2013. Professor: Evelyne Reisacher The thesis of this paper is to examine the claim that the gender issue of… Read More ›
Month: November 2013
Why Jesus doesn't "Love the Sinner and Hate the Sin"
There is a famous adage – Love the sinner, hate the sin: –which I believe was originally attributed to Gandhi. I put an unrelated quote on Facebook and a friend of mine said "Jesus loves the sinner but hates the… Read More ›
Why does God hate sin?
Some thoughts I shared about God's hatred of sin in a recent sermon. 1) God hates sin because it is the very antithesis of His nature. The psalmist describes God's hatred of sin this way: "For You are not a… Read More ›
What is the most inspiring sentence you have ever heard or read?
I recently asked my Facebook friends: What is the most inspiring sentence you have ever heard or read? Here are there responses, as well as some powerful statements I found on the net. When the majority zig, you zag. Zig Ziglar… Read More ›


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Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: ASB Game's 3rd Ad Streamed
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The third one-minute commercial for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle, the new fighting game inspired by Hirohiko Araki's manga, began airing in Japan. The new ad features downloadable character Yoshikage Kira.
Nearly two dozen playable characters were announced, including Johnathan Joestar, Will A. Zeppeli, Joseph Joestar, Jotaro Kujo, Giorno Giovanna, Guido Mista, Noriaki Kakyouin, Jean Pierre Polnareff, and JoJolion (Jōsuke Higashikata).
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle is scheduled for August 29, and the first copies of the limited and regular editions will both include a Hayato Kawajiri memo pad and a download code for Yoshikage Kira. There will also be a limited-number "Gold Experience Box" containing a gold art plate with an etching of Giorno Giovanna and Gold Experience by Araki in an acrylic case, a figure of Jōtarō Kujo and Star Platinum (that can be displayed with an August prize figure of Dio), and a soundtrack CD.
The regular edition will cost 7,980 yen (about US$85), while the limited-edition "Gold Experience Box" will cost 16,980 yen (about US$182). CyberConnect2 is developing the game for the PlayStation 3 console.
Namco Bandai Games posted the game's five-minute promotional video last month.
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CHICAGO, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Led Zeppelin originally approved the use of "Stairway to Heaven" in the upcoming Tenacious D film, but demanded the song be pulled after the scene was filmed.
Jack Black wanted to use "Stairway to Heaven," as part of a gag in his new movie "Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny," the Chicago Sun-Times reported Tuesday.
The scene was set in a mock Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in California. All of the groups depicted in this fake museum had to give permission to use their name, music and song titles.
Black and his "D" partner, Kyle Gass, had a moment when they were going to climb a huge staircase with a flashing neon sign "Stairway to Heaven."
"The Beatles said yes to having their image in the scene. Many groups said no problem," said director Liam Lynch. "Zeppelin was a problem. They gave us permission and withdrew it after we filmed the scene with a huge 'Stairway to Heaven.' They said no and we had to re-shoot that part of the movie."
"We ended up calling the staircase 'Guitarway to Heaven,' " said Lynch. "And we were like f-- you. I don't really want to get into it more. We also had problems with the Sex Pistols."


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"Overall pleased"
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Review Text: I ordered a custom halter for my horse as she has an odd shaped head for a filly. It''s very long and narrow like an Arabian even though she is a paint. At first I thought ordering the halter was a mistake as I had paid for faster shipping but the 15 days was up and there was still no halter. I contacted LuckyPony and I got a quick reply and the shipping money refunded. My halter arrived a week and a half later and it''s much better quality than I had anticipated! It''s thick but not stiff material, the holes are punched all the way out and the metal is very sturdy but rounded on all edges and not sharp. The embroidery is perfect and the thread is thick. It fit my filly perfect and is holding up to being let out with the herd of yearlings and other young crazy horses. Highly recommend this halter to anyone looking for a nice quality halter. :)
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"Great Quality"
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"pony halter-smaller than expected"
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Australian Cooking With Bush Tucker and Aboriginal Foods
Bush Tucker and Traditional Aboriginal Diets
Australian Aboriginals have a tradition of their own unique cooking methods, most of the originating in and around outdoor fires. Boiling and barbecuing are newer techniques learned. Aboriginals ate a balanced diet before the invasion of the British Crown, including seasonal fruits, nuts, roots vegetables, wattles, other plant food, many types of meats, and seafood.
The advent of Western culture infringed on Aboriginal diets to some extent. The diet is known as bush tucker. Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals still hunt for turtles, fish, crabs, dugong, mudshells, oysters and other edible animals in the seas. This includes sharks and stingrays from time to time. Out of the bush, they bring fruit and game animals like goanna lizards, pigs, wallabies, kangaroos, possums, and others.
Natural Food Plants in Australia
Aboriginal diets have included a variety of plant food, but the wattle is very well know. The wattle grows throughout Australia and has occurred in at least 100 species used by various Aboriginal groups.
Aboriginals use wattles and other plants in three major ways - 1) food, 2) medicine and 2) materials (tools, weapons, Boomerangs, fibre fishing nets, building materials). A few wattles are fully multipurpose in all of these ways and as such, would please chef Alton Brown very much. These wattles are the mulga, the earpod wattle, and the strap wattle.
Seeds: Wattles have been a popular food from 20+ species. Some were collected and ground into flour. Mixed with water, it was eaten as a paste, like poi, or cooked over hot ash on a griddle or other piece of metal. Other seeds are roasted in the pod, and some pods are eaten while.
Plant Gums: Many wattles produce a kind of gum naturally or as an immune-type response to physical damage.. The gum of several wattle species is edible. For some Aboriginal groups this was a child's snack food. Dissolved in water, the gum makes a drink and can be sweetened with nectar.
Roots: Young wattle roots are better than older roots for food and are generally roasted over a fire. Occasionally, grubs found with the roots and other parts of the plant - especially some pods - are consumed as well.
Golden Wattle, National Flower
Additional Food Plants in Australia
Bunya Pine, originally from Queensland - Its large green cones, contain hard-shelled nuts. They have been very popular. Many are fire roasted and shared with visitors, although they can be boiled as well.
Burrawangs in New South Wales, The Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia - POISONOUS - The seeds appear in large cones and have an orange outer coat. Aborigines cooked the large amounts of seeds available from a single plant, broke them up, and soaked them for three weeks in running water. In Western Australia, only the outer red part was edible and only after being washed and buried for a time.
Cunjevoi in New South Wales - starchy and fibrous, they are POISONOUS when raw. The Aborigines put these stems through repeated roasting and pounding to remove poisons.
NOTE: The word Cunjevoi is present in three different species. Of these three, two are plants of the family Araceae and genus Alocasia and are related to each other.
The third is a sea animal named Pyura stolonifera. "Sea squirt", an Aboriginal name for the marine animal, represents a formerly usual food source in Sydney. However, it is more popular as fishing bait at present.
Marine Sea Squirt - Delicacy and Fish Bait
Gymea Lily in New South Wales - The 13-foot tall stems were cut young in to 20-inch spears that were very thick. Then they were roasted. The roots were roasted and made into a cake. A single plant provided food for a large group.
Rock Orchid in New South Wales - Stems were beaten to break up fibers, then cooked on hot clay stones.
Yam-Daisy in New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia - A radish-like tuber, it grows back every year (perennial). Springtime brings out a yellow flower like a dandelion and in summer the leaves fall while the plant becomes dormant. The tubers have been cooked in baskets in ground ovens, making a sweet juice. Sheep grazing has reduced this plant to almost endangered levels in some areas.
Aboriginal Chef Mark Olive
Traditional Cooking Method
Roasting Over Hot Wood Coals
Fires were built over which to cook a variety of animal meats and plants. Roasting has been used to cook game such as meat, fish, manatee-like dugongs, and turtles. Often, the meat was covered in coals and ashes until completely cooked.
For kangaroo meat, fur was singed off in the fire. Then the body would be, gutted and the last fur scraped off, and the body returned to the coals to complete cooking.
Cooking Wild Game and Other Foods
Smaller game cooked more quickly; the kangaroo may not have cooked past medium doneness before the fire went out. In addition, partially cooked kangaroo blood was sometimes drunk as as a delicacy, usually by the men.
Some shellfish cooked briefly on coals at the sides of the fire so they could be easily removed first. However cockles (like clams) were mounded up and fire and coals covered them so that the shells would pop open when done.
Today, frying pans are often used over outdoor fires and aluminum foil is often used to wrap food.
Baking In Wood Ashes
Bread were baked in the ashes of the fires. Different woods were used for different foods, because they added their own tastes and some of them not very good. Wattles usually baked in the ashes rather well and witchetty grubs on some wattles required a brief roll across hot ashes to cook.
Goanna lizards were put onto the heated ground under the ashes and covered additional ash Then Aboriginals scooped out ashes to make depressions in which to cook yams and other vegetables. These were covered with additional ashes and coals until cooked.
Ground Ovens
The old ground ovens dug by ancient Aboriginal tribes are still in existence. They were formed by digging pits about 4 feet long and 2 ½ - 3 feet deep and removing any clay. Firewood was placed into the pit and the clay was laid back on top of the wood in balls or lumps.
The hot pieces of clay were removed with sticks. The pit was swept clean lined with green leaves or grasses. Then small game animals were laid on top, covered by green grass and weighted down with the hot clay. Then the whole arrangement was buried in dirt and this caused the game animals to steam cook.
Pigs, possums, and goanna lizards are buried in pits and cook in a couple of hours or longer.
In the well-known Arnhem Land, the thin bark from Melaleuca (tea tree) trees remains an often-used cooking method for vegetables and meat in ground ovens. This is similar to cooking methods of Africa and Hawaii and other regions that use large green leaves, like banana leaves for such pit cooking.
Newer Cooking Methods
Aborigines have learned to boil foods in metal cans and large drums for large communities, aluminum pots, and cast iron cooking pans and skillets.
These cooking pieces have replaced the ground oven in some Aboriginal regions, bit some oven are still used. Kangaroo legs (large) are boiled in pots and one can see feet and claws hanging over edges of cook pots in remote camps - strange at first sight.
Meat and seafood juices are kept after boiling and used for rice stew, like western chicken stock.
Barbecuing has become popular. A metal coat hanger, a piece of wire, or a long cookout fork holds meat or breads dough over wood coals, much like roasting hotdogs over a campfire..
© 2008 Patty Inglish MS
Comments & Additions
Appreciate a look into the Aboriginal culture and their food!
this is a good as wibsite
Well written hub. I can't fault any of the information you have given. Voted up and useful. Thanks
It's always a fascination to me to peruse through some of the myriad food options that come from so many different cultures. You know, in America we get stuck (and I don't mean that in a TOTALLY negative way the way it may sound) getting to eat only a select number of things. Meat especially, for example, unless you're a game hunter, is very limited. We get chicken, beef, and pork. That's it. You can BUY other animal meats, but you'd better bring a large wallet with you.
It might be interesting, though I'm not sure how well that might go over here, to see an aboriginal cuisine restaurant open up?
I'd at least give it a go.
i love this hub. very informational and something i'm definitely interested in.
I really liked this hub, very well written and I can tell theres a lot of passion behind it. I love cooking in terms of culture and going back to your roots (or others roots) in order to get the full experience of cooking the dish.
I really enjoyed this, do write more :)
Great hub and well written
I love turtles, not to eat, although I do know that some australian kooris do eat turtle as part of their traditional food.
Lovely writing and a topic I love.
i need to know how aborigines cook the turtles.
well very nice love it
Amazing Patty: an aboriginal recipe hub! Positively delightful.
Great stuff Patty! There's such a wealth of knowledge in this culture, and some of the indigenous food is so rich in anti-oxidants. I sampled a health product just the other day that was based solely on traditional foods and tasted awesome.
This is such a great hub! As an Australian I also have a strong interest in our Indigenous population. It is great to see other people also taking an interest!
Hi Patty! This is really interesting and useful information - I am very keen on finding out about natural foods from the wild and have written a series for Permaculture magazine on foraging. I am halfway through writing a book on the wild foods and herbs of the Canary Islands. I have a friend at Myspace who posts as Grog Eater of Weeds and he is very knowledgeable on the plants that can be eaten in America.
OOps...yes, it is in your profile..you are from America. You spoke with such sentiment and feeling...well, one of those brain things on my part! And a testiment to how your writing engages.
Wonderful hub. I know so little of your homeland. Thanks for painting a beautiful, vivid picture.
In 1980, my mother spent a month in Australia and New Zealand, and came back with wonderful experiences of the heritage, culture, and cuisine. Her most cherished memory is the friendliness and warm welcoming of the people. Perhaps I will visit some day.
This is the first time I am reading about Aboriginal food, they have diverse diet. Glad to see how they utilize the nature products well, if only we do the same instead of using too many synthetic foods.
Don't know if I could eat Kangaroo or Lizard, but the other foods sound interesting. Very, very good article. Thanks.
I'm interested to see if a modern Australia takes on more of the appreciation for its Aboriginal people that can be seen in the respect for the Maori culture that Kiwis exhibit. My younger friends in Sydney were all part of that shift. :) And like many other cultures, food brings people together. I guess we could use an authentic bush tucker restaurant in The Rocks, or Circular Quay! :)
Agreed! This is definitely a healthier way of eating.
Having lived in the goldfields we have eaten some of that bush tucker and it tastes great. We used to cook in (you said ground ovens) we used to call the camp ovens. the food tastes so good. We have eaten goat, kangaroo, emu, done in them. Thanks for sharing this and reminding me of those good days
Very nice and well made!
Aboriginl knowledge about every single plant and animal was/is truly amazing! I am sure we know less than 1% of what they had known and had used every day.
We call the burying in the pit a Pit Barbeque in the U.S.,Maybe the origination came from Australia.
Hi Patty,
Great Hub, yet again!
There are two cunjevoi - one animal, one plant. The plant is native to Queensland and South East Asia, and can extend into the northern part of NSW.
The animal is native to the NSW and Queensland coasts.
If you have a reference to Aboriginals eating cunjevoi in NSW, chances are it is the animal - see Australian Museum website: http://www.faunanet.gov.au/wos/factfile.cfm?Fact_I...
great hub this one! This type of cooking should bring a lot of health.
excellent hub, I am interested in edible wild plants.
I really like that hub,I have some books on edible and medicinal plants of north America.Very interesting hub.


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Pope Francis is quoted: "How beautiful is the gaze with which Jesus regards us - how full of tenderness. Let us never lose trust in the patience and mercy of God." (April 7, 2013)
Yesterday (March 7, 2014) many of our Fraternity attended a Franciscan Retreat at St. Lucie Church in Port St. Lucie. Fr. Vincent Rubino, OFM Conv., spoke about two and a half hours (in two sessions) on Franciscan Spirituality. He talked about the Admonitions of Saint Francis, and on God's loving Gaze.
I tried to take notes, Fr. Vincent's delivery, very evidently guided by the Holy Spirit, was too fast for me to keep up. I remembered he talked of God's Gaze, a term one encounters in writings about Heaven and particularly concerning the Life of St. Clare of Assisi.
In the Letter of His Holiness John Paul II for the Eigth Centenary of the Birth of Saint Clare of Assisi (Aug. 11, 1993): (Excerpt)
The Spirit creates an image of God's Son in the Christian
Clare and her sisters are called "spouses of the Holy Spirit": an expression not common in the Church's history, in which a sister, a nun, is always described as the "spouse of Christ". However, here we have the resonance of some expressions from Luke's account of the annunciation (cf. Lk 1:26-38), which become key words for expressing Clare's experience: the "Most High", the "Holy Spirit", the "Son of God", the "handmaid of the Lord" and, lastly, that "over-shadowing" which for Clare is her investiture, when her hair was shorn and fell at the foot of our Lady's altar in the Portiuncula, "before her bridal chamber, as it were" (cf. LegCl 8).
3. "The Spirit of the Lord and his holy manner of working", which is given to us in Baptism, is that of creating in a Christian the image of the Son of God. In solitude and silence, which Clare chooses as a form of life for herself and her sisters within the most poor walls of her monastery half-way between Assisi and the Portiuncula, the curtain of smoke of words and earthly things fades away, and communion with God becomes a reality: love which is born and which gives of itself.
Clare, bowed down in contemplating the Infant of Bethlehem, exhorts us: Since this vision "is the splendour of eternal glory, the brilliance of eternal light and the mirror without blemish, gaze upon that mirror each day.... Look at... the poverty of him who was placed in a manger and wrapped in swaddling clothes. O marvellous humility! O astonishing poverty! The King of angels, the Lord of heaven and earth, is laid in a manger" (4LAg 14, 19-21).
This loving relationship of the contemplative nun with God is so special, so loving, so rich that there is nothing else they need or should want. All Franciscans (incl. the OFS) whose interior life is strong may share in this special relationship with God, as indeed, everyone can. Through Baptism, we are all made in His Image. Ref. 1 Cor. 6:19 "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God?"
God's Loving Gaze is experienced in our Soul and is a Gift of God. I pray that the Holy Spirit will give me the words to write more on this subject on other days.
Fred Schaeffer, OFS
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How long have you caddied?
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Sun Young Yoo
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Ben Martin, Casey Wittenberg, Chris Nallen, Stephanie Meadow
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Augusta, GA
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What is your greatest Golf memory?
First time I played Augusta National Golf Club
What is your greatest memory as a caddie?
Working for Ben Martin. We had a 24 round stretch at -96 under par.


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Anthem Introduces New Welcome Signs at Exit Ramps
Started in 2012, the Anthem Community Council Economic Development Committee decided to work with other nonprofits to redo the 'Welcome Signs' located around Anthem. Although, the signs have been greeting residents and guests for years, they definitely needed a makeover.
The Welcome Signs found at the Daisy Mountain Drive and Anthem Way exits now feature the local nonprofit organizations. Anthem wanted to highlight their great community organizations that have made the city a landmark for teamwork and volunteer involvement.
"We had space for eight organizations on each sign," said Kristi Northcutt, director of communications and public affairs, in the Anthem Community Council article. "When eleven organizations applied almost simultaneously, we added onto the signs so that no one was turned away."
According to the city council website, the signs were installed and are maintained by the ACC Parks & Facilities Maintenance Department. The nonprofit organization panels will be featured for a period of five years, at which time a reapplication process will open.
This local update courtesy of your Anthem / Phoenix Northeast Community Expert.
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Posts Tagged 'Elvis'
"A man is worked upon by what he works on"*…
Further to last week's "The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes"*…
The numbers tell one story. Unemployment in the US is the lowest it's been in 50 years. More Americans have jobs than ever before. Wage growth keeps climbing.
People tell a different story. Long job hunts. Trouble finding work with decent pay. A lack of predictable hours.
These accounts are hard to square with the record-long economic expansion and robust labor market described in headline statistics. Put another way, when you compare the lived reality with the data and it's clear something big is getting lost in translation. But a team of researchers thinks they may have uncovered the Rosetta Stone of the US labor market.
They recently unveiled the US Private Sector Job Quality Index (or JQI for short), a new monthly indicator that aims to track the quality of jobs instead of just the quantity. The JQI measures the ratio of what the researchers call "high-quality" versus "low-quality" jobs, based on whether the work offer more or less than the average income.
A reading of 100 means that there are equal numbers of the two groups, while anything less implies relatively lower-quality jobs. Here's what it looks like:
So, what is this newfangled thing telling us? Right now the JQI is just shy of 81, which implies that there are 81 high-quality jobs for every 100 low-quality ones. While that's a slight improvement from early 2012—the JQI's 30-year nadir—it's still way down from 2006, the eve of the housing market crash, when the economy regularly supported about 90 good jobs per 100 lousy ones.
Or, in plainer English, the US labor market is nowhere near fully recovered from the Great Recession. In fact, the long-term trend in the balance of jobs paints a more ominous picture…
Quality vs. quantity: more at "The great American labor paradox: Plentiful jobs, most of them bad."
Resonantly, see also: "Job loss predictions over rising minimum wages haven't come true." The higher minimum wages in question are still below the average that separates high- and low-quality jobs; but they are a step in the direction of narrowing the gap.
* "A man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well." –
As we "Get a Job," we might recall that it was on this date in 1956 that serendipity yielded one of the coolest collectibles ever: rockabilly legend Carl "Blue Suede Shoes" Perkins was recording at Sam Phillips' Sun Records in Memphis; Perkin's buddy Johnny Cash, a Sun artist and a country star by virtue of his recent hits "I Walk The Line" and "Folsom Prison Blues," was hanging out in the booth; and soon-to-be-famous Jerry Lee Lewis was playing piano (for a $15 dollar session fee– "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" was set for release a few weeks later).
A couple of years earlier, Phillips had launched Elvis Presley with "It's Alright Mama"; but in 1955, as Elvis' career exploded, Phillips had sold his contract to RCA, and Elvis moved on. But The King was back in Memphis that fateful day; he stopped by Sun to say hello… and an impromptu jam ensued. Phillips had the presence of mind to order his engineer, Jack Clement, to roll tape– a tape that was promptly shelved, forgotten, and unheard for 20 years. The recordings of what was arguably the first "supergroup" were found in 1976 and finally released in 1981… since when, they've been treasured by fans– a new crop of which has emerged with the success of the Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet.
"Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not"*…
From the moment Elvis Presley landed, we wanted every piece of him. This turned his old records into vinyl and shellac gold. While the value of discs by other popular mid-century artists such as Cliff Richard and Frank Sinatra dropped as time passed, Elvis's didn't. As an omnipresent figure, the prices of the King's records rose to astronomical levels.
Unearthing an original "That's All Right" record became a £4,000 lucky strike; a set of five original Sun singles at one time fetched £25,000. This made them a sort of pension for many collectors. They packed items away, hoping one day to exchange them for a caravan in the Dordogne. However, this has all begun to change…
As the King's fans die of old age, and their collections hit the second-hand market, vintage Elvis records have never been cheaper: "Can't help falling in price: why Elvis memorabilia is plummeting in value."
* Stephen King
As we feel our age, we might recall that it was on this date in 1957 that Chuck Berry recorded "Rock & Roll Music" at the Chess Studios in Chicago. (Some websites report a recording date of either May 6 or May 21, but Steve Sullivan's Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings affirms May 15 as the date of record.)
The tune reached number 6 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart and number 8 on its Hot 100. But its impact continued to grow: it was covered by dozens of artists including Bill Haley & His Comets, the Beatles, the Beach Boys (who had a top ten hit with the song in 1976), Dickie Rock and the Miami Showband, REO Speedwagon, Mental As Anything, Humble Pie, Manic Street Preachers and Bryan Adams. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Berry's version number 128 on its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time"; and the song is included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.
"I don't know how music works, I'm just glad that it does"*…
Long time readers will know of your correspondent's fascination with Sun Records, it's presiding spirit, Sam Phillips (c.f., "So you wanna be a rock and roll star…"), and the acts–a pantheon of early rockers– that Sun birthed (c.f., "Collecting is my passion"). Turns out, there was a very particular method to the madness…
If rock and roll is a religion, then Sun Studio is one of its holiest temples. The walls of this garage-turned-recording-studio in Memphis reverberate with the echoes of the past. This is where Elvis became king, Cash walked the line, and Perkins put on his blue suede shoes. This is where Roy Orbison, B.B. King, Ike Turner, and Jerry Lee Lewis all got their start. This is where rock and roll was born.
Behind every guitar riff, drum beat, and lyrical innuendo, there was the man in the control room who engineered it all. Sam Phillips helped turn poor boys, sharecroppers' sons, and ex-servicemen into legends, icons, and superstars. "He was always trying to invent sound," says Sam's son, Jerry Phillips, "He felt the studio was his laboratory."
The inside story: "How Sam Phillips Invented the Sound of Rock and Roll."
As we swivel our hips, we might sing a doleful birthday ditty to Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup; he was born on this date in 1905 (though some sources give the date as August 24). A Delta blues singer, songwriter and guitarist, Crudup is probably best known today as the writer of "That's All Right (Mama)," the A side of Elvis Presley's first single (recorded, of course, by Sam Phillips at Sun), and for "My Baby Left Me" and "So Glad You're Mine," also covered by Elvis (and many others).
Southeastern Louisiana University rock historian Joseph Burns suggests that "That's All Right (Mama)" is the world's oldest rock and roll song, and notes that it contains (what is probably) the first ever guitar solo break.
"I get so lonely, I could die"*…
The story has been repeated thousands of times, with minor variations, in magazines, books, blogs and documentaries. In some versions, the heartbroken man shoots himself; in others, he leaps to his death from a hotel window. There are occasional references to a failed romance and to the destruction of all traces of identification before the fatal act. There's always a one-line suicide note: "I walk a lonely street."
But there's never a name. For 60 years, the true identity of the man whose death inspired "Heartbreak Hotel" has remained a mystery. Florida songwriters Tommy Durden and Mae Boren Axton always claimed the creative spark for Elvis Presley's first-ever Number One hit was a 1955 newspaper story about an anonymous man's suicide and his cryptic note about that "lonely street." (The paper cited is usually The Miami Herald.) And yet, no one has ever turned up the article, or even provided much clarifying detail.
This is surprising, considering that "Heartbreak Hotel" had a colossal impact – both on Elvis' career and on rock & roll history. It was Elvis' first nationwide hit after a string of regional successes, and it changed the lives of countless future stars – John Lennon, George Harrison, Keith Richards and Robert Plant have all proclaimed its transformative effect. Elton John, recalling the day he first heard the song, said, "That weekend, my mum came home with 'Heartbreak Hotel' and that changed my life. … Elvis Presley changed everyone's life. I mean, there would be no Beatles, there would be no Hendrix. There would be no Dylan." Paul McCartney once declared it nothing less than the most important artistic creation of the modern era…
Finally, the full story at: "Solving the Mystery of 'Heartbreak Hotel'."
* From "Heartbreak Hotel," written by Tommy Durden and Mae Boren Axton.
As we walk down a lonely street, we might recall that it was on this this date in 1961 that Bill Harry's pioneering English music paper, Mersey Beat, announced that the Beat Brothers had signed a recording contract. The Beat Brothers? They had performed with another British musician, Tony Sheridan, in Hamburg for several months earlier that year; but while the partnership worked, Sheridan chose to remain in Germany when the quartet returned to Liverpool. We know the group better by the name they soon after adopted: The Beatles. Two years later, on this very day, they would go to No. 1 on the U.K. album chart for the first time.
"There is no noise, only sound"*…
Unlike sex or hunger, music doesn't seem absolutely necessary to everyday survival – yet our musical self was forged deep in human history, in the crucible of evolution by the adaptive pressure of the natural world. That's an insight that has inspired Chris Chafe, Director of Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (or CCRMA, stylishly pronounced karma).
In his intensive, data-driven endeavour, Chafe takes the unnoticed rhythms of the natural world and 'sonifies' them, turning them into music – all the better to see how nature resonates with the music inside us. By pulling music out of the strangest places – from tomato plants, economic stats, even dirty air – he enables listeners to perceive phenomena viscerally, adding a new dimension of understanding to otherwise barely noticeable aspects of the world…
Read more– and hear some of Chafe's work– at "Sonifying the World."
* John Cage
As we muse of the music of the spheres, we might recall that it was on this date in 1954 that Sam Phillips' Sun Records released the first single by Elvis Presley, "That's All Right (Mama)"/"Blue Moon of Kentucky."
The tracks were covers that clued early listeners to the influences that Presley would marry with such power as he rose to royalty: "That's All Right" is a blues song by Arthur "Big Boy" Cruddup, while "Blue Moon of Kentucky" is a bluegrass ballad by Bill Monroe.
But that stardom was still in the distance; while Presley's renditions became instant hits in Memphis, hometown of both Elvis and Sun, the 45 received mixed reviews in the rest of what would become Presley's kingdom.
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"We all have hometown appetites"*…
As part of a promotion for the Sydney International Food Festival, the advertising agency WHYBIN/TBWA designed 18 national flags using foods for which each country is commonly known…
See other prandial pennants at Marvelous. [Grateful TotH to reader @krasney]
Foreigners cannot enjoy our food, I suppose, any more than we can enjoy theirs. It is not strange; for tastes are made, not born. I might glorify my bill of fare until I was tired; but after all, the Scotchman would shake his head and say, 'Where's your haggis?' and the Fijan would sigh and say, 'Where's your missionary?'
-Mark Twain, Roughing It
* Clementine Paddleford (quoted in Charles Wysocki's Americana Cookbook)
As we ask for extra mayonnaise, we might recall that it was on this date in 1960 that Elvis Presley was honorably discharged after two years in the U.S. Army; he left with the rank of sergeant. Presley, whose career had been carefully stoked with banked material during his service, went right back to work: within a month he recorded and released a single, "Stuck on You," that went straight to Number One, the ballads "It's Now or Never" and "Are You Lonesome Tonight?", and the rest of Elvis Is Back!, which went straight to Number Two on the album chart. And he hit the sound stage as well, making G.I. Blues in time to release it that summer– and watch it climb to Number Two on Variety's box office chart.
The Midas Touch…
In 1980 American Express teamed up with John DeLorean for a Christmas promotion, offering a limited edition of 100 24-karat gold-plated DeLoreans for $85,000 each. The response to the promotion, as to the car itself, was underwhelming: only two were sold– though a third gold-plated car was assembled in 1983 with spare parts that were required by American Express in case one of the other two that were built were damaged.
But in fact there was a fourth golden DeLorean. Michael Feldman, who'd paid $28,000 (including an early delivery premium) to get the first production model, decided that he'd do the plating himself. He found an electro-brushing facility and had his car gold-plated, panel by panel, to a 24-karat luster. The process cost him an additional $8,000– not chump change, but a comparative bargain. Still, a golden car wasn't the most practical vehicle in the world; Feldman sold it in 1981 to the first a series of subsequent owners.
Feldman's story in full here (whence the photo above); the promotion flyer, via Dangerous Minds, to whom, TotH.
As we keep our eyes peeled for Doc and Marty, we might recall that it was on this date in 1956 that "Heartbeak Hotel" earned Elvis Presley his first Gold Record. Presley's first million-seller (and his first release on RCA, after moving from Sun), the record sat at number one on Billboard's Top 100 chart for seven weeks, topped the Country and Western chart, and reached number five on the R&B chart. It continued to sell– it was eventually certified Double Platinum– and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1995.


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The increased use of next-generation sequencing (NGS)2 and increased understanding of tumor genetics have led to the identification of safer and more effective anticancer therapies. Unfortunately, solid tumors are genetically diverse, limiting the efficacy of targeted therapies to subsets of patients having specific genomic profiles. As a result, comprehensive genetic testing using NGS gene panels is becoming more common to help clinicians select appropriate therapies. A recent article in Science Translational Medicine (1) suggests that testing only tumor DNA and not germline DNA may lead to inappropriate administration of cancer therapies, resulting in patient safety concerns and increased healthcare costs. This study assessed 815 tumor-normal paired samples using either exome sequencing or a targeted 111-gene panel from patients with 15 different tumor types. By testing only tumors, they found false-positive results (i.e., misinterpretation of germline alterations as somatic) in 31% of alterations using the 111-gene panel and 65% of alterations by exome testing. They also found that 3% of patients with suspected somatic changes harbored germline alterations in cancer-predisposing genes. The authors concluded that matched tumor-normal sequencing analyses are essential for precise identification and interpretation of genetic alterations for appropriate treatment of patients.
The majority of solid-tumor testing guidelines currently recommend individual gene or small gene panels to help clinicians determine whether specific drugs will have efficacy for a specific tumor type. These smaller gene assays, including "hotspot" or "targeted" NGS panels, assess important regions of the genome that should be well known to laboratories performing tumor-only tests. Clinical laboratories are less likely to misinterpret results from these panels because most detected variants are common and have known associations with specific therapies. Less commonly detected alterations with insufficient evidence to call pathogenic should be reported as variants of unknown significance (VUS). Testing laboratories and clinicians should not try to stretch VUSs into actionable mutations, because evidence-based therapies are driven by well-characterized mutations. Laboratories also need to state in their reports that NGS tumor-only assays cannot differentiate somatic vs germline variants and further testing may be necessary if a patient's clinicopathologic and/or family history is suggestive of a hereditary cancer syndrome. Therefore, for smaller gene panel testing, running a second matched normal-tumor test for all patients may add cost to the healthcare system without significantly improving testing accuracy. In addition, germline variant interpretation is not without difficulty, and overinterpretation of germline alterations can potentially harm patients.
The need for running matched normal-tumor testing becomes more relevant as one adopts larger gene panels/exome testing. In these instances, matched normal-tumor testing improves accuracy of somatic calls by subtracting germline alterations during bioinformatics analysis. Testing germline samples will identify pathogenic germline alterations in cancer predisposition genes that should be reported to the patient through appropriate genetic counseling. NGS testing is increasingly used in clinical laboratories and does help patients, but there are differences in the complexity of bioinformatics and interpretation of results based on the panel size and the list of specific genes being interrogated. With this complexity, it is imperative that both clinicians and laboratories communicate the pros and cons of different NGS panels and continue to learn from each other using data-driven decision-making tools to continue our mission of helping, not hurting, the cancer patient.
- next-generation sequencing;
- variants of unknown significance.
Author Contributions: All authors confirmed they have contributed to the intellectual content of this paper and have met the following 3 requirements: (a) significant contributions to the conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; (b) drafting or revising the article for intellectual content; and (c) final approval of the published article.
Authors' Disclosures or Potential Conflicts of Interest: No authors declared any potential conflicts of interest.
- Received for publication June 22, 2015.
- Accepted for publication June 23, 2015.
- © 2015 American Association for Clinical Chemistry
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Nothing says Christmas quite like mince pies, and now just because I'm vegan doesn't mean I need to miss out! Having seen mincemeat sitting in the local supermarket, I decided I wanted to make my own for some perfect Christmas vegan mince pies.
In actuality, when I first saw the mincemeat I was just going to buy it and make some mince pies using that, but as Sam rightly said, that's cheating. Making your own mincemeat from scratch is actually incredibly easy so there's really no excuse. Even better, it keeps for ages, so you can make a big batch and save it and make fresh mince pies whenever you feel like it.
I can't stress how easy it is to actually make this. You just throw everything together and leave it to soak, then place it in some pastry, bang it in the oven and you'e good to go. Seriously, you need to get on it.
These will keep in an air-tight container for about 5 days, if they last that long.
The mincemeat for this recipe will make more than the stated amount of mince pies, so either halve the recipe if you don't want that much mincemeat or just leave in the fridge to keep for the future.
Vegan Christmas Mince Pies
- 1 large cooking apple
- 280g dried fruit mix (or make your own with a mix of sultanas, currants, raisins, mixed peel and glacé cherries)
- Juice and zest from 1 lemon
- Juice and zest from 1 orange
- 30ml dark rum
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 1/2 tsp mixed spice
- 150g brown sugar
- 40g vegan butter, melted
- 2 sheets vegan shortcrust pastry (most frozen pastry will be vegan)
- 20ml non-dairy milk
- Parchment paper
- Step 1 Begin by finely chopping your apple into small pieces (no need to peel) and placing in a large bowl
- Step 2 Add all other ingredients and stir to combine
- Step 3 Cover and leave somewhere cool (not the fridge) overnight, stirring occasionally
- Step 4 If not using straight away, or keeping for another date, leave in the fridge in a jar or another air-tight container
- Step 5 Pre-heat your oven to 180 degrees fan
- Step 6 Begin by preparing your cupcake tray. To help make it easier to remove the mince pies once they are cooked, cut 2 strips of parchment paper for each cupcake mould
- Step 7 Lay the parchment paper in a cross shape, ensuring that once the mince pies are in, there is parchment paper to hold onto (so you can easily lift them out!)
- Step 8 Next, take your thawed shortcrust pastry and cut out 8 large circles using a cookie cutter
- Step 9 Place each base into a mould and gently press down to ensure it sits tightly in the tray. Shortcrust pastry tends to shrink slightly once cooked so make sure that the cases are big enough
- Step 10 Next, fill each pastry case with mincemeat. Try to avoid getting in too much liquid as this can make the case go soggy
- Step 11 For the pastry top, cut out 9 large circles that are the same size as the mince pies
- Step 12 Using a star cutter, cut out a star from the middle
- Step 13 Place the pastry top over the mince pie and gently pinch the edges to secure
- Step 14 Lightly brush each pastry case with non-dairy milk
- Step 15 Place in the oven for 15-20 minutes until golden brown
- Step 16 Allow to cool and then gently remove from the cupcake tray by lifting up the parchment paper
- Step 17 Serve!


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The French Island of Corsica is about to launch the third edition of a very special and obscure windsurfing event, between 13th-17th June 2012.
The "Bonifacio Windsurf Freestyle Project" promises to ignite the south region of Corsica with a bunch of hardcore windsurfers.
A group of local riders is preparing a competition in which photographers and windsurfers try to get unusual, complex and creative images out of a windsurfing night. How?
The rules are similar to poker. Figures like Jack, King or Ace mean freestyle windsurfing tricks like Spock, Shaka, or Funel. Each player can play with the on the difficulty level of each maneuver in his hand and its implementation on the water.
Thomas Traversa, Julien Mas, Steven Van Broekhoven and friends will hit the Piantarella waters to demonstrate talent and imagination under the moonlight.
Add fire shows, DJ sets, cocktails and night parties and you'll get the "Bonifacio Windsurf Freestyle Project", the first windsurf poker game. Let the show begin. Photographers, get set.


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SQF Certification Process
As an accredited Certification body, Eurofins simplifies the process and provides expert knowledge with its experienced auditors. Outlined below are the certifications steps:
- Select desired SQF level and Food Sector Category
- Determine who will be your site's SQF practitioner.
Note: SQF practitioner must be a company employee and have an understanding of the requirements of the SQF code and trained in HACCP
- For first time certification, Eurofins can provide an optional pre-assessment of your facility prior to the certification audit. Inquiry further.
- Apply with Eurofins through the online application. This application establishes your account and provides necessary facility information for audit duration.
- Register your site on the SQF Reliance site.
- Receive quotation from Eurofins and agree to terms
- Schedule audit with auditor and receive audit agenda.
- Prepare for audit and ensure all documents necessary are available for the audit
- The initial certification audit takes place in two parts per the SQF code: Desk Audit and Facility Audit. The Desk Audit is recommended to be scheduled 30-45 days prior to the Facility audit to ensure enough time for closure of any findings.
- After the certification audit, close any findings within 14 days for majors and 30 days for minors.
- Eurofins reviews report and findings for a certification decision
- Certificate sent by email and mail
Eurofins stands for providing its client with a five star experience and demonstrates excellent customer service which supports you and your company!
Available upon request are Eurofins Scientifc, Inc Food Safety Systems procedure for granting, maintaining, extending or reducing the scope, suspending, withdrawing or refusing certification.


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Cost of Freedom [ VIDEO ]
This should be a new game: Sonic Fights a Bear. I would buy it…Actually, I can't really back that up. But publicly I would act like I did and then maybe pick it up used down the road when it's priced reasonably or just pick it up on some insane Steam sale and never turn actually play it. Definitely not a good marketing plan. In hindsight, I don't recommend making this game.
source: Dorkly


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College Profile
Founded in 1847, The City College of New York (CCNY) is a comprehensive teaching, research, and service institution dedicated to accessibility and excellence in undergraduate and graduate education. It is the oldest college of the City University of New York.
Located on a 35-acre campus in the Hamilton Heights section of Harlem, the College consists of a College of Liberal Arts and Science, the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership and four professional schools: The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, the City College School of Education, the Grove School of Engineering and the Sophie School of Biomedical Education, which offers a unique seven-year BS/MD program. . In addition, CCNY is one of seven CUNY campuses in the Macaulay Honors College
Collectively, CCNY's schools and divisions offer 73 undergraduate majors and 50 masters programs, of which 10 are interdisciplinary. In addition, CCNY grants Ph.D.s in biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering; and in biology, biochemistry, chemistry and physics, jointly with the CUNY Graduate Center.
City College is home to 20 research institutes in the sciences, engineering and social sciences. They are engaged in ongoing investigations in such areas as nanoscience, photonics, alternative energy, water resources, transportation and public policy. For 2014-15, funded research programs at the college totaled $56 million.
Approximately 16,000 students are enrolled at City College, of whom approximately 80 percent are undergraduates. The College is ranked by "U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges" number one in diversity among masters-level universities where Hispanics are the largest ethnic group.
Eighty-seven percent of the College's more than 550 full-time faculty members hold members hold PhDs or terminal degrees in their fields. They include Fulbright scholars, Guggenheim fellows, MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipients and winners of the Pulitzer Prize, Emmy Awards, GRAMMY Awards and National Book Awards
Notable alumni of City College include: John O'Keefe, '63, 2014 Nobel laureate Medicine; Gen. Colin L. Powell, USA (ret.), '58; Intel Corp. Co-Founder Dr. Andrew S. Grove, '60; painter, quilter and author Faith Ringgold, '55, and Dr. Jonas E. Salk, '34, who developed the first polio vaccine. In addition, ten City College graduates are Nobel laureates, the most among public colleges and universities in the United States.
Institution Demographics
- Total enrollment:16,161
- Undergraduate enrollment: 13,113
- Graduate enrollment: 3048
- International Student Enrollment: 1043, Female: 52%, Male: 48%
- Faculty-student ratio: 13:1
- Faculty: Full-Time: 520, Part-Time: 1402
English as a Second Language Program and Services
English as a Second Language Program and Services
Does your institution have an Intensive English Program?
Can your institution issue an I-20 Certificate of Eligibility for F-1 Student Status to a student who has been admitted only to the Intensive English Program?
Does your institution provide courses of English as a Second Language to admitted students?
Does your institution conditionally admit students to degree programs if they have not met the English proficiency requirement?
Please describe your services.
Undergraduate students are tested reading and writing. A student will be required to take English as Second language course(s) in order to register in regular college coursework.
International Student Housing Options
The Towers at CCNY is the first residence hall to be built on the CCNY campus in its 164-year history. The Towers, located on the corner of West 130th Street and St. Nicholas Terrace on the South Campus, opened its door in August 2006. Currently, The Towers provides accommodations for 589 residents.
The Towers consists of 164 fully-furnished, air-conditioned suites in four configurations:
- one-bedroom, one-bathroom suite (2 residents per bedroom)
- two-bedroom, one-bathroom suite (2 residents per bedroom)
- three-bedroom, two-bathroom suites (1 resident per bedroom)
- four-bedroom, two-bathroom suites (1 resident per bedroom).
The Towers also has a limited number of studio and one-bedroom suites available for faculty housing.
Is on-campus housing available for international students?
Collaborative programs
- CCNY/INTEC Exchange Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- CCNY/Roehampton Semester Study Abroad London, England
- CCNY/VU University Exchange Amsterdam, Netherlands
- CCNY/Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
- CCNY/Kookmin University Exchange Seoul, South Korea
- CUNY/Paris Exchange
- CUNY/Italy Exchange
- CCNY/Osnabrück, Germany Exchange
- CCNY School of Engineering/KTH Stockholm, Sweden Exchange
- CCNY School of Engineering/MCI Innsbruck, Austria Exchange
- CCNY School of Engineering/TU Graz, Austria Exchange
- CCNY School of Architecture/ETSA Barcelona, Spain Exchange
- CCNY School of Architecture/ETSA Madrid, Spain Exchange
- CCNY/European Union Joint Master's Degree in English & American Studies
First Year, Transfer, and Graduate Students
International students seeking to transfer into one of your institution's undergraduate programs:
Graduate admission information: http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/admissions/graduate-studies.cfm
Visa Information
Does your institution issue I-20 for F-1 visa status and/or DS-2019 for J-1 visa status?
I-20 and DS-2019
Cost of Attendance and Financial Assistance for International Students
Tuition/Fees: Full-Time:
$13,850 ($560 per credit) per year (full time for 12 credits per semester)
Liberal Arts/Education ($780 per credit) – $14,228 per year (9 credits per semester)
Engineering ($870 per credit) – $15,848 per year (9 credits per semester)
Architecture: Landscape Arch. ($870 per credit) – $25,160 per year (15 credits per semester)
Architecture ($870 per credit) -$31,632 per year (18 credits per semester)
Urban Design ($870 per credit) -$28,152 per year (16 credits per semester)
Public Administration -(875 per credit) – $31,760 (18 credits per semester
Branding and Integrative Communication ($985) $17,918 (9 credits per semester)
Ph.D. Level 1 $12,438 (7 credits per semester)
Full time $204.95 per semester
Part-time $118.95 per semester
Full-time $155.25 per semester
Part-time $92.75 per semester
Estimated living expenses for an academic year (10 months) is $23,637.
Financial Aid
Is financial aid available for international students?
Yes. A limited number opportunities are available to International students. Check the College's website for information. It is possible for doctoral students to receive full scholarships which will cover tuition and provide a stipend.
Student Activities and Campus Life
The majority of the students commute to the City College campus and live in the larger metropolitan area of New York City; they come from many different states across the U.S. and over one hundred different countries. Over eighty languages can be heard on campus, making CCNY a place both cosmopolitan and international.
Student activities at CCNY fall under the umbrella of the Office of Student Life and Leadership Development, which provides support for more than one hundred student clubs and organizations and 15 varsity teams that compete in NCAA Division III. Included are the undergraduate and graduate student governments, two student newspapers, a yearbook, and a student-run radio station. Clubs reflect many of the academic, recreational, religious, political, professional and ethnic interests of CCNY's students. City College students benefit from the many cultural and educational treasures of New York City.


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Welcome and thank you for your interest in Old Mission UMC!
If you have questions about our church or want more information about ministries opportunities, activities, structure, and beliefs of the United Methodist Church, or have questions about spirituality, service, or growth in discipleship please let us know by submitting the form on the right side of this page and either Rev. Karen Nyhart or Amy Zoellner will respond to you.
If you are interested in taking the next step toward membership please take some time to fill out the form below and email it to Rev. Karen Nyhart, firstname.lastname@example.com.
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We look forward to helping you get plugged in!
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The Office of Hawaiian Affairs board of trustees has awarded nearly $6 million for 12 programs serving native Hawaiians.
The funds approved earlier this month will support projects ranging from transitional housing and the construction of a community kitchen to dyslexia education and the training of teachers.
They include:
» $1.2 million to Kahikolu 'Ohana Hale o Waianae to support its transitional housing and vocational education shelter and center on the Leeward Coast.
» $750,000 to the University of Hawaii College of Education's Ho'okulaiwi 'Aha Ho'ona'auao, also known as the Center for Native Hawaiian and Indigenous Education, to support the preparation of teachers and educational leaders for Hawaiian communities.
» $630,000 to the UH law school's Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law.
» $500,000 for the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands' Home Ownership Assistance Program.
» $500,000 to Hale Kipa Inc. to support the design and construction of a comprehensive program support center and residential shelter complex in Ewa.
» $500,000 to Lokahi Pacific to support the rehabilitation and renovation of the historical Kalanianaole Hall on Molokai.
» $500,000 to Goodwill Industries of Hawaii Inc. for construction of the Ohana Career and Learning Center in the Kapolei Business Park.
» $393,011 to Dyslexia Tutoring Center of Hawaii Inc. for tutoring services and raising community awareness about dyslexia for native Hawaiians.
» $305,000 to UH's Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies.
» $300,000 to the Waipa Foundation for design and construction of a community kitchen, including a poi production facility.
» $300,000 to Kai'opua Canoe Club, to support construction of a canoe halau in Kailua-Kona.
» $90,000 to UH for graduate fellowships for native Hawaiian students enrolled in doctoral degree programs during the final year of preparation for their Ph.D. degrees.