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Well I am back from my vacation and was totally overwhelmed by my bursting mailbox! Mostly all your incredible entries to this mingle.
If you are thinking that this is going to be a roundup for 10 different chocolate, vanilla or strawberry ice-creams, I am telling you that my guests are far more creative than that. It was a great pleasure seeing so many fantastic flavors and once again I am recommending you all to bookmark this page.
To all my guests I would like to thank you for bringing your ice-creams to the mingle and apologize for not visiting your posts personally. Now that I am back I will be checking out all your mouth-watering creations and will leave my comments. I do so appreciate you all taking part.
Before we get into the roundup. let me first announce the theme to our next Mingle
August Monhtly Mingle Theme
How many of you watched Live Earth this weekend? Musicians got together all around the world to raise awareness for what is happening to our planet. To raise awareness for a cause started by Al Gore but actually ends with us. Sure there are many critics for this cause, however the fact remains that our Earth is sending us SOS signals and we all need to do something about it.
Please bear with me before you click away, rolling your eyeballs, thinking "How can I individually save the planet?" You see we can. Each individual just needs to play the smallest role and we will be doing so much good towards helping make our planet a great place. Look around you - isn't it a gorgeous planet? Don't we want to keep it looking so beautiful for our children?
With the upcoming mingle, I am really hoping you all will join me to raise awareness for how our Earth is dying and what we can do to help it heal. I leave it to your imagination and inspiration of what you want to create as Earth Food. However, there is one question I would really like you to answer in your posts - what action are you taking that helps the earth? It does not have to be anything spectacular or a list of 100 things - just the one small action that you consciously do that reduces the impact.
For example, I consciously buy recycled toilet paper, writing and printing paper for us at home. I changed my old habit by simply making a choice to grab for another product at the supermarket shelf.
Critics said that the concerts this weekend were only to push the music business, they said that they polluted the Earth more and they also said it is all political. Here is what I say "Stop criticizing and take action!" The fact still remains - if we do not the only place we can ever call home is going to disappear. I hope my fellow Food Bloggers will join me this month at our own foodie party and I am also looking forward to learning much more about how I can reduce my impact from you. Let's party with - Earth Food.
Here's how it works:
- Create a dish that fits this theme. Blog about it anytime from now till August 6th, 2007.
- Email your entry with
- your name
- the name of your blog
- name of dish
- your permalink
- In your post please include a link to this post and/or the MM logo, so your readers get a chance to mingle with us.
- Please send only one entry per blog. If you do not have a blog, simply email your entry, with a picture (if you would like me to add a picture) to firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Although it's great to get entries from all over the world I have to insist that they be in English. If you have a Blog in another language I would kindly like to request you to post your entries in English as well.
I'd like to remind those taking part to please check these guideline carefully and when you send your emails to make sure all the required details are included. Also please check the permalinks you are sending and take a note of the deadline. You will find a comprehensive guideline and event etiquettes for event participation here.
Now, let's scream!
Update 1:
Akshayapaatram - Purple Passion
My roomie and I then went through the ice cream aisle hunting for inspiration :) And just as casually as ever she suggested a blueberry ice cream, hmmm
Update 2:
Egg and Soldier - Rosemary Olive Oil Ice Cream
I'm obsessed with ice cream; I can't stop making it. It's because I've had ice-cream-maker envy my whole life, and now I've finally got one
R Khooks - Green Tea & Raspberry Ice Cream
Fluffy (whisked egg whites), melt in your mouth with a wonderful subtle green tea flavour. This ice cream goes perfectly with the tartness of the raspberry wafers.
Kuechenlatein - Marzipan Ice Cream
Meeta screams for ice cream and I bought an ice cream maker and prepared Marzipan Ice Cream to stop her screaming.
Homemades - Pineapple Sorbet
Rain is only the beginning, frost will come next and snow will whiten all the hills and mountains. Yet, I'm here, dared myself to make pineapple sorbet. Is it weird?
Steamy Kitchen - Orange Chilli Ricotta Frozen Yogurt
My version, not so elegant, is like a teenage girl discovering miniskirt, push-up bra and hot pink lipstick for the first time.
Yambalya - Safari Sorbet
To my huge sadness they stopped having lemon sorbet. The lady behind the counter couldn't accept that I would not have anything else. So she invited me to taste all the sorbets they had. And right she was. I fell head over heels in love with the Purple passion fruit sorbet.
Live To Eat Orange Blueberry Granita with a Hint of Ginger
Isn't it great when you set out to make one dish and it gets messed up, but you realize that your mess can be called something else? That is what happened to me last night. I intended to make a sorbet, but it never quite became one, the texture was too coarse, and looked very much like granita.
Escapades - Roasted Banana Ice Cream
I made my own version of roasted banana ice cream after looking for recipes that called for the stuff I had on hand…its really quite simple and very very satisfying.
Superspark - Strawberry Rhubarb Ginger Ice Cream
The combination of strawberry and rhubarb is so classic and so delicious that I'm willing to eat it in just about any guise. Crumble? Yes, please! Pie? How about seconds? Cupcakes? Why not? But for all of the delicious strawberry-rhubarb desserts out there, there's not much in the way of ice cream.
Chez Denise et Laudalino - Mascarpone Cheese Ice Cream with fresh Blueberries.
... we had a great time trying out some new flavors! Came up with this one using bits and pieces of a bunch of different recipes & my own touch as well! It was Delicious!!
TriniGourmet - Coco-Mango Smoothie
I gotta tell ya. I'm feeling really left out of the foodie blogsphere right about now. It seems all everyone is talking about is summer salads, strawberries, blueberries, peaches light dinners and OMG it's so hot they can't eat 'real food' … and I'm sitting here in my tropical yard where it's the same high temperatures the year round trying to figure out how I am able to eat 'real food' the year round and what I should showcase as a result
Spicy Chilly - Mango Ice Cream
... this is definitely an untried venture as no one might have tried making fresh ice creams with Imampasanth, yet.The recipe is totally self made with a touch of creativity and the result; a humble success!
Milk & Cookies - Banana Date ice Cream Cake
I've only ever seen the ice cream cake come out for two types of birthday parties- they are usually reserved for children's birthdays and for those over the age of 60. Is it because we revert back to that child-like state when we get older and thus requires the presence of an ice cream cake?
Anali's First Amendment - Nancy Pelosi Chocolate Ice Cream
I've been thinking about a new chocolate ice cream flavor since watching Jay Leno interview House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a few months ago. I'm a night owl, so I often tune in to The Tonight Show.
Tartelette - Georgia Peach Ice cream
When I got to the farmer's market this morning and found a bounty of gloriously fragrant and yellow Georgia peaches, I knew some would end up in a cake, some cut up on my salad and some would turn out into an ice cream.
Jugalbandi - Ridiculously Easy Ice Cream
We made three varieties of icecream today. We have neither an icecream machine, nor a hand mixer.
Our formula:
Frozen Stuff + Food Processor = Instant Gratification
A Cracking Good Egg - Coca Cola Marshmallow Ice Cream
You are not mistaken. Yes, I have used coca cola and marshmallows to make ice cream. Now before you start gagging or click away thinking I am mad, I just want to say 1) it's actually quite nice and 2) it wasn't my idea.
Malabar Ruchi - Tri Flavored Tri Colored Pudding
Kitchen Delights - Gingered Semi Freddo Cupcakes
This Italian ice cream is like the original soft scoop ice cream. It is made with a boiled sugar syrup and doesn't have the traditional custard base, it is speckled with chopped stem ginger and will stay soft when frozen.
For The love Of Food - Blueberry Agave Ice Cream
The ice cream is good (to me), but since I don't get to eat sweets, anything that is remotely sweet is like a piece of heaven to me!
Homesick Texan - Cafe de olla ice cream with my mom's hot fudge
But dad's homemade ice cream topped with my mom's hot fudge was always the highlight of the day—a smooth, rich treat that set off fireworks in my mouth.
Pastry Princess - Peanut Butter Ice Cream Sandwiches
NYC is hot. It's humid. It's sticky. It's sweaty. Cold and creamy ice cream is the perfect way to beat the heat. Some may call summer ice cream season, but, in my opinion, every season is ice cream season.
Hot N' Sweet Bowl - Ice Cream Sandwich
Cookies are one of my favorite baked goodies. There are many types and variates of cookies. In the same way ice cream ......mmmmmmm they also come in many variates and for me cookies and ice cream......Like heaven in my mouth......I love them so much. So I combined the both in one dessert.
Ms Adventures in Italy - Fresh Fig Sorbet
Tomorrow is the 4th of July in the U.S., which will pass quite unnoticed here, but I have so many years of fond memories of barbecuing and visiting with friends and family in the hot sun, that I thought a cool sorbet would be a great virtual contribution.
Jumbo Empanadas - Coconut Dulce de Leche Ice Cream
This Coconut Dulce de Leche ice cream was almost missing the dulce de leche as I ate a quarter of it before it could be added to the ice cream machine. That's right, I just ate it with a spoon.
Always Room For Dessert - Summer Duo
Actually, ever since I found out what the theme was I started thinking about the endless possibilities...so much ice cream (and sherberts and sorbets) so little time (and freezer space).
Vanille & Chocolat - Ice Cream Sandwiches - Coconut Sorbet with Ginger & Lemongrass Cookies and Coconut Meringues
... I'm not one to sit moping around being grumpy about the weather, and so, by lack of a decent summer outside, I thought I could at least try to create a hot and tropical summer inside.
Tastes Like Home - Soursop Ice Cream
Here in the Caribbean, we have a delicious fruit that's flavorful with an intoxicating aroma that we call soursop, in Spanish guanabana and other South American countries, graviola.
An Italian in the US - Barchette Gelato
I was inspired by the traditional 'banana split', but instead of using full size bananas, I took the small bananas from Ecuador.
Married ...with Dinner - Toasted Coconut Ice Cream
Our second trial, though, helped me understand what all the swooning reviews were about. A perfect coconut ice cream doesn't just toss a cup of shreds into a vanilla custard and freeze them up. Instead, it starts by infusing warm dairy with freshly-roasted coconut, steeping to extract subtle flavors.
Nook & Pantry - Green Tea Ice Cream
I finally settled on green tea ice cream (and whatdoya know David has a recipe for it!) with the intention of wrapping them in mochi ...
Tasty Palettes - Honey Semifreddo
It was sinfully delicious and its hard to believe that an easy recipe like this would yield something that is beyond words.
Aarti's Corner - Mango Mastani
Mango Mastani is thick Mango milk shake topped with Mango Ice-cream.
Puu's Cookbook - Honey Ice Cream with Pomegranate Molasses
is that good enough to share with the mingle, meeta?
please say it is.
What's For Lunch, Honey? - My own creation, what you saw here was a delicious Apricot and Pistachio Ice Cream.
So, I hope you all enjoyed all these ice-cream flavors to suit every palate. If I did forget to post your entry please send me a reminder and believe me when I say I am mortified. For all those late comers - add your link to your own favorite flavor in the comments section of this post.
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Edward Blum isn't a lawyer, and he doesn't play one on TV.
But he has been the driving force behind two race-related cases before the U.S. Supreme Court this term, including one that justices will hear Wednesday that seeks to roll back a key section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
The other, Fisher v. University of Texas, which challenges the use of race and ethnicity in public college and university admissions policies, was heard by the court in October and awaits its decision.
Blum, a Michigan-born former investment broker, has for two decades been almost single-handedly orchestrating legal efforts to end affirmative action, and to end mandated federal pre-approval for proposed voting changes in nine states, largely in the Deep South, and other jurisdictions with histories of discrimination.
Civil rights activists say Blum's aims in Shelby County v. Holder would gut the historic voting act, overwhelmingly reauthorized by Congress in 2006, of its protections of minority Americans from ongoing discriminatory registration, voting and redistricting shenanigans.
Blum, 60, as head of his one-man-show, the conservative Project on Fair Representation, has argued that the Voting Rights Act and race-based preferences in college admissions are unconstitutional.
We spoke recently with Blum, a University of Texas graduate whose passion was influenced by a failed 1992 congressional run in a gerrymandered majority-African-American Texas district.
NPR: What does this moment in high court history mean to you, given that you have devoted much of your professional life to efforts that would eliminate race-based policies and law — whether it involves university admissions preferences, or enhanced federal oversight of voting practices in some Southern states and jurisdictions?
Blum: It's very humbling that after 20 years of laboring in the courts to attempt to restore the original vision of the Civil Rights Act, that the court has taken up both the Fisher case and the Shelby County case this term.
NPR: Some suggest that the voting rights issues of last year — including efforts to require voter identification cards, to curtail early voting and to limit opportunities to register to vote — prove that the enhanced scrutiny is not obsolete. Do you think those efforts damaged your argument that we don't need extra federal attention in some places?
Blum: I think we do need very rigorous election laws that apply not just to places like Alabama and Texas but also to places like Pennsylvania and Ohio. Clearly, legislative bodies make mistakes. They pass laws that are discriminatory, maybe not intentionally but in their effect. Our argument is that if we're going to have election laws that apply to Alabama and Texas, and to all these covered jurisdictions, those need to be the same laws that apply to places like Tennessee and Ohio and Oklahoma and Washington state. Federal statutes are designed, for the most part, to be one-size-fits-all. Alabama must be treated equally with Ohio, Texas with Arkansas. If Shelby County prevails, equal sovereignty among the states will be restored to our nation's elections laws. And that would be a good thing.
NPR: So you don't object to federal attention, maybe enhanced federal attention, being paid to how states are operating their voting mechanisms, as long as that federal attention is the same for all states?
Blum: The voting rights law has a very powerful provision called Section 2, which is permanent. [The section "prohibits voting practices or procedures that discriminate on the basis of race, color or membership in one of the language minority groups identified" in the act.] It doesn't expire, and it applies coast to coast. It applies to school districts in Florida, school districts in Maine, all the way across to California. That is the law that the federal government turned to stop Ohio and Pennsylvania with the introduction of their voter ID laws [during the 2012 election]. If that law is good enough for Ohio and Pennsylvania, it should be the same law that is used in South Carolina and Texas if the government has objections to their voter ID laws.
NPR: Though the high court in 2009 did not roll back the provisions calling for federal approval on voting changes in the affected states and jurisdictions, at least two of the justices — including Chief Justice John Roberts — wrote then that "things have changed in the South," and that data used to determine who falls under the section are outdated. Can you give a specific example of where you think Congress' use of outdated voter data has kept some state or jurisdiction unfairly under the thumb of the federal government?
Blum: When this bill was passed in 1965, Congress looked to a number of different factors. The two most important were the rate of African-American voter registration in the Deep South, and the participation at the polls by African-Americans in the Deep South. If you look at those two metrics today, or if you look at them more importantly in 2006, and ask what has happened over the last nearly 50 years, the jurisdictions that are covered by Section 5 have greater minority participation rates and greater minority registration rates than do states outside of these covered jurisdictions. Alabama and Mississippi have greater numbers of African-Americans registered to vote and participating in elections than any other state in the nation. That alone dooms the constitutionality of this provision.
NPR: With the nation's rapidly changing demographics, could you support, in the future, federal provisions that focus voting rules on places where, for example, the prospective voting population is predominantly Hispanic and evidence shows problems with how they are treated when it comes to registration, voting and the drawing of voting districts?
Blum: Our election laws have a number of different statutes that can be used to protect Hispanics, African-Americans and others from coast to coast. If those laws need to be strengthened, then Congress should do it. What Congress should not do, and what they did in 2006, was to continue using data from 1964 and say that it is still relevant in 2006. Election laws need to apply to every state and jurisdiction equally, whether they're heavily Hispanic or heavily African-American. Those laws need to be one-size-fits-all.
NPR: What do you see as the link between the Fisher v. University of Texas admissions case, which has been heard and will be decided this term, and the Shelby County voting rights case?
Blum: I think there's an arc between Fisher and Shelby County in that both cases, at their heart, argue that an individual's race and skin color should no longer matter in our public policy. Lowering the bar for individuals because they're a certain race or ethnicity in university admissions, or raising the bar for certain states because they have large numbers of Hispanics or African-Americans in the voting context? We have changed as a nation. I think most Americans of good faith recognize that the America that elected and re-elected Barack Obama as its first African-American president is far different today than when affirmative action was really introduced in the 1970s and the Voting Rights Act was first enacted in 1965. And that's a blessing we should all recognize.
NPR: Do you see any role for race-based admission policies, given the continuing disparity between rich and poor in the education system, and the race and ethnicity issues inherent in that reality? Is there a policy you could see as part of a remedy?
Blum: I don't think a person's skin color or ethnicity should be a factor in university admissions, ever. What I do believe in is that universities have an obligation to reach out to those who come from disadvantaged backgrounds — who perhaps would be the first in their family to attend college, or who come from backgrounds where English is a second language — and give a helping hand to students like that, students who come from high schools that send very few students to college. I'm all for that. What I'm not for, and what I think most Americans are not for, is lowering the bar based on someone's skin color or ethnicity. I'm confident that colleges and universities can do better than that.
NPR: Then what is a helping hand, in college admissions, that you envision?
Blum: If there's an applicant that's just right on the borderline between acceptance and rejection, but who has come from a disadvantaged socio- economic background, then I think a university can lower the bar a little bit to get that student admitted, provide some remedial help during freshman year. I'm all for that. What I'm not for is just saying because you're African-American, or because you're Hispanic, we're going to lower the bar for you. I think socioeconomic disadvantage would allow a university to put a slight, light thumb on the scales in order to help someone from that background to be admitted.
NPR: What is the opposing side's best argument for retaining Voting Rights Act provisions?
Blum: I would say that the strongest part of their argument would be that the courts should defer to congressional judgment on matters like this, and that because Congress looked at the issue and decided to retain it, then the courts should respect that. Having said that, there are two very high-profile statutes up for review this term — Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, and the Defense of Marriage Act — both of which passed with significant majorities of congressional support. So even though I've given you my best argument from the other side, I'm not sure that anyone, when you do a piece on the Defense of Marriage Act, is going to say, "Well, the reason the Defense of Marriage Act is constitutional or should be left alone is because Congress passed it and we should defer to Congress' judgment in this."
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Salvos Say Give Pre-Loved Gifts This Christmas In New Campaign Via The General Store
Each year, over 20 million unwanted Christmas gifts are given, with tonnes of these ending up in landfill. But still, there exists a stigma around giving second hand gifts.
Salvos Stores, Australia's largest second hand charity retailer, are tackling this problem by asking people to make the "Preloved Promise" – an online declaration that they would like to receive second hand Christmas gifts this year.
Salvos Stores GM customer and strategy, Edwina Morgan said: "2021 has been a tough year financially for many people. Letting your loved ones know you're open to receiving second-hand gifts takes some of the financial stress out of the Christmas season and has the added benefits of helping the environment and vulnerable Aussies through the work of The Salvation Army".
The campaign has launched nationally across OOH, BVOD, Spotify, Digital, in-store and social – with uptake of the Preloved Promise being kicked off by key influencers in the sustainable fashion space.
Maddie Livesey, partner at The General Store said: "Last year we launched a new brand platform for Salvos Stores. This year, we're using that platform to remove the stigma of giving and receiving pre-loved gifts. In the spirit of recycling, we refreshed parts of last year's campaign, using 'Salvos Santa' to get the message out there."
The campaign encourages people to make the Preloved Promise via stickers on stories or by sharing the assets on the Preloved Promise website. Businesses can also take part through LinkedIn and by opting to replace Secret Santa with second hand 'Salvo's Santa' activities.
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Please note that a very variable number of SNPs was extracted from these various samples. These results should be viewed as indicative of possible patterns that might be confirmed by a more thorough analysis. Also, please consult the globe4 post for more details on the methodology behind it, and the interpretation of the 4 components.
With these various caveats, I would say that these results seem to make some sense and to be fairly consistent with the scenario of Patterson et al. (2012):
- Oetzi and Gok4, the "farmers" seem to lack the Amerindian component
- Ajv52, and Ajv70, the northern hunter-gatherers seem to possess it
- Bra1, the Mesolithic Iberian seems to lack it as well
A broader context
The absence of the Amerindian-like admixture in South Indian Brahmins and Armenians, and its paucity Kurds and Iranians might indicate that this type of ancestry was not represented in ancient Armenians and Indo-Iranians. Indeed, all these populations possess less of this admixture than those of the North Caucasus. Cypriots possess none of it as well, where the Greek_D sample, a small 2.5% portion. In a previous analysis, I estimated a historical-era estimate of North European admixture in Greeks, and this admixture presumably incorporates the signal of Amerindian-like admixture. Additionally, an Iron Age individual from Bulgaria will soon be announced as being Sardinian-like.
The sum of these factors leads me to believe that the signal of Amerindian-like admixture did not play an important role in the formation of the Graeco-Phrygians (and their Armenian relatives) and the Indo-Iranians, or at least did so to an insignificant degree. As the former expanded westward from the PIE homeland, and the latter eastward, they would have had little opportunity to encounter this type of admixture; rather, they would have admixed with Sardinian-like individuals in the west, and Ancestral South Indian (ASI)-like or East Asian individuals in the east.
On the other hand, as Indo-European groups expanded into eastern Europe, setting off a chain of events that would eventually transform most of the northern part of the continent, and, in historical times, much of the rest of it, they would have met with Ajv-like individuals carrying the signal of Amerindian-like admixture, as well as the Oetzi/Sardinian-like farmers that had spread all the way to Scandinavia by the late Neolithic. The population formed by this mixture would have carried with it the signal of Amerindian-like ancestry, and would then transpose it across the continent. The signal would become increasingly muted westward and southward, and indeed this is what we observe.
UPDATE: It is interesting to see that South Indian Brahmins (both the Metspalu et al. sample, and my Iyer_D and Iyengar_D samples) lack this admixture, while Uttar Pradesh Brahmins do not, given the rolloff evidence for a more recent admixture of the latter. This is consistent with a historical admixture event, after the migration of Brahmin groups southwards, as described in that post.


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I tend to be like a mad scientist in her laboratory mixing and concocting. There's an idea of different ingredients floating in my head and I begin writing it all down in my diary. It's a process that takes days, sometimes months, before I even begin to actually play around with the ingredients in the kitchen.
I keep going back to the diary, trying to decipher my own handwriting, thinking if this is the right flavor combination. Then I am in the grocery store and see another ingredient that might work, which makes me whip my diary out and look at my notes again and my train of thought begins moving in a totally different direction.
Once I think I have it - I take my other notebook - the neater one - and write down the ingredients neatly and clearly, then I work on the actual method. What comes first and what follows, roasting, sweating or sautéing - which form of cooking brings the best flavor out. There are many things to take into account, however I am not always rewarded with the perfect results, which often makes me go back to my untidy diary and scrutinize everything again.
But what to do with the object of experiment lying in my kitchen? Obviously I will try to disguise it as dinner or dessert, if it tastes good, my two recipe testers are never the wiser. Other times I have no choice but to bin the tasteless mush because I know no matter how hard I try to disguise it nothing is going to make this thing go down too well. Then there are times that an experiment gone wrong takes me into a whole new route and experiment all over again. An experiment of and experiment if you will.
Like this recipe. It actually started out to be dinner rolls, but along the way I knew it was not going to work. Throwing it away was not an option as I had used organic products and hate wasting food. I thought of flat bread and as I was rolling it another idea popped into my head. I went to my diary (the untidy one) and flicked the pages. Yes why not.
A yeasted tart dough - maybe not a novel idea - but something about how the recipe for the dough came together was showing me it would be perfect for a tart crust. It's rich and extremely easy to handle.
I just needed to find a perfect filling for it. Buckwheat is gorgeous, nutty and intense and so the filling had to complement it - balance the taste but not drown it out. I begin caramelizing onions as the sweetness would balance that strong earthy taste. Complementing the earthy taste of buckwheat are mushrooms, also caramelized gently for a perfect sweetness but still withholding the earthiness. Finally, I combined it with kale - gorgeous and one of my favorite leafy greens. Although kale imparts a strong flavor I wanted it's bitterness to contrast against the sweeter flavors of the caramelized vegetables.
Finally fresh and aromatic herbs like rosemary, thyme and bay leaf wraps up the entire tart making it go from ordinary to sensational. A sprinkling of goat cheese takes the tart to the next level with its creamy texture it binds all the aromas brilliantly.
Kale Mushroom and Goat Cheese Buckwheat Tart
Printable version of recipe here
For the Buckwheat Yeasted Tart Dough
115g + 60g cup all-purpose flour
115g buckwheat flour
1 teaspoon dry yeast
60 ml warm water
pinch of salt
1 egg, at room temperature
3 tablespoons soft butterFor the filling
2-3 teaspoons butter
2 medium onions, thinly sliced
600g fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 large bunch kale, chopped, steamed and water drained
2 tablespoons fresh herbs of choice
230 ml vegetable stock
handful of parmesan cheese, grated
180g goat cheese
Salt, pepper and crushed pink peppercornsMethod
For the Buckwheat Yeasted Tart Dough
- In a small bowl dissolve yeast and sugar in the warm water. Allow to rest for approx. 10 minutes.
- Mix together salt buckwheat flour and 115g all-purpose flour in a large bowl. Push some flour from the middle of the bowl to the sides to make a well. Pour in the egg.
- Add the butter and pour the yeast-sugar liquid, then using a wooden spoon stir the ingredients in the well. Then slowly begin picking up some of the flour from the sides. Continue stirring, picking up more and more flour as you stir. In the end you should have a smooth dough, which will easily pull away from the bowl.
- Transfer the dough to onto a clean countertop and begin kneading with your hands. Add the remaining all-purpose flour. Continue to knead until all the flour is incorporated. Knead for another 5-8 minutes until it is smooth and shiny. Place the dough in an oiled bowl, cover with a damp cloth and allow to rise for approx. 1 hour. The dough should have doubled. Punch it down.
- The dough is wonderfully elastic and easy to work with so there should be no trouble rolling it out. As a matter of fact I simply used my fingers to spread it out and then pressed it into my buttered tart form. You can also use a rolling pin and roll it to the size of your form.
For the filling
- Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees C.
- Heat a large pan and allow the butter to melt. Add sliced onions and sauté until translucent. Add mushrooms, herbs and salt and caramelize the vegetables on a low heat for 15-20 minutes. The mushrooms will release their juices then add the stock and reduce until the mushrooms are brown and caramelized. Remove from heat.
- Sprinkle grated parmesan on the base of your crust to keep the base crisp.
- Add the chopped steamed kale to the mushroom and mix to incorporate. Toss in half of the goat cheese. Season to taste.
- Transfer mixture to the tart form and top with remaining goat cheese.
- Bake tart for 30-45 minutes until the crust is brown and filling is hot and bubbling.
- Serve sprinkled with crushed pink peppercorns, a fresh tomato salad and a glass of chilled white wine.
If all experiments gone wrong would end up with such incredibly delicious results I'd probably not curse as much in the kitchen. But this recipe has gone down into my neat diary – the one I save for all my experiments gone right. The rich almost brioche like dough gives so much flavor to the entire tart and the caramelized vegetables add a wonderful harmony to the nutty flavors of the dough.
I was recently interviewed by the Food & Drink edition of Bizymoms. If you fancy you can read my interview on the Love of Food on their website. Have fun!
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Yup... such is the level of financial reporting in the Murdoch Era.
Let's pause to reflect on these "news":
- Truly secretive meetings of market operators never, ever make it to the press. They wouldn't be secretive otherwise, would they now?
- A routine, white bread-peanut butter-and-jelly position in the major currency FX market is never a "career trade". This market is simply too huge and efficient to score a major killing.
- The euro is already down 11% from 1.52 to 1.35. It took the fear of bankruptcy (of Greece), insolvency (of the rest of the PIGS) and a huge badmouthing campaign in the US-controlled financial press to make it so.
- We know that lots of mark-to-market money has already been made on the way down, particularly in sovereign CDS, shorting bonds and shares - plus the plain vanilla FX positions. The first three markets are illiquid and - to my knowledge - short positions are still mostly open.
The Journal also mentions the euro-dinner took place at a townhouse and the menu featured lemon chicken and fillet mignon. Of course.. would you believe them if they said Bob's Greasy Spoon and Beefaroni?
Well, I say Gullibility Pie is on offer right now and it's being served on a silver platter, with all the trimmings. And it's free!
Don't bite.
P.S. I don't really need cred, at least not for readers of long standing, but I should point out that I was talking about the dollar's undervaluation last November, when it went to 1.50. See this post: 2012 - Dollar At The End Of The World.


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Knowing the temperatures that viruses, bacteria, worms and all other parasites need to grow and survive could help determine the future range of infectious diseases under climate change, according to new research.
Princeton University researchers developed a model that can identify the prospects for nearly any disease-causing parasite as the Earth grows warmer, even if little is known about the organism. Their method calculates how the projected temperature change for an area would alter the creature's metabolism and life cycle, the researchers report in the journal Ecology Letters.
Lead author Péter Molnár, a Princeton postdoctoral researcher of ecology and evolutionary biology, explained that the technique is an all-inclusive complement to current methods of predicting how climate change will affect disease, which call for a detailed knowledge of the environmental factors a specific parasite needs to thrive. But for many parasites, that information doesn't exist.
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Because global temperatures will still differ by elevation and distance from the equator, some parasites also might "migrate" from their previous territory — rendered inhospitable by higher temperatures — to one more inviting. That could expose human and animal populations to new diseases to which they may have little natural resistance. Thus, having an idea of which areas a parasite might transition to is important, Molnár said.
"As metabolism varies with temperature, parasite life-cycle components such as mortality, development, reproduction or infectivity may also vary with temperature," Molnár said. "If, for a specific parasite, we know the temperature dependence of its metabolism, or the temperature dependence of its life-cycle components, our model allows using these temperature effects to evaluate the impact of climate change on parasite fitness, and thus the regions in which the parasite may occur in the future."
Ryan Hechinger, a biologist at the University of California-Santa Barbara, said the framework adds to recent research tempering the fear that infectious diseases will uniformly flourish as global temperatures rise. Hechinger, who focuses his research on parasite ecology and evolution, is familiar with the work but had no role in it.
"There has been quite a bit of a 'the sky is falling' attitude from people claiming that infectious diseases are only going to get worse," Hechinger said. "We can't forget that most infectious diseases are caused by living agents. Like most living things, these agents may be negatively or positively affected by climate change. The modeling in this paper clarifies that infectious diseases may increase or decrease under climate change, specifically under global warming."
In addition, Hechinger said, the Princeton technique applies to any parasites that venture outside of a warm-blooded host, including organisms that plague humans, such as Plasmodium, the microorganism that causes malaria.
"If the parasites have stages when they are loose in the environment, they will be impacted by temperature. This goes for parasites with developmental stages in cold-blooded hosts because those hosts are affected by environmental temperatures," Hechinger said.
"So, the modeling framework can work for human malarias because there are parasite stages in cold-blooded mosquitos, or human schistosomiasis [most common in children in developing countries], where the parasite has stages in cold-blooded snails and free-living stages in the open environment," he said.
The Princeton model could potentially appertain to those disease carriers as well, Molnár said. The framework could predict the future ranges of cold-blooded animals for use in combating invasive species, or even in the conservation of such animals as reptiles and amphibians, he said.
Molnár worked with senior researcher Andrew Dobson, Princeton professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, as well as with second author Susan Kutz, an associate professor of veterinary medicine at the University of Calgary, and Bryanne Hoar, a graduate student in the Kutz lab.
The researchers tested their model on Ostertagia gruehneri, a species of nematode, or roundworm, that lives in the Arctic. Among the world's most widespread parasites, the larval stages of parasitic roundworms are free-living in the environment or utilize a cold-blooded intermediate host, while the adult stages live within their final hosts, and may cause conditions such as trichinosis.
Hoar and Kutz had reared O. gruehneri larvae in various temperatures, and recorded their development and survival. Molnár and Dobson found that these observations correlated extremely well with how their metabolic model predicted the species would respond to increased Arctic temperatures. Under future conditions, the parasite's infectious season could split from what is now a continuous spring-to-fall transmission season into two longer fall and spring seasons separated by a hot, unlivable summer.
While the seasonal life of a nematode might seem trivial, what affects the parasite affects the host, Molnár said. The researchers are broadening their model to gauge how O. gruehneri's new active seasons would alter the relationship with its primary host, the caribou. They also are investigating the recent range expansion of a nematode with a penchant for the lungs of muskoxen, a wooly bovine native to the Arctic.
Molnár and his colleagues want to know what further population growth could be expected from these parasites as the Arctic climate continues to warm, and the eventual toll that would have on caribou and muskoxen herds.
The paper, "Metabolic approaches to understanding climate change impacts on seasonal host-macroparasite dynamics," was published in the January 2013 edition of Ecology Letters. The work was supported by grants from the James S. McDonnell Foundation, Alberta Innovates and the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada.


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Upper gastrointestinal series
(Upper GI Series; Barium Swallow; Barium Meal)
Upper gastrointestinal series – Definition
This is a series of x-rays of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum (the first part of the small intestine). Together, the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum are called the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract, or upper digestive system. The x-rays are taken during and after drinking a chemical called barium. The barium solution is a thick, white, chalky, milkshake-like liquid. It coats the inside lining of your GI tract. This makes the GI tract show up better on the x-ray.
Upper gastrointestinal series – Reasons for Test
An upper GI series may be done if you have:
- Diarrhea
- Weight loss
- Abdominal pain
- Trouble swallowing
- Regurgitation — when food and fluids flow back up from your stomach toward your mouth
- Rectal bleeding
- Bloody stools or black, tarry stools
- Bloody vomit or "coffee-ground" vomit
An upper GI series can help detect:
- Ulcers
- Blockage
- Abnormal growths or tumors
- Diverticula — abnormal pouches in the wall of your gut
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) — when acid from the stomach moves up into your throat
- Hiatal hernia — the upper part of the stomach moves up through a small opening in the muscular wall that separates the abdominal cavity from the chest cavity
Upper gastrointestinal series – What to Expect
Prior to Test
- As with all x-ray tests, make sure you let your doctor know if you are pregnant.
- Talk to your doctor about the medicines you are taking, as some may have to be adjusted before the test.
- Do not eat, drink, or smoke for at least eight hours before the test.
- You may be given a medicine called glucagon. This will slow down the activity of the stomach and small intestine.
- You may be asked to swallow baking soda crystals. These crystals will bubble and make gas in your stomach, allowing for more detailed x-rays.
- If the doctor wants to look at lower parts of your intestine, you may need to take a laxative the day before your exam. This will clean out your intestine.
Upper gastrointestinal series – Description of Test
You will remove all jewelry and wear a hospital gown. You will drink the barium solution. As you drink the barium, the radiologist will take x-rays of your chest and abdomen. The doctor may also give you bits of food to eat with barium on them. You may have to change positions frequently during the test.
If your doctor wants to look at more of your intestines, a small bowel follow-through may be done. This means that x-ray pictures are taken every 15-30 minutes while the barium travels further down the intestines.
Upper gastrointestinal series – After Test
You may eat and drink as usual. Drink plenty of fluid. The barium will slowly pass through your system on its own.
You may have some white-colored stool or constipation after the test.
Upper gastrointestinal series – How Long Will It Take?
An upper GI series can take between 30 minutes and two hours. A small bowel follow-through can take 1-4 hours.
Upper gastrointestinal series – Will It Hurt?
Upper gastrointestinal series – Results
A normal upper GI series will show a functioning, healthy digestive tract. Your doctor will perform further tests or make a treatment plan based on the findings.
Upper gastrointestinal series – Call Your Doctor
After the test, call your doctor if any of the following occurs:
- Constipation lasts for more than a few days after the test
- Abdominal pain or bloating
- Vomiting
- Signs of infection, including fever and chills
- Trouble breathing or cough


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PA reports that Daniel Nava will leadoff tonight. Bill Hall will play shortstop as Marco Scutaro had a "procedure" on his neck yesterday (according to Terry Francona) to help with his pinched nerve.Nava, LF
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Kennedy has pitched quite well for Arizona, allowing three or fewer earned runs in 11 of his 13 starts. Since May 1, he has a 2.42 ERA in eight starts (52 innings). However, Kennedy has allowed 14 home runs -- only three pitchers have given up more.
Although Kennedy worked in 14 games for the Yankees in 2007-09, he has never pitched against Boston. The only Red Sox batter he has ever faced is Victor Martinez (one single in three PA on April 26, 2008).
Buchholz has the 4th best AL ERA and is at 2.42 over his last six starts. He has never faced anyone currently on the Snakes.
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Tampa Bay and New York are tied for first at 40-23, with Boston at 37-28, 4 GB.June 15:Yankees/Racist Team Name #1
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1902 - Corsicana routs Texarkana 51-3. The Texas League game was played in a ballpark with either very short fences (about 200-210 to right) or no fences at all. Most accounts state that Corsicana hit 21 home runs, with catcher Justin "Nig" Clarke hitting eight of them -- in eight consecutive at-bats. (Or maybe Clarke hit only three dongs.) Some telegraph operators, thinking the final score was a typo, reported it as 5-3.
1928 - Ty Cobb steals home for the 54th and final time in his 24-year career.
1938 - Cincinnati's Johnny Vander Meer pitches his second consecutive no-hitter, defeating the Dodgers 6-0, in the first night game played at Ebbets Field. On June 11, Vander Meer no-hit the Boston Braves, 3-0.
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One winner will receive two charm packs from Moda's yet-to-be-released line Dream On by Urban Chiks (not expected to start shipping until October) - how wonderful is that? I just love this line but unfortunately I wasn't able to snag any while I was at Quilt Market. I love how reminiscent it is of vintage sheets. Make sure to hop on over to Heather's blog and give her a big ol' kiss from me!
And now we have John Adams of Quilt Dad - that's right, Q Daddy himself is in the house! John and I first became friends online but got to spend an awesome four days together (with Jennifer of course) hanging out at Quilt Market in May. We had a ridiculous amount of fun and now he's bringing some fun for you!
John actually brought along two prizes! That's right, two winners will have their choice of a Moda Marbles Solid Jelly Roll in either the warm, citrus, or pastel colourway! Woot! I mean, really, who couldn't use more solids in their life? Make sure to pop on over to John's at some point and tell him that a fly girl sent you!
And last, but definitely not least, we have the incomparable Kate Conklin of Kate Conklin Designs. Kate and I first met through her blog - she had donated some of her quilt patterns to Craft Hope for Haiti and I left her a comment letting her know how wonderful I thought it was that she had done that. We became friends and I even edited one of her quilt patterns for her (more on that in a minute).
Two very lucky winners will have their choice of two of Kate's quilt patterns which she sells both online and in retail shops. Now don't you feel lucky? There is one pattern that you will not be able to pick right now and it just so happens to be the one that I edited - that pattern, Fairy Hearts, is appearing in the latest edition of Australian Patchwork and Quilting Magazine (vol.19, no.5)! Can you believe it? Woohoo, go Kate! But do not despair dear reader, Kate is a wonderful designer and has many beautiful patterns to choose from! Make sure to hop on over to Kate's and tell her what a super-awesome designer she is!
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Why Asia's Maritime Disputes Are Not Just About China
When it comes to feuds in the Pacific over islands and what lies beneath, it's not simply a case of China against everyone else
Zoher Abdoolcarim, 08/19/12
Much of the international coverage and commentary about the disputes over islands in East Asian waters has concentrated on the battle in the South China Sea for territory and resources. And much of that has been framed as a morality play in which China is the villain, most other Asian nations are victims, and the U.S. is a Solomonic figure. On Aug. 10 the Wall Street Journal, referring to Beijing, published an editorial titled "The Bully of the South China Sea." In another article, Robert Manning of the Washington-based Atlantic Council wrote: "It is one thing if, in a rules-based world, China seeks a larger role in shaping the rules, commensurate with increased economic and political weight. It is quite another if the message is simply about power." Even Kishore Mahbubani, dean of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore and an unabashed booster of the global rise of Asia and in particular China, has been critical of Beijing. In a syndicated column Mahbubani said that "China has begun to make serious mistakes" in its dealings with its neighbors.
To be sure, China has upped the ante in the South China Sea stakes and angered, in particular, some members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Beijing has established the Sansha municipality and garrison on an island in the Paracels, which China as well as Vietnam and Taiwan claim. It has engaged in a tense naval standoff with the Philippines over a reef called Scarborough Shoal. It has invited foreign companies to tender for oil and gas in disputed waters. The reasons that pundits give for Beijing's bellicosity range from its appetite for the natural resources of the South China Sea to its desire to look tough amid an uncertain leadership transition and to stir some nationalist fervor at home (witness the violent anti-Japanese protests on the mainland during the weekend) to its irritation at what it thinks is Washington's interference in its backyard. At a regional conference two years ago, in remarks now often cited as a sign of China's unilateral ambitions in the South China Sea, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi infamously declared the body of water to be a "core national interest," adding: "China is a big country and other countries are small countries, and that is just a fact."
(MORE: Turf Wars: A Guide to East Asia's Maritime Disputes)
It is, but there are other, wider truths. When it comes to feuds in the Pacific over islands and what lies beneath, it's not simply a case of China against everyone else. Depending on the dispute, it's also South Korea vs. Japan, Japan vs. Taiwan, Taiwan vs. Vietnam, Vietnam vs. Cambodia and numerous other permutations — for many of the same reasons supposedly behind China's actions. Resource grab. Patriotic posturing. Historical baggage (mostly to do with Japan's brutal occupation of most of East Asia before and through World War II). Referring to the South China Sea, former ASEAN secretary general Rodolfo Severino, who now heads Singapore's Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, wrote recently that "all claimants feel their footholds are essential to what they consider their national interests … This clash of national interests … makes it most difficult even to appear to be making compromises on national integrity or maritime regimes and, thus, almost impossible to resolve [the] disputes."
Washington says it wants to help keep the peace and to ensure that sea lanes remain free (about a third of the world's maritime trade passes through these waters). In recent weeks the U.S. has been vocal about what it thinks about the disputes. The State Department said Beijing's Sansha maneuvers "run counter to collaborative diplomatic efforts to resolve differences and risk further escalating tensions in the region." When U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta recently met in Washington with his counterpart from Japan, he called again for a "code of conduct" to be set up, especially between China and ASEAN. Such a code, Washington has stated repeatedly, could govern action when an incident like the one in Scarborough Shoal occurs. Said Panetta: "The U.S. will do whatever we can to work with Japan and others to ensure that is the approach we take." The next day the Foreign Ministry in Beijing ordered in the U.S. embassy's deputy chief of mission, Robert Wang, and essentially told Washington to butt out.
(MORE: South China Sea Disputes: Is This How War Starts?)
From Beijing's perspective, the U.S. is taking sides. Besides its traditional allies in the region — Japan, South Korea, the Philippines — Washington has been especially supportive of one of China's historical rivals, Vietnam, over the South China Sea. While Washington portrays itself as an honest broker, the more cynical reckon the U.S. is adopting the thinking: the enemy of my enemy is my friend — which is how Beijing probably sees it. As Severino writes, "The Chinese fear that those who try to prevent or resent their country's rise might use the South China Sea to contain it."
While most East Asian governments welcome the U.S. diplomatic and military "pivot" to the region, they also don't want China further antagonized. During the recent ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Phnom Penh, chair Cambodia "vetoed" the Washington-backed code of conduct for the association as a whole to deal with China over the South China Sea (as opposed to the bilateral, one-on-one negotiations Beijing wants, which give it more leverage). Many international commentators vilified Phnom Penh for kowtowing to Beijing. But if so, it has good reason: China is Cambodia's biggest investor and donor; Phnom Penh would have miscalculated by acting against the wishes of its No. 1 patron. That's just realpolitik. "Perfect neutrality is impossible when some [ASEAN] members are formal allies with one power, or receive large amounts of high-profile aid from another," writes Simon Tay, chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs and author of Asia Alone, a book about the geopolitics of the region. Here are another couple of truths. First, another ASEAN chair might have acted the same too. Even though its economy is softening, China remains the main driver of economic growth in East Asia. Second, not every ASEAN member has a dog in the South China Sea fight. Why risk enraging the dragon for Vietnam and the Philippines and, to a lesser extent, Malaysia and Brunei?
Amid East Asia's island fever, there's big and small, strong and weak, rich and poor, and enlightened and unenlightened self-interest. But not as innocent as good vs. evil.
MORE: War's Legacy Plagues Japan and Its Neighbors


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Five British servicemen killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan have been repatriated to the UK in a poignant ceremony.
Hundreds of people gathered in the sunshine at Carterton to pay their respects to the fallen personnel as they returned to British soil.
Captain Thomas Clarke, Warrant Officer Spencer Faulkner and Corporal James Walters, all of the Army Air Corps (AAC), were serving as the Lynx aircraft's three-man team when they died.
They lost their lives together with Flight Lieutenant Rakesh Chauhan of the Royal Air Force and Lance Corporal Oliver Thomas of the Intelligence Corps, who were believed to have been passengers on the flight.
Their helicopter went down in Kandahar province, 30 miles from the border with Pakistan, on the morning of April 26.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has denied claims by the Taliban that insurgents shot the helicopter down, with initial investigations indicating a ``tragic accident'' rather than enemy action as the cause of the crash.
More than 1,000 mourners - including serving personnel, schoolchildren and local residents - stood in silence on Norton Way for one of the largest repatriations the small town has seen. At 1.30pm, the five servicemen were flown into RAF Brize Norton, where a private ceremony for close relatives took place.
Family members then lined the road on Norton Way, clutching flowers including red and white roses, lilies, brightly coloured tulips and yellow daffodils.
The street fell silent at 4.52pm, when the bell tolled to mark the arrival of the servicemen's families at the Memorial Garden.
Flag bearers from military organisations from across the country raised their banners and lowered them as the bell tolled again at 5.15pm, when the hearses drew up.
All five families threw flowers on top of the hearses, with some mourners touching the glass and hearses as they wept.
Five minutes later, the coffins, draped with Union flags, were then driven to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
The crowds loudly applauded as the hearses drew away to the peal of bells.
Following the deaths of the five men, the Ministry of Defence and their families issued touching tributes.
Group Captain Richard Maddison, Station Commander at RAF Odiham, where all of the five men except L/Cpl Thomas were based, said: ``As with all losses of personnel in Afghanistan, we mourn the loss of our most capable and dedicated personnel, who served without complaint and in full understanding of the risks associated with their roles.
"They were fine ambassadors for their unit and for defence as a whole, and we shall not forget them.''
Capt Clarke, 30, from Cowbridge, South Wales, was a pilot and "rising star'' in the AAC who was "full of life and immensely committed to his soldiers and friends''.
WO Faulkner, 38, was an "experienced aviator, loving husband and hugely dedicated father to two children" who had been deployed to Afghanistan on numerous occasions.
Cpl Walters, 36, known as Bungle, was a "highly respected'' junior non-commissioned officer who had deployed to Afghanistan on numerous occasions.
Regularly at the centre of any debate, especially when the subject involved rugby or Cornwall, the helicopter's gunner was known to be a "consummate professional''.
Flt Lt Chauhan, 29, from Birmingham, was on his third tour of duty in Afghanistan as an intelligence officer when he died.
Known as Rak to his comrades, he was said to be "charming, funny and sharp as a tack''.
L/Cpl Thomas, 26, from Brecon in Powys, Mid Wales, had volunteered for deployment to Afghanistan and arrived there in December last year.
His family described him as a `"truly amazing person, living his life to the full, while fulfilling some of his many dreams and adventures''.
The helicopter in which the men were travelling is believed to have been from AAC 657 Squadron, a top unit based at RAF Odiham which provides support and transport for special forces troops.
The aircraft went down in the Takhta Pul district of Kandahar, in what was the worst incident involving a British military helicopter in Afghanistan since the war began there in 2001.
The crash caused the third biggest single loss of life of British troops since the conflict in Afghanistan began and brought the total number of service personnel killed there to 453.
The incident equalled the previous worst disaster involving a British helicopter, when a Lynx aircraft crashed in Basra City, Iraq, in May 2006 killing the five service personnel on board.
Speaking after the moving service, Lynn Little, mayor of Carterton, described the large turnout as "tremendous''.
Councillor Little, who also acts as a liaison officer for the bereaved families, said: "It was a very sad occasion but then it always is.
"We are proud of our service families and serving personnel, when something tragic like this happens the least we can do is support them on a day like today. There are a tremendous amount of people here today, there are around 300 Army Air Corps and then a lot of local people too.
"As mayor, I am very proud so many have come out to offer their support. It is something we don't want, we wish it didn't happen but when it does we get out here for these families.''


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