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|2004-05-23, 18:28
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"Hagane no Renkinjutsushi" for this week had to be cancelled because of a breaking news story which is a very big news in Japan right now.
Japanese nationals were kidnapped to North Korea in the late 1970s. For twenty odd years, the Japanese government pressed the North Korean government for answers about this. North Korea, on the other hand, denied any such incidents and that Japan was fabricating such lies.
In 2002, the Japanese PM, Koizumi Junichiro went to North Korea in a historic summit to meet with its leader, Kim Jong-il to improve Japanese-North Korean relations. There, the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il finally admitted that their country indeed kidnapped dozens of Japanese nationals from Niigata and abroad to train their soldiers in Japanese language and culture.
The Japanese National Police officially lists fifteen Japanese nationals that were kidnapped by North Korean agents. Out of the fifteen, ten Japanese were listed as "missing" or "dead by natural causes" within North Korea. Five kidnap victims were then given permission to "visit back" to Japan in 2002:
Hasuike Kaoru
Hasuike (nee Okudo) Yukiko
Chimura Yasushi
Chimura (nee Hamamoto) Fukie
Soga Hitomi
The Japanese government, populace and media burst out in anger with this. The Japanese government and the police has been pressing the North Koreans about this incident and they have been denying this for twenty years
Most of the kidnapped victims "died" of "natural causes?!" The Japanese government sent special investigators to North Korea to research those deaths and found:
Ichikawa Shuichi (then 23 yrs old) - kidnapped August 1978, "drowned while playing at a beach September 1979"
Masumoto Rumiko (then 24 years old) - kidnapped August 1978, "died of sudden heart failure August 1981"
Hara Tadaaki (then 43 years old) - kidnapped June 1980, "died of a sudden liver disorder July 1986"
Taguchi Yaeko (then 22 years old) - kidnapped June 1978, "died in a mysterious car accident July 1986"
Ishioka Ryo (then 22 years old) - kidnapped June 1980, "died by accidental gas poisoning November 1988"
Arimoto Meguko (then 23 years old) - kidnapped July 1983, "died by accidental gas poisoning November 1988"
Yokota Megumi (then 13 years old) - kidnapped November 1977, "died by commiting suicide in a hospital March 1993"
Matsugi Kaoru (then 26 years old) - kidnapped June 1980, "died in a mysterious car accident August 1996"
Hisagome Yuu (then 52 years old) - kidnapped September 1977, "North Korea does not have any documents regarding his entrance into this country"
Soga Miyoshi (then 43 years old) - kidnapped August 1978 along with daughter Soga Hitomi, "North Korea does not have any documents regarding her entrance into this country"
"Died in a mysterious car accident?" "Death by gas poisoning?" "Heart failure?" "Drowned on a beach?" "Liver failure?" Come on, these people were most likely killed off by the government of North Korea.
Either way, five were still alive, and those five were subsequently returned back to Japan.
Twenty five years since they were kidnapped. That is too long of a time for them to come back to 21st century Japan.
Twenty five years is also plenty of time for these people to have their lives taken away - and plenty of time to rebuild their lives in a totalitarian country as well.
As you can see, Hasuike Kaoru and Okudo Yukiko married in North Korea. Chimura Yasushi and Hamamoto Fukie also wed in North Korea. Soga Hitomi herself has a husband - Charles Jenkins - an American soldier that deserted from his post in the DMZ in 1965. How about the people that "died of mysterious causes?" Yokota Megumi, who supposedly "killed herself in a hospital" left behind a daughter - Kim Hegyon.
So these kidnap victims were able to "visit back" to Japan...that's great....but what about their children? Twenty five years is plenty of time for these victims to have children, no?
By Japanese law: "Children of Japanese nationals are also Japanese" (jure sanguinis). So even though the children of these Japanese kidnap victims were born in North Korea, they are entitled to Japanese nationality.
However - North Korea did not release their children at that time. Why? Because North Korea stated that Japan violated the agreement that they were only given permission to "visit back" Japan. Here is another dillemma:
The returnees were able to step on their homeland for the first time in twenty five years. For twenty five years, their lives were changed dramatically. They have children and families back in North Korea. But then again, the returnees were also kidnapped when they were in the twenties - their own Japanese parents refuse strongly to have them return to such a nation that would kidnap other country's nationals. And after several months, the returnees themselves finally began to realize once again that they were under brainwashed conditions in North Korea - and that Japan is a free democracy.
So the returnees' children were left behind in North Korea....until now.
So in May 21st, 2004 - PM Koizumi Junichiro once again visited North Korea's Kim Jong-il. This time, finally to the relief of the Hasuike and Chimura family - their children were given permission to be "repatriated back to Japan as Japanese nationals." The children repatriated back to Japan:
Hasuike family:
eldest daughter (22) - Japanese given name "Shigeyo"
eldest son (19) - Japanese given name "Katsuya"
Chimura family:
eldest daughter (22)
eldest son (20)
second son (16)
Some notable quotes from their children that makes people wonder what their lives were in North Korea:
"The Prime Minister of Japan was drinking juice in the plane to Japan. The juice that I am drinking is the same one - are you sure it is legal for me to drink the same stuff the highest ranking government official in Japan?"
"Tomorrow, our family is going to visit Tokyo. I first couldn't believe that we didn't need any governmental papers to go anywhere"
"Everyone in this country owns a car and TV! I guess everyone must of done extraordinary things for the state to be given such high class luxuries"
But, this summit was called a half-success. Because, Soga Hitomi's family were not able to return. Reason: once Soga's husband, Charles Jenkins goes back to Japan - he will be immediately arrested by the United States State Department for military tribunal: desertion of a military unit and allegations of spying and forking over secrets to an enemy state. The US' ambassador to Japan, Jim Baker's response: "I don't care if Mr. Jenkins deserted and defected to North Korea in 1965 - what he did was against US military doctrine, and if he returns he will be punished to the fullest extent of our law." Hence, Charles Jenkins replied "I'd rather stay in North Korea along with my children."
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Wow... that is quite a story. I'd have to say "thank you" to kj for letting us know of this. Finally, I can look forward to reading some "good news." The Yahoo! Full Coverage of Japan will be in my daily routine for at least a month--before the Iraq thing.
And really, this is more than enough drama that anything else has to be put on hold. I truly wonder just how I have never heard of this story. Damn the American media. Imagine if the same thing happened to a single American citizen and the story just broke--an American held against his/her will for 25 years in N. Korea--all hell would break loose, and forget about the war on terror, wait, better yet, N. Korea would then be officially labeled "terrorist" and free to be invaded by the U.S. military. I'm just venting now, for the victims, mind you.
My best wishes for them and their new lives.
And even if what I just wrote seem off-topic, it directly ties to the cancellation/rescheduling of the new episode so in conclusion... go Ed go!
|2004-05-23, 20:16
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I'm watching the raws as they become available--I can't grasp it all but I get about 60% of the dialogue in a show like FMA--and I'm not touching any of the fasubs. It's a fine line, I know--one that's being redrawn for myself in the case of Samurai Champloo: This one I'm not even touching the raws.
|2004-05-23, 21:05
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although i'm not happy for the cancellation of ep 33 for this week, i think the broadcast of the japanese returning home from north korea is important. i'm not japanese but i'm glad this happened and some families are finally reunited after decades. anyway, looking forward to ep 33 next week.
|2004-05-23, 23:29
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If you watch as much news as I do you would have seen this 2 years ago. These are those "filler" news casts when nothing big is happening. I believe it was on "around the world in 60 seconds" on Fox News. Glad its finally coming to a close though. This is worse then the Americans in Iran.
I can wait another week of FMA. Maybe they do a double episode
|2004-05-24, 01:58
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[QUOTE=kj1980]"Hagane no Renkinjutsushi" for this week had to be cancelled because of a breaking news story which is a very big news in Japan right now.
Japanese nationals were kidnapped to North Korea in the late 1970s. For twenty odd years, the Japanese government pressed the North Korean government for answers about this. North Korea, on the other hand, denied any such incidents and that Japan was fabricating such lies.
Thank you kj for posting this. I never heard about this story. I'm korean and adopted, i'm currently searching for my parents and just recently found some information, so it makes me happy to hear these families were reunited.
I'm betting this episode will be Al getting kidnapped and more on the military and scar. Unless he's a big role with the sins and Al, i think they should go more into his story now and a few more eps, then just let it all out with the sins and Mr. Pride. Can't wait to see who he turns out to be in the anime, since it's still technically open to who it could be. Well, while everyone waits for the ep, all of you should go watch the music video for UNDO, hahaha >.>
|2004-05-24, 07:38
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Location: I LOVE NEW YORK cough* my ass cough*
Age: 30
PS- Personally, I dont really care if someone talks bad about North Korea because I'm a South Korean but thats just me.
Edit: Hmm I guess this is the North Korean side of the story or I am totally misinformed....
|2004-05-24, 07:54
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|2004-05-24, 08:24
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Ed & Winry? :O
A bit ; but I think this image might intrigue you all about the power usage of North Korea, compared to it's neighbour and the other countries surrounding it
Look at that... North Korea is dark
Source: http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita.../dprk-dark.htm (More info here)
|2004-05-24, 18:33
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Location: Victoria, BC Canada
[from the pic]
Do North Koreans have anything to do at night? Cinema? Pub? (or even TV?)... Outside of Pyongyang there are almost none. So everyone goes to bed early therefore no need to light the roads.
"The whole nation on curfew? Awesome!"
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I see UNCHAMBERED - Index has gotten off the ground, and that's great. Ya'll have fun.
However, I'd really like to know if any of the UC.INFO crew have done any pressure testing of their techniques.
Live fire on timed drills, force on force with airsoft...
I mean, this is all about "training" right?
I get people want to "be safe" so they aren't doing that round in the chamber thing, or they just aren't comfortable with it yet, so they are looking for something they 'can use right now'...
But have you evaluated it under stress?
I don't mean being questioned on it...I mean have you done an ammo check to make sure their is no live ammo in the area, triple checked all weapons to be clear, then do it again
...then put yourself between a pair of parked cars, have your friend who doesn MMA go at you moderately hard, and when some shouts "KNIFE" you get to draw, rack and 'fire' at your opponent, and see how that works out for you.
Hell, for the sake of these drills, consider a successful racking as the end point just to be extra safe and avoid pointing a real gun at someone...
Doing it in your house without anyone deliberately trying to mess up your balance, coordination or technique is PRACTICE. Not training.
Training is when things do NOT go as planned, and unexpected factors bang you faster than a...insert failing college student/harsh grading younger professor comment here.
So, does anyone here actually train with unchambered carry, or is it all talk?
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- Chicken broth or stock 6 cups
- Salt and pepper
- Mixed herbs
- Arborio rice soaked in water for 15 minutes, 1 cup
- Fresh herbs chopped, ½ cup
- Baby tomatoes, 1 cup
- Onion diced, ½ cup
- Cashew nuts, 1 teaspoon crushed
- Cumin seeds, ½ teaspoon
- Chicken breast cut into shreds, 1 cup
- Olive or canola oil
Method: Heat ½ teaspoon canola or olive oil. Try half of onions and the dry herbs. Add cashew nuts and tomatoes. Then add the rice, salt and pepper and sauté for 5 minutes. Now put the broth and cover cook till rice is cooked.
In the meantime in another pan put ½ teaspoon olive or canola oil and fry the chicken pieces with salt and pepper. When chicken is tender remove flame and mix the fresh herbs. After rice is cooked, mix it with chicken mixture and serve hot.
2. Apple Nog:
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- 2 teaspoon low fat cream
- 2 egg whites
- 2 cups fresh apple juice
- A pinch of nutmeg
Method: Combine all the ingredients except low fat cream and put on indirect heat for about 10 minutes stirring occasionally. Now bring it down from flame and whisky till frothy. Pour into glasses. Whisk the cream in a bowl. Add the cream on top in dollops for garnishing.
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- 4 whole tomatoes
- 2 cup onions diced
- 1 teaspoon garlic crushed
- 2-4 spring onions chopped
- 1 cup cucumber diced
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- Salt pepper
- 2 table spoon fresh herbs (thyme, basil, coriander, marjoram)
- Olive oil 1 teaspoon
Method: Boil slightly the tomatoes. Peel the skin off. The skin should come out easily. Now place the ingredients in a blender making sure that you have kept aside 1 teaspoon each of fresh herbs, spring onions, cucumber and diced onions aside for garnishing. Now blend the rest of the mixture till it gets a soup like consistency. Check salt and pepper and serve in a bowl. Garnish with remaining ingredients and serve with brown bread toast or crisp fried brown bread pieces in olive oil. Serve chilled.
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Dumplings can be an easy way to have a low calorie lunch or dinner.
- Cabbage 1 cup cut finely chopped
- Half cup onions chopped finely
- 2 teaspoon garlic chopped finely
- Green chillies 1 teaspoon chopped finely
- 1 teaspoon ginger chopped
- Salt and pepper freshly milled
Dough: ½ teaspoon oil, 2 cups flour and a little water for kneading
Method: Put half teaspoon olive oil in a frying pan and sauté the vegetables. Now cover and cook. Cabbage will separate water and get tender. Add a little water if needed. You may additionally add celery or and carrots too. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Remove from heat when cooked. Make small balls of dough and roll them out. Brush a little olive oil on to them. Put filling and seal edges. Put these on a greased steamer and steam for 15 minutes. Give 5 minutes standing time.
5. Sprouts Salad:
A sprouts salad can give you enormous amount of proteins that make it one of the most suitable low calorie salad recipes for many. And yes, you can make it taste good too. Here is how.
- Moong sprouts 1 cup
- Pea sprouts 1 cup
- Bean sprouts ½ cup
- Bell peppers chopped ½ cup
- Tomatoes chopped 1 cup
- Onions chopped 1 cup
- Lemon juice ½ teaspoons
- Green chillies chopped 1 teaspoon
- Parmesan cheese 1 teaspoon grated (optional)
- Cumin powder ½ teaspoon or chaat masala 1 teaspoon
- Salt to taste
- Fresh herbs like coriander or parsley
- Olive oil ½ teaspoons
Method: Mix all the ingredients and check salt and pepper. Serve!
6. Squash and Pocket Pasta Aka Ravioli Recipe:
This can be a good recipe if you are looking for a vegetable pasta recipe.
You can buy ravioli from market or make at home if you have a pasta machine.
- 10-12 ravioli
- Squash about 2 cups
- Garlic chopped 1 teaspoon
- Margarine 1 teaspoon
- Low fat milk ½ cup
- Corn flour 1teaspoon
- Fresh herbs 1 teaspoon chopped
- Spinach ½ cup chopped
- Oregano dried 1teaspoon
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Dried parmesan 1 teaspoon
Method: Boil ravioli in oil mixed water. Use ½ teaspoon olive oil to mix into the water. This will prevent ravioli from getting stuck to each other. Boil squash with salt and pepper and herbs. Mash the boiled squash and fill into the ravioli. In the meantime, heat margarine and fry the garlic and oregano. Add spinach. Cook a bit. Add milk mixed with corn flour. Bring to a boil. Add ravioli, salt and pepper. Cook till it gets thick. Take it out and add parmesan to garnish.
7. Salmon Salad:
A nice salmon salad can become your whole meal. Try this one out!
- Smoked salmons about 4 oz
- Spinach 2 cups blanched well but not boiled.
- Fresh rosemary, oregano, parsley and coriander about 1 cup chopped
- Salt and pepper
- Canola oil or olive oil
- Bell peppers chopped ½ cup
- Baby tomatoes or chopped tomatoes 1 cup
- Lemon juice 1 teaspoon
Method: Smoked salmons should be cut into pieces. Mix it with the other ingredients and enjoy with some red wine.
[ Read: Diet Recipes for Weight Loss ]
8. Roasted Chicken Legs:
Yummy chicken legs can be quite a treat for weight watchers.
- Chicken legs 4
- Fresh herbs 4 teaspoon
- Salt and pepper
- Crushed garlic 1 teaspoon
- Low fat yogurt 4 teaspoon
- Lemon juice 1 teaspoon
- Cumin powder a pinch
- Olive oil for basking
Method: Marinate chicken legs in yogurt mixed with spices, salt and pepper. Slit chicken legs to give pockets and put in the chopped herbs into it. Put a little marinade inside the pocket too. Keep the marinated chicken legs in the refrigerator for 1 hr. Bask the grill with a little olive oil and also the chicken legs. Roast till done. You can keep basking the legs while turning them with a little olive oil.
9. Celery Soup:
This can be a soft and nice low calorie soup.
- Vegetable stock 4 cups
- Celery chopped finely 2 cups
- Salt and pepper
- Fresh herbs chopped 2 teaspoons
- Onion chopped ½ cup
- Ginger chopped 1 teaspoon
- Garlic chopped ½ teaspoon
- Low fat cream 2 teaspoon
- Lemon juice ½ teaspoons
- Carrots chopped ½ cup
- Olive or canola oil ½ teaspoon
Method: Put oil in a pan. Now add garlic, ginger, and fresh herbs to it. Sauté a bit till aroma comes out. Now pour in the stock, the vegetable and cover cook with salt and pepper. When stock is reduced to half and vegetables are cooked, remove from flame. Serve hot or chilled. Top with some fresh cream for a nice garnishing.
10. Roots Vegetable Soup:
A roots vegetable soup can be quite nutritional for you.
- Carrots chopped 1 cup
- Beet root chopped 1 cup
- Onions chopped 2 cups
- Radish chopped ½ cup (optional)
- Turnips chopped 1 cup
- Tomato puree 1 cup
- Lemon juice 1 teaspoon
- Fresh herbs like parsley, coriander etc. 1 teaspoon
- Salt and pepper freshly milled
- Chicken stock or vegetable stock 8 cups
- Fresh cream low fat and whipped 4 teaspoons
- ½ teaspoon butter to taste
- Chopped garlic and ginger 2 teaspoons
Method: Boil the stock and put the vegetables in with salt and pepper and lemon juice. Cover cook till cooked and reduced to less than half. Put in tomato puree, fresh herbs and cook 10 more minutes. Remove from heat. Mix in the butter for flavor. Serve in bowls topped with cream.
11. Vegetable Low Fat Soup:
Tasty vegetable soup can never go out of fashion.
- Carrots chopped ½ cup
- Bell peppers chopped 2 cups
- Onions diced 1 cup
- Pumpkin 1 cup chopped
- Cinnamon 1 pinch
- Salt and pepper
- Vegetable stock 6 cups
- Low fat cream 2 table spoon
- Low fat milk ½ cup and ½ teaspoon corn flour
Method: Boil all the vegetable in the vegetable stock till the stock is reduced to half. Add salt and pepper and low fat milk mixed with corn flour. When the soup thickens, turn heat off. Serve in bowls. Stir in the cream and serve hot.
12. Low calorie chicken soup recipe:
Chicken soup recipe can be a very easy one and kept low to low in calorie as possible.
- Chicken breast diced 2 cups
- Vegetable broth 4 cups
- Salt and pepper
- Dried herbs 1 teaspoon
- 1 cup low fat milk
- ½ teaspoon of butter for serving
Method: This is a home made easy version of chicken soup. You can have it when you are down with fever or when you are following a diet recipe. Have this with 2 slices of brown bread for dinner instead of rice or chapatti.
Boil all the ingredients over low heat. When almost reduced to 2 cups remove from heat and serve with butter toping for extra flavor and aroma.
13. Low Calorie Prawn Saganaki:
This can be good as a side dish with your plain rice or chapatti. This is low in calorie and filled with goodness of prawns and fresh vegetables.
- 250-300 Gms fresh prawns (cleaned and de-shelled)
- 1 cup diced tomatoes
- 1 cup fresh cottage cheese or feta cheese
- 1 tbsp mixed herbs (coriander, parsley, oregano and thyme)
- ½ cup tomato puree
- 1 diced onion
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2-3 tbsp chopped garlic
Fry the chopped onions very little. Make sure they don't turn brown .Add the herbs and onions. Stir it continuously. Add the rest of the ingredients except prawns and cheese. Fry a bit. When boiling, put the prawns and the cheese (keep a bit of cheese for garnishing). Cover and cook for 10 minutes till the prawns are cooked. Add a bit of water if required. Serve hot garnished with cheese.
14. Chicken Salad the Low Cal Way:
Try out this chicken salad when you don't feel like going for a heavy meal.
- Boiled chicken shreds about 2 cups
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Coriander leaves chopped 2 tbsp
- Mint leaves chopped 2 tbsp
- Bell peppers of different colors shredded 2 cups
- 1 cup chopped tomatoes or baby tomatoes
- Baby corns boiled 1 cup (optional)
- Olives fresh and cut into slices (optional)
- ½ teaspoon lemon juice
- Olive oil 1 tbsp
- Cottage cheese 2 tbsp
- Blanched baby spinach
Method, mix all the ingredients and add salt and pepper to taste. You can additionally add some grated parmesan cheese to it. But it will increase the calories. Choice is yours. Enjoy!
[ Read: Recipes for Glowing Skin ]
15. Stuffed Low Calorie Bell Peppers:
This is a low calorie version of normal stuffed bell peppers.
- Bell peppers cleaned, washed and de-seeded
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Cottage cheese 2 tbsp
- Baby corns boiled 1 cup
- ½ tbsp margarine
- 1 cup spinach chopped
- 1 diced onion
- 1 tbsp garlic chopped
- Coriander leaves 2 tbsp
- Oregano dried 1 tbsp
- Olive oil (for brushing and greasing)
- A brush (for brushing oil)
In a frying pan put half a tbsp margarine which is a good butter substitute. You can also use olive oil for this part. Add onions, garlic, the herbs, salt and pepper, and spinach. Cover cook for 5 minutes. Add cottage cheese and boiled baby corns. Cook a bit. Make sure the mixture is half cooked. Take off heat and fill in the bell peppers. Brush a baking tray with olive oil and put the bell peppers on it. Brush the top of the bell peppers with a little more olive oil. Bake till it's done.
16. Low Calorie Spinach Pasta Recipe:
Spinach always helps to lose weight and it's very good for health. Try out this spinach pasta recipe.
- Parmesan cheese grated 1-2 tbsp
- Spinach chopped 2 cups
- Chopped garlic 2 tbsp
- 1 cup boiled pasta or macaroni
- Margarine ½ tbsp
- Low fat milk half cup
- ½ tbsp corn flour
- Oregano dried 1tbsp
- Salt and pepper to taste
Method: Heat pan, add chopped garlic, oregano and fry a bit. Add milk and spinach to it. Cook a bit till spinach is soft. You may add a bit of water. Add the milk mixed with corn flour. Now add pasta .Add salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Serve garnished with parmesan. Enjoy!
17. Mushroom Risotto Recipe –The Low Calorie Healthy Way:
This is a very earthy mushroom flavored recipe, done in a fashion that you will love.
2 types of mushrooms are needed for this recipe: 1 cup porcini mushrooms chopped and 4 cups baby Bella mushrooms
- Chicken or vegetable stock 8 cups
- Salt and pepper
- Bell peppers chopped 1 cup
- Olive oil 2 teaspoons
- 1 cup soaked Arborio rice
- Garlic chopped 1 teaspoon
- 2 cups chopped onions
- Fresh herbs chopped 2 teaspoons
- Parmesan cheese 2 teaspoons (for garnishing)
Method: Put broth and porcini mushroom to cook, covered till stock is reduced to 4 cups. In another pan sauté 1 cup onions, half of fresh herbs, garlic and baby Bella mushrooms. Cook till mushrooms are a little brown. Keep it aside. In another pan, take rest of olive oil and put rest of onions and salt, pepper and Arborio rice. Put the broth with porcini mushrooms and cover cook till rice is cooked properly. Now take off heat and mix with the fried mushrooms. Serve with rest of fresh herbs on top and parmesan cheese.
18. Fruit Salad with Chicken and Nuts:
This is a healthy fruit salad which has a sweet and sour flavor.
- Diced boiled chicken pieces 2 cups
- Thyme leaves freshly chopped ½ cup
- Coriander leaves freshly chopped ½ cup
- Apple diced ½ cup
- Pear diced ½ cup
- Olive oil ½ teaspoons
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Bell peppers ½ cup diced in different colors
- Berries of your choice (straw berries, blue berries or raspberries) ½ cup chopped
- Pieces of oranges (optional) ½ cup
Method: Mix all the ingredients and serve this chilled.
19. Homemade Salsa Dip and Chips:
Like dips and salsa? Try out this homemade dips recipe with any kind of low fat chips for a nice snack.
- Half cup of each of bell peppers (chopped and in different colors)
- ½ cup parsley or coriander
- 1 cup of chopped tomatoes
- ½ teaspoon lemon juice
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
Method: Mix all the ingredients. Add salt and pepper to taste and enjoy.
20. Homemade Low Fat Dips and Chips:
Like yogurt dips? Try this one out with any low fat chips.
- 1 cup of diced bell peppers in green
- ½ cup tomatoes diced or baby tomatoes
- ½ cup low fat yogurt
- 2 teaspoon drinking water
- ½ teaspoon garlic paste
- Coriander leaves ½ tbsp
- Cumin powder roasted ½ teaspoon
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Cucumber diced finely 1 tbsp
- ½ teaspoon lemon juice
Method: Mix all the ingredients, check the salt and pepper and enjoy.
21. Low Calorie Healthy Sandwich with Chicken:
Try out a healthy sandwich like this one.
- Fresh rosemary leaves
- Chicken breast thinly sliced 2 pieces
- Olive oil or canola oil
- Salt and pepper
- Bell peppers sliced into rings (depends how much you like to have in your sandwich)
- Onion slices (depends how much you want in between your breads)
- 4 pieces brown bread (rich in dietary fiber)
Put olive oil or canola oil 1 teaspoon in a frying pan and heat it .Put chicken pieces and salt and pepper to taste. Put the rosemary leaves. Take out of heat when chicken is tender. Put in between breads and also add the bell peppers and onions.
[ Read: How To Lose Weight At Home ]
22. Low Calorie Strawberry Smoothie:
Nice fresh strawberries can never beat anything. Will you try this out?
- Fresh strawberries 2 cups cut into two
- 4 cups low fat milk
- Cinnamon 1 pinch
- Vanilla custard powder 1 cup
- Sugar sweetener
Method: Mix milk with custard powder with sugar sweetener. Check the sweetness. Keep it a bit less sweet. Even sugar substitute contain calories. Put in heat till a bit creamy. Now take off heat and blend in a blender with the strawberries and cinnamon powder. Serve chilled or with ice.
23. Low Cal No Heat Chocolate Dessert Stacks:
This is a no heat and no mess dessert idea which you can try out with ease.
- 1 and ½ cup dark chocolate
- 2 cups corns flakes or high fiber content cereals of your choice
- 1 tbsp Nuts crushed (optional)
Method: Melt chocolate over indirect heat. Now take it off the heat and put in the dry cereal crushed by hand. You can totally powder up the cereal in a grinder. Mix it well up with the molten chocolate and scoop spoonfuls into a butter paper or cup cake moulds. Sprinkle the nuts. Put these into the freezer. Take it out when the chocolates have hardened. Serve chilled.
24. Pumpkin Smoothie Recipe:
A tasty non alcoholic low cal healthy dessert recipe
- 1/5 the cup fat free cream cheese
- 1 cup Pumpkin
- Sugar substitute
- A pinch of ginger powder
- A pinch of cinnamon powder
- A pinch of cardamom powder
- Some choc chip cookies
- 1 cup low fat milk
- 1 cup vanilla pudding mixture
- Some strawberries or mango slices (for garnishing)
Method: You can slightly steam the pumpkin if you don't want it raw. Do not boil the pumpkin because it will lose its flavor then. Now take the pumpkin and blend it up to paste. In another bowl, mix pudding mixture with milk. Warm the mixture in oven or over indirect heat a little. Make sure it's not hardened totally. Now take the beater and beat it till smooth. In another bowl, beat up the cream cheese to smooth. Now mix it with the pumpkin mixture. Add the spices and sugar sweetener. Mix well. Put into glasses up to half a layer. Now put in between some crushed choc chip cookies. Add rest of the mixture and top it with some pieces of strawberries or mango slices.
25. Low Calorie Banana Dessert Recipe:
A low fat smoothie recipe for all weight watchers. Did you know banana really helps to lose your weight? Try this recipe with a morning breakfast!
- 3 Cups low fat milk
- 2 sliced bananas
- Sugar sweetener
- 1 cup vanilla pudding mixture
- Some slices of banana
In a bowl, mix up pudding mixture and milk. Now warm the milk a bit till creamy over indirect heat. Remove from heat immediately and blend a bit till smooth and there are no lumps. Put the banana slices and sugar sweetener. Blend well. Garnish glasses with a banana slice at the sides and serve. Additionally you may decorate with whipped cream but that will increase the calories.
Hope you will try out a few of these easy recipes. Leave your comments!
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This is a discussion on OC in NC within the Open Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I have been open-carrying most of the time since first attending the Triangle Open Carry dinner at Panera's two months ago. I've carried in stores ...
I have been open-carrying most of the time since first attending the Triangle Open Carry dinner at Panera's two months ago. I've carried in stores and restaurants in Apex and Cary, NC, including the Apex Walmart. I haven't had any problems until today. I was in Shallotte, NC today (Saturday, March 13, 2010), while open-carrying a .45 ACP 1911 style gun. After I had been in a Belk's store for about 15 minutes (and with a shirt that I was going to buy over my arm), two police officers approached me. One came close and asked for my identification, while the other stayed back a few feet. (My wife, for some reason, backed off about 20 feet.) I informed him that I had a concealed carry permit and said that I was informing him of that because it is required, but I only had the open-carry gun. He asked to also see my concealed carry permit, which I handed over. They radioed to check my ID. One had checked the door, and said since there was no sign on the door, that my carrying was OK. He said that someone had called, so they had to come and check me out. He then asked if I could please put the gun in my car, so that they could save face. (I guess that he meant: someone called about a gun, the police came to check, and then the gun left the store = saving face.) I said OK, and I would always respect their request if someone asked me to take the gun outside because they were uneasy, but no one had asked. The police seemed OK, and didn't really see a problem, but had to check anyway. The police left, I told my wife that I was going outside, and then I left. I went to several other stores, without any problem. Then we went back to Southport. One of the stores that we visited in Southport was Lowe's home supply. No problem in the store, until I was checking out. The cashier lady said "I hope you have a badge for that." I didn't think fast-enough of anything useful to say, so I just smiled. Then she said "that gun just makes me so nervous." But we finished checking out with no further problem. I should've had one of Matt's cards with me to give her.
Apex, NC
CCW permit holder for Idaho, Utah, Pennsylvania, Maine and New Hampshire. I can carry in your country but not my own.
First off, welcome to the forum.
Most people are so wrapped up in their own little world, they don't notice someone carrying a gun. Glad things worked out for you, sounds like the LEO's did their job as they should have and didn't hassle you over it.
Freedom doesn't come free. It is bought and paid for by the lives and blood of our men and women in uniform.
USAF Retired
NRA Life Member
Welcome from Virginia. I'm from NC and visit family there often. Glad the encounter went pretty smooth. People in NC are not used to OC. Folks in VA don't seem to get excited about it as it's a little more common. I CC most of the time, but I do OC on occasion...like today.
Know Guns, Know Safety, Know Peace.
No Guns, No Safety, No Peace.
Wouldn't it have been "Saving Face" for a legally carried firearm to continue shopping instead of giving the caller the false belief that they were correct about a man with a gun having to leave?
Everything else seemed to go well.
A polite no would have been the best answer. Unless the someone asking is a manager or property owner, then your rights are as important as anyone else's. Basically, you got the LEO equivalent of the message board argument, "yeah, it's legal and all but there is a time and place blah, blah." It's legal, they knew it, you knew it, that should have been the end of it.
Just watch yourself in Cary. I'm sure you know that already from the dinner.
I prefer to live dangerously free than safely caged!
"Our houses are protected by the good Lord and a gun. And you might meet 'em both if you show up here not welcome son." Josh Thompson "Way Out Here"
What a joke. The answer to this is - "No, I don't have a badge for this. If you are so nervous maybe you need to see about getting some mental counseling. "The cashier lady said "I hope you have a badge for that." I didn't think fast-enough of anything useful to say, so I just smiled. Then she said "that gun just makes me so nervous."
"Thank you Officer for the opportunity, but no, you can save face by informing the caller that this is legal. Now unless I am being detained, have a good day."
"Each worker carried his sword strapped to his side." Nehemiah 4:18
Guns Save Lives. Paramedics Save Lives. But...
Paramedics With Guns Scare People!
Know Guns, Know Safety, Know Peace.
No Guns, No Safety, No Peace.
Yeah, I guess it makes people nervous when an armed citizen is at a cash register PAYING for his purchase...
One of the most dangerous political philosophies afflicting America today is the belief that we cant allow anyone to suffer the natural consequences of their own stupidity.
NC has a law police officers can use to enforce open carry laws when there is a complaint about a specific person open carrying. "Armed the the terror of the public".
It would probably never go anywhere in court but you can certainly be arrested for it.
State v Huntley, specifically took on GATTTOTP.
"But although a gun is an "unusual weapon," it is to be remembered that the carrying of a gun, per se, constitutes no (p.423)offence. For any lawful purpose--either of business or amusement--the citizen is at perfect liberty to carry his gun. It is the wicked purpose, and the mischievous result, which essentially constitute the crime. He shall not carry about this or any other weapon of death to terrify and alarm, and in such manner as naturally will terrify and alarm a peaceful people."
STATE v. ROBERT S. HUNTLEY.
I prefer to live dangerously free than safely caged!
"Our houses are protected by the good Lord and a gun. And you might meet 'em both if you show up here not welcome son." Josh Thompson "Way Out Here"
And by the way, it will take you three weeks or so to get your gun back because most departments will send it off to ATF to get fired, cataloged and balistically recorded in the national firearms database.


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October 2008
In the past few years, questions about whether soyfoods prevent or promote breast cancer created a quandary for Americans who embraced soyfoods as a healthy choice. Hopes that substances in soyfoods might lower breast cancer risk clashed with reports saying the opposite might be true. Now, after 15 years of research, a new analysis of soy and breast cancer seems to put soy's effects in the middle.
Studies on soyfoods began when scientists started to look into the diets of Asian populations. In Asian countries, people had lower cancer rates than people in Western countries. Researchers asked if Asians' low rates of breast cancer could be related to their frequent eating of soyfoods like tofu, starting at an early age.
Researchers had a hunch that natural soy compounds called isoflavones, which have effects that weakly resemble the hormone estrogen, could lower breast cancer risk. Their theory was that if isoflavones bind to estrogen receptors in breast tissue, they might block the estrogen produced in the body, which is linked to higher breast cancer risk.
But the million-dollar question was: If isoflavones have estrogen-like effects, might they also promote breast cancer? And if so, why did one study find that women in Asia who consume at least one serving of soyfoods a day are about 30 percent less likely to develop breast cancer than women who only eat soy occasionally?
Some scientists thought the answer might have to do with when, in a person's lifetime, soy is consumed. Estrogen hormones produced in the body can promote growth of cancerous (and pre-cancerous) cells. After menopause, women's ovaries no longer produce estrogen. But body fat still boosts estrogen levels. Researchers have found that the more body fat a woman has after menopause, the higher estrogen levels are, so that breast cancer risk is higher. Could that mean older women who are overweight or have other risk factors for breast cancer should avoid soy?
The Asian population studies looked at women who had eaten soy from an early age. Researchers are studying the effects of soy consumption on girls and teens theorizing that adolescence may be a time when soy isoflavones convey a unique structural change to breast cells, making them more resistant to cancer later in life.
Also, interpretation of other animal and test tube studies may have been skewed by the large amounts of isoflavones used in these experiments – equivalent to five to sixteen times the amount commonly consumed in Asia. As a result, soy's effects on cell growth in a lab may not be the same as amounts that humans consume from food.
The new analysis, published in June's Nutrition Journal, concludes that soy isoflavones' estrogen-like effects are probably too weak to have any significant consequence on breast tissue in healthy women – even breast cancer survivors. Research continues to investigate soy's effects on human health, but there seems to be enough evidence now for some solid advice if you want to eat soyfoods. Here's the current advice based on all the research to date:
The bottom line is: It's your overall diet that counts. Soy is a good way to get more plant protein, but it's one food, not magic. So don't expect it to single-handedly protect you from breast cancer and don't avoid it out of fear that it will be solely responsible for increasing your risk. It fits into a healthy diet that is high in a wide variety of plant foods.
You can find soy in many forms, including the following.
Edamame: immature green soybeans are good in a salad and as a snack; available in the freezer section or fresh in the produce section.
Soymilk: the liquid from soaked, ground soybeans, works well on breakfast cereal; sold in shelf-stable boxes or refrigerated in the dairy section; flavored or plain, and in regular or low fat versions, fortified with calcium and vitamins D and B-12
Tofu: soft, firm and extra firm textures for different types of recipes (i.e., soft tofu can be used in a pudding or scrambled like eggs, while firm can be cut into chunks and stir-fried or grilled); found in the produce section, sometimes pre-seasoned
Tempeh: a tender but firm cake that can be used in dishes like stir-fries, kabobs, sloppy joes and burritos; available frozen, refrigerated or in the fresh produce section
Miso:a fermented Japanese paste added to soups and sauces; in the international foods section.
Soy imitations: from hot dogs to cheese to sausage, soy substitutes may stand in for animal products although may be high in non-saturated fats
How about foods containing soy lecithin? These foods, which include soy sauce and soybean oil, should not be counted among soy foods. Foods containing soy lecithin (an emulsifier used in lots of processed foods) should not be considered a source of isoflavones.All active news articles


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A colleague and I recently planned a class for our high-risk young male students. We agreed that since it was at the end of our session with the students, the lesson needed to be gripping. We wanted to leave an impression that would inspire students to think and re-evaluate their experiences long after they left class.
I thought back to a lesson I'd prepared on the inequalities of young men of color in the justice system. Since many of my students were in the justice system and on probation, I thought offering them a deeper look would prevent them from returning.
One element I included in a class several months earlier was a selection of clips from prison life and interviews with prisoners doing hard time.
As I showed the clips, I heard murmuring and noticed students fidgeting. I stopped the clip and began a conversation about what we had seen so far. What I heard surprised me.
"It's making me mad, and I don't want to be mad. I can't control it when I'm mad," Derek said.
I realized in that moment that I wasn't aware of the unforeseen triggers for some of my students. It occurred to me that other discussions about violence or teaching materials like documentaries about wars or talking about the Holocaust might be triggers for some students.
If we are in danger, our defenses go up, our vulnerability evaporates, and we focus on self-preservation. If we are safe, we lower our defenses, open ourselves to new information, and hear the ideas of others without fear. What I had done unwittingly in that first presentation was trigger in some of my students the same warning bells that their brains had sounded throughout the ordeals of their lives. Their cortices may have known they were in class, but their amygdales did not.
I had to rethink our lesson and get back to a safe space.
We started a conversation. One student talked about the civil war he saw in Africa before he found refuge in the United States. Another student asked, "What good can possibly come from watching the pain of others?"
That question led to a discussion about social change and the fact that it is the suffering of people that often leads to a movement. We talked about our obligations to others once we understand the depth of their suffering. Though this wasn't what I had in mind when I began the class, I was happy with the outcome. My students were, too.
Engagement happens in that space of intellectual safety, and when that is secured, the learning brain is free to learn from almost any subject at all.
We found intellectual safety together in our discussion, and that's where the true learning occurred. It was transformative. That excitement of being creative and creating change is what kept my students engaged, even at the end of a long week.
Swoveland works with high-risk students in Massachusetts, primarily preparing them for the GED exam. He also leads enrichment and engagement programs in writing, photography and art.
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Welcome to another issue of the Brave GNU World. The focus this month is Java; we will look at the subject of freedom and, more specifically, at the efforts to establish a free Java infrastructure. Freedom in Chains? To judge from the number of email messages I received from irate readers in response to my discussion of the Mindmapping Software Freemind, I seem to have trodden on a few people's toes. The reason for the flames was a statement that Freemind, like many other programs, is thoughtlessly based on a non-free Java implementation, which endangers the freedom of the software.
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Fedora 26 Beta Comes with New Features
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Kiran Ansari is a writer living in Roselle. She prepared her 4-year-old son, Yusuf, for a new sibling last April.
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