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Saturday, 12 May 2012
SAGA Dark Ages: Alliances formed and treaties broken...
So to the fight, I brought Cu Eion and his Irish lads and lasses, but we also had the Rus (Vikings), some Anglo Danish and the dreaded Jomsvikings! How these four armies got to the same battlefield, I have no idea. But since they did, it only seemed right to have a scrap!
The Irish and the Rus began allied for turn 1. This is what the game looked like at turn one....
Anglo Danish archers holding a wood
The Rus (with their pretty shields) storming out from the ruined castle
Some of Cu's warband
Cu Eion himself, directing the warriors
Turn one was markedly uneventful. We were all a long way from each other, so no shooting, no nothing really. Only thing to happen was the Jomsvikings began increasing their level of wrath.....
Turn Two.
So I chose black. What colour did everyone else choose? Red. So it is now 3 v 1 for a turn. Good....
But the only thing in my favour is that I got initiative! So, without any adieu I began to storm the castle...
The castle is ours!
Unfortunately, revenge was swift in it's retribution, coming in the form of Varangian Guard equipped with very large axes and lots of armour. So... the opposite of my Irish! Luckily they could only kill so many warriors, and I managed to kill a couple of them too.
On the other side of the board, not much was happening. Or at least there was a hill in the way so I couldn't see anything going on. Perhaps they weren't even moving at all?
Formation dancing. That's what that is.
Turn 3 began with the royal placing of the cards. I chose black (again), and was rewarded with an ally! This time some Jomsvikings were on my side.
Which was really handy, because those Russians were not on my side, and the Jomsvikings could help with that!
Cu eyeing up some Russkis
So the plan? Simple. Take and hold the castle! Oh and clear out the Russians.
How did that go? Well, it went alright. Killed a few more with Javelins, but it was really helped by this happening on the other side of the castle...
Jomsvikings Charge!
Unfortunatly for the Joms, they bit off a bit more than they could chew! The Russian Warlord was seen to cut down the Joms' leader, as well as a score of his followers.
The other flank saw the Anglo Danish finally leave their dancing formation, and actually engage in combat! They charged the women and children, thinking that they would be easy prey. Not so for the Irish! More than a few Danish ended up on the wrong side of an mad Irishwoman's frying pan....
The Anglo Danish lads finally get involved....
Turn 4 rolled around, time for another card! What did I choose? Black. So the Anglo Danish are my allies now?
But I have a plan, after seeing the Jomsvikings get so badly decimated by the Rus, surely I could do the same thing to them, but with Javelins?
Ignore the Russians, throw spears at the Northmen!
Ok, so we killed the Northmen, but the Russians and the Danish are slaughtering us!
It was at this time that the leader of the Rus with his retainers charged Cu Eion himself. Fighting to defend his country, his fallen childhood friend, his fallen pet, his homeland, with a broken axe AND with the sun in his eyes, Cu Eion sadly fell to the Russian invader, but not before taking many of the invaders with him (two, probably two).
Turn Five. What card did I choose? Black (see a theme here?) What card did everyone else choose? Black. So the victory conditions now were having the most stuff left on the battlefield!
Turns 5 and 6 were all kinds of not good for the Irish. Cu had fallen to the Rus, my warriors on the hill had been slaughtered by probability-defying bow fire from the Anglo Danish and my left flank was being accosted by many many more Anglo Danes.
"Anglo Danes, yes, we have a reservation. Here to accost we are, thank you"
The brave levies fought on, but without being able to generate many activation dice (at this point, 3), I was very much hamstrung by not being able to roll a 6 for extra dice!
Just throw more things at them! Stones, frying pans, goats!
The levies did eventually fall before the Anglo Danish, leaving even fewer alive to call the land Irish.
Dogs can't call the land anything... Run dogs run!
The rest of the battlefield saw the Jomsvikings and the Anglo Danish finally meet combat, although it was too little, too late for the Joms, the Anglo Danish were just too fresh an army to be able to fight it in two turns.
The final act was the Rus Warlord storming across the battlefield in an attempt to slay the Anglo Danish Warlord, thus claiming his right as ruler of the land. But, by the time he covered the ground, he was tired, but to his honour, he cut down two vassals to get to the enemy Warlord, only to be cut down as he swung his axe....
So ended the great 4 way game of SAGA. It was.... enlightening! I was probably too bold with my attacks, SAGA has a way of making you pay for killing enemy troops (usually at the cost of a similar number of your own), and so while the Rus and the Irish destroyed themselves and each other, the Joms took a while to arrive, but arrived piecemeal and so were slaughtered. The Anglo Danish held back, waiting for the battlefield to clear and then claimed it as their own. I could call it cowardly, but to be fair, there really isn't anyone left to make that smart remark!
There was one positive of the battle, the castle was still mine!
Look for some reports from the other protagonists, I will link them on here once I have them.
The Russian "opinion" of the battle is here
Up next? Romans. I have some to finish basing, and some on the painting table.
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Great write up of a very fun game mate.ReplyDelete
Awesome pictures too.
I'll get my report on Irish betrayals of innocent Kyivan shoe traders up today. Not to mention the shoe gazing of the Anglo Danes and the confusing matrix of Jomsviking shoe fashion.
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I am suprised how well the pictures turned out, the lighting at the club is pretty rubbish for photos.ReplyDelete
As for shoes, you know my opinions on them!
Good report, Poochie. I had a blast with that game, even if I did tend to lumber around. Looking at those pics, my beloved Anglo-Danes get all the second-best shields so maybe I should touch those up? Or buy all new figs? Or Joms-Viking Figs? Decisions, decisions.ReplyDelete
The Joms are nice figures, but you will find as nicer figures around for the Vikings. Perhaps getting some nice proper Anglo Danes? For something completly different? Or choosing a different manufacturer that GB to get some Scottish?ReplyDelete
And, heck yes that game was a blast!

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The other day, I blogged about animating "static" child nodes, using ngAnimate, inside of a dynamic container in AngularJS. This worked quite nicely for a single container; however, as I continued to experiment, I noticed that it started to break when I had multiple containers animating at the same time. After a few [way too many] hours of debugging, I discovered that the ngAnimate module injects a "transition-delay" property during the setup phase. And, in order for child nodes to piggy-back on the parent transition, they too have to take this "magical" transition-delay into account.
Run this demoin my JavaScript Demos projecton GitHub .
For some reason, when I have a single container being animated, the contextual nested child node animations "just work." The reasons for that are beyond my understanding of the AngularJS code. But, the moment that I add more than one simultaneously animating container, the child animations fail to execute during the "enter" phase.
After adding dozens of console.log() statements and "debugger" statements, a gym break, and a lunch break, I realized that the ngAnimate module was injecting an inline style for "transition-delay" into each of the container elements:
From what I can understand in the code, this negative delay causes the "setup" transitions to finish immediately, thereby putting the element in the "enter" (or "leave") state. When the animation start is subsequently triggered, the transition-delay can be removed and the "active" class can be added, at which point the element will gracefully transition into the active configuration.
This inline style attribute works well for the container, but not for any contextual animations (that are powered by contextual class existence). As such, contextual animations barely make it out of the "enter" state before the animation is kicked over into the "active" state. This creates a visual effect in which the animations appears to fail altogether.
To fix this, we have to let the child nodes inherit the injected "transition-delay" style. This way, the child nodes will properly consume the setup styles before the animation is triggered.
To see this in action, I've created a demo with three Divs that are all controlled by ngIf directives watching the same value. As each Div is animated onto the page, a nested Span tag will also be animated. Here is the markup:<!doctype html>   <meta charset="utf-8" /> <title> Child Animations Have To Take The "Magical" Transition-Delay Into Account In AngularJS </title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./demo.css"></link>
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Each Div hooks into the ngAnimate classes for "enter" and "leave". But, each of the Span tags will also piggy-pack on those classes by creating contextual CSS rules that depend upon the ngAnimate classes on the ancestor nodes. In the following CSS, take note of the comment that explains the "transition-delay."a[ ng-click ] { color: red ; cursor: pointer ; text-decoration: underline ; user-select: none ; -moz-user-select: none ; -webkit-user-select: none ; } div.view { border: 2px solid #FF0099 ; border-radius: 4px 4px 4px 4px ; height: 200px ; left: 40px ; overflow: hidden ; position: fixed ; top: 130px ; width: 288px ; } div.view.view-a { left: 40px ; } div.view.view-b { left: 370px ; } div.view.view-c { left: 700px ; } div.view span { border: 1px dotted #AAAAAA ; border-radius: 4px 4px 4px 4px ; display: block ; margin: 20px 20px 0px 20px ; padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px ; text-align: center ; } /* Container [ng-if] animation configuration. */ div.view.ng-enter, div.view.ng-leave { transition: opacity 2s ease ; } div.view.ng-enter { opacity: 0.0 ; } div.view.ng-enter-active { opacity: 1.0 ; } div.view.ng-leave { opacity: 1.0 ; } div.view.ng-leave-active { opacity: 0.0 ; } /* Nested element animation configuration. */ div.view.ng-enter span, div.view.ng-leave span { transition-duration: inherit ; transition-property: margin-top ; transition-timing-function: inherit ; /* When AngularJS goes to apply the "enter" and "leave" animation setup classes, it injects an inline, negative animation-delay into the container. While I am not 100% sure what this is doing (this is over my head in terms of CSS kung-fu), it appears to complete the transition immediately, at which point, the element is properly poised to enter the "active" state. Now, while this works for the container, the nested / child element animations don't know to use this negative delay. As such, they never make it to the "start" condition and therefore, don't appear to animate. As such, we have to INHERIT any delay that is being used by the container. */ transition-delay: inherit ; } div.view.ng-enter span { margin-top: 200px ; } div.view.ng-enter-active span { margin-top: 20px ; } div.view.ng-leave span { margin-top: 20px ; } div.view.ng-leave-active span { margin-top: 200px ; }
As you can see, each of the Span tags inherits the "transition-delay" property. This way, when ngAnimate injects the inline transition-delay value, the contextual child node animations will also see it. This keeps the container and the child nodes in alignment.
The ngAnimate module is bad-ass. But, as with everything ever, there are caveats and edge-cases. Part of the way in which the ngAnimate module works is by the injecting a "magical" transition-delay property. In order to get contextual animations to work, we just need to be aware of this and adjust our CSS accordingly.


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Friday, 2 October 2015
Katy, by Jacqueline Wilson
You can see why JW wanted to retell the story.
So. Katy. I LOVED Katy. I loved her energy and wildness, and her imagination. Having lived an adolescence head and shoulders taller than everybody else, I can also identify with her awkward, elbows and knees gawkiness. Sharp tongued and accident prone, she is often thoughtless and even her best intentions lead to disaster. Her family is huge and complicated- a dad, a full sister, a step-mum, a step-sister, two half brothers and a half sister, an ancient cat and an insane dog. Katy finds herself being unintentionally but satisfyingly mean to the simpering and attention-hungry Elsie, her step sister. Though she always resolves to be nicer, it never really works out and any good feeling is normally erased by mishaps and the inevitable tale-telling. Katy's relationship with Izzie, her stepmother is complicated too- as the only one who really remembers her mum, Katy never stops missing her and resents Izzie, she sees her as a betrayal of her late mum's memory and in intruder on her family. Katy's an immensely complicated character, written in a way that makes her instantly understandable and relatable. You just get her straight away. She tries hard to make people happy, but whatever she does to seem responsible or thoughtful or useful ends up backfiring and getting her into trouble.
The first half of the book is warm and funny and flies by- we see Katy entertaining her hoards of siblings with imaginative games and stories, they compete for the attention of their busy Doctor father and we see their slightly haphazard, rough and tumble existence- it's a happy household, but there's a lot of friction and unspoken feelings. Phil, Dorrie, Jonnie, Clover and Elsie are all so full of character and laughs and you can't help but admire Katy's resourcefulness and knack with younger kids. Katy loves to climb trees and skateboard, to plot against Elsie and Izzie and lead the 'littlies' off on wild adventures. Reading as an adult, it's kind of heartbreaking to see how torn Katy is between immersing herself in childhood games and fantasy and her awareness of her impending adolescence, and all the self-consciousness and fear that comes with it- it's nostalgic but at the same time I'm glad my teen years are way behind me.
But when Katy has a horrible, unlucky, life altering accident, she must learn to adapt to her new challenges and new body and still try to stay Katy Carr.Being able-bodied I've no authority on the subject at all, but I think JW did an excellent job of showing the life of a recently disabled person. The anger, the bitterness, the wallowing, the feeling sorry for yourself but furious at the idea of the pity of others. The dwelling on all the things that you'll never get to do and the downright unfairness of it all. It all seemed incredibly real and affecting and really emotional. But Katy has in buckets the quality that I think I find the most impressive in people, and that's resilience. Though it costs her all her strength, she is determined to face school, stand up to the girls that have taunted her all through school, determined to have fun and bang heads together and wreak havoc.
I loved the characters in this book- doodly angsty Dexter, angry at the world but he understands Katy and her pain in a way that nobody else can. Helen, the wheelchair bound academic that is loved universally and encourages Katy not to give up on life just because she's in a wheelchair. Ryan, Katy's friend that she's always avoided getting too involved with because she's so tall, him so short they'd look weird together (because everybody discriminates) Cecey, the best friend who has her wobbles but comes through, and Janine, the paediatric nurse that lets Katy earn her independence. The cast of characters in this book is incredible, they make you care so much and that's why it's such an affecting read.
I love that Katy isn't redeemed because she doesn't need it- her accident changes her life and her world, but she refuses to change her personality. Yes she becomes more mature and courteous, tactful, but that comes with age, not with disability. I love that she still causes chaos and ruffles feathers and gets into fights and makes loads of friends, even in spite of the douchebag bus drivers and eye rolling tutters at the shopping centre. Her disability is unavoidable, she can't pretend it hasn't derailed her life, but she carries on. Not because she's a martyr or a hero, or because disabled people are *automatically* courageous or inspirational just for leading lives, she carries on because what else can you do? She's a brilliant, brilliant creation and she proves that the only person you can ever be expected to be, the only thing that will make you happy is being yourself. That's my favourite book-message,
Also- JW you are amazing for the amount of sneak book recommendations you have covertly dropped in this book (Rooftoppers, The Chaos Walking Trilogy, Hunger Games to name a few). Also THANKYOUSOMUCH for having the school librarian be so amazing and offering refuge and support and strength through books. We're not all chignons and twinsets and a young, dynamic librarian that has *actual ideas about books* and not just a militant love of silence and order is a breath of fresh air.
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Just ordered this for work but I will be sneaking it home with me before it gets put on the shelves. Love a good JW story. And YAY for young librarians!!ReplyDeleteReplies
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Nysed disclaimer on the teacher state tests instructions for students as young as 8 reveals trick questions and "hard choices" that must be made by students thanks to the Pearson made common core tests.
According to the 2015 RFP for test development, NYSED will require Pearson to craft tests using complicated rationale such as offering choices that amount to "common student misconceptions":
The test passages must be laced with "distractors" designed to fake out the students and trick him or her from choosing the correct answer:
The questions will require "close" reading such that the question must be developed so that NO outside, personal or experiential information can be relied on to assist the student in deciphering "plausible but incorrect" from a "fully correct" answer:
What is the point of all this deceit and trickery? Is this a legit test or is this a joke, are students really at the carnival and dont know it?
Are students betting on a what shell the cookie is under or is the test supposed to measure something in a reliable manner? Because these tests sound more like a game then a test to me.
A copy of the RFP for NYSED ELA and MATH test development that contains the above specifications is here:
If you want to take your kids to the carnival, by all means please do. They will get much more out of spending the day with you and enjoying some time off then taking the ridiculous common core grade 3-8 tests, Im sure.
Your choice – refuse the test or subject your child to the "game" unwittingly while you feed money to the Pearson carney.
Its not a hard decision to make – refuse the test.
Outraged yet?
But, wait…..there's more.
For those of you not aware, Pearson's contract with NYSED was scheduld to run out December 2015. However, we have recently learned that NYSED extended Pearson's contract for test development services worth millions of dollars. Advocates are presently looking into how and why this was permitted to occur without notice to the public and/or other bidders.
In the meantime, here is a nice little list of Pearson's various errors. Why NYSED would opt to RENEW its contract with Pearson is mind boggling and outrageous!
"Incorporated: A Problematic Reputation for Performance and Influence in Education"
Compounded by the 2011 AG investigation into Pearson's malfeasance, questions arose as to the monolithic testing giant's competence and professionalism.
Many dont realize, in addition to student test development, Pearson also produces teacher tests tied to EdTPA. In early August 2013, State Assemblyman William Magnarelli began requesting from NYS Education Commissioner John King information on NYSED contracts with Pearson—including amounts of the contracts. After repeated requests, on November 7 he finally received his response: $55 million for testing products and services. Strangely, the official record shows the contract for the edTPA costs the state $0, implying all costs will be borne by the candidates. But these stakeholders—and the parents and faculty who advocate for them—had no input into the $300 fee that goes directly to Pearson. This is a lucrative contract.
As noted above, Pearson/SCALE performance in the administration of the edTPA has been faulty, with repercussions for hundreds of individual candidates.
The awarding of state contracts to this company must be examined in the context of its other failures. Pearson is starting to look like the "Blackwater" of education privatization. Like the company that earned infamy for its military subcontracting, Pearson delivers shoddy goods and services that cost taxpayers dearly and some have dire consequences for users.
The company has not followed "best practices" that would apply to public deliverers of the goods and services, and its intensive lobbying raises the ugly specter of corruption. Mainstream media have brought
little attention to the issues, but some sources have spotlighted the company's dubious performance and influence. Examples of more recent problems:
November 16, 2013. New York State Principals posted an update on their "Letter to Parents About Testing, with over 3000 people signing in support. Comments related to Pearson: "How Much this is Costing Already-Strained Taxpayers: We don't know how much public money is being paid to vendors and corporations that the NYSED contracts to design assessments, nor do we know if the actual designers are educationally qualified. … We believe that the failure [of new standardized tests by many students] was not on the part of our children, but rather with the officials of the New York State Education Department. These are the individuals who chose to recklessly implement numerous major
initiatives without proper dialogue, public engagement or capacity building.
They are the individuals who have failed.29
October 2013: Pearson, subcontracting for Apple, Inc., failed to fully deliver on digital curriculum for the Los Angeles School District Common Core Technology Project. In the first phase of the project the District paid $30 million to Apple for iPads and the promised Pearson software; the
second phase was expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars.30
Controversy continues over the $1 billion rollout.
April 2013: Pearson claimed that it was "unintentional" that reading passages in NYS exams were identical to those in Pearson-produced curricular materials for grades 6-8.31
April and May 2013: Parent inquiries led to the exposure of Pearson's many-faceted scoring errors in "Gifted and Talented" testing in New York City. Despite the impacts on students' eligibility, district officials retained the Pearson contracts.32
August 2012: Inspiring heated responses from Pearson, University of Texas professor Walter Stroup publicized flaws in the "Item Response Theory" employed by Pearson and other standardized test designers. Initially inspired by experiences in middle school programs, he and other researchers analyzed the Texas "TAKS" exam and found that "The test-taking profile is an ability to read tricky language, to think strategically about which one of these four letters is right. I don't think society should
be optimizing education for that."33
Texas has $500 million in contracts with Pearson, including for the
TAKS. May 2012: NYSED acknowledged problems with a "talking pineapple" question in Pearson's 8th grade ELA test and that item was dropped from scoring. Additional problems were identified in different
Pearson assessments. 34
A much longer "History of Testing Problems" involving Pearson has been compiled by FairTest, and other analysts have also publicized the company's shortcomings.35
Despite all of these problems, Pearson maintains its contracts and its control in every level of education in New York State.
Read more here: http://www.fairtest.org/pearsons-history-testing-problems
PDF: http://www.fairtest.org/…/fi…/PearsonTestErrorChronology.pdf
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In two busy weekends, this was the core focus of the class by Prof. Jonah Berger – can you systematically build a framework that makes it more likely that a product idea will stick, and that it will spread. With several interesting reading materials assigned to the class, and an interesting, fast-paced format to the lectures, we got a whirlwind tour of research done in this area so far by him and others. We also got to do a few do-it-yourself assignments to see how we would apply these principles to ideas or campaigns that we wish to transform. Was a useful exercise in getting hands dirty and trying this out. Working at a small startup like Blue Jeans Network gives the perfect lab to test these frameworks against, so that was the focus of my assignments. Dare I say I learnt a few concepts as well – hope it sticks since it was taught using the framework itself ;). We also bid farewell to the dozen or so classmates of ours from the East who made a lightning visit out here specifically for this class – hope to see you at the Philly graduation!
Another highlight of a busy three-day session a week ago was the Finance midterm. Lets just say that I wouldn't want to talk to any of my teachers in engineering or math from years past about my analytical prowess. The concepts are so interesting, yet hard to digest and master. One has got to give it to generations of WEMBA Finance majors – it takes a new breed of masochists to learn cutting edge concepts from the best faculty in the world, and come out unscathed with mastery of the subject. Its an addictive drug, and quite a few of us might go on to do more of these challenging Finance classes next term – Investment Management, Advanced Corporate Finance, Capital Markets .. many ways to scratch that itch!
We also had our first session of Prof. Werbach's class that focuses on the legal and ethical environment of business. The class is structured around classroom discussions facilitated by the instructor, followed up with assignments and writeups. This set me off on a book hunt for topics in this area – fascinating to read some of them. Expect to see more on that on this site in the coming weeks. In these difficult times a course such as this does give pause and allow for self-reflection and rebalancing of the moral compass. Can't wait to see what's in store in the rest of the term on this front.
On the more interesting front, the class celebrated a tough Friday session by hanging out and partying late at some of our usual joints. Was fun to get to know more members of this class as I transition towards being one of the 37s. We also had a fun time getting together at Vamsi's house last weekend as plans are being made to do this more often this year.
As we progress towards the finish line, slowly some of the dots have started to connect, in terms of identifying concepts learnt in class and instinctively applying them to the real world. In a world where there is so much to digest from news headlines these days, much could be done if only we had the time to sit and mull over those weighty issues from the point of view of what we learnt in class. Still waiting for that day when there's more time to do these things …


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Hooking Up vs. Lasting Love: Its Your Choice
"hooking Up" - "friends with benefits" - "booty call"
These terms have become all too familiar in today's dating world. Are they words that you can relate to? Have you lived them in some way? If so, how have you felt about the experience(s) both during and after? Chances are that you have mixed feelings at best. Depending on your age and sex, you may give a somewhat different response to this question. Whatever your answer, a close look at this "dating experience" that impacts so many singles in so many ways may be useful to you as you think about what your long-term relationship goals are and what you REALLY want from a relationship.
So what exactly do these terms mean?
"Hooking up" is getting together for sex. There is generally no formal "date" involved.
"Friends with benefits" usually refers to two people who are "friends" who also have sex together. Again, there's a distinction between what they share and "dating".
"Booty call" usually describes the act of a man (woman) calling up another person to come over for sex. The sex doesn't follow dinner, a movie or other "quality" time together, getting to really know each other. It's physical.
Do you define this activity (even loosely) as dating? Has this become a new intimacy for some or many of you? If so, it's important to look at how/if it meets your needs and if it aligns with your basic values and relationship wants and goals.
Begin by asking yourself some core questions, such as:
Am I comfortable with intimacy?
Am I comfortable with a purely physical relationship?
Am I able to be physically involved with someone while remaining emotionally detached?
How do I feel about myself when I engage in this behavior?
Am I doing this to please someone or win his or her affection?
Is monogamy and marriage my goal?
If your answers reflect discordance between how you feel and what you do; it would be helpful to understand the reasons behind your behavior. Do any of these sound familiar?
"It's convenient"
"It's easy"
"It's safe"
"It requires no commitment on my part"
In addition to these explanations, some singles express a belief that "everyone does it" or "it's expected". Therefore, they often report engaging in it, but not feeling really ok or satisfied afterwards. Others use it as a substitute for real intimacy, referencing their difficulties in meeting and dating in general.
Then there are the people who have sex hoping it will lead to love. This too is a desire for intimacy that can lead to sadness and disappointment and the possibility of contacting a dangerous and life-altering infection. It reminds me of the line in a song, "if I can love you good enough on the outside to make you feel it on the inside, then maybe you will stay..."
If you recognize yourself in any of these statements and want to address your issue, begin with an inventory of your values and self-awareness. Read the articles: "Defining Intimacy", "Clarifying And Living Your Values", and "How's Your Self-Awareness".
You can find these on: http://www.consum-mate.com/articles.htm
If you would find feedback that deals specifically with these issues helpful, take the "What's Your Intimacy IQ" and "Are You Relationship Ready" quizzes. These can be found on: http://www.consum-mate.com/quiz.htm
Once you have determined what you really want from a relationship you can begin to make clear, thought out choices that will open the path that points in the direction you wish to go. Until you do so, you face the possibility of more disappointing and short-lived encounters that leave you feeling more alone and less hopeful about the possibility for lasting happy love.
Toni Coleman is a licensed therapist and relationship coach in private practice in McLean, Virginia. She specializes in working with singles who want to create lasting, intimate relationships. Toni has over 20 years of post-masters experience in relationship counseling and coaching with singles and couples. She is the founder and President of LifeChange Coaching and Consum-mate Relationship Coaching. She developed and teaches the Creating Lasting Relationships Training, a tele-workshop designed to help singles to define, implement and fulfill their life and relationship goals. She has also written numerous email classes for singles on all aspects of meeting, dating and relating. She is the author of the email newsletter, The Art of Intimacy, which goes out to thousands of subscribers monthly. http://www.consum-mate.com
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Online Dating for Beginners
There are many online dating sites, all of them require you to be at least 18 years of age. The two that I really liked, were Match.
Latin Dating - Beauty and Romance
Like any other society, Latin culture is one that is embedded with traditions, values and celebrations. Of all the different attributes that are associated with Latino's, there is no question that passion and romance are considered to be two of the most intriguing.
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Are you tired of the whole dating scene? Have you spent many hours (years) going to parties and events with the hope of meeting compatible and available singles? If so, now may be time to think about doing something different. Really different.
Dating Relationships and Your Future
How Your Dating Life Could Affect Your MarriageIf you've ever wanted motivation to work on your semi-serious dating relationship, here's some: Experts say that people who are able to sustain lasting relationships before they marry stay married longer and are more likely to be married for life than those whose pre-marital relationships don't last very long. That means that by working on your current relationship, even if you don't end up marrying that person, you are contributing to the success of your future marriage.
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Does the waiter know how you like your steak, and more about your love life than you do yourself? You are stuck in a "boring-dates syndrome"! Or perhaps you are conducting a psychological experiment on the people you date, and trying to keep the environment constant..
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Dating on the Internet is growing rapidly year after year, because it has become very difficult for most people to meet quality singles in their local communities and find compatible matches!When it comes to meeting new people, we tend to create an urgency, and we put a large amount of stress on ourselves to unite with someone quickly, without taking the time to really get to know the person and see their true qualities.Where sometimes you just don't have all the answers on a date, the first thing you need to ask yourself is, what are you looking for?Are you looking to have fun and meet a variety of people on a casual basis, or do you want to seriously establish a relationship, which can eventually turn into a love match? The decision is yours!In the first meeting it's all about honesty, which most of us throw out the window on the first date! I know you heard it before, but it's true! As you begin the matchmaking process through different dating avenues, you will make your life so much simpler if you're totally honest with yourself and the person you're with.
The Magic of Flirting
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I let that friend talk me into browsing some pictures on one of the more popular dating sites. I had to say, there were some pretty decent looking men on there.
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Generally the most important step when dating someone is the anticipation moment which refers to your own decisions and also the prepairing for dating someone. And as the most important aspects are also the most difficult ones, people generally leave them aside or neglect them and this always proves to be harmful for a relationship.
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Solving the problem of poverty is easy. All we need to do is to get the government to buy plasma TVs and give them to poor people. Everyone knows that rich people have plasma TVs, and poor people don't. Plasma TVs are what separates the rich from the poor. Giving poor people a plasma TV would make them rich people. Or even if it didn't actually make them rich, this would be the most effective first step to address the serious imbalances in economic and social injustice in today's world of have and have-nots.
Well, actually, any intelligent person knows that the previous paragraph is utter nonsense. But substitute the word 'notebook computer' for 'TV', and you will become the darling of the leftist elites, who are intent on forcing tax payers to buy millions of notebook computers so they can be distributed to those more worthy than themselves.
We have the international OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project, Australia's determination to give a notebook to every Aboriginal child, and then Kevin (Pixie) Rudd's election promise to give one notebook to every school child.
Apparently the average destitute Aboriginal child, struggling with substance abuse, domestic violence, sexual molestation and chronic ear infections will get onto the internet to research the solution to his community's problems.
"Hey Dad, it says here on http://www.social-workers.gov.au that you should stop getting drunk and bashing mum and I. How about going off to AA?". "Hey Mum – it says here on http://www.healthy-eating.gov.au that diet is an important lifestyle choice. How about some fresh food for dinner?" "Hey bros, I read on http://www.say-no-to-drugs.gov.au that sniffing petrol can damage your brain. I guess we'd better stop doing it now."
Fly. Pigs. Might.
In African nations, there is a plan to give free notebooks to children who don't even have electricity. 'No problem,' say the scheme's advocates, 'we can attach wind-up generators to them. And they could even be use to supply light in their mud-huts after dark!' Are there any intelligent people who find this anything other than totally perverse?
Even The Pixie's proposal to supply notebooks to Bogans in a first world country is faltering. It seems that the rubbery figures used in estimating the cost of the one-laptop-per-Bogan scheme didn't take into account that the notebooks have to maintained. You need IT support for them. IT people, dear reader, are those people who command obscene salaries for doing something that the rest of the population don't even understand. IT support is expensive. More expensive, in fact, than the computers themselves.
The cost of buying a notebook for a motivated, middle-class brat is just the cost of the notebook itself. Within a day, a teen-age computer nerd will strip off the firewall protection and censorship filters, and be happily surfing http://www.horny-cheerleaders.com in between downloading his homework from essays-for-sale.com, and still have time to post party invitations on MySpace.
But how long is a notebook going to last in a mud hut? Or even a tin hut? Or even a Bogan's school bag, getting thrown around with the footy boots?
Answer: not even until the next federal election. Oops.
And the destitute African children? Apart from sending Nigerian 419 scam letters, there is little in the way of local industry which can benefit from information transfer. Social networking is a great way for bored western teenagers to kill time, but when there are animals to feed, crops to grow and water to fetch, on-line gossip about pop stars is pretty much irrelevant. Commodity prices on the other side of the world won't help you if you are merely subsistence farming. And great literature is of no interest to someone with an empty stomach.
Doubtless these elitist initiatives will result in someone, somewhere doing something useful, and the proponents will declare the whole fiasco a success. But does anyone think that the hundreds of dollars per unit would not have been better spent on food, medicine, conventional education or even on a mercenary force to topple their corrupt thieving governments?
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Written by Nina Greene on July 6
Chiang Mai is a major cultural hub of Northern Thailand. It's a destination for both work and play, as the city houses endless food and entertainment options as well as significant manufacturing facilities. Today's fun fact is that Thailand also is a destination for "medical tourism," and people visit cities like Chiang Mai to secure world-class medical care at affordable prices.
Okay, the Chiang Mai mini-lesson is complete. Now for the Pana Moment.
One of Pana's members, Andrew Robinson, who was visiting Chiang Mai from his home in California for vacation, had the misfortune of losing his backpack/laptop case in the bustling Thai city.
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The foundation of school
In 1918 the teacher MARIA BRIMMERBERGA founded the school which was called Stukmani Brimmerberga Gymnasium (previously Plavinas was called Stukmani).
The schoolâs 1st address was Plavinas Daugavas Street 60. This building burnt during WWII
20th â 40th years
In 1922 the school was recalled Riga District Gymnasium.
In 1928 it was renamed Plavinas Town Gymnasium.
In 1936 a new building is build in Daugavas Street 50. In this year the school was visited by Karlis Ulmanis. Without main subjects at school was also drama, ballet, choir and gymnastics circle.
Many popular persons had worked in this school â A. Strals, V. Jakabsons, J. Norvilis and H. Vikmanis.
In 1944 the school was called Plavinas Secondary School.
50th â 60th years
In 1951 there were two secondary schools â Latvian and Russian.
Since 1953 at school is celebrated Badgeâs evening (Å―etonu vakars).
In 1965 was founded schoolâs musem.
In 1966 the new building was built and it was called Plavinas Secondary School.
Latest Times
1996/1997 The new school headmaster Victors VasiÄžjevs started leading the school.
The School Rules were drawn up and adopted.
We can be proud of gold medal in the Republic Chemistry competition.
Our school students successfully took part in the Pupilsâ World Ski Championship in Germany, France, Austria, Czech Republic, Finland.
1997/1998 The 80th anniversary of the school was celebrated and the school history book was published. EdÄŦte Kupca was the author of this idea and she fulfilled it. Our school got some financial help from our partner in Germany â Juris BeÄ·eris â Kaltenkirhenes primary school principal and our cooperation started.
We all learn and work together and at the end of May we celebrate our traditional festival of Knowledge, where we thank the students and their parents and teachers for their success in different competitions.
We are proud of students who win praises in different competitions.
2001 Inese SaulÄŦte became a heard master.
2002 President Vaira ViÄ·eâFreiberga visited our school in November.
2003 Our school got a new name: Marija Brimmerberga PÄžaviÅas gymnasium.
2008/2010. The new school headmaster Vladimirs Samohins started leading the school. The school name is changed: PÄžaviÅas Regional Gymnasium.


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I'm transitioning from this blog to my new web/blog site, which is http:neveblack.com. Please take a moment and go there, and don't forget to leave a comment.
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In transition,
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Saturday, April 4, 2009
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Please forgive my interruption of the Blow Hard Tour and Swing Tour, but I need to make the following announcement: My new website, neveblack.com is up and running! I'll be transitioning over to this new site and home to my new blog: http://neveblack.com/blog
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The Swing anthology scheduled release date is April 24, 2009, coincidentally that's the day of my Swing blog tour interview. Today, take a minute and go here to read all about our Swing editor, Jolie du Pre. For a complete list of all contributing author's blog tour dates, please go here.
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I was not really looking forward to it as I don't think I do well in interviews, but then again I haven't had many as I have worked in the same place for so long. The whole process is a bit daft really as I think they have already decided who they do, or do not, want and the idea that they have to give us priority for these jobs is rubbish.
In the end I think that it went quite well, although I was getting very nervous just before especially as they were running late which somehow makes waiting seem longer. I managed to keep myself calm and reminded myself that I could only do my best at that particular time, and just be myself. It is always the waiting that is the worst; that feeling as though you should just run away from the whole thing and hide somewhere. Anyway I will find out on Thursday how it has gone and whether I got the job. I must say that I feel rather neutral about the whole thing now. It is over and done with and I don't think I will be too upset if the answer is no. It is quite difficult to get much enthusiasm about the whole thing as it will all be very different in the new academic year and a lot of it seems to be a matter of trial and error. Pretty sure that we minnions will get the blame if it doesn't work out ok as management always seems to slide out of the firing line.
It is really just a shame that our little attendance team is just being dismantled and thrown away as though we are useless. I really don't think that management has much of an idea what we do. We have been administering a couple of student allowances, Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) for 16 - 18 year olds, and the Adult Learning Grant (ALG) for 19+ students and the government have now decided to abolish them. The administration of the EMA and ALG have always, and wrongly in my opinion, overshadowed the Attendance part of the job so that the powers that be seem to think we will not have much to do next year. In reality the EMA and ALG only take up a small part of what we do. But the decision has been made and there is nothing we can do about it now. They say there will be new attendance tracking systems next year, but those of us in attendance know nothing about them so I have no idea how good they will be...time will tell.
I actually wore some 'high' heeled shoes for the interview yesterday. That is high to me, all one inch of them! I got them for Vicky's wedding a month ago and thought that I ought to make a bit of an effort and dress a bit more smartly than normal. Anyway all my other shoes are really ragged and I didn't know whether the panel would be able to see them during the interview as the only clonkers might give a bad impression. I wasn't going to go over the top and wear a suit mainly because I don't have one, or anything else that could really be remotely thought of as power dressy. When I wore the new shoes of the wedding I was really stiff and found walking difficult the next day, but this time I have adjusted a bit better, partly because I consciously made myself keep my feet in a better position. I usually wear special insoles, but the new shoes aren't big enought to take them, at least until I have worn them in well!


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Meaningful Adjacencies
Greg and I were in NYC last weekend to visit family and have some time in the city. One of our stops was the 911 memorial and museum, first time for both of us.
"Meaningful adjacencies" was the phrase used to describe how names were organized and placed on the panels—the names of all the people who died. Rather than list the names alphabetically, there was an effort to identify meaningful connections between people, placing side by side the names of people who in life were linked by something or someone. Not meaningful relationships per se—in most cases the people didn't know one another, but connections that were made later, tracing ways in which their lives, loves, work or interests intersected. The tour guide highlighted just a few of these powerful and moving adjacencies to weave in smaller stories of shared humanity. These adjacencies create a precious sense of interconnectedness that helps offset the yawning sense of grief, loss and despair reflected in the crashing water and bottomless abyss around which the memorial is designed.
That phrase, "meaningful adjacencies" stayed with me through our time in the city and has continued to haunt me back at home. Riding the subway later that day, observing other riders, the huge variety of humanity that inhabits a city subway car or city block on any given afternoon, I wondered if meaningful adjacencies aren't happening all the time, with each person we meet or pass. In a city like NYC the prospect is daunting, overwhelming, but also strangely comforting. We can't always point to a specific quality or event that connects us, but if someone had to make a connection between any two people, put their names on a wall and honor their memory by creating a kind of mystic joinery in order to lift the experience of tragedy or loss out of its own loneliness...surely we can always find something?
I kept noticing (covertly) the people we passed. The older man in the corner of the train muttering to himself and clearly mentally adrift, and the younger man nodding his head to music but periodically glancing over to notice him....the two young women on the subway bench, a little girl of 3 or 4 nestled between them with her legs crossed up on the bench, chattering away to her stuffed bunny, while the 2 women smiled at each other with a kind of parental knowing. I find back home that I am noticing people I pass, in the coop or driving or on the street, and wondering what narrative we could create to link our lives. I find I am more aware.
I am reminded that each person who comes to the studio, unrolls their mat, and begins to practice yoga has a story, many stories. We are probably, all of us who share yoga in that space, connected in ways none of us consciously realize. Though we practice "on our own mat" and in our own bodies, can we try and also honor the delicate threads of life and love and loss and happenstance that connect us?
I think so.
The building itself was renovated to be energy efficient, and the room is moderately heated in cooler seasons to promote a good, healthy sweat, but not heated to an excessive or wasteful degree. There are cubbies in our large office to store your personal belongings, a spacious changing room, a comfy sofa and a water cooler (please bring a water bottle to fill, to cut down on paper cup usage). Two nice, clean bathrooms are located just down the hall. There are also cubbies in the studio itself for valuables, which students are welcome to use. We have a full lending library of yoga books, and encourage students to borrow freely. Gift certificates are available for purchase in any amount.
Please do not wear perfume or any strong scent
People with allergies can be very sensitive to scent. Also, lots of people sweating in a closed space is less stinky than lots of people all wearing different brands of perfume or deodorant.
Wear comfortable clothing
Not so tight it binds, not so loose it gets in your way. And please do not wear clothes that "gap" and are inappropriately revealing.
Practice on an empty stomach
If possible, don't eat at least three hours before practice. If you know that this isn't possible for you, eat easily digested food one hour before class.
No food or outside beverages inside the studio
If necessary, bottled water is okay, but remember we are trying to generate internal heat; constant sipping cools the body. After practice, drink plenty of pure water.
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Shared mats are not hygienic; you may borrow one from us if one is available, until you are able to purchase your own, but please clean it afterward with the mat wipes provided. Please understand mats may be borrowed on a first come basis….we have only a few to borrow, and do occasionally run out of them.
Keep your eyes on your own practice
The practice is richer when it happens from the inside out. It's not about comparing yourself with the person next to you. Be present with your own experience.
Be kind and loving to yourself
Rest when you need to. Honor where you are in your practice. Use the energy of those around to inspire, not diminish, you. Remember: you are perfect just as you are now, and yoga is meant to enhance that understanding and let that perfection shine. Have fun!
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QUIZ: Match The Glastonbury Line-Up To The Year
19 September 2017, 14:44 | Updated: 22 September 2017, 13:26
Celebrate the anniversary of the first ever Glastonbury by testing your knowledge of previous line-ups - how well do you remember the classic years?
Today marks 47 years since Glastonbury festival opened its doors for the first time ever.
It's since gone on the become one of the most famous and talked about festivals in the world, but can you be so sure who actually played Glasto and when?
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Tips for Marketing an Accounting Firm
You should look for the best accounting services since they will give you the insight on how to adopt the best financial handling practices. The accounting services are significant in providing you with the details of your financial position hence you will lay down the best strategies to arrive at the best business performance. Similarly to any other business, an accounting agency should invest in the marketing strategies so that they sell out well to the public. Most well-established accounting companies will decentralize its operations to cover a wider geographical area the customers. Effective communication is crucial in the making your firm in accounting popular.
Making your accounting company known widely with be beneficial to you since you will bring about a large influx of clients to your firm. Several approaches which you can use in marketing your accounting firms are available. It will be effortless in strategizing on how to market your accounting company since this article will offer you the ultimate guide which will help you. At first, create the marketing arrangements which you will work in. It is suitable to include any minute information which will be important in making your marketing plans useful. At times, it is suitable to research on the various favorable factors which contribute to the success of your marketing plans.
While in your laying of plans ensure that you spot the challenges which you will face during the marketing plans. The other strategy is to use your loyal clients to attract more customers to your accounting firm. It is at times prudent give some incentives to the clients who attract new users. The more the number of clients you have to your accounting firm, the more your profit margin.
Develop an iconic name for your accounting company. After creating that name, lay down plans on how to make it grow and attract more people in the society. Put down the organizational objectives which you will dedicate to achieve. Giving your employees the sense of direction will help in making them effective in the delivery of services. You will find its efforts in giving instructions when you have such a focused taskforce hence efficiency is a guarantee.
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This series features House Wrens -- Troglodytes aedon, courting in a bird-friendly yard in Prospect, KY.
He builds the nest and sings on territory until she appears for approval. Poem by Anne Sexton:
"Come my beloved,
consider the lilies.
We are of little faith.
We talk too much.
Put your mouthful of words away
and come with me to watch
the lilies open in such a field,
growing there like yachts,
slowly steering their petals
without nurses or clocks.
Let us consider the view:
a house where white clouds
decorate the muddy halls.
Oh, put away your good words
and your bad words. Spit out
your words like stones!
Come here! Come here!
Come eat my pleasant fruits.' ~ "From the Garden" by Anne Sexton, 1962.


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We are huge fans of TED and really enjoyed this TEDtalk. Many of Cameron Sinclair's design ethics hold true to designshop principles. we believe his drive to design for the world is just as valid here at home. A few powerful quotes that connected with us are...
"Architects have the power to either improve or create a detriment to the community to which we are designing in"
"We are not just building for residents or people who are going to use the building - but for the community as a whole"
"My wish is to develop a community that actively embraces innovative & sustainable design to improve living conditions for all"
all commuinities need better housing, better buildings, and better public spaces. we are fortunate to be in an industry that affects the lives of others through action and innovation.


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Lentil Mushroom Stroganoff
Despite my Midwestern habits—devotion to plaid; overt friendless; lifetime crush on Tim McGraw—I've never considered myself much of a meat and potatoes girl. I'm more…veggies and noodles.
Classic Midwestern dishes such as chicken and mashed potatoes and shepherd's pie were fixtures in my home and those of my friends growing up. Beef stroganoff was especially popular. My grandma has a recipe for it in our family cookbook, her mother probably did too, and I'd I bet my last slice of Almond Joy Cake that it's listed in every Betty Crocker, Better Homes and Gardens, and church-lady cookbook ever published.
Although I have a special fondness for (and borderline fascination with) classic dishes from my childhood, basic combinations of plain meat + plain starch have never particularly blown up my skirt. Casseroles? BRING THEM ALL. Mac and cheese? I want it every which way, including pizza, pumpkin, and Greek. But basic beef stroganoff? No thanks. Way too "meat and potatoes."
Old family favorites reinvented for a modern, healthy diet, such as this ham and cheese noodle casserole and that cheesy chicken broccoli rice casserole, are some of my favorite recipes to share on my site, so I wondered if I could make a version of beef stroganoff that was lighter and more exciting than the original, but still offered a feeling of comfort and indulgence. The result: Lentil Mushroom Stroganoff.
In place of cubed beef, I swapped a mix of baby bella mushrooms and lentils to create a leaner, healthier stroganoff that still offers meaty flavor. Though I am typically an advocate for using whole wheat noodles in place of regular, for some recipes such as this Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup and today's stroganoff, nothing but classic egg noodles will do. I like to use No Yolks egg noodles, because they are completely cholesterol free and cook smoothly every time. I went big with the extra broad, but the classic size would do nicely too.
The stroganoff sauce is a simple sauté of mushrooms and onions, along with thyme, lots of garlic, and a healthy splash of brandy, just to keep everyone awake.
A quick addition of sour cream and Greek yogurt enriches the sauce, and all we have left to do is smother, serve, and devour.
Dear Church Ladies, Betty Crocker, and editor of the Better Home and Gardens cookbook: I hope I did you proud. Lentil Mushroom Stroganoff for the next edition?
Lentil Mushroom Stroganoff
- 3/4 cup dry lentils
- 8 ounces No Yolks Extra Broad Egg Noodles
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil — plus extra for tossing pasta
- 1 large yellow onion — chopped
- 4 cloves garlic — minced
- 20 ounces baby bella mushrooms — sliced
- 2 teaspoons dried thyme
- 1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt
- 3/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 3 tablespoons brandy — or substitute balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce — (omit to make vegetarian, tasting recipe for extra salt as needed)
- 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup low fat sour cream
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley — plus additional for garnish
Bring a large pot of water and lentils to a gentle boil. Cover, reduce heat, and let simmer on low until al dente, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain, rinse, and set aside.
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil (it is fine to reuse the lentil pot) and cook pasta until al dente according to package directions, about 8 minutes. Drain, toss with a bit of olive oil to prevent sticking, and set aside.
In a deep, wide skillet or Dutch oven, heat the olive oil over medium high. Add the onion and cook until beginning to soften, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium, add the garlic, and cook just until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the mushrooms, thyme, salt, and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the mushrooms soften and give up their liquid, about 5 minutes. Stir in the brandy (or balsamic vinegar) and Worcestershire. Cook for 2 minutes until the alcohol evaporates, then reduce heat to low. Add the reserved lentils and cook for an additional 2 minutes. Remove completely from heat, let stand 1 minutes, then stir in the Greek yogurt, sour cream, and parsley. Serve warm over noodles, garnished with additional parsley as desired.
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I love the sound of this! I never had beef stroganoff growing up, but anything with mushrooms and noodles makes me pretty happy. Most grocery stores have vegetarian Worcestershire sauce, if that helps any vegetarians trying to make the dish, (like Annie's but other brands are randomly anchovy-free), I definitely keep my pantry stocked with it!
Oh my gosh, I haven't had stroganoff in yearrrrsssss! I've been on a huge lentil kick lately, and I'm totally into this meatless version!
Sounds great but what kind if lentils did you use? I have both out and red. Thanks, looking forward to trying this. Made a great lentil bologna use last week.
Oh giiiirl I love this. Lentils are a huge hit with my family. I love that it's earthy enough for winter, but light enough that you can eat it year round. Pinned!
Oh my goodness! This stroganoff looks delicious, Erin! I love the lentils in place of the traditional meat. Perfection!
Brilliant use for lentils and I could eat mushrooms all day long! This looks delicious!
As a fellow midwesterner, I've also always been a fan of the heartier dishes that are so prominent in our area. Unlike you, beef stroganoff is at the top of the list, although I will say, it was more for the tangy, savory sauce and noodles, not so much the beef itself. I love this lightened-up version, because it still has everything I love about stroganoff plus the addition of healthy grains (which I love!).
I'm totally meat and potato kind of girl. But I also love mushrooms. So I will take a bowl or two of this. Yum!
I'm a veggies and noodles girl too! This looks delicious Erin!
Wow!! Mushroom heaven, plus lentils and noodles. This looks awesome!!!
So good!!! Love the idea of making this with lentils too!
I love this healthier version! It looks delicious!!
This looks super healthy and delicious!! I LOVEEE your new blog name and design, congrats!! :)
The mushroom-obsessed girl inside of my is loving this twist on classic beef stroganoff! I haven't tried no-yolk pasta before, and I'm quite intrigued by how it compares to regular pasta!
I'm a firm believer that there are NEVER too many mushrooms. I would choose this over a beef version of the dish any day – it looks just perfect.
im not a meat+ potato person but classic dishes with a healthier spin – bring it on! i bet the mushroom and lentil keeps that meaty feel in this recipe.
I am a total veggies 'n' pasta kinda gal too and this stroganoff is ticking off all my "comfort food" boxes right now! This needs to be my dinner tonight and possibly ALL nights. :D
Love this twist to classic beef stroganoff! It looks delicious!
This looks so great! I love a veggie option to classic stroganoff!!!
Absolutely love your use of lentils in this traditional dish – so clever, Erin!
Erin, this dish looks so divine!! I love the combination of pasta and mushroom. This combo is just perfect!! And the beef is really a good choice in there too.
I totally don't eat enough mushrooms. Up to a few years ago I wouldn't even try them #progress. Loving this vegetarian comfort food!
Looks wonderful! I don't have any Brandy… could Sherry be used as a substitute?
Love the use of Greek yog, and the addition of lentils. This looks wonderful, Erin!
I love stroganoff – but rarely make a traditional one because of my vegetarian family. Thanks for this lentil and mushroom version.. I must make it!
This was a tasty and satifsying dinner. Nice depth of flavor from the onion, mushrooms and garlic. Paired well with sauteed asparagus.
I really wanted to love this recipe! I chose the balsamic vinegar option and it was extremely overpowering. If you're opting for the balsamic substitute I would definitely consider cutting it in half. Otherwise lovely texture and loved the mushrooms!


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Phada Gaza – Bhard – [Prod. By Ivan Beatz]
Eastern Region's finest Dancehall act,Phada Gaza is out with another banger tittled "Bhard". Some fans were showing signs of disappointment, others were exhausted, whilst the remaining through the process have mastered patience, all in wait for the finest Dancehall Artiste to deliver.
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On what should have been an average Monday, the day has wrapped with some lovely moments and some good memories. I think I've mentioned before about how Lacey collects things on our walks. She loves to have something in her hands. Rocks and sticks suffice, but if she can get her hands on a flower she is absolutely giddy. I so hope that she marries a romantic who will send her "pretty flowers" on a regular basis. Last week she got thorns in her fingers from insisting on a rose from her Daddy's rose bushes, and today she spied the lovely, plump, fluffy, pink Camellia blossoms on the Camellia bush. I really didn't want her to pull them off. I explained to her that once they were picked they would start to die and that they would be prettier for much longer if we left them on the bush. Her response, "Well, we can take a picture and then we will have them for a long time." She is so MY child it is ridiculous. How did I not see this coming? So, we picked three choice blossoms, only three. We found a pretty glass from the kitchen cabinet and arranged them. Lacey went to her room and promptly returned with her camera, an old film camera that I gave her so she wouldn't get any ideas about using mine. We walked the yard and placed the little arrangement in various locations. Each time, she would take a picture, and then I would take one. I was trying to pay attention to the light, trying to find the perfect sun-kissed but covered spot. She had lots of suggestions as well. We ended up with a photo that I love, and a memory that I love even more. I will print this photo and hang it in Lacey's room. One day I will show Lacey's children the photo and will tell them the story of the pink Camellias, about how their mother suggested that a picture would make the pretty flowers last a long time. I guess she was right...
Monday, November 30, 2009
The Pink Camellias
Posted by Christy Peake at 9:44 PM
4 comments:
- Lavender Footprints Photo said...
Sweet photo Christy! Sweeter memory!
- scchesleys said...
Such a great photo and story. I can't wait to get K and J's pictures taken!
- Connie said...
I pretty much can't read anything you write without sobbing like a baby. Great memory!
- Jayne said...
Ah, beautiful story. I can just see the two of you outside snapping pictures and making memories.
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