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How China Fudges Its Numbers
It's typically advisable not to accept Chinese economic data at face value –as even the country's own premier will tell you. Figures on everything from inflation and industrial output to energy consumption and international trade often don't seem to gel with observation and sometimes struggle to stack up when compared with other indicators.
How the figures are massaged and by whom is as much a secret as the real data itself. But in an unusual move, the National Bureau of Statistics – clearly frustrated with the lies, damn lies – has recently outed a local government it says was involved in a particularly egregious case of number fudging, providing rare insight into just how we're being deceived.
According to a statement on the statistics bureau's website dated June 14 (in Chinese), the economic development and technology information bureau of Henglan, a town in southern China's Guangdong province, massively overstated the gross industrial output of large firms in the area.
An investigation by the state statistician into a sample of 73 out of a total 249 firms counted in the data found that 38 were too small to be counted as large firms and so shouldn't have been included, and a further 19 had either stopped production, moved out of the town or otherwise ceased to exit.
The statement said that 71 companies surveyed by the statistics bureau had industrial output of 2.22 billion yuan ($362 million) in 2012 in total, but that the local government recorded it as being 8.51 billion, almost four times as much as the actual figure.
The data was supposed to be contributed by the firms themselves using an online platform. Instead, employees of the Henglan economic development bureau entered the figures themselves from their office, the statement said. It also said that by May or June last year the relevant government leaders in Henglan knew about the distortions but chose not to do anything about it.
Calls to the Henglan economic development bureau Wednesday went unanswered.
The statistics bureau doesn't say why Henglan inflated its industrial output numbers. But indications that a local economy is sagging could reflect poorly on the prospects for promotion of local officials, and China's southern provinces have been particularly hard hit by the global slowdown in demand for the country's exports. Factories have closed, moving inland and overseas in search of cheaper labor, denting local government revenues.
"When governments are looking to burnish their track record, that can put the local statistics departments in a very awkward situation," said a commentary piece that ran Tuesday in the Economic Daily (in Chinese), a newspaper under the control of the State Council, China's cabinet. The article said that one of the biggest obstacles to ensuring accurate data is that the agencies responsible for crunching the numbers aren't independent from local authorities. Moreover, it argues that penalties for producing fake data were too mild to act as a deterrent.
The National Bureau of Statistics said that it pursued the Henglan case on a tip from a whistleblower. How widespread the problem is elsewhere in the country is anyone's guess. And sure, this may have been going on for years with little real impact on economic decision making. But with China's growth slowing for first time since becoming a major player in the global economy, artificially inflated figures threaten to further complicate efforts by companies and governments everywhere to gauge what that slowdown means for them.
-- Dinny McMahon, with contributions from Liqan Qi. Follow Dinny on Twitter @Dinny_McMahon
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A postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE) with qualified teacher status (QTS) allows you to teach in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It's also recognised internationally.
Many PGCE courses include credits that count toward a Master's degree.
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- Date you can apply from
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About the course
With United Teaching, you have the option to pursue a PGCE or QTS only route. Every trainee works to achieve Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), but you can also work towards a PGCE with 60 Master's level credits.
- The PGCE is assessed by Goldsmiths via two extended essays.
- As the first national School Centered Initial Teacher Training Programme (SCITT), we are able to award you with QTS directly, reflecting the proven quality of our programme.
Before undertaking the course, you will be required to attend our 2 week summer institute which will prepare you to hit the ground running in September. This is delivered in our two lead schools in the north and south, Stockport Academy and Paddington Academy.
All our trainees are guaranteed a minimum of 120 days in their main placement school.
- In addition, you will spend 4 weeks in a second school placement. - Traineees are guaraneed experience of transition across the key stage in which they are training and this is built into our training programme. - Training takes place weekly and is delivered in our lead schools and regional training centres.
- Training will ensure that you have a comprehensive understanding of all the different aspects of your developing teaching practice, whilst also incorporating subject specific development.
Interview process
If you are shortlisted, you will be invited to attend the first stage of our assessment process, which will at one of our regional assessment centres.
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- Gaining the degree qualification
- Having GCSE Maths and English (and Science for primary education)
- Having passed your skills tests
- Having clear identity and DBS checks
In England, you are required to submit an application via UCAS to formally accept your teacher training place. However, as we do not require this to consider your application - and you can apply to us via the eligibility form on our website - you can complete it at the very beginning of the process or once we have made you an offer to provide your references.
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When you apply to us, you have the option to express a preference in where you would like to be placed if successful. As a national SCITT, we place trainees in a large number of schools across England.
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We endeavour to place you in your first choice of school. If this is not possible we will seek alternatives that work for you.
We always seek to ensure minimum travel times for trainees between home and school.
Once you have secured an offer for your main placement school, you are guaranteed a minimum of 120 days school based experience there. In addition, you will also partake in a 4 week second school placement.
We offer primary (5-11) and secondary training courses (11-16).
Tuition Fees for the PGCE are £9000.
Tuition Fees for QTS route only are £6000.
You may be eligible for financial support from Student Finance to fund tuition fees and other living costs. This would be subject to your personal circumstances.
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You could be eligible for either:
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- a bursary of £26,000
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You can't claim both a bursary and a scholarship - you can only claim one.
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- Good set of GCSE results, including English Language GCSE C+ and Mathematics GCSE C+ (Science is also required for Primary trainees – any science subject)
- Good set of A level results including A or B grade in subject to be taught. BBC or BCC is lowest combination considered (each application is considered on individual merit and exceptions can be made to this if a candidate is exceptional in other areas)
- 2:1 and above (however all applications are dealt with individually and on merit)
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- The potential to become an outstanding teacher
- A good knowledge of their subject and the ability to use and apply their academic skills
- An ability to relate to and engage with young people effectively
- Demonstrates understanding of the school environment and the expectations of the teaching profession
- An ability to communicate effectively with both adults and children
- An ability to work as a team member
- A high level of numeracy and literacy
- You will need two supportive references
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- Statement to show a positive child centred ethos and/or some experience of working with young people (desirable but not esssential)
- Having clear identity and DBS checks
- Having passed your Skills Tests
About the training provider
United Teaching is the Initial Teacher Training arm of United Learning, an ambitious and growing group of junior and secondary, state and independent schools across England. We are a national SCITT which offers real teaching exposure in a choice of schools, a mentor system, a support network, professional qualifications, as well as continuous professional development throughout your career with the group. The course is designed to bring out the best in your teaching skills quickly, professionally and comprehensively; a scheme aimed at creating the teachers of tomorrow and the education leaders of the future.
Our focus as a group is simple and unswerving – to provide an excellent education to all our pupils. We believe there should be no barriers to learning. We create the foundations for successful lives. Our schools share our sense of dedication, passion and integrity. And they share our commitment to high quality teaching.
The answer is our guiding philosophy: "The best in everyone". It enables us to set the standard for excellence in education that we expect in United Learning schools. Just as importantly, it brings out the best in you as a trainee and as a teacher.
On our Initial Teacher Training scheme, you could be teaching from day one. And, by accessing our collective expertise and support, you'll have the resources you need to develop. So, expect to be a valued member of your teaching team, empowered to lead your own classes from the start, but with all the support you'll need.
About the accredited body
Trainee development is overseen by the lead school, Paddington Academy, and in partnership with Goldsmiths, University of London.
Goldsmiths have been training teachers since 1904 and are renowned as a leader in the field of teacher training. There is a strong emphasis on active and collaborative learning, and Ofsted have rated most aspects of our programmes as 'good' or 'very good'. Employers rank Goldsmiths as one of the country's best universities from which to recruit graduates, according to a survey published in the Times Higher Education magazine.
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50 Marylands Road
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Manchester United have a number of top class players, but there is one that seems to slip under the radar for accolades probably all too often.
Sir Alex Ferguson can call upon such celebrated stars as Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs and Rio Ferdinand and they are names that will commonly be among the list of the Red Devils' most important players.
There is another man who should most definitely be on that list, one that has steadily improved his game and so has in turn improved the Old Trafford team – his name is Antonio Valencia.
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The Ecuadorian winger has come on leaps and bounds in the past two years and is fast becoming an integral part of Ferguson's plans.
Valencia's current state is a stark contrast to the Wigan Athletic player who was sporadic in producing his best and was prone to bouts of indifference while out on the field.
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This is an example of the strength of mind the 26-year-old possesses, which was also illustrated by his almost effortless return to form after the horrific ankle injury he sustained.
A Champions League group game with Rangers at Old Trafford saw him get into a tangle on the right touchline and what seemed innocuous at first turned out to be a broken and dislocated ankle.
Many predicted him to be out for the season but he was back playing six months later as if he had never been away and his returned boosted Manchester United's title-winning run.
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This worked especially well against Arsenal recently when Park Ji-Sung came on for Rafael and Valencia used the space left by the South Korean to run at Andrey Arshavin and set up the winning goal.
The recognition of the Ecuador international will be a triumph for an unassuming character who concentrates on consistency and lets his football do the talking.
He is a testament to professionalism and the real discipline that is required to capitalise on your attributes and exploit your talents as mush as possible.
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Oh sure, we'll all heard the story of Noah's Ark a hundred times. But have we heard it from the perspective of other living creatures who witnessed the history-making event? Hey God, Can You Stop the Rain so I Can Get off Noah's Stinky, Smelly Ark? imagines how a certain raven from the story might recount those forty days and nights, helping kids ages 4 to 8 discover Noah's epic voyage in a whole new way. The "Parent Connection" feature will help moms and dads take the story further with scripture references and tips on how to talk with their children about what really happened. There's even a free online app to make this bright retelling even more animated and interactive.
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OKLAHOMA CITY – Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) will pay $95,000 and furnish other relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
According to the EEOC's suit, BNSF violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) when it failed to hire both Jimmy Rider and Randy Aultman because of their age. At the time they submitted employment applications to BNSF for maintenance-of-way positions in October 2005, Rider and Aultman were ages 55 and 43, respectively. The EEOC filed suit in July 2007, in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma (Case No. Civ-07-734-D), after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
As part of the settlement, BNSF agreed to pay $75,000 to Rider and $20,000 to Aultman in compensation for their lost wages. Additionally, BNSF agreed for the next two years to provide on-site employment discrimination training to the hiring panel managers in its Texas Division whenever positions covered under the company's collective bargaining agreement are filled. BNSF's Texas Division encompasses the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and parts of Kansas. Furthermore, BNSF must report any and all complaints of age discrimination made by its employees or applicants in Oklahoma to the EEOC Regional Attorney during the same two-year time period.
"It is vitally important, especially given the current economic climate, to protect members of our work force from discrimination based on characteristics that have no correlation with job performance, such as age," said EEOC Regional Attorney Barbara Seely. "We are extremely pleased with the onsite hiring panel training BNSF has agreed to provide in its Texas Division, and we are hopeful that the training program will serve as a model for the company's other divisions."
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Cheating is the American way
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There is no shame in quitting a race you know you can't win. Lance Armstrong's shame is the many races he perhaps should have quit rather than win. It was apparently to prevent unsavory facts about his long-rumored doping from coming out into the open that the seven-time Tour de France winner abandoned his years-long legal fight against cycling's anti-doping authorities.
About Lance Armstrong the Professional Hero I will say little. "Lance" was not an athlete to his adoring acolytes (who always referred to him by his first name, like Oprah) but a Survivor. The career of Lance Armstrong the Professional Athlete is more interesting, if only because of the ways his conduct bears on issues beyond him and cycling.
The Tribune tsk-tsked editorially in its best schoolmarm style. "You know those yellow rubber bracelets that say 'Livestrong'? You can now get a parody version. It says: 'Cheat to Win.'" I wish I had license to make them; they would be the next must-have accessory. Armstrong was never typical in his achievements but he was all too American in his embrace of cheating to achieve them. He probably didn't need to dope to win, as he had superb natural physical gifts and a ferociously competitive temperament. He probably did have to dope to be absolutely certain of winning, especially when riding against riders who themselves had discovered the secrets to better racing through chemistry.
And in our ethical universe, being absolutely certain of winning is paramount. Winning is not the best thing but the only thing in a nation in which nice guys finish last and no one remembers who finished second – and in which, it seems, there are no cliches about excelling rather than merely succeeding, because so few people perceive or respect the difference.
College students crib on finals. Bankers rig the interest rates they charge each other. Financiers conceal the numbers behind the investments they flog to the suckers, Big Pharma suppresses evidence of unsuccessful drug trials. Big-shot college athletes cheat to get into college and cheat to stay there, with the connivance of college officials. Hell, pop singers lip-sync at concerts.
As for the rest of us mere mortals, believers cheat on their gods, spouses on their mates, ordinary Joes on their income taxes. Job-seekers lie on their resumes and parents help their kids do their term papers. Would-be homeowners exaggerate their income and lie about their debt on mortgage applications, and don't even ask where that down payment came from. Soon-to-be retirees contrive to run up the overtime to top off their pension. And what do cancer victims do but resort to chemicals to enhance their natural ability to compete in their races against the disease?
Three professors with NYU's Program in Sports and Society, in a piece decrying the sanctimony of Armstrong's critics, state, "Armstrong isn't being investigated as the only cheater," they wrote. "He is in all likelihood just the best, most talented one." If he competed in a suit instead of Lycra shorts he would be lionized for that, not calumniated. No one stripped Bill Gates of his billions when it was ruled he had illegally constrained competition. University heads fired for corrupting the admissions process are rewarded with pensions and tenured teaching positions. And for rigging state voting rules to deny their opponents' supporters the ballot, the Republican Party might well be rewarded with the presidency of the United States.
I am less troubled by our Lance Armstrongs being damned as cheaters than I am for only our Lance Armstrongs being damned as cheaters. Bank presidents and major political parties and college presidents and big business CEOs can rig the rules of their competitions to make cheating legal. Bicycle riders, like other athletes paid by corporate sponsors and big media, are obliged to work by competitive constraints that their masters disdain in their own fields.
Those constraints, I will add, are adopted not in the interests of fair play as such, but merely to protect the markets for their games whose customers, even in this most sordid of eras, still want their sports to be pure. We sports fans love our games because we embrace them as the only arena in which fair play exists, honest effort wins its reward and the best man or woman wins. We embrace them not because any of this is true, but because we need to believe that it is true.
As for what it says about a culture that perversely holds its athletes to higher ethical standards than those applied to politicians or business leaders or university presidents or church officials, I will leave to you to ponder. No doubt the late Romans insisted that their gladiators play by the rules too, demanding purity in the contests while the contests that really mattered had long since become mere pantomimes.
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Each of the following Connector Integration Acceleration Services is supported:
Dozens of connector integrations are available for CA SOI. Your CA Services professional can provide you with a complete list.
Service Desk Integration acceleration services
The CA Service Desk integration with CA SOI leverages the Routing to the Right Resolver (RRR) system. RRR is a unique methodology that enables the enrichment of an enterprise event flow, and the ability to precisely determine the correct resolver to route when a CA Service Desk ticket is raised.
The RRR system can use multiple sources for event flow including, but not limited to: CA Spectrum, CA Application Performance Cloud Monitor, IBM Tivoli and more. Using data contained in the enriched event flow enables you to route an event ticket to the correct individual, team or service for remediation.
CMDB Integration acceleration services
Integration with the CA Service Desk Manager (CA SDM) or CA Configuration Management Database (CA CMDB) is facilitated with the CA SDM connector. The connector queries CA SDM and CA CMDB for information about the object and transmits the information through the connector framework to CA Service Operations Insight for Systems and Networks, where the object data is published to CA Catalyst. The connector can invoke operations such as creating incidents, problems and change orders.
The CA SDM connector provides a repository of CIs and their relationships, which can be used to view CIs impacted by change events.
BMC Remedy Integration acceleration services
When a CA SOI alert or BMC Remedy incident is cleared or other updates occur, the BMC Remedy incident is configured to close automatically when its associated alert is cleared in CA SOI. When an alert is cleared in CA SOI, an automatic incident closure is configured for the status of an associated incident in BMC Remedy.
CA Process Automation is required for automated incident closure. Appropriate licensing is required.
BMC Remedy/ATRIUM Integration acceleration services
Use the BMC Remedy/ATRIUM integration to integrate with BMC Remedy/ATRIUM. The BMC ATRIUM database provides a consolidated and up-to-date view of the processes, users and technologies that comprise your business and IT infrastructure. The BMC Remedy/ ATRIUM integration collects and represents the intricate relationships available in your IT environment and enables you to optimize your IT operation and mitigate operational risks.
HP Service Manager Integration acceleration services
Use HP Service Manager integration to integrate with this help desk. CA Catalyst Connector for HP Service Manager collects the incident, problem, change, contact and interaction CIs from the Service Manager and synchronizes any updates for these objects. The HP Service Manager Connector uses the HP Service Manager web services to communicate with the HP Service Manager.
CA Process Automation is required for automated incident closure. A basic CA Process Automation license is required for proper operation.
CA Catalyst Connector for HP uCMDB acceleration services
Use the HP Universal Configuration Management Database (HP uCMDB) integration to integrate with this database. The CA Catalyst connector for the HP uCMDB provides a reliable view of the components of an IT organization, such as computers, servers, printers and people and shows the relationships among those components.
Key features of this CA Catalyst connector:
Universal Help Desk Integration acceleration services
Use the Universal Help Desk API to integrate with other help desk products. Configure a custom integration with third party help desk products using the Universal Help Desk API. The Universal Help Desk API can interface with help desk products through web services or local calls.


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Steve X. RobertsNickname: SXR, Knuckles Division: Novice
Began Playing Disc Golf: I started playing the Summer of '08. My brother took me out one day after a particularly bad workweek. I was a interesting way to blow of steam throwing disc as hard and far as possible. After that I started going out more and more for the excercise for myself and my dog, Phoenix, the culture playing and a bit of sibling rivalry.
Favorite Hole At Morley: I really enjoy the long positions for Holes 5, 10 and 19. I get a kick out of throwing long bombs when the chance arrives.
First Disc: My first disc was the one by brother gave me, a 171 destroyer. Later it became my dogs disc when we play.
Morley Field Aces: Hole 1 at 197' and hole 17 at 176' in one day. I have also aced hole 16 at 225' with a driver and a putter. Hole 9 at 285'. Black aced hole 8 from pad 7.
Favorite Disc: My dog Phoenix, a guaranteed bird everytime if I give him the disc. My Champion Valkyries at 175g. Just tends to be my good all around go to disc.
Favorite Driver: Tie dye 175 Champion Valkyrie. I can get it to bomb far and fairly straight. I can also get it to turn over and hold the line when needed.
Favorite Midrange: 175 Afterschock. I goes exactly where I throw it and if I need a roller it works great there too.
Favorite Putter: My purple/red FLX Challenger 173g. It works pretty good for me since I understand the characteristics of it and get it to go in 9/10 times.
Favorite Disc Golf Website: MorleyField.com becuase it shows and talks about all the local events and people there. If I want to check out another course I can be taken directly to the info I need with the easy links. Oh and Mark Wilson is a great Webhost/Webcreater.
Favorite Pro Player: That is easy, Snapper. The guy makes everything look effortless. He knows what he is doing and is really good at recommending Disc to use/try, tips and techniques to change your game up and improve it.
Tips For New Players or Players Trying To Improve: Talk to Snapper. The man really knows his stuff. He has helped me improve my throws and technique. Other than that watch others who play, observe how they throw and putt. You can also group up with someone who has been there for a while and pick up tips. Most of all it is a game. Don't take things to seriously other wise you just aggravate yourself and start doing poorly.


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Welcome to Urban Word Wednesday! New words, phrases, and sayings I am learning (and using in my day-to-day life) brought to you by ME…and the Urban Dictionary. You are gonna love these!
Bubblytude (Noun) a state of being lively, animated, excited or full of high spirits.
Examples Of Use:
Y'all have seen hubby's footage of my Canadian Tire dancing, right?
Well the antics continued last night. Hubby and I hit Costco and Sobeys last night to pick up some foodies for over the holiday season (cause y'all know what happens when I bake). For me, there is nothing funner than shopping for yummy treats and tasties for the holiday season. It puts me in an over-the-top kind of mood.
Hubby and I enjoyed this convo while I was moon walking and doing the running-man up the aisles. I totally made a spectacle of myself…and loved every minute!
Hubby: you got the best shopping dance moves…should I take another video for your fans?
Me: I think one video of me dancing is quite enough for the fans.
Hubby: shopping certainly agrees with you.
Me: something about it just puts me in a bubblytude kind of mood.
Hubby: there's nothing sexier than you with a bubblytude!
Me: don't I know it…you know what else puts me in a bubblytude?
Hubby: what??? And I'll be sure to get more of it.
Me: Jenny Hansen…she'll be guest posting tomorrow on something quite naughty…something too naughty for More Cowbell (as if such a thing existed)…squeeeeeeee
Hubby: oh God….I better brace myself….
Me: if I know Jenny…it'll have us in fits of giggles…I can't wait! I'll be dishing some dating dirt on her blog.
Hubby: you two are incorrigible…I can't wait!
What gets you in a bubblytude? Come on…share the wealth…
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For the month of November and December, I am proud to be taking part in the Holiday Yum Blog Hop where a group of uber bloggers will regale you with recipes and funny cooking stories.
This week's highlights:
- December 17: Cheesecake travesties with yours truly
- December 19: Jenny Hansen's Holly Candy (OMG looks soooo good!)
Already Posted:
- November 17: Jenny Hansen's Gluten-Free Thanksgiving Meal – talk about an extravaganza!
- November 19: Kathy Owen's Spiced Pecans – OMG I so want to try these.
- November 26: Ellen M. Gregg's Chocolatiest Chocolate Cake Evah (and lemonade) – how will I EVER follow a diet now?
- November 28: Jenny Hansen's Almond Roca…I hear it's to DIE for!
- December 2: Estee Lavitt's Latke L'Latke L'Hop in the Pan – Holiday Yum Chanukah Baked Latke Recipe!
- December 5: Yours truly with French Lace Cookies
- December 10: Kathy Owen's Butter Spritz Cookies (OMG I want some…especially those Hershey filled ones)
- December 14: Ellen M. Gregg's Old-fashioned Buttermilk Sugar Cookies (with Christmas punch)
Stay tuned for:
- December 23: Jess Witkins will entice us with either some comfort food or appetizer
- December 26: Kathy Owen will come through with beef rib-eye roast with currant jelly brown gravy
- December 28: I will give you some fabulous Mocktail options for your New Year's Eve parties
Be sure to check out our ever uberlicious host, Kathy Owen's Holiday Yum page and leave her some blog hop luv!


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Adventures at Bridal Market, Day 1
Everything I'm experiencing in New York right now . . . Adventures at International Bridal Market, New York City, April 14-16, 2012 Presentation of Fall 2012 Collections
DAY ONE, Saturday, April 14th
For an outdoorsy born and raised in Colorado and Wyoming kinda gal, being in New York City twice a year for bridal market is similar to being in a different country. The excitement and energy of it all lessens my need for food or sleep, and I happily find myself at dinner at 9:30 p.m., and staying up until midnight or later, both things that could never happen at home in Colorado. It must be so many wonderful things, all combined in three days of sheer delight. Join me as I do my best to share all these wonderful, beautiful things.
Bridal gown designers are some of the most intelligent, creative, inspiring, hard working, interesting, passionate and fascinating people I have ever met. Rani Totman, the impeccably elegant designer of Sposa by St. Pucchi, Avine Perruci, and St. Pucchi Couture, and Claire Pettibone, the creative genius of the Claire Pettibone lingerie and bridal collections, are both women who continue to leave me speechless with the beauty of their creations year after year, market after market.
St. Pucchi: Raised in India and Bangkok, and fluent in four languages, Rani Totman's personal class and elegance are clearly evident in her new fall 2012 collection. Rich details, combinations of different laces, and attached sashes are some of the details that impressed me the most. In addition to three new floor length gowns for Little White Dress that are absolutely exquisite in their unique composition, for those brides wanting a short wedding dress, or a different reception dress, we've got two beautiful options from this new collection.
Did you know? The name St. Pucchi come from Rani's son - "Saint" is a common nickname in India for young boys, and "Pucchi" means playful.
Claire Pettibone: The magic continues in Claire's presentation of eight new gowns for her "Windsor Rose China" Fall 2012 Collection. Inspired by her grandmother, apparently who was "quite the 1920's bohemian," you can see influences in her scalloped silk wedding dress, her intricate embroidered linens she made by hand, her gold rimmed China with delicate painted roses. . . And a good dose of free spirit as Claire Pettibone's gowns are simply SO pretty. I was pleasantly surprised to see Claire's "signature" guipure lace from the very first wedding gown she designed in 2004 "Kristene", in trims on the sleeves and hem of "Grace" in her new collection. Claire's use of beautifully muted shades of mauve, gold, blue, and platinum, combined with feminine and romantic silhouettes are the essence of her genius.
Did you know? Claire started drawing wedding gowns and veils when she was only 4 or 5 years old!
Visit a full album of photos from our adventures at NY Bridal Market Week on the Little White Dress Facebook page.
Simply Divine: This Claire Pettibone dress (seen below) is simply divine! It has a sweetheart neckline with lace appliques.
Cate Loves: Paris by Debra Moreland wins the best display of bridal accessories and jewelry hands down. Miniature black trunks with glass display shelves filled with absolutely beautiful things. LOVE.
Musn't Forget: Like a kid in a candy store, I thoroughly enjoyed my visits with Malis Henderson, Paris by Debra Moreland, and J-Picone! I need to get another display case to hold everything at Little White Dress! More to come on these designers...


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The exhibit doors open today in New York City's Jacob K. Javits Center for BookExpo America – the book industry's main event in North America. You will find Princeton University Press exhibiting books at booth #1751. Stop by to say hello, make new friends and find something good to read. Be sure to pick up our new Fall 2013 Seasonal Catalog, or download it directly to your device at http://press.princeton.edu/catalogs/F13Seasonal.pdf. Learn more about new books from our authors including; Angus Deaton, David Runciman, Robert Bartlett, Edmund Phelps, Alexander McCall Smith, Merry White, Alan Jacobs, and Martin Gardner – just to name a few. The catalog is full of great books by great authors and we hope to see you there!
Good news for book lovers, the doors open to the public on Saturday, June 1st. Get your ticket from BookExpo.


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How to Buy the Right Spark Plugs
To buy the proper spark plugs for your vehicle, you must know its specifications. Your owner's manual may have specifications for buying and gapping the spark plugs on your vehicle. If you don't have an owner's manual, or if yours lacks the necessary information, you can find the correct spark plugs and spark plug gap in a general "Tune-Up Specification Guide" (called a "spec sheet," for short) at an auto supply store. These guides are either in pamphlet form or printed on large sheets, like the one shown here, that are displayed near the parts section of the store.
To obtain the specs for your particular vehicle, you need some basic information. All this information should be in your owner's manual, and most of it is also printed on metal tags or decals located inside your hood. You can usually find these in front of the radiator, inside the fenders, inside the hood, or maybe even inside the lid of the glove compartment. These identification tags also provide a lot of other information about where the vehicle was made, what kind of paint it has, and so on, but don't worry about that information right now.
At the auto supply store, don't just ask a salesperson which type of plug you should buy — you have a very good chance of getting the wrong one. First look up the specifications yourself, and then ask for the plug by number. If you're unsure, have a salesperson double-check it for you.
Here's what you need to know to obtain the specs for your vehicle:
The make of the vehicle, for example, Toyota, Chevrolet, and so on.
The model, for example, Prius, Malibu, and so on.
The model year
The number of cylinders and type of engine
Whether the vehicle has an automatic or a manual (standard) transmission
The engine displacement, meaning, how much room there is in each cylinder when the piston is at its lowest point? (For example, a 3-liter 6-cylinder engine has a displacement of one-half liter, or 500 cubic centimeters — usually shown as 500 CCs — in each cylinder.) The bigger the displacement, the more fuel and air the cylinders in the engine hold.
The displacement of engines on older vehicles may be listed in cubic inches, such as 302, 350, 454, and so on. Modern vehicles are usually listed in liters (1.8, 2.3, 5.9) or cubic centimeters (2200, 3400, 3800).
The kind of fuel system. If your engine is fuel-injected, you may need to know whether your car has throttle body injection or multi-port injection. Carburetors, on the other hand, were distinguished by how many "barrels" they had.
The spark plug gap. This is the amount of space that there should be between the center and side electrodes of each spark plug.
The part number for the spark plugs designed for your vehicle.


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Saturday, January 1, 2011
Genealogy Goals for 2011 - Maintenance
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This post really hits home for me, Linda. On the syncing thing - I'm going to be following what you write about this very closely, because I have to figure out what I'm doing. Husband set up my new MacBook Pro yesterday, and before that he set up Time Capsule as our server. Right now the thing is to sync my laptop and desktop to that, and so far (less than a day!) it seems to be working - I'm working off the archive file in the server rather than directly from the Reunion program. But I'm afraid there will be an unsynced file on the desktop that may get copied over what is actually the newer, more complete file. I've also thought about DropBox and will see what you have to say about it.ReplyDelete
Also with you on #4 and #5 - suspenders and a belt, please!
Love the list, I have been trying to get to that fully digitized document things for some years, and still have stuff in the stick built that is not scanned. SIGHHH I keep trying tho. Just last night found something I needed scanned, and you got it, not in Tana, RATS!ReplyDelete
Since I only work from one computer, the Baby HP, I don't need to synch with others, but, will be watching for reports on Dropbox.
Looking forward to what you have to say about syncing and Dropbox. I'm planning to implement Dropbox soon, so I can access RootsMagic on both the laptop and netbook.ReplyDelete


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Predicting the NCAA Tournament - WSJ Sports Retort
Selection Sunday is this weekend and then the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament kicks off and March Madness begins. But are any of the potential contenders even any good?
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See the legendary band The Beach Boys LIVE and in concert on Sunday, May 26, 2013 during Memorial Day weekend! The popular band will perform from the field at Great American Ball Park following the Reds vs. Cubs game that starts at 1:10 p.m. The concert is free to all fans purchasing a ticket to the game.
Actor/producer/musician John Stamos will also perform with The Beach Boys when they play their post-game concert on Sunday, May 26. He will join band members Mike Love, Bruce Johnston, Christian Love, Randell Kirsch, Tim Bonhomme, John Cowsill and Scott Totten onstage after the Reds vs. Cubs game.
This is your chance to get the summer kicked off right with The Beach Boys highlighting a beach party you won't forget. We'll have plenty of fun after the game for the city's largest beach-themed party, with thousands of beach balls, a Hawaiian dancing exhibition, hula hoop contests and more!
Please note: Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and David Marks will not be performing.


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Food and Culinary
Fast Foods and Traditional Foods
The word "cooking" includes an array of methods, tools and mixture of ingredients to produce the taste and digestibility of food. Cooking technique, referred to as culinary art, generally necessitates the selection, measurement and mixing of ingredients inside a controlled procedure in order to attain the preferred result. Constraints on success range from the variability of ingredients, ambient conditions, tools, and the ability of the person cooking. The variety of cooking worldwide represents many dietary, artistic, farming, economic, cultural and non secular factors that impact on there. Cooking requires applying heat to some food which often chemically transforms it and altering its flavor, texture, appearance, and dietary qualities. There's archaeological evidence the primitive individual accustomed to prepare their food with fire which was the most crucial factor discovered through the primitive individual. Preparing food and cuisine culture change from nation to nation and in one culture to a different and every cuisine has its own specific particularity. Nowadays, due to the modern existence that changes everything around us and influence our existence style and eating routine, individuals are less preparing their very own food. Eating routine have a tendency to unify individuals from different society. The meals production and the entire process of eating obtain new characteristics. Food available around us appears to be really not the same as the one which we accustomed to eat.
Eating routine and modern existence
Things are running in high-speed, people don't have enough time to cook, don`t has got the desire and persistence to remain longer in the kitchen area, plus they don`t possess the prepared to prepare their very own food. Old generation still choose to prepare their very own food unlike youthful individuals who choose to eat junk food because they do not wish to spend lengthy time cooking and also the desire to have the cooking. The current existence shapes our eating routine and causes us to be like slave following its speed. It`s not difficult to find junk food restaurant they're everywhere and each corner. Junk food consumption cause damages towards the social and economic existence of the nation and results in many health issues for example weight problems and heart illnesses based on numerous studies. Also, many diet experts from various countries have previously declared the epidemic character of junk food. The rapid procedure for globalization and modern existence influence our eating's habits and provides chance to junk food restaurants to develop and flourish. Junk food appears to get common everywhere, though some positive part of the junk food in simple to prepare, obtainable in a multitude of locations, which is a considerable meal. However in other hands, we are able to estimate that it is negative aspects tend to be more important and larger. I believe you can easily realize that junk food is among phenomenon that will be recognized by individuals. We will see the entire process of disappearance from the traditional culture with the introduction of junk food restaurants in most countries around the globe.
How you can fight junk food addiction
The very best illustration of the short food success to alter the current existence may be the invasion from the world's grocery store through the giant junk food company for example McDonald, KFC yet others. Based on McDonald`s site, McDonald has about 29.000 restaurants in 120 countries around the globe, and serves nearly 54 million customers every day. In addition to it signifies the very fact of these altering in eating preferences as well as when it comes to existence itself. There's without doubt that at this time junk food changes the face area of numerous nations and eating routine all over the world. To summarize, regrettably, it's difficult to prevent these global changes that traditional food will probably be substituted with new foods that common for those individuals all countries around the globe. But the good thing is that, lately there are several people and a few movements which attempt to contrast the entire process of modern existence and get people to return to their traditional food. To resolve this issue we want restaurants that provides traditional food, capable to attract great deal of faithful customers. Also parents must educate their kids how you can prepare and prepare the standard food. Lots Of People determine that traditional food is way better for the health, so they would like to preserve and the cooking tradition from evaporating. There's enormous hope of individuals to preserve their preparing food customs and tradition. The main obstacles would be the modern existence style. Many people might say that it's hard to preserve our traditional food since it requires a lengthy time for you to prepare and individuals today can't spend a lengthy amount of time in cooking. Others, especially seniors might state that, it's unfortunate to eliminate culture and tradition. Individuals people may be right.
Nowadays, individuals have more health damage that is related to the brand new eating routine and junk food consumption. Despite some benefits of junk food the injury brought on by junk food doesn't over-shadow its benefit. I believe that individuals should think about the negative fact of junk food consumption and the advantages of preparing their very own food in your own home. It`s unfair the traditional food which arrive to all of us from one generation to another we will change it with unhealthy foods which will harm us greater than benefit us. It`s unfortunate to get rid of the cooking tradition and eating homemade food made by our moms together round the table. I am certain that many of us must consider this issue and then try to find the proper means to fix save our cultures, our traditional foods, and most importantly our overall health. Therefore we must take action immediately to preserve traditional food and persuade folks to organize their very own dishes, to allow them to remain healthy and live longer. Despite the fact that junk food is affordable, convenient, tasty and obtainable in every corner within our metropolitan areas, but that doesn't imply that our overall health cost less compared to junk food that people eat.
The Advantages of Vegetarian Culinary Schools
Understanding the Basics By visiting vegetarian culinary schools, you find out about the basics of cooking a vegetarian meal. Become familiar with about creating the meals look appealing. You learn to prepare a few of the fancier vegan foods. The colleges be employed in a kitchen area along with a classroom. Spent all of your time finding out how to end up being the best chef. Become familiar with concerning the different seasonings and spices in addition to cooking techniques with various vegetables.
The vegetarian culinary schools only select a lot of people. You can't just go into the culinary schools vegetarian classes for those who have didn't have prior cooking experience generally. Most schools require some fundamental understanding of cooking even if it's not strictly vegetarian style. The vegan chef school is a terrific way to move in a few of the fancier dinning establishments. You'll be able to operate in a higher-class country club or for a government catering organization.
Once you begin the category, you will notice how easy it's to create a vegetarian meal making it so tasty that nobody will care if it's a vegetarian meal. This really is quite important if you wish to be considered a chef. You need to learn to garnish the meals to really make it look appealing. Color is yet another a part of learning. Culinary schools, vegetarian schools incorporated educate you the way to garnish with color to lure the palate. You learn all you need to make a wide variety of foods.
Graduating from Vegan Chef School When you complete your degree, you'll be able to locate work almost anywhere a chef is required. Many clubs and restaurants search for chefs out of faculty since they're fresh and also have some skills that a few of the older chefs might not have. Vegetarian chef schools will show you regarding how to approach the establishments and what's expected individuals like a resume. You won't submit a paper resume, but you'll create a tasty meal as the test prior to being considered for any position.
By visiting vegetarian culinary schools [http://world wide web.vegetarian-culinary-schools.com/vegetarian-culinary-schools.html], become familiar with a lot about cooking with various kinds of foods. Become familiar with steps to make a vegetarian lasagna that nobody is ever going to guess is simply a vegan dish. You'll are proud of your projects and know just steps to make the right dinner or perhaps a breakfast for anybody that likes the delights of vegetarian foods as well as individuals that don't, is going to be delighted.
The History Of Italian Culinary
Even though some most widely used dishes connected using the Italian culture incorporate a tempting slice of pizza along with a heaping plate of pasta, there's a lot more to everything about Italian cooking. Through the many regions in Italia, the distinctive cuisine from the Italians shines through inside a wide-selection of eating routine, types of cooking, and choice of local ingredients. The altering from the occasions has additionally influenced Italian food, because the meals offered within the pre-Roman era possess both similarities and variations within the cuisine nowadays.
The culinary good reputation for Italia established a status greater than 2,000 years back, including an illustrious movement throughout the Roman Empire. Culturally, preparing food was quite important previously where flashes of significance happen to be taken within the only surviving cook book (Apicius), which goes back towards the first century BC.
Multiplication of Italian food diversity started after nov the Roman Empire when individual city states started to uphold separate identities and traditions. Each region started to show its very own unique method of cooking, right lower towards the formation of the meatball towards the characteristic cheeses and wine created inside a locale. Its northern border developed Tuscan beef, while black truffles were extremely popular in Marches. Provolone and mozzarella cheeses coded in the south, in addition to a host of interesting citrus fruits.
Diverse kinds of bread, variations in pasta, and different preparing food techniques also differed based on region. The southern parts of Italia embrace hard-steamed spaghetti, as the north frequently prefers a gentle egg noodle. Milan is renowned for their risotto, while Bologna includes a deep history regarding tortellini, and Naples is known for their pizzas.
Through the years, Italian cuisine has greatly evolved partly due to a insightful outdoors influences which have put into its characteristic flavor and appeal. At first, ancient greek language cookery grew to become a built-in a part of Italian cuisine. Eventually, an abundance of imports found their distance to the kitchens of early Italians, who sent Roman ships to gather a number of important foods, including wheat, wine, exotic ingredients, and fine spices from around the globe. Some ships even traveled to faraway locations, for example China, to recover edible sources that catapulted the depth and number of Italian cooking styles.
Seaside regions provide developments in scrumptious fish and sea food dishes. For instance, the area of Sardinia supplies a classical and straightforward type of cuisine, which frequently incorporated delicacies, connected using the ocean. Swordfish, lobster, anchovies, sardines, along with other Mediterranean treats represent Italian cooking from the area. In Sicily (another island region), a lot of the cooking came heavily from North African influences. An Arab influence also affected cuisine around the island and within all of those other south, particularly with the development of various spices and sweets, like the Sicilian frozen treats cake known as cassata.
For probably the most popular Italian dishes, as the history books frequently condition that pasta would be a product from the Chinese introduced back by Venetian merchant, Marco Polo, it had been really a rediscovery of the food eaten during Etruscan and Roman occasions. It's thought that the very first pasta in Italia is made like the noodles nowadays – in the same durum wheat – that was cooked in ovens rather of steamed in water.
Today, the variations in Italian cooking still surface within the distinctions between your north and also the south. Each region still carries their very own traditions in cooking that reflects deep culture and history with an endless way to obtain primary courses, appetizers, and desserts that continuously tempts the flavour buds.
Vegan Cooking School Options Program
So you are vegan and also have this passionate passion for food. You want to pursue this passion further, but you are unsure exactly what the vegan cooking school choices are available. Happily, there are many! You will find a number of schools that concentrate on plant-based meals, and lots of that are not solely vegan could be aimed toward you, which means you will not end up chopping chickens and preparing fish if you are not into that.
There are lots of casual plant-based cooking classes all over the world if you are searching for something for entertainment with no fancy certification. In the following paragraphs, though, I focus more about professional programs which have different levels of intensity. Some require only some time and cash if you won't want to be considered a professional chef others will give you the entire distance to running your personal kitchen.
Without further ado as well as in no particular order, here are some some popular schools all over the world, with a few details about each.
Living Light Cooking Institute
Where's it? Fort Bragg, California
Exactly what do they provide? 100% vegan and raw food instruction
When perform the programs run? Multiple occasions annually, with respect to the program
Website: http://www.canadagoose-ctb.us/
The Living Light Cooking Institute is situated in a little seaside community around the Mendocino coast. If you value the sea, temperate weather, and raw vegan cuisine, you'll love this school. Operated by Cherie Soria, the "mother of raw food", this is actually the raw foods institute. This is actually the one which draws individuals from all across the globe and produces top-of-the-line celebrity chefs of all types.
There are many kinds of courses, together with a Gourmet Chef Certification Series (6 days), Advanced Instructor Training Certification Series (4 days), Raw Food Diet Educator Series, and also the full-out Professional Chef Series, which runs almost a whole year, together with a 250-day internship in the school.
Most of the well-known raw food chefs all over the world visited Living Light for his or her training, including Chad Sarno and Jennifer Cornbleet.
Natural Gourmet Institute
Where's it? New You are able to, NY
Exactly what do they provide? Public classes and professional chef training which are plant-based and vegan-friendly
When perform the programs run? Inquire by e-mail online
Website: naturalgourmetinstitute.com
The Chef's Training course they provide is definitely an intensive, professional course which may be played-time or full-time, but runs 619 hrs. This school does educate people how you can prepare sea food, chicken and eggs, but when you are vegan you are able to opt from that. This school teaches an array of cooking styles, including how you can ferment, prepare raw foods and macrobiotic foods, as well as Traditional chinese medicine and medicinal cooking. The emphasis is on whole, plant foods.
Natural Gourmet Institute provides a fun Friday night dinner, in which the people signed up for the college make a fine-dining experience for everyone at big, communal tables (with candlelight!), therefore if you are in the region, you can swing by and find out the content.
The Matthew Kenney Academy -formerly the 105 Levels Academy
Where's it? Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Exactly what do they provide? Chef certification enter in raw foods
When perform the programs run? Monthly, or several occasions annually for that more complex classes
Website: kenneycuisine.com
Matthew Kenney offers really small and private raw food chef's training classes (typically 4-8 people). It's created for beginners and chefs alike.
There's two 4-week workout sessions – Level 1: Fundamentals of Raw Cuisine, and Level 2: Advanced Raw Cuisine. The Amount 1 courses run each month and it is Monday to Friday, 9am – 3pm. The Amount 2 course runs 4 occasions annually and is identical hrs because the Level 1 classes.
Cordon Vert School
Where's it? Altrincham, Cheshire, United kingdom
Exactly what do they provide? Vegetarian leisure classes and workshops, a qualification program for professional chefs only
When perform the programs run? Several occasions all year round programs are short
Website: cordonvert.co.united kingdom
The Cordon Vert School offers classes in their Vegetarian Society headquarters, plus they have rooms for lodging. There is a number of vegetarian courses, varying from one to two day workshops, courses of instruction for leisure, and professional classes. Their professional diploma class, per week in duration, is just open to professional chefs. However, their workshops and leisure classes are available to everyone, and occur frequently all year round.
Natural Epicurean Academy of Cooking
Where's it? Austin, Texas
Exactly what do they provide? Full professional chef program that's vegan-friendly, public classes
When perform the programs run? Begins every August and Feb
Website: naturalepicurean.com
This school focuses on vegetarian, vegan, macrobiotic, ayurvedic and raw preparing food and cuisine. They provide a complete 900-hour professional chef training course. All the training takes roughly another of the year, should you jump directly from training into internship. It is really an intensive course which will fully help you prepare to operate inside a natural kitchen.
Additionally they offer public classes, though they are sparse and rarely because of the focus on the professional chef training course.
The College of Natural Cookery
Where's it? Boulder, Colorado
Exactly what do they provide? Professional training like a foundation course, using the choice to go further
When perform the programs run? The majority are within the Fall and Spring
Website: naturalcookery.com
The building blocks course in the School of Natural Cookery is really a 16-week diploma course in which you learn fundamentals, bread making, gastronomy, diet and much more. Driving under the influence a really high mark within this course, you might have a 4-week personal chef course or teacher training program. However, to be able to pursue the teacher training program, you'll want finished their classes in addition to have 5 years knowledge about natural food.
Classes are typically offered for any spring semester along with a fall semester and run the duration of the school semester.
Vegan Culinary Academy
Where's it? Anguin, California
Exactly what do they provide? Web based classes along with a 1000 hour professional apprenticeship
When perform the programs run? Anytime
Website: veganculinaryacademy.com
There's two major popular features of this school – first, somebody that is searching for any professional apprenticeship chance will discover it here, also it can be finished in six several weeks to 2 years for the way much you're employed, and 2nd, they provide a distance education program. The internet program requires only that you've a camera along with a computer with internet, and every student will get personal attention in the instructors additionally to all the class materials and training. The apprenticeship is aimed toward individuals who're already chefs, dietitians or food service company directors.
Paradise on the planet Vegetarian Institute
Where's it? Hamilton-Stoney Creek, Ontario
Exactly what do they provide? A vegan, macrobiotic and ayurvedic 3-module program
When perform the programs run? Mid-October to mid-March for those 3 modules
Website: heavenstudio.ca
This institute provides a Holistic Health Consultant & Cooking Certification program that runs in 3 modules and goes beyond cooking. It delves into many facets of holistic health, including yoga, pranayama, lifestyle and diet changes for stopping illnesses, not to mention healthy food choices preparation. All the cooking is vegan except for one class, where fish is incorporated.
Natural Kitchen Cooking School
Where's it? Mercerfield, Nj, Haddonfield, Nj and New You are able to City
Exactly what do they provide? An all natural chef training course
When perform the programs run? October to May, one weekend every month
Website: naturalkitchenschool.com
This school has lots of locations and occurs during weekends, which makes it readily available. The category sizes are stored small (12 or fewer) so personal attention and assistance could be given.
Their list is in no way comprehensive, however it does cover the main vegan-friendly cooking schools available. Each year, increasingly more small classes appear in various metropolitan areas, therefore if you are just searching for many fundamental instruction and also have little interest in going after a job in cooking, take a look at what your city (or nearby city) provides. If you're searching to obtain serious with preparing that awesome vegan food, there's a couple of great alternatives on their list that can help you achieve your dreams.
The history of the Culinary Arts
Want to know some interesting facts about culinary arts? Well, as most people know, the culinary arts revolve around culinary arts and food, and they include everything from restaurant management and hospitality management to food science and food safety. Someone who works in any of these areas is called a "culinarian," and that includes everyone from food service workers to creators of the fantastic pastry arts.
Historical Facts
The history of the culinary arts is a rather long one. Some historical facts about culinary include these interesting facts about culinary arts. In the U.S., the first culinary school opened in the 1800s, but culinary arts were well under way in Europe from Medieval times onward. There were many cookbooks published or handwritten from Medieval times to more modern history, and Le Cordon Blue Schools, one of the most renowned in the world, opened in Paris in 1895, after a long history of collecting recipes and publishing a food recipe magazine. Cookbooks and cooking schools have continued to be popular into modern times, and there is a surge of interest in the culinary arts right now.
Cooking Schools
One of the best places to learn interesting facts about culinary arts include some of the nation's best cooking schools. They can prepare a student for a career in food and beverage, as everything from a chef to a practitioner of pastry arts, and they offer many different opportunities for learning, as well. They offer classes to the home cook to make them more accomplished, and offer classes online and in the evenings, so students can still hold down a job while they learn a new career. Some of the most well-known and respected cooking schools include Le Cordon Blue Schools, the Culinary Institute of America, (CIA), and Johnson & Wales University.
A Career in Culinary Arts
If you want to learn more interesting facts about culinary arts, try watching the Food Network, or attending a class at your local cooking school or community college. They offer instruction at every level, and you can begin to see if a career in culinary arts is really what you're looking for. Remember, a career in this area can be much more than a career in food and beverage. Today, America's top chefs host their own cooking shows, write cookbooks, and even travel the world in search of culinary adventures. They create reality TV shows, endorse their own lines of cookware, and far beyond, so today, a career in culinary can mean more than working with and loving food, it can mean fame and fortune, too.
A Recipe for Success
What do you need for a career in the kitchen? A great love of food helps, and of course, you should like to cook! A good palate for tastes and textures is important to the budding chef, and if you want a career in pastry, you should love to bake and understand the science of cooking. A good cooking school specializing in the culinary arts can help you discover just what type of cooking and cuisine suits you best, so choose your school wisely. A career in the culinary arena can lead to great success, and for many chefs, that culminates in opening their own signature restaurants. Are you the next Wolfgang Puck or Mario Batali? You'll never know unless you check out the culinary arts as a step on your career ladder.


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By Frederik Joelving, Reuters, Sep. 10, 2012
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A small government-backed study strengthens the link between recreational marijuana use and testicular cancer in young men, U.S. researchers said Monday.
They found people who said they had used the drug were twice as likely to have been diagnosed with the disease as were never-users. The link appeared to be specific to a type of tumor known as nonseminoma.
"This is the third study consistently demonstrating a greater than doubling of risk of this particularly undesirable subtype of testicular cancer among young men with marijuana use," said Victoria Cortessis of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, who led the work.
While the research isn't ironclad proof that marijuana harms men's nether regions, Cortessis said she believes young men should know about the link.
"I myself feel like we need to take this seriously now," Cortessis said, adding that the rates of testicular cancer have been rising inexplicably over the past century.
But even if the drug is in fact to blame for some of that increase, the danger isn't overwhelming. According to the American Cancer Society, a man's lifetime risk of getting testicular cancer is about one in 270. And because effective treatment is available, the risk of dying from the disease is just one in 5,000.
So far, little is known about what causes testicular cancer. Cortessis said undescended testicles - in which the testes remain in the abdomen beyond the age of a year - are a risk factor and that both pesticide and hormone exposure has been associated with the tumors.
Cortessis and her colleagues used data from 163 young men who had been diagnosed with testicular cancer and nearly 300 men in a comparison group without the disease. Both groups had been interviewed about their health and drug use between 1987 and 1994.
Among the cancer-ridden men, 81 percent had used marijuana at some point, whereas that was the case for 76 percent of the comparison group.
By contrast, cocaine use was linked to a smaller risk of the tumors. This is important, Cortessis said, because it signals that men who have been diagnosed with cancer aren't just more honest about their drug use, thereby creating a spurious link between marijuana and cancer.
She said it's possible that cocaine damages the cells in the testicles, including cancer cells. And, she stressed, "the take-home message is not that cocaine is helpful against testis cancer."
It's not entirely clear how marijuana would influence men's cancer risk, but Cortessis said developing testicles may somehow respond to the drug's main active ingredient.
Dr. Carl van Walraven from the University of Ottawa in Canada, who has studied testicular cancer, called the new study "interesting" but noted a number of limitations.
For instance, he told Reuters Health by email, it didn't find an increased risk among men with higher marijuana use and it was relatively small.
Cortessis, whose findings appear in the journal Cancer, highlighted the consistent results from all the studies so far.
"It is hard to imagine a scenario whereby it is due to chance and I can't think of a systematic bias that would cause this," she said. "I will feel very confident that this is cause and effect once we have worked out the biology."
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/UEE61v Cancer, online September 10, 2012.
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Night Photography: How to Take Successful Pictures at Dark – Part 2
Welcome back. I hope you enjoyed Part 1 of Night Photography. Now that you've got the basics under your belt and your equipment ready, it's time to get out there and start shooting. I've picked up some helpful tips and creative tricks over the years, so I thought I'd share them here.
Top 5 tips for successful shooting in the dark
1. Know your camera before it gets dark. As I mentioned in Part 1, you will be shooting in Manual Mode, and your meter readings will pretty much be useless. The last thing you want to do is be scrambling in the dark trying to figure out how and where to change your settings (aperture, shutter speed, maybe ISO). If it helps, just practice in a dark room before you venture out to shoot. It sounds silly, but it's smart – and it works!
2. Start early. I always set up my camera and tripod ahead of time, and start shooting well before the ideal glow time. This gives me time to ease into the shot and my settings as the light changes, and the timing becomes more critical. It also gives you time to experiment with variations on your shutter speed and aperture, so you can see what works best for your scene as it unfolds before you. It's also not uncommon for me to go back to a location a few nights in a row to try different techniques with the same scene.
3. Use a wider lens. As I mentioned in Part 1, wider lenses tend to be much more forgiving during night shoots. Plus, when stopped down to F16, F 18 or F22, you get an amazing level of sharpness throughout the image.
4. Nail your focus first. How do you focus in the dark? Yes, it can be tricky. Here's how I do it. First, I try to find an area of the scene with some light, so I can use it to set my focus. Once my tripod is set and my focus is sharp, I usually switch my lens to Manual Focus. This ensures my focus remains locked as I continue shooting. Just remember to re-focus any time you move your tripod or adjust your composition. If the area where I want to focus on is too dark, I pull out my flashlight to help illuminate the area to set my focus. I always encourage beginners to start with a scene that includes some lights to target your focus. And, again, close your aperture down to F16, F18 or F22 to lengthen the exposure and achieve sharpness throughout the scene.
5. Get creative, be patient, and just keep shooting. During long exposures, the camera has a way of registering light not visible to the naked eye. Just when you think it's getting too dark to capture any kind of color or glow, keep shooting. I generally find that the most dramatic shots occur about 10-15 minutes after sunset, sometimes even later. It varies depending on where you are shooting, the amount of clouds in the sky, and how the sun reflects into the sky after it sets. Sometimes the sky may appear truly black to the naked eye, when it will register as dark blue to the camera. Bottom line, it's an art, not a science, so just keep shooting.
A few fun tricks to get creative in the dark
Once you've gotten comfortable with some of the night shooting basics, it's time to get a little more creative. Here are a few tricks and ideas for taking those low-light images to the next level.
Include people in your scene during a long exposure. This can be really fun and have a moody effect. I start with a wide landscape composition, and then incorporate people into the shot. The subjects may be a little blurry or ghosted from the long exposure, but that often adds to the overall mood of the image.
- Manually pop your flash off camera for fill light. With longer exposures, sometimes you have as much as 30 seconds to pop your flash 3 or 4 times targeting darker areas of your image. Of course, you must be close enough to the area you want to illuminate and plenty of time to get there safely in the dark. If you can't reach the destination, ask a friend to come along on flash duty.
Paint light with a flashlight. "Painting" light with a flashlight is a great way to subtly illuminate darker areas of your composition. It generally results in a much softer light than popping an area with a flash. I recommend using a flashlight with a wider beam to broaden your paint stroke.
Experiment with sparklers or other light sources – Think of unique ways to add light to your scene. Try using glow sticks or sparklers to create blurred movement over the long exposure. You can make shapes and cool designs as the light registers over time.
Create headlight and taillight streaks. As seen in the image below, you can create some pretty cool effects allowing car lights to register over a long exposure. The long exposure allows the car to move fully through the frame leaving the dramatic streaks behind, without the body of the car registering. Below, I used an extremely high F-stop (F32) to keep the scene from overexposing. It also helps keep the entire image sharp, and lengthens the exposure time to enhance the streaking effect.
I hope this articles helps shed some light on why shooting in the dark can open up a whole new world of creative opportunities. So, next time the sun goes down and the light starts to fade, instead of packing up and going home, get out there and shoot!
About the author: My name is Tricia Krefetz, owner of Click. Capture. Create. Photography, in Boca Raton, Florida. Although I've been shooting professionally for six years, last year I started my own portrait business to pursue my passion of photographing people. I absolutely love sharing shooting techniques I've learned over the years with fellow photographers. You can follow me on Facebook for more tips and examples of night images, and visit my website for my portrait work.