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Treat your cat to a gourmet diet. Every day.
REAL Cat Food is a pet food range of 100% nutritionally balanced recipes to promote your cat's good health.Where can I buy Real Cat Food ?
REAL Cat Food is gourmet and honest pet food for your cat. As far as we are concerned, nothing but the best will do for your cat. We know how different cats are: Age, breeds, activity level, activity level just to mention a few. We have developed the REAL Cat Food range to ensure YOUR cat's well-being and health through a recipe that provides your cat with the nutrition he needs.
The range is developed in Denmark and produced to human-grade level. When you feed REAL Cat Food, your cat's food is exactly the same high standard as the food eat yourself. We have included the finest ingredients with a high biological value. Just below you can explore the REAL Cat Food product range and dive into the analytical components.
We warmly welcome you to our world of cat food. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about our products. You will find a contact form here.
You can be sure that REAL Cat Food meets exactly the same high standards as the food you eat. Adult cats, kittens, nursing cats, older cats, active or sedentary cats… With REAL Cat Food you know that every tasty mouthful is doing them the world of good.
We understand that it is essential to you that your cat is only fed with the best food possible. REAL Cat Food only contains ingredients that promote good health: No "fillers", no artificial flavouring or colouring of any kind are added. We develop every recipe in close collaboration with veterinarians and leading breeders in order to suit cats of all breeds and at every stage of their lives.
To give you an insight into exactly what goes into REAL Cat Food, we are happy to provide you with detailed information about all ingredients below.
The carefully selected ingredients in REAL Cat Food exclude:
Just below the presentation of the ingredients, you will find links to The REAL Cat Food product range. Please, feel free to dive into the composition and quality of REAL Cat Food. You can find information about REAL Cat Food, Indoor, REAL Cat Food, Outdoor and REAL Kitten Food.Take me there now
The above graph provides you with an overview of the ingredients we include on REAL Cat Food. The scale shows that we only include ingredients that have a high biological value together with a high value of amino acids/proteins.
The easier the cereal is digested, the quicker the cat produces energy from the food. But his hunger also return sooner because the intestines are emptied quicker. To maintain a consistent level of energy, a combination of various carbohydrate ratings is necessary. Thus, REAL Cat Food contains both whole wheat, whole barley, rice and whole maize.
There are two types of fibres: Soluble and insoluble. They differ significantly in their ability to bind water in the digestive system. The intestines are kept healthy through regular movements, a stable bacteria flora and normal defecation. It is important that the food contains a balance of both soluble and insoluble fibres.
The soluble fibre are divided into two groups: Beta-glucan and pectin. Pectin is found mainly in roots and citrus, while beta-glucan is found in corn products.
Insoluble fibres are divided into three groups: Cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin. Unlike soluble fibre, insoluble fibre increases food passage speed in the intestinal tract due to increased mechanical impact on the intestinal wall and a greater density in the colon.
Salmon is an excellent source of protein. It contains an abundance of essential amino acids. They are also thought to be effective against disease and cannot be produced by the cat naturally.
Krill is a small shrimp containing chitin, which has a positive effect on the cat's bones and joints. It is rich in easily-absorbed protein and fat.
Our chicken comes from selected high-quality chicken meals from human-grade processing plants. The fresh chicken undergoes a special treatment, which provides a more concentrated form of protein. Chicken is a great source of essential amino acids.
Milk is an easily digested protein and it has a high concentration of calcium. The high concentration of in milk promotes healthy teeth and bones. Furthermore, it is a natural source of vitamin C.
Eggs are a great way to ensure that cats receive the highest quality and most easily digested natural protein available. An egg is a complete protein filled with biotin, sulphur and amino acids – all essential to cell growth. Egg protein helps build muscle strength and provides fatty acids for a healthy skin and coat. Eggs have a high content of vitamin A, B, E, K and biotin.
Lecithin is a natural source of phospholipids. Phospholipids are the main component of cell membranes and other membranes in the cell interior. They have a significant beneficial effect on the blood/fat balance. Phospholipids in lecithin allow the absorption of fatty acids in the intestines by transporting lipids around the body and the exchange of lips between cells and their surroundings. Phospholipids are also an important contributing factor to how fat is burnt in the cells.
Whole barley is a valuable ingredient because it takes longer to digest than other cereals. Compared to a more quickly digestible cereal, the cat feels full for a longer period of time and releases more long-term energy. Whole barley is a good aid for weight maintenance due to chronic hunger elimination. The glucans in the barley are also known to stimulate the immune system.
The is a significant nutritional difference between the white wheat flour we know from our own kitchens and the whole wheat which contains a signficant amount of additional fibers and nutrients, while also being more filling. Wheat is a stable source of carbohydrates with a medium digestion time. Wheat is sometimes linked to a high gluten content, which can cause allergies in some animals. Grains grown in sunny countries tend to have a higher gluten value than those grown in less sunny climates; e.g. Denmark. The whole wheat (as well as the barley) used in REAL Cat Food is sourced locally in Denmark to maintain a low gluten value eliminating the risk of allergies.
Maize is a highly digestible carbohydrate. It is a rich source of vitamin B1, vitamin B5, vitamin C and dietary fibres. You can feed your cat with food that does not include carbohydrates because he can generate glucose from protein and fat. But it does mean compromising his intestinal health. The cooked or extruded forms of soluble carbohydrates found in REAL Cat Food are easily and rapidly digested. Please note that not all forms of starch are easily digested. Raw whole grains are less digestible. Also, some starchy carbohydrates, including raw potatoes and banana, are completely indigestible by pets.
Rice flour is an excellent carbohydrate source as it is highly digestible. Rice flour is also a good source of energy and nutritional balance. Rice flour provides an immediate energy boost. Rice contains a small amount of fibre and has a very high digestibility. Rice also has very good diet mission properties.
Experts recommend beet fibre as one of the best sources of fibre for cats. This fibre is insoluble and moderately fermentable: It adds bulk and moisture to stools while assisting colon health. It also promotes a feeling of fullness after a meal, reducing the risk of obesity. The volatile fatty acids in beet fibre are beneficial to intestinal bacteria. Oligofructose acts as a prebiotic and helps to maintain a healthy digestive system.
Due to its many beneficial properties, rapeseed oil has been chosen as the ideal oil for REAL Cat Food. The mildly flavoured rapeseed is thought to be the healthiest and most easily digested of all oils and fats. It contains the lowest saturated fats (7%) of all commercially available oils and second highest monounsaturated (61%), and is believed to reduce 'bad' cholesterol. It has a high level of vitamin E. The high content of Omega-3 and linoleic acid content promotes a healthy skin and coat. The combination of salmon, krill, linseed and rapeseed oil ensures the perfect balance of Omega-3 and -6.
Linseed is a naturally rich source of Omega-3 fatty acids and also contains high levels of lignans. Lignans benefit the heart.
Our linseed aids hair, skin and nails and the immune system, promotes a healthy digestive system and reduces the risk of constipation. It also prevents dry skin, eczema, dandruff, arthritis, allergies, inflammatory and autoimmune disorders.
Brewer's' yeast is one of the most nutritious of all yeasts because of its high level of vitamins and minerals. It especially has a high level of vitamin B which promotes a healthy nervous system.
The majority of the vitamin/mineral content in Real Cat Food comes from the natural content of the other ingredients, hence only a minimum of additional vitamins and minerals are added.
Gourmet cat food that fits the energy level of the indoor cat.Go to REAL Cat Food Indoor
Real Cat Outdoor is a gourmet cat food adapted to cats, who live outdoors.Go to REAL Cat Food Outdoor
Gourmet kitten food that is the ideal nutritional profile for the growing kitten.Go to REAL Kitten Food
The quantities are only intended as a guide. They should always be adjusted to fit the cat's size, age and activity levels.
When changing pet food brand we recommend to do it gradually over a period of 3 to 8 days.
The product can be given as a dry food, or it can be mixed with warm water (max 40°C).
Remember to always provide your cat with fresh water.
|Type of cat
|Daily food requirement (g)
|Adult cat - active
|50 - 110
|Adult cat - home
|30 – 60
|Pregnant cat
|70 – 170
|Nursing cat < 3 kittens
|60 – 160
|Nursing cat 3-4 kittens
|80 – 255
|Nursing cat > 4 kittens
|90 - 280
REAL Cat Food is available in 2 kg, 4 kg and 10 kg packaging.
Since 1921, our family has built a business where the animal's health and well-being is central to everything we do. That is why we always produce pet food of the highest standards. Here you can found out more about how you can be reassured that we only add the best quality of meat to our products. We have also added some information about how we follow the declaration recommendations very strictly.
We follow the trade association's recommendations for how we should declare our pet food. In addition, we want to contribute to accurate and science-based information to customers and pet owners about animal feed. We base our feed and choice of ingredients on several principles:
What do we mean when we write "meat" in our pet food declarations?
Next to pure muscle meat, which is what we humans mainly prefer, our pet food also contains liver, heart, etc. There is a good reason for this: Intestines and organs simply contain more nutrients than muscle meat does. In nature predators such as cats and dogs actually eat the contents of the abdominal cavity, including the liver, intestines and other organs first, followed by the rest of the carcass. They do this to ensure that they eat the best first.
Human food and animal feed follow different definitions and rules. Human and animal dietary requirements are different. That is why there are two different sets of rules for human food and animal feed. Individually, both sets of rules ensure that the meat used is healthy and nutritious for humans and pets, respectively. In our declarations, the term "meat" means quite specifically that the meat was derived from either:
Would you like to know more about the REAL Dog Food range: Puppy, Maintenance, Performance, Sensitive and Senior? Click the link below and we will take you to the REAL Dog Food product range.Go to REAL Dog Food product range
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DUMAS - Fernando Hernandez, 67, of Dumas died Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012.
Services will be at 1 p.m. today in Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church with the Rev. Gabriel Garcia officiating. Arrangements are by Morrison Funeral Directors of Dumas.
Mr. Hernandez was born Oct. 9, 1945, in Mexico to Paulino Hernandez and Lorenza Rivera. He married Rosa Emma Hernandez.
Survivors include his wife; four sons, Fernando Jr., Eduardo, Octavio and Jesus, all of Dumas; three daughters, Angelica of Dumas, Deana of New Mexico and Susana Hernandez of Fort Worth; 14 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
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I was literally on the ground for 36 hours. No time to do much except hang with my extended family, attend the mass, and pet the dogs before I was headed out.


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By Miscellaneous | Film | May 13, 2006 |
The writing published under the name JT LeRoy has garnered critical praise and a considerable following, but frankly I don't get it. Any desire I may have had to read that type of fiction was exhausted long ago, when my collegiate interest in all sorts of gay-themed writing led me to a couple of Dennis Cooper novels. For me, Cooper's S&M nihilism got real old real fast, and the thought of subjecting myself to more of the same holds no appeal. Still, in the interest of fulfilling my due diligence as a critic, I recently read The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things, LeRoy's 2001 collection of "autobiographical" short stories. The book reads like journalism: dispassionate but not distanced by time, context, or humor. Its stories wallow in the gut-wrenching awfulness of a child's physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, but they offer little insight into the victim or the abusers, nor do they seek a deeper meaning in their horrific events. The abuse is just there, pornographically explicit. Stylistically, the writing is more than competent, but really the book's only redeeming feature is the writer's rare understanding of a child's logic and the way an abused child can come to desire the abuse as the only kind of attention or human contact permitted him. This is a virtue, I suppose, but it hardly outweighs the grotesque tedium of slogging through 250 pages describing a little boy's penis burned by a car's cigarette lighter and his rectum stitched back together by doctors after his stepfather has raped him. I don't mean to suggest that all literature that deals with the ugly side of human nature owes us an outright catharsis at the end, allowing us to return to our comfortable lives no longer troubled by its subject matter, but it owes us something — some insight, some thematic complexity, some art, fer Chrissakes — to mitigate the unpleasantness of having to read about such extreme depravity. "LeRoy" seems to want only to impress the reader with how creatively and doggedly an abuser can pursue a campaign of torture. The attention is paid to the abuse, not the victim. Paradoxically, the narrator-victim, Jeremiah, seems to have no voice of his own, perhaps because the writer, contrary to the highly publicized scag-to-riches story, didn't actually share Jeremiah's background and could only partially imagine his world.
For my money, what's far more interesting than the writing is that the author himself is a fiction. As first suggested in Stephen Beachy's New York article last October, and later confirmed in the New York Times by her common-law husband Geoffrey Knoop, LeRoy's works were actually written by a 40-year-old failed punk rocker and sex columnist named Laura Albert. Albert dreamed up LeRoy back in the mid-90s, hoping to gain notice for her and Knoop's band and win the respect of writers like Cooper, Sharon Olds, and Mary Gaitskill. She designed LeRoy to exploit their particular vulnerabilities: He was a former cross-dressing truck-stop prostitute, whored and abused by his own mother; a junkie hustler who'd been introduced to literature by a few intellectual johns; a painfully shy, suicidal kid rescued from the streets by the chance intervention of a social worker named Emily Frasier (actually Albert herself, using another alias). Her creation was far more successful than she could have dreamed, and soon LeRoy was a literary celebrity; the darling of writers, filmmakers, and rock stars; and a hero to the same gay subculture that had embraced Cooper — made up partially of genuine abuse victims and current and former drug addicts, who responded to LeRoy as one of their own.
Albert's tremendous, decade-long success at pulling off her con is, ironically, the sort of thing that could never be convincing as fiction. But what really amazes me is that the unremittingly brutal and cliche-packed world of The Heart is Deceitful could have ever seemed authentic to its readers. If I'd been an abused child, I'm sure I would relate to Jeremiah's experience, but the book goes too far to be credible. The real world simply isn't populated with Dickens-by-way-of-John-Waters grotesques, and not every man is a potential child-rapist.
It figures that Asia Argento would be interested in adapting the book; her penchant for seeing herself as a victim would seem to make her identification with LeRoy's protagonist inevitable. Scarlet Diva, Argento's only previous feature as a director (she has acted in more than 30 films), was a lurid, autobiographical psychodrama set in a world populated exclusively by phonies and violently abusive assholes, all of whom attempt to rape, exploit, or otherwise claim dominion over her. What's surprising about her adaptation of The Heart is Deceitful is that her sympathy seems to be at least as much with Sarah, the abusive mother, as with Jeremiah. Unlike the character in the book, Argento's Sarah is not entirely unlikable: She has a playful side and isn't always cruel. She's more of a pathetic burnout than an outright sadist.
Argento, the daughter of Italian horror director Dario Argento, plays the role of Sarah, and she delivers a pretty impressive white-trash Southern accent, a sweet drawl with a chain-smoker's sandpaper edge. Though she brings out some softness in the character, she's not afraid to make herself horrible; she spends most of the movie looking like Courtney Love on a smack binge, wearing five earrings in each ear and enough red lace and acid-washed denim to scantily clothe the entire female population of Wheeling, West Virginia.
The film opens as social workers turn Jeremiah over to Sarah, whom he's never seen before and who drags him from his perfect foster home into a road life of drugs, abuse, and prostitution, bouncing from one of Sarah's boyfriends to the next (she occasionally marries one). As young Jeremiah, Jimmy Bennett, who was only seven years old at the time of filming, gives a natural, unactorish performance, yet he's so affectless that he never really pulls you in and makes you empathize with his suffering. He seems detached from it, and so we remain as well, even when the character ages and is played by identical twins Cole and Dylan Sprouse, two button-cute 11-year-olds who have the right look for the character and attempt to assume the right attitudes but are ultimately weightless.
The supporting cast is packed with faded stars and cultish celebrities: Peter Fonda, Ben Foster, Lydia Lunch, Marilyn Manson, Kip Pardue, Michael Pitt, John Robinson, Winona Ryder, Jeremy Sisto. This stunt-casting is distracting — whenever a new character appeared, I wondered which C-lister it would be — but a number of the actors do respectable work. Fonda, once the face of '60s youth rebellion, is convincing as Sarah's authoritarian, fundamentalist father, but Ornella Muti, the aging Italian beauty who plays his wife (and who seems to have been cast to hedge Argento's bet, in case she came off as noticeably Italian herself), is a cipher. What role she plays in this very patriarchal family is unclear, nor do we understand how an Italian, who almost certainly started out Catholic, wound up in West Virginia married to a Charismatic Christian with very little personal charisma. Fonda's rules are so restrictive that when his little daughter sees that Jeremiah sleeps with a stuffed bunny, she tells him, "That's idolatry — you'll burn in Hell!"
Though she covers only seven of the book's 10 stories and often elides the most brutal and humiliating moments, Argento does a competent job of distilling the book's substance, such as it is. But she offers little of the black humor that leavened the awfulness in Scarlet Diva, and this is a story sorely in need of some leavening. The movie is missing the book's most sympathetic character — Milkshake, the 12-year-old truck-stop prostitute who gives Jeremiah a place to sleep in the back of her missing crack-whore mother's station wagon — and everyone left is either a monster or a fool. Though a few characters have good, or at least not sadistic, intentions, even they harm Jeremiah far more than they help. The child psychologist played by Winona Ryder is vapid and condescending; her attempts to counsel Jeremiah only victimize him further. But Argento captures the book's understanding of the victim's disturbed psyche. She conveys his desperate isolation, as when, abandoned by Sarah and her new (very temporary) husband, he draws a crowd on the wall in magic marker so he'll have company.
Most of the abuse, fortunately, can only be suggested, and a lot of what's in the book is cut. Argento shows some ingenuity in working within the legal and ethical restrictions on depicting child abuse, as in the scene where an 11-year-old Jeremiah seduces Sarah's boyfriend Jackson (Marilyn Manson, eww) while pretending to be her. Argento plays Jeremiah here, so that we see him as he imagines himself, but this also allows the character to play out the scene as written, something few parents would permit their 11-year-old sons to do (did I mention it's Marilyn Manson?). Despite Argento's inventiveness, though, the scenes never have the visceral impact of, say, Gregg Araki's Mysterious Skin, a movie about child molestation that showed us how the abuse had changed its victims almost down to their DNA. Unlike Araki's film, which created a disturbing level of empathy with the victims even when they weren't entirely likable, The Heart is Deceitful is ultimately uninvolving. We see the horrors of Jeremiah's life, but there's no opportunity to connect with the character; it's just a litany of abuse with no meaning and no redemption. He never becomes any more real to us than his alter ego has turned out to be.
Jeremy C. Fox is a founding critic of Pajiba and a member of the Online Film Critics Society.You may email him at jeremycfox[at]gmail.com.
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Ciudad del Este ~ this is where we will be moving to start a new church plant in a few months. Today we are going for a few days trying to secure housing.
I ask that you pray with us that we we may find affordable and safe housing for ourselves and our daughter's family.
Here is an article about CdE in Wikipedia; CIUDAD DEL ESTE
I wanted to highlight just a few interesting points from the article about this unique city. I find it to feel very much like a mini NYC with all the languages and cultures one experiences while walking around downtown.
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- It is the second largest city in Paraguay, with a population estimated at 320,782 in 2008
- The city has a large Asian-born population, specifically Taiwanese, Koreans, Arabs and Iranians, evident in the city's mosque and pagodas. The Taiwanese government paid for the construction of the city's town hall in exchange for Paraguayan support in the United Nations, hence the Taiwanese flag that flies on the building.
- Ciudad del Este generates about 60% of Paraguay's GDP. It is the third largest free-tax commerce zone in the world, after Miami, and Hong Kong.
- Smuggling is a major occupation in the city, with some estimates putting the value of this black market at five times the national economy. Indeed, evidence indicates that some of the revenue generated by smuggling may support criminal organizations based outside the region, including terrorist organizations.
- There also existed rumors in Western media that Al-Qaida operatives were located here, but those claims were not proven, as these are recognized only "off the record". Other rumors had members of Hezbollah using the city as a base to launch bomb attacks on Argentine Jews. See AMIA Bombing. It is believed that the suicide bomber entered Argentina through the Triple Border.
- In 2005, it was a filming location for Miami Vice, a film directed by Michael Mann and based on his television series of the same name.
- In the Cyclops: Icons series, Cyclops travels to Ciudad del Este to fight Ulysses.


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When the caretaker government led by Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed assumed power one year ago it promised to liberate democracy from the clutches of money and muscle power; in his first speech to the nation the newly appointed Chief Adviser laid out his vision for a free, liberal and democratic Bangladesh. To materialise that plan the government has launched a war on corruption, hordes of alleged corrupts have been arrested, many of whom had thought themselves beyond the reach of law. It has also revived core institutions needed for a functioning democracy like the Election Commission, Public Service Commission and Anti-Corruption Commission, which were rendered dysfunctional by sheer nepotism and mismanagement of the previous Four-Party Alliance government. But the question that boggles everyone's mind is how far away are we from bringing the train of democracy back onto the track that was derailed one year ago? The road to democracy may be steep, there may lie hindrances at its every turn, but history has taught us that it is a journey worth taking. Democracy, after all, means empowering the masses, creating a society based on freedom, equality and economic justice. There is no denying that the country does not want to go back to the politics of factionalism and conflict we were kept hostage to by some political parties before January 11, 2007: it is, however, equally true that an unelected government cannot run the country for long, the people of this country deserve a government elected through their vote. So far, the major political parties have shied away from reforming their rank and file, the undemocratic nature of which has made the 1-11 a necessity. The Election Commission is set to pass electoral laws to make the electoral process more democratic and transparent. As the government celebrates its one year in office we try to find ways to make the next general election meaningful. How should the big political parties, which do not have any internal democracy, start the process of democratising themselves? What should the EC do to make sure that people have the choice to elect among clean and competent candidates, unlike the previous elections when crooks fought with crooks, criminals with criminals? How will people be given back the power to change their fate? Where should the beginning of our new journey towards freedom start?
In all the three general elections that have been held after the restoration of democracy in 1991, muscle and money power played a decisive role. We have witnessed the birth of the so-called 'cadre culture' where young men, most of them students, have been used as cannon fodder by the big political parties. Student politics, which has such a glorious past of vanguarding our war of liberation, have become a mere tool in the hands of the politicians. To fund themselves, the student and youth organisations and their leaders turned to mugging, extortion and manipulation of government tenders. The politicians themselves, especially the coterie that ruled the country in the last five years, and turned a blind eye, have given shelter to these goons, some even have made their way to the top leadership of these political parties. So a criminalisation of politics has slowly taken place in the country where for some crooked politicians and businessmen general elections have become an easy way of earning a few quick millions. Politics has become a moneymaking venture where an investment of a few crores during the elections will yield 100 times more, to make that happen, to get their money back, some politicians have resorted to nepotism, on which thrives corruption and abuse of power. The parliament remains dysfunctional, the quasi-dictatorial democracy in the last 16 years have bred a politics of confrontation, opposition MPs are not allowed to talk in the parliament, street agitation, and politics of confrontation have become the order of the day.
No internal democracy exists in the big political parties. Even though both Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina have led the great democratic revolution of 1990, inside their respective parties they have remained two incorrigible autocrats. The top tier of their parties is accountable to no one but the party chiefs who handpicks them. The party-chiefs' wishes remain a command for the central leaders, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party is a case in point: according to the party constitution the party chairperson can hire and fire anyone, even the party secretary general, she can give nomination to anyone she deems fit, she is accountable to no-one. Sheikh Hasina, too, has never tolerated dissent: honest, competent leaders like Dr Kamal Hossain had to leave the Awami League for challenging Hasina's leadership.
How both the parties fund themselves remains a mystery. Gone are the days when, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was at the helm of the AL, the parties depended on the donations of the masses to run its day-to-day activities. Now the parties rely on extortion, donations of enthusiastic criminals looking for favours, and huge 'nomination fees' before the elections. Most of the major political parties do not have a bank account from where its running costs are funded, the party chief's personal account is the party's bank account; it is as feudal as it can get.
To begin with, the major political parties must realise that, in the changed scenario, they must reform themselves, and reform has to take place from within the parties, with sincerity and efficiency. They must ensure free and fair elections in various tiers. Leadership should be elected by the ordinary members of the parties, and it has to be held in a transparent manner. The parties must disclose the statement of its income and expenditure and should make the names of its patrons public.
The EC needs to set a ceiling to the amount that the parties can receive from its members and ordinary people as donation. Rules or regulations are not enough to change a culture of criminalisation and unaccountability that has taken root in the country in the last couple of decades.
The political parties should keep this in mind that for democracy to thrive it is imperative that a democratic society is established. In a true democratic society political parties work as agents of change, as harbingers of equality and justice. The glorious tradition that we had in our politics, where political leaders worked truly for the people, the life of sacrifice that leaders like Bangabandhu, Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani, Tajuddin and Comrade Moni Singh had led should be revived. Politicians themselves have to shoulder the responsibility of bringing about a change in politics and the beginning of this change should start soon.
The so-called dynastic politics, the practise in which sons, daughters or widows of the chiefs become the de facto leader of the party should be dropped.
History teaches us that when leadership is imposed from the top, it causes problems, even though it may seem right and convenient in the short run. Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina have tried to lead the nation in the last two decades, and events in the run up to the gory days of October, November and December 2006 suggest that these two leaders are not capable of bringing any positive change in politics, instead their arrogance, their mutual dislike for each other, not to mention their ideological bankruptcy have pushed us to a situation where an artificial, suffocating prospect like the state of emergency we have to make do with to save ourselves from further anarchy. On top of it all, the level of corruption and nepotism that we have seen in the last five years, has revolved around an alternative centre of power called Hawa Bhaban that Tarique Rahman, Khaleda's firstborn, and his cronies had made for themselves. The situation that this symbol of corruption and abuse of power has created, along with the then opposition's relentless persuasion of a politics of confrontation have taken our country to a newer and grimmer level of anarchy and lawlessness. The feudal loyalty that the two Begums used to generate is waning and it is time for the honest and efficient leaders of the BNP and AL to rise up to the occasion to bring about a change in politics. Politics in the new century must be based on ideology, the days of opiating the voters in the name of two late leaders or leading ladies should be done away with; we, as a nation, will not be able to move forward, if, instead of the parliament, politics remains in the streets, if getting elected translates into having a license to plunder people or sending a bunch of dishonest thugs to the parliament. The parties have to break away from the culture of non-accountability and impunity that they have been immersed in for so long.
The caretaker government has taken the firm and commendable step of reconstituting the Election Commission, removing the three stooges of Election Commissioners who were bent on holding a farcical election in January 2007. The newly formed EC led by ATM Shamsul Huda has decided to introduce national identity cards for the voters, which, with the help of the armed forces, is going on in full swing. A long-overdue step though it is towards holding a free and fair election, the introduction of national identity card is not enough for making the electoral process transparent and free from the vile power of money and muscle.
The EC should set a guideline for the political parties, which they must follow to register with the commission. Registration with the EC should be made compulsory, and no political party that preaches hatred and religious intolerance should be allowed to participate in the election.
The government should initiate the process of identifying war criminals to bring them to book.
The EC needs to make the personal information of the candidates public; yearly it should also check the audited income and expenditure account of the political parties, the submission of which has to be made compulsory. The commission should give an efficient effort in informing the voters about the past performance of the candidates and the political parties, a booklet containing this, along with a summary of the party manifestoes can be mailed to the voters. The EC must also encourage a mass voter awareness campaign. In countries like Bangladesh educating the voters is the key to good elections, and the EC should take all-out measures to make each voter participate in the electoral process.
The demand for trial of war criminals has become a national issue
The war criminals, against whom there is documentary evidence, must not be allowed to contest in the elections at any level and the government must initiate the process of identifying the war criminals to bring them to the book. Our new journey towards a democratic future will remain flawed if those who indulged themselves in killing, looting and raping during our war of liberation make their way to the parliament, which has happened in the past, and we can see what has happened to the country and it is politics because of this. Recent comments made by some leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami make it obvious that the party and its leadership does not feel any shred of remorse for actively opposing Bangladesh's birth by forming death squads in 1971. That we have failed to bring these criminals to justice is indeed a burden on our conscience and it is time to relieve the nation of this unfinished legacy of the past.
In the three previous general elections, from the very outset of the day of campaigning, election laws were violated, government funds were used to lure voters, and yet the EC remained an apathetic bystander. Even though several citizens' groups raised their voice for electoral reform, the issue was addressed until this government assumed power. Electoral laws must be strictly enforced to make sure that campaigns do not turn into a display of money and muscle power.
The number of street processions should be limited for each candidate; political debate and accountable electioneering like door-to-door campaign must be encouraged. In order to be eligible for becoming an MP a person should at least be a graduate, we must not forget that a member of parliament is, after all, a people's representative employed by the people through their mandate. In this complex world of globalisation, to lead a country like ours one needs be educated to a certain extent and it should be made into a law.
We also need fresh blood in politics: we need young men and women who will be able to meet the challenges that the 21st century has thrown at us, shunning paths of violence and confrontation that we have witnessed in the last two decades, a new leadership must grow, and it should grow from the bottom of our grassroots politics. The EC should think of disqualifying those who have already been elected to the parliament more than thrice so that the room for new leadership grows.
The commission has already earned the trust of all the major political parties. Now is the time it should concentrate on finishing the voter list and launch an awareness campaign to educate the ordinary voters, it can also consider electronic voting in selected centres. The EC secretariat has to be separated from the prime minister's secretariat. Its full independence as a constitutional body must be ensured.
To consolidate democracy we need to strengthen democratic institutions like the Anti-corruption Commission, bureaucracy needs to be depoliticised, the government must also put more emphasis in creating a culture where honesty and sincerity is rewarded and rule of law is established. This cannot be done in a few months; neither will it be possible to bring all major corruption suspects to book. But the process that Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed has started, the precedence that it has set, needs to be continued after an elected government takes power in December. The Right to Information Act is a catalyst in the journey towards a truly transparent democracy, an empowering instrument for ordinary citizens to question the discrepancies associated with red tape, something that is key in the fight against corruption. The office of an ombudsman, moreover, must be set up to create access for the ordinary citizens.
The government should also sit with all the major political parties to reach a consensus on issues of national interest, before the next general election takes place the parties must vow not to take the country back to the bleak days of 2006. Every political party has emphasised on political reform and there is a national consensus on the trial of war criminals. The train to democracy should start moving now, and it should move faster, a bright new democratic future is staring at us in the face; history will not forgive us if we miss this opportunity to build a truly democratic Bangladesh.
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Throughout history Oman stood as an important point of call for copious ancient trade routes, surrounded by the Persian Gulf, Indian Sea and bordering Yemen. Thousands of years later, the lure of this city should be equally as strong for all devout seekers of luxury, mysticism or history.
Oman is the best-kept secret in the Middle East. It is also one of the oldest civilisations in the Arabian Peninsula and one of the region's most surprising and unspoiled destinations.
There are wild wadis, an untouched coastline, spectacular deserts, 17th-century forts and dramatic mountain scenery, as well as a fascinating ancient heritage, stunning accommodation and year-round sunshine.
Here are luxury travel outfitter, Abercrombie & Kent's, top 5 experiences which bring this fascinating destination to life.
1.Bargain at Muttrah Souq
Unlike other bazaars in the Middle East, shopping at Muscat's Muttrah souq is hassle-free. The souq has all the authentic hustle and bustle of a traditional Arab market, despite being housed under a modern roof, and there are good buys to be had. Antique shops sell a mixture of Indian and Omani artefacts while pashminas, spices, frankincense and gold are favourite purchases. Bargaining is expected.
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Bed down at the extraordinary Alila Jabal Akhdar. A haven of eco-design in the rugged Al Hajar Mountains, this resort blends seamlessly into the landscape. Its 78 suites and villas have an authentic flavour of Oman, combining local stonework with contemporary architecture and ornaments from the region. A treatment at Spa Alila is restorative, curative and therapeutic with therapists combining ancient Asian healing techniques with products using fresh, natural, quality ingredients.
3.Magnificent Nizwa fort
Built in the 1650s the Nizwa fort is Oman's most visited national monument. Today it is a powerful reminder of the town's significance throughout history. It was a formidable stronghold against raiding forces seeking Nizwa's abundant natural wealth and strategic location. Clamber up the 40-metre tall round tower for splendid views of the oasis and watchtowers on surrounding peaks. While you're there don't miss the souq where jewellery, antique daggers and pottery are popular merchandise.
4.Picnic in a wadi
The wadis of Oman are valleys which form a unique environmental system where people have lived for thousands of years. Many have year-round water, natural pools, waterfalls, palm groves and sandy beaches. Others are seasonal. Let A&K pack up a picnic for you of smokey mandi rice, grilled chicken, popcorn, dates, fresh fruits and Omani coffee, and head to the nearest wadi for a memorable experience in breathtaking natural surrounds.
5.A camel in the desert
Just two hours from Muscat is the great Wahiba Sands, which run from the Eastern Hajars to the Arabian Sea. The spectacular dunes reach as high as 100 metres in varying hues from orange to amber. Bedouin camps can be found throughout this isolated region with sporadic woodland, abstract rock formations and sandy beaches. Meet some of the local inhabitants and ride a camel in age-old fashion through this spectacular landscape.
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Submission means filling out a form on a search engine's site to invite them to add your site to their index. What many people don't realize is that this is unnecessary. Engines find what's on the web by following links. As long as there's a link to your site from any site that's already in the search engines, the engines will find your site. If you don't have any incoming links you're not going to rank well anyway.
Search engines use automated robots to follow the links around the web and grab the content from the web pages they find. The robots are called spiders, and when they follow links they're crawling the web (also called spidering). Google's spider is called Googlebot, and you'll see it listed as the user agent in your server logs. Once a search engine has gathered a site's data and analyzed it the site is said to be indexed. To see whether your site is in the Google index, search Google for site:yourdomain.com.
New sites don't always get listed right away. In some cases it can take several months for a new site to show up in the SERPS. Even when a site gets in the index, Many believe that Google puts new sites "in the sandbox" and won't let them rank well for the initial few months. Jennifer Laycock has a better explanation: New sites can rank fine if there's not much competition for that topic, but Google will assume that a new site in an established, competitive market isn't any better than the tons of sites already there, unless that site proves itself to be superior. (More in this discussion thread.) The sandbox issue has been discussed on Webmaster World ad nauseum. (Searching WebmasterWorld for all pages mentioning the sandbox results in nearly 1000 hits at present.)
Google appears to visit most pages in its database at least once a month, though it may take longer. Some pages get visited every day. Sites with a higher PageRank (i.e., sites that have a lot of inbound links from other sites) get spidered more frequently than sites with a low PR. And sites which update more frequently get spidered more often than sites which rarely make updates. You can try to invite more frequent spider visits by updating your pages more frequently, even if the changes themselves are minor and negligible, though there is questionable advantage in doing so. This won't necessarily let you test your page ranking ideas through trial and error any faster because even if an engine spiders your new content to see what you have on your page, it won't necessarily figure out how those changes should affect your rank for weeks or months. And of course, more frequent spider visits by themselves do nothing for your rankings.
Search engines find pages by following HTML links. As long as the pages on your site are linked up properly the engines will find them. But if your pages aren't linked properly, your pages will never make it into the index. Here are some typical things that can cause an engine to fail to find your pages.
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In the "Game of Thrones" universe, it's all about power. And with the most powerful man in the realm, Tywin Lannister, now the former most powerful man in the realm thanks to a couple of deadly crossbow arrows to the chest courtesy of his son, Tyrion, it's time to reassess who's really in charge.
So here is an entirely subjective — and some may even say foolhardy — ranking of the 10 most powerful people in the "Game of Thrones" universe 40 episodes into the journey.
[Related: "Game of Thrones" season 4 finale recap]
1. Petyr Baelish
We learned this season that, basically, "Game of Thrones" exists because of Littlefinger. He set in motion the events that led to Jon Arryn's murder, which was basically the catalyst for everything that followed, including Ned Stark's execution and all of the related Stark vs. Lannister fallout. Baelish is also the one responsible for Joffrey's murder and now, after disposing of his new wife, Lysa, he is ruler of the well-fortified Eyrie and has Sansa as a would-be, could-be, still-that's-icky bride-in-waiting. If "chaos is a ladder," as he's fond of saying, the death of Tywin Lannister should allow Littlefinger to climb a few more steps higher on that ladder. To the very top of it.
2. Roose Bolton
This emotionless creep? It's hard to put him much lower in a post-Tywin world. With his bastard son, Ramsay, capturing Moat Cailin for the family (and earning Ramsay a real last name in the process), Bolton is Warden of the North and has control of the entire thing. The North is cold and desolate and prone to wildling and White Walker attacks, but it's still larger than all of the other kingdoms combined. As we know from his role in the Red Wedding, Bolton is ruthless and power hungry and has never been as well-positioned as he is now.
3. Margaery Tyrell
We haven't seen much of the widow Margaery over the second half of the season, but let's just assume that she and Grandma Olenna have been plotting about how to grab as much power as possible. It's been Margaery's ambition since we first met her, when she was with Renly, and now the power vacuum in King's Landing makes it so she can be the one calling the shots. She'll likely have to fight off Cersei for influence over the innocent King Tommen, but as that bedroom encounter with the young king a few episodes ago reminded us, she can offer Tommen something that Cersei just can't compete with.
4. Cersei Lannister
But we can't dismiss the Queen Regent so quickly. With father out of the picture, she is the Lannister with the most power right now, and that still means a significant something in King's Landing and beyond. She is a master schemer who knows how to get what she wants, and there was only one person who could really stop her, and now he's dead. And let's not ignore the possibility that a mutant version of The Mountain may be in her service in the not-too-distant future.
5. Stannis Baratheon
This emotionless creep? It's good to see Stannis and his new army finally make it off Dragonstone to where the action is. That army exists thanks to a loan from the bank of Braavos, and it's looking like a smart investment, since the reason Davos was able to convince the Iron Bank to lend the funds was that if Tywin Lannister died, all of the money Braavos poured into Westeros would be for naught. Stannis has one victory over a wildling army to his credit and has the black magic of the Red Woman, Melisandre, working in his favor. And if you're a stickler for such things, he is the One True King of the Seven Kingdoms. So if the world is just, he will move up this list next season. If he can form an alliance with Mance Rayder and his massive force, that seems likely.
6. Bran Stark
It's hard to say where Bran fits in, since he exists so far away from everyone else on this list. He's a crippled tween whose main companion is a lovable lug who can't say anything but his own name, and he's got no home base or land or army. But he does have a new friend in the almost-human manifestation of the magical three-eyed raven, and that new friend promises he will make Bran fly … so, yeah, let's just stick him at No. 6.
7. King Tommen Baratheon
Yes, he sits on the Iron Throne, but we all know he's incapable of calling the shots. And he's probably too scared to even try. He didn't even know how sex worked until Grandpa Tywin filled him in! But he will (most likely) have some say in whose puppet he is, so that earns him this spot.
8. Daenerys Targaryen
Who would have thought that the Mother of Dragons would be this low? But it was a rough season for Khaleesi, as her march of liberation came to a disappointing halt in Meereen, where things are so bad that some of the slaves she freed want back into servitude. She's realizing that governing is neither easy nor fun. And she is also now without her trusted adviser, Ser Jorah Mormont, whom she exiled when finding out that he was once spying on her. Plus those dragons that were going to make her a shoo-in for taking the Iron Throne have now become something of a hindrance, turning the poor goats and children of the Meereen countryside into charred piles of bones. The season ends with Dany locking up two of her dragons, letting freed people return to slavery and being no closer to the Iron Throne, as many of those above on the list stake their claim.
9. Arya Stark
She's still young and small, but consider — she learned survival skills (and how to stab someone in the heart) from one of the best fighters in the kingdom, The Hound. She has also learned not to trust anyone at all, which is a vital skill in Westeros (and one her sister might want to learn someday). And she's on a boat to Braavos, where she might finally fulfill her destiny to become a shape-shifting assassin.
10. The White Walker Who Turns Babies Into White Walkers
Neat trick if you can pull it off.


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I've never been a fan of gross-out food for Halloween, mostly because it's entirely too evocative for me to stomach. Everyone has their limits, I guess, but mine down't include faux fingers or insects. If you want to eat allegedly taboo things or the like, go get some haggis (more on this in the still-being-written post).
Also, in the last few years I've been less and less into candy, as a rule. Whether this is grownup tastes or my teeth getting more sensitive, I don't know. Which brings up the fact that I am possibly the only woman I know who likes fruit candy better than chocolate. No, I'm serious. I have a mild allergy to cocoa butter when consumed; like citrus for some people, it makes my mouth and throat itch. Dark chocolates hurt less than milk and far less than white, which is why I suspect my problem is with cocoa butter instead of cocoa itself.
Since I've always equated discomfort with the taste of chocolate, my taste preferences swing towards fruit flavours. (Except faux grape or banana, the latter I dislike anyway…the British do blackcurrant instead of grape and it is brilliant.) And there is no way you can convince me otherwise. Of course, the lack of endorphins from chocolate might be why I'm such a cynic…
Separatist Lives
Those of you who are just here for the food can stop reading now, as I'm about to ramble a bit about feminist SF. Sorry.
Is it just me, or did Pamela Sargent and Sherri S. Tepper write the same book, two years apart? I read Sargent's 1986 The Shore of Women recently, and was stunned by the massive plot resemblance in Tepper's 1988 book The Gate to Women's Country, though Sargent's book depicts a less tolerant and more brutal society on both the part of women and men. I guess that since the two haven't fought a duel about it (whether with sabres or lawsuits) that the differences are enough, but still. How many books about women's separatist societies still dependent on men for one reason or another do we need? The point is proven, in these books, in Unquenchable Fire, in The Handmaid's Tale, in Califia's Daughters: we have to work together to find real equity or someone gets shafted.
Which is true, and we need to be reminded of it, but not in yet another novel.
I guess it was the 80s, which seemed pretty bloody bleak in terms of feminism (all of the above except the last come out of that decade). But there's information, there's speculation, and then there's beating the proverbial dead horse (which Tepper tends to do anyway), even though all of the books I mention are readable and enjoyable. I'd like to see feminist separatism in SF if it's done in a new way, to prove a different point, because this one's met its audience. Which is, of course, probably why there's not been as many books on the topic written lately, even though technology and science have brought us new things.
All right, so I charge you…or maybe myself…write me a cyberpunk separatist novel. Or a fantasy. Something different, something also that proves a different point. 'Cause we sure need feminism, and we sure need women in sci-fi. I'll be waiting.


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For those evaluators who prefer their feature tours to be more live and interactive, we have weekly webinars, too. We've always had them, but we decided to advertise them better. You can now find links on the Jira, Confluence and Bamboo pages and soon on the other product pages.
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Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Those That Can, Do, Those That Can't Blog ?
4 comments:
- timwootton said...
Hi Lyndsay
Please go to 'Orkbird' - Eric Meek has some recordings for you.
Cheers - Tim
- 10 November 2009 at 12:51
- Loxia Fan said...
Thanks Tim. Eric had emailed me earlier and I have replied to him and Brian. Let's hope they are Parrot calls !
- 10 November 2009 at 14:46
- joolia808 said...
You went to all that trouble recording and posting these, I went to the trouble of downloading your soundcloud and cant hear a thing.
Very interested because Ive heard similar in mid Wales. Just wanted to hear it.
Furthermore this is my third attempt to reply, and an "internal error" wont let me post!!!!!!!!!!!
- 15 May 2011 at 23:24
- Loxia Fan said...
Joolia ?
Not sure what recordings you are referring to as this blog post doesn't have any !
You do not "download" soundcloud recordings - you click on the play button and it plays within the blog pasge through your browser. If it doesn't play then it is a problem with your computer or software....not me.
This post is the only one I have received from you so agin any posting difficulties are not my problem. I limit my email contact details as I receive emails from people who dom't even have the courtesy to acknowledge replies.
- 15 May 2011 at 23:58


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Ashabreek by Kathleen Farquhar is a story of betrayal, love and war.
First off, I would like to thank Kathleen for allowing me to read her book and give my input on it. Ashabreek at the beginning sort of confused me. It starts out with Genova being the main character, but then switches to her sister, Babette. With the title being Ashabreek, I thought he would be the main character. As the story went on, I really enjoyed it.
Without giving too much away, the story line is great, my favorite character is Ashabreek. There's a certain charm about him. He's the enemy, but I can't help but be drawn to him. I wouldn't mind switching to the dark side for him.
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I was a little confused about how fast the characters seemed to move on in terms of relationships and love. I would've liked to read more about the kindling love.
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In the military, within the language analyst community (government speak for 'translator'), there is a phrase that sends shivers down the spines of most service-members. The phrase is… "language maintenance." It makes the language retention process sound as interesting and thrilling as changing a car's oil, which is probably why most military "language maintenance" materials are so damned boring. From my experience, most materials consisted of either a written article from Al Jazeera or BBC Arabic, or a 2-3 minute audio passage from the same sources. Bilateral trade agreements! Weather reports! The Joy! Now, these sorts of materials are certainly important – especially since the DLPT draws almost exclusively from them – but they can become stale very quickly, especially at the higher levels. It's also understandable that since the personnel tasked with putting together materials for language maintenance are swamped with a million other tasks, they naturally reach for the same resources time and again. In that regards, I thought I'd list a few places where you can find Arabic Language materials that are both authentic and engaging.
Disclaimer: I like Arabic, but I love Iraq and Iraqi Arabic. As such, you'll probably notice a certain bias towards materials related to Iraq. You just got to deal with it, yo. Also, most of these materials are probably in the 2+ and higher range of the ILR scale. If you aren't there yet, you might not get as much out of these.
1. The Harmony Program Documents from West Point's Countering Terrorism Center
These documents are probably some of the most unique documents of their kind on the internet. Documents captured from insurgents and terrorists across Iraq and Afghanistan were made available by the US Military to researchers at West Point's CTC under the agreement that they were allowed to be publicly published. It doesn't get more "real" than this. Want to read the letter that al-Qa'ida's second in command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, sent to the former leader of al-Qa'ida in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi? What about the form that al-Qa'ida required its soldiers to fill out if they were quitting jihad in Iraq? There are tons of different documents that you can pore over; all of them interesting and historical. The best part of all, however, is that every single Arabic Language document has an English translation accessible by clicking the "View English Translation" button in the upper right corner of the page. It not only provides a word-for-word translation, but adds context and background history on the who/what/where/when/why of each document. You almost don't need your trusty Hans Wehr!
2. Baghdad TED Talks
Yeah, you read that right. Official TED talks… in Arabic… from Baghdad. This is actually very, very recent (last week). The footage isn't actually up on the official site just yet, but you can still watch a replay of the livestream here.
3. Iraqiyah Confessions
These are pretty wild; there isn't really any correlation to this practice on mainstream American TV. Basically, some of the most "infamous" of Iraqi terrorists and insurgents that are rounded up by US/Iraqi Forces are brought on TV for dramatic one-on-one mea culpas where they detail their sordid jihadi ways. One of the lengthiest interviews is one done with Munaf al-Rawi, the so-called "Wali of Baghdad," who led al-Qa'ida in Iraq's Baghdad operations and who was captured back in 2010 and sentenced to death this March. The entire interview can be found conveniently pieced together on my youtube playlist. There's plenty more out there. I should note, some people might find it repulsive to dedicate 30-40 minutes listening to a terrorist talk, but I think most people will see the value. Maybe I'll post a transcript some day for the non-Arab speaking folks out there?
4. al-Jazeera Sports
I have a theory that sometimes the best thing to do on certain days is just put on some Arabic in the background and let your mind absorb and work with the Arabic passively. Don't worry about looking up words, don't mess with trying to understand everything, just get in that messy stream of Arabic and let it wash over you like a warm shower. That's right. And, in my opinion, the best way to do that is to put al-Jazeera Sports on. They generally have soccer (football lol) on at some point during the day and it's super easy to just pull it up and watch some soccer for 30 minutes. This method is even more beneficial if you follow American sports, as a lot of the chatter between broadcasters is the same so it is fairly easy to figure out what they are chatting about after a while. al-Jazeera Sports streams live from this website. Enjoy!


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Yes that's right, Steve has been summoned to NYC to work on a secret project with long time client TagMan. Don't worry though he'll be back in a week but you can follow his so called "Business Trip" on Facebook and Twitter from 14th – 21st January.
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(Oh, silly me. I know I said I wouldn't post until after the move, but I forgot I had already written this post!)
I don't need to say much about this cobbler – it speaks for itself. The only thing I will say is this:
It was the 4th of July.
The raspberries were ripe in the backyard.
The rhubarb was in bloom in the backyard.
These things demanded a cobbler!
So, I succumbed to the demands of fresh fruit & patriotic holidays and I made a Raspberry Rhubarb Cobbler (with cornmeal biscuit topping).
It did not dissapoint. At all.
In fact – Nich said that this was on par with any cobbler that his mother has ever made. And that, my friends, is the best compliment he could have given me. Because we all know that mothers (and mother-in-laws) can make amazing cobblers, and that sons always love their mother's cooking. So, the fact that mine stood up to his mom's cobbler….well, I am just tickled.
So, then, I highly encourage all of you to make this delicious dessert.
Raspberry Rhubarb Cobbler with Cornmeal Biscuits
(Adapted from the New York Times)
**Note: this is amazing on its own, and even more amazing with vanilla ice cream.
2 lbs rhubarb, trimmed and cut into 1/4-inch pieces (about 6 cups)
2 1/2 cups fresh raspberries or 1 (10-ounce) package frozen raspberries, thawed (**Note I had more raspberries than rhubarb, so I altered the amounts slightly)
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
2 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch (I didn't have any cornstarch on hand, so I just used flour)
For the biscuits:
1 cup all-purpose flour, more as necessary
2/3 cup fine cornmeal
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
2/3 cup heavy cream, more for brushing.
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. For filling, in a large bowl, toss together rhubarb, raspberries, sugar and cornstarch. Allow mixture to stand while preparing biscuit dough.
2. To prepare biscuits, place flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder and salt in a food processor and pulse to combine (or whisk everything together in a bowl).
3. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal (or use 2 knives to cut butter into flour mixture). Pour in cream and continue pulsing (or stir) until dough starts to come together, scraping down sides of bowl if necessary.
4. Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface and gently pat it together. Divide it equally into 8 balls, then flatten them slightly into thick rounds. Biscuit dough can be made up to a day in advance and refrigerated, covered, until needed.
5. Scrape filling and accumulated juices (**note, if you use more berries than rhubarb, you will have a LOT of juice. I drained off a little juice to ensure I didn't have a cobbler soup) into a 2 1/2-quart gratin or baking dish (9 by 12 inches). Arrange biscuits on top of filling and brush with cream. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, or until filling is bubbling and biscuits are golden.


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Bayou Writers Group of Lake Charles, LA, hosted another well attended conference last Saturday.
BWG's mission statement "to educate, encourage, and inspite" both new and expert writers said it all in a nutshell for their ninth annual conference. The 2012 theme, "A Bridge to Publication," presented an opportunity for writers to dabble in diverse aspects of writing.
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Are Writing Conferences a Place to Dabble?
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