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Ravioli With Watercress Pesto
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- 2 cups loosely packed watercress leaves
- 1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans
- 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 (9-oz.) packages refrigerated cheese-filled tiny ravioli
- Pulse 2 cups loosely packed watercress leaves, 1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans, 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese, 1/2 cup olive oil, 2 garlic cloves, and 1/4 tsp. salt in a food processor until coarsely chopped. Prepare 2 (9-oz.) packages refrigerated cheese-filled tiny ravioli according to package directions; toss with watercress mixture.
- Note: We tested with Buitoni Three Cheese Ravioletti.
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- CONVENIENCE: Entertaining, Kid-Friendly, Quick/Easy
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- MAIN INGREDIENT: Pasta
- COOKING METHOD: Food Processor
- PUBLICATION: Southern Living
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It's Friday, so here is your final injury report for the game on Sunday. First, for the Jets:
DOUBTFUL:DL Sione Po'uha (Lower Back), DL Kenrick Ellis (Knee), RB John Conner (Hamstring), WR Clyde Gates (Shoulder), DB Eric Smith (Knee)
Coach Ryan has mentioned earlier this week that we will not see Eric Smith after he sprained his knee during practice. Nobody has been officially ruled out, but with none of them practicing, they are all not likely to play.
QUESTIONABLE:OL Nick Mangold (Ankle)
Nick was a limited participant in practice today, and coach Ryan is still hopeful that Mangold will be able to play on Sunday. It will be a big blow to the offense if he cannot go.
PROBABLE:DB Aaron Berry (Ribs), DB Antonio Cromartie (Shoulder), LB Nick Bellore (Shoulder), QB Mark Sanchez (Low Back), LB Calvin Pace (Achilles), OL Brandon Moore (Hip), OL Matt Slauson (Knee), OL Austin Howard (Back), TE Jeff Cumberland (Ribs), DB LaRon Landry (Heel), WR Jeremy Kerley (Finger/Illness), LB David Harris (Hamstring), LB Bart Scott (Toe), TE Dustin Keller (Hamstring), LB Bryan Thomas (Hamstring), WR Stephen Hill (Hamstring)
Now for the Colts:
OUT:LB Pat Angerer (Foot), RB Donald Brown (Knee), LB Robert Mathis (Knee), DE Fili Moala (Knee), G Joe Reitz (Knee), NT Martin Tevaseu (Ankle)
It can only bode well for the Jets that some veterans on both sides of the football will be out on Sunday night.
DOUBTFUL:CB Vontae Davis (Ankle)
PROBABLE:LB Dwight Freeney (Ankle), RB Mewelde Moore (Ankle), C Samson Satele (Knee)
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The reply I got from my elder cousin when I asked him if he had seen the film Om Dar Badar by Kamal Swaroop.
A comment on my previous post about Om Dar Badar led me to an interesting website about the documentary being made by Kamal Swaroop on Dadasaheb Phalke, father of the Indian film industry.
"I was born in Kashmir in 1952.My father was an educationist. I was brought up in Ajmer Pushker."
Kamal Swaroop's story board on Phalke starts with these lines that trace his own origin.
So my cousin did remember.
Here's an excellent video (thanks to cdsjaik) on how the film on Dadasaheb Phalke is coming together. This one traces Dadasaheb Phalke's days in Nasik, his birth place . The episode narrated here, interposed with some archival footage, involves Phalke's daughter Mandakini, who also acted in his films:


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Who Hijacked My Sci-Fi?
In the last few years, the science fiction genre has lost a few good authors, Kurt Vonnegut and Ray Bradbury at the top of the list. It's got me thinking about my own love of science fiction.
Among Catholics, Sci-Fi has to be one of the most popular genres. Of course, it's one of the most popular in the world, but it has been, traditionally, very Catholic in nature. Think about the themes it takes on. Everything has a philosophical angle that demonstrates well the Catholic perspective. Book-burning in Fahrenheit 451? Despite the occasional book-burning by some Catholics, the Church has played a huge role in the preservation of literature over the centuries, including vast stores of literature she sharply disagreed with. The equal sharing of misery by way of pseudo-equality? The unsettling tale of Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron rings true with the Church's teaching on the special gifts and contributions of each man. How about conflicts and serious questions about the morality of sophisticated technology on the battlefield? The Church has dealt with those quandaries, too. Human cloning? Yep, the Church has dealt with that topic, too. Science vs. Religion? Yep. Eternal life? You betcha!
Sci-fi shares with the Church an uncanny ability to ask the right questions of the culture at large.
One of the best television series of all time, The Twilight Zone, dished out one serving after another of intensely gratifying science fiction. My favorite episode, The Obsolete Man (on Neflix if you're interested – season 2, episode 29), is nothing short of eerie in its portrayal of the perfect dystopia, a sort of satire on utopia specific to the sci-fi world (sorry, St. Thomas More). Its striking questions on faith and fear, human dignity, and man's need for God, are what awoke in me a great love of Sci-Fi that went beyond an appreciation for cool special effects or intriguing quantum theories.Who hijacked my sci-fi?
For the last couple weeks, I've been happily plugging away at another recent sci-fi series. It's very entertaining, visually clean, and asks the right sort of questions for me to ponder away at full speed. Unfortunately, it also involves assumptions about the future that paint a very materialistic and immoral view of human nature. Gay marriage is accepted. Inter-species marriage, too. Elements of transhumanism, a dangerous up and coming philosophy in our own time, are present and accounted for as well. I feel like the best genre in the world has been hijacked by people who want to dictate instead of questioning.
Dr. Who remains a decent expression of science fiction, but almost accidentally. Rather than challenging the impact of the modern world on the human experience, as science fiction once challenged communism, the series accepts, assumes, and gives full weight to the growing philosophical belief that we must transcend our human nature. Instead of gaining insight through an episode's critique of modern ideas, I've learned to gain insight by my critique of the show itself.
Beginning with Dr. Who, it's possible to look back and see this problem in other sci-fi shows, if in seminal form. In much of modern science fiction, it is assumed that humanity is heading toward an idealized society that looks an awful lot like what Euro-American socialism is trying to accomplish: free healthcare (at the cost of goodness knows who), "liberated" sexuality, government-as-surrogate-parents, science triumphant against religion, and the peculiar absence of families. It leads me to wonder if the sci-fi community is just as dangerous as the news media in pushing the progressive agenda. Get out the nerd vote, perhaps? Then again, if the fans of modern science fiction delved deep enough into their favorite genre, they would see the danger inherent in trusting an image on a screen. Wouldn't it be an ultimate irony if the very totalitarian government Vonnegut tried to warn us about* managed to assert its dominance through his own medium?
As a Catholic, I'm begging the science fiction community to open its eyes and start questioning again. Sci-fi has always been an instrument for the betterment of the same humanity the Church exists to serve. The enemy isn't the family or traditional society or faithful Christians, nor is the ideal society something as lame and existentially empty as free healthcare and an iPod in every pocket. Your genre was all about questioning the trends of your day, all about being counter-cultural. There is nothing on this earth more counter-cultural than the Church.
Here's a call to all you fiction writers out there: why not develop a sci-fi series in the tradition of your forebears? Critique the modern view of society. Ask what could possibly go wrong, and let all the world see the results. Show it with the macabre twists that make the pit of your stomach writhe and twist in a sort of horrified compassion for the characters who have no choice but to suffer the unforeseen consequences of their own decisions. Let's hijack sci-fi back for the Catholic worldview.
Check out this video trailer for 2081, a short adaptation of Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron (the full movie used to be available for free, sorry, but I hope you'll find a way to see it):
*Yes, I know Vonnegut was a liberal, but he wasn't a totalitarian.
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Totally agree! I've been noticing this disturbing trend in Sci-fi as well, and Dr. Who is one of the worst offenders.
Even worse, in my opinion, is the spinoff series Torchwood. What a twisted glimpse of humanity that is. It's like everyone in the series is bisexual for one thing, and sleeping with most other characters on the show, despite some being married.
Then they have the episode where a guy dies and they use a machine to bring him back to life. And he comes back ranting about how there's no afterlife. This is an example of a show that exists to ram atheism and relativism into people's subconscious.
I'm so glad to see this article, because this trend needs to stop.
I'm not a Science Fiction expert, but it sounds like it's becoming New Age rather than Science Fiction?
A similar contrast would be between Stargate SG-1 (in which Teal'c said he did not think the goa'uld could imitate the Christian God, and which contained a shockingly pro-life episode in which the Aschen destroyed human civilization through contraception) and Stargate Universe.
People write what they know and what they think they hope. Those who wrote of the unreality of Utopia understood it was an unreality, that the nature of humanity is such that even if every need is met, we will still commit sinful acts. Even if we whitewash every sin to say they are not sins, we will still experience the extreme isolation that comes from being fallen in a fallen world, especially if we pretend until we despairingly believe it, that there is nothing of value save as we ascribe it.
There was a science fiction radio show in the 1950′s called Dimension-X. A bunch of the episodes were taken from Ray Bradbury stories. The are in the the public domain and available for free download. Google Dimension-X for more info.
I have enjoyed most of the new series of Doctor Who, but I admit there were a few bits during David Tennet's run that did bother me a fair bit. That being said, since Russel T. Davies handed off the show to Steven Moffett, the show has seemed to back off of some of the more disturbing themes.
That being said, Science Fiction has always been a genre that has had a mixed relationship with faith. There is nothing in modern Sci-Fi that wasn't at foreshadowed by the writing of some authors like Heinlein and Clarke. That being said, there have also always been others, who write with more explicitly Christian Themes.
Thanks for writing this, Micah. I found you from New Advent.
Why stop there? Let's take back fantasy fiction as well, a genre championed of course by the legendary and devout J.R.R. Tolkien.
While I must admit, I have not read the massively produced Game of Thrones books, I have researched the content and the author. It's at once revealing of the fantasy genre's resurgence in popularity, and sickening in the scope of the author's willingness to indulge deviant sexual practices in the name of medieval 'realism'.
Let's take back what was ours to begin with: good versus evil!
"Let's take back fantasy fiction as well, a genre
championed of courseinvented by the legendary and devout J.R.R. Tolkien."
Fixed that for you.
The entire fantasy genre didn't really exist before J.R.R. Tolkien came on the scene with The Hobbit or Lord of the Rings. He was the original D&D Nerd.
Everything else that has come on the scene since has been a cheap, cardboard cut-out imitation of his work, everything from "Game of Thrones" to the game "Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" for the XBox (An awesome game btw).
With respect, I don't think we can say Tolkien invented the fantasy genre. While he certainly popularized it and and was probably the first author explicitly identified as a fantasy author, other authors, who preceded Tolkien wrote works that were by any reasonable definition, fantasy. Morris, MacDonald, Dunsany, Eddison and Howard all had published works that were clearly fantasy well before the publication of the Hobbit.
I have to agree with Maryland Bill on this one. Heck, fantasy fiction goes back at least as far as the voyages of Sinbad, which are apparently older than the Odyssey. It does seem that just about all fantasy now consists of bad imitations of Tolkien, though.
I am not sure we can necessarily look back at tales like Sinbad that predate the scientific revolution as really being fantasy. Yes, they were fantastic for the day, but the question was, would people have recognized them as being impossible in their world?
In other words, when we read Tolkien's Middle Earth, or Howards Hyboria, we are reading tales that are set in a world that may claim to be part of ours, but which both the readers and the authors recognize as fictional. I am not sure the same is true of Sinbad.
I'm fond of Dr Who (especially the Second Doctor), but I've been concerned about the same thing. And, as it's still considered essentially a children's show, what we're seeing is indoctrination. Of course, this isn't something new. H.G. Wells was doing the same thing well over a century ago. That's what caused C.S. Lewis to write his science fiction novels. I don't think we need a new C.S. Lewis, or even more schlocky material "in the spirit of C.S. Lewis," but in being the individuals the good Lord made us, we can tell our stories, give our audience a quality product with a Catholic world view, and make a solid difference by enriching (instead of beggaring) the culture.
Another problem is that much used to be G or PG. Now sex iseverywhere. I read larry niven, but can't now recommend him. Why? Penguicon is a compter-sci-fi convention, but it had a bizarre sex track this year. Why? Sci-Fi used to expand the mind. Sometimes in the wrong direction, but it made you think. Now it is just another cheap show.
I have been watching Dr. Who for years and have to say that this hits the mark. The classic Dr. Whos were rich in this tradition of going against modern views of society in many of the episodes. While I like the look of the redo, it lacks that classic outlook. Much of that is due to the new showrunners. Russell T Davies is the one who brought it back to BBC and he is a gay writer and has left his mark on much of the show especially with "omnisexual" characters that do seem to get accepted way too much. The extent to which RTD wishes to push the gay agenda in his Sci-fi work is seen in Torchwood, especially the 4th season which was co-produced by american interests. I think RTD at least somewhat respected teh fact that Dr. Who was still considered kids TV and didn't push the envelope. Torchwood is where he went beyond decency with much of his writing.
IN some episodes of the new Dr. Who we do get serious issues. "The Satan Pit" had really interesting dialogue about the nature of evil and the idea of the Satan. There have also been a few good scenes where there is at least something of a just war ethic.
All tolled my Catholic side is not as thrilled with the new Dr. Who but the stories are much better put together and the story arcs are much more intricate than in the past.
The classic Who was better at keeping with the classic sci-fi themes. The new Who, at times, becomes the space equivalent of "Coupling" and could definitely use a better grounding in the classic style.
I came across the link to this blog via New Advent. It is particularly timely for me.
Years ago I wrote fantasy and some science-fiction. I was published in a number of the "better" small press magazines (remember them?)and a mass market paperback anthology.
At the time I was a lapsed-Catholic, with strong agnostic-atheistic leanings, while still retaining what I would call a Catholic sensibility. I learned to assess how much of the sensibility was in a story before submitting it to certain editors. Many of them had an instinctual aversion for such work.
Recently I returned to serious writing (and the Church). I have found that the situation seems to have calcified. Editors either want overtly Christian fantasy and science-fiction, or they want overtly secular-humanist (and often implicitly anti-Christian) work.
Since my fantasy novel was less overt than the works of Lewis, but at least as implicit as Tolkien, it made submissions tricky (especially given the long time they hold submissions these days).
In the end I self-published on Kindle and Createspace. This was something I had years ago sworn to never do, probably from a combination of pride and self doubt, but the reading world has changed. I would suggest that anyone who has confidence in their work (especially if some of that confidence comes from the enthusiasm of others for your work) to consider this option.
Yes, there is a lot of bad self-published work out there, and it can potentionally suffocate the good work. However, it does offer the potential to swim against the agnostic-atheistic trend. Less explicit work, like that of Tolkien, can then indirectly expose readers to Catholic grace and sensibilities. At worst, if it's a good story they'll enjoy it for that. At best, it may cause a response from the grace within them.
Michael, would you care to share your work with others? I would love to read your work and support a self-published author such as yourself.
Daniel, self-promotion is an essential part of self-publishing (although it does not come naturally to me), but I'm not sure it would be appropriate to share the info. I wouldn't want my post to seem a troll for business, as it were.
I'm not sure what would be the proper etiquette for this blog.
Ah. It appears that if you click on my name it will take you to my wordpress blog. That shouldn't be too inappropriate.
Ah so it does! Will check it out.
Three Catholic SciFi authors:
Mike Flynn http://tofspot.blogspot.com/ "Eifelheim" is very catholic;
John C Wright http://www.scifiwright.com/ His latest (which I haven't read yet) is "Count to a Trillion"
Gene Wolfe, who doesn't seem to have a website. http://www.amazon.com/Gene-Wolfe/e/B000APBL0I
Mr. Wright is a fairly recent convert, so his more recent books are more Catholic,although he is always small 'c' catholic.
Reverting to the 19th Century, both E.A. Poe and Jules Verne wrote stories and novels, some of which straddle the boundary between fantasy & sci-fi.
In the early 20th century, C.S. Lewis's material was fantasy – no extension of gadgets by extrapolating science of his day (in comparison to H.G. Wells). G.K. Chesterton wrote volumes, even some stories for children, but I don't recall anything in the way of sci-fi in his work.
Thanks for discussing the concept. It is difficult to write fiction without incorporating your own world view. G.K.Rowling, like Tolkien, seems to have an underlying Christian world view in her Potter series.
I mostly watch just the Matt Smith seasons (David Tennant is not as good, IMO) and I do notice some bad stuff, and I don't think it should be a children's show, but I don't think it's as bad as some think. Maybe the David Tennant years were worse. Gay 'marriage' jokes are utterly depraved, but I can only remember a couple episodes where they played a prominent role; a couple anti-Christian references, and some innuendo. In all, not really more offensive than, say, Star Trek: The Next Generation, which certainly meets the criteria of the 'idealized society' you refer to. I can't remember much transhumanism, unless I count one of the revelations about River Song, and that was an accident. There's also a lot of respect for human life in DW, like in "The Rebel flesh/The Almost People" two-parter. I suppose that could qualify as transhumanism, but there's no sign that the show approves the creation of the flesh.
The storylines are certainly much tighter than the old Who, but the semi-rambling nature of the old episodes can be pleasant.
I'll admit that I haven't seen much of the new "Doctor Who" (though what I have seen certainly fits your description – anyone else remember that throwaway line in "The End of the World" about "the use of weapons, teleportation, and religion"?), but I'd just like to say that, if the show really has become trans-humanistic in its old age, it's an irony beyond the power of words to describe. It's "Doctor Who", after all, that provided the world with the ultimate icon of trans-humanism run amok – swollen with pride, convinced that its unnatural growth is a sign of perfection and strength, and dedicated to ensuring that all who oppose it "will be exterminated! Exterminate! Exterminate!"
Thinking about this blog, I would venture to recommend the Odd Thomas series by Dean Koontz. While it certainly has some of the horror/thriller aspects of much of his fiction, it is really more of a contemporary fantasy with some science-fiction mixed in. Koontz is a Catholic and the Catholic sensibility (and a respect for the Church) can be seen throughout the series.
They're also just good, keep you at the edge of your seat entertainment.
I see Dr. Who as more science fairy tale than science fiction, though I disagree with the advanced evolving human bit. That's not there that I can see. And the show does raise some serious questions at times (especially under former headwriter Russell Davies). My favorite episode was "New Earth" which looked at research on 'flesh' (really human beings), justified by it helping so many. And those doing it were certainly portrayed as wrong. The episode "The Satan Pit" made a case that the doctor's science was used by him as another 'religion' and forced him to confront that. Who is not supposed to be 'deep', but it did raise questions. I find it far more Sci Fi than Star Trek (which I also love, but that was the one with the utopian Federation). And the peculiar absence of families? When each of the modern Who companions had a family presence, and the current companions are a married couple and their child? Family relationships were at the core of each seasonal arc. I do think some of your observations are correct, as far as the writing reflecting modern culture, but I can't agree with some of the others.


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You too? I was worried that I was the only one. Quick, let's send each other friend requests to stop the bleeding. I don't have any idea why all of these people are deserting me!
What on earth are you talking about ??
Where are there great big letters saying that people are unfriending you...
I don't see it.
It comes up on the top of the screen under the mm banner. and every once in a while it comes back on lost "3 more friends". It says click here to see who un-friended me.
then it disappears and some advertisements pop up, then it comes back again!
It's a banner ad.
It IS an ad. It's just bait to get you to click on the ad so that you might be more likely to read something.
Pretty lame, actually.
Then how come nobody else see's it?
because the bug is on your machine
The MM system used to let you collect friends and your friend count kept going up even if people that became your friends a long time ago were no longer members of the site. I believe the system was purged a while ago and a lot of inactive accounts were removed and if those people were your friends your friend count was reduced accordingly. I think this is now an ongoing process so your friend count may continually go down as people drop out of the system.
If the messages you get are actually part of an ad you might try using some ad blocking software.
I see it too, no bugs on my machine.
We have ads turned off in our MM settings and we have the Firefox browser.
LOL... may I steal your bug?
no problem, it's google's bug.... it came from usda, your taxes paid for it.....help yourself
I don't see ads on the site, thank God
I see it once in a while. But I laugh at it, and go about hunting for llamas.
I have bugs? Oh no does that mean I won't get hired anymore?
I enjoy imagining you saying that in an Elmer Fudd voice
Dunno. You shoot fetish?
Good than we ain't no wabbits!
Most ads stay on the site until people complain in the Site Related forum
I don't think you'll have any problems with your sense of humor.
LMFAO !!!! I like wabbits and puddy cats.
Oh Darn thats it. And it was sooo much fun too.
You do know that's a banner ad for Zoosk right? Well, I guess you don't lol. So...it's a banner ad and has nothing to do with MM.
Edit: OK I guess you do know. The sarcasm was lost in text.
Yes I just signed on today and now it says I have 4 new messages from people who might like me from a dating site! I never even signed up for zoosk. How do they even know me to know I have 4 people who like me.
So hey is that a good thing or a bad thing. I think it is tacky! to be on MM.
I imagine zoosk might think advertising here is a good thing. But atleast when guys come on here looking for dates and strike out they can click on zoosk.
Or the other thing people might look at this as a dating site like zoosk.
HHhhmmmm who makes the choices for the advertising on this site? They need to change jobs maybe wash dogs or something.
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The Great Baking Soda Anti-Hoax
I like to imagine it went something like this:
Five women were sitting around a table eating sprouted whole grain scones, talking about the latest in health scandals. Martha turned to Jody and with a sly smile whispered into Jody's perfect curly-q ear, "Did you know baking powder has aluminum in it? I bet Janice used baking powder in her scones! We're all going to get Alzheimer's now. Thanks a lot, Janice."
Jody squinted her eyes and gave it a bit of thought, and turned to the manicured Steffi and whispered, "Did you hear? Baking powder has aluminum in it!"
Steffi, not quite sure what to make of this information, leaned over and whispered to Maggie, "What's the deal with baking soda containing aluminum? I thought that was BAD!" And Maggie, ever the first to know of shameful health trends, stands up, flips over the table and says, "YOUR BAKING SODA HAS ALUMINUM IN IT, JANICE! WE WILL NOT BE LUNCHING HERE TODAY."
Then all the ladies, except for poor, confused Janice, march out the door and into their nearest Whole Foods to find aluminum-free baking soda.
And that, my friends, is how the myth about baking soda containing aluminum became a widely held misconception.
Baking Soda Does Not Contain Aluminum
Much like my time spent researching borax and olive oil, it really wasn't all that easy to get to the bottom of this baking soda anti-hoax. Everywhere you turn, there are people proudly claiming they only buy Bob's Red Mill Aluminum-Free Baking Soda, because, by gosh and all, if it doesn't say aluminum-free, then it must contain aluminum.
FYI, I buy Bob's Red Mill or Frontier baking soda, too, but for other reasons we'll talk about in a minute.
First, let's just get one thing straight, baking soda does not contain aluminum. Regardless of whether it says aluminum-free or not on the packaging. Even good old Arm & Hammer, with their otherwise questionable products, does not contain aluminum.
Bob's Red Mill, for as much good as they've done, haven't really done any of us a service by popping that aluminum-free label on their bicarbonate of soda. It's only led to a whole lot of confusion. But it sure did make a genius marketing strategy, didn't it?
Anyway, the confusion happened, it seems, because baking powder, which is produced in very different ways from baking soda (though it does contain some baking soda), often does contain aluminum. So if you're going to look for the words aluminum-free, look for it on baking powder.
If the health benefits of using aluminum-free baking powder isn't good enough for you, do it for the taste. Aluminum-free baking powder produces infinitely yummier treats.
But we're not talking about baking powder. We're talking soda here. S-O-D-A.
There IS a Difference, Though
So, now that we know there's no aluminum in baking soda (but that there often is in baking powder), what's the difference between, say, Bob's Red Mill and Arm & Hammer baking soda?
Why on earth would you want to pay dollars more per pound for something like Bob's Red Mill when you can get Arm & Hammer for a stick of gum?
It has to do with the way the two things are procured. A brand like Bob's Red Mill (or Frontier or various other natural brands of baking soda) are mined directly from the ground in their natural sodium bicarbonate state (also known as nahcolite). In fact, Bob's Red Mill is mined right here in Colorado, so for me it's kind of like buying local. Which is nice.
There are no chemical reactions, nothing added or fiddled with. It's just pure sodium bicarbonate, the way the earth made it.
On the other hand, Arm & Hammer baking soda uses a chemical reaction process through which trona ore is mined, then heated until it turns into soda ash. Then the soda ash is treated with carbon dioxide, and baking soda pours forth through the glorious brilliance of science.
It's just a lot of effort to go through to procure something that's abundantly available at this point.
However, I do not look down on the use of Arm & Hammer (or similar brands). In fact, it's the only baking soda I use for cleaning. It's okay enough, for me, to use on counter tops and bathtubs and more.
I choose, though, to only use naturally mined sodium bicarbonate (like Bob's or Frontier) when I cook, make my own skincare items (like deodorant or exfoliant), or take it internally when I have the occasional heartburn.
This Clears Up the Confusion, Yes?
In a nutshell, if you just skimmed all my words and ended up here at the bottom hoping for a quick and easy wrap-up:
- Baking soda does not contain aluminum, regardless of whether or not the package says "aluminum-free."
- Arm & Hammer (and other similar brands) use a chemical process that turns trona ore into soda ash and then reacts carbon dioxide with the soda ash to produce baking soda. This is not necessarily bad, per se, but it's not the same as …
- Brands like Bob's Red Mill and Frontier procure their sodium bicarbonate directly from the ground, in its natural state.
- I'm not going to judge you based on your baking soda buying choices, because I am not Maggie.
Lastly, let me just say this: If you were confused by the baking soda and aluminum situation, do not fret. It's easy to get really confused in the game of whisper words, especially when it's played on the internet.
But now you know, and now you have one less thing to worry about.
You're welcome.
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Thank you, thank you! I was just starting to look for this exact answer as I was getting ready to make my first batch of homemade deodorant and wanted to make sure I wasn't getting anything unwanted.
Thank you! I already knew about the Baking Powder Baking Soda non-aluminum issues for quite awhile. Today you taught me how Baking Soda is procured – I had no clue before this. Thank you!
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Bobs Red Mill is a great company, employee owned by the generous gift from Bob when he retired. Try their excellent flours. I use ww for everything. It is great fun to go to their country store in Milwaukie Oregon.
Actually Bob's Red Mills has recently removed the "aluminum free" label from their baking soda and have given it the meaningless descriptor "all natural". I was buying it because it said aluminum free (and the thought of Alzheimer's scares me). I take a lot of it because I use it to neutralize the acidity in vitamin C powder that I mix into a glass of water(and it's also supposed to potentiate the Vitamin C somehow). Anyway, because I was concerned about the change in labeling I called Bob's Red Mills and asked about it. What I was told was that their baking soda contains naturally occurring trace elements of aluminum and that is why they changed their label. So it in fact does contain aluminum. My question is how much is too much. I'd like to keep doing what I'm doing because it is a cost efficient way to take mega doses of vitamin C. If anybody has any info on that it would be great to hear from you. Thanks!
Thank you for sharing this. I noticed that the "aluminum free" label was nowhere to be found on a recent bag I purchased…and then began googling for answers. Heh heh. So now they are saying it contains naturally occurring trace amounts of aluminum, eh? Hmmmm…
Hello Ben, I also was mega-dosing on Vitamin C (being a loyal Linus Pauling fan), and getting the 'C crystals' which were more economical for the amount I wanted to take. THEN, I learned that Vitamin C is made from CORN – and nearly all corn in the US is GMO (90 to 95%), so I located a different online supplier that sells the powder and capsule form that's made from dried berries (acerola, etc.). That's SYNERGY out of Moab, Utah. There are now other brands, including Trusted Health Products which uses European corn as their source. Because I've read about GMOs (Seeds of Deception, etc.), I want to be as GMO free as possible, although I can no longer afford to 'mega dose' with C. :( Also, THANKS for the correction re trace amounts of aluminum in baking soda.
with a direct intake of baking soda, be careful, a half a tea spoon is good, but not for long periods of time, but if you want vitamin C, forget supplements, majority of there are just Ascorbic acid, it's like getting an egg shell with nothing inside, your best bet is to juice organs, lemons, limes, and grapefruits, oranges for the taste, lemons and limes for the high content of vitamin C, and the grape fruit juice helps the body absorb more of the vitamins, and remember that true vitamin C is water soluble, not this misguided synthetic stuff
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I would say that naturally occurring trace aluminium (I'm not from the UK but I recently read that the official spelling has been changed to this, and I'm a freak when it comes to spelling :) is ok, compared to what they add in deodorants, which is most likely some kind of processed aluminium coming from a huge block of it. I don't know for sure, but I'd rather have naturally occurring aluminium if I had to have it in some form.
I notice the author of the article gives no proof of her research and doesn't give any indication as to where you might find the information that led her to that conclusion. It's a fairly persuasive article that requires you to take everything on faith. I'm not saying there is a harmful amount of aluminum in baking powder, but I do think this article is very much like the scone story used to illustrate the author's point. It's just hearsay. Where are the facts to back it up?
Arm and hammer baking soda has been tested for aluminum and it is a scientific fact proven in the lab analysis that it does contain aluminum often depending upon where they get it from. Bob's red mill is not processed in any industrial chemical plant as is most of arm and hammer's. They gather it from nature's sources without any processing and when tested it never shows aluminum. Now, if you really want to prove that your arm and hammer is clean, go test it and have it analyzed for aluminum and come up with the facts! That is the only way to PROVE any point, otherwise it is all opinion and unsubstantiated. By the way, aluminum has not been proven to cause Alzheimer's, it is simply assumed that, because they find deposits of aluminum in the person's brain, that perhaps it contributed to the disease. But now research shows that it is lack of various minerals that contributes to the disease and the result is mineral imbalance causing aluminum to deposit in the brain tissue. I say lets get some good documented facts not conjecture. Go research it for yourselves is probably the best advice in a situation like this. I have and it gave me the critical evidence i needed.
Thank you so much for this clarification. I started going like; but my homemade deodorant has just normal store bought baking soda ;) just took a deep break after reading your nice piece.
good to know, however, I 'heard' that Arm & Hammer DOES UTILIZE ANIMAL TESTING. So, that has made a BIG impact on my buying choices. Have to admit, I haven't researched it past that… it's on my list ;)
Here's my take … Why does it cost so much more for something that doesn't need any additions or mixing or heating etc. We have to pay extra for it to be simply mined. That makes absolutely no sense at all.
I don't know exactly why they price their items the way they do, but I can give you my opinion based on my observations of other products with similar disparities. Often, if a product uses any non-American factories/mines/etc. to package their product, they are able to do it cheaper because of the wage disparity between American workers and, well… everyone else. Also, smaller businesses often have a higher end price due to the smaller size of their consumer group. In this case, A&H has their product EVERYWHERE and everyone recognizes them and all that. They can afford to procure ginormous amounts of baking soda because they will sell it. Bob's is not everywhere and is not as easily recognizable, so their base is smaller and they have to buy smaller amounts and on and on. HTH
Thanks so much for ending this confusion!
Thank you for this info. I've been trying to find aluminum free deodorants & recipes to make my own & got really confused when I saw the aluminum free claims on baking soda. I thought baking soda was just sodium bicarb….did NOT know about how A&H make theirs & did NOT know about the baking powder. Thanks again!!
Had been wondering if my HS science was REALLY that rusty!!
Reminds me of packaging that says "Fat Free" on things like Twizzlers….
Today I received a manufacturer's email that contradicts your post on aluminium in bicarb of soda. It's from "Dr Oetker" a multinational that makes bicarbonate of soda for the home baking market (sold under the brand superfood here in UK):
Thank you for your enquiry.
There are between 5 & 50 parts per million of aluminium in our bicarbonate of soda, and this is due to cross contamination, not an added ingredient, and therefore can vary slightly from batch to batch.
I hope this is of assistance to you.
Kind Regards
Consumer Response Team
I'd emailed them myself to double check a post on yahoo discussion saying the same, as there is so much misinformation out there by people not checking facts properly. Crunchy Betty it would be very helpful if you update your post in light of such evidence as few will read all these replies and may still be ingesting aluminium unnecessarily due to being misinformed. Love your home made deodorant work though.
Others have voiced my confusion above, but it's pleasant sometimes to add into the melee. I have been signed up since the middle of January, but have three letters. They're great letters! But similarly, I'd like to know if this is just the process in the dust settling or if this is to be expected?
I noticed your column after searching for aluminum free baking powder online, I was not aware that baking soda could contain aluminum since it is sodium bicarbonate. I must confess that I thought you were talking about baking powder until I clicked on your article.
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It is obvious that baking SODA does not contain aluminum, it is one simple ingredient period; sodium bicarbonate. However, many commercially-available baking POWDERS DO CONTAIN AlUMINUM and they should be avoided. Always look for aluminum-free baking POWDER. I agree that marketing baking SODA as aluminum-free is irrelevant. This article began with discussing baking powder but then transitioned to baking soda. Do not confuse the two, they are not one in the same.
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Thanks for this information. I actually just tried to call ArmandHammer but the office was closed. I know too, that depending on who answers the phone I could get a number of different answers! May I ask if you spoke with someone at the Co to see what their response is? I skimmed through the FAQ's on the website, and did not see this concern addressed, although they seemed to speak a lot on Ph and Alkalinity/Acidity for their swimming pool products. Thanks again for your information and research.
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I looked into Bob's Red Mill and the ingredients list. It has cornstarch. GMO?? or non GMO???
dear people, where can I buy bobs red mill or frontrier soda bicarbonate in the netherlands or closeby
thanks you in advance
Sodium aluminum sulphate is the one I had recently been advised to avoid. I even bought Rumford Baking Powder until I could research. After exhaustive search, the only link between health and harm associated with SAS was a link in some studies to Alzheimer's. But nothing truly conclusive. I would like to thank you for this blog, it has really helped to solidify my own suspicions.
I think baking soda back in the day had aluminium chloride or something in it. I'm actually looking for it (hence finding your post) to make super snappy gingernut biscuits. So Bob's label at some time may have been purposeful.
Can't seem to find it though!
I know a lot about health, but didn't know this. Just never thought to consider otherwise! (Not that I'm really so afraid of aluminum now, with all the great ways I know to single it out for elimination.) Thanks for your lesson. :)
BOB'S RED MILL did not stop using "aluminum free" because it back-tracked not containing aluminum. It's because it wasn't necessary. And were there aluminum in natural traces, you can live with that. For example, apple seeds contain traces of arsenic such that if you swallow seeds you have NO CHANCE at all of dying. Naturally occurring traces are just that.
Regardless it is a good discussion thus, how much is in fact in a naturally-occurring "trace" of aluminum?
And yes you may wind up PAYING MORE for something that is not processed by a company that is as ubiquitous as Arm & Hammer. With most products you want as little refining as possible.
If you are making deodorant even with A & H baking soda you are still avoiding the aluminum that commercial deodorant companies ADD to the product. I'm not sure why people would argue on this board about that. You STILL are making a huge difference! If you can't afford to buy for $3 what you can get for $.80 at a local store, it's okay – you haven't failed the universe!
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Aluminum is one of the most plentiful elements in the world. It is in trace amounts in almost everything including you! It is in the plants you eat and even in pastured, organic meat. Ordinary clays have large amounts of it but it is chemically tied up. So I personally wouldn't worry about clay. So yes, it is in A&H baking soda in very small amounts and it is also in Bob's Red Mills baking soda, in very small amounts. Almost anything mined has it. Almost anything running through any kind of equipment has it. It is darn near everywhere and in darn near everything.
But if you are trying to avoid consumption of significantly large amounts of aluminum, then buy baking POWDER that is not aluminum based. You would have to eat tons and tons of baking soda (either brand) to equal the aluminum in one teaspoon of aluminum based baking powder. Even then you can be assured that even non-aluminum baking powder contain tiny amounts of aluminum. Don't spaz over it. Stress is bad for you. Smiling improves your health more than worrying about the trace amounts of aluminum.
Bobs doesnt have aluminum free on their packaging for BS. Maybe they use to?
I just bought Bob's Red Mill Baking Soda. It does not say aluminum free on the package. It does say aluminum free on their baking powder package.
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I contacted bobs red mill and asked about the aluminum.. This is what I got as an answer today: Thank you for contacting Bob's Red Mill!
Bob's Red Mill packages only one type of baking soda, an all-natural baking soda that is mined from the earth. Like most of our other products, our baking soda is minimally processed—it is simply a product of nature; nothing is added, nothing is taken out.
About a year ago we took the statement "aluminum free" off the label because we became aware that there may be naturally-occurring traces of aluminum in our baking soda. While the amount of aluminum is miniscule to none, we feel omitting the term "aluminum free" will avoid any confusion or misleading claims with our customers. It is the same baking soda that it has always been.
Please feel free to contact me if you need help with anything else.
Have a great day!
So.. it contains traces of aluminum…. Sad story..
Unfortunately I dont believe what is said here. Theres aluminum in bicarbonate of soda. One of the biggest european producers Dr. Oetker admits their BoS got particles of aluminum. so… dont take it for granted.
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You are lucky! at least you know which baking soda do you use? There are no labels for the baking soda in Serbia, unfortunately. They are all the same! No warnings in any way. Ha!
"There are no chemical reactions, nothing added or fiddled with. It's just pure sodium bicarbonate, the way the earth made it." If you and the guileless fools that swoon over your blog think that sodium bicarbonate mined from the earth wasn't produced through chemical reactions, I have a bridge to sell you. Don't worry, it's crunchy.
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If baking soda doesn't include aluminum, why companies that produce it admit there are traces of it in their products?
"We can confirm that Doves Farm Bicarbonate of Soda conforms to the relevant purity criteria relating to aluminium levels including Commission Regulation (EU) 231/2012 and amendments. Although there are no aluminium additives in the product,there are trace levels of aluminium present at < 0.5mg/kg. Doves Farm "
Sorry, but your article does not clear up the confusion at all. Your blanket statement that baking soda does not contain aluminium is not a proven fact; it is just your unsubstantiated opinion. Without having samples analysed by a certified trace elements laboratory, one cannot be certain that any particular batch of baking soda does or does not contain aluminium.
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Have You Lived Without a Dryer?
It may be a tad bit early to start making resolutions for the new year, but when our less-than-efficient dryer died on us this weekend we thought, why not start being greener and hang our clothes to dry from now on instead of getting it fixed?
Most people who live outside of the U.S. survive perfectly happily without a dryer and we'll be saving lots of energy (and hopefully some money, too), but we imagine the whole process will take quite a bit longer.
We'd love to hear any advice you have for living a dryer-free life in the comments below.
For some tips for where to hang those soaking clothes, check out Wes & Kayla's post, Where Do you Hang Wet Laundry?
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I lived in Japan for 4 years and didn't have a dryer and hated it! In winter it took two days to dry and I can't tell you how many times I had to rush home because it was about to rain. Or how many times I had to rewash my clothes because I couldn't get home. Weather reports aren't always right!
The two-day dry time when it was cold or when I had to hang inside made it really hard to plan my outfits (I also had to wash more because every where you go someone is smoking). I think I ended up wasting energy and water because I had to run so many small loads!
Here's a picture: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2413/2382654649_97d7184c14_o.jpg
I live in HK, in a rural area outside the city and we, and most of the people in our village, do not have a dryer. Dryers are not big in Asia. It's fine. We dry our clothes outside. When it gets really bad during the rainy season, we run the dehumidifier in one room and dry clothes there, or maybe take them to the local laundromat. But I like not having a dryer, just as I like not owning a car. It's a good way to save energy and save the planet. I know in cold climates it can be harder, but during the summer when it's nice weather, what's the point in using a dryer? Clothes dried outside smell much nicer too.
I live in Italy. Sorry for my bad english... Most people in Italy doesn't own a dryer. I think 99% of people. For us it is prefectly normal to live without and it isn't a problem. in the summer clothes and other things out , in the garden, or on the terrace, and in few hours it is dry. Otherwise in the winter, we put things inside. My way is , to wash every morning few things , so the day after they are perfectly dry.
So it is possible save energy and spend less money.
i live in Toronto, Canada.
My wife and I have been dryer-use-free for almost 2 years. In the summer, we dry on a combination of outdoor line and indoor drying racks. in the winter we just use the indoor racks.
the racks are really handy (we have 2) because they're light and foldable. we keep them stored when not in use, then bring them out and set them in a sunny spare bedroom when its clothes drying time!
it is TOTALLY possible (nay - easy) to live dryer free. clothes drying time is between a few hours and 1 day. i think having a good front load washer really helps as the spin cycle gets much of the clothing 75% of the way there.
I've never owned a dryer in my life (or a dishwasher)-I don't think dryers are quite as prevalent in the UK as they are in the US. So if we can do it with our crap weather, anyone can! When I've used dryers on holiday/at my mother-in-laws, I dislike the feeling of artificially dried clothes.
First step is to make sure you're using the setting on the washing machine that spins the clothes sufficiently.
On dry days it's a breeze (ho ho), on wet days it's not so bad either. I don't leave clothes outside if I'm going out-they only take a day to dry even inside.
We have a maiden (drying rack) which I position near to the bedroom radiator, but I also have these mini racks you hang off the radiators-most things dry in an hour when next to the radiator and at this time of year I have the radiators on every evening. I seem to have a picture hanging off most of my radiators so I also hang my shirts on their hanger, then hang them off the picture. As hot air rises, they dry fast too. In the summer things seem to dry faster anyway even indoors.
My husband and I have been using indoor racks since this summer, and really like it. Sure, it takes longer to dry, but it really saves on the electric bill. The one thing that can be unpleasant is your amount of clothing that needs to be ironed will definitely increase. Overall, it usually takes about a day to fully dry, though is seems to take a little bit longer now that it's getting colder. But it really seems to work for us.
i have a dryer, but i didn't use it all spring and summer, and most of the autumn until it began snowing. last winter i air dried all winter inside after converting an unused phone-booth sized shower stall into a drying rack by adding hanging rods. in the winter i still use the dryer for towels and big things because i don't have the room inside to hang them, but i'll hang clothes up. colorado is so dry that even in winter stuff will dry in a day.
Even when I had a dryer I rarely use it because I wear a lot of t-shirts that I try to keep from shrinking too much. Now I'd much rather use the space in the laundry room for storage. Also, I'm cheap and try to keep my utility bills down.
i'd never actually seen a dryer in a private house before moving to the US. people don't really use dryers all that much outside of the US/canada.
i have lived across three continents and saw dryers being indispensable only in the USA. We have lived wthout dryers all our llves...even now...we have a clothes drying stand which stays in our house....It is nice that the stand fits exactly one washer load of clothes..so its win win all the way
I lived in Brazil for two years and no dryer necessary. The only thing I missed was my jeans shrinking a bit. It definitely extends the life of your clothes!
Air-drying clothes definitely helps them last longer. As someone else mentioned, it's important to make sure the clothes are getting fully spun out in the washer first-- that really helps. If you're anywhere near a Japanese market (bigger cities often have them) they have great space-saving circular racks for hanging socks and other small items.
I lived without a dryer in England, and it was seldom inconvenient, even with four people in the flat and only two drying racks. Things took a day or two to dry, no matter the weather (we didn't have a place to dry outdoors). Now I tend to do one dryer load to every two washer loads and dry the other half of my clothes on racks.
We air-dry a lot of our clothes--in our apartment we used drying racks, and now that we have a house we use a combination of racks and clothesline. However, we do use the dryer for towels, sheets, and heavy items. My guess is that we use the dryer for less than 1/2 of our laundry loads--probably about 2/5.
I have been dryer free for 2 years now (with an 18 month old and mechanic spouse, no less!) Weather permitting, clothes go out on the line, and if the weather isn't cooperating, they go on the indoor line and on our two drying racks. I saw the article on apartmenttherapy for a $5 indoor laundry line and we put one up. Clothes go on it and 24 hours later they're dry. We had to improvise because our landlord would not allow a dryer, only a washer, so we had to get creative on how we dried our clothes. The laundromat was just too expensive. My house always smells fresh and clean and we're saving $60 a month in energy bills. Combine that with the savings from making my own laundry soap and we're saving a bundle!!
I haven't used a dryer for the majority of my clothes for at least 20 years. I started because I had little money and also didn't want my shirts to shrink in the dryer. I noticed that my clothes lasted longer. I started hanging my shirts on the shower rod right out of the washer and don't need to iron anything -- sometimes you have to spend some time smoothing out something like cuffs while the clothes are damp. And I love it that my clothes are ready to hang in the closet once they are dry. However, more for space issues, I usually use a dryer for underwear, socks, bedding and towels. But I only wash and dry those items when I have a full load. However, I wonder how much space I'd need for a couple of drying racks. And in the winter it would be nice to have a little more humidity. Hmm.
I'm from NZ & Australia, and like most people outside of the US, we didn't use dryers. I lived in one place that had a dryer, and we used it only for when it was wet for weeks on end and we needed to dry sheets (they were too big to hang up inside).
i live in Los Angeles and have a washer, but no dryer. i have a clothesline outside and it works fine for me.
Love living without a dryer... Although, I must admit, I still use the dryer when I launder my bed linens. I simply don't have the space to line dry a comforter or sheets :(
I've learned the vinegar trick when laundering towels; a half-cup of vinegar into the rinse cycle removes most of the detergent that gets left behind, leaving the towels much softer when line dried than one would normally get!
There is nothing better than the smell of sun dried clothes straight from the clothes line. Sure, not everyone has the room outside or the climate, but if you do, use it. Solar power is free! And don't think of a rain shower as a negative, its just another rinse cycle........
I lived in Scotland for 6 months without a dryer. We lived in an apartment with high ceilings. We had a drying rack that was suspended from the ceiling and lowered by a rope. Even with a regular load of laundry, everything hung out of the way. With three of us, we never had a problem with drying space or drying time. We all just kept two sets of bedding so that we could change to a new one while the other had time to dry. As convenient as dryers are, I have never felt inconvenienced without one. The same goes for not having a microwave while living in Italy. Seems to me we felt more like we had the time to cook meals plus we enjoyed the work more. Cooking stopped being a chore, but a pleasure.
I live in Canada and so use an indoor rack in the winter. It's foldable so I stick it under my bed when it's not in use and just pop it up in my bathroom when I need it. It's not much of a bother at all, and on top of being "green" it's saved me a lot of money. I see no reason to ever go back to using a dryer.
I'm from outside Chicago, and my family wouldn't have a problem using a clothes line to dry everything outdoors... but it really gets to my mom's allergies. Has anyone else had this problem?
My mum had a dryer from when I was young (maybe 7 or 8 years old). It was used mainly after the summer, when we couldn't hang washing outdoors. I missed having a washer and dryer when I first moved out. And when I moved to a bigger place with my OH we bought our own washer and a dryer. My OH's parents had always had a dryer so maybe that's why we got both. It lives under the stairs. We use it mostly in non-summer months – and in the UK that happens more often than we'd like. But it's worth it for towels, bedding and underwear. Maybe it depends on how warm your house is but it can take 2/3 days to dry clothes and we both detest those radiator racks!
I'm English, now living in Australia, and I'm in total agreement with all the posters who've said that dryers only seem common in the US (& possibly Canada) - the rest of the world copes perfectly fine without them, regardless of the weather.
When I was at uni, living in halls for a year, with just one room to call my own, I used the provided dryer because I simply did not have the room to hang my stuff to dry and be able to use the room - it was big enough for a sink, desk, wardrobe and bed, with a small rug down the middle, and nothing more. Other than then, haven't seen the need for one, even when I was living in an apartment where the rules forbid me from hanging anything on the balcony to dry - that place had a living space, so it was easy (I did miss drying stuff outdoors though).
Line dried clothes feel nicer, last longer, and don't actually increase the amount of ironing necessary if you flap all the creases out first. And the bonus in our current house is that there was space in the laundry for a dryer, which we've instead used for a little chest freezer - soooo useful!
I live in Greece where 90% of the people don't own a dryer. Line drying here is very easy because almost every house and apartment has a balcony with lines for the clothes to dry. In winter it takes a day, in the summer a couple of hours.
We own a dryer for "emergencies" but don't use it. We started by hanging clothes outside in the fall, spring and summer, and then we strung a double-line in our kitchen for rainy days and winter. Now I use my dryer maybe 2-3 days per year. We saw our electricity bill go down by over $90 a month, and that was five years ago. Sometimes it's a pain to navigate around the laundry in the kitchen, but it's worth it - our clothes last longer, drying adds humidity to our house, and we're saving money and energy.
We upgraded to a high efficiency front-load washer and that helped a GREAT deal, plus we have a wood stove that we use to primarily heat our kitchen and part of our great room. When we have guests, the line is on hooks and just comes down. I start a load of wash at night, and then we hang it early in the morning. By supper, it's dry and comes down. I can sometimes do two loads a day if I plan it right. Small things (socks & kids' underwear) just go on the radiators.
In the warm months, I can dry 2-3 loads on the line. The key is to plan ahead and to do laundry every day rather than in one big fell swoop. I do use fabric softener which helps - but I only use petroleum-free, phosphate-free products as we are in a public watershed and we have a septic system. We love it!
I live in an RV and do most of my laundry with a WonderWash and spin dryer (http://www.squidoo.com/doing-laundry-by-hand-in-an-rv). The spin dryer is basically an electric wringer. It gets most of the water out of the clothes and then I drape them on a drying rack. It takes a day or two for them to dry completely. I don't mind because I save a ton of money, but I will admit that the drying rack takes up a lot of space in my 125 square foot home. When I am somewhere that outdoor drying is permitting, then I take advantage of the sun. Drying is faster and my clothes smell great!
i can honestly say that i really missed having a dryer when i moved out. it makes the clothes feel softer and smell nice, plus there warm when they come out. also the baskets of laundry are heavy when they're wet and our clothes line was quite a ways away. also i live in a place where its cold and snowy 3/4 of the year and it takes forever to dry the clothes especially if your not home and it surprise rains on your stuff :( worth the money to me but i was raised with a washer here in the isa


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What professional digital camera would you recommend for someone wanting to print professional images? Also, what lenses, lighting are most necessary?
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What professional digital camera would you recommend for someone wanting to print professional images? Also, what lenses, lighting are most necessary?
Maybe you need to tell us more about your budget, size of your prints..
I'm a fan of Nikon and would recommend D300 or the cheaper D80. But I've also heard good things about Canon Eos 50D which has 15 megapixels.
Here's a resource that may be of help.
For lenses, it will also depend on what you want to take pictures of as well as your budget.
Lenses should be fixed focal length (i.e. not zoom) as you get better qaulity for your money. Then any higher range DSLR would be OK. Generally the more the better. I use a Canon 20D which is still doing me fine after several years. Reliable camera. Get the latest photo mag, and read up on the reviews. Lenses vary a lot, I use a Sigma 1.4 30mm (effective focal length just short of 50mm with a 1.6 conversion factor in the DSLR). Good all round lens.
Where are your images going to be used? How large will they be used? What's your budget?
You mentioned lighting... Will you be studio based or are you referring to flashguns perhaps?
What will be your subject matter? Having us suggest wide-angle lenses when you're wanting to shoot sport from hundreds of metres away isn't going to help you at all!
More info, please!
Try Canon EOS 50D. I love it!
I heard Lumix Panasonic are good ones. My brother has one. However, as for me I'm fine with my Sony Ericsson D750i 2.0 megapixel camera.
I really like my rebel xti.. if your going to spend money on a camera make sure you have 300ish to spend on a lens as well or else there is not much point.
I like it because when I upgrade to a newer body Ill have all my old lenses.
For starter and bang for the buck. I recommend Nikon D40.:)
One more vote for Canon EOS series. What lenses you need depends on what kind of objects do you shoot. Flowers? Athletes? Birds? They all need different lenses for the best result.
Professionals - won't use digital one
Rebel is what I consider as starting point. Then I'll invest in lenses that I can still use even when I upgrade the body.
You're going to get as many answers as there are people in this forum. Here's mine...Quote:
Originally Posted by Knicksfan77
In photography, lighting matters much more than your camera. An el cheapo compact camera like a Powershot or Coolpix, can, with proper lighting (and maybe a tripod), give you results indistinguishable from a quote-unquote "professional" camera.
Some of those compact cameras offer resolutions as high as 8 or 10 megapixels... large enough for quality prints.
The reason for going for an SLR is to have full control over your depth of field and access to the wider array of lenses, filters, strobes, etc. But all of those things will begin to cost you more and more money, so it's usually best to purchase at your level and work your way up as you need (or want) to.
In compact cameras, I like Canon's Powershot, because it offers a full manual mode. This means that I can put the camera on my tripod and use natural light, no matter how dark, to get properly exposed photographs (by using longer shutter-speeds). OR, I can use desk-lamps and whatever else is around to compose my shot.
In SLR's, I use a Nikon D80. This is an entry level, "amateur" camera, though as I said, your camera matters much less than your lighting. With proper lighting I've been getting great results so far, and as I learn more about white-balance and composition, my photographs have been getting better and better. All that without the zillion dollar, high-end cam.
A "compact camera" by the way, is one of those all-in-one, point-and-shooter type cameras. The lens and flash are built-in to the body, and usually there's an LCD screen at the back where you look to compose your shot.
Here's a good example of what a compact camera looks like.
An "SLR" or "Single Lens Reflex" is one of those fancy-dangle, larger cameras. The lenses are separate to the camera body and sold separately. This will cost you more money of course, but allow you to purchase only lenses you need and lenses that fit your budget. You can also attach external flashes or studio-strobes to SLR's, plus the whole, wide array of accessories like remote controls and power-packs, etc.
Here's a good example of an SLR.
Realistically, the only times these days when film cameras may beat digital cameras will be for gigantic prints, like building-size. With those enormous sizes, nothing beats a film transparency... so far !Quote:
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4" x 5" format cams or modern Twin Lens Reflex, for example.
But digital cameras are catching up fast, and soon enough film will be replaced, just as CD's replaced VHS cassettes.
Did you know there's a 160 megapixel cam out there ?
I am satisfied with my camera - canon digital camera
Well, Nikon people will surely recommend something from their product line, which is fine. As i'm from the Canon clan, i'll try to go with Canon:
All depends from your budget, really. I would recommend Canon 5D Mark II - as a balance of price and quality. For a lower budget - 400D (the Rebel one). Then, you have to get a good lens that fits to your needs...
I just got a new canon 16.7 megapixel camera. Now, I finally understand how having a higher MP camera can enhance images - especially those of people. Has anyone else found the same?
That's mostly for the sake of printing. Higher resolutions can print larger.Quote:
Originally Posted by jervin69
You have an added benefit of being able to crop to your subject tighter, but presumably you shoud crop as tight as you can while shooting, rather than while photo-editing.
Sharpness and clarity of your photographs have more to do with lenses (and focus and aperture) than resolution.
From 2 MP you can already print perfect pictures on A4 paper size (30*20 cm).
I have a digital camera with 6 MP. I can print very large pictures, specially when I save them in RAW format, I can get the pictures super large so I have > 250 Mb per picture... (depending on the format .tiff, .psd, ...) to print on extra large canvasses etc...
So I mostly save the RAW format and convert to .jpg as tiny as possible (otherwise it takes shitloads of space on the hard disk). If I want the bigger picture, I reopen the RAW format and let it recalculate to a huge large .jpg.
So for me, > 6 MP camera's are totally idiot.
Question yourself how many times you print a picture so big to cover a 5 meter long wall ...
A few months ago I printed 2 canvasses of about 110*55 cm with my 6 MP camera. Already big enough.
If you want to make pictures for the web. Make sure your pics aren't higher than 50 Kb per picture. Otherwise it takes longer to load. Specially when you have more than one picture on your page. Also think about lots of people with telephone-line-modems (slow internet). There are lots of them in poor countries.
I too love taking lots of photographs. But for a limited budget
I only use a sony digital camera. I can't afford compact cameras, they're far too expensive. Since I'm highly skilled with Photoshop, my sony digital camera works well for me.
I seriously would consider a Canon EOS series camera if I was you. Canon makes great CMOS sensors which are considered to be the best in the world. They outperform the Nikon and the Sony sensors for grain, noise and edges.
anyone from Nikon, Canon or Sony!!


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Psycho: 4 layers, 5 colors.
Psycho: 4 layers, 5 colors.
Suspiria! 8 Layers of awesome.
Also happens to be my first stencil where the print is available here: http://society6.com/thatash
Oh hey, look who got a replacement wacom tablet for the one that was stolen months ago. Here's some uninteresting angsty portraiture to test 'er out.
Drag Queen inspired Halloween Villainess. Mechanical pencil with a wee bit o' Photoshop.
Daily Sketch: Martin Freeman as Bilbo.
I used a full page this time instead of just a corner of the page!
Two sketches from yesterday and today. First is Ravenna from Snow White and the etc etc. Charlize Theron was pretty crazy, but I mostly hated that movie. Second is Vigo the Frisbee King of Chicago (he has never been to Chicago).
Giant Owl Face.
Nearly forgot to share this.
3 layers, 16"x20". Did earlier this month as a birthday present for my sister, Rhiana. Who has an increasing collection of random owl stuff.
Watercolors? Not my strongest thing. Not a bad attempt though, I guess.


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Whisky Type
Single malt English Whisky Queen's Diamond Jubilee Commemorative Bottling.
Specially bottled to celebrate Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee 1952-2012 by St George's whisky distillery made using barley grown on the Sandringham Estate (the country retreat of Her Majesty The Queen).
Only 3,300 decanters have been made available bottled at 46% ABV.
Nose: Warming and spicy. Baked apples with sultanas, vanilla, dried apricots, slight toffee and malty overtones, hints of cloves and cinnamon spice. With water the nose opens up to reveal more green apple, cinnamon and almonds with a very slight hint of aniseed.
Palate: Again, warming and spicy, think white pepper. The crisp maltiness tingles on the tongue. Rich fruits and cloves. Sweet with hints of candyfloss. Nice long sweet, dry malty finish.
St George's (England)
St. George's Distillery is situated at Roudham, between Cambridge and Norwich in Norfolk, England Opened at the end of 2006 and the first distillery in England to produce malt whisky in over a hundred years. St. George's Distillery is equipped with two copper stills and water is extracted from an aquifer deep beneath the distillery. Around thirteen barrels of St. George's spirit are produced per week, just one more than Edradour which is one of the smallest distilleries in Scotland. Both peated and unpeated malt whisky is being matured and bottled at St. George's Distillery.


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Aaron Paul, New York City
I can only imagine the two of them hanging out together. Good god.
Wow, Wow. Wow.
Well, damn.
Set list. July 16, 2013 Red Rocks
WHEEL!!! omg yes
He actually played Wheel during the sound check in Dallas, so I figured he'd play it at Red Rocks after he didn't end up playing it here.
So jelly.
Richard Mayer joins John on stage and picks his favorite song.
Precious much?
Oh, my godddddddddddd. This is too perfect. He even picked one of my all time favorite songs, too.
The JCM crew… we hung out all night after the show hoping to see John with no such luck but we had a blast :-)
LOL. Totally stuck around til nearly 2 am hoping he'd make an appearance.


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Animal Kingdom was like a coyote, king of the jungle! (reference to the first "Deuce Bigalow" movie).
The half-assed live blog from Derby Day wouldn't be half-assed if I actually completed it so I have zero regrets.
With the release of "Six Weeks" right around the corner, The Carryover Classic faces a revival and I hope you'll join me here, over at The Blog Itself, www.brendanomeara.com, and even over at my Facebook and Twitter accounts for the latest news and updates about readings and signings. I'll be all over the place and I can't wait to meet and greet readers.
All for now, but stay tuned. Here's a little nugget for you: the Top 3 Preakness finishers.
1. Dialed In
2. Shackleford
3. Animal Kingdom
No Triple Crown this year, but I think Animal Kingdom does have a legitimate shot.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
King of the Jungle
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Dialed In for 5 million ??
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The Adolescent Family Center provides:
The center offers services on a sliding fee scale. However, we serve all patients regardless of income or ability to pay. The center helps uninsured pregnant teens apply for KidCare to cover the cost of their prenatal care and delivery.
The Adolescent Family Center staff includes Rush University Medical Center physicians, nurses, medical assistants, social workers and clerical staff.