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Easy Pantry Dinners: 5 Meals with Frozen Ravioli
I'm not sure when ravioli wiggled its way into my weeknight meal repertoire, but a package now lives permanently my freezer. Ravioli and its stuffed-pasta kin are a boon on late nights when I need a meal on the table STAT. Do you ever use frozen ravioli for quick meals?
I typically buy my ravioli and tortellini pre-made from either the farmers market, Whole Foods, or Trader Joe's. I keep one or two packets in the freezer at a time, rotating the fillings so I don't get bored.
1. Simple Pasta Dish - Of course, the most straight-forward and obvious use for ravioli is in a simple pasta dish. Toss the warm pasta with a few chopped tomatoes, some wilted greens, or a favorite sauce, and dinner is served.
2. Big Dinner Salad - This is also one of my favorite make-ahead lunches. I usually quick-caramelize onions and toss them with the cooked ravioli, salad greens, a handful of nuts, and whatever fresh veggies I have around.
3. Ravioli Soup - You can cook the frozen ravioli right in the simmering broth for a super quick soup. Other veggies are a bonus.
4. Ravioli Stir-Fry - This is nothing fancy, but it gives some variety to the same old plate of pasta. I stir-fry some vegetables and add the cooked ravioli at the end. The edges of the ravioli crisp up in the hot pan and get nicely crunchy.
5. Ravioli Bake - Layer ravioli in a baking dish with some tomato sauce and a variety of chopped veggies to make a quick free-form casserole. Bake at 350°F until bubbly. It takes a little more time than the other dishes, but nice for a simple dump-and-cook meal.
What are your favorite quick meals with ravioli?
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Started studying part-time last fall and frozen pasta became an important part of my weeknight cooking routine. Getting home from evening classes at 9pm means that meals need to quasi-instant. My go-to recipe is to throw some frozen green beans into the boiling ravioli and top with browned butter (garlic in with that) and parmesan.
i usually just drizzle extra virgin olive oil and grate some parmesan or reggiano over top. simple. easy. wonderful.
I too have recently started keeping ravioli in the freezer for those times when I need a quick/easy dinner. I usually go with a drizzle of olive oil and a sprinkling of parm and seasoned breadcrumbs, but that salad sounds so brilliant! I'm totally going to give that a go.
I think Trader Joe's mushroom ravioli is restaurant quality. I make a quick alfredo sauce to add to a couple packages for a hearty cool/cold weather meal.
We "bread" them by dipping in a mixture of plain yogurt and milk then in bread crumbs mixed with grated parm. Bake at 425 for 15 and serve with marinara or ranch.
The costco near me carries some that are surprisingly good, and I like having them in the freezer for busy evenings. They do make a decent meal very quickly.
TJ's has incredible frozen artichoke tortellini (haven't tried the ravioli). That used to be my favorite "bachelor" meal, with lots of (frozen) spinach, olive oil, s+p, sometimes a frozen pre-cooked sausage thrown into the pasta cooking water.
Thanks for all the ideas!
My sister in law's recipe: brown 1 lb of ground beef, add a can of diced tomatoes, fresh spinach to wilt, and a package of feta cheese to the cooked ravioli. Yum.
These are genius ideas! I'm going to need them for when I start grad school in the fall. Thank you!
I love the butternut squash ravioli from TJs. It's excellent with a cream sauce.
There's usually one or two packages of those in my fridge for those nights I just don't want to cook.
I've never had a frozen pasta that I would buy again, including most of the ones mentioned here. But I do like Popkoff Russian style dumplings. No junk in them and really high quality tasting.
What's next? Easy pantry dinners with frozen pizzas, where we discuss how to "personalize" the pizzas with an extra grating of Parmesan or a bit of salt and pepper? I maintain that it's not cooking when you start with store-bought raviloli.
@bottomup, it sure must be nice to have ALL the time in the world to cook from scratch every single night of your life.


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"I grew up in an ethnically Muslim country where religion was forbidden for 75 years during Soviet Union. My father was a Darwinist, my mother – an atheist. I have never prayed in a mosque or a church." Their next question is: – "Do you believe in God?" I answer: "Sometimes, when I feel things are spinning out of control, I cringe and call out to something, anything which can give me hope." "Ah", they say, "then you believe in God." Especially with the recurrent violence in Egypt, I feel that faith has more to do with a relief from suffering than a path to forgiveness, as a deeply human rather than religious sentiment.


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Ground floor Flat with view on a lovely green garden in the backyard in the typical Berlin tenement 1900. The apartment is renovated and clean, bright, furnished with new furniture in white and green colors. A full kitchen, a bathroom with shower, bed linen, towels, internet and TV with 70 channels, the large double bed for 2 and a sleeping chair for one person make the apartment perfect for longer stays as well.
Located in the Prenzlauer Berg, super area with many bars, restaurats, galleries, theaters, clubs is also a safe district with an international audience. Just 200 meters from the metro Schönhauser Allee is ideal to reach everything.
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Located in the Prenzlauer Berg, super neighborhood with many bars, restaurants, galleries, theaters, clubs is also a safe district with an international audience. Just 200 meters from the metro Schönhauser Allee is ideal to reach everything. A laundromat is parallel to the road.
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Have you guys met the *king* yet? He usually talks in 3rd person. I find him so adorable and funny. the fact the he talks in 3rd person only makes him more unique to me. He makes my gloomy days better. So if you are gloomy go find him. ( don't tell him I mentioned him or he might not be so nice to me anymore).
I don't understand how can today be the last episode ...But eitherway I am getting teary eyed about my phooti kismat. Just joking. I guess it's bittersweet that i get to do the last update for Kuchh is tara.
So 0n with the update
Pooja calls Ranbir (sooo hot and looked amazing) Aditya asked what's wrong. It looks like a bomb blasted. Ranbir drags Aditya to Akki's room. He goes through everything realizing Akki's things are missing. Ranbir picks up the mattress and finds kanya, ranbir and Akki's pictures. With Ranbir's faces crossed out. And I love Natasha everywhere. (wow! how childish. Who does that anymore. 13 yr old habit and that too for a guy???) Ranbir sits on the bed and tears roll down his eyes. he asks why did kanya do this to him? Then he finds an address behind the photo and decide they must've gone there. he tells Adi to bring everyone there as he doesn't care who finds out what anymore.
Next they go to the bhoot banglow and everyone calsl for kanya and Akki. Ranbir finds a bill of londons flight. They want to stop the flight but Rishi says the flight leaves in 5 mins we won't even get there (smart man) Aditya talks about his flop self and tells Ranbir to call the airport authorities and let them know the plane has a bomb in it. Ranbir calls but they let him know the flight already left (ohh Rannu's face)
Ranbir cries. Shanta comes and comments how this is the 1st time she has seen magar mach ke aasoon. She also calls him a ghenda crying over Kanya. Then kanya comes and asks why did Ranbir let her go? (ok idiot girl! he didn't! you left) Shanta explain how she knew all along. She took care of her as a mother. She was suspicious of Akki so then she found out his plan. She went to london from her bai association. She found out the guru doctor. She brought him here and he gurantees to fix her in a week. (wow! she was treated for soooo many yrs and no faida and he can fix her in a week) Shanta brings the tied up akki. Shanta says he killed Nats parents. Now nat doesn't hate Ranbir anymore. both love him. Rishi calls his commissioner and tells him bad news nat flew the country. Everyone gets happy. kanya says she doesn't know what she did to him as Nat, she doesn't even know how she turns into Nat but she loveshim and can't live without him. Falshbacks and tumse hi come for the 100 times. (they even show the cooking contest episode)---- The end
My rating: 2 !! I don't want mess anyone else's taste so separate post for that!
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With sole possession of sixth place in the Eastern Conference on the line, the Rangers hosted the Boston Bruins yesterday afternoon at MSG, and the Garden faithful were treated to a stunning goaltending duel between Henrik Lundqvist and Alex Auld. After 60 minutes of regulation and five more in overtime, neither club managed to put the puck in the net, so the shootout decided which team would earn the extra point and move into sixth.
Nigel Dawes remained perfect in shootout attempts (now three for three) when he wristed a shot past Auld (who registered his third shutout) in the second round; it was the only tally of the shootout. Dawes' goal lifted the Blueshirts to 1-0 victory for their 12th consecutive game in which they earned at least one point.
Thanks to Lundqvist's outstanding performance, coach Tom Renney's' decision to again shoot first worked this time as Marco Sturm, Phil Kessel and David Krejci were all stopped in the shootout. Lundqvist was selected the first star with 29 saves and earned his 16th career shutout.
Alex Auld made 35 saves and was almost as brilliant as Lundqvist. Both teams had great scoring chances but were frustrated by great goaltending time and time again. Auld was the beneficiary of two crossbars but that did not take away from his effort whatsoever.
The victory salvaged one game for the Rangers in the four game series with the Bruins this season. Both teams have 13 games remaining. The Rangers are just two points behind the Ottawa Senators for fifth and have a game in hand on them. New Jersey still leads the conference with 86 points, five more than the Blueshirts.
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[This delightful furry fellow is a Horton Plains slender loris, a species thought to be extinct until it was photographed in Sri Lanka by the Zoological Society of London. Next time let's use red-eye reduction, okay guys? Pic via AP.]
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* When I changed the domain name of this blog a few months ago, I abandoned the host site where I had parked a stash of older and/or non-running related articles. It was a site that my wife created while I was waiting to see if this whole blogging thing was going to work out. Anyway, there were a handful of things there that I was reluctant to see disappear into the cyber-ether – so from time to time over the next few months, I'll post some of those articles here to give them a permanent home. Secondly ...
* Earlier this month, my wife and I took two of our kids to the UCLA-Stanford football game, which was won convincingly by our Bruins. Here is a scene from after the game:
The excursion was my 6-year-old daughter's first college football game, but my son's second. After his first game two years ago, I wrote an article about my Circle of Life-like feelings about UCLA athletics for my old website, which follows below.
I meant to post it immediately after this year's game, but some other thoughts were more prevalent on my mind, and before I knew it, two weeks slipped away. In hindsight, the timing for this post is good for a couple of reasons: 1) It's a reminder to me that all of the hopes and aspirations I have for my son are just as applicable to his younger sisters, and, just as importantly, 2) It helps me pretend that UCLA's horrible showing last Saturday never happened.
The only thing left to do was modify the title of the article: It was originally called Sons of Westwood, after UCLA's fight song. The new title is above, and the article is below.
Sometimes during my childhood when I couldn't sleep at night, I would lay awake listening to the television in the living room. The house was small enough that I could easily recognize programs by the sounds coming through the wall.
And whenever there was a basketball game on, I would creep out of my bedroom to try and watch it.
My father liked watching UCLA basketball, and frequently let me stay up past my bedtime to watch the games with him. Although their amazing string of national championships had recently ended, UCLA still had very good teams. It seemed like they won every game I saw, so of course they became my favorite team.
Those evenings left a lasting impression on me, even as I grew older and we moved away from southern California. The juvenile pleasure of staying up past my bedtime, the time spent alone with my dad after my sister and mother were in bed, and the inevitable success of my favorite team were an irresistible combination.
After those nights, there was never a time in my life when I didn't want to go to UCLA. Luckily, about a hundred different things fell into place for me and I was accepted there after high school. And although there were hard times, I wasn't disappointed for an instant.
I competed in intercollegiate athletics, and developed into a marathon runner. I made a lot of friends, gained an appreciation of diversity, and received professional training for what has become a satisfying career. (There may have been some parties along the way, too – but for some reason I don't remember them very well.)
As a bonus, I also met the girl who would later become my wife. All in all, I'd say my time at UCLA was well-spent.
In his book Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer, Warren St John examines the roots of his passion for the Alabama Crimson Tide, and comments that our fate as sports fans is largely determined by means beyond our control: where we are born, events we are exposed to, and the passions we observe in those around us – especially our parents.
Occasionally, once your sports loyalties are cast, other pieces of your life fall into place around them.
Some are small things like whom we align ourselves with or hold at arm's length. In St John's home state, it's common for Tide fans and Auburn fans to inspire feelings of mutual hatred, at times escalating to violence, based on nothing more than who they root for and what color they wear.
Others are big decisions like where to attend college or settle a family. Every life experience has a ripple effect on countless others, in ways we sometimes don't realize until many years later, if ever.
All of which brings us to last weekend. My wife (UCLA '92) and I (UCLA '93) took our 7-year-old son to his first college football game, to watch UCLA play on the road against Stanford. The Bruins had lost their last six Bay Area games, so we weren't exactly brimming with confidence of a victory.
Yet we listened to UCLA's fight song in the car, sat in the visitors' student section of the stadium, and practiced the school's 8-clap cheer. He wore a UCLA cap, and instantly classified people dressed in yellow and blue as sympathizers to the cause.
The Bruins played like dogs for most of the game, but staged a furious comeback in the fourth quarter while our student section worked itself into a frenzy. Our son began chanting along with the crowd, jumping up and down on the bleachers, yelling and exchanging high fives with strangers.
All the while, his parents were right alongside him, acting like complete lunatics.
The noise in the stands was deafening, and when UCLA eventually won the game in overtime, our section of the stadium erupted like a party with 5000 friends. It had to be a pretty impressive scene for a seven year-old.
In the days since, life has been pretty much business as usual for our family. Our son has told people about the game, but not with the reverence that would indicate any sort of life-changing experience for him.
Still, I wonder if we just triggered some chain of future alliances and decisions for him.
Could my father have known that by letting me watch those basketball games, he was influencing who I would cheer for, where I would live, or who I would marry?
I'm certain the he had no way of knowing - otherwise, he would have taken me to a football game at USC, one of his alma maters. Just think: if more of my sleepless nights had been in football season instead of basketball season, I might have picked Tommy Trojan as my mascot over Joe Bruin. How frightening.
It's clearly pointless to speculate about these things, but intriguing nonetheless. My wife and I don't know which experiences will shape our son the most profoundly. And we have only a limited amount of time to guide him. Before long he will certainly chart a course for himself, either close to home or far away, in his parents' footsteps or on a path of his own.
When he does, his mother and I won't care what direction his life takes him, as long as he's doing the driving. If he's content, then we'll be satisfied that we've raised him well.
Just so long as he never cheers for USC.


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I seem to have acquired the habit of reading alot about social media and how it's being applied in organizations. Somehow, this reading is more interesting to me than the latest novel or non-fiction best seller, although admittedly most of my friends think that showing up at the beach with a social media book instead of something of the NYT Bestseller list is totally messed up. Anyway, I'm creating this post, after quite a long hiatus on this blog, to impart a few nuggets of wisdom about the first of two of my recent SM reads that I have found particularly inspiring.
"Social Learning," by Tony Bingham and Marcia Conner
This book does a really good job of connecting the dots between the old "Learning Organization" that we all wanted our companies to become, and the world of collaborative possibilities in the new and social media sphere. I have to confess, I really went highlighter-crazy on this one, and one of the first pieces of text I found insightful for me was this:
"A research program at IBM's Institute for Knowledge-Based Organizations, further supported by work done between the Network Roundtable led by Rob Cross at the University of Virginia and Bill Kahn of Boston University, consistently found that better-connected people enjoy substantial performance, learning, and decision-making benefits. The research showed that people use communities to find others who provide resources, career development, personal support, and context. The depth and breadth of these relationships, whether they are serendipitous or planned, predicts performance, innovation, employee commitment, and job satisfaction."
If you are a social media champion at your organization you have probably already witnessed at least some of these benefits in action. But haven't you always wished you had real, evidence-based research results you could quote chapter and verse to those who still don't believe these benefits exist? How many of your friends and colleagues have decided its a good idea to open some social media accounts but because they don't believe in these benefits, they are permanent lurkers (ie., they watch and listen but never reveal anything of themselves… P.S. my husband is one of those!)
But bigger companies are starting to get it: Maybe that's a reason some of the largest and most successful companies in the world are now using social media INTERNALLY to provide their human assets with a way to connect and synergize their knowledge. But still, there are those who say, "How can these meaningless micro updates possibly turn into something productive? Who cares what I ate for lunch or which project I'm working on this afternoon?" I like Clay Shirky's answer to this question about why we should compose "status updates" internally, and he coins some pretty nifty language:"
"This is the paradox of AMBIENT AWARENESS. Each little update – each individual bit of social information – is insignificant on its own, even supremely mundane. But taken together, over time, the little snippets coalesce into a surprisingly sophisticated portrait of your colleagues' lives, like thousands of dots making a pointillist painting. The AMBIENT INFORMATION becomes a 'type of ESP,' an invisible dimension floating over us . . ."
Furthermore, Shirky goes on to say that this awareness constitutes an "algorithmic authority," which I THINK means that if many people are pointing to the same thing at the same time, it just might be worth paying attention to. Doesn't this ring true? (Plus its just such a cool phrase. . . ). By the way, if you don't know who Clay Shirky is, the video below is one you really should take a look at, and pass around to your own social sphere:
Finally, since I'm in the business of government healthcare now, I would be remiss if I didn't cite the use case provided in this book that's most relevant to my space: that of microblogging by the Mayo Clinic. In Chapter Four of this book, entitled "Microsharing for a Healthy Culture," we get to see how a world class healthcare organization uses social media internally to build a culture of sharing and personal connection that increases productivity and employee engagement amongst one of the toughest audience groups for all of social media: scientists and physicians. Here's a nifty quote from the book about one of Mayo's doc's, who also happens to lead many of Mayo's technical initiatives:
"Monty Flinsch, a physical scientist by training, likens microsharing to cloud seeding, the distribution of silver iodine that changes the energy in clouds and leads to rain. When people ask a question or post a link to a resource across Mayo's internal microsharing tools, their open sharing creates a place where ideas get crystallized. Ideas ignite more sharing, and then normal human relationships take off. People go to lunch, talk on the phone, or invite each other to see something they are working on."
I believe the many of the benefits of this social learning are real, tangible, and yes even measurable (although not ALL are measurable.) But many organizations will never experience those benefits because they are basically risk averse and don't want to attempt social media internally because they are stuck on the idea that it will DECREASE productivity because employees will abuse it, rather than INCREASE productivity, because employees are connected and empowered. Sad for those guys, but opportunities galore for those who are willing to take calculated risks and manage them appropriately.
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Some tips from a CEO who nearly lost his job. (Hint: crying helps.)
I found this article funny, due to my own issues of Out of Office notification. I too had clients send me notes even after they received OOO responses. The remedy… my wife said to me once (5 years ago), "honey, you are not that important… they can get along without you for two weeks" And that was the beginning of my true reverence for a well earned Vacation. I no longer check email, txt's, phone, et al while on vacation… because then, it is not a vacation. It is Working Remotely.
My wife was right… no one is that important… even though we like to think we are.
Face it: Some people (including the author, apparently) need the validation that comes from seeing you have new mail.
Problem is, other people need the validation that comes from using email to badger people, even those who have stated their unavailability.
When two worlds collide…
Melissa – Why do you have visual indicator for emails turned on (especially on vacation). You are tempting yourself to check email by having that on.
"Great" advice, especially if you're in any kind of service industry. I'm out of the office – call me back in 2 weeks. Yeah, right.
It's all about managing expectations.
Simple: make sure you arrange and communicate coverage ahead of time. Your out-of-office response message should be "I'm away from the office and won't have access to email or phone. I'll return on X. If you need immediate assistance, please contact Y at Z"
I actually had a client respond to my out-of-office message:…"where are you that you don't have email access?". It's tricky, because you don't want to sound like an employee who only does the bare minimum. But you also need to be able to "get away" and enjoy your vacation.
Do not do this: turn your out of office message on when you leave for the day and then turn off the next business morning. I have seen that done and think it is overkill.
I will check e-mails ONCE per day on vacation to clear out the junk. My rule is NEVER EVER reply or forward no matter how tempted I might be. I find it helps to only look while holding a beer. One handed I can only delete or skip to the next message not scroll nor reply. (plus I have a beer!) All it takes is one reply and the word will get out – you are checking your e-mails. After that it's your own fault that you get bombarded as if you aren't on vacation. You'll never get that genie back in the bottle.
In the extremely unlikely (I too am not that important) event that there is a disaster that can (or will) only be averted with my input, I call my boss and have him find some pretext to inquire about, and offer my suggested remedy for, the matter. I maintain the facade that I'm not available but I don't come back to work to a major – avoidable – catastrophe.
When I do get back a trick I like is reading e-mails in reverse chronological order sorted by subject line. 80% of the e-mails are replies to replies to replies to the original. As long as everyone keeps the previous text in their reply I can see the whole string in the final e-mail and delete all the previous ones without even looking. Plus I often see that the issue got resolved just fine without me and can quickly delete the whole group.
Don't feel guilty about the rude behavior of others.
Prior to my vacation, I notify my customers and fellow workers of my plans and work with them to pull in some work expected to be completed during the period of my absence. I set an expectation that I am just gone during the vacation period.
Here is how my out of office message looks like:
I am OOO till XXX. If the issue is both urgent and important to wait for my return, contact my manager.
Usually I do not have a backup due to our organization having individuals who specialize in very different jobs. I am yet to see a crisis during my vacation which my fellow workers could not defer till my return. Can't say the same when I am available. Seems like we have created a culture where urgency of small tasks is valued more than the long term outcomes with proper planning.
A decade ago, as a young employee, I did not have the courage to do this and used to check my mail and respond even during my vacation.
I lived in New Zealand for 18 months on work program through the Big 4 firm I was working with and can tell you that this is a cultural problem in America. Most of Western Europe, Canada and the Asia-Pacific ring have no problem with completely checking out. In fact, it is so common that co-workers actually seek out ways to help the person going on holiday from having to check their email.
I've also found that American firms tend to "run lean" meaning that the firms don't adequately hire to support the PTO that employees plan on taking to help fill the gaps when people go on vacation. It may hurt a company's bottom line to do something like that, but on the flip side it helps with retention.
I've heard of another strategy, but have never personally tried it. Before you go out, send yourself massive emails with large attachments in order to completely fill up your in-box to capacity. All other inbound emails will be bounced back to the sender with a message that it didn't get received.
Checking email is hard. All the millennial vying for your job are not-tech savvy and have alot of trouble managing email. Trust me.
The only thing more annoying than hearing a baby-boomer act like checking email takes a long time, or is even actual "work", is hearing them complain about it.
I see nothing wrong in sending someone an e-mail while they are on vacation as long as I do not expect a reply until they return. Why should I have to remember when they are returning and keep my questions at bay? Am I missing something?
If you are stupid enough to carry a blackberry with you, you are not "out of the office".
I just don't do email at all. Ha!
What does "EOM" mean??? empty open mail?
I agree with Irene. I'm still working even while someone else may be out of the office. I see no problem with sending an email for something that they can deal with when they come back.
I'm also with Ramesh, there are customers that I KNOW are going to want something while I'm gone. So I let them know when I'm leaving and set up a system with my coworkers for when these high maintenance people still email or call.
But the person I agree with the most is Dennis. I'm good at resisting the urge of replying or forwarding emails, but I'm not good at leaving them unread. Although, instead of having a beer in my other hand, I prefer something more tropical, like a margarita.
I never say that "I will not have access to e-mail" that just isn't believable since most places I go have internet. But I do say that "I will not be checking e-mails", that way it's crystle clear. And my BlackBerry definitely gets left at home since I don't use it as my personal phone.
Good points. The OOO sender should also ensure that the right OOO dates are included – many times I have received OOO messages stating "I will be out on Thanksgiving day and the next day" – in April! they obviously haven't checked their messages before turning it on.
EOM = end of message
Great post! I like the "e-mail bankruptcy suggestion. Two minutes before I read your post, I scheduled my OOO message to turn on at the end of the day for a two week family vacation in France. I won't be checking e-mail, but I am not sure that I am courageous enough to delete all e-mails sent while I am gone.
The key point is "Get Over Yourself".
The best Leaders are the ones that: 1) are rested and healthy, knowing that they can get more done in 10 hours at 100% than in 18 hours at 50%, and 2) the best Leaders are the ones who have "dupl;icated themselves" in their staff through training and empowerment.
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Google Street View [2] now features the High Line between Gansevoort Street and West 30th Street, allowing you to plan your visit, take a virtual stroll, and explore the park in a whole new way. As part of an broader initiative to give virtual access to parks around the world, Google visited the High Line in June, 2011 to capture the park in the glory of spring.
Read more about the project on our blog [1].
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Flames beat Oilers 4-3 for first win
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CALGARY - Saturday's Hockey Night In Canada showdown was billed as a more than just another instalment of the NHL's Battle of Alberta.
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The premise of Sliding Doors is instantly appealing, since everyone wonders how his or her life might have turned out differently as a result of different choices. So imagine the mind-bending realization that even missing the Tube by two seconds could alter the trajectory just as radically. It is indeed radical for Gwyneth Paltrow, once again affecting a mostly flawless British accent, whose character ends up with a whole new hair color, career focus, and beau, depending on who's influencing her thoughts -- her sensible girlfriend or the cheating bloke she didn't quite catch with his pants down. Having the two Paltrows inhabit the same London is clever, though it begs unanswered questions about whether the film posits a supernatural dual reality, or a second reality that's only imagined. Fresh enough to still disappear into a role, Paltrow has a fun time with her alternately playful and pissed off Helen. John Hannah exudes good will and charm (especially when he's rattling off Monty Python) and Douglas McFerran steals each of his scenes as the best mate of John Lynch's philanderer. Faced with a new ridiculous scenario each time Lynch meets him at the pub, McFerran dissolves into hysterical derisive laughter any time he tries to give advice. The one distasteful ingredient is Jeanne Tripplehorn's American "other woman," whose brassy scheming sabotages the relative subtlety of the rest of this flight of fancy.
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Adele Flips Off Producers at 2012 BRIT Awards Hey everyone this is Nora Gasparian for Hollyscoop. It was a big night for Adele last night as she won two big awards at the 2012 Brit Awards…and how did she thank everyone? By flipping off the camera. Adele won Best British Album and Best British Female Artist and she was so happy that she thought it would be a good idea to flip off the camera. Move over M.I.A. we got another flipper on our hands. "I flung the middle finger. That was for the suits at the Brit Awards, not my fans. I'm sorry if I offended anyone but the suits offended me," Adele told reporters after the event. If you guys recall MIA did the same thing while on stage during Madonna's performance. Madonna didn't find it so amusing. She actually said: "It's such a teenager…irrelevant thing to do." Ya but it's sort of funny! IT's like dropping the f-bomb and no one censoring it.


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Milkwood Permaculture delivers essential, amazing and unique courses that provide you with the skills you need. Skills to activate and change your home, your farm, your garden or your world for the better. We don't do gurus and we don't coast on past success. We just deliver the best courses we can, with the best teachers we can find, in subjects and skills that matter.
We work with a range of permaculture and regenerative agriculture pioneers as well as the 'best of the new breed': educators who are forging a fresh path towards a future of successful regenerative living, farming and community.
Nick is Milkwood Permaculture's primary educator and consultant. Nick is passionate about permaculture education, keyline design, soil, pattern literacy and regenerative agriculture. He divides his time between extensive permaculture teaching, permaculture consultancy, writing and farming in central western NSW.
Milkwood Permaculture courses involving Nick include: most upcoming Permaculture Design Certificate + Intro to Permaculture + Aquaponics courses, plus many of our past courses.
Joel Salatin of PolyFace Farms is a world-leading example of how a small family farm can become an extremely diverse and profitable Local Food producer, and how the benefits of Local Food Systems can create resilence, stability and abundance for both local farmers and the wider community. Featured in Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma, and in the films FRESH and FOOD, Inc., Joel and his family at Polyface Farms exemplify successful small-scale farming and the growing relocalization movement.
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Kirk Gadzia is a certified instructor with the Holistic Management International Center and founder of Resource Management Services with over 20 years experience teaching the concepts of Holistic Management worldwide. Combined with his extensive international consulting work on many agricultural operations, Kirk is uniquely qualified to help stdents achieve their learning objectives. Years of assisting people on the land has helped Kirk approach his courses in an interactive, hands-on style. His courses are known for a relaxed atmosphere, open dialogue and practical real-life examples, as well as their effective knowledge transfer that leaves students ready to put Holistic Management into practice.
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Seattle's Fredy Montero is a ridiculous, ridiculous man, scores goal from Tacoma
May 2, 2012, 11:46 PM EDT
Remember the old MTV Rock and Jock games? Those televised catastrophes with half-athlete, half-celebrity teams?
Well, if this goal were scored in one of those games, it'd be worth 10.
Looks like Montero was just inside double the penalty area's width, so we can call it 34 yards.
Just look at the flight on the ball. It doesn't seem like it's hit all that hard, but it barely starts descending as it nears the crossbar.
This isn't the first time we've seen Montero launch that kind of bomb, and a few of them have hit home during this MLS career. All that bigs a question: What was LA's defense doing?
The score made it 2-0, after which the match went flat. Safe to say, this was a deflating goal.
And to think: Some people were starting to wonder why Montero had yet to score.
UEFA Champions League, at the half: PSG lead Barca, City and Roma tied up
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Golden oldie: Francesco Totti becomes oldest scorer in Champions League history
Sep 30, 2014, 3:37 PM EDT
Magnifico from Totti, as Italian legend writes his name in the history books.
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Moscow was skunked by Roma 5-1 in the first round of group matches, while City fell 1-0 to Bayern.
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UCL: Bayern Munich picks up win over CSKA Moscow in empty Arena Khimki
Sep 30, 2014, 1:58 PM EDT
Mario Gotze drew a penalty that Thomas Muller finished, and Bayern Munich emerged victorious from a relatively-quiet stadium.
Manchester United's Ander Herrera suffers broken rib to add to woes
Sep 30, 2014, 1:30 PM EDT
A tough break, indeed (pun absolutely intended).
PST's Major League Soccer power rankings: More movement, just not No.1
Sep 30, 2014, 12:31 PM EDT
The Los Angeles Galaxy are really, really good, while Chivas USA is across town and the PR table.
USMNT legend McBride, Jaguars president helping select Fulham manager
Sep 30, 2014, 11:25 AM EDT
Fulham owner Shahid Khan is taking his time to make sure he gets things right this time around.
Confirmed: Rooney out three Manchester United matches after red card
Sep 30, 2014, 10:38 AM EDT
Some called for his Manchester United captaincy over his lack of discipline, but two words: Roy Keane.
Premier League player of the week – Round 6
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Which player ensured it would be back-to-back honors for a single team in the Premier League's player of the week battle?
PST's MLS Player of the Week: An L.A. Galaxy guy for sure, but who?
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The result of the weekend, however, was L.A.'s 4-0 defeat of the New York Red Bulls, and several players deserved Man of the Match honors.
Reports: Pardew safe at Newcastle for now despite another loss
Sep 30, 2014, 8:30 AM EDT
Maybe, just maybe, Newcastle will win against Swansea City this week and take another step toward getting well.
FC Santa Claus earns promotion, team broadcasters go ballistic (video)
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FC Santa Claus is bringing soccer matches to the good boys and girls of the Ykkonen.
FIFA votes to eliminate third-party ownership
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Sepp Blatter confirmed FIFA voted strongly to eliminate third-party ownership in all professional settings, with a transitional period of a few years to be instituted immediately.
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Miguel Herrera pumps up Mexico's crop of youngsters
Sep 29, 2014, 9:36 PM EDT
With plenty of tournament success, the Mexican youth is turning the head of the senior team's manager.
Alan Pardew expects to have "serious conversations" with Mike Ashley
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Things surrounding Newcastle's managerial position have become increasingly untenable.
Report: PSG's under-fire Blanc could face axe without win vs Barcelona
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If PSG fail to make serious noise against top Champions League clubs, Laurent Blanc could be on his way out of Paris.
MLS salaries released, showing Kaka nets MLS-record $7.1 million
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The Science of Mashed Potatoes: Why Robuchon's Recipe Works [Don't Skimp on the Butter!]
You know that you cannot have Christmas dinner without mashed potatoes. You could to it, but it would be wrong. Yeah, you can do scalloped and cheesed and God-knows-what but you have to have them mashed.
There's a consensus that the best recipe comes from Joel Robuchon. I've blogged those here before but I found this great site:
Here they discuss in minute detail how to make the Robuchon recipe, including the choice of Ratte potatoes for their particular nutty flavor. The "Americanized" version of the widely circulated Robuchon recipe was written by Patricia Wells and uses half the butter that the real French recipe uses. Go French, not American.
You'll have to accept that making these mashed potatoes here in the United States will give you a wonderful product, but not the original one. Remember how they talk about terroir for wine? The effect of sun and soil on the grapes? Well, terroir applies to everything, including potatoes. And then there's the butter. Americans produce great butter. The French produce the best butter in the world. As a New Year's Resolution, I suggest you plan a trip to Paris.
But, but, go to this site and follow the directions and you'll think I'm paranoid and you'll be perfectly satisfied.
And, there's more. This site presents the mashed potato recipes from several great chefs so you can compare, contrast and perhaps concoct:
- Thomas Keller [two version]
- Gordon Ramsay [two versions]
- Grant Achatz [from Alinea in Chicago]
Mash on!
Glazed Carrots by Joel Robuchon
This carrot dish is just the sort of "side" dish you want in your portfolio. The "main" course in your meal of course gets the main attention in your cooking preparation. But main dishes rarely stand on their own. They need support. Your house or apartment should not have "weak" sides and neither should your meal.
This dish has several wonderful features. It's easy to make, offers full flavor, yet is subtle. These delicate carrots can be matched with a zillion main courses. The flavor here is distinctly carrot — thanks to the cooking technique — yet is understated. This dish will not clash with rest of your meal. We served these carrots with Robuchon's Basque Style Chicken with Bell Peppers and Tomatoes [see our recent blog!]. What we needed was a side dish that would offer contrast, not competition.
The carrots are cooked in water with sugar and butter. It's very French, and very successful. In your mouth, you taste buttery soft, sweet carrot. It's a dish you will return to many times.
Glazed Carrots
Yield: 10 t0 12 servings
- 1 ¼ pounds (600 g.) carrots, peeled and cut into rounds ⅛inch (3 mm.) thick
- Salt
- 4 tablespoons (60 g.) butter
- 2 tablespoons (30 g.) sugar
Put the carrots in a large pot with 2 cups (50 cl.) water. The water should just cover them; if it doesn't, add more. Add a pinch of salt and the rest of the ingredients. (If you had to add more water, add proportionally more sugar, too.)
To make sure the carrots cook gently and without coloring, cut a circle of parchment paper the size of the pot, prick it a few with a fork or knife, and lay it on top of the carrots. Bring to a simmer and cook about 25 minutes over medium heat.
Remove the parchment paper and cook for 5 minutes uncovered. Rotate the pot on the burner and keep an eye on the heat. The carrots are cooked when all the water has disappeared at which point they should be meltingly tender, and gloss with butter and sugar, and perhaps slightly blonded by the heat.
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Former fashion PR queen Ali Wise pleaded guilty to felony eavesdropping and computer trespass in court in Manhattan this morning. For hacking into the voicemails of women who were dating an ex, Wise got 300 hours of community service. [NYPost]
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How Long Does It Take Thrush To Clear Up
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Candidiasis (Thrush)The Bottom Line Candidiasis is a very common yeast (fungal) infection. The fungus normally lives in the body. It cannot be eliminated. The best way to avoid an outbreak of candidiasis is to strengthen your immune system by taking antiretroviral medications (ARVs). Most candida infections are easily treated with local therapies. In people with weakened immune systems, these infections become more persistent. Systemic anti-fungal drugs can be...
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CMV, Thrush and CD4 of 60Hi I know this is kind of long but there is a lot going on and we are really worried. I wrote in 9 months ago about my sister when she had toxoplasmosis. Six months prior to that she was hospitalized with pneumonia. Prior to the pneumonia she had...
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THRUSHWill oral thrush clear up without treatment? Will it spread or worsen if left untreated? How long does it typically last?...
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Stanford University, School of MedicineWith HIV infection, it depends on the degree of immune suppression. It usually does not go away on it's own. The lower the CD4 count, the higher the likelihood it can spread. It can last for days to weeks.... Read more »
ThrushDr. Reznik, I had one <and only one> "high Risk" exposure way back in the mid 80's. I'm concerned because from time to time i get white patches along my cheek, they tend to come and go. Could i possibly be looking at thrush...
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Grady Health SystemSince it has been so long since the potential exposure, I would definitely recommend an HIV test to determine your status. This is not because I believe you are HIV infected, but rather as means of knowing your status and addressing the concerns... Read more »
Oral Thrush - Tricky scenario? PLEASE HELP!Doctor Bob,I have written to you previously, but am desperate for an answer as I want to make sure I am in the clear before proposing.I have (confirmed) oral thrush (not sure for how long). But, bar a few extra colds last year, am doing okay. No...
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The Robert James Frascino AIDS FoundationHi,I wouldn't question the validity of your 4th generation negative HIV tests out to one year post-exposure, but rather I'd question your oral thrush diagnosis. Why not get a second opinion from an infectious disease specialist. Whether or... Read more »
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Posted by Anonymous, 3 RepliesI was infected with HIV about 6 months ago.
Tested Oz.
I think I am experiencing Thrush, is it possible for it to occur so soon after infection?
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Posted by Anonymous, 2 RepliesI had oral thrush end of February this year and it took a few weeks to get rid of (due to antibiotics). My doctor tested me for HIV and it was negative after 32 days. I left the country shortly after and my doctor said that the thrush had cleared... Read more »
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Posted by nomoreworry4meMessage: as long as you have been tested and cleared by the health department you should be fine.
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I am the administrator of a large Facebook Group, Seed Beads and More. We currently have over 1600 members and are growing daily.
Each month, I issue a beading challenge to the members, usually featuring a different technique using seed beads. The challenge is in the form of an informative document, including links to sites such as yours.
For our next challenge, I plan to challenge our beaders to create a design using a square stitch stitch. For those that have mastered the technique, I want to point them toward forming something out of the ordinary rectangular flat piece using square stitch.
I found this on your site,
DIY Square Stitch Beading Tutorial
In our web document for the members, I would like your permission to include one image from the page along with a link to the page itself.
I would, of course, submit it for your approval before publishing.
I feel that your site would be of benefit to our members, and that the exposure would bring new visitors to your site, benefiting both of us.
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Intel touts Moorestown mobile chip
Summary: At IDF, the chipmaker shows a wafer with 'Lincroft' — the main processor for Moorestown
TOPICS: Processors
At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Anand Chandrasekher, general manager for the chipmaker's Ultra Mobility Group, shows a wafer with 'Lincroft' — the main processor for Moorestown.
The new, integrated chip, designed for the smartphone market, is expected before the 2009-10, according to Chandrasekher.
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