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04 2 / 2014
Beef and Peanut Curry
Oh dear, I'm not doing as well as I hoped at keeping this blog regularly. Flat hunting has been interrupting me somewhat.
This week I made a beef and peanut curry using sainsbury's basic's diced beef. This beef is really great for slow cooking as it has a high fat content. I use it a lot because it's cheap and relatively easy to cook up. I cook it for at least 4 hours and it falls apart in your mouth. I'm a great fan of the shove it all in a pot and leave it cooking method!
This is what I spent on my ingredients and a rough estimate of costs of what I had in my cupboard!
440g Basics Casserole Steak x2: £6.36
Peanut Butter: 0.65p
Aduki Beans: 0.69p
Chick Peas: 0.39p
Cumin Seeds: 0.65p
Tomato puree: 0.48p
Large white Onion: 0.30p
Total Cost: 9.52
I also used lots of things I had already in my cupboard. Which probably adds another £1 or 2. I made 10 portions of curry.
This curry is quite sweet, I used a couple of sweet potatoes that I allowed to disintegrate, creating a really thick tasty sauce. Here is the full recipe:
880g Casserole Steak
I large onion
3 small sweet potatoes/ 1 large
1 tin chick peas
1 tin aduki beans
50g green lentils (which is what I had left in the cupboard)
1x beef stock pot
2 large tsp honey
2 tablespoons peanut butter
2 tsp cumin seeds
2 tsp ground coriander
½ tsp cinnamon
1 tsp allspice
1 heaped tsp mild curry powder
2 tsp garam masala
2-5 dried birds eye chillis (depending on how hot you like your food)
2 cloves of garlic (crushed)
Splash of soy sauce
Splash balsamic vinegar
1 tsp madras powder
3 cardamon pods, crushed
Thumb of fresh ginger, diced or grated
Large tablespoon plain flour
Salt and pepper
I know there are lot of spices and things, if you don't have something don't worry, so long as you have most of it you'll be fine!
Dry the meat with kitchen roll before frying in oil and salt and pepper. Do this in a large casserole pot and in batches and remove the meat to a plate when browned.
In the same pan fry the chopped onion, you want the onion to go dark. Add the rest of the ingredients, the flour last. Once you've stirred in the flour add a cup of boiling water and stir. Gradually add more water until the ingredients are covered. Bring back to the boil. Pop in an oven at 140 degrees for about 3 hours with the lid on.
After 3 hours stir and return to the oven with the lid off. Keep an eye on it, it will probably take between 30 mins and an hour until it has thickened.
Serve with rice
You could also try sprinkling desiccated coconut over it before serving.
To freeze simply divide into portions and freeze in containers once cool.
28 1 / 2014
Weekly Shop and Trout Fish Cakes
I've been spending a bit more on my weekly shop recently as I let my freezer slowly empty over Christmas and had a month of not cooking very much. This week I needed to stock up on more freezer food. My partner requested fishcakes, which are always a bit of a pain to make as they are messy and take a long time. But they are tasty and we do love them! I normally serve them with chips or sweet potato wedges and peas or salad.
I decided to make trout fishcakes this week, normally I make smoked mackerel ones, I'll put that recipe up at a later date.
I found that one and half fishcakes were good portion. Obviously you can have two each and make them slightly smaller!
This is what I spent:
Trout fillets (3): £2.31 I bought Sainsbury's basics trout, this would work with salmon too.
Basic Soft Cheese: £0.73
2 small baking potatoes: £0.83
1 large red onion: £0.17
I had oats in my cupboard but if you don't some cheap porridge oats shouldn't set you back more than £1
total: £5.54 for 12 fish cakes or 6 portions
This total includes an estimate of the cost of the below ingredients.
Other ingredients (approx):
1 egg
50ml whole milk (or whatever milk you normally get)
300g breadcrumbs (freeze any leftover bread or crusty ends and blitz in a food processor or grate by hand)
100g plain flour
Lemon juice
Mixed herbs
Salt and pepper
Oil for frying.
Cover the fish with salt, pepper, herbs, garlic and lemon juice. Steam for about 10 mins.
Meanwhile peel and dice the potatoes and onion, boil until the potato is tender. Drain and mash, add about half the tub of soft cheese (150g). Flake the fish and remove bones and skin, add to the mash mix; combine well with a wooden spoon. Taste and season with more herbs and lemon juice to taste. Add oats gradually until the mixture will stick to a spoon without falling off.
Now comes the messy bit! I find it best have a bit of a production line going. You want gather a large spoonful of mixture and mould it to a flat round shape. Then coat in plain flour, then a mixture of egg and milk and then finally the breadcrumbs. I made 10 large fish cakes but mine were too big, 12 is probably a better number to aim for.
Freeze any fishcakes you don't want on this occasion by freezing on a baking tray first and then in plastic containers once frozen.
To cook the unfrozen fish cakes heat a small amount of oil in a pan. Fry the fishcakes on a medium heat for about five minutes on each side. They should be golden brown and crispy.
26 1 / 2014
Simple Berry Sorbet
For my birthday last year my partner bought me an ice cream maker. Since then it's been taking up a lot of space in the freezer but also providing us with plenty of tasty ice creams and sorbets.I found a really easy berry ice cream recipe in my silver spoon italian cook book. This recipe takes after that one, but uses a lot less cream (I still use a little as I find it helps prevent the sorbet from freezing solid in the freezer).
The colour of this sorbet is amazing when you use forest fruits or summer berries. I used ready frozen berries as I find they tend to be cheaper and are great for ice creams and sorbets.
This makes about 1/2 a litre, most ice cream makers will make 1 litre comfortably.
85g caster sugar
220ml water
200g forest fruits/ blueberries (I used a combination of different frozen berries)
1 tbsp double cream (This is optional)
lemon juice
put the sugar and water together in a saucepan, bring to the boil and then simmer for 5 mins until the sugar is all dissolved. Add the fruit and a few sqeezes of lemon juice; do this carefully as the sugar mixture will be very hot. Bring back to the boil.
Cool the mixture by plunging the base of the pan into a sink of ice cold water. Be careful not to get more water into your fruit mixture. Once the mixture is lukewarm pour it into a blender and blitz until smooth. Add the cream if using and pulse again.
If you want your sorbet really smooth pass the mixture through a sieve before chilling in the fridge for at least 2 hours. Never use a mixture that is warmer than room temperature in your ice cream maker, it will not freeze.
Churn in an ice cream maker according to the manufacturers instructions.
25 1 / 2014
Really Easy Tomato Soup
This soup is easy and very versatile, I have made it with spinach in it and butter beans, but most pulses would work really well. It's also a great way to use up any tomato puree, especially if you've bought the little tins.
This soup comes with a garlic breath warning, you may want to add less depending on your tastes.
1 Tbsp tomato puree (use any you have, sundried tomato is great and so is one with added garlic, though you may want to use less fresh garlic)
A small amount of oil
1 large clove of garlic
A few blocks of frozen spinach
Mixed herbs
A splash of cream (optional)
A little bit of a stock cube (I used chicken)
A spoonful of plain four
Salt and pepper
Pulses such as butter beans or pinto beans
Fry the puree, oil, garlic, herbs and spices together for a couple of minutes. Add a spoonful of plain flour and stir like crazy. Gradually add some hot water and the cream, if using, as well as the stock cube. Stir (or whisk) between each addition. The amount of liquid will depend on how thick you like your soup. I reckon on about 400ml of water. Once you've added the liquid pop in the spinach and keep stirring until the soup boils and the spinach is defrosted.
Serve with bread and cheese, or grate some cheese on top. You could try filling a bread roll with grated cheese, wrapping with foil and popping it in the oven for about 15mins at 180˚C.
23 1 / 2014
So this is the bolognaise recipe I made this week using the ingredients I mentioned in my last post. Everyone has their own bolognaise recipe and a way they like to make it. This is mine!
1 kg Lamb Mince (you can use beef, if you do pay attention to the colour as this is a good indicator of how much fat is in the mince, the redder the mince the leaner the meat)
250g green lentils, soaked overnight in cold water
1 large onion, chopped
3 carrots sliced (I bought too many!)
1 courgette diced
3 or 4 peppers chopped (freeze any you have left!)
3 tins of chopped tomatoes
1 tbsp tomato puree
Salt and pepper
2 tbsp Balsamic vinegar
2 tsp white wine vinegar
Splash of soy sauce
1 beef stock pot
1 tbsp Mixed herbs
1 tbsp Thyme
1 tsp paprika
½ jar of pesto
2 or 3 cloves of garlic, crushed
Fry the onion until soft, add the carrots and peppers and then the mince. (if you are concerned about the amount of fat in your food you can always brown the mince separately and drain the fat away).
Once the mince is browned add the rest of the ingredients, fill one of the tomato tins with water and add that, simmer for at least 30 mins stirring occasionally. Taste and add extra flavourings to taste.
Enjoy with spaghetti or in a lasagne!
To turn this in to lasagne layer it up in an oven proof dish with sheets of lasagne pasta. Top with a white sauce (whisk together 1tbsp oil and ½ tbsp flour over a low heat and gradually add 250ml milk, continually whisking, bring to the boil and remove from the heat, add to the top.)
This did 14 portions for me which I've frozen in tubs for two! This freezes really well, just get it out of the freezer and pop it in the fridge the night before you want to eat it. You can also freeze it as lasagne in oven proof dishes with the white sauce and grated cheese on top. Make sure this is defrosted before you put it in the oven.
I estimate the cost of this to be around £14 (so £1 a portion) though it really depends on whether you have a lot of the herbs knocking about in the cupboard already. If you don't I wouldn't go out and buy all of them, just the ones you're most likely to use again; ingredients like vinegar are not essential. Keep tasting your food, and add more flavouring if you need to.
18 1 / 2014
Weekly Food shop
So I thought I'd share with you a break down of the ingredients I buy for the meal I'm cooking for the freezer this week. This week it's bolognaise, I will be adding to these ingrediants with herbs spices and other things I already have in my cupboard. I will put the full recipe up soon.
Lamb Mince (1kg): £7 (Beef mince is cheaper but I prefer the taste of lamb in my bolognaise)
1 Bag of Mixed Peppers: £1.45 (I buy value/ basics vegetables. I probably won't use them all but I will slice up the rest and freeze them)
3 large white Onions: £1 (I probably won't use all of these but they will last in my cupboard for a week or more, or I can slive them up and put them in the freezer)
Lentils (green): £1.39
4 Carrots: £0.51
1 Courgette: £0.91
2 Tins of chopped tomatoes: £0.86
Total: £13.12 Portions: 12 (hopefully)
Ingredients like peppers, onions and lentils won't be used up in this meal so I will either chop the fresh veg for the freezer or use it in something else. The lentils will keep in the cupboard for a while.
I will add a large number of the herbs and spices from my cupboard to my bolognaise - the cost of which I have not included above. I am not that good at maths, nor that accurate with my measurements!
We also got doughnuts for 20p! Yum!
I'll put my bolognaise recipe up shortly, along with my beef stew recipe. Both of which are my take on these classics, I think everyone does them in their own way!
07 1 / 2014
What's in the Freezer?
I always have something easy in my freezer that can be either cooked for one or if I have forgotten to take something out in the morning. These are normally veggie bean burgers as they're often on offer (two boxes of four for £3) and so work out being very cheap. I also have a range of things that can be added to risottos or curries. Whenever I see a good offer on frozen prawns I snap them right up! I hate wasting food and anything I can freeze I will. This includes vegetables when I've cut up too many (raw onion can be cooked straight from frozen as can peppers, carrots and most vegetables; though I've not had much luck with mushrooms from frozen.)
I love how easy frozen veg is to cook, so frozen peas and sweet corn are an essential item in my freezer. I've recently discovered frozen spinach and went through a period where any food I cooked had a good helping of spinach in it too! I still add it to a lot of my food but to the same degree. It's far cheaper and goes further than bagged fresh spinach.
Soup is another item you can find a lot of in my freezer. Making your own soup is ridiculously easy and you can add pretty much what you want to it. I make my own stock too, either by pinching the bones left from my parents roast or by boiling up a ham/ gammon/ bacon joint. This second option is great as I will get a lot of meals from the meat and use the cooking liquid in soup.
I recently became the proud owner of an ice cream maker. Unfortunately this takes up a lot of freezer space and doesn't quite fit with my budget when making lots of custard based ice cream (I refuse to waste the whites and end up spending loads on ingredients) but I'm slowly finding some cheaper recipes. And you have to allow yourself a treat sometimes, right?
I've slowly started to build up other things in my freezer such as bread crumbs and pastry but those don't take up much space.
Using a freezer as much as I do it's important to get the organisation right. This mainly means labelling your food. Once it goes into a container it can be very tough to tell apart from anything else you find in your freezer (as I learnt after many meals of oh, I thought this was curry but actually it's vegetable ragu…)
30 12 / 2013
Pork and Apple Crumble
This savoury dish uses meat left over from a roast pork loin that I got on offer as it was going out of date. If you don't have left over pork (and you probably don't!) you could use diced pork shoulder or mince pork made into meatballs, adding salt, pepper, and some sage to the mince and shaping small balls of meat by hand. Roll these in flour and brown them with the onions but remove before you add the lentils.
I used too much apple when I made this, you probably want to aim for the apple to be about half as much as the pork. You can use as much or as little pork and apple as you have and bulk the rest out by adding more onions and lentils. I served this up on its own; but it would go well with some mash (although as I don't like potato I am going by my partner's recommendation.)
Freeze in plastic containers without the bread crumbs or in foil dishes ready to go straight in the oven with the breadcrumbs.
Leftover pork loin/ diced shoulder of pork/ pork meatballs.
Dry sage (if you don't have sage then rosemary will work, but sage is better!)
1 baking apple cut into 1 inch pieces
1 large onion
2 large tbsp of green lentils
1 veg stock cube/ pot
White breadcrumbs
Salt and pepper
Plain flour
- Dice the onion and fry in a little oil, once clear add the diced pork/ meatballs (not the cooked leftover pork). Remove the meat and add the lentils. Fry for a minute and add some water, salt and pepper, a pinch of sage and about a third of the apple. Keep an eye on the water level and top up if it starts to dry out.
- While this cooks put the rest of the apple and the cooked pork in a pie dish, small roasting tray, small casserole dish. Sprinkle with a good amount of dried sage, salt and pepper.
- When the lentils are tender drain them, keeping the liquid, and add to the pork and apple.
- Return the liquid to the heat and add the stock cube. Whisk in a tbsp of flour, add more water if needed as you want a fairly think gravy but not a paste.
- Pour the gravy over the pork and apple filling. Top with the bread crumbs and bake in the oven at 180 degrees or until the bread crumbs are golden brown.
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21 12 / 2013
My Box of Tricks
My box of tricks is in reality a basket of herbs, spices, stock pots and various other edible things to bring flavour to my food. I've got so many of these now that they are overflowing somewhat. I didn't buy them all in one go but have built them up over the past year. The basics I bought when I moved were;
Mixed herbs
ground corriander
garam masala
chilli flakes
I know this seems like quite a lot, and can cost quite a bit all together, but they are all things I use regularly in my cooking. I find the cheapest way to buy herbs and spices is always to check out the world food sections in supermarkets and check out your local chinese or indian supermarket too, they're often half the price of supermarket branded packs.
When it comes to fresh herbs I try to buy potted ones in the summer, they last longer than cut herbs. Fresh corriander and parsley freeze really well so long as you cook them straight from the freezer. Good hardy plants are Rosemary, which can live through most things and Mint, which will die off in the winter but should grow back in the spring. Be careful of planting these in your garden as they may take over.
Over time I'm built up some other favourites for my box and now have these which I use regularly,
bay leaves
mild curry powder
stock cubes and pots (the pots are great for bulk cooking)
balsamic vinegar
fried garlic
smoked paprika
lime juice
Cardamom pods
The main thing I always think about when buying herbs and spices is 'will I use this again?' if the answer is no then I normally look to see if I can replace it with something else. I'll try to suggest alternatives to some of the ingredients used in my recipes but you can always ask me about them.


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SZA releases a video for "Julia" off of her "Z" project.
Soul singers, SZA & Jill Scott, join forces on, "Divinity."
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Today, we're going to discuss what acids and bases are, and how they are measured on the pH scale.
The pH scale goes from 0 to 14, 7 being "neutral." Anything from 1 to 6.99 is acidic, and anything from 7.01 is basic. The closer something is to 0, the more acidic it is, and the closer to 14 it is makes it more basic.
We measured ph with litmus paper, which, when reacted with an acid or base, turns a certain color as a result of a chemical reaction. The above colors are displayed on the litmus paper whenever it is coated in an acid or base.
But what exactly are acids and bases?
Basiclly, acids have much more hydrogen (h+) and bases have more hydroxide (OH-)
For example, lye is a base because it has more OH- than H+
Today, we're going to talk about how the chemical reaction between aluminum and copper (2) chloride in a solution of water. First of all, what is aluminum? What is copper chloride?
Aluminum is a metal that is very chemically reactive, and not very dense.
Copper Chloride is a blue powdery compound formed between the metal copper and the nonmetal chlorine.
In order to create this chemical reaction, we formed a solution of copper chloride and water. The water actually splits apart the ionic bond between the copper and the chlorine.
But how does it do that?
The copper is a metal, so it is going to transfer an electron to chlorine when they bond, so both become ions, which creates this ionic bond. Now, water is made up of what's called polar molecules, which are covalently bonded. But unlike most bonds, polar molecules are actually "electrically lopsided." So it may be neutral, but one end is more positive and one end is more negative. Anyways, when the ionic bond is submerged in water, the positive copper ion is attracted to the negative sides of the water molecules, and the opposite happens for the negative chlorine ions. But the main point is that the bond between the ions cannot hold them together any longer.
So we have our copper and chlorine solution, and then we add aluminum. What is about to happen is called a single replacement solution, which is written as
A + BC (arrow) B + AC
A reacts with a compound of B and C to produce B and a compound of B and C
With that in mind, the copper and the aluminum replace each other. Aluminum dissolves into the water as it bonds with the chlorine to make aluminum chloride, and the copper comes out of solution, which is why the aluminum appears to be missing, and there is pure copper at the bottom of the beaker.
Why is there left over aluminum in some beakers, but none in others?
Well, whenever a chemical reaction happens, the reactants and the products will always be in the same amount, meaning no matter can be created or lost. So, if there is a little copper chloride, it will replace only a little aluminum. And if there is a lot of aluminum, it will replace a lot of aluminum. With that said, the more copper chloride you added to the solution, the more aluminum that was replaced.
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Here's an awesome prezi Erin made, which describes the phases of matter. What I'd like to include is this:
Latent heat of vaporization is used for vaporizing and condensing, it's just a matter of what the energy is coming from.
Same applies to the latent heat of fusion, which is used for melting and freezing


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First things first, the Dolphins have released JD Folsom in favor of former Louisville WR Patrick Carter on the practice squad. Brandon Marshall and Channing Crowder both returned to practice this afternoon.
The Miami Dolphins may be all but officially eliminated from the playoffs but that doesn't keep them from having a bit of fun, and in some cases at each other's expense. Last weekend I toured the training facility and was amazed at the spacious new players dining lounge that is ground level and looks out to the practice field. In years past it was simply an extension of the dining room with a tarp around it.
As we moved ourselves in and out of the facility corridors, past the position meeting rooms, through the locker room, and eventually out to the practice bubble, the two pictures on page two caught my eye the most. So much that I had to share them.
You can see more pictures from the game on my Flickr account found here. In the meantime hop to page two and see two of the photos I couldn't resist posting.
In this first image, some of the Dolphins have apparently taken to having a little fun with one of the shorter members of the team. I have blacked out the name on the sign out of respect for the party and respect for the Dolphins for letting us have this access. Still, it's pretty funny. The urinal is a kids size.
In this second photo, I found myself laughing at the duality of the image. Channing Crowder is standing on the sideline, likely injured. The BFF tag is funny as hell. It hangs on the cabinet door on Crowder's locker. The half photo above is a Cameron Wake football card from the CFL


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The Import of Defining Love
For the past decade or more, I have been thinking about the love, science, and theology interface. The questions about how these three major domains relate to one another are complex. And they require complex but understandable answers.
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The Import of Defining Love
For the past decade or more, I have been thinking about the love, science, and theology interface. The questions about how these three major domains relate to one another are complex. And they require complex but understandable answers.
One of the central issues in this kind of interdisciplinary love research is how one defines love itself. Many go about assuming they know what love is. But most people – including scholars – have not done the careful work of composing a love definition.
To some people, the idea of defining is sheer foolishness. Love escapes any defining, they say. Pressing them to identify how they know which action is loving and which is not, however, reveals quickly that they do adopt some definition of love. These adopted definitions are often tacit, intuitive, or largely unconscious.
Part of the love scholar's task is to make explicit and conceptually coherent love assumptions that may currently remain implicit and incoherent. In my book, Defining Love: A Philosophical, Scientific, and Theological Engagement, I explore various facets of love in various disciplines. I do the work of making the implicit explicit and the incoherent coherent.
Perhaps the most important contribution of the book is my proposed love definition. I define love in this way:
To love is to act intentionally, in sympathetic/empathetic response to others (including God), to promote overall well-being.
I explore each phrase of my proposed definition in the book. When it comes down to the basics, love has three essential elements:
1) intent/motives
2) relationality/embodiment/environment
3) consequences/outcomes
Defining Love begins with philosophy and asks various questions about these three elements. Along the way, the book addresses forms of love such as agape, eros, and philia.
The heart of the book explores recent research and theory in science. I focus on the social sciences in one chapter, the biological sciences in another, and cosmology in a third.
I have had the great privilege of having access to some of the most influential scientists of our time. The chapters on science and love in the book draw from their work, some of which I heard them present personally, others which they detail in their published works.
Readers will likely be surprised at the vast amount of research and theory pertaining to love, altruism, well-being, prosocial behavior, agape, benevolence, and related issues in science. Reviewers and readers often report being unaware of so much interesting research being done on these subjects.
Defining Love concludes with a chapter exploring God's love. It quickly surveys the general approaches to how science and theology might most effectively relate. Rejected are the views that say or imply that theology always trumps science or science always trumps theology.
One of the more creative proposals in this final chapter emerges from the theological issue most worrisome to those who believe God loves perfectly: the problem of evil. I call my response to the problem of evil, "essential kenosis."
Essential kenosis says God acts as a loving causal agent in every agent and/or event. But God never entirely determines anyone or anything. To put it another way, God never totally controls others. Because of this love-grounded power, God should not be thought the cause of evil nor culpable of failing to prevent it.
Essential kenosis does say, however, that God's love varies. God's persuasive influence oscillates as creatures respond appropriately or inappropriately. And God expresses diverse forms of love. Divine love is not an amorphous "steady state" or "blind force," because God is personal.
Some reviewers of Defining Love have praised the general structure and substance of the book. But many theologically-informed readers find the final chapter too brief.
Anticipating this, I published simultaneous with Defining Love a thoroughly theological exploration of love called The Nature of Love. ( http://www.chalicepress.com/The-Nature-of-Love-P656C15.aspx ) In it, I wrestle with classic love theologians like Augustine and Anders Nygren. And I propose a series of ideas pertaining to essential kenosis that should satisfy readers of Defining Love who had hoped for more theological reflection.
My hope is that Defining Love becomes a tool for both academics and laity as they wrestle with love's meaning and expression in the world. The research will likely surprise many. And I trust that my own proposals will prove fruitful in the ongoing work to gain a better understanding of God and creation.
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It seems that love would be an interesting consideration for science, philosophy and Theology. Love, for me, seems Theological and can perhaps enjoy a philosophical observation and/or structure. But- I rarely think of the 'science of love'- although, it seems that we may be able to 'systematize' love and place the substance of love in 'logical order'. The 'history of love' seems possible too. However, in this context, I would agree with the definition of love offered by Dr. Oord.
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."(1st Corinthians 13:4-7) It seems that the 'nature' of love, at least from the New Testament protocol, Dr. Oord consolidates his hypothesis concerning the definition and issue.
Discussing when love is 'occurring' is another matter. If I am exhibiting an act of kindness such as feeding a homeless person while offering them words of encouragement, by anyone's standards, I am a loving person. Or, at least living out an act of love.
But what about the Nazi scientists and doctors which performed surgeries on Jews in pursuit of sterilizing humans to generate a perfect, clean, Aryan race? By all standards, this seems evil- but these doctors felt that they were thinking of others when they were doing this. They felt that their ethic was excellent and good. (The only evidence I have that they believed this is at the Nazi trials after WWII). If they thought that they were loving Germany, other fellow Nazi's, and their cause. In the case of me feeding the homeless and the Nazi ridding the world of Jews- aren't we both trying to make our world a better place? hence in pursuit of love? loving others and seeing the best in others? Although, Nazi's did not accept Jewish people as they were, they tried to offer a solution to the problem. And, not just a local problem, but a worldwide one.
In thinking of this act as evil, instead of loving (as in me feeding a homeless person), we must turn to a higher standard of love, we must consider the metaphysics of love and the logic of it too. I cannot simply call the Nazi's 'evil' for killing Jews- Love has included the killing of others in past times. For Example, the killing of others to protect American freedom and liberties against communism and national socialism, killing has even included the intimacy and truth of God sending his Son to die on a cross as a direct act of love, for others. (Christian Theology)
It seems that we must first consider motives. Why is this alleged act of 'love' occurring? and- who created the very definition of love which we are pursuing? and it is truly consistent with an accurate measure of the nature of love.
I contend that love and evil, can only truly exist in a Philosophy where God exists- since God is the ultimate paradigm as to what determines these factors about our actions and works. What is love? It seems that the cause of Adolf Hitler was not to love others in unconditional kindness and stability. He also did not believe that he was leading the Jews to a more fulfilling well-being. He also did not lead the Germans to a better life. But of one that would lead to the hanging of their leaders and future shame. But, I can only make this judgment if I am using the bible's definition of love. "Love your neighbor as yourself" is a basic idea of God's love- The Germans did not love the Jews as themselves. And, when America (using Christian ethic-or any nation for this matter) kills others who are not living by this standard, is this not an act of love? (true love)? When we do not follow the golden rule and seek our own desire and not consider the well-being of others, will this not eventually create oppression and end a civilization? (as with the Nazi and communistic societies), especially when anti-Christian societies try to expand- it is never expansion by love or offering others the gift of love. It is often brute force.
It seems that love must exist for anything to succeed. And, to have/enjoy life- what are your thoughts? Can love be identified and pursued by any other standards?
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So now it gets more interesting! I don't actually have a BMW factory manual, only a Haynes, and they don't get into it. But I have owned a lot of motorcycles with spokes, and a lot of bicycles with spokes, and I've messed with a few of them. My sense is that these "cross-lace" aluminum wheels require some sort of special knowledge.
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I really don't even have the words to describe whats going through my head right now. The Buffalo Sabres play another weak home game, and walk away with another loss. Dave has brought to life the Knee-Jerk Reaction to each game….and here is my initial reaction:
- At the end of the day, you have to do three things to opponents while you are playing them in the National Hockey League. 1) Respect all opponents. Even the bottom feader teams are professionals in the same league – they are capable of beating you on any night. 2) Dont let bad bounces or calls against you take control of your momentum. 3) When you step on the throat of an opponent, don't let up.
- Don't think that my first statement was a slam to the Florida Panthers. They are not a bottom feeder team, they are an upcoming team that demands respect. They are not going to make waves and win divisions right yet, but they will challenge for a playoff spot and should never be given the chance.
Sturm is definitely going to hear from the league on that hit. If the league does nothing, it just further proves that there is a problem with the system. Thank the hockey gods that Jordan Leopold is ok.
Nathan Gerbe should throat punch the ref after the game. Really a two minute unsportsmanlike conduct penalty…guys blow refs off all call them out all the time. Only time refs make that call is when they forget that they are paid employees…and get upset that they are not good enough to play the game themselves. Aweful call…and a tough one for Buffalo Sabres fans to swallow.
Did I mention the question of why Mike Weber is still sitting out? Lindy Ruff had to have caught him hitting on his wife or slapping one of his kids. The kid was on the team last year, and no one on the defensive corp right now has played well enough not to deserve sitting in the press box as the odd man out.
The team as a whole continues to look for that cute perfect play instead of taking the puck to the net, putting your head down, and driving towards the goal. We are going to continue to see the drop in the standings until we can figure that out.
How does Thomas Vanek not get a penalty shot? Tonight it wasn't as obvious as the other night…but twice he would have been one on one with the goalie and loses the chance to a hook.
The Matt Ellis call – there was a kicking motion. It was delayed after the puck hit his skate, but he fully intended to kick that puck, and he was looking down at his feet to see what he was doing.
That play didn't beat the Buffalo Sabres. The Buffalo Sabres beat the Buffalo Sabres. The Florida Panthers did not quit and beat the Buffalo Sabres.
Games over. Notes have been made. You have a couple of days before you take on the Philadelphia Flyers, who rebounded huge after their 17 goal game against Winnipeg.
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Just supposing the other half allowed it (which I doubt but let's dream), what bike would you permanently park in your lounge/living room as an art object? You know, something that totally captivates you instead of watching stupid Corrie.
I mean a bike that inspires you , one bike that sums you up so much you can't take your eyes off the shape. You get the idea.
My choice - 1980 Honda CB900.
(Doesn't count but the CB250NB Deluxe was second on my list. Oh how I remember those Com Star days. So can't include the Ducati 916)
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the CB250NB Deluxe was second ....not the first (or second ) bike i would have thought of !.....having had one, i don't recall it being an object of 'art'.......
Therefore I loved it. Rightly or wrongly. But there you are...
the rear sets, clip-ons and Alfa pipes on it that tarnished it for me, or possibly getting caught riding it untaxed by an off duty policeman (my dad!!) that blurred my vision!
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Alfa pipes!! had those on a Kwak Z550 (not GPZ) and they sounded like they put so much horsepower on. But they never did in reality of course.
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I have loved every single moment in Factions up until the nightmare that is Vizunah Square. Two co-op teams might seem great, and if it worked properly it would be tons of fun, but here is what really happens when you try this:
1st attempt - you try and figure out what is going on and fail because you are kind of lost with the whole concept.
2nd Attempt - Another failure when you hit the second wave and get overwhelmed, again not knowing what to expect. So next time you plan on being ready.
3rd attempt through 10th attempt - You fail every time, not because you aren't prepared, because the other team isn't prepared at all.
11th attempt - You fail to the shouts of "haha have fun losers" then the other team quits so you die.
12th attempt - Someone joins the mission on the other side just to cap a skill then leaves, you fail.
13th attempt - Menhlo glitches and gets killed, you fail.
14th attempt - Togo glitches and gets killed, you fail.
15th attempt - Henchies glitch when the other team approaches, Togo dies, you fail.
16th through 20th attempt - back to failing because of the other team not being prepared.
21st attempt - Finally get a good second group and beat the mission
So, tonight after 21 attempts, my boyfriend and I finally beat Vizunah square. Only twice did we ever die/fail to protect master Togo. In every single other case it was the other side that somehow caused us all to die and fail the mission.
I think this is a really neat idea in concept, but the reality is it can potentially take dozens of tries to finally finish the mission because of getting paired with a horrible team or some npc bug causing Togo or Menhlo to get stuck
When it finally worked as intended, it was a lot of fun actually. The problem is there is too much room for it to not go right at all.
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02-05-2006, 04:32 #1
Two team co-op missions. Nice idea, horrible in practice
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I feel sorry for your distress, because I loved the whole thing. I believe it was on my third try I succeded, once I had joined up with a group (beforehand I had used henchies. Big mistake. ). The funny thing was, when our cavalry arrived, it was a team of, clearly adept, Koreans. After several translator jokes, we got on with it, and despite the language differences, it was still a great experience. We co-ordinated with ease, and in the end I believe we won on minute 21. :/
Still, I hope you'll give it another chance. When you get dealt the right hand, it's truly a brilliant experience.
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I know what its like. I myself have been having horrible luck with the mission. I still havnt completed it yet.
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I loved it, but I'm pretty sure we were just lucky (as was the other team) enough to beat it third try. Even then I had no idea it was a timed mission, and since we did it in 33 minutes it turned out to be standard.
I think we're going to try to take our guild and improve our time, but the other team is definitely going to be a problem since it's something we can't control.mv
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I am just giving insight on the other side of the coin (Coming from Tyria).
I got to the mission two days after release. Now this seems to be the time between the hardcore grinders and the people that kicks back and enjoy their new Catha environment. I have tried this mission for the whole days either because the other team has no idea what's going on or people just quit like OP mentioned. When we finally have 10+ players from both groups, it was piece of cake and a lot of fun.
The best that I did during this whole time with a guildie and all henchies (with the other team being henchies which dies during the second battle) was to make it to the last boss and got rocked over the bridge. And I agree with the others, when it is intended for what was planned, it's a great idea. However, more often than not, it's going to fail. But maybe when more people get to this mission, it'll be easier to do (I don't even want to think about what happens when people needs the mission once the waves of people has gone pass it).
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Meh I got a good team together most of us where pissed off at this mission so 2 necros made a pug they got me then some war then a 2nd ranger then seeing no monks we wait alittle just about to go in with hench and some how 3 monks get in are party. So we set up skills 1 bonder 1 heal 1 protect 1 MM 1 arcane echo SS with order of pain I think, 2 barrage/inturpet 1 with traps 1 with EoE and 1 tank. We see there is no 2nd team so we know that if you rush and dont kill all the mobs before togo they get bugged so we slowly go down there. when we do most of hench die but gai lives and we fly threw the rest of the mission and get master. Not hard if you get a dam good team. I was the traper I would trap the spawns of the guys and most of the time they would die as soon as they spawned and EoE would kill the ones that where almost dead.
02-05-2006, 05:04 #9
Sounds like a nice idea this!
How long time do you get to chat with the other party before hell breaks loose?
02-05-2006, 05:05 #10
the only thing you are complaining about here is the same complaint common to just about every complaint thread - people.
All good experiences in the game are when you have been surrounded by good ppl, all bad when surrounded by bad ppl.
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/usr/sbin/audlinks has the following behavior:
$ id
uid=100(optyx) gid=1(other)
$ mkdir -p /tmp/b/dev
$ ln -s /.rhosts /tmp/b/dev/.devfsadm_dev.lock
$ su root
# /usr/sbin/audlinks -r /tmp/b
# ls -l /.rhosts
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As far as I know audlinks is deprecated for at least Solaris 8.
Devfsadm(1M) maintains the /dev and /devices namespaces. It replaces the
previous suite of devfs administration tools including audlinks(1M).
Casper Dik already mentioned that the generated /.rhosts file would
be useless if you plan to gain root privilegdes using rsh/rlogin.
But I'd like to add that I can't see a real vulnerability in the above
scenario. audlinks is used to add the audio symlinks and the sound
directory to the devices of a system (/dev), why the hell should an
administrator create these files in a directory owned by user in /tmp.
I can only imagine that an administrator mounts another root filesystem
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/usr/sbin/mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /a
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LONDON—Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts will open Shangri-La Hotel At The Shard here May 6.
Located on the South Bank of the River Thames in the 1,004-foot-high, glass-clad Shard, the hotel will be the Hong Kong-based luxury hotel group's third in Europe, following debuts in Paris in 2010 and Istanbul in 2013. As the tallest hotel in Western Europe and the first high-rise hotel in London, the Shangri-La occupies levels 34 to 52 of the 72-story Shard. Its contemporary interior design complements Renzo Piano's architecture with views in all directions showing landmarks such as St. Paul's Cathedral, Tower Bridge and the Houses of Parliament.
"Our continued expansion in Europe reflects the growth opportunities for the brand and portfolio," stated Shangri-La President/CEO Greg Dogan. "The Shard is a landmark synonymous with London and we hope to encourage visitors to our hotel and the surrounding area. We are truly excited to be an integral part of the ongoing development of the South Bank community and the borough of Southwark."
Guests will take a high-speed elevator from the hotel's entrance on St. Thomas St. to the sky lobby on level 35. Asian touches in the lobby and lobby lounge will reflect Shangri-La's heritage, while modern and classic art, with pieces from a mix of Asian and British artists, will be showcased throughout public areas.
The hotel's 202 guestrooms and suites will open from levels 36 to 50 and will be among the largest in London, according to the company. Because of The Shard's spiral shape, each of the guestrooms and suites, which range from 323 to 2024 sq. ft., is individual in layout and design. All feature floor-to-ceiling windows and views across the city, marble-clad bathrooms with heated floors, separate bathtubs, Acqua di Parma amenities and mirrors with integrated television screens. More than a third of the bathrooms will have city views.
Deluxe, Premier and Grand Premier guestrooms and suites offer northerly views toward the city and London's landmarks. Superior guestrooms and suites feature views of the south and toward the counties of Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
Three signature suites will be unveiled in September. All signature suites overlook St. Paul's Cathedral, Tower Bridge and down river toward the O2 Arena. The Shangri-La Suite, situated on level 39, will provide 180-degree views of London.
The hotel will feature three dining venues: GŎNG, London's highest bar on level 52, takes its name from "dougong," an ancient Chinese structural element of interlocking wooden brackets that will be a component of the bar's interior; TÎNG, derived from the Chinese word for a living room, is the signature restaurant and lounge on level 35; and LÁNG—the Chinese word for pathway—is an artisan deli on the ground floor.
Level 52 will also be home to a 24-hour gym and London's highest infinity pool, and along with GŎNG, level 52 will open July 1.
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