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Wondering what you should eat? Which foods are the best for weight loss? Have you seen articles and products that claim to be the answer for almost magical weight loss? Without further ado, here is the answer: there are no magical weight loss foods. It is all a pile of nonsense and really, you should know better than to think otherwise. I wish there were secret foods and tricks; it would allow me to maintain a better physique with less work. But you and I are in the same boat; we need to make smart food choices and make the decision to move some everyday.
I have been in the business of fitness since 1991. During that time I have helped thousands of people lose weight, build muscle, feel better and be healthier. Also during that time I tried to help thousands more, but with no or limited success. Why did the others fail? Because they were shopping for a solution that did not include making wiser food choices and making activity a part of their life. Some were stubborn, others simply misinformed, others still- ignorant, even when faced with the facts. Ask any trainer how often they hear people who are unhappy with their looks and energy say that they eat right, even healthy. Nonsense! If you did, we would not be having the conversation.
There is no denying or avoiding the fact: calories in and calories out determine our weight. From a purely economical and efficiency perspective, there is no simpler way to change or control your weight than by regulating your calories eaten. There are simply not enough hours in the day to undo chronic poor food choices. You must find a way to balance the calories you eat with the calories you burn, period. No other option. No "yeah, buts…". Nada. Zip. Zilch. Zero. None!
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- Don't eat fried foods or junk food: Don't like that, do you? Eating fried food and junk usually adds extra calories, and quickly, to a calorie intake that may already be more than you need. Can you make room for them? Sure, but while losing weight when your daily calorie allowance is reduced, it can be difficult to squeeze in enough activity to offset the extra calories.
- Don't drink beverages with calories. This includes soda, juice, sweet tea and coffee drinks. Try water or unsweetened tea/coffee.
- Eat less of what you do now. Try eating a third less per serving and see what happens.
- Consider eating pre-portioned meals — Lean Cuisine, Healthy Choice, Smart Ones…there are many options. These meals have gotten much better and healthier over the years. Most are 300 calories or fewer per meal, making them the perfect size. They are also a good way to get used to portion sizes and calorie vs meal size comparisons.
- I know you have heard it before, but try to get several servings (3-5) of fresh fruit and vegetables each day. These are not only good for you, but they generally have fewer calories per serving size than other foods, so they can fill you up and keep you full longer.
- Find an activity you like and try to do it most days of the week. Shoot for 30-90 minutes. And yes, getting a 10-minute bout of exercise three times a day counts as 30 minutes!
There it is, a few simple tips to help you maintain or lose weight. No super-secret tricks, just common sense. If you constantly seek out a quick fix you will be doomed to fail or suffer in the process. Take it step-by-step and day-by-day and at some point down the road you will be pleasantly surprised with how far you've come.


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Mark Reed, associate vice president for Information Technology Services, has announced his retirement after almost 17 years of service to Binghamton University. He has led Information Technology Services operations through times of significant change, continually adjusting the scope and focus of services to best meet the needs of the campus. A reception will be held in June to recognize his accomplishments and wish him a long and happy retirement.

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Will There Be Face-Recognition Surveillance at the Statue of Liberty?
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, and I will monitor them and analyze their faces with sophisticated software.
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The National Park Service describes the Statue of Liberty as "a universal symbol of freedom and democracy." What better place to implement powerful new surveillance systems complete with next-generation facial-recognition technology?
Late last year, Police Product Insight, a trade journal for police and people who sell them products, reported that a New York surveillance-system contractor with the completely you-could-not-make-this-up name of Total Recall Corporation will be installing a cutting-edge facial recognition software program called FaceVACS at the site.
The software sounds powerful -- its makers claim that it allows law enforcement to match subjects on camera to a database of photographs "regardless of age, glasses, hats, hairstyle, and facial hair."
Ryan Gallagher, a reporter who writes for Future Tense, noticed the story, and decided to follow up. His account of what happened next is bizarre, and you should read the whole thing. First, Elke Oberg, the marketing manager for Cognitec, the German manufacturer of FaceVACS, confirmed to Gallagher that "Yes, they are going to try out our technology there."
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Shortly after talking to Milliius, Gallagher got an email from Oberg at Cognitech, directing him not to publish anything about face-recognition technology at the Statue of Liberty.
"It said that I had 'false information,' that the project had been 'cancelled,' and that if I wrote about it, there would be "legal action." Total Recall then separately sent me an almost identical letter--warning me not to write "any information about Total Recall and the Statue of Liberty or the use of face recognition at the Statue of Liberty." Both companies declined further requests for comment, and Millius at Total Recall even threatened to take legal action against me personally if I continued to 'harass' him with additional questions."
Trying to sort out just what was going on at the Statue of Liberty, Gallagher turned to a National Park service spokesman, who wouldn't comment on the surveillance system. Greg Norman, the Park Police captain at Liberty Island, told Gallagher "I'm not going to show my hand as far as what security technologies we have."
Reached today by telephone, a Total Recall employee said that Millius is traveling and unavailable for comment. We've emailed Oberg, and will update this post when we hear from her. Linda Friar of the National Park Service told the Voice she could neither confirm nor deny the use of face-recognition technology at Liberty Island: "As a matter of policy, we don't discuss our security measures."
Gallagher published his story on Monday, but so far hasn't heard from any of the parties that threatened legal action if he wrote on the subject. "I'm quite surprised," he told the Voice mildly yesterday. "I thought I'd be bombarded with more crude threats. Give it another day or two."
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Keema (Ground Beef Casserole)
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- Servings Per Recipe: 6
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 197.3
- Total Fat: 7.0 g
- Cholesterol: 54.1 mg
- Sodium: 132.5 mg
- Total Carbs: 11.6 g
- Dietary Fiber: 2.8 g
- Protein: 22.4 g
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This is a delicious and easy Pakistani recipe. This is a delicious and easy Pakistani recipe.Number of Servings: 6
1.5 lbs lean ground sirloin
1 cup chopped onions
2 cups canned crushed tomatoes
1 cup frozen peas
1 cup diced potatoes
1/2 teaspoon each cinnamon, tumeric, ginger
1 tbsp curry powder
salt and pepper to taste
Brown ground sirloin in pan with onions until browned.
Add tomatoes, peas, potatoes and spices along with salt and pepper to taste.
Bring to a simmer and cook for 25 mintues.
Add water if it becomes too thick. It should have the consistency of chili.
Serve over brown rice or whole wheat couscous.
Add tomatoes, peas, potatoes and spices along with salt and pepper to taste.
Bring to a simmer and cook for 25 mintues.
Add water if it becomes too thick. It should have the consistency of chili.
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Scrumshillyitious! I made it today in my crockpot! I used HOT curry-powder for kick. Only took 10 minutes of prep this morning-done @ 4PM. It's more like a stew or chili, but YUM-ME! After tasting it, the only thing I added was a couple Tbs of fennel seed, but one b4 cooking should do. Luv it! - 8/5/08
AMAZING!! A very tasty blend of spices. I took some tips from the other comments, doubled spices (didn't have tumeric). I added hot pepper flakes. I used green pepper instead of peas. I only had 1 cup of tomatoes so added 1.5 TBS of tomato paste. I also boiled the potato ahead and then diced it - 11/30/08
This was awesome! DH loved it. I read some reviews and cooked it as written, I also omitted the tumeric because I didn't have any, and was still great. The following night we had it again, but this time I added cayenne pepper to kick it up a knotch, and boy it was even more terrific! Thanks! - 9/8/09
I made this last night and it was tasty! My garden is overflowing with tomatoes so I used fresh, and don't think I'd use canned in the future. I'd probably double the spices - I added liquid & couscous directly into the pot about 5 mins before serving, and the couscous soaked up a lot of the spice - 9/2/09
The only thing I would suggest to improve this very tasty recipe is to add cooked potatoes, because there is not enough juice for the potatoes to get tender in the pot.
Very different. My husband said... I smell apples. Are there apples in here. I guess it was the cinnamon. Thanks for sharing - 11/10/09
My family loved it, esp. my teenaged daughter. Doubled (or more) spices; added cumin/mustard powder. Used a variety of leftover frozen veggies. Made tortilla wraps w/it for lunch next day. (The ginger helps w/heartburn/gastric distress so even though it's spicy it's pretty easy to digest and enjoy.) - 9/15/09
LOVED IT!!! I substituted tomato paste + 1 3/4 c water for the tomatoes..and added 2.5 tbsp curry + some crushed red pepper. We love spicy food. The rest of the seasonings were perfect in there. The taste is amazing. We had some naan bread with it and served w/rice so that added cals. GREAT! - 4/28/08
I fixed this as the meat for my New Years Dinner. I have to say I was afraid to fix it (something new) the aroma filled the house. My husband and stepson loved it me too. Hubby thanked me three times for a great meal. Used sweet potatoes, doubled the spices, I used a pinch of sugar. Will make again. - 1/2/10
I have never made this food before because all of the recipes I've found are too complex for a mom of two to figure out so I gives a big fat smile to this easy recipe since I had all the ingrediants at home!! Seems like a lot of comments are by people that haven't tried it yet. So give it a turn! - 12/6/09
We really liked this. My daughter said something was missing though. Was wondering a couple things: 1. How would turkey change the flavor? and 2. How much fresh ginger would I use? Someone told me I would have to use 4 tablespoon, is that accurate? Please sparkmail me if you know the answers? Thanks - 9/23/09
This was great! I did not double the spices, but I did add a little salt and pepper. Most canned tomatoes have a lot of salt, so I didn't add much at all. I figure people can always add more at the table if they like. We ate ours over brown rice, and it was very good and filling! 3/4 cup/serving? - 9/19/09


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Neil of Armadillo Aerospace mentioned:
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- Sold Pixel to NASA
- Developing Super-Quad, LOX-Methane, 48" tanks for NASA. (Project M has become Project Morpheus). Probably won't pursue this route further.
- Tube Vehicle - named STIG (I didn't catch the acronym definition)
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Jewish World Review Nov. 6, 2012/ 21 Mar-Cheshvan, 5773 Stupid on Sandy By Rich Lowry
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The new cover of Bloomberg Businessweek has a photo of a flooded New York City over a screaming headline, "It's Global Warming, Stupid."
The magazine thus joins the effort to make the devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy into a piece of cheap agitprop. Global-warming alarmists are desperate for a threat from climate change more immediate and telegenic than the low-lying Maldives supposedly sinking one day beneath a rising sea.
They need disasters, and need them right away. There's a reason that Al Gore used an ominous photo of Hurricane Katrina as seen from space as the emblematic image for his propagandistic documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth."
In the case of Sandy, the alarmists revert to a simplistic style of reasoning (if it can be called that): Something bad happened. It must therefore have an easily identifiable cause. They then wrap this highly emotional appeal in the incontestable clothing of science. Bloomberg Businessweek's editor, Josh Tyrangiel, sent out a tweet: "Our cover story this week may generate controversy, but only among the stupid."
On the face of it, though, it requires belief in a series of improbabilities to be smart enough to meet Mr. Tyrangiel's standards. Because of global warming, there was a Hurricane Sandy. Because of global warming, Sandy ran into a high-pressure system and took a highly unusual westward turn directly into the coast. Because of global warming, it made that turn into New Jersey and affected the richest, most populated areas in the country. Because of global warming, it hit at high tide during a full moon.
The Bloomberg Businessweek piece acknowledges that it's "unsophisticated" to blame one storm on climate change, then does it anyway. It quotes an official with the Environmental Defense Fund making a baseball analogy: "We can't say that steroids caused any home run by Barry Bonds, but steroids sure helped him hit more and hit them farther. Now we have weather on steroids." But what if a hitter is said to be on more steroids than ever, yet his power goes down, not up?
University of Colorado professor Roger Pielke notes that a Category 3 hurricane hasn't made landfall in the U.S. since 2005, the longest spell without one in more than a hundred years. "While it's hardly mentioned in the media," he writes, "the U.S. is currently in an extended and intense hurricane 'drought.'"
On the other hand, there were fearsome hurricanes long before anyone dreamed up, let alone manufactured, an SUV. In 1938, the so-called Long Island Express devastated Long Island and New England. An old newsreel film describing it sounds like a report on Sandy. A high-pressure system kept it from blowing out to sea. It hit densely populated areas. It brought a huge storm surge. The Category 3 storm killed hundreds of people.
In 1821, another storm flooded New York City all the way up to Canal Street. If Bloomberg Businessweek had existed 190 years ago, it might have reported on the damage and warned: "This is our future if we develop modern industry and transportation and make them both dependent on fossil fuels, idiots."
The theory for global warming giving us more intense hurricanes is that warmer oceans will feed more energy into them. But the weather is complicated. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- not a bastion of climate-change "deniers" -- has said, "There is low confidence in any observed long-term (i.e., 40 years or more) increases in tropical cyclone activity (i.e., intensity, frequency, duration)."
The alarmists want us to crack down on fossil fuels and crimp our growth right now based on the bet that adjusting the climate to our liking in 100 years or so is within our power, and that when we endeavor to do it, China and India will feel moved to do the same. People who believe this shouldn't throw around the word "stupid" so lightly.
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Campsites in High Demand for Memorial Day Weekend
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Campers looking to reserve a campsite at an Iowa state park with electricity for Memorial Day weekend are nearly out of luck. To date, Clear Lake State Park has one site, Marble Beach has two and Pilot Knob has eight. To say campsites are scarce would be an understatement.
"This goofy spring weather we've had has not been very inviting for campers to head to our parks. As great as last spring was, this year has been almost the opposite which has made campers anxious to get out and sites for Memorial Day weekend that much more in demand," said Kevin Szcodronski, chief of State Parks Bureau for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
"Our parks have a lot to offer like wildlife viewing, fishing and the trails, which are great venues to get some exercise while enjoying the outdoors," he said.
Memorial Day weekend has traditionally been the kick off to summer with campgrounds filled to capacity. Campers without sites should arrive as early as possible and may want to have a back up park in case all the sites are taken.
With many campers held at bay as March weather refused to relinquish its grip, the big holiday may be the first trip out for the season. Campers should plan to go through their equipment before hitting the park to prevent any surprises.
It's also good to review campground rules and etiquette, like getting firewood locally, watching the noise level after quiet hours and picking up after yourself.
"It's fun to sit around the campfire and shoot the breeze, but one loud campsite can ruin the experience for a lot of people," he said.
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He's just turned 22, but rhythm master Uday Jagda has already shared the stage with De La Soul [2] and Erykah Badu and has a song featured on an album released in the UAE last night.
That's pretty good going for someone who doesn't sing or play a musical instrument and only discovered his talent by accident.
Uday, or Beatbox Ray as he's known in the industry, is an expert in 'vocal percussion' - the art of producing drum beats and other musical sounds using just his voice.
Known on the local music scene, he's one of several UAE-based musicians being given the chance to gain mass appeal by featuring on 'Sikka Score Vol. 1' - the first edition of an album series commissioned in the UAE.
The CD, dedicated exclusively to homegrown talent, is an eclectic compilation of emerging Emirati and UAE-based talents who've been asked to create new music as part of Sikka Art Fair.
Explaining how he first realised his talent, Indian expat 'Ray', who was born and raised in the UAE, says: "I discovered I could do it four years ago. I was inspired by a friend of mine who told me what I was doing, I just thought I was spitting. I didn't know what beatboxing was so I googled it and started practising. I watched videos and joined forums."
He has worked hard to hone his skill - Ray once spent four months in his room practising beats - only emerging for food.
His voice may be the only instrument he has to get to grips with, but perfecting sounds takes time.
Ray says: "In the beginning it was all about the basic beats. You learn the basic drums and then, every beatboxer will say this, you copy your favourite beatboxer from Youtube and then you create some original sounds, like a trumpet sound, for example. You get some signature sounds the more you practise. I have a couple of them - an electric guitar sound and a police siren."
Working a day job in accounts at an insurance firm is a world away from his life on the urban music scene and drum'n'bass fan Ray - whose beats have been featured on commercials for Kodak and Blackberry - sometimes struggles to maintain dual identities.
He adds: "It's a pretty weird combination because if people there [in the office] saw me on stage in my hip hop clothes and cap, they'd have no idea who I was.
"Sometimes I can't control my beats though. When you make music from the mouth it's difficult to control it. When you play guitar, you have to find an amp but when it's from your mouth, you slip up. Sometimes I do it and then try to cover it up.
"Sometimes I make water drop sounds at work and people wonder where the heck it comes from, it's good fun!"
Ray has a message to the music-loving public about supporting homegrown talent.
He adds: "This album [Sikka Score] has been a long time coming but finally someone has done something. The artists over here are 10 times better than anyone who's 'made it' commercially. Most of the performers here are heavy-duty singers, they can rip things up - they're really good. People should get out and see them more, appreciate the talent you have right here in the UAE."
Beatboxing isn't the only talent being demonstrated on the new Sikka album.
Songs by Nigerian R'n'B/funk bassist Shay and Emirati acappella vocalist Nada Dada also make the cut.
Music fans in the UAE can also check out the skills of Bulgarian classical guitarist Valentin Spasov and American acoustic artist Harrison Rice by picking up a copy of the CD.
Khalil Abdulwahid, Manager of Visual Arts at Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, says he's very excited about the album. He explains: "The launch underlines the success of Sikka as a springboard to launch the UAE's emerging musical talent.
"Three years ago, Sikka Art Fair was established to serve as a key platform to showcase our talent while allowing them [local artists] to reach out to a wider audience. 'Sikka Score' complements a key goal of Sikka 2013 to nurture a new generation of artists across all spectrums of disciplines, especially in music, bringing this diverse group of artists together for an eclectic compilation."
The Sikka album is priced at Dhs50 and is on sale now at DUCTAC theatre, Mall of the Emirates
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[2] https://www.facebook.com/wearedelasoul
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Two days ago I noticed a louder than normal humming when I ran my dishwasher. During that same cycle my dishwasher got stuck at 46 minutes Foooorreeevveerrr. I cancelled and drained, no noise. So I am assuming that the noise is to do with my motor. I ran a couple cycles of vinegar to see if there was buildup and that did nothing. Still stuck every time at 46 minutes. I took the temp of the water and it was 125 degrees (same as what comes straight out of my faucet). So my question is, are the humming and getting stuck at 46 minutes related? What do I need to replace (errr...have my husband learn how to replace). TIA! |
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So you think they aren't related? I had my husband check the sump and found nothing. How can I know if it is just the heating element? Anyone? Gracias! |
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On a wintry march morning David Stileman, chief executive of the Americas for the British bank Standard Chartered, strained to speak over hearty applause at a town-hall-style meeting at the regional headquarters in New York City. Cheering is surely an unusual sound at a financial company these days, but staff who gathered at the grand old Metropolitan Life building or dialed in from around the hemisphere had reason to roar.
While Wall Street was busy gnawing its fingernails over the nationalization of U.S. banks,
Stileman is a Brit who arrived in the U.S. early last year as Stanchart was completing an acquisition of
Stanchart is healthy now because it had its attack of the flu a decade ago. The Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s forced it to retrench and rebuild its capital base. Now Peter Sands, chief executive since November 2006, is pushing to catch a lot of corporate and a little bit of retail business in each of those growth nodes.
Standard Chartered's roots go back to Chartered Bank, founded with a royal charter from Queen Victoria in 1853. It followed Britain's colonization trail, opening its first branches in Calcutta, Shanghai, Bombay, Hong Kong and Singapore. Standard Bank was started in 1862 in Cape Province at the tip of southern Africa. It expanded throughout the continent until merging with Chartered in 1969. Today Standard Chartered gets 90% of its profits from postcolonial regions.
Through the 1990s Stanchart had been predominantly a trade finance bank, issuing letters of credit and doing related money management. But after losses in the Asian crisis and management upheaval from 2001 to 2003, it shifted course. Instead it would take on more of the flavor of a merchant bank for multinationals active in its chosen zones.
Today's downturn, which is shrinking world trade flows, isn't cause to change. "Look at the underlying markets in which we operate. We believe economic power is shifting fast to the East, and even now I think this dislocation will make this shift faster," says the chief financial officer in London, Richard Meddings. "We're going to have a world which polarizes a shift to the U.S., with Brazil and some of Latin America, and then Asia hubbed around China. [We decided that] in those markets we should be building product sets, putting up branches, building dealing rooms across Asia for wholesale [corporate banking], building sales forces." The bank now offers clients interest-rate and foreign-exchange derivatives and other fancy finance. "That business made $750 million in revenues last year," says Meddings. "It didn't exist six years ago."
The wholesale division set a clear goal as well: to be among the top three banks supplying services to a corporate customer. "
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Getting Amex Bank let Stanchart double its U.S. dollar-clearing business and get a direct euro and yen presence as well. It now clears $140 billion a day and ranks seventh globally in currency trading. The deal also sped development of Stanchart's private bank, launched in 2007, as it added the rich clients that Amex had been serving in Latin America through its private bank in Miami. While most Western banks are struggling, Stanchart is cherry-picking assets, such as
Retail is a big part of the new Standard Chartered. Today the bank seeks consumers in its target regions, often still underbanked. "In the West banks fight each other for slices of a cake, and the cake isn't growing," says Meddings. "In Asia the banks fight each other for slices of a cake that's growing." The bank made acquisitions in Pakistan, South Korea, Taiwan and India (where it is the largest foreign bank) and as a result increased the number of branches worldwide from 400 to 1,750. Last year it saw customer deposits rise 31%.
A customary benchmark for Stanchart, one its executives are eager to be asked about, is HSBC. In 2008 the London rival's net dropped 62% to $9.3 billion; it cut its dividend and conceded that its consumer finance unit would need capital injections for several years.
Irfan Younus, who covers Stanchart for NCB Stockbrokers in London, says the bank has seen its market share rise, especially after the withdrawal of competitors like Citibank,
Let Meddings argue the other side of the debate: "If the last container is leaving Asia, then the world is in difficulty and we may as well get on a rocket to the moon," he says. "But trade is still there. Trade finance capacity is falling faster, and we're getting more market share. Also, companies absolutely recognize that the cost of money has gone up, so people are pricing for the [line of credit] and pricing for the risk of putting that money to play." Wherever a banker plies his trade, if his balance sheet is sound, it usually comes down to the spread.


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Author Notes: If I'm not making jam, I'm loathe to cook strawberries. Parfaits are my favorite way to fancy up the raw fruit for entertaining. In this recipe, strawberry slices are layered with a vanilla-infused mixture of mascarpone and cream, then topped with a loose but crunchy almond crumble. Elegant doesn't get much easier than this. —Rivka
Serves 8
For the Strawberries and Cream
- 2 pounds strawberries, hulled, rinsed, and sliced
- 8 ounces mascarpone cheese
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
For the Almond Crumble
- 4 tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/3 cup coarsely chopped almonds
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- Preheat the oven to 350. Toss the strawberries with the two tablespoons sugar, and set aside to macerate.
- Put all ingredients for crumble in a small bowl, and use your fingers to combine ingredients. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes, until butter becomes firm.
- Meanwhile, make the mascarpone cream: combine mascarpone, sugar, and vanilla using an electric or stand mixer until light and fluffy. In a separate bowl, whip cream until it forms soft peaks. Fold half into mascarpone to lighten mixture, then fold in the other half.
- Line a small rimmed sheet pan with tin foil or parchment paper, and sprinkle hardened crumble on to pan. You should have some big clumps, some smaller bits, and some crumbs. Bake 13-17 minutes, until golden. Set aside to cool.
- When ready to serve, assemble 8 parfait glasses (bowls will also work). Start with a layer of strawberries, then a layer of cream, and finally a sprinkling of the crumble. Alternately, put two layers of each into every glass for a total of 6 layers in each glass. Serve immediately.
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They then stayed there shouting political slogans (largely about British soldiers killing Muslims) at passersby until police finally showed up and shot both of them and took them into custody. (Both are in the hospital; one in serious condition.) This report suggests that one woman, Ingrid Loyau-Kennett - who got off a bus and then talked to the men until police showed up - may have prevented the incident from escalating or more being killed. At least a couple people videotaped what was happening. Here's the basic AP rundown with more details.
This new report says that both men had been investigated in previous security service probes for links to terror groups.
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plus guestDAVE the Drummer is back at D:fuse! He has played for Fusion / D:fuse on several occasions and has played in Ireland many times. A busy man he is so we are lucky to get him over. DO NOT MISS this techno legend playing his funky dark techno @ D:fuse.
Dave the Drummer is a man on a mission.
He started his career in 1995 as the producer for the infamous Liberator DJs in London, working with them as programmer, mix engineer and collaborator on the Stay Up Forever Label.
The label grew, and soon Cluster records was born, along with the sound of London Acid Techno. Many other labels followed, and DAVE recorded and produced on most of them, labels such as Smitten, Routemaster, Raw, Eukatech, TEC, Boscaland, and DAVE's very own HYDRAULIX imprint formed the backbone of the Acid Techno movement, which has now invaded most countries around the globe.
With his trademark grooves and crisp productions DAVE has gone on to make some of the most respected classic Acid Techno records in the world:
• One Night in Hackney on S.U.F. records with Chris Liberator.
• Hydraulix 09 on his own Hydraulix label.
• Cradle cap, on his Apex imprint.
• Soul image, on Riot recordings with B.K.
• The Human Animal, on Chris Liebing's Fine Audio Recordings.
as well as MANY others.
For the past 15 years DAVE has been playing his tracks from his vast catalogue of tracks all over the world. As a DJ He has a reputation for being innovative and sharp on the turntables, and now, playing with Traktor Scratch and an armload of fresh, new, unreleased material, his DJ sets have become explosive.
He has held down a residency at Sao Paulo's super club Lov.e in Brazil and has been offered many exclusive residencies in the UK and around the globe. Never to be tied down, DAVE is a regular visitor to South America as well as Japan , Australia , Venezuela, Canada , Russia, and the rest of Europe and has played most of the best clubs and festivals in the world over his 15 year career as a traveling DJ
In recent years Dave's sound has shifted away from the dark acidic sound of the London underground to a slower funkier dark techno groove. His recent work on the label Mutate to Survive and Reklusive and his Collaborations with Tom Laws are picking up attention from some of the worlds top techno DJ's. Including:
Oliver Huntemann, Len Faki, Fergie, Ritchie Hawtin, Calvertron, Bryan Zentz, DJ Preach, DJ Murphy, Carl Cox, Chris Finke, Wehbba, Maetrik, and many more.
The story doesn't end there, DAVE is now working on his own custom sample CD's, The first of which "DAVE THE DRUMMERS TEKNO TOOLBOX" is released through Lenny Dee's ISR label and DAVE is currently working on a follow up to that.
He's been teaching Ableton Live at workshops at the AIMEC DJ academy in Brazil, he is the chief editor of the technical section of new UK dance magazine CORE and in his spare time ( which doesn't exist ) he's studying web design and planning to become a fully qualified web professional, to help build the best music orientated websites in the future.
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It seems like just about everyone these days all of a sudden has a heightened sense of awareness for anything related to Internet privacy. Some of the latest:
- Al Franken Warns Facebook, Google Users: 'You Are Their Product', Huffington Post
- Google in trouble in Europe and U.S. for Safari privacy violations, Venturebeat
- Does Google Deserve To Be Labeled Evil?, WebProNews
- Privacy-Conscious Google Alternative DuckDuckGo Triples Traffic in Three Months, Softpedia
- Facebook password requests by employers violates privacy: Experts, Vancouver Sun
- Google's eavesdropping technology: Going too far to sell ads?, The Week Magazine
- Make online privacy a priority, Seattle Times
No doubt many of the concerns are completely valid. After all, how would you expect anyone to react when so many expectations about what they do or how they do things gets flipped on its' head, especially something that might be important but for whatever reason ends up being taken for granted, such as privacy, or clean air, water, clean food, all that good stuff. If it gets ruined or tainted, it not only tastes bad, but causes you to spend time and energy to either work with as is or find an alternative.
Option 1: Work With As Is
As with water, you can do things to sanitize it such as running through a filter or boiling it. With web privacy, there are likewise options such as for blocking ads, adding encrypted search, DIY or other tools. However, since this adds additional time or cost to regularly maintain, it makes you question how much value you're really getting out of the service in the first place, is it really worth it, not to mention that once it starts breaking down, repeated errors probably aren't too far out of the question. Maybe similar to when a car starts breaking down after 200k miles or so, and usually ends up being one thing or another every other month or two. The fact that you're even asking yourself the question means you probably already know the answer as well, but just aren't quite yet sure what to do about it.
Option 2: Find an Alternative
The other option of course is to bail, get outta dodge, head for the hills, pack up and move on, get a reset, bury it with the only potential value being to use as fertilizer for growing something new. If the change is too drastic, it might not seem to matter and you're willing to try anything, but then of course you could end up in the same position you're in or an even worse environment (the devil you know versus the one you don't seems like a rationality often used). So, while some adventure into the unknown can have its' own curious attractiveness, it usually helps to be somewhat prepared, maybe call it more of a lesson learned. With the water or food example, this could be your bottled water (while by no means always has the most stringent quality controls either) or for food this could be replacing your eating habits with something you have more control of, such as growing your own (greenhouses are more popular than ever) or trying to find fresh produce and goods from a local market. Either way, the result being you're taking more control over aspects that might have gotten a bit out of control.
With web privacy, to start with, here could be some of the lessons learned for a few of the more popular types of web applications:
For Storing/Sharing Content
If using from an ad based service, since you don't own your content, this can translate immediately into no control. Meaning while one day everything can be fine, the next maybe not so much or much worse. The reason the control isn't there, as Al Franken and so many others have pointed out, is that simply put, a business is in business to support their customers. For an advertising based model, that means whomever are their advertisers/customers, or more importantly, whomever are their biggest, largest, otherwise known as strategic customers. As a non-paying user, you have nowhere near the priority, hence radical unexpected changes and zero support. For these types of services that you have no control over, it's probably best to limit your exposure to them, becoming more or less benevolent to whatever they do, you're really not expecting much else.
Lesson Learned: If you value your content and communications, use a solution where you're the customer. That way, there's no confusion or purposes racing in opposite directions. Instead, with users and customers being one and the same, the purpose of developing a quality product is aligned with customers looking for a quality solution. Over time, you can grow that alignment through customers providing feedback of problems they're having and likewise getting a solution whose purpose is to fix those problems. With that environment, quality customer support is not just something good to do, but critical for the survival of your business, both for in the present with repeat business and good old fashioned referrals, as well as in the future for new feature/product directions.
While there are a range of potential solutions available, with Odysen you get a simple to use tool to organize a variety of content, including useful applications and a folder layout to organize your network however you feel is appropriate.
For Searching
Some people believe a more social search (SPYW) is beneficial, regardless of any additional privacy concerns. The thing is, when people are searching on the web, the whole point is needing to search through a bit of the chaos for some order that could be presently missing in your environment. This could be trying something new and learning how others have done it, maybe helping to either save a little time or looking to build on top of it.
With that in mind, searching through your own world of content defeats the whole purpose of searching in the first place. The argument is made for higher quality based on the trusted sources in your network, however that doesn't mean much whenever searching for any subject outside of your network. Such as for a new style of cuisine, moving to a new town where you don't know anyone yet (or not enough for any type of consensus), never mind the experience you get from learning about it on your own.
Lesson Learned: If searching for different perspectives, try using a search engine that focuses on having those perspectives, such as from DuckDuckGo or another search engine that doesn't integrate your existing networks.
For Emails
The other heavily used application that may or may not be causing concerns is with your email provider. As this can be a combination of both your content and search, through including ads from your search in your emails, it can be problematic especially when using the email system in a more professional work, organization or group environment.
Lesson Learned: As the problem stems from integration of the two, the solution is probably some form of disconnection. This could be either using a more independent search engine or going further, a medium term solution, by setting up your own email viewing client (versus a browser), such as from Mozilla Thunderbird, Microsoft Outlook or others. Longer term of course would be hosting your own, but even that environment you still need a viewing client (GUI, Graphical User Interface), so the medium term solution would be a good next step.
As with most things, change can be looked at in different ways. Sometimes it can be good, such as when you're more in control or are the one implementing the action of the change. Other times probably not, when you're not in control and your energies are focused on reactions, making it feel like you're going backwards. So, one way to have more time for the actions you're in control of, is to simply get rid of or reduce the one's you're not, or at least be aware of the baggage they bring so at least when the unwelcome changes do happen, you're at least somewhat prepared and have an appropriate expectation, your preventative damage control.
What do you think? What other lessons have you learned or have questions about regarding all the recent privacy changes?


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On this day, with the draft just days away, I offer to you my final Raider mock draft predictions for the 2010 draft. I've come a long way from my first mock draft this year, which included MLB Rolando McClain of the national champion Crimson tide and a no name quarterback in the7th round from Florida Atlantic named Rusty Smith. Since I wrote that article, I've only written one other Raiders mock draft, the post NFL Rookie Combine mock draft in March. Now, I am writing my final predictions for the Raiders draftin hopes that someone who has some sort of influence in the Oakland war room will see the logic in my picks and at least take one of the guys that I've wasted parts of my life I'll never get back researching.
Let me not waste any more time with my fruitless jibber-jabber, and give you my final in depth perception of what will happen for Oakland on NFL Draft Weekend.
With the 8th pick in the 2010 NFL draft the Oakland Raiders select Mike Iupati, guard, Idaho.
Hey, if they are going to reach out for a draft choice, you can't go wrong with this guy. I actually watched a segment on 60 minutes recently where they analyzed a small community that produces more NFL players than any other community in America. They call it "Football Island" a.k.a. American Samoa. Players like Troy Polamalu, the all-pro safety from the Pittsburgh Steelers, along with Haloti Ngata the DT from the Baltimore Ravens, Jonathan Fanene DT from the Bengals, and about 30 other NFL players are from the tiny Island of 68,000 people.
As you can see, the AFC North division has a run on the NFL Samoans, and it is time for the Raiders to get in on the mix. If there is going to be an offensive lineman taken in the first round by Oakland this year, you can bet your last dollar that Tom Cable will be a heavy influence on whom it will be. I'm sure that Cable's pick will be Iupati, the offensive guard from the Idaho Vandals.
There has been a trade; the Oakland Raiders have traded their 2010 second round pick (39th overall) along with MLB Kirk Morrison to the Minnesota Vikings for their 30th overall pick and their fifth round draft choice in 2010. With the 30th overall pick in the draft, the Oakland Raiders select Bruce Campbell, OT, from Maryland.
Hey, I bet you didn't see that coming did you? Here is the thing though, Bruce Campbell is not even currently ranked on Scouts Inc.'s Top 32 players for this draft, but at this point in the draft, he is the best tackle left on most boards. With the bottom feeders coming up in front of the in the second round, teams in desperate need of offensive line who aren't expected to go offensive line in the first round, like the Rams, Chiefs, Lions, and Bucs, the Raiders realize that they can get that draft combine freak late in the first and shore up the offensive line right out of the gate this year.
Like him or not, Bruce Campbell is a phenomenal athlete with tremendous upside. He looks more like a Greek God than your typical offensive lineman, and he is very quick. So with the top two picks in the draft, the Oakland Raiders have substantially upgraded the right side of their offensive line.
With the 69th pick in the 2010 NFL draft, the Oakland Raiders select Brandon Spikes, ILB from the Florida Gators.
That's right guys, you heard it here first. Spikes is on a steady decline since the end of his college season. To look on your draft board and see this former projected 1-2 pick there at this point in the draft is reminiscent of looking in the fourth round last year and seeing Louis Murphy. Sure, Spikes ran a horrible 40 time at his Pro Day, but we all know he is faster than that; he is from the speed state, remember?
On top of that, his collegiate accomplishments speak for themselves and he fits the mold of the NFL type 4-3 middle linebacker. He would complete the transformation of the linebacker crew in Oakland. With the addition of Spikes, along with Trevor Scott and Kamerion Wimbley flanking him, the Raiders are now a combined four inches taller and 44 pounds heavier than last year's starters. Spikes can come in from day one and bring an attitude and hitter's mentality that Kirk Morrison hasn't shown during his time with the team.
With the 106th pick in the 2010 NFL draft, the Oakland Raiders select Cam Thomas, DT from North Carolina.
AT 6'4″ 331 lbs., he is just the right guy to plug the gaping holes that have perplexed this team's run defense over the past three years. His stock is on the rise ever since the Senior Bowl. His head coach, Butch Davis, comes from a background of NFL defensive coaching, so the Tarheels' defense is very much pro style. And Thomas likes getting his nose dirty in the middle of that defense.
"I love Guerilla warfare baby," he said, "That's where you earn your stripes. I got my stripes. I can anchor that whole thing. Not everybody can play that position." You have to admire the guy's attitude. You also have to love his name on twitter: Triplefatgoose. Thomas is a massive man who moves the whole line where ever he wants. Early in the fourth round, he is too good to pass up.
Are you keeping up with this Raider Nation? So far, the Raiders have addressed both the offensive line issues and the run defense with their first four picks in the 2010 draft. Now, it's time for Mr. Davis to get a little creative and select some of those late rounds heroes the team has been able to draft lately. Coming up, it's the three fifth round picks (one from New England and one from the earlier trade with Minnesota) and then the two sevenths.
With the 138th pick in the 2010 NFL draft, the Oakland Raiders select Perrish Cox, CB from Oklahoma State
It's another case of a high talent guy falling in the draft here, similar to the Brandon Spikes situation. Only this time, it's one of the very few guys who I've seen play some substantial time as a man to man coverage cornerback in college. 6'1″ 195 pounds, not quite the speed that Davis covets with his 4.54 forty yard dash, but Cox is a playmaker, and could be a solid nickel cornerback for Oakland straight out of the gate. Cox had to hold a private workout for scouts because he was told by his schools officials that he was not allowed to participate in the schools pro day after being suspended for the cotton bowl for violating team rules (curfew violations, twice). This is a large part of the reason for his recent decline on draft boards.
Nevertheless, Cox is a great football player. He has those Davis intangibles and, like I said, he worked in a lot of man to man coverage at Oklahoma State. If he falls to this pick, then Oakland should definitely take him here. He is also very dangerous on special teams as a return man.
With the 158th pick in the 2010 NFL draft, the Oakland Raiders select Clifton Geathers, DE from South Carolina.
How about this pick in the middle of the fifth round, a 6'7″ 299 pound defensive end with 37 ¾" arms and 11 inch hands. Yeah, Clifton Geathers has the potential to be that guy who lines up at both end and defensive tackles like a new version of Richard Seymour. He is a notable run defender, who needs to work on his pass rushing, but hey, the Raiders need more help in run defense, not pass rushing. It's a match made in heaven.
If he is given the opportunity to compete at the next level, he will be the fourth member of his family who has played ball in the NFL. Talk about bloodlines. Geathers is a project player, but with the talent surrounding him in Oakland, he will be given the opportunity to succeed without bearing the pressure to perform from day one.
With the 167th pick in the 2010 NFL draft, the Oakland Raiders select Marshall Newhouse, OT from Texas Christian University.
Yeah, so what if the Raiders used two picks from the Minnesota Vikings on offensive linemen, you got a problem with that? I sure don't. Anyway, Newhouse has already visited the Raiders complex, and that means that the Raiders are interested. I would suspect that if he is here this late in the fifth round, they won't let him get away.
Marshall is fast for his size and his stock is on the rise. He is considered a versatile player who projects as a guard at the next level, but Newhouse is quite athletic and could potentially play the right tackle position. On the line or blocking against the linebackers, Newhouse has shown nice footwork and good strength to the NFL scouts this off season.
With the 215th pick in the 2010 draft, the Oakland Raiders select Chris Hall, Center from Texas.
The fifth year senior started 35 games for the Longhorns in his college career. He was a finalist for the Remington Award (NCAA's Best Center) for the second straight season. Hall is the offensive line's signal caller in the nation's third ranked scoring offense. Hall started at all five positions on the O-Line for Texas during his sophomore year at Texas until finding a home at center late in that same year.
Hall has issues in one-on-one situations, like when he faced Oklahoma's Gerald McCoy as well as some other defensive tackles. Quicker tackles are said to be able to shed him quickly and get to the next level. But in Oakland, he will face more 3-4 defenses in the division, so he could be a value pick for the Raiders early in the seventh round.
With their final pick, the 251st pick of the 2010 draft, the Raiders select James Ruffin, DE from Northern Iowa.
Aside from his formidable stature (6'3″, 264 pounds, Ruffin quite a good athlete. As evidenced by his 4.73 forty yard dash, 33″ vertical leap, 9'5″ board jump and his 27 repetitions on the weight bench.
He is a Division I-AA standout from small school Northern Iowa and he could have a big impact on a team that gives him a chance to develop. The Raiders might just be that team. With the last pick in your draft, why not draft an Al Davis player? Ruffin has a good motor and a ton of motivation to prove himself.
So, during the course of my final Raider mock draft predictions, the team has upgraded both lines, the linebackers, and the cornerbacks. They still need to go out and get a third tailback through the undrafted free agents, or post draft waiver wires, along with the hope that one of the fullbacks currently on the squad can step up. In my opinion, Marcel Reece could be that guy, he has a ton of upside. Who knows, maybe Oren O'Neal makes a triumphant comeback. Point is, I don't think either of those positions, nor WR or QB should be high on the priority list in Oakland's draft this year. Feel free to grade my overall draft below.
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Hi Designers! This particular project is for an approved affiliate marketing campaign for MeetLocals.com. The flyer will be for a localized affiliate campaign located in Boston and it will be for the website MeetLocalsBoston. So just to clarify one more time - the flyer you are designing is for MeetLocalsBoston.com.
MeetLocals is a new adult dating website. This particular campaign will be run in Boston and aimed at males. These flyers may be handed out or posted in the city.
Typically 18-40 year old males. Could be single, could be in a relationship and looking for something on the side.
Flyer should be in A5 format so that it can be easily resized.
Logo: There is no existing logo for MeetLocalsBoston. Most likely, it will be a redirect to MeetLocals.com. We ask that designers add 'Boston' to the existing MeetLocals logo if it is possible (attached.) If it is not possible, it is okay to write out MeetLocalsBoston.com and whatever text or font you choose.
The flyer should have a young attractive female (preferably caucasian in early to mid 20's as this is our target market.) While MeetLocals is an Adult website, the picture should not be too racy. We have attached ads with females that we would consider acceptable for our flyer.
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The Wonderful health benefits of White Tea Elena Popec (3) White tea is truly a pearl among the different varieties of tea. These teas are a specialty of the Chinese province Fujian. White tea is the most expensive, and this fact is not surprising because white tea is widely considered the most effective (health-giving). It contains a maximum amount of useful substances and vitamins, which are found in the other varieties of teas in smaller amounts due to fermentation process. White tea is one of the rarest teas in the world: the buds are picked before they unfurl, which means the tea can only be plucked for a few weeks each spring only in the morning from 5 to 9 AM. White teas have a very strict procedure for the plucking and processing. The tea pickers are prohibited from eating spices, garlic, onions, and consuming alcohol, as well as other strong-fragrant foods in order not to contaminate the aroma of tea leaves. The unopened buds and two young leaves are plucked by hand then withered to allow natural drying. White tea is minimally processed, therefore contains the higher level of antioxidants. The main difference of white tea is that it leaves are not broken or twisted, which is why tea looks a little sloppy. The fermentation of white tea is a natural way without the use of any special technological innovations. In fact, the process of drying of white tea is the only process where manufacturers can somehow affect the final product. That is why the drying process is approached with special care. High-quality white tea leaves remain whole after the drying process despite the fact that they become distorted, the leaves maintain maximum integrity. Another characteristic feature of good white tea is the presence of small silver fibers on the leaves. White tea requires very careful handling. If you already shelled out for expensive and good product, try to brew it so as to preserve the maximum benefit and enjoy this drink. For brewing white tea, use water at a temperature ranging from 176 to 194 degrees F, and steep it not longer than 2-3 minutes. If water used is too hot it will not allow the unique aroma of white tea to unfold. White tea should be stored in a tin box, so there is no access to different odors, since it instantly absorbs all extraneous scents. The brewed liquid has lightly amber color with a slight greenish tint. It is very transparent with thin unique floral, slightly herbal flavor. There are few traditions and rules imposed to the consumption of white teas. The fact that subtle and delicate taste of white tea is fairly weak, tea drinkers should not enjoy white tea after spicy, salty or astringent foods, because of strong food aftertaste. Therefore, white tea should be drunk by itself. For those who prefer to add a fruity accent to white tea, ESP Emporium offers an innovated White Grape Premium Tea blend. It is your turn to decide whether our choice was the correct one. Fresh juice from sun-ripened grapes, red berries and the blue/violet color of blossoms, set on a bed of rich green (China Pai Mu Tan, China Cui Min), invite you to simply enjoy this excellent blend. White teas, regardless of grade offer great benefits to our body. They are rich in antioxidants and slow down skin aging process, prevent the emergence of malignant tumors. White tea also has an antiviral effect, strengthens the cardiovascular system, and reduces the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis. facebook twitter google+ email
Tea Traditions Steven Popec (16) The Tea Ceremony - Enjoy the variability of the worldThere are various traditions of tea ceremonies in different cultures. Every nation, every region and even families have their traditions of making this wonderful drink. The cult of tea in the East belongs to Japanese, in the West - to English. Tea rituals help a person to concentrate and reflect on spirituality, to see the unexpected in the usual, to understand the unknown in the known, set to a tide of nature and the universe, to find peace and harmony in your soul. Drinking tea requires vigilance at all stages of interaction with product, since the cultivation and collection of leaves to water and its selection, connection with the fire in the cooking process of boiling water. In England, tea drinking is an old and much respected tradition which includes communication that often is very formal. The British, which are wonderful people, they contrive to get the pleasure of formal communication, if it happens over a cup of tea. In Russia, people drink tea for the sake of conversation. Russian tea drinking ceremonies, tea is the drink of friendship. There is nothing more important than company enjoying this traditional drink sitting around a samovar. The Japanese prefer to enjoy the world outside edge of everyday life. Therefore, for the tea ceremony, they create a special world: a tea garden with a special path that leads to a tea house, with a room for tea drinking ceremonies. The Japanese tea ceremony is not so much about the taste of tea, but the taste of Zen. Japanese tea rituals are extremely complicated and refined. There are special ritual acts, dishes, and even space. Japanese tea ceremonies are analogous to cultic action and have philosophical and authentic characters. Basics Japanese Philosophy of Tea: • worship of beauty; • dream of good in an imperfect world full of evil; • subordination to the laws of charity in the relations between human beings; • tea - is pleasure without excess, is uniquely valuable without the high cost, is nature and harmony, hospitality and peacefulness; • tea - is healthy because it prompts to clean; • tea - is frugality, because learning to find comfort in the simple and modest; • tea - is moral geometry, determining the optimal form of a combination of personal interests with the interests of others. The Chinese tea ceremony allows enjoying the taste of tea. Gong Fu Cha (called the ceremony - higher skill tea) reveals the variability of the world through the variability of the taste of tea. It helps to take the one and another variation of the reality, as a fact. When the higher level of concentration is reached, and then during the tea ceremony can be felt as the world is changing with each passing second, as the grass grows and a tree leaf develops. The ceremony tunes on a philosophical mood, calms nerves, and becomes the true relaxation from the harsh realities of everyday life. Moreover, it provides an opportunity to accept these harsh realities with an open heart and even reduce their severity. They are only parts of the overall variability of the world, and, hence, will change soon. So what's the worry? Tea in the Gong Fu Cha has four precious things: a form of the leaf, the color of this, the scent of tea, and the taste of tea. Tea ceremony is constructed so that participants can assess all four of treasures and enjoy them. This tea ceremony is human life in a miniature form. It is not surprising that the East is given the value of tea and rituals, associated with it. After all, tea ceremonies help not only to understand and take the variability of the world, but enjoy it just as volatile flavor tea. facebook twitter google+ email


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Posted on 21 Dec 2010 by Jim Mancari.
OK, so this title is a bit corny, but it certainly rings true for the Mets this offseason. Spring training is a little over 60 days away. It would seem the Mets still have much to do to gear up for the season. That is of course unless the organization is content with the pieces they have. No offense to Sandy Alderson, but he should be spending more time exploring ways to help the team rather...


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Mara and cover art: sixty is the new thirty, right? She did look somewhat her age on the cover of FOTJ's Abyss, though in the New Essential Atlas she looks younger than Tenel Ka.
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Mara and cover art: sixty is the new thirty, right? She did look somewhat her age on the cover of FOTJ's Abyss, though in the New Essential Atlas she looks younger than Tenel Ka.
Simply put, this book was the best Fate of the Jedi book yet, and perhaps Troy Denning's finest work. I'll post a full review later, but here's an interesting note about the vision of Allana.
Twin Suns 7 flying by. Recently saw a vision of a beautiful woman standing by a white throne, surrounded by Bothans and Hutts, Ishi Tib and Mon Calamari, even humans and Squibs.
1. Anakin Skywalker
2. Anakin Solo
3. Bail Organa
4. Bao Dur
5. Biggs Darklighter
6. Cade Skywalker
7. Canderous Ordo
8. Cody
9. Corran Horn
10. Darth Maul
I'm about 100 pages into the book. Nothing galaxy-shattering has happened yet, though ********'s suicide really caught me by surprise.
I'll admit I got the warm fuzzies when I read Allston's...
Twin Suns 7 flyin' through. I've finished my study of Darth Bane!
Yeah! It's like, the second Palpatine says he could keep the ones he cared about from dying, we see the look on Anakin's face ... we KNOW, without a doubt, that Palps has him completely.
Saba, eh? I've always been rather fond of the Barabel bunch and their way of speaking, but I agree that they've been portrayed inconsistently. They've sort of been Denning's pet characters, haven't...
I was surprised that Leia was holding a blaster on the cover of Abyss, rather than a lightsaber. I mean, she is a Jedi Knight now.
Hmm ...
Outcast -- Luke Skywalker
Omen -- Vestara Khai...
Something that's recently become a rather "chilling moment" for me as I've watched ROTS is when Padme tells Obi-Wan that she knows there's still good in Anakin ... coz that was the legacy she left...
That puts it at the third longest Star Wars book, after "Vision of the Future" and "Star by Star."
I realize that quantity does not always equal quality but I'm way excited for this! Especially...
He looked pretty aged on "The Joiner King" too.
I like this cover, and it's green too! Any predictions for who will be on the other three covers? I'm guessing we'll at least get Jaina and Jag at...
Twin Suns 7 here! I've been exploring the Unknown Regions, it's nice to be back! Recently got "Dynasty of Evil" in the mail; I'm looking forward to starting it (I'm currently reading the Leven...
I saw it last weekend. I LOVED IT!! It was better than fellowship, and I can't wait to see Return of the King. My favorite part was the return of Gandalf.
"You speak of the prophecy of the one who will bring balance to the Force. You believe it is this boy?"
~ Mace Windu, TPM
These are my votes, folks!!
1) Coolest R2-D2 Saving of Heroes in Jeopardy:
5-Flying in to save Padme from a shower of molten metal, AOTC.
2) Coolest Bridge or Control Room:
3-Death Star...
Here's how I see it.
The Separatists break off from the Republic, and Palpatine takes over the Republic and turns it into the Empire. Meanwhile,...
I take it you're a fan of Mon Mothma! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif
I think Anakin was better ... I can identify with him much of the time. Vader was little more than a machine with the weakling spirit of Anakin trapped inside.
Vader: I am altering our agreement. Pray I don't alter it any further.
Darth Maul, a former Jedi? I don't know. He's just so ... evil, and he's such a good warrior. And he absolutely can't be Anakin's father. Anakin Skywalker is the Chosen One (thank you Darth...
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I think Anakin will kill Count Dooku in Episode III, perhaps with some help from Darth Sidious. I'm guessing at this point...
Would you elaborate on that, please? I'd like to hear your theory.
The Attack of the Clones novel tells us Obi-Wan's thoughts when Anakin was fighting with two lightsabers ...
Attack of the Clones, pg. 345
Obi-Wan watched in admiration as Anakin worked the two...
"Mesa bustin wit happiness tousa seein yous again, Annie." -- Jar Jar, AOTC
But I am grown up. You said it yourself.
(Sorry, I couldn't stop myself!!) How about the possibility that Sifo-Dyas was just a normal, average Jedi whose name just happened to get thrown into a...
Young Luuke would like to play, too!! I think it would be cool to be an Ewok senator ... of course, we'd have to pretend that Endor is in the Republic. (Is it?)
Kopernikuz, welcome to the Senate! And this is a good fan script ... one of the best I've read so far. I look forward to reading more.
It's an interesting idea, but I don't know. Darth Maul was so evil and so powerful (being as he killed a Jedi Master) that, if he was Sifo-Dyas to begin with, his fall to the Dark Side would have...
"The Force is strong in this one."
~ Darth Vader, Episode IV: A New Hope
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I haven't seen it yet!! I must I must I MUST!!
Okeyday, Master Obi-Wan. How does this RPG work?
This part is sort of a jumble for me, but I'll give it a shot.
Han: "Chewie, no!! Stop, Chewie, stop!! The Princess ... you have to take care of the Princess!"
I think this part sort of...
Chewie pops up from the top of the AT-ST.
"Chewie! Get down here, she's wounded! ... No, wait!"
-- Han Solo
"I am a Jedi. I know I'm better than this."
One of my coworkers and I were talking today about the fact that the advent of Star Wars Episode III is still two and a half years away!!
When it comes to the subject of Sifo-Dyas, George Lucas...
Qui-Gon: Of course I am spying on you. I AM YOUR FATHER!!
Qui-Gon: This is good ham. Very tasty! I got it for only $2.99 plus tax!
Spirit of Qui-Gon: They were like animals, and he slaughtered them like animals!! He hates them!!
Take it easy, Jerik.
Cut to Padme Amidala and Bail Organa in Padme's senatorial office.
Padme: I must go to Endor. The Ewoks need me.
Valorum: The chair does not recognize the senator from the Trade Federation at this time.
I appreciate your comments, Lord Lavithan. Here is the next segment.
"It is a great honor to see you again, Senator Organa," I said...
"It's impossible to locate the ship. It's out of our range."
-- The jerk who must be destroyed, TPM
lol ... that's part of the reason I started it, too!! My post count is almost 600!!
I agree for the same reason, Obi-Wan.
Note to everyone: This thread is not intended to start a religious debate. I was just bored.
I say chicken. I prefer chicken to egg anyway.
Senator Palpatine: Fellow senators [or something to that effect] ... a tragedy has occured, which started with the taxation of the trade routes, and has now engulfed our entire planet in the...
That is true. But how could Sifo-Dyas be Palpatine as well? That is, assuming you believe he is also Darth Sidious. He would have to be able to be in two places at the same time. If he was always...


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