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Because salt plays such an important role in the flavor of any food made with it, getting reduced-sodium products to taste right is a major task for formulators. Deborah Rolf, executive vice-president and president, Americas, for Smart Salt, Inc., Arnold, CA, describes how a patented taste enhancement technology can do the job.
Baking & Snack: What types of salt does Smart Salt offer that could help cut out sodium in baked foods and snacks.
Deborah Rolf: Smart Salt is the brand name given to a sodium reduction system based on a patented taste enhancement technology from Finland. This sodium reduction system is based on a stable co-crystal of the mineral salt, primarily magnesium chloride. Smart Salt provides sodium reduction possibilities in baked goods and snacks from 20 to 60%, which means that most targets for sodium reduction can be met and exceeded.
What is it about these products that enable lowering sodium content?
Smart Salt is a co-crystal based on magnesium chloride. Co-crystallisation is an efficient way to modify physiochemical and physical properties of salts and produces very stable products with predictable behavior. Solid state properties such as solubility, bioavailability, stability, hygroscopicity and handling properties can be improved. All this is possible without any chemical modification. Traditional dry evaporation techniques such as those used to produce sea salts produce a mixture of salts with high hygroscopicity. Natural chlorides of magnesium and potassium can also have high levels of bromide and mixtures of other anions in co-precipitated mixtures. Smart Salt proprietary products have improved stability vs. precipitated sea salts, and this is why they can be used as table top, topical applications, dry powders and seasonings used in baked goods and snacks.
Most factory systems handle salt as a dry crystalline product. Smart Salt is designed to handle like salt on a 1:1 replacement basis, and it can do this because of its simple composition but predictable behavior in food systems. Smart Salt looks, handles, tastes and functions like salt.
What scientific or application research supports this reduction?
A clinical intervention study using Smart Salt 50 (50% sodium reduction) in processed foods has shown that this mineral salt was likely to have enhanced the good compliance to sodium restriction throughout the intervention period of eight weeks (1). According to Sarkinnen et al (1), the taste profile of test products (pizza, bread, Edam cheese, casseroles, ham, soups, salami, table salt, meat balls) was good and products could not be differentiated from normally salted foods. Consumer acceptance trials in the US and Europe have also confirmed these observations where subjects were unable to tell the difference between products made with regular salt and Smart Salt at 40% and 50% sodium reduction levels in vegetables, soups, bread, frankfurters and snacks including potato chips (2-6).
Salt replacers based solely on either potassium chloride, magnesium chloride or magnesium sulfate can taste bitter or metallic in high concentrations, limiting their use as salt substitutes in foods. The Smart Salt sodium reduction system offers a balanced mineral profile. When applied in food products it provides very salt-like flavor profile with no additional bitter or metallic off-notes when used at the same use levels as regular salt (7).
The taste intensity and taste quality of aqueous solutions containing sodium ions differ as a function of the anions that are present (8). This explains in part why the Smart Salt technology produces very salt-like taste profiles even at very high sodium reduction levels: There are no competing anions in the mixture, only chloride anions. Mixtures of minerals with many different anions, such as sea salts containing sulfates, do not have such "clean" taste profiles in aqueous solution at equivalent sodium reduction levels (40% sodium reduction) (7).
It is well known that the bitter and metallic notes from high levels of potassium chloride substitution can be offset by commercial bitter blockers. However, bitter blockers are not required for optimized composition of Smart Salt. The patented Smart Salt co-crystallized minerals have optimized flavor profiles that mirror regular salt at sodium reduction levels from 20 to 60%. Cation, anion and absolute concentrations of these ions all seem to be important for optimal salty taste and minimal metallic and bitterness (7).
Ms. Rolf offered a case study of bread, "Taste, Functionality and Preservation" that stated:
"It has been possible to produce acceptable bread products with 40 to 50% salt reduction (sodium addition levels of between 240 mg and 288 mg per 100 g) using Smart Salt. These breads have been shown by consumer panel testing to have no significant differences in terms of overall liking, appearance, aroma, flavor and texture than breads made with regular salt (6).
"In addition, microbiological challenge tests in Smart Salt 40 (40% salt reduction) containing bread, using Bacillus cereus (both a potential pathogen and "rope" former), indicate that Smart Salt 40 performs at least as well as regular salt. In addition, Smart Salt 40 significantly increases process lethality of Bacillus spp. in combination with heat applied during baking compared with regular salt. Total Aerobic Viable Counts were significantly reduced for the Smart Salt 40-containing bread at storage day No. 6 at both storage temperatures (21- and 25-degrees-C, 70- and 77-degrees-F) (9,10,11). This type of preservation is exceptional for a reduced-sodium product and would probably not be possible by using flavor substitutes for salt. This improvement in aerobic and fungal count was observed without added preservatives.
"In higher-moisture products such as crumpets, it has been shown that mold-free shelf-life can be increased by at least one day at ambient storage and considerably longer in refrigerated storage with the use of Smart Salt. This has considerable consequences for manufacturers and the associated distribution costs (12)."
What should the formulator know about successfully taking baked foods and snacks from bench to production floor?
Initially a formulator should understand the sodium reduction required to meet the target. It should be understood that there are often other sources of sodium in the recipe other than sodium chloride. However, the simplest way to reduce sodium is to directly replace regular salt with Smart Salt.
In yeast-leavened products such as bread it is important to note proofing times for dough containing Smart Salt are slightly faster than regular salt. It has been shown, however, that when mixing times are optimized, no difficulties are observed in dough rheology and subsequent baking performance at 40% sodium replacement levels with magnesium chloride (13).
Plant product feasibility has been evaluated for Smart Salt and has culminated in the commercial production of bread (14).
(1) Sarkkinen ES, Kastarinen MJ, Niskanen TH, Karjaleinen PH, Venalainen TM, Udani JK and Niskanen LK. Feasibility and anti-hypertensive effect of replacing regular salt with mineral salt rich in magnesium and potassium in subjects with mildly elevated blood pressure. Nutrition Journal, 2011, Vol. 10:88
(2) National Food Laboratory Inc. (2008) Consumer acceptance test of hot dog, potato chips, green beans and chicken broth containing a salt substitute. NFL # ST9604
(3) Leatherhead Food Research UK. A Confidential Report – Progressive Profiling, Frankfurters. August 2011.
(4) Leatherhead Food Research UK. A Confidential Report – Consumer Acceptance, Frankfurters. August 2011.
(5) Leatherhead Food Research UK. A Confidential Report – Progressive Profiling, Bread. July 2011.
(6) Leatherhead Food Research UK. A Confidential Report – Consumer Acceptance, Bread. July 2011
(7) Leatherhead Food Research, UK. A Confidential Report – Quantitative Descriptive Analysis – Salts. June 2011
(8) Delwiche JF, Halpern BP, Desmione JA. Anion Size of Sodium Salts and Simple Taste Reaction Times. Physiology & Behaviour.1999, Vol 66: 1 : 27-32
(9) Evaluation of Smart Salt in Bread. Microbiological Challenge Test – Bacillus spp.. Leatherhead Food Research Confidential Project Report (June 2011).
(10) Honors Project 2012. Evaluation of the effect on the microbial shelf-life of partial replacement of regular salt with Smart Salt in bread. Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. June 2012
(11) Mitchell H and Komitopoulou E. Microbial effects of replacing sodium chloride with a magnesium-containing mineral salt in white bread. Agro Food Industry HiTech March/April 2013 – Vol 24 (2).
(12) Invita, New Zealand. A Confidential Report – Mould-free shelf-life – Crumpets. August 2013.
(13) Salovaara H (1982). Effect of partial sodium chloride replacement by other salts on wheat dough rehology and breadmaking. Cereal Chem 59 (5):422-426
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If the best man and maid of honor are both single, it's practically an unwritten rule that they should pork.
…so begins a rocky acquaintance between Jean-Christian "J.C." Rousseau and Libitz Feingold at the wedding of J.C.'s brother and Lib's best friend. While manslut best man J.C. is surprised when maid of honor Libitz soundly spurns his advances, his curiosity is piqued. The girl he couldn't have becomes the only one he wants.
So, when he finds a seventy-year-old portrait in the attic of his sister's mansion that bears an uncanny resemblance to the prickly gallery owner, he enlists her help in solving a mystery seven decades in the making. Traveling from Philadelphia to New York to Marseille, a couple who started off as enemies will discover that even cynics can find true love…and mortal man is no match for destiny.
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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Katy Regnery started her writing career by enrolling in a short story class in January 2012. One year later, she signed her first contract and Katy's first novel was published in September 2013.
Twenty-five books later, Katy claims authorship of the multi-titled, New York Times and USA Today Blueberry Lane Series, which follows the English, Winslow, Rousseau, Story, and Ambler families of Philadelphia; the six-book, bestselling ~a modern fairytale~ series; and several other standalone novels and novellas.
Katy's first modern fairytale romance, The Vixen and the Vet, was nominated for a RITA® in 2015 and won the 2015 Kindle Book Award for romance. Katy's boxed set, The English Brothers Boxed Set, Books #1–4, hit the USA Today bestseller list in 2015, and her Christmas story, Marrying Mr. English, appeared on the list a week later. In May 2016, Katy's Blueberry Lane collection, The Winslow Brothers Boxed Set, Books #1-4, became a New York Times E-book bestseller.
In 2016, Katy signed a print-only agreement with Spencerhill Press. As a result, her Blueberry Lane paperback books will now be distributed to brick and mortar bookstores all over the United States.
Katy lives in the relative wilds of northern Fairfield County, Connecticut, where her writing room looks out at the woods, and her husband, two young children, two dogs, and one Blue Tonkinese kitten create just enough cheerful chaos to remind her that the very best love stories begin at home
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The latest Newsweek cover contains a ghostly sight: a computer-generated image of a stylish Princess Diana, as she might look now, walking with Kate Middleton.
The article inside was written by Diana biographer and longtime provocateur Tina Brown. She's also Newsweek's editor-in-chief, having taken over after her online publication, the Daily Beast, merged late last year with the decades-old publication.
"What would she have been like?" Brown writes of Diana, who would have turned 50 on Friday, nearly 14 years after her death in a Paris car crash. "Still great-looking: that's a given."
The magazine's new issue also features an imagined Diana Facebook page and a slideshow comparing the fashion styles of Diana and Middleton, who married Diana's oldest child, Prince William, in April.
Newsweek honors Princess Diana at 50June 29, 2011
About the cover, a Los Angeles Times headline asked, "Shocking, brilliant or just plain cheap?" An Atlantic Wire headline added, "How Creepy Is Princess Diana's Ghost on the Cover of Newsweek?"
Brown's answer: Not at all.
"We wanted to bring the memory of Diana alive in a vivid image that transcends time and reflects my piece," she said in a statement Tuesday.


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Doweling vs. Biscuit Joints
Which is better, a quick and easy biscuit joint, or a good old fashioned doweled joint? Most woodworkers will tell you that it depends on the situation, and on what you are trying to achieve. Still, the two joinery methods are frequently held up to direct comparison. And when they are, a variety of opinions emerge.
"The tests I've seen published suggest that biscuits are the stronger of the two joints and are absolutely the easiest to fashion. Since the biscuits do have some slop in the slots they do not have to be as precisely located as dowel holes. Biscuits don't really add much strength. They are more for alignment, where the dowels will add a good deal of strength. In my use of biscuits they are designed to keep joints from pulling apart. The clearances the cutter makes to insert the biscuit allows for enough movement that alignment is not guaranteed.
Biscuits make an okay spline sometimes, but dowels are by FAR stronger in most cases. The forum seems to be of the opinion that biscuit is good for alignment only and contributes very little strength to the joint. On page 70 of Jim Tolpin's book, "Building Traditional Kitchen Cabinets" he writes, (Joining wood with compressed hardwood wafers let into slots is a viable alternative to mortis-and -tenon joinery. When done correctly, a biscuit joint is at least as strong as a similar size mortise and tenon joint, and decidedly stronger than a dowel joint."
What We Hear Most & Agree With Is This ...
Biscuits joints serve best as a quick and easy way to keep glue-up parts in alignment, and that they add appreciable pull-apart to strength joints that would be otherwise too weak to stand on their own – like butt joints and miter joints. Doweled joints, on the other hand, are stronger – especially when it comes to shear strength – but usually take longer to make.
This popular conclusion also echoes the findings of the "Wood Joint Torture Test", published in the November, 2006 issue of Wood magazine, where dowels and biscuits were actually tested against one another under stress in a variety of joints. Accepting that the two types of joint have these strengths and weaknesses, the next step is to determine what you need from a wood joint: How much shear strength do you need from the mitered joints of a picture frame, for example? Not much.
You just need the parts to line up and not pull apart. And when you're edge-gluing lumber, you just don't need added strength. With modern adhesives and properly edge-jointed parts, the joint will be plenty strong with without reinforcement - but alignment could be a problem. In that case, throwing in a few biscuits will take only a couple of minutes, and could save you from dealing with a few badly misaligned joints.
On the other end of the spectrum, ask yourself how comfortable you'd feel sitting on a chair held together with nothing more than biscuits and a little glue? Biscuit joinery and doweling are both useful joinery methods, but a direct comparison doesn't make that much sense: They're good for different things. We're guessing that most woodworkers will find more use for a biscuit joiner, with its ability to invisibly align and secure joints so quickly.
Doweling, on the other hand, will do most of the things that a biscuit joiner will do – just not as fast. Doweling also makes for a stronger joint, and if you own a drill, it's less of an initial investment: You just need a doweling jig and a few drill bits. Either one will give you a reliable and reasonably quick method of reinforcing a variety of joints, and the more joinery tools and skills you have at your disposal, the more flexible your woodworking will be.


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As the world bids goodbye to this millennium's second decade, what will the next 10 years hold?
Religion News Service put that question to an intellectually and spiritually diverse range of scholars, leaders, activists and experts, asking them to reflect on the past decade and use it as a springboard to conceive the biggest themes likely to materialize in the 2020s.
Here are excerpts from some of the most thought-provoking predictions:
Khyati Joshi, Professor of Education at Fairleigh Dickinson University: "A reckoning for religious minorities in the U.S. and India" Joshi foresees the growth of nationalism and religion in two of the world's largest democracies—the United States and India. In her view, relatively recent religious minorities in America have become a powerful force adept at advocating for their interests at a time when sections of the white Christian population are increasingly worried that the country is losing its identity.
"I'm keeping an eye on these growing bonds of nationalism and religion in America, as well as in India," says Joshi. "In both large, officially secular democracies, a rising tide of thought and official action links national identity with the majority religion." While in America, national identity is being equated with Christianity, in India, the majority Hindu faith has become a focal point for nationalism.
Luke Goodrich, attorney at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty: "SCOTUS will rule during an era of unprecedented religious freedom conflicts" Goodrich anticipates a greater role for the U.S. Supreme Court in helping resolve thorny conflicts over religious freedom and issues of sexuality. The nation's highest court "will recognize that our country is deeply divided on matters of religion and sexuality," he says. "And it will hold that the government doesn't get to pick one side of that divide and punish everyone who disagrees, but must instead protect the equality and dignity of both sides of the debate."
Ryan Burge, assistant professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University: "Interested in the rise of the nones? Keep an eye on the year 2029" Burge expects "nones"—Americans without any religious affiliation—to build on their numerical gains over the past decade to become larger than any religious group by 2029, even if the rate of their growth is slower than that of denominational groups. Over the next decade, evangelical Christians and Catholics—two of the largest religious groups in the country—will each constitute about 22 percent of the U.S. population. Mainstream Protestants, meanwhile, will suffer major demographic losses. "Today, they make up about 10 percent of Americans, but in 2030 that will be cut to just under 5 percent," Burge predicts. "That result is stunning, considering that this group made up 30 percent of the population in 1976."
Simran Jeet Singh, Henry R. Luce Fellow for Religion and International Affairs at New York University's Center for Religion and Media: "Fighting against the new normal of religious and ethnic nationalism" Singh warns of the perils of religious and ethnic nationalism around the world. He sees several troubling issues, such as the Trump administration's prohibiting the entry into the United States of Muslims from certain Muslim-majority nations. Other areas of concern include the banning of religious symbols, such as the headscarves worn by Muslim women, in France and Canada. Finally, a law in November 2019 in India allowing members of six minority faiths from neighboring Muslim-majority countries to become Indian citizens, but denying the same right to Muslim immigrants, poses a threat to Indian democracy.
"Each of these represents the troubling trend of backlash against the freedom of religion in what are ostensibly democracies, driven by nationalist sentiment," says Singh, adding that the coming decade will be a crucial test of the resilience of global society. "Do we continue down the road of exclusivism, ethno-centrism and dehumanization?" he asks. "Or can we reverse this trend and move back toward our values of inclusivity, human rights and justice for all?"
Roy Speckhardt, executive director of the American Humanist Association: "A future of religious neutralism" Speckhardt sees a continuing trend toward secular-oriented religious neutrality. More and more people consider themselves humanists, as opposed to being members of religious denominations, and young people who have abandoned religion are unlikely to return to them, according to Speckhardt. "But this need not be viewed by many of the faithful as something to fear, for it will usher in an establishment of religiously neutral secularism that will drive respect for people of all faiths and philosophies."
The Rev. Tom Reese, Jesuit priest and senior analyst at Religion News Service: "Pope Francis shifts church priorities" Rev. Reese predicts greater commitment and cooperation among the religious toward environmental and other issues. He believes people of faith have been inspired by the example of Pope Francis, who has helped focus global attention on the plight of refugees and the poor while expressing the Catholic Church's unprecedented concern over climate change. "In the next decade, we will see more believers committed to protecting the planet and slowing global warming," Reese says. "More interreligious cooperation will take place at the same time that interreligious conflicts increase."
Patrick Horn, member of the Religion Communicators Council Board of Governors: "Rise in 'alternative spirituality'" Horn expects an upsurge in "alternative spirituality" and opportunities for social justice to emerge from the interfaith movement and groups such as the United Religions Initiative that is active in more than 110 countries and has over 20 million participants. That membership, says Horn, is expected to reach 100 million people in the not too distant future. "There is a coordinated effort among diverse religious groups to mitigate climate change impacts," he says, "especially through partnerships such as the Interfaith Rainforest Initiative."
From its beginnings, the Church of Scientology has recognized that freedom of religion is a fundamental human right. In a world where conflicts are often traceable to intolerance of others' religious beliefs and practices, the Church has, for more than 50 years, made the preservation of religious liberty an overriding concern.
The Church publishes this blog to help create a better understanding of the freedom of religion and belief and provide news on religious freedom and issues affecting this freedom around the world.
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Its hard to buy gifts for certain people in your life, but you can never go wrong with knit accessories like gloves, hats and scarves. Everyone likes to keep their appendages warm in the winter: men, women, young and old – and you'll be hard pressed to find something that will be more appreciated than a cozy scarf on chilly winter days. Happily there are a lot of stylish and sustainable options out there in the realm of knit accessories. Here are our top picks:
OEUF CONNECTED KNITWEAR – $33 – $48 Oeuf is a line of sustainable products for babies and small children. The company tagline is "good design for all ages", and some of their precious essential knits are designed around the concept of knitting people together through clothing. The 'hug me' sweater and 'squeeze me' mittens, which feature child-size mitten pockets sewn into the garment, are the perfect designs for connecting parent and child. Oeuf's knitwear is made from azo-free dyed alpaca wool, hand knit in a fair trade relationship between the NYC based company and a group of knitters in Bolivia.
DOWNBOUND HEMP SCARVES – $35 All Downbound's products are vegan, organic, and sweatshop-free, and in addition to this, really cute and affordable as well. An organic hemp scarf or shawl would make a great gift for that eco-conscious special someone in your life.
F+BP DIE-CUT FELT SCARVES – $100+ Starting at $100, these scarves are crafted from die-cut wool felt coins and rings, structurally stitched together. Made from an imported premium 100% wool felt.
ALYSON FOX HANDMADE VINTAGE SCARVES – $64 Alyson Fox's scarves exhibit a fresh sense of shape, using recycled materials and a unique attention to detail. Each scarf is hand-made from boiled wool and vintage fabrics. We love the eclectic-yet-polished look of these gorgeously unique scarves. $64 from Greenergrassdesign
FELT FAUX FOX STOLE BY MVOS – $80 We love this alternative for the fur fox shawl. No foxes were harmed in the making of this scarf – it's made entirely out of 4mm brown felt. $80 from Greenergrassdesign
VIVATERRA LAMBSWOOL KNITWEAR $62 – $139 Created by artisans in Uruguay, these shawls and scarves are knitted from 100% lamb's wool, which has been meticulously combed and spun by hand to give them their remarkable, cloud-soft texture. Silky to the touch, the undyed merino and corriedale wool blend's hollow fibers form a thermal layer that helps maintain even body temperature. $62 and up from Vivaterra
STEWART & BROWN CASHMERE MITTENS – $71.50 These luxurious cashmere knit mittens are practical, yet novel. Stewart+Brown cashmere is purchased and crafted in Mongolia by herders and weavers who continue to practice their centuries-old way of life.
GAIAM ORGANIC COTTON SCARVES – $19 These classic simple organic cotton scarves are a great deal at $28, but on sale for $19, they are an absolute steal. $19 from Gaiam
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VARGA'S HANDKNITS -$20-$35 Over at online craft market Etsy you can find great deals on hand made, one-of-kind knit items, such as Varga's eco-chic knit scarves made out of bamboo and organic cotton. $20-$35 from Etsy


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The girls of Girl Scout troop 6254 will literally and figuratively give away their hearts next weekend.Nice. Really nice.
As part of the troop's "stress for less" badge project, the troop's 10 fifth graders have spent about six weeks cutting, stuffing and sewing heart-shaped pillows. But instead of sitting on living room sofas, the throw pillows will land in the arms of heart surgery patients at Scott and White Hospital in Temple.
Rachael Clift, one of three co-leaders of the troop, said the project was born when the troop came up with ways to be less stressed.
"One of them was to give to others because if you can focus on other people, sometimes that's helpful instead of concentrating on what you're stressed about," she said.
Each troop member gave individual attention to a pillow, picking different fabrics and making them different in little ways. When the pillows were done, however, each girl added the same touch to their individual pillows.
Letters, one pinned to each stuffed felt heart, carry words of encouragement for those who going through a grueling recovery process.


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I love the one with all the nuts on top! Wish I had some right now actually! As much fun as I had this weekend, I missed reading all of you just as much! I do hope we get to meet one day, my town or yours!
great breakfast ideas. it really gets boring to eat the same oatmeal or muesli every day. thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
healthy delicious breakfastReplyDelete
These both look like a perfect way to start the day! I LOVE pumpkin oatmeal, so I'll have to try your versions. Thanks for sharing :)ReplyDelete
This is one healthy breakfast. Here the temperatures are very high for the season.It reminds spring and not the beginning of winter.ReplyDelete
oh my, what a perfect fall breakfast! I feel like this would be so great for a chilly fall morning :-)ReplyDelete
These both look so great. I miss oatmeal, it's a little much for my blood sugars, but if I could have it, I would surely make this!ReplyDelete
Both versions sound really great. I love make ahead breakfasts like the baked one.ReplyDelete
I often do the vanilla-spiced oatmeal. The pumpkin is just too much fun for this of year. As we have oatmeal 3-4 times/wee, it's nice to spice it up a bit! Sweet breakfast recipe!ReplyDelete
We love oatmeal in our house and these are very creative and full of flavor!ReplyDelete
They look incredibly delicious!! Haven't had oatmeal for breakfast in a longgg time.. should really consider making something like this really soon.ReplyDelete
my son is going to love this so much! thanks cant wait to try this!ReplyDelete
I like all your experiments with oatmeal! You are making me discover a whole new way to have breakfast. Now I will have to see if this pumpkin oatmeal surpass the vanilla spice one. Hey, if Gina comes to visit you I want to come too :) We missed you at the festival!ReplyDelete
Sounds so comforting on a cold morning! Think I'll try the bakedReplyDelete
I have been eating oatmeal all week! Would love to try both of these - the baked one sounds particularly enticing! Especially with the streusel topping. I appreciate the sweet comment you left me - thanks a lot! I was happy you 'got' me and my plastic container collection!ReplyDelete
You read my mind! I am going to make this oatmeal this weekend. This looks fabulous!:)ReplyDelete
With all the changes I am making to my diet this is the PERFECT meal for breakfast. Love it! I enjoy oatmeal but it does get boring after awhile even eating the usual maple and brown sugar.
I will definitely have to try this in the morning, thank you!
Looks so healthy and delicious, will love to try the pumpkin oatmeal. Thanks for your sweet comment dear. Kaya is actually a coconut jam made of coconut milk, egg and sugar, it's cooked until thick. Hope this helps...ReplyDelete
These are both gorgeous! So wish I could instantly transport this to my breakfast table right now. A delicious seasonal idea. Thank you!ReplyDelete
Now there's some good-looking oatmeal! Honestly, I really thought I'd go my whole life without uttering those words. But it does look fantastic!ReplyDelete
We are having this for breakfast in the AM just FYI. Another winning idea! Sorry I'm behind in my reading but I just had to see what you're up too...and it's good as usual. I hope you had a good week.ReplyDelete
Your baked pumpkin oatmeal looks so good. I'll have to try this one.
Ohhh, I can't wait to try this oatmeal!!!!
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i have observe that most of your recipe here are has common ingredients which is the pumpkin but really love the way your pumpkin made.ReplyDelete
Ellie would be SOOO proud! This looks so scrumptious!! Girl, you have so many recipes I am wanting to try!! You're giving Ellie a run for her money!ReplyDelete
I love oatmeal and I love pumpkin, so I've been adding it to my morning breakfast too! Yours is much more beautiful though ;) and I'll have to give the whole "baked oatmeal" idea a try! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
I made the stovetop version a couple mornings ago-- DELICIOUS! Modifications I made: half skim milk/half water (all milk would have been too rich for my tastes), extra ginger- probably 2 to 4 times more (going for the extra anti-inflammatory effect!), accidentally forgot the salt, added about 1 Tbsp flax meal, and served with agave nectar + toasted slivered almonds. This was almost two servings worth in the end, and SO yummy. Thanks for the recipe!ReplyDelete


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sex stars are rallying against passage of a ballot measure that would require condoms in pornographic films.
If passed, Measure B on today's Los Angeles County ballot would force actors to wear condoms during porn shoots and it would require Department of Public Health inspections.
"The idea of allowing a government employee to come and examine our genitalia while we're on set is atrocious," sex film star Amber Lynn told the Los Angeles Daily News (http://bit.ly/YHmtQT ) during a Sunday rally outside the Dejavu strip club in North Hollywood.
The measure is backed by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.
Condom use would be a condition for obtaining shooting permits. Porn producers would pay a fee to get permits, and the funds would be used to pay enforcement costs.
Michael Weinstein, executive director of the AIDS Heathcare Foundation, has spent more than $1.6 million on Measure B, according to county Registrar-Recorder's office figures.
"As a taxpayer, if I wasn't in the porn industry, I would be aghast at how much was being spent on supporting Measure B," Lynn said. "That's money that could have gone to supporting sex education, or help those suffering with HIV."
Sex-film stars insist an industry health protocol requiring regular HIV, gonorrhea and chlamydia testing is enough.
But Weinstein said the adult-film industry's current testing methods have contributed to an epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases. Additionally, he said, performers don't have medical insurance and taxpayers pay for their health care.
"Our goal is to protect performers, and I understand if they disagree with us," Weinstein said on Sunday.
Opponents of Measure B include the San Fernando Valley Industry and Commerce Association, the Free Speech Coalition and No on Government Waste.
Passage of Measure B, they said, could chase the porn industry from Los Angeles, taking away billions of dollars and 10,000 jobs.


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Americans can learn more about foreign policy from The Real Housewives of New Jersey than from Republican presidential hopefuls. At least the shrieks of the housewives speak to reality. The Republican wolves howl about a mostly bygone world of dire military threats, a world inhabited by global ghosts to be thwarted by waterboarding and wars. Most of them just don't see that the old right-wing rhetorical bromides that once scared Americans and dominated campaigning won't win future elections.
Today, most Americans are fed up with unending wars in uncertain places without vital purpose. Most rightly demand to hear how international affairs will affect their economy and their jobs. But today's Republicans—with the exception of Jon Huntsman and Ron Paul—still preach fire and brimstone to a congregation that's barely listening to the Bush-Cheney and Cold War anthems. Even many, if not most, Republican voters, including many Tea Partiers, have had it with calls to increase military spending, keep U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and start a new war with Iran—just like most other Americans. To be sure, promises to hang China from the nearest lamppost bring cheers from most voters, but at least this hysteria relates to the reality of trade and jobs.
Typical and telling is a recent CBS News Poll that found majorities of voters from all parties approve of removing U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of 2011. Regarding Afghanistan, 47% of Republicans chose decreasing troop levels; only 10% favored an increase, while 36% advocated maintaining present levels. Independents scored even more likely to support decreasing troops there. When asked "How great a threat is Iran?" only 22% of Republicans responded that that situation requires military action now. Notably, 52% of Republicans said Iran can be contained with diplomacy and 17% said it is not a threat at this time.
As for military expenditures, various polls show about half of Americans favoring cuts, with sentiment pretty evenly divided between the parties. Most Americans, however, are cautious about deep slices. This issue is also tied to jobs, which helps to explain the public's caution. Wisely and by wide margins, the public shies away from more large-scale land wars like Iraq and Afghanistan. Indeed, viewers of the CNN debate last week at the cavernous Constitution Hall could not help but notice the bare smattering of applause for bombastic fist-shaking, though the audience was packed with party faithful. Sure, they cheered when the candidates branded the Democrats as wimps, but that was as far as they would go.
The real shocker was how all those candidates, save for Paul and Huntsman, almost totally neglected the now-central economic dimension of international affairs. Only those two noted the new reality of world politics—that economic strength now matters more than military might. Sure, America needs to maintain military superiority for lots of reasons, including its leadership role. But day in and day out, economics—trade, investment, innovation, jobs—is what really counts. Only Huntsman named our economy as the biggest national security issue.
Since John F. Kennedy, the GOP has ruled the foreign policy roost at election time and beyond. The Republicans monopolized the public trust on dealing with bad guys. The public felt they were tougher than the Democrats and better able to protect the nation. Now, the country could start feeling that Democrats could better protect their economic security than Republicans. Now, the decades-long era of Republican domination of America's foreign policy debate may be slipping away.
The stale national security language of Republican candidates follows nicely the teachings of their advisers. They're almost all from the traditional political-military camp with little background in economics. Most also are George W. Bush/Dick Cheney/Don Rumsfeld retreads, with a dash of Reaganites and a sprinkling of realists thrown in. Very few follow the paths of America's best realists, who also happen to be Republicans—such as George H.W. Bush, Henry Kissinger, Brent Scowcroft, and James Baker.
Romney has a near-monopoly of established conservative advisers. His roster includes two of the top neoconservative intellectuals—Eliot Cohen and Robert Kagan; a Cheney anti-proliferation hand named Robert Joseph; two solid realists, Dov Zakheim and Vin Weber; and John Lehman, Reagan's Navy secretary and Mitt's guru on military spending. He also has pros like Michael Hayden, a retired general and intelligence expert. It's a mix of good heads and screamers. But in Romney's public remarks, the screamers seem to have the last word.
Newt Gingrich's clan resembles, not surprisingly, Newt Gingrich—a collection of smart oddballs. Some notables are Robert "Bud" McFarlane, Reagan's NSC adviser; Jim Woolsey, a creative and hawkish former Democrat and former CIA director; and the obscure Herman Pirchner, founding president of the American Foreign Policy Council, slated to be director of the advisory group.
Michele Bachmann seems happy just with Dr. Peter E. Waldron, whose position is described as "Faith Leader." Herman Cain relies on a former naval officer. Ron Paul, a long-time member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, mainly advises himself, as do Gingrich and Huntsman. Rick Perry is rumored to rely on Howdy Doody. Only Huntsman has had hands-on experience with the world and its problems. He served as ambassador to China and Singapore and as a senior trade negotiator.
Thus, it is easy to explain the candidates being out of touch with reality: it's an explosive mix of unschooled (to be charitable) would-be leaders and mostly old-school, bomb-throwing advisers. The candidates' rhetoric is highly unlikely to change during the primaries. It's all they know, all their advisers whisper in their ears, and mistakenly, it's what they think fellow Republicans want to hear.
Maybe once the standard bearer is selected next summer and the presidential campaign begins in earnest, the chosen one will find new advisers and start singing more about international economics, songs about how America's economic muscle sits at the heart of 21st-century international power.
Such an adjustment is possible for Romney and Gingrich, the likelies, who are tried and true opportunists. They might see that war talk is bad politics even if they fail to grasp new global economic realities. One way or another and in due course, traditional Republican hawks will find that reality is passing them by.


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Diseases that Canada Geese Carry
The flu hit our family hard this season, and it sparked a conversation in our household about what diseases Canada geese carry and if it is a health risk to our clients. After all, they do leave large quantities of feces everywhere. A single goose can defecate every 20 minutes up to 1.5 pounds each day. And it only gets worse when about 67% of these geese are non-migratory (resident geese), and their year-long presence does not give the land or lake any rest to rejuvenate. So when I see beaches and soccer fields littered with accumulated goose droppings, I wonder if we should allow our kids to play in the area and what information we should give our clients. So we did a little research to find out the truth.
Research has shown that the excrement of geese contains a wide variety of pathogens capable of infecting humans and that can also be transferred to the water and air quality. However, the transmission of disease or parasites from geese to humans has not been well documented. The parasites do exist, so the potential exists, and the higher number of geese the higher the potential. But since there are gaps in the research, we do caution that the presence of a disease does not necessarily translate into a threat to public health.
Parasites, bacteria, viruses and fungus that are present in Canada geese
Parasites can cause diarrhea and infection, especially in individuals with compromised immune systems. Three parasites that are a concern to humans are cryptosporidium, giardia and toxoplasmosis. Infection may occur through eating a goose that is undercooked or drinking contaminated water. Caution should be observed when swimming in any lake, pond or beach area that has a presence of geese.
The bacteria transferred from Canada geese that cause humans concern are chlamydiosis, e-coli, listeria, pasteurella multocida and salmonella. Infected birds can shed the bacteria through feces, nasal discharge and when someone is bitten. Humans normally manifest infection by pneumonia or through a wound. The presence of e-coli correlates to the temperature, so there is a higher probability of e-coli presence during the month of June rather than February. Unless you are working around Canada geese or involved in feces clean up, the risk of infection can be low.
Canada geese are members of a group of birds that have been known to contract avian influenza. In 2004, researchers confirmed that Canada geese could contract H5N1, and it is an on-going concern that geese can introduce the disease. There is on-going research to help validate these concerns.
Lastly, histoplasmosis fungus grows in soil enriched with bird droppings, including those from geese. When these contaminated soils are stirred up, the fungal spores can become dispersed and inhaled, thereby infecting individuals. Goose droppings have not been identified as a source for histoplasmosis, however, in light of the conflicting information, we suggest people practice caution when raking, mowing or stirring up soil enriched with goose droppings. It does not appear that goose droppings on sidewalks and other non-soil surfaces pose a risk.
How to proactively protect yourself from diseases that Canada geese carry
As a general rule, keeping a distance from geese and areas frequented by geese will always be the first line of defense in combating any diseases that geese can carry. Individuals with compromised immune systems should be extra cautious.
We suggest the following safety guidelines:
- Wear protective gloves while working with feces or geese
- Wash hands after working outdoors around geese
- Launder work clothes
- Shower after a day of working outdoors around geese
- We wash our dogs paws daily at the end of every working day
- We suggest washing bottoms of shoes at the end of every working day
Recommended Canada Geese Control Tactics
The best way to combat coming in contact with diseases carried by Canada geese is to proactively keep the geese away from areas that are used by people. The first action is always to stop the public from feeding the geese. Secondly, the most effective, safe and humane tactic is by far the use of border collies. Find out more tactics here, or call Ohio Geese Control (877-91GEESE) for a free on-site demonstration and consultation on what you can be doing to lower your Canada geese population.
On-going Research Needed
Research has been proven that geese and their feces do carry diseases that are capable of infecting humans. But we must emphasize that the research is ongoing, and there are very few documented cases of the transmission of the diseases to humans. Nevertheless, the potential does exist, so we would urge you to practice safety measures when coming into contact with a high number of geese on your property. And check back with our blog as we provide updates.
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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – Uruguay's drug czar says the country plans to sell legal marijuana for $1 per gram to combat drug-trafficking, according to a local newspaper.
The plan to create a government-run legal marijuana industry has passed the lower house of Congress, and President Jose Mujica expects to push it through the Senate soon as part of his effort to explore alternatives in the war on drugs.
The measure would make Uruguay the first country in the world to license and enforce rules for the production, distribution and sale of marijuana for adult consumers.
Marijuana sales should start in the second half of 2014 at a price of about $1 per gram, drug chief Julio Calzada told a local newspaper, El Pais, on Sunday.
That's an eighth or less of what marijuana costs at legal medical dispensaries in some U.S. states.
Calzada said one gram will be enough, "for one marijuana cigarette or two or three slimmer cigarettes."
He said the idea is not to make money, but to fight petty crime and wrench the market away from illegal dealers.
"The illegal market is very risky and of poor quality," he said. The State "is going to offer a safe place to buy a quality product and on top of that, it's going to sell it at the same price."
In August, he had estimated that the price would be around $2.50 per gram.
Sales would be restricted to locals, who would be able to buy up to 40 grams per month.
Smoking pot has long been legal in Uruguay, but growing, carrying, buying or selling it has called for prison terms.
About 120,000 people consume marijuana at least once a year in this land of 3.3 million, according to the National Drug Council. Out of these, 75,000 smoke it every week and 20,000 every day.
In the U.S., the states of Washington and Colorado have legalized marijuana and adopted rules governing its sale.
Unlike Uruguay, they will tax pot, seeing it as a revenue source, when it goes on legal sale next year.
In Washington, the state marijuana consultant has projected legal pot might cost between $13 to $17 per gram, though some people suggest that's high.
Marijuana in the medical dispensaries typically ranges from $8 to $14 per gram in Washington depending on quality.


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The looming $85 billion in spending cuts coupled with new tax increases will slow economic growth considerably this year.
But the economy is likely to pick up steam in 2014, pushing unemployment down and setting the stage for a rise in interest rates and inflation.
Those are key takeaways from the annual budget and economic outlook released Tuesday by the Congressional Budget Office, the nonpartisan scorekeeper for lawmakers.
Deficits: The CBO estimates that this year's deficit will fall to $845 billion, or 5.3% of the size of the economy, in part because of the so-called sequester -- the blunt, automatic spending cuts across defense and nondefense programs set to take effect March 1.
If that happens, 2013 would mark the first time since 2008 that the annual deficit comes in below $1 trillion.
And the downward trend would continue for the next two years, when the deficit in 2015 falls to 2.4% of GDP.
But then deficits would start to go up again. The CBO lays out the reasons -- "an aging population, rising health care costs, an expansion of federal subsidies for health insurance and growing interest payments on the federal debt."
CNN: Obama calls for short-term budget
Debt: For the decade, the CBO expects the country to add $7 trillion in debt. By 2023, the debt held by the public would rise to 77% of GDP up from 76% today. That's the largest percentage since 1950 and almost double the 39% average over the past 40 years.
Debt could rise to 87% of GDP by 2023 if Congress makes legislative changes that undo planned spending cuts or tax increases.
"We have a large budget imbalance. Small changes will not be sufficient to put the budget on a sustainable path," CBO director Douglas Elmendorf said Tuesday.
At the same time, Elmendorf cautioned that trying to reach a balanced budget within the next 10 years would require very large changes to significant parts of the government, even if spending cuts were mixed with revenue increases.
Related: Biggest budget busters
Economy: The CBO estimates that the U.S. economy will grow at a slow, inflation-adjusted rate of 1.4% this year.
Without this year's fiscal tightening (spending cuts and tax increases combined) growth could have been 1.5 percentage points higher. Among the policies slowing growth are the sequester, the expiration of the payroll tax cut and the higher rates on wealthy households.
Unemployment: The CBO expects the unemployment rate will fall from 7.9% this year to 5.3% by 2023. But it won't dip below 7.5% until 2015.
"If that happens, 2014 would be the sixth consecutive year with unemployment exceeding 7.5% -- the longest such period in the past 70 years," the CBO report said.
Interest costs: The rate on the 10-year Treasury is projected to rise from 1.9% currently to 5.2% by the end of the decade. The expected increase in rates will mean the government will pay more in interest on its debt.
Annual interest payments will more than double over the decade, jumping from 1.4% of GDP to 3.3% by 2023, when interest payments will total $857 billion for that year alone.
--CNN's Lisa Desjardins contributed to this report.


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Rescuing New Year's Resolutions
This week, the one between Christmas and New Year's, is my favorite of the year. After the holiday celebrations have wound down, we finally have the opportunity to relax, to look back on the past year, and to get excited about all the possibilities in the next.
Last week, I wrote about why I still love New Year's resolutions, even if they seem to have gotten a bad rap recently. In this eighth episode of No Meat Athlete Radio, Doug and I go a little bit deeper into the process of goal setting, as we discuss when, why, and how you can most effectively plan to do something great in the coming year.
Enjoy these last few days of 2012, and I hope that you'll use them to think just a little bit harder than usual about what's next for you. January 1st may not be inherently special on its own, I know, but there's no reason you can't choose to make it so.
Thanks so much for being a reader of No Meat Athlete this year. We're truly grateful for your time, attention, and interaction, and we're going to make 2013 our best year yet.
Here's what we talk about in this episode:
- Why is New Years a good time to set goals? (2:10)
- Do you lose motivation if you postpone due to planning? (4:45)
- How big to make your resolutions (9:05)
- The importance of small wins (14:30)
- Why and how you should write down your goals (17:30)
- Seeing yourself as the person who achieves your goal (21:00)
- The power of accountability (23:30)
- Share your goals (32:00)
- 2013 No Meat Athlete plans (34:15)
- Quick-fire round! (39:00)
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Here are the few coordinating colors that go with Hot Pink .
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Monochromatic colors belong to the same hue angle but different tints and shades. Monochromatic color palette can be generated by keeping the exact hue of the base color and then changing the saturation and lightness.
Analogous Color Palette
Analogous colors are a group of colors adjacent to each other on a color wheel. Group of these adjacent colors forms Analogous color scheme Palette. Analogous Palette can be generated by increasing or decreasing the hue value by 30 points.
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Here is the Triadic and Tetradic Color Scheme of Hot Pink. The triadic color palette has three colors separated by 120° in the RGB color wheel and tetradic colour scheme composed of two sets of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Hexadic Color Palette
Hexadic color scheme palette is derived from drawing a hexagon on a color wheel. The palette contains three pairs of complementary colors, each colors are separated by a 120-degree hue angle.
Complementary Color Palette
Complementary color combination is composed using two colors opposite each other on the color wheel. Then the color palette is be generated by changing the lightness/brightness of these two colors.
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Google search gets even more personal
The Web titan's new "Search plus Your World" feature lets you find stuff from Google+ and Picasa on the main search site.
Google is making search even more personal--mostly by making it even easier to scan for information and photos in Google+ and Picasa.
If I want to find out more information, for example, about Miranda July's quirky new film "The Future," I can go to Google.com and see the usual Web results. But with Google's new "Search plus Your World" feature, I can also see "personal results" that will show me what people I know have said about it. If anyone in my Google+ circles has posted on the topic, their contributions will appear in the results. Any related images friends have posted in Picasa would show up as well.
Google also is making Google profiles easily searchable. Now my friends' profiles will appear in the search box via autocomplete if it recognizes that I'm typing their name. There will also be suggestions for various prominent people from Google+ that will pop up based on what name or keywords I'm typing in the search box. There will be a button to add them to a Google+ circle on the search results page if I'm logged in.
For instance, if Ms. July had her own Google+ page, Google would display that result and then let me follow it with a few clicks.
While signed into Google, my search results and private content will be protected with SSL (secure sockets layer) encryption by default, as Web search and Gmail are.
Personal results will be marked as "public," "limited" or "only you," and it will be easy to toggle between Web only results or the combined results by clicking on icons of a human (for personal) or a globe (for, well, global results) near the top of the search page.
The personal search features will be rolled out over the next few days to people who are signed in and searching the Google search site in English. You don't need a Google+ profile to see the personal results.
Today's news is yet another step in Google's attempt to make itself the go-to site for finding anything on the public Web or in Google services. Google representatives declined to comment on whether it would eventually include other Google services in the main search site, such as Gmail, Calendar and Apps--but that would certainly make sense.
Separately, the company has dropped its support for Google Desktop, which allowed people to easily search through files on their personal computers. Google announced in September that Google Desktop will no longer be available for download or updated because people are moving to Web-based services such as Google Apps.
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When newspaper people in the U.S. aren't wishing they were the Wall Street Journal – "well, they can charge" – they aspire to be The Economist.
Dream on.
I just got email announcing The Economist Group's latest financials.
* Operating profit up 26% to £56m
* Revenue up 17% to £313m
* Full year dividend of 97.3p per share, an increase of 8%
* The Economist's worldwide circulation grew 6.4% to 1,390,780 (July-December 2008 ABC). It was named Magazine of the Year by Advertising Age and topped Adweek's Hot List for the second year running
* Economist.com's performance has been strong, driven by a strategy to make it a place for intelligent debate; advertising revenue is up 29% and page views 53%
The good news is that quality still sells.
The Economist is to the rest of the news industry as Apple is to Google. In What Would Google Do?, I argue that Apple is the unGoogle. It violates practically every one of the 40 rules I set out. But it succeeds. Why? It's that good, uniquely good. There's room for one such company, probably, in any industry – and that spot isn't always filled (name me the Apple or The Economist of phone companies, airlines, cable companies, or retail).
In news, the Economist is the exception that proves the rules. It doesn't have the individual voices and brands that succeed elsewhere on the internet; it has a single, institutional voice (but a charming one). In a sense, it's a general-interest publication in the age of specialization (and every other general-interest product, from Time to the metro daily is failing). It has built a strong online product but it's still not known for that; it's a magazine (pardon me, newspaper) that still relies on and succeeds in print.
The problem for the rest of the industry is that they can't all break the rules as The Economist does because they're just not that good. You have to be great to the The Economist or Apple and if you fall short, you fall all the way. And staying great is constant work.
I was at The Economist's offices in New York last week for lunch with editors. Don't think that they are resting on their laurels. They, too, are trying to understand The Economist's role on the new media age (my advice: they have just about the smartest crowd anywhere and I hope the company asks how that crowd can be empowered to connect, share, and create). But it's a nice perch from which to be wondering what to do next. While other publications are looking for a limb to grab onto as they fall, The Economist is looking for the next higher branch.


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The 10 Weirdest And Most Wonderful Libraries In The World
Originally posted 4/16/2013
Let's do a word association exercise. When I say "books, borrowing, building..." you'd say, "library." Great. We're off to a good start. Let's try again: "Donkey, tank, phone booth, UFO..." Anybody? No, it has nothing to do with donkey versus alien combat. This one's a little tougher. Okay, I'll give it to you. The answer, once again, is "library." See, although the libraries most of us visit on the regular are dull municipal buildings that we'd avoid were they not full of thousands of free books, some communities have fanciful architectural wonders, animals who deliver books to children, repurposed phone booths full of reading material on the street, and other wonderfully unexpected ways of bringing reading to the people. In honor of National Library Week, let's take a look at ten of these brilliant spaces...
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1. The Biblioburro: Delivering Books Via Donkey
Let's start with the Biblioburro. He's top of our list because, have you seen how adorable baby donkeys are? Oh, and because he brings books to children who wouldn't otherwise have access to them. Luis Soriano—a primary school teacher who runs the Biblioburro program in his spare time—loads his donkeys, Alfa and Beto, full of books then travels up to four hours one way to visit villages in rural Colombia. Once there, he reads to the young people, helps them with homework, and loans them books from his mobile library. Soriano told CNN that he got the idea back in 1990 because he had "two unemployed donkeys at home," and we all know there's nothing worse than having slack-ass donkeys hanging out, playing video games, and eating all the Cheetos. The Biblioburro has brought literacy and the joy of reading to an estimated 4,000 kids so far, which makes Soriano's tales of breaking his leg in a donkey fall and getting tied to a tree by bandits seem worth it.
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2. The Levinski Garden Library: Cataloging Emotional History
Designed to serve refugees and migrant workers in Israel, The Levinski Garden Library is an outdoor facility with books in fifteen languages, located in the Tel Aviv park where those populations gather. There are no walls, doors, or guards. Its two illuminated shelves—one for adults and a shorter one for kids—provide a welcoming glow throughout the night while a large canopy protects the tomes from weather and gives visitors shelter while they browse the library's 3,500 books. The books, which range from bestsellers to graphic novels to classic literature, are arranged not by author, genre, or Dewey Decimal system, but by the emotions they elicit. Every book asks the reader to describe it as amusing, bizarre, boring, depressing, exciting, inspiring, or sentimental. Each emotion is color coded, and each reader's response is permanently recorded in the form of colored tape reflecting their reaction to the book, which is re-shelved according to the most recent reaction. The library's site explains that "the books wander between the shelves as their readers have wandered/are wandering the world. They carry with them their emotional history." There'd have to be nothing worse as a writer than visiting the library and finding 80 pieces of "boring" color-coded tape attached to your work.
Photo credit: Carlos Adampol
3. Arma de Instruccion Masiva (Weapon of Mass Instruction): Attacking With Knowledge
Aside from being a ridiculously ugly car, the Ford Falcon doesn't have any negative connotations to most of the world. But in Argentina, the car represents a dark time in the nation's history. It was driven by the army as well as the secret police and anti-communist death squads during the country's military junta dictatorship. Artist Raul Lemesoff has taken a 1979 Falcon and transformed it from a symbol of fear to a mobile library in the shape of a tank. Lemesoff cruises the streets of both Buenos Aires and smaller towns that don't have access to traditional libraries. He pulls up beside pedestrians and bikers in his impossible-to-miss tank-shaped library and offers them one of the 900 books perched on the vehicle's frame, which is much less creepy than offering ice cream or back rubs. He hopes to bring his knowledge attack (see what he did there?) to other nations soon.
Photo credit: Joe Gratz
4. Mechanical Libraries: Vending 24 Hours A Day
Nothing will replace the quiet rustle of pages, the smell of dusty tomes, or the knowledge of your friendly local librarian, but there are times when night owls like me would love to check out a book at 3am, so I'm not completely against library vending machines. Book vending machines have been around since the 1930s, but in recent years more and more libraries are taking advantage of them, placing them on busy streets, at train stations, and in shopping centers. Early numbers from Contra Costa County in California suggest that the convenience of the machines increased circulation by around 8 percent, putting an additional 600,000 books into patrons hands during the machines' first year. In one Beijing district, the machines account for 31.6 percent of books borrowed. Even if you're fighting the good fight against our machine overlords, you've got to admit that anything that increases the number of books the public reads can't be all bad. And it's still nowhere near as depressing as a bookless library.
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5. Biblioteca Sandro Penna: Terrifying Alien Abductees Since 2004
Not far from the city of Perugia's medieval aqueducts, historic fountains, classical arches, and exquisite cathedrals sits a bubble-gum pink saucer that looks like a UFO created by Hello Kitty. It is, however, not transporting alien kittens to central Italy (bummer) but rather providing library services for the people of Perugia. The Biblioteca Sandro Penna, a public library named for poet Sandro Penna, features rose-colored glass walls that let sunlight in by day and emit a ruddy glow at night. Architect Italo Rota designed the three-story disc to look like a flying saucer. Because why not? Madman or creative genius? It's tough to say.
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6. Epos Book Boat: Floating Books In The Fjords
When you're in the Norwegian fjords, you think to yourself, "How on earth do the people who live here get groceries in the winter?" Evidently they have that figured out, because there don't appear to be grocery boats that go from island to island. Library books, however, are another thing. A book boat called Epos travels to more than 250 small communities on islands in the fjords every year between September and April. On board, the vessel has about 6,000 books, a captain, a cook, a couple of librarians, and one or two vaguely titled "entertainers" (Clowns? Strippers? Contortionists? All three? What entertainment does one need most when snowed into their home for months on end?). In the summer, the floating library turns into a leisure cruise ferry. The service started in 1959 and is organized and paid for by the libraries of the three counties it serves.
Photo credit: Axel Brunst Photography
7. Stuttgart City Library: Putting The Focus On Books
The Stuttgart City Library looks like an Apple store designed by M.C. Escher. On the outside, it's a perfect cube whose walls align exactly with the four compass points. On the inside, it's pure white with sharp angles and a soaring five-story atrium surrounded by Escher-esque stairs and rectangular furniture. Since opening in 2011, the ultra-modern library—designed by Korean architect Eun Young Yi—has been praised as one of the world's most gorgeous libraries and disparaged for its harshness and sterility. The design lacks the coziness that some people look for in a library but the stark whiteness of the environment itself puts all the focus on the colorful books lining the shelves... and there's no denying it's beautiful.
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8. The Kenyan Camel Library: Serving Nomadic Populations
Lest you think mules are the only animals who can tote a library around on their backs, meet the library camels of Kenya (someone form an indie band and call it that, please). The camels carry both books and camping gear for the traveling librarians as they travel across the desert. The caravan visits people in nomadic communities where literacy rates can be as low as 15 percent due, in large part, to lack of access to reading materials. The Kenya National Library Service started the program in 1985 and has been sending caravans of book-toting hump-backed service animals across the desert ever since. The program already serves between 5,000 and 6,000 patrons. There's demand for expansion, but resources are limited. According to the BBC, all nine of the camels used are male. To get more camels, they obviously need at least one sexy lady camel. If you have one of those sitting around, please donate her to the cause.
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9. Micro Libraries: Transforming Objects Into Book Havens
You've probably heard of Little Free Libraries. Heck, you might even have one in your front yard and if you don't, you can fix that. The wooden boxes on poles are sprouting up everywhere. (Check this map to see if there's one near you.) In 2009, to honor his late mother, Todd Bol put a little wooden house full of books outside his house with a sign indicating that people should take or leave a book. Four years later, Publishers Weekly reports that there are as many as 6,000 of the tiny libraries in forty countries around the world. Around the same time Bol was erecting the first Little Free Library, the Brits were recycling their iconic red phone boxes into 24-hour mini libraries. Berlin created a book forest, cutting shelves into the trunks of fallen trees. The trees are grouped together on a city street and passersby can take or leave a book any time. These never-closed book-swapping spots take a lot of different forms, but they all spread the love of books and encourage the discovery of new authors.
Photo: Eneas De Troya
10. Vasconcelos Library: Entering The Matrix
Mexico City's 409,000-square-foot Vasconcelos Library is known as the Megabiblioteca (megalibrary), making it sound as much like Godzilla's arch nemesis as a haven for bibliophiles. Alberto Kalach, who designed the building after winning Mexico's first international architecture competition in more than a century, created a space that appears to have been taken straight out of a Matrix-inspired dream—with books on crystal shelves that seem to be suspended in mid-air, huge industrial steel fittings, and five grid-like levels with turquoise tinted glass floors. The 500,000 volumes overlook an open courtyard featuring enormous striped whale bones floating from the ceiling. Of course. The whole shebang is surrounded by a massive botanical garden.
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The Walker Library of The History of Human Imagination. Simply amazing to see on video. I can't imagine what it would be like to walk through it in person or just plop down in a corner somewhere and snag a read or a nap. Enjoy!
Wonderful. After Christchurch, New Zealand, was devastated by an earthquake two and a half years ago, people set up a library (well - a book exchange, really) in an old glass-fronted fridge on the side of the road: http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch-earthquake-2011/53314...
Well to get several kinds of books we should first visit any library or any online book store; from where we can get best books of our choice. No doubt library is one of the best places from where we can get number of book collections. Here in this above article we have found 10 most wonderful as well as weirdest libraries in the world and I hope from where we can get books of our own choice.
Amazing list. These are definitely on my bucketlist to visit. As a fellow writer libraries are my second home.
Wow! so many interesting libraries I've never seen before. We have boring ones only, ugh. Stuttgart City Library looks fantastic; I would like to visit it. Reading and collecting books are my hobbies. However, reading doesn't always give you writing skills. That's why I had problems studying in college. Fortunately, I had useful source which helped me a lot when I was out of ideas or time to write a good essay. Hope you don't have the same problem because Smart Donkey delivers you the best books.


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In the wake of Donald Trump's election, reports of racist incidents are emerging from the nation's schools and universities, including students who chanted "white power" and called black classmates "cotton pickers."
Reporting by The Associated Press and local media outlets has identified more than 20 such encounters beginning on Election Day, many involving people too young to cast a ballot.
At the University of New Mexico, a Muslim engineering student said a man attempted to snatch off her hijab Tuesday while she was studying.
"I turned around and there's a really buff guy wearing a Trump shirt," freshman Leena Aggad said Friday. "He reaches his hand out to my forehead and attempts to pull my scarf off."
Oren Segal, director of the Anti-Defamation League office that monitors extremism, said young people "were watching and observing this presidential campaign as closely as anyone else." Now that the campaign is over, "the impact of what they have seen is not just going to go away."
On Wednesday, minority students at a high school in Gurnee, Illinois, organized a meeting and protest after a "whites only" message was found scrawled on a bathroom door. The same day in Michigan, students at Royal Oak Middle school were filmed chanting "build a wall" in the cafeteria.
At Trump's alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania, black freshmen were added to a group chat in which one post read "daily lynching," and one participant was called a "dumb slave." The Penn president said the chat appeared to be based in Oklahoma and that university police were trying to locate the exact source.
Also in Pennsylvania, two students at the York County School of Technology held a Donald Trump sign in a hallway as someone shouted "white power," an incident captured on video and widely shared on Facebook.
The president of the local NAACP said the video showed a hallway full of loud students so any teacher or administrator who was monitoring would have known what was happening. Sandra Thompson added that the parents of black children in local schools have been told to "go back to Africa."
School administrators in Vice President-elect Mike Pence's hometown of Columbus, Indiana, called for civility and respect after reports of Hispanic students being taunted. Felipe Martinez told The Indianapolis Star that his two sons were twice intimidated with chants of "build that wall," including on Election Day. The chant was common at Trump campaign rallies.
The morning after the election, leaflets from the Ku Klux Klan showed up in a neighborhood in Birmingham, Alabama. At Central Texas University in San Marcos, police were investigating who posted fliers Thursday around campus urging the formation of "tar and feather vigilante squads" and threatening to "arrest and torture" campus diversity advocates.
In Durham, North Carolina, two walls were spray-painted with the statement "Black lives don't matter and neither does your vote."
The words _ and in some cases violence _ cut both ways.
In Louisiana, a university football coach disciplined four players in response to a locker room video showing members of the team dancing and singing the lyrics of a profane anti-Trump rap song. Anti-Trump protests have swept U.S. cities, with one turning violent in Portland, Oregon, as demonstrators smashed windows and set trash afire Thursday night.
A videotaped assault in Chicago showing black men beating a white man as onlookers scream "You voted Trump" gained traction among conservative social media users after being broadcast by local television. The teenager who shot the video and her father told WFLD-TV that the dispute began over a minor traffic accident and escalated with bystanders' shouts about the election, which was not a factor in the fight.
At the University of New Mexico, Aggad said she squirmed around in her chair to avoid contact with the man and then stood to confront him. He is white and attends a class with her.
"He said we think we can say whatever we want, but when they come and retaliate with whatever, they are the ones who get in trouble," said Aggad, who was born and raised in New Mexico by Palestinian parents who came to the United States about two decades ago.
Aggad said neither faculty members nor other students came to her aid. She later filed a report with the university's equal opportunity office, and a campuswide email went out urging tolerance. She said she does not want anyone disciplined but wants her voice heard.
A university spokeswoman said officials had received complaints about several other incidents since the election and will investigate.
A racial backlash also unfolded after the election of Barack Obama, America's first black president, in 2008. At the time, police documented alleged crimes, from vandalism and vague threats to at least one physical attack. Insults and taunts were delivered by adults, college students and even children.
Anti-Trump protests have erupted this week in cities including Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago and New York.
"In order for it to die down, the impetus for it has to go away," Segal said. "We need our elected officials, our leaders, our community organizations, to make sure that this … rhetoric that has become normal over the past few months goes away."


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Visa expects soon to begin trials of contactless payments system for Apple's iPhone, using a special case for the phone developed by DeviceFidelity.
DeviceFidelity makes a contactless payment add-on, In2Pay, that fits in the microSD card slot found in many smartphones. In2Pay works with Visa's payWave contactless payment system. Apple's iPhone, though, doesn't have a microSD card slot, forcing DeviceFidelity to develop a new case for the iPhone containing the card slot and a link to the iPhone's dock connector in order to add the payment capability.
The microSD card syncs with the iPhone via the case. A transaction is completed by waving the phone in front of a contactless payment terminal. The case is compatible with the iPhone 3G and 3GS.
For security, use of the microSD card for payment can be locked with a passcode.
DeviceFidelity's In2Pay platform is compatible with any size of SD card and will work with major mobile operating systems such as Symbian, Windows Mobile version 6.x and Research In Motion's BlackBerry.
About 66 percent of mobile phones sold in 2008 had SD card slots, with that number expected to increase to 82 percent by this year, according to DeviceFidelity, citing a study from analyst iSuppli.
DeviceFidelity contends that building applications on its platform is more advantageous for banks than working with individual phone manufacturers, as the In2Pay platform is independent from the mobile phone itself.
Banks can support the software without working with either handset manufacturers or carriers. In2Pay is compatible with about 65 percent of mobile phone and PDA models on the market, DeviceFidelity said.
In2Pay also supports other major payment networks, including MasterCard Paypass, American Express Expresspay and Discover ZIP, according to DeviceFidelity.
The deployment of microSD contactless payment cards is similar to that of regular credit cards. A bank would sign up a customer, and the credit or debit microSD payment card would be mailed to the user. The card could then be used for payments once it is inserted into a compatible phone and activated.
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The Amy C. Ransome collection contains material related to women's suffrage from 1884-1949. There is a large amount of correspondence and printed material connected with Sarah Ware Whitney, editor of the Women's Standard in Waterloo, Iowa. In addition, there is correspondence and organizational material from the Iowa Equal Suffrage Association and other state organizations; equal rights and temperance pamphlets, ca. 1890-1900; World Woman's Party correspondence and clippings, ca. 1940; and National Suffrage Bulletins, 1897-1901.
Amy Cordoba Rock Ransome (1872-1942) was a well-known suffragist and leader in the National Woman's Party who spent much of her life promoting equal rights for women. Ransome was born in Cordoba, Argentina (the inspiration for her middle name) where her father, Miles Rock, was working at the newly-established Argentine National Observatory. She spent most of her childhood in Washington, D.C. where her parents were well established members of that city's scientific community. They encouraged their two children, ACR (as she was known to family and friends) and her brother Alfred Mayer Rock, to pursue educational opportunities and political activism. ACR attended Bryn Mawr (BA '93), the University of Heidelberg (Chemistry MA '96), and the University of Berlin ('96-7, Ph.D. studies in Chemistry cut short by international friction with Germany over the Spanish-American War). When Ransome returned to Washington, she left her chemistry career behind and shifted her studies to geology. While working as an assistant at the USGS in D.C., she met her future husband, Frederick Leslie Ransome (FLR to family and friends), whom she married in 1899. FLR was a well-known American geologist who helped found the journal Economic Geology in 1905 and was associate editor of the Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. Together, they had four children, Janet, Susan, Violet, and Alfred. Both before and after her marriage, Ransome was actively involved in politics and lobbying for progressive women's causes. When she married, she left civil service to raise her family, but she continued her political activities.
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