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11 Portion-Control Tips to Take to the Table
Finding yourself in a serious food coma at the end of every meal gets old real quick. But luckily, according to research, eliminating all "off-limits" from your diet might not be the recipe for long-term success. Instead, playing with the portions of good-for-you and not-so-good-for-you foods is a more sustainable technique that can also help curb cravings, like taking a smaller portion of chips to pair with a larger serving of salad or fruit.
If you've struggled with overeating indulgent foods and portion control in general, it's time to rethink old habits and redesign your relationship with meals. Take these 11 straightforward tips to heart for guidance.
- Know your needs: When your diet doesn't feel like a guessing game, you're more likely to stick with the plan at meals. Check out this Mayo Clinic calorie calculator and RDA protein chart to learn your numbers and make educated decisions about what you're eating.
- Measure things out: You can't be exactly sure of what you're eating unless you measure out portions properly. Instead of eyeballing everything, pick up some portion-control products so you can be precise.
- Never show up too hungry: When you arrive at a meal famished, you're much more likely to overdo it. Enjoy quality snacks during the day to keep your hunger in check for meals.
- Cook one serving: Take temptation out of the picture by cooking single-size servings of your favorite foods. This way, you won't have to struggle with saying no to the extras lurking in your fridge.
- Choose smaller plates: Serve your meal on a salad or a dessert plate. Studies have proven that using a smaller plate helps with weight loss and portion control.
- Sit down to eat: Turn off outside distractions, sit at the table, and focus on your food. You'll be able to slow down, enjoy your meal, and feel more satisfied with what's on your plate.
- Check in with your breath: Is your breathing quick and tense? Is your heart racing? Take three deep breaths before you even think about eating. Going into a meal with an anxious mind makes you more likely abandon portion-control plans.
- Cut your food: A study found that cutting up your food may help trick your brain into thinking there's more on the plate, which can translate into eating less while still feeling satisfied.
- Leave the table: If you feel yourself eating too fast or unable to drop your fork, excuse yourself from the table, and step outside for some fresh air. You'll come back with a refreshed perspective.
- Pack up leftovers: As soon as your meal is ready, serve yourself a portion and pack up the rest. When the leftovers aren't out in the open, it's easier to say no.
- Sip on tea: Once you've finished the serving you've set out for yourself, boil for some water for a hot cup of calming tea. Once you've had a few minutes to relax after your meal, chances are you won't be hungry for seconds.


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Cupid and Psyche - Psyche sits down to eat
Accession number: 1913P167
Wood engraving printed in black on laid Michallet paper.
Width: 315 mm
Height: 469 mm
One of some forty-five wood engravings designed by Burne-Jones and mostly cut by William Morris illustrating the 'Cupid and Psyche' story for a lavish publication of William Morris''The Earthly Paradise'. Trial proofs at the Chiswick Press, were considered unsuccessful as a union of text and image, and the project was abandoned.It was not until the late 1880s that sets of proofs were made. Sir Sydney Cockerell noted that eight sets were printed under the direction of Emery Walker, the total number of sets is unclear. Birmingham's set where given by Morris to the Birmingham architect John Henry Chamberlain (1831-83). The illustrations and the poem were finally printed in 1973 with an introduction by A.R. Duffy.
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The Daily Star, Lebanon: The Dalai Lama kicked off his four-day visit to Portland, Oregon on Thursday by talking about his first understandings of pollution.
The 77-year-old Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader sold out two events at the University of Portland and was in the city for an interfaith discussion on spirituality and the environment.
"I was in Tibet until my age was 24. I think Tibet, some people call it the roof of the world, It was very clean, a small population, everything simple," the Nobel Peace laureate said. "Only after I came to India (did) I first hear, 'This water, you cannot drink.'…
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AT&T is reportedly near a deal to buy most of Verizon's Alltel divestitures for $2.5 billion, CNBC has learned from sources close to the situation.
The assets are divided into 24 geographical clusters, 18 of which will be purchased by AT&T (NYSE: t).
The remaining six clusters are still being sought by private equity firms and U.S. Cellular.
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High efficiency Fully stainless steel soybean roaster machine rack, fans, rotors, single-phase motor, the screen (size two), into the hopper, vibrating screen, triangular belt and its drive belt and other components. After the normal operation of the machine, the raw material is dosed quantitatively, uniformly and continuously into the feed hopper, and the raw material shell is crushed under the repeated blow, friction and collision of the raw material of the rotor. Seed and broken raw shell under the rotating wind pressure of the rotor and blow through a certain aperture of the screen, then the raw shell, grain by the rotating fan blowing force, light weight of the raw shell is blown out of the body, the seeds through Vibrating screen screening to achieve the purpose of cleaning.
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Introduction for soybean roaster machine
Far infrared constant temperature roller series electric roasted seeds and nuts machine is a new generation environment friendly electric roasted seeds and nuts equipment, which is developed in accordance with the requirements of national energy conservation and emissions reduction.
The features of soybean roaster machine
Far infrared multi-gears circling heating technology;
Centrifugal fan guide ventilate and exhaust of moisture technology;
Concentric coordinates without noise revolving speed system;
Frequency conversion control system;
Hot medium and raw material separation system.
Applications of soybean roaster machine
Snack food industry: parch dry cargo food, such as original taste melon seeds, peanut, cashew, almond, chestnut, walnut, peeling sesame, etc; Oil expelling industry: cooking oil plants before pressing, eg, sesame, rapeseed, soybean, peanut, flaxseed, etc; Tea industry: de-enzyming, drying and making tartary buckwheat tea; Pharmacy industry: parching of traditional Chinese medicine; Seasoning industry: stir-frying pepper, wild pepper, anise, fennel, etc; Chemical industry: drying chemical materials, geothermal dehumidifying; Tobacco processing industry: drying and stir-frying tobacco;Feedstuff processing industry: drying raise livestock feedstuff; Polishing coarse cereals processing industry: parch corn, broomcorn, rice, barley, wheat, tartary buckwheat, highland barley powder, etc.
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Environmental protection: adopt imported with original packaging far infrared heating tube, life span up to 3-5 years, efficient and durable, carbon emission to working environment is zero.
Low consumption: double layer roller design, ensure parch materials evenly, prevent thermal energy from diffuse, saving power above 45% than traditional electric heating parching equipment.
Fine workmanship: adopt industrial SUS304, independent far infrared heat conduction heating layer, two-zone insulation design of insulating layer, adopt international electrical safety standards, meet GMP.
Intelligent: humanization design, intelligent control, exempt from complex technology steps such as control fire and concern materials of traditional roasted seeds and nuts machine, one key to achieve automatically parch.
Frequency conversion: frequency conversion means adjust frequency and power of input current, as well as different parametric far infrared voltage frequency and current of dynamic real-time output through inverter controller, so as to control relevant heating power and motor power, thus realize multi-purpose fundamentally.
Universal wheel: this machine equipped with engineering gum universal wheel, easy to install and move.
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Two of the five fakie Apple stores in Kunming, China, have been shut after a thorough investigation by the Chinese authorities, despite one of the employees claiming "there is no Chinese law that says I can't decorate my shop the way I want to decorate it."
Sorry to break it to you buddy (I know the world of counterfeit goods is a grey area in your land), but I'm sure Apple feels differently. The man behind three of the stores, Yu Cheng, isn't letting this little mishap set him back in his pursuit of giving the Chinese what they want, though. He's now applied to open an authorized Apple store, and is awaiting a verdict from Cupertino now.
Despite having a very strong reason to be pissed, Apple reportedly has not contacted the city's government on the matter—either they've got bigger fish to fry, or they're working on a Project of Mass Revenge instead.
Those three other Apple stores may not have received blessings from Cupertino, but they're allowed to operate as usual, because they actually have the correct business permits from the city government. It seems that in China, selling authentic Apple products in an inauthentic Apple store is actually legal, as long as you've sweet-talked the right government officials. [Bloomberg]
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WASHINGTON — Here's something most politicians can "like": Facebook friends played a big role in getting hundreds of thousands of people to vote in 2010, a new scientific study claims.
Facebook researchers and scientists at the University of California, San Diego conducted a massive online experiment in the mid-term congressional election to test and measure the political power of online peer pressure.
They found that people who got Facebook messages that their friends had voted were a bit more likely to go to the polls than those who didn't get the same reminder. And from there the effect multiplied in the social network, they reported in Thursday's journal Nature.
The friend-prodding likely increased voter turnout by as much as 340,000 in the non-presidential election that voted in a new Republican congress, the scientists calculated. They said that it could potentially change the outcome of close elections.
"Our study is the first large-scale scientific test of the idea that online social networks affect real world political behavior," said study lead author James Fowler, a professor of medical genetics and political science at the University of California, San Diego.
He has studied friend and social media influences on public health and politics over the past decade. While pundits have pointed to social media-inspired revolutions in the Arab world, this is more verifiable scientifically because it is a controlled study comparing groups that had different inputs. It's the voting equivalent of testing real drugs versus sugar pills.
Outside experts say the new study makes sense and fits with other research about how effective get-out-the-vote drives are, but say Fowler's numbers may be a bit high. That's because they factor in a large indirect effect, calculations which some didn't find as convincing.
Nearly every American of voting age who logged into Facebook on Election Day 2010 was part of the experiment, even though they didn't know it.
Most of them — more than 60 million — saw an announcement on top of their Facebook news feed: Today is Election Day. It showed how many Facebook users as well as their friends had clicked an "I voted" button and showed up to six pictures of those friends. It also linked to a list of polling places.
Researchers compared voter turnout with two groups that didn't receive that same message. One group of 611,000 people simply got a generic announcement encouraging voting, but no pictures or count of friends. Another 613,000 users didn't receive any message.
Those who got the peer pressure message were less than half a percent (0.39 percent) more likely to vote than those who got no message or the generic one. While that seems like a very small increase, it is statistically significant and it adds up, Fowler said.
There was no difference in voting found between the generic and no-message groups. Nor was there any difference seen in friend-prompted turnout between self-identified conservatives and liberals, Democrats and Republicans.
Fowler and colleagues didn't just take the word of people who clicked the "I voted" button. They checked public voting records in 13 states for that election, and found about 4 percent of those who said they voted hadn't really cast ballots.
Of those who saw the peer pressure posting, Fowler calculated that 60,000 voted who wouldn't have. On top of that, he said, another 280,000 people voted who wouldn't have because their friends saw the online message and spread the get-out-the-vote word.
It's a form of social contagion with people noticing that the original message recipient voted, so the message spread in person, by word of mouth and online, he said.
"The network is key," he said.
Columbia University political scientist Donald Greene said the 60,000 direct voter number makes sense and fits with other research done, which shows that the more personalized the appeal the better the result. But he said he had difficulty buying the calculations used to come up with the 280,000 indirect votes.
George Mason University political science professor Michael McDonald, an expert in voter turnout, said the study seemed reasonable to him, adding "anything we can do to increase turnout is a good thing."
In the 2010 election, about 38 percent of the voting age population cast ballots, up from about 37 percent in 2006 and 36 percent in 2002. Voting is usually much higher in presidential elections, so the overall effect of a social media get-out-the-vote push might be lower in 2012 because people were already more likely to vote, Fowler and others said.
Fowler and Facebook scientist Cameron Marlow said no decision has been made about doing a similar study or voting drive on Facebook this November.
The study was initiated by Fowler, who got Facebook involved, and was funded by the University of Notre Dame and two private foundations.
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While having my breakfast of tasty Prawns with a side of Prawns and a bag of Prawns to go sitting next to me on the diner table I was reading the newspaper.
I rarely read newspapers because I believe that if you want to ruin your day read a newspaper at breakfast and if you want to ruin your life become famous, like me, and have News International eavesdrop on your every phone call, read your mail, hack your computer and sift your trash while trying to gather dirt on you. So far that have failed thanks to my satellite phone a little tip I learned from someone I was talking to in the CIA several years ago.
I have to say here that when I was talking to this lady from the CIA I thought that 'CIA' was an abbreviation for China International Airways and to be honest I didn't discover what the letters really CIA stood for until I climbed aboard what I thought was a small China International Airways jet at an airport in Pakistan while researching my latest unputdownable book 'The Cat's Travelogue' (available here The Cat's Travelogue Paperback Edition and if you want an ebook here The Cat's Travelogue ebook boy was I in for a surprise I can tell you, and if you read my latest work of feline literary genius you will know exactly what I am talking about here!
Anyway, so there I was reading the newspaper and getting ever more depressed, when I think I have reached rock bottom after reading three articles about four politicians in three totally different countries who were all displaying their own special type of ineptitude that singles them out for a career in politics when my eye caught this headline:-
"Is it time to give up on Tigers and Pandas? – Controversial plans to save one species at expense of another are gathering pace"
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"A majority of professional conservationists believe it is time to consider shifting efforts away from some of the world's most famous species, such as the Panda, to concentrate on others which have a greater chance of success."
So is that what humans have come to? They have hunted animals to extinction destroyed their habitat to grow beef for McDonalds then a few decades ago seen the light and started to conserve species instead of running rough shod over them and now they have decided, because trying to protect animals is too much like hard work, to choose one species over another because they can't cope with their own destructiveness which so drastically affects all of the other animals and creepy crawlies who share the planet Earth.
Well all I have to say is shame on you humans for taking so much of the Earth's resources and leaving so little for wildlife, shame on you conversationalists and in particular shame on the charity the World Wildlife Fund for taking so much money and pretending to give a damn about animals and obviously failing so miserably.
I would also like to say that if there has to be a choice between Pandas and Tigers we should save Tigers they are not only better looking, they are also more interesting, more active, distant cousins of mine and better still if their numbers were to grow significantly they might just start getting their own back and start eating humans!
At least there is one positive to come out of this article and that's that you can stop giving your hard earned folding stuff to the WWF!
As I have said time and again all charities are absolutely useless and this article proves that, if you ever doubted my word, instead you can of course send all of your spare cash to this Cat and make his life amazingly comfortable, unlike a charity I will spend you money wisely and choose only the finest Prawns, the best cars, hotels and employ only the most qualified staff to attend to my every need, which are many and various.
I do hope that people start to see how dreadful charities are now in the light of what these conversationalists are proposing. I was telling people 15 years ago just how greedy and corrupt banks were and now they are seeing it, let's hope it doesn't take the same length of time for the public to see just how much alike charities and banks are, they only care about themselves and nothing else even the things they are set up to protect, help, nurture or whatever else they waffle on about as they hold their hands out for you cash.
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November 23, 2005, 03:53:50 PM
Saw this on the Washington Post...VERY interesting...
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Sleuths Crack Tracking Code Discovered in Color Printers
By Mike Musgrove
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 19, 2005; Page D01
It sounds like a conspiracy theory, but it isn't. The pages coming out of your color printer may contain hidden information that could be used to track you down if you ever cross the U.S. government.
Last year, an article in PC World magazine pointed out that printouts from many color laser printers contained yellow dots scattered across the page, viewable only with a special kind of flashlight. The article quoted a senior researcher at Xerox Corp. as saying the dots contain information useful to law-enforcement authorities, a secret digital "license tag" for tracking down criminals.
The content of the coded information was supposed to be a secret, available only to agencies looking for counterfeiters who use color printers.
Now, the secret is out.
Yesterday, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a San Francisco consumer privacy group, said it had cracked the code used in a widely used line of Xerox printers, an invisible bar code of sorts that contains the serial number of the printer as well as the date and time a document was printed.
With the Xerox printers, the information appears as a pattern of yellow dots, each only a millimeter wide and visible only with a magnifying glass and a blue light.
The EFF said it has identified similar coding on pages printed from nearly every major printer manufacturer, including Hewlett-Packard Co., though its team has so far cracked the codes for only one type of Xerox printer.
The U.S. Secret Service acknowledged yesterday that the markings, which are not visible to the human eye, are there, but it played down the use for invading privacy.
"It's strictly a countermeasure to prevent illegal activity specific to counterfeiting," agency spokesman Eric Zahren said. "It's to protect our currency and to protect people's hard-earned money."
It's unclear whether the yellow-dot codes have ever been used to make an arrest. And no one would say how long the codes have been in use. But Seth Schoen, the EFF technologist who led the organization's research, said he had seen the coding on documents produced by printers that were at least 10 years old.
"It seems like someone in the government has managed to have a lot of influence in printing technology," he said.
Xerox spokesman Bill McKee confirmed the existence of the hidden codes, but he said the company was simply assisting an agency that asked for help. McKee said the program was part of a cooperation with government agencies, competing manufacturers and a "consortium of banks," but would not provide further details. HP said in a statement that it is involved in anti-counterfeiting measures and supports the cooperation between the printer industry and those who are working to reduce counterfeiting.
Schoen said that the existence of the encoded information could be a threat to people who live in repressive governments or those who have a legitimate need for privacy. It reminds him, he said, of a program the Soviet Union once had in place to record sample typewriter printouts in hopes of tracking the origins of underground, self-published literature.
"It's disturbing that something on this scale, with so many privacy implications, happened with such a tiny amount of publicity," Schoen said.
And it's not as if the information is encrypted in a highly secure fashion, Schoen said. The EFF spent months collecting samples from printers around the world and then handed them off to an intern, who came back with the results in about a week.
"We were able to break this code very rapidly," Schoen said.
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November 24, 2005, 01:54:31 AM
Wow, that's amazing! To think, it's been there for over 10 years too. I just opened up a print shop and we use Xerox and Canon equipment, thought had never crossed my mind. Pretty cool
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LOS ANGELES (AP) It's victory for "Dunkirk" and "Girls Trip" at the box office this weekend. Both original and well-reviewed films smashed expectations and enticed diverse audiences to the theaters, even though cumulatively summer remains down from last year.
Christopher Nolan's World War II epic brought in an estimated $50.5 million to easily top the charts, according to Warner Bros., while the raucous comedy "Girls Trip" broke the R-rated comedy slump of 2017 with $30.4 million to take second place.
"Dunkirk" was far from an inevitable summer success. But stellar reviews, awards buzz and hype around the film's large-scale production helped drive people to the theater and large-format screens.
"We're beyond thrilled with this exceptional achievement for 'Dunkirk,'" said Jeff Goldstein, who heads distribution for Warner Bros. "The critical reception worldwide has been consistently effusive. It really propelled this movie that wasn't an obvious win."
Audiences were 60 percent male and 76 percent over the age of 25 for the PG-13 rated film, while IMAX audiences represented 23 percent of the market share (or $11.7 million of the total grosses from only 402 screens).
"It became a must-see event," said Paul Dergarabedian, a senior media analyst for comScore.
Drawing quite a different audience was the buddy comedy "Girls Trip," starring Regina Hall, Tiffany Haddish, Jada Pinkett Smith and Queen Latifah as a group of girlfriends who head to New Orleans for a weekend of fun. The Universal film drew in an audience that was 79 percent female and 50 percent under the age of 30. Fifty-nine percent of attendees were estimated to be African-American.
Notably, audiences gave the film a stellar A+ CinemaScore, suggesting the film will have long-term playability.
"'Girls Trip' was a perfectly counter-programmed box office surprise," Dergarabedian said. "It broke the R-rated comedy curse that has afflicted this summer with 'Baywatch,' 'Snatched,' 'Rough Night' and 'The House.'"
For Universal, the formula is more simple: "Girls Trip," unlike the aforementioned comedies, is resonating with audiences.
"When the taste for entertainment and comedy has been somewhat underserved, it is not because people aren't interested in laughing, it's that they're waiting for something funny to come along," said Nick Carpou, Universal's president of domestic distribution. "One of the great things about this comedy is that it's really funny."
Not so successful was Luc Besson's nearly $180 million sci-fi epic "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets," which earned $17 million from North American theaters over the weekend for a fifth-place start. It came in behind "Spider-Man: Homecoming," in third in its third weekend with $22 million and "War for the Planet of the Apes" in fourth place in its second weekend with $20.4 million.
Besson's film, starring Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne and based on the French comic "Valerian and Laureline," was produced by EuropaCorp. STX Entertainment distributed it in North America.
The film's financial exposure was limited, however. EuropaCorp says 90 percent of the budget was already covered by foreign pre-sales, equity financing and tax subsidies.
Dergarabedian said it's more about the international returns for "Valerian," but it's hard not to see Besson's return to sci-fi as a disappointment. Not adjusted for inflation, "Valerian" earned basically the same as "The Fifth Element," which came out 20 years ago. For comparison, his film "Lucy," starring Scarlett Johansson, opened to $43.8 million in 2014.
Overall, the year remains around flat from last year, and the summer season looks unlikely to make up for its deficit through the end of July and August.
Still, Dergarabedian thinks there is a silver lining in the quality of the films that have come out this summer.
"Despite the weekend being down close to 10 percent, the currency that was most valuable is the currency of goodwill," Dergarabedian said. "Nobody can say that Hollywood threw the same old stuff at the wall this weekend."
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to comScore. Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
- "Dunkirk," $50.5 million ($55.4 million international)
- "Girls Trip," $30.4 million
- "Spider-Man: Homecoming," $22 million ($33.2 million international)
- "War for the Planet of the Apes," $20.4 million ($17.3 million international)
- "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets," $17 million ($3.9 million international)
- "Despicable Me 3," $12.7 million ($47.5 million international)
- "Baby Driver," $6 million ($8.3 million international)
- "The Big Sick," $5 million
- "Wonder Woman," $4.6 million ($1.8 million international)
- "Wish Upon," $2.5 million ($1.1 million international)


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WASHINGTON (AP) — In the most impressive surge for the job market since early last year, the United States added 243,000 jobs in January, far more than economists expected. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years.
Hiring accelerated across the economy and up and down the pay scale. The high-salary professional services industry added 70,000 jobs, the most in 10 months. Manufacturing added 50,000, the most in a year.
"This is a very positive employment report from almost any angle," said Brian Bethune, an economics professor at Amherst College.
The report seemed certain to shake up the presidential campaign, which is expected to turn on the economy. The unemployment rate is the lowest since February 2009, one month after President Barack Obama took office.
The report Friday from the Labor Department sent money pouring into the stock market, already off to its best start in 15 years because of improving confidence in the economy, and out of more conservative investments in bonds.
The Dow Jones industrial average shot 160 points higher to 12,865 in the first hour of trading. That is 55 points better than its highest close since the financial crisis struck in the fall of 2008.
It was the most jobs added since and March and April of last year, when 246,000 and 251,000 jobs were created. Before that, the last month with stronger hiring, excluding months skewed by temporary census jobs, was March 2006.
The government said hiring was stronger in November and December by 60,000 jobs than first estimated. It was also stronger over the past two years than previously thought. The economy added 1.82 million jobs last year, nearly twice as many as in 2010.
The unemployment rate was down two notches from the 8.5 percent reading last month. It was also the fifth consecutive month the rate has fallen, the first time that has happened since late 1994.
Employers have added an average of 201,000 jobs a month in the past three months. That's 50,000 more jobs per month than the economy averaged in each month last year.
The Labor Department's January jobs report was filled with other encouraging data and revisions. The economy added 200,000 more jobs in 2011 than first thought.
The unemployment rate is nearly a percentage point lower than over the summer, when many feared a recession was imminent.
Impressively, the job gains last month were spread across the economy. Even the beleaguered construction sector added 21,000 jobs, its second month of strong gains. That figure has probably been helped by unseasonably warm weather this winter.
The leisure and hospitality industry, which includes restaurants and hotels, added 44,000 jobs. Retailers added nearly 11,000.
The unemployment rate fell even as more people began looking for work. But a much larger number said they found work.
More jobs and higher incomes should help consumers boost spending and increase economic growth.
Even with the gains, the job market faces a long way back to full health. The nation has about 5.6 million fewer jobs than it did when the recession began in late 2007.
There are still 12.8 million people out of work, though that is the fewest since the recession ended. An additional 11 million are either working part-time but would prefer full-time work, or have stopped searching for jobs.
When all those groups are combined, nearly 24 million are considered "underemployed. The so-called "underemployment" rate ticked down in January to 15.1 percent, from 15.2 percent.
Several reports signaled this week that the economy is improving gradually. Manufacturers expanded at the fastest pace in seven months in January, a private survey showed.
And fewer people sought unemployment benefits last week, the Labor Department said. The four-week average of applications fell to its second-lowest level since June 2008. The drop shows that companies are cutting fewer jobs, which usually leads to more hiring.
Americans spent more at big chain retail stores last month compared with a year earlier. And automakers began 2012 with a strong sales gain in January. Healthier auto sales can boost a range of companies, from steel makers to parts suppliers to shippers.
The economy expanded at a 2.8 percent annual pace in the October-December quarter, a full percentage point higher than in the previous quarter.
Even so, economists expect slower growth this year. Much of the fourth quarter's expansion was due to companies ordering more goods to restock their warehouses. Restocking is likely to slow in the first three months of this year. That would drag on growth.
Europe's financial crisis could also slow demand for U.S. goods. And average wages failed to keep up with inflation last year. That leaves consumers with less spending power, which can hamper growth.
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The head of the Department of Finance shall be the Director of Finance. He shall be a person skilled in local government accounting, budgeting and financial control, and shall further have graduated from an accredited four-year college or university with a major course in accounting or public administration, and have six years progressively responsible accounting experience. It shall be his duty to: (As amended October 20, 2007)
(a) Compile for the Mayor-President the estimates for the current expense and capital budgets.
(b) Maintain accounting systems for the Parish, the City, and districts of which the Metropolitan Council is the governing body, hereafter in this Chapter referred to as Districts, and for each department, office and agency thereof, in accordance with the best recognized practices in governmental accounting; keep records for and exercise financial and budgetary control over each such department, office, or agency; keep separate accounts for the items of appropriation contained in the budget ordinance, and encumber such items of appropriation with the amount of each purchase order, payroll or contract, approved by him for sufficiency of funds, immediately upon such approval; and keep such records as shall show at all times for each account the amount of the appropriation, the amounts paid therefrom, the amount of unpaid encumbrances, and the unencumbered balance. (As amended October 20, 2007)
(c) Prescribe the form of receipts, vouchers, bills or claims to be used, and the accounts to be kept, by all departments, offices and agencies of the Parish, the City, and Districts, and provide suitable instructions for the use thereof.
(d) Prescribe the times at and the manner in which moneys received by any department, office or agency for the Parish, City, or any District, shall be paid to the Parish and City Treasurer or deposited in a bank account under his control to the credit of the Parish, City, or District, as the case may be.
(e) Examine all contracts, purchase orders and other documents which involve financial obligations against the Parish, the City, or any District, and approve the same only upon ascertaining that moneys have been appropriated, and that an unexpended and unencumbered balance is available in such appropriation to meet the same. (As amended October 20, 2007)
(f) Review before payment all bills, invoices, payrolls, and other claims, demands, or charges against the Parish, the City, or any District, and approve the same only if proper, legal and correct. (As amended October 20, 2007)
(g) Inspect and audit the accounts and records of financial transactions maintained in each department, office and agency of the Parish, the City and Districts.
(h) Prepare at the request of the Mayor-President, interim financial statements and reports of the financial transactions of the Parish, the City and Districts. (As amended October 20, 2007)
(i) Prepare for the Mayor-President each year, a complete financial statement and report of the financial transactions for the preceding year, of the Parish, the City, and Districts. (As amended October 20, 2007))
(j) Appoint and remove subject to the provisions of Chapter 9 of this Plan of Government, all employees of the Department of Finance.
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There shall be a Parish and City Treasurer who shall be appointed by the Metropolitan Council for an indefinite term and which office, in the discretion of the Metropolitan Council, may be combined with that of Council Administrator. The Parish and City Treasurer shall have graduated from an accredited four-year college or university, with courses in accounting, or have at least five years of responsible work in the field of public administration, governmental accounting, or general accounting supervision. He shall have custody of all funds belonging to the Parish, the City, and Districts, and shall deposit the same in such banks as may be designated by the Metropolitan Council, on such conditions as are provided by law for the deposit of public money. He shall also be the treasurer of all special and trust funds, with power to invest the same under such conditions as may be prescribed by ordinance by the Council, except where otherwise provided by law or by the terms of the trust. He shall have such other powers and duties, not inconsistent with this Plan of Government, as are conferred or imposed on Parish Treasurers by law, and shall appoint and remove, subject to the provisions of Chapter 9 of this Plan of Government, all employees of his office. (As amended November 3, 1964.)
No disbursements shall be made from the funds of the Parish, the City, or any District except by an instrument authorized by the Treasurer, based upon a voucher or payroll duly reviewed and approved by the Director of Finance. The Metropolitan Council may by ordinance authorize the Treasurer to use a check signing machine or other similar device for affixing the facsimile signature of the Treasurer to checks and other negotiable instruments drawn on the various accounts subject to his control and custody. The Council shall provide in such ordinance such safeguards as may be necessary for the proper protection of the public assets. (As amended on November 6, 1965.) (As amended October 20, 2007)
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All taxes levied and all other licenses, fees, and other charges imposed by the Metropolitan Council as the governing body of the Parish, the City, or of any district shall be collected as directed by the Director of Finance except as provided by State law. The Council may by resolution enter into an agreement with the Sheriff for the collection by the Sheriff of taxes levied in the City. Otherwise they shall be collected by the Director of Finance and the actual cost of such collection shall be paid from an appropriation thereof made by the Council. (As amended October 20, 2007)
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The fiscal year of the Parish, the City, and Districts shall commence on the first day of January in each year and end on the last day of the succeeding December.
Department Estimates
The head of every department, office or agency receiving financial support from the Metropolitan Council shall file with the Director of Finance, at such time in each year as the Mayor-President may require estimates of revenues to be received by that department, office or agency for or on account of the Parish, City, or any District, and of the expenditures of that department, office or agency for the ensuing year. Such estimates shall be submitted upon forms prescribed by the Director of Finance and shall contain all information which the Mayor-President shall require. The Mayor-President, with the assistance of the Director of Finance, shall review these estimates and revise them as he may deem advisable. (As amended October 20, 2007)
Submission of the Budgets
Not later than the fifth day of November in each year the Mayor-President shall submit to the Metropolitan Council a current expense budget and a capital budget for the Parish, the City and for each District of which such Council is the governing body. The capital budget for the Parish, the City or the Districts shall provide for those capital projects or capital outlays which will be financed from revenues for the ensuing fiscal year and available surpluses from prior years. (As amended October 20, 2007)
Scope of Current Expense Budgets
Each current expense budget shall contain in respect of the unit of local government to which it is applicable: (a) an estimate of all revenues anticipated; (b) an estimate of the surplus or deficit from the current fiscal year; (c) debt service requirements for the ensuing fiscal year; (d) all other estimated expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year to be met from current revenues; and provided further, that in no event shall the total estimated expenditures exceed total anticipated revenues combined with the estimated surplus or deficit at the end of the current fiscal year. Revenues shall be shown by sources and expenditures by organization units and activities, and the budgets shall be so arranged as to show comparative figures for revenues and expenditures for prior years, for the current year, and the Mayor- President's recommendations for the ensuing year. The current expense budgets shall be accompanied by such supplementary schedules supporting the estimates of revenues and expenditures as the Mayor-President may supply or the Metropolitan Council may request. (As amended October 20, 2007)
Allocations of Parish Revenues to Municipalities
The Metropolitan Council shall allocate Parish revenues annually to the four municipalities of the Parish, specifically the City of Baton Rouge, the City of Baker, the City of Zachary, and the City of Central, by including in the current expense budget for the Parish items of appropriation to these municipalities. The total of such allocations shall not be less, in any one fiscal year, than the equivalent of three mms on the taxable valuation or the industrial areas.
All allocations of Parish revenues made under authority of this Section shall be appropriated and distributed to the municipalities of the Parish in the proportion that the population of each said municipality, based upon the last federal census, bears to the total population of the four municipalities in the Parish. All amounts so appropriated to the municipalities by the Council shall be treated as anticipated revenue in the current expense budgets of the respective municipalities. Adjustments or allocations based upon changes in population as determined by the latest federal census shall be effective on the first day of January after the promulgation of each succeeding census. (As amended November 21, 2015)
Capital Budgets
Each capital budget shall present a program of capital expenditures for the unit of local government concerned, and the method of financing them and shall include in the appropriate current expense budget any projects to be financed from revenues for the ensuing fiscal year and available surpluses at the end of the current fiscal year. The Council shall have power to accept, with or without amendment, or reject, the proposed program and proposed means of financing, but such Council shall not authorize any expenditure for the construction of any building, structure, work or improvement, unless the appropriation for such project is included in its capital budget or amendments thereto except to meet a public emergency threatening the lives, health or property of the inhabitants, when passed by seven votes of the Council. Capital budgets may be approved or amended by the Metropolitan Council at any time during the year. (As amended October 20, 2007)
Budget Message
The Mayor-President shall submit, together with the current expense and capital budgets, a budget message containing his recommendations concerning the fiscal policy of the Parish, the City, and Districts, a description of the important features of the budgets, and an explanation of all major increases or decreases in budget recommendations as compared with expenditures for prior years. (As amended October 20, 2007)
Budgets Public Records
All the budgets and supplementary schedules submitted by the Mayor-President shall be public records and shall be open to inspection in the office of the Council Administrator during regular business hours. The budget message and summaries of the current expense and capital budgets shall be published in the official journal of the Parish not later than the sixth day following their submission, together with notice of public hearings therein to be held not later than the fourteenth day following such publication. (As amended November 8, 1966.) (As amended October 20, 2007)
Public Hearings
The public hearing on each budget shall be conducted separately by the Council but all such hearings, may be announced for the same time and place. The hearings, or any of them, may be adjourned from time to time.
Action by the Metropolitan Council on Current Expense Budgets
After the conclusion of such public hearings the Metropolitan Council may amend the current expense budgets by inserting new items of expenditure, or increasing, decreasing or striking out items of expenditure, except that no item of appropriation for debt service shall be reduced below the amount certified by the Director of Finance as necessary therefor. The Council shall not alter the Mayor-President's estimate of revenues except to correct errors and omissions in which event a full explanation shall be provided in the minutes of the Council, but the Council may decrease the amount of anticipated revenues for the ensuing fiscal year as proposed in its current expense budgets by the Mayor-President in proportion to such decrease as it may make in the total expenditures proposed by the Mayor-President. In no event shall the Council cause the total proposed expenditures to exceed total anticipated revenues combined with estimated surplus or deficit at the end of the current fiscal year. Not later than the fifteenth day of December and not earlier than the thirty-first day following its publication the Council shall adopt the current expense budgets. If the Council shall fail to adopt the current expense budgets by the fifteenth day of December, it shall be presumed to have adopted the budgets submitted by the Mayor-President. On and after the first day of January the current expense budgets as adopted shall be in effect for the fiscal year beginning on that day. A copy of each of such budgets, certified by the Council Administrator, shall be filed in the office of the Director of Finance. The totals in each current expense budget for each organization unit and activity shall constitute appropriations for their respective purposes, and no expenditure shall be made except in accordance therewith. Summaries of the current expense budgets as finally adopted shall be published once in the official journal of the Parish. (As amended October 20, 2007)
Work Programs and Allotments
After the current expense budgets have been adopted and before the beginning of the fiscal year to which they are applicable the head of each department, office or agency to which any appropriation is made thereby, shall submit to the Mayor-President, in such form as he shall prescribe a work program. The Mayor-President may implement a quarterly or monthly appropriation allotment system so as to control cash resources as necessary. If the Mayor-President shall at any time ascertain that there will not be for the Parish, the City, or its Districts, sufficient funds to meet total appropriations, it shall be his duty to revise appropriations so as to forestall the incurring of a deficit. (As amended October 20, 2007)
Transfers of Appropriations
The Mayor-President may at any time authorize the transfer of any unencumbered balance of an appropriation, or portion thereof, to supplement another appropriation made in the same budget to the same department, office or agency. At the request of the Mayor-President, the Metropolitan Council may by resolution transfer any unencumbered balance of an appropriation made by it, or portion thereof, to supplement an appropriation made in the same budget to another department, office or agency. (As amended October 20, 2007)
Additional Appropriations
Appropriations in addition to those contained in any current expense budget shall be made only on the recommendation of the Mayor-President and only if the Director of Finance certifies that sufficient funds are available in accordance with the best recognized practices in governmental accounting to meet such appropriation. (As amended October 20, 2007)
Lapse of Appropriations
Any portion of a current expense appropriation remaining unexpended and unencumbered at the close of the fiscal year shall lapse. Capital budget appropriations shall not lapse until the purpose for which the appropriation was made shall have been accomplished or abandoned; provided that any project shall be deemed to have been abandoned if three fiscal years pass without any expenditure from or encumbrance of the appropriation therefore.
Certification of Funds, Penalties for Violation
No payment shall be made and no obligation incurred against any appropriation unless the Director of Finance shall first certify that there is a sufficient unexpended and unencumbered balance in such appropriation to meet the same. Every expenditure or obligation authorized or incurred in violation of the provisions of this Chapter shall be void. Every payment made in violation of the provisions of this Chapter shall be deemed illegal, and every official who shall knowingly authorize or make such payment of take part therein, and every person who shall knowingly receive such payment or any part thereof, shall be jointly and severally liable to the Parish, the City, or District concerned, for the full amount so paid or received. If any officer or employee of the Parish, the City, or any District, shall knowingly incur any obligation or shall authorize or make any expenditure in violation of the provisions of the Chapter or knowingly take part therein, such action shall be cause for his removal. (As amended October 20, 2007)
Annual Audit
The Metropolitan Council shall provide for an annual audit of the accounts of the Parish, the City, and Districts of which the Metropolitan Council is the governing body and for each department, agency, or office thereof, by a firm of certified public accountants. (As amended October 20, 2007)
Expense of Financial Administration
The compensation of the Director of Finance and the Parish and City Treasurer and the number and compensation of the employees in their respective offices shall be fixed by the Metropolitan Council. The cost of financial administration, as provided in this Chapter, including the annual audit, shall be provided by appropriations made by the Metropolitan Council. (As amended October 20, 2007)
New Sales Taxes
Except where authorized by a majority of those voting in an election called for that purpose and open to all electors, the Metropolitan Council shall not levy any new Sales Taxes. (As amended October 27, 1979)
Bond or Tax Elections
The Metropolitan Council shall only be authorized to call and thereafter hold a bond or tax election: (i) on a date on which the Louisiana Election Code (Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended from time to time) (the "Louisiana Election Code") authorizes the holding of (a) both a bond or tax election and a gubernatorial election, or (b) both a bond or tax election and a Congressional election; (ii) in a year in which the Louisiana Election Code does not provide for the holding of either a gubernatorial election or a congressional election, on a date in September, October or November in any such calendar year, which specific date shall be in accordance with the dates for bond, tax or other elections as set forth in the Louisiana Election Code; or (iii) after the Metropolitan Council has determined that an emergency exists and has approved the calling of the election by a vote of a majority of the members of the Metropolitan Council, which election shall be held on a date in accordance with the schedule of dates for bond, tax or other elections as set forth in the Louisiana Election Code. This amendment shall be effective January 1, 2000. (As amended November 3, 1998)


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James Wilson argues that it is the people, not the prince, who is superior in matters of legal sovereignty (1790)
Found in Collected Works of James Wilson, vol. 1
In a series of Lectures on Law which James Wilson (1742-1798), one of the first Justices on the Supreme Court, gave in 1790 he dismisses as "absurd and ridiculous" the idea that the monarch is sovereign over the people because he is "superior" in some way:
Had it been the intention of Providence, that some men should govern the rest, without their consent, we should have seen as indisputable marks distinguishing these superiours from those placed under them, as those which distinguish men from the brutes. The remark of Rumbald, in the nonresistance time of Charles the second, evinced propriety as well as wit. He could not conceive that the Almighty intended, that the greatest part of mankind should come into the world with saddles on their backs and bridles in their mouths, and that a few should come ready booted and spurred to ride the rest to death. Still more apposite to our purpose is the saying of him, who declared that he would never subscribe the doctrine of the divine right of princes, till he beheld subjects born with bunches on their backs, like camels, and kings with combs on their heads, like cocks; from which striking marks it might indeed be collected, that the former were designed to labour and to suffer, and the latter, to strut and to crow.
These pretensions to superiority, when viewed from the proper point of sight, appear, indeed, absurd and ridiculous.
The image of some men being born with a saddle on their backs and therefore destined to be ridden by others was a common one in the 17th and 18th centuries. Here we have the jurist James Wilson arguing against the Blackstonian notion that law is made by a sovereign who is "superior," and therefore has a right to command, and that the people are "inferior" and thus obligated to obey these laws. Wilson wants to know what makes the sovereign superior to the people - is it because he wields superior force? has he been endowed with divine sanction? As there is no physical mark, like a camel's hump or a cock's comb, which makes it clear beyond any doubt that the one is superior to the other, Wilson concludes that it is the consent of the people which gives the law its legitimacy. Any other conclusion smacks of the principle of divine right and is dismissed as a "pretension to superiority" which is "absurd and ridiculous." Wilson also notes the important part played by courtiers, lawyers, statesmen, and philosophers who flatter the sovereign and encourage him in the belief that "his power over his subjects (i)s his rightful and undelegated inheritance."


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1 cup masoor dal red lentils, picked through for stones. 2 cups water
1 onion diced
1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds, 1/2 teaspoon black mustard seeds, generous 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder, 1/2 teaspoon paprika or bafaat powder, 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, handful chopped fresh cilantro leaves.
Put the lentils in a strainer and rinse them under running water. Add them to a bowl, cover with water and let soak for 30 minutes. Drain and set aside.
In a medium saucepan, combine 2 cups of water, the onions, garlic, ginger, tomatoes, chile, if using, and the lentils. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Skim any scum from the surface. DO NOT ADD SALT YET; it will toughen the lentils, thereby lengthening their cooking time. Lower the heat, cover the pot with a lid and gently simmer until the lentils are tender, almost translucent, and almost falling apart, about 30 to 40 minutes.
Whisk the lentils, releasing its natural starch, and mash some them so the mixture becomes thick. Add salt, to taste.
Tempering oil (bagaar): In a small bowl, combine the cumin and mustard seeds. In another bowl, combine the spice powders. Have all the ingredients ready because this will move very fast!
In a small skillet, over a medium-high flame, warm 1 tablespoon vegetable oil. Once the oil is shimmering, add seeds and immediately cover so you don't get covered in spluttering oil and seeds! Add the spices. They should sizzle and bubble a little – that's the blooming and it's exactly what you want. Don't let them burn. The mixture should bloom for about 30 seconds, no more.
Pour the oil mixture into the lentils, standing back so you don't get hurt when the mixture splutters again. Stir to combine. Transfer the lentils to a serving dish and garnish with cilantro.
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National Institutes of Health
Eating More Meals Linked to Less Student Overweight
Tri-state study also adds to research on sodas, screen time and school sports
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
The 18-month study looked at the impact of the Healthy, Energetic, Ready, Outstanding, Enthusiastic Schools (HEROES) program implemented by schools in southern Indiana, northwestern Kentucky and southeastern Illinois.
The program is meant to improve students' health through changes in physical education, nutrition, health promotion efforts for school staff and students' families, and community involvement.
The study included more than 5,300 students at 11 schools. The findings confirm the connection between higher levels of soda consumption and childhood obesity, and support the recent New York City ban on sales of supersized sodas and other sweetened beverages, said study author Dong-Chul Seo, an associate professor in the School of Public Health at Indiana University.
The finding about the association between the number of meals students eat daily and their weight has not been widely studied, the researchers say.
"Thus, encouraging students to maintain a regular meal pattern with at least three meals a day appears to be a good strategy to help students achieve healthy weight," Seo said in a university news release.
The study is scheduled to be presented Tuesday at the American Public Health Association annual meeting in San Francisco.
The Welborn Baptist Foundation, located in Evansville, Ind., funded the program. The goal is to turn around the high rates of childhood obesity in the 14 counties they serve, Seo said.
The study also found a school's socioeconomic states had an impact on students' weight. Those at poorer schools were more likely to be overweight or to gain weight. This could be because richer schools offer more nutritious foods and physical activity, or it could be due to peer influence, Seo suggested.
By focusing on the modifiable risk factors identified in this study, schools and families may be able to help children achieve and maintain a healthy weight, he said.
Because this study was presented at a medical meeting, the data and conclusions should be viewed as preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.
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Many knitters find a cast-on method they like (usually the one they first learnt) and stick to it, only using alternative methods for "special occasions". I fully agree that it can be frustrating to try new methods, as you're probably super-speedy at the one you prefer, and trying something new can slow you down.
Still, by not trying new ways to cast-on, you could be missing out on what may become your favorite method. It could even be better than the one you use now! I suggest experimenting with a few new cast-on methods just for fun while you're in-between knitting projects. This way casting-on isn't just the step you're trying to rush through in order to start knitting, it's a new and fun technique that you're trying out.
- Knitting needles (some of these cast-on methods require two knitting needles)
- Yarn (pick a skein in a weight that corresponds with the knitting needles you've chosen)
Method 1: Single Cast-On
The single cast-on method (also known as the backwards loop or e-loop method) is one that's popular amongst beginner knitters. It's easy to learn, easy to teach, and can be done quite quickly.
This is the first cast-on method I learned, and I used it for quite a while, until I figured out its one drawback. While this method makes casting-on easy, it can make knitting your first row very difficult, as it's hard to keep an even tension.
If you've used this method before, you may have noticed that your first row ends up having uneven stitches, and you just can't seem to get them straight. This may not be a huge issue for beginner knitters, but once you've been knitting for a while and tension becomes an issue, you may want to try another cast-on method to help even out the first row.
Method 2: Long Tail Cast-On
The long tail cast-on is one of the most common cast-on methods. This is because it's extremely versatile. While it helps create an even edge (something that can sometimes be difficult to create with the single cast-on method), it's also a great cast-on to use on projects in which you may want a fairly elastic edging.
In addition to all of this, it's also useful to note that this method also technically creates a knitted row. For this reason, when using the long tail cast-on, some knitters count their cast-on as their first row. However, this is not necessary, and not all knitters (and almost no patterns) call the cast-on in this method row one.
The long tail cast-on is one of the most common cast-on methods.
While this cast-on is quick and popular, it does have one drawback; you have to be able to estimate the amount of yarn you will need for your cast-on at the very start of your project. If you use too little yarn, you'll run out of yarn in the middle of your cast-on and find that you have to undo your work and start over. However, if you use too much yarn, you could end up wasting quite a bit that could be useful later on in your project.
The amount of yarn you allow for in your long tail cast-on will depend on the number of stitches you are casting-on, the tension that you tend to cast-on with, and if you're worried about coming up short on yarn for the project you're completing.
Personally, I tend to cast-on rather tightly, buy more yarn than I end up needing for projects, and I'm never a fan of having to go back and redo my cast-on, so I allow for about a 2.5cm (one inch) tail for every stitch I'm casting-on (if my yarn is bulkier I may do more than that). This always leaves me with more than enough yarn, and you could easily do less than this if you wanted to.
Method 3: Cable Cast-On
This cast-on method creates a nice even edge that is strong and somewhat less elastic than the edge you get from the long-tail method. Unlike the first two cast-on methods mentioned, the cable cast-on requires two knitting needles, rather than one.
When doing the cable cast-on, it's easy to make your stitches too tight, causing the cast-on process to become extremely difficult. For this reason, knitters who generally cast-on tightly often become frustrated when using this method.
However, if you find that your cast-on is often too loose, you may enjoy the cable cast-on as your stitches will be tightened up. With the need to pay special attention to tension, this cast-on method may be difficult for new knitters.
Method 4: Knit Cast-On
The knit cast-on is a great method if you don't want to estimate the amount of yarn needed for the cast-on (which you have to do in the long-tail method), and you don't want to deal with extra tight stitches (as is often the case with the cable cast-on).
As with the cable cast-on, the knit method requires two knitting needles. This cast-on method is essentially a continual repeat of the knit stitch. This is wonderful for beginners as it gives them practice with this important stitch, and it's convenient for more advanced knitters because they can complete their cast-on in almost no time at all.
One small downside to this method is that some people feel the cast-on is a bit too loose, which can cause your knitted projects to lose shape with time. Others absolutely love the results they get from the knit cast-on however, so it's worth a try!
Method 5: Rib Cable Cast-On
The rib cable cast-on, also called the alternate cable cast-on, is a variant of the cable cast-on method. Similar to the cable cast-on, it also requires two needles, creates an even edge, and requires knitters to keep tension in mind.
Casting-on this way also has the special perk of creating a ribbed edging. This is great if you're knitting a project that has a ribbed cuff or edge, as your ribbing will continue all the way down to the cast-on edge. The ribbed effect is created by alternating between knitted and purled cast-on stitches.
What's Your Favorite Method?
I've listed five different ways to cast-on in this tutorial, but there are many, many more. I would love to hear about your favourite way to cast-on and any cast-on tutorials you'd like to see in the future!


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