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This charming tale follows a friendly, slightly forgetful dog whose owner steps out for the day. Harry, the owner, asks, "Will you be good, George?" The canine quickly agrees, but then he meekly thinks to himself, "I hope I'll be good."
Temptations abound. One by one, George falters at every step. Harry is not pleased when he gets back, but George attempts to rectify the situation. Will he be able to make amends?
The book is clever in its deadpan delivery as George's actions contradict his initial promise. Haughton makes bold choices regarding color, shape, and scale. George towers over his owner in size, eager to please but rarely succeeding. Although his behavior might not be good, it is never intentionally devious. He simply can't keep himself in check.
The deadpan delivery and illustrations remind me of Jon Klassen's books. The theme of good and bad behavior puts the book on par with No David! by David Shannon.
Most importantly, Haughton taps into the realistic humor of having a pet that really wants to be loved but betrays himself time and time again. Children will love the pictures and the suspense of George's actions while adults will knowingly chuckle at some very recognizable behavior. Oh No, George! will have readers howling with delight!


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Would seem most likely to just be a random bug or bird instead of a et craft but I still would not say 100% sure either way.
It just seems different than the usual bug/bird to me in some way. I cant put a finger on why.
I believe in ufo's I have seen enough with my own eyes, but I am always the first to say it's just a bug or bird.
Oh -- I agree that I cannot say that it is 100% a bug. I have said that on this thread already that I can't say for certain that I know what it is.
I'm simply trying to point out to the people who seem so 100% sure that it CANNOT possibly be a bug that it certainly CAN be a bug. Maybe it isn't a bug, but there is no good reason why it couldn't be, or any good evidence that it isn't.
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The main pass in question when the explosion happens, and you can see the object behind the towers.
No, I can't. But you said it was behind the explosion. Didn't you?
YOU CAN SEE AN OBJECT COMING UP BEHIND THE EXPLOSION?? - There's a giant arrow pointing to it...
Oh. A giant arrow. That's different.
But no, I don't see an object behind the explosion.
But your all caps is really convincing.
No. I don't see it in front of the explosion because there is no frame which shows it there. Just as there is no frame which shows it behind the explosion.
You do not see it in front of the explosion. Because it's behind the explosion.
The light wouldn't reach it.
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LOL a bird? A drone?
"If between the left tower and right tower there is at least a quarter mile and the so called bug beamed from one end to the other in 1/4 second. That bug is at least going 3,600mph minimum."
Link on the www.express.co.uk
It's funny how people try to find an easy answear for these things we know NOTHING about (yet).
originally posted by: westernstar22
Forget the argument about the drone/bug/pterodactyl and look at the EXPLOSION.
it's right in your faces.
please explain what you are seeing here and forget the little dancing object in the background.
Communications satellite my ass!
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This is not a joke guys wake up

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By David W. Virtue in Nairobi
October 26, 2013
Passing through the cathedral grounds of All Saints' I was struck by the joyful singing coming from one of the cathedral's classrooms where children were being educated.
Peering through the windows I saw a sea of shining black faces with voices raised, singing over and over the words of that well-known hymn, "On Christ the solid rock I stand all other ground is sinking sand". For a brief moment, I remembered my own childhood. The memories poured back of another time and another country where this and so many other hymns like it that I sang with great gusto.
I wondered as I saw their inquiring eyes and joyful faces how many would still be singing those words and meaning them decades from now as life with all its ups and downs swept over them. Some of them would go on to great success in life, a few would be scholars, and a small handful would no doubt drop out. Some would have good marriages; a few would have bad ones. Some would have their faith strengthened over the years while others would let it slip through their fingers, to be lost forever.
For the more than 1300 evangelically driven GAFCON delegates here who are several decades older, the singing of Stand up, stand up for Jesus, are words with meaning, especially in the face of bitter persecution. There was no equivocation, no second-guessing, or no doubts. Before the Throne of God I Stand, In Christ Alone and the more sturdy and robust, what the Aussies call rugby hymns, like Faith of our Fathers and Be Thou my Vision and Lift high the Cross, thundered through the cavernous nave of the cathedral.
These evangelical Anglicans are in the vanguard of the explosive growth of Christianity in the Global South that would make Augustine proud. Now they are the majority in the Anglican Communion. They stand on the front line of a vigorous and dynamic growing church and nothing will stop them or hold them back. They are sweeping across the deserts, plains and mountains of Africa telling the timeless story of Jesus to anyone who will listen, including Muslims, animists and those with no religion at all.
When they turn their eyes westward, they are shocked and stunned by what they see and hear. They view the West as having largely lost the plot, swept away by a sea of moral relativism and post modernism leading to doubt, despair and unbelief.
They marvel that it was Western missionaries who brought the gospel to them a century ago, bringing liberation from sin and death, with an authoritative and binding Bible that they now hold tightly. Now they watch with incredulity and despair as the West gives it all up for immoral sex and with it a compromised theology of uncertainty and doubt.
The ravings of a John Shelby Spong are incomprehensible to them as is the sexual behavior of a Vicky Gene Robinson.
To make matters worse, they felt insulted and marginalized by their own leader, Archbishop Justin Welby, an Evangelical like themselves who briefly showed up and treated GAFCON delegates like an Anglican side show, with statements that appeared condescending, marginalizing the very people who could be closest to him; his real allies these evangelicals. They saw his efforts at trying to domesticate them while toadying up to homosexuals like V. Gene Robinson as a studied insult. Old colonial attitudes die hard, apparently. Welby's words will come back to haunt him.
As Dr. Alfred Owla of the Ugandan Christian University put it, "The Gospel is the Gospel -- in the West or elsewhere. The Gospel needs nothing added to it -- there are those who want to pervert the Gospel turning it into a different gospel - not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the Gospel of Christ."
He couldn't have said it better or clearer.
As I looked again at this sea of beautiful black faces, shining like the morning sun, I wonder how many, years from now, will remember those words as some black scarecrow like creature, vaguely resembling Katharine Jefferts Schori or Barbara Harris, a Spong or Robinson, presents them with "another gospel"; will someone stand up and shout, NO, NO, NO, on Christ the solid rock I stand all other ground is sinking sand.
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A gay spokesman for presidential candidate Mitt Romney has quit on his first official day of work, amid criticism by anti-gay conservatives.
Richard Grenell, recently hired to speak on foreign affairs for the presumptive Republican nominee, announced his departure on Tuesday.
In a statement, Mr Grenell thanked Mr Romney for "his belief in me".
The spokesman had previously deleted about 800 tweets and took down his personal website.
According to the Washington Post Mr Grenell had come under fire for statements about Callista Gingrich and Michelle Obama.
The Romney campaign said it was "disappointed" that Mr Grenell had resigned.
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Because a terminally ill man had no family, a Palm Beach County circuit judge gave the patient`s best friend the power to tell doctors to shut off the life-support equipment keeping him alive.
Five hours after the order was given Saturday, Lloyd Haynes, 69, of Lake Clark Shores died at Doctors Hospital of Lake Worth. He had been in a coma 11 days, and doctors estimated he would have lived only a few more weeks even with the machinery.
Gordon Jacobs` determination to help his dying friend led to an emergency bedside hearing in which Circuit Judge Richard Burk named Jacobs as Haynes` guardian. That position gave Jacobs the authority to instruct doctors to shut off the equipment, which he did.
Jacobs, who told the judge he thought Haynes would have wanted the machinery turned off, declined to comment.
During a 2 1/2-hour hearing that ended up in Haynes` hospital room, Burk called the patient`s name loudly in hopes of getting some sort of response from the retired court reporter, who worked part-time at Palm Beach Junior College.
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While not always true, your average game set in more civilised times tends to reach a grittier and more tragic point than the average fantasy game. While some Game Masters are skilful enough to make the wildest fantasy game feel realistic and gritty enough that every death matters or the most sedate and civilised countries feel playful and unserious enough that death is glossed over, generally it's easier to feel conflicted about killing in a modern world than a fantasy one.
And yes, naturally it does vary by player ... some players really couldn't give a damn about a fictional character no matter how lovingly evoked while others will find some way to empathise with a mass murdering serial killing undead squirrel enough to feel grief at their loss.
But generally, more often than not, it is easier to kill dozens of folks in a fantasy game without it feeling like murder while killing even a baddie in a Sin City-style modern world has a little kick of "Couldn't there have been another way?!"
I think it's partly because modern games tend to have a more linked in flavour than fantasy worlds. We're so used to orphan heroes and stand alone villains that we don't think in terms of the highly kincentric big family world that actually filled the medieval era. If you kill the evil king, there's no sense of loss to anyone. He was just this one thing - this particular archetype - and no one would mourn that.
Plus, and more importantly even than that, the NPC reactions help build that perception. If you clear out a thieves den in Fantasyland, the mayor will give you a medal and the locals will shower you in gold. If you clear out a thieves den in the modern world, well, kicking down the door to a slum and slaughtering the desperate denizens for pinching stereos and television sets just has a different sort of feel to it. If you were showered in gold for the act, you'd feel like you were in Sin City again and the average player would start eyeing off the Mayor as a better target for vigilante justice.
So I think it's also the context that surrounds the actions.
Thirdly, modern eras tend to sometimes, but not always, provide the sense that there might be an alternate option or at least there should be. Though certainly not standard in every modern-ish genre, generally there's a sense that in any post-Victorian game there should be another way even if there isn't. The greater the sense that jail is a suitable option, the greater you feel like a bad guy for killing folks instead. If you want television shows involving vigilantes, especially in the modern era, there's often a sense of loss of innocence and anger that there isn't a better way to go about things. The good guys feel forced to do bad things ... rather than happy to do what needs to be done.
Finally, and probably most importantly, modern games often colour their bad guys in shades of grey. This isn't always the case, especially with mooks, but those games that do give a sense of potential redemption in their bad guys creates more ambiguity by necessity. In many fantasy games, some races are bad by birth which creates a disturbing eugenics context when you look too deeply into it that allows many a forum rant about how a paladin doing their job right would slaughter infants in their cribs. Even in those races that aren't always evil, there's more of a sense that people can fall from grace then lift into redemption (also often a theme in modern games that have a lot of violence).
Now this last example certainly isn't true of all modern games. In a Call of Cthulhu game, the cultists are irrevocably evil so you don't feel bad about killing them. In a World of Darkness game, on the other hand, most creatures have some semblance of redemptive possibility in them (no matter how small) reflected in their final few morality traits left to them. Hence why the World of Darkness is so dark, you can't just slaughter people with moral impunity. You know you're doing the wrong thing for the right reasons.
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What makes you a good a good photographer?
For a long time I felt ignorant and unsure about my skills and my capability of being a good photographer and sometimes I still am. To overcome that fear I had been consciously tried to conform to rules of "what a good professional photographer does" because of my personal need of belonging to a group.
I really wanted to feel part of something but most of the time photographers – who are mainly men – were all about their gear and I was not interested and could not fit into those conversations. It took me a while to be ok with being just me. And of course I am still working on it because one thing is knowing that you have something unique inside yourself that makes you a good photographer, one thing is realising it.
Carlo's strengths
I have always admired Carlo's natural ability to make magic moments happen just like that. His portraits are incredible. In his pictures the energy that subjects exude is powerful and beautiful and it is based on Carlo's unique talent and a simple concept: elegance, grace and beauty have nothing to do with how a person looks. It has all to do with who the person is, their confidence, their charisma and their energy. For this to happen people have to feel comfortable enough to let go of their barriers. They need to feel safe.
When you allow somebody to come forward regardless of how they look from the outside magic happens. That is what I call energy or soul. Others may call it personality but all the same it is something uniquely beautiful. Being a good photographer starts more from here than from any gears and Carlo is a wizard in creating and capturing beautifully powerful images of people even with his Iphone.
And Fabiana's strengths
An important part of any relationship is genuinely connecting with the person in front of you, understanding and letting them know that you are there for them. For them and nobody else. And this is what I am good at because I can listen to women's heart even if they do not talk because I speak the very same language. Women communicate with their eyes, the way they move and they laugh and I am there to listen and to capture the natural flow of it.
I am maybe more than just a photographer because for me a photo is not art as an abstract concept but it represents the person in front of me. That IS the poem that inspires me as an artist and a good photographer.
Carlo and I want to show in our pictures what our clients want, who they are and especially the way they would love to see themselves.
How to be a good photographer…or even a better one
As good photographers as long as we appreciate and deliver what our clients want to see in their pictures we will be successful. The secret is developing our skills but more importantly listening to our clients, their suggestions and/or critiques.
There maybe be times in which they will not like what they see or you feel you could have done better but sometimes that is a very good thing. Why? Because it is important feedback we can work on to improve.
Have a form or a very short questionnaire for your clients to fill in so you would know what is their feelings on the overall experience and work to make it from good to outstanding.
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We have just to stop and give ourselves some love and accepting that being outstanding at what we do is not the ultimate finish line but exciting work in progress. Improving and learning give us the ability to think and see differently and expand our horizons.
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GCB Virtual Administrator: automatic, remote software upgrades and configuration back-up
In addition to the above features, BASCOM offers add-on GCB Education Services such as true professional development offerings for teachers and administrators.
"Changing the name from the familiar Internet Communications Server to the Global Chalkboard is more than a matter of semantics; it underscores our commitment to providing educators with a true instructional tool that extends and enriches classroom learning,? said Peter Cirasole, BASCOM President. ?It?s our goal to make the Global Chalkboard an integral resource to all educators regardless of their technical proficiency. The name change and the new terminology lets educators know that we are not simply a technology company, but one that speaks their language and understandstheir challenges."
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About the Global ChalkboardBASCOM's Global Chalkboard is an innovative and flexible teaching tool that uses the Internet for learning. The Global Chalkboard provides immediate access to educational Web sites and builds Web-enriched lessons mapped to curriculum goals and state standards.
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Where did you source this ranking? What was the data and criteria?
Top 10 Smartest Countries in the World
Who has got the smarter wits? Well, when it comes to judging the countries then the parameters can be as infinitive as one can think of. There are economic issues on hand and talking about brains one has got is what one sees as a pivotal basis on turning the other cheek. A few to list parameters are literacy, territory, GDP, tourism. Even it is worthy to note the number of smart population a country possess, and the performance of the country as per as education is counted.
10. Spain
It is a sovereign , developed country with thirteen largest economy in the world according to nominal GDP. It has the tenth highest quality of life index rating too. During the past decade Spain's tourism has grown to the second biggest in the world. It is worth marking that in the year 2010 , the country was the leader in solar power in world by overtaking the United States. The list to mention the achievements of the country is endless as it has the most extensive high speed railway network in the world second after China and followed by the Japanese bullet train. The country has the road network in a centralized manner and aims to make one million electric cars run on the seamless roadways by the end of this year while it moves towards conserving the energy . If to measure the brilliance potion the pointer points to 0.75 , at elite levels.
9. Netherlands
Being a constituent country Netherlands was the first country to have elected parliament . Amsterdam , the capital city is the most alluring tourist destination . The list doesn't ends ,in the year 2011 the country was handed the blue ribbon of being the happiest country. Prepossessed with the oldest standing army Netherlands is the world's tenth leading export country. Dutch economy is eighteenth largest in the world and ten is lucky number in GDP per capita. The biggest emolument the country receives is what its location plays by providing great access to the markets of countries like UK and Germany. On an average 2.55% of the country's population is stuffed with brilliant power when certain competitive examinations are kept as basis . Foreign direct investments tag the country to be a leading one and it continues.
8. Singapore
Singapore is the leading commercial hubs in the world ,fourth biggest financial centre, and fifth busiest port. Well that's more than enough to term a country smarter than any other. The other part that makes Singapore remarkable is the tourism charm it possess and lures an individual to pay a visit once . The economy of the country is meant to be the most progressing, competitive and business friendly. Despite the fact the property is costliest in Singapore , it has the world's highest number of millionaires. With a 9.10 score in brain power , country is undoubtedly the smartest. No one can abnegate the fact of the Singaporean military being the most advanced in Southeast Asia.
7. Australia
The country has ample number of tags if rated in the world as such , being the wealthiest one, sixth by territory, twelfth by economy and tag of paramount value is that Australia has very low rate of poverty. Being the smartest country, as the literacy rates show with 99 percentage of literate adults. The education standard is incomparable though it is quite unaffordable to enter a university here. The country cares for its people as the facts say that the Australians have the fourth highest life expectancy in the world. The brain power magnitude is surely not the figure that lets the country down as its points to 3.3 percentage.
6. United Kingdom
Being called as the rulers in the nineteenth and twentieth century United kingdom is the most industrialised country in the whole world. Its military, cultural, scientific and technological influence makes it a great power internationally. It has a partially regulated economy rating to sixth platform. United kingdom hasn't left producing engineers and scientists to lead the industrial revolution since eighteenth century. Brilliance batter of the country is 1.4% which had the predominant role to produce the famous BBC ,largest broadcasting corporation .
5. Germany
The world war II had a remarkable and drastic effect on Germany as only after the historical phenomenon was over the country could actually progress and reengineer the administration and condition of the nation in such a way that the country is the fifth largest economy as per nominal GDP in present scenario. The contribution of the country in science has been commendable with the possession of 104 noble laureates. Germany has the laudable credit of developing green technology and also being the leading one to utilize it.
4. South Korea
Being the fourth largest economy in the continent and fifteenth largest in world is a pocket filling fact to defeat others in the race of being smartest. It has a great economic growth which is continuously increasing at a sky rocketing pace and has the most advanced transport network . The nuclear technology of South Korea is exported worldwide. The country isn't lagging anyway behind when it comes to robotics, aerospace or cyber security since it has brain power measurable up to 4.4 percentage on an average. It has the best advanced education system and never compromises when it comes to it. To further enhance the education facilities the country stepped to become the first to launch the fibre optic high speed broadband internet services.
3. China
known for its cheap labour is nowhere lagging behind to be smarter than any other country . Although it has the highest population in the world but still it knows how to judicially utilize the human resource and thus has a great market arena everywhere. China possess the biggest land army in the world and is happily a communist country. The world's largest trading power has the second largest economy in the world. Country with the largest number of active cell phones in the world depicts such craziness towards gadgets that the teenagers here are even reluctant to own one in return of their body parts.
This is the country that is economically sound, advanced , developed and has an appreciable technological influence. There isn't any arena where the country hasn't left a benchmark. The world's largest economy consumes the petroleum the most. Being a part of UNO the largest exporter of goods holds the veto power and has aided many nations its military assistance. And when the coin flips to mention space research and cinema, United states of America is the proud location of The world's best space centre NASA and Hollywood. There isn't any doubt regarding the fact that the country has least comparable to none amount of illiteracy.
1. Japan
The most developed country of the world with the strongest will power has always been an example to other nations. Being the most earthquake prone area , the nation has always shown an image of a phoenix , by strongly arriving from the calamity every time it faces it. It is home to the most technologically advanced producers of automobiles, electronics and machine tools such as Sony and Toyota with an immense industrial capacity. No nation incubates beside Japan in terms of technology, research and science.
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how the hell is america #2 logic and reason no longer exist yipee!!!!!!!
USA is actually тиед 19-th in the average IQ by countries chart:
USA is actually ranked 19-th(tie) in the world countries average IQ chart:
i voted philippines for the smartest! where have you seen a 4 smart asses took billions of pesos to a public funds! where it could ba a science and tecnnolgy research – smart ass
Funny how the op 2 have debts of over 10 trillion US dollars.
All you guys talking about how America is 2nd what do you know about the other countries?..
u r fukn retarded u fukn prick dis is rong u dumbo dis is obviously rong america is not 2. Basically this article has given me stage IV gastric cancer, your rating system is off and nationalistic.
What is the criteria? Not IQ apparently, which is completely fine as long as you can justify it…
America is in no way the second smartest country in the world.
Hahaha..well, this list is obviously concentrated raw bullsh*t!
basing the statistics on financial growth hahaha
Hello!?!? Us Israelis are smart as…….wait theres nothing you can compare us to!!


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The Benchmark by Infinity Instruments is a wood wall clock in an antique lacquer finish. Features a metal bezel around the glass. Arabic numbers at every hour. Black metal hands. Operates by a highly accurate quartz movement and one "AA" battery, not included.
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MiniCards (v1.5)
MiniCards is a diplomacy UI mod for Vanguard which provides alternative strategy and parley windows plus new card library and presence windows. It is available as an option with CoreUI3, CustomUI and InfoMap or can be manually installed into other UI mods.
MiniCards UI Windows
|Strategy, Library and Presence Windows plus Strategy Button (v1.5)
The features of MiniCards compared to the default Vanguard UI are as follows.
- Smaller strategy window with playing cards that are two-thirds the size of the default UI. The appearance of the cards is close to the original, but not identical. The font size of the numbers is the same.
- Less mouse movement required during parleys since the smaller cards and other controls are closer together. The speak and listen buttons have been moved to the strategy window and the farewell/complete button duplicated. (These controls are only seen during parleys).
- Free-floating strategy button to open and close the strategy window directly, making it easier to check your deck before starting a parley. Can be hidden using the toggle button on the strategy window.
- A new card library window for changing cards, opened directly from the strategy window. Displays 30 cards on each page in the same miniature card format. This window behaves like the diplomacy tab in the abilities window, allowing you to drag the cards to the slots in the strategy window.
- Two banks of buttons providing controls to load and save 10 different decks of cards. These are attached to the strategy window and can be shown or hidden as required. Also a button on the strategy window to clear all cards from the current deck.
- Buttons to quickly clear the deck of all cards, report the current status of levers within a city and display the parley options on a targeted NPC.
- A smaller, more compact parley window which uses the same miniature playing cards. Also displays the full names of both the player and the opponent NPC.
- A new miniature presence window reporting your current presence for each station, intended to assist when switching gear to meet presence requirements for NPCs. Can be hidden using the toggle button on the strategy window.
- Both the strategy and library windows can be closed by right-clicking on their window handles.
- A toggle button on the strategy window to open/close the bank of station gear buttons in the GearSwitcher UI mod (if this mod is also installed).
NB: Since the cards are smaller in this mod, I recommend using the rectangular area with the picture and card name as the grabbing point when picking up cards, and likewise aim for this area when dropping cards into the strategy window.
MiniCards In Parleys
|Strategy and Parley Windows During Parleys (v1.2) - Actual Size
Further Details
Download and installation instructions for adding MiniCards to another UI mod.
Details of recent updates and the development history of the MiniCards UI mod can be found here.
The following discussion threads can be found on VGinterface.com.


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The Atlantic Group and Mammoth Records have severed their joint venture agreement under which Atlantic distributed the Jay Faires-run label, which boasts Seven Mary Three, Juliana Hatfield and the Squirrel Nut Zippers.
"Our visions no longer overlapped," Mammoth prexy Faires told Daily Variety. He said he inked the deal in 1992 at a time when Mammoth was "just hitting it."
Seven Mary Three has been signed to Atlantic Records as a component of the split. The two labels will share own-ership of the platinum-selling band's master recordings .
The amicable parting had been in the works for several months (Daily Variety, Jan. 27). The move followed Faires' ankling his post as veep of A&R at Atlantic several months ago after "taking a look at the deal and realizing that it was restrictive."
Faires said the label, riding high on the success of the Zippers, remains interested in hooking up with another ma-jor label, and has several companies in mind.
Mercury Records prexy Danny Goldberg is among the front-runners to land Mammoth. Faires declined to identify suitors.
"It's obvious we can take a record to gold and beyond," said Faires, who is trying aggressively to build a cash flow based on catalog product that can be put back into the label to finance artist development.
Faires would also like to branch out into strategic ventures such as filmmaking, and is kicking up the efforts of his street marketing company.
Mammoth recently financed "100 Proof," which was screened at Sundance Film Festival last year.
The joint venture was launched in September 1992, when Atlantic, under Doug Morris and Goldberg, was aligning itself with respected independent labels which could enhance its profile in the then-thriving alternative music scene.
Atlantic has joined its sister labels Warner Bros and Reprise in cutting staffs and joint venture deals as part of a cost-cutting move.
The Mammoth deal mirrors a similar divestiture by Atlantic of Matador Records, home of Liz Phair and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. It also recently shelved its Celtic Heartbeat imprint, and absorbed its Tag Recordings imprint.
Faires founded Mammoth in 1988. Its 1996 gross billings were $15 million, and Faires said he expected the figure would triple in 1997.


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GenCorp has transferred ownership of its Frisco radio station KFRC-AM to Bedford Broadcasting Co. – a move that winds up GenCorp's exit from the broadcasting business.
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Mar 21 – Tuesday Results and Wednesday Sports
In yesterdays action…
The softball team was behind 4-1 going into the bottom of the 6th inning, then put up a 4 spot to defeat Dougherty Valley HS in their DFAL opener 6-4.
The baseball team held off a feisty Dougherty Valley team 5-4 in their DFAL opener.
The girls lacrosse found their game against Las Lomas HS to be a seesaw battle, and in the end, they prevailed 18-17. The jv team also squeaked out a victory 8-6.
The boys lacrosse team was defeated by Las Lomas HS 9-7.
The boys tennis team was defeated by Miramonte HS.
In todays action…
The track & field team hosts Alhambra HS and Las Lomas HS at 3:30.
The swim team has a meet at Dougherty Valley HS at 3:45.
The boys volleyball team opens the DFAL season at Las Lomas HS at 6:00.
The boys golf team has a match against Dublin HS at Rossmoor GC at 3:30.
Yesterdays individual standouts…
Softball Natalie Goepel was the winning pitcher raising her record to 7-2.
Baseball John York was the winning pitcher. Spencer Henderson went 2 for 4, with an RBI and a double. Drew Gaylord went 2 for 3, with an RBI. Grant Diede went 1 for 1, with an RBI.
Girls lacrosse Courtney Neff scored 8 goals and had 3 assists. Chloe Landry scored 7 goals. Katie O'Keefe scored 2 goals and had 1 assist.
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These pumpkin sushi rolls have been something we've been just dying to try, not for the pumpkin necessarily (although this time of year is all about the root veg) but because:
a). they're vegan (and everything vegan rocks!)
b). there's a first time for all experienced sushi rollers and this was that time in our household. Of course, this now means we're going to become 'experts'…
The pumpkin idea is simple, Halloween has been and gone and there's a few leftover edible pumpkins left in the supermarkets (although not many) and as pumpkin is an autumn/winter seasonal veggie, why not put some in the sushi?
But, this isn't just any kind of sushi – your standard white rice kind, these pumpkin vegan sushi rolls are made with uber-healthy organic brown short grain sticky rice. That's what makes this extra special, knowing you're getting all that organic wholegrain into your sushi life. When you've got the choice, go brown over white every time.
Brown sticky rice notes:
One rinsing will do before cooking,
Allow more cooking time (according to packet, around 40mins),
Brown rice does not have to be drained (unlike white),
Works best with a handing rolling mat (rice on the inside of the nori seaweed too).
Some nutritional bits for you about brown rice:
*Easier to digest as it's much 'lighter'
*Low GI, reducing insulin spikes (slow-release sugar)
*High in Manganese
*High fibre – good for weight loss
*A 'whole grain'
*Rich in antioxidants
*Perfect baby 'first food' as it's nutrient rich (ideal as we're new parents!)
Armed with the raw ingredients including avocado, red pepper & green onion as well as a brand new rolling mat, it was time to get stuck in. It's quite calming really once you've got the hang of spreading the rice thinly and evenly, as it's something to keep a busy mind distracted as you gotta concentrate. It's a situation whereby once you commit, you have to go the whole way much like walking into the (cold English) ocean up to your waist: 3, 2, 1 under! I found the trick was once you start rolling don't be afraid, just carry on – who cares if it's not perfect, that's what the other 4 sheets of nori in the packet are for…to make more delicious sushi.
These sushi rolls are gluten, dairy, egg, nut, and soy-free (as long as you leave out any tofu and no tamari for dipping). However, we jazzed the serving up with a generous squeeze of wasabi and some organic tamari…just yummy. This made a great weekend lunch, and yes we'll be making again and using some more of our 10kg stash of brown sticky rice!
Choose your fillings and enjoy!
Wholegrain Pumpkin Vegan Sushi Rolls
(makes 5 rolls)
1 cup of uncooked short grain brown rice, cooked according to packet instructions
5 nori sheets
1 cup roasted pumpkin, mashed
1 tablespoon wasabi
1/3 cucumber, sliced into strips
1/2 red pepper, sliced into strips
2 spring green onions, sliced into strips
1 avocado, sliced into strips
(any other filling that takes your fancy)
serve with the usual wasabi, pickled ginger + tamari
- Mash the roasted pumpkin + wasabi to a smooth consistency.
- Arrange all your prepared vegetables including your pumpkin paste, rice + nori sheets on a chopping board.
- Lay out your nori, spread rice thinly + evenly (rolls better that way) and lay filling on the top of the rice not quite half way up the nori sheet. Using your sushi mat start rolling your sushi according to the package instructions. Most packets have instructions, but this video was pretty useful.
- Slice up each roll + devour with condiments.


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"Reflect" as written by and Jonathan E. Leon....
it seems like just yesterday when it all began. dreaming of our future, what was to become. laid down commitments to pave the way. just the beginning, how beautiful that day! reflect. took our beatings more so than those around. but we stood taller everytime we hit the ground. time in the ring, that's what it was all about. look at us now man, proud winners of that bout. reflect. now here's the question, what happened to you? you've changed your tune man, or was that ever really you? in it now for all the wrong reasons. i hope that one day you'll stop, look what you've become! reflect! regret! you lose!
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Lessons I Learned from the Moon
This is our first CD, a folk-inspired collection of 10 original songs that create a dreamy, mystical mood. The songs explore themes from American history ('Land of the Free, Home of the Brave') and great American writers ('The Mountains Call My Name' about John Muir, 'Melville Recalls His Youth'), as well as more personal concerns (e.g., 'The Eye of Heaven', which uses a Shakespearean sonnet to reflect on a lost love of mine). I was honored to work with several outstanding artists on this project, including woodwind player Paul McCandless (Paul Winter Consort, Oregon), cellist/bassist Hans Christian (Robbie Robertson Band, Rasa,Toni Childs) and Ira Stein from the Windham Hill label. Half of the vocals are by my dear friend Fred Alley, who passed away at age 38 several weeks before Stephen Sondheim was due to give him the 2001 Richard Rodgers Award for best new American musical. Fred also produced the album, and chose to create a uniformly mellifluous sound. The result is contemplative and peaceful. Mitch Ritter (Dirty Linen Magazine) praised the CD for it's 'crystal-clear melodies' and it's 'almost Essenian purity'. I'm not sure what that means, but it sure sounds nice. We hope you'll enjoy this journey through a soothing world of literate lyrics and gorgeous instrumental performances.


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This is a firm favourite on the bathroom shelf, I have to say it is worth the investment. My skin feels well boosted once I apply it. What I love about the Liz Earle products is that they are really luxurious. After a while you get used to it. So if you are a Liz Earle fan take a step back from your morning routine and enjoy this good quality product with the love it deserves.
Soap & Glory Flake Away
I love all Soap & Glory products, they have the most amazing packaging. Since I discovered Flake Away exfoliating is no longer the chore it used to be. It has the most amazing fragrance that stays on your skin for hours after. It dose an amazing job on exfoliating the aul skin as well.
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It is likely that Catholics who regularly attend Mass have heard more than once an explanation of St. John 12:24-"Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit"-similar to this: Our Lord Jesus Christ was referring to His own death and its incredible, long-lasting spiritual dividends to help His listeners to understand that all of Christ's followers must die in order to live.
This interpretation is only strengthened when one considers the passage in which this verse is located:
Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus." Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew went with Philip and they told Jesus. And Jesus answered them, "The hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If any one serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there shall my servant be also; if any one serves me, the Father will honor him." (Jn. 12:20-26)
Christians believe that death is the harbinger of new life. Christ's salvific death on the Cross, stained with His own Precious Blood, made possible His glorious Resurrection. For Jesus and His disciples, Calvary points to the empty tomb.
Both Jesus and St. Paul knew the force of words and wanted to avoid any misunderstanding. Therefore, Christ and "the Apostle to the Gentiles" insisted that to be an authentic follower of Jesus entails hardship and eventual death. It can be no other way. Yet that death is not only necessary, but also noble because of what invariably results: everlasting life.
We may glean several important truths from John 12:20-26. Here are a few.
To serve Jesus is to follow Him, and the Father will reward the disciple of His Son (v. 26). We cannot pretend that we are serving Our Lord while withholding our necessary assent to Him and His teaching. Service demands loyalty. The true servant of Christ enjoys His presence. And what a glorious prize there will be for the faithful servant! Jesus promised that the Father Himself will reward the servant of His Divine Son.
This author believes that both readings are justified.
Those who are striving to follow Jesus Christ realize just how difficult it is to attain sanctity, which is impossible without the Holy Spirit. That continual, daily dying-to-self involves a renunciation of personal comfort and ambition so that the Cross of Jesus may be rightly carried.
Once the disciple of the has grown in his dying-to-self, physical death, while foreboding to most of us, will be better seen for what it is: the path to life.
"The Prayer of Heaven," which has an imprimatur, presents the attitude of the friends of Christ regarding physical death.
The grain of wheat that falls to the earth and dies will yield much fruit. Such a pledge from Jesus Christ Himself is both a consolation and a challenge. Spiritual and physical dying is not to be feared, but instead to be clasped and cherished. Unending intimacy with God, which is the reason and goal of our existence, occurs when we rise with Christ after having died with Him.
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The Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board in Viet Nam will organise Malaysia Week 2013 in HCM City from September 12-22 as part of the run up to the nation's Visit Malaysia Year 2014 campaign.
Themed "Colours of Malaysia", the event will include an exhibition booth at the International Travel Expo 2013 (September 12-14) offering visitors tour packages and air tickets to Malaysia at attractive prices. They can also witness performances by Malaysian artists.
The tourism board has partnered once again with the New World Saigon Hotel to bring a taste of Malaysia to HCM City from September 12-22, which will include specialties like Nasi Lemak, Chicken Masak Merah, Mutton Curry and Melaka Chicken Rice Ball.
A Malaysia Tourism Day for the youth will be held at Galaxy Nguyen Du, the cinema complex, on September 15. — VNS


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It's really good to help people achieve their dreams, like helping them to get a car, putting their business to the next level, and etc. You can help them achieve that if you are willing to finance them. Surely, it will be very beneficial for them to have someone that would be able to finance them for a while, but don't you know that it will be also beneficial for you as well. Yes, it will. You could gain many benefits and advantages from financing, and here's some of it.
• You can save money from it in the long run. Financing for someone can help you save money in the long run. It is because one you buy them the thing that they want; they will be paying you through instalment. They won't be paying the exact amount, they will be paying more, more than the amount that they actually borrowed from you. You get paid every month, means you will be getting you money back slowly, with some additional cash each month. This will help you save and gain more money. It will really be a great investment for you. You can apply for catering equipments should you want to put up your own hospitality business.
• You can gain money from it. Yes you can really gain money from it, because as what it says above, they won't be paying you the exact amount that they borrowed from you, instead they will be paying more. In every time that they pay you, you will be getting back your money slowly and then there will be additional cash to it. It looks like their way of paying you back for the favour that you did for them, for letting them borrow your money for their dreams to come true. The process of gaining money from it is long, but it surely is worth it.
• You have done a good deed. We know how great it is to actually do some good deed. And by financing for someone is already a good deed. Yes, you gain many benefits from it, but they also gain benefits and advantages from it. Just by financing for them, you are already doing such big favour for them, like helping them reach their dreams of having new car, new house, or putting their business to a next level. They would be really thankful to you for letting them borrow your money for a mean time. Because of that, they are one step closer in achieving their dreams.
So those are some of the benefits that you will be getting a loan. You surely can save and gain money from it, since they won't be paying the exact amount of money that they borrowed from you; instead they will be paying you more. Every time they pay, you are slowly getting your money back, and you receive additional cash as well. And then, financing for somebody means you already are doing a good deed. You basically are doing a huge favour for them, and you are helping them to achieve their dreams slowly.


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When a company sets out to provide sensitivity "tips" when it comes to deal with a multicultural work environment it would be helpful if those tips didn't lack sensitivity. According to a lawsuit filed by three former Target warehouse employees, their workplace environment was no bueno. The lawsuit alleges that they suffered crude harassment, discrimination and retaliation at work, and that Target's tips for managers are offensive in themselves.
Target provided its distribution warehouse managers a document titled, 'Organization Effectiveness, Employee and Labor Relations Multi-Cultural Tips,'" the complaint states.
The document instructs managers to note differences among Hispanic employees, and states the following:
a. Food: not everyone eats tacos and burritos;
b. Music: not everyone dances to salsa;
c. Dress: not everyone wears a sombrero;
d. Mexicans (lower education level, some may be undocumented);
e. Cubans (Political refugees, legal status, higher education level); and
f. They may say 'OK, OK' and pretend to understand, when they do not, just to save face."
Well, I can't remember the last time I saw someone in a sombrero.
According to Courthouse News, Robert Gonzalez, Bulmaro Fabian and Pedro Garcia-Ayala claim that nearly all the management positions were held by Caucasians, who regularly used racial slurs while addressing Hispanic employees, such as "Only a 'wetback' can work this hard," "You got to be Mexican to work like this," and "What the hell, I'm already sweating like a Mexican," the employees say in the complaint. Although Gonzalez complained to human resources, he was met with retaliation by his supervisors. He states that his manager used even more racial epithets and would berate him in front of coworkers.
A Target spokesperson released the following statement:
It is never Target's intent to offend our team members or guests and we apologize. The content of the document referenced is not representative of who Target is. We strive at all times to be a place where our team and guests feel welcome, valued and respected. This document, which was used during conversations at one distribution center, was never part of any formal or company-wide training. We take accountability for its contents and are truly sorry.
In other words, "Our bad. Those pesky warehouse managers. Sorry y'all." The plaintiffs are seeking punitive damages for harassment, failure to prevent harassment, age and race discrimination and retaliation.
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Australian Made has produced a range of banners and flags which are now available for hire.
Our valued Licencees, Campaign Supporters and Campaign Partners now have the opportunity to hire these banners and flags for events, promotions and other business activities.
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Or call 1800 350 520
Please note that the hiring of banners and flags is free, however any postage and handling costs incurred are the responsibility of the hirer.
Credit card details will be recorded for bond purposes, prior to the dispatch of banners, however will not be charged unless hirers fault on the return and/ or care of the hired product.
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The Australian Made banner is ideal for advertising your Australian Made products at markets and trade fairs. Made from vinyl, the Australian Made banner is durable, waterproof and eyecatching.
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My kitchen, my recipes
A personalized wooden recipe box from Williams-Sonoma lets visitors know whose kitchen they're walking into. The box can hold 500 4-by-6-inch recipe cards and comes with 100 -- as well as a stainless-steel embosser, bearing the owner's initials, to stamp cards (nothing like emphasis). The set costs 69 by mail-order only: williams-sonoma.com or (800) 541-2233.
On the bag
Personalized wine bags come with tags and stretchy gold ribbon -- a festive touch for hostess gifts (plus your friends won't forget who brought the good stuff). The bags come in a variety of colors. A minimum order of 12 costs 25; if you want just bags, a minimum of 50 costs 54. From All She Wrote in Chicago and Winnetka, Ill., (mail-order, allshewrote.com or (800) 945-7535).
Spreading it on thick
Maybe you won't make it on a Wheaties box, but would you settle for a condiment?
Heinz is letting customers personalize 14-ounce glass, 20-ounce plastic or party-friendly 2.25-ounce mini bottles of ketchup and/or mustard. Go online to myheinz.com; prices start at 6 per bottle plus shipping.
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Byat Sunday, January 29, 2012
Another day, another jailbreak tweak for your Jailbroken iDevice, this time John Coates has released a simple but cool tweak. Do you want to add your contacts photos to the default message app on iPhone? Or do you want to see timestamp with each message? xMessages is the solution for you. Yeah! This tweak will import all contacts photos to the messages app on your iPhone.
According to developer of xMessages;
Adds options to Messages app. It integrates contact photos and adds timestamps for all messages. Either feature can be toggled from the Settings application under xMessagesTo get this tweak, Open up Cydia and search for xMessages. Click on it and install it. To switch off the features of this tweak, go to settings and you can toggled both features from there.
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|05 Feb 2013
ISO image won't stop getting umounted in the middle automatically!
hello guys!
I'm facing this problem that I'm not being able to install/copy files from an ISO image.
I have tried almost every program that I could find on net like demon tools lite, alchoal 120%, power ISO, magic iso, clone disk and alomst every soft of this area but whenever I mount that Image and start copying files from there it fails in the middle stating "disk is not ready" and naturally the copying process is aborted. and when I go check there that ISO image is automatically unmounted from the virtual driver.
P.S: that ISO image was burned by my cousin and it actually holds some video files of a marriage ceremony. it worked completly fine with other pcs (having same OS). only it's mine one which is being this weird. and for some reasons I can't even re-install my window 7. and it's not the only ISO image having problem but some others as well are getting me to the same error ending up in the middle with the same error and getting dismounted automatically. everything else in this OS is working perfectly fine. so please is there any soultion I can copy files from that ISO file? thanks in advace
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|05 Feb 2013
Windows 10x64 Build 1709
Hmmmmmmmm......... Have you tried Imgburn? Always worked for me. It sounds like its probably something else though and not the burning software. Have you ran all the usual scans? Malware etc.? Drivers all up to date? Have you tried running an system file check to make sure everything is working properly from windows point of view? Try this :SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker
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|05 Feb 2013
thanks for you reply. But I gave a try to the tool you mentioned above but it turned up to be a simply "IMAGE BURNER" and it has no such option with the help of I could open an ISO image file and copy files from there to my hdd. I simply want to copy some mp4 files that are burned in An ISO file which aborts in the middle of copying process. I'm pretty sure that there is this one glitch in my win 7 so it's preventing virtual drivers to get me files copied from all of those ISO images. but I've no clue how to figure it out, the very reason I've seen this headache for me and you all.
the link you posted above is dead probably getting no result but I'm confident everything else is just fine here, no spam, viruses or anything could possibly exist as I haven't operated my pc ever without Avast guarding tirelessly!
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|05 Feb 2013
I've noticed that the ISO image gets open properly and doesn't get automatically unmounted unless I try to Open/copy some certain files from there. it's like half of the files are getting copied/opened with no problem but when it comes to the rest of file. it gets unmounted all in a sudden aborting the copying process and states that "drive not ready" error.
however, it's another fact that there's nothing wrong with that subjected ISO image as I tried to run some other ISO images that contain games and soft etc but their installation also comes to a halt in the middle with the same error and virtual driver empty having no image mounted at all.
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|05 Feb 2013
buddy! check out this snap . I have tried almost all the tools ever made for this purpose and I have come to the point where even a person having zero brain cells would have figured out that if there is anything wrong then it's is with this window and not with any virtual disk utility
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Winner of the World Fantasy Award and the Sidewise Award for Alternate History: A pastel-hued yet chilling alternate vision of England, The Summer Isles views the nightmare that the country has become since Germanyas victory in the Great War, through the eyes of a man whose life lies close to the heart of history In 1918 the Allies were defeated. A closeted gay teacher, Griffin Brooke has witnessed the monumental changes his nation has undergone since being crushed by Germanyas superior fighting forces twenty-two years earlier. First came the financial collapse and crippling inflation, then the fascist uprising in the thirties that brought John Arthur to power. Now, in 1940, England has resurrected itselfabut at a terrible cost. With homosexuality decreed a serious crime against the state by the dictator who was once his most avid student, Griffin has remained silent while Englandas gay population has mysteriously dwindled . . . along with the nationas Jews. But in the twilight of his years, elevated to the role of tutor in an Oxford college, Griffin is getting anxious. Thinking back on a life lived in shadowaand on his one great love affair with a young soldier during the height of the Great WaraGriffin knows that revealing a secret he has guarded for decades could have devastating consequences for Britain, the world, and especially for the fascist tyrant Arthur, who cites his former teacher as a mentor and major influence.The bed is undentedahas probably never been slept ona and the sliding doors of the fitted wardrobes still have the buildera#39;s instructions stuck on the back. Eileen Cumbernald comes in before Ia#39;ve even had time to open my suitcase, anbsp;...
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The day I met Julia Child was amazing and I was just a little star-struck. Here she stood, the icon of all that is cooking, shaking my hand, smiling and asking about my specialty.
"So all you eat are vegetables?" she asked, genuinely interested and perplexed. At first, all I could think was that she did a great imitation of Julia -- but she was Julia and I was dumbstruck.
Her words have stuck with me for years. As perplexed as she was, I was sure as I am about the use of vegetables in my diet. For me, there can never be enough, and there is never any shortage of variety and interest to keep me inspired.
What is it about vegetables that enchant me season to season, with no end in sight to this honeymoon-like state of culinary bliss? Plants have the most important job on Mother Earth -- they work to supply the planet with oxygen as they purify the air of carbon dioxide, which they, in turn, absorb through photosynthesis. And since we, as animals, take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide, plants make the perfect partner for humanity.
Plants only get more delicious with an innate ability to transform light into useable energy, which they can store for later use; plants are our most significant source of vitality, as we consume their energy and convert it into fuel. Vegetables are the original source of protein, carbohydrates and other complex molecules of nutrition, which means they contain within their humble seeds, stalks, stems, roots, leaves and flowers all the vital components necessary for animal life to thrive. Without plant life, our beautiful, fragile planet would be a barren, sterile sphere.
Still not convinced to eat more plants? Skip the science and picture the bustling activity of open-air markets, bins overflowing with the harvest of the land. From backyard gardens to busy farm markets, wherever fresh vegetables, fruit and herbs of the season are cultivated and shared, an engaging way of life is created, one that puts us back in direct contact with the planet we call home. From robust greens and delicate herbs to succulent tomatoes, strong, sweet roots and fresh seasonal fruits... if that doesn't inspire us, I'm not sure what will.
Planting your own garden, even if it's just a few herbs in containers, as well as making early-morning trips to area farm markets will give you a sense of abundance that is unparalleled. Even supermarkets feature locally grown fresh produce, as the demand for such lively fresh food grows.
For me, the recipe is secondary to the choosing of ingredients -- and that is especially true with vegetables. No amount of culinary skill can revive vegetables that are bereft of their vitality, even creating complex sauces and dressings as disguises. Freshly harvested, organic, locally-grown vegetables are always my first choice with commercial and organic choices from outside my region used solely to fill in the gaps. Over the years I have discovered that the handling of a vegetable in the kitchen, the actual preparation of it for a dish, is far less important to taste than the quality of it. Where and how it was grown, when it was harvested, and how long it has taken to get from the soil to your cutting board will have a greater impact on a recipe than how you season it. Cooking is only a bit player in the drama of the kitchen.
How do you get the best quality vegetables and fruits on your dining table? Shop where you know the food is freshest -- a farm market, a cooperative market or better quality supermarkets. (Although in truth, you can find veggies in the smallest bodega these days.) Decide your final menu after you have shopped, not before. Free yourself to look for the most vital and beautiful produce you can find and build your meals around them. Buy produce that is locally grown and organic (as much as possible), choosing the ingredients that look freshest, like they could jump out of the bin into your cart.
Thinking of vegetables this way makes cooking an entirely different experience. Handling fresh, vital, living food is so inspiring that you will want to cook. You will never tire of washing beautiful vegetables, as their vibrant colors blind you with their life. Smell them; caress them; taste them in their raw form so that you become familiar with how they will behave in a dish. You will come to the realization that fresh, vital foods require very little effort and little enhancement. Complex cooking methods, heavy sauces and overwhelming preparation time will be a thing of the past in your fresh kitchen -- and your results will be yummy.
Cooking vegetables is the key to our vitality, to enlivening our being. With vegetables in our diet, anything is possible. Can you imagine a more delicious way to follow the path to your dreams? A few recipes to get you going? Of course!
Spring Vegetable Barley Soup
Makes 4-5 servings
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 small leek, split lengthwise, rinsed free of dirt, diced
Sea salt
2 medium carrots, diced
2 cups sliced fresh shiitake mushrooms
2 new potatoes, unpeeled, diced, do not peel
1 small zucchini, diced
½ cup pearled barley, rinsed well
4 cups spring or filtered water
2 tablespoons sweet white miso
Several leaves fresh dandelion, coarsely chopped
Grated zest of 1 fresh lemon
Place oil and leek in a soup pot over medium heat. When the leek begins to sizzle, add a pinch of salt and sauté for 2 minutes. Stir in carrots and a pinch of salt and sauté for 1 minute. Stir in mushrooms and, a pinch of salt and sauté for 2 minutes. Stir in potatoes and a pinch of salt and sauté for 1 minute. Stir in zucchini and a pinch of salt and sauté for 1 minute. Add barley and water and bring to a boil. Cover; reduce heat to low, and simmer for 15-20 minutes, until the barley is soft. Remove a small amount of broth and dissolve miso. Stir back into soup and simmer (do not boil) for 3-4 minutes more. Stir in dandelion and lemon zest just before serving.
Crunchy Tuscan Kale Salad
Makes 3-4 servings
1 bunch Tuscan kale (also called lacinato or dinosaur, but regular kale will work)
1 teaspoon extra- virgin olive oil
¾ cup coarse bread crumbs
1 clove fresh garlic, minced
½ teaspoon sea salt
⅛ teaspoon cracked black pepper
Pinch crushed red pepper flakes
3 tablespoons extra- virgin olive oil
Juice from ½ fresh lemon
Rinse the kale leaves and towel dry. Shred the kale leaves, removing the stems if they are thick.
Place a teaspoon of oil in a skillet over medium heat. Sauté the bread crumbs until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Set aside.
Mix together garlic, salt, pepper, red pepper, oil, and lemon juice. Adjust seasonings to your taste and mix well.
Summer Sea Veg Salad
Makes 3-4 servings
1 large cucumber, unpeeled and thinly sliced into rounds, do not peel
2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
1 ripe, but firm avocado, pitted and diced
3-4 springs fresh basil, coarsely chopped
2 cups baby spinach, rinsed well
½ cup torn dulse leaves
Avocado oil
Soy sauce
Cracked black pepper
Juice of ½ fresh lime
Combine cucumber, tomatoes, avocado, basil, spinach, and dulse in a salad bowl. Whisk together oil, soy sauce, pepper, and lime juice. Adjust seasonings to your taste. Toss dressing gently with salad, taking care not to break avocado. Serve at room temperature or chilled.