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Boozy homemade jellies are my jam. So are desserts served in little individual cups, because I'm far too much of a wuss to make anything that involves turning something that I've supposedly set with gelatine out of a mould. Jellies, panna cotta, you'll aways find me serving them out of some sort of pretty glassware. Because Valentines Day is basically an excuse to make pretty pink desserts, here is my two person recipe for a basic champagne jelly, topped off with strawberries slices carved into little heart shapes.
Monday, 30 January 2017
Friday, 27 January 2017
Weekly Love: Week 190
I have a new TV show and podcast obsession for those of you into political dramas. First up, download The West Wing Weekly. The presenters include Joshua Malina, who plays Will Bailey on The West Wing, and David Rosen on Scandal run through every episode of The West Wing (basically the most iconic political drama ever made (I have the box set, a binge watching (every few years!) investment you won't regret) with analysis and interviews with the writers and actors. It's engaging, fascinating, and teaches you a lot if you're at all into television, acting, politics or creative writing. Then watch Designated Survivor. Unfortunately, it's US only at the moment (there is a reason I kept my streaming subscriptions!), but it is frankly brilliant, is obviously inspired by The West Wing and basically follows the aftermath of the Capitol being blowing up during the State of the Union, killing everyone, and the designated survivor (explained here) becoming President.
1. Cozying up in front of the fire with a bottle of Merlot and a bowl of my favourite Sausage Bolognese. It's so cold that I'm in front of it, under a blanket as I type, actually! #ad | 2. Enjoying a lovely bright and spicy plate of Sweet Potato Rosti with Roast Curried Sprouts and Red Onion, topped with a perfectly runny poached egg, from Riverford's new Vegetarian Quick meal box they were kind enough to send me to trial. God those sprouts were good (!) | 3. Fighting a winter cold with Kimchee Fried Rice and Korean Fried Chicken at Kyoto in Canterbury. | 4. Filling the house with pink roses, mainlining sweet rhubarb tea, and learning all about FODMAPS with Emma Hatcher's The FODMAP Friendly Kitchen. I don't believe in restrictive diets without a medical diagnosis, but as I live with someone who has been recommended a low FODMAP diet, I'm excited to try some recipes we can all enjoy together. | 5. Another delicious dish from Riverford's new Vegetarian Quick meal box: Lentil, Butter Bean & Kale Stew with Pumpkin Seed Pesto. | 6. More pretty doorways running errands in Deal.
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Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Getting To Grips With Your Spice Collection
Next in my series getting to grips with your ingredients, I thought I'd focus on spices. We all have them, I know there are so many that we buy for one recipe never to use again, and believe it or not, I seem to have even more of them that I do cooking oils or Asian ingredients! So, below I've run through my spice collection, noting who are my favourite suppliers, which you can toast and grind yourself (and don't worry, I'll tell you how to do that too!), and most importantly, give you some recipe inspiration so that nothing needs to go to waste!
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Labels: cooking, food, ingredients
Monday, 23 January 2017
Places To Eat In Canterbury: Kyoto
For my first restaurant review of 2017, we're in Canterbury checking out Kyoto, a new restaurant that has purchased the space previously occupied by Little Joe's Deli right by the Cathedral that I've visited for lunch a couple of times over the past few weeks. As you'd expect from a restaurant called Kyoto, it's a sushi bar, but actually, everything else on the menu that does not involve raw fish and Japanese rice actually some pretty great and authentic Korean food. Not what you'd expect from a building built into the Precinct walls. Korean has to be one of my favourite cuisines, so obviously I'm over the moon that I can now get dishes that are not Tamago's fantastic kimchee ramen without having to make them myself or hop on a plane to L.A.'s Koreatown.
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Labels: canterbury, food, places to eat in canterbury, restaurant
Friday, 20 January 2017
Student Suppers: Madeiran Tomato & Onion Stew
So I was planning on making a Madeiran tomato and onion soup (sopa de tomate e cebola), but somewhere in the testing process I accidentally made the easiest, most delicious tomato and onion stew, which I just could not not share with you. This twist on a Madeiran peasants dish is hearty, filling and warming bowlful for cold, January days, uses almost exclusively store cupboard ingredients, and is so cheap to prepare using basic ingredients. While it is delicious with whatever you've got, as always the best quality ingredients produce the best quality dish, so this will always improve with the best ingredients you can afford.
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Wednesday, 18 January 2017
All About Your Asian Ingredients (And What To Use Them For)
Following the success of my post on different cooking oils, how to choose between them and what different ones do, I've decided to focus on a few more ingredients that seem either overwhelming to choose between on packed supermarket shelves, or that you may not know too much about, buying them for a certain recipe before they move to languish at the back of your kitchen cupboards. Today, I want to run you through my collection of ingredients I use for Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese and Korean cooking.
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Labels: cooking, food, ingredients
Monday, 16 January 2017
Student Suppers: Greek Salad Lentil Bowl
Yes, I'm still on the winter lunches thing. I can't recommend grain bowls or roasted aubergines more, but sometimes you want something a little more summery, but made suitable for cold weather eating. I'm still piling my fridge high with little packets of feta, but I have now moved onto lentil bowls: my favourite way to make what would usually be a summer chopped salad more substantial. I typically buy my lentils pre-cooked in pouches, and here I've combined one to serve two with the fixings of a classic Greek salad: tomato, cucumber, red onion, black olives, feta, oregano (I've used fresh rather than the usual dried here) and lots of olive oil.
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Labels: food, healthy, original recipe, recipe, student suppers
Friday, 13 January 2017
Weekly Love: Week 189
It is cold, it is wet, so I think we all need something life affirming round about now. In those first few quiet days of 2017 before we all went back to work I watched What We Did on Our Holiday, which has to be the best, the funniest, and the film that made me happiest to be alive in ages. It has a great cast (David Tennant, Billy Connolly, Rosamund Pike, and a load of kids who would give the Outnumbered cast a run for their money), and not to give too much away, they all pitch up for a family reunion, trying to keep the secret that the parents are getting divorced. Family tragedy strikes, and the kids decide to deal with it themselves in the most imaginative (and to grown ups amusing!) way possible. If the weather is getting you down, rent or stream a copy of this and I promise you it will put you right and loving life in no time!
1. The first feta-loaded egg pot and Skinny Bunny smoothie of the year at The Skinny Kitchen in Canterbury. | 2. Snacking on some Whitworths Shots (they're 3 for £1 in Tesco right now!) on my daily (weather allowing!) country walks. #ad | 3. Filling the house with dazzlingly bright blooms to make up for the cold and the rain. | 4. A lovely bottle of Chateaubeuf-du-Pape by the fire at The Compasses Inn in Crundale. | 5. Pretty pastel doors, running errands in Deal. | 6. Hunting out some more unusual vegetables at the Garden of England greengrocers in Canterbury.
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Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Recipe: Roast Aubergine with Anchovy, Walnuts & Parsley
While in the summer there are a whole host of fresh, bright and light lunch options out there, having something quick, light and imaginative in winter is a lot harder. I'm big on things like warm grain bowls, but another relatively quick and delicious lunch I've been enjoying recently is a roast aubergine. Served hot or warm, the spongy flesh roasts up beautifully into something rich, meaty and satisfying, serving to amplify the flavour of whatever you choose to spoon over it: today, a chunky mixture of anchovy, walnut and parsley, brightened with a flash of fresh lemon, all bound together with a glug of your very best extra virgin olive oil.
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Monday, 9 January 2017
How To Choose Between All Those Different Cooking Oils
I was making soup last night - one of those everything leftover in the fridge numbers without a recipe, which this weekend turned out as a lovely, almost brothy-stew with butternut, kale, and fried pieces of chorizo by way of a garnish - and I realised that we keep an excessive amount of different cooking oils in the kitchen, but I do actually use pretty much all of them. But how to choose? How do you know which oil you should use where, or which ones you do actually need when confronted with the intimidating oil aisle in the supermarket? So, I thought instead of posting a recipe or review for you all this morning, I'd break down my collection.
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Labels: cooking, ingredients
Friday, 6 January 2017
Student Suppers: 10 Minute Ravioli in a Nutty Herby Butter
Hands up who has the ends of lots of things for Christmas still kicking around your cupboard or in your fridge that really should be going, but you really can't bare to waste? I've got your Friday night supper sorted for you today by way of a delicious quick, easy, and leftover friendly sauce for that packet of ravioli you're going to pick up over your lunch break or on your way home. I know I'm usually one of those 100% homemade people, but bare with me until I master good homemade ravioli that does not take simply hours to make! (We all really enjoyed the Bolognese Ravioli from Jamie's Comfort Food on Christmas Eve, but wow was it a project!)
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Labels: original recipe, student suppers
Wednesday, 4 January 2017
Reviewing Gousto's Four Person Family Recipe Box
Most of you went back to work yesterday, so I thought now would be the perfect time to share the next in my series of recipe box reviews (I've got a couple more lined up so you can really choose the best box for you), Gousto's Four Person Family Recipe Box. When I needed to feed anyone and I'm coming home from a day at the office, I find it so much easier to have all of the ingredients and what I'm going to be cooking ready for me.
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Labels: food, meal box, recipe box
Monday, 2 January 2017
Recipe: Roasted Almond, Tomato & Feta Five Grain Bowl
I have the perfect warm, filling and healthy grain bowl to kick off your 2017. I don't really go in for 'diets', but after all of that rich and heavy food over Christmas I tried to go for move veg based meals in January. You can mix and match quite a few things in this recipe adapted from the one I loved in Riverford Organic and delicious. Magazine recipe box I loved last Autumn, such as the herbs and nuts (especially if you have some leftover from the holidays). While it serves two warm, it would make a great make-ahead desk lunch, too.
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MIAMI — While Heat coach Erik Spoelstra is about to return to his roots with his third trip to the Philippines, this trip to reconnect with his heritage will be different.
Accompanying Spoelstra on the August 2-5 visit to his mother's homeland will be the Larry O'Brien trophy, symbolic of the Heat's 2012 NBA championship.
Spoelstra will be accompanied on the trip by Dan Craig, the Heat's video coordinator/player development coach, and Steve Stowe, the executive director of the Miami Heat charitable fund.
Included on the trip with be a viewing party for a replay of one of the games from the 2012 NBA Finals, with fans in the country voting on which game will be shown.
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The Economic Affairs Committee has decided to conduct
an inquiry into aspects of the economics of an ageing population,
and in particular to consider (i) length of working life; (ii)
women; and (iii) fundamentals of pension policy.
Evidence is invited by 1 March 2003.
The Committee will need to discover the basic factual
position, including the extent to which the UK's population is
ageing and how the UK compares with other countries in this regard.
The Committee welcomes written submissions which
address any or all of the following:
1. To what extent is the UK's population ageing?
What effect will this phenomenon have on the supply of labour
and capital, wages, interest rates, asset prices (especially housing)
and productivity? How do the relevant facts vary by gender and
ethnic group?
2. How might policy reverse the recent trend
towards early retirement? Should legislation to outlaw age discrimination
be introduced? Would it work? Should there be a statutory retirement
age? Can the labour market absorb more older workers? To what
extent do people choose when to retire?
3. Why do people not save enough for retirement?
How might they be encouraged to do so? What new products could
the financial services industry offer to support retirement income
and to influence retirement decisions?
4. Why are most pensioners who live in poverty
women? How might public policy provide for people (mostly women)
who cannot make regular and continuous contributions to a pension
scheme throughout their working life? What responsibilities do
private-sector financial product providers have?
5. What is the role of the basic state pension
and does it fulfil that role? How is pension policy influenced
by ideology, short-term political considerations, the need to
produce consensus and the need to protect existing benefits?
6. How should the following objectives of pension
provision be prioritised in formulating pensions policy: adequacy,
fairness, protecting incentives, affordability, certainty, simplicity,
transparency, practicality and choice? What are the trade-offs?
7. Is it appropriate to have as an explicit policy
objective the reduction of public spending on pensions as a proportion
of GDP? What is the role and relevance of (i) the institutional
framework; (ii) fiscal policy; (iii) regulatory requirements?
8. What effect do means-tested benefits for pensioners
have on work and saving incentives? Are there any people for whom
zero or low saving is the appropriate economic response to their
9. Is the continuing trend away from public and
towards private provision economically sustainable? How are we
to determine the best public/private balance?


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But, what IS pet insurance?
When I first started working at Trupanion over a year ago and told people that I worked for a pet insurance company they looked at me with glazed over eyes and asked "Pet insurance? What is that?"
Well, I can't say that I still never get that same look and question, but the idea of pet insurance has definitely caught on. More commonly I get "Oh yeah, my parents should have gotten that, their cat had to have a $3,000 knee surgery" or "I wish I would have heard about this sooner, I just had to pay $6,000 for my dog's cancer treatments".
If you don't already know, pet insurance is similar to human health insurance, but for your pet. The pet insurance company will cover a portion of your veterinary bill when there is an accident or illness (depending on the company and plan). For those of you with pets who share your bed or have a permanent seat in your car, this might make a lot of sense to you.
We are fortunate these days to have veterinary technology advancing at such a rapid pace, meaning we get to keep our fur children around much longer. However, with these advancements comes a price. A broken leg can run up to $1,000, cancer treatments can run into the thousands, and long-term diabetes treatment can run you up to $10,000 to $12,000. View actual pet insurance claims and associated veterinary costs.
Some people might argue that setting aside a savings account solely for your pet would be a better choice. And for some people, that may be true. But to me, and probably most of you, saving isn't my forte. Not to mention, any of the conditions I mention above can happen at any time in the pet's life. It's possible for someone to set aside money, but what if two months later they discovered their dog had diabetes? There goes their savings, and they're still stuck with a hefty bill (unless, of course, they were fortunate enough put aside a few thousand dollars).
With pet insurance, all the pet owner has to worry about is being able to cover the premium, the deductible (if they have one), and their portion of the bill (coinsurance). The typical pet insurance plan will require that the pet owner pay 10-20% of the bill themselves, and the insurance company would cover the remaining 80-90% up to any coverage limits.
So, if you're like me and your dog (or other pet) never leaves your side (my Goldie is fortunate to get to come to work with me every day), it might be time to look into pet insurance.


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The Adventures of Beatle 2015 BDRip x264-NOSCREENSSep 16
"The Adventures of Beatle" (original title)
Plot: Beatle is a quirky loner who refuses to live by society's rules. Her business cards read "Towing/Assassination," and she even has a hit man infomercial to go along with it. Her only human contact is with her psychiatrist and the stripper/hooker she employs once a week. Everything changes the night she meets Athena Klendon, a suicidal blonde with a secret. With a demented killer on their tail, courtesy of Athena's crooked former employer, the two quickly strike a bargain. Athena will change her life insurance policy to reflect Beatle as the beneficiary in exchange for her own execution. And while they wait for the paperwork to come through, Beatle will provide room and board and get some extra help on her infomercial. The two have no idea that Detective Holt has been on their case reviewing their every move. Just when he thinks he's got Beatle pinned beyond a shadow of a doubt, this comedic mystery takes a wild and unexpected turn.
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The Harem Hall of Fame: it's where harem pants go when The Fashion Police arrest them, and thanks to the harem crime wave currently sweeping the world, it's starting to look pretty crowded.
Within the jail, some harem pants naturally try to lord it over the others, bullying them and generally making a nuisance of themselves. The Zimmermann harem pants shown above fall into that category: in fact, just last week they were caught trying to escape from the jail with fifteen other inmates hidden in their crotch area. They almost succeeded, too, because, well, it's hard to tell the difference with harem pants, isn't it?
Look under the jump for some more drop-crotch criminals…
Purple cotton harem pants from Dorothy Perkins. Oh, Dotty, we've come to expect better from you!
River Island's harem trouser play suit – giving you the body shape of a loveable cartoon character, aww!
It costs 377 euros to look this deformed…
Extreme harem trousers from Topshop. On the plus side, you could wear them on holiday and you'd get almost ALL your luggage in the crotch – hello, extra baggage allowance! On the minus side… well, the picture speaks for itself, no?


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20 Weeks Pregnant
Here's what's happening during Week 20 of your pregnancy.
Your Growing Baby:
A white, creamy substance called vernix caseosa protects the skin from its aqueous environment. Sweat glands form. Length: about 10 inches; weight: 9 ounces. Fetus fact: Starting now, immunities are being transferred from you to the fetus.
Your Growing Belly:
Around now, you should feel a psychological boost: You've made it halfway already! It's a good time to find a childbirth class to educate you about labor and calm any anxieties. Plus, you'll meet other parents-to-be and possibly create friendships for both you and your child in the years to come.
Your care provider will now monitor your growth by measuring the height of your uterus with fingers or a tape measure. Your uterus is now about in line with your belly button. From now on, the top of your uterus will grow toward your rib cage at a rate of one centimeter a week.
Tips & To-Do's:
Too big or too little
Starting at about 20 weeks, your doctor or midwife will measure your fundal weight, or distance from your pubic bone to the top of your uterus, at every prenatal visit. "It is a one-to-one correlation," Thoppil explains. "At 20 weeks, for instance, the measurement should be around 20 centimeters." If it deviates by 3 centimeters one way or the other, your care provider will most likely follow up with an ultrasound to see if the baby is too large or too small. Interesting facts to know as your baby bump grows.
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On Wednesday, June 25, an extraordinary event of caring and courage will take place to honor America's bravest… our military.
The seventh annual Troopathon will take place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library from 1pm to 8pm Pacific time and the goal this year is to send the most amount of care packages ever to our men and women on the front lines. This incredible organization has already raised more than 4.5 million dollars in care packages and sent over 315 tons of gifts to our troops. Many celebrities and also TV and radio hosts, like myself, will again be a part of this year's live broadcast on Troopathon.org and Sirius XM Patriot Radio, Channel 125.
I hope you will tune in and help in any way you can, as I know firsthand how important these care packages are to our soldiers. For me, this mission is deeply personal.
When my own father, then Polish Resistance fighter Ryszard Kossobudzki, was a starving POW in a Nazi camp in Muhlberg, Germany, there were few things that resembled signs of hope. Each day, their rations became smaller and smaller, as they were lucky if they got a frozen dirty turnip in a bucket of water, masquerading as soup. A loaf of bread was shared between everyone in the barracks, and the man assigned to cut the slices would get the smallest one if he didn't distribute the slices equally after each one was methodically weighed on a small scale. Incredibly, my father was one of the more healthy guys, weighing 90 pounds and standing six feet tall.
One day in these times of sheer desperation, a truck suddenly pulled up outside the barbed wire. It was a white Red Cross truck, and it would contain generic packages for the POWs, often the only way they knew the world had not forgotten about them in their darkest hours. My father told me how hundreds, sometimes thousands of the POWs, would line up near the fence, waiting hours as they unloaded the vehicles. He said, "We would cheer after each package came off the trucks. Those were definitely some of the happiest moments in the camp. These packages contained crackers, chocolate bars, cigarettes, and coffee, and we shared one parcel among several prisoners." He said, "The charity of the Red Cross saved my life more than once."
At one point, a bunch of new American POWs were marched into Stalag 4b. They had all fought in the Battle of the Bulge and looked emaciated and run down. My dad and his comrades knew the US was trying to save them, so they wanted to thank these now fellow POWs the best way they could. "We sent them some cigarettes and a few cans of food from our most recent care parcel. We hoped it would cheer them up a little bit."
To this day, my eyes fill with tears as I think about that incredible gesture and the role those packages played in my father's life. For starving POWs to give up food and other items to say thank you, is truly an overwhelming moment.
The Americans paid my father back in spades, as soon after he escaped from the camp, ironically a chocolate bar wrapped with a note dropped by an American pilot, informed him and his skeletal comrades, he "had 15 miles to walk and you are free."
Today, with US troops stationed in many remote parts of the world, including some 30,000 combat troops still in Afghanistan, I realize how much these Troopathon care packages truly mean. As a TV journalist, I have been to these desolate areas of Afghanistan, and saw the tears of joy when they received parcels from strangers often with notes saying, "You are not forgotten, America loves you and is proud of you and all you have sacrificed." At a time when there is so much concern about troop locations and also hospital care after they return, this year's Troopathon is more important than ever.
After my father got that pilot's note and walked 15 miles, he came to a riverbed, and on the other side was the most inspiring and beautiful sight he'd ever seen. Young American GIs flooding him with gifts from packages they had received, and telling him his long nightmare was over. He was finally free.
For more details on Troopathon, please go to Troopathon.org.


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TWO CONTRASTING articles on the new drink-at-21 law finally pushed me over the edge. James Spence's moderate and persuasive My Word column left me satisfied in knowing that a prominent attorney still has some faith in America's youth. Charley Reese's almost irrelevant column left me fuming.
Reese offers personal stories that have no relation to his topic. He claims that state Rep. Fran Carlton ''did good'' by raising the legal drinking age to 21. His questionable logic is that he has ''yet to meet one single worthwhile person in a bar.''


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The simple Dakota kids seating for 2 is ideal for the children's room and will be a space where a child can play, read, colour and dream !
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We offer a one year warranty against any manufacturing defects.
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Always wipe moisture promptly and dry with a soft cloth. Excess water may leave stains and can also cause the wood to swell or warp.
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Omega-3 Fatty Acids Prevent Chronic Inflammation and Autoimmune Diseases
Jan 30, 2013, 05:00 EST
MIAMI, January 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
- Study by U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information shows omega-3 nutritional supplements are effective in boosting immune response
- High-potency omega-3 supplements such as OmegafortSCC help establish a healthy balance in essential fatty acids
Supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids promotes effective immune system response and has ameliorating effects on chronic inflammation (a condition caused by an imbalanced immune system that can lead to multiple serious illnesses over time), according to the most recent study published by the National Center for Biotechnology Information[1](a division of the U.S. National Institutes of Health) on the effects of omega-3. It is for this reason that omega-3, in addition to playing a crucial role in human growth and brain development, may be highly useful in the prevention and treatment of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, ulcers, psoriasis, lupus, multiple sclerosis, and migraine.
The polyunsaturated fatty acids omega-3 and omega-6 cannot be synthesized by the body and must therefore be taken in as nutrition. Paradoxically, however, an excess of omega 6 may actually result in greater inflammation. This is why a healthy diet needs to achieve a proper balance between omega-3 and omega-6. Such is not currently the case in most American diets, which typically provide 14 to 25 times more omega 6 fatty acids than omega-3.
Typically standard fish oil supplements only have 30% omega-3 fatty acids and the same amount of saturated and monounsaturated (30% each), making their effectiveness doubtful.
Supplements such as OmegafortSCC have 85% omega-3 content and are backed by studies that support that the higher the concentration the higher the effectiveness of the omega-3 supplementation on our health.
A single high-potency OmegafortSCC capsule provides amounts of EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) which are four times higher than conventional fish-oil capsules.
Supporting Research
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Harris W. Omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids: partners in prevention. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2010; 13(2):125-9.
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Gird your loins: beginning tomorrow, an affordable housing lottery is opening for 54 newly constructed units at the massive, neighborhood-changing rental building known as 365 Bond. The lottery will undoubtedly be inundated by enough people to populate a larger-than average American town, but hey, applying won't take as long as writing that leaving Brooklyn essay, and if you win a unit you'll be able to actually afford to stay here.
While the Gowanus Canal may still be a putrid, reeking Superfund site lined with "black mayonnaise" and brimming with raw sewage, Lightstone Group, the building's developer, have found a way to enable building residents to utilize the waterway sans hazmat suit: by harnessing the powers of gentrification, building key-holders are made immune to the filthy waters of the Gowanus and can soundly drink it without contracting the clap. Not really, but 365 Bond renderings do depict a blissful, clear-watered oasis full of kayakers along the shore in what is an obviously unrealistic, utopian vision of a still wildly polluted, fleetingly industrial neighborhood and notorious waterway. For what it's worth, though, you can kayak on the canal, but it's an edgy pursuit not for the feint of heart.
The building's amenities, however, are luxurious to the point that you'll be able to overlook the barely moving sea of muck just outside your window. In order of least to most fancy, there are in-unit washers and dryers, a 24-hour attended lobby, on-site resident manager, BBQ grills, bike storage, resident lounge, outdoor deck, outdoor gardens, kids room, yoga room, shuffle board and a pool (for access to the bike storage, grills, pool, lounge, deck, and shuffle board extra fees do apply).
As for rent, there are 20 available studio apartments going for $833 a month to one-person households making between $29,897 and $38,100 a year, 23 one-bedroom units going for $895 a month to one- to two-person households making between $32,057 and $43,500 a year, and 11 two-bedroom units going for $1,082 a month to two- to four-person households making between $38,503 to $54,360 a year.
As per usual with affordable lotteries, preference will be given to the mobility-, vision- and hearing-disabled as well as Municipal employees and current residents of the neighborhood's Community Board 6.
Applications must be submitted online or postmarked by May 19.
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I take that into consideration.
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Woesh, things can get confusing + I feel like I've left a woman down..
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What situation would that be, for those of us that have short memories?
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I think this post is probably going to be classed as off topic, but then again I wouldn't know what exactly would be on topic. I just thought I'd add that I like Marshmellows, only the pink one but not the white and I like to take a pee in the shower sometimes, it is rather gratifying and gross at the same time.


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6 Awesome second leads you (almost) wish had gotten the girl
When the last episode of a romantic K-drama ends, we're usually left with an overwhelming feeling of certainty that the two main leads, after endless drama and miscommunication, were meant to be. Through the good and the bad, their love triumphed, and you know they are the perfect couple who will be together forever! But what about that handsome and sweet second lead?
Below you'll find 6 K-drama second leads who you ALMOST wish had gotten the girl but in the end know that it wasn't meant to be.
1. Kang Shin Woo in You're Beautiful
From the moment Go Mi Nam (played by Park Shin Hye) stepped into the A.N.JELL house, Kang Shin Woo (Jung Yong Hwa) was there for her. Even when he discovered she was a girl, he kept her secret and did everything he could to protect her. He's an obvious choice for Go Mi Nam, but in the end it's Tae Kyung (Jang Geun Suk) who wins her heart. Kang Shin Woo is the typical good guy second lead who is better on paper but will never get the girl. While on one hand I feel bad for him, on the other Go Mi Nam and Tae Kyung complement each other perfectly and are meant to be together.
2. Choi Young Do in Heirs
Choi Young Do...you put up a good fight but could never compete with Kim Tan (Lee Min Ho). Every time he hugged, fed, understood, and defended Cha Eun Sang (Park Shin Hye) my heart melted a little. Young Do (played by the magnificent Kim Woo Bin) was such a tortured soul! Even if he wasn't perfect for Cha Eun Sang, we wanted some happiness in his life.
3. Kang Woo in The Master's Sun
Kang Woo (portrayed by the talented Seo In Guk) was such a great friend and protector of Tae Gong Sil (Gong Hyo Jin). He does so much to break her out of her shell and comfort her when she gets scared. He really loves her! But unfortunately, his comfort cannot compete with Joo Joong Won's, and Tae Gong Sil is fated to fall for the usually cold business man. But Tae Gong Sil is still lucky to have a friend like Kang Woo.
4. Oh Jin Rak in Flower Boy Next Door
Oh, Oh Jin Rak. You're so stubborn in every way — from your attitude towards Enrique, to your webcomic, to your love for Go Dok Mi (played once again by Park Shin Hye). I think with a slightly different turn of events, Jin Rak and Dok Mi could have been really good for each other. Jin Rak's bromance with Dong Hoon is also adorable...so at least they have each other! Oh Jin Rak was played by the handsome Kim Ji Hoon.
5. Yoon Ji Hoo in Boys Over Flowers
Yoon Ji Hoo (Kim Hyun Joong) is one of my favorite second leads of all time. There were so many times in Boys Over Flowers when I thought, "Give up on Gu Jun Pyo! Jan-di, Go for Ji Hoo!" But alas it just wasn't meant to be. Even though Jun Pyo (played by the unmatched Lee Min Ho) tormented Jan-di (Gu Hye Sun) and made her life miserable at times, they had a powerful connection that could not be broken.
6. Lee Hee Kyung in My Love From Another Star
Like most of the supporting characters on this list, this pick will be controversial. Let me start out by saying that Do Min Joon and Cheon Song Yi are perfect for each other and belong together. However, as a second choice, Lee Hee Kyung (played by the ultra-talented Park Hae Jin) is not a bad option. He had great character, demonstrated by his refusal to lead Yoo Se Mi on, his constant protective feelings for Song Yi, and his willingness to help bring his evil brother Lee Jae Kyung down. I am 100% happy that Cheon Song Yi (Jeon Ji Hyun) ended up with Do Min Joon (Kim Soo Hyun), though — it means I can have Hee Kyung to myself!
Who is your favorite (almost) meant to be second lead?


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Instead of corruption, village government shares $2 million with its residents
When the word "bonus" is uttered in the media, usually the thought of corruption immediately crosses the mind, but instead in a Jianshe village in Lianshan Yi prefecture, Sichuan province, there is a feeling of gratitude in hundreds of villagers towards their government.
Jianshe village became prosperous for piloting a land circulation project, which introduced a new farming company and an investment company to the area. The pilot required the villagers to be on board, so as a big thank you, the government of Jianshe village shared about 13.11 million yuan (US $2.17 million) in bonuses with the 340 households in the village on Jan 14, 2014. One household received 314,000 yuan (about US $5,200).
I mean, just look at this wall of money!


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Holy Quran is Kalamullah (words of Allah Ta'alah) which blesses the reader and especially those who follow its golden teachings. Without doubt, each word of the holy Quran is Barkaah (blessing) for us and provides Najaat to momins and Alamin. The Ayat in this application has been carefully selected from the ocean (Quran) for the benefit of readers.
The Ayat inside this app is to be used if one sees jinnaats. This Ayat should be read with faith. It is hoped that the readers will benefit from this app. To read any Wazifa and to reap its benefits, it is compulsory first to obey the Arkaans of Islam.
The wazifa will benefit only if the Salaah is observed regularly. Duas are effective of a Namaazi as Allah pays immediate attention to Namaazis Duas.


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Pecan Tassies
We continue onto Week 13 of College Football, which means another delicious Football bite! I'm so sad to see that this is the last week of the regular season. It went by way too fast! Today the #20 Michigan Wolverines travel to Columbus, Ohio to take on the #4 Ohio State Buckeyes! This is the day that OSU football fans wait for all season long! 😀
To celebrate another Buckeye win I decided to make some mini versions of my favorite type of holiday pie-Pecan Pie! Not only are these bite-sized babies wonderful to snack on during a tailgate they make the perfect addition to your holiday cookie trays. And don't even get the started on the bourbon soaked pecans! Taking a few minutes to soak the pecans take these little bites to a whole new level of deliciousness!
I like to serve these warm from the oven, however, they can be made ahead of time and popped in the oven at 350°F for a few minutes right before serving.
Pecan Tassies
Yield: 24 pecan tassies
Cook Time: 30 minutes
For the Crust:
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 (3-ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
For the Filling:
1/2 cup pecans, plus more for sprinkling on top
3/4 cup bourbon
1 large egg
3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
To make the crust, in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add the flour and salt and continue to beat on low speed until a dough forms. Divide the dough equally into 24 balls. Place on a plate and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
While the dough is chilling, place the pecans and bourbon in a small bowl and let soak for at least 45 minutes. Drain pecans through a fine mesh strainer, reserving the bourbon for another use.
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spread out the nuts in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet and toast, shaking once or twice, until toasted and fragrant, about 3-5 minutes. Watch closely to avoid burning. Set aside to cool then coarsly chop; set aside.
Set out a nonstick mini muffin tin or grease a standard mini muffin tin. Press the balls of dough into the muffin cups, using your thumb to press the dough against the sides to form a shell. Sprinkle ½ to 1 teaspoon nuts into each shell.
To make the filling, in a large bowl combine the egg, brown sugar, butter, vanilla, salt and pecans in a bowl. Spoon about 1 teaspoon of the mixture into prepared muffin cups. Top each tassie with additional chopped pecans.
Bake for 15 minutes at 350°F. Then decrease the temperature to 325°F and bake until set, 10 to 15 minutes more. Remove to a rack to cool. Store in airtight container for up to 1 week.
Source: adapted from The Recipe Club, Originally from Basic to Brilliant, Y'all
If you've missed them, make sure to check out the rest of my College Football Bites:
Week One: Make Ahead Cheesy Pigs in a Blanket
Week Two: Mini Beef and Cheese Empanadas
Week Three: Buffalo Chicken Dip
Week Four: Loaded Baked Potato Dip
Week Five: Pizza Pinwheels
Week Six: Slow Cooker Tequila Lime Chili
Week Seven: Cranberry Pecan Cheese Ball
Week Eight: Jalapeño Popper Dip
Week Nine: Philly Cheesesteak Egg Rolls
Week Ten: Snickers Caramel Popcorn
Week Eleven: Brats and Beer Cheddar Chowder
Week Twelve: Mini Corn Dog Muffins
8 Responses to "Pecan Tassies"
I love pecan pie!
Saving this to Pinterest right away! =)
Love your twist on the pecan pie. great for get-together and parties
Pecan tassies have been on my radar for a while now – definitely adding these to my Christmas baking list this year!
Oh the filling is so tempting! Next time I will have pecans I will have to try these 😀
Pecan tassies remind me so much of being home for the holiday s- my mom used to make a dessert plate of these and peanut butter chocolate fudge. Now you have me CRAVING pecan tassies… is it christmas yet? These look amazing, just as I remember them. 🙂
I have never had pecan tassies but I know I'd love them. They're like mini pecan pies. Serving them warm sounds like heaven!
Yum. I love all the Pecan cookies and desserts this time of year. But Pecans and Bourbon, what a great combo!
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May 8, 2009
Signal International redelivers two Diamond Offshore rigs
Signal International, L.L.P. reports the completion and return to service of two Diamond Offshore rigs, the Ocean Titan and the Ocean America.
The LeTourneau Class 64 jackup, Ocean Titan, entered Signal's East Pascagoula, Mississippi yard for modifications and repairs on March 6, 2009 and departed on April 14, 2009.
Yesterday, another Diamond rig, the eight-column semisubmersible Ocean America, was delivered two days ahead of schedule from Signal's Dry Dock at Port Arthur, Texas after undergoing periodic inspection procedures and customer-planned modifications.
"Simultaneous performance of these two projects, one at dockside in Mississippi and the other on dry dock in Texas, demonstrates the wide geographic span of Signal's GoM service capability," said Signal President and CEO Dick Marler. "In the past we have also served Diamond and other drilling contractors with on-location work, which enables the rig owner to accomplish significant rig servicing work while experiencing little or no operational downtime".
In addition to ensuring compliance with ABS Special survey requirements for both rigs, upgrades and modifications to the Ocean Titan included installation of an extension to the BOP control system house, fabrication of two new life boat platforms and replacement of 500 feet of leg jet piping and hangers.
Repairs and modifications to the Ocean America included tank cleaning; contain, blast and paint columns, deck box, tubular supports and derrick; removal and reinstallation of anchor chain for inspection; sacrificial anode installation and replacement of the drilling mud treatment system.


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A one-day negotiation training session
In this one-day programme, we aim to equip people with an effective and robust Negotiation Toolkit which enables them to persuade others to take their point of view within today's tough business arena. The toolkit provides a pathway to successful negotiated outcomes.
By the end of the day, people will have:
Training will be in groups of no more than 20.
ArcBlue provides training on a worldwide basis to both individuals and blue-chip companies. Each tutor will be a practising negotiator.
Andy grew up in France and has a varied career where he has developed and utilised a range of persuasion and influencing skills. Since 2011 he has led programmes across the globe, on Leadership, Negotiation, Confident Behaviour and Presentation Skills. He has also coached teams to deliver improved results.
Andy is a strong believer that good business is built on strong relationships, and that excellent negotiators understand the importance of clear communication. He is an engaging presenter with many colourful and interesting stories to share.
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Her experience, combined with her positive personality using innovative and stimulating approaches, ensures that each event she designs and delivers is unique, fun, but always business and people focused. The key outcome is to provide improved business and personal performance through enhanced people skills, attitudes and behaviours.
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Reviews of and awards for EMLS
StudySphere award of excellence, July 2006 ("one of the best educational resources on the Web")
EMLS is how an online journal should be done.
Andrew Dickson, The Rough Guide to Shakespeare (2005), 506.
Filled with first-rate writing by many notable scholar-critics working at the top of their form.
The Year's Work in English Studies 82 (2003): 448, describing EMLS Special Issue 7.
EMLS is one of the pioneers in the new world of refereed internet publishing. . . The editorial board lists many of the top scholars in the field.
Suzanne Westfall, "'Go sound the ocean, and cast your nets': Surfing the Net for Early Modern Theatre", Early Theatre 5.2 (2002), 87-132, quotations from 117, 121.
The first wholly electronic journal in our field... has a distinguished, international Editiorial Board... ascetic in presentation.
Michael Best, "Electronic Shakespeares: Shakespeare Criticism on the Internet", Shakespeare Newsletter 52:4 (2002/3), 109-110.
Strong survivor.
Walt Crawford, "Free Electronic Referred Journals: getting past the arc of enthusiasm", Learned Publishing 15 (2002): 117-23.
Extensive and authoritative.
Jack Lynch, Literary Resources
on the Net, http://newark.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/ren.html
Mr William Shakespeare and the Internet Five Diamond Award ("The best, freely available Shakespeare criticism on the Internet")
Internet Shakespeare Editions double swan award ("outstanding site")
Renascence Editions - BESS award (for "Sites of excellence in Early Modern studies")
Winner, John Donne Society Award for Distinguished Publication in Donne Studies in 1999: Lisa Gorton, "John Donne's Use of Space," Early Modern Literary Studies 4.2 / Special Issue 3 (September, 1998): 9.1-27. The article appeared in Literature and Geography, a Special Issue of EMLS guest-edited by Richard Helgerson and Joanne Woolway Grenfell.
I would anticipate that this article has probably been read by more individuals than most of the other publications mentioned in this survey.
Stanley Wells describing an article in EMLS 1.1, in Shakespeare Survey 49 (1996) 288.
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My new book, A Road Unforeseen: Women Fight the Islamic State will be published in August 2016 by Bellevue Literary Press. Here are some of the blurbs:
"This is the book I've been waiting for—only it's richer, deeper, and more intriguing than I could have imagined. A Road Unforeseen is a major contribution to our understanding of feminism and Islam, of women and the world, and gives me fresh hope for change." Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed and Living With a Wild God
"A Road Unforeseen is essential reading to understand the extraordinary democratic revolution led by the Kurds in Syria. This is compelling history but also a clarion call to the US and the international community to support this fragile project that elevates and celebrates human rights, democracy, and equality for all genders, races, and religions." Carne Ross, author of Independent Diplomat and The Leaderless Revolution
"Meredith Tax tells the tangled and amazing history of Kurdish politics—from family feuds to terrorism to radical democracy and feminism—with just the right mixture of admiration and concern." Michael Walzer, author of Just and Unjust Wars and The Paradox of Liberation
My short book or long pamphlet, Double Bind: The Muslim Right, the Anglo-American Left, and Universal Human Rights, was published by the Centre for Secular Space in 2012. It is available here for $10 and will soon be released as a free downloadable pdf.
In January, 2011, I edited and published a volume of personal memoirs from my writing class at the Joseph S. Murphy Labor Institute (CUNY). The book is called Night School Voices and is available as a download or printed volume at lulu.com
I am pleased to announce that my collection of personal and organizational papers, ranging from Bread and Roses to Women's WORLD, and including my own manuscripts, has been acquired by the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture at Duke University. A conference to celebrate this work will be held at Duke April 13-14, 2012. Here is the announcement by the Bingham Center:


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Have you noticed that hats are back in style? In today's English lesson I'll teach you five idioms with hats. I'm going to act for you and tell you about the different kinds of hats you can wear.
Learn 5 easy HAT idioms in English video
Comrades, welcome to EngVid. Today, we will be discussing the hat. Hi. James, from EngVid. I do want to talk about hats. I'm wearing a hat that goes with this shirt. Okay. But I've got a couple of them because we're going to discuss idioms.
Now, Mr. E is here, of course. He's wearing a baseball cap. He's got, you know — we call them "granddad caps" in England, but they're "caps". You see people wearing them all the time, this kind of a cap. Okay. Cowboy hat, badly drawn, but who cares? In the early 20th century, people wore hats a lot, okay? So a lot of hat wearing. People would wear hats everywhere — church, whatever. Men would wear hats, so would ladies. But then, they suddenly stopped. If you want to know the truth, it was around the 1960s from a president named John F. Kennedy. He was seen often not wearing a hat, and he didn't wear an undershirt. And after that, men starting changing their style. See? You don't just learn English. We're going to teach you some history. He kind of changed fashion a little bit, for men, for the next 40 to 50 — well, 60 years. But now, hats are back. And it's time for a hat idiom show, okay? Because now, you can say things. You'll be wearing your hat, and you can say something stylish like, "I take off my hat for you." Okay? So let's go to the board.
You'll see I have a couple of things written here — well, five, to be exact. Okay? And right now, you don't know what they mean, like, "without hesitation", "Be prepared for something very physical", "Be prepared to be shocked", "give my respect", "I admire them", "keep it a secret", and "have many responsibilities". And I'm sure you're saying, "What does this have to do with hats?" Well, why don't I show you? Ready?
Now, "drop of a hat". When somebody says "at the drop of a hat", they mean "without hesitation. At any time." I'm talking to you, and — oops. It dropped again. You don't know. It means, "Move now." If someone says, "You have to move at the drop of a hat", it means, "Don't even think. Just go." Or it could happen at any time. "At the drop of a hat, the bus could arrive." So you literally drop your hat; you look down; Whoa! The bus is gone. Just like that. So "be prepared", okay?
What about this one? Have you ever been walking in the wind? It's really, really windy. See this is flying. It's flying away like Superman's cape now. See, it's flying. Someone will say, "Hold on to your hat!" Because it will blow away. Well, if you watch any movies, especially Westerns or North American movies, they're always, like, "Hold on to your hat, son. Something's going to happen." It's saying, "Be prepared to be shocked, or something's going to be bad. Be prepared." Because it's going to be so physical or so amazing that the hat might fly away, and you'll lose your hat. Remember, people were in the 20th century, so they wore hats all the time everywhere. Now, we don't as much, so they don't say it as much, but you're going to see that these idioms are going to come back simply because hats are in style. All right? So, "Be ready to be shocked." Something will scare you, and your hat will fly off your head. Or you're going to do something physical like run, and, "Hold on to your hat! We've got to get going."
Now, how about this? "I give my respect" or, "I admire that person." If I were to see the Queen right now, I would do this. Hat's off. Okay? When we say, "My hat it off" — "hat's off". Remember, this is from a long time ago. So when you say "hat's off to that person", it's a sign of admiration. Many people, when they go into a church, if they're wearing a hat, they will take their hats off as a sign of respect for the religion. Or, "My hat is off for that guy." I take my hat off because I respect him, so I take it off. And sometimes, people don't do that. What they do is this. You'll see it — not as much, but they go like this. That's like taking off the hat, so they do it short. And they go like this, "Good morning, ma'am. Good morning, sir." They'll be like, "Good morning." Hat's off to you. "I respect you" or, "You have my admiration" or, "I admire you."
And here's something. I know it's funny money — whatever. But see this? I've got some money. Don't tell anybody. Keep it a secret. When we say this, "Shh! Keep it under your hat" — "Keep it a secret." "Keep it a secret. Don't tell anybody." "Shh! Keep it under your hat. Shh! Be quiet."
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Informing Customers by Means of Digital Product Memories
Alexander Kröner; Patrick Gebhard; Lübomira Spassova; Gerrit Kahl; Michael Schmitz
In: Michael Schneider; Alexander Kröner; Patrick Olivier; Peter Stephan (Hrsg.). Proceedings of the 1st international Workshop on Digital Object Memories. Workshop on Digital Object Memories (DOME-09), located at Intelligent Environments 2009, July 19, Barcelona, Spain, Pages 21-26, Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments (AISE), Vol. 4, IOS Press, Amsterdam, 7/2009.
The continuous collection of digital information via smart labels attached to physical objects is a promising way to support information availability across all stages of a product's lifecycle. Since such "digital product memories" may contain a vast amount of heterogeneous data, we expect a strong demand for user support in tasks related to information retrieval and discovery. In this article, we focus on the interaction between consumers and digital product memories in a retail scenario. On the basis of several prototype implementations, we summarize various ways of retrieving and presenting product-related information with the goal to shed some light upon aspects of relevance for the interaction between users and object memories in general.


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Carol Fenster is the author of 10 gluten-free cookbooks for those with celiac disease or non-celiac gluten sensitivity, including 100 Best Gluten-Free Recipes (Wiley, 2010—one of the Denver Post's "2010 Best Cookbooks" and Natural Solutions magazine's "Top 12 Cookbooks from 2010") and the award-winning 1,000 Gluten-Free Recipes (Wiley, 2008). Her 10th cookbook, 125 Gluten-Free Vegetarian Recipes (Avery/Penguin Group) published in July, 2011, is available wherever books are sold.
She was recently inducted into the invitation-only Les Dames d' Escoffier and taught gluten-free cooking classes at the famed Rancho La Puerta Spa and Resort in Mexico. She offers a weekly gluten-free online cookbook at www.GfreeCuisine.com. She develops the gluten-free products for industry leader Bob's Red Mill and appears on PBS, the Health Network as well as many radio, newspaper, and web sites. She is a spokesperson for the United Sorghum Checkoff and has been a guest speaker at the American Dietetic Association, Canadian Dietetic Association, International Association of Culinary Professionals, Whole Grains Council, Disney, National Product Expo, FoodEX in Tokyo, and the Institute for Biophysics and Genetics in Italy.
She is the former associate food editor at Living Without magazine, and her articles, recipes, quotes, photos, and reviews of her books appear in USA Today, Saturday Evening Post, Reader's Digest, New York Times, Washington Post, Woman's World, Vegetarian Times, Delicious Living, Today's Dietitian, Living Without, Gluten-Free Living, Energy Times, Better Nutrition, Taste for Life, Women's Health, Yoga Journal, and Edible Front Range. She is a member of the Gluten Intolerance Group, Celiac Disease Foundation, and American Celiac Disease Alliance.
Carol Fenster is represented by The Lisa Ekus Group at www.lisaekus.com.


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It's actually working.. I'm not sure what extent of the settings above has made this work, but It's working.. So it is indeed possible to use the PBO core with SMB file shares with windows 8..
It's actually working.. I'm not sure what extent of the settings above has made this work, but It's working.. So it is indeed possible to use the PBO core with SMB file shares with windows 8..
I tried everything listed in the previous posts with no success.
I added the Downloads folder to the above GPO and instantly had access.
Thank you idynamitei
Before proceeding, check to ensure you have added at least read permissions for Everyone on the shared folder.
To clarify how to enable the GPO a little:
gpedit.msc -> Computer configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options -> Network access: Shares that can be accessed anonymously
Do not enter the whole share path. In my case the share is \\Josh-Envy\Downloads
I added Downloads
Close gpedit
Open cmd prompt
Type gpupdate /force
Connect to your windows 8 computer!
I do not know if you need to make all the other registry edits, etc as I had them in place before applying the GPO.
I have tried all the registry edits and still have no luck. Also, gpedit.msc is only available in the "pro" editions of Windows 8. The basic 64-bit version does not have it. Without it, I cannot make any of the suggested changes. Any ideas? I just upgraded from Vista where everything worked perfectly and now my PBO can see my PC listed under Workgroup but, I still get the user name and password request.
Thank you GOOSYBOY (PAGE 10) - I tried many things but in the end it was turning on the BT & Samba that got my PBO to finally connect to my Windows 7 PC. Once I activated the BT & Samba the box was able to connect without the dreaded logon failed message. I hope GOOSYBOY's solution can help all the others out there. Again go to your PBO Home Menu and select:
PBO Main Home Menu
BT & Samba - Then turn that option on.
Hopefully this works for all.
This registry tweak works a treat when connected directly to the network switch along with windows 7 pc. Thank you.
I just bought the Box Office second hand for $20, it has now tripled it's value due to the registry tweak. I was getting so frustrated because i also have the dxtreme 320 and astone mp-310dt (both run on rtd1185) which networked perfectly without the tweak.
This thread was started nearly 5 years ago, hope i didn't wake too many just to say thanks.
I couldn't wait to transfer files from my "Downloads" folder in Win7 to my usb hdd on RT-N16 running Tomato. I spent the better part of 2 hours attempting to get access to the "Downloads" folder. This is one of the Win7 public folder, which I think is why I was having a problem.
I DID NOT use the registry editor to successfully log into the folder. I entered the "Properties" menu after right-clicking on the Downloads folder. Select Security and under "Group or Usernames" I did not have an "Everyone" account. I Clicked "Edit" and then "Add" and then typed Everyone and saved my way back out.
Now, Properties -> Security tab now has an Everyone listed. As soon as I saved the PBO could access the folder.
This is pretty much all a waste because I have a new Minix X8 android media player sitting in a box next to the TV but it was a fun little challenge. I loved the last 5 years with my PBO but the abysmal support from the get go, terrible interface, no add-ons or mods... I'm out. After I RMA'd the PBO and hdd I took a drill press and swiss-cheesed the new unit, that dealt with the over heating isues. Also, wtf no hdd spin down? The PBO still plays every file I throw at it flawlessly. So much potential, so little utilization by the manufacturer.


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Just in time for the Rut???
well an update
they caught the guy today, found him 30 miles from where he shot the state troopers , hiding in an airport hanger
he gave up without a fight too
I kinda wish they would ahve shot him, and saved us tax payers a lot of court fee's
but, atleast he 's no longer running about in the woods!
Just in time for the Rut???
They already spent $10million on finding him... a lot of good that did! It was during a "routine" sweep of the airport that they found him (according to the article I read)!
Hopefully now everyone can get out and enjoy life again!
60# Bowtech Destroyer 340
Team Gutpile '12-13
yeah they found hom rather far from there main search area
and they say he had NO weapons on him at teh time too??
but wouldn't say if he had weapons in the building near him
as they caught him in the middle of a field????
NOt sure why he would be in the middle of a field, and if such a bas A$$ why he didn't have a gun on him??
but I am sure the court and trials will add a few more million to the bill, we licky tax payers get to pay?
but your right, at least it over, and folks living there can try and get there lives back
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Error "A system error has occurred. Either user, password, ip are incorrect" when trying to access VDSs Control Panels
When trying to access the control panel getting the error:
"A system error has occurred. Either user, password, ip are incorrect"
What was found?
The problem is related to file system permissions.
When trying to access the control panel, the login process creates temporary sessions.
These temporary sessions being created under Sphera_Home_Dir\temp .
If permissions on this temp directory are wrong, sessions will not be created and login process to control panel will fail.
In order to correct the problem you should grant read and write permissions to the primary VDS anonymous user on the Sphera_Home_Dir\temp directory.
This can be achieved by the following:
1. Right click on the directory and choose properties.
2. Choose Security Tab.
3. Click Add
4. Choose the desired user
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Bomb Hunters, a new Canadian television series premiering August 27th on History Televison, exposes the dangers of unexploded bombs, known as 'unexploded ordnance' or UXOs, buried or submerged across Canada. It puts the spotlight on the experts tasked with finding and destroying the live bombs to make the land safe for public use. The Bomb Hunter Trailer shows Geosoft UXO software being used to map the targets and help detect the bombs.
From the suburbs of Ontario to the waters off British Columbia, there are live, buried bombs that are a serious threat to the public. But most Canadians don't even know they exist. Bomb Hunters follows teams of ex-soldiers, combat divers and geoscientists, as they seek, find and destroy unexploded bombs left by a century of military training.
The Bomb Hunters Trailer features two crews of UXO experts, one from Quebec-based Mine/EOD and one from Gemtec in Atlantic Canada. In the trailer, a member of the Gemtec crew is seen reviewing a Geosoft UXO target map as he describes the start of a new project where they found the unexpected:
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February 10, 2014 06:00 ET
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Feb. 10, 2014) - (TSX VENTURE:CMJ)(FRANKFURT:X6C) - Colombian Mines Corporation ("Colombian Mines" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that a recently completed high resolution airborne magnetic and radiometric survey at the Company's Mercedes project in Tolima Department, Colombia has identified multiple, large, linear magnetic anomalies, some in excess of seven (7) kilometers long that are commonly associated with coincident potassium anomalies. These coincident anomalies indicate the circulation of solutions destructive to magnetic minerals within large structurally controlled zones and are typical of magnetic and radiometric signatures associated with large epithermal systems. Several of these anomalies are spatially associated with known gold - silver - copper occurrences where the Company's surface reconnaissance sampling as previously announced in the Company's release of December 10, 2012 has returned results to 49 grams gold per metric tonne (g/T Au), 773 grams silver per metric Tonne (g/T Ag) and 26% Copper (Cu). Other similar anomalies, outside of the areas prospected to date, indicate potential to discover additional areas of epithermal style mineralization on the property.
In addition, several large coincident magnetic and potassium highs correspond with mapped bodies of hypabysal intrusives, and are consistent with the magnetic and radiometric signatures commonly associated with porphyry systems.
Recent field checking of select anomalies identified strong outcropping vein systems coincident with magnetic lows and potassium highs. Vein mineralization consisting of semi massive vein quartz with abundant copper oxides, ranging from four (4) to more than 20 meters in width as seen in the photo at http://www.colombianmines.com/i/photos/MercedesNRP1.jpg, was traced for over 500 meters in continuous unbroken outcrop along one such mag - radiometric anomaly that is more than seven (7) kilometers long. Similarly, strong quartz-alunite-adularia open space, stock work veining as seen at http://www.colombianmines.com/i/photos/MercedesNRP2.jpg was found associated with another coincident mag low and potassium high in the northern portion of the property.
Maps of the preliminary air magnetometry and radiometry can be viewed on the Company's website at http://www.colombianmines.com/i/maps/Mercedes_CAirMagRTP.pdf and http://www.colombianmines.com/i/maps/Mercedes_CKP.pdf. A preliminary map of the project geology can also be viewed at http://www.colombianmines.com/i/maps/Mercedes_CGeo.pdf. The Company currently has crews on the ground following up on these anomalies and conducting stream sediment geochemical surveys.
About Mercedes:
The 100% owned, 4,995 hectare Mercedes contract covers a volcano-sedimentary hosted, intermediate sulfidation epithermal type system with outcropping high grade gold-silver-copper mineralization. Surface reconnaissance has returned sample results to 50 grams gold per metric tonne (g/T Au)s, 773 grams silver per metric tonne (g/T Ag) and 26.5% copper. Historically, artisanal mining has exploited bonanza grade gold and copper mineralization, as well as high purity barite in the region. Epithermal mineralization appears to be distal to several intrusive complexes that may host porphyry style gold - copper exploration targets. Potential may exist to discover high grade, sediment hosted gold - copper mineralization in carbonate platform sequences known to underlie the outcropping volcano-sedimentary sequences.
Up Coming Events:
Colombian Mines will be exhibiting at PDAC in Session A, Sunday and Monday, March 2 and 3 in booth 2215A. The Company will also be presenting the El Dovio project in the Core Shack Session B, Tuesday and Wednesday, March 4 and 5, and will be making a corporate presentation on Tuesday, March 4 at 4:40 PM, Session Gold - Americas 3, Room 801A, MTCC, South Building.
Mr. Robert G. Carrington, P. Geo, a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, the President and CEO of the Company, has reviewed and verified the technical information contained in this news release.
About Colombian Mines Corporation: Colombian Mines Corporation is an aggressive exploration and development stage company with a distinct "first mover" advantage in Colombia. Focused on developing shareholder value through exploration and development of key projects, the Company is also one of Colombia's leading "prospect generators". Further information can be found on our website at www.colombianmines.com.
Robert G. Carrington, President & CEO
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Forward-Looking Statement
Some of the statements in this news release contain forward-looking information that involves inherent risk and uncertainty affecting the business of Colombian Mines Corporation. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements.
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