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If I am making toasted sandwiches for the whole family then I use the electric sandwich machine but if I just fancy a toasted snack then I am more likely to just reach for one of these toasta bags because they are just much more convenient to use and make a heck of a lot less mess.
The toasta bags are little brown bags which you place sandwiches in and then put in the toaster to toast them. They have little holes in the top for handles so that they are easy to take out of the toaster and they work amazingly well.
You can use these to make all sorts of different kinds of sandwiches and they toast brilliantly. They brown the bread well on the outside and heat up the middle. Unlike with a sandwich toaster they don't squeeze the sandwiches together so you can sometimes get some movement and bits fall out but because the bags are quite tight and they go in the toaster most of the filling stays put.
As well as making sandwiches you can use these to cook all sorts in the toaster from chicken nuggets to burgers and even oven chips. I have never made oven chips in them but I have done fish fingers just because I was curious to see how they would turn out and they actually weren't at all bad and cooked all the way through.
The bags are non-stick so there is never a problem with getting your sandwich out of them once you have cooked it and they are even reusable up to 100 times. They are washable and really easy to clean and you can even put them in the dishwasher if you want.
The bags cost £3.99 and you get two in the packet. I would say that they are definitely worth the money especially if you live alone or are only likely to make one or two sandwiches at a time as they are easier than using a sandwich toaster. Unfortunately it seems that JML no longer seem to be making these which is a shame as I really liked them and I had to buy my last set from another brand which weren't as good so hopefully they start selling them again soon.
The Toastabags are available from JML stockists and they are priced at around £3.99 for a pack of two, although this does sound a little expensive, each bag can be used 100 times.
The bags
The bags are brown in colour, a little like a paper bag and are rectangular in shape, measuring around 18 x 16cm which is quite a generous size, the paper itself does feel a little thin s at first, I was concerned that foods may seep through but I can say that this has never happened (and I always use cheese in them which is quite greasy when melted).
For anyone that doesn't know how these work, they are really easy, simply make up your sandwich of choice, just like you would it using a sandwich toaster, place the sandwich in the bag and then pop the bag in your toaster. Set the toaster as normal and wait, you then get a lovely warm toasted sandwich. I tend to always use cheese, and this melts beautifully. The first time I used these, I used thick sliced bread and I did find it a bit of a struggle to fit into my toaster but on medium or thin sliced bread, they easily fit in.
What I like about these is that they don't hold the heat as much as the sandwiches I make in the toasted sandwich maker, normally, Lauren has to wait several minutes before she can eat it as the contents of the sandwich are too hot but with these, the temperature is just right.
As you can imagine, the contents of the sandwich sometimes leak into the bottom of the bag but the bags are designed to be non-stick and I find that as long as I give them a wash in hot soapy water, they clean really well.
We have had these for a few years now, they are ideal for making a quick snack and also a good way of getting my daughter to eat 'secret' vegetables, if I make Lauren a sandwich with any sort of salad on, she would leave the salad but if I pop it in a toasted sandwich, she eats it without even knowing.
I must say, I actually prefer using these now to my standard sandwich toaster as they are so quick and easy and less messy. I love the fact that they don't take up hardly any space in the cupboard.
I was delighted when recently my Mum decided she didn't like these JML Toastabags because it gave me the opportunity to try them out cos up until this point I'd never heard of such a thing and although I do love toasties I don't appreciate the mess it creates in my kitchen when using my toastie maker!
The Packaging:
The Toastabags come in a flat pack, cardboard sleeve and on the front of it we are clearly told what they are and who they are by and on mine I am told that I can use 1 bag up to 30 times and that there are 2 in the sleeve and then on the back of the sleeve we are told a bit about how we can use them and what for (you don't just have to make toasties in these!), instructions on how to use the bags are given, cautions are listed and contact details for the manufacturer are given.
The Bags:
The bags are a light brown in colour and a squarish sort of shape. They are soft to the touch and feel made of plastic really though of course they are not and they have a hole going through the top of them. To use these just just slide what you want to eat through the open section to the top of the bag and pop it in your toaster.
Now I use these the most for making up toasties and all I do for that is make up a sandwich of my choice and pop it in the bag and then put it in my variable slice toaster. Now I do have to remove the crusts off my sandwich although I use just a normal sized sort of slice of bread, otherwise it wouldn't fit in the bag. The fillings I use are cheese and onion, cheese and ham, cheese and tomato, chicken and tomato allsorts really and there is a picture on the back of the sleeve showing bacon in a sandwich though I'm not sure that would cook very well between thickish bread so haven't tried it.
This makes a toastie in minutes, in fact the same time it takes me to make toast and the bread goes brown (the same as toast so just set your toaster to how you like your toast usually), the fillings melt and/or heat up and they taste great although the sides of the sandwich don't seal...I'm just careful eating it and never had any issues with fillings falling out but cheese melts amazingly well so you do have to watch that! I love the way this looks nice and that its dry instead of being covered in grease aka the toastie maker I own.
You can also use this to reheat things like pizzas and chicken nuggets and yup I've done that too and all you have to do is just kept an eye on whats in the bag and in my toaster and it takes again a few minutes in this to reheat brilliantly.
My Verdict:
So simple to use, less mess and great results I shall definitely be purchasing these again when they are finished with although I have used one of my bags about 30 odd times now, its still in tact and all I do is rinse them under a tap after using it and allow it to dry naturally. These are quite simply great, great quality and a great invention just wish I didn't have to cut my sandwich up cos the bag isn't big enough....other than that I love em!
Google for a list of stockists, my Mum bought these from Instore for about £3.00 for the two of them.
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I first came across this item at a friend's house approximately 18 months ago. Sat between her toaster and her radio, I first thought that these were some kind of lunch bag. My friend told me all about them - indeed she gave these Toasta Bags a glowing report. She particularly liked the fact that she could have a toasted sandwich without having to clean a messy sandwich maker, and could also easily reheat single pizza slices. Having made a mental note, I forgot all about them until a year ago when I was having one of my quarterly shops in my local independent kitchen and cook shop. I recall that I paid around £3.50 for a pack of two.
~+~ JML Toasta Bags ~+~
These bags are sold in packs of two. They are designed to fit a single round of sandwich. ie two slices of bread with a filling in the middle. Each bag is 15cm x 20cm. I'm not sure what the the bags are made from - it feels like a heavy-duty paper, but that can't be right due to the heat exposure.
At first glance these bags appear to be disposable. Well made, but disposable. However they are clearly reusable as the product packaging states that they are safe for the dishwasher, freezer and microwave oven.
~+~ In use ~+~
The bags are very easy to use. I simply make a sandwich, leave it uncut, put it into the toasta bag with the opened side facing upwards, and cook as though I were cooking regular toast.
I found that I needed to play around with the cooking time, and that my toasties needed heating for a slightly longer period of time than my regular toast. I can tell that the food is ready as there is a noticeable colour change in the bags: they seem to become more transparent. At this point in time, the bags are very hot to touch so I have to be careful as I lift the bags out of the toaster.
Once toasted, the sandwiches do slide out from the bags fairly easily. Additionally - and quite obviously - there is no mess in the toaster, which has to be a good thing!
The bags are easy to hand wash. I cannot comment on their use in the microwave oven as I have not tried this method, nor have I placed them in the freezer.
~+~ My Thoughts ~+~
In my opinion, nothing beats a toasted sandwich that has been cooked in a purpose-built appliance such as a sandwich toaster. The concept of toasta bags is an interesting one. These bags facilitate having access to a homemade toasted sandwich in the workplace (that is, if the workplace has a toaster). Obviously this is particularly tempting in winter.
These bags are sturdy and are definitely reusable at least several times. I used these bags around a dozen times in total, and always at work. The end result for my ham and cheese toasties, and my cheese and vegemite ones as well, was a hot sandwich that was edible and better than nothing. However it simply was not the same as my regular toasted sandwich.
The bags do wash easily enough when hand washed, and they air dry without any problems.
~+ Recommended? ~+~
I'm not really sure if I can recommend this item. It does do what you'd expect. I think the packets of two are overpriced. Ultimately I think that this is not a product for me or my family currently, but it may well suit others' lifestyle.
When we moved house we had a massive clear out, despite moving into a bigger house (thinking back on that the logic really doesn't make sense!). It wasn't until a few months down the line that I realised my much loved toasty maker had disappeared, I suspect at the hands of my husband! I looked online and by pure chance stumbled across the JML Toastabags. At just under £4 for a pack of 2, I figured I'd be daft to part with upwards of £20 for a machine which would basically give the same results and take up loads more room in my kitchen, so I happily ordered the Toastabags.
To use these bags it couldn't be easier, simply prepare your sandwich as you would before putting in a machine, pop into one of the bags and put it all in the toaster as you would, well, toast! In minutes the toasted sandwich is ready, tip the bag upside down and it's ready to eat.
As they come in packs of two, you can obviously make more than one sandwich at a time which is perfect. As a family of four, I prepare two sandwiches, get them in the bags toasting, while I'm preparing the other two. Quick and simple without fuss or mess. At first I thought these were for one use only, which would make them an expensive option, but you can actually get up to 100 uses out of each bag. That does sound a lot, but I have been using mine for well over a year, and although I don't have toasties all the time the bags have plenty of life left in them for further uses.
Once inside the toaster, they are easy to remove as they have two handles in the top of the bags so you can easily remove them from the toaster once cooked. The shape of the bag holds two slices of bread and filling niceley and means the toasty will keep its shape (and its contents!). You may find a little bit of melted cheese builds at the bottom but this is obviously just gravity doing its thing! If you catch it once the cheese is still warm, it soon pushes back inside the toasty. They are made from a non-stick material.
The bags look like grease proof paper but feel solid (almost plasticky), but you certainly don't need to worry about them melting in the toaster as they are heat resistant and can easily stand the heat that a toaster kicks out. They wash easily but drying is a little more fiddly. They are also dishwasher proof.
I simply cannot write a review about these bags and not tell you about Warburton's 'Thins', they were made for things like this in my opinion and are simply heavenly with peppers, onions and tuna melt. Yummy!
Create your favourite toasted sandwich in half the time and with no mess. Simply put your sandwich in the Toastabag pop it in the toaster and in minutes you can enjoy your favourite toasted sandwich.
I cannot believe that I have got by without these bags! They are quite possibly one of the simplest but best inventions ever! JML you are the best!
Good old JML. I've been using their Toastie Bags for as long as I can remember as I simply find them much easier and a lot let less hassle than using my electric toasting machine. I buy these directly from JML but I haven't needed to buy new ones for absolutely ages as these keep going on and on and have been reused so many times over the past few years. It's really amazing how strong and durable they are.
These bags come in packs of four and cost £4.99. They look like ordinary little brown sweetie bags until you touch them and they feel slightly like greaseproof paper. They feel really strong and they have little handles right at the top of them. This makes it easier to remove the bags from the hot toaster and prevents you from burning your fingers.
My daughter loves to help me to make toasted sandwiches. We mainly use them for toasted cheese but I have also toasted tomatoes and cooked meats with them, such as ham slices. Using these Toasta Bags is very simple and easy. I just make up an 'ordinary' sandwich and then pop it into the JML Toastie bag. Pop the Toastie bag into the toaster (just like I do a slice of bread to make toast) and turn the toaster onto high. When it's ready, the little bag pops out and hey presto - a great hot toasted sandwich.
They are so simple to use and I love the fact that they can be reused time and time again. They are currently showing no signs of wear or tear and I wash them both by hand and also in my dishwasher.
They are great for snacks or meals in a hurry at weekends, which is when I mostly use them. They have really proved to be excellent value for money and I thoroughly recommend them.
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This is a review of JML Toasta Bags which we were given as a gift by my mum a few years ago. She knew I liked the odd toasted sandwich so thought I'd like to try the bags out.
The claim
In addition to toasted sandwich, the bags can also be used to cook fish fingers, chicken nuggets, burgers, oven chips and even salmon fillets
In theory...
The concept of the bags is great: no mess, no fuss and no extra gadgets taking up kitchen surface or cupboard space.
In use
The reality of the bags is far from great. I really struggled to get my toaster to accept two slices of bread plus filling (cheese) in one toast slot. I think you needed to use really thin bread or a rolling pin on normal bread to reduce the width of the toasta bag.
My experience
I never really got any further with the toasta bags as I couldn't fit them in my (standard) toaster. I can't even begin to get my head around why anyone would want to cook salmon fillets in a toasta bag. They are so expensive, they need to be cooked properly in my opinion!
In between uses the bags can be washed in the dishwasher if you wish. Once I tried and failed with ours they sat in a drawer for ages before getting chucked away.
You can pick these up on Amazon for £2.25. I don't know how many you get in a pack for this. Ours came in a pack of two but as it was a gift I do not know how much they were.
My thoughts
My mum asked a while after giving us the bags how we had got on. "Not very well" I told her. Had she tried them? "Well no. We don't really like toasted sandwiches," she replied. I didn't want to sound ungrateful, but a few years later we purchased an electric Tesco Value Toasted Sandwich Maker for less than a fiver and I am pleased to say the odd toasted sandwich is now enjoyed in our house thanks to this machine, not thanks to the JML toasta bags!
I love a gadget and have a houseful of fantastic labour saving devices that don't really work and are relegated to the back of the cupboard after a couple of goes. ToasaBags from JML sounded great so I had to have them. They cost me £5 at the time from the supermarket for two.
The Product:
ToastaBags are designed to make a toasted sandwich with no fuss and no mess in the toaster. My bags came in a box of two, that's all I can say about the box as I chucked it ages ago. The bags themselves are like brown grease proof paper, they're obviously not paper but that's what they look like and are non stick. They are just big enough to fit one sandwich. There are finger holes at the top to remove it from the toaster. The ToastaBags are reusable upto 100 times are washable and dishwasher safe.
You make a butty as normal (butter on the inside and not the outside like with a toastie machine toastie) put it in the bag, put the bag in the toaster and toast it for a few minutes- simple. Out comes a toastie but not really a toastie more two pieces of toast with a filling, it's not like a 'real' toastie. Once cooked there is no bag after taste left on the toastie. A made up sandwich can be thick so you have to have a toaster wide enough to fit one.
I always use cheese and I think this is a good thing as it's like a glue for the toast, beans were a disaster and fell out- umm might try cheese with a few beans hadn't thought of that!!. The toastie comes out evenly toasted after only a few minutes, but I find the middle can be cold and the cheese not fully melted, although the tomatoes are cooked(ish). The cheese filling doesn't leak out but loose fillings can do. My son cracked a raw egg and squashed it between two slices of bread it and it didn't cook through.
After use they are easily washed, I just wash them with the dishes and rinse them out then dry with a tea towel. I can't vouch for the 100 uses as I haven't used them that much, but the use they have had hasn't spoilt them.
There are suggestions for what you can cook in these things such as fish fingers and chicken nuggets. I haven't ever tried anything other than sandwiches, I wouldn't trust them to cook them properly- cheese is often cold in the middle.
Would I recommend them- yes but only for cheese toasties. They are easier and less messy than a toastie machine but not as nice.
3 stars from me because the filling isn't always cooked through.
The toasta bag is another one of these off-hat inventions by JML (a company I think are a waste of time, but anyway). Here is the review:
Ok, for your money, you get these things that are almost like paper bags, but they are some sort of greaseprrof paper. I imagine they are meant to be waterproof and not flammable. They also cost around 25p a bag or so, and are meant to be single use.
The way that they are meant to work, is that you make your sandwich (although they sell it as being able to do other things like pizza's, thin bits of fish, etc), and place it inside the bag. Then (and here comes the bit that doesn't work, more on this later), you place the bag avec contents into your toaster, hit the toast button, and the idea is that the paper bag thing will allow the heat to pass through it, and heat the sandwich, but will also stop cheese etc coming out of the bag, and protect your toaster.
A few problems with this: Firstly the bremville toaster. This is essentially trying to make a toaster do the same job as a breville toaster, and I saw some toasters for sale for 10 pounds the other day, and I own one of these. Not only are they about the aame price as about a years worth of those paper bags, but they are better, and can toast more things (like baguettes etc).
Secondly, I do not know about your toasters, but my toaster has very small gaps for the bread. Sometimes it can be a bit of a finger burning experiencee just getting 1 loaf slice out. I could barely get the bag with sandwich into the toaster, let alone trying to take the thing back out again. The result is that your sandwich is all squished at the bottom, and half of it spills out over the toaster.
In summary then, just get a toastie maker, its cheaper and easier in the long run.
A bread sized bag that is made of paper and plastic. You put it in your toaster with a sandwich or food inside to cook food using your toaster instead of your oven or microwave.
I only use my Toasta Bags for making toasted sandwiches. For that you make up a sandwich and slide it into the bag, then just toast the whole bag in your toaster slots like you would a piece of bread. JML say you can cook fish fingers and other food in them but I would not like to trust meat or fish to the low power of a toaster. When the toaster pops up or your sandwich is finished you lift the bag out using the small handle that is cut into the bag and take your sandwich out.
These bags are only cheap so I'm glad I've got mine but I don't think they are as good as the advert makes out them out to be. They'll only work if your toaster has got wide slots because you're toasting two slices of bread at one time. The bread can go a bit hard sometimes and if you're having a thick filling it won't always cook evenly. The best sandwich to do in the Toasta Bag is plain cheese because that cooks quick and the cheese melts to hold the bread together.
The good thing about doing your sandwich in one of these bags in the toaster is that you don't need to butter your bread like you would if you was using a Breville sandwich maker. That helps you cut your fat down but then you need to be careful what you put in your sandwich.
If you are the sort of person who wants to cook beans or scrambled egg in your toaster then these could be a good time saving device, I like keeping my toaster for making toast and even doing sandwiches in there feels strange to me. The Toasta Bag is a lot easier to wash up than it looks because it will turn inside out and just using hot water and washing up liquid, the shiny surface means you only have to wipe it when it is wet and any grease or crumbs will slide off.
3 Dooyoo Stars.
Are you fed up having to clean the toasty maker after every use? Or does your filling simply seem to ooze out of the back and make a mess of the place. These are two things that really annoy me about making toasties. I also hated the amount of time it took to prepare. I always had to butter both sides to make sure the toasty doesn't stick to the machine; this usually resulted in butter all over the counter top. All in all toasties are wonderful to have but can be a real hassle to make. The JML Toastabags are designed to give you all the luxury of a toasty without the painful preparation process.
Before you go out and purchase these, it's best to check something. The bags are made big enough to hold two slices of bread along with some filling, make sure that your toaster slot is wide enough to fit all the ingredients and the bag, otherwise you will be wasting your money.
The design of these is much like a miniature shopping bag. There is enough space to fit your average sandwich and the material covers the entirety of the sandwich. There is a small handle at the top; this is to allow you to take the toastabag out of the toaster once the product is ready. It shows that they designers really thought of everything as the contents inside the bag can become extremely hot, therefore it is essential that you use the handle, otherwise you are at great risk of burning yourself.
If you inspect the bags closely you can see how the material has been woven together. This is usually woven Teflon or maybe fibre glass threads. This makes the bag durable and is also what allows the bags to be re-usable.
The making of a toasty with these bags couldn't be simpler. Prepare a sandwich as if you were going to eat it cold and then place it into the toastabag. Put this into the toaster and push down the toaster button as per normal operation. Leave until the colour of your choice, some people may like it more toasted than others. Once ready take the toasty from the bag and eat. WARNING Contents and bag will be warm. The bag can be washed ready to be used again as required.
The end result is you have a nice toasty in a few minutes with almost minimum clean up required afterwards. Also the bag stops any contents of the sandwich falling down into the toaster.
Quick and easy to use
Re-usable - apparently up to 100 times but I have never used them enough to test this claim.
I would never walk away leaving the toasty to cook in the toaster, its best to keep an eye on it as it is highly likely that the toasting process will be a lot different when compared to normal toast. This is due to the bag and filling which will change the process and timing. This lesson was learned when one of the first toasties came out rather black and also burnt the bag a little, meaning it wasn't fit for re-use.
This is a more personal con, but I feel that it lacks the authenticity of a proper toasty. To me a toasty has to be all pressed together at the sides and along the middle, sealing in the ingredients inside. I enjoy taking them out, in their now triangular shape and having the crusty pressed bread on the edges and the pocket of filling in the middle. You just can't get that with a toastabag.
Overall they are convenient and easy to use, but doesn't compare to a proper toasty maker for me, and I think you should keep an extremely close eye on them while cooking.
I love JML as they have some really innovative and useful products that can genuinely make life just that little bit easier. They also have some things that are completely rubbish but on the whole most of their stuff is really good. The JML Tosta Bags are a product that makes making toasties and other hot snacks at home quicker and easier with little in the way of mess to clear up afterwards.
They cost around about £5 for a box which contains two of the bags. The bags are just little bags that look as though they are made from greaseproof paper but I assume that they must be made of something else though I have no idea what. They are completely re-usable and washable and as nothing sticks to them even dried on cheese can be cleaned in seconds.
You just need to make a sandwich how you normally would and then pop it in one of the bags and then straight into the toaster and wait for it to cook. It really is that simple and I do find that the bags help cook the sandwich a lot quicker than under the grill. They seem to conduct the heat a lot more than normal so make sure your toaster isn't on too high or else you will end up burning the outside of the toastie a lot quicker than the inside will cook.
JML make a big deal about these being ideal for all sorts of different foods. Apparently you can use them for fish fingers, meat and even over chips but I would be wary about cooking those sorts of food in the toaster. For one I'm sure that they wouldn't taste as good and for two I would be dubious of them being properly cooked all the way through as even using these for a toasted sandwich the middle can be a little bit cold while the rest of the sandwich is piping hot.
The best thing about these bags is really just that they contain everything so there is little in the way of mess to clean up afterwards. Cheese and other bots of food which melt out of the sandwich just stay in the bag instead of sticking to the grill and when you are ready you can just flick the dried bits off into the bin and rinse the bag out to use again.
JML say that the bags can be re-used up to 100 times each but I have had mine for absolutely ages and I am convinced that I must have used them more than 100 times each and the non-stick is still non-stick and the bags still cook sandwiches absolutely fine. They aren't going to revolutionise your life but they are handy little bags that do make cooking toasties easier and because they are quite cheap and last a long time then I would have to say that personally I think that they are well worth the money and would recommend them.
I love toasties. They're among my favourite foods - my favourite filling is cheese and onion, with absolutely loads of onion and preferably two types of cheese. I have a very good Breville toastie maker, but I'm not always keen on the hard edges it makes on toasties when it seals the crusts together. So, I decided some time ago to try Toastabags, which would keep the sides of my toasties open.
I bought my JML Toastabags from Tesco a couple of years ago. I think they cost around £2 for a pack of two, but I might be misremembering. According to the packaging they can be used up to 100 times. Despite my love of toasties, I'm quite confident I haven't used them that often so I can't comment on whether they would last that long, but mine are still in good nick.
The Toastabags are beige, and made of a kind of plastic material. The idea is you make up your toasted sandwich, two slices of bread with cheese and onion or whatever you fancy, slide the sandwich into the Toastabag, and then put the bag into your toaster to turn your sandwich into a toastie.
I find the Toastabags to be generally easy to use - all you're doing is making a sandwich and then putting it into a bag in the toaster instead of into a toastie maker. The main problem I have is that my toaster (and my previous one) are of a fairly average size, perhaps on the small side of average. The slots are quite narrow, so I have to squash the sandwich down in order to fit it into the toaster, and then give it a shove to get it right down inside. I tend to keep an eye on it, as with the sides of the bag being right against the sides of the toaster, there is a risk of the bread getting a bit burnt.
The results, however, are good. Provided there is no burning, the Toastabags produce very nice toasties. The bread is toasted all over, the cheese melted and the filling (usually onion for me) hot.
Surprisingly, the Toastabags are very easy to clean. I just wash them along with the dishes, giving them a wipe inside and then leaving them to dry by hanging them on a wooden spoon. The cleaning is helped by the fact that somehow there doesn't seem to be much cheese leakage in the bottom of the bag; I'm not sure how, you would expect there to be, but it means there is no cheese to scrape off the bag.
Apparently the Toastabags can be used for other things, such as cooking fish fingers, but I've never tried them for anything other than toasties. I imagine they would work for things like that though.
Overall, I do like my Toastabags. They're a good alternative to a toastie maker, although I tend to alternate using the Toastabags and the toastie maker. Toastabags would be ideal for anyone who doesn't want to buy a toastie maker, or who doesn't have the storage space for one.
~ JML Toasta Bags ~
Now these are not something I purchased myself, my Nan who gets sucked into all new fandangled products bought these for herself, my mum, my aunt and of course me. After talking about how good these magic bags were that she had seen on the TV one night she went onto produce a packet and she just had to open up the box in order to show us just what they were and how the look, how they opened, what the felt like etc... So as always we go along with the performance which usually results in something being cooked! I do love my Nan's demonstrations, they rock!!!
She bought them for me as my eldest son absolutely loves toasted sandwiches, I do have a toasted sandwich maker but she thought these would just make life easier and maybe he could even come down in the night and make himself a nice sandwich ....
Of course I took the little present willingly and when I got home I did the same demonstration for my hubby, like the total lunatics we are, we must feel the need to show off our new things! Bloody family traits!
The pack comes with two bags inside, they are just bigger than a slice of bread and coloured in a tan sort of colour, at the top are two little handles. I have to be honest and say I have no idea as to what they are made from but it looks like a plasticky canvas if that makes any sense what so ever!
You can cook toasted sandwiches, fish fingers, burgers, chicken nuggets, oven chips etc in these bags however I have only got as adventurous as toasted sandwiches. My son is partial to a cheese toastie as he is very boring and doesn't like many foods, however I quite like cheese and tomato, cheese and ham, etc...
They are easy to use, you simply make up a sandwich and slot it into the little bag, you then pop this into the toaster and simply use your toaster as you normally would. I have found that on the first attempt the toasted sandwich may need to go back in for a few more moments but when the toaster has warmed up enough they cook really well.
When ready they simply pop up as toast would and you grab the handle bit and transfer it over to the worktop/plate. Then slide the sandwich out of the bag and it's ready to be served. The bags can then be washed in the sink or even in the dishwasher.
They do save cleaning up the toasted sandwich maker and make the job much easier and neater.
The toasties always taste great and I am very pleased with them. Each bag can be used up to 100 times or more if your really careful with them.
Thanks for reading :o) x
I picked some of these up a little while ago because they seemed to be advertised and talked about quite a bit. As a fan of the occasional cheese toastie, but not of cleaning the toastie maker, I thought these were a great idea. Unfortunately, in practice, they didn't really do much for me (which is a shame because so many reviews seem to rate them fairly well).
JML is a brand with innovative products and they're quite popular and well known. The Toasta Bags came out a little while ago and seemingly with quite a bit of advertisement, and then cheaper alternative makes started popping up. Simply put, these are a 'hassle free way to make toasted sandwiches in your toaster', so they're a basic but useful concept.
These come in a pack of two and they're basically just plasticy type bags roughly the size/shape of an average slice of bread. Each bag is re-useable for up to 100 times so you can use, wash and re-use to get your money's worth. Apparently, these aren't just for toasted sandwhiches of the boring cheese variety. Oh no, they transcend the food barriers to involve a whole range of things. Fish fingers, burgers, chips, pasties, pizza... you name it. Personally, I love a 'boring' cheese toasty so that's all I've used these for. I can't really imagine how you'd fit a burger and two slices of bread in to a toaster unless you've got a lot of width to play with. I'm also not overly sure on the 'cooking' aspect of meat, so I'd say to be careful with cooking meat first and ensuring it will fit adequately in the toaster first.
To use, prep your sandwhich. When I've used these, I sliced a bit of cheese and put it between two pieces of bread. Then pop the bread in to the bag and it should be a snug but decent enough fit. Then, pop in to the toaster as you normally would. What I found tricky at first was getting the browning settings right and deciding how long to keep it in for, so it took a bit of guess work and constant checking of the sandwich. What I've found is that the bread can often do up on the outside without the cheese actually melting in the middle, so I tend to keep it on a low to medium browning setting. It can be a bit difficult to keep your nom noms inside the bread because even when I put only cheese in the first time, it still seeped out and stuck to the Toasta bag. Because of the difficulty keeping it in, partly because it goes in upright rather than horizontally like in a toastie maker, the cheese often doesn't spread through the sandwich, meaning half of it will have cheese and the other will just be bread, which was disappointing.
It takes a bit of trial and error getting used to how best to 'make' the toastie, and it will vary depending on what you put in it. I've not tried other bits and pieces like meat or pizza so I can't comment on those things. It's not really something I'm interested in doing either as I haven't been too impressed by doing a plain ol' cheese toastie.
Cleaning these is made easier by the fact they're dishwasher safe, but because they're essentially a sandwich sleeve / pocket, it's still a little tricky to clean by hand and ensure they're fully clean in the bottom corners if you've had a lot of spillage inside them. As they're simply plastic bags they're easy to store and I like that they seem far less hassle than a toastie maker in terms of size, time to use, cleaning etc. Having said that, I've found a toastie maker to produce far tastier, easier and cleaner sandwiches so I'd still rather go for that extra bit of 'hassle' than use a Toasta bag.
Unfortunately, I just haven't got on with these. They seem to be more work than I'd expected mostly because it's not as easy to toast the bread well at the same time as ensuring the contents are well cooked/melted (ie cheese), and even if you manage that, it's likely the contents will have difficulty staying within the bread. You do get 2 bags per pack but I still think these are pricey, especially when you can get similar in a pound shop by a cheaper brand. If you find them on offer perhaps, or don't have a toastie maker, then give them a try for yourself and perhaps you'll find them more effective than I did, but I personally can't rate them too highly.
Selling on Amazon (pack of 2) for £4.74


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David Murawski, a vice president with Union Tank Car Company, is chairing the panel presentation on the transportation of crude oil. "The topic of crude-by-rail is really relevant right now, considering the surge in energy movements by rail, and the unprecedented demand for tank cars to carry the loads," said Murawski.
For the "Building on the Housing Market" panel, Harry Zander of Macquarie Rail will be joined by representatives from major manufacturers of housing materials, including Louisiana Pacific and U.S. Gypsum. "The housing comeback—both starts and permits—looks promising," said Zander. "Housing appears to be poised for a substantive role in our currently modest economic recovery. Our panel will discuss the supply chains that stand to benefit the most from this improved market."
Among the other speakers are Rick Webb, CEO of the Watco Companies; Eric Starks, President of FTR Associates; Graham Brisben, CEO of Professional Logistics Group; and Peter Pfohl, Partner in the law firm of Slover and Loftus.
Murawski and Zander say the MARS meetings (held in summer and winter) have become an excellent resource for sharing information and pooling knowledge. "Through this conference, I've built an extensive industry network and gained invaluable information on current equipment leasing trends and other rail-related dynamics in the marketplace," said Murawski.
The MARS meetings are open to both and non-members. This year's schedule features the traditional Scholarship Golf Outing and reception on Monday, July 8. A full-day business meeting will follow on Tuesday. Advance reservations are required for the conference and golf outing. Conference information and registration is available online by clicking HERE, by email at email@example.com, or by phone at (630) 513-6700.

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Notes on the OE project infrastructure
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All quotes by W. Somerset Maugham
(139 quotes found)
"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."
"It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it."
"We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person."
"We seek pitifully to convey to others the treasures of our heart, but they have not the power to accept them, and so we go lonely, side by side but not together, unable to know our fellows and unknown by them"
"A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her, but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account"


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A new season has started and I want to know what you guys think we need the most right now. I've listed some things that we could look at.
Please vote! If it's not up there, write below what we need
More Chemistry
Better Stars (Replace Melo/Amare)
Better PG (Replace Felton/Kidd)
Additional Offensive Firepower (New Player)
Better Coach (No Woodson's ISO play)
We're fine with current form, just need the players to develop
A new season has started and I want to know what you guys think we need the most right now. I've listed some things that we could look at.
Please vote! If it's not up there, write below what we need
Favorite Team: Knicks
Favorite Player: D. Rose
Favorite Position: PG
we need a Dwayne Wade type player who is as efficient as DWade....
Steve Novak to be more versatile. Be able to defend a little bit and have a move other than a pumpfake to get himself open. He is a specialist and the best three point shooter in the league. But if he had just a little bit more skill in other areas he could be one of the best players in the league
JR Smith to be more consistent. He is a perfect bench player because he can drop a ton of points any night, but we could seriously use him as a starting shooting guard. If he had better shot selection and a better basketball IQ he is top 5 shooting guard in the league easily and would make us a lot better.
A Powerforward that can give us a solid double double every night. Our season rides too much on Amare staying healthy and being good at something he isn't and Copeland being a starting calibur player somehow when hes out. I personally would like to play Carmelo here but we are wayyy too undersized when we do. Our other forwards and guards are pretty much all on the low end of suitable height for their position other than novak.
A clear starter for pg. We have three good point guards but I would trade all of them for one I knew was a legit top player at the position. I have faith in felton but he is a bit of a questionmark. Kidd is a bit old and Prig is a great bench player, has amazing passing skills but doesn't have the other entangables for what it takes to start on a contending team in this league.
Chandler to be even just 20% more effective on offense. He is our defensive rock so it doesn't bother me that is isn't that great on offense but he really needs to be even just slightly better. Atleast be able to hit a jumper, it would do wonders and open things up for us if he was a threat at all. Last season he didn't take one shot out of the paint.
So yeah I think we do need a lot, but considering we had some mismatching pieces I think we've done wonderfully. Most of our problems can be solved with a bit of training and the right practice and time for players to gel. We aren't far off, you don't have to totally rebuild the team and Im hopeful some players can step up, but if they don't then I will be pretty disappointed because we won't accomplish much otherwise
A power forward like KG and a point guard like Rondo
A trade of Amare for Kevin Love
too soon to tell and with shump and Amare out until december whatever we need could be on the bench healing....
I really don't think the Knicks will know until the playoffs themselves what they need.
A new owner.
"Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand."
Kurt Vonnegut


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COLUMBUS -- Stan Drayton isn't nervous.
As a week's worth of preparation for a Week 3 game against visiting California begins, Ohio State's running back coach isn't sweating the lack of possible options for a noon kickoff on Saturday.
But that could change as the week progresses.
Jordan Hall, the projected starter at the beginning of fall camp, has been cleared by doctor's to resume football activities as he recovers from surgery to repair a torn tendon sustained from a laceration to his foot. But his status for Saturday's game remains up in the air.
The starter from the first two weeks, Carlos Hyde, is out for a few weeks with a sprained medial collateral ligament.
That leaves true freshman Bri'Onte Dunn and sophomore Rod Smith -- with their 47 combined collegiate carries to their names -- as the top two running back options against the Golden Bears.
"Right now, not very nervous," Drayton said on Monday at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. "But if it starts to look like it did on game day (last Saturday), then I will be very, very nervous."
While 12th-ranked Ohio State (2-0) came away with a 31-16 win over visiting Central Florida, the production at running back was not good. Quarterback Braxton Miller ran for 141 yards on 27 carries, but Dunn (5 carries, 29 yards) and Smith (3-for-10) didn't produce much.
Neither did fullback Zach Boren, who picked up 16 yards on his seven carries.
Both Coach Urban Meyer and Drayton said the Buckeyes don't want to get into a habit of seeing Miller carry the ball 27 times as he did last week -- or even the 22-carry average Miller has through two games -- which means only one thing.
"The answer is, one of those guys has got to pick their game up," Drayton said. "They'll have to. We can't go into this ball game with the thought process of not having a running back.
"The amount they play will determine how much they will play."
There have been problems with both Dunn and Smith through two games. Smith has fumbled in each of the first two games, and Meyer said Dunn had "some glaring missed assignments" that the coaching staff will work on to rectify.
Meyer said whoever has the best practice days on Tuesday and Wednesday will be the person to line up at tailback.
The sheer possibility of Hall returning is a bright spot for the Buckeyes. As a junior, Hall ran for 408 yards. But his season was put on hold in early August when he lacerated his foot on a piece of glass in his yard and had surgery to repair a torn tendon.
He was not on crutches on the sideline in either of the first two games.
"I don't know, he's going to run (Monday) and I'll know more," Meyer said. "He was out there working a little bit (Sunday), so there's a chance."
Both Meyer and Drayton said they have no problem with increasing the workload of Boren. The senior from Pickerington came into the season with only one carry in his first three seasons with the Buckeyes, but he has carried the ball nine times in the past two games, albeit for only 26 yards.
Another possibility to run the ball this weekend -- in the worst-case scenario where Hall isn't ready to play, Dunn and Smith don't do the job and Boren is ineffective -- is junior receiver Corey "Philly" Brown.
Brown, a starting receiver, is a former high school running back who didn't switch to receiver until going to Ohio State. He carried the ball twice for 33 yards against UCF and voiced his willingness on Monday to carry the ball if called upon.
"For that to happen would be real good," Brown said with a smile.
But Brown is OSU's leading receiver through two games with 13 catches and moving him could hinder the passing game. Meyer on Monday called Brown the team's top playmaker, presumably excluding Miller.
What is agreed upon throughout the WHAC is the need for Ohio State to find someone to run the ball besides Miller. While the 6-foot-3, 220-pound sophomore has been highly successful, gaining 302 yards on 44 carries (6.9 yards per carry), he is not built to carry the ball as much as he has.
Over 12 games, at the current pace, he will carry the ball 264 times.
Meyer pointed out the play-calling hasn't specified Miller carry the ball 22 times per game. Blocking situations and how a team defends the Buckeyes has often dictated whether Miller keeps the ball or hands it to another in the OSU running game.
"Some of the carries are a result of errors at other positions," Meyer said. "We have to play better around him to eliminate some of those carries."
Just who picks up those carries is the big question, because one situation is clear.
"At the end of the day," Drayton said, "Braxton can only take so many hits."


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Guido Anzuoni added a comment - 12/Apr/11 02:20 AM
Just a little messy, I know, but it took a very long time to derive a reproducible
test case from my project classes.
Guido Anzuoni added a comment - 13/Apr/11 10:56 AM
Is there any suggestion for the fix or any workaround ?
Andy Jefferson added a comment - 13/Apr/11 03:24 PM
Fix ? : debug it. Start by printing out what is ClassMetaData perhaps. Does the equivalent JDO case work ? then print out the ClassMetaData for that case and compare.
Workaround ? : debug it
Guido Anzuoni added a comment - 14/Apr/11 09:05 AM
Debug it ? It's exactly what I've done. I was asking suggestion to make a fix by myself since I had no clue.
The same applies to
Andy Jefferson added a comment - 14/Apr/11 09:19 AM
Guido, I can't make a suggestion unless you let me know whether the ClassMetaData for JPA usage is "correct" (with the JDO case being 'correct'). Maybe the ClassMetaData isn't complete and so the "problem" would be in reading of annotations/XML and how that is mapped to internal ClassMetaData. If ClassMetaData is correct then the JDO equivalent case would not work either (and we have many JDO testcases none of which exhibit any problem). The only JIRA still open on embedded is related to allowing inheritance in embedded objects.
Guido Anzuoni added a comment - 14/Apr/11 11:25 AM
Hmm, if JDO version works it should be rather simple. If I remember well, filedId was -1 somewhere...
I'll update DN and check again
Guido Anzuoni added a comment - 14/Apr/11 01:15 PM
No, JDO version fails too.
Andy Jefferson added a comment - 14/Apr/11 05:10 PM
The only thing to add is that api-jpa was (under some situation) setting "ownerField" to some value. With JPA it is impossible to have bidir relations with an embeddable, therefore ownerField should be null always, which is what SVN trunk does. Since you say "JDO version fails too" then this is obviously not your problem since JDO does allow bidir relations with an embedded field and that is the only situation where you would have ownerField as non-null (unless of course your JDO version was incorrectly mapped). You can easily verify whether that is the case by using SVN trunk of api.jpa
Guido Anzuoni added a comment - 14/Apr/11 07:02 PM - edited
I don't think it could be incorrectly mapped here is the relevant part:
name="AmountChanges" embedded-only="true">
<field name="zMember" >
<column name="fk_a_def"/>
<field name="euroCent" >
<column name="tot_var_pos"/>
<field name="euroCent" >
<column name="tot_var_neg"/>
Now if I remove zMember, everything runs fine.
The "bug" seems to be in the PersistableMapping.postInsert. The instance corresponds to zMember and is added
to AmountChanges that is embedded (only) into a MutableAmount.
The stack trace is:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: out of field index :5
at org.datanucleus.test.AmountChanges.jdoProvideField(AmountChanges.java)
at org.datanucleus.state.AbstractStateManager.provideField(AbstractStateManager.java:1449)
at org.datanucleus.state.JDOStateManagerImpl.provideField(JDOStateManagerImpl.java:1803)
at org.datanucleus.store.mapped.mapping.PersistableMapping.postInsert(PersistableMapping.java:1030)
at org.datanucleus.store.mapped.mapping.EmbeddedPCMapping.postInsert(EmbeddedPCMapping.java:106)
at org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.request.InsertRequest.execute(InsertRequest.java:503)
at org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.RDBMSPersistenceHandler.insertTable(RDBMSPersistenceHandler.java:163)
at org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.RDBMSPersistenceHandler.insertObject(RDBMSPersistenceHandler.java:139)
at org.datanucleus.state.JDOStateManagerImpl.internalMakePersistent(JDOStateManagerImpl.java:2405)
at org.datanucleus.state.JDOStateManagerImpl.makePersistent(JDOStateManagerImpl.java:2381)
at org.datanucleus.ObjectManagerImpl.persistObjectInternal(ObjectManagerImpl.java:1608)
at org.datanucleus.ObjectManagerImpl.persistObject(ObjectManagerImpl.java:1435)
at org.datanucleus.api.jdo.JDOPersistenceManager.jdoMakePersistent(JDOPersistenceManager.java:724)
at org.datanucleus.api.jdo.JDOPersistenceManager.makePersistent(JDOPersistenceManager.java:749)
at org.datanucleus.test.MainJDO.main(MainJDO.java:30)
I think that the problem appears when a PC object is a member of an embedded class.
I have spent the whole day trying to understand where the problem might be.
I first thought the there was a problem in the numbering of field being -1 but they are -1 even without zMember and are fetched fine. Anyway, it should be a problem in the relative numbering but I really cannot understand
how numbering is managed.
I don't know if it is a case, but it works it AmountChange is embedded in MutableAmount superclass
As you might guess, any help is greatly appreciated
Andy Jefferson added a comment - 14/Apr/11 08:16 PM
So what you're really talking about is having a class with an embedded field, and with that having a FK to a non-embedded persistable? because your testcase is a long way short of "minimal" and not got time to dig through classes just to find that.
So what happens if you update AbstractMappingManager at line
241 and add 5 lines just after, so you get
// Just get the basic mapping for the type
mc = getMappingClass(fmd.getType(), false, false, fmd.getFullFieldName());
if (fmd.getParent() instanceof EmbeddedMetaData)
AbstractClassMetaData cmdForFmd = datastoreContainer.getStoreManager().getMetaDataManager().getMetaDataForClass(fmd.getClassName(), clr);
fmd = cmdForFmd.getMetaDataForMember(fmd.getName());
This means that if the field is itself part of an embedded object BUT it relates to something non-embedded then we get the "real" metadata for the field.
The reason being, with "embedded fields" the AbstractMemberMetaData is an artificial object with only some of the information set (look at the ClassMetaData you posted above to see why). The EmbeddedXXXMapping classes all understand this IIRC, but if you then create a mapping back to a non-embedded class you need to supply the real AbstractMemberMetaData into the mapping so it will use that thereafter.
Left to see if that is what you're talking about, and test it. No DN tests use such a relationship from an embedded field - minority interest.
Guido Anzuoni added a comment - 15/Apr/11 08:38 AM
What else to say ......thank you.....works perfectly.......
And query works too
Andy Jefferson added a comment - 15/Apr/11 08:59 AM
SVN trunk now allows embedded classes to have relations to non-embedded objects
Andy Jefferson added a comment - 07/May/11 04:17 PM
Further fix made to AbstractMappingManager to only apply that fix to relation fields. Likely will need refining further to particular relations, but no known problem case for now


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What a strange, but ironically accurate quote from President Obama.
Jeremy Lin is a hard working,humble, christian athlete, who puts the entire team first, not select individuals, and not his own self promotion. He routinely gives up open shots, to get his teammates involved in the scoring, to share the wealth. His own hard work results in achievement for all of those around him. He unites his team, does not divide them. His efforts make all of those around him better. He thanks God for his glory.
The Miami Heat is full of prima donnas, self glory hounds, who like to refer to themselves as the "big 3", although there are 14 players on their roster. They were jealous when their rookie teammate Mario Chalmers starting playing well and received attention, so they purposefully started passing the ball less to him, as they were threatened by his success. They have an absolute entitlement mentality,and handle success as poorly as they handle defeat. Arrogant, egotistical, and immature, are words that many sportswriters use to define this team.
I believe most parents would prefer that their children emulate Jeremy Lin over the Miami Heat players.
Think about this when you vote in November.


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Microsoft launches Modern warfare
Can a touch-friendly tile interface for the PC win over customers?
MICROSOFT has gone back to the drawing board with Windows 8, reinventing itself for the post-PC era. In the ever-changing world of technology, the familiar Windows desktop has remained consistent for almost 20 years. But Windows 8 ushers in a total redesign intended to unite Microsoft's computers and hand-held gadgets with a single touch-friendly interface. While it may appeal to the touchscreen generation, Windows 8's new look presents a steep learning curve for those not familiar with smartphones and tablets.
Windows 8 is built around the new tile-based ''Modern UI'' interface borrowed from touchscreen devices. It's the first thing you'll see when you start up a desktop or notebook computer running Windows 8, plus it's the basis of Microsoft's new Surface tablets and Windows Phone 8 smartphones. With Modern UI you can use your finger to tap and flick your way around Windows Store apps, similar to an Apple or Android tablet. If you're upgrading an old computer to Windows 8, you can still get by with only a keyboard and mouse, but many new Windows 8 notebooks and even some desktops feature touchscreen displays.
For many people, the loss of the traditional Windows desktop will be disorienting at first, as if you'd sat down in a car with no steering wheel. But once you get to know Modern UI, you realise it's more than capable of handling most of your day-to-day tasks, such as checking your email, browsing the web, playing games and even editing documents. One of its strengths is tight integration with Microsoft's Hotmail email service (now called ''Outlook''), SkyDrive online storage, Xbox 360 gaming platform and Office applications such as Word and Excel.
The key to finding your way around Modern UI and Windows Store apps is to master the idea of swiping your finger in from the top, bottom or side of the screen to call up various menus. It's not dissimilar to swiping your finger down from the top of an Android or Apple gadget to see your list of notifications. You can also perform these gestures on Windows 8 with a mouse or trackpad, but they're more natural and intuitive on touchscreen devices such as tablets.
While Microsoft is a latecomer to the touchscreen revival, it's actually leading the way in offering the same user experience on desktops, notebooks, tablets and smartphones. You can run many of the same applications on all of your Windows 8 devices, from Microsoft Word and Internet Explorer to touch-friendly games such as Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja.
Right now this unified experience is Microsoft's key strength over the competition. The difficulty for Microsoft is convincing people to take the leap, as Microsoft's new smartphones and tablets can struggle to stand out from their Apple and Android alternatives.
Thankfully it is possible to hide Modern UI on a Windows 8 desktop or notebook computer to reveal the traditional Windows desktop. This means you can still run desktop software such as Photoshop, which isn't designed for the tablet-style Modern UI.
But once you find the Windows 8 desktop, you're still in for a few surprises. The biggest is that Microsoft has killed off the iconic Start menu - a change likely to flummox a generation of Windows users. Once again it is possible to survive without the Start menu, but it can be a difficult transition.
It's quite telling that PC makers such as Acer and retailers including Harvey Norman are offering free online tutorials and phone support for new Windows 8 customers. Moving to Windows 8 presents a steep learning curve on desktop and notebook computers, but the touch-friendly Modern UI feels more natural on Microsoft's new Surface tablets.
Microsoft is offering two tablet models: the Surface RT and Surface Pro. The key difference is that the Surface RT runs Windows RT - offering only the Modern UI interface and tablet-style apps. You can't run desktop Windows software, such as Photoshop, on Windows RT. In this way the Surface RT is like an iPad or Android tablet, although right now these competitors have access to a lot more touchscreen apps and a wider range of accessories. The Surface RT's strengths include its
micro-SD slot and full-sized USB port. Both options are lacking from the iPad, and while most Android devices accept micro-SD cards, few offer a full-sized USB port.
The Surface RT tablet is already available for order, at similar pricing to the iPad, and you've the option of a Surface case with a built-in keyboard. Meanwhile, we're unlikely to see the more expensive Surface Pro until January. Priced similar to the slimline Windows 8 notebooks, the Surface Pro tablet offers the best of both worlds. Just like a Windows 8 desktop or notebook, the Surface Pro runs both Modern UI with Windows Store apps and traditional desktop software, such as Photoshop.
While Microsoft has taken the unusual move of releasing its own ''Surface'' Windows 8 tablets, hardware makers such as Acer, Asus, Dell, Lenovo and Toshiba are also offering Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets. You'll even find hybrid devices, such as notebooks with detachable keyboards.
The final piece of the puzzle is Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 software, set to run on new smartphones from brands such as Nokia, HTC and Samsung. Improvements with Windows Phone 8 help bring it into line with competitors such as Apple's iPhone 5 and Samsung's Galaxy S III 4G. Unfortunately, current Windows Phone 7 handsets can't run Windows Phone 8, but they will get a Windows 7.8 update to match Modern UI styling.
Nokia's coming Lumia 920 runs Windows Phone 8 and offers cutting-edge features such as wireless charging and LTE 4G for high-speed mobile broadband. You'll also find Near Field Communications for short-range interactions, including linking to a digital wallet that can hold credit card and loyalty card details. Nokia is also building on its strong camera heritage as well as impressive mapping features.
Individually, all these new Windows 8 devices have an uphill battle against established competitors, but Windows 8 is more than the sum of its parts. Microsoft is hoping that the slick Modern UI interface on Windows 8 computers will encourage people to embrace Windows 8 phones and tablets, and vice versa. While it presents a daunting leap for some people, the touch-friendly Windows 8 may offer Microsoft's best chance of success in the post-PC era.
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Creative Ways to Learn Vocabulary Words
Robert Harris
Version Date: February 5, 2014
In their original form, Tom Swifties involve a
statement by Tom followed by an adverb or a verb that puns on the
To use Tom Swifties for vocabulary development, simply include the word's definition in the statement and the word itself as the adverb. Here are some examples:
A dog pile is a sentence made up of several words
using the same root word, prefix, or suffix. Creating dog piles is a
good way to learn roots and the meaning of several words at once.
A root canal is made by including the meaning of the word's prefix, root, and suffix (if any) in brackets in a sentence. This is a good game to play with flash cards. The sentence goes on one side and the vocabulary word goes on the other. Here are a few examples;
A neologism is a [neo + logos] new word, a word you make up yourself. If you make up a word on your own that is unrelated to the classical word roots, prefixes, and suffixes, your hearer or reader will likely not know what you are talking about. For example, if you say, "I have a blint at home," you won't convey much information because no one else knows what you mean by a blint until you tell them. But if you say, "I have an omnispect," then your hearer or reader (if they know word roots and prefixes) can understand something about your meaning. A few examples:


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Exercise and Industry
1. Visits to online gym 'help weight loss in real life' – Metro
Researchers have discovered Confidence and motivation built in the virtual gym continued in reality. 'It's counter-intuitive, the idea of being more active in a virtual world,' said Jeanne Johnston, assistant professor of kinesiology at Indiana University, who led the study. 'Through visualisation and education, they can try activities that they had not tried before.'
2. Cut the chip portions, fast-food chains told as NHS watchdog tries to combat obesity – Daily Mail
Fast-food chains could be told to cut the size of portions of chips, the chairman of the NHS watchdog says.Sir Michael Rawlins said the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) may produce guidelines to recommend smaller servings to help combat obesity.
Daily Mail
3. Men less likely to worry about obesity – The Press and Journal
There has been discussion lately in the media about whether men are less aware than women of the health risks caused by being overweight. Women often feel that they have more pressure on them to try and maintain a lower weight in order to appear slim and be perceived as more attractive. This desire to conform to cultural body images can lead to eating disorders, but it also means that women are more aware of their eating habits and the nutritional and calorific content of the food they consume.
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4. your own personal trainer #7: mode – Menshealth Magazine
PT James King reveals which types of training will allow you to reach your goals fastest.
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Health and Lifestyle
1. How to have a happy heart – The Mirror
Many of us don't tend to get sensible about our heart health when we're reasonably young and pretty fit, but this could be a serious mistake.
The Mirror
2. Asthma drug could help weight loss, say researchers – The Mirror
An asthma drug could help obese people lose weight. Formoterol, which also treats lung disease, increases metabolism and fat burning in adults who are at rest. An average adult could burn off an extra 200 calories a day by taking the medication, findings suggest.
The Mirror
3. Will your mobile turn you into a hunchback? – Daily Mail
How many people do you see walking down the street with their head held high these days? The answer is virtually none. Whether they're choosing a song on their iPod, tapping out a text message on their phone or checking an email on their Blackberry, you're more likely to see the top of their head than their eyes.
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The NRC evaluates regulatory performance at commercial nuclear plants with a color-coded process that classifies inspection findings as green, white, yellow or red in order of increasing safety significance.
Workers were moving a 525-ton component out of the plant's turbine building during a maintenance activity when a temporary lifting assembly collapsed on March 31, 2013, causing the component to fall, damaging plant equipment, killing one person and injuring eight others. Unit 1 was in a refueling outage at the time, with all of the fuel still in the reactor vessel, safely cooled. Entergy officials declared a Notice of Unusual Event, the lowest of four emergency classifications used by the NRC, because the incident caused a small explosion inside electrical cabinets. The damaged equipment caused a loss of off-site power. Emergency diesel generators were relied upon for six days to supply power to cooling systems.
The falling turbine component damaged electrical cables and equipment needed to route power from an alternate AC power source to key plant systems at both units. This condition increased risk to the plant because alternate means of providing electrical power to key safety-related systems was not available using installed plant equipment in the event the diesels failed.
Unit 2, which was operating at full power, automatically shut down when a reactor coolant pump tripped due to vibrations caused by the heavy component hitting the turbine building floor when it fell. Unit 2 never completely lost off-site power, and means existed to provide emergency power using the diesel generators.
NRC Resident Inspectors responded to the site the day the incident occurred. The NRC conducted an Augmented Team Inspection, prepared a detailed chronology of the event, evaluated the adequacy of licensee actions in response to the incident, and assessed the factors which may have contributed to the incident. Worker safety issues are the responsibility of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which conducted an independent inspection of the incident. The NRC determined that the lifting assembly collapse resulted from the licensee's failure to adequately review the assembly design and ensure an appropriate load test in accordance with its procedures or approved standards.
The Augmented Team Inspection report documented information gathered from the initial inspection and identified areas for further inspection follow-up. The NRC held a public meeting in Russellville on May 9, 2013, to discuss the team's findings.
From its follow-up inspections, the NRC identified the preliminary red and yellow findings documented in a March 24 inspection report. NRC held a regulatory conference with Entergy officials on May 1, and after considering information provided by the licensee determined that yellow findings were appropriate to characterize the risk significance of the event for both Unit 1 and 2.
The NRC will determine the appropriate level of agency oversight and notify Entergy officials of the decision in a separate letter.


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Binyavanga Wainaina, one of Kenya's most prominent authors, has come out as gay, defying the increasingly antigay atmosphere in Africa.
Wainaina came out via a short story, "I Am a Homosexual, Mum," published on his blog to coincide with his 43rd birthday Saturday, reports London newspaper The Guardian. Over the weekend he also tweeted, "Thank u Martin Kimani and June Arunga my closest peeps 4 hosting a surprise party of love 4 my birthday and coming out," according to Kenya's The Star. And for those confused about whether the story was fact or fiction, Wainaina tweeted, "I am, for anybody confused or in doubt, a homosexual. Gay, and quite happy." This week he also posted a six-part documentary, We Must Free Our Imaginations, on YouTube.
Wainaina has spent much of his adult life away from Kenya, largely in South Africa, and he has also been director of the Chinua Achebe Center for African Writers and Artists at Bard College in New York State. Last year he moved back to Kenya, where "he has been conscious of his comparative freedom in artistic circles in Nairobi and contrasted it with that of a gay friend, in the city of Kisumu in western Kenya, who died last month," The Guardian notes. The friend was in danger of physical attacks due to his "mannerisms," and his relatives were ejected from their church when they tried to hold a memorial service for him.
The author "said he would continue to travel to Nigeria, where gay and lesbian people face arrest and up to 14 years in prison under new legislation, and Uganda, where MPs have passed a bill imposing life sentences for homosexual acts," the paper reports. Uganda's president has vetoed that nation's bill, but it could be revived.
"I'm a pan-Africanist; I belong to this continent," Wainaina told The Guardian.
Wainaina's books include the memoir One Day I Will Write About This Place and the satirical essay collection How to Write About Africa. He founded the literary journal Kwani, and in 2002 he won the Caine Prize for African Writing.
Watch the first part of his documentary below.


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 9:36 AM
Town Square
New interim Menlo Park fire chief appointed
Original post made on Sep 5, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 9:36 AM
Comments (8)
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Sep 5, 2013 at 12:37 pm
I think it is great to see another temp. fire chief being appointed to lead MPFD while its longtime chief is mending from an off-duty injury. I am so sorry for injured Chief Schapelhouman. My question is: If another firefighter under Chief Schapelhouman was severely injured as he was OFF DUTY, would Chief Schapelhouman allow that firefighter to stay on the FD as he (Schapelhouman) thinks he should be allowed to? This is from a purely business point of view?
The Police and Fire service usually do NOT make exceptions for their members who are severely injured and disabled from off duty injuries because that particular job requires its personnel to be very "able-bodied" in that line of work. They are retired from service to continue their rehab.
a resident of Atherton: West Atherton
on Sep 5, 2013 at 8:39 pm
Chief Schapelhouman should retire. His injury as written in the papers is severe. MPFPD needs a permanent chief. I am sure Chief Schapelhouman has put in more than 30 years of service. What is this costing the taxpayer to have two chiefs- one on disability and one on temporary duty.
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Sep 6, 2013 at 2:19 pm
Would you say the same if he'd had a heart attack or complications from major surgery? Let the man get through rehab.
Does the chief job have same physical requirements as other roles?
What is the district really paying? Does the chief have health and disability insurance? Is he still collecting full pay? Is his time still considered "work" for retirement purposes?
If he chooses to retire, it wouldn't seem fair that his pay was boosted by the time in rehab.
But let's get some facts before pushing him off the force.
a resident of another community
on Sep 6, 2013 at 8:15 pm
Agreed, Get Facts. As much as people love to kvetch about finances, this area isn't broke. How would Anne like it i she was pushed out of her job AND her career, her life's work, due to an injury, while she was rehabbing? Would any of us want that. Sheesh.
And Donald - there is such a thing as light duty. Would that apply to the Chief? I don't know. I trust that the powers that be will do the right thing.
a resident of another community
on Sep 6, 2013 at 8:58 pm
The MPFPD needs to make reasonable accommodations for someone with a disability.
The Chief is a great guy and certainly a capable leader. But, you must remove emotion when considering what is reasonable. Should the taxpayers foot the bill for, perhaps, an attendant and driver to make it possible for him to do his job? Would that be reasonable? I don't know the answer to that question, but find it unlikely.
I do know that the Chief has valuable knowledge and skills. And, he could probably satisfy his need for a relevant recuperation objective by consulting. There's no need to place the MPFPD in the tough spot of needing to decide whether to allow him to return.
It's unfortunate that it was an off duty injury and not a presumed condition. Hopefully, he's banked enough time to retire with his State pension and perhaps supplement his income with some consulting income.
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Sep 6, 2013 at 9:14 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
The Chief was eligible to retire years ago with 90% of his current salary and choose instead to continue to work (for effectively 10% of his salary). He has also earned and accumulated a LOT of unused sick leave over his 30+years of service so his current leave has zero cost to the taxpayers.
a resident of Menlo Park: Felton Gables
on Sep 7, 2013 at 11:23 am
Chief Belville worked for the recalled Coastside Fire Protection District fire board majority, earlier this year. He was a hired consultant by the recalled board majority to replace Cal Fire on the Coastside. On April 9th, the public voted by a margin of 2 to 1 to keep Cal Fire on the Coastside.
a resident of Atherton: West Atherton
on Sep 7, 2013 at 11:33 am
Although it happened to Harold, my heart also goes out to his wife who will have to change her life dramatically. I don't know her but she is severely affected.
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