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Catholic Church Cuts Ties With Charity Over LGBT Affiliation
A charitable arm of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has decided to cut funding to a Colorado organization due to its decision to affiliate with a homosexual advocacy organization.
Catholic Campaign for Human Development opted to cut the thousands of dollars it annually sent to Compañeros, a small nonprofit located in southwestern Colorado. Compañeros decided to affiliate with Colorado Immigrants Rights Coalition, which in its words, holds a "belief in equality for all Coloradans, including gay and transgender Coloradans."
Jeff Field, director of Communications for the Catholic League, told The Christian Post that the move on the part of CCHD was their right to do.
"It is well within CCHD's right to do so and we fully support its decision. CCHD has every right to practice its religious liberty rights," said Field.
"If it saw something in Compañeros that was opposed to the basic teachings of Catholicism, it was well within its rights."
Lourdes Rodriguez-Nogues, president of DignityUSA, a pro-gay Catholic organization, told CP that the group should not have had its funding cut by CCHD since the work they were doing was Christian in nature.
"This group Compañeros is doing the work that is absolutely significant in terms of combating poverty and working on behalf of the poor," said Rodriguez-Nogues. "It seems to me to be sort of a little bit against what the Catholic Church should be advocating for which is that we all do more on behalf of those who have less."
Rodriguez-Nogues also said that the decision might end up harming the image the Catholic Church more than it did Compañeros, at least in regards to public relations.
"There are many different polls out there that show that a large majority of Catholics in the United States support legal protections for same-sex couples. We see Catholics, people of faith moving more towards and inclusion and you see the official Church actually moving exactly in the opposite direction."
Field, meanwhile, commented, "We don't assume that every pro-LGBT rights group is radical, but in this case CCHD must have found something that it couldn't support and decided to cut ties."
"This does not hinder CCHD's efforts to help the less fortunate as it gives to many groups that help the dispossessed and aren't affiliated with groups who are out to undermine Catholicism."
Once finalized, the move by the CCHD will remove half of Compañeros' funding.
Neither the Catholic Campaign for Human Development nor Compañeros returned request for comment by press time.


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Over the decades, I have had the fortuitous position of helping many sailors prepare to cast their fate to the windand readied for a few cruises of my own. Laying the groundwork for offshore sailing always seems to bring many of the same questions dealing with treacherous situations. All of us read articles and books to see what disasters befell those sailors who went before us and invest thousands of hours of worknot to mention thousands of hard-earned dollarspreparing for every possible adversity. With time and reflection, though, I have met the enemy of successful cruising, and as usual, it is us.
The preparation lists are endless, and most new cruisers deal with the process in fits of anxiety. Bad weather is always a popular topic for those sailors getting ready for the first big cruise. Do we need a storm jib, a drogue, a life raft, a WeatherFax, or a weather routing service? Boat breakdowns are the source of another round of questionswhat equipment or knowledge do we need to fight fires, broken plumbing, or loss of steering? Another area of concern always seems to be the health of the crewwhat should be in the ship's medicine chest, do we need vaccinations, and should we take a CPR course?
In fact, it's probably not possible to ever become a truly self-sufficient cruiser in these days of complex boats. Even to attempt it would be to become the ultimate packrat, stashing the bilge full of spare parts and emergency gear, and filling your brain with endless pieces of skills and information ranging from transmission mechanics to celestial navigation. Not to say that the goal isn't admirable or that preparation isn't necessarynothing could be farther from my attitudefires, sinkings, medical emergencies, survival storms, and a host of other horrendous situations can and do occur. But they are often caused by a more universal human errorthe cruising schedule.
Our society has come a long way in the past three or four generations. At the turn of the last century, our forefathers were still children of Naturefishermen, farmers, and hunters. They were close to natural laws and knew better than to dictate to Nature when things were going to occur. Instead, they used every natural signwhether the length of fuzz on a caterpillar or the phase of the moonto guide their life's activities. Nomadic tribes moved along with the seasons, the growth of plants, and the migrations of animals. Planting was timed with the season's rainfall and fishermen depended on the tides.
Successful cruising requires an about-facea return to the knowledge and attitude of our ancestors. Sailors will never bend the forces of wind and wave to their desires; we can only use whatever exists at the moment to our purposes. Those who ignore Nature when cruising always live on the brink of the next disaster.
And so we come to the most common problem faced by cruisersthe schedule. Always self-imposed, every cruising schedule carries the seeds of tribulations lurking beneath its surface.
|"And so we come to the most common problem faced by cruisersthe self-imposed schedule."
We have been as guilty as anyone. In fact, one memorable event is vividly stamped in my mind. We had our mail forwarded to a Post Office as a general delivery, and we knew that the Postal Service only holds unclaimed packets for 14 days. Weather had delayed us endlessly that summerwe grew impatient. Finally, the day before we feared the mail would be returned, we set out in weather that would have given a Cape Horn veteran pause. As events unfolded, it became obvious this had been a serious mistakewhat nineteenth-century sailor in his right mind would risk his life, the life of his crew, and his boat for a parcel of bills and postcards?
In our business and personal lives we are encouraged to planplan our taxes, plan our retirement, plan our vacations, and schedule our haircuts. Planning to be in an exact location on a precise date becomes a goal in our twenty-first century minds, and in our ordinary land-based lives, it is a routine, everyday event. We do it without thinking. For cruising, however, the focus on these kinds of appointments makes us oblivious to the necessary reality of cooperating with Nature.
Coastal cruisers are not immune. A recent letter from a gentleman who wanted to go from the Chesapeake to Florida on the Intracoastal Waterway on a precise schedule was a case in point. His heart's desire was to make exactly 30 miles per day, six days a week, leaving on October 1 and arriving in Miami on November 10. My advicejust don't do it. Some days the current and wind will be behind you and you'll make 60 miles. Other days, they will be on your nose and you'd be better off snugged into a nice, little cove. Your schedule will force you to miss towns and museums that you didn't know existed, and you will regret this later. A few days that you scheduled for the 30-mile grind will be occupied with unexpected mechanical failures, a bout of poor health, weather that would frighten Captain Ahab, or a sudden call to family duty. And that day off that you planned so carefully in advance will dawn with ideal weather to go in your chosen direction. No matter how hard you work on your plan, Nature simply won't listen.
My greatest fear for the cruising fraternity (and sorority) centers on the growing popularity of the group cruise. Here, hundreds of boats and crews leave a designated port at a scheduled time. Racers do this all the time, and about every 10 years or so they are overtaken in a large cluster by a fatal stormwitness the Fastnet and the Sydney-Hobart tragedies. In years gone by, cruisers staged themselves for major ocean passages in a large number of departure locations, leaving on individually chosen weather windows for many different destinations, all based on their own decisions, information, and comfort level. The odds that a majority of them could be involved in one single catastrophe was almost nil. With large group cruises, however, it is only a matter of time before the unspeakable happens to our community, even with impeccable planning and intentions on the part of the organizers. In fact, it's already beginning to happen on a small scale to "buddy cruisers," who look to each other for advice rather than to Nature's large picture, as Hurricanes Hugo and Marilyn have forcefully demonstrated in the Caribbean.
Eric and Susan Hiscock made three circumnavigations in boats that would be considered simplistic and under-equipped by today's standards. They claimed that in over three decades of sailing the Earth's waters that they never had a major mechanical breakdown and never saw winds over 35 knotsa truly remarkable feat of quiet seamanship accomplished solely by avoiding bad weather and maintaining a tight ship.
Cruise planning now has an entirely different meaning for us on board Sojourner. Yes, we still plan for the big stuffthe maintenance schedules are rigid, the general seasonal patterns are obeyed, and safety gear is kept completely up to date. But once the boat and gear are ready and it's time to cast off, the schedule belongs to Mother Nature.
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Habitat Management
An animal's habitat is its home—its environment. A habitat includes everything that an animal needs. The quality and size of a habitat determines the number of animals (the population) that can live there.
Habitat Management
The habitat is where a species fulfills its basic life needs: nourishment, procreation, and rest. If not managed properly, urban development can result in habitat loss, which presents the greatest threat to wildlife. Habitat management, the most essential aspect of wildlife management, safeguards the essential elements to meet these needs:
- Food and water are necessary to all wildlife. Competition for these elements among species makes cover, space, and arrangement top priorities.
- Cover protects animals from predators and the weather while they feed, breed, roost, nest, and travel. Cover ranges from thick weeds and brush to a few rocks piled together.
- Space is necessary for adequate food among wildlife, territorial space for mating and nesting, and freedom from stress-related diseases.
- Arrangement of these elements ideally allows animals to meet these needs in a small area to minimize energy use while fulfilling their basic needs.
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Jerry Harp For Us, What Music? The Life and Poetry of Donald Justice
Jerry Harp, assistant professor of English, examines the poetry and literary influences of the late Donald Justice, his former teacher and one of the 20th century's "most quietly influential poets," according to the Poetry Foundation.
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As Ariana Grande and fellow artists took the stage at the One Love Manchester concert Sunday, Piers Morgan offered a public apology to the singer.
The outspoken and acerbic British journalist and TV personality had criticized her for leaving the U.K. immediately after a suicide bomber killed 22 people and injured dozens more at her Manchester Arena show, instead of staying and visiting the wounded survivors.
Grande had returned to the U.S. to be with her family and flew back to England last week, where she did visit injured fans at the hospital ahead of the One Love Manchester concert, which she co-organized.
"I misjudged you, @ArianaGrande &I apologize," he wrote on Twitter, alongside a screenshot of Grande embracing a child singer onstage after performing with her choir. "You're an admirable young woman &this is a magnificent night. Respect. #OneLoveManchester."
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Many people praised Morgan for apologizing and some expressed shock over his initial statements.
"I thought Ariana Grande was wrong to fly off after #ManchesterAttack," Morgan tweeted earlier. "But tonight she's putting on a fabulous show. #OneLoveManchester."
Grande was joined onstage at the One Manchester Concert by the likes of Miley Cyrus, Coldplay, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and the Black Eyed Peas, with whom she sang their breakout hit "Where Is the Love?"


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The BSCI is a process/system to work towards and monitor compliance with the BSCI code of conduct. The BSCI code of conduct contains principles in the following areas:
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We are increasing the percentage use of sustainable materials in our collection over time. By sustainable we mean fibres such as organic cotton, dead stock materials and non-cotton fibres made from plant fibres (e.g. hemp, cellulose-based fibres, etc.). Our goal is to use primarily sustainable contents within a few years time while maintaining our established price levels. Right now, part of our collection, but not all, features sustainable materials.
Leather or not
We use very little leather. Our policy is to only use leather which is left over from the food sector and not to use any leather from animals raised solely for the making of clothing.
All of our jeans are vegan and do not feature any leather labels (except for our vintage line, Old Jam, which does feature leather waistband labels). By the same token, we do not make down feather jackets or use angora fur in any of our garments.
Another important area is chemicals, or preferably the lack thereof. We have a strict chemicals policy based on the Swedish Chemicals Group's guide lines, which applies to all of our production.
The Swedish Chemicals Group has 80 members in clothing and electronics, and helps members stay on top of regulations and recommendations. The policy takes REACH regulations into account but also covers chemicals which the Stwedish Chemicals Group believes are important but which have not yet been covered by legislation.
We regularly perform laboratory testing on randomly selected items to check that our policy is being followed. We perform extensive tests across all product groups and suppliers.
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Our production takes place across the world (you will find country of origin on all garments). We ship virtually all of our imports by sea to keep emissions as low as possible.
Our calculations show that sea freight is actually a very efficient means of transportation - to such an extent that long distance sea freight pollutes less than shorter distance road transport. To put this into perspective, if we look at global energy use across different means of transportation, sea freight accounts for only 9.5% of the total (source: WBSCD 2004 via IPCC 2007). The rest is road, air and rail.
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Hello. I want to run a difftest to examine gender differences in a longitudinal, cross-lagged model. Some latent variables have categorical indicators and I'm using the theta parameterization because my model is not supported by delta (I believe because certain latent vars are both exognenous and endogenous). In your course notes, several steps are outlined for multiple group analysis with categorical outcomes: In the less-restrictive H1 model, all parameters are free except factors means which are fixed to zero and scale factors which are fixed to one in all groups. In the more-restrictive H0 model, factor loadings and thresholds are fixed to be equal, with factor means fixed to zero/scale factors fixed to one in 1st group and free in other groups. However, these steps are relevant to delta but not theta parameterization since, with theta parameterization, you cannot fix scale factors as specified, right? With theta, I can fix residual variances--should I substitute "residual variances" for "scale factors" in the steps outlined above or are there different steps/constraints I should be using? I read web note 4 and some other materials about either difftests or theta but am still not clear on the constraints/settings for difftests with both theta and categorical indicators... Any help would be much appreciated! Dana
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Yes, you should substitute residual variances for scale factors. There is a section in Chapter 13 at the end of the discussion of multiple group analysis that describes the models to use for testing measurement invariance for the Theta paramaterization.
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Thanks for your reply! I did see and try the steps in that section. However, the H1 model for the difftest wouldn't identify (although the single-group model did identify in the overall sample and when running each gender separately), so I wondered if there were other constraints I needed to include...
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The Vitamin D Dilemma
Q: For years, experts have told us to avoid sunlight, but now I'm hearing that this leads to deficiencies in vitamin D. What should I do?
-Catherine H., Sausalito, Calif.
Homo sapiens evolved in Africa as a hairless ape, a creature that spent most of its time outside in a sunny environment. Today we've become largely indoor mammals that usually cover up when we venture outside. Even when we sit on a beach, we usually slather ourselves with sunscreen. That lack of sun exposure means that our bodies synthesize less vitamin D than our distant ancestors did, a condition that's led to widespread vitamin D deficiencies in modern humans.
Serious Need
If you want to know how much our bodies crave D, just take a look at how hard they work to replenish it. People who are extremely deficient in vitamin D (less than 12 ng/mL) respond rapidly to sun exposure, and their serum levels rise extremely quickly. People who are marginally deficient (30-50 ng/mL) achieve optimal levels (50-80 ng/mL) more slowly. This is evidence that we need to maintain a minimal level to be fit.
One exception to this rapid repletion is the obese. It's very difficult to get obese people "up to speed" with vitamin D, because, as a fat-soluble vitamin, it "hides" in the fatty tissues. In order to build up enough, some people require very high-dose supplementation-20,000 or more IU daily as prescribed by a doctor. While that seems like a lot, it's sometimes necessary for repletion, which is important because this vitamin plays many crucial roles in the body.
Copious Benefits
It has become common knowledge that vitamin D is very important for bone density-equally, if not more so, than calcium. But research also shows that vitamin D3 can help slow the progress of various autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis. There's also evidence that lupus outcomes are improved with adequate serum vitamin D levels.
Additionally, vitamin D has been shown to improve asthma, especially in patients who don't do well with inhalers. It can also improve arthritis, and it's been noted to improve mood.
Possibly the most interesting tidbit about vitamin D, however, is its effect on telomeres-the protective caps on the ends of our chromosomes. Every time a cell replicates, and the DNA divides, a little bit of the telomere tip is lost, leading inexorably to aging. But studies have shown that vitamin D can help lengthen telomeres, thus slowing the aging process by helping extend telomere life.
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Maintaining optimum vitamin D levels, then, is key to good health and long life. But that's not always easy. In addition to lack of sun exposure, modern humans also tend to be vitamin D deficient because we also don't consume enough in our diets. In fact, the best natural sources of vitamin D are foods that many of us don't eat at all-fish livers and other organ meats. Plus, our culture tends to be extremely fat phobic, which means we're consciously avoiding even more chances to obtain this fat-based vitamin.
Today, most physicians are tuned into the problem, so ask your doctor to check your vitamin D levels before another winter rolls around. If you need to supplement, cholecalciferol, or vitamin D3, is what you want. Don't be fooled into taking the vegetable form D2, also known as ergocalciferol, which is far more expensive and doesn't work as well.
For optimal absorption, always take your vitamin D with fat-a spoonful of full-fat yogurt, or anything containing eggs, meat, or olive oil, for instance. And make sure that your vitamin D supplement is oily. Dry D doesn't work as well.
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Probably the most important early warning that we, as a society, had become deficient in this broadly useful, fat-based vitamin, was an article by Reinhold Vieth of the University of Toronto. Published in 1991 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vieth's article "Vitamin D Supplementation, 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations, and safety" was recently cited by John Cannell, MD, now considered the leading expert on vitamin D, as the revelation that led him to dedicate himself to the study of this important nutrient. For the latest information on everything to do with D, visit Cannell's website at www.VitaminDCouncil.org.
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Sitting all alone by candle light.
Dreaming of the times we had, while I drink away the bad.
It sure beats looking in your eyes when you're crying.
O, My dear... tell me you won't let go.
Tonight, we will burn whats left of pieces..
I'll deworm your silly sense of word
I'll search for words tonight
Never again will I ignite a flame
A flame that can't be tamed.
Little girl, play in the street
The cars will come and ruin this dream.
Tie off a knot just to call me your own...
I'll give up my throne, though that much has been known.
Smile at all costs...
Just don't let her get away.
Choking, evoking.
The ministers smoking...
But you didn't hear that from me.
Soaking, Invoking...
But she isn't joking...
And all she can taste is my seed.
Stroking and croaking is not worth me cloaking to hide from a life on my knees.
Stroking and croaking is better than soaking in all of this sick tendencies.
I will learn to lie.
You're dreaming of a life...
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Where do you discover new kid-friendly crafts?
Pinterest has become a moms best friend and worst enemy! There are so many great ideas that you can find on Pinterest for kid friendly crafts {amongst other things!}, either to use as inspiration for a craft or for things to try at home with your kids. Sometimes what you make doesn't always come out the way you pinned it, but the process of trying provides lots of learning experiences and wonderful memories for you and your kids.


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Bruce's home run, running catch not enough vs. Mets
Outfielder drives in three runs, goes deep for second time this season
NEW YORK -- The Reds are now trudging along with a 1-3 record, when they know they could just as easily be off to a 4-0 start. That's because the difference in each of their three losses has been one run.
The latest narrow defeat came in a 4-3 series-opening loss to the Mets on Friday at a cold, rainy Citi Field.
"It's frustrating," Reds right fielder Jay Bruce said. "Whether it's the fourth game or the 104th game, you feel like you're in striking distance and you want to take care of business. We just have to find a way."
There hasn't been a lack of luck for the Reds in the losses, but a lack of production when it's needed most.
Besides hitting .201 (27-for-134) as a team through four games, they are batting .166 (5-for-30) with runners in scoring position. That including going 2-for-9 Friday and stranding 10 men on base.
"It's frustrating to lose. Sometimes it's more frustrating to lose by a run than it is to get blown out," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "We just weren't able to put up the runs we needed to win the game. That's frustrating but it's four games into the season. We're not seeing any teams that are in midseason form. We certainly need to be optimistic that we're going to come back tomorrow."
All of the RBIs in the game came via the bats of only two players -- Bruce and Mets first baseman Lucas Duda.
After Mets starter Jenrry Mejia ran into trouble with two walks in the third inning, Bruce made it a 1-0 game with his two-out RBI single to right-center field.
Despite Mejia issuing five walks and four hits in the game, he also struck out a career-high eight batters to escape a few jams during his six innings and 101 pitches -- including 71 through the first four innings.
Meanwhile, Reds starter Mike Leake gave up four earned runs and five hits over 6 2/3 innings with three walks and three strikeouts in his 2014 debut.
Leake came away unscathed from a 26-pitch Mets first inning that featured a pair of two-out walks to load the bases. Then he settled into retiring a stretch of seven in a row, before again encountering turbulence in the fourth. He did not blame the weather conditions for his troubles.
"The first couple of games, you kind of expect a little bit of rustiness coming because it is so different from Spring Training," Leake said. "So far, the pitchers have done a great job. Today, a couple of pitches killed me."
Curtis Granderson hit a leadoff double against the shift to left field before Duda lifted a first pitch changeup for a two-run homer to right field. That snapped an 0-for-13 stretch for Duda since last season, including 0-for-6 this season.
Six more Mets were retired in a row before David Wright reached on a leadoff single to the shortstop in the sixth. Two batters later, Duda returned to pull a 2-1 fastball over the right-field fence for his second two-run homer. It's been a small but fruitful sample size vs. Leake for Duda, who is 6-for-8.
"It was the Lucas Duda-Jay Bruce show today. Lucas Duda won," Leake said.
Bruce gave Duda a run for his money, however, against a combustible Mets bullpen that entered having allowed 12 runs (11 earned) over its previous 9 1/3 innings this season. Lefty John Lannan gave up a one-out single to Brandon Phillips and with two outs, Bruce drove a 3-2 pitch to right-center field for a two-run homer, his second long ball in two days.
It was also Bruce's 45th homer vs. a left-handed pitcher since 2010, the most by any Major League hitter in that span.
There was another shot in the eighth when Brayan Pena hit a one-out single off Kyle Farnsworth and Billy Hamilton was summoned to pinch-run in an attempt to tie the game.
Hamilton attempted to steal second base on a 0-1 pitch but was thrown out by catcher Anthony Recker. In 15 big league steal attempts, Hamilton has been thrown out just twice -- both times vs. the Mets. Juan Centeno nailed him last season.
"I actually faced him in the Minor Leagues a couple years ago and he's just as fast as he was then. He can still run," Recker said. "Honestly, I'd like to say I threw him out twice in two tries [in the Minors], but both times they called him safe. But my shortstop told me that he was out both times so I'll believe him, because I thought he was out both times."
Cincinnati had one final shot in the ninth when closer Jose Valverde issued a one-out walk to Roger Bernadina and a single to Brandon Phillips. The rally fizzled when a first-pitch swinging Joey Votto flied out near the left-field line and Bruce struck out to end the game. The Mets won their first game after starting out 0-3 vs. the Nationals.
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Oooh so scandalous! Courtesy of freelancer extraordinaire (and dear personal friend) Miguel Concepcion and his downright gorgeous cat Sebastian is a hilarious parody of Jessica Chobot licking a PSP. You know the one, right?
This one!
And here are a bunch of other ones, because why would you not want to see more of this scene play out.
My second pick.
This one has the angle down.
"C'mere baby."
Gentle smooches. Maybe some nibbling.
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Thanksgiving Side Dish Recipe: Roasted Root Vegetables with Pomegranate Molasses and Rosemary
Does anyone at your Thanksgiving dinner table get visibly excited over root vegetables? I've eaten a lot of Thanksgiving dinners, and I've never heard anyone exclaim, "Ooh, look! Roasted rutabagas! My favorite!"
We know potatoes and usually love them. We know beets and usually hate them. But many of other root vegetables remain a mystery. Do you know the difference between rutabagas and turnips? (If you don't, read this post.) How about parsnips? Are you familiar with those?
Here's what I want you to do for this Thanksgiving dinner: Buy an assortment of root vegetables, including the enigmatic turnips and rutabagas. Roast them with a little olive oil, salt and pepper until they release their sugars and caramelize. Then drizzle them with pomegranate molasses, a uniquely tangy syrup made from pomegranate juice and sugar. Serve them to your guests, but don't tell them about the pomegranate molasses. Then wait for someone to say, "Wow! These are delicious. May I have some more?"
Pomegranate molasses is most commonly found in Middle Eastern specialty stores. You can also buy it online. If you can't find any, then you can make your own pomegranate molasses. Elise of Simply Recipes shows you how.
Roasted Root Vegetables with Pomegranate Molasses and Rosemary
Serves 6-8
Printable recipe.
1 rutagaba, peeled and diced, about 2 cups
2 turnips, peeled and diced, about 2 cups
1 large sweet potato, peeled and diced, about 2 cups
4 parsnips, peeled and diced, about 2 cups
4 carrots, peeled and diced, about 2 cups
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
6 tablespoons pomegranate molasses
3 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary, divided
4 tablespoons pomegranate arils, divided
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. In a medium bowl, toss diced vegetables with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Spread vegetables in a single layer on an aluminum lined baking sheet (for easy clean up). Roast for 20 minutes. Stir and continue roasting for another 20 minutes. Remove from oven.
2. Drizzle pomegranate molasses over the vegetables, and stir until well coated. Sprinkle with 2 teaspoons rosemary and stir gently. Roast for another 15-20 minutes or until vegetables are tender when pierced with a fork. Taste. Season with salt and pepper if desired. Toss in 3 tablespoons pomegranate arils and stir gently. Transfer to a serving bowl. Garnish with remaining teaspoon of chopped fresh rosemary and remaining 1 tablespoon pomegranate arils before serving.
You might also like these root vegetable recipes:
Pureed Roasted Parsnips recipe from Simply Recipes
Potato Root Vegetable Mash Up recipe from Blue Kitchen
Slow Roasted Root Vegetables recipe from Sarah's Cucina Bella
Saffron and Honey Glazed Root Vegetables recipe from ecurry
Baked Yams with Citrus Glaze and Toasted Pecans recipe from Food Blogga
Roasted Root Vegetables with Maple Sage Glaze recipe from Food Blogga
17 comments:
- Roxan said...
I do like root vegetables. Well, not all of them. Like you, i don't like beets. The rest of them are fair game though! This dish looks great. The addition of pomegranate molasses is a nice touch.
- November 9, 2010 at 7:39 AM
- Courtney said...
Mmm, roasted root vegetables are delicious! I tried some for the first time at Epcot's Food & Wine festival last year, and loved them! I've never heard of pomegranate molasses before, but I would like to try it. This dish sounds amazing and simple to make. I'm bookmarking this for Thanksgiving! :)
- November 9, 2010 at 8:13 AM
Root vegetables are always on the menu. I like your version using the pomegranate.
- November 9, 2010 at 8:17 AM
- We Are Not Martha said...
This looks like an awesome Thanksgiving side dish. But really would be good for any day in the fall! I have a feeling I'd fall in love with that pomegranate molasses :)
- November 9, 2010 at 9:33 AM
- Unknown said...
Sounds delish. Roasting is so awesome for adding flavor to just about any veggie. The molasses sounds like a nice addition.
I just tried roasting broccoli with amazing results.
- November 9, 2010 at 9:54 AM
- Unknown said...
I would be really happy to hear about this, different and tasty for sure
- November 9, 2010 at 12:12 PM
- The Teacher Cooks said...
I love a good root roast! Yours looks great for Thanksgiving.
- November 9, 2010 at 12:25 PM
- Lydia (The Perfect Pantry) said...
Everything tastes better with pomegranate molasses. I'm so glad I lived down the block from a Syrian grocery for many years in Boston; that's where I discovered many new flavors, including this one.
- November 9, 2010 at 3:24 PM
- Joanne said...
Haha I am definitely the only person at thanksgiving who goes wild over rutabaga but that's because I'm slightly odd and have a definitely unnatural obsession with root veggies. I love the idea of having the tart and tangy molasses spruce up the blander veggies. Delicious.
- November 9, 2010 at 4:17 PM
This is perfect for my Pom party
- November 10, 2010 at 7:20 AM
- Cara said...
How come everything Joanne loves, I do too? I guess I'm not the only oddball rutabaga lover. This is such a great idea, I was totally trying to figure out some good ways to use my pom molasses.
- November 10, 2010 at 2:09 PM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
roxan-I actually do like beets. I must be weird cause I like them all. ;)
courtney-Pom molasses are definitely worth seeking out. The flavor is unique.
mkitr-I'm glad to hear it!
sues-I have made it twice already and know I'll be making it more!
susie-Roasting really brings out the veggie's natural sugars. So delicious!
teachercooks-Me too!
lydia-It sounds like you lived in a fabulous culinary area in Boston. You must miss it.
joanne-Then we'll be odd ducks together. ;)
norma-Pom party? Ooh, that sounds like fun!
cara-Join the party! :)
- November 10, 2010 at 4:47 PM
- Joanna said...
This looks so good! We always have a big plate of roasted veggies as a side dish on Thanskgiving; usually we use the ones you listed here minus sweet potatoes (those are their own dish!) and we add cippolini onions and baby patty pan squash for color. I love the pomegranate addition!
- November 11, 2010 at 8:31 AM
- Tasty Eats At Home said...
Ooh, may I have some more? These look gorgeous!
- November 12, 2010 at 8:07 PM
- Soma said...
Pomegranate Molasses drizzle sounds lovely! Even better is to keep the secret:-)
thanks for the link Susan.
- November 14, 2010 at 7:02 PM
- Ms. Bake-it said...
This sounds delicious! I will definitely be trying this recipe. I love roasted veggies and ahve them often, but I have not tried them with pomegranate molasses.
~ Tracy
- November 17, 2010 at 10:47 AM
- Chef Jay said...
I'll try this one out to match my barbecue rib recipes, which I intend to cook this Christmas. Happy cooking! :)
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Resident Evil: Retribution finds action star (and Anderson spouse) Milla Jovovich returning to play Alice, a former employee turned sworn enemy of the evil Umbrella Corporation. Considering how crazily far and, frankly, nonsensical the story has gotten from its start as the story of a weaponized virus infecting a secret genetic research facility, the film pays surprising attention to the basic premise before skimming over the developments of the more recent installments in an intro sequence. The series' ability to shuck off its own history is put on display in the initial action scene, which picks up where the last film left off: a slow-motion sequence of explosions and gunfire that runs backwards before lurching forward at full speed to neatly do away with the Arcadia and any other surviving characters on board.
Then again, who cares about those guys? The Resident Evil films have clearly become a continuing discombobulated nightmare belonging to Alice and Alice alone. Again and again, she seems to find safety, only to wake up in some new, terrible scenario in which she has to fight for her life. Resident Evil: Retribution takes this idea to its end point by being set in an underwater Umbrella-run base in which different test stages have been built for the company to demonstrate its bioweapons. All-white hallways string together life-size recreations of Times Square, downtown Tokyo, central Moscow and a suburban street. Each houses a scenario in which, at the bidding of the central A.I., swarms of infected humans, ax-wielding mutants or zombie soldiers will be released to attack.
Resident Evil: Retribution, in other words, has taken great pains to find a way to have real-life game stages. This sensibility extends to the way the film explains its mission — rendezvous with a rescue team and find a way out — and the way it provides weapons for its characters: armories rise out of the ground, or, in a sequence that demonstrates definite game logic, Alice looks in an abandoned cop car, heads to a nearby bike to take its chain, smashes in the window and adds both her new tool and a gun from the vehicle to her inventory.
This is even the case in the way actors from earlier installments in the franchise — Michelle Rodriguez and Oded Fehr — are folded into the film, thanks to Umbrella's fondness for cloning. A glimpse of multiple versions of Alice in storage also reinforces the idea that if she were to die, she could just respawn and start over.
Video games and movies have an uneasy partnership. The first Resident Evil is one of the best of a shaky history of adaptations from console to big screen, but the franchise has skewed toward the sensibility of the former medium rather than the latter in a way that's unique but tiresome. At its best, Resident Evil: Retribution feels like a series of elaborate cut scenes strung together, but much of the time it's a reminder of how incredibly unfun it can be to sit around watching someone else play without getting a chance yourself.
The film's extravagant action scenes have not a whiff of consequence to them, and other than Alice, the foremost quality of all of the characters is their disposability. A sequence like the one in which clones of familiar characters are put through an impossible test scenario is genuinely disconcerting in how it shakes up our perceptions of the reality of what's on screen. But even that becomes a reminder that bringing one of the traditional qualities of a video game protagonist — his or her qualified immortality — to a movie further strips any sense of human investment in the character. Any consistency on screen is entirely stylistic: there are no rules in this universe other than that Alice will battle on, defying gravity and physics and looking fabulous despite the world eternally ending all around her.
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Ever played a game where simply thinking about winning was enough to ensure you lost? I had that experience Thursday night at a preview event for Wired NextFest in Chicago's Millennium Park. My wife Kerry and I threw down in a spirited match of Brainball (after throwing down a couple of martinis, natch).
The gameboard—and premise—of Brainball is simple. The playing field sits on an orange table about the size of a typical card table. There's a long, narrow strip of plastic running almost the length of the table with a small circular goal at either end. To play, you strap on a headband with three metal contacts and try to move the ball from the center of the table to your opponent's goal.
Paradoxically, the key to winning a game of Brainball is trying not win. You control the ball by relaxing as much as possible; the contacts in your headband monitor your alpha and theta brainwaves. The lower the activity, the more the ball will move.
Doing battle with my better half. You can see bits of our brain activity on screen at the top
In practice, it's a bit unnerving. My wife Kerry and I decided to square off, and we have quite different personalities. She's someone who has a hard time relaxing, always feeling the need to get stuff done instead of sitting back and chilling out. Me? I'm almost the exact opposite, so we both thought it would make for an interesting match.
Trying to pacify the ball with cool thoughts
After sitting down, donning the headband, and pressing the button to clear the game, I immediately tried to relax. One of Negro League pitching great Satchel Paige's rules for staying young was, "if your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts," so I tried to pacify the ball in a similar manner. (My favorite of Paige's rules: "Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move.") I also closed my eyes halfway in an attempt to avoid being distracted by its movement (or lack thereof).
As I struggled to calm myself and slow my breathing, I noticed the ball lurching forward very slowly as Kerry attempted to fight genetics and relax. Eventually, the ball traveled all the way down the table and landed in her goal. We placed it in the middle of the table and hit the button once more. This time, the ball didn't start to move my way. Kerry had relaxed enough to force the ball in my direction, and that discovery was not at all relaxing.
I tried to fall into a zen-like state and send the ball back in her direction, and briefly succeeded. But my triumph was short-lived, as the ball kept slowly rolling toward me. After failing to stop its advance by imagining sunlit meadows and ocean vistas, I decided to take the opposite approach. I tensed up my muscles while ratcheting up the mental intensity. At that moment, it was as though the horns blew a seventh time and the walls of Jericho came tumbling down—the ball sped the remaining few inches down the table into my goal. In the interest of maintaining marital harmony, we called it a draw at one match apiece and vacated the table so Clint Ecker and Jacqui Cheng could do battle.
I've read enough sci-fi and fantasy in my day to know telekinesis when I see it, and that's what playing Brainball felt like. It was fascinating being able to move a physical object with my brain—even if I had to try my hardest not to move it in order to do so. Brainball offers just a small glimpse of the work being done on brain-computer interfaces, and there are hopefully much more significant advances around the corner. But given a choice of Brainball and Wii Sports, I think I'd choose the latter every time.
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Red, White and Blueberry Salad
Lovely and layered, this delightful gelatin salad rounds out any meal fruitfully. "Originally my grandmother's recipe. I regularly make it for potlucks," details. Linnea Tucker of Dolores, Colorado. "I believe my father would eat the entire dish himself it I let him!"
Total TimePrep: 30 min. + chilling
Makes12-16 servings
- 2 packages (3 ounces each) raspberry gelatin
- 2 cups boiling water, divided
- 1-1/2 cups cold water, divided
- 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
- 1 cup half-and-half cream
- 3/4 to 1 cup sugar
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, cubed
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 can (15 ounces) blueberries in syrup, undrained
- In a large bowl, dissolve one package of raspberry gelatin in 1 cup boiling water. Stir in 1 cup cold water. Pour into a 13-in. x 9-in. dish; chill until set. In a small bowl, soften unflavored gelatin in the remaining cold water; set aside.
- In a large saucepan, combine cream and sugar; whisk over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Add cream cheese and softened unflavored gelatin; cook and stir until smooth. Cool. Stir in pecans and vanilla. Spoon over raspberry gelatin. Refrigerate until completely set.
- In a large bowl, dissolve second package of raspberry gelatin in remaining boiling water. Stir in blueberries. Carefully spoon over cream cheese layer. Chill several hours or overnight.


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Has anyone played this delightful mobile game?
I enjoy it very much!
It features many of the Star Wars characters, which you can collect to form your own five person squad and engage in various types of games and competition.
It's free to play which is nice if you're on a budget. Some high end characters can only be bought or gotten through card drops through extreme luck, so that is a downside.
Galaxy of Heroes has guilds too, so if any of you are without a guild please join my guild, The Guardians! We hail from
Star Wars galaxies originally, founded in 2002. Many of us are Lord of the Rings fans too, so you'll find it to be an enjoyable community.


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Favourite ship: Celebrity Solstice
Favourite destination: Croatia & Turkey
Best cruise tip: Check out which ports are famous for what souvenir so you don't purchase everything at the first port of call. Leave plenty of room in read more...
I have worked in travel since 2003 after living abroad in New York, Calgary and London. I took 5 months off in 2009 to travel around Africa, Spain, Turkey and Croatia. Cruising is an awesome way to travel and I love seeing the growth as more and more Australians & Kiwis get to experience the wonder of "unpacking once" and not lifting a finger for the whole holiday!
Favourite ship: Crown Princess
Favourite destination: Venice
Best cruise tip: Get to know the crew onboard your ship especially the Bar Staff. They are the people who know all the best places to visit in the read more...
I love to travel and have been lucky enough to see most of the world during 12 years working for Princess Cruises as Food and Beverage Manager. I have a passion for cruising and believe its the best way to go on holiday as you only need to unpack once and you can do as much or as little as you like with your time onboard.
I made the move to the cruising industry after completing my studies in Travel & Tourism. I always loved the idea of Cruising as you get to see so many different places and only have to unpack once! I have travelled throughout New Zealand, Australia and the beautiful South Pacific Islands.
I love travel and have been working within the tourism industry for the past 5 years! Cruising is a great way to travel if you have never been overseas, have a family and children to occupy or even if you're just looking to relax and only unpack once. There are so many great ships there really is something for everyone!
Favourite ship: Celebrity Edge
Favourite destination: Anywhere a cruise will take me! The Caribbean and Central America was pretty fantastic.
Best cruise tip: Once you're checked in and the ship has departed, go to reception to see if there are any available upgraded cabins from what you booked - you never know your luck!
I've been selling cruises for 3 years and have been in the travel industry for 5 years before that. Love everything about the cruising life, and always looking forward to my next one!
I've been involved in the travel industry since 2010, after catching the travel bug while I was overseas in Europe I decided this was the industry I was most passionate about and wanted to focus on. After doing a lot of cruises for my customers I decided this was an area I wanted to focus on as I think it's a great way to travel and see a number of different destinations and cultures in one trip and with only having to unpack just ONCE! In my travels I have been to USA, England, Majority of Europe, Doha, Thailand, Hong Kong, Macau, and Fiji.
I love to Travel, and what better way to travel then on a cruise! I am new to the cruise industry but have worked in the travel industry around 3 years and am loving it. Cruising is such a stress free way to travel and great value for money.
Have been in travel for 10+ years now having worked with Airlines, Hotels and other travel agents, so can offer all round advice. Found my calling with Cruises when I realised the value that it included and the fun times to be had. Packing and unpacking once is just the way I like to travel and is a great feature of cruising. I've been to a total of 27 countries including most of Europe, India and the Middle East
I recently joined the cruise team after working in sales in the Car Rental industry. I absolutely love traveling and think cruising has it all, from transport, accommodation, activities and entertainment and let's not forget about food (lots of food), it's the whole package
I joined Cruise Sale Finder at the beginning of 2017. Traveling is a big part of my life having visited 15 countries. My first cruise was on Dawn Princess and from the moment I stepped onboard I caught the cruising bug. Since then I have also sailed on Majestic Princess, Celebrity Solstice and Explorer of the Seas. Cruising is a great way to see many cities around the world – it is perfect for those who enjoy a relaxing holiday and for those who like to be on the go.
Favourite ship: Pacific Dawn
Best cruise tip: When cruising you should unplug. Cruising offers a totally different experience so take it all in. Keep yourself free from read more...
Traveling has always been my passion. It humbles me, keeps me grounded and shifts my perspective in life. I took a leap of faith when I entered the travel industry. It did not take long for me to realize that I have found my niche. My degree in Communications matched the passion I have for travel. I have the gift of gab and talking about a cruise holiday has always been a favorite topic of mine.
I have been in the travel industry for over 2 years now. I can say that traveling is my passion which I fully devote my energy and time to. I have visited a few Asian countries now and I was lucky to gain perspective and meet many locals.
I started working as a Cruise Specialist almost 4 years ago, after getting my degree in International Travel and Tourism Management. I've always loved traveling, I love the excitement of it all — feeling like an explorer — discovering a new land, a new language, new money and all the little challenges that go along with it. I think that helping people manifest their dream holidays into reality is the best job for me.
Favourite ship: Queen Mary 2
Best cruise tip: Get to know your ship before you sail! That way, you can maximize your holiday by knowing in advance what facilities you'd like to read more...
Being part of the travel industry for almost 5 years, I can think of no other job that I could enjoy more. Helping all types of clients to book cruises makes me look forward to planning my next holiday. And for someone who loves to travel but hates the organising aspect of it, cruising is the perfect solution. How else can one can one go to several great destinations without having to spend too much time in booking flights and hotels separately? Only by cruising!
I've been in the travel industry for quite sometime now and I must say that I'm enjoying this job. I love traveling and exploring different cultures. Cruising is the best way to explore new places while still having time to relax onboard during the Sea Days.
I have been working in the travel industry for almost 4 years now. Cruising is the best way to have a holiday as you don't have to worry about food, accommodation, and entertainment as these are all included in the fare. On top of that, you get to visit different destinations and meet new people in one holiday.
I'm a graduate of Tourism Management and have been working within the industry for 3 years, working for P&O Australia, P&O World cruising and Cunard as a Cruise Specialist. I've learned a lot about the travel industry but cruising is definitely the best way to travel as the ship is a destination itself.
I was previously employed as a Cruise Specialist with P&O and was part of Special Services Team. I've been working in the travel industry for 2 years now and I'm enjoying it! I'm always excited to learn new things especially about the different cruise lines. I love to travel mostly going to beach destinations.


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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea on Friday accused the United States of being "hell-bent on regime change" and warned that any maneuvers with that intention will be viewed as a "red line" that will result in countermeasures.
Pyongyang's deputy U.N. ambassador Ri Tong Il also repeated that his government "made it very clear we will carry out a new form of nuclear test" but refused to elaborate, saying only that "I recommend you to wait and see what it is."
His comments came at North Korea's second press conference at the United Nations in two weeks, a surprising rate for the reclusive Communist regime.
Ri blamed the U.S. for aggravating tensions on the Korean Peninsula by continuing "very dangerous" military drills with South Korea, by pursuing action in the U.N. Security Council against his country's recent ballistic missile launches and by going after Pyongyang's human rights performance.
Ri also accused the U.S. of blocking a resumption of six-party talks on its nuclear program by settling preconditions and said Washington's primary goal is to maintain tensions and prevent denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
A U.S. diplomat who was not authorized to comment publicly later responded: "We have long made clear - in close consultation with our allies - that we are open to improved relations with the DPRK if it is willing to take clear actions to live up to its international obligations and commitments."
North Korea walked away from the six-party nuclear disarmament talks in 2009 over disagreements on how to verify steps the North was meant to take to end its nuclear programs. The U.S. and its allies are demanding that the North demonstrate its sincerity in ending its drive to acquire nuclear weapons.
Since pulling out of the six-party talks, the North has conducted two nuclear tests, at least two long-range rocket tests and most recently short-range rocket launches.
Using the initials of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the country's official name, Ri said, "The DPRK has been making strenuous, hard efforts, very generous, toward easing the tensions on the Korean Peninsula, but ignoring all this generous position of the DPRK and its proposals, the U.S. went ahead with opening the joint military drills, very aggressive nature, and they're now expanding in a crazy manner the scale of this exercise."
He also rejected as "illegal" a Security Council statement last week that condemned North Korea's test-firing of two medium-range ballistic missiles as violations of council resolutions.
The deputy ambassador did not answer questions on detained American Kenneth Bae or on his country's drone program, which it has been promoting recently. South Korean experts this week claimed that two small, camera-equipped drones had been flown across the border by the North, calling them crude and decidedly low-tech. Both drones crashed in South Korea.
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