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We know Romney didn't run enough ads in the Spring then ran too many ads in the Fall.
We know Republicans depended too much on their turnout operation and too little on messaging.
We know Republicans depended too much on messaging and too little on their turnout operation.
We know the GOP and the Super PACs were too focused on fundraising and we know the Obama campaign raised more than enough money.
We know … well, you know what we know.
We know Republicans lost the Presidency and did significantly worse in the U.S. Senate than anyone might have believed.
But we also know that Republicans held their own in the U.S. House (losing only single-digit seats in the face of a really bad night); and actually gained a Governor to make the current total of Republican Governors a 30 out of the 50 available.
It is Governors' mansions, not the floor of the U.S. Senate that tends to produce high-end Presidential candidates. In addition to Chris Christie and Bobby Jindal there is a really good bench of very talented men and women who should be looking at the 2016 campaign.
As the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza pointed out over the weekend
"Remember that when the Democratic Party found itself in the political wilderness after the 1988 election, it turned to its governors - including the boy wonder from Arkansas - for ideas on how to remake itself. And we know how that turned out."
Governors are executives. Senators are legislators. Governors have to keep their states running. Senators have to negotiate semi-colons in legislation.
As I have said many times, no Governor in the history of Governors has ever gone to the person running the Department of Motor Vehicles in their state and said:
"I understand we've been handing license plates out the long way to customers at the DMV office. I think we should hand them out with the wide side facing out. Don't you?"
That is, effectively, what Senators and Congressmen do all day, every day.
President Obama didn't fall into the Senatorial trap because he wasn't there often enough, or long enough, to learn the bad habits.
In a complex system like a major Presidential campaign the ability to allow the department heads to do their jobs without tinkering all day, every day is a huge advantage. Ask anyone who has worked for a Senator.
Secondly, Senators have to vote on things all the time. They have to question witnesses at hearings. They have to introduce legislation and amendments, and speak for or against Federal judges, Ambassadors, and senior Executive Branch officials who are subject to the confirmation process.
Governors don't do any of those things.
Governors propose legislation and then either sign the work product of the state legislature or veto it.
Governors, like the President, can pretty much meet with constituents, supporters, and/or interest groups, make a speech or two, open a senior citizen center, meet with his or her department heads to make sure he or she knows what's going on in the state and call it a week.
Senators may have decades of speeches, votes, and constituent communications as well as hallway gossip from rivals inside and outside their party; and on both sides of the Capitol Building as fodder for a battalion of opposition researchers to use in helping make 30 second attack ads.
Some Governors are, like Arizona's Jan Brewer, activist on controversial issues, and some like Chris Christie, have a knack for getting on camera. Governors have rivals, but their researchable records tend to be thinner than Members of the U.S House and Senate.
That is, unless they have, like Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco after Katrina allowed an entire city to be washed away; or like South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford have to admit to having run away from home to have a tryst with a woman from Argentina - IN Argentina. As Texas Governor Rick Perry taught them, if they want to be taken seriously as a Presidential candidate they have to know a lot about what is going on in the rest of the nation and the rest of the world so look for potential candidates to hire experts on energy, foreign affairs, agriculture, fiscal and monetary, and especially issues that are not particularly important to their state.
Governors have the responsibility of watching over the health, safety and welfare of every citizen in his or her state. They're used to the whole "buck stops here" thing. The early line on who will run in the Republican and Democrat primaries for President in 2016 will be heavily weighted toward Senators and Congressmen. Why? Because they work in Washington, DC as to the national political reporters who make up the early lists.
But, if you want to beat the odds, pick a Governor.


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Facebook and Twitter are on fire. I haven't seen people so angry about anything since the 2012 decision on Obamacare. One item of interest: people announcing boycotts of Hobby Lobby and confidently predicting that it will soon be out of business.
If you are among those hoping for the rapid demise of the company, I have bad news: The boycott is almost certainly going to fail. Almost all boycotts fail, but especially those staged as proxy battles in the culture wars.
Most boycotts fail because most people just don't have the intensity to keep them up. In 2003, folks were promising to boycott French products such as Dannon yogurt over the country's stance on Iraq, but Dannon is still on the shelves and seems to be selling well. (Losing market share to the Greek invasion, to be sure, but as far as I know that has no political content other than the love of a creamier, richer taste in your fermented dairy products.) A few years later, liberals were going to boycott Whole Foods because … well, I don't remember what the CEO had done, but I'm sure it was something. Whole Foods is also suffering — from increased competition in its core business. The boycott seems to have had little to no effect.
It's just hard to maintain that sort of intensity when you're busy and vacation is coming up, and Mom needs help with her computer, and yes, honey, I'll stop on the way home and pick up more yogurt. For all but the most bitterly partisan of partisans, motivation eventually gives way to more pressing concerns such as convenience.
Culture warriors face two additional problems:
1. They tend to want to boycott places they never shopped at in the first place.
2. The company's actual core demographic takes umbrage about the boycott and stages a much more effective counterboycott.
I can't tell you how many times I have had some version of the following conversation:
Angry person on the Internet: "Wal-Mart's treatment of its workers is shameful. I am not going to give that company any of my business!"
Me: "How much did you spend at Wal-Mart before you realized its treatment of workers was shameful?"
The modal answer to this query is sudden disappearance from the conversation. I'm not sure anyone has confessed to spending as much as $1,000 a year at the stores. Of those who claim to shop there, most seem to do so almost entirely on vacation in rural areas.
If this describes you, you are not Wal-Mart's core demographic, and its executives don't care whether you boycott the business; the loss in sales is less than they experience from miscalculating what sort of sunscreen to buy. They care very much about what their core demographic thinks, but those people are, by and large, not interested in these boycotts; they're interested in paying 12 cents a can less for tomatoes.
And as folks discovered with Chick-fil-A, a boycott can actually backfire. After people started talking boycott over President Dan Cathy's views on gay rights, the stores were absolutely flooded with counterprotesters. The counterprotesters actually lived in the predominantly rural and Southern locations where Dan Cathy does most of his business, and they really liked Chick-fil-A, so it wasn't much of a hardship to eat more of it. It is, of course, much harder to give up if you liked it enough to eat there regularly. (I don't, for the record — too much dill in the fry batter. So I guess I've been boycotting them for years.)
It's not that literally none of the passionate boycotters live in prime Chick-fil-A territory. But in those areas, they're greatly outnumbered by social conservatives. So most of the people promising to boycott were really promising not to eat there on the occasional road trip. That was no match for the hordes of locals who turned out to give the company some extra love.
So, back to Hobby Lobby. Their demographic is women! I have heard cry. And women will be outraged! Indeed, many women are. But which women?
At least in my circles, everyone in the crafting demographic meets at least one of the following criteria, and often all of them: conservative, Christian, married, older, stay-at-home mom. I'm not saying this is universal; I'm sure there are young, single, progressive crafters out there! But the overlap between the people in my Facebook feed proclaiming a boycott and the people in my Facebook feed whom I know to be frequenters of crafting stores is basically zero. The people with the passion are not the people who will be crafting, in other words.
So I'm pretty skeptical that a significant number of Hobby Lobby's customers — who weren't turned off by, say, the no-business-on-the-Sabbath rule — are suddenly going to switch their allegiance to Michaels. Some will. But as any retailer will tell you, some angry customer is always shifting his or her business over something; you can't win them all. The question is, do you lose more than you win?
As with Chick-fil-A, along with the people proclaiming boycott, I've seen folks announcing their intention to buy stuff at Hobby Lobby. And the main difference between the two groups is that the latter are the kind of people who actually, well, buy stuff from Hobby Lobby.
I'm not saying that you shouldn't boycott, if you're deeply outraged; I won't shop at some retailers for various reasons, because I won't give those people my money. I understand, however, that this is a quixotic personal crusade with little effect on real-world outcomes. It's perfectly sane to tilt at windmills — as long as you don't expect to unseat the windmills and win the tournament.
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After getting threatened with legal action on a bread board because of the cleaning cycle thing, someone on that board suggested pizzamaking.com as a place I might share ideas. I found this site and posted a link to my page with the above formula. Two months later, this thread began.
On trips to NY I got samples of Patsys dough twice and Johnnys dough once and started to culture them.
I enjoyed your post Jeff and your openness,but fully respect it when the likes of Marco, Bianco etc. play their cards close to their chests.They have "Property to protect".I for one would choose a similar tight lipped path if I were in their position.I do obviously find it frustrating on an open forum when a knowlegable contributor decides to drop you a bone purely as a tease,but I guess that is partially a marketing ploy (and it works !) that I have to respect .David
Peter,Sorry but i don't recall and i don't have the time to go back and read the whole thread right now,but were comparison records kept of water , Flour , OTH , Room Temps kept by anyone?I think these are all variables that may well have as dramatic effect on the quality of the final dough characteristics in conjunction with the type of leavening agent?
Jeff,I was wondering whether you have ever tried making your dough without using the rest periods. The reason I ask the question is because the best doughs I have ever made from the standpoint of handling and being essentially rip-free, almost without exception, used a natural preferment. In some cases, an autolyse or similar rest period was used, but in some cases it wasnt. In some cases I used supplemental commercial yeast (IDY) but in other cases I did not. When I used rest periods, I didnt detect a significant difference whether I used the classic Calvel autolyse or another form of rest period. What seemed to be the constant throughout the best results was the natural preferment. To be sure, I had some lesser handling doughs when I used a natural preferment but I think in most cases it was because I was new to using natural preferments (most of my early work was at room temperature) and I perhaps allowed the doughs to overferment and become too extensible. I havent tried your formulation as much as pftaylors original Patsys dough formulation and its successor Raquel formulation, but some of the best results I achieved with the dough was using those formulations. Interestingly, at pftaylors suggestion, when I tried using the Raquel dough management with the basic Lehmann dough formulation, but using commercial yeast only, I did not get particularly noteworthy results. As you know, pftaylor started out his reverse engineering exercise using a basic dough formulation posted by ilpizzaiolo (Ron). With input from many of the forums members, including you, that formulation was greatly enhanced, especially in the use of a natural preferment, even though the premisethat Patsys was using a prefermentturned out to be faulty. That aside, I know that pfts results improved when he started using your Patsys starter, as he noted himself at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,1053.msg10278.html#msg10278. To be sure, there were differences from what you were doing at the time. As recorded in this thread, which I read in its entirety over the weekend, pftaylor used a different configuration of mix/rest periods than you were using at the time, a different flour (KASL), a different mixer (a basic KitchenAid mixer), a different baking system (a high-temperature grill), and he also incorporated dough handling procedures he got from Jose at Patsys. He was also using a different percent of preferment than you. I believe that, at the time, you were using 40-42% preferment whereas pftaylor was using 8%. I know you guys have debated the differences in your formulations and techniques but it seems the results achieved by both of you were, and continue to be, quite similar. And at the center of the good results, even with the differences, is the natural preferment. Which brings me full circle again on whether it is the natural preferment that is the most important part of your respective dough formulations from the perspective of creating anti-rip doughs, maybe even to the exclusion of the rest periods. I would also be interested in knowing whether you ever tried pftaylors Patsys or Raquel formulations and methods and, if so, what results you got. Peter
David, thanks for mentioning this.Let me clarify for all the forum something and why I adopted the approach used now:You know that I started writing on the internet few years ago on pizza.it. Well, at the time, i was quite open on numerous subjetcs as I was to a lesser extent at the beginning on this forum for the same desire od promoting Pizza Napoletana and traditional breads. This was also the time that I started organising all my research to write a book Then I was left burnt:A guy opened a pizzeria ans start promoting it as authentic out of knowledge acquired on that forum. The product is nowhere authentic, but he believe so as he had "studied" my posts.. tHIS FOR ME WHENT AGAINST WHAT i WAS trying to achieve as the wrong product was sold as Pizza Napoletana and what is more he is making money out of poor customers... Another guy started a bakery out of private messages he exchanged with me. Now his making loads of money... no credits nor retribuition was ever given to me.... Then I thought this is not working...I do not really do it for marketing, trust me as I have very little time to spare for consultancy and have to refuse most. I recently had to put someone in the queue for September 2007 (I know there are sceptics out there, but when the time will come I am sure he will let this story go public as part of his opening campaign).That is for now.CiaoPS to answer also another message, the book is on hold and being revised and only a smaller version with no cover of my personal method, will be published within the next 2 years


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March 16th 2012
Christian makes his return to host the Peep Show, and he starts things out by talking about the 12 man tag match at Wrestlemania. He says it will change the landscape of the WWE, then he introduces John Laurinaitis and David Otunga. John welcomes Christian back and says it's a honor, then Christian says the next guest has no honor, and he introduces Teddy Long. Christian says one of them will have complete control of both shows, then he says he should let them both convince him to join their team. Teddy starts to talk, but Christian says everyone knows he deserves one more match for the title, and Teddy says he already got what he deserved. He tells Christian he has accomplished a lot, but he won't beg him to join his team, and people will earn a title shot after his team wins.
John cuts him off and says Christian will get a title shot after they win, and Christian says he won't fail when that happens, but Teddy just failed. He says tonight will be known as the moment when the scales tipped in John's favor, because Christian is officially joining Team Laurinaitis. John holds up a Christian t-shirt and celebrates, but Teddy stops him and says he is glad Christian is back because he is going to be in a match tonight. John says Christian isn't medically cleared so it won't happen, and Teddy says if that is the case then Otunga will face the newest member of his team, Kofi Kingston!
David Otunga vs Kofi Kingston
We join the match after a commercial and Otunga hits a shoulder block, and Kofi comes back with a crossbody block but Otunga knocks him back down. Otunga puts him in a front facelock and punches him in the chest, then he stops and flexes before whipping him off the ropes and hitting a powerslam. He backs up and clotheslines Kofi in the corner then whips him again, but Kofi gets a boot up and hits a flying crossbody for two. Kofi dropkicks him and goes for a Boom Drop but Christian grabs his foot and Otunga clubs him from behind while the ref tosses Christian from ringside. John argues with Teddy at ringside, and the ref tells them to separate while Otunga takes off his belt and wraps it around his hand. Santino jumps on the apron to stop him, and Otunga knocks him off the apron but he turns around and Kofi connects with Trouble In Paradise for the win.
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An elderly couple had dinner at another couple's house, and after eating,the wives left the table and went into the kitchen. The two gentlemen were talking, and one said, 'Last night we went out to a new restaurant and it was really great. I would recommend it very highly.'
The other man said, 'What is the name of the restaurant?'
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Hi, I want to talk about some benefits I have been getting from both Zazen and a meditation I am calling Reflection meditation. It might be called something different but I don't know.
When I Zazen, I let my self just be. I sit with my thoughts and emotions. I allow them to come and go without clinging to them. They arise and dissipate, arise and dissipate, forever and ever amen :-) Most times (but not always) my thoughts slow and my emotions calm down, and I have a great sense of well being and calmness. I have a better clarity about life. I don't make this my goal but it is what happens naturally to me and is why I continue to do it.
For me, it has also been beneficial to meditate Reflectively. It is kind of the opposite of Zazen. The yang to its yin. It is sitting and contemplating myself. I do it in a room free of distractions where I can really really focus on myself.
For example, I am a shy person. I have always struggled with it. When I look deeply at it during Reflective meditation, I realize it causes me a lot of stress and anxiety.
Shyness makes me a passive person and I allow myself to be a door mat, and when I can't take it anymore I suddenly become aggressive and act inappropriately. The aggression leads to stress and anxiety for how I bahaved.
Shyness has made me less successful in my career because I am not assertive enough to express myself in an effective way. This leads to more stress and anxiety.
Shyness has prevented me from having a lot of friends. I have missed out on many meaningful relationships which again leads to stress and anxiety.
You can see how this list can go on and on. One aspect of my personality permeates every part of my life.
With out taking the time to Reflect on myself, I would have never realized this. In fact, I was in denial thinking oh, I am not shy because that is weak and I am not a weak person.
Discovering I was shy, accepting it and here is the most important part: BEING OK WITH IT, has brought indescribable relief for me. A near end of suffering in that part of my life. The suffering diminishes daily as I discover how this realization affects my life. In this case, the "being OK with it" is enough I don't need to focus on solutions. The solutions happen naturally. This is what Reflective meditation has and is doing for me.
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View of South Las Vegas Boulevard at dusk
The fountains of the Bellagio Hotel, the Eiffel Tower at Paris Las Vegas, Bally's, and Caesar's Palace
Historic Hoover Dam and the Highway 93 bridge over the Colorado River
The nightly light show under the covered promenade on Fremont Street
Aerial view of the Caesar's Palace High Roller Ferris wheel and the Las Vegas skyline
The Las Vegas skyline at sunset
The neon lights of the Fremont Street district at night
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Exploring the Las Vegas Strip
Your fun begins on The Strip, Las Vegas' main artery and home to bustling casinos, world-class restaurants, ornately designed resorts and over-the-top shows. Take a photo at the famous "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign on South Las Vegas Boulevard, then it's off to start your adventures.
Spend the day diving with sharks at the Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay, or strap in for the 108-story controlled free fall at SkyJump at the Stratosphere Tower. The ideal spot to catch your breath is the three-level Chandelier Bar at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, offering signature drinks and its own multi-story visual spectacle.
You can test the waters at the festive LIQUID Pool Lounge at ARIA , or for a more relaxing sojourn, take tea at the Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas Tea Lounge high above The Strip. End your evening with a meal and a great view at Lakeside at Wynn Las Vegas.
Beyond Las Vegas Boulevard
Off the Strip, an equal amount of fun awaits you. Head over to Fremont Street, and try the SlotZilla Zip Lines under the Viva Vision video canopy of the Fremont Street Experience. Passengers on the upper line "fly" over all the excitement of Fremont Street below.
Besides the shops, dazzling lights and nightly shows, the D Las Vegas Hotel features comedy magic and murder-mystery theater. Plus, its Andiamo Italian Steakhouse has been voted Las Vegas' best.
Other Downtown Las Vegas favorites include Longbar at The D, the pool deck at the Downtown Grand, the intimate Downtown Cocktail Room, the beer garden patio at Park on Fremont, and the Prohibition-era feel of Commonwealth.
You'll find live music at The Front Yard at Ellis Island Casino or Downtown Container Park (which also features open-air shopping and dining).
Back closer to the Strip, Southern hospitality and cuisine await at The Orleans, while The Oyster Bar at Palace Station serves up live-action seafood prepared before your eyes available 24/7.
Nature and Culture
Take a break from the bright lights and visit nearby Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area for hiking, biking and climbing adventures, and then unwind with a spa treatment at the Red Rock Resort.
Las Vegas also offers access to whitewater rafting at the Grand Canyon, zip lining in Boulder City, year-round golf and dune buggy tours through the sand dunes.
Check out the Neon Museum to tour the signs that once adorned Las Vegas hotels and casinos. Also sure to capture your interest are the Mob Museum, officially the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement; the National Atomic Testing Museum and Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art.
Las Vegas earns its nickname as the "Entertainment Capital of the World."


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Feeding your pet properly is one of the most important aspects of good pet care: in an online Twitter discussion this week, there was broad agreement with the statement that "Nutrition is the single most important environmental influence on a pet's health and well-being" . But how should an owner choose the best way to feed their pet? The much-anticipated programme on Channel Five this week, "The Truth About Your Dog's Food" is bound to make people reconsider how they feed their pet pooches.
There are many different types of pet food available, from a variety of sources, and it can be confusing for pet owners. There are many "right" ways to feed a pet, not just "one true way", but it's common for people to find a way that works for their pet, and then to believe that this is the best way for every animal. I believe that this is the reason why people sometimes become fanatically passionate about certain ways of feeding pets (such as "raw meat and bones")
I know that my profession – a veterinary surgeon – has been criticised for selling pet food, and there are conspiracy theorists out there suggesting that vets are influenced by the pet food companies that offer financial support to some educational programmes. If you are a believer in such wild nonsense, then don't read any further – it'll just be a waste of your time, because you already know that you are not going to agree with what I say.
But to the rest of you, I can say that as a vet, I have been trained in nutrition, and I have been observing the way that my patients and my own pets have been fed for the past thirty years, and this blog is my genuine effort to try to put some common sense down in writing.
There are broadly three ways to feed a pet animal.
A) 'Human' food or home prepared. Some people choose to feed their pet on scraps from the table, on specially prepared 'human' type meals or on "raw" meat and bones. This method of feeding may be fine as long as the resulting diet is balanced, with the correct combination of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals. It can be difficult to ensure that the best balance is attained, which is why most people choose to feed their pet on commercial pet foods which have been custom-made to provide all of the necessary nutrients. One recent study of home-made dog food recipes (from websites, veterinary text books, and pet care books) found that 95% were deficient in at least one essential nutrient.
B) Commercially prepared food
It's safer to choose a commercially prepared diet: members of the Pet Food Manufacturers Association follow European nutritional guidelines for pets, reviewed by independent experts such as vets, scientists and animal nutritionists to ensure that they are correct. You may not like the sound of what they put into your pet's food, but it does provide complete nutrition. Pet food manufacturers are bound by law to produce food that is nutritionally balanced for pets. The type of ingredients used vary, and while the raw ingredients may not look appealing to humans, the final product is carefully designed to appeal to humans as well as to pets.
1.Moist pet food. Tinned pet food is the traditional way to feed dogs and cats: in recent years, packaging has improved so that sachets and cartons are now also available
a) A cat may be fed on tinned food (such as 'Whiskas' ) with perhaps a scattering of dry biscuits.
b) A dog may be fed on tinned food (such as 'Pedigree Chum') combined in the bowl with dry mixer biscuits.
Whilst this traditional way of feeding animals is perfectly adequate, it is not necessarily the best quality, most convenient or most economical diet.
2. Complete dried pet food.
High quality complete dry biscuits have been increasingly used to feed pets over the past 20 years. These are effectively a combination of meat and biscuit rolled into one. In the past, 'muesli' type dry diets were very popular, but technology has enabled the production of so-called 'extruded' biscuits, which are meaty looking pellets of various sizes. These modern dry foods are popular for a number of reasons, including convenience and economy. A wide range of products is available, with considerable differences in price and quality. A good quality dry food is often the best way for most owners to feed their pets.
Comparison of the three types of feeding
Home-prepared or "raw meat" diets
- Most palatable
- Expensive
- Need to be sure that it is properly balanced
- Raw meat diets inconvenient – expensive, need to buy frequently and keep in fridge.
- Many people who believe passionately that RAW is the best way to feed pets
- Some studies have shown an incidence of salmonella risk to vulnerable humans
- Probably better to limit "home prepared" to 10% of total diet
Moist Food
- 80% water
- Relatively expensive
- Inconvenient – heavy tins/containers, need to buy every week, and can be unpleasant having open containers in fridge
- Tends to be tastier/stronger smell than dry food, so pets often prefer it
Complete Dried Food
- 5 – 12% water
- Price depends on quality, but generally cheaper than moist food
- Convenient – buy a big bag once a month. Keeps fresh for a long time if stored in a cool dry place
- Palatability depends on price – cheaper dry foods less attractive to pets than more expensive, better quality products
- Dry biscuits can be good for dental health – chewing helps to keep teeth and gums healthy, but replacing a portion of the daily meal with a custom-designed dental chew stick is more effective (and tooth-brushing is even more effective than this)
Controversies and conclusions
The latest fad in pet nutrition is "raw feeding", using raw meat, raw bones and raw herbage. Proponents claim that is a "natural" diet that allows dogs to achieve optimum health and longevity. These claims are not backed up by data. Last year, a team of Swedish researchers compared the genomes of wolves and dogs and found that a big difference is dogs' ability to easily digest starch. At the time that dogs became close companions to humans, they adapted to be able to digest wheat, rice, barley, corn and potatoes. There is plenty of evidence that dogs thrive, and live long healthy lives being fed on complete dry or moist food produced by commercial pet food manufacturers. Yes, of course dogs fall ill, but there is no evidence of a link to modern commercial pet foods, despite the loud claims of many proponents of other ways of feeding pets.
Many manufacturers of expensive dried foods also maintain that their products are made of better quality ingredients that are therefore better for dogs. And many vet clinics stock ranges of dried pet foods that are often more expensive than grocery products. Are these foods better for pets?
My conclusion
Every pet is individual and has different nutritional needs. You should choose a diet that is balanced and that your pet enjoys eating. If the diet suits your pet, they will thrive with a shiny coat, bright eyes, and good health.
My experience is that if the cheapest foods, with the lowest quality ingredients, are fed, pets tend to have dry, unkempt coats, with dull eyes and they are obviously not thriving. If such pets are changed to a high quality, more expensive diet, their condition will often improve – not at once, but after around 6 – 8 weeks which is the length of time that it takes for nutrition to have a visible external effect.
Additionally, more expensive dried foods, with high quality ingredients, tend to be more digestible, with less indigestible bulk, so that animals produce less faeces every day (which means you have to pick up less when out on walks).
A new website has been set up to compare the 1200 types of dog food that are currently available on the UK market: some of the science behind the "expert rating" of the various foods may be debatable, but the website does provide an in-depth review of the various ingredients in modern dog food, and it's a useful way of gaining a better understanding of the subject.


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Sometimes you can find a little kailan that looks like a brussel sprout.
Brussel sprouts look like cute miniature cabbages (which belong to the Brassicaceae family) and have a slight bitter taste. Little or baby kailan (xiao jie lan) are really overgrown Brussel sprouts I think. I've seen baby kailan up in the cool highlands of Kundasang and they grow along a vertical stem just like Brussel sprouts. Overgrown Brussel sprouts are called "little kailan" in Chinese because they belong to the same Brassicaceae family as the large leafy kailan. Overgrown Brussel sprouts are crunchy, tasty and especially good when blanched and then stir-fried. Blanching cooks and softens the kailan and stir-frying improves the flavor.
When our kids were younger, my friends Sucy and Yo and our families used to go on weekend trips by the coast or mountains and on one of those trips, Sucy taught her maid to improvise the cooking of little kailan using the only two seasonings available--dark soy sauce and garlic-- in the kitchen of our rented chalet. Yes, we had the luxury of bringing along her maid to cook and wash on such trips. The excuse was that someone had to cook while we looked after our kids. The plate of baby kailan Sucy/her maid cooked was so good, I only cook baby kailan that way since. The only thing I do differently is toss the sauce with the kailan in the wok whereas Sucy poured the fried garlic soy sauce over the blanched kailan on a plate. I find that the extra step of tossing the kailan in the wok helps to get the sauce into the veg and also gives the veg a blanched-fried taste rather than just a blanched taste. Do not skip the step of frying the garlic and sauce in oil. Blanching veggies in water to which oil has been added, the usual way of blanching veggies Chinese-style, gives a lighter, less fragrant taste while oil that has been heated ('cooked oil' in Chinese, a very Cantonese ingredient that improves the taste of delicate dishes from steamed fish to tossed noodles) gives a fragrant and cooked flavor versus the raw flavor of uncooked oil.
Btw, you can cook most leafy veggies this way but make sure you don't overcook them.
Stir-fried Blanched Little Kailan
1/2 kg little kailan (estimated)
1 heaped T chopped garlic
1 T oyster sauce (optional but recommended)
1 T dark soy sauce
2 T veg oil (preferably peanut oil)
1. Remove any wilted or yellow outer leaves from the kailan, cut off excess stem ends and half them lengthwise so that they'll cook faster. Wash very well under running water and then swish the veg in a sinkful of water to remove the dirt caught between the leaves. Do that twice. Drain in a colander.
2. Boil enough water to blanch the kailan until they are just wilted and still very green. Remove with a large slotted spoon into a colander, tapping the colander to remove as much water as possible.
3. Heat up a wok, add 2 T veg oil and the garlic and fry (low temp) until garlic is slightly golden. Add the oyster sauce and dark soy sauce, stir well for 10 to 20 seconds, add the well-drained kailan (any excess water will dilute the taste) and toss to mix well. Remove onto a plate.
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Many "tricks" that we use to solve mathematical problems don't correspond nicely to theorems or lemmas, or anything close to that rigorous. Instead they take the form of analogies, or general methods of proof more specialized than "induction" or "reductio ad absurdum" but applicable to a number of problems. These can often be summed up in a "slogan" of a couple of sentences or less, that's not fully precise but still manages to convey information. What are some of your favorite such tricks, expressed as slogans?
(Note: By "slogan" I don't necessarily mean that it has to be a well-known statement, like Hadamard's "the shortest path..." quote. Just that it's fairly short and reasonably catchy.)
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The conference will include 35 speakers, more than 75 hours of hands-on training, one-on-one technical support and networking events. Attendees will also get an inside view of Vectorworks software's future development cycle, including new features in the soon-to-be-released 2018 version of the application.
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For the award of MBA (Human Resource Management) you must successfully pass all eight modules, giving a total of 180 credits. All modules are 20 credits, except where indicated.
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9314.0 - Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia, Dec 2003
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The trend estimate for sales of new motor vehicles fell by 1.4% to 76,058 in December 2003 compared with November 2003. The trend estimate has fallen over the last four months following more than 12 months of consecutive growth.
Growth in the trend estimate of 6.7% was recorded for December 2003 when compared with December 2002. Sales of passenger vehicles increased by 4.5% and sales of other vehicles increased by 10.9% over the period.
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David Seah explores a treasure trove of lo-fi productivity pr0n, as provided by the vertical-surface-loving folks at Magnatag. A couple of the items he covers:
I like the name of the Do-Done StepTracker, and I love the idea of "flip the magnetic button over to switch from to-do to done" functionality. Elegant and effective!
Ok, I listed this one before, but now there's a video showing just how the RotoGraph® Long Range Daily Line Item Planner actually works. It's one continuous scrolling surface that you can write your schedule on, kind of like a real-world version of Excel with locked sheet cells.
Very sexy. I wish I had more walls.
I've been having my own one-man whiteboard renaissance lately with my new Pinnacle II Magnetic Dry-Erase Communication Board. I picked up a couple of these at Costco for only 20 bucks each (which is about half what these kinds of things usually cost). Combined with some fine-tipped dry erase markers and a stack of Post-it Index Cards, you have a powerful brainstorming tool at your disposal.
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How do you get creative on demand?
What I mean is that I try to stick to a schedule in the studio, otherwise I end up waisting the day on Pinterest, or answering emails all day, and scattering my energy. That means that on Monday, even if I am not feeling it, I paint. No work on commissions, or anything for anyone that requires thought. Just do whatever comes to naturally. I have a schedule for the rest of the week, and I want to share that with you too, but I also want to know what ingenius tricks you use to stay on schedule.
1. Monday morning I wake up knowing that all of my essential emails and "businessy" things are taken care of for the the day (on account of I did it over the weekend, or on Friday.)
2. Workout! Cardio, weights and pilates. Gives me energy for the whole day.
|I rave about Pilates to anyone who will listen!
|Of course I could get a sexy dog walker...
|Not spinach, but pretty right?
The best thing about Mondays is that I get to experiment all I want! This weekend I went to town at my local art shop (I use Utrecht on Peachtree) because they had a 30% off sale. Hollah! I bought drippy watercolors, neon spray paint, crazy tape, all kinds of graphite and charcoal pencils, gold leaf and also tons of different kinds of glossy messes in tubs for to make the paintings special. I used them all! By the end of the day I have a couple of finished paintings, and many half started ones. I can finish them up later this week, or save them for next free paint day!
So that is how I get my creative day in. How do you do it? Do you have to wait until after work, or the weekends? Do you just get creative whenever the mood strikes? I wan't to know! Lets talk about it.


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There's always mysteries surrounding Cairo and this Tables in Wonderland dinner show is no exception. However, we have a few more details to disclose regarding this upcoming event.
We now know that guests will be seated in the first 2-3 rows of the theater. During Act 1 of the show, popcorn and a specialty beverage will be served!
As the Director yells "cut!", you'll be invited on stage to take part in a dinner feast in the middle of the Cairo Bazaar street scene. During the meal, a DJ and belly dancer will provide entertainment. The feast concludes and the Director is ready to shoot Act II. Guests continue to watch Indiana Jones in the stunt spectacular finale!


text: Original Post Date: May 13, 2008I think it was 99… The Lakers are in the playoffs. I could give a f**k about anything but Purple and Gold right now. I just got a funky a** TV, and I'm stuck on the 405 in traffic trying to get home and puff me one. The first quarter just ended, and I'm watching it in my car. Ni**as is blowing up my phone like it's Christmas… "Dawg are you listening to the radio?" I'm like, No ni**a I'm watching' the Lakers! Why the f**k aren't you? My homie tells me that Them Cash Money ni**as are up at the station calling you out! Calling me out? I thought it was some beef, but who the hell is Cash Money? "Anyway, hit me after the game pimp "Thats when I get a two-way from my dawg Julio G. Hes like, Man if you around you need to come to the station. These N.O. cats Baby and Slim wanna meet you. Now this is the West Coast. Outside of Outkast and Master P, the South wasnt bustin a grape out here at the time. Now dont get me wrong, I love South music, just not as much as I loved Shaq and Kobe. Julio is an OG though. Plus he knows the game. If this ni**a texts me and says that I need to link with somebody, Im doing it. So I did it I turned around and went back to Hollywood to meet Baby and Slim at their hotel This could be a sign Yeah it was The f**kin Lakers lost. Punk a** LAPD gives me a ticket for tinted windows. The valet at the hotel pulls all up on the curb, and all I hear is my Anterras scraping the concrete. When the Birdman pulls up, Im outside cussing out the whole staff at the Mondrian Dude got a kick outta that. Him and ol Rusty persuade me to chill out, and we walk into the lobby. Im still beefy tho Baby and Slim pull me over to a corner and we talk music. They tell me how Im hot like fire in New Orleans, and I need to get down there and promote. Baby says and I quote, Lil Daddy, you my favorite artist! That Bye Bye Baby sh*t is way too gangsta for R&B Can you rap? Im like, Homie, I cant even wrap a gift! They tell me that they listen to my album so much that the CD warps, and they have to get a new one in every city. Im watching how all their crew is giving me nods as they walk by. "These ni**as really feelin ya boy" Im kinda surprised. Baby tells me that they are about to start shooting their first movie and they want me on the soundtrack. Im with it! We all exchange numbers and I bounce But not before I give that hotel a bill for my f**king rim Over the next couple of weeks, me and dude communicate a lot. Baby is a real Laker hater, so we had reason to talk a bunch of sh*t. We always had a little rivalry goin' on from the beginning and that got us off to a good start. Before long I was going out on the road with them, doing shows, and helping them shut down malls across the US. Then we finally got in the studio Thats when sh*t really got deep I did a joint for them on the Baller Blockin soundtrack and I wouldnt charge them. Im old school dawg. I believe in the barter system. Lets just say you owe me big homie What else you got? What did I tell him that for? For the next two weeks, we did song after song after song. Juvenile, BG, Turk, Hot Boys, Big Tymers, you name it almost. Seems he was keeping this one little pitbull in his back pocket and wasnt letting him out. I think it's time to pull one of those favors I was just getting ready to start my second album. The Black Suits were calling in everybody – Pharrell, Ja Rule, Warren G, Bone Thugs, E-40, Destinys Child, Ghostface and Capadonna, etc I had my eyes and ears set on one cat Baby assured me that I wasnt putting out another album without him on it, so when he came to NY to do the joint, I popped the question. Can I get Lil Weezy on this album? The ni**a hesitated, but he couldnt say no. He owed me. We flew to New Orleans and went to the lab.Now we all know Baby is a showman. Never more than this particular night though. He always looked at his crew as an army. To watch them all in the studio, youd call them the same, but to watch Lil Wayne do his thang, you knew this was Babys ace in the hole. Now I had hung with all the Hot Boys in the city on separate occasions for fun. Me and Juve would tear down the city when I was there. Me and BG would tear down the projects. Me and my ni**a lil Turk would beef 'cause I smoked too much weed, lol Wayne was just a kid, and I wasnt going to hang out at the high school, ya dig? The only time the whole crew was together was when we were working. I guess that should've been a red flag.It wasnt. This lil ni**a came in the studio and listened to my record one time down while performing to himself in the mirror. He said to Baby, Im ready." He didnt write sh*t down. He went in the studio and killed it with one take. My mouth dropped. Wayne came out the booth, listened, waited for Babys approval, waited for mine, and asked for a copy. I was shocked. I watched the lil dude leave out and hop in his yellow SLK. He had a chick in the car! The ni**a left it running!! I was done. Baby was cracking his side looking at my expression. That ni**a Wayne had a gift. I knew it and so did Baby What I didnt know was that Slim had been calling Sony trying to buy me out of my deal. Giant wanted me as an artist at all cost, but Sony was making money off me, and they werent trying to hear it. Meanwhile, my sales down South had doubled, and we had the Birdman to thank for that. It got to the point where I would come out in the middle of their show to do my song just 'cause Baby wanted to hear it! Word got back to Sony and they started to panic. They informed Slim that hed be sued for tampering if he kept it up. So we had to come up with another plan. We met and he told me what was up. He told me that if I could get myself out of that deal, he had a much better one on the table Im saying to myself, Is that possible? I mean, regardless of the situation, I did have a helluva deal with Sony. I wasnt selling that many records, but I was making a whole lotta cake How could he beat that? Anyway, I listened like a dumba** and set about getting myself out of my deal Plan B was in full effect.Little did I know that there was chaos in the CMR camp. The Hot Boys felt like their money was a little funny. Juve was the hottest ni**a on the planet, everybody wanted him on their record, and Baby refused. Seems the Birdman was Bird feedin ni**as, but they kept recruiting for him! Every time I talked to Juve, Doogie, or Turk, they would sweat me about signing to Cash Money. See these ni**as had love for Baby and Slim. Family type love. He should've done whatever to keep them boys happy. They would've rode for him 'til the wheels fell off, but greed is a muthaf**ka. Greed is why we can never get ahead. There was more than enough to go around, but ni**as f**ked it all up. What can you do with 50 whips? You spend most of your time on the road! When you get home, them sh*ts dont even start! Whats the difference between an S Class and a Maybach? The 200 stacks that you can use buying Chevys for all your homies Do u really need another $100,000 chain when you have two at home in the safe already? F**k No! Id use that bread for more rooms on the road so my 70 ni**as aint gotta pile up six or eight to a room. Or maybe I could put it in my ni**as pockets so they aint gotta hit the block when we come home Sh*t, its a whole lotta sh*t that ni**as can do with extra money. Ask Master P Anyway, I flexed on Sony. Im a G with the paperwork. I got myself outta that deal and made them pay me for it. I got into negotiations with Cash Money, and I figured that it would take a while. See, my lawyer had got his hands on a copy of Juves contract just to see what we were up against. It was some bullsh*t! A slave deal with a million holes in it. He made sure mine had two million. He said, T, I do not advise you to do a deal with these cats, but since youre gonna do it anyway, I want to make sure that its easy to get out of. Its gonna take some time It took eight months. In the meantime, just to keep sh*t rolling, my lawyer got me a song deal with his father, Mr. Clive Davis at Arista. Soon after they wrote me a check, Mr. Davis left the company, and I was free and clear after turning in a couple of pop joints for LFO, N-Sync, and the UK supergroup, Anotha Level. Now thats gangsta! I was still young. My lawyer knew that I was gonna jump at them Cash Money dollars, so he made it unnecessary. I wasnt trippin. When the deal gets done, Ill be ready for work. He got it done right before Christmas Ho, Ho, Ho muthaf**kas!The next call I got was from Baby. Its your turn, Homie! I need you by my side dawg! I packed up my sh*t and bounced to New Orleans. Babys sister Kim picked me up from the airport. She had a bunch of keys and some bread for me. The most important thing she had for me was advice on how to deal with her little brother. See me and Kim was cool from the beginning. Thats my dawg! She was a real TQ fan, and I love her for that. She informed me that they called her brother Baby for obvious reasons and to always remember that. I did It didnt matter though.Im a man. Im always gonna be at least that. I had a career before I met CMR, and they was gonna respect that if nothing else. I stood up to Baby. Hed talk crazy to me, and Id talk crazy back. He respected that and still does. I had my own sh*t. Whenever hed get to trippin, Id be quick to say, Man f**k you! and leave Yokohama tracks in his driveway. N.O. was just like Compton. I could go anywhere by myself and it was love – pretty much. I wasnt going to the Callio alone pimp call me what you want! LOL! As long as I was at the studio or on the bus when I was supposed to be there, wed laugh it off and split a bottle of Cris But where was everybody else? Where the f**k is BG? Nile? Turk? The ni**as that were responsible for me being here were not here. That I didnt understand Then Baby told me about his expansion plan. He was making deals for a Cash Money West headed by Mack 10. He was gonna sign Gillie the Kid outta Philly, and Boo and Gotti, Mikkey, and Strings from Chicago. Sounded great to me! Especially the Mack 10 part My one question remained. Where the f**k are the Hot Boys? I finally found out And next week you will too Stay tuned for the next installment Break Up to Make Up." This should be interesting.Check out TQs new album Paradise featuring Krayzie Bone, BG, Jagged Edge, Static Major and more in stores and on iTunes now! www.myspace.com/tqofficialsite


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NAMEcouchdb-push - Push documents from the filesystem to CouchDB
couchdb-push [OPTION]... <FILE>... <COUCHDB_DATABASE>
Pushing a directory of JSON documents to http://localhost:5984/mydb :
couchdb-push * http://localhost:5984/mydb couchdb-push * mydb # same as above # Note that the filenames will be used as document ids
Pushing one design document to mydb:
# The file "_design/comments" must exist in the filesystem. couchdb-push _design/comments mydb
Overwrite existing documents when pushing to mydb:
couchdb-push --force * mydb
DESCRIPTIONThis script will take a list of JSON-encoded files and publish them to a CouchDB database. The paths of the filenames will be used as document ids in CouchDB, and slashes in the path will be escaped properly. This will let you upload documents that have ids with '/'s in them (like '_design/docs').
SEE ALSOAnyEvent::CouchDB, AnyEvent::CouchDB::Database
AUTHORJohn Beppu <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Visit the GSP FreeBSD Man Page Interface.


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Since joining the team at Alexia Foods as one of their blogger tastemakers, I've had a fun time trying to recreate old classic recipes using some of my favorite Alexia Food products.
You might recall the Sweet Potato Casserole Bites I made awhile back, using Alexia Sweet Potato Puffs. Well, I'm at it again, but this time using Alexia's Onion Rings!
$100 Visa Giftcard Giveaway
Before we get to the recipe, I'd love to get you involved in my tastemaker fun, and I'm going to do that by sharing a $100 Visa Gift Card giveaway!
You see, Alexia shared a gift card with me for a party I hosted, and I had some leftover…so I thought I'd share it with YOU!
To enter the giveaway for the $100 Visa Gift Card we're headed to my favorite place, Instagram (or Facebook or Flickr…your photo sharing platform of choice). Simply share a photo (whether new or old) of a time when Alexia Foods would be a perfect addition to your day… maybe some fresh Alexia Oven Crinkle fries would make your dinner complete or would chicken sliders on Alexia's Artisan Bread be great for game day? Maybe your afternoon pick me up would be something tasty from Alexia. Would book club be better with Alexia's Mushroom Bites? Probably so!
Alexia Foods has a whole collection of great products – check them out here and be specific in your photo description as to which Alexia product would fit best! Once you've taken the picture, simply include the hashtag #HerestoFood and leave a link to your photo in the comments section. (You can use Followgram to get a direct link to your Instagram pictures).
Pictures will be accepted until Midnight, CST on Wednesday, October 31st. Winner will be chosen via Random.org and will be notified via a valid email address.
If you don't have access to a camera you can still enter simply by leaving a comment on this post sharing which Alexia product would make your _______ complete.
And now, for the recipe!
I'm sure many of you have had Hot Onion Dip. Well, I took Hot Onion Dip one step further and added crunchy and delicious Alexia Panko Breaded Onion Rings in place of chopped onions. The crunch of the onion rings with the creamy cheesy dip was absolute perfection… especially when served in sweet bell peppers!
I look forward to browsing your pictures and hope you enjoy this recipe!
Baked Onion Ring Dip
- 1/2 package Alexia Panko Breaded Onion Rings baked according to package directions
- 1 1/2 packages cream cheese softened
- 1 cup Romano cheese grated
- 1/4 cup mayonaise
- 1 dash Kosher salt
- 4 bell peppers top removed and seeded
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Mix together cream cheese, Romano cheese, mayonnaise and Kosher salt.
- Take 1/2 of the Alexia Panko Breaded Onion Rings and coarsely chop. Mix chopped onion rings into cheese mixture.
- Fill each bell pepper with the cheese mixture and place in an 8-inch square baking dish.
- Bake for 30 minutes, or until cheese is bubbly and hot and slightly browned on top.
- Serve hot with additional onion rings, crackers or fresh vegetables.
Disclosure: I'm happy to be a part of the Alexia Tastemaker bloggers group. Alexia has compensated me for being part of their program. I am sharing part of a gift card compensation as the prize for this giveaway. All opinions expressed are my own!


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Provides a unique balance that adds strength, stability and support for humans, animals, environments & projects.
From Machaelle Wright: When I stopped holding open houses at Perelandra years ago due to the massive carbon footprint each open house added to our planet, one of the things I regretted from that decision was eliminating the opportunity for you to visit the Perelandra garden. Each summer we had over 1,000 visitors from around the world. You see, I've been working with nature for more than thirty years to carefully construct a garden "biosphere" that operated on the principles of full balance. When visitors walked into the Perelandra garden, they experienced the unique level of balance that has been created, and this experience benefitted them in deep ways — physically, emotionally, mentally, and even "soulfully."
Well, I'm very pleased to say that with Essence of Perelandra (EoP) that experience is back! And you don't have to leave home to receive its benefits. Around Perelandra we've been calling the EoP "balance in a bottle." It is a carefully constructed, complex electrical pattern that captures all of the elements within each of the levels in the full garden biosphere that interconnect to create the unique balance we call "the Perelandra garden."
Use Essence of Perelandra anytime and anywhere you wish to provide a unique foundation of balance, stability, strength and support. The dose: 10 drops. You may take 10 drops of EoP orally to add balance, stability, strength and support for your overall health and well-being. You may give 10 drops to a child or infant for their health and well-being. And you may give 10 drops to a pet. You can also use EoP "non-orally" and provide 10 drops to your job, specific work-related tasks, any project you are working on or any soil-less garden you are working with. You may add EoP to your home, garden or farm biosphere to give it additional balance, stability, strength and support. (See "Directions" for how to apply EoP by clicking on the linked brochure.) Have you noticed I keep saying "10 drops?" That's because no matter how you wish to use Essence of Perelandra, you always use 10 drops per dose.
A brochure with instructions will be included with each order upon request. Or read it online here.
In order to better describe what Essence of Perelandra provides, I let four staff members work with it for twenty days. Then I asked them to write what they experienced, including any changes or results, and how they would describe EoP to you.
As our world has become more complex, there is a pressing need to bring the support of deep balance into all the areas of our lives — health, job, projects and goals, and our environment. Essence of Perelandra has been created specifically by Machaelle and nature as a tool for making the deep balance of the Perelandra garden available to anyone who desires a greater support from nature for themselves, their family, their home and their projects. EoP helps us in several ways. It fosters better mental focus and understanding of how elements of a project work together. It forms an environment that allows these elements to flow and coordinate with each other more easily. It facilitates right order and timing as the elements mesh and work toward the goal. It can bring greater intuitive insights and a sense of "getting unstuck" when we are faced with thorny or difficult problems. It does all these things by providing a balanced foundation where things work better because the full support of nature is there. People who have visited the Perelandra garden over the years have often commented on how they feel more clear and energized in its supportive field. Now, Machaelle and nature have found a way to bottle this up and make it more widely available. Essence of Perelandra won't create a miniature Perelandra for you but it will give you an important tool for helping make you and whatever you are doing more efficient and better give you the results you're seeking.
How would I describe Essence of Perelandra? Balance in a bottle. But not that "magic-bullet, you-don't-have-to-do-any-work" kind of way. You can be handed everything in the world to function well, but you still have to choose to make use of it. Think of a task that you do on a regular basis — like balancing your checkbook, your commute to work, preparing dinner, cleaning the house, organizing volunteers, writing an email, an Energy Cleansing of your home ... anything. You know how that task normally feels. You know what parts you have difficulty with or find challenging. Now imagine support. Support from the balance of the Perelandra garden given to you, your home, your family, your work, your life. Imagine the kind of quality that comes from a foundation like that. Imagine what kind of impact that can have on the world around you. That's what Essence of Perelandra gives.
Essence of Perelandra offers "a walk in the garden," and specifically, the Perelandra garden. As Machaelle originally explained it, it gives you the benefits of an afternoon in the Perelandra garden. For me, it seems to be a shift that affects my mind and emotions in a positive way that the Perelandra Essences and ETS do not. When taking it for preparing for a busy work day at Perelandra, I find that the work day seems to flow without my getting overly upset or stressed. I seem to move through the day without the emotional stress that is typical for me, and just keep going on to the next thing that needs to be addressed. The effect after taking EoP does not suddenly change me in any way. It seems to have an invisible, gradual effect that goes unnoticed until I look back and reflect on the day. For instance, one day I had prepared for a busy day with a demanding schedule. Late in the day I was told that all the work I had done on a specific project the night before and up to that point of the day was put on hold, that the project would be delayed indefinitely. Usually this would drive me crazy, but I was able to just laugh it off and move on without dwelling on it. Remarkable. So much of my time and energy goes into worrying and trying to control everything I am responsible for and getting frustrated with what doesn't go according to my plan. Perhaps the EoP brings in a more co-creative nature-like approach that helps alleviate all the personal junk and worry that gets in the way of letting things flow. I find that the effect is always gradual for me and just seems to happen without noticing that anything has changed until I go back and reflect to write down the results.
I've been using Essence of Perelandra for twenty days. Some of the effects were obvious and immediate. And then there was the gradual quiet shift (if you can call three weeks gradual) that when I sit down and think about it, is actually quite profound. The first time I used it, I was about to go into a meeting on a subject three of us had been avoiding for months, and it was a foggy-brain afternoon. I took Essence of Perelandra orally and then shifted it [see "Directions" for steps] specifically for the meeting. There was an immediate change in my ability to focus and the meeting was surprisingly productive — we finally moved forward. I took Essence of Perelandra orally each day for my personal balance. I also used it for specific work projects and goals, volunteer activities, and health issues. The resulting effects were sometimes unusual. What would at first appear to be a lack of success in achieving expectations, suddenly turned into an unexpected opportunity and very positive experience in an area of a project that I had not given my attention to. In the past week, I have felt a calm and a quiet that is so unfamiliar. I have had many moments of fearing I was not getting done what needed to be done, that I needed to be DOING SOMETHING more. Because I shouldn't feel like this, I must be avoiding or ignoring something. Where was the battle, the noise in my brain from all that needs to be done? Where was the overwhelm? I was unusually focused on each task at hand, not doing my usual bouncing from project to project and interruption to interruption. And I was feeling guilty about it! As if I was going to be caught not doing enough. Amazingly large or daunting tasks were being completed — one by one. And small tasks I would have put off to a pile were being completed with ease. I can't fully explain it. I feel like I'm in the midst of changing a way of being that has been with me my entire life. And though I have been very aware of it for years, aware of the obstacles it creates for me, I never found a way out. I only found ways around — and worked really hard to get around my own blocks. Now, something is melting away, without any effort on my part. Out of the blue, this thought popped into my mind: "It doesn't change who I am, it takes away the struggle to be who I am." And perhaps that's what it's doing with the projects, taking away the struggle in the movement. It doesn't change the project, it allows it to be what it can be.
Bottle Sizes Dram (1/8-oz.) = appr. 75 drops 1/2-oz. = approx. 300 drops 2-oz. = approx. 1200 drops
Perelandra Essences
Perelandra Solutions
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Preservative Options If you are sensitive to brandy, you may order your essences, ETS Plus or MBP Solutions preserved in distilled white vinegar. The prices are the same. Whether preserved in brandy or distilled white vinegar, the essences and Solutions are equally as potent and effective. Essences and Solutions preserved in vinegar will freeze if left long enough in frigid temperatures. If frozen, they lose 20% of their efficacy and should be replaced.
Essences & Solutions Guarantee The Perelandra Essences, MBP Solutions, Essence of Perelandra, Natural Aging and ETS Plus are natural and will not interfere with any medications you may be taking. However, they are not a substitute for needed medical care. We guarantee the integrity and potency of the Perelandra Essences and Perelandra Solutions. They have an indefinite shelf-life and we preserve them in a brandy or vinegar base to ensure that shelf-life. Sometimes, after a period of time, the rubber bulb on the dropper may show signs of deterioration — softening, collapsing, cracking. When this occurs, we recommend you replace your droppers. To facilitate this, we offer packages of replacement droppers. Of course, we can't guarantee against mishaps that occur due to "user carelessness," such as replacing a dropper before washing it off after it has touched your mouth or having several bottles open at one time and forgetting which dropper went into which bottle. But we certainly back the integrity of the essences in the areas that we here at Perelandra can control. SUGGESTION: We recommend storing your sets of essences with the bottles standing upright. This keeps the essence from coming in contact with the rubber dropper bulb and eliminates the rubber taste the essences can get over time. For convenient, easy essences testing and upright storage, use our new Essences Testing Box for dram-size (1/8-oz.) essences.


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FORMAT: PDF pattern as DIGITAL DOWNLOAD (available to download in both English and French)
STITCH COUNT: 50 x 50 stitches (for each design)
STITCHED SIZE (when using 32ct fabric): 8 x 8 cm (3.5″ x 3.5″) per design
- Zweigart 32ct linen
- DMC stranded cotton
- Rainbow Gallery Petite Treasure Braid metallics
- Mill Hill beads
- a detailed shopping list
- the key & charts
- a special stitch tutorial (beads, diamond eyelet stitch, round eyelet stitch with sequin, rice stitch)
- a finishing tutorial to assemble these projects into cards
- + FREE WITH THIS PATTERN: exclusive BONUS pages (in both languages) with the printable thread card for this design and extra chart views.
ALTERNATIVE USE: These designs also lend themselves very nicely to being framed or made into Christmas ornaments.
Any question? Don't hesitate to contact me!