text: Jesus fucking Christ — it looks like things have gone from bad to worse for Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, the remaining jailed members of punk collective Pussy Riot. The pair have now been moved from a Moscow prison to separate prison colonies located, respectively, in the Perm region in the Urals and the central province of Mordovia to serve out the remainder of their 2-year sentence. Alekhina and Tolokonnikova have already spoken via letters smuggled out by their attorneys about the harsh conditions of Russian prisons and it's likely to be awhile before we hear comment from them again. The pair's attorney is not even 100% sure on the women's whereabouts, having only been informed about their transfer from prison authorities and not his clients themselves.


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Just as the rumors predicted, Toshiba has officially announced its next-generation Android tablet, the AT200, which the company boasts is the "world's thinnest, lightest" tablet PC.
The AT200, which will purportedly be called the Excite in the US, was unveiled today the IFA conference in Berlin, Germany. And from what we've seen so far, this impressive-looking device could stand as the next major competitor in the Android tablet arena.
Loaded with Android 3.2 (Honeycomb), the AT200 measures a mere 7.7mm thick. Compare that to the 8.8mm thickness of the iPad 2, or even the 8.6mm of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, and those devices look downright bulky. It's also light, weighing in at only 1.23 pounds (558g), which is just slightly lighter than the iPad 2's 1.33-pound (601g) weight.
Other external details include a 10.1-inch screen, with 1280×800 resolution. The back is brushed aluminum, which gives it a clean, industrial design look. The edges are squared off, and also covered in aluminum, similar to the look of the iPhone 4.
Inside, the AT200 packs a 1.2GHz dual-core TI OMAP 4430 processor, which might sound slower than the 1.4GHz CPUs in other tablets. But without an actual speed test, it's impossible to say. The AT200 comes with 1GB of RAM and up to 64GB of storage. It also includes a front-facing camera for video chat, and a 5MP rear-facing camera. Toshiba even managed to pack a microSD, micro-USB and micro-HDMI ports into the thin profile of the AT200 — something Toshiba tells us is a main priority in designing their tablets.
"While extremely thin, the AT200 will feature a range of ports – a testament to Toshiba's focus on usability in all of our tablet designs, an important element the category overall needs," a Toshiba spokesperson said in an email. "Although consumers are telling us they want thin and light tablets, we also are hearing they do not want to sacrifice usability to get there."
From what we can tell at this point, the AT200 looks like another solid tablet offering from Toshiba. Their previous tablet, the Thrive, was anything but thin. In fact, it's thickness was one of the only major complaints critics had of the device.
According to the Toshiba spokesperson, the AT200 "is currently on the U.S. product roadmap," but the company has not yet revealed pricing details or a US release date, though they have confirmed that it will hit the European market in the fourth quarter of this year.
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Xion Predator Gaming Series AXP 970 Review
With new video cards coming out all the time its getting hard to keep up. Don't they just seem to be getting longer and longer too? Something important to consider in any build certainly is a video card but another concern revolves around the length of the card. Will the case you get hold your new monstrous behemouth or will it struggle to contain it. Not only is it important to consider what length cards your case can handle but it's also just as important to buy a case that can hold everything else and keep it looking nice. A great case should not just simply hold your computer componets but should keep them cool and keep your setup expandable while staying affordable and stylish. Today, for review, I have the Sion Predator Gaming Series AXP970. For a modest price the AXP970 offers many great features. The AXP970 is capable of having up to two 120mm side panel fans or one 200mm. It also allows for two 120mm fans to mount under the top panel which is also able to accomodate a radiator. So does the AXP970 have it all? Let's read on and find out.
Closer Look:
The box really doesn't offer that much to see. Both the front and reverse sides of the box are the same. On these sides we have the full model number displayed at the top along with the Xion brand name just under it to the right. Displayed under that is basic picture of the front right side of the case and just under that is the designation that this case is part of the predator 970 gaming series of cases. Like the front and back, both of the sides of the box are the same. Both of the sides display a list of specifications about the case. Notable here is the one line that says "3.5" x 2 (hot swappable tray)". What this is getting at is this case has the capability to hotswap two drives. Wow, can't say I've ever reviewd a case that had a hotswappable drive bay in it.
Once out of the box we have the case sandwiched between styrofoam and covered in a plastic bag.
There is much more to see than just a case in some packaging. I'm just itching to peer further. With features like a hotswappable hdd tray I have to wonder what else this case has to offer. Read on.


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Use the @IdClass annotation to specify a composite primary key class (usually made up of two or more primitive, JDK object types or Entity types) for an entity or MappedSuperclass.
Note: Composite primary keys typically arise during mapping from legacy databases when the database key is comprised of several columns.
A composite primary key class has the following characteristics:
- It is a POJO class.
- It is a public class with a public no-argument constructor.
- If you use property-based access, the properties of the primary key class are public or protected.
- It is serializable.
- It defines equals and hashCode methods. The semantics of value equality for these methods must be consistent with the database equality for the database types to which the key is mapped.
- Its fields or properties must correspond in type and name to the entity primary key fields or properties annotated with @Id.
Alternatively, you can make the composite primary key class an embedded class owned by the entity (see @EmbeddedId).
The @IdClass annotation has a required attribute value that you set to the class to specify this class as a composite primary key class (see @AttributeOverride).
The Nonembedded Composite Primary Key Class example shows a nonembedded composite primary key class. In this class, fields empName and birthDay must correspond in name and type to properties in the entity class. The Usage of @IdClass Annotation example shows how to configure an entity with this nonembedded composite primary key class using the @IdClass annotation. Because entity class fields empName and birthDay are used in the primary key, you must also annotate them using the @Id annotation (see @Id).
Nonembedded Composite Primary Key Class
public class EmployeePK implements Serializable { private String empName; private Date birthDay; public EmployeePK() { } public String getName() { return this.empName; } public void setName(String name) { this.empName = name; } public long getDateOfBirth() { return this.birthDay; } public void setDateOfBirth(Date date) { this.birthDay = date; } public int hashCode() { return (int)this.empName.hashCode(); } public boolean equals(Object obj) { if (obj == this) return true; if (!(obj instanceof EmployeePK)) return false; if (obj == null) return false; EmployeePK pk = (EmployeePK) obj; return pk.birthDay = this.birthDay && pk.empName.equals(this.empName); } }
Usage of @IdClass Annotation
@IdClass (EmployeePK.class) @Entity public class Employee implements Serializable{ @Id String empName; @Id Date birthDay; ... }
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child follows the electrifying 61 Hours with his latest Reacher thriller—a story that hits the ground running and then accelerates all the way to a colossal showdown. Read more...
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From the book
Reacher checked the window. There were four tires in total, big knobbly off-road things, all of them on a Ford pick-up truck. The truck had a jacked suspension and lights on a roof bar and a snorkel air intake and a winch on the front. There were two large shapes in the gloom inside. The shapes had thick necks and huge shoulders. The truck nosed slowly down the row of cabins and stopped twenty feet behind the parked Subaru. The headlights stayed on. The engine idled. The doors opened. Two guys climbed out.
They both looked like Brett, only bigger. Late twenties, easily six-six or six-seven, probably close to three hundred pounds each, big waists made tiny by huge chests and arms and shoulders. They had cropped hair and small eyes and fleshy faces. They were the kind of guys who ate two dinners and were still hungry afterward. They were wearing red Cornhuskers football jackets made gray by the blue light from the cabin's eaves.
The doctor's wife joined Reacher at the window.
"Sweet Jesus," she said.
Reacher said nothing.
The two guys closed the truck's doors and stepped back in unison to the load bed and unlatched a tool locker bolted across its width behind the cab. They lifted the lid and one took out an engineer's ball-peen hammer and the other took out a two-headed wrench at least a foot and a half long. They left the lid open and walked forward into the truck's headlight wash and their shadows jumped ahead of them. They were light on their feet and nimble for their size, like football players usually were. They paused for a moment and looked at the cabin's door, and then they turned away.
Toward the Subaru.
They attacked it in a violent frenzy, an absolute blitzkrieg, two or three minutes of uncontrolled smashing and pounding. The noise was deafening. They smashed every shard of glass out of the windshield, they smashed the side windows, the back window, the headlights, the tail lights. They hammered jagged dents into the hood, into the doors, into the roof, into the fenders, into the tailgate. They put their arms through the absent glass and smashed up the dials and the switches and the radio.
Shit, Reacher thought. There goes my ride.
US"My husband's punishment," the doctor's wife whispered. "Worse this time."
The two guys stopped as suddenly as they had started. They stood there, one each side of the wrecked wagon, and they breathed hard and rolled their shoulders and let their weapons hang down by their sides. Pebbles of broken automotive glass glittered in the neon and the boom and clang of battered sheet metal echoed away to absolute silence.
Reacher took off his coat and dumped it on the bed.
The two guys formed up shoulder to shoulder and headed for the cabin's door. Reacher opened it up and stepped out to meet them head on. Win or lose, fighting inside would bust up the room, and Vincent the motel owner had enough problems already.
The two guys stopped ten feet away and stood there, side by side, symmetrical, their weapons in their outside hands, four cubic yards of bone and muscle, six hundred pounds of beef, all flushed and sweating in the chill.
Reacher said, "Pop quiz, guys. You spent four years in college learning how to play a game. I spent thirteen years in the army learning how to kill people. So how scared am I?"
No answer.
"And you were so bad at it you couldn't even get drafted afterward. I was so good at it I got all kinds of medals and promotions. So how scared are you?"
"Not very," said the guy with the wrench.
Wrong answer. But understandable. Being a good enough guard...
Praise for #1 bestselling author Lee Child and his Reacher series
"Child is a superb craftsman of suspense." - Entertainment Weekly
"The truth about Reacher gets better and better." - Janet Maslin, The New York Times
"Implausible, irresistible Reacher remains just about the best butt-kicker in thriller-lit." - Kirkus Reviews
"Like his hero Jack Reacher, Lee Child seems to make no wrong steps."--Associated Press
"Lee Child [is] the current poster-boy of American crime fiction." - Los Angeles Times
"Indisputably the best escape artist in this escapist genre." - Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times
"Jack Reacher is much more like the heir to the Op and Marlowe than Spenser ever was." - Esquire


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Try Climbing a Mountain
By Izzy Weisz, Sierra Club Youth Ambassador
When did it become the end of August? The entire summer we've been asked where we've been and where we're going. Our spiel always ended with "backpacking in Sequoia," complete with two massive grins and hefty amounts of excitement. And now, after over 30 miles, 6,000 feet total elevation gain, and enough dehydrated peas and carrots to last me a lifetime, we're done travelling. Click on the image below to check out a video of our trip.
It all began on a windy road leading into Mineral King, a valley deep in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains. I would be lying if I said we didn't get massively carsick. But all was well once we reached the campground where we were staying before taking off the next morning on our five-day backpacking trip with Sierra Club National Outings. The mixture of gigantic trees and happy-hour tortilla chips & guac started things off nicely.
The exact area we were hiking in was a part of this big spat between Walt Disney and the Sierra Club a few decades back, when Disney wanted to build a ski resort on these peaks. Long story short, stoked that there's no ski resort there -- that would have put a slight damper on our spectacular views.
So Tuesday morning, our eclectic 14-person group set out to get away from all things civilized and get down and dirty. We asked Thomas and Lesley, the group leaders, which day would be the hardest. "The first day, definitely," they told us reassuringly. Only later did we realize this was just a ploy to build up our confidence. The first day was the easiest.
First day setting out (above) vs. after our highest climb, day 4 (below).
After reaching our first day's destination, Franklin Lake (~9000 ft), Rachel and I spotted a sheet of snow up on the other side of the lake and immediately decided we had to touch it. Two hours and at least 300 feet higher, we got close. We also got altitude sick. C'est la vie, it was an exhilarating adventure.
We managed to get some primetime star gazing in on this trip, too. We upped our game from Lassen and Colorado by drinking lemon tea and chillin' in our sleeping bags while doing so.
Day three and we were finally getting acclimated to the altitude and the backpacking lifestyle. We managed to do some yoga, and play lots of card games by headlamp light.
Day four started off in tents and then became extremely intense. We hiked up to Columbine Lake, heaving and hoeing, and then proceeded to summit Sawtooth Peak (below) at a whopping 12,343 ft. And then there was the climb down. Let's just say I spent a good chunk of time skidding on my butt. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do, amiright?
That's Columbine Lake (above) and Sawtooth Peak (below).
Celebration was then in order, which came in the form of jumping in Monarch Lake and sunbathing on the rocks. I don't think any of my explanations are doing the trip justice. I think you'll just have to visit Mineral King for yourself, and then call me up and we can chat about how gnarly the climbs are, and ponder the extreme blueness of the lakes.
If you're young and have given all your money away to college loans or the like, have no fear, you can still go! Apply for the youth scholarship fund! And if you're older, and a little skeptical about making it up to the top of those peaks, channel Vince. He came on the trip to see a similar view to Robert Redford in the movie The Electric Horseman, and was an absolutely incredible hiker.
And if you're feeling glued to your technological devices, try turning them off and climbing a mountain. That's my best advice, not that you asked.


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Christophe leans over the bowl, meets the wooden spoon with his lips and tastes the sauce. The class holds their breath
"More… thyme," he finally declares, and sends the nearest student to the door and out to the garden to pick more.
Seeing the journey from garden to kitchen to plate – all of 10 metres in this case – is the ethos behind the organic cookery school in the Clare Island Retreat, County Mayo. For dinner, workers on the farm (wwoofers) climb over rock pools, knives between their teeth, lean into the sea and cut some "spaghetti seaweed". One hour later they're in the kitchen learning to chop it; two hours later and it's a Chinese stir-fry with an Irish seaweed twist. Chef and co-owner Christophe Mouze explains:
"Our cooking classes are about fresh, seasonal food. We grow all our vegetables, which means we have to eat seasonally. It all starts in the garden."
The success of cookery schools in Ireland seems effortless. For years visitors have begged local chefs for the secret to their seafood chowder, or left their B&B with the family's famous soda bread recipe in their pocket. But in fact, the Irish cookery school has worked very hard to get where it is. Liz Moore, who ran Belle Isle Cookery School in County Fermanagh for 10 years and has cooked for the Queen of England, reckons the school's great reputation is simply down to "great ingredients and passionate tutors."
Farm to fork
Chef, author, and TV presenter Darina Allen has been credited for an Irish food revolution. Her Ballymaloe Cooking School, with its 100-acre organic farm, restaurant and guesthouse, is an international brand in itself. Allen was always convinced of the vital connection between farming and cooking, and this belief passed easily from master to pupil. Former student of Allen, Catherine Fulvio has appeared on US TV channel NBC's Today Show demonstrating recipes, and continues the ethos of Allen in her own Ballyknocken Cooking School in Wicklow: "People especially enjoy the farm and surroundings, from the sheep in the field to the herbs in the herb garden – it is a full food experience."
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The Tannery in Waterford, meanwhile, has won Cookery School of the Year for three years, and its Glanbia organic garden supplies as much as is physically possible for the restaurant and cookery school. Eat Like a Girl blogger and cookbook author Niamh Shields is a huge fan of the place: "The Tannery's Paul Flynn is a very talented chef and passionate about local produce. That combination of a world-class restaurant and cookery school with the great local produce really puts the area on the map."
Local suppliers, fresh produce
Chefs are quick to acknowledge the importance of producers and suppliers. Liz Moore, former director of Belle Isle Cookery School (which now rests in the capable hands of Joe Kelly), cites the quality and sustainability of our beef and the purity of our fish, and how the EU has granted Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) to a number of Irish products as reasons for why these schools attract foodies all through the year.
So, we had to ask: what's the easiest Irish recipe to start with? That would have to be the quintessential Irish brown bread, according to The Tannery's Paul Flynn…
Back in Christophe's kitchen on Clare Island, the students are hoping the same as they leave with the recipe and jars of starter culture for his spelt bread. And if they don't, it's just an excuse for another course.
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December 4, 1944 - April 27, 2013
Highland Mills, NY
Pamela F. Schofield of Highland Mills, NY passed away peacefully in her sleep on April 27, 2013. She was 68 years old.
The daughter of the late Francis and Charlotte Masin, she was born on December 4, 1944 in Woodside Queens. She was married to David G. Schofield of Highland Mills on October 15, 1994.
Pamela was a caring and loving wife, mother, sister, aunt and grandmother.
Survivors include her husband, David G. Schofield at home; her son and daughter-in-law, Robert Jr. and Sondara Podeyn; and grandchildren: Robert III and Matthew, all of Bolivar, MO; sister, Patricia Corby and nephew, Scott Corby of Hickory, NC and sister and brother-in-law, Barbara and Stanley Baer and nephews, Thomas and Anthony, all of Orlando, FL; stepson, Doug Schofield and his wife, Janet Schofield; grandchildren: Connor, Nicole, Alexis and Stephen, all of Montgomery, NY; also cousin, Carol Bastian of Camden, NY.
Visitation will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30th at Quigley Bros. Funeral Home, 337 Hudson St., Cornwall-On-Hudson, NY 12520. A Funeral Service will be held at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 23rd at the Funeral Home. Cremation is to follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Newburgh.
Arrangements are by Kevin Quigley of Quigley Bros. Funeral Home; to send condolences or to get directions to the funeral home please go to www. quigleybros.com.


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The coaches' clinic will be held from noon to 1 p.m., followed by the free players' clinic running from 1 to 2:30 p.m., with children ages 5 to 12 eligible to participate.
Snyder Signs will be the presenting sponsor for the clinic and will be providing a free "ETSU Baseball" t-shirt to the first 500 players to attend. In addition, all players who participate in the clinic will receive a free pass to a Buccaneer baseball game during the March 22-24 series with Florida Gulf Coast.
During the coaches' clinic, participants will learn valuable tools that will help assist them as they begin instructing and teaching the game of baseball. ETSU's coaches will also take questions as part of day's agenda.
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If you keep reading, you'll understand that it is truly possible to create the life of your dreams, and you'll know more about how you can do it than ever before.
You know what you want to improve in your life.
Whether it's better health, happier relationships, more money or all three, the solution is The Body Code. The most advanced system for mental, emotional and physical healing ever devised.
We've cracked the code, now you can too!
The Body Code is simple enough that a child can learn to do it, yet powerful enough that doctors and healers all over the world rely on it to heal their patients. The Body Code is simple enough that a child can learn to do it, yet powerful enough that doctors and healers all over the world rely on it to heal their patients.
We are all aging a little more every day. If you keep doing the same thing, you'll keep getting the same results. Time is valuable, and they're not making any more of it. The present is ultimately all we have!
There are people in your life who need your help now!
I graduated with Honors in 1988, and have spent the 25 years since then as a Holistic Chiropractor, successfully treating patients all over the world. I've spoken internationally on holistic healing, energy medicine and magnetic therapy. I've done multiple appearances on various media, including radio and television, reaching tens of millions of people worldwide. My book, The Emotion Code has become a bestseller and helped hundreds of thousands of people change their lives.
I had a normal childhood, with wonderful parents, two brothers and two sisters. We had a very close knit family and our house was always full of love.
We lived near the Sun River in Great Falls, Montana, and most of my days were spent running around outdoors, riding my horse or skiing.
When I was 13 years old I started noticing an ache in my lower back. At first I could ignore it, but the pain gradually worsened, until it became stabbing pains that would come out of nowhere. Sometimes it would hurt so bad, it would put me on the ground.
Life as I knew it was over. I couldn't do anything anymore. I had to move around very slowly, or the pain would rear its ugly head and hit me like a sledgehammer. My mother heard me yelp in pain one too many times, and my parents decided to take me to the hospital and see what was wrong.
They ran the tests on me at the medical clinic, and the doctors diagnosed me with kidney disease. Not only was my disease potentially fatal, but there was no medical treatment for what I had. I was in pain because my kidneys were hemorrhaging on a low level all the time. They were continually forming scar tissue.
The doctors told me that I had to just go home - I was either going to get well or I was going to die. The doctors also told me not to run or play too hard, because it could be dangerous. I remember thinking that they didn't really need to tell me that, because just walking would sometimes create pain in my back that felt like I had been stabbed with a knife!
I didn't totally understand what was happening to my body, but I knew it wasn't good. I was completely miserable, in pain and desperate to be well again! I just wanted things to go back to the way they were before. I was scared, and I could see the fear in my parent's eyes as well.
I am so thankful every day that my parents didn't take the medical doctor's prognosis as the last word. Who knows where I would be if they stopped there. But my mother had always been kind of a 'health-nut". Keep in mind this was a long time ago, when people interested in natural healing were actually considered 'nuts!' Since there was no medical treatment for my kidney disease, my parents decided to try an alternative.
They took me to see a couple of holistic doctors who practiced and lived in a trailer house situated in the middle of a field on the outskirts of town. These doctors, Dr. Alan Baine and Dr. Ida Harmon treated people by the busload who would come to them from all over, even from other states.
Doc and Ida, as we called them, started working on me, removing the hidden, underlying imbalances that had led to my kidney disease.
At the time, I didn't really understand what they were doing. Now I know that they were simply using the concepts outlined in The Body Code to identify and then remove the imbalances in my body. All I knew at 13 years old is that what they were doing was working! All of a sudden, the stabbing pains became less frequent and less severe, and then finally disappeared altogether. After about one month, I had just about forgotten that I was ever sick at all!
My parents took me back to the medical clinic, where they ran the tests on me again. The results all came back negative. That was the first time I ever heard the phrase "spontaneous remission." They said, "Whatever we did must've worked!"
But of course, they hadn't done anything! It was plainly obvious to me and my parents that what my "alternative doctors" had done HAD worked. They had found the underlying causes of my illness, removed them, and made conditions right so my body could heal and return to normal.
I decided then and there that I wanted to be a doctor when I grew up, but not just any kind of doctor, I wanted to be THAT kind of doctor. If I had to practice in a trailer house in the middle of a muddy field like Doc and Ida, that was okay with me!
I remember very distinctly lying on my back on their table during a treatment session and telling Dr. Harmon, "When I grow up, I want to do what you do." She replied, "No you don't. If you go to school you'll never learn the right way to heal. They'll fill your head so full of dogma and nonsense that you'll never be able to think for yourself again." I was just a kid, but this advice really stayed with me.
In fact, Ida's advice has probably changed the course of my life forever. As a young man in 1983, I began my journey in the healing arts by enrolling in chiropractic school. It was one of the great experiences of my life, but my guard was up from the first day I stepped on campus.
No matter what healing method was taught by my instructors as being the "best way" to fix this or that problem, my attitude was always, "Well, maybe, or maybe not. Maybe there's a better way to do this that just hasn't been figured out yet."
I remember my instructors saying how the brain is the most sophisticated computer in the known universe. I thought, "Wow. If the brain is really a computer, will we ever have the ability to access the data that must be stored in there? Because if we could, it would be amazing!" I figured that someday, as technology advanced, we might eventually gain this ability.
Well, I soon learned that I could easily access the information in the subconscious mind, and no high tech machinery was needed for this at all! In fact, it's so easy that our primitive ancestors could have done it. Because I could access information about what the body needed, directly from the computer that is the subconscious mind, I had a valuable tool. All the guesswork was taken out of what I was doing for my patients, and we were able to quickly get right to the source of the problem, no matter how mysterious it was.
This skill and knowledge allowed me to help patients with the most complex cases. In fact, during the last 10 years that I spent in practice, I specialized in working with people suffering from conditions that were considered "incurable" by Western medicine. These were complex problems like fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, lupus, and even cancer.
I remember one day when I was first out of chiropractic school, when a patient with a difficult problem came in. I remember feeling a sense of panic wondering, "How can I know what this man really needs? What if I don't do the right thing? How can I really help this man to get well as quickly as possible?"
I said a silent prayer to God at that point. "Father in heaven, you got me into this. You need to help me now, if you will." And he did. Somehow, I was able to help that man to get out of pain in short order.
I came to rely on prayer. I prayed all the time for help, although no one knew it. It is still, to this day, my habit to ask a short, silent prayer for help anytime I use The Body Code.
I learned for myself that prayers are answered. My patients got well. There were times, especially during the last 10 years that I was in practice, that a patient would present with a problem that I didn't know how to deal with, something that I had never seen before, and there were times when, in answer to my silent prayer for help, the information I needed to know would instantly flood into my mind. Sometimes this information was a completely different way of looking at things that I had never even considered before.
All this precious information I gained during times like these is now outlined in The Body Code!
Consistently I told my patients, "I don't treat diseases. I don't claim to cure diseases. I simply try to find and remove the imbalances that are going on in the body. I believe that the symptoms that you are having are because of imbalances that are going on in your body. If we can find those imbalances and fix them, perhaps your symptoms will go away." And go away they did.
During those years, I treated patients with these difficult problems from all over the US and Canada. The vast majority of them got well, and quite rapidly.
I didn't end up helping everyone, and my success rate was not 100%, but it was very close to 100%.
Somewhere along the line, I developed this very powerful feeling that people could do a lot to help themselves. I had this deep, driving urge to empower people.
In 1998, I begin teaching seminars to do just. I taught as many seminars to as many people as I could, all over the US and Canada. But I was wearing myself out. I was working in my practice 60 hours a week and then flying off on weekends teaching seminars, and my family was suffering for it.
In 2002, I got a message from "upstairs" that it was time to make a change. I needed to turn my practice over to someone else and start using my time to share this valuable information with the world, and with you! It had become clear to me that these healing methods that I developed were not just for my patients or me, the rest of the world need them too!
That's when I started writing. I wrote down everything I knew about the body, everything that could go wrong in the body to interfere with our health and cause problems. I compiled all this information into The Body Code that exists today. I used my extensive computer programming knowledge to build the Interactive Body Code Mapping Software.
This means all the knowledge that I have gleaned about the body over the past 25 years is easily accessible by anyone using The Body Code.
Now you can use The Body Code to easily find and remove imbalances that are interfering with your health, or the health of your loved ones. The Body Code has been designed and created for YOU, so you can live the life you want, with ultimate health, wealth and happiness.
I believe that healing equals freedom. Anytime we have a problem whether it's physical, emotional or mental, we are not completely free. If you're sick, or in pain, how much freedom can you really enjoy? The Body Code is all about getting to the roots of your problems and removing the underlying causes, so that your problems, whatever they are, can go away! True healing really does equal total freedom, and I'm going to show you how to gain it!
I see people in the world who are facing the challenges common to so many of us. Maybe you are not living your passion. Maybe you're living in survival mode, or just simply waiting for life to be over. Maybe you're lonely, and have given up on finding friendship or love. Maybe your muscles ache, or your joints feel arthritic and painful. Maybe you have problems with one or more of your organs, where things just don't work as they should. Maybe your bank account always seems to be overdrawn and money problems drive you crazy. Maybe you are drowning in debt, barely making it, paycheck to paycheck. Thousands of people have been helped with problems just like these, by using The Body Code.
The Body Code is truly The Ultimate Health, Wealth and Relationship Solution, because it helps people with all kinds of issues!
I believe that this profound healing method is a gift for the world, in a time when we desperately need it. By using The Body Code, you can transform your life. You can become who you are truly capable of becoming. You can manifest the perfect health, wealth and relationships that are waiting for you.
The Body Code is also for our loved ones. When we help another person, it creates ripples that spread to the ends of the earth. Together we can create a world where health & truth become the norm instead of darkness & sickness.
There is no other system like The Body Code! It's packed with useful information about the body, but it's so easy to use and navigate that a child could do it. You can learn at your own pace, and I promise you, you won't get bored! I believe that healing should be a simple and elegant process, that is why The Body Code is a simple and elegantly designed program! This is truly a revolutionary new approach to healthcare. It allows you to take your health into your own hands. It's also possible that you can use The Body Code to make a new career as a Certified Body Code Practitioner. My team and I have certified over 1000 people in 39 different countries!
Let's dispel some common myths, or ideas you may have about The Body Code or your ability to use it.
Your subconscious mind already has all the answers you seek. Many people think that the conscious mind is the more important part of our existence. In reality, your conscious mind is only 5 to 10% of your entire mind! That conscious part of your mind receives input and analyzes and makes decisions. But it's strongly influenced by what is going on in your subconscious mind. Your subconscious is 90 to 95% of who you really are! This important part of your brain is constantly archiving and remembering everything going on in and around you. The subconscious mind is like a computer hard drive containing all the information about your body. It also knows exactly what you need to do in order to get well and to be happy, even though you consciously have no idea what this might be!
"My husband and I didn't even like each other anymore! We were on the verge of ending our marriage. And while buying your program was not with the intention to save our marriage as I had no idea it could, we both went through the program. My husband had been working out of town and suddenly we were missing each other and communicating more and with much more affection & consideration towards each other. My marriage is better than ever & emotionally I feel liberated. I can't really express to you the dramatic positive turn around this program has given us both! Thank you!"
~ Sarita in Forney, Texas
Your subconscious mind knows the difference between "Yes" and "No", or the truth and a lie. When you ask a question about you body, an automatic electrical response occurs in the body's muscles. Polygraphs, or lie detectors, measure and graph these involuntary responses. The same electrical response can also be shown in either a strong or weak muscle response. Strength indicates truth, a "yes" answer or positivity.
A polygraph might graph this as a true answer. Weakness indicates a lie, a "no" answer or negativity. A polygraph might graph this as a false answer.
Because you have this excellent, built-in tool to ask "yes" or "no" questions of the subconscious mind, you can access information about health directly from the source - directly from the computer storage center that is your subconscious mind. This is similar to doing a search on the computer hard drive - all you have to do is know what you are searching for, and the answer will be shown to you almost immediately. The Body Code has been designed to help you ask the right questions, and know what to do about it when you get the answers. It's really that simple.
"After three Body Code sessions I am so pleased, the pains that I have been experiencing on my right side from a bone spur and arthritis in my right foot, arthritis pain in my right knee, arm pain and neck pain are gone. And the heartburn that I have been experiencing over the last few months has all but disappeared as well. I feel 30 pounds lighter, more focused; daily chores seem to take less effort. I have recommended the Emotion Code and Body Code to other friends who I know are suffering and would like help to get well."
~ Miriam S.
The Emotion Code and The Body Code are a part of our lives every day! I am so thankful that my girls are growing up with such amazing tools to help heal themselves and stay healthy. Thank you Dr. Brad for blessing my family and the world!
~ Tara Little Bear, Emmett, Idaho
The body and mind can become imbalanced in these 6 different key areas, resulting in all manner of problems for you. When you have balance in the 6 areas, the result is that you have good health, abundant wealth and happy relationships. The Body Code helps you address and correct in balances in all 6 areas. It has been designed to prepare and empower you. It is your Ultimate Self-Help Kit!
Any issue you can possibly have has underlying imbalances. Removing these imbalances makes it possible for the body to return to a state of perfect balance and health. The result is a disappearance of pain, fatigue, disease, depression and all manner of other symptoms!
"I have a very good friend... she and her husband have been trying to get pregnant for almost 10 years now. She had done all kinds of tests over the years and this past year they started doing a procedure called IUI. The first three times it didn't work... She was getting very discouraged and they could only do the procedure one more time because it is expensive. I did a total of 4 sessions with her and I am so happy to report that she is pregnant!!"
~ Tracey Brooks, Wisconsin
"I was asked to find out what a woman with a cough had, because her doctors couldn't find the reason for her cough and fatigue. They just kept giving her asthma treatments and antibiotics. Her body said that she had a fungal infection in her lungs. Her doctor confirmed the condition and gave the right medication for it and she has now recovered."
~ Bonnie Lascelles
"On an emotional level and spiritual level The Body Code has allowed me to becoming calmer, more peaceful, more patient, more thankful in the moment - and much more spiritually insightful -this is the greatest treasure, because no matter what the physical body manifests, if you are emotionally and spiritually strong you can do all things."
~ Brigitte Emery, Toronto, Canada
Once you learn The Body Code, you will want to celebrate! This system can truly help you find the joy that comes from helping other people. It's exactly what you need to start a positive, upward cycle of healing and the creation of happiness.
"After the session I not only felt amazing and had one of the most wonderful evenings of my life, but our accountant called and let us know he had found investors for a real estate deal we were putting together, and then several people expressed emphatic interest for having their group participate in our work. These results were far beyond the results we were getting before in growing our business!"
~ Kim D., Boston, MA
The Body Code truly is The Ultimate Health, Wealth and Happiness Solution! When you open your new Body Code package, you'll be able to instantly unlock an infinite well of knowledge. You can use it to improve your life in so many different ways! Feel happier, relieve stress, form and nurture better relationships, increase your wealth and even live longer. It's all possible for you.
This is the only complete energy healing system that can help you feel lighter, more balanced and more complete. I'll reveal to you how you can easily give and receive love, find your soulmate and attract abundance. ~ Real World Value $3,197
Unlock the infinite well of knowledge that is your subconscious mind. You can learn how to find & correct energetic imbalances, nutritional deficiencies, and more! ~ Real World Value $1,693
Using these Mind Maps, you can quickly pinpoint the underlying causes of any health imbalance in seconds. Then you can correct these imbalances instantly to make conditions right for your body to heal itself. It's the perfect recipe for fast and complete healing. ~ Real World Value $1,888
Take control of your health in a way you've never even imagined before! With this proprietary patent pending software you can unlock a direct communication channel with the most powerful healing computer in the world - your subconscious mind! ~ Real World Value $4,394
This guide will help you to get started so you can begin seeing results immediately. We guide you step-by-step so that you never get lost while you discover answers to your greatest health questions, challenges & issues. ~ Real World Value $400
Dive deeper into the wonders of your subconscious mind & natural healing at a speed you choose. Re-experience The Body Code live training whenever you want & discover something new each time you immerse yourself. ~ Real World Value $2,244
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The answer is YES. Your health is priceless! You were meant to be happy and enjoy life, to attract abundance and create what you want to create. You are worth it. Don't wait another minute, start using The Body Code and improve your life today.
My DVD titled Conspiring Men is an explosive look at the misinformation about the food we eat & the devastating effects it has on our bodies. Take your life back, increase your energy, get out of pain and feel better than you ever thought possible. ~ Real World Value $723
Explores how you can easily and quickly master the art of muscle testing! This opens the door to your subconscious mind, and makes communicating with your subconscious second nature. ~ Real World Value $795
Lower back pain is so common that over 80% of adults experience it at some point during their life. Learn how easy it is to use The Body Code to eradicate this common problem for good! ~ Real World Value $667
Your heart is the seat of your soul, the core of your being. Learn about the protective mechanism of the Heart-Wall, how it's hampering your creativity and ability to love, and experience the joy and vibrance of being Heart-Wall free! ~ Real World Value $991
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All the pieces of The Body Code 2.0 together have a real world value of $16,992. The normal, full retail price of the system is $4,997. Our current offer is much lower at only $997 for all this truly priceless knowledge.
PLUS I will give you The Body Code 2.0 Desktop and Mobile Application, so you can use the system on-the-go. (Available for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android)
Take action now and try the complete system for 30 days. If you aren't satisfied with how easy it is to use this system, then simply send it back. But I know once you use it, you'll see powerful results.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - UCSB swimmer Katy Freeman, an All-American in 2009, has earned Woman of the Year recognition from the Big West Conference and will vie for 2009 NCAA Woman of the Year award that will be presented in the fall.
Freeman finished eighth in the 200 breaststroke at the 2009 NCAA Championships in a time of 2:09.12, breaking both the UCSB and Big West Conference record in the event. The eighth-place finish was good enough to earn her All-American honors. Freeman also competed in the 100 breaststroke at the NCAA meet.
Earlier in July, the Concord, Calif., native competed in three events at the World University Games in Belgrade. Freeman took fifth in the 200 breaststroke, sixth in the 100 breaststroke and she earned a gold medal while swimming the breaststroke leg off the 400-medley relay. In August, she will travel to Seattle to compete in the U.S. Open Championships.
In addition to athletic achievements, Woman of the Year honorees are selected based on academic record, community service, and leadership. Freeman has been a standout in all of those areas as well. In June, she graduated from UCSB with a degree in sociocultural linguistics and a grade point average of 3.67. In the area of community service, Freeman has taken part in training Special Olympians in swimming technique and she has been accepted in the Teach for America program.
"This is a fantastic honor for Katy, the Athletics Department and the university," commented head swimming coach Gregg Wilson. "It is well deserved and it exemplifies the classic scholar-athlete achievement at the highest level. We are all very proud of Katy. She is passionate, focused, and driven and it is really paying off."
The NCAA will select the top 30 - 10 from each of three divisions - from the conference and independent nominees. From the top 30, nine finalists - three from each division - will be chosen. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics will select the national winnter from the pool of nine finalists and announce the recipient during the 2009 Woman of the Year dinner on Oct. 18 in Indianapolis.
Freeman is the second consecutive UCSB athlete to be selected from the Big West Conference. In 2008, track and field star Bethany Nickless was chosen.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Vietnamese Lessons in Saigon Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Vietnamese Lessons in Saigon Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Vietnam View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message ozinasia2010Joined: 13 Aug 2009Posts: 18Location: Australia Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 2:08 am Post subject: Vietnamese Lessons in Saigon Hi, I've tried doing a search for this but nothing came up. Can anyone give me some recommendations for learning Vietnamese in Saigon, preferably cost friendly and of decent quality? Thanks Back to top H5N1Joined: 15 Feb 2005Posts: 80 Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 5:34 am Post subject: I studied Vietnamese at the "Friendship School" on Vo Thi Sau Street. The price was very reasonable. You can do a small group for a dollar cheaper or do private lessons 1-on-1. I did the one-on-one and at the time I paid $5 us per hour. I thought the teacher and the book were very good. The school is now above a clothing shop. It is near the intersection of Le Quy Don and Vo Thi Sau, just a couple building east of the "Bao Tang Phu Nu" museam (Women's museum). I believe the Address is 100 or near to "100" Vo Thi Sau. Go to this area and go ask about the "Friendship school." It's above clothing shop or other kind of shop now. There is a small plaque with the name on the building. I still have the director's mobile number. If you want this number you can PM me. Here is a website for one school, but I did not attend it: http://www.amchamvietnam.com/847 Back to top bilianaJoined: 19 Aug 2012Posts: 53Location: Vietnam Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 7:57 am Post subject: www.vns.edu.vn http://www.vlstudies.com/ Both are good value...... go along and see what they have to offer. They are across the road from each other. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Vietnam All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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Photo Visit with Danielle Tsi
This week we have the distinct pleasure of welcoming a wonderful food, travel and lifestyle photographer to Super Photo Magic School. I've long admired the photography of Danielle Tsi. Her award-winning blog, Beyond the Plate, focuses on food, the people who produce artisan goods, travel, and the real stories that intersect between these subjects.
Danielle was gracious enough to answer some questions for us. Enjoy!
Describe your most successful shoot.
I consider a shoot to be successful when my subject forgets that I'm there (for a portraiture piece) and I get completely wrapped up in working the scene. I'm interested in capturing the authenticity of the moment and translating that in the camera, and some of my best images have come from those shoots when I lose myself in the process of creating a photograph — moving around, changing perspectives, framing, observing, thinking — it's all a very fluid process.
It's slightly different with food shots, but the principle of being fully absorbed with the subject applies too. I love figs, for instance, so when I blogged about a Fig Almond torte last year, I spent over two hours photographing the figs in various configurations and shapes. That's a long time for one subject, but in all honesty, time flew by.
What inspires you and pushes you out of a creativity rut?
In no particular order:
Instagram, prop shopping at thrift stores, browsing magazines like Australian Gourmet Traveller and Donna Hay, gazing at the work of photography pros that I admire (Aran Goyoaga, Katie Quinn Davies, Lynn Johnson), going for a walk, reading snippets from Bird by Bird (Anne Lamott).
What's your equipment setup? How did it evolve as you got more serious?I shoot with a Nikon D700, and for portraiture shoots, that's all I need, with a 24-70mm/f2.8. For food photography, I shoot primarily with the 60mm/f 3.2 macro and occasionally with the 50mm/f1.4, along with a tripod and a reflector. I use natural light and bust out the Lowel Ego light kit for product photography. I also have a 35mm/f2, a C-stand in the studio for backdrops and reflectors, as well as a speedlight that I use for events.
My first DSLR was the Nikon D40 that I used with its kit lens for four to five years, before upgrading to the D700 in 2009. I had reached a point where the camera's technical limitations (poor low-light capability, cropped image sensor, limited resolution) were affecting my growth as a photographer, otherwise I would still be using that model now. I love that camera.
I guess you could say that I 'fell' into using prime (fixed) lenses with the 60mm macro, which was then followed by the 50mm (I needed something wider than the 60mm) and the 35mm (for outdoor/travel images). These lenses were acquired over the course of 1.5 years, and with the 24-70mm lens, I'm pretty satisfied. For now.
Are the images you create (especially the food/portraiture) close to your idea you had for them at the start? Do you change gears midway? Are you ever surprised at your results?
For food, it really depends on the dish. Desserts are more photogenic than roasts and purees, so styling and photographing them is straightforward if I begin with a clear vision of the final image. If, midway through a shoot, I feel like I'm not getting the type of image I'm looking for, yes, I change things up. Shifting the perspective (going overhead instead of ¾, for instance), switching the plates and sometimes changing the color scheme entirely — it's a very fluid process. I don't recall being really surprised by the results because it's a process of adding, subtracting and experimenting that gets me to the final product.
The portraiture shoots are a lot more dynamic. I work instinctively. I start out with a rough idea of the basics that need to be captured — a sense of place, details of equipment, group shots — but adapt as I go. There's a certain degree of openness that's needed when you're photographing people at work in their environment. You need to be patient and attentive to the opportunities that arise and capture them. This fluidity tends to give rise to more 'surprises' in the photo editing process when I get to review the images with fresh eyes, although sometimes when you get the shot, you just know.
Do you have any tips/advice for photographers just starting out?
Find a subject that interests you and shoot constantly, whether with your DSLR, Holga or phone. Each time you look to create a picture you're training yourself to see beyond what's in front of you and to express what you see in the form of an image. Be aware of how your environment inspires, engages or disgusts you, and how that translates in your images. Don't worry about how many Twitter followers you have (or don't have) or your Klout score. Don't worry if nobody 'likes' your photo on Facebook. Just keep shooting and be true to yourself.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Millions hunkered down for icy conditions expected to last through the weekend from Texas to Ohio to Tennessee as the cold snap that covered much of the nation knocked out power and made roads treacherous Saturday.
Face-stinging sleet, thick snow and blustery winds led to slick road conditions, school closures and event cancellations as the wintry blast dropped temperatures to freezing and below overnight Saturday.
About 117,000 customers in the Dallas area were without power Saturday morning and more than 350 departing flights from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport had been cancelled Saturday morning, the airport said. About 3,330 passengers had stayed overnight in the terminals.
In California, four people died of hypothermia in the San Francisco Bay Area while the region was gripped by freezing temperatures.
Freezing rain and sleet are likely again Saturday night in Memphis, Nashville and other areas of Tennessee before the storm starts surging northeast.
The weather forced the cancellation of Sunday's Dallas Marathon, which was expected to draw 25,000 runners, some of whom had trained for months.
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After leaving base camp, it is just a short drive to the turn off and then the bumpy ride to the canyon begins (approx 20 min drive).
Experienced Canyoning-Rappelling Guides will carry equipment to the starting point so you use the restroom one more time before the guides start to gear you up in shaded comfort.
One at the first rappelling drop, you will be given basic rappelling and safety instructions before you embark on your rafting tour.
No easy, gentle start here. The first drop is a doozy!! After the first rappel you will be ready for anything. So prepare to get WET. I swear this is a version of the Costa Rican Wet T-Shirt contest!
At the end of the tour, you will hike about 15 minutes up the canyon. What goes down, must come back up. There vehicles wait to take you back to the base camp and a hot lunch and cool refreshing tropical fruit drink.
CD with photos of your Canyoning tour and bonus wildlife shots are available at the end of the tour ($35), and you'll be sure to want a T-Shirt to wear to remind you of all the fun you had.
After lunch, you will be driven back to your Arenal or Fortuna area Hotel. For information & reservations contact Bill Beard's Costa Rica
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Hello, I have a few general questions on Japanese food.
Firstly, what should I do if I have an aversion to alcohol or can't find mirin or sake in the stores near me? I have indeed head of mirin without alcohol but I have also heard it is of poor quality.
Secondly, for general rice cooking (not sushi rice) is there a particular way to season it?
I suppose that is all for now
hello freakpower70,
maki wrote about mirin in this post: http://www.justhungry.com/the-role-alcohol-onion-and-ginger-japanese-mea... , it might be helpful to you.
plain rice isn't seasoned at all (look here: http://www.justhungry.com/2003/11/japanese_basics_1.html), the seasoning comes with the side dishes. salt is added to the outside of onigiri while making them and then, there's always furikake to spice up your rice! http://www.justbento.com/handbook/johbisai/homemade-furikake-no-1-radish... .
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Hi FreakPower70,
rehfilet has answered your rice question perfectly but I'm wondering if there's an underlying reason for you to ask about rice - for instance, have you tried to make plain Japanese rice and found you didn't like it?
If so, there are plenty of ways of preparing everyday rice so that it has more flavour (and is more nutritious).
Just to start you off there's:
In many of these rice and vegetable dishes, the rice is seasoned as it cooks with dashi or kombu
My husband likes barley (mugi) in his rice, adding a few barley grains is essentially a very simple zakkokumai, which Maki describes here:
http://www.justhungry.com/zakkoku-mai - should give you ideas for grains and seeds to add to rice, I've also heard about white poppy seeds, buckwheat being added.
As for Mirin and Sake
Well, it's natural that non-alcoholic Mirin (sometimes called shin mirin) would be inferior to real Mirin (hon mirin). I think most of the warnings you'll see about the quality of shin mirin is because it can be sold as 'real' mirin. But it is what it is, and as a non-alcoholic substitute it serves its purpose well (I admit it's been a long time since I've used non-alcoholic Mirin). If you can get it, it seems to be the ideal product for your needs. Mitsukan make one for the US market based on corn syrup.
As for Sake, as long as you will be cooking with it, you might want to substitute a drop of rice wine vinegar = the mildest you can find (*see note below*). Be sparing with the quantity used - i.e. if the recipe calls for a large quantity of sake, vinegar won't be a great alternative, but if it's for just a tablespoon or two, my suggestion is to add half the quantity asked for as vinegar instead.
I know that vinegar can still have trace amounts of alcohol left in it, but this will be negligible especially after cooking with it.
So lets take as an example the kinoko takikomi gohan recipe http://www.justhungry.com/2003/11/recipe_mushroom.html
My advice is to either use 1 tablespoon of the non-alcoholic mirin or a couple of teaspoons of sugar (you might like to 'enrich' the sugar taste with just a drop of maple or golden syrup to get more of a Mirin quality)
And for the sake you could add about half a tablespoon of vinegar.
If you ever get the chance to buy it, do please realise there are some wonderful, wonderful vinegars being made from rice wine. The 'standard' Mitsukan rice wine vinegar which I use is almost like the equivalent of pomace olive oil - very low quality when compared to some of the higher grade, milder vinegars available. These are more like virgin or extra virgin olive oil... but with vinegar.
For instance, here are premium vinegars from Mitsukan for the Japanese market:
and, more pricey
This is what I would be looking into as a way to replace sake in recipes if I couldn't tolerate alcohol - but that's me, and there's no need to get so anal about it! :D
*!!!!Additional note!!!!*
Please note that Maki does NOT recommend substituting sake with vinegar
I agree wholeheartedly with her point about it making food sour, which is why I think it should only be used sparingly (my reasoning is that just as I use sake to temper the sweetness of Mirin, a drop of vinegar can tame some of the sweetness of sugar or shin-mirin... and I am guilty of having added a few drops of quality balsamic vinegar as a substitute for a few spoonfulls of Brandy)
( that's a funny and colourful expression but i don't get it- what is "being anal about something"? did i do it? it feels weird not to know..) :D
Although it's related to Sigmund Freud's theories, this phrase (which is used a lot in the UK) is not totally accurate. It's an example of popular psychology corrupted in every day use.
Being 'anal' is short for being 'anally retentive' - usually used when people take things far too seriously (like I sometimes do!)
I wanted to highlight that there is no need to get so 'precious' about cooking ingredients... not unless you want to.
And, to clarify, I was saying that I was being anal - not anyone else! :)
thank you, loretta!
i thought about freud, the old fart, for a moment, but dimissed that rather complex idea, it didn't seem to apply here.
anyway, thank you, british people. that's a really good corruption of freud's theory! a lot easier to understand and with real practical value in everyday situations. maybe it shouldn't be "corrupted", more like "evolved" :)
It's used a lot in New Zealand as well. Sort of a cross between pedantic and fussy.
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Some lawmakers at the federal, state and local level have advocated video game industry regulation in the name of protecting children from potentially objectionable content, usually of a violent nature. In my opinion, the better approach--and one that doesn't involve government censorship or regulation of games--is to empower parents to better make these decisions for their own families. And the key to that effort is an effective rating / labeling system for game content that parents understand and use.
Luckily, there are good signs that the video game industry's voluntary ratings system--the ESRB (the Entertainment Software Rating Board)--is doing exactly that. The game industry established the ESRB in 1994 and it has rated thousands of games since then. (The ESRB estimates it rates over 1,000 games per year). Virtually every title produced by major game developers for retail sale today carries an ESRB rating and content descriptors. Generally speaking, the only games that do not carry ESRB ratings today are those developed by web amateurs that are freely traded or downloaded via the Internet.
The ESRB applies seven different rating symbols and over 30 different content "descriptors" that it uses to give consumers highly detailed information about games. Thus, by simply glancing at the back of each game container, parents can quickly gauge the appropriateness of the title for their children.
So, how effective is this system, as measured by parental awareness and usage of the ESRB ratings and labels? Since 1999, the ESRB has asked Peter D. Hart Research Associates to study that question and conduct polls asking parents if they are aware of the ESRB ratings and if they use them. As this chart illustrates, the results are impressive with both awareness and use growing rapidly since 1999:
Better yet, all gaming platforms and most PCs can read these ratings and labels and allow parents to block games rated above a certain level they find unacceptable. But the real strength of the ESRB's ratings system lies in the content descriptors, which give parents plenty of warning about what they will see or hear in each title. That way, parents can talk to their kids about those games or just not buy them for their kids until they think they are ready.
The game industry deserves credit not only for creating such an excellent content rating / labeling system, but also putting significant resources into public education / awareness efforts to ensure parents know how to take advantage of it. So then, why are lawmakers continuing to waste millions of taxpayer dollars litigating unneeded regulatory efforts?


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Wonder Land columnist Dan Henninger on how the shutdown is a bipartisan political spectacle. Photo: Associated Press
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Morte middle of the bill get a yes or no vote ... because he doesn't want ... to anger ... the extremists in this part ... the ... so what is the president doing to him a government shutdown welcome to Opinion Journal why we're here over Wonderland Columnist Dan Henninger has been falling this so we just of ... clips from on this morning speech from the president claiming the reckless Republicans you spend about um maybe half an hour watching now that a half hour you your life you'll ever have back and none of ... them the message from the browser having a chance to go back to last night he calls a meeting with Republicans to say we're not discussing anything ... were talkin a negotiated amount or why tell the meeting with Annie gives the speech today and Judge driving a black leopard I guess you saw more of that ... there was a whole lotta attempt to negotiate here ... well no I mean I did watch the speech in Maryland today and ... I have to say ... that and I think of the exercise and not what I would call populist demagoguery ... I mean he simply denounced and ridicule the Republicans from one end to the other ... and this is the supposed Leah prepares them for a spin in a process that ... to solve a problem ... I have written in that column that ... I think Brock Obama is most anti political president in anyone's lifetime and what I mean by that is ... he simply does not need to engage in that time negotiation or her twenty cents I won't negotiate ... he doesn't know how to negotiate help please wind of this tape back little bit recall that ... keep invested all this capital in a gun control bill earlier this year when some Democrats from gun States got a little bit doubtful about it ... instead of negotiating with them to find out what they needed to vote for him he won on gives speeches like this one today in Maryland ... and back in twenty eleven the deficit super committee crew was negotiating with Joe Biden making some progress ... the president got involved and that the talks collapse ... so he simply does not seem to have the skills and that that's I think one of the biggest problems at the center of a shut down right now right as nice he actually said in a CNBC yesterday that ... he's bent over backwards to ... to deal with Republicans like I don't I can't think of an example I don't I don't know if you can blink one but to ... I'm I'm thinking now of the of your paper is criticize the Republicans for getting to this blogger that we should point out it's ... it's because we doubt ... the president will copper mines it's not because they are their underlying causes that is on no reasonable way with too many entitlements they want to prevent the banks were ... well liked ... if politics but on one side we have Democrats in Congress fighting with Republicans in Congress and they are in a standoff Sobel legislative branches freak stalemate ... this is a system of government in the executive the president is part of it ... under those circumstances it seems to me it's the responsibility of the president whoever he may be ... too tried to intervene in use its authority to work out a modus Vivendi between the two ... and that is the function this president seems to refuse to take he seems to simply say you guys have to both my weight and distance ... problem solved ... if that's not the way politics has ever worked in Washington I just read this idea that because Obamacare is his signature achievement therefore it is impossible to consider ... making amends to it the lighting at ... because it's his signature ... bill late to get back to the rear administration nineteen eighty one Reagan signature economic plan the tax cuts ... eighty two of them Democrats forced him to ... do tax increase is partly offsetting that signature bargain I don't remember Democrats ever sing in the nineteen eighties ... taxes are untouchable because that's ... Radiant signature from the well to keep in mind that Ronald Reagan accomplish these things in conjunction with House Speaker tip O'Neill Democrat from Boston ... he built a relationship with oatmeal based on getting things done ... that's how politics works relationships ... president Obama has no relationship whatsoever with John Beyer he insult the dinner in a speech in Maryland today ... it's broken so the president that seems to me has got to bear some responsibility ... that this situation pitches forward over the next couple weeks of course the debt ceiling which is so much much more serious issue than the government shutdown yes it is worded taught about the debt ceiling next but the end I think an under reported story is our little the present is done to build relationships among Democrats urges Republicans on the capital though ... thanks to Karen thank you Jess


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Announced by Amazon earlier today, the Trade-In Program has been expanded to include compact discs.The popular program allows Amazon users to send in old video games, books, Blu-ray and DVD movies as well as a variety of electronics to trade in for Amazon store credit. If an item meets Amazon's criteria for acceptance, the user prints a shipping label provided by Amazon and sends the item. After receiving the item and passing an inspection process, Amazon adds the store credit to the user's account automatically. Store credit isn't limited to the trade-in category and the user can spend the store credit on any item sold through the online retailer.
While Amazon is likely hoping that users will use the store credit on digital music through Amazon's music storefront, the amount of money offered for compact discs is far lower than the retail cost of the disc or the cost of a digital album. For instance, the compact disc version of Adele's 21 can be purchased on Amazon for $9.99, but the maximum trade-in value is $2.30.
Even worse, The Beatles Stereo Box Set retails for $179.98, but only offers a maximum of $11.00 when traded in through Amazon. The amount offered for each disc and box set is highly dependent on the release date, popularity of the artist and the amount of inventory that Amazon has already collected from other users.
Amazon has fairly specific criteria regarding the trade-in program. Amazon uses two different classifications for discs which include "Good" and "Like New." Since the latter pays the disc owner slightly more store credit, the disc has to be in perfect working condition, include the original packaging and cover artwork, and have no signs of wear like light scratches or evidence of personalization like a name written on the CD with a Sharpie marker. Basically, a "Like New" compact disc could be given to someone as a gift. If the disc falls into the "Good" category, the working CD may have light scratches or some sign of personalization on the case or the disc itself.
Music that will be immediately rejected include any disc that doesn't play upon arrival, cracked discs, discs with water damage, discs with rental stickers or markings, unauthorized reproductions of CDs that have been burnt on CD-R media and discs marked "Not for Resale." Regarding pricing, differences between the two classification categories often differ by 20 to 40 cents for a common album release and between 50 cents to one dollar for a box set.
Amazon is one of the few retailers that offers store credit for used music. Other online retailers include Buy Back Media and Second Spin, but these companies certainly don't have the inventory of an online retail giant like Amazon. It's likely that the company will push the used inventory through the Amazon marketplace and potentially drive prices down for users. As detailed on Smart Money, experts believe that Amazon has expanded the program to include compact discs to encourage more extravagant purchases when using store credit. According to many studies, consumers typically spend 40 percent more than the value of a store credit, a trend that helps Amazon in the long run.


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Aside from this modern admission, though, Sonic 4 probably plays, a little surprisingly, like Sonics original game, though you thankfully have the convenience of the hedgehogs trademark spin-dash. That means level design is a little more open, with a lot of different areas to explore in each stage. Special stages also make a comeback here, putting a new twist on the rotating maze that houses the chaos emeralds of the original Sonic the Hedgehog.
Sonic 4 also surpasses the original game in level lengthwhereas the first Sonic had three lengthy stages (with each final stage closing with a boss battle) there are three whole stages plus a boss stage per zone here. Its a slight difference, but still one that makes zones feel longer. Sadly, the lengthy and sometime-obtuse level design of the original Sonic the Hedgehog is also still present, and that can affect Sonics speed quite a bit. The little guy seems to move as though he has lead weights attached to his legs, taking a full second or two to actually begin picking up speed from the slow walk he starts with. Not since the original Sonic, which didnt have the design advantage of the hedgehogs spin-dash, has Sonic felt this sluggish to start. Its a big problem for such a loose character to feel rigid, though it can generally be righted by jumping and doing an air boost forward by tapping the jump button again, a move from Sonic Adventure that instantly launches Sonic into full speed. Still, given that there are stages designed around outrunning massive, level-destroying traps, not to mention the amount of speed-reducing obstacles you encounter throughout the game, its enough of a problem to mention.
That gripe aside, Sonic 4 is very much a return to form for the series. After so many years of watching poor Sonic put through the wringer time and again, its nice to finally see him back in two dimensions. Sonic 4 isnt a perfect revival of the series old-school heritage, and not every gameplay element works perfectlyrolling a giant Indiana Jones-style boulder down a track and having to use pillar switches to solve minimal puzzles come to mindbut theres enough old-school here to satiate hardcore Sonic fans. With as tarnished as this series reputation is, this is pretty good first effort back. I only expect more from here on out (a return of the elemental shield types from Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles would be great, too).
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