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Moroccan Chicken Tagine.
Moroccan food and the flavours of North Africa are amongst my favourite cuisines and a regular dinner in our house is a chicken tagine.
Morocco is a fairly diverse country …
My Ideas, My inspirations, My food
Moroccan Chicken Tagine.
Moroccan food and the flavours of North Africa are amongst my favourite cuisines and a regular dinner in our house is a chicken tagine.
Morocco is a fairly diverse country …
Chicken Biryani.
Every other week I roast a chicken either for a meal or to keep the family going in lunches and sandwiches.
Nothing goes to waste, right down to the carcass which is either used immediately to make stock or it goes into the freezer to be used later.
Occasionally, there's enough leftover meat for a meal and when that happens one of my favourite 'go to' recipes is this easy chicken biryani. If you're really well organised you can use the homemade stock from the carcass and add to the biryani!
This is a much simpler version than some of the elaborate Indian and Persian recipes for biryani which is very often served as a special dish at celebrations. Being simple doesn't mean it's less tasty and the addition of the roasted cauliflower adds an extra layer of delicious flavour and also packs in some extra health giving goodness. Traditionally chilli is not part of a biryani and the flavours in this recipe are not overly hot. For an extra kick, feel free to add some fresh chilli.
There's very little prep involved and don't forget if you're short of time, get the veg prepped the night before to save time later.
This is the kind of dish I like for a quick mid week meal although I would also be happy to serve this up as part of a more special or elaborate meal. Elevate it to another level by sprinkling with toasted almonds and serving with mango or hot banana chutney and a raita.
|Prep Time
|4-6 people
|15 minutes
|Cook Time
|20 minutes
There's more to leftover chicken than sandwiches and this biryani with roasted spiced cauliflower is a great way to use it up in a family meal. This is a simplified version of a traditional biryani; it's not too spicy but it's just as tasty, and, with the addition of the roasted cauliflower it's very healthy too.
Turkey leftovers are well loved in our house and with Christmas dinner over for another year, it's time to make sure that all the meat is used up. Leftovers are one the things I love about Christmas food and there is something quite satisfying about stripping down the carcass and gathering any other little jewels that survived the festivities.
One of my favourite ways to use up some of the turkey is to make a biryani. I'm not particularly keen on adding cooked meat to a curry but but I do like adding it to rice dishes. And, of course, don't forget to boil up the carcass to make some comforting turkey broth.
I've listed the spices needed for the recipe but you could easily adapt by using curry powder or curry paste. Just go with what you've got available rather than buying extra.
I Like to serve this with some spicy chutney and a raita.
|Prep Time
|15 Minutes
|Cook Time
|20 minutes
This turkey biryani is perfect for using up leftover turkey from the Christmas dinner or any chicken from the Sunday roast. It also works well with other cooked meats such as lamb or beef.
Food waste is such a huge problem all year round and during the festive period 50,375 tonnes of food and drink is expected to be binned in Scotland alone. We're all being enouraged to shop smart and save money simply by avoiding food waste.
Further information with recipes and tips on preventing food waste can be found at Love Food Hate Waste Scotland
Pumpkin is one of vegetables that signals a change of season in the kitchen. As the clocks move and we leave the lighter nights behind, the light and fresh dishes we've become accustomed to over the summer months are replaced with more hearty and robust meals.
It also means an abundance of home grown seasonal vegetables – along with the appearance of colourful beetroots, swiss chard, and kale and parsnips, pumpkins bring some much needed brightness to darker days.
Pumpkin is one of my regulars in these hearty and satisfying meals as it's so versatile and nourishing and I love to roast it with other ingredients or use it in soups and casseroles.
There's such a great selection available at this time time of year and they all have great flavour. Don't be put off by the tough skin, pumpkin can be roasted with the skin on and then it's easily removed once cooked.
This sausage and pumpkin recipe is one of my favourite autumn comfort food meals and is great for limiting the amount of washing up as it's all cooked in one pan. I used Red Kuri pumpkin for this recipe but any squash or pumpkin will work and it's also a good way to use up any leftover Halloween pumpkin.
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This one pan dish is a real winner and lets face who doesn't like sausages. In this recipe I used spicy Italian sausages but any pork sausage will be perfect. If using pork sausages a good pinch of chilli flakes will add a welcome kick to the dish.
Summer food should sing of vibrant colours and the freshest of flavours. British produce is at it's best and seasonal vegetables like asparagus, beetroot, tomatoes, courgettes, runner beans and asparagus offer a delicious change from winter and early spring offerings. The sweetest of strawberries have made an appearance, gooseberries, cherries and in my own garden there's an enormous harvest of rhubarb to be cooked up. Although herbs are available in the supermarkets all year round, my own home grown herbs are lush and plentiful.
As the weather gets warmer I'm drawn to lighter food, usually with ingredients that can be brought together with the minimum of fuss but still deliver great flavours. Sunshine food at it's best and hopefully to be enjoyed with some al fresco dining.
A whole chicken or fish, a tray of lamb chops or large steaks for slicing and sharing make for an easy meal and if marinated in advance with summer herbs will add lots of extra punchy summery flavours.
Over the summer months I usually cook a marinated chicken at least once a week and make the most of summer vegetable and salads by varying the flavours and sides each time.
This chicken with stuffed tomatoes is full of flavour and is delicious served with bread and a green salad.
Start the day before by marinating the chicken in some really flavorsome herbs.
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A delicious roast chicken served with stuffed tomatoes brings all the flavours of summer to the table. The chicken and the tomatoes both cook at the same oven temperature. Pop the chicken in the oven to start and add the tomatoes about 15 - 30 minutes before the chicken is cooked. This will allow time for the chicken to rest before serving. Serve with some crusty bread and a green salad.
I'm entering this recipe in the Recipe of the Week blog challenge by Emily Leary at A Mummy Too.
Shepherd's Pie; a great comfort food, was traditionally made with the leftover meat from Sundays roast lamb and would be served up for dinner on Monday.
The meat would be minced and my mother talks of also using leftover vegetables by mincing them with the meat to make the base for the pie.
Mincing leftover cooked lamb makes the best shepherds pie.
This is an excellent way to ensure that food is not being wasted and it's a tradition I've carried on although I sometimes freeze the meat for using later. Freeze the remaining roast whole and mince when just prior to making the shepherd's pie.
In the absence of leftover cooked meat it's fine to use lamb mince. If using cooked meat it can be chopped if you don't have a mincer.
This is the recipe my mother always used and as shepherd's pie was always a favourite dinner for me when I was a child, I still use the same recipe today. Don't be put off by the addition of tomato ketchup. It adds essential flavour to the base and it's an ingredient I've noticed some top chefs using in pies and meatloaves.
|Prep Time
|20 Mins
|Cook Time
Shepherds pie made from leftover cooked minced lamb is a delicious comfort food dinner.
Haggis and Burns Night – a celebration of the life of Robert Burns and there must be few foods that bring people together to celebrate, share food and enjoy an entertaining night like haggis does. Thanks to the Bard penning 'To a Haggis' over the years it has become a much loved dish at home and abroad.
One wonders what Burns himself would make of the worldwide celebrations and the iconic status that haggis enjoys as Scotland's national dish. Of course when Rabbie ate his haggis back in 1786 it would not have been served in the style it enjoys today.
Haggis is synonymous with Burns suppers but as a food, how we eat haggis has undergone some change in recent years. No longer just served in traditional way with neeps and tatties on the side, haggis is up there as the star attraction in many recipes. Indeed, so much so that it has it's own bible written by Scotland's own queen of haggis, Jo Macsween, a second generation Edinburgh haggis producer.
There are endless possibilities to use it as an ingredient and perusing through some popular recipes it is obviously an alternative to another Scottish favourite – mince.
When I was asked by About Scotland and Scotmid to come up with a recipe using haggis, I wanted it to be a twist on the usual haggis meal but still using the traditional ingredients. This recipe uses neeps and tatties but also includes some other Scottish favourites, scallops and whisky.
Preheat the oven to 220C/180 Fan Gas 7
2 large potatoes and half a small swede – sliced into equal length chips. Rapeseed or olive oil. 1 small leek – finely chopped. Approx 50g butter. 4 slices of haggis. 4 scallops – scallops are usually available shucked, trimmed and ready to cook. 30ml Scotch Whisky. 75ml Ginger wine ( I used Crabbies Green Ginger) 1 tsp coarsley crushed green or black peppercorns. 75ml double cream
Tatties and swede chips. Par boil the potatoes and swede for 5 mins, drain and dry. Transfer to an oven tray, add 1-2 tbsp of oil and mix to ensure the chips are well coated. Season with salt and plenty of freshly ground black pepper and cook for 20 minutes or until chips are crisp and slightly golden.
Leek. Heat the butter in a medium size pan, add the leek and cook gently for 5 minutes. Remove from the pan and keep warm. Keep the pan for making the sauce.
Haggis. Cook the haggis according to the instructions on the pack.
Scallops – I coated the scallops in oil and cooked on a griddle pan, over a medium to high heat for 1-2 minutes on each side. If using a frying pan, heat 1-2 tbsp oil and cook the scallops for the same time.
Sauce -Add the whisky to the pan and set alight. Add the ginger wine and crushed peppercorns. Reheat, stir in the cream and heat gently for 1 minute.
Top the slices of haggis with a spoonful of leeks and place a scallop on top. drizzle over the whisky and ginger wine sauce and serve with the tatties and neeps chips on the side.
Find out more about Scottish food and drink and the history of Robert Burns at www.scotland.org
This post was sponsored by Scotmid and About Scotland
Images- Whisky and Haggis. Thanks to Andrew Ramsay of Ramsay of Carluke for permission to use this image.
Griddle Pan – The griddle pan featured in this post was provided by Stellar Cookware.
If like me, you're a Great British Bake Off Fan then last weeks programme might have got you thinking about your pie making skills, or in my case, the lack of them. I have to put my hands up and say pastry is probably my weakest cooking skill and never mind the hot water pastry, I've never even made a savoury meat pie. Not that we've gone hungry as a result of my pastry failures, it's just that I've always found an excuse not to make pastry or found someone else to make it for me. And, lets not forget that the Queen of Bake Off, Mary Berry has previously told us that it's okay to use shop bought pastry.
Not for the contestants though and it was back to the 19th century and Victorian times for them with the challenge of making a raised game pie. No such thing as humble pie in those days; beautifully made pies pies with fluted edges and intricate ornate decorations on top were seen a middle class status symbol. Pie was everything in Victorian times, the decorations on top of the pie being as important as fillings.
Venison featured in most of the pies with some adding pigeon, wild boar, partridge guinea fowl and duck, great strong flavours and combinations along with classic seasonings such as juniper, sage and mixed herbs. But what did the judges of make of their efforts and were there any soggy bottoms in the kitchen?
The thickness of the pastry was an issue for a some, meat was tough and one pie was slightly burnt around the edges. But on the whole there was praise for most especially with the pie fillings and it was interesting to see the range of tins being used to bake the pies.
But what makes the perfect pie and what are the secrets to achieving star baker with your bake?
Despite my lack of domestic goddess skills in pie making, I am lucky that my friend Robert Corrigan, owner of Mr C's Hand-Crafted Pies is an expert and also an award winning pie maker. He was more than happy to have a chat to give some tips for baking the perfect pies.
It was his need for a faster and more efficient way to produce his pies, that led to the development of the modern pie tins used in last week's Bake Off programme. Robert approached Birmingham based bakeware company Silverwood with his interpretation of Victorian game pie moulds and this cleverly designed range is the result. Built to last from silver-anodised aluminium for even heat distribution and easy clean-up, they won't rust, blister or peel and their shape and construction ensure a lovely, even bake every time.
But the unique feature that makes them so perfect for traditional raised pies is the removable 'walls', which lift away to uncover the part-cooked pie for all-round egg washing, before returning to the oven for final browning. This means that the sides of your pies, as well as the lids, can have that lovely, shiny golden glaze so characteristic of traditional British savoury pies.
The range is now available from Lakeland UK
I caught up with Robert earlier this week to check out the secrets to becoming star baker when it comes to pies.
Game features in some of the pie fillings that Robert produces but over the past 7 years his range has grown to include mutton with capers, pork and chorizo, and pork pancetta and leek. He now supplies some of the countries high end food and farm shops including Fortnum and Mason in London.
So, what is the secret to making a top class pie? If you've ever wondered , this short video from Robert shows some of the techniques he uses. Doesn't he make it look so simple ?
Good pastry is essential for a raised pie and hot water pastry is ideal as it can be kneaded and this develops the gluten, making it easier to mould in the tin and for the essential decorations on top. Robert uses Italian lard in his pastry, much preferable to British lard as it melts at a lower temperature, giving that melt in the mouth texture that you would expect from a quality pie. Unfortunately the Italian lard isn't available in British shops so in the following recipes, that Robert developed for Lakeland he suggests as mix of lard, butter and sunflower oil.
Next essential is the thickness of the pastry; too thick is a problem and of course a pie needs to hold it's filling with no leakages, too thin and you have a problem. For perfection, get the tape measure out as 7mm is the recommended thickness.
Then there's the all important filling and the baking. The Bake Off contestants managed to get the quantity of filling just right but one difficulty seemed to be ensuring the meat was cooked but not overcooking the pastry. For a crisp crust the pie needs to bakes at a high temperature to start, normally 200C and then reduced to around 180C to ensure the meat is not overcooked and the pastry is not burned. 64C was the temperature they aimed for on Bake Off but Robert suggests achieving an internal temperature of 84C.
Time was obviously an issue in the Bake Off kitchen as for a perfect pie finish Robert recommends a much slower approach, which to me seems sensible if you're making at home.
Here are some of those tips that will make the perfect pie.
Of course his recipes are top secret but since helping develop the new tins, robert has created a number of new recipes and these can be viewed on the lakeland app and website. Recipe links on images below.
Credits – Thanks to Mr C's Handcrafted Pies Lakeland for images and icangetitonline.com for the link to the you tube video featured in this post
The popularity of mutton has declined over the years and it's certainly not obvious on any of the butcher shops I have visited in the West of Scotland. Certainly don't expect to find it the supermarkets but it is easily available at farmers markets and from farm shops and suppliers. There are many reasons for the decline in popularity, including, intensive farming and lifestyle changes over the past 40 to 60 years. But, mutton is regaining it's well deserved place on the countries dinner tables and to encourage this, a mutton renaissance campaign was launched by HRH Prince of Wales in 2004.
Mutton, for those who don't know, is meat from a sheep over the age of two years and just like beef is more flavoursome than veal, mutton has a more depth of flavour than spring lamb.
To encourage more people to cook with mutton, I recently teamed up with Soil Association Scotland and Denise Walton of Peelham Farm for a feature in the Daily Record newspaper.
Peelham have been been running their organic farm at Fouldon in Berwickshire for over 25 years and rear free range, pasture grazed, pure bred Llyen and Llyen cross, on the upland coastal pastures. The mutton is dry aged for two weeks and has a unique slightly salty flavour and a succulent texture. Having cooked with mutton shoulder, I was struck by just how tender the meat was after slow cooking.
The usual cuts are available with mutton and Peelham stock the full range, including, leg, mince, chops and mutton bones, much sought after these days for broths and stocks. Being a lover of cheaper cuts for slow cooking, I chose mutton shoulder and it was ideal for this recipe.
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|15 minutes
|Cook Time
|3 hours
This slow cooked mutton is a great dish for sharing. Serve with rice, chapti's and raita in the middle of the table for everyone to help themselves.
My thanks to Denise Walton at Peelham Farm for supplying the mutton for this recipe and Soil Association Scotland for assistance. All opinions expressed are my own.
The sharper your knife, the less you cry – so says the name of a book by American cook and author Kathleen Flinn, writing about her experience at the Cordon Bleu Cook School in Paris. It is true that you're more likely to injure yourself using a knife that needs to be sharpened than using a good sharp knife. My knife collection has a few sharp knives but a recent knife skills class at The Cook School Scotland has made me realise that a rethink is required. Not that there's a need to invest in a new set of expensive sharp knives, just that I learned, less is more.
The Knife Skills class is a new addition to the wide range of classes at The Cook School Scotland and although I've been cooking for many years, it was a chance to brush up my skills and learn some new techniques. The class was a clever mix of demonstrations from Head Chef Andy Beattie along with hands on practice and cooking. Filleting, boning, spatchcocking, slicing and chopping were all covered and each stage involved cooking the prepped produce and preparing separate side dishes using a range of different knife and cooking skills.
First under the knife was sea bream for filleting and Chef Andy made the process look very easy. Filleting fish was one of those skills that I had let slip, preferring to leave it to the fishmonger. Instructions also included, pin boning, skinning and scaling. Andy also demonstrated how to fillet flat fish and this is now something I will feel confident about doing in the future.
A sharp filleting knife and clear instructions made the task so much simpler and I was rather pleased with my effort.
After filleting the bream was cured with flavours of fennel, tarragon and pastis to be served with a delcious fennel salad.
Citrus Cured Sea Bream with fennel and orange salad- Serves 4
2 wild gilthead bream. Cure – 2 lemons. 2 limes. 200g sea salt. 400g sugar. 5g fennel seeds. 10 tarragon sprigs. 100ml Pastis.
Fillet pin bone and skin the fish. Finely grate the zest of the citrus fruit and combine with all the other cure ingredients. Lay the fillets on a tray, pour the cure over ensuring the fish is covered, cover with cling film and place in the fridge for 2 hours. Wash off the cure with cold water, pat the fish dry with kitchen paper, wrap the fillets tightly in cling film and place back in the fridge.
Fennel Salad. 1 fennel bulb. 2 oranges. 10 sprigs dill. 100ml extra virgin olive oil.
Finely slice the fennel and place in ice cold water along with the juice of one of the lemons. Segment the orange, cut into small pieces and combine with oil and dill. Drain fennel, shake dry and toss in citrus dressing.
Finely slice the fish and serve with the fennel salad.
There was natural flow to the way the class was taught with the various knife skills and cooking techniques complementing each other. For instance,segmenting an orange was so easy with the correct knife and the kofta, made with lamb mince, included finely chopping several ingredients including fresh herbs and chef Andy stressed the importance of the correct knife action to prevent bruising the herbs and leaving the flavour on the chopping board. Accompanying the kofta's was a podina, a spicy yoghurt based sauce and again this included more finely chopped ingredients.
Kofta with yoghurt podina – serves 4 500g lamb mince. 2tbsp coriander finely chopped. 2 tbsp mint leaves finely chopped. 1 tbsp flat leaf parsley finely chopped. 1/2 red onion finely chopped. 1/2 garlic clove finely chopped. 1/4 tsp ground cumin. 1/2 tsp sumac. 1 egg beaten. sea salt and black pepper.
Place all the ingredients in a bowl and mix well, season with salt and pepper. Take a small amount of the mix and fry to check the flavours and seasoning. Shape into the size you prefer and fry in a large frying pan on 3 sides until cooked. if the kofta's are larger you may have to finish cooking in a medium oven – 175C.
For the podina – 200g Greek style yoghurt. 1 tsp fresh ginger finely grated. 1/2 red chilli deseeded and finely chopped. 1/4 red onion or 2 spring onions finely chopped. 3 tbsp coriander leaves finely chopped. 1 tbsp mint leaves finely chopped. Juice of 1 lime. Fish sauce (optional, salt can be used). 1/2 tsp caster sugar. Freshly ground black pepper.
Drain any liquid from the yoghurt and place in a mixing bowl with the ginger, chilli, onion, coriander and mint. The secret with this sauce is the balance, add the sugar and half of the lime juice with a dash of fish sauce, taste and adjust the seasoning. Chill until needed.
Pickling vegetables was also on the class agenda and again brought in a range of skills with different vegetables. They make a great accompaniment to the lamb kofta's and are also ideal for serving with cold meats and other salads.
Slicing into similar sizes was essential before adding salt to cure and drain excess liquid from the vegetables.
The pickled vegetables made a great accompaniment to the lamb kofta's and are also ideal for serving with cold meats and other salads.
Pickled Vegetables – Serves 4.
1 carrot, peeled and sliced in to batons. 1 stick of celery sliced into matchsticks. 1/2 cucumber deseeded and sliced into batons. 1/2 red onion sliced. 1/2 yellow pepper sliced. 1/2 head of fennel sliced. 100g sea salt. 100ml white wine vinegar.
Toss all the vegetables in salt and leave to cure and drain of their liquid in a colander for an hour. Thoroughly rinse in cold water. toss the vegetables in the vinegar and place in a sealed container. They will be ready to eat in an hour and will keep for up to a week.
Being able to bone and joint meat is a great skill for any home cook and if you're interested in saving some money on the food shopping bill, it's an essential. As you would expect, a sharp boning knife and a good demonstration makes the task a lot easier. This leg of lamb was quickly cut into a range of pieces, including the shank, leg steaks and chunks for casseroles. Of course, it also means no wastage as any leftover pieces can be minced and bones used for stock.
Jointed chicken pieces sold in the supermarkets are usually sold in packs of thighs and drumsticks, with the breasts and wings being sold separately. As this picture shows, jointing your own bird gives 8 pieces, thighs, drumsticks and 4 pieces from the breasts as they are divided into 2. The wings can also be used but Head Chef Andy's tip is freeze the wings and after a few jointed birds, there's enough for a plate of chicken wings. Alternatively, they can be used for stock along with any other leftover pieces. Once again, cheaper and no food waste.
Spatchcocking was also covered and this is something I do regularly with chicken and like jointing, it's easier to cut into pieces for serving once the bird is cooked. It's also ideal if you're pressed for time as the bird cooks quicker. Of course, any bird can be spatchcocked and it was poussin we prepared and cooked during the class.
The knife skills class is one of a fantastic range of courses available at Cook School Scotland and dates for future courses are available. Other classes include Scottish Fish and Seafood, Simply Meat, Bread and Baking various classes covering world food. All the classes are held in the state of the art kitchen with staff and chef's on hand to assist. The classes delivered in a way that ensures all participants, regardless of ability gain the maximum hands on experience and knowledge from the day. Full details of all calsses can be found on the school's website
Disclaimer. I was invited as a guest of Cook School Scotland. I was not paid for this post or expected to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are my own.


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Leopallooza is an annual celebration of music which takes place at The Wyldes, Week St Mary, near Bude every year.
The festival sees 4,000 visitors head to Week St Mary, with tickets starting at just £20.
Set in a scenic, lush valley in North Cornwall, and just a few miles from some of the best beaches in the UK, the festival is always a hit and makes a great place to head for a day of your holidays in Cornwall.
With a huge bar offering a view of both stages, called the Flying Squirrel, and a huge eatery, called the Hungry Badger, no-one goes hungry at Leopallooza.
The festival ends with the Leopallooza centrepiece – when a car loaded with wood is set alight.
Visit the website for more information.

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PART 0: Preliminaries and Notes about Free Software
This document is intended to provide assistance to other individuals who are attempting to install Lenny and various other software packages onto their machines. Each section includes links to forums I searched through to originally find the answers to my problems (they are preceded by a "###" hash; just ctrl-f it). It is hoped that if this guide isn't sufficient, I can consolidate your efforts in finding a solution by putting those links in each appropriate section. I've also provided a pdf file above that consolidates this entire post. Finally, I've backed up onto this blog some of the custom files I've found that have made installation of certain software easier. I will do my best to give credit to others where it is due, as it is due in almost all cases : )
In regards to FOSS… I'll say from the get-go that while I'm installing Debian here, I am not adhering to the strict free-software guidelines as outlined by the GNU FSF. In simple terms: I make use of the contrib and nonfree repositories and download proprietary drivers. To anyone who goes strictly by the guidelines –well, as strict as you can with Debian, seeing as even the OS itself isn't technically free software– I applaud your efforts. However, it cannot be denied that not everything is consistently up to par for the average user's need. This is especially true with Debian; what it gains in rock-solid stability it loses in up-to-date software. Most users expect up-to-date software, as they aren't interested in running servers or constructing computing clusters.
Nevertheless, Debian has improved dramatically from Etch to Lenny, and I'm sure it will improve drastically once more in the next stable release. Perhaps a day will come when FOSS can completely erradicate the necessity of non-free software! In fact, the hardware NIGHTMARES I experienced with Etch were basically non-existent when installing Lenny. To what extent this is dependent on the different hardware setups I had for each machine at the time of installation, I don't know. But installing Lenny was, for me, much easier this go 'round than with Etch.
PART 1: Hardware Specifications and Software List
My new machine has the following specs:
|Power Supply:
|Tagan BZ Series 1100W
|ASUS P5E Deluxe
|Intel Core2 Extreme QX9650 @ 3.0 Ghz (1333Mhz bus)
|Graphics Card:
|Nvidia GTX 280
|4x1GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz
|Sony BDU-X10S
|Hardware RAID:
|Adaptec AAC-RAID
|Fake RAID:
|Intel Matrix
|Logitec MX-518
These are the pieces of software I want to install:
|Nvidia Drivers
|Enable 3D Graphics Acceleration
|reads .chm files
|scans pages directly to pdf
|network analyzer
|all-purpose media player
|Compiz-fusion + Emerald
|desktop effects + themes
|Bit Torrent client
|LaTeX word processing
|*Java 6 RE
|Java Run-time environment
|*Java 6 Plugin
|Java Plugin for Iceweasel
|Plugin for Iceweasel
|Automated kernel updating
*Means that this software came directly from Debian repositories (i.e., apt-get install ______) Obviously, these will not be current version pieces of software. I typically explain why I either didn't need the latest or stopped trying to get the latest in the appropriate section.
PART 1.5: Important Installation Timeline Notes
The following is an explanation of little tweaks that will prevent common installation problems from occuring with the software. As I went through the process it became clear that it would be nice to have known certain things "before hand" instead of having to backtrack constantly to solve miniproblems that got in the way of getting the software running. As well, there were certain installation requests that were common to several pieces of software. I list them here. If you can't get a piece of software to run when only following the below sections then the solution might be here.
FIRST: 32-bit compatibility libraries
These allow various 32-bit operations to work on the 64 bit system.
# apt-get install ia32-libs ia32-libs-gtk ia32-libs-libcurl3 ia32-libs-idn11 ia32-libs-libnspr4 ia32-libs-libnss3 ia32-libs-libssh2 ia32-libs-xulrunner lib32nss-mdns
SECOND: Enabling the contrib and nonfree repositories
I use nano to get the job done:
# nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Change the official debian repository entries to look like this:
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
Be sure to update apt:
# apt-get update
THIRD: Preventing python problems
The best option for me was simply to not install different versions of python. It became very difficult to install kernelcheck after doing so. Debian has both 2.4 and 2.5 in the official repositories and if you don't need the newer ones, don't use them. However, if you're like me and have to continually back track, then this little hack can do the trick:
# ln -s /usr/local/bin/python /usr/bin/python2.5 # ln -s /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/python2.5
This isn't exactly an elegant solution, but it does make sure that python 2.5 is used as opposed to a different version of python you might have installed.
FOURTH: Preventing repository conflicts
When using the www.debian-multimedia.org repositories, certain packages are duplicated in both this repository and the official debian ones. This spelled disaster for my VLC player. It would not play ANY video. Only audio would start. BEFORE installing vlc (and any of the library packages below like lbavdevice52), make a file called preferences in /etc/apt :
# nano /etc/apt/preferences
Put the following in there:
Package: ffmpeg libavcodec51 libavdevice52 libavformat52 libavutil49 libpostproc51 libswscale0 Pin: origin debian.org Pin-Priority:999
###(http://sidux.com/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-11182.html ; Fourth post by "hubi" from the top)
If you've already installed VLC (or VLC and one of the above listed packages), then jump down to the VLC section to see how to reverse that pesky no video problem. If you had already installed any of the packages above (but not installed VLC) then remove them first and implement the VLC workaround below.
(This again is not a particularly elegant solution, but it does prevent problems from cropping up.)
PART 2: Installing Debian
Installing Debian this time was much easier. I had my Vista Ultimate 64 bit install on the Intel Matrix fakeraid and wanted to put Debian Lenny on the Adaptec hardware raid. The graphical installer was great. It went off without a hitch up until the GRUB installation portion. It put the bootloader on the first drive of the intel fakeraid as opposed to the Adaptec raid. Having had nightmares trying to deal with this problem before, I simply wiped the incomplete install of Lenny, unplugged all the fakeraid drives and reinstalled on the Adaptec raid without the hassle. I have a BIOS that can switch boot priority from the fakeraid to the Adaptec raid and, seeing as I rarely use the Vista install anyway, this was sufficient enough for my needs. I then unplugged the Adaptec raid, put the fakeraid drives back in, and ran the fixmbr off of the Vista install disk. The installation fixed itself and I promptly went back to booting from the adaptec raid and my shiny new Lenny install.
PART 3: Setting up Proprietary Nvidia Drivers
###(http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-nvidia-drivers-on-debian-lenny-manually ; primary source of this section)
First, download the drivers from Nvidia:
The latest Nvidia drivers are compiled using gcc 4.1. The kernel that comes with Lenny is not compiled with this version. If you try to jump straight to building the drivers, the installer will complain about this and abort. So, do the following first:
# apt-get install make gcc gcc-4.1 linux-headers*
Shut down the graphical display manager (GNOME) and change to the directory that you downloaded the drivers to:
# /etc/init.d/gdm stop
Then, be sure to tell bash to use gcc-4.1 by executing this line:
# export CC=/usr/bin/gcc-4.1
Finally, run the installer (your precise file name will probably be different):
# sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-195.36.08-pkg2.run
Once this is done, restart GNOME:
user@location:~/$ gdm
If you're eager to verify that the 3D-accelerated drivers are indeed installed and functional, then you can try installing mesa-utils and running glxgears:
# apt-get install mesa-utils user@location:~/$ glxgears -info
This is however, a very poor excuse for a test*. My fps was in excess of 13000 (GTX 280) before installing compiz-fusion and emerald. After installing those and running lots of stuff at the same time and using the sphere and throwing anything else I could think of at it, I still couldn't get the fps below 2000 (I had glxgears open while doing it to get the FPS value). If you want a better benchmark, then try gtkperf.
*###(http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Glxgears_is_not_a_Benchmark ; explains why not)
PART 4: Setting up Compiz-Fusion + Emerald
###(http://www.pendrivelinux.com/how-to-install-compiz-fusion-on-debian-lenny/ ; I did NOT follow the same apt-get install portion)
I don't actually use the debian repositories for this. Apparently, the developer responsible for maintaining these packages is no longer doing so and as such, they don't show up in the debian officials. However, they are in another repository. It is from here that I installed the required packages.
First, add the following to /etc/apt/sources.list :
deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/shames/debian-lenny/desktopfx/unstable/ ./
Update apt:
# apt-get update
Then apply the gpg key:
# wget http://download.tuxfamily.org/shames/A42A6CF5.gpg -O- | apt-key add -
Finally, install the following packages:
# apt-get install fusion-icon emerald emerald-themes compiz compiz-core compiz-backend-gconf compiz-settings-manager compiz-fusion-bcop compiz-fusion-extras compiz-fusion-gnome compiz-fusion-plugins-extra compiz-fusion-plugins-main compiz-gnome compiz-manager compiz-plugins
I can't honestly say that I know whether or not every one of those packages is necessary (I suspect not). However, upon installing those, compiz and emerald should be working. Add the "fusion-icon" executable to the startup list to have the icon load at startup so you can easily switch between window managers and window decorators.
Modifications to the xorg.conf file:
As well, several posts and sites said to add certain modifications to the xorg.conf file. Whether they are still necessary in 2010 or not, I don't know. But I don't notice any adverse effects upon including them.
First, include the following under the "screen" section:
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true" Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true" Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true" SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection
Then, make a new section like this:
Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Enable" EndSection
Finally, be sure to load the glx module by adding the folowing to the module section
Load "glx"
PART 5: Setting up Java and Flash Plugins (and JRE)
I used the java plugin from sun in the non-free repositories:
# apt-get install sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin
If apt says it can't find the packages, go back to section 1.5 and enable the contrib and non-free repositories.
UPDATE(September 17 2010): Adobe has just released (as of September 15 2010, I believe) a developer prerelease of Flash 10.2 with, you guessed it, Linux 64 bit support. You could continue using the nspluginwrapper solution until they put the finishing touches on 64 bit flash in linux (and then install from a repository). Or, you can download the prerelease now. Adobe makes it clear that all updating of this prerelease is on you –any bugs or security holes between here and formal release will stick unless you manually update. You want to install it now, you say? Me too.
First off, the folks at the debian forums here http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=53036&sid=8019536786b463ab42f3397f28122174&start=45 are all saying they aren't having issues with the prerelease. I haven't either so far. Regardless, be sure to follow the backup instructions unless you're comfortable doing it yourself. And now, here's what I did:
First, search your computer for instances of "flashplayer". I found it in the following directories (you may find it in others, but the process is the same):
/usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so [actual library] /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so [link to library] /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so [link to library] /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so [link to library]
Do not delete the actual library. If the 64-bit plugin goes south again (keep in mind it already did that once), it'll be nice to have a fallback. Instead, make a backup directory in a place you'll remember, and then move the proper library links there. To do this, go into a shell and become root:
user@machine:~$ mkdir /path/to/backup/directory/ user@machine:~$ su root@machine:~# mv /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so /path/to/backup/directory/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so-from-usr-lib-firefox-plugins-directory root@machine:~# mv /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so /path/to/backup/directory/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so-from-usr-lib-iceweasel-plugins-directory root@machine:~# mv /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so /path/to/backup/directory/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so-from-usr-lib-mozilla-plugins-directory
Now, download the prerelease from this page:
Then extract the libflashplayer.so file and put it in a new directory. Then create links to this library in the appropriate plugin directories:
user@machine:~$ tar -xvwf /path/to/tarball/flashplayer_square_p1_64bit_linux_091510.tar.gz [or just use a graphical program. doesn't really matter how you extract the "libflashplayer.so" file.] user@machine:~$ su root@machine:~# mkdir /usr/lib/adobe-flash-prerelease/ root@machine:~# mv /path/to/tarball/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/adobe-flash-prerelease/ root@machine:~# ln -s /usr/lib/adobe-flash-prerelease/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so.0 root@machine:~# ln -s /usr/lib/adobe-flash-prerelease/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins/libflashplayer.so.0 root@machine:~# ln -s /usr/lib/adobe-flash-prerelease/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so.0
Restart firefox/iceweasel/mozilla derivative of browser, and flash should be working. Once a polished release is ready, I would recommend removing the prerelease version (much in the same fashion that you did for nspluginwrapper here) and following your distro's installation process. I doubt any distro will waste time in pushing the release as soon as it's ready. Either that, or I doubt it will be long before the backports get upgraded like below and the process becomes as simple as installing from them 😛
UPDATE (June 23 2010): It appears that this mechanism of updating flash for 64-bit systems is broken: (here && here). From what I can tell, the 64-bit beta from Flash is a security nightmare. As well, Adobe recently announced that they will, "for the time being," remove support for 64-bit Linux flash plugins. Following this news, no distro is continuing to package the 64-bit version.
You CAN however follow these instructions. If you have pulseaudio issues, then this post might help.
This used apt, but required using a backport. Add the following to your /etc/apt/sources.list file:
deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free
Then do the folowing:
# apt-get update # apt-get -t lenny-backports install debian-backports-keyring flashplugin-nonfree
If you ever want to update the flash player, execute this in a shell
# update-flashplayer-nonfree --install
Why I used the repository
Honestly? Convenience. The flash version is the latest. The java version is the latest. However, if you absolutely HAVE to have a 64-bit java jre (NOT a plugin for applet support) then you CAN install Sun's x86_64 beta jre here:
And follow the instructions here:
PART 6: Setting up Skype
###(http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=102268 ; explains what packages need to be installed to work on Lenny)
First, be sure to have the ia32-libs-* packages installed (see section 1.5). Then, install the following:
apt-get install libqt4-dbus libqt4-network libqt4core libqtgui4
Now, get the Debian .deb file from Skype:
When you try to install this, it will complain that the architecture is 64 bit but the package is 32 bit. The only way to get this to install is to use the –force-all flag
# dpkg -i --force-all skype.deb
There IS a 64 bit .deb file for Ubuntu. I do not know if it will compile under a Debian Lenny system though.
PART 7: Setting up Truecrypt
###(http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/TrueCrypt ; I used method two to modify the sudoers file)
First, download the x86_64 tarball from the truecrypt website:
Then install some required dependencies:
# apt-get install fuse-utils dmsetup
Extract the tar-ball. This will present a runable file. Execute this file:
user@location:~/$ tar -zxvf truecrypt-6.3a-ubuntu-x64.tar.gz # ./truecrypt-6.3a-setup-ubuntu-x64
It will ask you whether or not you want to create a .deb file. Do so. You will then have a .deb file. Build it:
# dpkg -i truecrypt.deb
Preventing root and user permissions problems
Before creating any containers or encrypting any partitions –if you try to do so before following this, you get a prompt for a password that won't recognize the root password as being such– add a line to the sudoers file by executing the following program as root:
# visudo
This will drop you into a nano-like editing environment. Add this, replacing USERNAME with your username:
# for truecrypt USERNAME ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/truecrypt
If you want to instead create a "group" that can access the truecrypt program (as opposed to a single user), then follow method two in the given link at the top of this section.
PART 8: Setting up Vuze (BitTorrent client)
###(http://www.myscienceisbetter.info/install-vuze-on-ubuntu-64bit.html ; Explains the trick to get it to work on a 64 bit system)
First, be sure to have Java installed (see section 5). Then download the latest version of Vuze here:
Extract it to whatever directory you want.
Now the trick: the swt.jar file that comes with the latest version is 32 bit. We need the latest 64 bit one. Get it here:
The particular file you are looking for (as of March 17 2010) is "swt-3.5-gtk-linux-x86_64.zip" . If the above link is a dead-end (404, whatever), keep going further up the tree, checking higher and higher directories until you can re-navigate towards something else that looks like the given filename.
Extract the file and move the new swt.jar file into the vuze folder:
user@location:~/$ unzip swt-3.5-gtk-linux-x86_64.zip $ mv swt.jar /location/to/extracted/vuze/
Run vuze by executing "vuze" at a shell:
user@location:~/$ vuze
PART 9: Setting up VLC
Preventing playback issues due to repository conflicts
###(http://sidux.com/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-11182.html ; Fourth post by "hubi" from the top)
IMPORTANT: If you have installed VLC or any of the below library packages (like ffmpeg or libavdevice52), please do the following FIRST to "purge" your system (not in the actual 'apt' sense, but to get this to work) by following this set of instructions. If you have NOT installed VLC or the library packages (but HAVE followed the fourth piece of advice in section 1.5) then jump down to the install portion.
First, remove certain libraries and such from your machine. Remove VLC as well if it is installed:
# apt-get remove ffmpeg libavcodec51 libavdevice52 libavformat52 libavutil49 libpostproc51 libswscale0 # apt-get remove vlc vlc-nox
If VLC was installed, also remove this directory:
user@location:~/$ rm ~/.vlc/cache/*.dat
Then, go into your /etc/apt/sources.list and disable the debian-multimedia.org repositories. I use nano:
# nano /etc/apt/sources.list
A "#" character in front of the debian-multimedia repository entry should do the trick. Like such:
#deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main
Then, reinstall the libs:
# apt-get update # apt-get install ffmpeg libavcodec51 libavdevice52 libavformat52 libavutil49 libpostproc51 libswscale0
Then, create a file called preferences in /etc/apt :
# nano /etc/apt/preferences
Put the following in there:
Package: ffmpeg libavcodec51 libavdevice52 libavformat52 libavutil49 libpostproc51 libswscale0 Pin: origin debian.org Pin-Priority:999
This ensures that future updates to those packages come from debian repositories and not the debian-multimedia.org repository.
Now, re-enable the debian-multimedia repository by using nano:
# nano /etc/apt/sources.list
And then removing the "#" character you put in front of the debian-multimedia repository earlier.
Then, apt-update:
# apt-get update
Installing VLC
NOW, install vlc:
# apt-get install vlc vlc-nox
Why I used the repository
Because the version in the repository was able to play everything I could throw at it without hassle. Since this was the case, I felt no need to go through a nightmarish headache of trying to get the latest version to compile under Lenny. I might try that out later if I have time 😛
PART 10: Installing LaTeX stuff
LaTex lets you type mathematical equations and such in a very systematic and neat way. It is superior to any other typesetting language or set-up in this regard. I've used it for years to type up mathematics assignments (and in posts on this blog). A google search for "LaTeX tutorials linux texlive" ought to bring about good results if you want to learn how to use it.
# apt-get install texlive texlive-latex-extra texlive-math-extra
This gives all of the necessary command-line tools to use LaTeX.
PART 11: Installing gscan2pdf
This is a much better –well, perhaps more intuitive– GUI than Xine. It lets you scan directly to pdf, which I find highly useful when archiving paperwork onto my machine:
# apt-get install gscan2pdf
Using English OCR
If you want to use tesserect (Google's open-source OCR) in English, then install this library:
# apt-get install tesseract-ocr-eng
PART 12: Setting up Wireshark
Wireshark (formerly known as Ethereal) is a network analyzer. I won't go into the specifics about all the amazing stuff this program can do. You can read about it here:
Install via apt-get:
# apt-get install wireshark wireshark-common
Why I used the repository
The Debian Lenny repositories have the "old stable" (1.0.2) version of Wireshark. The latest stable build is 1.2.6. However, I only use Wireshark as a means of lightly inspecting network traffic –usually when I want to see what certain applications send and receive– and making sure torrents are handled correctly on my network. The old stable version is fine for this purpose.
PART 13: Setting up kchmviewer
This allows me to view downloaded .chm files on a linux box.
# apt-get install kchmviewer
PART 14: Setting up kernelcheck
UPDATE (April 1 2010): The patched file is no longer being hosted at the old link further down this section. Download it here instead:
###(http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=618563&page=48 ; This entire thread is very helpful. Pages 48 and 49 are probably most relevant)
###(http://kcheck.sourceforge.net/pool/Documentation-Lumen.pdf ; Official documentation (pdf) )
Kernelcheck makes updating to the latest kernel an automagical experience. This was the LAST program I installed. Even then, it compiled the latest kernel (and added it to GRUB automatically too) without any hassle besides installing the Nvidia drivers again.
(April 1 2010: Download the file from link at top of this section)
Getting the PATCHED kernelcheck:
Extract the file and compile the .deb file:
user@location:~/$ unzip kernelcheck-1.2.5_mlrepo3.zip # dpkg -i kernelcheck_1.2.5-4mlrepo3_all.deb
The GUI is very self-explanatory and makes installing the latest (220.127.116.11 candella) kernel a snap. When you reboot, just make sure to reinstall your video drivers as in section 2. (The key thing will be reinstalling the appropriate kernel headers; the other programs are already installed.)
PART 15: Setting up Media Playback (DVD + mp3)
###(http://www.linwik.com/wiki/configuring+media+and+dvd+playback+in+debian+gnu+linux+5.0 ; good explanation)
I make extensive use of VLC to play lots of different media (avi, x264, mpeg, etc). However, I still like to have mp3 and dvd support on the system. You can enable dvd playback and mp3 support by setting up the debian-multimedia repository and then installing some libraries.
Setting up the debian-multimedia repository
IMPORTANT: Be sure to create the /etc/apt/preferences file mentioned in section 1.5. This will ensure that you don't break VLC when using the debian-multimedia repository.
First, add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list (I use "nano /etc/apt/sources.list" at a shell to do the job) :
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main
Now, get the multimedia keyring so apt doesn't complain about it:
# wget http://www.debian-multimedia.org/pool/main/d/debian-multimedia-keyring/debian-multimedia-keyring_2008.10.16_all.deb # dpkg -i debian-multimedia-keyring_2008.10.16_all.deb
Finally, update apt:
# apt-get update
Installing the appropriate libraries
Install the following to have mp3 and dvd playback support:
# apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-lame libdvdcss2
PART 16: Hardware Notes
IMPORTANT: These notes are under the assumption that you have used kernelcheck to upgrade to 2.6.32 kernel. However, I'd imagine that my hardware would have behaved the same on 2.6.22 as well; it isn't bleeding edge equipment.
My model is a Logitech MX-518. It behaved as expected. The increase and decrease dpi buttons gave me the low, medium and high settings. The mousewheel behaved properly. The two side buttons (near the thumb) worked.
My model is a HP Officejet 5610 All-In-One. I plugged it in, but could not get it to work for the life of me. I did a cold reboot (shutdown completely, turn back on) and all the problems disappeared. The printer behaved flawlessly.
I use an analog Logitech microphone for use with Skype. I cannot for the life of me find a model number; it was sold at best-buys as being "for use with Skype." Setting up the microphone for use with soundrecorder (and Audacity and Skype) required the following setup:
1.) Open volume control (right-click the audio icon in the top-right corner, click volume control).
2.) Go to preferences (edit->preferences) and be sure the following are enabled:
- Master
- Front
- Line-In
- cd
- Microphone
- Microphone Boost
- Capture
- Digital
- Headphone
- Input Source
- Input Source
- Input Source
You may or may not have each of these available depending on your setup. The key components however are the microphone, microphone boost, capture, and input sources.
Upon doing this, you should have four tabs in the volume control program: PLAYBACK, RECORDING, SWITCHES, OPTIONS. Go to PLAYBACK and ensure that microphone and microphone boost are enabled; I have the boost at 2/3 of max. Go to RECORDING and be sure that both capture and digital are enabled and maxed. For some reason that I cannot figure out, I could not use one and not the other. They appear to be linked and will not function separately. Then go to OPTIONS and select "Mic" for the first input source.
Varying capture levels with soundrecorder, Audacity, and Skype
For soundrecorder, I had to lower the microphone boost option. Setting it too high would just result in lots of distortion.
In Audacity, I needed the microphone boost to be at 2/3 of max to properly pick up voice. In Skype, 2/3 boost appeared effective as well.
PART 17: Conclusions
I highly doubt that EVERYTHING listed here is 100 percent accurate. I'm just a user, not a guru. If you try something here that doesn't work, PLEASE leave a comment. I'll do my best to help you or to fix whatever errors you've found in this blog post. I hope I've been of help to someone and would appreciate any comments indicating such.


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Kim Kardashian breaks family silence over Blac Chyna's pregnancy announcement with brother Rob
Kim Kardashian is "really happy" for parents-to-be Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna.
Rob's relationship with the model has caused controversy from the moment they started hooking up back in January, with the family's reactions to the romance currently airing on their show Keeping up With The Kardashians.
But as Kim, 35, made an appearance at the Cannes Film Festival in France on Tuesday night she insisted she's nothing but excited for her brother's impending fatherhood.
"I mean, it's so exciting. It's a really exciting time for him. I think he'll be the best dad. He's really just such a good, good person," she told Entertainment Tonight.
Kim, who has two children with husband Kanye West, will also make sure she's on hand to help Rob navigate the stressful world of first time parenthood. She admitted she and her spouse have already been offering the couple advice.
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Kim is the first member of the Kardashian clan to publicly comment on Rob's baby news. While she and Kylie Jenner both "liked" Rob and Blac's pregnancy announcement on Instagram, they hadn't made any statement themselves.
Kim also discussed Kylie's recent split from rapper Tyga, who has a three-year-old son King Cairo with his former partner Blac.
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THE Government has been warned that its policies are adding to the growing crisis of housing in the countryside.
The warning from Mark Hudson, president of the Country Land and Business Association, came as the CLA published its Housing the Rural Economy report yesterday.
Mr Hudson, who farms in Ruthin, said the basic needs of rural communities for local housing had been forgotten in the Government's top-down approach to housing demand.
"Local authorities are struggling to reach affordable rural housing targets whilst large-scale developments on the edges of towns are allowed to take precedence over small, sympathetic housing schemes that allow villages to grow naturally," said Mr Hudson.
"Now the Government is proposing to do away with key planning guidelines and that will only worsen the rural housing crisis, increasing the gap between demand and supply and threatening the economic base of our villages."
The CLA report accuses the Government of neglecting the needs of 13 million people who live and work in the British countryside and face escalating house prices that far exceed their earnings.
It proposes a series of practical solutions to open up more land and opportunities for rural housing.
Mr Hudson said, "House prices now lie out of the reach of much of the rural-based population.
"Unless the housing situation improves, people will continue to drift or be forced to move away. Local jobs will be put at risk along with local services and facilities. In short, the rural economy will suffer."
The report calls for policy changes on several fronts and challenges the current stranglehold on the use of redundant farm buildings for housing as another example of where Government policy fails to make use of existing resources to meet housing demand.
It makes 17 recommendations to boost rural housing in England and Wales, including:
A requirement for planning authorities to meet local housing need through the organic growth of villages, allowing housing to be built on the edge of existing villages;
More weight given to the use of redundant farm buildings for housing, along with a change in the definition of "brownfield sites" to include land previously used for agriculture, which would free up more land for housing;
Guidelines on housing provision in settlements of fewer than 3,000 people and in greenbelts, national parks and areas of outstanding beauty to mirror the rest of the countryside;
Allowing local authorities to use the revenue from additional council tax on second homes to support affordable housing in rural areas.


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When he concluded his pre-draft workout with the Washington Wizards with a request for team president Ernie Grunfeld and Coach Randy Wittman to take him third overall, Bradley Bealprobably didn't imagine that his proximity to the White House would mean he'd have a chance to meet President Obama before his team won a championship.
With nine games remaining in an eventful rookie season, Beal got the opportunity when he joined teammates John Wall, Nene and Emeka Okafor in a basketball clinic for kids during the annual Easter Egg Roll. The hoops-loving leader of the free world took — and missed, and missed again — several jumpers on the courts located on the White House lawn.
Beal cut the president some slack since he was wearing slacks, loafers and a collared shirt, but resisted the urge to walk over and give some tips on his shooting form. He settled on telling Obama to move a little closer to the basket.
"I was about to offer some political advice," Beal said, cracking a smile before saying that he would recommend Obama "lower some taxes."
Life as part of the 1 percent certainly presents its own set of challenges, especially for a 19-year-old on his first job. But Beal should be okay if he handles them as well as his first season in the NBA. Already, he has dealt with some early shooting struggles, concerns that he would be another Wizards draft bust, a historically bad opening stretch of losses, the overwhelming pressures of being a high draft pick, trade rumors and injuries to his back, wrist and ankle.
Following that initial fire, Beal responded with a string of successful scoring performances, buzzer-beating shots and game-saving plays and now finds himself as half of a potentially lethal young backcourt with Wall and an essential building block for the Wizards' efforts to regain respectability.
"The game slowed down for me," Beal said. "I was trying to prove something too early, just trying to do too much and then I let the game come to me and do what I know I'm capable of doing. Throughout the whole rest of the year, I've done that, just staying confident."
Beal is the Wizards' second-leading scorer at 14 points per game and on pace to finish with the 10th highest scoring average of any rookie in franchise history — just ahead of Wes Unseld. He wants to end the season in good health and help the Wizards (27-46) possibly rise to ninth place in the Eastern Conference. They trail the Philadelphia 76ers by three games as they prepare to host the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday at Verizon Center. Either way, Beal has already left quite an impression on his teammates and coaches.
"He's been great all year," teammate A.J. Price said. "He started off slow the first few weeks, which is kind of expected – 19 coming into the NBA — but since then, he's been, in my eyes, the best rookie in the NBA. Just been really consistent."
The rookie of the year award has been Portland point guard Damian Lillard's to lose since the season opener, but Beal did his best to make the race interesting from Jan. 1 to March 3, when he averaged 17.4 points and 4.2 rebounds while shooting 46.2 percent from the field and 49.1 percent from three-point range. Beal scored a career-high 29 points against New York, beat Oklahoma City with a running one-hander as time expired, forced double overtime with a three-pointer against Brooklyn and snagged a decisive rebound in a win over Houston.
But his momentum was halted by a fluky ankle injury in the fourth quarter of a home win against Philadelphia, as he landed awkwardly and tearfully before needing his teammates to carry him off the court. He returned after missing six games and aggravated the injury in his third game when his ankle bent sideways again while contesting a shot in Phoenix.
"Before the injury, no doubt, I thought I had a chance," Beal said of winning the top rookie honors. "That injury kind of hurt me."
Back after missing 11 games with a severely sprained left ankle, Beal scored a game-high 24 points and matched his career-high with six three-pointers in the Wizards' 109-92 victory on Sunday over the Toronto Raptors.
"He didn't skip a beat. If he's here, then he's here for a reason and every minute he's on the court, he shows why," said Okafor, who won rookie of the year in Charlotte in 2004-05 at age 22. "His age, if anything, just shows how good he can become. I think he's handling it just fine. He's never held his head low. Always been in good spirits."
Wall returned from a stress injury in his left knee and Beal became the complement that the Wizards had envisioned as he took advantage of the open looks and became a consistent threat from the perimeter. "I feel like right before I came, it was great to see him playing at a high level. He started to find his rhythm," Wall said. "It takes time to figure it out. When I came, I just wanted to get him more easier shots and help boost his confidence."
Beal took his initial lumps, studied film, worked to correct his flaws and spent countless hours in the gym. A switch went on once the calendar hit the new year, and Beal cannot pinpoint how or when it happened, only that the source of the improved play came from within.
"I love to figure out things on my own, I'm kind of independent. My family gives me tips here or there and my coaches, but I always take it upon myself, like, 'What do I need to do?' " Beal said, explaining how he survived the initial storm. "I've always had that since I was a young kid. I've always been hard on myself, my mom's been hard on me, my family, everybody.
"But I always felt like I wanted to do better than I did. I could score 50 points and be like, I should've made those free throws or shouldn't have missed those shots. That's just the type of player I am. And that's what keeps me humble and wanting to get better the next game."


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I want to tell you about the lasagna, the one I first made a year ago and forgot to blog about. This year it lived up to its memory, but it took much longer to get into the oven. That's a whole other story. Let's start with something easy, which means I want to begin at the end. Let's talk dessert.
With an Italian menu taking shape for a holiday dinner party — fresh mozzarella drizzled in olive oil and herbs, a radicchio and arugula salad, lasagna bolognese — I considered my dessert options. Espresso granita with whipped cream? Maybe. That watermelon granita went over well with friends a few months ago, but it's kinda chilly out. Tiramisu… love you but not doing it for me right now. Chocolate pudding? Man, I love chocolate pudding, and for some reason it reminds me of December. But Italian? Not so much.
Panna cotta, which in Italian translates to 'cooked cream,' has been on my to-cook list, and as it turns out, everything I've heard about panna cotta is true. It's delicious, super easy to make, and you can make enough for a crowd or just enough to serve two. You can flavor it as you like, and unmold it onto a plate or not. You can make it two days before you need to serve them. In so many ways, panna cotta is the perfect dessert.
An espresso panna cotta to follow pasta? Totally perfect. I don't think I can get away with saying this is a light dessert since the main ingredient is heavy cream, but it doesn't feel heavy after dinner. I like to think of it as a sort-of pudding version of the after-dinner espresso, especially when it comes to you in a 4-ounce jar.
That little glass jar is important, by the way, when you're serving dessert for 14. It didn't take much to make this espresso panna cotta and it doesn't need to take much more to serve. Pull the tray with the panna cotta jars out of the fridge, sprinkle the panna cotta with cacao nibs and raspberries, and then head to the table and let everyone take one. I mean, it's not coming at you wrapped with a big red bow on it, but it does feel like a little gift at the end of a meal.
espresso panna cotta
A super easy and super classy dessert for a dinner party. It whips up very quickly and you can make it up to 2 days before your guests show up. I wasn't sure doubling this for 16 servings would work but I trusted in my brief but successful experience with gelatin (marshmallows!) and it worked out very well. Just the same, feel free to halve this recipe to serve 8. I used 4-ounce jelly jars to serve a dinner party of 14, but you can use coffee mugs, wine or martini glasses, or pretty much any other small bowl or glass you like. I topped it off with some cacao nibs and fresh raspberries. Whipped cream would of course be excellent here, too. Adapted from David Lebovitz, who adapted his recipe from Secrets From My Tuscan Kitchen by Judy Witt, and Giada De Laurentiis.
8 cups heavy cream or half-and-half
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup instant espresso powder
pinch of salt
4 teaspoons of vanilla extract, or 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
4 packets powdered unflavored gelatin (about 9 teaspoons)
3/4 cup cold water
cacao nibs and fresh raspberries, for serving
Heat the heavy cream, sugar, and instant espresso powder in a 3-quart or larger saucepan. Once the sugar and espresso powder dissolves, remove saucepan from heat and stir in the vanilla extract. (If using a vanilla bean, DL says to scrape the seeds from the bean into the cream and throw in the bean pod, too. Cover and let infuse for 30 minutes. Remove the bean and rewarm the mixture before continuing with the recipe.)
Arrange 12 to 16 4-ounce jelly jars on a small sheet pan (to make it easier to place in the fridge and later serve). You can also use wine or martini glasses for any extra panna cotta mixture. I serve the panna cotta in the jars, but if you plan to unmold the panna cotta, lightly oil the custard cups with a neutral-tasting oil.
Sprinkle the gelatin over the cold water in a large bowl and let stand 5 to 10 minutes so it absorbs the water.
Pour the very warm cream mixture over the gelatin and stir until the gelatin is completely dissolved.
Divide the panna cotta mixture into the jars or cups, and chill until firm, about 2 to 4 hours. Panna cotta will keep refrigerated for up to 2 days.
To serve, garnish each serving of panna cotta with cacao nibs and fresh raspberries. (If you are serving the panna cotta without the jar, run a sharp knife around the edge of each panna cotta and unmold onto a plate.)
Serves about 16.


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The S12VR64 is based on Freescale's revolutionary LL18UHV technology which enables engineers to extensively integrate analog functions on the MCU chip. Thus, automotive designers can connect the MCU directly to signals with relatively high-voltage or to the battery, significantly reducing the complexity and increasing the quality of their designs. At the same time, this approach results in more compact designs.
In the past, electronics applications in vehicles required multiple components. Some of them needed to be manufactured in a high-voltage process in order to connect them to the batteries or to actuators. The actual MCU however was manufactured in a low-voltage process for digital logic. This approach used to create problems whenever the application had to fit into a narrow space. The S12VR64 now combines the functionality of a number of different components within one chip, including relay drivers used to control electric motors, and LIN PHY interface, voltage regulator was well as high-side and low-side drivers.
This degree of integration can be achieved by means of Freescale's LL18UHV technology based on a proven 0.18µ process, and 40V analog components, non-volatile data storage and digital logic in one semiconductor device. This results in a cost-effective, compact solution. Hitherto, such solutions required up to four ICs. Less components translate into higher quality and more compactness, enabling designers to reduce overall vehicle weight.
Since the S12VR64 mixed signal MCU is based on the proven S12 16-bit microprocessor family, the software is compatible with the applications written for the S12 world and developers have access to a broad range of tools.
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Boy do I love a fun book about food designed for kids!
If you haven't checked out Fast Food by Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers, definitely add it to your list. This book tells a whimsical story about transportation and it's illustrated with food art like you've never seen before. If you are Happy Eating Club parent you already know why I really love opportunities for parents and kids to talk about food away from mealtimes. This book is a wonderful way to open up dialogue and have a little fun while you do!
My boys and I read this book several times. My oldest son was pretty excited about the food and giggled at almost every page. You don't normally look at a piece of swiss chard and think "wind surfing," so this book did a wonderful job of transforming the way we think about foods in a really fun way for kids. As expected, my son asked if we could make some pictures ourselves and of course I was on board. I told my son to choose a photo from the book that he wanted to re-create. He chose an ocean liner. Next, I cut out the shapes that he needed and let him start building. To his delight, he got pretty close to the photo in the book and then enjoyed gobbling that ocean liner down with his little brother.
You can find your own copy of Fast Food at your local library or you can find other photos of fun food to re-create with your kids on my Chew Chew Mama "Fun Food" Pinterest boards.
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Come relax in our lovely home away from home! Enjoy the gorgeous, sunny weather and the laid back lifestyle of Costa Rica! Our two -story home offers everything you'll need: a very spacious 1640 square feet of living space, comfortable beds (king, queen, and 2 twins), loft (futon), updated kitchen with granite, dishwasher & microwave, dining room for eight, full size washer and dryer, A/C and ceiling fans throughout, and weekly maid service. Cool off in one of the two pools; soak in the Jacuzzi.
Take a five minute stroll down to the lovely beach where you're likely to observe howler monkeys high up in the trees. Walk another five minutes to reach the lively, colorful town of Playa del Coco and find excellent restaurants, local craftsmen, a brand new grocery store, great coffee, pharmacies, banks, etc. Enjoy the friendliness and warmth of the Costa Rican people!
It's a short drive to nearby beaches: Ocotal, Hermosa and Panama. Visit national parks for great hiking, mineral springs, mud baths and wildlife viewing. Tours can be arranged for zip lining, rafting, horseback riding, and visiting the rainforests and volcanoes. You'll love all that Costa Rica has to offer!
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I really recommend to rent this property
The house is very nice, very well equipped and with everything in excellent working condition. It is located close to a supermarket, nice restaurants and to the beach. And also, relatively close to the downtown El Coco area. We, a family or six, had plenty of space in that house and the kids really enjoyed the pools.
Beautiful complex and the residents are very friendly. Accommodations are very comfortable. A few things lacking - adequate outdoor furniture, BBQ. I expected cleaning supplies and we had to purchase these. I would return again.
We had a blast. The location was perfect and everything we needed was there. Two pools, walk to small grocery store, restaurants, coffee shop (with wifi), and three quiet beautiful blocks to the beach. The unit itself is roomy, clean, and you can use the carport for a car, golf cart or a front patio! Will definitely be back.
The condo was in a great location and very spacious. Our family of 5 felt at home here and was a great spot to adventure out into Costa Rica.
My husband and I, our daughter and son-in-law just returned from a fabulous holiday in Costa Rica. Las Palmas is a small, safe community where the neighbours are only too happy to help out with info etc. The townhouse itself is very spacious, with everything you might need for your stay. There are 2 pools at your doorstep, often making us feel like we had a "private" pool. We were very impressed with Cheryl's prompt response to even a minor problem, which was looked after quickly. The location is excellent - 5-15 minute walk to beaches, restaurants, a small market and into Coco. We rented a golf cart for major grocery shopping, and exploring other areas a little farther away. We went on several excursions, some tame, others a little more physically taxing, but worth every minute. We were constantly awed by the magnificent scenery, the wildlife, and the change in climate and terrain within a couple of hours. We always felt safe, even walking at night. One important suggestion...bring heavy duty bug spray because the mosquitoes are very persistent! Costa Rica is a beautiful country with so much to experience, and because of that, we will return to a different area next time. But for those who would like to stay near Coco, the weather is perfect, the location is ideal, and the townhouse perfect for just about anyone! Thanks Cheryl. S.R.
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Spain's midfielder Sergio Busquets hailed his Barcelona teammate Andres Iniesta as "magical" after a crucial performance in the country's Euro 2016 Group D opener against the Czech Republic.
An inspiration in Spain's 2008 and 2012 Euro successes and 2010 World Cup win, Iniesta, now 32, set up goal scorer Gerard Pique with a precise cross to win 1-0 on Monday night.
Busquets says: "As the years go by, each time he gets better and just as important for us on the pitch as he is off it It's marvelous to have him with us, he is magical."
Iniesta, who made his 110th appearance for Spain on Monday, said he was happy to still be fit enough to make a difference for his national team.
He says: "I said many years ago that I wish I would still be asked the same question in years to come as to if I thought I was still at the top of my form."


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I have always loved various Japanese products throughout my life (Hello Kitty, anyone?!) but lately I catch myself more and more fascinated with various Japanese fabrics, art, figurines, you name it. Below are a few photos of my recent favorites. There will be more on the subject of Japan in upcoming posts – I promise. So a little bit on the items in the photos:
DHC White Sunscreen – really good; I got it at DermStore.com and was happy with the service; It is amazing to me how hard it was to find a sunscreen with decent coverage that's not tested on animals and that has no benzones (those are not good for you);
DHC Sunscreen Body – same story but for your body;
* On a personal note – I just want to remind everyone to use their sunscreen as the consequences are not worth skipping it!
The beautiful coral color in the photo is my new kimono, which is actually vintage. Hope you guys are able to see the dimension and true beauty of this silk as it is incredible. There is so much fabric on the market but such silk is impossible to find. I was lucky enough to score this from FurugiStar. Stephanie from FurugiStar has the most amazing selection of Boro fabrics (there will be another post on that), Kimonos and other gorgeous Japanese vintage treasures. She also has couple very interesting blogs on various Japanese topics. You can check them out here and here.
The floral material that you see in the photo are kimono sleeves I bought from FurugiStar as well. The silk is gorgeous, the material has dimensional relief and the print is so gentle and beautiful. I am thinking I will be making something interior-related from those – pillows or wall hangings…we'll see. Of course, I will keep you posted:)
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Here is the harsh truth that we have to face – Winter, more about is friggen cold. But do not fret, for this does not mean we must lose our sartorial flair (wink face). The key to being fashionable while staying warm; Layer and layer. Let's start with legs. For ladies, either wearing thin tights under your jeans/pants is a good trick. Or sweater tights are wonderfully warm. On top – Start with a long sleeve simple top. Layer on top a printed blouse, then a cashmere sweater letting the collar and the bottom of the sleeve hang out. We aren't finished….Layer a zip up of some sort (cardigan, hooded sweat shirt, leather jacket), then a wool coat! Warm yet? Fun colored hats, gloves and scarves is a great (happy) accessory. Feets- I don't care what anyone says, duck boots are cute and functional. Or any winter/waterproof boot. Patent leather combat boots for the more daring. Below I have collected some inspirational winer laying as examples. Keep warm!!
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West Lebanon, N.Y.: Dragway to host annual vintage car show, swap meet
Capital Area Rods will present the 34th annual Nostalgia Drags, car show and swap meet on Sunday, June 29, at Lebanon Valley Dragway, Route 20. Gates open at 7:30 a.m.
This family event features classic and antique rods, customs, and vintage race cars. The parade of car show winners and awards begins at 3 p.m.
Show cars ('82 and older) and spectators cost $10; kids under 12, $2; vendors, $25. Rain date is July 12. Proceeds profit public car events sponsored by Capital Area Rods.
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Why I think I'm better than most of the communitySo you've found yourself on my profile page, well done. If you're of average intelligence, you should be able to read through it without feeling insulted. If not, perhaps you should just leave.
You might be asking yourself, "Hey, why doesn't this guy change the look of his profile?" I'll tell you why, because this one looks just fine. Yes, I could fill it up with all kinds of pictures and gimmicks and add music, but then it would be a piece of s**t. If you've modified the look of your page, it's probably terrible. I've only seen one or two profiles since I started using the site that I actually liked, and it's more likely than not that yours isn't one of them. So what's so bad about them? Well for one thing, everyone likes to jumble together a bunch of images and text so you have to sift through everything to find what you went there for. It's always laid out badly, things often overlap, usually it's full of all this of bullshit to try to show individuality. Unfortunately, since everyone's page is the same shitpile of awful pictures (probably from some terrible anime) and mangled words, doing it will make you less individual. They are never functional, they're always annoying to look at, and the worst ones have the music player in some weird place so I can't always turn it off before the music starts. Sometimes there's also a music player and some shitty YouTube music video so I have to turn them both off.
Here's a tip for your page, EVERYONE HATES YOUR MUSIC. Just take it off. Even if someone happens to like what you have on (don't count on that), they won't leave it on because if they wanted to listen to music they'd already have their own on. And no one's leaving your ugly-as-s**t page on their screen so they can hear some song you have.
If you want, I can look at your profile page and tell you why it sucks. Drop me a comment. Just spell it right. If you can't spell simple words like "you," I'm not reading it. I do the same thing on the boards, if you mangled your post to the point of being barely legible, I'm not considering it worth my time to try and decode whatever stupid crap you might have been trying to communicate. Same thing for "post formats." They have the same problem as terrible profile pages, they're filled with awful images and text and on top of that, a one-sentence post can take up the length of my whole screen. Your post does not need to be filled with shitty images, links to thinks, "deep" words that describe your "dark" side, etc. Do you know why you have a signature? These are things that go in your signature. Signatures are fine because they aren't in the body of the post, so I don't have to sift through all your false individuality to get to what you're actually trying to say. Plus, there's a size limit. I've reported posts that had too much crap in them because they had so much crap in them. If you run out of space in your signature for whatever terrible stuff you wanted to put in it, then take out some of the terrible stuff that's already in it.
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Author : Jay Tucker
Illustrations: D.E. West
First of all, I must say I love the shiny, vibrant colours and lovely illustrations used on the cover of book. This is a definite plus if you're trying to attract a toddler's attention. Ferdinand Uses The Potty tells the story of Ferdinand The Frog, who suddenly awakens one night to find that his bed is wet. He is confused about the situation but fortunately, help is on hand. Ferdinand has a friend who had gone through the same experience and he encourages him to use the toilet. The big hurdle for Ferdinand was to overcome his fear of hearing the noise from the toilet flush. And this he ultimately did with much bravery.
Ferdinand Uses The Potty is a great book which encourages children to confront and overcome their fears about using the toilet. I like that the pictures are big and vivid and the amount of wordings are also just perfect for a toddler's attention. The story is short, easy to understand and though not perfect, the rhyming prose used by the author Jay Tucker, added some fun when you're reading to a toddler.
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Contests and Giveaways – All in all, it is a story worth reading to kids. I liked it, and more importantly, my daughter liked it. Ferdinand faced and conquered one of his fears – a very important lesson for kids! It is available for purchase at bookstores and at Amazon.com. Be sure to check it out!
Connie's View – The rhyming, adorable character, Ferdinand and the bright, cherry illustrations make this a book that your child will want you to read again and again. My daughter had major fears of potty training and I wish that I had this for her. Seeing a frog go through it with the help of a child is a creative move. I recommend this to parents who are in the throes of potty training of going to give it a start.
Happy Healthy Families – The story is humorous, gentle and fun. The dialogue between Ferdinand and his friend is written in a rhyming fashion, which made my boys enjoy the story even more. It will,I believe, help kids feel more reassured when it comes to their own thoughts and challenges with potty training.The only thing my 5 year old wondered about is whether or not Ferdinand continued to have any more "accidents" at night. Maybe we need a "Ferdinand Sequel??"
Quiverfull Family – Written in rhyming prose, Ferdinand is a bold, enthusiastic exploration of overcoming bed-wetting and the commonly held fear about using the potty that can arise after children understand the basic concepts of potty-training. Ferdinand and his young friend don't attempt to explain the basics of going to the potty, or even describe the event in much detail -– they rather focus in on being afraid of the toilet, and to some extent on wetting the bed.
Moomette's Magnificents – Put this delightful, humorous book on your list of "must reads" or as a gift for any mom-to-be, daughter, daughter-in-law, daycare provider, homeschooling mom or friend who will be going through the challenge of potty training in the future!
As They Grow Up – My son has been potty trained since he was 18 months old, but still has night time accidents. Deciding when and how to completely night potty train has been an issue that my husband and I are currently dealing with. Ferdinand The Frog Uses The Potty actually talks about one night when Ferdinand the Frog wakes up and realizes that he is all wet. The problem is, Ferdinand just can't figure out why he is all wet. Luckily though he has a friend that explains to him to him what happened during the night and also there is nothing to be scared of when it comes to using the potty (Ferdinand the Frog was scared of the sound the toilet makes when it flushes). Finally at the end of the day Ferdinand realizes that using the potty isn't so bad after all!
Rambling Moo – Generally, this book is a good start for those who wants to try to potty train their little kids. The story which is short and filled with colorful illustrations is perfect to hold a toddler's short attention span.
Right Reads – Since the boy is toilet trained for the day, he can identify with the toilet, the word "pee pee" and having a tummy ache. However, the language used was slightly above his age level and also, the lack of descriptive words had him slightly puzzled…
Nevertheless, the storyline kept him hooked to the book from start to the end. For this, I think the author and illustator have down an excellent job.
Our Makiko – He loves the book so much -so much that after that first time, he asked for me to read it twice to him! And everytime, he never fails to laugh aloud on those parts I mentioned. And actually, the Ferdinand Uses the Potty book is on the table beside our bed as I type this post. So if my son's reactions were bases to this review, then I would give a two-thumbs up for this book.