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This book. This freaking book, guys. Sex Criminals is a whole damn lot of fun to read. I mean it. It's light hearted, silly, dirty, and just downright hilarious. I had a big, stupid grin on my face the entire time I was reading this issue. Image has been throwing out some real winners lately, and Sex Criminals is sitting near the top of the list.
There's two major scenes in this issue that really stood out for me. One, being where the two main protagonists stop time inside of a sex shop and proceed to act in a rambunctious manner, throwing dildos and wearing fake boobs over their eyes. The visuals are hilarious and Zdarsky really nails the silly feeling of the moment, making it playful and mischievous in all the right ways. Zdarsky's art helps make this book as great as it is, giving it the cartoony, goofy feeling and not letting it seem too rooted in reality.
The second scene would be where Suzie "sings" Fat Bottomed Girls by Queen. Now, Suzie is actually singing it, but Fraction takes over with overlaying text boxes, breaking the third wall, and explains how they couldn't actually print the lyrics in full without legal issues. His little explanation is hilarious and it was an awesome surprise. I think it's great that they weren't able to acquire the rights on time, just so Fraction had to write that section of the issue in a very "DVD commentary" like way. It even touches upon the iTunes ban without being too serious, making the subject humorous and not letting it take away from the carefree aspect of the title.
Sex Criminals #3 is a great issue with some really great moments. This issue flows perfectly, pushing the plot forward, while still allowing for the two main characters to display their backstories in a natural way. The past and present connect excellently, allowing for smooth transitions in and out time periods on the fly. Fraction and Zdarsky have put together a really wacky concept and are executing it splendidly.
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Share the Love... Part 2
Get in the mood for sweet treats this Valentine's Day. You've exactly a week to go, so start tasting suggests our sweet tooth pro Chenee Daley ...
Toscanini's - Harmony Hall, Ocho Rios
Chocolate profiterole
Rich home-made cream puffs topped with chocolate sauce. The perfect dessert for two to share.
Cost: $1,000
Susie's Bakery & Coffee Bar - Southdale Plaza
Kingston 10
Baileys Cheesecake
A velvety cheesecake mixed with Baileys Irish Cream, shown here with fresh strawberries and chocolate drizzle.
Cost: $800
Chocolate Dreams - Shop 2A, Devon House, Kingston 10
Assorted Chocolate Box
A heart-shaped assorted box of chocolates inclusive of dark chocolate pieces and chocolate-centred blocks
Cost: $1,050
White Chocolate Cheesecake
A heart-shaped white chocolate cheesecake here with fresh strawberry toppings and white and dark chocolate drizzle. (Inclusive of packaging)
Cost: $2,000
Chocotini (Chocolate dreams)
A uniquely stacked assortment of white and dark chocolate pieces, pineapple paradise, cherry surprise, chocolate-dipped strawberries and peppermint bark in a martini glass.
Cost: $2,500
Pastry Passions - Shop 17, Sovereign Centre, Kingston 6
Milk Chocolate Cake
A triple-layered milk chocolate butter cream cake topped with rich chocolate cream icing
Cost: $200
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Hi Metropolitan Manila! I'm back to a place where there is easy access to so much international food!
Earlier last week, I was invited by fellow blogger Aldous to join a food event at Red Buffalo which is located at Greenhills Town Center (along Gilmore/Granada). Imagine my surprise when I found out that Red Buffalo was an American restaurant serving buffalo wings and pizza, especially since I've recently been tuned to TLC and The Food Channel watching people make all kinds of delicious food….and I was just hankering for some good old American dishes.
Red Buffalo is styled after American restaurants in where else – Buffalo, New York, so you can take a bite and feel like you're actually in the US eating their well-renowned buffalo wings. They opened up this branch around March 2012 of last year but were open at a different location before then. So if you've eaten at the old Red Buffalo branch, which is already closed, don't fret. This new Red Buffalo branch is much more cosy, allows for more people and more space. And if you've had the Breakfast Delight (from the old branch) and are sad to find that it's not on the current menu, do not fret. Miss Cheska (one of the owners of Red Buffalo) says that you can order the Breakfast Delight from their staff, even if it's not on the menu.
Located along Gilmore Street (sometimes known as Granada), Greenhills Town Center is an area of food establishments, most notably for its Mcdonalds branch located upfront. Red Buffalo is (literally) right behind Mcdonalds, so follow the drive-thru road to the back and you'll spot it right away. There are a lot of other restaurants and food establishments in the area, but as it was my first time here… I wasn't able to notice much of the others. The great thing about Greenhills Town Center that I noticed, is that it sort of separates itself from the Greenhills Shopping Center crowd and traffic, yet it is still accessible to people who live around the area.
The outside is spacious (sorry, I have no pictures of what the entire outside looks like) but there are comfortable seats if you don't want the stuffy inside aura, or if you want to smoke or just enjoy the afternoon/night air.
The inside was pretty cozy too. I've never been to the US, but it kind of feels like a diner but with less noise and less people. The following pictures are a couple more shots of what the inside looks like…
And of course, what other great American meal wouldn't be complete without a load of this to help down all that greasy, oily, but really delicious food..
Okay, now unto the good part. The food! I arrived pretty early (Well if you consider the time it was suppose to start, which was 5, then I'm late since I arrived at 530. But, we only really started at 630 so that makes me early….Filipino time) so we were given drinks to cool us off while waiting for the others. When we finally decided to start tasting the food, which was when we were around 6 people, we were amazed at how much food they were bringing out for us at any one time. It was hard to pick which dishes to try first because they all looked good. I'd like to believe that I'm an American when it comes to food, because I love eating anything that has a lot of meat, a lot of oil, basically anything that looks outrageously delicious but unhealthy at the same time. So, picking which dishes to try out first was a dilemma.
Above is their house-blend iced tea. If you're looking for the usual Filipino sweetness, this isn't anything like that. The sweetness level is okay, enough to make it a delicious drink, but nothing like the usual Nestea iced tea. I guess that's a good thing because with all the oily food you'll be downing, you'll need a lot of water to somewhat balance out the food intake.
Below is the Chili Cheese Fries. I'm not a big fan of Chili or spicy food, but I was surprised to find that I actually liked this combination of fries with chili. It gives it a different flavor from the usual condiments that you partner with fries.
For the orders of Buffalo wings, here's a list below of the details you'd like to know if you're ordering any.
Single (5pieces) – P165, Double (10pieces) – P320, Family (20pieces) – P620, Party (40pieces) – P1190
Signature Flavors Include:
- Original Buffalo (comes with different spiciness levels: Hot, X-hot and Suicidal)
- Parmesan Garlic
- Honey Bourbon
- Sweet Heat BBQ
- Teriyaki
- Hawaiian
Ranch or Bleu Cheese (Cost for the dips: 30g – P25, 1/2 pint – P150, 1 pint – P25o)
The Parmesan Garlic was by far my favorite buffalo wings order. It looks like a normal chicken with some sprinkling of something on the outside, but once you bite into it, the tasty goodness of the parmesan just sinks in. I'm a big big fan of parmesan so I love how every bite just brings out that parmesan flavor. If you're a parmesan fan like me, they have parmesan cheese in the condiments rack, so you can just add more of it to the wing if you feel that it isn't enough.
I wouldn't suggest you eat this with rice though, I can just imagine that it'd lose it's flavor if you eat it along with rice.
I'm not someone who likes spicy food so I don't think I appreciated this flavor very much. This is just hot (lowest of the 3 in terms of level of spiciness) but I could really feel the spiciness of it kicking in. Miss Cheska says that the suicidal is really extra spicy, so i probably won't get that if I'm ever here because I already have a hard time handling the spiciness of the hot level. SMOKING HOT!
This is the Teriyaki. One bite and you can really feel yourself digging into that teriyaki flavor. It's delicious and I personally think this would go well with some steamed rice (P25).
RB's Special. Short of course for Red Buffalo's Special. You'll notice that the pizza here in Red Buffalo are all thin crust. Apparently, they use something like a combination of the brick oven with a more modern oven. I love how it's a thin pizza because you don't feel yourself gnawing at the pizza when you're trying to get a bite. Also, each slice is made so that none of the pizza parts fall off as you're eating it. You can eat it old-style and use your hands, or use utensils to get through each and every bite.
Personally though, I'd just use my hands as you eat more of the pizza that way. 😉
If you're trying to cut down, or want to eat something a little healthier to kind of balance out the rest of your orders, you can also go for the Vegetarian Pizza. It has less oils in it so you're basically eating a pizza without worrying so much about all the fats and other things that make a pizza unhealthy.
(start Italian accent here) That's a good-a meat-a-ball! (end Italian accent here)
This order of baby back ribs looked absolutely delicious, but since I was still eating the other dishes….well I wasn't able to have a-go at them ribs. It was all gone by the time I wanted to have a bite of this. Oh well, next time maybe?
Can you see how delicious that Double Cheesy Bacon Burger looks?! Look at how that cheese just melts onto the burger, and then imagine it melting even more when you take a bite out of it. I was taking my time as I was eating this, savoring each bite. Hmmm. Yummy.
Healthy healthy living!
This divine looking Apple Bar with Vanilla Ice Cream is Miss Cheska's own creation. She's been making this and perfecting this since she was a little girl. I love how the vanilla ice cream just melts into the vanilla bar as you're eating it. Neither of the two flavors are too strong, they complement each other well. I would love to have another go at this dish the next time I come here. And now that it's summer and all here in the Philippines, this would definitely be a good dessert to order!
I'd definitely like to come back here with my friends and/or my family, for another go at some of the dishes I really really liked.
Red Buffalo Wings and Pizza
Address: #11 Greenhills Towncenter, #2 Granada St., Barangay Valencia, Quezon City.
(Places near here include: Robinsons Magnolia, Intersection of Santolan and Ortigas/Granada)
Telephone No: (02) 654-6997
>Deliveries are available with a minimum P300 required purchase. Limited delivery area only.
- Mon – Thu: 11:00 – 00:15 (11AM-12:15AM)
- Fri – Sat: 11:00 – 02:00 (11AM-2AM)
- Sun: 11:00 – 00:15 (11AM-12:15AM)
Website: http://www.redbuffalowingspizza.com/


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Friday, May 17, 2013
The 2014 Farm Bill: Are We Near Agreement Between the House and Senate?Tweet
The first of three steps have been taken toward a new Farm Bill, a 2014 version that will last through 2018 in all likelihood. The initial step occurred Tuesday and Wednesday of this week when the Agriculture Committees, first in the Senate, then the House, approved their version of farm and food legislation. The second step will be chamber approval, which could come as early as next week in the Senate. However, floor approval in the House has not been set, but could be in June. Finally, a conference committee of House and Senate members will meet, likely in July, to merge the divergent measures so Congress can pass a new Farm Bill prior to the August Congressional recess. The members do not want to return to their districts for a third consecutive year and report inaction to an angry constituency. They will already be campaigning for re-election by that time. So what have the House and Senate Agriculture committees cooked up to serve agriculture and consumers?
Multiple resources can be found at the websites of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees, which include the formal bills as well as summaries. The following is distilled from a variety of sources.
- Costs of the legislation will be approximately $100 billion per year with about 80% used for food aid and nutrition programs. The Senate claims about a $2.4 billion per year cut from the 2008 Farm Bill. The House claims a $4 billion per year cut from the 2008 Farm Bill. However, the House includes more cuts in food aid programs and also claims credit for phasing out direct payments.
- Commodity programs no longer include direct payments, ACRE, and SURE, which have been eliminated by both the House and Senate. The House offers a choice of two programs which include a target price program (see prices below) called a Price Loss Coverage (PLC) program that is designed to cover multiple year price declines, compared to crop insurance which is only year to year. The target prices would generate a payment to producers should commodity prices be below the target for the first five months of the marketing year.
Senate's Adverse Market Payment Proposal
House's Price Loss Coverage Proposal
Alternatively, the House offers producers a Revenue Loss Coverage (RLC) program also known as "shallow loss" coverage for additional crop insurance protection.A producer must have a 15% loss before it becomes effective, and is based on county-wide losses.PLC and RLC apply to planted acres up to total base acres on a farm.
The Senate's version of a commodity safety net program also has two choices, which include the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) program that is a crop insurance supplement with further choices of either farm or county-level coverage. The Senate's target price program, Adverse Market Payment (AMP) pays on historic base acres and not on production that would run counter to global trading rules. It requires conservation compliance and the target, or reference prices as called by the Senate, are less than the House. The Senate contends the program is designed for risk management, and not as an income transfer program.
- Payment limitations in the Senate Bill specify that no payments from commodity programs go to anyone with an adjusted gross income of more than $750,000, and that payments cannot exceed $50,000 per entity. The House replaces the two income limitation test (farm and nonfarm income) with a single $950,000 adjusted gross income limitation for commodity and conservation programs.
- Crop Insurance is maintained at a level, which the Senate says is "strengthened" with coverage extended to fruit and vegetable crops not previously covered. The Senate bill also "addresses the declining Actual Production History (APH) yield problem by increasing the county transitional yield." The Senate and House both create the Supplemental Coverage Option which allows producers to purchase additional coverage that would enable certain producers to receive indemnity payments for if losses were as small as 10%. The House increases the "plug" yield to 70% from the current 60% if information is missing. The Senate also increases the so-called "transitional yield."
- Both the Senate and the House bills convert the USDA policy into law that pays higher subsidy rates for crop insurance premiums for enterprise units. And both allow enterprise units coverage to be available for either irrigated or non-irrigated fields.
- Conservation elements in the Farm Bill are consolidated into fewer programs with the Senate claiming a $5 billion savings over 10 years. While many typical programs are retained, the Conservation Reserve is reduced in scope. The Senate summary says, "Over the next two years, the contracts on over 10 million acres will expire. The bill lowers the acreage cap through a multi-year step-down to 25 million acres, allowing for the re-enrollment and prioritization of the most highly erodible, sensitive acres." However, the House bill gradually reduces the size of the CRP from the current 32 million to 24.5 mil. in 2018.
The major controversy between the House and Senate's versions was the handling of reforms in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The House claimed to have cut over $20 billion from SNAP over the next 10 years, while the Senate cut much less. The Senate bill eliminate lottery winners from receiving SNAP benefits, along with college students but does allow eligibility for those in basic trade and vocational programs. The Senate also eliminated liquor stores from participating and required participating stores to sell fruits and vegetables and other fresh foods. Program eligibility is determined in the Senate using both income and expenses, including utilities. The Senate does not allow automatic eligibility for those receiving utility payment assistance.
In the House bill, recipients must also pass a financial means test with automatic eligibility limited to those on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). Referral to those programs would not create eligibility, nor would utility assistance. States would no longer be paid for program administration; lottery winners would be ineligible, along with traditional college students. Funds could not be used to promote the program, illegal immigrants would be denied benefits, and states would be controlled in the implementation of restaurant type meals for the homeless and the disabled.
The House and Senate Agriculture committees have approved their versions of a new Farm Bill. While there are many differences, there are many similarities. However, the next step for each is a vote within the respective chamber, and amendments could take the bills on divergent paths.
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A Two-Century Australian Tradition
Melbourne, Australia, 1870 AD. Despite the fact that you drink wine regularly at your large and stately home and that wine grapes had been planted here since the arrival of the first European settlers in 1788, none of what you drink is Australian. You are simply too snobbish to drink Australian wine in these colonial times, even if they are beating famous French names in competitions all over Europe. Your wine made its way to you from France in the hold of a sailing ship. So even if Penfolds were making Grange back then, it's doubtful you would even have considered it.
Despite that, Australia did indeed have a vibrant wine industry back then, selling large volumes from South Australia, New South Wales, and Victoria to England. Australia was actually known as 'John Bull's Vineyard.'
Sydney, 1955 AD. You drink Australian wine regularly, but that's because you have just arrived from Europe after the Second World War. Good wine is hard to find, and you buy most of what you drink by the barrel, not the bottle. The industry has shrunk from its former size and mainly produces fortified wines resembling sherry and port. Penfolds was just about to cease making their failed shiraz flagship, Grange, because nobody liked it.
Melbourne, 1975. After two big decades of planting cabernet sauvignon and shiraz, riesling and semillon, table wines have taken off. Furthermore, you're right in the middle of the cool climate revolution which saw the reawakening of cool regions such as the Yarra Valley and Mornington Peninsula (Victoria), the Adelaide Hills (South Australia), Margaret River and the Great Southern (Western Australia), plus a widespread planting across northern and southern Tasmania, Australia's southernmost and coolest state.
Prior to this, Australian wine tended to come from warmer regions like the Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale and Clare Valley (all in South Australia), while the Hunter Valley (New South Wales) was an important source of shiraz and semillon for the nearby Sydney market.
So most of your friends are now familiar with wine, even if they don't drink it every day. You're a member of a wine club, and have just dug a cellar beneath your living room. And you have just become very excited at the idea of buying good cheap wine in a tap-pack, instead of a bottle. In fact, Australian wine is so cheap that Penfolds Grange, which is back in favor, looks expensive at $13 a bottle!
Perth, 1995. Everyone is drinking wine. Your corridor at home resembles a warehouse; you lunch monthly at the Beefsteak and Burgundy Club; and go away to the countryside on weekends, just to go to wineries. You frequent wine bars and tastings after work, and there is so much wine stored under your bed that your mattress has risen up in the middle, completely separating you from your wife. Robert Parker discovered Grange, so its price increased by 1000%. The prices of other rich and ripe Australian reds have been dragged up with it.
Anywhere, Australia, 2007. Most Australians now experience wine at some time or other. Many are obsessed by it. They sniff it, sip it, collect it, catalogue it, talk it, post and blog on the internet about it and read everything about it. They follow new regions, new trends and new makers. They're happy to pay $500 (A) for an ordinary vintage of Grange. Wine, not beer, has become Australia's national beverage, which is just as well since the Australian wine industry has expanded out of control. Wine is on sale everywhere, from giant mega wine stores to small boutique shops and delicatessens. It's wherever you look in restaurants, hotels and at sporting fixtures; even on the beach.
Australia is today the world's fourth largest wine exporter, while back in 1996 it was exporting just $390 million (U.S.) per year. Its present exports are worth $2.2 billion (U.S.), with only France, Italy, and Spain selling more. In that time Australia has risen from the world's 9th largest wine producer to become the 5th largest.
What Australians are drinking today
Two of the hottest segments within the Australian wine retail market are sauvignon blanc and rosé. Often blended with semillon, Australian sauvignon blanc can be tightly focused, refreshing and minerally, delivering intense flavors of gooseberries, citrus and tropical fruit backed by racy acids. Led by wines from Cullen, Cape Mentelle, and Leeuwin Estate, Margaret River in Western Australia produces the largest number of outstanding sauvignon blanc-semillon blends, while the Yarra Valley in Victoria is also responsible for several from wineries like Yering Station, De Bortoli, and Mount Mary.
One of Australia's largest wine companies recently exhibited a number of its wines at a public food and wine show in Melbourne. Its most popular wine, by far, was a slightly sweet and very effervescent rosé. They ran out of it. For years, it was a mystery why rosé was not hugely popular in Australia, whose climate and relaxed style of dining lends itself so easily to the enjoyment of this vibrant and refreshing wine. Today rosé is an industry all its own. Hundreds are made across Australia and sales are skyrocketing. Old grenache vineyards in the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale lend themselves to the more sumptuous and juicy style of makers like Charles Melton and Turkey Flat, while many pinot noir growers also 'bleed off' a small amount of lightly pink juice for the fine and drier style of rosé exemplified by Yering Station's ED Rosé.
The other fad sweeping Australia today is pinot gris, or grigio. Initially inspired by some provocatively made and labeled pinots gris and grigio from T'gallant in Victoria's Mornington Peninsula, growers and makers alike have fallen for the dual expressions of this variety. Some fine examples are made by Piper's Brook (Tasmania) and Mount Langi Ghiran (Western Victoria).
While it's no longer a fashionable wine in Australia, chardonnay actually remains the country's most widely consumed wine. It would be entirely fair to criticize Australian chardonnay makers for having produced a decade and a half of over-oaked and excessively brassy chardonnay that lacks freshness and focus, but the truth is that they have responded to the challenge to make better wine. By and large, winemakers are using oak so deftly with their chardonnay today that the extreme expression of unoaked chardonnay wine has largely lost its raison d'être. Modern chardonnays of tightness and freshness are made by Coldstream Hills (Yarra Valley), Houghton (Pemberton), and Starvedog Lane (Adelaide Hills).
The extraordinary impact of Clonakilla's perfumed and savory Shiraz Viognier blend has inspired hundreds of wineries to create their own example. While makers are still learning how to use viognier without it looking too obvious in a finished wine, the species has certainly improved over the past 12 months.
Dominated for so long by traditional French grape varieties, the Australian wine landscape is being made more colorful and varied with the introduction of varieties from different European wine cultures like sangiovese, nebbiolo, barbera, tempranillo, graciano, garganega, arneis, and petit manseng. While it's not realistic to expect miracles overnight, some makers have done the research, are using the best clones, and are beginning to make some startling wine. Many of these varieties come from European regions where they produce dry and savory wines that are better equipped to handle various expressions of Australia's widely diverse cuisine. No wines go better with traditional Italian cuisine, for instance, than Italian wines — or fine Australian examples made from the same grape varieties.
The best expressions of these varieties include the Castagna's La Chiave Sangiovese (Beechworth, Victoria), Jasper Hill Georgia's Paddock Nebbiolo (Heathcote, Victoria), Primo Estate's Joseph Nebbiolo (McLaren Vale, South Australia), Pizzini's Sangiovese (King Valley, Victoria), Coriole Sangiovese (McLaren Vale, South Australia), Montrose Barbera (Mudgee, New South Wales), Yalumba Tempranillo Grenache Viognier (Barossa Valley, South Australia), d'Arenberg The Sticks & Stones Tempranillo Grenache Souzao (McLaren Vale, South Australia), and Heartland's Dolcetto Lagrein 2004 (Langhorne Creek, South Australia).


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Orthodox Dictionary
English - Russian - Greek - Romanian - Finnish - Swedish -> http://www.ortodoksi.net/dict/search.php HAP 00:47, January 5, 2007 (PST)
Asserted: We need to have an OrthodoxWiki barnstar. —Dcn. Andrew talk contribs 20:06, August 16, 2006 (CDT)
Project Ideas
Check out the discussion of project ideas at OrthodoxWiki:Project Ideas.
The Real Presence
How about a discussion of the real Presence according to Orthodoxy? It is hard to find good articles on this important topic online, and Eucharist is too brief in this regard. Willibald 23:59, August 23, 2006 (CDT)
Hello, I would like to request someone to put in MediaWiki:Recentchangestext the relevant interwiki [[bg:Специални:Recentchanges]] to the bulgarian recent changes special page. Thanks.
- P.S. And... I would like to make a proposal: this extension acts like a forum inside the wiki and is better for discussions. Gregg 17:38, August 26, 2006 (CDT)
- I've added the interwiki link and installed the forum extension. Haven't tested it out, but let's try it and see how it works. There's a sample forum here. — FrJohn (talk)
Language Boxes
Anyone interested in porting over some of the language templates (the boxes that indicate user proficiency) from Wikipedia? It might be helpful in identifying people re: the various localizations. — FrJohn (talk)
- I have started to do just that. Here is my personal "Babel project" with some of the work I've been attempting. I suppose recent changes and my user contributions would also provide a similar look. I hope the progress is satisfactory. Hellenica 21:46, November 30, 2006 (PST)
- I'm definitely liking these wikipedia imports, Hellenica. The language boxes are extremely useful (Spanish, anyone?), and the personal user ones are just fun.Gabriela 20:49, December 1, 2006 (PST)
Cathedral of St. Petersburg, Russia
I've looked throughout the interweb and I simply can't find any place that says what the main cathedral of St. Petersburg is. Is it the Transfiguration? Kazan? I would think St. Isaac's would be "it" but non confirmation. Any help?
- This may not be true today, but in the late Soviet days (1988, when I visited the city) when the present Partriarch Alexei was the diocesan bishop in, then, Leningrad he held services in Trinity Cathedral (the one recently damaged by fire) in the Alexander Nevesky Monastery, Lavra. Then, the Kazan Cathedral was a museum and St Issac's was closed. Wsk 12:16, December 3, 2006 (PST)
- It appears to be Kazansky cathedral, re-open in 1998: http://www.kazansky-spb.ru
- Yes, the St. Petersburg Cathedral in honor of the Kazan' icon of the Mother God is the diocesan cathedral according to the Russian "Orthodox Encyclopedia" (http://ezh.sedmitza.ru/index.html?did=64, data up to 2004, with updates since then). The same is listed at the diocesan page on the "Drevo" online encyclopedia (http://drevo.pravbeseda.ru/index.php?id=607).
Romanian speakers: pls help ro.orthodoxwiki.org project
If you speak Romanian, please help also ro.orthodoxwiki.org - Fr.Julian
Dacă vorbiţi româneşte, nu ezitaţi să daţi o mână de ajutor şi proiectului ro: ro.orthodoxwiki.org - p.iulian Inistea 14:30, December 7, 2006 (PST)
WikEd editing tool
I've recently been using the WikEd tool on Wikipedia, with success. The author says it should work on other wikis running the latest WikiMedia software, which I know we do. Can someone with more technical knowledge than I take a gander at the page and let me know if the tool would work here? Thanks. --cholmes75 08:13, December 20, 2006 (PST)
- I just installed it (using the instructions on the page linked above), and it works just fine. For now, just paste the entire code into your User:username/monobook.js page. I don't see any reason why we can't make a template, as they have on en.wikipedia, but someone with more Wiki experience (and probably more authorization, possibly FrJohn) needs to make that happen. --Basil 06:37, January 5, 2007 (PST)
Orthodox Understanding of the the date of the Last Supper
I understnad that most Orthodox theologians, as do I, follow the Gospel of John and do not consider the Last Supper a Passover Meal. If I understand correctly, one of the consequences of this understanding is the fact that leavened bread is used in the Eucharist in the Orthodox church. Are there other consequences, results, etc. of this understanding? It seems to me that the Synoptics agree with John, but have been misinterpreted.
I am writing an article on the date of the Last Supper, i.e., was it the Passover Meal (night beginning Nisan 15)or was it the night before (night beginning Nisan 14)? Apart from, or maybe along with, textual consideradions, the way the early Greek-speaking church understood the Supper must, it seems to me, be taken into consideration.
Not using unleavened bread points in that direction. Are there other things? I would be interested in orientation in this general area.
Note: I am 81, Ph.D. from Vanderbilt in 1963 in Biblical Studies, and speak English, Spanish and French. I would appreciate knowing about any relevant articles in any of these languages.
Thanks for any help. James M. Beaty
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Uncategorized Images
Hello, I was wondering why in the uncategorized picture section of OrthodoxWiki there is pictures of the Pope? He does not relate to the studies or teaching of Orthodoxy ( At least not to my knowledge ). I know that there have been talks to try and create a greater friendship with the catholics and the Pope. But I still do not think there should be a picture of him on a Orthodox site. I am only 18 and I'm still trying to understand my religion more and I think people might get the wrong impression if they see the Pope on the OrthodoxWiki site. Am I wrong to ask this? Because on a earlier post I noticed that Dcn. Andrew said "OrthodoxWiki is dedicated to Orthodox Christianity." Thanks.
P.S. This is a great website and I learn allot from it.
When does a hierarch begin his tenure?
According to the canons of the Orthodox Church, at which point does a hierarch ascend his cathedra? That is, if he is elected by the flock of his diocese/metropolia/autonomous Church (where such elections are provided for) is he already considered to occupy his see? Or, will he assume his post only after his election is confirmed by the hierarchal superiors? Or esle, will he do so only after the enthronement ceremony (where such is provided for)? In different lists of hierarchs I have seen different dates marking the beginning of their tenure.
I thank You for Your attention and ask, if possible, to advise Church texts to confirm this point.
The term "Oriental Orthodox" is problematic, since it seems like a euphemism designed to avoid the term "Monophysite." The word "Oriental" really means "Eastern" so the term does not really distinguish the two sides of the debate. Also, the use of the word "Orthodox" implies an acceptance of the Orthodoxy of the non-Chalcedonians, which has still not been agreed upon by a consensus within the (Chalcedonian) Orthodox Church. I know that the term "Monophysite" is considered offensive by the non-Chalcedonians. Unfortunately the term "Miaphysite," coined by some to replace it, is a neologism that just doesn't work in the original Greek (would "miagamous" do as a replacement for "monogamous"?) and, in my opinion, serves to obscure the real ground of difference that still seems to separate the two sides. Since OrthodoxWiki is supposed to have a "mainstream Chalcedonian bias," wouldn't the terms "Chalcedonian" and "non-Chalcedonian" or "anti-Chalcedonian" be more appropriate? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mariner (talk • contribs) .
- Hi Mariner, please sign you posts with three tildes, so we can know who is talking - thanks.
- In my understanding, the term "monophysite" is not just offensive, it's inaccurate."Anti-Chalcedonian" may be correct as a historical reference, but perhaps not as a theological descriptor. "Non-Chalcedonian" would probably be the preferred term in my mind. "Oriental Orthodox" is generally understood, and does not, I think, cause much confusion. It also seems to be the preferred self-designation of the non-Chalcedonian groups. I don't have a problem granting them that name here. I do not think we need to go heresy hunting. Let us set forth our Chalcedonian understanding of Christology. If they can accept what we mean by this (and WHOM we mean by this), I think we are well on the way towards reunion. We may grant that language issues and imperial politics had a role to play in the division.
- If you could document statements by non-Chalcedonian bishops and theologians who would consider Chalcedonian Christology heretical, I think we'd have more to go on in our conversation (and perhaps some of the non-Chalcedonian folks would like to chime in too). — FrJohn (talk)
Why I am Orthodox
I made a page when anyone can write some phrases to show why he is Orthodox (what is for he more atractive in Orthodoxy), why he haven't chosen an other belief (what aspects that he didn't like it has and it is absent in our religion), or, simply, some beautiful thought from his soul, concerning the Orthodoxy.
The advantage of this page is that there is not needing to wait a special state to write an article. Becouse each of us have such thought in mind and we have only to insert them here. This requires only a few minutes (If we have more complex thought, we are creating our new page!)
So, the page could become an ode to Orthodoxy, poem in which anyone can contribute and find something good for his soul.
At the end of page there are useful links that points to sites that promotes the Orthodoxy values.
The page is named Why I am Orthodox... And not Protestant, Catholic, Budist, etc. Live Apologetics
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NEW BEDFORD — Five Massachusetts congressmen and senators are challenging National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regional Administrator John Bullard's decision Thursday to deny further temporary steps to avoid drastic cuts in groundfishing quotas for the coming year.
NEW BEDFORD — Five Massachusetts congressmen and senators are challenging National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regional Administrator John Bullard's decision Thursday to deny further temporary steps to avoid drastic cuts in groundfishing quotas for the coming year.
The five wrote Bullard on Friday to rebut his insistence that the Magnuson-Stevens Act does not permit more than a year of interim relief. They claim that it does, and that the economic disaster declaration in the Northeast fishery by the Commerce secretary last September makes it urgent to take action.
The five are Democratic Sens. John Kerry and Elizabeth Warren and Democratic Reps. John Tierney, Edward Markey and William Keating.
"When we were considering this, I said I expect we will get letters from every member of Congress, from New England governors, from state representatives and state senators and I'll collect them all," Bullard said. "It doesn't surprise me that elected officials disagree with our interpretation but it doesn't change the law.
"I don't foresee that we're going to change our decision and, even if we did, it doesn't change the biology," Bullard told The Standard-Times Friday.
"Interim measures don't create any fish. They don't change the situation that we're looking at, a depleted fish stock and the measures we're going to have to take to rebuild those stocks," Bullard said.
The letter challenged Bullard to do some homework on economic relief for fishermen and fishing communities.
The legislators asked that Bullard, a former New Bedford mayor, "immediately provide a plan detailing actions you will take to mitigate the adverse economic impacts of these harvest reductions.
"Such a plan should include consideration of carry-over of the maximum possible amount of unused quota from the 2012 season, greater retention of catch, and reopening negotiations with Canada on transboundary stocks of haddock and yellowtail flounder."
They didn't stop there.
"Further, the plan should include an analysis of options available to NOAA and the Department of Commerce under the Magnuson-Stevens Act and other applicable statutes for assisting individual fishermen, their families and their communities," they told Bullard.
"The Department of Commerce has already taken the unprecedented step of declaring an economic disaster for the groundfish fishery before the season has even started," they said in the letter. "This decision demonstrated how dire the situati5on has become for New England's fishermen, and foreshadows severe economic hardship for coastal communities unless we act."
Bullard praised the delegation's determination to seek disaster relief, and said that the letter made some good suggestions, some of which are already being examined, such as quota holdover.
Earlier this month, Congress rejected attempts to include disaster relief for the fisheries in the Superstorm Sandy relief bill.
"While we remain hopeful that our colleagues in Congress will continue working with us to pass legislation that includes this funding, we must also explore other options," wrote the lawmakers.
The New England Fishery Management Council is meeting through most of next week in Portsmouth, N.H. Decisions on groundfish are scheduled for Wednesday and the session is likely to be contentious.
The council met in emergency session in December and drew up the request that Bullard denied this week.
The pending drastic restrictions on Gulf of Maine cod and haddock are scheduled to take effect May 1.


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It's that time again. From March 15-24, South Beach will be pulsing to electronic dance music (EDM) as the Winter Music Conference (WMC) comes to town. Downtown Miami will shine as the Ultra Music Festivals I and II roll in for two weekends in a row within that same time span. Like a house music encyclopedia between two massive bookends, WMC is wedged between them (March 15-17, 22-24).
It was not that way in previous years. WMC started a weekend ahead of Ultra, which gradually grew from one day to three days. There was a gradual build-up of people and events when WMC started, a few days to relax and catch up with friends before things cranked up mid-week. By the time the Ultra kids came in, they were an added energy for the Friday-Saturday-Sunday (and for the hardcore, Monday) Ultra-WMC mix.
Not so this year. The days of grace will be replaced with Ultra Part I.
Promoters of Ultras I and II will have to battle sheer exhaustion to pull off a second weekend. But there should not be a lack of attendees for both Ultras. Much of the crowd comes from colleges and universities in the bitter-cold north who head south for Spring Break. The dual Ultras attract 2 separate migrations of college students at the break's peak.
The double-shot of Ultra will add much more traffic (both good and bad) to SOBE during the entire 10 days of WMC, which will expose the Ultra crowd to all kinds of EDM that they might not hear if they attended only the weekends. For its part, WMC is going back to the Convention Center in South Beach for its competitions, workshops and the International Dance Music Awards (IDMA), far away from Ultra, which is situated in Bayfront Park in downtown Miami.
Ultra lets young folks at the tender age of 13 years buy tickets online - not to hate, but allowing early-teens teenagers at such a large EDM event is whack. if I wanted to be surrounded by out-of-control whippersnappers, I'd teach junior high. Just another reason to stick around SOBE for the duration.


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Friday, July 23, 2010
RWA Conference?
I'm hoping to nose around a little and say hi to some of you. :-) And of course, meet my favorite authors!
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- Tabitha Bird said...
Have fun on the Wednesday night. Wish I was there.
- July 23, 2010 at 7:34 AM
- kathy taylor said...
Where is it, Jessica? I guess you can see how new I am to all of this.
- July 23, 2010 at 8:00 AM
- Katie Ganshert said...
I wish! But no, I won't be there.
- July 23, 2010 at 8:21 AM
- patti said...
May God bless your time at the conference!!!
You're coming to ACFW, right?
- July 23, 2010 at 8:26 AM
- Linda Kage said...
Wish I could go, but alas, it's not meant to be. I think I'll make it a goal in my life to go at least one year.
I have to friends going; they're Golden Heart Finalists. I'm so excited for them!!
- July 23, 2010 at 8:40 AM
- Jessica Nelson said...
Oooh, Linda, that is extremely exciting for your friends! :-)
Patti, I wish I was going to ACFW. It's mostly a money thing, so if something amazing happens I'll go. If not, there's hopefully next year. :-)
Kathy, it's at the Dolphin hotel in Orlando!
- July 23, 2010 at 8:49 AM
- Jeanette Levellie said...
Not me. Have fun, dear! Blessings,
- July 23, 2010 at 8:57 AM
- Kristen Painter said...
Hey, stop by and say hi! I'll be there signing.
- July 23, 2010 at 9:37 AM
- Jessica Nelson said...
Kristen, really!!! Woohoo! I will def. stop by!
Jeanette, thank you. :-)
- July 23, 2010 at 10:54 AM
- Cindy R. Wilson said...
It would be fun, but no. I'm going to go to the ACFW conference instead. I hope you have a great time!
- July 23, 2010 at 11:22 AM
- Tamika: said...
Sounds liks fun~ too bad I won't be able to attend. Have fun, and we're looking forward to hearing all about it.
- July 23, 2010 at 11:25 AM
- Terri Tiffany said...
I think you need to take me!!LOL I hope I can get there next year!
- July 23, 2010 at 11:34 AM
- Dara said...
I wish I was too! Maybe next year...although it's in NYC then so that's unlikely. Unless of course I finish my book in time to submit to the Golden Heart and I final. :P Again, highly unlikely but I can dream!
- July 23, 2010 at 11:59 AM
- Jolene Perry said...
Have fun!
- July 23, 2010 at 1:03 PM
- Keli Gwyn said...
Jessica, I'll be there. I'd LOVE to meet you in person when you're there Wednesday night. =)
- July 23, 2010 at 2:54 PM
- Nancy said...
Have a great time.
- July 23, 2010 at 5:20 PM
- Karen Amanda Hooper said...
I will be there with bells on! :)
Well, I'm not actually wearing bells, but you know what I mean.
I can hardly wait!
- July 23, 2010 at 6:37 PM
- Susan J. Reinhardt said...
Hi Jess -
I won't be attending because I'm not a romance writer. Even if I was, the funds are not there.
Susan :)
- July 23, 2010 at 7:51 PM
- Susan J. Reinhardt said...
P.S. Love the new background color of your blog!
- July 23, 2010 at 7:52 PM
- Jessica Nelson said...
Thanks Susan. I'm not attending the conference, but the literacy signing is open to the public. I just need to take a set amount of money and that's it! LOL So I don't buy too many books...
I hope your funds increase next year. :-)
- July 23, 2010 at 10:01 PM
- T. Anne said...
I'm glad your going to a bit of it if not all, since it's in your neck of the woods. I hope you blog about your experience!!! Have a great time!
- July 23, 2010 at 10:41 PM
- Julie Dao said...
Have fun, Jessica! I've never been to a writing conference and I hope to someday. Hope you enjoy yourself and tell us all about it :)
- July 24, 2010 at 9:20 PM
- Deb Shucka said...
Have a great time. Looking forward to hearing how it goes, what adventures you find.
- July 25, 2010 at 3:50 PM
- Kara said...
I wish I was going. I need to plan to go next time they are in Orlando! Enjoy:)
- July 25, 2010 at 7:39 PM
- Amy DeTrempe said...
I will be there. I'll have to look for you.
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We all have our routines, those mental checklists we complete to make sure that our day will run smoothly. Some are entirely rational, others seem almost ridiculous, but all are part of what makes our own worlds go around. One of my self-affirming habits each winter evening is to look for Orion, to make sure that his giant frame is poised for battle in the night sky as he has been since the ancient Greeks raised his mortal body into the heavens almost 3,000 years ago.
Orion's nighttime traverses actually began long before the Homer immortalized his character in The Iliad. The configuration of the constellation has been visible from Earth for about 1.5 million years and should stay recognizable for about 1 to 2 million more years. Ultimately, the stars will rotate within our galaxy and change their relative positions to each other, as well as to Earth. In the current wintertime sky, Orion routinely rises in the south to southeast at sunset, big and broad, early enough to entertain those of us who aren't night owls. Betelgeuse, the supergiant that is his right shoulder, is by far the reddest object on the dark horizon and holds the allure that it may explode at any moment, collapsing under its own weight and rebounding into fiery supernova glow. The odds that this impressive event will occur tonight are "astronomically small," but it is always worth another look.


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Jeemer also wants to avoid running out of gas in September. He says that in the first half of the season, "I'll have less practice and less number of pitches. I'll try to make myself peak at the end of the season -- August, September, October."
Daisuke Matsuzaka also had trouble with the long grind of the season.
I think what happened last year was that the peak of my fatigue arrived at a time when I wasn't exactly expecting it to arrive ... [it] just dragged on gradually, all the way throughout September, so I wasn't able to readjust.Craig Hansen had off-season surgery to correct sleep apnea and is convinced -- now that he no longer snores "like a 500-pound fat man" -- that a more normal sleep pattern will mean greater success on the mound. ... John Farrell says there are two clear candidates for the 5th starter spot: Clay Buchholz and Julian Tavarez.
Theo Epstein spoke about Curt Schilling:
He'll be rehabbing and strengthening for at least 6-to-8 weeks and then we'll see where we go from there. ...Asked about Matsuzaka's availability for the games in Tokyo, Terry Francona said, "unless you want to go talk to Daisuke's wife and ask her when she's going to spit out this kid, we're kind of at a loss here. We're good, but we're not that good. We have Plan B. We know what we're going to do."
The diagnosis process is really behind us. There were some bumps along the road because both parties care so much about the team and his career and doing what's right, but now that we're here in spring training it's pretty simple: he's here to rehab and get back into position to help the club.
Kevin Youkilis avoided salary arbitration, signing a $3 million contract for this season. ... Jonathan Papelbon: "If we're not the team to beat, I'd like to know who is."


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Haha! That looks brilliant!
Welcome to Star Wars Mod: Galactic Warfare, a modification for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. All began with a new 3D-model, and soon the idea to extend this theme as a non commercial fan project was born. In the meantime, our project is taking shape and we have found a couple of new comrades in addition to the team already involved in the development of Apesgorod. It's our goal to unite our favourite game CoD4:MW with the classic universe of Star Wars, as the best trilogy ever. With this total conversion we will combine lot of the known battlegrounds, characters and weapons of Star Wars with the fantastic gameplay of the COD4-Multiplayer. Either as a trooper of the Imperial Forces or as a soldier from the Rebel Alliance you will fight on some different locations.
Haha! That looks brilliant!
:( I don't want to shoot R2D2 :((((
NOOO !!! why R2D2?
Why not C3PO? hes useless !
C3PO is useless...no need to protect. Thats right.
very nice, and i'm glad to see this mod is still running!
Awesome work as always!
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These days, Eddy Toppetta is selling chestnuts by the sackful.
At the first hint of chilly weather, the Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian and Chinese customers at his Montreal supermarket begin to hanker after the sweet, starchy nuts in their deep golden shells that Toppetta imports from Campania and Calabria in southern Italy.
Italians begin eating chestnuts on Nov. 11, the feast day of San Martino, patron saint of churchgoers and wine makers, when chestnuts are roasted and the season's new wine is first tasted.
For Christmas Eve, chestnuts will be boiled, broiled and, of course, roasted over the fire. And every baker, it seems, has his or her own favourite recipe for chestnut cookies and pastries.
"I prefer them just like that. Roasted and still hot, with a nice glass of Brunello," says Toppetta, who figures he sells more than 1,000 pounds of chestnuts a week during November and December. "It's not the taste that's so special, but the texture. They are creamy and smooth like nothing else. And they only come around once a year."
Chestnut enthusiasts also stock up on dried chestnuts; chestnut flour; crème de marron, the sweet and creamy puréed chestnuts in a can; and marrons glacés - candied chestnuts sold in jars.
Perhaps the best way to savour the warm, starchy sweetness of chestnuts is by roasting them the way the street vendors in Paris, Barcelona and Rome do: over coals, sometimes salted, and handed over in a brown bag or paper cone that also serves as a hand-warmer on a damp winter's day. If you're lucky, you may come across the lone chestnut vendor in Montreal, who can be found, come December, with his colourful wagon in Phillip's Square.
A few tips for novices about choosing and handling chestnuts:
- When they are available, go for the fatter, darker marroni from Calabria that arrive a little later in the season. They are meatier and sweeter.
- Make sure the chestnut shell is dark brown and shiny. Avoid dull-coloured ones; they are more likely to be mouldy inside.
"It's got to feel solid and full. A little heavy in your hand," Toppetta explains. "If it's light, it means it's dry, stale inside."
- To roast chestnuts, it's important to cut them open slightly to allow steam to escape, so they don't explode. They will also be easier to peel afterwards.
With a sharp paring knife, make an X on the flat side of each nut. Use a sharp, sturdy knife. Place the chestnuts in a perforated chestnut pan with a long handle, or an aluminum plate perforated with holes, and place them on a grill over a fire. Turn every few minutes, until the shell begins to peel away from the flesh. This might take up to 15 minutes.
Chestnuts can also be roasted uncovered in the oven, at 350 degrees F (180C) for 15 minutes.
- To boil chestnuts, cover with cold water, bring to a boil and simmer for three minutes. Keep them in hot water until ready to peel.
- How do you know when they are done? The shell will begin to open away from the meat. The inside should be soft and the surface of the nutmeat lightly toasted.
- Chestnuts taste their best hot, straight off the fire. Let them cool just enough so they are not too hot to handle.
- Roasted chestnuts can be peeled and set aside to cool, then stored in an airtight bag for baking or cooking.
- One pound (35 to 40 chestnuts) will yield about 21/2 cups of peeled chestnuts.
- Chestnuts have an affinity for roast turkey and goose and they are good with pork and venison.
Here are a couple of chestnut recipes we've found recently:
This rustic traditional Tuscan cake is made from chestnut flour, which can be purchased in many bulk food stores, Italian grocery stores and at Frutta Si supermarket in LaSalle (1255 Shevchenko Blvd.) The recipe is from A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes (Artisan), by David Tanis, who's a head chef at Alice Waters's Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif.
3 cups (750 mL) chestnut flour
2 cups (500 mL) water
Olive oil
1/2 teaspoon (2 mL) salt
1/2 cup (125 mL) raisins, plumped in warm water and drained
1/4 cup (50 mL) pine nuts
A few sprigs fresh rosemary, leaves roughly chopped
Preheat oven to 425F (220C). Put the chestnut flour in a large bowl. Whisk in the water and mix well to remove lumps. Stir in 3 tablespoons (45 mL) olive oil and the salt. The mixture will resemble thick pancake batter.
Grease a 12-inch cast iron skillet generously with olive oil. Pour in the batter. Sprinkle the raisins over the batter, then the pine nuts and the rosemary. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the top is lightly browned and slightly cracked.
Cool slightly, then carefully remove from pan. The cake tastes better slightly warm.
Pork Stew with Chestnuts
Serves 6
This slow-cooking aromatic recipe is from the Piedmont region of Italy. If the prospect of peeling 11/2 pounds of chestnuts seems daunting, feel free to cheat. Use chestnuts, available either dried or cooked and vacuum-packed in Italian supermarkets. Dried chestnuts will require three hours of soaking before using. Vacuum-packed chestnuts need no advance preparation.
The recipe is from Joyce Goldstein's Italian Slow and Savory (Chronicle Books).
1 1/2 pounds (750 grams) fresh chestnuts (or 350 grams dried, or 250 grams vacuum-packed)
If using dried chestnuts: 1 lemon zest strip, 1 tablespoon (15 mL) sugar, 3 whole cloves, 1 cinnamon stick
5 tablespoons (70 mL) olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
2 carrots, peeled and finely chopped
1 stalk celery, finely chopped
6 fresh sage leaves, finely chopped
2 pounds (1 kilogram) boneless pork shoulder, cut into two-inch (5 cm) pieces
Freshly ground black pepper
6 juniper berries, smashed,
4 whole cloves and one 3-inch
(8 cm) long cinnamon stick tied in a cheesecloth sachet
3 cups (750 mL) dry red wine
If using fresh chestnuts, cut an X in the flat side of each chestnut. Place the chestnuts in a saucepan, add water to cover, bring to a boil, salt lightly and boil for five to 10 minutes. Remove from the heat. Lift the chestnuts out of the water one at a time and peel, starting at the X and removing both the shell and the bitter inner skin. (They are easiest to peel while still hot.) Set the peeled chestnuts aside.
If using dried chestnuts, soak them in hot water to cover for three hours, changing the water as necessary to maintain a warm temperature. Drain and place in a saucepan. Add lemon zest, sugar, cloves and cinnamon stick and ample water to cover. Over medium heat, bring to a simmer and cook until tender, about one hour. Drain, reserve chestnuts and set aside.
In a large sauté pan, heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil over medium heat. Add onions, carrots, celery and sage and, using a slotted spoon, transfer the vegetables to a Dutch oven.
Return the saucepan to high heat and add 2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil. Working in batches, brown the pork cubes on all sides, seasoning with salt and pepper. Use a slotted spoon to add the meat to the Dutch oven containing the vegetables. Add spice sachet and wine. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer until the meat is tender, about 11/2 hours, adding chestnuts in the last 20 minutes.
Remove and discard the spice sachet. If there is too much liquid, drain into another saucepan and boil the pan juices until they are reduced, then return to the pork and chestnuts.


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Good Ending (GE)
From Mangaupdates: A follow-up to a heavy response to the original yomi-kiri manga by the same title, published 4 months ago.
Good ending follows the main character Utsuki 's interactions with Kurokawa Yuki, a member of the school tennis team, in order for Utsuki to confess his feelings to the captain of the tennis team.
Anyone following this manga? It's only been recently serialized. It's about a boy who idolizes a girl from the tennis team but never had the courage to talk to her, until Kurokawa found out about it and helps him to get closer to the girl.
I don't particularly like the design of the male lead but Kurokawa is very... charismatic and beautiful. She looks like Rukia from Bleach, except Yuki is more womanly. I wouldn't be surprised Kurokawa's design was originally base off Rukia.
|2009-09-11, 06:28
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Roanapur
Age: 27
The art is good, although the plot kinda reminds me of a reversed shoujo manga, the guy being the girl and the girl being the guy, xD nevertheless it's a good manga, is it monthly?
|2009-09-11, 07:33
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Modern Philosopher
Join Date: Feb 2008
|2009-09-12, 09:58
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Canada
Read the first 3 chapters, and I really like it.
I think what people need to remember before judging it too much is that Seiji has A LOT of room for development and maturing. Now if that doesn't happen during the course of the manga then I'll dislike it, but I'll withhold that until the end.
The tennis captain is really cute, and I can understand why Seiji likes her, but will anything happen you think?
I'm actually MUCH more interested in Yuki's character. Not to mention I think she looks much better too. I've already got a bunch of theories of her own relationship issues, but I'll wait til the story gets a little further. Hopefully more people will be interested in GE by then!
|2009-09-12, 10:25
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Dollars
What ? There's 3 chapter ? o.o;
For some reasons, even though Yuki's character is much more developed than the tennis captain, I can't help but feel to root for her.
Well, it's not like I'm not going to cheer for Yuki either. Let's just say I'm rooting for both of them ;_; both of them are very likeable for me.
And also, for some reasons this reminds me of Ichigo 100% I wonde why D:
|2009-09-14, 17:51
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Somewhere between heaven and hell !
Well , strangely its remind me a certain "School Days"s like lulz .(It can't be happening oh !)
So , my thoughs , Yuki (who is cuter than Rukia in my opinion ) like Utsuki despite that she helps him to get close to Itekani . It hurts her feelings but it can't be helped .
Then a Drama plot begins . A triangle lover maybe . And in the end = Utsuki x Yuki .
Itekani is funny . Utsuki is so shy . Yuki is mature yeah .
|2009-09-14, 22:54
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Anyway, yes chapter is late. Even the raw of ch5 should be out any time now.
edit: Just when I said that, chapter 4 is out!
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Oxmoor Hyundai and Hyundai of Louisville will soon have the all new and redesigned 2015 Hyundai Genesis, and does it look good!
A video shoot in South Korea gave our photographer the opportunity to capture these images of the 2015 Hyundai Genesis without any camouflage whatsoever. These clear spy photos of the 2015 Hyundai Genesis come almost a month after the automaker released a teaser sketch of the new luxury sedan.
Hyundai has spent more than $470 million developing the new Genesis, which wears the latest version of the corporate styling language called Fluidic Sculpture 2.0. As we saw from the teaser and our spy photos, the 2015 Hyundai Genesis will feature a sharp crease along either side of its body. The roof forms a smooth curve that descends into the trunklid, and the nose has a new shield-like grille design with horizontal chrome slats. Large headlights with C-shaped LED running lights adorn the front, while out back wedge-like taillights reside above a pair of parallelogram-like chrome exhaust tips. The new front grille and the more prominent design lines will reportedly appear on all future Hyundai cars.
Beneath the shiny sheetmetal, the 2015 Hyundai Genesis benefits from more high-strength steel, a new rack-mounted electric power-steering system, and a newly developed all-wheel-drive system called HTRAC, for Hyundai Traction. Powertrain choices will comprise of a carry-over 3.8-liter V-6 and a 5.0-liter V-8, both backed up by an eight-speed automatic transmission. As for the interior, spy photos indicate the 2015 Hyundai Genesis will receive a freshened cabin with a toggle-style electronic shifter, new wood trim, and a revised dashboard design.
Hyundai CEO Krafcik previously told us that the 2015 Genesis will make its U.S. debut at the 2014 Detroit auto show in January. Expect more information about the new luxury sedan to leak out over the coming months.
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Nascar Onlookers Injured by Crash Debris
Nascar onlookers were injured when large chunks of debris, including a tire, sailed into the grandstands when a car flew into the fence on a frightening last-lap accident. Video courtesy of ESPN.
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Gmail Assistant: Keep Tabs on Your Gmail Accounts
I have multiple Gmail accounts, and while I love the Google Notifier, it tells me when there's new mail in only one of them. If I want to be alerted when my other Gmail accounts receive new messages, or if I want to filter what I'm notified on, I'm out of luck with Notifier. Gmail Assistant, a free, Java-based notifier, can check multiple Gmail accounts and alert you when you have new messages, or let you know only about new messages with certain labels.
I write about a lot of new Web apps and services, and most of them require some kind of e-mail address in order to use them. I don't want to use my primary e-mail address, so I have a Gmail account specifically for registrations and sign-ups. I also have a Gmail account for personal messages and another for job hunting. That sounds like a lot of mail accounts, but I like to keep things separate, and Gmail Assistant can help.
When you first open Gmail Assistant, you can configure as many Gmail accounts as you'd like the service to check, and assign them individual colors so you can tell which account a message belongs to when the app alerts you. When you get a new message, the alert appears on the taskbar just like the Google Notifier, but the alert box has a colored border that corresponds to the account you've set up. You can also go into the options at any time to enable or disable specific accounts, change the configuration, and see the status of any account. This way you can see whether Gmail Assistant just hasn't checked the account yet or if there's a problem logging in.
Gmail Assistant also allows you to specify which messages you're alerted to. By default, you're alerted every time an unread message appears in the inbox of your enabled accounts. You can set Gmail Assistant to notify you when there's unread mail in any of your folders, so if you have filters set up, you'll still be alerted when a message is automatically filtered out of your inbox. Similarly, you can also tell the app to notify you only when you received messages with specific labels. This way you can get alerts when you have new messages from your best friend, but not when you get spam.
Gmail Assistant is a single .jar file, so it doesn't install anything or create additional files on your computer, it doesn't modify files already on your computer, and it doesn't create log files with your passwords or mail in them. This also makes the app portable; you can download it once and carry it from computer to computer. The app can be configured to notify you in a number of ways: it can play an alert noise when you get new messages, or even blink the Num-Lock LED on your keyboard. The Gmail Assistant is free and can run on any system with Java Runtime Environment 6 or higher installed, including Windows, Linux, and MacOS.
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We manufacture and install gates and fences all across Perth including Ardross
Auswest Fencing specialise in custom built fencing and gates in a variety of materials and applications. We can manufacture or supply components for aluminium slat fencing/gates, balustrades & handrails, colorbond, tubular, laser cut perforated, timber or wrought iron fences & gates, garrison gates, gate automation and more.
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Aluminium slat fencing is a stylish and low-maintenance alternative to traditional timber fencing and will improve the aesthetic of any property. In the harsh Perth weather, Aluminium slat fences and gates thrive and have become a popular option in recent times.
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Stylish and durable balustrades and hand rails can really improve the look of a balcony, veranda or open space. It is important to consider both the safety and support of the balustrade, but also the look and functionality of it too.
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Let's be honest. We want you to come visit our site and find that perfect addition to your game room. That is, of course, why we are here and why we are constantly working to keep our offerings fresh. What we don't ever forget, though, is that you, the customer, ultimately decides if your pre-sale needs are being met.
We know that your decision to purchase (or not) is out of our hands. All we can do is listen well, provide recommendations, listen well again and inform. Once you have all of the information that you are looking for, you will be able to reach a decision – and we think it has more to do with trust than with anything else.
This way of doing business seems obvious, and on some levels it is. Certainly it is simple enough, but it is really not a dominant philosophy in this industry. There is a lot of product pushing, where the wrong pieces are suggested as a means to meet a retailer's goals, as opposed to your goals. This is sometimes followed by post-sales issues, dodged phone calls and mounting disappointment.
We know that we need to price competitively, so we do. But we also believe that you need to feel confident with the retailer with whom you choose to do business. To help you feel confident in what we have to offer, we suggest that you give us a call and ask us your questions. We are anxious to demonstrate our difference.
We think we are different. In fact we know we are different. Give us a call. A person will answer the phone. During business hours you will speak with one of our staff – a person who has years of experience within the game room product line. They know the products, they know the shipping challenges, and listening is their first priority. After hours, an answering service will take your call. Again, these are real people – not recordings. They will do their best to help, but if they cannot, they will send us a message so we can respond.
What does this mean for you? It means that we are your resource. You will receive sound guidance from seasoned professionals who have seen thousands of installations and have a pretty good idea of the challenges that you might face. They can help you understand product differentiation that is potentially unclear. And they all know that it all starts with listening.
So give us a call. Let us know what your challenges are and how we can help. We will listen.


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Whether it's mowing the lawn, working in the garden, washing the cars, being out on the lake or pool, playing sports, or planting flowers, we spend a lot of time outdoors in the summer months. It's important to keep our bodies healthy to prevent any conditions related to the heat, including proper hydration.
Whether it's mowing the lawn, working in the garden, washing the cars, being out on the lake or pool, playing sports, or planting flowers, we spend a lot of time outdoors in the summer months. It's important to keep our bodies healthy to prevent any conditions related to the heat, including proper hydration.
Water composes over half of the body and helps maintain the temperature of the body, helps with digestion, helps with nutrient transport, and is the biggest component of muscle tissue. When the body is dehydrated, it is unable to cool itself effectively and the muscles may start cramping. Heat exhaustion and even heat stroke can occur when the body isn't cooling itself properly.
How much water do we really need to be drinking each day? We have always heard 8 cups, but there isn't much research behind that claim. The adequate intake of water for men is 3.7 Liters/day and for women is 2.7 Liters/day. This equals 125 oz or almost 16 cups for men and 90 oz or just over 11 cups for women. This may seem like a large amount but would include water from all of the foods and beverages that we consume throughout the day.
To prevent dehydration, it's important to drink plenty of water throughout the day, even before and after you are outdoors. Your urine color should be light yellow in color, unless you are taking a vitamin, which may cause a change in color for a few hours. Juice, tea, fruits, and vegetables can also help provide the body with water, but drinking plain water is crucial as well. Watermelon, cantaloupe, strawberries, grapefruit, cucumbers, iceberg lettuce, celery, tomatoes, zucchini, radishes, and green cabbage are the fruits and vegetables with the highest water content.
Water is the best choice to stay hydrated. If you sweat profusely or spend an extended amount of time outdoors, a sports drink such as Gatorade or Powerade may be necessary to replenish electrolytes such as sodium. Sodium helps the body rehydrate, whether it is from a sports drink or a food source eaten at the same time. Water is a good choice for normal activities, such as playing a baseball game or working in the yard for a short time. But a sports drink may be needed if the activities are longer or more intense, such as several sporting events in a row or working in the yard on a very hot day. An excess amount of sports drinks can add extra sugar and extra calories, so it is important to limit these to only when necessary.
If you weigh yourself before and after activity, this can be helpful in knowing how much water you need to rehydrated afterwards. For every pound of weight lost, you need to drink 16 to 24 fluid ounces.
If you have questions or ideas for future articles, please contact Melissa Bess, Nutrition and Health Education Specialist with University of Missouri Extension. Call the Camden County Extension Center at 346-2644 or email Melissa at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Melissa Bess is a health and wellness expert with the University of Missouri Extension. She is also the author of a health and wellness blog at www.LakeNewsOnline.com.


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Chapter 7.4.1 wrote:As with minifigs, a Creature with a standard Mind has one Action per turn and can attack with one ranged weapon or two melee weapons.
Warhead wrote:my head burns with War.
...an Operator can use its Action to control one (and only one) System on a Creation, against a single target...
...Ranged Weapons: firing a single weapon, or a paired set of identical weapons, at a single target...
Warhead wrote:my head burns with War.
actually on my standard frigate there are four class VI on one turret so i consider them a quadlinked gun, since there all on a turret wich is controoled through all the same systems, ie elavation and directionOneEye589 wrote:I think that's the usual situation. Two machine guns on either side, two rocket pods on either side; it's not very often that you have 3 or more of the same type of weapon with the same controls.
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