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Until world domination is complete, you simply cannot count on Linux being available everywhere you travel. Thus, when you're vacationing or on a business trip and need access to a Linux environment — or get the inevitable PC troubleshooting help request — you'll have to have a bootable distribution with you. A variety of tools can help you tailor a live USB distro to your liking, including data persistence and encryption, so grab an unused USB flash drive from the desk drawer and make exactly what you need this weekend.
The first question you need to answer for yourself is what distribution you wish to use as the basis for your live USB key. Most of the popular desktop distributions provide live CD images for testing or installation purposes, and include a utility to install such an image onto other media, including external hard disk storage or a flash drive. With the rise in popularity of optical-drive-less netbooks and tablets, providing USB as an installation path guarantees that the distributions will continue to make booting from flash a priority. If you are simply interested in building a portable environment like the one you use at home, you should start by looking for such a utility within your distro.
Branching out a little, there are a handful of good multi-distribution live USB creation utilities you should consider if, for some reason, your distribution of choice does not provide the options you need. It is also possible to install a bootable image onto a flash drive manually, and there are several good step-by-step guides to help you through this process. Last but certainly not least, it is important to know what the options are for creating a bootable Linux USB key from within Windows or another operating system — if you find yourself in that situation, familiarity with only the Linux-based tools places you in an uncomfortable chicken-and-egg situation.
Distribution Tools
The distribution-specific tools all vary slightly, both in how they work and in what they require of the installation medium. In most cases, you will need to download the live CD image ahead of time in order to copy it to a USB stick or flash card, and unless otherwise specified, installing a bootable Linux environment on a USB key will mean erasing its existing contents.
The openSUSE utility is called SUSE Studio Image Writer. It is a GUI tool that allows you to drag-and-drop an ISO image into its window, and it will automatically partition and install a bootable live image onto any attached USB storage key. The distribution recommends 1GB minimum for the latest release, 11.3.
Fedora's utility is called Fedora LiveUSB Creator. The distro recommends 1GB minimum of unused storage, formatted as VFAT. The LiveUSB Creator will install an image non-destructively on a key that already has files on it, as long as there is sufficient free space. The GUI can also download a supported live CD ISO image for you in a background process, although you may want to perform the download manually if you intend to build from a non-standard release, such as an Alpha or a Rawhide testing build. It also allows you to set up a persistent storage area on the key in whatever size you choose from the remaining available space.
Ubuntu's utility (also available in Kubuntu and derivatives) is called Startup Disk Creator. It requires you to download the desired ISO image before getting started, but it does give you several install-time options. You can choose to install the image non-destructively or to re-format the USB key, and you can select between creating a persistent storage area or leaving it off entirely.
The Debian project has a GUI tool called Debian Live Magic, with which you can create a bootable USB key using a wide array of options, including distribution (stable, unstable, or testing), hardware architecture, environment (including non-X environments), localization, and package selection. Unlike the other tools already discussed, Live Magic does not simply copy an ISO image onto the USB drive and make it bootable; it downloads current Debian packages and creates a custom virtual filesystem. This takes considerably longer, but is very flexible.
Knoppix, of course, is a distribution designed to run as a live CD out-of-the-box. It has a USB installation tool called flash-knoppix that can install the current live CD image onto a flash drive. It requires FAT formatted media, and does not do repartitioning. As you might expect, however, Knoppix's built-in persistent storage overlay works automatically.
Multi-distro Tools
The above tools certainly do not cover everyone, and they don't really address some of the special-purpose needs that you may be interested in building a bootable live USB key to handle.
The Universal Netboot Installer (UNetbootin) can install a range of different Linux-based systems onto USB storage. The list includes popular distributions (including those listed in the previous section, as well as CentOS, Mandriva, Slackware, Gentoo, and more), various BSD OSes, and any live CD ISO image you have on hand. For the pre-fab distribution options, the application downloads an ISO image automatically.
It also provides a way to build a completely custom installation by uploading a kernel image, initrd file, and specifying command-line boot options. Obviously, in order to have a complete system, you will also need to install the rest of the distribution as well, but this feature of UNetbootin does also enable you to install multiple kernels onto a single USB key, which could come in handy if you are building a hardware diagnosis image and encounter driver woes. There is also a derivative of UNetbootin called FUSBi that, for philosophical reasons, restricts the pre-selected distro image list to only those projects endorsed by the Free Software Foundation.
Multiboot LiveUSB is another Linux-based application for installing a variety of different distributions onto USB storage, but with one important difference. Unlike UNetbootin, Multiboot's main goal is to install multiple bootable images onto a single drive. You can use it to install any combination of distributions from its supported list, which currently includes Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, MeeGo, Gentoo, and many, many more, including some helpful utility distros such as Clonezilla and Ophcrack Live. Persistence is only available for a few of these, however.
Finally, Portable Linux is a basic, no-frills live USB disk creator. It is approximately the equivalent of one of the drag-and-drop tools from the distribution-specific list above, but places no requirements on what ISO images are supported. UNetbootin and Multiboot offer more options, including multi-distro-installation, but Portable Linux is a good backup option if neither of the above work out for you. At least with USB storage, unlike optical media, you can afford to experiment a few times.
Windows and Web-based Tools
If you get stuck on a Windows machine and need to build a live USB key, you have fewer options. UNetbootin, mentioned above, has a Windows build. The same features are available as on the Linux version, and the same distributions are supported.
The Linux Live USB Creator (LiLi) is a Windows-only GUI tool that allows you to create live USB images from a fixed list of supported distro ISOs that includes several generations of Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, PCLinuxOS, and Gentoo distributions, including derivatives, and several security and rescue CD distributions. It supports persistence and non-destructive installation, but requires FAT or FAT32 as the drive filesystem. One unusual feature is that LiLi can "hide" files from Windows by setting the system (S) and hidden (H) filesystem attributes. They will, of course, remain visible to other operating systems.
Mandriva offers its own Windows live USB creator called Mandriva Seed, released alongside the ISOs for each new version of Mandriva. It is designed to work with the latest Mandriva release, although any Linux ISO should be supported.
Finally, the Slax project is a special case. The distribution itself is based on Slackware, but Slax provides a web-based interface for configuring and building a live USB image. The online build tool breaks the distribution into package modules, including the OS core, X, KDE, KOffice, development tools, and around fifteen different application bundles. As you build the configuration you want, the site gives you a running total of how much drive space your ISO will require.
The Cowboy Way
As you can see, there is an abundance of tools to help you simply load an ISO image onto a USB stick and make it bootable. But if you want to bypass the point-and-drool process and completely customize the software you install onto your drive, you can do that, too.
Naturally, if you need to partition and format the USB key before starting, you can use the standard fdisk and mkfs tools on a flash drive just like you would any other storage medium. You should use a FAT filesystem on bootable USB keys, and therefore create the filesystem with
mkdisfs -F 16 /dev/sde1, substituting the appropriate partition name. Note that for drives of 4GB capacity or higher, you will have to use FAT32, a la
mkdisfs -F 32 /dev/sde1.
Underneath the hood, what the GUI live USB-creation tools do is copy the raw contents of the ISO file to the USB device. You can do this manually with dd, for example, by running
dd if=/home/nate/NateLinux_1.0.32bit.iso of=/dev/sde bs=8M. In that command, if specifies the input file, of specifies the device name (note that this is not the partition name, which would be /dev/sde1 or something similar), and bs specifies a block size. This raw copy preserves low-level information from the ISO — including the Master Boot Record (MBR) that makes the volume bootable — that would be overlooked by simply copying file contents from one device to another.
Where different distributions vary is in what additional steps you need to take to ensure that the bootloader copied from the CD ISO will work when transferred to the USB stick. This depends on the bootloader (Syslinux, GRUB, GRUB2, etc.) and choices made by the distribution. The best plan of attack is to consult a distribution-specific guide. GRUB is very forgiving of different configuration options; essentially if you can place a vmlinuz file somewhere on the drive, you can probably get it to boot. Syslinux is not so kind. OpenSUSE, Fedora, Ubuntu, and Gentoo all provide detailed guides with such low-level instructions.
Whichever approach you take, the USB boot options supported by the host machine's BIOS can throw you for a loop. PCs have been able to boot off of USB media for several generations, but some BIOSes can have settings that keep the computer from looking at USB media — or at least from looking at it before hard disks. Worse yet, Intel-based Mac hardware may not be able to boot Linux from USB media at all, due to discrepancies between Apple's EFI firmware and "legacy" mode BIOS.
Understanding Persistence and Encryption Options
Data persistence of live USB distributions is accomplished by creating a second filesystem that is "stacked" on top of the existing (usually compressed) filesystem with Unionfs. The second, writable filesystem is not simply mounted into the first, they are overlayed on top of one another — any file that exists in the original filesystem can be changed by a new version saved in the second. This allows you not only to store data files in your home directory, but to alter system configuration files anywhere on the filesystem. It is a slick idea, but it comes with two big side effects.
The first is that your flash media gets exposed to far more write cycles than it normally would when used just for file transport. This can significantly shorten the lifespan of the device. The second is that you cannot use an encrypting filesystem such as eCryptfs to secure your home directory on the key: eCryptfs cannot (currently) be stacked.
Thus, if you need to secure some data on your live USB stick, you have to turn to alternative tools like Truecrypt, which creates a large encrypted file that you use as a container for other files, and decrypt after logging in. It is not an ideal solution, perhaps, but then again you are more likely to accidentally misplace a USB key than an internal hard drive, so caution is the word of the day.
But even if you do not use encryption or persistence to achieve secure, portable Linux nirvana, a live USB key is a better totable computing environment than a live CD for a number of reasons. It is less fragile, smaller, fits into almost any device (unlike "business card" CDs), and on top of everything else, its read times are significantly faster.


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A few days ago I was having dinner and noticed the restaurant was serving olallieberry pie. I didn't order any...but I was definitely interested in what "exactly" an olallieberry was. I don't know about you, but I was unfamiliar, so I decided to do a bit of research and this is what I found via Wikipedia.
Olallieberry - is a cross between the loganberry and the youngberry, each of which is itself a cross between blackberry and another berry (raspberry and dewberry, respectively).
The original cross was made in 1935 by S. J. Harvey with the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), who ran the cooperative blackberry breeding program between the USDA-ARS and Oregon State University. Selected in 1937 and tested in Oregon, Washington and California as 'Oregon 609', it was named 'Olallie' and released in 1950.[2] While developed in Oregon, it has never been very productive there and is therefore primarily grown in California.


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"Monet had his water lilies, and I have my panties."
–Frank Gaard
Minneapolis, December 19, 2011—Known for his brash personality and his inimitable art practice, Frank Gaard has made an indelible mark on the local visual arts community. Frank Gaard: Poison & Candy, the largest-ever exhibition of Gaard's work, runs from January 26 through May 6, 2012 at the Walker Art Center.
Since the late 1960s, Gaard has forged a deeply personal and idiosyncratic style that borrows from classic Sunday comics such as Dick Tracy and the Katzenjammer Kids and the history of Modernism, as embodied in the work of artists Marcel Duchamp and Piet Mondrian, and philosopher-poets such as Ludwig Wittgenstein, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Charles Baudelaire. Combining his vibrant, highly-saturated palette of deep jewel tones, unsullied pastels, and retinal fluorescents with a profound tendency toward comedic satire on an operatic scale, Gaard's imagery borders on the iconographic. Cartoon-like faces with exaggerated features populate his paintings, as do crowned and spectacled self-portrait busts, devils, swans, panties, and ponies. His fantastical, sometimes ribald fetishistic imagery stems in part from early-childhood traumas and a life lived with bipolar disorder, a diagnosis that he received in the wake of several breakdowns in the 1970s and 80s.
This survey of some 75 works features monumental tableaux paintings; portraits of friends, family, and fellow artists from the mid-'80s to the present; a suite of new paintings with a recurring pony motif; an installation of paintings that incorporate DVDs, CDs, and 78-rpm records; and illustrations from Artpolice, the cult zine Gaard published from 1974 to 1994. The exhibition will also feature ephemera including drawings, letters, record album covers, and hand-lettered promotional materials Gaard designed for Twin Cities gallery exhibitions and other events.
For more than four decades, Gaard has been an elemental part of the Twin Cities art scene, revered by many as a mentor and simultaneously scorned by others for his salacious artistic style. He arrived in 1969 to take a professorship at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and later launched his underground zine Artpolice, which he co-published with several other Twin Cities artists and former students, and which developed a cult following worldwide. The illustrations in Artpolice ranged in subject from current events to politics to graphic sex, presented in a licentious comic strip style but also featuring Gaard's signature brand of intellectualism and social critique. Though Artpolice ceased publication in 1994, Gaard's diaristic, no-holds-barred observations and commentary on society and art continue on his must-read blog (see frankgaard.com).
For nearly 30 years, Gaard has also undertaken a serious study of Jewish mysticism and the Kabbalah, having converted to Judaism in 1982. His frequent use Hebrew textual references and the Sephiroth or "tree of life" as a formal and conceptual construct in his paintings provided him, in the difficult early years of his mental illness, with a readymade of sorts that he could use as a compositional device so that, in his words, "he didn't have to keep reinventing the universe over and over."
The exhibition will feature more than 30 works from Gaard's ongoing series of portraits, for which he is arguably best known. His portrait subjects are a who's-who of the local arts community, past and present—they include artists Bruce Tapola, Melba Price, Mary Esch, and Alexa Horochowski; VocalEssence conductor Philip Brunelle; and writers Emily Carter, Julie Hill, and Neal Karlen, among many others.
The Walker has had a sustained relationship with Gaard since the mid-1970s, when it began collecting his work (some 20 works from the Walker collection are in this exhibition). Three major paintings were purchased in 2010, and the following year, Gaard gifted an important early painting currently on view in the Walker exhibition Midnight Party. The Walker also presented the exhibition Viewpoints—Frank Gaard: Paintings in 1980.
Gaard was born in Chicago in 1944. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago and the California College of Arts & Crafts, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree. He has received grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the Bush Foundation, and the McKnight Foundation. His work has been shown in local, national, and international exhibitions and is in the permanent collections of the Walker Art Center, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Exhibition Curator
Frank Gaard: Poison & Candy is curated by Betsy Carpenter, curator, visual arts at the Walker Art Center.
Opening-Day Gallery Talk and Reception
January 26, free
6:30–7:30 pm, gallery talk, Burnet Gallery
7:30–9 pm. reception, Cargill Lounge
Curator Betsy Carpenter's in-depth tour of Frank Gaard: Poison & Candy covers politics, sex, religion, and other taboo topics. The conversation will continue in the Cargill Lounge, where the public is invited to toast the artist at a reception.
Mack Lectures are made possible by generous support from Aaron and Carol Mack.
Gallery Talk: en Gaard
February 9, 6:30 pm, free
Burnet Gallery
Experience Frank Gaard: Poison & Candy from the artist's point of view as Gaard talks about his intellectual and political obsessions, art world references, and artistic practice.
Frank Gaard: Poison & Candy is made possible by generous support from The McKnight Foundation.


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With all the pressure on Thanksgiving day, cooking the perfect, juiciest, mouth watering Thanksgiving turkey can be as easy as popping it in the oven and knowing with absolute certainty that at the exact time you plan your meal your turkey will be done. And your turkey will be the most tender, moist and succulent turkey you and your family and guests have ever tasted!
Thanksgiving turkey is now the big hit at our house where before it was always the other great recipes on the table. Why? Because turkey is usually dry. Why? Because they're usually overcooked. Now you'll learn how to cook turkey using a slow cook method that will keep it moist and delicious.
The Basics
Thanksgiving turkey is now the big hit at our house where before it was always the other great recipes on the table. Why? Because turkey is usually dry. Why? Because they're usually overcooked. Now you'll learn how to cook turkey using a slow cook method that will keep it moist and delicious.
The Basics
#1: Correct Oven Temperature
Making sure that your oven is accurate is very important for all of your baking, whether it's Thanksgiving or not. This is an easy fix. Simply preheat your oven to 250F degrees and place a cooking thermometer (the same one you'll be testing your turkey with) in the oven. Wait 10-15 minutes and read the results. If it reads 250F degrees you are good! If not, adjust the temp of your oven up or down in accordance with the thermometer.
#2: Safely Thawed & Cleaned
Another important step. Not allowing your turkey to completely thaw can create a dry turkey. The excess pockets of frozen moisture boils inside the bird and creates over cooked areas, drying out the turkey. The only safe way to thaw a turkey is to place it in the refrigerator. Other methods such as running cold water over it or placing it in a microwave oven are not safe because of the chance of bacterial growth and contamination. So, because of that risk I will only give you guidelines using the refrigerator method.
Time Required to Thaw a Turkey
8 to 12 lbs. 2 to 3 Days
13 to 16 lbs. 3 to 4 Days
17 to 20 lbs. 4 to 5 Days
21 to 24 lbs. 5 to 6 Days
#3: Remove the Neck & Giblets
Time Required to Thaw a Turkey
8 to 12 lbs. 2 to 3 Days
13 to 16 lbs. 3 to 4 Days
17 to 20 lbs. 4 to 5 Days
21 to 24 lbs. 5 to 6 Days
#3: Remove the Neck & Giblets
Don't laugh. I have already received comments, questions & emails about this very subject. Yes, there is a plastic or wax paper bag inside your turkey. Yes, you need to remove it. No, I don't eat them, but that's simply your choice.
#4: Know Your Turkey's Weight
#4: Know Your Turkey's Weight
When a turkey is weighed at the grocery store, they are frozen and contain the giblets and neck. Once thawed and washed a good majority of the frozen "turkey juices" are thawed and washed away and although the giblets and neck are small, they are still added weight to your turkey. Yes, sometimes you actually pay for a couple pounds of ice! So, cooking your turkey only by poundage can get you into dry-turkey country! After rinsing your completely thawed turkey and removing the giblets and neck, weigh your turkey. Two simple ways - 1) Use a kitchen scale 2) Get out the bathroom scale. Weigh yourself without the turkey. Then grab the turkey and weigh yourself again. The difference in weight is the weight of the turkey. TADA!!
The Cooking
Step 1: Remove your turkey from the refrigerator 1 hour before you plan to begin cooking. This gives the turkey time to reach room temperature. Sticking the turkey in directly from the fridge can delay your cooking times.
Step 2: Preheat the oven to 475°F. This is not a typo!
Step 3: Melt 3 tbsp of butter. You just want enough to put a light coating on the breast of the bird. Now that part some people find a bit gross, but essential. Gently separate the skin from the breast but don't remove it. You just want to be able to get your hand between the skin and the breast meat. Rub the melted butter on the turkey breast between the breast skin & meat. You can use a rubber glove if need be. Do not rub the butter on the outside of the skin.
Step 4: Herbs. It's important to add some seasoning to your turkey. Otherwise, turkey has to be the most bland tasting meat on the planet. So, see it as a blank canvas and add some flavor. I recommend sticking rosemary and thyme under the breast skin along with the butter. You may use fresh or dried, your choice, but you MUST chop the herbs to release more of the natural flavors and oils. You can even place slices of garlic cloves if you would like to make it more savory.
Step 5: Flavor the Skin. Lightly sprinkle sea salt and fresh ground black pepper on the skin. The salt will make it crisp nicely. What about the stuffing you may ask?! DO NOT STUFF YOUR TURKEY! Stuffing your turkey will ruin your cooking times, may cause bacterial hazards and also dries out the bird.
Step 6: Place your turkey in the roasting pan, breast side up. Tuck the wings under the bird so they do not blacken. With some cooking string or a twisty-tie, tie the legs together. Take a piece of aluminum foil and create a tent over the turkey. Make sure the shiny side faces the turkey and the dull side faces outward. This will hold in moisture and allow the skin to slowly crisp instead of burning. Remove the aluminum foil after 2 hours.
Step 7: Place the turkey in the oven preheated to 475F degrees for 20 minutes. Then turn the heat to 250F degrees. This again is NOT a typo! Don't let anybody tell you that the temperature has to be higher for it to get done. The reason that turkey is so often very dry is that it's overcooked. We want to slow cook the turkey. You do not have to remove the turkey from the oven. Just reduce the heat. Continue cooking the turkey at 250F degrees for 20 minutes for each pound. No basting necessary. You start counting the 20 minutes per pound immediately when you turn the oven down to 250F, not when the oven has cooled down. Keep in mind that every time you open the oven you lose heat. This can drastically change the cooking time if you are a "check the turkey" kind of person. The best way to monitor the progress is with an electronic meat thermometer. You can buy one here at Amazon.com.
I recommend using an Electric Meat Thermometer. You would insert it in the breast or thigh after the oven has cooled to 250F degrees. You just leave it in the turkey because it's designed to withstand the heat in the oven. The actual thermometer just sits on your counter next to the stove. Check it regularly after half way through the cooking time just to make sure the turkey doesn't get done sooner than expected and, conversely, to make sure the bird is fully cooked. Investing in an electronic meat thermometer is money well spent. If you are using an old fashioned meat thermometer, here's a great video on checking the temperature of your turkey. Remember to remove the aluminum foil after 2 hours to allow the skin to crisp & brown.
Step 8: Remove the turkey from the oven and allow it to rest uncovered for at least 20 minutes before carving. This allows the juices to redistribute themselves inside the turkey making it even more juicy. Carve & ENJOY!


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Sipdown! The last six teabags in this box have been sitting around my cupboard (and my house) for a while now. So I decided to make a nice pitcher of this, iced. Gotta beat the heat AND clear out the tea clutter in my life!
I didn't love this one hot, but iced, it's simply divine! Berries taste best cold, to me. I'm getting a very mellow black base and mostly strawberry and raspberry, and possibly even some cranberry and honey notes. I have this theory that Lipton, as an American commercial tea brand, knows that most of their consumers drink their teas iced, and so they craft them to taste good iced.
That said, I won't be restocking it. I like Lipton's Vanilla Caramel tea better.


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POLICE are carrying out a monthly road watch programme on a 'notoriously dangerous' route after receiving complaints from a school, residents and councillors.
Burnley Road running between Weir and Bacup has become known as an accident blackspot after several drivers and pedestrians have died or suffered serious injuries in crashes along the stretch in recent years.
Most recently, a driver was taken to hospital with chest injuries following a collision at the junction with Plantation View on May 14.
In April, a 45-year-old man was left fighting for his life after his car crashed into a wall then hit a parked car and a van on the road.
Officers from Rossendale Neighbourhood Policing Team positioned on the road near Northern Primary School for two hours this week monitored 670 vehicles travelling on the road.
Two of the motorists were caught speeding, and three drivers were not wearing seatbelts.
PCSO Chris Hamer, of Rossendale Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: "It doesn't sound like many but there would be a lot more if we weren't stood there.
"We've had a lot of complaints from the school, parents, residents and councillors who are concerned, and we can understand why with the number of crashes on the road.
"Speeding is illegal and dangerous.
"The main problem is when people come from the 50mph and 40mph zones and into the 30mph one.
"The roads are very narrow, and there is a sharp bend."
Jane Simpson, headteacher of Northern Primary School, said: "Any help we get is much appreciated, but we would like something more permanent putting in place."
Ward Coun Jimmy Eaton said: "I'm very glad the police have started to respond to the speeding problem in the area.
"I would like the speed limit bringing down to 20mph, not only for the school, but for the residents in the village.
"Crashes happen at all times of the day and night and we could do with more traffic calming measures there."
Matthew Hargreaves, Lancashire County Council senior traffic engineer for Rossendale, said: "We're working with the police to respond to people's concerns about speeding on Burnley Road and have installed a permanent interactive sign, as well as a site for one of the mobile signs which we circulate between locations."


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I'm Using The Amazon Echo Dot and I Actually Love It.
Being a die hard Apple fan I am majorly sceptical about any gadget that isn't from the much love company itself. From Apple TV, to Mac, to iPhone to iPads you name it, I have them all. Ever since the iPhone 2 I have been a convert and you would never ever catch me using any other phones or devices, until now. I have been seeing the Amazon Echo Dot advertised everywhere, from Billboards to…Read More


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An interesting little experiment is afoot. Well little might be an understatement but you've got to try these things now and again.
We've had a lot of cardboard tubes delivered from a local carpet recycling business, more than we actually have ideas to use them up. So plan B comes into effect.
One of the first things I've thought of is to chop them up, a travesty I'm sure, and soak them back down into pulp. Once we have that we can make them into fuel logs and briquettes to help provide heat for the buildings over the winter.
But in the interest of generating a revenue from what others through away there's nothing to stop us inoculating that pulp with mushroom spawn and stuffing it into some of the tubes turning them into little mycelium powerhouses.
Cardboard is essentially finely chopped up trees in the form of cellulose and if there's one thing mycelium (the actual root network that fruits the mushrooms we all know so well) does well is break down and consume the molecule lignin that makes up cellulose.
It does this by breaking the long chain carbohydrate into shorter chain carbohydrate. Or sugar as we call it.
I'll go into more detail about soil ecology in a later post but to suffice to say, we will have a source of heat, a soil building activity and mushrooms with both health and culinary use.
Not bad from someone else's unwanted stuff….


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As part of our commememoration of 75 Years of Corporate Citizenship & Philanthropy Leadership, Jeff Hoffman hosted a special three-part podcast series featuring current members of the CSR Council.
In this second episode, Tim McClimon, President of the American Express Foundation, and Dan Cardinali, President and CEO of Independent Sector, survey the current corporate citizenship landscape—and the growing need for partnership across the corporate and non-profit sectors.
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Three years ago in July 2008, Roku got a Konformist mention as a tech device of the future even though it was only introduced a month before. It is now clear that the future is indeed now. From Roku.com:
The easiest way to stream on TV
Meet Roku—the original, best-selling streaming player. With Roku, it's a snap to enjoy the best movies and TV shows, live sports, music, games and more—all instantly on your TV, whenever you want it.
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With the simple remote, you choose what you want to watch, and it starts instantly. It's even more convenient than watching a DVD.
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I would like to generalize and say that most babies have some sort of a daily schedule. They generally eat, sleep, hang out at approximately the same time every day. My baby does not. Yesterday she slept for a total of 20 minutes. Today she took a five-hour nap. When I lay her down, I have no clue whether or not she'll actually stay asleep or not.
With that being said, there are a few days a week when I find myself on the couch with her around noon. Praying she'll go down for a nap. During that time lot, Rachel Ray and The Chew are on TV. I flip back and forth between the two. The other day, Rachel Ray was cooking this during the last 15 minutes that I happened to catch. It looked and sounded yummy, and since I had most of the ingredients, I decided to give it a whirl. It was really good.
I didn't have spring onions, so I subbed asparagus. I didn't have orzo for the pilaf, but I had some tiny flower-shaped pasta, so I used that instead. I also didn't have any artichoke hearts, so I just left them out. Other than that, I pretty much followed the recipe. You can find the whole meal, including a video, if that's what motivates you, here: Lemon & Rosemary Chicken with Spring Onions, Rice Pilaf with Artichokes & Pine Nuts
Here's dinner coming together at my house:
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Natural Bridges National Monument in southeast Utah is one of only two places on Earth with three natural bridges so close together. The other place is in China. Natural bridges are much more rare than arches, because bridges were formed by a flowing stream wearing a hole through a wall of rock.
Sipapu Natural Bridge is the sixth largest one in the world, and the second largest one in the Americas, after Glen Canyon's Rainbow Bridge.
Kachina Natural Bridge is the youngest of the three, and thus the most massive in terms of rock bulk. It has the most left to erode away before, someday far into the future, collapsing. Kachina Bridge is notable for having ancient ancestral puebloan symbols pecked into it (called petroglyphs), as well as painted on symbols (called pictographs). The ancient ones migrated out of here about 800 years ago, so the symbols are at least that old.
Owachomo Natural Bridge is the oldest of the three, thus it is the thinnest and is the one most likely to collapse first, however far in the future that might be. It also has the smallest span of the three natural bridges, also its wide open setting leads many visitors to think it's the largest (widest span) natural bridge in the park.
Natural Bridges National Monument also provides protection to hundreds of priceless ancestral puebloan cliff dwelling ruins, as well as sacred symbols pecked into and painted on canyon walls and boulders.
Foremost of the park's cliff dwelling sites that the Visitor Center staff are allowed to talk about publicly is the Horsecollar Ruin in White Canyon. Located on the loop trail between Sipapu Bridge and Kachina Bridge on a ledge above the stream bottom, Horsecollar Ruin is accessible by scrambling up a steep slope of sandstone slickrock. There is a north unit, with several room blocks, and a south unit, with two kivas, some room blocks, and the namesake double granary ruin with doors shaped like horse collars.
There is also a publicly accessible ruin site just downstream of Kachina Bridge. Though not marked with a sign, the Visitor Center staff is happy to give you detailed instructions as to how to find it. There are a few small granary ruins, metate scoops and stone axe sharpening grooves in the sandstone boulders, and numerous inscriptions and hand paints throughout.
In fact, the buttresses of Kachina Bridge itself have a number of inscriptions pecked into its Cedar Mesa Sandstone.
There are many more ancestral puebloan sites within the monument that are considered too sensitive for the park staff to talk about, although you are free to hike the canyons looking for them. The ancestral puebloan ("Anasazi") peoples left this area — the greater Cedar Mesa area — about 800 years ago. There were far more people living here then than there are now.
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I hope you will be able to help me find out what are the alternatives to Lipanthyl 160 which does NOT work in reducing cholesterol. The family doctor did mention taking red brewer's yeast at one's risk or nicotine. Nicotine was said not to be that effective and said that it is better to use Lipanthyl than nothing. He said that cholesterol level would have shot higher if not for the use of Lipanthyl. I do not agree but said nothing. This drug is practically useless and causes liver damage. However, what can one advise a person who has no means of lowering the cholesterol level?
So, last month in Perth, I bought the last 2 bottles of red brewer's yeast. Apparently they were hot sellers after a TV advert, according to one retail person of a health shop.
Then I checked the internet. It was actually a statin. So, the person who takes it may die or go into a coma since she had shown severe side effects of statin use in the first place.
I ask for your help. Is there an effective drug alternative to statin? Or another method involving change of lifestyle. I read one journal - a person claimed that he ate certain nuts and his cholesterol level went back to normal.
Please let me know if you will do research and let many readers know what to do. If you discover something, you may be able to be self employed and smell the roses, just like the sellers of red brewer's yeast.
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Olympia School District proudly announces the Olympia High School Hall of Fame Class of 2018 inductees! These distinguished individuals will be introduced at half-time of the boys' basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018, at Olympia High School. In coordination with and the Pack the Place Night and FFA Silent Auction. Olympia fans are encouraged to give a warm return welcome to our distinguished alumni as the boys compete against Flanagan Cornell High School – The varsity game will begin at approximately 7:30 p.m.
This year's inductees are:
Timothy Limer (Class of 1998 – Distinguished Graduate)
A 1998 Olympia graduate, Timothy Limer was active in a variety of activities. Upon graduation, He attended the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences. Mr. Limer graduated master recording program II – studied Audio Engineering, record production, film and television post production. Timothy was awarded an internship with a post-production facility in Los Angeles, CA and is a member of the CRAS Chapter of the Audio Engineering Society (AES). Mr. Limer has 136 feature film and television credits, including The Revenant: nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound and 12 Years a Slave: winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture. He is currently employed as a sound mix technician at Universal Post Production, Universal Studios, Universal City, CA.
Darren Nichols (Class of 1984 – Distinguished Graduate)
Darren Nichols is a 1984 graduate of Olympia High School. While attending Olympia, Darren participated in a variety of activities. He earned all-conference recognition in football and basketball as well as a conference championship in the 800 meters and Pole Vault. Darren earn the 2nd place medal at the IHSA Class AA State Championship in the Pole Vault in 1984. Mr. Nichols then went on to compete at Illinois State University in Track and Field. He was a 4x Missouri Valley Conference Champion, indoor and outdoor record holder for 27 years, team member of the first Illinois State indoor team championship – 1985, 1986, 1987 – team member of the first Illinois State outdoor team championship – 1985, 1986. Darren earned his degree from Illinois State in the College of Applied Science and Technology and a MBA degree from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management.
Les Myers (Class of 1973 – Distinguished Graduate)
Les Myers is a 1973 graduate of Olympia High School. Les graduated with distinction in English from the University of Illinois in 1977. He earned varsity letters in Cross Country and Track and Field while at Illinois. Les was a team member on the 5th place team at the NCAA Division One Cross Country Championship in 1976 and won Big Ten Track and Field Team Championship titles in 1975 and 1977. As an individual, Les placed 15th in the Big Ten Cross Country meet in 1976, 13th place in NCAA District IV in 1976. Les was also the winner of the 1983 St. Louis Marathon. He currently teaches at the International Institute of St. Louis, a refugee resettlement agency.
Nathan Thompson (Class of 2002 – Distinguished Graduate)
A 2002 graduate of Olympia High School, Nathan Thompson was involved in numerous activities. He was a member of the concert band, marching band, jazz band, pep band, Madrigals, drama, tech crew, chess team, and National Honor Society. Nathan then attended the University of Illinois, graduating in 2006. He has received numerous awards in his professional career. Nathan is a 19X Emmy Award winner, 2012 National Press Photographer Association's Television News Photographer of the Year and 2x Edward R. Murrow Award Winner. Nathan also spent time embedded as a war journalist in Afghanistan with the 101st Airborne Division. He currently is the Owner/Creative Director of Contrast Visuals.
1991 – 1992 Girls Varsity Basketball Team
This amazing team set all-time records for Olympia that still stand. The Olympia Girls' final record was 23-3. The 1991-92 Lady Spartans led off the season with a 17-0 win streak. The Olympia Girls were Corn Belt Champions for the second straight year and AA Regional champions beating Normal Community on our home court 64-55. After beating Springfield in the first game 56-49, the girls advanced to the sectional AA championship game losing by only 5 to Bloomington. The Olympia Girls' rarely had a close game, beating most opponents by 20 or more. The team's talent and depth was outstanding, with truly sixteen quality players.
We look forward to the Hall of Fame Banquet at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 6, at Olympia High School where each candidate will be recognized and honored for their contributions to Olympia High School, as well as, accomplishments post-graduation.


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Off with their heads. Day 71
Now you have all heard of William the Conqueror right? Well if you haven't then a quick trip to Wikipedia is a must. One of his greatest achievements is the building of Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, known by us today as the Tower of London. Built in 1078, this historic building is one of many must see attractions in London and is on our list for today.
Now remember when I told you about all the wonderful free things London has to offer, this is not one of them. It will cost you around £20 to get in, however you can spend the entire day here if you want and every half hour a free tour is offered. Led by one of many Yeoman Warders or Beefeaters as they are commonly known, this tour allows you to wander through the tower listening to stories of events that have occurred and get a history on the people that have walked the beaten paths before us. Our guide seemed to have fun when talking about executions on Tower Hill and even added a few beheading puns along the way. He mentioned tails of those who were imprisoned here and those who died a painful death. Anne Boleyn being one of the executed, is said to still haunt the White Tower as a ghost carrying her head under her arm. I definitely recommend this tour to anybody interested in a visit to the Tower of London, you will not be disappointed.
Looking around the fortress it is easy to envision what once stood here. A moat once flowed around the outer wall and the entrance, now known as Traitors Gate is still standing tall. At the top of the towers are metal archers where guards once stood and within the towers themselves are exhibitions of artefacts and stories of the history of the Tower. Pitch black Ravens in the courtyard remain caged due to the superstitions of previous kings and queens. A giant Wooden trebuchet sits menacingly beyond the Stoney walls.
Standing in the middle of the fortress is the White Tower. This palace was home to many kings and queens throughout English history and is now the location of the armoury and weaponry exhibits. Walking though the White Tower, personal armour of King Henry VIII is on display surrounded by canons and guns once used to hold down and protect the Fortress. Across the courtyard is the Waterloo Barracks, also known as the Jewel House. It is here that the Crown Jewels are housed and Josh and I cannot wait to go inside. We travel along observing the service ware, royal orbs and ceremonial swords until we finally see the crown. My jaw drops. My eyes widen. My smile grows. Some of the largest jewels I have ever seen are embedded in this crown made entirely of gold. It's a magnificent sight, I wish I could look at it forever. Looking down I see my own diamonds sparkle and my smile grows even more.
The Tower of London is not complete without standing along the outer wall and gazing along the River Thames towards the Tower Bridge, one of the most spectacular bridges in London. I get a bit trigger happy with my camera before we head home to get ready for dinner. A dinner we have been waiting for since we booked all those months ago.
Josh has many culinary idols that inspire him every day to be the best chef he can be. One of those idols is Gordon Ramsay. Not because he is a tv superstar or because he screams and shouts, but because he has built an empire based on his skills and abilities as a chef and businessman. One of his restaurants has the title of holding three Michelin stars consecutively for the longest period of time and this is where we will be dining this evening. Tonight dinner is at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay on Royal Hospital Road.
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay is not what I expected at all. The interior is warm and inviting with guests seated on round tables sprawled across the room. Crisp, long white linen dresses the tables and napkins are wrapped in gold. This restaurant screams elegance and we cannot wait to begin with the food. Restaurant manager Jean-Claude greets us with a friendly welcome and wishes us a pleasant evening. With Champagne in hand it's time to look over the menu. Something this restaurant does is offer a different menu to the host than the rest of the table. The difference being that the hosts' menu includes prices and the others do not, I think it's a nice touch. Spoiled for choice we decide to choose from the al a carte menu, something we have not done in a long time.
House made bread, canapés and amuse bouche begins to flow to the table. Josh is in food heaven and he only gets more excited as more and more food comes through the kitchen door. "This is the best fish dish I have ever eaten!" Did I hear that correctly Josh? Such a statement is well deserved as Josh devours his turbot before I could sneak any from his plate, so you'll have to wait for Josh's review to hear how it tasted! All the food at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay was cooked without fault and each flavour was perfectly balanced. When you dine at Royal Hospital Road you are very likely to run into famous chefs or celebrities, tonight we dined tables away from Katy Perry and John Mayer. I have fallen in love with Restaurant Gordon Ramsay and we can see why this restaurant receives the accolades it does.
Before we leave we are offered a tour of the kitchen, something we never refuse! Walking through the doors we see Head Chef and Ramsay's protégée Clare Smyth having a conversation with one of the waitstaff. We thank her for an incredible meal and watch the kitchen team as they work in unison, the clean down is so thorough even Josh is impressed. Our experience at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay was unforgettable and we will be recommending it to all of our friends, family and readers.
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"Joining a bunch of strangers on a road trip isn't something I make a hobby out of, but I figured, why the fuck not?"
Blurb: "Cash Carter is the young, world famous lead actor of the hit television Wiz Kids. When four fans jokingly invite him on a cross-country road trip, they are shocked that he actually takes them up on it. Chased by paparazzi and hounded by reporters, this unlikely crew takes off on a journey of a lifetime–but along the way they discover that the star they love has deep secrets he's been keeping."
Chris Colfer is another one of those celebrity-turned-writers that I was initially sceptical of when it came to his Land of Stories series but quickly proved me wrong. As I've witnessed Colfer grow as a writer over the past few years he has become a firm auto buy author for me.
Going back to his old roots, Colfer returns to the Young Adult age range with Stranger Than Fanfiction with a story following a group of teenagers, about to go off to college, who decide to go on a road trip. Their bond exists through their mutual love of a sci-fi TV show called Whizz Kids, fronted by heart-throb Cash Carter. As the group set off on their final adventure together before college, they invite their favourite actor along not thinking for one minute that he might actually say yes… until he shows up.
Stranger Than Fiction is fundamentally like every other road trip style novel you'll come across. It's formulaic to the point where some landmarks visited are ones I've seen in countless other books. So that aspect left little to the imagination. Colfer's overall flair remains throughout but I was left disappointed: none of the characters really stood out for me despite the depth of their backstories, except for Cash Carter who is the real driving force for the plot and the only really interesting part as you get to see what really goes down on the other side of a media story.
This is a tale about identity, friendship, final goodbyes and making memories that are sure to last forever.
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BOGART – No. 7 Prince Avenue Christian is facing the top team in the state on Friday with a spot in the Class A state title game on the line.
The Wolverines will have to endure a long bus ride down to Savannah Christian in order to get a shot at the top-ranked Raiders, the first undefeated team they have seen in the playoffs.
But practice this week has been no different than before Week 1, when Prince Avenue was preparing for Hebron Christian Academy.
"It should be business as usual for everyone," coach Mark Farriba said. "It won't be too much different than last Friday except there will be a bus ride in between."
Regardless of preparation, the Wolverines' opponent will be very different than the previous 13.
Savannah Christian (13-0) knocked off fellow undefeated and top-seed Lincoln County 22-14 in the quarterfinals Friday to advance to the semifinals for the third consecutive year.
It marked the first time any team was within 20 points of the Raiders' lead at the end of the game.
"The whole team played well," Savannah Christian coach Donald Cumley told the Savannah Morning News after the game. "I told them they were going to face some adversity in this game, and they did. They handled it well, and that's what being a champion is all about."
When asked about what makes the Raiders so tough, the first thing that came to Farriba's mind was their defense.
The Raiders are giving up 6.2 points per game. Against the Red Raiders last week, the first-team defense gave up its first touchdown of the season.
They are especially tough against the run, giving up 892 yards on the ground this season (68.7 yards per game). Savannah Christian's defense is led by DeAngelo Brown, who has scholarship offers from Georgia Tech, Louisville and South Florida. Brown had 9.5 sacks and 12.5 tackles for a loss coming into last week's game.
"Obviously, defensively they are very stingy," Farriba said. "Last week was the first time anyone scored two touchdowns on them. That says a lot about them."
Offensively, Savannah Christian and Prince Avenue employ a similar strategy: distribute the ball to a number of players and control the clock.
The Raiders have three players with more than 600 yards rushing: Will Austin (877 yards, 11 touchdowns), Johnathon Chamblee (713 yards, 10 touchdowns) and Jalen Myrick (612 yards, eight touchdowns).
"They have good speed," Farriba said. "They have a couple of guys that can really run. They are a ball control team. They can grind it out. Occasionally they will break a big play on a sweep or a pitch. They just play great defense and score when they have the ball."
Prince Avenue (13-0) has played rushing-dependent teams before, including last week against Bremen and in the second-round against Charlton County.
But both of those teams relied heavily on one player to take most of the carries.
"These guys have good team speed," Farriba said. "That is the biggest difference. They are a little scarier on offense because there are two or three guys that can take it to the house."
Despite the fact that his team will be playing its toughest competition of the year, Farriba said his team will have its best chance if it sticks with the plan that got it to this point.
"Obviously you have to tweak something to fit what is going on," Farriba said. "But there are only X amount of hours that we have and the players have fewer than that. We need to be comfortable doing what we do. If we changed a lot of stuff, it might look good on paper and it might be a good idea. It is just, in reality, we are better off just doing what we know we can do."


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Based on the Somaliland's Five Year Development Plan (National Development Plan 2012-2016) there are six sectors in the economy that are regarded as priority sectors, and the government is seeking to encourage foreign investment in those sectors:
Other Areas for Investment
In addition to these six sectors in the table above, that are prioritized for investment by the National Development Plan, the Ministry of Trade and Investment is prioritizing the following areas for investment.
One of the most important areas that the government is promoting and encouraging for investment is the export oriented enterprises with a view to increase exports while fulfilling domestic demand. Somaliland has traditional areas of economic activity for exporting which can be invested and developed further by making them more competitive (e.g. livestock fattening and export), but it is equally important to encourage the new entrepreneurial spirit and innovation (e.g. salt processing; new small scale industrial development, etc.). In order to achieve this, the government is seeking to encourage investors through incentives including tax exemptions and land leasing. These will be highlighted further in the legal and regulatory overview section of the Investment Guide. "It is expected that the more investors are given the right information about the challenges and opportunities in these sectors the more they could make an informed decision about investing in Somaliland."
Mining Another
sector that has huge potential for foreign investment and could transform the future economic prospects of the country and its small population is mining including hydrocarbon deposits (oil and gas) as well as coal, which can be easily explored. Based on seismic surveys and geological data gathering carried out during the past few years, there are encouraging indications including onshore oil seeps showing favorable conditions for hydrocarbons to have accumulated in numerous large tilted fault blocks and sub-basins. Some of these discoveries go back to the 1950s and 1980s but there are also new data based on recent seismic surveys which indicate potential oil and gas deposits in the country. There is no doubt that the increasing global demand for oil fuelled by the expanding Asian economies will make Somaliland's oil drilling prospects more demand driven and urgent than before and the government has been seeking to develop the right institutions to pave the way for oil drilling and the distribution of any wealth from that oil to be properly channelled towards economic and social development.
There is also a need to establish more thriving tourism industry ventures in the country, particularly eco-tourism, where visitors can be encouraged to explore ancient caves, beautiful beaches and mountains, and spectacular landscapes in the country. The tourism sector is therefore another area in the economy that has large potential for foreign and domestic investors. Another area for increased potential for encouraging tourism is to attract Diaspora Tourists. Many Somalilanders living abroad have never visited Somaliland and many more were born abroad. With good hotels and tourism infrastructure, the Diaspora yearning to visit Somaliland can be attracted. This in turn could benefit other sectors in the economy by making the Diaspora promote investments in them. A concerted effort is needed to promote tourism.
Civil Aviation
This sector is expected to provide important support to the future growth of the economy in Somaliland. According to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Air Transport (MoCAAT), air passengers at the Hargeisa airport between 2010 and 2012 has increased by 18% compared to the previous two years and air cargo had increased by almost 29%. In addition there are a growing number of people from the Diaspora who are visiting their country every year. Both Foreign and Diaspora investment is therefore required for this sector which is likely to grow, between 10% and 15% annually for the next three years. There is already a positive sign that companies like Ethiopian Airlines are interested in investing this sector and targeting this growing market in Somaliland.


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It couldn't be more clear: how we vote in the 2015 federal election will express how we want workers to be treated in this country.
So how have we been treated by the current federal government? The Conservative Party assault on our rights and hard-won benefits is like never before. The government's record speaks for itself:
In short, the Conservatives have been the most antiworker government in living memory.
We're fighting on the postal front, for jobs and service. In rallies, public meetings, canvassing, conferences and other forums, we're discussing the recent cuts and the future of public postal service and jobs with Canadians all across the country. The public is telling us that the cuts to postal service and jobs are an election issue.
Once a federal election is called, the union will inform members about federal party positions on the postal service cuts, postal banking, postal privatization and deregulation, child care and more. Watch for this material on our website (cupw.ca) and bulletin boards. Vote in the upcoming election, and volunteer to support a pro-worker candidate in your area. The future of Canadian workers will be shaped in this election.


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MY recipe for Homemade Italian for Bob.
On a grey Winter's day, late in the morning, pour a nice glass of Harvey's Bristol Cream sherry. Sip and savour while thinking about the origins of two plump Italian sausages and a pound of ground round waiting on the counter. Yes, we watched the Food, Inc. DVD just two weeks ago so I had great difficulty even going to the market for those main ingredients.
Drink to a future with free range piggies, cows, and chickens.
Slurp down the sherry, forget the disturbing movie, and just get on with it..................
Tip a jar of Dean and DeLuca's Puttanesca Sauce and a jar of H.T. Traders Arrabbiata Sauce into a large, bright red, jolly looking Martha Stewart ('cos we can't afford Le Creuset!!!) pot. Add a can of Del Monte Petite Cut diced tomatoes to temper the spiciness and set over a medium low heat. The days of making sauce from scratch are a memory.
Meanwhile brown those fat piggies gently in a pan while putting together eight chubby meatballs. You have your personal recipe for those I know - this is mine. To the pound of ground beef, add one beaten egg, 1/4 cup chopped fresh Italian parsley, two beef flavoured bouillon cubes (I use OXOS from England - always fly back here with a suitcase full of them and their great vegetarian version too), freshly ground pepper, approx. 1/2 cup fine whole wheat bread crumbs. Mix well, shape into 8 balls and roll in extra bread crumbs. Remove the now browned sausages and cut in thirds, add to the bubbling sauce. Brown the meatballs on each side by gently turning with tongs, drain on paper towels and add to the sauce. When Martha's beautiful pot is at a full bubble, turn the heat down to very low, place cover partially on top...........and go do something really worthwhile for a few hours, such as recovering two old hatboxes with bargain paper - more on that another day!
As the evening draws in and Bob brings in logs for the evening fire, remove lid from the jolly red pot, give it a stir, and start another pot of lightly salted water for the pasta - y'all know how to cook pasta 'al dente'. Here, I would prefer linguine or fettuccine, but Bob likes good, old fashioned, true spaghetti to twirl comfortably around his fork.
Search for a bottle of good Italian wine, Chianti or a blended Tuscan red. Pile up Bob's bowl with steaming pasta, a couple of meatballs, sausages, and lots of spicy sauce. Grate fresh Parmigiano Reggiano profusely, grate black peppercorns gently.
Get my healthy Caesar salad out of the 'frig - propose a toast to Italy, their delightful people and fabulous food - and wait for all the love to show on Bob's face!


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Adoption scandals have become a new platform for Holt to make their sales pitch and promote themselves as a "legal-legitimate-reputable-credible-and-ethical" adoption agency.
In 2008, in Iowa, four Korean children were beaten to death by their adoptive father. Molly Holt, a daughter of Harry and Bertha Holt, used the tragedy to say "she has always felt that a family is the best gift an orphaned child can have." 'Mother of all Korean orphans" admits not every adoption perfect was the title of the article. She admitted that "not all adoptions have a happy ending" and she mentioned for instance thIs family in Iowa. And "with tearful eyes, seemingly feeling guilty about the children's deaths," she said that they did their job (homestudies, post-adoption reports every three months for a year) but had found nothing wrong. And she said she would continue helping orphaned children get adopted. "To make happy family" was her plan for the future.
In 2013, the Duquets, accused of circumventing S. Korean adoption laws, were ordered to return baby Sehwa they had taken illegally out of the country. Susan Soonkeum Cox, vice president of policy and external affairs for Holt International Children's Services, said that "Adoption is intended to find families for children-not children for families" in her opinion piece Adoption must be legal, and serve the interests of children.
Reuters recently published a fiver-part report, entitled The Child Exchange: Inside America's Underground Market for Adopted Children, about rehoming (Americans advertising on Internet their children adopted from overseas to hand them off to people they've never met). Susan Soonkeum Cox used the latest adoption scandal as a platform to make again her sales pitch and to promote the company she's working for as a "legal-legitimate-reputable-credible-and-ethical" adoption agency. (See her opinion piece: Tough adoption standards are essential to protect children.)
I had been fooled two times (in 2001 and 2003) by Molly Holt's kindness, seemingly honesty and seemingly feeling guilty face. But I wasn't fooled by her tearful eyes, and her seemingly honesty and feeling guilty expression as reported by Yonhap News.
I had been fooled by the words "orphaned" and "Korean war" for many years until I discovered how Holt label children as "orphans" and realized Korean war was finished since more than 50 years. But I'm not fooled by Susan Soonkeum Cox hypocritical words in her opinion pieces.
Before saying nice words such as "adoption is intended to find families for children-not children for families," Holt should look at what they've done. Holt found families for orphaned and abandoned children, and Holt also found families for children who already had families. (See how they made up my family background). In other words, Holt found children for families. Bertha Holt herself wrote in her book that they had trouble "finding the little ones", so they went to the country in search for children to give to the wanting couples.
Before preaching "adoption must be legal, and must serve the interest of children," Holt should repent of their sins for creating paper orphans, separating families and putting kindapped or lost children up for adoption.
Holt approved my adopters without checking their citizenship and they sent me to them with an illegal US-visa.
Holt don't care about the abused children. They don't have the interests of children in mine. They only fear the scandals will lead to a sharp decline in adoptions.
Holt International Children's Services is a business, a business where clients are prospective adopters and the products are children. Sharp decline in adoptions is not good for such business.
If foreign governments start taking care of their children, Holt International will go out of business as it will results in sharp decline. If foreign governments start improving their child welfare, helping families, Holt International will go out of business too as it will result in sharp decline.
Holt serve those who pay to adopt/buy a child (of course Holt accept donations too). They don't and they can't have the best interests of children in mind; if they do they'll go out of business.
Suggested reading: A critique of Harry and Bertha Holt's work while setting up intercountry adoption in Korea.