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Planning my Bali wedding
- Darwin Tan on June 18, 2020, 1:24:15 PM
- Hi all! Me and my partner are planning a Bali wedding and we still deciding on a planner and all that comes with it. Coincidentally, we came across this IG page of Varawedding and they seem to be offering some really amazing promos with vendors during a webinar on 20th June. I thought I share it for anyone who is also having a Bali wedding in the future :) Stay safe everyone!
what is traditional way to get married?
- Paris Wedding on June 17, 2020, 7:33:55 PM
- Traditionally, a U.S. wedding would take place in a religious building such as a church, with a religious leader officiating the ceremony. During the ceremony, the bride and groom vow their love and commitment to one another with church-provided vows. What are more traditions to get married?
- Paris Wedding
- on July 07, 2020, 4:58:23 PM
- Thanks
For couples who are interested in Bali wedding
- Darwin Tan on June 11, 2020, 2:12:56 PM
- Hi all! Me and my partner are planning a Bali wedding and we still deciding on planner and all that comes with it, but we came across the IG page from Varawedding and they offer some nice promos with vendors during a webinar on 20th June. I thought I share it for anyone who is also having a Bali wedding in the future :) Stay safe everyone!
Live Ceremony Setup by Silverdust Decoration
- Silverdust Decor on June 09, 2020, 7:31:09 PM
- Hello, lovebirds! Are you currently planning on a destination wedding, especially Bali wedding? If yes, you are more than welcome to join us on Saturday, 13th of June 2020 at 3.00 PM GMT +8. What will a wedding look like after the pandemic? On this webinar we're going to show you a simple ceremony set up for the new normal, so you can still have the Bali wedding that you've been dreaming about. Registration below: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y_0Ic9U6TyyUojZNMGUnVA For more information, check out our website http://www.silverdustdecoration.com and our IG @silverdustdecor See you guys soon!
Mother of the bride's outfit suggestion
- Karlamaria
- on February 04, 2019, 4:53:48 PM
- My mother is very worried about the upcoming wedding. I'm worried too. Dress chose style, too, the organization fell on https://bstars.eu/ but I still want to check some moments myself. I hope everything goes well. Wedding in light cream and green tones, Italian style.
Album Wedding Online
- David vil
- on February 22, 2019, 7:10:41 PM
- You can upload wedding albums at Amorealbums and the team will send you free draft.
When you married , which wedding dresses will be picked?
- cranelaloo
- on August 24, 2018, 10:16:03 AM
- I'm going to choose mermaid style, how about you?
Do we need to give red packets to EVERY vendor that helped us with the wedding?
- fionakenzing
- on August 24, 2018, 10:17:19 AM
- Yes, I believe you should as it's a good sign of spreading the love/luck to everyone!
When do pple usually start sending out invitations?
- imissthathat
- on June 12, 2018, 11:04:57 AM
- I think 6 months before is the norm but some of my friends send them like a year in advance so people can plan if they are doing a wedding in a faraway location
What candies can you put in candy box?
- lilachentw
- on June 12, 2018, 11:06:22 AM
- why do you need to put candies? how about cute paperclips or even stickers? something more practical for those who dont eat candy
Do Asian MUAs not do contouring or face shaping?
- idotowoo
- on May 21, 2018, 1:54:13 PM
- I've had this issue myself as I want to find someone who is very skilled in thinning the face through makeup. But from what I am seeing, there are a lot of MUAs that do not even know what contour is in places like shanghai, hk, taipei but you can find some good ones in south east asia and fly them over to ur wedding
Proper etiquette for bridesmaid shower? who pays
Restricting pluss ones?
- daisyloo
- on May 09, 2018, 1:45:35 PM
- i definitely agree
Can wedding planner be emcee?
- Paris Wedding
- on June 17, 2020, 7:29:16 PM
- Yes, anything is possible with choosing a righty way and hard work. According to professional Wedding planners, A Wedding emcee is your wedding master of ceremonies, it is also well-known as MC. And a master of ceremonies should be just that. They should be a master of their craft and organizing and overseeing the ceremony and proceedings of your wedding reception. So, the answer is yes, a wedding planner can be the emcee.
What's wedding dress sample sale?
- pinlattss
- on May 07, 2018, 11:50:53 AM
- one thing about sample sale is that you get the dress that's at the store so they wont really send a new one to you from the original retailer. so it's like straight off the rack, you get whats on the rack so the sizing may be difficult to sort out. check out the sample sales at vera wang, they're really great
Preventing period during wedding
- linarrrrr
- on May 02, 2018, 1:16:08 PM
- Actually I'm having the same issue so I'm going to try to make my period come faster (I always feel better afterwards anyway), not really feeling too well beforehand. So i read you should drink a lot of hot water and tea and take a lot of hot showers and baths...i'm going to try this and see if it works...maybe you can try as well
is it cheaper to host a wedding in taipei or hk? husband is from hk and im from taipei
- daisyandsam
- on April 30, 2018, 11:45:18 PM
- I think it's definitely cheaper to have wedding in taipei, i am the same situation too with my husband being from hk and we deciding which country to fly our families too...and the table in taipei is half the price of table in hong kong according to my research. all the venues in taipei are very nice and very different. it really depends what you are looking for
Did you pay for bridesmaid dress or did you bridal party pay for it?
- krinaloop
- on April 26, 2018, 2:09:10 PM
- I think it's not normal, why dont they allow trial? what if you offer to pay for it? i would really recommend getting a trial beforehand...
Bad luck to wear your dress twice?
- mrmrswong
- on May 03, 2018, 2:30:23 PM
- this is exactly why im buying another dress but i want to get a cheaper dress as i spent 70k on my other one already. sigh
Past Brides!!! Are fireworks really necessary for destination beach wedding?
- cranelaloo on March 22, 2018, 10:52:40 PM
- Planning my destination wedding and was wondering if past brides could give some advice on if fireworks are really necessary for destination wedding? They are charging 3,000 usd to 2-3 minutes of fireworks...which just seems like too much! Can anyone give some insight on whether it's truly worth it?
- callmebacy
- on May 04, 2018, 10:16:31 AM
- I think it's a personal choice for everyone but fireworks during a destination holiday is certainly a nice touch :)
Has anyone had experience with airbrush makeup before?
How much hong bao money do you give someone who you are not to close with?
Recommendation for more *unique* wedding invites?
Best pre-wedding workout to slim down arms?
- mommynina on January 09, 2018, 5:15:15 PM
- I'm wearing ballroom gown to hide my baby bump but i want my arms to look slimmer coz they will be the only body part showing besides my face, i'm trying to get my arms slimmer but cannot lift too much weights because i am pregnant, does anyone have solution?
- jessj0192
- on May 03, 2018, 2:31:37 PM
- pretty much dont eat, that's the trick unfortunantely...i tried a lot of workoutsa nd they simple dont work :/
Pre-wedding photoshoot in Korea
- datinyo
- on January 23, 2018, 12:36:05 PM
- i'm looking for options too, do you guys know the approximate cost that I should budget for?
Creative wedding party favour ideas for guests?
- Alexialex
- on August 16, 2019, 2:36:32 PM
- Wedding planner can help you to give more suggestions. You should consult a wedding planner .
Anyone ever bought a dress from tbdress.com before?
- jillybeans2019
- on January 22, 2018, 5:54:17 PM
- the site looks pretty sketchy to me...but there are a lot of sites from china that look sketchy but are actually ok~
Fine art photographers in HK that you recommend?
- mommynina
- on January 09, 2018, 5:16:57 PM
- how about fly one in from the states? they may understand fine art better?
Wedding veils from etsy
- tayandtay
- on October 17, 2017, 11:27:35 PM
- i havent tried etsy yet but do not buy from amazon, i bought a simple one for my prewedding shoot and the comb came broken!!!
Candy boxes
- tayandtay
- on October 17, 2017, 11:29:03 PM
- i got mine for 4.40 for 1 but it was custom made and laser cut! i wish i asked u guys soonerrrr :(
2nd marriage question (his 2nd marriage)
- linarrrrr on September 25, 2017, 11:10:46 PM
- Hello ladies. this is a rather strange question but one that has been on my mind for a long time. it's my fiance's second marriage (my first marriage) and we are 8 years apart. he wants something low key but i dont. i respect his decision and see why he wants to do something small but this is my first wedding and i want it to be grand and beautiful, not small! any suggestions?
destination wedding recommendations (close to asia, no europe)
- PaulaKim on September 06, 2017, 11:37:00 AM
- does anyone have places for recommendations for destination wedding closer to asia - somewhere with mountain and sea, and a variety of things to explore for our guests? a lot of our friends already marry in bali and phuket and koh samui so somewhere different but still easy to get to and luxurious pls
- oliviatsaiphuket
- on October 16, 2017, 09:44:48 AM
- have u guys done research into phuket? any villas or hotels to recommend there?
Register marriage and then have ceremony?
- jillybeans2019 on August 28, 2017, 12:36:16 PM
- Hello!! I want to ask if anyone has register marriage first and then have ceremony? We want to do this because of lucky dates but not sure if this is not according to tradition? Can anyone offer some guidance on this? His family from Taiwan, mine from HK if that makes difference!!! THank you!!!!
- carolinefan
- on October 20, 2017, 5:53:25 PM
- i think it doesnt matter, and plus you dont have to tell anyone like your guests haha i think you should be able to do whatever you want! :O
Bake your own wedding cake!
- AWNer10989xx on August 17, 2017, 4:33:02 PM
- I am looking around to find a perfect wedding cake. I do not want to spend a fortune, just want to have a simple and pretty cake with a cute top. It seems very difficult to find it with reasonable price, so I am thinking to bake it myself. Anyone done this before?
AWN packages? Has anyone used them before? Can you let us know your experience?
- futuremrsp on August 08, 2017, 11:33:32 PM
- My bf and I are getting married in Koh Samui next December, we're in touch with the team at Asian wedding network. so far we are quite happy with the effort they have put in and they are always online to talk to us, which is great!! but has anyone worked with them before and tell us the whole experience? thanks^^
Planner emails me back super slowly, is this normal
- corinandtimmy on July 25, 2017, 09:07:27 AM
- My wedding planner emails me back super slowly and I'm beginning to get a bit impatient over this-is this normal practice? I paid a desposit already so I don't want to get rid of her but everytime I ask her a question, it take like 1 week to response!!!!! Is this normal practice? She respon quite quickly in the beginning but now it's super slowwwww
- corinandtimmy
- on August 04, 2017, 2:08:56 PM
- @sharsharfung - AWN has packages?!?! thot it was a platform
Ways to liven up a ballroom Chinese wedding?
- sushiiistephhh
- on July 25, 2017, 09:04:24 AM
- how about games or quizzes or something that involves prizes? :)
best place in hong kong to get bespoke wedding dress made?
- CathyHo
- on August 10, 2017, 10:51:15 PM
- there r some talented designers in the philippines i found thru insta - let me know if u need recomends
How much to design custom wedding invitation
- PaulaKim
- on September 06, 2017, 11:39:02 AM
- @waimalai thanks for the rec!! i will be using them too, great experience and super fast replies!!!
Activities for bachelorette party? No strippers pls
- crystalwsum
- on July 20, 2017, 5:52:29 PM
- my friend had a really nicly decorated dinner, it was so pretty - i think u can do that, with some champage, could be very classy!!
can your maid of honor and/or bridesmaid be married???
- janetseesit on July 06, 2017, 11:18:16 PM
- so i'm pretty much the last of my friends to get married...seriously no one i know is not already married so i dun have much choice for bridesmaids...i want to choose a bridesmaids crew that i am very close with - not like friends i dun rly know - but that meanst htey are all married...is that ok?
- corinandtimmy
- on July 25, 2017, 09:09:39 AM
- i think it's fine!!! it's ur wedidng, who care sabout all the rules and stuff!!
Anyone know where to find small boxes for candy?
- AWNer10989xx
- on August 17, 2017, 4:48:16 PM
- I got my gift boxes form Awn, they have quite lots selections and ship to most area in Asia. You can click 'shop' on the menu above.
How much red packet money are you giving to your planner?
- creanaseee
- on July 06, 2017, 11:12:23 PM
- Mine didnt do much either but I gave her 800 hkd anyway @@
Wedding-retouching companies help.
- JoshAndAja on June 22, 2017, 4:19:05 PM
- Hello everybody. I unfortunately have very little money. Restaurant and music are already booked But there was a problem with the photographer. My bride's brother will provide a good camera. But I'm sure that we will need photos to edit somehow. How to find a good photofixing company? (Preferably cheaper)
Wedding color recommendations that go with grass greenery?
- ylwong
- on August 06, 2017, 11:04:27 PM
- light green seems good. I personally like baby blue/sky blue!
Maternity bridal dress?
- brandenburch
- on July 20, 2017, 4:52:48 PM
- I think you should explore online stores, there are huge collection of dresses.
Mum in law wants to go dress fitting with us
- Kleeee
- on June 20, 2017, 9:37:26 PM
- do you not like her or something? i think its fine!!
Bridesmaids complain about the dress I have them wear
- kikichen012
- on June 19, 2017, 11:20:28 AM
- whatever
Creative proposal ideas needed. URGENT!!!
- cherrymok
- on June 23, 2017, 00:43:11 AM
- my hubby propos to me in restaurant, so romantic, maybe choose restaurant at top of taipei 101 for good proposal view :)))))
Exotic (but safe) honeymoon suggestions?
- Viviviso on June 15, 2017, 11:26:56 AM
- Anyone have any good recommendations on where we can go for our honeymoon? My husband and I are fairly well traveled so we want somewhere exotic and fun, less touristy but recently my immune system has not been greats as I've been getting sick alot so we're looking for somwhere that's safer coz I dont wanna get sick. Still want somewhere fun and good to explore...any suggestions ladies?
- CathyHo
- on August 10, 2017, 10:50:15 PM
- i like france too - or how about switzerland? or amalfi coast
Bridesmaid getting married before me suddenly
Getting married before my older sister
- CathyHo
- on August 10, 2017, 10:53:15 PM
- happened to my fiance's friend...the situation is not good but i think they should be happy for u, maybe u can talk to them on ur feelings
Husband is Chinese, I'm English...anyone else having interracial marriage?
- BeatriceChoy
- on June 23, 2017, 00:41:30 AM
- what do u think is main problem?
How to reject an inappropriate request?
- bellatina21 on June 11, 2017, 3:48:59 PM
- My friend is getting married in Phuket, and ask me to bring cigars for the wedding celebration. I have lots of clothes to bring since i will take this chance as my vacation and really not convenience to bring cigars which cause odors on my dresses. What should I do?
- BecomingLiu
- on June 19, 2017, 5:35:54 PM
- I don't understand why they can't bring it themselves? Are they bringing alot?
How much does a Hong Kong Wedding venue cost?
Where to hire wedding musician in Taipei ?
Can I wear red color in Chinese wedding?
- ylwong
- on August 06, 2017, 11:34:37 PM
- If you are a guest, pink or other colours will be better :)
Pink Wedding Cake
- RobertHill
- on May 16, 2019, 10:39:36 PM
- Use the white flower cover on the table with pink cake, it looks ravishing. Our party rental experts have made this combination for my friend's wedding.
Average number of wedding guests for destination wedding?
- ylwong
- on August 06, 2017, 11:43:43 PM
- I am thinking about an oversea wedding too. For me, I will only invite my family and the closest friend (about 30 people).
Are boudoir shots too sexy?
- Vincci
- on August 04, 2017, 5:10:52 PM
- I think it is a great way to celebrate your body (especially pre-baby!), and it is as much for yourself as for your future husband. I'm also looking into doing this. Anyone shot with Hilary Chan, Sophia Kwan, Jenny Tong or Emma Fok before and have comments? Any good recommendations for other Boudoir photographers in Hong Kong? Thanks!
Odd number of bridesmaids to groomsmens?
- connielailai on June 07, 2017, 11:23:19 AM
- I have 6 bridesmaids but my fiancé only has 5 groomsmen...this is gonna be a 350 person wedding so lotsss of eyes on us. Is this going to be very strange????? Were trying to find another guy but chance is low...anyone ever have off number of groomsmen to bmaids???? Please help!!!! Our wedding is in FEB
- futuremrsyan
- on June 07, 2017, 10:30:44 PM
- Honestly I think that would be strange - why not just find another gromsmen?


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Frieß, Martin and Denis, Sandrine (2011) Oxide CMC Components Manufactured via PIP Processing Based on Polysiloxanes. ECerS XII, 19.-23. Jun. 2011, Stockholm, Schweden.
For a long time polysiloxanes have been used to build up an oxidation and corrosion resistant matrix (SiOC) in damage tolerant ceramic matrix composites (CMC) using polymer infiltration and pyrolysis (PIP) processing. These oxide CMCs are reliable candidates for aeronautics applications, such as turbine inlets for future jet engines. Another interesting feature of these materials is the transparency for radar waves in front structures of air vehicles (e.g. radomes). State of the art is the infiltration of fibre preforms with polysiloxanes and pressure less curing. At DLR, pressure-assisted infiltration and curing via resin transfer moulding (RTM) as well as warm-press technique was developed further in order to use systems curing via polycondensation. In a second process step, the pyrolysis, the "dense" polymer matrix is transferred into a porous ceramic matrix due to shrinkage. Further densification of the matrix to an open porosity < 10 vol-% can be efficiently performed by RTM route or near-vacuum infiltration in a resin bath. In this contribution the variety of manufacturing methods of oxide CMC components based on OXIPOL (oxide CMC based on polymers) is described. Therefore, oxide fibres (Nitivy or Nextel) and commercial polysiloxanes were chosen. In order to obtain high damage tolerance, based on weak fibre/matrix bonding, a fugitive coating was used. Therefore, a phenolic resin solution was applied on fabrics with a Foulard machine prior to composite manufacture. After the last pyrolysis step the carbon (ex-phenolic resin layer) on the fabrics was removed via oxidation at 700 °C in air for 20 h. Depending on the design and application needs of the component, several industrial processes, such as RTM, pressing of fibre performs as well as wet filament winding of rovings, were applied. Moreover, different kind of fibre types, fibre orientation, liquid or solid polymers and coating thicknesses were used. In addition, some first application tests are presented.
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|Stockholm, Schweden
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If you ain't a Justin Martin fan, then you ain't living.
The San Francisco wunderkind is easily one of the most beloved DJ-producers on the international scene. There's no party he can't get started with his energetic, fun-loving approach to dance music.
And as co-owner of the esteemed Dirtybird imprint with Claude VonStroke, Martin is also a different kind of tastemaker. The label specializes in sleazetastic bass-heavy floor bombs.
In fact, the last time we partied with Martin at the Electric Pickle he literally made the floor shake and the bodies bounce like rubber.
Crossfade: When did you first start producing and how has your creative process evolved over the years?
Justin Martin: I first started producing nine years ago, in 2002. I saved up some money after college and bought my first computer. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing in the studio at first -- I just knew what I wanted my music to sound like sonically. So I really dove into it all head-first and put some serious time in to learn how I could get my songs to sound how I imagined they could sound. Lots of knob tweaking those first few years.
What can you tell us about the scene in San Francisco? Did living and working there during your formative years shape your style and sound?
The scene in San Francisco has always been very inspiring for me. When I first started off the people that I looked up to were all very supportive. And even though we were creating music that wasn't super popular at the time, the people making up the dance music scene were all very open-minded and eager to hear new things. This definitely gave me the confidence to become the artist that I am today.
How did you first hook up with Claude VonStroke and how did Dirtybird come about?
I first met Barclay [Crenshaw] long before he was ever Claude VonStroke, through my brother Christian. They were working on a house music documentary together and I was just a bedroom DJ at the time. I really loved playing records and wanted to take it to the next level, and Barclay was making this documentary where he interviewed all these famous DJs who told their stories of how they got where they were. Barclay wanted to see if the lessons being taught in this documentary actually worked in the real world, so he took me on as a project in exchange of some of my music for his film. As things started to really work out for me we decided to start a crew in SF so we didn't have to play for other people's parties -- we just wanted to start our own thing. My brother bought a sound system and we just started doing our own renegade outdoor parties in the park. We needed a name for the crew and one night after a quite few cocktails the name "dirtybird" was born. Shortly after that Barclay started the record label.
The label has the unique distinction of having a recognizable sound -- that "Dirtybird sound". What is your criteria for selecting new material for release?
Bass-heavy and fun.
Your own sound is very distinctive as well, an amalgamation of house, techno, dub, booty bass, etc. Where do you see your sound in five to ten years' time?
I really have no idea. I am constantly exploring new directions. I just love so many different kinds of music and there are infinite possibilities in the studio so it is really hard to say. I just love making music that is different, whether it be different from the current trends or just different from the last thing I made.
Your brother Christian is a frequent studio partner of yours. What's it like collaborating with a sibling? Is the chemistry different than working with a non-relative?
It's cool, he brings lots of different ideas into the studio that I wouldn't normally even think of. The chemistry is great.
This year you played the Movement Festival in Detroit for the first time. How was the experience?
I love the Movement Festival and it was a dream come true to play at it! I think it's great that the US has these events like Movement and WMC because they are educating the next generation of partiers. It brings me hope to see that younger generation rocking out on the dancefloor.
Your touring schedule has been pretty crazy lately. What is life like on the road for you and how do you stay motivated to travel so much?
I love my job. The traveling can get a bit tough sometimes, especially when you add in the occasional hangover, but there is nothing else I would rather be doing then traveling the world and playing my music for people to dance to.
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What do you have going on for the rest of the year? Any new forthcoming projects or releases we should keep an eye out for?
Yes, I am currently working hard on my debut album Ghettos and Gardens, which is going to be coming out on Dirtybird. Also, I have a new single coming out in August that I did with my buddy Ardalan called "LEZGO". Real ghetto booty shit. LEZZZZGO!
Justin Martin. Friday, July 22. Electric Pickle, 2826 N. Miami Ave., Miami. The show starts at 10 p.m. and cover costs $10. Call 305-456-5613 or visit electricpicklemiami.com.
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NRC Selects Nuclear Power Plants at Eight Sites as Pilots for New Inspection, Assessment and Enforcement Processes
|Office of Public Affairs
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No. 99-31
February 22, 1999
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has selected nuclear power plants at eight sites throughout the country to begin phasing in its new inspection, assessment and enforcement processes during a six-month pilot program beginning June 1.
The pilot plant sites are (1) Hope Creek and Salem 1 and 2, near Wilmington, Delaware, operated by Public Service Electric & Gas; (2) Fitzpatrick, near Oswego, New York, operated by the Power Authority of the State of New York; (3) Shearon Harris, near Raleigh, North Carolina, operated by Carolina Power & Light Co. (4) Sequoyah 1 and 2, near Chattanooga, Tennessee, operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority; (5) Prairie Island 1 and 2, near Minneapolis, Minnesota, operated by Northern States Power Co.; (6) Quad Cities 1 and 2, near Moline, Illinois, operated by Commonwealth Edison Co.; (7) Ft. Calhoun, near Omaha, Nebraska, operated by the Omaha Public Power District; and (8) Cooper, near Nebraska City, Nebraska, operated by the Nebraska Public Power District.
The new program that will be tested at these plants will include a baseline of inspections common to all nuclear plants. Inspections that go beyond the baseline will be performed when performance drops below a specified threshold. Additional inspections may be done in response to a specific event or problem.
This new program reflects improvements in the safety, reliability and performance of the nuclear power industry over the past 20 years, as well as the agency's need to regulate the industry effectively with a smaller staff and budget using risk insights in the inspection and assessment process. The NRC is therefore moving to measure nuclear power plant performance using a combination of objective indicators, as well as findings from an inspection program that will focus on plant activities most important to safety and minimizing risk.
NRC staff worked closely with the nuclear industry to select plants for the pilot program, using the following criteria:
- To the maximum extent possible, licensees were chosen that had either volunteered to participate, or that had participated in an industry task group that worked with NRC in designing regulatory oversight process improvements. A number of different licensees were chosen to maximize industry exposure during the pilot program.
- Plants were chosen to represent a broad spectrum of performance levels. Plants in extended shutdowns because of performance issues were not considered.
- Plants also were selected to provide a mix of both pressurized-water reactors and boiling-water reactors, a combination of nuclear steam supply systems and a variety of plant ages.
- To the extent possible, two plants that had different performance levels were chosen within each region.
- NRC considered regional office concerns, such as the agency staff's experience with the pilot plants, and such transition issues as the expected departure of key NRC personnel during the pilot study. Also considered were such matters as licensee involvement with other significant NRC activities like license renewal and steam generator replacement.
These criteria, and potential candidate plants, were discussed with the Nuclear Energy Institute, the nuclear industry's policy organization. Utilities which operate all of the candidate plants selected by NRC agreed to participate in the pilot program. Upon successful completion of the pilot program, NRC plans to fully implement a new oversight process in January 2000.


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The Transition to College: A Guide for Parents and Families
What You Should Know
We offer this information regarding what your student may experience in college and what you can do to help support a successful transition to college.
1. Academic Challenges
Your student will be expected to take responsibility for his or her own learning process. This means going to class, completing complex assignments and keeping up with a vast amount of reading are now up to the student, who is considered an adult in the academic environment. Although students spend less time in class now than in high school, they are expected to complete far more work outside of the classroom.
Learning how to structure time effectively and manage competing priorities in order to step up to these new challenges can be frightening, or even overwhelming, for some students.
2. What Can You Do to Help Academically?
It is normal for students to feel anxious at the beginning of their college careers. Listen to their concerns for however long they need to express them. State your confidence in their ability to make it.
Make sure that your student is not working too many hours at a job, as this may interfere with getting their school work done. Going to college should be the primary focus of your student's life if they are to be successful.
Conversely, if it is necessary for your student to work full-time or close to it, make sure that they are not taking more classes than they can reasonably handle. It is important that you assist your student in not setting themselves up for academic failure.
3. Separation Anxiety
Although most students are excited about starting college, the prospect of leaving behind the comfort and familiarity of high school friends and family members is frightening for some. The challenge of making new friends and creating a new social life can be daunting, particularly for the student who is shy.
What Can You Do to Help With Separation Anxiety?
Listen to your student's concerns and take them seriously. Although separation anxiety does pass, the first few weeks can be intense. Your student may need a lot of support and reassurance.
Encourage your student to get involved in clubs and other activities at college. To find out more about student clubs and activities, they can call the Office of Student Affairs at 516.323.3456.
Many Molloy students enjoy volunteering for the numerous community projects in which the College is involved. If volunteering is appealing to your student, encourage them to call the Office of Campus Ministries at 516.323.3224.
Let them know that they are always welcome at home, but encourage them not to come home every weekend. Help them to focus their attention and energy here at college.
Encourage them to let others know they are having a hard time. For example, the Resident Assistant (RA) who is assigned to their floor.
If they continue to feel overwhelmed after the first few weeks of college, encourage them to make an appointment at the Student Personal Counseling Center (SPCC) at 516.323.3484. Generally after just a few sessions, students come to feel less homesick and more comfortable at college.
4. Identity Development
During late adolescence, individuals are engaged in the process of forming their own personal identities. This process can include becoming separate persons within the family with regard to creating their own value systems, spiritual beliefs, tastes in clothing, music and friends and making other personal choices. When adolescents make choices that run counter to the values, beliefs and preferences of their parents, this sometimes causes conflict within the family. For many, this process of carving out their own identity is an important part of their life-long growth and development. Developing a healthy identity also involves building self- esteem and a sense of personal competence.
What Can You Do to Help With Identity Development?
- Be accepting of lifestyle choices your student makes so long as they are not clearly self-destructive.
- Keep criticism to a minimum. Your child needs and craves your approval and acceptance now more than ever, even if he or she seems not to. Be aware that negative words from you are taken very much to heart and that excessive criticism can damage self-esteem.
- Allow your student to make mistakes. To err is part of the growing process. Let your student know that you do not consider mistakes to be disastrous and that you have made mistakes too.
- Give your student as much freedom as possible, even if that makes you a bit uneasy. Going out with friends, staying out late at night, making choices and experiencing natural consequences are all part of the process of growing up.
- Give your student "permission" to separate from you. Consider contacting your student less frequently and/or waiting for them to contact you. Holding on too tightly and trying to protect them from life will not help them to become responsible adults or to develop their own sense of competence.
5. Career Decisions
Your student may feel pressured to know what they want to major in and what their career path will be as soon as they get here. However, they need time at college to explore different subjects and to be exposed to many career possibilities in order to make a good decision. Making a premature decision about a major or about a career can end up being more costly in the long run.
What can you do to help with career decisions?
- Be patient and encourage your student to take their time, as well.
- Know that choosing a major and a career path can be a long process that occurs over time.
- Encourage your student to take a wide variety of courses and to get involved in college activities.
- Make your student aware of the Career Center 516.343.3482, which can be of assistance to them throughout their time at Molloy.
- Let your student know that their professors are excellent sources of career information, as well as potential mentors.
6. More Serious Problems
The issues discussed above are all part of the typical developmental process of becoming an adult and making the transition to college life. Below are issues that merit your concern for which a referral to the SPCC or to another mental health agency is advised.
Eating Disorders: if you suspect your student currently has an eating disorder, or has had one in the past, please seek help. You should be aware that eating disorders, particularly anorexia nervosa, are among the most potentially fatal of all psychiatric disorders.
Alcohol or Drug Abuse: if your student has had a history of substance abuse, or if you currently suspect he/she is abusing substances please seek help.
Depression: a history of depression, a past suicide attempt or your current suspicion that your student is depressed warrants referral. Symptoms of depression include: sad mood, feelings of hopelessness, not following the usual routine, fatigue, loss of appetite, feelings of worthlessness, difficulty making decisions, not caring about anything, social isolation, and thoughts of death and suicide.
Unhealthy Relationships: involvement in an unhealthy romantic relationship, characterized by constant fighting, conflict, distrust and unhappiness. Any sign of physical violence certainly identifies a relationship as being unhealthy.
Self-injurious Behavior: a history of cutting or other self-destructive behavior or your suspicion that your student is currently engaged in self-injury.
Behavioral Issues: a history of problems with conduct, accepting limits, aggression or violence. Starting college and its stressors can reactivate or precipitate problems with conduct and aggression. Some signs include: past violent behavior, a preoccupation with violence, making threats of violence, explosive outbursts of anger, extreme social isolation, repeatedly violating the student Code of Conduct, nonparticipation in family or other group activities, odd or disturbing behavior that makes you feel uneasy or even fearful for your own or your child's safety.
Other Psychiatric Disorders: if your student has had psychiatric disorders in the past or if you believe he/she is developing a disorder, please make a referral. Examples and signs include: extreme anxiety and panic, obsessions or compulsive behavior; extreme social isolation and difficulty relating to peers; odd or bizarre behavior; not making sense, delusions and/or hallucinations; extreme difficulty managing the transition to college.
Significant Loss or Trauma: if your student has experienced recent significant loss or trauma, like parental divorce, the loss of a parent, of another relative or of a friend to death; a critically ill family member; a history of physical or sexual abuse; being a victim of a violent crime.
What Can You Do to Help With Serious Problems?
- Be supportive of your student and get them the professional help they need. Usually, people can't just "snap out of" serious problems or get better by just talking it out with friends or family.
- Be patient. Serious problems can be worked through, but it takes time.
- Let a professional person at Molloy College know that you are worried about your student and let us assist you in getting them appropriate help and guidance.
- If you are concerned that your student does have a serious psychological problem and you would like to consult about that, please call the Student Personal Counseling Center (SPCC) at 323-3484. .
Resources At Molloy College
- Campus Ministries - 516.323.3224
- Career Center - 516.323.3482
- Student Personal Counseling Center - 516.323.3484
- Disability Services - 516.323.3316
- Health Services - 516.323.3467
- Public Safety - 516.323.3500
- Residence Life - 516.323.3463
- Student Affairs - 516.323.3456
- Writing Center - 516.323.3293
Encourage your student to visit life.molloy.edu to get involved in campus events and clubs.


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Holly T was picked up on Christmas Eve in Arastradero, flea-ridden, at least 20 lbs underweight, and badly neglected. Her coat went from bad to worse to non-existent. The volunteer rescue coordinator at the San Luis Obispo County Shelter contacted the Thulani Hospice Program, and 12 year old Holly T was a perfect fit. She not only is happily ensconced with our Treasurer, Joan Hoover, and her husband Jim Rabjohn, but splits her time between the forests of the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Pacific Ocean beaches at Pebble Beach. Holly will be the star of a super video that tracks her from pickup at the shelter to settlement into her foster home. This sequence will be the core of a Thulani Program promotional video.
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Broadband Services
Information Technology (IT) Services and Consultants. Domain Registrations
Web Design - Search Engine Optimization
Portals and Link Directories, Search Engines
Thai Media : Marketing, Publishing. Movie Production
Professional and Commercial Photography
Books and Bookstores including English-language Authors based in Thailand
Maps of Thailand and the Major Cities
[ see our own map with Bangkok's Attractions, with images and links to reports on our site. We also feature a map with the location of hotels along Sukhumvit Road, and a map with the location of serviced apartments in Bangkok ]
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- "As soon as those two go, I'll close up. I'll go spend some time with the guys."
- ―Lilien Turner[src]
Lilien Turner was a baker from Mystica, Asmodean in the Beelzenian Empire and one of Duke Sateriasis Venomania's many victims. Several months after her childhood friend Lukana's disappearance, Lilien met and became enamored with Duke Sateriasis Venomania. Despite her friend Rajih's warnings, she pursued a romance, becoming enchanted by the Duke and joining Lukana in his harem.
Early LifeBorn in Mystica, Lilien lived as the daughter of a baker. When young, she met Rajih and Lukana Octo, becoming their friend and playmate. Due to the lack of exciting things to do where they lived, the three strived to have fun and became close. As they grew older, the three began helping with their parent's work and began seeing each other less and less.[1]
Around EC 135, Lilien and Lukana went shopping through town. Lilien noticed Lukana was buying a bracelet and queried if it was for her. Lukana expressed that it suited her, putting it on her friend's wrist despite Lilien's insistence. Noting the one her friend owned, the tailor explained that now they matched, grasping her hand to put the trinkets beside one another.[2]
Visitor to Mystica
- "The missing people are beautiful women like you. Lilien, please take care of yourself."
- ―Duke Sateriasis Venomania[src]
Lilien's father then came in yelling at the man and she cursed, yelling back at her father. As they continued to bicker, he suddenly kneeled before the man, apologizing. Confused, Lilien learned he was Duke Sateriasis Venomania and her father told her to lead the duke to the Misty Mountains.
After Lukana disappeared in January of EC 136, Lilien told Rajih she planned to search for her. Months later in April, whilst working at the family bakery, she yawned, disinterested in the conversation the two customers were having about the recent disappearances. As she prepared to close shop, ready to hang out with the guys, a stranger noted how popular rumors of the incident were popular in town. Surprised, she looked to see the handsome man before her asking about directions.
She obeyed and the two traveled together through a forest on their way to mountain range. Venomania apologized for the inconvenience and Lilien brushed it off since it was her father's will and asked why he wanted to go there. Once he explained his desire to visit the ruins, she warned that the altar there was haunted. The duke noted how timid she was acting and, embarrassed, the baker said it was because she was traveling alongside Duke Venomania.
In reply, he told her she didn't have to be respectful since he was incompetent, unable to solve the recent disappearance cases. Reminded of Lukana, she mentioned how several women had disappeared in Mystica as well. Told to take care of herself because those missing were beautiful women like her, Lilien responded that she wasn't in comparison to Lukana, describing what had happened to her.
They later arrived at the mountains and Lilien said he would reach the ruins if he followed the mountain path. In response to the Duke's gratitude and wish to find her friend, she lackadaisically said she believed him and that Lukana would be alright. Venomania noted her frankness and, giggling, explained once again that it was because she was speaking with the duke.
He grabbed her shoulder and qualified that she was still a bit stiff and he flirted that she could stay there in front of him. Embarrassed, she failed to respond and Sateriasis questioned if her tomboyish attitude with her father was her normal self. Stuttering, she said it wasn't and he responded that she looked more attractive when she acted naturally. Before she could finish her response, he let go of her shoulder and headed for the mountains.
Watching him continue on his journey, she yelled if it was alright for the duke to traverse the mountains alone. Chuckling, he told her he had his retainer, revealing a red cat in his coat. Surprised, she watched him move farther and farther away until Rajih called out and grabbed her attention. Her friend explained that her father asked him to look for her due to the dangers of the mountain and she retorted that the Duke was still gone. Curious, Rajih asked what was wrong, noting her face was red.[3]
Newfound Romance
- "But in this sandy and dusty town, what I'm attracted to is the flower that blooms among the sand."
- ―Sateriasis Venomania[src]
That night, Lilien dreamed of Lukana giving her the bracelet and, as she was about to thank her, saw Lukana stare blankly at her before disappearing into the crowd. Crying after her, the baker's nightmare ended and she looked to see Lukana's bracelet on the nightstand, wondering where she had gone.
During work the next day, Duke Venomania visited her again. When asked what was wrong, Lilien told him she didn't expect him to visit and he responded he had promised to. Saying she thought he was only being polite, she asked if he finished his errand. Affirming her answer, he said he would stay for a while, attracted to the flower that bloomed among the sand. Catching his flirt, she blushed and he asked if she liked it. Reluctantly she admitted she didn't dislike it.
The Duke then immediately suggested she take him on a tour of the town but Lilien hesitated, saying she had already left the shop too many times. The duke brushed it off, turning to face her father and saying he fought hard for her time. To Lilien's displeasure, she watched her father lovingly cuddle a bag of gold he haggled from Venomania. Free to leave the shop, she lead Sateriasis through town, showing him the different merchandise for sale at the market. While looking at an elaborate skirt, he asked her to dance and, accepting, the two danced in front of the passing townsfolk in the market street.[4]Several days later, the two went out on another outing and he bought her a dress, inviting her to the Ferdinand Mansion with him.
Later the day, she prepared herself for their final date, wearing the dress, when Rajih confronted her and noted how weird she was acting.
Peeved, she asked if she had said something odd. Rajih then pointed out her uncharacteristic clothes and she told them the duke bought them for her, asking if her friend found them cute. Rajih then suddenly slammed his fist on the wall, demanding she stopped being so conceited and, shaken, Lilien told him that even she could fall in love and asked why that was so wrong.
Tears in her eyes, the baker wondered what Rajih meant as he formed a reply but he brushed it off, instead telling her not to become too attached to Sateriasis. Lilien yelled that the duke was not like that and the peasant berated at how childish she was acting. Stuttering, she replied that the duke wouldn't abandon her, trying to say he loved her before Rajih cut her off. As he reminded her she should be looking for Lukana like she said, Lilien threw a vase of flowers at him, telling him to shut up and leave.
- "I thought she would agree this time without having to us "that". I guess it wasn't going so well, huh?"
- ―Duke Venomania before invoking his powers[src]
That night, after traveling to the Ferdinand estate, she joined Duke Venomania in a bedchamber. Noting he would return home the next day, Sateriasis affirmed that he didn't want to stay much longer. Standing nervously, Lilien was grabbed by the purple-haired man and pulled onto the bed. Passionately kissing her, she turned her head away from him and spotted a bracelet identical to hers on his wrist.
After being discovered, Venomania admitted it was a gift from Lukana and the distraught Lilien listened to Venomania's explanation that she was living with him in Lasaland and realized that the one behind the dissappearing women was him. Finishing her statement for her, the duke told her that the women wanted to become part of his "harem" and that it was okay for her leave with him the next day and join them.
Remembering Rajih's words that the best she could be was his "mistress", she queried why the duke hid the truth from her about Lukana's location. The tearful Lilien then said she was going home and began to run out of the room.[5] The Duke then caught up to her and, staring into her eyes, invoked his powers of Lust upon the baker and they returned to bed. Surrendering herself upon his chest,[6] she laid there as Rajih burst in and stood up with the duke as he questioned who he was, holding her "lover" closely.
She was then sat upon the bad while the duke transformed, soon after standing behind him as Venomania battled Rajih and remained there after the duel finished and Sateriasis left. Once Rajih had awakened, he carried Lilien back home and she slept in her room. In the middle of the night, she woke up, unlocked her bedroom window and escaped, traveling to Lasaland in the north to be with Duke Venomania.[7]
After arriving at the mansion, she entered the basement and smiled at the sight of her lover, surrounded by Lukana and other members of his harem. Once again, the duke asked for a dance and the two danced together in front of the other concubines.[8] When the disguised Karchess Crim successfully stabbed the Duke in EC 137, Lilien broke free of his spell and began to flee the mansion with the others.[9]
Later Life
She and Lukana later reunited with Rajih, and the three of them decided to start a new life; traveling to the East, Lilien and her friends eventually settled there.[10]
Personality and Traits
- "I'm a girl. Even I can fall in love. What's wrong with that?"
- ―Lilien to Rajih[src]
Since her childhood, Lilien shared a close relationship with Lukana and Rajih, valuing their friendship together. Although unable to see them as much as she began helping with her father's bakery, Lilien remained close with them.[14] She also appreciated Lukana's efforts to make her feel more secure about her appearance.[15] After meeting Sateriasis Venomania, Lilien instantly grew infatuated with the handsome Duke and acted much more meek, polite, and sensitive while in his presence.[16] As he continued to show romantic interest in her, Lilien became uncharacteristically enamored with the girly things she hated. However, her romantic interest in Venomania put a strain on her relationship with Rajih and she began forgetting her earlier resolve to find Lukana. After discovering the Duke's lies, Lilien felt betrayed and torn for ignoring Rajih's warning.[17] Once she put under Venomania's spell, she became completely infatuated with him and deeply desired to be near and please him, forgetting her previous values and freely leaving her family and friends to join his harem.[18]
Lilien was brash, bold, and usually argumentative. Unafraid to speak her mind, she often acted like a tomboy and preferred to enjoy the company of men rather than gossip with women.[11] Similarly, she had a strong distaste for feminine clothing due to how restrictive the dresses were.[12] Despite this, she was very kind and caring for her close friends. This loyalty extended so far that she was willing to search for them herself should they ever go missing. In spite of her outward behavior, Lilien had low self-esteem in regards to her her appearance and did not find herself that beautiful.[13]
Skills and Abilities
Although working at her father's shop, Lilien was not very dedicated or attentive to her work and lacked much enthusiasm.[19] She was, however, largely independent and knew her way around the area without any trouble. She was also a capable dancer.[20]
Character Connections
Sateriasis Venomania: Lilien's abductor. Lilien developed feelings for the duke when acting as his guide; she was flattered by his attentions, although incredulous of them, and found him to be very handsome. Due to this, she became more meek and sensitive in his presence and would act uncharacteristically feminine to get his attention. Lilien was shocked and distraught to discover he was Lukana's abductor, but joined his harem due to the power of Lust; when he was killed she fled the mansion, horrified by his exploitation of her.
Lukana Octo: Lilien's childhood friend. She valued their friendship deeply and was greatly disturbed when Lukana disappeared, having nightmares about her disappearance. She searched for her tirelessly and became greatly disturbed when learning the duke was behind her disappearance. When Lilien joined the duke's harem, she was happy to reunite with Lukana, and afterwards traveled with her and Rajih after they were freed.
Rajih: A childhood friend of Lilien. She valued his friendship deeply, playing with him often when they were kids although unable to see him as often when they were adults. When she began to fall in love with the duke, she resented his warnings about Venomania and forgot her regard for him entirely when charmed by the duke. Once freed from Venomania's harem, she would reunite with Rajih and travel with him and Lukana to various places.
Conceptualization and Origin
- Lilien's name is German, meaning "lilies" and is a reference to her representative Vocaloid; lilies can symbolize traits of masculinity as well as traits of high sexuality, eroticism, and motherhood.
- Her surname, Turner, is derived from English and Irish, referring to a person who works with a lathe.
- Lilien's name is partially inspired by the name of her representative Vocaloid, Lily, the name sharing the same romaji for "Lily" in its beginning.
- The Lunacy of Duke Venomania (first appearance; appears in PV)
- Deadly Sins of Evil: The Lunacy of Duke Venomania
- The Lunacy of Duke Venomania (manga)
- ↑ The Lunacy of Duke Venomania (manga) - Chapter 3
- ↑ The Lunacy of Duke Venomania (manga) - Chapter 2
- ↑ The Lunacy of Duke Venomania (manga) - Chapter 1
- ↑ The Lunacy of Duke Venomania (manga) - Chapter 2
- ↑ The Lunacy of Duke Venomania (manga) - Chapter 3
- ↑ The Lunacy of Duke Venomania (manga) - Chapter 3
- ↑ The Lunacy of Duke Venomania (manga) - Chapter 4
- ↑ The Lunacy of Duke Venomania (manga) - Chapter 5
- ↑ The Lunacy of Duke Venomania - 術のとけた女たちは全て 我に返り屋敷から逃げ出した
- ↑ Deadly Sins of Evil: The Lunacy of Duke Venomania - Epilogue
- ↑ The Lunacy of Duke Venomania (manga) - Chapter 1
- ↑ The Lunacy of Duke Venomania (manga) - Chapter 3
- ↑ The Lunacy of Duke Venomania (manga) - Chapter 1
- ↑ The Lunacy of Duke Venomania (manga) - Chapter 3
- ↑ The Lunacy of Duke Venomania (manga) - Chapter 2
- ↑ The Lunacy of Duke Venomania (manga) - Chapter 1
- ↑ The Lunacy of Duke Venomania (manga) - Chapter 3
- ↑ The Lunacy of Duke Venomania (manga) - Chapter 5
- ↑ The Lunacy of Duke Venomania (manga) - Chapter 1
- ↑ The Lunacy of Duke Venomania (manga) - Chapter 2


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MixologicalScienceThe art and science of drinking has been diminished by an emphasis on binge drinking and kids in bars. At the end of a long day a small, nicely chilled cocktail and quiet conversation can help create that necessary transition from work to conviviality.
ArtifactsThe trappings of cocktails can also create a relaxed and enjoyable environment. Kristin and I travel with a portable bar set which we have named The Myrna Loy Memorial MiniBar. It looks like a small suitcase; one side contains a set of aluminum glasses and shot glass and the other side has three compartments with a strap to hold bottles of wine or spirits (what a terrific name). When we take a long road trip, a trip to the ice machine and we are set for a relaxing cocktail hour for the two of us and for any friends we may be traveling with or meeting.
LiteratureA Drink With Something in It
There is something about a Martini,
A tingle remarkably pleasant;
A yellow, a mellow Martini;
I wish I had one at present.
There is something about a Martini,
Ere the dining and dancing begin,
And to tell you the truth,
It's not the vermouth--
I think that perhaps it's the gin.
--Ogden Nash (see full poem at http://plagiarist.com/poetry/?action=comments&wid=504)
Creating cocktailsAs with browsing seed catalogs, the names alone are a large part of the fun of considering cocktails. And then there's the color — literal and figurative — and the conviviality. Broussard's Smiles made us smile in New Orleans, and Steve created his own version after we were unable to find a recipe. See MixingDrinks for the ingredients and steps that go into Steve's Smile, the Smokey Sip, and other drinks.
Sometimes the name comes first. What would go ino the Ruthlessly Convivial Cocktail?
Created by steve. Last Modification: Saturday 21 of February, 2004 20:12:54 EST by kristin.


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What's keeping American golf from growing? Given the rise in new golfers trying the sport for the first time, golf in the U.S. should be expanding its base. Instead, the number of avid golfers continues to decline.
An annual report released today by the National Golf Foundation on participation shows that despite more people picking up clubs for the first time, they aren't getting hooked. They aren't returning to the club. They aren't buying lessons. The NGF blames unwelcoming golf facilities for this gap: a culture of complicated etiquette and a steep learning curve.
The National Golf Foundation's chief executive, Joe Beditz, told the Wall Street Journal that to solve its popularity woes, golf needs to become "more beginner-friendly." "It's like we're running a gas station. 'Come or don't come. Here's the price,'" he said.
What's really getting in the way of turning casual golfers into lifelong fans isn't necessarily the expense or the time commitment. The NGF blames an atmosphere unfriendly to outsiders and a course structure that offers no on-ramp for beginners.
According to the NGF, the total number of golfers in America fell from 24.7 million in 2014 to 24.1 million in 2015. The peak of 30 million came in 2005.


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Voice Over IP Android apps for Business use
VOIP can be termed as one of the cheapest ways to connect worldwide. That's why Voice Over IP Android apps for Business use is very popular. Owners are always looking for the best way to get the maximum output at a low cost. Voice Over IP apps are one of the ways through which companies cut costs when communicating with clients. Most of these mobile applications only need a stable internet connection and a smartphone to work well. Fortunately, making voice over IP calls through apps using Android phones has become much easier over the years.
Majority of VOIP Android apps are available at no charge for the basic package. Companies can install the free option on their mobile phones and still be able to make clear calls across the world at a much lower rate. Also, the setup of the Android application is much faster and does not require a lot of capital to have it configured for your team.
Voice Over IP Android apps
Free calling through Viber is possible when using mobile data or on Wi-Fi. The Android app allows free calls between Viber users but charges a fee for calling outside its network depending on the country. Video calling is also available on the app, making it a great communication tool for business owners. You can make international calls on a regular basis via this handy app.
Google Hangouts
If you use Google applications on your computer and mobile phone, then Google Hangouts app is your best bet when it comes to VOIP calls. The app easily integrates with other facets of Google and is usually pre-installed in Android mobile phones. Google Hangouts allows users to communicate with at least ten people on a single call making it ideal for groups. However, it still lacks some call features that are available in popular VOIP Android applications.
Almost everyone who has a relative abroad has heard about Skype. Business owners also appreciate the free voice and video calls provided by Skype. The Android app is quite similar to its desktop version with a few changes making it a favorite of its loyal customers. Apart from making voice calls on the app, users can also create group video calls and conference calls at no cost. However, app users are charged a minimal fee to call other VOIPs through their mobile phone.
Vonage is a popular mobile app for business owners that regularly make calls across the world. The app allows users within their network to communicate with each other at no cost but charges them when they call other VOIP applications. Users of Vonage get to enjoy features such as messaging, video calls and voice calls at a cheaper rate when compared to similar apps. Additionally, their customer service is excellent making them a leader in the VOIP Android app space.
In general, VoIP Android applications work similarly to the typical Voice Over IP telephone service. These apps might enable your business to spend less and engage more that's why we keep posting new app ideas every week.


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Harrison Ford is fresh off reviving Han Solo for Star Wars: The Force Awakens and he's set to exactly the same thing with his other iconic cinematic character: Indiana Jones. Walt Disney Pictures announced that both he and director Steven Spielberg would return for Indiana Jones 5 and restore the sense of adventure and splendour surrounding the iconic archaeologist.
We learned a few weeks back that David Koepp would return to write the script despite churning out a stinker with Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It'll be interesting to see how Indy 5 is handled, especially considering the critical mauling its predecessor received.
Franchise producer Frank Marshall recently spoke at CinemaCon and said that the story would be a continuation of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which will raise a few eyebrows. The previous Indiana Jones movies have existed predominantly as their own standalone adventures, not particularly following an overarching story.
Marshall said: "It's all about the story. I think both in the Jason Bourne series and on Indiana Jones, we are not going to do the Bond thing. We think those characters are iconic, and those are the only actors who can play that."
When we last saw Indiana Jones, he was a newly married man, looking to settle down with a family and you would think that ignoring that would be the wrong movie. However, there's only one problem: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was a truly awful story and should be eradicated. Don't get us wrong, we're still very much invested in this movie but we just hope Disney don't make the same storytelling techniques as Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. We want more Raiders of the Lost Ark and the Last Crusade, not the meandering mumbo-jumbo of the fourth installment.
Indiana Jones co-creator George Lucas hasn't been confirmed as involved but we'll wait and see if he comes up with a story. Steven Spielberg is currently prepping Ready Player One (May 30, 2018), and he'll next direct The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara, which will see him re-team with Bridge of Spies and The BFG star Mark Rylance.
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While splurging on overseas holidays may not be on everyone's to do list in the current time of economic uncertainty, UK tourists are getting out and about more than ever and, if they could choose the best city in the world to visit, it would be Cape Town.
According to a travel survey taken by more than 25 000 readers of UK papers The Daily and Sunday Telegraph, Cape Town gets the nod for best city in the world, beating the likes of Sydney, Australia and San Francisco, USA. South Africa was also voted the third best non-European country and the Mount Nelson Hotel takes the same spot for best hotel.
What's not to like about Cape Town? It's clean, beautiful, home to sunny beaches, modern, cultural and vibey. According to the popular travel website, www.tripadvisor.com Cape Town is "the City that glistens at the southern toe of the African continent". It elaborates on the amazing tourist attractions from Robben Island to the top of Table Mountain, which offers picturesque views of the City Bowl and seemingly never ending ocean. In the websites inaugural Travellers Choice Destination Awards this year, the City was awarded the best destination in Africa.
And the praises are not limited to English visitors. One tourist from Nairobi had plenty to say on the website about his experience on Table Mountain, "I had the best time bringing in 2008 on the top of Table Mountain. It was my first trip to there and I was not disappointed at all! Despite the crowds service was good – and fast! From the top: the city lights and watching the fireworks over the waterfront was stunning….like jewelled necklaces on black velvet."
Of course it's not just the mountain that attracts visitors. There are the 72 pristine beaches around Cape Town, which are popular with locals and tourists, the pulsating nightlife with trendy bustling bars, eclectic and multi-cultural art exhibitions and shopping areas of malls and flea markets.
Cape Town has been attracting millions of visitors since the country's breakthrough democratic change. In 1994, fewer than 600 000 tourists visited South Africa per year, but with improvements to the country on all fronts South Africa recorded just over nine million foreign arrivals in 2007, and is well on its way to welcoming the 10-million international visitors the government intends on attracting in 2009.
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Interest in the country has increased further ahead of the Fifa 2010 World Cup and preparations are underway country wide to prepare for the three million visitors that are expected to arrive just for the event.
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The low-budget vampire film Out for Blood is fairly generic and doesn't have much ambition. While investigating a missing persons case Det. Hank Holten ends up discovering a coven of vampires, and seeks the help of his estranged wife after he gets bitten. Kevin Dillon, Vanessa Angel, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, and Lance Henriksen lead the cast and give typical B-grade performances. And, the sets and makeup effects are rather cheesy. However, there are a few interesting plot twists that add a bit of intrigue and suspense to the film. Yet overall, Out for Blood is a stereotypical horror film that sticks to the usual tropes.
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I wont waste too much time on this review, but this is awful! If you are expecting a fairly decent Vampire film considering the cast then you are in for a shock. It's very low budget and it really shows, feels like a TV movie. How on earth did Lance Herikssen get mixed up with this!?! Avoid like a vampire dodging sunlight!
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Average straight-to-DVD effort here. Nice to see Kevin Dillon and Lance Henrikson do their thing, but overall they could not elevate the quality of this film above dull. It's not terrible - I've seen much worse - but it lacks imagination.
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The countdown to the final of a musical extravaganza has begun with Tuesday night seeing the first of two semi-finals to decide who will ultimately compete in the Eurovision Song Contest.
After the opening ceremony, last year's winner Loreen performed the tune that brought her success in the Azeri capital Baku.
Loreen's victory guarantees host country Sweden a place in the finals – along with major financial contributors to EBU (the contest's organisers) France, Germany, Spain, Italy and the UK.
Also through to the final is Belarus entry Solayoh – with singer Alyona Lanskaya finally getting the chance to represent her country after failing to be picked on two previous occasions.
Moldova's Aliona Moon took part last year, but as a backing singer for Pasha Parfeny who came eleventh. In Saturday's final, she will take centre-stage.
One early favourite is Denmark's Emmelie de Forest who could make it a third Danish victory with her song Only Teardrops.
With lyrics about peace, togetherness and hope, Dina Garipova is aiming to take the title back to Moscow.
Following Tuesday night's semi-finals, here is the full list of 10 acts that made it through to the final:
Estonia: Birgit – Et Uus Saaks Alguse
Denmark: Emmelie de Forest – Only Teardrops
Russia: Dina Garipova – What If
Ukraine: Zlata Ognevich – Gravity
The Netherlands: Anouk – Birds
Lithuania: Andrius Pojavis – Something
Belarus: Alyona Lanskaya – Solayoh
Moldova: Aliona Moon – O Mie
Ireland: Ryan Dolan – Only Love Survives
Belgium: Roberto Bellarosa – Love Kills
Acts representing Austria, Montenegro, Croatia, Cyprus, Serbia and Slovenia were knocked out of the competition.
Here is the euronews verdict on all of the songs from the first semi-final:
Emmelie De Forest – Only Teardrops
MJ: The aptly-named « Emmelie of the Forest », walking bare foot to the sound of drums and pipes, against a backdrop of flames, and a rhythm that is so-typically Eurovision. Close your eyes and the vocal mannerisms sound remotely like the Cranberries. All that's left to do is to cry (Only Teardrops…?) at the banality of it all. 3 points, 100-1 to win.
MD: Harsh words, Marie! She's like a Danish Shakira's baby pixie sister and how can you not like that? The world needs more Danish Shakira pixies and I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who would vote for this song – it has a tune and a chorus. You can hum to it. I'd lose the pipes though. 10 points, 16-1 to win.
Dina Garipova – What If
MD: 'What If' is what 'Imagine' would have been like if it had been written by Hello Kitty rather than John Lennon. It reminds me of 'Dawson's Creek', which is not a good thing. There's nothing wrong with Dina; fair play to her in fact for singing those lyrics with a straight face. And I won't even begin to describe the video, as watching it made me sick in my mouth twice. Russia always gets votes though from its neighbours, so it might even win, the tragedy of which would be greater than the video. Nul points, 50-1 to win.
TS: The song is so cheesy and has so many strings that Switzerland migh sue Russia for patent violation of the fondue recipe. A much much more indigestible, stodgy, silly fondue. Nul points, 45-1 to win (unfortunately).
Zlata Ognevich - Gravity
TS: There is no denying that the singer is talented, but the song stays dull no matter how hard she tries. She isn't help by the bland music. Also, the African gimmicky back vocals are a weird addition. 1 point, 30-1 to win.
MD: They've obviously spent a lot of money on the video, which is similar to a 3-minute version of Avatar, but this is meant to be a song contest. And this 'song' goes nowhere. Twice. You wait for Godot but he never arrives. When they have to perform this on stage, without so many special effects, poor Zlata will have to go out there armed with nothing but a really good voice. If she pulls this off then good luck to her. Nul points, 100-1 to win.
The Netherlands
Anouk – Birds
MJ: An orchestra-backed melody that sounds very much like a Hollywood musical from the 50s, or a Disney song. It's got an abundance of charm but I can't see it winning Eurovision. 10 points, 150-1 to win.
TS: Nice warm voice, some jazzy 60s music, nice build-up, the Netherlands manages to have a pretty decent song with Anouk's Birds. Let's hope for her that her stage presence will make out for the lack of wow-effect the Eurovision audience is so fond of. 7 points, 35-1 to win.
Birgit Õigemeel - Et Uus Saaks Alguse
TS: One of the great things about Eurovision is that you hear songs in languages that otherwise seem very far away. But the lyrical sonority of Estonian, the singer's clear eyes and dimples are not going to make up for this otherwise nondescript song. 2 points, 60-1 to win.
MD: I quite like this one. Probably because my Dad used to play a lot of Rita Coolidge and there's a bit of Rita about Birgit. Nothing fancy, just a pretty girl in a pretty dress with a soft voice. This song actually makes me want to learn Estonian. Does Birgit teach? 10 points, 8-1 to win.
Andrius Pojavis – Something
MD: Andrius Pojavis is clearly someone who loves the camera and he can do very strange things with his eyebrows. I was too focussed on him to even hear the music until an epic 'YEAH' bang in the middle of the video woke me up. After that it just felt I was watching karaoke. 1 point (for the eyebrow dancing), 100-1 to win.
TS: Yeeahhhh, those eyebrows are truly something else indeed. The song, on the other hand, is just like every other Eurovision sub-par songs that will be forgotten as soon as Andrius gets off stage. 1 point, 100-1 to win.
Alyona Lanskaya – Solayoh
TS: Generic euro dance peppered with Eastern and Latino gimmicks, like a cheap Shakira knockoff. The music video breaks grounds in costume kitsch, though, with latex hoodie, male dancers in leather harness, and three-finger gloves. 1 point, 60-1 to win.
MJ: Thomas said it all really: pseudo latino euro dance, stealing gimmicks from the likes of Shakira (for example there are lots of silly little terms like 'chacha', 'haha', 'chokechoke') and fantastic video with costumes you've never seen in your wildest dreams/nightmares: open dress on black bra, leather chest straps, leather calf straps, shiny and baggy latex hoodie. And, and…a very cheap-looking choreography that you could easily learn in your 'modern jazz' dance class… 3 points for trying, 70-1 to win.
Aliona Moon - O Mie
TS: Despite the cheesy strings in the background, this song is almost bearable for an Eurovision solo performance. It is not the most original on its kind, but the vocal talent of the singer should wow the public in Malmö. 5 points, 25-1 to win.
MJ: Definitely not my cup of tea but a somewhat interesting (if a little complicated) melody sung in an intriguing language that you just don't hear very often. That said, I was a bit too distracted by the video, being reminded first of the French singer Mylène Farmer, then the old TV show The Prisoner (?!) you know the part where she gets chased by a giant balloon? Anyway, then it becomes some kind of detergent advert with a load of coloured scarves floating in the air ("Eurovision protects the colour of your laundry"). Unlike Thomas, I think the melody is too sad to win Eurovision. Anyhow, dear Aliona, I'll be seeing you. 4 points, 60-1 to win.
Ryan Dolan - Only Love Survives
TS: This song is such a succession of clichés and Euro dance gimmicks that it feels like an evil scientist came up with the perfect mathematic formula for the typical Eurovision dance hit. It won't prevent the many remixes of the song to provide a summer soundtrack for European vacationers from the Black Sea to the Canaries Island. 5 points, 50-1 to win.
MD: Evil scientist? The video is full of people making heart shapes and generally spreading love, so if it was an evil scientist, he sucks at being evil. Uplifting house, uplifting message, and it's late spring. Just what this continent needs right now dammit. 10 points. 8-1 to win.
Roberto Bellarosa – Love Kills
MD: Where the Irish song was happy, this one leaves you wondering if Roberto and his dancers even got paid. They just look so sulky. And whereas the Irish song was called 'Only Love Survives', this one is called 'Love Kills'. If both are true then Love is one cruel, unscrupulous customer that murders its way to world domination. And what's with the trend this year of short, aborted dub-step sequences? This song is quite 'catchy' though; it came unannounced and uninvited back into my head hours after hearing it. But it has put me in a bad mood. Nul points. 80-1 to win.
TS: A song as smooth and overproduced as Roberto's haircut. And just as unoriginal and unexciting. 3 points. 50-1 to win.
And here's our verdict on the song's that fell at the first hurdle:
Natália Kelly – Shine
MD: 19-year-old Natália has got plenty of energy and a good indie singing voice but is let down a little by the song, which is fairly pedestrian and gets a bit repetitive. I think the word 'shine' is used about six hundred times. Not my cup of tea but no worse than some of the stuff out there, I suppose. Staple Eurovision fare. 2 personal taste points (out of a maximum 12), I would offer odds of 40-1 to win.
TS: Yup, it's a decently produced pop-rock song, albeit a repetitive one. Natália seems like a fun girl to be around and the song is catchy enough to play on heavy rotation on commercial radios throughout Europe during the summer. But it is definitely not quirky enough to win. 5 points, 25-1 to win.
Klapa s Mora - Mižerja
TS: Bold move from Croatia, which skips on the Eurovision glitter with a vocal band singing 'klapa', traditional Croatian music that's on the UNESCO cultural heritage list. Pretty but a bit obscure. Nul points, 500-1 to win.
MD: Thanks for the heads up, Thomas. I now know to stay away from klapa concerts. When the camera pans to the crowd in the video, there are people who seem to be paying more attention to their phones than to the band. That kind of says it all for me. Nul points, 200-1 to win.
Hannah – Straight Into Love
MD: I'm fairly certain I've heard this song before. At a previous Eurovision Song Contest maybe. Or in hundreds of nightclubs. Which means that either Slovenia have ripped off an existing tune (unlikely) or this is just textbook Eurovision disco fodder (likely). I'm fairly sure I'll hear this again on holiday somewhere over the summer but I can't really see myself getting too excited about it. 3 points, 33-1 to win.
TS: Hanna Straight to Love: Yes, it is all been heard before, and better. But the dubstep element is used more appropriately than other entries (granted, that was not very hard). As a Eurodance song, it does the job. Her voice is a bit reminiscent of the House divas of the early 90s. 3 points, 45-1 to win.
Who See – Igranka
MD: What with the hip-hop and the dubstep, this is a little darker than what we expect from Eurovision, but a change is always welcome. I'm not sure it will be to everyone's tastes though even if I applaud 'Who See' for the following lyric: "Beat Goes crazy in my head, burn down bag, give me a drink/Grill, garlic, parsley and fish, give me all so I can overeat." Due to cultural differences I have no idea what that means but I like it. 8 points, 66-1 to win.
TS: "Who See" manage to reproduce the current mainstream techno/rap/dubstep mixture so accurately that this song, if it were in English, would probably be a Top 40 hit for a couple of weeks. Sadly for them, it comes from Montenegro. 5 points, 40-1 to win.
Despina Olympiou – An Me Thimáse
MD: The song title translates as "If You Remember Me". I won't. Cyprus will need more than its usual 12 points from Greece to make the final with this song, and I can't see it happening. Nul point, 200-1 to win.
MJ: Oh geez, I can't think of much to say about this song. This is so flat, I can't even make light of it. The clip is tasteless, what with the religious icon dress and the 'oh-no-stop-chasing-me-in-the-forest-in-the-night' scene. 0 points 150-1 to win.
Moje 3 - Ljubav je svuda
TS: A decent pop tune, scantily-clad young aspiring pop stars etc. the type of which Eurovision churns out by the dozen. Unfortunately for the Serbian trio, it shouldn't leave its mark in the contest's history. 3 points, 45-1 to win.
MD: Are Moje 3 the kind of women who men love to look at and other women don't really like (without ever having actually met them)? If they are, Moje 3 might struggle to take Serbia to the final. I only mention the women thing because I have completely forgotten everything about the song. Nul points, 200-1 to win.
Who the hell are we to judge?
The euronews jury is made up of three music-loving but unfortunately not music-playing journalists, who reserve the right to be honest while trying to remain respectful to the performers: Mark Davis (normally found listening to Pearl Jam, Jake Bugg, the Stone Roses), Thomas Seymat (Alt-J, Franck Ocean, Daft Punk) and Marie Jamet (Marvin Gaye, Pulp, Clinic).


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R is for Oyster
By M.F.K. Fisher, from Consider the Oyster (C)1941
He died of a bad oyster.
That is carved on a tombstone in a graveyard in Maine -- Paris Hill, I think the place is called. The man's name was good for such an end, but probably the end was not.
If Mr. Swallow really died of a bad oyster he was a most miserable man for some hours, certainly. The bad oyster itself was rotten to his taste, so that he knew as soon as he had eaten it that he was wrong. Perhaps he worried a little about it, and then forgot and ate other things to rub the coppery taste from his tongue. He may, even in Maine, have washed it down with a drink.
In two or five or six hours, though, he remembered. He felt faint, and cold fingers whuddered over his skin, so that he reeled and shivered. Then he was sick, violently and often. He could barely lift his head, for the weakness and the dreadful cramps in his belly. His bowled surged, so that he felt they would drain his very heart out of him. And, God, he was thirsty, thirsty. . . . I'm dying, he thought, and even in his woe he regretted it, and did not believe it. But he died.
Perhaps he died of a bad oyster. Oysters can be bad, all right, if they are stale and full of bacteria that make for putrefaction. Mushrooms can be deadly, too. But mushrooms and oysters are alike in that they take the blame, because of superstition and something innately mysterious about their way of life, for countless pains that never are their fault.
It is true that people have died from eating mushrooms, because there are at least two deadly ones and innocently or not, men have been fed them. It is true, too, that some men have eaten rotten oysters and died, hideously, racked with vomiting.
But quite often, I feel sure, mushrooms and oysters too are blamed for sickness that could equally be caused by many things like piggishness or nerves or even other poisons.
What man knowingly would eat a bad oyster, anyway? A bad oyster looks old and disagreeable in its shell, and it smells somewhat of copper and somewhat of rotten eggs. Of course, it might be hidden in a pie or a patty or under a coating of rich spiced sauce in a restaurant. But even so, a man's tongue would warn him that something was very wrong, I think, unless he was half under the table he sat at.
(In this, the oyster is kinder than the mushroom, which can taste most delicious when it is most deadly. And that is seldom, I insist.)
And in case a man's tongue warns him that he has a last swallowed that gastronomical rarity, a bad 'un, he should leave the board at once and do what men have always know how to do, even the dainty ones, and get rid of it.
There should be no mistaking it, once on the tongue. When people say, "I must have eaten a bad oyster yesterday . . . I've felt a bit dauncy ever since!" you can be sure that they have eaten a great many other things, and have perhaps drunk over well, but that they certainly have not swallowed what is so easy to blame. If so, they would have known the unpleasant truth immediately, because it would taste so thoroughly nasty . . . and of course within six hours or less they would have been sick as hell, or even dead.
Probably more people eat oysters now than ever before, because it is easier to ship them from their beds and bottoms to the dining tables of this nation and any other nation whose people still have time for such things.
The old-fashioned habit of sniffing each oyster more or less delicately before swallowing it is as nearly extinct as its contemporary trick of gulping, with an all but visible holding of the nose which was considered genteel . . . and so much safer.
Restaurants, even air-cooled perforce in the midst of hot sand, like Palm Springs, or as far from the sea as Oskaloosa in Iowa, can serve oysters without fear these days. Tycoons with inlets in Maryland have their highfalutin mollusks frown for supper that night to a penthouse in Fort Worth, or to a simple log-cabin Away from It All in the Michigan woods, and know that Space and Time and even the development of putrescent bacteria stand still for dollars. Bindlestiffs on a rare bender in Los Angeles (Ell-ay, you say) gulp down three swollen "on the half's" with rot gut whiskey chaser in any of a dozen joints on Main Street, and are more than moderately sure that if they die that night, it won't be from the oysters.
Men's ideas, though, continue to run in the old channels about oysters as well as God and war and women. Even when they know better they insist that months with R in them are all right, but that oysters in June or July or May or August will kill you or make you wish they had. This is wrong, of course, except that all oysters, like all men, are somewhat weaker after they have done their best at reproducing.
Several decades ago, a jolly man wrote:
"Let's sing a song of glory to Themistocles O'Shea
Who ate a dozen oysters on the second
Day of May . . ."
And even the government tells us R's are silly. "A clean fat oyster may be eaten with impunity at any time of the year," the officials say in folder after folder.
Doctors tell us so. "Hell, if it smells good, it's okay," they say, with modifications dictated by their practices and their positions in the Association.
Men who write pamphlets call Hypochlorite process of oyster purification, report on experimental purification of polluted oysters, on commercial scale, by floating them in sea water treated with hyperchloride of calcium. (Public Health Reprint 652.) . . 5 . . T27 . 6/a:652 say so, as do earnest Japanese who deliver papers before the Kokusai Yorei Kabushiki Kaisha called Kaki no banasi, which means Talk on Oysters, with surprisingly un-Oriental bluntness.
They all say that oysters are all right any time as long as they are healthy . . . all, that is, except the oyster-farmers.
The farmers' actions are understandable, after all. Their main interest is in growing as many good crops as they can, and it stands to reason that if a healthy female, round with some twenty million eggs, is takes from the water before she has a chance to birth them, the farmers lose.
May and June and July, and of course August, are the months when the waters are warmest almost everywhere along the coasts, and it is remarkable convenient that oysters can only breed their spawn when the temperature is around seventy degrees and in months with no R's in them. How easy it has been to build a catchy gastronomic rule on the farmers' interest in better crops!
People who have broken the rule and been able to buy oysters in the forbidden months say that they are most delicious then, full and flavorsome. They should be served colder than in winter, and eaten at the far end of a stifling day, in an almost empty chophouse, with a thin cold Alsatian wine to float them down . . . and with them disappear the taste of carbon dioxide and sweaty clerks from the streets outside, so that even in July in a big city seems for a time to be a most beautiful month, and C. Pearl Swallow's ghost well-laid.


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Though tofu is much less maligned than it was when I first developed an interest in diversifying my protein sources over ten years ago, I still meet people with a real hate-on for my beloved bean curd. The thing is, tofu doesn't have much flavour at all; it's more about giving tofu a taste you enjoy than it is about developing a taste for tofu. Tofu haters don't last long in the face of the delicious dish I'm about to introduce you to.
If you're shaking your head in dismay and thinking "the texture is the problem", rest assured: fresh tofu is available in a variety of textures. The most common are soft/silken tofu, which is usually sold in boxes, and firm/cotton tofu, which is usually sold vaccuum-packed (in larger grocery stores) or stored in buckets of water (in smaller/specialty stores). The latter can more easily be eaten with chopsticks and doesn't jiggle like the former.
It's the kind of tofu involved in this recipe, and I encourage you to try it out and see what you think. It just may change your mind about tofu forever (you're welcome).
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Gather the following 4 ingredients for a marinade…
and transform it into this (see recipe below):
The best thing about this tofu dish is its versatility. You can add it to spinach salad for some extra flavour and protein. You can toss it in a stir fry. You can pile on some corn kernels…
and a generous helping of mashed potatoes…
then stick the baking dish back in the oven on broil for a few minutes and have a delicious non-shepherd's pie.
Serve with salad for a complete meal!
That's cranberry juice, btw.
You can also serve this tofu straight-up in lieu of the meat in a meat-and-potatoes dinner (move over, tofurkey). 'Cause eating well is all about options. Without further ado…
Ginger-Garlic Tofu
1 Tbsp olive oil
3 Tbsp tamari
1 Tbsp minced garlic
1 Tbsp grated ginger
1 block firm/cotton tofu, cubed
1) Mix all ingredients except tofu in a baking dish
2) Add the cubed tofu to the marinade and mix to coat evenly
3) Let sit for 15 minutes
4) Cook on 350F-400F for 10-15 minutes, until tofu is browned